MIZE LE II POTTSVILLE. SATURDAY_ MORNING, FEB. 25, 1i33. i trizportitzt. • • 'Let every althea:bear in blind, that it is not only his arterial, but his duty, to . purchase every thing that be -car=at biime, By . purshing such a course, he eneour , %gee the Mechanical industry of his own neighbor bond; on which the . prosperity of every town and city mainly depends—and besides, every dollar paid out at home forms a circulating -medium, of which every citizen derives mom or less benefit, in the course of trade.' Every dollarpaid for foreign manufactures pur chased abroad, is entirely lcist to the region, goes to enrich those who do not co.ntribtac one cent to our dome:fit institutions,and oppiesses r kiwn citizens. Insu,rance. .The'subseriber. Agent for one of the best ►nsur seco ofAces in Philadelphia, is prepared to make in sitraneet on all descriptions of properl spch as Houses; Mills, Stables, Goods, Furniture. &e., &c, at the very lowest rates. B. BAN "ASV. '-;KT V.. 13. Palmer, Esq., No. 104. Smith Third Street, -Philadelphia, is authorised to act 'as Agent so receive Subscriptions and ,advertisements for this piper. The TVrenty-Second., The natal day , of the great and good Washing ton wanentebrated in this borough on Wednes day lent in a.lityle and manner befitting the occa sion. At an early hour in the morning, our mil itary M'iglit be seen hurrying to - their respective rendezvous, end at ten o'clock, our streets were alive' with the various companies parading too and fro through them. At onntitne six different com panies were performing their, evolutions, and the inspiriting, music of their respective bands, joined to the glitter of arms and equipments, conspired tngive life and beauty to the scene. The Miners . villa Artillerists, accompanied by the Minersville • Blues, 3 paikour borough a visit on the morning, end were esterted by 'our different companies to Iliount'earlian, where they took posPession of a splendid brass field piece belonging to' them, which had been-sent up by the Rail Road, and attach ing foutliorsea to the'connon, iiturnml home a bout nonix. The Troop; the Niitional Greys, the Vagers =dike Blues, Were all on parade, and all Sustained their, already well established, reputa. tion for drill and appearance—in short, we never saw tho military look better. • .' The celebration, throughout, was appropriate, and reflected great credit upon .111 engaged in it. We honor the custom of'comrnemorating that day, and most sincerely do we hope that it never may be discontinued. As long as our country'istrug- Ries remain in memory, so long will the name of her 'glorious liberator In cherished and revered. When Mar citizens cease. to celebrate his virtues, we rOayl. well tremble for the fate of the republic • if%Vhilst tis memory thrills the heart and vibrates the pulse of an American l there still slumbers a apirit that the bed of the oppressor can never crush.." The name of Washington-possesses a tltagcal.ipiluence, and should his'example ever be needed t arai the souls of future generations, -it wilt nerve the heart like the blast of a trumpet, tindbe.ir men on to struggle laud die in their coon - try's be lest, as bravely and devotedly as of yore. We re not among those who think that the spirit o' ; liberty has been weaken 1. by age. We ..do not sanction the opinion that thi impulse which • led to'the glory of old, is languishing. Free as .the C ,, gle, which emblems its strength, it wants but aggression to evidence its power. The fire which blazed throughout the Revolution is yet in ins embers, and at the approach of tyranny it wpuld burst forth in as stroag a flame as ever. 'Tit this spirit we owe the proud pre eminence we' enjoy, and, , relying Upon its unfading brightness, we'can `safely trust our liberties to the keeping of posterity. ' ANTIIRACITI 111.031-4';OLD BLAST.—In a late number of:bhe Miners' Journal we published an account of Some successful experiments in making iroki-ifropi Anthracite by the cola blast, which we copkil from aWelsh piper. Since this publication we have ascertained from a friend the following facts, which show that the discovery was also made in this country, where it has been tried and pro ven to succeed perfectly. Mr. Maurice McKinney, founder of the Sally AnnTiiinace, Rockland Township, Berka Coun ty, in November last, when the owner, Mr. J. V. 11. HUn'or, was about blowing out for the purpose of repairing, rremested permission to try the fur nace with Anthracite Coal and a cold blast. The owner being, doubtful of success, consented, but furnished him with only two weeks' stock. On . November 4, he commenced blowing, and by the 11th of. November had cast thirty tons, which was about their average „yield.—the second week, end ing-the- Bill, he cast thirty-five tons; and on the 21st the furling ceased blowing. Our informant states that the iron thus made, is of the first quit " by, being oupual in every respect to that made with charcoal. . \We, also learn that a Furnace, for the maau facture of iroa si l ly with anthracite and the cold blati , t, is already in progress of preparation: If this .• is fOund to succeed the process must be generally • . adopted, as it is now, proven to be the cheapest as welt as the best mode of manufacture. 3 Aeernismi.—We learn that one of the members of the cavalry was injured on Wednesday last by the accidental discharge of a pistol, whilst on pa , lade... The injury, which was net serious, result ed fr;tm carellssness in handling the weapcin; and • we tiould hero take the rpportunitytu throw in • a word of advice edge-ways, cautioning our milita i ty more careful use of their death dealing instruments during parade seasons ; as we have already had to recount several serious and fatal consequences, occasioned by this want of necessa ry precaution. RTSIVALS 111 PUTTOYILLE.