The fo'lowilig beautiful lines, from the pen of
Mn. Hide, we doubt not, will tip much m ire c
i cptable (o Mr. Dickent than the senseless feasting
on, I stuffing reception he hail at New York.
Thr Welcome of Phllfit1rlihla
TO CIIARL.KS UH KIOS.
BT MR. 1. J. H4t.lt.
How shall we mark thy coming t
How make thy welcome free!
(Hi, not with gathered multitudes,
A 11 J feaat and revelry;
The spirit of our Foumler
Not thus wou'd greet the good ;
We give, as he woulil give lo thee,
The hand of brotherhood.
Then come, as would a hrother,
To join the household hand j
'Who would, among his kindri'd,
On forms of greeting stand !
Tbe offspring of thy genius
Our heart and hearth-sides chare,
Ai.d Oliver und Kelly dear,
Will meet thee every where.
Whnt though with loudrr rcsiis.
Thy welcome hath hern i unit ?
Tim richest gems are rarely found
Upon earth's surface flung;
The purest pearls lie deeprst down,
Beneath still waters press'd,
Ai.d I lie warmest thoughts that welcome,
Are iu the silent breast.
For thou hast raised the lowly.
And made the wicked yield,
And wakened feelings holy.
The orphan poor to shield ;
Ai d mirrored in thy pages,
The riirc and uoon aie seen
To beautify the human soul
In every form and mien.
It is for this we love thre,
t or this thy hanJ we press,
Fur this Wight eyes salute thee,
For this grave voices bless;
With pride we pay these honors,
To Genius' power in thee,
For thou hast honored virtues,
That make and keep man free !
Then welcome as a hrother,
Our world is new and wide,
But still for thee and thine iheiu'll he
Kind friends on every side ;
Ami urn thee in our borders.
Where Fence her home hath made,
Since l'enn first wooed her pre-ence here,
L'enenih the forest shade.
February 22d, 1812.
from the Southern Literary Messenger.
THE FOOL'S VEXtE.
tSthe year 1SJ3 , in a handsomely furnish
ed parler which opened out ofthat noted I-on-tlan
gin-shop, called the 'Punch Bowl,' sat its
intstiess, the gaudily dressed Mrs. Crowder, j
conversing with an obsequious neighbor. j friends! I know your face, I'm certain; still
'Why, Mrs. Crowder, I really must say you i there is some change in you, though I can't
have things in the first style ! What elegant exactly Fay what it is.'
papering', what noble chairs I what a pair of I 'I used to be iu ragged clothes, and out of
firescreens ! all so bright and fresh! Then, ; health,' said George Manly, smiling; 'now
the elegant stone-copings to yotir windows, j thank God, I am cotnfortubly clad, and in e.
imd those beautiful French window frames ! cellent health.'
And you he ve leen sending your daughters to 'But how is it,' said Mrs. Crowder, 'that
the ,'enteelest boarding school ; your shop is ; we never catch a sioht of vou now v
tl9 best furn'hed, and your cellars ate the best j
filled in all this part of I.unnud. Where can j
you find the needful for all these grand things ? !
Dear Mrs. Crowder, how do you manage?" j
Mrs. Crowdcr simpered, ami cui-t a look of
Kinilintr wwitomnt tlirn'i.rb tho h:i!f iviifn dmir. :
into the shop, rilled with droughty customers, j
The fool's nonce! 'tisTHK FOOl.'N 1'INCE !
that does it for ns, t-he fold. And l.er voice '
rose, more shrill and loud than usual, with the ; as you told a friend of yours one day last year
triumph she felt. fur penee that have June all this for u.
Her words reached the ears of one customer ; The fool's pence ! 1 ought rather to say, the
George Manly, the carpenter, who stood near j pence earned by honest industry ; and t-pont so
the counter. Turning his eyes r.pon those a- that we can ask the blessing of God upon the
ronrnl liitn, lie saw pale, sunken cheeks, infla- ' pence,'
rued eyes, and ragged garments, lie then j 'Mrs. Crowder never recovered the custom
turned them upon the ftately apartment; he i er t-he had lost.
looked through the door into the parlor, and j
raw looking glasses, and pictures, and gilding, j ' .V i. Trxtmnr.
ond fine furniture, and a rich carpet, and Miss
luicy in a silk gown, at her piano; and he
thought to himself, how strange it is ! how cu
iiuiiH, that all this wretchedness on iuy k-ll
hand should he made to turn into all this rich
finery on my right !
