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'ATTORNEY AT LAW,
,,. GCNBVBT, PA.
nuslnens Kiciidi J to in llio tJmiiitios of Not
Luu.l orluuJ, Union, l.vrmntng and (uluiiilia.
llrfer tot
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. MEDICAL BOOKS,
MOVliAVUWAl.tt JIJSTOIUVALDOOKS,
SCHOOL UOQKS.
Scientific and Matiikmaiicai. Dooks.
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Hymn ijoJkstanJ Vitiyer-' Books', Biblusi M stze
!, I ninl prices., n i . ' (
lifmik Dools,WrUi:'S l'lKr, "'!'' Mtiy
WVi'offilnle and ItctM'.
n?"Htii vHAVsir. than 0niit pneca.
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CUOl tK -MM ,ll.ssltl Ml.ltMl.VM'S
ninl W. i.l. i'.t in Sr-cl,
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Cwntantly on haii.l a genrral aawrlimnt of
HOC IS 111 ES; T K A S, WINKS, S K E lS,
an
IVwikhthey tespoitr.illy invito the attention
, , , , , .. of the public.
All .k'KHln ofcotintry produce tnkfii in exchange
forMiroco.-ies or sold on Commission.
4Htl April lil4b
JTiSkET : '
IttANUPACTOliy,
HENRY 'COULTER,
KftSPfcCTFULLY informs liis fri. nils ainl
tlia cpublie, that ho constantly k-w on
land la6 assortment of children willow
Uoaches,' Chairs, Cradles, market awl tiuvol
fjing baskets, and every variety of basket work
manufactured.
Country Merchants and others who wish to
: purchase mch articles, good and cheap, would
dovt'cirtocallonhim, as they are all manulac
taredi'y'hrYn'inthe best manner T-
l'hiradclphia, June 3, 181. 1y '
WM.(J. MASON.
49 Chanut st. 3 iWt hrt'imll.t Philwklphta
Engraver of UCSIXF.S.S V1SITIXC t'AKDS,
Watch lepers. Labels, Door plates. Seals and
Stamp, for Odd Fellows, Sons of 1 emperance,
c c Always on hund a geuerul assortment
of Fiue Fancy Goods, Cold pens of every quality.
)os Collars ill fireat variety. Kngravers tools
' and materials. ,
Agency for theWan-iracturcr of Glaziers Dia-
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mem 01 an m.iubu. Ui.i-,
varieties which ttiey nr dcterm'.iieii to
Lower than ran te jiurchased e sew hero.
Country Merchants and olhars I'urcliasins in
tk..l.uu li. ivili find it to their aovau.aiio
rati oeiore p..ie.ius..ir, " " -.
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competition.
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HAVE jni.sun.lly limn), a general tuwiilmint '
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ami Twine. Tw ljiMa, fur Cju.iI lknt. H"W ''
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Ol ' whirl, tlli-v will illle of ell .! IrntM.
K.h. huv Siu or liccr.i4i..u. Mad. tu UnUA at
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IlEMOVAL.
rVK- J. B. MAHSEIl hui removed his
. ' oHico. to tt.e olftee fi.r.nerlv' Oi
copied by 11. 1). Maimer, as the printing
4 ollice of tlio Sunhuty American, biuk I about 1) in the evening, four boats Were des
of 11. Massers store. patched, armed from liis majesty's ships,
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' ' lWn7tt. i her residcuc. in Sunbury. Tbo lo-
i a,i ,..,....... r n.n
yftlmn IS UI I. nmi.i'. f" I
lawn commanding a line view of the Hus.piel.au.
BUI Kurthumberlana IW me srenery uojucep
i ,'it person. iruin ui.
; itiOllUU i "f eoiunry uuiuih auniaow;
mM. Suubury aUbiJj a dclightlul uUeat
Ki..kM:isi
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Wo (lonbt if tlia following hnos, tnkrsn from
a ijook ,toceiitjj( Piiblislicil in' Lfintjtiii, hnvo
hitlnirto hprvarcj oii tliis'niiUj iliu 'Allahtie.
Tho Ilook of ljo rmi)hct Ezekiul furnUlics
llio subject.
I was in tho halid of fiod ( m - ? .(,
f llorno upon the rushini; gale,
. On a virtioiicd mount 1 trod,
(iur.imi o'er a boundless vale
Far as llio eye could gbnee, 'twas Kpieud .
With tlin remnants ,if the diad.
Sons of the Captivity,
l'riiiee and iK-asunt, warrior, fI.ivc,
. There Iny naked to the iky
"l'was a ruined Nation's grave;
Death sat on his loneliest throne
In that wilderness of bone.
