Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, August 16, 1845, Image 2

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    Hxtraete from a Letter of Willi.'.
The moot refreshing and tmweat "wonder of
London, just now, ia the ice "from Like Wen
ham," an innocent Massachusetts lake tlint, a
year or two ago, had very little ilca of beco
ming a London lion. (How suddenly wo do
sometime become famous, to be nre !) Beau
tifully painted carts, lettered "Wcnlum Ice,"
go about the city, and whenever they atop to
take out a block a crowd collects, and there i
no limit to cockney admiration of it. Somell.ing
nf the kind was wanted from ourcountry, hy the
way, to show that nature, at least, had not "re
pudiated." But what they have donp, hitherto,
toilhmit ice, peema natural enough to ask. 1
remember that wo always drank tepid water
in the summer time in London, and thnt the
hock and champaigne had never tho reenpera
ting twang that delights the dry throat on the
Polk side of the Atlantic. Now when the
hock has ben passed round after 'he soup
there ia a general exclamation and discussion
il tho new luxury, and the conversation com
monly passes from that to ''juleps" and "sherry
cobbler."," which aro mysteries known bv mime
and much inquired into. I seriously think thnt
an American "bar," set up at Charing CiOs,
and furnishing the thirty or forty drinks, (of
Brigham' famous list in B.wlon,) would bu the
making of the Better-up'a fortune. 1 hnve lost
a golden opportunity of becoming a celebrated
man, inyaelf, by not being provided with an ac
curate receipt of theiroportions.
I saw Count U'Oreay at Lady Blessington'sa
few days ago. He retains Ins splendid beauty
in undiminished preservation. 1 looked at him
after so long an absence, and with much of the
illusion of other days worn out of my eyes, to
eee whether I had hen dazzled into an undue
admiration of his personal appearance. Even
ten years after I recorded my surprise on first
H'einjr him, Irnwevcr. I find him, still, by far.
ihe handsomest intin I ever saw, and if chanced,
Chanel for the he'ter, for his loss nf high color
adds lo the int-llectusil expre-finn ofhispoun-
tennnre. Ilis manners hnve the same joyous
abandon which tn body cnuW imitate, and would
no nut or p uce in any one Hit UUrsav or a
K'P!j. Il's portrnit, pninted by himself, and
now in tho exhibition of the R.iyal Arnlemv,
gives scarce an ide. of him, from the impossi
hility of putting his voyal manners upon can
vuss, and from his having really painted himself
fir less handsome than nature made him. This,
anil his portrait nf Iyird Lyndhurst, by Ihe vy.
are two very fine specimens of the art. and ar
tints think his promise very remarkable both as
a painter and a sculptor, tiia will be ruiious
life to read of, if ever truly and competently
written.
THE MERICAN.
Saturday, .Ji'fiisf. 10, '.HI.')
i . r.tlnvi. i:q., at hi i:-
tatt anil Vmtl OtKcr, sornrr of lid and Vhetnut
Street, Vhitailrlphia, i anthotitid to act a
.Itmt, ai d receipt for all monle due thl
office, for iiftcryf Ion or atterrtUlitf.
.tho. at hi Office HiO .Wiw Street,
.Ww yrk. j
.furl S K. Corner of Baltimore and Calvert I
t., Baltimore.
tr7The election for delegates will be held
f.t the house of George Conrad, in Augusta, not
at "tlin usual places," as published in the notice
of the Standing Committee. The Legislature
has made several changes in places nf holding e
lections, in this county, by which those holding
the elections should be governed.
rXT-'Tennsylvania Reporter and Home .Tour
mil."' is the title ol'a new paper published at liar-
rishnrg, bv Isaac R. Dillcr. The Reporter is
based upon the Home Journal and Citizen Soldier. j
until recently, published at Philadelphia. It is a
handsomely printed and well conducted paper.
still devoting a portion of its columns to military
matter.
E7 Union Coi nty. The Whigs have nomi
nated Dr. Jacob Wagcnscller, of Union, for Ihe
Senate, for the district composed of Union. Mif
flin and Juniata. There w ill b, nojonbt, con
siderable trouble in the wig-warn of our whig
neighbors. The prominent candidates were
Ner Middleswarth and Tr. Waggeiiseller. The
friends of Mr. Middleswoi th say that he had
twenty four delegates, who were instructed for
him. (lour more than necessary to nominate him.)
