I'rrll of the Early ffrtilrr, of Fcnnsylrn nln. N'oflTllLMlll RI.AND OS THK St'SQt'KH INNA. ' lie comfort and prosperity of the (owns on :!iis and ntlior central rivers, in the iniildle '"tales, have been dearly bought by the acri- ices ol the pioneer?, wlio went in advance of eiv ilizittinn, nml over whose pravea the grass ih Imrdly yet mulled with time. It i ncecs ary to look hack constantly to the recent dttte of the chronicle o( those border contest, to re alise that centuries have not elapsed since these flourishing fields were contended for, liutid to hunt!, by the white and red man. It was only in 1778, that the increasing in nvids on the settlements in this part of the country compelled many ofthe inhabitants to ilnndon their farms, and congregate nt the rude tor's scattered along the frontier, where they could resist, to more advantages, the dangers which threatened them. An exciting tale is recorded of a contest between on old man and t vo Indians, under the following circumstan ces. Duvid Morgan the hero of the story, was upward of sixty years of age. Ho owned a small firm about a mile from one ofthe forts; mid nn the day of the adventure, not feeling very well, he had sent his son and daughter 1 1 feed the cattle, at the deserted barn, and hid gone to bed, in the fort. As he slept, he dreamed that he saw his children making to wards him, scalped. The fancy was bo vivid, that he started from his sleep, and, finding they ti.ul not returned, took his gun, and walked out ripiuly to find them. He reached the farm in reat agitation, but the children were not th'.'re, and he sat down on a log to recover his composure. Ho had not sat long, before t vo Indians came out of hishouse,and made towards his son and daughter, who were at a distance, preparing the ground tor melons. Fearing to alarm them too much, and thus deprive them of the power of escaping, he kept his scat; and, in his usual tone of voice, ap prizing them of their danger, and told them to run towards the fort. The savages raised a terrific cry, and started in pursuit, but the old man showing himself ot the same instant, thej took to the shelter of the trees. Morgan then attempted to follow his children ; hut in a min ute or two finding that the savages sained upon him, he turned to fire. They instantly sprang In hind trees, and the old man did the same, ta king aim at one ofthe Indians, whose refuge, a sini'l sapling, did not entirely cover his body. As he was on the point of firing, the savage ('..It his exposure, and dropped behind a pros trate log, close at his feet. The next instant the reserved 6hot took effect, beneath the log, and the Indian rolled over, stabbing himself in the breast. Having disposed of one of his foes, Morgan nbindoned the shelter of his treo and took to fl ght. The Indian pursued, and the race was continued about sixty yards, when, looking o ver his bhoulder, the old man saw the gun rai ted, within a few paces of him. He sprang a side, and the ball w hizzed harmlessly by. It was now a more equal content ; and Morgan shuck at tho Indian with his gun icceiving bl the sumc instant a blow from a tomahawk, which severed one ofthe fingers from his left hand. They closed immediately, and theindi an was thrown, but overturned the old man, with a powerful effort ; and, sitting on his breast, uttered his yell of victory, and felt for his knife. A woman's apron which he had sto len from the farm house, and tied round his waist, embarrassed him ; and Morgan seized one of his hands between his teeth, and, getting hold, himself, of tire handle of the knife, drew it so sharply through the Indian's fingers as to wound him severely. In the struggle they re gained their feet, and still retaining his hold on the fingers in hi mouth. Morgan cave him a stab which decided the contest. The savage fell, and, afraid that others of the tribe might be lurking near, the exhausted old man made the best of his way to the fort. A party immediately went out to the spot where the struggle had taken place, hut the fallen Indian was not to be seen. They track ed him by his blood to a fallen tree, where he was endeavoring to staunch his wounds with the stolen apron. On