Tli Portiinc tt Itnval Iltnnri.
Almson has the following in relation lo the
Kinjrol the Belgians onJ his rebitiims, Prince
Albert and others :
'At Paris, durinj the stay of the allied Mon
arch?, there wsa Lord , who had filled with
acknowledged ability a high diplomatic situa
tion at their bead-ourirtors during the latter
period of the war. His lady, of high rank, had j
joined him to partake in the festivities of tli.it i
brilliant period, snd with her a young relative,
equally distinguished by her beauty and talents, I
then appearing In all the freshness of opening ;
youth. A frequent visiter at this period in
THBAMERICAN.
Salurtlav, t)fe. 16, 1843.
A fresh supply of printing pa-
roslmnstrr nmrral'i Report.
Th Uepoit of tlie Postmaster General, is the
most interesting nTrill the report emiimting from
the Cabinet officers. The present report is pe
culiarly so, inasmuch as the whole country has
become awakened iikii the subject of the oner
ous taes now imposed upon the public, in the
shape of postage. The Postmaster General is
opposed to the reduction of postage, believing
that if any considerable reduction is made, the
receipts would not lie sufficient to meet the ex
penditures. If any reduction is made, he ad
vises that provision bo made to meet any de
fy V Fen Siit.
pel, viz! inn roims similar in sire snd quality t. j licieiicy from the public Treasury, and advises
fhinilc wis vouncr officer, then an the sheet on which this is printed. Also fin reams olo, the abolishment of the franking privileges.
nide-de-camp to the Grand Duke Constantino,
a younger brother of tin ancient and illustri
ous family in Germany, but who, like many o
thcr scions of nobility, had more blood in his
veins than money in his pocket. The young
of super royal, 21 by 58 inches, nil of which will
be i ll I at the mid price.
rrj- V. f - Paimf", Ka. t bis Heal Tula's snd
Coal olTue, No. 59 Pine Street, Philadelphia, is au
thorised to scl as A cent, snd to frceivo and receipt
or at least a nstiiction of them lie thinks the
example of J'ligl.ind. in reducing the postage to
n p-Miny, (2 cents.) on ull letters, weighing less
than half an ounce, to any part of the Kingdom,
could not be sal'-ly follow. -d. The fates of post
age there, until 1 10. ran from I to 'js i ts., ae-
RiisstTs riniiilaiinm.
I'll. I.AKusrn. is now lecturing on Astronomy
at Philadelphia. His lectures are extremely in
teresting, and are finely illustrated by diagrams,
and by Russel's Phinetarinm. In bis lectures lie
gave a history of the invention of the Planetari
um by an bumble artisan, a cabinet maker of
New England, who ('migrated some seventeen
years since to Columbus. Ohio. He explained
the difficulties under which it was finally com
pleted, and spoke of the astonishment which its
invention must exc'.ie in Europe, where there is
nothing to compare with it in magnificence and
ingenuity of design and execution. The Europe
an philosophers, ho suid. will not be able to re
alize the fact that an instrument of this kind and
extent should be invented and constructed with
such perfection in all its parts, by an obscure
mechanic, in a Western town of sonic two or
three thousand inhabitants, which has always
been associated in their minds with semi-bar-
OiUe-Ue-COtTip speeillly was captivated ny the fof o,, nonjM t)u( ,,,-, ,l(riCr for subscription or ad- cording to ili-tance. The anticipated increase of barism. as being the mere outposts of civilization.
letters under the penny system was estimated as For his part, his astonishment and delight when
live fold greater than under the old rates. The j ho first witnessed this triumph of astronomical
. I I - l. . I I 1 1 1,1
nciuai increase, nowever. lias oo-ii nnij iv.itiuu i iiicciiauism. is ticvnnu all conception. ' J am
vcrtising.
graces of the English lady; and when the so-1
vcreigns were about to set out for England,
whither Lord was to accompany them, he fLT" Pnrvni: Tvrr 100 lbs , or more, of sec-
bitterly lamented the scantiness of his finances, brevier type, for sale at this office, at
which prevented him from following in ,lc ! IS cts. per lb , cash. The type are the same as
train or such attraction. Lord good-hu- i ,Wo u""1 in "''l"'8 r"''5'
moredJy told him he should always find a place j a?'-Tur. Mi-ss.r.L. The Danville Int. Hi
at his table when ho was not otherwise enga- J goncor of Friday the Mh inst., says :
god, and that he would put him in the way (if; "Wo ay before our reader's to-day tho Pre
a hall told. 1 or example, the number ol letters sorry to say," continued Dr. Lardner. that the
in lVi'.l was about millions, in IM-J the num
ber was increased to 'JO A millions. The increase,
we think, in this country, with reduced rates
would be much greater than in England. The
people in this country, ns u body, are vastly
MISCELim. I
Kdltorlat, Condensed mid Srlrrtrtt.
