El counts with me at Squire Comly's mill. • That was twelve months ago Nitli remember, it.itU well as it it were 'yesterday: scarce a day tins liassod since then that I have ant theught'of it. r •-. He gave me is terrible flog ging; far ihoughtless word that angered _ HMI, and I , swore vengenee tigaieut him: - Well, the ,account is sqmwe between us now, and I don't betir hint Mllliest, avionger; tot'! believe the fellow has, a gaud heart at • hotiom, so thathe isn't drupk , or in a passion." '"Youseem.fa have learned - satiating of the art= of zel&deletice,lrmutlie - way - inWltielryett !intuited -your-, Fists te-night:" . ' "Yes, if onla reterned Harry. f'llttiefT that - nOt !SIN/111ton Match for Bill,unless I. learned • bow,to b=land leartity Wood. should.coal-be— ' Sere thadtaken revenge, 1 got . Ned Strykeroariend • me-alfew lessous. 11e Used,tallive• in New York, and there PickOd up a - orAtve in that way." will not Davis try to revenge himself as soon . 'as begets over the effects of the liquor?" . • •41 guess not," i answered my companion. le will. know that hetwas in the wrong. Übe does try it." , —attd; Jewell* his voics; as he spoke grasped tight my arm.with one hand, and putting the other in to his!hoSemlarizy.forth long-bladed.kitife;the bare' shillfef-Which i -grAtering as it did in the mietete.,bi-Mn; !made my blocaltraecold.—"this Will, stand by me to. • • :thehtt.t!"'• •'' . - . • . lic-seemato4hudder himself:lt the dualghtf4and I rePhieed thelWeapon Wei tail come-to it leatlituwever into a field. He pointed out his t ;fatheelsbouse, standing farback from the road. Ere-. 1 • • .membered that we had walked in the direction or m ( .. .111chtitotid's place,,and asked him if that Allis iu sight; ; • "Yonder it ts,".,ssid.he pointing' to:almost: tit thr ';-distance of about aikearter of a mile.. "You can just see the White,ehimates 'among the trees. I'm sure . I 'lever thought Of siildr:a thing•as loving the girl --much lessithat she' loved me. 1 could'Ut be so crazy as that; . thotigh I do often thiiik"—and lie put his hand upon': .ibis head--Athaetheres samething4t:thig here . But when my. poor soother was skit—She IRIS beets 11(.811 ,only. six montbs"4-Imbrushed away a tear as he spoke Richmond ascii to come and Uee her every '.clay, and bring: Iftbousand 'little Moe things that hlie kitew mother wahhtlike. l almost loVe her for thiit. -No, no : you may : lose her, but I never may. Ciod . bless her for her kiriiktess to my poor, dear mother?" • _ •He pressed illy halal, uttered a Taint "good eight," and spri nei ng over the sti lu,lmrriet on towards . • h - sri. slowly• home; w e 're race( my steps, •avid seen rd ,gainiag-the,inti-- sought, on my pillow, rest from the of the dsy, and the adventures- of the pight. -- . To be Continued. • • CONGRESS, - AllAsaniotoN, Jimitary.3l;• 830. . niVtitioned in my last letter that Mr. Benton 6d introduced into the Senate, aiu-- calling upon the Secrptary of, the • Treasury to inform that body - . how niirch, of :a deficit: there would now be in the Treastr -Ty, if 'the act oteongress.app_ropriatnig the • proceeds of Public• Lands to the Statei, had been. approved of by the President,,.. kept in forceup to the - present time: What.: object Mr. B. hias - in . view, M. tie. introdtie 7 . ian of this resolution, is . not:kin - Ay n: • One , . howeVer, i*ertain, thatthe emliariaiss 7 _ Mout 611 . 4 : Treasury *Department isgroat . enough, although a great °folic.. tiroceeds has been will h dieldlroarthe States. 'l'he object-probably-isy4o--prepare. the.way (14-an attempt to bolster 'tip the AdininiStra • • , don, itr , itS 'management of the 'Finances of die ponntry. The_resolntion, at fill events; has passedfthe Senate by an almost traani T •./nobs vote: " . In the debate upon. 'Mr. Benton's'. Salt Bill, Mr. Davis, of Massachusets,,,tOok:oc elision to answer some of .. the arguments- of- Mr.: It in its favor, The 'TaintLis of Were-very clear and tbrcible,Ane. c,„ ta i n , ed strong - aegutnents, ,, Mr. Benton attempt ed•to obvio:,;siy with - the object of . showing his. classiadleavimig,•ot which be, is very vain; but his reply only exposed his consumate ignorance, and . the vanity of the - _man in thus making_:pretentbins___M_thal. • NVllith - heithilWB little about; Alr. C-alh. speaking on this subject, said ,therb was no ........ilangek_of dissoluiV , ll_of . the Union,but there-was , ,---heAkoiviht,,danger-ofeolisolida= Lion. Although this expression has not a partididar. bearing . upon the question of _the dutie's' Ott Salt, it is somewhat singular that Calhoun Should make such an assertion, when it is borne that he goes the. the:Sub 2 Pretisuri.projeet 7--aseheine . whose tendency is more cora- pletely - - e - almilated. to prodee consolidation, ,that :my means that could be devised. By the i way, it is prety well ascertained that • the Sub-Treasury, in any form, if .brot►ght ' before the present Congress, cannot be car ried. There is good reason here for believ- d ing that if the vote on this question • was at • this time taken in . the House, it would I_o tor and 121 ag* . lst•it. Three members arc dotibtful, but this could not change' the result. • Hubley, of. Pennsylvania, has in formed the Speaker Of the. House. that lie has tendered_thesesignation_of his_seatto_the. Governor of that State.. Apetitiachas - b - empresetited - ln - lbe - Sen-1 .ate from some of the inhabitants of Oregon _ Territory, praying for protection from the Indians.. It is thought that-some Legislation " *with respectl_to-the Territory is important,. as it is knowit that some disputes, luivp a 1 ready arisen betWien sealers - froth . ilie"Unr ion and others from Great Britain. Early legislation—may- prevent these - misitnder staifdings from becoming more serious, and • may prevent much trouble in future, similar to that existing With respect to the PlOrth Eastern boundary. ' There is an opinion here •that 'Amos Kendalfs Department is getting a good deal under the weather. ' Under the . _ pres ent arrangpmentevery Post Master is a kind •of Stib-Treasurer. The books of the De partment are said to, be kept in a very •eb cure manner. • The old fashioned method- of keeping -accounts has been set aside by Amos, and now he keeps neither Day book por-Leager.