tcavation nj embankment is made, two lo;k
re completed nnd another nearly completed. A
romp it). ively trifling mm wotilJ finish, ihi woik,
hut ihe funds of Ihe company are exhausted, and thf
Commonwealth it annunlly called upon f"f lhc
mount of her guaranty, and lief subse ration is whnl
ly unproductive. It i "J vnlutihle tributary t,
iho Stnlo Canal, terminating in one of the richest
tiiinoral regions in thia or perhaps any other ciiin
try. Every article coming out of it pay a toll on
our S olo Cnnitl for 150 miles to Columbia. I,
therefore submit lo the letter judgement of the Leg
islature, whether sound economy d.iea not dictate
the further subscription of a sum sttlTieient to fininh
il; relieving that ita productiveness wilt then lo
umply sufficient lo relieve the Commonwealth from
any fu'thrr payment of her guirnnty.
There are at present many public improvements
in a course of construcion in our Stnle by means of
private companies, most of which ! cannot hut think
ute lo benefit Pemisylrania in a very high degree.
Anion tie latter I may particularize the. Williams
fiorl otid Elmirarail road, aa tending with certainty
l I riHliiee re-Bui.. ThiTw.! will connect the
Grand Krie Canal of New York hy ihe Senec.i
Lake, vi;li the West Branch ('anal at Williams
purls nnd ub-o intersect, atElmirii, the great South
nn riil road now being constructed fro n the Hud
son liver to Lake Eiic at Dunkirk. The a.lvan
I igr likely to result to ourselves, from the construc
tion of this toad, will be, that the grout amount of
tonnage and travel wich now annunlly finds it way
from Ihe Lakes through flic ?tate of New York to
the Atlantic, will thus bo brought directly through
our own public improvements to Philadelphia ; the.
d s'nncc from Elmira to ihe laller city, by this rout,
being 71 m l a shorter than Lorn Elmira to Ihe city
of New York by any contemplated improvement in
that Stale. Other improvemenia of a similar clur
ari,.F fl.o,. of raual importance, might be
noticed.
Every man is presumed to be present in um leg
islature by his representative, and to know what
public laws are enncled, and is therefore held lo bo
b und by ihem fioin the time of tin ir enactment.
Thia notice, however, is but a constructive one. I
would respectfully suggest, whether some provision
for the unnicdiute publication of all laws t-f a public
nature is not necessary, to give to the people actual
-. i -.,t,:i, tttojf mty t seriously
alR-ctcd.
The R' p.irt of the .Superintendent of Ihe Public
Schools, which will shortly be laid before yon, wi I
shew the progress which the, cause of cduc uion is
making in public opinion, and lhc slate and condi
tion of tho Colleges, Academics and Schools,
throughout the Commonwealth.
Though ihe uetive operation of the Geological
Survey ure not jet entirely completed, a much great
er extent of country has been explored during the
pnsl reason, thau in any former one. Tl.e State
Geologist, and his corps, were laboriously oecU ied
in the Held, their researches extended into various
th.tricts, Nnh enst an west of the Allegheny moun
tains. The insight acquired during the progress of
the suivcy, into the more minute features of our
(oology, and the true position of our v irious min
eral deports, has served greatly to increase) the ac
curacy and value of the large body of fuels now col
li cted. Throughout several extensive sections of
the State, where hitherto, no accurate clue bad In en
discovered by which particular beds of those useful
substances, iron ore, coal, marble and limestone,
could bo traced, much of the obscurity has been re
moved. Several districts, however, of greater or
less extent, yet remain to, be rxploied Though
some of these hive been already faithfully examin
ed, one year more will be necessary for unr veiling
Iho intricacies of iheir structure, und enabling the
Geologist to arrive at a satisfactory knowledge of
their resources. For this purpose an rppropri.viin
will become necessary. The amount, however, w ill
be le-a than the mm hitherto annually expended.
The Topographical maps now in a cour-c of con
struction, are essential as a ba-ia for the Geographi
cal map culled for by the law. In the chemical de
partment of lhc survey, an extensive seiies of o'cs,
coals, cement, fluxes, Ac, have been anylizd, re
sulting in a i-pecics of knowledge now becoming
every day more important to the growing manufac
turing and mining interests of Pennsylvania.
It is an undoubted fact, that the few last years
. have been t period of pecuniary cmbaircssment in
the business eornunily. It has keen consoling,
however, to rtflcct, that during a portion of that
time, our husbandmen have been rrapirg a full re
ward for their labor in abundant crops, for which,
until recently, they have found ready m irk. Is, al
fair prices. They IimI not generally been hfl'ec'ed
with that mad spirit of peculation, which at one
lime seemed to have seized so large a part of other
portions uf our riiizcne, and induced them lo engage
in almost evviy visionary scheme in their ' haste to
Ut rich."