20.000 pounds of wad, nfthe growth of Mm is,
have been sent to market the present season.
In New Yo'k, fine large sheep miy be bought
for twelve shillings,
Diikcns his cut out one of his wisdom teeth
trying to "gnaw a file" of American papers.
The steeple of Trinity Church, New Yoik.is
to be 237 f.cl high.
A very largo quinti'y of counterfeit Mexican
dollars, admirably well executed, are in riicul.ition
in New Orlcins,
At New Orleans, Chas. P. A, I.snnin, found
guil'y of stealing a slave, wis sentenced to six years
of b ird labor in the penitentiary.
To our RsAiir.ns. It is not often we have any
thing ti say upon the subjnt of medicine, but from
the experience we have had in witnessing the nu
merous cure performed by Tlrandreth't Veiretabfn
Uiiivrrant Pill, we e innot do less than recommend
them lo the special notice of the public.
In removing pulmonary affections, ssihma, and
all disorders of tho lungs, they are the mist pov
erful remedy ever yet fmnd, nnd the relief they
have afforded, even in the last stage of consumption,
is without a ami el, With regard to their effica
cy in this baneful, and unfortunately too prevailing
disorder in ihis country, (consumption.) thrir su
periority is such as lo have supplanted in every o
ther medicine.
Those in advanced life, who feel the consequence
of youthful bcccss, will find themselves restored to
health snd strength, and all (hose melancholy
symptoms removed, which are the general effects of
A sheet iron factory has been estahli-hed at Bran-
ton, N. .1. It pays out f'JOO.OOO annu illy to its ' such causes. Alexander's Weekly Mrencr.
workmen, j Pur.h.ise of II. D M.issrr, Sunhury, or of
An infant was recently smothered in its crjadlc, '',e "icnts, published in another part of this piper,
in England, by a cit making a pillow of its tiny j
f.irp i " A liiilfi lectures the men for putting their
h inds in their conl pockets she s iys it inakea them
There are m inuf.ictured anniially in ("incinnati, : ., . .,.. r n
ingenious inventor has no longer any interest in j 1 S3 000 bids, of fl .ur. ai.d about 190.000 gallon
this apparatus. 1 mean pecuniai v interest, lor of linseed oil.
he certainly has a deep interest in its success, so
far as his fame is concerned, but so far as its pe
cuniary interest is concerned be has parted with
seeing all the world io the Dritisli metropolis, j sident's Message, in ndvance uf the press out more intelligent, and information would be. and the proprietorship, and it is now in the hands of
ut I'liil.iitc lplna city nnu niirrn-uurg, anil in js nnieh more extensively disseminated, i other perons.M
i-.ntn srrninSoehnn offer omp.i.,1lw : tr- Tb.s y be rea-lily seen, Horn the tact that! -
-i j sv vania. '
which he would probably never eeo to sttcli ad
seconded by puch influences, proved irresiatiblo, i
and the young German gladly followed them to J
London. lie was there speedily introduced to, j
and ore long distinguished ny the rrtneess
Charlotte, whoso projected alliance with the
Prince of Orange had recently before been bro
ken off. Though the Princess remarked him,
however, it was nothing more, at that time,
than a passing regard, for her thoughts were
then more seriously occupied by another. Ha
ving received, at the same time, what he dee
med encouragement, the young soldier propo
sed to the princess and wos refused, and subsc-
tli..ri !H', nnu l.'itlmlv it:nters in f'ieciioint t i 1n K WAitnrv Til in tnr. CiirlrF w.,s mil nn
This is crowing pretty extensively. Put not J in jn ,, in N,.tt. Ul, . ! ,ri;,, , fPn,j ,ne u,.,,,,, on Fli,,ay, fur lllP
so fast, Mr. Jones e commenced the Message , X).w Yrk . ,,,. i.ot,oll. CWIo murder of the Ca-loer f.milv s but defendant's
:.. .1 ,T!..n f ,1, 11 U,i,r!og,l " nn Tlmreilnv !...... ....
Vi ' v of England, and tlie centre ol her liteir.ture and
morning, after 9 o'clock, and had a number of i in,j,.11(,,. a population of over l.iin..
copies ready for distribution by C o'clock in the , mii ,,. ,,,, ,,lmii ,. mll ilU tht. n.
evening, of the same day. In dispatching a job
of this kind, the "American" fears no rivalry
from any office in "Northern Pennsylvania."
