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TERMS OF THE AMERICAN. 2 in advance $'2,50 in six months; or $3,00 at ii expiration of the year. The Edilor,will dis,'ntinue subscription at his option. nvEUTi3EMENTS. Twelve lines, or less, will be .-erted once or three times, for one dollar, and 25 ients will be charged for each additional insertion. sitvlToF Tilt vvb:i:k. Froti the Baltimore American, Oct. 11. FROM EUROPE. vre yesterday mentioned the arrival at -t)nn of the ship Niagara, with Liverpool Cvicc"to the 3d September. The packet J England at New York, brings accounts 1CThcS Scarcity of money in England rather .rea'ed. The London Morning Herald v the following statement relative to the icJil of the bank of England to disceunt lrican bills, a measure which it will be 'collected was anticipated in correspondent published by us about a fortnight ago 1 roirnnl to the Liverpool and Manwtcr bills founded on the export trade'of v. United States, winch were so recKiessry iJrowa out last week, to the astonishment cf the whole trading interest, who knew the rfect solidity of them, a sort of compromappears to have been come to. On the ws reaching Liverpool, a deputation was "tup to confer with the directors on the abject, and they had a conference on 1 uesiJ with the Governor and Deputy Governoand with Mr. Horseley Palmer. After a k dicuion on all the various points at isje they were given to understand that no t .inAln ti -1 1 1 1 1 now he thrown in the way t, Amrrimn bills arisins: out of business transactions, uiu..j;i. i Y . . linvp a Innnil the part of the JianK to such ioi . iii i r.gn tin i mm the COlinirv ui ipt-uv Betireen these and the legitimate transactions of commerce the Dank Directors, if they underhand their business, should always be able to distinguish; and such a declaration was thcrckc'qVite superfluous." The Hank of England Directors, on the lit Septemhcr. resolved to raise the rate of i, (crest on bills and notes discounted, to.o r Web.ivc accounts from Paris to Aug. 31, ,1 which date no ministerial appointment had Jeer, made. M. Duchellc, M. Gu.zot M. Mole, and M. de Montalvet had had. inter-, views with the King but there appeared to be obstacles to an arrangement which should include these gentlemen. M. Thiers pro-po-d to quit France for Germany or. Italy. M. de la Kue, who had been on a mission Irn the French Government to the Emperor of Morocco, had succeeded in his mission, and was on his return to Tangier?, to embark lor France. i o-n There was news from Madrid to Ihc -i.5d. There had been no serious disturbances there subsequent to the 18th, but the inhabitants were in a state of alarm. Gen. Corodova kai arrived in France from4 Spain, having been exposed to considerable danger on his m. Gen. Mina had resigned his command in Catalonia, on the plea of ill health. 1 he mm-i r !,,. a rm-hnrl devolved on Ls-fu-tero, who had been engaged against Gomes with success. The Coronation of the Emperor of Austria as King of Bohemia, was to take place or. the 1st of Sept., and that of the Empress on the 10th. Fire in London. A fire broke out on the morning of the 30th August, in the warehouse of Mr. Wilson, tea merchant, on the Soulhwark side of London Bridge, which, with several adjoining buildings and their valuable consents, was entirely destroyed. One of the warehouses destroyed was five stories high, 150 feet in length and SO feet wide. The loss of propei ty was valued i.t J--MV Mr. Wilson was severely wounded in taping from his bedroom window, on the s-cond floor, upon the pavement, to escape the W It is stated that there has been no fire in London, which caused so great de inirtion of property since 1791. The intelligence of the arrival of the French and British fleets off Algiers, and given rise to various conjectures. 1 he most prevalent opinio:! at present is, that the obiertof ih.nrm..mnf is to force Mehemit Ali t a; ...i tui to deliver Europe from the anxielv which the probability ol collision between him and the Miltan nas kept the public mind for the last four years. How far this opinion is correct it is dthicult tO 5.1 V. The town of the Dardanelles was on the 6th August entirely destroyed by fire. 1 he mwearied exertions of the Pasha, and troops under his commind, alone prevented the destructive clement from invading the castle. The plague continued making so alarming 'progress within the precincts ol the Seraglio, that the Sultan thought it prudent to remove from his summer place in Asia to the winter residence at Dohna Backshe. The Kizlar Aga, or chief of the Eunuchs, was attacked with this disorder, and his lift: was fcid to he in the most imminent danger. The Steam Navigation rompany lately established at Constantinople, by order of tn Turkish Government, began its operations under circumstances not very encourg. The boat intended for the service pween that place and Smyra, shortly after eating the latter place, ran foul of a sand bk, and during the exertions made to ext'icate her, burst her boilers.

