The Philadelphia Inquirer from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania • 1

IPIFWP IP? ij V--- AND LITERARY -REGISTER, PRINCIPLES J1ND MEN. Vol. XIII. PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY," APRIL 20, 1833. No.

3798. awiii StfsUt3k Sifitjttttaaa iSatfonal (Bojette. KENSING TON SCREW DOCK. NOTICB is hereby Riven that the Subscribers, Commissioners appointed under an act of the Legislature of Pennsylvania, justed the 9th d.iy of April, 1 83.1, to incorporate the Kensington Screw Dock Cnmntnv. will PUINTE1) AND FUI11.ISHF.U UAILV MY WILLIAM PHY.

nm No. 71, SOUTH SECOND STREET, PlllLADKLFHiA. Pries, Klghl Dollar, jrt annum, uayal.lt: lialf yearly, in auvancu. Ih the District Court fur the Vity and County of Plain-del fht a. I1ENNETT Venditioni Exponas, vs.

March Term, 1833. WH.KLVSON.3 No. 17ti. NOTICE is hereby given to all Creditors by judgment, mortgage, ground rent, mechanics' lien, and hll other It-active, as gloomy, melancholy and re-polsive. What Is and severity of chns.

tinnity, is but the discipline necessary to restore fallen creature to- his original dignity and happiness What is culled the joyousness of heathenism, is but the "penance'1 Is (forded by the Normin practice, which, as Appears from the Cnstnmal (p. condemned the Appellee, if he would not put himself -tipon an inquest, to lie irt prison for a year and a day. Little meat and little Arink was he lo have during his confinement but these directions do not imply that he was to be actually starved to death'. Harrington supposes, that the alteration in the Wll TM fliZKTTI. LITERARY SELECTIONS.

TTH AIfT. Tyrant! are ignorant of the laws which limit their lestructive notver. Strangers to pity ihemselves. they know not its power over other men. Unbelievers in the force of moral indignation, it hurst upon them when they are least prepared.

They know not that every new crime diaaolvcs some link of that mutual trnt between them and their accomplices or followers, without which assassins and robbers cannot act together. Men who must more and more distrust and abhor each other, and who are doomed to end in hating themselves, cannot always preserve the union and concert without which their malignity becomes powerless. The infirmities of human nature undermine the conspiracies of the wicked, perhaps even more than they loosen the union of the good. No man was ever so consistently depraved aa uever to be visited by misgivings in a I course of flrtiilt. which, save only the fellows of hi renders all mankind his enemies, for whose constancy and fidelity he has no other security than a common criminality, which, brittle as it is, lins no force but against the virtuous; for, in their relation to each other, every villain must live in contiminl dread of fraud, treachery, and destruction from his brethren in blood.

The greater part of them, unripe in atrocity, mtiBt be oten unmanned by cowardice, and appalled by fearful anticipations that they are doomed one day to regard their own dispositions with some degree of that abhorrence of which they must sometimes read in the eyes of their fcllow-crca-ttires. They at last fall unpitied to the eternal law which dooms vices to perpetual discords, rms the virtues with that power which flows from unbroken harmony, and has decreed that pea.ee and faith are blessings too sacred to be allotted to any except the good. Sir James Jilaccinosh. Paganism- and Christianity. Il is impossible to peruse the chorusses of JEchy-his without acknowledging that his moral aim was lofty, and that, according to his imperfect light, his pietywas sincere.

Reverence for the gods respect for the sanctity of an oath, and of the conjugal tie inflexible justice moderation in prosperity patience under sufferings devoted love to our country generous hospitality; these are the moral principles which he inculcates, and to which his countrymen, however defective their practice, listened with applause. Nothing that is licentious or impure stains lus pages, or leaves it doubtful, as in the case of Euripides, whether the parade of morality, rather than a real moral feelling, inspired the apparent indignation with which he lashes vice or impiety, or does homage to ifiering virtue. It is interesting to trace in these particulars a verification of the scr ptura' as-iertion, that even among the Heathens Gou lett not himself without witness;" for we clearly recognise in these choral strains, no less than in the principal schools of Grecian philosophy, the po wer of conscience, the rest less stirrings of the immortal mind, and a clear perception of the essential difference hetween vice and virtue. Where then does the poet fail? He fails, in the first place, by that meagre, imperfect knowledge of the depth and extent ol moral obligation, which is obvious in every system of Pagan ethics; but he particularly fails where Heathens or Deists ever must, in the attempt to fortify even the moral principles for which they do by sanctions practically efficacious. How could it be otherwise? In the absence of the light if Revelation there can be no certain knowledge of the nature of the true God, and therefore no unhesitating appeal to the authority of a Supreme Ruler, infinite in wisdom and power, in justice and mercv, whose will, emanating from these per fections, forms the necessary and eternal rule of right and wrong.

Neither can there be any but glimmering notions of a future life and future judgment, the certainty of which invests the precepts of Christianity with such awful force and such controlling influence. A settled darkness rested on the religious horizon of the great mass of the Heathen world, from the confounding influence of the fulhes and crimes which their mythology ascribed to the gods whom they adored; and even their philosophers, many of whom soared above these vulgar superstitions, were staggered on the very threshold of inquiry by their inability to reconcile the origin and prevalence of mn- r.d evil with any satisfactory notions of the divine justice and benevolence. Why sin and evil were permitted to enter uuo this world, nnd mar the works of a Being to whose perfections they are infinitely opposed, is a question. which, though partially cleared up by the light of Revelation, is in many ot its relations beyond the grasp or human intelligence. Even the most obvi-ousj phenomena of nature are a mystery to man the moment that he attempts to penetrate their final can-ses.

