THE B1DDLEK, FOR THE AMERICAN. Juvenile Department. Answer to Enigma of last week. Si'.hbi'Kt America;. Answer to Charade. Piano Forte. Answer to Puzzle. No. 1. Hia Daughter. No. 2. Ho tan take the goose over first, 'eave it on the other side, return, and take the fox, then bring the goose back, leave it on this side, and take the corn over, and then return for the goose. CHARADE. My first ia the name of a saint, And in the Bible often is found ; My eeeond is an implement used By farmers, to lear off their ground My wliolo is a science, in which hove figured The most distinguished men of our age, And is practised daily by numbers, Who'd scarce know n saint from a sage. Conundrums. 1. Why is a man looking out of a garret window, so much like a crow in a gutter 1 2. Why do ladies always pull off the left stocking last 1 3. A man on going to visit a prisoner in ja il was nsked by the jailer, if he was any relation or the prisoner. The man replied. "As to brothers and sisters, I have none, But that man's father, is my father's son." What relation was the prisoner to the visi tor? PUZZLE. A. W. died intestate, seized of two tracts of land, one of them worth $1155, the other worth $523, leaving 12 children. After the death of A. W., J., one of the 12 heirs, released to the others all his interest in the estate. Soon alter J. released, 2 of the heirs died intestate, with out issue. What interest has J. in the estate! FROM THE 8ATIRDAY Ml'SEl'M. Answers to the Charades of last week. 1. Ear-wig. 2. Draught-board: Answers to Conundrums. 1. He's one beside himself. 2. Like to be drowned. 3. She is turning locks. 4. He's light-headed. 5. There' a goose's head in if. 0. I'ts often tolled (lol.l) CHARADES. 1. My first makes all nature appear with one face; At my second Is music and beauty and grace : And if this charade is not easily raid, My whole you deserve to have thrown at your head. II. My first troubles you in summer : my next is a most carefal mother : my w hole is no christian. ENIGMA. He that in music takes delight. And he that sleeps secure by night, And he who Eaila too near the land, And he that's caught by law's strong hand ; He who his time in taverns spends, And he that courts of law attends : He that explains heraldic signp, And he that works in silver mines, Are all acquainted well with me : My name you surely now mtibt see. CONUNDRUMS. 1. Whnt most resembles a cat in a hole? 2. In what place did the cock crow, when all the world could hear him ? 3. Why does a brunette's face resemble a wet day ! OrriCB Hunting asd itb Peril. The E- vening Journal relates the following joke which was perpetrated upon a somewhat verdant of fice seeker from this city : A Mr. A , who asked for the office ofTo- bacco Inspector, was informed by the wags at Congress Hall that Gov. Bouck found it to dif ficult to obtain correct information in relation to New York applicants that he had scut for a clerical friend, on whose intelligence and ad vice he could rely ; that this clergynvin had lodgings there ; and that no candidate could hope to succeed without his endorsement Mr. A with some difficulty obtained an intro duction to this potential clergyman, whom lie found in his room, occupied as the Mayor and citizens of Ixmdon found the Duke of (Jlo.ster when they went to "enforce him to a world of cares." The object of the visit was explained. General interviews succeeded. Many difficul ties were overcome. Among the indi-penea-b!e requisites for success, the fctrictist temper ance was enjoined. All was going on swim mingly, until the candidate discovered his Re verence at the bar with a glass of brandy and water at his lips! This led to an inquiry which deprived our editorial brother, Levi I), lamm, of bis canonicals ! It ia scarcely necessary to add that the hoaxed candidate fur Tobacco In peclotw paid his bill and sloped ofTby the Hou eatouio Railroad for New Vurk. jV. Y. A met. The fSeocccR Lkfevre,. The New Havm Palladium publishes a communication from a "Minister of the Gcpe!,' which says that the Mr. Ixfevre, who recently srducrd an amiable young girl, is not now a Mmiitcr; he wu one sometime since, but was deposed from hi office, by the Association of llio Eabtern HUriet of New Haven CuUDly, of which he was once a member while a resident for two or thiee years. of Jvorth Madison, Ct, The association of min latere, to whom he was amenable, warned the community against him at that time. Ho was dpoJ for committing adultery. Hurl Times. ton tbb AVtatcAR. II A P T I 8 N Ma. Em Ton i Your paper of February tlih was ihie day pat into my bands, and my attention celled lo a communication, hraded "arguments on the mode of baptism," by your correspondent, L. D. I,, and as you have very generously, and I may add, properly offered your columns for communics tionn the other aide, I will ofTor a reply, and in lb mem time attempt to show that this, like al most every other subject, hs two sides, end that. "He ih it i first in his own cause, seemeth just, till his neighbor cometh, and searcheth him." Il is true, I feel romewhat diffident about entering the firld of controversy, with so teemed an opponent ss youi cricsp.Hident sppesr fobs; but pleased, very much plesecd with the opportunity I now have of opposing error, and of vindicating the ordinance of christian biptUm, in your widely circulated pa I am, however, aware of the peculiar dilTi culties which attend every effort to exhibit nr.popu tar tru'ha, In the face of popular error. We are sll Ihe subjects of strong passion and prejudicee, but I hope, I confidently believe, that in this cae. the reader will carefully examine, and impartially weigh the arguments on this subject, ar d eonsci. entioe.aly yield to conviction. The subject of Bap tUm dors very muih agitate the religious communi ty of this grnerntion, and although there ia no aut. ject more plainly taught in the New Trstameni then the doctrine of BajitUm, yet there are many professors of Christianity, at this day, and no doubt ome who read your paper, Inttoring under conaci entious embarrassment on this subject. I am snrrv to be under the painful impression that L. D. L. has only contributed to the increase of that rm barrsfsment be certainly haa darkened counsel. He has advanced nothing new, they are the trite, old, worn out arguments that have been advanced a thousand times in support of sprinkling and pouting for Baptiam, and sa often fai.-ly met and tiiumphanily rrfuted. Mr. L. pursues a very strange course in attempting to come at the scriptural "mode of Baptism." Instead of going to the New Testament, and confining himself t.) that, he goes over to the Old Testament, where, by the way, not one word is said about Christian Baptism. This looks very much like a drowning man c.itching at a straw. Perchunre, when writing thse arguments," he had "in his mind's eye" a aign board, which, it ia said, a mechanic, once upon a time, placed over the door of his shop, "All torts of twitting and turning done here." Mr. I.. ays,"Let ua examine the connexion in which the word Baptise occurs, in order to oarer tain its probable meaning," and then, In I and be hold ! he directs the reader to Joel 2, 28, Iiaiati 52 anJ S3, Psalms 22, Ezekiel7,8, alio to Ezekiel 30,25. Now, deal reader, will you believe it, that the word baptize dors not occur in one of these texts. Why ! in the name of common renae, why then did he bring up these texts 1 He had an ob ject in view, no doubt, and it requires no extraor dinary discernment to see what was that object, fn there passages he found the word pour and sprinkle, m he "twist and turns" them over lo the subject of baptiam, snd srgues that these are the terme oed to describe the baptism of the Holy Ghost, and if ao, then either sprir.kling or pouring ia baptiam. He here takes for granted what be ought first to have proved. Not only so, but we defy him to prove that the words sprinkle and pour are synonymous with the word baptise, as uecd in the scriptures. L. falls into s very great mistake with regard to the Baptism of the Holy Ghost. Becaure the spirit ia poured out in order to the Baptiam, there fore, he argues that pouring Is baptiam. This ia atrange logic, indeed. Doea be suppose that the immortal God was poured out, or sprinkled about in psiticles, as some ministers sprinkle or pour a little water on the head or face of tbeir candidates? let us see if we cannot find a rule by which lo messure the baptism of the spirit. See Acts 2, 2,3,4. Tberesder will please observe that not only did the spirit "Jill all the houte where ihey were setting," but ibediciple "were all filled with the Holy Ghost." Query do our Pedoliaptiat friend hsptiee with a room full of water, and put their candidates entirely under il, or overwhelm tbem with water, a the disciples wsre with the Ho ly Ghoat t Ag iin, 1.. I). L. falls into another error by sup posing that baptism is analagnus to the "blood of sprinkling. I deny lhat baptism has a respect to the blood of sprinkling, but that it denotes the washing of r generation, and the renewing of the Holy Chobl, and is emblematical of the butial and re-urreclion of Christ, and of our death and burial with him, and of our resurrection with him to a new life. See R,.m. 0, 4 6 $ Col. 2, 12 i 1 Peter 