Vet Pr. W'agensellcr received twenty four votes
the second ballot. This seems so inexplicable tn
the friends of Mr. Middleswarth. that every ef
fort will be made toth'ownfT Pr. Wagensell'r.
bv selecting some candidate from Mifflin or Ju
niata. Certain it is, there will be some de.
fection in the whig ranks of Union. Let our
friends nominate a good ib-niociat and he will
settle the difficulties w ithout much trouble.
For A'tenib . Jacob McCnrly was nominated
on the Cth ballot, beating Levi IV Christ, Esq .
of Lewisburg, one vote. This does nut piovc
very satisfactory either, to the party. Under
these circumstances, it is the duty of our demo-
emtio, friends to take care of the bigs.
3" Axti-Tarifkism AaTi-CAiimoMSM
The Lancaster Intelligencer, one ol the peculiar
democratic organs, that holds to the doctrine that
the opinions of the people shoulJ b disregarded
w hen they come into conflict with the interested
views of political leaders, asks why we don't
publish the letter of On. Cameron to a commit
tee of the last legislature, asking his views on
the tariffand thedistrihtition art, and adds :
"Come, Mr. Spirit of the Times, and Sunhii
ry AmericHn, why dont you publish the tetter,
Are you Btrnid to let your readers (especially
democrats) see the truth, and thus expose the
treason nf Cameron tn the democracy, and how
he has transferred himselt tn the whig 1 ('nine,
il yott are hones,' publish lb" letter. Aro his
friends, 'us limh nunrJ,' afraid to publish Si
mon's oint l Hi r."
We regret that we must deprive the Intelligen
cer nf this last crumb of comfort, in its anguish
Tub Nkw Post-off icb Law. The following
statement exhibits the number of letters cartied
by the United States Express mail from New
York to Boston, one way only, for twelve
trips preceding, and since the 1st of July, when
the new postage law went int operation. This
includes only those carried by one agent, and is
probably about one half.
Now law, July, lOTT), at 5 cents each,
amounted to SS.1 '
Old law, June, 101, at 18j cents, 37 37J
Increase, H8t $17 37 J
This gives an increase of 1191 letters amount
ing to 517 37$ in favor ofthe new lawoverthe
old for the same time and same number of trips
Exchange paper.
The Ledi'er says, the result shown above
- . Late from Mraleo.
Pates from Matamoras to the 2 1st of July have
been received at New Orleans. The inhabitants
were talking of taking possession of Texas and
the United States. The troops of Matamoras are
composed of such material as FalstufT. They
count abaut six hundred discontented fellows,
badly fed, and worse clothed. C.cn. Paredes.at
San Luis l'otosi, has an army of five thousand
troops in good condition and well uniformed.
They were on the march to Monterey. Geneial
Arista, who is in bad health, is still at Monterey,
and has about three thousand half starved sol
iliers with him. Tney aro most cavalry but
their horses are represented as mere skeleton.
lint having had any other food than grass for
some time, and that being indifferent in the
neighborhood. Arista can hardly obtain money
enough from the Government to purchase pro-
proves the effect nf the new I'ost-olSire law in
because the people t.ave tal:en certain things in- ' checking private expresses or letter carriers,
to their own hand. If the editor will look into ,,,) throwing into the mail letters formerly con
our paper ofthe 3d of May last, he will find the ' Veyed. as they were in great numbers between
letter published, with a commendatory notice, ; ,,w York and Poston. out of it. and is aluiie st
and which met with a cordial response by the d ilutable to the cheapened pi ices of postage.
people of this county. Now, in return, we se- j j The Picayune any : !
rionsly ask the editor of the Intelligencer il it : The receipts at the Post-office in Paltimore. j "Two anecdotes have been told us, which j
is not worse than insolence, nay shameless and : in the month of July past, compared with those . g',nv the wretched condition of the Mexican
!.( Foreign Nrvrs,
BV TUB MAMMOTH STnAMSIIIF ORKAT finlTAIN.
American Securities are looking up. The
steamship Great Britain arrived at New York
yesterday, with news down to the 20lh ult. , the
day of sailing.
Tho death of Larl Giey is amongst the events
ofthe day. The Hither of the Reform Act, and
four years Prime Minister of Kngland, the de
ceased nobleman filled a latse spnee in the coun
try's eye, during one ol the most eventful peri
ods of its history.
