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CHRONICLE AND SENTINEL. AUGUS T.A . MONDAY MORNING, MAY 25. Sub-Treasnry Bill. We perceive by the last Washington City papers that this bill is at last before the House, after sleeping in its oommittte room and on the table for some months and if the friends of the measure can agree upon its delr ils, it will no doubt ere long be come a law. 31eeting in Hamburg. The meeting in Hamburg on Saturday was well attended, composed of the citizens of the place and surrounding country, and some from this city. The meeting was organised by calling the intendant Mr. Green to the Chair, and ap pointing Secretaries. Major Staike moved the appointment of a Committee, which, after retir ing, returned and reported through him a Pre amble and Resolutions expressing their prefer ence for Harrison and Tyler. Major Starke ad dressed the Meeting in a very forcible and cogent speech, in support of the Resolutions. After which, at the call of the (.’hair, A, J. Miller, and Dr. F. M. Robertson addressed the Meeting, urg ing the importance of the support of Harrison and Tyler for President and Vice President. — When Dr. R. had taken his seat, Major Starke remarked that there was present an old revolu tionary patriot, Col. Hammond, the acquaintance and former friend of Gen. Harrison, from whom he should be pleased to hear, which was received with the most rapturous applause. When the applause had subsided, Col. Ham mond rose and approached the Chair, and address ed the meeting in a voice so feeble that we could not distinctly comprehend all of his remarks from our position. He was understood, by us, to say that be had known Genl. H. in early life, had been associated with him, and knew him to be a uniform and consistent Republican. The ef fect upon the meeting, to see a patriot of (he Re volution, borne down by age and infirmity, testi fying to the virtues of the friend of his early years, is more easily imagined than described. After Col. H. had concluded, the Chair called up Mr. Adam Johnson, who entertained the meeting with a few very appropriate remarks, showing the necessity of a different man at the helm, when the question was taken on the preamble and resolutions and tmanimously adopted. When, on motion of Mr. Jeffers, the meeting adjourned, *o meet at the call of the Chair. Correspondence of the Philad. North American. New-York, 3 P. M May 19, IS4O. Western flour continues to be a great article. Tlte demand pres- 3S upon the supply, great as it is, and to-day factors ask G cents advance, though the commonest brands of Genessee have been sold this morning at $4 75; Ohio in flat hoops, Genessee style, at £4 75, rovjud hoops 12j cents less. Good brands of Genessiee common §4 SI a SS; Corn is plenty, so is Rye,-and without change in price. The sales of Co:ton go on at a fair rate. To-day there are at least 1000 t ales, prices firm. The packet ship Columbus, fer Liverpool, is de tained, the wind being ahead. She has thirty pas" seogers, and more want to go. The “movement party” is gaining |aily. New-York, 3 P. M. May 21, 1840. There is not much to say about business to-day The sales of Cotton are 600 or 700 bales, at former rates. The flurry in Canton Flour is over, and the arri vals are now worse than was anticipated, and the prices I quoted jesterday are very firm. All brands are readily taken at £4 75 a 4 81, Very little is doing in Southern Flour; Com and Rye are plenty. Southern Corn sold Ikis morning at 25 cents per bushel. Pennsylvania Rye 55 a56 cents. Domestic Exchanges. —Philadelphia o£; Balti more s|; Richmond 63 a Charleston 4 a 4<; Augusta 12 j a 13; Macon 14; Savannah Sa9; Mobile 1 a 12; N. Orleans 7} a St. Louis 10; Louis ville 9; Cincinnati Sr; Nashville 15. Bills on London 7 a S; bills on Paris 5,274. _ Arrest of Price and Newcomb.— We learn from the NY Y. Courier and Enquirer of the 20lh, that Wjfllam M. Price, late U. S. Dis trict Attornry, who has recently returned to this country from Franee, was on Tuesday arrested at the suit of the; United States, by the district marshall. After some hours detention he was li berated on hail to the amount of §82,000, w inch * he readily pro; ued. Colin C. Newcomb, late Teller of the Manhat tan Bank, whose absence has for weeks past been the town talk, came on Tuesday with an officer accompanied by his father, to the police and sur rendered himself a prisoner. After consulting with the magistrate, bail for his appearance was fixed at §IO,UOO, which he procured, and was li berated from custody. Exemplification of hard times. —When two Bank Presidents arc seen riding into town in a salt-box on a dray. J. Acc I BEST TO Ex-P RESIDE JIT ADAMS. Mr. Adams the distinguished Representative in Con gress trom Massachusetts, sustained an injury by accident on Monday afternoon, which at first ex cited serious apprehension for its consequences- During the afternoon sitting of the House, in moving from one part of the House to the other, one of his feet caught in the straw matting on the 11 tor, and caused‘him to fall with such violence as to dislocate his right shoulder. After being conveyed to his residence, however the shoulder was restored to it* socket, and, regardless of what most men would consider a very sufficient reason for remaining at home this failhlul Representa tive, with his bandaged shoulder and disabled right arm, was again at his post in the House of Representatives at the usual hour of meeting yes- : terday. —Nat Intelligencer, May 20. The “ LOG CASIN’* is a symbol of nothing j that Van BurenisiK knows or feels, or can appre ciate it tells of virtue that lives in obscurity—of ] the hopes ut the hi ruble—ot the privations of the t’oor —ot toil and danger—ot perseverance and pa tient endurance—< f f hospitality, of