-A powerful reli-, gioue excitement is operating in this hoiough at the present , thne. Service is hew nightly in all the,difttrerii, churches, and a spirit of revival is ma 19nilapid etridcs among ,our people. The Meth °Alai church, under the pastorship of the Rev. Wen. Bartle, tiae had en ectession to the mernbeiship of horn two to three hundred. The other emigre ,gatione,haie also incrosed in numbers and are , still increasing. ' PIIILADELPEIIA,RsAinso & PUTTsirrr.se RAIL • RiliLle;••The 'rates of toll .and transportation on - this load for 1843, will be found in another col umn. Tho number of changes in the rates • througlainit what is termed the shipping season, do.not . gi,ve satiefiction.to the trade in this region --anCwe thinh the Company will fail in accom• plishipg the object they have in view. Wsixit Fouttat.—This is en excellent paper issued froM the office of the National Fo rum. It anteing an abundance of choice and .select matter, and is decidedly one of the neatest and most spicy sheets of the clay. The enterprise of its spirited pioprieiMs, ought to receive a sub stantial return in the shape of extensive patron- ages.Subscriptior, $1 per annum. • 0:1. ;We have received another communication op the shbject of the - currency, from our corrc.pon• tient t. Schuylkill county."' - 4 shall appear in our columns neat creek. • Bsrizt Noyes.—A bill has been introduced in to the Legislature, Authorizing the Bankato issue SAII AWE!. • - , district met together on that night to pass a few hours, as is their annu i al wont, in dancing and so..' tied amusement. Nor t i were they flisappointed— thanksto th%efforts el:the gentlemanly managers, joined to the Obliging earfof the host and hostess, every arrangement was:perfected, which would conduce to the pleasure or enjoyment of the guests. .Tne room was brilliantly lighted—the music cap• itil— r the.refteshmenta . sumptuous, and all appear ed highly deligliteAl with, not only themselves, but every thing around them. It was, in truth, a scene fulllntbeauty end vivacity—tairy feet •pop ptd in and out '.—wit uparkled—bright eyes flash ed, end , the melody ofitrorethan one-silvery tone is yet ringing ire our ears... It reminded us forci bly of many a like scene in the earlier and palm ier days of Pothifle, When dancing was legitimate . and Notary Publics idle., Iv As we entered the ball room early in the even• ing,.we had a fair oppo,4unity of noticing the dif. ferent guests as they Came in. It was remarked ta us by a friend at our elbow, that he had never seen le many beautiful women congregated to gether in this place before; and, in good sooth, we could not help echoing the opinion. Pottsville, though we say it whit hadn't oughter, is unrival led in, this' respect; and when we add to 'the gloss of beauty, that charmof intellect which they pos sess, we place it far/ beyond competition. ‘ Our ,friend who; bring a bachelor and somewhat poeti 7 cal withal, went into extacies as the guesta came pouring id. He — lannched forth, into rapturous praises of this lady's beauty, that one's dancing, atiother'd intelligence, and another's amiability. ( The4,' said he--directing our attention to the (sr end of the room. . there stands one who would grace the presentation halt of any cpurt in elitist endom—she is a splendid girl artilPto appreciate her you must knolher intimately. I talk not of her Chartns.of persoin, I speak of her intellect —it is superior; you can read it in her brow, eye and lip —every feature tellS of genius within; and eould 'it have a more lovely shrine I there is grace and beauty to every moiement, and as she is beantiful, so is she amiable. Mark the lady who is dancing opposite us—is she not worthy; a poet's brightest 1 conception I her glorious eye flashes brightly with the excitement—her form is all that loVe dreams of, and the curl of pride, on her rich lip, tells of a high toned, spirit beneath ;hat exquisite surface— she is-a rare and superb jewel, but alas for us bachelors she has a possessor.' In the above manner did our friend rattle on until he had canvassed the appearance and merits of neatly every lady in the room—at one.moment drawing our attention to the beautiful form and tastefuLdre - Sa. of a lady in white; the next, burst =Mg forth in raptures at the speaking face and sparkling eyes of a lovely creature in a dark bud dice again directing our angle of vision towards a bea4tiful Madonna face belonging to the wearer of a fawn coloured silk ; and so on until we were fair 4 1 fatieueld with his eulogiums. TheAancing continued spirited until about three o'c tick in the Morning,. when with one accord the guests (dispersed to their homes, to dream of beautiful things, and to waken up again to the dull 'scenes and changing toils of our every day vicissitudes. Co NG aisszo:cAL.—Tbe attention of Congress for the past week, has been occupied principally in discussing the following' matters. In the House, considerable debate was had upon the motion of Mr. J. R. Ingersoll, to Print two thousand extra copies of his report adverse to the $200,000,000 kitties. This report is based upon the principle, that the memorialists, ask the pi. ernmeut to assume the debts of the States. We are astonished that a man of Mr. Ingersoll's sum ding, should put forth so prep , sterous an idea. It is a strange manner of begging the question, and is evidently done for the purpose of creating a false issue, end thus delaying the distribution.