their approaching him, he affected to smile, and endeavored to cnnrili ate them, crying out, in his broken English, How do, broder ! how do, brodcrl" There was little mercy in store fur him, however. To the shame of our white race, it is recorded that -tlev tomahawked and sculped him ; and af tiTards flaying trotli him and his companion, they converted their skins into saddle-seats and punches 1" An Indian Mirdi.kkr Mikdkrkd in his Cixl. In the Winnebago country, recently, some Indians drank the rum which the whites furnished them, and killed two of the whites and a child; three were convicted and sentenced to bo hanged on the lvJth ot Sep tember lust ; the Governor of Iowa pardoned one, and the execution was postponed, a wM of error vas taken to the Supreme Court, and the judgment ujjirmtd. Meanwhile aoine white prisoners broke jail and coaxed one of the Indians out with them, the other refused to go. The one vi ho reaped returned the next day, stating that it whs ton cold out of doors. O.i the Sid ult., the KheritV on going into the cell to look after the Indians found one of them dead, hit fellow prisoner having beaten him t.i death. WaTc Ths Kunlili, ut redu.-ed wag's for labor, will s-jonwurk cheaper than they do At G-'iieva Wokm r in Manchester get up the entire works nf a .v.itrh in food rtylc for righ (t -en shilling. DecUloti In niprrf flight of Con sciences Judge Banks, in a case recently tried in Le high county, in this State, has given an opin ion directly tho reverse of that given by Judge Lewis, of Lycoming, a year or so ago, respec ting the right which a parent has to control his minor children in their religious opinion. It appears that a father entered a Methodist Epis copal Church for his daughter, a girl of fifteen years of age, took her by the arm, raised her from her knees and told her to come home. This produced excitement, which terminated in violence and assault and battery, upon which an indictment was found and the case tried. In the opinion of Judge Dank, given on this occasion, and which has been published, the Constitution guarantees the right of every indi vidual to adopt any creed or mode of worship which his conscience approves, though this li berty of conscience is restricted to the worship ofAlmignty God, and extends to noother wor ship whatever. The Constitution declares that "no human authority can in any case whatever control or interfere with the rights of con science." The exercise of parental authority by a father, so as to control or interfere with the right of conscience of minor child would, in Judge Banks' opinion, be an exercise of hu man authority, so as to control or interfere with the rights of conscience in a particular case, whereas it is declared, that it cannot be done in any case whatever. This, ho says, is the fun damental law of the land. It is binding upon all parent. In the course of the pleading, the counsel for the commonwealth argued that, in this case, a parent has the right to teach hi minor chil dren any religious opinions and practice he pleases, and to enforce compliance on the part of his children, and that in this case, the prose cutor had a right to take his daughter out of the church, &c, &c. Judge Lewis, it will be remembered, gave his opinion in a similar case, that during legal minority, the law of filial obedience takes the precedence of all other laws which are binding on the chilil. Now, which of these opinions is correct and which w ill be considered sound law ! That of Judge Lewis was sustained by an eminent law yer. Judge Kent, if we mistake not, whose let ter to Judge Iifwiswas written about the time his opinion was first published. Phil. Ledger. Mr. TUrfin's Cou.