MI P®LITICA.L. Front the Eastott NV hig . . F4:ets lo r the. Peopie—Corivel .• . 4 .4tagenanent: , ,At the last session of the Leg,'filature, to wit:•on the 15th. of iNiarch, a resoltitiori wasxassed by the House of Representa tives, calling upon the canal commissioners to furnish the.llouse with the "number or names Of all the principal rind assistant En - gineers, &c., in the employ, of this state„ ;together with the salaries.or compensation,' alto-tired-to-ea • . To this call no answer was given until • ..the 17th -of April,- More than one month .thareafter,:and then the conimissioners fur nished the rewired statement .. (Stie Ist vol. of "the Journal of the House of Representa tives, page 868, and 2d vol., page 746) which shows ; hoW the people of tlic state • are plundered. We give book and page so .that. our readers may. examine. for thee- - selves, an6' challenge contradiction. The , - . lst •Volime'containsthe Resolutions, and • --,:.-the-2d the-Report of-- the -Commissioners; as follows in the aggregato.• . 6 Principal tingineers at V.t.,506 • . per annuinV • $15'4000 • • 17- Principal assistant Enginbers at $.4 perthy;. 6 Inspectors of.Mcchanical work , and-Draftsmen at F.:3 perdav, 8 sob-assistant engineers at $2 . • 60'per tlay; • • 15 sub-assistant engineers at $2 - -per day, • • 10 Silty Four Thon§and Six Utindred and Forty Dollars annually, to be paid by the people of 56 counties,-to pay engineers and Inspectors of-•mechanical a perfect outrage upon all propriety and justice? Can it be justified in tie' name of democracy or any thing else? Is it a won r-der that the people begin to talk about' re-. fusing to - P4 their state tax?- We z3aw the labovestatement made in the papers at the time, brit could .11artlr5 lie led to lit:Hi:lie—it _.- 'eorrect untn we examined the ourna , and ;;Alle,-.startern.ent,:ftirnisifettir.bv4ll6-Ira-nal.rrom.. pitrge -- 740 . 0f - tlyeTtirivol aliove to, bpi Year fin 1 tinii.,.//4drery , ter, one_of the 'family,' (whoa slmr(tinie' ..ago was a lad at citir , TE4sll - iv anti looked • • more like: , a.Shesnot street' dandy than Anechank,) is insp . ector of quchanic«l work tilt the' Et'inqi-ktension, I.- three dollars ai4 George R. Nilo w ey - "inspeetptpf • . timber" on - the Delaware. Division, at X 2.50 dpi r, day: -There was alsiiiiiinslientor•-•i mechanical work on the Delaware.. during most part of the.surn mar: Besides, 'ngineers havc" 7 been upon - the Dci Division during the most.part of the ••• summer whose names p are ''hots in the list furnished -by the, canal cominissioners.— They were appointed and.sent on the line immediately after the list was furnished to the Legislature. Messrs. Sheets', 'Shop', Huston,•Jarret, Course and. Abel: It is - ...hardly necessary for us to acid that an - in spector of mechanical - •work or timber is altogether unnecessary, and is an office created for the purpose of providinrr 11,11.1 v - anu partizans Of the present Executive; It is the, busi ness of Superintendents and Engineers to see that Ore work is.•properly done. • If Ilavid R. Porter - takes such good care of ."his relatives the first term, what will he do should he be re-elected ? and who will he Governor for this • part of the slate? and What kind of an aristocracy will we have 4 among us ? From every part of the state we shear complaints itaregard to the mismanagement Hof the canals. . Every line of.improvement seems tolie crowded with officers a'nd.coo tractors,.and no part is witliout some rela tive of the Governor or, canal commissibn ers otting a part of thikplunder, either by holding an unnecessary Office or getting fat jobs. James M. Porter was one of the contractors for the•dam at the Month of the Lehigh, which will cost the state (extras incinded) near $40,000; and Air. - [fumes, of Lancaster, another member of the "fa mily," one of the contractors for the Ba sin at the'same, place. So large a Sob as that could 'not be let without taking in one of the members of the, family to share' the • profits. • - We make the foregoing statement not the purpose. of, influencing party' in and hack politicians; or those who li - Old'offie'e on the canals ; but for the purpose of show ing the people, law pa.V, the absolute. ne cessity. of staying the hand of plunder, and turning out of office the men who.arc thus eating out their substance. Suite. writing the above, we have has informed that another'large breach has oc curred in the canal at New Hope, which will stop the navigation for weeks, and cost the state ,thousands 'of dollars. This is the third breach, during the present season, at the same.place; the two last have happened according to the opinion of . all judicious • men, by the negligence and-,tiant of capa city upon the, part of William •'l'. Thigers, the Supervisor.., Heretofore the act of Pro vidence line been urged as an excuse, but' now no excuse Can he given.• We refrain . further from comment—it is unnecessary. • The people .about Mauch Chunk, in fact all interested in the coal trade and,the na :Tigatioit otthis, canal; will feelpost.deeply • 'and should make the proper inquiries, and in truth apply the , proper corrective. BANKRUPT BILL. tiome persone recently wrote a letter to the , editors , of the National Intelligencer, expressing a strong hope tliatthe tittle for ti_M_OPPep:tion_efthe'Bankrupt: Law would be changed to 'some earlier day, that its hen efita may tie the sooner felt. The editors .pasiitd this,bill, from - Who - se reply-we take the:Clos,ing paragrapb.