The causes of ibis emharr. s ment have 1 eon va
riously explained, as suited the tho views of those
who undertook the tot.k. My own views upon this
subject have burn fully aud freely expressed in iny
rommuiiiculiiics to the preceding Legislature. .No
Hue, however, can doubt, thai, when our country u
importing laign amount of ihe luxuries andopcr
Unities of lite from foreign countries, and not ex
f erting a nifliciiiicy of our pwn product l" pay fin
ihcro. there must be a coinUnl drain of Ihe precious
rtitiuls, and hence a scarcity of muncv to supply Iho
wants of our community at home. A letrenchincnl
amorg our c.t zer.s, of whom a plain r. publican
simplicity has iv,r been a distuiguifhing iharuclor
s ic, in tho purchase at.d use of ariicl s of mere
mury, would greatly tend to Icm'H this cause of
ncutnaiy rnibaircM-unnt.
The curat 'Jtii nee i.f the cuihurrt-rsmf ni in our
Mercantile ari l manufaetuiiug op. la ii ns, are now
k gining to be fell, ulso, by om lame s, in the mo.e
i cent reduction of 'he prices of th ir product,
dlhouyh tl.e fait eiiiiiiiiuuie. te I ly ihe SvCict.ry of
be Tieisury, in Lis late report is chieiing, that
'uring tho la l yar the exports from this c. Unity
ave e xroril, J xtr imporis by nearly lwenly-srcn
ulliciii of dolla is. Thi is ceilaii.lv rnceiiraging,
rspecially when wc reflect, that In prior years the
reverse was the fact ; and that without going I atk
further, in the year 181)0, the excesf of imporis ex
reeded Iho exports upwards of aix'y-ono millions of
dollars; and that in 1837, tho import or ihe singtu
article of silk, n mere luxury, which our own coun
try Is as capable of producing as any ollo r, amounted
ty twenty three millions of dollar, while our exporl
of flour, during the same year, was but about seven
millions of dollors. Il is to be ho; cd, und tho increas- j
ed confidence growing out of the resumption of
specie payments about to take pi ice, warrants Ihe i
conclusion, thai hit incss will rcnino its aceu-loinrd j
channc Is, and taking less ins of prudence from tli- I
past, our cit'zfiu will not again be tempted into thus
wild excise which have well n:gh led on to bank
ruptcy and ruin, and the pastratioii of public and
private credit and configure. )
Our t'oininjnweahh possesses a fertile soil and j
unbounded ngricu'toral and mineral weilih. We
have wi'hin ourselves airnosl all ihe necesrariis. J
aud many of the luxuiies of life. With iho inereasn J
of intelligence and means, we lind our Tinners aug- '
mcnting Ihe produ.ti of dielr soil, improving Ihei. j
slocks of d imestie aniinsls, nnd adding to the Heat- '
ness of Iheir houh ld establishment. No one
ran puss through our Commoowealih, without
being sliuck with the air of subslaini d co.nfnrt, and
increasing prosperity, which pervadis .he: agr'cuhu ,
ral distric's of the H;ato. i
The variety and extent of our water power, give j
great facilities lo the manufacture of our grain into I
bread slufla, and for every olhPi branch of mariu- ;
faclU'C, either needed for iho supply of our cit zens j
or for Ihe rmployment of iheir capi al. j
Had Pennsylvania already reached ihe full devel
opment of her resources, with her present pecui.iary
responsibilities weighing her down, we might well f
contempt itc our situation, with trembl ng solicitude, j
But Ibis is not the case. Throughout the whole
extent of her ample t rritory, there is scarcely .a i
fquare im.i, . ,.,(. .. n 1
of the great staples of her mineral w. a'th. Aiiihia
cite ai.d bituminous co.d, Iron, marble an I lln.c-tone,
have been scaittrcdhy nature with a nvst profu-ed
hand, and have been hitln r lo WuiI.eJ baiely enough i
. I . . I- ,!.. I 1
to prove, Willi wuai prouiga.iry mry nave rei n 'v.
