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Tsrentywtwo Jara Laiir him "tirop. -
The eteamer Hiberni U in lit Halifax and Bod
ton, with advice from' Liverpool to the 4th In-
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.The moat important item of intelligence W (1m
vote in the British House of Common, tn 'favor
of the hew Corn tawfche'me and Tariff of Sir
Robert Peej, by the deciiied majority of 97, .'
The Iron Trade was in full vigor, and the iron
master were fall of orders.' The trade was con
sequently very brik, ! " ' "
Cotton up to the arrival of th Packet shin Pa
trick Henry, had been depressed in price, but
the news brought by her being considered oft
somewhat' hostile character, the price rallied
and th market became firmer. : t '
Provision and Flour were dull, and the money
market, in consequence of the 13 million of
pounds sterling locked up by the railway was
very tight.; ..... , .
The article of Maize or Indian Corn, was be
coming very popular amoug the people,
The French have met with disastrous defeat
in Algiers. , ' .
Account from Berlin state that Mr. VCheaton,
the F.nvoy Extraordinary and Minister Plen
ipotentiary of the United State, had left that ci
ty for London- ' ' ' .
Louis Philippe is said to be in favor of refer
ring the Oregon dispute to the arbitration or
three English and three American gentlemen -thus
carrying out the idea of Mr. Wlnthrop, of
Massachusetts.'1 '' 1 ; ' ' " '
The American Minister in London, Mr. Mc
Lane, is confined to his house by severe indispo
sition. He was unable to attend her Majesty'
levee on the 11th, but was represented by Mr.
Oansevooit Melville, his Secretary of Legation.
, s From the Liverpool Times, March 4. ,
GENERAL SUMMARY OF NEWS. '
I'rcpnrationifor War. Whether or not we
are to have war, great preparations are being
made for it. The army is to be increased 10,000
mon ; the militia are to be in readiness for im
mediate training; the ordnance corn are to re
ceive an accession of 1,500 men ; the royal mar
ines 1.100 mn; and the land regiments of the
line 6000. The increase of the navy will be about
1000 men.
Subscriptions for the distressed Irish have
been commenced at Calcutta.
Daroa Von Bulow, Minister to the King of
Prussia, died at Berlin recently.
In one year, ending 5th Jan., 1840,939.341
quarter of wheat and wTieat flour were imported
into England from Canada.
' According to the German newspapers, there it
now raging in (everal parte of Russia a Violent
disease among cattle, similar in every respect to
the cholera. .. . .... j
By using two rotary engine in , conjunction,
one worked by steam from water, and the other
by steam from sulphuric acid. Monsieur Trenv
blay has, it ie said, effected a caving of fifty per
cent, in fuel, acquired great additional power,
aiid convert salt water into fresh. '. ','
' A naval officer arrived at Cork on board a
merchant vessel from the coast of Africa, report
the safe return of Mr. Jamieson's vessel Ethiope
to Fernando Po., after a successful expedition up
the Niger. Dr. ' King and the matter were in
perfect health. ' " '
- Father Mathew bat published a letter, accom
panied with specimens of bread and "stirabout,"
made from Indian corn. Efforts are now making
to introduce thia excellent beverage, not only in
to Ireland, but into the three kingdom generally,
on the plan which marks it use in the United
Statee, . .. . , ,
The idea broached by the London Time of
the re-establishment of monarchy in Mexico has
been received, upon the whole, with favor by the
Parisian press. Even the republican National
doc not denounce it, if it be the pleasure of the
Mexicans, but insist upon the full liberty of ac
tion being allowed them. ' It also advises that in
any measure the French government may be in
duced to join in, care be taken that it be' not
made the dupe of England ' ' '''
' The Catholic Bishop of New York is in Paris,
and has been preaching aeveral sermons. ' The
greater part of hi auditorie has consisted of
English and Irish Catholics. The Bishop of
Texas is also here, having come to raise, money,
and obtain priest to accompany him to Texas,
to assist in promulgating the faith. His mission
is said to have beeu a successful as be could po
aibly wish.' . . .
