"VARIOUS MATTERS.
Another Dreadful Catastrpohe.-The
Montreal Courier of (ho lltliinsf contains
fen account of ono of tho moat distressing
casualties which has occured in theProvince
since the introduction of steam on the St,
JLawrahce. 'i'iie high pressure steamer
Shamrock, while between Luceihe and
Points Cloire, on her way to Kingston, with
120 passengers, about ten o'clock on Satur
day morning last burst iicr boiler, and
her bows being blown out by the explosion
tshe went down head foremost' So sudden
wire the effects that in less than 5 minutes
sixly.two human beings were precipitated
into eternity. The passengers were English
Irisii and Scotch imigrants; but principally
English, and rero distributed at the time
ofthc accident nearly as follows: The
English, in a number about sixly-five.exclu-sively,
occupied the bow of tho vessel, while
the Irish and Scotch occupied the stern, in
the cabin were three English women and
two men between decks, ia tho forepart of
the vessel were a number or loiterers.
The loss fell principally upon tho English
who were in tho bows! the three women in
tho cabin perished, and all who were be
tween decks, with the exception of three
Irishmen
Tho Stcamor Dolphin was at tho timo
about half a mile in tho rear of tho Sham
rock, and made all haste to earry sue
cor. When tho Dolphin reached the
scene of disaster, tho sight was appalling
the steamer iiad disappeared and the surface
of tho watter was covered with the. living
and dtad bodies, the living clinging to frag
ments of the wreck, and to the sides of two
barges which renaained unimpaired. Bv the
humane exertions of the master & crew of
the D about sixty persons of different ages
and sexes picked up. Of these abtul thirty
aro more or less injured, and about thirty
principally Irish, escaped unhurt,
Eighteen of the wounded were conveyed
to thcMontreal uencral uospita-4 remain
to be accounted for. Much money is said
to have been lost, the emigrants being of a
superior description.
Ono old lady, named Cousin, from Cleave
land, Yorkshire, was found alive floating
oil a feather bed, but her husband and soven
children had perished, a man named Cover
bald from Dandy, iorKshiro sunk on Sat
urday night under amputation, leaving be
ind him a wife who besides her husband,
lost six children.
The Montreal Cornier civet the total
number of lost or missing as 58.
Feats f Strength Monstre
There is a man exhibiting at tho
Paul
Bowery
Theatre, calling himself Monstre Faul,who
performs almost miraculous feats of strength
Yr'o aro told that on Monda)- night, he ro
aisled the strength of two large Pennsyl
vania horses, who are accustomed daily to
veiraw a weight of more than two tons.
His method is to placo himself horizontally
upon a ladder, fasten a giith around his
loips, to which the horses are attached, and
than resist their pulling by means of his
feet and hands.
These feats, at first, appear incredible;
but, we aro told by philosophers that per
sons of oven ordinary strength can accom
plish thorn, after a fow trials, by learning
to placo the body in a righ position. In
Sir David Brewstei's Letters on Natural
Magic, an interesting and valuable work,
published by the Harpers in their Library
there are several instance of the kind nar
rated at length' About the year 1703, a
native of tho county of Kent, named
Joyce, txhibited such feats of strength in
London and other partsjof England, that he
received the name of tj;c second Samson.
His own personal strength was very groat;
but he had also discovered, without the aid
of theory, various positions of the body in
which men of even comon strength could
perform very surprising feats, ilo drew
araiost horses, and raised enormous
weights; but in the course of a few years,
liis methods were found out, and many
penjons of common strength went through
his performances with success.
Not a long while after Joyce, a German
named Van Eckeberg, a nalivo of Har
tzgerode, in Anhalt, travelled through
Europe as another Samson. He was a
msn of middle size, and ordinary strength;
aijd as Dr. Besagulicrs was convinced that
his feats were exhibitions of skill, and not
of strength, he was desirous of discovering
his methods, and with this view Jie went
to seo him; accompanied by tho Marquis
of Tullibardino; Dr, Alexander Stuart, and
Dr. Pringle. They placed themselves
round the G ennan so as to bo able to obsovo
accurately all he did, and their success
was so great that they were able to perform
-most of the same feats, the same evening.
Dr. Desajuliers exhibited apmc of the ex
periments before the Royal Society.
