241,3 & im U,115 i lia A . a N E li lI)ZiZto .11:70••■41gPao dek. Office of the Star & Banner COUNTY BUILDING, ABOVE THE OFFICE OF TUC REGISTER AND RECORDER. I. T:l3 STIS & itCrUnt.ICAN BANNER is pub Jibed at TWO DOLLARS per annum (or Vol um. of 51', nu n! ).....r.,) payable half-yearly in ad wince: or TWO DOLLARS .sc, FIFTY CENTS, if ail paid unfit after the expiration of the year. 11. No sulocription will be received I,r a shorter period than six months; nor will the paper be dis continued until all arrearages are paid, unless at the option of the Editor. A failure to notify a dis continuance will be considered a new engagement and the paper forwarded accordingly. Aorsaristxxxcs not exceeding a square will be inserted THREE times for $l, and 25 cents for rich subsequent insertion—the number of in sertion to be marted, or they will be published till forbid and charged accordingly; longer ones in the same proportion. A reasonablododuction will be male to those who advertise by the year. IV. All Lettersand Communications addressed I) the Editor by mail muetbe post-paid, or they will not be attended to. THE GARLAND. --" With sweetest //Ogren enriched From vatic= gardens cull'd with care." A gentleman, who has been travelling in Eu rope, has handed us the following pieces, which were given him by a lady of Florence, for whom they were written. Both of them are exceeding ly pretty. That of Mr. Willis has been frequent. ly published. but Mr. Wilde 's hasnever appeared In print.— Louisville Jour. They may talk of love in a cottage, And bowers of the trollised vine, Of nature bewitchingly simple, And milk-maids half divine; They may talk of the pleasure of sleeping 'Meath the shade of a spreading tree, Of a walk with a nymph in the morning; Who trips with a footstep free: But give me a sly flirtation By the light of a chandelier, With music to play in the pauses, And nobody over near; Or give me a seat on the sofa, With a glass of especial wine, And mamma too blind to discover The small white hand in mine. Your love in a cottage grows hungry, Your vine is a nest for flies, Simplicity cuts the graces. And milk-maids talk of pies. You sink to your shady slumber, And wake with a bug in your ear, And your nymph that walks in the morning Is shod like a mountaineer. True lore is at home on a carpet, And mightily likes his ease, True love has an eye for a capon, And would starve mid your shady trees His wing is the fan of the lady, His font's an invisible thing, His arrow is tipped with a jewel, And shot from a silver string. COMMIS"! DT Tar. Hirt. IL H. WILDS You may talk of your sly flirtation, By the light of a chandelier, With music to play in the pauses, And nobody over near; Or boast of your seat on the sofa, With a glass of especial wine, And mamma too blind to discover The small white hand in thine. But the green sward give me and the river, The soul-shine of love•lit eyes, A breeze and the aspen-leaf's quiver, A snn-set, and Georgian skies. Or give ma the moon for an astral, The stars for a chandelier, And a maiden to warble a pastoral With a musical voice on my ear. Your vision with wine being doubled, You take twice the liberties due, And early next morning are troubled With ..Pestros or PISTOLS for xtro:" trufit for this world or the other, Your're forced to be married or killed; The lady you choose, or her brother, And a grave or a paragraph's filled. Taus lows is at borne among flowers, And if he would dine at his ease, A eapon's as good in his bowers, As in rooms heated ninety degrees; O'er sighs intermingled ho hovers, He foots it as light as be flies, His dreams, the glances of lovers, Are shot to the heart from the skies at32o32aAlif3rbll(3o A GOOD STORY. One seldom hears a good story now days. The following is not bad;— A f ew years ego. there came to the Li on Inn at—a pleasant looking, great coated, commercial sort era body. landlord, what have you got? Rump steak, ehl oyster soup, eh 'I bottle of sherry. van—send them up.' Dinner was served, wine was despatched and a Etas, of brandy and water comfortably settled the dinner. -Waiter,' said the traveller, cooly and die passionately wiping hi 3 mouth with a nap kin. 'waiter, I am aukwardly situated.' 'Sir, 831.1 the waiter, expectinga love let ter. cznmt ray 3-c • u.' 'S.irry for that, sir—l must call my may ter.' (Enter landlord.) 