The Valley of th Mississippi.
The following eloquent extract, descriptive
if the extent and resources of I'm great Amer
ican Valley, is a Rrtinn of an address recently
made by a member of Congress :
''The vast extent anil boundless resources of
ll. e freat valley of the Mississippi have been
but little known abroad, and scarcely estimated
or realized among ourselves. Extending from
the 2fith to the 47th degree of north latitude,
and stretching from the Alleghenies to the
Rocky mountains, it embraces an area of more
than 400,000 square miles of land, nrouii passed
in fertility, and unequalled in its productions;
e country intersected in every direction by mag
nificent and beautiful rivers, afWding more
than 12,000 miles of navigable water-, ll-rc
wc poxsess every thing which man can ask f r
his comfort and independence mines of wealth
untold millions of riches in copper, and iron,
and lead are in the bowels of the earth, mid on
the surface rich pastures gladden the eye of the
herdsman, well adapted to the raising of cattle
and sheep, and the growth of wool, and lands
fertile in the productions of hemp and flour, of
cotton and sugar, corn and maize, and all the
necessaries ami most of the luxuries of life ; and
this country is inhabited by more than six mil
lions of people unsurpassed by the inhabitants
f any portion of the civilized world, for indus
try and enterprise, for talent, for honor, for cour
age, and for all the qualities which elevate and
udora human nature, and render man a superior
lieing. Our resources are thus unbounded, and
our people capable of putting them to the great
est advantage. Yet wo are not content our
difficulties are the result of the very abundance
which is yielded to our labors ; our productions
re vastly more than wc enn consume, hik! we
mnst find markets for them abroad ; our inde
fatigable merchants and traders to accomplish
this, let their difficulties be what they may
your enterprising State has already coiiih cted
the waters of the Ohio with those of the lakes,
by the means of navigable canals ; and Indiana
and Illinois will effect the same object i ikJ
your citizens by individual enterprise nTC do
ing the 6ame by means of a railroad. Ituunti
ful as nature has been to us, something still is
left us toconteod with and surmount. Obstruc
tions exist in our navigation which cannot be
overcome by individual or State enterprise, and
we must look to the national governmeut for
the means. Such are the Falls of the Ohio,
and the rails and snacs.and sawvers of the Mis
sissippi audits tributaries ; these not only con
6tiuite obstiuctions to our commerce, but our
enterprising river men are in danger of their
lives at every stroke of the piston or the oar.
Millions of property have been lo-tand hundreds
of lives have been sacrificed, by the neglect of
the general government to muke adequate ap
propriations for the removal of these obstruc
tions and the construction of harbors on the
western lakes. During the last session of
Congress, whilst the western appropriations
were under discussion, it seemed that hardly
a man arrived which did not bring the news of
some sad melancholy disaster upon our hikes
or our rivers the very breezes which cime
over tbo Alleghauies beemcd to wait upon
their bosoms the death shrieks of our hardy and
enterprising navigators, as they sunk and
were buried in the waters of the lakes or of the
Mississippi and the wail of the widowed wives
and orphan children seemed to accuse the ru
lers of the nation of being the murdereis of their
husbands and fathers, by neglecting to make the
necessary appropriations.
THE AMERICAN.
Saturday, I'tb. 16, 1815.
! It. I'.t K It, Kq at Ma Itenl ;
late ami Voal Otlire, .V. 59 Vine Strut, Vhi
tatlephla. In autkortied to act a Jlgent, at d
receipt tor all mitnlen due tht$ cilice, for tub
tcrlptton or adrerttntnf,
.1hn. at hit OITtce .Yt. lfiO .V.wsati Street,
,Wtt 1VA-.
C7" We call the attention of the merchants of
this county to an advertisement on our third pace,
containing a list of the names of Philadelphia
merchants and manufacturers and their places
of business. The idea of placing before the pub
lic, through the columns of this paper, the busi
ness places of the Philadelphia merchants, is a
good one, and will he found to be profitable. The
wealth, resources, and active industry and enter
prise of the people of this county are well known.
