Our Prospects. Our country great a it in in comparison with almost any on earth, is yet in iiti infancy. Its resources, instead of being developed, are scarctdy yet imagined by the majority, and dim ly foreseen by the far-seeing few. With great er capacity for sustaining human life in comfort than all Europe, it is yet comparatively a wil derness Europe contains about two hundred and fitly millions or people the United States about twenty millions of all kinds, and about fifteen millions of free white population. Vet are the United States, from the Northern boun dary to the Gulf of Mexico, and frimthe At lantic to the Pacific Ocean, capable of feeding, clothing and sheltering more people than all Europe. I low mighty are the destinies of our country ! Its mission has hardly begun ! This mission will be a mission ot peace and civiliza tion, through the instruments of agricnluire, commerce and manufactures. We shall feed and clothe millions in regions where the Amer ican name is now scarcely known. However great ore the resources of the U nited States for commerce and manuftictures, the foundation ot all their prosperity, all their greatness, is agriculture ; and however richly freighted American ships are and will bo wilh the produce of manufacturing industry, yet the produce of the soil isand always will be the prin cipal foundation of American national wealth. The flour, beef, pork, butter and cheese of the United Slates will find markets, and speedily too, among the millions to whom the American name is yet unknown, and among whom the light of civilization has not yet shoue. Some political economists regard our commerce with England as more important than that wi'h nil the rest of the world, especially to our agricul ture. They are indeed obliged to admit that, with the exception of cotton, England has taken little from our soil for the last irjirty year. But they add that as wiser counsels are beginning to prevail in the British Government, the Eng ligh and Scottish manufactures will soon be fed with the produce of our soil, and will therefore receive it in great quantities. Admitting all this for the sake of argumt nt, though we do not believe it will become an extensive reality, we still say that as a market for our provisions, England will sink into significance in compari Hon wi'.h some other that time will furnish. The agriculture ot the British Isles will not fall below its present standard, while British manuf ic'ures and commerce maintain their pre sent rank. If the corn laws be abolished, and British ports be opened to foreign produce, the English landholder must reduce his rents ; and that is all the change in English agriculture which such change of policy will produce. It will not diminish English cultivation or produc tion ;and hence whatever immediate advantage such change of polxy will confer on American agriculture, will not be of long duration. There fore whoever regards the British Isles as a per manent market for our agriculture, will be dis appointed. The rest of Europe will never be fed from our fields. Where, then, shall we find permanent mar kets 1 The answer is, in Asia and A'rica. In India, China, and the western regions of Africa In regions which, however tertile in sugar, coffee, rice, indigo, tea, and other produce of warm regions, will not furnish flour and salted provisions. The time will come when the flour, and heef'and pork of the Middle and Western Slates will be transported to Africa to feed the civilized millions employed in culti voting sugar and coffee. And the time will also come, and soon, when tho Hindoo and the Chinese, occupied in cultivating cotton, rice, indigo, surrar, coffee and tea, will consume A merican flour, beef, pork, lard and tubacco. In this view of the case, while. African civiliza tion is highly important to us the occupation of Oregon is still more so. When American set tlements clinll extend from the Mississippi to the Pacific, as they will, and a great city shall rise ut the mouth of the Columbia, our steam ship will leuvo that port laden wilh agricultu ral produce for India and China. Thetlmdoo and Chinese consume rice because their lands do not produce wheut. But whenever they can exchange their own produce for our flour, as they will, the cultivation of rice will decline or tease. Our tobacco w ill bj substituted for o pium, our flour and other provisions for rice, uud the rich productions of Asia and Africa will yet be exchanged for the agriculture of the U nited States. I'iila. Ledger. Progress of the Wear. We are surprised that our statesmen and sta tisticians, have not of late years, paid more at tention to tht riipiillj increasing progress in wealth and populationof the ridi and mighty west. The census, properly analyzed, would