3, 2 1 . The sprinkling of the blood of Chriat never once refers lo the doctrinal import of baptiam, but haa its memorial a id representative io the Lord's supper. L. is compelled to abandon the scriptural import of baptism, and lo substitute s conjecture of bis own, in order lo m.ike his system hang together. And what is lo be urn-l of alt deplored io the cr. rors of sprinkling, ia that it mi.lvada and bewilders those who teceive it, in respect of the true meaning of all the aicrcd institutions. I am sure lhat every scholar will be amazed at L. D. I.'s. de finition tf Baptise. Can il be pot tle that a man who understands the Greek lan guage, would ruk bis reputation aas scholar, by aaeerilng lhat the Grtek word Baitizo "means no thing but to rprir kle or pour," snd d ies not mean "the grom art of dipping." I envy not the b arn. ing, the rlassic.il n search and practical prudence of such a man. Such a one certainly deaerves our pity mure than our contempt j for his knowledge savour much of '-Index learning. Which makes no student pale, But takes die ril of science by the tail." We will place along aide of L. D. L'a. bold oVelaralion, that the word baptise ''means nothing but to pour or sprinkle," the statement of Professor CiNmiiL t ' I have beard a disputant, In defiance of t tymol fj and use, mainta'n that the word len 'ered in the New Testament baptise, means mors properly to sprinkle thsn to plunge and in deft ante of alt antiquity , that the former was the earlS ast, and the most general practice in baptising. Ona who argues in this manner, never fails with persons of knowledge, to betray the came he would dfftnd i snd though, with respect lo the vulgar, bold a-sertinns generally succeed as well as argu ments, and sometimes better ; yet a caximd mtHn will always rmn.t 0 take the help erAtstnnon, even in the defence of truth. Ittturei en Vulpit Eloquence, Sect. 10, p. 804. Whst a rebuke one PrdobepiU here gives to another. On the pa sige in John 3, 23 t "And John s!so was baptising in Enon, near t't Salim, because there wss much water there" Mr. T.. savs, this should be literally translated, not "mteh water, but many waters" and ihrse many waters were a few "small collections of water," not sufficiently deep, in his estimation, for immersing. Now John Calvin, the foUndor of ihe Presbyterian church, considers 'that from three words it may be inferred lhat baptism was sdtninistired by John and Christ, by plunging the wbide body under water." The learned snd pious Dr. Poddrige says, "surely no long can be mote eidt nt than lhat pollu vidafu,) many wa ters, signifies a latge qusnti:y of water, it being aomr limes turd for the Euphrates, Jer. SI, 13 (Sep. tusgint) to which, I suppose, there may alsi be an allusion, Rev. 18,1. Compare Ezrk. 43, 2; Rrv. 1, 15 j 15, 2 i 19, C, whcir the voice f many waters does plainly aignify the roaring of the high sea." Is il not somewhat astonishing, thai a mode of speaking, which on all other occWons meana mueh, ahould in case of baptism s'gnify s very tie t To such glaring sdsurditiis will prejudice end error drive their devotees. Let us now look at L. D. L's. rrilici-ms on the Greek prepositions en and apo. He contends lhat en should be rendered ly, of, at, or neor ; thus he av, Mall. 3. 6 should read "they were baptised of him at Jordan." Exrellint critic ! According to the le.nned L. D. I.., when a person is in the grave, he is only at it ; when be is in Ihe house, he is only at the door ; when he ia in bed, he is only at the side of it ; when s man is drowned in s river, he is r-n'y drowned at the edge ; wl.en a man is in trouble, he is only at, near or close by trouble. O bigr.try ! O prejudice! what can you not do. Come here, all ye skeptic , Mr. L. will solve all diH'ietilli, a for you. Daniel was not cast into Ihe Lions den, but only nt it, uear it, close by il. Jonnh vi aa not in the great fish, but tit it, near, it, ci te by il. Upon examinstinn. the rea.ler will find lhat the preposition en ia rendered in one hundred times, for once by any other word. It occurs nearly two hundred limes in Mstthew, Mr. L. finds one or two places where it may be ren dered at, and therefore, mcst always be tranluted at, where baptiam U spoken of. Mr. L. baa f.dien into the ssme error upon the word apo, which be contend' should be rondered f. um, and not out of. The translators have coriectly rendered it out of. See Acts 8, 39. "And when ihey bad come up (apo) out if the water." See alo Matt. 3, 16. I will transcribe a few remniks on the clssxical import of there prepositions, from the celebrated Greek grammar of the learned Jamas