ron THE AMERICA, Kindred Hearts Oh I a?k not, hope not Ihoo, too nauch Of sympathy below; Tew ere ihelicarln, whore one tiime touch bill the sweet fountain flow Few, and hy ntdt conflicting power Forl.idih-n hrre lo meer. Such lin would make thi earth of our Too fair, for aught aoflccU"-Mnt. IUmaws. And iait thuat inuel thoughts that burn, There breathing ao divine No utterance find, no fond return. No soul attuned to mine! Must t look on the deep blue Hearm, The bright and glorious sun Musi I look on the pensive even, And fed that I'm alone ! The rosy morn, pule evening star, The silv'ry queen of night, The beauteous realms of Nature far Yield mo a derp delight, Wl ich I can ne'er express, Lut bear Willi an oprcssivo sense Of loneliness, which longs to share Tho ficjingi so intense. ;Oh ! there are those, e'en here, who've felt The bliss on earth begun, In the sweet sympathies which melt The spiii's into one ; While my heart, t icVnd, aad and lone, To yearning deep a prey, Arid as the moons and years roll'd on, Have thought my life away. .And still I deem in brighter spheres. Where jays immo.-tal beam, When freed from earth's corroding cares, To find my spirit's dr. am. Then let me gaze on the deep blue Heaven, And breathe a fervent pr.ij cr, That the mystic feelings Thou hast given Will find communion There. Sunbury, Feb. 2Gth. Us rn. From thi Baltimore American. WASUIXCJTCKV. Il is will known that at the close of the revolu tionary war when tha army, unpaid and wretched ly provided was almost in a state of mutiny, the royal dignity was tendered tj Wasiiinutos by a committee of ofliccis. The country was in an un settled state, the confederation almost powerless war hid cxhausld tho land, and distraction prevailed in the general councils ; the army was devotoJ to its general, The occasion was one which M-lfish am lition would havo sprung lo seize. If the Republic owes much to Washington, the great and heroic warrior, for achieving her independence, what is lie amount of obligation for which American liberty .and human freedom all over the world arc indebted t.i him fur his mro than heroic conduct at that crisis ! Hero is his rep'y to the proposal which act royally bif.ie his eyes the letter has been lately brought to light by Mr. Spauks, in hi collection of Yasu4 sot-ox's papers : 'Sib. Willi a mixture of great surprise nnd as- ' Coins.,,-,. . ... . , ....,. ii iitnh. m ats y ou have submitted lo my perusal. Be as sured, sir, no occurrence in the cou'sc of the war hus gieeii ie moiepainful sensation than your in formation of there Icing such ideas existing in the nrmy, as you have expressed, which I must tiew wiih abhorrence1, and reprehend with severity. For the precept, the communication of them wi: test in my it wn bosom, unless sonic further lgitaliou of ihe matter shall make a disclosure necessary. I am much at n loss lo conceive whut pait of my conduct could have given encouragement loan nd elrcs.s which t i me seems big with tho greatest mis- o.liicfs lhat can befall my country. If I nm not de- eieved in Ihe knowledge of myself, you could not hare found a person to whom your schemes are more Jis.igrees!!i "Let ine conjure you, then, if you have uny re BrJ for your country, concern fur yourself or pos terity, or respect for me, to banish these thoughts from your mind, and never communicate as from yourself, or any ne eUe, a sentiment of the l.ke na ture. I am, Ao. "Gnonne Wasiiisutus.-." II it to Is yet known. If we have, correction will certainly be mad, if advised of it. ' But If ihe state ment of Mr. Lee should bo sustained, the sooner the evil can be eradicated from among us the better, and we shall not be slow in lending our assistance. Cermantovn Telegraph. Biekncll'a R porter says, the note mentioned in the i.bove srlicle, w shown to us, and proved to be a genuine one, despite the assertions of the prea cher. From the Cincinnati Gazette, Feb. 20. Daring and Desparate Occurrence. For Log period we have not heard ofa circum stance so daing and desperate, as that which we are about to state. On We-elnerday morning la-t a man mimed ( onrod went on board the Mayavillo packet Swiftture, and asked f.ir employment, but not gittingany, he fngtged for a passage on deck. Wlii!c en tho passage, ho att.iched himself to one of the cabin