tell the story in a clear and distinct manner. It is indeed quite plain that in the course ofa few year, the we-t will possess in its own hands the controlling power of the whole country. Emigrants by thousand') and tens of thousands, continue to pour into that portion of the Union, not only from the Old World, but from the Old States ; while the moment that the Oregon is formally taken possession of by the nation, a new impulse will be given to the lido of emi gration new and daring enterprises will be formed, and hundreds of adventurous fumilies will move off for what will be regarded for a time as a new hind of promise. We shall then have agitation as to the removal of the seat of Government; which cannot, as it seems to us, much longer remain at Washington. And yet our short-sighted politicians are going on wi'.h new buildings, &c. in that city, as if the Union were stationary in its population, prospects and character, and ns if the representatives from the far west, would consent to travel thousand of miles for the pmpose of arriving at a point by no means central. Yre perceive that the New York Mirror has commenced a scries of articles on this subject. In one of them, it is stated that at the next census, two-th'rds of the population of the U nited Stales will be found West of the meridian of Washington, and that, from that period, the controlling political power of the country will be even West of the Mountains. In another, it is affiimed that more than one Hunt ot the Middle Mates, and all the Southern, except a comparative inconsiderable fnction,are West of the meridian ot the Na tional Capital. In 1840, these regions compri sed five-eighths of our seventeen millions of people ; w hich proportion will he raised to two thirds in 1850, by the certain laws of the com parative increase ot the WeL It is clear therefore, that the West must soon possess the controlling power of the coun try. The subject is an interesting one, and de serves lobe reflected upon. Iiivk. Rep. THE AMERICAN. . Saturday, ftb. I, 1845. t. U. I'.l 171 Kit, Eiq., mt hit Heal Km taU and Coal Office, ,U 69 I fit Street, Vht latlrtphla, U author! trd la act as Jlfent, ard receipt tor all monies due thit fftrf, for tub tcrtptlnn or advert lain g. Jttmt. at hit OfTtct JVo. I GO .Vwmoh Street .Mw IV. CCTTho editor is still absent from his post, at Harrisburg. In the next column our reader will find a letter from him, giving an account of some of the proceedings at the Capitol. ET" On our first p:ige we have placed a com munication of considerable length, from ". coming," purporting to give a history of the dif ficulties thtit have for the last ten years distracted the democratic purty of Lycoming county, and, as one of the consequences, the late defeat of Gen. Pctrikin for Congress. Without exprcs sing any opinion of our own, in regard to the correctness of the views of the writer, we have only to say that the communication is from a highly respectable source, and is therefore enti tled to a place in our columns. We shall, of course, accord to Gen. Petrikin, er his friends, the same privilege. Personally, we know no thing of these difficulties, or to whom we should attribute our lute disastrous defeat in the thir teenth congressional district. Certain it is, that Lycoming county did not perform what we had a right to expect from her ; but whose the fault, or what were the causes, is not for us to settle. Dollars ano Cints. When shall we have an American currency ! It is more than sixty- eight years since we declared our independence ofa foreign power, and fifty-eight years since Federal money was established by Concress. We are yet, however, subject to the evils of a mixed currency, partly foreign, and pnrt'y do mestic, which, for its variety of values given to particular mimes, is even more embiirraising in commercial transactions than the uniform cur rency of England. It is time that a national pride, as well as sound sense, had banished from our stores and counting-rooms such foreign arid. to us, antiquated terms, as pounds, shillings, and pence, and that our simplo republican nomen cloture were submitted in their place. Mer chants can effect this change. Let me appeal to them to begin this patriotic this national work. When asked the price of their goods, let them give the price in dollars and cents, and not oblige their customers to translate their shillings and pence into something they can un derstand. And the difficulty is increased in pissing tromone Mate to another. Let a .Aew lor Her travel into Massachusetts, Pennsylvania or Georgia, and he might as well lie in the Ger man States almost, fur the shilling has a differ ent value in each of these Slates. In New York, North Carolina, and Ohm, there are eight shillings in