Vincennes Gazette, Volume 6, Number 34, Vincennes, Knox County, 21 January 1837 — Page 2

. f ' V S Tinnvv, Jan. Ml, IS17. Those indebted to tins oluoe. must come forward riii J settle their ace muts without iVbv, and thereby save further trouble. It 13 essentially necessary to have mean o carry on any luisiesif. , - It appears that coutitot foil nob's o-i the han't of Vivgmia, of the denomination f twee.'v dollar-, no description cf which ir. to be ! 'mini i.i B.cknell's or Sylvester's Reporters, arc now i:i tiroulatioa, about lVrrvsviile i:i this state, which wo learn from a friend residing then. They are payable at Charleston, letter I', dates not recollected, sigitcdUohinsoti, Cashier, J. Broehenhrough, President. The execution of the notes is tolerably good, with the exception of the vignette, near the left hand end of the vta'.e, ami the words 'Banking House,' which is badly executed. .Ipportiontncnt am r?g th of the Public Mmry several Sia'c remaining r the Treasury on the 1st January 1837, ixetptfagfve 7iiil.'i-.vis tf dollar-?. Amount to ii Sr-ue No r.l.ut.-ru! vrte. deposited d: ti a tha vf ir 1S37. Muitie Ki New Hampshire- -7 M u-sacht.se' ts- I $ Rhode Island 1 Vermont 7 $1,271, -J 51 02 8t -3.115 71 1,7? 1,111 f,a.7S0 41 S03,llf 71 (. otmeetieutNew York Ve-- Jersey. Ponns". lvar.ia1,019,330 SI f s 3.. 3 10 v.'; 13 11 11 7 1 5 4 13 13 21 . 9 b 3 ...3 ,fi!M 23 1,019.300 1 ... ! 3,S.3,-il Delaware Maryland Virginia North Carolina- -South CarolinaGeorgia Alabama M ississippi Louisiana Missouri Kentucky Tennessee Ohm Indiana - Illinois ArkansnMichigan 3S2.333 31 I 1. '7 1. 131 0 3 'I, 2.031, 237 31 300,7-0 4! 037.223 51 500.7SO 11 1,011.070 33

37 ICS S30 07'?ar 10 population, and a:i agent 10 be aps. ,. . . . , , ' ! pointed to loan out the same. Indiana is emit ed te. and must now re- 1 x . 1T . , . . , , ... In the House, the surplus revenue nuesceive ol the surplus inonev, one mu ion, . ,, ' , , , , , - , , , , lion is still on the carpet. Mr. Prottil on one hundred and birtv-seveti thousand iiol- .r, , , . - , 1 - t J uesdav, ottered a resolution providing lars. - A hen it vs known t h-.t .he ati l!u- , . - . r , .. 1 , ,k . i.iat a committee of two trom each conten ro'icv would an0".v to tins stats no an- , , . . , . 1 . jjuii .y wii o iU , rrc?Sjor,:,i district be appointed to report a For thedistributioliof tha surplus re-

. ... , ... , - niirK.Tpr'MiiM.i i.it wi.i i-i'.. i-.ni-hereafter paid into the treasury and not . , cr ; j reeded for proper government uses' ,, , . 1 j 1 1 i-Sitrelv-not. Indiana has been enriching

, . - 1-1 , 1 t-, - lmuv c-nieav ior icii v ears, auer w ri cn lime and iwptov.ng New 1 ork ar.d the Lastern.f. . , f, ,, ;,

