FtoninA. .One ef llie last item of Imlfnn cruelty, wss the murder rf Mi. Montgomery' wife of Lb ut. M. of lH army. The Gl bc, in an article giving the pat tinilnm, sreyi: " Contrary to Instructions front the Wnr Dcpirt incut, and In opposition to prsitive ordi rs issued by the Commanding Genernl, forbidding nny tcnrt be ing sent from post to pout, under thirty men, a wag nn was despatched from Tort Micanopy to Fott Wa- t-ahoota with only eleven mounted Infantry unJcr the command of Lieutenants Sherwood and Hopsom as the ninri.ing was fine, Mrs. Montgomery rodo out witli them. About on hoc.r after their departure, some of the horses returned to Fort Micanopy with iut their riders, and shorl'y after two st Idiers rode up nml announced thut the parly had been attacked, Mrs. Montgrrery and Lieut. Sherwood and acvrr nl euUicrs killed. The garrison immediately sallitd out, and within three mil a of the Fort found the Mccding corpse of Mr.. Montgomery, with a soldier till I reaching, lying by her, with just strength to ny tj her agonized husband, who threw him-elf en the ground by his wife's bleeding body" Licu'en- nf, I fought for your wife) long ns I could." Lieut. Sherwood was well mounted, and might, it is r p ntcd, have rsenped, but would nut abandon his f..ir eh irge. This barhntous net, it is b.dicvcd, was committed by a banJ of cruel and blooj thirsty Miknsuckics. The fronti;r posts in Florida nre not fit places f.ir the residence of ladies. The same reasons which iiyider it improper for them to be on board ships of war, might be urged aga'uiFt their being nllnwod to nccompany their husbands to these potts of danger. Officers ought to be left free to act in moments of emergency, of having to protect helpless women and children. This unf ntun .te lady h .d been only three weeks in Florida, and lately married. ' GEtmOG III. This monarch's leign will ever be celelrat. d, but poirriiy vi judge it severely. On his Accession to (he throne the deb: of ttnglni.d rrm jc i n,nno. 1)00; but at his death it had swelled to 320,000, IKK. 'J'liiity-three of the fifty nine years he ant up ii the throne, was passed in war; war, to be sure, in which the genius of English sta esmen and gen erals shone with tun-like brightness; but war, loo, which fearfully increased tho burdens of the En p;.ish' people, mid the cflc'.s of which still hang like n millstone nround the neck of Ei.gli h labnr. Du r,ng hi reign, the taxes were increased from JCG, OOO.OOO n ytar, to X'GO.OOO.OOO. So mm h for na t onal g'ory. Foitunate for him will it le, if pi s teriiy assents to the maxim of the Engl sh ion litu ti .11, that tho king can do no wrong. The following horrible narrative we find in the I'ettrshurgh (Va.) Intelligence' ; it is tkero s-id to be copied from tho Danville Rep rter of Janu ury I. The Devil Incarnate. We have to record a scries of most horrid uiur tiers ever perpetrated by a single individual who ha I nut btcn raised on human gore. tt appears by verdict ot the Jury ealltd by Jas. M. Williams, Esq., Coroner, to view the dead bnd ies of Betsy Flecman, Eliza Fleeinau, her daughter arid two small boys, children of said El zi, llut 0,1 the night of Wednesday, the 22d ult., Jamis E Lanier, living near the White Oak Men .tain i i this county, ncccmpaied by three negro men (be. longing to his father.) whom he had procured to aid him in the sivnge deed, piocecded to the houso in ivh h the four persons above spoken of resid. d, and after deliberately beheading one or two of us i mutes, did b at out tho biains of the others with an axe wh:cu he had carried with him for the purpose. J laving despatched his victims, the wr.lch pibd ttteir bodies in the middle uf ihc floor, c iv, r. d lliem with straw, which hid been previously procure.! by bis accomplice, and having set fire to them and to the house, returned home well pleased wi h the des olation ho had wrought. We ere sony to say that the circumstances of this tragical event uic greatly agijravat d by the f ict that tho twiiboya wi re the children of the muidctcr, and that he was prompted to tho hclli-di deed by lie desiro to rid h'inst if of tho legal liability rf pr attling for their support. It apjicared in the evidence thut one of the boys (a little fellow about four yoais old) ulaimed by the murder of