Moore, L. L. D., Professor of Greek, in Glasgow. "En denotes that something is contained within a certain and limited place." "Apo denotes the departure, or the distance of one person or thin, from the plare of another." This is worth more than a whole col- un.n of L's. erit'cikms on three words, la it not greatly to be lamented, that even wise snd good men will depart from the obvious snd natural meaning of words, and violate all correct rule of interpretation, snd be guiby of sophistry of the most pernicious tendency, and thus become sll things lo all men, to save some from going over lo Ihe Baptist, BtkwicK, March 10, 1843. W. 8. H. (To Le continued.) Than the following ballad, nothing more beauti ful ever came tfuin the depths of the huinun heart. It is extracted from General Morris's volume of poems, recently published by Meaars. App'eton: M7 Mother's Bible. This book is all that'a left me now ! Tears will unbidden slsil With faltering lip snd throbbing brow, I prrm it to my heart For many generations passed, Here is our fjmily tree t My mother's hand this Bible clasped She, dying, gave it me. Ah ! well do I remember those Whose names ihese records !ear; Who round the hearth-stone used to close, Af'et me evening prayer. And spek of whst these peies ssid, In tones my heart would thrill ! Though they are wiih the silent dead, Here arc ll ey living still ! My father read this holy book To brothers, sisters dear How calm wan my poor mother's look, Who learned God's word lo besr, Her angel face I aee il yel ! What thronging memories come I Again that little group ia met Wilhin the halls of home ! Thou truest fiend man ever knew, Thy constancy I've tried ; When ull were false I found the true, My counsellor and guide. The mine of earth no trenaure give That could this vol line buy ; In leaching me the way to live, II taught me how to die, BT THOMAS rOWSS. Heaven gave the I, desire for sweets, Nor heavrn denies her flowers The ihiisty land for m.dsiu'e waits. Nor heaven withhold it ah., wets. No sooner are the balie's alarms To mother's ears expre-s'd, He finds, a ahelter iu her arms His s,.iee si tier breast. Nor ar the in-tmcU of ihe heart Less suljecla of beat en's cere; Nor would it tymp ilbje imparl Merely lo peruh there The beau thai yearn for kindred mind To share iu bliss or pain t Thai knowa to love, shall surely find A heart lhat low again. Getting into debt without iutendicg to pay, is an improvement on stealing. THE AMERICAN. Saturday t .Varch 18, 1843, REMOVAL. DC3 The Office of ihe "SUNBURY AMERICAN" has hcen removed lo the white frame building, in Centre Al ley, adjoining the New Store of II. B. Masser. Business or orders left at the Store, will be promptly attended to. fXj We have juat received aixty teams of print ing psper, similar in size and quality to the sheet upon which this is printed. Also 36 ream of su per Royal 21 by 28 inches, which will be sol J st cost and csrrisge, for rash. fXj" A number of interesting articles will be found on our first page; rjj In another column our readers will find a communication signed W. 8. If. from a correspnn denl at Berwick, on the suljeet of baptism, in an swer to sn article upon that subject, which appeareJ in our columns a few weeks since. (Tj' The Enigma sent lis, through ihe post of fice, ia no enigma to ua. The writer may find hia own character defined in the 8th, 1st and 1st letters of the same. fXj The annual commencement of the PennV Medical College, look place on Toceday the 7th inst. The degree of Doctor of Medicine was con ferred on Thomas G. Morris, of this p'are. The commencement of the Jefferson College took place on ihe 10th inst., when the same degree was conferred on John C. Mc Williams, of Shamokin, and Jacob B. Master, of this place. fXj Legislative squabbles. It will be seen by re ference to our Harrisburg letter, thai several of ibe members of Ihe legis'sture, have been engaged in d sgraceful quarrels, such aa we might have looked for in the Arkansas legislaruie, but could scarcely bava expected from our own. Drrp Snow. The deepest snow that we have had ibis winter, fell on Thursday night laat, measuring, in depth, from 18 to 20 inches. The ground was frozen, snd well prepared for good stefphing ; but we sre fear ful that the season is too far advanced Ij hope for ila continuance, longer than a few day. A warm un and a south wind, such si we had some week since, micht dissipate the whole in a very short lime. In such a case, and such an event should not be unexpected at this season, we are fesrful the nsvigation may sustain considerable damsge on account of the eilraordinary freshel Ihst must