rna thi amiricas. . -
Thr Coldra Age of Ihc Pertj,
11) first period of man's existence ws celebrated
and fling, by ihe Grecian mil Roman Toe', as the
gulden Age; an era when virtue reigned nnr.inh,
lid sublunary bliss was in its meridian splendor.
The earth was then mantled in beauty. Forests
nJ groves were clad with foliage, which retained
id verdent hue, through autumn anJ winter, ef
foiding eensitions of such deep delight a nature
only gives, clothed In her garb of loveliness. At
this age, mankind knew neither malice nor guile.
Innocence and moral goodness found a congenial
homo in every breast. "Poetry spoke in harmo
nious numbers, not to vsnish evil deeds, but to
praise the virtuous snd celebrate the friends of hu-
msn kind. This was the poet's office. The in
spired train enjoyed the highest honors ; they held
commerce with the Gods; they partook of the am
brosial feast ; they were at once the interpreters
snd messengers of the Supreme command." They
held nerfect swat, not onlf over the t-assinns of
the human heart, but even n.iture lingered in her
. course, and, in et tatic delight listened to the raptur
ous melody of their poetry and music In these
fabulous sges lived Linus and Orpheus, though not
. till some of the vices had received Unit binh. At
his di'atb, Linus was wept and mjurncd by every
nation : what the poet said respecting the death
of Agricola, is equally applicable to his. Address
ing himself to the fountains, he desired to know
why their waters were dried up. They replied :
"We have wept for Agricols, and the stream which
before was limpid, is now absorbed by his ashes,
The tradition relating Orpheus' musical talents ;
his intimacy with the muses ; his connection with
Eurydice ; his descent to the realm of 1'luto, and
his trngical end, have afforded materials fur the dra
matic muse ofEuiipidea of old, snd ofShakspeer
in modern times, besides numerous other poets if
no less repute, though favorites of a different muse.
The rtoiy of Orpheus is familiar to the classic!
student. He was the son of Apollo, and received
his Lyre fiom Mercury, a divinity who presided
over eloquence, and was, I lie wire, a messenger of
the Gods. The poets have represent d himssao
skillful a musician, that the most rapid liveis rein
ed to flow, the wild beasts of the fore-tscame near
him, enchanted by his melody, and "the mountains
moved to listen to his song." By reason of his
illustrious descent he was permitted to be a com
panion of the sacred nymphs. He lucerne enam
oured of Eurydice ; their nuptials were celebrated ;
but ahe, as ia often the esse, was destined to be the
remote cause of her basbands death, and "of all his
wo." Their matrimonial bliss wis of short dura
tion. For as she waa fleeing from A ristaeus, she
was bitten by a serpent, and death, the destroyer of
An AHseitmllna; Defanlter,
JCOII SHIPMAN.
Much excitement was produced In the city on
Friday, by the disappi an nee of Jacob 8hipman, an
individnal who has hern engaged for several years
a a messenger between tho Brinks snd Brokers of
New York and Philadelphia. He haa been in the
hshit of carrying packages ot money, and on some
occasions has hud an aggregate amount as high ss
-200,000 entrusted to him. On one occasion, not
lotig ainre. snufl was thrown Into his eyes and an
attempt was made to r.ib him, and on another, vi.
