Tire stati: rniNTr.n. Ojilntnu" of the Attorney General. ATTOSt OsvKl.'s O'rtCS. Philadelphia, A.'rry Blh. 1843. 5 CfiiRLti M'Ctcai, Ee... Secretary of th Commonwealth Dear 8ir t I hail the honor 10 teccire yours ofthe 36th ultimo In due lime, sub mitting for my consideration the question, who llirr the election of I. (1. M'Kinley m State Printer, to do the Engli-h printing, on ihe Inh day of April, was soeh a at(J election, under the Act of the 24ih March latt, entitled "An Act I create permanently the office of State Prlntor," a till Jotifjr tie Approval of hia bond by the Go. vernor, preparatory to trie entering on the Julie uf hit nlfjce t Aa the answer ta thi que.tion In volves the legality of a solemn act, performed by the Joint concurrence of the members of the two Houses of the Legislature, I hare given It the most careful examination, anJ hare allied at a conclusion upon what appear, lo my mind, to bo the most clear and solid legal gtounde. j The first section of the Act providing lor the Ircion of State Printers, prescribe, in genual term, that "there ahull hereafter be elected, in the manner now provided by law fcr ihe election of State Tree-urcr, two State Printer'," etc , ec. No time ia fixrd In this aection for auch election, nor ia any authority given to the two Hous to fit the time. Thia aection simply prcscihes the manner or m ilc, ot form in which the State Ptintcra are to ho elected, to wit : aa the Slate Treasurer ia e lected by law. And how ia thia ! In the follow fng "manner each House of the Legislature shall choose one teller, and furnish a minute of ihe choice to the other. At the hour of twelve, on some day to be designated, the Senate and Houae of representatives shall meet in convention in ihe Chamber of the House of Representatives ; the Speaker of the Senate, or, in hi absence, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, shall pre aide ; and when the Convention ia organized, the members shall proceed to elect, viva toe and the ballotings are to be conducted, and the result an nounced, in the mode described. This is obvious ly all that is meant, or provided for, in this firat aection. We have not yet a word said in relation lo the fi'me al which the election it to take place. The MAsimi, it ia true, is prescribed; but if no time be fixed, there can be no eleciion. The Legislature waa not so negligent of its duty, as to h ave this glaring defect in the law. Turn to the thirteenth section, which is drawn in these pLin terms The first election of Slate Printers shall l:ike place on the third day after the p is-age of ihis Act, unless that day be Sunday, in which ca-eit ahnll take place on the Monday following, and ibey shall be elected on the first Monday in March in every third year thereafter, and their term of office ahall commence on the first day of July next suc ceeding this election." Here, then, we have the time clearly and un equivocally prescribed. No one csn mistake it. The first election is lo take place on the third day after the passage of the law, unless that day be Sunday, and in such esse, the election is to take place on the Monday following. No authority is given to the two Houses lo adjourn from day lo day. The law passed by the two Houses, and sanctioned by the Executive, has designated th day. The two Houses only, either in or out of convention, cannot change the law by their bare resolution. If they could, the Executive is an nihilated, and the Constitution rendered Ihe mere port and mockery for the majority in them. Against such Legislative encroachments, there could be neither aafety nor protection. Bui the ab surdity of such a pretence is too plain to require ar gument for ils exposure. The whole question here is, whether the provision in Ihe first section, that the Sute Printer shall be ilccttd "in the mannrr" the Plate Treasury is elected, qualifies the day designa ted in the 13ih section, so as to authorize the two Hoosea in Convention to adjourn from day to d iy. and elect on the 16th day of April, instead of the S7lb of March, the third djy after the pasaige of I tie law. I think it dors nit; for the first aection has sole reference to the mode of orgwizing the Convention and conducting its operations, snd nol lo the