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X FOREICH. snip iNPRrENnrNCE — eight pays later FROM EUROPE. At 9s earfo.lvmit this morning we received our files of - ’•’« pstket ship independence, Captain NyO, •♦Jich vessel srtMl on the 29tlt of Septentlien Our Lon dbn and Liverpool papers are to the 28th inclusive. K C.RE\T BRITAIN’ —THE HARVEST. Tin* accounts of the harvest, .although at canAiderkblc V Variance in different parts of the country, on the whole h'ave scarcely n doubt that a large portion of the wheat crop has been initrievably damaged, and that the oats and I barlev crops were in serious jeopardy. Large orders had r been sent to the continent: find the necessity of parting k with heavy amounts of g-'ld i:t payment for foreign grain 1 rottld no longer b* questioned. F BANK OF ENGLAND. A suspension of specie payments by the Bank of Eng land was freely spoken of; and the general impression was that such a weaaure must be resorted to before Christ mas. It was believed in London (list the Bank of E.-.gland had been corttpcUed to seek assistance from Hamburg, sim ilar to that obtained from the Bunk of France. This be lief was founded on the fact that bifla to a large amount endorsed by an eminent house in Hamburg, in favor of the chief cashier of the Bank, had been paid by several houses in London. BANK OF THE UNITED STATES. The arrangement with the Rothschilds, for the accep tance of the United States Bank drafts protested by Hot tinguer had been carried into effect. Another topic for comment and riimor was aforded on tire 26th of September, by the application of Mr. J andon ta the Bank of England for assistance. A great number of statements are published in reference to this transaction ; hut the fact seems to be that Mr Jsudou’s embarrassment was caused by the refusal of Hope &. Co. of Amsterdam, to make advances which he expected a ltd required, to meet the post-notes falling due in London; that aid to the a- Mount of £300,00U was granted by the Bunk, on the guarantee of four gteatly engaged in the American trade ; that it was given in three per cent consuls, to avoid increas ing the Bank's note circulation, and that consuls gave wav 4 per cent in consequence of the transaction. MISCELLANEOUS. Private letters say that the harvest has turned out bet ter than the papers represent it. The Barings writ* that the Book of England will not suspend specie payments. The merchants and banks in this city who have remitted post notes atf the Bank of the U. States, must feel greatly relieved by the knowledge that previsions have been made for their pavment, by the advance of consuls to Mr. Jatt don. A petition w as presented to the common council of Lan don, on the 26th of September, from the “Oberlin Insti tution in aid of altolition of slavery in the United States,” <sking pecuniary assistance. This institution is establish ed in Ohio; and receives white and colored pupils without distinction. Tl.e petition was tcferrrd to a committer. The Rev. Mr. Knapp, an agent of this institution, had been sucersaft I in cellectiitg donations tor it. Mr. Feargas O'Connor was again arrested at Manches ter on the 20th el September, tor a seditious conspiracy, 'making seditious speeches, &c. He was held to bail for trial. This is about all we find in reference to the Chart ists. We regret to find by the. papers thru wilful fires hare again taken place in various parts of the kingdom—chief ly among hay-ricks, corn-stocks, and the like. This is the way in which we have long apprehended the Chartist spir it would display itself. Cel. Pasley succeeded, September 23, in firing one of hitenormous submarine mines of powder against the wreck es the Ruval George. The cylinder contained 2320 lbs. and was Igrttten try The effect open - the watei w.as grand ami imposing in the extreme. What it was upon the wreck bad not yet been ascertained. The lion. Thomas Babington Maeatdey has been ap- ' pointed Secretary of War, in the place of Lord llowick, resigned. Mr. Macauley Ins a seat in the Cabinet.— The ospers abound with rumors of Lord Clarendon's ap pointment to s<>me high office. Mr. Macaulev is an avowed opponent es the corn-laws. So also is Mi. Clay, who has been added to the ministry ' ns eno of the secretaries of the Board of Centtol. Amiral Sir Thomas Hardy, a gallant and distinguished officer, and Governor of Greenwich Hospital is dead. He aeived under Loid Nelson, and it was in his arms that Nelson expired. Everyone must remember his dying ex clamation, “ Anchor, Hardy, anchor.” Admiral Hardy was the Commodore Hardy who blockaded Long Island Sound for so long a pt tied. during the last war with Eng land. Il s flag-ship, we believe, was the R-ttnillies, 74, with the Acosta and another frigate as consorts. The death of Mr. Justice Vaughan is also announced. One of the Paris papers, Ln Fiance, assetts that the in tended marriage of Queen Victoria to the young Coburg prince has been officially announced dial the intended mar riage of Queen Victoria to dm French Government. The affair of Lady Flora Hastings still occupies a large •pace in the the English papers; and it is discussed with in amplitude of detail, and vehemence of comment little creditable