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The Courier de Leon of the 27th inst. contains the following: "The King of Naples arrived hero yesterday evening, and alighted at the Hotel de I Europe. Immediately afier his arrival, he received the principal authorities of the town. It is said that the Prince of Capua had written to inform the King of Naples that he should come to Lyons to throw himself at his feet and ask for pardon. The King had sent despatches before hand to Lyons and on the road to the South, to tell his brother that he would not receive him. The Prince, however, coming by Gap and Grenoble, missed the couriers, and arrived at the Hotel de 1' Europe almost at the same time as the King, where he occupied an adjoining apartment. It is supposed that the King must have found it difficult to avoid an interview. To-day the King reviewed the troops of the garrison on the Pl.-.ce BelleCour. He has declined a guard of honor at his hotel." Extract of a letter of a recent date from Barcelona: ?'Thc ultra party ha3 succeeded in establishing a leign of terror. Far from being satisfied with their first success, their exertions only increase. They insist upon having the entire Government in their hands, and demand that all the functionaries shall be changed, beginning with General Aluma. Gen. M'na is henceforth without power or influence, and his ill health has induced h"m to resign his office?. There are 3000 Carlists in the environs of Tarragona, w'.iich (own has just escaped from the plunder winch it had been promised by some chiefs, to be subjected to the mobilized National Guards of Toriosa. On the 21th, Esperanza had assembled 1000 men under the guns of Valencia. General Motes and Sorris, and Brigadier Amor have resigned their commands. The batfallion which broke the windows of the French Consul at Valencia, has been contined to its barracks for two da vs. Germany. The Municipal Authorities of Hamburg have supplied a Brazilian Captain with a cargo of condemned criminals to be carried as settlers to Brazil. The Dutch and German papers of recent dates stales that King Otho had arrived at Munich on the 2"2d. His marriage with a Princess of Oldenburg, has been, it nppcais, determined upon. Worthy of all praise. We have noticed with the greatest pleasure, that Gen. Harrison, during his eastern tour, has uniformly observed the Sabbath day resting from his travels and attending church. This is what the people ought to expect and demand of their public men. Christian Jour. SriciDE. The lion. Wm. C. Jarvis. formerly Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, commuted suicide ut Claremont, N. II. Oct. Urd, in a fit of derangement, by shooting himself through the heart with a pistol. Cholera. The Cholera prevails at Havana, but is on the decline; it carried ofT from tfO to 40 daily, but the deaths had been reduced to 4 or 5 per day, when the last accounts left them. Cin. Whiff. Fire is London. A conflagration, supposed to be the most destructive since the great fire tt Kadcliffe Hiirhway in 1794, occurred in Southwark, London, on the oOth of August; the property destroyed, is estimated at 400,000 sterling, or about $2,000,000. fjA very heavy gnle of wind was experienced on Lake Krie on the 1st inst. which did considerable damage to the shipping, but we have not heard of the loss of any lives. Tobacco. From some recent returns it appears that the average quantity of Tobacco exported annually from the Union amounts to 99,331,000 lbs., and the foreign demand to 100,000,000 lbs. For the last 20 years the increase in price has been immaterial. Market. In North Carolina prices rival those of Alabama. The Greensboro (N. C.) Sentinel gives the following as tbe prices of the leading articles at that place and observes that every thing in the provision line is generally in the same proportion.Corn, per bushel, - "u Fodder, per 100 lbs., 2 00 Flour, per barrel, i V, llr-.m.npriwt. IS 00 Mackerel, No. 1, per bbl. Tork, mess, Sugar, per cwt. Coffee, do. ' .... . O (Ml 1 I'U 35 00 17 00 '20 00 Breach of Promise case