Well, sir; and what's for you!' s?id the
shrill voice which had made lho tool's pence
nnnr in his ears.
'A glass of gin, ma'am, is what I was wait
i ...... i .
mg lot ; tint 1 tnink I v pma ttie last fowls
i-BNCE that 1 shall put down on this counter for
mmy a loll'' day.
Manly listened home. His wife and his
ivra little girls were wbtcd ut w.ak. 'J'liey
v.ere thin and pale, really for want of fuod.
Tiie room looked very cheerless, und their fire
was so t u 1 1 ii 1 as hardly to be felt ; yet the dul
lu.'.t obser er Wou'd Lave been btruik by the
iiealnfcsthat reigned.
it was a jyyful surprise o them, his return
ing so early that night, aud xeturniug sober,
uud in good humor.
'Your eyes are weak to-night, wilt-,' i-aul
Goorge, urrl.se jou have been crying. I'm
ul'raid you woik t'o rm.f h by tudj lyht.'
Ifis wife Hinlt d, and ssid 'uokkino do i not
hurt my eyv ,' uinl slse U koned to her liltle
hoy, who w ktaniKug apart, m a corner evi
dently as a culpt't.
Why, John, what' this I see V said his fu
ther. 'Conie, and ti ll 111c what you have been
doing.' m
John was a plain spoken boy, ai d had a
ttraightforwnrd way. He came up to Ins fa
ther, and looked him full in his face, and said
'the Uiker came for his money to night, and
would not leave the loaves w ithout it ; but
J ,i'"i rjrr j . i .. l .! "-im
though he was cross and rough, he said mo
ther whs nut to hluiiic, and that he was sure
you had been drinking away all the money;
and when he whs gone, tnutlier cried over her
w ork, but she did not soy any thing'. I did lint
know she was crying, till I saw her tears drop
ping on her hands : and then I said bad words ;
and mother sent me to stand in the corner.'
'Tell me what your bad words were, John,'
suid his father, not swearing I hope!'
'No,' said John, coloring; '1 said you were
a had man ! I said bud father !'
And they were bad words, I am sure,' said
his mother ; 'but you are now forgiven ; so bring
me some coal from the box.'
George looked at the face of his wife; and
as he met the tender gnzo of her mild eyes,
now turned to him, he felt the tears rise in his
own. Ho rofi! up ; and putting money into
hrr hands, lie said, 'there are my week's wa
ges. Come, come, hold out Iroth hands, for
you have not got all yet. Lay it out fin the
best, as you always do. I hope this will be a
beginning of better doings on tny part, and
happier days on yours.'
George told his wife, after the children
were gone to bed, that when he paw what the
pence of the poor could do towards keeping up
a fine house, and dressing out the landlord's
wife and daughter.", and when he thought of
his own hard-working, uncomplaining Susan,
and his children in want, and almost iu rags,
while he was sitting drinking, night after night,
destroying his health and strength; ho was so
struck with sorrow and shnmo, that he seemed
to come to himself at last. He determinod
from that hour, never again to put the intoxi
cating glass to his lips.
More than a year afterwards, one Sunday af
ternoon, nj Mrs. Crowdcr, of the Punch Howl,
was walking with her daughters, to the pea
gardens, they were overtaken by a violent
shower of rain, and had become at least half
drenched, when they entered a comfortable
house, distinguished by its comforts and tidi
ness from all others near it. Its good imttired
mistress and hcrtwogirls did oil they could to
dry and wipe away the rain-drops and mud-
splashes from the ladies fine silk gowns, all
draggled and soiled, and to repair, as far as
possible, every mischief done to their dresses
and persons.
When all had been done that could be done,
and, as Miss Lucy said, they 'began to look
themselves again,' Mrs. Crowder, who was
lolling in a lurge arm-chair, and amusing her
self by a stare at every one and every thing in
the room, suddenly started forward, and ad
dressing herself to the master of the house,
j whose Uible and whose face had just caught
her eye 'Why, my good man, we are old
'Madam,' said he, 'I'm sure 1 wish you well; '
nay, I have reason to thank you ; for words of'
yours ftr.-t npeued my eyes to my own foolish j
and wicked course. My wife and children
were halt-naked and half-starved, onlv this i
ii,n l,.t ...... - I ... l.m ;r .. ..l...
now ; for sweet, contented looks, and decent
rlrba I'll m,i,i, it., ., ...n,, ..;r..
and children. And now, madam, I'll tell you, '
The Saute Fe Kxllltoii.