The Message arrived here on Wednesday night,
ami by a little extra exertion, we might have
supplied our neighbor of the Intelligencer, with a 1
copy by breakfast time on Thursday morning, j
ZIF" The Shuriit, of Columbia county, last!
quently went to Vienna, during the sitting of I week conveyed to the Penitentiary, at Philadel-
Congress at that place, where his suseptible j
heart was speedily engrossed in another tender
afliiir. Invincible obstacles, however, presen
ted themselves to the realization ofthe Princess
Charlotte's views, which had led to her first
rejection of the gallant German ; he received
a friendly hint from London to make his at
tention to the fair Austrian less renrarkable ;
ho returned to the English capitul, again pro
posed to the English Princess, and was accep
ted. It was Prince Leopold of Saxe Cobourg;
and his subsequent destiny, and that of his fa
mily, exceeds all that romance has figured of
the marvellous. He married the heiress of
England ; after her lamented end ho espou
sed a daughter of France ; he was ofiered the
throne of Greece, he accepted the crown of
Belgium. In consequence of his elevation,
one of his nephews has married the heiress of
Portugal, another the Queen of England ; and
the accidental fancy of a young German "Mi
rer for a beautiful English lady has, in its ul
timate results, given three kingdoms to his
family, placed on one the greatest empire that
has existed in the world since the fall of Rome,
and restored to England in hazardous limes
tho inestimable blessing of a direct line ol
succession to the throne."
phia, six prisoners. Five of them were members
of what they termed the 'Calithuinpian rand,"
ind were convicted of larceny, malicious mis
chief, and burglary. Several others belonging to
the Paiid have made their escape.
The Eclectic Mi-ski m of Fokeujs Lit
erati nr.. fur Decanter, 1813. lUiteil by J. If.
.1t;mv ami published by E. Littill, 272 Cumut
St., J'hUaihlphia. The December number of
this valuable work is filled, as usual, with selec
tions ofthe choicest articles from the best Iiritish I
Periodicals. The Eclectic Museum, is a work
that should find its way into every reading fami
ly, and would be doing essential service if it
were made to supersede the flippant trash of some
of our light periodicals. The present number
contains among other articles, ' Theodoret's
History ofthe Church," 'Reminiscences of Men
and Things," " The English on the Continent,"
" Revolution in Greece." " Esparterro," " France
hove ll.ilni d cities, l.as only 10 daily papers.
Resides, the proposed i eduction in tins country
is only to a uniform rate of five cents on all let
ters weighing less than a half ounce, without le
gurd to distance. We are confident that the
number of letters would be increased at least
three fold, ill less than two years, which would,
at that rate, a (Told a revenue equal to that which
is now received. Flanking piivih-ges should be
abolished, oral bast very much restricted
UT Wm A Phkti:!!. Esq recently delivered
an address before the Literary Society of Lafay
ette College, at Edstou. The address is an excel
lent production, highly creditable to the charac
ter and abilities of Mr Poiter We have no
room for the whole address, but the following ex
tract inculcates so useful a lesson on the neces
sity ofthe practice of virtue in ull the relations
I of life, that we should like to fee it in the hands
of every American youth :
I coun-el ti'ged that the defeediiit hid tdrealy been
tried on nn indictment fir ihe murder of a member
I of lint fiinilv. and admitted. Thev ins's'rd that
i .., i .i .i i . ! eilv an apparatus used fr counterfeiting R.iuk
Ih.R nronttt.il sa it luir In Hip other milielmpiOa . - 11 '""h ."niA
.7 .1 it it 1 1: n
Theie sre 1 10 000 persons in indigent rircnm- On the 1 2th iusi.. hv the Rev. A. Briiinin, Mr.
st.incrs in Paris, 00,000 of whom are inscribed on ' (!koiuib I'i i iikii, t i Mi.s E i.iz 1 11 ktii Dm mi.ii, nil
the public books as a plirants for charity. : of this j.hce. ,,....
1 3 On ihemiiied iv. by the Rev. J. P.SIiindel, Mr.
llinu in a liunrh. Sit notorious villlnns, eon- " ,ul" Khamkii, to Mi-s Rachel Dkkhiib, all
ii ted of murder and mbberies, were executed at
Havntii on the 14th ult.
An exchange says it is dangerous for widows
and lone women to sleep in a house without a man,
these burglarioiu times. It is certainly.
Tho Phil ulclphi.i Police have discovered in that
PRICK, ClTKUnNT.
Corrected weekly by Henry Ynxthnmer.
The rose was ordend to the Supiemo Court for
dec si. in nn ibis point.
Unmiii roiiT, Coim rrnci 7, is still in dilVicul
tv. The Ci y borrowed 0.000 to an the con
notes. The apparatus is believed t i be worth from
10,000 to flS.OOO, and was stolen about three
years ago from Mr. M ison, a bank note engraver.