I tint secreted themselves in his dwelling to awsit
his return with the sims bad object It appears
that on the afternoon of Wednesday last, Shipmsn,
or as he was fimiliirly called, "Jake," c died at the
various brokers and banks to obtain their packages,
and started in the pilot line at 5 P. M. No ata-m
waa fi It with regard to l.im uniil Friday morning,
and then his unaccountable abserce led to the be
lief that he had been waylaid, and perhaps robbed
and mutdcrid. It was subsequently ascertained
thst he proceeded on Wednesday as far as Tren
ton ; that he there hi ed a horse and gig and re
turned to this citythat the neit morning he wss
seen at the cars on Broad s'reet that he there paid
$14 for his passage to Pittaburg, and also gave $5
to an individual who knew him la return with the
horae and gig to Trenton. His Pittsburg ticket
waa obtained in the name of Ml. Johnson
The larger amount of the funds with him, be
longs to New York Bsnks and brokers, as it is
known that lit brought on a considerable amount of
foreign gold from thst city, to be placed in the Phi
ladelphia Mint for recoinage. We have traced
$15,000 of thia money. $10,000 in French gold
he exchanged at the Philadelphia Bank for notes of
that Institute, and a broker deposited $5000 more
in the Farmers' snd Mechanics' Bank, for which
he obtained a rh qne. It is possible that other
sums given him in New York have not yet been
ascertained. He has a wife and three or four chil
dren residing in Union street below Third; and be
fore he left on Thursday, he went home snd nb-
t lined a new suit of clothes. He hss theiefore been
a kind husband and father, and those who have
trusted him for years, find it very difficult to be
lieve that he is the scoundrel that circumstances
would seem to infer.
He has it ia said leen traced as far ss Chambers
burg. The amount that he took with him, is likely
to turn out much less than was at first supposed.
It will not, in all probnbili'y, eireed $30,000.
The Union bank of New York ia the principal suf
ferer, that institution having confided to his keeping
$lft,000ingo!d.
His wife says she was left without money. He
inquired of a per.-on on Wednesday, as to the dif-
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IXj The legislature w ill adjourn cn Tuesday the
18th. We should like to see them pass the Non
imprisonment law, and the lsv in relation to Tide
Water notes, before the sdjournment.
mankind, immediately took to himself the lovely ft-rcut routes of travelling west and south. The N.
nymph and bore her to "regions of eternal bliss
Her husband to quote from his Argonautics
"trode the dark way of Tartarus into Hell for the
sake of his spouse," trusting to his Thracian harp
and hnrmonius strings. By reason of his melody ,
he lulled lo sleep Cerberus, the guardian of the
lower regions, and easily obtained an audience from
Pluto. The infernal God was melted by his music,
and as the poets beautifully express it, "the wheel of
Ixion stopped, the stone of SUyphus stood stilt.
Tantalus forgot his perptual thirst, and even the
Fuiies relented." Encouraged by so f.vorab'e a
reception, he boldly petitioned for his beloved Eu
rydice. Pluto moved by his sorrow, cons ntcu to
restore the nymph, provided he did not look behind
him till he reached the upper air. He joyfully ac
cepted the condition ; but when already near the
extreme limit of the infernal regions, forgetting the
injunction of Pluto, he looked back to behold "hi
long lost Eurydice." Immediately she vanished
from his sight, and was compelled to return to the
abodes of the dead. Orpheus was diMractt-d at his
loss, which wss now irreparable, and endeavored
to alleviate his sufferings by the music of his Lyre
in the grottos and upon the mountains. He re
nounced all intercourse with society, and by his
coldness, offended the Thracian women, w ho, as
they colcbrated the orgies of Bacchus, attacked
him, tore bis body in pieces, and threw his head
into the river Hubrus. As it flawed along down
the stream lowarJ the Aegean sea, it continued to
repeat the name of Eurydice, aa ia beautifully ex
pressed by Pope, which I quote from memory.
"Yet e'en indeslh Eurydice he sung ;
Eurydice the rocks, Eurydice the gloves,
Asd the hollow mountains rung."
Such was the mighty power and influence as
cribed by the Ancient lo their earlier bards, who
a-enl their lime and talents in refining and polish
ing the manners, and in regulating the laws and
morale of their barbaious countrymen, who
''Devoured each other like wild besets
Gorging on human flesh,"
Their only object seemed to be to benefit man
kind, and to raise them in the scale of being, to s
level with the Go!a. It wss not their purpose lo
paint nature as it then existed, low and degraded,
nor to pamper the base appetites of men with a
view to further their own sordid interests, but to
mark out a path in which men might walk up
rightly here, and be better prepared for a life here
after. Bui bow unlike these are many virtues of
this brazen age !
