TUB PHKIUKST. I Mtcrnry Ciulni.ll).
A London correspondent of the New VoikWg ,'ho author of a work recently published in Pur
writes 5 ' tj, P(i,rj 2e f.ivrr dm Singulnrites gives the f .1-
I wit mi of tho passengers on lir li Ir'nto j ,mjn tt Rc-tii(tis tludy on tho names of Napoleon
New York, in which her em-going qua ities wore I Bnn 1)ip,pi,.rrc-
vmply le-tcl in a recvero gnlo of eight or tm days. J Xhh T , ,10 f1)rmiri no nn, dnvercd
.-ho was slow, hut all on boiirj wore amply satisfied j ,lial ,,y rc(l(.il)g clu.r ,y ,.rr r,om ,l0
That tio ship afloat was belter al!e to encounter
rough weather; nnJ ' 1 confident that nothing
tut some-sudden and unexpected disaster, such as
triking nn iceberg, would endanger her ultimate
safety. It will indeed he an awful caducity if this
noble ship 1ms poiishcd at sea, with more than one
hundred human beings, and none left to tell the
A .London paper of the 3d, thus speculates i
"That tli is fine vessel can have foundered seems
'by all opinions to be out of the question. The nest
supposition which, ocenrs is, that if ehe is lost, it
must he by collision cither with ice or with another
'vessel. The Biitish (juccn, which put into Halifax
villi dimnge, was said to have encountered ice ;
1nit this was afterwards contradicted. Then it is
re-polled lli.it tho Caledonia fell in with a large field
-nf ico in latitude 44, 54, longitudo 67, fi'J (just to
-she southward of the Gulf of St. Lawrence) Who
n vcr heard of a field ice in that direction in February
or early in March 1 If a field of ice was teaily seen
as repotted, it was a mast unusual circumstance.
As for icebergs (and fields of ice also) they are
"tnost commonly seen in May and June, having
floited from Biitaiu's Buy with the southerly cur
rent. The game ice never rem.iins to a second year.
A more likely conjecture, and ono which it is de
voutly hoped may prove correct, is, thut in the
heavy galo the President encountered, her steam
inachinery was damaged so ns to become useh ss ;
iho wiiid Mowing hard ut X. E., she bore up for
Bermuda, porhnps tnisred the island, (not an unu
susl occurrence,) and made the best of her way to
the West Indies. Should this, happily, lie the case,
-there may scarcely bo time yet to hear of her."
From the New York Sun.
It is evident that all hope of her safely muet be
Abandoned She undoub'edly foundciul in the
hihtful t-torni that occurred two or three days af
ter her departure from the port, or she was crushed
beneath some of tho gigantic icebergs which were
recti in tho Atlantic shortly afur, How or when
sho went down with "all the freighting souls with
in hot" will probably never be known. Had uuv
..no escaped to tell tl.o slory, we must hnc h. d
tunc intelligence of it tro this, aa ships havo bum
conr'antiy passing and arriving in port on both
Miles and from all directions.
The President sailed from this port on the lllh
of Match. She was to have sailed on the lOili,
nn.) most of htr passengers went on bourd that day,
but a scvero snow storm compelled her to lie mr.
She was a huge bhip in size. Her vast dimensions
are loo well known to nerd describing minutely.
She was ol 2.C00 tons bnrib.en, with cnginis ol
.40 horse power the largest steamer ever built.
Wc have obtained from Messrs. V.'alsworlh &.
Smith, iho consignees, a complete, and accurate
litt of ihe passengers, 28 in number, whose l ames
we subjoin. Besides these, the officers and crew
amounted lo 61 in number, w hose names we could
not i.: certain, inukinj together 109 sails, nil ol (
whom have beyond a doubt been for many weeks
cieeping biiicath the dark Waves of the ocean.
Among the passengers and officers of the ship we hud
several pt rsonul acquaintances of exalted woith. It
is with soirow unspeakable that we yield to the
conviction that v.c must bid them all a long and fi
lial adieu.
Edward B.-.rry ; J. C. Roberts, New Voik ; J.
Leo Wolf; Master Mohring ; J. C. I'lcfTe!; A. K.
VVailiirg, New Voik ; D. Filzroy Lenox, M. Court
ney, B. A.; T. Power and servant; C. II. I).
Micsegures, Philadi lphir.; Samuel Mails, New Voik,
Charles Cadet, Buenos Ay res; T. P.dirur, Balti
more, M J.; Dr. M. Lomei.T. Blancher, Cuba; Jno.