,1 . ,5 i! . long; her own monry r.iast ivt ter be allowed to pav party dem U"n r" who labor to distrac ami i:i ariajlv tic-1 , , , . ceive alarms portion of the people. This division will be dealt out in good season, to promote the public i::t?rests of every ritizen, ar.d will help to ea.-e our state improvements for a time, most essentially. The present ia::n'-'C; of Congress from this district, vo'ed to lay a resolution on the table which relinquished the claim of the U. States to this money. He can pos sibly tell us about this matter, more than we now know, and therefore it is enough to note the extraordinary proeceuinff at this time. liut with n xr tt lorty millions of dollars appropriate1 last session of congress, (and an aeeruir.j increase of revenue since.) surely the ofllee-holders are sure of enough of the spoils w ithout sr.y lien upon the sums repaid to th? people. Lcuisville Mail Poufe. We claim as a right, that an equal portion of the contemplated turnpike road, hence to N. Albany, should be placed under contract a! each end simultatieou-My. We know that the Commissioner, Mr. Clendenin, resides in Paoli; and wo know he has let out certain contracts from the Ohij to that town; but we emphatically c v.i term the pi-oecub ing, when the west and wor. t end o!" the route is yet unattended to. In n le.tion to tliis matter, we h--ar:dy coincide wif- the "Philanthropist." puMislicd in V.-?h:ng-tsri, Daviess county, r.n 1 give the follow me extracts from an article h.ilc I "Turnpike Rca I tr.d the J.t7s." "The detention sf the mails, and of travellers, for so.u.e ti...-. pat, on the r--;:d from New Alba.iy to VicoT.uce, onulit to convince every man of the ab-o! -;t rocessity ot ufnns; out ret tain sections 1 f tha contemplated turnpike road, without delay. The East fork of the White river has been a barrier (as is iwiial at this season of the year) to t!. 3 m il carriage, and to traveller?, for the last several w eeks." "It is important thai this work he completed without delay. Let it then be commenced as early in the spring as possible. It must, to insure a speedy completion, hr let out from one end of the line to the oth- - er in tietactietl parcels, commencing tie xvork at the most prominent points of obstruction, and in this way hands and provisions can be procured in abundance, and hi fair prices." VVe feel pleaded to state, on Luiianapolis mi'hority, that Mr. Herrod. whig, is elected over Judge Wick, a Van Duron man. to supply the vacancy in Congress, occasioned by the death of the late member, Mr. Kinnard. A result equally pleasing, will b -eneral ibroughout our state in

August next, it the friends of

j !. ViY.e.;" reflect tinon coiiseviuencre;

it sdoul.1 be made know and be tinder-j She knows she has done her d.ity. and too l ia du: tim, that tl;e ambitions Tears no consequence. Sho may bring : vhemers, and die avowed rpeiUmrn, will upon herself the censure of some, w ho endeavor to div i4c our friends; w hen thejwoukl have mpn that have once moved great bodv if thj Van Dtiren o.Tice hobb-' together, still to continue this movement, ers will unite their efforts upon one can-' although every fortress of public or private .liJ-.it-. such w as the ease recently at In-1 virtue should be crushed before them: but dianapolis. in regard t tha office "holders ' her solace lies in a sense of her own intogthev are happily defeated let the schs-'ritv, and in the good opinion of thegener-

tn:r and spoilsmen be iklcatcJ everyhere. OFFICIAL. The flee per cent, en tail sales. The SPI'AKFli laid before the House , ,,;..,;.,. Tr,,,,, K...-rfOM v ,f the Treasury, transmitting tiie follow iiD' statement. o m,.:.. I., i; -i.i ! .

lit- t- i ,:.:,. n ioices in seeintr the mniority ot the voters conn, Illinois, .Mi ssissinni, Louisiana "J-'V r , J J,- -,, . . , . r i r .. of this Treat Confederacy, like Iter own and Arkansas, out of the live per cent. V f'v"- ' . f . , f 1 r free sons, opposed to all nominations of tie netl proeeedi of toe saios ofi1"-1, - . ' - , . , , ,,,-.. .!. , to the irst o Itce of the nation, that i!o land w ub.in then-vespective linutc; pre- r" 'u- . , , , ., , ' . , , e not ori'Mnate with the people, ami now pared in pursuance ot a resolution ofi'u'- ""n';' ... 1 ,'. .

U1LT IIUlIi: ! Ill J'ltJC'l.. .1,.1 - O V. 2s3lh December, 130. ftilcs. Proportion of S per 1 1. p'. Ain't i.i !,,.,.,. ,-,a -r f'w Ohi ) -3 per cent Siai,:iCi."'l Indiana Missouri1'dinois Mississippi-Lpviisiana..-Ar'.ansas'.-38S.10-2 (-1 ,u301 SO') 03 lt030 "0 o.-. 33S S0 tV3 per eetit. 3 per cent lCOr.535 10, -J ; 00 lt seems by the foreg.ii-.t:;. ih l l:i liana has receive.' near four hundred thousand j 'd.iilars of what is termed 3 per cent in- '.. u-i..,., ,n? l,Aw tnveb of i- ' ' , , 3 , .3 ot t!iose who tiaiutiea it: e no

l,91l,G7:" 53 the experience of the past may not now 1,101, SO') -' prove to be useless in relation to the Li1.101,?? ;. 12 il . . . r i i 'pp., j j - -.j'ternal improvement l.-tends. J