Morn arose and twilight fell,
Slill the Ihiiics Iny Heaehed and hare;
' Midui'.rhl brought the patither'n yell '
liotindinir through his liuinan lair, '
Till ubovc the World of CIny.
Ages seemed to wear owayi
On my spirit cnnie a sound
Like the gush of desert springs
Dursling o'er the burning ground
"Prophet of the King of kings-, '
Shall not Israel live ngninl
Shall not these dry bones lie men ?
, Then I stood, and prophesied.
. "Conie together, Kino to bone,"
. btiilden us the stormy tide,
Thick as leaves by temie.st strown,
Heaving o'er the Inighly vale,
Shook the remounts cold and pale !
FleMi to flesh was clinging now ;
There was w i n the warrior limb,
There was seen the princely brow
liut the stately eye wasdim ;
Mailed in steel, or rolled in gold.
All was corpse-like, all was cold.
Then the voice was heard once more
"Prophet, call the wiudsof lleuveii !''
As along the threshing floor . '
ChalTlieforc tho gale is driven;
At tho blast, with shout and clang,
On Ihrir feet the myriads sprang ? ;
Flushed to heaven the visioned shield,
Whirlwind, axe, and lightning swoid,
Crushing on a Moody field
Syria's chariots, IOgypt's horde,
Till on Zion's summit shone
Israel's Angel-guarded Throne. '
Then the Vision swept away ;
Thunders rolled o'er Karlh and Heaven.
Llko Iho thunders of the day
When Kaith's pillars shall he riven,
Hear I not Ihu rushing wings 1
Art Thou coming ! King of kings !
Qiotorical.
UKlL.Vtli UK Till: I'lIIVATlJIill.
THE BOLDEST FIGHT ON RE
CORD.
The nnnals of mortal warftiro do not
furnish the f-cital of a more gullaut action
limn that loualit at i-'aval. WisU'lu Islamls.
lu 4 11,. bulwci'u a Brit Lsb qui , brii; and
tlicvj04ls.of a British vjumlriiu on tho one
suL ' ami on tlio other the Utile linvatit
ariui'd hrigCfcncral Arinstrbnp:,' or si-vott
rjfiirts'finrf hiiiotv'tnch, commanded ljr f'nj
lairi Samuel C.'Rt'id, btit of the jiurt of Sew
The trrrihle t-nspio'cmont of Taul Jones ;
with a British cruwer, is scarcely a parallel
to jtv ami lew naval lialtU-s, fveu by large
floi'lu. pvl.ilnl srirri.nt a sllllh'lltcr. A lu ll
I , r- n I---. "
isU rL.sid(.ut uf Fayal, who was witnes to
- . , , .
me ariaiu in a wucr m me iuiniau-.i wi-
I"'", llUtliT (late ol tJtlolier I.nn, wit,
tiius ilescrilies tho liold defence and nohlo
..,. .,., a ro-
man
'The American privateer brig Con.
A .... 1 ..in,. ..f Win) Vi.rlr f'nitt. K:iinlli. f
Reid, of seven guns and ninety men, enter-
ed here on tlu? Sililh ultimo, ntKjtit noon, 17
r. .
days from that place, for the purpose of
obtaining water. The captain, seeing noth
ing on the horizon, was induced to anchor.
Before the lapse of many hours, his majes
ty's brig Carnation came in, and anchored
near her.
About six, his majesty's ship riantage-
net, of 71 guns, and the Rota frigate, came
I , , . ... , , .1, I .1 . 4
Dl'ivatccr and his ll'iellds COllSUlteU 1U0 lust
authorities here alx)ut her security. They
nll considered her perfectly secure, and
that his majesty's officers were too well ac-
rtuainted Willi the respect due a neutral
port to molest her.
. ...
. But to the sreat surprise of every one,
for the purpose of cutting her out, It( be
ing aiMiut the Wl 01 jue moon tne ingiii
pi'rlectly clear and calm, we couhj see
every movement made, ino uoai np-
nroacheil w.li raiiulitv towards her. when.
it appears, the captain of the privateer
hailed them, and told them to keep oil'
several times. They notwithstanding push
ed on, and were in the act of boarding be
fore any defence was made Irom the priva
teer. A warm contest ensued on both sides.
The boats were finally dispersed with great
i T. . . ...
"J calculating on a very
superior force beinor aon rn,;. i,i.....i
I - , ., . . '
rowed the privateer close in alongside of
i 1110 wiuuu luui cable lengtii. v. here
r i ne inuuicu mii, ueuu ana stern, witn tour
- Jifj i
J I The governor now sent rcmonstranre
, , , , , . , r .. ...