-BnrAKtNo Maciiink, which was invented, made, and fur some time past in operation in this city, has, we learn. been purchased and put up and in operation, in connection with a ten-horse power steam en gine, at or near Minersville, Schuykill Co., by Mr. Gideon Bast, coal operator of that place. Those engaged in the coal business in Schuyl kill Co. can therefore now have an opportuni ty, we presume, of examining, in their own im mediate vicinity, the performances of this won derfully powerful machine, which we believe to be a valuable hbor-saving improvement. Its advantages are highly estimated by Mr. Bist, and by others interested in the business, who have witnessed it performances, as we notice by certificutes which they have given to that effect, and one is about lobe cons'rurted and erected fer Andrew B. White, of I'ottsville, onother fur the extensive mining operation of the Delaware Coal Co., in PotNville, of which John K. White, of this city, is President, and others by other parties. With an engine of sufficient capacity, say ten-horse pjwer, it is estimated that this ma chine is capable ofbresking three hundred tons per day, equal to the lubor jf tixty men nt five tons each, or of nearly forty men at eight tons each. It may be so connected with a number of screens as to have the coal screened equal ly as rapidly. It is believed to possess a dou ble advantage over the usual mode of break ing coal by hand, by not only saving an enor mous cost of time and labor, but by causing from fifty to one hundred percent, less waste than by the present mode ot breaking on places adopted to the purpose. Ttiecost of breaking and screening with the machine is estimated at about three cents per ton, while the cost is said to have been 25 cents and upwards, here tofore, or from 15 to SK cents for all the coal mined, whether broken or not. The charge made by the inventor for the right to uso the machine is twocentt per ton. PAH. Lid. The Amfrican Tract Sm iey v have recent ly remitted 1000 for Trust operations among tin Armenians in Turkey ; jjjlOOO for Ceylon ; iglOlK) tor the General Assembly's Mission, in Northern India ; $1000 tor the Missions of the Board of Commissioners in China ; $500 for the Mission ofthe American Baptist Board in Chi na ; and $'.'00 for Belgium. Cvnsfcr ation. The Rev. Mr. Ilenni, of Cincinnati, Bishop elect of Milwaukic, and the Rev. Mr. Reynolds of Louisville, Bishop elect of Charleston, were consecrated on th 19th ioM., in ft. Peer's Catholic Cathedral, Cin cinnati. Tun Countenance. Amenity of temper lias a great efTeet upon the countenance. A woman lately died at Ptforia, over 70 years of age, and it is said her fsce was as smooth and her skin as no ft as a young girl's. But she was a quiet, trun jil h 'aiteil creature. Care never troubled her, and she bad never been known to frown. Vcri'y, in. I 'et, How noinelcsi fulls the foot of Time, Vi Idii it only treads on flowers." The most manifest sign of wibdom is continued cheerfulness : her estate is like that of things in ti'jn.... at ve I lie loi'f.i. ;il . ay ileal uu J "ere lie THE AMERICAN. Saturday, Jlprtl 6, 1844. Democratic JYomlnatloiis. ron rov Fit mm. IIKXRY A. M UIII.KNnr.lUt. FOR r.Mtl. f OMMtSStOM R, JOSHUA 1 1 A KTS 1 1 0 X K. FOR i-osnnrsi, JOHN SNYDER. ELECTORS, For Prem'drnt and Yire President nf the V. Sfutee WILSON M'CANTLESS, Senatorial. ASA DIMOCK REPRESENTATIVE. Cm. F. I.runx, II. CroRor. SeiiNjMJi.r, CmnsTHi Kneasv I t. Nath'i.. It. F.i.t.r.Et), tViLiioi H. Smith, 1.1. M.N. Irvine, John llit.i.. (Phila.) 10. Jams. WooMitfiN, SAMirn. E. Levxh, 17. llivm Mo.ntgomfry 1 2. 3. A. .1. C. Sami fi. Coir, 7. .Trssr Shaute, 8. X. W. Sample, 0. V.'m. IIeii'k.nri-kii, 10. Con n An Sunn R. 11. Stethfv Pauy, 12. Jonah PnrwsiFR, IS. Iuc Ankntv, 19. John Matthew, 20. Wm. Pattetso.v, 21. Am.kfw lk'RKE, 2'?. John M'Gii.r., 11. Christian Mvf.ii, 21. Koiiery Okr. (fj" V. II. Pai.mfii, Esq. nt bin Renl Eslste nrnl Coal office. No. 59 Pine SS'rcet, Philx.lrlpliin, is an lhoried to act s A cent, and lo rrceive and receipt fur all monies due this olTice, for sutwripli.iii or ad vertising. Ov" Brevier Tver;. 