We make the following extract from an able
and brilliant speech of Sir Robert Peel, on the
subject of the repeal of the corn law. During
the twelve nights' debate, there were one hun
dred and three speeches, forty-eight of whom ad
vocated frea trade, and fifty -five protection. The
.easuro ws carried by a majority of 07.
Sir Robert read Uuter which had been re
ceived hy the Jtt two wails from Ireland, not
hum of.kial uuih.ruic. but front men from
wbuse suuiMinviU Un;ru.(M.id not hi lit alight
at prt'UMica f viUir.uMu,E , confideufe.. The
firet leitoi n,iiimcJ,Mi himself hy ftir Da
vid Kochv, iiiriuly uauiU-r fur Liweiick, listed
t'ura.s, tiesr Limerick, February lltli. Sir Da
vid Uoohe. stated that at no tima he wat dis
posed to think that the part of the potato crop
which appeared sound before Christmas would
have continued aoj but he liad found he waa is
error the greater part waa now obliged to bt
givro to pigs and cattle, to ear the owner
from .total loan, Sir David added 'No doubt,
fur si or, seven weeks, while the remain of
potatoes leaf, destitution will - not b general ;
buU pray you, sir, look o it in lima.' . ..The next
. letter contained the reault pi very uiaule lu
vestigetioii wade by Mr, NV. W. (loanword',',-Mih-inipector
of police, stationed '1 Stradbally,
Q'teen's county, into the condition of 00 hun
dred and ninety fmilic living iu that neigh,
bothood. In In Inquiries, the officer waa ac
companied by the Hev. Mr.' Emerson, the sr.l-
tlister ol the parish. The result thus stated
'Many families whom we visited, and who
had planted sufficient for their ordinary wants,
including the seed necessary - tor the ensuing
season, have not had a potato of any kind for
the la-t month.' 'Observe,' exclaimed Sir Ro
sort PeH, 'this is in the month of February
five months at least before there can be any
supply from the natural bounty of Providence;'
Others have lust nearly all t and the few that
still remain are totally unfit for human food. In
every instance wnere we saw potatoes in pit in
the fields, we had them examined, and with
scarcely an exception we found them to bo a
mas of putrefaction, perfectly disgusting even
to look at' The third letter waa front Lord
Stuart de Decies, the iird Lieutenant of the
County ol Waterford. Among other particular
it Mentioned this 'That in two districts alone
of th union in question there are, even at this
early period of the year, no less then three
hundred person whose stores of provisions are
upon the point of becoming exhausted. Lord
Stuart suggested, 'that much good might be ef
fected in keeping down prices by the establish
ment of government corn stores, from which
(Train might be purchased at first eost price."
The fourth letter was from Mr.Th"tnas Dillon,
of Cahirciveen resident magistrate ; it stated
that having gone round hie district within the
last ten dys, he had opportunities not only of
herinjf but of witnessing the destruction which
had-bern committed, and which was gaining
ground rapidly. Mr. Dillon addei', that he al
most folt confounded at the difficulty that must
exist in procuring a sufficiency of good seed
for the ensuing crop. Sir Robert next quoted
an official return from the highest authority,
embracing particulars from every electoral dis
trict with the exception of ninety-nine. 'The
facts were that 'in four electoral divisions the
loss of potatoes hss been nearly nine tenths of
the whole crop ; in ninety, three, between sev
en tenths and eight tenths ; in one hundred and
twenry.fiv, the loss approaches to seven tenths
of the whide crop ; in sixteen, it approaches to
six tenths ; in five hundred snil ninrty-six, near
ly one half of the crop is entirely destroyed, and
in five hundred and eighty twi division, nearly
four tenths of the crop is entirely destroyed.'
Government had acted upon the suggestions
made to them ; stores of corn should be establish
ed to be disposed c4 at low prices, or given in
return for labor.
- A Member 'It will be wonted for seed.'