I'll ink 1 1 'om as, on of Gen. Leslie Coirl s of
Keiitiuky.wl.o accompanied the Texan Ex; edition
in Santa Fe, ami was ruptured wih Ihe advanced
giinid, I ut was n leaco.l by Santa Ana ut Mexico,
ha-; puB-id lliioiigh New-Oileans on his return to
Kentiukv. Tbe lfec' received from him a nar
rative ol tl e fortunes of the Expedition, uhich in
great pari agrees with what we have already pub-
listird. It seems that the divisi n of the Texan
r.tr. tvn.i ....r. -I . . i tA.I l.u t&fW.t tl.i, ! . A i t i .ir
- j " ...............
luvi,"5 1,,en ' '" ma.ch when itanived
at 'he Palo Dmo, constantly harrased by the In-
i ,,la""' ho k'H d five of its men lho morning the
, a'htt"f''d P"y out. The .visions hvl run
sunn, ami uo men unuer cot. l.ooK, Ur. Uienhum
and ('ajit. Sutton were pushed on, to procure a
fresh auj'plv, uiid loopin a communication wilh
the Sautu l eans. As tl.ey supposed they were but
i tU Hides from Culliiias, and provisions were so
: KCsrce, only three diys' mil. ms were taken. But
time fchovved th it they vteru 3UU 111. lea from Galh
na 1 wnh nut a habitation on the way, and they
I wiretwa ue.ks uc.-omp! bhintf the distance, sub-
listing 11 their bi. keu-ilomi hoiws, wild berries,
horned f.os, suaki s, &c. Ac any thing to escape.
1 Hurv.itioo. But ut lust lliey leeched Galhnas ; und
ti -iii Ibi. ,.iiit Mr. Comb's oeeount n( the lieuch
t ry oi (' j.'. I.i h ik, Gov. Aaimj.i and the Mexicans
general y, and iheir solemn oaths lo supply them
! nU 4iiuisiiis and give them a safe jiassage oat ol
j the C.suiitry, agrees Willi the accounts we have al
leady given. Mr. Comb proceeds ;
Fu sil was 'lull luriii-heJ the troops, and lliey
weie treilt.t uitli K.mt lei.reucy until the i.rxtday,
when the Govrruor arrived witli about 1 ,K men, a
force tiii!':t'.rni to make hnu sccuie in bis laibari
ty ; we eie seized and bound six and eight to
getl.e.r with bail rojis und ihongs of raw hide,
and put in a filthy sheep-fold, surrounded by a large
armed guard. The Mexican officers then excited
the Peons to the highest degree of the phrenxy, by
the accounts they gave of the Texiana, and we were
prevented from being slaughtered by being huddled
together in a sin nil ymd enclosed by a mud wall, and
defended by the regular troops. In this pluce we
were kept all night, lying in heaps, one upon ano
ther, anil suffering the must intense agony from the
closeness of the confinement and pressure of the
ropes with which we were bound, and in full hear
ing of the disputes in Ihe council culled by the Gov
ernor t deliberate upon our destiny, which deci
ded about dny-hieak, by tingle Vote, that wo
should not he xh.it but marched oil' for Mexico.
"At sunrise we hud to lake up our march for
the city of Mexico, about 2,000 miles distant
Ihe soldiers telling us that we were going to the
mines. Bound six and eight together, we were
foiccd to travel, the three first days about thirty
miles each, without food and even denied the
privilege of drinking when we were wading the
small srreams, through which we were marched.
We were stripped of hats, shoes, blankets and
coats. The Governor himself took fiom mc my
blanket at.d buffalo-rolie, cursing and striking the
prisoners and raving like a madman, Irccause (ns
we heard) his wit.lt to have us shot had been over
ruled in council. I was obliged to give my shirt,
in tho extremity of my distress, for a loaf of bread,
and swapped a tolerably good pair of pnnliiloons
for a ragged pair ujion receiving a mouthful or two
to eat in the exchange. When we arrived at the
Kio del Norte, I hid patted with every thing but
my tattered trousers, vest and euspenileis, every
thing else having been disposed of for lire id or
robbed from me by the soldiers. Nor were the
other prisoners in a letter condition. Tho weather
was then cold, and we wt re nigh perishing iu our
nakedness.
