0 THR AXtHtClfT.
8.4IIATOU4.
Out patriot sires in freedom's can,
On Saratoga's plain,
Obtained a haughty woilds applfium,
A never dying famet"
For there they lore the laurelled wrrsh.
From England's tyr.mt Kinp,
AnJ th tirituli Linn bowed Iwnc-itli
The Eagle's pinioned wring.
No monumental tribute rise,-
To mark the hallowed pot,
No column mingling with the akirs,
Proclaims their glorious lot.
But memory 'a reared a holier ahrine 5
In fame that ne'er departs,
For deeds that deeply graved by lime
Live in a nations hears.
jABnnrs Laivkjiw, Jr.
Hunbuiy, Dec. 22.
only suppossble cause nsigncd fit the perpetration
of this d'cadful net. was jealousy on the part of Con
way. He line, for inftny years, been i member of
the Methodist Chinch. After tho act was commit
ted, Conway mnde no effort to eecspe, and when
question d in le'ilion to the murder, positively dc.
elnrrd that he kn 'v nothing ahoul it. He has been
rominittrd in the jiil of Dinwiddio county, where
he. awaits his dial for thi outrageous act.
The average richness of eight specimens of Ore
taken fton the Pottsville Coal region was 33, 17
of metallic Iron. These specimens were analysed
under tho direction of Professor Rodgora, the State
Geologist some of the specimens were all taken
from different wins.
To M-
W-
Young love in one of his meiriest hours,
Touk two blush roses of birth divine,
One he dipped in the rainbow showers,
The other immersed in mantling nine.
The bud he wet with nature's showers,
Lost its fracrnnce and soon dectiy'd,
Dut thnt which he placed in ruby wine,
Bloomed and blushed like thee iwi el mi d.
JlOM Lash; aw, Jr
Sunbu'j, Dee. 22.
MOST ATHOCIOl g Ml HIEIt.
A most shocking ca.e of the deliberate murder of
five persons, committed, it would seem, f..r Iho sole
purpose of preventing the discovery of 9 eontem
plated rob'tery, is related in the rortBinoulh, Vs.
Times of tho IC1I1 instant o follows:
From the Portsmouth (In.) Times, Dee, 16.
W e learn thut a scries of most atrocious murders
was perpetrated by a uiincreant in Southampton
bounty, on Monday night. An aged Quaker of
the namo of Scott, residing not far from Jerusalem,
his nislc, also aged, a lit Io g rl, about nine yeats
old, named Pietlow, a nrgro woman and lur child,
were succccsively butchered to further the design
of robbery, entertained by their dtstrnyrr. Six
poisons were on the premises ot tho time an J but
one escaped. 1 his was a young n gro a rl. Hie
relates, wc understand, that a man rt Killing in ihe
neighborhood visited the house a liule after sunset
and sp nt the evening by the fireside of Mr. Scott,
in conversation with the family. As he was about
to quit, he a-kid Mr. 8. to walk with him lo the
Rati, as be had a word to say to him in private. To
this the unfortunate man consented.
The giils a.iw no more of him. A violent strug
rjlo was next heard in the kitchen. The murdotcr
arinrd with a short heavy dogwood pontic, liaj sei
red the negro woman, and was beating 01 1 her
-ruins, when the aged sister f Mr. Scott, attracted
by the noise, appeared and begqed him to desist.
Irrevocably bent on his design, he in antly des
patched the poor negro, and Fciziug the old lady
felled hi r to the floor with a blow of the pe.t c. A
ingni boy about nine years old was then ki'led in
the sa no manner. He next proceeded in search of
the lit 1 lo white girl and the young ncgro.s. The
Is lor uiade her escape unobserved. The other child
was not sojijrtunate. She wat caught in the ro.im
unit m'uvsf suiumurily as the rst.
fX-'it .. .L . , .... ,
i scwr.ine nrgro gin, nnu rcsnivcu M leave
m'c'ue'lb his featful seer el, the monster inado a
A Dreadful story.
It scarcely falls lit our lot to record so shocking
an occurence as the following which we find in the
tiinghamptiin (Droom Co.) Republican 1
' Cornelius Meisereau, Esq. Coronrr, on Monday
last, was cnt'ed to hold an inquest over the bodies
af two children, daughters of Mr. Locke, of this
county. It appeared in evidence th.it early on Sa
turday 1 1st, Mr. Locke and hi two sous went lo
the barn to attend to their ordinary out door busi
n ta. Mrs. Locke pased into the room where a
niece of h- r, who was sick, and her li'ttc daughter
slept, asked her niece bow alio rested, and then took
her child from the bed, under pretence that her
niece might remain undisturbed the remainder of
the morning.