Hot, envious, proud, the scrihling fry,
Burn, hiss, and bounce, waste papei" -snd die.
Had Lord Byron, who touched bis harp, anil
nations heard iitrsnrrd,M made virtue his theme.
and directed his land tmsisiable aalire sgain-t
the votaries of vice and irreligion, he might n - t
have died.
"Of thirst because there wss mora lo drink,"
but 'iika the righteous man, and bis lost end Uen
like his." AC,
Sunbury, April 10, 1943.
Y. Commercisl ssys that he has !een entrusted by
one institution with as much ss $500,000 in bsnk
notes at a lime, all of which, had he been disposed,
he could have converted to Ms own use. A re
ward of $500 has been offered for his arrest by the
losers in this city, and one of $2000, by the Union
Bank ot New York. Police officer Lownds left
New Yoik in pursuit on Fridsy evening. But at
that time "Jake" hod about 40 hours start of him
It hss been ascertained that Shipman was in the
habit of purchasing lottery tickets, snd it is the im
pression of some iersons, that he got behind-hand,
and in a moment of depuration, determined upon
a course which haa appaienlly blackened his name
beyond redemption. Hick, Ilrp
fcp The cinats have bien opened for a itncdays
past, and the navigation resumed. The gradual
thawing of the bito deep snow has prevented a sud
den or unusual rise. There csn, therefore, we
think, be but little dsnger in sntii ipntion of any in
jury in consequence of the spring freshets.
ijj- The New York charter election haa termi
nated in favor of Morris, the democratic candidate
ir Mayor, by a majority of C000 votes.
QCj Commsnder Mekenxie hss been entirely ac
quitted by the Coi-rl Martial, of all '.he charges al
leged against him. The President has approved
f the decision of the Court Martial. A most
righteous verdict, to which nincteen-lwenticths of
the people will most cheerfully respond. A more
precious scoundrel thsn young Spencer, probably
never run unwhipl of justice. He has a brother
now in Texas, who, by his own confession, ia but
little better. There are none without their troubles
in this world of wickedness and woe, and the great
generally have a double portion. Few men have
had more domestic afflictions than Secretary Spen-cer.
Monroe Kdrlit
This adroit rogue, it appears, was not drowned
nor has he effected Ilia escape from Sing Sing
prison. The following letter on the subject is copied
from the New Yoik Courier :
Sisru Sio, April 6, 1813.
A.M. C. Sith, Eso..
Sih, I sent word to the Police of your city
that Monioe Edwaids had drowned himself or es
caped.- We have since found him concealed in one
of the shops ; the reason why we supposed he had
drowned himself, was that one of the convicts said
that he saw him jump off the dock, and there waa
also f.und in his cap lying on the dock, a note
slating that when that should be found the died
would be done. Resirccifully yours.
ANGUS McDUFFIE
Il is slated in the Hoiald that on the m .ruing
after he was mi sed. Edwards wss discovere d by
keeper in the shoe shop, snugly stowed away in
closet, with a good supply of cakes, caekers, an
brandy, sufficient lo last several days, or until be
could conveniently escape. A contractor's sgenl
has been arrested, and brought Ik fore Justice Yne
on suspicion of having furnished him with these
articbs, which ate expressly prohibited, otherwise
siding bini in his attempts to scape.
Sunbnry Femnle Scminnry.
We neglected la-t week to notice the public ex
amination of the seholnrs of the female Seminsry
of ibis plsce, under the charge of the Misses Broi ke.
The exercises gave very general satisfaction to those
present. The progress which the young ladies
appear to have made in their studies, affords the
very lesl rv;dence of the care and attention which
the Miires llronke bsve bisiowrd in the manage
ment of the imtitu'ion over which (bey preide.
With the r-sdi- g of the young la 'ies (a branch often
nig'ected) we were particularly pleased. The ex
ercises in history, pbi'osophy and geology were also
highly creditable. A number of esaaya written
upen various Subjects, were much sdmired. Some
of ihem foi the e'eeanre of theii composition, and
others for (he practical good aenre they contained.