Sir David Brewster is of the opinion that
drawing against horses admits of any easy
explanation. It depends entirely on the
natural fcwungth of the bones of the pelvis,
-with a double arch that it would require
an immense force to break by any exterml
pressure directed to the centre of the arch,
land aslhe legs and thighs ar capablo of
(sustaining four or Tiro thousand nonndg
when they stand quite upright, tho nerform
cr has no difficulty in resisting the force of
two .-iorse.1 or ot sustaining tho weight of a
cannon weighing j,vo or three thousand
IMPIUkOriAiii.i'i I FOR Dubi AbOi,-
IS1IED.-
TIib. blot of shame , has been expunged
from the statutes of Pennsylvania! Justice
stent, equal justice has tiiumphed tho
divine liberality of our free institutions has
been redeemed the genius of republican
equality has risen, phoonix-like, from tho
ashes of the last relic of barbarism that re
mained upon her bright oscut chcon' The
prison dours hare been thrown open by n
righteous act oJ a liberal Legislature tho
manacles have fallen from the limbs of that
bondmen, and ho once again inhales tho
biealh of Jehovah in the sweet air of morn-
ng. Oil! what a glorious triumph of liber
al principlesl What a lasting honor to the
Statu and her legislators who enacted this
humane redemption of the unhappy creditor!
How many thousands of weeping wives
and -starving chi Idem do this day pour
forth their very souls to the God of Heaven
for the blessings of Libert' to their hus
bands and fathers. How manv emaciated
forms now stand erectin tho image of God
orious in the suRlight of Heaven, ani
modols of manhood whose youth, and
strength, and vigor had been spent in tho
loul jails or the urtfortunato poor whose
bounds wero tho damp walls of oppression,
and whoso beds, for years, had been tho
slimy earth that tho snails and tho venomous
toad marked with their slow progresc by
many a glistening tract!
Wo regard the abolition of lmmprison-
mont for Poverty as a great moral reform
unsurpassed by any legislative act since the
glorious Declaration and hail it as the'era
of good teelnig the dawn ot better days.'
It will be received everywhere with shouts,
with bonfires and rejoicings. Pennsylvan
ia now stands pro-eminent, tho Keystone
of the Federal Arch; her liberal institutions
onlv equalled by tho liberality and devo
tion of her whole population-wlioso wealth
is Industry, and whose name is Honor,
Abolishment of Imdrisionwen for Debt'
The act of the Legislature ol thisState,i3
the 'Abolishment of Iraprisionmcnt forDebt
and to punishment Fraudulent Debtors, 'ha3
received the signature of the Governor and
is now a lawot the Commonwealth. It
universal in its explication except in the
following cases:
Where the debtor is about to remove any
of his.propcrly out of jurisdiction of the
court in which suit is brought, with mten.
to defraud his creditors;
Or that lis has property or rights in ac
(ion which he fr&uduleutly conceals'
Ur, that lie has rights in action or some
interest in ariv public o'r corporate slock,
monev or evidence of debt, which he tin
justly refuses to apply to tne payment of
any judgments, which shall havebeer. ren
dered against nim belonging to the com
plaint; Or, that he has. assigned, removed or dis
posed of, or is about to disposo of, any of
his property with the intent to defraud his
creditors
Or, that he fraudulently conrncled the
debt or incurred the obligation, respecting
which suit is brought,
The exemption from arrest' and impns
tonment does not extend to persons
who shall not hive resided in the Elate for
20 days provious to the commencement ef
of any suit against thorn' Eve. Journal.
Natchez Tornado. The Natchez Dai
ly Courier takes notice of a somewhat re
mark-able conincideuce between the terrible
tornado at that placo and tho recent deslruc
tivo earthquake at St Domingo. After tin
last named catastronho a nerson a ivo was
dug out of the ruins, who had lived fifteen
days under a bed of wall. Alter the tor
nado of '-10 a living porson was dug out
from tho Natchez susins under the hill,
who had been buried alivo eight days-He
fully recoveied being not dangerously hurt,
It is singular concidenco that the torna
do and tho St. -Domingo earthquake both
occurred on the same day of tho same
month the 7th of May.
liace of Piamits. At a meeting of the
Geographical Society in London recently
Ihe chairman staled some interesting facts
on a subject which would probably soon be
brought beiorc the notice ol the society. 1
was, tlial a gentleman, employed by gov-
ment, had, m ascending the river Juba, in
Africa from cast to west fallen in with
considerable tract of country inhabited by a
curious race of pigmies, not exceeding to u
feet in hoight with very curious views of
religion and government, and exactly re
senibling the type of Herodious which
singularly confirmed some opinions on tho
subiect recently brought before tho notico
of he Aborigines' Protection Society.