"After a few days' march it was found imprac
ticable for us to gel on with Miy speed, hound to-
gether in such numbers. We were then tied two I
together, and to each pair there was a rope tied
about the waist, neck or arms, and fastened lo the I
nunimil of the saddle of the horsea on which the! r .i .
' . ly held at Harnsburg, for the protection and en-
guard was mounted. The soldiers would occa- , , . , , .... . . .
couragement of American industry, llnsisasub-
aionally nut their horses in a gallop to torture those !..-,-, . " . , ,
J ' . ject in which our people are even more interesicil
fastened to them; and whenever any of us fell i ,
i than a temporary resumption of specie payments,
down or lagged behind, we were dragged upon the 1 '
1 or, unless we produce and inanut iclure at home,
gronilll villi tit'ait'll vtllll iiiuiij;, mm-, ui niiynui
i l-e was at hand.
" The prii cipd, imbed almost nil ihe food we re
ceived dining the route was furnUhed by the no
men, ho would follow us in large numbeia for
miles, weeping at the cruelties to which we were
subjected. They would not be allowed sometimes
the discharge of their offices of charity the aol
diers beating them off and teviling them with ob
scene and abusive language. We were marched,
at limes, all night and all day, blinded by ssnd and
parched with thirst, till our tongues were ao swol
len as almost to be incapable of sfe.iking.
"In this manner we wcie hurried on to the city of interests of the stale debt.
Mexico, w hich we reached toward the close of He- --
cember. But I must here pause, to do justice to Oj" 'e uro indebted to Mr. H. K. Strong of
one oftheciptains of the Mexican army, who had 1 Ham-burp, for the first number of ihn'lW... tor
charge of us for about five days of the journey, 'w seii.i-inoi.lhly i.,ag..zine, drvot. d to the coal
who treated us with kindness, and furnished us iron niimufaeturing, mechanical and agiicultund
with money out of his ow n pocket. He respected j interests of Pennsj lvauia. We know of no one
us as prisoners of war, and I lam. nt that I cannot ""' capable of conducting a work of this eharac
recollect his name. He was tho only otlicer who ' ter, than Mr. Strong. Nor is there any thing of
seemed to regaid us as human beings during the
whole of our long march. The foreigners also in
Chihuahua and acateras, raised a contribution
f"r wllid' 8uve ,IH ""l,0""y r'1'' f-
"After we were t..ken prisoners, we learned that
Huwland. HoM'irbciv und Hiker, the
guides we
I '"k wilh u" fr"m "J w!l haJ le' " !
! on hofoie the division left the l,lo Duio, hid len j
taken and shot as well as un American nn reliant,
named Kawluiid, who had gone their security when
they were tuki n up, upon the information of one
Brign. le, a deserter fnun the Expedition. Of these
transactions, bower, I can only speak from hearsay.
A number of outrages were repotted to have been
peijieirated upon American citizens no doubt cor-
reilly reported.
"When we nriivid at Mexico, we were cov.
eied with filth and vermin. We time met an ol
der from Santa Ana, lobe chained with heavy iron.
We were lodged in tbe Convent Santiago, about
I ao miles from the palaces ; confined in a room
i ovi r the cemetery, and the t illuvia from the deud
I
' bodies beneath was ull'eiisite in tho extreme."
j Mr. Combs pneeeds to complain nf in gleet and
' imlinV-rcuce on the part of our minister, Mr. Ellis,
! (now superseded ;) of the prisoners lieing kept in
tbe public square on iheii arrival ut Mexico for the
I gratification of the lahhlc, and then uiun hcd back
il.cjr prison, because San'a Ana was asleep and
! no one dared awake him !
j . I II lit- U.TLU J un. llllll . 1 1111 ... i' .-".. -
' chaiueil und compelled to work in the streets, .
tl r . . .. 1 .... l ...
though he (Comb,.) w.isexc mpted as sick ; until
About three weeks after we leached Mexico,
two of the prisoners ma le their escape. This in- I
censid Santa Ana lo such a degree, that he ordered
Ihe whole of us, the lame and sick included, to I e !
chaimd and uia.lu to work with the rest. was
mtj.yttj taktn out nj' bedand chuiutd with a hemy j
lug thaw ubout my uncles und made to work in j
tltt tti titu. This, loo, after I had been demanded ,
as citizen of the I'niled Slates by our Minister,
Mr. Elh. ; utu kept in chain about two wttks,
and ill as I was, compelled ,0 a.eep sua won ,n
lliem, Having llicieny iiranjr ios my ncaiing,
uheu I was sent for by Santa Ana.
