LATER PROM MEXICO.
Intelligence from Vera Craz to the 14th nit.
has been received at New Orleans. Mr. Slidell
was still at Jalnpa. from which place he address
ed a letter to the Mexican Government, in order
to inquire whether he should be admitted or not
as minister. La Hesperia says that a Ion? de.
hate had taken place at the Council on the re
reption of the note. They advised the Govern
ment not to receive Mr. Slidell, except as Envoy
Extraordinary to settle the difficulty about Tex
as, leaving all other affairs unattended to, until
tlmt shall have been adjusted. The Government
had not replied to Mr. Slidell. The papers say
that rhere can be no doubt that the Government
will follow the advice of the Council and refuse
to receive him, save in the limited capacity of
Envoy to settle the question of Texas Annexa
t on. They antic ipate decider! action on the part
of this country upon the reception of this re
fusal. The Monarchical party is largely increasing, j
end the Santanistos losing ground. Nearly all
thfl influential men in Vera Cruz and Mexico
were now adhering to the principles advocated
by El Tirmpo, the editor of which is still at his
rnst, not having been obliged to leave as repor
ted on account of his political opinions.
The Mexican press both opposition and ad
ministration are clamorous for war with the
United States; and the official journal says
the President is doing all in his power to be a
hie to commence hostilities.
It is announced that President Parcdea will
take the field in person, if the war with the
United S'ates is commenced, by an attack on
the part ol our fleet lying at Vera Cruz.
In La Ifctperiaof the 7th March, it is stated
fiat a party of the American army, consisting
of one hundred and fifty men, had made their
appearance near Matomoras, but retired after
reconnoitering the ground. This sudden visit
had produced a good deal of agitation amongst
the Mexicans, in their cantoments. They
were waiting for reinforcements, which had
!een despatched from Monterey and San Luis
Potnsi, to assume a respectable attitude on the
hunks of the Rio Itravo.
The Hsperama, Tampico paper, states that
('.p. Mejia had advanced with four hundred
infuntry to attack the advanced guard of the A
merican army, which had taken post at Santa
libcl.
It appears that Paredes' goverinent has just
contracted with the houses of Sentient, Front
it Co., and G. de Drusina &, Co., for a loan of
S1.8S0.000 to be applied to victualling, fortify
nig, &.c, of Vera Cruz and San Juui: de L'lloa.
The Mexican Government, in its necessities,
condescended to despatch Colonel I). JuanCano,
i Yucatan, to solicit aid to prosecute the war a
gainstour country.
The Archbishop of Mexico, Senor Don Man
uel Posada y Garduno, was preaching in favor of
the monarchical system. There are about lour
thousand clergymen and friars in Mexico, and
nparly all of them are in favor of a monarchy.
By letters received fli Tampico, dated Tepic,
Qith Feb., it appeara tlmt a new revolution was
on the point of breaking out in that portion of
1'ie Mexican Republic, the object of which is to
separate the states of Sonora, Sinsloa, Chihua
hua, and Durango from the rest of the Republic,
(en. Urrcs, who has for some time been in re
tirement, would, it is said, be solicited to take
command of the revolutionary forces.
The Mexican fleet at Vera Cruz consisted ol
two steamers, three brigs, and four schooners.
There were also in port the U. S. frigate Poto
mac, three sloops of war, and the brig Soinera.
The S. arrived from Pensacola on the 10th.
Santa Anna. The Amigo del Pueblo, of
Cum peachy, of the 10th insL, publishes a re
markable document, printed, it is said, stNeuea.
It is a proclamation from Santa Anna, in which
hi: dtclsrt-s his intention, in order to defeat the
calumnies ol his enemies, to be a wanderer lor
tliu remainder of his days from his native land.
Mexico A Ilavanna correspondent of the
Washington Union, writing on the 17th ult.
says that Santa Anna would probably return to
Mexico; 'but' remarks the writer 'up to this
time he has received no such assurances of a
favorable reception as would authorize him to
that step.' The editor of the Union appends to
the letter some remarks of his own, from which
we take the following:
In regard to Santa Anna and Mexico we had
the pleasure of conversing to-day with an Amer
ican gentleman who has visited Mexico, and is
conversant with the distinguished men and the
condition of that republic. He speaks, too, upon
the information of a Mexican who has just come
from Mexico, and i now in the United States.
