THE VETO.
7b the Senate and Hnvie of ftepreientativtt of
the Commontttallh of Ptnntylvaniu.
Gtim.(Kt s I regret tht in Imperative sense
of duty compels me to return the Dill, entitle J "An
Act 10 pr.iiJe forth election of Representative
of the people of thii State in the Congress of the
United States," to the House of Representatives,
in which it originated, without my approbation.
Thie legrel in increased by the consideration that
I have atreeJy interposed to arrest the passage of a
Kill for the time purpoee, anJ in many respecte
substantially the same at the present. But un
pleasant ai it is, I cannot yield -my assent to the
passage of this bill, bearing on its face such glaring
objestions. I beg leave to call your attention to my
menage of the 6th of January last, returning the
former hill, entitled "An Act to divide the State
into Congressionol districts for the election of Re
presentatives in the Congress of the United States,"
for the ground-work of several strong objections to
the hill now before me. These objectionable fea.
turea not having been changed, they operate as po
tently against the present as they did against the
former bill.
Among them I will briefly refer to the disparity
between the numbers in some of the districts. The
eighteenth, for instance, embraces a population of
52,321 while the tenth has 89,203. Here isa
difference of upwards of thirty-six thousand , being
mote than half the proper ratio for member of
Congress. Exact equality of numbers is of course
unattainable in the respective districts ; but a dis
parity, so grest as this amounts to a positive viola
tion of the fundamental principle of representative
government. If the principle be recognized that
one district with less than two-thirds of the popu
lation of another, shall be entitled to an equal re
presentation, there is no limits to the injustice.
Counties, whole d slr'cls, may in effect be disfran
chised, snd tyranny of the most odious kind, un
der the guUe of liw, established. I cannot assent
to the recognition of so monstrous a principle.
Another leading objection, which itself would be
R.undiintly sufficient to induce me to withold my
function from this bill, is its obvious tendency to
transfer the ascendency in the national councils to
the minority in the Slate, I say nothing impugn- j
ing the motives of those who originated end sup
poned this bill ; but no person, in the least degree
e. invert ant with the political condition of Pcnsyl
vihiu, can shut his eyes to the fact, that the politi
ral party notoiiously in the minority, would und r
the provisions of this bill elect an equal number of
members of Congress with the admitted majotity,
or at least within one or two of an 'equality. Thin
is wrong ; it is an abuse of power, neither railed
fur nor justified by any reason that I can discover.
The constitution of the United States docs not,
it is true, recognize the existence of political par
tus, hut they are inherent in the very nature of
ir government, and will as certainly exist as the
government itself. The provision confiding to the
states the designation of districts for the election of
members of the House of Representative of the na
tional government, was intended to give to the res
pective stales the power of suiting the ariangeinent
of the districts to the condition of parties and of
course, to the interests and convenience of the
slates.
I have been taught ftom my boyhood, that the
safety and stability of our government depended
in a great measure on the ascendency of the great
I ninciptes of human rights for which the demo
cratic paity has uteaJfasily eotitcudej since the po
litical revolution of 1800.
I believe those principles lie at the foundation of
our free institutions, and that whenever they are
i'. dinged, those institutions are endangered. I
would feel unwilling to entrust the defence of those
principles to such champions as wowlJ I probably
e lected were this bill to become a law, (Jive the
minority their full representation ; deprive the.n
nol of a single vote, but let not the whole control
te surrendered into their hinds. It may be pos
sible that many of the great measures of policy
which have been the peculiar boast of the democra
cy of the country, will owe their triumph or defest
to the delegation from Pennsylvania. It maybe
possible also, that the election of a President of
the United Stales will depend on the same vote ;
:'iid in view of tliese probable or possible contingent
i ;es, do those who believe that the political princi-
lee of the democratic! party are essential to the
public good, discharge their duty faithfully, by al
lowing their rf onti,is to usurp the (daces, which
in justice belong only to them elves !