to the taste of the wi iters. The Morning Post charges the Queen herself with “dispersing among the la dies of the palace the foul surmise which they My lliev en teitained,” and alleges that it was “by her direct author ity and command they were impelled to the unsaemlv and brutal conduct which some of then}, pursued.” Lord Port man, it is said, intends publishing a reply to the ‘statement’ of the Marquis of Hastings. Emigration to Texas from England, appears to ba oee of the prevailing hubbies. A letter f.om Mr. Kennedy, who lately travelled in the United States and-Texas, has been extensively published in Ei.gland describing advan tages of the new republic in glowing terms, and strongly urging emigration. This has culled forth a reply from Mr. Kiurge, win. rates the Tcxians roundly on the scare of slavery. The ship Cumberland, arrived at Whitehaven from Ja maica on the 2511 t of September, reported having picked up a boat at sea, on the 24th of August, about 800 miles from New York, in which were two men, who said they belonged to New York and had been blown off. They had been 10 days - they said—without provisions. As toon as the Cumberland arrived at Whit-* aven they ab aennded. No doubt they were the twe soldiers who stole a boat at Bermuda and made off irt her. A reward for their appre beo<ioti wns advertised in several of our papers. Miss Julia Webster, daughter of Daniel Webster, was ■tarried at the fashionable St. George’s Hanover Square, on the 24th of September, te Samuel Appleton, Esq. of Boston. A large and fashionable company waa present at the ceremony. Among whom we notice “the American minister and lady, and Mr. Rush, the Belgian minister and Madame V an de Weyer. Sir Henry Halford, Bart., (woof; Mr. Webster's associates in the Senate of the United Stales ! —Mr. Linn of Missouri, and Mr. Young of Illinois.—As- [ ter the ceremony the company partook of a dejeune wilh j Mt. Webster at the Brunswick Hotel; after which the mar- 1 tied couple left London on a tour.” i The Leicestershire papers comment with great and just indignation upon the extraordinary decision of certain ma gistrates in that county, who fined a young man 40 shil lings and costs, for cleaning bis shoes on Sunday morning, before going lo church! The complaint, was made by the lady's emolover, with whom he had lived two years, ami who admitted that his conduct as a servant was inctiroach •ble. 1 An iiufuonse Camp-meeting was held at Kilsyth, in Scotland, continuing many days, and attended by clergy men of various demuniioitiens, as well as by great num tiers of persons liom all parts of the country. The ex- ! cil-enoiit exmliitoil both by preachers and hearers, as de- , «crit<—l '• the papers, appears to have been in no <J> gree ; ipfei i >r to that produced at wine of our C'amp-tiieetings in j Western Statps. London, Saturday, Sept. past 12.—The (ina arrangement f«r a loan ol consols from the Bank of Eng land to Mi. Jaudon appears to have been at length com* plated, under the gitatantee ot four London firms, those of Baring, Morrison, Dennison, and the opulent German firm, Huth «■ Co., and the Liverpool house of Brown, all of them deeply intetrsted in the trade with the (Jaded Smbrs. The sum required is now stated to be only’ The manner in which the Btwk hasjjonte sot ward has giv en great satisfaction, amLflfafet-.m-rally thought that its disembarrassment from toVB amount of depreciated stock will be a sensible relitWfftts coffers, especially if the vacurn is supplied by specie from America, two o clock.— I lie scarcity of ntonev for completing tho balances payable on Monday in the foreign maiket, and the genera! advance in the rates of discount, has caus ed a lartntr depression to stocks—Consols for monev have been'down to 89J a 90, and for the Account 90$ and j. The value of exchequer bills although no large sales have been made this morning, has given way to 1 to 3 discount, and India bonds lrave been at par to 2 discount. 'I ho I new three and a half per cents arc at 97| a J. Loxnn.v, City, Saturday Evening, Sept. 28.—The 1 appearance of monetary and common j-.tl nffwii s in tho city is, Wo arc sorry to state, almost daily becoming more ci iti l cal. The value of the funded debt has experienced a far ther depieciation this week of full 1 per cent., and the ; unfutded debt has been again tt a £isconnt. The dc tuand for gold for exportation to pay sot foteign grain im ported, continues to a considerable extent and there are good grounds for supposing that, whatever may be the re- I suit ol the harvest in that country, large importations of grain will be carried on until spring. It appears by the official returns which have recently been made public, that very large •mounts of foreign com have been liberated, notwithstandieg the comparative high range of duties now payable on its admission for home loasumption. In the month ending on the sth instant, them were charged with duty not lr»n than 51(1,000 qrs of foreign coin, of' which, ■ hoWever, 391,381 qrs were es oats. The importations in the same period were 9l6,Bvoqrs, of which 235,840 qrs were of wheat, 266, oats. The stock, in the bonded warehouses of the United Kingdom, or the sth iest. were 39U.638 qrs. ot wheat, 64,764 qrs of •vats 7073 qrs of barlry, &c. There were aho in stock j 85,250 cwt of foreign flour on the sth iust. While it is Ito the interest of the speuulator, to import and by duties upon foreign grain, it will hardly be possibh sot the direct tors the Bank of England to replenish their storks of the I precious metals, notwithstanding the op rations which are I ir> progress with the directors of th.