'My good sir, you see this is rather awk ward, got dinner! capitol dinner! famous wine! Wrious grog! but no cash.' The landlordlooked black. 'Pay next time--often go on this road— done nothing to-day—good house yours—a great deal in the bill way.' The landlord looked blank. 'No difference to you, of coursel—plens ant house this—plenty of business—happy to take your order—good credit—good bills.' "note is my bill, sir, prompt payment, pay as I go.' lith, but you must not go without paying. Let us see, 17s. 6d. Let us have a pint of sherry together, make it up to a pound. that will square it.' 'Sir I say von are a swindler, sir, I will have my money.' 'Sir, I tell you I will call and pay you in three weeks from this time, exactly; for I shall have to pass this road again. 'None of that, sir, it wnivt do with me—pay me my money, or I'll kick you out.' The etre!). yr remonstrated, but the land lord kicked him out. , You will repent this,' said the siren ger. The landlord did repent it. Three weeks after that day, punctually, the stranger re• entered the Lion Inn. The landlord looked very foolish, the stranger smiled and held out his hand—'l've come to pay You my score, ne I promised.' The landlord made a thousand apologies for his rudeness. So many swindlers about there's no knowing whom to trust. Ho ping the gentleman wonld pardon him. .Never mind, landlord , —but come let's have some dinner together—let as be friends. What have you got, eli? nice little ham, of your own curing, good! greens from your own garden!—famous bottle of sherry, and two bottles of port; waiter, this is'excellent. Dinner passed over; the landlord hobbled and sobbed with the stranger and they pas• sed quite a pleasant afternoon. The land lord retired to attend to his avocations, the stranger finished his 'comforter' of brandy and water and addres'sed the waiter— 'Waiter what is to pay?' 'Two pounds ten shilline and six pence, air, including the former account.' 'And a halt crown for your self." 'Makes two pounds ten shillings and nineteen pence, sir,' replied the waiter rub bing his hands. 'Say two pounds thirteen shillings," said the stranger, with a benevolent nmilet 'ena call your =gum.' (Enter landlord smiling and hospitable) 'Sorry you are going so soon, air.' The stranger merely said with a fierce ook, 'I owed you seventeen and sixpence hree weeks ago. and you kicked me out of 'our house, for it. The landlord began to apologize. 'No words, air,l owed you seventeen and six pence, and you kicked me out of your house for it. I now owe you two pounds thirteen shillings. You must pay yourself in a chock on the same bank,fur I have no money now.' Tits Yana 1840.—The superstition of past ages attached much prophetic impor tance to the year that has just closed. The year '4O has always been regarded with ap prehension by popular credulity. Even' kings have been imbued with the supersti. lion. It is related of Louis XV. that on the night of Dec. 31, 1740, he watched the hands of the clock with much anxiety, and that when the hour of midnight tolled the knell of the old year, he exclaimed, with evident joy, "There! it has passed!" The year 1740 was marked by great pol. itical changes, all over the world. A jour nal published the succeeding veer, called 'The Political Mercury,'say2:"Europe,Asie and America, have been the theatre of scenes at once new and incredible. Europe pre. sents an aspect wholly different from that which it wore the preceding year."—The same journal gives an account of some very destructive inundations in France, precisely similar to those which have recently takeh place in that country. A curious parallel maybe traced between the events of 1740 and 1840. The aspect of affairs in Europe has certainly undergone a great change during the past year. The most opposite political elements have been combined,and the principal Christian powers of Europe, with the exception .if France, have been seen allied to support the empire of Mehemet. Three monarchs have distil). peered from the stage of action; the King of Prussia, by death ; the King of Holland by voluntary abdication ; the Queen Regent of Spain, by compulsory abdication. In Eng land, a Queen has been Married and shot at, and a princess has been born. In k ranee, a new ministry has come into pow. er and resigned, and another has