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THURSDAY, APRIL, 8, ISSI.
The Counterfoitoth RGtalren
On Thursday last, Shedd Newhard received
dispatch from ‘Villiarnsport, Lycorriiiig coun
ty, stating that !Yard and ,Finpseri, the counter.
feiters„ who broke out of piiriou in our 13crougli,
were safely lodged in Jail at that plrice. We
learn, that they were practicing their old bni
einem, no doubt fltitliiig it a pretty profitable
one. Deputy Sheriff Heintz end . Dr. Gorge
Band left here on Friday, upd barely relumed
with the birds, decorated with iron braceicts
We trust the Sheriff will furnish them wig:
tellable guard chains, &c., until our Judges aid
Jury — wilt - fur:lk
place of abodo.
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the next opportunity.
Collection of State Taxes
The Board of Revenue Corn misi-ioners have
recommended to the Legklature the passage
of a law containing - the following provit.tons:
'l. Making it the duty of the County Trea-m
-ret to collect the State taxes and pay the
same to the Treasurer of the Commonwealth.
2. Requiring the Treadurer of each Comity
to attend at the place of holding eloetions in the
several township., ward,: and borough's of the
Commonwealth, on or before a day to be, fixed
by law, for the purpoi.rof receiving the State
taxed—from wh ich a certain per ventage, a,
determined by the Legit.lature, shall be retain
ed by the County Treasurer, as hid compensa
tion for serviced rendered the Commonwealth.
8. Taxes unpaid aler the day de , rig,ta.ed by
the Treasurer, shall be paid to Ii County
Treasurer, at his office, be(Gro the l‘t clay of
October of every year; after which limo, the
Treasurer shall issue his warrant to the Sh.2r;:f,
authorizing and requiring him to collect the
unpaid balances, with the addition cf rive per
cent. for his compensation.
4. Making it the duly of the Coun:y Com
rniPsioners to allow such nhwerrenti ryol ex
onerations as they may tlic jo=t trl,l reasona
ble to the Sheriff, Op to the 1,1 of January an.
nually, rifler which time :Ito Trea , urvr to vim%
the Sheriff with :he unpaid bolanco.
Decision of' Hunter's Bill.
A special correspondent of the North leer
lean, in a letter from Washitvon, written on
‘Vednesday last, sap.:—
"The now Appraisement Law —generally
known as Hunter's Bil!-:-was the sul ject of
discussion in Cabinet Council on Monday, and
again to-day. After a full and free interehanze
of opinion, it has jtist been determined that,
under all the circumstances preceding and at
tending its enactment, a proper construction of
its provisions will not include freights one
of the elements of value upon which duties are
to be assessed. The action of .tho Treasury
Department will, of course, be in confermiv to
this decision."
New Counterfeits
Farmers' Bank (j . Schoy Cotady, Sche}l
- Haven, Pa.-10's spurious—The vignette :
which is at the left part of the body of the note,
is a female seated, holding in her right hand
Caduceus of Mercury. At her right, sheaf of
wheat, alongside of which is a sickle ant some-
thing resembling a small keg. At her left is
a train of cars passing over a bridge. On the
right margin, at top and bottom the X, between
which is a female, holding in ono hand a stalk
of grain, and in the other a Cornucopia. On
left margin the X, also at the top and bottom,
and between them a female wearing a crown,
In her right hand key. Between the names
of the officers a number of trricultural im.
plements. Purported to be engraved by S. Tit r•.,
nor, New York. The engraving is quite imper
feet, particularly The title of the Bank, and "State.
of Pennsylvania." Paper white and thin,
$lO notes are also circulating, on a coon•
terfeit plate of the Minced Bank of Pottsville,
altered to ',•Tradesmen' s Bank." The counter
feit has the words J.Ten" printed in the cor
ners, the genuine has figures 10 ; on the coml.
erfeit, the vignette is a feimila figure looking
to the left, with an anchor by her side and o
reOsol in the distance ;
,the genuine a fi,gulnof
Liberty, with her face to the tight, and an ca.
gte by her bide. On the counterfeit, the side
figures .are a female head; on the genuine a
head of Franklin on the right and a hill length
female figure on the left. A coat of arms of
Pennsylvania on the bottom of the counter.
felt note; on the genuine none
A new Po . stmaster.—Nlr. Jutiph. lkist,
the old postmaster at Kutztown, Het ke. enmity,
has resigned his Mike, and (hartis B. !last,
Esq., line been appointed by the Postataster
General in his place.