day on which it is to meet, and to which lis p jwei is limited and confined. Nothing is clearer than that when the law his designated a day on which an act ia lo be done, without authority to perform it on another day, it is void if done any oiher dsy than that prescribed such I conceive to r the ra-e in this instance. The fsct amoiinta to nothing, that the Tr asure-, if not elected on the day dc.inalel, may be elected i n such other day as the Crnventinn adjourns to. The law spiciiilly provides for this contingency ; but in the election of State Printer it dnea not. It looks lo no oilier day than ihe ore mined, and doubtleaa it is a wise and salutary provision. Sure ly, it is no more impracticnble for the legislature In elect a State Printer in one day, then it is for the people of Pennsylvania to elect a Governor and members lo the Legislature in one day. If the members of Ihe Legislature know it ia their duty to elect oo particular day, ihiy w.ll unquestionably perform it, Dul Ut them understand Ibey may ad journ from lime lo time, as whim, caprire, or man agement happena lo dictate, and there ia a fi Id . pen for combination, intrigue, and bargaining, which may tend lo produce lb- most disastrous rt oils to the public interact. I say nothing of what has in fact, or in allegation, characterized the pre- nl election t I sru spsking in the ahatraet of the soond, wholesome policy of the law, aa I interpret its meaning. It ia a principle of Construction not to be ova' looked ; it ia oi e of the fundamental ca jwne of statutory construction in doubtful caare, it this be so, to sdvsnce right and repress wrung. It cannot be too rigidly appleJ. In thia view of tba esse, Ihe election of Mr. M' Kinley waa invalid, and the Governor ought not to approve of bis baud. Fortuuaiely little, if any inconvenience can lesull from thia construction of the law, ftr no putiiie p'iqting to any eon :ui' able amount will be required t be done bef.ielhe meet- ing of the next Lcgi liu e, and it will rt with Htbo7 to ejrreet the jntp''a(io of ike law whlch I have given, if it be deemed wrong. I feel much Ires -rrluctanre in expressing the opinion t have formed on Ihis subject, while there) Is an ap peal oen to Ihe representatives of the people, elec ted with this question fresh before them, for all par ties who may be die-atisfied, than I woulJ if it waa lobe final and conclusive upon their right. ( do not, of course, expect lo convinco Ihnse whose In terest m y be deeply affected by ihis opinion, but en'crtaining nol the slightest doubt la to the entire soundness of every position maintained, f commit it with great confidence to the judgment oTlhe en lightened and imptrtial, regarding with perfect In differ nee whatever course others may tee 111 to pur site. Yoitrs, cVe , Very respectfully. OVID P. JOHNSON. A Sad flpeelecle. On our way from Philadelphia to thi city on Fild .y last, opon our return from Baltimore, our attention was arrested by the appearance of a fel-low-passenger, who chanced lo ait near ns In the cats. He waa apparently not over 80, dressed In coarse arid aecdy garments, and evidently in the Inst stage of consumption. Upon hi face was stumped the seal of de.nh more e'eirly and terribly than we have ever aren it upon another living countenance. He was wasted lo a akeleton, and the livid paleness of a corpse had diiven from his face every hue of hea'ih and life. Hia eye were restless, and glared wilh dull but eager atare upon what was pasa'ng around him. We did nol hear him speak till we had reached Jersey City, and then, upon the ferry-boat, we observed him talking to a number of gentlemen, who were standing a- round him. He spoke feebly, but with greet earn estness and rxcitcment. He sad he had just been released from the Penitentiary in Pennsylvania, where he had been a long time confined. He had never bef.ire confessed his shame, but now, he said, he could not help it. He had been a great vi'latn in his life ; but, said he, a his eyea swsm in tears, and his thin, blue lip quivered with emo tion, lhai'e all past, and I have got to die in a .lay or two. His mother, he said, lived at No. Green-wich-stiecl ; he had not aren her for many years, and the only f ivor he aOced of God or man was, that