lmrOVfc".RY OP A PI BOS OF AM 1
Hrmin4 or thr Celebrated Pirate, Cap
run Kinn'ii Vrosri.. On Monday we were
invited la inspect, nt the office of Mr. A. (i.
Thompson, Wall btreet, a piece of ordnance, re
cently rtnied Irotn thu bed nftlie river, nt the
month uftlio race, a little almve Verblank'a
Point. It is of the carronnde class, about thrre
feet long, capableof carrying about 21 lb. phot,
nnd such ns were very frequently used onboard
of vessels from the time of Elizabeth to the ear
ly purt of the reign oftJeorges. It has n largo
handle nt the breech, where it measures up
ward of three feet round, and a heavy square
night over the mouth ; altogether, a very differ
ent instrument of warfare to thoeo used at the
ptecnt time.
There are circumstances attending this dis
covery which may not bo uninteresting to ma
ny, fietween the years 1093 and ITtHI. it mny
be ien:mhcred that the wholo of this coiat wan
mfeaied by pangs of desperate pirates and free
(motor, or buccaneers, as they were then terin
id ; and none bo much dreaded os the notorious
Gapt. William Kidd. lie was alike foired by
nil nitions, and a heavy price was set upon his
head ; so much so that England was obliged at
length to fit out a couple of large vessels on pur
pose to capture him, if possible. It whs well
known that his principal place of resort and re
fuge was Long IidanrJ Round ; and here, in a
hort time, these vessels made their appearance,
and they cilherdiecovcred the object of their ex
pedition. tr he espied them, it is not exactly
known which. He ran liisvepsel close under
Gardner's Island, where himself and crew loa
ded themselves with euch treasures as they
could conveniently carry about their persons,
and landed on the island, where a considerable
portion of their booty was buried, and Kidd in
formed Mr. Gardiner, who resided on the Is
land ut the time, where it was dc)n.iMted, tel
ling him tit the same time, that he must answer
for it with his life when he returned.
Kidd then set sail up tho North Kivcr, and
reached the point betore mentioned, where,
rinding escape with the vessel impossible, or
that he could not proceed further with safety,
iliHcrininoJ upon JviMj-iwj I'L - - -
men, n. is supposed, separated and scattered
themselves over different parta of the interior.
Shortly after, Kidd and some five or six of his
crew, crossed over to Boston, where they were
la ken prisoners. Upon being interrogated, he
informed the then Governor of Massachusetts
where he had deposited his booty on Gardner's
Inland, observing that only himself and Gardner
knew where it lay, and the Governor sent over
parties toobtain it, but Mr. Gardner refused to
point it out until he was perfectly satisfied that
he was safe from the menaces of Kidd and his
nssociates. Opon its recovery and examina
tion, it was found to bo of upward of a quarter
i f a million ia value. Mr. Gardnef then recei
ved a receipt of the same from the Governor,
which is still in possession of one of tho descen
dants of that gentleman. Kidd was further in
terrogated as to what had become of the re
mainder of his treasures, for it was generally
believed that he had a much greater amount,
having but a very short time previously captu
red three Spnnibh galleys with cargoes valued
at near upon tea millions of dollars, la reply,
Kidd, it is aiJ, observed that whatever else
there was went down with the vessel. Short
Iv Hter this, he and his companions were con
veyed to England, where they were tried and
found guilty of murder and executed in the ear
ly part of 171)1.
Several attu nipt have been made at different
tunes by various parties to ascertain wherea
bout the remains of this vessel lay ; and it is
said that some2j or 30 years since parties were
sent from England to ascertain if possible its
ntuation, but without success. Some 10 or 15
years since Mr. A.G. Thompson, of Wall street,
whom we believe to be a descendant of the Gard
ner' previously alluded to, in conjunction with
other gentlemen, secured the land and got a
grant from the State to search for the remains
til this vtfcst'l. They acted on the traditionu
handed down from "sire to ton" anil other con
necting links after some years' toil and expense,
were fortunate enough to find evidences of ha
ving discovered tho remain of a vessel near
unto tho spot where it i paid Kidd had destroy
ed hi. During their research, by boring and
pricking, they have several times brought up
pieces of charred wood. This will in some de
cree answer to the account given of its being
tho identical vessel, it having been set fire to.
