Whales Captnred and Crura Massacred.
Cipt. Calhcarf, of the ship Lydia, tt Nan
tucket, furnishes a letter, dated Sept. 4,1913,
giving an account of two whale chips which
hail been taken by the natives nt Strong' Is
land, alt hands killed and the ships burned.
The following is an extract from the leUer :
"The English whaling ehip Harriet, of Lon
don, Captain Charles Bunker, about twelve
months ago arrived at thia place the ship had
been in four days when the natives took hrr ;
the chiefs said that some of the men were up
the river for water, another pang t another
place for wood, and Captain Bunker, the Doc
tor and t wo boys were shooting birds. Captain
ft. seeing that things were not going right on
board, he, with the doctor and two boys went
off for the ship ; as the captain was getting up
the ship's side, a native threw a harpoon through
his brenst ; they were all killed, ship plunder
ed, set fire to. and sunk. The natives had no
cause for doing so ; it was only for plunder.
The next day after Captain Rounds arrived we
swept and found the ship. Capt. R. had a
diver, a native of Tahiti; ha sent him down
with a small ropo; when ho came up he told
us he had rove it through the ring of an anchor
with the small rope we hauled a hawser
through, and then dropped t!ic Pacific over her,
and hove tip the bows of the ship, and found
both chains fast to the bows; Captain It. saved
both chains and anchors ; the bows of the ship
were burnt ofTabreast the cat-head ; we thought
the ship mUFt have burnt to a shell, and the oil
drifted out of the harbor at this place. The
next day after we found where the Harriet lay,
I was dragging with a boat anchor, and hooked
up a small chain ; I think it must have belong
ed to the brig Waverly, of Woalioo, comman
ded by William Cathcart, which was cut off
hore eight or nine years ago ; the small chain
was not saved, on account of a heavy flaw of
wind striking the ship, which swung her to her
anchor, and we parted our line. 1 tried sever
al times after, but could not hook it again.
When the natives saw what we were about
they all cleared to the mountain, except the
king and chiefs. Third day after finding the
ship and small chain, we went to the kin? and
informed him of what we had teen ; at first he
denied the crime ; we asked him what other
ships were there sunk ; he said the Harriet was
all ; we told him no, that there was one more
ship ; his answer was, 'Ship small, no more two
masts, belong to Woahoo.' "
Ttrglon for Consumptive Pallrnis.
We find the following in the last number of
Dr. Smith's Boston Medical Journal.
Physicians, who have had ample opportunity
for observation, assert that the climate of the
interior of Illinois affords remarkable relief to
persons laboring under diseases of the lungs.
At Hillboro', a large and flourishing town, the
centre of a country, a caseof pulmonary con
sumption, it is said, has not been known in the
place or neighborhood, in five years, with one
single exception, and that was involved in some
doubt. A physician, whose lungs were exceed
ingly sensitive, and who had several times rai
sed blood alarmingly, assures us that he has
been restored to comparative health by remo
ving to a town that borders on a prairm. He
has much confidence in saying that persons
w ho have apprehensions of a decidedly disea
sed state of the lungs especially those on
the Atlantic border here in New England, or
within the searching influence of the cold eas
terly winds would often find themselves re
lieved from the irritability oftheorgans, cough
and thoracic pains, which forbode a tearful
tendency if not speedily restored, by an escape
to the more genial climate of that State. If
simply taking up a residence on the most beau
tiful lands in the world, accessible by water,
stages and railroads ut all times and seasons,
offers such promises of relief to the consump
tive, who would nut avail themselves of the hap
py remedy !
Cannot something bo done, asks the Doctor,
in his Journal, in furtherance ofan object that
has been several times agitated in Boston
the removing the pestilent accumulation of
' dead bodies from under our places worship.
What a horrible mass of putrefaction there
is in the very heart of this great city, envolving
passes through the 6cams and crevices of the
floor ; to bo inhaled by tho living. Although
there is a fancied security, and we are told
that nothing escapes that can be of the least
injury to health, it in, we believe, untrue
The gastes that are liberated in the process
of decomposition, cannot be confined in a tomb
they are diffused, and the congregation in
sens bly inhale the seeds of death from below,
which will assuredly germinate and ripen. The
custom of entombling under houses of worship
is a relic of a eeini-civilized age, and totally
unworthy tho regard of intelligent society in
this epoch of chemical light and scientific at
taininents, when the laws of health art quite
as familiar as the civil code.