Mr. O'Connell is about to retire to perrynane,
where he proposes to occupy himself during the
recess with details of various measures for car
rying out his views. The state of Ireland is se
rious not to say alarming. The chronic dis
ease ofthe country its poverty is making it-
Perilous Adventure
Another Ascknt or tub Natural Bbidok.
Col. James Piper, of Virginia, immortalized
Ilia name by the very perilous adventure of as
tending the Natural Bridge, in that Slate, and
inscribing his name upon the rocks. Another
individual, it appears hafi been equally adven
tu roils and foolhardy. A Air. Shaver, on the
120th of July, made a similar descent, which id
described by an $ye witness:
"After going perpendicularly about thirty
feet, ho came to a clump of bushes, w here he
rented a little, and proceeded on to another ledge
protruding a little from the main body of the
rock; thence directly up the steep and rugged
ridgs lying between the deep ravinea on each
aide of the cedar etump, until he came to the
bench, where I first mw him. While upon
that bench, which ia about forty feet from the
top, Mr. Shaver inscribed his name in very &
gible characters which may be seen by any one
from the lop of the Bridge, lie then advanced
up the stream, along the very edge of the aw
ful precipice that overhangs the ravine, until he
came around on the opposite tide ofthe stuinp
from whence he started. He then came to the
last ascent ol any danger, and it was truly aw
ful to aee a man attempting tn climb an over
hanging c.lifl at the distance of one hundred and
eiy lily feet from the bottom of the dreadful abyss
tiiat yawned beneath him. WMIe in ascending,
h o hick was in tome measure downward, and
he had moreover frequently to remove hiose
vonea, in order to secure a hold for his bind.
In making Ihe firot ctlort either Ins atrength or
resolution failed him, and he returned to the
bench and rested. My feelings at thif. moment
wcro truly indescribable. To aee a fellow be
imr noised, aa it were, between heaven and
earth, with barely a possibility of ascent or de
accrit, clinging to the precariom shrubbery on
the side of a lofty precipice, at the base of which
I expected every moment to tee him dashed to
atonw, produced a sensation I cannot describe.
Some ofthe more cuutious and prudent of the
company proposed sending for ropea by which
to draw him up, which was hardly possible un
der the circumstance, as perhaps none of u
had courago sulficieut tJ venture down the ra
vine far enough to aee him on the ido where
he then wns. Neverthtletis, after divesting
himat'll of his bouts, and twinging them around
Ins neck with a handkerchief, he inada tho se
cond effort, in which he happily succeeded, a
mid our happiest congratulations, llo was ve
ry pale and in a perfect tremor when he arri
ved at Hie top, from which he had not entirely
recovered bviore I took my leave."
unblushing effrontery, to traduce honorable men
for acting in accordance with the wishes of their
1 constituents ? Does not the Intelligencer, in
i eff ct. contend that the voice ofthe people is not
j to be heard that their will is not to be regarded
when n caiieu of designing politicians choose to
! have things in their own wav that a secret cau
cus is superior to the sovereign power of the
people ? This is n specie of democracy that
the freemen of this county repudiate, and which
j they deem fit for slaves only. What absurdities
are men not guilty of, when interest and sclfar
brought into conflict with common sense ? The
Money Olive Hrani h. another of the peculiar de.
mociatic organs, would fain make its readers be
lieve that members are required, bv Ihe con
stitution and laws, to eo into caucus for the pur-
pose of nominating U. S. Senators. The truth is.
this war against Gen. Cameron, is nothing more
or less than a war upon the present tariff, and
the people should know it. We want no strong
er proof of this, than the fact that the papers
loud 'st in his ahuse are either openly or covertly
opposing the tariff. It is but a few weeks since
that we noticed in the Wilkesbarre Farmer, the
oigan of Mr. Woodward, a te'retcti artii le, in op
tosit:on to the tariff, in juxtaposition with an
other, abusive of (Jen. Cameron. The l'cti'im1
rniiit:i l'.is long been known as a free trade pa
per and existel only by Custom House patro
rage. The Intelligencer, itself, has never been
much suspected for its tariffism. And thus it
is with the other smaller fry. Tut the people
will and mut be obeyed, as some of thpse
scheming politicians will soon or late learn to
their sorrow. The true ground of opposition to
(Jen. Cameron, is opposition to the tarilf. It is
not hU democracy, which has never been sus-
of July of last year, and of June, ISI-'i, were as , treasury, and the extreme poverty ofthe officers
follows j ofthe army. One ofthe latter lately sold bis
July, lMt. 5i;,-.17 S7 June. ixin.
