o From the N. Y. Scottish Juurnal. THE McLKOlt CARE. Wa feel much pleasure in (riving place to the following communication from Mr. Alexander Mr Lend, intended to rrfute the false allrgntiinio inven- J and circulated by tfirmghtka individual. We "t'usl, as Lis eutK rings a an innocent person have ilready been great, no further statement v i 1 1 be s.eccssaiy to stop "llie busy tongue of slander." To the Editor of the Scottish Journal: Venn Sir; My attention has often been called !i several f dse allegation tcl.ilivo to ine, that have '.lecome part of llie history of ll.o Mcl.eod Cane; one, (hi t I bad boasted at Lockport that I was at to burning of the Caroline, and was the actual jnuidcrer of Dtnfee-, and that the indictment has !ecn found, nnd ulterior proceedings predicated on iid boost, 'J he absurdity of the allegation was so apparent, I thought it unworthy cf notice. Even a Lock port jory would not indict a man upon any such asser tion. I ncvar said I wa at tho destruction of the boat, or any thing of the sort; nor does any witness a r. dr.sl mo sny that he ever said that I said such a thing, till alter they heard I was arrested. 1 was iritlictril in Lockpnrt few days after the vurning of the boat abng with several others; and ! am t lie only person that was directly sworn to on 'hut occasion, as having been recognized at the 'lust, which era; be seen by refcrenco to the evidence . alien before tho Grand Jury in January, in IS39, in :!ie Secretary of Slate's Oflicc, Washington. I was arrested on thc"24lh day of September last. Kept two dnys and nights a prisoner as a felon on flial indic'ment. I applied to a judge on a writ of habeas corpus, find alter an examination held in Lnckpmt on the 26:h of September, I was dischar ged, os there was a mislako in tho indictmont, the rhrb'hn mme being Angu?, in the place of Alex ander McLcod, I then said to Mr. Woods, the prosecuting attorney, before the Judge and a num 1'cr of pco;'e, 'Sir, I believe this indictment was in tended lor mo ; and uhhough I am now discharged in consequence of the misnomer, yet as I have bu siness of impoitance to me, in this and the adjoin iirg county to settl.', I am anxious to refute the eharge ol murder ard aison that has been brought renins! inc by the patriots, of which I am in no way iuiliy ; mid if you or they will bring an indictment to maturity against me at your Court next month, of.d write to me the duy of trial, I will attend with riiy witnesses, and clearly prove I had no participa tion in tho destniction of the Caroline." The Circuit Court at Lockpnrt passed over, and hiving received no notice, I thought I might fairly ii turn to settle my business, without fear of further mo'estation. I wjs two days and nights publicly in Buffalo. I remained one night in the Eagle Tavern, at the Falls, and came, on the 1 Sill of No vember, to Lewistown wasjust uboul to cross to Canada, 'Alien I was arretted by a con-stable with a crowd at his heeis. 1 then found Major General Har.dy, of the patriot army, and all his staff, and I iigo muster of patriots, were assembled against me. The investigation continued until the ISth, when I was committed. There was no lack of evidence ngainsl me, and they could huvo had as much mute 10 order os they required. I proved an alibi cer tainly, but that was no use. Soring the hands I had got into, I was determined to use every means tojctficc. I was brought up again en the 12th of Dcct m'-er, before a judge, by ft of habeas cor pus ur.d the txamir.a'.ion contii ued until the Jlst of December. I ugain proved on alibi, but it would i.ct C?. How ever, the Judge, with the consent of the pa triots c. iiscntcd to admit me to I ail myself in f 5,000 nnd two sureties in $501)0, After great trouble I found bail, which was perfected, but the patriots hud ui.rred their minds. '1 hey surrounded me w ith xcd haysiie;, placed a twelve pounder in front of my cell, threatened my bail with death, took the Judge out of hiii bed at midnight, on a bitter cold nif ht, and marched htm in tlow time to their as sembly at the point of the layui et ; they had a band tf music ot '.be j;il door, ; ljyii g the Rogues March, Yui.ki e D .'utile, fe. i he pn'...ot uiL'.ii.g declared their ectst-ion permanent till r.iy bail gave mo up, whk'i was cone by oi.e of them only ; the other i (fused to kuccumb to the threats of this self con ttituled body. The assembly, which at one lime arr.c jnteJ to two thousand men, broke up, after having spent some eighteen hours in speechifying, firing of cannon, rrnull arms, etc. On the Gih ot February, the Grand Jury found a true bill, and, as one of them told me, upon very strong prima facia evidence. This jury appeared like ill cent locking men ; they investigated tho case three days, and examined tlut twenty witnesses, ut of e. .ae hundreds that had been subpeened for the people. It U lurg since I incurred the dUlike of the pa-, triots, and severely have they punished rue -far L" we ihan tho public are aware of, Un t!.a l.;ih of December, 1837, the Executive ''iUiiniittcp, and Provisional Government of the ' .ale cf I'ppcr Canada weie organized ill Buffalo. 