a dollar, but in the New England States, Virginia, Kentucky, and Tennessee, there are but six. In the former a shilling is equivalent to twelve and a half cents, in the latter to sixteen and two-t birds. Each contains also a fractional number. Go into Pennsylva nia, New Jersey, Delaware, and Maryland, and you find that seven shillings and six pence make a dollar, while in Georgia, and South Carolina, the dollar, our money ur.it, has the representa tive value ot four sh llings and eight pence. When shall the evils of r-ur colonial legirlation cease 1 The people c:ill for a reform. E' t mercantile practice and legis-lalion, if need be, unite in eflorts to accomplish this work, and let the press agitule and agitate until we obtain a uniform and purely American currency through out the m hole Union. .V. Y. Tribune. Tiik Two KoenituN Comet. The new comet seen in thu Gulph of Mexico, and the Mauvaia' second comet, were both observeJ on Sunday night last, by Professor Kcndalf and his assistants, at the High School Observatory. The new cunet is about 10 deg. South of the constellation of the hue. 11 is now moving about :) deg. E. N. E. It is visible to the naked eye after twilight in the evening as a faint I white clmid, in the S 8. W., about fifteen de grees high. It differs from all other comets on record, except that ot 123, in having two tails, one reaching from the comet towards the sun, and the other in an opposite direction. They m-iy be seen in a good seaman's night glass Philu. Ledger. E7On .Wednesday, the Message of Gov. Shunk in relation to the payment of the interest, was sent to the Legislature. It was immediately read. The Governor, after giving the details of our re ceipts and expenditures, comes to the conclusion that if the interest that falls due to-day be paid now, there will not be enough to meet the inte rest due in August, and although he does not say so, he seems to think the permanent payment of interest cannot yet be resumed. D3The "Luzerne Democrat," is the title of a new paper, publishedat Wilkesbarre, by Levi 1 ate, J-.sq. .'Mr. J ate will, Irom his ejepenence in conducting a paper, make the "Democrat" valuable sheet. Canal Commission. The last Harris burg Argus contains a communication recom mending Howard Y. Brioiit, Esq., as a candi date for the office of Canal Commissioner. Mr. Bright has great experience in the construction and management ofonr public improvements, and his experience and ability, joined to his in defatigable industry and perseverance, admirably fit him for the office. We are not aware when or how the nomination of a candidate for this office will be made, but when it is made, North ern Pennsylvania will claim to be represented in the P,oard of Canal Commissioners, and she cannot put forward a candidate more experienced and better qualified than Mr. Bright. KStav Law. We observe that a bill has been reported in the Senate for the reprnl of the law of ISO, relative to executions, commonly called "the stay law." We are glad to see this move, for the law in question has produced more mischief, tl an the t iri oniry evil that it was in tended to remedy. Gov. Miunk, in his Inaugural Address, remarks that "that paiticular mischief should be corrected by general, rather than by special laws." This is a maxim, as true in fact as it is sound in political economy, and we hope our Legislature will in future be guided by it, for,' we verily believe, that no State in the Uni on is more injured by special legislation than Pennsylvania. This everlasting legislating for particular classes, instead of the State at large, is selfish, narrow-minded and short-sighted. This law making for a part icular cad, or for the ben- fit of one class of our citizens, very often at the xpense of another, has induced the people to think "the world is governed too much," and very geneially eventuate in irremediable mischief and injustice. All kinds of quacks area nui sance, but none of them do so much mischief as quack Legislators, for their nostrums operate up on a whole community. Thin Shoes ard Consumption. Noticing an article w ith this title, the Bridgetoii, N. J. Chronicle says, "Let parents look well to this matter ; let them see that their daughters wear god thick shoes and stockings, during Cold and damp weather. Let them compare their own thick boots, with the low, thin shoes of their daughters, and they will more fully realize the insufficiency of the latter. And let the ladies not suppose that a sensible man is more pleased with a pale and feeble woman, than with one blooming with health, vigor and beauty with a small foot than a Lood judgment. For the one who is over anxious about llin former, must ccr tainly have an insufficiency of tho latter." A IUr "lirad fur a DurafWr- won