Josiah Coldart (cold-hea-t) has been mulcted in $150 damages and costs at Pinckneyville, 111., for promising to marry an amiable young woman named Mary Devenport. and afterwards refusing. The cold-hearted lover forked over the cash, and declared that ,t was cheap enough ut double the money!" He was about to join himself for life to a proprietress of 20,010 acres. South Amfrica. Hy an arrival at New York, from Montevideo, we learn that an .nation broke out in the republic of I e?eZ the late president Rivera. He himself had been defeated and his immediate followers dispersed, seem that several of his partizan- had raised the standard of rebellion .n other places. It was at San Fructuoso that he was deleated. lUA7.it.. Advices from Kio Janio have been recefved to the 15th August. Tranquility wm stored in the city and province of Para, the ,V the imperial government being estab hshed. The rebels had dispersed, mosV of them seekine her 15th year, took the oath required by the con stYtutlon on the 4th August-aryWgr. ClURI-ESTOX, S. C. Oct. t. Edisio Brid ie Destroyer by Fire.-We learn that the bridge across the Edisto River, over Wh ch the rafl road was constructed, was to

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tally destroyed by fire on Tuesday night last. It appears that it must have been the act of incendiaries, as fire was communicated to both ends and to the middle of the bridge at the same lime. Courier. iew Jersey. The election for members

. i l.diacu lilt; HI JUUM n llll (I llflcllJ, lfIIM, nr of the legislature of this State, which, withlie no sm:i!1 amuiomont of the bv-sta.ulers. that tor Kcprcscntative to Ccngress. tookun(jI he nt ,.,st sllcceeded in quieting the place on luesday and Wednesday of this ; nn lirr;Pii ;f nfr v ; n r mnct vpI.p.

. i. j . . . c , . . cuh, ueiermines in mat mate, (as appears by the following) the complexion also of her electoral college: Llectoral, Electiox A Dii.ema. Our electoral vote in New Jersev this rear will be in the hands of the Legislature. The act of Congress requires that the election of Elec tors in the several States shall lake place uithin thirty-four days of the meeting of the electoral colleges, w hich is fixed for the first Wednesday (7th this car) of December. The Legislature of this state by the act of the 3d of December, 1S07, (see Rev. Stat. p. 034) requires that the election shall be held on the tirst Tuesday of November, w hich occurs this year on the first day of the month, being "thirty-six' days from the meeting of the electoral college. The same difficulty occurred twenty years ago, when the responsibility devolved upon the Legislature. jXcicark Daily Adv. Another Victim. A young mnn, the only male representative of a higl ly respectable family, was killed on Saturday in Jefferson county. Miss. bv a very harmless youth, on whom the wretched inebriate was making a mortal assault. The facts are briefly these: The young man vho has fallen began in Febuiary last to exhibit signs of manu a polu. On the 22d of thit month he took out a license of marriage, embracing the name of a young lady residing near him. He asked a clergyman to officiate on Wednesday at his, and also invited a numerous wedding company. At a ball the same evening, in the midst of a large assemblage, he read aloud, mounted on a table, his marriage license. From this public proclamation the lady received the first intelligence about the contemplated wedding which had been arranged by the maniac lover. On the day appointed bv him for 6olomnizing the rites of matrimony, lie proceeded (despite the efforts of his friends to prevent him,) to the residence of his imagined betrothed. Uy kind means, however, he was persuaded to return home, and was soon in the care of a physician w ho succeeded in restoring to him a temporary soundness of intellect. On the 2d of June, the object of his maniacal devotion was led to the hymeneal altar by the young man who has been forced, in self-defence, to destroy the maniac's life. At the time of the marriage, and even ever since, he had been under the