The Illinois free trader., February 05, 1841, Image 2

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With feeling of the deepest admiration,
, At from tho canvas lifo-Iike figures start,
Possessing almost living animation.
Tfce speaking eyes, anil each familiar ieatuir
How canst thou mi'le thin look so much like na
ture! I often envy thee
Thy art divine; it u a glorious treasure.
The bright creations of thy ban 1 to see
Must yield thy heart refined, ex d'ed plr.ismr.
I Wfitrh thy pencil wondering and delighted
'Tii the sublime, and beautiful united!
Thine is a magic skill,
' A power almost beyond imagination
To sea thy hand obedient to the will,
Truly embodying the mind's creation
With matchless skill the various colors hirudin':,
And to the whole a life-like h. auty lending.
I look upon thy art
With envy mingled with deep admiration.
To things inanimate tiioil canst impart
Such living hue, Mich speahing animation,
That even Nature would let 1 no rt iuct nu u
To cluim the authorship of such palliations.
O ! were thy genius mine
I would not envy kiii'-i their lofty station.
It has been truly culled un art divine,
For it pohensca much of inspiration.
It can portray each lovely form and feature
All that is bright mid beautiful in nitinc.
To thro the part's dream.
Are not the creatures of imagination.
Touched by thy art each fairy creature reran
Perfect and bright as at the lir. t creation,
When sinless mortal. dwelt in IMou'w bowers,
AnJ never found a thorn among the llowr rs.
A glorious gift is thine
A power the treasure's of the earth excelling ;
All thai is bright and beautiful combine
To give thee pleasure. Thou art ever dwelling
Among the scenes of Fancy's h.ight creation,
In the fair regions of imagination, I, .
An accomplished young artist who has taken
up his sojourn among on for a few mouths, ami
who is in every respect dr.siniu.j of tho h.ui.l
iomo compliment paid in tha above f .jui.-.itu
lines. Ui.")
WPTwrn mm i jwwri inwi 'I'M
"JUSTICE AND EQUALITY."
THE Fit EE THADEtt.
UfiucrtV Ilioe, lalitom.
Ottawa, III., r'riil.iy, IVIiniury i, Ml.
tXjThc lion. R. M. Yoi s o, of the I S, Senate,
the Hon. jU', is ru n r, of theJI. II. will
pit a o accept our tliauks for important public
documents sent us.
Itcmiiiiption of Ntet le l'n;iiirnl
The Hank of lVnnsylvaiiiu have nl length
returned specie payment, in conformity with the
law of that Htatc passed at the la.l . ssion of the
Legislature. A correspondent of the New Vork
Herald, dated on the loth till, at Philadelphia,
tayt: "This kvm icaumption day, and has been
pawed through to the present time, by all our
bink, with good order, good humor, and what is
more important, jrood faith. There was no bustle
or throng about any of them but the (iirard ami
United States, ami very little uboul tins former of
these. Tho latter was pretty wa ll run. There
were four men behind the counter, two of them
with their coals oil and sleeves rolled up, w ho
were actively engaged from the opening to the
close, in answering the demand for .-pceie. At
the opening of the doors, about "00 persons of all
grades and occupations, piincipally those holding
small amounts of bills, cult red, and forming into
line, they extended iiao the street, which was
kept up for several hours by some new comers.
' Tho broken fSchuv Ikill Dank to-day paid all her
balances in full in United States Dank Hills so
that the resumption is complete in Philadelphia."
It is to be regretted thai the banks of Ilaltiinore
have refuse ) to co-operate with those of Philadel
phia, on without their aid the resumption in the
tiouth-west will not take place. The lLiliimore
Patriot of the llllii ult. says : " Wo learn that at
B meeting of tho President. nf tho several Hanks
in the city of liallimore, on Monday evening, the
question of the resumption of specie payment
came up when a resolution was adopted by a
decided vote, that it Was inexpedient for the Hanks
of this city to resume, unless theru was a simiil
tancous act of resumption on the part o! the Hanks
of Virginia."
This course by tho Hallimore Hanks renders it
certain that there will bo no resumption south of
Pennsylvania, uiid should the report ho true that
the hanks of Baltimore are secretly draw iug; on
the hanks of Philadelphia for specie, it mm letul
to a third lunjlciuiun there !
