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Dralb of Mr. Bltltlt.
Nicholas Diddle, Esq., formerly and Tor ma
ny years President of the United Statea Bank,
died, at four o'clock yesterday morning, at his
residence at Andalusia, in Bucks county. He
had been suffering from an attack of dropsy for
sevenl months, but until within a short time
prior to hia death, ho had been able to visit the
city. The report of his decease caused consi
derable sensation, ns it was not looked for by
any but a few of hia relatives and personal
friends, and naturally excited much comment.
The life ofoue who occupied so conspicuous a
position in the political and financial struggle of
the country during the past twenty yenrs as
Mr. Diddle did, could not fail to occusion much
remark at his death. His public career was e
ventful in the extreme, and covered a period
characterized by the most violentconllictof por
tico, and it is by no means surprising that, after
being defeated as the-leader of a party and
the champion of a particular interest, he should
I ;,ve fallen under the bann and censure of his
vi mer partisans. Such is the fate of every am
t'itious man who fails to achieve what his hopes
1 nd him to promise. Success, or death in the
midst of a struggle, are the only received pass
ports to enduring popularity.
Mr. Biddle was horn in Philadelphia n the
&th of January, 1786, and waj consequently but
fifty-eight years of age at his death, 11 is an
cestors came with William Penn to this coun
try, and were distinguished in the early history
of the State. His father, Charles Biddle, took
an active and zealous part in the Revolution,
and was associated with Franklin in the admi
nistration of this Slate, then just emerging from
its colonial conditions. Mr. Nicholas Biddle
commenced 1iis edncation at the University in
this city and finished it at Princeton, New Jer
sey, where ho was the subject of much favora
ble notice for his literary attainments. At the
nge of nineteen he was appointed Secretary to
General Armstrong, in his mission to France,
and travelled with the Minister over consider
able portions of Europe. He remained abroad
three years, and was a portion of that time
attached to tho embassy of Mr. Monroe, at the
Court of St. James. On his return to Phila
delphia, Mr. Biddle devoted himself to the
practice of the law, and tho pursuit of letters.
As a writer he was much esteemed, and be
came a popular contributor to some of the lea
ding periodicals of the day. His ebiity in
this department of science improved with time,
end tiia essays have always been admired for
their ingenuity and polish, even when their ob
ject was condemned.
Mr. Biddle was elected by the Democratic
party of this city tothe State Legislature in
1810, and again to the Senate in 1814. In both
situations, he occupied a prominent position as
the friend of general education, and an advocate
of a National bank. In 1819, he was appointed
a government director of the United Slates
Bank by President Monroe, andfl four years af
terwards, succeeded Langdon Cheves in the
presidency of that institution. He remained
in that situation tmtil the expiration of the
charter of the old bank, and the creation of the
new one by this Slate, and assumed the presi
dency of the latter for the fiist year or two of
its existence. The rest of his public career is
known to most of our readers, and has, in turns,
won for him tho warmest praises and the bit
terest reproaches, according to the disposition
or bias of the reviewer. Phil. Led., lb. 29.
The Death op Governor Rev noiojs. On
the tabla uear where Governor Reynold fell,
wa3a letter, explaining the cause which led to
his sdf destruction. It was addressed to Col.
W. G. Minor, and was as follows;
In every situation in which I have lecn pla
ced I have labored to discharge my duty faith
fully to the public, but this has not protected
rue, fur tho last twelve months, from the slan
ders and abnse of my enemies, which have ren
dered my life a burden to me. 1 pray God to
forgive them and teach them wore charity.
My will is in the hands of las. I Minor, Esq.
Farewell, Tuos. R4.vmm.bs.
The Miusourian, and in fact most of the pa
pers of that State, speak in the highest terms
of tho deceased, and his devotion to the inter
ests of the State, yet his virtues as a man and
his usefulness as a public officer could not save
him from the skafts of calumny, which reck
less and unprincipled conductor of the partisan
frees so invariably direct against the highest
merit and the most exalted patriotism, flow
unspaing and remorseless must have been the
abuse which drove a man to the act of self des
truction to escape it 1
Treatment of Scarlet Fkver. In a let
ter from Mr. Edwin Cn a tun, of St. Helena, S.