From Harrisburg
By telegraph we received news from Harris
burg that•the new Farmers' and Mechanics'
Bank bill finally passed the Senate by n vote
of 19 to 9. This will give Easton a new Bank.
What will he the fate of the old Easton Bank
is not known--neither are the prospects very
bright in favor of a new Bank at Allentown.—
There appears to he en understanding among
the Free anti New Bank men, that the latter go
whh the former in passing the Free Bank bill,
the former will go with the latter in passing
the present sp . plivations for local Baokr—nn•
lees this understanding is carried out, our
Bahl; will not be ini,,sed.
A Beautiful Pictorial
IV(' !Hive received hn flat number of G'.ea•
eon's Pictorial Dru't ing lloom Journal, sur
pt:%!•ing iu nrtlitie. aml typozraphival exe
cution any thing of the 'ever befere pub
li,ited in thi,t crfumry. It pritired Cu finely
gl,vp.ed'Ortper, decorated with n rich and taMe
ful border. TN% prm , ent number i•+
0:1 with the following beautiful eno,ravirp;-
4-10' ' Ti 't AI '
taw or Fitheoll hail, arket, tiNtott ; view of
the Palk, New Yolk ; the Sultan and his Cii •
casFian Slave; the Glace Pah:et...and the S•Cil!l3-
er Atlantic. Among its chief literary attrac
tion will be found a deeply interesting story,
ly Lieut. Murray, entitled "The Circassian
Slave, or tha Sultan'q Fu;•oaito;" 'The Royal
Fnaitive," a tale of old Ene,land, by Franck A.
Duriva4e; rich poetical efludons; uFelnl and
10,4111C:irP Fkctchrs, and anecdotes---,makin4 it
al'oge:hcr a paper illztt evelybody will love to
read. We would advi , o our readers to procure
a copy forthwith. It publi,.hc,l at the low
ol f 3 a year, by F. Gleaccuo, Boston, .M:ts
yachns.etts. Plo , pectus nn oar outside.
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Safety Fund vs• Free Banks
Thompson', N. V. Bark Note Reporter says,
Safety Vend I;at,klaro the old chartered
banks of this State. They pay one half of ono
er cent. per annum op their capital to the
"Safety Fund," et "Bank Fund." This iOnd
it now liable to the creditors of baidcs which
have already failed to an rmetunt ready equal
to the future comrdtutiona doting the 'Allele
term all the Safest• Fond Bank charters have
to run. S., there is Ito teernity fur the pay_
meta of the debts of any Softly Fond bank
which may fail, except the as-tets of the bank
cc the individual liabi!i'y of iii block
holders. •
Free Danis aro the banks M • gaaize.l nn
der Ilse Getter,.l Banking Law of this State.—
Their eitculating notes aro scoured by a depos
it of stocks and mortga , 4os with the Commit&
ler. The original, law (preved April, IS3S.)
pemitted the stocks of any of the:a...ales a , se.
evilly; hence we find, in some of the banks
h were Mst organize.l, llielii an, Illinois
aub Indiana storks. In April, ISIS, the law
Wa , so airemle‘l as In vaelmle all stocks' ex
eept Nov Yeti: and United ;trees. Aa a gen
era the new. banks Ciecl: re! their circula
tion by half Nov Vot k and half United Stales
stocks. Some of iho country Free itlek 4 4 111
depositing rn , rt;_;ages ,u :;e Y.nk &tech.,
whi.rh can be dent, in equal amomas.
