inponvAMT rumor rnon attcxico. Vn Smut Anna advcncwg Oen. Worth ot Saltilh with 13.000 rntnGtn. Worth ailing bnck Upon Monterey Ty lor aJvmncing lo the nvffort of IVorl Pt'frron on hit tnirch l Moutcrry A Buttle expected, . We have teceiveJ, (say th Nw Orleans Mercury,) through the politeness of a commer en) hoes in thit rity, fb subjoined extract oft letter written by an intelligent gentleman at Tamnito. and received by an arrival at Mobile : Tamuco, Dec. 17. A.lv.cet, via Vera Crut, wer received last evening, ofthe action of the Mexiran Congress. They decreed that they will siol think or treat f peace until every hostile foot h cleared Mexi can tf, and every vetael that line her cost ia withdrawn, leanaider the war now commenced m rent earnett, and I prophecy that Tampico will iiccomean American town. From the N. O. Delta, Jan. 3 from aha Army or OcewpaMotti ("apt. Hrown, of the ecbr. Robert Mill, w i formed by Capt. Todd, of fhe TJ. 15. Army, t) at Stiota Anna, at th TiesA" of 15,000 troopa, was on hie way and within fowr days ef Saltillo - and that General Worth, unable to aiirtaM tiia grond agaimt tvrvh overwhelming ntrwrber, waa lovly falling back in The direction of Mon terey : and that Gen. Taylor, in anticipation f attack on that city, was fortifying it at every available point. It was also atated that Gen. f'atteraon, who was on his march from Camar iro to Tampico, being madt aware oftheatate of affair, had countermarched the division under h command, and was rapidly advancing, by lorred marches, for Monterey. From Mr. Fowler, a gentleman of Thi city, who came pattenger in the steam-propeller Vir- cmia, and who left Saltillo on the 17th ult., we have subsequently learned, that previous to hia ?tving, Gen. Worth's spies bad come ir.to camp ml reported fliat Santa Anna was within three tr four days' mure) of Saltillo, and Tepidly ad vancing, at the head of about 13,000 men. Gen. Worth immediately sent an express ta i;n. Taylor, which reached him at Victoria at ! 1 o'clock, P. M , on the 17tb ; and 3 o'clock, A. M , the next day, Gen. Taylor despatched two regiments, the Kentucky and Tennessee volun teers, to reinforce Gen. Worth at Saltillo, intend ing to fallow himself, s soon as possible, with nil his disposable forces. Gen. Taylor felt eon fi lent of hit being able to arrive at Saltillo be fore Santa Anna conld reach there. The whole force of Gen. TayloT would tben aoioitnt to abont 10,000 men, which be consider mi sufficient to cope with any force that Santa Anna could bring against him. To-day we shall be in receipt of our corres pondence fcy the Virginia, which vessel had not rnme nptotbe city at a late hour last night, when we shall be enahled to lay before obt rea ders the full details. Fbom Tauno. The alarm created by the mraor of Mexican fores advancing for its re capture bad subsided ; and Col. Gales, the com mandant, at the time of the sailing ofthe Em presario, felt confident ef maintaining the city against any force tbe Mexicans wild bring saimt it. The five thousand Mexicana which, by previous advices, were said to bare shown tliemielvet in the vicinity of the city, turned out to be a band of marauding rancheros, who It-ft as snddenly as they came. Impartant tVotn th Army. Confirmation of the advance of Santa Anna ti pon Saltillo Mexican Force Reported at 80,(KtO advance of Reinforcement Battle supposed to have taken place about Christniaa Apprehended Attacks by Rancheros upon Camargo, Matanioraa and other post on the Rio Grande Gen. Scott arrived at the Bra zos Gen. Patterson's march for Tampico countermanded Reported Deciaion of the Mexican Congress Confirmed No foreign intervention to be permitted. The U. S teamthip Editb hat arrived at New Orleana from Braxos Santiago, which aha left on the 30th nit.' She brings a confirmation of th reported advance of Santa Anna upon Saltillo with a large force. The Mexican army under I it command is reported to number thirty thou sand. Gen Taylor bad only advanced six or eight miles on his march for Victoria when Gen. Worth's express