— The people, in applying for relief, merely ask the government to emirate the proceeds of the sales of the Public Land y the issue of stock based up on them, which already belong to the States. • In the Senate, a series• of resolutions, adverse to protection, and fur the purpose of forestalling the $200,000,000 issue, Were off.red by Mr. McDuf fie. lie spoke at some length in support of them, and was follovied by a number of other Senators on both sides. A motion was then made to lay the whole subject over until December nest, which carried by a vote of 24 to 22. In the ITouse, Mr. Adams asked leave to pre sent a petition from upwards of fifty thou4and cit izen; of Massachusetts, on the subject of Slavery, which was denied. The Bill appropriating $40,000 fir the purpose of providing the means of future••intercourse be tween:this government and China, was then ta ken up, and after secere debate, passed —yeas 96 nays 59. c:y Mullen, the man ,who fired the rail road bridge across the Schuylkill, has been tried in Nor ristown, and convicted. He was sentenced to four years imprisonment in the eastern penitentiary, and to pay 'g fine of one thou:and dollars. The. trial of Wm. McFadden of Manay unk, Who was also arreatcd'and held to bail for the_sar of fence, will, we suppose take place It the next Court. We believe 'hit the general opinion is that McFadden Will•be convicted, kit we under stand that his friends place great reliance upon procuring a pardon from the present Geyer:tear, McFadden ,eing a rich•man. A wrct. CaLearrr.--A nether land slide took place at Mt, Ida, near Troy, on the 17th instant. which exceeded in Consequences the memorable disaster of January 1, 1837. Eight or ten dwel lings, occupied by poor families were emitted or buried beneath the mass of earth. In these there were not less than thirty or forty persons, only ten or twelve of whom escaped. Within on hour nine, bodies bad been dug from the ruins, five of .which were dead, one injured, and three riot heyond recovery. Every effort was being made to clear away the earth and recover the rest. Tue SCHOOL' 1 1 / 4 ND.—A Bill has been intro duCed into; the Legislature fur the purpose of sus pending the annual School appropriation. This . is all wrong. It will destroy our school's without relieving the people from taxation, arid besides the amount withheld will not be appropriated to paying iaterest, but will be stolen by the Por ter clique 'throughout the State. Inralsosatirr Fon Denr.—hi the Senate on Tuesday last, ill.. Sullivan reported a supplement to the set : to aiaolish imprisonment for debt, and, to punishleaudateat debtors; repealing so much of amid art' as to! , allow debts,to be collected under the lawn tinder which they were'contracted. • The resent Con g ress will expire on the 4th of March next. The i• Veto " disarmed it of nearly all its poWer tol carry'out those measures which would haxe plaixd the country on a permanent basis of pXosperity. Let, those, therefore, who de feated the wish 4 of the people, be answerable for the conselluencps. Tus Reuse, Issui.—The Treasurer has can-* celled $100,069 of the Relief issue, principally Towanda!sna Berke county Notes, which leaves $ 1,G14,3 1 17 48 in circulation st the present • 1 , • • Z.,' • • •• . . • I -- Thereto.. We give' below en abstract of the Goreritor's . pretended! tenons for vetoing - the Apportionoaent Bill— - - • • In the first place he objects to it on account of its disparity in numbers between the•districts, a restilt which could not be avoided without dividing the counties and allowing - one district - ter run into another by ttlfildervention of separate:counties, thud destroying that compactness which in all ap portionments is desirable. The next objection and that upon which the Executive lays the greatest stress, is verbatim as follows. ' • “Anotheiteadingelec:tion, which of itself, would be abundantly sufficient to induce me to withhold my sanction from thisibill, is its obvious tendency to transfer the political 'ascendancy in the'Netiun al Council's, to the minority in this State. I say nothing impugning the motives' of those who origi mated and supported, this bill; but no person, in the least degree conversant with the political con ditto's of Pennsylvania, can shut his eyes to the fact, that the . political party curiously io the minority, would, under the provisions of this bill, elect an equal numbei of members of Congress with the admillettmajority, or at least within one or two of an equality. This is wrong, it is an a buse of power, neither called for nor justified by any reason that I can discover.” Now we are always desirous, whenever We can conveniently do so, tospeak of out executive in cumbents with that respect to which their high stations entitle them; but when the Governor of the Cominonwealth, BO far forgets his office, and big own dignity, as to insult the people by the comrnissipn of so palpable a falsehood, the press would be , wanting in its•duty should they gloss it over. He well knew under this apportionment the whigs could not elect more than nine inenbers out of the twenty four, and the probability is that they could not elect m , re than seven or eight; yet this is the subterfuge with which the Governor covers his veto of the bill, falsely pretending that by yielding it his sanction, be would weaken the par ty which elected him. The other reasons are all of the same party char acter, and entitled to the seine value. ,In the debate upon the veto, the Governor recei ved the following severe, yet just, rebuke from Mt. Cliampneys, the Locoloco Senator from Lancaster: .111 r. CH. MPN EVS said, that as he had voted for this bill, be was willing to assume the respon bility. ,There were features in the bill he did not like, hut on the whole, he was satisfied• that no better could be obtained. He had bedn taken to task by the gentleman from Lehigh, for not dis franchising the district which ho bad . the honor in part to represent on this floor. Although the majority in that county differed in pOlitics from himself, yet hieconecience forbade him froin taking any undue advantage of them. He %Told never consent to barter their rights away, while he held the position he did as their representative. He Would never consent to disfanchise his constitu ents, merely on account of a difference ofopittion on political trubjects. A representative of:the people should look to higher °yea's than pants, and while he held a seat in that body, his constituents should find him prepared to defend their rights on all oc casions, come from whatsoever quarter: it may.