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tltuipl erUnd, Union. Lvcoming and Columbia.
Urfrr tot
P. A. I'aVliliilT,
Lnwrrt i Diaao,
Knti At. Sainton, yi'Sihtt.
K.VfLIH, McKahlnii &. Co
Spume, 'toon Sc. Co.,
ALUXAXMSJl li. J1ICKEY.
TRUNK ttTAIEEn.
No. 1"0 C lirNimt Street,
rziiLAEExjrriiA.
"XlHEFlE all kind uf Ifrtt er trunk. nli- and
cari-t-t bag, of every style and f.u'Vrn are
maniif ictmcd, in ilieh.nt manner and from the Lieut
rftia'eriaU. nd snli! at the 1 ovewl r
I'h lad, lphia,.July lmh. IR tr. 1v.
CASH STOKE.
CIIKAP. FOR CASH OH COUX
TRY IMIOni'CIC.
'Twenty ler Cent. Saved
tfTlH-E unhscnli. r having purchased the store nf
JL M. U. Was, r, hi jui( ieil.'nshrd the mum
Wiih a new cl x k nf u i,l-i, wheh lien g purchased
at ch ,priw. will lie mM fur Curh nr dm n try
J'nrliirr. I erity j er cut. cheaper tlu . usual. Cull
sand jud.e f .r ymtrsclve-.
Ti,e f lluwirg ve mn op the articles :
It.irr. d coin n ilrillinc, bt '12J
(i.rinin linen, at 1 8 J
Muslin, at Vi
('alien s, f.si c.il'Ts. at 7
r it inu "V('er, ai iij arr qu-Te
S gar.it ij
lln gil- J 8
(Vflee, 1 10 to 12
(r i-p. Mn III, 1 3d rt per durn
Blast c C'4 en tfl sie, al tl
Mnhii r m is at CJ
lSriiss Eight day c! rks, wairatitcd, a' f''
" Thi ty luiur ' " jfi
Alarm ' " 7
T!i vi. ' li ijiio's nnd firnceiic uf all kind. I.eg
ll to, For and, Si k ht. Tweed ('-! mere, Co Inn
Y.'rn, Carpel ('Inn. V' II i. P -rsnU lard
Lvnp..cVe 11 E.N liY MASTER.
Siml ii v, J -it 5, IS-I5
t o A li i. c o x i; k it x K 1).
If. H. MASSKR, m ivilii uif .rins his old
friei ils ami rii!nincr. thai he hi" s ld out hi vlnre
tn llenry M iser, and repirtnlry inr,iie. all lllnse
iinlrhled to luni, to tile ill' ir hit inn i hmil
tleluy, us hey i id lie pi 41 ed 111 llv handsaf a Justice
f .i en I-clinii, w.thuut rerpt'ft t i er?o I-, titithelut
of Auijiiot.
Su..lniry,jHne-8B,lMS. 11. B. MASSER.
sin; r, lihT'jTvx'vv. vr
TjllllS M.icliM'R It .s .iw V?ii 4ted hy nmre
than thirty I'd-mlii s ill lhi lieii'ldiirrh iiid. and
li is civen entire Miti-l n'tioii. Ii is mi siniih' in its
Ci nstriiclii n, that it cannot c''t out of ordiT. I'
cgmIviis no iron t lU-L, and ro -piinisor futhrs to
net out uf rep'pr. Ii wdi do twice at murk ntxlt
inu, with !e ihsn hall thewiar and tear of am of
he I ilf invi-ai'iirtis ad h it H nf greuier in por
lance.ii cn-ts I'lii III If over half as much as ulliot
vvaKliing inc I, tries.
'I'he kiiI'si rider has the eiclutvc right fir Nor.
4huinl'rhiinl, I'liinn. 1. c 111111 c. Ciilunihn, I.ti
ierne and Clinton c.iUi.lii'K. Price nf ainnle m:--thme
ffi. H, . M ASXKIJ.
The fnlhiwing ce'tificat.' i T10111 a few of ihose
wliuhae iliec muchi. e in ue.
fSiin l-uiy , Au. 24, 141.
We, the euVspiiWrs. til city li't we have rn'
in ll-v, ill nur f.miiiiw, "Miinctt's I'.ilenl '4h
ine Miirhine."' ami do not In -lUie ilin ih i it i
a most ixi'i lh rt inven i 11. ' 'I'lul, in Wa-lnng.
it wiii ae tn.ire than one hi'l the u-ual laNir.