She then to. k iho child up st lir lo the bed 00
cupied by the oher child, ('he oldest fi c, and the
younge.-t two years of age.) and got into tho bed
herself About this time, one of I he 1,1m returnrd
from the barn for a .me corn, ond went up staiis for
that pu p.ue. II s mother urged him tobis:en down
with it, which he did. Mr. Locke, in a few minute
also came in, and inquired of his a n whete hi
mother was. He rcplid tip stairs, playing with
the chil Iren.' Mr. I- immediately went up, where
sight a sppa'I ng as ever was wincssed by mort
ul eyes met his view. The three I iy in the beJ
wi h their throats cut from ear to car, weltering in
their blood ! The children were quite dead, and
ihcir mother struggling as in the agonies of
death I
The mother, it seems, hud been in-ane, although
no particular symptoms af her malady has been Hp
parent, and it was thought, had been restored by
journey, which the had taken with her hu-ihaud, to
a sound mind. She still sunive.', has partially re
covered her sens' s, exprrssid her r- giet, r.nd hoied
she ni'ght live lo sutler Ihe penally of tho law.'
The verdict wss, thut the ch.ldicu came to their
deaths by having their throats cut by their mother,
with a razor, while in a state of insani'y."
THE AMERICAN.
Saturday, itrcrmbrr SO, 1840.
itrmocrattc Candidate for Oovrrnnr,
e 11. DiVII) It. POIllKR.
(jj- Wc cannot admit into our columns the srii
cle in reply to the Sunbtiry Tempercnre S .ciety
for several reasons, ono of which is, the want o
couitesey in its linguage.
present tariff ia not only necessary as an object of
revenue, but as an act of justice to the community.
1 be luxuries ol the tiny, sticn as silks and wines,
should bo made to pay a proportionable rate of du
ty. The manufacturing of iron for railroad purposes
fit which we are wholly dependent upon England,
shoulJ also be encouroged. A few J ears experience
would enable us to manufacture the article in this
c miitry as cheap as it is now sold in England.
The congressional news this week is not of much
importance. The land Dill, Subtreasury, National
Dank and Abolition petition!) are the principal
subjets of debate.
X"The "Yankee Faimcr," an excellent agri
cultural piper published at 13 on ton, (Mass.) will
c mmence a new volume on the first of January
next. The Fanner, the Maine Cultivator, and the
Albany Cultivator, all of which are r gularly re
ceived, are excellent publications and well deserve
the patronage ol the agricultural portion sf tho community.
Qprratluns on the Danville & Fottsiille Rail
KOIlll.
The following Is an abUract of the operations of
Ih it branch of the Danville and Pottsville Ri'il Ruad
leading from Sunbury to Shamokin, for which we
are imhhted to the politer exs of Mr. Budd, the
weigh master. Dut little was done on this toad in
the tiansportation of coal, nntil late in tho season
These operations have, however, clearly demonstra
ted, that Ibis portion of the road ran even now lie
rendercJ highly profitable. In the course of another
year, it is presumed, that 60 or G0.000 tons of coal,
iron and iron ore will be transported over the road,
for the purpose of manufacturing iron in this vicinity,
indepcndenl of the quantity that will be required
for Dhhimore and the intermediate pi. ices, where
the demand for the Shamokin coal has increased s i
rapidly, that the supply has already nearly run out.
We have no doubt, that in less than three years the
amount of coal tronspoited over the road will ex
ceed 200,000 tons. This is a matter of deep im
portance to our state improvements, as nearly the
whole of this tonnage will be carried in the Penn-
sylvania and Tide Water Canals. The number of!
pusscngers, it was at first suppo-ed, would scarcely
pay for the wear and tear of ihe passenger cars,
which are generally attached to the train of burden
csrs, with but liule additional expense. The num
ber of passengers, it seems, exceeds 3100 in about
seven months. Preparations are making for a large
cauful search in the rooms, turirng over the 1-eds
and scmning every corner n.rrowly. Convinced
that one of the family had escuped, he seems to
liave gone mT without consummating the rnhliery.
