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SVNOPSIS,
Skewing the year in which each Slate of the
Union was stilled, and by what people—
number of Square miles—lime qf holding
the elections—qualification o f voters, and
number of Representatives and Electors
from each Slate.
Maine. —Settled 1530, by English ; 32,.
000 square miles, c|>iiol Augusta ; getter,
al election second Monday in September.
Legislature meet first'Wednesday in Jan
uary ; Voters must reside in the State three
months before any cle6tion ; sends Mem
bers to Congress 7; Electors 0.
New Hampshire.-— Settled 1023, bv
English; 93,000 square miles; eapitol Con- t
cord; general election second Thursday in
March; Legislature meets on the first
Wednesday in June; Voters require no oth
or qualification than to be twenty one years
of age; sends members of Congress 4; Elec
tors 6
Massachusetts. —Settled 1020, by Eng
lish; 7,300 square miles; eapitol Boston;
general election second Monday in Novchv
lor ; legislature meet first Wednesday in
Janaa'ry; Voters one year’s residence in the
- late, mil have paid % state or county tax ;
r nbers of Congress 10, Electors
—Settled 1749, bv English;
1 quart: miles; capi'ol Montpelier;
” e : ‘.i I •_\o:i fi. t Tuesday in Septem •
b.-r; ■‘S ‘ iafure meet second Thursday in
Orr< r; Voters ; reside in State one year;
: rl’ Meitis. rs of Congress 4. Electors 6
Rhode Island- ®-Set:led 1036, by Eng
. lish; 1,360 square miles; eapitol Provi
lenoe; general election for governor and
Senators in April, for Representatives in
April and August; Legislature meet first
Wednesday in June and last Wednesday
in October; Voters must ho resident in the
State three months, and have a freehold of
134 dollars; sends Members of Congress 2,
Electors 4.
Connecticut. —Settled 1633, by Eng
lish; 4,760 square miles; eapitol New Ha
ven; general election first Monday in April;
Legislature meet first Wednesday in May;
Voters to hold a freehold of §7 per annum,
have done military duty, paid a State tax,
and taken the proscribed oath; sends Mem
hers of Congress 4, Electors 6.
New Yoke. —Settled IGI4, by Dutch;
46,000 square miles; eapitol Albany; gen
eral election first Monday in November, 3
days; Legislature meet first Tuesday in
January; Voters, citizens 21 years of age,
inhabitants of the State for last 6 months ;
colored men of a freehold of 250 dollars,
paid taxes, and been a citizen three years;
sends members of Congress 34, Electors
36.
New Jersey. —Settled 1624, by Danes;
B,3oosquare miles; eapitol Trenton; gen
eral election second Tuesday in October;
Voters, to be citizens of the State for one
year, and worth 50 pounds proclamation
money; sends Members of Congress 5, In
jectors 7..
Pennsylvania. —Settled ICB2, by Eng
lish; 44,000 square miles; eapitol Harris
burg; general election second Tuesday in
October: Legislature meet first Tuesday
in January; Voters, white,one yefir in State,
ten days where voting, and pay tax asses
sed ten days before election, between 21
and 22 vote without tax; sends Members of
Congress 24, Electors 26.
Delaware. —Settled 1627, by Swedes
and Fins; 2,loosquare miles; eapitol Do
ver; General election second Tuesday in
October; Legislature meet first Tuesday in
January; Voters, the same qualifications
required as in Pennsylvania; sends Mem
bers of Congress 1, Electors 3.
Maryland. —Settled 1634, by English;
14,000 square miles; eapitol Annapolis;
General election first Monday in October;
Legislature meet first Monday in Decem
ber; Voters, one year’s residence in the
. county where he shall offer to vote; sends
fejnemWy of Congress 6, Electors 8.
*®^)Trginia . —Settled 1607, by English;
84,000 square miles; oapilol Richmond;
general election in April; Legislature meet
first Monday in December; Voters, freehold
of the value of 25 dollars, or been.a house
keeper one year, or been assessed, amounts
toalmost universal suffrage; sends members
of Congress 15, Electors 17.