—pr. S. .Gaz. bet your torreSpcindent 'then be conte nt,. tetlhe'"oppreseed debtors , of our land pos- Ceps their soels,in.pAtienee• Let them hail this result, •ae. to them, the: most gloriouS , of the triumphs'e 1 840.' , -A, few of our 6p ponents aided Manfully in' this accomplish fOr weator' Woe, the measure is essentially Its blessincrs' will , ex ' tetor.the'hOineeind heirts inlthousands , when all -of:her, measures,_.without .this, cauld.kaire afforded no rdlief. Not o'ncV will„the stron,g4nen of intellect and enter prise rise up disenthralled from the burdens and bondage which sunk him s the'earth, but the oppressed . •spirit of weaker woman shall be consoled, and ° her virtue shielded,' and the`cheerless pry spec' help lessness shall brighten under the vivifying energies of this law.: Touched by its in spiring .A.'and, industry will startup with a new impulse; the State and 'society will have reclaimed the citizen to liis usefulness, And morality shall be promoted by dispcn with the tempting, no.esities for dishon• • A— est evmcIAITI-rt• With' the law, their' as it is, I am grate fully- content. And I' ho} :dully . commend to mil. "debort constituents to abido With submission the spefetly approach of the•day of their deliveranoe. - lIVNDERSON. CourtnoEl The correspondent of 'one of the very best papers sops!) of the • Poto mac, the Richmond Whig, thus . writcs: . " rile Veto has by no means disheaken- . 1 ed .the . IV (140.. -Li e .gallant soldiers they, .go_not,surremler—beeause=they : -have--thatH With a repulse, but . gallantly stand -to..their." Inns, shoulder to shoulder, ready-for-a mit h; f r 'Trial'. They respect the conscientioit3 scruples of the President,' and will not de- Timor° him because he has differed from them-in opinions: They believe that he is hon6t though in error; and they will bring fuward a new bill in. conformity witbthe viewS expressed by die PreSident in las veto ,Message. It will be a Bank with a eapital„ of twenty-one :millions, issuing, its oWn notes, and dealing exclusively nt ,chanr, ges ; and - Without the faculty of discOunting _protnikery notes. Jt will leave . the to of -accommodations , flo will consist '6l a Ceiitrat Rdflk in Washing-1- .1611, with atfencie:i 'wherever the fiscal con cerns oPthe clovernment_requiro them. , Able fintniciWri think a , simple :machine.! like this will-ansWer, and the Wilts ; from respect to.the President's views. are wilt itig make. an ex peri dIP 11 It4S .generally. believed that 'die -President, having reemm a a'r..:'t:alit'Ortql . f it; hut ,otlierss ri!iir'lll l ,Bl ; tlfe" . 6l//4 : 4 .poiq7 l - Kitchen ieabal" itifinence•-• . -will be- exerted- to• prevent.the—President •rrorrt any sort of a .Bank bill.. I I can bartfly-think:so--4C will be an: ugly bUsitiess if he deos,' . as such an eventW.9old . strengthenlver . ti 'ntleriafly-the suspicion of ' influence_ • ' • 21,820 6,570 7,300 104905 ! Treachery of th6:lotitleirs focoism,.—the Public Lands and caw State Debt.: • • The St:lto:debt of Pennsylvania is now FORTY-ONE MLLLIONS SIX -HUN DRED THOUSAND DOLLARS, If a tax should be laid sufficient to pay it off,. it would amountto about TWENTY-FOUR DOLLARS for every - man n;onzan and child. •in this .Coninionwealth, and'fnore than ONE HUNDR=ED AND yWEN DOLLARS.for every •tax payer in the Conzmonwealth Itere. then. is s _ Man's estate of one hundred and _twenty dollars, for a debt in eurred 1w the corrupt and dishonest rulers of this State. Yet, not withstanding this alarming fact, every lecoloco-representative in Congress from this Sta te, voted against a bill which would . not only the inter est on this enormous debt, but in a short time, pay oft the debt itself ! The Bill to distribute the proceeds of the Public Lands, for which Pennsylvania poured out her best blooll in the R,evolutionary and.lndiati wars, among the people pf the several States, to whom they belong, did 'not reeeive the'vote of a single loco- loco ! Will the peOple of -- OW State sustain; men who thus betray their interest ? When the hardworking and indn9rions--farmer or, trader,--or -me— chanic is calleitto pay an hundred and fif ty or two hundred dollars on property that he has toiled.a whole life to accumulate, let .him remember that if the friends of David R.- Porter .had' voted .to distribute the proceeds of the public lands amongtheln as they ought to 'have done years ago, they 'writild not now hive to pay a dollar of tax, the state would' have been out of deal -,—Harrisburg Chronicle. • Locafocoi,lraWastratecl:—Some of the COrpOration contractors in the cily of New . Virk, played off a characteristic trick upon the laborers in their employ a day or two since. Knowing that -the - Union Bank of Montreal was on the eve of an explosion, these conscientious friends of the poor man. paid off their hands on Tuesday evening last in the notes of this bank. • The next morning- the bank suspended ,payment. !rho Journal of Commerce, speaking of the transaction, says that it was known on Tuesday morning, if:not before, {hat M. Comstock,. of. Troy, who was known to be the chief supporter of the circulation, had failed, and no doubt was felt that the failure of this bank would immediately fol-. low. Yet these Locoftico contractor, a ware of the worthlessness of.the bills of the Union Bank, palmed thew off upon the poor laborers in their employ as good mo ney. 