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Farther BwifrmMtilet
A Drsrnt'cmE Eartiw! at thb CtTif
of Mexico, ajii Loss of I.ifb. Tiie New
Orleans Bee of tli 2Ut ultimo gives more co
pious ninffS from I lie Mexican paper
brought by the last arrivals. 1'ho papers liter
nlly irein with articles upon Texas showing
tint the public mind in thnt quarter is deeply
ix.ritcd upon the subject, and probably ripe for
extreme measures. The Dhrio de Vera CritF.
is one of the few moderate prints in the Repub
lic, and that journs.1 ob-crves that though sin
cerly and ardently desiring peace, it can
scarcely see how it is to be preserved.
The Bee containa the following postscript,
giving the particulars of destructive rnrt i
qmke at the city ot Mexico, which wna merely
alluded to by former arrival.
POSTSCUIPT.
Since writing the above, we have heen kind
Iv 'urni'lted by a mrrclrint of that city w ith the
Yirn Cnntinn of the 1'2'h containing the ac
emit uf an awful cR hiojake which desola
te! trie city of Mexco on the Ttli ult.
At the moment we write, says the Sigto of
the ?ih, the inhabitants of the capital of the re-f-Slic
are still under the influence of the l.nr
irs excited by the earthquake of yestciday, the
(I isisroiis effects of w hich we are vtill imper
fectly acquainted with.
Wsterday, at 52 minutes pasty o'clock, P.
M., the oscillntion began, flight at first and then
stronger. The direction d the motion appear
ed to bo North and South. It larted about two
in miles. The shocks were terrible; nothing
Jiket'irm was ever experienced beti re, and the
condition of the buildings too surely proves the
iibee-nce of all exaggetation.
We were by chance upon the great square
at the time, and we witnessed a spectacle not
easily forgotten, (n an instant the multitude,
but a moment previous tranquil and listless,
were u ion their knees, pray in? to the Almighty
nod counting with anxiety the shocks which
threatened to convert the most beautiful city in
the New World into a vast theatre of ruins.
The chain surrounding the portico were v o
lently agitated i the flagsof the pavement yawn
ed open, the trees bent frightfully, the build
inland lofty edifices oscillated to and Iro; thp
immense arrow which crowns the summit of the
cawV-dr.-il vibrated with astonishing rapidity.
At fifty-six minutes past three the inuvenient
had ceased.
It is impossible yet to ascertain the extent of
destruction. Not a house or a door but bears
the marks of this terrible calamity. Many of
them are cracked and greatly injured, others are
tottering, and others entirely fallen, Sat Ln.
ri'iz La Misericord ia, Tompeate, Zipi and
Victoria s'reets, and the Grand street have par
ticularly suffered. Tb aqueducts were broken
in several places. The bridge of Trzontlale is
demolished. The Hospital of Saint ljtzaru is
in nuns, and the churches of San Iirenzo and
San Ferdinand greatly injured. The magnifi
cent chapel of tviint Ters-ra no longer exists.
. At the first shock the cuimiIh, a building of as
tonis'iing strength and great beauty tell, and
was soon followed by the vault beneath the ta
bernacle and the tabernacle itself.
Fortunately all those in the church so much
frequented succeeded in escaping. At 8 o'clock
last evening, seventeen persons bad been taken
from the ruins of other buildings, and carried to
lie Hospital.
At three quarters past fl, and a quarter past
7, two more shocks were felt. They wi re,
however, slight, and occasioned nothing but a
temporary renewal of terror.
The au'.horilita did every thing that zeal and
humanity rould suggest, to entry help to the
victims, and restore the aqueducts which fur
nihil water to the city.
WoKki.Nu run a Living. In the Lowell of
fering, edited by the Factory Girls, we find the
following article. Every father and son, mo
ther and daughter, should read it, for the excel
lent spirit which it breathes.