reached Monterey, and the troops undsr Twiggs ai.d Quitman were bat twelve miles in the advance. Ureters were im mediately tssned to this division to retrace itt rite ps and proceed immediately towards Saltillo. Gen. Butler had already marched with all the troops he could collect to join Gen. Worth. Gen. Lane atarted for Saltillo on the SO'.b with Lis command. Marshall atarted tbe next morning with tbe remainder of tbe forces, except Hunter and Swartwout'a commands. Tba troops from Camargo were on a forced march in order to reach Saltillo in time for the anticipated battle. Reports having prevailed befor positive advices bad been received of the movement of Santa Anna, and as Gen. Wool was at tbe laat advices only ninety mile from Saltillo, it is supposed that be would bava joined Grn. Worth in time to attist in repelling the enemy. Rumor etstes that Santa Anna bad thrown forward a force of 17.000 men, to prevent i,e junction of tbe forces of General' Worth and TayJor, but it w as generally direedited. It wat th general impreasion of the paasen. e, on the Edith, that the battle had been fonght about lit 85ih ; but they thought, howevtr, that he Amerlrvi f"' bov mentioned reached eltUlo befoie tkit time, and attack of tbe fore under Santa Anna Te number in the Mexican army is believed to b ov.ri'd. Th wbol. valley of I ha Rio Pnd " great ferment, on account of apprehended attack from ranehtro, under Canalea, upon Ctmargo, .'fstsmois and other pints Col C!ik bi called on the eititeni of Matemorat to enroll themselves at the Brato. Can lesop bad done tVe same thing Both points wer sadly deficient in trans and men, and it was thought Canates had 2 000 rancheros Bhdef his command. Gen. Scott arrived at the Brazos on the 29th ult., an. I proceeded for the mouth of the Rio Grande on the following day, where he was wait ing the arrival of the horses belonging to the re fimeritof mounted riflemen,, when the Edith Jeff. It was understood that he Would proceed irmned iately to Camargo. h wits IHttttd thai an xpret hid teen sent to G n Patterson, countermanding hie marrli in the direction of Victoria. The steamship Alabama was at the mouth of the Brazoa when the Edith sailed, and by her arrival in a few days we shell probably receive mure definite intell. pence. A letter in the Picayune of tire 5th inst., da ted Cjmargo, 19 h December, 12 o'clock at night rate at rest all donbta aa to the facta of the advance of Santa Anna. An exprre had been received there from Gen. Worth at Saltil lo, announcing the march et a largo Mexican force. The letter give in details all the facta atmve crtatPtl. The trig Qnecn arrived at New Orleans on the 1th f rom Anton Lixardo, bringing dates to 24th December. TheyarenolatertUnthead vices ly the arrival of the Potomac at Penaeco la. A letter published in tlea Picayune, Sated Tampico, December 23d, front reliable source states that the Mexican Congress have decided that the war ahall not ceaee, nor will they re ceive Commissioners to treat for peace until every hostile foot has left the roil of Mexico, and every ship that lines Iter coart -shall have been withdrawn. The Concrete has also re solved that they will accept of no foreign in tervention whatever to bring about a peace. This confirms the jxreWoH statements. Tha Trie la Mexico, nwrowiTios or thk Army. The reports of Santa Anna advancing upon Sattillu have cau aed aome excitement, and le NewOrleana pa pers are considering the probabiltie of the re ports being tree and the consequences which are likely toenwip. The New Orleans Mercu ry shown tire preaent position and strength of the various divisions oftlre army. The position of the advance poi-tsrespectively were; G. Butler at Monterey with about 21)00 men ; Gen. Worth at Saltillo with about 1700; Gen Wool at ram. with about flOW. TW two tatter places are wi?rt n! the mointaii.i, a a niiu WKiitfii iu ajviiviiiu O il ti a vanal Bmaavanla Keitill. at lei i.r I ion of that place would cut off commnnrcation between Gen. Wool' column and the forcea immediately under the command of