Mystcritusiki Norlfiold, Mas;, a few
days since, Mr. G. R. Stebbins, on taking
down a wall for the purpose of enlarging
liis cellar discovered the bones of a person
which upon examiuationbyphysician,werc
supposed to ba those of a female from 10
to 20 years of age, In tho sknll there was
a hole about the size of a bullet and the
probability is that the woman camo to ho
death by being shot. It is said that,there is
tradition, that about 20 years ago, a woman
by the name of Kcnulo mysteriously disap
peared. It was supposed at the timo that
she was drownde in tho Connecticut river
near wheie she livotl but Her hudy never
was found. Suspicious at that day rested
upon an unprincipled and vicious man by
the name of Msllory.who lias eince been. in
the stale prison tn Vermont.
COLUMBIA RAILROAD.
The Senate having lofutcd to concur with
Houso of Representatives in authorizing
the Stale to nut on passenger cars and carrv
passengers over this rail road.it will be sene
by an advertisement in this paper that tho
uperintendbnl of motive power has invited
rfoptVlSjfor putting on passenger cars, and
qarymg passengers over tho Road of
cotirso the contract to bo given to tho low
est and best bidder.
Wo havo hoard it stated by pretty good
authority' that the Slate can make more
money out of tho toad and at tho same
tunc reduce the late very considerable. If
this bo tho fct as wo believe it is, the
public will be the gainer.
W are pleased to learn, notwithstanding
tho decline of business, that tho profits of
tho Columbia Rail-Road, over all expenses
wero very handsome in tho month of June
and equal to a full avornge of tho three
first mouths Under tho now system of man
agement. The editor of tho New York Tribune has
just returned lrom n loiir.U'eeus tour through
about ono halt ntthe counties ot new iorlt
a portion of Western Pennsylvania, and
parts of Connecticut and Vermont, and ho
peaks ot the general appearance ol the
crop wherever he has seen them as cheer-
ng.Uorn alone promises badly, and that only
n some sections. Wheat, rye, oats, grass,
potatoes, all bear the appcareuce of a heavy
yield.
During the month of Juno the arrived at
Cleveland fiom the interior cf Ohio, by
wav of tho Canal, 211,023 bushels ef
wheat, and 70,312 barrels ol flour. The
number pf vcssle that arrived at the port of
Cleveland in the same month was 200,and
tho nnmbor cleared 207.
Tho account from all parts of Virgin!
aro very flattering in regard to the abnn
dance and excellence of Uio wheat crop, In
Jefferson connly the yield is the largest ev
er known. In tho James River connty
where fears wero interlainod that lite grain
froin the lowuoss of tho ground, .would bo
injured by rust tho result lias exceeded all
expectation' In Fait fax countv the wheat
turns out better (han was expeotcd'ihougl
in somo placc3 it is partially injured. Rye
and oats promise well, in london county
there has been some rust, but the crop will
bo an average one
It is annonnced in tho Nashville Banner
on the authority of tho officer of the banks
that the banks in lenncssee and their braiv
dies will resume specie payments on the
first day ol August next, liaVin been lor
some time past- Until vine - themselves tor
that purpose.
XVc learn by the Northampton, (Mas)
Conner that tho lato John Hopkins:Esq.,of
that town bequeathed S7000 to benevolent
societies; as follows: J o the Home Miis
ionarv Society $3000, American Boaid of
Commissions 32000, American Utulc feoei
ety, $1,500; Amepran TractSoctoty,0500.
The Mormon Schism. It appears that
the report that Joe Smith, and some of his
disciples had quarrelled is too true, John
C. Bennett who lias been excommunicated
by the Mormon Prophet; threatens retalia
tion; in a late Burlington; Iowa: paper, He
sayS t'l'lie holyJoe fears the consequences
of mv disclosures and has threatened to
tako mv life: and has ordered some of his
Danite band to effect tho murder clandestine
ly but he shall be cxpdstd. If ho mur
ders mo; others will avenge my blood; and
exposo him; if I live; I will do it to the
entire satisfaction of all. Just suspend your
ludgment a few days until yuu seo my
pose in the 'Sangamo Journal' next week,
or tho week following, over my name.' So
tho Grand Theological Humbug is to be
exposed and the Latter Day Sainis mortifi
ed by General Bennett, of tho 'Nauvoo
Legion.
