fMllngTi.l.rHtwwilhEmmH. . MrLncholy Indeed.
The reader probably knows that Air. Emmet The Pi-Kin, 111. Palladium of ihe 27th ult.
was n celebrated lawyer and statesman in Ire- J record the following :
lain), ntid that lie was unfortunately betrayed j We aru just informed of a melancholy acci
by his enemies, in an attempt to emancipate ! dent which took place on one of the prsrira
Lis countrymen Irom tyranny and oppression j in t!ie w estern pirt of tho State. A family of
Uo was therefore convicted of the crime trea- emigrants, cloven in number, whilo on their
on, and sentenced to be executed. His speech
before hie judges and accusers is considered
uui.st pointed and eloquent.
The evening before his death, while the work
men were busy with the scaffold, a young lady
was n.-hcrcd into the dungeon. It was the girl
whiim he so fondly loved, and who had now
ft II la list
come to uiu mm larcweii, eternal tarewuiJ. lie i
way to Iova, were froten to death in their j
wagon. ' The lrors-c stopped at a house, when
the inmate's not seoingnny one alight from the
wagon, were induced by mere curiosity to
make a closer examination. Upon looking in
to the wagon they were horror-struck at the
appalling spectacle presented to their view.
"The father and nine children were lying
Ywamiliimilli ij .
wa4 leaning in a melancholy mood, against the dead in the bottom ot the wagon, the mother,
window frame of hia prison, and the heavy clan- ' prob-ibly the last survivor, was sitting up and
king of his chains smote dismally on her heart. ! holding the reins as if driving.
The interview was bitterly affecting and tnul- 1 ''Wo did riot learn the name of this unfortu
ted even the calloussoul of the goaler. As f..r nate family, or from what pirt of the country
Einmct himself, ho wept and spoke little ; hut they were removing."
ns he pressed hia beloved in silence to his bo- ,
soin, his countenance betrayed his emotions, j A Monster. A Paris paper states, that an
In a low voice, half choaked with anguish, he I immense wild boar was recently killed in the
THE AMERICAN.
.Saturday, .tyrll 22, 1843.
Qj Wo have on hand sixty learn of print
ing paper, similar in site and quality to the sheet
upon which this is printed. Also S6 reams of su
per Royal 21 by 2S inches, which will be sold at
cost tnd carriage, Tor cash.
LLMR .' ' ! a."MJ
Eitraordinarj Frrstirt.
The Susquehanna on Tursdny last n higher at
this place, by nine or ten inches, than ot the great
Ml'RDER.
The paper give an account of a most horrible
murder at Harri.-burg, on Saturday laxt. Two
fteihet of 193.1. The embankment at iho lower atnii', badly clothed Irishmen, who were prnwlir.fr
end of town, fully answered all that was expected,
in keeping out ths water. At the ripper end, how
ever, the embankment unfortunately gave away, it
an esrly stage of the freshet, )y which con-idcrahle
damage was done in carrying away the fences, of
about, were suspected. A reward of f ftOO is offer,
cd by the son, John Psrlhemcr, jr. The following
is the account of the particulars s
"A most horrid mutder was perpetrated in this
neighboihond, about three miles distant from Har.
the out lot back oflho town. The turnpike bridge t risburg, at an early hour this morning, upon two
was carried away. The Hail Road bridge en- I 0,y 8eJ nJ respectable citiiena, a man and a wo
daneeted bv the undormininff of the eastern abut, man. The fscts seem to be these i the son and
rry On our first p'ge, our readen will find the
speeches of Oov, Vroom and Gen. Wall, on the
trial of Mercer. They will be read with deep in
tercst.
ment. The western abutmrnt of the county bridge,
immediately helow, was also destroyed. No further
damage wa, however, sustained. The hreak in
the embankment, was immediately at the upper
side of the lock of the Sunbury Canal, which was
completed Into in the season. The filling up w is
a I the younger momt era of the family came to
market early in the morning, and while they were
absent the murder was committed. The object
was monry, of which the murderer or murderets,
got not more than twenty or thirty dollars not all
even that was in the drawer was robbed, and a con
besought her not to forget him ; he reminded
her of their former happiness, of the long-past
tlays of their childhood, and concluded by re
questing her sometimes to visit tho scenes
where their infancy was spent, and though the j
world might repeat his name with scorn, to j
cling to his memory with affection. At this ve
ry instant, the evening bell pealed from the
neighboring church. Emmet started at the
sound; and as he felt that this was the last
forest of Rsulaing, in the Vosges. It weighed
six hundred and fifteen pounds. One of the
hunters had a narrow escape. The animal rush
ed upon him and would infallibly have destroy
ed him ; but kneeling down, he took deliber
ate aim at its head, and was fortunate enough
to put a bullet in its brain when its tusks were
within n few feet of him. The creature had
been hunted in vain for ten years, and had, it
was calculated, received 1,290 shots, and killed
I l- rrn 1 m i i it . .