Money found in a Jail Yi:i. Several hun
dred dollars in gold were found last week, buried
under a heap of coal ashes, in the yard of the
county jail at Reading. When and by whom the
money was there hidden, is a mystery. The Ga
zette says, it has been conjectured that it may
have been concealed by Oschman or Rinehart
who were tried, and the latter convicted and ex
ecuted, for the murder of Christ, a f w years
ago; hut this is hardly probable.
PicxPocsrTs. The editor of the U. S. Gazette
cautioned the Public to take giod eare of their
Pock'.ti during their stay ut Baltimore, ami seem
ed to enticipato that the Whig convention would
.. vvitjj character of that profes?ion.
THE AMERICAN.
Sattiritup, .Vag 1 1, 1844.
Ucmocratlc Xomlimf lous.
for oovi:rnor.
HENRY A. MUHLENBERG.
FOR CAN At. COMMISSIONER,
JOSHUA HARTSHORNE.
ELECTORS,
For Prmtilrnl and Vice I'renident nf the U. Stutet
WILSON M'CANDLESS, c ...
ASADIMOCK, JScn.tor.al.
RRPRRMENTATIVK.
1. Geo. F. Lrhvas, 13. Gkorok St-hsable,
2. Christian Knf.as, II. Nath'i.. B. Eldrkd,
3. W ili.iam II. Smith, 15. M. N. Irvine,
4. Jonx Hit.L, (Phila.) 10. Jamks WooDnm.,
.. Sami'el E. Leech, 17. Hron Montgomery-
6. Sami-elCamp,
IS. Isaac Ankney,
lit. Jons Matthews,
20. Wm. Pattktson,
21. Andrew Bcrkk,
22. Jon M'Gitx,
23. Christian Myers,
24. Robert Obr.
7. Jrssr SiiAttrr,
8. N. W. Sample,
9. Wn. Heipenreich,
10. Conrad Siiimer,
11. Stemien Balpy,
12. Jonah Brewster,
I. It. f.1L.nt:it, F.q., at kit Iteal Km.
tate and Coat Office, M. 59 ting Stmt, Phi
ladelphia, fa autknrlted to act an .Igtnt, at d
receipt for all titanic due thlt oticef for snfr
icrijitlon or advertizing;
(JT There will be ditine service in the Melho.
dint Episcopal Church, by the Rev. Mr. Tongue,
to morrow, (Sunday,) at 11 o'clock A. M., ai.d 6
P.M.
Our Borough Election.
The election for Borough Officers, in this place,
has always been conducted without reference to
party distinction, until Monday last, when the
Whigs, who have become somewhat elated with
their late success in this district, determined to
make a political question of it, in order, as they
said, to test the Muhlenberg and Markel vote.
The whole Democratic ticket, with the exception
of one councilman, was elected. The following
is the result :
Democratic Ticket. Whig Ticket.
Chief Bvrress.
Alexander Jordan, 9-ljJohn II. Purdy, 74
Second Birof.ss.
Francis Bucher, 92 1 James H. Hustcd,
Assistant Burgesses.
61
John Bloom,
Geo. Rohrbach,
Geo. Mantz,
J. G. Youngman,
9t'
John Budd,
Geo. Young,
Frederick Lazarus,
Peter llileman.
9:1
90
b'J
Common Council.
IT. B. Masser,
William Martz,
Charles Weaver,
Edward Oyster,
Jacob Beck,
Geo. Martin,
Geo. Bright,
Geo. Zimmerman,
93
92
91
91
90;
89
84
Eli Diemer, PI
Charles Beck, 83
Henry Haas, 83
Danl. Drutkemiller, 82
Charles P. Wharton, 80
John Landan, 80
John Randals, 79
83, Sebastian Haupt, 78
High Constable.
89 Ceo. Harrison. 83
Clerk.