C, recently published in the Charleston Alvr
cury, he describee the following treatment for
Scarlet Fever, as having been eminently sue
tet?fji. He says "oot of 34 cases where I ad
ministered the jilap, not one reroaiued in bed
more than one day."
"Directions Immediately on the first symp
toms, whicri jssore throat, give a full dose of
jalap, to an adult CO, 70, or even 80 grains, at
night give strong red pepper fea, from a tea
cup full to a pint, according to ago and violence
of the symptoms; the next day give a small
dose of jalap, say half the quantity given tin'
day before, continue the pepper i a Rt w;'ht
;ht
on the third day it there is any n,ren's renin-
ning in the throat, give a de of salts, winch
will generally effect a cure ; the doses of course
must be regulaltJ according to the age of the
pitieat.
A Startling Jok.
A New York paper gives an account of a
startling joke perpetrated upon a barber, by
Babe, the pirate, sentenced to be Tiling on the
7th of this month, which, if true, shows a
strange recklessness and indifference in a man
on the verge of eternity.
No sooner hod Tucker, the barber, entered
the cell, than Babe, who is a very athletic man,
seized him by tho throat, and, with a herculean
effort forced him agninst the wall, and demand
ed his razor, toying that his lime had come, and
he was determined to cut his (Tucker's) throat,
and then conclude the tragic act by performing
the same operation upon himself. Tucker re
fused to deliver np the instrunent of death,
when Bibe renewed his energies, and twisted
the neckcloth of Tucker with one hand, while
ho held th two arms of his antagonist with the
other. "Give me the razor," says Babe, "while
I end your existence and mine also! Quick !
quick I or Til strangle you to death !" "Mur
der murder," shouted Tucker, at the height
of his voice. "Silence silence !" cried B.ihe.
"Give me the razor, or Til twist your neck off"
"Hellnw hillow J" bawled Tinker. "Mr.
Keeper murder murder help help I'm
killed come to my rescue oh ! oh ! mur
der murder murd"
At this moment, Mr. Keeper Fallon, who had
been on the corridor below, rushed to the cell
door, and threw it open, w hen he found Tucker
standing with his back against tin; wall, pale as
moonlight, and shivering as though at the height
of an ague fit, w hile Babe, who stood opposite
him, was convulsed with laughter, and shook
his sides as though they would rrack at Ihc
fright he had given barber Tucker. Keeper
Fallon instantly taw that Cube had been prac
tising a startling joke upon Tucker, and he a!
60 roared with laughter, but Tucker -quietly
edged towards the cell door, and instantly dar
ted out, as though still fearing of the threats of
Bnbe that had so terrified and appalled him. He
refused to shave Bube, but after considerabl ;
solicitation consented to hold the glass while
the gay pirate shaved himself with the razor
that Tucker had so pertinaciously refused to
deliver up. A side glance from Bibe, ns he
flourished the razor, caused a second fit of ague
on the part of Tucker, who was compelled to
place his arm against the wall to keep the glass
from betraying his emotion. The operation was
finished and Tucker left ; but he says that it
will be a rarity if he ever enters hia cell again,
as, whenever he thinks of Babe's determined
manner and ferocious aspect, w hether it was in
earnest or not, he cannot avoid shuddering at
his previous fright. Tins Babe is a strange fel
low thus to play off his jokes while stepping
into eternity; but we believe he will evince the
same desire for practical jokes until he suffers
the penalty of the law for the offence of which
he has been convicted.
The Destruction of the Poor House at
Qnaise, Mas., caused the death of ten persons
instead of eight. The Nantucket Enquirer
says :
There were fifty-nine persons in the house,
besides the family of Capt. Timothy Bunker, the
keeper. Capt. B. lost all his effects and forty
dollars in tnoney. There were 13 of the pan
pers bedridden one of them we are told had
not walked for about twenty years.