charitv, and Irugahfy—it is the emblem of the rights that the sain and insolent Aristocracy of federal office hol ders have lost sigh: of, or crushed and trampled on T t ts an emblem ol the simplicity that should char acterize Republican Institutions, and which the People have determined to bring back to the ad ministration ol I hr-1 r affairs Let our opponents scoff at a device which the untutored sagacity of the people is painting upon then* banners. It will he found etc long Rial there is a meaning in it that Mall convey to tbVnii a sahitarv lesson. —Albany Evening Journal. * * » Public Meeting. At a meeting of the r itizens of tke second Ward friendly to the cause of Harrison, Tyler, and Re form, held at the Eagle and Phoenix Hotel, on the 21st of May, 1840. On Motion ol Col. Wra. T. Gould, Man in M. Dye, Esq., was called to the Chair, and on motion of Capt. Wm M- Frazer, Robert Clarke was appointed loect as Secretary. Col. Wm. T. Gould, then stated the object of the meeting, and offered the following resolution, which wag seconded by Mr. Hatch, and unani mously adopted : Resolved , That a book of minutes be now opened for the subscrip! ion of such persons as desire to be come members, of »lie proposed associat.on. Book of minutes was then opened and signed by those prescm, after which Marlin M. Dye, Esq. was chosen President, Jesse Kent, Ist Vice President, and Dr. Wilson, 2d Vice President, and Robert Clarke Secretary. The following resolutions were then offered, by Col. Gould— Resolved, That th<-se persons who sign their names to tkc bst of members iu the hook of min utes,he, and they are hereby organized into the Tippecanoe Association ol the Second Ward whoso object shall br. to advance I y all honorable means the cause of Harrison, Tyler, and Reform. Resolved , That this association will co-operfits in this cause, with the associations formed, in the other Wards and with the Central Tippecanoe Ciub of Richmond county. Resolved, That the Secretary be cx-oflicio Treas urer of Ihe association, and receive from tine? to time, all voluntary contributions from members and others, for the purposes of our meeting, but that no assessment be laid on members, and I hat all pay ments be made by order of the association, or of the acting President during the recess. All of which were adopted. On motion of Robert Clarke it was Resolved, That tlie President ba requested to ap point a commilttee of eight members, whose duty it shall be to present the book of minutes to our ab sent fellow -citizens of (he Second Ward, who are | friendly to the rau~e of Harrison, Tyler, and Re form for their subsciiption. On motion of Col. Gould, it w as Resolved, That the President, or in Ids absence a Vice President, be authorised to call a meeting of this association whenever he may deem it necessary. On motion of Col. Gould, it was furl her Resolved, That a delegation,consisting of all mem bers present, to call on the meeting of the Bloody 6 )0, understood 10 bo now assembled, and to con gratulate them era their organization, and that we adjourn to meet again tins night week. The President appointed the following members a* the Committee to take the names of those in the 2.1 Ward who wish to join the association : Dr. Charles I). Dilr, Cap . Wm. M. Frazer, J. G. Dunlap, Esq. E. D. Cooke, Esq. John Kirkpatrick, Esq. B. F. Chew, Esq. C J. Coo e, E;q. John Holmes, Esq. The Association then adjourned. M. M. DYE, President. Robert Clarke, Secretary Trial or Green. —The Richmond Whig of the 22d says : the cross-examination of Mr. Uabnev’ was continued yesterday, without closing, i As much curiosity has been manifested to know Mr. D’s account of the beginning of the deficit, I we will give it as we understand it. The first over-checking was permitted by another, then an officer in the Bank.—When it-came tohis,(Mr. D’s.) knowledge, he consented to conceal the fact, for the purpose of screening the officer, under i a promise from Green to make good the defi | ciency next dav, or in some very -short time. { That promise was not fulfilled ; on the contra ry, it was alleged that more money was neces i sary to prevent exposure—and so it continued from time to time—bankruptcy and consequent i exposure being threatened as the means of cx ; torting larger sums—until the deficit readied tlie : present amount* Appointments bt the Pit esident. —Our Washington correspondent writes that the Sen ate, in their Executive session yesterday, confir med the appointment of UHURCHILL C. LAMBRLLENG of IVew-York, as Minister Plenipotentiary to Russia, and of .Mr. NILES of Connecticut, as Post Master General. Ihe mes sage was sent to the Senate at a quarter past two, and before half past two the appointments were confirmed.— Baltimore American, 20 th insf. Sub-treasury Whigs.— The Cincinnati Ga zette says: We have a few of these anomalous personages in this city, among our personal 1 friends, and we believe that the following para graph from the Louisville Journal describes their case exacll} 7 : “lam in favor of the sub-treasury,” saida worthy old gentleman of this city the other day, 1 ‘but I shall vote for General Harrison. Igo for; the sub-treasury, but I want an honest man to I superintend it.' 1 “ The ruin or prosperity of a stale,” says Jr- j i n 1 us, “depends so much upon the administra tion of its government, that, to be acquainted with the merits of a ministry, we need only ob serve ihe condition of the people. If we see them obedient to the laws, prosperous in their industry united at home, and respected abroad, we may reasonably presume their affairs arc conducted by men of experience, abilities and virtues. If, on the contrary, we see a universal spirit of distrust and dissatisfaction, a rapid decay of trade, dissen sion in all parts of the empire, and a total loss of respect in the eyes of foreign powers, we may pronounce, without hesitation, that the Govern ment of that country is weak, disti acted and cor- I rupf. ’ • In how remarkable a manner docs the present | condition ot our country illustrate the above max im of Junius. Our halls of legislation have be come arenas for the exhibition of violence and outrage, our industry is prostrated, our best citi zens are calumniated and proscribed ; our credit abroad ruined and our honesty suspected; in a word, a universal spirit of distrust and dissatis-1 faction, a rapid decay of trade and dissention in all parts of the Union, art; indisputable evidences that the government of the country is weak, dis tracted and corrupt."