E est so,' replied the wife. 'The neigh bors think we are going down hill; and.eve ry one is ready to give tis - a , ptish. Here are two more bills for you—one for the gro cer and the other; from the teacher.' Reply, was prevented by a knack at the door, and the appearance of a lad who pre sented a neatly folded paper and disappeared. .The butcher's account,. as 1, live ex claimed the astonished shoemaker, .What is to be done Mary ? So much money to be paid'out, and very little coming in ; for some of my beet customers have left me, al though my work has always given satisfac tion, If I could only have as.mucit employ ment as usual, and the usual credit allowed me, I could soon satisfy all these claims ;.but to meet them is impossible, and•the acknowl edgement of inability would sencl'us still on the down ward path,' 'We meet do•our best, and trust in Prov idence,lwas the consoling remark of his wife as a second knock at the door aroused the fear that another claimant was about to op- pear. But the benevolent countenance of Un cle Joshua, a rare, but ever welcome visitor, presented itself. Seating himself in the ,comfortable chair that Mary hastened to hand, ho said; in his eccentric but friendly manner : my good folks. I understand the world does not go as well with you as for merly. What's the trouble P 'There need be no trouble,' was the re ply, men would not try to add to the at, (fictions which the Almighty sees to be ne, cessarv. for us. The winter was. a. trying' one. iVe met witi - Esickness and misfortunes which we endeavored to bear with patience. All would now go on well if those around were not determined to push the in the down ward path.' 4l3ut there lies the difficulty, friend Thompson. Everybody, or at least a great majority, care only for number one. 1,1 they see a poor neighbor getting down hilt, their first thought is whether it will affect their own interests, and provided they can secure the:nselves, they care not how soon Ile goes to the bottom. The only way is to keep up apperances. Show no signs of getting behind hand, and al! will yet be well with you.' 'Very true. Uncle Joshua; but how is this to be done ? Bills which I did not expect to meet for the next three months are pouring in upon me. My best customers have left for a more fortunate rival. In short lam on the brink of ruin, and.naught but a miracle can save me.' 'A miracle which. is very near wrought, I imagine, my good friend. What is the amount of your debts which press so heavily upon you, and how soon in the common course of events, could you discharge them.' :chey do not exceed ono hundred dol lars,' replied the shoemaker, 4and with my usual run of work, I could make all in three or four months.' , We will say six,' was the answer. '1 will advance you one hundred and sixty.dol lars for six months. Pay every cent• you owe, and with the remainderol the money make some light improvement in•your house or shop, and put everything about your grounds in its usual neat order. Try this plan for a few weeks, and we will see what• effect it has upon our worthy neighbors. No, never mind thanking me. 1 am only trying u little experiment on human nature. 1 know you of old, and have no doubt my money is safe in your hands.' Weeks passed by. The sdvice of Uncle Joshua had been strictly followed, and the charge in the shoemaker's prospects was in deed wonderful. He was now spoken of as one of the most thriving men in the village and many marvellous stories were told to ac, count for the sudden alteration in his afiitirs. .quthor Unknomn. Hundred Years Ago: On the 17th of February, 1754, COptain Trent arrived on the ground where Pitts durg now stands, for the purpose of superin tending the erection of a fort, and awaited here the balance of the company, some sev enty or eighty, who were to ass:st hint in his labors, On' the 17th of the present mcnth, ono hundred years will t,u.c elupsed 4,1 y, wnich should be one ever memorable in the history of the city of Pitts• burg and of the nation. The erection of a fort at this point was originally, determined on by a chartered com pany, in view of the pursuits of business ; and after the many changes that have taken place in and around the spot of ground upon which the, fort was erected, it is note-worthy that the same plot of ground has become the property of n chartered Company once more whose, objects, though pursued in a difler ent form, are the extension of business. In view of the busy and populous city which covers the triangle between