North Carolina. —Settled 1650, by
English; 48,000 square miles; Capitol Ra
leigh; general election in August; Legis
lature meet second Monday in November;
Voter, citizen of the State one year, may
vote for a member of the House of Com
mons, but must own 50 acres of land to vote
for a Senator; sends members of Congress 9,
Electors 11.
South Carolina. —Settled 1689, by
English; 24,000 square miles; eapitol Co
lombia; general election second Monday
in October; Legislature meet fourth Mon
day in November; Voter, residence in the
State two years, and six months of the dis
trict where voting; sends members of Con
gress 7, Electors 9.
Georgia. —Settled 1733, by English ;
60,000 square miles; eapitol Milledgeville;
general election first Monday in October;
Legislature meet first Monday in Novem
ber; Voter, citizen of the State, and six
months residency of county where voting,
and have paid all taxes imposed upon him;
sends Members of Congress 8, Electors 10.
Louisiana. —Settled 1699, by French;
48,000 square miles; eapitol New Orleans;
general election first Monday in July; Le
gislature meet first Monday in January;
Voter, to reside one year in the county, and
paid taxes within the last six months; sends
members of Congress 4, Electors 6.
Ohio. —Settled 1788, by English; 39,-
miles; eapitol Columbus; general
election 2d Tuesday in October; Legisla
ture meet first Monday in December; Vo
ter, one year’s residence in the State prece
ding the election, having paid or been
charged with state or county tax; sends
members of Congross 21, Electors 23.
Kentucky. —Settled 1775, by Virginians;
32,000 sq. miles; eapitol Frankfort; gen
eral election first JMwday in August; Le-
gislature meet first Monday in November;
Voters, two years residence in the state,
and in the county where offering to vote,
one year precedingtheelection; sends mem
bers of Congress 10, Electors 12.
Illinois. —Settled 1749, by French 53,-
000 square miles; eapitol Vandulia; gener
al election first Monday in August; Legis
lature meet first Monday in December; Vo
ter, residence in the state six months, but
can only vote in the county where he actu
ally resides; sends members of Congress 7,
Electors 9.
Indiana. —Settled 1730, by French; 39,-
000 square miles; eapitol Indianapolis; gen
eral election first Monday in August; Le
gislature meet Ist. Monday in December;
Voter, one year’s residence in the State
preceding the election, entitles to vote in
county of residence; sends member of Con
gress 10, Electors 12.
Alahama. —Settled 1713, by French;
eapitol Tuscaloosa: general election Ist.
Monday in August; Legislature meet 4th
Monday in October; Voter, citizen of the
United States one year of this, and three
months residence in the county where he
shall offer to vote; sends Members of Con
gross 7, Electors 9.
Mississippi. —Settled 1716, ny French;
eapitol Jackson; general election in Au
gust; Legislature meet Ist. Monday in No
vember; Voter, citizen of the United States;
and one year’s residence in this State, and
in county 6 months, and have done military
duty, or paid taxes; sends members ofCon
gress 4, Electors 6.
Missouri —Settled 1763, by French;
60,000 sq. miles; eapitol Jefferson City;
general election Ist. Monday in August;
Legislature meet Ist. Monday in Novem
ber; Voter, citizen of the United States,
one year’s residence in this State next pre
ceding the election, and three months in the
county, sends members of Congress 5, E
lectors 7.
Tennessee. —Settled in 1765, by Eng
lish; 40,00 square miles; eapitol Nashville;
general election Ist. Tuesday in August;
Legislature meet first Monday inJOctober;
voter, citizen of the United States, and 6
months in the county where his vote, is of
fered; sends members ofCongress, 11, Elec
tors, 13.
Florida, for near 200 years under Spain,
was ceded to the United States in 1819, and
the East and West formed one Territory in
1822. St. Augustine is the oldest town in
the United States; Tallahassee is the capi
tol. Pensacola U. S. naval station.