Ti al it d a 1 n t reipiiie nnire than one lliiril ihe
lisniil qiiaiiii'y of o 'p and av.ile'r ; and thai there
ib nu lulil'inR. ami riiiixiipii nily I n'e or 110 wear.
1114 . r traiiiiir. - I'h it it knin kj . (Vim hntiims, and
4 tint ihe finil rlo h' s, n r.i ascullar-'. laiT. inckn,
Inl's, Ai may he w.is'.cd in a ve y hrt lime
iihniil tde le .M injmv, ai d in fact nh m any
aipaietji wear and . h', w hiti'v r. We iherrfir
chii'iliill) rei'iiiinnend it t mil fi ietnls and l the
j-uUio, m a unjol uaiful and l-ik r H'i'.s m x-hii.c.
I'll A IM.KS W. UEOINS,
A. I()I!IN.
( MS WEAVER.
CHS PI.E HA.TS,
4;lUEO MM.'KI E.
lion. (H:. C. WEI.KEK,
HEN J. HENDRICKS.
C'iDLiUN I.KISENRINO.
Hfrr's HoTfV, f f.irm-rly Tremni.t H"U-e, No.
I 16 Ch. soul kl re;,) i'hi'.adi lphia, September
2li, Ht4
I have ut'l Slmpert'a Pstenl Wasl.inlt Machine
in my hot e upward nf eiuhl nimuh-, and do ooi
tusiiale lo y that I deem it m of 'he mo t use
lul and valuulde lahnr-aavinR niachtoe ever iiiv,-n-
l.ul I f..pmrlw lo l.t ttLA .inrf., ., Iinlii.1 1 v In, i
rup'ied in washing, who now do as much in lo ;
days as rhey then did in ei e u.i k. 'I here is n j
wear or (ear ui washing, and ii require not mire ;
Ihau one-third ihe tibial uiiauuly ol mp. I have
ha.l a nu.nl.er uf o.h. i in chine, in mv lam ly. In.' I
thi is so decidedly iis'ii,ir .i every thin,! else, and
ao ti tle I aide In get oul nf lepill, thai I Wuuhl II "t
do wittiout one if Ihey should mat Im I mr the
price ihey aie ..ld f.ir. I)MKI. IIEKK.
UM 1 5 iVu . I . A S vc 1' A 1 1 A SOLS,
O II A P ron CAIBi
J. V". ZWA.I1VZ
Umbrella and Parasol Manufactory.
-Nu. 37 Kui lh Thittl tlretl, two door below the
CltX HOTEL,
IMilludelphla.
A LWAV8 on hand, a large stuck of tIM
J I1KEI.I.AS and I'A KASOl.S. iuclu ling the
laie.l new al) le of I'iukrd Edrd Para-ola of Ihe
best woikmansliip and materials, at price that will
make i'. an uhjeel to Country Meichama and others
to call and eniinne hia st s k before puicha-iug
elsewhere. Fe'-. 88. IH-15- ly
tUPEfUDU Purl wine, Madena and Lisbon
IsJ wine. Also superior Urandy and (Jin, l.rnmn
Kytuii. Also a few barrel of Hies Fish, for sale
by HENRY MAbsER.
Punbu?, July 19th, 184ft.
SUNBUMY AMEBICAN.
AND SHAMOKIN JOURNAL.
Ahaolot. acquieseenc in the deciin. of the
lly MaMtr & Rlmpiy,
I.KCTC'ltR ON CHINA.
Boston Merrnnllla Library Asaorlatlon.
Thu lecture Iicfore the Mercantile Library
Aaociation, on Wednesday evening, waa deli- j tive ami inilntitrfxme. A comparison uf the ler
vi'ted hy the Hon. Caleb Ctishin", hi mibjoct I ritory nf China, its teltmnte, ila lawa, riialotna
beinjf China." We ropy an abstract frnin the
lliistoii jMctrniiiile Jnumnl:
Mr. ('nulling, in commencing his lecture,
warned his audience against any disappoint
ment that might be experienced as he ehnuld
proceed in his nililres, ts, trm the nature of his
theme, covorirp such an immense field for com-
men, he should necessarily be hriel and riosoN
tory in his remarks. The vastness of his stilt-
j"Ct, iJie tliouf-aml tletnili" connected with it, the
topics of importance and interei-t upon which I
he must touch, would exclude nil use of rliPtn
ricil ornament ; and his. audience must content
'heniscVeeti -with a plain recital of facts.