lvs mo htr and grandmother, caught the monster around the leg, and implor.d him, in pite ous accent, to spare hit life. Ho hud senrcely utter ed the request when his head was severed from his body by a slubi blow. We regret to t;:le that the murdeier bus not b rn appnhendej. His accomplices are in jaP. A IlartlenrrI Villain. It has rarely been our lot to notice an instance ct more hardened villainy than tx.bited by Cook, who was hung at .Scl.ci.eclaily last week. He sold his body tophislci n, and lived like a nabob on the pro. Ct id of the tii.li'. Heifl'iCtcd great uneoi.cem a boijt Ills exceulion, and boasted much of the corae ous manner inwhiihho mtaut to go tlirtugh w.tli it, but the sight uf the scnlf ld dissipated his bo t.-le.l iiUilTircnce, und like all br.igg rt-i, showed him a coward, lie tirmbled like an axpeii, and for the firtt lime since his tiial, if not since h's bir b, he khoud stmethii g like deling. Sut. Vet. J'uil. A Curious fr'ul t. We see it tJtld as a cuii ,u fait, in an Eiig'Ub iaper, that ihiily-:wo poundeib.iU, uf nearly six nehes in diam. ter, when firud thniygtU ilt) ,i,ifr if a ship, scrcely inukei a hole larger than nvghl .ie momintaiily repaired by the ta penier w.lti itceof wood of lie thicknerseil a muldlt sized walk ng slick. 'J'his is tec. unto J for, by llie velociy of he bill ps.owiil tliioujb, causing the wood to col ,ipe to neaily the or giual ktate. W'e arc nut prac caIy acquainted wilh this cut jevt, but i.ro invei licleca disj Ofed ta quo.li. n the accuracy of a. ovs stati m.'i t. If true, it is a curious focu Dot 'e shall require I'urll.or evidence, lfore we believe at a llii ty two H'Uinlei tall, ss ing through a 'lijs timUr, nukts a hole no biggej than rain's 'Uo b! - P-.'m Jt-urnal. Origin of Names. As msny of our re.iders would wi h to know what was the derivation and meaning of their hap-ll-4in.il names, and as we are devoted t their wish es, we subjoin the following explanations! Signification of some of the most usu-1 christian names: Anna, (derived fiom the IUbrew,) Gracious. Adelaide Arnold, . Slant-he, Chiiiles, Catherine, Clara, Can line, Emma, Hliza, Edward, Edwin, Edmond, Frederick, Francis, Germin, A Princess. Geimm, A Maintaincr of Honor. French, Pure. Gcrmnn, Noble Spiiiled. Greek, Puis and Cold. Latin, Clear and bright. I.nlln, Noblo minded. German, A Nurse. Hebrew, . A Vow, j Saxon, Happy Keeper. Sixon, Happy t'onquerer. i Saxon, 1 1 ji.y Peace, j Gerinun, II ch and Peaceful. German, Free, j I.aiin, ' Happy, j Greek, A F irmi r. (itrman, All Truth, j Gi rmnn, A rb h Lord Spanish, Of a light blown colou'. j (ieiman, A Peal I. : Hebrew, A drop uf Sail Water, j Hebrew, Hit cincss. Hi brew, Fat. I G rman, Famous in Com c I. , Greek, Wi-dom. j Hebrew, A Lily, i Hebrew, A Twin, j Lutln, A Maiden, j American Iiigriittll y. Felix, George, Gertrude, Henry, Isabella, Ma'(raret, Mary, Martha, Rebecca, Robert, Sophi i, S-jsan, Thomns, Virginia, The Nashville Whig thus d. scribes a new Duck ct making in .c'.ine which is in operation in that , city : j The invr n'ion m ly bo sail to bo one of tho innu ; mcrable results of the discotcty of Meam ower. It , operation is curious enough to nno not llmr uglily ; versed In ibc tti t ea of mechanics. The mati rial , principally ust d is r. d and while ced r. The whole process, from the rou?h I In k up, of saw ing, groov- , ing, turning and finbhing is conduce ! by steam ; machineiy. Tlieminual lorre icqu'ucdto turn out five or t-ix hundred buckets a inonlli it on'y about ; four hands. j A 1IKJE O.Y. j There is now to be s en at the Union Drove Yaid, on the Kidge lload, on ox so large that it ! throws etcry thing of the s .mc kind which hit I herclolorc In cn fcen in this ciiy, completi ly in the shade. It was raised by Mr. Shee z, in Berks coon ty, and has bc.-n brought down to this city to be A lughteied, having been puichased by a numlier of our cnterpri.ing victuallers, for the sum of $1500. Its Wiijht is oGUO pounds, and will nett2500. The ox is of a r- d color, and is one of the lesl shaped and finest lo. king inlmals thut has been seen in Philadelphia. When nljughtcicd, it will bo ex posed for sale on die stall of John Wihbank, in Mar ket strctt i pposite Decatur. Those who wish to view this noble auiinil, I y reference to the adver titement in on other column, will ascciuin the time and place. U. S. Cttzclte. )I.1 I'Altll. This ecle' rated man lived to the nge of one liun drcflunj fifty yearn. Duiing that period ho enj .y id perfect health. In his younger days he laid , down certain exeell- nt & c nciso iu! s to which he i always adhered. The ledlh that ho enj yed. nnJ ihegre.it age t. which he lived, conclusively show their vMe. 