From the St. Ijmit Evening Gazette, July 10.
. The Confession of tha Negroes.
Messrs. Chambers cfc-Knapp, of thin city, have
uMfthcd, as moat of our reader are aware, a pirn
hint of seventy or eighty page, containing the j
mfcssinnt of the negroes, Madison, Warrick, Spa
vard and Brown, who were executed yesterday, fur
he m order of Dnker and Weaver In April last ( to
.'her wilh lithographic likenesaca, Inkcn while
hey were in jail. According to the statement of
vladison ho waa boin in Virginia, the slave of Ana
lrockmsn,snd waa eolJ when 12 or 16 years of age
i a negro trader by the name of Blakely and ta
. n to New Orleans.
He aoon obtained the full confidence of his master,
-rt urned with him to Maryland, and waa encouraged
v him to tell "false talca" to slaves, whom ho with
"I to purchase, and to aid him in coaxing ofT, or in
"tooling and secreting others. The slavca were
a'ld that his master waa from fieo state, and that
thfy would be taken to Canada, out of the reach of
their masters. To the women and girls, he held out
the prospect of marrying rich white men, and living
in style and splendor. Blakely, in connection with
t.'m partners, having collected from 80 to 100 slaves,
rtirted by laud to New Orleans.
On their return to Washington, a plan waa
firmed by which Madison's master was to soil him
ii often aa ho could, after which he waa to run a
"ay and go back to him. He was ssld in this way
m Mr. Clay, at Washington, for 1300, and aoon af
tT joined his master in Baltimore. He waa after
wards sold for $1000, in Virginia, and again return-
J as before. Near Orange Court House, he states
'-;at his master robbed the vault of a merchant of
large amount of money and bills, amounting to
; 1 1)0,000, and set fire to the building, which was
entirely destroyed. On their return to New Or
leans, Madison was aold to Mr. Blancbard, and the
1 urchaso money, $900, waa given by bis former
ina.ter to htm ae a reward of fidelity.
After thia he waa engaged, aa ho stales with a
in in n timed James Buel, a clerk of Mr. Blanchard'a
in obtaining goods on forged orders. Soon after,
MnTfon concealed himself in the atore of Mr.
Williams, which be robbed of $300. Afterwards,
'lie storo of Mr. J. H. Fields, of Bienville street, was
robbed of $3,000 ; and, in company with a man by
tiie name of Learned, 2,700 waa obtained from
!; bank on a check altered from $200. About
ihia time, a partner, named David Rook, was taken
ir.tu the concern, and the firm turned their atten
t:nn to stealing negroes, running them to Mobile
rind selling them at auction.
Such are a very few of the cases of Negro stealing,
robbery, and other acta of villainy, in which Modi
on waa engaged previous to his coming to St. Lou
ir. Here he was engaged, with others in robbing tho
d'oree of Mr. J. R. Scott, Mr. Goodcll, Messrs.
Htauin & Hollandor, Sinclair, Taylor & Co., end
E. & A. Tracey ; and here hia infamous career has
I'L-cn brought to a close on the scaffold.
The Slave Trade.
The vengeance of Heaven on individuals ia wise
ly, in most instances, put beyond human discovery.
But, for nations, there is no judgment to come ;
no great af er teckoning makes all straight, and
vindicates the ways of God to man. They roust
de punished here ; and it might be neither difficult
nor unproductive of the beat knowledge the Chris
nun's faith in tho ever-waking and resistless control
uf Providence, to trace the punishment of this
enormous crime even in Europe ; It was, perhaps,
(he slave trade, that lost America to England, and
i he crime was thus punished at its bright, and with
in vitw of the spot where it was committed. The
three great slave traders, whom it has been found
impossible to persuade or restrain, are France,
Spain and Portugal. And in what circumttancce
are the colonies now placed for whose peculiar sup
port this dreadful traffic was carried on t France has
totally lost St. Domingo, the finest colony in the
world, and her colonial trade ia a cipher. Spain
has lost all. Portugal baa lost all. Spanish Ameri
ca and the Brazils are severed from their old mastera
forever. And what have been the especial calami
tit s of the sovereigns of those countries t They
have been all thieo expatriated, and the only three.