succeeded. For the sixth time Louis Philippe has been the mark of an assassin. Louis Napoleon has made an unsuccessful attempt at revo Wien; and the relics of the great Napoleon have been transferred to Franca in a na tional ship. In Asia, the war of Russia with Khiva, has developed the far-reaching ambition of of the Czar. England has sent her fleets to China, and the result may, ere this, have been one of intense interest to the civilized world. In South America, old confederations have been broken up, and discord and anar• chy have prevailed. Peru and Chili have separated, and the States of Central Ameri ca, hitherto united, have dissolved into fragments. Yucatan and Tobacco have seceded from Mexico; and Texas is forever is The liberty to know, to utter, and to argue, freely, to above all other liberties."—Mturon atrawfertamtpala. plop wisneawczur e aNamratriiituazzi se. attach. The Squadron's bats being near, mime. diately pulled in and commenced a well di reeled fire upon the savages, under cover of which, Lieut. Alden landed and brought off the bodies, which were entirely stript.— Had not the natives been fully occupied in carrying off their own dead, their bodies would have been taken away and devoured. Capt. W. immediately made preparations for attacking their town and fort, which the savages considered impregnable. The sea man were landed and a fire was opened upon it, but without much effect, until a rocket, or "Flying Spirit," as they called it, set fire to their town, and created great consternation. It was finally carried by assault. The natives fought well, and even stood a charge of bayonet, but were finally beaten at all points, seventy or more were killed, the fort and town burnt, their plan tations destroyed, and the island !hid waste. These islanders have always been noted for their ferocity and treachery, and cannibal ism characteristics which it seems they fully retain. A letter to the New York Commercial says•—" Lieut. Underwood and Wilkes Henry were killed as they were endeavor ing to secure the retreat of the men, in which they succeeded, but at the cost of their own lives. They wore hurried on a small uninhabited island of Underwood's Group, which was named Henry's Island, in memory of that gallant and ill-fated young officer. 'rho whole island on which the massacre took place was severely punished two days afterwards—when the brig and schooner arrived. Nothing was spared but the women and children, and these, I am sorry to say, aro by this time slaves to some chief of the neighboring group." The letters state that the squadron would not return before 1842. . The Porpoise visited one of the Fejee Is lands to protect or take away as the occasion might require, a family of Wesleyan mis• sionaries settled thereovhese lives were sup posed to be endang ered by the savages.— But they preferred remaining. having been proirised protection by the old king. O. WACEINGTON 130 1 73311, EDITOR & PROPRIETOR. released from her by the acknowledgement of the youthful Republic by England and Holland. A new continent line been discov . ered by the national ships of the United States and Prance. A new political era has been cre ated in this country by the complete over 'brow of Mr. Van Buren's administration. Take it for all in all, we must confess, there fore, that 1840, like its predecessor, 1740, has been delivered of events of no little mo• meat—events less important in their imme diate effects, 'than in the coloring they must give to years, perhaps centuries, that will succeed. THE PRINTER•-" 1 Pity-I pity the printer," said my uncle Toby—"he's a poor devil," rejoined 1. "How so?" said my un cle Toby. "In the first place he must en deavor to please every body. In the nogli gence of a moment perhaps a small para graph pops in upon him; lie hastily throws it to the compositor—it is' inserted—and he is d—d to all intents and purposes." "Too much the case," said my uncle Toby. "Nor is this all," continued I. "lie some times hits upon a piece that pleases him mightily, and he thinks it cannot but go down with his subscribers: but alas! who can calculate? Ile inserts it, and it is over with him. They forgive others, hut they can not forgive a printer. Ile has a host to print for, and every one sets up for a critic. The pretty Miss exclaims, "why don't he give us more poetry and bon mot?" "Away with these stale pieces." The politician claps his specks upon his nose, and runs it over in search of violent invective—finds none, he takes his specks off, folds them, sticks them in his pocket, declaring the paper good for nothing but to burn. So it goes.