tune he should ever hear its dismal echoes, he "pwaroo o, ov, uog,.. i wo pounusu, uuucis ere
folded his beloved still closer to his heart, and ,akon oul of UC hrm ,,ido-
bent over her sinking form with eyes stream-
ing witli affection. The turnkey entered at
the moment; ashamed of his weakness, he J
dashed the rising drop from his eye, nnd o I
frown again lowered on his countenance. The j
man meanwhile approached to tear the lady j
from his embraces. Overpowered by his feel- '
ings he could make no resistance ; but as he
Some years ago, there was a shoe-maker
boy in the lower part of Cumberland county,
New Jersey, who was remarkable for his love
of reading. All his leisure hours were em
ployed witha book, while his companions were
passing theirs in idleness they will continue
to reap the bitter fruits of misspent youth, until
(Tj- The price of wheat has advanced slightly
nt Baltimore. On the Ifithinst., good Prnna was
selling at 90 to 95 cents.
unfortunately of earth that had been frozen, which tMct- amount and s watch up stairs, was not
ut cr thawing, ty the action of the water, was not ! ,l,krn' ' gorm ,he r,,urn of ' 'on Interrupted j
sutTicicitly compact to resist the force of water ' '"bbcrs, as the old mm was not entirety dead I
pressing against it. On Tuesday night the water j vi'Fn hc ''ivcd, but was able to apeak. His scull
commenced fulling, and still continues to f.ll. No ,"!""'n '" nJ ",c "IJ woman's was en- j
l,on.t...1 II. ,1 il, tircly broken to nieces, and tho brains lav on the !
embankment been well secured at the lock, and the ' carpet. The instrument of death was found lying i nn 4 cbare. of vagrancy. A belt wa. found strap.
j embankment made above the NorthumlM rland on 'be floor a stick of wood, brought in from the , '
ij Wehbvc heard but little from Harriburg j l,ridge. which could all very easily have been done. yrJ lhe ni-'11 before. So it would appear the c iane''
this week, on account of the freshet. Mr. McKin- lint-, ,im., -,nl,t.i h.J l..n -.;n.,t ! murder waa not premcdiated. and if moio thin one i Uraping. When you hear a man brag of bis
MISCELLM.
Rttltnrlnl, Cnndrnarrt and Hrlecteil.
The Itank of rennsylvani I resumed specie py
ments on Monday last.
Snow 4 to 0 f-et in depth on the Ca'skill moun
tain, on the 1 1th inst.
Mr. Webster has resigned ths office of Si-crctar
of State, to lake e(T ct on the 1st of.Mi.y.
At the late slide of the Reading Rail Itoad, 10,
000 tons of rock and earth were deported on the
road.
Hard Timet. At a recent Boston wedding the
bride wore jewels worth $10,000, a lace veil worth
f 1,200, and the whole expense of the affair was
(13,000. How scarce money ia !
The Nrw Voik Tatter says it has been disco
vered that the kno's in the trunks of trees, are or
cans denoting the character of the tree,
A writer on swearing, savs that an oath from a
woman s lips, is iinnalunl sn l incredible ; he
would as son expect a bullet from a rose-bud.
A sturdy hepgar was taken up in New Haven,
ley of the Key Uone has been elected State Printer, j Pour or five hundred dollars, properly expended, w concerned, they must hsvc lccn on the . ok
by a majority or twenty votes. 1 bo wl.igs almoat woj renjer a rcUre. And this amount could j
unanimously gave in their ssipport to Mi. McKin. bo saved to the county nnd Turnpike company
ley. Mr. Crispin having resigned, Mr. Bigler was , aoneiCVery two years, by the erection of the em- i
elected Speaker of tho Senate, having irecived 23 ! ,(1J,m,n, a,ov, r,fi rrr, tl1, The water, we under
votes; Mi. Mcl.anahan, his competitor, having s,amij1(j l0(l(.bPj the plonks of the Danville
received but 5 votes. j j,,;,, TuJ1Y Ius,,
out to give notice of interruption. The names of
the aged couple is Parthemer. No clue to the
murdercryct discovered. A coioner'j inque-t was
held this afternoon verdict as ntfovo."
