A correspondent of the Philadelphia Ledger, as the following article on t'A.VAb NAVIOATIU.V HY STUAM. The proposition to transport Coal by tho ti-e of steam tugs, which is now assuming a more lelinite shape, has attracted the earnert atten tion of many parties interested in the Schuyl kill Navigation Company, as well as the Ches apeake and Delaware, and Delaware and Usri tin Cutiat Companies. I have accordingly takon some pains to come ft the correct Cost of carrying on the business in this way, by ascertaining the facta applicable to this esse, from an inspection of bonis in aetu nl use. One of the neatest specimens which we have had here, is the little boat called the "John Gilpin," which is propelled by an inge nious wheel, invented by Mr. Asa Worthing ton, of New York. This boat, which is but thirteen feet wide, is capable ol towing boats loaded with 200 tons of freight from three miles to three and a half miles per hour in a narrow rsnal. It is adopted to tho navigation of the Chesapeake Day, and can make a speed of more than 0 miles per hour in open water. In fact, this boat of itself, without any regard to the va rious successful forms uf propeller, has com pletely solved the problem of canal navigation by steam, and has won for its inventor the gra titude of the whole cansl interest of thin coun try. 1 do not know what charge it i3 proposed to make for the use of this principle, but in the following calculations it id necessary to include that item, and I have accordingly allowed 11)0 for the use of the patent right for each bo:it. If the sum appear small, the importance of intro ducing the invention on a line where more than ball a mill ion of tons are now annually transpor ted, and a million may be speedily obtained, will make it good policy to bold it at a moderate rnto. The following estimate will show the cost of convryina coal from Pottsvilleto Sew York, a distance of 220 miles, by the system of tugging. The business may be advantageously conducted by placing small engines in each boat, but it is here assured that each steam tug lakes one boat in low, and is itself driven by an engine of ubout ten horse power, a system which bus some ad vantages for along run as to New York or Albany. The tug will carry an average net load of 53 tons, and the boat in tow an average load of tons making together tons, or in round numbers, 120 tons. The speed in the canal will be three miles per hour, and in the river five miles p.?r hour which the boat now at the wharf has demonstrated to be practicable. The time, on M miles of canal, at 3 miles will be 17 hours, Do on 1"0 miles open water, at 5 miles, 3-1 " Do. in passing all the locks, 12 " Running time, in one direction (3 " " " returning, 03 " Time consumed in loading, il " " " in discharging, tt " Aggregate time actually required for the trip, 1 1 1 hours, or just six duyt. It is necessary in all such calculation:;, to allow liberally for contingencies, and I shall ac cordingly estimate them, in this case, ut Ik'l per cent., or allow for a loss of two days in every trip, and assume that the time required in each trip will be eight days. In proof of the sufficiency if this estimate, I need only quote the fact that the 'John Gilpin,' in running from New York to St. .lolui's Iower Canada, discharging her cargo and taking in a liother, and returning to New York a distance in all of about 750 miles, consumed just seven onJ u half days. Estimated cost of a trip of eight days, with 120 tons of coal : Captain's wages for S days, at SI 50, $12 00 I'.i.gineer'n 1 25 10 110 Assistants' 75 C 00 Two other hands, SO 8 00 Hoard ol" five hands, 25 10 00 Tour tons of small coal, at 31. 4 00 Depreciation of two boats, which will cost together (including patent right) 1000, and last tight years, assuring thirty ti ins lor tho working year er trip, C 25 Depreciation of engine, fee. , which w ill coal S10UU and last ten year per trip, 'J Interest uii capital ill boats and engine, S'.'