"From whence originated the idea that it
derogatory to a lady's dignity, or a blot up
on female chancier to lubur, and who was the
first to nay, smeriiigly, "Oil ! aha works for a
living !" Surely t'urh expression ought nut to
gruw on Republican soil ! Tho time bas been
uhen Uilies of the lirat rank were accustomed
to busy themselves with domestic employment.
Homer tell us of princesses who used to draw
water from the springs, and wash with their
own hand the finest of the liuen of their res
pective families. The famous Lucretia used to
piu m the iniclft of her attendants ; and the
wife ol Ulysses, after the siege of Troy, employ
ed herself weaving until her husband returned
I'ruin hliuca. '
Whtat Limit. We asw a parcel of very
superior rej win nt, weighing CI pounds per
iMiaiiel, w !ne.li had been purchased lor city grind
ing, and which was raised under circumstances
khouving what good management may effect in
the agricultural line. The wheat in question
was the pruduct f a fijld which a short time
nine was p ut ol a, wiute common that had been
uncultivated lor many years, and was deemed
to b.j too prior and worn out to yield any thin nr.
Ater enclosing it, lheon'T put. lime upon it
in the proamnion ol one hundred bushels in the
acre, and subsequently followed the lime with a
liberal application of stable manure. last full.
the field thus prepared, was sowed in wheat,
und It just returned a crop of the very best
quality, averaging thirty bushel to the acre,
Tiie field thus restored and enriched will require
but lil'le uddilioiial outlay for year to come,
and in the mcau tune will yield a liberal aimu
it! return t the saj axKAis owner lUdiinwre A
THE AMERICAN.
Saturday, tflay 3, 1845.
v. n. r.nnEii, Eiq. at ki nm e.
late and Coal OtT.ce, .V. 59 1'tnt St net, f'Ai".
ladrlplila. In avlhoritrd to act an .Igent, nrd
rrcrtil lor all mnlt$ dut this Hlct) for
tcrlptloM or advrrllnlvg.
Jtho at hi Office 1 60 tflreet.
.Ind 8 E. Corner of Baltimore and Calvert
sfs., Italttmar.
C7" We have had another slight freshet in the
river, whii-h enabled a number of the rafts and
ai ks, which were tied up on account of low
water, to make their escape.
BJT On our first page will be found a number
of interesting articles. Among them, the "Ori
gin of the Rritish claim to Oregon," which, at
the present time, will be read with interest.
The article on "the iron trade"' is a subject of
crest importance, and lastly, we must not over
look another of Mrs. Caudle's celebrated curtain
lectures.
K7 I.ctttiFR. We have been informed that
lat wnek iio less than one bundled and eighty
six rafts were tied up along the Susquehanna,
near this place, on acrmint of low water. Th-'se
rafts contained, probably, not much les than a
million of feet of lumber, some of it of the most
valuable kind. If the small link of 30 miles of
rail load, between Shamokin and the Schuylkill,
was complctid, immense quantities of lum
ber would be placed on the tail road, at this
place, and carried over the Reading rail road to
Philadelphia. It is not unfiequent to find, every
spring, a large quantity of lumber stopped in the
basin of the Shamokin dam, at this p'.are, w ait
ing for a rise of water, and tbfy sometimes wait
in vain until the following season.
VO" The Tottsville papers announce several
Anthracite Furnaces about being put in opera
tion in their reeion. These furnaces are to ne
the iron ore of the Coal region. If the Reading
rail road was extended from the Schuylkill to
SbamoVin, no finer field for the operation of An
thracite furnaces could be found in the Fnion.
llian on the contemplated rail road. Almost
every mile would be cut through one of the
finest coal regions in the world. Ilesides, iron
ore ff a superior qua' ity is found in abundance
all along the tine of the road.