'Nice friends of a "constitutional currency" these- are ! - - Yet such is Van Burenisrn every where.—s2lbcory . Daily 3dverttser. .Canol_Commrssioners.—At th e last ses; , skin of the Legislature, a bill was passed providing for the appointment of • canal' &Ann - 0851060s _by IlielExecutiVe r and the, two branches of the Legislature. - This ) bill was vetoed by. Governor Porter." rit .the veto message, - .the Governor • stated, that he would . approVnof -a bill providing , 'for the . election, of canal commissioners by tlo people:. h . a bill, was passed, which. .his.,E.xcellency -has' now In, hid brenblies ,ppcket, and. Which he has not signed: 'l'b'is want of good faith and common ,honclisjy, this wanton "disiegarifots,tiolemn preiniee. given, is ad of - t pt l,g,tas it ie in perfect keeping - with the proiligate' - .o)prscr.wt!ich has Marked qoverntir - Porteek ' life. Re eleet this : Maw r :and -yen ...elect the • I ;•.,?resent. Board of Canat Colmninioners, Who\ Itatte s r‘rnefully 'Squandered the . public treAlre fs••• :13*.--cot4iti.tr. for politiont purposes, ; and have almost Inade a wreck of the internal imprnvenents of. Peonsylvania.Pottsville..lournal.. "DELA WARE COUNTY. . The. last Delaware County Republican Contains the proceedings of the county con vention which met on the 12th, for, the purpose 'of nominating a ticket. :The ad dress and resolutions are ably fl rawn, and present facts'lluit are well ' calculated . to a waken the people to the importance oldie. approachind . election: AmOng the:resolu lions is the- b followino-_, - Regolved,' That we ,opptise °the re-ylec -tion-ol_Dasid_ll, Porter, because we can not and will riot recognize .in 7.Governor Porter the right to pardon culprits before. trial, and we condemn theloo frequent ex ercise of the pardoning pOwer as cieinpli fied in the case. of, David . R. Porter, who in the short-space of two years and a half has pardoned (according toiocofeco show ing) one hundred thirty-eightcriminals; hut . .iti accordance with the truth, no ddirbt thelitumber'ef criminals_Pardoned by the. GoVernor doubles that number. Nye feel most -sensibly that:this Pardonin6' Tower has-Tnot--been-discreetlyi-or - proper b l3- - exer cised, and can and do instance the case of a •wicked,. deprived . and -.Convicted felon, with.. was guilty of atteorpting the life of an esikable, citizen of this county by shoot ing at him, at the same time being engaged in the commission of- a burglary, who, was pirdoned aldost iinrircdiately after convic- . Oen . by. Governor Porter, and sot at liberty to.enacithe same crime over again, or com mit any:further 'depredation 'won the pub lic that his depraVed heart might connsel.. '1 'he orDelaware counts' rein'ember this 'act of Governor Porter, and will at the polls"shOW their ()Carty. condemnation of ,s"uch-cendect. , . A BOLD ADMISSION The Erie Gazelle. holds _the, following language:—",.The reckleis expenditure of the public money by the canal commission-, trs and their superinlendents, and the spec ;Ohitnin hi.state'llinds,'lgifie'become so . , Ma • R,ifPak-t9- - O,P.7TPeP.PLez- - * 41 ii.9 11 4=-1)) MileiiinllPOT4eo464FAt _the fitetS.eliiitetlA n-th inVes- - tigating conimittee, , ns - seareely ta - atimit-Yd' -. cavil by the Most devoted friends of ,ti; adrninistration;. - is - true,- lend a sickly defence: When' goaded to if by their Obligations. to the party—while others ' snot risk their veracity:bgainst 'facts so ap- . parent and irreSigtible. • • cotreg .- ion - dent the- - Philadelphia Spirit _of:the Times; :writing . from, Erie, under date of July• 3, 184 gives- vent to the convictions olhis Anhui on this subject, freitt which' we giVe an extract below.— 'The Spirit of .ihe Ti - mcs is the organ of the' radical' locofocos of • Philadelphia, and its Erie .correspondent, of whose identity we , have a pretty' correct idea, is a prothinent member of the party here. His language shows not. only . his own conviction, but 'May be taken as the opinion of nine-tenths of the party.. It will be Veen:that he ..tett firnis a charge that we have more than once laid against Superintendent Mitche l l 11i., to ,;, _r. ..••••• Intniey give 1111 to pay off the contractors, at a preminmfor western'trash which he pays.out at par.