Imrly fP ,h Itcimtiin Fly.
The following paragraph, copied from the Har
st'Ufg Telegraph of Wednesday, wilt be read
iih intent by grower, or Wheat. If the remedy
'urns out lo be what ifi represented, it will prove
c of the most important discoveries of the day i
Passing the farm of Mr. Oglesby the other day,
our attention was called to t field of wheat of ex
'.raordinary promise, on which we were informed
l o applied hii preventative, of the Hessian Fly.
At short distance from it, on ground equally good,
e were ahown field, where the remedy had not
been applied that was greatly injured by the fly. It
w.tuld not, we thought produce ono third part of
the other field per acie. In the former field the
lly haa not been eeen aince the wheat came up,
while in the latter it waa visible In the fall, winter
sml epring. These have been the test fields for
'his season, and they etill more conclusively satisfy
Mr. Oglesby that he haa made the important dis
covery that must result in an incalculable benefit
ti the country. He has proposed to Congress,
that a Committee be appointed to test the remedy,
wd if they find that is an infallible one, of which
be has no doubt, that they,will allow him proper
compensation, and then publish the discovery to
i lie world for the benefit of all.
What is important in the matter, is, that the
remedy is within the reach of very one. Mr. O.
informs us that it docs not cost hint inoro than
ten cents pel acre.
Important Invention.
Mr. William 1. Baker, machinist, has made an
important, but simple improvement in the lock
" hkh he culls tho Thief Detector." This ma
t tinery occupies but a email part, and can bo intro-
iced into most common bank and store locks. The
.achincry is attached to an air chamber, (into
Iiich air is connected with pump,) by wire con
cted with a bolt, door, windows, or other optn
4 to the store, any movement of the wires, seta in
ilion the machinery, and opens a whistle, which
ntinucs to blow till the machinery is run down.
'ie noise produced may be heard a great distance,
id is similar to the steam whistles attached to loco
Hives on our railroads.
Mr. Baker has made this invention and secured
patent for it, aince the recent robberies of Messrs.
iibert and Son and Davis and Palmer's, which
rected his attention to this improvement, which
c consider an important one. Boston 7 ramcrijt.
The following passags which we quote from Ste
ms' first volume, is finely descriptive. It relates
. his first entrance upon the ruins of Copan:
"Our guide cleared a way with his machete, and
o passed, ask lay half buried in tho earth a large
igmentof stone elaborately sculptured, and cume
ibe angle of a structure with steps on the sides,
form and appearance, so far as the trees would
ible us to make it out, like the aides of a py ra
il. Diverging fom the bate, and working our
y thtough the thick woods, we came upon a
uate stone column, about fourteen feet high nnd
:fcc feet on each side, sculptured in very bulJ re.
f, and on all four of the sidts, fiom the base to
ie top. The front waa the figure of a mn cur
usly and richly dressed, and the face, evidently a
. n!trai, solemn, stern, and well fitted to excite Icr
f. The back was a different design, unlike any-
ing we had ever seen before, and tho sides were
vered with hieroglyphics. This our guide cnlled
i "Idol j" and before it, at a distance of three feet,
is a large block of stone, also sculptured with fig
es and emblematical devices, which he called an
:er. The sight of this unexpected monument put
rest at once and forever, in our minds, all un--rtainly
in regard to the character of American an
Equities, and gave us the assurance that the objrets
e were in search of were interesting, not only as
he remains of an unknown people, but as works of
rt, proving, like newly-discovered historical hn
i ords, that the people who once occupied tho Con-,
linent of America were not savages. With an in
terest perhaps stronger than we had ever felt in
wandering among the ruins of Egypt, we followed
our guide, who, sometimes misting his way, with a
otistaut and vigorous use of his machete, conducted
ai! through the thick forest, among halfburied frag
ncnts, to fourteen monuments of the same character
irid appearance, some with more elegant designs,
nJ some in workmanship equal to the finest mo
umenls of the Egyptians; one displaced from its
pedestal by enormous roots 5 another locked in the
close embrace of branches of treca, and almost lifted
out of the earth, another hurled to the ground, and
lounJ down by huge vines and creepers; and
landing with its alter before it, in a grove of trees
v. hit h grew around it, seemingly to shade and shroud
it as a sacred thing ; in the solemn slillnesi of the
woods, it seemed a divinity mourning over a fallen
people. The only sounds that disturbed the quiet
of this buried city were the noise of the monkeys
moving aniotij ihe tops of the trees, and the crack
ing of the dry ( ranches broken by their weight.
