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A A SENTINEL A A where the constitution law mukc duly to decide; and muitact accordingly he is to suppose lhal fitch course on his part'will never be regarded by that elevated body as a mark of disrespect to itself; but thalthcy will, on the contrary, esteem it the strongest evidence lie'can give" of his fixed resolution 'conscientiously to discharge his duty to them -and the'eouittry. A new state of things has, however, risen since the close of Congress, and evidence has since been laid before the Pre- he is persuaded would have led the House of to a different conclusion, if it had come to their knowledge. The fact that the Bank controls, and in some cases substantially owns, and by its money supports some of the leading presses of the country, is now more clearly established. Editors to whom it loaned extravagant sums in 1831 and 1832, on unusual time and nominal security, have since turned out to be insol- ve'nt, and to others apparently in no better condition accommodations still more extravagant, on terms more unusual and sometimes without any security, have also been heedlessly granted. The allegation which she has so often circulated through these channels that the Treasury was bankrupt and the Bank was sustaining it, many years there lias not been less, on an average, than six millions of public money in that institution, might be passed over as a harmless misrepresentation; but when it is attempted, by substantial acts, to impair the credit ofjhe Government and tarnish the honor of the country, such charges require more serious attention.

With six millions of public money in its vaults, after having the use of from five to tweUe millions for nine years, without interest, it became the purchaser of a bill drawn by our Government on that of-France for about 900,000 dollars, being the first instalment ol the.French indemnity. The purchase money was left in the use of the Bank, being simply added to the Treasury deposit. The Bank sold-the, bill in England, and the holder sent it to France for collection, mnd arrangments not having been made by the French Government for its payment. it was taken iip byline agents of the Bank in Paris with the funds of the Bank in their hands. Under these circumstances it has, through, its organs, openly assailed the credit of thef Government; and has actually, persists in a of fifteen "'per 'cent, or $158,842,77 as damages, when no damage, or none beyond, somei trifling expense, has in fact been sustained, and when the Bank had in its deposite, several off the public money which it was then using for its own profit.

Is a fiscal agent to-the which thus seeks to enrich itself at the expense of the public, worthy of further trust? concluded in our Prom the Kichtnond The this is likely to be absorbing question for some time, we shall make our readers no apology for our very frequent, nay daily, reference to it The "pressure upon the money-market, produced by'the removal of the Deposites; is increasing and becoming 1 terrific in erery city in this hare heard it asserted from good authority--merchants of this city--that they leam "from their correspondents, that in New- YorkpPhiladelphia, and Boston, the money market is approaching a crisis unknown in the history of this country. E- Ten now, notes with the very best names are sold in Wall street, at one and two per cent, a month discount. That in Bos- tohjT have been known of one per cent, having been paid for one day. In our own city, after a long and barren season of some the monied men who are not deterred by usury laws, and pass under the cognomen of shavers. are beginning to reap a rich harvest.

All our Banks, are, from necessity, cutting short, their discounts. No accommodation-paper, as, it is called, stands any chance, backed by millions. Business paper, undoubted, is rejected, unless some connected withTpaj-ments to be made into the Bank discounting it. Under this state of things, is it surprising that the best paper in the community should be refused at two per cent, a month 1 We know has been done--not because more have been demanded, but merely because the funds were otherwise appropriated at six per cent, per annum, such a state of things not having been anticipated. The Globe, in three-labored columns, in every line of which is plainly evinced its terror at this stale of things, is trying to throw the blame upon the U.

Slates Bank. But it will not do. The public is already too well acquainted wilh the history of the removal of the Deposiles lo mistake the right horse on which to fix the saddle. After so frequent and gross displays of inveterate hostility on the part of the Government la the Bank, its di- Sentinel Henry should be started for the ra'ce, wo have one -alternative which should be borne in Colts can at any time be i a and Old Eclipse, the unconquered and unconquerable, be entered for the third lieul." From this we infer that the Sentinel is ready to admit, that none of ilx 1 Colls could buat Jfeiiry. Ball.

Pal. The Alabama Jtich- niond Enquirer contains a letter from the Secretary of War to Major Mclntosh, commanding the U. 8. troops at Fort Mitchell, Alabama, which removes all apprehension of a serious termination to the dispute between the state of Alabama and the General Government. It is as follows of a letter to Major J.