Pi.ack Hand Ihon Or. We have in our
pnegion a speeimen of this celebrated ore, from
the Shamokin Coal region, where it is found in
lareer quantities and of a better quality than,
probably, any other place in the Union. It is
found lyinp contigtous with the Coal seams, and
when it is recollected that one acre of the Shamo
kin Coal reeion contains as much coal as fi'o in
the Schuylkill region, our readers may imagine
the extent and value of this valuable mineral. A
celebrated Welsh smelter, who examined the ore,
pronounced it in quantity and quality equal to
any he ever saw in Wales. We venture to as
sert, that when the contemplated rail road be
tween Shamokin and rotlsville is completed,
which w ill form a continuous tail road communi-
, ,
cation from I'hilailelphia to tlie feuquchnnna.
the w hole line of the new road w ill be dotted
with Anthraeite Furnaces, as no other location
can be found to compare with it in point of natu
ral advantages.
The Mount Savase Iron Works, in Mary
land, now produce 100 tons of Railroad Iron per
Hay. In August they expect to be able t pro
duce J) tons per day, or 00.000 tons per on
num. They have just completed the iron for the
Fall River road, at $ti0 per ton, and have, since
the rise of Iron in F.ngland, contiacted for more
at $3 per ton.
f7 V. StaTks and Mkxico. Our readers
will see, by refrrencelo our columns, that things
have now assumed something of a warlike ap
pearance. The Til itn.li are threatening. The
Mexicans are blustering, and sp ak most posi
tively of declaring war, which, however, will
not amount to much on tl.e r part. The lulers
in Texas are, we think, somew hat wavering as
to what step they tha1! take. On. Houston, it
is saiJ, has come out against annexation, although
be was jne of the first in favor of that measure.
The people of Texas a re decidedly in favor of
annexation, and will most certainly raise in re
bellion if an attempt should be made to defeat it.
France seems favorably disposed in regard to the
matter. Mr. Calhoun celebrated letter to Mr.
King, our minister at the Court of Versailles, ex
posing the hypocrisy and duplicity of the F.ng-
lish in relation to the subject of slavery, 1 as
been printed and extensively circulated by the
French, and lias piobably prevented that Govern
ment entering into an alliance with the British
and other rowers. The French ministry are
now in a minority and cannot hold out much
longer. The present ministry are rather more
favorable to British measures than is relished by
the French people.
E7 Viroi.ua Elfchor. The elections, in
this State, for Congress, have resulted in the
election of Democratic members, in every dit
f r is. t but one. John M. Botts has been defeated
for the second time since he promised Capt. Ty
ler to "head hint or die." The next delegation,
in Congress, will be 14 democrats to 1 whig.
The democrats have also gained eight members
ofthe Legislatuie, and will have a majority on
joint ballot, and, of course, elect a democratic
U. S. Senator.
Counterfeit fJO bills, on the Ilarrisbnrg
Bank, are in circulation
KT F.micofaL Cosva.iTtoK. George M.
Wharton, F.sq., Secietary of the Convention.ha,
given notice that the stated annual meeting or
the Convention of the Protestant Episcopal
Church, in the State of Pennsylvsnia, will be
held in St. Andrew's Church, Philadelphia, on
Tuesday, the 20th of May inst.; and that each
Church of that denomination in the State may
send a lay deputy or deputies, not exceeding 3
in number. The business ofthe greatest impor-
tance, wt presume, will be the election of a
Bishop in. place of Bishop Onderdonk, resigned.
K7 The Powery Theatre, in New York, has
again been burned down, and will now be re-built
in another place, with much more alacrity, no
doubt, than if it was a church. The loss is esti
mated at about 80,000, with little or no insn
ranee. This is the fourth time that the Bowery
theatre has been burned down. The first time
in 182S, under the lesseeship nf Gilfert ; again
in 183(1, under the management ofthe present
lessee. Mr. Hamblin; again in the winter of
1837-8, while leased by Mr. Hir.neford ; this
fourth conflagration bas, perhaps, involved pro
perty to a greater extent than any of the former
tj- John Rice, the late cashier ofthe North
ampton Bank and John H. Winder, a broker of
Philadelphia, have been acquitted on a charge of
conspiracy to defraud that Bank, for want of evi
deuce. Strange enough.
