The Wabash Courier, Volume 10, Number 29, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 26 March 1842 — Page 2

Trenton

unil back, once a week- fsmbridae.S mile* Waterloo u» be Sullied »rom and back,one®• week. 3 v..,v roropeningand cloa1. Seven mioitetare «j,0*.

ingthe

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l(nntfd

particular time

»nd »ie««»l»oa: routes

ft tpecifieil but on todelivfhere i» to be no more dels/ than wn^— er and receive th« ---.j i0 preference to pas-

•»UIk require it passengersbrought .yr'S

P^t'offise blanks, mail bags and apecial agents ,f iha RirimeDt, on the exhibition of their creden.«1I. arefo be conveyed without farther charge on th ul'lirtta adiniting of auch conveyance.

Mill aeents are to be conveyed without charge a the principle railroad and steamboat hues, where •heiHus of the mails and the number of of the offices Vill require their employment by the Department, and in that case a separate apartment for the assortfri* ,mil «afe-keeping of the mail is to be provided by the contractor under the direction of the Depart-

IN A!1 cases, there is to be a forfeiture of the pay of the trip, when the trip is not run a forfeiture ol at least one-fourth part of it, when the running or arrival is so far behind time as to

'V Finss wfl'/bf* imposed, unless the delinquency be •Ji'sfac explained in due time, for failing »o take r,rdeK"Pa post offic^themaiUranvgrtof,,:

!u»TpS«n. to-.., iojnrv mind, to convey a mail by o"? or •teamHoo«,«'bMA^h« wtroctor reg nr il.o rnniu bei/oni (he specified number ot trips in inn «Sv^ri n...Vri.i.K (He t.me «et. And for setting up or runinjf an express tt» trnri»m mereial intelligence in advanced the mail, a penalty will be exacted equal to a quarter's pay. 8 The Postmnster General may annul ihe contMc't for repeated failures for violating the Post Olflce law for disobeying the instructions ol the Department for refusing lo discharge a carrier when required by tho Department jor assigning the contract without the consent ot the Postmaster general, or for netting up or running an express as alore-

*9. The Postmaster Gmcrnl tnayolier thecoutrnct and sltcr the schedule, he allowing a pro rata '"c[enf®

compensation, within the restrictions Imposed l» law, for tne additional service required, or for the increased speed if the employment of additional stock or carriere is'endured necessary hut the contractor may, in such cise, relinquish the contract, on timely notice, it he prefers it lo the change. He may a'so discontinue or curtail the service, he allowing one months extra i»nv on tlie nmount dispensed with. 10. The pnvmenis will be mnde through drafts on Posts offices or otherwise, after the expiration each quarter, say in February, Mny, August, and

November- |. The distances are given according to the best information but no incresed pni/ will le allowed, should ilicy prove to be greater than is advertised, if the places are correctly named. 12. The Postmaster (teneral is prohibited ny law from knowlingly makinga coiuract for the transpo^ta lion of the mail with any person who shall have entered into any combination, or pioposed to enter into any combination, to prevent the making of any bid tor a mail contract by any other person or persons, or who shall have made try agreement, or shall have given or performed. or promised to give or perform, any consideration to do, or not to do, anything whatever io induce uny other person not lo bid for a mail contract 13. On conch routes where the present contractor shall b«» superceded by an underbidder. who may not hnvo the auge property requisite tor the periorni«hcc of the contract he shall purchase Irom tne present contractor such of his coaches, teams, and harness belonging to ih.i route «s sSall be aeodod, and may be suiiable for the service, at a fair valuation fnu xnakn payntent therefor by reasonable instalment, as his pav becomes due, unless the present contractor •hall continue to run stages on ihe route. N*gP'" they not agree as to the suitableness ot the property, the terms, or the security, each may choose a person who

a a

loose

with a depending mail and a

the connection

forfe.ture

of a dae pro

psirtioft ofit, when a grade of service is rendered inferior 10 that in the contract. These forfeitures "?.n^ in erased imo penalties of higher amount, according to the natare or frequency of the tailureand iheimpor

ioint a third, and their decision shall beli-

nal or the Postmaster General will name the umpire. Should Ihe underbidder hil lo comply, hisbid will be ofRtrotl to ihe contractor but should hedecline it, the propsala of the underbidder will l»e accepted unconditionally. The un lerbidder should give early not ice of hia intention io take or rtot to take the

hitter, of lM»«aisons «nd tit* presen. confr»r»ris determine, on the first application, wether he will sell

14"A bid received aficr time, to wii the 14th April next at 3 or without the guarantee reauired by law or" that combines several routes in one sum of compensation, cannot be considered in competition with a regular proposal, not sdjudgeded to be

bidder may olT. ron coach, railroad,or steamboat routes, where that transportation is difficult or impracticable rt certain seasons, to substitute hoiw or wagon conveyance, or to intermit service, a specified number of days, woeks.or months. He may propose to omit an o'fiee that is inacccssible, or is not on the siagc road, the Mil way, or at a steamboat landing, aa the case may he. or he may offer to substitute sn inferior mode of supply in such cases. He may propose different days and hours of departure and arrival, provided no more running lime ia naked* and it is obvious ilint no uiftil connection or other public accoinmodanon is prejudiced, fie may ask for a specified number of days for more running time to the trip at certain seasons of peculiar bad roads. But beyond these changes, a proposal for service different from the advertisement will prevent its boing considered in competition with a regular bid. not set aside for extrvagance and where a bid oontains any of the above alterations their disadvantages will bo estimated in coippanng it with other proposals. ,.,P 16. Theroshould be but one route bid for in a pro-