Other sovereigns have suffered temporarily evil un
del tha chancea of war ; but France, Spain, and
Portugal, have exhibite d the peculiar shame of three
dynasties at once in exile: the Portuguese flying
across the sea to escape from an enemy in its capi
tol, and Lido ita head in a barbarian laud ; the Span
ish dethroned, and sent to displ.iy its spectacle of
mendicant and decrepit royalty through Europe
and the French doul'ly undone.
The fust effort of Louia XVIII., on his restora
tion, was to roesiablibh the slave trade. Before
twelve months were pan, he waa flying for hia life
to the protection of strangers 1 On the second res
toration the trade waa again renewed. All repre
sentations of its horrors, aggravated aa they now
are by the lawlca rapacity of the foreign traders,
were received with mock acquiescence and real
acorn. And where are the Bourbons now 1
And what ia the peace or the prosperity of the
countries which have thus dipped their guilty gains
in human miseries 1 The three are still centrts of
revolutionary terror : Portugal, still coveud with
the wrecks of a civil war, with a trembling throne,
a jacobin constitution, and a bioken people ; Spain,
tornliy faction, and watching every gathering on
her bills, aa the signs of a tempest that msy sweep
the land, from the Pyrenees to the ocean; and
France, in the first hra.inga of a mighty change,
which man can no more define than he can act
limits to the heaving of an earthquake, or the swell
of a deluge. Other gtealbljecle and causts may
have their share in (hose things ; but the (acts are
before mankind
&Misuam tk Mails. It ia stated that there
ia a postmaster in Arkansas who doce not possess
tha "accomplishment" of being able to read, and
whan the mail cornes, ha is under the necessity ol
measuring it, and sends about three pecks to Little
Rock, tao perks to BaUaville, and dwindles down
to galpn wLurn he conies to the tut counties.
Cretctnt.
The Inte Iter, Mr. (bookman.
Tha Washington Intelligencer containe an elo
quent notice of the lato Mr. Cookman, one of the
p.iBtcngeia of the Pr.sidcnt, from which we make
extracts,
Tha dead are every whrte !
The mountain side, the ea. the woods profound
All the wide earth the fori He and the fair
Is one vast burial-ground !
It was a beutiful Sabbath, toward the close of
February Ia4, when, with many others, I repaired
to the Hall of Representatives to listen to tho Fare
well Sermon of the eloquent Cookman. All who
wore present will recollect his last impressive words
"Perhaps," ho aaid, "it is the last time, my be
loved hearers, that I shall ever address you, or that
wa shall ever meet again upon earth. I go to my
native land to receive the blessings of an aged father,
and to drop a tear upon the grave of a sainted me-
titer." There was something prophetic, solemn,
and deeply affecting in the tones and manner of tho
preacher. Small in stature and slendei in boJy, he
stood like the imago of St. Paul before Felix. All
who had known him, or who had often listened
with rapt attention to the eloquence which gushed
from his lips, touched as with a living coal from
the altar, where moved no tears, and seemed to feel
as if they were Inking in reality a last farewell of
one who had given new ardor to their piety, and
thrown an additional interest into the acrviccs of the
Sanctuary.
The whole scene waa in no ordinary degree
grand, Imj osing, and affecting. The magnificent
Hall, a fit temple fur the worship of the living God ;
the crowd that had assembled to hear the last ser
mon of the Minister whose eloquence (hey so much
admired, with their eyes fixed upon the countc
nance glowing with feeling, and listening with the
profoundest attention to tho lessons of piety he in
culcatcd ; the noblo head of ex-President Adams
just below hitn ; the altitude of the preacher, and
tho solemn and prophetic farewell ho uttered, all
conspired to excite feelings of tho deepest solemnity
and of the most intense interest.
