Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, November 28, 1840, Image 2

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    T, AJMRICAW.
Aa Extra ft-ni ' AfJeJreM,
Or (A imagined stole of Society in tke twentieth
- Century. .,..
A hundred yeer ago or more, V
Ofetra,ng perversion blind. .
Men buttoned op their coat before,
Aaal wn lf !' behind.
'
Tbeet) wholly useless part of dreee, '
. In this oar wiser day, ' ,
Wo never mm el ill, onles
To keep the (lie away.
By wondrous art we now con:riv
Things on a belter plan,
Our very clothe become alive,
Apd form part of the man.
A dancing dreei become the bran.
Each turn and motion showing (
The only art he noeda lo know,
Is juat to get agoing.
The lawyer from hi garment knowe
? Essential aid to draw ;
He first muat gnin auit of clothe,
. Who'd gain a auit at law.
The parson in a doctor dress,
8houId any sick man need him,
Would first console bis mind's distress,
And then proceed to bleed him.
The fairer sax this art doth bless,
In still more numerous canes ;
It does nut stop to improve their dress,
But also mtndi their face.
A new cosmetic wondrous strange !
New beauties brings to view.
And as the various feelings change,
Ita colour changes too.
When she would lluih, it reddens quite
This sympathetic pjinl;
And quickly turns to palest white,
Whene'er the fair would faint.
80 blended every softer shade,
8uch freshness all alive,
How brightly blooms the lovely maid,
At charming sixty-rive.
Art finds relief for all your ills.
Ye sick ! both great and email.
A man that paya the doctor's bilU,
Needs hardly die at all.
Your neck is broke 'lis surely bJ,
It must occasion pain ;
But here'e a tincture to be bad.
Will aet all right again.
Consumption hra destroyed your rest,
Drink this'' will be no worae ;
The malady will leave your breast,
And actile on your purse,
A fractut'd scull 'twas lately done,
Is cured with slight endeavor,
And though the Uain be wholly gone,
The mail's aa well aa ever.
Your head's as bald aa Jonah's gord,
Then take this potent balm,
Rub once you'll are upon my word,
Hah growing on your palm.
Invention, long ao dull and blind,
Now wake as from a dream,
And labor aoon of every kind
Wi:l be performed by ateum.
A frisking young Merino ram
Into an engine goes,
When here cornea out a roasted Lmb,
And tbeie a auit of clothte.
A company, 'tis said, will tiy
To gel a bill to pass.
To anulf ihe aun from out the aky,
And light the world wiih gas
Sunbury, November 24, 1840.
The Resuntption JHcrtnunl,
We have two or throe more etories in relstion to
the resumption movement The following from
the ffeto York Expreit hss an air of confidence :
" It is the current belief in this city that the Banka
in Philadelphia have made an application to the
Banks here for a loan of a million of dollars, fur
twelve and eighteen montha. Such is not the fact.
The Bsuks in ibatcily have made no auch request,
nor do they wish it. The capitalists of Bo.ton
bsve taken a loan of two millions anj a half, which
is supposed lo be about the amount of the balance
they have laying in Bank there, or rather they
' have agreed lo lake post notes for thia sum at 13
and 18 months, bearing an interest of 6 p. r rent
thus placing an amount now dead on interest and
conditioned to be paid in New York.
Bickneir Exporter.
Kew York.
Our New York friends are eg in somewhat
elaimed at the export of specie. The Bank are
eveitb-lesa aaid to be full of goU ; but ailer is
scarce. The export of both since September 30th
re estimated at $3 200,000.
The New York Expreas. apeaking of money,
ays 1
There is more demand among stock operators
and in the street for money. It is more difficult to
place st k thsn it wss ; but In the banks there is
the seme sbundsnce as heretofore, end the same
want of good paper. The Bank have diminished
their line of specie, by disposing of that pellicula!
kind of coin that would command p'evaiunt, mid
the balances generally of distant Banks are rather
diminished; they have slill, however, a great sur
plus of capital and specif so 'much so, that st ve
nt of the Banks hsve taken portion of the mil
Bon loan to the Philadelphia Bank, em . larger
urn weulJ be readily granted if the Philadelphia
Beaks should ask k.Blthn'W$ thp.