The route, the service, the yearly pav, the bidder's name and resilience, and the name ol each member of the firm, where a company offers, should be disin at 18. The following is the form of the guaranty which should be filled, ihe first blank with the name of the iguaranfor. n»cond with iliftl ol the binder? unu Inc tliiitlftml fourth with the hfffinning and points of the route and after being tinted, should be signed by the guarantor, who must be shown by the written certificate of a postmaster, or other equally itisfactory testimonial, to be a man of property, and able 'o make good his guaranty, rhis guaranty, so certified. »h«nld nccompan) each bid. "The undersigned- —guaranties that- if his Viil lor carrying the mail from —to be accepted by the Postmaster General, shall »nt«r into an oblit ga.ion prior to the 1st day of July nest.with good and sufficient sureties,to p. rlorm ibe service proposed.

19 The bid should be sent under s.^l, addressrd to the First Assistant Postmaster tnncral, with Mail Proposals in the S.ate wruten on the face of the letter and should be despatched time to be revived by or before the 14th April next, at 3 o'clock.

So. The contracts are to be executed before the 1st July nex*.

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AVICKLIFFE.

WtOrMd Dec U184*' MFOINLLF.RRKR & CO. 1 Jiinlaln Iron Wnrc-Honsf. MAIX STtBST, BtTWKKft 2d ASP 3d I.OCWVIM.S. Ky. Manufacturersofallmeeof Iron, Nailsa«4 Boiler neetsfrom the beat Juniata Blooms of theirowu mane lecture^

Ml sixes or Blister, Rail Road and Carriage Spring Steel, all of which we warrant to be of superior

5ierchant« and Manufacturers, will observe that (lie above Iron. Nails and blooms, (refined with charcoal only) which are n»ana fsctured at the old established works on the Juniata fiver. Pennsylvania, from whence the article called /•irate ff*« derived its origin and high reputation,

We make this explanation that purchaser* may not He deceived in purchasing the article of Fuddled Iron •o«t Nails for Jantsta, they being sometimes offered for

•ale as such. SHOENBERGER tc Co. Kov.tO,ld41ll-19t ,,v

^VTTEND.

^•-trr ILl. tho»e indebted to be kind enough to i\\ come forward and pay the same rorthwithf We are much in need, and dislike very much to have 4« Wake many personal spflieations. fcvery one .»- tereeted can do uia great fa tor by making a settle-

want with

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ALL THINGS ARE OF GOD. Tboo art, O God. the life and light Of all this wondrous world we see Iclte glow by day. its smile by night,

Are bm reflectiona caught fromIhee

Where'er we turn, thy gloriesshihfe,' And aM things fair anatright are thine.

When day. wilh f*r*weH b"am, deHi\ Among the opening douds of even, And we ran almost trunk we gaze

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Through opening vistos into heaven Those Imes that make the sun's decline So soft, so radiant, Lord, are tbicS. When nighl, with wings of starry gloom, r- O'ershadowsall the earth and skies,

Like some dark beauteous bird, whose plume Is sparkling with unnumber'd eyes Tliat sncred gloom, those fires divine, So grand, so couritless, Lord, are thine 4 When youthful Springs sround us breathes,

Thy spirit wsrms her fragrant "'gh And every flower that summer wreathes Is born beneath thy kindling eye Where'er we turn, thy glories shine, And all things fair and bright are thine,

MOORE.

From the Lady'* Book.

SERENADE. BY DK. JOB* C. LL'CABE. i"

The moon o'er the mountain is beaming, And wreathing the ocean with smiles And the night flowers, dew-gemmed, are gleaming And fairies beginning their wiles. ... I^et us haste—let us haste where the billow,' With soft murmurs dies on the shore On its bosom the wild lillies pillow, Undisturbed by the dash of an oar. Let our feet by the wave-beat strand wandeV, While our eyes are di«coursing of love No soul is more faithful or fonder I. Than is m4nc—bjr the bright stars above! "I will trust thee, will love thee, believe thee, For falsehood ne'er darkened thy soul And I know thou wilt never deceive me, While thy life-tide its current shall roil." c'

SHORT PATENT SERMONS. NEW SERIES—No. LXXXI1I. The following are the words of my text for this present occasion.— 'Tis the sweet charm of Friendship, that ever can cheer,

Half the ills which reflect over life's ruflled scene, And ever transcendant, 'tis seen to apppear Mid the gloom where the wreck of misfortune hath been. \iy hearers—being social creatures, as we are gregarious by nature, and fond of friendly intercouree with our fellow mortals, the world, indeed, would be a barren wilderness were we to be excluded from the companionship of those whose feelings and whose sympathies are allied to,as8imt$*tcdiaiid commingled with our own. In order that ftie measure of man's happiness mav bo even haif filjed, it is absolutely necessary that he should have iome^one by his side, in his pilgrimage to the tomb, with Svhom he can converse, in whom he can confide, and upon whom he can depend in moments of danger, days of trial, ar.d hours of affliction. There is nothing socomforting to the unfortunate children of doubt, dread or despair, as lo know that they have friendB to sympathise with them in their distress, and administer ihe balm ol consolation, even though it may not lie in their power to bestow the least particle of pecuniary aid.