'n lli ul dy, a printed kandbill was published, of- IViiii2 a levkcid lor my apprehension, and was di J ind along the frontier, notwithstanding I went to I: i i'Mo on tho iliih December, ls37: was mobbed in t nitsbl uxt morning, Pierie A. Barker, Esq., V ..or, und Collector, called on me, with a number ol oibtiliu'.ca and others. CYrivcreiiig en the war then ruling on the fnm t it r, I reniuufctralfd on the impropriety oflhe people of lUiltalo ortanking armed bodies of men, making r r.nun balls, titling out steamboats, and other acts ol nsr against Camda, and pointed out to him that I i Caiolii.e was then loading with arms and mu ivinoi,a of war for the btlligcients on Navy Ibl.ui J; od that as ctrtain as fche did carry to them such cn'tles, an attempt would be made by the Caiiadi oi, f to destroy her wherever she might be found. h '. Barker said he would nut grant a port clear i ro to any vei to leave Uulntlo haibqr, until ociis, cVc. were disthaigid. The Caioline had therefore to put her arms on shore again, to be sent to ScMutr by land. There, by the oath cf owner on my trial, the look on board a cannon, number of armed men, musket arid bayonets, Ac. and conveyed them to the patriot on Navy Island. During the time I was in conversation with the Mayor and magistrates of Buffalo, about 10 o'clock, on Christmas morning, 1837, a person of the name of Dull, a patriot, came into the room with a bag of feaihers in his hand, and requested my presence outside, to get tarred and feathered. I soon after went outside, and found about one thousand people collected in front of the Inn, with tar barrel ready. I had hinted to the Mayor tho necessity I thought there might lie of keeping few oflhe arms in Buf falo, instead of sending them all to Navy Island, m they had entered ao fiercely into the war against Canada, fltey might naturally expect an unpleasant visit tome night, from men who were goaded on to madness, by warlike prepaiations to destroy them and their families, in defiance of solemn tieaties of law nnd justice. Buffalo harbor, w ith its thirty steamboats and fifty schooners, was then, as now, within ten minutes sail of the Canada shore. The hint was kindly ta ken at that time, and a city guard of some one hun dred men organized that day to guard tht ir property from pattiots and others. It was my duly and my intorest to prevent an in vasion of Canada. I was then Under Sheriff of the Niagara District, which fronts for eighty miles on the state of New York. I had $30,000 worth of property in my churge, seized on executions, for which I and my secuiitics were hablo. There are many other matters which called forth patriotic virulonce against me, which I may yet mako public. 1 am yours, Ac. ALEXANDER McLEOD. The Frederick Count)- IJunk Robber)-. The Frederick Examiner of yeserdny has the following particulars respecting tho recent Bank Robbery in that city . Tlie Bonk was entered, it is thought, on Satur day night last. A key wan found in the Cieck, near the City Mill on Sunday morning. A dark lantern of rude construction was also found. The key was filed ofTand filled up till it was made to fit the lock oflhe exterior door of tho bant quite as well as the key which belonged to it. The lamp does not seem as if it had been the production of a wotkman and looks as if it had been in service be fore, we understand lh.it two men were seen la king a box to the corner of the bank and seating themselves upon it for Hie purpose, doubtless, of keeping watch while iho robbers were progressing with their woik. A spur with the strap broken, was found in the vault. The progress of the robbers was obstructed by sev en locks, some of them of the most complex con struction. The street door must have been enter ed some time since, and the villains have hcen at work doubtless, for some weeks in discovering the secret springs of the three locks in the outer door of the vault and in taking impressiona for the pur pose of making suitable keys. All the contents oflhe iron chest, in the vault, were taken without any disci imination including some of the issues of the Frederick corporation, notes that were laid aside as unfit for use in con sequence of being worn out, cVc. Of the silver none of which was in the chest, they took but ten dollars This is one of the boldest end largest robberies that we have ever heard of, and the excitement and commotion which it caused in our quid town is such as we have never seen here before. Many persons suspect and there are circumMan ccs which