100 lbs., or more, of sec ond hand brevier type, for sale nt this ollice, lit IS cts. per lb . cash. The type are the came us those used in our advertising columns. Our Court commenced last Monday, and was numerously attended. Our new Jiule, f!en. Anthony, took his seat on the Peneh in the after noon, ami piesided with as niurh ease and pravi tv as il he had been in MU'h business heretofore. P"7Our enEii;:eincr,ts in Court, have prevented us from fui niching the usual amount of editorial, this week. fT" Wc shall not be able to furnish a correct letnrn of the election until our next. D-V The Cotiit adjourned on Thursday lat, to Monday morning next. Hiving the jurois, and those in attendance, time to return home to the election, held on Friday. Cjr We have neglected, heretofore, mention ing the rc-appointnient of Mr. Jon Youmman, as Collector, at Northumberland. The Canal Commissioners could not possibly have made a better selection. Mr. Youngman is not only 'honest and capable," but has uniformly so con-duct-d himself in the performance of his duties, that all who have business on this tectum of our public improvements, w ill be pleased to hear of his continuance in ollice. 7" There are, no doubt, many who have honestly opposed Mr. Snyder, because they sup posed him to be an opponent to the present tai ilf. With such, we have no fault to find, because we, ourselves, should have opposed Mr. Snyder if we entertained the remotest idea that he would favor any measure in opposition to the taiilf. It is veil known that we have advocated a protective arilfevi r since this Press was established, and it can hardly be supposed that we would abandon our principles to favor any individual, especially as we have nothing to gain by it. We believed, and yet believe, that his election would be of more importance in reg.ivJ to the tarirfthan that of his opponent, because he is wcl1 known in Congress, and the fact of his oppearing there, pledged toa protictive tariff, after having been traduced as a free trade man, would have more weight than Mr. Pollock could possibly have, who wonM be comparatively little known the first session. It maybe urged by some, that Mr. Snyder's pledges amount to nothing. Those who know Mr. Snvder, however, have every confi- lenee in bis integrity, and we have never bad any donlit of hi fulfilling bis proniiss. We have laid nothing against Mr. Pollock, who is a youiiL' man of talent and irreproachable charac- r. Nor hsve we intent:onally made any state ments not foun.b'd on truth. P"7 The election of IIkvry A. Mi iu.fmifro can no lone r be: considered doubtful, llisinteg. ritv an I abilities are universally admitted, and .... , , , i i i .i i such is the confidence placed in him lv those wlio , . , .. . , , " r i . best know him, that a huge number of whigs in the lower counties will support him. believing that his administration will give satisfaction to moderate men of all parties. Mr. Muhlenberg conies fresh from the ranks of th people. He has not been connected with any of the offices at Harrisburg. This was an objection urged by many against Mr. Shuuk, which cannot operate against Mr. Muhlenberg. 1X7" In the United States Senate there has been considerable debate on Vt r. Merrick's Post-office Bill. Mr. Wright offered an amendment, to pre vent Congressional documents being franked. This was, however, rejected. Mr. Simmons' a mendment to reduce the rates to 3 cts. on all dis tances under 250 mites, was a'so lost. There are many members of Congress who have an i dea that they are the government and the peop'e, and that a'l things shou'd be made to conform to their interest. In our Legislature, on Tuesday 'ast, the Senate passed no less than 28 bi'ls in one hour and thirty-five minutes. The individual li ability of stockholders of Banks was passed, by a vote of 21 to 5, ou second reading. These facts show what cou'd be done, if the Legis'ature wou'd tut confine itself -trictly to its duties CJ" The Miltonian, oflajt week, says "that John Snyder is an avowed friend of tho fret trade system, and that this paper, among other men tioned, is n free trade paper, and that we wish to make the people believe by our falsehoods, that he (Mr. Snyder) is in favor of a protective tariff." Now, we ask whether an editor could well exhibit more sheer impudence or ignorance, than is mani fested in the? obove charge. A charge so glaring ly false and absurd would not have appeared in the Miltonian some mouths since, as tire columns of that paper were then under the supervisory care of one who would not have given currency to a charge so utterly destitute of truth. The Miltonian ofthe 23d ult. charged Mr. Snyder with having positively voted aguint the present ta riff. That this