My respected hearers—our pathways through lite would be as unattractive, uninviting and unpleasant as sheep path round a sand hill, were they npt garnished by the perennial flowers of friendship-the spring-blooming lillies of love—the violets of virtue, and the amarynths of affection. When the sad and lonely misanthrope becomes weary with his wanderings, and fain would rest himself by the way side, within a furlong of the sepulchre, lie feelB as though he had been a voluntary exile from the social joys of society,and regrets that he had not, in the days of his youth, courted the regard of the virtuous, the moral and the exemplary. Whnt a frightful scarecrow is a human being without a friend in the land to praise, cheer, or admonish him! Sadness, sullenness and misery ore written as plainly upon his features as the A. B. C. of the tcacher in a schoolboy's copybook. His mouth is continually turned downward at the corners like that of a codfish, and he looks as hapless and wo-begone as the grinning phiz cf Death upon a grave stone. I should rather, my friends, be on friendly terms with the devil alone, than forever war, in my heart, against heaven, earth and hell. Even the company of the wicked is preferable toeverlasting solitude lor, as the bee gathers honey from the most poisonous things, BO also can moral and intellectual sweets be extracted from many of those organical excrescences ol sin and iniquity which ditfigart and dllgrucs the fair form of a religious community.

My dear friends—the scions of friendship that shoot spontaneously in the human breast are often blighted forever by the premature frosts of avarice. The spirit of brotherly love becomes diseased and dies when the plague-tainted winds of mercenary desire scatter abroad the seeds of moral sickncss. The rosy-wreathed chain of reciprocal affection, that binds heart to heart, is often snapped in twain wl»|n the corroding rust of mntnmon begins to gather around it and all the shoestrings of petty favor that self-interest or charity may pick up, are no more sufficient to tie it together again than a single thread of moonshine will answer to lace up a young

lady

sympathise with him in woes, and lend a hoping I ^nn

to pick every molesting thorn from his pillow of

hand to pick every molesting thorn from his pillow sorrow! But to whom does he look for friendship? Not to those who are made miserable by a superabundance of money, but might be rendered happy by making many comfortahle No—he looks not to those whose fountains of sympathy have become dried beneath the scorching meridian sun of wealth and grandeur but to those, and those only, who know, partially if not wholly by experience how to feel for a fellow being in distress, and now valuable are the pleasures, tlu raptures of ihe mind, which are the sure concomitants of heaven-born love and charity.

Mv hearers—before I conclude, I must exhort yon to beware of false friendship. It is a light that often lures lo destruction—a kind of jack o-lantern, which leads one up lo his buttons in mud and morass, and then leaves him to get out ihe best way he can- It has been truly compared to the shade upon the sun dial: present whrn the sun of prosperity shines, but absent whrn obscured by lbe clouds of adversity. It is like what is termed a lie blossom of a cucumber vine, full of promises but never yielding J'ruit.

In short, my friendsTif you would cultivate true and faithful friendship among one another, you musn't allow the love of money to get ihe mmsterv over the more moral and holy inclinations. You should seek lor riches in order, that while you bring happiness to your own doors, you may also coax comfort and contentment into the but* and hovels of wretchednesa— and depend upon it, yon will have your individual rewards. either in this world, or tbe world to come. So mote it be! Dow, J*.

NEWSPAPERS.

Go into the houses of some, and you will find no newspaper, no periodical of anv kind, and hardly a book- Afk such men to subscribe lor a paper, and they will tell fvu that they have no time to r-sad one! But wbo is so constantly employed as to find no leisure for the improvement ol the mind! Not the fanner certainly. lor ihe long winter eveniags afford him several I hours every day which he might devote to reading, .""f*"00Not the mechanic, for inttaneesare frequent where tee industrious artisans have attained an etninencela the

Crmiocs Ciocs.—Tbe most cunooa thing tn the cathedral of Labeck, is a clock of singular construction, and very high antiquity. It ia calcolaied to answer astronomical purposes, representing the places of the sun and moon in the eliptk, and many other eentnvances. The dock, as an inscription wet* brti^**! placed in the church on CandleCTssday, in !405 the face of it appears an

PHILOSOPHICAL FACTS.

Booud travels at the rate of 1,141 feet per second in the air. 4,960 in water, 11,000 in cast iron. 17,000 in steel, 18.000 in glass, and from 4,636 to 17,000 in wood.

MEBCDST

freezes at 38 degrees

A SHIP'S LOO.—The

many

corsets. No, my friends, friendship,

firm and steadfast, can't shine amid the dazzle, the brilliancv,and theglowof riches- It may gleam forth at intervals, likean April sun, from between the silveredged clouds ol monetary service, but just as you are prepared to bask in its warmth, the chances are ten to one that it doesn't hide its lustre beneath the dark mantle of selfishness, and leave you shivering in the cold blasts of disappointment, like a shorn sheep in a blustering northeaster.