Outrngeoa American Oilcut
Intuitu.
llrlli-li
The subjects of Queen Victory, who light for
wages, murder and plunder for Hoyal favor, seem
determined to involve the two countries in dilli.
culty. The following attack on American citi
zens, is too outrageous t i he silently passed by
and would of itself justify hostilities by Ihe I, s'
on the subjects of (irett Britain now in tho tciri
' lory of Maine. ,
Tho Philadelphia Times wiys: "A gentleman
who arrived in Uoaton from Maine a few days
ince, reports that three gentlemen of Hungor, in
goinfr to Canada, were stoppi d near Madawasca
by B party of I3ritih soldiers and assaulted in a
brutal manner without the least provocation. The
U lines of Ihe geiulemen ure (ieorge L'ady, John
H. Kin wick and Thomas V. Teinpleton. The
former wa knocked down with a musket; tho
JitU'r weived bayonet wound in the shoulder,
and tho other was shot in thmthijrh in altempiin-i
'iu escape. An ollicer then uttine up and pre, on
.1d furthsf ou-rsif,' M$iU account I true, ws.
hope our government will not hesitate in vin.i'u a
ting its honor I'm n the iuult in a b "coming man
ner. The Kurdish s-em bent on a war, und we
say, thrin have il."
The Uostori Herald gives the foliating account
of the eaus.i of the outrage:
"Mr. C'ailv i.i piirel uf one of tii" soldier. the
most dirvi-t loal to t ike, lie gave tlieni the ne
cessary information, when four other rami1
' "I'
aail a-.!a-il .Mr. . fly Font.: l.np- rtiutut ipictiou.
a. t thi" object of his journey. Mr. ( '. replied
very prop -ily and proceeded to turn the horse
"ml ) tin.' road, when one of the squ i. stepped in
fioiit of the c u ria ," and a -'.i d w!ut the Icelini's
id' the people ware in relation to tho burning of
tho Caridintv Mr. Ti'inplctmi kji-I they wen
va ry mutually iu'li'.u int at sucli a d.e.tanlly act,
and th it every true American warmly expres-ed
u hope that .Mc.I.eod, tin' hader of the oll'cmlfis,
should eaill' r the seven.-! pinii-hmviit of the law
of the rountrv . ' If .M. I.eo.l burnt the oid Iiuilv,'
r-pli-d I1!" sol lief, ' he d "serve our (haul, and
il a h iir of 1 1 i head is i.ijured vou and y oik
da'iinrd country will be made U repent in du-t
and aslic.' 'i'iie geiillemau made no other re
ply to tiii insolent r m.uk than to re.pie il t!.e
li adi is to allow tli'Mii a fn e and uumole.-.tcd j.a--s
it'i'. lint four or live of ihem sei.ed the rein.,
and char.ii il (lie gentlemen as ' spies,' ami refuse d
to let them pa' s unless they subjected thcmsrhi's
to a s in !i. The geiitleuieti rruioiist rated upon
tliis unparalleled proceeding, and a lliey were
unaruir.l, not having even a eaue t ) protect them
selves with, they were unable to olfer any resis
tance. One of the Indians then seized Mr. Ca lv
by his coat mid Httemptad to pull him from the
rarriaje, tlie o'her two gentlemen threw f,e sol
dier from the earria re ami fell prostrate in the
street. Th w hole parly then came up and made
a d,e idl'ul attack upon th" gentlemen. The olii
eers who came, up hail the wound -d ijcutlein an
conveyed to the camp and medical aid immedi
ately procured for him.''
Inn inn in ol I he H iiiniii ot .Vii)m'ioii.
The great pageant of interring the remains of
Napoleon in the 1 lospital r.l'lhe luvalidrs at 1'aris,
took place on Tuesday tie' lolii 'Jc. ember. The
w hide line of the procession from the banks ol
lln .Seine to the Hotel ,)ri luvaii !es wa adorned
on i tin sutes vutli miiit.uv trupliii-. uint a more
magnificent pa grant, a!! account. agree ill saving,
has never been vvitms.ed, eer: in Paris, from
four o clock in the morning, u.ab ti rn d bv the
coldest day that ha been t pi rii need during the
prescnf winter in I'r.im- , tliou-ands pioect Ji ,! to
the several advantageous position which i!i;5i ri :tt
localities presented lor liie icwing cf tiie j r terf
sion. The ceiemotties, proctf.-sion, wire
com.'iienccd at 0 o'rlock i:i the morniiu' and con
tinued until I inliie af;
'teruoon, x hen the la.-t of
fices of tin French people I t the l'n: cror's re
mains were completed, m.d the imui.nse con
course of people dirpi rsed,
Ohio I la lilt ,uin,
The Ohio papers rauti ju the public aja'.nst
(lie notes of liie Hank ol (iVllipoli, lir-z.:,;t H:.L
t T o ister, West l iiion, (iiaiivih'e, Whitewater,
and tiie I. it. ly resuscitated Hank at Mi.u!ei(xil!e.
FROM OUR SPRINGFIELD-CWfiESPCSDE'JT.""