I presume not to ilietaic others, but I cannot
refrain from speaking and judging for myself. I
h ive buttled too long in the ranks of democracy in
see its standard struck down, w ithout lifting my
:rin to avert it. Where I to do so, I should feel
iliat I had betrayed the trust reposed in me by the
democracy of Pennsylvania, and was unworthy of
its respect and confidence. My political career is
ibuw'mg to a close, and I will riot sully it, by the
in or covert ab,.n tonmciit of ike rights of my
ocroocratic fellnw citizen. '
DAVID n.roinTR.
Exkcvtits CutMnrn,
JJurritlmt; Jtb.'i, 113. $
Hie Hlblc.
IT asl ihou evet beard
' f such a book
The euihurti'nd himself ;
lie subject, tiod an I num. s,l valine,, 1
ej destk -eternal life, eternal ihutli
Duad words! whuae tiicriii.g tius no end, no
poumls,
Most wondrous book ! bright camhV of die Lord 1
"sr of eternity the only t-ur
l' which ihetskuf msn could nsvigate
I lie sea of life, nu. g .in the coast it lili s
scuiely ! only s'at whn.li rote on Tune.
t.J, on iu dstk nd Uou1 1. J lriw, alill,
As generation, dotting swif.ty l y,
:iicrr4let genet ion, ilnew a ray
M beavttn'sown I gbi, and to the hills of (ind,
Ttic eternal hills, ttliililai.i ttisl ini.rai ta
'- prophets, rer, and lieu, and acttj bards,
I-1 i gelists, alio.! i ., men uikiiiie'i,
' o lhyii.e Holy (j l.o.t, amiointtd set
Ajut,and conseciatcd lodeclaie
I o earth the coon. els of the Eternal One,
'! 'jIS book, this fco:.i i tl.l.- i ,Yuij iyt Uvh
V'ssstini. itVik,
Flirts and Flirting.
No girl ever made a happy union by flirta
tion bocauso no man, capable of making a
woman permanently happy, was ever attracted
by that which is disgusting to rational and re
fined minds. Tlio fool may be caught $ and
with the fool, life will be what it ought to be bo
tween a flirt and a coxcomb.
Flirtation in a woman, is equivalent to
libertinism in a man ; it is the manifestation
of the 8a me loose principles, only restrained by
the usages of the world from developing itself
in a similar way. The bare idea of this ought
to preserve thousands, who perhaps fall into
the error through mere exuberance of spirits,
from exposing . themselves to a suspicion at
which their natures must slirink.
Youth, beauty, or genuine accomplishments
stand in no need ol the mistaken weapon of
flirtation to achieve their highest conquests. If
they resort to It, we may be assured that there
is a conscientiousness of wont of desert, or a
vaniTywhich must poifon all true enjoyment.
Let the young, the lovely and 'be gift cd,
therefore, adhere to that nature which has made
them what they ore, and leave flirtation to
those who fancy they cannot provoke attention
without forcing themselves, by ill manners',
into the uiifeminine situation of being conspicu
ous. The despairing maiden, who has court
ed marriage for years without once being court
ed ; the silly ordinary woman who has aped
the graces without success; and the ridicu
lous affected, would be accomplished, unsus
pected of endowments except in her own idea
these may try flirtation for effect; they can
liardly FufTur from being a few degrees more
contemptible in the sight of men, who have
hitherto disregarded, and now only laugh at
and despise them.
The Orchard.
Friit Trkes Peaches, Nkot arises Apri
cots and Pi.t Mus. These fruits should, to
wards the end of this month, (February) be
pruned, (in any location south of the Susque
hanna,) care being taken to doit before the
buds start ; or swell. Cut away only the dead,
and such useless limbs as may crowd too much
and retard the circulation of the sun and air
through the branches. The roots of the Peach
trees, just under the surface, and near the body
should be examined fur worms, which should
be taken out and destroyed, with the point of
a knile or a piece of sharp wire. The worms
being removed, let the body or portions of the
roots which may have been uncovered, be
washed with a strong solution of potnxh and
salt, and after restoring the earth, strew over
the surface for 3 or 1 feet around the stein, a
mixture of one part of saltpetre to H of salt, in
the proportion of 1 lb. of the mixture to each
tree, and let the bodies, and limbs of the trees
as fur as they can be reached with tliu brur-h,
be washed well with a strong solution of put
ash, Ueltcral 1'arx. "
"Honor and shame from no condition rise.