-- If there—is not an explosion,, in tria'ogt there will be a great many_persons mach. dissappointed. It is reported that some -:----drafut - have already been returned to the -.Department protested. _ •A'p.atition_ was :presented - to 'the = Senate - i from a lady . ..who calls herself AMEICICA VgssuccOttul who says she'is a lineal de seendene from Americus Vispuccius, and .therefore is entitled to the whole. continent of'Arn-eric-aTIm-t-Ortrmily-ask,s-Congress-to . ;frant her a certain, portion of.land, and to aye conferred on her the rights of citizenship _ Lig mthnorial contained an interesting ac ,zount of her journey, front Florence to Par is and from 4henep to the - United States.— The reading of it was listened to, with great attention by the Senate. . -. • Mr. Grant, of Ne iv Yoilc,-narne very near playingblra trick 011 the House of 'Represen tatives by .means of the Previous Question. It is..understood that it - is in 'ordef:at any - . tinfo to call the Previcturi •Question. Mr. • G offered niestilution instructing OteCom - - Witten - 4f - Ways and — lkieans to roped ails • • making appropriations for bays and harbors.' • - This resolution, by. giving- rise 4,0_ .40,40; under the rules. of . the 4cnieey ought to Ike mar one-day: • • • - the resolution, he moved the previous.ques- . tion: The Speaker sustaine& the motion at first, hut -afterwards stated that he had in advertently alone Se, and that it was contra ry-tn-the-rttles7--.--41n----.--:thenappealed-trom- the decision of. ' the Speaker.: 'Much con fusimr_was _likely to. cnsne, for it AIMS evi-_ detit-ikat-the ( - )bj ect-of—Mr. 0.-was -to -hare , . thc res'olutiOn. passed inmiediatply, pithent any . consideration., - Alter Seine limo, how ever, he was prevailed On to withdraw his appeal, so -the resolution-laid' oiler- under the'rule of the Housek-Harrisburg elltron icte. . “TREASON Al`.lo. RIOT CASE,” “OACKING OUT.” . . . . . . ' Under this caption the Editors of that, mentlacitius print: the, Iceystone, iii their last number, give a .garbled and one-sided t acce'unCof certain proceedings it: the Conn lof Quarter Sessions of Dauphtn. minty, I evidently to:create a false impression abroad it,s to thoticenrrences, and .to forestal the public mind in favor of its es/Pcda/ MTH,- le3, Deputy Attorney Barton arid INl'Oalin of the Philadelphia Posi-011ice. _ligives •false]coloring—to. the course taken 'and' marks made by both sides ia court, 'repre eating. Mr. Fisit aa , 'counsel-for the pnise as.saying 'What he did not say, and . hOldirig forth' Messrs. 11 A aad 'Jo t for-the defence, in a light in which* they were not placed in court,' • • • Ia seply.Lwo-will,state that the:followim,'i nf latlictmen.( waslaid-beforo - thg - Grand: Juiy -on Thursday last, who after spend hig• the whole af that day, and--until.. noon. of b the - fol lowing day, (Fridayi):fa: examin ing witnesses on, behalf :of the common -tv----e5l-th-,-7Tre Virtu _i ti_en BILLo Tax - :is. respects Charles Pray, JonN J M'CAlti,N, John W. Ryan,• Join)." Savage, Joseph 11;111: Aaron F. Cox,. 0,0. - BARTON; lop,-James Black, and General Attain...Dil ler, and so far as respects George'&tatter sall and E..J. - ,Pdtutiman, not inily refers - tirivhaleeebred; tbe•SenataChamber, butAwa understand that 'other hills are or tN ( ill be . _laid before the Jury,.yespeeting , the z riotous andynlaw Tia proceedings her& between the foiirthi . and seventltdays:ef .Dmicmberi,„inclusive. this certainly di;os - nt. look unfelt like .a "Inaking • oui.".' on the: part of the. counsel for- the ;prosecution,- especially when sonic. twenty,Or thirty witnesses are alroAlv • re -th-tr;sums one hundred- dol t to appear on behilf wrotiwcalth at :the April - sessions ~Nylfcredie' Ari ids -will - take Tlace; - W.e disapprove of anir ;publicaticon tes peetingflie:proceediugs of courts of justice preViouslo the trials. that may_ have a--ten dmicy In'preitdi.-z,e the public -mind, and i .therer,re -merely-published this bill-to' - ex plain :lid refute the Keystone's article, with, the single renntrk; that we do not -wish-. to . be understood, as .• pronouncing in connee .tion with the-bill, - upep: the . guilt or . intro-, eenec of the - def,mdants,leaving .that lion to be answoycd by - the jury .on icar ing,the laW Ina the facts. Jo the other Presume-thcienues-of-a-nuMberrof ittilividnalinot hi this will bpi included,- as: they will. embrace the, riotous,inid treasona -ble rneetings . in the Court house, and. oth or acts-of-those , infuriated-men-w-ho-agitated the commonwealth-to- her very centre . at . the organization of the Legislature. It play be proper to state that this bill would have been laid before the Grand Ju ry at an earlier day in the week, but sever al-of-the witnesses who reside. at_a distance, did not arrive in llarrisbtirg until Wednes day evening.//arrisbitrg .fpfellig-gitcer. FALSE ALARM, To make anything'yery terrible, says Burke, some obscurity seams in general to be necessary. Where' • we km_ ;w the full extent dopy dahger, and can accustom our eyes to it, a great deal Of the apprehension -vanishes T , ---The-supporters-of- the—presen administration seem to act on this prinei ple--.