Our imtormant is persuaded, from what he hears
from the citizens of Mexico, that Santa Anna
will return to Mexico in the month of May, and
that a new revolution is at iiand.
It is said that Paredes is in favor of placing
a European prince (perhaps of Spanish blood)
on the throne, but that he cannot succeed in the
enterprise ; that Santa Anna is strongly opposed
to it, and will prevent it. Rumors are aUoafloot,
(derived from the same Mexican source, and
communicated to ns by out' imformtnt, not in
office under tho United States.) that a revolu.
tionary spirit was going on in tin northern Mex
icao provinces, encouraged by two distinguish
ed men, and which might or might not break
out.
Thb Guardian of an idiot may sue st law,
nut only for the recovery of debt, but it,' ny
case in which the guardian of infsuts may main
Isiuasuit. But an idiot may not of liiinse.'l
get into a lawsuit, allhongh he may know e-
uough to keep out of fire and water ; fort man
in law without his wits, might as well be, in the
language of Coke, "in the infernal regions
without iiorns."
THE AMERICAN.
Saturday, .Ipril II, 1840.
1. tt. l1tTIHU, ?., at hit Renin,
late and (tail Office, earner oCtld and Chenut
r reefs, Philadelphia, Is authorized to act n
Agent, and rercipt lor all monte dut thin
office ; Tor subscription or advertising;
.lino, at M Otrus 160 .tossm Street,
."Use irk.
,1nd K. K. Vomer of Itallimor and Calvert
wis., ttalllmore.
E7 On our first page will be found several
interesting articles.
In consequence of the slow progress of the
mails, we ire not able to give more than a part
of our Washington letter.
Ov" Fruit. There is a prospect of a fair fruit
crop. In some places, we understand, the peach
es have suffered somewhat. So far us we have
examined, we found all right.
117" The Lumber Tbaiik on thk Sisq.ikim.i
ma The river has been, for the last two weeks,
in fine rafting order, but is gradually falling.
The number of rafts and arks passing this place
is immense, and would surprise those who are
unacquainted with the great lumber trade emen
ating from the North and West Branches of the
Susquehanna. If the small link of Rail Road
between this place and Pottsville was completed,
a large portion of this trade, which now seeks
Baltimore and other maikrts, would be directed
to Philadelphia, over the Reading Kail Road.
Let the Rail Road be completed to Snnbury,
and we can afford to give as much for lumber
as our friends at Columbia, eighty miles below
us. But another advantage we have is, that this
place can be reached at almost any stage of wa
ter, while the rafting season to Columbia seldom
ever extends over six or eight weeks during the
year. The extension of the Reading Rail Road
to Stinhiiry would enhance the talue of its stork
at least two millions of dollars. These facts
must be apparent to every one who examines the
subject.
( The editor of the Union Times, in noti
cing our reply to an article published by Mr. Sny
der in that paper, seems to have had the equanimi
ty of his temper somewhat ruffled, and saystl at
we reflected upon the Times for giving publicity
to Mr. Snyder's article. Now, if Mr. Kck has
seen anything of the kind, in our reply, it is cer
tainly more than we are able to discover, and if
he has not himself, in this instance, "cried before
he was hurt" we confess our inability to com
prehend plain F.nglish. We made no allusions
whatever to the 'editor, and imputed to him no
improper motives; but as Mr. Snyder had charged
us with being improperly influenced in the con
duct of our paper, (for what reasons we are hope
lessly in the dark, as we always gave him our
suppoit.) we alluded to the fart of his interest in
the Times, to show the impropriety, on his part.