passmgers, and induced that person to drink until ho felt inclined to go to shep, which he did in Ihe d tk passenger's quarters. On arriving at Maysvi le, Coonrod, the cabin passenger, who by that lime had become eolur, and ono her deck pasiigcr went ahi--rc and entered a taven. There the cabin passenger proposed to stand treat, but on going lo pny he missed his ocket bo, k. He im medintcly chirked Coonrod with Ihe theft, who de nied it ; on be ng pressed, ho made foi the door ond tan olT. A cry w as raided, and he was soon brought back, but ns in the meantime, the property had been found near the doot of the tavern, where it is sup posed Coonrod had dropped it on running out, the owner diJ not wish lo do any thing more about the affair. Not so with tho crowd around, on obser ving which, Coonrod og iin ran olT and made for the river, into which he dashed and attempted to swim oil'; but on being threatened that he should be stoned to death if he did not return, and a pro mise being held out that he should not be detained, he came nthinc. He was then immediately seized, and finally committed to jail. The prisoner had said that if he was sent to jail, they should not find him there in the morning; and ho mado good his thrc.it but too well. During the night he con' rived lo set the building on flames! und in the morning, nothing was found of the desperate and unfortunate wretch, but a few bones smokiig amid the ruins of ihe prison ! For these particulars we are indebted to the attentioi of Captain Molcn, of the Svvifisure. We have lean cd t-ince, that Coonrod had 1 con known for some time in this city, and that ho did not bear a good churacter. the village, where the Is now in g"d health. The captain of the essel was a foreigner, and could swim but little; his wife saved herself by tho assis tance of an ore. The othera disappeared from time to lime until all perished but the four. The Col Plague. We copy ihe following paragraph from the letter of a young friend, who resides ia Paiia, Tennes see. Ui'cfrne-iV' Reporter. The Cold Plague has been raging In Ihia part of Tennessee, and so many persons died of it with in a few hours after seizure, that a gloom was thrown over our usual festivities. Tho Cold Plague is a disease very much resembling the Choleia Morbus in its fatal results. The patient ia attacked with a ch II, succeeded by fever, which gradually sulisidea into a stupor. Delirium then follows nnd continues until Death takes him f.,r his prey. The patient genernl'y dies within two hours after sc'r.nre ! A bi.ly who resides about three miles from Paris, lost her husband and five children within one week. She herself was taken first, and three of her children died befote any asi'anco could be procured. These were tho first cases that appeared, and they created, ns you mny well suppose, a great panic. Many ei ther cases have since occurred; but the phy.-ieiana have r.ow become acquainted with the nature of the epidemic, and it often yields to their ski. I. We Iibvc heard but of ono caso during Ihe last three weeks, and we therefore begin lo think thai it will cot break out again. In all probability, it hos now disappear ed altogether. time the noose slipped, and the wretched man was hanged in earnest. He was 28 years of age, and a native of Philadelphia. Upwards of 10,000 per sona were present at this exhibition. THIS AMERICAN. Saturday, ftarth 0, 1841, IfrmocralU Candidate for Governor, CI1. DAVID It. POIlTDn. fjj Finn ! A Fire broke out last Thursday, about one mile from this place, by which, we are sorry to atate, a house belonging to Mr. Gideon Lciscnring was totally consumed. Moi liioiiisin Ilniojiitiit. The Mormons, having held several meetings in Fraiikford, recently, ngain assembled on Wednesday evening lad, Or the purpose of disseminating their peculiar doctrines and making converts. A very crow Jed audience was i. atle ndance, who were in vited, at ihe conclusion of the address, lo make any leinarlis on t'.io subject, if so dispo-ed. On ibis hint, a Mr. I.ee, of that borough, stepped forward and saicl tliat lie nv ct preputej or d.sposcd lo discuss the merits of their peculiar system ; l ut on ly to show that the entire concern, as conduced by ihe present leader, was of a hypncrilicj, fraudulent and swindling character. In piouf of