Sen i m, 1 1 .i.it, .I an. i . j i.
(i kiti.h.m i: ( The legislature has not yrt f vd
upon a lime lor adjounimenl, and from j r.-i;.:
appearances I am inclined to think, that they can
not leave here befoif the loth of Man li.
It seem impossible o proptf e any important
meinure for tiieir eoii-ider.ilioti, (and sic li mea
sures must be bioii'dit forward by the democratic
or doiiiiuaiit parly,) that the win; will not op
pose with at least a majority of tin ir force, and
sometimes with perfect unanimity. If they can
no', succeed in creating dissensions with the ma
jority, tiny will u.e every means which p.ulia
inentary usage and rules allow ihetu, to retard the
measures they would adopt, without referrner to
the great interests of the state that may be iliol-
cd or ihe increased expense of legislation.
This they do withthe hopn of deceiving the
peop with lite cry : "you have bad a democratic
legislature, and see, notwithstanding the majority
of the dominant parly Was millicieiit to serve
your interests,' how little they have done, and
how long it has occupied them !" They presume
thai the people are not informed of their proceed
ings here from day to day, mill cannot generally
read the ollicial record of their voles and conduct,
but so far a I am concerned I am determined, il
they continue their course, to give you such iiii
abstract as will lit least show to the people ol'thr
La Salle district, that the whig parly, with but
few exceptions, have endeavored to retard and
prevent legislation, l.y studied and determined
course of conduct from the. begiiu.ing of Ihe ses
sion. The Hill granting a lot t. the .Mechanics' Lite
rary Association of Ottawa passed its second ren
ding yesterday in the House and was referred to
liie fiunmitli o on Canal and Canal Lands.
The cnun'ir of Sangamon and Morgan have
proposrd to the slate In complete the construction
of the r.iil road frnui this place to Meredocia, and
have applied In the Legislature for authority to
do so, under propositions l ivorable to the interests
of the state.
The bills lor the division of our I'mecouVw will
pass, and Kendall iimKiriiudy bei stablished h)all
probability. However much 1 may regret that the
county has been divided at tiiis time, and uudtu' its
embarrassed rirc iiuistanrt', no blame can attach
to our representative and sennl.tr, who have hern
most fully instructed in relation to it.
The attention of Ihe legislature ha been occu
pied the last two weeks, and to ihe entire c ".elu
sion of other important business, in the considera
tion of the bill for the reorganization of tin Judi
ciary, Tho whig party, who have heretofore act
ed with a large portion ol'lliu democratic party iu
the adoption of similar measures und those invol
ving like piinciples, have gone against hen mu.i;
and forced the democrats to innku u parly measure
of one so lict'Ci.;uiy for the highest inteieslsof the
slate.
The hill passed il l third reading on Saturday
by a voto of 40 to 13 two democrats absent and
three voting uguiust it. One of those who voted for
it, rcluincd to himself the privilege and w ished to
ho understood, that ho would vote against the li
nal patnuge. of the hill. Th un, should he net re
ceive instructions to go for it, (in which caw he
would not vole nt all, proba'ulv ,) and should the
whig'!, by their chicanery, le able to get another
vote f.uin ur ranks, it may l e defeated by one
vote. If he should receive in.-tructiinls which are
hourlv expected, it will pa.- by one majority, or
be defeated by a tii'.
Vou .-'ml! have in-taut im'oi mation by the mail
f its fin.,! p.t..,ice or rejection. The hill xv ill pro-
J l.ablv be di-po-cd of to-mor:ow.
'id..- bitl pro-, iding for the pav ment nl inter, -t on
Canal loan wa further di.-cu-a d on Saturday,
but no action was taken thereon.
The gn at and interesting ipiestioris of the ms
sioit. will receive immediate attention afti r the
pas-aue of the Judiciary Hill. The I'anal, I ru
led Kail h'oad, Krvfiiue liill, and Apportioumcitt
Hid, will all be acted upon soon, and the rest of
tiie scs-i mi will be full of interest, which I u ill en
ib iv.,r i". dim lime to lime to communicate to vou
and i ':r iiien 1-. The Kevcnue Hill will be in
tioducr 1 ift '"! withthe report of the finance
( ,:n adlti r.
Tiie Canal Coiiimi ;-ioners will probably be
elected next I'ridir. , as the J lour i; has so amend
ed the resolution ol the t-'enate, in which ainend
ji.ent t!.e latter will probably concur.
The candidates lor President ot ill's Uuard are
Mr. Moa ns of Adams, and lien. I', w i m. of I'-'y-ctte.