-
row ics.VtLi'a irovr.
ARRIYAIa OF H1G STEAM SHIP
CALEDONIA.
IMPORTANT NEWS!
The Caledonia e'e.m packet arrived at. Boston
n Thursday at I P. M. She biinga na important
intelligent, but happily of a pacific character. The
French ministry has been changed LouSb Phil-
lipp favors the policy of peace, and there ia every
probability of en amicable adjustment of the. Eaa
tern qtmrtior, although it ia rtitl aurrouoded with
difficulties. The English funds hsve improved,
and the money market generally was mora cheerful
than at -our previous dates. By thia arrival, we
have London anil Liverpool papers of the 4ih in
slant, and Paris of the 3d.
' It will be e en that the Quern Regent of Spain
haa abdicated. There is rumor of the probable
abdication of Louis Philippe, and atao of the Em
leror of Aumri. Indeed, the movemcnta amongst
Ihe European Governments, both actual and ex
pectcd. are of an -extraordinary character. - The
porta of Syria are blockaded, aud indeed the entire
cos t of that country, by the allied fleet
We are indebted to the New York Commercial
Advertiser for. an recount of the foreign intelligence,
and lo the New York Sun for an extra
AanicxTioa- o tbjx Qutrw or SrAtw Rmo-
HATIO or THK FRKXrH MlBIlSTRY PROORtSS
or Tail A I li re n' Stria Diath ox Lnnn
Hotnnn OiTa tax on a Nxw York Pacs.it
8ie, Ar., Ac,
The Caledonia left Liverpool at 3 o'clock of the
afternoon of the. 4 th, arrived at Halifax at 3 o'clock
in Ihe aft rnoon of the 17th, and al Boston on Ihe
19lh at 1 o'clock, P. M., thus making Ihe passage
two bours short of 15 dsys, notwithstanding ihe
weather was very boisterous almoat the whole pas
sage.
The Columbia was expected to be ready to leave
by the 4th. She bad arrived at Liverpool, but it
wss deemed the mt prudent course to send ofTthe
Caledonia, although aha had been in port but five
days. She arrived nut after the pasaage of eleven
days from Ha'ifax, and wss three boms less thsn
thirty-four dsys absent from Boat n.
The Great Western, which left N. w Yoik on
the lOih of October, arrived at Biiatul on Ihe 34th
The British Queen departed from Portsmouth on
the 3d, and been compelled to put into Sterling,
Scotland.
FRAXCE.
Resignation of Ihe Mlnlntry.
This event took place on the 33d of October, not
unexpectedly except as to time. It waa looked for,
but not before ihe meeting of the Chambers. The
immediute csuse is said to have been a difference of
opinion between the King and M. Thbri, in rela
tion to Ihe speech from the throne. The particu
lars are tbua given by the correspond! nt of the
Times 1
On Thursdsy night a Cabinet Council waa held
at St. Cloud, under the presidency of the King, lo
consider the terms of ihe speech with which it wss
proposed that hie Majesty should open the sessions
of the Chambers. . The passage in it which referred
to the crisis that haa been produced by Ihe Ireety
of the 15th of July was couched in terms of hosti
lity, defiance, and even of menace. Ou this the
King observed, tbst it would be highly expedient
to introduce into the discourse expressions calcula
ted to altar the pacific chaacler which the Eastein
question had within a few days sssumed. Mors.
Thiers prixated in bis view of the sul j el, con
tending, vi.h much animation, that it waa necessa
ry France should as ert her independence, and
mtinta n her rank in the woild.
The King agreed with him in that sentitmnt,
but remained of opinion, that ihe proposed mode of
declaring it waa objectionable and dangerous. At
midnight M. Thieis resigneJ.
Msrshsl Sou It waa sent for by the King, anj a
new Ministry wss quickly fo'mid.
Another account says, that ihe d. (Terence be
tween the King anil M. Tb'eia wss net up n ihe
tone of the sptexh, but upon e di.tinct proposition
introduced in it, for a vote aanctioning a farther ad
dition of some I00,0t;0 men to the ar.ny ; this the
King objected to, ss almost equivalent to a declai
lion of war, and the miuister peraie.rd.
