"in urn ftumir: mtn
s.tnun.iv, .xovfisiBER h, ism.
ruui.ic buildings.
Pursuant ID public iioiice, meeting of
the ciliient of Lilooninburtf was held nl (lit
house ff Charles Deobler, nn Saturday
evening, Nov. n. The meeting waa
or?anizad by appointing I) 11. J RAMS A
Frksidkst, mid A. 1). Cool, Secre
tary. The object of ihe meeting writ tlaied in
very neat tad appropriate manner hy Dr
J.lLintaiy, nfter which, upon motion of
Willing .lclvelvy, a commute of five per
tont wis eppoinied to view the severs!
p-opoied littii fur the erection of the new
publia building in the town of R I ooiti !n rg
& repwl to the next meeting the conditions
iiori which (he said tracts of laud are offer-
id or may be obtained. Whereupon the
-oilowirig gentlemen were appointed Daniel
Snyder, William Mi'Knlvy.Ueorge Weaver
ddingt Barclay end John M. Chamber
Jain.
Oil motion of William Nenl.-Hev. D. J
Waller, Iddings Barclay and Dr. J. Ram
ay, were appointed to ntenure a draft ol
the buildings lo be presented to the county
Commissioners for their approval.
A form of the subscription to be rirr.tila
ted for the purpose provided for in the
Removal Bill' was presented to the meet
fag and approved of
On motion of William McKelvy, it wag
agreed (hat a committee of five be appoint
cil to hold the Boohs, procure subscriptions
and serve at a building committee. The
appointment of said committee was left to
the t hail man. who appointed Jacob Ever,
Dniel-Snyder.,' W,n MtKeley, Dr. J
Hamsay ami Leonard B. Rupert.
On motion agreed that the next meeting
'be held on Saturday evening the 1 5 1 'i ir.st,
at the house of C. Deobler.
On motion resolved That the pioceed
in?s of 'his meeting be publish d in tnc
-Columbia Democrat' and all oiler papers
an the County willing lo publish them.
On motion adjourned.
J. RAMSAY, Prest.
A. D. Cool. Secretary.
Jlloomsburg, IVov it, 1815-agj.'.'.Hi-'.j-jti
- Calta-iviasu Kail P.oa ',
It will be perceived, by a notice in ar.
diher column, that a meeting of tr.e Stock
holders of this Company is lo be held in
-Philadelphia, on the first if December, to
chose their officers for the year ensuing.
We understand thai the Mock has lately
chanped ha:. dn, and that the road is soon
to bo completed, to the Susquehanna River.
Tho Road has been purchased by a com
pany of wealhiy gentlemen on account of
the intrinsic merits ot its location, -and as
the cheapest and only feasible loute from
Philadelphia to the Susquehanna River,
nr.d from thence to Lake liria. and not like
uther project we wot o.', fur the purpose
of merely advancing tho interest of land
speculators, stock jobbers, and sb?ui
villages, l,ii:h hate nothing more- lo reeom
mend them, than puff of wind, hills, valley
'-tunnels and inclined planes. The road i
ulreadr graded for tbuut forty miles Iron,
the SueipiohnDna river and requires bui
about nine miles more grading to connect,
it with ths Little Schuylkill Rail Road, mm
thus rr.akea continuous H til Rami from
Philadelphia city, to the Susquehanna
River; emptying int. ha hua-fi itf t!.o Lot
Region. The company have HleQ a cliarlci
for, and surveyed, routs up Little I-',s,,n,.!
cresk, lo Willia nepon. a dii'mn-e of Jinn,
f.iriy mill's, hich p.ieses through a vidua
b'e iron and roal rec.ioi;, without any ten
deep ctilti.,?, iMiuicU or inclined planes'.
This portion n it be enniuif-'iced, as'sooi.
as :1k roal is romplet, d to the Kivpr a:
Cil"wi,a .Thus ii nil- , seen that while
the inirrcriclprii'lernrn btluw ais fjjhtii-p
ibonl tl.t-ir fo.rnroittees i.ml reports, the
' Cnitvttism Kail R..dd i-, ti!piy, though
steadily progressinj completion ,i ,!i im
own merits. &we hate no liciu m-y in pre
l'cting thalbtfjie they get thfir K u! R.n!
tmusffitd from paper, ve shall lime Loco
n niivt-s puffin j by us at th-i rv.e of f utv
: miles in hour.