The advantages of the present system of education.
with the great improvement in school bo ks, can
only be properly appreciated by those, who, under
the old system, were accustomed lo study Murray's
Grammar two or three years, without knowing that
such a thing as parsing waa a necessary exctciso
Mr. Van Bnrrn und the Presidency.
The few friend that Mr. Vsn Buren hss still
left, sre straining every nerve lo rfTect hia nomina
tion. We aay iheru friends. In cause we he'ieve
that Mr. Van Ui.ren haa a small, r number of sup.
porters among the people, than any candidate that
has j et leen brought before them, and we trust ibe
lime will long lie hefoie a few intete ld pariixnn
Naders will be maided to thnM h'm upon the peo
ple as tkeir candidate. Mr, Van Buren professes,
we m licve, to be a democrat. Yel his conduct in
hia efforts to keep himself constantly in office is at
variance with all the principles of democracy, and
sin wa him to be sn aristocrat of the Aral water.
Besides having long been in office, in his native
state, he has held the office of President and V ice
President eight years, and had he not been one of
the ino-l unpopular men in the union, could have
been easily elected for four years more. After
hating I een most than efully distanced, with all
the patronage of the g In rsl government at hia heels,
we think it instil ing lotbe pmple to offer him
gain as a candidate f. r the hiuh stnlion lo which
they once reluctantly elevalid him, and wh'ch no
thing bul for his own w.-.nt of populsrity cm e'led
him toxield to bis victorious rival. A victo y which
should teach the democracy not lo force upon them
a man for whom ihey have but li tie kffot tion, if not
a want of confidence. When the present consti
tution wss formed, a few ultra high loned federal
ists were anxious to hae engruf'ed upon thai ad
mirable instrument a number (if offices with a life
tenure, a m asure which was repudiated by everv
democrat. There are bul few, indeed, that would
dare at this day, to advocate such a measure, yet
wo find Mr. Van Buren and his friends endeavor.
ing to effect in practice, what every democrat then
refused to sanction by law. Theae are, we believe,
the opiniona of more than nine-tenths of the d
mocraey of ihe union, and that these opinions were
once the views entertained by Mr. Van Buren him
self, we want no stronger evidence than his own
declsraii-ms in his letter to Gov. Rev nobis of Mis
souri, declining Ihe nomination offered him by the
legislature of thai state, in the following word..
"No one can expect, or should desire, to be
always in office under a (jovi-rninrnt and insti
tutions like ours ; and I have enjoyed that pri-
vilepe long enough to aatibfy my utmoct ambi
tion.
aorkrt, on the left breast of hia frock coat, a dirk
knife, raising it suddenly and turning it quickly
in his band, tor a blow. Mr, Bratlon at once drop-
ped the chair and fled behind tbe Speaker's ros
trum, and around to lbs rii;ht of the Clerk's desk.
where McGowan caught up lo him, and Ibere in
the presence of ihe assembled representatives o( the
people nf Pennsylvania, drove the uplifted kn fe in
to his bark, but Ihe blow alighted fortunately on the
left shoulder blade, the wound inflic ed, though an
ugly gash, was not serious. No second blow was
struck, we believe ; for the members rushed in and
arrested the fuither progress of the homicide. The
knife was taken from McGowan and proved to have
been bent into a eurre, by meeting with the resist,
tance of the shoulder bone. The force and good
will with which the blow wss given may be esti
mated from this fact though, it is pos ibis thai the
impetus of the motion of running give uuusu il
force to the blow,
While this scene w ss going on, and after it had
closed, Ibe gre itest and moat intense excitement
pievailed the whole house waa in commotion
ihe members lushed from their seats into the sics
before ihe Spesker's chair business f ir the time
being was almost suspended. After the knife wss
taken from McGowsn he proceeded lo bis seat ; and
Mr. Brattnn wss taken in the room of the Serge int
si Arms, snd the extent of bis injuries examined,
As soon ss order could be restored somewhat
Mr. Deford offered a reso'uti n to appoint a cm
mitiee of three to examine and report on the cir-
rnriis'ancea of the assault ; whi.-h was agreed to
without ib bate, with an amendment, increasing the
commutes to five, and give it power to send for
persons and patters. The Seaker appointed ihe j
following members ss the committee Messrs. De.
fotd, Elwell, Morris, Hahn and Skinner.