Gen. Tay lor. Gen. Wool' camp at Parra ia west and a few pomti north of Saltillo, U.N miroa distant; Sar. Luia Potnti lj alnmet directly anti'h of Sal- : tillo, th great ro.id from San Luia Potoi to Saltillo paerrng abort distance caet of Gen. Wool' camp. If Santa Anna took this toad.General Wool would bo apprised ofthe advance of th enemy . . . . in ufljcient time to break up In camp and join Gen Worth at Saltillo; but there ia a mad marked on the mana, from Zaealeca to Saltillo direct, which ia probably tin road preferred by the Mexican chief, and should he encceed in reaching Saltillo before Gen. Worth could k ,-n : i i -! i r- isiiiri ix-u . 1 1 i inmmm iiik ii i ni t- ir in v - nave 10 oe evacuateo:, aa rra :e ol conec quence could be spared from thn gerrieon at Monterey. The brigades of General Quit man and Drigga left Monterpy for Victoria on the 13th, and, therefore had ber-n four day on the march before the exnrcst arrived at Monte rev. and no considprahl force, wa. sta:inn .1 any of the Point, between Mooter ami the Rio Grande. By the last advice, two regimonU , j. , , r . . had been ordered from Lamarim to loin Gen. Wool, but they could, at Ihe time Santa Ann' ' movement became known have scarcely reach- i ed Saltillo. Notwithstanding this apparently tnauspicinna posture of affaire, wc do not indulge any lively; apparehenaiont. The utmost confidence ia to be placed both in the watchfulness and skill of i the accomplished officers who command, and! we have no question they would be able to an- I ticipatt the movement of the enemy in time to , prepare properly for hi reception. A the re. porta of Santa Anns' advance reached Gen.' WVol't ramp so early, it i not impossible the ! latter may bae effected a junction with Gen ' Worth, in whieh rase we should count both lo be safe, whatever force thn Mexiran micht ! number. Should the companies en route, from I Camargo have reached Halti.'lo, the force of Gen. Worth would increased tn 24C0 : ar d at the worst wc brlirve he would be able lo hold out till ho could be further strengthened. Wo shall look for the next accounts, therefore, wilh great interest, but not with fear of any aeriotia disaster. The Ami ai itic powra op n is tdm tted in the following remarkable natural exhume. In the year 1803, at Yaknuat, on the hanks of the river Lena, in Siberia, Ihe b.xty of a mi moth slowly appeared fiom mountain of ice, in which it had been ec tow bed and preserved from decay, according to all . probability, from the time of the deluge. The animal wsa sixteen teel in length, nine ftet in height, and the flesh waa in such excellent preservation, that not only did tho bear and wolve devour it with esgerness, but tho inhabitant! of the diitrict actually cut up at food for their dogt. Tn Govxtnoa or DilawaXx, tba smallest Stat, bat delivered tbe largest menage It oils in re.'nmnief Htnlrt thee! THE AMERICAN. Saturday, January IS, 1847. . i ar 1. a. r.1I,JIKlt, Bq at kit Beat . late and Coal OIKee, eormr av3f and Cheonut Streete, l'kilmdelpkta, U autkortttd to tut as j .Igent, mrd receipt for all moniet due (At office, for uberipttn mr advtrtUlnf. JIUo, at Mtt HTUt J"0. 160 JWutau Ktrttt, JSm IV. ,1nA S. K. Corner at Baltimore and Calvert t., Baltimore. CLj" TaiMUMO lua A (resb supply of superior printing ink just received, and tarsal at Phila delphia prices, ' C7" In another rolamn oar readera will find some important news from theeeat f war. The rumor that Santa Anna was advancing on Saltillo is confined, and it is more than prebable that a battle has been fonght, the retalt f which must reach us in a few days. As tbe Mexicans are resolved on nothing but war, we should let them have it in full force. Tn our advertising columns will lie found the advertisement of hamuel A. Brady and M. ratVer, who have taken the Mount Vemen Home, 'e. 85 North Sd Street, Philadelphia. Mr. Brarty formerly Vept the Montour House at Danville. We need only say that while Mr. Bra dy was at tbe Montour Ilnse, be gave entire satisfaction to bia numerous friends and custom ers, and we