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PITRf JC AND PAILY TRANSCRIP1X PHILADELriHA, MONDAY, OCT28, 18. Orn Fehal Btstkm. After ill its fiounrth the age not much wiser than those which have preceded it It i. the ge rather of change than oi improvement and many its iwofj; loudly i. they have been jf.b in their resulu, be found to reflect but little credit uponou sagacity.

We have empu.es, abundance, but the thus far. done much to ad vanceiur iiH.flhaTC nrnved srood and eet incur iegij The imprmnt. inouwystem of punishment, though they have been hailed with delight by the dreaming old ladies of both sexes, are now recognised by cool headed and practical men wots than ulea. refer to our tidt t.r trstem. In the discussion of this subject ihere has been on all side a marvellous 0 is regard of the practical results of the system.

The pur of leeal punishment have been overlook ed and we have had philanthropic and dreamy abstractions npon a subject which ought only to considered in reference to results. With in air castles of these visionaries, we have nothing tn do. It is time that the system sboultl euo xnitted to the test of common sense if it canm endure the trial let it be abandoned. The objects of punishment we hold to be two fold First, to deter by example pana oa Miuco mttvs ad omnet ptrvtniat and, tecond ly, to prevent future crimes by the same offisnd Three are the only legitimate objects of punishment and those who seek other rt suits must be practically nnacquainted with the subject In the altainmentof the two objects jost mentioned these restrictions should be observed no unnecessary pain should be indicted on the criminal, and no nnnecessary expense should be incurred by the public, In referring to the first object of punishment, detening by example, we must admit that it is seldom attained, pirticularly after the fiist offence. Men are deterred from crime by conscience, education, BBsociatioTis and cirenmstan M.

hta seldom brlear. i In making an example of the offender to affright and deter olhete the object should be to excite tag greatest fear with the least infliction of mm. To effect punistimeni snouiu oe, i ri.ti,nl nAotmtntat. If the torments of conscience cannot deter from crime, appre hended mental suffering will be louna eneciuai. tWidea.

those who commit crimes are generally ignorant and nnrtflecttng. and incapable of ap" nrehcndini the torture of the mind. 2. Th suffering; ifcould be concentrated and HHTuieL The penal.y that is spread over nnth or veais of suffering is divided thtt it am not shock the mind while that which is thrown into the agony of an hour exiites the m.t trribl fear. Conctnuated suffaring is therefore more effectual.

JJor is it cruel he is sotsa cruel who inflicts a single pang, however excruciating, as he who watches me mow ana suflarines of years. Th mmishment should, in order to excite the greatest horror, be the object of lively pre judice and abhorrence, for the more it is hated the more will it be feared. Thi remark ap. plies to all those corporeal inflictions which, without leaving a lasting mark of infamy, occa sion a pain momentarily humiliating as well as severe. reneat.

that no unnecessary pam should v. inflated but we lay it down, at the same time, thai all the pain necessary to strike fear by the example should be inflicted. The object is the safety of and so far as the just the criminal be absolutely required, so far it should take place. An opposite policy mo vert sentimental, but it is not reasona ble. nor, in relation to the interests of the The deterring influence of 111 punishments is, however, much, overrated.

Those crimes which are most dangerous are most frequent. Criminals love adventure and peril, in exact monortion as a code is bloody, is crime prera lent this has been ascertained by the most unquestioned experience. Mankind, if not go erned by conscience, pride or intersst, cannot be deterred from crime by The second object of punishment wiougu rimnrv in importance ia to prevent luture th same criminal. The modes of VUVHVH effecting this appear to be the following 1. Thi death of tht offender.

This is effec m.l.hut.'in relation to many offences, unjust and. to all. barbarizing. A stronger objection is that this mode of punishment is obnoxious to troblic nreiudice, and, as a general rule, laws should never be opposed even to popular errors. The position may be considered heterodox, but Is defeasible and sound.

9 Tkt tonfintmtnt of the malefactor is the ituwt nhrious and ordinary mode of restraining his evil propensities. There have been many modes of penal confinement we will content ourseWes with relernng 10 uiose which have received the sanction of modern adoption. Coniaerorat a priion has prominent disadvantages It is unnecessarily severe it is unnecessarily expensive if the system be gregarious, it is demoralizing and ruinous and if, as here, solitary, it is attended with the evils ii i' wnicn we win menuuii uhmiio. Confinement to publU labor, properly conducted, may be msde effectual for the protection of the public, profitable to the government, and humane to the prisoner. This mode of punishment is, in one view, peculiarly adapted to this country, ind is recommended by the "high price of labor and the opening afforded for penal labor upoa our canals, railroads and other public works.