of making such a charge, if it were even true,
much less uhen he has not a single fart to sus
tain him. We spoke of the injurious character
of a "shackled press" grueiallv, and if the Times
has chosen to apply it to itself, it is no fault of
ours. We found no fault whatever with the
editor or Mr. Snyder, for giving publicity to the
article in the Times. We merely offered our
columns to Mr. Snyder to d sruss the tariff
question, to show him thut, although we were
always ready to maintain our own opinions, we
were nevertheless willing to show pi oper res
pect for the opinions of those, w ho might chance
to differ with ns. To the very modest declara
tion that Mr. Snyder preferred the "Times," be
cause it was an "honest paper," we have only
to say that we never boast of our own virtues.
and all the favor we ask of the Times, or of any
man living is, if they have any charges to make
against us, to specify tiiem, and prove them if
ihty can. We impeach the purity of no man's
motives, but we claim the right to discuss the
opinions and measures of those who appeal to the
public. If we have misstated a tingle fait, we
ask the editor to point it out. In rcgaid to what
the editor says of the American, we hardly deem
it worthy of notice. Those w ho know us, will
know how to determine between us, and to their
judgment we are willing to submit.
US'" Acquittal or Ms. F.itchis. The tiial
cf Thomas Ritchie, jr., for the murder of Mr.
Pleasants, ended in the acquittal of the accused.
K7" Mr. Webster, in his last speech in the U.
S. Senate, on the 7th inst., came down with
great severity on Mr. Dickerson and Mr. C. J.
Jngersoll. He pronounced Mr. lngersoll's speech
as false as some of the late editions of bis
own works.
(EJ- IjiroaTAST rsou Mexico Mr. Slidell,
ur minister, has been refused reception, and bas
demanded his Passports. This has produced great
excitement at Vera Cruz. The citizens are aw
fully frightened, and are moving out of the city
Gen. Ampudia's army for the invasion of Texas,
bas revolted. A general revolution is threaten
ed. q3 Nsws ron F.rsort, two days later, bas
been received. There bas been advance of from
one to two pence on wheat. A famine and revo
lution in Poland is apprehended. In India, the
British are on the eve of another great battle
with the natives the Sikhs, brass and well
disciplined race, who have an army of 70,000
men, and 100 tannon
The Ilight f Way.
The right of way to the Baltimore and Ohio
Rail Road to Pittsburg, will probably not be
granted by the legislature. Although we are,
as Pennsylvanians, and tax payers, opposed to
granting such right of way to a foreign corpora
tion, we confess we would much prefer it to the
proposed Harrisbtirg and Pittsburg Rail Road.
Both roads would greatly injure our main line
of canal and Rail roads, by intercepting the trade;
but the llarrisburg and Pittsburg road, which
has just been chartered by the legislature, would
be much the most injurious, as it will run almost
parallel to the canal. Rut we do not believe
that there is any serious intention on the part of
our Philadelphia friends to construct this road.
We presume it was urged as a wrapon of de
fence to defeat the Baltimore project. The idea
that the Baltimore and Ohio road would ruin
our main line, while Jie other road would bene
fit it, is too grossly absurd snd inconsistent, to
believe that our friends were serfons in urging
such an argument. Mr. Gibbons, in bis speech,
thus notices thi -s matter:
"Now, Mr. Speaker, is not this a most re
msikable srjiunriit ? A road lead ng from
Pittsburg to Baltimore SIO miles in length, with
grades of GG feet ami 84 feet to the mile will
ruin the publir: works of Pennsylvania, and
Might never to he made. And yet the commit
tee yield their "kytime achi;m:mci.nck" to the
eom-truclion of a road between thp some cities,
SO tnile xhnrtrr than the other, u ilh no grade
over VI J1 el to the mile, o.i"tbb bust kwsioi.k
COMMUNICATION SO FAR A8 THK INTr.RKSTH OK
PlTTSnrRO ANDprNMNVI.VANfA AKEOOSiCEBNKO!"
Sir, the absurdity of the proposition is seen, the
moment it is uttered. W ho will reproach me,
tor not being a convert to so strange a faith!
That such a route would benefit the stockhold
er of the proposed central railroad, I am ready
to admit. But the committee have mistaken
the interests of (he stockholders for those of
Pennsylvania."
tE7" Cot.. Benton's SrsKcii. The late speech
of the great Missourian, as Mr. Benton is some
times called, has crrated no little sensation at
Washington. There is probably no man living
as well informed on this subject, as Col. Benton.