S. Mcln- tosh, dated Oct. 20th, 1833. "Sir--Your letter on the 21st inst. to Maj.

General Mucomb has been laid before me--and, in answer, I have to inform you, that you will interpose no obstacle to the service of legal process upon any ofli- cer or soldier under your command, whether issuing from the Courts of the State of Alabama, or of the U. States: On the contrary, you will give all necessary facilities to the execution of such process. It is not the intention of the President, that any part of the military force of the U. S. should be brought into collision with the civil authoriiy.

In all questions of jurisdiction, it is the duty of the former to subrnil to the latter, and no considerations must interfere wilh that duly. If, thcrefoie, an ofik-er of the State or of the United States come with legal process against yourself or any officer or soldier of your garrison, you will fieely admit him -within, your post, and allow him to execute his writ undisturbed." Codorus Navigation. YORK, Pa. Nov. 10.

We arc enabled this day to be the medium of pleas- ing.intelhgetice to those interested in this work, by announcing its completion. Yesterday the first ark arrived here out of the wilh thousand feet of boards, and upwards of one hundred persons who had gone out to witness the opening scene of our navigation. The ark was built at Tioga point in the State of New York, navigated to Middletown, where it was purchased by Messrs. Jones, Scliall, and Meredith, dropped-down to Eib's Landing, there loaded wilh lumber, and thence through the Codorus Navigation brought to this borough. This specimen of the capacity of the work must satisfy all who have witnessed it, that as an avenue for ofthe Susquehanua, it could give employment to two rail roads, which might be made to diverge fiomit in any There will always be water sufficient to bring up between thirty and forty arks every day, and each ark carrying from 60 to 70 tons, or as much drawn in this way by one horse, as it would require a hundred horses, in waggons to drr." from the banks of the Susquehanna to this place.

There is nothing required now, but few outlet or inletlocks into the Pennsylvania Canal, opposite Yorkhaven, and at Columbia, to connect this place with the canals and rail roads of the State. Arks may now load with whiskey or other produce and start from Main-street bridge in York, and proceed either to the Philadelphia or Baltimore market. COLUMBIA, Pa. Nov. 16.

On Tuesday night last, a wagoner, who had put up at Ilornberger's tavern, three miles this side of Lancaster, was robbed of in bank bills, the proceeds of a load he had taken from Ilnrrisburgto the morning when the money was missed, and unavailing-search had been made for it, a fellow wagoner, who had been in company from the time the other left Harrisburg, tried to fix suspicion on a person who had stayed there over night, and since left, and the two went into Lancaster to find him but returned without success. They then came on to this place with their teams. While here, the one that had been robbed, learned that his companion had given a S20 bill to a (Tcntlcman lo take to his wife in Uarrisburg. and that it was same bank as those he had lost- This greatly incrcased his suspicions, which hnd been excited in some measure before, thai his fellow wagoner was the thief: and shorl- lv after he had a warrant taken out for his apprehension. When taken, he requested leave to step into the stable a minute, before going lo the magistrate's office, which was Tanlcd- "When examined before the magistrate the money was not discovcred, The person who served the warrnntthen 'went to the stable where the w.igoncr had been, and there found one hundred and fiftv dollars under a board.

He afterwards confessed his and said thai the remainder of the money was in Lancaster on being taken there he took $50 rectory would deserve ihe scorn and out of a slonc heap, which he had sccrct- cration of every one interested in its man- agement, were it not to provide for its-not prosperity--but existence: for can any man doubt lhat the unprincipled faction, who have so long been clamoring a- boutthe public money being unsafe in ihe raults of the U. Stales and who having in "violation of all law, removed Dcposiles--would, by all means in their prostrate the Bank in the dust, when, by so doing, they could point lo this -very efiecl of their malevolence as conclusive proof of the correctness of their assertions Bitterly, most bitterly, must the people sufler for the acts of their rulers. Sackcloth and ashes cannot ert it. The Philadelphia Sentinel, in speaking: of the probabilities oi the next Presidential election, intimates that Gen. Jackson might, under certain circumstances, become candidate for the third time.

The cd when in that place the- morning afier the robbery. He has been committed to jail to await his trial. We hai ejiol learned Ihc names of the parlies. We understand that they live next door neighbors in Harrisburg, and that the prisoner 3ias a wife and five or six children. The man who lost the money is a hired driver the other owns the team lie drove.

Road By the following- section in Ihc revised criminal codf, which was reported lo ihc of New Jersey at its recent session, by J. Q. C. Esq. it appears probaWc thai efficacious measures will probably taken" by our sislcr stale lo prevent the recurrence of such melancholy as ihc one recorded by us v.cck.