Miss Farley, the Editrrs ofthe Lowell Offering,
s.iys; I should judge that about seventy ofthe
jstruction ofthe I loo-tonic Rjilma-.l. which ml- n)i sill, Uve (vrjll(.n fr odcring since ils
, road has not turn of si greit benefit 1 1 mid city as j commencement "
was expelled; when fire the city dies not piy ei- I
' thcr pritnipd or interest f its drtit. nod the rond. i'
j is feared, mu-t be old to pay the it deb', leaving
i Rr'.iUi i r minus h r ivh. b- ;100 OtKl. The bond
' held, rs m e for th. i- pav. nnd a'liirb public a- d e- Thc E"Sli1' arc bnita'ing American manuf ,c
! ven i rivaleiiroi crtv. The -'u.ircme Ceurt of the I ,"r,', co""n R,," ls and stamping ih- mwith the
StHte will soon be calbd to decide whether private "'ars mid s-ripes of our irmon, with an American
m.inul iclmer a name tittuchetl to Ihem, in outer lo
v HI. AT,
Rri:,
t'onv, - .
Oats,
Po m k ,
Flaxskkii,
lie i t kii,
Bki.swax, . .
Tallow,
I)hi m Ari-Lrs, .
lo. l'ticiu.s,
Flax,
Hkcklkh Fmx,
Enos. .
8.")
fit)
4(1
25
fi
100
10
25
10
75
200
8
10
f.
Mr. Win. Spencer Wis shot in Li' erty county.
Mo., hrin$ mistaken by one of his neighbors, for a
wild tuikey.
property can be bidden for the c'ty's obliu'ilions.
A (Iiifat Rail Roah. The New Yo k Tribune
says that the gie.t rhaii: of lailroad between 1) s
ton and IhilTdo is f25 miles in ler.gth. The J,-.
tails of cost are an follows : Host on nnd Worces
"The doctrine, that virtue is necessary to ,rr 41J X',P r,t f2.0iHi(mO; We-tern IjTiJ.
the Mabiltty of society, is hardly truer than L noo 0l0 M.liik. ir. mi'es. ft ..'.00,000 ;
trite. Ihe whn;! history i men speaks on ! . ,
Hits subji-et. .1 voice that can never be other j 1 " I Schener t ulv , 8 mile--, f ,000 000 ; Sy.
than wilfully m;Minile-r.stood. The pre-emi- rscuse. S3 miles, JI, 000,000 ; Auburn and Syra
ncnt necessity lor its cxibtenco in a Republic, I r0.e, 20 miles, f 700,000 ; Auburn and Iturhester,
is 11I-0 inscribed on the past ns by Ihe hand j 7H niiles,l,7.ri0,000; IJtavia,32 miles, f 100,000 ;
of a giant. When those who compose the go-j iV . . .... ., -,...,, ... . .
1 -, i 1 ; ,. Hurt do and Allien, 33 miles, M)0,000. uh
vrrntiH'tit are vicious, how can it be? Miliums-j ' ...
tered! When the laws are invaded, and the r0 '. ? I R.So.nno. Average in Massachusetts,
and Creece," ' History of Egypt under the Ro- 1 muroerous arm is raiseo. ami propr.riy ni-coines nun iu-avy 1 ran, roi.ouo. .wcrage m .lew
mans." ' Recollections of Sir Walter Scott," be- , , . ' , " , ., 0,k' l"""c f--.u"-
nano, oesio'ving 11 guas;iy Millie upi.n tin1 hcrnc,
sides Pi.:vrv, Miscr.u.ANV, Si-icnck and Aiits, I who p, 1(,n , ftorll) , )t, n(
.e. E.ach minibcr contains 1 1-1 large nages em- , iinimorli the unlo.t ? That is jweonied he the
bellished with a handsome engraving. ! peop!, and ll gl, a peculiar poop!.. si',11 by ; '-'"".lle Journal. South,-t. in Wisconsin Te,
...... t. .,, )',.. I),, vim call noon the nress to oneti tit. TV, contains a population ol 1 J(l 1 he 1111111
, 1 . 11 1
Its urtiiU ry ! That is controlled in a high do- t her of boii-es is .'hi I . of hich l'l'ihav e b.'eu e
gree, by tin pnpuiar wnl. H,i youc ,:i upon r(.t.t,.,l this year. It contains Ut dry goods
. 1. it'.. . i-:.. 1 'IM -.......,.,-1 1... i
i I li: l.l l I S l'l 'IS III l. . 1 M tl I fl I'.lll I'l III': . .. .
. ., J ,- 1 , .... land manufactories
people. i"i you turn 10 no- army : 1 ia y j
gt belter priies foi their fabrics in China.
The bi'e of an enraged cat will produce hydro
phobia, without ever having been bitten so snys
a la'c medical work, and p'oves the ussi rtion, by
citing some frightful inst inres.
Eto:ci'(.!i b:di v j.
TIIIIE Cit 7. ns of tlip b.r ujh of Suntiiiry nro
Q rr.pies ed to meet Bt the Court II u-p, on
s-aMirdav ihr 23.1 d iv of Deeem'ier, nl ti o'clock,
1'. M., to disapprove by their v ites, (if they seo
fit.) an ordinince passed Nov, 2.1, I H 11, granting
a lease fr die term of 30 years t 1 Id'tij uniii Hen.
ibieks. of UiO feet of the River 15 ink.