Like John (juincy Adams, to untiring industry
he adds long experience, and when he takes hold
of a question, he comes down upon his opponents
like an avalanche. There is no doubt that a
large majority of the Senate are in favor of adop
ting the 49th parallel as the basis of negotiation,
and in this they will be sustained by the great
body of the people. On our first page, our
readers will find an abstract of the speeches of
Col. Benton and Gen. Cass.
" The Whig State Convention wliioh assem
bled at llarrisburg on th 11th iifct , concluded
it liibors by the nomination of JAMES M.
POWER, E-q , of Beaver, for Canal Commis
sioner. Sir. Power is said to be a gentleman of
commnrding abilities, and extensive experience ;
and, but for his political views, tho right sort of
a perrn for the office for which he is now a
candidate.'' Lycoming Cant e.
"Well, considering the shove extract comes
from a profited ly Democratic paper, we are of
the iip uion that it is "piling up the agony" pret
ty well, it is a great deal nure, allow us to
hay to the editor, than some of the Whiff were
willing to say or did soy of him in the Conven
tion, and more than many aro willing to say
noir." llarrishuig Rejwrler,
CP" If the above small paragraph from the
Lycoming Gazette, merely acknowledging Mr.
Power's superior abilities for the office of Canal
Commissioner, already causes such "agonising
throes"' to the friends of the present administra
tion, we fear their nerves will be most terribly
shocked before the October election. The fact
is, a large majority of the people were opposed
to Mr. Foster's nomination, which was effected
solely through the influence and wire-working
of the administiation. The people were in favor
of rotation in office. But Governor Shunk finds
it necessary to perpetuate Mr. Foster in office,
in order that tin majority of the Board may bring
their influence to bear in favor of the Governor's
own election, and thus they work into each o-
thers hands, for the purpose of continuing them
selves in office. Besides, Mr.F's conduct in resard
to the rates of to'ls, has created great dissatisfac
tion in he Fast, as well as the West. Of Mr.
Burns we hear no complaint, whatever. He is a
liberal minded, practical man. But what can one
man do in a Board thus constituted. Should Mr.
Foster propose, or object to any measure, Mr.
Ilartshorne is always at hand to sustain him.
E7" The late extraordinary freshet was not,
it seems, confined to this state. In some of the
New Fngland states the freshets have besn even
more destructive than here. In Maine particular
ly,, the floods have been destructive, as will be
seen by the following :
"Thb Maisb Fkisiii.t The Bangor market
house w as floated over the top of Kendu.keag
bridge, and went down the current with the
rest. John Fiske, E-q., the owner of the Cor
poration Mills, loses about $"( (XXI. Mr. Pin
pree, ol'Snlem, loses a larire amount in boards ;
Goddurd & Jenkins, SlUKJO ; Franklin Adams &
Co., fUHKI; Amiw M. Koberts, tjrJO.000; Em
ery, tSiet'on A: Co., fomo thousands; Rufus
Dwinel, Charles Cooper & Co , and numerous
others, are losers.
(J3 Okkuon. Mr. McDulfie. in his Iste speech,
quoted Mr. Greenhnw's book, the same which
l.'fii. Cass had quoted, to show the woithlessness
of Oregon, as follows :
"The Territory North of 49lh parallel of lati
tude, and Northwest of that drsined by the Col
umbia river, has-been called Mew Caledonia by
the British fur-traders, who first established
posts in it beyond the 5ftih parallel, in ISOti.
It is sterile land ot snow-clad mountains, tor
turous rivers, and lakes frozen over more than
two-thirds ol the year; presenting scarcely a
single spot in which any of the vegetables used
as loud by civilized people can be produced.
These statements fell upon tho Senate with
great force. The 54 40' men found it indis
pensable to do something and so Mr. Bssasit
rote and read extracts from Vancouver's Voy
ages, descriptive of the country on the shores
of the Sounds and Inlets. This wis useless,
for Mr. McDi'rriB had acknowledged, with Mr.