.'tiio, at six per cent , is ilSuptr uniiuuj iii-r ti in, 5 00 Repairs and contingencies, f 1J0 per mi lium, and per trip, I 00 Cost of conveying t'L'O tons of coal fi mil 1'ottsvillc to N 'v Voi k, and returning w ith the empty boats, 5Gb 58 This sum is equivalent to .17 cts per ton. Add present toll on Sch t'anal, IJ.'i l. i. at k , no And we have an aggregate charge of 51 23 per tun, in lieu of lie' piesent charge 30 per ton. It is obvious, therefore, tiiat a boat now enga ging in this trade, will be sble, at the present prices, to clear eil its expenses, and provide an ample contingent fund for repairs and deprecia tion, and interest oil the investment, and leave mi additional stun ol c-12'3 for every trip, or sf.10 u day. Thu time and the prices assumed iu thu tetrinaie are ample, and such as will guaranty j doctor's means, but only garden jerbs. Sue the procurement ol competent und trustworthy j cuunied Vii! ith curnfrey, elecampane, and Co men. I riarrder seed. Some tunes she would throw in I leave it to tho business man to put his own j a I ittle led pn eipity, but mighty telJuiii only eblimata on the alue of b rck-freigbls, the pas- j lion it was a powerful case.' sengcr travel ol the Schuylkill Valley, and other incidental advantage,, 1,1 die introduction of this mode ofMHspuiialioii. leave it to the Schuyl kill Nutlgatioii Company to put their own esti mate on tho value of a modification ol their sys tem, which will reduce their freights to one half i ho present charge, enable them to scud their boats, hi all times, und without delay, around Ij lie Delaware front, ihrotijlf to New York, to all the towns along tho banks of the Hudson, and through Ibe Kim nod Champlain Canals which will enable them to monopolize tho trade of all the towns on the Delaware and its branches to go through to tho Chesapeake, and supply tho peop'e of Riltimoro with Pennsylvania anthra cite cheaper than they can ever pet their own bituminous coal from tho mines of Cumberland. It is understood that the Canal Company are moving in this matter; but whether they are moving fist enough for their own interest, and the public frond, and the requirements of the trade, vnny be doubtful. One thing is, however, certain, that in this country private enterprise can always bo found to carry out any improve ment that promises a fair remuneration for Ibe capital invested. It would be well for the coun try if its enterprise had stepped there. Fl'LTO.I. A Siirttwn Qi-kstion. The editor of the Cherokee Advocate, puts forth the following statement and senrching qnstinn : "It is slated that within forty years, the Uni ted States have extinguished the Indian title to Four hundred and thirty million acres of land for Eighty-two millions ofdollars. At this rate, they paid the Indians an average of less than ttrrnty cents pir acre. Now if the United States disposed of those lands to their tit zens ut the preseat lo Government price of One dollar and twenty-five cents, thry have received into their Treasury the sum of iniir hundnd and fifty five iniU'nms Five hundnd thousand dollars above the original cost. Wonder if they would like to get tnoic Indi an lands on the fame terms 1" Emitmno their Piiiso.ns. P. List, F.s , our Consul at I.epsic, w rites home that it is con templated to send not only German paupers, but the criminals of that country, to the United States. He says : "A Mr. Do Stein, formerly an officer in the service of the Duke of S i.e (lotha, has lately made proposition to the smaller States of Saxo ny for transporting their criminal to the port of Ureinen, and embarking ihein there tiirtbe U nited States at seventy-five dollars per head, which offer haslecn accepted by several of them. The first ti support of criminals, who. for the greater part, have been condemned to hard labor for life, (among them two notorious robbers, Plefer and Albrecht,) will leave (Jolha on the lfith of this month ; and it is intended, by and by, to empty all the jails nud workhouses of that country in this manner ! There is little doubt that several other States will imitate the