M tviilrnmp crriivi dneaa nvnr ftinrn Wtiit.
olootnily released her from his hold, gave her tit,, ., e ,. ...
b , ' , . , , . ' , . John Henderson, their fellow apprentice, with
a Utile immature ofhimself, and with this part- ,,, . i . . t.- t e
. . , , ,. i tlie fame chances, but a higher aim, is one of
lllf lUKfll Ol UllUtlllllUIll, IIIIJJI liut-il tnc lusi nio-
Fesofa dying man upon her lips. On gaining
the door, she turned round as if to gaze once
more on the object of her widowed love, lie
caught her eye as she retiied ; it was but for a
moment; the dungeon door swung back again
upon its hinges, and as it closed alter her infor
med him too surely, that they had met for the
lust time upon this earth.
Mississippi's Representatives in the Senate of
the United States. We say, follow liis exam
ple, persevere in it, your triumph is certain.
Lono Rkio.n op a Ki.no. lleorge III reigned
longer than any other monarch who has ever
been on the throne of Britain, lie was crown
ed in 1700, &. reigned COaeais. He died 15:20. i
lie suffered occasionally from mental derange- j
ment. For the last nine years of his li!e he
was until to pcrtortn any punt c on ties, nixim
the last time he appeared in public was on the
completion of the fiftieth year of his reign.
He was then blind, but as lie rode through the
assembled thousands he was made to feci that
he was loved and honored by his subjects. Af
ter he lest his reason entirely, the soverijrnly
was represented by his sou. afterwards (ieorge
IV, us Prince Regent. The reign of George
llf, is interesting to Americans, for whi'e lie
was on the throne, the Revolutionary war took
place, and the independence of the I'nited States
was acknowledged. This monarch was heard
to say soon after the war was over, that he was
the last to consent to the separation of the A
inerican colonies from the mother country, but
the separation having become, inevitable, he
would he the first to meet tho friendship of the
United States as an independent power.
Girls I Look Oct. Girls are much wanted
in Iowa. They are dying fot wives, and arc by
no means choice as to figure, face or feature.
They Fay, that "when a boat arrives at any of
the landings in Iowa, having young ladies on
board, the bachelors crowd and hover about, af-
i tertlie manner of New York or Charleston cab
j men, and sing out, 'Have a husband, Miss !
' have a husband !"'
fj" The Irgiid.iture adjourned on Tnead.iy Inst.
The Governor trnt in his veto of llielnM Canal Com
mhinner' bill, which was sustained by the House.
The bill nirp' tiding ihe sppropiiations to acade
mics, we are informed, passed both Houses, with
an amendment, that the appropriation bo reduced to
one half the present year, afier which no further
appropriation to be made.
fjj S'imo of lhe wisi acres of the legislature, I
during the discission of ihe resolution to eipel
McGowan, luunched out moat bitteily sgain-t the 1
Press. If the-e fellows would study lhe d.stincti n '
between iheciuse and the lilitrty of ihe Press, they
might avoid ex posing their own ignorance upon a I
subject that has occupied the attention of the most
enlightened statesmen of the age, an 1 of all coun
tries. An honet and honorable man has but lit
tle to fear from the licentiousness of the Pres.'.
Without the Press, lhe world would toon sink into
ignorance, anarchy and despotitm.
(Xj Mr. Knabh of the Reading Gazette, has re
tired from the establishment. The Gszette will
hereafter lie conducted by Mes-r. Boyer and Get.