inhed uoii Us. 'J he coal (ie'd cf our Commonwe dih
embraces more than one fifth ol its area, and more
than three timc as much a cntir- Eu ope. Con
nected with the coal, wh'ch abounds in s large a
portion of the Conimnnwea'th, we have large sup- ,
plies of iron ore, almo t in immediate e intact wi'h I
it. In odd lion thereto, we have, with convenient
distances, almost all the other varieties of inn ore
found in any part of Ihe world. The nd ipt itioii of
utrhrac'te c ml, lo Ihe smelting of iron oie, hai been i
fol'owrd by its successful and profbable application
in the further slages of lhc manufacture of tho met
al; and that the same resources will spee li'y fol
low from the application of bituminous coal, may he
looked for, with almoit absolute certainly. While
the iron manufactured with charcoal, will always l
wanted for the finer purpose, and tho d nnnd for
it, increased by the natural of the population of t!u
country, that manufactured from nvncral coal, will
c employed in the construction of rail roads, and
for innumerable other purposes. This discovery
mn-t stand as a distinguished era in the annals of
our Commonwealth. It cannot fail to ad 1 millions
dollars lo active aud available capital ; and will ere
long transf. r to our own ciiiz ns ni ist, if not all of
Ihe largo turn-i thai are now annu illy sent a1 Ma I
for rail road iron, and yther iror-manufacturej arti
cles. The manufacture of the numerous iind vain-
ablo commodities will not only result in rnrithingj
Pennsylv .ni i, but will cut c ll'a la gc ilem in the im
ports of ibis country, tending to emancipate m Ironi j
European depen'enre, en .bio our sister states to I
complete their rail rends at a rhcapri and belter j
rale, and strengthen Ihe National Union, by the t
strongest of nil lies ili.il of mutual interest. j
Nor is thee in Pennsylvania a tingle class of i
citizens who will not share dircc ly in Ihe a lvanta
gea. The owners of caul and iron deposits, an I
those who eng..ge in the manufacture and tale of
these productions, will derive the first ben fit ; but
the former, the mechanic, Ihe merchant, and every
other citizen, will feil immej at ly, the ta'u'ary im
pulse which will be communicated lo bis own pecu
liar business. The value of our canal-, and rat 1
roads mu-t be greatly enl anc. d, as well as that of
all otl.i r rperies of property. With the ch"op and
ready means wh'ch they wiil a(li,id for the Ir.ns
poita i n of our v rious products n.l iniiii.f ctuies,
iheie cun be no Joubr, that the trade and bu iness
of the Ha t mu t cxlen.l and increase with unex
ampl. d rapidity, and y prudence and good man
agemeui he piTeuated.
In this gia lonl and certain devclopcment of our
resour.es may l found abundant means to liqui
date out publ c Jebt, and to di.-churgc every oth' I
liability, that can ju-t!y lo cast upon the Stale. I
e nfess il ofT.rds me peculiar gr.t fic.lion to adv,rt
lo this topir, for it shows most ali.fucloiily, that
though this Coiumoiiwe.iHIi has been somewhat in
advance of the time in rxt nding her iniprove iu in
system so widely as the has done, the people not
withstanding are destined at no remote peiiod lo
icubzc, nioi-t amply, all the benefits il was ever ex
pected to produce. The Increjsj of our nunufac
turrs will neccr-sarily tend to ufT.rd additional sour
ces of empl ym.nt fir tl.e laboier, and furnish in
creased security a-aii.si all imj ropi-r combinations
for the reduction of wagis.
If any just cause of apprehension has existed,
from the attempt? in large fnaiitfactu ing establish
men's, to keep their ojerstive in substrvienry in
milters of opaiiou ai.d the exercise of political
"n't-, lei ll.e evil he comcted under adequate ren
allief. Lit theieringupofchilJr.il in f.icloncs
with ut iiluri.on be prohib led, and the light ol
Yearning ai,d st le ice I cing d flii-.d, as Wil! among
Ihe operative, a. tl.,ir ri. her rinplovers, ihe danger
of Ibis iiifluemr will U- c unleracted by taking
oirihc kha.kles. l iaio.a, ce and undue dep. ndiiue
cither upon the information J,r fce w ill of ethers
Then instead of h .vi..a a cla'oi iuina Ulngt ,
a .tare of v.as.d.ge. we would r.ar up fr.r,.,,.,,
j capable of Ihoujil and n lleelion, and uf pulling a
proper estimate on that s, Irit of independence
which influenced our forefathers in achl ving our
freedom, and which ought ver to pcrvnde ihe
mmi of Ihrir deacemUnls to the latest generation.
Performing as Pennsylvania has abvoys done in
an exempla y manner, her duties as a member of
the gieatf, dotal union, of which she has not inapt
ly b i n d. nom na ed the "Keystone," we must never
f n get the dulicj which we, as her imtnedinto func
tion nies, owe lo her own interests, and the necessity
of udvaticing and sustaining Ihem as fur as can l
dme, with, ut intrrf rinff with her duties to ihe
General Governmmf.
