WASHINGTON NEWS. 'XIic Creole MutinySeizure of Amcr icau vessels TIic Bankrupt Xiaiv The Tariff, &c. Correspondence of the New-York Tribune. Wednesday, Dec. 22, 1841. In ilie Senate, Messrs. Henderson and More- head appeared in their seats to-day. Mr. Barrow presented a memorial from the Now Orleans Insurance Company, staling that they had insured thirty-eight slaves the cargo of a vessel bound from Richmond to JNew Or Jeans, which by storm having been obliged to put into the port of Nassau, New Providence, in the British colonies, was boarded by British soldiers, and the slaves taken and liberated. The company now asked indemnification. Mr. is. considered this an important matter, involv ing the question of peace or war with Great Britain, and it should be acted on immediately by Congress. Ho moved the presenting of the memorial, and its reference to the Committee on Foreign Relations. A cursory debate here arose, in which Messrs. Calhoun, King, Preston and Rives participated, and in which reference was had to several of the late seizures of American vessels by Bri tish subjects, and the necessity was urged of our Government taking up this subject, and pla cing itself on high and decided ground for the maintenance of its rights. The memorial was referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. Several private bills were introduced and pe t 'lions presendted. On motion of Mr. Preston, a resolution was adopied to appoint a Joint Committee of Three Members from each House to superintend the placing the Statue of Washington in the Ro tunda, and direct as to the Pedestal. Mr. Evans, from the Committee on Finance, reported the bill authorizing the attorneys of claimants under J reatics between three row ers to receive pay from moneys accruing thence to ihc Treasury. Mr. Pierce reported a bill for the relief of the heirs of D. Pettibone, deceased. Mr. Woodbridge offered a resolution, which was adopied, instructing the Committee on For eign Relations lo inquire into the expediency of arranging wiih lhe British Government for the arrest of fugitives from justice, escaping from the United States into the British Provin ces. Mr. Woodbury moved a resolution, which was adopted, calling on the Secreiary of the Treasurr for a general statement of the imports and exports for the year ending 30th Septem-J bcr, 1S41. Mr. Benton gave notice that he intended to introduce a bill to postpone the operation of the Bankrupt Law to July next, so as to bring in another bill to include banks and money-deal-ings.porporaiions. The bills for the relief of Samuel Crapin and Margaret Jaraieson were ordered to be engross ed, and the Senate adjourned. In the House, Mr. Barton, of Ya., having been unsuccessful in obtaining the floor on the question of the Tariff, gave notice that he should iniroduce a resolution amending the rule of giv ing the Speaker the power of naming which of two members rising at the same time shall first speak. He considered it as a despotic power given to the Speaker, and was evidently in much passion. The Speaker replied promptly that it was now as the gentleman wished the House could reverse the Speaker's decision whenever it thought proper. Mr. Taliaferro subsequently explained, and said that his colleague's Mr. Barton's disagree ment with the Speaker arose from misunder standing. Mr. Marshall then spoke for an hour and a half on the reference of the tariff part of the Message. He was listened to with much in tereti3 both by members and crowded galleries. He advocated the reference to the Committee on Manufactures, and argued decidedly for pro leetion, expressing lhe wish to see ifie lime when lhe United Slates would produce every article ihey consumed, which he should hail as the consummation of our independence. Mr. Rhett by offering a slight amendment lo lhe amendment, directing the Committee, (of ays and Means), should they deem it expedi ent to discriminate, so to discriminate as not to operate in furor of any particular class of the in dustry of the United Stales, succeeded in mak ing his second speech on this subject, into the general scope of which he entered, in deadly opposition to the principle of protection, and in reply to various preceding arguments. Mr. Arhcrton took the floor and lhe House ad journed. Closing scenes of JLife. The last words of Mr. Jefferson, who died just half a century after the passage of his im mortal Declaration of Independence, were, "I RESIGN JJY SOUL TO GoD, AND Ml' DAUGHTER to my coUiVTitv." The dying words of John Adams the same day, were still more charac teristic of the man. A few minutes before he died, being roused by the firing of a cannon, and told that his neighbors were rejoicing for lhe 4th of July, he exclaimed, "It is a great asd glorious dat !" and expired with the words, "Independence joreveh!" on his lips. President Monroe also died on the morning of our Naihional Independence. When the firing began at midnight, he opened his eyes inquir ingly, and when the cause was communicated to him, a cheerful intelligent smile indicated thai he understood what