nefarious practice ! In order to stop it I have sent an article to the General Gazette of Augs burg, wherein I have attempted lo demonstrate that this behaviour was contrary to all thu laws of nations, and that it was shameful behaviour towards a country which oilers the best induce ment to German manufactures. It has of late, also, become a general practice in the towns and boroughs of Germany, to get rid of their paupers and vicious members by collecting the means for effecting their passage to the United Slate's among the inhabitant-', ami by supplying them Irouj the public funds." Dm i-n u ii a no ins I. ions. The a.-tonisbing control of thu German, Drcifhach, over the most ferocious beasts of the forest, the lion, the tiger and the leopard, entering familiarly into their dens, and passing freely back and forth umong them as at his levee, then driving them into each other's dens, and re-assembling Ibeni a gain in one, then seizing first one and then an other, and making them in iriock-liht seize him as if they would devour him throwing them on the ground, bostrid.ng and beating them in pretended anger grasping their jaws and forcing open their mouths, a lion in one hand and a tiger iu the other dragging their beads together, and making lliem finally growl at each other thrusting his foot iu'Mlie mouth of one and his head into the jaws of another lying down with them and folding them in his arms dandling them on his lap as a child magnetizing them, and repeatedly lilting them from the ground and letting them tall again a dead ina.-uJ. All this wouM t-eeio to be the ulti mate reach of hum in power the utmost e.M r cii.e of reason over the brute the sway of u.iud over liirce. And whiLt this di.-pliyof the in comprehensible buinaii F ril fills the observer with amazement, it furnishes at tho same time a study for philosophy and piety. This control of Dic-i.-bach over the ra wnous b a-t- 'cu,s to ho tl,. ,.....:( of dailv reeeivo,., tt.eir l.wul tr.no him. Mow does tin; .'latitude of in in compare with this return ! Tin' i-'el ansuer is on record, "The o.x knovvelh Ins oAiur, and the u.-s his matter's crib, but Israel doth not know, my peo ple do not consider." lSul though not so tender, yet a more striking und impret-sivc reproof is exhibited by these savage beattsof prey. I'hit. Ledger. Ci'UB oti Uin.i siviieM Old Mrs. StUI;j says tint she's 'ol'leir heard tell, uhen she v.a-a i girl, that old grandma Jtwinii r, Iheouliest crit- j ler lo euro the iheiiirratly pains, iieter used no I Makino Fii vr Wo.Mi.N. Not Ion? since, a miser in Morocco, who sold "ktdiah'" (fried niest,) wishing to increase his sales, nightly in veigled a woman of bad character into his house, murdered her, bud sold her for fried uient in tho niornii g. liis wilo nt last denounced him. lie uas pimishe.1 dreadfully. I lie hands and feet were cut t il, broiled in bis own caul dr"ii nud L'iven lo dog-; ,ir tliod, and ho was per initlcJ to die i'ruiii loss ol blood. THE AMERICAN. Saturday, Dee. 21, 1844. 1. II. i;it.jnKli, Esq., til hl iteml .'- late and foal OlKce, Vi. 69 I'ine Street, Vht ladrlthla, 1 authorized to act an Jlgent, avd rcrrtit lor all monies due I hit office, for ub tcrldlon or advertising, .?. of hu onict igo ,Vmm street, Kv Absence from home, must be our excuse for deficiency of editorial matter this week. D7" The Susquehanna, at this ptace, was froz.cn over on Tuesday last, and is probably now passable for foot passengers. C"7" IsAUii ttATio or Gov. Shi ns. The in auguration of the Governor elect, will take place on the third Tuesday of January, acording to the constitution, not the third Saturday of January, as our compositor made us say last week. CP" The affairs of Texas begin to assume more than usual importance at Washington. The news on this subject our readers will find in ano ther column. CP" Mr. Ilenton's Texas Bill, which will be found in another column, will become the great topic of debate, in Congress, this session. The Tariff bill itself will hardly bethought of. The South