The girl fled iHKiicJi itcly to Ike nearest tiiighbors,
and communicated what hud occurred in her sight
ai.d hearing. They repaired to the premises forth
with, and found I he melancholy confirmation of her
story. Tlte murderer bud Q-d, and the houne was
burning slowly. The lire was extinguished before
H had di faced the bodies, or done much injuiy to
the building. In the morning, umong tho specta
tor of the flight's bloody fruit, was Ihe individual
spoken of by the girl as the actoi io the s?rne. He
gave an instant contradiction to Ler story, and re
ferred to the abbrnce of blood from his clodiing as
fwoof of his innocence. He denied a'ao, we learn,
Laving been on the premises for a fortnight. Tra
eei of blood, however, it is said, were found among
his whixkers, and he wis detained (ill search was
made at his house. This resulted, we learn, in the
discovery of auitofhis clothing exciasively be
smeared with blood. He was forthwith apprehen
ded.
Mr. Scott was an old and esteemed resident of
the county, and wasreputtd 10 I wealthy. The
hope of securing his money led to a relume of mur
dor as boldly conc.-ived and delihcrst' ly rxectcl
as any furnished by the annuls of crime. The e.--rape
of Ihe girl alone prevented tho full execution
of the plan. If she had fulltn, ail explanation of
the mystery woulJ have Iweu imjosible. The
hou-a and bodies of ilia s ain would have bi en con
suraed together, and the inuidcicr would have po:
srssidin security, the poor rexvaid of his utiuoiics.
beyond the fear of detection.
Tho same mail also brings us the account of ano-
fmr murder, committed under the Influiiice of j. al
cuy :
Frtiin the Virginia Slur, Dee. 1 6.
A murder of a must a'rocious character, we un
demand, wss commi ted in tho county of Diuw d-
die, on Hundy morning laM, by Jeremiah Conway,
on (be person if Edward Twis, a young msn, on
ly about 18 jer of age, who, at the lima wbeu the
muider wss corrmiiued, resided with Conway's fi-
mlly. It apprara that 1-ewis had dressed himself
with the intention of goHig 10 Church, and was in
the act of stepping out of the portico, having his
back turned towards Conway's chamber door, when
C. advanced within few slips of him, (having
(un heavily rhaiged with buck shot,) and fired.
when Lewi, ft-it, havirg ihe rn'ue contents of ths
un in ths nck and bak pait if ihe head ! Th
llou. V Belli ThompKon.
The accounts of this gentleman's wonderful es
cape from injury by all accident on (he railroa I
near Petersburg, according to ihe Frederickbii'g
Arena, do not convey any idea of the imminent
peril which iie encountend, nor of iho providential
character of his preservution. That paper states
lint the (iciicral was knocked seni I. ss by the
fhock. and full longitudinally In tween the rails,
and, most remarable lo ttate, precisely in ihe only
pat, on the while length of the road, where one
of the tramrerse sleepers had brcn removed. The
ul 60 uco of this s!ec er cnal le J him to fall h a full
length upon the giound, and, of cour-c, to increase
as far as pos'.ble, the space between him and the
engine. Had he fallen acoss one of the sleepers
or on either rail ho must have I ceo ki I d. His
head fell so cloe lo the rail, lhat ihe flange of ihe
wheels, passing over it, pressed it into the mud.
Had the g-aund been frozen the head would hate
been crushed. Tne blow which pioslriled, foitu
nstely stunned him so far aa to deprive him of vc-
liiion, else might he, in bis 1 1T0 t to escape, have
been brought into contact with some parts ol the lo
comotive or trail'. ilialt. Auuriean.
ITEMS.
A bill tij abolish Impiisonment for debt is now
lietwre the Legislature of New Hampshire.
pLtASt as in Stohs. Ii Is announced in the
Evening Post, thnt our talented and accomplished
countrywoman, Miss Skdhwick, intends to pub
lish sketch, cVc, of her late visit t) Europe.
Ltsoi Cis rmo. An Immense cy lender, weigh
ing thirty tons, ariived in New Yoik, the other
doy, from England, in the Cambridge. It is for an
hydr ulie press in that city.
Thick or ths Jobbkhs. It ia stated, say the
Philadelphia Spirit of the Times, that a rumor was
set afloat in New York, previous to the departure
of the Great Western, that Ihe United Slates Dank
had resumed specie payments. The news will of
course bo taken to England, and exercire an influ
ence on tho st. ck of the Dank, which may probably
put some thousands of dollars in the pockets of the
authors of the device.