Turkey and Egypt.
1 he latest intelligence from the seal of operations
was by telegraph at Paiis on the first lost., from
Toulon the 3 1 a of October. Biyrout had been
taken possession of by the allies j the Emir Beschir
had abandoned ihe cauae of Meheinet Ah, and sur
rendered 10 the English. He arrived at Malta on
the 37th, on board the Engliab steamer Cyclops,
with fifteen members if his family, and a suite of
one hundred and fifteen person, on bis wsy lo
England. This revolt against Mehemel was spread
ing throughout the mountains.
gPAijr.
Abdication of tke ueaia Regent.
Intelligence of this event wss received in Lon
don on Ihe 30 of October. The autograph act of
abdication waa aigned on the 13ih, l aving been
preceded by a dissolution of the Cortes. The fol
lowing account is giveo by ihe lorrcapondent of
the London Chronicle t
The Queen had made up her mind lo quit Spain
before Esparterb end her new ministers arrived. It
ia known that ihe contented lo the appointment.
Wh n they reached Valencia, and proceeded to an
interview Willi the Qieen, they'etatid to her' the
situation of affairs at Madrid, tne am bus exprcta-
ions of he people, and the necessity 1 f claiming
them by a kind of address or minifesto, promising
the withdrawal of the municipal law, a well aa ihe
aubmi.aion 10 the future Cortes for discussion ' Of
that snodincaiiun of the regency for which, certain
parlies clamoured
Her mnjesty wa. ,erfc alike to any statement
of disapprobation of the municipal .w, or lo any al
lusioo lo the question of the reg.ncy. Bho deman
sJ of ihe ministers preaeru, a now in writing of
It their reccwoa. nations and demand. This,
wiib aouie r.s.il.i.ou -wss .Ir.wa
up, u ba'ug the I
lsh of the; minister to merely allude to the fegtv
17 question, and not offend the Queen with 'con.
diliona that the Corte might rejeot.. '
On receiving and perusing the hole of hot- rain
stare, the Queen-Regent withdrew and sent for Eai
pertero, with whom alone ahe had a short confelertce.
Espartero quitted ihe Queen with a cpun'enance
full of emotion, brought the ministers instantly to
his appartments, and there Informed them that ahe
had already drawn ep and signed her sbdication of
the regency, which she seems determined to perse
vrre In. .,
After some consultation among thems'TfsjM.
pirteroand the minisiera returned to the Queen
and used their utmost efforts to diaeusde h r from
the extreme of revolution. All represented to
her the diftlcol lies ahd dinegre'ableneaa of lha mo
ment were not so great a she imagined. Her ma-.
jesty remained Immoveablly diterminej. tSenor
Ferrer then observed that, if Queen Chri-tins in.
sisted on abdicating and on retiring to Naples, as
she proposed, she must leave the young Queen Isa
bella to lhe guardianship of the nation, and must
alao give up the public property vested in her a
Qiieen and Regent. Christina made no difficulties
with respect to Queen Isabella, but the demand of
her retigning'her right orer all property 'seemed to
cause her aomeheitstion. She aaid she would refl. cl
upon it until next day. The next day, however, she
was resolved upon abdication, and withdrawing to
Naples at all events ; and khe handed the set 'of ab
dication, which had len ready on the first dsy, to
Scnor Ferrer. The ministers accordingly announc
ed Ihe event to tlie nation. They theme!vee are,
by the constitution, invexted with the Regency till
the meeting of the Cortes. And the ordonancca
for the dissolution and convocation, will lie publish
ed immediately.
An American Packet Fired I'pon. ' ,
The packet ship South America, from Now York
lr Liverpool, waa fired uKn on the 3d int. juat
as ahe was entering ihe channel, by an Engluli
yacht futl of men. The yacht proved to be a rev
enue eruisci, and the conduct of her officer in com
mand ia severely censured by the Liverpool pa
pers.
Great Britain. .