The cd nor ofthe Jersey Qbstrv says, that ibe code reported will doubt become a law. It lo be hoped thai other stales will follow ihe example and adopt the necessary measures to protect the lives and limbs of their citizens from the carelessness and ignorance of those who have charge of steamboats, stages, rail road cars, 'Sec. 13. If the manager, conductor, engineer, agent, or other person having the direction of any steam carriage, used Ibr conveying passengers or for conveying, drawing or propelling other carriages wilh passengers, shall Horn ignorance or gross negligence, or wilfully or by tra- velling at a greater speed than at the rate of twenty miles an hour, so direct, manage or conduct said sleam carriage, or any apparatus belonging thereto, as to burst or break the boiler or other machinery, or as to overturn, breakdown or otherwise afi'ect the same, or any carriage drawn or propelled thereby, or any carriage in the vicinity thereof, by means whereof any person shall be killed, any such manager, conductor, or engineer, a- gentor other person, shall be deemed guil- tij 1 THE METEORS. Professor OIMSTZAD, of Yale College, has given the following account ofthe late phenomenon in the firmament: The day break this morning, our sky presented a remarkable exhibition of Fire Balls commonly called Shooting Stars.

The attention of the wliter was first called to the phenomenon about half past five o'clock, from which time until near sun rise, the appearance of those meteors was striking and splendid, beyond any thing of the kind he ever witnessed or heard of. To form some idea of the phenomenon, the reader may imagine a constant succession of lire-balls, resembling sky rockets, radiating 711 all directions from a poin in the heavens near and following the arch, of the sky towards the They proceeded to'vanous distances from the radiating point, leaving after them a vivid streak'pf light, and usually exploding before they disappeared. --The balls were of various sizes, and decrees of splendor: some were mere points, but others were larger and brighter than Jupiter orVcnus, and one, seen by a credible witness before the writer was called, was judged to be nearly as large as the moon. The flashes of light, though less intense than lightning, were so bright as to awaken people in their beds. One ball that shot off in a northwest direction, and exploded near the star Capella, left, just behind the place of explosion, a phosphorescent train, of peculiar beauty.

This hue was at first nearly straight, but began to contract in length, and in breadth, and to assume the figure of a serpent folding itself up, until it appeared like a small luminous cloud of vapor. This cloud was borne eastward by the wind, opposite to the direction in which the meteor had proceeded, remaining in'sight several minutes. The light was usually white, but was occasionally prismatic, with a predominance of blue. A little before six o'clock, it appeared to the company, that the point of radiation was moving eastward from the zenith, when it occurred to the writer to mark its- place, accurately, among the fixed stars. The point was then be in the constellation Leo, within the bend ofthe sickle, a little to the westward of Gamma Leonis, and not far from the hour following, the radiating point remained stationary in the same part of Leo, although the constellation in the mean time, by the diurnal revolution, moved westward to the meridian, nearly 13 degrees.

By referring to a Celestial Globe it will be seen, that this point has a right ascension of 150 degrees, and a declination of about 20 degrees. Consequently, it was 20 degrees IS minutes south of our zenith. The has sustained a recent On the evening ofthe llth, a very copious southerly rain fell, and on the'12th, a high westerly wind pievniied, by gusts. Lasv evening the sky was very serene a few falling stars were observed, but not so numerous as to excite particular attention. The writings of Ilumbold contain a description of a similar phenomenon observed by Bonpland.

at Cumana. It is worthy of remark, that this phenomenon was seen early at the same hour of the morning, and on the 12th ofNovcmber. As the cause of Stars" is nol understood by metcorologisis.it is desirable to collect all the facts attending this phenomenon, stated with as much precision as possible. The subscriber, therefore, requests lo be informed of any particulars which were observed by others, rcspccling Ihc time when it was first discovered, tlie position of ihe radiant paint above mentioned, whether progressive or stationary, and of any oiher facts relative lo the meteors. DENISON OLMSTEAD.

Yale College, Nov. 13, 1S33- Onr atmospherical" phenomena have been jjcarly the same as tljose of Europe. The first appearance of the iwurora borcal- is in England was on the evening of the March. 1715. It lasted from o'clock in the evening until morning- The groal of ilic people were Uirown into conslcniaiiou, thinking llie appearance portentous.