Sir Robert Peel 'Yes. To get seed f mm
foreign countries for the ensuing year is next
to impassiblei "An eighth of the whole crop i
required for seed , each acre of potatoes requi
res nearly a ton three-fonrths of a ton, at least
-for seed ;take the tonnage which' it would
require! to bring in 10,CO0 tons of potatoes
from any part of Europe where potatoes may
still abound,' it it almost impossible to sup
ply the deficiency, You must look for seed to
the accumulation by making savings from the
existing crop. It may be necessary for you to
form that saving: When the pressure of fa
mine is severe, the immediate want will be sup
plied ; the danger of next year will be forgotten.
The Government must intrrfere, for the pur
pose of encouraging the saving in sufficient
quantities, in order to secure a supply of seed
for next year. How are we to do thia 1 Why, by
the substitution, I suppose, of some other article
of provision, to be given under wise regulations.
for the purpose of preventing waste, and of
getting these seed-potatoes in exchange. I
aak you,thn, if jn May next we had to come
down here proposing large vote of public mon
ey, and if we were encouraging the clergy nf
the Established Church, and theclar;y of the
Roman Catholic persuasion, and telling them
-'Individual charity in your local it e must
upply more than the Government can sanply ;
yoo hrtirt give corn in exchange lor these pota
toea, or for sustenance of human lite, could I
have stood here, proposing vole of 200,000
or 300,000, and encouraging the charity of
thoae who had little to dispense in charity, and
would it have been tolerated, that at the same
moment we should have been retaining a duty
of 17 on the introduction of corn 1
Tus Foar.tG Nxw ad ths IKurtx Ex
rats. The foreign news by the Halifax Express
reached Boston at three o'clock on Thursday
morning.- It did not arrive by the Hibernia until
nine o'clock, ix hour after. The engine on Ihe
Worcester railroad which was fired up for the
Halifax express proved to be broken, and the an
ly other one which could b used waa a heavy
freight engine, which waa fired up and put in mo
tion a quarter before four. At Allyn'a Toint
two steamboat were in waiting, one to take the
new across the Sound to the Long Island rail
road, and the other, the Oregon, to run through
the Sound to New York.
The Oregon, which was connected with the
Halifax Express, run through the Sound against
a Northwest wind at the rate of twenty milea an
hour. She iaa splendid bout, in length 330 feet
by 33 feet width of beam, and of 1,000 tons mea
surement, having bei th accommodations for about
600 pataengeri, without the necessity of cost or
extra beds. The propelliag power consists of an
cagina of U00 horse power, with a 73 inch cy
linder, and 11 feet stroke roller.
. Reusing time from Allyn'a Point to foot Ful
tea alraet, New York,. (130 miles,) 3 bours and
43 miuta. Being the quickest, trip pn record.
, Wild Fowi.-The Elktoa Whig state that
during th last week the Elk : river has been 61
l'v4 with myriad of docks, aad th woods La se
veral sections nf ths country hava baea swsrm
ing with pigeon. A few day age, an otter waa
hot j ig jf.lk creek, ssvtA miles fiom tide
water. '
THE AMERICAN.
Satvrdat, March 28, 1846.
t O. VJtUKEH, J?e., f Ms Htnl Ei.
tat mmd Omi OtKet, earner s3d and Cktinut
Strttll, rhUadtlpkia, U amlMHsscf to awl u
J gent, swat rtttift tor all nits due (Ms
otlctf for awWrfrimt mr rndxtrtistng.
,1U: at Ms OTUi A. 1 60 JVumssw Mr tit.
.f ltd 8. jV. Comer of Ilattlmort and Catvtrt
lt., Bammnr.
07 We are indebted to Dr. Waggenieller. E.
Y. Bright, aad other of the Legislature, for doc
ument. , . ,
07" On our first page wilt be found the con
elusion af the article on Homoeopathy. It is an
able production and most coaclusive ia it argu
ment. ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' "
D7 Foaxien Ntw. Our reader will find
an abstract of the foreign new, in another col
umn. The House of Common have sustained
Sir Robert Peel, in the repeal of the corn laws,
by a majority of ninety-sen.'
' 07 Ths roads for thi season of the year, are
in very good order,' but the destruction ef the
bridge ha considerably diminished travelling,
07". Loss or Boats. We regret that a nom
ber of canal. coats between this place and tide
water, that had been prevented reaching home
by the ice, in November last, have been wept
off by the flood. A number from thi place are,
we believe, among the missing..