- Bank of Fauce tn ef fect that objtrct. Yesterday, as well as on Tues-lay, the foreign exchanges were in a very heavy state, tbo> gh they are at present sttflit iently high to prevent any exportation es specie of consequence to the Continent. The greatest depression in the stock market was on Thursday nfiernaon, wltee it was reported that the direc tors of the Bark of England were delibeiating on the pol icy of raising the interest of money to seven per rent. It subsequently transpired that the directors were consider ing an application mads on tlie part of Mr. Jaudon, the I agent in this country of the Bank of the United Stales, for ■ a loan of about £309,000 on security, to place the estab lishment with which he is connected in Pbiladi Ipliia in a situation to meet engagements, the liquidations as which might be fc-tmd difficult under the peculiar circumstances its affairs are placed in by what has transpired in Parris, a id the almost total impossibility es finding a market here at present for American paper. The sales of slack were very heavy, on the presumption that the value of money was to tie increased. There are also reports very current that the revenue for the quartri just about to terminate will prove very deficient. This, to a certain extent, will no doubt prove true, as the trade ot the country has been veiy limited for a long tiina past. There must liava been, however, a considerable sum r< ceived in duties upon the admission of foreign grain for lu w.e consumption, which will materiilly swell the receipts of the quarter. Amitln t ground Os caw-.i»tus to be the very I educed stock of specie which the directors of the Bank of England have at present in their possession. It is feared in many quarters that the Bank will not be •hie to provide gold for the payment of the dividends, • hicii will soon become due tu die public, and that they must obtain an older in council for the issue of £1 or 2£ notes. The state of lite market’during the greeter part of tha week was unfavorable for the operations of the agricul turists in those parts of the country where the crops air becoming alaimed, lest it may be necessaiy for us to re sort to the continent for farther large supplies of grain, to pay for which, specie would principally be required, and the foreign exchanges kept in a state unfavorable to this country. All these circumstances combined have produ ced, as might have been expected, ■ very feverish state of things in this city. Among many parties it is ■considered, however, as very remarkable, that the value of stock should have been , maintained so well. Tliere is, however, very little money ; employed in speculation in merchandise at present, and many parties hold in fir- ducc. The scarcity of capital tn the stock exchange is, however, rather remarkable; as high as 4 per cent, bas been paid this week for accommo dations for short ptrictds, on '.he security of stork. With respect to the application made by Mr. Jaudoa, it traaspired yesterday afternoon that the direr lors of the bank had granted the assistance required in consols, which will not be thrown into circulation by tho parties holding them. The advances are for one month from yesterday, by which time Mr. Jaudon will be in possession of ample remittances from the other side of the Atlantic ti- repay the loan ftont the bank. Four leading firms in the citv, and one at Live-pool, are guarantees te the bank for the repayment of the loan within tlie stipulated period. From 91J consols for account have fallen to 90§, but since they have rallied to 90j. The continuation of tin ensuing accounts is very high indeed. Consols for money have been at 90 a 90* this week, and they left off yester day afternoon at 90f a jj. The prem. on exchequer bills stood at 5 en Monday, but yesterday sales of ibis security were mad* at a discount of 2 for £IOO bills. India bonds receded to 1 dis., India stmk lo 248, and bank stock to 1864, 187 for account. The condition of the market .for the foreign bonds has been much influenced by the heavy state of the British funds. • BANK OF ENGLAND RETURN. London, September 23. The usual average retura of the liabilities and assets of the Bank of England, embracing the period irom the 25ili es June to the 17th inst., which appeared in last night’s Gezelte, gives the followinv results, vie: iliat the average of the month ending the 17ili inst., as compared with the average of the month endin* the 25th June, shows a de crease in tho circulation of £27,(KM), a decrease in the de posite of £744,00<t, and a decrease in the stm k of lullion ' of 1,347,( 00. Wherefore it appears that the decrease in ' the liabilities is £77I,(MM), and this represents the di rrase! in the total quantity of money in the month ending the ' 1 Till inst., as