My worthy hearers when the myrmidons of misilt

fortune assail one of your kindred—when the pel tin storms of affliction beat down upon his unprotected head—when penury and want Conspire against the last hope of his bosom—how consoling, how comforting and how glorious it is for him to Know that he has friends who can lay one hand on their hearts, and the other on their pockets, wilh a determination to afford him relief in his days of trouble!-friends who can -:~~y

MAN'S LIFE

Nothing ought to imiuoe the father of a fcroily to 32 colored, lndwnu, 135 white ftnd 19 QJdo wit boat newspaper, and rear bia children in igoo- ]nred. Tennessee, 255 white aod 99 colored. Eft, &U? .o SSf'KS.r.'SStfc, Misawsippi, 43 -W.e .nd® colored. AI.Wciyoy the advantage of a good periodical. ma, 113 white .and 96 colored. IiuDots, lotal 96. Missouri, 82 white and 42 colored.

of Fahrenheit and be

comes a solid mass, malleable under tJ*S»mmer. The greatest height at which the «Jgmecspin» ever exist does not exceed ten miles. ft

Am is about 816 tiinep lighter thai .water. The pressure of the atauoephere upon evefjr woafe footof the earth amounts to 2,160, jbe. An ordtnwy sized man, supposing his surface to be 14 square leet, sustains the enormous pressure of 30,240 U»-

IIBAI

rprifiesair to such an extent that lt majr be made to occupy 5 or 60U times the space it did before. Tbe violence of the expansion of WATE«. when freezing is sufficient to cleave a globe of copper of such thickness as to require a force of 28,900 lbe. to p*»doce the same effect.

During tbe conversion of icx into water, 140 degree* of heat are abeorbed.

WATER,

when converted.into steam increases in bulk

1,800 timesOne hundred pounds of the water of the Dead Sea contains 45 pounds of Salt.

Tbe mean annual depth of unt that falls awWequator is 96 inches. Assuming the temperature of jfhe interior of the earth to increase uniformly as we descend, at the rate of one degree in 46 feet, at the depth of 60 miles it would amount to 480,000 degrees of Fahrenheit6— a degree of heat sufficient to fuseall known substances.

The explosive force of cloeely confined 8C»powwat is six and a half tons to the square inch. HAILSTONES

sometimes fall with a velocity of

feet in a second—RAIS

The(greatest artificial COLD ever produced is 91 degrees Fahrenheit. ELECTRICITY

resources

113

feet in a second.

moves with greater velocity than light

which traverses 200,000 miles of space tn a second of time. THUNDER

can be heard at a distance of 30 miles.

LIGHTKINO

can be seen by reflection at the distance

of 200 miles. GALLEY OF THE MISSISSIPPI.^ The balance of political power in this country wfli soon become firmly fixed West of the Alleglieny Mountains. The influx of population is so rapid, and the extent and fertility ol its soil so great, that the destinies of the country will shortly be determined by dw voices of the people living in the valley of the Mississippi. The stupendous region is pronounced by an erudite foreigner, the most magnificent dwelling place prepared by the Almighty for man's abode. Yet even at the present day, comparatively speaking, it is a mighty desert, only a stupendous moral waste. The geographical extent of the Valley, is vast, and the number and size of the prairies which irrigate its sqM, almost exceed computation. The moral culture which should be diffused there, is important in a ratio proportioned to its boundless necessities. But few persons are aware that the extent of the Mississippi Valley exceeds that of France more than six times, embracing as it docs over a million and a half of square milesIts

and dimensions fit it for sustaintnga-

population much beyond the present number of peoplfe who inhabit Europe. The rivers which fertilize its bosom are scarcely equaled in the world. The Mississippi alone traverses a section of country 2500 miles in length, while 500 miles from its mouth,ships of great burthen float upon its bosom. Fifty-seven large streams act as tributaries and help to swell the waters of the Father of Rivers. The Missouri exceeds 2000 miles in length, the Arkansas 1300, and the Red River one thousand. All the varieties of the soil and vegetable productions and temperature of Europe, are fouijd in this almost boundless valley, while fertility and sterility are diffused alike with a prodigal hand. w»•

A DEEP ARTESIAN WELL

—A well has lately been

dug in the city of Paris that is sevetiteen hundred feet deep. It was commenced eight years ago, by the direction of the Municipal Council, for the purpose of supplying the city with water, and the single expense of digging cost 250,000 francs. Four years after its commencement,"and when it had been sunk to the depth of a thousand feet, the enormous instrument with which the boring was performed broke, and the lower part of it, weighing five hundred pounds, remained at the bottom of the well. After working for fifteen months, the engineer succeeded in boring a hole in tte upper part of the broken instrument, and in screwing thereon a rod of iron strong enough to bear ite own weight, and by this means it was drawn up.

ITie water of the well is quite warm, being nbont eighty degrees of Fahrenheit, and smokes like a boiling pot. The hole is small, not to exceed three feet in diameter, and the amount of water afforded is about a million of gallons in twenty-four hours.—Cin. Elevator.