'Keep," says he, -your head tmJ by tfmpn;,nre,,,n,,rft warm by txtrc . K.s.: . lt-ci to never ear i, you urr,,,,,,,, ; iimr d ink but tnhcn nature requires it." These woids speak volu n s. Her Majesty's ( oiiriilriirr In Pi-lner Alttrrl. The following appears olli.-ially in tin I. m. Ion I Morning Po t. Suth nn lost nee of'-IJojnl S.-t'- ; Possession," ai d, we may a 'd, R ival Dtlerinin iiion ' and Perse vert nee, and Uoynl confi lence in t' e grand . maxim of b.iler bn k next time," cannot be furni-h ; ed in the history of the civ.bz- d world. JV. V. Tut. j ' Unyul Sr 'f 'o.v.vf. During the I'nM in'er vicw that Piinco Albert had wilh lh- (jueen, iin nn diatt ly after In r M .jesty's ufaiuchment, bis Koyal II ghnc-, wiih gr. at delie ey uf f cling, ex pres d a fear lest the nation might exi erience some Jis.-api iiitiiieiit vvhi n it shoiih! become known that the lioyal Infant was not a Prince, Her Mijeiiy, iiolw th tniid.ng the exbaus ion under whith khe mu-t have I iboied, rep'ic.l, wilh great rirti'rWe.'Ncv er mind, All en, the next thall lie a boy !' " C it 1 1 1 li K Ilia ('I'eru Ours, A corn doctor in Ireland has iccei.tly been cut ting a great figure in the way of his " profession," and his all ii s were going on swimmingly until he j was prosecu'ed for oh'sing money under false pre- . . fences. A your g lady fiom whesc fei I he p eteoded SllOWtT of LiUVI'S, to have cxirin ted I I corns and cuied in foe toe, and i Thv first of D ccmlicr last w,.s a beautiful day. to wl.oiu be iCkt-ireJ the "to u" usividcnce, was : The mil rose wilh unusual spbndor, and n it a the plaint li' 'ii the case. Finding htr corns no bet- I breath of sir wa-t stirring, 'i'l.e waters of li e S os ier, she ha I the roi.ts given In r by the quack, in- quehaui a were as mi.uitli and as unrtifile.l as the spected by a medical gen bunn, who ( r.-in uiued them an ingi nious po j e ution of c-oif yu.VA.' 'j his is a i.f spi c es i f hnmhtig. Her M.ijesty ship i'aiiy, ('aptain lit wilt, while exploring tl.c eat in coast of England, went down in a squall ot win I, and every s. ul on b i.nd push ed. Thi re in re ih rty live persons on board at the lime, 'i'he Firy is the e glitll brig that has turned over and gone down eauoc, faulty build oi cons-tiut-'ion The Pri pajirri announce the dealh of M. de la Dourtbni.iN ih,. celibrat. d che a layer, saiJ to bo the in l -ki Iful an. I the mosl uniformly sue ccssful in tho wo ld Anuric.n. Rn U iin S.-i;!;,,.!!, a publi.hcdc ird signed by a number of (i it ngers, we notice lhat a train of cars were prot ll, d l y the new I. conn live cniiine. jOvvswo, on the fi.jucUMl and Aul'um tail road f from Auburn to Syracuse, dis'nnee of thirty six miles, In fifiy right minifies, including stoppages. This speed was secompliscd without any previous arrangements. -Ocean. ' THE AMERICAN. Saturday, January 23, 1841. Itrmocratlc Candidate for Hovtrnnr Uvn. 1)1111) It- roilTIIIt. fcj- We nro indebted to the Hon. 1J. II. Ham mond for ('ongiessioiial Documents, for which we tender our thanks. fTj-The n pointmenl of Jiuln Parsons has be.n unanimously confirmed by tl.c Senutc, OTj" John Gilmore, of Duller coui.ty, w is elected S'alo Tre.isjrer on Tutvday list. (jj-The lMlautho.ir.ing the (iowrnor to In now 800,1)00 do.lars to pny iho intrnt on the Mate dt lit, has received his siguatuie, and becaoic a law. We ficl under some nlligations to our wortl y Uoproseutalive at lLminburg, in nut IrouM'ng us with legislative d-cumenls. His dignified and ge nerous f irbearanco in this mutter, thall not be lefi unrewarded. In conslderaion t-f his kindiic s, w. have tie ermined to publ sh all bis t eethe nl length, nd unless his mod.