These deposits wllh the Comptroller ate
ile,lgad for the paymemt of IL e 3 Vire tila;jey!
miles only. Holders of checks, drafts, depos
its, , look to the bank for security, or to IL..
cookholders, who are, by c', Art passed April
1".), 1541, made Ind.% re. - rm!il . l.) for
the dells or liabili ioa of bat kr, both Free and
Safety FenJ. Stockholders are det.lared to be
'all equitable owners,' even thenig their names
do not appear on the t ooks. Guardians and
trustees, who voluntarily invest in lark stock,
are declared btdividuaily liable; and trust
funds in the bands of the guardian cr trustee
cannot Ito used to meet a loss ;rutting out of
such ill Veteellee:
The cote , tittnion rI Stale prehihtt3 the
Leuiblaturo Item enne.iqiiivg a suspertbiun
:.pecit3 payrneut
Sentiment in South Carolina
The National lutelnger:eel., in the eintri.e of
a most able aitielo, on the condition of things
in South Carolina, cites the fallowing article
from the Camden That paper, sup
posing that the Slate should recede and that
the Gm:eminent of the United States should
bloneiraile her poll: tays:
'We I elieve England would acdrnotAledge
09 nil independeht Republic : and conto in
1 and tiad ll
~ 15 Ith ~ simply pausing there block.
1 ading ,hip•; by and comin : , in ; and it in their
pa ,, s , tge tho , e ships should lire Oil Mem, why
1 brold.ide from an E, glish s'eatn,hip would
,en!,-) it, •se think, rather to the (It:advantage
of a Vahkee reventm muter. Ilecollen , , om
,hips that 11:11, ii dung good gOrViCe against E-g•
l 1i,.11 ,Idp4, have had sumo Soudietnets aboazd,
a.... 1 in their crews no disoth•eied persons. This
1101.1.1 be ditiorcut. England has never :d.ilk
e d a war for rear of cl i pp li,,, ,. , het commerce for
it :•CCIIIS to flourish hy war. She would clear
the blockade, for the teasel' that ohs would be.
glad to see this erinlederacy broken up—be•
cause rho would be lighting against the North,
her natural rivals of the loom. She would do
it, beette , o them she would have an open and
tree Ametican prat. She would do it. in short,
became interest would drive her to it.'' .
This. is 1119 langua!:c a an A mei ican Editor!
It was raid that, in the war r f the revolution.
there weie, more :mien in South earclina, than
in any State in the Union, and it would :=e•eni,
from the above parapaph that the breed is no:
yet extinct.
Exmplion.—A bill has been reported to the
Massachusetts Legislature by n joint committee*
which proposes to exempt real estate, either
lands or houses, from liabiny for the debts of
of the owner, contracted after the passage of the
iaw, to the amount of f5OO. The estate so es
entree(' shall no be considered assets in the
hands of an executor for the payment of debts,
provided the decedent leaves a widow and chit.
dren. Nor can said property be conveyed by a
husband without th• wife's eansm,
Indian Graves.
The Sunbury American says the recent fresh
ets in the Susquehanna exposed the graves of
several Indians, who were buried years ago
On inc banks near Fort Augusta. The favorite
burying place of the aborigiuese, was upon the
grassy bank of a stream. Their bodies, pie
vions to interment, were decked in all the fie•
ery of which. the deceased was possessed, and
in case of a warrior, his, warlike weaponli wore
placed by his sida in the grave, so that they
miebt be a: hand ott his arrival at the happy
heetieg gkounds of the Great Spirit, A camp
liettle, spoon, boil , tobacco pipe, and provi
sions were also deposited Webin them, The
graven whirl were opened last week con-min
ed the remains of wooden bee Is, pewter
spoons, &0., wi!li a number of beautiful beads
of amber and other substances. In on eof them
was found highly or:meowed darts, of flint, a
large number of tiny bells such as it was the
custotn ofehiefs to ornament the skirts cd then
goda dresses %vitt], and a large clay pipe filled
with tobacco. The bonen had mouldered :tit a
' 'less-' elit
rnotit the resting place of those who had roan,
oil ie the wildest heed= on the bat.ks of the
beautiful river, long before the foot of the %%him
man trod the hunting paths of their forest.—
The waters that umrtnerett a hoarse' dirge at
their burial, had hotried away and been het
itt the mighty ecean ; the ej.tht wind that had
Wailed a requiem over their graves, had swept
',award and never returned their tribe had
long ago been driven from the !Mines of their
fatheis and extermiented ; their bodies had
mingled with their mother Earth, rind the mem
ory of their liven and deeds is belied beneath
lie illimitable (wean of eternity. IVldle gar.