-----We hear a great:deal from them con cerning mal-practises which ----- are.•said to have been the order of the day under the late--"Governor,-but--they-bring-as..nolprooL of the truth of what they assert. We must can point to no instance of mal-practice, or. the in-. stances are so--insigniticiant that if exposed to the public they . would soon lose by fa- Miliarity, every attribute of the terrible. Hence the great•obscurity thcrexhibit. We do not believe that ges made against the late Administration, -are true. From our intercourse .witll---gen- . tlemen 'prominent in that administration, We are satisfied that every ramification of it -was pure and undefiled. We do not be lieVe there. were under it any Judge Mertz,s or 'William •B. llfitehellsany Boyds, Harris's, Prices, Swartwouts, .Gratiots, Henshaw - s, or imitatorS'oTany of theeount less defaulters of the general . ,GoVerorgent. But - should it z be - discovered 01 - 0 there have ,-been -any such,,-.to_...effect_ivhiah,_.if possible, we call upon . - thoie making the charges to appoint a committee of investi- - gation—we shall be among the first-to-pass Inerite4getisuren_ponVe offenders. Until the fact be prove 'd,.liOweier;we slnall`a'c= all the agents of.. the... late ...administra , tion ot any. misconduct, and hold those guilty-of false charges yho assert the con- Wary. rWe would•i recommend: to ihe friends ~:of Gov: - Porter, : __to sustain- their ' charges, if .they can, and if they cannot, abandon them with - .the best grace they may: Let thein.• imitate the': assailants of President Van-Buren's administration, who. -prove-ench-eliato-inAesause-breath-with which they, Make it. • It is - a very easy mafter'for the Keystone .and• kindred print's to speak Of "heaven-Ilar ingfriutla,''. for. party effect ; but the pub, lie Want knoW,on What such sweeping as sertions. are founded.. Let us have light. . Harrisburg - lutclligeneer. • The Mobile Chronicle says :. ' "Since our report of,Satnrday morning,, a new im 7 ; pull -has-been - giverrto, our -cotton-. market: Nur .teasers canucup•to the,mark of holders, antra is-estrniated that between 8 mad 4000 bales Wave Changed . hands. - Nance on last Week's quotations have' established. We have no 41teration,to ?lice in general business,' exchange or : _ • . 31,.1f, , p . f.,:1 . c . .P . 1,4 . 11c,.xiii',9 : %•4 : ...: THE -.PLUNGEL . . Thelthitittistratiou'of Joseph Ritner in threejears did not add one dollar to. thor 'permanent debt of the, -.State, but . reilueed, tt. Hew-different is'the case tinder, qiover-1 nor-Porter:- -Already has-a-law -p,assed--to liorroVir ONI - MILLION; Two TIUN - 7 ,- DRED THOIJSAN-D_; PER MANEN'I'LOANI' .. "-Thns•• this -Aunt ] has : been added to the debt. 'ofi , pe. Pennsylvania.: ' • ... i ! ~ . - *One of the peculiar* features bf the act, for,:theborrowing of ibis' money, is the rate of interest given. Justead of requir 7. ing the United States Bank. to loan the., •mo,ney at four, per cent.; it is to be borrow eel at' lire:. This one per Cent. differenee will be $12,00 . 0 per anntun,Whieb in twen-i •TY 'years • will amount to ($240,000. To this add the iotereSt on this increased. snit), of 'wrest. for twenty years; amounting to $14,4 0, audit will raise the sum, SQUAN DERED to 254;400.!-! Thisstint would/ ,u-t \L go far • 'wans . milting some of theli2i 6s I id' our public mom Tments, or susttpung the cenunon school-system, - ,'j. ; s• ' .We give below ,'a • copy Of the ,first Man* law of Governor Porter's Aprdnistration: •: . "AN ACT AUTIORIZING_A 1 . .0.AN.- SeCtioll 'l. That the Aktivernor be ' att tliorised to negotiate aKoan,'hy the issue*• of negociable eertificayS,of steck, for the sum • -of- ONE-MILI4ON:---TWO- I'W4-I UNDRED-, TIIOUSAN o>Doixtd . ls, Ai arate of in terest -not eNc / deding, FIVE PER • CENT.., 'PER AN,NU Al, payable . 411yearlY ; and the faith"of_the_cominonyealth 'is hcieby pled Add for the reimbursement., of the said learrwithitr - twenty - years; - and - rin -- . -- suchje ,s6intents,as May :be agreed upon 'by the parties . ; and the.hilerest aceruing , upeti the' stock created by said loan shall be paid eith- ler ai the State Preasury,ithvßauk"cifPenit-' , Sylvania in Philadelphia,ser 'elewherei ac-' . ..... i cordinvis may be Agree(l . - npon ...between i . , . The tontrilittec of the Senate. appointed 0 . r the Governor and the original purchaser of . to. _ i tirest i gatq ~,the .contested- election • lie- . tlie stock:. • - ----- - - - • -" ' tween - Mes..srs. Bell and , Broblie; - ofthedis.• - is-trice eo.mposed•of Delaware, Chester, and * Section 2 . The * Governor be, and ;he liertiby authorim.id tacause tit' he eiecuted-:11:lontgomeiy; harejfeported iu far. or of Mr. certificateS of stock, signed by the Auditor Brooke, and*lte- lies tarkeit his scat. . .- • - General end. countersigned by the State ! ~ Now *herd is tc - ease in- point for --the re- Treasitirer, for the sum to he borrowed in , lichen e t i the reader. 'By- a Mae returni pursuance of this,aet; licaring t o nt iliterestt from cite of b e. di s -i r k . . t o f .Montgomery; mot. exceediug five. per cent, per annum, county, (the - Trappe_,). -Mr._, Bell :received', re-'fodnitTabic es afi-!:.said ; which .stock the certificate of election, - and ; although as'' 1-1-113 eeelited..sb....;i be trai?ferable on the - conScionsas he 'could be that Redid_ not re- books -- - ur - thO - Naito'. (letier:l, Or - at the ' .• , -e • ve-a- .- majot_iir of votes;_,:to_6l: the seat and-i lijiii: • of P eruhsilvtruhriThy, tiliej„ownericik., ners &the same, fe a tained - it-for . 7 'Six- weeks:,_ . Up - ''on - Ta - ,-Ifilse ow hit e lier,•or• theiratta:,, -return the_ Whig members ,of Plriladeiphitr; 0.a . ) - ; iiiidr - ho \ - v. - ecklitie.4(l; of the seine shall -.county were _entitled .