Also hii ordinoiC1' pis-ed Dae. 1st., IS13. ennt
ing lo John 11. I'urdv 150 feel of the River H.ink.
lly onler ofthe Chief Rinuess.
PKTF.R W. (iUAV, Clerk.
Sun' tuv, Dec. K.. IS 13. It.
T.STI1TZ,
,, .... 1 1 ll'Et-"l'FrLLY informs tie public that be
.11 Honrs Snort In Mwinli"lit. Mr. thorn, 1 I . . .. . , , .. , ,
' 1 A ,fi to nlii A otthnitihcr nn.l 1ns ol.ice tit rssl-
the e.litor of tho Concordia, Li., Intill gencer, not ; lh.nce Rn(1 ri.ai,y 0 ;lttL.tlj to nnv C,,U j ,,o
I a go, killed by mnonhght, in 0110 hour, four ' line of Ins pr fesston.
ToMNS
oui-vilh
IN Till' "iiiiw Aeeoiding to the
Intoxicatino J.iq'.ous in Fuam k are chief
ly wines, brandy, beer and cider. Tliesr, in
1S30, were in gallons, respectively as follows :
W ine, Gl 1.400,0(10 ; cid.-r, 231,1-21,0(10 ;
beer, r24,OtKl,000 ; brandy from wine, etc.,
15,07-1,000 ; brandy from cider, potatoes, cher
ries, potatoes and prain, 2,900,000 total 07,
531,HlO trillions ! The amount rxnortod how
ever, is laroo. It is now estimated that there
is annually made in France 111,(100,000 gal
lons of brandy. The quantity of intoxicating
drinks consumed there has been estimated in
the proportion of 32 gollons for each of 32,
51X1,000 persons the population of 130.
The amount of beer in France is also enor
mous. The excise duties on beer alone in 1S21
were 1,00,000. The use and manufacture
nf beer and cider are chiefly in the norlh of
France. The amount of alcohol in Burgundy
wines is estimated at from 8 to 10 per cent.,
and by Hrande at 11 to 1(1, and Chanipaijjne ot
from 13 to 11 per cent ; Claret at 15, and the
common country wines from -1 to 5, and cider
at from 7 to 5) j strong beer, (which forms four-
fifths of the malt liquors mode in France,) 5 to
8, and brandy 50 per cent., so that the sum to
tal of alcohol drank or produced annually in
Franep, at a low estimate, is G,."i70,70, or
more than 0J gallons for each person. Fe
(hieting, a s consuming none of ibis, one third
of the pnpnhlion for children under twelve, and
pay all the women, which is scarcely supposa
ble.nnd there will be foiisnmed by each ofthe
10,107,000 males over ten, between 7 and 8
trillions of alcohol. Hut from this should bo de
ducted, say one third for exportation, and the
amount then consumed hy each would lie above
live pallona. This, though not bo apparent in
its effects to a stranger a in most other coun
trius, ii eiid to be appal ing to residents, cspe
cially in the north of France, where it ia chief
ly drunV Drunkenness ia aaid to he "the enrse
of the laboring classes; and of the insane, it
appear! that a largo proportion are made so by
CrT" r.iNi.rr.ss. Rut little business of interest
or importance has thus far been transacted in
Congress. The seats of Mr Jones, the Speaker,
and Mr. f-'ilnier, both of Virginia, are contested,
and a committee to investigate the matter has
been appointed. The House, after romo debate
on the points of order raised last week, in respect
to the protest ofthe Whig members against the
admission of tho members elected by general
ticket, finally ordered that the protest be stricken
from the Journal. The proposition to annex
store:
rob the votary of letters ul nil chance of fmnl
Texas to the Union seems to have few friends ; triumph. In the pur-nit of any branch of ii-
! teralnro, nnd particularly that ol poetry or cl
i oipienee. there nn ho little doubt, that purity
; o! tilling lit is inn; of 'he first ( dements of sue-
ccs--. Impurities ofthe blood prostrate the bo
dy, not more speedy nor Min lv, than grovel
I almost eveiy description.
form another .rti,m. How, then, can a Ke-! i,,,"-"""r "'"' ;' ' ''l'"-" v'"'
public sustain Itself, unless siist.vnod by virtu- j IHiiing September and ( Ictober. 7 I ."iOO bushels of
mis members ? Hut it is net hi much of ,.his i wheat were exported, and "Jills.f I pounds of lead
I speak, ns of the tendency nl virtue to pro- 1, t,.ls ,-llr ,.jmr,..,
.1 I 1 ... 1 ..I... ..,... 'I'l.
inn 1. 1 1 10 1 ii lie 1 1 in i'1'i 1 1, r o tiou , .hiiiiii. j ii- ',11 .1 .