The first appearance of it in ibis country, lhn! we have anv record of, was on ilic 17lh December, 1719. libe- ffan early in ibe evening, and continued tu or hours. The good people imagined that the dny of judgment had for they believed lhal it would in ihc ihc next day was and clear, and their apprehensions subsided. Collon Mather ihongh the most of all the puritans, was ir.wcli of a philosopher to join the panic, lie ihe phenomenon on philosophical principles, which did much lo satisfy the religions folks of lhat age. It is astonishing that the aurora borca- lis had not been noticed bv historians be- fore the period mentioned, as the same philosophical causes must have existed in ill ages.

There was a reintirkable appearance of the aurora borcalis in Scot- and, in 1745, at the time rebellion, and this natural and this political event were mystified in the minds of that all believing nation. The finest optical illusion ever seen, appeared about seven vears ago, not far from this season of the year, when the vessels coming into this harbor wore pictured most splendidly on the clouds, -and observed by thousands of people, and which at once explained the miracle ofthe appearance lost ship as stated among the- memorabilia of Cotton Mather. The Laws of nature are always the same--it is our ignorance that makes things perplexing and miraculous, and whether the northern lights flash over the heavens, or start shool madly from their all ate in the hands of Omnipotence and infinite wisdom, and those who have good consciences, may view all those wonders as he would a dramatic spectacle that he has a right to THE JLATE METEORIC SHOWER. Information enongh has been to satisfy us that the phenomenon observed here on the morning of the 13th inst. has been seen all the United States.

Nat. Int. The New Orleans Bee 4th furnishes the following particulars relative to the late melancholy disaster involving the destruction of the steamboat St Martin and the loss of thirty or forly lives It is with a feeling that we give the melancholy details of the late dreadful catastrophe on board the steamboat Si. Martin, as furnished us by ayo'ing man, a passenger on board. Jle that while reading in his birth on the 31st ult.

at about 11 o'clock in the morning, information was brought him that the boat had Jaken fire; that he immediately resolved to throw himself into the river, and used every means to induce Mrs. fVittis, the lady of Dr. Willis, to commit herself to his care; but thai she absolutely refused, not having the courage, and that she fell a victim together with her husband to the devouring element. Our informant cites a trait of eroic co urage in Madame Meramond. That lady not being able to induce her husband to follow her into the river, which afforded the only sad alternative from a shocking death, seized hold and threw herself overboard with him.

Both would inevitably have perished had not fortune thrown in their way a chieken coop that was floating down with the current bv its assistance, after great and desperate exertion they succeeded in reaching the land, drenched with water, and more dead than alive. Madame Meramond arrived in this, city yesterday perfectly re-established. Mr. J. F.

Miller, who himself escaped most miraculously, offered two thousand dollars to any one ho would save a young slave whom he had with him but seeing the impossibility of any such attempt, the flames having progressed to an alarming extent, no one could be found to accept ihe offer. The slave perished in the river, having thrown himself overboard, after extending his hands towards heaven as if in supplication. It is estimated that there were sixty passengers on board of whom it is supposed more than one-half perished. The fire, he states, was communicated to some bales of cotton placed near the furnace. It would appear that the progress of the flames was very rapid, as the pilot had not time to run the boat ashore, although he made very possible exertion.

The boat seemed once about to heave round to the shore, which caused the destruction of persons who in their eagerness to escape thought they could reach land, which appeired not so far as it actually was. The cholera is raging dreadfully in several parts of Spain. In a suburb of Seville. called Triana, inhabited by the poorest classes of the people, the deaths were more than 100 per day and when the wretched population endeavored to abandon their homes and fly from the seat of the disease, they were driven back by the bayonet, and cannon were planted to fire grape shot upon them Yet the pestilence was spreading over other parts of Seville. We are confident that, at no distant day, the Southern manufactories will for outstrip those carried on to the North, -for the siniple reason- lhal; slave labor can be successively and profitably employed.

The time was when such an opinion would baie found no favorers. Now we believe. is gelling lo be universally ad- milicd. We ihink we sec clearly the dawning of a new era in the prospects of ihc Soulh. from this fact alone.

We have rcccnllv seen sialislical sialenienls. whidi yalisfy us lliat when ihc Collon Factories now lalkcd of arc pul into operation, 53i ihc Southern counSry, we shall find slave labor more valuable and useful ihan it has ycl been lo ihc people in our scclion of ihe country. his depredations in the night time, the tender herbage, and occasionally seizing a stray pumpkin, or a lot of turnip's left in exposed places, making small pigs lie close together to keep oil' the common enemy, arid biting; the toes of poor children who have no shoes nor stockings. Such they are, and they must be helped. Let those who walk out with lined with fur, and pockets lined with cash, or who sit at home in comfort- ible parlors, and listen complacently lo the rusillng of the leaves without, and the lieavy roar north wind, remember those who have neither cloak, cash, nor comfortable home perhaps not even bread.