Old and infirm as many of them were, it
seems a miracle lhatFomany escaped with their
lives Ono lad jumped from the third stoiy
window, and escaped without injury. Am
ther jumped, from tho second story window,
and also escaped being injured. One man low
ered himself to the ground by means of a sheet,
which he tore in strips and tied together.
Groat numbers of our citizens instantly re
paired to the scene of action, to render such ss
eisiance as was possible. Uixxl service Mas
rendered by those living on the adjacent farms
Mr. Charles A. Burgess, in particular, we heard
named as having been the means of saving se
vcral lives, straining tiimself severely in so do
ing. One of the pauper inmates a women
named Phebe Lovclise, also personally remit
ed two or three persons, at the immediate risk
of her own life. Mr. Burgess, by means of a
luddeT, stove in a window of the third story, and
here found an old man and hiu wife in bed. He
informed them of their danger, and the man
got on ; but the woman refused to move. Mr.
B. took her out of bud, got her on the ladder, and
conveyed her in safety to the gTound, she strug
gling ad the while to prevent him from accom
plishing hi j benevolent purpose this deed of
daring.
The Mormons. The Western papers ppeak
as though a difficulty with the Mormons was
apiwehended.. The St. Iouis New Era says
that there is a most bitter state of public feeling
in part of Illinois against the Mormons. Meet
ings have boon held at Carthage and other pla
ces, for th purpose of organizing opposition to
the encroachments and uwurpationsof Joe Smith,
tho despotism of tho Nauvoo corporation, and
the hostilities of the Mormon legion. The same
state of public feeling appears now to exist in
Illinois that formerly existed in Jackson comity,
and in the Grand river country, in Missouri.
They talk open'y of the extermination of the
Mormons as the only means of securing their
own safety.
Yankee Hats. It is estimated that upwards
; . of .,Q 000 rall)1 i.eaf Hats were manufactured in
, , tr,wn 0f Amherst last year. The number of
ttluW bonnets manufactured at the manufactory
j 0f Mark & Son, amounted to upwards of $GO,000.
f lt( t,tablihnn nt keep fifty femnU-a winc
1 'r''w bfiJ.
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XL 1ft Y2 SWQjf
THE AMERICAN.
Saftirdav, Marth 2, 184 1.
(Xy V. B. Palmen, Esq.. at hia Tied Estate and
Coal office. No. S3 Pine Street, Philadelphia, is au
thorised to act a Agent, and to receive and receipt
for all niuniea due this office, for suhacripliou or ad
vertising. Brevier Tvr-E. 100 lbs., or more, of sec
ond hand brevier type, for alc nt this office, at
IS cts. per lb., cask The type are the same as
those used in our advertising columns.
fjy We shall be considerably cramped for
several weeks yet, with a press of advertise
ments. Alter that we shall be able to furnish
our readers with a full share of reading matter.
tF We regret to learn that the Hon. Henry
Prick, member of Congress from this district, is
seriously ill at Washington.
C7" The RoAim are in an extremely bad state.
The mails from llarrisburg arrive fioni six
to eight hours after the usual time. On the
route to Pottsvillc there is much less difficulty, a
the turnpike is generally in good order.
Dj7" The Semi-weekly United States Gazette
came to hand lliis week, considerably enlarged
and improved in appearance.
Our neighbors of the Sunbury Gazette have
also added to the dimensions of their sheet.
CI7"0i it Hotels. A correspondent of the
Pottsville Emporium, speaks in terms of high
commendation of the excellence of Weitzel's Ho
tel, in this place, at which a friend had stopped
during the Special Court. Speaking of the fare
he avs :
"Anion? thp mitirs presented hv the tnhlr rl'
hotc at Yitz l'.s, were n couple of large ''i!d
Turkic.", shot in the neighborhood, which were
tnnni kully fat, we ll flavored and highly rel
ished by tlic fjiipstp. And among other lux
uries and delicacies, pheasants, i;oosib"rrv
tarts, stringed bean?, and preserved corn, figu
red proiniiienilv. The llou:o is a model of
cleanliness and order."