the occasion was; al though speechless. Gen. Harrison's dying words will never be forgolton, "1 visn YOU to understand the true principles of the Government I wish them carried out I ask no moiuj." In death, as in life, i he happi m;o of his country was uppermost in his thotutgllts. Postmaster General's Report. The Intelligencer contains the Report of Hon, C. A. Wicklifie, Postmaster General. It is quite brief, Hilling only two columus of that paper. In excuse for a lack of details, the Postmaster General urges the short time he has been in office. The financial condition of the Department is not as prosperous as the demands upon it re quire. The fluctuations of business, the in creased facilities for the tansmission of letters by private conveyance, the great extension and abuse of the franking privilege, the recent es lablishment of private expresses upon the mail roads, and the frauds practised upon the De partment are mentioned as the prominent caus es of the embarrassments under which it la bors. Its financial condition is thus stated: "The total gross revenue of the Post Office for the fiscal year con..nencing on the 1st of July, 1840, and terminating on the 30th June, 1841, was $4,379,217 78; the total expendi ture for the same time was $4,567,238 39. In this year the expenditures exceeded the reve nue by the sum of $187,920 61. A statement of the expenditures, more in detail, will in due time, as required by law, be reported to Con gress. "The precise income and expenditure of the General Post Office cannot be known in any year, until the close of the fiscal year, and the settlements of all accounts have been comple ted. Consequently, any statement of expendi ture and income, for the present year, is liable to the fluctuations and changes always inci dent lo the peculiar character of the service. "The expenditures and income of the De partment for the current year may, upon esti mate, be slated in round numbers as follows: Total amount of revenue derived from postages, fines, and all other resour ces, $1,350,000 Expense of mail transpor tation, $3,145,000 Commission 'to postmas ters, if the rates of per centage remain un changed, 1,015,000 Ship, steamboat, and way letters, 20,000 Incidental expenses, in- eluding blanks, station- ary, printing, &c. 310,000 4,490,000 4,380,000 Total estimated income, Total deficiency $110,000 The Postmaster 'stales that he has essayed the most rigid econemy in the administration of the service, and yet he is satisfied the ex penditure cannot be reduced within the income. Under the circumstances, he has thought it necessary to re-adjust the commissions allowed to Deputy Postmasters, by which about $100, 000 will be added to the revenue of the Depart ment, bhoulu Congress not approve of this step, it can be prevented by reducting the amount of mail serviee before it ?oes into ef feet. Rigid inquiries have been instituted, not only into the capacity of the Deputy Postmas ters, but also into the solvency of their securi ties. Mr. Wicklifie does not recommend a reduc tion of postage on letters, but a modification of its rates, so that it shall conform to the smaller U. Stales coin, and a revision of the laws regu lating newspaper postage. He especially urges attention to the mammoth periodicals, which increase the weight of the mails and the expenses of transportation, without adding to the revenue. He invites the legislation of Congress lo regulate the establishment of private expresses. The exclusive right to post-roads for post pur poses he thinks should be held by the Govern ment. The United States Mail was transported on railroads and steamboats 3,946,450 miles at the cost of $585,843; on horse and in sulkevs, 12,088,802 miles at a cost of $781,807; 'in stages and coaches, 18,961,213 miles, at the cost of $11,79,635 making a total aggregate of annual transportation of 34,996,525 miles, at the rate of cost of $3,159,375. The part of the Keport relating to the transportation ofthe Mails upon railroads we have already published. Embarrassments in the free transit of the mail over the Cumberland road in Virginia have been experienced, incident to a right as sumed by the State to impose a tax on each coach transporting the mail. N. Y. Tribune. The Woman and the Serpent. The New Orleans Cresenl City gives us an account of a young lady, who, having said her prayers, (young ladies then do say their pray ers in that city) read over her lover's last letter, and wet it with her tears for the fiftieth time, because, cruel, hard hearted man! the Secreta ry ofthe Navy, or lhe Commodore, would not allow him to leave his ship, and fly on the wings of love and steam to her arms,--warmed her pretty little feet, and wrapped them up nicely in flannel, turned down the clothes, when lo! there lay nicely coiled up the arch enemy of woman. The pretty young lady screamed, as she was iu duty bound to do, whieh soon brought assistance, and the serpent lost his life for his presumption. U. S. Gazette. Singular, Very There is said lo be a young lady living near Lexington, Ky., from whose thumb has grown hairs, some of them twenty-six-inches in length. The hairs grow from the inner side of the thumb, and sometimes under the nail; some of them are soft, others like bristles, and they vary in color, size, and length. Counterfeiter Convicted A man named Buck waiter, has been convicted in Lancaster, Pa., of coun terfeiting Spanish 12 1-2 and 6 1-4 ct. pieces. He was sentenced to one year's imprisonmeut in the penitentiary. Coach Body Tarnish. 