this, he cxhi bited a -ten !ol!r note, signej by Joseph ii.iih, jr -at the head of the system of Mormonism, and by 8, Ieigdon, his associate. According to the statement fcf Mr. Lee, a very large uanli y of this money probably J2' 0,000 had been forced i.ito circulu tieiii, wi'.houl any means of redemption, and the community consequently swindled out of iho whule. This accusation the Mormon preacher, in a high state of excitement, pronounced to bo entirely false, aud the note lo be a counterfeit. He also insisted that Mr. L. should riot proceej. Final'y, i'-.e -excitement extended to the audience, and amid much clamor and noWe, ihj meeting bruke up. This nolc baa since been found to te genuine, by the nigra . vers in Philadelphia, who also say thai Sinilh owes trem yet foe tbe plate ! KiitUr.d, Ohio, was the I l.i ce of emission. One of the leading trails of Moimoriisni, is a -.immunity of irnperty ; aud il 4s stid a l irgn nunc ter of converts have Leen made in the city and r ur.iy of Phil-diJphia, who have thrown all their wckhh into the common stock. W are not aware whether we have or not done jnjualice to this seel, about lom comparatively Interesting Letter. We aro indebted lo the Kev. Dr. Armstrong, agent of the American Doard of Foreign Mission, for the sul joined extracts from a letter received by his lady from the wife of one of the American mis sioned in the Sandwich Islands. It is a letter full of interest; and ihe account of a wreck ofa Sand wich Island vessel, and the prayer-meeting ofa por tion of the crew, while drowning in the ocean, w ith out a parallel in the history of missions or of men. A'. Y. Jour. Com. JIaha, Maim, Sandwich Islands, July, 21. 1840. ... '---i.i-. tl,,,t c are alono at this distant station. We ore lonely, but the Lord sus tains us and makes the outgoings of the morning and evening to rejoice. We find ourselvra fully employed ith the good people, and if we g. t a lei sure moment we turn cur attention lo our library. We have been and are sti I favored with many to kens that our labor is not in va n. There is appa rently a constant turning of the people lo the Lord. We are visited weekly by hundreds some from a distance of twenty or thirty miles, on foot, over a most tiresome way. We have just returned from our general meeting at Honolulu, Our nas-nce wai made in a c inoe to Lahaiu, a distance of 80 miles; a perilous under taking, for the rca was high, and fearfully threaten ing to our little laik. From this phce we obtain ed a p.issiiio in the K inn's vesse l to Honolulu we had a t'leai-aiit nice-line with our friend'. Siiifwiii.ck asu Loss or Lirr. About the lime of our leaving home, a sorrowful provi 'ence occured. The Lreihien at Honolulu, fearing- that we should not venture upon a canoe, engaged a vessel, which was to go lo Hawaii f.r Mr. Lyons, and to coll on its return and take us. The vism?1 made its passage to Hawaii, and when near its place of destination w as capsicd, and lost. All em board, coiicii-ting of thirty souls, were drowned ex cept four. These see-rued lo be miraculously pre. served to (ell the sad tale of tho fate ui their com panions. A hen the accident occurred they were near ihe shore, I ut the w ind and cuirent woio against them, and thinking it vain to attempt lo reach II iw.,ii, they congregated theniselvea oil the rolling billow, and there together in their distress otTe red up their supplications lo Ilim who alone could piescite llie-in from the threatening Jeep. The y attempted to swim t) Kahoolura.some thir ty miles on the opposite siJe of the channel. One man and his wife look a covered bucke t and tied it lo their bodies, and in this way swam until the bucket came to pieces. The female sw am for some lime, but on turning she saw her liusli.md becom ing too weuk to support himself. She stopped and rubbed hira ur.l.l he could proceed. They went on until Kahoolura was full in sight ; ho then became too feeble U proceed without assistance, and sup ported himself by holding lo ihe long hair of his wife's head. , In this way she towed him fur some time; his band soon let go the hold and she tried in vain lo rouse him, Sho told him he must pray he com menced but only uileied a few words. She put his arms around her neck held him with one hand, aud made for ihe shore. Whe'ii within