the two rivers, it is difficult to picture correctly to the mind the appearance of the scenery when Captain Trent, 6n the chill February morning, one hundred years ago, strolled akiaid The great trees, awaiting the arrival of his companions. Man And intellect, have been' busy:'since then to a degree remarka. ble:in the history of the world; and though th© fallen and snow soaked leaves of the primeval forest no longer show the impress of the footsteps of the hardy pioneer, yet upon the sane ground, where, on.that Feb ruary morning a cer,tury ago; the snow and wet kayos retained the footprints of• Captain Trent, there are now daily appearing the footprints of progress of which those of Cap tain Trent were forerunners. On the 17th of February, 1854, will com plete a century in the history of Pittsburg, and we would suggest that a celebration be held in honor of and to commemorate the event. There are men of this city whose talents would•bo happily employed' in the composition and delivery of an oration upon such a subject, and we know of no theme which Anti more scope for eloquence, re search, and oratofical sheet, titan a,recita tion of the events connected with Pittaliuruc Iran the February morning of Capt. Trenes arrivnl, 1754, to the February morning of the century's completion, 1854.—P. Union. What will be the Effect ? Everybody is inquiring what will be the ef! fect of the war in Europe. 011 this subject we have frequently spoken, and now that war may be said to be begun, we have caly,„lo reiterate !he opinions alreatly expressed, and w.hich were but those. %xe have been expressing fPr months. That the.parmanent :esulF or America; will be an increased prosperity, we believe no per. son doubts, for large quapti!ies. of our flour will be wanted abroad, while diem will still be a market . for . all the cotton we can spare. But a few overtimmous individuals seem to think that money will be tight. Such financiers, however, are scared gt their own shadow.— Just the very reverse ought to happen. On this point we cannot quote a better authority than "The Pry Goods lkeporter," which, in a late number, says: "Whether war takes place or not, its eftecis have been anticipated in the commercial world. The sensitive nature of commercial credit long since took alarm at the signs of hostility, and capital gradually returning from former invest ments begins to accumulate idly at the great financial centres. In the United States every element of prosperity exi-ts in great abundance. Those products of which : Europe stands in need, are here in surplus quantities, and, war or no war, Europe must buy. 'flip corinnercial bal ance is already in favor, of the United States, and falling rates of exchapge indicate prpgress in t4at dirgetion, notwithstanding ilialar,ge pay ments by the government and States for storks which were held abroad. and. which haie been returned in considerable quantities. All the means which Europe can spore, must be appropriated to the payment of fond ; and I this exigency counteracts the desire to hoard, which always preVails in limes of political dis trust. The increasing fears of war drive capi tal out of commercial enterprise into stock or other interests ; at the same time the European Governments are daily losing credit with capi talists; and the high position of American stocks seems to attract capital at the moment that rni• gration is on the increase. In a late number we showed that the people of Europe arecom ing to America in increasing numbers; but I capital must .come in a greater ratio. The rev- . °lotion which swept over Europe in 1848 broke out without notice and spread like a conflagra tion. There was no notice by which means might he gradually realised and remitted.— February 23, French s's were at 116, and in three weeks at 61. There was no chance to transfer to other investments; nevertheless, prices of United States stocks rose as follows Six's, 1862. Six's, 1867_ December, 1847 98 a 983 99 a 993 August, 1818 103 a 1093 104 a 1043 December, 1847 1071 ti 1.07 i 107 ad 108 These are the stocks for which the Secretary is now giving 1223 with interest. The quanti ty of American stocks is now being rapidly re duced, and the great railroads with landed se curities must furnish better investments than the rotten credits of unstable governments. In fact, American stocks a ce , the bast in the market, without any exceptiop ; and the Euro pean capitalists' are beginning to find this out. That is to say, our first class securities, such