Mg open these baubles that had resisted the
et - trite-ion of time white every twee el their for
mer owners was obliterated, we were forcibly
reniinded of the reelection on the death of lit
the Nell. 'Dear, gentle, patient, noble Nell
was dead ; and her little bird, a poor weak
thing, the weight of a lingermight have erush
ed, nns 514111 , g nimbly in its cage, %%Idle the
attune. heart of its child•rnktress was mute and
et (Modest+ forever
Secession of South Carolina
'rho Iyashingion correspondent of the Joni
nal of Commerce .9ays: Should South Caroli
na suede to.uriorrow, the movement will in no
way be noticed by the United. States Govern.
meto, except by the withdrawal of the thii . ed
Slates military force froth r,Jrt 2,loultrie, and
the placing a United States steam vessel lathe
harhors of Chaikton, Beaufort, and St. Helena,
to collect the revenue. The state of things will
then be this:—The United States Mail will b.)
taken front IVilinicgtoti, N. C., to Savannah.
reir Hanks Carolina will suspend, be
cansedlie creditors cannot pay them. The cot-
ton crops will be sent, at great ex pv,nFe, to Sa
vannah." [looses iii Charleston will beeorno cf
value—for her trade Th,
stavcs will itecome valtieleAs atid burdensome,
and their nizisters wid drive them cif', or run
av (min thorn ;--the very state of thing , that
John Randolph rredicted. Taxes will be dent),
led for 1851; but for the next year,-they must
liccorre destructive of all bui , -iness and proper
ty; ;11;d the S.ato caa neither borrow nor pay.
Tki Sow!. carolina revolution cannot bo ouct-
I , t carp.
Ono Stop Gained
Thr.• bi;l revealing the obnoxious sections of
the Act of 1817, for the prevention of IC:dnap•
&c., after having, been alnendrd se4 as to
repeal only the sixth section, passed the Senate
on Wednesday, by a vote of 17 yeas to 8 nay;
as follows:
Yrus—Messrs. Uaily, Brueke, Crabbe, Fernon,
Forsyth, Frailey, Fulton, Guernsey, IfoBe, Jones,
Muhlenberg, Myers, Packer, San.
Berson, Shimer, Matthias, Speak er—i 7.
Nov—Messrs. Carothers. Corson. Cunning.
ham, Frick, Haslett,Malone,Savery, IValker—S;
Absent or not roil ng —Mesrs. Buckalew, Units,
Tres, M'Caslin, Ni'Murtrie, Lawrence, Itibertson,
and Stine-3
The iection repealed by this bill, rends as feel
ME
'•lt shall not be lawful to use any jail or pri.
Non of this Commonwealth for the detention of
any person claimed as a fugitive from servitude
or labor, except in cases where jurisdiction may
lawfully by taken by any judge, under the provi.
sions of this act: and any jailor or keeper uf any
prison, or other person, who shall offend against
the provisions of this section, shall, nu convic
tion thereof, pay a tine of five hundred dollars;
one hall' thereof for the use of the Commonwealth,
and the other half to the person who prosecutes;
and moreover, thenceforth be removed
from office, and be incapable of holding such
office of jailor or keeper of a prison, at any time
darin3 Ids natural lire."
Lawyers in the United States
The people of the United Slates must be fund
of law, notwithstanding it is so expensive, for
we see by Living,Ston's Law Magaiine, that there
are twenty one thousand nine hundred cod wren•
ty.nine lawyers in the country, or üboUl
every eleven hundred inhabitants, male and fe.
male, old and young, black and white, Jew and
Gentile, bond and free. Philadelphia county
has four hundred and ti:rty.seve•n lawyers, or
nearly one to every nine hundred persons.
Pennsylvania has over seventeen hundred. If
our own State is favored with a large amount,
New York is more than doubly blessed, for it
has over four thousand three hundred lawyers.
Nit-. Livingston estimates that each lawyer in
practice has an average income of 51500. This
would make the aggregate cost of jaw in the
United States reach the enormous sum of nearly
thirty;tfiree Millions of dollars. If this is not
paying too dear for the whistle, generally all the
client gets after the fees are fobbed, we know
not what ia. A year's war could scarcely cost
more money, and probably not prove .more ruin
ous lo private tortunes. Af ew years buck and
the expense of the General Government, with all
its various officers and retainers, was not an
grate ns this.nmetint.
Pennsylvania Vegislature,
Ilinninnuno, March 31, 1851.
• SENATE.