To a capacity so limited, the secret counsels ot ine Oreat internal, and the stupendous scheme of his moral government of the universe, embracing, as it probably may, the relations of past, present, and to come, must consequently, in a transcendent lv higher degree, prove an unfathomable depth. It is enough for man to know that the nature of that Al mighty Being is essential truth and goodness; that evil origininated in rebellious opposition to his Holy Will, and shall finally exist only in its penal consequences. Revelation, though it repels the searchings of vain curiosity, illustrates these particulars, so essential to numan happiness and to moral ends, with a plenitude of light. In the" great scheme of Redemption, in particular, it opens to the eye of faith, such refulgent manifestations of the love-of God to a lapsed world, and such bright prospects of the immortal felicity which awaits his faithful servants, as ought to dispel every shade of doubt, and all anxiety but that of pleasing Him in whose favour is life," "and at whose right hand are pleasures forevermore." In the absence of this celestial light, the most fan-ciful expedients were resorted to for cutting the knot, which it was found impossible to unloose. Hence, through the East, the Magian hypothesis of two eternal, supreme, and conflicting principles the one evil, the other good, each of whom was to be worshipped and propitiated.

Hence, among the Grecian poets, especially the tragedians, the ascription of Supreme power to a blind destiny, of which gods and men were more or less the victims. Nothing in their Olympus like stability, nothing like eternity is to be found. The throne of Jupiterhim-self was founded on the' ruins of the dynasties of a race of eldergods, and he is represented as harras-sed by fearsleat Destiny has decreed the subversion of his own. JEschylus propounds this doctrine ir the Prometheus; it occurs in Homer; and Lucian, in later times, made it in his dialogues the subject of his caustic irony and wit. How merry in his pages is Momus at the expense of the father of the gods, whom he represents as a limited being, subject in all respects to the blind and inscrutable decrees of Fate! On this same principle, person3 eminent for the very virtues which these writers most enforced, are represented as liable to become, by the decrees of Destiny, miserable victims of uncontrollable misfor tunes, unwilling perpetrators -f dreadful crimes.

It was destfny, or necessity, (another word for it,) which sti fled in the bosom of Agamemnon the feelings of a father when he sacrificed Iphigenia at the bloody shrine of Diana. It was destiny that guided the steel of Orestes to the breast of his guilty mother, and yet left him, in punishment of the parricidal act, to be haunted and maddened by the Furies. Even Clytemnestra palliatesjier guilt by the plea, that a relentless demon, the instigator of the crimes of the house of Atretts, had irresistibly acted on her will. The sacrifice of black cattle to infernal Jupiter, to Night, nnd to the Furies, originated in these bewilder ing views, which supposed the existence of an un-dtfinable, but Supreme wer inimical to human happiness. Under the withering influence of such a system.whal moral virtues could fairly expand, what hope could cheer or animate afflicted humanity, or uttering vrrtuer Yet there are not wanting modern writers of eminent popularity, who, in contrasting the features of Grecian Paganism with Christianity, have painted the former as joyous, festive, and t- I open hooks at the Merchants' CrilVee House, on Wednesday, the I it nf May next, between the hours of 0 and 3 o'clock, to receive subscriptions fur CSO Shares of taid Slock, of $100 each Jill) nf which must he paid at the nine oi sunscrioing ana continue open uurinjr ine same hours the two following days, or until the whole number ot Shares thai! be stilnrrihed.

JAMES MOTT, W. C. DONALDSON, SAMUEL C. HUNTING, THOMAS W. MOUCAN, ACOB T.

HUNTING, WILLIAM FEN NELL, Jr. THOMAS S. HICHAHDS, JONATHAN PALMEU, THOMAS M. COFFIN, April 15, 1833. TO TUfcl I'UliLlC.

havine become necessary to nihkc a stock concern of M. the Kensiny-ton Screw Ootrk, and as the Commission era have tven notice of the time and place for receiving siiiisuriiuuiis iut me same, some nesci i'iimwi ui mc piu-perty and its prospects may le acceptable lo such as are seeking; a safe investment lor unemployed capital. 'I he site ol the Dock fronts on Fenn street, 150 feet, extend ing 330 feel into the river, forming one of the best wharf properties on the river Delaware. Upon the premises is a new brick building 50 feet square, ami numerous frame, used as store-houses, work shops, tin tiling, c. The whitrves aflbri! accommodation lor the 1 at test ships, and have been built in the best manner by Donaldson 8c Lang, and will bear comparison with any fronting the city.

The screw dock is a machine lor raising merchant vessels, of any size, from a canal boat to a ship of 600 tons hnnfiPti, and is put in motion by horses. The plan is much approved of by masters and owners of vessels, nnd us the power is obtained by the most simple application of the screw the subscriber does not fear the invention of amy machine that will supersede it; an annual appropriation of $500 will keep it and the buildings in complete repair. A patent is secured for the improvement, and the right for the Delaware Hay, Kiver, and tributary streams, above Fort Fenn, will be convryed to the company. For this right $1200 have been paid. The income from this property for the first year, alter Ihe completion of the Dock, with the prejudices to surmount incident to nil new undertaLings, as well as stagnation in business occasioned by the Cholera, has exceeded six per cent, upon tue capital 1 he security to stocknoiuers win consist iu a prom rtv rapid.

rising in value, from the ge neral prosperity of the district of Kensington. And it is a reasonable calculation, that the time is not tar distant when the site, independent of the Dock, will command a price equal to the present cost of both. Whether this should be the case or otherwise, the following will ie mane to me company, viz: To take the whole property upon a lease of ten years, a rent equal to six per cent, upon the capital, and at the expiration of the lease, to take the property at and for the faithful performance of the agreement, a deposit would be made with the company of $10,000, to be orieiteu in case ot non-compliance therewith. I HUM AS M. CU111N.

The Charter will be found, included in an act, incorpo rating "Sundry iiridge and 1 urnpike Companies, and tor other purposes." ap 16 STOCK. 'Til IE sale by public auction P. 'Kenna, Auctioneer,) jl oi the tHpiial stock ot the Merchant's nd Alanu-fieiiirer's Hank of Pittsburgh, will be commenced, and Hooks of subscriptions 0(iened at the Exchange in the city of Pittsburgh, on MONDAY, the i.yih day of April, instant, and continued from day to day, until the hole stock is sold, between the hours ot nine clock, A. M. and three o'clock, P.