influence of the mania produced by the recurrence of the frenzying bowl, uttering threats againt the life of the young man who has killed him. On the fatal day, he went armed with knife and pistol to execute his mad purpose. His destroyer had been warned, and was prepared with rifle and shot gun, and as he entered his gate he fired his rifle and wounded his foe in the leg, at which his horse started and threw him, but, recovering, and again advancing, he received the contents of the barrel of the shot gun in his abdomen; and, still urged on by the fiend within him, with pistol aimed, fie received the content of the second barrel in his head, and fell a lifelss corpse at the door of the unfortunate youth whose life he had resolved to destroy. JS'alchez paper. Ax Awkward Dilemma. A Mf. Benjamin Carr of Albany, a gentleman about fifty, came to the city yesterday morning in the steamboat, and whilst on his passage had his attention attracted by a fine female infant about eight months old, w hich was in the arms ofa genteel looking young woman ratlicrshably dressed. I he interest which Mr. Larr took in the child led to a sort of acquaintance be tween him and its mother,and heaving learn ed from her that she was extremely poor, he treated her to breakfast on their arriving at New York, after which they left the hotel together, and as they were both going to the same part of the city, they walked together for'some time, until the lady stopped at a store and requested Mr. Carr to hold her baby for a moment w hilst she wnit in to get a glass of water Mr. Carr very willingly took ins favorite in his arms, and having waited a considerable time without its mother returning, he went into the store to return the child to her, and to his no little astonishment, was informed that the lady had not remained one minute in the store, (which was at a corner street) but merely came in at one door and out at the other, and no one there knew any thine more about her. Mr. Carr w as, of course, in a queer dilemma, and having imparted his situation to the people in the store, they advised him to bring the child to the Alms House, from which he w as then about a mile. The day heing rather sultry, and Mr. Carr being rather fleshy, and not being able to procure a carriage, by the time he airivcd with his little darling at the Alms House, he had suffered so much from fatigue, perspiration, and other little annoyances, that he was any thing but in a good humor, and in rather a peevish tone of voice, desired the people at the Alms House to take the child from him. But on learning how he obtained possession of it, the commissioners refused point blank to have any thing to do with it. Mr. Carr, however, insisted that hould keep it, and laid down the cluiu 1 i i ii I ill the room, but was very quickly compelled . . 1 -A :.. 1..- iho threat nf heinfl by the threat of being

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depart on his solemn promise that lie woul.l j ot acres oi pum.c ... m ... - -uepr n ";" I ... r:j. .u .-... nn.l territories, of which 132 mil

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ing that he had no other resource, he carried the child into the Park, where it began to squall most vociferously for its mother, and Mr. Carr in order to pacify it, attempted awkwardly enough to act the nurse, and swing the child to and fro. whilst he nccomi .. tT ..l..u.. I... l... mentlv, that as long as he lived, he would never so much as put his little finger on any person's child but his own. V. . Paper. GREAT AND DESTRUCTIVE FIRE. Cincinnati, Oct.'21st. It becomes our painful duty to announce to the public that the splendid new Theatre on Third street in this city, belonging to James II. Caldwell Esq. of New Orleans, is burnt to the ground. It took fire this morning about half past eight o'clock, by the carelessness of the person who had charge of the lamps. He was engaged in trimming them on the stage, and while going to warm his hands by the stove in another part of the buil ding, left alijrhted candle standing bv a bot tle of