S.iina Ana having catechised him, and learned
that he was no Texian, but the sou of an Aim ri-
can General, 1. b ased him, assigned bis youth as
the cause, and not even olludiu g to out Minister s
inleifeieiice in his beball, wlncti Mr. tv. jmlges had
very bltle inllueii. e. Combs states that Ellis call
ed three times on Saiila Ana on this subject, hut
did not ol.tiin an audienre, and that he ( EHi-;
never answered his (Corub's) icpealed ,tu rs,
winch his Secrei uy excuseil, alle,ng ihal it did
not become an Eiiiba-sador r correspond wilh a
prisni.fr ! After his release, Ellia treated him wilh
politeness and lent him money to bear his expen.es
boiue. He conclude
"The remainder of the Expedition, under Gener
al Mcl.eod, was expected t.i arrive in Mexico two
days after 1 left the city. I heard they had suffered
very much from bad weather, ill-treatment, Ac.
Ac; and that to sum up their troubles, the small
pox had made its appearance amongst them, and
they reported that about fifty had already perished,
or had been left on the roid, through its ravages and
the cruelty of theii captors.
I have omitted to state in its proper place, that on
my re lea bo the Dictator ordered his state coaeh to
convey me in my rags to look at the city, and
thenco in company with (5cner.il Darragan to the
office of Mr. Ellis. Several or the higher Mexican
officers in ihe city Esjiecially Dairagan expos
ed sympathy for me, and treated my kindly.
My warmest gratitude is due to the American
Consul at Mexico, (Mr. Black.) for bis constant
kindness and attention to rne while sick and in
chains, as well aa after my release.
Fraskms Co as."
THE AMERICAN.
Saturday, .Tor7i .r, 1812.
On our first page will be found a speech by
Mr. Hawkins, one of the reformed drunkards of Bal
timore. It is a t.uc and touching story of real life
Qj On our Fecund page we publish an interest
ing account of the Santa IV expedition, by Mr.
Franklin Combs of Kentucky, one of the prisoners
of that ill-fated expedition. If Santa Anna should
again be Irertl in Texas, the cowardly scoundrel
would be suie to receive his deseits.
fcj' In another column our readers will find an
extract of the nrocecditiES of the convention revcnl-
instead of gathering up and sending abroad our spe
cie for foreign fineries and luxuries, and for the
support of foreign pauper lubor, instead of suppor
ting our manufacturers and mechanics, the curren
cy never can become stable and regular, and wo
shull always be liable to suspensions, by the demand
for the ircciuus metals for exportation to foreign
countries.
j We are indebted lo James Gamble, Esq.,
chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means,
of the House of representatives, for u hill, provi
! ding for the certain and permanent payment of the
suih deep and vital importance to ihe true interests
of this state, as the subjects to be discussed in this
work. The present number contains several inter
esting articles en ihe coal and iron trade of Penn
sylvania. Terms, ?2 per annum for a single copy,
' and 20 for IS copies, Ac.
Qfj As we did not receive llickuell's 1'eporterin
time to correct our bank note list on the outside,
we muke the necessary correction heie, as follous :
I.ewiton Hank, . 5 discount,
Columbia Uank and LiriJge Company, V
Harrisburg Uank,
Wyoming Dink, -
Chambeisburg Uank - 10 "
Farmers' and Drovers' Dank. -
Yoik Bank,
New Hope and Delaware Iiiidge Co.,
Qj' George C. Welker, Esq., of ibis place has
been nominated by ihe Governor as associate judge
for Northumberland county. The appointment of
Mr. Welker is a good one, as he is well qualified
to dUchargc the duties of the office.