—Every one thinks it ought to be printed for himself as he is a subscriber; and thus weekly it is brought to the grand ordeal!" Juos.—The jug is the most singular Wen ' ad; n pail, tumbler, or decanter may ba rin sed, and you may satisfy yourself by optical proof that tho thing is clean; but the jug has a little hole in the top, and the interim is all darkness. No eye penetrates it, no hand moves over the surface. You can clean it only by putting in water, shaking it up, and pouring it out. If the water comes out clean, you judge you have succeeded in pu rifying the interior of the jug, and vice ver• sa. fiance n jug is like the human heart. No mortal oye can look into its recesses, but you can judge of its purity or impurity only by what enmegt nut of it_ TILE EXPLOTIING EXPEDITION.--illurder of two of the Officers by Cannibals.—Let term and pripers from the Sandwich Islands to the 24th October have been received at New York. The Exploring Expedition had arrived there. The papers contain the particulars of the murder on the 24th of July last of Lieut. J. A. Underwood, and Midshipman Wilkes Ilenry, a nephew of Captain Wilkes, in n most treacherous manner, by the flat:yes of !Habil°, one of tho Fegee group. These un fortunate officers having gone ashore with but a few men, were attacked and killed al most instantly, but not until they had shot four of their assailants, who wore the very men that but a few minutes before they had employed in tracking boats over the reef.— The m"n with them were wounded, but escaped. A , chief was captured and taken on board he Vincennes, who seven years since killed on of the crew of an American vessel. SPLENDID Bsetreers.—The N. 0. Bulletin !expenses. The history of the feudal times sayr:—On the death of our fellow citizen, would give many dlostratiorts of the be tuty Nicholas Girod, his large estate was admin. 1 and facility of this east cljarisprudenee. istered upon as a vacant succession, as ho I It appears that Gov. Possme hes only died without heirs in the State and was sup. I pardoned and remitted all libels which the nosed to have left no will. Within a few afuresaid defendantshave already published days past, however, discoveries were made in their paper, "in Arlanos rotzety or d'e in rummaging the contents of an old desk toiirve." it vtetdd have been d 31117, the Id as a part of the estate, which may lead thing completely, if he had extended indul o a very different disposition of the proper. gence to all that they should pul.lish litre-1 from what was anticipated. The desk after. As the matter:low teazels it is man luded to was purcheecd at public auction ifestly imperfect; tar his Excelleney may k a gentleman of New Orleans, and on ex- be called upon to irvlre another bill at the .inatiun was found to contain in a secret next session of the Court, for all-ht that rawer, due bills signed by the deceased, any body knows. The principle might be wing to certain individuals, corporations, made one of general application too in feti d public institutions, large bequests. We er particulars. Boer triumphant would be •ye heard the !following legacies men. the look of a detected ide.predstor if he could onedt put his hand in his pocket acd shake in the To the city of New Orleans, for building, faces of hi , raptors the broad seal of the Asylum for French Orphans, $100,000; State vindicating his independence from the Orphan Asylum, $30,000; to second bonds! Municipality, $100,000; to Charity Flospi. tnl, :30,000; to E. Moutemat, $50,000; to E. Maza'reau. $20,000; to - Mechoud, $20,00; to Donnie Pricur, 41,000; IMPORTANT TO AGRICULTURISTS , --lER learn that a practical farmer of this county; who has paid great attention to the subject, has after numerous experiments, succeeded in discovering a perfect and complete rem• edy for the Hessian fly in wheat. The in formation we have from the gentleman himself, who is one of our best and most in telligent agriculturist. He has fully and completely tested the experiment for three years, on land side by si de, in the same fields and with complete success. What is important in this matter, is that the expense of the remedy is so trifling, as to be of no consideration to a farmer.