We wii.li them all the succcta they ao well deserve.
rjji CtixsTASir.s. As these Important person
ages, during the present hard times, occupy a prom'-
j C3 The Delaware and Schuylkill rivers have! nent position in the ryes of many, who have hither
j been almost as high as the Su'quchanna. In the ' avoided ihe cultivolion of t' rir arquainlar.ee,
Polomsc the flood ha been unusually high ; and lvc have concIo.le.Mo publish the lolI,.wmc list, tor
throughout 'he whole country there seems to have . 'he 1" nefil of those who may feel themselves in
been extraordinary freshet. ! terested :
courage, you miy, if you choo e, pull his non
with impunity ; of his wealth, but'on up your
porket. But if he brags of himtrlf, you may be
certain that no one elc think well of him.
. J Scotchman' atlvice to a public tpralicr.
Ne'er speak till ye ha' something tosiy, snd sit
down ss soon as ye ha' done.'
Arrived at New York from Havana, thiity-throo
baskets of tomitoes. This is early for that excel
lent vegela!i!e.
An Kiim mont Snuht. large Serpent, 20 feet
long and of proportionate thickness, irrived litely
Gen. John C. Bennet, the secedcr from the
Mormon faith, is now in Plymouth, Mass., at
winch piace liu is auout to trine a hetter-half."
Norfolk lieacon.
j Could he find a poorer half, if he were to
j search the w ide world over ! .S7. Louis Dc-
j mocrat.
j A fellow by the name of Gibbs, was tried in
! Washington lu.st week, fur stealing 'a ham of
j bacon.' The sltaling was proved clearly c
I nough ; but the counsel for the prisoner worm
j ed out of the witness, that the article tolen was
not a ham but a shoulder, ami the District At
torney was obliged to dismiss the case and le
gin Je novo again. He remarked that in his
next indictment, he intended to go the whole
hog which the prisoner observed he thought
was a very great tore.
Jli'lnncholT Pmirrciicr. !
On Monday afternoon last, while the iiv(r was ,
bank full, a child of Mr. John Shijie of this lace,
fi ll into the stream, nearly opposite lhe house of
its father. Mr. Shipe saw lhe child filling in, 1
from his window, but before he could re ich it, the
child had sunk to rise no more, althouah Mr. Shipe :
had nearly lost his life in the cff rt to r scue it from ,
i its watery giave. As the current was very rapid, i
it is probable that the body has been carried some
considerable di.-tance down the stream. The child 1
was boy, 4 years and 3 months old, and had cn j
at the time a red and blue-b.irred flannel fiork and ,
petticoat, aboes and stocking. !
Any person that can give any information in ie-
lation to the discovery of the body, will confer a !
lasting favor on a distressed family. j
1.-st of Constables for Northumberland county, i ,n 'Aew or ir-im i.aguu. -u n .. ea.en novn.n
1 since il dnvourcil a young iiuiiock niteen monuis
! ago. Ii died a few days after its arrival,
j Stealing Fruit ia nut alwoyi " fun." At
' Northampton, Ma. list week, four men were
each sentenced to f.-rty days' impiisnnment in the
! county jail for stealing wstermiluna in August
j last.
i Every en!i-ted man of the Garrison of Fort
Onta'io, Oswego, N. Y. commanded by Cap'. E.
K. Bamum, sec md Regiment of Infantry, is a
("i re for Consi'mption. The fullo'ving is
said to be a valuable and efficacious remedy in
consumption :
Three qtnrts of pure water,
One quart of wheat bran,
One pint of tar,
Hilt pint of honey.
Let it simmer over a slow fire for three hours,
in a new stone vessel ; when cool, add half pint
ot brewer's yeast ; let stand thirty-six hours,
and it is fit fur use ; it must be kept in a cool
place. Take a wineglass full beforo each meal.
Old Turbut.
The old empire township of this county, has at
IUS! Deiu acind, tll'iuru miu contlit'rco soorn
of its glory, and rut up into three lowiikhips. lie
fate remiuda us of Old NoilhumbeiUnd coun y,
which was also cut up to form three iiew counties.
Although we have no interest in the matter, we
fell some rrgrel at Sf:jig Old Turbut thus "clipped
of Its fmr prnponions." The Court decreed that I
the division adjoining Miln.n and Clii!iquaue
townships, be called Turbut ,- the divi.ion adjoin
irg lhe Susquehanna and Muncy Hill, lieing lhe
western division, be called Delaware, and theji
vision adjoining the Columbia county line and
the Muncy Hill, be called Leu in .
The rnniil.