I to layuiu x.ioyo,oi tuc l UnUgnct.agdiuU
silcti jiromSTings,' nriil IrtiKiptl that thd nri-ati-er
voliiil not (.p ruHht't1 rnolcstcd ;1 she
h'in in Ihe'diimitiian'of Poitngal, nnd un
ilfp the guns of Ih castl Was entitled to
roVtiifresd firole'ctiorw ' ' '' """
' ' Captain Lloyd's ' arts'wer was, that he
was dett trhincd to di-stroy the V essel nt the
expense of nil Fnynll,' and should any pro
tcctiort be glvrn ber by the fort, ho would
not loave n house standing in tho village.
All tho inhabitant wtrp gathered about the
walls, expecting a renewal of the attack.
At about midnight, fourteen launches were
discovered to bo coming, in rotation for the
puros6.
When they got within clear gunshot, a
tremendous and rflecltial discharge was
made from tho privateer, which threw the
Ix.als into confusion. They now returned
a spirited fire; but tho privateer kept up so
continual a discharge, it was almost impos
sible for the boats to make any progress.
They finally succeeded, after immense loss,
to get alongside of her and attempted to
hoard at every quarter, cheered by the offi
cers, with a shout of 'No quarter V which
we could distinctly hear, as well as their
shrieks and cries. The termination was
near about a total massacre.
Three of the boats were sunk, and but
one poor solitary officer escaped death, in n
boat containing filty souls; he was wound
ed. ;The Americans fought with great firm
ness ; somo of the bunts were led without a
single man to row them : others with three
or four ; the most that any one returned
with was about ten ; several boats floating
on shore full of dead bodies. .., '
With great reluctance I state that they
were manned with picked men, and com
manded by the first, second, third and fourth
lieutenants of the l'lantageni t; first, sec
ond, third and fourth do. of the frigates:
and the first ollicers of tin? brig; together
with a great number of midshipmen. Our
wlutle force exceeded 100 men ; but three
escaped, two of which arc wounded. The
bloody and unfortunate contest lasted about
10 minutes.
After the boats gave out, nothing more
was attempted till daylight next morning,
when Iho Carnation hauled alongside and
engaged ber. The privateer still continu
ed to make a most gallant defence. These
veterans reminded me of Lawrence's dying
Words, on the Chesapeake, 4J)ont give up
the ship?' The Carnation lost one ol her
topmasts, and her yards were shot away ;
she was much cut up in the rigging, aad
received several shots in her hull. This
obliged her to haul off to cease her firing.
,' Tho Americans now finding their princi
pal gun (I Long Tom,) and several others,
dismounted, deemed it folly to think of sa
ving her against so superior a force ; there
fore cut away her masts to the deck, blew
a hole through her bottom, took out their
small arms, clothing, &c, and went on
shore. I discovered only two shot holes in
the privateer, though much cut up in rig-gin-.
Two boats' crews were afterwards des
patched from our vessels, which went on
board, took out some provisions, and set her
on lire.
For three days after, we were employed
in burying the dead that washed on shore
in the surf. The number of British killed
exceeds 1 20 and 1)0 wounded. The enemy,
(tlie Americans) to the surprise of mankind,
lost only two killed and seven wound.
We may well say, (Jod deliver us from our
enemies, if this is the way the American's
light."
- After burning the , privateer, Captain
Lloyd made a demand of the governor to
deliver up. the Americans as , prisoners
which was ruluscd. lie threatened to send
i.r00 men onshore, and take them hy force.
The Americans immediately retired with
their arms to an old Gothic Convent,
knocked away tie adjoining drawbridge,
and determined to defend themselves to the
last. "ir '. '' '
'The captain, however; thought better
than to st?ntY'hb men. He then demanded
two men, which he said deserted his vessel
when in America. Tho governor sent for
his men, but found none of tho description
iltven.
' Many houses received much injury on
. t- ... it. i .1... A
snore, iroill uie j;iiii!i ui (lie v.u. i.a.iui.
woman simng m me lourin Hiory o! iter
! 0"s'' , r ""g" u" a."u u j
' 1 1 I.!,. .. 1... M1!... Aii.iit.iMnn fiin
had his arm broken. The American Con
sul here has made a demand on the Porta
guest? government for a hundred thousand
dollars, for the privateer; which our Con
sul, Mr. Parkin, thinks, in justice, will be
paid, and that they will claim oil England
: Mr.. Parkin, Mr. Edward Bay ley, and
other English gentlemen, disapproved ol
the outrage and depredation committed by
our vessel on this occasion. The vessel, (a
ship o( war) that was despatched to England
With the Wounded, and was not permitted
to take a single letter from any jierson.