Michigan. —Settled in 1670, by the
French; contains 65,000 square miles: Indi
ands, 30,000; eapitol, Detriot:Soil rich; I
fon, copper and lead mines abound: voters
all citizens 21 years of age, sends 3 mem
bers to Congress, Electors 5.
Arkansas. —Settled by the French from
Louisiana, and formed from a part of Mis
souri in 1819; contains 57,000 sq. miles,
admitted in the Union 1836; eapitol Little
Rock; voters all citizens 21 years of age;
sends 1 member to Congress, Electors 3.
Wisconsin. —Settled by emigrants from
other, principally New England States;
bounded by lakes Michigan and Superior
on theE., by Hudson Bay Cos. Territories
on the N., Illinois on the S., Mississippi &
lowa on the West; contains 80,000 square
miles; eapitol Madison.
lowa Territory, lies between Missouri
and Mississippi rivers, bounded on the N.
by Hudson Bay Cos. Territories: contains
150,000 sq. miles; purchased of Sacs and
Foxes 1832; capital, lowa City.
Indiana or Western Territory extends
from the western boundary of Arkansas
and Missouri to Red river on the S. and
the Punea and Platte or Nebraska on the
N ; roughly estimated at about 275,000 sq.
miles. The Western Territory, extending
to the Rocky Mountains, contains 340,000
square miles. Columbia or Oregon Terri
tory, claimed by the United States, is about
850 miles long N. and S , 400 to 700 miles
broad, and estimated to oontain 350,000
square miles.
* -TWO SENATORS are sent from
each State, in addition to the preceding
enumeration of Members of Congress.
Alarming Statistics for advanced Maiden
Ladies. —The following statistics of the a
ges of the 121,525 women married in Paris
in the course of the last 18 years, is given
by one of the journals as having been veri
fied by the Etat civil: Between 12 and 15
years old there were 811; at 16 years 1,-
920 ; at 17 years 3,959 ; at 18 years 5,-
816; at 19 years 6,957; at 20 years 7,-
640 ; at 21 years 8,047 ; at 22 or 23 be
tween 7,000 and 8,000 ; at 24 or 25 up
wards of 6,000 ; but at 26,27, and 28, they
scarcely exceed 5,000. This decreasing
progression goes on, so that up to 31 years
there were only 3,651; thence to 41 years
1,798 ; at 42 years .1,015; at 48 years
586 ; at 56 years 226 ; at 60 years 126 ;
and during the 18 years there were 578
marriages of women aged 61 years and up
wards. Another account shows that out of
1,000,000 married in Paris, 521,653, being
more than the half, were married before the
commencement of their 29th year.
Remedy for the Toothache. —We clip the
following valuable receipt from an ancient
book of medicine. It reads like it might
answer:
“Get a large kettle of water—let it come
to a boil, then put your head right into it
and let it simmer for precisely halfan hour;
take out your head and shake all your teeth
into a heap, pick out the decayed ones and
throw them away. The sound ones you
can put back again. If this won’t cure you
nothing will.’
Epitaph. —The following simple, beauti
ful, and appropriate metaphor was in
scribed upon the tomb-stone of an infant:
“It sparkled, was exhaled, and went to Heaven.”
But the blundering compositor ofanobscure
paper, in printing it, made the following ty
pographical error:
“It sparkled, exhaled, and went to Havana.”
From the Baltimore American.
PUBLIC MEN AND PUBLIC MERIT.
There are two modes by which public
public men establish claims upon the con
sideration of the people. In the one case,
honesty, self-respect, an open and manly
demeanor, plainness of speech, and a stea
dy adherence to principles, constitute the
elements of the public man’s character.—
Ho will not stoop to pluy the demagogue ;
he advocates great measures because of
their real merits ; he chooses lo consult the
real interests of the people rather than
court popularity.