Further, the size of tho hull as near as can be
ascertained, ia about the Mine as that in which
it is said Kidd hailed j ulrcudy it is known to
sxceed 150 feet in length, and in o'.her respects
aj near as potaible about the nze of one of our
forty gun frigate. The bull, with tho excep
tion of the t-terii part, is in a perfect state. It
ia tmpposed it was the stern pirt that blew up
after the was set tire to and caused her to sink
tiooner than might have been expected by tin
daring desperado.
A gcntlemnn of considerable scientific attain
ment of the name ol Sergeant ha recently in
vented a very superior diving dress, and under
hi direction an experienced diver wa lust
vieek employed to deceiid and inorj particu
larly tiununa this hull, and the result has been
what we have befire stated, and the raising of
this piece of ordnance. Tne diver on this oc
casion also f jund another piece clote to where
the other lay of much larger dimensions, but
which could not then bo raited fur tho want of
proper appimtu of ufT.oie.iit strength. lie
KCraped from it some of the rust with which it
i pretty thickly coaled, su4 upon applying a
chemical lent iherrto, it was found to have come
off a brie gun. Now it is known that Kidd'a
gun were principally of this metal. The hull
lies in about 27 feet of water, with two feet of
mtiil over Ik r ; nut above two or three rods din
tnntlrom low woter mark at tho mouth of the
race a little alwve Verplanck Point. Thisspot
was formerly called Giberalter Point, at tho
lout fifth Dimderbergh Mountain, and answer
exactly with all the more correct accounts of
the spot where Kidd is said to have set firo to
his vessel.
Wh"ther thpre be treasure or not in his hull
remains to be seen; but tho parlies who feel
most interested in the matter are immediately
about putting into operation the mo.t efficient
means possible for raising it and ascertaining ;
and if thiit is found impossible, to remove its
contents in detail. Diving bells and other ap
paratus together with the assistance of some
able divers Inve been obtained for this purpose.
With the recent result of similar expectations
in respect of the hull of tho Telcmequt on the
French coast, and the recovery of the treasures
with which she was supposed to have been
freighted, we are rather doubtful of the result
However it will put the matter at rest.
Ilntt-lilug Machine.
A correspondent of the Boston Post thus describe.-)
the Machine for hatching chickens, in
New York :
"Among the novelties now striving to ar
rest attention is the Eecaleobion, or Hatching
Machine. lis imposing name is derived
front two Greek word, signifying 'I bring
forth life." It ia about as large ns a bureau, con
sisting ht n scries of small ovens, wormed by
pipe conveying steam. The uniformity of
temperature prevents the possibility of addled
eggs, which are produced by variations from
heat to cold, occasioned by the hen's unsteady
perfornionee of her domestic duties. I felt some
resiwtnnce to this substitution of machinery for
mothers; and if I were a hen, I would get a
protest against being thus thrust aide from the
uses of creation. This is an ultimate form of
the inerhnnical spirit of tho age, wherein men
Construct artificial menmrii'P. nnil tench rrrnin.
mar by n machine, in which the active verb
is a little hammer pounding on tho objective
case.
Hut what is the use of quarrelling with it! I
Does not the Eccalcohian hatch with perfect cer-
lainty every cge that is not stale or imperfect!
Does it not turn out fifty chickens a day, or
twenty thousand a year ! And will not this re
duce the price of poultry to the heart's con
tent of the epicure 1
Theso machines ore sold at $120, and $73
is charged for one of half the capacity of pro
duction above described. Some of the farmers
in Jersey and Iing Island are inventing capital
in this way, with the expectatien of profit.
The chickens thus hatched almost invaria
bly live, and seem healthy and lively. When
cold, they run into little holes under the ovens.