— But to the extract. •It is as follows : " By the way, the charges against the canal commissioners, of abuses upon this work, ilthough.raked,up for party purposes .altogetlver,:are,./fe«r, but' too true. There is a great dissatisfaction 'here on account o those malversatious. •The people know that more corruption and favoritism has been practised than what has seen,-he light, and consequently many honest men become thoroughly disgusted. Mr. Mitchell, the Superintendent; comes in founo inconsid erable share of animadversion. lie is charged with giving oht contracts at extra vagantprices to his particular friends, for 'the purpose of 'receiving a part - of the pro fits. It is, also said, that he sells the good money given , him' to pay off the contrac tors, for a premium ; receives depreciated' trash-in exchange,, pays it off. to the Con traCtors at . par, and pockets the difference, with- the benevolent design, doubtless, of rewarding himself_ for _the faithful manner ,in -which be Citeuds to the interests of the public. - These ieptirts and many others. of a like character, are rife in this section of the state, and with , : my_ opportunities- of judgirig, I am inclined to, think there is 'much more truth than poetry in them. At all events, I hope the next Legislature-will probe' their affairs to the bottom• in good faith,• vindicate' the innocent, - and visit 'prompt runishmerit upon -the guilty,no matter how -high - in office or powerful in corrupt influence they may be. Eighteen Titatehintn;—We were some= • what surprised' last night by a visit of • 18 watchmen, who had just been discharged from their comparatively insignificant °Mee by, the corporation, and avowedly only be cause they were Wino. They asked- us, under thele circilmstances, if we 'could not give them employ as . carriers. We, pub licly state this occurrence for the informe r tion• of members of Congress, who on a recent occasion complained so loudly of the removal ortocofocOefroM office. • These removals of nviedlimen, it ought also : to be knowt . Ore not confined to the above eigh teen, but extend to the whole watch of-the city pr New . York. Whilst wri . ticg, we pre called upon -by the :watchmen of the second district,, 'from which' every Whig has also been dismissed.—N,ll. THE. STATE DEBTS. • • - - The following is . stated to be the present debtOrs.onteOf, the states,:..i., , Peimaylvania, $40,000,000 New York, " • 27,000,000 Louisiana, 23,000,000 Indiana, 15,000,000 . . Maryland, • ' ' 15,000,000 .•• :'• 14,000,000 • Illinois; T. ; 1 3 )000,006, Missiesippb- ' - 12,000,000 . Alahnefa i A.• , - • • 11,000,000 .The stales:Ot,Vermont, N. Hampshire; Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Jersey, Delaware and North Careltna, are without a state debt: . . 1 0 r t - i • . I at t'a:'. - .4 . 3t . b .51fde-v-p-oi!ivi,it. the . Roston Eritra.] of the. Brietaainipt. Arrio 1,713 LATER FROM ENGLAND FIFTEEN Thee ste4ter. Brit:min, Capt. Cleland, arrived• at Eist Boston, on Friday morning at 4 o'clocl4'having left Liverpool on the 19th uh.' icibel brought. 120 passenger's to i / l. Halifax—larded l 2 there and brought' the remainder 1 this port. • . The new: larliarient was to have assem bled on the day thd Britannia left., .• .' We are in:forme) by tire papers, that the - Queen--was—desirdis, of ,immi,ing L tite new Parliament in perioti,..but that, on account of her• Majesty's l'resent delicate 'condition any undertaking itrolving•anxiety or fatigue might prove. injtrious:• Th. LcilOck had had interposed hi; vete, and it would be openeitby comrasion. M. C. Shaw Le fever,,the present Speaker would .probably be re-elected. -' part. of Great Bitain, that a shortness oft the crops would le-the consequence of thei -eontintied .Wet --- ard — cold - we - 411er. 'Fri - des of grain were'risna, and the-d istr - ess 'among, the poor. was bedmring unusually severe. 'The coonnertial intelligence is very glooMY. The* , London Sun .of the 17th, represents trade in a deplorably distressed' state in.all parts of the country. in.Nlah cliester„ Leeds, 'ldiot!, Bradbury', Paisley; and GlaSgow, tie 'sutTerings of the , poor thrown out of enploYmetit werd .truly de plorable. • The London Iferald of .August .contains the- fdlowing _paragraph, which; if true, may be considered important " FIFTEEN 5,415 OF WAR: ORDERED TO WITE It C --'1111 7 6 - 61IJI"flOO Yirsle - rd fty• it was . - contidently,asserfed in the' tY, 1.3 3' infoluedrand most respecta ble merchants, thin five ships of war bad been ordered to proceed immediately ,to the coast- of the States, and that•they, were to:be joined' by' ten o.theryessels - of Lei; Miljesty'S.nirY-from foreigu„stations. litrtnirrienviiMW.iiinteltOtWOOnn.7l,7:wittd :added, , Vs'icY•reecive:Mr..../i 7 oX f shoidif.the -refusal - of • the.- reneWbd. cleniand for the which it is said - he is initrueted .to' ;make; of- Mr,:MeLtod,' . compel the British representative to withdraw from NVaShing- ' ton, "and _afterwards to adopt such:lir:4e proceedings as maybe deetnedindispensa ble for•the Vindiemicm of the lionor_ollthc_ British Crown, which baslieen so wilfully And . wantonly attacked by thq At*rican people and government in the person of its subject—Alexander - McLeod. '.'We have stated the rumor,. which we believe proceed 'ed from no interested or prejudiced sourca,c, In thus . giving-it publicity, ho;Vever.proba ble we may think it, we add no vottcherfor its absolute truth."._ • . • • -" • News from China was received in, .Lon- don on the .- 18th Aiti_us.t., up to the 27th of, A Pril, a'month latel , than had been-previous ly received. It did not receive full credit, and was looked upon by some parties'as_a whroh. , - ~..