Daniel Baldy,
Peter W. Gray, 91 Caleb Fisher. 81
() Democrats placed upon the Whig ticket by
the Whigs, for the purpose of carrying it.
for friend. Col. John F. Carter, fomelime
since the editor of that racy and sterling Dcmncrs
lie sheet, ihe "Nonhcrn Pennsylvaiiian," hat once
more made hi appearance among the corps edito
rial, a the cui'or of the "Lancaster Democrat," a
new piper just published in thai city, and has I hi
nt me ef Henry A. Muhlenberg nailed to the trml
head. The Col. is a right clever fellow, as well a
a rich, spicy and humorous editor, and deserves the
suppnrt of the citizens of Lancaster, as well as the
Jjuining counties. We with him success, and a
long lift of subscribers.
We hsve also received the first number of the
"Anthracite Gate He," a new whig paper puldished
at Pottrvirle, by WynVoop & Kaercher. We) wish
them success pecuniarily, not puliticslly.
Tui Stati Dibt. It is a source of con-
gretulaiion that the last Legislature have done eve
ry thing in their power to redeem the faith and hott
er f the Commonwealth. The provisions of the
tax bill of last session, if properly carried out, will
raise ample funds to meet the interest on the Stale
bt
The tax bifl of 1840 directed a tax to be levied
of one mill on Ihe dollar. The act of 1813 made
an addition of one mill on the dollar, but it wa
provided that the act shoal J continue in force only
one year, so tlut the law f.tr tho two mill tat e
pirrd last year. The present act direct an a Idiiion
of one mill to the 1st of 1810, muking the tax fo
this year two milts ; and directs a tax of three mills
to be levied neit year, and imposes an additional
tax on Bank slocks, stocks in all corporations, etc.
Through some misunderstanding the as-essors nf
this county levied a tai of two mills, for this year,
so that oar assessments aie now correct, according
to Ihe present law ; but in ceuntii-a wheie but one
mill was assessed the law directs the eoiuiuisaijnufs
to add another mill.
K7" The Kswsisotos Riot. From the Phils,
drlphia Ledger of ihe 9, h iuat., we learn that the ri
ot ronlinurd up lo th.ttime. The Calholir church
called Si. Mich iel's, in Second street, the Female
S tn'uary at the corner of Second and Phenit
stretts, and a number of other valuable buildings
were fired and tot fly destroyed. The amount of
pioprrly thus far destr.-yed, cannot ba Irsa than one
hundred and foil thousand dollars. No less than
two hurdrid fain. lies have been compelled tore
n oa f om their homes. Fars were entertained
that attempts would be made lo fire other Catholic
churchrs, and the military were strongly posted in
tie vicinity of them. Tbe number of lives lost
during tbs riM, by burning snd otherwise, bsJ not
I been correctly ascertained.
Oar Count.
Since we established our paper we have en
deavored to pursue a straight-forward and inde
pendent course of conduct. Wa have, no doubt,
committed errors, but we have never permitted
ourselves to be actuated by improper motives, or
selfish considerations, or swayed by tho fear of
the displeasure of the brawling demagogue
Schooled in the Principles of Democracy from
our youth, we have uniformly advocated those
principles with firmness. We have contributed
our humble efTorts to the ascendency of the De
mocratic party, because we honestly believe that
it is intimately connected with the best interests
and prosperity of the country. When we have
differed from political friends, in matters of ex
pediency and the choice of candidates, we have
don? srv with deference, and with thnt indep?
pendent candor which bus met the approbation
rvpn of thos who differed from us in opinion.
We thank Heaven that we have never permitted
the course of this paper to be controlled by the
dittation of selfish partisans, when we believed
the business and welfare of the people required a
contrary policy. Actuated with these views,
we earnestly advocated the policy of a protective
tariff, when every other democtutic press in the
interior of the State either favored the doctrines
I of free trade, or remained silent upon the subject.