The hard, silent box seemed to mo a poor sub
stitute for a mother's heart-warmth, and the
friendly, clucking voice, which gathers them
under hcT brooding wings. But the lit lo
things seemed well contented with their lot,
never having known anything belter. Those
a few weeks old, thouuh plump and thrivincr
have rather a loaferibh look, as if their mo
thers didn't know they were out, and conse
quently had not washed their faces, or comb
ed their feathers. The older onen sometimes
take to brooding the newly hatched, who run
after them with great eagerness, and strive
with each other to obtain their caresses. There
is something quite affecting in this relation be
tween the bereaved orphans and their elder
sisters.
This American machine is doubtless a great
improvement upon the famous Egyptian mam
muls, or hatching ovens, and upon the Chinese
method of using up the men, by having them
6it; day aflcr day, on nests of eggs, covered with
feather cushions. It is a pity, though, that the
demagogues and office-seekers of this country
couldn't be usefully employed. If a tylhe of
them were to turn their attention that .way,
there would be a rapid diminution in tho price
of poultry.
The exhibition of the Eecaleobion is princi
pally interesting from the opportunity it aiford
to watch the progressive development of animal
life, from the fist littlo white tpec in which
fluats the embryo chicken, to the final projec
tion of the beak through the shell, which it has
broken by viCorou. pecking at !t prison walls.
The only thing in which 1 took real pleasure.
however, was in watching the first pulsation
of the heart, which become observoble on tho
third dm Though no bi"Ter than a pin's
head, it worko witn the vigor mid precision of
u bteitiii engine,
l'i. a am I'tii.iricu.NN Uy Willi. There
is, indeed, a sinking resemblance between
pig and Kliticians. There is no hole so nar
row ortlirty that a pig will not squeeze through,
squealing vociferously all the sii le, tosetffrea
mouthful of com from the public crib. No an
nual makes so loud a noise at a trivial mishap,
and nunc gel over it to quickly, and goe off so
quietly as a pig. Obstinate and perverse, they
are possessed of a pecieof laconic brevity, in
which they have the advantage of public men,
and editors who write long articles. A pig'
whole lite i a farce, and end by being hung
up the heels, w ith a stick in his mouth, subject
to theordorf.f the kitchen cabinet ; a melan
choly r semblance to the fate, in our dy, of
borne dislinguithtd politician.
THE AMERICAN.
Saturday, June 22,
1844.
Democratic Nomination.
FOR PRESIDENT,
JAMES K. FOLK,
OP TfcNNEHHF.E.
FOR VICE PRESIDENT.
GEO. 11. DALLAS,
OP PKNNsYLVANl A.
FOR GOVERNOR,
ii i: x n y a. m u ii i,k x b i: li c.
POIt CANAL COMMISSIONER,
Joshua iiAirrsnoitxi:.
ELECTORS,
for President wiii Vice 'resident of lhe V. State
WILSON MCANDI.l.SS, .,
ASA DI.MOCK, Senatorial.
REPRESENTATIVE.
1.
3.
I.
5.
(Sy.o. F. Lehman, l.'l.
Christian Knlass, I I.
William II. Smith. 13.
John IIii.i.. (Phila.) 10
S imi ki. E. Leech, 17
GeoRuE SlHNABI.F,
Nath'l. 15. Ki.uHF.n,
M. N. Ikvinf.,
Ja.mls Wcioiiiilrn,
111 Gil MoNTi;OMF.RV
Naac Anknev,
John Matthews,
Wm. Pattmsux,
Amirew Bi rke,
JuHN M GlI.L.
fi.
7.
8.
SA.Mt:t:l.CAMr,
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21
22
Jksk SiiARrK,
N. W. Sample,
Wm. IIuiuk.nrkk ii,
i.
10. CoNR.AU SlII.MEK,
11. Stitiif.n I'ai.hv,
12. Jonah Brewster,
2.1. Christian Mvr.i:s,
21. Rohkrt Orr.
1'. It. I1L.Hi;itt Knq., at H ilenl
tote ami t'val fitter, .Vn. 5! I'hir Street, i'fil
ladeljtlila, it authorited to act at 1gent, at d
receipt for all monies due thin office, for tub- I
ncrljdton or advirllslng.
CT Our acknowledgments are due to Messrs.