' Mil. Bi-criASAX Ft p V.in!,i"if,n j
R Journal iys:Th i'di icH frien'! o'
the present Secretary of So:;e in IVuustl
vania prn'.S'l most firmly ami uueqi.itoo.lit
.-lifiinst l.i leaving his preseu! poi;ioii I
i ur)i!rrtcod that he lo-.s fully ii ;; mi ne:!
! ) retain t!i l iiMtion he now
f J-ecDMiio:) is to Wi
is ii.e 4i Yki.V
) '.t oi uj s-.i .
:3r.n
MUil Road Convention las been lul
at Williauisport for the purpose of romplet
ing ths Williameporl and 101 in ira Rail Road
and to urge the making of a load from
WilIinmporl to Philadelphia city. We
are glad to see thetn,waking up in their in
trrest al lhal place, and we hope they
will neither sleep nor slumber until
the Williamspnit and I'huira Road is com
pleted, as we cud Bestire them, from the
knowledge we have of the matter, thai a
road will soon bs completed from William
sport to I'hilarle'p'iia,ihe only practical k
feasible route, by the wa y of Fishingcrsek
vnl'v and the Caltawima Riil ILixd. To
his road, the eye of the capitalist are now
turbd
inmasai
ni.OOMSBURO 1KONDALE FL'R
NACB. This Furnace is continuing to do an excel
lent fcusinrss.having made, upon ait average
lor the last thiee weeks, one hundred and
fourteen tons ef No. I iron per week it in
one week, one hundred and mncleH tuna.
were nii.de, using Itss than two and a hall
ions ofore;one and a half ions of coal, and
a half ton of Limestone to a inn of metal
This is making more Iron & iising lies ma
ter til. we believe, than was ever done
in the tame time, by one anthracite fiirnam
of 14 (eel boshes, in this country. Tin
other stack will be completed and put i'
blast in a few weeks.
M iiiiunyLi HUM
A SNAKE WITH TWO 111 ADS.
The Salisbury (N. C ) Watchman hiit e
story about a snake with iwo heads, which
is said to have been found by Mr. S. G.
Temple ton, itjhis brother F.lam Templeto:i
on) the farm of ihe latter: in Iredell county
The heads were ai each extremity of the
body , and were perfectly formed, says ihe
Wat.ihnun. The reptile meator-d live
feel five and a half inches in leng'h, snd
was of a black color' The Watchman telU
the story wtth much appar enl eanif:ins
and wishes to know what riatuia'it! hate
to say about this old sfrprnl.
An orphan boy, of some 1'2 years old,
living al Suiithlaiid, mouth of the Cuintxr
j a n (1 Rivrr, Tenn, while fishing recently,
found a number of genuine pearls amongr
some muscle shells, which he had gathfifd.
Ignorant of what tlmy were, he threw their:
.illaway except one, which he kept bHeaim
it wag 'so big, white and prettv.' It i.
sunncsed lobe worth at least 1309. The
i s
best of it is, he offered it lo a gemlemHti lor
a few rents, but he. suspecting its value
refused lo lake advantage of the child'
igorance, trgared lo ha'e it sold, ai.d the
proceeds invested fur his educalion.
A French cook, at the Louisville Hotel,
.tho kept a p:iir of big rattlesnakes in a box
in his room, went to them on Saturday and
found one of iliein at large, lie undertook
io kill the smke with a large knife, hot the
reptile bit him on the finger: 'I he French
man whittled his finger dawn ti the bona,
and then dixposcd ot the pair of snakes
for 8.
i . i
II is stated thai the lirst instalment on
Jive new railway schemes in Frame, n;
cnily paid in. amounted to about -.SO 000.
0C0'
M'Hin'joy, ar. FngHih jxji' f str.iin.LriH un
deriaken.lo walk-fifty niiles in ihi'tcen
hours, 20 miles backward, for eix tuccrs-
situ d s.
OKF.fJO.VAND SLAVERY.
Tho ''regnu Lrgirl .ture has t.ikcn iop:i-
tires alirady 1 1 keep themselvea free l. nir
the evil of slavery. The Legiclature hav.
passnl an 'act declaring that slavery bli;.l
out exist ill Oi'-goii,aid the owner nlsljvn
who bring them there are allowed 3 yeait
io lake them out of the country, am! in do
fanli the shives to be fice. The net nhi
piohibits free ncrors or mulattoos froii
reeling or remaining in tho country, and
requires ihem to leave in two years, r,d it
h f '.oli to he hired out to the lowest tiddei
lo) will hind himself to remove iliein froo
die country for the shortest lerm of servii-i
-rid itliin six nionths after ihe expiration
hereof.