justify the suspicion that the robbers have gone to the South-west It would be well thot the police in that and in all directions should keep a careful look out. The doors of the bank were immediately closed upon the deletion of the robb.ry. The capital paid in was $175,000 and the amount ol funds of every description taken is a few thousand dollars more than the capital paid in TO THE rVDLlC. To afford all the information in my power, in reference to the robbery committed on the Freder ick county Bank, I have thought it proper lo sub mit the following statement, on oath, as to the man ner in which I have kept the keys to the bank. HENRY DOYLE, cash. I have been engaged in the Frederick County Bank as Teller and Cashier ever since its eUblish mcnt, which was in the year 1818. I have al ways had charge of tho keys of the Banking loom, and the vaults of the Bank, since I have become Cashier, which was in 1K33. It has been my in variable custom to conceal in private places in the Bank and Vaults, all the keys except my key lo the outer door of the house and two of the keys of the outer Vault, which commands tho entrance lo the vault, in w hich all the funds and valuable books, papers and deposits are kept, and on which the outer vault door the greatest reliance for accurity is placed- These two keys to the outer vault I al ways took home, immediately after closing the Bank at the usual hour in the evening, and locked them up in a await Jriwcr in the family sitting room of my residence. The key of iho drawer I kept myself, and the room was always carefully se cured at night. The key to the outer door of the Banking House, I at all limes kept about me in my pocket. On last Saturday evening after elating the Bank, the keys were disposed of by me as uxual. On Monday morning I unlocked (he drawer in which I had deposited the keys, and found them where and at I bad put them. I went up to the Hank according to custom, and when I entered every thing lo ouiwaid appearauce, was as I had left it, on closing the previous Saturday, the keys iu the Bank were where I had put them, and I was not made sensible that robbery had been committed until I opened the iron client i ib inner vault, and found that Ha whole content were gone. I would also mention that the Booket-pcr, and the porter lo the Bank, each keep a key lo the outer or fiont door of llie Banking House, as wcH as myself. I will further add that I have never mied oul of my own poeioii, or from the p!aca in which 1 hao deposited them, any of Ilia keys ofl 'he Back under my charge. HENRT DOYLE, Cashier. On the 25th day of May, 4841, Henry Doyle, the cashier of the Frederick County Dank, appear ed before the subscriber, one of the Associate Judg- I es of the Fifth Judicial Distiiet oflhe State of! Maryland ; and made oath on the Holy Evangel ly of Almighty God that the aforegoing statement is true. AB'M 8IIRIVER. THE AXVZERICAN. Saturday, June 5, 1841, Democratic Candidate for Governor, Ocil. I) 1 V 1 1) R. PORTER. QTj Our acknowledgement are due to the Hon. John Snyder, for an early copy of the Message. fjj By a letter published in another column, from McLeod, it will le seen that aecording to his own statement, he is entirely innocent of the charges brought against him. Cjp It has been the general impression that the long continued cold weather had been injui ions to fruit. This we understand is a mistake. Fruit, it is said, will be abundant. The Fi'Tcnr. is the title of a neat and well conducteJ paper, "Devoted to the cause of Associa tion, und a re-orgarizatwn of society " It advo cates an entiie reformation in society. We shall furnish our leaders with some extracts hereafter. tXj The Age, and Lancaster Weekly Cazettc in the title of a neat paper pubuVhcd at Laucaster. do- voted to Temperance Literature, &c. tXj The business convention met at Harrisbuig last week. Among a numler of resolutions, they strongly recommend a tariff, as the best mean of prole. ting and encouraging the true interests of the whole countiy. flTThe National Thcalie at New York was burned down on Saturday morning last. Mr. Bur ton, the lessee, und the stage manager happened to go to the theatre about 5 o'clock, and having smelt something burning, began a search, and discovered fire in progress in seven or eight different places. Mutches and combustible materials of turpentine were discovered. It was evidently the woik of an incendiary. cry We have never known so little sttiJ or done in relation to politics, as at the present time. The Democratic party is, however, under no apprehen sions of danger of ultimate succeed. Governor Porter, durirg bis administration, hns had some trying limes, and most arduous duties to perform. H is firmness and iudej endi nee under the many dif ficulties he has had to encounter, has won for him many friends. The