On the R7th, on motion of Mr. Prailey, the bill
to incorporate the Allentown iron company, was
taken up, and passed through the several read-
Ma
On the 21st the bill to incorporate the Farmers
and Iteqhanics Bank at Easton, tVas then taken
up, and `passed second reading, by a vote or---
yeas 15, nays I I.
On the Stst, the bill to, inerense the 'capital
stock or the Southwark Dank from 5250,000 to
•100,000 was then taken up and passed to a third
reading, with an amendment, providing, that the
stock authorized to be issued by this act, shall
be sold at public sale fitr cash, and the proceeds
of such sale shall form a portion of the capital
and assets of Slid kink nod that notice of
such sale shall be published, in at least two dal•
ly papers in the city of Philadelphi3 every day
for two weeks preceding such sale, and that the
said stock shall be sold in lota of from one to
arty shares.
Irttl t• s litre uced fur the ap•
poinimvill of Commissioners to investigate the
affairs al the Lehigh - Cottnty Bank.
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On the 22.1, the bill for the establishment of a
department of education, came up in order, and
bring on !bird reading—
Mr. linger took the 11.... r and . opposed the
1,i,1 at let.eth
IConltel followed, and advocated the pas
snge or it.
Mr. Griffin obtained the flour, and—
Mr. Shugert MuVeil the previottq question,
which was seconded, the main questions ordered,
and the bill passed finally, as follows:
Yeas 47, nays 35.
ON the 25th, a bill incorporating the conerega•
tion of Utrited Brethren, of the borough of Beth
lehem and its vicinity, passed final readine.
On the 2dth, agreeably to an order, the bill to
provide for the registration of marriages, births
and deaths, was taken up, read and amended.
Mr. Roderis moved to restrict the provisions
of the Lin to ihe city and county of Philadelphia ;
which was not agreed to.
The. 1 ill passed second reading, and on the
rpiestirn, shall the bill be transcribed
Mr. Armstrong advocated the passage of the
bill at length, showing what groat benefit would
recur to the people by doing so.
Mr. Bowen followed on the stime ride of the
question, and the bill way ordered to be transcrib
ed—yeas st, nays 30.
N ' liiii , :t y Y . Me Me rtzhers of Ike Cidijornia Legr:s.
laffire.—lt is interesting to know what States of
the Uniun arc represented in the Legislature of
California. I have ascertained the places of na.
tivity of the several members, and I give them
to you as follows :—Messrs. Thorn, Field, Brown,
Richar.kon and Bennett, are natives of N. York ;
Messrs. Baldwin and Saunders of Alabama;
MCS?IS. :lisle, Hall, Kendrick, Welkins and Bod-
ley, are natives of Kentucky ; Mesgrs. Bigler,
(the Speaker) Bradford and Lind, of Pennsylva
nia ; Messrs. Campbell, Crane and Merrit are tin.
ives of Virginia; Messrs. McCandless and Carrt
,-,r Tennessee; Messrs. Robinson, Carnes, Vol,
1.. , .r and Stearns are natives of Massachusetts;
Messrs. McCurlde, Kellogg and McDougall are
of Ohio; Mr. Moore of Florida ; Mr. Murphy of 1
South Carolina; Mr. Wetherell is of Maryland; I
Mr. Cook is a native of England; Mr. Covarru.
hiss is a native of Mexico; Mr. Pico IS a native
Californian. I have nut been able to ascertain
the birth-places of .Messra. Freeman and Rand
all. From the statement you will perceiv e
, that
the greatest number of members are from New
York. Kentucky is the next highest, and the old
Bay State nest. Alabama, Pennsylvania, and
Virginia, are equal in number of their represen
tatives,
rompultfon.—The Free Negro Law passed IT
the Delaware Legislature incites any free negro
or mulatto coming into that State from another,
subject to a fine of ;GO, and in case of the non.
I payment and failure of security to leave in five
days, he or she i 3 to be sold out of the State for
such amount an will cover the fine and costs.—
,These penalties also stand against any free col.
need person who has left the State for GO days,'
and i•hould . return again, except they left as set ,
vants or seamen, or are trailers from Maryland.
Those in these latter classes are allowed to come
into the Slate as usual. There is a fine of $2O
also against assembling at any political meeting
or treat, and sln at any ramp or but-door meet
ing, except in connection with white people.—
There is it penalty also of MO against any coin
mender of a steamboat for knowingly Waging
into the Slate any free negro or mulatto to attend
a camp or other meeting.