On the part of the Legislature, nothing i wanted
but a care'ul nip. rvbion of her various intens , to
place lhi t'oinmonweal h on a firm I osis of ru
n'aiy bnlepeiidence. Whutrv. r course other a ales
mny think pioper to pursue, bt it be the pitiintie
duty of Pennsylvania to sustain nnd eheiish every
i ff.ri Id di velope her resources, i.nd to ndvsr.ee her
glory nnd her renown. Vindicate her tlinr.u ter for
tnipyfitv fulfil all her en? gements faithfully
husband her resources with c niomy, but not with
.1 mi-t ken spirit of parsimonious iliilicridily nnd
lhc fair fume of Peiinsj Ivania w ill stand I .i fore the
woild wilhont spot or blemi h to tarnish it. To
nnin'ain this f .me unsu'l cd, should l e the fi t and
n.os' unyielding dutv of tveiy ci ien hnno el with
any station, in vvl.ich he Incomes its rfli. inl B'li'f
dian. I h nl I deem myself unworthy of li e oIImv
wiili which the eopb) have clothed me, if I r ived
rrr-cnnl to this high tru t.
By a jndici us system of laws, corrc ponding
with the habits and w.wH of our peoj le, fosteiing
and rnrouinging rntcrpiiza and nidus ry, nnd ena
bling our citizens lo reap the full reward i f Ihtir
labor nnd perseie nice, wo shall fulfil the expecta
tions of our constituents, and be the means undei
D.vii.c Providence, of perpetuating the blessings
which have been so sitjii'illy showend upon us by
the Author of all CSjoJ.
'''he cxiericnec of many years fortifies mo in the
belief, that our gii-a.i . . u (lia(
of bgislatilig loo much. Our Legi -la'ures nave
been htlding one extra a. ssion al'ur another, and
that too in limes of profound peace, and when the
calls of patriotism are impeiious'y made .n every
public functionuiy lo dim nish, as far as in him
lies, the pecunia y buithen under which the st.ite
has been laboring. The consequence has been, an
unparr.il'i b d increase in the legislative expenses
over all ther departim nts of tl e govi rmneul. I
t ill recoiiimend no more certain and cifctual
ictreiu hint nt in this matter, than sh.nl s s-i mis ;
still let the conduct of ev.ry department of the
goveriimenl I c tliorou .Idy seiutlnlzetl, ai d let no
imp rt nil interest of the people be mgh elnl.
The b incful practice i f coin citing the hulls of
legislation into on arena for the display of political
gladiators, which has ton lo. g char tctcrzed the halls
of our national legislature, is a lament ille tlop .rtuie
fiom the course pursu d hy lliebar.d of pan iota w ho
conioeJ ( the fir.-t conresi. ;' and who e i sample,
t hoie, for the honor of our common country, has
ut been wholly foigottcn by tin ir sttcces or.. The
pernicious ten lencv of ll is practice of the na
tional legilature, w ill not, I trust, be ex 'ended to
the legislatures of their respective sla'cs; and I am
sure, I need scarcely add, I have no opprehensi .ns
of its teaching the legislature of this connn .nwealth.
No public fuucli 'nsiy who would )ieIJ lo in intl.i
enee need expect to retain the coiili Icnce and icspe.t
of the people of Pennsylvania.
In conclusion, I shall big leave to refer yen to
the vinvs on feveial su' jects coot ,ii e I in my l ist
annual message. That message bo-rig the firt-t
which f had tho honor to roninumiont.' al lhc com
mencement of a seisi on of tho I.ei-l itu e, I went
m ne ioto detail on the various topics disc s e.l in
it, then I supposed would be again neccssaiy, wilh
a view lo an expression of opinion on them, a well
foi thai occa-ion, as for future rcfcieiic 1 ihere
fue nf. t ou lo it for my r.-eomni. n.l.ilious on ihe
subjects of rloim of the Banking system iho
importdiire of connecting nnd completing at Ihe
earliest day practicable, tloi disconnected pirt of our
disjointed and unfinished system of inl. mil iui
p ovemenls, the nuking of prompt and ample pro
vison for keeping the public improvenc nts in re
pair, the necessity of pirserviug unimpaired the
ere lit of lhc Commonwealth, aud romptly meeting
nil h. r pecuniary i ngigemenls, the necessity care
and cuutiou to be exercised in creating lei ewing,
aud upeivi ing co'poiutions, tlio sulj-'ct of ilu
catiou, and as connee'ed with it, that of procuring
competent teachers and shool b.Miks, the si.l jeel
of the increase of w rits of eiroi an l ipjieals in Ihe
iSupieine Ciu-t, aud reporting the decisions of that
court, the m.Ulu system, the encouragement of
volunteers ai d the reduction of militia lianiiogi to
one day in the year, the evasion of ihe laws r. I .tive
lo e.'lla:cral inheritance lax, and the revi ion of
the laws relative to iho teletting and diawiujjt of
jurors
It williifTord me great pleasure to co-:jcrute w th
the I.i gishtture, in these and ull oiln r measures ca'
cula'cd to piomote iho common good of our Mov
ed Commonwealth.
r DAVID 15. POUTCII.
livtll riVL ClUMIIEB, lis. (illl, 111.