Cj The legislature, in relation to the currency
question, are just about where they started from four
weeks since. The House still insists upon discre
diting the "Helief" notes uf 4 th May, 1811. We
had supposed if that body had no regard for the
tights and Bufferings of the laboring class, they
would at least pass a constitutional and practicable
bill, instead of attempting to humbug the people
with an act that never ran, and never will he en
forced. CTj'Orlo J. Hamlin of McKean county, has been
nominated to fill the vacancy occasioned by the death
ol Mr. Dimmnck, iu Congress, Four out of the
seven delegates were instructed to vote for Ahnon
11. I!ead, but disobeyed their instructors and voted
for Mr. Hamlin, who had not bien before the peo
j ()c There is great dissatisfaction. Nearly all the I
Jeln0CIllic have come oul , filV0t of
(Xj The steamship Caledonia aJ not yet arri'
ved at Uoston on the Still), '.ireat fear are enter,
1 ,aineJ ,he h,s )et . .... ...- nf
j Hitiernia says, he encountered terrible gale, which
j ustcd from ,'ne 3d to the ISih and expresses his
decided conviction that the Caledonia ns-er could
"
b,,ve weathered it
- -
i fjj- Si im ao GiMaLtYia. Hot has lieen
t rnest aw fully bored .nice be. hax been in thil coun-
ti y. A bevy uf yuung ladies at llanfotd, recently
mado an sttaek up n him, witii tcissuis in hand, 10
clip off some of his beautiful loik-i. He, however,
luckily escajJ tiiicuyh a witrdoA
The Shainokiii Anthracite Furnace. ti,n being f,ooo; three thousand or which we
We are pleased to state that this Furnace, which j learn are unpaid. He never appeared to be in
was put in blast about two months since, is doing j wanl 0f f11I)(!,( whii0 t)ic tj s jjank wflg j ex.
exceedingly well. The yield is between sixty at.d isl,.nce . ,U mowy w- ny jn lho
seventy tons ofexcellent grey pig metal per week- ! 0iiJ tnig iniJli,u,ion
A few days after the Furnace had been slatted,. -nn j That an idea may be formed of his gencrosi
ofher water pipes hurst, d, and in consequence of ' ty ,lc ,llst Christmas was a year presented his
the water getting hit, the stock, fearful apprehen- w:,b ,. f , - , .. .,.
sinus were entertained that she must blow out. '
She, however, recovered fiom this mishap, and fur
the last foul weeks has been doing a most satisfic- 1
tory business.
(Xj- Henry 8. Thomas Esq. has been appointed "otllpr- C0111 have been less than twenly
by the Governor "Notaiy Public" for Northumbcr- t,,(,lliind dollars, Hut a few weeks since, ho
and. j sent his wile four f 100 bills of tho Towanda
; j hank, with directions to turn them into cash as
Ej Thk 13 n But. aft. rhaving mide-gone va- fonn rnsW.c, 88 ie di( not believe the Bunk
rious mutations, in both branches of the legislature, wmlj last long. These were probably some
during Ihe Inst ten days, has at lust passed into the f lis over issncsof Belief notes, and were dis
hands of a committee of conference, consisting of p(iscj r at the rate ol about on the hun
Messrs. Sp-ckm.n, Ktddernnd F.rrelly on the part ; drwif Since he came into the city the last
of the Senate, and Messrs. Deford, Elwell and t;mn ,,-.. . . . ,. .
Roumfort on the patt of the House,
Mr. John luincy Adams, after a most ex- '
citing debate, waa reminded by a friend, that he1
had promised a few lines of noetrv as an autocranh.
During the calling of the yea. and nays he sat down i
and penned the following version of the mot o of
the State of Massachusetts :
Mantis hmc inimica tyrannis,
Ense petit pljcidam sub hberlatc ipjictcm.'
"This hand, to tyran's ever sworn the foe,
For Freedom only deals the deadly blow ;
Then sheathes iu calm repose the vengelul Mule,
For gentle Peace in Fieedom's hallowed glade."
Cjf The Washington corresdoudent of the IT.
S. Gazette gives the following arcount of tho im
portanrenf a single branch of our manufictures ;
"The Committee on Manufactures in the Senate
and in the House, are pursuing their labors very in
defatigahlv with a view to present repor's that shull
exhibit the importance to ihe country, of vaiious
branches of domestic industry. One fact already
ascertained by the Committee of the House, was
mentioned to me day or two ago, and will strike Indies for cotton. The Southerns uro terribly frigh
you, I think, with surpiise. It is this, that there tened, and ak for a lurid.