have no doubt that he will give equal satisfaction in hia new location. The Mount Vernon home is well established, and in a conve nient location for buainesa. The riae in the river and th running ice, cut ofTall communication for a few days, in the beginning of the week, between this place and The weal aide of the river. A rrornbeT of Jarors '. and others who had come To attend court, were j obliged to remain at N'orthwnberland on Monday j On Tuesday appeaiance were no better. The loss of the Northumberland bridge is now most severely lelt. Whilst we could get over by the ferry the lots of the bridge was merely an invon venience, but now it is an actual deprivation. i. it - I . y i.i " re. " j a j : i : U.J t J Quite a number of ilelegate left her on Friday morning, for Philadelphia, to attend the Sunbtiry and Erie Rail Road Convention. Cy Si'Nprxr and r.ma Rail Road. We un- deratand that the committee, formerly appointed wpon this reo'y ccifrnroute, by way of the West Branch, intend tn resume their address upon this superior line, which has been suspended for a considerable time. The committee ie composed nfthe following persons: II. Bellas, K. Greenotigh, A. Jordan. E. Y. n.:-i. r- r w.n... n rr-.Lol .,i , T "-. " , j Mr,in- j ' "Natrona! Sorgs. Ballad, and other Pa- , idiotic Poetry, chiefly relating to the War of! 1846-"-The above is the title of a neat little I j v'0',"ni rompiled by Mr. Wm. McCarty, of thia j place, and Tn.bIM.ed by him in Phitailelphia. Mr. McCarty previously publithed a collection of na- j lional tongt and ballads, in three volumet, con taining about 700 pieces, in which he exhibited contiderable retetrchar.d extensive reading. C7 We are pleated to find that Wm. Bi indie, of Muncv. who accompanied th Danville volun- ! ftonA Li""' h beB e,'t,fd MPr of ' ,b 2d Mj' E'ind'' " do"b mak ' " t,ffi"r' m' ' ? em; , mand the same respect ia the army, that he uni- : . . ... ... . make a good ofTicer, and will not fail to com mand tbe same respect ia the army, that he uni formly sustained at home. We wish our young fiiend honor and success in his new sphere of ac tion. i f7" There ia a ttron probability that there will be, or probably has been, aaother battle be tween Gen. Taylors army and the Mexicans, with Santa Anna t their head. The engatement will most probably beet Saltillo, to which Santa Anna is marching with 13,000 men. ZT" Mr. Archer announced the death of Mr. Pennybaker, in the Senate, of which melancholy duty he acquitted himself in a very appropriate manner. MaCXFTIC TE!ltr.ArH bet wf.kn Pottsviu-X & Prilapelfhia- W e were informeda few days since, says the Miners' Journal, that a company waa forming in Philadelphia, for tbe construction of a Magnetic Telegraph between Philadelphia and this borough. Tux Massachusetts Rsoimikt is now rom plete. The Bostoi: boys eotld not endore the reflection that two regiments of fghting men were raised in the Quaker State before one could be mustered iu Massachusetts, and so tbey whip ped up their patriotism and will not now bava to accept tbe offer from Pennsylvania lo eupply the deficiency in their ranka. Th Legislature of Obio have taken mesturei for the removal of the remain of Gen Thomas I. Hamer from Mexico to tht soil of Obio, at th expense of tb Stat. The Tieayune, of the Sib, speaking of the re ports, says "Neither the newt from tb eqna dron, nor tba Vera Crut paper received by ibe Potomac, nor the Tampico papert, make any mention of Santa Aana' descent opo Saltillo. It may tarn out tbat ha is not with tb fore repor ted by Gen. Worth' trout aa advancing from San Lult Potoai. Wa ar not prepared, however to disersditth advice reive1 from Saltillo the ilnc of th Vera Crut and Tamauco editor binbit neativa vidtnr, at best " . Fur the American. . A Tribute of, Rciptct. '-; , At a meeting of 5elinagrove Lodge of tht t. O. et O. F., Laid Jan. 7th, 1147, it waa, on motion, of A. C. Fisber, Resolved, That a committee be appointed to draagbt resolutions in relation to th death of our lata Brother, Dr. I. N. Siundxl. Brothers A. C. Fisber, G. Gundrum