I'nr A' liug ( 'oinini.-sioner, II. Fli' of
(I'reeur, and Mr. M rrn son of Will. For i'rea- i
surer, lr. I'.voi.isii of (irciiie.
'oii may n ly upon the election of a Hoard of
( 'ommi -.-ioi:crs, that w ill be a erriiit ami honor to
the s,it., and who will do all the can under the
incre.i.-ed dillieulties of the limes, to forward the
work, and still liie political divi-ion which have
be, u so f.-eipn nilv created here ol'orc with refer
ence to and loll;e injury o-.'that noble undertak
ing. Vour:; truly, V.
NEWS BY THE NAILS.
.Y.-r.'Vo.'.'. The Si. Louis Areus, of the '-Nth
nil. sivs: " :e i n'ioals are running between
Ni w Orleans and this cite, a id n.iv i'tatioii can
hardly be said to have
few d.r, . this w inter."
been c i-ed mor" 1'i.m
7 ic rnrtr ifMiiiif. The la 'i-iaturr of .Maine
accepted the report of the .'iiniu ittee on the return
of votes for (.' tvene'r. Ti e 11 i -e then t !ei ted
I'.Lvard Kent und John l'aiiib! I as t
twocan-iof
did. ile from wln-di the .-c;t.r. m r- lo riei t a
C.'vrrie.r. The ""eii-iV. fll l'. ir pait. crlectej
L.i Aa.rl Keiit I a vote of .-ixvett to eiaht.
l-ii: 1 ' li. loe ivi
of )j'.' ii.n f..;.itty, N. II,
t ien out id t'.n'
la. ,
j lev i!jv s a,' , 1 y a gan
i libera!' lv ,-h I j! n;c!,t.
f a-i;.i I
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g.-.'e Wire i" !
ihn't vv i re r:;
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r' .i:m d of the s'tis:
M . f .X. Tiie Phil.,
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at Mr
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Fcv. the I'ri'.i-li V;:.i-ur. ha-
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N.:j i t and In :i. .
Na;.!jr. Mr. Inge
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ha- at
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oil has ii-eri t !
in ljv..r of,
to th
m .t (.'oiigrt.ss, froai the u::..' di-trict."w
tain'y sii c.i s that his con-ntni ;.! roic-,
climisju.-t, notwi'.'i-ia.n ii.ig Cuiigre.s
atli. rw i-e.
i' 71.-.. The Le-i-i iture of Lldi .'j.t iiavi
pi. -' dajiiig resoiutiiiu iu f.tvvr of.-;; h a:,
inent to tile (.'o.is'.it'i'ioii of the I rui'-d s
vv oil,! d ! ir ;he I'n sidcut from ;c-; ieet.,.
.l.'.tvn .lln
thi State li Ite t !
Noithampt hi, a
.SV unliir. The Legi-I cure
eeled lln' Hon. Isaac '.'. Hat"
Senator in I 'olrjrrss, to ful
s O!
l!u-
vacancy m cu-ioni d hy the rcijuatioii of tin lion,
.lolin I'a i, and alto lor tile tcr.u of iv v ir,
from the Ith of March next.
The Militia of the I'liited Slates, iiirieding to
the lale.it return, con dsts ol ,'riWi men.
The J I mi. (ieorge Do tne, Ki-pre .tentative in the
linl, ana Irgidatuie from Sullivan County, did n
lodi.inaji.ili mi ili,. 1 otli nil.
lirlrii S-t,m f Vmit;rrx. It in generally con
ceded h Ihe "knowing ones" that an extra ses
sion nl Congre will he held miiiieliiiie next sum
mer. The Louisville I'uhlic Adverti-er savs:
"We Ii ti li that n hill has actually passed hoth
liranehes of ihe Legislature of this Stale, confer
ring on the flovcrnor power lo issue u proehuna
I fixing on a lime for the election of members
for the next Congress so us to he ready for an
r.iixi session."
.4 (I '. iitt. The Newark Advertiser nays: " I'he
greatest Hum living in naid to he u modern (ioliah
nuined Chiirlcs rreemun, now at Huston. II, is
a active of iNevv Vork Stale, hut 1!) year tld,
measures 7 feet 3 iuchc iu height, and weigh.
pounds. He is tloiiltli.- jointed, a very .Samp
son in strength, ia well proportioned, and formed
with the most perfect sv iiimclry."