Act well your part, there all the honor lies."
Gen. I'aez, the President of Venezuela, is
perhaps the, most remarkable man now living
in South America. The revolution found him
a simple Lliuiero, or herdhinaii on the vast
plains in the south of Venezuela, ignorant of
the very alphabet, ami as simple and supersti
tious as any around him. He was a grown
man when he entered a corps of irregular ca
valry as a private lancer. lie soon distin
guished himself by bis address and reckless
bravery, uttnicted the attention of Bolivar, was
rapidly promoted, and in a few years found
himself commander of the horse. As such, by
an unauthorized charge at the battle of Cura
bobo, he gained the day, atid set the seal of his
military reputation. He is now the Executive
chief of the mott hopeful of South American
republics, with the highest reputation for wis
(Junius a statesman, and moderation as a poli
tician, with manners and add rem that would
grace any court in Europe. lie lias remedied I
all the delects of early education, or rather the j
want of education, lie bus not only read much i
, . . ..... . . , . i
but is one of the bet-t writers ot his country.
Another ! kloij.
The Nashua Telegraph which commemo
rates with peculior care all the actions of the
Canine race, tells the following story.
There was a dog, and his name was Buff".
He wus educated m a (Jnulier family, and par
took largely of their quiet and peace-loving
i pirit. Like them ho was of few words, and
never Fpoke except when the spirit moved.
For a companion be had a cat, brought up un
der the same advantages, but who had fuilrd
wholly to imbibe the non-rehittaiit principles ot
her teachers, as many a scratch on poor Doll's
not-e fully testified. He had suffered long, and
had be ''an alinot lo doubt the loveliness of
peace and doctrines, when firiinslkiu gave
j linn a severe clapper clawinif for some fancied
I w rong. It was too tnurh for the philosophy of
Dull ; he reized her by the nape of the neck,
lilted euluily to u mud puddle near by, plung
ed her in, und utter holding her in it as long as
I be thought sfe, let her go. It learned her a
let-SOB.
Moral : "Xrver ride a Tree horse to death,"
nor impose upon a man to-day, because he did
not re.M ;:t an injury yesterday.
Tus I.skt mv 11.T. Chairs with straight
hacks are all the rage in the faahional te houses of
1 B"w- A dislmgui.hej physician, re
! now utd alike tor his great Uiedicjl skill and his
punning atuininwits, recently remarked, "dial be
was u'iri.ej ilut ttraight-txicfi'J chairs were the
fashion, wben tt.er was not one up-right nun in
I'M'
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THE AMERICAN.
Saturday t March 4, 1843,
nCMOVAL.
DO3 The Office of the "SUNBUUY
AMERICAN" has been removed to
the white frame building, in Centre Al
ley, adjoining the New Store of II. 13.
Masser. Business or orders left at the
Store, will be promptly attended to.
We have just received sixty team of print
ing paper, similar in size and quality to the shed
upon which this is printed. Also 36 reams of su
tler Rnval 21 hv 28 inches, which will be sold at
cost and carriage, fur cah.
rry Our readers will find G.,v. Porter's Veto
Message, on the Apportionment Bill, in another
column. The bill vetoed was framed exclusively
for the Philadelphia county members, who were
magnanimous enough to barter away the interests
of their country friends with the whigs, In order
to get four members of Congress for the ci'y arid
cnuntv, while they are not entitled to more than
three.
fj" We are indebted to the Hon. John Snyder,
for the Report of Mr. Ellsworth, Commissioner
of Patents. It is the most valuable document that
has emanated from Congress for many years.
fj" Fiar.. Weiegret to learn, that the dwelling
house of Henry Renn, of Augusta township, was
entirely consumed by fire on Thursday morning
last.
(Jj- I.iTTr.ti's Mrsr.rM. This excellent and
most vslunble of all our periodical publications, has
Veen united with the American Eclectic The last
numlieTs hae not vet been received.