will not choose to agitate it, und the Xoith are satisfied to leave it as it is. C!7" Dr. Duncan's one day election bill has passed the House of Kepreseutati ves, by nn al most unanimous vote. This is an important matter. Hereafter the Presidential elections will be held throughout the Union on the same day. C7"PoTAi.n Knnni, The Legislatures of several states have already moved in this matter. The Postmaster General himself, now recom mends a reduction, making the rates at 5 cts. for liny distance under 500 mile, and 10 cts. for any over 500 miles. At a large meeting at Cincin nati, resolutions were passed rcconimi tiding a reduction to two ct., for all letters not weigh ing more than a half ounce, and two cents fori every additional half ounce. They also recom- j mend the abolition of the flunking privilege. Another impoi taut item of reform is, to p-rmit all newspapers to be carried free of postage with in the bounds of the county in which they are published'. DT7" War ok Worm. Mr. John (J. Adams and Chai les J Ingersoll are out abusing each o tber in the newspapers. It is difficult to say which ol the two belligerauls will carry the day. One thing is certain, that as both have been ac customed to receive great personal abuse, they will not fail to lay it on pretty thiik in order to make an impression. CV" Poor Uai r.: The second foot race be tween Grecuhalgh and (iilderslecve. took place at lIoliul,cn, on Monday luf.t. The distance was twelve ii. lies the Make -1 IMiO t .1 eeldialgli pa!id (iildeulecve at the eleventh mile. The lat mile was performed in 5 minutes, 1 seconds The whole distance in OX minutes IS seconds. CP" The Washington correspondent of the Philadelphia Ledger , in speaking of the speech of Mr. Polk, at .Nashville, says: 'Mr. Polk's rercrit speech ut Nashville has been the most canvassed of all 111" various thimis that have agitated the metropolitan sphere since the outset of the session, not except mg the Mex ican correspondence, ut the tone of which many marvel, uudotheis utter ''curses loud and deep." It is evident from the declarations of Mr. Polk, that he regards his electron as the voluntary and unsolicited tribute of puldic coulidence, and not us a partisan triumph; that the people have cho sen him to administer the Government for the good of th whole nation, and not for the imme diate benefit or lonkins to the direct advantage of any particular party Thee noble and patri otic views, so Well calculated to recnncil.' the minority, to temper and restrain political vio lence and hi ing us back lo the ood old days ol siuiidicit v and safety of Mr. Mouioe's admi- uistiation, are received in a mood aJoptcd to the i d.ll'i reiit intei -Ms which they ell'.ct Mr. I'al- ! ",m,! s M '"on' '"' 11 "i,s u" "'"' ! a of l"'''"l" ", ucju.esces heartily and ciitucly in his determination, whilst the Noith ei ii division hesit ates not to speak ill open dis paragement of any such doctrine or practice. Tin; latter iulliienee is for insisting upon the re ward of their services in the honors and emolu ments; the other is content to abido a c,iadual distribution ol the spoils, in older to conciliate public sentiment, and pave the way for a nomi nation in IMS. Those who know Mr. P1U hest. and who Inilll , , i intimacy uiul intercourse have reason to In' iiji- .i . .i . . liriSt-.lnt Ins Intel, t urn. k..v licit llie Kent I lllel.T I I J - 1 of his Nashville speech were deliberately coiisi- j i I i . i i.i.i- ii. i c , 'tei eil ami m.ihircil. ion! I l,:il Ins .il. lest ainl firmest ' I liien.U counctdled their adoption; so that they ioa all that is expressed, and he will enfore whatever he has avowed. . Mr. Polk will take his Kiitin indepr ndent of all cliques, encumbered by none of thu peculiar obligations which have defeated the good inten tions of others of his predecessors, und being out of the line uf succession, he has no object to a chieve but air honest, successful and pure adiui uistiation. With ull the means ut bis command and w ith theie ktioug purpose ta