—Newark Sentinel. 1 The Great Arctic Problem Solved. —The New York Journal of Commerce says that Messrs. Simpson and Dean, of the Hudson’s Bay Com pany, after two previous attempts (in 1837 and 1838.) which were but partially succesful, have ; at last succeeded in effecting a complete solution of the problem relating to a ‘North West Pas- I sage’ to the Pacific Ocean. They have ascerfain ’ ed that such a passage exists, and that Boothia is an island. This great island is separated from the Main laml by a strait from 3 to 10 miles wide, running from the S. E.to N. W.and connecting the Gulph ol Boothia with the Northern Ocean. 'Fite Journal promises to give particulars. The Vote of Pennsylvania.—Fifty thousand ! was General Jackson’s majority in 1824, twenty six thousand in IS2S, twelve thousand in 1832,1 four thousand for Mr. Van Huron in 1836 ! Divide i this last among the fifty-four counties of which the I State is composed, and a change of fifty votes in each cquiity will defeat him next fa For a change i of two votes in each election district in the State, j anJ the Keystone i» redeemed, 1 Correspondence of the Courier and Enquirer. Washington, May 17. Mr Van Buren, During the War of 1812. It is frequently asked—what was the policy pur sued by Mr. Van Huren during the war at 1812 ? His friends boldly reply he was the zealous advo cate of that measure, and supported the admtnis'ra- I non of the general government in its pros ution. His opponents speak doublingly, and give evidence in their answers to the interrogatory of a want of fj correct information on the subject, Nor is this >t strange or wonderful. The acloisinthe scenes of those by gone days, are rapidly passing olf the stage ot life. Ano.her generation has sprung up. Men born after that war was declared, may now be I in the councils of the nation ; and thousands of are amongst the most ardent, and are of an ago to be the most efficient, in the mighty political struggle that agiiales our country. They are older • than a majority of those gallant spirits which com ! manded our battalions on the bailie field of the revolution, and shed a lustre upon the land of their i i nativity. t| No man s position was more easily defined, than j Mr. Van Boren’s in 1812. A very few historical ; tacts, which are matters of record, will remove all | doubts on this point: and no matter how much | they inay r be absorbed by sophistry and roetaphys . ical refinement, they stand m bold relief, placing ; him in the ranks of ihe opponents of the war and 'I Mr. Madison, and the champion of the 1 peace party,' ' candidate for the Presidency,selected and nomina ! ted -y the New England high-toned Federalists, 1 designated in those times, as the * Essex Junto.' i In April 1812 Mr. Van Buren waselected a mem ber of the Benate of the State of New York. — The whole country was then convulsed with the question of war or no war with Great Britain. In those days the democratic parly designated presi ■ d.ntial candidates by Congressional crocuses They were the test of party men. In lias way Mr. Jefferson had been twice nominated and elected, and Mr. Madison once. On the 23d of May, 1812, Mr. Madison nas nominated a second lime by the Democrat c members of Congress lie was elect ed by ikem a a the known and acknowledged war ; candidate. j On the 29ih ol May, seven dai/s after the nomin ation of Mr. Madison, the Nee. England federal ists, with certain distinguished Federalists of the I State of New York and elsewhere, held a caucus in Broad street, in Ihe city of New York. Their | d.liberations resulted in nominating what they j termed a ‘pace party,' candidate for the Presiden -1 oy, in opposition to Air. Madison, the * war path/' candida e. On the 7th June, 1812, war was de i dared against Gieat Briiain ; and from that time until die meeting of the State Legislature on ttie 3d of November loilowing, Mr. Van Buren denoun ced the war and its authors. fie was actively en i gaged vviih the Federalists in disparaging Mr. .Mad ison, and in untiring efforts to defeat his re-election. At that time the Legislature of the '-tale of New York chose the Presidential Electors. .Mr. Van Buren was a member of the Legislature. The Electors were chosen viva voce. Each member rose in his place and read off Ihe ticket for which lie voted ; the clerk taking down the names of itio persons voted for, and by whom, and then enter ing them upon the j mrnal They could not he mis taken, therefore, as to whom the members voted lor- War had now been raging for nearly five ; months. The disasters which I lie country bad ex perienced, were well calculaied to awaken the rm tior.ul feelings of every pitriotic American, and to | prompt him (if he had any sympathy in common t w ith the administration) to act in concert with, and i give his support toil. What was Mr Van Boren’s course ol conduct at this eventful period ? C'n the 3 1 of November 1812, 'he Legislature of New Voi k con vened in I lie city of Albany. It was a special session, held tor the purpose of appointing I presideeiiai electors. On the evening of the 4 th, a I cam us was held in the Senate chamber, for the j purpose ol designating can idules to be voted for | as elec!or.