Toiler, the "Kentucky (.iaul," was 7 feet 8
inches, when last measured. TI 3 hoy will heat
him, if next yciu'ii growth of pumpkins turns out
favorit'ole,
l
Could' nt enic il. Three persons recently ar
rested iu Ohio for hilling und roMiing a uumttcr
of ludiane, attempted to hreak out by firing the
jail. All that they iiecoliiplisln-d wan to kill their
companions, the rats, and nearly m.ll'ocale thcin
Melves, .I liiiimftrtilitin. Two companicH of f, S.
lroop have Iteeu onlered from Huifalo to Loek
porl. Thi inoveuieiil is iillrihutetl to un autiei
puled Ktleinpl of the f 'aiiadiiiiiH to rescue Mci.eod.
Mull lliblirrien. The La Porte (la.) Demo
cratmryH: ".V week or two ninee, ". W. Tay
lor, Kitij. Postmaster at Michigan City, went into
ihe .Statu of Michigan for the purpose of itcurching
out hoiiio desperadoes, who hu.c hern rohhing the
liuiihiinthiitStute. From ihe examinations which
wre liuiile, it Beeiim thiit In the coutilie of Cum
und Ht. Joseph there Ituve hern ruhlierii comuiiu
ted ever since the year 1h;PJ. A immher of wiu
ressei were ejtuiiiued, hy whone trmiinony it op
peaiB that inany of lln: rohltener huvc been com
nutted nt AtMlitJ one of the Pom Oliicrii nt I 'efilre
ville, Adamsville, or Kdwardsburgh or tit tiir
whole of them. Some letters were fot'iidc.n the
premises of the Post Ma-ler nt Ad imsviile, which
were evidently stolen from the mail ha
Vuunlrif.it. J'-JO notes on the Kank of the
I '. S. new plate, are in circulation. Tin y may be
ra-nv detect,'
ay oi er lie
tiie heads of Ihe
tier, which ale miserablv executed.
The eel
nais, lateb
.rated ches player, .M. ile
died at Pari.
illonr,
rVl('(.'i y-timfor. The lion. W.C Hives Las
rn ele.i tid I'nilrd 'Suites Senator Irani Viigiuia,
bv a majority of s '.r votes in le
Legislature of that Stale.
of the
r.ijiih:l'iin if Ihe I'li'uii. From the returns
already made of the census, it appear that tiie
population of lie' I'li.trd Slate is nearly or ipiito
seventeen millions. In twenty-eight slates and
territories there are 15,i.).r,l:J. Kentucky and
Florida to hear from.
fa rent l'ccxhcl . I niuirii-i- lrsl:iiclioii uf
lrocrl) .
Our exchange paprrs from the Hast contain
appalling accounts of a great Ire bet and destrue
lion of property in New York and Pcnusv 1'. ilia.
The Crotou Kivcr, which rises in Connecticut,
and flows int i the Hudson, at Tappaii bav , and
has a very large fill, rose to an unusual height,
owing to the sudden thaw of a large body of sno'v
ill tlicCroton Valley and the fall ofalaiu'e'piantitv
of rain. The thaw came on so sudden, and the
rain continued in such torrent, that many of the
tddest inhabitants of the Valley felt alarmed, ami
Sell their homes for safety. The Crotou Aque
duct, which is calculated lo supply the citv ol
New Vork witii water, was much injured the
injurv sustained by this work is r-iimuted at
5 (i"r'.."i)!l, including bridges, mills, furniture, iron,
fence-, stock, destruction of the dam, Ac.
The property d-'stroyed is immense brvond
calculation. The frigh'ful seenees and alarming
condition of tin" inhabitants was beyond compre
hension. The New Vork Herald tint de.-crihes
a portion ol lite sud'eriu. :
Thi most iiii'xirhitit :nul tin- most mr
LitiL'holv loss Lx- this ;u;cii!cnt, is tlint
the Messrs. I!;iik'v's inm ;nul wire
workers, sitnrdeil nhotit u mile lulow the
tlum on the banks of the (.'rolon. 'I'liefe
trentleiiicn were orioitKillv from Miiiilaml,
:hh1 they (-siablislicil their l'aei'ry on the
I'anks of the ( 'roton about ti n ears since.
On Tliursihiy la.t tliey partook ol" the
partial alarm xvliieli jirev:iileil amoiier their
neiohliors. atiil cltiritie the niht three of
he partner? with about forty laborors.
were cnr-aired tlirowinj up a tcmporarv
1 :''',:UikuH'11' 10 preeie their property
! from the risiti ' xvater. Thev had su far
prr";rt .-e,l with t!u ir work by 3 o'clock
on 1'ri'J ,iv liioniinsr as to think it safe to
rnire to res:. Thcv h:A iu.-t (liMiiisM-J i
' the lattorors to lie. ir Ijotm
inu s i i
th ir own rooms, w !;en thev were alarmed
y tin suundiii uf horns fnuu tiie opjio-
r-7slTe bank of thr iiTtT,-Tinrl nnr-nf the obi
;- hands in the mill named William Hvans,
d i but better known in the ni iohborhood as
j-'l'iie'ie John" ran in to say that the wa
ters wen; eotiiuio. anil tlia! unless the
sluices of the mill wire opened to "he
them vent, mischief to an alarmim? extent
a- '
, would i hsue.