Fraser; H. Van Lohe, Jr. Amsterdam"; A. S. Byrne,
Loudon; Mr. Thorudill, New York; W. W.
Martin, England; E. B. Howell and Friend, A.
Livingston, New Yoik ; Rev. G. G. Cookman,
Washington Cily, D. C; P. Deucher, Scotland ;
B. Morris and child.
Passengers, 23
CJlicw uud crew, 8 1
left, tho following Gieik words arc produced, viz:
Nspoleon, npoleon, poleon, oleati Icon, eon, on ;
And these words being ananged into a sentence,
Btnnd thus:
Napoleon, on, eon, Icon, olenn, poleon, apnleon.
Napoleon, etniit, lclion ites peuples, adis, dclrui
sant desclie--.
N.ipolenn, being the lion of the people, wen!
destroy inff cilies.
On this, the writer rematks:
'Do not such results induce the belief lint there
is a rcnliiy in the mysterious influence furmcily at
tributed to numbers and letters.
"But tho following is still more remarkable.
Shortly alter the rf volution of July, a memorable vole
of 221 members ng.iiusl lHl established the new
government. This number catleil to mind a great
victory of iho patriotic party under the lto.-tnrntion,
and it was therefore generally received as n propis
tious event. The legitimists, however, felt n lilllo
pardonable soreness on the occasion, for to them
the 221 suggested the idei of la queue le llulxs
pi'trre and the 1S1 that of less hoinu lrs grut.
"Now, in one of the provinces nil ingenious Car
list undertook n cabalistic Fludy of tho hated num
bers; and after great labor discovered thut by giv
ing to each letter in the two phrases a numerical
value corresponding to the rank it holds in tho al
phabet, and then taking tho sum of such numeri
cal value for each phrase resjM ctively, the number
221 is produced ns applicable to the name attribu
ted by his party to the Liberals, vi : rVi queue tie
llubetpierre i end the number 1S1 is made out of
tlio term that the enemies of the constitutional gov
eminent appropriated to themstlves, viz: lei fwn-
ntfea gens."
Il is thus demonstrated :
L 12 I. 12
A 1 E 5
Q 17 S 19
li 21 II 8
E ft O 15
U SI N 1 1
E 6 N 11
1) 4 E ft
E 5 'I' 20
K IS E S
0 l.'i N it)
B 2 7
E ft E 5
S m N 11
P 10 8 19
1 0
E S l&l
K I li
i IX
E 5
221
)iitri-lorlly of Amtirnellc.
The superiority of Anthracite Coal q Bitumi
nous has teeeived the attention of profenor Johnson,
who In a late article in the National Oamtte, takes
occasion to state the great advantages which would
result to navigation from substituting the Pennsyl
vania nnthrnciie in steam-vessels for the bituminous
caals of New Castle, and other regions in Britain.
He red n to the importance of seeking, for this pur
pose, those coals which are rich in Carbon, huve a
small proportion of earthly matter and give little or
no volatile product while they possess a high specific
gravity, nllowing of course the greater quantity to
be stowed in a given space on ship-board
The Ediior of tho National tiaelte ciles some
intersting confirmations of these views of Professor
Johnson, furnished by direct expeiimeuts on rela
live evaporative powers of bituminous, coals ami
anthracites. They were miilc by Dr. Andrew Fyfe,
President of (he Society of Arts for Scotland, ami
are contained in Jameson's Journal for April, lMl I.
lie cites some of the Analyses of Professor Johnson
on tho Pennsylvania Anthracite, paiticulitrly of
the middle coal field, and gives that of the foreign
Anthracite, on which ho himself experimented.
From this comparison it appears that his tria's were
nude on a fuel much inferior in quality to t'.nt of
our best authiacite distiicts. For while the mean
of Professor Johnson's results showed P0.5(5 per
cent, of fixed carbon, Dr. Fyfe found only 71.4 per
cent., of ihe same ingredient in that upon which ho
experimented. ol withstanding this he found, on
comparing it with Scotch bituminous coal, that Ihe
anthracite evBporaled 87.3 lbs. of water for every
pound of fuel consumed, while tho bHuminmts caal
Rave but 6.C(i lbs. of st. am for tho eilect of a pound
f fuel, showing the anthracite to be more than 110
per cent, superior to the bituminous coal.