Mr- S-niuel IDeaine, of iu-arboro. Me.,
itely a premium for the bent firm in the
"oj'iit . Amoiij; his .-op were six acrct
.1 ' l i'.i!, j icldinjj 110 bushels, c:;'i.d to
vi:u.
Mr. ! '.'r;r L'og, of (J iiocy, lo-t Vi
';!! !.v s!.i-iitii-j an a, which l..-ol died
lie h.ul i Mini pi.iicii.rc nn one h tod, a'.c
l! i M:j'j)-.s -il.iioiiil 1 1 1 i-periilion,neri.len
t-lr, t:i' - lo lled himself wiih sinoe if the
.-iniaoiii'iia nii'.tei. :w the -inn hooii hcg--n lo
-it-il', ) '.!:'.' v. !n;lt: (-jsTni rcin i:;fi.ctcd.
: . i e
ff r i
t r.ti,;.
ihjti a -.tick in ri-''st
COMMUNICATION.
It lias luken llirse centuries lo develope
ihe powert contained in the herbs which
rompose the Brandreth Pill's These ccle
lirated Vegetable Pills for one hundred years
have bven made.- Tl o American . pub'ic
hat's found them deserving of palionaae,
and ii lies been and is liberally bestowed
upon this medicine. Now. However, no
sooiur is a new ndvertiaemeni written by
the Doctor but it is at ones cut out of ihe
pnper, St 'Brandreth; laken out Si, L ilian,
or soma other name subsiituttd, indicative
of some other medicine some literary thief
for its parent. Nearly nil toe Pills at
present before the public, are made by men
who for years lived by counterfeiting tlx
Brandreth Pills, snd have onlj taken to the
present speculation, since Dr. Brandreth
compelled them to abandon thai method of
jeopardizing the lives of ihtir lellorv citi
zens.
The annalysis of all iheee pretended
vegetable medicines, she a large ptfpor
tiufi of Crude Antimony in their tomposi
ion, ami it appear they rely entirely upon
iliia mineral po'wo, for the purgative ef
led. 1 1 is a very eay thing lo detect ruin
-ral in pills of any kind.
H.iW TO DUTKCT A UINKRAI. IN PK.I.8
Take a pill supposed lo contain a mineral
place it on a shovel over a red clear fire
f there is mineral in it. it will not lose its
drape. It is lht:s with the Indian Pills, and
oany others before the public. The ad
vantage of these pills in cac of war wou! I
e veiy great, us they not only retain their
shape, but remain red hot a long lime after
they are taken from the firff. Een bodinf
ihem w'lih sngir w ill not change the ir shape
i bit you cannot hurt the slmpe of these-
nills It wnu'd be well if thev were a
larmless to thne who are very ir.jnrious
nuking the pv.icnt exceedingly Mil jcci tc
St. Vitus' Dance and Epilepsy, Probably
very liule of these pilis are sold, so ihe in
jury is not so great. 1 nave also met! the
Brandreth Pills, by the sirr.c, and other
methods, and find them purely vegetable
When tried hy the fire, tliey r hange to n
catbonacious mass, r.fscr fjviog, ofTa greai
-juaoity of flame The one may bs con
sidered the medicine of Life, the other, fire
i'tonf pi'l or Mespt g r of Death- Thi
'ommunicaiion it is hoped, will cause those
persons who aro ageniH for iheo new tin
Tied rre'eiitieii remcui's, to m.ae ior
dio-e tx.irriments noon thc-m, ard if 'Imt
soil tVt'ii) al.er, not to f-Ojjcl to label thcio
jioison.
Some of the p ipers state that fears h--r
!)een eotertnined until lately ihat L; kc Lrir
was filling' so mti'-h es to brcpne bslow
ihe level of the canal at Buffalo. Tir ;ikn
is I (15 fret, Lake Ontario TM f"t. si-.r!
Lake Superior CL) left nbtve tidewater.