K7" Hon. Edmund Burke, of New Hampshire,
has been appointed Commissioner of Patents, by
the President.
ttT" Hath. The Revolution in this Black
Republic is not wholly settled yet. Herard, the
Ex-President, was defeated in makingan attempt
to regain the Presidency of (HI Republic.
C O'CoNNFi.r., in one of bis recent rep-al
Speeches, acknowledges the receipt 00 from
New Yoi k, and takes occasion to abuse the A
merieans worse than ever. President Tolk comes
in for a large share. He offers the service of the
Irish to aid the British in bringing down the A
merican Fairle. We are surprised that any Ame
rican should aid nr countenance this blustering
reviler of our country. He a.iys :
"TliHt there was no talk of cnncil'f t on from
the B. itish G--V-rnment until America bejjsn
ti threaten hlsnit Orejinn end Texas, and said,
we tell them from this spot thry can have us-
that the thr-me of Victoria can be mn'n perfect
ly secure the honor if the British Empire
maintained and t'n American Enffle, in its
highest pride; i f fl phi, be brought down.
(Clircrs.) I. ft thrin but conciliate xi and do
us justice, and ibey will hsve us enlisted under
the banner ot Victor a let them but pive lis
the Parliament in (dleue Green, snd Oregon
whall be theirs and Texjs shall be harmless."
(CI ens.)
CC7" The Fritish ano the P rr. The Eu
ropean eoi resjHindcnt of the Public Ledger fur
nishes the following in regard to the truckling
propensities of the British Government with the
Pope and other despotic powers :
"Whether England has had an accredited a
npnt in Rmnetit interfere with the question of
K. peal, anil make it, as every political question
may easily be made, the Miljeft of hierarchic
inti rference, I know nut. Tiie Iiiduii Tin es
efciicmlly well informed shuit British niHi o-n-vres,
charged ti e enin'ovinent of such a func
tionary to Sir Hotter! Peel, and nxined the man
the' inino-ierial journals ninety denied the
nffirint capicty. It is, bowevi r, hi"bly pndia
bleth it Austria reiiden il England a kind ser
vice in the matter a return fur the British Go
vernment RCtinu as spy. openine" letters of Aus
trian refugees, and seienno ihe bet blond of I
inly to I he fallows. Austria ' intertrriiij? in all
, i . - .. .1 :. j
inM'ers w iiere sue ran no so who impuoi'v, nun
wrtliout b'liiif cslled upon to appear nnon the
stupe td history. Flio is truly what raulcom-
bridge ssy of her in King John
' Little vh 1 .a it, jrreat in villany."
Austria I repeat it, and can furnish the proof
if necessarv has intern red in the Kepesl ques
tion, and obtained the Pope's negative dec ion
in the subject : son tin inler'erenre was the
price she paid 'or S r James Graham's and the
whole Rnlii-h Government's infamy in regard to
the Italian relugees.
Governor Dors. A tetter published in the
Madisoniun from Rhode Island, says it is thought
that the Gov. Fenner Legislature will liberate
Gov. Dorr before the Liberation Governor takes
his seat.
We learn the death of Mr. Cunningham, a re
presentative to our Legislature from Beaver
county, on bis way home. He died on board one
of (lie canal packets, near Johnstown
The New Orleans papers declare their unqnali
fied belief in the determination of the Texan Go
vernment to delay action on the annexing reso
lotions to the last possible moment. They tay
that Mr. Smith, the Texan Secret y of State, is
now on his way to Rostun, where he will take
the steamship of the 1st pioximo, for England.
TnK New iork Mii.i.ionairis have given
pretty freely in aid of Pittsburg. $10,0011 have
been collected there. J. J. Astor gave S'00 ;
Brown, Brothers h Co. $.'.00; N. L. k Geo
Griiwold,$.Ml0; Jacob Little, $500 ; James Len
nox, t.100; New Yoik Stock Exchange, $.'(10 ,
Prime. Ward, King & Co., $250 ; John Ward &
Co., J230: Wm. C. Whittmore, $200. Much
more ia expected.