compared with the month ending the 25th of j June, in so far as regards the administration of the curren cy by the Bank of England. The yearly conipaiisoti is as follows:—The average of the month ending the 17th inst., as compared with the av erage of the month ending the 16th of Oct. 1838, shows a decrease in the circulation ot £951,000, a decrease in the deposites 0f£495,'-OV, and a decrease in the stock of bul lion , of £,684uU00. John Chapman, who was awaiting bis sentence of death, in our Jail, for the murder of his wife in December last, broke out on Saturday night! He had complained of bad lioalth,and was compassionately removed by the Jail or, from the criminals’ to the debtors’ room, on the lower floor, which is more airy,—from which, with the aid, it is I supposed, of persons outside, lie broke through the brick wall and made his escape. He bad been respited by the ! Governor from the 224 March to 2<hli Drcember next; and there is little doubt that the Legislature, as usual, would liave granted him a pardon.— Maron Tvlegruph. TASTING. A lady ot Philadelphia, whose servant was in the habit of lasting every thing tasteable about the house, after hav ing bought a jar ot rasbeny syrup, placed it in the cup board and said, ‘Betty, mind that vou dont tomb iliat— it s poison; it you do, you will cerie'nly come to harm.’ Indeed, ma’ai!’ answered Bettv, ‘i shan’t touch it—yon kaow I don’t touch any thins. Harrllv had the figure of ti e mistress disappeared before Betty, who was en>ployed in roasting a fine turkey tl ought that she ought to taste I ‘ jist a litti* of the skin,* to see if it was euffiricnily salt ed. Betty did teste ‘a little bit,’ but with the little bit I came the unc-antrullablv desire of tasting more—and Bet . ty tasted aud tasted, until she bad tasted all the skin off I the turkey. Now, whet was to be done?—the skinned turkey struck horror to her heart—what would her mis ■ trees say—what could she say! In the horror of her soul, I she paced to and fro in the kitchen—but in every nook, in . every Corner, the figure of the skinned turkey presented | itself te her vision. In her despair, she came to the con [ elusion that she might as wrl| die as incur the anger of her mistress, and, recollecting the poison in the cupboard, she seized the jar am! drained it of its contents; lying on the floor, she cried and sobbed, until her mistress, aroused at her cries, came running in— For mercy s sake, what's the matter, Bottv,’ exclaim ed she. ‘On, I’m a gnno t- nse t |’ m again’ hi die ! sen-sen send f-l-f for a minister!’ ‘ Pell tue what’s the matter, do Betty, for gracious sake.’ ‘ 1 v-e-cat all th-th-the skin ofl’the t-t-turkev, am! swal- Icred tii the poison I’ pointing to the empty jar.which liar! contained the »• rup. An uncontrollable burst of laughter from her mistress, and a subsequent explanation, got Belt? mi her feet again; I but this adventure ever since has acted as a check on her desire of tasting. Ihr Ilrrmit.— A pions hermit, who lived in the soli tude of the forest, far from rhe noise of men, was once wandering through the woods in search of a few wild fruits and berries to make up his frugal meal. He heard a moaning in the glass, and looking down saw a fox, both of whose fore-legs were broken, writhing like a snake on the ground, and apparently starving. The good hermit was about to seek somt h od for the helpless cieaturr when an eagle appeared soaring high over head, and suddenly let a fowl fall from his lalnns directly at the feet of the fox. The starving animal seized greedily on the pterions prize, and soon made a hearty meal on it. “Ah,’ exclaimed lite pious enthusiast, this is the linger of God, why did I dis trust his providential care, and wander over hill and d )e io seek for my daily food ? He who brought food to the mouth of this helpless animal, will rarely never forget his servant. Henceforth I will take no more for my body's > sustenance, but trust to his goodness, and devote all niv time to meditation. True lo hi* resolution, he returned lo his cell, and neither plucked the fruits that hi.-ng on the trees around him, nor went down to the brook to quench his thuist. Three whole days lie lived thus, and wasting away to a shadow, in the vain hope of a direct interference from heaven. On the evening of the third day, just as he sunk into a slumber, thunder tooled through the cave, he •aw a form of Angelic beauty, and hesrd a sweet but su lemn voice that spoke thus—moral, how fe»ble is thy un derstanding ! could thou thus misimerpret the lesson cou tainrd in thv eagla’s conduct? Thou art net laaae aid helpless as was the fox, but art strong and active like the eagle that gave him food. Him thou wen to imitate in going about and doing good to others, for know that idle ness, even if accompanied by constant prayer, is odious in the sight of the Almighty.