A very L"od change has been -.t roi'ii
n the public mind at tho Fas', Halite ti
trie nature of prison discipline, am! that ih
separate roi.finen-ent, arid mornl inllueoi-t
f 1 he F.aetein Penitentiary ol Peonsvlvanii.
ire finJiiig fa-or with almost all plolmi-
hrojiists ond public clVn-ers. who h,ie in
uimd into the comparative merit j of tlir
vanous s) stems.
A NO I'll Eli OREGON RUMOR
The la-1 Rumor from Washington, is ilia
Mr- P.-ck'-nl'aro, the! Diit'h M ini.u.r '
W:m,iT!iftrin, (i:);liog tltt re id little hop-- H
iilj t si in,j the Orcfr.iii q-ii'.tion cither !,.
promise tr srl'i r..iioii lis propose d to It ate
tlit whide terrilnrv in ita rirr-Hent cnnditioi-
ur twenty years under the j lint protcc'.io:
f Eiil'I and a:ol ihe I J tilled Siales.and v ill
he siipiil'i'n that ul the end of saiJ perinf'
its il.r o nihf.hiiaiiis uiaV uit,n h tin ;n:,elif
ii eitln r country , erect thi my it es int.
in iiiili'pi-oilt iii suverigni'y, as they mat
:re(er
f-asiHSKaaa
Air. Wehpter, trt that it is etiquette in
China for one rjuc."! al the social board ti-
'ecd .'mother, and ha declaies thai the
Chinese love the strong liquors of tho bar-
oirians.
The Sprinfield (OJ Republic of the lOih
nil says that a gentleman in a ride of a da
and a half, on horsebaak, on the line be
tween Indianapolis and that dace, met one
hundred and forty-one movers' wagons,
averaging five or six per-mns each.
Mr M. Uiid-on, of Harlford, hns rnnnu
'c ured n t;i;i!rt sheet of paper fur the
iLirtford ai:d Danbury Riilroad C'ompany.
hi whirb i e r'-ceived It ia lo be us
d in I'nr.i in;; a ; ri-filc of ihe road it iv
'lu (i 1 1 in Ititj'th nod 0 yaida wide,
sr.t'ij?'---!
The Indians hii' ci'-g fur ei jicati"'!. I
is sta eil lli:it ;heie are now luiil fi in ile
tiOHrintr si hoo:H niiinnij tho (Jlim-taws. sus
fincil i;,;-.:
from pt.-Mi- fi.n'!,- of t' ;,t
From the Trenton (N J.) Emporium.
JAMES BUCHANAN.
1 Stalesmsn is a maMer of rtra occur
erica in America. We have hosts of
politics! litvyeri.btil fw, vnry few train
d and educated Sitirsmen. Tho con
erj -tiice is, that our halls of legislation
ire lilted with men who bato words &
rgiinicnla at commaml, but who discti
irave eubjacls of hili national imioi-
atice, with tha siibtltMy and luir-epli'
nn of accomplished advocates, inntean
of disjilayioi; thoft broad and liberal
views which sr taken hy enlarged ami
rihliiened minds who have thro-vii oil
hi Irsmmeli of special pleading-, ami
that blind rpgsrd fur precedent, fhtc
is ihe chief boast and etumblioe block
of th !eil profession. The greatest
laveyei and grestt.1- judge a hare Iron
hese causes, offered the most signal in
stances of enliro fulares as i' atttsmen.
In the Senate of the United Stales
within ihe last few years, ihe Democrat
ic parly has had four statesmen of ilu
t'n si clas, Mr. Calhoun, Mr. Wright,
Col. Benton, and Mr. Buchanan il
men of the highest order of intellect,
who had shken rff snd foigotten the
petty filcfties of Ihe Isw, which form
tho capital of the euerr ssl'ul lawyer, auo
who were dealing with those tea
principles of political scimici which in
flu-noe Ihe deslintes of mill.ons, nnr!
wuh external snn iniernsl questions ol
natinnal policy , nrTscting the happinc
and the i riiriernv ot the DPntile (I
t t tf is
Amtrica and the peace of the cmhzeii
world. Of one of Ihoso gentlemen we
propo'fi to say a few words.