Dr. Fyfe also compared the Scotch with the En-
gli-h bituminous coal, and found a d.U'ereiiee of j
115 per cuit. in favor of the latter, proving that it
is utmost identical in tvtipiirulive rJieicnri) with
the inliiiot anthracite which ho employed.
As tho result of both his comparisons he arrives
it the conclusion alieady advanced in this country.
that the power of coal to gem rule steam depends
mainly on the quantity of its fixed carbon.
Now on this principle, had he compared the
Scotch bituminous coal with our Pennsylvania au-
tbtaeite, he would have found the efficiency of the
litter 77. percent, gieuter than the former, and
compared it with English coal the difference would
still be 3:1.7 percent, in favor of the Pcnnsjlvaiji
fuel. Wo hope out steam frigates are to be furnish
ed with furnaces fit to consume anthracite. It has
.d ready been fully tested in some of the Eastern
sea steam vessels, particularly between Boston Mid
Portland.
TKX2 AMERICAN.
Saturday, Jlay 29, 1811.
Democratic Candidate for Governor,
lien, DAVID I. I OUT Tit.
Gj Mn. VALi.r.neiiMP will deliver a lecture on
Temperance, at Metlcri Hireling Hnttsr, on the
evening ol Saturday the 29lh iust., at curly candle
light.
The price of grain has slightly advanced in
Philadelphia and Buliimoie within the last week.
Wo see by tho Philadelphia papers, that Penn
sylvania wheal had advanced on Tuesday last to
110 cts. We congratulate our fanners on their
prospects of better prices.
q; J The Banks nre slowly and gradually coming
la a determination whether or not to accept the pio-
Case of Mel. rod.
For the present this case is disposed of. The
following" is the order of the Supreme Court.
I SurniMK Cucnr, May, Stub, 1811. The
People vs. Alexander McLeod The defendant
ho stands charged by indictment with the crime
of murder, having been brought into court by the
Sheriff of the county of Niagara, by virtue of writ
of httbenn eirrjius and a motion having been made
for his discharge, and it licing improbablo that the
court will be alio to tender its judgement in the
premises, at the present term, it is thereupon tirdir
ed that the defendant be committed to the custody
of Ihe Sheriffof the city and county of New York,
until ihe further order of the court. When the trns
fer has licen innde, the Sheriff of Niagara will lie no
longer chargeable with the custody of tho defendant.
(A copy) W. P. HALLETT, Clerk.
The t'. S. llnnk t'nse.
Tho suit of Kereher v. the Bank of the I". S. wa
tried on Wednesday last before Judge Stroud in
the District Court. The plaintiff claimed the a
mount of a deposit with twelve per cent, interest
from the time of its demand and failuio of payment
in specie.
The question involved was, whether the Bank by
making nn entry in a dcpositor'-i book that a de
posit is to be paid in current bank notes, current
visions of the relief and revenue bill. Some of them funds, or ony entry of a similar kind, can avoid its
have already aec epted, and we think in a very short ! liability to pay in specie. Judge Stroud decided
It may, pcihnps, be necessary to explain that
what is infant, by giving a "nuiuciical value to the
letters of the alpbalict," is simply to number the let
ters in their olphibeticul order as A 1,15 2, CO,
1) 4, E ft, and so on after which each letter, wheth
er transposed from its alpubetical oidei or not, re
tains the number so affixed to it.
This Lirre des Singularities is every interest
ing and lema'kable book, and might we U-licve, it'
well translated, prove a good speculation to aouie
of our publish' rs. -Y. Y. Signal.
Total.
109
American seniiinu'ii KrWinl Society.
On Mond iy week, the Seaman's Fiiend Society
held its annual Hireling in New Yoik, the President,
Aiifon ti. Plulps, Esq., being in tho Chair. An 1
abstract of the Annual Report was read by the Cor
responding Secretary, vetting forth biiitly the ope
ration of the Sociity for the past year in various foi-
igu and domestic ports. Tho Society has five d fl
it ct auxiliaries, located at Boston, Poitlaud, New
Oilcans, Mobile, and in this city.
The amount which has bren received during ihe
.past year, was slated $12,202,55 ; besides this, iho
hapel at llano has Iccn Luilt at nn expense of
i 10,000; (5,300 have been expended for the pur.