emphatically declared, there is no doubt but that he will de. otc himself to the gieat i n I alone of good and useful govjl lillieiit The Popular Vote of the rrcxiilrntinl Election. The following is a statement of tho popular vote in the several States, at the lute Presidential Election Polk Clay Birney Maine, 4.)719 31310 4V7 N. Hampshire, 27100 1700 4101 Massachusetts, 5:1202 077M 10027 Connecticut, SKHIl 1013 Rhode Island, 407 7322 5 Vermont, 1-041 20770 3i)S4 New York, rj:i7.V5 232431 15710 New Jersey, 37495 3313 131 Pennsylvania, 107535 101203 3138 Delaware, 5005 0207 Maryland, 32070 35IH1 j Virginia, 0000 I Ohio, 40113 155057 W)50 Kentucky, 10000 N. Carolina, 3W27 43232 S. Carolina, 25000 Georgia, 41155 42100 Alabama, 12000 Indiana, 7011 070S 210G Illinois, lO(MK) Micbignn, 27703 21237 3032 Mississippi, 23102 17020 Tennessee, 50017 00030 Iiouisiana, 0-7 Missouii, 10000 Arkansas, 3O00 1.110,323 1,01, 50 57,754 'Estimated by the Globe. CP('i r UKr..Tio with Mexico, fce. The correspondent of the X. Y. Kvcning l'ot, w ri ting from Washington says : "Day before yes terday, and a part of the night, Mr. Calhoun spent iu air earnest conference with Mr. Packenham, the Hi itish Minister, and immediately afterwards four or five different messengers were llXriT from the State Department, to several of our mi nisters at the different couits of F.urnpe, to Mex ico, and to some of the South American Repub lic. The I'nglish minister, also, I understand, sent off a minister with despatches to Great Britain, The critical condition of our relations with Mexico, and through her, possibly with some of the leading powers of P.uropp, renders this unusual diplomatic activity a mutter of deep interest and anxious speculation ; and among o ther on dits is one, that if Texas will iu any suf ficiently authoritative matter, declare her wishes to become annexed to the United States, then Great Britain is to throw no obstacle in the way, ami will intimate to Mexico, that it will be ne cessary for her to acquiesce as gracefully as she may; that no opposition is to b? expected from any other Krrropean quarter ; that a very liberal treaty of boundary will be negotiated with Mex ico, iu which the laree claims of indemnity due by her to our citizens, w ill iu some satisfactory manner be arranged; and finally, that iu the great balance sheet, w hich is now iu tie? progres of being made up, the Oregon boundary will also be satisfactor ily adjusted.'' C7Vn:ws or Mrs. Aoams. The Charleston (S. C.) Courier gives the following as the o pinions of John (liiincy Alains, ns detailed in a private conver'ation. They are certainly curi ous and interesting. Kvcn Mr Adams, it will be seen, has no fear of the repeal of the tariff, un der Mr. Polk "I have heard several gentlemen speaks of conversations bold with Juhn (iuiney Adams, on Hie subj' Ct of the result of tin? late election. His opinions are of interest at Ibis time, and he is by no n eniis n served in making tlu tn known, lie says tint Texas will be brought into the I ' ii ion, and that the British Government will sim ply protest against tin net, ami avail herself ot the example to carry inloe.ucution some of her own designs. 'She will, he says, tale pcusension nf C'ubn, and we cannot corn pin in of it, after taking Tex as. Great Britain, be says, will guarantee to Smin the same amount of revenue that she now receives from Cuba. As to France, he says that government cannot complain ot the act, for she has taken possession of Algiers, and Great liritain will allow her to extend her Af rican possessions ns far as she pleases. Mexico, he says, w t l ru t make war upon Us', nn account of the auuexilion. 'As Id the tariff, he says, it will not be essen tially modified, during- Mr. Polk's administra tion. The Government will need the whole of the present revenue, especially after the annex ation of TV .vi a. There must he an increase, he thinks, of the navy and sriny on that account. 