(ireenhow, that there were some four or five
thousand square miles on the shore and rivers
fit lor cultivation. These were the facta which
Vancouver'! Voyage refers ta
03" Tax on Coal. F. V. Hughes, Esq. has j
addressed a letter to the Stste Treasurer, on the
proposed tax en coal. Mr. II. shows the gross
impropriety of the tsx, as well as the unconstitu
tionality. We make the following extiact :
First. It would be illegal : Because it would
be to a certain extent at least in direct violation
of the Constitution of tke United States.
Secondly. It would be impolite ! Because it
imposes a burden upon a compartively new, yet
important and growing trade that asks for, re
ceives protection from the General Government.
Because, it sets the precedent for a system of
retaliatory duties and regulations between the
different States that must epersts most oppres
sively on the citizens of this Commonwealth,
and which would tend to a dismemberment of
our Union.
Thirdly. It would be vnjutt i Because it
would be an unequal and oppressive tax : taxing
the same article twice. .
Because at least four.fllis of those directly
employed in the anthracite coal trade, have re
ceived no direct benefit from our State Improve
ments, nor was our public debt created with a
views to their particular interest.
Because in the mly instance in which a State
improvement has been made, with a view to aid
the anthracite coal trade, the State derives an am
ple revenue from such improvement and a belter
one in proportion te the expenditure than any
other imprmvmcnt made by Ihe Slute.
Would not a tonnage tax on anthracite eoal be
substantially an impost duty on so much of it as
is exported from the State? Would not the con
sumers in other States who used this coal pay
this tax, and would not, therefore, Pennsylvania
by this regulation, affect the price of an article
of trade between this State and others, and thus
indirectly tax the citizens of other States with
out their consent and without representation?
I will not enter into an argument here for the
purpose of showing the unconstitutionality of
this measure, but will content myself with call
ing your attention to the following authorities,
which seem to me to be conclusive.
SkCTioN 8, Article 2 of constitution of the
United States provides that Cougre. shall have
power to regulate commerce with foreign nations
and among the tereral Slate.'
Section 9th; Article 5th, 'no tax or duties
shall be laid on articles exported from any State.
Section 10th, Article 2d, 'no State shall with
out the consent of Congress lay any impost or
duties on imports or exports, except what may
be neccessary for executing its inspection laws,
and the net produce of all duties and imports laid
by any Stale shall be for the use of the Trtatury
of Ihe United States ; and all such laws shall be
subject to the revision and the control of Con
gress. No State shall without the consent of
Congress lay any duty on tonnage, &c.'
The reasons for the adoption of some of the
above quoted provisions in the Constitution of
the U. S., will be readily understood Irona the
following quotations from the Federalist ;
'The opportunities which some States would
have of rendering others tributrary to them by
commercial regulations, would be impatiently
submitted to by the tributary States. The re
lative situation of New York, New Jersey and
Connecticut would afford an vxampleof this
kind. New York from the necessities of revenue
must lay duties on her importations, a great part
of these duties must be paid by the inhabitants
of two other States in the capacity of consumers
of what we import.
Would Connecticut and New Jersey long submit
to betajecdhy A' u York for her ejtclus ve btn'fit.
Should we be long permitted to remain in the
quiet and undisturbed enjoyment of a metropolis I
Irom the possession of which we derived an ad
vantage, so odiums to tur neighbors, and in their
opinions so rpprrttiret These
are questions that temerity alone will answer in
the affirmative.' See Federalist, page 36, No. 7.
But in imposing this tax would not Pennsyl
vania establish the precedent ? I am aware of
no similar tax in other states. The supposed
precedent of New York taxing salt has been very
frequently referred to : New York does n4 Uu
tall? The State of New York, owns the fee in
the salt springs and lands adjacent thereto in her
"Western Reserve" in which her salt is manu
factured and for the use of these springs she char
ges her tenants a rent per bushel on the salt man
ufactured from the salt springs b, longing to
Ihe Stale. By her constitution of 1S20 the Leg
islature of New York is prohibited from granting
or conveying away the ownership of the state in
tne salt springs of the "Western Reserve," No
salt springs in New York are owned by individu
als. For Ihe salt manufactured on Long Island
from sea water ro fur or rent is paid."