Ma. Rivss of the Globe has given $300 to the
Pittsburg sufferers. The Pittsburg papers an
nouncs that Ihe President has subscribed $100 ;
ex- President Adams, $50.
A piece of burning shingle wai carried by
the wind, 35 miles from the Pittsburg confla
gration.
The personal expenses of the American Min
isterat Paris sre said to be seventy dollars a dsy
Thr "Glorf," we find it stated, has been sold
for $35,000
Cm. Cameron.
Much has been said about Gen. Cameron and
the pledges that he had given previous to his
election as U. S. Senator. The following cor
respondence will fully explain Mr. Cameron's
views upon the various topics referred to, and
we are pleased they are such as will meet the
general approbation ofthe people of Pennsylva
nia :
llARSisneRo, March 13, I8I.'.
Dear Sir: It is now rendered certain that there
will be several Democratic candidates for the
office of United States Senator, and as there is
probability that the Whigs, although in a mi
mority, will have it in their power to decide the
election, it is therefore, important that they
should understand the sentiments of yourself and
the other candidates in relation to several mea
sures of policy which they deem of high mo
ment to the interests and prosperity ofthe coun
try. Will you be good enough, therefore, to
answer the following questions, to wit :
Are you in favor of the TarifT of 1812? and
if elected to the United States Senate, will you
sustain it without change ?
Are you in favor of the Distribution of the
Proceeds of the sales of the Public Lands? and
if elected will you support this measure ?
Your answer to these questions will oblige
the subscribers. Very respectfully, your obedi
ent servants.
BF.?iJ. HF.RR.
JAMES COOPER.
J. P. SANDERSON,
J. E. BRADY,
T. D. COCHRAN,
J. MFARLAND,
CHAS. GIBBONS,
LEVI CLINE,
E. BABBITT,
J. C. KL'NKEL,
JAS KENNEDY.
Gen. Simom Camfro.
IlARnisai Ro, March 12, 181.5.
Gentlemen : I have received your note of this
date, in which you ask my answer to questions
touching certain points of National policy. Your
positions as members of the body to w hich the
Constitution has confided the election of the re
presentatives of the State in the Senate ofthe
United States, authorizes you to propound these
questions, and, in my opinion, requires that !
s'hiiiM frankly answer them. I have no diffi
cnlty in making my reply.
On the subjects to which they refer, I have
long since matured and avowed my opinions
During the recent Presidential election, the Ta
riff of IS lJ was much discussed. The Demo
cratic party nf this State took a decided stand in
favor ofthe measure. The leading interests of
the State are involved in its preservation. The
people, without distinction of party, concur in
desiring that its provisions should remain unal
tered, and regard any attempt to change them as
hazardous to the interests of American Industry
Supported by the Democratic party of the State
in my views, and feeling the importance ofthe
measure to Pi nnsylvania, I have no hesitation in
declaring that I am in favor ofthe Tariff of IS 12
and if elected to the Senate of the United States
I will sustain it without change.
The amount received into the Treasury from
the public lands, will not, for many years, be of
much importance. Whether the proceeds of such
sales should be distributed anion; the States, is
a question that, in my opinion, will not for a
long period be of much practical moment. The
public lands are held in trust, however, for the
benefit of all the States. In my apprehension,
the best application that this State can make of
her share in that trust, would be its employment
in the discharge of the State debts. I am there,
fore in favor ofthe distribution ofthe proceeds
of the public lands, and if elected will support
that measure.
The failure of the Democratic members ofthe
Legislature to unite on a candidate may have in
duced your desire to learn the sentiments ofthe
various gentlemen placed in nomination. This
reply is merely a repetition of entertained and
often expressed sentiments. They are given
without reserve, and in the spirit of frankness
which I desire always to characterize my con
duct.
I have the honor to be, with much repet,
SIMON CAMERON.
To Messrs. Ilerr, Cooper, Biady, M'Farland,
Kennedy, Kunkel, Sanderson, Cochran, Gib
bons, Kline and Babbitt.