—Har. Tele. FAITHLESSNESS PUNISHED...I-81200 darn ages were awarded to a damsel in Crawford county, (Pa) a few days since, from an in • constant swain, who refused to keep his promise of marriage. • Another.—Mißs Mary - L. Moore, of Clinton county, N. Y., has recovered $5OO from Henry Lawrence for a breach of mar• riage promisa. - Another.—A Miss Sanborn, of the same county,received $BOO from Austin L. Wood. worth, for seduction. THE CHARTERS.—The following passa ges ere from the Resumption Act °float spring. They possess more than ordinary intarost and importance at this time:-- "That the several incorporated Banks of this Commonwealth are hereby required on, from and after the 15th ofJanuary 1841, to pay on demand all their notes, bills, de. posits, and other liabilities, in gold and silver coin, except such as may have been made and crewed under a special agreement, un der penalty, dec.. "ft est,lved, That ifany Back within this Commonwealth shall at any time after the said 15th ofJanuary, 1841, refuse to pay on demand, its notes, bills, depasites or other liabilities, in gold or silver coin, except such as may have been made under a special agreement, its charter shall, for any such refusal, be declared forfeit as horein plai ded." "The act, "says the National Gazette, "then goes on to say any one who has been refused gold and silver by a Bank, shall make oath or affirmation befi►re the Court of Common Pleas of the county, or befi,re the President Judge thereof, of the fact; it shall then be the duty of the Court to ap. point the tenth judicial day thereafter for the hearing of the case—notice thereof to be given, at least eight days, to the President or Cashier of the Bank, and also to the Dep. uty Attorney General, whose duty it will be to prosecute on the part of the Common. wealth; and if the allegation charged shall be substantiated by the testimony to the sat. isfaction of the Court, the said Court shall immediately cause the same to be filed in such court, and then the charter of such Bank shall be declared forfeited; a provision is then made for the appointment of trustees to wind up the affairs of the Bank.—Under this act. the United States Bank of Pennsyl. vania, Pennsylvahia Bank, North America Bank, Commercial Bank, and many others, are exempted from the penalties of the above act, by the clause which has been placed in statics." Tnn Ruccmit PREROOATTVE.—The Bal timore American in noticing the late par don before trial, extended to the editors of the Magician, by Gov. Porter has the fol. lowing observations. "This is certainly a novel proceeding His excellency seems to hay., taken it for granted that the men were guilty, and as he intended to pardon thorn at nll events he perhaps deemed it a saving of time, trouble and expense to do it at once. But it is a great departure from propriety, and it indicates an entire miscon ception of the real intent of the pardoning power and of the principles upon which it should be exercised. Whether the act is constitutional is a question that might be open to controvesey—in spirts it undoubt edly is not. If Gov. PORTER'S course in this ease is to be taken as a precedent, itself being un precedented, the functions of the Execu tive will be extended to a, grand jury room. Whenever a bill of indictment is found, the proper mode will be,under this construction of Gubernatorial power, to submit the same to his Excellency for the purpose of learning his pleasure in the premises. A gradual improvement upon the system would soon comp to dispense with trials at all in crimi nal cases--te the great saving of county TITE NEW SENATE —The ate of the United States has been smaimixoeii to meet at the Capitol no the 4th of March, to tran sact business under the nesAdminis:ration. The Madisonian gives the following list or members elect, whose terms commence on the 4th of March, or who hold over from previous years, with a statement of the time when their ruins, terms ezpire._ Those mimes in italics are friezes of Gen. Harrison. MAINS. Sorry Callous*. Ruel Williams 1843 I Wm C Prrafaer 1843 George Evans 1847 John C Calhoun 1847 Di LW' II inrsarus. I Gromors. Franklin Pierce 1811 Alfred emlbrit 1643 