One of the Mr. Ilaileys ran to alarm
(if!t!ie ladies and children of their own fami
ly, another to awak'-n his father, and se
cure what xaluabh.'s he h 1 1 in his room,
and a third to "ivc the ahirm in the vil
lage. To the lain-rors and their families
it was literally save himself who can
for, in less time than it takes to wiite it,
the waters were up'iu them, like- unto a
sea, and, in a few brief minutes, the whole
of their possessions were hurled to the fu
ry of the flood, and souv; fifiv or sixty
human beinqs Mriioinr for life.
The women and children clung" to the
trees about the place, as a sort ol ark ol
safety; and Strang--? as it may seem, youno
inothers with infants got into the branch
es, and were preserved, from this watery
waste, which seems to have been almost
eipial to the eil'ort nature must have made
lo give
"A young Niagara hirth."
Two stout men were less fortunate than
those weak women; for the trees on
which they rested gave way and swept
rapidly towards the Hudson. In vain did
'uncle John" appeal to the sympathies
of his friend' and fellow workmen. They
could not stir a step, or they would have
shared the old man's fate ; and the tree
went down, amid the shrieks and erics of
the doomed ones."
I'lirllo r liCKtriielin.il uf ii'oi'ifr in I'riin
rolvimiii, on Ike Helm. lUill anil ImIiikIi
cm.
Destructive us has lice n the llooil on the Crotou
river and other streams in New Vork, it hears no
comparison lo the damages and loss of property
iu eastern reniiHvlvaniu. The destruction on the
Schuylkill, has been immense. The water rose
higher than it has for a number of years, being
nearly as high u ever known to be by ihe oldest
inhabitants. The amount of properly destroyed
at and iu tlie vicinity of Heading, in immense.
The "Schuylkill Sduckwuter Naviuation Com
pany" hu sustained gieat loss. Bridges, links,
eitihankments, lock-houses, etc. have been entirely
destroyed. The Reading l!a.etle contains the
following, iu relation to the destruction of proper
ly on the Lehigh and Delaware :
"The destruction along the Lehigh ap
pears even to have been more disastrous
than along -the Schuylkill. A letter from
Munch Chunk gives a harrowing account
of the destruction and loss of hie along
that Ktream. The following extract needs
io comment. So nlllicting to ull con
cerned is the news from that region, that
even we sufferer as we are, must con
gratulate ourselvo that it was not with u
us with them. Uut.to the rxtrnrt -
ill 1 Is
l l. fi.. ..t. .1.: . . s
glit. Our
i
.i.iuin . uini.i uii iiiiu. - f ii r lown is i
nil alioat.
rtiiniiiig" t'tf
There is
a 1111 ' lit N lot rent
. . . . .
whole xvulii, ol the main
street boi.n mx Lit deep. On one side !
me mmaic t.ntr n it ::te lower story and .
taken to the second for safety : It is an
aw ful night. House after house in yoinej
down the l.ehioh. All three of the saw
mills have u'one : T.wo sttMie stabh'S at
the hotel also none with the hridoes, ite.
All the canals, locks, A:e. i;onc : Whole
houses an; passiiur ; (Jne of the laroe
packet boats broke loose, and passed dow n
elo.se lo the piazza of the hotel, w hich is
two stoiies lii'di. What the damage is
i.i 1 ..i. :..!.. f c
ociovv vv c tunc noi iiiiiiu oi. ii c leai ere ,
to-morrow's dawnmanv valuable citizen
will have found a watery crave.
Triday eveniii'r. Our darkest forebo
dings have been more than tealisetl. All
our bi'autiful navigation, above and below,
is swept away. Dams, locks, loek-hotts-es,
intnates anil all, are t'one : those tre
mendous locks are entirely swept awav :
The bridot .- above and below are "one
The laroe rail-road lui.loe at the end of
the Narrows, the one it Fehij;li, (Jap, A:e.,
all are gone: Out of twenty houses,
from S'itir.; Say res to Leiirhton, but four
remain ; and very many ol the inmates
are rone with them : lltose who heard
them, say their shrieks for help were
most appalling-; every account grows
more dreadful : 'The river is aelearstream
from mountain lo mountain.
From Mam h Chunk to Allentown the
stream appears lo have gone on with the
same fury, carrying along with it every
ihino; in its eomse.