— N. Y. Mirror. A NARROW ESCAPE. Ihe following anecdote nity be relied on as authentic : a fanner who attended our races last week drank »o often ■‘pottle deep” that he became intoxicated, and verified the adage— in vino varitar; (or so strong w ere bis conipiinetious for having r>< gteeted the duties ol h.s business, by attending ’he race instead ol being at the head of his harvesters, and the cloud on Thursday evening ihieatcning an wufavorabl* C.ixugc of the weather, that he deteimined to escape from all future upbraiding* of conscience by committing suicide I Accordingly he went into the shop of a druggist in this city, and asked fur a packet of arsenic to destroy rats; the pro prietor. struck by the incoheceitcy of his speech, and the strangeness of his manner, told him that the law forbade hi* •elling it, unless the stranger wai accompanied by a witness: the applicant then went out and imine liately returned wilh another pels >n, to whom it seemed he was a stranger, but who fora “treat,” had con-ented to accompany him to the shop, though he was ignorant of the real object of the farmer The druggist still suspecting 'hat ‘all was not rigtit.’’ made up a packet not of arsenic but of cream of tartar; his custo tner then departed. The fanner went home to bed. and se cretly took his supposed poison, immediately aftei which feeling an “awful” internal rumbling, he c lied his wife and family to his bedside, confess' d that the reproaches of his conscience had driven him lo desperation, that he had brought atsenie, had taken it, that he felt iiis death was at hand, and therefore he conjured all the idle to take warning by hi* fxtn and forsak, before it was too late, the paths of indv'.enc* *ud' dissipation. I h» coiteleCnation this confession occasioned may be ima- K |,l "u, though it cannot be described—the poor wife in hyste rics. the foaming horse flying lo the medical atteailant of the family; promptly did he arrive, his pocket armed with a stomach pump! Galen soon discovered that the desperate man had taken cream of tartar, and in ceminuHicating the fact to all around him dilfneed a joy and congratulation in w hich the deluded man mast heartily joined. Tuesday last his wife came to the city purposelv to thank the druggist for his foresight and philanthropy, and at the same time as sured him tbat the narrow escape of her husbaud he alreailv wrought a ref rinaiion ic his conduct and that she believed be would never again neglect his harvest, n resolution she knew he might keep without deming himself the enjoyment of rational recreation.— Hartford Times. FEMALE INFLUENCE AND ENERGY. 1 have observed that a married man falling into misfor tune, is more apt to retrieve bis situation in ihr world than a single one, chiefly because liis spiiits are and re trieved by domestic endearnien's, and his self-respect kept alive by finding that, although all abroad bv darkness and humiliation, yet there is still a little world ot love at home of which he is a monarch. Whereas,a single man is apt to tun to waste and self neglect; to fall to ruins, like rome deserted mansion, for want of an inhabitant. I have often had occasion twiemark the fortitude with which women sustain the most oveiwhelniiug reverses of for tune.—Those disasters wl icli break down the spiiit as a man and prostrate him in the dust, seem lo call forth all the energies i f the softer sex, and give such intrepidity and elevation to their character, that ’at times it approaches lo sublimity. Nothing can be more touching than to be hold a ,oh and tender female, who had been all weakness j and dependence, and. alive to every trivial roughness, ; while treading the ptu-peroiis path of life, suddenly lis i ing in mental f r< e to be the comforter and supporter of ; h» r bn band under misfortunes, abiding w th unshrinking I firmness, th- bitterest blasts of adversity. As the vine j which has long twined its graceful foliage about the oak, and had been lifted by it in sunshine, will, when the hardy plant is rifted by the th mderbolt, cling round it with its tendrils, and bind up its shattered bough; soo, too, it is beautilitlly ordered by Providence that woman, who is the ornamenltand dependant ol' man in his happier hours, should be liis stay and solace when smitten wtlh sudden calamity; winding herself into the rugged recesses of his naturr, tenderly supporting the drooping head, and bind ing up the broken heart.— Females in large. Cities.—]t is sickening to think to what a slate ol suffering and degiadation the follies and vices of large cities sink the weaker sex. Where men of fend with impunity, women stiffer in silence. The idle ness and drunkenness of the husband leave the wife with out bread lor her little ones; an<l often, when the culprit is consigned ti<>m the bar to the Petiiteutiary, his sentence ~ fact, the doom es a deserving and trnhappv wife. In sttchacity as L-oidon, llte.rxleiit us female suffering nnd debaitment is almost incredibl*. There are not less than twenty thousand women in London, dependent upon crime for subsistence. Crime cannot exist without suffering; and how incalculable the amount of anguish induced by so fearful a muss of ciime. In the same city there are not less than fifteen thousand orphan girls without support from their parents, who wander the streets without home or shelter, and sustain themselves by a recourse to every species of petty depredation on society. In Philadelphia, the female sex is, in its moral condition, far above the male. Die number of women brought before our courts, charged with offences, is comparatively very limited. But, though seldom the authors, they are constantly made the victims of crime. Those who have read our reports of prison r ases, brought weekly before tho Judg -s of the Criminal Sessions, and heard as if under a writ of habeas corpus, must have been struck with the fact that two thirds are husbands committed for beating their wives. Fhe condition of these poor femalesis liulv miserable. They have families—tlie labor ol their tyrannical and bru tal husbands is uocessary to save thetu from starvation— and the pom victim 9 are often seen imploring the court tor ! the release of (heir husbands.