07" The Rail Road Bridge was not carried a
way, as stated by the Miltonian, but afforded us.
during the freshet, a means of eommnnieatien
with our friends ia the country, a number nf
whom came to town to witness the flood. Nor
was there any imminent danger or loss ef life, as
ha been reported. We, at least, slept aonndly,
after having removed thing out ef the cellar, on
Saturday night, when the floed was at its high
est point. kome few ptf, we believe, had the
benefit of a cold water bath, but no death have
been reported, a far a wa can learh.
07 Taia FacsnsT. Since the publication of
our last paper, w have received but little addi
tional Information respecting the public works,
The damage on the West Branch Canal are com
parativsly but trifling, On the North Branch
Canal, the damages, though considerable, are
much less than wa anticipated. On the Su
quehann diviiion, between Northumberland and
rhe Juniata, the damage are not to great a was
first supposed. The severest lost i the Mahon
tango aequeduct. The canal between thi place
and Selinsgrove, though somewhat waahed, 1
soon be repaired. The mud dam i but little in
jnred. The earth about the lock at the Shamo
kin Dam, has been washed away, but the lock
we believe, remain uninjured. The detruction
of the bridge between thi place and Northum
berland, ia a source of great inconvenience,
There are but two span ef each bridge remain
Ing, one at each shore. , The old bridge whic
had for come year past appeared so dangeious
stood the brunt in a manner that surprised all who
witnessed the atruggle. Notwithstanding the
piers had been washed more than two-thirds a
way, and two spans ofthe Danville bridge passed
nnder it, raking and crashing its timbers eonsi
derably, it resisted the elements of destruction
and did not fall until the pier were almost en
tirely gone. The Danville bridge, we understand
will be rebuilt without much delay, a they have
a large contingent fund on hand. At Cattawissa
there ia but one cpan of the bridge left. Effort
will be made there alto to rebuild. The compa
ny has, we understand, a ainking fund of about
$4000. The Clark'a Ferry bridge lost two spans
and bad one injured, out of eleven, the whole num
ber. Th pier of the Miltou bridge are const
derably injured.
07" Th Canal Tom. There ha been no
little complaint in Philadelphia and Tittsburg,
on account of the rates of toll established by the
Canal Board. Instead of reducing the toll to
invite competition, the board have only made
change in fourteen article, on eight of which
the toll have been raind. The Philadelphia
American say, thi policy i the work of the se
nior members of the board, Messrs. Foster and
Hartshorne. These same men have also, in their
wisdom, seen fit to discriminate in favor of cer
tion coal regions, at the expense of others. Dis
criminating dutiea have been wisely adopted by
almost all enlightened governments, to encour
age domestic trade and industry, but the policy
of discriminating in favor of one section of the
state at the expense of another, has been left for
the superior sagacity of Ihe majority ofthe pre
sent canal board.
07 A CoBTiKuot Rail Roap to Thh-aw.-rniA.
The propriety of making a continuous
rail road from Philadelphia to the Susquehanna,
i every day becoming more apparent. The da
mages occasioned by the late freshet would be
but little felt by the business community, if the
rail road was completed between Shamokin and
PotUville, a diatanee of about 33 miles, by which
a eoutinaoua rail road communication would be
bad between Philadelphia and th Susquehanna
at thi place. . A considerable quantity ef lum
ber ha already been hauled from thi place to
PotUville, a distance of forty mile, during the
past season. ; The expense of hauling, is about
equal to the original cost ofthe lumber at this
data.
i-l -Ul - .1 -LI I - - -11 '- .. .umw IJLXJ.