Being an eye witness to this transaction, 1
have given you a correct statement as it o&
curred." '
llr.MKnv foh tu Ct.iroRNi Fcvitn.A
frimid " who has been Boon sinit :Hervit:0 ' in
Iho camp life, oflers lo ' mono utllieted wit
the prevailing epidemic thu Tollowiuy pro.
scriptinn : 1 '"' ' ' i ' '
1st.' Sleep three flights in your wood-house
with year door 'open nnd swinging in' the
wiuiduriiig which tiwo lot your diot bo
poik cooked by yourself at a smoky fire iu
the tmrden.
' 2d. Improve all the tainy nights in sleeping
between your currant bushes and guidon
fence. ' '
3.1. On tho fourth day of your regime let
vonr diet be mule steak.
' 4th. Thereafter dispense with all kiuds of
food savo doir ineal. '
If this be followed ifai.liJti ly, it i. confi
lieiitly behtveda pcinianeut cuie will be ii
IcctcJ.
D to gray 1)1).
... . , . 'Ij'roiallio Kvcning Pnlletin ,
MAJOn tiE.MKRAI. MOUTH.
A leleginpliio despatch from Louisville,
Ky., announces tho deal li of Major General
Worth., Ho foil a, victim to cholera, at San
Antonio, on tho 7th instant. From the fact
that tho epidemic is known to' bo raging at
that place, wo presume there is little, or no
doubt of the authenticity of the report, which
comes by llio way of New Orleans.
Worth has been compared, and not unjust
ly, to Murat. His handsome person and his
dashing conraje, forcibly recalled to mind,
during tho war with Mexico, the lloland of
Napoleon's army. Few American ollicers
participated in ns many battles as Worth,
none perhaps, in such brilliant and numerous
victories. Prominently distinguished in tho
war of 1812 ihen in that of Florida then
under Taylor at Monterey and finally in the
campaign against the city of Mexico, ho ran
n career alike fortunate and brilliant, nnd one
in which glory and promotion followed hand
in hand, lint alas! just when tho war is over
and tho timo has come for him to repose on
his laurels, ho is cut ofT by a ignoble disease,
in a paltry frontier town. Such is life ! Such
is the i ml of earthly glory !
Worth claims descent from one of tho
earliest Puritan settlors. He was born in
17!) 1, received n plain but snliManlial educa
tion, and began lile a tiadei's clerk iu Hud
sou, N, Y. When the war IS 12 broke out,
he entered tlio nrmy ns a private, but did
not long remain iu tho ranks. A fellow clerk
who had enlisted with him, having been
placed under arrest for somo indiscretion,
applied to Worth for advice, who undertook
to write a petition for the delinquent, to the
colonel or the regiment. This olficer hnp
lenod to be Seolt. Stti.ck by the style and
penmanship of thu petition, he enquired llm
name of thu writer, and, in the interview
that followed, was so pleased with Worth's
manners, and soldiery and handsome person,
that he appointed him his private secretary.
Scott did not stop here. He procured for
Worth a commission as lieutenant in the
twenty-third regiment; and the meiits of
thu young subaltern joined to somo good for
tune, did the rest of his advancement. Worth
rose rapidly, indeed, during tho war of 1812.
At Chippewa lie distinguished himself so
highly, that ho was brevelted a captain ; at
Lundy's Lane he won the rank of major, and
if peuco had not been declared immediately
afterwards, he would doubtless have advanced
still further.
After the pence, Worth wn?, for gome timo
superintendent of tho West Point Military
Academy. In 1S24, ho was appointed a
lieutenant colonel ; iu 1S3'J, a major of ord
nance : and in lS'Jtt. colonel of the eighth re-
intent of infantry, tho rank he held in the
lino at tho period of his death. In 1821, af
ter the retirement of (Jeueral Armistead,
Worth succeeded to the chief command iu
Florida, where he had been serving, us sec
ond in rank, for about a year. Ambitious of
notion, ho sought every opportunity to
bring the Indians to action, uud though often
disappointed, finally succeeded. On the 17th
Of April 1842, he overtook a large foreo of
savages at Pulaklaklaba, near thu St. John's
river. A terrible action ensued, but victory
finally crowned Worth. In recompense for
his gallantry on this occasion, Worth was
brevoited a ISrigadier General. He remained
in Florida, after this, for somo time, but tho
Indians never could bo induced to try their
strength with him ngain. When a war with
Mexico became probable, he was detached
to Corpus Christ!, to join Taylor: and reniain-
with the general until just before thu battles
of Palo Alto ami Resaca do la l'alina. The
cause of his leaving camp, as is well known,
was a difference belwecu him and Twiggs,
growing out of his brevet rank. Ho hasten
ed to Washington, intending to resign; but
the war altered his decision, and cancelling
his resignation he burned back tu the army
Taylor, sympathizing with tho feelings of
Worth, who could iil forgive himself for
having missed thu battles of the Htli and 'Jilt
of May, assigned tu him, at Monterey, tho
task of carrying the heights on the Sallillo
road, with one division of tho army, while,
with the oilier, tho commander-in-chief ad
vanced against tho tuwu from tho Soralvo
road. This was, in fact, giving Worth an iu
dependent command for, after once sepura.