as U. S. sixes, are as safe as the English consols, and better than the loans of any of the conti. nental governments: while, for an additional advantage, they pay a higher interest. Our second class securities, in which we place the loans of the wealthier States, are as sale, as the loans of France, and other stronger powers in Europe. Our third class securities, in which may be ranked the Central Railroad, the Phil adelphia loan, 6:c., are infinitely superior to Austrian bonds. Only ignorance has kept Eu ropean capitalists from investing hitherto large ly in American securities. But of late years there has been a growing distrust abroad of home securities, and a disposition to look to this side of the Atlantic in consequence. Ev. erybody knows that custom keeps up invest ments in old established securities as first-rate ones, long after these securities have really be• onn,a aarnnil.rn , a, third•rate, or even lourth rate. The 'Reporter," in the same article from which wo have already qt.oted, puts these views forcibly, from a still different aspect.—it says : Hitherto the greet banking houses have been the place into which the floating capital of Eu• rope has been concentrated and applied to the demands of gov,ernment. Their deficiency depended upon the allegiance of the monied men to existing governments. The revenues of aristocracy, gently, and the bolter class of trade.people, were freely loaned to the support of governments, which, under the oafrip of pm. tection, conferred monopoly on capital, and ex• acted from the laboring man the means of• pay• ing interest on the surplus profits thus neriied and loaned to the State. Ati entire chtinge has now taken place, and it has become manifest that labor must be emancipated front thraldom and oppression ; hence the classes among whom the bankers retailed the stock they took from the governments, have no longer confi dence in these securities; and when Austria proposes a loan, the means of paying ofl which depends upon the subjugation of two countries like Italy and Hungary to a foreign yoke, in this age of the world, the hazard becomes too great, even if the opinion of money lenders has not changed against governments, In for. mer years, when the paralysis of war threw money•out of trade, it found in high govern- ment credit a safe investment and a patriotic motive. That credit is now nearly ruined, while the spirit of liberalism repels the motive. In the pnblio impiovements of the United States, on the other hand, both safety and he. man progress invite investments. Hence, there. fore, not only the gold of Calllornie but the cspi• tal of Europe will ammonite • more freely in consequence. of war: There are tio.solfd greunds, therefore, for an• liciOting a revulsion here,. tre•a consequence of the war in Liutcpn ; but on the contrary, many cogent reasons to augur a higher degree of pros perity than ever. It is very possible that a few! artful ',mquey-rhangers," fortheir- own selftsh, ends, may try get up a ?Maio; and it ie not jai' probable that a few "old fogy" financiers may become frightened, like other old women ; but if men of t•erqc will,:ook at the facts, and will think and act for themselves, the designing croakers acid their. dupes will fail as signally in raising a storm as.aay smcalled Lapland witch in these modern and skeptcial tier s.— Phil. Evening Bulletin, .1)c L'cliigl) Register. Allentown, Pa. WEDNESDAY, M.ARCIII,IB3I. rir We are indebted Iq Ifon. James Cooper, Hon. S. A. Douglass, Hon. Richard LiToadhead, Hon. Wm. H. Seward, and. Hon. J, L. Dawson, for Congressional and to Major Fry, Laury, and Johnson, for Legislative documents, The Patriot and its Motive The "Patriot" of last week raises an issue with us, for the reason as he says, of not hay. ing received the proceedings of the last "Agri• cultural Meeting" held on Tuesday the 7111 of February, ii,,4,— n o!whioh we happen to be the appointed Secretaryin time foe publication with the rest of the editors in our Iprough, and in consequence pays us the handsome compli ment of being o , ftt frlnetricr 93rnintcr." We have for, a number of years bcen the mark,at which the senior editor of the "Patriot' , has been firing hia poisoned arrows, both in private as well as in public. Similar darts we have passed over with t•ilent contempt, and had not the asperi.ions connewed us with the "Lehigh County Agricultural Society," as one of its newly elected officers, in our first official capacity, we would have again passed it over in silence. Standing in this relation, the charge demands a notice at our hands. In the first place—says the editor—"we have been repeatedly asked . , 'why it was, that the proceedings of the "Lehigh County Agricultu ral Society" for a number of times had not ap peared in the "Patriot." In answer to this he says : "that at eos time they did not zeceiv.e them,. and at another, they got them too late." Whether this asset lion is true or 7101 (roe. We of course are not able to determine, its it has refer ence to a time, when our friend Jesse Al Line, E-q., officiated as Sec'retary of the society.