he might reach her home and die in her nrmi. He seemed in a perfect agony of apprehension lest the police olficcre of ihe City should see htm a he landed, and detain him till it should be too Inte lo sec bis mother. They oil knew him, he said, to be a great rogue, and if a tmebody did not aid him, he knew he should die in the City Prison instead uf in bis mothei's house. He seemed gre.it'y relieved and truly thankful when several gentlemen offered to send him st once to her residence. We know not what became of him, but think il scarcely pos sible that he should be living now. Out who can picture either the joy or the agony of that last meet ing between the widowed mother and her wretch ed son, coming from the dungeon to her arms ordy lo be laid somewhat ni re gently in the gravel The excitement of the hoe of meeting her seemed to be all that kept him alive ; and it appencd scarce, possible that his feehleTrame could survive the ex citement of the meeting itself. A'. V. TWitine. A Finished Editation. The eldest and prettiest daughter ol a pnrtt nu or retired tailor, who has more money than brains, is firbt la ced into a state of incipirnt consumption, crio ped by small shoes, and stuffed with candy and pertneBf, and then sent lo a fashionable boarding-school. Here she iet-ttiht domestic French Comment vouz porta vouz! Jerswces trays beans, jcr vouz remcrsees, &c the piannvr and dancing-, interspersed with practical le.- nns in immorality and manners. Bawdy books and Ouhver's novels are a great fuvorite at most ol your finished academies; hence the num ber of runaway matches, and the fact that nine boarding-school educated mioses out often make very bad wives mere dolls. If you would have your daughters virtuous and happy, keep them at home and educate them yourself. Teach them their own lan guage, music and French, and see that she learns to darn stocking, to make puddings, and to despise buntlcn, or other artificial aid. Let their embonpoint be a natural embonpoint, not one made of saw dust or Indian-rubber. Above all seid them to church or to chapel ; teach them to fear their God ; give them a good re ligiotis education, and your gray hair, if you should have any, will not go down to the grave with sorrow. A BruvE YotTii or Tkjus. A letter from Mexico, announcing the arrival ol twelve of the prrW)ner8 captured at .Mier says that "among them is a young man about 15yearsof age, the son of a distiiirrtiiftlied officer in Texas, whose bravery and gallantry is much admired in Mex ico. It is related that he broke his musket ra ther than deliver it to the enemy. General Am podia was so much charmed by his heroic con duct, that ho lias adopted him as his son, and bestowed on him the name of Juan Ainpudia, and has recommended him in the strongest manner to the fuvor of the government. A Smamt Bov. The New York Sunday Mercury has a genius in his 'Nimrod," whose brightness the editor developes in the following lesson in catechism : "Well, Nimrod, can you tell how long were the children of Israel in the wilderness!" Till they found their way out." Who was cast into the lion's den ?" 'Van Amburg." Who was cr cnpcHed to seek refuge in the hu.d of Nod!" 'Governor Dorr." "Why was he obliged to floe thither!" 'Because begot up Ihe King's ebenezer.and Providence would'nt protect hijt That will do, Nimrod, for this week. You I are truly a scholar, and might be a gentleman with very little exertion." A Hart! Case. An incident occurred on Sunday last in one ofth respectable) quiet streets of our city which at any time would hava been considered fright ful, but which in these temperance days ia in deed most passing strange. A young man whose father on Hying a few years since left him a fortune of 10,000, was seen to drive up totha residence ol hi family in a cab, tobeist ly intoxicated, so awful in appearance, aa to strike every one with abhorrence. lie was without coat or hat, and the rest of his scanty clothing was torn to pieces and covered with dirt, while from the frightful gashes on bis head thn blood streamed down over his face, a spectacle of horror I f uch a spectacle ! Such an object ! to present itself on the Subbath day at the homo of a mother ! And th's is a wine drinker, one whom we doubt