A public man of the other sort ministers
to the spirit of faction. Hesees how strong
ate the bonds of patty association ; he
knows how selfish are the motives of most
party leaders; he regards politics us a game
al which the most skilful player is the most
likely to win. This view takes complete
possession of his mind, and in accordance
with it he regulates his aims and directs
hiscourse. The first idea which associ
ates with a political question is not how far
the proposed measure may benefit the coun
try, but how far it may be made available
for political purposes generally, and for his
own advancement especially. This man
will not hesitate lo deceive the people ; Ik
calculates upon the strength of party cot:
nections ; lie has confidence in his power of
so representing the thing as to throw all the
blame of its failure upon his political oppo
nents. His own estimation of the people is
very low ; he knows how often they have
been duped by his means ; he has no res
pect for them, no regard for their interests;
he views them as convenient instruments
under the machinery of party organization
to be used for his own elevation.—ls he
coulddo so with safety, he would kick the
ladder by which lie had climbed to power.
Yet, as the people have the disposal of po
litical preferment, he flatters them to their
heart’s content. He extols their intelli
gence at the very moment when he is coun
ting on their ignorance to make his mon
strous fictions go down. Their virtue and
patriotism are the themes of his eloquence,
while he appeals at every turn to prejudices
and feelings, to petty jealousies of one class
against another, which no man, having res
pect for the people, would ever attribute to
them—and which no good man, having re
gard for social harmony and the well-be
ing of his country, would ever attempt to
excite. The public man himself, while
thus playing the demagogue, may be out
raging his own individual associations and
habits, which may be exclusive and aristo
cratical. Yet he belongs to the party, and
all is fair in politics. Nay, he thinks it
necessary to go farther, in his denunciations
to raise louder his professions of democra
cy, that he may show a zeal which might
otherwise be suspected ; and having prosti
tuted his own self-respect, in the traitorous
belief that he is thereby bringing himself
to the level of those whose favor he courts,
he lias few restraining scruples left con
cerning truth or honor ; he hopes to gain the
coufidence of the people by rendering him
self unworthy of all confidence.
The high minded public man trusts to bis
own principles, and leaves them to speak
for him. He advocates measures of great
public utility, and believes that the public
interests involved in them will finally se
cure their adoption. If he falls, he thinks
more of the injury, that the failure may
bring upon the country, than of the politi
cal injury that may befall himself; for he
knows that he has done his duty, and of that
conviction nothing can ever deprive him.
A man of this sort is a statesman, and the
best friend of constitutional liberty. The
other is a demagogue —the worst foe of
freedom.
But let us leave fancy sketches. If there
be personages in political life, to whom ei
ther delineation is applicable, let those
make the application Who think they disco
ver its fitness. We designed no individual
sketches, although it is true that the idea
of the contrast which we have made gener
al, was brought to mind by seeing two op
posite predictions made in 1835 by two
distinguished public men. For aught we
know they were both made honestly ; one,
however, was founded upon a principle
which could not fail ; the other, upon a de
lusion which had been used to deceive, and
too successfully, a large mass of the peo
ple.
In 1835, when the country was apparent
ly in a state of extraordinary prosperity,
Henry Clay used the following language
in a public speech:
“There being no longer any sentinel at
the head of our banking establishments to
warn them by its information and opera
tions of approaching danger, the local insti
tutions already multiplied to an alarming
extent, and almost daily multiplying in
seasons of prosperity, will make free and
unrestrained emissions. All the channels
of circulation will be gorged. Property
will rise extravagantly high, & constantly
looking up, the temptation to purcase will
be irresistible. Inordinate speculation will
ensue, debts will be freely contracted, and
when the season ofadversity comes, ascome
it must, the banks acting without concert
and without guide, obeying the laws of self
preservation, will, at the same time, call
in their issues, the vast number will exag
gerate the alarm, and general distress, and
widespread ruin, arid an explosion of the
general banking system, or the establish
ment of anew Bank of the United States,
be the ultimate effects.
In the same year, 1835, at a public din
ner in Missouri, Thomos Hart Benton an
nounced the triumphant success of Gen.
Jackson’s experiments on the currency, and
predicted that in “one year” from that date
“gold would be the common and plentiful
currency of the land.” Mr. Benton is still
regarded as a prophet by his party.