To a Turopean cr A mericitn. (continued the
lecturer,) just VntiW in Chinn. every thinrj ap
pears strange, lie fmds himself not on'y at ;'
, . .. i , ,. ; oBiiirn in iiitt Bvi'-ii'iiiiai I'liniui.ip m inn uinill-
tlie antipodes phvcicairy ppenking, hut al the an- . fr '
i ... i , I I . , i try. The land is one entire cultivated garden,
Hp ules tn a nt'irnl s'nso, lie sees amum linn i J '
., ii - . ii except the large eroiinils left for Ihe burial of
cirtintii'ss mvriios of men in a stTarige gath, and ! fc
wi-h a general np,.rnmn.-e trnl.lte loall that to j " ',,'n,, Th,,Fe f,,c, ou,i Unv" nothing to
which he has heretofore .en fleenstomed. tie ,'0,,,,c, fr'"n -"1''n"'i"n of the Chinese as to
i.h-erves the most Mudiid unifor.iiity among the ""'"rown population. Rut there are others. The
various classes, and the progress of everjllimg nl'stemiousnefs of the Chinese is one. They al
which full tinder his observation so slow nnd t cats, rats, dnpa, &e. There is nn im
so n-vari.'d, strike him in a fHgular contrast "niirralion constantly going forth. In
with our own rlianginsr manners and hvomotive S-'irtlwrn Vhiim there are more producible ar
M.e.d. A ll.,.u-..t.d thing ndtnoiiM, him that I ,rdpp "ff, ,h:,n in v!"",!it nnV W""
he is in a sirnivge ,1(1. Il. hrnrs llie coiiMont , of' ,T,e f-'1"- NV- "n-'er-tnnd Mr. Cmdi-nir "
siinmlmg .r r,.h'., I,e h , rve. innumerable ' Fn.V """ l "nn,m r""'"" 133 to 1 of our
hunts on Ihe livers, the dwelling places of mil- I 'ent,aTtd II to 1 of our potato.)
lions of Chinese; carts noved on laud by sails, ' To recall toiii'lid llie po)mlatn)n of I'urope,
us wi'tl bouts on the water. If ihe pilots look ! will serve to dispel any tloiibls nrtv timj' enter
to the rompii-s lo iLrivt his cistrse upon the tnie ns to the correclmw of the ! uirite of the
deep, he liaikslo tl:e pointiiig of the south pole; . population nfChiua. China covers as large a
if he receives a letter lo- will find it written in space as Europe ; nml wVy not contain as lr.rje
Ijiip. riifitiing; fn in top tu Imttom if tire sheet, ; ti pnpulut on ! If the immidsr r't:tons of the
rending frniii riyht to left, with the date at the ! forth are scarce in sipiilalioti, the tropical re
iHitlom of the letter no alphabet being used, j gioira 1 1 the foulli make up the deficiency. If
littt idingraphic characters. Ti e tut ummp, in- , t'ttrope is capable of sustaining 'J.'jtl (1(1(1,(1(10 of
stead of b ing black, as with tt, is white with J people why ttot China a larger population, pos
the Chinese. The shoe, even, is whitened with ; sesseil of superior edvnntages To Ktirrpe ! To
some mi11 mice, tit correspond with other pvT- J European, necustomed to haik at Europe divi
t ions nf dress. He sees the saucer p'seed on j 'ed into VCt distinct governments, wuh B pop
the enp, instead M the cup on llie satnr; shot- j illation of "0,(IO.iK.O, the idea ufa country nn
lecoelis played with Ihe feet, instead, of tl.eir , '''f inie government, with a population of JlTitt,.
hand-; ladies' tii-t depressed instead of their ; tWW, is jierft-clly astotmdinp.
waists; leaves of a biK.l cv-t open and trimmeit ! U Ur" w e cisier the facts of the imrr.enKe
on the back; a person swimming strikes his i P""hition or China thut its gi. eniiu lit and
hands vertirallv.Bnd not horiToiitnllv the ton of . ' 'W" nave endured for centuries, we come to
the head shaved; and when a friend rocvls yrwi j nhh w,,ul rs the form of iTa povernmi'tit, and
in the strett-, he only shakes his hands at i 'l,c principle tif its social orpat-.ieatinn !
you; the infantry tinned with matchharks, the : 'llie xterioi toini is nn hereditary nionarchy.