The American is read by every business man in
the county, and is an admirable medium to com
municate with our citizens.
By calling upon our agent, V. B. Palmer, Esq.,
No. ,19 Pine St., the terms of advertising;, Sec,
may be ascertained.
rr?" Atuot rnmknt or the Lf.cisi.atcre
Our State Senate has adopted a resolution fixing
upon Tuesday, March 2.rth, as the period for the
final adjournment of the Legislature. The
House has yet to act upon it.
K7" The Committee on Hanks, in the-House
of Representatives, have reported adrerM o the
application of the Girard Pank for a re-charter.
C7 Mr. Polk, the President elevt, arrived at
Cincinnati on the 0th inst., and was received with
the respect due to his official station, an account
of which will be found in to-day's paper. He
left there the same evening for Wheeling, and is
expected at Washington this day.
K7 We see it stated that Gen, Lkwis Cass
has been agreed upon by a majority of the Legis
lature of Michigan, for U. S. Senator for six years
from the 4th of March next. He will go for an
nexation.
WaI.mno Variety and Provision Stork.
An old lady apparently about fifty years of age,
genleely dressed, with cloak and muff, was re
cently brought into the New York police office
upon a charge of attempting to steal an urn
brella. Upon searching her, the following ar
ticles were found secreted in her muff, viz:
Two ludies' caps, one hat feather, one worsted
hood, two pairs of worsted mitts, one dozen
spools of cotton, one gentleman's glove, one
worsted cutr, two cut glass tumblers, and four
business cards. Tied lo her waist, beneath her
dress, were four large pockets, within which
w ere found three lage oysters, one boiled crab,
one bteak of fresh coil-fish, seven large red oni
ons, two very large fiit Dutch turnips, one ap
ple, one orange, one potato, three large pieces
of tally, four doughnuts, two muffius, two fancy
poundcakes, and a copy of Bishop Onderdonk's
trial.
Who woti.u'Nr uk an "Odi Fixlow !"
A few days since a fishing boat belonging to
Aberystwith, was driven by stress of weather to
l'wllheli, a seaport in North Wales, distant b'i
miles from the former place. Having neither
meat, drink, nor money on boatd, the bout's
crew were at their wit's end how to raise the
"ways and means." Luckily, two of ihem hap
pened lobe "Odd Fellows," and they immedi
ately made inquiries whether there was a lodge
of that honorable brotherhood in l'w Hindi, and
finding there was, they made application to it.
Theclttiin was instantly responded to, and it i.
with infinite gratification we state that not only
the two brother member were cheerfully and
cordially received, but the whole boat's crew
were suported for nearly a week at the lodge's
experiso, and on their departure, money was
put in their pockets amply sufficient to defray
their expenses home. Who would'nt be an
"Odd Fellow." HYMi payer.
07" We regret to learn, by the N. Y. Herald,
thaton Wednesday, the 5th inst., a teuihle fire
was discovered to be raging in the block of build
ings occupied as the Tribune establishment
corner of Spruce and Nassau streets. Every ef
fort was made by the tire cotnimnics to master
the raging element, but to no purpose, and in the
course of a couple of hours after the first notice
of the blaze, the Tribune newspaper concern, the
periodical depot of Mr. H. Graham, the booksel
ler and stationers' establishment of Jansen &
Bell, the liquor store occupied by Mr. Kennedy,
and the German establishment of the Deutsche
Schnellpot, a German journal published in that
city for the last three jears, with a large stock
of books. &c, were totally consumed, with all
they contained. The Tribune lost all their type,
materials, Vc , with a large quantity of paper
a great number of books of their own publica
tion, besides their valuable presses in the base
ment. There were several offices in the same
building, among them that of V. B. Talmer, Gen
eral Newspaper Agency, and Ensign's Map En
graving establishment, and in no case was any
thing saved. Mr. Palmer's books and papers
were in a safe, but from the specimen of its
saving powers, as exhibited sikui after the fire, it
must have proved of little service. The loss is
considerable. The fire did not delay the publica
tion of the N. Y. Tribune beyoud the usual time.