eterday shown, mya a Philadelphia paper, the tamest rat I'm I wo ever did see ! it measured iw.it el trout end of noe to tip of tail, nine, meli.'a arn'iml the body, ami was caught by G W. Myers, at Cha. 1Higstreib'a Paper Stain ing Factory, I.a Grange Place. Printers have a decided aversion to rut, but the one men tioned above is at least respocluble in size, and deserves a passing uoticc. The Iondoii Medical Gazette contains a long article from the pens ot I)i. Hastings and Mr It. Sti rks, sureeons, descriptive ofa remarks' ble operation for the cure of consumption, by tho perforation of tho cavity of the lung through the walls of the chest. The cure is described lis being cnnpletc. Tall L.riRi A New York paper says that tall ladies invariably prefer short men. An ex change thinks this an error, and observe that no woman objects to Hy-min Extract of a Lcttrr from the Editor, dated 1 Harrisd'jro, Jan. 38. The great course of strangers brought together here by the Inauguration, has thinned down to the ordinary number of spectators, borers, and office hunters, whose claims have not yet been acted on. On Saturday last, the nomination of Judge Burnsidc to the Supreme Bench was act ed on in the Senate. Mr. Champneys, of Lancas ter, and Mr. Sterigere, of Montgomery, indirectly opposed the confirmation, by recommending the passage of an act to reduce the number ef Judges to three. Some of the friends of the Judge re commended as another important measure of re form, the abolition of the District Court of Lan caster. This seemed to reconcile these gentle men, in some degree, to the appointment, and the nomination was confirmed by a vote ot 31 to 1. Mr. Cornman (Native) voting against the Judge, because he was not a native of the soil. Judge Burnsidc is of Irish birth, and came to this coun try when about 10 years of age. He has the re putation of being an able Judge and an honest man. The bill to suspend the payment of the princi pal of the domestic creditors, for the purpose of paying the interest on the State debt, passed both houses and has become a law. There was a considerable flare up in the Senate on Monday, in consequence of the appointment of Dr. Seth Salisbury, as State Librarian, by the joint com mittee, on Saturday last. The appointment was received with some surprise, and has given but little satisfaction. In the Senate a motion was made, on Monday, to elect the Librarian for 3 years. One of the Senators also stated that when the Doctor was removed from the office of Li brarian, a f?w years since, he retained violent possession of the keys, and refused to give them up until a bonus ot $.100 was voted him by the legislature. There was great excitement in consequence of the arrest of a negro, in this place, on Friday night last, by two men, who attempted to carry him to Maryland. He has resided here dining the last six or seven years past, and was a kind of preacher among them. He was caught near the Capitol about dark, dragged to a livery stable and gagged. They were about starting with him when some people of color gave the alarm. A crowd soon collected and he was put to jail, on the charge of being a slave as well as on a charge of larceny, for stealing a horse and gig in Mary land. The jail was besieged all n -xt day. But on a hearing, the negro was discharged. That interminable question of the removal of the seat of Justice from Danville to Bloomsburg, brought down, on Saturdry, a delegation from Danville. The war will soon commence. Our Danville friends think that the justice of their cause will again enable them to triumph. The Canal Commissioners have made nearly all their appointments. The greatest case of difficulty before them was the apxintment of Supervisor ol the West Branch Division and Col lector at Williamsport. The two divisions of the democratic party of Lycoming, had a hear ing before the Canal Board, on Friday the 2tth inst. The room was crowded and three speeches on each side were made. The history of the poli tical quarrels of the county, for the lust ten years was gone into, and on Tuesday last, the old incumbents, Tims. Iicnnet and John B. Beck, were re-appointed. We are pleased to hear of the re-appointment of our friend, Mr. John Youngnian, as Collector at Northumberland. Not the least of Mr. Young man's recommendations was his obliging disposi- tion, and the faithful discharge of his duties. Mr. I Warner, the present Weigh Master, w as also re appninted without opposition. An evidence that the people are well satisfied with him. The question of our next Canal Commissioner is already being agitated. There seems to be a general disposition to select, as our next candi date, a gentleman of acknowledged integrity of character and confirmed business habits, and from what I