" 1SI.', T.THi 1'- I July, IS I"),
self superior to l.i w. All O'Connell's influence,
vision even for himself and officers, to aneli ?rcot it cannot kw.p th? pPopc n,lirt r(.
straits is he driven, while the poor soldiers are , rannnt ,,,) ,1(.ir mms ray their rents, or miti
obliged to pick up a scanty subsistence ns best j Kil,e InP amazing destitution which, like a pall,
they can These are the individuals who intetid . COVPra the land. The 'Molly Magnires" reign
to invade the United States and take the capital, j gnrcm ' and to the black catalogue of social
misery must be added the bickerings of religious
strife. Orangeism rears its head, and blood has
been spilt on tho anniversary ofthe Dutchman's
victory.
Amkhm an Ic e, Mr. willis says, is sold in the
the purchaser not wantinc it. but fivinir him the i streets of l.oinlon, anil Hunt .Me rc'iains .Ml-
.... only blanket to an American for half its value
53.001 15
The decrease in receipts is not quite filly per
cent , whilst the nnmb 'r of letters must have I a
V1.II7. 12 : money as he stated he was absolutely in want ( cazme says, .Mr. I ..dor ol l.osion. who n.si
of the necessaries of life. Another officer asked ' engaged in me ira-i.-, nas acciimuiaiei, a vasl
1 i . . 1 I I r f
gentleman for the loan of ten dollars and on i l,V J am IB " ""'H'"" "
I been greatly increased.
i The Wheeling Postmaster reports the number
j of letter packages mailed at Wheeling for the
month ol July, IMS, M.'iit-i ; do. for the month
I of July, 1MI, 1 1 .:t 10 excess :i.2VJ. Altogvther,
ihe operation of the. law is favorable to the cheap
i postage system, and its results in the first months
are as tatisfactory as was exp.'ctcd.
I Coat. Tiiahk. Prom the Schuylkill region
last week, there Were sent by Railroad, OLO'IO
; and by Canal, 7.K10 17 making 31,1(12 17 tons
; for lat week. The Railroad has sent this sea
1 son, 101, ISO O.'j tons Canal 118,0'. Oli. Total
; .Kiii.lSI 1 1 tons.
j l'rom the Leliijh region, the following is the
report
KitoM Mai i n Cur.NK. Lehigh Coal and Na
vigation Co Summit Mines, I Ti 1 0
Room Run do., M.
being questioned as to what security he could
give, otl'ered bis wife, a young and pretty wo
man of some sixteen years. lie hud nothing
ton in large blocks, varying from 2 cwt. to
1 cwt. Several vessels recently arrived at Lon
don la b-n almot entirely with it. h iving several
else to offer, and positively told the gentleman j hundred tons on hoard. It is deposed in the
she might remain with him until the debt was snip s nom w,.n care, ,-,.n ,,, ,.,..,
paid V
127n.-,
I0.7.VJ
P.eaver Meadow R R. and Coal Co
Fbom Pi:v Havkn Ihir.leton Coal co ,"3,120
I"i:o.m Rock Pom Duck Mountain
Coal Company, 10, 0M
Total,
ii-'.otn
CC7"Pai thin Coi n i v Co.wt.N i ion. The De
mocratic County Convention met at Harrisbiug
on the 1 1th inst., for the purpose of nominating 1 perted, but his views of the tariff that causes this
candidates. Northumberland and Dauphin forms
a Senator ial district under the new apportion
ment. Dauphin has, it will be seen, already
nominated a candidate for the Senate, in the per-
son of John M. Foster, and have appointed con
ferees to meet the conferees of this county. The
following is the ticket which was adopted hy
the convention :
Stiiulc, John M. Foster Hrpretrnlntivr, Dr.
John Rathvon, Michael Keller Sfnr:Jf. John
Nevin I'tatlumolary, William D. Iloas Cum.
nitssiimcr Christian Lenker ' jj.Vtr, Chris
tian n. Henry lUntriler J C'ltrk uf Orphan
f'ourt, Robert F. lilack Tr ennui it, Col. Michael
Whitley Dirrrtnr nf the Ptmr, George Shoop
Auditor, Jacob (iayman.
The following gentlemen were appointed De
legates to the 1th September Convention to no
minate a Canal Commissioner George M. Lau
man and John M. Rank.