not has always been astrennus ndvocate for "occasional glaw," that occasional glass which is the source and origin ol all the damning evils that bloated drunkenness accumulates upon its head. The young gentleman, not yet 23 years of age, thus attired in hi tattered and bloody habiliments, pitched from the cab to the pavement, and then staggered up the steps that led to his mother's dwelling. What a bitter cruel outrage. But fortunately that poor mother was spared the ap palling exhibition. The family had jmt gone to church and the son was denied admittance by the servants. Thia refusal enraged the drunkard, who, in attempting to force the shut ters, raised one by the hinge which then fell upon him heavily, wounding and prostrating him upon the pavement from whence he was taken into the honso and subsequently remo ved o the Hoopital. This really frightful rcene was witnessed by a crowd of several hundred personp, drawn together by the ravings of the drunken madman. His hietorv, brilliant, brief. beastly ! should furnish a powerful lesson to the gentlemanly young topers who are so con ceitedly following the same path. Saturday Muteum. Fro Naitvoo General Joseph Smith, (the prophet,) Mayor of the city of Xauvoo, has pub lished a proclamation in the Nauvoo Wasp, ad dressed to the citizens of the holy city, stating that there exit,!, up and down the Mississippi, and round about the city of Nauvoo, a band ot ilcFpcradocs, bound by oaths of secrecy, under severe penalties, and that he understands some of the members, who have, through falsehood and deceit, been drawn into their snares, arc, through fear of the execution of said penalties on their persons, prevented from divulging their secret plans and depredations; the prophet mayor, therefore, grants and ensures protection against all personal violence to each and every citizen of the holy city who will freely and voluntarily come forward and truly make known the names of all such abuniniable characters. The invitation will doubtless be generally responded toby the pious Nauvooans. St. Oit's Rrpub. National Dorrs. The Nutionnl debt of Holland, is larger in proportion to opiilatiin, than that of any other in the world, by six hundred and fitly millions of doll.trs to a popu lation of three millions, or about '217, to each inhabitant The debt of Great Britain is about Jw00 to each inhabitant of Groat Britain and Ireland proper, which is less than that of I lul land ; England has, in addition, immense colo nies, which contribute something towards pay ing the interest of the debt. In Holland new debts are annually contrac ted to pny the arrearages of intercut, although the expenses of the government have been re duced to the most moderate scale, and the turiff adapted to the greatest possible revenue, with a view to meet the interest, it practicable, w'thout aJding to the principal of the debt. It is the opinion of many that repudiation must be the inevitable result. The debt of Norway, is a little over 3 to each inhabitant, and is in a gradual course of reduc tion. The debt of I'rusoia, is also in a course of graJual payment. Its amount U about 11, to each inhabitant. "Machine Itrt."frtuu the .V. Y. Sund. .Vrreury. Little Longings. I wish I had a bills wife. And owned a lit I land, I'd have a litl!e bouse uiwvn't, Ami feel a little grand ; I'd ant a liul d.ughtrr, and Likewise a btt'e son, And when I'd little lime to spare, I'd have a hula lun. A bt'le glassy lake I'd have. Well fiill'd with little fishes; My liole pantry shelves ahould shine, Willi little pewier di.hra. Ar.nind my mt Ibe bt'le birds Should tune their little tlnojta, Ami on a little bill should frik My little nanny goats. I'd bmoge a !ittl after meals, A n. I take a btt'e eisc And if my little wife should scold, IM raise a tittle breein, I'd let it rage a li'tle then I'd t ke a lit'lu ' horn," And lillle "snapped," go out and hoc, My little field of corn. Aa I should want a liitl e iah, I'd take some luile piina, (Since every little liifl helps.) To lay up little gains ; Anil then I'd mi!e at little ills. Avoid life's little snares. Enjoy a tilth parml ae. And laugh at liulo rare. These lillle longing', thouith, are vain Yet little mind I hey bore. And when a m rial