— This much we do know, however, being one of the first members of the society, arid having at tended every meeting but two, held since its organization, we never yet, heard a resolution olTered to the ef!ect that the Secretary shall tar nish the proceedings to the zespeetive printers in Allentown for publication. We considemd die minutes of the meetings an item of particular interest to the Faraling and Alealianical com munity, hence we made it our business, at tines tp co.py, the proceedings from the Secretary's notes. Therefore, if our neighbors of the "Pa triot" did not see fit to collect the information apparently so much desired by their reades, the fault is certainly not ours but (heirs. On :he whole, the complaint, coming as it does, foto a source whose prophecy on several occasims was a dissolution of the society, proves alertly that at least one of the trio does not harbor he most friendly leelings towards the society. In the next place our colleague tells us: "The ' last meeting was held on the 7th of February" —true so far—"but the proceedings we did not receive until, the evening of the 14th day of ' February, when our paper was ready on press to be struck off the following foaming." rhis is an unmitigated falsehood, and could only proceed from one who harbors the worst of ma ! licious feelings. The meeting was held on the afternoon of the 7th 01 February last, but as the time was too short to trato•ctibe the minutes' anti' bring them in form for publication Mail week, they were got ready for the papers issued ' on the 15. h. We put them in typo on the lOth' and on the 1 tilt we sent slips to the "Patriot,"l "Republican,"“Friedettsbote," and 4 1/autocrat" being jbur days prior to the Patriots day of pub lication, surely in lime we should think ! II stir colleague, however, give's further vent to lie false and malicous assertions, we shall be an der the necessity of proving the lie to his teeh ! nigh Water On Saturday night it commenced raining wiht out intermission until about 5 o'clock on Sun, day afternoon. The ground was frozen and us water collected made its way to the streams, mod caused a very high freshet. The •Little Lehigh' overflowed its banks. The "Jordon" cameionin full force, and the "Trout" and "Cedar" creeks were sweeping its way. The "Bin I.?high" cane with a swell of about 6 feet, and in meeting as tributaries made a Pretty high freshet below this place. Su far, however, we have not heard of any. damages except the loss of ••Sntiley's 13ridge" and lots of fence rails. The Exhibition, We must admit that we never attended a school exhibition, that gove us so much pleasure, as the one pf Mr. N. Gregory, at the Odd Fellows' Hall, on Friday evening last. The music, both vocal and instrumental was charming indeed. Among the speakers were a number of young gentlemen, who exhibited strong oratorical pow ers, commingled with natural gifts of eloqution, who drew the loud applause of the audiance. On the whole the exhibition proved highly creditable to the Principal os well as to the pupils. Suffulk Pigs..— Our esteemed friend JESSI M. antra, Esq., of this place, has fast week•received from Boston, a pair of full blooded Suffolk Pigs, about .7 mouths old, which are the nicest of , the pig species, we think we ever saw . They cost him aixly dollars! a pretty handsome price. We were in need of a good breed of hogs. Melrjmoial.