On motion, Rmulred, That this Convention
concur in the Northumberland county nomination
of a Senatorial Delegate to the Canal Commis
sioners' Convention.
The following Senatorial Conferees were se
lected and instructed in favor of John M Foster,
with power to substitute : Gen. C. Seller, Capt.
J. C. M'Allistcr, John Staid. I
A series of resolutions were offered in relation
tn party usages and the administration, but weie
objected to, us they seemed to reflect upon the
late election of United States Senator, end upon
motion the whole were laid upon the table.
Tbk r.i.BCTioxs In Indiana, the delegation
in Congress will be bdeni. 2 whigs, a last year.
The Legislature, democratic by a large majori
ty. In Keiituckythe members of Congress will
probably stand as before, 5 to .1. In Alabama
last year, there was one whig Congressman.
They are now all democratic. Noith Caioliim
stands as before, .1 dem. to I whigs.
rXT" WaB WITH Mrxiro py the latest news,
we learn that Mexico will most probably declare
war, or at least declare an embargo. A letter
from Mexico says, "war in inevitable." A New
Orleans paper says, theie is a rumor there, that
war has been declared, and that the Mexican con
sul there refuses to give any niorecleaiances A
few days more w-ill determine the result.
'rouble.
I
CTMrt.- Cinnirs Fi.i.ftt, Jb . who is em
ployed by the Schuylkill Navigation Company,
in an aiticle in the Public Ledger, makes the
following statement in regard to the Reading
Rail Road :
" We must b gm therefore will, the elemen
tary acts. The Keeling- road is intended for
the nnrin-l t'ai'Sirlution nf 1 000 001) Inns of
The I'.nlatgement of the Schuylkill Navigation,
the Pottsville Journal says, is rapidly progress
ing, and will probably b! completed in April 1,
18 i5. In order to encourage the building of
large coal barges, adapted in size to the enlarged
locks, the company, upon the application of se
veral parties, have agreed to allow six per cent.
The New Orleans Pnllctiti of the 1st conlains .
the following information respecting the two 1
! candidates for the Presidency :
I ' The n stilt ofthe Presidential election, which
i is held in Mexico to day, will be awaited with !
i considerable intersst. The two candidates aie
the present incumbent, Herrera, and Gomez
1 Farias Trom the choice of the people in the ;
j present canvass, it may be expected that the po- j
j litical destinies of the country will take th 'ir
i complexion for many years to come. Herrera is
! attached to the principles of Centralism, and to
: a party disposed to check the changes and am:-
lioratioiisso necessary to the renovation of Mex-
ico. Ciniii 'z Farias, on the contiaiy, belongs to
. the most liberal class of Mexican politicians,
j and ha for a long p -iioJ figured as their head
1 and leader, lie has sp"ttt many years in the U.
; States, and became thoroughly imbued with our
, republii an notions. The principles avowed by
1 him, and on which he is running a a candidate,
i are decidely Federal character. lie advocates
ihe restoration of the Federal constitution of
1S2I. The prospects of his success arc said to
be much the most flattering ofthe two candi
dates. In the evfnt of his election, every co'ifi
ilenc is felt ill the re-establishment ofthe l'ede
ral institutions. As to the nature of these, ns
iuti oduced under the new organization in 152-1.
ed with wool dust, ami so arrives in a perfect
state, with very little loss in weight, particu
larly at this period nf the year. The greater
portion of that h:th;rto im;nrte-l h is been land
ed at the St. Katharine docks, where a shed or
warehouse has been appropriated in a cool por
tion ofthe quay, and to which it is removed on
beint; landed, and d-positeJ until removed to thu
owners' pi ivate store.
A Wii.n Nk.jko C u hut. Mr. I M. Pierce,
of Caddo, La., with several friends, recently
pursued a wild negro, known to infest thnt pa-
' rish, and aftel a long chase, conip-lled him to
take refuge in the hollow of a tiee, vher le
was secure I alter a severe fight. He app-ars
to be about ."0 years olJ, weighs ?M pounds,
is covered with hair like a bear, and will eat
nothing but ri.v meat, which if tainted he lik-s
the le'ttei: hj also devours craw lish and frogs
with av.d.ty. if left alone, but will not touch
: food in the pre -nee of any one. It is supposed
he was b rn in the woods, as two skeletons,
: supposed to be those of his parents, were found
in the hollow of the tree where ho was taken.