"fnnitnl va I atint .Tntin Cnv.lua anJ Ilia
Under thi above modest caption, emblaxoned
by bold face letters, Our old friend, the Hon. John
Snyder, again make hi appearance in a splene
tic effusion of several columns, in the last Union
Times, in which he has opened the bitter foun-
ains of his heart, to lavish upon us a portion of
personal abuse, for presuming to differ from him
on the tubject of the tariff, and because we dared
to expt eis our opinion accordingly. We regret
hi cooraer a well on account of himself as on
account of his old friends, who have hitherto al
ways given him credit for sincerity of purpose
and kindness of heart, which, like the broad
mantle Of charity they supposed, would cover a
multitude of sin. We say we sincerely regret
that we are Compelled . to c Hangs eur opinion,
which deprives him of this important, shield,
since by his own public confessions, ha has ac
knowledged that all his former professions were
hollow and insincere... We hava no desire ta bandy
epithet with Mr. Snyder. These are the weap
on of the weak and the vile, and are geaerally
used to supply the place or argument. A, a
man, we have always had a kindly feeling for
Mr. Snyder, a fact well knowa to many before
whom we have oft defended him, but we confess,
bis readiness to suspect all others of Improper
motives, who may chance to differ with him in
opinion, argues anything but goodness of heart.
r. Snyder charges us with being actuated
by r elf-interest in our views of the tariff, on ac
count nf a few square feet of coal land in She-
nokin. We regret to say, that we, do not own (
a root of coal land in the world, and very little
others compared with the broad acre of Mr.
Snyder's own possessions. Mr. Snyaer says,
"good fortune has put some few pence into his
pocket" What litt'e worldly gear we poaeose,
(snd it is but little,) has been acquired not by any
fortuitous circumstances, but by honest industry
snd economy. But if it were less, we trust a
nobler principle has placed as beyond the reach
of temptation, and We defy the keenest malice
to show that we ever received a penny in any
shape, form or contribution, tn influence us in
eur conduct as an editor. Probably no man has
more reason to be grateful for our indopen
denes, than Mr. Snyder himself. During his
Isle contest with Gn. Green for a re-nomioa
tion to Congress, the "smsll clique about Sun
bury," by whom he supposes we are influenced,
were anxious tht we should give eur support
to Gen. Greene, and urged a te that course,
We, however, refused to do so. Net that we
did net believe Gen. Green t be quite as good
a democrat, and a much better tariff man at
heart, thin Mr. Snyder, but because we thought
Mr. Snyder entitled to two lerme, and as be
had publicly pledged himself to support the
me wicked tsrif! which he now so lustily con
demns, w deemed it but fair In give him another
chance to regain the confidence of the public, by
a thorough reformation of his previous course
of conduct, and no man knows better than Mr.
Snyder, that we gained nothing ia a pecuniary
point ef view, by the course we adopted.
But we are inclined to make allowances for
Mr. Snyder. He has been so long connected
ss part owner with the Press in his own county,
by which he could trumpet forth his own praises,
that we do not wonder that he should suspect
all other of venality.
A shackled I'ree ia a great injury to any
community, and no one ha more atrenuously
advocated the freedom and independence ef the
prtecthnn ourselves. We have therefore al
ways supported the interests, and expressed
what we thought the opiniona of the people,
without regard to the views of political leaders,
and thia Mr. Snyder knowa as well as any man
living. , ,
As we purchased and paid for our press, and
as no man but ourselves possesses a psrticle of
interest in it, we intend tn control it now aa we
have always done, at our discretion, and for what
we may deem for the benefit of the public.
This course, we know, is but little calculated to
conciliate leaders and political aspirants, and
from them we confesa we have seldom evr re-
ceived any thing but ingratitude for favora
granted.
But we have further reasons to complain of
Mr.
Snyder. He has Ihe unhappy faculty of
quoting from his brain inatead of the records,
and makes us say anything his imagination
nuv suzest, Ve never said, directly or in
directly, that James K. Polk must "come up to !
the rack, foddirr or no fo lder," but applied the
term to the few members who were opposed to
thelariflbut bo dared not to betray their
constituents by voting against it. Neither did
we iuie Ihe term "refractory member" or ad
vocate the protection of "capital" but the pro
tection of our mechanics, manufacturers and la
borers, who would be the severest sufferers
from the free trs le policy of Mr. Snyder, by ad
mitting the labor and products of those in Eu
rope, who work from ten to twenty cents per
day, to come into competition with their own
well paid labors, and which Mr. Snyder him.
self atrangely enough condemns, in another part
of hie article, when coming from the New Eng.
land manufacturers, for whom lie appear to
luve much Ua aympathy than for the over
grown British capitalists and manufacturers.