The truth is, Sunbury has been long celebra
ted, not for its magnificent or splendid Hotels, hut
for the excellent accommodations found within
them, any one of which, in regard to the culinary
department, would compare favorably with ma
ny of the large and extensive hotels ef other
places. As a specimen of our landlords we would
refer to Mr. Geo. Prince, formerly of this place,
who, in the opinion of many capable of judging,
keeps the best Hotel at Harrisburg.
lt7GpEAT Sale The Monteur Iron Works,
at Danville, erected by Riddle, Chambers & Co.,
were sold at Sheriff's sale on Monday last. The
two Anthracite Furnaces are probably the most
splendid buildings of the kind, in the Union.
The whole property, which consists of about
seven hundred acres of land, with numerous
buildings, iron ore and limestone, sold for $3S,
000, subject to mortgages and other liens, a
rnountmg to about $3 1,000 ; making in the whole
upwards of seventy thousand dollars. The pro
perty was purchased by M essrs. Caswell and Mur
dock, of New York, who held large claims against
the same. Mr Peter Paldy of Danville, in con
nection with a mercantile firm of Philadelphia,
were their competitors at the sale, who intended,
if they purchased, to put the works into operation
without delay. Terms of sale, 10 per ct. down
and the balance in April next, which is equiva
lent to a cash sale. We did not hear what the
purchasers intend doing with the property, but
presume they will not suffer the Furnaces to re
main idle.
The News from Harrisburg, this week,
is not of much importance rather an old story
we confess, but nevertheless true. The memb"rs
have been debating Mr. Cooper's 2 00 million
stock scheme, based upon the public lands ; but
there is no prospect of its passage. The sale of
the public works is, we presume, disposed of, ns
Mr. 1'arrelly lias reported against it, and very
properly too. Some of the city papers contend
that because a few jKipers in the interior have
spoken in favor of the measure, that it would be
opular among the pple. A very great mis
take, as nine-tenths of them are opo$ed toany
such plan. Mr. Roumfort has introduced anew
revenue bill. It provides that for the purpose of
equalizing the assessments and taxes for the use
of the Commonwealth in the different count in of
the State, there shall be appointed seven Com-
missiuneis, who, or a majority of whom, with
the State Treasurer, for the time being, shall
constitute a Board of Revenue Commissioners,
whose duty it will be to meet at Harrisburg with
in ninety days from the j amge of the act, on a
day ceitain to b fixed by the State Treasurer,
of which due notice shall be given by him to said
Commissioners, and annually thereafter on the
first Monday in May. The Commissioners of
the county are to transmit, ten days before the
meeting of the Revenue Commissioners, a state
ment of the valuation of all the property in the
county. The duty of the Revenue Commission
ers is then to adjust and equalize the tax in the
respective counties, according to valuation.
DP" MtLANCiioi.v Death The dwelling of
Dr. Lurien Spencer, of Bethany, Ct., caught fire
about 12 o'clock on Tuesday night, 20th nit.,
and Dr. Spencer perished in the flumes, with two
children whom he attempted to save. The fire,
it is supposed, originated from hot ashes. To
the rsrelessneas in putting aw y hot ashes may
le ut'rjl utrd tM euu c.f mtr y f.tt.
07 Two Convention will meet at Harris-
burg on the 4th inst Democratic and whig, for
the purpose of nominating candidates for Govern
or. A candidate for Canal Commissioner Will
also be nominated, to supply the vacancy of Jesse
Miller, whose term expires at the end of a year.