Tub Postofficr Bill, which has passed the
Senate, and we hops will receive the favorable
consideration of the House, contains in brief the
following provisions, says the Ledger. All sin
gle letters weighing half an ounce shall pay an
uniform rate of postage offuccents, and ten cts.
for an ounce weight, and so in the same ratio, to
any part of the U. States. Drop letters, accord
ing to the bill, that is letters for delivery in the
city where they are deported in the post office,
are to be charged two cents. If letters are ad
vertised they are to be charged with the costs of
advertising, (two cents,) in addition to the post
age when delivered.
Newspapers, of no greater size than nineteen
hundred square inches, (which will cover all the
Baltimore city papers.) can be transmitted
through the mail to within thirty miles of where
they are published, free of postage ; if sent over
thirty miles the same postage charged as at pre
sent. Printed circular letters, unsealed, are subject
to a postage of two cents.
The franking privilege, as it now exists, is to
tally repealed, and officers of Government are
required to keep an account of the business let
ters which they receive, the postage on which is
to be paid by the department to w hich they are
attached. The Assistant Post n asters General are
allowed to frank, but are liable to a penalty of
three hundred dollars for franking any letters but
those on official business. Deputy postmasters
are to have all the postage they pay on business
letters refunded, and if their commissions do not
amount to twenty-five dollars per annum, then
the Postmaster General is allowed to increase
them.
Governors of States are allowed to transmit
through mail, free of postage, certain books anil
lociinicnts ; and members of Congress, the Se
cretary of State, and Clerk of the House of Re
presentatives, can frank all public printed docu
ments, and the franking privilege of the Senatois
and Representatives on all letters and packages
not exceeding two ounces in weight is left as it
now is, and they are also allowed to receive let
teis and packages during the session, as well as
for thirty days before and after the same. The
Postmaster General is to keep an account of the
charge on all matter that goes through the mail
free, which is to be refunded from the contingent
fund, or from the Treasury.
Newspapers to go out of the mail without sub
jecting the senders or carriers to any penalty.
Pr vate posts for carrying newspapers, but not
letters, allowed. Seven hundred and fifty thou
sand dollars is appropriated from the Treasury
to be applied to the Department, in case of any
deficiency in its income, caused by the general
reduction of postage made by this act.
Siiotkino. The young ladies of Cincinnati
are reporting lo llio pructice of shaving the
forehead, to give thu.n an intelligent appear
ance. Decidadly objectionable.
K7" Important from Mexico. The intelli
gence of the surrender of Santa Ana and end of
the war for the present, arrived nt Nw York on
the Oth inst. Santa Ana, after having been de
feated and driven into a small town near Pueblu,
has resorted to diplomacy, by sending three com
missioners to the city of Mexico, to negotiate
for the safety ol his head. In fact, he has snr
rendered all bis forces to the supreme govern
meiit.
Pennsylvania The "New Yoik Advertiser,"
commenting upon the rwi'uptiin of payments by
our State, says : "All this is much in itself, but
it is nothing when brought into comparison with
the more expanded benefits and advantages thut
will attend the at t of payment. The stigma of
dishonesty is at once removed from the name of
a great State ; a foremost member of the Ameri
can family a million and a half of the Ameri
can people have cust fiom them the heavy re
prouch under which they have been lying for
years, and proclaimed lo the world that, if they
failed in performing their duty for a time, it was
not from dishonest motives, or with any intent
of disavowing their pecuniary obligations. They
may liave exaggerated the disabilities which
pressed upon them they may have erred in not
exerting themselves at first to fulfil the pledge
of their public faith they may have been un
wise in believing that a hereafter would come
when it would be easier for them to pay their
debts than it was when these fell due but they
have shown now that error and misconception
were the heaviest charges to which they render
ed themselves liable. In a word, they have re
covered the lustre of their nam and given assu
rance that, when to do right is within their
power, the inclination and purpose will not be
wanting."