M. of each day. Jacob Forsyth, James H. Irwin, Michael Tirrnan, William Robinson, Jr. Samuel Smith, Samuel Walker, Thomas S.

Clarke, Samuel ah ne stuck, Church, Uichard Gray, James Adams, Jr. John Sampson, wm. otewart, merchant, Joseph Oliver, Kobert S. Cassat. Thomas Scott.

Josiah King, Edward Gazznm, Andrew Watson, William M. Carlisle, George Miltenberger, William Holmes, G. Ogden, Cornelius Darrngh, George A. Cook, Villiam Marks, Pittsburgh, April 4, 1S33. James Kelly, James S.

Craft, Samuel Peitigrew, William B. Foster, D. Lynch, C. H. Israel, Humphrey Fullerton, William Eichhaum, Robert C.

'Fat-land, Commissioners. ap 11 thstuts Ojftce of the JJanvtlle and 1'ottaviUe Mail Hoad Common? Philadelphia, April 13. 1833. NOTICE is hereby given to the Stockholders of the Danville and Pottsville Hail Koad Company, that the annual meeting, and election for President, Managers, Treasurer, will be held en Monday, the 6ih day of May next, at the Girard Hank, in the city of Philadelphia. S.

II. CAKPENTEIt, ap Secretary P. T. NOTICFl.AHpersons indebted lo the estate of BARNABAS REDMAN, Bookseller, deceased, are requested to make payment at his late Store, No. 121 South Fifth street; and those having demands will present them properly attested.

ABU AM REDMAN, April 6, 1833 stuthlrn Executor. West Chester Boarding School for Girls. IS located in the Borough of West Chester, Chester County. Pennsylvania, 24 miles west of Philadelphia, whence, on the completion of the rail road, now nearly finished, the means ol access to the school will be easy. There is at present by staees daily communication with Philadelphia, Lancaster anil Harrisburgh, and three limes a week with Baltimore, The situation is elevated and healthy, commanding an extensive prospect of a highly cultivated country.

The buildings have been planned and completed expressly with a view to promote the comfort of the pupils, and it is believed the accommodations and care are such as to enable them to pursue their studies with satisfaction and ad vantage. The school year consists of 48 weeks, divided into two terms: the first to commence the last second-day in the 10ih month, (October) and continued weeks, when there will be a vacation of two weeks. The second term will then commence and continue 24 weeks, when there will be another vacation of two weeks. Pupils are not admitted for less than a term, unless under peculiar circumstances. If requested, scholars from a distance may remain in the family during the vacation.

The course of instruction comprises Orthography, Reading, Writing, Arithmetic, Geography, Grammar, Plain Needle work, History, Astronomy, Chemistry, Natural Philosophy, Botany, Book Keeping, Rhetoric, Composition, nnd the elementary branches of the Mathematics. Lectures on Chemistry and Natural Philosophy are delivered during the winter, illustrated by appropriate experiments. The charge for tuition in the above branches, with the use of Maps, Globes and Library; Board, Lodging and Washing, are per terra $35 payable in advance and $35 at the close of the term. The French Language, Drawiag and ore taught at an additional charge of $5 per quarter lor each. Ornamental Work in Fancy Articles, $4 per quarter.

No charge is made for the use of class books for reading other books and stationary furnished at the usual prices. Each pupil must be provided with her own basin and towels. It is desired that parents and guardians avoid furnishing their daughters or wards with jewelry, expensive laces, or any other needle3s articles of apparel, and that -they do not leave them with the control of money. Refeiiencks. James Martin, 10 north Front street; Geo.

Earp, 302 Arch st; Wm. Jones, 3'2G Arch st; Eli K. Price, Arch near Gth t( James F'aussett, 329 Arch street; and Thomas Booth, 188 Pine street, Philadelphia. West Chester 4 mn. 1833.

PHILIP PKICE, 4 mo JOHN P. SMITH. Pntent Gum Elastic Bathing Tub or Couch. FOR sale at G. MELLOR'S, N.

E. corner of Walnut and Fourth streets, and 270 Arch street. Thc following certificates show the estimation with which it is regarded by the principal physicians in the city of New York: The subscribers certify, that they have examined the Gum E'astic Bathing Tub, or Couch, invented by Dr. Walter C. Palmer, of New York, and earnestly recommend its use.

Its small and convenient size its soft and yielding texture its easy conveyance into the npurtinents of the sick the small quantity nf water requisite, in their opinion renders it much superior to those articles usually constructed of metal, nr marble. David Hosack, M. I. John W. Francis, M.

D. Valentine Mott, M. D. Richard Pennell, M. D.

I have one nf the above articles in use, and find it fully answers the description given of it hr the gentlemen of the Faculty. MATHBW CAREY. April 6. 18,13. ap 9tnthAm 1LUK Pittsburg Cords.

hle bine ftJfnrwUby DAVID Canal" CordS; RISING, ap south Front su persons navinir claims upon the ttintl in Court arisim? from the sale by the Sheriff, under the above writ, of all that certain messuage nnd lot or piece of ground situate on the north side of Putnam street, in Kensington District of the Northern Liberties, beginning at the north east corner of said futiiam street lou lert to the north west corner of said 1'ut nam street and Clinton street, then extending norinwaraiv ainng ine west sine oi ine saiu (Jlintmi street about 173 feet inches to the south west corner of said Clinton street and Montgomery street, then a north-west ward ly course along said Montgomery street about 114 teet 3 inches to a bend in the said. Montgomery street, thence a further norlh-westwardly course along the said Montgomery street about 39 feet and of an inch tu ihw south east corner of said Montgomery and Hancock street, then southwardly along the east side of the said Hancock street about 238 feet and 8) inches to the place of begin nings neing me same premises wnicn aaran urinton and others, by indenture dated the alh flay ot December, A D. 18J1, granted and conveyed to John Wilkinson, sub ject to a ground rent of dollars per annum, payable the first dats of April and Octoberto attend before the subscriber, appointed by the said Court an auditor to dis tribute the said fund, at his olhce, no. 159 Walnut street in the city of Philadelphia, on Monday, the 23d of April, 1833, at 4 o'clock in the afLertiogn, prepared to establish their respective claims. ap JOHN CAPWALADKTt, Auditor.