about half a mile fiom the eh re, .lie found Le was dead, and he was conijwllod to Jet jo Ut hold to suppo.t her aelf. They had lucn been in ihe water adout thir ty hours. When slss landed she wa thine days before she saw a human being, and was without food. At lat aotue Cshir.nso found her, and conveyed her lo From the Cincinnnti Chronicle. (rolnglca! Remains of the tVtt. We have had ihj pleasure ofa conversation with ono nf the moft intelligent gentlemen of the West, upon somo of the most si i iking of the ancient remains of Missouri and Wisconsin. Most of what he in formed us ho had actuilly seen aud examined for himse lf, wi h a'l the facts and history of curious re maim either of men or animals in the West. We thought it would not be uninteresting to diseiibe, in hiief term", s ime of these remains, especially as we have been rather seep ical in respcel lo a.ime of ihe acc. iuii's. 1st. The MissiicniAT, or the vast and unknown animal recently dbcovcrcd in Missouri. This ho has seen examined The man who discovt red this animal, did it in consequence of an Indian tradition which aiid that ut lh.it phco there was buried a great animal, and whose remains they were anx ious lo protect, and to keep the whiles elf. On Jicciiitr. the remains were found as desciil.rd. W ith them were also found Indian arrow heads of much larger than the usual size, and the re mains of a man of extraordinary size. The animal is put togilher, and of vast size. A band if tnusic is ttated he twten his ribs, and at a height of ten or twelve feet; Ilia length is twenty or thirty feet, and he belongs without doubt to Ihe amphibious clasj. II s tuks are of enormous size, and notwithstanding they are curved in nnd partly broken, measure 15 fict from lip lo tip. The most singular part of his formation is tint the joint of his hind leg turns ou-aid. This creature is as much larger than tho mammoth, as the latter than on ox. 2d. Il is also a fact thai on ono of the highest tiiiia - M;innri are fovind a great quantity of the Mammoth Uones or skeletons, indicating that at ihe deluge or some other greet flood the-o auini-iU had ret.eatcd to the tops of the hills, and lucre pe risk ed. 3d. The retr:ficd Forcft. Of this we hud some doubts, but of the general fie I there is no qui stion. Over a considerable space of ground parts of the trunks of trees, and fragments of limbs are found pefeclly petrified. 4 tlx. The city r,f Aztelan, wh'nh a jear or two since was announced us i xi-tiu cn one of the bran ches of Hock River, in Wisconsin, is a reality, ao far as relates to the exten-ive remains of ancient woiks. Our informant examine ! this work thor oughly. It consists of parapets ef earth, like the Indian Furtifi. .tioits of Ohio, with s. me things peculiar to itself, cneeririg 13 acres of ground. No (M idi-nces of higher civilization than that w hich cx- istsin the Ohio woiks vat found, except it may be some bricks burnt, in the ancii rit ru Jc way. These were found in eir'.ain projections from the para pets. They were evid- ntly brick, bul made w th straw in the old mode, and rud ly forme d. It is said, however, llut ihe Indians uf the Rocky Moun tains do now make brick. Within Iwo of llic angles of this work are found two towers an J mounds, intended, as our informant lelicve.-, for at h-lowi r.-i, and at o burial laces. Through i nu he dug, but found neithing. In the other he found a regular vault, about tho size ofa common rom, but much longer in one way than the other. Here he found many bones ol human beings. It was evidently a tomb. He sas that the Indians uf the far north-, vet say that they have teen the common Indian mound built, and that tho pro cess is, fiiet an illustrious chief is buried, und that in mark ef their resp ct, otheia, as they go l.y, de posit some additional earth, aud that thus the mounds grow to their present size. There is undoubtedly much evidence to show lhat a moie civilized raro or.ce inhubited North America; but in tracing out the Inks of that evi dence there is one yet wanting. The ancient re mains in the West have not vet shown evidence of arts or science superior to what the Indians or this day might not have had. The existence, however, of these remains, and even of the peop'e themselves, still involves an inscrutable problem; a problem up