They moved over our beads in long and swift pro
cession.", forty or fifty at a time, some with little
ones wound in their long arms, walking out lo the
end of the houghs, and holding on with their hind
feet or the curl of the tall, sprang to a branch of the
next lice, und, with a noise like a current of wind,
paasra on into the depths of tho forest. It was
the first time we had aeen these mockeries of hu
inanity, and with the strange monuments around us,
they werr.cd like wandering spirit of the departed
lace guarding the ruin of their Uinw habitations."
Jo Kintth DlsrhargrU.
We have already mentioned that Jo Smith, thi
Mormon Leader, was arretted at Quincy, III,, June
n 1 . , . r it . , . .
Oil, on toe warrant 01 uovernor iariin, under a re
quisition from the Governor of Motsouri. He waa
however brought up, on a writ of Aaleas corpus,
before Calvin A. Warren, master in chancery for
Adam County, and was ordered by Judge Doug'
lass 10 l removed lo Monmouth, in said county
(when tLe Court waa then silling,) for examine
lion. The eat wa argued before Hi Honor, on
the 17th, and, after a patient hearing, chiefly on
account of lb insuificienry of Ul W"ti be was
released accordingly.
Painful Ppectarle.
On Saturday list, a young Virginian, formerly hold
ing good rank in the U. 8. Army, was placed at the
Bar of the Circuit Court in Boston. He waa char
ged with having fotged receipt for the purpose
of obtaining money fiom the Pay Master of the U.
8. Army He plead r;ulliy to the charge, and his
Counsel urged many extenuating circumstances in
his behalf, He was scntenred to pay a fine of 50
and lie imprisoned one year in the Common Jail.
The U. 8. Attorney waa willing to believe thcie
were powerful miiigating circumstances. After the
sentence, when ho went up and spoke word of
encouragement to the young man, he wept bitterly.
The Boston Daily Advertiser says
"He Is fiuo looking man, ai.d of most respecta
ble parentage. His mother ia widow, who was for
merly in indepentant circumstances, but she be
came somewhat reduced, occusiotied in part by the
failure iff theU. S. Dank. She wrote to Judgo
Story touching letter, interceding in bohalf of her
son. It was stated, that he ia subject to frequent
aberrations of mind, and it is hoped, that this act
was committed while he was under such an influ
ence. It was also stated, that he was disabled
from the edicts of a rifle ball, received on the fron
tier." How many Mothers' hearts are broken by the a
bandoned and cruel conduct of their Sons! How
much pecuniary wretchedness has been inflicted
upon the Widow and Orphan by the wanton mis
management of tho U. S. Bank ! l'hilad North
American.
Mount Vernon.
Tho Madisonian says that this hallowed spot con
tinues to attract multitudes of people, American citi
rens and foreign travellers, who visit it to pay their
homage to the memory of Washington. The
number of visiters each day is from fortf to fifty,
and those who are favored with suitable letters, are
received with tho utmost urbanity and kind
ness, by the very amiable and highly intelligent
Mrs. Jane E. Washington. A portion of the
grounds are now bearing crops ; the gardens con',
tinue to be cultivated and protected by the very
gracious Phil Smith, a resident there ofdOyeais
standing, and the buildings and lawns are still pre
served as ncaily as practicable in the state in which
they were left by their immortal proprietor.
I loir to Prolong Life.