ne cessarily ensue. We hope, however, for the best. The River is yet fast hound in its icy fetters. As the snow hassonsider.ibly drifted, the road, in many places, muit be greatly obstructed. Tfon-Imprisonmrnt Law. The legislature ha not yet finally acted on this bill. The last Stole Capitol Gazette mitkea a strong sppesl in favor of the law, but admits that il ahould not have embraced eiisting contracts. It is this retrospective feslure that make ihe law so univer sally unpopular. There sre msny, we might say s large majority of those w ho are most interested. lhat are in favor of ita absolute repeal, whilst ihe opinion, lhat ibe law should be so amended as not to affect existing contracts, appear to be almnrt universal. 8uch a thing aa imprisoning sn honest debtor is r.ever thought of in this section. The rogues alone resp all the benefit of ibe present Isw. The Comet. It is still s mailer of doubt whether the light seen in the heaven, was a real bona fide comet, or not. A number of observations have been made through out the state. Some insisting that il is a comet, whilst other contend that it is the well known Zo diacal light, an account of which will lie found on our fiM page. Observation were made at ihe Washington Observatory with a telescoe, during the day, for several daya, but without success. (J The delusions of Milterism have not yet el together subsided. It spars lhat Mr. Shortridgs, formerly a merchant in Portsmouth, N. H., but for some time peat poor and subject to occasional derangement, became greatly troubled by lb doc trines of Mdler, and Lad made a grab for the Second Advent, A few daya since, becoming impatient, be climbed lo ibe lop of a tree, clothed in bis robe, snd attempting to leap forward, fell to the ground and broke bis neck. (JT The following Retart Courttous from the Portland Gssette, taken from an old acrap book, ia loo good to l lost i The Retart Caiwrtsows. Two nighlor lawyer, clever fellows, One lark'd s book, snd one a bellow, Their name perhaps you'd like to know f. baa, one the other Joe. Joe sent a niesasu toElia, For Es'inasse't Aiss Prtu This sntwer back Eliss sent; Hi office hook he rever lent. But Joe might call if lhat would do, And in hia office read il through. Ir rhane'd, Elias on the nioirow, To Joe, his bellowe srni lo borrow. My litltitwa, ,ll my wu'hy friend, raya Joe, ia wht.1 I never lend But ha may rail, if he's inclined lo, And blew all day if he's a mind to. (ry The following sketch of Mr. ftiTcnts, the venerable snd talented editor of the Richmond En quirer, is not without interest. Mr. Ritchie, it ii said, exercises mora absolute swsy over bis readers, thsn sny other journalist in America. Many of ths Virginisns look upon the editor ss sn unerring etpnunder of democratic principles, of which he certsinly is sn able advocate. "Ma. RiTimi. A correspondent of (h Charles Inn Courier, gives the following interesting par ticulars of Ihe personal appesrsnce and manners of this distinguished editor and gentleman t I every day see the venerable editor of the En quirer In the House of Delegates, where he moves aliout smong ihe members, like an embodied thought. Every movement and every question of the old gentleman seems to have a meaning. Hi tread ia noiseless, snd his voice is never heard above a whisprr. He is a remarkable man, exerts great influence upon public, opinion in Virginia. His e ditoriali, even when brief, sre very able. He eon eentrstrs more thought in a narrow compass, thsn any writer t am acquainted with. He indulges much in sstire at the expense of his political fie ; hut hi satire, whi'a it is keen snd rxcrutiating, Is cnurteou. He is a cautious man, and ia never found napping. He is always at his post, resdy to sound ihe slsrm upon the approach of war or supposed danger. Mr. Ritchie, dors not affect democratic popular ity in hia dress. He sppear in s suit of superfine black broadcloth, with silk gloves upon hi band, which he weare constantly. When he converge with an individual fete a tete, he phcea hi on hand over hi upper lip, inclining so to form sn scute sngte with his mouth, thus speaking liters! ly under his lireath. He is s tsll tssn with sn in tellectual snd venerable appearance must lie rising si zty years of sge stoops a little when he wilks, but his step is elastic and he moves with rapidity MISCELLANY. Editorial, Condensed and Selected. The (alary of our Mini-ler lo China is limited to nine thousand dollars per snnum. Mr. Kend ill says that cakes of soap are enmo I'mcs useJ for currency iu Mexico. One of his comp nions had 61 cakes tied up in a handkerchief, returned lo him by the