Pollock, r.idlack, Eroudhead and Tibbats, of the
House of Representatives, and Mr. Buchanan, of
the Senate, for documents.
Gj A Democratic meeting will be held this
Saturday) evening, at the court house.
A lare Democratic mass meeting will be
h,,1J at Northumberland, on Saturday evening,
the 20th inst.
C"7 The Supremo Court will commence its
session in this place, on Monday the Cth of July
next.
X?" We had intended to notice the democrat
ic meetings, held at Mr. Pursel's, in Point, and
Mr. Haus's, in Chilisquaque, for which we,
however, refer to several communications, giving
an account of the same.
(J Our neighbor of the Oiuzette came out in a
long explanatory article, last week. It would
be a most uuneighborly act, on our part, to press
him so closely as not to permit him even a loop
hole or corner for retreat. We are, therefore,
w illing to let the article stand for what it is re
ally worth.
r? Shad finite a number of these fme fis-h
luave been caught, the past week, below the dam.
A number have been taken in the common hoop
net. One weighing eight pounds was caught.
C7" DiifiWMii, Benjamin Berger, a son of
David Berger, was drowned at the Saw-Mill
Dam of John D Conrad, in Augusta township,
on Monday last. The deceased, we understand,
went in to bathe, cot into deep water, and lint
being able to swim, sunk to rise no more. There
were several others in company with him, who,
however, were not able to render him any assis
tance. (fj' New Wheat. 2.10 bushels of fine New
Wheat was delivered at Richmond, Va , on the
13th inst
E7" A company arc now engaged erecting
large Anthracite Iron Works, near BInonisburg.
The iron business is rapidly extending through
out the State.
C7 Tho Widows' pension bill passed Con
L - j: , .1
. This bill, so necessary to prevent fraud, and the
, 'mpo.tatmn of votes from neighboring State.,
by pipe-laying, received the vote of only two
I whig, Henderron, of Mia., and Tullmudge, cf
I New York.
C?" The Tost-oHice bill has been hung up un
til next session. Reason, it interference with
political hucksters
Cy The nominations of Judge King am! Chan
cellor Wallworth, for Judge of the Supreme
Court, were laid on the table in the Senate, and
will not be acted on.
(3 Texas. Mr. Thompson, the bearer of de
spatches to Mexico, ha returned. He ha not
been successful. The Mexican declare if Texa
is annexed that a declaration of war will follow.
Cj The new city authorities, in New York,
have resolved upon closing all the grog shops,
3,000 in number, on Sunday.
Cy The deluded follower of Joe Smith, at
Natl von, feel confident that Joe will be elected
President
Sie, unore aujo.iri.uiei.i . amendment 'O case, on Tuesday last, at HarrUburg. The Chief
the appropriation bill to appropriate $273,000 to Justicei in his opinion, sustains the present board,
purchase the I'. S. Bank building, in Pbiadelphia, j Xho proullli tak(n agail)1, lhe Commissioners,
for a Cu.tom House, also passed. was lM the gcheul(, of ,he lew cotlhtitution
, ,., ' " , ., provides tbat the appointing power in the Ex-
J- Th bill to hold Elections of President1' . . . . . ' . .
, , . , , i ecutive shall remain as heretofore, until the Le-
in one day, throughout the l nited States, has . , , ,
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been defeated bv a vote ef2G to 2.1, in the Senate. , , , , ., '. ... ...
The Miiif Mrrting. i
C Our Whig friends having become some
what alarmed, on account of the large and fre
quent meetings liebl liy the democracy since the
nominations, determined to have a grand rally at
the Court House, on Saturday evening last. At
the appointed time the bell was tolled, but did
not bring together, all told, ai many os were ex
pected. Arrangements having been previously
made, the orators came, ready primed and charg
ed for the occasion. David Tagcart, Esq., was
first called upon to address the meeting, who, in
the course of his remarks, drew largely upon a
somewhat exuberant and excitpd imagination
for facts as veil as fancies. It is but just to say
that his speech contained many chaste and beau
tiful passages, which were, however, ever aad
nnon strangely commingled with such classic al
lusions as "pig and puppy," "blackguard and
scoundrel." Mr. TuKgart, in the course of his re
marks, went on to state that the Democrats based
their hopes of success principally on two grounds.