I I s mo Moor ivneioi III n siioie I .rritnre eon
position is ns tine 111 the om: case, ns m the "
other. Nut It mention physical results, the i ,ill"s " puhition of 1 . 1 0:1 poisons, and has J J I
time consumed in the practice of vice would 1 houses in it.
1
beats, one buck, and a wild hog. ,
A llisiop's Snnry Jiaisid. The salary of j
llisho,) Ondcrdonk, of the E.t-tern Diocese of New 1
York, was raised, on his application, at a recent !
meeting of Trinity Church, from f 3000 to ffi.-'OO,
by 11 vote of It to 6.
The rece'pts often night of Mr. Micready's
performance in Uostoo, were somct'iing bkc $7000.
The number of letters received for delivery at the
('incinn ni Post OHiee, during Octo' er, was 2 ',
:)'J0, of which number 1 ,:UiU were fiee.
fTY He liny at nil times be found at Mr. James
Lee's Hotel.
Northnniberl mil. lb c ltoh. Hit. tf.
TWO VARUS TO UvT,
IN UNION COUNTY.
them fi miles west of Neiv Rnibn, on
mis Creek, occupied bv (ieo-g.' Yulientill,
li eu' ! acres r!e.ire.l, s sv.v ind', ti-nber I n ', ive.
The ot1 er 3 mi'es wc.-t of Nort'onn'ierl .ml. near
lirown'sTiveui II. UELLS.
Dec. Kith. Sl:l.-2t.
v ' Pen n s
i ter vs James 1J ar I
! Dougd ev McCf ery v Christopher II D iker
.lo'an Huiiioiel vs I. P.hinnan
l'o nt'h. of Pa. for D.
Yauv dah
J bo lintfen S-Q.
The elements of party strife are such, that no
one is willing, at present, to agitate tho subject,
unless some "dire discord" might unexpectedly
spring up. injurious to present laid plans.
Tin: Takitt Refore the last Taritf, com
mon glass tumblers were imported from (ier
many. A heavy duty was placed upon them,
and the same article is now manufactured in this
country and sold at a price nearly one half less
than they were ever sold at before. So also
with the article of Pins. A duty of .IO p'-r cent,
was laid 011 foreign pins. Our manufactories are
now making a better article than those imported,
and what is better, they are sold fnteen per ct
cheaper than before the tariff was adopted. We
might go on and enumerate a number of articlet
that are now manufactured in ibis country, not
only better, but cheaper tbun the imported arti
cles before the late taritf.
A fool tare for one hundred coven igns csnie otr
near London, ubout three weeks since, between
Jmics Ovron, a cell brilcd English runner, and T.
Jac k-on, w ho has obt lined the designition of the
"Ame'ican Deer." The race, which is described
ns a very benutiful one, wus won by the American
the fit ipicnt contemplalinn of the beanti'ul in I Deer, who beat his competitor by about 20 yards,
tho physical world, will even leave its traces -J ie ,jsim,, rlln wu, . ,nlc, which the winner ac
on the human countenance. by should not 1 ,
the eon-emphttton and the practice of virtue, I co...pb-bcd m f,...r mtnutes and lit.y-two seconds.
. i 1 1 .1.. ,i 1 1 i. : r... '
uimi i'.x.iil noo piuoy 110- iiiiijii, unti in 11 1
Rovai. Pun:. It is suid that the bare plate
lu g thoughts, the mind. Ye are told that
higher lli::lils r I hat there are tiiosn who pur-
.-11.; the opposite course With succes, is no i;ihhI
I argument to the contrary. This is an instance
ofthe ino.-t common, as well nn the most fatal,
i errors in human logic. The result is: hi re
'produced, not by means of vice, but in despite
; of it. If a 1n01b.ru steamer, be'iriiHr 11 burden
of 11 thousand tens, ntitslnpil merchant ressel
I cttri ving but ."srtl bow absurd wetoit In nltri
lin'o it to I ho excess of the cargo'. In one
respect, tin; cases an' parallel. As a matter
j of mere policy then, the t-tudmt ought to be a
XjIST OF CflUSES.
IOI, trial in the Couit of Common Pleas of Nor.
tl. 011,1 eilii,l ('0111, iv. tit luiiuirv 'l'e 111 . D
The Hom.eipithie nieihod has been culled by, H t.,mimeiicing the first Monday,
miny respectable persons a humbug, andthis.no, .lC,,t, Shi 7. s J hn Stmt
doubt, has had the r fleet of leading numbers to con- ! SI r nhen Wilson vs K A Kracht
ilemn it nitboot further inouiiv. ltllt. saVS Ilrv- ! faillUel K
Hula large Catholic church ,,, ih ,,oel 1 and mm of its ereilest votaries.
v - 1
'One of the worit of all humbugs, one of ihe most
di plorablo delusions, is that w hich leads men to
shut their yes lo the truth."