An hour or so af er this, a consuhle came to
'he t'oor of the li use with a m gislnte's war
rant for MeGow all's arrest, on the cha'gn nf "as
sault and battery, with intent to kill." There
was no power lo execute the warrant on Mr Mc
Gowan while he was in ihe House ; but at the
suggestion of some of bis frit nds, he came out and
surrendered dims-If, when he was taken U fore
Justice Snyder, and bounJ over in $1000, fr his
tpie.irance to answer on the charge laid in the
warrant. The ab..ve is a plain sta'ement of Ihe
facts as they occurred, without bias or prejudice of
sny kind.
What order the IIue will take on the above
disgraceful and hot rible affair, will be seen on Mon.
day, when the Commi'tee report". They were cn
gaged all this afternO'in in takng testimony. All
the members with whom I have conversed, seem
to have come to a solemn determination that they
owe lo themselves, lo the law, to society, and the
character of the Common we ,1th, to expel McGow
an from his seat. Imb ed, aome of them intimate
that if this is not done, they will resign their seals
snd go home thst this is no longer a plsce fur
any decent man. It is a question with many whe
ther the impunity which followed the "nose-pulling"
sflMr, may i ot iu some degree have led to
this catastrophe.
Mininter and Sclwntmatcrti.l was decided
in the 8upremn Court st PhiUdelphii, that the
salorira of teichers and cle gymen are not liable to
fixation, under the acl of I St I, levying a tax on
salaries,
Mr. Dickenson, of the Bsy Mill, kil'ed at a sin
gle shot, seven Tu'keys out of a gang of nine, He
h id baited a trench for them, and his gun was !
d'd with siii:rre shot. When picked, the seven
turkeys weighed one hundred and thirty three
pounds sn aversgs nf nineteen pounds each.
The profession of a mrchanic is daily becoming
more and more respectable, thanks to the good
sense and judgment ol the present age, and it can
no longer be thrown out ss mark of reproach,
"you are a mechanic, or the son of a mechanic."
A Millerite encampment ianow in full blast
in Salem, Mass.
It wis so dark at noonday in New Orleans,
on the 21st nit. that mistiness could not be trans
nctcd without lights.
A youno; man named David Chandler, hnj
been sentenced to the State prison in New
Hampshire lor the third time. He is only 21
years old, and lio has spent half of it in prison.
A boy, living with Mr. Woods, at Carlisle,
tins been arrested, and has confessed having set
several barns on fire, at the instance of a black
man.
A man in Illinois is preaching that the win
ter weather will last a thousand years.
Snow fell at Boston and its vicinity during
the month of March, 41 times.
It appears that by the recent freidiet in the
Rod Kiver.oOO horses, 1500 hogs, and 1000
catt'e ot all kinds were lost. In some places
the river was nine miles wide.
The ladies in Boston are beginn'ng to carry
canes.
The cattle in Michigan ore dying ofT in
great numbers, of sheer starvation. The uncom
mon duration of the winter, has used up all the
fabler and there is nothing left for them to eat.
Twenty-five Mormons were baptised in Bos
ton on Monday last.
The Lesislature of Maine, at its recent ses
sion, pnssed a law declaring that every person
of good moral character miylit practice law in
the State.
Mr. Bunn, tho manager of the Covent Gar
den Theatre, recently offered Fanny Elsslcr
2tHHi (ruiiieas and a clear benefit, for two months,
which she declined.
A man named Hughes was recently exciting
the wonder of the good peopleof Cork, Ireland,
bv driving in the most graceful manner fifteen
horses in hand.