tug of war will now soon com mence. The Democratic parly, if they act in con ceit, can never be defeated in Pennsylvania. Coal Trade. A regular daily line of coal boats have commen ced running between this place anj Havre de Grace. The temporary delay occasioned by the breaking down of psrt of the Company's wharf, has been re paired, and business is going on as usual. At the wharf of J. II. Purdy Sc Co., since the commence ment of the trade this season, the shipping business has been without intermission. Both locomotives are kept constantly on the road, bringing in from 3 lo 4 trains daily. The returning trains are generally freighted with iron ere and limestone for tho anthra cite furnace at Shamokin. Thus far, the trade pro mises well. The amount of coal shipped from this place during the present season, which has just pio- pei ly commenced, is 2,795 tons. Agricultural Statistics of rcunsylvania. From the report of the Marshalls engaged in ta king the last census, we have collected much valu able and interesting information. In the produc tion of Wheat, Ohio exceeds ill is state about 3,000, 000 hi!. In Rye we greatly exceed any other state, the amount being upwaids of six millions of bushels, while New Yoik, the next best state, pioduces not quite three millions, and Ohio not one million. But what is most cheering, is the rapid strides which the culture of Silk has already made in this state, which, if llie riturn we have examined is cor reel, amounted to 278,939 pounds of cocoons the last year, which is about five times as much as the production of all (he other Hates, This is truly en couraging. In the infancy of the cotton culture the products for several year were not any greater, Now it forms the great staple commodity of the country, the annual crop being worth over forty millions of dollars. According to the return of the Marshalls, the amount of Wheat raised was 13,029, 75G bushels, Rye 6,293,417 bushels, Corn 13,096,. GI9 bushels, Buckwheat 1,971,928, Oats 18,953,. 477 bushels, Barley 178,100 bushels, Potatoes 8,. 020,923 bushels, number of Horses and Mules 338,. 55G, Neat Cattle 1,110,418, Sheep 3,390,431, Swine 1,450,5;)!, value of Poultiy f 1,033,172, pounds of Wool 3,970,793, tons of Hay 1,199,903, tons of Hemp and Flax 170,7001, pounds of To bacco 350,861, pound of Silk cocoons 278,939, pounds of Sugsr made 1 ,155,977, value of the pro duct oflhe Dairy 2,271,420, value oflhe product of the Orchards 551,657, gallons of Wine msde 19, 182, value of Lumber (566.607, barrel of Tar, Pilch, Rosin and Turpentine 1,807. In the produc tion of Silk, Connecticut come next to Pennaylva tiia, but producea only 17,338 11. cocoons, Ver moot 4,233, Ohio 4,318 lbs. The statistics afford abundant evidence of the vast reaouic of our state, and Uet ability to ui4 tvti tuilly ell her responsibilities entlieejt taking into I consideration her vast beds of coal and iron which are now being rapidly developed. The Tim We are pleased to see a better spirit prevailing than formerly among thr editorial corps, when on the eve of a political campaign. The low scurrility and violent personal abuse which heretofore char- acterired the political press, has in t great measure given way to more amicable, couiteous and rea sonable, mode of discussion. The sudden and In- mented death of Gen. Harrison hns had no small agency in this reformation. No man, however pure I in character, could escape the shafts of calumny. If the presa on either aide was to be believed, there was scarcely a patriotic and honorablo man in the country. I In the present political campaign we already tee I a decided improvement. Some influential papers have already spoken upon this subject, with a de- termination to aid in accomplishing such a refor mation. It is but justice, however, to the Philadel phia Piess, to say that they have long since set an example well worthy of imitation, in this matter. For urbanity, courtesy, and general good feeling, they stand without a rival in this, or propably any- other country. These may be considered bigh- wtought encomiums, but they aro nevertheless as just and well merited as true. ' 'F. T.' has sent us a communication from which we make the following extracts 'The ladies of Potts villa have not a greater admirer than myself. But I must certainly enter my protest against Iheir fa shion of wearing green veils and pantalettes. It is abominable. Can't you induce them in some wny or other to leave them off! If you could effect such a desirablo reform, you would confer a lasting obligation on me.' Pantalettes should be beneath the notice of such a gentleman of refined taste as Mr. F. T. Besides, we aJmire them. Nothing seta otfa prelty pair of ankthe word was nearly out so well as a prelty pairof pantalettes, fringcil with lace, Miner't Journal. liel i Not so fast, Mr. Bannan. If