I se of the Society at Boston; $r00 in Maine,
sud f 500 by the New Yoik Female Bethel Sotiely ;
n eking a total pf f 28,092,55 collected and expen
'd by the Soritty end its direct auxiliaiiis. By
ib ?e not auxiliaries, there has been raised and dis
N i r.ed at Ntw Yoik f3,f.00 ; Philadelphia f 1,600;
l i ltjUioie fUiOO; Charlerton f 1,000 ; Suvannuh
:;'0; New Bedford ft, 000 ; Boston f50f); and
ti.ib m f 850 ; adding to this "lis turn appropriated
ly the American Bethel Socitty for the operations
on the Western water, tut.d at f.l.OuO, e have
i! r total amount ui.-d and expended in the Uni-t-d
Stales duans, ihe year, 1 1,21 ;,55.
Vhiludrlphiit Messenger.
f)i rirrxi. l.H0Lt.cc. 'ihe Mu riff of the city
rod county of New Yokitfurd tooUy the older
I the Supieire Court, d, reeling him to take McU od
into tustody, thinking thut he was the supreme, and
.ot they. But the judges of the court gave him
V "tie hint, to the t-llrcl that if he did not obi y thru
i-idir and iinrnrdiuUly take charge of McLeod. they
would take rl.aigft of him. This brought our the
riff to his unr, ihr nullitier was nullified. Mo
Ltvd is new in tut City Piuun.
Ktj inning)' ufllic Mmucfc of Counfrlrs.
The following couutiies were named by the Pho?
niciuns, the gicatcd commercial people in the an
cicnt world. These names, in the Phienician lan
guage, signify soim thing characteristic r f ihe places
which they designate. Europe signifies a country
of white complexion, so named because the inhubi
tunts there w eic of a lighter complexion thin those
of cither Asia or Africa. Asia signifies between, or
in the middle, fiom the fai t thut the geographers
placed il between Eutope and Africa. Africa tig.
n i lies the land of corn or ears ; it was celebiated for
its abundance of corn and all soils of grain. Siberi
signifies thirsty or dry very chai.icti ristic of the
country. Spain, a country of rubbits or conies. Thi
country was once so infested with these animals
that Ihuy sued Augustus for an army to dtstroy
them. Italy, a country of pitch, lioin its y it Idii
great quantities of black pilch ; Calubiiu also, forth
same irason. tiaul, modern France, signifies yel
low-hail! il, as yellow hair charactered its fit si in
habitants. The English of ('aliiloiiia it a high hill
This was a rugged mountainous province in Scot-1
land. Ilibtrnia is utmost or last habitation ; fin
beyond this, westwuid, tho rhn-nicians never ex
tended their voyages. Urilian, the eotmtrv ol tin
as tin re weie gn-nt quamili s of lend an. I tin found
in tho uljaral!l Islands. 'Ihe (lurks called it Al
bion, which kignifies, in the I'bcrnieiau tongue, ei-
J ther white or high mountains, It. in ti e vvh.tenesk
of its shines, or the hiyh roc k on the wesu rn coast.
Corsica sipmi'usa wooden place. (Sardinia aignilic
the footsteps of mail, which it icseiuhlc.
time the whole, or very nearly ull of them, will come
to.lhc same determination. Some of ihe provisions
undoubtedly lor haul upon the banks, but they
will, we think, see the necessity of making some
sacrifice, in order to settle and regulate the present
deranged state of the currency , which must be equal
ly as injurious to the banks ns to ihe community.
rj- Mn. Wisk, one of tho most enterprising
and successful aeronauts of the day, will make an as
cension wilh his balloon, the tSreat Eastern, at
Danville, on Saturday the 5th of June next. Mr.
Wi-c says he has paid some attention to the science
of lial!iKiniiig,nA feels confident from his own ex-
peiienee, that a successful voynpe could be made to
Europe, which he some day hopes and expects to
accomplish. Wc say success to the experiment.
Be sure you are right, thru gu ahead.
The file of the steam ship President is still
involved in doubt. She ihy pos-il.ly be safe, but
it is a mere possibility. Neaily all ho cs of her
saffty have In en uhaudunc.1. The supposition is
that she has been surrounJed with mountains of ice
and ciushcd to pieces.
thai the Bank had no right to receive deposites to
be paid otherwise than in sjieeie, and that such eon
di'ions annexed were void; he therrforo directed the
jury to find for the plaintiff, with 12 per cent, in
terest fiom the time that specie was demanded and
refused.
J. M. Read for plaintiff. Cadwalluder for defend
ant. liiekmll's llrpurter.
Wonderful t urr.