on which we hope the fouilh-roining wotk uf Mr. Stevens may show some light. ry The editor of ihe Milton Ledger says lhat he is ready 13 '-buiy tho hatchet" which he had tnken up ngainst us. Judging from the apparent tltilncsi of tho instrument, we might suppose lhat it had been buried in its own rust for the last twenty jears. As we havo never a-ked him to take it up, he must con sult l.is own convenience ar.d pleasure in regard to its burial. It would be well enough, however, to have it well ground, and its ei'ge somewhat shar pened before its re-interment. The editor of the Sunlury G.ize:tte also olT. rs lo assume, hereafter, a less warlike attitude, in case we should do certain things. If iho weight of his armour has really be eomo burdensome, he must also consult his own convenience in laying it off. Wo havo not com plained of ils annoyance. The editor will recollect the fable of the gnat on the horn of the ox. menla for capitalists, in connection with the owners of ihe Shamokin Coal Region, and the owners of Monteur'i Iron Ridge, to make the road In the best and most durable manner, without any unreasona ble delay. "When our coal and iron is connected by a direct central t ail road, ihe propriety of erecting Rolling Mills in other regions, possessing but half the ad- vantages of ibis, will not appear so plausible aa at the present day, een if they are erected at coal o penings bel inging to the proprietors of furnaces hrre; hence, we admit, that at this time, under all the circumstances to which wo have alluded, the course now pursued by one of the companies In this region mny be judicious. Dut we are not apprehensive that the example will prove contagious, nor do we despair in ihe least of having several Rolling Mills erected at Danville. And we have no doubt what ever, bul ihe wealthy capitalists who have bought acveial miles of the iron ridge in the vicinity of Northumberland, and intend to erect several Fur naces this year, will also erect a Rolling Mill in the immediate vicinity of their Furnaces; all of which we now understand, are lo be located between Nor thumberland and Danville, near the former place. Nor have we any doubt bul the capitalists who hnvc some of their Furnacea erected, and nearly ready for blast, over at Shamokin, will 1 kcwiso hove a Rolling Mill there in due lime. So, also, will tho owners of the ore lands in the vicinity of Fishing Creek, who contemplate erecting a number of Fur naces in lhat vicinity, have ihcir own Rolling Mill." (jj" Some of our editors, although they dare not come out e enly, arc endeavoring to impre ss upon the minds of the people, tho idea lhat if the distribu tion bill was passed, there would be a ehfieieriey in the revenue of f 5,000,000, which must be made by a taiiff, and thai this would be taking money out of one pocket and pulling it into the other. Such humbugging, however, will not do. If we get our share of the public lands, our farmers w ill be re'ea std from paying a slate tax, while the five millions would bo made up by laying a duty on si ks and linens, for which wo send abroad about 30,000,000 annually. This would be truly taking out of one pocket and putting into another, but it would be out of the pocket of the rich man into lhat uf the poor. Coufcrtnrc Appointments. Northumberland district (J. Hilt, r. t. .Sunbury, John Ball, G. H. Daj; Danville, G. Oerkstresser, G. Guyer; Berwick, James Ewing, W. T. D. Clemm; Luzerne, E. McCollum, J. A. Rosa; Northumberland, T. Taneyhill, J. M. Miles; Mil ton, John Bowcn, W. Hirst; Lycoming. R. T. Nix on, J. W. Ilaughawout; Hi lie fjrite, W. Butler, V.. D. Owen; Clearfield, T. HilJebiund, G. Stevenson; Vuiui Mark, J. Stevens, S. Register; Williams burg, J. Sank, L Butler; HolliJ.iysburg, J. Lar kin; Huntingdon, J. Munroe, W. R. Mills; Lewis town, D. Thomas; Lewistown Circuit, J. Giuber, Z. Blind. Correspondence ef the Baltimore Patriot. WAsniwoToit, Faa. 35. Bndelrn Death nt Mr. Jnstlce Barbonr of the rsnprrnie Court. The Hon. Philip P. Borbour, of Virginia, Asso ciate Judge of the Supreme Court of the United Slate, was found dead in his bed this morning at nine o'clock. His disease was caused it is believed, by onfication of the heart. His physician, Dr. Set wall, while attending him during a recent indispo sition, was led to suspect