liitlegi-ta, Hesliihs fur linle more, Despite the tit le ballad say. Or, call it little song, Man wants but Utile here below, N jt want tbsl little long." hroexe, O. G. THE AMERICAN. Saturday, ttfay 27, 1813. (jj Ws hsvs on hand aixty learn of print ing paper, similar in site and quality to the sheet upon which this is printed. Also 36 reams of su per Roy si tl by M inches, which will be aotJ at cost tnd carriage, for cash. (XjT V. D. Pa i. rK, Esq.. st his Real Estate and CoalolTice. No. 104 Soulh Third Sir.et. Phils ilelpbis, ia authorised to act as Agent, and in re. crive and receipt for all monies due this office, for subscription or advertising. fXjf" We refer ou readers lo a number of new advertisements in this weeks paper. Advertising haslecoms a necessary consequence in ell busi ness transaction'. We therefore find men of the most correct and extensive business habits atwsys pursuing this cnur-e, which proves advantageous nol only to the advertiser, but also lo the customer or purchaser. A greal Sale of public stocks of Ihe State will take place at Northumberland, on the 51th of June, as will be aeen by a reference lo our advert!- sing Columns. The proceeds of the Sale are for J the benefit of the domestic creditors, a class of in- . dividuals who hsv severely suffered, in eonse. q uenee of ibe Piste's inab lity lo pay ihem Ihi ir ; just dura. Rrl ef notr are to le taken at par. (7 In ano'her column will be found the opinion of the Attorney General, on the eiibj'-ct of thee teciion of Slate Pilntrr, a auhject which has caused considerable t ii kering among those pecuniarily in teres'ed. The Gov. refuses to approve the Bond, because he dei ma ibe election to have been illeg.il. In this ofiinien he is sustained by the Attorn y Gcnersl. It is a mailer of but little moment to the people thim-clvea, whether the St.ite Printer be rtec'e.l t on or at the next session, but it is a m I lirofsome importance that such nn tb ction, when I eld, fhi'uld be a valid one. rr The Governor h is sntminled W. J. D. An diews, Charles W. Hegin. and John BroaJbe.d, ! Commissioners to select the most suitable place lo locate the seat of jjstice in Carbon county. This, is supposed, will be Muuch Chunk. Vegetation in Philadelphia ia not much in advance of this pi ice. We have finer radi.hes and sspsmgus, than any ws have ictn in the Phila delphia market. (7 We have reason lo think thai the times are leginning again In look up. Produce, although it doea not command Ibe prices obtained a few years since, his sdvsncid considerably within Ihe Ut nion'h. Good Pt-nna. wheat bis been sel i g st Baltimore at 95 lo 102 rents. These prices. when taken in connexion with Ibe low prices of Imoaleveiy thing else, are probahly nearly equiva lent to those of former time. The only ilifliculty at present in ihe way, is the b.id currency. When this is once propeily regulated we msy expect to goon swimmingly sgain. (Jj A most extraordinary hail atom occurred at Gitlvshurg, on Mc.nday last. A haii slone messuring thirteen inches in circumference, was picked up. One of ihe papers of tst place gives an account of the numb.! of panes of gtaes brnkei: in the different streets, which amount altogether to ten thousand four hundred and twenty six, at a cost of ft.SdO. The storm lasted but a short time, nd was not much extende l in hicidth. There was bul little damsge done lo fruit, era n, Ac. A number of biula were kilbd. A wild goo wss captured ly a geuth-man, which had been kno cked own by Ihe hail, which afforded htm an excellent tinner. He, at least, aiuidrt the gem rat wreck, might excliim, 'Hail Columbia happy land.' fXj" The following is Ihe rate of Relief paper as quotrd by Bicknell of Tuesday laat. Demand notes of country banks are about the same, with the exception bf Susquehanna county notes, which are mil quoted ut all l Relief Notes of Penn Town-hip, Moyamenaing, Manufacturers end Mechanics, IwUtown. Beika county, Erie, Northampton, Tuwanda, Wilkebsire snd West Bianrh banks, 6).i6j Pittsburg banks, Columbia Bridge Co , Farmers bank of lanes-ier, 6Ja6 Pemisytvnit bank, Mechanics bank of Thilsdcl- phia, Northern Liberties, Delawsre county, Che ! r county, Gernuntown, and Farincra bank of Bucka county. par Other Kehef Notes. 