One upon the name of democrury, and the other
upon tlunihr, anil without attempting to explain
the first, he oddly enough immediately branched
out upon the latter, and handsomely illustrated
the subject by trying the virtue of that species
of logic upon the Democracy. Their visions, be
I contended, were clouded with prejudices and bi
gotry. This is a common error, however, among
our Whig friends. The beautiful parable of the
mote and the Lenm at once suggested itself, but
then we hardly believed the speaker serious, not
w ithstunding his assumed gravity. One thing
surprised us. This was Mr. Taggnrt's enlogium
and advocacy of Mr. Webster's '-obsolete idea,"
a IT. S. Rank. In this, we think, he transgressed
some beyond the confines of party limits and
tactics. The hot blood of youth must, however,
plead in extenuation of an occasional kick beyond
the trace of strict party discipline. Pome of the
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older tacticians were evidently displeased at this t
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public exposure.
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1 he next speaker in order was Mr. Skates, a i
voting gentleman recently from the South and;
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i;ontn
Tallin rsi. lie was uigiiiy eulogistic 01 an inc
men and all the measures of his party, and stated
a number of facts from his own observation,
j which, though they may be true, are certainly
i not sustained by "the documents.'' He spoke
i r . ii.,
of Mr. Clay's uniform consistency in his politi-p-'l
course for the spact- f f,Oj ynr( --;iLr...t
saying a word in explanation of his powerful
speech against the V. S. Bank, in IS 1 1 , and his
subsequent effort in favor of this institution.
Mr. Bellas was then called upon. In the course
of his remarks he defended Mr. Clay's conduct
in regard to the duel between Graves and Cilley.
His statement was in accordance with the
statements made by Mr. Clay's friends, but not
with that of Mr. Wise and others, who were also
participants in that inhuman affair. He also at
tempted to defend Mr. Clay against the charge I
of gambling, with what success we do not pre
tend to say. These are sins, which arc, unfortu
nately, too common with many of our great men
at Washington, and we therefore seldom refer to
them. But, we did think it rather inconsistent
in the speaker, after defending Mr. Clay, to de
nounce Mr. Muhlenberg as a gambler, who was
never charged by his worst political enemies
with having played for money, whilst it is posi
tively usserted that Mr. Clay almost stripped the
British Minister, at Washington, during the ne
gociation of the Ashburtou treaty, and that gold
sovereigns were ulmost as plenty as blackber
lieu, during that period.
tX7"FRAStrs R. Siii nk recently presided at a
large meeting, held at Pittsburg, in favor of Hen
ry A. Muhlenberg. The only hope that our op
ponents ever entertained, favorable to the elec
tion of Market, was the supposed disaffection of
Mr. Shunk and his friends towards Mr. Muhlen
berg. The last prop of their only remaining
hope is now removed, and general Market must
necessarily be beaten 20,000 votes in Pennsyl
vania. An effiut has also been made to induce
those who are opposed to Gov. Torter to believe
that Mr. Muhlenberg was nominated solely
through tho influence of the Governor. Now, we
need no better evidence of the falsity of this
charge, than the fact that a large number of the
Governor's most violent and uncompromising en
emies were among the warmest supporters that
Mr. Muhlenberg had.
Ky The Canal Commissioner' Cast. The
opinion of the Supreme Court, intncfiio twrnn
to against the Canal Commissioners, was deliver
ed by Chief Justice Gibson, in this important
, cons,ltutlon The c,iw,u,e a)so .(,e
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gislature under the amended constitution. The
; law for the election of Canal Commissioner was
j not passed until the se.sion of IS l.'l. llenccarose
the difficulty and objection.