—The New York Sun's Washing ingtoo correspondent states that the Hop.S. A. Douglas, Sensthr from Illinois, is about.tp marry Miss Crean, sister of the wife of Mt. Dennekt .of the New York herald• Catasauqua and her Iron Works. CAT/m utat:A, is the name of a beautiful and thriving Town, located on the lands, purchased by tba "liebigh Crane Iron Company" on the, east aide of. the I.4ehigh river, about three miles north of this place,. and •at present numbers probably near 1800 inhabitants. There are some six or eight stores in the place—three very handsome hotels--a town hall—an academy three churches. ft has lately been incorporated as a Borough, and the authorities have already commenced grading the streets and ordered the paving, of the sidewalks. A tisitor will at once see that order and good government reigns in . the place. The cause, however ; of catasatupta having l'kenix like sprung into existence arises from the fact of the I .l f ehigh Crane lion Works" be ing erected at this plate, About the year 1p33 I a company of gentlemen, with whom the Messrs. VAT's, Crane and Thomas wereassc ! tinted purchased a large tract of land. from Mr. I Frederick lliery, on which they erected the first two Anthracite Furnaces in the United S:ates. The use of Anthracite coal as fuel in the mak ing of Iron, was an experiment' never before entered upon, and of course` subject to many impediments, which for a lime retarded the ! success anticipat,ed. Mr. Thomas, however, the i gendeman wh,o bad the management, of the works in charge, inspired by the.hope, of sue- I cess, aided by . a character of energy and pets°• vereinve, very seldom met. with, overcame the impediments train time to time, and the 'Crane Iron Works' now rank as the largest and most succecssfill in the Unirc. There being at present five stacks in operation, running from seven to eight hundred tons of pig metal per week. 'Eakin! , it at,700 tons per week; would yield thirty six thousand fmr hundrol lons . a year. Pig metal brings in market at,present, front ..`S.3O, to $4O per ton, but, allowing only $3O per ton, would make die enormous sum of one millio:•„:; three hundrecl and to giousa:;!l fintr hamlrcd (I( t tars, which stint is scancred i rotillt•at4 to Coal. , Iron Qre and Lime Stone opetators, minors, teamsters and laborers. The consurniiition of Iron ore at these works last year amounted to upwards of 100,000 tons of coal 70 000 tons—,,f Limo•stoue 50,000 tons. The best, evidence. that these works, es wed as those erected at Allentown, have had a beneficial influence in Lehigh county is the fact, that wealth is last accumulated by our citizens. lVe know men, who ten years ago, were colt. sidered in doubtful circumstances, are now cal. led wealthy. Land, which contains good 4011 ore, and sold ten years ago nt 40 dollars an acre, now readily sells for two and three hundred, and some tracts if brought into market would bring as many thousands an acre. - Speculations in Breadstuffs The 'New York Express says :—"The extra• ordinary high price, of Flour and Cfain, not on ly here, but in all other sections of the couutu we see, is the subject of general remark. As ihe matter is one which comes iton.e to people of all classes, we present. Wow a compilation of some interesting facts haying important re lation to it. Large surns—fottunes it may be said—have been lost and won by speculatr.rs in this city, who, the few weeks past, have been large operators on 'Change. A ease in point illustrative of many others: —A well known dealer in Breadstuff., in September last, pur• chased 21,000 barrels of Flour, at the •average price then current $.5 75, and sold it a a few days since at 9. Net profits, $69,950 ! "On the oth_er—li lid. we are informed that some days Since as ooti as the Marine Tele 'graph announce d that the steamer Pacific was t\ Homing up, there were some heavy operations 1 w ith the understanding that the purchaser 1' Ithould have the privilege of annulling the bars gain after the foreign news transpired, by pav ing the seller two shillings per barrel. Parties who purchased, on this condition, were very sanguine that the Pacific's news would advise 4 large advance in the pielish markets. Pity ing at 69 as they did, they thought it must be a good speculation to resell at 59 50,--as no doubt it would, had the foreign advises come up to their expectations. Unfortunately, how. ever, for them, it did not. A small advance only was announced, in the English markets. It was also stated in private letters that the mar kets closed "heavy." The influence on prices here, therefore, Was slight. Prices were a shade firmor—but that "shade" was far from ?.a cents per bbl. ' Elf course the sanguine operator of the forenoon was a wiser man, if a somewhat poor. er op, later in the day I ft was a bad spoon. lation. ne,gtection of Senator Pearce.—The lltarylat? d Legislature to•day February 15th, re•elecied James A. peace, Vu lied States Senator for six years from the 4th of March, lop. Another Preje.ct of a New Toriff.