ling, it was found impossible to keep up the
communication between tho two divisions
of the army. Worth felt tho importance of
his task, and appreciating tho friendship of
his general, resolved to cany tho heights,
formidable as they weie, or perish in the
attempt. "A giwleoragrave! ' lie exclaim
ed, as he leaped iulo tho tmddlo. Wo have
not the space, to-day, to describe the biilhaut
oncrniious thai ensued ; besides, they, are
familiar to, most, if not all our readers. It
-
iseiii.ii"li to say that Worth carried, in sue.
cesiion, the various foils commanding tho
Saltillo road -stoi mod tho Bishop's palace
which overlooked tho town and pushing
forward through the suburbs, entered the
streets, throwing shot and shells, and canying
terror and dismay before nun. lie was
within a short distance of thu gieat sqnuie,
when llio town capitulated lo Taylor, pone
paling to the jilazo from tho other side. For
his exploits at Monterey Worth, was berovet-
tod s. Major General. ' rv
Worth was among the ctncrahi w ithdrawn
fioin Taylor, prior lo the buttle, of Uuena Vis
la. llu next ieal exploit wuuat Mobile del
Key, whcie ho cauicd tho annuel impugna
ble woikol the cucuiy, uftci a ticmtudou
struggle, in which Wdro lives wore lost, in
proportion to thu members engaged, than in j
any action Of the war. This terrible battle
illustrated tho faults as well1 as merits of
Worth. It is now 'generally '. conceded that
tho'actioit wasabluncior : in dllirir'words that
it was won at too great a eos't. ' The defences,
of the Mexicans had been imperfectly recon
noitred, and proved far Stronger than it was
at first supposed ; it, was ulso believed that
the enemy had au important cannon foundry
there, which was a mistake. Tho attack
ought never to have been ordered, but, once
determined on, Worth was tho very man to
lead it. With the story of that bloody day
our readers, we presume, are familiar. It is
not as generally known, perhaps, that defeat
was only arrested by the nrrivul of Cadwaldcr
with tho reserve. Just nt the crisis of tho
fight, when tho American column reeled
bleeding before tho awful fire of tho enemy,
the division of onr bravo commander came
up, led by Col. Graham, and carried the Mex
ican works triumphantly.
Worth also fought with distinction at Cerro
Gordo, at Churubusco, nnd at the storming of
tho gates of Mexico. It is now generally con
ceded that, in this latter ' notion, his troops
entered the same day us Quitman's,' though
tho contrary opinion was at first extensively
circulated in tho United States. It was
Worth who suggested the march across tho
country, below Lake Chalco, iu order to avoitl
tho impregnable defences of the V era Cruz
approach to the capital, lie was peihaps,
il'lur Taylor and Seolt, the most elliciont, cer-
liuly the most popular of the generals of the
war Willi jUexico.
At Puebla, prior to tho advance on Iho city
of Mexico, a dilliculty nioso between Scott
nnd Worth, which interrupted a friendship
that had continued for thirty-five years. As
in the scrutiny that took place thu decision
of Worth's fellow ollicers was against him,
we may presuino that ho ivas most to Maine,
though, we confess, wo know nothing of llu;
merits of the case. Judging from the char-
icier of Scott and Worth, we may conclude
that ono was hasty and irritable, tho other
presuming, haughty; perhaps contemptuous.
The character of Worth muy bo sketched
in few words. He was bravo to a fault, suf
ficiently good as a . tactician, chivalrous, of
popular manners, of imjiosing presence,
haughty, nt times over bearing impetuous,
waim-hcnrted, a fast friend. In many res
pects ho resembled Decatur, In battle, es
pecially where daring courago was required,
lie had no superior. His soldiers still tell,
with enthusiasm, that, at Monterey, ho dis
mounted from his horse, placed his plumed
hat on the point of his sword, nnd waving it
high overhead, led Ihem to storm tho Hisliop's
Custle. Such tales recall thu Paladins of old
romance.