can learn from all quarters, the o pinion is almost unanimous in favor of Col. Henry C. Fyer, the present Senator from Union, Juni uta and Perry. In the Senate, to-day, theie was an animated debate upon the question of resuming the Beaver division of the Hrie extension canal. The legis lature of 18 13, very unwisely granted a charter to the Erie Canal Company, and gave opto the Company unfinished works that had cost the State upwards of four millions, when it would require less than half a million to finish the Canal. The weather on Monday and Tuesday last was asmild and pleasant as the palmiest daysof Sep tember or October. C7" Milton Brown's Bill roa rttz Annex ation or Texas Passed oi Satirdai nr the House. The following bill for annexing Texas to the U nion, passed the House of Congress on Saturday last, by a small majority. What action the Senate will take on it, is not yet known. It is as follows : Joint Resolution declaring the term on which Congrent will admit Texan into the Union a a Stale. Sec. 1 Resolved, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Statas of America, in Congress assembled, That Congress doth con sent that tho territory properly included within, and rightfully belonging to the republic of Tex as, may be erected into a new State, to be called the State of Texas, with a republican form of government, to be adopted by the people of said republic, by deputies in convention assembled, with the consent of the existing government, in order that the same may be admitted as one of the States of this Union. Sec. 2. And bo it further resolved, That the foregoing consent of Congress is given upon the following conditions, and with the following guarantees, to wit : First. Said State to be formed, subject to the adjustment by this government of all questions of boundary that may arise with other govern ments; and the constitution thereof, with the proper evidence of its adoption by the people of said republic of Texas, shall be transmitted to the President of the United States, to be laid be fore Congress for its final action, on or before the first day of January, one thousand eight hun dred and forty-six. Second. Said State, when admitted into the U nion, after ceding to the U. States all mins, minerals, salt lakes and springs, and also all pub lic edifices, fortifications, barracks, ports ami harbors, navy and navy yards, docks, magazines. arms armaments, and all other property and means pertaining to the public defence, belong ing to said republic of Texas, shall retain all tho public funds, debts, taxes, and dues of every kind which may belong to, or be due and owing said republic; and shall also retain all the vat ant ami unappropriated lands lying within its limits, to be applied to the payment of the debts and lia bilities of said republic of Texas; ami the residue of said lands, alter discharging said debts and liabilities, to be disposed of as said State may direct; but in no event are said debts and liabilities tobecome a charge upon the go vernment of the U. States. Third. New States, of convenient size, and having sufficient population, may hereafter, by the consent of said State.be formed out of the territory theieof, which sball be entitled to ad mission under the provisions of the federal con stitution. And such States as maybe formed out of that portion of territory lying south of 3fi degrees 30 minutes north latitude, commonly known as the Missouri compromise line, shall be admitted into the Union, with or without slavery, as the people of each State asking may desire. Thi Texas Qcmtioh has assumed a shape by tho recent vote for annexation, which ren dera a tittle speculation as to the probable result not inopportune. The question is now will Texas herself come in! Her assent has not been expressed formally to that effect pending the incipient measure of annexation by Con gress. But we think she will come into the confederacy, if the final assent depends upon her. Gen. Almonte, the Mexican Minister, when it was officially declared that there would be no war with Mexico if Texas were annexed, left New York, (to which place he has with drawn since the mpditated set of annexation,) and proceeded to Washington, to state that there would be war if the measure were consumma ted. According to him, Mexico will positively declare war against the United States if Texas be brought into the Union. We doubt it, how ever. Mexico cannot afford to po to war with he United States. It is, in our view, a vain hope for her to expect an alliance with England or France. Each of those countries knows too well her own interest to declare hostilities a gainst the United States for the sike and inter ests of a foreign State like Mexico. The lat ter country wou'd hive to contest single