I The people have sustained our course, and spoken
I in a voice that has commanded and enforced obe
dience to th-ir will by lb" political press and
the selfish pat ti.an. We have a pel feet right,
and we have exercised tho right of freely express
ing our choice relative to the person to be no
minated as the Democratic candidate for tho
Presidency. We have deprecated the nomina
tion of Martin Van Bur?n. firmly believing that
be is not the choice of the people. We have
spoken plainly, li cmif we never disunite our o
pinions. Wc might refer to the course of many
other Democratic presses on this subject in jus
tification of our own, if it were necessary, but
it is not. We have exercised the common ripht
of the conductor of a free press, an J we deny the
authority of any one to call in question this un
doubted privilege. When the Baltimore Con
vention shall have nominated a Democratic can
didate for the Presidency, we shall, in obedience
to tbe nintloof our pnper, vield "absolute acqui
escence to the deci-inn of the majority." Put.
until then, we will titter th sentiments of the
Democracy oftbe country. We will warn and
advise, and if onr advice and warning are tmheed.
ed we will not h" answerable for the i-onse-quences.
We will not be chnrgable with the
guilt of silence, w hen we deem it our duty to
speak out.
We have been led to the above remarks by a
querulous and dictatorial article in the last Ga
zette, containing insinuations totally unfounded,
and statements stamped with the coinage of the
editor's brain. Tbe editor of that paper seems
to think that he and ourselves occupy, towards
each other, the relative position of the ends of a
scale beam, and that one of us can rise only by
the other's depression. We desire to occupy no
position towards that gentleman. Wc never
have acted as if we did, and we have charitably
come to the conclusion that he is a little hypo
enndriae upon this subject. We are quite certain
that, let him rise as high as be may in the scale
ol Democracy, or obtain as high a character as he
may for obedience to the high behest of party
leaders, we shall not foel the least depression or
envy. Ami if weslmtild aspire to similar honors,
anil be fortunate enough to obtain them, we trust
be would not tbeieb v come to any ill-luck. It be
did, be certainly should have our hearty sympa
thy and commisserxtion. The Editor complains
that ho iki not call Henry Clay a duelist, a sub-
bath bleaker and the advocate of free trade prin
ciples. Wc regard personal abuse as the very
lowest weapon of party warfare, and we have al
ways left it tube handled by those whose tustcs
sympathize with the means. It is only resorted
to when the rause is desperate. While we edit
a public journal we hope we shall not foiget that
we pretend to Ihe character of a gentleman. Be
sides, we oppose Henry Clay on higher grounds,
irrespective of the man. If we have not attempt
ed to prove that he is the advocate of free trade,
it is because ve have fome respect ftr our own
c haracter, and the inte.Hi genre of the people.
When we established the "American," the e
ditor of the "Gazette," although a very young
man, straightway turned prophet. His first
prediction, uttered with the confidence of preco
cious youth, was, that our paper would die in less
than three months It was quite as nearly ful
filled as Father Miller's prediction, on a more
important subject. His next was, that wc would
advocate the election of Gen. Harrison. His pro
phetic vision was very much obscured or twisted
by selfish impulses, when he hazarded this pre-
iction. We warmly and earnestly advocated
the election of Martin Van I'.uren iu vain to be
sure; but still we iiroved the editor a false pro
phet lie has constantly, since we have conduct
ed this press, been prophecying about us and our
affairs, and all bis predictions have been flatly
contradicted by facts. Now, we never have
hazaided but one prediction concerning that
gentleman or bis course; for it is a subject that
lias occupied but very little of our attention.
But we did predict, about two years since, when
the editor, together with many other democrat
editors, was advocating the doctrines of fret Irailr.
and denouncing a protective tariff with his usual
ability, that the popular voice would in a very
short time compel him to change his course.
Were we correct ? We refer the reader to the
columns of the "Sunbury Gazette' for the veri
fication of our prediction.
A word by way of advice to the editor of the
Gazette, and we have done, for we do not desire
o war of words with him. Cast the beam out of
your own eye first, before you attempt to pluck
the beam out of your neighbors eye, is a very
wholesome admonition and worthy of your con
sideration. You have already acquired the cha
racter of Father Miller and Joe Smith for the
, truthfulness of your prophecies, but you will be
obliged to "tarry at Jericho" long while before
people will regard you as a trua prophet. In tha
meantime, it may be of service to you to reflect
upon the homely, but true saying, that "a man
may grow rich by minding his own business."
Annexation.
We regret that the length of Mr. Van Buren's
letter, on the subject of the Annexation of Texas
to the Union, precludes its publication in our
sheet. It is the most able and lucid paper upon
tho subject that has yet been published. Mr.