— Mr. C. declared that he honestly and conscientious ly believed the Whig party in Pennsyliania,to be entitled to 10, or at least 9, members of Congress; and so believing, he should oppose any bill not granting tbem their just rights. He considered that he would prove recreant to the trust confided to him by his constituents, were he to 'suffer this occasion to pass by without defining his position on the matter in question, or without saying some. thing in defence 'of that bill which had this morn ing been returned with the Executive ; veto. He considered the reasons advanded for Ida course, by the Governor to be specious in their character, and entitled to no force, from the pct that they were merely appeals to the po/ificutitassione of Senators —appeals which, he. sincerely hoped, would not he responded to by Senators on this floor." Wheri it is taken into consideration that Penn sylv.ania. gave a majority for the Whig can-' dilate fur President in 1840, every candid person must admit that we are entitled to at least eleven, if not one half the delegation in Congress. What over may be said to the contrary, we are firmly of the opinion that a large majority of the voters in Peonsylvania, aside - from party feeling, are in favor of the leading, measures of the democratic whip party, and are desirous that they should be carried out. TAntr' REsocctioNsiL—We feel gratified in announcing that the following resolutions have passed the House of Representatives of this State by a vote of 76 to 11. Every democratic Whig voted for the resolutions. The 1 1 nays were all locofocos: &soloed by the Senate and House of Represen tatives of Me Commonwealth of Pennsylrania, in generabissembly met: That we deprecate any action on the part of Congress, at its present or any other session in relation to the Tariff; which would be calculated to disturb its peimanency in future, or induce the belief any where, that a well regulated system of duties is not regarded as a part of the settled policy of the Government. Resolved: That a Tariff based upon such prin ciples as shall raise revenue to meet all the de mands on the treasury, and at the same time. by a proper discrimination in faVor of our domestic manufactures, and`•agriculturalproductions, afford adequate protection to these great'interests, is not only constitutional, but called for by 'every consid eration of sound,policy, and is absolutely neces sary to make, us independent as a nation, in war and in peace. Resolved, That we regard the farthing and man ufacturing, interests nut as antagorii.ts as some erroneously contend, but as one and, the same, the farmer producing the raw material, and the men. ufacturer furnishing hirm i a home market both fur that, and the other productions of his farm. Resolved, That the doctrine of "free trade in order to operate justly must be reciprocal, and that the theories of British•writers on this subject find their own refutation in the policy constantly pur sued by that nation, of imposing high duties, for the protection of all her agricultural and burin lecturing interests. 11 It appeirs that oven the Locafocos in Rhode Island refuse fo•sanetton the proceedings of the disorganizers there. A meeting of all the Loco foco members of the/legislature was held a short time since, when t. 6 following strong resolutions were unanimously . dopted: g , Resolved, That.' we ha • • et` •to earn that '•Democracy" means rev Autiot vi• ence and an archy: and that in our opinion, lib, unrestrained by law, hi that kind of democracy Which tends to establish.a military despotism, which must end in a copadlidated government under a crowned heatl l Resolved, That, in our opinion, there ere bu two ways to change a government, tho one byre volution, tho ether by the established forms of and that we have known no grievance or opines 'ion, which would in the slightest degree, warren revolution in this State. Roolva, That the doctrine of the "New Lights" that pup set of men meeting hipolitical caucuses, may assume the right to decide the all important question "who are the people," and to change, the constitution without the forms of law, is a rhos' dangerous doctrine, and one which would destroy alVreaular goverment." i-,THE.,, -' JNER S ''JOURNAL. OR} IGN . NEWS; .- • . Arrival of theAtaala. TWENTY RYE - DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE. By the arriVal 'of the mail steamer Acadia,-we have En - glipla paperslorebriaary 5, trod - , which We extract the fallowing important items. - Sir Robert Peel, in a debate upon the . recetit treaty on the 31 inst., whilst, speaking of the right of scarch,:said that it: wasentirely distinct from the "right of visit, and that , the English Government disclaimed it. The following is an extract from his speeett "Search is a beligerent right, and not to be ex ercised in time of peace except, when it has been conceded by treaty. The right of search extend not ottly to the vessel, but to the cargo alto. The right of visit is quite distinct from this, though the two irre often confounded, The right of search, with respect to- American vessels, we en tirely and utterly disclaim; nay, more, if we knew that an American vessel were furnished with all the materials requisite for the slava trade if we knew that the decks were prepaied to receive hun dreds of Libman beings, within a space in which life-is almost impossible, still we should be bound to, tat that American vessel pass on. But the right we claim, is to know whether a vessel pretending ,to be American, and hoisting the American flag, be bona fide American." - Money was very abundant in London. The Bank of England bad upwards Of .£11,000,000 in its vaults, or more than one half the amount of the circulation. the Cotton- market was in a very depressed state, owing to the enormous amounts forwarded. Mr. lirummond, Private Secretary to Sir Rob ert Peel, Was shut on the 20th ult., at Charing Cross, byl Daniel ItlcNaughton, a Scotchman.