cavalry with Ihe how and nrrow ; nnd a colonel I The reigning sovereign bears a particul.r
at the bend of his regiment not unfrequently ; name not his, own name, but the name nf his
brandishing a pan instead of a sword, lie will I reign, as it is deemed sicrilegioua to pronounce
not only note these exterior forms of difference, e name of theM.vereign alter he asx-ctids the
hut will learn that nobility is not inherited , throne. The prominent, ami, il may be said,
from Ihe fa'her I y tie m ii, hut rather, if one j almost the only principle of government is the
may so speaV. ly the father from the son good 1 paternal relation. The Emperor ia culled the
deeds r fl ctinr luck iipot. a remote ancestry, j hither of his people; oml the idea nf the pater
Corruption of blood, for rrinu s con. milted, hf- , nal relation run through all the habits, laws,
feels anrer.tors long since dead and gone, though i and cm-tnms nf the people. It is a fiction, Unt
il does not nee.cssor.ly nflect posterity. All , w ithstaiiding, but a heautilul one.
these thing ill stiike one, upon a cursory: Tim radical idea in the social nrgnnir.it :un of
view : hut it is jie-l to treat t he subject in a dtf- : the Chinese, is veneration of parci ts. Annual
Cerent manii' r, nr injustice will be done to a
great and polished people.
We in America receive our longnagr, am) '! hy their parents for any disrespect allow ti to
unlotttinau-ly, ton many of our ideasi from Kit- ! them.
rope. We speak u if we weie tie descendant The government conist if Ihe sovereign ,
of the oldest nation of the glnhe, of history ns a ciibiii't council; coutieil of the army, In
complete, iflhiit history is nurs--if our civili- great general council ;) six supreme hoards of
zation a the unique idea ofciviliEed society of revenue, rights, Ac. , (council fur the Tar'nrs ,)
the fir.-t voyage to India as discoveries, as if tin; . council for the general inspection of nflkers ;
teaming millions of China had no existence till ' the high court of appeals; council for ex itui
discovered hy a Portuguese navigator, lie, the ' nation of candidates lor public office ; council
lecturer, would not speak nf Chinese c ili7.n- of the governors, Ac, or provinces, and the ar
t ion a'one, hut hI-o of its high a iniquity , .Chi- mv.
na had for ages cultivated Ihe arts, literature,; There is one curious' fact in this nrganizv
and the srienres. The language r.f Cm. die us,
the cotempornt v of I leredotus, is now the ve-
nacul.ir tongue of th it r;reat people. The ili. .
eovery of gunpuwihr, ami the run riner's Cum.
piss, the matiutaetore of silks and porcelains, '
' invention of llie printinvMurs. and even the ,
cirro'atMiti nfbaiik in tes, hint their ilV in ('hi- '
c,,n,,iri(1- .j, lecturer did not know !
I
anything that was not posses, d hy Ihe ( In. ;
licse anterior In Ihe history of Europe, except ,
the steam engine.
Our w.ird Chint.," as designating Ihe Innd nf ;
the Chinese, ia unki.nw n to their language, ami
it of Portuguese origin, Mr. Cu.-hmg here
gave the three names by which the Chinese de
signate their Couuiry; and also the English trans
lutionVif them, which he auid, wero quite faul
ty. Two of them are translated one the
"Central Land," the other the Central Flow
er Iaiid" the third has escaped our ear. The
Chinese Empire consists ol two great classea of
people the Chinese, who inhabit eighteen pro
vmcea of China Proper, and the Taitars, di
vided into the Manchon, Mongol Tartars, &.C.
It ha been eitimated that China containa a pop.
ulalion ot 3."().(MKMHKI aouls; by many this ia
doubted, hut those w ho doubt concede a popula
tion of 250.000,0(10, deducting ad I bitum from
the ccniui ukcaby tu r..;.;--
majori - y, the vital principle of Republic, f.om which
Sunbury, Xorthumhcrlnnd Co.
A aclit anti!ysi oftlie facta in the cne will
put an etui to all speculation. One will ace in
China a Vart ttmltituilo of human being, till no
and habits of the people, with tlmse uf uthrr na
tions, will sunn convincp onti that the empire is
the scat of a vast population. A perti-m ol Chi
na lies on the tropics, wlieffl two cropa ore en
ily produced every season. No bt tela of bur
den are to be seen in Southern China. .All
transportation is carried on the canals, or on lln
Snckt nf men. The boot oil the canals are
tracked by men ; nu hnisea ere to be rcen, ex
cept what arc in use for theTurtir cavalry, nnd
1)11 few buRiiloes, which are used for ploiighinir
some peculiar soils. These facts prove thut the
country is capable of supporting a dense popu
lation. It is not the case in China as in this
C ttntry they have not to produce in one crop
I MilTicient tit support them the year ruiind, or to
I sustain ImmiU if'liiinlmi llisl riiniiine na iniicti
..-.l. ..:.. I,. K..l..i. .. ,!. -
ofierinp ore made at the craves f their anres.