5 Barrels Coach Body Varnish, warranted not to crack, just received and for sale by JOHN DICKSON, Druggist. Easton. March 31, 1841. BLANK DEEDS For sale at this office. STOVES! STOVES!! Cheaper than ever, of various patterns and sizes with boiler tops, from one to three boles, for cooking, also Stove-pipe, and all kinds of Sheet Iron work will be attended to at the shortest notice, by the subscriber. BENJAMIN TOCK. Slroudsburg, Oct. 18, 1841. A NATURAE, REItlEDY, Suited to our Constitutions, and competent to the. cure of evert curable disease loill be found in thp INDIAN VEGETABLE PILLS? OF THE North American College of Bleulth. THESE extraordinary Pills are composed of plants which grow spontaneously on oucown soil; and ate therefore, belter adapted to our constitu tions, than medicine concocted from foreign drugs, however well they may be compounded; and as THE INDIAN YE GETABL B PILLS are found ed upon the principle that the human body is in truth SUBJECT TO BUT ONE DISEASE, viz: corrupt humors, and that saioVmedicine cures this disease on NATURAL PRINCIPLES by cleansing and purifying the body; it will be man ifest, that if the constitution be not entirely ex hausted a perseverance in theiKuse, according to directions, is absolutely certaimto drive disease of every name from the body. When we wish to restore a Swamp or Morass lo fertility, We drain it ofthe superabundant wa ters; in like manner if we wish to'restore the body to health, we must cleanse it of impurity. THE INDIAN VEGETABLE PILLS Will be found one ofthe best, if not the very best medicine in ihc toorld for carrying out this GRAND PURIFYING PRINCIPLE, because they expel from the bodyall morbid and corrupt humors, the cause of disease in an easy and NATURAL MANNER; and whilethey every day 1 GIVE EASE AND PLEASURE, disease of every name is rapidly driven from the body. The above named IndianYegetable Pills, have been three years befoie the American public; and we can now say without fear of contradiction, that; of all the various medicines which have heretofore been popular, not one has given such universal satisfaction, or obtained such a permanent hold upon the affections ofthe people. Not only do all who use it invariably experience relief, and re commend it in the strongest terms: but it has ef fected some of the most astonishing cures ever performed by medicine. Hitherto, very few ofthe numerous testimonials which have been received in favor of this extraor dinary medicine have been published, as the med icine obtained its present great celebrity more by its own intrinsic goodness than from extensive ad vertising. It has been deemed proper however to offer the following opinions of the public press, together with a few extracts from letters of Agents, merely to show, tlTat the fame ofthe Indian Vege table Pills, is not confined to any one section, but is rapidly extending itself to every part oftheUnion. Prom the Philadelphia Saturday Evening Post. THE INDIAN VEGETABLE PILLS. Wright's Indian Vegetable Pills are attaining great celebrity in New England as well as other parts of the United Stales. The attempt of per- sons-to defraud the public by the sale of spurious articles, meets with general reprobation. Mr. Wright is an indefatigable business man, and shows an array of cures by the medicine which warrant confidence in the virtues of his Indian Vegetable Pills. From the Philadelphia Spirit ofthe Times. THE INDIAN VEGETABLE PILLS. ' People are pretty well satisfied by this time, that Calomel, and the other thousand and one min eral preparations ofthe shops, are better adapted, as a general rule, to kill rather than cure the pa tient; as a matter of course, vegetable medicines are therefore in great request. There are very many humbugs, however, among the latter, and we would advise all those who have the least re gard for their health, to try the INDIAN VEGE TABLE PILLS OF THE NORTH AMERICAN COLLECE OF HEALTH, sold at 109 Race street, Phladelphia ; as they are the preparation of one intimately acquainted with the healing art. From the Boston Daily Times. INDIAN VEGETABLE PILLS. Of all the public advertised mejdicines of the day, we know of none that we can more safely re commend for the "ills that flesh is heir to" than the Pills that are sold at the depot of the North American College of Health, No. 198 Tremont street, Boston. Several instances we know of where they are used in families with the highest satisfaction; and no longer ago than yesterday, we heard an eminent Physician ofthe city recommend them in high terms. There used to be in the community, a great repugnance to the use ol