Turpentine, he was using, which, during his absence, took fire and burst, spreading the burning Turpentine over the s cnerv. In a few seconds the whole interior of the building was in flames, and such was the extraordinary rapidity of their progress, that in about fifteen or twenty minutes, the whole building was destroyed, together whh all its contents, including a large quantity of valuable and magnificent Scenery, and a quantity of Theatrical Dresses the latter mostly belonging to the different actors. The House was under lease to Mr. Rich ard Russell, w hose loss must be considerable in the destruction of scenery, Dressess Scc. The loss of Mr. Caldwell cannot be less. we imagine, than from thirty to forty thousand dollars as it is believed there w as no insurance whatever at least none is know n to the editor of this paper, who is Mr. Cald well's at'ent. It is possible, however, that Mr. C. may have insured the building in New Orleans. The front wall of the building and parts of the East and West walls are still standing. but all of them are rendered worthless ex cept the front one, which it is believed is not a great deal injured. The fire was soon communicated to the buildings East of the Theatre, belonging to Mr. James Mclntirc and Mr. Jordan, the former of which was destroyed, and the other very much injured. One or two small frame buildings belonging to Mr. Orr on the West side, were likewise much injured. The Market House, on Lower Market St. was several times on fire in different places, but w as luckily saved by the indefatigable exertions of the firemen. The row of large brick buildings on the South side of Lower Market St. was in imminent peril, but was also fortunately saved. So great was its danger that the roots smoked as if they were in reality on fire. P. S.' We have just learned the further distressing intelligence, that a Mr. Martin, the carpenter attached to the Theatrical Company, is in all probability buried in the ruins. When last seen, he was ascending the stair case, in pursuit of some money he had in an upper room, the walls fell in, a few moments afterwards, and it is believed he was immola ted. Another man (name not learned) was selimislv injured bv the fallinc ol the couth . j ...j j wall. The loss is not only severe to Mr. Cald well hut to Cincinnati, also. We have now no Theatre. Mr. Caldwell, however, is abundantly able to bear the loss, and w ill no doubt soon erect nn the site of the present ruins, a still more magnificent structure. Whig. PUBLIC LANDS. The United States owns, at present, of surveyed lands, as follows: In Ohio, 4,IU1",492 acres; in Indiana, 11,409,150 acre; in Illinois, 17,'214.01 acres; in Missouri, 17,143,4'29 acres; in Alabama, '2'3,580,058 acres; in Mississippi, P2,9'24,30l acres; in Iuisiana. 9,683.5-20 acres; in Arkansas, 14.223.175 acres; in Michigan, east of the lake, 9,103,097 acres; in Michigan, west of the lake, 4.924,220; and in Florida, 0,792.909 acres; making a totality of (in round numbers) about 132 millions of acres, now surveyed, of which 122 millions have been offered at public sale, and are now subjected to entry, and about 10 millions are new lands, lately sur veyed, and ready to be proclaimed for sale. Beside this mass of surveyed lands (it is in fact four or five millions more, for the surveytd lands of this year are not included,) the United States own, in the same states and territories, about 100 millions of acres, to which the Indian title has been extinguished. but which is not yet surveyed, and about ou millions of acres to which the Indian title has not yet been extinguished; and all this exclusive of the Desmoines purchase, an acquis.tion of great value the Mississippi and nortr .lUitinn nf rreat value and extent, west ol the Mississippi and north of the stale of Misf itself will form a great romniele the line of .tales on the. , " . . . . , J bank of , o M, from the Gulf falls of the St. Antony i ..- - - - un millions Here, ,s an aggregate of about 340 mil hon. niblic land within the limits ofi the states and territories, 01 wnicn 10- ......