"log," by which the speed of

the ship is ascertained, is a thin flat piece of wotfd,' which a Yankee would sooner call a 'shingle—to one end is attached a short cord and lead whereby the "Log" is kept in a perpendicular position in the water*ntjnr the oilier end, and.at a ppjnt, exactly mid«M* boiween the sides, is attached a very long cord, marf* ed off in knots, and wound upon a reel, thus the log being perpendicular, and presenting its fiat surface t6 ihe water, remains stationary, while the ship goes ahead. Well, all ready the Log is thrown over, and at the same moment the sand glass is turned, and the number of knots that run from the reel, while tbe sand is escaping from the glass, being 14

AND

seconds, so

knots makes the ship per hour.—Clete. Herald. RATIONAL ADVICE.—Arise

every morning as soon as

you get tired of lying in bed, and if the weather iB cold, dreas yourself before going out. Take yOltr meals as soon as convenient after your appetite becomes sharp. Never lay out or pay out any more money than you can command at the time. Do not rgb your neighbors' henroost, or tear off the shingles fropt his house, to kindle your fire with. Never pick an nditor's pocket, nor light your pipe with a piece of r«d flannel.—Endeavor to find some amusement, when you have nothing to,do, and can't sleep and always be contented when your mouth is full, your body warin, and you have nothing to fear or desire.—Franklin Jlegister. ?v "t

REASON.—"As

when the sun ap

proaches towards ihe gates of the mornings he fint opens a little eye of heaven, and sends awaythespirits ol darkness, and gives light to a cock,and calls up the lark to matins, and, by and by, gilds the fringes of'a cloud, and peeps over the eastern hills, thrusting oft his golden horiis like those which decked the brow of Moses, when he wis forced to wear a veil, becauae

8een the

|!g

face of God and still, while a

the 8torf the

sun gets up higher, till he

& (aif a fu |jg

«t

»n

butchers, packers, sc. 4,808

Number of iron furnaces, 804 Do. bloomeriea, &c- 795! Do. lead smelting houses, 120

Do. gold do. 157 Do. cotton and other manufactories, 9,850 Do. potteries, 659 Do. vinegar refineries, 43 Do. paper milla, 426 Do. daily papers, printing offices,bindenea, Stc. 1.964 Do rope walks, 388 Do. floor* oi I. grist aod other mills, 66A18

ToU QOQ1ber

emplored,

sciences, merely by giving their ictmre to study. One of the most eminent oriental scholars of the age I is Profewor Lee of one of tbe English Universities, and l»«* Tbe whole number of blsnd persons in tne yet all bis education was a«juiir3 wing the moments United States, according to the last census, is SU™"c.*r£?« 6,916, of wSm 5,034Ire »bie, and 1.9B6

The fact is, every nan has leiwe to read a news-! colored. In Kentucky there are 286 while paper, and those who plead the I and 141 colored. In Ohio, 372 white and cuse for not taking one are almost tbe lea* indastrsus.

Louisiana, 37 white aod 36 colored.

edas to fly open—, At this hoar a set ot figures representing tbe twelve pocket. Apostle* cone oat from the door on the left hand of: bow, »at on his blandest amile, and returning

of oor Saviour, and afterwards entering the doorsoo of ladia* spinning street yam, out I never jmm,

^infS

one whole day, under a cloud often, and sometimes weeping great and little showers even so is a man's reason and his life."— Jeremy Taylor. 4

INTERESTING STATISTICS.

Number qf Pertoru of tack Occupation in tie Unit*}

States, with tke Capital employed. No.

Foreign commercial houses, 1,408 Other do. do. 2,881 Retail dry goods, groccry, and other shops, 57,565 Employi din lumber trade, 1,793 l)o.

Capital. 119,395,347

250,301,799 9,868,307 11,526,9V) 20,432,131 1,366,7*0 224,9*5

66,867,483 551,511 l,769,5fl 4,745^$9

5,873 811 2,165,5fT

65358, ^2

Total number of firms in buainess, 138,489 #560,907.2*7 The total number of persons occupied io these different employments, are as follows: Io Mining, In Agrtcaltare, in Commerce, Trade and Manufactures, Navigation of tbe ocean.

15.2

3,717,7 117,5*5 791345 56,025 33^0*7 65,296

4,796,8*7

PEBTTT FAIR.—A distinguished counaelkr at Nantucket, found a ball of ywn in the

.w. Over' street, and winding tip the thread, he followed of oor Saviour, »nd on jt until he overtook the lady who dropped tho •ndh.d.b.o.h.r in bar

The counsellor made the politest

Jheritab.il, aid," M.d.m I far. W

27th CONGRESS.

Correspondence oj tke American. WASHINGTON, MAHCII 14, 1842. The fifteenth week of the session commenced to-day, and with about tkat progress in publfc business which ought to have been mtde in th« first fire weeks of the session.

SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES. JFLR. Bagby of AI. made his appearance for the first time in the Senate for several weeks, having bees a sufferer from indisposition.

The Clerk of the House brought to the Senate a larre number of private Bills which passed the House on Saturday. The Bills were laid upon the table. Several of the Bills had previously passed the Senate, and many were from the House for concurrence.

Mr. Clay presented a memorial from York, Penn., asking for protection on manufactured goods.

Mr. Clay also presented a memorial from citizens of Western Pennsylvania, who ask Congress forthwith to adjourn. The reasons for this extraordinary request are stated to be in the action of Congress—the gross abuses which had grown up within the few years past, and which have led to a consumption of time, without honor or profit to the couutry. In view of the mode of legislation they ask Congress forthwith to adjourn, expressing the belief that the public interests would be thereby much promoted.,.