QUACK, medicines, as they are all indiscriminate ly termed, but it was mainly owing to the regular M. D.'s constantly denouncing them. They are however, becoming more liberal in this respect, and the consequence is that good vegetable medicines are now more extensively used than formerly. Extract of a letter from Peter Christ, Uniontown, Carrol County, Md., Nov. 17th, 1838. Dear Sir: About two months aero. T hadJsusrsi1 ness in Baltimore, and called at ynuijforricej and bought a few boxes of the Indian Vegetable Pills; and upon trying them I found;them to bo far supe rior to Pills, or any other, medicine I had ever used. I hadrjeen subject to a cough for five years past, andnduring the time have taken a vari ety of medicines" without any relief, until I got the Indian Vegetable Pills, and by taking four doses, the coughfbegan to leave me; and I now enjoy bet teriKealth than I have done for years past After rPfound them to be a valuable medicine, I imme diately sent to Baltimore for a large supply. 1 have received so much benefit in using the IN DIAN VEGETABLE PILLS that I cannot help but recommend them to every invalid I see and think so well ofthe medicine that I have sent two dozen boxes to my invalid friends, in the State of Indiana. Signed, i'ETEK UJtlKiST. From G.-C. Black, New York. Mr. Wm. Wright Dear Sir you will please to forward as soon as possible, some of your Indian .Vegetable Pills; as we are almost out of the arti cle, and they appear to be getting into general use here. We have a great call for the medicine at present, and those that have used them, speak very high of them. One gentleman attributes his being cured of Dropsy to the use of them; and another has been cured of Dyspepsia, solely by the use of your Indian Vegetable Pills, and is willing you should publish his case if you think proper. G. C. BLACK, No. 1 Chatham Square, New York. Extract of a letter from Mr. A. Larrimore, Indiana. Doctor Wright Dear Sir Having some knowl edge of your most excellent compound INDIAN VEGETABLE PILLS, and not knowing how to get a fresh supply, my stock being nearly exhaust ed, and wishing to always have them in my family, I take this method to open a correspondence with you. The pills alluded to are well thought of here and very much wanted. I wish to make arrange ments with you for a constant supply, as I think a very great quantity could be sold in this section ofthe country Extract of a letter frorii Samuel Griffith, Stewart town, York County, Pa. Mr. W. Wright Dear Sir I am selling the In dian Vegetable Pills by -the dollar's worth, and at that rate the stock of Pills, left by your travelling agent, will soon be out. I am pleased to find they are such ready sale. Fhose who have used ihem, speak in the highest terms of them; Many have already found great relief from their use, and whe'n the cures are final lyeffected, I shall do you the justice to inform you of the same. Extract of a letter from Washington City. Mr. Wm. Wright Deaf Sir You will have the kindness to forward me as soon as possible, too or three gross of fhe Indian Vegetable Pills, The sales have, for the last two months, increased rap idly; those who buy, generally remarking, "that they are the best pills they have ever used;" and my opinion is that they will in a short time super cede all others in this city. !- -v ROBERT FARNHAM, Washington City, D. C. Extract of a letter from Lycoming County, Piu . Mr. Wm Wright Dear Sir On being appoint ed Agents for the sale of the INDIAN VEGE TABLE PILLS in this place, we only took one gross on trial; but it would have been better if we had taken a half dozen gross; for on a fair trial they have far exceeded our most sanguine expectal lions. In fact so much so that we have been oblig ed to send to Mr. Zimmerman, at Lancaster, more than a hundred miles from here, for ten dozen; but these will last but a very short time, the way we are selling them since they have been fairly tested. In the first place, I gave some to our Physicians, to make trial of since which they have purchased a number of boxes, and highly approve of them. A few days ago, there was a lady sent 30 miles to get a box ofthe Pills, she at the time was very low, and unable to turn herself in bed; but in two days, my informant says she was able to help herself. We could mention many other cases, but deem it unnecessary at this time; but would merely say; that as the season is fast approaching when there will be a great demand for the Indian Vegetable Pills; and if we only could get a supply ofthe med icine, we could establish other agents, which would be of immense advantage not only to the NORTH AMERICAN COLLEGE OF HEALTH; but to the public generally. Please let us know your views on the subject, and any directions relative to the same, will be promptly attended to by Very respectfully, your friends, S WINCHESTER c$- SON, Jersey Shore. Lycoming county, Pa. AGENTS for the sale ofthe above named IN DIAN VEGETABLE PILLS: Charles Doys, Struudsburg, Monroe county. John Lander, Craigs Meadows, Monroe co. John Laforge, Milford, Pike county. Stoll & Dimjiick, Dingman's Ferry, Pike co Peters & Labar, Bushkill, Pike couniy. Myers & Edincer, Tannersville, Monroo co OFFICE AND GENERAL DEPOT, FOR THE SALE OF THE INDIAN VEGETABLE PILLS, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, 160 RACE STREET, Philadelphia, August 25, iail. ly. ' r - (gfYNE COUNTY MUTUAL PS,UUAMCE- COiUPANl', ALL Persons insuring in this company are members equally interested in its wellare and in the election of its officers. mt In order to become a member of this company and thereby be insured, the applicant gives a pre mium note, the amount of which is in proportion to the amount to be insured, and its degree of hazard, thus: Tf $1000 is to be insured, at 5 per cent., he gives his note for $50. If at 10 per cent, he gives his note for $100, and in that proportion for a greater or less sum, according to the rate of hazard, on which note he advances G per cent, and an additional sum of $1 50 for survey and policy. He then becomes a-member on the approval of his application and is insured for five years. The aggregate of the premium notes constitutes the cash fund, chargable first, with the expenses, and second, wijh the losses of the Company; and should it prove insufficient to pay both losses and expenses the money to meet the losses, (should any occur) is borrowed agreeably to the act of in corporation, and paid. An assessment is then made to repay such loan upon the premium notes, in proportion to their respective amounts, and m no case to be made but once a year, notwithstanding several losses may happen. At the expiration of five years the note, if any assessments have been made and paid, is given up, and the insured may renew his application. Policies may at any time be assigned or sur rendered and cancelled, and the premium notes given up, according to the by-laws of the Com pany. No more than three fourths of the cash value of any property will be insured, and all great hazards: such as Cotton Factories, Powder Mills, Distilleries, Machine Shops, Manufactories for Printer's Ink, and all establishments of the same class of hazards, are not insured upon any conditions whatever, and that no one risk is taken over $5000, it is considered much more safe and less expensive than in Stock companies, where they insure large amounts and hazardous proper- l"V STOGDELL STOKES, Agent. Stroudsburg, Monroe co., Dec. 15, 1841. MILFORD ACADEMY. The Trustees of the Milford Academy res pectfully inform the public, that they have se cured the services of the Rev. Edward Allen, to take lhe superintendence ofthe above Insti tution, who will have associated with him, Teachers of the first order, both for the male and female departments. In consequence of an appropriation from tho State, for the benefit of its inhabitants, the terms of tuition for all pupils that may attend the Acad emy from Pike county (Music excepted) will be per quarter from SI to $2 00 Terms for others will be, for Orthogra phy, Reading, Writing, Arithmetic, Grammar, and Geography, per quar ter $2 50 With the above, for History, Natural Philosophy, Botany, Astronomy (with use of the Globes) Chemistry and Rhetoric, per quarter $3 50 Drawing, Painting, with the higher branches of the Mathematics . . $4 00 French, Latin and Greek languages, each $5 00 Music with the use of Piano, . . . $6 00 Board with washing can be obtained in very respectable families for $1 75 per week. School will commence about the first of Oc tober next. The Institution wiil be furnished with an excellent apparatus. BV order of the Board. HORACE L. WEST, Secy Milford, September 30, 1841. TOBACCO AND CIGAR MANUFACTORY. The subscribersjiespectfully inform those enffased in thefiMercanlile business and Hotel keepers, tliat they have constantly on hand at their manufactory on- Elizabeth street, in the Borough of Stroudsburg, a large and splendid assortment of . Chewing an&Snioking Tobacco, Cigars, &c. manufactured from the best Leafyand warranted to be good, which ihey will sell wholesale and retail, on the most reasonable terms (with cred- ilv Orders for Tobacco anuNCigars will be strict ly and immediately attended to. Those who come in onpass through the place will please call and examine for themselves, as we are determined to useidurjibest exertions to accommodate the public, and merit a liberal share of their patronage. EYLENBERGER & BUSH. Stroudsburg, July 14, 1841. Stores. v C. W. DbWITT & BROTHER, have on hand a large assortment of which they will dispose of on reasonablo terms. J All persons wishing lo purchase will do well i to call and examine bofore purchasing else where. Milford, November 1, 1841. CO-PARTNERSHIP. The subscribers have this day formed a co partnership under tho name and firm of Coi2iclius W. UcWilt & Brother, for the purpose of transacting tho mercantile business. They will bo found at tho store late ly occupied by C. C, D. Pinchol & Co., where they will be happy lo wait upon all who will favor thorn with a pall, CORNELIUS W. DeWITT, HENRY DbWITT, Milford, Oct. 4, 1841, 4
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