that the heart was effect cd; yet the Judge has been aince, apparently in his usual health. Last evening he remained in consul tation with hie brother judges, as is usual until ten o'clock, and was in peculiarly good apirits, when he retired from them to his chamber. As he did not make his appearance at the breakfast table, a servant was sent to Call him, who immediately te turned, ond shocked the Judges with the intelli gence that he appeared to be dead. On the Chief Justice, and iho othera entering his chamber, they found him lying on his side, in a perfect easy and composed po-ition, his features tranquilized, and neither his form nor countenance exhibiting the slightest indication of having passed through any suffering. He had evidently gone from life to death without a struggle. The Supremo Court asfemblcd as usual at elev en o'clock ; and there was a large assembly attract ed by the desire to heat Mr. Adams combine his argument in the Amistad Case. The Chief Justice announced in brief but expressive terms the afflict ing event, and ificn adjourned the Court until Mon- lay. This is the first occasion of ihe death of a Judge of the Supreme Court, while the Court and Con gress were both in session. Mr. Livingston died in this city, but it was nftcr the ojournment of tho Court. The case is therefore without precedent and the Judges will wait for the arrival of Gov James Barbour, (who is expected to reach herethi evening from Bnl'imore, a special messenger having been despatched for him,) before taking order fo. the funeral. The mrlancholly occurrence will hi formally communicated to both Hou.-es of Congress and they will adjourn for tho purpose of attendini Ihe funeral; which, it is understood, will not tak F.jctract nfa letter to the ".imcrican," dated HAitnisncBG, March 3d, 1811. Although the present mild weather has rendered the roads almost impassable, yet the Hotels in this place, as usual on such occasions, are obeady crow ded lo excess. The dole gales have nearly all arri ved. Governor Porter, it is supposed, will be nomi nated without a ditscnting voice. The nomina tion of Judge Banks, on the purt of the Whigs, ia equally certain. Thus both parties, it may bo said, nre r.ow ready to commence Iho contest. The Go vernor yesterday vclccd the Lancaster Court Bill, tho consideration of which was postponed until to- I day, when Mr. Williams has promised to give his 1CC iefore Sunday. I views, ond will dischorgo tho usual quantum of Judge Barbour has filled many distinguishe venom and bile, an effect which every act of the stations, bo h unJer the general govcrment, and i Governor is most certain to produce. It is a doubt- ilc st.itc of Virginia. He was long a member t ful matter whether an appropriation bill will be Li)e General Assembly, and advanced successive! passed this session. An attempt will however be to d.tTercnt JuJicial posts in the State. He serve made, to pass one in connection with a bill to elect tvcral terms in Congress, and was elevated to lli tho Canal Commissioners by the L,egistoture, ny Speakership in the Hou-e cf Representatives. 1 which means it is supposed the bill may be passed I presided over the Covenlion of Virginia ; and, finn by a majority of two-thirds. ly, was appointed by Gen. Jackson to ihe scat o Many persons are now bending iheil way lo lmJ Qrnch, which ho occupied at the time of h Washington, whence it ia said, there are already jt,aln about ten thcusand applicants for office. In the U. S. Senate, Mr. Buchanan declared there was no cause or probability ofa war with England, and lhat the rumours of an exciting correspondence between tho Secretary and the British Minister, in relation to the Caroline, were all false and unfoun ded. Jno. J. Wogan haa been appointed collector of the port of New Voik, in the place of Jesse Hoyt, removed. Peter V. Daniel of Virginia, has bi'en nominated as a successor to Judge Barbour of the Supreme Court of the Cnited State, but the Senate has not yet confi-mcd the nomination. In regard Notwithstanding tho " hard times," and the u pension of specie payments, the West Branch Bai continues to redeem her five dollar notes in spec This is woithy of all praise, and will rcd. und the credit cf the officers and directors who mana the affairs of this excellent institution. W'illiamsport