The C,.,'. H ater Cure. Thev are about to get
up a medical establishment in New York, upon
the cold water, or hydrophobia system. Some of
the most a-tonishing cuies on record have been per
formed in Europe, by the application of this sim- Kli Probst
plee'cnent. M'" ''"
1 ' D unci llrnutigam
0 for Slntiiie Cincinnati papei tells nf 1 f.ivid V (i udou
a young giil in Vbe ling, 'n., who frightens her; Same
f. nude ncicl.bms by dreeing in men's clothes ..ed ' VVi'" ." '"'i''!'!"1 t
p . . . . . , .1 II ughi nd ildci iVC
g ang Into their rooms -shiU the inin-jlcs are asleep ,, ivi(, vv,lt.oll
in the night. Phil p Weiser
C.ipt.llertrjnd, son of Count rii rtrsn.l, dt.l not ,,
A singlo goltl service of (icnrgr? IV, contains 1 8ai in ihe I ws, but remains in this country for j t 1, i. i,,.,., , xr
all the utensils requisite to dine one hundred i fevers! months, lie has seen scivice in A'shr, Ahrab nil Sir tub
and thirty guests. There is in this collection, and has been badly wounded. n'' 'IV's'n'm
11 vessel which belonged to Charles Nil, of I Very Cieup Indeed. The London llooksellers y j t,,r
advertise a i-hkap edition nfthe Mysteries of Paiis, The Com' h of Penn'a
at 25 rh'.llings Heilit g, ubout C
Jacob I.eiser sr.
r.noeh Mower's eir
J H KlunigJii c
W K llrown
Joiin A Llovd
I'he Hank of North' J.
of Windsor Ca.-tle, is valued ut .i-,.')000,(Kit).
Sweden atinther taken from the King of A vn.
Otheis were taken from the Spanish Arm inda,
Cy ITor.N, the murderer, who will shortly !
executed ut Paltimore, for the murder of his
wife, bad murdered bis former wife in Ohio, for
which he was tried and sentenced to prison, lie
escaped after 11 months confinement came to
Pennsylvania and married the wife he lately
murdered.
C.7 The Pnn.rEi.piiu Lfpcfr speaking upon
the subject of making Stockholders of Hanks ba
uble in their individual capacity, says :
"Anions? other new converts we now number
Daniel Webster. During tho recent trial of
the Ime officers of the late I'ho nix Hank at
Boston, Mr. V. ia reported to have borne down
111 the course of bis argument with great sever
ity on the carelessness and negligence of tho
sleepy directors,' as It termed them, who, be
man ul'innre than S'.eirtan virtue. His drug'
pies and his hopes demand ibis. When how.
ever, by the practice of its kindly nlfiees, bis
kindred and biseountry are made Imppier, and
he is rendered more able to bear the ills that
flesh is heir to: when ho reflects with St. IN.
erte, that 'nothing is iluiable, virtue alone ex
cepted. Personal beauty pis-os quickly away;
fortune inspires extravagant iuelinat inns , gran
deur fatigues; rrputation is uncertain; ta
lents, nay genius itself, are liable In be impai
red ; but viittie id ever beautiful, ever uivcrsi-
fied, ever equal, and ever vigorous, because it
is res gned to all events, to privations as to en
joyments, tolilo as to death.' "
and others again weie brought from China, j idiiiona are 50 cinta.
Ibirniah and India. There were also thirty 1 The 'otal increase ofthe Methodist Episcopal
dozen fold plates, worth one hundred andthir- I Church in the United Stites mid 'IV .s, during
ty dollars each, besides splendid gold shields
and snufl-boAf, worth from thirty to forty thou
sand dollars a piece.
These are always some in the editorial
corps who never fail to vent their spleen ogainst
" old maids," as often as an opportunity occurs.
Ho must have been some crusty, disappointed old
averred, had framed their testimony on the oc- bachelor, who invented the following new me.
casion to cover up and conrral. They bad ' (ilod f making lemonade, which, it is suid, is now
" ' sworn thai mey nan examined mo paper in me 1 .,.. . ... . : rti.ston t what their
drinkinjr wineCHpiVf Handbook of Plant: bank, and yet they were ignorant ol it. charac j V" ,,h,V ' l"-l,,,c,', ttt lwt. ihey
. tfr 'rlJU(,t jsh(.y nter did examine, in ' ,,r"' " I-einoii.ide ,t,e 1 be followmg is
W find by a Kt. Peter.burj journal that duiiiiR
the yen 1810. t.-i' died in Pus i i irr.l persons,
aged more thsn a 'hundred )', "30 of thsin had
reached the ago or 105, 1 OH hid turned 110, b9
raiched 1I5,5 Jil l W. t '"!, 1 died at
130, iid S '(:! d m
I .. ... . tl... .
any proper sftir.e ot the woni, lite sectjtntes in
the bank ', nnd, said Mr. Vv., 'it is scandalous
infamous tliutstich men should seek to swear
away the liberty of fellow man solely upon af
terthonplrt. recollections, in order to cover up
their (',vn neplipence and unfaithfulness, as
" A Isrtre punch bowl of water ia provided,
which is sweetened by voitng ladies hold in
their lips to the brim. The old maid r
:.' J .1 1 1 .. . " --II IOOR
una 11, sou 1110 lemonuuu "
I'rvxck. A lew days ago, while the great
bell of Ihe Cathedral of Notte Dame was being
rung, the clapper gave way, and the enormous
mass fell down through two fliwrs ofthe tower.
and lodged in the third. Three persona were
injured.