A tal le was prepared not long since by lh Bri
t!l t"'eiretary of fslate, showing ihe wage, of day
laborers in various countries. From ill s, it ap.e.irs
thai in France the rate of wages is from 1U in 30
cents a day; in Corsita 22 cent-; in Germany
from 0 to 14 cents; in Holland and B Igium 10
to 40 cent-; in Tiie-te S4 cents; in Lomhardy 10
to 20 cents; in Gtnoa 10 to 15 cents; in Tusciny
I'i cents.
FlUSINO A EvpollSKMINT 14 FoMl.EHT.
The Hupr. mo Court t-f Ohio decided, recently,
that an e uloisi nirnt on a no'e purporting thai a
pa ttul payment had been made, and whicli indorst
merit was written by tl.e maker in the pie ence,
with the concurrence, and by the dir.rtion of the
payee, is a receipt, the alteration or erasure of
whith, by the payee, will 1st f .rgery. liull'iiiinre
Of i un.
THE AMERICAN.
fltiturilav, January IC, 1811.
Ittmorratle Candidate for Governor,
tie ti. DAVID It. I O It T 12 It.
jj- 'J'he editor of Hazard's Urgistcr is in error,
in crediting the Mimr's Journal with an nitidis
eo ied fiom this paper, entitled '-Operations on the
Danville and Ptvlsville Rail 15-ad."
Tho n.ill'iimyre Amrrkan bos credited t-everal
extracts from tuis papi r lo the Danville (Pa ) Ame
rican. This is also a mis'uke, na our whereabouts
is nt Sut.bury.
(ry- Gsorok C. Welki:h, Esa.. of Sunbury,
has been appointed Tieaurtr for the county of
Northumberland.
fXj-The great dam ige done lo the Lehigh na
vigation, must i.ecessaiily prevent Ih'.l company
f.orn Inkii-g do.vn as miich coal ns umal. The
supply will probibly lo small. The operation i.i
the Sliamokin coal region shout.!, and we presume,
will be vigorou-Iy pr.isrrutcd.
CTj In the Leji-lature not much business of im
port meo has yrt been dot e. On Wednesday ihe
lHth inst.. in the II u-e of I5ep. II. Monlgomeiy
was elected Printer i f the Bills, and J. !S. Wa'lace
Printer ol the English Journal, by a vote of 50 to 4!).
rvj- Bifkncll's Keportir rstimates the losws sus
t lined by the Bank of the United lnles, at fjurteen
millions, i-cvcn hundred thousand dollars.
n- Mr. Ui ed of the .Senate, has ofleted resolu
ti .11 to amend Ihe loustiiuiiun, so os ,u mi. it tuu
( jvcrnor's term of office lo three yeas.
Qj" The English are strength n'ng iln-ir Navy.
Wl.ul do. s this p rlend ! Probably a mtllemriit of
tl.e boundary question by recourse to war.
'J'he remains of Napoleon, it will be net. have
be, u diseiiiom'it d, and carried to Paris. His Ica
luies, on opt ning 'he ci llin, wete found lobe in u
line suite of pre-crvaliou. His b ily was in.loted
in six c, llius of tin, lead, n ahog niy and oak.
bud 31 1 IK.
! vera! miners have arrived from Pottsville, lo
work lhc lead mine recently discovered near this
place. A company has b. en foimed in that place,
who have taken a lease of the mine for ten years.
Operations will be commencid as soon as the wei
ih r will permit.
Thr Firxluls.
It will be seen thai the late freshets have done
an immense amount of injury. Al Mauh C! uuk
the whole town and neiuhhorhood were nnder wa
ter. M my live, i ere lost, and houses and other
projierly swept away. The I.eh gh Canal and
lot ks are n. arly all destroyed.
fuiiiitrrfcil'.'rs.
Two per-ons were arrested in tlrs pla-e, on ll.e
fith inst , for passing counterfeit no'cs, on the Sa'cm
Banking Company i f New Jersey. Twenty-five
lo lars in fixe dJIir bills on that tai k wire found
in their possession, and a one doll r I ill on the
Wilmit gton and Urandywine B ink. The notes
weio not very well rxecuieJ. The signatures are
nearly alike, and much loo I lack and heavy. 'J'he
f I bill is badly ex. cutej, lesemhling a w od cut,
ami very tluik. Several of the same kind of bills
were found next morning in lhc streets. '1 hey
have leeu fully committed for trial.
I . S. Eaiik Loan.
The last arrivals unitouiice thai the I. N. Bank
has oht. lined a loan of three millions in KuraC.
'I'hore w ill lie iheirfure, no dilfieulty in lhc resump
tion of specie payments,
Cullilly Mi'ttilllf.