— Phil. Ledger. Conjugal Felicity—and Com Hides.— Some time since an individual, who considers himself respectable, re siding not miny miles from Chesnut street, being over come by “ love,” took’ for batter <<r for wo sea pretty dame residing in the v’t iuity. He, however, shortly after the golden cord was tied, began to think that wedlock was not the thing it was cracked up to be, and befort the ho ney moon was fairly over, took it into liis head to give his wife a severe flogging. The mother of the poor girl, feel fog aggrieved at seeing her daughter maltreated, remon strated against such a course of co»<ltni; but the gentle man was not to be advised or insulted, and ever desirous of being considered a brave man, went lo waik and abu sed in the most shameful maimer thu old lady, to whom be had promised protection. Scarcely barf the excitement subaided in the usually quirt neighboi hood, before along came an absent brother of the unfortunate bi ide.—Here was a pretty kettle of fish, what was to be done— what could fie done? lie con suited the neighbors; advised with Ins friends; at one me menl was on the point ol going to law; at another ot blow ing out the brains ot bis new relation lor a redress of griev ances; when finally some k'nd triend intimated that a certain store in < hesmit street had just received a laige supply of the most approved < <>» skms. Here uas a rem edy at once: big with the fate ot C«sar and of Rome, he I immediately set out for the store and procured a first rater; i after which he proceeded to tlie residence of hi- brother- ■ iu-law, and •ongratulated itirn widi our hundred stiipes, j we!l laid on much to the gra ificaiion of the neioliliois, 1 who wen- iina.-iinio is in opinion, that he deserved all he j got.-— Phil. Herald. A Life of Incidents. —Antoine Bexariar had been a Mexican military oflirei undi-i' the Urrt a at the storming j ot San Juan d’Ulloa; was suspected of treason and ini prisoned; was released by the govrnim’s daughter, a beautiful creature ol sixteen who fled witlt him, cairving off with her a quantity of jewels. She died in Texas’and he nearly died with grief for her loss. He started off' through the wilderness; was set upon bv a liah l of brava- I does, and left for dead, but died nut; and after much suf- I feriug, reached Galveston, embarKiii as a fiieman on’ board tlie steamboat Cuba; wa» wirrkr d and cast ashore by the waves, almost dead; recovered, and was taken to New Oilcans by a sti am-hoat; shippidas a deck hand, and arrived at St. Louis witont friends, motu'v, au unin lelligable language, or any knowledge of the customs of this country ; slept in the street, and was fined one dollar for so doing. ‘WAKING UP THE WRONG PASSENGER.’ The following good ’nu. related by our Philoso pher is new’ to us : Tom P , an unsophisticated son ol E’in, wishing to take the stage for u journey, put up at a tavern from whence it was to st*ait; and he was put in a room with a colored man. fie <4 course took a parting trlasa with his friends, and was put to bed somewhat mellow, and as soon as he fell asleep, bls jovial friends hl icked his face all over, like tlie ace of clubs. Before daylight, he was called in a hurry, and took his seat in the stage without paying his morning respects to his mirror. In a couple of hours, the stage arrived at the stopping place for breakfast, and Tom, on account of his color, was shown in a different room from the other passengers, and left there alone. In a few minn es h iwever, he discovered his sooty phiz in the glass, and then the whole house was alarmed by his sh >ut» —“VVhat is the matter, man?” exclaimed the people who came rushing into the room, “Mathur is i'? O manlier —murther—-they Jmve W' ke up the wrong passenger, *,!td tfagtir they have vvoked and n<>t me; and there I am asleep at the tavern when I ought tu be half way on my journey. Och honey—m h honey— how much will it stand me, to have thedriver go back and gel me.’ MURDER WILL OUT. Important decision under the Heoisc I Statues.