NOTICE John Williams and William Johnson, District Court of carrying on business under the firm of Williums Johnson, vt. Benjamin Talley and Thomas Shields, trading under the firm of Talley the City and Coun ty of Philadelphia. Vend. Exp. March Term, 1S33 niueidSi No.

1 78. TUE Auditor appointed to distribute the fund in Court arising out of the sale of two two-storied brick houses and their respective lots, situated on the west side ot Apple street, in the District or the Northern Liberties, one at the distance of 402 feet 1 1 inches, the other at the distance of 420 feet 10 inches, south of George street in said district, will hear the claimants and creditors on Monday, the Sid ot April, at 4 clock in the alter noon, at his office, No. 8 York buildings, in Walnut near rSighth street. apnl -4 1 5 18 J(: DANVILLE AND POTTSVILLE RAIL KOAD. Broad Mouxtaiw, Pa.

March 18, 1 PROPOSALS will be received at the Kail Road office at this place, until the first day of May next, for laying the superstructure of seventeen sections of the Danville and Pottsville rail road. A preference ill be given in all cases to mechanics competent to undertake sections, who can come well rccomnienoeu. All materials will be delivered to the contractor on the ground, Any further information requisite, will be given on application at this place, or to M. ROBINSON, mar 20 tuthstl Chief Engineer. CHARLES M.

HKUSlOiN, Attohmey at Law. op Louisville. Kes'tuckt, "ffJUACTISES Law in the city of Louisville, and intends devoting him sen solely to the mines ot his profession. All communications addressed to him will receive Immediate attention. Louisville, Ky.

Feb. 22, 1833. lie lei to John J. Jacob, Louisville, Ky. Virgil M'Knight, 9 3 "William Bell, Riehte Bailies, Philad.

mar 9 si nth 6m IBRARY COMPANY. The Annual Election lor JLV Directors and a Treasurer of the Library Company of rnnaueiphia, win ue hem at the Horary, on nionuay, the sixth of May next, at three o'clock in the afternoon, when the Treasurer will attend to receive the annual payments. As there are several Shares nn which Fines are due, the Owners of them, or their Representatives, arc hereby notified, that they will be forfeited, agreeably lo the Charter ana Laws ot the company, unless the arrears are paid off on the said sixth day of May next, or within ten uays Uiereatier. uy order oi the directors. WILLIAM RAW LB, Jr.

Secretary. No Rooks will be received or delivered on that day. april 9 tuthstE FREE BRIDGE. pursuance of an Act of Assembly, passed the 5th day M. of April, 1830, the County Commissioners, with 'the approbation ot the Jonges ot the Court ot tiarter bes sions, have purchased Kirkbride's Bridge, crossing Prank' ford creek on the Point Road.

NOTICE. Now this is to give notice, that after this date, no toll will be received from any person travelling over saiu isrmge. i ihj.vjas MAiTtntL, JOHN THOMPSON, DAVID PAUL, Commissioners of the County of Philadelphia. County Commissioners Office, April 15ih, 1833. april I6.niths2m LYIUNS VALLEY KAIL KOAD.

NOTICE is hereby given, that an election for President, Treasurer, Secretary and Directors, to manage the affairs of (he above named company for the ensuing year, will be held at the house of Michael Shaefer, in the town of Wi coni sco, on Monday the 6th day of May next, between the hours of 9 and 3 o'clock of said day. apiu wsst juitiN call, Jr. Secretary. HOUSEWIFE LINENS. THE Subscriber has just received per the Grace Brown, a further supply of Housewife Linens, direct from the bleacher, and of warranted fabric Also, Mill Spun Sheetings, different widths; Diapers, Napkins, Double Unmask Uoylies.

heavy 1 owelling, etc. Always on hand, a good assortment nf FURNISHING DRY GOODS, chiefly imported by himself, and which can be recommended as being well manufactured of the best materials. Which, with a general assortment of seasonable Goods, he offers for sale at reasonable prices. JOHN V. COWELL, ap 10: ws4t corner Chesnut Seventh streets.

BRISTOL HIGH SCHOOL. THIS School is The studies pursued embrace: 1. The various branches of an accomplished English education. 2. Ancient LanguagesLatin and Greek.

3. Modern Languages French, Spanish, Italian and German. 4. The Mathematics, Natural Philosophy and Chemistry. The French language will be habitually spoken with the Students.

The morals and deportment as young gentlemen will assiduously be attended to. They will regularly attend divine service. At stated hours the Principal or one of the Teachers will daily accompany them in their walks in the neighbourhood of the place; besides whioh, however, they will on no account, and in no case whatever, be permitted to leave the premises of the establishment, which are spacious and pleasant, unless it be with their parents, or in accordance with their expressed wish. They will at any other time be underthe immediate care of their teachers. There will be two vacations in the year each of two weeks.

TERMS. Two hundred dollars, payable quarterly in advance; the parents furnish bed and bedding. It is desi-rahle that all articles of clothing, should be marked with the owner's name. Jieferences in Philadelphia. The Hon.

Horace Bin-ney, Chas. Chauncey, Esq Robt. Walsh, J. C. Smith, Joseph W.

Throckmorton, Martin Buckingham, Sheepshanks, Morton Coates, Esq. C. J. HADERMANN. Bristol, Pa.

April 15. ap BOARDING SCHOOL FORBOYS, Burlington, New Jersey. BY GEORGE W. TAYLOR. THIS establishment is situated in an open part of the town, remarked for its salubrity, and is well fitted for the accommodation of a Boarding School.

