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P®LITICA.L.
Front the Eastott NV hig
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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