At a late meeting of Irishmen, in London, the
great Irish reformer, O'Connell, in replying to an
article in one of the papers, which elated that O'
Connell had only three years more work in him"
exclaimed in his most facetious manner. ''Why
the last of my generation, connected with my fami
ly who immediately preceded me, was 09 when he
dieJ, and he had good work in him till he was 93,
and eleven of my grandmother's children God be
merciful unto her she had twenty-two lived to 9G.
(Cheers.) I think therefore, I have reason to reck
on upon more than three years against the tory
scoundrels. However, if my time be short, is not
that a reason why I should werk tho harder 1
Here I am now, on Sunday, the 7th of March, in
the middle of London, arguing for Iieland, and on
Sunday, the 1 4th, I am to bo on the Currah of
Kit Jute, with 1 OH ,000 Irishmen. That U the way
I work out my three years by doing more work
in n week than other fellows would do in a year."
(Cheers.)
An inquest was held a few day since at East
Owego, lo inquire into the manner by which some
person unknown, whose bones were discovered at
that village, came to his death. The Owego Ad-
erliser says; "These bones are supposed to be
those of a pedlar, who suddenly disappeared 12 or
1 years since, and who was traced to the vicinity
of East Owego. The skull and jaw bone were
broken ; and the manner in which the body was
hurried having been put in the ground uncofiiucd
cleaily shows that he was murdered by some one.
The New Era says that it is proposed that Con-
ress incorporate Mr. Espy with a capital of $30,-
000,000, with the privilege of branches, to "regu
late " the weather. We have no doubt but it would
have as good effect upon the tveaih-r, as tho new
fiscal agent " will have upon the currency and bu
siness of the count'y.
IUiinoj.ns in E no lash. There are 71 lines
of Railroads completed or began in Great Britain,
forming total length of 2,191 miles. Of these 53
are open, 18 partially oj.cn, and 10 commenced.
Mn. Ejoitok Please publish the sub
joiiic-u teiicr en joiin Adams to Ins wile,
! . II-. ..---ft I i ..
written on the 5th of July, 177G.
. ' Yesterday the greatest question was
deemed that was ever debated in Ame
rica, and greater perhaps never was or
win ue decided anion'' men. A reso-
lution was passed without one dissent
ing colony, that these United .States
are, and of right ought to be, free and
independent. The dav is passed. The
lourinouuiy 177U will be a memora
ble epoch in the history of America.
am apt to believe it will be celebrated
by succeeding generations, as the frreat
anniversary festival. It ouht to be
commemorated as the day of deliver
ance, Dy solemn ucts ot devotion to Al
mighty (jod. It ought to be solemni
zed w ith poinp, shows, cames, sirts
guns, bells, bonfires and illuminations,
from one end of the continent to the o
thcr, from this time forward forever
iou w ill think mo transported with en
thuKiasm, but I am not. 1 am well a
ware of ihe toil and blood and treasure
winch it will cost to maintain this de
. support and deienu these
Mates; yet through all the gloom,
can see me rays ot iho light and glory
ican uiai me end is worth more
than all the means; and that posterity
w ill triumph although y,u and I may
rue, whim 1 nope we bliall not."
THE AMERICAN.
Saturday, July 10, 1841
Democratic Candidate tor Governor,
c n. I) A V 1 1 It. 1 0 11 T 11 It.
j" We are again under obligations to the Hon.
John Snyder, for Congressional Documents.
(Xj The Land Bill passed the I r
day last by a vole of 110 to 108.
1 ie on Tues-
(Jj An adjourned session of the Supreme Court
commenced here on Monday last. But little busi
ness was done in consequence of the illness of seve
ral of tho counsel. The court adjourned to Monday
nexttwhen the regular terra will commence The
Judge were all present.
fEj" We have received the first number of a new
and enlarged volume of the Baltimore Clipper, a
most excellent penny paper, published daily at Bal
timore Our friends along the Susquehanna, who
desire a daily paper fiom the commercial emporium ,
now so intimately connected with the trade of the
Susquehanna, could do no belter than Eubsciibe for
the Clipper.