(i _,j- seats, Yet a - loco , 1 boisstied by, the Auditor Gene.ar and State• foco.mob, not.AVilling AO,, aWai - i• the, peacea- ' Treasurer *to the new .holder or' holders, ' ble -and lawful actiiin of-the Legislature; de f l and it shall be deemed, execoo. o o, el-the lertnined to "settle the matter their way,,and 'Power given ip; this net tier the Crovernor to they.. succeeded. In -the- case _of Brooke. cause the,.said certificates- of stock to - be ' (Whim) no mob . was raised,. no . etteropt .. SOH. ,•• , /; -- . -.. , ; : made. to force matters, although its right Section .3. , So :much of the above lawr-as * to the • seat was even. mitre evident than, in is nedessajyshall be *applied by th e . State. the. case ,o(the Philadelphia members,- but 'T,reastircr to the„fellowing payments; fall - the lawful course pursuedomd_.,the__. peace ing - thie and oayable at the - Treasury on 7 01 ' and dignity of-the ConimenWezdth, (in his -1 before, the first if February;:lB3o-; To the case) maintained. The, public can. ihns payment of interest On permanent, , tempo- judge fairly between*theparties. rary.,___and_treasitry loans ; . topayments — Indimut-Rsgister, MI ing doe uptin, - - - Yaribus. ite- ____ms of- internal ' timid local iniprovetnents under the provis ions of the act of the. 40). April; 1838; to _an_y_. cleficit-in.;_tlie_Lin tem al_impriLtemen t ' fund ; and to such [other-purposes--as-the micessity of 'the treasury may., require to preserve its credit.—llairiOurg Intern- b "ClICer • THE-4IALIFAX CASE . Our rcaders'tvdi retacnther-The-unlaWful conduct Of the, Locofoco constable at thein -spectorls-clectionEin Halifax - township - Dauphin county, whiCh. resulted, a's the i Locolocos Said, in. a'"riot." At the . No venther susions of our Court the Grand Jury. found a bill' against the Constable, who has been tried at the present session, and lined $5O for violating the law, in ad-. -dition-to-which-he-will-have-to-parthe costs, amounting, we believe, to upwaids Of 200 dollars.—Harrisburg Inielligencer. tr - Jr. Gov. • Porter was elected by the I Charter of a bank! • ' Gov. Porter was elected by the party \Odell unjustly assailed Gov. Hinter for in creasing the State debt, and yet -he has . al ready signed abill to increaSe-the - deht ONE 1111iLION OF -,IIOI;LARS !,-.4lill'ilAttrg ligeneer.- 40;427.,218 • 68 !-L--Forty nrilliOnsloz#l handrOd, and twenty-seven thousand two ° *hundred and eighteen '-dollars and .sixty eight the ascertained and estimated amount' of the - expenses.- of -the . Federal ClOvernment for the current year. Is not from - - - deiii:; - ed retrenchment Wheh compared whlfiole -1 appears --, .--- this a . (lite& Eocommentaryupon tlu - i - pronns- • nsti:--It Iments appended to the'Report of the Secre " yen millions, Or Thereabblits the annual [Wry of 'War, .that the:number of men enlist ex- led -into the - IJ.• S: Army - from Oct. Ist, penditnre under what the Tories were ._ 1837,AoSept.30th,-1838,_wai 4,147.- The pleased to denominate the - . ifibiliii te - iiiti . 14 . - ,.. -- -, --- 0,, a-- . - 2 - _, -- entire. force of the Ariny at the last Men:- non - m—i-- 14,- --- 5 - 117 - -tioned-date-wasil6_s_3;_bektgg43B less than extravagant'-!-•administra ants?. ~,, . . : . - was authorised by the law of last 'Session Millions, probably, erellet to _be_ - . add ed i_ for the -, dncrease' of - the - Arniyi'Ot* -- Course [ill ii - liiiiniiib'eraiiiiiii 7 (3B3B) :retliniiiito llngPack who liave.been constituted Sob- be reernitbd. The army, when full, will I Treasitrers in defiance oflaW, and whol t o la '• . I comprise -12,53 0. officers and . men. A i walked.4ffpritb _the Money entrusted . tb :i_mereiihandful_compared_withlthe- standing iarmiereorEuropean nations, but stiffidient. for' onr purpose,- as- in \case:of need, It - . .-may . Ge expanded into a Tarp Army, ,by enlist ments et' drafts from4l4o' ; Militia, which lat ter force arnounts.ollrint 1,300,000 Men,. - - ' Journal of Commerce. ttieii'ke iping ......., ' A bill Iyek been - passed — by — the 7.eptian-: Congress,locating.the'seat:eVgovernment, at some point between .tl:o*Pleity. and Colorado rivers,. above ; the. Solt;-Antonio I I -Nacogdoches, former] the King's Pass, 'when the country was owned by the king of Spain. , :rho com missioners of location are to.b6 elected by the present Congress, limn among its. own members, alloviiing two to the Senate,' and three to the House ocllepresentatives. - .General Minn, who since litt failitre be fore Tampico;. three years • agcii las been living in' New, Orleans or Havana under . hanishinenf,ipas• returned to. Mexico and been recciliecl with much enthusiasm. The invasion of French'itae had the pod' ef fa—or—rdstorifig—matry—to:—libcrty-,--anti-to country, who had been I{oprischied, or ban ished. for political offences. There ie-Ove'- ry iodieation . oftlie Tosio,iratioin of tho federaey: . . . . . . !We insert to-day the Message of Geyer nor 'Porter on the subject of :the State finan- Cps and; nternal improvements: -. The organ 1 oe his.. excollen . dy in. this::, city, -in-its cbro- . - men t: pa_ th OA (mu ment,_annou oe.es:thaLlke... kilministratiod- which . , has just Jetirek,lB:l vulnerable. oti,the score::orliaving ,iSused • the4esetirceS:olltd "St6,lP,.._.sq uanderetl'its: kmeatiS,atid plunged .it into Serious fidibar-, 1 1 -raismeitt: - TNow: this is . a - • v.erserions , charge... AS - a -.bald annoonaement,it gees for nothing. " On the other:l44, weassert, and defy contradietion,-til4(G'thiernor Bit- ' ner not only did,.not emfiarrassthe•State, by 'increaSing - its- . peemapent debt; but that 'it -ean be show,nit ly . Srdiminished :during his. : term.. The:.:firs act:of 06vernor Porter is I) , to, require•AinereaSe of debt of -twelve hundied thotis.and dollars, :Wan interestrnot exceedin/Afe (why, not fo.ur?) :per cent;. and thi act is evictence torsonth of his su- 1 perioiecononly,.. - We have no quarrel with j~trine debt. legitimately and- usefully in ' mined, and not wasted on thieving, yoga -bond partisans; but we hrive yet:to' felthe 1 virtue of the argument ; that _no • augnienta- I tion of_debt at all is inure expensive to the people than-its very decided inefease -- .