LiQ.rort. A man by tho nnme of Joseph Mo
reen, in Washington, fell dead in fit caused by
excessive drinking. He hnd only been a half hour
out of the Washington city aim house.
fXj" We yeslerd iy sw, says the N. O. Picay
une, a "sure enough lemmon, which measured no
less than 24 inches in circumference, 7 inches in
diameter, and weighed within half an ounce of 5
pounds.
Okoroii Lr.nist4Tt'R(. -The House of Repre
sentatives of Cieargia have refused to repeal the act
to prevent Ihe evils of private banking, by vole of
143 to 23.
A Stbaxob Ballot Box. The Hawk Eye, of
Burlington, Iowa Territory, says that the ballot box
at Burlington was in the rhapo ol a tin bucket, with
a paper cover, and was placed in the land office o
ver night before the voles were count d.
Thk InonsniKs, a Bristol iron ship, arriv.d re
cently at Galveston, Texas, fom Liverpool, with a
llenly of Xajiolt on.
The ship Caluine', Cspt Shretc, which arrived
at UoHon on Sunday, from Canton, left St. Helena
Oct. 21. OnlVe I81I1 the ceremony of exhumation
of the remains of Napoleon look p'aie wi h great
parade. The body, which on his dca li was em
balmed by French cbetuists was found in a stale of
complete preservation, ll e f.alurcs being preserved.
It will be remembered that N.ipoleon tiled May 6,
1821, The body was conveyed on lioard the B. lie
Poule, which with the Favorit ', sa led ftu France on
ihe 19th. These shipi sailed from France July 7,
and ariived afrit. Helena Oct. 8. Daily AJieriiter.
National Foundry.
We perceive that the cit r us of Lancaster,
Reading, snJ oilier places ure making efl'.rts to
have the contemplated Na'iotiul Foundry located
in their respictive towns.
Twele m mills since ai-voral of llicse places
might have advanced their claims wilh some proba
bility of succiss. But at the preent time, with all
the light which the recent discover cj in the manu
fact ure of iron with anlhr ic' le coal alTrdi, it would
be an act of the nlmi-t filly in the general govern
ment to locate an estHhlUhmcnt of such importance,
in any pi cc, other than Ihe anlhr.icite coul and
iron legion of Pennsylvania. It ha been cl- aily
cstablixhfd, ih it iron ca'inot on'y be manufactured
at a much ehc pi r r.ito wit'.i anthracite coal til j 11
by the ol.l process wilh charcoal, but that the iron
possesses more tenacity and strength, and is inli
iiiltly aupir'.or for callings. The gical iron ore
beds of Montours Ridgs, and the inexhaustible
body of anthincite coal in Shatiinkin, lying within
a few miles of each other, plainly indicate that this
section of the country Is the proper place for the lo
cation of n .National Foundry, und dial the general
government cannot w ihout manifest ii justice 10
it-elf and to the community locati) it any wlu ra
clue. Let a committee be appointed lo make the
proper examinations and let that committee do jus
tice tothcwh.du country, and wsneed not fear ihe
resul. A letter location ihail this placet woulJ uf
foid coul J not be desired.
Nt W flillill t.
It is geneislly uudersto. d that Mr. Webter will
be appointed Secretary 1 f Wur slid that Mr.
Ewing, of Ohio, can have the olTL-e of Pot Master
(Seller j1, if he will c indent accept ninoe. Mr.
Crittenden, of Kentucky. w.U bo nppoiulej At or
ney Uencral of the Ui.ileJ Sute.
busings next season, and wc have no doubt under J carg0 of ,in Jiy gl,odl() , lon( CJj1j ine p-
the able management of Mr. Samuel R. Wood, Ihe
super tnterulunt, the comp my will not fail to prosq er.
Amount of Transportation,
(her the Danville and Pottsville lia'l Uoml, from
Dee. 2, 1839, to Dte. 3.1, let 10.
l.r.,8G8 tons Coa',
78 " Brick and Hand.
352,(1 10 lbs. Neit Transportation,
4 12 perch Stone and Lime Sume,
55,0115 feet Lumber,
2,007 bu. Lime, (irain, Seed, &c
l,Hl l.ojch 1'assengers, -JU miles.
296 " " 12 "
23 u H 1 1 u
C25 " " 8 "
Jh3 6 "
17 4
Dec 21, 1810.
From the M' nets' Jownul.
The Iron Trade.