A Ixindon paper states that compressed horse,
hair has been introduced between the soles of
boots, to exclude dampness.
Another Auto IYbuc Dtrsvt rta
Henry R. Schoolcraft was arrested in New
York on Thursday in civil mi it instituted a
gaint him by the United States, to recover
$16,072, the amount of the alleged lfalcation
in his capacity of Indian agent in Michigan
The Court ordered him to give bail in tJO,000
o abide tht itsue of the euiU
Tho New Orleans Picayune relates a most
diabolicul attempt made by a mulatto girl, aged
about 1'2 years, in tho employ of Mr. I'ciez,
on the person of an infant in her charge. It
seems, says the Picayune, that Mr. Percihad
employed the fclave to take care of his child, an
infant nut more than eight months ol age.
Some days ago the infant was observed to be
suffering under a complaint that baffled the
bkill of the attending physician, and at last the
parents caino to the conclusion thut it must
have been poisoned. Their suspicions fixed
upon its nurse, the girl mentioned above, and
after questioning her repeatedly, she at last
acknowledged that the had put a qtuntity of
powdered glass into the little sufferer's food !
Nordid her cruelty atop here she had mixed
several pins in a saucer of syrup and compelled
tho unfortunate infant to swallow them I Nut
content with this, the female fiend struck the
child over the head several times with a bam
boo cane, and tried to push a piece of stick down
its throat ! After fully investigating the charg
es brought againt-t her, Recorder Bertue com
mitted her to prison to await a further trial.
Monry Mallrrs.
The rates nf discount on demand notes are im
proving, and we hope ere long we shall le able to
snnour.ee lo our readers, that the notes of sll sol
vent banta are agin at par.
Relief No'es have improved considerably within
the last few wei ks. The following are the is'es,
according lo B cknell's Reporter of Tin aday last;
Relief No'es of Penn Township, Mojsmen-ing
Manufacturers snd Mechanics, Lew i-low n, Beiks
County, E'ie, Northampton, Towalida, Wilkes-
bane and West Brareh hanks, ttafij
Pittsburgh banks, Columbia Bridge Co., Farnv rs
bank of Lancaster, S.i.'iJ
Bank of Pennsylvania, 33
Met hanics bank of Philadelphia, Northern Liber
ties, Delaware County, Chester County, Gi r
manlown, and Farmers bsnk of Bucks Co., par
I) her Relief Notes, SJ
The New York and Philadelphia banks have re
aolved to receive the Spanish small coins, only al
the following rates, via:
Fips, 5 rents.
Levis, 10 "
Quarters, 23
These rates are fixed in accordance with an assay
made by Ibe mint, which gives theii intiinaie value
as follows, vis : f . m.
Fips. 5 1
Levies, I I
Quaiters, 33 5
The Butchers, Grocers, and neatly sll Ihe dea
lers, however, take them al the old rales. Here,
we are prepared to say, we ahall lie happy st all
limes to receive ss much of the above coin as rosy
ho offered, at lha highest and best rates.
There are said to be c-02 perrons in the Poor
; house at Montreal.
(Xj The Committee appointed lo inveatigxt the
fighi b tween Mes.rs. McGowan and Brallon, in
the legislature have irportid the fails lo ihe
House. There are a number of members who w ill
endeavor lo evade anv action in the matter. Il is
to bo regretted that the House bas nut nerve enough
to assert its own dignity.
P. 8. McOowau has rcaigric J, to avoid expulsion
Another Fight in the Lrpislnturr.
There haa been another disg'sceful fighl in the
cl amber of the House of RcprcscnU'ive-, which
came vety near having a fatal termination. Let
little Arkansas hereafter"hi.le her diminished head."