Van Buren is opposed to annexation at the pre
sent position of the relations between Mexico
and Texas, but has no doubt of the) constitution
ality of annexation. His argument upon the lat
ter question is clear and convincing.
Commodore Stewart has published a letter in
which he avows himself in favor of annexation.
It is surmised that this letter is intended for the
consideration of the Baltimore Convention, and
that the Commodore may be placed before that
body as a candidate for nomination to the Presi
dency. It is also tumored that Mr. Buchanan is pre
paring a letter for publication on the same side of
the question, and that his name will again be
placed before tho Democracy as a candidate for
the office of President.
We give these surmises and rumors as we get
them, without vouching for their accuracy. It
is certain, however, that Mr. Van Buren's letter
has produced considerable discontent in the
South, r.itehie, the veteran Democratic editor,
of Virginia, is out in opposition to him and in fa
vor of Gen. Cass, and desires that the instructions
to the delegates from that state, in favor of Van
I'.uren, may be withdrawn, and the delegates go
uninstructed. It is, therefore, at least uncertain
who will be nominated by the Baltimore Conven
tion as the Democratic candidate for President.
CvA Petition has been sent from the city of
Pittsburg to Governor Porter, with three thous
and names attached to it, for a pardon for Kaine
& Flinn, the two publishers in that city, now in
prison for slandering Judge Grier.
C7 Ths nLTiiar. CovsTro. The Na.
ti.n i Whig (' nvenlion met at B dlimorc, on
Wrdnes.'ev, Msy 1st, and wa nriiatvzed by calling
Judge Spencer, of New Yerk, to the ch iir. Hat.
nr I'i it ws un ininoiis'y noniin tted aslhefed-er-,1
candidate fir the Presidencv. The suhju ned
were Ihe proceeding in regard to the Vice Preti
dcnli.il nomination.
1st hnll.it,
Sd but.
118
74
51
22
275
1.1
3d 1 al.
155
78
40
with'd.
T. Fretinijhujsen,
J. hn D.ivi,
101
82
MiHiarl r ill more. ii
John ferRent, Hi
Whole nurnl er of votes,
Necessary to a choice.
Mr Fnr.LiNnnfftN htving received a majority
of the vote, tbe Pre ident announced that he was
duly nominated fm tbe Vice Pertidep.ey.
"The young men's ratification meeting," was
h ll on Ihe fallowing day.
The N. Y. Tribune estimates the number of dele,
gstes in attendance at over seven thnussnd ; while
other whig journals insUt there were over twenty
thonnnd present.
The ratification rr.iceedir gs mny be summed up
in a few words. The procession, with all its ban
ucrs, badgi a, and devices, took up its line of msrch
eiuhl deep from B iltimore to Cant n, shout ten
o'c'otk, A. M. There were some e:ght thousand
in the nrocetsion, and ni ly be four times ih it ntim-li-
r, who ncted as camp followers. Sjieecbea were
delivered by M -rs. Web-ter, Crittenden, Berrien,
S-iit-er. and other distinguished lighta ef federal
ism. C7" DrtK nrt t. RUh.rovd ArrtnF.xT.-We learn
from the Philadelphia Ledger, that a serious Oc
cident oecui red on the Philadelphia, Wilmington
and Baltimore Bail Uoad, five miles below Ha
vre d? Grace, on Saturday evening, about 9 o'
clock, by thecollision of two passenger trains of
cars, the seven o'clock train from Baltimore and
the four o'clock train from Philadelphia, which
resulted in the death of one individual, and the in
jury of several others. Their approach towards
each other was not discovered until it was too
late, consequently it caused a severe collision.
The lender of the Baltimore train was driven back
iu the front car, passing over several of the first
seats. Mr. Hill, a conductor from Baltimore, who
stood on th platform in front of the foremost
car sav the danger they were in, and called to the
others to jump and save themselves, while he re
mained standing on the platform endeavoring to
save the passengers. However, before they had
time to get off, the collision took place, and Vr.
Kussel, brake-man, was instantly killed, and Mr.
Hill had his both legs dreadfully mangled and
was immdiately taken to Havre de Grace, where
one of his legs was amputated. Mr. II. is said to
have exhibited a bravery and concern for the
pass-ngers, which truly deserved a better fate.