„ ot-no consequenco to our readers, es we have already received by the Williain Pre. : ble and other ships direct from China, lelligence sever:ll,days later. The steamer Caledonia arrived at Liver- Pool'on the morning, of the hth Atigust, making the passage from Halifax in 9 days ;laid 23 hours. Cot. Cliaik , ; - late - Clraraelle - Affairs—of the - United States at St, Petersb.vrgh,'and Benj. Rush, Esq., SeNTtary of •Le,gation at the Court of St. James, sailed from Liverpool in the Susquehanna, for ,Philadelphia,...on. the 10th of August. , . The American Nhmster.transacted busi ness at the . foreign Alex on the 17th of August. Anti-Corn LaW Conference of the Ministers - of Iteligilin was .cOmMenced -- at Manchester August 17th. Upwards of 600 ministers were. present. , A peerage has been conferred on the Earl's of Stair, Belfast and Kenmore; on Sir Richard 11. Vivian and Sir Henry B. Parnell. . Lords Segrave and Barham have been raised to the dignity` of Earls. An old establiShed house at Liverpool, in the American trade, lias suspended pay ment-I—their debts amount to X 50,000. The Queen has appointed William Allen, Esq., President of the Royal Scottish Academy, her Majesty's Limner for Scot lano', vacant ,by the death. of Sir David W ilkie. 1 The Queen has, appointed Sir Henry Pettinger, Bart., to Chief Superintendent of British trade in China. ' Shocks,•of an earthquake have been felt in different plirts of Scotland. Vie Durham Chronicle gives an afflict! , ing alcount of an explosion by -fire damp in Thornley colliery, by Which ten: lives were lost, an& ssveral 'persons dreadfully • • - - injured. it is said that Charles Kemblo is about to return to the stage, in consequence of pecuniary circumstances. FRANCE. There is very little 'intelligence from France. The. Sentinelle del' dlrmee says, Rumors of a Olive:bat:tire - are in circula thin in our military saloons. After having excited, by a measureohe ambition of our army by untimely organizations, the war department is now contemplating to sup press two comOnies in each battallion, which in the 100`, regiments would put out of active service•6oocapiaini and'6oo-lieu tenanta. - . . The trouble6.at Toulouse are at an end ; but considerable--idxCiternent prev'ails in Paris, from disturbances in other towns.' • The Paris papers speak in gloomy terms of ,tho harvest. ; h The trial of :Lafarge, tit' Tulle, For the . robbery Of Madame Leotand 7 s . dinlondeltae. resulted in a sentence for'life, but. nd was .already undergoieg'that • r inmislinient for the murder :of :her! hupaad,, the; last senteace was of Courstiniergeilitt the.4rst: :-..-There were a .series 'Of- siilcind id , fetes at - Boulogne the'•whole of 'the - week - ending the 14th• July,in honor of the in auguration,-of .the • Statim Natioleon: TheMeands of persons ; : leit Londo'nr - •and'; Paris to attend them. • ••• . • .•' .Affairs in Aigiers remain in ,nearly the same - state as list reported. - - - SPAIN The official Gazette of Madrid publishes the manifesto of the:Regent, the protest and the letter of the Queen Mother, and , a de-, cree. or partial disbandment of the royal. guard. The body guard; two regiments of fi,ot, two of cavalry, the artillery, and the militia of the guard, are disbanded. It is reported that a revolution-is prepar ingSpai,n '; that, three Spanish generals of Christina's . party . had lately left• Paris for the frontier ; and that a movement is to be attempted in Catalonia. . ITALY . RIOTS' Rom4--A horrible turtialt with great less of life, took place at Rothe on the 20th Jitly..• An exceuMn is 'an unusu al thing in that city. Three criminals, of the name of Ritcozzi, were executed on that' day; heing.a man and hiS Sister, and their nephew. They had got into the house of a rich watchmaker, of the Piazza Co -lonna, and bad murdered his wife and daughter and. then robbecithe house.' The tumult was caused by premeditated design to create ariot; in the midst of which, rob 'hers might - reap a rich_hatvest.• .An mmense concourse of personshas,assem-• bled and tumult:Coin.- menced. The,troops tired upon the rioters, killing 12 and Woundihg.2oo slightly, and 50 a•eVerety. More than .300 had been arrested. .": . • GERMANY The Frankfort Jonrnal announces the the.failure of the principal. banking .house in .Potts)atn. A considur . able rise - in the price of witeat•took placefi't Daiitzic oti the 2il inst.' The Hamhorgh Correspondent slates that „several—person—of- the_ wo rking_classes _Mt Unilever- have just been found guilty of dis persing a seditious proclathation, belieded to have been sent from France, .and of lie, longing-to secret societies; the head_quar, tees of which are at Paris. They had been sentencedto various. terms of imprisonment. •• AUSTRIA. ~: 2 -5411111 1f ccP.4111,1400-Y,at,P4=-41 rcotisequ'enee of bankruptcies Pesth,,Veniderand grague.- . ..'laiousands of worliMen aie'Without Work,. because the aids 'of .the establishibenti .which einplOyed them find- it impossible to pay theui,- in coneequence ot . the financial crisis-of .Vien . na•letter mentions that the Baron CleyMuller had left that. •Messrs Schnkler; Of Berlin' and another house in. that capital, are sufferers by the failureof Messrs: Geyrouller.