Iromihe Indianapolis Democrat. LEGISLATIVE STOIMAK7. In Senate, a considerable portion of the

1 Oil Gt) "CCK lias oeen spem i.i i-oiumiaee oi me j j i whole on the bill to provide for the loan11 1"" 003 o- igot" the surplus revenue. The first and Vi3 -""'3 51 S""0I1'1 sections of t!ie bill were passed 3S-,'335 3i i through without amendment, w hich fropco 30-, 3!vid.s that the surplus revenue shall he I fanded in the several counties w ithout re-

.to itie nu inner ot taxable polls 1:1 e ich ; county, and the whole amount of . - '. . , 1 to be ; pplied to the interest on the s-tate 1. , ' ' , bonds lor tne purposes ot internal im- ' ,. , . . . interest no- mu n ci m re oi'iiui it t l: i t ; t ii 1 ; 1 crl':-.d fiMl 1 Ti- li inin nf ( n-i.-i,-r, t.. amend the resolution so as to provide that .. .1.., : 1 1 .. .. - . t .l.-.i i i. 1 ti l u u si it a ui 111 . - . . 1 ' , . : .i!i 111 1 . 1 i.i.rn. 1 mi ii iu a ,i if iMMUl j .Hi . i !:.lance for t' use of common schools. w tiie.i od nat p-evai .' 1.' Mr. Bloi Mil i! ; -ill moved .) a.cnd so as to create adui'tr bank stock, and to apply two per cent ,1 ot the interest for common 1001s and !:;e lu.l.r. whir ce on :i was the ost interest of state bonds. Mr. Owen moved to amend by providme- that me money fd 1 all vp loaned at s per cent nett 0 per cent to ' e anplic .1 to the payment of interest 0:1 state bonds and two per cent tor common schools for ten years, and after that time the whole interest to common sehools. which r.No tailed. Mr. Drown of T. then moved to amend so as to provide that the several branches of the state bank shall act as agents to fund and loan the money in the several counties according to representation, the interest for ten years to meet the interest on the Mate bonds and after '.hat time for the benefit of common shnok-. The previous question beinj calied for. Mr. Brown's amendment was not decided upon. The question wa- then taken on Mr. Profiit's resolution and adopted veas 50, nays 30. These r.re the various p!an proposed fir the disposition of the surplus revenu..--. On Thursday in the House, the bill i 1cre.ising the salary of the Governor, Su or.-'m id v o ral v tr-ut Judges, was taxen up v 1. The only amendment made 1. v.- s 1.1 stiKrr- r-n' . ill ! , ir., 1 ' - .' - S,-).- iker of th : .;t ;. s-n 1' 'icr dol lo-.n. iii ..'.'nate 1, n i)-ir---eu t 1 with out amen. 'mml. If lv reuii-c.- the sin .t ; re of the Cover:";- i" !. ome a law. The Governor lias approved the foih-w-irtg bids: A memorial a n! joint resolution fir an appropriation for public works at Michigan city. A joint resolution on the subject of thu purchase of the Louisville ami Portland canal stock. An act to provide for a special session of the Marion circuit court. Tennessee. This 'State, occupies an elevated staud the I'nbrn. It was once thought hv many, that her citizens were willing to drag at thn wheels of an individual, and shout "glory to his name," however much he rniubt deviate from the path of political rectitude: but ihc clouds that seemed to hang with fearful partem over the fe'r face of the State have been blown awav, and left a scene behind pleasant and lovely to look upon. Tennessee has shown to" the world that she thinks for herself, untrammelled and unmoved. Tenncsse has contended for principle sh? has triumphed "(Sin he 'h' I uo- 'vai's at h"r t'.r --