—Tues day, Sept. 24, 1839, in chancere, before die Hon. W. T. McUouir, vice chancellor, Eliza Joseph, by her next friend, versus Simeon Joseph, otherwise tailed George Freifoiick Hamilton. This case arose out of an application for alimony, made l>V Mr*. Joseph, the wife of the defendant, on the ground that he had abandoned her, and neglected to "provide for her support. The complainant attempted to show that the defendant was worth considerable property, and that he was doing a large business as a broker in Bruadwav ; tlie defendant, however, showed bv aflilavit, that lie was not worth lo exceed s3,oo'', and that his income was less than SI,OOO | peryeai. This statement was also corroborated by the affidavit of the defendant’s parsnet, Elias J. Svlvester. His honor the v‘ice-< hancellor under the special circum stance* of the case, ordered die defendant to pav, as ali mony, $6 per week, until the further order of the court. It may now be considered as well settled, that the comt of chancery will iateifereand protect a wife whose hus band abandons her withoat the means of support. D. Evans for complainant; T. Feesenden for defendant. —New York Paper. Here is the man who uffered $80,('0<» to Florida for a Lotteiy bill; the man who built up a srh- me of two mil lions es dollars without a law; the man who invited 100,- OOOdiqies to put each S2O io his hands in hopes of draw ing a prize, the man who offered $65 ‘,O 0 to the press to secure its sileace or approbaiiiio, compelled to show that he is not worth $1,900, and les putnei in iniquity, Syl vester, swears to ii! A man who thus neglects his’faniilv is, we are told in the good book, worse than ai. infidel. Much low !}buse has been showered upon us for our de termined stand against the lotteiy fraud, imt we doubt noi we have received the silent .1 ppi .’ilia lion of the honest and upright, and if we have by our exertions, pi evented an immense sum of money belonging to the honest men from going into the pockets of swindlers, the public owes us a trifling debt.— St. Augustine Herald. murder. We neglected to notice in our last, a murder whi< Ii was committed sometime during the session of the Superior Court in the town of Summerville, in the new Countv of Chattooga. We are not acquainted with the particulars attendant on this act of bloo Ished. Report says that a Mr. Burt Lovejoy, while lying on the comiter in some one as the stoies, was stunk on the side of the head wilh a drawing knife, wholi tieailv severed 4<>* pnis, anti caused death in a few davs. The blow was dealt !.v amm nam ed Hunter, for some tiifling off n.c, and who was iinmi diately taken into cus'udy. | On Wednesday last, a campanv of gentlemen passed) ■ through this place, having in custody two meu, one, char ged with the offence of murder, committed on the person of a gentleman from this State by the name of Glover. . The other individual, if we mistake not, was the » UII o f ilui i accused. ; This man Glovet it appears had removed a family lo i Alabama, in the neigliboihood of Wetumpka, and abuat ■ the time of his leaving to rejoin his family in Georgia was j waylaid and murdered.— Western Georgian. whig’stdck below par— a propoxition to üban .l don. the Whig Ship to the Underwriters. So hopeless are the prospects of the Whigs; so stript i are they by successive elections of almost every inch of ■ ground, on which they stood, that the most impartial a- I inong them confess their cause is gone; and a few of their ■ most prudent politic ians do not hesitate t<* recommend the i abandonment of the whole contest. liis > eriainly. the* [ wisest step they can now take. The Philadelphia Even- I ing Star frankly gives it up; and in an article, in whiclv 1 the Editor dares to speak the truth, says: “ We saw at an early day, and boldly proclaimed our impression of the consequences which would result from the errors of the Whigs. The rejection of Gen. Harrison, and llio unqualified defence of the Banking System, we felt » conviction, as strong and iriesisiilde as tliai of our own existence, would destroy the Whig party. We risk this , reputation now upon the averment, that tin- party lor all' praitic'al purposes is defunct. The only course left for it is to disband. By waging • war longer with the adlier ents of Mr. Van Buren, we shall but subserve their in terests. All hope of prevailing against them is now gone.. . Neither Mr. Clay aor Gen. Harrison has now any chance of defeating them.' It is folly, nay it is madness, to close our eyes to the fact. The people cannot, longer be cou viaced of the practicability of ihem with suc cess. A party with any chance of even ulliniate triumph, caamrt be again rallied against the present Federal Ad-.- ministratiun. Is it then good policy for the Whigs, or. any portion of them, to continue their organization? Tine only hope left ns of ever being able to correct die abtisete •f the party in power, is by joining ii.”—And the Star advises its brethren to renew t..e Monroe “era of good: feeling,” and to moderate, as far as possible tlie extrenue views which it ascribes to a portion of the Demurr«u - v,. advising that then “The Banking System can be j: rii- Iciously reformed. The country will nut be torn »r d agi tated wilh a succession of fruitless struggles. Politics will not monopolise the lime and attention of the i Trade and cumineice will be left alone, by not being in volved in the struggles of faction. Men will ba selbctvrl ■ for office because of their fitness, and not from party suli servienev,’’ <fcc. i The Cinci nati Gazette does not e.x»e:«y come »o thrv I same conclusion; but it earnestly advises the Harrisburg* ! Convention to give up Mr. Clay, and to cleave unto Gen. Earrison. Il declares that “Mr. Clay is not popular with I the people: A fact demonstrated twice in direct appeals to their suffrages. Then, as now, h'ts friends stood stiff in pertinacity—ought they now, after two signal defeats, to dress their favorite again, without slrowing- some langihle indisputable change of position favorable to hrs su< ees-?'” It avers, that “• The bargain'* has tak .