We learn from Mr. Gideon Leisenring, the Su
pervisor of lhe Susquehanna divia'on of the canal,
that lour ot five l ieak. have occurred in lhe canal I
be'wecn this place and Selinsgrove. The extent i
of the breaks he could not at piesent tell, but thinks
probably that the whole may be repaind in a few
weeks. Tho Guard Lock, oppoaite this place was
in imminent danger of being washed sway, and
w aaonly saved hv ihe indi -fttigahle exertions of Mr.
Liisrnring, who with a nuudici of hands, woikcd !
ihree successive days snd iiigkti in throning up
embankments, which prevented the water working i
around. The lock w as three fret under water, but I
is now safe. If lhe guard bank w as raised, as it j
h'ulil hive been long since, lhe most of these!
sworn in at April Term, 18 !3.
Sunbury. Thomas A. Billington.
Augusta, Jacob R. Claik.
Chilisqujque, William E. Irvine.
MI'ton, James Cover'.
Turbut. Samuel Gutfy.
Noitbumbertand, George Painter.
Point, Henry Eail-ton.
Lower Mahony, David Scilci.
Little Mahouoy, Frederick Raker.
Coal, Joseph Snyder.
Jackoon, Benjamin Treon.
Upper Mahnnoy, Michael Hoch,
Shnmnkin, Satnui I Hales.
Rush, William Johnson.
Ciivncnrs. There are now 13 new church
es in progress of erection iu Baltimore, viz:
1 Prote.-lanl Episcopal Church.
1 Lu'heian Church.
1 Pre-byterisu Chutch.
3 Methodist Eiiii"l Churches.
3 Methodist Piotettant Churches.
I German Catholic Chuich.
1 Catholic Church.
1 German Reformed Church.
1 Chutch for a colored congregation.
The whole number of churches in Baltimore st
the beginning of ihe prsent year, exc lusive of the
above, was eight'.
h'T Ity he following article we can see how
much we are indebted to the protective po'icy in j
sustainine our minuf icurea, Gund are much l
.v . .....i ,i (,;tr ih.n lr,.. V..I i allowed Pj minu'es.
memlicr of the Total Abstinence SuciWy.
It is reported in Petersburg, Va , that s father, in
the comity of Luenburg, was last week shot dea.l
by his son. The particulars of the hoirid affiir
have n-t yet transpired.
The St. Louis Reporter aiys tha' a family, con
sistii g of ten persons, wcie recently drowned in
attempting to cross ihe river at Quincy, III.
A St. Louis paper "gives warning, that, if the
Missouri slaves continue to be carried off by lhe
I Illinois Abolitionists, lhe citizens of Missouri will
! revenge themselves by burning the houses of their
j Illinois neighbors."
A correspondent informs us, siys the New
Oilcans Picayune, that the celebrated Dr. Oilier s
of Bremen, so far back as 1801, predicted tha very
comet, which is now visible in the heavens.
On the afternoon of the 13 h ult. between 3 snd
3 o'tlok, Col. Klworth peiformed the feat of walk
ing inntid the Common, at Boston, outside the
tailing, a distance of one mile anJ an eisth, in 7
minutes .IS siconds, for a pur.-e of f 100. Time
breaks could not have occurred, while the lock j ur free trade, hori.m'al tarifffiiends were willing
would be rendered secure.
CiST laov Run. Mr. Trego, of the
The Roman Catholics are preparing to build
o very large Monastery and College within two
miles of South Bend, la. It is to be brick three
stories high, 200 feet by 10, and w ill cost about
!15,(HK). The Roman Catholic Church own a
large quantity of real estate in St. Joseph coun
ty, which property is to b nsed towardsdefray
ing tho expenses of building this large Monas
tery. There arc seven Mo-iks and two Priests
there now.
Ivi r.REKiiNo I'amilv. A meeting of six bro.
thcrs recently took place at Eaton, Madison
county, New York, which is perhaps without a
purallsl in the country. Dr. Silas Clark, of
Herkimer county, aged 71S, snd his brothers
Nathaniel, 79, James, 71, John, 69, Samuel. fi7,
and Joseph, 61, all vigorous and healthy, aver
aging 70 years of age, formed the circle.
MiVSMtmc Svmpatiiv. The editor of the
Columbus Enquirer says that in one of the ex
periments recently performed in that city, the
mcsnierizer, after having produced somnambu
lism, exhibited his trembling hands, stating,
"I never was so nervous in my life ; I'd give a
shilling for a gla?s of brandy and water." To
which the sleeper in sympathy responded, 'I
should like to have some of tho same myself."