Yet who of all that crowd of admiring auditors be
lieved for a moment that in a few short weeks he
who then stood before them, in the impressive dig
niiy of an apostle, and with the appearance of one
inspired of Heaven, would be buried in one of the
lark, unfuthoniad caves" of tho ocean, there to re
pose tiil the lust trumpet shall call him before the
throne of the great Being whose cause he loved.
and to whose service be had long devoted all tho
energies of a superior intellect 1
Mr. Cookman waa one of the most eloquent pul
pit orators iu this country. Many were, perhaps,
bis eupeiiors in polish and elegance of style, ex
lent of acquirements, ond depth of research, but
none surpassed him in the power which belongs to
The orator of rousing the feelings and passions of
the bearer, in the felicity and appropriateness of il'
lustration, the splendor of his rhetorical figures, and
the occasional bursts of impassioned eloquence.
His ordinary tonea were low, but distinct; it was
only when the feeling or sentiment required it,
that he became vehement and loud, and rolled on
in a voice of thunder. Aa a preacher he was very
popular wherever he was stationed ; and, like Chal
ners and Irvin, always drew after him large con
gregations, and those whom be did not convert he
never failed to charm, delight, and edify. He was
beloved end admired by all who knew him, both in
the pulpit and the aocial circle. Hia manner was
blnnd, unasriuming and attractive, and bis piety free
from that austerity and asceticism which character
ize some who make divinity their profession. Such
was the lamented Cookman as a minister of God
and a pulpit orator. He sleeps the long sleep of
death in quietude and peace, amid the deep dark
waves of the bottomless ocean no longer to mourn
over the vicea or to weep for the miseries of man
kind. No man could have been better prepared to
tako the sudden and awful plunge into eternity
that he did ; to him it was but a transition from a
world of tin and woe to one of eternal purity and
happiness.
Another Great Bank Robbery.
An express arrived in town thia morning, from
Jacksonville, Illinois, bringing a handbill, announ
cing the roblry of the branch of the State Bank of
Illinois, of about 90,000 dollars. We copy it.
Five Thvutaud Volan llcu-ard The Branch of
the Stale Bank of Illinois at Jacksonville, was rob
bed last night (Suuday, the lllb iust) The doors
were entered by falre keys. The following is the
probable amount taken by the robbers, to wit: 78,
000 dollars of paper, about 47,000 dollars of the a-
hove waa in Parent Bunk paper, the balunce mostly
in notes of the Branches, and Bunk of lilinoii.
About 8,000 dollars in gold, and 3 or 4000 dollars
insider. The above rewaid will be paid for the
recovery of the money and the detection of the rob
ber. J. P. WILKINSON, President.
Jacksonville, July 12, 194 1.
Wa leain iu addition to what is stated, that the
Books, papers and evidences of debt, were cut up,
mutilated and destroyed by the robbers for there
must have been scrotal pcisons engaged in it: and
that part of tho Banking house waa occupied aa a
residence, by the Teller. 47. Loutt.Vtw Eta.
Tin Wai-kxr. The man who walked all day,
ftoin the corner of Ann street to the Park for a dol
lar, won hia wages. The condition waa that he
should walk at trie rate of at least five miles an
hour ; and the first hour, by actual measurement,
it was found that he had six miles and almost three
quarters. Up to 12 o'clock (five hours) he had
finished twenty-seven miles. He commenced again
at one, and finished the day's work at aix, having
walked fifty-one ami a half miles in exactly ten
hours.
Tax Gbsatsst Voiaor Yst. The ship Cle
matis, Benjamin, master, arrived from a waling voy
age on Sunduy last, with 2700 barrels of oil. This,
considering the distance peiformed, is decidedly the
g.eatest voysge we have ever made known. The
Clematis has been round the woild, and taken thia
enormous quantity of oil iu eleven tuonths. AVw
London Gazette.
A Dlfllcnlty with tha Pops.