Mr. Uuchanan is a native of a neigb-
bor ing stiie. He was bred a lawyer,
workfd hard at his proftssien, and soot
,'cq'iirecl a handsom foitune, which al
rwt him to follow the nsmral bent o'
hia mind and to aev ole hims' lf to ih
-duly of politics in Hi most enrg-'I
eose. Mr. I'ucbansn had bft-n a irierri
her of the S:aie L' gislatuie when t--i-yotiPjr
snd had early entered the halln
of Congrr ss, where he soon rlisiirnuish
d himself si a s'rorig and vigorou
hi'-k'T. II -j wisrly diterrr intrl to
up Ihe practice of the Isw before it had
bcunrl snd fittered his intellect wiih the
iron bands of legal precedent. Ao min
lias prer hren more fur-ceftil in this
iT el, snd for the lasi fifteen years t,v
)io,.lo of Ihe United Spates ha forg n
" n erpirely that he was a tnciiibrr of
he bar, nd have only rrconr-is-d him
as a s'a'eervai and patrio', who as dc
volii'K h .t Inai enirg'cs ti tho wrlf-ri-of
his fellfjw-cif'Z- oa end lo the tx'tn
sion of thnso ureal principles of e vil $
rr.ligioui freedom, which lie al toe r io'
of our rej tilillc-n inst'iiutions.
In the rsrly part of Gen. Ju konw
fii t term, he feot .Mr. IJ ichstian i.-,
Rnii, tvl eic he formed an advanta
KT.is irea'y, and during hi? stay h--o-'l
tie bfCaiTx? practirally ai qti limerl vi'il
.he mrnres's and leeling oft ht fircipi
rts'ioo nl Kjinpe. II s d'ploina'ic i i-
s vvf II as his rocgrcs.iiornl t.il i,n, wei e
k k -o'vleded ry a!1. .1 'er his it-tiin.
n Dect'ii b-T, ll;3l, (w linr.k) he tvi-lecie-l
t Hi ? St-dtff t f r)i ! um ed Sti'.i-
f wt.ich dn fifd body t:e coi.tj: ij. ,
oiokt d.t riiji!;f( nir-mhr-r, noiil call-i1
u tl-e hihi st i ll'ine in the jift c f the fx
"culive, by Pris, (It-lit V k. It is r'ni
inj" this por lion of his poL ti call Ii!--, li
.Mr. HuciiDnsn has displayed hi puu
iiar qiialit ies a a sMie-nun, Il- nia?
tereii and eliic dili-d ail the (ileal q i .
tioos of hanLii'i, ciitiencv . liiMoc .
iinipiido (f S ,iip ilt bN, .In; N iiih .'.(
o jtinda ry, I csh and 0."nou, I i.u Lm c'
vhic'i it tiinios no Icr tho pi cniiai c: a j,
if ' hp department of tvhirh ha i ti,-
ii a ! to lllr- irt r tit rvn-stii o (! ;!i.- d.-,
no! t-T t'l til Srtth'ioe it o vvh i !
III
l; oioii
So; li
to 111-
I-
I Cf, Ii
lit i es-
,!.!
eti'irc nr fj-i Hiitiiiict1 unli tl.e ml j
Mll I e
il a 'ilillj tho Pi evident in I t H i : 1 1 It t"
i -un c !.''i! is tr-.
ii I r". !!;ich mao s e -I' ct ar
liind h it e in p-ov-d "nol ' ;j
, 1 1 t
iS;l II
,.'t'.
rtUfvn, i I':!?", i ti a
'10
Ktn '-r exliihit the ill r a;-:l ii , el
c'ei itics nf th(: pi'o.Vsrioual n. .n. Li
ne r-. tnai kjbl',- for tluir pore hmI idio-
maiie sty le, and for Ihe. s'aiesinan-lil,,
enunciation of the highest j i iiiripVs o
polmcal sccticc.
I-or his prcst-nt post he is pocti'ir.rit
fi I d, for he pofscssrs, m a hip,!i (lcer,i
ill ihrso preat qualit cs tvluch poit t Inn
nit f.ir ihe hilo;st cfiict! in the n fi !
.'he people, ami to winch, at some fo
ore period, they will undoubtedly c.iL
titni. is sate, calot, and nidations j,
ounsil, rssenlislly American in all hi
(t eliht;", Ihorounhly vn ed in all om
loretn relations, amltvielils a pen r qu ,
to any-of his predecessor-.