We heard tho following particulars, a few days
since, of an almost nriraclous transition fioin dis
ease ami infirmity to health and vigor, in the person
of Mr. Isaac Newman, of Somerset county, Md.
Mr. i. for several years had been confined to his
house by severe nflliction which disabled hi.n from
walking, and from ihe free use of his arms and neck.
On Satind.iy night last he was expected to die, but
in a lew hours limine lener; ami, on aiumny
evening, during the prevalence of a thunder storm,
he fell to sltep, snd lo his utter amazement, found
when ho nwoko that he had the entire use of all
his limbs. He arose from his bed, drt ss. id bimsill
ami walking about the house. Mr. N. n members
to have exerieneed a peculiar sensation in his
wliclu system dining his sleep, and from all the cir
cumstances no other conclusion can le arrived at
but that tho a cent of this wnndei fnl cure was e lee
trieity. It at least furnishes a siibjte-t for much
,'iinlilie speculation. tlaston Md.) Uaz.
(fJ- Mn. Foil i. r. the ed, lor of the Lancaster
Intelligencer, proposes to publish, until the election,
the I'laindiider. It will warmly and ably advocate
the rc-elecliou of David It. Pinter.
Cj Mitchkll. the forger, was pur.-ued by con
stable Uowyrr of New Yoik 2G00 mi'cs before he
was nrresti-d. lie was taken in Canada, and has
been brought to New Yoik for trial.
Dentist ry.
Wc refer our readers to the adveiti-ement of Mr.
Yallerchainp, who is now in this place, ready to
p.-rfirin om rations on the let th. Mr. Yallerchainp
is said to be a skilful Dcntbt, and reasonable in his
cliai ges.
Oeer Hank titi.t the Relief Bill.
The impression now prevails that most of the
banks of this stale, including a majority of those in
the city and county of Philadelphia, w ill accec i
the Relief Bill. The only two, however, in this city
that have yet nded formaby upon tho subject
are the "Philadelphia Bank," which has rrjrtltd,
and the "Farmers tV Mechanics' Bank," w hich has
am pli d the Bill. The others will act in the cour.-e
of a few davs, after the stockholders meet and dis
cuss the subjret. It will be remembered that we
last net k gave it its the sentiment of the commu
nity thai the banks of Philadelphia would nject
the bill ; this was the opinion at the lime, but pub.
lie sentiment has changed lo n considerable extent,
and the feeling at the time wo wiite is moie favora
ble to the bill. Tho only batiks that have yet issu
ed small notes, are the "Hairislmrg Bank" und the
'Exchange Bank of Pittsburg." Very few of
them have as jet reachoj Philadelphia.
liickncir s Remrlir.
IUve-iuie Hill of Itinnsi t Biilit.
It is climated that taxes to the amount of not
less than (1,400,1)00 will be levied in Peim-y lvbt.ii
under tho lute revenue bill. Tho total an, mint (f
revenue from taxes under that act and from all other
taxes imposed by previously existing laws, is toti.
mated at about f2,21G,H()0.
The interest on the public debt of Pennsylvenin
will not exceed f 1,195,000. The state has there
fore for the expenses of government aliout $300,000
anno illy.
When ono cmipares tho taxes levied by ihe Bri
tish tiovernment upon all classes of its subjects wilh
the amount drawn from the peoplo of thiscountiy
to supply the public Treasury, the heaviest burden
imposed by any slate of the Union upon its citi.ens
seems like a mere feather's we iijbt. Thcie is iht.
to hr noted also that when our people nre taxei
it is fir a useful purpose generally for woiks o
improvement which return to the industrious eitt
7.en directly or indirectly a large increase of every
cent which he pays in the way of tax. If by tie
construction of a canal or rail road the farmer i
enabled lo tiring his produce uuro conveniently (
mirket, and nt a saving in the cost of transportatioi
if the city trailer enjoys a larger business Iron
the increased quantities of commodities coming i
if the mechanic finds a htisker demand for It! -t a;
tides and more frequent country orders for Work
all this augmentation of trade, this enlargeiiiei
of business adding to every man's wealth or coir
fort what is it ull but the ample increase t i lb
tax payer for the small e xpenditure tho Btale cab
on him to make. An Engli-hinan burdened wii
taxes to snppc.it an expensive government ahouu.
ing in pinecuri s f r the benefit of the aristocricy
large military ami naval armament an cstublisht
church with its exactions of tithes and heavii
than all, the prcssuro of a national debt of hundrci
of millions contracted not for productive hiv;
monls, but in wars of ambition or policy a suMe
of such a government thus taxed may with re.tsi
complain, lie may complain with the mote re is.
beca'lsc the burden of tax is unequally laid, p;e-n
upon the poorer classes wilh undue severity. B
for a citl. ri of the l.'uitrd States to murmur again
thebht exactions which his government malici
him in Ihe way of taxation, would be an act .
tpierulouauess that miyht be called puerile ami pelt
Haiti more Amci ii'iiii.