is not true, no man of ordinary intelligence will deny. It is hardly necessary for us to say, that the American has always been an advocate of the tarifT, and that the editors of the Miltonian well know it. A public journalist should have at least some little regard for truth, if he has any desire to obtain the confidence of his readers. DTT" The Canal Commismoxcrs ash the Con stitutionality of their Office. It will proba bly be remembered that the constitutionality of the law, authorizing the election of Canal Com missioners, has been questioned, on the ground that it was not passed by th first Legislature af ter the adoption ofthe Constitution, and is, there fore, one of the offices which the Constitution contemplated should be filled by executive np jiointment and not by election. The measi.res necessary for testing the question have been nearly completed, and it is said that the subject will come up Icfore the Supreme Court, at liar risbnrg. in May. The following are the sections of the constitution which involve the doubt. The general opinion among lawyers is, that the law is uncoiistitutioi.al . The gili sections of the 0th nrtxle ofthe constitution declares that 'All officers whot e e lection or appointment is not provided for in this coiisiitutioii, slinll be elected or appointed ns rhall be ap;Miutcd by law ' "the 1 lib section of tin1 schedule provide). 'The appoint inir power shall remain as hereto fore, and all rlnVcrs in ihe appointment of the executive tlcpiirtmrnt, shuM continue in the exercise of the duties of their respective offi ces, until the l.ci-lutiiro shall puss such In ws as nny be requited by the "Sh section of the lilli Hrtie'e ofthe amended constitution, nil until appointment shall be supeiseded by new appointments, or shall sooner expire by their ov n limitation, or the said offices shall brcon.e vncnnt by ilenih or resignation, nnd ruch hnrs sholt br ennrti d luf tlir firtt l,t aislalure undrr the umvndtd Constitution '" C.7" The Texas question, it is said, will be postponed until next Congress. Neither of the ol it ical paities having any desire to mix them selves lip ill this question. fXT" The Noi folk papers announce the death of Commodore K. Kennedy, in the C.lth year of his age. He died on the 2Sth ult., af ter a very severe attack of paralysis. This gal lant officer was in command of the V. S. ship Pennsylvania, the llag-ship ofthe squidron afloat on the Noi folk Station. DTT" The following is the appropriation bill, as it passed on 2d reading : Kxpenscs of Government , $2T,n0(i Pensions and Gratuities 47,000 Common Schools. 2(in,(iP0 (And "JO per cent, to mm accepting School Disti ids to build School Houses ) House af Refuge, Institution for the Plind, Do for Deaf and Dumb. Ordinary repairs on Public Works, Repair of Road and Pur in Pridgos. .1.000 s.ooo 1 l.nno 1 17,100 :i i.otio Pay of Canal Commissioners, Clerks, Ke. 0.100 Do Lock keepers. Collectors. Sup rs.. Kc 00.000 Check Roll and Hid Cr's. on finished lines and lor lubor, materials, and fuel fur nished prior to January U, In It, 200,000 For breat hes in Canal, if necessary ,10,000 Interest on 1th of May issues, 21.000 Do to Domestic Creditors on ceitilic'ts 1.1,000 Do on Loan for K. Penitentiary, 0,000 Loan due the Sonthwark Eank 12. .100 Miscellaneous, . .1,000 Oraluities toconvictsdischarged fromPen'ty t'.OO Interest on funded debt, 1,910,2.12 Repaiisof Ttate Magazine in rhilud.ro. .100 Interest guaranteed l,y the State on cer tain Corporation Stocks, .1.1,000 New f or.NTERFEiT. -The Faltimore Ameri- can says re saw on Saturday a eountei feit ...... r... r. t.. 1... ..I fl... IVi.L ..C Uni.Tr. ' it'll' j'U, J'VI ,ii, s vv t'l till 4 i, li v Deljvaro, ofthe denomination of three dollars, letter A. dated September 5, signed Isaac Davis, President, and A. Stockly Cashier. At first . . , , ... ..., siK"' me general uppcaiauce oi me noie migiii 11 , , , I deceive an ungarded person, lmt when closely examined the engraving w ill be found to be coarse and imperfect. Ill the wolds "prulnUe tu tiy" the letter not crossed. Isi r:i rio. The good people who purchased Flour, Paeon, liecf, Pork, Grain, Kc, in New York, paid lat year, l 12,13.1 for inspecting and measuring the same. The inspector of Flour and Meal received $13,278. The inspectors of Beef and Pork, three in number, divided $ 10,000 be tween them. The inspector of Ashes had $30,. 