The following branchesare taught in this school, viz. Orthography, Reading, Writing, Arithmetic, Bonk Keeping, (Single and Double Entry) English Grammar, Composition, Geography, the Use of the Globes, History, Mathematics, Natural Philosophy and Chemistry. The two last mentioned subjects will be elucidated by a series of Lectures and Experiraents.during the autumn and winter. Terms for JBoarding and Tuition, --j Thirty-five dollars per quarter of twelve weeks, payable in advance. Washing 25 cents per dozen.

Class Books for reading are provided without charge; other Books and Stationary are furnished at the customary prices. Each pupil must bs supplied with his own wash-basin and towels. In the 8th month of each year, there will be a vacation of four weeks, not charged for. The morals of the pupils will be strictly guarded. The number of Boarders is limited to twenty, to attend whom with the day scholars, the principal will be assisted by at least one well qualified teacher.

References, Kimber fcSharpless, Henry Cope, Bartholomew Wistar, Philadelphia. Enoch Lewis, West-town B. 9. Pa. Samuel Parsons, Flushing, T.

Lindlev Murray Moore, Rochester, N. Y. mar 16 s4tA20M4 I.IVF.HPOOL PACKETS. Ship SUSQUEHANNA, Charles Dixcy, mat ter, (582 tons) to sail '2t nionili April. Ship MONTEZUMA, J.

U. Chevney, matter, (423 Kins) to sail -Hill cil 5lh month (May. Shin MONONUAHKI.A, Oliver P. Hrown, master, S09 tins) In sailailh of filh tnonlli (June. 4i Ship JSIV( tout) to tail 20th of 6ih month (J'l'v) Tlie subscribers have hail the above nameil blunt limit of the beat mnterinlti no expense in the workmanship and equipment has been nmrril, anil they confidently them to the public at allurd'nig the molt cmiyey.

rnee Tor passengers anil merchandise. One will tail Irotn tbit port the auih of each month except the 1'ilnt month, and from Liverpool the 8th nf each month throughout the year jnnlv to H- A. or TnTo Nl- A. HROWN CO. P.i KK 1 ifc tail from Liverpool for Philaiiku-hia on ike 20A oj mntllh throughout itlC Veitr.

Shiu BENJAMIN MORtiAN, Chat. M. Br- tletou, master, IU Kill I1-UI1I (April) 20th. KXjfVfi-om Liverpool 5th mouth (May) 20th. Ship JOHN WELLS, Eli Curtis, matter, to E.TjLEsail from Liverpool 1st month (Jan.) 20th.

Shin AHA1I. John Hall, master, to tail from month Feb. V2l)lll. fii ShipCAllUOLL. OF CAUROLLTON, Thos.

Kjy .1. Bird, master, to tail trom Liverpool 3d miinlli (March) 20th. commanded hv able ami skilful masters, and suil remarkably fast; they are coppered and copper fastened, anil are in nil ruspectt very enable conveyances, having such accommodations us will insure very great com fort ami convenience to nassengci-t. For further particulars, api.lv to THOMAS K. WALKER CO.

I 1 15 North Fourth street. Philadelphia Botanic (iarden and Nursery. A.K I'll nil and Fifth and Sixlhst. from Schuylkill rTMME Subscriber respectfully informs his friends and the 8 public, that he has on hand, a large collection of Trees, of all sizes, of all the kinds and varieties suitable for planting in the streets, lanes and avenues iu the city. Also, competent persons well acquainted with the will he urociit' ffl tn nl.mt mil the trees it required.

lloxes of (liftcre.it kinds and nutterns, will be tuniisluM! ti suit purchasers, und Kverprtren Flowering Shrubs, )tu. menil of viu-ious kinds, with ft ret varieTy of Hoi and Green house Plants and Flowers, lor bouquets cuti be litul Ht all times, by applying at lite (inrden. ITiarl6 JOHN M'AHAXN. IAlNTkllvi USlTlNS. 3 cases Knslis-h puintfd Muslins, handsome tout new stylo putterns, for sale by up 10 M.

HALLOWKI.Ii, 77 Market 9t. 1GXUM lbs of fine quality, liuidiuj' 9U4 from Complex, from Porto Kk-o, for stile by up 10 UARNKY CUNNINWMAM. 1 WBinm st. "fclitfciNCll GLNiiHAMS. 1 case super Fr nch Giug hams, for sale by M.

L. HALLOWKLL. apnl 10 77 Market street. tl4nt'AS AND CHOt'l'AS 7 cases i it iu m3 and large Choppas, Sdo best large nandannasHeutilled to debenture, just received and for sale by i a ia W. K.

D. WHl FNEY CO 15 Front st. NUIAN HKA1 SHIU I An invoice of 311 inch ttout, now landing from brig; Palm, for sale by J. HIlOWN St M. UKWIS, 4m0 12 103 Market street, and 3'i Church Alley.

HINTED MUSI-INS. A few cases ul very cliKHlil, new style. Printed Muslins put received tor W. St B. 1).

WU1TNKY CO, eale by an I 2, 15 south root street. WIli'l'B COTTOiNS. IS cases superior linen told white Shirtinjrs, now landing from the Brig Calm for sale by SN'KLUNG nu 12. 30 and .12 south Front street. MACKKHKL.

4'AJ barrels and halves us. 1, St and 8 Mackerel. Landing from the schooner Maize, at upper side Chesnilt whai'f, anil for sale by a ig.tf SHOUKH Ik IIUNTINO, '21 S. Wharves. PAL.Vl LKAK HATS.

49 packages medium li ue quality Palm Leaf Hats, now landing from the brig l'alm for tale by ap iu 30 and 32 south Front street. OSTON bUN POWDcU l.dixi kegs, lor sale by 1 ur.L.AIMf, jr. S. wharves, 2d door below Walnut st. ap 12- rHJMMEU CLOTHS.

Black, blue, given, inown, k3 drab and fawn colored Summer Cloths, of superior quality, just received and for sale by ao 1 L- BEN J. M. HOLL1NFSHEAD, 14 N. Sixth st. ACON.