Until the year 1710 Iron was made in Eng'and
exclu-tive'y with chareo.d, and prior to that period
none of the Iron stones of the Coal region wcie
used, bat as soon aa tho Iron msntifacturca found
it nece.--s.ity to locate themselves in the Coal region
for the purpose of being convenient to li e new kind
i ffutl they were tb ut lo adopt, they found the
necessity of i-eauhing for Ore nesrer their woik
than (he magnetic Ores lhat liny had been in tl.t
habit of u-ing were ; the result was that an obun-
dance of excellent Ore ws dircovend in the C0.1l
regions in the immediate vicin ly of tlic'r works,
and although it did not yield so bifeh a per ceutac
of Iron as Ihe magnetic Ores, they f und it more
prod able than Iran-porting lichir Ores from a
distance.
Wilh rcgaid lo cur own country our ciix-ricucc
haa been ihe sune ; a it was not until after Ihe
election of the Potlavil e Furnace, thai many ol
our land owners would go lo the teouble and ci-
pense of searching for Ore, and no oouer had ihe
exploration commenced than we heard of new
veins of ore being O) cued da ly, and the Ore of
auch good quality thai we no longer hear the quo,.
lion krd, have you Ore in the Co. I r-gion ! Mr.
Perry, iho Anthracite founder say a he vi.iied one
Mine (Mes rs. M inn & Co.) lhat could alone tup
ply fiva furnaces fr age.
In coropuing lur Ore veins with those of Eng
land and Waha, wa find ihe avenge nchn.ss of
the Ores marly the astne. but we have a decided
advantage in the lliicknr., .f (be veins; many of
ihe veins in the P0lts.1l U M ,e4,o are upwards
of 3 ft and from .hat down to 6 iniiJC ihe avi.
rajs riebneis of tha Ores taken fom ihe Coal ro-
JOHN BUDD, S.T.
Dumb Uivrs.
It is said lhat ihe msle grai-shnpcr sings, not the
feiiiula. What s hnppy mrt graaxtiopwra must lie
they have dumb wivis. Ex. Paper.
'J'he happiness miht he sbuted by the ii'.tm if
lliev could also be ileal' und I bud. 'J he wile is of
ten, from family pride und w muiily khaiue, ilunib
lo ihut which gives her iiifini'.c puiuto see md
to hear. U. S. Gazette.
All true enough. A dumb wifo under such iir-cutn-t.uices
is truly u-'tf. But the wives complain
e J of hi re, we presume, are such as arc described by
a learned pool in the follo.ving lines:
III tbrivts the h iplcks family lhat knows
A cock th.it's silent and a hen that crows;
. I know n il which leid mo I unnatural lives,
OUying husbands, or co iim.in ling wives.
KJ. Suiib.tr 1 American.
Lnnd Hill.
Mr. Cl.iy is mskinj treuuous i florts to effect
the pawstjo of a bind bill, by which llv proceeds of
the site of puMic lands will bo diMrdmte.l am mj
iho different Slati a. A similar bill Was pjssnl a
f. ui v,-..r iioee which (i. n. J icks ill refused lo
sancti .n. We irusi, however, ill it thi w.ll meei
a diffo.ent f le. We can seo no icison why the
old slates, who acquired the Ian Is at the cx, ensti of
much 1 1 10J ai d trcasute, -hnuld he deprived of ibis
their richest inheritance. Let politic be set aside,
in this c.iseat leas', and ull pnttes unite in doing
justice lo the old state's.
AlBM.
It is said that the voto of this stile is like'y to
prove nulli y in consequent e of an oversight of
the F.lcctojH in voting by calling nut ihe names of
the candidates, instead of voting by ballot a-ihe
law requires.
A rrotrrlivr Tariff.
Theso are changing lime. In which we live. The
election of Gen. Ilnriso i has astonished even bi"
most sanguine fiiends, and the prediction of John
l lincy Ad.inii tl.ut " be would come io I ke a
w hirlwind,' has been literally verified. What then
has c.usrd this sudd -11 revuUi. n, thut has swept
away all Ihe ancient p ilil c d laml ma k from Vie
centre to ihe extremlii. a of the Union. We un
scr a dsire to change. The f.icmls i f Gen. Hir
risoti have luada great promises. The besom of
relorm, ill ll eir hinds, was to aceompl.sh wonders.
An alleiupt al least, must be nude to fulfil tlo'stf
prouii.es. This will l a task of difficult nature.