-ty should prevent him i en. ling them to us, we nhall engnge the rpcci d at leniion of the Major, our worthy Senator, to des patch them to us as fi.st ns they ire delivered. Wc h ive thut far carefully watched the pr.iceetlings o! the bouse, but have not discovered that our repre sentative hat deigned to open bis moiiib, rxe.pl when making tho-eshoil emphatic speeches, which arc gencra'ly recorded among the Arzs and Nur.s. Our neighbor of the G...clle not being able or willing to und rstund our comments in r. W'iou to the tanlT, calls it nonsense. This U a i-boit me i hod of gelling out of a dilemma, friend Youiij. iii in, but riot wholly original, ns many an honeM iVHw has prccccd.dyou in that kind of argun.enl. An inquisitive youth o .ce undeiteok to thseoss a i-u! ject with Dr. Johnson, but not liking t! e Doc toi's aigiinn nl, he told him tlut he could net un derstand him. The D ctor very pronipdy replit d, that he did not feel himself bound to furnish him wiih bo h argument and unibrstai.d ng. The public will however undcrstanJ it, and we sliull leave it for them to decide. The late frei-hel bus not done ny da wage to the valley of the Susqui hanua, s i far as we cm lenrn. This may be atiiihutcd to the fjet, that the snow some distance up the North and Wist Dranchcs waB s'ill laying, nnd that the ice had not broken up The Baltimore American tays, that ill ; Chief Engineer had examined the T.do Water Canal, mid reported ih it all was safe, excepting two blea ches that cccerred near M-Call's Fciry, wl.cie the w. ter rose UC . feet pe(.endiful.ir I eight. I'he whole damage can be rep lired in ten days. ... . I'ija 1 llilll IfOll. (. ,((e in noic.iB fm , ,(on wi Rrl.B,y W.lksbarre Dn-.n. While such is the fact, it should I e remeinlieic I, that ihe Sh.imokin Coal region is situattd almost in the cen tre ef the Anthracite Iron region, and that two An thracite Furnaces nie now building ut the mine's iiimr.h, and hat the Danville Iron woiks, 13 mi es above us, h ive rut-red into a reciprocal conuact by which wc supp'y them with Shiinokin coul fir their Fum.ic s at Danville, while they in iclurn send us thuir Iron ore for the Furnaces ut Hiuniokiu. l'lllllif Lillltls. I W ore pleased to fee that tho I.etlsln'u'e have 1 taken a stand in favor ot a distribution of the public ; lands. The sh ire which would f..ll lu.- to l'eiinsyl- v.inia would amotint to about ?-00,000 onnu il y. This would be sullieieut to pay the int. rest on the public debt, which amount to about ill it sum, which the ril zens are now obliged to make up by a sta'e tax. Our riht to t'.e public domain is undisputed ; ami why should we, while our necessities are sta ring us in the f.cc, for the puipose of favoring a few p. I lieal applicants to ihs 1'ie.iilenev, yield up this lieh inheritance, nnd burden the coiiiinuui y by reioiliiig to taxntiou ? polished surface of a minor; when sudden'y, about a half mile above town, a dark spot was teen, re tern1 ling a smaU cl -ud, from whence it was disco vered that a It rrenl of leaves rsme pomii g down into the river, covt ring nn area of vbout three or four ncies in extent. A f w of the leaves were pi. kid up at Fort Augusta, neatly opposite, and found to be l.ire o. k leaves. Fiom whenco ihey came wo cannot conjecture, unlets they hid bi en can ied up by a whliKviml the preceding day, when thero was a violent s'orm uf wind, and af er being wuf ej through the air for many miles, depo sit. d us above described. S me idea ef the hcghl of the water at Wtstches ter, during llie laie.fres.het (n the Crotnn, may l g.itl.eied fiom a fad staled in Ihe Westchester D -uiociul. A bain was can ied over (he tops of some spple the, and a portion uf the hay il contained hit in Ihtii bianclur. Itrxiimpl ion Vnilrtl Stntin Bnnk. A fiitnd who has just Murred from Phdadtl phin, infoimsus that nn Fridny Inst, the 15th ins!., when the banks resumed specie payments, there was nn immense concourse of pcoplo b, fore the I. 8. Dank. Some omusi ig incidents took id ice. TI-.ofc luting li Is to reset. t, formtd a line, single file, wh'ch extended from the ei unter of the bank to the middle i.f the street, roch awaiting his turn for the -hnrd stuff." Ono fellow ho'ding in his hand a f r)0 bill, having patiently waited his turn, rx- elaimid.ns he threw down his note, there dn you. shell nut the "hard stuff." The efficer of the bank very deliberattly took up his pen and crossed the note, telling him they did not shell nut haid stuff f reounl rftilB. Another individual whocanic wiih ctcr.d hiimlrcd dollars, found, ns he presented him- si If at the counter, that h s money was like the I- rishman's flea: when he went to put his finger on it, ''it was'ut there." Some one, probably less pnr- t ic til i r, bnd cut his pocket and made oil' with tho cluing!. Unnk of Norlliiinilirrlaiiil. While the Phil .delphia and other bniilts hnve been paying out consiib rablc sums in s ecie, since the IS h inst., tho Dank of N'oilhunih. r'and has rxpeiienced no chftuge whatever. This bank has in no instance it fused to cash its . five dollnr bi'N, and even la'gir ones, when wanted for .