Levi Woodbury 1847 I Jain *.ilf Bcrricit 1847 VERNON?. ALA SAN A. Samuel Prentiss 1813 I Clement C Clay 1843 Samuel Phelps 1545 I Wm R Ring 1817 M ASA Acnrsrrrs.. Mississterr. ,Daniel Webster 1815 I -Mara Hessdersem 1545 Isaac C Bates 18$7 I Rola.' Walker 1847 Racine ISLAND. LOUISIANA. Nathan F Dixun 1845 I Alm Mouton 1843 Jae F Simmons 1847 Alex Rarprne , 1817 Cossacmccr. Tassemrs. Perry'Srnith 1843 AO P Nicholson 1845 .1 3 W Huntington 1945 Vacancy 1817 ver YOSN. lEssreccur. Silas Wright 1643 p Hcarly Cky 1843: N P Tallmadge 1815 ./h S .7 Crittenden 1847 New Jimmy. Onto. Sand L Southard ISIS Wen Allen 18431 Vacancy 1847 illenj Tappan 1845 Ps NNW, LerANI/L. INSIANL. James Buchanan 1813 0.7n0r H5 , ..714 1813 Dan! W Sturgeon,,lBls Afillmt S Wilk 1845 DELAWARE. ILLINOIS. R H Bayard 1815 R3l Young 1843 Thomas Clayton 1811 Saml WRGSrsts 1847 MAR ILA SS. Massoreu. JoAn L Kerr 1843 I Lewis F Linn 1543 SV,a D Merrick 1845 Then If Benton 1845 Vinorirra.Amicasrass. Wm C Rites 1615 I Amobrase Ii SesievlB4s Vacancy 1847 I Wm S Fulton 1817 NO FITIT CAROLINA. MICSIGAN. Wm A Graham 1843 Augus S Fader 1845 Willie P blangumlS4il W i Woceiriedge 1547 Of the 49 Senators elected, 27 are the friends of the new administration, and Z 2 are supposed to be opposed to It. The three i vacancies will mostly, perhaps all, be filled by friends of the coming Administration. TEE A MISTAD CASE.—The Washington Correspondent of the New York Courier wrttes:—“The case of the er.hadraer Ams ted, which is on the docket oldie Supreme Court for next month, is likely to excite much attention, as invoking principles of national law. You may recollect, that un der the present dynasts we had a war of words and of diplomacy, in consequence of; some erroneous translations of French. 31r. Adams, as you know, is employed, or is a volunteer in behalf of the Africans. They will find in him an able and uncompromi sing champion. The Spanish dorineLts' that are to be used in Court. and which have been translated by order of the Govern mebt, it is raid have been thns translated in a most slovenly manner. Whether we shall have any judicial decision on this point, I am unable to my; but I thick we may safe ly calculate on the goes:ion being brought before the Court by Mr. Adams." THE SCITUTLKILL IBANEr-Whem win wonders cease? This institution resumed with the other banks, and seemed to chal lenge to her counter the dicuustful bill hold er. This is much like shipwrecked man ners midst night and storm and breaker., constructing a raft, liftinff a light, and with better resolution that hope pushing far the shore. Courage sometimes achieves ob jects which seem to lie beyond the range ol human probability, and ere sinee•ely h opa it may be so in this case--Philculet. Amer. Cr.snor or TUE Eriseorar. Crivacri.— The following particulars in relation to the Episcopal Clergy, will not 611 to prove inieresting:—ln PAH, there were 192; in there were 239; in 1620. there were 310; in 183 . 1. there were 5.3.9.; in 130, there were 1059, of whomel9 ate Bishops, and the remainder are Presbyters and Deacons. The number of persons, inclu ding the communicants, who attend and support the church in the United Stares, is estimated at 1,000,000. Of the clergy of the Church of E.ng,land in the American Provinces and 1.431411 a there are 412, ef whom 6 are bishops. 01 the Clergy in England and Wales there are 18,009. The number ra Inelan3, Scot land and the East is not known; it may safely be put down at 5000,,0 that the whole number of the Clergy ofthe Protestant Epis. copal Church in the world, m about 25,000. -Phila. lag. vizrlcozzol taa. SILAS AND WINE.—The Albany Journal well ( , 1).e• vl.m, Outs instead of authorising t! c is,ue of more Treasury Notes, Con gress should imtnediah•l_y lay a duty on Silk• and Wines, from which a revenue would he piomptiv real ized. There is neither wi-dom nor ja.tice in allowing the I free importation of these nrtieles They are luxuries, and for this reason dutiable Ir:oon a principle of sound polcv. We are begining to grow and manufacture silk ourselves; and although others hold differ• e a t opinions, we go for enoirsporr. ‘Vinrs should pay duty for various reasons. They are drank ,by the rich, who, thnugh hest able, do not always bear the heaviest share of public bwthens. If the Idol,: should diminish the importation, so . much the better. But strnng,e and parndox it'sl as it may seem, neither the cost of Silks or %Vines are aggravated by the imposition of duties. Indeed, it is said that they wore cheaper when subject to a duty oftwenty per cent. than they now are duty free. Upon every ground, therefore, the Government should have the benefit of a duty upon Silks and Winos. CnEr.l.YceuvaE OF A SUICIDE.