Intel t si uiK MalUllrs.
The stam'ing armies ol Euie be ar a promotion
to the population of theii respective populations of
tV.e Kingdoms and Siules as follows, abstracted
from a late work on ihe subject :
The Iioslon I'ni'in liool.
Tho (irand Juiy hive found llnee indii Imcnts
against Jas. II. Locke, ihe late instructor in the
Fill in School, for his cruelly towards the lads
placed uitth r his charge'. Ho was aries'ed on a
civil suit, and taken to tho city, where he put in
bail to iho amount of $1300, uud was lilieruted.
Ho returned to the Island, but subsi queiilly b it,
ami has gone "e Uewhi rt!'' The directors visited
the Is'and, and examined into the condition of each
boy, oud the testimony elicited, proved thai they
hitl U en brutally treated. The whipping with a
e'tiwskiu commenced, and was putty much confined
to tho time when, a fortnight or ten days before,
twelve boys went contrary to orders up lo bed If- i
fore the tin e. Tbte twelve boys were undressed
in their bids. They were sll taken o.it and whip-
ped as they were, in their skill only, uud then '.
were told to stand up by their beds as they were,
ill their shirt. Those who obeyed, it appealed, '
eel re Kt (V. Thoie who did Hot, bill got into bed
or sat down, weio whipped again, uud uaiu culled
upon lo stand up, some u longer ami some a iihoitei
time, to fulfil tho fccnnncc. I'hitadc'phiu Messen-
Ifer.
A fraMil.
On Tuesday morning last about one hundred feel
id' the platform forming the Coal Wharf ut the ri
ver gave way w ith a tremendous cia-h.
Beside a quantity of loose coal, there weie on it
at the time, eleven cars loaded with co d ami iron
oie, most of which were piecipitated into the river.
tSrveral of the cats were crushed to pieces, ami
others more or less injured. The shipping busi
ness will not be delayed more than a day or two,
although the company will incur some expense und
inconvenience, until the repairs are completed. The
workmen engaged ou the whaif had left not more
than half an hour previous, on account of the rain.
Damages, uhout $200.
England,
1 soldier lot very lid of it pop,
Frame, 1 do do 110 do
Austria, 1 elu do 100 do
Russia, 1 do do ill) do
Bavaria, 1 do do 69 do
Prussia, 1 do do fH do
Poland, 1 do do Ci) do
. Wiitemburg, 1 do do 59 do
Hwedcn, 1 do do 53 do
Denmark, I do do 57 do
Tha Roman Si's , 1 do do 300 do
Tuscany, i j0 an 300 do
Il may U well to add, that the proportion of lha
United Sides aiioy to iw population is 1 lo ItiOO
In China, according to t,a kiut and must accu
rate account, lh population exceed 360 millions.
sod the sriny i rated at 700,000, maug a ratio of
i suldiu lo 514 pc.-sons.
Lid'Hsr Law.
A writer in tho L S. (ia.t lte has wiitten a long
article in relation lo the license low. He khows that
the stale has been eh frauded lo a eoiisideiablo a
mount in Philadelphia city und county, in rouses,
queiice of the shameless manner in which the mer
chants were da-sifted. The writer stems to think
that the case is the same thioughout ihe slate. In
this county the case is just ihe reverse. Many of
the merchants hate leen taxed mine than the law
lequiiee, while no! one is taxed less. t.elhcr il
it done with a view lo make l p in part the th lb ieu
ey of the Pbiladtlphia nieicbants, we do not pretend
lo say. The state, we know, will not loose any
hin,' in this county in const quence of assessment
uud valuations.
The I.itnrastcr ( otiuly Itank.
Books for ftibsciiption lo the slock of tho new
bank, incorporated under the above namo by the
last legislature, lo be located in the city ol Lancas
ter will be opened on Tuesday hud Wednesday next.