WILLIAM 1'lTT.
Pitl Was tall and thin, with a gloomy,
sneering expression. His language was col.i,
his intonation monotonous, his gestures pas
sionless; jet tho lucidness and fluonry of
his ideas, and his logic reasoning illumina
ted by sudden flnshos of eloquence made his
abilities something extraordinary. I saw
Pitt pretty often as ho walked across St.
James' Park, from his house on his way to
the king. Georgo 111., on his side, had per
haps just arrived from Windsor, after drink.
ing beer from pewter pots with Iho farmers
of the neighborhood, ha crossed Mho ugly
court yard of his ugly palace in u dark car
riage, followed by a few horae guard. lins
was tho master of tho kings of Europe, as
five or six merchants are the masters of India,
, Pitl iu a black coat and brass lulled sword
with his hal under his arms, went up stairs,
two or three steps ut a time, on his way ho
only saw a few idle emigres, and glancing"
disdainfully ut us, passed on with a palo face
and head thrown back. This great financier
maintained no order iu his own house ; ho
had no regular hour for his meals nor his
sleep. Plunged iu debt, he paid nothing
and could not make up his mind to add up a
bill. A valet managed his household auairs,
Ill-dressed, without pleasure, without passion
eager for jKiwer alone, ho despised honors
uud would be nothing but William Pitt. Lord
Liverpool took iu to dine ut his coiiuUy
house iu thu mouth of June, and ou
his way thither pointed out tu me the small
house where died in poverty the sou uf Lord
Chatham, the statesman who brought all I'.u
rope into his pay, un.l distributed with his
own hands all the millions of the earth.
Easily Satisjtkb. A gentleman with a
smiling countenance was seen coming down
llio steps leading lo tho rooms of the Secre
tary of iho Treasury and tho Home ltepail
inent oil Saturday. '-You seem pleased," re
marked a liieud. . ' And well 1 limy, was
llio response, 'fori have piocurcd without
I rou bio that lor which 1 went up."
"Ah, well, then there's somo chance for
me," uud llio eye brightened. "A pretty
good salary, eh''' was the serious iuquiiy.rr
"No, sir," said llio other, "1 tun nntnii olfieo
seeker. 1 merely went into tho lucsscngei'
room for u drink of water." .' . .
Munificent UKyutsTS. Tho late Benja
mill li. Nichols, Esq., bequeathed lo the
Massachusetts General Hospital, ruUUO, iho
income lo be applied to the support of free
bo.ls ; uUo, .f 1U(H) lo the farm School. Ii,.
Ion Journal.
l.AlLftO.lUS ANII lil'M lKINklN;. Ilie Ih-
roa tois of the Woicesler Itiihuad havo voted
not to employ any one upon then loaj who
is uot atllUly a tcnqldllCC U1J.U.
' ' II C ATTAIN SUTTKIt. !
: Tho following graphic sketch of Capt. Sut-
tor, and Sutler's ..fbrtjjs from an excellent
letter from California,, in the Homo Journal.
1 will give, as you havo requested, tho
renders of tho Home .Journal, a sketch uf
Captain Suttor,( pronounced by himself Sontcr)
his moans, the fort bearing his name, ,nud a
fow fact) in relation to the gold region, ,, He
is about fifty-two years of ago, of middling
hieght, strait form ami possesses that symme
try and smallncss of hand and foot which
Lord Uyron sots down as a suro evideuco of
gentle blood. In manners and conversation)
Capt. Sutter is a perfect Chesterfield ; ho is
well educated, and speaks several different
languages, fluently; he is a native or Switzer
land, and was ono of tho olliccs of tho Swiss
Guard in Iho Revolution of Julv, during tho
reign of Charles X. After tho revolution, ho
emigrated to the United States, becaino na
turalized and resided several years iu Mis
souri thence, iu 1839, became to California
and obtained a grant of ninety miles square
of land from tho Mexican authorities his
title is a conditional one, and may, hereafter,
create trouble for him. In his private char
acter, Capt. Sutler is kind, hospital, and gen
erous. In fact, his generosity frequently lays
open to bo preyed upon by the idle and worth
less. When asked why ho permitted such
urge demands upon his hospitality without
a recoinpenee, he replied : "What can I do,
Sir they come hero cat, drink, and sleep ;
ind sometimes without thanking mo but
what can I dol I cannot turn them out iu
the wild forest." Snrronnded as he was, on
his first settling in this country, by tribes of
wild Indians, he has, by kindness and just
lealing, attached them to his interest, ami
he now has from threo to four hundred of
llieso Indians devoted to him and his. They
for their food, and a pay from four to six dol
lars per mouth, man his fori, work bis farm
ami mills and do all the labor generally re-
juired iu a new settlements. Capt. Sutter,
with all his landed and other property, is
subjected to many annoyances. When the
Russians, through necessity, abandoned their
settlements at Boss and ISodcgn, Capt. Sutter
purchased their stock, cannon, furniture, etc.,
nnd transported them, with great labor, lo
his settlement to New-Helvetia. This pur
chase wns effected for a consideration of
R.'IOjOOO, fo be paid in an annual installment
of whcatt deliverable to one of tho Russian
Fur Company's vessels. The instalments,
owing to tlie unfortunate ' seasons, have laid
over for some years, and should a Russian
vessel appears at this juncture, his large crop
will be swept away at a mere nominal value
Suiter's Foil, now called Fort Sacramento,
is situated a short distance from ou ono of tho
tributaries of the Sacramento, five utiles from
its mouth, nnd ono hundred and twenty miles
from San Francisco. Tho fort is in form of
a parallelogram, live hundred feel length by
one bundled and filly in breadth.