From Washington City. A correspondent
of the New York Sun says the Government at
Washington are turning their attention to steam
packet lines. Overtures for the building of thir
teen large steamships have already been received.
The law of the last Cangress gives Ihe Govern
ment all necessary power.
General Jackson refuses to receive the sarco
phagus which Commodore Elliot presented him.
The General says : "I cannot consent that my
moi tal body shall be laid in a repository prepa
red for an emperor or a king. My republican
feelings and principles forbid it."
The clergy of the diocese of New York area
bout to raise $2800 a year for Bishop Onder
donk, until matters in bis case can be settled ;
provided that he does not resign, which he will
not do.
A tract of about 1000 acres in rxtent, at Earl
ville, Earl township, Berk county, wa destroy
ed by fire, on Friday.
A well dressed young lady attempted to jump
on board one of the ferry boats at N- York, just
as it was leaving the dock Thursday morning,
the distance being greater than was anticipated,
aha fell into the water. Petticoat are great
impediment in the way of jumping.
Ma. Ccav. The Kentucky Yeoman aaya Mr.
Clay recent'y received rich presents from his
friends. His debt to John J- Astor of $20,000,
and to the Lexington (Ky ) Bank of $5000, have
been paid for him.
Paris, according to the recent rensus contain
f 1,000,000 inhabitants
War with Rnglsnd.
The Ledger says, the Globs newspaper has a
long article in Friday's edition on war with Eng
land, and as that paper has become, or is about
tobnenme, the official organ, its views upon this
interesting and important question are entitled
to more than ordinary consideration. It under
takes to show that the insolent tone ofthe Bri.
tish journals, and the affected contempt for the
power of the United States, which was so cha
racteristic of them during the late war. and now
distinguished their tirades asainst this govern
ment, are a part ofthe preparatirn for assuming
a belligerent attitude, and is done for the pur
pose of imbuing the public mind with snimosity.
and to influence all the strong passions of the
English, and at the same time present descrip
fions of our weakness, in order to reconcile the
people to undertaking a war with us. The Globe
comes to the conclusion that we will be com
pelled to go to war with England agjin. We
copy its remarks :
"No patristic man desires war with any na
tion, and particularly with Great Britain, if it
ran be avoided. It is a calamity, whether re
garded in its effects upnn individuals or upon the
nation, which ranuot be too mneh deplored. It
is not from mere timidityor apprehension of
suffering for themselves personally, that our peo
ple have shown themselves averse to conflict. It
is from the higher principle of religious duty
a knowledge ot the crimes attendant upon war,
its pernicious influences upon individual charac
ter, and its effect in retarding the growth of our
empire, on w hich bangs so much of hopes of
mankind, for the moral and intellectual improve
ment, and the civil liberty of the race.
"Yet have we been forced, at times, an 1 that
too tinder the mildest of our rulers, from this, the ;
settteit policy otour government j and it is our
solemn conviction that we shall soon again be
called on to take up arms against our former and 1
only adversary. It is perfectly manifest that
they regard this as a favorable moment to rr
new the system of aggression upon us wh'ch has
resulted in war heretofore ; which, to submit to
is only to invite new wrongs wiongs premedi
tated, not for the advantage which accrues to
them, but arranged and settled upon merely as
the means of bringing on the conflict of arms, or
an entire abandonment of our rights as a nation.
The only mode to avoid this is the firm adhe
rence by the President to the letter and spirit of
his inaugural address. He will be sustained by
the nation in that; for, notwithstanding the
English ministers choose to level their lances at
Mr. Polk, it is not to be forgot ton that tho pre
vious action ofthe House of Representatives
had, by an immense majority, given their sanc
tion to his language. Py the truckling abandon
meiit of our rights pursued by Mr. Webster in
the Ai-hburton treaty, we lost the subj-ct of con
troversey, forfeited the respect of the woild and
of ourselves, and invited new and unfounded pre
tensions from our adversary.