And let the lazy bestir themselves. and the drunken forsake their cups, and provide for their From the Boston Transcript. JJenedict Arnold. Mr. Sparks exhibited, last evening, at the Masonic Temple, the very papers, six in number, which were taken by Paulding, Van Wart and Williams from Maj.

Andre's boots, when they arrested him as a spy, within the American lines. Andre's pass in Arnold' own hand writing, on a small piece ol paper, was in a bold letter, and signed B. Arnold, Genl. 77ie way to wake a Horse drown himself. One of our most judicious farmers losta valuable pair ofhorses List week in the Connecticut rher.

While working inutile meadows, the horses were unloosed from the team and allowed to wander about, each one with his head fastened to his foot and then tied together. In this manner they went to the river," it is supposed to diink, and going into the river but a few steps, brought their noses, which were tied closely to their feet, under the water. This occasioned strangulation, and in a sh irt time they were drowned an less than tlirecjcet water! Mr. BriCHAX.vx, laic Minister of ilic U- Siaies lo RrssiA, arrived at Philadelphia on Friday week, in ihc packet ship Sus- queliamia, from Liverpool. Yankee Description of the approach of JFiiUcr.

The annexed remarks arc copied from ihc Augusta, Maine, Journal, 4 Winter is approaching usrfrom his arctic realm already he is striding over tlic norlJJCrn bills, and puffing down upon us his icy breath- lie is preparing 10 spread liis fleecy manile over us. His emissary, Jack Ftosl, has been prowling about for some weeks, generally commit- Northampton Cour. MASSACHUSETTS ELECTION. The towns heard from present a plurality of about 3,000 votes for Mr. Davis over Mr.

Adams, and rather more over Mr. Morton, so that is certain Mr. Davis will fall short of of about 10,000 votes, and there is no choice by the people. The election must therefore devolve on the Legislature. The House of Representatives presenting two names among the persons voted for by the people to the Senate, who will ihen choose one of them for Governor.

A majority of the Senators elected are National Republicans--and the House will probably be of the same complexion, judging from the returns received, which are National Republicans, 20-i Anti-masons, 90 Jacksonians, 57 Working Men, 10 157 National Republican majority 47 Efiq. Old Fashions Courier lie's Dames, announces that hair powder, is coming-in fashion, iti Paris, among the fashionable ladies! .2 battle with the Siamese Twins. The Athenian (Alabama) of the 30th ult. notices the arrival at Athens, ofthe Siamese Twins, who were visited by a large number of ladies and gentlemen. On the first day of the exhibition, a medical gentleman present, proposed to make an examination of the of the Twins--which was objected to by them in rather a rude and insulting manner-- hen some person present observed that they were or upon which one Twins made battle; blows were given and receiv- (1 and si considerable uproar ensued--finally it was quelled and no serious injury done.

The Twins were immediately arrested and carried before a magistrate, and after an investigation of n'l the facts, were bound to appear at ihe next Circuit Court in a bond for three hundred and fifty dollars. They gave ihe requisite security and were discharged. In Massachusetts, any person sellin 5 or offering for sale, a lollery ticket, incurs, by the first offence, a fine of not less than -S100 nor more than 82000; for the second offence, in addition to the above penally, he is liable lo one imprisonment in the House of Correction for ihe third, an extension of the term of imprisonment, and the same penally. 3Iall daring Mail Robbery, was committed at Union Town. Pa.

on ihc morning of the 12th inst. The circumstances arc thus slated in t3ie Genius of Liberty, published at lhal phcc-- "Jwst before the Mail drove up to the post office, the driver blowed bis horn. The Post Master stepped to the window and jjiue it a rap lo lei them know that 3ic was heard. The driver then threw down tiie bag which contained inc mail between Cumberland and Union Town and drove off. In a niinule or so after Mr.

Campbell stepped oat to get ihe bag. and lo it was gone. Search was made in vain. And it was no where lo be fount; until day light revealed il aboul one hundred yards from the Post Office, by ihe side of the main street- A hole nearly a foot long was cut in one side and it was piHagcd'ofils entire contents. It is supposed lhal the mail contained crv little besides newspapers.