John llolman, an undergraduate of Cam'iri.tge
University, killed hiinrelf with lauilanatn, in ce.nsr
quence of failing to pass his exumination. He w a.
studying (or the iniiiixtry.
The grand jury having found a true bill agiinst
the Earl of Cardigan, for his felony in fighting a
duel with Captain Tuckctt, his lord-hip will be cap
itally tried by the House of Lords.
COLLISIOS OF TWO STEAM VESSELS.
Copious delsils are given of the bws of a plen
did aleamer, ihe Phoenix, a regular trader between
Havre and London, belonging to a French com
pany. She waa lost at aea, off Dangeness, by coin
ing in colliaion, at about 0 o'clock in ihe evening,
with ik aiMmr RriMani. a fwwvrfut hip In the
same trade, belonging lo Ihe General Steam Navi
gation Company.
At Ihe time the ves Is came in sight of each
other, the Britlania waa keeping her course, snj
she saw ihe Phcenix approaching and altered her
helm. The Britlania at the same time stirred her
helm for the purpose of going clear of the Pl.uenii,
which, however, ati.l kept com'ng do-tn up. n ih
Brittania. As soon as tLe Britlunis saw tl.eie was
no possibility of avoiding the Phcenix, Ihe engines
were stopped snd the order given lo bsck aiti rn,
but befoie the latter operation could be effected, the
collision took pi ce, the Brittani tr king the Phcc
nix jusl before the p tid e box on the s:rIoaid L!e,
the weakest point of a steam vessel, and t ut Ler
down to the wattr's e.lge.
The Phoniix immediately b'gan to fill, and ihe
boa's of b th vessels were lowered, and ssv,d the
whole of the pssengers and crew of the Phcenix,
who were liken un board ihe BiitUnia. The I'hrv
nix went down in 35 fathoms water, ixfore the
boats reached the Biillania, and waa iriecou rably
lost.
The Phoenix was commanded by Ciipt. Lefort, a
Frenchman, but with an English crew. The loss
of veasel and cargo ia ratimated at XS0 000.
The llriltania had her fleni knocked kwny, anil
a portion of h r larboard bows stove in by the col
l.sion. 1'he hole w.js slipped up with blankets and
tarpaulins by the cr wa of bth vessel, and the ej
lerior covert d over with canvas to pievehl ihe wa
ter pourr g in.
Austria.
Rumored .IbJiCation 0 the Emprror of ,.
tria. The Mapdiburg Gazette and the Universal
Gatetle of Leipzic publiah the following correspon
dence from the banks of the Danube, dated the 14ih
" It is announced that a European sovereign of
the first order hat an intension of imitating the ex
ami le of the King of Holland, by sweating.
Oiber reports, with mora probability, qualify this re
port, I y stating that this monarch inert Ig 'intends
to divide ihe sovert ignily with his brother, under
the title of co-regent, in order to be able to act with
njore energy at period which r quire iba gteit-
t fi miieta."
The National say a that i , ,
,.?The Monarch allnJed to in the German jour
nals ia the Emperor of Aualriar who baa rVe'n al
ways of foebje constitution K..ih"jji.j ju1 b vly,
end whom family agreement, had ' diainheriied
many years befo.e bis fathei'a death' 1'he nun-
execution of this treaty is explained by the -peace.'
able at ate of Eutope at the lute Emperor's demiae.-
The stste of afftira has bow aauuicd warlike pr
earaace, and the treaty of London meihices.ihe
peace of ll world,' and M. Mt tu rnieh,' ihe' a" ha of
Au.tria, baa been much enfeebled by ah attack of
apoplexy, 1'heae circu instances have . sugife-tsJ
te ins Auiic Council the wUb of confiding the helm
of the 8ule to younger and more vigorous' hands.
The successor of tja present Emparor is' bis brother
the Archduke Francis Charlee Joeeph. The Prince
is but thirty-eight yesr of age and has iasue 3
soi:v a ul I eJeugb 1
ITALY. . 1
Vetuc'us Prepariixft
We learn from Naples, 4 lb olt that subterranean
eommptions have fur ecveral daya be n perceptible
long the whole of the ground which cioeaea the
told leading from the frontiers of Ulterior Calabria
to the Roman States, and that V suvius had for
two dsya been emitting dense volumea ef smoke,
spreading a sulphureous odor, ao that an eruption
of the mountain wa expected.