The Washington correspondent of the New
Yorker, speaks of tho probability of our govern
menl having a difficulty to aettlo with the Pope of
Rome, arising out of the Imprisonment of an Arne
rican Bishop, named Reore. This ia the first inti
mation we have hward of such a circumstance, but
if correct wa shall probably hear more of it. The
writer aaye: -
"Ilia Holiiies, In iba exercise of his Apostolic
functions, called the Bishop of Detroit to appear
before him in the year 1938 or 30. The latter in
olve.liciiro to tho mandate repaired to Rome, when
he waa urged to resign hia Apostolic function of pas
tor of the dioceso of Detroit. Ha refused and waa
thrust into prison, and remains cut off from all
communication with his country and fiiend. This
will be officially communicated to the department
of state by a Catholic priest, who says our worthy
fellow citizen ia suffering ibis prolonged incarcera
tion, owing to certain calumnies of bis colleagues
in the United Slates, who have been accessory to
his imprisonment, and lmve known the fact ever
sinco its consummation, but have carefully kept it a
secret from the laiety in this country, and especial
ly from the flock of tha sufferer. A citizen of the
United Stales called to Rome to be judged by his
Holiness for acts alleged to have been committed
in tho United States, is an anomaly, at least in the
history of our country."
We find in the Madisnnian the following letter
in relation to tho arrest and imprisonment of Bi
shop Reese.
The following is handed lo us for publication, as
a copy of a letter communicated to tho Secrelary
of the State. Wa have no knowledge of the char
acter of the author of the letter, but aro informed
by him that he had seen the Bishop of Detroit in
Rome, and vouched for the truth and soberness of
his address to the Government. We are not fully
aware of the extent of the power of the Pope over
those who acknowledge their allegiance to him, but
we had supposed his supremacy was only spiritual,
and did not profess to extend lo lemKral matters,
or to the lives and liberties of American citizens.
We know not to what conditions Bi hop Reeso
may have subscribed as the price of his liberty, but
as an American citizen, claiming the protection of
his Government, he Is entitled to it, unless he has
been guilty of soma crimo against the laws where
he is imprisoned.
To the Hon. Daniel If ebstcr, Secretary of Stale.
Sir I hasten to make known to the Govern
ment of the United States of America, a fact of a
aerioua character, and highly intciesting lo the na
tional dignity of the country.
The Bishop of Detroit, Michigan, Mr. Reese, an
American citizen, ia confined in a dungeon of
Rome, without communication with any living per
son, and consequently without the knowledge of
the American Minister resident there ; a target for
the blackest calumnies, and a victim of the mosl at
rocious persecution from his colleagues here in re
ligious matters, was summoned lo Rome toward the
end of 1333, if I am not mistaken; and in 1839,
when I made hia acquaintance, he was confined in
a convent under an ecclesiastical prosecution.
On the process being completed he waa ordered
to resign. Thia ha refused to do, and then he was
thrown into a dungeon, perhaps of the Inquisition,
where three other Bishops are lying. There he is
overwhelmed with suffering', and tortured to oblige
him to resign, and all possible measures were taken
to prevent him from invoking the protection of the
diplomatic agents of hia own country. A similar
case had happened to the Bishop of Philadelphia,
Mr. Cornwell. But this prelate, whilst in the same
position of Mr. Reese, waa fortunate enough to
ni.ke his escape from Rome ; and arrested in Paris,
under Charles X., by ordt r of the Pope, was sot at
lilicrty through the intsrvention of the American
Minister.
Thinking that the Government of the United
Stalca are lo look upon their cilizena under no re
ligious asjiect, but merely as free citizens of this
Union, I could scarcly believe but that, in conse
quence of this enclosure, ready and efficacious
steps will be luki'ulo cause the Papal Government
to be called to account for such a scandalous abuse
of its spiritual power.
I have the honor to be,
Your most obedient servant,
Bkrkardi-s Castilli
Washington, D. C, July 13, 1841.
It is a curious fuel and worthy of observation
that the mind may be blighted, yet the body, aa if
careless of the loss, still keeps up animul life. Many
instances are on record of this class of cases, but
none inoro striking than that of George the III.
He enjoyed no lurid interval from the year 1811
till tha day of his death, which occurred in the year
1320 yet his bodily health waa good during all
that lime, except for about a mouth or two before
his demise. He lived till he waa eighty-two yeaia
ofaqe, and if the injury to bis mind might have
shortened his existence, a fair opportunity was pre
sented in his case, as his defect of intellect occurred
when he was tevetity year old. Besides, he bad
been a long lime totally blind and almost deaf.