Conllic'ing opinions will nasurally arise, where so
many dill rent interests are to be rejro rnlU. soinu
l ailing measures, soma absort ing topic of general
interest must therefore be resorted to, upon which
the whole streng h of the party will be comentra
ted, so far as concert of action can be obliimd by
unity of interes s. 'J'he quislion then is, what are
likely to be the prominent measures of tlis next
mint.traii on. We tbii.k we can aufely say, judging
friu combination of circumstano a, that protec
live tar. If must take priced, nee of all others. The
la'a contest was emphatically verdict of ihe peo
ple 10 favor of such ameosure. The great conini- r-
ciaj and manuf iciunng states have s,kcu in
The Kead'ng (i itctte rays the numlrr of Iron
Works in Berks County according lo the lato cen
sus is ;
' No. of Furnaces 1 1 ; Ions of csnt ir. n produ
ced UIG3 ; of Blonmerit-s, Forges, and Rolling
Mills 30; tors of bar iron produced G2CG; tons of
fuel consumed 45,705 ; of men employed, including
mining ope ations 1245 ; amount of capital invest
ed $307,41 1 ; vain of product of mines f 51,800 ;
of men employed 101 ; capital investid $32,100."
anoj, cVc, togeih.r wilh blooded stuck of varioui
kinds.
Dcatii bt Chabcoal. Mr. S miiiel Baldwin,
aed 23 years, was found dead in h's I e.d on Sun
day miming, ihu fith December, in the houe 1 f
Pardon Barnard, Lennox, Madison co , New York,
from the effect of acid from charcoal, which had
been placed in the room.
WoBTiiT or Imittiox. There is a gentleman
in Spiinulield, Mass., who regul irly cel-brales the
anniversary of bis marriage, by paying for his news-
1 paier. The same gentleman celebrates the birth
of every new comer, by subscribing for a new pa
pe-.
I A DisTixorisiicn VisiTon. Und r the aliove
hea 1. the St. Louis New Eia, of ihe 5th inst., states
that Hones J. Levis, late Cashier of Ihe Schuylkill
Bank, was in th:itcity a few days since, lie reg
tered his name as II. Miller, at the Ci'y Hotel. He
did not tirry long; and is undeistood 10 hive ta
ken his departure for New Orleans, in the steam
boat Meteor.
Mail Jtonni-.n Annrsi KD. The Chicngi De
mocrat states lhat a young man named Reuben
Roso has been arrested and c immitted to Cook
county j til. (Illinais.) foi rubbing the mail lust win
er near Lincaster, Pu.
The po'ice of New York broke up a gambling
establishment in that city, and arrested 83 negroes
a numtter of wkitc girls of the town, and twenty or
thirty others of both sexes, and all Complexion'.
Df.kvolkck. Dr. Franklin once said thai
benevolent man was known by bis spreading a-he
In-fore his house in win'er, to preterit passer bv
from slipping on the ice, and njaiigering their
limbs and lives.
A bill before ths Georgia Legislature for the ab-
oliti tu of capital punishment, makes the singular
exception of li e crime of treason. An execution
for this crime, never did happen in the United
Slates.
Those of our readors, s-tys the Salem G..zeltc.
who hae the Mountain Ash growing on their
premises, may f. el iritere-ted loknow that the pear
has b.-en successfully graf td upon that tree in Europe.
of her unknown drrtd 1 Shall the day star of our
country 'a glory art, and ihe clouds ol despotism for
ever gather around this highly privillged land 1 Oh !
America 1 dark and fearful would seem thy im
pending doom, were we to witness auch corroplinn
in thy national councils, and such degeneracy of
thy sons from that pure and elevated stsmlnid of
religion and morals which chsracteriied the pilgrim
fathers, and know alsi, thnt infidelity, lhat open fo
of all law and virtue, which once tiaverscd the con-
tinent of Europe in reiolutionary phrenry, has al
ready invaded our fair heritage, and unless freemen
and christians awake, will ere long walk through
the land in blood, and seal itself upon the gravca of
all our hopes. Dut there ia yet moral principle re
maining. America is still the land of the patriot,
the home of the oppressed and the sanctuary of re
ligion ; and who will dure, whilst these are her
proud names, to write her ruin t It cannot Ire that
she ton will participate in the mournful destiny of
ihe nations of by-gone ages. Ah, not my country,
the spirit which inspired the revolution try fathets,
is yet breaihid l y their sons; and bright and fade '
less as the stars, let us hope will ba thy glorious ca
reer. The towering pyramid, indeed, may not tell
of thy greatness, nor the fiowuing obelisk speak of
thy might, the perishable and imperfect fragment
will transmit to po-tertty no r. cord of thy fame, but
mighty ond magical will be the si7f small voice" of
thy influence upon the nations of the world. Tho
high end holy example of the patriotism and self-
sacrifice of those spirits who struggled for freedom,
hull bring a change over the spirit of the world ;
and nations now languishing beneath the oppres
sor's chain shall burst from their fetters, and the dark
dace of the earth lhat are now full of the habita
tions of oppressed humanity, nust receive from this
favored land the radiant light of science and religion,
which will raise them from degradation and misejy
to the pedestal of happiness and virtue. Thus the
streams which flow from America, will fertilize and
gladden the earth. , M. W.