lioiii her boundaries aie the lioau: ot the

free, and the mansion of the independent. ous ot all parties, w no auinirc uer umi I rr ncss and respect nerwisuom. n-imt'a-is consistent; she is, what she lias always been, true in her support of constitutional liberty. Kentucky, that was planted ' with Her in ttie great western nuery Kentucky, that crew tip with her anm.'.st the cry of Indian batde, greets her, as a sis'er of whom she is proud, "strength and honor arc her clothing, and she shall reI unco in tune to come., rsay, she alrcaJv I lulu Kill! .,! - llopkinsvilte Ay. Gazette. TII3 SUnPLTJf3 HEVSNtJE. if Congress abandons all other business .. J- r ,i, ! 1 purposi; ui ai i -iiui in m-- - l1-c t,!e'r money, and oi "rescuing it from th' '".inks, it will not have had its session '' v '-'l!- Wc - u?l1- l'ic- preservation I tin.- treat measure lor me p:-oj.u-. ai;a t'-e -..-cmng it fro.'i the pet hr. n-t Hanks. :is tr.-. a-i:. e irto-t iran-Ttant to oar Ti'erty and at trick ! r in aSI i I il'-ll'Il l'T li: i.' m . witminj ih- m.il'i is d rextv. r and the W'-.-.r mooi"' gross in-ist not suf- - -.-" ,!; l i " -l.. .i:iiiii'ii . , .ii ot XT- , , ,1 s 1 p - Xu oor- . 1,.c !tt fact trom t.ti'ir eves, ' 'eve r.. if 1S37-3M. v.rsx n VOTED TO the ntori.i or Titr St vrr.s. vkt .:;; ContiUKss aojihrns. .V. Y. Express. From the JV. 1". Courier I.'iujuircr. 77u TarijJ'Pidhc Ln h Surpln, fievci.ue. It is well known that the receipts from the sales of Public Lands during the past year exceed twenty iniliim-; f dollars, and it is generally admitted that if this source of Keveuuc could be cut oil", the excess of the receipts in the Ibiblic Treasury during the current year, would be but trilling. All parties either are, or pretend to be, desirous of reducing the receipts into the Treasury to the aetuid wants of the Government, and the only difficulty mode acceptable to all. is 111 auop ting II we attempt t" reduce the TariiV, an hundred did'erenl interests rise in arns against it; it we attempt to limit the sale of the public lauds to actual settlers, it is justly cm; idcred an odious and 111 j usiitiable tli.-crim.uation; and if we propose to suspend the sales -nlto-coiTipiairi, tliat it will prevent tite settlement of the public lands within their bound irios. We admit the subject is full of difficulties in ativ shape in w Inch it lias yet been presented; but we & iiW. -all these may be avoided. If all parties are honest in iheir protestations on this subject, then it is cert u-i ib. at any plan which will su.-pend the receipt of revenue for public lands, and at the same time not interfere w ith settlement of the new Sta'es, must ivc the unqualilieil approval of every item !i r ot both Houses ot ( ,1 1 a plan we would respe-' i suggest. 1. is we, 1 known thai at nearly e.crv session of Congress since the Land Offices were opened, a law has been parsed pivt - ..I .... 1 mg to sr-v.attera on public domain a preemption right to purchase the - quarter sechave located reserving ail Hour-: upon which -they may at the minimum price, am sucli liom p-.nuie sele. 1 Ins is so wcil understood, that die hardy Pioneer goes fearlessly into the wilderness, settles his lamdv, and commences his iniproveme tits I whenever his fancy dutates. under the well grounded conviction that when the -land upon which he has settled is brought into market, a law will be passed reserv ing his Iron public sale and securing to him the right of purchasing it at the minimum price. As this has become the established praci ice of the Government let Congress at once pass a general law. closing all the land i-Jji-e.i in the United Si it' en fr the peri l'! "J three years, end a' the .lumpiln it'll'- t;i:ara. ii io (rr-n aciuai pr uer r;:rrrcr)rii to ( very actual ?r Her tUe o : .'.--'I T.'.i-" ''; l.e man Incct'e , at'th. 'or'. in r - .7' i' 1 d-'cr an la 'and otters shall ui -ei , 1 ,1 a law would elre of revenue, 1 io, secure the setm i l even more :icm. '.,!(, rqu-llv ib.n ! It would io- ( .1 r ibe present system. L'la'lv check all operatarn m pu 1 n la in l'ic community .s. o.u . o dd select hi farm with nit paving a Dollar, in;! mi r the guaranty cf the nation that it the ej-mration o three years us tit e would be forth -omiiig frori the Cover - moot. It would iii point of fiet, be selling the public lands to actual settlers a' a ere I-