There are in the United States just one
hundred soldiers of the revolution on the
pension list over one hundred years of age.
The oldest man on the list'is Michael Hale,
of Union county, Pennsylvania, who is in
his 115th year.
eloqueVt/Ilea for general
Let those, then, whose wealth is lost or
jeoparded by fraud or rnisgovernment; let
those who quake with apprehension for the
fate of all they hold dear; let those who be.
| hold and lament the desecration of all that
is holy ; let rulers whose counsels are per
! plexed, whoso plans ore baffled, vv hose laws
| defied or evaded ; let them all know that
j whatever ills they feel or fear, are but the
just retributions of a righteous heaven for
neglected childhood.
Remember, then, the child whose voice
first lisps to-day, before that voice shall
I whisper sedition in secret, or thunder trea
son at the head of an armed band. Re
! member the child whose hand, to-day, first
lifts its tiny bauble, before that hand shall
scatter fire-brands, arrows and death. Re
member those sportive groups of youth iu
whose halcyon bosoms there sleeps an o
cean as yet scarcely ruffled by the passions
which soon shall heaveit as with the tem
pest’s strength. Remember, that whatever
station in life you fill, these immortals are
your care. Devote, expend, consecrate
| yourself to the holy work of their improve
j m nt. Pour out light and truth, as God
;iou rs sunshine and rain. No longer seek
know ledge as the luxury of a few, but dis
pense it among all as the bread of life. —
Learn only hoW the ignorant may learn ;
hd'v the innocent may be preserved ; the
virtuous reclaimed. Call down the astron
omer from the skies ; call up the geologist
from his subterranean explorations; sum
mon, if need be, the mightiest intellects
from the council chamber of the nation ;
enter the cloistered halls, where the schol
iast muses over superfluous annotations;
dissolve conclave and synod, where subtle
polemics are vainly discussing their bar
ren dogmas ; collect whatever of talent, or
erudition, or eloquence, or authority, the
broad land can supply, and go forth and
teach this people. For in the name of the
living God it must be proclaimed, that li
centiousness shall be the liberty ; and vio
lence and chicanery shall be the law ; and
superstition and craft shall be the religion;
and t fie self destructive indulgence of all
sensual and unhallowed passions, shall be
the only happiness of that people who neg
lect the education of their childrenr. —
3 Tan.
TOE RECENT EARTHQUAKE.
The Cincinnati Chronicle says that suffi
cient information lias been received respec
ting the late Earthquake to permit some
general inferences to be drawn, viz:
1. It appears that it was felt from the
western slope of the Alleganies to the low
er Mississippi, and will probably be heard
from farther.
2. It was felt more slightly toward the
East, and more violently towards the Sout
hwest. At Zanesville, for example, ii was
felt, as represented, less than at Cincinnati.
At Nashville, it was quite a severe shock,
and in that region was strong enough to
throw plates from the shelves. At Mills
Point, it is represented as throwing down
chimneys. AtNew-Madrid, it is said the
ground sunk.
3. In this respect it was similar to the
earthquake of 1811—12, which, on the 7th
of February,lßl3, threw down chitimies at
Cincinnati, and opened the earth, and over,
flowed the waters of the Mississippi at New’
Madrid.
4. As observed here by Dr. Ray. the cur
rent of the movement of the earthquake was
from the Southwest to the Northeast.
5. This fact, and that of its greater force
in the Southwest, indicates that its moving
power was in the Southwest, near the low
er part of the Mississippi River, unless, in
deed, it should appear from further intelli
gence that there had been volcanic action
of sufficient strength to produce it in still
more distant regions.
6. The fact that this trembling of the
earth is felt over such an extensive region
and that its severest effects are felt so far
distant, is pretty good evidence that the mo
ving power is seated deep in the earth, and
is not any superficial volcanic influence.
Whether the above inferences are just or
not, they are worthy the investigation of
inquiring minds. With respect to the val
ley of the Ohio, it has not probably ever
been the seat of volcanic action, nor do
these tremblings ofthe earth give any rea
son to suppose it will be. For the power
which produces them, is evidently remote,
so far as regards terrestrial causes.