and F.. Ba aster were appointed said committee, and re ported as follows; Whereat, It hath pleased the. Supreme Baing to remove to a higher state of existence, an es teemed Brother, who wss endeared to us by bis eminent worth a an Odd Fellow, and bis talents and extensive acquirements as a Physician : Resolved, That we deeply sympathise with the aged parents and relatives of our late Broth er, and sincerely hope, that while he has been re leased from the cares and sorrows of Earth, they may receive comfort and protection from the same wise Being that has so unexpectedly de prived them of s dutiful son and affectionate bro ther, and us, of a bright ornament to our Order. Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be published in the Sunbury and New Berlin papers, as an expression of respect for our late worthy Brother, and in sympathy for bis parents and friends. Resolved, That a copy of theae retntutions be presented to tbe parents of our late Brother, by the committee. A. C. FISHER, (3. GUNDRUM, K. BASSLER, Committee. I.icattaa of tbr RtsLXaa Ashy. It will be aeen by the Congresionr! proceedings that the Home has passed the bill providing for raiting ten additonal regiments of regulars. The amend ment appointing a Lieutenant General was voted I J e-. I I I 1 . . own on .-,.,,u.y 7 . uccueu ror. , .. ex- prcieii.now umi mrxivo nai rriuifii 10 irni, inn Concrete will adopt the moat vigorous measure ! for settlement of difficulties with thst country, j I and provide money and troops enough to render i ... ....:... t..i. i..i ...I .I ,,;. u is action, and not talk, that ia required, The qnstion of the justice of the war has been settled by the people long ago, all they ask is that it shall be speedily completed. - Impostant if- rata The New Orleans La Patria saya : According to information given t by a friend in thit city, who bat seen a letter from San Laiia de Pototi, written by an officer of the Mexican army, 'Gen. Santa Anna hat admin istered an oath to all the officers of bit troops not to take the life of American aolJiers who may tall into their power, but to make them prison en to be sent into the interior, where a depot far prisoners is under preparation.' The celebrated Sulem vein, (red ath anthracite i coal,) at Voung'a Landing, Potttville, Pa., hat i now reached a working depth of 900 feet below j the level ofthe turface ttreama. This tam of j coal dips downward at an angle of say 46 degrees ' southwardly. It ia on this dip that the working ahaft, or inclined slope, is driven to the depth mentioned. . - A Key Wett letter in the New York Courier ttatet that fifty-four vettelt, valued, with their eargoea, at 1, 41 1.SUO, faave teen wrecked at Key Wett and on the Florida Reef during the pait year. A Cl-aioca Fact. It ia atated tbat the charac ter! on Grave Creek Mound, Ya , are indentified with tbe intcription on tome ruins lately discov ered in Namida, Africa. Ya.ikek Tick. A -regular, full grown grind stone,' weighing ovei thirty pounds wss recent ly exhumed at St. Louis from a thin coating of ' I i.... : . -.L :v. ; i 1 . j tk. ' ' "u " l raie oi ceiui per pouno. Ll.PiT Fellow A Gentleman landed from a steamboat at Cincinnati l.tt week, th. Captain ...... . l , i. . n j limited hit stsv to one honor. As he strolled through tbe streets he patted a lottery office and went in and purchated a ticket which drew a priieof tSOOO. at. r-u. :.; tt, ...... . ttmtann ' , ... ,' , r , . , . sent a larce quantity of apples to F.nglsnrt last fall, packed in barrels with kiln dried rut straw. On their arrival there, they opened perfectly j sound and fair, and aome of them sold at high as J $12 per barrel. Tbe whole netted him 5 per barrel, after deducting ali expenses. The Mobile Herald or Dee. 29 says : Mr. Tbemaa Wright, of Albany, committed suicide in tbat citv a few daya ago. He was wealthy, and so porsned by the idea that he would lote all hia property and be reduced to want, that ha cut bi throat. During last year lift. 230 pataengers arrived at New York fram foreign porta exceeding