it of three years without intt rem.' and the all public m"n yet. by ont-demagognmg representatives of all the new States would all the low demagogues of the day Infed it incumbent upon them to support over-superfluous adulation by impudence such a bill, as one of all others, best cal-and industry, he contrives to manufacculated to encourage emigration at the ture himself into a man of mveh imporsame time that it would guard the emigrant' tance. 7'b.e Whig Senators, h nver much from the operations of the speculator. jthey know him to be beneath their atten-

94. Yesterday evening between eight and nine o'clock. Doctor Envr.uit) J. Alcock departed this life. His deadi was caused by a wound in ins tnigti ot a pistol ball, on the night of Tuesday the 20th inst. Mr. George Stewart was charged with having (ired the pistol which caused the wound he was arrested on charrr-; and it b

represent'.! to

tliat t!ie Surgeon who ex ime.l the vo.:rd eonsiil-"-i-l :t ro:-::'-!v 1 1'0 not eerl.iu; v sueti :is mn-'it (.;ri e i.ea: a. Mr. S; - wait wtis hi Id t. bail in a r. i-oi;n:-z-'.nee of 510,000. Yesterda v anenvuni alien it was declared by th;: Nureon-. tl-.at Dr. Ab'ork could iet live in ire ih.in a few hours Mr. Stewart s-irn n I'-red himself to the civil authority and was committed to prison, where he remains to await the decision of the Law. The circumstances which led to the above melancholy result, originated some weeks ago in a dispute of a political character, between the decease ! ami a near relation of Mr. Stewart, which was soon changed into a most acrimonious personal one, in which Mr. b. was himself involved. Gazette. Tram the W he ling Times. SHOCKING MURDEil. On Wednesday evening last another murder was commited in our city, and one which evidently took its rise not from any anticipated gain, or previous malice, but from that base, unmanly, and criminal piactice, now so prevalent, of earning weapons of defence as ap.-.rt of daily apparel The deceased was a youth of 17 or 18 years of nge, who with another smaller bov was going on an errand through Mast Wheeling, between fight and nine o'clock in the ovtniiir. They met a larger boy on the way, who a-dvc.l them ho thev were? They replied, 'none of ) our !i i.-torss." A scufile ensued, and a'o-ra ii;,.le struggle the large one escaped, ,;ui the drcased cried out, '"I am stabbed. Persons who were at hand, came .ip an i oa.vieil him iif a ln.tise, where he was e .mined. a-.J he wound in his left -i !e b nct o-i the f.f.ii ami sixth ribs pronounced but a tnfhmr scratch, as it appeared upon tin; i".i side, bejng rarr w and a.'parei-t'.y striking the ffh ri'. A fier l.tvitig a s!:or time upon the bed, we . ' 1 .1 . - 1 . 1 1 1. . uiUler.--t.UKl me in ceasr n n .-.ui ii iio:u with a--si.-.t:mce. About three hours after (lie oeourrenc T-hursdav :e died. soy was o-er.cd by Dr. b'li.ssell, and to the astonishment of all who had believed that a wound in the heart was instai.llv fatal, it was found that the dirk, a blade -apparently of half an inch, had passed between the .fifth and sixth 1 lbs escaped ihe lungs, perl "orated the pericardium, entered the heart about midway, and passed through to the cavity had gone home to the very fountain of the ream of life, and yet the sufferer lived diree hours. We sliould have been much disposed to be credulous upon this point, had we not examined the heart of the deceased as taken from the body. A young man was taken up on suspicion, end confined in j.-.'d; but at bis trial on the follow ing day before a justice, proof was so strong that he was not at die place, at the time, that he was imme- ' ,e Attempt to Exibc a member cf tiie Lc-1 gislature We learn from Columbus that consid erable exuUme.nt v. as occasioned 111 Hie Legblatnre of this state on the 19;h inst. in consequence of an annunciation to the House of Uepresentativos by Mr. dishing, a Member from Clark county, that the Iiev. Samuel Strong had attempted to bribe him, by ollermg to pay him a thousand dollars it' he would give his influence and support to a bill making an appropriation for the improvement, of Hack river, with a iew of connecting- that stream Lake Uric, a measure wl Mr. Strong thought of great peer.i-.i irv advantrgn to himself. Mr. flushing, after stating the case, moved that the Sergeant at arms be directed to take the said .i.r. strong inio disomy aim u.ing mm C ' . . .1. 11- Ito tne liar oi me no'ise, more to answer for the offence lie had committed. Mr. Strong was accordingly arrested and arraigned at the liar, when a committee was appointed to examine into the ease, and report what was proper to be done in the premises. .'Mr. curong was then admited to bail. John C. Wright and J. W. Andrews llsqr's were appointed Mr. Strong's con nsel. We imagine it will all end in "finnke."'' Cincinnati ff'hig-. Col. Eenfon's Oratory. Col. Denton, the mock Thunderer, (see our Washington letter,) has been sprawling about again ine im.eu cuaies oenaic. e neg .i.i- -1 f. . c- ti- l paruon oi our readers lor incuse oi u:i u-u'd words in describing the oratory; but he is such a sicathrr, that nw terms are necessary for new ideas. Of all the orato ..- 1 : , .1 r !-. ncai r.uisances. irom inc oav s 01 i erisies to this era of 1836. Denton is the chief. I" other countries, other people would take him 'for a madman, and put him in a mad house. He escapes in this, because ad orts of o-atorici phrenzies are allowed.