6J6 Dow, Jr., of the Sunday Mercury, thus discourses in hie leal sermon, on ihe subject of pre sent opportunities and the improvement of time. His texts sre generally a stanza or two of good po etry. Ibe To. lowing Is his text and part ol bia comments i 'Oalher ye rote. buds while ye may, Old Time ia slill a flying I The svlf same (lower lhai blooms lo-dsy, To-morrow may be dying.' My friends as I belnre have had occasion to remark, the better way is to 'go it while you're young,' provided you don't go it so strong as to tear your coats and injure your character. Look out al?o for your pookcte for when a young -man loses his pocket he loses his pride ; and unless one's ambition be slitlencd vith the proper starch of pride, he can no more set him self up in tho world than an empty bag can be made to stand upon its own bottom. Gather as many flowers aa you can grasp, while has tening onward totKat goal from which there is no returning. Old Time is ever on the wing; snd he is but a moment, as it were, in passing over the bloominir parden of chiWyiod and youth, the green-grown meadow of maturity, , and the dull raced ce:as or age. , (Jj The Philadelphia Astronomers have been making calculations for aeveral month past in re lation to Ihe recent Comet. They have come to ih conclusion that the comet came in contact with the sun, orrslher that the sun passed through Ihe comet. The Philadelphia Gixefe has the following comments on Mr, Walker's communica tion t "Mr. Walker s ertsthnt Ihis body, if it msy so be termed, came into actual contact with the sun on the !7th of February laat. This startling con-rtu-ion, fr no oilier so wonderful in the annals of As rooomical science, has we believe ever occurred, ' is arrived at by calculations whose result cannot be denied. These calculations, occupying the closest attention during the past two nvnths hive been all duplicated and in many parts triplicated by Meseis. Walker, Kendall and Downes, and can not be forced even lo give any other result. The inferences of the result are lo be left lo each 1 1 frame fur himself, bul of Ihe fact tint the nucleus of the Comet struck point blank tgstnst the sun there can be no doubt. One inference is, that ibe Cornel refunded. Ti.is would of course be the case were Comet solid bodies, but inasmuch st they are 100 limes thinner than the thiun st clouds, thinner than the vacuum of an air pump, stars be ing visible through a nocli us 10 000 mib a thick, ; it could hardly be so. The more prubable infer- ! rnc is, thst the sun passed immediately through j it, and such parts of it aa escaped ita influence j having remained, gave it the appearance which it ha,l nf imf anil milt arennnl fttr lh ... ., . . . . ... . j position of its tail when first sern st the High School, on the t3d of February. After the con cussion ihe Comet moved off in a curve called an hyperbole. The credit for the discoveries of the phem mi na of this Comet is due lo Ihe gentlemen who made the observations el the ob-ervstory of the Hih School in this city. Il waa first seen thereon the 23d of February, before it was noticed in any other pntrofthe United f tales. Ils first recorded up. pearance in New England, was on the 27ih of February, It has since been seen in almost every u, wm.u. ...v. re,.,,, ,.. .... w... o, Europe. Il was last seen at the High School Ob 1 servator, on Ihe 10ih April and in soother purt of the United Slates by Profe-sor Lo..,nis of the I Western It.se.ve C llrge on the 7ih. His in.tru- met was not .ufficienll p,we.fU to enable him lo discover it after that dale. The most recent e!e- ..r.l. l.l l ii- : Tv i r ments from Europe, especially fr..m Berlin, Paris snd Geneva, a cor t with th e oStained at ihe "me ''" ' ,he "barrvera of .he II gh Scho.l." Ink. A supply of Hover's celebrated ink has 1 een rrceivi d, ai d f r talc at the store of II. B. M lesser, Sun! ury. fjj- Mr. Webster's late sjioech at Baltimore has ; psrative wealth of certain UaJinj European and A not given satisfaction to any ps-ly. It was a mcrcan e ipiliiliats : sprcies of non-committalism princip-lly on com- j He died possessed, it ia reported, of not less thin merci.il afl.tir. The public sre anxiouly waiting seven million sterling in persons! property alone. for