Cjf Our neighbors at Danville have got them
selves a splendid Fire Engine from Philadelphia,
with which, in the absence of firep, they intend to
cool off their ardour, by keeping down tho tempera
ture of the present excessive hot weather.
j It is said that there are upwards of three thou
sand trtotalers in the neighborhood of Poltsville.
The Buckeye Blacksmith his been removed.
His Whig neighbors, who had known him, found it
rather too tough to swallow both him and his spee
ches. Qj" The Philadelphia Gazette has passed into
the hands of Messrs. Wm. M'Carty Sc Co., and is
edited by Mr. Hoover, formerly of the Sentinel.
(jjf The amount of ccal shipped from Pottsvillo
uring the week ending on Ihe 1st of July, was
1,692 tons, carried in 402 boats. This, says tho
Miners' Journal, is the largest shipment ever made
fiom that place.
There is nothing of much importance doing
in Congress, except making speeches on the Uni
ted States Bank bill, and the distribution bill. Mr.
Clay has met with some unexpected opposition
from some of the Whigs, who are more inclined to
adopt the Secretary's plan, which does not autho
rise Ihe establishment of branches in the states.
At the latest dates, Wheat had been selling
at Baltimore for 127 els. for good forma, red.
At Philadelphia, July Gth, Wheat still found rea
dy sale at 120 a 122 cts, per buthel for prime Pa.
red, and Southern 112 a 115c; sales of yellow
Corn at GO eta., and white 59 els. per bushel ; Sou
thern Oats, afloat, at 40 cents.
Cj" Street and Field preaching has become quite
fashionable in many pluces.
(Xj The Berwick Sentinel, in speaking of the
coming celetiralion of the lat 4th of July, says :
"We venture to predict, thxt a 1 who join in the
festivities of the joyous day will be mure than gra
ined.
Kather equivocal language that, neighbor Tate,
in those days of Temperance l'eform.
"The Sunbury American, it seems, sends a pack
et nf newspapers to a place called Snn"-towri. Tbe
iconic there, we should presume, are 'not to be
metzid at.' Let no man turn up his nuse at them."
Jlnrritliurg leoman.
Unless they should want it flattened, we think
they had better not. They are all Democrats of ihe
first water, but unfortunately for them, their post
office was muffed out a few weeks since, and re
moved about a mile further on the line of rail road.
The name ia also changed from "Shamokin" to
"Paxino."
Appoint mrnt by tlir Uovrruor.
Gen. Abbot (iicti of Lewisburg, Union coun
ty, to be appraiser of damages on the Canals and
iiuil-ways of Pennsylvania.
The 3! ails.
There are some beings in this world who labor
under the strange delusion that change is necessa
rily reform. This is particularly the case with the
present mail reform. Letter north, instead of be
ing sent every day as usual, are now obliged to lay
over fiom Saturday till Tuesday morning. The
llarrisburg papers published Wednesday, arrive
here on Saturday, being a day longer on ihe road
than papers coming from Boston.
foul aud Iron Bunk.
Some of the good citizens of Wilkesbarre, give
notice that they intend to apply to ihe next legisla
ture for an act to incorporate the "Coal and Iron
Bank of Luzerne county," Our friends at Sha
mokin intend shortly to obtain such an act of incur
poratiun, through the medium of an Anthracite
Furnace, now nearly completed. Their issues will
be w holly tiietallic, based exclusively upon the dc
poiltei, and will seldom exceed more than one fourth
of the whole, viz: one ton of mctul lo two tons of
ore, and two of coaL Their dividend's will neillur
be taxed nor restricted, while their suspension will
seldom continue longer than a few days or weeks.
With a number of such banks, (coal and iron,) pro
perty incorporated by means of furnsctw, Pennsyl
vania would soon become w hat ere long she ia des-
I tii:Pi la be. I We wealthiest and most rutirnriinr.
- - ... j ...0
J late in the union.
Arrival or the BriUnuin.