Judge lira:

io ive-t man If in lb" Hou-eof Commons, the Chamforward and her of Peput'cs. or the Swis Diet, a man

w - er o 'brash abo at as be dors, Drd'am w-i:i'd a snrdlv claim him. Nevertheless. D uit ui anivars well in the (ilobe. lie is U uit ui annrars wed m toe VtIoo a verv fair writer. He is indefatigable in mischief. Without one single particle of personal inll.ience the laughing-st-ek of tion, must rememiier that Ins speeches are not confined to thesmnll area of the Senate: biitthatthe Globe and all its echoes trumpet these speeches all over this great country. AV w York Express. From the West Chester, Pa. Record. CRITCtTlVAXi. Among the numerous cases tried before the Quarter sessions, last week, was that

ot' l homas Davis, tor lalse atiirm ilion at

the t! u. . t : i 1. r t-.at he cam f ,re the J; i .t '. g n1 lion, at toe v v t o.o.-!cr lUr-niet, r.nc ,1 for the piop se of 1 b taming his tote, u;. on his 'oil mu affirmation, declared th: he had I e-.ui as.si.ssed, and ha 1 paid tax ! . ., ... .- ...:.! : .... 1 in rc--it isesiei i wiiuiu 1 " " so clear was the ease upoi, h:-; own rd owing, that the Judge proceeded to make out the order to the inspector, to receive his vote. A doubl having ari.-en as to the truth of the story, bis vote was wiihhfKI, ami Kr.rx Haines, the assessor and collector, was sent fir. being affirmed, he stated that Davis had neither been assessed, nor had he paid tax within two years; but when he called on him for the purpose of assessing him, lie said he was not of age. His vote was forthwith rejected. About ten days afterwards he was arrested, and when before the justice, admitted that at the time he made the statement before the judges at the election, he knew it was fd.se. The case was bo clear upon his trial, that the jury were out but a few minutes, and returned a verdict of guilty. He was sentenced to eighteen months imprisonment, in the new penitentiary at Philadelphia. This caseoueht to be as a solemn warning to all those who are disposed to attach but little importance to the solemnities of an oath or affirmation. Frfrefhns frem the I.nuisv'Uc Journa1. Sor'Fi Carolina. This State, as our readers are aware, voted for Mr. Mangum for the Presidency. A caucus, consisting of the members of t he Legislature of both political parties, Union men and Nulliliers, was held on the evening prior to tie appointment of electors, when a proposition to give the vote of the State to Van Rtiren was rejected wiaaimoinMr. Van Durn has pledged himself to "f il'ew President Jackson's foot steps. We reallv hope theref ire that President Jai-kson will redeem his p'edge and start forth with for the deserts of Arabia. The democratic party may well e happy. The wh-de power is in t.uetr own hands. l.a:ern JJri!s. The party's happiness has a serious drawback. Thev can Fay, as Paddy said when tumbling from the church-steep'e '-Tlds is mighty pleasant, L let it icon! last." The Ilinois Legislature has ma le an appropriation to remove the embarrassments in the i;g Embarrass river. Sir. Kendall. "in his report of the 5th tilt., said: "The building, in which the Post office is kept, is not fire-proof, and its books and-papers are daily exposed to destruction." Here was almost a prophe cy of the conflagration of the Post Ofi.ce. T.. .. r .1 .1- L..:i.r: . III il lun i.nv 3 in is oiuitiing wiirj a n .e oi felling cUrits iJ'OT?cstfcir' fife community? A year or two ago the Treasurv-br.il 1ing at Washington City was burned down. No doubt many enormities were there hidden forever. 