are upwards of (iOO Paper Mdls in operation in the
I'niled Stales, and that the paper manufictures pay
annually for ruis, old canvas, rope, Ac. out of
which paper is mauufactured, si MiMios kioht
lie mi lit; ii Tiiot sinii lioLLAiis ri:u sni-m ! So
much just for rags, lo say nothing of ihe labor em ,
ployed in the manuf icture, the coal consumed, the .
transportation paid for, and the intelligence that is
spread abroud among tho people by means of the !
material manufactured out of these rigs. Now this,
large as it is, is a very small item in the li -l of our
manufactures, but it is nevertheless, six or seven
millions saved lo the country. Shall we throw this
away I Will you say, that because England can
sell us paper cheaper than we can manufacture it.
that you will buy of them and not "save your rag,"
your i-even millions worth ! Mr. Wise spoke of
uri "English Purty" in this country : if there be ;
such a parly, it is made up of those who would
break down our own manufactures, and lay us at .
the feel of the English, not of thoe who are for
sustaining our own industrious classes, and nour- j
ifching our own scouices .f wchIiIi,"
ihe Late Suicide.
In our last numbir we gave a fe.v of the pnrticu
lars of the self-murder uf J. G. Hovd, la e ca-l.irr
of the Tuwauda Uank
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Our naoers are no doubt
anxious to liecomo acquainted wilh all the factscoii- ,
nprMi.l with ibis fthocltiin lran.action. We there
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foie cxe lilace ill to-day paper, to the billowing
additional facts, from the Philadelphia Ledger :
We last eveninrr heard some further par-
ticulars connected with the history if lloyd
and the unfortunate woman, (for so we think
her.) with whom he lived in this city as his ! Cot mnr.ni . Mud and Thunder-The last
wife. Her mime is Emily Williams. Some ; Danville Democrat, in speaking of the parade
three yesrs since he became acquainted with : ' "1C C'otumbia Guards of thst place, en the 2Sd
her sister Elizabeth, at the Fur store kept by : :t- 81.v: "Noiwithstanding the streeu were in a
Mr. Arnold, in Third street, below Chc.-nut, in . "hocking bad condition, they marched through the
whoe occupation she was. He introduced : n"11 uilh "lly ""Id'er-bke fortitude." Fri.nd
himself to her notice by repeated calls at the ! Civk a'U- ,h' f," ,,,r ,he of his fire-!.--
tn ,..Uo ,,r,-l.n.es. and snhsr-iiientlv to i Mc' from ,,ie al,,ckg of forcln 6B'W.
her family, who then resided iu Front street
near the Navy Yard, anil thus became acquain
ted with Emily, who as well as her sister, was
at that time and is still remarkable for the
beauty of her face. He then, as now, went by
the name of Seymour, and represented himself
as a drover from the interior ofthe State. I'n-
der those false representations, lie eventually
succeeded in inducing her to accompany hiinto
Trenton, wiare the marriage ceremony was
perlurmed the certificate of which, a ery
handsomely worked instrument, und for which
he paid five dollars, is now framed, and hangs
in the house iu Seventh street where he com
mitted the fital act. That this ceremony was
valid, and that he was alt that he represented,
she never until yesterday LsJ reason to douht
lle was profuse in his gilis even before mar
riage, ar.d at otic time presented the mother of
the girl !Cjl)0 United States Hank bills. But
after tnairiagc he was even more lavish of his
moi;ey, not only uon the wife, but upon all tho
members of her family. A brother, a mere lad
was apprenticed in New York to the leather
finishing business him he brought hither, dres
sed fashionably, und furnished liberally with
money. At the time of marriage the girl and
j her parents resided
.1 near Green and Second
i strC1'1 H. twwcver. shortly afterwanls gave
I '10r li"py for the purchase of alarm near ier-
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1 n,finlown' on to w,ir:n ,',mli,''I' '
1 her liiinily moved. He, however, subswpiently
j bf-cauie dissatisfieii with the si?e of the fuinily,
j and made arrangements fvi the opening of the
i house in Schuylkill, Seventh street, near tnc
' the rent of which, through his wife, was paid
! fi.v a year 111 advance. This Isxise is richly
, furnished. The (in rents Kill retain fsac-fision
j of the farm whivh is. valutbk-, tJic considera
Similar gifts were frequent, and it is estimated
by one well acquainted with his habits, that
the amount of money expended upon the family
within the last three years, in one way and a-
- -..""II i ii'ivt ft uruu iijii uia wntj
with considerable "old.''