and a roasting vessel adapted tn the Roston
tiade, both to be of a proper size to fill the cn-
coal. Bui. prob.ih'y yon do not know what a i I;,,,,,,,! locks, that is about ninety-eight feet in
interest upon the cost of all large barges, built
along the line, w hich by any unlorseeti rlifrit-nl- perhaps some information might not, at the pre.
ty may bo prevented from passing throughout s,,,)t c, slMi uc uninteresting. The Constitution
the tier of enlarged locks, on and after the 1 "th of 1So ag farmed alter the pattern of that of
of April, IS 10. They have contiacted w ith J. ,no i;Mji0, Stales, and in most parts is a com
M. Cropland, for a large New York coal barge : t,,ulcrit of it. The divisions of the func-
ton of cosl is; and if yon did. you would find it
difficult to rise from a know ledjre of one ton to
a just spprpcia'inn of ri luiHinn. To realise this
quantity, you mnv imagine a pile 1") feet wide,
and VI leet high, and 'l mitrs lone. That
pile will contain one million of tons of coal.
if you put a million (if tons in Il-ail iiiir Uiil
inad cars, you will require a train fiOO miles
long to hold it. Tie-re is no s'reet in wli'ch
you could stow a million of tons; but that quan
tity might perhaps he pi'ed np in Rrnadway.
in New York. IfU-nadway b ?." feet wide
and thp coal be deposited along- that great
thoroughfare, say HO feet deep, that pile will
spread over a Kpaee of more than three mile.
To carry this q-ianlity of coal 100 miles in cars
which contain on an averngo four tons, and
take all those cars hark empty to tho mines,
in a jjreat labor, and, to sny the least, will
co.-t a great deal of money. We will srriur
miirh it will cost as we proceed. To convey
I a much smalb r qu.-.nti'y than this the rompv
; nyare now workitfj M locomotive and
i cars, day Bntl night, weekday and Sundays
The .'5.r)00 cars actually at work, il stretched
out in a line, will form a train 8 milrs long.
I The locomotive now miming consume an a-
Iciigth on deck, and seventy. nine feet eight inch
es beam. These vessels are to be finished immediately.
Ivrmr.sriNf; Statistic. The Cristian Citi
zen gives the following as some of the munifi- i
cent appropriations of Christian charity in this
country during the present year :
American Iiible Society, SI 00. Col
Fortifications, MHi.OOO
Presby tei ian Hoard of Foreign Missions, S2 1.92
Repairs on Foit Schuyler and Adams, 10.(00
Foreign F.vangelical Society, 18,711
Twelve Army Captains, 00,20s
American home Missionary Society, ISl.'.Ut j
Sixty Navy Captains, 2"0,000 j
American Poard of Foreign Missions, 2 10, (M ,
C.uilding and sailing one Frigate, 610,0(10
To live bundled ministers ofthe Gospel, 'J.jO. 000 ;
To sixty Ministers of War in the Navy, 2.1O.OOO j
Uaptist Hoard of Foreign Missions, hi, 20(1
Support oi the Military Academy, IjSOIO
lUcAI'ITl l.ATl 'N.
, To the Mission ol Gunpowder, in-
eluding all the war expenses for
I the present year, $13,53I,C0I
j To the Mission of the Gospel among
the heathen and the destitute at
lions of the government, into three department,
of Legislature, JuJicial and Lxccutive, is the,
i same ; and so is the assignment to each of their j
j respective diiti.'sand tin! limitation of their pow
I ers. The only niatei ial difference, in the two j
! instruments is. the omission in tin- Mexican of j
j the riglit of trial by pry, and the freedom of re
ligions wonhip. Ihe ignorance and moral le. ;
gradation ofthe Mexicans disqualify them for j
the exercise of the first ot th'se franchises ; and
the political influence ofthe reigning priesthood
lllnmly l-'oot-Pilnls.