-. There were three parties in the Legi«- J lauire. First. The Democratic party, I fie friends j and supporters of Mr Madison and the war I Second. The party which has since acquired, and ; is in possession of the administration wl the Feder al government —self styled now as then Democrats j —cu!iso!idationist«--the advo. ales of the executive power—professing economy, hut practicing extrav i agance : And third , Tim high toned federal pany. I 'J he two first met in caucus together. Great vio j lrnee ensued. Mr. Van Huron's speech o i sonic leitgih assailed with violence, Mr. Madison; the I staie.-man ol the South, the war, and all its sup porters. He then lauded in a most fulsome man- I tier, the Presidential candidate of the ‘ I.ssex Jun to,' and avowed Ins determination to support that candidate, winch pledge he redeemed. He was re plied to by Gtaerai Rout, now in the Senate of New Y« rk, by the late C'bancellor Sanford, and by 1 others. General Boot and the other friends of Mr. Madison, finding themselves in a minority, with drew from the caucus. Each of these pa ties sep arately nominated tbeir candidates tor Presidential Electors; and on the 'Jib of November, 1812, with i Mr Van Buren’s influence and vote,electois fur the ; ‘ peace parly’ candidate were chosen. Such was Mr. Van Buren’s position, preceding and during the first year of the war. Subsequently, ; when Mr. Madison had been re-elected —when i brighter prospects began to dawn on the path of glory which was opening before us—when he Had received from ilie gov ■rninent lifieml fees as a Judge adv-.cate, and when “certain oilier good j causes thereunto moving him,” had full force and effect, lie suddenly dodged tits Federal party, and ; by an adroit summersti, was found in <he ranks of j Democracy; but not during ihe year 1812. I will i pursue this subject no further. These facts are of record. The Bi>y in Washington. From the Philadelphia North American. The New York Courier contains I lie followin'*’ i item of news by Ihe British Queen, j Mr. I jc vis, the Cashier of ilie Schuylkill Bank, had been arrested in Paris, and was under thesur i veillanreof tHe Frericn Police, j Letters received in this city state that lie was re leased after a confinement of a few hours, on ac j count of the want of authority. This glarin'* de i tect of imen alional law should be so rectified, that fugitives fiom justice from one friendly power should not find a safe refuge in another. Other let ters stale ihat a Dr. Brown an American residing in I Paris, who was a stockholder in the Sehuy kill Bank, had instituted proceedings against him—but of what character, does not appear. : Some sav Gen Harris >n is a Federalist, if he is he » a Madisonian Federalist, as is proved by lit > I annexed extract from his letter to Mr. Madison, on resigning the command of the North Western Ar ; m >’’ “ I have no other motives for writing this letter than loassjreyou that my resignation was not pro ducer) by any diminution of ihe interest 1 have al ways taken in the success of your administration or of re-pen and attachment of your i erson Tho 1 former, can only take piacc when I forget the Re publican principles in which 1 was educated, and the latter, when 1 shall cease to reg ird those princi ples which most actuate every honest man who is coi of favors that it is not in his power to re pay.” St. Augustine, May I.7—Gen. Armstead has i ordered a concentration of 90i) men at Fort King, on i lie 22d of this month They will he compose 1 | of footmen and horsemen, and operate in divisions I of one imndred each, independent of each other, in the enemy’s country. The season lor gathering their grain is nenrat hand,as well as assemblages for their : preen corn dance , when purification for war and a j relation of their enterprises, strengthen them to re , iievved efforts in their aggressions on the whites Should these scouts, now charged with the duty of hunting: fir the enemy, com? upon them, we i may hope for results, differing at least from those ; which have been had for the lasi twelve months. | If ihe enemy' shall have dispersed into email parties, ; a great and invaluable gain will he effee'ed in the | dest; ucti >u of his planting grounds and he will learn with trembling, lint though lie lias sown in i quiet, be shall not reap in security. (Jen. Armstead has taken hold of affairs in Florida with a Vigor 1 ous hand. Success must, an I should accompany I such effort ; acd if he fails, lie will have the proud j conaoJaiion of having deserved it. Harrison’s Birth Peace Unanimous !—Let the honorable fact tie proclaimed through the land that J.-.mes < ity Go , the birth place of Gen Ham’ ‘ son and Jdm Tyler, gave the Whig, a unanimous vote. —Newark I). Adv. A Burning Mountain.