Tkxtft. The Legislature of Arkansas has pas
sed resolutions iu favor of immediate annexation
of Texus.
Reception op tur President Elect at Cin
cinnati The Ledger says, Col. James K. Polk,
President elect of the United States, arrived at
Cincinnati, fiom Louisville, on bis way to Wash
ington, on Thursday last, the 6th inst. His re
ception at Cincinnati wus quite imposing. Four
steamboats, crowded with passengeis, escorted
the President to the city, where an immense
crowd hail assembled to witness the spectacle
The arrival of the boats was announced to the
city and surrounding country by the roar of ar
tillerv. Soon after, the President elect, accom
panied by the member of Congress elect from
the Cincinnati district, and two other gentlemen,
entered a barouche and were escorted by the mi
litary through the greater portion of the city to
the Henri Hons, where a large crowd had as
sembled to witness his reception. He was then
addressed by .Turtle Reed, who is represented to
have delivered a speech descanting on all the po
litical topirsofthe day, and concluded by intro
ducing His Excellency to the "veteran Democra
cy of Hamilton county " The reply of Mr. Polk
is said to have been most appropriate, and w hilst
he avoided all allusion to olitical topics, he sta
ted in substance that he was .not ill l'resiilent of
a jmrty, but of the whole people of the T. States;
that he bad been elected by the unsought suf
frages of the people ; that his only desire was
through the aid ol an all-wise Providence, to be
instrumental in promoting the prosperity, liar
mony and union of the U. States.
AuRtCt.'LTt'RI OP THR UnITRD STATES. R-
pori or Tils Commissioner or Patents. The
tabular estimates of the agricultural productions
of the U. States, for the year 1843, says the
Philadelphia Ledger, have been presented to Con
gress, in the report of the Commissioner of Pa
tents, just made. The mass of information em
bodied in this report, shows the growth, increase
and prosperity of agriculture in this country.
Much attention has recently been paid to this
branch of our industry, and various societies have
been formed to promote improvements in agri
culture. The discussions at the farmers' clubs
have contributed much towards disseminating
useful information, and agricultural papers and
books are constantly increasing. Nearly every
State in the Union has now its agricultural month
ly or weekly paper, and in some of the States
there areas many as three or four. Volumes of
great merit on the subject of agricultural industry
also, have been published during the past year ;
and the results of the experiments of foreign ag
riculturists arc now becoming more easily acces
sible to the farmers of our country. Science has
already conferred immense benefits on this por
tion of people. By the aid af chemistry, it is as
serted that the wheat growers of France have
succeeded in doubling the product of wheat in
that kingdom, and now annually harvest more '
wheat than is grown in Great Britain and the
United States. Science, too, has enabled the ag
riculturalists of England, not only to cut twice
as much hay from an acre of land now as they
did twenty-five years ago, but to keep twice as
many cattle, sheep and swine on the same
amount of food they did ; and, of course, to make
twice as much beef, mutton and tallow, wool,
butter and cheese from any given amount of ve
getable food.