In reference lo the late phenomenon the Olmslead wriles as follows respect lo the cavse of ihcsc meteors, I do not consider il as hitherto explained. Etcry thing of this kind, is loosely ascribed lo Electricity: bni in my lew without any just grounds. It is my 'wish 10 obtain -as msfnvjacls I can respecting this phenomenon, a hope then lo be able lo deduce some rational conclusions. At present, all I can say is, that 1 think evident, that the point from the eniana- was beyond the limits-of our atmosphere that the balls wcre-v projected ob- iiquely into the atmosphere; that they were not at first luminous, but became and more and more so, us they reached the denser parts ofthe until they exploded, or burst asunder and that they consisted of luminous vapor, such as, after the explosion remained suspended in the air, like a small cloud of fog." Great Carriage most extensive light carriage manufactory in New England is owned by Messrs. Knowles Thayer, of Amherst, in this State.

Their business is carried on by seventy first rate workmen, and the English system of a division of labor is fully tested. Each is confined to a single branch of work, and it is estimated that these seventy accomplish the labor of at Least one hundred and twenty-five in the old system. They have turned out since the 1st April, Landaus, Barouches, Coaches, Carriages, to the amount of of a superior style and finish. They have just completed a Barouche for President Jackson, at the cost ol 81400, which is one of the most splendid vehicles built in this section country. They are likewise building a Barouche for Mr.

Secretary McLane, Mr. Otis, and a number of gentlemen of this city. They have now orders from this city of upwards of fifty carriages. are assisted by a steam engine, which propels the lathes, stones and wheels-, for the finish of all parts of the work. The harness making, plate working, painting, and varnishing, is all carried on under the immediate inspection of the enterprising-proprietors.

JSoston Transcript. Mrs. Catharine Rankin died a few days since, at Caroline "county. Va. UUDKED AND SINE VEARS! -How lo get a liiflit ring off a Thread a needle Hat in the eye wilh bitung thread pas? the needle, with'care, under the ring, and pull through a few inches hand the long end of-the -thread tightly round the finger, regul uly.

all to-the nails, to reduce its size. Then lay hold of the short end of the thread, and uHvriucI its- The thread, pressing against the'ring, ill-gradually remove it from the finger. This will remove the tighest rrng without difficulty, swollen the finger may be. Liverpool Times. Captain DIXEY, who has just arrived at Philadelphia "from -Liverpool, states that the Falling Stars ere seen at the distance of 130 miles from the coast.

From the Pittsburgh Gazette, Nor. G. Robbery, and probable attempt to murder. On last Tuesday evening, about 10 o'clock, a wagoner, of the name of Evans, was driving along the Greensburg lurn; pike road, about len miles from this city, when a man joined him and walked some distance with him. As they passed a stone quarry, near the road, the stranger took up a bar of iron, which for picking holes for blowingpaml staled that he- was going to Like it to a black- smilh's shop to have it sharpened.

Soon however, he fell behind the wagoner and struck him, a tremendous blow with the bar of iron, which broke his jaw and knocked him senseless on Ihe ground. He then look from his pocket book about seventy-five dollars, and made his escape. A tavern keeper living close bv. seeintr the re-am along- without i the Uriver, suspected that some accident had happened, after a short search, found poor Evans still senseless on the road. He is however, considered out of danger.

Two persons have been ar- upon suspicion the result of the examination we have not vet heard. Cunadu. The prosperity of our neighbors at ihe North, appears lo be as great as our ovv n. An intelligent gentleman acquainted with ihe subject, states that the value of properly in Canada within ihe last three or four years has nearly- doubled. The emigrants who have arrived from the old country, have brought wilh them large quantilies of specie and other effects.

By a relurn of ihe population of York, in ihe monlh of July lasi, we perceive lhat il amounts to 8731. In 1820 it was about 2000. Jour. Com. The name of Canada is derived from Aizanhnda, signifying in Spanish, "here is nothing of that notion were the first discoverers of Canada but deterred by the severity of ihe climate, no- Uiing but vast foresls.

lands uncultivated, sierile, animals affording rich skins, but requiring patient hunting to get at, and finding there ncilner mines of gold nor of diamonds, they left the country and signified ibcir opinions of il by thc name they bestowed upon it. In 1GOS, Quebec, which now has a population of nearly thirty thousand souls, had onlv fifty inhabitants, although the coun- trv'had been occupied by the French since 1535. 77ic Flight of Birds. The rapidity of the flight of several birds has been estimated by ornithologists as follows Hawk and many smaller birds, 150 miles per hour. Swallow 92 Eider Duck 00 Falcon 75 60 25 A falcon belonging to Henry IV.

of France, once fiew from Fonlainbleau lo Malta in 24 hours. The distance is 135G miles. Pigeon Crow.