The walls and houses aro built of tho ol'l-
meutioucd mud brick or abode. Bostiuns
at tho angles, with cannons mounted, protect
all sides, uud numerous buildings, occupied
as store-houses, dwellings, uud barracks for
the garrison, llio main store house was
rented, during tho fever of gold digging, for
3,000 per month. Tho garrison of tho fort
being more trusty men aro better fed and
clothed than the farm Indians.
The crop of wheat raised by Capt. Sutter,
for Iho year ISIS, was upwards of 30.0U0
bushels, winch is valued ut tho round sum
of SSOjOOoV This is Iho proceeds from tho
latxir of ono hundred nnd twenty-livo rntle
Indians. He has also erected mills for grind
ing wheat uud sawing tun ber, uu.l it was in
the construe I ion of a tlaiu and race lor a saw
mill that one of tho peiaouti iu lib employ
discovered thu gold.
IKON WKAVINti.
Messrs. Wickersham and Walker, of this
city, have the present right of a machine
which, with sullicient power, is enabled to
weave into meshes, iron us large as railroad
bais, or us small us the smallest description
of wire. Tho method of operation does u-
way with thu necessity of rivets, in lieu of
which an indenture iulo the wire is substitu
ted, forming a socket for tho next wire. With
this machine, the following articles can be
produced. A mateiiul for carriage bodies,
light, durable, and at less cost than wood
wire railings of endless variety, homing
guaid for cemetery enclosures at much less
cost than simple chains ; wire lieu buses,
somo of which have already been put into
use; sackiiig-botii'ins, wiiiduw.shutteis, guards
and grating for stoic doors and windows, net
work for tho decks of vessels nnd steamboats
gialings lor a prisons ami bky-Iighls, besides
an endless variety of uses lu which the ma
terial can be applied tluoiigh tho aid of this
improvement. 1 Tho invention was ork'ilinlly
appliod to prepare the wiios fur coal-screens,
lor which purpose urouglit iron screen havo
been, supeibedud.T-Bou'H'f N. -L iVwtr, :
The Bank Clkkks in Lombard street, Lou
don, carry 'their checks sud bills about with
thiiiu in cases chained to their arms ! Tho
thief cannot steal tho cuso without curi)io;
olf the clcik. Gold, at the Lombaid sheet
banking houses, is of J by weight, and the
teller counts small sums by two's uud three 'd
at a time.
Bitted to Dkath.-Soiiio negroes, nt Savan
nah, Ga., lost Friday, engaged in the amuse
ment of "bulling," ever cotton tales, when
one, belonging to Mr. T. W. Otmh iin,' liuy
ior, for a waj; i, ' bulled ' o.e, a pur Udu
with a luii.inig plait ! leu yai.U till tu '.h1
giound with hu ncik bieke.
CUT. STICK AXD TONKY.
'' i A Judgement far Casts. -
. BY J. J. HoorEU, ESQ. .
Old Captain.Slick wns a remarkably Pre-
ptecise old gentlemen, nnd a conscientious
ly lust man. lie was, too. very methodi
cal in his habits, one of which was to keep
an account it! writing of the conduct of his
servants, from day to day. It was a sort of
account current, nnd he settled by it every
Saturday afternoon. No one dreaded the
heb dominal balancinss, more than Tony,
the boy of all work, for the Captain was
generally obliged to write a receipt for a
considerable! amount across his shoulders.