An.M'al Prodi.ttiors of Iko.m in the Worc.d-
Statistical tables- published in Prussia and in
the United States, gives the following as the
annual product of iron in the world :
Great Britain, 1.IM.600; United States, 1-13,-100
tons ; France, 338,150 ; Russian and Ural
Provinces, 119.000; Belgium, 115,807 ; Ger
manic, Cu-toms Union, 127,538; Sweden, "2,
770; Austria Monarchy. 5U. 100 ; Spain, 12,500;
Sardinia,' 12.550; Poland, 41,200 ; Germany, not
in Custom Union, 7,175 ; Tuscany, Norway, 5,
371; Saxembourg, 3.000 ; Parma, 1.400 ; Mo
dena and Naples, 700 ; Switzerland, 700 ; Por
tugal, 420. Total number of tons, 2,917,303.
Great Britain produces about half of the iron
in the civilized world; the United States star.. Is
next to Great Britain, and France nxt. The
United States produce about half as much as is
produced on the continent of Europe. About
two-thirds of all the iron trade in the U. States
is smelted from the ore in Pennsylvania.
The editor of the N. Y. Evening Post esti
mates the population of that city at the present
time as follows :
New York City, 400,000
Brooklyn, 60,900
Williamsburg, Jersey city, and Ho-
boken, 12,000
472,000
There were erected in New York proper, du
ring the last year, 1210 buiuldinga. Many of
these cost from $20,000 to $-10,000 ; and a few of
them aa much a $70,000.
Beef for England Mr. N. C. Baldwin of
Cleveland, Ohio, has killed and put up313Sbead
of beef cattle for the English market, making o
ver 5000 tierces of beef.
The London Morning Chronicle, speaking of
President Polk's Message, as far aa relates to the
Oregon, remarks that it was not prepared to find
the English lion treated so very much like a pup
py dog !
Too Good. It is said that Mr. Cuthirg on
being asked to dine with Mandarin Lin, disco
vered on the table something of which he ate
exoibitantly, thinking it to be duck. Not speak
ing Chinese, and wishing to know what it was,
he pointed to it, after he had finished, saying to
his host interrogatively, "Quark, quark, quack?"
The mandarin, with equal brevity, replied, with
a shake of his head, "Bow, wow, wow." Mr.
Cushing's feelings can be imagined.
The "Razor Strop man' is now in the Mon
umental City. He bawled to a ood many in
Philadelphia, and then went to Pawl-to-more.
Exprnsivr. In the debate on the bill concern
ing poor debtors, in the Massachusetts Legisla
ture, Mr. Hopkinsou, of Lowell, said the bill
was intended to reach the fraudulent debtor, who
wore ruffled shirt, dressed richly, and fared
sumptuously, and twed He kutekrr fur M very
mtat on hit (,
Ths $30,000 Dollars.
The Pittsburg papers, says the American Sen
tinel, are discussing the propriety of the city of
Pittsburg receiving the 50,000 dollar donation
from the State, voted by the Legislature. The
Morning Post says :
"From what we can gather ofthe public feel
ing, we are clearly of opinion that if the receiv.
ing of it be left to a vote of the citizens they
will renprcifully but jiufilively decline to rer.eivt
H in the thtpe.ofa donation. Indeed, one ofthe
late residents ol the burnt district, a man who
has lost every dollar he was worth, told us that
he believed that a majority ot the sufferers would
promptly reject the donation, if the matter were
left to their decision.
Although we do not share in the fears of some
that in rase of distributing the fund, the rxvor
would gt more than they should have that they
would make false, fraudulent statements, and oh
tain money to which their losses did not entitle
them and that the fact of their having present
employment at good wages, renders useless all
further sympathy or care for their condition
still, we think this $50,000 should not be re
ceived by our city.
We think, in the first place, that the Legisla
ture had no right to vote away the lunds ofthe
whote people of the State to re-imburse the loss
es of a small portion of them, severe and distres
sing as those losses have been, and painful as
will be the striineles to repair them. In the sec
ond place, it is clear tons that if the Legislature.
had tlie right to vote away money for this pur
pose, it would not be just nor expedient to do so
in the present condition of the finances. And
in the third place, we think the precedent of
granting this donation, although it was no doubt,
given under the best impulse that ever stirred
the hearts of men, will be pernicious in its con
sequences, and productive of numberless abuses.