A democratic county meeting was held on Mon
day last, for ihepurp. se of nominating a delegate
to the 4 ill of March Convention. Samuel Awl,
Esq. was appointed chairman, and Joseph lihoads
and George Weiser, Esq. vice presidents, and II
B. Masser, lecrelarv. There was some little mis
understanding at first, in relation lo the appoint
ment uf delegates at that time, or whether the
whole matter should be icferred bark to the people,
lo e'eel d. legates to attend a county convention for
that purpose. A division of ihe meeting look place,
w! en il was decided that delegates should be dec
ltd in conv. tilion, when the following r.so'ution
by Mr. Wi. binder was adopted.
' iVc, That ull ihe amendments, together
wilh the original moii. n, be poslsoned for the pur
pose of it-fining the whole matter bck to the people
in lh. ir primary as'emblies, and that lhc standing
c 'inniittee be, and are hereby instructed lo call
township inret:nga on ihe first Saturday ofFebrua
ry next, to choo-e delegates to mtet in county Con
vention, at Suubury, on the Monday following, lo
app .iut delegates to Ihe llanuburg Convention, on
Iho 4 ih of March, 184 1, lo nominate a candidate
for Governor."
As far as we coulJ ascertain, the meeting was
almost unanimous in favor of in tructing the dele
gates to support Gov. Poller. 'J he only dllliculty
was the manner of electing delegates. We have
thought pr per to make a statement of the f.cts, as
our political opponents will, we aie assured, nianu
ficlure an article on ''disorganization" cut of the
proceedings.
fjj- The Whigs on Tuesday last hi Id a mee'ing,
and nominated Gen. II Friek of Milton, and J. II.
Punly of ih a pi ice, del. g.lei lo the 4th of Msrth
convention. The General ollered a resolution that
thry should go uniestruet, ,1, and, in the Ungu igs
of the resolution, sopj on the , ,.- ((i,f cu.
diihite.
FnshitiiinMc Niunr.
One of (he prevailing an l f tshionabtc follies of
Iho day, is the manner of writing iho first nam'
with the initial, and Ihe remaining nnmes in full.
Those who have an idea lluit Ihere is bnmclhing in
a name, mny think it more cuphoneo'is, but we
doubt it. For Instance, B. Fianklln Pancake, 8.
Snyder Hoaplock, O. Washington Wasphead, in
stcud of Benjamin F. Pane ike, Ac. Is after all not
much of an iinprovem nt. Ii lto lie regretted lhat
B z, in his mnsterlv delinc ition of the character of
the iiccompli-htd Ti tlcbat Titmouse, in his novel
"Ten Thousind a Year," did not invest his hero
wilh a modern fashionable name. It would have
added greatly lo his dignity, an given h'm an air of
greater importance. T. Tilth Iut Titmouse would
be quite an improvement, and we would advise the
publishers of the next ed lion to adopt it.
ton tii a AMtnicA.
Tcmpi-raner.
An extract f.om the minutes of the Temp ranee
Society of tho Borough of Suubury, at a meeting
held in the Cou.t house on Monday evening, Jan.
1 lth 1841:
Ji'Wfff, Thai the Society appoint a committee
of twelve deleg it- s, to represent this Society in a
convention lo be he'd at Danville, on the 2J Wed
nesday of February next, lo meet other d Icgile
that may bo a pointed by various ass ciations, for
tho purpose of enquiring into the expediency of
organ zing und forming a Northern Temp, ranee
Convention, f r the Northern ceclion of this Slate ;
and that they b , and arc hcr.-dy inst ucted to act
according lo theii own discretion, in the further
ance of this object.
When upon t' e thair appointed Wm. M. Griy,
Geo. C. Welker, Rev. W. 15. Smith, Rev. Mr. Fi
sher, Peter Pursel, James 11. Hinted. G. M. Yorks,
Chiistiau Bower, Esq., R. B. Freeman, Jacob
Young, William Surles and George .imuioiinan
that committee.
Hiniilvtd, lhat Ihe thanks of this Society be pre
. ..tcJ tu tl.e Hon. Judges of ihe Court, f.,r the an
nouncement which they made, that they d i m f ur
taverns lo be a sufficient numl cr for this borough,
and that they are determined lo grant license to
lhat number only, at ihe next April term. And at
the same time they confess their satisfaction and
gratitude nl Ihe nolle atautl which (h. ir Honors
have taken in r. Ia ion to this m uter ; they hope
that their Honors will not de in the Society intru
sive, while they hu-ubly.yet eirnes ly roquet tin m
lo exercise all the leg il power and ii.fluem e which
they possess, in favor of tho caue of Temp.-rance
Reform. JACOB PAIN PER, Prea't.
G. M. YonKS, Sec'y.
IlUnxt roil riooal I,o of Iliimnn Life.
Our papi r this morning terms with appalling ac
counts of diss lers by freshe s resulting fiom ihe
rains of last week. The loss of property on all
hands seems to le immense; end in several pLces
human life hoi been addid lo ihe sacrifite.