Ytt be lived nine years after his mental malady had
assailed him, without vision and scarcely any hear
ing. American Sentinel.
Chock an to Dkath. A man named Freder
ick Helmbold, living in South street, near Eighth,
went into the Bank Coffee House, in Libraiy stiert,
yesterday noon, and seeing a round of beef laid out
upon the table aa a cold cut, helped himself lo a
piece, which he put into his mouth, and almost im
mediately after It It the house. Iu ten minutes afier
he was a corpse, the piece of meat not being pro
perly masticated, having atoped in his throat, in
such a m inner that no relief could be sffordeJ him,
and in a few minutes causing hia death by choking.
U, S. Gaz.
Poor E m to h a mts.- A t the sheds erected neat
Montreal fur the use of poor emigrants, over 8397
hav been received there this eeason. Over 1400
have arrived within a fortnight, and large quanti
ties of oat-total have been distributed among them.
Tha Slate Ionn.
In order to meet the interest upon the Stale debt,
due on the first of August next, Governor Porter,
about a month since, notified all the Banks who are
obliged, by their charters, to furnish money to tho
State when needed, that ha should require of them
the sum of $350,000, and a few days since arrived
in this city to personally negotiato the requisition
thus made. Several meetings of the representatives
of the Banks were held, tho reault of which, we are
happy to stale, is, that the whole amount of money
called for haa been subscribed in this city and coun
ty. Although some demur is msdebyonoor two
of the small Banks, towards the payment of their
quota, yet the difficulty thus presented is very slight,
and will be easily set aside.
We are glad to learn that there is an evident good
feeling among all parlies throughout tho State to
wards the Stato tax, to anticipate the receipt of
which thia loan ia made, end that it haa thua far
been cheerfully paid. Thia is gratifying news, as it
was broadly asserted by many here that the payment
of llio tax would be tcsisted.
We understand that it ia tho general belief that
only those Banks which have signified their ac
ceptance of the provisions of the Relief Bill, are lia
ble to be called upon by the State, to furnish funds
when needed. Thia ia a mistake. That act was
special, and passed under an emcigency, which wo
hope is not likely to occur again ; but the right of
the Executive to call upon all the banks with one
or two exceptions, to contribute a certain pel ccn
tage of their capitals to the wants of the State, is
derived from the terms of their renewed charters.
There is no doubt of the interest on the Slate
debt being paiJ, and this must gladden every Penn
syivanian, who feels for the honor of his State.
We always maintained that Pennsylvania would
never be disgraced or degraded, among her sisters :
and we find that our confidence was not misplaced,
that although difficulties beset her on every side,
her native integrity has borne her safely onward,
beyond the reach of danger. U. S. Gazette.
A Goon Example. We heard Mr. Clay deba
ting a day or two since, apon tho Loan Bill, re
mark that for twen'y years, nei her he nor his wife
had owed any ot.n a dollar. Both of them, many
years gone by, had come to the conclusion, that the
best piinciple of economy w.a this, "never logo to
bed in debt. To indulge your wants when you are
able to do so, and to repress them when you are
not able to indulge diem." The example is not
only an excellent one for itself, but comes from a
high source. To repress a want, is one of the wi
sest, sufest, and most necessary principles of politi
cal economy. It prevents not only the dangerous
practice of living beyond the means, but encourages
the safe precedent of living within them. If all who
could, would live within their means, the world
would be much happier and much better than it is.
Henry Clay and his noble housewife give us an ex
ample worthy of all imitation. K Y. Erprest.
Whit will rot a Momra no to ssra ntn
Child 1 We learn that on Friday list, as a child
of Mrs. McGee, of Westminster, aged 5 years, was
at pluy about Ike well, it climtied upon the curb,
and waa precipitated head foremost into the well,
which was aboat twenty feet deep. Mrs. McGce
missing the child, and hearing cries from the w ell,
although in very poor health, and having a child
only 6 weeks old, descended and rescued the un
fortunate auffcicr, who was clinging to the side of
tha wall and crying for help. Such daring and
bold achievements, although of rare occurrence,
show what a mother will do to save her suffering
child. Uellowe Fulls, (7.) Gaz.