' tors, nml children are most relentlessly punish-
lion t and that is the expedient adopted to se.
Cure the full siibinissiou of China to the Tartar,
These ('li n'se Were permitted In remain just
s they were previous to the invasion; but a
Tartur i appointed for every Chinese in the
govertiiiieiil, mid this secured Ihe Tartar power,
The sovereign pnwer is of a religinu-i as well
as a m!ilical churarter. When presented to
.i i,
Ihn l.u.pcmr, ll i.l.v.dnal must prostrate him-
self three times on the ground, rising each
time, anil touching the ground inch time he
prostrates himself. This may be seen going on
every day aumng the common people in the
streets, w ho are Constantly lowing at their al
tars, idols, &c. The ceiemoiiiee carries with
ll the ideal of total submission, mingled, it may
be, with religious devotion,
The office a of govermnent are bestowed ttenn
merit, intellectual and ninrali they are not he
reditary. There are but few titulur families,
and Ihey are among the Tartar ; the), howe
ver enjoy no especial privilege.
Scholar constitute (he first rank in the em-
pire. After passing Ihe examinations, which
are most strict, the most meritnriooa areapj-oin-ted
tothe inferior nfrtcea of government m,.
ploy, destined through good behaviour to rise to
the highest :;, the tf,ft uf the jjovcikibuI.
In China n official ia j'uniehcJ by degrading
.here Is no appeal hut to fore.-, tho vital prin. i,.lo
In. Saturday, Nov. 15, IS-I5.
him from hi rank. tn this country tn our
ttavy, for instance the case is dillercnt. Ifan
nlTicer behave badly, he is suspended with or
without py, &c ; put an officer is never de
graded, as for instance, Oimii a captain to a mnl
fhipinnn. In China this is the nmde of punish
nietit ; it ia the universal tenure nf office. And
a man has to Commence anew, eltgiS'e again to
the highest ntllces if hu cmidttcis well.
1'ublic opinion is as much regarded tn Chi
na os in fireat Rrilsin or in the United States.
Newspapers abound, and are rend ns much as in
this country. The Chinese have their red
h.Kik, as we have our bine bonk. Pamphlets,
labored argument, are puhl shei) ns with us;
onil in farther analogy, peri alical addresses nre
made by the sovereign to the people, which
however, inculcate morals as well a politics.
The slated agricultural festivals are n great
feature with the Chinese ; it is at these limps
that the Emperor drives the plough before his
whole court, as an example to his subjects.
The W'orks of Confucius nre rend by all, and
their influence on the public tiiiud is unbound
ed. They piihli-.li as much, and as cheaply,
as in the Cniteil States; and ihe pmple rend
nnd write generally ns they do in this country.
Their Itngnage, which was at first hierogly
phic, ha b.'cotne one of arbitrary signs, litit nut
letter-; there is no alphabet, but each separate
sign stands for a particular idea. -There nri
MMKH1 characters in their dictiomry , anil from
this it may he interred wlat nn inuiKtisc liber
it is to b arn their language, and what it is
which cmiveris China mto tain great school.
Oral language differs in different provinces, bed
the wri'ten language is Ihe stinie throughout
China. The written language hears the sme
relation to the oral langvtuge of the provinces,
as the Arnbie numerals do tn the various lan
guages of Europe. When persons fioin ilil'er
ent provinces canrrot comprehend each other.
Ihey resort t;i writing or making figure in the
air. This language giving only tu Ihe pmple
laws, Ac, has done every thing for the stab, lily
of the government.
The manners of the Chinese nre eminently
emiiieous. Ladies do not mingle in their pub
lic nsscnuMic. The lecturer would not pro
troonce their morals of a higher or lower Man
dord than liaise of Tumpe. lie did not beiieve
it llie province of a transient visiter so to do
The Chinese estimate the morals of the Euro
peans nl alow rnte 5 they lave learned them
from English sailors and soldiers within the past
five years. When the tnissionnrii s remonstrate
with the Chinese upon sin, tlmy significantly
point to the morals of the foreigners. 'I he Chi
nese re eminently intellectual. The country
nhotitids in IhsiKs, public, libraries, and shops for
the sale oflnsiks. A catalogue of one uf their
libraries comprise ten vo'innes. In every dwel
ling house, lunik are mccMiry articles of fur
niture. (5reat injustice has peen dune to the Chinese
and their writings by hi. I Ir in-lators. Mr.