THE AMERICAN.
Saturday, JYvrtmbtr 88, 1640,
Ifrmocratic Candidate for Govtmcr,
Gen. DAVID R. PORTER.
fj' The Danville Intelligencer came lo hand in
an tnl rged and improved form. We wish ihe
editor all the auccete hia exertions deserve.
. Mr. Fia1--y, KenaWr fiom the city of Philadelphia,
ia aaid lo have lesigned hia aeat in that body.
The Ocean aud Wetkly Clipper,
An excellent weekly newspaper, published at
Baltimore, has been received. The mechanical
execution of ihe paper is excellent. With a slight
alteration, we may eufvly say, in the language of a
great poet :
Full many a gem of purest ray aerene.
The amjln pages of "Me Octun" bear;
Full many a joke may hare be eeen,
Tb..t might have peri.hed in the desert air.
If it weie not decidedly unpoetical, we would ssy
that the rice, one dollar and fifty cents per yesr, is
"doa chesp."
The New World.
The fir t i.umhcr of the second volume of the
Qmtrto yew V,rld, will le issued on the 3d dsy
of January 1611. This form being more convent
cut for binding, has induced the enterprising publi
shers to is. ue ii in this manner.
fu'iHTiil Bankrupt Law.
Judging from the tone of some of the whig papers
we have no doubt but the general bankrupt law
will lie one c-f the exciting topics brought before
Congress at the commencement of ita session. In
the House of Representatives it will not meet with
much opposition, as a large majority of vthigs and
democrat are favorable to its pauage. In Ihe
Hcnste it wiil also pass by a email majority. 1'he
queation then i, will Mr. Van Buren v,to it! We
think not. Many of his warmest supporters are
in favor of the measure, and he will not interpose
the constitutional power with which he is invested,
to defeat ihe will of the people.
A National Rank.
This qucHlion is already beginning tube agitated
in some of the whig papers. Some ol the whig
members of Congress stand opposed lo it on consti
tutional grounds. The currency question will un
doubtedly be the greet bone of c intention at Wash
ington this winter. The friends of the United Stst s
Bank will make a powerful effort to obtain a char
ter fir a National Bank. If they jo not succeed in
thai, an attempt will be ma le lo repeal Ihe Hub
Treauiy. The line 1 f St, am Ships runn'ng between 11
ton nnd Liverpool, are taking the lead of the N. V.
Brbtol line. The Caledonia left Liverpool on the
4ih in t., and arrived al Boston on the 19th, ma
king the paraige in 14 days and 33 hours. The
BritUh Queen left Briatol on the 1st inst., and ar
rived al New York on Ihe 31st. Time of pus-se,
nearly 3 1 days. '1 he foreign news by there ve
si Is, it will be seen, is of a very interesting charac
tr. C:iri tina, the Queen Regent of Spain baa re
frigned, and haa retired to Itulv. The New Yoik
Signiil adds: "The Ex Regent haa departed for Ita
ly ; and mm h to the surprise of every one, she tskes
e husband with her. It seems that very ahorily af
ter ihe. death of King Fenlinand, the widowed
Quern formed an acquaintance with one Munoz,
ul the garde dt corps, to whom the waa privately
married. They have two children. The vol utili
ty removal of such a mother, who had the sole gui
dance of the yo.uig Queen, mutt certainly be es
te. rued a good riddance. She goes to her sister, the
Duibcss of Berry, who boasts of a similar button."
The following improvej version of S!ik
peu v's well-known soliloquy of the Duke of tilou-
ceattr, afteiwarda Richard the Thi rd, wss made at
a whig celebration not a hundred miles from this
plies, in commemoration of the recent victory of
General Harrison. The orator, who had a poetic
temperament, waxed warm upon his subject, espe
cially when he touched upon the Florida War,
II ar him :
' Now ia ihe w inter of frequent d. feat
M de glorious summer by this Harrison ;
- And all Ihe clouds that lowered upon our cause
In the deep bosom of vie 01 y buried.