A passenger named Win. H. Cooper, of Reading,
was struck in the back by the tender, and severe
ly injured. One gentleman from Ohio had his
leg broken, and one from Vermont and another
from New York were dreadfully mangled.
Mr. Duiald', a relative of Henry Clay 'a waa
found jammed into a narrow spice of 7 or 8 inches,
bul not seriously injured. Que of the passengers
in the Philadelphia train jumped outof the window
without receiving any injury ; another slipped
thiough tbe floor of the car, and tsc.d by falling
on the track. Tbi re weie a number of distinguish
ed gentlemen passengers, among whom was the
Hon. Daniel Webster, 8oine rai undeisttnding aa
lo the place of passing, it is said, was tha causa of
ths sad disaster.
Tbe U. S. Gazette hazards Ihe opinion that the
ladies are in favor ef annexation, so far as relates
to the marrisge union; and then naively demands
the ayea and n e. The nose should not be con
sulted in urh delicate mailers. We should be al.
together iiiffuencrd by the yc, where lovely wo
man is concerned.
roR tiir "a.msrican."
Muhlenberg in Snnbury.
On Monday, the citizens of this Borough held
an election for the purpose of selecting their Bo
rough Officers. The result has been a brilliant
MUHLENBERG TRIUMPH. It is an unusal
thing, I believe, to make this election a political
test of the strength of parties; hence, the cir
cumstances under which it assumed that charac
ter, render it a cheering and most glorious vie
tory. They are as follows :
On Wednesday eveniRg, of last week, tho
"markel" men held a secret caucus and made up
a ticket, with the intention of electing their can
didates, and afterwards of shouting and crowing
long and loud for "jnneph market." As soon as
the news of this proceedings came to the ears of
tho sturdy Democratic friends of HENRY A.
MUHLENBERG, they met and formed a Mm
lenbf.ro Tickkt, and the result has been as glo
rious a TRIUMPH as his most sanguine friends
could reasonably desire. It was not the wish of
the Muhlenberg party to mingle politics in this
contest; but the friends of "markel ' so willed
it; and I venture to predict that the claims of
"joseph markel," for Governor, will not again
b seriously urged within the limits of Sunbury.
The "markeT'-ites arc now possessed of rcmnr'i
ably long vissages, and seem to have a kind of a
dismal foreboding of what will be the fate of
"that same Old Coon" at the Gubernatorial
election. A. C.
Sunbury, May 9, IS 1 1.
By ReqMcst. From the Milunian.
Common Srlinol Kyatrm.
The gloriovs banner of Intelligence, and Uni
versal Education, again floats in light over old
Turbut. By false representations ol the enemies
ol universal education, the peni.le ut rurbut, iu
the month t .Msy, lSl.l, were induced to vote
down and reject the State system of Education.
Having since been organized into three town
ships they have all, on the l.jth tnst., accepted
and re-est.ihlishrd the school system of the State
by large majorities. There isnndistrict in the
Slate of equal size, the inhabitants of which
possess more sound, and more republican prin
ciples, ami uunstentacious sound intellects pure
unvarnished friendship and true patriotism,
than do the people of old Turbut, now the
townships of Lewis-, Delaware and Turbut.
Such a people for a time, by false rcpresen-
iMtliftna lift nil n ft raiiiti.ii.nl t.i I l.ni. r...... Ih. .1
......'i., . . i ip'i.iiMii. ... iiilii vn uirai j
interests and principles, but the duration of i
wrong, will bn only until the first opportuni- !
ty of putting themselves r'ait. Such a pro- I
pie are worthy the hisjh boon conferred by the j
school system of the State, or what is tho more i
legitimate eonstrnction, Stales Public Schools
the benefits of which are common to all. This j
grand syTem like our Free Institutions puts all
on an equality. From tho pauper's ragged son
to the most wealthy in the Slate, all are, thank
UimI, but one class, by our glorious Institutions
and Ijiws, the opinion of family aristocracy to
the contrary, notwithstanding.