The Mabia Cobs ill casx. The Sunday Mor
ning News of New Vot k, announces that it is a
hout to publish a narrative of the confessions of Iv
vi Cass, a seaman on board Ihe U.S. ship Fairfield,
in which he acknowledges the participation of him
self and others in the "murder of Sarah Maria
Cornell," for which the Rev. E. K. Avery was in
dicted and tried.
VAtra of Matrimoxt. Some writers on Po
litical Economy aaya that a man doea not reach his
pos'tion of usefulness in society until lie is married.
Those young men about town who are so regardless
of this great truth, should reform this very day. Not
wait till to-moirow. Dr. Franklin had no exalted
opinion of the value of single gentlemen. The old
Philosopher used lo liken them to a half pair of
icit&ort.
Wiki ii High P lacks A Gentlemin passed
from New York to Albany in a steamboat, a few
days since, with Gen. Scott and the Hon. Mr.
from England. The latter gentleman, not know
ing that Gen. Scott waa a tee-totoller, observed that
he "thought the Americans were going to a great
extreme in their temperance movements ; for," sjiJ
he, "it has got even into President Tyler's house,
and at dinner there, a few days since with Mr. Clay,
Webster and others, I observed that not one of them
drank any wine, and the only use made of the do
canter was by the President, who apparently out of
mere politeness to me, as a stranger, sent it to me
with a request that I would take wine with bim,
ami he barely put il to his Up." Heading Gaz.
Stbekt PaiAcmao. The people of Baltimore
are resorting lo the primitive mode of preaching tha
gospel. Fourteen different places were announced
in the Baltimore papers of Saturday where there
would be pleaching in the street on the Sabbath.
"Wbisext, too men." Hearing groans and
other demonstrations of distress in an occupied
building the other evening, curiosity led us to go in.
An Indian waa lying at full length on the ground,
face downwards, kicking in fine stylo, white another
had his knees on tht Uick of his prostrate compa
nion, and waa busy ty ing his hands behind htm.
He did not seem lo relisb. this proceeding at all, and
expressed his dissatisfaction by sundry grunta and
"ugh in that gmiei.l tone peculiar to his race.
Aa we approached thorn, tha victor raised hia flash
Ing eyes, and waved hia hand with great dignity foi
us to begone but wishing lowliness the nature
of his occupation, and to ace fair play if need should
be, we kept on, and inquired what waa the matter 1
"Whinksy, too much," was the laconic reply. He
was evidently securing his companion to prevent
mist-hief during hia "fire-water" madness. Per
haps tha next day ho icquircd the same friendly of
fice for himself. Peoria licgittcr.
THE AMERICAN.
Saturday, July 31, 1841,
Democratic Candidate for Governor,
Gen. DAVID It. PORTED.
We are under obligations to ihe Hon. Jas,
Buchanan and John C. Calhoun of the Senate, and
the Hon. John Snyder and C. Brown of the House
of Representatives, for public documents, &c.
Cj Wc refer our readers to an interesting debate
on the Fiscal U. S. Bunk.
The weather has been exceedingly hot. On
Friday the 23d inst. the thermometer stood at 03
in the shade. It lasted however but a few days.
0 The water was let into tho North Branch
Canal on the 20th inst., the navigation having been
suspended but eight days. This wss deemed the
most advisable mode to clear out the grasa and
make the necessary repairs. Tho delay in naviga
tion, all things considered, amounts to nothing, es
pecially duiing the dull season, since the boats will
be enabled to travel more expeditiously, whilo the
state has probably gained considerable in the item
of expenses. Some of our Whig cotemporaries
were, however, determined lo find fault, which, as
the election is drawing near, and political capital is
much wanted, is not at all surprising. They must
needs grumble at somcthin g. They are determined
to make music of some sort, and if a fiddle cant bo
had a corn atalk must answer.
The water was let into the Lehigh Cwnal on
Monday last. The whole line is, we presume, in
navigable order by this time.
j The Harrii-burg Chronicle says that the town
council are about to issue small bills, of the denomi
nation of 25 and !)0 cents. We trust the editor of
the Chronicle has been misinformed. Tho people
should not tolerate them anywhere.