A beautiful bridge built but a few years
hack crave way, and w as swept past '
Uetlileliem, carrying- m its course several
small farm houses with it, and sweeping
oil' the bridcre at Trcmansliuro-, three miles
below Bethlehem, and the Huston bridge
over the Hehi-rh, so that not a single
bridge remains over the I,i :hi;Ii from the
Delaware tip to Maucli Chunk.
.Near Allentown live houses were s t pt
awav, and one familv is inissin"-, suimos-
ed to Ime been drowned. No mails have
arrived at Deihlihem since Wednesday
evening. There are others who have
lost their pioperty by being swept oil",
and injured by water which overflowed
the stores.
The mer has been covered with boats,
haystacks, houses, and lumber of every
description. The basin at the head uf
the Delaware canal is entirely carried
away. The lock house, the weigh-housc,
and several other buildings in the neigh
borhood of the canal, are totally destroyed.
Many dwelling houses were carried
down the river, in one of which a family
was at the time. A (icrnian family also
were carried dow n in a boat, w hat has be
come of the unfortunates has not yet been
heard. They were seen to pass Haslon,
but no assistance could be rendered them.
The bridges at I-'reeuiansburg, Ilrery's
and Sigfried's have been swept away.
These howewr are but a few which
IJliL'ht be specified.
Mr. Klan I.o wry, who keeps the locks
at Coleman's Dam, about .'I miles above
l !af ton, was standing on the abutment of
the D.un, together with his son ; when it
cave way and both were piecipituled into
the river. Mr. f.owry got hold of a log
and floated down to Huston, where he
was taken oil' by Mr. John Heain, in a
battcax, who nobly risked his life to save
him.
from above H:.(on on the Delaware,
not much lias been heard, but there is
reason to believe that ihere is the same
destruction there as up the I.ehigh. IJe
!ov Trenton, from the width of the river,
not so much damage was done as above,
hut the cuncnt was very strong, carrying
w ith it the efleels of the river above. At
Philadelphia, a ipiatuily of wood w;fs
swept from the wharves, and s.une mer
chandise damaged. An elderly man by
the name of ShuMer, ami his son, met
w ith a serious accident while gathering
wood iu the river. The son by some
means was thrown from the batteau, and
carried down the stream. The: father did
not immediately miss him, but in a few
moments saw him struggling in the
waves. It was out of his power to render
him any assistance, and to witness the
death of his sun could not but have been
paralising to him.
His son is believed to have been drown
ed, as nothing has yet been heard of him.
The particulars at Huston also show
great destruction. The Haston Sentinel
stales the number of buildings destroyed,
to be from 15 to UO, but thinks this a
moderate calculation.
The river rose at some places at 35 feet
above low water mark.
A great number of boats belonging to
the Maiieh' Chunk Company, the Lehigh
Transportation Company, and to private
individuals, were carried away, and the
great probability is they never will be
recovered.
A letter from New Hope, to the Editor
ol the Pennsylvanian, details a descnp
lion from below Easton, to that place.
New lloi'K, Jan. l)th, 1811.
The flood on the Delaware has been
the highest ever know n. Iveigle's bridge,
twelve miles below Easton, came down
and carried away three arches of Centre
bridge, oa the Jersey side. Taylor's
bridge went oil' entirely, before they came
down, ami likewise half of that at Vard
leyville. The Canal at Envinna broke
over its banks and carried away a state
bridge near it. The Tinicum AcqueduiU
''I'liere will he few closed eves
At Nt
t w Hone, the
water v
four or live feet higher than
i'it-r In f,.n hniiwn. :mil w-iit.:.. :i
' .iitii 1 1" luri'ii
inches of the brielne. It stood four f. et
deep in front ef the biiek tavern. The
lar wheels luuli bv the stale to A,.,! ,l.
canal at Well's Tails, are both eone. The
I.oek 1'aetory near there, has escaped,
with little i ii i n i v. Houses. har'n. saw.
,;n.. i . -
ni.icusiii rrrainatul liav, w ere swept
:dono- by thetenitle torrent, 'which carrietl
dismay and distrueiion in its train. Ceo.
Till, a store-keeper at Outre liridse,
was on the part that went oil'. Hc con
structed a llo.il of phink ami pushed aw'
in-ill uiu vvictlv. Jl
11 Itltl'lt!)! -I I I 111. X....
i.i .... ' """S "
nope, lour
miles below, a boat was nnt
oil', but the ice ran so think that it could
not reach htm. 'The boat ran under the
bridge and narrow ly escaped bcinir wreck
ed. 1Y1I, by lying- flat on his raft, went
under the bridge without injuiy, but not
withstandino; the deep sympathy manifes
ted by the hundreds on shore, it was im
possible to ";ive him any aid. Horsemen
were despatched down the river lo give
notice ami get on boats in advance to res
cue him, but it was not until he reached
Vardleyville, a distance of sixteen miles,
that he could bo relieved. o lives have
been lost that we have heard of several
persons are missing-, but arc supposed to
be on the other side of the river, with
which we have no communication at
present.