(Jj Congress will adjourn to-day. It is rumor
ed that Captain Tyler iu'end calling an eitra
session,
fjr5 Mr. Forward baa resigned his se it as Sec
retary of the Treasury.
q3 There are various rumors in relation to the
changes in the Cidrinet. The last is, that Mr.
Webster and Mr. Forward will both go out. Mr.
Forward is to leave for certain, snd Mr. Spencer
is to take his place. James M. Porter of Easton,
it is said, will most certainty be appointed Secreta
ry of War, in the place of Mr. Scnccr.
II is rumored that in case Mr. Smith shall
be rejected a Collector of the Port, of I'lnlaJel
phia, Mr. W. W. Irwin, uieiubei of Congress from
PiltsbiHg, will, on the adjournment of Congress,
receive the appointment,
(y Com. Piirtli, the representative of our
country at Constantino le, is in very delicate heahh.
His friends are apprehensive that he will not sur
vive the present season.
Qj Mr. Van lluren has changed the name of
his residence, well known as Kinderhnnk, to Lin
dendorf. This is bad policy, Martin, as well as
bud taste.
Bankrupt Art.
The Senate, on Saturday last, by a vole of 32 to
in, passed the Hill from the House providing for
the repeal of the Rankrnpt Act. The Pill is. there
fore, now with the President, for his action thereon.
It is difficult to sav wbot the President will do.
Our opinion is, that be will veto it. The act, if
not continued, may 1 very justly eall.d spong
ing net. The grcBt mischief apprehended from the
act baa already In en done. It is certainly more
I oj ubit row. tl an wl en it was passed.
Jlill.rlsm.
Aa faithful chroniclers of the limes, we give hr
I following extract :
'CitFiritn, Vermont, Feb. 15.
This is the dav mi w'-ich nil tin- saints were
to W ""J' "n '' ,,,,,vf n; T1"'' a
lueetini' nt Knndo'nh last nit'ht, ot the follow-
ors of M iller ; thinking to startup this morn
inff ot 1 o'clock, some in this phice li'id uriven
away their clothing, thinking they Khali not
want it."
The Milleritcs of I.ewishurg. ITnion county, wo
undeMitnd, after watching all night, in thehnpea
of being caught up," have since their disippoint-
i uient, generally gone to work, with the exception
of one individual, who hss not worked fur two
years past, snd w ho feels the nun fulfilint nt of the
prophecy, n.esl grhvouly. Hs probably does not
consii'cr work suitable rmploynv nt for a taint.
Great Abolition lYtitiou.
The correspondent of the N. V. American givea
the fol'ovitg account of a ponderous Abolition
(letilion from M isehuette, which Mr. Ad una at
tempted to present to the House, but which, under
the rules, could nut be received.
"WisHixisTti. Monday, Feb. 3ft, 1SJ3.
On the meeting of the House ibis morning, sll
eyes w re at once al'racted Inwards the desk of
John (juieey Adams, ipon which stood a ponder
ous wi odcn wheel or roller, supported on a suli
stantial frame-work haing very much the ap
pearance of a reduced specimen of a 'fisherman's
reel,' such aa we often see si irg our sea shores,
used for winding up sn.ldrting large fishing-nets
iir t-eins. Tbe whole bight of the frame and roller,
with its burden, wss neatly three feet, I'pon it
w as wound an immense r'll of paper, about two
feet broad and nearly (wo feet in diameter as vtew.
id at the end. This curious object is a petition
fn.ni MaFtarhuM'tta, signed by 3 1 ,863 citizens ol
tW. State, praying Collates to ptss such sets,
and propoi-s such amendments lo thu Consiitution
as will separate the psteijner from all connection
with the institution of domestic slavery !" The
names of these fifty one thmitand eight hundred
and tixiy-thret signers, written in the ordinary
form and sice, occupied the whole extent of this
immense roll, which is ralv a mil to wo."
HISCELLm.
Edltorlalf Condensed and Selected.
Mr. Lavergne, President of the Consolidated
Dank at New Orleans, committed suicide in the
graveyard near the city on the 15th ult. He left
a written statement of his reasons for tha act and
denies that any misconduct of his own occasioned
it. He was man highly esteemed, of polished
manners and a lofty eocial position.