000, and the inspector of Leaf Tobacco, $21,329, as their share of the spoils. Pretty neat pick ings, and pretty good pay for kindly serving the public. Tho venerable Miss Edge worth is now in Lon don, and although 70 years of age, looks as young us she did twenty years ago. She is about pub lishing a new novel. Gem. Jackson has written to President Santa Ana, urging the release ofthe Texan prisoners on their parol of honor. He grounds his request on the improved ttate of humanity, in the treat ment of prisoner of war in this g, etc Ths Post Otiflce and Ha Ratinui. A correspondent of the New York Tribune furnishes the following facts showing what States pay an excess of postage over cost of transporta tion, and tv'ee vena. "The following States yield the annual net re venue placed opposite to their names, into the Post-office Department : Massachusetts, $115,21.'! Michigan, Rhode Island, 20, .1,1(1 Wisconsin, Connecticut, 2.1,177 Iowa, New York, 372, 85$ Louisiana, Pennsylvania,, M7.-I0i Delaware, 2,09.1 Total, D. of Columbia, 19,372 The following States are a dead loss to the De partment, in the amount, annually, set opposite their respective names. Maine, $.1,C10 New Hampshire, 2,010 Vermont, -1,020 New Jersy, 10,215 Maryland, 2 1,4 is Virginia, .10.777 North Carolina, 103,943 Illinois, Missouri. Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, 0.1.920 7.210 52.839 .10.901 123.900 45.SI0 41,000 South Carolina, 35.705 Geoieia, 76,011 Florida, 29,400 Ohio, 11.1C2 Indiana, 2.1,572 Annual loss to the post-office department, 57C2, 970 Put the above facts before the people, that they may see who wins and who loosi-s. Th,-y j are collated from the official returns of the Post j office Department for last year." j The Floury Jlmktt. Philadelphia, Wednesday. April ,1. i cs:,u.,y as a very neavy u.,y in the slock market. Not only did State loans fall on" fiom the prices of the previous day, but almost evi ry other stock inthe market experienced a similar V. . ... I ... .1 neciine. i armers and .Mechanics' IJank shares, ' which were recently selling at l5, are now down tod.'l; Commercial, which were up to .10, sold yesterday at .14 ; Mechanics', up to 2J are now down to 27 j ; Chesapeake and Delaware Canal bonds have fallen from 10 to 4 If, nnd so on throuchout the whole list of stocks ; those be lieved to be sound and solvent as well a such as are of more doubtful value, nil. or nearly so. have declined in price. There is but one reason that could operate thus generally in the same way ; nnd that is, as we intimated yesterday, a gradual ond progressive tightening of the money market, caused by the increase of business nr.d the daily larger infusion of the credit system in all business operations, for the more prudent cash policy so extensively practiced for the last two or three years. The banks, pretty generally, have enough to do to discount all the legitimate business paper that is offering, hence long loans on stock or other collaterals are not so easy of negotiation. The facility of obtaining iiioney on stocks being now lessened, they of course are 721 .1,044 2,411 00,295 773.18.1 not so much in demand as heretofore, and those j Messrs. Babbitt. Ch.iinpny. Ciabb, Craig. Dar who need cash can obtain it on them only by ; gie, F.baujh. Gorgas, Heckman, Mcl.anahan, sale. Thus, while bank stocks are shown to be j Mullin. fiuay, Spackman. Stewart. Sullivan 14, really more valuable, for the banks arc doing more business at a higher rate of interest, their prices for the causes stated are lower. Ledger. I m r r o v f v r n t in theM.imt-ku ti recf Ikon. Every improvement in the ai ts, besides benefit ing the individual who makes the discovery, con tributes also to the general good of the w hole by adding to the wealth of the country , and cheap ening the prices of products. We learn from the New York Tribune that an important disco very in the manufacture of iron, by which the ore is by one process converted into wrought iron, without