by over 30.00U the arrivala of any former year. It ia an average of over 400 a day. An iron steamship, called Ihe Passport, was launched at Kingston, Canada, last week, of a substantia! and elegant make, tbe iron of which was in the bowels ofthe earth in Scotland in March last. . Tsta Baltimobc So, in speaking of Governor Shunk'e message, calls it a tho t message. V no not know what atandard the Sun measures by, bot Governor Bbunk ie so tall 'hat he can't atand straight oat of doora. A Gcbna, named Alfred Schilling, lately, at Cincinnati, attempted to carry for wager 800 Ibe. of pork 400 yarda. H brok down bfor he hsd accomplished half th distanc, literally realising tb ssying of 'Too much pork for A. Schilling.' Blati Roe. Gun cotton i nsed in blad ing en tb Im of th Vsrrrrent Csntrsl Railroad. v tCorretpondenc of tbe Public Ledger J 1 FROM, WAJHIXOTOI. j I VVar!OTr, Jan 9, 17. As I hinted in my letter of tbe day before yes terday, the complaints against Gen. Taylor and tbe officers under bit command, were repeated to-day on the floor of the House of Representa tives, by Mr. Ficklin, of Illinois, and the delay in the capture of Monterey, plump ami plainly charted upon tbe commanding oilk-er. If this is to be a prelude to the appointment of a Lieute-nant-Oeneral, it is, lo ray th leaat, a dangerous one ; for if the charges brought against Gen. Tay lor cannot be aubstantiated or are disproved, they must necessarily recoil on those who have pre ferred them, whether they be made individually or in behalf of a party. All we know thus far about Gen. Taylor is, that he is brave and that he has done all he has been ordered to do, and that wherever be has met the Mexicans he has beaten them. Against such a man it is difficult to institute charges of so besvy, nay, treaionable, nature ; for it cannot be denied that if the justice ofthewarbe, with th permission of the com manding officers, (as is charged,) questioned by the officer of tbe regular army, he ought not to be permitted, for a single moment, to hold com mand over the smallest force of the United States. ; That there are strong antipathies existing be tween the reeulsrs and volunteers, no one can doubt, but whether the "plan to remedy" them is the proper one, is still more doubtful. If there are juat reatons of complaint against Gen. Tay lor, they ought to be brought forward in an open, manly manner not in the questionable ahapeofamere rumor, backed only by letter writers from the camp ol no officer will con sider his honor safe and serve the country, except for wagei. Conduct such a is charted on Gen. Taylor and hit staff officers, calls iir p-ratively for a military and judicial investigation, in order it(.rn justice, and not stratagem, may pun ith the guilty. To-day it wss whispered that Gen. Samuel Houston it to be tuhitituted for Col. Benton in th Lieutenant-Generalship. If distentions ex ist between the regulars and the volunteers, Sam lloutton might be the man to heal them, from the fact that he is not only acceptable, but unexceptionable to both branches of the service, lie commenced his career at a private soldier in the United States srmv, advanced regularly to the crade of serteant, and received at last a lient enant'a commission, which wat toon followed by a captaincy. He bears to this day the wounds he received in the regular service of the United States, which no surgical skill up to this moment has been able to close, and he is In military dis cipline, and in every thing that appertains to a regular toldier, not inferior to any officer now in the United States. Obhrvkk. THK TAIIIfF. The following reaolution, submitted on the Sth instant by Mr. Camiso.i, wat taken up fur con sideration .