Escape of one of the San Antonio Prison
ers. Col. A. Neill, a gentleman well
known in Texas, and who was captured at
San Antonio in September last, made his
escape from the guard some forty miles this
side the city of Mexico on the night of the
14th ult.,andhas succeeded in reaching
this country after running many risks.—
He effected his escape early in the evening
and after walking all night, reached the ci
ty of Mexico about 8 o’clock in the morn
ing. There he rested at a Mexican fonde
or tavern for two days, during which time
he shaved offa large pair of whiskers, and
otherwise disguised himself. After spen
ding one or two more days in the city, he
finally started for the coast, reached it in
safety, made his way to Havana, and has
at last reached this city by way of Key
West, or some other of the Florida ports. —
All this he has effected in less than a month.
He describes the general treatment of the
prisoners, between San Fernando and the
point where he left them as kind, although
they were debarred many oftlie liberties en
joyed by the Santa Pe prisoners. Col. N.
is a lawyer by profession, and we learn re
turns immediately to Texa6.— Picayune.
The End of the World. —We understand
that in one of the School Districts of Hills
borough, in this State, the whole population
have become believers in the doctrine of
Miller closed their district school, and ta
ken their children home to get prepared for
the Second Advent.
New Hampshire Sentinel,
A dreadful occurrence took place at j
Smithfield, nt the mouth of thetHumbcrlaud |
river, on tho 30th ult. A letter from there ‘
says that the steamboat Prinui ‘.on landed j
there the evening before, and was attached i
for a sum 11 debt. Two Sheriff, were on !
! board of her. when she backed off from the j
j wharf with the intention oft scaping; Ore
of the Sheriffs cut her wheel rope, which ■
j made her unmanageable. A scuffle eijsu- |
! cd between the Sheriffs and the Captain, !
! and blows were exchanged, during which j
I some two or three Sheriffs, with several cit- ‘
j izens, were endeavoring to board her. One i
or two persons only succeeded,one of whom I
was Mr. J. L. Brewster, the ferryman at j
Smithfield ; and he was shot by Capt. Keys 1
soon after getting on board, and is said to
he mortally wounded. The wheel-rope
was then mended, and the steamboat set off’
up the Mississippi. Just nt tho time the i
, letter was written, the steamboat Gondola j
j had unmoored, and was about to set off in
■chase: but it was doubtful wffether she
would be able to overtake ber.
MURDER.
A murder was committed in the upper
I part of this district, during tho Christmas
j holidays by Dozier, upon the body
i of John Petigru, the circumstances attond
j ing which, as we learn them are as follows :
The parties bad some time previous had a
; quarrel, and on the day of the murder, met
i on the public road, when Dozier, who was
! somewhat under the influence of liquor,
without any provocation on the part of Pet
igru, drew his knife and stabbed him in the
adomcn, cutting a hole so large that the in
testines fell to the ground, which he raised
and supported in his hands until he ran to
the house of Mr. John McKinney, about
150 yards distant. This is the statement
oftlie affair, made by Petigru himself pre
vious to his death, (there being no witness
present,) and concurred in by Dozier, who
is now confined in the jail of this place.
We also learn that after Petigru had re
| treated to the house he was followed by Do
| zier, who entered the room where he was
lying, with his knife still dripping with
blood and with an oath, declared that he had
come to finish what he had begun, and was
in the act of again stabbing Ins victim, when
Petigru told him to go away, that he had al
ready killed him : Dozier replied that if
that was the case, he was satisfied, and left
the house. Petigru lived till the next eve
ning, when he expired.— Camden Journal.