-.hanise. Such has been the unbounded confidence of the community in the bank, that even in the gloomiest peiiod of suspension, w have known farmers to pro.-urc i's notes to lay up nsnn equivalant to silver. The officers nnd directois of this institution gave fulfil if nt evidence i f the abiliiy and intigrity with which it has been conducted, by voluntarily pledg ing their individual property for the redemption of its rotes. These remniks may nbo be very justly applied to the Wist Dranch Dank at Williamspnrt. ron Tiir. amfhii ji'v. Siinliiiry litrriiry Sorirly. That tho nn rulers of Ihe socitty may ungerstnnd why so ninny of the publications ordered, cannot come on immediately, I subjoin Ihc following me morandum, just reeeivril Ooin the central sgent i:i .New Ymk, in connection wilh ti e remaik, thnt it will take abw months before the society inn g. t fully ui.ib r wny. Patience is nlvvav s a go nl thing W. R. SMI TH, Secretary. 'Anv lic.tn Journal of Medical Science, The Law Hep rter, Dibl c.il Repository, Journal of Franklin In-titute, Cullivntnr, Farm, r's (oibinel, nnd the Molhei's Miigazinc nre not yet publishtd for Janu nry 19-11. The Lnndon Qunrteily Review, for Dec, wh'ch is the commencement of a vulunie, is not yet retei veil from England. Blackwood's Magazine nnd Beritby's Misctllaiiy, for January, are not jet reprinted. The Penny Mngszine, Fr. xer's M ig'zine, and ihe Msgnzine of Natural History, nre not yet re ceived from London, for January. The Youth's Mag -zinc nnd ('hilstlnn Review commence volumes with Ihe number for May we shall not send them until then, uulc s olheiwise Oldercd. Tho Statislic.il Magazine is not commenced as yet." ron Tim AMtnicii. DisnivKitv or amkkica. A night of ignorance had long overshadowed the Easlt rn woil.l ; I ut at the restoration a br ght light nro e, and dissipatid the d.iiknes-i which had broo tbd over the mind during the middle ages. Then the soul of man, created capable of souring to Fublime heigh's, I urst from its degrading fetters, nnd utthin ed that degree of light and rilinement for which it had Hcen originally destined. The mind t.f Lut'ier, lhat heaven like ioneer, diiniiiished ihe power of the crtscint und cross; and as the star of Bethb hem shed joy and peace o'er the dark places ol ihe ea'th, Man no longei groveled in the du.-t, lull a.-su-mej his Godlike nature, and ogsiu become the glo ri in image of his maker. His sphere uf aetinn now became ei.laigi-d. IiiiH'lled by a lli i.-t for wriilth, the timid mariner no longer coa.-lt d along the shore, but sailed feur!es-lv upo i the bosom t f llie mighty deep, wh le hope preceded the adventu rous voy.-g.-is, like the cloud und pillar of lire which brought the faithful lo the promised land. It was then, when Iluroj was making a, vigorous cll'.rl to thiow oil' the shack'es of ignorance, that die j iy. I ul ci y of land ! land! broke upon the troubled spi lit of Columl us, as sweetly as the music of the iiiurniuiing stream lo the fainting traveller in a burn ng desert. It was litis brave and enterprizing Genoese, who firit ojiened tho path to this peer lix uf the wor'd, and brightly should gl w the tadius of fame around his name. But has his memory been sufficiently levered t Has not his mighty deeds and self-Jon) ing spirit been forgotten, a quickly as the refreshing atit-ams in Arabia's paicheJ laud dip in I Has not his birthiight been wrested f om him, and Ihe IjuicI wreath which should have eneiriled his own brow, conferrd upon another ! With ihe spi rit of Irue patriotism glance back through ihe mist of ages und Rare w ith him upon the beauties of this new und glorious world. There w.is grandeur and purity, unsullied by the hands