Freeman Kallroaels. The last advices from England state that th had been o very general and si nsiblo 'rise in ' vulue of Railroad Stocks throughout the King.14 to the Banks and the issue of small notes, it is hard based on tho increa-ed and still increasing trj to tell what will be done. Neither party is willing and trasportation on ihoso roads, and the ample! In (uki itm resnonsihilitv. The stock of the I. S. Bank has been sold as low as J 18 per share. Some wag has hoaxed Uennet of the New York Herald, by sending him an account of the destruc tion of Niagara Tails. The writer gives a detached account of the progress of destruction, and the num ber eif pi rsnns who had come to witness it from Buffalo. The hoax, however, was not equal to the moon story. This stupendous work of nature will. we trust, remain coeval with American freedom We c.nnot refrain from inserting the following beautiful extract from a prize poem, recently ilili- I vercd U-fore the Boston Lyceum, by Thomas W. Parsons, jr., entitled the '-Intellectual Republic," as quite afipropos at the present time. In speaking ol ils eluratiou, the poet proceeds to say i "Wide spreads ihe rule nf educated man, Swift as the conquests of ihe Corsicin; No let, no limit lo its march sublime. In space, save ocean in duration, Time. Haply some feaifut prophet may contend. So swilt it progress that it soon must end; No like Niagara's changeless current whirled, It moves yet slnys eternal as the world ; That mighty torrent, in it angry play, Foreeer ll-aws, but i:cver Hows away ; I'naltered still, it ruhi s and il roars, Each moment losii g what the next restores; The waves you gazed at yesterday, are cone, Vet the same restless deluge plunge a on." Tho Washington correspondent of the New York Star writes A proposal is now before the govcrment from a highly respectable member of your mercantile com munity, to buiid four splended atcame-s, of 3,500 tons each, to run betwixt New York and Liverpaol The propositions is, to carry the mails for a given sum, to be paid him by tho govcrment, tho latter, of course, receiving all the benefit arising from postages; the contract to bo for ten year. In the interim, if war takes placo with England or any other power, the govcrment to buy the steamer at a valuation agreed upon by both parlies. The ves sels to be built in all respects as men of war, and also to carry 1,500 to '".,000 tons freight with 200 passengers. It is intended to burn anthracite coal, and it is expected that ten days will make the run from New York to Liverpool. vidends which they are cnublerd steadily to Jislril-Jjl among their proprietors. This intelligence rrtus be gratifying not merely to the stockholders in ra:l road throughout this country, but to the friends o improvement ond progress generally. Tho rail road syetem is yel in ils infancy, but it has alreaJ; reduced fully one half the average cost in time am money e f travel between ihe points which it hv been employed lo connect; and it ia every day in creasing the celerity uf travel and demolishing it expeusivencss. Experience is daily convincing th eid ghlcncd directors of ihe works already construe led that, whenever a railroad runs through a dense ly peopled country or one connecting large pnpub lions and forming their most natural route, the lower the price of transportation, within reasons!. 1 limit, the greater will be the aggregate amount o iheir receipts. This bcnificent truth rinco fully e tablished and diffui-ed, when considered in connec lion with the equally gratifying fact that any in crease of population in the country through whicl a railroad passes, or even thoso sections which i This is a most important proposition at this crisis in our affairs, but I doubt if the present cabinet w ill connects, naturally induces a corresponding increa! act upon il. Jt is more than froluble tint the next in the revenues of the road, affoida ample grouiu will. The capital lo be employed is two million brott Ihe Diver. Scott, the American diver, ba met an awful death. He had for a long time been in the hat it of diving from mast-head of ships, into the Thames, and flora the different London bridges. On the 12th ult. he announced an exhibition, and bad a aiagnig erecuu ou w ateiioo tiudgr. Tu the lop pole he fastened a rope, at one end of which h m- da a noose, in w h.ch he plae.d his head, aa was his usual custom, to go through a mock execution, H performed the trick three time; but ito third The following is from the Danville Intelligencer. The excellent qualities of our coal is a theme ol constant praise. If water power is any recommen dation, we can safely say lhat theie is no place on tho Susquehanna equal lo Sunbury for rolling mills. Tho Suauiukin Dam gives us Ihe power of the whole Susquehanna, with a fall of upwards of seven feel, by making a canal of less than a half mile in extent. 