Delegates will also be appointed by the Demo
cratic Convention to the Baltimore Convention,
to be held on the 4th of May next, for lh purpose
of nominating a candidate for President and Vice
President. The State Convention will, without
doubt, instruct her delegates to.support Richard
M. Johnson for President. Mr. Vak Evre.v, it
is true, has already secured delegates enough for
a nomination, at Pultimore, but, it is to be hoped,
that himself and friends will see the impinpricty
of his course and the litter hopelessness of his
election, by that time, and that he will be induced
for the sake of that purty which has stood by
him for the Inst twelve years, to yield to a less
objectionable, or at least more popular candidate.
E7 Declination of Mb.. Van Blue. P,y re
ferring to a letter from Washington, in another
column, it will be seen that rumors are afloat
that Mr. Van Durcn, whose nomination is now
rendered certain, intends, after the nomination at
Taltiniore has been made, to decline in favor of
Gen. Cass. We trust this may be true. With
Gen. Cass at their head, the Democratic party
would go into the field free and untrammelcd and
with a zeal and spirit that would ensure success.
On the other hand, Mr. Van Pnr-n, by such an
act, would acquire more honor tlian if he could
even succeed being elected.
C!7 Death or Nicholas Bum.f.. The Phila
delphia papers of Wednesday, announce the death
ofVr. Riddle, late President of the U. S. Rank,
on Tuesday the 27th ult. at Andalusia, his resi
denee, in Rucks county, aged .IS years. A short
sketch of his life will be found in another column.
C.7" Fir.K on the Coi.fMniA Railroad. On
Friday the 2'Jd ult., a fire broke out in a larg ho
tel, kept by Mr. Henry Eicholtz, on the Colum
bia Railroad, about 3" miles from Philadelphia.
The building caught from sparks from a locomo
tive, and was entirely burned down. The furni
ture of the establishment was all saved.
C- Di ath by starvation is a common oecur-
! .. .., l'lt.r' t.iit Y 1'it. t ..nili.iA fn.n.ir nil..
an account of a young woman mid her child,
having recently died from starvation in that great
and wealthy city.
Lv" The est limited amount of expenditures of
the city of New York, the present yar, is ; J,
35J,530 21. Nearly two millions of which imi.--t
be raised by taxation.
B7" The Washington coyeppondent of the
Philadelphia Ledger has the following, in rela
tion to the new Post Office Bill:
"The report of the Tost Oltice Committee w ill
bring to light some of the most singular facts;
among which I will mention but one, communi
cated to me the other day by the chairman, Mr.
Merrick. It appears, from reasonable calcula
tions, that no more than half the epistolary cor
respondence in the United States is carried on
by the mails. The whole number of litters,
franked and postage paid, carried by the V. S.
mails, appears, from official reports of the Post
master General, not to exceed 27 millions; in
Great Britain and Ireland it amounts, from offi
cial repoits, to 201 millions. This disjarity is
not accounted for by the difference in the popu
lation, and still less w hen we take into considera
tion the number of people tlwt can rend and
write. In the United States the whole number of
white persons above 20 years of age incapable of
reading or writing, amounts to but 5l'..',i!Q3 ; in
Great Britain and Ireland it amounts to 5,311,
007. Of the number of persons in England a
hove 20 years of age, and capable of reading and
writing, each receives on an average 20j letters
per annum; in the United States he receives but
4 and we may safely assert that at the great
distance our people live from one another, and
the amount of intelligence of which they are
possessed, they have quite as many inducements,
and certainly the means to write, as the popula
tion of Great Britain. Three sevenths of our
whole white population know how to read and
write ; while in England the number amounts
scarcely to the fourth jwrt of the whole popula
tion. We must, then, suppose that our popula
tion write a great many, and perhaps double the
munbes of letters, but prefer sending them by
private conveyances, and that consequently ths
Post-office Department is mad.! severely to
suffer for its present exoibitant rates of postage.