of man. There ap peared the bright and beautiful wo k of nature, as Ihey hnd rmniiatid from the hands of God. And as Columbus gaz. d upon its extensive forests bathed in tho golden light of lh- sun, iis clear b'ue sky , its majestic streams, whose ceaseless flow sweetly swel led like j. yous n.u-ic, and its towt-rirg in. un ains, whose lofty summits se. mel to touch ihe sky, il ufiorded him m ue heartfelt pleasure than Demos thenes could have experienced, when enraptured and bieathltss ihe proud Athenians listemd lo his soul stirring eloquence ; or Ihe conqueror of Ihe East, when borne in bacchanalian splendor, through the streets nf m ghty llabylon. It far surpassed ihe joy of Cyrus, w hen the d nk proud w tvt s of ihe Euphrates prorlaiim d in niel.tncholly mum. inings, such as uttered by ihe da k spiii's which hover srouud the brluk t f eternal perdition ; ' The glury ot Bab) b.n the gnat Las dufiirtid, and th strtntli nf the mighty lias fallen." America was destined to become the ssnc'uary of live oppressed, and soon' was henrd on hci wild shore the song and prayer of the pilgrims. Oh I may the aweel mournful mu sic, which nrose from Tlymouih rock like the me- lody which broke upon ihe enrnptured shepherds from the golden limp, still resound throughout our land. May pence nnd justice foicvrr thine with meteoric splendor then America shall proudly sing the requiem of ull nations of the earth. , ADELAIDE. Allrf.il Elrrtioii FraiuU In Amrrlrn. Wc find in a l ite number of Galignnni's Parit Messenger, the following paper attrihu'ed to Gov. ('ass, our able nnd upright minister nt the French ciurl, in answer to the allecntinns of several Amcr- icin journnls, thai the Into Presidential election wi determined by fiaiid nnd hiibcry thnt British gold and f reign influence have so far coiruptcd the Amer'c m people ns to nullify the ballot bjx ond di--stroy the ojieration of republicanism. We have received the foilowirg from a distin guish! d Ame ican correspondent : I observed in your journal of Thursday, extracts fiom some of the Auieiicnn pnicrs, charging their poiti. nl adv-i r -a ties with frauds in the pending rl -t-lion in ihe ITiii'cd States for President, (liuiir-tni's Mwu-rer has attained too high nnd loo ju-t a ieP ! u.alioi. throuehout Europe for judgment nnd i,n- ; partiality not to render its emmunicatiena, even ex- tracts, i.i.pnrinnt in the anp-eclion to be founed of pns ing events in nny civiliz -d n iti on. Siti fi d of youi desire to seek and spread the t uth, I would suggest to you a word of caution respecting the mutual recriminations you may find in Ihe Ameri can paper. Having no s; irit nf propngandism, I have no thviro to say nny thing in def -ncc of lh. ins;ituti.ns of tho Tinted Stite.-. L t them speali by their results. A svstem of policy, which had the experience of more than half a century, without the slightest change, nnd of riieh n hn'f century of t-ial ond change in titer parts of the world, at mankind have never witne-sed, nnd which has secured ns gre.it a measuro of moral nnd physical happiness ns nny nation f v -r enj-.yed, cannot be misui'ed to (li 1 condition of the people where it prevails. As to the European prediction of its prem iturc decty, they commence I w lh it existence, nnd I r-uppesi wil accompany its duration through the long extent of time, which I tru-t nnd lielieve Providence has des tined to it. Every year, some f iendly CasanJr i, surveying Aincic.i, across the utl nine, uniiotinccs the immediate di-solution of the Union, and the tle-truetioii republican ins'ituti ins ; and t v.iy year these are moie fir.nly rooted in the hearts of the people, and strengthened to abide those sh cks f.om which no nation is wholly exempt. But lo my more important purpose. One of ihe greatest moral spectacles which the woild ever wit nessed is now p-is'iug in the United Slates. E'gh teen mi'lious of peoj le are freely electing the r chief magistrate. The ballot box is Invelling through the luud from East lo West, from the Atlintie to the Lakes, and from North to South ; from (he St .Law rence to the Mississippi ; and diy af er day, the people arc depositing in these recptnclcs of so-crin-ly the evidence of tin ir will, and this without the slightest emeute without shedding a drop of blond. And in a