—_, The assassin shpt him in mistake for Sir Robert Peel. HO has been arrested and is now arraign ed for triall. The new Governor General of Canada, Sir, Charles Metcalfe and spit, will leave Liverpool in the steamship Columbia, which 'sails from that port on the 4th of March nest. A Brussels paper states, that the British Queen steamer was so much damaged in her last voyage, teat it will cost a considerable sum to repair her. It is said, that in case the Chambe4will not grant a sum sufficient to repair her, the Ministry intend selling her in her present state. BRITISH PARLIAMENT. On Tuesday, the 2nd inst., the British Parlia ment was opened by commission. The. Queen not being present, the occasion lost much of its customary interest. The Royot Speech was read, es is usual on such occasions, by the Lord Chan- 1221111=1 A fearful hurricane occurred along the English and Irish coast; on the 13th. A number of yes sels were lost, and the detaruction of property was immense. The Steamer Monk was lost in rar narvcm Bay, and more than thirty souls perished. A magnificent ship, the Conqueror, of 800 tons burthen, on her voyage from Calcutta to London, was wrecked off the cuaat of Boulogne ; of the 80 persons on board of her, all, with the exception of a boy, perished. The Jessie Logan, of 1000 tons hurtheri, from India to Liverpool, after en countering fearful hardships in the channel, was totally lost off the Cornish coast. The captain and crew wit, caved by the Lynx, which convey. ed them safely into Cork: The Percy Steamer, from Tynemouth to London, was totally wrecked in the gale, off Tynemouth. All the crew, with the exception of a boy, saved themselves by swim ming ashore. The American packet ship Soma rang was, on the same fatal night, wrecked on the Goodvvin Sands. The crew with great exer tions saved themselves. The vessel has totally disappeared. On the Irish coast a frightful loss of life occur red during the storm. Seventy three fishermen who were out off the coast of the county of Down. were drowned, about twenty of whom !Wye left wives and children destitute by xkeir death. The accouchement of the Queen is expected to take plat:e in March or the beginning of April. Mr. O'Connell has published a letter to the people of Ireland, in which he says : .4 am able at present without doubt or difficulty, to announce that the crisis has come upon us, when, if the peo ple of Ireland, the clergy end laity. Will but combine in their overwhelming majority, the Re peal of the Union is all but immediate, and the commencement of a new era of Irish prosperity is at Land." The Frankfort Journal states, that the Emperor of Russia, by an ukase has modified the Russian- Tariff, so as to facilitate the importation of linen, cotton, and woollen cloths as ! silk-naiircery. IrVssrtuvoTos.—Some of the highest encorni ums that have ever been paid to the character and virtues of our Hero Sage," can lie found in the writings of men across the water. The eulogy of Phillips is familiar to mspy;' - and is universally es teemed for its fearlesS and imPartiaLtribute. In Alison's History of Europe, we find the following gratifying passage—it is beautiful and true : °Modern history has not so spotless a character to commemorate. Invincible in resolution, firm in conduct, incorruptible in integrity, ho brought to the helm of a victorious republic the simplicity and innocence of rural life; ho was forced into greatness by circumstances, rather than led into it by inclination, and prevailed over his enemies rath er by the. wisdom of his designs and the perseve rance of his character, than any extraordinary go. nius for the art of war. A soldier from necessity and patriotism rather than disposition, he was the first to reccrinchend a return to pacific tonncils when the independence of his country was secur ed, and bequoath"d to his countrymen an address, on leaving their government, to which there is no composition of uninspired wisdom which can bear a comparison. He was modest without diffidence; sensible to the voice of fame without vanity ; in dependent and dignified Without either asperity or pride. He was a friend to liberty, but not limn tiousness ;-not to the dreams of enthusiasts, but to those pn;ctical ideas which America had inherited from her English descent, and which were oppo sed to nothing 81 much as the extravagant lave of power in the French Democracy. Accordingly, after having signalized his life by successful resis tance to English oppression, he closed it by the warmest advice to cultivate the friendship of Great Britain; and by his casting vote, shortly - before his • resignation, ratified a treaty of friendly and com mercial intercourse between the mother-country and its emancipated offspring. -He was a Crom well without his ambition ; a Sylla without , his crimes; and, after having raised his country, by his exertions, to the rank of an independent state, closed his career by a voluntary ;relinquishment of the power which a grateful people had bestowed." 0:7. During the war between Poland and Rus sia it was not unfrequent to find women in corn wand of the forces.." Major Tocbman, the Polish exile says that in one instance a lady was first lieutenant of a troop in which her husband held a second lieutenancy. Women of the present day aro 'frequently to be seen in arms, and the Boston Bee asserts that many afnan is second lieutenant to his wife even now. ' Mrs. Seguin's Complimentary Benefit on Fri• day night, in Philadelphia, produced about $ 300. One lady, it is stated, threw a purse on the stag containing $ 100 in gold. How many famishing pool' might have been 'relieved with the contents of this purse! • MI (6:iris Stems. _ (474„-fnal.crad Setect'al.l. Whig State Conventions assembled in Massa ! , chusetts, Virginia nail Pennsylvania; on the '22x1l inst., They will all nominate, Henry, Clay. for the Presideincy. The'nutnber of pssengers that arrived in New York, fromforeign ports, Wit year. was 74,949. The New Orleans papers of the 9th inst., con tain the names of the Texian non-commissioned officers, and pri . vates, (of the latter, 248,) recent ly taken prisoners by the Mexicans. The Washington Correspondent of the New York Courier and Enquirer says : Let no man be deceived—the Bankrupt Law will be repealed.