Belter than Good Luck. The New
Oiieans Crescent City meiions, as a piece
of good luck. the drawing of a 01,000 prize
by the engineer of tho steamboat Lalla
Rnokh, and the Moblio Register registers a
still more lucky individual: On tho last
upwards passage of tho Lalla Rookh. he
was accidentally knocked overboard, abou
Twenty-one mile Bluff, in the night, and
nobody being aware of the accident, the
boat went on. and to this time, tliey dqubt
less believe that he is drowned. Ilo aroso
to the surfaco, however, after the wheels
had passed over him. and swam to shore,
although encumbered with a part of his
clothing and a pair of heavy boots. After
spending the night in the swamp, he footed
it into the high load, borrowed, a horse, and
arrived in Moblilo richer than any prize in
tho lottery could make him, having saved
himself from the jaws of death.
New Remedyfar'Td'rophobia. Dr.
Heller, member of the Royal Academy of
Medicine, Paris, lately communicated
lo his society, that in Greece it is u practice
to observo tho tongues of those persons
who have been bitten by dogs, because
at the end of eight or nine days there ap
pears on each side of the tongue, and near
tho upper part, bustnles, called lysses by
tli e Greeks. These bustules contain tho
whole rabid matter, and immediately they
arc cut out and wound cauterised, which
prevents hydrophobia.
J. OrvilleTaylor estimates that there are
00,000 common rchools in the Union.
declaration of Independence. tn tho
yonr 1820, alter till sayo one.of Ihe band ot
patriots whoso signatures are borrio 'oil the
De'claratiori of Independence hud descended
lo tho tomp, and the venerable Carroll
alone remained among the living, the gov
ernment of tho city of New York deputed a
committee to wail on the illustrious survi
vor and obtain from him lo bo deposited in
the public hall of tho city a copy of the
Declaration ol 177G, graced and authen
ticated anew with his sign manual. The
aged patriot ycildcd to tho request and
affixed, with his own hand, to a copy of
that instrument the grateful, solemn, and
pious supplemental Declaration which
follows:
'Gratoful to Almighty God for tho blessing
which through Jesris Christ our Lord, he
has conferred on my beloved country in her
emancipation, and on myself, in permitting
me, under circumstances of mercy, to livo
tollio age ol Q'J years, and lo survive the
fiftieth year of .American Independence,
and certify by my present signature my
.approbation of the Declaration of Indepen
dence adopted by Congress on the 4lh of
July. 1770, which I originally subscribed
on tho 2d day ol Angriest of thn saroo year,
and ot which 1 am now the Inst surviving
signer, I do hereby rcccornnieiul lo tho pre
sent and future generations tho principles
of that important document as the best earth
ly inheritance their ancestors could bequeath
to them, and pray that tho civil and reli
gious liberties they have secured to my
country may be perpetuated to ictnolest
proslerity and extended to ihe whole family
of men.
'CHARLES CARROLL, of C auhollton
'August 2, 182G.,
From the Cultivator
Indian, Corn demands much of tho far
mer's care and attention during this month
(July) as on its growth now the future crop
is depending. Keep tho corn free frvm
weeds, slir the surface oficn, thin the corn
in tho hills, and with a good soil, you can
scarcely fail a of crop. Somo farmers hill up
their corn so extravagantly, that it looks as
if planted on tho summit pf ridges. This is
a bad practice in any season, and in a diy
ono is most injurious. Attention to the
structure of the corn plant, the manner in
which its roots, particularly ihe upper or
braco roots.arc thiown off, would convince
any one that tho practice of hilling is not
demanded by any thing in the nature of
sf the plant and that unless the condition of
the soil is snch as to require it, hilling
should never bo attempted. It sometimes
happens that after the usual dressing have
been given lo corn, it is laid by for the
season a rank growth of weeds will spring
up owing perhaps lo the not fully ocupying
and shading the ground.and these are allow
cd. most injudiciously to stand and perfect
their stjeds. The firmer who goes over
his corn for the sole purpose of cutting
down these weeds, instead of allowing them
lo encroach on liis corn and ripen their
seeds to plague him hereafter will find the
increased crop will amply reward him.
Wc wisli some of our farmers would
try the experiment of sowing some corn
broadcast for fodder. Some experiments
that havo been made seem lo show that this
would bo one of tho easiest methuds of
making winter fodder known and it would
certainly be a highly relished, and very
nutritious food to all animals. Tho trials
made indicated that from eight to ten tons
of food could ho grown on an aero. From
two and a half lo three bushois of corn
may be sown per acre, hut there can be
little hope of success unless the soil is clran
and rich.
