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.