C7"A writer in Sear' Family Mag.uine, (some
crusty old bachelor, we presume,) in a disquisi
tion on the language of birds and fowls, attri
bute the following naughty words to that domes
tic lord of the barn yard the Rooster :
'The most extraordinary of all the speeches
of the feathered tr.bj, ia that of chanticleer, 1
which may be regarded as deciding a contro- Smith, and John Clement Stocker, Eqr., offi
versy thU ha long been waged in the civili- ! cer of the bank, and John Haine constable, for
zed community. Old chanticleer awakes in j , (iiHe and malini. charee. ami forfeit
the morning, flap hi wings, and vociferate at 1
the top ol In voice, Mtumn Miei-c-rt.' Im
mediately fioin a neighboring roost, another
answer, 'So they do h-ur-e !' This is no soon
er ultered, than a thirdrcspond at a consider
able distance, 'So they do every w-h-e-re !' "
The New York Tribune, (Whig.) manfully re
pel a charge brought against Mr. Dallas, by
kotne of it uiiscrupulou partisans, and very
handsomely refuses to pcrtrit any uch trash to
go in it column This it a pretty cnol rebuke
and rii bcivc d by too many el the Wing press
flank of Pennsylvania and Fut Lyon.
The following history of the robbery of the
Pnnk of Pennsylvania, for which Patrick Lyon,
celebrated as one of the most ingenious mechan
ics in the country, was arrested and imprisoned
in 1798, will be read with deep interest by those
who have not before been made acquainted with
the circumstances. Pat. Lyon was as honest as
he was ingenious. He was the maker of one of
the old Fire Engines in this place. The por
trait of the celebrated Philadelphia Blacksmith
at his anvil, now finds a niche in many public
places, along side of the distinguished men of
the age. The following is from the Philadel
phia Ledger :
l n.s msmui.on was ineorpornieu on u.e M .
of March. 17J1.1. Six directors were to beehosen
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on the part of the State, and the first one appoint
ed by the Senate was Samuel M. Fox, Esq., who
was elected President. During the year 1798
the bank was entered and robbed of a very large
sum of money. The history ol the circumstances
attending the commimon of this robber', the
prosecution of Patrick Lyon on a charge of being
concerned, the discovery of the robber, and the
restitution of the money, together with tho suit
entered by Lyon against the officers ol thp Rank,
will no doubt be ol interest to the general reader,
and are briefly as follows
The yellow" fever made its appearance in the
city of Philadelphia in the early part of August,
1798, and the fright and general dispersion of the
citizens in consequence, was, perhaps, one of th
reasons for choosing this time as a fitting period
for plunder. On the 4th of this month the bank
i was entered, ond the iron doors of the cash vault
! niiuln l.v 1iitrilr T vnn ttriml ntwn titimit nn inelt
and a half from the jamb, but the lock was not
broken, and the attempt was unsuccessful. On
the "th of this same month the bank was removed
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from Lodge Alley to Carpenters Hall, where
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the t inted States Rank had been kept previous
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to the erection of the building in Third street,
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nr.iv l.irnr.l I nnlr 1 lin luvil'l nnil innimv u-flri
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deposited in the vaults erected by the tinted
j States Bank, but the doors were not the same,
j The iron doors made for the book vault of the
bank in Lodge Alley, by Patrick Lyon, were
j taken to bis workshop, in Lombard street, and
! altered by him to fit the cah vaults, and the
same locks were nspil, being of n brttcr kind
than any that could be procured in the city at the
time. A new patent lock was put on the outer
door, and the porters were obliged to sleep in
the building, as a precautionary measure.
On the 20th of August. Nathaniel Potter, one
of the porters, was seized with the fever, and
died in a few days, nnd no confidential person
could be obtained to Bupply his place. Thomas
Cunningham, the other porter, slept there alone.
Early on the morning of Sunday, the 2d of Sep
tember, the runner, having occasion to go to the
bank to complete some business left unfinished
the evening before, found the back door open, and
looking into the banking room, saw the doors
of the cash vault also open. The porter was
asleep up stairs. Upon examination the loss was
ascertained to be S15S,S2l fil. Immediate mea
sures were adopted for the further security of the
bank, nnd the detection of the robbers. The fe-
I ver, which raged in every portion of the city,
prevented any very energetic steps being taken.