- Rtv.htd, That the Secretary ofthe Treasury be directed to report tothe Senate on what arti cle embrteed in the tariff act of 1910, the duties can he mereaaed beyond tue exiting raiet, so at to augment the revenue, and to what extent the ! tlkt ia cr be increased, and what additional r,Venue would accrue therefrom. Mr. CAMERON said he called for this infor mation, with tbe hope of drawing the attention of the finance department of the government to some articles not included in the fiee list, that will, in his opinion, greatly augment the revenue I His object was to furnish the goverement with money to carry on the war, or to dote it, upon term honorable to the country to sustain the troops who had ao patriotically filled the raukt of the army, and to make the burden at light at pottible upon thote who will have to furnish the The objects of taxation, recommended mrn' I bv the Secretary of the Treatiiry. tea aud coffee. ' '"' ht.n in Itie most orulal manner, ami i having met with no favor in the House, whote : ves himxelf in the sleemi. Irt the evening ! duty it is, by Ihe constitution, to ordinate bitlt a suRerer half dead, and parched with a burning ! of revenue; and the session of Congress being ihirrt, draffs himself toward the tsnk which ' slready nesrly half ended, it was time that every ' rtvitaine the water, U drink but unfortunately ' one should turn his attention tothe subject of f0r him, the Captain passing at this moment, revenue, atid do what he could to furnish sup- , upbraid him with kick, and the poor fellow re plies. The gallant men who have volunteered ?n ins his miserble bed, tiprn which he die i to risk their lives for the honor of their country, tw hours fler. ', should not, for a day be permitted to want a sin . ' . . ' . . . gle comfort promied to them. The Secretary of tbe Treasury has stated in bis report of last year that on tbe four articles ofcnal. iron, sugar, and molattet. there w.s made six millions of" re- venue, .t en average duly of 60 per cent I pon these article, by tbe tariff of IS-J(5, we have ' , . .. iron, these reductions Will fall most heavily upon i ..4. .t .ut ;.n u-kirH KaVe nairf I 111.11 i uua, aiiu viic-k. f.v.., - , a dutvof from 60 to 1 13 per cent. : and of which the importt amounted to five thousand Ions. To ' rsise the same amount or revenue from these ar ' tides, the number of tons imported must be in I ereased lo over 20,000, an amount so large that I no one will, for a moment, suppose itt centomp ' tion pottible Thie reduction is made, too, at a time when its advoeatea tell us that the great de mand for railroad iron in Kurop most prevent its increased exportation to thi country, pro inc clearly tbat it wa aa error on th prt of thot who formed tb bill I desir to see the ; highest amount of doty on those articlea that, in the opinion of the Secretary of the Treasury, i ... . . , . will eom within his id of revenu tndardi Pbosabi-T T i' x Somebody says that a news paper in a family is equal lo three months' lime in a chool eh yeara. Go into tbe family wber a newtprper ia taken, and into the who "can not afford it," and mark the different of tb children and be convinced- How vtar FaeT An account it given in aFreneb Journal of a gentleman committing ui eid by cramming hia r full of gun cotton tnd igniting it with a lgr- Who bul a Frenchman could have thought of making hit qoietut by tutk mnt ? Ifany Jmumnl. . Lglalau Proceeding. Haaaitauao, Jan. 8, 1847. Bill in place were reed, by Mr. Leybura to secure to married worn a tbe use and enjoyment of their on real and personal property by Mr. Lawrence, a bill to change and bring i. bout a reform in the made of collecting taxes ia this Commonwealth. Mr. Burnt presented a petition for a law t,. trising the lawa relating to the docket fees of At. torneys, fce. The Houie tben proceeded to the election of Sergeant at Arme, when Jame Mar'headhed 57 vote. John R Hurd haJ 43 Mr. Morehead, havinr a majority of.ti it,. votes, was declared duly elected, and appointed aa Assistants Benj. F. Work and R R. Frankt For Doorkeeper. Jacob Sanders had 37 votet tm Andrew Krau42 votes. Th firtt named wn, ,f1y el-f ted, Mr. E M. Bigham was appoin ted Meenter. Mr. Jackson introduced a bill for the exten sion of the right of suffrage to the Penrsylvsnia volunteers in the service of the United States. Abominable Ontrnar at tea. The Bviton Transcript tranalatrs th" follow