Mr. Clay also presented a memorial from Orleans County, New York, asking Congress to establish certain reforms to correct abuses in Congress. They ask Congress to pass law adjourning the two Houses on the fourth of March of each year. Also to abolish the mileage—to reduce the per diem to five dollars, and censure and expel members indulging in personalities I Mr Clay moved that the Petitions be referred to the Committee on Finance.

Mr. Sevier suggested that they go to the committee on manufactures,the petitioners wishing make Congress a labor saving machine.

Mr. Evans moved that the memorials be laid upon the table, which prevailed. Mr. Buchanan presented a large number of memorials from citizens of Pennsylvania, upon the subject of the Tariff. One of them suggests that a judicious Tariff is the remedy for existing sufferings..

Mr. Tallmadge presented a memorial asking for a Congress of Nations for the settlement of international grievances.

Mr. Clay presented an interesting memorial from the widow of Blennerhasset, who occupied the beautiful island of that name on the Ohio River

Mr. Clay accompanied this memorial with some remarks of public interest in reference to the petitioner. He stated that the first time he had seen her was with her husband in the year 1805. He then regarded her as one of the most beautiful women he had ever seen. Her husband was a man of a literary turn of mind, eminent in his profession, which was the law, and wholly incapable of the alIedged conspiracy wilh Col. Burr. He was a man of refined taste also, and had been liberally educated abroad* His wife was an Irish lady and related to the unfortunate Emmet, who was the rival of Pinkney and brother of the Emmet, who was executed during the Revolution in Ireland.

Mr. Clay said that the husband of the now indigent widow was a man of great learning, and wholly unfit for any such act as had been charged upon him in eonnection with Col.

Burr. In consequence, however, of the charge preferred against Col. Burr and Blennerhasset, he was broken up, aqd his family driven from their homes, and the island which bore his name and which had been so beautifully adorned and ornamented by them, he had seen for the first time two years after their visit to Lexington. The Island then exhibited some traces of its former beauty. The grounds bore traces of ornament, of gravel walks and shrubbery, and the house and grounds every where betokened marks of former elegance and opulence. It appeared from the petition, (and the statements were so well substantiated that they could not be doubted) that in consequence of un alleged connec

force of from fifty to one hundred men took possession of the stores of provisions laid up for the family. They had injured the houses and the island also very materially.

The lady was now in extraordinary indigence, wholly helpless, and felt bound to present the petition now before the Senate. He regarded the petitioner as entitled to relief, and he recommended the prayer of the memoriolist to the consideration of the Judiciary Committee, with the hope that it would reeeive an early and favorable consideration. He had no doubt that remuneration should be granted.

Two Resolutions of inquiry were adopted —one of them offered by Mr. Young, propesing a grant of laTid for the establishment of a deaf and dumb institution in Illinois, and the other by Mr. Barrow, proposing the erection of a war steamer on some point near the Mississippi.

BANKRUPT LAW—The Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania has decided that applicant for the benefits of the bankrupt law cannot be arrested oo an execution for debt.' He says:

By the English statutes of baiilrruptcy, tbe bankrupt is free from arrest or imprisonment by any creditor during the time allowed for examination, provided he was not in custody at the time of the surrender, and, if arrested, is entitled to be discharged aod the surrender, if voluntary, protects him from all arrest till his final examination is passed.— Our statute of bankruptcy does not expressly confer this privilege OT the bankrupt, but it was not necessary to be so conferred. The persou and property of the bankrupt aretl)y tbe law, brought within the jurisdiction of the District Court, and thecourtpossessesan inherent power in all cases of which it has jurisdiction, to cause its orders and decrees to be respected and obeyedj and. to prof its suitors from arrest." :.s iv /VPHtie rkOaTu. S G*uaT *'ir*

THB BAXKS.—We hear it stated that arrangements have been made by some of the Banks to resume specie payments as soon as the law of the State shall require such a course. It was mentioned to us, that a large number of the principal depositors in one of tbe Banks had agreed to take one-fourth of timr deposits on demand in specie, aod to allow the other to lie (on interest) for three, six, and nine months. This will do for some of the Banks. Others may require oo aid, aod some may require mem. But what concerns the public next is, to know whether the Banks can afford any facilities to solvent business men. If so, resumption is desirable.