being first made into pig iron, has been made by Mr. Simeon Bioadmeadow, of N. York. The process is dcscrilted to be as fol lows : The iron ore is placed upon the floor of a revei beratory furnace, the flame ofthe fire pass ing over if, when a chemical comoiind is used to unite the elements ofthe iron by separating the flag entirely from it. By this first, only opera lion, the wrought iron comes out as perfect in every respect as that by the double operation of ftuddliw; and piling pig iron, and, for the pur pose of manufacturing steel, even surpasses it. By this process, wrought iron ofthe best quality cun be produced at a cost not exceeding twenty five dollars and a half per ton. To make the iron ore into balls of w rought iron will require no blast nor machinery of any kind : the anthracite or bituminous coals being ued with equal ad vantage in a common air furnace, a good draft being all that is wanting. These balls of wrought iron can be made at a pood profit (if the furnace is built near the mines of mineral and coal) for fiurtem dol'art per ton. The discoverer com putes that with a capital of one hundred thousand dollars, forty tons of railroad iron can be manu j faetnred every twenty-four hour. If his calcu lations be correct, millions of dollars will be saved to the United States for railroad iron alone. The importance ofthe discovery wiP no doubt soon be tested. How far it is original with hini we cannot say, but we have seen it stated that wrought iron is made direct from the ore ut the Shirva works, Kirkirtilloch, Scotlund. The corporation of the city of Philadelphia has just completed the construction of an immense tunnel, for draining the city of water, Ke. from Fomth street, down Market street, to the Dela ware. The tunnel is 1,814 feet in length, 5 feet in diameter in the clear, and the fall from Fourth street to the river is 10 feet. The depth below the surface of the street at the deepest point is about 30 feet. Black Dues. The colored citizens of Wayne county have sent in a petition to our Legislature, praying that the services of the black citizens, while in a state of slavery, up to 1827, may be paid, amounting to twenty-five millions of dol lars! It was laid on the table JV Y. Sun. A DatAt ri'L Death A late English paper says, that a few weeks ago, Matthew Ferguson, keeper ofthe menagerie and museum at the Star inn, Bolton, was found in the den of a male leo pard, quit dead and dreadfully mangled, lie had a whip in his hand, and it is supposed that h had ventured into the den for the purpose of train ing the animal, a la Carter or Van Aniburg From the ThilaiLlphUL Ledger. rtCNXSTLVAJVIA LEGISLATtTtK. HARRisniRo, April 1, 1644. SENATE. Mi. Hill (Committee on Corpora tions) reported a bill relative to the Bear Valley Coal Company. Mr. Penniman, from same Committee, a bill to incorporate the Dauphin Bank. Mr. Crahb offered a resolution, that the Senate bold afternoon sessions every afternoon except Sundays, for the consideration of private bills( that no member speak more than five minutes ori one motion, and that the question he put after1 twenty minutes debate. Laid on the table, Mr. Dimock read in place a bill relative In justice ofthe Peace. Mr. Kidder presented a petition from Monroe county, for the suspension of appropriations to colleges and academies; also a petition from the Trustees of Madison College, for an alteration in their chatter. On motion of Mr. Dimock, the Senate took up the pension bill, which led to a long debate. Mr. Pdack (Chairman of Committee on Pensions) ex plained that the committee had rejected a great number of applications, nnd had cut down the a mount from that of the bill of last session near .10 percent., that it had been the practice to bring in a number of bills each session, but they had thought it better to embrace the whole in one bill ; the number of person is 0.1, and the a- mount of pension not quite l,S00. On third I reading the yeas and nays were called by Mr. , ivnniman, and were, yeas 2P, nays 0. so the bill passed. j M r. I)arsi,. , ,noV(.