Ciishing had tiirmed a high estimate of their
intellectual powers from his iiitercoiir.-e with
them. Indeed, nllieiiils could no' fail to exhibit
intellectuality, as scholar take first rank in the
empire. The stability id their g,,veri:niei,t is
evidence, lo a certain extent, of the inti-lh ctnnl
and moral character. The prevalent religion
is worship of ancestors ; though specific reli
gions, such as Tloodhism, I jimaism, Mahomei!
nnistn, Ac., are tnh-rotctl. All important e
Vents, by the Chinese nre celt-orated by pros
frtiiins, burning nf incense, heating of gimps,
and Virning of fire-works.
The staple fin ot the Chinese- is rice. In
Ihe tli Titrations ol their tables, nnd furniture uf
their bouses, traces of high civiliz itioll may be
found. The lil.vui les of the tuh'e couf ist of
hithe de liter, shnik's fins and edible b nls'
nests the hitler the highest cost n-tute of di al
in China. The haul u!' the Tartar U game
w I. ich is roasted and srrveii tip w hole, w hilt the
Chim-BU is served in small dishes. Their drinks
nte ten, and a spirit distilled (.(m rice. Many
of Ihe drinking vessi Is now in use in the United
S.atcs are copied lioiu the Chitit-sf,
C.miiu-rcia'.ly speuk;ng, C! i:iu is complete in
In rsi If. t'he raises In r own breadstulls, i x
' pt some little tice w hich she. imports. ihij
has Im, sill.s. iiinli-ri:i;r. lor uuteu-i o! iron, ami
w 'il, Coal, precious tin tals. i(, lit r com
mertfe was rhang- d by tl course nf theop.uiu
trade, w hie.lt is very I rcjndieinl to China, i
would num. l ow ever, have been rh,ngi d by
the intre.luc'.ion of cotton, large riuaiilitiea of
which, (of the raw kind, she import from Ihe
I'niled Slates. She also imports the inanufuC
lured article fruin the United Slates ami from
(ireat llnt-iiii. The u.-e of machinery ia prohi
bited in China. Toe trade whether it poe '.',.
rect from thin Country or Great Britain, real
ly benefit us, as perhaps 0 7ili of V-t .iish ina;i-'
iifactttred good consist of Ancr;CBn Cltton.
We come to consider ,flft (jlir8,in ,j( w)ia,
will be the ultimate fleet s 0f this tb.npe of
commerce on the Chinese lheir(M Uea. Two
hundred and ;-fty ,niiiis . u,, lo this
tune, havq, inanuGi' - lheif owl Bri,ce ;
""-"VnWeihopUc ot ihfir own la-
and immrdi.ie parent of despo.i.m.-J.r..oS.
Vol. c.k u boic No, yes.
brics, and, of consequence, large numbers of
thctn will be thrown mil of employ. In China,
as in the Uni:ed Stales, they have no vast West
lo retire to, nor immense fields of agricultural
isrcupattitns lo employ there when their means
of livelihood fail them. These things being en,
must produce- want, mitcry, and pethups politi
cal agitation throughout tho empire. Mr.
Citshinp was repeatedly I old by the imperial
comtrtisstviiier, that Chitu did not desire trade
with foreigners, but that it was forced upon
her. We nnis'. not only look to the benefits ac
cruing tu Ihe United State th'ough the supply
to Chum of taw cotton, oml n Fiiccrs-ful compe
tition in the mniitif.icturcd article, but also to
the supply of ginseng and I -ad. Mr. Cushing
knew ol no other quest ion connected with this
subji'cl, except the drain of specie from Ch'ttn,
tu pay ba uncos nf trade ng iitist her. He said
no fours need be entertained for the present.
The balance is against t lie United State. Be
sides, there are stores nf met.ils in the country;
nnd tie immediate effect of a flow of specie from
China is to change the r I llive value of commo
dities in that l.i nd.
Mr. dishing nrxt pnceclod to treat the to
pic of t he Ihistiliiy nf the Chin ere toward for
eigners, lie said it was nrigutally simply dis
respect, nod .lul not degenerate into hate until
Ihe conduct of foreigners had Itecome o outra
gi'irtts us to forfeit the good esteem of the people.