Every loss by fire in future will be the basis for
a prayer for legislative aid, which cannot b-
granted ; and how unjust it will be to turn a deaf
ear to the prayer of a single sufferer, whose in
dividual case maybe harder than that of many
who will receive relief fiomthis fund, should it
be accepted.
The Pot states that it has been proposed that
the $,'i0.00il voted by the State, be loaned out to
individuals who have lost their houses, for five
years, without interest ; bonds to be taken in
favor ofthe Commonwealth after five years, if
the money is not repaid to the State, the bonds
to bear interest at five pr ct. until they shall
be discharged thus taking the $50,000 as a loan
and not as a g '.
Mkxko. The intelligence from Mrxieo
shows tli-it they have !.ad lime to co d a I ttle, a
tune somew h it r ululited on the T xas que ion
compared with the heUijjorent declarations on
the discussions in the Chamb-rs, lirunerlit by a
furiner an ival. The Minister of Foreign Af
faires is more cautious and gu t led in Ins lan
guage; he probably sees the difficulties int
which the nation would be plunged by a war
with the United State. Our own government
ha not been negligent of it duty in being pre
pared in this quarter for any hostile demonstra
tion. The destination of the squadron which
sailed from Norfolk on Saturday, is believed to
be the Gulf of Mex co. It consists of the fol
lowing ves.-els : Steamer Princi too, 10 guns ;
ship Saratoga, V!0 ; ship St. Mjry, 'JO; brig
Porpoise, 111 ; total (Kl onus. The squadron
already in the Gulf, consists of the frigate I'o
tomae, 1 1 pun ; ship Vinceniies, .'0 ; ship Fu'
iiiouMi, iHI ; brig Sunn rs, 1(1 : total, 1)1 gnus
making an a'groynte of eight vessels and 15t
guns, enough to jive .Mi x co a touch of Jona
than's mettle should the country be foolish e
hough to make a disturbance about Texas
fsJgtr,
Thk Mormons It is feared from present
appearances, that there will be a serious il s
turbunce between the Mormons and their ene
mies before long again. It appears that the (5j
vernor of Illinois ha received intelligence,
from two authentic sources, that some anti
Mormon forged an order in the name of Gen.
Deining f(,r a piece of artillery in McO-mnugti
county, and tint the same has been conveyed,
on the authority of this forgery, to the "Carthage
Gray," in whose possession it now is. The
Governor has sent an ag ;nt to Carthage to tal;e
possession of all the State arms in the hands of
these incipient rioters.
A La no k Ouoan. The oigan for Trinity
Church, New York, which is being built
in that City by Mr. trban, will be the lar
gest in the country.
The case will be 52 feet high, 'J7 wide, and
32 deep. The largest wooden dipa.in pipe
will be of such dimensions, that the interior
will measure upward of 250 cubic feet. The
largest metal diapason, in the centre of the
organ, will bo 5 feet in circumference and 2S
feet in length. There are to be 4 separate or
gans, known by the name ofthe Great Organ,
Swell Organ, Choir Organ, and Pedal Organ ;
43 draw steps, 11 of which will be diapasons,
one f2 leet long, and 4 ol 1G feet in length, be
side two reed stops of 16 feet. Whole number
of pipes 2,109. Entire weight ofthe organ es
timated altogether at 40 Ion.
A Scrnb at tub Prfsidsnt'r House
An insane person, named - Milton Fowler,
walked into the President's house at Wash
ington, on Friday, the Madiaonian saya, carry
ing under each arm s loaf nf bread, and in each,
hand a bottle of wine. Having deposited his
provisions, with extreme nicety, in a aafeplari
and after reating a few moments on one of tho
very softest cushion ofthe reception room, lie
drew knife and attempted to enter the private
roo.n of tlie ladies. They called for assistance
and be was esnt to jail.