Anew and ingenious mode of swindling a
Stranger. —A middle aged man, named
David Rogers, living in Evesham, N. J. ac
cording to his story before the Mayor yes
terday, wasswindled on Saturday afternoon
of a gold watch, for which he had paid six
ty-five dollars, hut two or three hours Jbe
fore, in a manner somewhat different from
the usual mode of overreaching strangers,
lie stated that when nearly ready to’leave
for home, he met a man at Market street fer
ry, who represented that lie had a pair of
mules to sell in some part of the Western
section of the city, and that they both pro
ceeded to the place designated to strike a
bargain. On the way somewhere near
McArann’s garden, the drover, as Rogers
called him, picked up on the pavement
what turned out to be a needle case, and
which upon their inspection had one needle
in it. The drover turned about, observed
a gentleman standing in an alley, of whom
he enquiied if he had lost any thing? Yes,
says the man a needle case and needles in
it; would you like to bet that there are nee
dles in it, said the drover, pinching Rogers
at the same time, as much as to say, there
is but one needle iu it, and we’ll catch this
green horn Yes indeed, I’ll bet one hun
dred dollars, at the same time taking from
his pocket book what looked like a note of
that amount. . My friend, said the drover,
1 don’t want to take your money,—you
won’t think hard of me isl win it, will you?
Oh, no, said the other, I’ll run all risk
The drover pulled out a ten dollar note,
saying this is all I have—but if my friend
here will put up his watch with my note,
we’ll bet you—Rogers put the watch into
the drover’s hands.—The case was then
examined, and but a single needle found,
when Rogers’ friend exclaimed, we have
won the bet; not so fast said the other—cut
it open and look into the matter a little fur
ther. Rogers lent his knife, the case was
dissected, and to the apparent surprise of
the drover, three or Tour needles were dis
covered. The second man claiming the
bet, clutched the stakes and ran away.—
Rogers was about to pursue him—stay,
stay, says the drover, let me catch the dam
ned rascal ; do you stand here, lend me
your knife, I’ll bring him back—Rogers
stood still—away went the drover, driving
his friend before him with the watch clear
out of sight. Yesterday, a young man,
named Hushback, was held to bail for a
further hearing by the Mayor, on the charge
of being one of the party.— Philadelphia
Ledger.
The prediction of Mr. Miller, that the
world will come to an end in April next, is
believed by many individuals, and has pro
duced an unhappy influence on their bust
ness and domestic arrangements. Some
have relinquished their business, and de
vote all their time to the consideration of
spiritual matters ; and a number of cases
have occurred where weak-minded men
and women have been so terrified at the
no ar approach of the day of judgment, that
suicide and derangement has been the con
sequence! Man lias duties to perform in
this life of a varied character, and he should
endeavor so to act at all times, that, when
the final day of reckoning comes, he will
feel conscious of having fulfilled all his du
ties, viz.: to himself, his family, society,
country, and iiis God.
Boston Mercantile Journal.
The returns from sixteen States, of the
applications in Bankruptcy, made in accor
dance with a call for information on the
subject by Congress, show in the aggre- :
gate, 18,374 petitions, of which 17,694 were
voluntary; 8,471 have been finally dis- |
charged.
cli.ily iiista
;ii tends govern in, m Dunking, whether it be
I by State governments or by the Federal
I government. Ihe Legislature of Georgia
- bus for years been composed of men eithc%
I astonishingly corrupt or dcplorfiy igno*
, runt. 1 Imy first committed a folly, then
; common to most of the States, in creating a
\ State Bank, which they called “ the Ceti
j tr a’ Bank.” Having furnished this associ
ation with the dangerous privilege ofissu
! a, g i ,s promises to circulate among the peo
ple as money, they seemed to think that no
-1 thing more was to be done. They had on
| iy to order the Bank to pay, and govern
ment expenses, State interest and debt,
would vanish before the “ sybil leaves” of
this magic soap mine. When its issues
fell to a discount of 40 per cent, ihev pro
posed laws to ruin any man who should
buy them tor less than their face, being an
indirect attempt to make them a legal ten
der, in violation of all law. Such an im
practicable proposition could spring only
from the gossest ignorance. The interest
of tho foreign debt of the State, due to Reid,
Irving & Cos., has never been regularly
paid. That house repeatedly advanced it,
and found great difficulty afterwards in
getting the money. The State has now
failed on its six per cent, bonds, growing
out of the fraudulent use of the Central
Bank paper as money’. They passed a tax
bill, the proceeds of which were to be ap
plied to the interest of the State debt. This
tax was payable in State money, and of
course is unavailable for the purpose in
tended. The Legislature has now adjourn
ed, having at the very last hour, and by a
majority of one only, passed au act impo
sing an increased tax for 1841,and forty-five
per cent, over that of 1840. But the irre
deemable issues of the bank will probably
be at a discount as much increased, and
they form the great proportion of the circu
lating medium.