We have no reason to doubt the sincerity of
Mr. Snyder's present opinions of the tariff, and
re willing to give him place in our columna to
discuk it) merits, in a calm and temperate
manner.
07 Gov. Shank has vetoed the bill charter
ing the Lancaster Coneatogo Steam Mill Com
pany. The manager of the Company have me
morialised the Legislature to pas the bill by the
constitutional majority of two-thirds.' ' 1
SiasMy-?'W- ! JLJ II JU.
Cerrtipondinee if the Saubnry American.
NUMBER xli.
Washington, March 16, 1816.
The business in the Senate commenced on
Monday, the 9th inst., with a personal explana
tion from Mr. Colquitt, in relationtoan editorial
in the Daily Times, formerly Madisonian, more
recently the U. S. Journal, published in this city,
that ha made Considerable talk here at Well as
abroad. The writer denounced Senator as trai
tors, both to the democratic party and the coun
try, and took the liberty to select Mr. Colquitt as
the particular object onwhom to spit hi en Venorrf-
ed tongue. Thearticle made its appearance on the
introduction of Mr. Colquitt's resolutions forth
settlement of the Oregon question by compro
mise instead of arm, a the writer eem to de
sire. Wit boat any equivocatioa, the article bold
ly asserted that the amendment or resolution was
the productioa of a sac ret caucus held at the Bri
tish Minister' table" To show the quality of
the article that produced the explaaation and de
nial ef the charge mad by Mr. Colquitt, I will
make an extract. The following will give an
idea of the spirit of th article :
"At that particular crisis it did not succeed
They who were pledged to it did not all stand up
to their committal; and, instead of being des
patched to the ear of. the British ateamer at
Boston, then just ready to embark, an alourn
ment delayed it to a future day. Since then a
more complete iHierstandine has bea effected
La uritt meetings have been held; the principle
ef action laid down ;, valet untitled, and the sue
cess ofthe resolutions, in anticipation of final ac
tion, confidently counted on. ' But, what is more
-tonisbing, and showing how false-hearted some
of our American Senators ar, while seemingly
contending fpr the interests of their country and
the welfare ef its people how traitoroiH they
dare to be in secret collusions with eur heredita
ry enemy all these intrigues to force the Ad
ministration into compromise all thse plots to
abandon our native soil these bargains to dis
grace the American nation, and of their substance
fill the maw of the rapaeious British lion, were
canvassed arranged at the Bnlnh Mim.tter own
tnltt within the lapse of a few days, where a
meeting, for thi specific and express purpoe
was had, attended by all the inml aVuears of
the lirihin elaim who are comprised in the Whig
ranks of the Senate, with, as we said above,
few exceptions from the Wesf, ef men who could
not ia thair hearts berem the plotter of tra
sen apatnst their cauntry.
''On thi occasion, disgraceful to the name ef
Jiefnttean, which one party.lte this dinner tab!
comnaet assnme, the whole strength ef the com
promie parhf traw taunted and aneertamea' thei
firmness in th crisis was pledged for, and Minis
ter Pakenham, the Representative of the British
(foversment, put in possession nf all 'Iter Nnyi-
tij 11 part 11 itrengtk within the walls of the Amer-
tean Senate'
Mr. Colquitt, in hi tpeecb, if the writer wa
pretest on the occasion, must have made him
wince nnder hi sarcasm and denunciation
Mr. C. said, "that the writer ef thi article, be
he the editor ef the paper er not, has no
right to complain ef me for harshness, when I
say that every thought incorporated here could
never have been conceived but in a acoundrel's
heart never could have been written by any but
a scoundrel's pen," and further said, "I should
have passed this by, had I been only assaulted
myself; bnt a it is otherwise a he ha libel
led the Senate ofthe United State, I have felt
coaapelled, before the whole couatry, to braad
him as a liar a wholesale liar ; not one word of
truth has he uttered in thia article ; and, there
fore, as a liar I brand him, and sead him forth
with that brand upon hi brow."