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lions are now ready for sale, and 100 millions more can be ready as soon as it can be surveyed. Washington Globe. LOOK! FELLOW CITIZENS. VOl'R OWN HARRISON GROSSLY 1N8VLTED BY THK VAN BIRLMTtS IN 1IARRISIURG. Read what follows, citizens of Ohio, and Indiana, and then determine if you will sustain a party whose minions are set on to insult and revile in the public streeets, in open day, your ozen, your illustrious, your beloved Harrison. Does not your blood boil with indignation at the miscreants w ho thus wontonly outraged the feelings of the man w ho spent the prime of his life in the tented field, in the service of his country, and w ho so long protected you and your families from the tomahawk of "the Indian at the risk of his life and the impoverishment of his fortune? The article is copied from the Philadelphia Inquirer, to whicUpaper it w as communicated by an eye witness. "But you will no doubt be gricTed, fnortificd. disgusted, when 3 011 learn that the General was publicly reviled, abused and most shamefully insulted 1y the Van Buren party in La needier City. Yes, sir, although I blush to .record the fact, yet it is neverlheles too true, that the man who bared his bosom in defence of his country, in that country's darkest hour wfio fought her battles, and who, if we are to believe their own candidate, R. M. Johnson, was always eminently successful as a soldier one w ho has grown gray in the civil and military services of his country, wa? on Fliday morning last, followed by a mob of Van Burenites in the streets of Lancaster, and most basely reviled, abused and insulted The west and most opprobrious epithets were selected and heaped upon his head. Gracious God, and has it come to Ibis? What kind of a party must this be that finds it expedient to disregard the most ordinary courtesies of common life? I w ill not stop now to inqure into the feelings and motives of those w ho w re evidently behind the curtain. Whatever they w ere, or may be now, I envy them not. Suffice it to say, that good men of all parties were shocked and disgusted, and thank Heaven, it has had the effect of driving many such from the support of Van Buren."' Old Tippecanoe and our German populalivn. We learn that the reception of Gen. Harrison by the farmers at Lebanon count', was characterized by the very extreme of popular enthusiasm. All classes, sexes, ages and conditions turned out lt receive him. The General addressed the immense multitude in German as well as English, and we need scarcely add, lhat a German speech in Lebanon county, was received with every demonstration of applause. Gen. Harrison is, we believe, the first candidate for the Presidency who has been able to commune with the hardy and honest German population of Pennsylvania in their native language. The German farmers of Pennsylvania will not be in sensible to this fact, at the ballot boxes in No vember. Pittsburgh Advocate. Iron Roofs. The New York Star speaks in terms of high admiration of a plan recently invented in that city, for covering houses with sheet iron. The editor has examined the roof ofa large warehouse constructed of iron and asserfs lhat for durability, strength, lightness, and lightness, it is greatly superior to roofs of any other material. It consists of seventeen convex rows of iron plates on each inclination of the roof. They are made of pieces of sheet iron riveted firmly together like the boiler of a steam-engine, and form as many groves orgutteis which carry off the water. They are traversed outside and within by iron arched bars, which are anchored in the walls, and thus hold the whole roof as well as the upper part of the house compactly together, on Ihe principle of the chain bridge. By wedges inserted in the middle junction of the bars outside, the roof may be at any lime made still more firm and waler tight. It will bear any weight of 1 .1 1. i 1 . 1 snow, and me nuic structure is icss in weight than ordinary roofs. halt. Amr. Save yovu Soap Skds.- It is not perhaps Generally known that soap suds form one of the most valuable applications to a great num ber of vegetables, and that bj- allowing them to be thrown away, a serious loss to the garden and fruit orchard is sustained. Applied to melons, squashes and cucumbers, it materially aids their growth, besides having a good effect in helping to banish the multitude of worms, bugs and flics that barber near them, and feed upon them. It is one of the best remedies for plants attacked by the plant louse, and would annually save large numbers of turnips, cabbages, &c. from falling a prey to this minute but formidable insect, were it sprinkled over Ihem instead of bcine thrown awa. Where these creatures have seized upon the extremities of young grafts, soap suds thrown upon them with a svringe will toon expel them without injury to the tree. If you have, no other use for your suds, heat it, and uncapping some of the ant hills that disfigure most farms, pour It upon them; experience w ill show that these insects are not fond of soap. Gen. Farmer. A boy named John Carr was recently sent to the House of Refuge, in New York, for robbing bis futlur of one hundred dollars. Cincinnati Republican.

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