Mr. Iliiclianan is t;. conti i' o-io,
:f ll;c I)i rnocralic S:a'c ol Peni . lum
o the Cabinet nl the President of I,,
choice. lie is !. .-ickiiotvltiliri-d Lc-oi.
from his re-t'inii tut talents l,i
lopj; anil tirilliani srrviccs :-s a I), nn:
cratio lea'Ur. 7'o! Dcniucraiic pn'v i-i-otiic-ly
t'i-li-d i-.-i'h it. a tvln. f ("i'i
i-et 1. 1 M;. I'. '.'n. 1 1 was w. II :-n,t jo
,':ctMi-!y tI C '. tl. 1 s if- ir In is ;,l! a. I
oiirably fi'ii ti f. ; !;,:.; 1 1 .-- : ' n-u j-nl-tin!
any cliM'-" would ho iiouii-, h i'
tvi-tiM o-ark ihe inst-ibility cf p'ifp'w
er.'.! et'tsken t!ic h-. Id tf the j-i'rnt-ji-r .(
ion on the Democracy, snd countcnanc 1
the sllegition of internal iliBj.-olion mad.
by its political foes.
We have but one or Iwo wortls morr
The political enemies of Mr. BucAwtn
sml tome gcod netturcd, kind, very hind
Ii i"nd,wish him to desrr! his high poci
lion, his hosts of friends, and the dem
iciatic iariy of Pennsylvania and the
Union, who hive e.lvated him hy theii
!fnerinH coofi looce, for the junfar
J id4ei.hij) on ihe Supreme bench,- for
vhich he was better qtnltfied lifn-ei,
s ears sjo, ban he is now. Such a course
vould noi lend to elevate him in ihe
'Steem of hi fellow citiz'ns of the Uni
on. We should a soon dream of Col.
H'riton or Mr. Calhoun sinking their
loiies in a black silk gown, or pn t:n
on ll-e which Lonl HI. Ion played
he mad (Jeorpe the thinl to relieve turn
from. It would he as if Mr. P.tt (who
tvas bred io ihe law) hid rsined Ins
prom:ership to take Mr. Jusi'ce Le
11 arc's scat on ihe Court of King
H'fch.
Whoever accepts a j j leship drinks
of the waters of ih politicil L-tni ill
jiolitical connections are ervered.snd ln
Uiendi must set k rv-w leader", for the
Democracy never will stiller the ermine
'o be soPed by lh aspirants of a politi
iTtJodgo. ILs political career must
close forever.
When the electoral col'fjje of Penn
sylvania recommended Mr. ILichanan
ro CjI. Polk, as secrttary o!" Si.iie, they
believed, unrloiibilj, llial it ws to be
permanent, unless determined by the
wi'l of the Prra rleri', snd w know Mf.
(Jiichanaii's g'-neral character too well to
be'icve tbsl he would for a moment break
liith with the democracy of I ' own
or run rainier to the wishes o
ihtt of i ho Union. We iru.n that the
nimnr is an idle one, and tve have de
voted loo much ij-rxi lo it already.
A RICH l! EC UAR.
? correspondent of the Journal nl
Comrr-erre tells a story of an old mm
who died last summer in Pari, at Ihe
lvncetl ate of eighty-five. Ilu was a
perfect misT. He came to Par is accom
pni-d hy hti son, about three yeair
sirtre,in me most abj-ct state of poverty
They depended entirely upon thn chaiii)
of their nein'ib irs fir subsistence, ami
wsrn in the daily habit of bing from
loor to donr for snrri-iliirn to rtrpp-ut
th!m. 0'ie of the nrinhbor, haviiit
missed seinu the old man for a few
days, went in s-Mrch of him, and found
him j'isi breathing his lat in a miser i
t'e hovel, dts-ruteof ntces'irifa. II
was lying on a hmp of str nv in one cor
nr nf the hut without any C'Veiinn. L
lit" ami nl.ire wr his son, abovl lG
yars old, with scatcly a rag In cover
him, crying most piteou-dy. On sk
i"i thn reason; h? snd ihat his faiher
-i-r l hern with'Mt' foo I for more than 2
l -V , mil Ihit he had lint a sous () ptir-
.-hs ny. 0 -ist r vii'( ne r I ho straw a
nre iron htuiid rti"s-, he ii-r'ittcd
vhat il co-i'ained. Tlie son replied
l;:s ti'ht-r had toll htm n was lull ul
ron. ILi then priioed selling it sm'
iiav,n pn-cu;e'la key, ' b y r n nt-d it
(mi what was ihi jr as'oois' iiii-nt on fi-.tl
ion it filferl with p:tces (coin ol
L- 'i WI ) ini-t-'ad of i -on, amounting
n nil to mi" hundred and fif y lliOiiiiii'l
rn.es, ($30,000.) Ii tvas supposed thi
ol.! man ha I bccumulat d this I a i
i n tiy bi4 ;t H His son bec-m--.Iirn.st
m-siie on 'tin ieceiit ol this for
iiio, hul he so.pl) tvwjiiled iht: neigii
or t h.) had n.isis ed hiio.
mm .j.mji.Kiwy
pot'tsvillm.