'The next presidential contest would Ire be tween Mr, Calhoun and Mr. Wright. Mr. Cal houn would necessarily, in his opinion, hive nt least the option of remaining iu tho Slate De- ' pertinent A Srnui: anu Tiun-Uit. A turn-out has taken place among the workmen on the Valley Railroad at Pottaville. The contractors Were I iiaving M) cents a day, but last week, owing to i ' ' - , i the ureat nuinlier out of employment in this re- 1 gion. an attempt was ma le to reduce the wages . -r. I ... I.. . - . I : . c- 1 1 in ueeiiis per oay timing me winter. several , I 3 of the workmen were arrested in consequence of preventing, by force, others from wor king. Si'viikme Coi rt op the U. States Gov. Dona's Case, On Friday last, on motion of Be verly Johnson, Fsi , Francis C. Treadwell, of Poitland, Maine, was admitted as an attorney and counsellor ut this court. The Globe says that Mr. Treadwell has charge of the case of Gov. Dorr, ond will probably move the point to allow a writ of error, or a writ of habeas enrpu'. to In ing Gov Dorr to Washington und pel mit him in person to petition tht court lr a i it of ri i . 1 1 WASIIINOTOIV COIHIKSPOSOKIICK. I Extract nfa Ittttr, diittd Wasiiix.jtois, Dec. IS, 18 It. .lnnrxn't'ort ifTnTnMrJ)iiTir Prtotvtions firnvidingfor Anntxatii n Jioitim't Hill on thcstimn tuhjvct. I mentioned in my last nn announcement by Mr. McPulfie, of South Carolina, of his intention toreport joint resolutions providing for the im mediate annexation of Texas. He has since ful filled his purpose, and enclosed you' receive a co py ol the resolutions : " litwlved, By the Senate and House of Repre sentatives of the U. States, in Congress assoin bled, That the compact of Annexation and Uni on between the said U. States and Republic of Texas, signed by John C. Calhoun, Secretary of State, on the part of the U. States, and Isaac Van unit, and J. Pinckney Henderson, on the pai t ef Texas, be and the same is hereby declared to be the fundamental law of Union between the said V. States and Texas, so soon as the supreme au thorities of tho said Republic of Texas shall ngreo to the same. And it shall be the duty of the President of the V. States, so soon as he shall be officially notified of such agreement on the part of Texas, to announce the same by proclamation. " HerolirJ, further, Hy the authority aforesaid, that it is understood and intended that whatever is stipulated to be done immediately or at n fixed period, after the exchange of the ratifications of the aforesaid compact, shall be done immediate ly or in a like period after the supreme authori ties of Texas shall have finally agreed to these Resolutions." The resolutions having been read, Mr. Archer of Virginia, moved their reference to the Com mittee on Foreign Relations, which was carried ; whereupon Mr. Henton forthwith sprung upon the Senate his counter-project, and gave notice of his intention to introduce his bill providing for the annexation of Texas. This was received in good humor, producing a pleasant smite on the () the next day the J ristm;iiislifil Missourian, agreeably to notice. introduced the following bill, the same in terms advocated by him at the last session. It was read twice, as usual, and then referred to the Commit tee on Foreign Relations. A Bm.i. to rr.oviiiF. ron run Annkxahos or Tkxas to tiik Uvirrn Statcs. Itc it enuctril Ii' the. Senut- and Untie of Rep resentatives f the L'i)!ti:d H'tutcs 'f .tmcriea in Congress assembled, That the President of the United States be, and hereby is. authorized and advised to open negociations with Mexico and Texas, for the adjustment of boundaries, and the annexation cf the latter to the L'nitcJ States, on the following basis, to wit ! I. The boundary of the annexed territory to he in the desert prairie west of the Nueces, and along the highlands anil mountain heights which divide the waters of the Mississippi from the wa ters of the Rio del Norte, and to latitude forty two degrees north. II. The people of Texas, by a legislative ar t, or by any authentic act which shows the will of the majority, to express their assent to said an-ii'-xation. Ill