MR. CLAY'S RESOLUTIONS. The following are the resolutions of- Mr. CLAY, introduced in the Senate: 1. Resolved, That it is the duty of the general government, for conducting its ndministration, to provide an adequate revenue within the year to meet the current expenses of the year and that any expedient^ either by loan or Treasury notes, to supply in time of pence, a deficiency of revenue, especially during successive years, is uo-wise, and must lend to pernicious consequences. 2. Resolved, That such an adequate, revenue cannot be obtained by duties on foreign imports without adopting a higher rate than twenty per cent., as provided for in the compromise act, which,at the time of its passage, was supposed and assumed at a rate that would supply a sufficient revenue for an economical administration of the Government. 3 Resolved, therefore, That ihe rate of duties on foreign imports ought to be augmented beyond the rate of twenty per cent, so as to produce a nett revenue of twenty»six millions of dollars—twenty-two for the ordinary expenses of Government, two for the payment of the existing debt, and two millions »s a reserved fund for contingencies. 4. Resolved, That in the adjustment of a tariff to raise an amount of twenty-six millions of revenue, the principles of the compromise act generally should be adhered to and that &pectiMly the mqxinium rate of ad talo^m dutiesrwtould be established, from whith theire ought to be as little departure as possible. 5. Resolved, That the provision in the riiSt of the extra session for the distribution of the proceeds of the public lands, requiring Ihe operation of that act to be suspended in the contingency of a higher rate of duty than twenty percent., ought lobe repealed.^ 6. Resolved, That it is the duty of Government at all times, but more especially in a sea» son such as now exists, of general embarrassment and pecuniary distress, to abolish all useless institutions nnd offices, to curtail all unnecessary expenses, and to practise rigid economy. 7. Resohed, That the contingent expenses of the two houses of Congress ought to be greatly reduced and the mileage of members

of Congress ought to be regulated and more

clearly defined.

years, been greatly increased, and ought to

of the United States with foreign Powers have

been unnecessarily extended during the I st

it restrained and punished, the postage on let-

ter reduced, and the mode of estimating distances more clearly defined and prescribed, and a small addition to postage made on books, pamphlets and packages transmitted by mail

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tion of Blennerhasset with Burr, a military ever, that something ought to be done, and that relief to the nation is only to be obtained through the exercise of a judiciously constituted and administered Federal banking power," he submits with this report a bill for the establishment of a bank on such conditions as he believes may be rendered instrumental to a great national benefit." He conceives the present time to be eminently favorable to this endeavor, and adds: "The gross abuses every where apparent in the banking system, the fate of the late United States

From the Baltimore Patriot. MR. KENNEDY'S REPOKT. The report of Mr. J. P. Kennedy, one of the House Committee on the Currency, is published in the National Intelligencer of this morning. Mr. Kennedy is decidcdly in favor of a United Slates Bank as a proper agent to carry on the fiscal business of the Government, and the only sure means of restoring the currencey and exchanges lo soundness and uniformity. To a departure from this policy he believes is to be traced "sequence of errors which have entailed upon the country the calamities under which it now suffers." He then reviews the bill proposed by the majority of the Committee, and states his reasons for not approving it. Believing, how

Bank of Pennsylvania, the rapid succession of catastrophes which are driving the worthless institutions of the country out of existence, all furnish admonitions from which Congress and the people may derive the greatest profit, in the establishment and conduct of a new national bank."

Mr. K. concludes his report asfollows: The undersigned, in offering this measure to the consideration of the House and the country, cannot withhold the expression of his clear conviction, fortified, as he knows it to be, by the convictions of the great body of the people, that, however effective a bank may be found in promoting relief from the existing wnbosvassment of the nation, it must be disabled of a great portion of its usefulness, unless it bo sustained by an instant and complete revision of the tariff. The bank can be but the minister of tbe currency. The currency itself must be created by the national means devoted to the payment of the national debt. It must be guarded and preserved" by a steady and efficient revenue, adequate to meet the engagements of the Government without the aid of loaOs or paper devices, by which timid statesmen procrastinate the day of reckoning. To supply such a revenue is the first and great duty of Congress. When this is done, the value of a bank will be daily acknowledged io the gratitude of the people. A good tariff and a bank are inseparable elements of national success in all the departments of industry. Our choi% lies between these on the one hand, aod funded debt, irredeemable paper money, high priced loans, and all the shifts which letfd to national dishonor and disgrace, on the other. Tbe country, above all things, desire that Congress would make an immediate choice between them.

These views arc respectfully and earnestly submitted to the House, with ihe accompanying bill. 01"

J°HN P- KENNEDY."

Tbe Petersburg Intelligencer of the 5th inst. states that Mr. Tod, the Senator from Mat* thews District, in the Virginia Senate, has been detected ia forgeries to a targe amount.

ACSRIGULTtJRATi.

CULTIVATION

OF tfair POTATOBI—From the

discussion upon tivisr subject at the meeting at the State House in Boston, we glean the fol- fe lowing opinions: That round and round ob-" long potatoes do best in wet soil,Dnd the eggshaped and kid-ney-shaped in dry soils: that by ex|eriments it was found the planting of fine large potatoes improved the stock, and vice versa that willed potatoes come up quickest and are best for an early cropi that a free, circulation of air by having sod or stones in the hills, is important to a large growth and* that therefore they should not be planted deep:. opinions varied as to putting manure at the top or bottom of the hill: that a spoonful of lime in a hill will keep the worms out: that as the best potatoe yields least, it is best to cultivate those kinds for stock which are,, coarse and of these the farmers from some sections preferred the Kohans and Merinos,' and others preferred the La Plata or Long*

Red. ^This is probably the potatoe called with us the Stock potatoe or Illinois Blues.1 We shall designate them by the latter name.)f