On s''tllin.T afternoon, the Captain, ac
companied by Tony, was "toddling" down
to the old stable, with his little account
nook in one hand, nnd a small rope in the
other. After fhev had ponrl.pd the 'bar of
Justice," and fonv had been properly
"strung up," the Captain proceeded to state
his account as follows:
"1 on v Dr.
Sabbath, to not half blacking mv boots.
&.C, five stripes.
Tuesday, to stavins four hours at mill
lomrer than necessary, ten stripes.
Wednesday, to not locking the hall door .
it night, five stripes. .
rrulay, to letting the horse go without
water five stripes.
1 otal, twenty-five stripes.
Tony Cr. , ' .
Monday, hv first rate day's work in the
garden ten slii pes. .' X
Balanre due, fifteen stripes.
The balance being thus struck, the Cap
tain drew bis cow-hide nnd remarked
",ow Tonv, yon black scamp; what say
von, Von la.v villian why 1 shouln'l givo
you fifteen lathes across your back, as hard
as f can draw V
"Stop old Mass' said Tony; dar's do
work in the garden, sir dat ought to tek
oil' some.''
"Yon black do," said the Captain,
'hav'nt I given you the proper credit of ten
stripes, for that. Come, come!"
'Please old massa," said lony, rolling
liis ryes about in agony of fright "dar's
you forgot dar's de scourin' of dc floor
old missus say e nebbet scour as good be
fore." "Soho, yon saucy rascal," quoth Captain
Stick ; "you're bringing in more offsets, are
you Well now, there!" here the Caru
tain made an entry upon his book "you
have a credit of hvc stripes, and the balance
must be paid."
"uor a ttnty, massa doni yel oars
sumpen else oh Lord! please dont yes
sir got tun now kethenin' de white boy
and fetch! u urn to ole missus, what throw
rock at do voting duck."
"That's a fact," said the Captain "the
outrageous young vagabond that's a fact,
and I'll five you a credit of ten stripes for
it I wish you had brought him to me
now we'll settle the balance."
"Bress de Lord, ole massa," said Tony,
uW'.v alt. Tony grinned extravagantly.
The Captain adjusted his spectacles, with
great exactness, held the book close to his
eyes, anil ascertained that the fact was as
stated hy Tony. He was not a little irrita
ted. "You swear off the account, you infernal
rascal you swear off the account, i do
you !" :
"All do credit is fair, old massa," answer
ed Tony.
"Yes but" said the disappointed Cap
tain but but still the Captain wassore
ly puzzled how to give Tony a few licks
mil liow "but" an idea jK.pjn-d into his
bead "wArrc's mycosis you incorrigible,
aliomiir.ibb' scoundrel ? You want to swin
dle me, do you. out of my costs, you black
deceitful rascal! A nd," added Capt. Stick,
chuckling as well at his own ingenuity as
the perfect justice- of the sentence; u en
ter judgment against you for costs ten
sti i'pes" and forthwith administered the
stripes and satisfied the judgment.
"Ki nigger!" said Tony; "ki nigger!
what tlis judgiiieti fur coss, ole massa talk
bout. Done git off 'lioiit not blackin de
boot git off'lioiit stay in' long timo at the
mill and ebry ting else but dis judgmcn
for coss gim tne de debbil Bress Cod, nig
ger must keep out oh de ole stable, or I'll
tell yon what did ;gi(7i for cms make e
back feel mighty warm, lor true !"
Stiikx.t Bkooaiis. Street-begging has been
reduced to a science with us. Almost eveiy
corner has its beggar, uud some of them are
not only iiiipoituuato, but impudent.
'For the love of God, your honor," ex
claimed mi old crone, tho oilier day, "for the
love of Cod, give me a little something!
'I haven't a cent of change, woman."
'For the love ol moicy, only a penny.
'Haven't it ',
May tho devil ink' you then," she savage
ly exclaimed, shaking her bouy lislu., .
Senator Benton left St. Louis on the 10th,
l iking tho land umU', on a lour tluoiigh the
Slate of Missouri, to prosecute liis appeal toi
the people against the pro-slavery iiihliuclions
addicssed to hiin by thq last legislature. .'
Din You pr.kNT yonr account to the de
fendant !" eiujuirud a kiwyuro! his cliout.
. "I did your honor." ''
, "And what did ho say!"
"He told mo to go lo thu dovil."
'And what did you do then!"
' Why, Ihen I came to you." '
A S.Tis, taction. "Well, Pat, Jim didn't
ipiito kill you Willi that biickUd, did Lo !"
'No, but I v.i..b ho had "
vVhuiloi? ' ; "
So I could a seen him hung, the villain."
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