The foreign new brought by the steam ship Brit
tannia i not very important. Sir Robert Pcel'a
motion, on a want of confidence in the British min
istry, has been carried by a majority of one, for it
3 1 2, against 3 1 1 . Parliament will be dissolved in a
few days, and a new election take place.
. I'tility of Sonp Lock.
It ha been recently discovered that soap locks
are admirably adapted for silk worms to spin their
cocoons in. The discovery was accidental, as all
great disecoveries generally are, A soap lock was
sleeping in a room in which silk worm were feed
ing. In the morning, lo his utter amazement, he
found hi head literally covered with cocoons. As
we are at present engaged in the silk business, we
should like to engpge for a shoit season, a number
of these portable cocooneries. The loch would not,
however, we presume, answer a good purpose, un
less attached to Iho head or block on which they
originally grew. It has been wisely said, that thero
is nothing so mean but what providence haa de
signed for some useful purpose.
HIE FOURTH OF JULY.
The 65th Anniversary of American Freedom was
celebrated at Ihe house of Henry Wasscr, Esq., in
Shamokin township, by the Shamokin Guards com
manded by Major Datid N. Lake, and the Rush
Grays, commanded by Capt. Wm. H. Kase, toge
Iher with a number of citizen.
After partaking of an excellent and sumptuous
dinner, prepared by Mr. Wasser, the company ap
pointed Maj. D. X. LAKE, president, Cnpl. Wm.
H. Kasf, Jacob Gkahbeaiit and H. H. Tkath,
Est. Vice Presidents, and F. P. Schwartz and Ji'-
rinonuel Zimmerman, Secretaries.
The "Declaration of Independence" was then
read by F. P. Schwartz, and the following toast
drank, accompanied by appropriate music :
RF.OVLAR TOASTS.
1st. The Day tve honor May no cloud of poli
tical animosity ever darken its sun. 9 cheers.
2d. George WashingtonSever to be forgotten.
Drank standing Dead March.
3d. 7'e Hrroen of the Revolution. 6 cheers.
4th. 7ie Offieers und Soldier) of the late liar.
6 cheers.
5th. Hit American Sfrijici May they never be
tarnished. 9 cheers.
6th. The Union May it stand until sun and
moon cease their course. 3 cheers.
7th. 7'ie Guvernur May wisdom attend his
counsels, and prosperity to the state follow.
9 cheers.
8lh. The. 6th day of Junuary Every American
feels proud of the day. 3 cheers.
'Jih. Hank or no Dank Let us have a good
currency. 3 cheers.
10th. Our Harvest Better than we eipected,
and more than we deserve. 9 cheers.
1 1 ih. Our Navy Though the eleventh, yet the
fpeeie in which we pay BritUh insults.
3 cheers.
1 2th. The Caroline is not so easily married, John
Bull. 9 cheers.
13th. The Fair May Heaven encircle their
browa with piety and virtue. 13 cheers.
VOllXTEEll TOASTS.
By Major Lake. The day we celebrated
9 cheers.
By Capt.Kaw. May the name of General Har
mon never be forgotten by the fiee people of ihe
union.
By Jacob Gearhcart, Esq. May the last milk
and water Legislature receive their just reward from
the Democrats. 3 cheers.
By H. II. Teats, Esq. May our next member
of tho Legislature be a man that will not be bought
or sold. 6 rh.er.
By F. P. Schwartz. Martin Van Ilureu. He
has bein weighed, and found not wanting !
12 cheers.
By Emanuel Zimmerman. To our mother state
Pennsylvania. May the same spirit reigr. in every
man's bosom as in 1776. 5 cheers.
By Thomas A. Morrow. May Democrats once
more reign ! Bring hard cutrency up with Van Bw
ren, and down with the BA-NKS ! May the echo
of Democracy sound throughout the United States.
6 cheers.
By a Guest. May the enemies of David It. 1'w
tcr be lathered with aquafortis, and shaved with a
dull hand saw. 9 cheer.
By J. Andrews. May ihe sun of Liberty con
tinue to brighten ; and may the clouds of no other
nation ever obliterate her golden ray. 3 cheers.