Mystkriois AiFun. The whole ci'y hi
been in an uproar this morning, ami Injuria in
oon iity ha been l:ix'd to solve the mystery of
b'oody foot-pi nils in a number of the principal
street. They commenced in the neighborhood
of Baltimore and Guy streets, and have been
lrack"d through B iltiinnre, Calvert, diaries,
Mulberry, l'ark, and Mutli.-oii streets, where
was found a large puddle of blood. About two
o'clock Ibid morning, the report uf a jjnu it pis
tol, and the cries of murder, were heard, about
where the toot-print were first discovered,
w hich alumu d the watch, who instantly rcpiir
ed to where the cries came from, but could dis
cover nothing. This morning we succeeded in
fcrretinr out, thnt n'ter two o'clock, a e-entle-man,
who resid -s iu the vicinity nl Biltunore,
was liiuud hv tivo youths with a butcher waon,
on the common on Madi-oii .-tree!, exteirlei,
is an insuperal) e olistaeie to ln eniovmeni ot , . .. .. . . .. . ,-, m
1 1 1 who was bUieding copiously Irotn the lelt ankle,
the last. Prihaps no form of government more i , , . , ,, , .. ..
' ,,, I and who emnlove.l thein to cirry him tn lua
liberal than the Constitution of 1S2 1 would be ; , , , ,
... . . , . . j home. He said he had cut his hint with glass.
compatible with the existing state of society. I
We should rejoice to see it the organic law of ""w or "r ,,ir Svl,a' C'",Sl h 'M '"
Mexico; and the bappyresi.lt secured by ,he i j"'"''. remaui a mystery.-W;(,ore Rrpub.
election of Gomez Farias. '""'"
The ntltimore correspondent of one of the
New York pip Ts explains that the gentleman
alluded to above is a young lawyer, the Sou ot a
retired unilioiiiire ; that a husband came Iioum
suddenly and unexpectedly, and there discover,
ed the young lawyer. The husband quietly re
tired Iroiu the room to procure a rope, in
tending to tie him. His victim hennrjj toot--tops
down stairs, as the hilsbind aain entered
home,
S711.i.')
The interest of the sum appropriated to war
expenses, the present year, at five per cent , is
f M'2,070, which our Christian readers will see,
falls somewhat short of the sum appropriated to
the cause of Christian missions.
C7"Ntw Coimkbtkits Hicknell's Reporter
has the following list of new counterfeits.
Bas or Mimu.ETow.M, Miupi.fiown Pa. 3's jn? lt ,ial pPrj(Kl . n, though I have no more
spurious. A female with child in her arms, tin j ri.Cent account, I have no doubt that this fi.rce
lelt ena statue ol asinBion, wiuin is no on ( jg now (((ire ((mn u,jce t j w ,,,,.
venue of 1400 c irdsof wood per week, or about
J00 coids per d iy. The fuel alone, prepared
for the engines, cosl neaily )4700 a day, inclu
ding Sunday. Tn mnr thin wood, employs, of,
week days, about l'JO men. To hind the ten
iters and handle the woo I, from 40 to "i0 more.
There were last December in the repair shops , A Nativr ation A N.tive State Con-
at Beading Wi men ; in those at I'm Isville 0!) ; velltion assembled at llari isburg on Thursday,
men; and in those id Kiihmnnd. I'l'l'sville ; ,( nollljnaIl., bert II. Mmton, of Dauphin
and Senylkill Haven, abuit M) tnore. AH llirss j founty, as their candidate lor Canal Comuiis-
people were employed exclusively in repuring j B.oner.
curs and engine. Tin company are now doing
-i i i .i i I York (P ) l'lisT-OrrK K Twenty-seven hnii-
inore t ihii t u lee us inm-li wiirli u thrv tt ere llo- i ' 1 1 " " 1
J it , -i. i.. :l..l.U..
(ireu anu eiguiy leuer weie niaiieu i im: .voi
Watkrinm Ti.Ac ra Jo Syker, in recent
letter trointlie Ocean House, Newport, ay:
"Ihe millionaires Iroin New York, Boston,
l'liiludclphia, and Baltimore, are quit num
erous, uud there aie more heiresses here esti
mated from $100, (XH) upward than probably
ever met in America for display or pleasure.
I saw no lew than fight at one ball-alley thia
morning, knocking down ten-pius aa if they
wer io many, bachelors' tom wooing "
the genuine
Lamcaste Bank, Lancasicr, IV o's spu
rious, Vignette, Indian, Sailor, Fagle, &c. Kn
graved by Rawdon, Wright, Hatch Co , N. Y.
Ban or Pf i.aware, Wh.mim.ton, Dei,. 5'
spurious; vignette, Indian, K.agle, kc. Unlike
the true notes.
1U's, spurious. Vignette, Declaration of Inde
pendence. Right end, a blacksmith at his forge ;
left end, sailor holding the American Hag.