Most alllclively rife with such intelligence is the
fallowing extract of a letter, received by private ex
press, dated
Match Chumck. J in. 7, 1811.5
Thursday evening, 1 1 oVock. j
One of the most awful and tremendous fie bet j
that has ever happened in this part of ihe sti'e, has
taken place here. Il comini need raining last even
ing, and has nit ceased yet. There will be few
closed eyes in Maueh Chunek this night. Our
town is all afloat. There is a m:ghty torrent run
ning the whole wid-h of the main atreel, some six
feet deep. On one side the inmat. s have left the
lower story and luken lo Ihe s cond for safi ty. It is
an iwful night. House aft r house is going down
the Lehigh. All three of the saw mills have gone.
Two stone stables al Ihe hotel a'so gone, wilh the
bridges Ac. All the ci.nals, locks. Ac. gone. Whole
houses are passing. One of the large p icket boats
broke I ose, and passeJ down close to the piazzi of
the Hotel, which is two stories high. What the
d image is below we dare not think of. We fear
ere t -morion's dawn mauy valuable cit'zens will
have found a watery grave.
Friday F.venin. Our darkest fori boilings hue
been mo'O than realized. All our I eautiful naviga
tion, above and lelow, is swept away. Dams, locks,
lock house, inmates and all are gone. Th se Ire.
ineudous liK'ks arc entirely swept away. The
bridges above aud below are gone. Tho laige rail
road b.idge at the end of the Narrows, the one at
Lehighton Gap, Ac, are all gone. Out of twenty
ho.itcs, from Squire Sjyres to Lt highlon, but four
letnain ; and very many of Ihe inina e ire gone
with them. Those who herd them, say their
shrieks for help were most appa'llng. Every ac
count grows more dreadful. The river is a clear
stream from mountain lo inomilain. ('. .V. (,'az.
The Freslirl.
The tide in the River Delaware rose yesterday
to a greater height than his lxen known for twenty
years. It rose over the whaives, and in many pla
ces filled the cellars of the stotes along Ihe wharves
al the Steamboat lauding. Al Ihe fool of Walnut
stiiel, the wuler covered the entire wh.irf up to the
houses, and was running f .r a short spaeo up into
Walnut street. Al 'ove Arch street il ran into the
cellars and yards, making sad confusion, and occa
sioning considerable loss. The wharves are in a
terribly bud condition, Wing covnrj wi h mud lo
the de th ol three i r four iut lies and strewed with
ice which the retiring tide has left. A large num
ber of persons were eng aged during Saturday in
diawing to the shore such pines ol tini ir as they
could reach wilh poles, hooks, Ac, a great many
cords of wood have thus been gathered by poor
people, to w horn it is both s sissonable and welcome
gift. The Ice has almost totally disappeared, it
having been melted !y ihe warm weather of Ihe Ua
three days.
The Schuylkill remains in nearly the tame slate
aa notic d on Saturday. Il has been computed thai
a'mve three hundred cards of wood have been
fished oul of Ihe river between the Dam and Fair
mount, which haa bun disliibuiid among poor
rople. I '. .'. (in, '
lrt rurtlve Fieshrt I.I ves lost.
W'e hsve sad accounts from every quarter this
morning of an immense destruction of properly, and
the loss of some, lives, by the flood in the rivers snd
streams of (he country, occasion! d by the I .to rains
and the sudden, thaw of the snow and ice. The
pe ij lo aSng Ihe Passaic, in this and the othci river
counties, Hudson, Bergen and Passaic, have suf
fered severely. Four of the six bridges over the
river were entirely swept sway yrstridty, viz: Ihe
li.idgeal Weazel, neai Peterson, ihe Acqu tckinonk
and Bulvi le bridges, and the o'd Newark bridge,
belonging to tho Passaic and Hai k nsick Bridge
Compmy, being the only communication with Ihe
Turnpike or old Causeway lo Jersey City. This
bridge hns been recently rebuilt, at an expense of
$ 10,000, and the whole edifice was carried aw iy by
the flood and ice, which came down ihe river with
ftarful force about half prist four o'clock in the after
noon. The Railroad bridge, a few hundred yards
futthi r sonth, withst od the freshet firmly, and is
we believe uninjured. The floating ice nnd frag
ments of titub r piss.d through ihe ojien p'crs
without doing any niut. rial d image. The Phila
delphia and other trains of cars, due I.ere about five
o'clock, rendu d the liver n fw minutes af.er the
Turnpike bii litr gave way, but were detained a few
mil. Ufa only, until the i llicienl i Hirers of the com-
i pany Could ascertain that it woulj be safe lo cross.
' The Paleison Railroad bridge, we arc happy lo learn,
' abo stands firm, and these are now the only bridnes
left over the Passaic. The bridge at Bulville was
a Corporation, rr loll briilge,1and the others were
county bridges, belonging to Bergen and Pjssaic
coun'irs.