A Challenge.—After the battle of Actium, Mark
Antony challenged Augustus, who disarmed him
in the following words :—."11 Antony is weary of
his life, there are other ways of despatch, besides
fighting him, and fur my part, ! shall not trouble
myself to be his executioner.
Dentho of Editors.—f. Hill, the veteran edi•
tor of the New iialllPshir 4 l'alriot, and formerly
Governor and United Slates senator, died;;,
day lash,
Maj. M. M. Noah, long connected with the N.
York Press, and one of the ablest political, and
mosi accomplished literary writers of the coon.
try, died in the city of New York on Sunday of
last week.
John S. Skinner, the able editor of the 'Plough.
Loom and An yil,' accidentally fell through,a trap
door in the Post Office at.Daltimore, on Friday
last, and was proclpilated into the cellar, frac.
Luring his skull and receiving other serious in.
juries. He died a few hours after the' accident
occurred.
RaifrOad Contention,—The committee of or.
rangetnents have fixed on the lath day of April
for the assemblage, in New Orleans, ofit Convert.
lion to adopt active measures for the construe.
tine of a road to Jackson, and so on to Chicago
Illinois.
Organ Grinders.—A Genoese vessel, which or.
rived at Philadelphia on Sunday last, biought
17 organ grinders out of passengers. Look
dm for patent music now.
GIM
1101'S1
The Trade of Lake Erie
The report to the Legislature of this State upon
the Sunbury and Erie Railroad presents some
interesting facts in regard to the rapid increase
of population in . the States bordering on Lake
Erie. In 1840, the aggregate population of Ohio,
Indiana, Illinois, Michigan and Wisconsin was
2,524,728. The increase in ten • years was 1,456 ;
295. In 1850 the population of the States nam ,
ed was 4,323,370, exhibiting another increase in
ten years of about 1,700,000. In 1800 the pope.
Whin in this region was only 31',000. Tha in
crease in fifty years is nearly four millions and
a half. In each period of ten years the popula•
tion has nearly doubled. To these States must
be added the trade, travel and commerce of Lake
Erie, that vast region of country which reaches
from the Falls of St. Mary's to the west end -of
Lake Superior, a country which in mineral
wealth and of great agficultural capacity, and
presentin4 an extent of inland ship navigation,
by means of internal improvements, nowhere
else to he found, By means of the Weiland Ca.
nal, now enlatg.•d for vessels, Lake Ontar• r a_n_d_
he river .awrenee are added to Erie, Huron.
Michigan rind Superior. It is shown to be prat:.
ticable that the Mississippi river may also he
connected with Lake Michigan by n canal for
vessels of deep draught. When that is accOm.
plishcd, the trade, travel and commerce thereby
thrown upon the lakes may itself exceed by ma
ny per cent. the present apparently extraordinary
bust Les: , Erie.—Ledger.
Important to Fishermen.
The usual spring fishing season in close at
' hand, and promises to be remarkably lively.—
The rods, reels, and lines that have been laid np
in the lavender dnritig the winter, will soon
emerge from their dark retiring places, and again
aid in depopulating our various waters of their
mn:titudinous finny inhaLitants. Fishing, n few
yearn ago, was a mere pastime; but it is now be.
ginning to assume the guise of an art. In France,
nn attempt has been made to render the hook
and bait of little account by a novel system of
artificial fecundation. The procreative organs
of the male and female fishes are, after being
taken from the bodies, managed very simply,
so as to he unpreccdently prolific. In llostoii,
the question of the "naturalization of fishes" has
been brought up for diseusion ! It is contended
that fishes of foreign growth and origin can
easily be naturalized in our own lake streams.
The projectors of this new theory of natural,
ization go so far in support of their doctrine as
to assert that sea fishes would live, thri•e, and
propgate in our inland ponds, and that cod and
halibut 'night, after a while, be Eaken In plenty
from any of our fresh waters. These suggestions .
are at least worthy bf the experiment to which
they refer, and we shall not be surprised if they
awaken en active energy among many of our
aquatic: sportsmen. Thb task of naturalizing
fish will involve no tampering, with our courts or
judges.—Stioday nne.r.