him to'vb fine his portion." roa THE AMtlllCAX. STRING. Winter bus fled to the ice-bound regions of the North. The lovely Spiing, with her sun-hine, her r.iins, her blossoms, snd gay flowers, has come. To reci ive her, ihe Earth his put on hei mantle of green ; the treea h .ve iid aside their I oks of sadness, and chid them -elves in earme.t of the tichest hue. The modeM flowers are timidly peep, ing forth from their lowly habitations, and greet ing her coming with the sweetest p. rfumes. The merry birds are tuning their lillle thro.ils to n. les j mount at which the personality is rated. Iiu of gladness, and, in theit matin sonRs, seem lo t menelv wealthy ss are the B iriugs, Ihe Roths pr.iisr Jehovah fir sending the joyous season of j child, the Hopes, fee, of Europe, there is not, has Spring. The busy bee are humming their hymns ; not been, one that could be p'aced at all in the of thank-giving, aa they spoil around the prel'y comparison ; not all the m goifieent fortunes flowera and extract fioin them the awe ts they drawn out uf, with all Ihe vast capital remaining sfTord. ! 1.1 ill in the princely house of living, would, per At this season of the year, when the majestic j haps, till combined, re.i h to the smount ; not sll rivirs, filled lo overflowing by the mount iin rills, : Ihe splendid capitals of all the Rothschilds ihnu;h- sie dashing and foaming along tin ir rcky lie Is, nn their way to ttie Ocean, and when the fore-la are agiin shaib d with green fobap.e, and the vat leye clothed witli Udaof lillica and of ros, a, the Chiistian beholds, wi h an eyeoff.iith, the impree of Deity on all the wvrke of Nature, and devoutly acknowledge '-My Father mule them all !" Sunbury, M.y, 1841. A.C. The State Stocks end the Domestic Credi tors. As the time approaches for the sale ofthe stock held by the Comrn mwealih in vari.iu B.ink, Bridce, and other companies, the certificates of Mi ne indebtedness to domestic creditors are grsdu- ultv growing in demand and increasing in price. The lowest recent cash sale that we bavo he.rd of waaaUrveTO per cent , and o-hers not wholly for cssh aa hith as 60. If we remember rijbtlv. the whole would be made available at the aales of rocks, il is believed that they would not near cover ihe t urchase. The alock h. Id in the Bank of Pennsylvania, at prrrent selling price, will biing i ff.00,000; the stock held in the Phils lrlphts Bank $311,000 ; that in the Schuylkill Navigation Company $35,000, and thai held in the Allegheny Biidgx Company and in one or tws oihera, suffi cient to absorb the whole of the ceitificatea issued, but there are in all, twenty-eight d ffcrent com pa -niea in which ihn State holds a greater or less in Iciest, all which tba Commissioners are authorised to sell. It ia nol probable that all lhee certificates will be brought into the market lo participate in ihe purchase of this slock. They bear aix per rent, intereal, and there ate thoaa who have confi dence thai the interest on them will, as il ia now, hepunctuilly paid, and they will therefore hold them aa an invratment in preference lo selling them at a discount. Such holders as wi.h to scl their ceitificatea will see that there is a market for all, and, if the aale of ttocka in quettion be made in good fiilh, they ought to bring very near pvr. Public Ledger. Caiker Them Jit .'"Mr. Thomas Barrett, fiston of the First Church, Bsverly, (Mass.) now 91 yeats old, has buried 3359 psisoa I J1ISCP.LLANT. Kililorlat, Condensed nil Svltcled. Seamen in the U. 8. service, who do not draw their grog rations, now receive $ IC 80 per month, grog drinkers, J 1.1. Some of the bachelors in the Ohio Legislature are for a lay on bustles I We never knew a bach elor yet that had'nl something lo ssy against the ladirs behind their backs, Mit Mary Ann Lee, the danseuse, is resping a rich harvest at New Orleans. The picayune ssya thai on the occasion of her last bihrfit, some of her wsrm admirers sent a messenger to her with a rich snd beautiful present The me-senger was s dove, and around its neck was a splendid diamond broach of great value. The Wilkeabarre Farmer eays : ludge Wood ward lost s pair of fine horses in the river on Fridsy last. The Susquehanna is ss rapacious for victims as the Gang s ; except that il is sati-fied with horses, while the litter ilemands humsn offerinj. Some dozen horses h ive been drowned in Ihe Sus quehanna wiihin a few years. laughable -Willis sys, it is curious how a word put d iwn for perfect gravity by an su'hor, may be funified fif'y years after by slang. In the course of the comedy played in New York a few nights a- go, tne pnrase "mke buttle about a woman, which was intendi J to lie used very angrily, raised a he irty laugh all over the bouse. Latest accnunta from Naples stale that Vesuvi- us was again belching forth large quantities of fl ime . . snd smoke. A w ild boar was lately shot in the Forest of Rsulaing, in the Vo-gea, which weighed 615 lbs. Nearly 1TO0 i-hota were fired at him and he killed more than .10 di.k'S. Cold Water. 'The (Iceman papers' give an ac count of an extraordinary extension "f the c il l w ter syitem in the pern of a yonn w rn S of 23 years of age, who. for II yesis hid subi-te, I en tirely on cold spring wjlcr ! A convni tee of phy sicians bad been formed to invest'eale the case whiih h is nttricted a great deal of attention in Mu- g,r f -j; A S,;XTEWB -The Republican s,1,t"S ,Iml Urm'' ,,,?,,s,m WM ,rieJ 0,1 nrln' ln,' 8nd ,,,u",, P"'" "fattkii." ' Sla,'llol"! ," t '. Til- tenctl1 ,,im ai f'lous : 1 hour in lM li,sl,es 00 t,ie lure hck "-' months imprisonment, 37 years se1 vant, and I J,ttH) tine. ; Great Froieaiii and Amerlrnn ' j The London M;rnin Herald in an notice of ihe late Richard Aikwriht, Esq, i... I full nving inte'cs'ing rcinirks relative to the com- ' irrespective of landed estates. As sn iudividuil I capitalist theie i not one in Europe at the present J lime who can approach wiihin half the di-tance, j excepting, prrhaps, the excellent nil less th.m wealthy Mr. Sol mton Heine, of Hamburg, who, according lo general repute, is estimated to con centrate in his own person the representation of many values to the va-t amount of four millions sit'rliiij. It must be remembered, however, that this sum represents the vvnole properly of Mr, Heine, where as the late Mr. Aikwiight was possessed of I .nd d estates perhaps one or two millions tieyond the a- out Europe together eqoil prohah'y more than one h df the ei.orm us mass of accumulated hordca left he-hind by Ibe late Mr. Arkwrighr. Out of Europe rhe only capitalists who e mid approach the compaiion would lie Mr. Astur, of New York, whose turns will be familiar with all travellers fiom the massive snd magnificent pile of buildings wh'ch, a Artor's Hotel, ha administered to their convenience i building which, ofthe de. scri, linn, and for ihe speial use, s'anda unpar il led in the whole wmld : with this pat.tiul stiui-lure il must 1-e underdo. nl that Mr. Astor neither waa ln"ri otherwise connected than as planner and j Prrtl"i' l,r ,nJ ''""" pari of his Vast estste. , h' rejiorts current about the enormous wealth j C,"J J sccumulited by thia extraordinary mai cany il as high as sixteen or seventeen millions dollars, or say about four millions sterling ; bul. j ' "u w,"' he is living, this can only I a j mailer of co. j. clure, though perhaps no: f .1 from i truln- II AI.Tt.MOHK MAIIKET. Office oA(BLTiMiiaa Axsaicav, May 22. FLOl'Il. Sales of Howard street Flour of good s'andsrd brands were made from store on Saturday at $4 25. To day some holders ak the same price, while others demand an advance. The receipt price is f t 12. There i uo stock in City Mill. A parcel of 400 bbls. was contracted for to dsy at f 1 50. The market is bare of Susquehanna Flour. It would readily bring $4 37. Sales of Rye I lour to-day f 2 62. GRAIN. We notes aale tuday of two lots of Pennsylvauia red Wheal, comprising 3500 bush els, quality not prime, at f I per bushel; of a lot of 1600 bushels white a-id red mixed Pennsva nia, quality good, at f I 01 ; and a I ! of 1800 bu thela prima Prnna. red al f 1 02. We quote Md. rs.ls at 60 a 85 eta. al which rates tha small par cels coming to market are sold. Sales 0f Md. Corn l.vdey at 60 a 63 els, f.nr while, and 51 eu. for yel low. 8. lea of Penna. Rye at SI eta, and of Md. Oats at 35 eta. dull. WHISKEY Continues in fair demand. We no'e sales ef bbls. at 33 eeata and hhds. at 3 1 eta,
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