way of change for a dollar. Cracks in stove snd stove pipes, sre readily clo sed by a pavte made of ehes and anil, with water. Iron filings, sal ammoniac, and water, maks s hard and more durable cement. There are 1459 cellars in New York, which con tain a resident populstion of 7190, while f!619 peo ple inhibit the courts and rear buildings of the city. Tec-totaliam n unifier now in Iieland over Tre millions two hundred thousand. All opposition has in a manner ceired. A Freak of Nature. There i exhibiting in Mo bile a negro boy, aged 4 years, who has all the de velopments of adolescence. He is very large and muacular, has a gruff and minly voice, and bas a full grown bestd snd whinkcrs. The Rev. Messrs. Higgins snd W'iggs, of Phils delphis, immerred 49 person in ihe Sotithwark Canal on Saturday morning last, in the unprece dented short space of 45 minute. Mr. Kendall, in one of bia ske chrs, slates thst at the town of Jerral, in Meiico, there i an immense alaugh rr house, where something like one thou sand sheep sre killed daily, for their hide and tab low. The two sons of John Gage, New York, broke through the ire on Canands gua lake, and were drowned. The young men were found by the neighbors about an hour after, locked in each o ther's arms. The National IntePiger eer publishes the death of Sir Charles Bagot, and accompanies it wiih a long eulogy on bis virtue. Col. Stone i going lo end ihe piper to bis Escellrncy. o that he may see how he will stsnd with posterity, if he ever dues die. fhul Dot so. A man named Tompkins, haa been arrested in the Weal, for killing, out of spite to his neighbor, one hundred and twelve of bis duels. A gentleman of Pittsburg, is selling pieces of the famous tree under which William Penn snd the Indians formed their Iresty. He bss disposed of a number of cords f It is ssid thst in the single city of Prkin, nine Ihouasnd infanta sre destroyed annually, snd that the proportion is aa grest all over the empire. Seduction. The following Dill bss been read in plscr, by Mr. Sullivan, of the Senate, and we trust lhat it will become the law of the land. Aa Act to punish seduction, and to afford a more ailequate civil remedy for tlie injury. Section 1. That seduction af sny female i here by declared to be an indictable offence, in addition to the remedies now given by law, for the perpe tration of Ibis great private and public wrong ; and sny ptrton who shall be convicted of ihe offence of seduction, in sny court of Quarter 8eion of lbs Peace of this commonwealth, ahall be sentenced to psy a fine not less ihsn $500 nor more than $ 10, 000, at the diacretion of ibe court, and further to undergo a solitary confinsment, at bard labor in lb proper penitentisry for a period not bss than one yrsr, not longer than ten years, st ihe discre tion of the Couit i Provided, That in lieu of the imprisonment in the Penitentiary, the court tnsy, if the circumstances of the case ate mitigated, sen trnce to imprisonment in the county jaiL Section . That the action of seduction snay be maintained and ued by any mother or other rela tion of the female seduced ; lo recover damages for loa of service or for injury don to the reputation of ths relative, snd for SJcb aggravations as may have atlenJad lbs commission of the injury ; Pro vided, Thst only ana action shall be maintained for redress al such injuries arising out of sny ons rate fscducuoa. sr? Correspondence of the American. HtBRtsBcao, Msrch 15, 1843. Dsam Sta Matters and things here, in the wsy of legislstion, are moving on at a slow psce, Wehsvehsd however, by way of variety, several little tkirmishis. One in the Senate between Judge Chsmpnrys ami Mr. McCully, and one in the House between Mr. Hinchman of Philadelphia, an J Mr, Deford of Fayette. Some of the members are determined not to be out done by their Congresion al friends in legislative encounters, and therefore, begin to ahow iheir pugnacious propensities ss the session i drawing lo a close: As they sre not likely to agree upon any important subject by de bating it, the propriety of hereafter settling all knotty points by a regular '-set lo" by fisticuff, is a matter which might properly enter Into the de ti'ierationa of tSe Reform Committee. On Satur day last, immediately after th House had adjourn ed, as Mr. Deftrd, was going down the centre aisle of the House, he waa met by Mr. Hinchman, who was coming up, when the latter attempted lo take hold of the nose of the former, to pull il. He how ever hsd barely touched it, when Mi. Deford struck I im a blow with hia umbrella, and then fled back into the interior of the chamber, and around lo hia own