7'l.e General Post Office is now in ashes. Who can tell what mysteries the ashes rover.? The General Post office, at the time of its taking fire, contained a large amount of money. 7'o say nothing of other sums, it probably contained not less than 8100,000. that had been taken from dead letters. .inn ii.ii uiTaiiic ci liiat vast amount' Dor s any body suppose that it was burned with the Post Office? Hid not the Post - master geneial, in his prophetic antir ipalions of the impending calamity, take eare to remove it III i'nl vorv c-if.i r,r.f I ....'- -j j .-' uuiin, his own pocket? The Van Duron papers boast, that Mr. Kendall's express mails are in fall opera - tion. To what points do the express mails j go? I'o the cijV.s. Do thev ever go to , the country? No, never. How does the country like that sort of "equal privileges: An amusing incident occurred in Wash- ., , ' , , , . at brown s was crow, ed. when a cry ol ::l,,:y:iLhc:!n.w;'v',oo iiigion on -Saturday no it last. I lie i.ir .' '"--. ..u.ui iuium.-, i-aui a M,.;ur, apringmg up, at the War or Navy Departments thev come next in order." It was immediately ascertained to be a lalsc alarm, and the stranger sat down again amidst the laugh of the company. A!j Gaz. The Ottowa Republican for several

weeks past ,ns been laboring most assidu-j' " "' ously to stop the canal at Ottowa, and to . setk make the Illinois river navigable up to Ot-1 Xevn fcold children, especially in a town by means of dams &c. AiifEngmcer Pion, If you do, they will 'alirayg has been procured by the spirited inhabit- wnit 1"or passionate scolding before they ants of that county, '(Mr. Hurd,) who has obe-v- "m'es, they are imitative creasurveyed the river, and estimated the ex- turc?' nn lhc firsl t!lin? )'011 ohs?rve will pensc'of rendering it navigable, at all sea-',,c tIleir sro!dillg m anger some little brosons. to Ottowa. The costof the river im- thrr or sistcr- The nmst perfect family provemcnt he estimates at 73,000 dollars, i wp cver J?3W' was one composed of eight On the other hand, the cost of the C.mrd ' r!",drcn under fmirtcen years of age, and from Ottowa down to its proposed trrmin-!the P"18 ucrc ncv" known to speak a

ation, is estimated at 10 or 12 hundred tb.ou-, sand dollars, so that according to the Ottowa scheme, a saving might be made in thihs improvement of a miliion of dollars. Sanganso Journal. When queen Ann, wishing to complimeiu u r. oouui upon one oi ins sermons, .-vtr.i - I ebserved thitt it was too short, he made

the since lamous reply that he would have contrived it so, that the number contained made it shorter if he had had more time, in the box corresponded with that on the Would that modern speakers and writers direction. As he neither erased any word would employ a little more frequently of nor letter, nor substituted a new direction, this meliorating process! For, in truth, how did he alter it so as to correspond "a crude abundance is the. disease of our with the contents of the box? (The serVmerican style." Bulk, rather than qual-; vant merely placed the letter s beforo th ity, seems to be the measure of value, and two Roman numerals ix) The direction our writers naturally enough itudy addi-J then red thus: "To Alderrr.cn CcbK't tion, rather than rnbtracion. Iwi'h six d'teks."