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Union Agriculturist.^

WEARING OUT SOILS—It is an idea conceived in profound ignorance tlmt the soil of a% country must necessarily wear out, or become less fertile by long continued cultivation. With proper care and judicious culture, the^ soil Jbstcad of wearing out, must necesjarri-* ly improve. IIow is it in England, Frai»e,| Germany and Italy? A large portion of those countries has been in cultivation for centuries/ Instead of becoming less fer'.ile, they produce more abundantly than they did an hundred^ or thousand years since. This has been* effected by manures, rotation of crops, judi-f cious culture and good management. It is, easier to manure a field than to clear one, and when manured it will produce more, and is more easily cultivated. Every fllrmer knows the difference between ploughing in a fresh field, filled with stumps and roots,nnd ploughing one where he encounters none of those obstacles.—Greenville Address» i%asrV

GERMAN PANIC GRASS.—This is a species o| millet that seems well adapted to the West*

sown

8. Resolved, That the expenses of the judi- (j^foy the weeds, and put the ground in fine cial department of Government have, of late

early it may be cut in season to put

fall crop and if sown thick will entirely*

Qr(jer for wheat.'«flt

(WQ and a haif to

be diminished. 'and four tons have been obtained from an 9. Resolved., That the diplomatic relations

ncrQ Mr# Burre|| 0f

cal„e fer it to

ig exco||ent

twenty years, and ought to be reduced. stock. Mr. Caton, our ex-president informs 10. Resolved, That the franking privilege he has rised at the rate of 100 buslw» ought to be further restricted, abusive uses of

will cut ordinarily from

,j,ree tons of good fodder,

piainfield tells us his

timothy hay. The seeds

fotxj for poultry, and also for

R,g of sceds lQ tho ncre About 8ixty

ejg

nn averng0

to be graduated and increased according to raise or make on his furm. There can be their respective weights. no higher evidence of an unprofitable farmer, 11. Resolved, That the Secretaries of Stnte, 'than to see him purchasing his pork, his beef, o.'the Treasury, of War, and of the Navy I his horses, his corn, or his flour. Ho should Departments, and the Postmaster General, be be ashamed to have it said that ho is a purseverally directed, as soon as practicable, to chaser of any of thone articles. If he thinks report what offices can be abolished, and what intrenchments of tho public expenditure can be made, without public detriment in the respective branches of the respective public service under their charge.

crop, weighing 60 lbs* per

bushel.— Union Agriculturist.

RAISE EVERYTHING.—Every fa^should make it a rule to purchase nothing that he can

it cheaper to purchase than to raise, it is only additional evidence of his folly. If wo look through the district for our best farmers, wo shall find them selling instead of purchasing (Jiose articles.—Aib- Farmer.

How TO AMUSE A pio.—We once called upon our old friend, squire W., who among other things shewed us a very fine pig that he had in his stye. Wo asked him how ho kept him. Oh, said ho, he has but little to eat, he belongs to the woman of tho house, who gives him the usual slops. I find he is very.fond of cracking peas, and I give him a hundful once or twice a day to amuse htm./ Hero ho threw over a generous handful to^inf*,. which ho cracked in fine style. There is nothing better to amuse pigs than to throw their\ a handful of peas once or twice per day.-- Maine Farmer. 2'

A RICH TREE.—Twologs of Mansanilla mahogany were sold at auction at New York for 91U65. Thoy were but a quarter of the tree from which they were cut—making the value of the whole tree over 95000 *1^ •,?!

GIRARD FOND.-—Mr. Olmstead, the City So*-* licitor, yesterday exhibited to the committee a statement of-the fund. It consists of 5331 shares U. S. Bank btock 9630,050 48, Pennsylvania 5 per cent, loans 955,000 city fivo per cent, loan 90,441 50 in cash: land in Schuylkill county 32,813acres in Erie county 5881 acres in the S'ate of Kentucky 4775 acres, nnd in the State of Louisiana 138,000 arp*ns, an arpen being about 1J acres. Expended for College 91,289,851 75, for city police 9258,208 52 for city purposes, various objects, 9215,000 net amount of receipts for rents 9352,903 06, averaging from 20 to 30 thousand dollars per annum receipts from residuary .fund 9161,253 14f~-Philadelfhia Chronicle. *«iK

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Eels have been skinned ever since Noah came out of the Ark and printers have been cheated out of their just dues, ever «nce uw Orientals printed with blocks of w«oo» neither do the eels get used to

nor tho printer, to goes great obstinacy on printers.

GREAT CORPORATION.—A bill is under discussion in the Legislatuie for the creation of of tho "Pennsylvania Canal and Railroad Company, from Philadelphia to Pittsburg.*' It is understood this company will purchase all the public improvements belonging to the State, and manage them as the Eastern people manage their corporations. The capital proposed is 910,000,000, in 100,000 shares at 9100 each. The name of George M. Dallas, Benjamin W. Richards, and Evtns Rogers, of Philadelphia Harmar Denny ar.d •Villiarn Wilkins, of Pittsburg and Charles

M. Reed, of Erie are inserted as Commissioners.—Philadelphia Gazette,

it#A FORGERY.—A few days since, a gentleman, who was a silent partner of the firm, purchased a note purporting to be of his house, for twenty-five hundred dollars, having about four months to run, not doubting its being genuine. He kept it in hi* possession some weeks, when, on mentioning the circumstances to his partners he was told they had no note for that amount out, and on future investigation, the Note was found to be a forgery. No trace of the adroit rogue who put the note off to a broker and who received the proceeds, has been discovered. The gentleman, however, got good share by the transaction.—New iork Express^ jbm

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