„ The Prince ignacis• stated tar li , avelost Cy, the.same.r.un, fortunate -occurrence; • and Madame Pasta has also lost nearly all - her fortune. RUSSIA, It. is announced that the Em.pe-rorNich _ ohs_ was disposed to re-esablish- the King dom of Poland, , as con s tituted in 1816, provided the peace of thet country contin ued, undisturbed, as during the last.eight ..... .. lott LO Warsaw to take himself the initiative 'of that measure, which had been recommen ded by Prince PaskieWich. bin. was oppo sed by a strong party in • the imperial cab inet. TURKEY, EGYPT, SYRIA. &c The arrivals in London on the 18th ult., _of tlelevpnt_M;dl.,....brings...us—dates-frour Beyrout, 16th of J.nly,, (but the neeetints ‘ are unimiCortmit) from Alexandria, the 28th; Constantinople,, 27th; Smyrna, 3Ott, &c. Accounts from :Alexandria locution that Whemet"Ali was norabaltdg liis armament and military precaution. He had set on foot an - -active' impressment for forcing the fellahs to 'labor in his shitlikS. ThciGyeelt Courier says that 5000 Bul garian families have retired into Servia With : their flocks. • The capitation tax. waT• still levied throughout Egypt with the utmost rigor. The persecution of the peasants belong ing to the villages lately allotted to Ibrahim Paella, was .continued with increased se-. verity., librahitia was still at Alexandria and rode constantli through the streets accompanied by a single attendant. ' 'A.most disastrous fire broke out at Sm,yr-. na on the 25th. One. third of the Turkish quarter, the whole of the. Jews' quarter, several bazaars, a great number of mosques, seven synagoguesi , were destroyed, • and more than.2o,ooo persons left without shel ter. FROiti. THE SANDWICH' ISLANDS.— The ' Journal of Commerce, has received Tahiti pa pers . to, the 10th - of4ril,by way of Ma zatlan, The following.are extracts: • Tite tnited States sloop of war St. Lou is, Capt.'f. Forrest, arrived on the 6th inst., and- anchored on the outside.. The next morning she entered the harbor, and after mooring exchanged salutes with the fort. 'She remains but a short tinie,_and. -then proceeds to St. Francisco,' Monterey 'ad Mazatlan. Officers and crew all well. , . The St. Louis took from the Marquesas Island a number of runaway, seamen, who were encouraging the natives in their savage warfare, and exercising a most demoralizing influence over them. The barque Honolulu, (formerly • the Eagle) has been .fitted out from tins port ; and put under the Hawaiian flag,, for . a twelve months' cruise, by 19.r..F..f.Green ; way, as a whaler: This port affords many facilities for this branch`.Of ,business, and mar yet. become, like •Sydney, the• head quarters of a flourishing fishery: , returns, .of "AMeri; can commerce which herViiiireiriEntilaint of Tahiti,' during .. the year 1840. Ships arriving off ant .on, not inclinled., NO. of ships, • ' Seamen emplOyed, • Tonnage 26,798. RATTLE' SNAKES.--=TWO men; Egl?ert Galusha and Reuben Davis, residing in the town of Dresden, oh the east side - of LJke George, recently killed, in One days, on * 0 east side,of Tongue Mountain, in the T ,Foliin of Bolton; elevep - huncfred and foni•. rifttlesnakcs I They *ere. 'confined to rooks and nitinliabited places. Some of the- reptiles,- were. of an . .cnormousisize; haVing from six: to twenty rattles. • They .were killed for their Oil or grease, which is said to be very valuable. We will turn out Warren county against the world for rattle snakes.--,Glenns' Falls 'Clarion. LATE FROM FLORIDA. By the United . States schooner Joseph, Crowell, ,Captaln-God win, and the United States steamer_Beaufort, Captain Peck, ar-, rived mi Tthisday, we received the:sub joined lettel' fro to attentive correspon dent in Floriditer tvith the St. Au gustinc News of Friday. last. . . We,:learn from a• Passenger whO came in the Beaufort, that there are•many. Indians in the. ncighborhobd of Newmansville. A gentleman . arrived from .tacksonsville, just before the,boat left, who states that they have even come into the yard 4 in the night ' and stolen fowls, &c. The citizens are greatly alarmed, for fear they will attack the place.. It will be recollected tlfatthe tiimps were all. removed sometime since from that. vicinity. . -, -FLonitin, August 15. detachment of the : 20 Infantry, under .Lieutenant Anderson; accompanied by LieutenantlicKinsti>y.,n ffintry, and 'Lieutenant Rogers, : 2d : D Wi ragoons, left Fort . King on the : ll th .inst., and continued the' scout on the south side of the •Ocklawaha. The second 'day, out they captured an In dian, who proves to bellackAarjo; an important sub-chief of Alluck Ttistenug gee;s. lie has promised to guide them to, a large camp',, occupied about 35 In 'dians.- Alley start td-morrow in high spi rits, and will 'be accompanied by`the fol lowingindians, just arrived - from Tampa ~.(antbv_hd:havo_.promketl.coinnel_Wortb.lo_ bring in Alluck) vizi Coches-Mico, Cbsa- Tustenachooche, Sun-na-smattil,a, 'ruches- Mien. The officers to accompanr.thdex pcdition arc Lt. Anderion, coinntmdingi , LB; McKtnstry and • Davidson, and from, their well energy we maV 'expect . much. On their _return, j shall endeavot to . . bb,tairt and furnish•you with tne *pawn • IleTcrt Ff.9II . IDA-NEW§ been . 