The scenes of ihe present session will enable Penn.
sytvsnia lo bear away the palm from II e most wild
snd reckless nf her aister confi derates. The well
di-posed portion of the members, we hope, w ill al
once see Ibe neees-ily of evpellin ihe recreant
who would draw a deadly weapon at such a time,
and on such an occasion
The affray was occasioned by the appearance of
the fo'lowing article, in the Slate Capitol G. rette:
"You shall Imth hive office in the Custom House,
if you vote for ibe Tyler candidate for Slile Prin
ter,' aa J. Porter Brav ley said to McGowan snd
Bacon. 'Agreed,' waa the response and ihey did
vote f r him sure en 'Ugh, In our next we shall
hold up to the public gaze every man who has leen
brilied !"
To understand the above rightly, it will be nn-
lessaiy to slate, thut on the first day's trial in the
Conviniien to elect a Stale Printer, Mr. McGow.n
and Mr. Btcnn both voted fr Mr. Bratlon, ihs
caucus candidate for S ate Printrr. When the
Convention met on Friday, for another trial, they
both, unexpertedly t every one, voted for Dim.
ex k, the Governor's candidate. Chargea thai they
were ' bought up" were then, and have aince been
whispered about.
Immediately after copies of ihe paper containing
Ihe above article were distrihu ed in ihe House,
Mr. McGowan came up lo Mr. Bratlon, the pub
lisher of the Gaxette, who was standing lo the I ft
of the Speaker's chair back, m ar the enlrsnre of
the room of the Sergeant-al-Arms, and asked him
if he waa the author of thai article 1 Mr Bratlon
said he was. Mr. McGowan, it is said, swore at
him calling him "damned rascal," or some such
term, and spit in hia fare, at the same time throw
ing the paper at him. Before he had time to d
an) thing more, Mr Bratlon csught him by the
vest collar, bul upon loosing his hold, McGowan
raising a chair, something of scuffle ensued, and
struck Bratlon on Ihe temp's, inflicting a rather he
wound.
Mr. B. then seiied hold of ihe chair with both
bands, and waspnssing Mr, M'G. b.ck, when lha
latter, relinquishing the rbair, drew from an inner
MISfEUANY.
Rdltorlel, Condensed sind Selected.
A young lady in New York recently recovered
$10,000 dam g- s, in a case of seduction.
George Penuiman haa been d ied ten dollars, for
smoking segars in the streets of Bi-ston.
There sre 103 regiment in the Itriti-h service,
consisting of 91,400 rank and file.
Swift said be never knew a man to arrive lo em
inence, who was fond of lying in bed mornings.
Diluted Sulpuric Acid, is said lo be a remedy
for the painters' colic.
In Boston, the psst two yesrs, nf fifty boys a r res'
ed for larceny, forty-erven had been uewspaper
boys.
Another MfjtlcriuuH Ditappearance. Colonel
Charles K. Servos is wanted in Philade'phis. He
has unsccoun'ably disappeared fiom his family
nd home in the c ty.
Mr. Hiram Haxtings wasbuihd beneath an ava-
anche of snow at the fool of the Ascutncy Moun
tain, in Vermont, and peri-hed.
The editor of the Boston Post says he has been
eating butler all winter, strong enough lo pull over
Solomon's temple.
The ladies and gentlemen all smoke in a Mexi.
n theatre during the performance.
PuMic baths are about to be erected in Phila
delphia on an economical plan bathing lo be in
one 12 J in the other t cents.
Mr. Harvy Champion, of Weatfield, killed seven
cows al one shot. W e mean coins.
lxid Bacon says, the chief discoveries in po
liti. al science are made by young men between the
ages of twenty and thirty.
A houae in B.wlon sold, in one contract, cotton
domestics for Ch ni, lo the amount of three
bundled and fifty thousand dollars.
A hog slaughtered by John Taylor, Jr., Brad
ford roui.ty, Pa, weighed when dressed one thou
sand and one pounds.
Gold. "Hsrden's Exp'es," paeed through
Cincinnati. Ohio, on the S2d ult., with $100,000
in gold, for New Orleans.
Father Matthew, the great Irish apostle of Tern-
perance, ilis said, will vi.it the United Slates shoit-'J-
The late Insurrection in Rhode Island cost thst
State $08 959,18.