'An attempt has been made in another "interes ted" quartet to impress capitalists, who are casting about for locations, with the belief that te Shamo kin coal wiil not answer for Authracite Furnaces! If this insinuation were true, then we would admit that cur Iron Works and iron ore acknowledged to bo unequalled in extent and quantity, are not in an Anlhiacite Coal Region, or in closer p-oximity, than such coal fields and such ore beds were ever found before, ii any country. But here the expe riment of making Anthracite Iron with Shamokin coal haa been fairly and thoroughly made, and pro ved entirely satisfactory, more ao in the opinion of one uf the l-est founders employed in ibis place, than when Wyoming coal is used. Il ia this con fidence in the bhamnain coal, lhat haa urged for ward to completion, with unexampled speed, so ma ny furnace at Danville and Shamokin ; together w.lh the certainly thai, in connection with these vast improvements, a rail road to connect the, w-uik with the coal and ore, will present ample induce. of dollar. If ihe govcrment accede to his propo sitions, two of the steameis will be ready in May, 18-12 the other two the following ycor; ihe two first to run monthly, and, when the others are corn plete, to run twice a month, except thrco months in winter, when they will run only once. Our Mends in England must look out, for their days will benumliered if this gentleman commences this mignilicenl undeit-iking. He will fairly bridge the ocean with his splendcd steamers. Although he has said ten day for the run to Liverpool from New York, he feels confident that he will accomplish il in nine day. Each vessel will have enginea ofa bout 1C00 horse power. for tho most sanguine expectations that increase, advantage to tho community and profit to ih proprietors will hereafter be derived from railroads Phil. Standard. Locomotive Manufactory. Mr. Nortia, it seems, employs now 300 men in his establishment he used to employ 350, He haa always several locomotives under way together, and can furnish a new ono lo order in less thin a month. In 1639 he built 49 enginea in 1 S 10, he built 44 and in the present year, be expecta to build 50. He haa built 139 engine altogether, of which there were 16 for the British and Glou cester Railway, Eng.; 3 Berlin and Putlsdam RR; 3 Berlin and Stettin Kit; II) Berlin and Frank fort ; 3 Emperor Ferdinand Rll.at Vienna ; 1 Mod el, Royal Museum, Berlin ; I do. Emperor of Rus sia ; the rest were for domestic use. The Bank of England employs seven hundred clnks, and stands in fuur parishes; to the poor of each it presented recently A'l 00. A record of marine disasters haa been kept a tho office of ihe American Seamen's Friend So ciety lor some year's past. The following is th statement of losses of vessels inlSlO, no notic U-ing taken of such as were not total. Tho grea er part of them were wrecked on the coast of th. United Stales, and the most uf them were Ameicai vessels. Ships and B l.ptes, 07 Brigs, 130 Schaoncrs, &3-1 Sloops, 1 i Steamboat", 6 Class unknown, 31 Total, 621 Of these there were lost towards the close of thi year 1839, principally in Ihe month of December but reported in this year 212; lost in January 20 February 26; March 31 ; April 22; May 19;Jum 9; July 15; AuEUft 17; Sepleuilr 14; Oetobe 45 ; November 3! ; December 4 ; Time not ascer tained 51. By these diest' rrnny lives have been lost 684 have been ascertained, and in regsrd to mn ethers Ihe crew were missing, snd in all (irobabili ly perished with the vessel added to thi, 39 ves sel have been reported as misting during the year which, in all probability, went to the bottom will all their cre w.
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