In compiling the tables contained in the report
of the Commissioner, Mr. Ellsworth, some ad
vantages have been enjoyed for a nearer approach
to accuracy, with respect to particular crops,
than was the case in the former reports. The
population of the United States is estimated at
19,183.000. The number of bushels of w heat
raised in 1M 3. was 100.310,630. Twelve mil
lions and a half bushels by New York State,
twelve millions and a quarter by Pennsylvania
and nearly nineteen millions by Ohio. The
State w hich raises the greatest amount of oats is
New Voik nearly twenty-five millions; Penn
sylvania is next nearly nineteen millions. Tin
largest amount of rye is raised in Pennsylva
via nine millions and a half bushels ; buck
wheat, also, two and a half millions. Fifteen
millions of Indian corn were raised in Pennsyl
vania ; in Tennessee, sixty-seven millions. Nine
millions bushels of potatoes were raised in this
State; New Voik twenty-six millions; Maine
ten Millions. Four hundred and forty-one thou
sand pounds of tobacco were raised in Pennsyl
vania, twenty-six thousand pounds of silk, eigh
teen hundred and seventy-eight thousand pounds
of sugar, and nineteen thousand gallons of wine
made. The total products of the whole country
are as follows : Wheat, 100,310,856 bushels;
barb y, 3,220,-21 ; oats, 115, 929,906 ; rye, 2t
20,271; buckwheat, 7,929,410; Indian corn,
491,618,316; potatoes, 10.1,750,133; hay, 15
419.807 tons; flax and l.eup, 161 ,007 ; tobacco,
185,731, 551 pounds; cotton, 747, 000.090 pounds
rice, 87,879,145 pounds; silk, 315,705 p muds
sugar, 120,100,010 pounds; wine, 139,240 gal
Ions.
Hon. Gro. M. Dallas. The Democratic U-1
nion says, the electors ol the State of Illinois, af
ter having cast their rotes in the Electoral Col
lege, addressed a letter to the Vice President-elect,
in which they take occasion to give "ex
pression to their joy and gratification of the tri
umph which the Democratic party have secured
over the combinedelcments of the opposition in
that State, by a majority of more than twelve
thousand." Mr. Dallas responds in a letter which
does him much honor, in which he reviews with
a master hand the great constitutional principles
involved in the late political contest. In speak
ing of the President-elect, he pays that distin
guished Statesman the following merited com
pliment :
"It may be doubted whether any other of our
eminent men could so signally have surmounted
the distractions and complications that preceded
the Baltimore Convention. The English para
graphists, indeed, represent bis election as the
most wonderful exploit of a Democracy which it
is at once their delight to lampoon and their de
stiny to fear. The unsolicited offer of Executive
power is no longer confined to the instance of
Cincinnatus ; and the sagacious impulses which
actuated Roman republicans some thousands of
years ago, seem to have moved us to a like har
mnnius and salutary resort. It is thus that the
genius of a free constitution occasionally dis
plays itself, re-asserts its primitive force, and
takes a fresh start in the career of public virtue.
I hope we all hope and we have abundant rea
son for the hope, that our chosen chief will bear
himself in his high office as becomes the head of
a powerful Confederacy of Independent States,
whose laws, liberties, institutions, and interests
are equally entitled to impartial protection, and
whosegeneial peace and prosperity are best fos
tered under the shelter of unswerving justice and
eagle-eyed honor. His known biography renders
it difficult for even an opponent to doubt that the
maxims and tone of a magnanimous moderation,
pure morality, and entire disinterestedness will
characterize his course of action, and serve
to prolong the true glories of Democratic ascen
dency. It is under a strong conviction of this.
that I place unlimited reliance in Mr. Tolk, and
indulge the most exulting anticipations for the
country."
A rraio.nmf.nt or Mcti'HRY. 1 his person,
indicteil for the minder of Mr. Paul Roux, was
arraigned on Monday morning in Baltimore City
Court, and pleaded not guilty to the indictment
A motion was made by his council, Mr. Hairis
to remave the trial to an adjoining county, upon
the grounds of not being able to get justice in
Baltimore, in consequence of the minds of the
community having been supposed to be prejudiced
against him. The Court has not decided upon
this motion.
Mr. Cushino, it is stated, during his recent
mission, learned the Tartar language, which is
the court language of the Celestials, Chinese be.
ine the cockney and gasion for the million. He
lias secured a valuable library of that language,
comprising quite a cream of Tartar literature.
The Post-office Bill. The Franking Vri.
Ifpe. In the discussion in the Senate of the Post
office bill, Mr. Buchanan advocated the abolition
of the Franking privilege. He referred to the
practice in England, where even Queen Victoria
cannot frank a note.