SO', spurious. Vignette, Pat. Lyon at his
forge, railroad car iu the distance. On right
marjjin, rattle , on left, train of cars
There are now more than 300 men with the run
ning trains there being in motion from 40 to
.r0 daily train, on each nf which there ia an a
veraje force of seven men."
MTiionisr Coxi-eRKNcr.. A conference of
the Methodist Episcopal Church will commence
its session in Buffalo on the 20th inst. The con
fidence embraces that part of the State west of
the Cayuga Bridge, with the exception ot a small
part of Cattaraugus county, which is attached to
th Erie (Pa) Conference. There are 310
t preacher withiu this tcrntojy
Tlir On B oil Qiirsllolt.
The Washington Union, alluding to a discus
sion upon the Oregon question between the Lon
don Foreign (juaiterly Review and the F.dinburg
Review, says that the administration will "as
sert and maintain all our rights to the Oregon
territory, and that they will preserve and uphold
the sacr -d honor of their country."
The (iuaiterly goes decidedly for the Pritish i rool( jn.p,'il from iIip window on Ihe nave
claim; predicts that our next Congress will t below, and run li.r his li'e. In the ex
throw out any occupation bill, because -it can- , ,.,,,, ,' llie ,lt.t hH Ind not noticed
not berarried out without a war w.th England." nt (j 1f hnAwu n!,r ,ml
The Edinburg Review proposes, o compromise ; .
' , , , i,. .i lee, until his boot was filled with blond.
favor of Kngland that the llith "should cease to 1 , .... . c ,.
, , , , , , ,i He stopped am! t'Hik his h ot orf, but nndin'.' it
1,.. tli.i l,r.niiaf.i r v u li,n il reaeheti the ci..r 1011I 1 1
.'- J .,
that fium thrnre the boundary should be the sea
This would give England thtf whole of Vancou
ver's island '' fcc. ! ,,K'1 'hrciugli the whole of the city. The rumor
Tins expressions of opinion of the western i th.it he has died from the loss of blood.
: i. .l..-;.l..,l .... I .1..,.. tl., c,,l,. i
OIII 11,1 19 n I e r, i,u nii'i . m.,.,i n, in
ject. The St. Louis Missotu ian says the only
compromise that the Western people ever will
support will bo B line that will give us all of
Quadra and Vancouver s Island, which would be
I impossible to stop the bleeding, he proceeded in
. Ii istc to his home, 'e 'Ving the mark of a blissly
GcowiNi; R irini.Y One thousand building
it is said, will be erected in St. Louis this sea
son, The population is now more than forty
thousand.
office of that borough during the month of July.
The wife of Mr. Elijah Marshall, of Silver
Lake township, Susquehanna county, Pa , was
delivered on the 22d ult., of four living children
at a birth. They are all daughters, and doing well
at the last accounts. Although but twenty-six
years of age, Mrs Marshall has already been
the mother of eleven children.
Gavdlfbs ix Bouon. The Daily Mail says
that there are in Boston upwards of 200 gam
bling houses, and at 'least one thousand professed
gamblers, by w hich it means men who have no
other ostensible means of ainin a living
somewhere about M degrees; but this is the
ultimatum. The harbois and navigable rivers at
the southern extremity of the island, about the
Juan de Fura, the Western people never will
surrender, Irt the consequences be what they
may. Ah intelligent correspondent ofthe V. S.
Journal show that up to the J9th degree of
north latitude, there is but a single harbor on
the whole coast, while between that and the
COth degree, there are at least a thousand beau
tiful harbors, besides magnificent forests. Up to
the COth decree, it does not freeze in winter.
A Letter from Joseph Carter, convicted with
Paike of the murder ofthe Castners, is publish
ed in tha Trsnton State Gazette
PKornpsviNf:. A writ.it is said, has been is
sued against Wm. Smith, the Mormon, for pro
phesying that Hodges would not live another
day on the day before bis murder.
Spekd or I.ioMTsiiNo M. Arago, the great
French philosopher, lately stated at the Acade
my of Paris, that if a flash ol lighting be seen
by a person the danger is over, the eloctrio
fluid travelling more rapidly than the light oc
casioned by the discharge.
Sav tots Salt Barsels Dried fruit, kept
in old salt barrels, will be saved from the depre
dation of insects These banels will keep gran
uninjured fiom insects