The Chinese saw themselves surrounded by o
ther Asiutio nations, vastly their inferior in
every respect. They naturally looked upon
them with disrespect; l.-o upon foreigner who
visited their Ititek The curly trading voyage
of the Portuguese were rather piruticnl expedi
tions than commercial speculation. The ex
pulsion tf the Christians from China is also con
nected with the suhj'ft of Ihe hostility of the
Chinese towards foreigner. We are natural
ly hrd tn ask, how monarch as wise and liberal
as ninny of the Chinese monarcha have been,
have prohibited the piaclice of the Christian re
ligion int'hiiiB, when nil other religions are tn
lernled. At fiist, foreigners were well recei
ved in China. Murco Paulo and others had
high employment under government; there was
no nl ji c'lion to their penetrating to the inter or
of the country, (Ireat ntm-hers of converts
were made by the early Christian missionary.
Wlm I has effected n change in nil these things'?
The missionaries indulged in bitter contests a
lining tin in-elves, on articles of faith; furious
controversies were carried on, and violent pam
phlets published. From the teacher of reli
gion the contests spread among the converts,
and xciteteeiits nnd agitation were the conse
quence. To prevent tl tnestic convulsion, the Empe
ror interposed his ituihoriiy ; a .id it is the be
lli fit Mr. Ciishing that to prevent internal trou
bles was the only motive op-ratinp upjn the
I jnpcmr to exclude Christians from China. Mr.
dishing urged the r.iissiiinnt'iea to take warning
from the past ; to ceie their quarrel upon mi
nor anirles of belief; nnd to unite in the one
great work of redemption of the heathen.
Mr. Cinhing said, although this vast empire
was op--n to commerce, literature, and religion,
too raeg'.line expectation must not be entertain
ed ; the progress of Cut Chinese i slow,
nml vast tnnli iliules tire to be affected.
I f t be eilt els of the change nf commerce are
pacific, the benefits t.t the world will be gTeat ;
if nut so, and civil convulsions ensue, the spit it
of aggrandisement will ugain take hold of the
Chouse, and foreign invasion will be the con
sequence. The Tartars h.tve several times o
verrun As. a, and carried their conquest even
lo EurepH The present Emperor of China is
a lineal descend.' itl ufa Turtnr Emperor, who
once st iinin the throne of Mosco We are
se-oii.l o ily tn the English in point ot com
mercial intercourse. We toon shall surpass
built nations in our intercourse.
Mr. Ciishing, in closing h s nildres. spoke of
there being us y t im commerce on the Paci
fic iceiin ; u.,d that iiltimsii ly there must be
some Angln tvixoii pivvers settled on the shore
of the I'jc fh;. Shoii'd Ameiicu plant it, the
trade, v.iti, i'h nu
w.tild be invaluable tuber;
nml It,
would titlutaoy
ol 11.13 l. lit. lie.. I.
lly ll .w to the western
I shoica
filial Attl.lml.
We are p-iium! to learn Unit an accident ot
the iitnst allocking kind, recurred near the P.al
t'uiore Kiw.MllI, m "i .lkel's Creek township,
Lycoming, county, n.i Monday Ihe27th instant.
Tho particulars, na we learn them from one,
say the '..ycnuiing ilirette, are briefly these :
"A r-rt v of workmen, on the day the accident
I '.eippened, were engaged it. eliding M lo
1 . I I Ia
from .o mountain to te public ro.u, .
ir-ke them available at the mill, when it hap
pened that one or the number, ihtib aifaat
us. had occat-ion o employ his time chietly at
tho base of Ihe hill. The log which came
down end leremost. obtained an immense veloci
ty in the descent, and smashing everything be
fore them Mc.Caslin, unfortunately remained
in the pasetige ol the tliJinp log too long, and
when ho observed one descending the tnouu-
i'inc:Ks of Atvt;RTtsic;.
t qoar t insertion, . . . JO BO
J ' do . . . . 0 75
1 do 3 d, . . . . nit
Ev.-rY subsequent Insertion, . - 0 2."
Yearly AiUetlisements: one column, f 25 ; hnlf
eolumn.f 18, three square, fl3 t two squares. f'J ;
one square, Jt.t. Half-yearly i one column, f 18 ;
half column, I3 j three square, $8 ; two squares,
f5; one squaie, f3 50.
Advertisements left without directions as tn tho
length of time they are to be published, will ha
continued until ordered out, and charged accord
ingly. (Sixteen line or les mak a aquare.
tain, endeavored to avoid it, but a he sprang a
aide, he noticed that the log had taken tho
same direction, and he then essayed to run back,
hut slipped and fell. The huge timber, instant
ly struck one of hi legs just above the knee
carrying with if the cap and severing the leg.
just below from the body. The ditnf mhered
limb, we are informed, wa found some distance
from the sprit where the accident occurred, be.
ing thrown there by the log, in it downward
course.