ing from the Courier dca Elat Un:, Wednes day latt Some day since we epoke of the ship P.mtiac arrived at New York from Liverpool, altr a passage of 05 day. We announced thst her provisions had failed, that sickns had prevjil ed on botnl, bi.l' tliit twenty pereons had dieJ ' at nee. New detail have crime to its reepocting ' this funereal voyage, and they weigh hard upon the conduct ofthe captain and liis second mate. , After the firat days of the voyage, the captain ' waa found to be in a furious temper, and tho j emigrant, the German, above all, were the oh ject of his brutality. The weather wo frig'it ! ful the sea swept the decks at every inrttant, i and they attributed the an'er of the captain to i the bid timo he was experiencing. But !iuv excuse a rage without motive, and the exces ses which we are ab Hit to relate. The follow ing detail.-' wpre told u by an eye witnes. M. ' D-'rville, tli only cabin p.isenger on board th i ehip, and to whoe valuable intervention a great number of the' passenger nru iudebted for their I lives. The vnysge continued ; the sen, fur fmm calming was more and more riiHturbed, tin' Cap ; tain wbi always the sa nt inflicting blovve with : rope cudgel and rit. M. Dervt'le made many j remonstrance againtt such conduct but in vain. ' lie only drew tin; Captain's ire unu himself", ' and ws obliged to be upon his ginrd, and atnve , all to let him see tliat he carried arn.s about ' with him. The CtpMin would not permit the men lo draw water fro.n the era to wash the moveables, the cooking utensil, of the dirty mess tub of tile uteerage. A pail of water tt ken from the sea was piiil fur with five or six blow with a rope. In nhort, the terror was so great in the -t'ersge, that the unfortunate indi- . Vdu4;, wll0 be;lin2rJ tier- r,iberin2 ZIU dared not appear upon deck. The forced filth of these men who reel) day received blows for any attempt at cleanfrtee, together with llii infectious txlnr, engendered malaiiie. The scurvy prevailed; forty were attieked, nd many persons died with it. The Captain bav in no command ol iliinsnlf, infLetd blow without distinction upon every nr.e whom he encountered. Among the atrocities for which, he i reproched, we recite Hie following; An ntifortunate man was plavin? upon the tliite on deck; the Cap'ain wrested it from him , and broke it to pieces against his body ; another, . alone on board, without relation or friends, is The Captain immediately givea order to a j Mjtor to envelope the rlead body in a bag, and ( tfcp npx( mrtrnjnf thpy Ihre it in'o the sea, j wj,hm)l an.me , pppnrlunitv to Veriry the h j m , m , m,hpf ; D.rVi I honed ln-re for Ihe interposition of the ('sptsin and Called him to behold the scene. The Ciptain approaches the mate-to stnp hirrt j beyond doubt !no-biit strike willi him. That ' Ihe BteWard did not die upon the spot ia attribu. ' ted to the intervention of M. tVrville and hia j pistols, nf which he threatened to make use. I Thi poor man i nnw in the hoepital in a deepe ! rate condition. He ha received from the tp tain tW to say nothing about it. A young wo J man asked for a little molssses , in rep'y, he ; overwhelmed h-r with blows by ropo aht i also it very eiek at the hospital, j Since these unfortnnate cmigranta arrived at i New Vork, fifteen he died. The captain ! now wifhes to settle tht sfTalr amicably; he I has lavished dollar to aiak hia victima keep silence, but Justice herself I indignant, and will lakecognixance of it an infjueet ha been ordered, witnesses have been hearr?, and per son have been aent to tbe hospital on Stateo Itland to interrogate the aick. M. Perville watpreeenti these anfortonat aufftrera hate declared that they eenaidcr bim at their i our. Every day frh deposition eame to band againat tbe captain. Let ut hope, in tpite of bie etTorte to bribe hie victim, that jnaiice will take iia course, and establish either the justift cation or tbe guilt ol thia man.' The honor of ihe merchant tntrine t'tthe United Otttee it in volved thercia).
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