A Stat.', to he called " The. State if Texas," with boundaries fixed by herself, arid an extent not exceeding that of the largest State in the U nion, be admitted into the Union, by virtus of this act, on an crjual footing with the original States I V. The remainder of the annexed tei ritory to be held and disposed of by the United States as one of tln ir territories, and to be called "the Sr,uthu'i.l Ti.rrit ri;." V. The existence of slavery to be forever pro hibited in the nor thern and noi thwe-tern part of said territory, west of the 100th degree of longi tude west from Greenwich, so as to divide, as e- ' pi.iHy as may be. the hole of the annexed coun try between slavi holding and non-slav.diolding States. VI. The assent of Mexico to be obtained by treaty to siteh annexation and boundary, or to be dispensed with when the Congress of the United i Stales may deem such assent to be unnecessary. VII. Other details of the annexation to be ad justed by treaty, so far as the same may come within the scope of th treaty making power. Going ivto the Ibom rsiiNsH r.Aiif.sr.v. The extensive Iron Works, known as the Read ing Furnace, situated about twelve miles from Reading, and owned by the Assignees of the Uni ted States Bank, were last week sold, with all the landed property attached, to Governor David R. Porter Co of Hairisburg, forV'O.ooO. The Tkil'mpii op America Masitacti'Iiks. The X. Y. Herald, of last week, contained an excellent article on the iuiKiitaut meeting held in Manchester, in relation to the cotton trade and cotton imports into F.ngland; "on which occa- sion, in the face of the whole world, and in the very heart of British Manufactures, the palm was awarded to the United States iu the manufacture of a certain description of cotton goods, and in competing with Fugland in the markets of the world.'' Gar at Sale at Washington. ( ongrsss, in a fit of retrenchment, ordered the grass cut on the Capitol grounds, at Washington, to be. sold ilt public unci ion. These clippings have been sold tins season, und tliey have yielded a clear profit to the U. S. Treasury, auctioneer's commissions ami cost of advertising excluded, of fair dullurt und ninety two cuts. Ciiir.n Killed pv Bears. A few days since, a child was killed in the northern part of Deca tur county, la. The child was some distance from the house gathering nuts w hen the beirs came along and attacked and killed it. Shortly alter this fete they met a man iu the woods and chased him home, put suing him to his very door, w hen he tookdowu his gun uud shot one of them with in a few steps of his door, and with some of his neighbors, succeeded shoitly alter iu killing the othr This happjneJ in the most populous part ol the country V A I I K T V . Maximo Ri TtEn. In Goshen they cover the hands with linen gloves and forcibly work out the buttermilk, and thus, by excluding the air in packing, the article long keeps sweet. lls.vvr Loss. The Globe says a gentleman in Tennessc agreed, for twenty dollars, to give one dollar for the first electoral vote Governor Pollc should receive over Mr. Clay, anil to double it in geometrical progression for the majority of the electoral college. The sum lost amounts to 3(J,H!)l,4.'i7,4l!7, 140,130,231. A knowledge of the powers of figures would have saved him from this loss. Goui. Mr. Rothe, a Saxon miner, gives it as his ertinion, that the gold mines in Xorth Caro lina are eipial to any in l'.umpe or Brazil. Ten millions of bullion hare already been obtained from tho Xorth Carolina mines. A negro found one lump of ore at Rerd's mine, which was worth S,000. "Gai;AT Westcrn: Iron Fuiinack." The Pittsburg American says that the Great Western Iron Furnace, at Urady's Bend, has been in blast for some weeks past, making SO tons of iron per week. The rolling mill attached to the furnace is also in cp 'ration, principally employed in making rail road iron. The amount invested in thes works by the enterprising owners is about d."io,ono. Banks. The capital of tln Banks in the U. States has