runny IJrifr fit. The Cincinnati Advertise, Mr. Van Puren's Ohio organ r.;. "that Fanny Wright has june,'j .!.e party" has become associate -dhor of tho Dostcn Investigator. The Advertiser s; e..ks of Fanny as "an accomplished" lady, and rays "she will 1 e a valuable eca; j -.'.-. or, in the holy war." A I) -iv n Ea'i'er. There is a man living i:i Maine, says an eastern paper, whoso left are. so large that be pulls hij panta oop.3 0:1 ove r Lis head! p A Wb.t.:h Jlr. Ar.thoDy Ifofman of fine Plains, killed, 011 the 19th ii.st. a hojj twenty -one months old, which weighed when dn--sf d SOI lbs. a:id wes sold b.r ilOO. -V. Y. Star. JViw mode rf bribing Jyal Tersoragey. The Emperor Nicholas has presented the Emperor of Austria with a no minerah-gical collection, i:i which is included a piece of native gold weighing one pound, and another of na'ive platina weighing half a pound, from the Oural Mountains, its celebrated locality. - The Pa wtuekf 1 Chronicle declares thai honesty is scarce, truth scarcer, but the scarcest cf all irtuor.s eiister.ee is swett butler!

Xnr Article ef Furniture. A New ork Yrnkeeb.as invented an improved bee hive, which is said to have the appear ance ( board, below and to be, 111 iaet. a muiiognny title wiili drawers above, and a closet with g'ass doors, to be placed in ml-er of :i house, and to be conwith the open air bv a tube passing the ch needed through the wall. The operations of th-j bees are clearly f.ecii through the glass doors, and the honey is deposited ia the drawers. i Georcria. In this State a very liberal donation has lately teen made to Oglethorpe Fniversity of five thousand dollars, by Mr. John Fox, of the city of Augusta. This is another gratifying indication of an improved and improving estimate in the South, of the importance of liberal education. It is upon the system cf popular or common school education, however, that reliance is mainly to he placed for increasing the happiness and preserving the liberties of the People; a system which which must at all times depend for its efficient existence, not upon individual benevolence, but upon wise legislation. Mr. Van Eurrn not yet elected. "W believe in audition to many Npw- York and Virginia electors, disqualified by hopiiiv offices under the Gen. Government, there are at least four on the Pennsylva nia ticket that are rdso ineligible, If th f.iT - .. irtr i-r nrnrnrll- r.'Tl-.l. Mr. Vail 7?!-- - -i " .- t I ' '.' -- - rrn'.? election n-i.iv hn fb tv'ej. .V. J". 7.r:j. -ft 7 nr- expe;v!itt.:rs of the year are thirh;. tiro million t. This enormous expenditure, unparalleled i:) our country (when there v.-a no debt or interest to pay) is striking practical illustration of the' vrdns of the professions of reform and economy, upon whi.-h General Jackson came ir.'u power. .V. J'. Luprn;. The party" are at length caught 7 hey have insisted t .on trie "rig! t of instruction," that is j whenever a'Siate has chsnged'it poluici .complexion, that its Senators in Congress J should immediately resign Mr. Tyler cf j Virginia subscribed to this doctrine, and ' l-.-.i:i,rr-in I tf'l. C.-.-- - C ' .. . inu.i. i i.c oitM oi ac Jersey, Ohio, Indiana, and Georgia, have now l)'cn hig majorities, and according tr l'."s doctrine. Messrs. flndrlcks, Tipton, 'ng and Cuthhert, must resign. The question ts, will they do it? Vc shall ,fce - u'.ertoivn American. Colonel Denton ameng other balderdash, has solemnly declared that "he gr.es for God and the Constitution," somewhat we --"rP'"-L jun nit- uiauner mat ranta Anna went for "God and Liberty." Arcades ,0. p.,iiy Bem0n a -fit imi,a,or of . , r..i.- ! lnc assassin ol Goliad and the A Alamo. Albany Adv. fCThe New Hampshire House of Representatives, in spite of their servile adherence to Van Buren voted almost unanimously (201 to 7) against his doc!tr,iacs - a!,d in favor of reiving the SurJ " "V 4 ' i,illu"ess and obdience reigned at the family altar. .ee A Gentleman sent his servant with a present of nine ducks in a box, upon which was the following direction: "To w. erjnan uoocte, wih ix dvck." The servant who had more iniTTuitv thin bon. iiesty, purloined three of the ducks and