the ladies intend that the article in question should not be seen, then they should so wear them as to be above, and not beneath the notice of a gentleman. Besides, if they are 'fringed with bice,' which we shall lake for grant ed, rather than sloop to examine, then we have a right to presume that they arc intended for orna ment as well as utility. Now os ladies are not gen erally disposed lo conceal their ornamentM, we take it that every gentleman of 'refined taste' has not only a right, but is bound to notice all their decorations. The objections of F. T, are certainly in bad t.is e. We go for women in pants whether ruffled ot un ruffled. Frederick County Bank. The Robbers of the Frederick County Bank have made a clsan sweep. They have taken $10,000 more than the capital Block of the Bank. By the following it will be seen thst the note of the bank will not be received, unless proof is made that they were held at the lime of the robbery. The sto ry of a letter having been received from the robber, offering to return all the money excepting $10,000 in gold, provided no prosecution was entered against him, ia a humbug. TO THE PUBLIC. In consequence of the late destructive robbery of the Frederick County Bank, the Director are un der the necessity of refusing to pay the note in circulation; as also the deposits, with this excep. tion, that in all cases where debts are due to the bank by depositor or note holders, their deposits or notes held by them at the time ihe bank was robbed, will be received from such debtors in payment of their respective debts. The debtors offering to psy with the note of the bank, must offer proof satis factory to the l ank, of their having held them at the time of the robbery. And with a view of determining the amount of Frederick County Bank paper legitimately in circa lation, all rtaso.vs are requested to bring in such ss they may have, for special deposite in the bank, or in case they prefer holding it in their own pos session communicate to the bank the amount, num ber and denomination of the notes held by them re spectively, within twenty days from thi date, or before the 15ih day of June, By order of the Board. HENRY DOYLE, Cashier. The Frederick Examiner of Satuiday has the fol lowing paragraph in reference to the foregoing t The loss of the Frederick Countv Bunk will fall heavily upon the people of this county. The uni' versal confidonce which was wont lo be reposed in this institution the security with which it had been guarded ihe high character of its officers and the caution with which it had always acted, hd given it a high character in the public estimation, and its note and its slock were sought for with avidity. We have heard it said, that oflhe J 1 75,- 000 capital, f 1 31,000 were owned in Fftderiektown and county. This, must all prove an entiie and a dead loss. The Bchkxr Hue, Mori-mist, it i bcliev- ed, will be finished before the ensuing winter. It is quit time remarks the Courier and it is as well for the citizens of the Uniled Stale to remem ber, who it was or rather who they were who brought this deurable event about the Ladies- hut (ot the ladies, the monument would not, to all human appearance, ever have risen more than about eighty feel from the ground. The Internal Improvement Bill, which has just passed ihe New Yoik Legislature, appropriated $3,000,000, as follows For the Erie Canal enlargement, (2,150,000 - Geneasee Valley Canal, 650,000 - Black River Canal, 800,000 3,000,000 fXj'There has recently been aeveral case of small pox In Philadelphia. It is estimated that the reveuue for tolls in Net York will thuyeai amount to two million. President'! Message Not having room for the witire message, we lay before our readers an abstract Copied from the U. S. Gazette. The message it a well written docu ment, short, plain and straight forward. Mr. Tyler as President, occupies position in a measure un shackled by the trammels of party, and may, if he pursues an independent course, carry out measures eminently useful to the country. We are willing to give him a fair trial, and judge him by his measures. Mr. Whito of Kentucky has been elected Speaker, and Matthew St. Clair Claike, Clerk of the House. These gentlemen are not ex- aetly the choice of the Whigs, The spirit of dis- cord is already rife among the leaders of the admin- istration party, as will be seen by the Mlowirg ex tract of a letter from the correspondent of the U. 8, Gazette "You will learn from Washington that Mr. While of Kentucky has been elected Speaker, and Mr. M. St. Clair Clarke, of the District of Columbia, Clerk Thi ia as I wrote you yesterday, but I wa then under an impression that Mr. Clarke had been agreed on in the caucus. It seems Mr. F. O. J. Smith, of Maine, received the nomination, of the caucus, but that ceitain Whigs would