A M vsjti'ky SoLvrn. The N. Y. Aurora
Mates that a lady, the other day, thinking she
heard mysterious noises in the room nay, a
bout her very person instituted a Ftrict inqui
ry, and at length discovered the cause of her
annoyance to bo seven young mice, who were
occupying a comfortable reet in htr lu.-tle.
She didn't faint,
LiutiiTV. It wus a saying of a Jewish Rab
bi, that if the wa were ink, the trees pens, and
the earth parchment, it would not be sufficient
; to write down all the praises due to God, for
Liberty.
Ia-1 not the grandeur of any man's station
render him proud and wilful ; but let him re
member, when he is surrounded with u crowd
of suppliants, death -hall level him with the
meanest of mankind.
Bv an accurate measurement kept by Prof, asor
lo see all our manufactures fall, in order to carry j ' leaveland, of Mrunswiek. Maine, lhe anow is as.
out their principle I 1 certainrd to have fallen fifteen feet since the com-
uTlin Mcfiot,,iu..tta ,,nniifntiirr liat-o an ! mencement of cold weather.
Jlonry Hatters.
Some of the demand notes of country have fallen I
off a little since our list. Relief notes Are neatly
the amir. The follow in aie the rate as Quoted
lit w ... . . .1 - .
bv Bicknell'aRepor er of Tuesday lat : 1,011,001 nepresci.iativr. ma.ie a very atue report unproved their machinery and their Kkill, and ; The Indianapolis Journal of the 21 ult. state
" Relief Notes of Penn TownMp. Movamensina. I 0n ,he u,'j,r' renewing the raila upon our rail j the prices ofwool arc so moderate, Imt they can j hM (he 0Uiie jn PftQ Mi,m4 co w
, , M i .!. i' :. it i 'os'ls wi'b raiU made of Pennsy van . Cutt I: on. ' now twine cxce ieni inoussunr or .nw mm
M.nufucturets and Mech.nics. LewiMow,,, Betk. , j is wiwllen musli,,at a cost ofonlv ei-ht cents 1
county, Erie. Northampton. Towanda, Wilke.barre j 1 ll" "an matter to I cnnsylv.,,,.. not J( n,,,,, ,nu
and Weal Branch bants. 6af,l only f" " ,hr,r own r"aj4 "re wirrmfj ; but ' um,ui f,nf! c)oti nni cassi.nereF. cnual to
PiiuburKh banks, Columbia Bridge Co,, Par- I ,(lhr"l hon hoIJ V si.ee. f!ful. and the imported and at a cot as favorable. Impor-
, . , , r si 'bete is atroug re a sou lo beliee that ihiy will, , tant iinprnvements which enable our luaniitac-
mer bank of Lancaster, DaSj " . r n '.i.,i...,ri'.,
' J I i . . . . . t n mtra t si slh BAut A i!aw0:h:tilI1t .k lilt f I tWO til I .11. !
, rrnnsylvaiiia will lecoine Hie wotk tiop ol tin!1 -""..TOr.,u.,, ...
1 i
B .nk of Peiin-ylvanis,
Meehnnic tiank of Philadelphia. Northern
lie,. Delaware county, Chester county, Ge.m.n- W,M. we ,,e "l'-"'. b.t ca-l iron rail a.e (& Borr.a. the colored President of the Repub-
I ilier- I "bole Union, in the production of this article. In '"P--
burned on the 16th ult. The loss is more serious,
as all the paper of the Clerk and Recorder were
consumed; il is believed that the evidence of rich t
to I nee portions of the real estate of lhat section
wss thus lost.
town, and Farmers bank of Bucks county,
Other Relief Notes
psr
A poor spirit is poorer than spoor pursw. A
few pounds a year would case a man of the
scandal of avarice.