country, too, wheic tin re arc 1,500 jieri odical j -urinilt without tar, without ran lion, money, and without ccn-urr; nnd where the standing army consists of 8 or 0,000 men, who are employed upon the ext erne fionticr to restrain the Indians ; nnd whese ihe sword or bayonet, r.s agents of police, is entirely unknown : wheie the sherifTor con-table proceeds lo arrest a man, not th an armed force, but by re tiling to him a little magical piece of pi. pfr. in which he is commandid in the name, nf the Sinto to surrender hiinse f, and he does surrender hinmelf. No, Mr. Editor, I do n3t claim for my country, men nn exemption from human pastiuns. They are engaged one of the hiuhi st functions it is given man In exercise. Il would be folly lo expect thut their fit lings would not bo excited. Without such result it would show the existence of a state of apa thy which would go far lo prove thnt they are unfit for the blessings of their condition. They are in earnest. In ivery g ivernment, since mankind fir-t assembled in communities, the have been, and their always will be. dill", rences of opinion, more or less important, respecting questions of policy, foreign or domestic. It is ihe condition of humanity, and wisely so, that all should not view things -dike, the freer the government the more decided will be these diff 'letices, and the mare harmless. The great po litical stea n engine in the United States, though of high pressure construction, is kept secure, by its numerous and pcrjielually o; en s-fety-va'v.'s i;s entire freedom in talking, writing, printing and vo ting its frequency of election, anil the direct uc ciuntabily of all its authorities. In countries where these are shut, thi re are less deinon-tiations of pub lic opinion ; but when they do come, "They come us ihe winds come vvln'ii foiests are rended. ! They come as the waves come when navies are Mrullded." I am now led lo my last remark, and which is ! ind.ed (he object uf th.s note. Vou know the An. glo-iSaxon sp rit W'hutrvir ihe race dots, it dots with ull its might. Vuu do not n-e a li tie borough election in England, for llie smallest muni, iple ulUV cir, where the passions are not excited, slid where theptrtiea are not in presence of each other, each endeavoring to attain its obj. ct, and nh charging its adver-ury wiih a thou-and cot. U t practices, f.on whieh, in nine cases out of ten, as I Udieve, both sides are exempt. And in the United Stves the same elements are in motion ; and you cannot ex pect lhat nbola n.tion electing its head, will he leas excited than parish meeting enroling its bead le. As lo bill-cry, nJ all similar rh irges, the ac cusation, as a generul thesis, is, Uhhi the face rf il, uuiiue. Tin re are too many Voters, und ihe rights of sutlr.ge is loo much extended, to permit the pur-) taking; it up, nml llolify ilier hc SllllsCl i rhase uf ballots. The as crlion is absurd. J do nol I bcr ill Sllllbtirv. say it has never Iiajq cntd ; fuih a proposition wou'd be txlisvij; ml. But eliiiniug only for mv countrymen an equal share of virtue with other na tions, nnd looking to the condition of Amrriean suffrnge, I mny say thnt its prevalence to any con siderable degree is impossible. I was glad to observe, Mr. Editor, from your pre fatory remark, that you doubled the accuracy of theso poll leal charges I trust I have said enough to confirm this sentiment, and induce just cnuliou in the iutrcitlution into your columns of the trimi nitions and leerimin itionsof American j iumallsts. E-en on other iu' j cts they nre son.e'imes a little given to the hyperlmlet They have to talk si much about diflretn, for the last three years, that the great European romnmni y. judging of the cendition of Ihe 1,'ni'ed Stale by thi ir own, have actually sup posed thnt this woid meant physical misery. Tho distress has I een, not that all the necessaries of lifo nre scarce and dear, but lhat they were cheap and ! abundant they hnd, in fact, ni price. Flour in l'ie West the l est flour in the world was s.-M at thne doll irt the barrel, nnd beef and p.