1'be Chinese worship thrir grandfathers, grand,
mothers, and o'her dead iclations, and this is calhd
"famiy wor Irp."
A Mr. Midget, of the Massachuaetts Legislature,
hss nine sons letwten the age of IS and 31
yeura. Thst man has "done (he Stale some ser
vice, and ihry know il," ir they don't they ort r.
Enormous quantities of Champagne are pteparcd
in England, from rhubarb atalks.
Professor Stuart of Andoer. speaks favorably oi
paper in ids from mulberry braves.
fjj The fallowing sreount of an in'ereting law
suii, now prnd ng in court at New York, we
copy fr im Ihe Tribune:
"Umtmi Srs-rrs Cihccit Cocrt. Before
Ju 'ge Tkomsso.
He j. Tiirnn und tr'fe v. Curpuratinn of
Firtt U iptitt Ciurrh Seif York This cause
(alluded to yesterday) was continued. Mr. Wal-
dron is a man in humble 1 fe, a butcher, ri'-ilin?
at El xibetlitown, N.J. Ms. W. is a daughter
of the late Me-dcf Ed. n. the younger, nf this city,
who d e l in IS11), lesving s will beque ithing his
property to bis three d mghters, snd making his
widow trustee, with power to aell such portions of
the estate as was necessary, sucb ssle bein? with the
written c msent and approval of Col. Aaron Burr.
Medef Eden, ihe elder, was a brewer, and died in
1793, devizing lo bis two sons. Med. f and Joseph,
the whole of his es'ste, with di'cctior.s lhat if either
died without issue before the other, the whole es
tate was to devolve upon the-survivor. Col. Burr,
previous to the ill-filed duel wi h G n. Hamilton,
and his going off to Europe, was arquaintid with
Ihe fattier, and h s di-p isiii-m of the property. Af
ter his return from France he found tSat the boys
had run through the estate, that Joseph was dead,
and Medef the brother, poor. He ascertained that
Mr. Aatorhal got out an execution against Joseph,
and bought at the Sheriff's sate about 100 acres of
land on the North River side, s uth of 42d street
thai property lfir Broadway, had pisse 1 to Dr. Par
mele, in the same wsy and th it the lots in Broome
st-eet (now again in sui ) had leen purchased,
under execution, by ihe B ink of New York. The
t'rewery, situated in the bbick bounded by Gold,
lo'm. Cliff and Ful on sts., snd much other pro
perly had all passed into other ban 'a. Col. B.
contended lhat by ihe terms of the will the fee aim
p'e tested in nei her of the broth-rs until sfter the
death of one of Ihem and lhat Joseph ding with,
out issue, the whole of the father's esta'e fell, free
and unencumbered as he left il, into the hands oi
Medef. Action of ejectment w as brought sgainst
ihe Bai.kof New York, and the subject carried to
the Supreme Court of ih V. S., which sustained
iheopini n of Col. B-. and Ihe Oink wis compel,
led to restore the properly, which was held by Me
def the younger, at the lime of his deslh.
The widow of ihe latter, finding il neressa'y ta
carry a evse lo the Court of Errora, was obliged,
as required by law at Ihe lime, to five security to
ihe amount. She procured Mr. Joaeph TownsenJ
lo become such, and gave hint, as pledge, a deed
of the f.ur lots in Broome stmel, doing si with ihe
consent of Col. Burr. She gained the suit, bot he
declined rest ring the property, anJ re sold il In
Mr. James W. Robinson, formerly a t ilor in Wall
street, but now of Poughkeepsie, (Col. Burr as
senting to the transfer) from whom it waa bought
by Ihe First Baptist Society, who gave hint $32,000
for it, and erected a splendid building at aa expense
of $30 000 more. The present is an action of
jectmsnt, being the sixth l iought by plaintiffs, (who
were successful in all of the others, one of them be
ing ibe properly in Gold street) It appears thai