• DV; Porter affords rho fullowingekcellentaphor isib, directed slyly at. the . administration, which 'has . , made' sueli fearful -strides in economy and reform-as-to diminish the,ex penses of State'from, twelve milionsto forty, 1 being the. most remarkable example of lion , pity - and: - thriftli istory 7 a lairds: :.----•;" ItTs — ffe"- - quently Observed.'-in- the • case of; private individuals, that the , sada' • acquisition. -of I - - wealth is fatally 'injurious to the prudent habits aild.sudden morals of the possessor. • This more emphatically true in the. -case of 1 , -- oVerninentL--corrtiptiotrxrcepsi•in — nnper ,- ' i cowed throuilca thousand - channels, a nd 'eats(ouillie substance of the people before 1 they - are-aware of, its stealthy appeoaeli.' , --. National Gazett e ;:, • AN IM isnnext' Tde. n-in-the Prov; tunes, to another in Bangor, dated. ME FREDERICKTON,IaIf: 92, 1 b:39 A • report.is current in toWlt i that Sir John Colborne . has express orders, should anyfurther attacks . be made On : the Canadian territory, to follow the Vagabonds wherever they may go,. If this is the case, andl do not all doubt it, it will require 'greiit discre tion on the part ofThe Unite States citizens to avolLl a war._ HW oeyer, we shall: con tinue• to wish for peace until war is declar i ed, which I rather fear is nearer than many .Susfiect it is." • behm_ cursed and tormented by a drunkcohitsbeig, told him, at last,-that.if he,cver came home drunk .again, she would throw •herself into the river.: The next Sunday evening h.q came Stein:tering home ; when .after abus ing his wife Soine. time, he retired to . 50. - When he awolte-in-thc:--morning-bi,.s-wife was among the tmissing—had as he and the neighbors thought, - drowned berself.--.• About live yeSis after this afibir had . taken, place, the gentlenian (who had in the moan' time.reforuied,) was appointed to 'a land agencOnilte State 'oflllinois. One -after noon, having . been overtaken by a ,storm, he sought shelter in a house by. the -way' 'Side. ~On ktlocking at the door, judge of his surprise,.to find tlie sammons,enswered by . his own wife;- . --Bangor Post. ' • . • • ‘. .. • U:-5-~1 Select Coirintli keen Defalcaliolis..—.We .le4rn that the Select Committee appointed thellonee nfUepresentative to investigate the •defalcatidtie bf..the late. Collector, of .the port - of NeW - Yerlt4--and tritlik.oflicersi. held a meeting on 'Monday, ntitY elected Mr. Harlan of Itentueky,, Chairman, .and Philip H. Pendall,'Of this „city, Cleric.. Weltare also understood that the Com initten7l)-0c .d,eterinined ,to commence 'their investilkinnian .the city of New Tork,iond • will leave :Washington.. City on Tuesday ._eyening far • .. The Committee are enmposeirifortife — fcil; 'lowing gentlemen : Messrs . . Harlan; Curtis, Wise, Dawson,. Smith; Hopkins; Owens, ~_l'ostor_antL Y:• ..• THE B TISII:SqUADRON •AT '. VERA:: • RIJZ...A : SINGULAR EX , • • . . ''''' : 'PLANATION: '.. ....,;'''''' : . . 8 4 ~ frpo,ttiet,-2,,,ofttdirpF the New rGr eansjitilletin furnishes tie - life infoildatien lierplation. to the-British equadron.. , It. is stated7thaltAiyato'letters - havey:efOlved• the prolilini -- tWt - iiis ,fil:t - ifitielf puzzled - the quidnunes in relation. to the objects 'of the British:. , It appears that Mr.. Packenham, far' from interfering in belialf:of ,the • Mexi cans,' ii about •to join the French - in-Making imperative depahnds of redress for 'spolia-1 Lions edm m itted: on :the • Properi,li of.` Midi& . citizens and other. grievances of a. similar nature.' Tile intpressitM prevails gerierril ly, that if the demands, be not. immediately, arid'sitilifacterily'anSwered; that the fleet of her Majesty wilico-operate with ilieVrench . L blockading sq uOdron • and cecrce, -the Beiiii- I barbarians of Mexico into the l' payment . of: their honest debts. . While ' England and France are thus earticsibi presaiiim theirjust , _claims, .Would it not be advisable - for 'Uncle Sam _to look out for his own, and. come in. for a share of the Plunder, - A . proposition, we titiderstand,• was. matleto .mu EZecntive- Ito join the coalition With. Fsalicc. and Eng!! land, but . was declined. by , the . cabinet at I Washington from a -reiUctalice to• beclne• implicated iii- the politics of Etirobettn sove- . rcignties. The course4iurstied,may i .per haps, gain for us the praise of mOgnaMinity I—the-world--may - laud - this - ilia - pltifitf for'-' befirance towards aaister. .republic; but.upon the Mexicans this extdmrance of brotherly kindness will--he- thrdwn : aivay:-.-Tor-.from . appreciating .tile silence of- our government 1 ,-when.-- other= nations were pressing-their ! claintil,.,they 'mill be disposed to regard it is Ca nairk.of cowardice; and. tints, be stimulated to repeat the. insults and-injtiries that have I so often 'provoked the meekness .of the Amerieati-people. • This-is-the news by way of .New. Orleans. We feel.somewliat inclined to dotibtit, lioviover.