not stick; and they, with the aid of the Locos, elected Mr. Clarke. A very bad beginning, and the evidence of a want of hotmony, which cannot be too early nor too strongly condemned. The split on the election of Speaker was also significant. Abstract of Prcildetit Tylrr't Jte$agt. rnn.nnF.jiT hirrirox. President Tyler briefly refei lo the death of General Harrison. And recommends that Con gress should make some compensatory provisions for his family. coKonts. Without expressing any opinion as to the expe diency of calling Congress togethor, Mr. T. ex presses great satisfaction in finding himself, so soon after bis accession to the Presidency, surrounded by the representatives of the people. rr.tcr. Nothing h.is transpired to lead to any apprehen sion of war, The claims on Spain have been urged. iu'Lton CASS. The M'Leod case is referred to, but it is believed that all will be amicably adjusted. cixscs. Thouch we have increased, since 1776, from three millions to seventeen millions, yet we have ample room for all that will come. REirTtOCAL DUTIES. Notwithstanding our extended territory, and numerous population, there ia no reason to appre hend danger, while the Stste Governments anil the General Government confine themselves to their legitimate sphere. STATE Or THK TREASURY. The slate of the public Treasury is lamentable. The aggregate demanda upon the Treasury, preri uus to September next, are $11,310,000 Tho ways and means, from various aources, are G,450,noo Leaving a deficit of f 1,890,000 And though he doubts not that-the citizens will submit to necessary burdens, to meet the demanda ytt he cannot consent lo the disturbance of the Compromise Act." FISCAL AOE9T. Connected to tho measure of finance, is that of a fiscal agent; and a view is then made of the vari ous mode adopted by the government, viz : It A Bank. 2d The Pet Banks. 3d. The Sublreasury. The former, it is thought, tho people decided a- gainst under General Jackson and Mr. Van Buren, The second tended to expand the currency, as shown in the land sales, which,' for many years, averaged about two millions per anum ; but in 1831, were six millions, in 1835, sixteen millions, and in 1830, twenty five millions. And the "Specie Circular," in correcting that evil, brought on gener al difficulties. The third, viz : the Sul-Treasury, was full of evils, and the election of General Harrison seemed to turn on that question, though it did not sanction any other mode. STATS BASK. The message then expresses a hope that the atates will forego their right of chartering banks, lo do which there rrust be an agreement with the National Government ; and it i desired that Congress would lake the first atep, aud make the proposal to assume the right of duly, and leave it lo the states to act. rCBLIC LASDS. The message highly approves of ihe distribution of Ihe public lands for the benefit of the states, (though it disapproves of the assumption of the slate debts by Congress) The measure of distribution is one (list will be of the greatest importance to all the slates, redeeming the credit of the debtors, and giv ing means of improvement to those not in debt. The President dor not know whether the proceeds oughl to be distributed directly, or in the form tf profits on unyfical ageitcy tuning thae proceeds fjr a basis WAR nrflBTXHT. The Secretary of War givea notice that great irregularities have been discovered in the disburs ing agencies. In the Indian department alone, it i upward of f 200,000. Reference is made to the miserably defenceless state of our harbors and roadstead. They shoud be fortified. Our Navy will protect the coast, and oui malitia supply the place of an army, if sudden ly assailed. JIAVT. There is a deficiency iu the Navy Pension Fund of 1 131,960,06. A new mode of accountably if re quired in this department. A plan will be matured a soon a possible. roT omci. Th Post Office Department is in debt about 500,010, and as it is dependent upon it own re sources, it is thought that aome special appropria tion will be necessary to relieve it of difficulties. The new contract have been mad at reduced fate, which will aid ia the relief. LAVI TRADK. Attention is earnestly invited to the increase of the slave trade, and to some enactment for its sup pression. district of coins rm. Attention is asked to the affairs of the District of Columbia ; and should the Sub Treasury law ! repealed, a place for the deposito of the public mon ey in that district would be required. ITEMS. The Bank of Illinois, under the art of tho last legislature, has commenced the issue of notes of the denomination of one, two and three dollars. A nm SioHT.