The capital ol the Bank is $ 300,000, dividt d into
six thousand shares at f 50 per shale. Uvuy sub
scriber is required ut the time of suliscibing, lo pay
in on account of eveiy share su'.wrihed twksti
nvr per centum of the amount theieof in gold or
silier, and lo execute a mortgage on real estate
situate in Lancaster county, having no previous
liens or incumbrances existing thereon, equal in
value to the whole amount of stoek subscribed for,
to the trustees, ut the valuation made by the asfe.--sors
for County rales and levies at the la.-t tiicutiial
usat'ssinenl. American St utinil.
A !t-w l.oiiii.
The Secretary ol tho Commonwealth has issued
proposals lor a loan of nine hundred and thirty thou
sand doilais, at a late of interest not exceeding six
per cent, per aniim, payublu half yearly ut the Stu'o
Treasury, or ut the. Bank of Pennsylvania. The
principal to be reiiubuised within five years; cer
tificates of stock for the raid loan will be issued in
tho usuul form, bearing inteiest and rcimliursat.lt!
as afoiesaid. Anurirun Sentiiul.
The ediior ef Ibc De noil Daily Advertiser, wri
ting tiom Roche-ter, N. Y. says thul Western New
Yolk, which has hitherto been Ihe gicit whe.it gin-
lieiy of the L'uion, and regulated and uionopolizi d
the grain and flour nurkei, must before the ter
mination of five yeais, surrender the pnliii to Michi
gan, Illinoisand Wisconsin, 11c uilds
Already the large surplus of Michigan and Illi
nois has troubled the markit. What, then, must If
expected hereafter, when the four Western States
will semi forwaiel more Hour and poik,lhau is now
manufactured uud raised in three foo. lbs of the
whole Union besides! Industry here must seek
new channel, and il must he h it for the we st to bet
come what naluie has lilted il for the (lour and
polk furnisher of the countiy. hether V eslein
Nsw Yoik will consent to this or not, this will be
the rtiiil. Nothing Cun prevent it. Every thing
is now shaping itself for that cud, and the preaunt
generation will not pass away, before it shut) coun
lo pas.
Siiokt Sxsmoji. Tho Legislature of Rhode Is
land ha adjourned, after lieing in session two day
' and a hulf. As much impoit ml I usim was Hans
1 acletl in that time sa wa done by the Lenidalnie
! of Pennsylvania during il protraclej silling of f.ur
i months.
Tiik Dtskseir ist Umov The number of
Bank in Iho United Stute is about '00 wi h 130
branches, and an aggre g ile capital ol f 300,000,000.
CoHFuaTiBLL PiiosricT. In allusion lo the
abundance ol icebergs, which aio voyuging off the
coast, slid which are supposed lo occusiou iho cold
weather, the Richmond Whig says, that in ltblU,
when similar inarst invaded our latitudes, theie
wa liosl in tveiy month but one.
The U. S. Asmi. According lo Mr. Poinsett,
Ihe aimy i in a high stale ofdistipUoe, and i coin
posed of 10 1)09 men. The expense for rat h (s-r-koti
in Ihe army in 1837, was 1U0,13, snd in
1840, 3)6.06; showing a reduction tf $34,19, or
more ihau 6 per ent.
lr. Ilyolt.
The Globe has ihe following just remarks in tc-
liiti.m to the recent pardon of thi individual by
Gov, PoBre.R, in all of which every hn'itst man
who is in favor of even-handed justice must fully
concur :
"This unfortunate maker of shinplnslers was
preseeutcd wilh terr.ble vengeance by that dignified
class which has the priviletlge of a monopoly in this
species of fraud, and niukiu; it respect .blu when
conducted upon a large s.'ali! and in fashionable
style. He wa condemned to a term of imprison
ment, equivalent ut his age, to imprisonment for
life. Gov. Pout tu, blending mercy with ju-tice,
has dtemed two year' suffering in confinement suf
ficient expiation fir the crime of the poor apotheca
ry banker, while society consider retirement to the
grapeiy slid garjens of Andalusia (Mr Utddle's res
idence) as almost too great a penuaco for tho mil
honaire financier, wbo diddled or biddled at the
rale of a hundred thousand doll trs, when Dr. Dvott
did it for a hundred ! Guv, Poutku deserve praise
lor putting Dr. Diorr on a more equal footing
with his fellows. Il is even-handed justice. It is
some hue clemency lo him, and a luilc punishment
to them."
Dr. Dott is now over seventy years of age
He was sentenced, if we mistake not, lo three year
imprisonment, and had seived neaily o at iho
dale of his pardon.