—Philci.,,ht-J . qtrzrer. • . . . . TILE I IGEII`NING TE,tAg G RAPII, . . An associatiiiii has been started in - New York and Philadelphia to . establish a line d ElectroMagnefie Telegraph, invented by frefessor • ...111orse„'.betweeti those' two , citieS: :__The - distance the wire is to be laid I:is ono hundred miles: .. The ,association are i to pay _`Professor MorSe • 200 :dollar's %per ' Milei-or_twenty thottsand dollars forthe ex- i 1 -- 61ustve-rigMetween - theAmo,eitiesovlach2 :1 - s• to - be surrendered 16,,the:Unifed_Stltes, if Eiji*, the'presen t l session; .Congres.s . shalt assume the exclusive right_of establishing . 1 the: Telegraph - front . 3vashingtOri - 'l6 New York. The expense of 1444011 e Wires , is estimated at 5 . 20 dollars per mile, amount. 7 - ing. to 52,00 dollars, which, with the_pur-, eliaSo'Of the riglit - ,Willlnake the whole cost 72,000 dollars ;' keeping the -. telegraph in. operation, which will require two mana gers ,at each end, and contingencies, IS -pUt down attlen.thoused •dolthrs - per an t pUni. Professor, McrrAe--estimates the power of -the Telegraph equal to communicating forty r five letters per,miuute,_ Of-324004)er_ day, which at-one cent a•letter-for postage would yield 138,000 doilari per annum, deductitig one hblf the year, or 59,000 dollars, if but oite_foura_the_x;ipacity.ii: camioy ed. _ The_ average number of letters- in the ordinary words- of-the English Legislature', is seven. Thus a telegraphic • communication of ten words would cost seventy cents. A capi tal of 11;000 dollars is to be raised in ,shares of._ $.lOO ; the Work to .be:. cOmmenced next June,. and .completed by December, 1839. The 'route need not he .straight or _level,_and_the_iviremay_follow . the - course of a rail-road,.or diverge' 'without • affecting . the communication.. • • . . 'he followitig 'Pin a g'entlp- . The plan is to communicate electric ,Shocks, 'in- other words,. to set lightning to running an expreis, along the wires, which .are to he so contrived as that the instant the shorLis given_nt_one cad,_ the wires will indicate On;a card rt the other end, the letters- corresponding to, the desired intelli gence.. :The application of the electric fluid, to such .1 purpose is a highly scientific in vention, -and it may be destined to work- great changes:lC the clespaten -gerrec;--Ofeourselt-must—ba—very—inuch wanted,,as the go-ahead- propensities . of the age are already weary of the slOw pro g ress of Locomotives, at .only twenty or thirty miles. an hour, . but the diffienity will be preseriling . the line • of electric comiuunica-- lion -- alohg. the - wires ;.--: - We opine - that - after all the Setnaphoric Telegraphic despatch, brought to such .perfection by bur • worthy toWnStnap, Captain Parker, will be found Intkh more i_practicable and efficient, . than PRIVILEGES OF •THE.SEXES IN The ages Of male and femaleititngland are different for, different purposes. A male at twelve, years old MaY talr:the oath ofilli - ignnWe - ; att - fourteen aryears — o - f - dis- , crethin; and . 'may . consent or disagree to hoosaarclian, _if his ce a testatlient, . discietion be proved, may ta . othis-peysonatestatei,at_;_seventeelii _may. be an iiitecutor ; and ,at twenty-one is at. his own disposal, and may .. alien his lands, goods; arid, chattels. • A female at seven years may be betrothed,. or given' in.:;*ar riage ;. at nine •jo '6,ntired ,to dower at ,tWel ye.- is' y ears- of -- mto rity4 and may, 'consent: or disagree to /marriage, and if prot, ved to have suf4cient discretion, may be queath' her personal ..estate ; at . • fourteen is years_ of legal discretion; and may, choose u,guardian ; at sevOnteen may se executrix; and, at twenty-one ;pay dispose of hers;elf and lied age f in male for ... ifetnale, is twenty-one years, who, till that tinte, is styled" an infant in Jaw. - Scotland agrees with England in this point. =A GLORIOUS TRIUMPH. After'a great struggle in Congress Mr. Wise, has succeeded in. carrying hie,tuotion to appoint - a eontinittec to. investigatti 4 the . frauds and cortutitions or the Adinimstra tioni by ballot. The committee elected aro F. O. :J. Smith, Hotiltins,„lVTartin v --Taylor And Wagner—a majority of which "arc Democratic Whigs :, -I's!orii.tha.llor,tua Past. It of - -ENGIAND-: ~y c~~ froz;2. the PetussYvania SKIM( PULTVIR:E. • ,Oreol 'Keeling of Citizens friendly , to the ttalletice,of 5.1,/kOnt uesday evening, last, in,' compliance with a public call, an 'unusually large number of citizens from the city and adjoining districts assembled in the Hall of the Frankliu Instittite; L _to_express their yiews upon.the Quittiroi. of Silk, and particularly as to its .idaptiiin to the condi : . Lion of the poor lit' this Country, Vie meet- iFig wns organized by calling MATltzw to the chit', and ,appointing Dr. Sarn uetTucker Seeretzry, . . ' Philip Physick, Esq., opened "the - pro ceedings in a. brief and lucid stat Tient, con cluding 'by offering the, following reSolui- , . Resolved]• trlrat lids Meeting torteurS In the resolution pissed by a National Qoavem. tion.:of Silk growers; held at Baltimore; in necembek. last, "that Silk may ho grown, in all the United States, not only for tiotnestie Purposes but as a• .valuable article of corn, mercial expOrf." • ••• • Resolved, That in the opinion of this meeting; - experience has demonstratel_ that the'-soil and (Aiwa te.of Pennsylvania are_ bet! Ain' adapted to raising silk than those ,Oe Italy and... France. • Resolved, That practical information up, 'on the•culture of silk; spread among the cit, izens •of our. State, is - calculated to promote the hitt:rest of every class of Society. • Iteso - ived, That no project has beenistart--, eil of late yeapiin the United States, so well , calculated to ani6lioratc the:condition of the industrions poor, as the •-- - Resolved, That it is expedient to - hold a State - rconvention-inaiwrisburg on tile 2.2 d -of Ecbruary --nex_Oo_form_a S [lac .