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,