- ihe Aimer’s Journal says; “The Burning Mountain, at the head of tin West Branch Kail Bond, which attracted so much attention last yen, is s;il! raging. even mote furious ly than ever. It is burned out about 3)) yards Irum i’.s place of starting, and os it reaches the crop where ventilation is more freely afforded, it increas es in intensity. The water running from the mine is very hoi, ami so strongly impregnated with alka line substances as to have eaten off all the iron Irum tin- rail road track. It is well v onh a visit from l<>c curious. From the National Intelligencer. Gen. Harrison’s Poverty. Those who wrongly claim the name ol democrats when Gen. Harrison was presented as a c.md date for tha Presidency sneered at tlie obscurity ul h s office of clerk, at his humble residence, and frugal fare. They soon found that such positions were not likely to be favorably received by those who es teemed honest industiy and republican simplicity of life- , _ , Then the tone was changed, and we h-'ard of the ; princely revenues of the “ obscure clerkship ihe splendid magnificence of the “log cabin, and the luxury of the fanner’s beverage ot “ hard cider. A letter from Gen. Harrison hims-df, addressed to a friend, without the intention of publication, on the 13ih of February last, has been prmied in the ! Boon's Lick Times. The correspondent of the gallant soldier, prudent statesman, and true-hearted farmer of North Bend, believed that be might take ihe liberty of giving to the public a comrauncation designed for his own eye alone, lor the purpose of refuting »heslanders which have been so unjustly circulated. Look at the extract which follows, from a letter containing statements made with the sincerity with which friend speaks to friend, bearing the evidence of truth in its plain and direct style: “ I have actually from necessity, been obliged to give up the correspondence of nrany ot my best friends. Having given up my office to my son-in law, which, from tiie creation of a new circuit, with similar civil jurisdiction, affords only to him a de cent support, it became necessary to raise the fam ilies ol three deceased sons, and one living one solely dependent upon me, and to pay ihe interest of some ten thousand dollars of debt, to make the greatest personal exertions with the means w hich my farm afforded. 1 accordingly mule contracts for supplying large quantities of stone and lime, arid wood lor burning three millions of brick, for tlie use of a tunnel of a canal which is being made through my land. Throughout the summer and au tumn J was employed almost daily, from early dawn until night, in this business. Every moment of my spare time w’as occupied in the attempt to keep up my correspondence, but it was in vain. .Many other letters, 1 assure you, besides yours, of the same pe riod. remain unanswered to this day ” Those who claim to be peculiarly democratic re proach Gen. Harrison with the crime of poverty. They say that, a man vvh » dorrs not lake good care of Ins own individud interests is not tit to be trust ed with those of the Public. It is unhappily too true that Jefferson suffered under pecuniary embar rassments —that he parted with his noble library to supply his necessities —and that he permitted measures to be taken whuh were real.v appeals to the graiitude and charity of his native •’State and of the nation. Do the modern pa ri its mean to assert the general principle that a poor man ought not to receive the confidence of ihe People? Whatever troubles ra iy have disturbed the pri vate affairs of Gen Harrison have sprung from causes so honorable to him, that even those who have sought to cast reproach upon his character can no' fail in their secre! th uglits to admire th ■ manly spirit which has furnished them with occasion for the indulgence of the bitter hatred of party hostili ty- The explanation of some circumstances in th" private affairs ot General Harrison given hy one of the most respectable citizms ot Cinc.nnat', his been published in one of the Western papers, and wifi be read with interest Whose Funeral is that?— While some 20,- 000 of the members of the Whigs National Con vention were’*listening to the impassioned elo quence of the speakers in Monument square Balti more, on Tusday, and while all were engaged with the most devout attention, a small band of some hundred or hundred and fifty, were seen slowly wending their way across the square. As they passed along, two and two, with eyes bent to the ca'lii, and ears apparently closed against all that was going on around them, the sight is said to have borne a very striking resemblance to a company of mourners met to perform the last sad office to the remain sos a departed friend. Ail was a busy throng around them ; but tney appear ed to move along altogether unmindful, and to be j looking to the earth as the final resting place of man ! Thus they moved—when some one in the crowd through which they were passing, more knowing than the rest, called out in a loud and thrilling voice: “Whose funeral is that?" j —The truth struck in a moment upon the minds of all—and with a most hearty and well-timed response, they answered “ MARTIN VAN BU REN'S!” for the procession proved to be none other than that of the delegates to the A*an Buren convention ! !—Auburn Journal. From the Boston Monthly Chronicle for May. The French Host Office. In sorting letters to be dispatched to the de partments. at tho Paris office they are mostly handled three times, first in distributing them from the roads; 2d, on account of the number 01 post towns, for portions of each road ; and 3d, tor the post towns. At the London office, 1 from the greater number of roads and smaller number of post towns, the second process is un necessary. In assorting the letters at the Paris office, they are thrown into boxes; at the Lon- i don office they are laid on a table in such a man ner as to keep them,‘faced,’or with the directions uppermost, to faciliate the subsequent operations. In assorting the inward letters, including as well those from the department, as those of the banlieue, and of the pette paste, thev are first distributed, in these distinct offices, for nine dis tricts. They are then carried into the letter car riers offices, and the letters for each district are thrown upon the centre of a separate table, round which the letter carriers of the district (generally about 20 in number) are seated, each having be fore* him a portion of the table, divided off by a space reserved for the purpose in the middle.