±6.."ociety. to consider' of, .and - recommend' such nies "sures as in their judgment; wili-b6st eticour , thegro*th of. Silk in every_cinnitir the State, and also to aid the National , ety in procuring and diffitsing important formation throughout the . United States. ißesolVed,- That -the friends of Silk- mil , ' tune . in.everY• parvof the State' areT invited . 1 to-attend the Convention - as mem' bersjbere-j ' 'ReSolVed; 'That . the members of this - . • ...B)Varl Street, Philadelphia. ' Conventidn are reqUested .to devise. some 1 'FIJI undersigned. respectfully ififortns the citizens' plait- whereby Philanthropists may establish of Fi c l ( t i o . k t l . t ‘ t r nt a lt ( t ) ne.T i lt!O cottuties, that-Ito ItatY Mulberry - orchards in the vicinity of our ' f o ttZlit:iiiitt ,- sTriiiit - IFacf;a l t l l r itt ITt r l e t t illt gti"o l f . " In rgti cities:and Villages, for the- -purpose of Country—Protium - . and.reftwctfullitolitits --consign---- stipplyipg mulberry 'pates gratuitottsly -to "'t'" t`^ - . • the worthy indigent inhabitints' thereof. , 1 si, .. i l.: „ l s . s ol a,i , d:ti p, ;( 6, , r ( i . i x ;i i , l , l i. ti i i s e i nir i t . iii i t i nc e e : ; k e r ri vl s 'e t dge . 0 0 f m b o t t i e -: - Resolvel,-.... Th 3 t-the: .Editors_.and_Prib-Lthe hut:m.l4pr Ins customers,llc.,fittiters Itlis n Cif tlitte -113lit.i1. 1 .tite0iigholit. the-StaterWill.---confer 0.- he wilt betill'. to re u ticr f generat sutigitclion. -. pubjiti,-"_beoeijt.hi-Inscrting-ju r their:journills-; -- .- ----- --- L -'gC ° P-W 4TIV; - - r .-Philthl - elpbial,oo - i . ,- 7 1835. _:-_. _ • - .. • , . .---'. the proceedings of this meeting." i .„ . ----'•---- -- An interesting debate .teas held ,upon ..• • • these..-res - oltitions,-"Which elieited . tntich elo-..1 Philip Berlin,. ClianilleTsburg._ E _- (pence and - ability Israel, kills= ? . Davifl illaluin,. sq. . . '"'' - ''Cppen - sburg . .. mini, Holden, Sargent, Comfort, 7 -W: 11.1 .. C-4 C °. IV. Ili's) Esq. - • Whttecar; Kendertoir, - Smithy Wantei; Dr. . .i. Su:al/er r -Esq.., Newville., Mease,..l)r. EntersOn, the Hon . 3. B. Stith- - Gen. ' -B ' 6 ' 7. 4 1exandei. ; ? . .thirlisle: . errand and others, addressed - the intreting-.--fl fr . ; - 131 : 11 ender -8012, -E B q• S- . - Jacob Rupp, E s q,. , , _. The folloiving.resOlutions.-Were-subSequent-= Harrls bp rg . Ty adopted:- -- 7 . . .. , .-i - . 'Geo. 11. Layni , Esq . .. , . ~ -- -Resolv'ed,- , That the Sillt• Journal 7estah: I lisped by the 6onventiOn held - in Baltimore in .December last, and - edited by - ES:Ski - ft..' ner, he and it_ is hereby .. recommended .to' 1 7theTatronage - _ - of_this _meeting, :inn-the - - A... 1 inerieltilpiiblie generally. - ,• - . -• 1 ' •Resolved, That the' delegates inattend- ance at. the Convention to beheld atllarris•;l II AV L''titicttil that large a nd eimitnnli . aini WAIII.: ' -burg-on--the-2,2d:pfLnexi-Month,be. - request= - -tt()LIS M - autPtreteete(toti die - Canal and Raiballoml.,- 2d to procure the passage of a law to. protect below the foot of Chestnut street, Harrisburg, iVhera the Mulberr 'rec. -- -t-theirrrangenicnis are such that they can at all times: y I' ' : . .a "2 - . 1 lbriv . ard produce and merchandize with .prosuptnes!, Resolved, That a . committee, consisting" auditespateti, to the following places, viz: . - of Messrs. Comfort; J. Kinsman, Cleve-,, Philadelphia, Pittsbarg i Colapa- land, )Jr. Mease, anellt. S. Tucker,, be : bia, Baltimore, Carlisle, ,Chambersburg, 'directed to appoint-thirty or more delegates, - '----•, andall , intermediate places. ' _ from the city and- county of Philadelphia, • They have lidely catered into arrangements so as td to attend the Convention to be held at Har- emthle them to send any p r oduce or g oods by' way a : the Pennsylvania Canal and Colanibia Railroad, to -risburg-on-the-22d-of-February next. ' ---- i vtiittatelpilia - , --- at.-itio - samo - prices - eilurgeti - by - ouict - Resolved ; •That the proceedings _of this companies running' on the Union Annuli, thus Wining ; Meeting be published :in all the daily papers three slays in time, and delivering goods iti - Broad . • in thts eft • street, avoiding the usual expensedf liaiding from Ott y• , . . . • ' pl Schuylkill. MATIIEW CARE', Chaim - lap. :, THEY WILL PURCHASE Grain, Floitt'l am/ S, TUCKER, Secretary. : - . c ountry produce of every description, and keep con- , - Lindy on hand. coal, plaster; fists and salt for bale.. ' , 1. April 2, 1838.— t1: ' 18., 'Fn M-tintrisit-Ft.EzT.—ln-reterence 'to , L.,... .-...___ ! , • the objects of the. British fleet which has; : ' FOR &ILE. . I' • • appeared at Vera Cruz, the Louiisanian of TWO FARMS, adjoining each other, one con- , the 19th says,-..: - , - •• • • 1 taining One Hundred and - Eighty Xeres, and the • "It is ascertained that the greatest harms' otht-r. One Hun-dirt and Sixty Acres, of first glillity , Limestone Land, in tt good state ol cultivation. 'I hese. -InOtlyeXig . P4 - b.elW-cee--/he.-Englisit aml_fatms Are:situated on thel.Lidart Sprig, : in_ Sends French squadrons, and fat from attempting Middleton townshipXumberland county, about l to lilt der - t.l -- Frenclt from obt - Taintug otitis- •milos-south-of-corimie,-mod-lyiulin luot_of two first___ ercluint nails on the said spring. • The int. , faction from -the Mexicans, .the 'English -a. „m ing. nica ,,• a „-k ~.. . • .•• .fleet•and-the diplomatic agents of England:. - , • • STONE HO-USE, ..,..v. were striving to obviate the Objections' of ' ...,Ac - i - 34 - ir • • • • • - ' ' . I wr uu i thellexleari government to render ••justice'l W.; ? ...... LI: eS. . • $ . 