The Common School system of the State, like
the Souls with which God has blessed us, has
no iKiunds to its elevation. Each district can
raise the grade of education any height suita
ble to the wish or convenience of its inhabitants
by it every youth in each district can obtain
an education to qualify bi n for any business in
life. It is a noble domestic manufactory ofllo.
intellectual raw material of Pennsylvania a
glorious monument of Republican equality, and
communication throtiirh which thesoul receive?
light and power, the State strength and lasting
honor, and our Free Institutions purity and per
petuity. God has blessed us as a people, with the most
Free Institutions ever enjoyed on earth by any
nation. A corresponding duty and high respon
sibility devolves upon us to improve by educa
tion the intellects of the rising generation to
teach them their political, civil and religious
rights and duties, and to prepare them by the
acquisition nf sound and useful knowledge, to
be lovers of their country, capable ccntinels to
watch and guard the purity and perpetuity of
our free Institutions, audio hand liiein down
to posterity uucontaminated.
Universal eligibility to office, universal suf
frage, and universal education are the soul,
Isxly and heart of true Liberty, the latter, like
the human heart, propels (streams nf knowledge
through all pirts of the two former, giving
nourishment, purity and power to tho whole
body politic, civil, political and ercloi-instienl
giving to man what (hid in His wNdoin arid
poodtiess allows him to enj.iy to tin glnrv f his j , oftbe ,ri.h w,.re bj pursued down Cad
LreaUir. II. M I.UIUA.V ,,..,,. . , ,, .
The Princeton ISiin.
The Trenton State Gazette thus speaks of the
proposed method of forging a new gun for the
Princeton, of the same size as that which burst
ed: 'Colonel Josiah N. Bird, of this city, has con
trived a mode of making large wrought iron guns, j
which has received the approbation of Captain j
Stockton, and a cun oftbe size of the ''Peace j
Maker," is to be immediately constructed at the
iron works of Messrs. Bird and Weld. We arc
promised a more particular description of the in
vention; but at present, we can only state that
the process will be commenced by placing toge
ther, iu the form of a cy lender, a number of
wrought iron staves of th-: whole proposed length
nf f lie i.iln and nf tmnr lireii.lfti nml fiiurnr civ
. . i .ri in tii. .1
inches in thickness, flfse will be held together
bv wrousbt iron boons. Ivina close together, the I
whole length of the staves, and welded upon
them. Upon this row of hoops, another ef larger
diameter will be laid, and these welded upon the
former ; and additional rows will be put on, and
welded to those previously on, until the desired
thickness shall be obtained. The rim of the
hoops will be about six inches wide, and they
will be so laid, that the middle of the rims in one
row of hoops will cover the joints between those
of the next smaller row. The sides of the hoops
will be carefully turned smooth, before they are
laid on. The rims of the hoops will be thicker
at the ends than in the middle, so that when, after
being put on in a heated state, the hoops cool and
contract, they will bind those under them, not
only upon the staves, but to each otber, and thus
present a resistance in both directions to the ex
plosive force of the powder.
The pronossd advantage of this mode of con
struction, is that the welding of small pieces of
iron, such as of one row of hoops upon tbe sur
face of the others, can be done perfectly ; while
it is scarcely possible to weld large masses per-
fectly, or without destroying the strength of the
i,a I
irea.
From the Philadelphia Ledger of May 7.
GUKAT niOT AM III.OOD9I1KD IM
KKHSINQTONi
The neighborhood of the Washington Market,
Kensington, was the scene of another serious and
alarming riot on the 7th inst. A meeting of
the Native American party was held at the junc
tion of Second and Master streets, at an early
hour in the afternoon, at w hich a large number of
persons were present, from all parts of the city
and county. Some time after the meeting was
organized, a storm of wind and rain came on.
Many persons ran from the meeting, to seek
shelter elsewhere, hut the majority adjourned
over to the market, on Washington street, above
Master.
A few minutes after tbe meeting was re-organized
under the market bouse, a commotion occur,
red from some cause, or other, and some twelve
or fifteen persons tan out of the market, on tha
West side, pursued by about an equal number.
A scuttle ensue I ; two desperate fellows clinch
ed each other, one armed with a brick and the o
thcr with a club, and exchanged a dozen blows,
any one of which seemed severe enough to kill
an ordinary man. Some stones and bricks were
now thrown on both sides, and several pistol
shots were fired by person on both sides At
the report of the lire arms the majority of the
meeting dispersed precipitately, while a number
took position at the South end of the market,
where they displayed the American flag.