Route to China
The recent rapid passage made between Cali-
Cornin and Shanghai, China, a distance of :MOO
miles, in 33 days, by the ship Memnon, mid 11
by the schooner Sierra Nevada, excites, says
the New York Express a good deal of attention
among capitalists and others. The prediction
made by Thotna , ,,Eutler King, of the Committee
on Naval trair, in his rt pt.rt to the House,
May 4th, ISIS, that soon passengers would ar
rive in London from China in as short a tittle via
New York as by' the India littlish overland
route, is nearly necomplishcd. Passengers by
the Siert a Nevada were 31 days to California,
b;aving San Francisco, February Ist, they arriv•
Ed in this city March 7th, with 31 days more,
making only 39 days from Shanghai, which is
beyond all precedent.
Mr. King slated that the average India pas
sage is about 65 days from Ilong Kong to Lon.
don. The present passage via New York would
be 6s days from China, 12 to Liverpool—tidal
8t) days. When Steamers runt on the Pacific it
will be shone r.
Premium fir Ti 1034, two rich women
desired to marry the lihrl of Huntingdon, for the
sake of the title. One of them afered to lay
down 20,000 pounds on the day of her marriage.
The other (Allred 500 pounds a year during his
life and 0,000 in cash, he to go with her to the
church and marry her; immediately after the
ceremony they were to take leave at the church
door, and never see each other again. Queer!
Virginia Pistanced.—According to the census
turns of Virginia, there is still a standing army
of 83,000 chivalrous sons of the Old Dominion
who cannot rend or write; but Virginia, it would
seem, is obliged notwithstanding to knock un•
der to Indiana in the prevalence of ignorance.—
According to the census just taken in Indiana,
there are 175.017 Hoosiers over 21 years of.age
who are precisely in the same blissful state—if
ignorance be bliss—as the 83,000 of Virginia.
Knot Adjournment—The'Scnate VD the With
pasSed the resolution of the !?Ruse,' fixing upon
'`e 15th of April as the day for the final adjourn•
meet of the present session of our Legislature:,
I==ln!Ml
The 4$ a.—Among the passengers in this
steamer, which kft New York. on the 26th, is
Mr. Asa Whitney, who goes to England for the
purpose of considering the propositions made to
him by British capitalists in relatiOn to the Great
Pacific Railroad.
The Asia lakes out $708,500 in Specie, o
which $500,000 is American gold; $75,000 half
dollars; $125,000 Mexican and £lOO sovereigns
The New Cornlitution.—Thepeople of New
Hampshire have, at the late election in that State,
rejected the, new constitution, in' which provi
sions were embraced abolishing * the old aristo•
cratie and intolerate features of landed qualifica•
Lion and religious test for office. This would
seem to be a strange illiberality for those who
profess the most radical political principles.
Net; Cuunterfe: —A new counterfeit 55 note,
Relief issue, on the Bank of Middletown, has
made its appearance in Philadelphia. It is well
executed, and calculated to deceive the unwary ;
but on a close inspection appears darker than
the genuine, and indistinct.
GLEANINGS
I We pity the poor wight who says he nen •
er reads the advertisements: He is behind the
age, and the chances are that he will never be
up with It.
IV - Can't our Legislature be Invited to attemi
the World's Fair?—free passage and bull-frogs
included. It would make a nice Summer's ex
ISIXZEI
177 A colored man named Robert Jones, died
in Marietta, Lancaster county, on the oth instant,
af. , ,ed 108 years.
I...V'A bill to appoint an Agricultural Commis
ioner and Chemist, has passed the Virginia
nous: of Delegates.
1... 7 ir The population of Albany is 30,771,
against 32,002 in 1840.
tar !lon. James Cooper, United States • Senn.
tor, returned to Pottsville, immediately after the
adj•'urnment of the Senate, and resumed pram.
tieing late.
r7 - I'weniy•orie tine horses belonging to the
French President were soy recently, bringing
CF . The legislature of New Jersey have atm!,
ishrd the property•qualification law.'
C~7v lie nhove the opinion of the world, [lna
art from your own sense of right and wrong.
12? Smisa families are settling near Pickens,
in South Carolina, fur the purpose of sheep rais
ing.