J. Wallace Brooke has been appointed soli
citor to the Bank of the United Statea at a salary
of $2,000 per annum. Mr. Brooke is a nephew of
Gov. Porter. The former solicitor Mr. Cadwalla
dcr, received a salary of $7,000 per annum.
fXjThe Bankrupt Bill passed the Senate on Sa
turday last, by a a vote of 2G to 24.
Some of the Whig papers are endeavoring to
implicate Gov. Porter with the U. S. Bank, because
his nephew, Mr. Brook, has been appointed solici
tor to the bank, with a salary of 2,000 per annum.
It must be recollected that Mr. Brook is the son-in-law
of Wm. Rawle, Esq., who, with Mr. Joshua W.
Lippincott and a few others are supposed to control
the affairs of the present Bank. He is indebted,
without doubt, to the influence of Mr. Rawle, his
father-in-law, for his appointment.
tXy-BniAcn is thi Tina Water Casal.
The United Statea Gazette of the 2Sth inst. saya,
"We regret to learn that a breach has happened in
this important work below Columbia, which will
probably require two weeks to repair.
Since contradicted. There ia no break.
The Lead 31 inc.
Several hands have been engaged during the last
three months in working anJ exploring the lead
mine near this place, which was discovered about a
year since. They have already taken out about 25
tons of the ore, which will, on an average, yield
about sixty per cent, of pure metal. Tho vein now
working is about two feet in thickness. There are
several other veins which have not yet been opened.
Professor Rodgers, in his last repoit, professes lo
give an analysis of some ore discoveied opposite
Selinsgrove, which yielded about 10 per cent, lead
and 40 per cent. zinc. If the professor intended
this as an analysis of the ore above alluded to, which
we suppose is the ease, then we have only to say
that the blunder of his analysis is only equalled by
the blunder of the description of the locality. The
late geological survey, we consider as one of the
humbugs of the day. Our only regret is, that it
waa not placed in the hands of a number of scien
tific and competent persons. The whole woik must
soon or late, be done over.
Home Squadron.
We are pleased to see Congress moving in re
lation to the establishment of steam ships, similar
to those now under construction for the British and
French governments. Ttese vessels are designed
for the transportation of passenger; and Convey
ing the mails in lime of per.ee, bo', are subject to
the orders of the govcrnmef;, during war. A new
line is about lo be es'.gulished by the British go
vernment, con,',gting of fourteen steam ships of &00
horse pewer each, which are to ply between Eng
land and this country, touching at various porta in
South America and the West India Islands. For
carrying the Koysl Mail they are to receive 1,388,
830 dollars per annum. Thus, in time of war,
England, It ia said, could bring into service a fleet
of upwards of one hundred steam ships. This sys
tem of increasing and strengthening the navy is
thus accomplished with but little additional expense,
inasmuch aa Ihe postage on letters and papers will
almost defray Ihe expenses incurred in keeping up
and maintaining the line.
We trust thia plan will be adopted by our govern
ment. Tho United States has been the pioneer in
steam navigation, and should not lag behind. Be
sides the advantages are obviously so much auperi
or in point of efficiency as well aa economy, that
congress, we think, cannot hesitate about entering
into the measure proposed without delay. Mr.
King has reported a bill in the house to ihis effect.
Congressional.
The following bills have been ac'ed upon and)
passed in the House of Representatives :
1st. The Appropriation Bill for defraying the
expenses of the extra session.
2d. The Bill for the relief ef Mrs Harriso
end the family of the late lamented President.
3d. A Bill for the relief of the lunatics of the
District of Columbia.
4th. The Bill for the distribution of the proceeds
of the Public Lands, and for granting pre-emption
rights to actual settlers.
6th. A bill for paying the Navy Pensioners.
6th. The Appropriation Bill for Naval Ordnance.
7th. The Loan Bill.
8th. The Appropriation Bill for Fortifications
and repleading Indian Hostilities.
Otlt. The Appropriation Bill for the Home Sqad
ron.