The Pt)t',st i'le C iijuiriiiiii pn:i!cs of the
ie ,-im! busitrcsa actitiy in tiial place In
vr-n oirei-tiuM new tuit.uuit-s are nninjr u
I
ii -nt stairr-s ot coinp', i.on iirnrovciiiciii
' I
-tr-fi-r'S to l"-t t'o j o d.-r of tiie day not on!) i1
IV.tit die but through tho cntiio coal r.-
-IKI.
' I i'l- t a I; v irio t : u for- ny
1 1 ; r io-- ! nii!i r ,;o-itr i -l to tchir
,t: i ol T.i,:; iqaa, an 1 .!;e i rnr;.utr.i.-i
i 5 V C
t w n
it''
i-n l!io work with ninjjy, fc-'c!
Oltl-
It Ii i ivigaliou Coilijmy aia pe;s-;t erirc
wit'i r iiiitnt'iul.ble ei. i rev iri tho tidcniiii;
if t'leir V an tl 11. 1. Lcis. Esq., the
'rti-ieni an iudefjtijr.iSIf Sap 'rintcmlenl ol
Sclnit Ikiil Haven nod .Mine Mill Haihoai'
is pi sLinjf to an early crimplclini the con
iiectinij link between tho Went Hr-iiieti and
rjwat.Ta Riilroads. In Piiitsvillc ihere I
an i ntinial de nia itl for business stands
The re are four firms from New York at
this moment nnxinuslv seel in? elcjibln bn-
ntiess stands. Out- of .vhich is intended
as a wliol, sale eoiicrrn. The Iieaiiinr;
liailroad company i great') deficient in cur?
to MTomi'tlatii llin iiiereaseu nnil nicrcastnij
oal busiur.s, rtiil are consequently, we are
informed, building iwo thnusand additional
iron e:,t.s. l.uoiLer ii!iia and scarce
l!nti-r, merit, nt-.d indeed all kinds of mar
keting, commands hitlh p-ricr-s.
iJEVIVAES OF THE DEI I'MOA'
W -ill. cp Stni'h , of l' ,iil. i iiic, N. Y .
i t iei'tn ol tn MiI'cm'o do nsifin, ii
i-o'rtpli-iric" with an imaginary comnnni'
of ihe l,"rd 'o .-lay five- pi i sons, a few
it-iys .-nice a'li (npl' l,) nuir lcr l.i
tv it , t 'io tv is imly preserve. hv' tl'S
ii i' i leu r re of the tieil.l.nrr. lie wan
r-: r i'tct! !n isot:.
new coi;nt:ufi;it.
Vi rv skilfully sni-rutsd couoterf' :
110 gol l ptsces, U. S currency of the
late of 1810, have been put into exten
sive circulation, we learn from the U.
(j.izelle. Th'-y may be detected by
'htir lion, which prove ihr-ir being mad
f some white rmtal. The die by which
they have been stamped. is well engraved
& without 'ringing' the counter leils will
not be readily iK-tecled.
CMINtfSK FRIG ATI'S.
Cap1. Ctioyghame in his new work
calleil The Opium War,' says the Chi
neve aie b-gining to imitate iheE'irope
in in many things. They have alrea
dy launched a fine frigate built by an
.'H'rican, of beau ilul model, which
.i no doubt he a fine tiilor. For some
few years the Chinese must be ilepen-de-nl
upon Europeans, or their half-caste
offspring in the East for managing this
vessel, but so clever and intelligent a
race will not long be left in Ihe lurch
when, once having thrown aside the
thraldom of their prejudices, Ihey sub
mit to be taught by those for whom they
hnwrd so unr a cori'empi. O her
Ii igMi s are nl-n, we understmd, bein
built.