'Tis as disagreeable to a prodigal to keepau
aCCOlint of hltt rKtirnssi US if id i'nr uinnr.r in
W . 4 I 4. -I .!... ' -
I.i.tTI,li.....,urion1;,..S. CXilninc hi, con8cit.nc(. . )0 d t)
Callaway, Esq., of Weakley county, Ienne- I the WOftH: tU7 f)ll(i tu-nibeive8.
see, was some time sgo bitten hy u rattlo
snake but bv proper attention, the wound was Interest speaks all manner of language, and
dj Govcrinui ill slock, which the Brilirh cspil
alil refustd at par, is now selling in w Yoik,
al f I 10, and some of it bocgl.t at that by the agents
of Biilixh cspilaliats.
fXj ' Persons should keep a Ijok out f-.r one dollar
l.otes of lhe Bank of Northumbeilaod attired
to fleet. They can tie easily delected, i! is aiid, j
by holding them to ihu lihl. Counterfeit n on
lhe Wettcru Bank of PhiUdclpe'a, are also iu cir
culation. A new emission of counterfeit 1 dollar Rein f
Notes on the Kicharige Bank, I'lHsl urc, have
lati ly made their appearance, and aie pre ly ei
li tisively circulated. We give below a dcvcriaalion
of the same frum Bicknell' Repotier: 'p:'
2' relief issues, letter A, which is smaller thsri
in the genuine and has no period after it, May IS,
1811. J. B Murray, Clttk. The genuine have a
flourish at Ihe end of the word demand, which wiih
the comma after it, i omillrd in lhe countrifeil.
Engraving poor. Paper thin and greasy.
S ' rcl.ef issue, Irilri A, pay bearer May 15, 1811.
The word bejrei' in the counterfeit, commences
the 8d line in the true bills it ends the 2d line.
'Ihu is sufficient lo lie ltd them.
used a! the very works which produce Ihe miserable j tic of Si. Domingo, haa been compelled lo a'ulic tie.
rolled rail that are sent to this countiy. What j President Boyrr was originally from Ihe I'nited
stronger proof is necessary of their adaptation lo ; Stales, and is well educated. He was elected Pre
our own rail roads. In conclusion, the com mil tee j sidenl for life.al the death of Prtion. He is accused
addres themselves to the csnal Board at follow : of having he n somewhat tyrannical over his dark
"To that Board then, they recpectfully and j subjects, who revolted, and with an army of 1.1,
enrni htly recommend a thorough and impartial j 000 men look po-scsion of the cpitol.
investigation of the subject, and an i attentive con- yu New o.leans B.a of the Slh instant, con
sideration of the arcuinenls and facts Mated in . , , , ,, . , ,,
this report ; believing that they will perceive ta,M ,lie r'""1""' Prrsulenl Boyer, alnhca
the expediency of renewing, with rails of Penn. j "R 'he Chiet Magistracy of St. Domingo. It j
sylvania with c:n-t iron, at least so much ol the . as follow :
Stale railways as may serve fair to test, by ac- i Pout r Paitvcs. March 13, 1843.
timl use, the comparative merits of cast and of j fJenitemen of lhe Council : Twenty-five years
rolled rails when subject to equal c.rcumstar;. , h, f, d tillf, , e,llrJ 0 fil 1P ,
ces of trial. , ..... ,
, 1 of President, then nude vacant by the death of res
IIOW lO niakf Moilf J". I ''on' ,',e f"unJrr f 'he Repub'ic. Since then I
, . , . ., , ,. .1 hae endeavored to carry out hia iewa. which I
(Xj' 1 be advice cnnlamcj in Ihe following arti- '
, ... , , . , ii. ' had of all other the beat opportunity of knowing,
cle khoulil be read, and not ontv lead, but mil loin 11
, . . .... .i - I have endeavored, during my administration, lo
i,r.,rlira liV niunv un. mr. ullifin .lu iu ,I,a. i f ' o j
cured. However, strange to tell, we are infor
ined that every egg laid since that time fay this
hen has a picture of a rattle snake represented
upon the shell. Mr. Callaway, who it. ofuid to
UkO these eggs n the fumily, has kept them,
and veil 1 with pleasure exhibit them to the in
spection of tlie incredulous. MUUVl. Jit raid.
When a pretry Jady is looking out fur yo i,
theal' out.
all sorts of parts ; virtues are lost in interest
as rivers iu the sea.
There is no man so contenrpU'ble but in di.
tress requires pity. It is inhuman to be altoge
ter insensible of another's misery.