Several stones were thrown against the Hi
hernia Hose House, pituate inCadwalader street,
west of lb" market, and some persons were pur
sued up Master street. A frame bons in tbe
latter street, b 'tween Cadwalader street and tho
Germontown road, was stormed and the windows
and doors demolished. Two other frames in
Cadwalader street, b -low Master, shared the
same fate. Two or three muskets were dis
charged at this time by the retreating party, and
a rally attempted. Tbe persons who had been
in the meeting still kept their ground, and volleys
of bricks and stones were continually kept up by
both sides. A number of persons, evidently
Irishmen, then rallied at Germantown road and
Master street, and came down at a brisk pace up
on the others with stones and two or three guns.
Th" Native Americans retreated, but maintained
a fire with stones and one or two pistols. Several
persons were severely wounded at this point of
time, and the rioters became furious. The Na
tive Americans again rallied and recovered a
temporary advantage, but finally retreated, under
a sharp fire of every kind of missiles, and two or
three discharges of a musket carried by a gray
headed Irishman who wore a seal skin cap.
During the firing a youngman, named George
Shifter, between eighteen and nineteen years of
age, living in St. John Street, near Beaver, was
shot under tbe right arm while on the German
town road, below Master street. The charge of
the piece fired entered bis chest. He was car
ried ofT the ground to the drug store of Mr. Bow
ers, at the junction of Germantown road and St.
John street, were he lingered for a few moments
and died. Dr. McAvoy dressed the wound. An
other young man named Henry Temper, in the
employ of Mr. Lee, barber, on the Frankford
road, while engaged on the side of the Native A
mericans, received a shot in his side, whicU
glanced ort'the hip bone and only produced a flesh
wound He received several small shots in the
legs. He was attended by Dr. Bethel, who con
siders his case no way d.nmerous. Thomas Ford
was struck in the forehead with a spent ball,
which diil him but slight injury. Another nam
ed Lawrence Cox, bad bis hip seriously injured.
Patrick Fisher, late constable of the ward, was
shot in the face, but not dangerously wounded.
While the contest raged with its greatest fury,
the main body of the belligerent parties were
j posted east and west of the market house, in
j Master st., each rallying and retreating in turns,
I while others were engaged in skirmishes in every
direction, for some distance round. Houses
j were attacked, and the inmates driven out with
the utmost consternation and alarm. While a
waiacier street, neiow .iasier, a man icn imo inn
doorway oftbe residence of Edward Develin, and
in consequence oftbe first floor being below the
pavement he rolled into the house. Mr. Develin
was sitting at the door, and in an instant re
treated inside, when between the two the front
door was shut. The house was then assailed by
the pursuing party with brickbats and stones,
some of the latter weighing seven or eight pounds,
the windows and window frames broken out,
and the place otherwise spoiled. Mr. D. was
struck with the gutter pipe, which was wrench
ed ofT by a man, and his wife with two or three
children narrowly escaped injury.
The bouse of John LaflVrty, on the German
town Road, above Ma-ter St., was battered with
missiles and the interior injured. The adjoining
I house, occupied bv a widow lady, named Brady,
- .
who was in at the time, witli two or inree tc
niales, was mu.t sli.nu -ful y mutilate,!. The
panels of the front doors were knocked out, the
windows broken, large ttones thrown into the
. parlor, which destroyed the looking glass, tables,
I a,,.l rtt li..r niAr. nf fn m i t n ro Sin me nf the arti.
cles of furniture were taken by piecemeal from
the room and broken. The cause of attack here
was on account of a man, who was pursued, run
ning into the alley. The house of Michael Quin,
in Master street, above Cadwalader, was attacked
and battered and some of his furniture demolish
ed. Other houses in the neighborhood were more
or less injured. At the commencement of the
melee, when fire arms were discharged from both
parties between the market house and Cadwalad
er street, ball was fired into the door of the
dwelling of John Brown, carter, just at the mo
ment he had gone into the house and closed the
door. The ball was subsequently found in the
front room. In this street a Urge number of
stones were thrown at and into the Hibernia.
Hose Company's house.
Thii Irish population were. Ui t dreadful state.