N.w are our brows bou.td with victorious
wreaths ;
Our dried coon i-kins hung up for m muments,
Our mock alarms changed to merry greetiugs
Hub Treasury speechea to expected treasuiea.
Grim-vissged Wa has left lite-F-orde ewetnpt,
And now wireadof htrbarous blood-u-iunds
To flight the auja pf peaceful a ivag a,
He capora nim' ly in a neat log cabin,
To the screeching fidJIa and deep-toned nVe."
One hmidnd Ihouasnd men are to aaaisl in Ihe
funeral 'ceremonies .of Nspoleon, snd the prepare
lioiiaartf un a most extensive c..lc.
The Prrsldrnt't Election.
ELECTORAL VOTE8.
. Har. V. B.
CeexxcTicoT, 8
Ohio-, 31
MaBTLiKK, 10
Khodb Irlsk ' 4
Naw HAstrxrirar, 7
N.w Jsastr, J '
Nxw York, 43
Gsoaota, It
Malic, 10
PaairsTLTairia, 30
MassacnvsKTTS, 14
Ixniana, o
Ksstccxt, IS
Michioav, 3
Vibsikii, 33
Dklswaux, 3
Vxumort, 7
TxttKxssxx, 15
I.nuiaiABA, S
North Caboliba, IS.
Akkabsas, 3
Miaocni, 4
Missiasirn, 4
.
334 37
8011 th Carolina 11, Illinois 6, and Alabama 7,
hive no donbt gone for Van Buren, which will
make the final reault thua 1
Harrison, 334
Vsn Buren, 60
Har.isJii'a Majority,
174
The New York Evening Post in a late number,
has made an attack upon Gov. Porter, and attributes
the defeat ot Mr. Van Buren to the meaauree of
hia administration. If some of these city Custom
House eJitors, whose patriot am is genera ly mess
urrd by the amount of patronage theyrrc. ivefrom the
general Government, knew with what jealousy their
love of democracy is looked upon by ihe people of
the interior, who are not wholly ignorant of
their "position," th y would al least keep silent,
and not injure a cause which at beat they can but
li'tle bent fit.
The amount of tolls received on the New York
State ca als during the second week in Novemlier,
iseigh y-two thousand five bundled and aevenly
five dollars and thuty cent.
TIDE WATER CANAL.
If the citizens of Philadelphia had an eye to the!r
own interests, they would not long hesitate about
Ihe propriety of making aome arrangementa for the
purpo-e of lowing boats fiom Havre de Grace lo
Black Creek, bound fur that city. Th completion
of the Tide Water Canal haa clearly demonstrated,
that the great trade of the Susquehanna is destined
to flow in'o that channel, on its way lo market. The
enterprising citizens of Baltimore are well aware of
thia fact, and are using every exertion to divert the
trade to that city. All the boats now constructed
on the Susquehanna, are designed for the naviga
tion of the Pannsylvsnia and Tide Water Canals.
Some of ihem are magnificent vessel', more reaem
b ing "abipa that ride at sea," ihan Ihe onlina y ca
nal boat. A few weeka since snother of these fine
boats was launched, and immediately loaded at thi
port with eighty tone of Shamokin coal, destined
for the Baltimoie market. A Union canal boat sel
dom ca ries more than twenty-five tons. The ex
penses in running the boats are, we believe, nearly
Ihe ume. These are sdvmlagia in favor of the
Tide Water boats, th.it are too obvious to be over
looked. A great pari of the merchandite brought
to this 1 lace from Philadelphia, during the fall tiade,
has been carried by schooner to Havre de Grice,
and thence by Tide Water boata lo the place of des
tinntion. The expenses of toll and fieight are leas
thsn by way of Ihe Union Canal. The only ol jec
tiou Ihul can be urged againat thia route is, the tem
porary delay frequently occasion! d between Phila
delphia and Havie de Grace. We repeat, that in
lesa than three years, nearly the whole of the im
mense trade ol ihe Susquehanna will be carried
through the Tide Water Canal. Whether lo Phi
ladelphia or Bultimore, will depend wholly upon
the facilities afforded by the respective cities.