— Each man takes a handful of letters from the j heap in the middle of the table, and deals them j out like a pack ot cards, to tlie several compart ments ot the table to which they belong, putting i into his own those which belong to his own walk. 1 As about 20 men are thus employed at Hie same j lime at one table, the letters cross one another in all directions producing a very curious appear ance. The process is carried on with great ra- ) polity, and by long practice each man learns to , aim w ith sufficient accuracy at the proper com part merit ot the table, without taking his eyes, I from the parcel of letters in his hands. If mis takes arise, as they occasionally will especially from two letters meeting each other in the way and tailing into the wrong box, these are correc ted when each carrier arranges his own letters in order tor delivery. Tnc postage on all letters, in the French mail, being charged according *o weight, the clerk, in taxing them, first taxes those which appear to be single postage letters,laying aside, as he proceeds tnose which he supposes will weigh grammes. He then weighs the selected letters, marking on them their weight as he proceeds. On au ex periment tor determining the average time re quired in taxing the letter of ordinary delivery, it was equal to one minute so letters. A greater length of time is occupied, than would be required it the subdivisions were less minute. It was tound on investigation in the Loudon Post Office, that the time occupied in taxing let ters in the English mode under the last practice was equal to one minute for 33 letters. Under the present regulation, the practice of taxing hy weight is introduced, J oz. being allowed for the weight of a single letter, every letter weighing over h oz. being taxed os a double letter. In Paris there are six deliveries of letters by the carriers per day—the first commencing at 7 o’cloc v, and the others following at intervals of two hours. Provision is made in the French Post Office for the registration of letters, when demanded. As a security against the loss of valuable letters* on the payment of double postage in advance up- ' on any letter, it may be registered; in which case tiie party to whom it is addressed receives, free of postage, a printed notification of its despatch j and on application at the office of his district he j § lves “ receipt, and obtains his letter. If the Ict | ters be ioM, vvha ever may ho its contents, the Post Offlac indemnities the parly to whom it is ! add-essed, hy a payment of fifty francs. Provision is also made for the transmission of i valuable articles, of small dimensions, in the 10l- 1 lowing manner. The aiticle must be brought to the office open., I s value is agreed upon, not to i be less tn in 30 nor more than 1000 francs, and a commission of 5 per cent is paid. It is then enclosed in a case, which mud not exceed ccilain established dimensions and weigh*, and is seded with the seal of the sender. The Post Office gives a receipt, the sender paying for the stamp. This receipt is sent to the party to whom the ar ticle is addressed, who gives it up on receiving ; | the article. If the article he lost, the Post Office pays the price at which it was valued. Money orders arc also given hy the Post Office, for any sum not less than a half franc. What ever be the amount of the order, a co omission of 5 per cent is paid, and the office takes the respon sibility of its being safely transmitted. The util ity of this provision is proved hy the extent to which the public avail themselves of it. In the year 1837, the amount paid into the Post Office, throughout Frame, for orders, was 16,157,871 fiancs. A provision of this sort would be of great convenience, if introduced into this coun try, for avoiding the hazards and trouble of ma king remittances of small sums, A Beautiful Extract,— We copy from a sermon by the Rev E. Peabody, of New Bedford, lately published by James M unroe & Co., the following exquisitely beautiful passage, illustra tive of the blessings of Christianity : ‘ Go abroad in some great city in the night.— Behold, before you brightly shine the lights in that stately mansion—where pleasure has collec ted her votaries. The dance—the song are there; and gay voices,and exultant hearts, and fair fea tures, that grow fairer in the excitement, and all goes merry as the marriage hell. And most nat ural and filling is it that the hearts of the young should glow with vivid pleasure in the whirling and dazzling scene. But here is hut a part of the scene. At this very moment—within sight of the brilliant win dows—within the sound of the rejoicing music, sits in her dreary room, a widowed mother; and to her frame, consumption has brought its feeble ness, and to her cheek its flush, and to her eye its unnatural light. Her children sleep around her—and one that ever stirs with the low m ;an ings of disease, slumbers fitfully in the cradle at her feet. Her debilitated frame craves rest; yet by the light of a solitary lamp, she still plies her needle that her children may have bread on the morro w. And while she labors through the lone | ly hours, her sinking frame admonishes her that this resource soon must fail them, and she be call ed away and leave her children alone. And while her heart swells with anguish, the sound of rejoicing comes on the wind to her silent chum- i her. Not one of all that gay circle whose eyes will not close before hers this night! One by one the wheels that bear them to their homes, de part —the sounds of mirth and pleasure grow si lent in the mid-night hours -the lights of the brilliant mansion are extinguished—but still from her chamber shines her solitary lamp. The dy ing mother must toil an i watch ! All this in substance might have been seen be fore Christianity, in Athens or in Koine. But there is something more which maybe seen evc jry day in a Christian