The large b idge nt Pine B ook, nt Caldwell, in
this county, has also, we under-lanJ, been swept
awty, ai d wc hear of ihe destruction of numerous
mill dams a id smaller bridges, in this an I the ad
joining counties. Tho bridge, nt Bnui tl'irook, (So
m r-et co. ) neros tint Raritan, we a'so hear is
gone Xcii'iirk Jhiily Adrert'fcr.
Crral l'Vrhlit-1 nutt Iosm nf I.Ives.
Tl.e flood caused by ihe laic ro:n has done great
d image up the North River. King's bridge is gone,
and so many other badges that the in til cannot he
forwnr.'ed by land, and will go this morning by
steamboat.
We undcrs'and thai 'etters were received in town
last evening by the W.iter C mmisionrrs, stating
thai about one half of the Crnton D nil was carried
avvny by the f eshct, which lias bei n unprecedented,
and that the several mills below t' e dam have hem
also carried away, as has neon the new I ri 'ge cros
sing Ihe river above the dam, nlso rreete.l hy ihi
Water Commissioners-. Wc further un.l.rstunc
that the three bridges lelow the dam, one of whic!
is crossed by the New Yt tk enJ Albany post rojd
aie destroyed.
Several dwelling houses, both I clow and abovi
the dam, have bet n cirried away, nnd we reg-et ti
understand lhat there bv have been lost. Th
flood came so rapi Ily, and in (he night, Ih it per
sons escaped from their dwellings in their niuhi
clothes, and got into Irecs fol security. -V. )
Journal of Vomnnrcc.
A Xrrovv Kacapr.
Among the ineid ntsof.he late freshet in ti
Delawiire, o.,c is the norrow escape of Mr. Georr.
Fell of Centii ville, above New Hope. He w;
standing on the bridge al that pluce, looking at lb
turbulent waters, when cra.-h went iho bridge aid
he along wilh it, and da hiug down tl.e current en
one of its timbers, he was carried under and post
New Hope Bridge, and was not extrica'ed from his
perilous situation, until he reach, d Yaldley ville a
distance of 1G miles from where he started. A few
minutes afterwards Ihe New Hope Bridge il-s lf
was rut i . to, the Ocntrcville Biidge g utrg clear
through it, carrying away three atthes and two
abutments. U. I7rr.
I'l-nra) 1 vmiln ('mini.
The Dttaware Division of ihe Peiin-y Ivani i Ca
nal has Wen seriously injured by the bite Ir. she!.
'1 he.great wheels near New Hope for feeding the
canal have been swept away, and in lhat n. ighbor
hood a consi le ruble part of the c nul has been ovar
ii iwcd, mid months will be necessary to repair the
dam igc done to it. I'. S. Caz,
From th U. S. Guzrl'f.
The Kruiulns of Napoleon.
We have already published ihe report of the
Prince de Joinville, describing in part the lomoval
of the treat Emperor's liody from its grave in St.
Helena, on bonid ihe frigate Belle Poule. Addi
tional particulars of interest, are giscn in the sujoin
cd icport of Count Rohan Cabot and Captain Alex
ander, ilia Fieueh and English Commission!-is ap
pointed lo superintend the exhumation.
After mention! i the persons who entered within
the enclosure the report pr.iceeds as follows :
" We first rt moved the iron railing that surround
ed lhc tomb, together wilh the strong layers of stones
on which it was fund, and the covering of the
tomb 1 1 fett 6 ill' lies by ft f.-et I inch, e nnpo-ej of
three slabs, at t ill a s con 1 rilling of masonry, was
then removed. Tnis was done by b.df past on
We then found a roetaugulai wall forming thv four
sides of a vault 1 1 feet deep, aud 8 fed by 4 feet 8
inches in the area. This vault was filled with earth
to wiihin C inches of the top. Af er having dag in
to this eirth for 6 feet 10 inches, we found a layer of
Roman C nn nt adhering firmly all nvt i the suifjce
and hermetically fislenej to Ihesidos of tho walls.
Hy three o'clock, this layer having been c impletely
laid hue the Commissioincisdiveuded into the tomh
and ver lio-d that it wasjcrfeolly iutact and without
any injury in any part.
"The laver of cement having been sut through, it
was found to rover an other I oyer, len inches th ck
in blocks of atone fastened ! g. ther, w ith iom s'au
chcons, which wc were not al io to eel remove un'il
afler four hours and a hall'woik. The extreme dif
ficulty of ihis operation decided the English Cora
mi:onrrs on rutting a trench on the left of the
vault, and on knocking down ihe wall, in older lo
ariivc al Ihe loiTni, in case of the upper laver oil. i
iug too sltong a resistance foi farther i flt-, which