The House last week was principally engaged
upon the harbor and river appropriation bill.
After thia has been dispensed with, the tug of
war on the tariff will, no deubt, commence. .As
I stated in my last, the reduction of the tariff will
not be effected aa easy as some anppose. My
conviction of this fact has rather increased than
lessened any. With the weat, it is well known,
mainly depends a reduction of duties. Without
its support, the south would be battling nnder a
forlorn hope. Should the south come up to the
expectations of the west, on their darling ob
ject, the Oregon territory, then the reduction of
the tariff would be almost a natural consequence.
But', should the west find disappointment staring
them in the face, our claim upto54deg. 40
min. rejected by the south, they would not
yield that support taa reduction or modification
of the tariff, aa would have been given under other
circumstance. President Polk, I am inclined to
believe, in fact I have been impressed with the
conviction all along, will not be able to render
satisfaction to the west in the settlement ofthe
0rtcon difficulty. This may operate upon the
tariff, in a manner that will not please the nul
lifies of th south. To show that thi is not
mere opinion or conjecture of my own, I will
make an extract from a paper that sustains the
west, in her claims of 51 deg. 40 min., and "no
thing shorter," and which confirms my asser
tions. It is very brief, and in these words :
"After the South have vindicated their pledges
on the Ortgtm, then they can have aome aympa
thy in the foridispute." Cbomwixl.
Thx Schcylih.l Cahai.. The damages to
thi work by the late flood appear to be very
trifling. It may, however, delay the completion
f the enlargement and the new lock for two or
three week. Th engineers and the directors
are confident of passing boats by the beginning
of July next. If this hop be realized, 300,000
tons may be sent forward by the canal thi year.
The general opinion among collier, who judg
ment i beat entitled to confidence, ii, that all
the coat for the New York and adjacent market,
may be coaaidered secure to the canal, because it
boat deliver their cargoe from th mine to that
city, (via Raiitan Canal,) without transshipment.
Thi is about 400,000 tons, with annual increase.
For the more Eaatern trade there will be a hard
conteat. But before it i settled, intelligent men,
seeing a regular annual increased consumption of
300,000 tons, predict that both companiea will
be awakened to the folly ot a contest for the
whole of a trade, which will eventually choke up
both their avenue, and call loudly for a third
rout. rhiiaJetphiu Ledger. f K : "
t , .The Water-Car Jomrual, ...
Edited by Dr. Shew and published semi-monthly
11 thi City, ha gained a wide circulation. lit
the number fol the present week, which the rea-
er may obtain at Graham' we find the following
account of the Indian mode of Curing Fever, co
pied from a letter written by William Penn t
Dr. Baynard of England : IV. Y. Tribune. '
"A I find the Indians upon the continent more
incident to fever than any other distempers, so
they rarely fail to cure themselves by great swea
ting, and immediately plunging themselves into
cold water, which they .say is the only way not
to catch a cold. I once saw an instance of it
with diver more in company.' Being upon a
discovery of the back part of the country, I called
upon an Indian of 'note, whose name was Ten
noughan, the captain general of the clans ot Indi
an of those parts. I feund him ill of a fever,
his head and limbs muck affected with pain, and
at the same time his wife preparing a bagnio
for him. The bagnio resembled a large oven, in
to which he crept by a door on the one aide,
while abe put several hot stone -in that small
door on th other side thereof, and then fastened
th doors as closely from th atr a the could.
Now while be was sweating in hit bagnio, hi
wife (for they disdain no service) was with an ax,
cutting her husband a passage into th river, (be
ing the winter of 1683, the great frost, and the
ice very thick,) ia order to the immersiag him
self after be should come out of the bath. Ia
less than half an hour he was in so great a swear,
that wher. he came out' be was as wet as if be had
come out of a river, and the reek er steam of his
body so thick that it waa hard to disceraany bo
dy's face that stood near him. In this condition,
stark naked, a body cloth only excepted, be ran
to the river, which was about twenty pace, and
ducked bimself twice or thrice therein, and so
returned, passing oaly through his bagnio, to mi
tigate the immediate stroke of the sold, to his
own house, perhaps 30 paces farther, aad wrap
ping himself in his woolen raaatle, lay down at
his leagth near a long but gentle fire, in the mid
dled his wigwam or bouse, turning himself sev
eral times till he was dry, and then he rose and
fall to eating bis dianer, seeming to be as easy
and aawell ia health as at any other ties.