A new fraud upon theSouthwnrk Dank has just
been put in circulation. It ia a f 5 note, altered
from the worthless Roulhwark Savings Dank, so
as to pass for a Southwark D.mk note, simply by
tearing off the w ord 'Savings,' which was a part of
ihe title on the lop of the note, F. Robeits, Cash
ier ; P. Hankert, President.
The editor of the Western Weekly Review, has
lately been shown a lamb, with only one eye in
its head the eye directly in the centre.
It is estimated that there are more than a mil
lion of counterfeit Mexican dollars scattered through
the Stale of New York.
This year began, and will end, on Sunday,
making fifty-three days of rest to all, save editors
and printers. They had their turn Isst year.
The celts under Joe Smith's temple, at Nanvon,
are separated by walla several feet thick. It is
thought these cells are intended as lodgingrooms
for refractory Mormons.
A child having two heads was born in Balti
more on Sunday last. It survived but for a few
hours. j
The Military post at Pilatka, fiords, is to be
broken op forthwith, A good sign of relu'ning
peace for the Territory.
The Slitte at Tiny. Fifteen dead Imdies were
taken from the ruins seventeen taken out alive,
more or less injured. Some are still missing.
At a Charity Ball given in Baltimore, the sleep
iug tent used by Washington during the Revolu
tionary War, was exhibited.
The hendiiary Prince of Piussia came veiy near
biing killed by a wild boar 4 short time since.
"I'ot liny." There it a boy only eleen years
of age, now exhibiting in Bo-ton, who is five feet
two inches high, and weighs "T,f pounds.
China Prize Mtinry The China war being
now ended, il isa mutter ofconsideiable interest to
military men (sty a ihe London Spectator) lo learn
what portion of the 21,000,000 of dollars of indem
nity money, which the Chinese have to pay, is lo
le made over as prize money to those whose valor
J has wrung this treasure from our enemy.
The f fraud Jury in Indiana have presented the
practice of dunning as a nuisance. Cspiinl.
One Chanrt hft. It is now thought by many
that if Parson Miller persists in his design of de.
stroying the world next April, President Tyler will
veto it.
An old fuahione4 chap in Charleston has used
up three tides of leather in strapping his children.
0(iht. rock vein of gold worh ten penny
weights to tbe bu-hel and easily worked, has re.
rently leen di-covered st the Hillabee, Mines in
Tallapoosa county, Ala.
A man is nobody in old Kentucky, if he hasn't
a handsome i-Uter. A real pretty one is a fortune.
A hostess in Alabama, has on her bill of fsre
' flour doings," "chicken fiiins," and ''egg arrange
ments." The whole of human virtue may be reduced to
speaking truth always, and doing good to others.
Insanity, among other diseases, has been cured
in Germany by mesmerism. So they say.
There are at the present time 400 steamboats
employed in r-uvigating the Miaaisippi river.
In England there are 1SG1 n:ilci of railroad, at
a cost ofXSa.l 19,169.
Tbe nurnlier of bands of Mackerel inspected
during tbe year in Masaehuells, ia 75,313.
Iiemarkal,U.ih the lfuh instant tlieie was a
fill of "hail, or very minute particles of ice," at
Cincinnati, lo the depth of five inches,
ItiJmp Criswohi.h is stated that the late
It shop of MaaaachaiH'lfs, in the course of his life
ordained no less Ihsn 128 priests, 171 deacons, and
confirmed 12,104 er-oiia.
-4 Tragedy Two citizens of Holmes co., Miss.,
named Newman and Sandford, quarrelled lately.
Newman wiih a doulde barrelled gun shot Sand
ford in the abnmen. The latter in his last ago
nies levelled his gun and fired. Doth fell dead,
side by side.
.J Ilriirtest Ruhhery. In Boston on Wednes
day, a man who was engaged on the wharf in ar
ranging the body of his brother, which had just
been f unl fluting in the dork, had bis pocket
picked of upwards of 2,000 dollars.