'e cliiiys of Hie Mnprrnit- itirt - I he
A I it n liitr I Alt I I.V .letitlrtl.
Ill our I tst we puiilished a pmhcrijit, staling
lli.it the Supreme Court had decided tho "Alien
Cae." in nitrt. fur the lairooso nf niillmr in it,..
i
defeat of the Judiciary Hill, then pending hefon
i i t n -
the Legislature. The aniflilutii mil ' right' uf 'their
rn.iiLC. however, was not derided, and the "aji.
itioux'' given by three of judges, were, merely
on an immaterial point to effect the object abuvo
stated.
This Iruv l.l.ng, time-serving policy of our Su-
remt: Tiii.iin.il is indeed humiliating, mid tin; tri
umph nf the Judiciary Dill maybe regarded as
one of tin moht s.dut iry measures that could ho
adopted lo rescue our couulry from the hands of
a designing, idle, corrupt Supreme Deneh, and
cause tl.cui to cam their salaries by doing Cir
cuit duties, and exhibit their weakness before the
eyes of the people. The S't.le Register, of the
'J'Jili ell. contains an uhie article on this subject,
nud we regret that want of room in to-day's paper
prevents us from giving it at length. We, how-eve-,
give the following extract:
'On Tuesday morning last it was rum
ored iu town that the Judges of the sup
reme court were ready to decide the ease
from (Jalena involving the right of Aliens
lo vote iu the state of Illinois. The court
room was unusually crowded, and the
judges proceeded to deliver their opinions.
Judge Smith delivered a very able, and
in the opinion of almost every person, an
unanswerable opinion in favor of the right
of Aliens to vote. Justice Smitlrwas
understood to say that nr. was delivering
the opinion of the ( ot ter. All were sur
prised at this, as it had been clearly un
derstood since last June term, that Justice
Smith stood u'one in this case in favor of
the aliens, and that all the other members
of tlie court were against him. Hut what
was the surprise of all, when after Justice
Smith had read his opinion Justice Lock-
wood announced that he cnnriirroil in the
tltcLiion as made by Justice Smith, and
then proceeded lo deliver his opinion.
Chief Justice Wilson then delivered a
short opinion and concurred with Justice
Smith for tin reasons assigned by Justice
Lock wood, whereupon Justice I'row n aid
-sf tluil .speech ilium for mc, or iu other
words that he concurred with Smith for
Loekwood's reasons.. - Thus the court
decided ihe case iu favor of Spraggins the
judge of the election; but neither ol the
jndoes, except Smith, have decided that
tin? aliens have a constitutional right to
vote in the slate of Illinois.
The opinion of Lockwood, Wilson and
Brown, in this case is a studied time
serving evasion of the question before the
Court, evidently made with a view to
operate upon questions now pending be
fore the general assembly and with a view
of allaying the excitement produced by
the certain prospect of the decision of the
court against the right of aliens to vote,
as is provided by the law and constitution
of the state ; yet reserving the main ques
tion to he hereafter decided by them
against the right of alien suffrage when a
more propitious and less dangerous time
shall arrive and when a democratic Le
gislature shall not be in session, having
the power and the will to send those
gentlemen upon the circuits to earn their
salaries and exhibit their incompetency to
the people.
What have these three Judges decided .
It is, that the judges of election arc not to
take notice of the constitution or to decide
when a voter presents himself, whether
he is a constitutional voter or not. The
Judge is only to tender him the oath, and
when he swallows that and it is not dis
proved, his voto must be received by the
judge although he may know that the
voter has no constitutional right to cast
his vote.
Heet Piks. It is said that red beets
make very good pics. W'c advise our
housewives to try it, as the beet can bo
obtained at all seasons-no slight advantage.
iwwihuiiju'iihiiiwi'HHi ll III. imiumi
llV.TIICMiAI..
MARK I I'D At Suiibury, Ills, on the 31st ult.
byJoiix W. lUrxoLits, Esq., .Mr. Y.no I'km
bhook, of I.a fnlle county, to Mhw Mar Tin
C'iikw, of Livingston county.
At tins -Norway Settlement, on the 23d ult. by
I.. W. Dejuvix, Esq. Mr. Mitcuc'i Olios to
Min Ais Gooiim, nil ufl.a Salle county.
roUiti tiwav.