From the circumstances that tho locks appeared
to have been opened by false keys, and Patrick
Lyon being well acquainted with all the locks
of the bank, he was at once suspected of the rob
bery. Cunningham, the porter, was taken with
the fever, and died in about five days after the
robbery. Lyon could not be found in the city,
and it was found that he had left on the 2Sth of
August, w ith an apprentice, to escape the fever.
They had gone to Lewistown, where the appren
tice died with the fever on the 1th of September.
On the 16th, on hearing the charge against him,
Lyon returned to the city, where the fever was
still raging, and surrendered himself to the autho
rities. This was on the 21st of September, and
after an examination, be was ordered to find
$150,000 bail, which being of course unable to
do, he was thrown into prison. The fever pre
vailed in the prison at the time, and while he was
there many deaths occurred ; he was neglected,
having no bed to sleep on, and but few of his
j friends were permitted to see him, from the time
of hi commitment. On th 12th of December,
: hi bail was reduced to 52000. This was oh-
I tained, and he was set at liberty.
j In the mean time, suspicions were excited a
gainst Isaac Davis, a carpenter, from the circum
stance of his depositing large sums of money in
different bank. On the 19th of December he was
invited to the house of the cashier of the Bank of
Pennsylvania, and partly by threat, and partly
by promises of pardon if he confessed, he ac
knowledged his cuilt, and made restitution of
nearly all the money stolen. He declared that
the plan of the robbery originated with Cunning
ham, the porter, who procured the false keys,
and that he did not know w ho made them. Af
ter this confession and restitution, Davis was per
niitted to go at large. The officer of the bank
still suspected Lyon of having been the accom
plice of Davis and Cunningham, and not satisfied
with what he had already differed, procured a
bill of indictment against him on the 7th of Jan
uary, 1700: as a party to the robliery. Thi bill
wa ignored by the grand jury, and he wrs relie.
ved from the accusation. At the March term
(lbOl) of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, Pa
trick Lyon proccuted Samuel M. Fox, Jonathan
prisonment. Toe ca.e wa not decided till the
December term IfrO.V The council for the plain
tiffwere A J. Dalla. J. Hopkins, J. W. Condy
and M. Levy, Eqr ; and lhe counsel for the de
fendants, W. Lewi, J. Ingersoll, and W. Raw le,
Esqr On the evening of the 1Mb of December,
ISOfi, the case wa delivered to a special jury,
who, the next morning, returned a verdict in fa
vor of Tatritk Lyon, for $12,000 damage. Up.
on the delivery of this, verdict. Mr rgeroll.
one of the counsel for the defendants, aked for
a new trial. The motion was postponed till tho
next term. In March term, 1807, the case was
reached but a few hours before the close of the
term, and by consent of the counsel, postponed
till the following December term, when a new
trial was granted. At March trm, 1807, the
new trial was expected to come on ; but the pro
secutor, wearied out, as is supposed, by the vex
ations delay of the law, consented to a compro
mise, and thu sum of $0000 was paid to him as
damages. "
fTF We clip the following stanza from one of
the latest Whig songs, and shall only add, that a
bout the time our Whig friends were singing this
Mng Tnnvin , WM prr?iJjne , , ,if
ri ,.,: .,:t,., ., , ... ,..
-., ii tEMjiu p, ,iiiii-ii vwtrimy up
ported the claims of Henry A. Muhlenberg for
Governor :
"Now. to 'pay him back in his own coin,'
The Wolf and Shunk men say they'll join,
To help the soldier Markel in.
And whip the Muhley for his sin
Hurrah, hurrah, the Keystone's risin'
For Markel, Clay and Frelinghuysen."
Here follows another stanza :
"The Coon now looks around with pride,
, For who is here dare touch his hide ;
And though the Locos think to cros him,
They'll find he's only playing 'possum
Hurrah, hurrah, the Keystone's risin' &c."
The 'Possum will never assimilate with the
Coon, no how thpy can fix it. He always keeps
himself abort him, and on the day of the elec
tion they will find, as the old song has it,
Possnm up a gum tree,
Cooney in d hollow."
MISCELLANY,
Killtorlal, Cniitlrnsed ant SMrrlrri.