60,000 lbs first quality western Hacon, equal ly assorted, tor sale by ap 1 1 fit ACKSON, JIMILK fcCt l. a rom. st. ZWantilly ginghams cases elegant vnan- ti: llv Ginehamst 2 casps rich new style Spring Prints nut received aim ior saie uy ap 11; MITCHELL ex BWIMi, 143 Maricer HAGS Tumeric. 1 1 baes Cultehs, 5 bales Senna tO Leaf, 5 cases Cardamums, for sale by an 11: FALES St WILLIAMS, 4 Chesnnt st hhds Cincinnati Shoulders, of su perior quality, cured expressly tor family use, for gale by iinnuu ii 0 Souih Wharves.

TflJHll STONES. 20O0 very superior rrench 13urr Jj Stones, received direct from the quarries at Kouen, for- mtleliv SAMUEL 8t V. VVfc.UaM up 50 south wharves. PuRMCM (UlVEUS. NO.

tfiiDMBWDHTH MANNING have laely receiv- JC ed one package French Woollsn Table Covers, of extra fine quality, and beautnui patterns, ior uemic -bles. Also, German Woollen Table and Piano Covers, a superior article; which with a complete assortment of En- lish Table and Piano Covers, blue, green and other co-ors, of different qualities, are offered at wholesale or retail at No. 134 Chesnut street, next door above the -United StRtes Bank. flP 2t SILK TASTE. The subscriber has just received a few boxes of Silk Taste, Scarlet Pink, and other desirable colours, for sale by WM.

T. HOBSON, ap 1 2 151 Walnut 'streM, 2d door hrlow Fifth st. ijf INEP4 PAPER. 1000 reams imperial Linen Paper, M-A various sizes, from the Sagurlies' Mills, New York, just landed and for fale by G. W.

HICIIAKDS an 9 2w 34 and 36 Front street, (up stairs PCM LEAF HATS. 6 cases superfine Palm Leal Hats, landing from brig Palm, and for sale bv an 12 W. B. D. WHITNEY 15 Front s.

U.M MVlUtfi 3HDO lbs. lor sale l.y fit 17 Walnut street. a 12 Sheetings, now landing and tor sale hy a 13. V. D.

WHITWKY ft la a. front w. RHUUAItH. K. India Company Hhubnrb, a very superior article for sale by HEN.I.

KTTINU, nn 125 south Front street. A MS 25lihds. prime Hams, well cured and neatly trimmed for saie hy II HIUDIjI-. a. front st.

UMUKELLA SILKS. lOcaseshlue, green and hrown Umbrella Sarsnets, 1 case extra super iMandariae Senshawt, just received and for sale by ap 11 M. L. 77j Market st. NESV Bngravings, Transfer Prints, he.

Will he opened this day, 2 cases of English and French F.ngray-ings, consisting of Heads, Marine triews, Flowers, Caricatures, Costumes, Figures, Animals, Landscapes, Scripture and Fancy Pieces, etc. comprising a large and desirable lot. Alsis, 1 case Transfer Prints, plain and colored, large and amall, viz: landscapes, Flowers, Fruit, Birds, Butterflies, Marine Sketches, Sporting Pieces, Figures, arc. a few sets the Days of Infancy, in 12 Subjects of Children's Playings; all'of which will be sold very low, whole-tain and retail, nt S. HART'S Fancy Stationary and Print Store, 65 south 3d st.

oppo. site the fiirard Hank. ap 1 1 dot i f(( HAVANA SKUAHS, Uorjest brand, XJJ entitled to debenture for rale hy ap 0. CARNF.Y Ji CUNNINGHAM, 17 Walntitst. iJU '24 bU (Jod Oil, hutdinf trom schr.

ul- crura, and lor sale by SHOUEK BUNTING, ap 9 21 south wharves. uliWNE AND CAKM1NK. 5UO ounces Pclletier's Quinine, 1 oz vials and fancy boxes; 00 ounces Carmine, for sale by ISAAC LOHMAN 8S south Front street. VJ Mlt CCO I' iS- 2 cfces elegant rimiwr cloths (mj.d) for sale by II. cjcuicms iu urown prrscm rcwcw.iMt iu sircw wiiu uowers the patu of moral currupwuu and ultimate misery.

Magical PtHeerg ascribed to tfte Forms of the Lau, Amongst the Sc-uulinavians, the law embraced all living things. Brute beasts were included in the social compact; the industrious beaver, according to the laws ol Haco, the Under son of Athelstane, hau his house even as his bonde," and if the beaver wete kil'ed, a fine of three marks were paid both for oioonwite ana hamenoken to the beaver's lord, the owner of the ground. It may be thought, at first. that this compensation was made upon the familiar principle ot inuemnilying the proprietor lor the loss of the fur; but such an interpretation, though ore practical and homely, is contradicted by the language of the Code, which speaks expressly of the d'Knicile ot the Animal and ot his right as an mnabi tant. But the prim denizens of the forest, the ene mies of mankind, were declared to be out of the protection of the law.

Bear and wolf shall be outlaw in every place;" a phrase which affords a most singular and pertinent commentary upon the definition of an outlaw the bearer of the Wolf's Head according to our own jurisprudence. Yet, even the bear was entitled to due notice. If brum robbed and spoiled his two legged countrymen, it was necessary to summon a I imlvvalcl Court, in which he was declared to be liable to condign punishment. I he terrific war-wolf or lottn-garou" seems to have been originally only the wargus;" a wretch banished from his fellow-creatures by a judicial sentence which forbade his nrarest kindred, his wife or his child, from affording him the smallest aid. And it is not altogether difiicult to understand how the depredations to which such a wretched outcast was in cited by his need, or prompted by his ferocity, may have contributed to form the popular notion of this direful visitant.