place ; Mr. Hinchman followed him with up raised umbrella, to return the blow. A number of raemhera now interposed, throwing themselves be tween the parties, snd st length succeeded in end ing Ihe affmy. The cauae of the fracas waa in con sequence of some language used in ihe courae of deb ite the day previous, when the bill for the ap pointment of a leather inspector was under con sideration. Mr. Deford intimated that those who supported the bill, M'. Lowry and Mr. Hinchman, vteie not actuated by proper motives. The latter retorted in severe Isngusge. Mr. Deford replied that no gentleman would use surh language. Mr. Hinchman tetorted in very harsh language. Mr. Deford then called Mr. II . a blackguard, to which Mr. II . replied, under considerable excitement, stating that he would pull Mr. Deford' nose for him, if be did notret-art. Thus the matter ended b r that day, arid a Mr. Deford did not retract, Mr. Ilinrhmin put his thrrat into execution the next morning, in the manner above stated. The war between Judge Champneys snd Mr. McCully occurred in the Seuste a day or Iwo before. It was, however, only a war of word "breathing de fiance," wiih strong intimation that there must be "pistols and c flee for two." These Iwo impor tant matter were settled, a all important matters usually are in the legislature, by referring the whole lo a commillre. There are billa lhat should, ami might be acted on in the course of a week, after which Ihe Irgitd dure should adjourn, and the mem bers teturn to some more profitable business. The Congressionil Apportionment bill which passed the House, was amend, din the Senate by aobatituting Mr. Elwell's bill, which leaves your district si it was, w ith the addition of Clinton coun- Mr. Kidder, the chairman of the Committee on Banks, it ia expected, will report a general Barking Law, in a few days. X. Y. Z. rna THS AMERICA "Mr. G ," i-aid Doctor a few days since, lo the keeper of the bridge, "I wish you would let me t ike the left hand roul.ss there ia no snow on ihe other track." "Certainly, Doctor, as you intend taking lhat road on the latt day, you may as well commence now. Anthracite Iron. In David Mushal's report upon Cold Blast Iron which we published a few weeks sgo, ihe suthor e i presses a hope that a mode of converting pig i ron into bar by means of snthrsciie, will soon be discovered. By s letter to the Editor of the Pennsylvania Inquirer, dated Phrcnil ville, March 1st, 1843. it will be seen lhat in the iron works at that place, for two years past, all ihe fuel used in the manufac ture from pig lo nails, haa been anthracite. The following is an eitrsct from the letter, showing that this method is in perfect and successful opera lion: "The Phucnix Woik hve now been in com plete and successful operation with Anthracite Coal for fuel, for a period of two years past. The ore, coal snd limestone sre conveyed to the place, snj nails canied swsy. Il is now p-acti. able by Ihe agency of lbee extensive improvements, to tik the ore in its raw condition, to smelt, refine snd roll it, to cut into nail plates snd into nails, lo pack them, and to place kegs of them in Philadelphia ma ket within a period of 30 hour, and ever proceaa to he accom plished with Anthracite coal whenever fuel is requt- ' reel, snd thi, too, with Cold Blast." Miners' Jour nal. From tlu Seu Orleans Bee, Feb, 25. Important dec'uion of a cast in relation to ChurtK Property, Judge Mi an a, on Monday last, deli, vered the opinion of ihe Supreme Court of ihe State, in the case of Martin vs. The Wardens of Ihe Church of St. Francis, in Point Coupee. The plaintiff was the Curate of the Pariah, having been appointed by the Bishop of the dioceae. The War dens became dissatisfied with their Pastor, and gave him notice to quit, and that ihey would not pay him after a certain time. He refused to leave, and Ihe Buhop declined withdrawing biro, until bis demand were paid. Tb Court decided that tha Wardena were under the charter, the krgal owners of the church properly and it temporal ad. miniatratora, free from any control font the clergy. That the Warden were rerponsibla lo the Congre gation only, and neither th4 Pope ntr his B:shops have any legal authority in Louisiana, either to manage t'u porptrty dedicated to setltsiastioalpur, potes. or to impost Pritstt upon the Congregation, contrary to their const) it. Tb power of lbs clergy is spiritual alone, and can only operate upon the moral hum snd connciencss of the people. The law considers them aa tiiiaens only, affording tbem it protection ss such, snd ths canon law is not to i be considered in tha enforrsaarnt of rontrscts.