"Members of Parliament," (said Mr. Buchan
an.) "were called upon to forego a privilege for
the sake of advancing a great public ob ject ; and
they agreed to do so. Will an American Con
gress refuse to do that which a British Parlia
ment has done in the accomplishment of a great
advantage to the people ? For my own part, I
find the franking privilege rather an inconve
nience than an advantage ; scarcely a day passes
during which I am not asked for franks. Let
ters come to me under blank covers, veiy often
from ladies; what am I to do with them?"
"Take them to the ladies yourself," said a voice
on the floor "Yes," (said Mr. Y. ) "and make
my bow, I suppose."
"You must either restrict the franking ptivi-
lege, or keep up the high rates of postage. Fif
teen thousand deputy postmasters and both Hou
ses of Congress retaining the franking privilege,
will destroy the bill. He saw no fear of not
keeping the offices well filled with competent
postmasters without the franking privilege."
An Important Discotert in th Arts.
The loreign correspondent of the National In
telligencer gives an account oft recent disco
very by an Englishman, by which an elaborate
line engraving of any size, may be so accurate
ly copied, that there shll be no perceptible d if- '
ference between the original and the copy ; by
which an engraving on steel or copper may be
produced from an impression of the print the
original plate never having been seen by the co
pyist and the copied engraving being capable
of yielding from ten thousand to twenty thou
sand impressions. A friend of the author of
the invention says :
" There is no knowing to what extensive chan
ges in legislation it may conduce; for, if any
printed or written document can be forged with
ho much ease and certainty as to defy detection,
tho consequences may be more appalling than
we care to anticipate.
"The invention embraces the capacity to re
produce any form of letter press, or any quality
of print, drawing, or lithograph, in an unlimited
quantity, in on inconceivable brief space of time.
For instance, from a single copy of the Intel
ligencer, plates might be roduccd in twenty
minutes, from which impressions could be work
ed oil w ith the ordinary rapidity of the steair
press. The finest and rarest engraving may b
reprinted ad infinitum, bank notes may be re
produced in fac simile, without the slighter
point of difference ; and last, though not least
books may be reprinted, as from stereotypes, ii
unlimited quantity. Indeed, the various media
nical and other interests affected by this remark
able discovery have not yet been half cuuine
rsted."
Qt'AI.IFICATIO.NS FOR AN El. ECTOR IN Lol.JSTAN.
The State Convention to amend the Constitt
tion of Louisiana have, by a vote of 4 I to 23, r
fused to strikeout from the section under cons
deration, relating to the qualifications of elector
the clause prescribing a residence in the State i
j two years as one of the pre-requisites to t'
right of suffrage. This, it is to be presumed, is p.,'
final determination ol the Convention with rega.
to the question at issue ; and the basis of the ele
toral franchise may now be said to be settled. ;
very w hite male citizen is invested with the elf
toral piivilege, with only these limitations, vi
that he be riot a pauper, nor a felon, nor insan.
and that he has been a resilient of the State t
years, one of w hich in the parish where he ofTi
to vote.
German I.itfkti'rk in America. A pi
has been proj cted at Vienna, and recoic
w ith much interest by the booksellers of BerJi
Iipsic, Frankfort, Siuttgardt and other princ
pal German towns fur the establishment
PhiladclpVia, of a grand central depot for t
United Stales of America, of German Liter
lure, on behalf of the leading publishers of Gt
many. There nre in tho U. Slates, it is si
nearly five millions of Gurm ins, und no est.
Iichinent through which 'hey cui follow t
course of literary publications at home, or p
cure the works they may dei-ire. To sup
this want, and open a new and extensive in
ket, are the objects of this pniposed associatio
The Bhiooe ovfr thr Si scicfiianna. Mr.