city. And it shows how Christianity lias modified all social relations—sos : toning the pride of the high—making those ternpt ! ed to daily self-indulgence, self-forgetful—and giving hopes, high a» heaven, to those that sit in the darkest place of earth. When the morning, and brighter than its foot i steps upon the mountains, behold one of that gay | throng—in the bloom of youth, and fitted to lie | the idol and envy of gilded drawing rooms, has left her home—she has entered the narrow lane, and opened the door of that obscure chamber. | She has gone to sit with this poor widow, to car- j ry her needed aid, to watch for her over her fret- ! I ful child, and to whisper to her the sweet words S of human sympathy. Blessed is she who can i thus forget herself, and find her highest happi ness in carrying happiness to those who sit un friended and alone. And the heart of the lonely mother is warmed by her coming—for blessed to the desolate is the fresh sympathy of the y ung and happy! She is no lonerr alone. They have a common hope. They can bend together before the same father. —they read the same gos pel—they visit the cross together—and together watch at the tomb on the morning of resurrec tion And when she is again left in her lonely cham j her, she is not alone. And her visiter retires, I grateful thoughts of human sympathies linger behind, liite sunset in the air. The sense of God’s kind providence rests on her soul. To her faith, the distant are brought near, and the dead ! live, and await her coming to a belter land. Her i mind goes forward to the future.—She rises above the clouds. Serenely shines the sun. Gently j falls the love of God on her heart. Sitting amid j trials and darkness, and the ruin of earlhlv pros -1 peels, with calm spirit ‘she builds her hope in heaven.’ The prosperity—the adverse fortunes—the joy —the grief—all this might be seen in every age. j It is Christianity that lias brought sympathy to j suffering, hope to the bereaved, and resignation to the afflicted; which has brought light to dark hours, and faith in heaven to those that dwell amid the sorrows of earth- It is Christianity that has softened and melted the ice of prosperity | —which has smitten that rock and made it a fountain of living water to those that dwell m i the valleys below.’ | The following is a humorous specimen of Tex las editorializing. It is a leader, under the head 1 of‘Aquatic Scenery,’ in the Morning Star, of j Houston, April 3d, and is full of quaint humor, a , la 13oz ; Baring the hardest of the storm the day before ; yesterday, we took a lounge down to the steam boat landing;—while standing on the brink of a j deep gulley that emptied its torrent of water into the bayou, our attention was attracted to the bot tom of the gulley, where a drunken loafer was | , stemming the torrent, holding on to a root fast anchored in the bank. The poor fellow, not knowing any one was near him, was combating r his tate manlnlly, and in calculating his chances , of escape, gave utterance to the following; ‘ Haynt this a orful silivation to he placed in, nohow ? If I wos a steamboat, a rail, or a wood pile, I’d be belter worth fifty cents on the dollar than I’ll ever be agin. Unless I’m a gone case now, there haynt no truth in frenology. I’ve* weighed all the chances like a gineial, and find only two that bears in my favor; the first is a skunk hole to crawl into, and the second a spe cial inter persition of Providence; and the best chance of the two is so si m, if 1 only had the change. I’d give a premium tor the skunk hole— them’s my sentiments. If I could be a mink, a | raushrat, or a water snake, for about two months? prehaps I would nt mount the first stump tothcr | side the Bio, and flap my wings and crow over evorlastm life, skientifically prcservaled. But what s the use holdiu’ on this root? There haynt no skunk hole in these ere diggins; the water is gtUing taller about a feet, and if my nose was as long as kingdom come, it would’nt stick out much longer. Oh, Jerry I Jerry ! you’re a gone sucker, and I guess your marrn don’t know you’re out: poor woman! won’t sheesy the glasses out ol her spectacles when she hears her darlin’ Jer ry has got the whole of Bulferki Bio tor his cof fin ‘ What a pity ’tis some philanthropic or member of the humane society never had fore sight enough to build a house over this gutter, with a steam engine to keep out the water ! If they’d done it in time, they might have had the honor anti grati Nation of saving the life ol a feller * being; but it’s all day with you, Jerry, and a hi? % harbor to anchor in. It’s too bad to go off in this orful manner, when they knows I oilers hated water ever since I was big enough to know ’iwant whiskey. I feci the root givin’ wav. and since I don’t know a prayer, here’s a bit of Watt’s Doxologer, to prove I died a Christian;— “On the hank where droop’d the wilier Long time ago.’ Before Jerry got to the conclusion, he was washed into the bayou, within a few fret of a large fiat that had just started for the steamboat his eye caught the prospect of deliverance, and he changed the burden of his dirge into a thrilling cry of ‘Heave to ! pass :ngcr overboard and sinkt ing, with a belt full of specie ! the man what saves me makes his fortune!” Je.ry was fished ashore by a darkey ; and to show his gratitude invited Quashy to ‘go up to the doggery and h quor.’ American Home Missionary Society This Society held its Fourteenth Anniversary j n the Broadway Tabernacle last evening, Henrv Dwigiit, Esq. of Geneva. N. Y. President of the Society, in thechair. From the report of the Society, it appeared that 6SO missionaries had been in commission during the year,—ls. more than in the year preceding. The fields of labor oc -1 copied are in 22 different States and Territories I arui ihc Province of Lower Canada. Added |to the churches during the year, 4,760, 890 ; morf> than in the previous year. Number of Sab ■ ,>a th School Scholars 60.000. Subscribers to i Temperance pledges, 70,000. Receipts of the j year, $78,345 20. Addresses were delivered by Rev. Thornton A. Mills, of Cincinnati, Ohio Rev. Hubbard Winslow, of Boston: Rev. Tho mas Brainerda of Philadelphi, and Rev, Br. Peters, of (his city. The occasion was one of deep interest to the friends of the cause, and the prospects of useful ness before the Society arc highly encouraging.- Jmr. of Com. Brock’s Monum knt. —Some exertion is mak ing in Canada, to have the monument to the memory of Gen Brock, which was destroyed a short time since by some miscreants, repaired, and a committee has been appointed at Montral for toe purpose. At a meeting in that cilv, a Mr. Wier said it waspleasing to hear of the cordial and almost unanimous feeling of Jetestation which has been manifested by their American neigh hors,against the infamous perpetrators of the outrage. Great Pedestrian Performance.— West, the celebrated pedestrian, yesterday undertook for a wager of 60/., the amazing task of walking twenty miles in three hours and twenty minutes —a feat twice before attempted, but without suc ; cess; and for a further wager of hi. to pick up j My stones a yard apart (the distance being 2550 yards) in thirteen minutes. He started at twenty minutes to three, and at eighteen minutes past four had walked the first ten miles. At this period he appeared much fatigued, but continued his I labor with great perseverance, accomplishing the whole twenty nidcs hy two minutes to six, win ning by two minutes. He tlrtm rested for a quar ter of an hour, and won the other bet. —English paper. Corx Piaster.—A celebrated corn-doctor, at present in this city, happened the other day to be at a public bouse when anion, who had worked his elbow too f eely, fell, and bruised his head ra ther severely. The doctor made his way to bitn, and immediately applied one of his plasters to the the crown of the drunkard’s head. ‘ What are you doing that for ?’ asked a by stander. ‘lama corn docter,’ was the reply ; «this is my celebrated corn- plaster, and, as this man is most shockingly corned, I know of no belter re medy.— Balt. Clipper. A man has been bound over in the sum of £SO at Richmond, \ a. for kissing a married ladv! Well may the editor of the Boston Post exclaim, “ Oh ! human nater!” Two Hibernians conversing on the subject of working evenings, one of the 1 exclaimed, “bad luck to the inuji who first invented working bv the dirty fight of a lamp, when the blessed light ot heaven is enough for any man.” “Musha bad luck,” rejoined the other, “to the dirty sow! of him who first invented working at all! ’ The Last Invention—The ever fertile brain ol Ihe \ anl.ees has mvenicd a new kind of ink cal led “the love letter ink*” The virtue of the ink 1 consists jn its being a sure preventative agiinst ail ; cases of “ breach ot promise,” as the mk fades away and leaves tlie sheet blank again in about four weeks alter being written upon. -Neighbor A. do you know whether Mr. Van Ba reli has to pay any rent lor the “While House?” i siipp ise he uoes, a.s the p 'oote, I understand, m icnU to send in their "But" n xi spring. ( ahgnani s Messenger in noticing 1h 5 arrest of / evis, styles Him “Cashier ot the Banking House of Messrs. Xchuyl/.tll, at Philadelphia.” From the New Monthly fur April. Spring. BV MBS. C BARON WILSON. Spring is hoisting irom each bud, Spring is blooming in each 11 j war ; Dancing un the crys ai iluod, Blushing in the verdant bovver; Every bright and joyous dung Heralds the app.uaeh of spring. But, the Heart, whose bloom is past, .Vr a second spring can know ; Co!d eternal Winters cast O'er Ua wane uimielting snow; Nai lire s smiles can bloom impart, An I makes all verdar.t, save—rhe Heart ! DIED. 7 On Monday morning, 1 Ith inst. in the fifth year of ids age, Mr John Howard, one of the oldest and must esteemed residents of this city-. 1 its uniformly exemplary condm t in all the relations ol liie, had endeared him to all who knew him.— lie was a kind husband,an affectionate father, and , an iudu gent master; and his loss has produced a chasm in the domestic circie which can never be tilled Yet those who mourn his death, sorrow not as those who have no hope, for God gave him, even in bis dy ing*hour, a ful I assurance of his par don and acceptance through the me'its of Jesus Chr.st. COMMERCIAL Latest dates from Liverpool, April 30 Latest dates from Havre April 29 Charleston, Mav 23. Cotton— On Saturday last, and in the early part of the present week, there was an evident disposi tion on the part ot buy ers to operate, which was as readily met by holders, and a good business' was consequently dune in all qualities, at the full rates quoted in our review of the loth inst.; but the ad vices from the other side, received ouTuesd y last, being considered of a decidedly favorable character, has somewhat changed the aspect of affairs. Throughout that day the Upland market was in a feverish stale, anil the operations, which were chiefly confined to the middung and infeiicr sorts were atan advance of fully £c. perlb. on the sales of the previous day. Cu Wednesday and Thurs day, however, the excitement had subsided, and tiie market yesterday was rather quiet at the fol low quotations, viz : interior and ordinary C a 7fi mid. to mid. lair 8 fair to fully fair 8f a9, gool fair to good 9A a 9;, and strictly choice and fancy lots 10 a liM per lb. j lie week’s sales arc 6552 bags at the following pi ices: 17 at 5/.. 58 at s|, 92 at 6. 187 at 125 at 7, S 3 at 7], 24y at ?i, 92 at 71, 291 at 7), ,10at 7j, 9-33 at 7 4 ; , oJ at 7|, SO3 at 8, 418 at &s»