—Anothr pro• ject of a tariff has been laid befttre the Commit• tee of Ways and Means. ft has the advantage of greater simplicity over Mr. quthriers scheme. Imports are divided into three classes: . one is admitted free ; another pays twenty five per cent.; a third one hundred per cent.; . if imported in American bottom*. The first class comprise* nearly all material* used in manufacturing and dying. The third class comprises wines. 4cc. , which now pay high duties. The second in• cludei all articles not in gip other two. ===i Coal Ashcs.—The best purpose' which coal ashes can be applied to in town pr country is in meitiog garden walks. ,If well laid down, no weeds or grass will grow, nod by use they be• come as solid and more durahlo than brick. G oo d spezul t di on,--T be Staunton. (Va.) Vim, dicator says that A. B. trick purchased several years ago, of Wm. P„,lrohnson, a farm in the vi. cinity of Staunton, containing about 600 acres, for $lO.OOO cash. lie sold a portion of the land for Sopop.and'the other day sold' the remain,: der. over 41)0 acres, tb It: Sutomersop, for 000eas —clearing in the end $ 15,500- gross.— 1 lie had put about $1 . 500 improvements on the premises. • Sale of the Publielybrke. It would be a groat work of reform, not, citify in a poljtical, but in a moral sense, to boligrol our publio,railroads and canals. They, can be sold at , a fair Tice—for a sum much greater than they pay : ipterest for—and therefore would reduce•our present tp,4't just in that proportion, while these improvements, so far as the public welfare is eoncerrmil, would be kept in much better condition, and,would be much better man- aged than they are now, or ever can be under State authority. In Georgia, we see, that the papers aro also discussing the expediency of selling the public works of that State. They say that, speaking of these works, "they not only cost more than they would have done, if constructed by indi• victuals, but now that they are finished, great difficulty is encountered in managing them economically and jrdiciou.sl:,:.'? 'Cl3llfie is the case here, only more emphatically so. The wrong 'which is commuted against liennsylva nia, by the continuance of this corrupt system of management, mud - continually create an ex citement that will hurl every politician who sustains it, from power and place, and mark him fur future avoidance. It is utterly useldss to attempt to stave off this issue, Tech longer. The . people )I , 4,subrnit to being quite trod den on by nvaricions poWicians, who, by mis• representation, have been so long directing public opinion, for the'r special aggrandizement. The bill reported by Ir. Ei•ans,in the Senate, appears to us to be s and and judicious in eve ry particular ; but it should be considered de fective in • • f its provisions, It can be easily amen t to meet the views of every honest member of the Legislature, who desires to do a good action for the whole people, r4ther than to,permit .lad measure to exist for the pur pose of tnrnefinng a few, who think they have a life estate in the treasury of•the Commeo weal!h. Legislative Proceeding. SENATE February, 15. Mr. Fry, called up House bill No. 61, to incorporate . the Pule Spring water company of Fogelsyille, Lehigh county; which was.passrd February, 17. Mr. Skinner, reported the com mitted 'louse bile, No. '4l l, to incorpottate the Lehigh County Acrienltural society. February 20. Mr. Fry, presented three petit lions from Bethlehem township, Northampton County, for an increase in the number of super, visors in said township; also, two remonstrances from Lehigh county, against a prohibitory liquor law. On motion of Mr. Fry, the hill to incorporate the Farmers' and Mechanics' deposite kink of Allentown, was ta',;ca passed committee committee of the whole, and laid over ureter the 110taiE OF REPRESENTATIVES. An act to incorporate the Lehigh Comity agii .i.ulturai society was passed. Februaty 17. The bill to authorize courts of common pleas to incorporate scientific, agricul. 4t,tra I and other associations, was taken up in committee of the whole, and passed. Feb. 18. On motion of Mr. Laury, the House proceeded to consider the further supplement to the act to encoutage manufactuting operations in this UummonWealth. The question being on its final pasiane, Mr. liaury moved the House gu into eommi.