INDUSTRY vs. HARD TIMES!
The complaints of hard limes have become so fa
miliar lo our eaia, that we began to marvel a few
dsys rince whether Ihere ever was a period when
the times were not hard, and we came t the con
elusion that at every peril d of the world people
have alwaya looked forward for bet'er limes. We
are well aware that there are perio la of what is
termed pressure and commercial ditUe-s, when mo
ney is temporarily scarce. But ao long, aa a people,
we enjoy health the bleshinga of free govern
ment and an abundance of tho necessaries of life,
we should nut complaiu of the tim x. In this coun
try every man may l e considered Ihe architect ol his
own fortune, and we may safely affirm, that in
nineteen out of twenty cases, where persons are un
successful in their plans, Ihe fault is wholly attribu
table lo a want of indualiy, economy or pru
dence. . The great deaire of ra iking a fortune in a thort
time, instead of pursuing the olj-ft.hionedand ut
most certain way of acquiring wealth, has been the
ruin of thousands whoie projects were all that
could have been de.iiej. By grasping st loo much,
like the dog with bis shadow, we fuquently lose all
that we have. We have ecldom seen a sober, iu
nustriuus and prudent young man, poascstlng ordi
nsry intelligence, who has failed to establish him
self well in life. Industry is Ihe main spring of all
our actions. Without it no individual nor commu
nity can prosper. Everyman is bound to pursue
some business, some lawlul calling to which he
should deote his time and attention. The great
Author of our being haa emphatically declared
H that by lbs aweal of lbs brow tbou ahtal earn thy
bread," and the man who apenda hie time in idle
puri-uita, wha ever hia circuinalaucea in life may be,
cannot consistently be a good citizen or christian.
A a ciiiaen be eela a mol pernicioue example, and
therefore inflicts an injury anon society, Asachri .
tian, he ie equally culpable in eating the bread of
MiHtcss," sine' the mind is never so well fortified
againat the evil way of the world as when engaged
in the exerri w of some lawful pursqiC A writer In
one of ihe numbera of the Spectator thus cetttaenu
on idleneae 1
Mankind are divided into two fart, the busy
and the idle. . The buay world may be divide! into
the vir u m and vicious. The vicious again into
the covetous, the ambitious and the aenfaL The
idle part of mankind are in elate infeiior to any
of theae. All other are engaged in the pursuit of
happiness, though often misplaced, and therefore
more likely lo be attentive to auch mean as shsll
be proposed to them for thot end. The idle, who
are neither wise for thia world nor lb next, are ec
phatica'ly called by Dr. Tillotson, -foolr at
large.
The New Cabinet
The New World holds' the following language
in relstion lo the new cabinet to be formed under
the administration of Oen. Harris n. Pennaylxa
nia it seems is not to be represented. We, bower
ver, have a different opinion. The claim of thi
elate are too strong lo be thus overlooked. Beside,
there are loo many officc-hunicrs in the party, who
hsve been anxiously, though patiently waiting their
turn for twelve years past, to be thus unceremoni
ously shoved aside. The name of Charles B. Pen
rose hss been mentioned aa Post Master General.
If we miatake not, Gen. Harrison will have mora
d fficulty in distributing the. "spoils of the party"
among hia numerous expectant, ihan ha ever fal
len to the lot of any ether President:
" On one appointment, the public mind seem to
be pretty well settled. The office of Postmaster.
General is generally conceded to Mr. Ewing, of
Ohio. A belter, aud ft more bon et man cannot be
found.
The Secretary of the Treasusry will be John Da
vis, of Mamachusetls, if he will accept the place
and Mr. Webster should decline to take sent.
Otherwise, Mr. Verplanck will answer admirably
well no one better. The reputation which he
hia won e a financier, both in congress, and the
Senate of this atate, has elevated htm to a distin
guished place in the estimation of the public, and
New-York would be highly gratiified by Ihe ap
pointment. Having disposed of thia office, we a-e at a loss lo
keow whom to mska Secretary of the Navy Mr.