( ,0 corisid,.r the bill for ! t,e K,leof the main line of the public improve- ments, the same b. ing on second reading, which was agreed to. Mr. Darsie proceeded to advocate the passage ofthe bill, in a speech of some length. Mr. Champtieys followed, who spoke at great length, j setting forth the impoverished state ofthe Trea j sury, and went into statements to show, that '. when the necessary expenditure wtre consider . ed. there would not be one cent left for payment j of the inteiest on the debt. He looked upon j this scheme of selling the main line as the best , that could be devised, and it was of the highest i importance that it should be carried into effect ; j it would pay off one half of the State debt, a thing 1 that would, he ventured to say. be received with j shouts of approbation from one end ofthe Com ; nmn wealth to the other; it would save half a j million of taxes, and he would tell them the p-o-, pie were not willing to pay that amount, merely j to know the public woiks Were inthe hands of the Commonwealth, &e. On the passage ofthe j 1st section, the yea and nays were called, and j the bill Was lo.-t by one vote the yoas being .,d the nays Messrs. Pnily, Pdack, Chapman. Di- mock, ragely, Foulkrnd, Hill, llorton iiughes, Kidder, Penniman, Sherwood. Sterigere, Wilcox and Bijilcr, speaker 15. Mr. Eyer called up a bill relative to the fi-he. ries on the Susquehanna, which was considered, and passed final reading. O.nrm.txr:. A du-d took place the other day, between two editors in Vicksbnrg, which open ed a field for hotting, equal to the race of Eclipse and Henry. The whole town seemed to be alive to the interest ofthe scene; and thos" who could not go over the river to witness the deadly rom bat, arranged themselves on the bank, where a boat continued crossing and re-crossing, as a kind of courier to bring the news. At the first fire, a long, lank-looking senilis said, "I'll bet a bale of cotton Hamniet is hit.'' '-Done," said his companion The skid" soon arrived with news that neither was hurt, and that they were prepa ring for another shot. 'Double or quits that Ryan gets kill-nl this shot'' said his weazel look ing companion. "Done," said the long genius. Pop went the pistols, and again there was a long pause, while the courier boat was crossing to give intelligence of the late of the life or death of a human being, in w hose fate numerous bets would be decided. All was eagerness and anxi ety ; for some had money staked, others cotton and in one instance we overheard a bet offered, when the reply was, "l havn't any money, but I'll bet you a race horse that Hamniet kills him." At length these unnatural bets were decided by the fall of Ryan at the fourth round. Wh-n the body was brought over mortally wounded, and poor Ryan in the last agonies of death, the long genius wanted his weazel looking friend to fork over ; but it was no go he declared "he would not give up till the last breath was out of his bo dy, and," says he. "if you bet me five to one, I'll bet you he don't die at all." It must add considerably to the dignity ofthe duello and to the chivalry ofthe whole thing, to know that you stand in the position of a race horse or a game cock, for blacklegs to bet upon, and your dying groans are unheeded except so far as they affect the wa;er "dead, for a ducat " J'tnnsylxanian. The Gajipmno Cask. Colton, the keeper of a gambling-house in New York, has been mulct ed indamages to the amount of SI, 32.5, with in terest, in the suit brought sgainst him by Dow & Guiteau.the firm whose clerk robbed them of $0,000, and spent it at Cotton's. A Long Lease Eight acres, in the town of Portland, were leased 105 years ago for 99 years. The heirs are hunting up the documents to prove propei ty, the lease having expired, and the ground occupied by valuable buildings. A Handsome Pisent On the recent mar. riage of one of th Russian Princesses to the Crown Prince of Denmark, the Emperor pre sented to the bride a set of diamonds valued at X75.000. CuaiosiTiss. On Sunday evening there ar rived in New York, from Liverpool, a giant 7 feet 3 inches in height, and a giantess fl feet 4 inches, natives of Devonshire, F.neltnd ; also, Rudo Kcaufo, a dwsrf, 23 inches in htighj, a na tive of Lapland i.
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