Mr. Merrick calculates that if our population!, ,,
.. . ' .. I hold a
write as often as the English, and were to avail
themselves exclusively of the mail, the amount
, ' .
oi revenue irom me l osi-omee uepanmcnt alone
partmei.
would umouut to $41,780,641, if those that are
uble to read and write only are taken into propor
tion, and I'.i.oya, 100, basing the calculation mere,
ly on the gross amount of population."
Another New Coi-nteiukit. The last Ger
mantown Telegraph says : The best specimen
of a counterfeit note which we have yet seen, was
received on deposit at the Bank of Germantown,
a few days since. It is on the Mechanics' Bank
of Philadelphia, and ofthe denomination of Five
Dollars Letter B No. 1041 dated Nov. 14,
1813 payable to T. Jones or bearer signed W.
Thaw, Cash'r, and J. B- Mitchell Pres't. The
Vignette a grain field with reapers, and a female
nursing an infant. It is totally unlike the genu
ine note, but was supposed to be an issue from a
new plate, a circumstance which often takes
place without noe-fication. The counterfeit
reads "The Mechanics' Bank, will pay," &c,
while all the genuine notes read "The Mechan
ics' Bank, of the City and County of Philadelphi
a," which is the corporate title. The note, how.
ever, is well calculated to deceive ; but must at
once b Mrtd after radij this Mes-ics.
Correspondence of the Pfu'laa'e'phia Leitgtr.
Washinoton, Feb. 26, 1814.
There is a singular rumor in town, which for
some reason or other that I cannot decipher, is
gaining credence even among the better informed
circles. It is whispered, namely, that Mr. Van
Buren will, beyond all doubt or question, receive
ths regular nomination ofthe Democratic Nation
al Convention, at Baltimore ; but on that occasion
some one will get up and read a letter from Mr.
Van Buren, declining, for the sake ofthe harmo
ny ofthe party, and recommending Gen. Cass,
for the oflice of President of the United States.
The Democratic National Convention then, will,
without further comment, nominate Gen. Cass,
who will receive the support ofthe Globe, the
Richmond Enquirer, the Pi unsylvanian. and in
short, all the leading journals on the Van Buren
side.
This w ill, of course, disarm the partial oppo.i
tion of the friends of Mr. Calhoun, Col. Johnson,
Commodore Stewart and Mr. Buchanan, ami in
fact make them join the r. gular ranks against
Mr. Clay.
Against Gen. Cass they argue all the Clay ar
mor and weapons would he of no avail. Mr. Van
Buren, it is acceded on all hands, is not vulnera
ble on areount of what he has done, but on ac
count of what he left undone, among w hich fail
ins; to be re-elected in IS If) is. no doubt, his prin
cipal crime. It is his defeat which makes him
vulnerable; he is the firt Democratic President
under w hom the spell of victory, which had until
then attached to the party, has been broken.
Were it not for this, Mr. Van Buren would be as
ligible as any other candidate in the field.
(Jen. Cass yields to Mr. Van Buren in nothing
that relates to principles, and he brings to the
party a new name, a new excitement, and in view
of the impending negotiations with Great Britain,
the weight of his diplomatic career.
The Tyler Convention, which is about to be
held on the 27th day of May. or in the beginning
of June next, it is supposed, will strengthen the
resolution of Mr. Van Buren. not be n candidate,
and show the necessity ol'a compromise in so
forcible a manner as to make the nomination of
General Cass almost certain.
The principal object of the friends of President
Tyler, in holding a Convention in May next. is.
of course, to oppo-e the nomination of Mr. Van
Buren. The President and hi friends hold, in a
great measure, the balance of power, mid so de
cided an opposition on the part of John Tyler, to
Mr. Van Turi n's prospects, and so firm a resolu
tion on the part of his friends to support him,
will, of course, command the serious consideia
tion of the Democratic party. Mr. Van Buren,
himself, will not, under these circumstances,
risk a defeat, and the propects of the party for
the next twenty years, and will prefer to decline,
after having shown to the world that he is still
the favorite of the paity, and has, as such, re
ceived the almost unanimous nomination for the
Presidency.