CO" The Washington correspondent of
the
Philadelphia Ledger says :
It is believed now that the qualified notice of
neither Mr. Colquitt nor Mr. Crittenden will
pass the Senate ; or that, if either should be a
dopted, the House of Representatives will refuse
to concur, and adhere to the resolution which
bas already passed that body. The Senate, it is
the prevailing impression, will be obliged ulti
mately to take the House lesolution.
As a number of Senators have expressed their
intention to address the Senate on the Oregon
question, the probability is that the debate will
be continued this and all next week. Mr. Web
ster addresses the Senate to-morrow, Mr. Crit
tenden probably on Tuesday, and Mr. Mangum
on Wednesday. It is understood also that we
are to have a speech from General Houston, and
another from Mr. Allen. Gen. Houston is un
derstood to go for 34 40- and Gen. Rusk for 49.
Mr. Simmons and Mr. Cameron, it is also stated
intend to address the Senate before the vote is
taken, and two or three otbera.
Toisoneo. A family were recently poisoned
at Petersburg, Huntingdon eo., in consequence of
esting sppls butter which had been kept in glaz
ed crocks. One of the lamily, a young man, had
died, and all the test who partook of it were in a
critical situation.
Correxpondenet of the Sonliury American.
NUMBER XIV.
Washington, Msrch 30, 1840.
At the present time of writing the Oregon
stock is down to the 49th parallel. It rises and
falls equally as much as the markets of our com
mercial cities. One day we see the buildings on
the avenue ornamented in large characters, with
"the whole or none," "54" 40' " and "look to the
Senate," and on the day following snch a change
takes place, that stock falls down six degrees.
The credentials of Mr. Rusk, one of the Texas
Senators, was presented last week, after which
he took the necessary oath, and was duly recog
nised si one of the body. Gen. Houston, his
colleague, arrived here a day or two after. It
must be gratifying to every American heart to
witness the rapid progress of republicanism, as
well as of liberal principles, in this Union. The
admission of the "lone star" is ample evidence of
it. What makes it more gratifying, is the fact
that our efforts wefe crowned with success, not
withstanding an unjust interference by two pow
erful nations. A more proper person could not
have been selected as representative, than Gen.
Houston. When that republic was in its infancy,
he proved himself to be one of its warmest
friends; and now, since its growth or maturity
since it bas become a member of this confede
racy, it has shown to the world that it has not
been neglectful of its friends. This Union is in
creasing so fast, that members of Congress are
endeavoring to make more room for those who
are yet to come ir.. Mr. Breese, having this in
view, no doubt, made a long report last week, in
the Senate, in relation to an alteration in the gal
leries, to furnish more room, as well as greater
facilities for reporters snd others. Gen. Samuel
Houston, it is said, goes for "the whole or none"
of Oregon a new field of action for the General.
He arrived here with his form wrapped up in a
Mexican blanket.
The bill for two regiments of mounted riflemen
passed the House, in an amended form.
Cromwell.
NUMBER XV.
Washington, April C, 1 SIC.
The interest manifested in the Senate cham
ber, and the excitement, somewhat above fever
heat, kept up by the "outsiders," during the past
week, upon the Oregon question, has been great
er than I have known it for some time. What
was the cause of this turn in the public mind, is
a matter of conjecture with me, unless the great
guns of the Senate, by their speeches, produced
it. I can't believe that war is inevitable, as some
declare in the Senate, and many out of it, al
though the additional increase, to that recom
mended by the President in his message, of our
navy, may, when not rightfully looked at, justi
fy such an inference. If the views put forth by
the President, or. the Oregon question, were the
avowed sentiments of a majority of that body,
and nothing could delight me more than to hear
of such a state of things, and Great Britain
showed a stubbornness and unwillingness to ac
cede to our demands, why then it might be said,
with more plausibility, that war "is inevitable ;"
but as the matter stands, with, I think, a decided
majoiity of Senators in favor of a resumption of
negotiations upon the 40th parallel, the President
must necessarily waive his preferences, as the
Executive of this Union, and yield to the wishes
of the Senate, w hich will ultimately bring about
compromise.