7yeeeiyed at Savannah.. • An Indianitad . been Capitir ed. near .the %an:turned - out; to. be - one of HalecliTustenuggee's.chiefi7ar rierS:' Ile guioe. the troop .to lialecles camp, and a_ conipanyLoLdra i goons, in conjunction with a : detachment in boats; accordingly.- started iN search of It. The boat party returned, and repoTtnd that they- found three large camps abandoned . within a day, or . tAvo,- the trail fowling in south west-direetion. 'llOpes. 'were - Mtn-q..- tamed _ the drageoni - Wiitild.lie "able lei overtake•the Indians.. Military Comjeatiopill-Prederick.---A an adjourned Mee* commissioned and non-commissioned officers of the Third Division of -the Maryland Militia, •and of the-Light DlVisionmf the city of Halamere. new at uommeree street Hall, in said cis, on Tetiday . evening,'fingust 31st, 18 : 11 Major General Joust SPEAR SMITiI, chair- Man, and WILLIAM H 4VATsoiv, secretary the following preamble. and resolutions were adopted:. kv hereas - this meeting cordially approves of the proposition of our fellow soldiers of - Prude-rick, Conveutioli in that city on the 20th of October next, to he composed of the general, field and staff officers, and three delegates from each . volunteer company (' in uniform) in Virgin is Pennsylvania; Delaware', the District of Columbia„and Mnryl6nd, for the purpose. of makingthe.micessary arrangements for holding a grand militiiry encampment, .the time, place and regulations for the.caMP to be determined by said convention: There fore, Re'solOed, That each volunteer ,corn pa ny in , this city be, and theThre,hereby, re quested to appoint three delegates to attend the Military Convention to be holden in the city of Frederiek.on the 20th 'of Octo ber next Resolved, That each company be re quested to ieport the ttatues.of the : delegates so appointed plough the post office) . to the secretary of this meeting, prior to' the first of October next, and that the secretary be requested .to pnblish the names Of:the delegafes on that d 4 in the several daily papers of this city. Resolved„ That the proceedings of this meeting be signed by the officers and pub lished in all the public papers of this.eity, and 'that the papers:ln Piginia. Pennsyl , vania, the Distriet_of Columbia, and Mary= land be requested to copy the same. JOHN SPEAR SMITH, Chairman WILLIAM H. WATSON, Secretary. _ MURbER. On Wednesday of last weeLaii, trigeous case of murder occurred on Ray's Hrits in Bedford county. The person mur deted was a young man travelling on foot to the west; but there was nothing 'about' his person that gaye any clue either to his name, the place he:'came from, or whither he was. going. The murder was commit- ted on the western side of the mountain, a short distance from .the summit, where it is steepest. From the report of the *oiler, it appears that the person. who committed the act, must have approached theTdeceased from behiad, and struck high a-heavy blow' iMmediately:.hoder - the right ear, with a chib which was' found at the spot where . the crime was perpetrated—,after theblow, the body was thrown down ovet The. 4ne eipitOus bahk of the turnpike,.amongstiliel bushes: A, stone wasSihen taken . from 'the bank, on the opposite side'otThe :road, aitil :thrown down upon hiniorhiCh struck him ihe'-lieck--.of ,his 'headr - trushinrin'Ais The:.phiCe vlicnCe._the.stone,_wes taken., wee. distinctly :seen; and the stone fitted:into . it : There were onlytiio marks of rioleaceupen the b'ody, either 01 'which would • have' prodimed s •deeth. , ,,Mrhat the object — of' the. Murderer was, cannot„ be clearly 'ascertained. Ther deceased .Was taken, 'but 'his• Watiih was left, and vips:still going wlien'ttovas found/ The murder was committed .on the turns pike road, im dayligkt,and_at.a..iinwan t t place wlien travellers and others are con; tinually ‘ passing:' Three persons have been taken up on 'suspicion, and are now cons fined in our jail to await their trial. Cir. cumstances, were' considered sufficiently sOong against theM' to warrant their coins inittal-Bedford Valuable Slate Land •at ,cede. The Subscriber will sell atprtsate sale THREE• FA ItNIS, containing upwards of , . . . .. -. ..- 500 Acres, .' • • ' . ' Situatein Hopewell township, Cumberland county ? and Lumen township,Franklin county. The Farms are. well unproved, and in a high 'state of cultivation/ together with suitable dwellings and barns, on each' of them, thereon erected. Any person wishing to purchase arc requested to call on the subscriber and „ x „ m i lle th e land . for themselVes: Terrhs'will be Made to suit the purcha'ser: . Sept. 1, 18 , 11.--61. N. 13.Af the above farms fire not_sold before the ist of lieeenfber, they will Le milted or leased for a term of years‘ G - r e a - t ains. 