I give the rumor, such as it is, without com
ment. The good sense of your readers must de
cide how much there is in it, and how far it may
be classed in the range of political probabilities.
Gen. Cass, endorsed bv Mr. Van Buren, would
stand in the place ofthe latter, and his victory
would still be that of Mr. Van Buren and the
principles represented by him in IS 10. The
party and himself would again be placed in their
proper positions ; Mr. Van Buren would be dou
bly praised for his disinterested patriotism, and
the old office-holders would have the same chance
of re instatement as under Mr. Van Buren him
self. I will not trouble your readers with any more
argument on this subject. I give yon the state,
incut merely as I have it, ftom members of Con
gress favorable to the cause of Mr. Van Buren.
I do not believe in it myself, and yet, I must
confess, there is a plausibility in the matter
which induced me to include it in my correspond
ence.
Commodore Stewart is still here, warmly
welcomed by all his friends and his comrades in
arms. Captain Stockton's great entertainment
continues to be the leading subject of conversa
tion ; 300 invitation have been issued, but ofthe
members and Senators those only have been ask
ed who have given evidence of their good taste,
and, let me add, correct principles, by bringing
their wives and daughters with them.
A the invitations are specific, stating express
ly what persons are invited. Mr. so and so ' and
lady," or "lady and daughter," or '"lady and two
daughters," and the invitations are to be pre
sented to the captain of the steamboat that con
veys the party down to Alexandria, where the
Princeton lies at anchor.
There is not another particle of news here. To
morrow the Democratic members of Congress
caucus in reference to the twenty-first
I v ii I a l,n, .- u irr,rl r.,i t, tt.vr uill nnt nn:irrf
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1 hey are too sensible to catch at straws, or to
,
prefer the shadow to the substance. It is also
stated that the mutter talked of at the commence
ment of my letter will form the subject of con
sideration and debute. But I think this would
be rather premature. Fanslin.
A Carrier Pigeon, very much exhausted from
the want of food, was found in the garret of the
Franklin House at Providence, on Monday. A
paper containing the drawn numbers of ths School
Fund Lottery drawn on Saturday, was found
attached to it. The bird was probably let loose
on Saturday.
Another Shade of Insanity. On Thursday,
at East Cambridge, Miss Fanny Wier, of Low.
ell, Mass., was convicted of administering oil of
tansey to her sister's illegitimate infant. One
ground of defence was, that she had monominia
for the destruction of illegitimate children.
Powip.rvi. Mao.net. Professor Locke, of Cin
cinnati, has invented and made a Magnet which
lifts eleven hundred pounds. The Magnet weighs
only 17 pounds and is probably the most row-
i erful Magnet of the site known.
From th Dallimare American.
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Washington, Feb. 22, 1844.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
The House proceeded at once to the considera
tion of the orders of the day, Mr. Dellet of Ala.
being entitled to the floor. Mr. D. spoke with
much earnestness and ability, and his speech
commanded great attention. He reviewed the
proceedings of the House upon the subject of
Abolition Petit ions at the present session of Con
gress for the purpose of showing how much time
had been devoted to this subject and how ultra
had been the opinions expressed upon it. The
petitioners hud resorted to every means which
ingenuity could devise to evade the Rule oftha
House. Mr. Dellet in reviewing the proceed
ings of the House alluded to the Resolutions in
troduced by Mr. Hale of N. H. for cutting down
the Home Squadron, and upon which an aboli
tion speech had been hung of great bitterness.
Mr. Hale (with much earnestness) "Does the
g -ntleman say I made an abolition speech!"'
Mr. Dellet ' Oli no but I know not how soon
yon may. I said you introduced Resolutions up
on w hich the gentleman from Ohio made on Abo
lition speech. That gentleman (Mr. Oiddings)
desired that the Dome Squadron should be cut
down for feur it should aid the South, and pre
vent slaves from running awav.
Mr. Giddings "Sliall I set tho gentleu an
from Alabama right."