-rk at tho simc pr'ce per cwt., in.ik ug the fo.mer one ius and a half a pound, and the I iltcr three sous. As to starvation in the I'nited S stes, or extreme misery, such ns Europe unfor;una'ely cvey where exhibits, no ono has ever s en it. I do not mean to push the nrgumcit ud homines, but I wi I merely suggest for consideration, that he wnn "nm,,u 1 K0 ",c ,rue " r""c mean- U frmn ,h" an,8-'"" French and En- B,,5ih' '" ,imrn nf rrnl "cilcmeiit, wou'd form a "'Ul1' '" "r estimate of political morality in t i.ir icspc. livo couii'.r.es than do s AN AMERICAN. The follo.ving is an extract of Mr. Cuts' iMnd H-ll: I. The syinent to each of the States of Ohio, In tliini, Illinois, .Mil-una, Mission, Mis-i sippi and Louisiana, over nnd ubove what ench of the siid States is entitled to. by Ihe terms of llieir admission to the Union, if I2J percent, upon the nett pro ceeds of the sales of the public lands within their re-p.-ctive lim'ls: lobe applied lo objects of Internal Improvement or edueiiti m ; 'lit sum not to beef- feted by any nppropri pious for the Cumberland Road. II. The division of the netl proceed', nfti r tho d ductions ref rred lo, among nil the Sin'es of the Union, neco thug to iheir respective f. deral represent-live population, to be nj plied to education, In ternal Imprnvem n's or the rc-embiirsment of any existing debt contact, il for the bitter o'-jcl pro f'nVi, that this shall lie no bar lo a future icilu. tior of price, or nppli a ions for a transfer to the puhli I nds on reatonable terms to the States in whirl they lie, ne-r impair the power uf Congr. st to mak such fu'ure dis, osition of lliem ns it may deem ex pedient. III. Proviion for the s ini-.innutl piymenls di ring the continuance of the act. IV. Limitation for fifty years, except in the ea of a war wiih foreign powers, when the act cc ise ni.d the extcnlion of tho lienfitof the act to any lie S ates admitted sulwqui ntly to its passage. V. An appropriation of $30,000 a year for cor p'eling the tuiveys ; and a prohibition uf an increa of the minimum price ut private siles, YI. The discaitiii nance of the land office in ni t - district win re fir two ytars tha expense is not ie frayed by the revenue and its annexation lo th udjoing ill trict. II. A grant to Mississippi, Louisiana and Mis souri of 500, COO ac es of land; to Alabama 100,l0( acres, w ithin their r spective I. mil". f VIII. These .sitm shall not dispose of the lantlr thus grimed for less than $1,25 eraere, until other, wise directed by law; and their nett proceeds slid lie applied to internal improvement namely, r ad-', bridge, cm ds and water courses, which shall Ix fiee for the transportation of Ihc United Kiatce mail nnd munitions uf war, nnJ for the passage of theii troops, without the j aymcntof any loll whatever. Schuylkill Navigation. Since our last uhlica ion wc have endeavored te glean ull Ilia information respecting the d .mages u-taincdby the works nf this company, and are plcastd lo lea n tlntt the injury is not s i great as was nt fi st supposed it would b '. If the Naviga tion sustains no other injury by freshets, and there i proper ixertinn nn the part of the officers of the c imp my, it can be placed in n ivigablo order by the first of May next ul furthest. The dainnge, as far as we can learn, consist principal'y in breaches made in the im'mnknien s. Sever I uf llie Dams and Lmks have been consid erably injured but none have been awepl sway, j .Vincr's JutirnaU Pul.llr I. ami. A proposition h is been ma lei in l'ie U. S ates Scniie.by Mr. Calh un, to cede the public lands t the states in which they lie. If we mistake not Ihe Tni-ed flutes are bund by the original cession of these ..o Is.io h Id ihem, fust. I for the pnymrut of lh public lands, am) then, ( the use of the aevt ral Siates. Such a dliotiti-iit then as Mr. Calhoun proposes lo links of lliem. uucon-t tu'umal ; ami as Pennsylvania will) U t del of f 35,OlO.OIW, sad which will sworn kxcvh-1 $10,010,000, will have use f r aU tU funds which she run lightly claim, we duU whether the d.-ino-cratic pnty, or, in fact, any party in Pennsylvania, will consent lo such a me iure. In our humble sphero we shall oppose it fio.n the germ. .mericut Htnt'iul. i.LHI?T. A I'FsOSF, DKCKl'H FF.AT, about wklt 17 lett Ion-;, and J I iVet wido, vviili an iron pin in tho sicrn Mock, went adrift from the promises of the subscriber, near Sunhury. A reasona- we leward will txi piven to anv one I H:KV MASNK1J. .,'. 110.
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