been reduced one hundred and eight millions of dollars in four years. This is one hundred millions of dollars, however, larger than it was in IK.'iO. Dnr-.r ok Mnsii'o. The public debt ol Mexi co, besides what she owes to the United States, is said to be eighty two millions of dollars, upon which the annual interest is nearly five millions of dollars. AviitinrE Fon Poison. Chalk and water are said to be a complete antidote to the poison of Oxalic acid. 1 he taste of the acid is intense. and a blot ol ink may be discharged from writing; paper by its application. A Nr.w P.M'i:r. The , tngmnn is the title of j a new sheet, pnnii-h.''! at l.n-;on. It rs ileeora j ted with tie? representation of a gallows in actu ' al op 'ration, nn ! is de-igiiatcd to advocate the i abolition of capital punishment. Fri'.r.. The saving of fir-l in.vl by the Loco motives on th- Liverpool an l Manch"tr Rail way, is 7" p"i cent , as compared w't'i the a mounts used iu .'!. Iivn Hair. In the year Ifitn the authorities of X.'W Hampshire agreed to discontinue the"sin t ti 1 practice of wearing long hair." Tiik Loniion Ci.' ns. Mr Hurst, M. P., for Horsham, F.ngland, has suddenly discharged his servant, given up houseke"piug, and d 'partei. with his family, for th" continent. His debts ex eecd 150.000. This is one of the leading men o. the Carletou Club in London the repndiators o American citizens, because the States of Americ. are a little in delit. Chapman says his reaon for rrowingso lusti ly was, that he was cocA-sure of the election. Cai'r ok a Dfkeat. The Charleston Merc i ry lays it down as a general truth and on th point we agree with it that the want of votes the principal cause of defeat to gentlemen wit aspi re for ollice. Won XovixTrn Cot.. Poi.it ' This impor ant question is answered at last by th-1 f.vcomin Olive Blanch. Co'. Reah Fi.i.-r, of Lancaster nominated James K. Polk. This fills the me; sure of the Colonel's glory. A Nr.w (i'amk The Grand Jury of Washin ton county, Md., at its recent session, indictt forty-three persons for playing at the game i 'rattle and snap." A Xnw AitTic t.K of Mi---i- A London fu rier. advertising his commodities, informs tho ladies "who wish to hate a really good article that he will be happy to make thein mutl's. boa etc. of "their own skins." In another versio he says : "Ladies w ishing to have a really gen ine article can select their own tkins." Bkkach of Promise. A Miss Susan Sta man has recovered S'JOOO damages, in Washin ton county, M l., of Mr. Com jd Smith, for r fusing to marry her as he had promised. Susa in spite of h T nam ', was determined to hold to Conrad. Gov. Dour. The New York Post says Gi Dorr is ready at any moment to lake the oath allegiance to the existing Government, but existing Government is not ready to release 1 without other conditions. FRANCHISE IN RllOKE Jsl.ANll Voll lnilSt ! registered some time before the election, pa ' dollar, and write your name on the back of yi . ballot. Mr. Pots. Th Democrats of Xew Orle. i have invited Mr. Polk to visit that city this w ter. RhEi srs to Ri:i i;ivr rr. Tho Xew Ham 1 ! sliire l.ei'islnriire li:is neiin refused til receive the. SuU''i luxt of the old surplus Lund Revenue, "d by a vote of UJ to 1.17. j Tin: worst tricx or am.. The liquors sold in the bars attached to masquerade ball-rooms of Xew Oilcans, are drugged, to make people crazy with excitement uud liberal with their money. London and Paris can baldly beat that. Mail Ror'KRV. The mail between Xew Yoil and Troy has again been stolen. It was robbeu last Friday, at Hudson. The pouch was found back of the Universalis! church, cut open and tin letters taken out. This is the second time w ith in a year or two that the mail has been robbej at tho same place. Fi'iirT jiETwr-Ex Lawyers. At Hagerstow M I , Mason and Spencer, two members of tie Bar, had a personal rencontre in the Court roorr on Thursday. The court fined each party V itjiuis, ui;i required tlicin to keen the peace.
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