Mr. Dellet "The gentleman from Ohio can
not set me right upon this subject."' Mr. D.
then proceeded to point out with minuteness and
great eloquence the services of Southern men and
slaveholders to the whole country. Those who
could not see this were governed by hatred to
the South.
Mr. I), then turned his attention to Mr. Beard
sley of New York, whom be nnswerod in a good
spirit. He denied that Congress could abolish
slavery in the District of Columbia, and said
that Mr. B.'s arguments was the first defence ho
had heard from n lawyer, that because Congress
had exclusive legislative power here, it could
abolish slavery.
Mr. B -ardsley desired to explain, but for w ant
of time the floor was not yielded.
Mr. Hudson of Mass. wa n-xt answered, and
paitieularly in reference to the authority of Mr.
Madison as to the power of Congress bearing up
on the subject umb-r debate. Returning to Mr.
Giddings, Mr. D. remarked (in answer to the ;ir
gumeiit of Mi G that the yankees w ould orrupv
the slave lands when sl.iveiy was abolished) that
already when the yankees went South "they be
came the hardest task-niateis ofthe slaves, and
the severest overseers They fed lighter, clothed
lighter, worked harder and were tougher than
any body else. Mr. Adams, quoting from him
some remarks in favor ofthe abolition of slavery,
concluding with a prayer, that "in God's good
time it would come, and let it come."'
Mr. Dellet asked Mr. Adams if he understood
him.
Mr. A. nodded assent, and said with great earn,
estness, let it enrne.
Mr. Dellet Yes, let it come. No matter what
the consequences, let it come, said the gentle
man. Let it come, though women arid children
should be slain though blood should flow like
water though the Union should be destroyed
though the Government be broken up no
matter though five millions ofthe peopleofthe
South perish.
(Mr. Adams, in his seat) "Five bundled mil
lions. Yes, b t it come."
The remark of Mr. A. here excited considera
ble sensation in the House, and Mr. Dellet pro
ceeded. I am. said he, one ofthe few who in
lv l believed that it was better to have a Civil
ian elected to the highest office in the gift ofthe
P.-opb-than a military Chieftain. It was then
1 voted for the gentleman from Massachusetts.
I cannot ask my count ly to forgive me for this
offence, but I do ask pardon of my God for it.
Mr. D. closed with some comments upon New'
and Old England. They took in the Slave trade
prior to isns. and blamed Old England for having
oppressed morn people than this and all other
countries together.
The Gmnf.s Case A decision made a few
days ago in the Supreme Court of the United
States, on the case in which Gen. Gaines and his
wife were plaintiffs, and the executors of Daniel
Clarke, of New Orleans, defendants. A Wash
ington correspondent of the N. Y. Evening Post
says that the points on which the defendants ap
pealed have been decided against them. One of
the points has been decided absolutely, anil the
two other points with a qualification that requires
the cause to go again before the Circuit Court,
but which will not probably affect the result
This decision make the General and his wife
the lord and mistress of an immense property;
some eayrH iniUioii vf JMart. J'Aii Lttlg,
A Sinrrr.R Semenced On the 16th ult , a
man from Erie county, Ta., was sentenced to the
Penitentiary in Allegany City, having been con
victed of seduction under the law against that
crime, passed at the last session of our State Le
gislature. This is the first conviction under the
new act.
Fiohtiso Cocks. Sheriff Choale, of Wo
burn, Mass., made a descent recently, and took
in custody seven gamblers, with their imple
ments of gaming, consisting of twenty-three
"lighting cocks," valued by their owner at fif
teen hundred dollars. The sheriff said it was
his duty to destroy the implement of gaming,
and he accordingly decapitated all the fighting
cocks. The ownerof the cocks resides in Bos
ton, and is eighty-seven years old, 1 1- My( he
has followed the business of cocv fighting for
fifty years. The 0f tho Uv
preserv Jf in p.i jhfy roay be present
". "rWtmj against the venerable gamUer,