By Wm. Roadarme!. The signers of the Decla
ration of Independence. May their names go down
to the blest posterity, 4 cheers.
By John II oil". The Framers of the Declaration
of Independence. May their name be held sacred
by the American people, and their fame be handed
down to posterity, till time shall be no more.
5 cheer.
By Wm. H. Kase. May the time soon co.ne
when the citizens of Coal township may visit the
citizens of Danville by way of Jtail Road.
3 cheers.
By Jacob Andrews, May the annual return of
the day we celebrate, favor us with the blessing of a
repast, equal to that provided by our woithy host
aud hostess.
By Wm. H. Kase. The Rush Grays return
their sinceie thanks to the citizen of SnulVtown
and it vicinity, for their friendship ; and likewise
to the, Shamokin Guards. 9 cheers.
By Wm. H. Teats, Esq. May the Rush Grays
accept our thanks fur their visit and manly beha
viour at Shamokin.
By Silaa Farrow John Banks of OIJ Beiks.
A man whose lilral principles are bound upon
law of truth and justice, and whose grand object
is to promise peace and happiness to the human
race. "
By Abial Drake. Gen. Wm. Henry Harrison,
The bravest amongst the brave, whose numerous
public merit were the suiest guarantee of his mm
fulness aud efficiency as a chief c imnianJer on the
North Western frontier, in military struggle. In
peace like a lamb, In war like a lion, May his name
be handed down to the latest generation.
By the Company. Out worthy hoot and hos
tess. 16 cheeis.
After the toasts were disposed of, it was unani
mously ordered that the proceedings be signed by
the officers, and sent to to the editors of the Sun
bury American and Sunbury Gazette, with a re
quest to publish Ihe same.
DAVID N. LAKE, Prs't.
W. H. Kisa,
Jxina GiuftitAtt-r, C Vice President.
H. H.Tr.ATa, S
F.
E.
... ' Secretaries.
Zimmerman,
Democratic Mrrting.
At a large and respectable meeting held at the
house of George Conrad, in Augusta township,
IS'orlhumlierland county, on the 3d inst.,SAMUEL
LANTZ wa appointed Piesident, Philip Wm
ser Vice President, and Abraham Shipman Se
cretaiy. The objret of the meeting being stated,
on motion the following resolutions were unani
mously adopted:
Resolved, That we hove undiminished confi
dence in the integrity and republican principles of
David R. Porter. His Roman firmness in resist
ing the partizan measures and destructive policy of
a Whig Legislature, by the constitutional excicise
of the executive veto, meets with our decided ap
probation, aud deserve tho grateful thanks of every
true democrat.
Rnolvtd, That we entirely disopprove of the
passage of the miscalled Relief Bill, which is nothing
less than a bill to continue the suspension of specie
payment for five years, and to place tho state at
tbe mercy of the banks, and render her inlirely de
pendent on soulless corporations. As a Whig
measure, introduced into the Legislature and car
ried by Whig votes, it presents another proof of the
Utter subserviency of tho Whig party to the bankers,
broker and money chancers, and the determination
of that party, if they can get the power, to entail
upon us an unlimited bank suspension. The feir
lesa and manly veto of this obnoxious bill by Gov.
Porter, has endeared him to the honest and hard
working yeomanry, and will ensure his triumphant
election on tho 2d Tuesday of October next.
Resolved, That we are opposed lo the establish
ment of a National Bank, because among many
other reasons, its tendency will be to increase the
already overshadowing power of Ihe Federal Go
vernment, and endanger the sovereignty of the
slates, and finally lead to their consolidation, an e-
vent which will be a death blow to civil liberty in
this lanJ, and prove the destruction of oui republi
can institutions.
Rctolved, That the honor and credit of the Key
stone stale must and shall be preserved, by the
punctual payment of the interest upon our public
debt, and that the expedient of relying upon tbe
banks to afford Ihe means is aa dit graceful as it is
unwise and unstatesmanlike.