An interesting communication wss read in
the Academy of Sciences. It was relative to
a substitute for white lead for domestic purpo
ses. The author, M. de Ruolz, states that the
flowers of antimony give a finer white, mix
more freely with the other colors, and are
more durable, and cost only one-third of tho
price of white lead, and neil'vr in pro
cess of manufacture-, nor -0J use, affect the
health,
tnubt bo taken nf
oone did.' Care
j ict the old maids look in
. . , j' . 1 , , ,,, , . , , 111 111a um inaifia
i tbeae drowsy directors have attempt to do, J u . jnp, K , ,f lvrem9 , (our.
The receipts on the Western (Mass.) ltiiltoid,
during Ihe week ending on the Snd instant, were
$13,008. The rrceipls duiing the corresponding
period last yesr were enly f 7,1 37.
ihe present year, as announced in the ulhVial report, ,
i 151,021. ;
All the manufsrtoiies in h iwell, Mass., are Jo. ,
lug thnvtni tiusines. 1 arus 01 cioui per r,.
51 331 250; linlea of cotton used, 1.09." ; and 8,
750 I eiaons are emplaye 1 6,375 fennlcs and 2,
:H5 miles.
That very tallest of humbugs, the Missouri Mas.
todon, has leen told to the Dritih Museum for
fSOOO. The Mistodon speculators are doing a j
good business. I
Five bears were killed ilbin a short time of rach
other in fcandgite, Washington c.iunty, N. Y.
The last was a victim weighing 400 lbs., who made
at bit pursuers a;, j got the muzzle of iheii guns in
bis mouth, which on being discharged, tore away
the jaw,
The wreck of the steam fiigate Missouri t-till re-,
mained at ihe last dates, ubpfrfr,f j gl Q.nraltar.
Active operaiiona had b'jen carried on for raising
her contents. The magazine batch had been cleat
ed, und the whole of the magazine gotten up, con
kitting of 60 costly copper tanks which rilled the
hip. I'he powder was damaged by sail water.
Here the chetp Agst " n
I I ho Aglcr
Step'icn lerr
Conrad Raver
Isiac 1) 011
Josei h LioingirJii'T
vs John prii k
vs S T Iturrows
vs J II M I) ivisaii
vs John Knorr
vs W 1 Mousel
vs Peter Uurlieu
vs Hi tx'ceii Wells
vs Paul (ieildrs Ac
vs Simuel iV I! McKee
vs H Fuck t-t nl
vs John Cmvden's eir
vs Hugh liellas
vs Same
vs John Ii Miller
vs Packer A Cuinmings
vs Patrick Moniaaiie
vs Joseph WjIIis jr
vs S.nie
vs McCariee Purdy
vs J ihn Peal et hI
vs Joea han Ad ims
vs Nicholas Laiii-'s admr
vs John T Ma'hias
vs V II Frvraier
vs Felix Mail'er et ul
vs J.ihn He diemail
v t " 1 1 1 1 1 e s Cmig
vs (Scivge Lawrence
-i J hn 15 u lil
vs John flower
vs John Murray
S ML'EL U. JOi:lN.
I'roth'y.
Prothonot irv's Dllice,
Stinhury, Dec. 16, IS-13. S
IS hereby Riven, that I have purchased the foil tw
ins articles, fold ai Shciiff's sale nn the bill iiift ,
as the propeity of Samuel Driirkeuull' r, which ar
ticles I have loaned lo the siid Samuel until 1 see
proper lo remove thorn, v,c
18 Hats, al t'i
Mamie Clock.
26 yds. of Carpeting, ol 31 cts. p.r yd.
15 vds. do
1 Dining Table,
j d zen Chilis,
1 Bureau,
10 cts. "
I'J 00
1 50
4 an
5 27j
i 00
ffi.r 6fsA
VrANini. DRUCKEMILLEK
SunburviVc. 9th, 1813 3t .
rORESTVILLHr
HK.4SS i:k;iit nil clocks.
TlIIE subscriber has just received, fur sale, a few
1 of Ihe above celebrated Eight Day Clinks
which will be sold at very reduced prices, for cah.'
Also, i.Ucrior 30 hour Clocks, of the best make
and quality, which will be sold for rash, at f 4 60.
Alan, superior Bras 30 hour Clerks, al g 00.
lc.a 1813. II. V, MASfEK.