Cj'In our last Reporter we noticed the alteration
of f 5 bills an the West Branch Bank, to $50.
To day we haves le tcr from the Csshi.r, in which
he states lhat the issues of the Bank baa been con
fined to 5'a, 10's and 20':Bicknells Reporter.
Counterfeit Notes.
The Philadelphia Gazette stales that on Frid iy
last a seizure of a large deposile of coun'erfeit notes
was made by a police officer of this city, on the
preceding day, in a house in tho Northern Liber
ties. The amjunt was $2,100, nearly of which
were 10' s, purp ning lo be of the U. S. Bank,
bearing date Dec. 1, 1S3S. The Gz tie slates
thai Ihe informtttion which I d to the discovery was
given to the officer by one of the gtng of villains
arieat-d for the robbery of the two B llimerc ag
0111 in icpteml-er last. Bickiulls Reporter.
The Maine Cultivator of Saturd iy last, publ:ehed
at I (all well, Maine, says:
"Two express from Sir John Harvey, passed
through t' ii town oil Saturday last one destined
for Gov. Fairfield at Saco, und the other for the
Piesideul of the L'. S. at Washington. It is rumo
ed that Thompson, the Governor General of Cana
da, has'marehed several regiments of troops on to
the Disputed Territory, and stulionej them at Ma
dswaska, arid lhat Sir John has sent word to oui
slate and nationul authorities, announcing she fid,
and protesting that the ael is not his, but that of his
superior officer. If Maine undertakes another A
roostook war, her t loops will match to the North-
eastern-moit line, cost what it will, and plant tLe I
standard of the U. S. just evsclly there."
gton ol England ni W Jet u about 33 psr ernt. i voice nst 10 be r.,iaJlerooJ. A re.Uion of ths
The Western Mall.
We le 1111 with pleasure lhat Ibe olJ arrangement
is uhoul to lie resu'.ned, with regard to the Western
M iil. 'J'he Pennsylvania!! gives the following or
der from ihu Pot Office Department :
" The au horities of the railroad having refused
passage 011 their road for the mail, except upon con
ditions wilh which the contractor would not com.
ply, and which the department could not enforce, he
bus been allowed lo convey it tempoiaiily on the
turnpike at 4 reduced compensation, until better
anangcuifiits could be undo. And now Mr. A. D.
Cumiuingi liav.og offered to carry aaid mail as
hereloloie, twice a day on the railroad, at the for
mer pay of $300 a milo per annum, and due notice
of said proposition having been git en lo the con
tractor, it is on full consideration decided to trans
fur the contract for li e route, to A. II. Curumings,
to lake rff.ct nn tho 25ih insi,, unless ihe Contrac
tor shall in ihe meantime succeed in restoring the
original coulract service."
j- It is state I in the N. V. Tattler, tint the
ma t pox and the varioloid are tery prevalent in
soma sections of lhat el'v.
ski m i i:n rou Tiir. AMimceM.
TllOlCIITS (IN T!IF, FlTUiE.
"Thuie is not even a piolub li y ol his defeat,
su cess is cert liu to the candidate who po.-seest s
the means i f so amply compensating his friends."
Ah! my ceuntry, I exclaimed, as tl.e last woids of
this conversation fell u on my ear. Is it thus!
Must your lest interests le tntius'ed 1 1 men who
trample upon principles, and concentrate their
whole effoils to promote llnir own emolument 1
Can the sons of freedom so far forget that chosen
b ind of great and fearless spirits who nobly com
batted wilh the oppression of ihe mothtr land, as
thus to barter stations vi'ul lo the in'erests ol our
commonwealth, for filthy lucre! Wdl they con
llibute their influence lo the destruction of this great
te, ubie,and through their own inf.tualion prevent
the blessings which wou'd accrue lo the world from
her pro p rity ! But who can foretell the des'iny
of this blight and occidental Stir ! Will dark and
fearful deeds mark her annals, or shall her namo le
transmitted lo future generations eucircltd with a
rich halo of glory ! Shill it ever be lhat her soul
stirring deeds will be forgotten, and the memoiy of
her great ones be only as the murmuring of the
night breeze miioiig the nitlurd leaves of autumn !