Nor is it less singular than the crime which, amongst the Franks, more particularly drew down this punishment, was the spoliation of the corpse. The vengeance of the disembodied spirit may have been considered as concurring in the punishment of the unhappy offender; aided by the imprecations, which in the day of paganism, accom panied the sentence thundered forth from the rocky temple, the scene of government, of judgment, and oi unholy sacrifice. Analogous ideas miy be traced throughout the mutille ages; and it was supposed, that noxious er min rats, mice, nnd even insects would obey the decree oi' a civil tribunal, These strange acts were occasionally accompanied by sentences of excommunication, which were to be enforced it the defendants ijiled to obey the sen tence which expelled them. The Church remon st rated against this abuse; but it indicates that the source of these opinions is to be found in the ancient connection between the rites of reli gion and legal ceremonies. Both proceeded from the same source; and the might of the Hierophant was united in the opinion of the people tothe solemn torms ot the law.

Hence, tnev extended it not oniv to an, but to the fiend. When the ghastly corpse was tenanted by the foul spirit, who raised the car cass in all the loathsomeness of the grave, for the purpose of tormenting the survivors, the Northmen addressed the Gienganger" al an illegal trespass. er, bound to obev the same code as a living intruder The Doomsman holds ihe Court in the ordinary firm, nnd when ltidgment ispronounced, the corpse filled with demoniac life, rises from the seat and yields to the sentence of the tribunal But this opi nion was not peculiar to Iceland: and in all those countries where similar strange and unaccountable scenes made the night hideous, a similar course was pursued. Ihe ampire, or the Bronkolaks, was not to be quieted bv exorcisms. He fear ed not holy water; he fled not before the hallowed relics; he defied bell, book and candle; but it was necessary to exhumate and consume the dead offender; and this proceeding took place in conse quence of a formal decree of the Magistrate, ule upon legal evidence of the Vampire's crimes.

And in order to escape the preternatural summons, thun d-red forth at Dunedin'd Cross, when each chief of birth and fame, Of lowland, highland, holder, isle, Foredoomed to Flodden'd carnage pile, Was cited there by name; an appeal was lodged against the judgment in the manner which would have, been recognised by the College ot Justice. Even in bargains with the I cmp ter, we always find a valid, if not a good considers. tion, and a bond, signed and sealed in due form of Battle Trials. The most whimsical of these conflicts, is that de scribed in ancient German Ctistumal, as having taken place when a woman and a man were engaged in single combat. In orderto'equalize the strength ofthe combatants, the male hero was placed in a circular pit, in which he stood as low as his girdle, armed with an oaken club or staff, of the length of a good cloth ell.

The virago, on her part, was furnished with a string or rope of equal measure, and at the end of the string was tied a heavy stone; with this weapon she endea voured to fell her antagonist. He parried and shifted as well as he could, striving to twist his club in the sling. If he succeeded, he would be in the way of winning the fight, fur the sling was tied to the woman's arm, and he could drag her easily within reach of his fists and staff, and then she would be at his mercy; yet even with this advantage the victory might not always be an easy one. Amongst the ancient Bavarians the weregeld for a woman, was twice that of a man, on account of her feminine weakness. But if she was such a woman, as in the boldness of her heart would stand up, and fight like a man, then her life was worth only as much as the lives of her brethren; she could protect herself, and did not require the additional safeguard of a double penalty.

The ancien! law of the Angles furnishes the incidents so often found in legends and in romance. If the wife was accused of poisoning her husband, or having otherwise compassed his death, her nearest kinsman was to justify her in the field. But if no champion was found, then, like Qieen Emm she was to prove her innocence by treading with naked feet over burning plough-shares. 'In this case the causes prompting the battle trial still appear with sufficient distinctness. Ifthefriends of the husband slew the woman without cause, her kinsmen would have attempted to avenge her death Battle, when converted into a judicial process, compelled all parties to pause.

The kinsmen ha 1 an opportunity of forming some judgment upon the cae. If they should think her innocent, they might legally lake up her quarrel: if not, they abandoned her to her fate. Peine Forte et Dure. Fleta and Bacon describe the 4 Penance" in such terms as to shew that, according to the opinion of these writers, the punishment, though hard indeed, was not considered as necessarily occasioning the death of the offender. Such was the law, and Andrew Home does not hesitate to accuse those of homicide, who kill the prisoner by surcharge of penance." About the same period, however, the chroniclers do record the fate of many criminals who perished under the infliction; and we can only ascribe the increase of punishment to the discretion assumed by the judges.

They not only aggravated the penance" but extended it beyond the purview of the statute, which speaks only of indictments for it was universally applied also to appeals of which no mention is made. Coke defends the legality of the infliction by the theory, that the punishment existed at common law; but at all events no authority can be shewn, that the common law, which." as he considerately says upon this occssion, i the per fection of all reason, sanctioned the additional seve rities inflicted hv ihe tribunal. 1 Some eoun'eiunce to the common Uw theory of original sentence by the different torture, afterward used, arose from the anxiety of the Justices of the' gaol delivery to leave the assize town nt soon as they and that litis was the reason which induced them to adopt a less tedious mode of dispuTching the offender. Coke doe not mention the further alteration in practice which prevailed in his time. The criminal', was loaded with so great a weigh', that he was more speedily delivered from his sufferings, though not without undergoing great agony under the press, which pressed his miserable bodvv The tender mercies of cruelty introduced an agree-' able variation of torture.

It became the custom at the Old Bailey to tie the thumbs of the prisoner together with whip -cords till they were cut to- the bone. In Keelyng's Reports, this is said to have been the constant practice at Newgate, and, like the main" punishment, continued in standing mute was rendered equivalent to the confession of the. felon. It is a singular proof of tlie wanf of attention to any general principles of legislation, that a custom equally foolish and barbarous should have continued so long unaltered. And the subject is one, amongst others, which shewn that the English law, the absolute perfection of all reason," must forfeit many of the encomiums of humanity which have so long passed current among w.