Tfie Pruthtrts of the United State. A staled
men', prepaid! by the Conitnissioneis of Patents,
estimates the products of fifteen articles only, which
were (he growth of lts42, at nearly six hundred
million of dollars.
A Small Chance of Escape By a recent order
of the Emperor, Ihe punUhmenl of a convicted in
cenidary in Russia is decreed to be the running the
gauntlet six limes before 1000 ant.liera and, in the
event of his surviving, (!) twenty-one years labor
in the Siberian mines !
A young widow who edits a paper in a neigh
boring State, says "We do not look so well to
day as usual, on account of Ihe non-arrival of ihe
malt i "
A disea-e called the Black Tongue ia prevailing
near Ni w- M .dud, Mi"U i. Ilia very malignant,
and tuns iischuo in a few hours. Five persons
out f six attacked with il die. Thu same disease
prevailed a short time ago in thv western part of
New-York.
Correspondence of the American.
Haaaisauae, March 3, 1843.
Dear Sib : The House has been engaged for
soma days past In a warm debate upon the Govern
or's veto of the Apportionment Bill. The Phila
delphia county members were the only democrats
in favor of the vetoed bill, which they had passed
by a union with ihe whigs. On Tuesday a doien
or more bills were offered and all voted down. The
following ia the new bill, offered by Mr. Penniman,
on Saturday.
District 1. Southwark, Moyamensing and
Psssyunk, in the county of Philadelphia, and Ce
dar and New Market wards, of thecily of Philadel
phia 63,239.
2. The city of Philadelphia, except Cedar and New
Matket wards 64,14 1.
3. Northern Liberties and Spring Garden, of
the county of Philadelphia f2,323.
4. Kensington, Unincorporated Northern Liber
ties, Oxford. Bristol, Lower Dublin, Byberry, More
land, Germantown, Roxnorough, North and Souih
Penn Townships, Blockley, West Philadelphia
and Kingscssint; ff,054.
.1. Chester fi7 SIS.
6,
7.
8.
9.
Montgomery and Delaware 67,032.
Laucastot 84,203.
Voik and Adams 70,051.
Dauphin, Lebanon and Schuykill 81,043.
10.
Berks 64,569.
11. Lehinh and Bucks 73,81 1.
12. Northampton, Monroe, Pike and Wayne
eo.r.t.v
13 Susquehanna, Bradford, Ti igi and Potter
72.H33.
14. Luzerne, Wyoming and Columbia 53,273.
15. Lycoming, Noithumberlund, Union and
Juniata 76.513.
16. Perry, Cuml-erland and Franklin R5.842.
17. Mifflin. Centre, Clinton. Clearfield and Cam-
bria 60 097.
18. Huntngdon, Bedford and Somerset 84,.
469.
19. Fayelte and Weitmorelaml 76.273,
20. Green and Washington 50,426.
21. Allegheny 81,235.
22. Beiver. Butler mil Mercer 8 1.719.
23 Indiana, Armstrong. Clarion, Venango,
Jefferson and McKean 7S.275.
21. Crawford Erie and Warren 72.3 16.
In ti e Senate, on Saturday last, Mr. Headb-y,
from the se'eet commute on ihe subject, reported
a bill to divide the Stiteiuto Senatorial and Re
presentative districts.
On TuiMiday la--t an apportionment bill was sub
mittcd lo tbe House, in support of wh'eh, the demo.
cralic memt-era were almost unanimous. The bill
was ordered to be transcribed for a third reading,
by a vote of 52 lo 36. This Bill givea Pliiladel
ph ia city and county, four members. The remain
ing districts arc as fullows :
5th District, Delaware and Montgomery.
Bucks and Lehigh.
Chester.
Lancaster.
Berks.
Northampton, Monroe, Tike and
Wayne.
Columbia, Lurine and Wyoming.
Bradford, Suspuehanns and Tioea.
Lycoming, Union, Clinton and
Northumberland.
Dauphin, Lebanon and Schuykill.
Adama and York.
Cumberland, Perry and Tranklin.
Centra , Juniata, Huntingdon, and
Miffim.
Green, Fayette and Somerset.