Resolved, That the true question in the coming
contest is not merely whether David R, Porter or
John Banks shall be Governor, but whether the
Banks or the People shall rule; whether we shnll
have a continued suspension of specie payments,
and a currency composed of continental shinplas
ters or tho sound constitutional currency of gold
and silver.
Resolved, That we will oppose John Banks, be
cause he haa been nominated by the avowed friends
of bank suspensions and shinplastcrs, and if he
should be elected the banks and corporations, and
not the pcoplo will rule.
Resolved, That these proceedings be published
in all the democratic papers in the county.
SAMUEL LANTZ, President.
Philip Wkiseh, V. Pres't.
Abraham Shtpman, Secretary.
Shamokin Coal and Iron Company.
HA brief sketch of the peculiar advantages of the
Shamokin Coal and Iron Company, situated in
Noithumberland county, Pennsylvania," is the ti
tle of a pamphlet which has just been laid on our
TaMe. This company was incorporated in June,
1830, and in November, 1839, the whole of the
slock being taken, was organized and arrangement
made lo mine and transport coal, Several of the
Stockholders believing that interest of Ihe company
would be greatly promoted by the establishment of
iron furnaces in the immediate proximity of the
mine, obtained a charter for that purpose in
March, 1840, and immediately proceeded to pur
chase the necessary machinery for two large furna
ces. The operations of the Company in mining
coal have commenced; 3000 tons of which have
been shipped from Sunbury, and provea to be of a
veiy superior quality. The mines will yield 200
tons per day.
The immediate proximity of the Company'
nines lo the Danville and Pottsvillo Railroad fur
nishes peculiur advantage in forwarding their coal
market. Opposite the coal drifts a large and supe
rior furnace haa been erected for smelling iron with
Anthracite coal, and it is intended to erect a second
furnace Ihe ensuing spring ; the engines, blooming
cylinder and other apparatus now erecting, being
sufficient for both furnace each of 12 feet bosh,
l'hey are expected lo produce from 125 to l.0 ton
of metal weekly. The town of Shamokin ia plea
senily kituatod about 19 mile from Sunbury, and
already contains upward of 100 houses, an indus
trious and thriving population of COO, and bids fail
to become one of the most important town in the
coal and iron region. The pamphlet act forth the
value of the Company' mine and Ihe prospecla
entertained of their proving a sourc of great profit.
The entei prise coincide with the true and liberal
policy and action which must eventuate in deter
mining fully the grade and fame of Pennsylvania
as one of the first manufacturing regions on the
globe. AW. Gar.
Tut Jsw of the Holy Land have increased with
in the Ust five year from 2,000 to more than 40,-000.
County Treasurer.
The following is a brief statement of tho sub.
stance of the act passed last winter for the election
of county Treasurers by the people.
Sec. 1 Election to be held the second Tuesday
of OctoSer next, and every two year thereafter.
Sec. 2. Election to tie held and return made in
same manner a for Commissioners.
Sec, 3. Certain Officer mentiuned not to be elli
gible, and treasurer not to serve no more than two
years in any term of four.
Sec. 4. Treasurer to give bond with approved
security.
Sec. 6. Commissioners to fill vacancies by ep
pointment.
Sec. 6 If Treasurer waste or improperly nse
public money, he is to give additional security, or
be removed on application by the commissioners lo
the Conrt of (Quarter Sessions.
Sec. 7. Penalty on Treasurer for neglect or re
fusal to perform his duty, fine on conviction not
exceeding three hundred dollars, and removal.
Sec, 8. Present Treasurer to continuo in office
till 1st Monday in January next no taxes to be
received by any collectors or treasurer unless duly
assessed and returned according to law, nor where
exonerated, unless offered by the party taxed in his
proper porson. No names to be added by Com
missioners to list of taxables returned by assessors,
on penalty, upon conviction, of fine aud removal
from office.