Nature bids me love myself, and hate all that
hurt me; reason bids me love my friend and
hate those (hat imvy me ; rtligion bkls ine love
, si', a!:d.!,en3!!e, rt4ovvnca.c evil.uith gool
(Q- In the ease of McKenzie, the members of ths
Court Martial stood 6 for and 7 ayainl him. It
required Iwo lhitds to find him guilty.
y The two auapected Irishmen, for the mur
der of Mr. Parthemar and wife, near Hsrrisburg,
were arrested and rsaminej, but for want of proof
win dinchurgcd.
(Xj There have been aome great tiutsat Canton,
snd much property dealioyed, Ul aiging to English
rcaidsnt. Tha British hart not yet half conquered
China.
without benefit to themselves or friends. Employ
ment generally afford contentment, and content
ment, in nine esse out of ten, eontlitutc tha
stunum bonum of all earthly hsppiness ;
' Let the business of every body else alone,
and attend to your own ; don't buy whaf you
don't want ; use every hour to advantage, and
study to make even leisure hours useful ; think
twice before you throw sway a shilling, remem
ber you will have another to make for it; find
recreation in looking after your business, and so
your business will not be neglected iu looking
after recreation : buy low; sell fair, and take
care of the profits ; look over your books reg
ularly, and if yuu find an error, trace it out;
should stroke of misfortune come upon you in
trade, retrench, work harder ; 'never fly tfi
track;" confront difficulties with unflinching
perse verence, snd thty will disappear at Isst ;
though you should even fail in tho struggle,
you will be honored ; but shrink from the task,
und you will be despised. By following these
rules, however, you never need say 'tail ;' pay
debts prompt!, and so exact your dues ; keep
your word."
conduct the affair of Government wiih a lricl at
tention to an economical management of it finan
ces. In proof of my labora on this subject, there
are now one million of dollars in resrrve, beside
other funds deposited in Paris to the crsdit of ths
Govermert.
Recent even's, which I do net dctire to charac
ire, have brought upon me calamities which I did
not foresee, nor m prepared lo meet. In thia r
mergenry I deem it due to my dignity and honor to
make a personal abnegation of ths powers wiih
which I have been clothed.
During my Presidency I have adopted ths policy
of quelling the dweords and divisions lhat mads
Ilsyti a diatracted and feeble Government. I have
lived to sea ths indepsndtnee of the nation ac
knowledged snd its territory united ; snd now, in
volmitsrily ostracising myself, I give another proof
of my deairs to remove sll cause of discontent and
division.
In conclusion, I may add that I wish Hsyti lo be
i as kspyy as I strove to reader her. Boiss.
Sirele,
The amount of specie which has arrived in this
country from England during ihu last few month
is estimated st n,MHl,000. There are said to I
lying at the Bank of Eng'and, deposited by tha
London Bankers, f iS.OOO.OOO, f or w hich there ia no
employ. Thia is a most curious phenomenon in
the economical woild, and one worthy of the atten
tion of the eu'ion in u -h m titers. In addition
to lhe taw matrtial for Iho payment of which we
are now diawing specie no largely from England, a
shipment of 4 0 Ions of manufactured cotton goods
w as made from Boalnri to that country a few days
since. If ibis voyage should prove profitable, others
will rapidly follow theciample. It i certainly car
rviog coil lo New Catle in a style no one would
have dreamed of tin years ince '(. tic.
Cuisr-sf, Crsstii i. The curient cun of this
country ia a amall copper piece with a hole in the
midd e, and a string is pasaej through such num
bers of them as represent given sums. The dol
lars moat in circulation arc lite Spanish, and every
possessor put hi stamp upon them until they are
literally beaten lo piece, and, in dealing, these, as
a securiiy, are weighed out to the party taking
them.
Tus Hessun Mixiarsa. Mr, Bodisco, ths
representative of the Rus.-ian Government at Wash
ington, is about lo visit his home. He has mar
ried a lady of Georgetown, and deaires to present
hsr to his Emperor, after which he will return to
Ameiica, snd t-umc hi functions. Meanwhile,
he offtr his hou-s snd furniture far tale.
CaiTss akd "Sifccsaii? R(easTTSDssTns.
Il appear lhat ths London Timss charges 7s
for publishing an s lvertiiatmsnt of a death, in iu
aimpleot foroi, snd that ths addition of lbs word
'sincerely regretted" raises ths charge to 10s.
What woulj people, in this country who sxpect
obituaries half a column long inserted gratuitously,
think of these puces! PW. Gas.