Floi-ii ami Pouk. The .N ilea (Mich.) Re-publics
n state s that there are 35,000 barrels of Flour
and Pork ready to be shipped eastward at the mouth
of the St. Joseph's River 25,000 held by one Cim.
A steamboat lesvts Niles daily.
A Flight fnl Collision nt Sen.
The p icket ship Susqu 'hantia, dpt. J. Vv. Mb
rken, u r ri v d at this pint on Friday fiom Liverpo.
h t in a disabled condition. Il appears th .t on li
Slh instant, dminj a strong gale from lie: N. W
und while she was going at the rate of eitht km
an hour, under reefed topsails a vessel was o'oerv
immeditttly on the larboard how. The helm w
brought up in order t avoid a cnlli-ion, and I
this act ihe Su-ipichanna was brought iuiinediau
in contact with another vessel on the other bo
One was discovered too late lo avoid a crash, wht
took plsce under circumstances truly alarmii
The stranger vessel, after ihe first shock, sle w
round, passed immediately by tho side of the Si
tpichanna, and Captain M.stttes thai he was ui
b!e to discover uny person on board. He cam
say whether she went down or not. On.' of I
hands says that ho siw her nm-ts fall. The S
qiiehamia was considerably injured. Capl. M.
ports having seen several i .lands ofioc, and hav
passed between two at tho distance ol aliout th
bundled yards. MckiU'lCs liipirttr.
CoMMrNicvrui
OBITUASV.
DIED On Tuesday the ISth msl. WILI.IA
only tpn ,,(' iho io ilium llktriur, ol t
place, iu the 3 lilt year ol his age.
A friend mny be permitted lo pmse a morn
over this brie f chronicle, and publicly pay a n
ited tribute of respect to the memory of the de
tetl. Withdrawn in a great measure, by bis Coi
of life, from the busy arena of struggle and st
which dcvcloe the steincr qualities of miiili
and call foith the fiercer passions of humanity,
deceased cultivated iu domestic quirt tho gen
affec'inns of cur naluie. The only son of a
tlowed mother, he was a singular instance of aV
Ling filial affection, and severely must shn feel
blow which has stricken down her, last hope u
earth. The seeds of piety were early in youth
brotd and det p into his soul, and luxuriantly at!
ed hi life wilh those p races and viilues whieh
iho sure "fiiiil of the Spirit." Naturally kind
amiable, the religion of the cross refined and
fi. d his social allerlions, an.l gathered round hi
large circle of admiring friends; and it ciay tiul
sa tl "that of him nil men spoke well." Acting
nn the true principle of Christian philanthroi
his unobtrusive benevoleuco di-daine J not the h
bier walks ol chanty, or the more ordinary am
tired ways of doing g.od.
That dii-ea-e, whofc progress is as silent and
dual as its effects ure fatal and inevitable, bad e
fastened itself upon his constitution, and he con
plated the approach of his last enemy with the i
'ort. tilde ntid calm resignation of a Hue cluis
While his weeping relatives and sympathi
frit nds deeply l. el und deplore his loss, they
Iwpe in hit d' lilh."
Sslmo. The Providence, R. 1. Journal of last
week says, lhal two Salmon wero solj iu that city
on Saturday previous lor twenty-four dollars. One
of theui weighed 1 1 and the olht'i 13 pounds.
j chits cirii:r c-
WHOI.ESfVX.K SHOE, BONNE'
V) oik I'aliu Leaf iltU Siwc,
No. 10 Soi tii 4 rn Sthkkt, P11ILADELP1
XniKRE an cxten-ive assortment of the i
' ' articles are constantly kept ou Land, for
ut tbe most ret-onablo terms.
M ay 29, 1811. I y.
XIAVS, EILIOT, LYON OSZ
Wlioli'sult' Dealtit,
Iu Farrigt, Hritish and American Dry C
No. 12 Noarii Tnikii Strut, PiiiLtnti
C COUNTRY Meiehant can lw supplied i
J lime w ith an extensive assortment ol the .
(Jo si, on tbe most reasonable and alisl'dclory t
May 20, ISII. ly.
'(.ootl Intent I'iro Coiiiiaiix
S I 'A 1 ED MLE ll-Mi ol Hie C.nipan
Ihi held ou '1'buis.lay evening nrxl, at the
House. Punctual utleuddiico I requested.
S. U PRICE
May 29, I8U. ftC'ttY