—Lerd Scarborough exhibited the same nerehal erne in the act of killing himself ns he did when he resigned his situation ns Master of the horse. lle was reproached iu 11w house of Peers with taking the King's part because belied a good place at court. My Lord," said be, '‘to - prove to you that my opinion is independent of my place, I resign it Ibis moment." Ile afterwards found himself in a perplexing dilemma between* a unisl Teas whom ho loved , but to witcm be had prom- ised nothing. find a woman whom he es teemed, and to whom he promised marriage. Not having sufficient resolution to decide which to choose, he killed liftmen to escape the embarrassment. Perhaps the coolest attempt nt self des. traction On record, the chef•d'a:uvre of a - suicidn, is one related by Fodero. An Englishman advertised extensively that ho would, on a certain (lay, put h imself to death in Covent Garden, for the henefit of his wife and fittnily. Tickets of admission a guinea each. —Anatomy of Suicide. LONGEVITY AND MARRIAGE,--John Kugler and Mary Shambo were born in Montgomery county, Pennsylvania, the for mer in December, 1749, the latter in Sep tember, 1746; they were married in Janu ary, 1773; consequently they have lived together sixty•eeven years end nearly nine months. The rid gentleman has ready witched his ninetieth year; his health is eNet II •nt; his faculties unimpaired, and his !•eri9es urn good—his chiefexercise is riding on knee back. the old lady is now in her rincty. third year, and is remarkable heal ty and active; she still reads much without the aid of glas.ses, (having never used them) and ber memory is extraordinary. THE LATE SEnuitrs —The "Spy in Washington" writes—"rduch sensibility is felt here, on account of the reiterated acts of search of American vessels, by British cruisers on the coast of Africa; these acts being performed under an act of Par liament, passed in 1839, which the Duke of Wel. lington and .others protested against at the time, as injurious towards other nations, and especially the United States; we having positively refused, many years ago, to enter into a treaty with Great Britain to do that by reciprocal arriangement, which she now undertakes to do of her own mere major', without treaty, and with circumstnnees of wanton aggravation, and totally without justifiable cause, or so far as , appears, rea sonable pretext." A GREAT STMT."- The.. Charlestown Mercury learns from unquestionable author ity, that a few days since,a gentlemen in the neighborhood of Jacksonburo killed four Deer at a shot. ••=- A most interesting 'sight for to sce,' is i that of a young lady, with eyes like a ga zelle' and with 'lips like rubies,' and with 'teeth of pearly whiteness,' and with cheeks that have 'stolen the deep carnation of the• deathless rose,' and with her mouth full of gingerbread! OLIEUM—There is a man down in Mas sachusetts,who 19 so fat, that they hire hi at camp meeting to stand up and throw his shade upon the audience, when the sun is out hot. SPEED —The steamer Great Liverpool arrived at Alexandria, Egypt, on the 16th of December, having made the voyage from England in fourteen days! This is the quickest passage ever made between England and Egypt. Thirty-eight hours were spent in the harbors of Gibraltar and Malta. By the steamer the Peninsular and Oriental Company sent as presents to Me hemet Ali young fruit t reAerved fruits, and some fine fresh turbot end salmon park ed in ice:' The Pasha expressed gr eat sur. prise a! the good condition of the fi , h,which had been brought 3000 miles us fresh as when eauglo. The wonder spread th rough outibe palace. nONEMYER9.—SIir Walter S , 7ntt a once paid in refereni.e to p , nple whn tvirrow book:land n2.v,xr re urn them, (hot "it Wag very difficult to find un accountant, though book keepers Were very plvnty." Hog and men of geniva are never appro. dated until after they 4TO dead.
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