Besides these bills passed and sent to the Se
nate for concurrence, tho appropriate committrea of
the House to whom the various subjects had been
referred, have reported :
The Fiscal Bank Bill, similar to that now before
the Senate ;
The Sub-Treasury Repeal Bill, as already passed
the Senate abo, including the repeal of the De
posits Act of 183C ;
The Bankrupt Bill; and
The Bill to revive and extend the Charters of the
Banks of the Firtrict of Columbia.
Extract uf a Utter to the Editor, dated
Washisotos, July 27lh, 1841.
The bank Bill has passed in the Senate to a third
reading, by a vote of 25 to 21. Clay's compiomi.-o
amendment brought in Merrick and Preston. Tho
final vote will be 27 to 24. Two were absent, who
will vote for the Bank. Rives remained tiue to the
last, and defended himself nobly. Tyler will veto
the bill.
fXj The compromise amendment alluded to, is,
if the legislature of ihe states do not dissent the first
year after the charter, their assent shall be presu
med, to the establishment of branches.
Front the Baltimore American.
Twenty-Seventh Congress.
Wasiiixotox, July 26, 1841.
IXIT1CU STATES SENATE,
FISCAL BANK.
There being no other morning buisness, the Bill
to incorporate a Fiscal Bank of the United States
was called up. The amendments considered in
committee were next considered for concurrence
in the Senate. Amendments were proposed to the
amendments adopted in committee, by Mr. CLAY
of Ky. They were unimportant and generally con
curred in. The amendments prohibiting "the offi
cers and directors of the Coporation, or any office
of discount and deposite thereof, from loaning mon
ey or contracting any debt in the Bunk in any man
ner whatever," was discussed with some earnestness
by Mr. CLAY of Ky. and Mr. WALKER of MUs.
The amendment also proposed that no note or bill
of which auch officer or director or any member of
Congress is maker, drawer, endorser, acceptor, or
otherwise a party, shall be discounted. Mr. CLAY
considered the prohibition an unjust one, and an
unnecessary one. It was neither the practice of
safe banking nor necessary to safe banking. Mr.
WALKER argued otherwise, and contended that
past experience proved its necessity especially in
the practice of the Pennsylvania U. S. Bank. Mr.
HUNTINGTON aaid the amendment was a pro
hibition lo members of Congress and to all officers
of the Bank, except with the latter to the amount
of $10,000. Waa this prohibition juslt Why
should this class of citizens be proscribed ! Why
should not a member of Congress be allowed to buy
a Bdl of Exchange of the U. States Bank to send
to his family if he thought proper ! Why might he
not endorse a note, or ask for a discount 1 Were
not members of Congress as honorable and possess
ed of as much probity as their fellow citizens.
Mr. CLAY of Ala. advocated the amendment as
it stood in the Bill, and was for prohibiting mem
bers of Congress from being borrowers and Direc
tora also It was inviting corru) lion of the most
damning character to resict such an amendment.
Had the U.S. Bank been thus controlled and oth
er Institutions of the sort, the government v. ouTJ
have been now greatly benefited, Mr, Clay waa
surprised that the memlera of Coiigress should be
prohibited from discounts.
Mr, LINN, Mo. advocated the same amendment,
and thought the majority would gladly acreplof ev
ery amendment which had been proposed by thai
minority. He recited the Bank of Fiance as ait
example worthy of imitation : The Bank of France
loaned its money to small tradcta, which ware mucts
safer borrowers Curt those who borrowed millionsv
'i he proposition to f. nee up the Directory to giva
publicity to the action of Ihe Bonk was also otie of
the safest principles of action here.
Tha vote was then taken upon the first branch of
Ihe amendment, relating to the limit upon the Di
rectors of the Bank. The yeas and naya weie cal
led and the resell was, ayes 23, noes 25.
The next ameoJmeui related to members of Con
gress.
Mr. CLAY of Ky. opposed it. If this Bank char,
ter were like other Bank charters there would be
some reason for the amendment, but it was not.
Mr. Clay illustrated the injustice of thia amendment.
At his residence be sent forth a piece of psner ai
J endoreer, or drawer, or acceptor. Xfcis waa taken