Kirkhridge, an experienced bridge builder, of
Ohio, has been employed to construct a bridge
over the S.isipie,anna at Harrisburg, on the site
of the old one to be campleted by the 1st of
January, 1M0. T here was a great competition
for the contract.
Hat MANfKAC-roRiFS in Rkam.ni;. There are
now thirty-one hat manufactories in Reading, all
of w hich are doing a profitable business. The
aggregate of wool hats made at them during the
lust v ar is estimated at about 10H. 000, which
are chiefly disposed of to mercnants in the South
and West, at prices ranging from $5 to ?7 per
dozen, as in quality. Besides this, hats of the
finer descriptions lire made in consideiahle quan
tities, and are supplied to country merchants in
Berks and the neighboring counties, at low
prices.
Mr. Ci siiinu is to have a public dinner given
to him when he visits New York, by the mer-
chunls of that city, who appreciate his efforts on
their behalf in his late China mission.
Among the notices of applications to the Le
gislature, published in the New Jersey papers,
is one to incorporate a company, with a capital
of $00, 000, to construct a magnetic telegraph a
cross the State, between New York and Philadelphia.
At Utica, N. Y., on Sunday, the 3d instant, the
themometer ranged at sunrise from 12 to 20 de
grees below zero. It was very little, if any, a
have zero during the day.
Tioht Boots. A young man in Boston, last
week, had both feet frozen while journeying to
Lowell, in consequence of tight boots impeding
the circulation His legs bad to be amputated
Tiir Ice Ileal n ass in Boston. We learn from
the Boston Shipping List that the export of ice
from that port, for t lie past month, has been as
follows : To Bombay, 20 tons; Calcutta, 325;
Kingston, Jarnaca, 500; Gihraltcr, 25; Dema
rara, 50; Guadaloupe, 87; New Orleans, 2904 ;
Mobile, K'.iO , Pensacola, 150; Savannah, 300;
Charleston, 03S. Total for January, 0,3 19 To
tal for eight mouths, 21,S.'2j.
The Commerce of Gkrat Britain and the
U. Stat es We leui n from a statistical table of
the Commercial Navies of Europe, compiled
from data furnished hy Lloyd's, (hut the Com
mercial Tonnage of Great Britain is J. 017, 111
tons. I bat of the I luted States is stated by the
Secretary of the Treasury, in his last tepoit, to
ba2.15S 002 difference (-8,812. Even this dif
ference is more than equal to the tonnage of the
Commercial Marine of France, which is only
589,517.
Dt flora ri.e Affair At Tylerville, near
Watertown, N. Y , on Thursday lust, the daugh
ter of Simeon Ouks, Esq., met her death by the
culpable carelessness and mischief ota young
man w ho was returning from a gunning excur
sion. Seeing Miss Oaks enter an out-house, he
fired his rifle into it and passed on. Some hours
after, Miss O. was found dead, the ball having
passed through the house and into her side.
Sanhwk u Islands The Boston Daily Adver
tiser says that a letter has been received in that
city from Valparaiso, dated October 4, which
states that a vessel had arrived there from Tahi
ti, bringing accounts of a battle between the
French and the natives, more sanguinary than
any previous battle, which terminated in favor of
the French. The natives had two hundred kil
led, and the French one huudred.
Silk Mamtactcrk Gre.it progress is ma
king in the W estern States in the culture and
weaving of silk which we hope to see soon be
coming an extensive article of American man
ufacture. At 1ouisville, Ky., theie is a man
ufactory in active operation. The liuisville
Journal says : "Moet of the operations in this
factory are eflectetl by rtcain. I lie cocoons
are reeled on the machine, universally known
as the Piedmontcse reel, and the silk is spun
on a thoslle machine, a modification of wh ch
makes the tw isted silk. Three looms are work
ed, and arc principally employed iu making
sewing silk, handkerchiefs, vesting, and dress
patterns for ludies."