"I am well assured that the Indiana wash
their infants in cold water a soon as bora, La all
season of th year."
07 Bicknell' Reporter give the following
account of the miraculeu escape ef the Colum
bia rail road bridge, at Philadelphia, from des
truction by fire :
"It appar that tho fire wa first discovered
at about ft o'clock, during a heavy gale of wind
from the N. W. ; and the accident was caused
by the sparks of a loco mot iv having been blown
between the timbers, rafter and wood-work
near the roof. In a few minutes, the Same ac
'ed upon by the wind, made rapid progreae; but
fortunately, a number of men belonging to th
Station, immediately repaired to the spot witt
two locomotives from ths Heading Rad I load
with their hose snd pipes. By means of th:i
apparatus s supply or water was secured, am
soon thrown in nbimdance on the burning roof
Still the destructive element gained rapidly
and th entire bridge bring tn the leeward, thi
lurid flame beneath and alone tho roof, togetb
rwith th biacK-roiiing ciouns or tmone, ren
dered it almost impowibli fir men tn anproac!
the fire from the side which wa most rlesirabl
At this moment, an sdriitionol fore from th
Mount Pleasant Hotel snd its vicinity, anion
which, Mr. Pe Beaute was active, approach
from the eastern extremity, but they made the
way with difficulty, owing to the hail-storm
sparks snd clouds of smoke that were esrric
tfirouph the whole length ofthe bridge, ss
through a funnel, by the furious wind. J
length, however, they joined the men at tl
other end ; and not more rapidly than lucki
was it resolved to attempt to cut through I
bridge or at least through the upper worl
at about th intersection nf the first and sacoi
arches. This was immediately set shout, a
so far as the rvf and upper timbers werecc
cerned, speedily though but nartislly seen'
plished. From the power of the gusts of wi
and fire, it was necessarily sfleetedst somsfi
feet from the burning material. Thi ms
oeuvre saved thn bridge, though it must be
mitted that the preservation of the struert
was almost miraculous."
The Iron Business.
Messrs. Haywood & Snyder, the celebra
Machinists of Pottsville, are now engaged in J
ting up a rolling mill for our enterprising frie
Messrs. Reeves ic Whitaker, of Phnnixvill
the Schuylkill. It is to be of ths tame aixe
construction at that extensive and beautiful 1
put up at Danville, by the same machinists,
Messrs. Murdoch, Leavitt & Co., which ia
largest in the United States. It is designed
making railroad iron ; Messrs. R. Jt W. La
already a very large rolling mill at the a
place for making assorted bar iron.
At the tame workshop they are making
engine, blowing machinet, fce. for two iron t
furnacet, to be erected oa the bank of the
high, for Messrs. Bevan & Humphrey of th
ty. A very large rolling mill for making
road iron is just going into operation in P
donee, R. I. One at Trenton, N. J., has ber
nifched lately, and one at Norrittown, Pa.
most extensive preparations are being mat
every direction to meet the great increase i
consumption of iron! It being clear that 4
Britain ha enough to do for a long time t
ply the home demaud.
. It is evident that th fortunate spur giv
thi department of eur industry, will rer
making us very shortly independent of En
for our supply of iron. The additional de
for our Pennsylvania coal for th manufacti
iron, beyond the regular annual increase of
ty-five per cent.' ii, we apprehend, not fall
predated. When we consider that the Mc
Iron Company at Danvill require 100,0H
of eoat per annum for that single establishi
we get the germ of an idea that may lead
something like the conception of the imd
eonsumption of fuel w hich must be promoted
the general extension ef the iron manufactu
that is now taking plac.-PAi. Ltdgtr,
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