Uirt"The Indian population of North 'Carolina
TIO, and all of them are engaged in agricul-
rir Adam Damn haA hen enricicM,l of the
murder of Mules Schaeffer, nt Nt. Louis, and
sentenced to an imprisonment of seventy-five)
ME
Cr The census of Mississippi sh.,ws a pogo.
lation of 300,000 white and 311,577 blacks—loial,
611,577.
re"Ezcellent Vegoable Pill—An apple dump
tirThe whole amount of stock taken in the
Memphis and Charleston Railroad up to the oth
instant, was 42,300,000.
Nap llampshire.—The Concord Patriot has re
turns of the vote for Governor in every town but
Pittsburg, in Cass counts', which casts 70 votes
and has probably given_ Dinsmore 10 majority.
The residue of the State sums up as follows:
Opposition 394,59; Whig 104,01; Independent
121,18.
The Patriot, correcting its tables, dislike the
House na follows:
DernOcrata 139; Atwood Democrats 13; Whigs
and Abolitionials 130.
Every part of the New Constitution has been
rejected by the People, by votes varying front
two to one to four lu one on the several 'proposi-
MEM
ris;tors at tie CrOW Pulace.—The asseried
number of visiters to the Crystal Palace, before
it received any of the objects designed foxexhis
bition, seems almost incredible. The London
Morning Chronicle of Feb. 24, says that it was
visited un the preceding day by not less than
100,000 persons. It wan ascertained by actual
computation that, from two to five o'clock, 32,403
persons entered at the gate opposite Apsley
House, and 21,614 through Cumberland gate. It
is stated that fifteen cases of articles fur the ex
hibition were on their way from Greece. An
Albanian dress, worth 12000, in the preparation
of which filly persons were employed for three
months, is one of the objects most highly spok
en of.
General Dunking Low.—The supplement r.r
the Act authorising Free Banking in New Jer
sey, repeals so touch of the original Act as re
quires that persons associating. h.r the purpose
of Banking shall be residents of the Stare, and
provides that any association of persona formed
may deposit, in addition to the stock mentioned
in the original Act, the stocks of the States of N.
York, Ohio, Kentucky and Pennsylvania, as bra
curity for their circulation. It is provided, also,
that the bills issued shall be stamped ,, secured
by public stocks in the State Treasury,' or
cured by public stocks and bonds and mono./
gee in the State Treasury," as the case may bel.
A majority of the Directeta !Aunt beresidents of
the State. The Act is to go lute effect imrnedi•
Lindy.
/Th . ..tring Mass.—The secret of blowing great
glass bubbles, like the decanter which the French
intend to exhibit nt the World's Fair, consist*
simply in moistening tha•mouth withem Wal
ter before blowing. The' water ik converted, in.
the interior of the drop, into steam, which V/18 , 11:6•
aids the breath in extending the dimensions' oh'
the 'bell."
Ring, to Gen. Cues.—A ring weighing six oune
es has been manufactured at Ban Francisco as a
present for Gen. Cass, from George H. Blake,.
one of the workmen in Jacks & Brothers' jewel
ry establishment. The top is constructed with a
box and glass containing four compartments,
yen specimens of gold fr::::; Ur districts.
Illinois Central Itailroad.—At the last session
orthe II"-
Lezislature, an Act to incorporate
the Illinois Central Railroad Company was pas-.
sed. The tollowingis the second section otsaidi
Act:
The said corporation is hereby authorized andi
empowered to survey, locale, construct;compfere;
alter, maintain and operato' a railroad, with one
or more tracks, or lines or rails, from the south.
ern terminus of the Illinois and Michigan Canal,
to a point at the city of Cairo, with a branch of
the same to the city of Chicago, on Lake Tilichit
gan ; and also a branch, via the city of Galena,. -
to a point on the Mississippi river, opposite the
town of Dubuque, in the State of lowa."
' Pacific Railroad.—The Directors of the Pacific'
Railroad have held a meeting at St. Louis and
resolved upon commencing the construction of
the Road as soon as practicable. It is thought,
that not more than forty. ate miles will he. Inca.
ted or constructed the present season, owing to.
the prevailing belief that a grant of land will be.
made by Congress •at its next session. Vige
Chief ..Dngineer of the Road being' now in: this
City arranging for the operations of the season,
the roate will not be determined until hisreturn,
—N. Y hibune.'