-The Quebec Gazette of Wedries day aay that at noon on Tuesday last one hundred ahips under sail were entering that harbor from the aeveral ports in England. Silk Mascfactcrs. The agent of the N. Y. stato prison at Auburn gives notice that he will pay thiee dollars a bushel for silk cocoons, of good quality, delivered at the prison. He is going large ly into the silk busiaess, employing the labor of convicts. A French paper states that there is living, in possesion of her faculties, at the village of Larouffo, in the Cacaze, a woman, aged one hundred and eleven years, who daily attends to tho care of her cows, arid who on Sunday walks a league to hear maw. A Docatn-IIgAOKD Chtckm. Tho editor of the Norfolk Herald has ben shown a strange phe nomenon in the shape of a double-headed chicken. It has (says the Herald) two distinct heads, the bills projecting nearly at right angles to each other. It had three eyes, one on eich ido of the hesd, and one in the centre between the two bill. The formation of the other parts of it body ap peared to be perfect. Si-oar. A littlo mote than two hundred year ago, sugar was only kept in the shop of the apothe cary. Now the annual consumption in the Uni ted Slates alone is estimated at eighty millions of pounds. AsTinoTi to Poisoiv. It is sniJ that the deadliest poison mj be counteracted by simply making two ounces of magnesii in a quait of water, and forceing it into the stomach by tho resdiest means at hand the stomach pump being lha best. Wrinnw Street. There is a street in the city of A lleglnny, opposite Pittsburg, known by the title of Widow street, from thn fact there being twenty eight wiJowa residing in it. The street in quite short, though the ladies think they have re mained in iheir present situation rather long. A Promisiso Box. There is a youth 19 yean of age in Portland, Me., who weighs 330 pounds and stands seven feet and three inches high. Hi says he can lift 1800 pounds at once, and with thi aiJ of a strap over his shoulders 2200 ls. H has a sister who can take up with case a barrel o pork, 'and carry it some distance. The OlHce of Vice President. There are some doubts entertained, and nc without reasonable grounds, touching the real na lure of the office now held by Mr. Socthabp, i President of the Senate ir tempore. The Nev ark Dai'y Advertiser of Mondiy contains a letti on Ihe subject from the Hon. Gko. Poistif.xter i Mr. SocTnARn.in which the writer maintains th: the latter has beeorne the successor of Premier Tritn, as Vice President of the United Slat' precisely as he held that oflico before the death the late President It would certainly imply iome difficulty maintain that there is'no Vice Prci'dcnt tf tt United State at present. Agiin by taking Senator from his seat and placing him permanent on the presiding chair of the Senate he is depriv of his privilege of voting except in cue of a ti he is prevented from participating in dUcussio In that position is lie a senator! If not, wl kind of anomalous character do-s he hold ! T langu ige of the Constitution leuves tho subject obscurity. Bait. Ame-ican. Parental Agony. It has already been mentioned in this paper tl among the passenger on board the ill-fated Prt dent was Lord Fitzroy Lenox, second son of Duke of Richmond. A letter has been received Montreal, from a gentleman who lives near Go wood, llie country seat of the Duke, in which terrible anxiety of the partnts is thus briefly touchingly alluded to: The Duke of Richmond has walked for d and days from sunrise to sunset on the I.on road, to receive any new that might be forlhc ing of the absent vessel. Both he and the Due are looking like spectres, so intense has been I agony of mind." Exchange. We never saw a mother who could perceive her child had a snub-nose j r.or a fi Idler whr any difficulty in bending his elbow to put a t to his mouth. We never saw a man danringa monkey who not lazy by right of inherit-ince ; nor ladies . certain age drinking tea without seasoning it scandal. Picayune. JACOB MARTIN, t'oiiiiuitaloii niiI rortvurtlli rrlEJaCHAiNT, J ESPECTFLLLY inrorm. his friends an -I - Meichahu generally, lhat he continue Commission and Forwarding Business, at l.i. house, fool of Willow at. KailroaJ, Delawai 8cb uv Ik 1 1 1. Merchants having good to be shipped, wil it much to their advantage, a to time and of height, lo send Iheir merchandise to the I corner of Front and Willow streri Railroad, s can then be sent cither route by llie TiJe 1 Canal, or Schuylkill and Union Canals, as will arrive aud depart daily lor the Juniati Susquehanna Cnnals by Title-water in tow oft or via Schuylkill and Uniou Canals from Fain dam. Merchant will please be particular to se goods destined for either ronie, to the lanre 1 cornvr of Front and Willaw street Kailroad dirictons accompanying them, which rout' wish Idem lo be shipped, C'oaise and fine ball and Darter at wb prices, on the Delaware or Schuylkill. Philadelphia, Juoa ft, 1841. ly.
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