-mlC 8W LONDON THEATRICALS. Covent Garden TVientre. The Kentuckmn, or A Trip (o New is tlie interesting title of a twu-act farce produced nt this house on Saturday evening. The piece is intended tirpive an kleft of Kentucky manners, in their broadest shape, and the beauideal representative of thoe manners it Colonel Nimrod Wildfire (Mr. llacketi).

There is scarcely any plot or intrigue in the piece nr at least all that there is may be summed up in two sentence. Wo shall give the plot as hrtefly as possible, and them produce Colonel Wildfire in the most striking situations. The scene is laid at New York, in the house of Mr. Freeman, a New York merchant, ho is un--. cle to the Kentucky Colonel.

Mr. Freeman has a wife and daughter; the two latter rather aristocratic in their notions, and very much taken with an F.n--Irishman, Mr. Perkins, who passes himself ofF for my Lord Granhy. Miss Freeman has another lovery Fercivpl, an Knfrlisli merchant, to whom shcis married, after the real character of Perkins is There is moreover an F.nglish lady, Mrs. Lif minary (the character is intended as a satire upon Mrs.

Trollope, we suppose), who has come to America to establish a school of amelioration," and tor make her remarks upon trans-Atlantic manners. The contrast between this latter refined FJiropei- lady and the Colonel from Old Kentuck," may be considered the essence of the piece. Having given this short preface, we sliall introduce Colonel Niirrrod Wildfire. The first notice we) have of him is in a letter, read by his uncle Freeman, in which, announcing his intention to pass the summer at New York, he writes, may he be tota ciously rrflitnctifialhj if he docs not remain' "your's (his i. le's) to the back-bone." Shortly after the note, he arrives, dressed in nankeen tighta and top boots, and in a cap of wild cat's skin, with the tail dangling behind He is introduced to Mr.

Percival, and avows his partiality to full blooded John Dull." He then relates how Tie has amused himself in fishing in the Mississippi for cat's fish-, whiclt he compares to lawyers, since they are nearly all head and mouth." He is shown a letter from Mrs. Luminary, who is at a neighbouring hotel, on reading which he says, It is full of trigonometry; bnt that if she wishes to have a squint at America, she must go to Kentucky, which is the cream of the United States." He then alludes to the tariff quarrel, and says he would soon settle the dispute, if he was allowed to make a speech before Congress-. Hi speech is a curious specimen of persuasive oratory; for after mentioning his father as the first settler in his state, he enumerates his own qualities, bich are, he can jump higher, scjua't lower, dive deeper, and come out drier thun any fellow in-the that he also has the prettiest sister, the farstest horse, and the ugliest dog;" and to sum up all, that he is an horse." IJeing an horse," it seems, is the pink of Kentnckian perfection. After the interview with his uncle, he resolves to wait on the Knglish lady, Mrs. Luminary, at the hotel, to give her the general information she is seeking.

No one can give hci? better, for is full of fun, and understands a town meeting and a nigger wedding" as well as any body. Before he gets to the hotel, we are introduced to Mrs. Luminary, who, expecting to find everything in a savage state, is surprised when tea is brought her, to see china, knives and forks, for she thought they ate with their fingers. The servant who waits upon her is a free gentleman of considers himself her equal. At her request lie throws open the coffee-room folding doors, and there she has ai true American tttljleau.

Not a person in the crowd-ed room has his legs on the floor; they are all lounging or squatting on the table smoking, so that the dense vapour may be cut with a knife, and1 intently occupied with their advertisement papers-. They pay not the slightest attention to her. A bell sounds it is the dinner-bell at the tinkling of which there is a general rush, and1 the coffee-room is emptied. A card, the king of clubs, is brought tej, Mrs. Luminary, announcing Colonel Wildfire.

She asks if he is a gentleman? to which the servant replies, No, Ma'am, he says he's an horse." The Co lonel informs the lady that as she wishes to-take squint at things in general," he is her man. as he ia able to give any man a half hour's start on transat lantic matters." He seats himself astride nrjon a chair, leaning upon the back of it- she compares him to the soldier tired," and askshim if he would not prefer an arm chair. He says, no ma'am, not at present; an arm chair does well after dinner, with a cigar and my feet out of the window." Giving her an idea of Kentucky, he says that his sister. ac nine years out, snot a Dear, ami that she was an excellent provider of wild cat.skins The soil of Kentucky," he says, is so rich and loose, that one might travel under it." He relates then a quarrel he had with a waggoner whilst he was paddling" on horseback to New Bolton Swamp," in which quarrel he had suffered as if he had been "curry-eombed by fifty thousand wild cats" He tells her his servant "borrowed nigger, who has catched the fever and ague, but the ague would not stay with him he was so tarnation that he would not shake." In a ball-room scene an ice is handed him, which he calls a snow-ball sweetened with lump suerar." He is asked to wall, and he inquires what sort of a varmint is a waltz" The music is too slow for him- when he tells the musicians to stop their steam. for he wanted music of three hundred horse power.

Liurninaiy Having written nun a note requesting him to accompany her to the spot upon which she ia about to settle, he imagines that it is declaration of love: his answer is characteristic ot the hunter of the American woods Most amehoratinir widow, if von place yourself in my hands, we shall start for old Kentuck; 'tis a match; the parson is hard! by, and in less man a nasn we atiall be hammered into one." Mrs. Luminary's horror at the idea of marrvino-a Kentucky man, and being carried in a covered waggon into the back woods, is at the extreme after this note. Ihe Colonel Is challenged by Mr. Perkins, for some offence committed the evening before, when the former did not see much, as he had put too much water in his brandy, and was nrettv mni. ciilarly spuing." The Colonel promises his enemy the treatment of a gentleman, and meets hire at the place of rendezvous with a pair of long rifles.

The distance he proposes is twelve feet, and when Perkins sass half a mile with tuch weapons it a fair distance, he tells him he does not want to" strain hia iinV;" he calls him a pontnrti, saying, that ii that epithet will not make hini figtit, lie will go and "skull a pot -kettle up 'he falls uf Niagara with a crow-bar.