THE TIMES.
The Philadelphia North American says
that a statement from the Treasurer of the
Girard funds has lately been made public,
which furnishes a practical comment upon
the financial wonders of these days. The
great sum of $2,000,000, which was to have
erected the magnificent monument to the
memory of the bequeather, has dwindled to
a pittance ; $631,898 of it lias been expen
ded ; the balance is in depreciated stocks,
whose market value is about $675,000. —
The $500,000 which was to have made the
Delaware front of Philadelphia the most
imposing of river sides, is in stocks of like
character. The SIO,OOO which was to
have wanned the firesides of many a poor
housekeeper; yielded in the year $455, and
is worth in the market $5,600. The re
siduary fund of $535,655 ofstock & loans,
yielded nothing during the year. How
much it is worth is a problem that time, net
mathematics, must decide. The receipts
into the Treasury during the year were
$245,275 92. The balance in the treasu
ry at the end of the year was $34,062 00.
Who needs a better sermon than this upon
the vanity of wealth ?
A National Bank—how it has affected the
price of Cotton. —The following facts, for
the collation of which we are indebted to
the American Eagle, speak trumpet-tongu
ed to the whole South :
“ In 1789 and 1790, (prior to the estab
lishment of a National Bank,) cotton was
worth 14| cents. For the next 20 years
(during the existence of a National Bank,)
it averaged 28 cents. During the next 5
years, (the interval between the first and
second Bank,) it fell to 18 cents. During
the next 5 years, (with the new Bank,) it
rose to 23£ cents, and during the whole 20
years of the existence of that Bank, it aver
aged about 15 cents. During the next 5
years, without a Bank again, it went down
to 8£ cents. Clearly showing that in eve
ry instance the price of cotton rose and
fell with the rise and fall of a National
Bank !
TEXAS.
The dissensions in the Army of Texas
have ended in an open rupture. The New
Orleans papers oftlie 20th, received this
morning, states that 725. men had with
drawn from the army under the. command
of Gen. Sumervill, had elected Wm. G.
Cooke, Colonel, G. I. Howard, Lieut. Co
lonel, and had taken up their line of march
under the now organization, for Mexico.
Gen. Somervell, it will be remembered
was Gen. Houston’s man, and the army, fi
nally disgusted with his delays, left his
command. His whole force before the di
vision, according to the last accounts, could
not li£ve consisted of more than 1000 men.
Colonel Cooke and Lieut. Colonel Howard
were both attached to the Santa Fe expedi
tion.
We likewise learn by the arrival of the
British steamer Dee, at Havana, a few
days ago, that the new war steamer Monte
zuma, with 160 men, was at the island of
St. Thomas, on its way to Mexico, via Ha
vana. The Montezuma is probably with
the Mexican fleet by this time, and will
prove a very formidable accession. She
carries two 68 and eight 32 pounders—all
Paixhan guns.
To a Correspondent. —“ I have just scrib
bled off the following,” writes a correspon
dent, “ which I wish you would insert.”—
Can’t do it. The writer who only scrib
bles, must not set up for an instructor of the
people through the Press. There are ma
ny though, who think that scribbling only
is necessary for a newspaper, while they
forget that we are overwhelmed with good
articles, to find room for which is much
more difficult than to find matter for print.
Correspondents should first think over
what they desire to say, and then condense.
The very idea that they but scribble, makes
an Editor turn from a manuscript without
reading it, when he has so many valuable 1
printed articles demanding a place. j
New- York Express. J