Sec 9. Special acts for particular counties re
pealed, Sec. 10. Certain officers not to be county Au
ditors. Penalty on County Treasurers for embez
zling or wasting public money, on conviction, fine
not lets than $100 nor more than f 2000, and im
prisonment not less than three months nor more
than two years, at the discretion of the court.
The Canal.
We lcam from Mr. A. B. Warford, the active
and industrious Engineer on this Branch, that the
extensive break which occared on ihe Wyoming
Division a week or two ago, and which it was
thought would require months to restore, has been
so fur repaired as to wariant the expectation that it
will be ready for use in a week from this time.
The Canal officers havo been indefatigable in their
exertions to heal the breach in as little time as pos
sible, and they receive, as they deserve, the confi
dence and good will of the people for whom they act.
Berwick Sentinel.
Important.
Dctt ox Coal A faib Phopositiox. Let
Congress in' rcase the duty on Foreign Coal from fi
to 12 cents per bushel, and if, at the expiration of
five years from the time the increased duty takes
effect, Coal from this region is not furnished in the
Boston Market one dollar per ton cheaper than it
now is, we pledge ourselves on behalf of the Coal
dealers of Scuylkill county, that they will consent
to have the duty removed entirely. If the duty is
not increased, the price of coal will unquestionably
advance in price. This doctrine will soun 1 strange
to those who have been clamorous for removing the
duty on foreign coal for the purpose of decreasing
Ihe price but it is nevertheless corect.
The price of English Rail Road Iron under the
high Tariff of IS 10, in tho Philadelphia market
was, short price act, from $15 to $50 per ton.
As the duty decieased under the Compromise act,
the price advanced until it reached from $70 to
$75 per ton in IS40. The Coal trade is effected
in a similar manner, Miners Journal.
The Freilrrtek County llauk Rohhery.
Tho connection between Wilet, the New York
lawyer, and the robber of the Frederick County
Bank, is of a kind so singular that nothing less than
a judicial investigation ot this matter is likely to
lie satisfactory to the public. The New York Sun,
in an article rather apologetic! than otherwise,
speaks of Wilet's concern in the buisness as a pro-,
fessinnal transaction and says :
Very soon after tho robbery, the whole transac
tion became known to him, and he was employed,
professionally to tlXect a ncgociation between tho
persons who had possession of the stolen money,
and the bank ; the object of which was to effect a
return of the issues of the bank, the bonds, 3co.
stolen. The bank in its advertisement, had offered
a reward of six per cent for the return of those
issues. Mr. Wiley wrote to the officers of the bank,
advising them of hi commission to treat with them;
two of whom, as before stated, came to the city,
and entered with Mr. Wiley upon the ncgociation
in question. Mr. Wiley's client, 01 client, decli
ned yielding up the issues, bonds, &c. at the rata
offered by the bank for the issues (no reward be
ing offered for the securliea) and insisted upon a
reward of ten per cent. To this demand, however,
the agents of the bank objected ; but eventually a
compromise was etftcled, the amount of which was,
that if over $120,000 of the issues were returned,
they would allow a reward of eight per cent, on
the issues.
This is a cool nan stive of a 'buisness transaction;'
aud it shows that Mr. Wiley and hi cheats were
no inexpert hands at such negotiations. Whether
it would not b more consistent wiib,law anJjuslice,
however, to regard Mr. Wilst as ail accessory after
ihe fact, rather than as the legal counsel of such
client; is a qucslon which a bill of indictment by
the Gran J Jury of Frederick County might briiij
to aa iaaue. Bait. American.
tit-ueral Jackson.
Just as our paper i going to pre the following
wa put in our hands Globe,
Nashville, June 22, 1841.
Dear Sir : General Jackson was taken very ill
yesterday morning about 8 o'clock. I took up Dr.
Robertson by one o'clock, and left him a short time
ago, much improved, and quite easy sleeping. It
waa an attack of cramp coolie, and I have never
seen him so far gone, or so much prostrated. He
may recover from this attack, but I feai that be will
remain very feeble. P. 8. Mr. Crutcher has just
got down, and bling favorable account of the
General. II is atill improving.