• • The Whigs of Tunica county, Miss., held large meeting on the 25th ult., for the purpose of org.nizing theMsolves for 'the ,contest of 1844. They raised the banner of Henry Clay sad deter mined to fight under it only. The recent Congressional elections in Massa chusetts, have with one exception failed to resnit in a choice. Mr.'Parmenter, a moderate Loco loco, and a tariff man,, has been: elected in the Fourth district. The Whig candidates led in three of the other districts. The Bill to apportion Ohio into Congressional Districts, passed the Senate of, that State on the 16th inst., by a vole of 21 to 14. Eight AVlng, members voted for, end five against it. Mr. James K. Polk is announced in the Nash ville 'Union, as a Candidate for Governor of Ten nessee. Ho will open the campaign at Jackson, in Madison county, on the first Monday in April next. A State Conventioft recently held in New Jer sey, has nominitted John Tyler fur re-election. The . Pope contemplates sending an Apostolic Vicar to China, at the, request of the Catholics in hat country The editor of the Penn Yen Democrat hoisted the Tyler flag one morning last week, and in the evening of the same day, was soliciting signatures to a petition that he might be appointed Post Master. The Captain ought to favor him, cer tainly. Hr.snir CLAT.—A ball was given to the Hon. Henry Clay by the citizens of New Orleans on the 17th instant on the eve of his departure for home. Of the late Commodore Hull it is said, that ho was the first man of any nation wha took an English frigate in fair and single fight. The Cmcinnattans are now building a steamer with over 200 feet keel, to he called the Harry of the West.' She will go a-head ! The GOverniir General of Canada is pant re cowry. Dropsy has set in, and ho has been giv en up by his medical attendants. The result of the late war to the Chinese has been the loss of twenty thousand men and eighteen hundred cannon, and a complete annihilation of he navy Tut Issec.—The old School Republican says The question for the people to determine is, John Tyler and an Exchequer--Martin Van Bu ren and the Suh-Treasury--Henry Clay and a U. tz. Bank,' The Boston Bee says, that a fellow out west had a basin of ditch water thrown in his lace, fur feeding his cow from his wife's bustle, mistaking it, as the scamp said, for thebrati bag. MORE OF THE FAMlLY.—Adolphua D. Wil son, a nephew of Governor Porter, has; been ap pointed Deputy Attorney General for Lycomin. county COUNTEIIFEIT DOLLARS. --It is estimated that there is more than a million of counterfeit Mexi can dollars, scattered through the State of New York, so we executed as to deceive the best judges: The bill to suppress borse-rseina, was lost in the House of Assembly of New Jersey, oci Thursday by a vote of 25 . to 27, Pretty near a dead teat, Mr. Ciii while at New Orleans, being invi ted to visit the sloop Ontario, was received with a salute of seventeen guns, and was met by the of ficers on deck in full uniform. Willis says the glance of one of his heroine's eyes was like the blue flashing of a Damascus blade. General Robert Potter Geld, a Revolutionary of. firer, died at his residence in Staunton, Va., or. Monday evening of last week, aged 91 years. A young man by the name of Taylor, woe ven enced to eighteen months imprisonment for hav ng, robbed a grave in a burial ground in Mona CM A spirited meeting of Whigs favorable to Hen• ry Clay was held at Richmond, Va.,. on Friday evening last. "Measure for measure," as the two clerks said when they were fighting with yard sticks. Brass at both ends," said a lady pointing to a Broadway dandy with brass beets on his boots. When once a woman lavishes her heart upon a man, she puts him in possrssion of the enchanted talisman, that was the sceptre over her empire, o ver him, and over herself. A country chap says that he came pretty near being made captain of a militia company. He says he received one vote, and that was unani mous. Out of 1,800 members of the Chelsea temper once society, who have become members within the 'last two years, not one has (lied. A young widow who edtts a paper in a neigh. boring state, says-- ,, We do not look so well to day as usual, on account of the non-arrival of the males." The President of the United Slates has granted a free pardon to Mr. Suydam for an assault on Mr. Alvear, and remitted the fine of $5OO. The thermometer, on Friday morning, in Al bany, stood lb degrees below zero. A little out of Albany tho thermometer ran ilown to 24. At Hartford, Cann., on Fy i iday, the thermome• ter was also at 15 deirees below zero. - Fowl MEXICO. The schooner Victoria, at Mobile, brings i • Iligence from Vera Cruz to the 20th ult. The Texian prisoners were at Work at Berate —Mr. Van Ness had been taken to the city of Mexico and was at work upon the streets. It was rumored when the Victoria left, that the Mexicans had been driven from the heights in the rear of Campeachy. - General Demas had gonb over to the Mexicans. The Mexicans had fittbd out a new expedition for Campeachy con sisting of ten or twelve hundred men. The Eng lish officers connected with the Mexican army had returned to Europe. A correspondent of the O. Bee says that orders have been given for the enlistment oftwen ty-four thousand men, to be, in readiness by the Ist of March, a portion of whom his said is des tined against Texas. ,I r eatcr news from Yucatan looks unfavorable for the Mexicans—their troops have dwindled away, and the Yucanurse aro in excellent spirits. News from Texas to the 4th inst has been re ceived. President Houston evinces no determi nation to prepare for the approaching crime, and the citizens are left to theie own energies in pro viding for repelling the invasion, the moat formi dable which has ever been threatened them. From the Harriaburg capitolian. GREAT GATHERING"OF THE