Editorial llisrcUany.
The fir-t British Mail Steamer, tho Clyde, arri-
vrJ Bt ('"a'l"'". '.. on the 23d ult. She is
one ,,,r ,,nc "ie " rs' ln," f'Mmets.
They talk of putting up an anthracite furnace at
Heading. The Gazette thinks it may be done, as
a Ytmlire is said to be the mover in the matter.
We are surprised that some of their wealthy citi
irns have not Yankee wit enough to do it themselves.
The Canal Commissioners directed the main
lines of the canal to be opened on the 1st int.
There are Mi furnaces in blast in Vmango coun
ty, making jeaily 12,S(I0 tons of iron.
A s..n of Mr. Spencer, the Secretary of War,
has been arrested at Albany, on a charge of forgery.
Mr. Oolite, in his journal, condemns, in strong
terms, thr action of the Legislature on the relief
: notes,
Orders have been sent from Boston to the East
Mr. J. H. Cowden has rr-igncd his situation as
President of the Went Hranch Hank. Ke-ehvtcd.
The ca-e of Mr. (iiines, before- the Supreme
Court of the doled Mates, involves property woilh
:0 millions of dollars.
Tin y invite Hor. to nttel the churches at New
Yoik, to draw audiences.
The confectioners in Philadelphia advertise fir
any quantity of ice over two inches (hick, from
horse ponds or any there eUe, to be used for ice
cream.
1 Some villain stole the contribution box fiom one
of the churches at Hallimnre, during the service.
! Corn is selling at Alton, lib, for SOctsjicr bushel.
Durum the ball i'en to Dukens al New York,
some of the negro cooks came near burning down
': the theatre.
New counterfeit two dollar "relief " notes on the
Heiks County Hank are iu circulation. They are
p.iorly executed.
I Dr. Parmley, a distinguished dentist of New
, York, extracted a tooth from a young lady of that
i city, in delicate health, without her being conscieus
; of it, by first putting l.er into the mesmeric sleep.
Mr. Siriiklund, architect, in his examination be-
' i.'it hut 1. .mini in v a, i.iiuuv... i.a, lit ic a.inii iu
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the tiirard College, says that it will cost five or sit
hundred thousand dollars to finish it, and cuinol be
i completed in less than four y
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years.
1 Texan have captured the Mexican sehoo-
i ner of war lately built at New York, while lying
under the wall and guns of the castle St. Juan de
riloa.
this heroic feat, have been entirely dispersed. Let
them but guird the Court House, and the Blooms
burg chaps w ill never dro to mi,vc it.
JV,n the ll,,rritmrg I,,Ulli?fnerr.
1 p.ni,vi- .uia Home lmlustry convention,
j Feb. S2, 1S42.
, Pursuant to public notice a Convention of the
j friends of Home Industry and American labor and
. capital, assembled in Harrisburg this day, when on
motion the following gentlemen were appointed
i "liners of ihe Convention :
I President THOMAS C. MILI.EIt Cumber-
lnid.
Yice Presidents Hon. YainxTixi Hcmmkl,
sr. Dauphin county Gen. A shot Gutus, l'
nion county Cms. Hbooks, Chester county
Uxmj. 11 mm, (Manor) I. incaster county Pstbb
Ualut, Columbii county.
Secretaries -'. It". Rnuh Mitllin county
Simeon t.'uilfurd, Lebanon county.
Wr.siiLsnT, Feb. S:l.
The Convention met, pursuant to adjournment.
Gen, Alixskke, from the committee appointed
to draft resolutions expressive of the sense of tin
Convention, submitted the following, viz:
1. Kcsolved, That the faith of the nation, and a
proper regard tot ihe prosperity of our own bmi.
nes, alike require that the Government of the L.
States should raise a revenue by means of duties
on the importation of foreign merchandize, suffi
cient to pay all the reasonable expenses ofthe Go
vernment, and secure a propter and efficient pre,
paration for national defence. Agreed to.
S. Kesolved, Thai ihe tarirT of duties on Latsn-
i tatfona eught ! be adju.-ted as to prov-,4 ad the
; objects of home tndusry fiom successful cuft,peti
tion by foreign msimf.ct Liters, and to sustain our
own tsbor, skill and capital: and tht this would
bo best i Heeled by specific 4n4 dj-ciiiiiinatiiii
lies. Agreed to,