Tho following extract from the Evening
Journal, docs not represent Gov. Dorr In
quite the same light which is shed upon
bim in the whig newspapers generally:
'governor Dorr, so called by courtesy,
but not because the honor is legitimate or
descerving, has not been apprehended. We
understand this hero is a graduate of Hnrv
aid Uuversity. Ho is - represented by one
who knows him intimately, as a man of
indomitable firmness and courage, p'osecss
ing great intelligence, cultivated manners,
but with a cold austere bearing. lie was
originally opposed to the Suffrage party
but finally took part in the proceedings of
convention which nominated him for
Governor. He resisted tho nomination,
but when none other could be found to stand
in the front rank, and encounter the tido of
public odium, he reluctantly consented
Onca placed there, & encouraged as he was
with promises ot aid lrom abroad as well as
at homo he stoutly resolved to maintain his
position. But his friends played false, his
advisers wero found to be heartless and
cold blooded, and his followers shrunk
away in tho hour of need.'
ThoPhialdelphia Gazette states thousand
of dollars worth of silver plate have
lately boon sent to tho mint in the
city to be converted into money The
gazette anus -it is nothing rare lo see
gold and silver goblets and sundry other
silver plate taken from the sideboard to tho
mint, thence to owners pockets in the
shape ot substantial money.
Inland Commerce has so increased bo
tween Philadelphia and Havrc-de Grace,
that the Uireclors ot Ihe two boat comnanv
have determined to run a regular daily line
nercanci,
I'xittiTn without rsAn "
SJJTUllD.lY, JVZjX- 23, 1812,
FOR PRESIDENT,
AN.
Subject to the decision of the National
Convention .)
Tho Bill, leaving the settlement of iha
removal question to the people of the coun
ty, has not yet been acted upon in tho
Senate.
Having observed in the Recorder's no.
tices the settlement of sover.il estates in the
centre portion of tho county, wo again
publish his notices grat it, Tho Recorder
appears to think this portion of the county
ciuirely beneath his notice, except when he
wants their votes. The approaching elec
tion will lest the question whether llicy
will consent to be treated with such utter
contempt by him, as he has thought proper
lo do, ever since his election.
We have received a communication too
late for this weeks paper, animadverting in
strong, but manly language, upon an article
which appeared in the Berwick Sentinel of
last week in icfcrence to a sentiment given
at the Orangovillo celebiation on tho Itii.
It shall appear in due season, and if wo are
not mistaken, it will show up somo folks in
a light that will make them appear mora
like "knaves" and "bola" than "wise"
men. It is an old saying-, anil a very true
one "that a man living in a glass house
should not throw the first stone."
sssssssssasssss.
The Farmers, in this neighborhood for
several days past have been vory bu3y in
gathering their wheat crops, for which they
have had lino weather. The wheat i gen
erally very good, through.in some instances
we leant that it is injured with ruit and
smut.
Tho Volunteer companies in this neigh
borhood, have been invited to attend an
encampment at Lcwisburg.the first of Nov.
We loarn that extensive arrrngements mo
making for a fine display of military.
Each branch of the Lcgislaluo has con
coded and passed several apportionment
bills, which, in thcii turn, have been voled
down in tho other brunch. On Tuesday
last, the house of Representatives passed a
bill making a Congrossional District out of
Columbia, Schuylkill and Northumberland.
What its fato will be in the Senate, is yrt
uncertain. It is generally believed that no
apportionment bill will pass at this seEsior,
but that the subject will be postponed until
noxt winter.
The NOTES OF THE WYOMING
BANK, are received at the Treasury fur
dues to tho Commonwealth.
A stay law has passed tho Legislature
and been signed by the Governor It pro
vides that no property, either real or per
sonal, shall be sold unless it brings two
thirds of Us appraised value.
IS REPEALED.
The obnoxious scctton of tho lsw abol
ishing imprisonment for dobt, which reqtiir
ed all persons to have resided twenty days
in the Sulc.beforo they wore entitled lo tho
benevolent provisions of the bill, has bceu
repealed.
Itumorof fFwUy information reced
ed tt New Qrloans from Mexico fears wcrs
entertained that theAinerican ministcr.Gcn
eral Thomson, would withdraw from
Mexico in which event Santa Ann would
declare war against the U. States Govern
ment. Tho Picsyune alluding to this ru
mor remarks: -We know nothing of tho
nature of instructions sent toGeneral Tlioni
som in relation to the claims of our citizens
upon Mexico, nor what has uccn done as
regards 6omo of tho Americans among ilia
prisoners taken at Sanle Fe who have
claimned tho protection of their govcrmcnt;
but lhi3 much we do know, that there will
be little tomporizing on the part of Gen.T.
Whatever may bo our present relations
with Mexico, they will not snffer white i
the hands of so prompt and efficient fa
ofliccr,'