PEOPLE! ;Orgealzotlon' of the Convention.. . The Convention is one of the largest ever assent bled in Harrisburg. One half of the Delegates cannot get into the Courthouse. The Committee on officers reported the follow ing list of officers: Prirsi DENT ABRAHAM R. MILVAINE. of Cheater Co. VICE PRESIDENTS: John Ely, Bucks County, John Landis and Geo. Mayer, Lancaster, Philip Smyser, York, !Welcher Brenneman, Cumberland, John N. McLintock, Esq., Perry, Dr. Lot Benson. Berks. Dr. George N. Eckert, Schuylkill, Jahn Lisenring, Northampton and Monroe, George Brosius, Northumberland, William McDowell, MuTin r , James. Mothers, Esq.,'Juniata, Levi B. Christ, Fsq., Union, William Sloan Columbia, Walter Craig, Esq , Washington, ' George Mullen, Esq., Bedford, John Withrow, Franklin. Davis Henderson, Montgome'ry, Benjamin Jordan, Esq., Dauphin, John Bossier, Lebanon, John Fenton, of Cambria, James Wilson, of Adams, Jonathon McWilliams, of Huntingdon, Andrew Wylie, jr, Allegheny, Joshua P. Eyre, Esq.: Delaware. William P. 1. Painter, Esq. Lycorning, Jeremiah Church, Esq., E. W. M: Blaine, E-q.. Erie, Joseph Chamberlain, Crawford, William Allison, Ceutre, JoluiliMcCord'Bradford, ,JosePh M. Thomas, Philadelphia city and co -SEC nvrAnt its: Joseph Niede, Montgomery, 8.. G. Harper, Adams, -1 Joshua W. Comfy:Columbia, Frederick 0. Kay, Allegheny, William Johnson, Lycoinitig, Israel Carperilcr. Lancaster, Major Michael Cri..,vscll, M Loretzr L, Lehman, Lebanon Charles Lawlor*, Schuylkill. The Bennington, Vt. Banner gives the follow ing as Prophet Miller's description of the coming of the Sor: of man: ti A small bright spot will first appear in the east, which will gradually exPmul as it approach es the earth. By and bye, a small cloud will ap pear before the luminous hall and between it and the earth. , OW: this cloud will be seen the Son of Man, standing erect, his figure plainly visible to the spectators on the earth. At the sound of a trumpet (or some other signal.) have gradually il luminated the whole heavens, the righteous dead shall rise from their resting plaedi—and the risen, and the living saints shall together be caught up and meet the Saviour in the air, when they will instantly be changed and clothed. with immortali ty. The Savior will then present them to the Father, whose presence is denoted by this lumin ous mass, perfect. wi hout spot or wrinkle. The Father will then give the Saints, by the mkrriage covenant, as a bride to the Son. They will then be constituted the New Jerusalem, and, together I willt the Saviour, will descend to the earth, which during their absence hair been purified by fire, and the wicked burned up, where the Saints will dwell with Christ forever." Commmv Sc P001...4. 7 111e Evening, Journal says—n the bill reported in the Senate en Saturday try Mr. Huddleson, we learn, nuthoiizi s the sch 01 directors in tho several accepting school districts of the Commonwealth, annually hereafter to ass , :bs upon the taxable inhabitants for the support of the schools in each district, a sum not less than double, and not exceeding three times the proportion here- . after authorized to be paid out of the funds of the Commonwealth for the support of schools in said districts, to ho levied and collectesYtho same as other taxes. In addition to this, it requires the directors to assess upon each scholarlhat shall at tend any of the public schools, a sum 4, less than 12i nor exceeding 50 -cents pet qudrter--to be paid by the parent or gu s ardian at the commence ment of the quarter, otherwise to be collected by the county collectors the same as other rotes. The bill repeals all acts of Assembly, making aypro priations to colleges, academic and ennirran schools. authorizes a ineelin r.f the Tta'itiett citizens of every common school district on the first Tuesday of May, 18.13; ond there after to decide by ballot whether the common school system shntl he continued or not Tin BOILERS Minis r.—No little censure has men nestowed on Capt. McKenzie for not attempt ing to carry the principal mutineers into St. Thomas or some nearer port.—The following tes timony elicited on Friday by the Judge Adviicate from sailing master M. C. Perry,himself a yOuth, shows the aspect in which this part of the case would naturally be viewed' by the of ieers of 4116 Navy. Q.—Was it discussed at the council of officers if the vessel could be carried to St. Thomas or any nearer port A.—Yes, it was; and I said I would rather go over board - than to go to St. Thomas for protec tion ; I would never agree to any thing of that kind. I said also that it would be impossible to take the vessel to any port. Q.—Why did you say you would sooner go over board than seek protection at St. Thomas A.—Because it would have been disgraceful to the United States and to the Navy, and particu larly to the offers of the brig. If an 'American man of war could not protect itself, there would . be nn use in having them.—N. Y.. of Commerce. THE Bssa iturr Law-.—lt is a mistaken sup position tbat'abe case in Bankruptcy brought up befaia iho Supreme Court at Washington, led to a decision on the unconstitutionality of, the Bank rupt Law. In the. case referred to, fiveitut of sev en Judges present decided that tho Supreme Court had nojuristliction whatever in cases of Bankrupt. cy. This is considered as deciding the question of eitt otitutionality. If the Supreme Court has no i l juri &mien in any. case of -Bankruptcy, then it can of pronounce the law unconstitutional, unless its owers are extended by new legislative enact• mints. Tho Court of Bankruptcy &ems to be considered entirely distinct from the Supreme Court, not subject to its authority, tior bound by its decisions. It is said that no further effort will be made to get tho law declared uriconatitu:ional. —fForum. CLAT IN TUE Bairn'. —The Charleston Courier regrets that Mr. Clay could not, by rea son of existing engagements, extend his journey through the South by gray of Charleston, end adds:-- 3 This, is the more to be