"The unfortunate enflerer wa immediately
conveyed to a house nearby, where rv -ry at
tention was paid and aid rendered, v. hirh hitman
ingenuity was capable of, but all to no pnrpop.
tie died about twenty-two hours afterwards lea
ving a wife and large family to mourn his un
timely end."
A VaJnabla Table.
The following valuable table wn cs1rti.t:l
by James M. Garnet, E-qof Essex rr,.!.try, Va.,
nnd first published in Mr. Riffitia' Farmers' Re
gister. T abi.k. A box 24 inches hy 16 inches square,
and. '22 inches deep, will contain a barrel, or
10,752 cubic inches.
A box 24 by 16 inches square, and 11 inches
deep, will contain a half barrel, or 5,376 cubia
inches.
A box lfl inches 16 8-10 inches deep, will
contain a bushel, or 2,150 4-10 inches.
A box 12 by 11 2-10 incite equa re, and 8 in
ches deep, will contain half a bushel, or 1,075
cubic inches.
A box 8 inches by 8 4-10 inches sotare, find
8 inches deep, will contain one peck, nr 537
0-10 cubic inches.
A box 8 by 8 inches square; nd 4 2-10 inch
es deep, will contain one half peck, or 908 8-10
cubic inches.
A box 7 inches hy 4 inches square, and 4
6-10 inches deep, will contain a hull gallon, or
111 4 10 cubic inches.
A box 4 inches by 4 inches square, and 4 2-11)
inches deep, will contain one quart, or C7 2 10
cubic inches.
These measure corse within a small fraction
of a cubic inch of being perfectly nccur.itn ; -at
near, indeed, a any measures of cspac 'v luvsj
ever yet been made for common use ; tV ' .ffi
culiy of making them with absolute nv t.ie-
has never yet been overcome.
The Camanwik Indians These Arr'h of
the American wilderness runge over oer ce-it;
nent from Arkansas to California and from O e
gon to Mexico, plundering frontier setti n r,
murdering the whites and fctcaliug clr dren.
They sell the captured white girls to neighbor
ing Indian tribes, retaining Ihe boys to train u,i
as cheifs and warriors. The present great w ar
chief is a red-haired Scotchman, w ho was stolen
from his parents while quite young. They u'tj
the bow and arrow, and among their twcti'i
five thousand warrior tiiey have only tweiv
hundred rifles. The British Government is si ;,
to have an interview with some of their chlr !
early in the present year, near Monterey, in
Upper California, and tho presence of tin. :r ir
rtor in Texas is always attributed to . 'tile
motives, they having nn old grudge aguir tho
Texan for the murder of a number of their
chiefs out of revenge at San Antonio a ew
years ago w hile in the Texan camp- T'i y urm
a faithless roce, and eldotn or ever mar e trea
ties. They live principally upon p r.-'. l
wheat they carry with them in small hi te
never eat animal food. Their Villages are (...
ally" built among the mountains, w'i re t' : i
wives, children and old men are pr .'ecte ; 1 1
natural fortilleations. A Cjmancl .
figh'.a to the last, and aeldotn or c n fin ,.i.
ot them been taken prisoner. In alh'eti.- ;n
equestrian reals they excel every other inl
and to their honor be it recorded, 'that a ..r.
che never idlers an indignity to a fere i.-h.
burning the ftontier eettleuients in 1' or i.'t.'te.'
Scates and Mexico, they make it a y f j,,e ir.
murder every adult, male and ferna1 r, t.v?x ft -teen
or sixteen year ot age; but on nr., occa
sions, when they rob tho dwelling? rV rich, they
carry off tho young women to fibttiu raik-:ouk
money from the relativea or friends-, at the rap
tured. In one instance a few iru urlis aothey
tiM'k i ff two daughter nf a rich Vtf xican in Pu
rango and received five thoM dollars t'wr
their safe return.
Too Tkie. The time when industry
wa fashionable, and i,0ne were ashamrd t.t
practice it. Such ".tue have changed fish
inn rulea the wo, id, and labor ha gone out id
fashir.n w ith Vnoae that can live without it, an t
many U'.'( can't and until a ref rm in h'td, ami
industry again becomes fashionable, we may
hid farewell to many a comfort we might other
wise enjoy.
Evils in the jouiney of life are lilte the hi!'-i
which alarm traveller upon the roa.l ; tin e
both appear at a great Ji-'anee, bui v h mi '- '
oppioach them we find they ate Ui les uiu
mountable than we had conceived..
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