+ tee of the whole, to amend the bill, by inserting the following amendment : Strike out the Provision relative to individual liability, and insert the following : Piot br:. liable in the the:r individual capacii ties aq estates for any loan or loans, whatsoev. er made tu such company, and the provisions of said act and its several supplements are hereby extended to the counties of Lehigh and Northt ampion." On the question, will the House agree to the motion, it was agreed to, as follows: Yeas-4J Nays-18. Mr. Moore moved its further consideration be postponed for the present. February Fo. 4!r. tmory, read in place a pp, tition for a change in the common school law; also, two agnipst the passage of a prohibitory liquor law. Destructive 7'orriatlf4 violent tornado, nccom" panied by thunder and lightning, passed over the village of Harrison, Ohio, on the 14th instant. blowing down houses, fences, trees, &c. Among the buildings injured was thaPresbyterian church which was' unroofed. Bags of wheat it is said, were blowp out of a wagon, and sticks of timber whirled through the air like feathers. A young man named Win. prudent had a leg broken, and a number of others were injured. Fight brlwcen Opugressmen—Anlicipaled Duel. —A recontre took place in Washington, on Tues. day night, between Senator Clemens, of Alabama and Mr. Harris of Mississippi. Mr. Clemens wns introduced to Mr. Harris, who declined replying. The introduction was unsolicited. Mr. Clemens retorted that he would make Harris responsible, Mr. Harris rejoined angrily, when Mr. C. drew a revolver and struck Harris a - heavy blow on the iiead, cutting it dangerously, felling him to the ground. Clemens then Ac!zed a chair, but was prevented from a further attack by his friend who interferred. The difficulty remains unex plained, and a duel is anticipated. The Economy.—The Rappite Community, re, siding at Economy, Pa., has remitted $260,000 in gold sovereigns, to New York; the past .season, for the purchase of railroad securities It ap• peared, in a late trial at Pittsburgh, that for the last fifteen years the community had constantly on hand over half a million of dollars. Large Sale rf Corn. 7 .The petroit Advertiser says that a in !pat city have effected a salt) of 200.Q09 bpshgia , ot.corn at 70 cents delivered in Buffalo,pp.Age opening of the navigation. Cigar Convention , at Alliany.—A convention of all those interested' in the manufacture of cigars in the Milted Bums in to be held in Mbilny.on the.llth inscto take measures M I t) , ), large and increasing linportation of .ecrrun gars into this country. • The P'andelly Case The evidence in this case, involving a quer.' tion'of pprity, of blood, has been brought to a elose•before. the New Orleans Courts on the 11th • irist. Itt appears that the plainitT, Oeorge Pantie', ly, mentleman of °reek descent on both sides; • a :op of high, standing, and a member of the city t government, sties..riefor Wilts for slander.— Witte, it.seems, ha§ 'represented Pawkily as be- • log of nego orici i p, in asmuch as his great - greate: grandanother was, ail. 11711 z said, a mulattress; The case has created,considerable excitement in' New Orleans, and as there are certain peculiari ties in it, we subjoi n the following remark's fidni" the New Oilcans Picayune; • Plaintiff is a young man of talent, educatiiin and high standing. - His family are second to no ' other in the city, fot all the virtues which digei. fy humanity and characterize the refined ,ile.•;:1:1 floated races of men. The history of this lane?. has been . lighted up by the radiance of the, am'e of one of us membArs; and thus their ped- 1 ,: igree can be :raced back much further than is • usual in this country. To aisciwer some taro t or flaw in their generalogy, which may :•,trtlyt the.' the fame and depreciate the claims of the present generation, has. become the object of the ambi•." Lion of certain persons, Veople of distinction generally have ancestom , of mat k, of whom some records and, memorials.- exist.• Their annals are pretty certain to be laid bare. The ittlerimand mediocre—unfortunately ' much the largest—classes of men are never bet. • ter pleased than when they can discover spots on the sun, blots and slurs hymn the escutcheons • of those whose names shine bright on the scroll•+ of fame. loves ;he marlyrdom of fame 7,t is ch4rieil that the piaiatia's family is o; African origin. His slates is attached on the ground that certain records. traditions rumors. and speculations, describe his great.greabgrand• mother as a mulattress. The records contain ing this description of the plaintiff's greatigreat-, grandmother, and of his great grandmother, were made at a period it hen, - Owing to the mixed