Gen. Cass made a speeeh on Tuesday, which
has been pronounced an able affair. He was an
swered by Mr. Benton, on Wednesday. The
General, not being in his seat at the time, Mr.
Hannegan vindicated his (the General's) position.
Mr. McDuffie, being entitled to the floor on Sa
turday, spoke in favor of compromising the mat
ter on the 49th. So, you will see, the whole
week has been occupied in discussing the Orecon
question, and by some of tho first men of the
nation.
The sub-treasury bill, before the House, has
passed that body by a vote of 12G to 67. The
views of the members were certainly not as con
flicting upon this measure as upon the Oregon
question; for it passed without having an "enor
mous quantity" of windy speeches made upon
it. This bill will doubtless pass the Senate and
soon go into operation, and thus continue until
another political revolution takes place, which,
if the members of the Democratic party be true to
themselves, will not occur for a very considerable
time.
In May next, there is to be a Grand National
Fair, to come olT in this city. A circular has
been issued, stating the objects of the fair, by a
highly respectable committee composed of per
sons from different parts of the Union. The af
fair was the origination of persons "friendly to
the permanency of the present protective sys
tem." That it will be a grand as well as an
interesting and instructive affair, none can doubt,
if the enterprise of our people induces them to
send on, as required by the rommittee, their
manufacturing and mechanical products.
'Great disclosures," "grand humbugs," &c,
are daily being laid before the people of the me
tropolis, for their expressedification. A pamph
let is now in circulation in this city, with the
title : "To George Bancroft, Secretary of the
Navy, the traducer and eulogist ol General An
drew Jackson." It purports to be a true politi
cal history of Mr. Bancroft, by one of his "co
laborers in tbe whig cause" some years back,
and starts out with such beautiful epithets, as
Bancroft, yu'r ud-d humbug" It makes
a number of charges against the Secretary, but
with what justntss the public can easily deter
mine. Csomwell.
Thk Mormons. A letter from Wares w.Illi
nois, dsted March 20th, says: "The Mormon
expedition is encamped about sixty miles up the
Dee Moines. Many empty wagons have re
lured to Nauvoo. Rockwell and Redding have
returned.
In his speech on the Oregon question, recently
delivered in the House of Representatives by the
Hon. Th. Bb-lLKR Kino of Georgia, the subject
of the efTect of the British Corn Lsws on the
price of American grain was adverted to. In
the course of his remarks he said :
A repeal of those laws has been most anxious
ly desired by the wheat-growers of this country,
in the expectation that in that event we should
supply the British market. A moment's consi
deration will show thst this is a mis'take. As
the British corn laws now stand they exclude,
except in times of scarcity, torn from the conti-'
nent, while our wheat and flour are admitfed at
a very low duty through the colonial ports. If
the corn laws were repealed, we should loose
this advantage, and be compelled to compete in
the British market with the cheap grain from the
Baltic, the Mediterranean, and the Black Sea.
To show that we cannot even now compete with
the grain from those countries, it is only neces
sary to examine the following table from the
British official returns :
Importations of Wheat into Great Britain from
the principal wheat countries for 1S11, '42 and
!43, in bushels.
Countries. 18)1. 1942. 1S13.