Shall her powt r, as that of Rome, the once proud
metropolis of the world, die away as ihe last faint
echo of the seraphs harp, and darkened ages again
s iccccd the blight reign of intellect ! Wdl A me
r.c thus sport with her destiny, until some mighty
power underlines her foundations, and this smiling
U'ld of the great and brave, become as the moulder
ing ruins of Carthage, an I ihe fugitive stranger
oft fa I off land (Msrius like) wander desolate a
ining the melancholy monuments of her fnmer
grealnes! And will the dep broad basis of ibis
great republic thus loiter and fall and sink into ob
livi. n, and this fair land again become the mourn
ful sepulchre of a great people, sn.l uoughl remain
to Irll of their existence, but Ihe wild requiem of ihe
nijjhl winds among the mounds and butial p'aces
Post Utilee Department.
The annual report of tho I'ost Maxtor General
occupies five columns in the Washington Globs,
which reached us this morning. We learn from it
tint the axtent of post routs in the United States ii
155,733 miles, and the annual transportation nn
them 30,370, 76 miles at a cost of $3,296,878.
The numltct of contractors is about 2J00; post
offices 13.G38 of wbic'.i 958 have been established
within the present year. Within the same period,
271 have been discontinued. Posmasters appoint
ed within the same period, 271 have been di con
tinued, l'ostma t. rs appointed within t'.ie pre cnt
year 3 231, of whom 959 were for new offices.
The receipts of the department for the year end
ing 30h Ju le lust, were $4 539,200. Expenditures
$4 759,111. Excess i f cxreudiiur.s $219,845.
The Post Master General mentions as among the
cjuics for this excess, or rather of the defki ucy in
the revenue, the emb.irraso.cira of the time, the
prucl.ee extensively adopted of cairying newspapers
outride of the mails, and the abuse of the f.auking
privilege.
During the weeks ending the 2d May, 2d June,
and 7 1I1 July lust, there were 22,338 free letters and
paikits sent from the Executive Depurtments, 20,
303 free I Iters from the men b -rs of Congre a, am!
332,2(18 public documents and other Tanked pack
ets, making in all 431 060. 'J'he puMic documents
at.d packi Is l"io:ii Congress we glied 32.G69.bs.
Mr. Niles recommends the abolition of the allow
ance to Postmasters of 2 cent on free b iters, and of
the franking privileges, except to the Heads of De
partments, a l.m'U'ion by law, of compensation fot
all Sieamb .st, Railroad, and coach si r vice, the equa
lisation ol postage on newspapers and other printed
matter, ur.Vi ' advance of one hundred per
cent. IjI on koriowledjc, and a revision of the
tariff uf letter postage with a reduction of 25 pei
eent. V. S, Gazette.
Concerning Halt ltlver.
Inasmuch as many are believ.d 10 be inter aied irf
1 he Jj test m'elligence rjin this famous river, l
append Ihe following from the recent message J.
Gov. Bogg- lo ihe Legislature of Missouri:
" The improvements of Salt River can ba eff ct
cd by connected series of V cks and dsns, but at
too heavy an expense (co epar.-d with the bcuefn
to be deiived fro;u the improvement) to justify the
undertaking the estimate is about four hundrei
thousand dollars. In connection w.th this sul'j;c
il is proper lo call the attention to ths del tha
dams have been, and others are being constructed
by individuals acio-s this s'renn without any pro
vision for the passage of boat.. Silt R ver has bee
recognized as a navigable stream by the genera
government, and also declared lo be bo by po.diivi
enactnviii of the ei(ilature of this state, and it i
but seasonable thai in.Kvidua's in tlie election o
their dams should be eomielled to so construe
them as not lo o'.istruct the navigation."
Tlie Nashville Whig, commenting upon this
says that u the concern maiiilested by Gov. B. t
keep the navigation of the stream unobstructed i
oerlaiuly commendable, though candor compels 1
to add, that while the Whigs had tho Sfr Ham
trad expressly to themselves, we dn not remea.lv
to h ive sron iho nine anxiety e xpresteJ in his E
J rellency's arynij.il communication." fijf. .4ier.