Southard is talked of, but we cannot apare all our
at le men trom the senate. Bestdea, Southard has
had the offke once already, and we see no eapeci.il
rcsson why he should have it again.
The Secretaryship of S ate ia considered ihe head
of the Cabinet. For the fi-st twelve year of our
history, the 'Chancellor of the Exchequer" wis
the fir.t men; but Mr. J ff-ron determined to
change the order of things, because he had been
mort .fied by the precedence given to Mr. H miilton.
At the first dinner of Mi. Jifferaon after his iusng.
uia'ion, he took Mia. Madison by the hand end
conducted her lo the table, thus iut miting the pii
orily of rai.k which he waa dixpoaed to asign to
her hu-bsnd, then Secretary of State. From that
time to this ihe presidency has leen conceded lo
the State d parlrrent. We are not quite prepared,
to make the appointment to this place. Mr. Pred
ion would do tonor to i'. He ia wed versed in for
eign affair, acquainted with European politic,
and is moreover en accomplished genilera ,n, well
calculated lo receive and entertain ihe diplomatists
resident at the metropolis. His talents aro of the
highest order ; and if it was not for his pre-emrmmco
as a rhetorician, better justice would be rendered to
his great abilities as a politician and statesman. He
is a man of tact, intelligence, liberal views snd ele
vated character. We can designate no one who
would fill ihe station with more credit to himeell
and honor to the country.
Mr. Bell of Tcnnratee h is been suggested fir tkt
War department. We do not know that a better
man ran le named. Mr. Ciiltendenof Kentucky
would fiuro as a firet rate A torney General and
thus our Cabinet is complete."
The Board of Canal Commissioners now in so,
sion in this cijy, have appointed Thomas Tustin
of the county, to be Superintendent of Monv.
Power on the Philadelphia and Columbia Railroad
in the place of James Cameron, lesigned. Mr. Tus
tin ha filled the pla.-e of Supervisor on ihe Colum
bia Railroad for a tao limit pas'.
United States Gazelle.
The arduous duties attached to the above office
must render it a most unenviable station to an
one who valuee hia own peace and omfort. Mr
Cameron has, we believe, performed Ihe duties o
hia office in a faithful and fearless manner, but i
tlie dincharge of which, he haa encountered mor
aevcre and bitter opposition Ihan usually MU I
the lot of a public servant. Some of the moat m:
lignant of the partisan pre.-sea, were ever ready t
huil al him their shafts of cslumny whsntver a
opportunity offered.
The Editor of the Boston Tost who ha sufftr. .
considerably in purse, aa well as the Iomb of hi
commission of Colonel, by the election of Mr. Davi
as Governor of Masssc'iuselts, beer up again
these disasters in tho following tumorous man
ner:
Doa'r at aiirmid We shall run our flag
out a little while thia morning, merely to dry thro
therefore we beg our whig friends not lo be agi
laied at the eight. We a sure them that Genera
Harrison and Mr. Davie bave both succeeded. Th
whigs won't believe it until toe say so if the Alls
should swear to it for a month.
To AIL THOSX WITU WHO Wl BJATI IT.-
Plcaae call one al lime, approaching our offi 1
from Washington alreet. and departing through
Congress street, keep ng in line, so a not t
block up the highway.
fXj-Ifyou are doomed to be whipped, iher w 1
saliafaction evM in having it don so efloctuirt-
tbst there is no mistake about itm ,l
- ..w w ajfjuTt aw,'
any of your half business giro us a decUw
triumph or decideJ defeat.
TAaniWn Dinner wH be very cheep, i
poulry ie s plenty on the 6th insUnl, as it wa
last night and the night before. So 114 of the bar
geet kinJ of turkits were about.
fTj"Tn Uiroa. We orfcreJ our unifom
for eaie, yealeaday, bal th Wbiga kwv spent
much money in M my ing pipe," they coaU nc
raise enongh to boy it i so we shsll keep it ami
2643, wl sn we shall bar dunce lo wear it again
Go' Davis' Aid will be obliged to apfkar to eili
at las' daaa.