Russia 4r8.20.' 1 ,824.688 200,36.8
Denmark 1.91.').279 617,656 .163,248
Prussia 7.131,400 4.939,063 fi. 311,000
Germany .VJ9.'.674 1,626.172 1,027,224
Holland 8ir.064 73.979 0.844
France 1,643.932 4.216.100 29.2IS
Italvandlsl'd 901,600 4.H78.597 24.840
N. A. Colonies 2.333.3.11 3,729.690 2,790.504
United States 1,107,840 1. 19.1,873 749,601
Oth. countries 866,839 1,S1G,310 272,407
IIbir to a Fobtunb. The State of New
York, it is said, is heir to some thirty or forty
millions of dollars worth of real estate. Trini
ty Church, in New Vork City, has grown im
mensely rich, and its riches have excited curio
sity to examine into its title to such wealth. It
is now ststed that it has no deed and never had
any, for the thirty or thirty-fivv! millions of dol
lars' worth of reol estate which it has in oosses
sion and enjoys the rents of. It belonged, ur
to the revolution, to the crown of Eneland, and
was then known rs the "king's farm." It pas
sed, by the revolution, to the ownership of tin
State of New York? snd to the people of tin
State of New York, some ssy, it rightfully be
longs this moment. Of course, the prospect o
falling heir to such a snug little sum has exci
ted much interest among the citizen-, and tin
journals of New York City are calling upon th'
Legislature to render justice to the Statu by gi
ving it what legally belongs to it.
Sincii.ar Marriage. A widower at Carr
c'on, who was not very youno, became smitte
with a young and beautiful girl and married he
A short time after, the son of this man by a fo
nier wife became al?o in love, not with a yo-.n
ger person, but with the mother of the father
new wife a widow lady still in the bloom ol lif
He offered himself, and soon the young man oi
ihu widow were united in the bonds of matt
mnny, so that in consequence of these two co
nections, a father became the son-in-law of li
own son, and the wife not only the dauirhter-i
law of her own son-in-law, but still more, tl
mother-in-law of her own daughter ; while t
Inn-bind of the latter is the father-in-law of I
own mother-in-law, and father-in-law to hiso
father. Singular cemfusion may arise, if ch
drrn should spring from lliete peculiar marr
ges.
Weight or Chains. The following we c
from a St. Imis paper, showing the weight
which tho several giains and other artic
therein menticned are taken in thut city :
"Wheat, pounds to the bushel, (If); beans,
clover seed, (SO; potatoes, GO; rye. ")0; corn,,
flaxseed, 50; onions,")"; buckwheat, ii'J; si
")0; birley, 4; castor beans, 40; hemp seed,
timothy seed,4."i; oats, liTi; bran, 'JO; blue gr
seed, 11; clr.ed peaches, 'M; dried applet,
stone coal, 70."
BnnurTM' Pii.ts cure all affections, sin
beciuse they make the blood puie abetrsrt ou
it those qualities which produce disease, snd j
to it those qualities which produce health.
Now every solid pari of the human fraftt
made from the blood, snd trie fond we e.t is i
veried into blood to supply the wssie our ho
s'e continually sustaining. So in the ordu
course of nature we manufacture our entire bo
in about nine years, from the f.md taken into
stomachs. Suppose the air we have lived in
some time has been loaded wilh matters drtiir
lal to health, or our food for a lung period has I
of an unwholesome kind, or that the mind haa '
much tiouldsd for grief, anxiety, or great s
lion to any particular point is sure to occasion
effect in lbs blood. Any ol lhee causes exis
good blood cannot be supplied lo ihs body.
But let Brsndreth's Pills be used daily l
thess circumstances, in doaes of from two I.
pills, or as ths esse shall determine. W'asl is
rflect t It is to carry off ihe impure mailers
Ihe blood, lesving only the good lo renew 4
part of the body. What was unsound nm
comes sound, and Ihe stomach soon gels in'
healthy a condition that even bsJ air or un
some food for a time are unable lo injure the b
materially,
fj Purchsas of H. B. Master, Sunhury,
the sgent, published in soother pari of this pa
jm j n n n e v.
On the8thinst.,by the Rer. J. J. Ham
Mr. C. H. Bsobst. or Cattawissa, to Miss C
Atist Klasi, of ahamokin.
On Wednesday evening last, Mr. Bswr
WOOLVSSTOS tO MlSS LVDU LUMNIIKU, bo
Shamokin township.
In Muncy on the 26th ult., by the Rev. C. j
Foster, Mr. W. B. Shsikss, editor ofthe "Le
isburg Chronicle," to Miss E. M. Dms., both
Ltwisburg.