Late rmM Texas Galveston dates to the
25th ult. furnish the following items of intelli
gence : The Texan Congress has passed a bill
to submit the select ion of a site for the Capitol
of the Republic to the people in 1817. President
Jones has approved it. Nothing has been done
towards reconciling the misunderstanding be
tween (ien. Green and President Jones. A large
annexation meeting has been held at San Filipe.
The Galveston papers think thut nothing will ue
done with the tariff this session of Congiess.
The Cumauche Indians weie not satisfied with
the boundary run by Texas in their country.
The culture of Sea Island cotton has been begun
on some of the plantations. Large beds of an
thracite coal have been discovered near the sour
ces of the Trinity river. Great numbeis of Mex
icans arrive at Galveston to lay in stocks ol
goods, but, owing to the scarcity of supplies,
they have been compelled to return without ma
king purchases. The difficulties on the Mexican
fiontier divert the trade to that point.
A Relic. A few days ago, "an oak was cut
down at a short distance from Harrisburg, (and
neur an old revolutionary relic, known as 'Pax
on's Church,') w hich, upon counting the growths,
proved lo be near four hundred years old ; and
perfectly embedded in it, at a height of near thir
ty feet from the ground, was found a well shaped
stone mortar and pestle, and an instrument very
much resembling our axe, though much smaller
in size. They had evidently been placed ill the
crotch of the tree, which bad grown together o
ver them, and from an examination of the sec
tion, it is perfectly manifest that they must have
been there at least three hundred years. They
are of very hard flinty stone, and in their finish
exhibit much skill."
One Hi ndred Mormons Shot ! The Wi
ern Illinois und Iowa pap ts, of the 1 Ith .Iu
ary, bring reports that the party of Morin
who recently left Nauvoo for the purpose of
tling in the "Pinery," (high up the Mississ
river,) have h en murdered ! Having got
to a dispute at a French trading establishm
about the price of some provisions, which t
thought exorbitant, they unceremoniously 1
ed themselves to whatever they wanted, vf:
so exasperati-d the Frenchmen that they call,
the aid of the Indians, and massacred 100 oi
Mormon party, amounting in all to 300 or
The Green Bay Republican gives the s ;
repoit.
Octraoe anii Death. The Nashville A
states that a tavern-keeper in that city, on
2'.'th ult., caused two little loys, brothers
drink raw whiskey for a trifling wager, the
sequence of which was the death of one of
two, and the stupefaction of the other. An
vestigatiou of the matter was going on.
Cicar Smokino has become very fashion;
in Paris. Some ladies, it is said, indulge in
Considering the effect it has on the breath,
king it the very essence of putrid exhalat
we wonder that thry should follow the habit,
the government has the Regie or tobarco mo
oly,und it is an object to have the nseof the
in fashion. Accordingly, the Princes o'
Blood are seen smoking in the streets.
Rkaii The Advertisement A cotempot
gives the following good advice to newspa
readers : People in every station of life she
read the advertisements, not only to ascer
what is going on iu the world of life and busim
but to take advantage of the many favorable
port unities presented in its columns for bene
ting themselves."
BALT1MOKK MAUItlCT
OJfieeofthe Ualtimoss Akhicah, Feb 1
GRAIN. We continue to quote red Wh
brought in by wagons at 85 a 90 cts. recc
very light. Small sales of Corn from store a
a 4 'J cts. lor w hite, and 44 for yellow. Noth
doing in Oats.
WHISKEY Sales of hhds. at 21 cts. and bb
at 22 cts. Theie is but little coming in, and son
holders ask 22 J cts.
.W. it It I K It,
On the 6th inst , by the Rev. A. Brittain, Mr
Caleb Faklek Fishkk, to Miss Harrict Davii
both of Roaring t'reek tp., Columbia co.
On the 11th inst.. by the same, Mr. Thomi
Vast inb, to Miss Elizaheth Reaper, both r
Rush tp.
At the same time, by the same, Mr. Simc
SWARR, tO MlSI IUbEiCA MlTCHLEB, both
Shamokin tp.