hand ed wilh the United States, and the re-suit would probably he the landing at Vera Cruz ofa largo American force, (which could bo Pasily raised,) and a descent thence to the city of Mexico. We have no particular fears of a war with Mexico, and if there should be any, it must, in the na ture of events, btj brought to a speedy termina tion. Ledger. Rrwon IX Texts. The Clarkesville (Tex as,) Northern Siand.ird, of the 20' h n't., says : "We have seen a letter, dated the 11th inst.. from the Hon. Wm. II. Bourland, in which he s'tttes that propositions! are before Congress, from the Governments of France and England to have our independence immediately ac kuowledi'ed by Mex;co, if we will withdraw our application for annexation to the Unite; States, and pledge ourselves not to renew it." The Texas Qu estion. The vote in the House, on Saturday, on the Texas question, gives, we see, the following result, viz : 8 northern states, a majority of 31 ngninit the measure; S middle states, a majority of 3 m furor of it ; 5 southern states, a majority of 30 in favor, and f western states, a majority of 10 in fivnr of it. The whole then stands thus : 11S for Texas, OS against it, and A members absent. Only the north is oppos ed to annexation, or rather, only Maine, Ver mont, Rhode Island, New York, New Hampshire and Massachusetts, tix Suites out of the twenty Arrest or Bcrolars in Pottsvillk. Two uirgtars, one an old prison bird, were arrested ast week at Pottsville, in an abandoned coal drift, where they had taken up quarters and de posited the fruits of their depiadutions. A Convent at Poi savillf.. The Anthracite Gazette says it is rumored, upon positive anil se cure foundation, that the Uomun Catholic Church at that place has been endeavoring to establish a Convent there. Hari.v Commencement of Farmino Opera- tions In Lancaster the farmers have com menced ploughing their corn ground, the wea ther having all the mildness of the opening spring. Pennsylvania LsuisLATrsit. There are 48 farmers in our State Legislature, 21 attorneys, 8 merchants, 0 mechanics, A physicians, 3 teach ers. Thu remainder are of various professions. In the House, composed as it is of one hundred persona, there is the extraordinary number ef twenty-two bachelors, the greater poition of whom are gray headed. A National Focnpry at Rkapino. The Phila. Ledger says a public meeting was held at Reading, Berks county, last week, to adopt mea sures for urging upon the immediate attention of Congress the decided advantages which Read ing possesse as a site lor tne locaiion oi a na tional Foundry. Congress has determined upon the establishment of two National Foundries, one in the South and another in the Noitr?,and the Committee appointed for the purpose has alrea dy reported in favor of F.astou as the place for locating the latter. A committee was appoint ed at the meeting to go to Washington and show the superior advantages that Reading possesses for the location of such an establishment. Brinoino oct the Bio Gpks. One hundred guns were to be fired on the 27th ult., in the Park, New York, in honor of the passage of the annexation resolution by the House. Statistics of tiik Schclkill Coal Region. The Miners' Journal furnishes some interest ing facts in connection with the coal operations in that county. It says, few persons out of that region are acquainted with the necessity which exists in many instances, for mining below the water level, and the consequently enormous out lays for steam engines and machinery, and the heavy expenses constantly accruing for raising the coal aad draining the Mines. There are al ready 02 Collieries below the water level, and 41 engines employed in pumping, ra'sing and breaking coal, with an aggregate horse power of 1278. A horse power is calculated as equivalent to the strength of eight able-bodied men a man ordinarily labors but 10 hours in the 21 ; but the engines can, and some of them do, inn day and night; consequently they can perform, for each horse power, an amount of work equal to the la bor of lGmen, and an aggregate of work equal to the labor of 20,448 men every 24 hours. The cost of these engines, pumps, and the necessary mrchineiy will not fall much short of 1250,000, and the consumption of coal will amount to 40,- 000 tons per annum. 