-n possession of their minds, and its removal is impossible. Wliete this. ■ belief cannot be eradicated, tire odium it attaches is una voidable. And from this odium Mr. Clay cannot be re lieved. It weighs nothing, that his friends regarded all this as foul calumny. These friends were a small mi nority in 1824.—They remained a niMiorify in 1832. And there are no proofs to be relied on that new friends, in sufficient numbers to constitute a majority, have joined them since. There are strong doubts how many ran be induced to take part with Mr. Clay, of those who, in for mer elections, have opposed him. And unless a large ad ditional support can be fairly looked for, liis defeat must be the certain consequence of his riontinaiioti.” And how does the Cincinnati Gazelle expect to better its condition? By taking up Gen, Harrison. But d>> not tie results of the late elections in his own S’aie, and irv Pennsylvania, ring the knell of his pretensions?—ln a word, neither Clay nor Harrison can succeed—Nor can any Whig candidate. The people of this country ard too enlightened to adopt a party, whose principles are s*» abhorrent to the genius of our institutions—a party, that would change the character of our Constitution, establish a great money K ing, a National Tariff, &,<•. &<•. We then-fore respectfully advise these gentlemen, to dtop their war knife, give tranquility to the Republic, and tel us all go on to reform the Banking and other evils, tliat are afloat —In a word. Sirs, tub out your heresies, aud ' and begin again.— Richmond Enquirer. WESTERN BANK. This institution, we are happy to learn, is recovering from its recent depression. Already have arrangements been made which will enable it to redeem its cin'iilatioti, and we hope in a short time to exhibit to the public such au account of its affairs and management, as will not only restore it to public ronfi fence, but prove ii to be in its re sources, sound to the core. The circulation, we are in formed, is but $65,000, and its specie funds, specie and specie Certificates, $50,000. Being furnished with information in relation to the Bank on which we can rely, we do not hesitate to advise hold ers of its Notes, not to dispose of them at a discount. They certainly will be very soon as current as the. Note* ofanv Bank in the State. Gy Western Bank Paper remitted to us by our sub s>'i liters and advertising patrons, will be counted Cash ta. their Credit.— IFcstcrn Georgian. THE BANKS. The suspension of specie payments recently commenc ed by the U. States Bank ami followed by those ot Piiila- ’ delphia, Baltimore, Rtt hmond and other places, does net sre.it to be as genet al in its operation as was probably in tended anti ties red bv those who set the example. Ttie Banks «f New York and Boston still refuse to suspend the Rhode isltrid Banks which nt fitst suspended, it is. thought will resume immediate! ; and those of Connec ticut sny they will continue specie payments incited, throughout New England, there are but few Banks whiclt have ventured to violate tn this respect, the ir obhgattou*. to their creditors. ; W e are happy to learn, also, that althotiglt perhaps a, ~ ntajotilv of the Southern Batiks have suspended, tlil-re are sevetal which have not. Among these, boao able mention ntav be made of th- State Bank ol Soli'll Caret-, lina, the Bank of Charleston, the Commercial Bank, of Columbia, all the Savannah Banks, all the brandies of ,he Slate Bank, the Mechanics’ Bank of Augusta, and ~titers elsewhere from which we have, not In aid. Iti this state of things it will be impossible for the sol-, rent Banks long to continue their suspension. The tact that many cotilinne to pax their debts w ill ilittiw odi rm and *itspicion upon those which refuse, and tihimately cause their notes to be rejected by the people, who will believe them to be unable to pay. The suspending Batiks, too, ntav expect to be run upon by the specie-pay iug Banks who will hmdly be as lei ient to tbeni as the people are. We hope however, (hat lite panic will soon pa*s off' H at seeing there is no very great demand for specie, the sus pended institutions will venture to tesitme—at hast those which are able-—and leave the others, who front misman agement or other causes, may be teally unable to act tip to their promises, to wind up their concerns under the di rection of the Legislatures of the States in which they •■ exist —South. Banner. Pennsylvania.—The late election in this Stale has re sttlled in a decisive democratic majority in Senate and As sembly. In the Senate, patties stand seventeen drmn <ras to sixteen whtgs. In the Assembly, sixty-eight de mocrats to thirty-two whigs, making a majority on joint ballot id thirty-seven votes. The Philadt Iphia Spiiit of the Times suggests that Ri’hard Rush will be a prontinetil candidate for the office of United Slates Senator. - N. I’. Eve. Post.