Westmoreland, Bedford and Cam
bria, Washington and Beaver.
Allegheny.
Venango, Mercer and Crawford.
Erie, Warren, McKian, Potter &
Jefferson.
Duller, Armstrong, Clarion and
Indians.
By this bill you will perceive that you have your
old district, with the addition of Clinton county.
In the Senate, on Monday Inst, the bill from the
House to reduce the expenses, and p'ovi le for tbe
election nf Cunal Commissioners, passed committee
of the whole without amendment. The bill to au.
thi rire the sale of the Delaware Divi-ion of the
Pennsylvania Canal, passed through Committee of
the Whole. Tbe supplement lo the non-imprisonment
for debt Isw, limiting its sclion to debts con
tracted since the passage of the law, passed through
Coinmi'tee of the Whole, snd wss then referred to
the Judicary Commttee. It is evident that a large
majority ia in favor of the amendment, to say no.
thing of an al solute reeal. X. V. Z.
The Somers Mutiny.
Among other thine which have been retorted
to. in order to cast bltme on the officers nf the
Somere, was the charge that the vessel might have
been carried into St. Thomas. These sympa
thizers over ihe fate of mutineers and would be pi
rates seem to forget in their sympathetic teal, that
there were such things to he considered as the
honor or disgrsce of the flag of their country.
Not so with the officers, however, of that frail bark.
One of thern, a mere youth, M. C Perry, acting
Sailing Master, g ive the following replies in his
testimony before the Court Martial in New York.
The spirit of the young man was worthy of the
name he bests.
Q. Was it discused at the council of officers
if the vessel could be carried to St. Thomas or any
nearer port 1
A. Yes, it was ; and I slid I woulJ father go
over boarJ than to go into St, Thonm for ,iolcct
ion ; I would never ag'f t v thing of that
kind. I said aUo tht It w..r,'J be impofciible to
lake the ve to any port.
H. wny OM you say yon would sooner go
overboard than seek pioleeti6n at St, Thomas t
A. Because it would have been d sjrsceful to
the United flares and to the Nsvy, and particular,
ly lo the officere of the brig. If an Amreiean man
of wsr eould not protect itself, there would be no
urt nt havisg tbsm. Phtl. Ct,
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Anthracite Iron CoM Blasfs .
In late number of ihe Miners' Journal we pub
lished an account nf some successful experiments
making iron from Anthracite by the colJ blast,
which we copied from a Welsh paper. Since thie
publication we have ascertained from a friend the
following facts, which show that the discovery was
also made in this country, where it has been IrieJ
and proven to succeed perfectly.
Mr. Maurice McKinney, founder of the Sally
Ann Furnace, Rockland Township, Berks Coun
ty, in November Isst, when the owner, Mr. J. V,
R. Hunter, was el out blowing nut for the purpose
of repairing, requested permission lotry lhefurnice
with Anthracite Coal and a cold blast. The own
er being doubtful of success, consented, but fur
nished him with only two weeks' stock. On No
vember 4. he commenced blowing, and by the 1 1th
of November had cast thirty tons, which was about
their average yield, 'he second week, ending the
1 8th, he cist thirly-fivo tons and on the 2 1st the
furnace ceased blowing. Our informant stales that
the iron thus made, is nf the first quality, being e
qual iu every respect to that m ule with charcoal.
We also learn thai a Furnace, for the manufic
lure of iron so'ely with arrbracito and tbe cold blast,
is already in progress of prepira'ion. If this U
found lo succeed Ihe process must be generally a
dopted, as it is now proven to be the cheapest as
well aa the best mode of manufacture. Minert'
J'turnal.
The Rochester Democrat states that iron "was
first mado in this country in 1715, in Virginia. In
New Yoik. Orange county, a furnace was erected
in 1751, and 1500 tons of pig and 1000 of bar
made annu dly. Tbe great iron chain that cros.
seJ the Hudson during the Revolution, each link
of wlii. li weigh' d 140 pounds, was made (here.
Peter Townsend made ihe first cannon there, in
1810, there were made 317,400 tons of pig iron ;
twenty years ago Great Britain made only 400,000
tons; now she makes 1,228,781 tons."