'The suliscri hers, inteinling to wind up their WA ness offer their stock of Broad Cloths, Cassimeres, Ca ssi tretts,'Mous thi.LaincS, Merl noes; Chintzes and Calicoes nt,, Persons deSirous of seem:log good bargains arm requested to call as early as possible, avid they may depend upon getting'all the articles above enumer ated at the•actual cost itt the city. The terms are Carlisle, August II , lltl . N. 11. The entire stock will be sold a great ban , gain, to MEV one Arlin wishes to engnge in the busi ness, with the_privilege of the room until the Ist of April. , _ Orpluins' Court Ea.le. • . • In pursuance of a decree of the Orphans' Court'of _Cumberland .Colluty,Alie_ sit bscriber_w ill:expose to ; sale, by Public Vendue, on Wednesday the 13th (lay of Septemlier nest, at 2. o'clock, P; M., on the pre times, viz : . - - .. , : • . • All.those two contiguous Town _ Lots, in lloguestowit,lll sald county. containing 104 feet front, awl about 130 feet in depth, bounded on' • - the south by the- turnpike, on the west_ttiul. !meth by Heys, and pn-thc cast by lot No. 3, being lots Nes. . 1 awl '2, the plan of said I .,,,Suid.loti-will-Jiii-seld,:separa.telv tog - Obeli . , to . . liZilittiM I.ciyeß i inutria(irki , ;<t ne - Frialf titsi - vtive4ise • t o 'be pabbil l .liai l k'nuil the resithitt.nr one •„ ' CHARLES Fi 1 EGJsti, . • - X(.lny'r: - pf•Pantelliregdr,idec..'a.• .. • Aug,. 18, 184.1.—r-:9t. Valuable Tau-Yard: Property at • .___ . . .___ . • •--H---,-, -.-princite• TICE. _. . . Will he sold at public sale, nu ILeilnesday the lOth' pt . Net:6llller' n •xt; at 10 Wein • - A: M.;on the lire- • raises, je-the -borough elCarli e,Cumberlatpreoun-- ty, that large and toilette:lion . . • T .6.17 YA ituate on the north-cast cOrnet; . of T.outher and Last streets, bounded on , the 'east by the. Lettart. spring, . • and on the north,by lot of It. C. Dail, Lsq., contain-' ing two hawked aril sixty feet in front, and one hun dred and twenty in — dentlGniore or Tess, belonging to the estate of David' S. Forney, deed.,- having thereon erected a large • ' TWO - STORY STONE •, • Dwelling a Two, Story Stone Finishing Shop, a large Two Story Brick Beam liouse(a • large Frame hark-and Mill Mose; with a Hai K in it. There are forty-four lay-sways and one pool in .the yard, fi ve handlers, three limes and one bate in the bea house, and a good well of water art the kitchen door. The property-is in good order, *and in a very desirable situation for a Tannery, or private d welling,.— Terms will be made known on, the day of sale; and any information will .be given about the prop erty before the day of side by • CEO. W. SIIFIAFER;? ' JACOB SifltuM, • 5 Cnrl isle, Atig,...,25,184.1.---pis. • (r -j- Lancaster lleraltl, Chambersburg Whig, and ll:mover Ikeald, will publish the above till Ist Nov. and send bills to thia-alficelbreolleetion. First Hate. Fiiratt _For Sale. 'Will be .exposed to public sare, on the premises, in \Vest l'ennsbornugh tun' p, Cumberland 'coun ty , on Friday the WM' day of September nest, .1 ri.rs; n.E.i'ale • Tatni, _ . . - art- Inn estoiw and part late- the estate-of - Sebatian Bowers, situate on the Conodoguin et 'creel. about 10 -miles West of_Carlisle, and It East of New sill e, bounded 1, lands of David Sind laberger, E. Beal', Nathan Woods and others, Containing . 1413 Acitys, more or less, about. 3 acres of winch . are well-tim bered, and the residue in a MO state of cultivation. The improvements 'are a _A n d. t?,,. Strny _Log House, 0 'iig g ~ 1 .. I Double . Stone Barn r A ; : _-.-- -, • ' ' '4X Wagon Sheds, a Stone Spring House, and other necessary cut houses, with a well of never failing. water at the door. There is also on said farm, a Log Tenant House, a Stable and a Stone Spring House, with a well of excellent water near the door.. There is also an ORCHARD of young an d choice, fruit of various kinds -near each of said houses. There is shout 15 acres of excellent mead ow do the same---and the whole abounds-with Locust timber. • Also, a small:Lot of around, the improvements of which are a LOG HOUSE and a DOUBLE FRAME BARN, adjoining the above, and on the bank of the Conodogninet; creek, Sale to commence at 12 o'clock, AIL, of said day, when terms of sale will be made known and an indisputa ble title Oven by • b, tr:-The above described propertiesnill he dispos ed of eltheaLseparately or together, as may best suit purchasers. OM EPHRAIM REAR,} DAVID'BOW ERS, Exec'rs.. - SAML. BOWERS, August 4,184L---6t. • 'V Rear's Ger Man paper, Lancaster, will insert the above 5 times, mark price, and charge this office. • • ANIEL :WEENIE` 'Coppersmith, Sheet Iron and 'Tinplate Worker,. .1 Respectfully inforins the puldio : generally that he still continues his business at the Old Stand, Norih, Hanover street, nest door to the Cabinet Shop of William C. Gibson, where he haii now on band, and ie still manufacturing, every article in the line of. „ his trade ; consisting of Haile' s', Pullers' and Wash• • K T T E Tea. Kettles,' Tin-ware of every •descriptien, Stove Pipe, Drip-,- ping : Pans,- Orthns, has also"for. sale the belt assortment mon, Cooking and Parlour ' ever offered•in this place. His conunon wood stfles re , . and conking stores area , every' els.° .and . r . apetyr,• and his parlour storee(for wood or coal) are,of the newest• pitterns. Ile has in adduion-,-tho Rotary cooking . stoves, the - Radiator - Stoves and Radiator drums Or parlours, which' re unsarpasied• f9r coin- fort and economy in the use of Rid; • . • All.of Which lie 'Offers on the. loWest terms for Carlisle, Aug. 18; t • • . N. 13.' Old Lead, reitter, Copper and Leather hi.. kO, in eichange for stoves, tin or copper ware.; JOHN LAucALIN; FIRST COST HITNER, & MULVANY
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