M jor Cummins lect-ntly went to ih
Caw village in Western Missouii, lo pay
the annuity, and found them sick and dyin'j
they had lost all ilnir horses hy disease
and on the plains wcicjlViunda great num
ber of dead deer and cuous.
NtlW NOTION.
A specnlmive Yankee notion-izcr is dc
siiom ol sinking a sh.fi through the cen
tt of the Uthmus of Darien down to the
mbtenne in current supposed to exist in
that loeahtv, and whicti tntl-iences the gulf
ureain by ua force. On ibis fhafi he will
construct a large water wheel to work hori
Z'whlly, having -a large drum above the
sui fire, for an endless chain io woik upon;
hen constiucl a railroad strait up the moun
tain from either ocean, to meet at this sta
tionary enjine, and the work of extending
die area of freedom is doiif. Lnrcka.
Mem end If'i'ie In it hung. Crawford
Hur'iett and his wile Latuna havi been
-entrnred lo be hung at Vayeituville, rk,
'or being accessaries to tho murder of
loiiaihan S'lbbey, The deed w is commit
ted, by their son and liu cotiaiii
l)i. Crosby is building n dwclling-hoitsn
on the bill e ist of the colleee at Hanover,
N. II. which will bR an architectural curios
ity. It is an octagon, of eight rqutl sides
huill ef roo;;h ticginents of stotit; ettry
i:)oin in thn house ia a iii,inle
K V 1 1) EN CEO f"CiL7uACTE R.
,7ynnog worrtao, hrntic,hi Ik lorn :ha
IJ-iston po-i'.e !y, !ileg"d in rle-h-nc
of her it-spirt ab'I.ly, that slid wis 4-j-f.inted
-.ti'li all the latvyr-is in Ni-tv
Vork' Sh was insOn'ty i-ornmi'tOtl for
,,x mou'hs.
The Ijic Gr which wis mailt' in
England fin th I'liticelon h -s a. rived
in New Yoik in one of ihe packets.
P.iho;) Mt ('or krry is about to l-.-avo
Detroit to discha'gn the Episcnp ilTuric-
ions in the diocese of Ai;v oik, in
onsi queoce uf Hit! ruspensiori to Iiishcp
Oiid-.iilonk.
In Cur ing, lk-e-f, a Innicr si :he West
say.-. '1 have uff su'erulus in ph-ct! of
eiltpcier, and I never hail better hot I.'
CENSUS OF IJO.STON.
The taking of the rrnnw, by oni -r rif
he Ci1y Council of H iton, is in-ai'y
:Mniiileted , and the result, according U
h Transcript, will not v ary much firm
U5,()00. Population in IS 10, J? 333.
NAT UKAE LUKUJSITY.
.7 white chicken, with fnur legs, is
otv in ilio possession of Mr. Richard
Tin', ol Geoi gr town, D. V. This freak
f N Mor- is th- uura cuilous as it is
i v o an.! w i I'.
SHOUT I'UAYEIIS.
One of the . shortest ari l most comprclin-.
sive pr-iyers ol modern times. said Ssir
William Viitlham, is that of a soldier be
fort the bat'ie -f Uienhcim. Oh.' (Jod! if
thare be a (iod, sate my soul, if I have q.
s ml. lio-bop Atifibtiry who wis present
iai I he could produce a prater as rrtnrisit
is that, nod in similar circuui.-i tnces, hui ,o
hot'chtina much better spirit. It tvas,
hat i.f a pious soldo r, uttered immediatelv
nd'orc an cn?agpmeni. Oh! Lord, if in
die hour of batik- 1 lorrjet ihce, do not thou
'nrr.ei me.
I'ilOOUKSS OF ILLINOIS,
The ci itstis (if Il'iinoisi, as f tr as returns
lave bn-ti rrceivid, shows a vi ry rpiil til
rease in p'-piilaiio'i since 1810. Tin in
inisH in ihat Siam will ixceid 200 0(10 ill
ivt-M-trs. J'.ii!;iu finm the returns -al-
ie .ot- en Kti. i .iiioij now contains over
Ttlti.tnH) iiibabitaiits The returns fioin
Iim Wetu-ral L tt'd Ollice sin w that over
SGIUiL'O arrrsof (uvrrumriit lands hate
been sold in lilionois within the last cigh
it en month-, i-,t! the probabihiy is ihat n
morh cheater amotiol has been sold to ac
oi il sciiliTS bv .-loi-.-rcs-'iJetil laud holder