7:0N4 BSBN, to. the 'demands of Fratice.• We have rea-; ,- , -;.. - 4-_- - -•""" ';4?ZZ- witkother Ueees4ary buildings. . . • SOH to expect that the ruptureThetweeni.ithe. l- 4-ftiter(i lad . i _, • __ur _e_tipt on is thItICCCBS(III - ,lls,purcha4cel• • two last named'powers•will be spedily' and : wilt vie* papr . einiatis . antl,judge for themselves.. • . - amicably arranged" . - • • An indisputable tide will intgiven. Fer terms ap. , pry to the subseriber in Carlisle, Pots, • ANDREm •HOI.MES. • August 28,1,11.98.-d. - - • .. THE FRENCH .OF' .VERA 4.014. 031 N't,.Xliemiet*oTtiv ' e4_ . at N ew Orleans on the - 17th from Vera Criii i imeen board - 106 %French passengers, late' rest tof tha eitS : She sailed - on- the 4th instant, when an-English squadron, con- , sisting of two ships of the line, four frigates, and corvettes and brigs were lying at-. Vera Cruz-and - Sacrificios.; " • . Two VissEts Los.r.'-A letter of the 4fit instant, from Vera Cruz, statekthat n Span 'sfirshipand--blig-frort‘t_Havana, had arrived -aita-were_ordered_out...o.f.. way to Saczificios they-got ashore and were lost. Several Vessels : from New: Orleans , had arrived; at. Saerificios there were 141. English, vessels of war at anchor, and the English and French admings were said to Inien the _best' of *term's.' It Was - feared 'that, the vessels-from New Orleans anci Havana, at Vera Cruz,: woud be under -the 'necessity of returning, as they Were 'not' permitted to land their carves either - by the Mexican- authorities, or -t to French, Whole._country is 'represen ,ted as id 1k...Ny.0k The correspondont of the National Gaz ette from IlarrisbUrg tvrites'aS follow-,- -- pecting the. proscriptions of .the new. °over:- tuir:4"Mr..Porter. refOrining the offmors herb as fast as they . , fall into his s hands —he shows.do_mereyallAm incunibenis, froht the to the sweepers of ihatribefs are turned adrift: James POrterofEaston, the brother- of the Goiernor,--And -a -lath COOtOrt tO democracy, is pasta of..ceierno iries„7.-Ite-distributereirecutivelavors upon whorn , he will, and' 'withholds them from all Who do not 'corao up his pbtichui of 0111 Craig, Relicts, and ellitricin GENERAL. COMMISSION:I.4I3[D . . . . nr.40.1... • 644 . 7 .,. . ' wr..,;,•'; 0- , 0 il, ... 11,.." .. , ' . . FORWARDING MERCHANTS, , • xoe. 3 El 4 Catty:id Block, Broad St. Philddelphial Arelirupwrcelvtrnd - efrect - salbs of any Pro- - duce, Provisidas or Merchandise which may be en- trusted to theii.' Liberal Advances will be. Made, when :required, until - sales - are'efiecteil, -All . gciods to be foi7arded by Rail Road-or Canal, destined IVest, will receive ,prompt attention. ( - Robert Fleming, - .Catherwood & Craig, S'ailuel.SMYth, Philadelhid, • ' Wm. 8. Thompson & Co.. p , • Johnston & Tiagley, Sairi4l.olsiiltm, • . . J. Lo ' nn Smith - Esq. Mitt der, • • isankat gliamber4 , burg; 'Xiiig & Bolmes, .. .Kings; Higby St Anderson, Pittabfirg., 'lllaeshane . • Atwood, Joittvi & Co, . - Edward 0, Fail..& Co. • Sterl Mg, Wade & Beebe, Samuel & Co. • William Crooke el Co. Produce lett at.the Warelualses of Henry' s,Carliale:,Owen Ilareiabneg i or Eys , Litz tx Co., Cliainheratnitt, for us, plain -receive ,t attention. adelphia, Dec. 10, 1.838,..--Gm.. ' . ithond ter, H promp Phil Por Nw.a,rding* Coimmiliskon Ar 4k t• Zia* O faA fila r 91a.- t 1 0 0 U 9 .Iffurrety a 5• Aleutian,' Cumberland-County,•have lately erected. it Ware House ortae. ._•__ . '-'RAIL ROAD, • .1t: the West mid of High, 'Street, directly Opposite' Dithinvon College, :arra they,/ can at times Re ,andForward Merchandize.and Produce iicale4iliia„ChaniUmsburg,442,cLalt_. iaterniediate" places. ' • . • • N. W. They prtrchase - ' Grain, - Flour; anall' _inf_eotattry:_Produce, wed keey.constantly_on hand and - or vale Coa 1; Plaster and Salt. • • PRODUCE & COMMISSION Orieutr- Pr'T EVit: 4 3 1 / - .P_ WELFILMeaS2O - Forivartlio r g : tetta Commission K,=^Vl F>7 NWI2IIIVIZMIt6 1010TICE.- ' The sitlmeri6er residing in Monroe township, that- `iiig taken Letters of administration on - the estate ofEve Wolf late of said [Wit - ship deed., hereby givei notice to all -persons who know themselvesindelded to the' estate of said dee'd. to canto forward and make pays molt, and all thoae.whdhave claims against said Es tate will present them to the subscriber duly nuthen.- :heated— JOHN - WESTFALL, Atlmr. Atonroe townshiN.Deo. 25 18138.--b, .~. Vr-L00MISI! . • . IIN'rEXDS pprminently hi Carlisle, and'. _LAvonttl respectfully "offer his professional services to the citizens ofthe place and vfmnity..• , • Be has taken rooms at Colotiel Ferree's Hotels where fie - may be found at all-how-a.. Pertmarcquesting willhe waited spon . at their' residences. - , • • n.-Giorior. D. FOULRE,- - Ha. TREODORB REv..Tims. C. THOINTON. r. . ' Da. DAVID MAnON. - I'OZ'IIJ TS herebygiven that letters testamentary on tile. Il estate of William Carothers, deceased } late of WestPennsborougli township, - Cumberland cauntY;; have this day been issued Inth___ . .torm.oflaWtothe sub-4 scriber whoa .tisidet - in7the :township, aforesaid; alh lumsous haVing claims or deMandi against the estatd. of the said deceased, ure - iiimested. to make' linovhr 41M same without delayondthoseindebted to said es-; tate ;will present lhew claini! - properly, authenticated _for settlemeat:. • • • :CEOft.GEI - IEIKES, Executor:- , . , • Decanter' f 2, - • • : NOTICE. . • • grit 'RS of administpation on the estate:4AM" i e l afortyoz, dec'd,late,of trankford lownshiN• tittilug ilistled to the inhseriber'residl4l.in'Ytankford -t o W ns hipvall.peiiimelitaiing.ehtimsmgamstsald_estatd ' will present them 'for. sertlement o .and those indebted will make payment immediately to • NANCY MOIJNTZ hiituuy - . El NE