1 he whole consumption or coal in this region, during the last year, is esti mated at 100,000 tons. Boston Post-office The new Royal Mail Steamship Cambria arrived at Boston on Friday morning, about 7 "clock, and her mails were re ceived at the post-office twenty minutes past nine. She brought despatches lrom the secretary oi Legation, 35,000 letters, and 125 bushels of newspapers, being the largest English mail ever received, excepting by the Acadia in 1810. This vast amount of mail matter was assorted, distri buted, remailed, and delivered in the shsrt time of three hours and a half. Illinois. The legislature af Illinois has beer a good deal disturbed by petition, praying tha' the blacks may be denied the right of voting, an' ol intermarriate with whites. A committe re ported in favor of such a petition, and the Hou of Representatives approved of it, wilhor.ly fou dissentients. These four the next day repentei and asked to change their votes. In ord t to ai them a resolution was introduced, as follows : 'Resolved, That we think the laws probibi' ing the intermarriage of whites and blacks ougii not to be repealed, and that free negroes ought not to be allowed to vote." Upon the adoption of this resolution the yea and nays were demanded, and every member pre sent, including the four who had voted contiary recorded his vote in favor of its passage. Interest of tiik State Debt of Illinois In the Illinois Legislature the Committee on Fi nance have made a report, and introduced bill for the purpose of paying the interest on th State debt. The present State tax is 15 cents o every hundred dollars worth of property, an the committee propose to double that tax imme itiately, and gradually to increase it every yea till it becomes ten times as gr 'at as it now ii Rkfi seo ins Petition. The Rhode Tslar I.esiislatnre have refused to trant the petition ( Sullivan Dorr, for leave to visit his son. Tl, report of the committee to which the petitio was referred was accompanied by leMers froi the Warden and Physician of the Prison, contr: dieting the old gentlemen's statement as to b. son's health. An.ioi rneii. The General Assembly of Rhor Island adjourned last Satuiday, after a s-ssion o three weeks. A committee was appointed I prepare a full and accurate history of the lato re volution, and to report to the General Assembly Changing- her Name. In the Missouri Legis lature a petition was presented from certain pa rents in St. Louis to change the name of thei daughter from Georgians Frelinghuyseii to Mar tha Jane Dallas. Mr, Ci.ingman, who fought Mr. Yancey, i expected to have plenty of that kind of busines on hand probably will have to fight the whoh "Empire Club," at least so Washington letter writers in some of the papers say. One pape says Mr C left Washington city on Saturda' for Baltimore to fulfil one engagement of tr' kiil. Tn Cabinet. A correspondent ol the Charleston Courier disposes of the Cabinet as follows; Mr. Buchanan, Secretary of State; Mr. Ellmore, of South Carolina, Secretary of the Treasury ; Mr. Saunders, of North Carolina, Tostmaster General ; Mr. Walker, his choice to anything left. A New Yorker and a New Eng landman to have the other Secretaryships. That Coach. The coach that was built to carry Henry Clay to the White House, ha had its name changed to the "President," and is on its way to take Mr Polk to that estabHshment Si ah Palters. The Boston Mercanti Journal states that, according to the returns cc lected and digested by Mr. Palfrey, the Secretar of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, ol th 6,01.0 State paupers for the year ending 1st Ntf vember, lb 14, 2.R0S are foreigners. Gambling It seems strange, says the Ledger, after the exposure of the tricks and devices of gamblers for winning the money of theii dopes, that so many persons will allow themselves to be seduced into play. A late number of the Li verpool Mercury says that in the gaming-houses in that town, recently broken into by the police, false dice were found among the gaming imple ments seized, and the brass divisions of the rou lette tables were found to be so contrived as to obstruct the ball at the will of the manager. It has been repeatedly shown that the cards are so maiked that a professed gambler can tell them at a glance. Pkookeks or Tkmi'Eance. There are, at tht present time, one hundred and twenty towns in Massachusetts destitute of a grog $k"p. The in habitants have probably discovered that there i nothing they can so well dispense with as such establishments. Bishop Onderdonk, ssys the Times, has published a long statement in defence of him self, against the charges ypon which he war tried before the convention of Bishopf. We have read it over, but with all our kindly feel ing towards him, we are compelled to confess it an impotent paper. It is vague and unsatis factory, though it certainly places the matter in a different light. He reliea upon the proof that his accusers remained upon friendly terms with him, after the commission of the alleged improprieties, to shew the improbability that such things ever occurred. Still, the Bishop maybe innocent- The book of the tri al will determine the public judgment.
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