char acter of The population, it was quite difficult to distinguish between what arc now very clearly understood as inulailors, mestizoes, quadroons. &c. The words were then in there infancy anti - :: tt might easily occur, when public t flicials,were passing, acts curtaining deism iptions •of person, —which were quite immaterial to the objects and purpose of such acts, that They were used inchflerently und inaccurately. Then we have the opinions and impressions of very old people, and the hear.ay of thine wh-i lived before.thetn, in regard to the appearance ot lie plaintiff's great great grandmother. Against these opinion.; the pl:limit' arrays a strong mass of testimony of the hii.lhest character, ail tend ing to show that Marianne Delha, the radix of the family, was an Indian woman, who exis ted before Africans were introduced in the colt.. gy, True it is, she was a slave; but an Indian slave, at a time when the French bought female capitives (ruin waning Indian tribes, in order to save their lives. With this woman lived a Greek who, having been engaged in the slave trade . naturally preferred an Indian wife to one of that race for which his pursuit inspired him with dis. gust. This woman lived a quiet, scciuded life she was charitable, good and pious. Flom Marianne Delha, horn before or about the time New Orleans was founded, the descent of this family has been uniuterrupteilly Cauca sian, or white. Conceding for the sake of argument, that she was as represented a tnulat'ress, her daughter would be one-fourth part African, her grandchild one sixteenth, her great grand•chtld one thirty second, and her great.Featigrand-child one six ty-fourth part AEt icon. This brings us to the plaintiff. The question would then arise whens . era man who had but one six ty.fourth part Af, rican blood, was a colored man, of doubtful status ns a tree white citiz,n 1 Then it would be ne cessary to determine the period and degree of. this taint, and i r what time it was worked our; Is it two hundred, a thousand, or two thousand' years! All black hatred persons—all brunettes are interested in the decision of this question.— All persons of the Roman and Celtic stork are, interested in knowing how much of the Africart infusion of their ancestors, who went from Afri - :. ea to qreege, and Pholnicia, and thence scatter ed over the world, to subdue or enlighten it, still lingers in their veins. In the Spanish colon.ies,. and in several States of this Trnion=inc.Juding . our neighboring State of Mississippi—it is-pFo• vided that the African taint becomes merged. and extinguished when there is but une - eighth.uf it in conjunction with seven•eigliths • We merely stale these, as'inieresting ethologi— cal and political questions--:not as implying a t doubt of the purely Indianorigin °Utile plaint, tiffs. We conld, not permit,oup minds to-enieit lain a doubt in regaretO a fact which is vouched i for by the solenin - ciniKictions and belief of such t personsas the 'venerable Ar. icrnandez, now ninety.three years old, who has a distinct recol^ lection of the 'woman :from • whom this family sprung—by that aged and pious, old Indian wo .man, one nundred and ten years old—by that ir reproachable citizen and patriot, General J. J.r. Plauche—by that pious and learned servant of . God the Right Rev. Bishop limier, of Alabama.; —by the , venerable and virtuous Anßanch:wny Rnsch All these person testifyto air, tinctite•lhdian features, habits, and. chgrpoq6s, tics of this woman to the fact of her acinciation with the Indians, of their resort to her vital:dist maul, and of the perpetuation of the Indian Inn% guage in the fatuity, even down to the tuaildr. mother of the plaintiff. And here the evidencn • develops some ititgre's i ting ethnological and pigs iological facts Which are worthy of the iuvestiga: . flop' and cOnsideration.uf. 4avans and, philoso!: phers. It is shown that in the descendants of Africans who. have intermarried. with Caucasian NOM, the African characteristics rapidlY disipPear and become extinguished• in' a few ipinirations. There are many quadrons" id this city, 91 light hair, blonde, complexion . ..n: l d all the feattires of the pure Caucasian. Dirt when you come to tbilll lifridgolian race, to 'which the aboriginal Indiap seems to bear tfii i i' 4. strongest restful**, , the features and' cbaracteristici descend ihropg4 inatiy geqeciitions, and are frequently revived in remote P6oehes. The discendants o 4 Ponaon`
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