Srar Ltws. The Supreme Court at Washing
ton has recently been engaged in the investigation
of the validity of lha Stay and Valuation Lawa, to
which resort has laen had in several of the South
ern and Western St ites, under the existing severe
pressure, which made it inconvenient f.r debtors
t ) meet their obligations when due. The cise
came up on an appeal from the Circuit Court in
Illinois, where the Judges could not agree. Chief
Justice TasjKtr delivered the opin:on of the Court,
which w.ih very long and elaborate, and in which
five of the six aiiting members of the Court airrce.
The decision is, that the mortgaged premises should
have Isfen sold without regard to the May and val
uation law of the State. I'pon the constitutional-,
ity of the laws the Court is agreed, except Judne
McLean, who dis.-ents from the necessity of exatuU
ning that point, and also from Ihe decisi n of the
Court thai they are unconstitutional, and theietoie
void. y. Y. Tribune,
The AvalBiirhr,
The late Laud Slide in the city of Troy. N. V,
which resulted in Ihe death of eighteen pers ms. was
attended with some thrilling incidents, which are
thus noticed in the Tioy papers,
Mrs. Susan Gardner and her sister, Maria Deni
ker were buried by the avalanche in the same room
ulid within a few feet of each other; but, wonder
ful lo tell, by some fortunate falling of the timber
of ihe crunhmg dwe lings they were neither of them
killeil. After they had been dug out, they deseri
b?d their situation and feelings. On nesting the
other groan, asked her sister's condition, and was
a-sured that she was only hurt in her limbs. . The
other slated that she was doing very well, only that
a plank or etieh vf timber teas pressing upon her
head.' They heard the digging over their heads,
and consoled themselves that ihey would be found
in time to save their lives.
Miss illwr, (sister-in-law to Mr. Dirdsall,) who
was killed, together with two of that gentleman's
children, h id once escaped, but rushed to tbe rescue
of the children, was overwhelmed and killed. A
youth was nt by a spectator who first discovered
tllH lllOviniT nf ll, ...I .hkIm I ,,r.rtA lnr ,f
but recollecting the children, she returned for their
rescue ulas ! loo late ; the next inlant they were
cru-hed lcntath the rushing mountain.
Mrs. Purdy, whose escape has beed noticed,
heard the mating of the avalanche, and fancied that
it was to be the fulfilment of Miller's prophecy.
She nevertheless caught up one of the children snd
pressed from lbs rear room towards the front door,
When she reached the front room she reiurned for
the other child, but before she could escajie, the
walls fell, and the chimney came tottering down
just liehind her.
By a miraculous interposition, both herself and
the children were preserved comparatively unin
jured ; and the falling of the chimney leaving a
holo through which daylight made it appearance,
she clambered through w th her charge, and was
happy enough for Ihe lime being in finding herself
alive, in a worlJ as wickid as this ; Millerism to
the contrary notwithstanding.
FaoM BetMoa AtHt, Intelligence has been
received of a decisive battle fought on Ihe ;Jq 0f
December in Entre Rios, between the Buenos Ay
rean forces, on ler Gen. Oribe, bn lmj m hinJ
and the Montevidcan troop-., unjer Rive.,., en tbe,
other. The Bueno. tecontolto- the
ber of their enemy to hay, been 8.000 moo.-The
slaughter is iJ t0 . 'n, - he - ,, ,,
whole of lb
1 infantry, artillery, tentsT baggage aiu
n,url.'iion fell into the power of the victors, only
the cavalry escaping by flight, hotly parsoed by the
Argentines. One of the letters, dated the 7th, save
thai the Rivera him-elf had been mado prisoner. In
a word, the a reng'h of the Unitarian party is re
presented aa completely broken. The reoitson
the other side states that Ihey have lost one-third
of their army, who were killed after being made
prisoners, but say nothing of Ihe capture of Rivera.
The G .vernment, it is added, have, in consequence,
liberated the slaves 0f both aexea, for the creation
of new armed body. The whole eonteas) was be
tween O.'ibe and Rivera for the Presidency of the