Tin: Pi.in.ic Lmis. The sales of the public
j lands dm ing the last calender year amounted to
1. CIO. 07 1 acres, and produced more than $2,000,
000, exceeding the procreds of sales for the pre.
vious year, by more than '!00,000.
It is estimated there is 000 tons of anthracite
coal consumed daily by the boats on the North
River. lOtolOtons is the quantity consumed
each trip by the boats burning coal.
Ex-officers Sweet and Walker, of New York,
received SI Out) each for the arrest of Daily , and
tho recovery of the 5-10,000. Quite a clever
haul, just as they go out of office.
Mr. Benton. Mr. Benton, in a letter to A. V.
Brown, speaks of the Texas annexation project
as "a scheme, on the part of some nf it mover",
to dissolve the Unionon the part of o;ie others
ns an intrigue for the presidency and on lhe
part of others (I only speak of prime movers, not
the millions who follow.) as a land speculation
and a job in script."
Fence Posts. A practical farmer informs the
Hartford Times that in taking up a fence that
had been set fourteen years, he noticed that
some of the posts remained nearly sound, w hile
others were rotted ofT at the bottom. On look
ing for the cause he found that those posts that
were set limb part down, or inverted from the
way they grew, were sound. Those that were
set as they grew were rotted off. This fact is
worthy the uttention of farmer.
Matlf. Si'i;ar a no Beeswax. The Hannibal
(Mo ) Journal, of the 1st inst., says, a merchant
of that village, in jiacking down a barrel of bees
wax, a few days ngo, broke one of the cakes, and
found it was a cake of maple suy:ar covered with
wax. He then broke others with the same re
sult. The perpetrator of the fraud, however, has
been discovered, and will be punished.
''Westward,'' &e. A wagon load of emi
grants, says the Milwaukie Herald, passed our
office to-day, who were bound a little farther
west than any pioneer we have heard of lately.
Their basgagc was marked to "Sundown," which
we suppose mut be near the 'jumping off place."
QnK Travelling. A gentlemrn left Ro
chester, N. Y., on Sunday evening, at 5 o'clock,
and arrived in Boston on Monday evening, at 7
o'clock, a distance of -l.'O miles in 26 hours. So
much for Railroads.
The TitK E. Dr. Bascom is preaching at N.
York, to audiences who pay fifty cent each to
listen to the sermons. The proceed are to go
towards building a Methodist Mariner' Church.
By a census just completed, it appears that
Lowell, Mass , now contain 25.1 13 inhabitants,
being an increase of -l-l.'i.t since 1SI0. There
are several large mills now in proces of build-
j 'ng-
How to Clean a Fowi.i.v; Piece. Stop up
t,,e t0ll,'h ,lo!es b' 1,"itlls (," '',ll? wax ; and
then pour quicksilver into the barrels, roll it a
long them for a few minutes. The mercury and
the lead will form an amalgam, and leave the
gunas clean as the first day it came out of the
shop. Strain the quicksilver through a piece of
thin wash-leather, and it is again fit for ue ; for
the lead will be left in the strainer.
Cardinal Woolsey declaimed against the art of
i printing, as that which would take down the ho-
! nor and profits of the priesthood, by making the
people as wise a they. Baxter.
When Sir G. Murray attempted io excuse him
self from taking office under the Duke of Welling
ton on account of hi inexperience in public spea
king "Pooh! booh!" said the Duke, "do as 1
do ; say what you think and don't quote Latin."
It is said that there are some folks who write,
talk, and think so much on virtue, that they ha e
no time to practice it.
A Cool SrirmE. At Cincinnati, a few days
ago, a man named Ketchum, of Newark, Ohio,
! deliberately took off hi coat and hat, and placed
hi head under the arm of the fly wheel of tho
steamboat Lancet, while her engine wa in mo
tion. Hi head w as literally crushed. No cause
assigned.
Joe Smith Inpiciep The Louisville Cour
ier state that seven indictment have been found
by the Grand Jury of Hancock county, HI, against
Joe Smith, the Mormon Trophct He is charged
with icr.iury. larceny, &c