lamented, as from the turn that political matters have been recently ta king. ir may have been particularly opportune that Mr. Clay should have mingled with our people and partaken of their hospitalities. For',wo veri ly_heliere that if we fail in giving to the Preaiden-! cy, the great statesman of the South, few Southl Carolinians would be found unwilling to take «a ', brave, hold, gallant,ligh.minded man of genius—: such a an; for instance, as Ilsrseir Ciar;' •as their as end choice. . Correspondence of the N i Y. Tribune. • Wasnisoroa, Feb. 20, 1843. \ A significant communication was made by the . Secretary of the Treasury to tla Senate last week s , in answer to a call from thbt body-for a statement ,:-: alloadng the amount of accruing, duties during the ••• third and fourth quarters of the past year, and the value of imports and exports for the last quarter, : II cannot now recollect whether or .not I sent yo 4 a copy of it as I Intended to do. I therefere - Send yon a - copy at this time. It, certainly shows well for the operation. of the Tanff id far, and if the doctrine which..we hatrii ever believed in old-fash• Toned times, that en excess of exports beyond•th`o * amount of imports is to be regarded asi•favorable indication s this statement speaks volumes. , 1 103 l , not to be expected mu ltitude that the l ultitude of foreign _/ agents engaged in importing gods into this corm: try will be pleased with a me aura ,' which stops the drain of specie that has beo Made from the country for years past to pay for goods of foreign manufacture, bat it will certainly please those who look to the interest of the whole country; I send you the statement, as follows. without farther comment . A Statement exhibiting the duties tohich, accrued • * On merchandise imported during the third and fourth quarters tf the :year 1842. , • Accruing dOties during the third quarter Accruing duties during the f )us th quarter $5,884,1395 59 Value of imports and expnrla during the /wails quarter of 1842. L•itpurte free of duty P.yitu; duty Exports of foreign goods— Frf eof duty $1,023,569 Pt'lifig duty A. 219,532 Exports of domestic 'produce 2,5,229,618 This Corgreas which is seen to terminate, is yet to be juslitie by the ..tountry,, and Whig prih ciples and Fehr? - as preseived and dofendctlhy that body, will yet enjoy the triumph of truth. Perhaps the majority of no Congress has beert more bitterly assailed and idinscd than this,—even by its own friends as well as foes--yet it is the r,nli body that has assembled here for many !cats, that has had honesty and independence enough, notwithstanding difficulties such as have never before existed, to carry out, so Inns its constitu7 timid powers extended, every principle and every promise ever avowed even 'in the beat.of a most excited political contest, It is-the only body that hakfulfilled, and more than fulfilled, all itromices of "retrenchment," so often made by . nII - parties, hut never b'efore preformed, arid which has thus trenched upon its own feelings and perquisites. . No other Congrere has transacted meetly the amount of public and private business that this hall done. Labor, hard and fait'hful labor, has been the word and the practice in all itiComtreittees since the first day of its assemblage. - The publici expenditures•have been reduced to an uneftamtiled degree—from forty trillions per annum' to about eighteen ! (The appropriation for the'next.eigh teen months being but $22,000,000,) and this in the',facs of the must discouraging difficulties, arid amid the bstrkruptey and debt bequeathed to thi. Congress by the last administration. Those who have a itnessed the firmness 'with which the yeti -0116 difficulties of the errs session and of that which followed, were met; and the mitnotici per ssveraties with which renewed effirts were Imola to save something to the country out of the wren k which had been mole by the taithles-iness of those' in whom the People had trpsted, will never douht the COI reCtlesS of the Whig print..qeS.Whiefl sus tained them, and which they in turn so well illus trated. The country, I repeat, will yet render to this Congress full justice. Dc 4TSI or Bimini Gnisworm.—lt is our painful task, says the Boston Times of this morn ing, to record a melancholy accident which has de prived the Christian Church of one of its brightest and purest ornaments. Yesterday -afternoon, a- bout 5 o'clock, as the Right Rev. Bishop Griswold was ascending the steps in front of Bishop East burn's house, in Pemberton Square, befell and re ieived an injury which caused his death immedi ately upon the spot. The Right Rev. Alexander Viets Griswold, .D. D , was Bishop of the Eastern Diocese, ( which csmprises the States of Ma,sachusetts, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island,) and was consecrated May 29, 1911, at Trinity Church, New York, at the same time as the late Rt. Rev. Bishop Hobart. He was 75 years old, and en joyed good health up to the time of his sudden death. The New York Union has the following par agraph CuAlva es IN TFIE CANINET.—In no way heed the ten thousand and'one rumors of changes in the Cabinet. A change in the Treasury Depart ment will no doubt take &ace soon niter the ad joninment in Congress ; beyond this, further change is, as yet, entirely unsettled, nor deter mined upon, neither will be, until this congress ends. A. SIGN.—The Charleston Mercury his hoiet.- ea the following banner: For President of the - United States,; • JOHN G. CALHOUN, t • Subject to the decision of a Democratic Convention DEIIIOCRAT;C BANNER, Free 1 4 rade; Low Ditties; No Debt; .5'W era lion from Banks; Economy ; Retrenchment s ;, and 1 strict adherence to the Constitution.—John C. Calhoun. Petitions to Congress, praying for the adoption of Mr. William Cost Johnson's plan.of issuing $200,000.000 of block continue to'pour NEW BOOKS rontsT Lire—a Romance of olden nines. it is a new work from the pen of G. P. R. 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