It is, however, attended with an exposure of the prisoner to the public gaze, and it is to be determined whether the example would deter as much as it would familiarize TA reform of tht prisoner is the favorite scheme of the It has received the sane tion of the first minds of the country and has been confirmed by the legislative action of the State. Still, with all submission, we are con strained to regard it as a miserable delusion "We speak as to facts. Let any man visit, day I dav. our umons. aud be will Mimi mat is folly to talk of the reform of criminals by any system.

We do not, and as Christians dare not, deny that they may potsibly recovered but we do question most distinctly the regenerating moral energies of any penal system. Let those who doubt 'the correctness of our views, examine the calendars scut to eur Cri minal Courts they will find three fourths of the prisoners marked as old convicts, and many of them as having been convicted four or fire times, or even ofieuerVv The reform of criminals is a pleasant thing to talk about. It affords scope for many eloquent flourishes in prison reports and newspaper paragraphs but it is the wildest dream that ever visionary doted on. The system of solitary confinement has not effected a reform in its subjects. We cannot now pause to demonstrate this fact if necessary, we will recur to the point hereafter.

Confinement abroad, or transportation, has many eminent advantages, which we have not time to explain. It is practicable, as the national government could readily obtain by tie gotiation a suitable island for the purpose. To tociety, transportation is attended with the fol lowing results It effectually protects the com munity from the future depredation of the criminal it averts the demoralization which the presence of a corrupted member of society pro. duces upon the mass; it saves the expense of supporting the malefactor if ta prison, or the police expense of watching him, if out it erects valuable commercial colonies, and ex tends the power and influence of the nation. To the prisoner, its advantages are equally im portant It gives him socially a new birth, and he recommences life, free from the effects of past crimes it places him upon an equality with those around him, and re awakens the pride which is the parent of our best actions; and it removes him from the necessities, scenes and associations which tempted him to crime Mankind are more alike than the unf alien may suppose.

Those tn ana those our oi tne prison are made up of the same passions, in stincts and propensities, and circumstance, ra ther than merit, often marks out their separate destinies. Let the despised, sell reproached and down trodden live in a new world, with new hopes around him, and he will, nine times in ten, regain ms lost position ana cnaracicr. wa: Besides, extremes correct themselves. A society of malefactors, ex neMtfaf, must return to virtue, or be exterminated by their own pas sions. There is, accordingly, no instance in which transported criminals have not become, as a society, eminent for order and morality.

We refer to the instances of the settlements in Vir ginia, and to the colony of Botany Cay, and to others of like But we do not, at present, go so far as to commit ourselves in favor of transportation we merely allege that the present system is an utter failure. It looks well, and is an excellent subject for the smirking and hypocritical declamation of an annual report. It has, we adnvt, excited attenlioa abroad, and commissioners were sent from France to examine its Notwithstanding all this, we allege that it was begotten in igno rance and fanaticism, has been carried on in cruelty and error, and is, in all its parts, failure. Yft allege that solitary imprisonment is expensive, cruel and insufficient. To prove that it is expensive, we refer the reader to the annual report of the auditors.

The interest on the sam for the erection of the pn son, the police of the prison, the increase of the prisoners and the deficiency of labor, make formidable items in the dreadful burthens of this tax opprested city and county. In relation to the cacELTT of this system, we allege that it destroys the body, the mind and the morals. To prove that it is destructive of the physilal well being of the prisoner, we refer (for we have not time to do more) to the facts that he is wholly deprived of exercise, caged in a cell where he can scarcely extend his limbs, and cannot breathe the air nor see the face of heaven that he is exposed to the corroding influ ence of unbroken monotony, and that the actual results are palenets, debility, swollen limbs, and broken down constitutions. They live, it is true, in these cells, but with only enough of life to know its torture. The effects upon the mind 'are still more de structive A greaf mind, full of material, may be eierted in solitude and saved from the gnawing tooth of lonely, self devouring thought.

A Galileo or a Raleigh might live thus and not sink under it. But inferior minds require ex ternal stimulus. Without something to awa ken them they stagnate into Lethean dulness. Such are the practical results of solitary con finement. Men go into prison with active aud vigorous intellects, and are discharged gibber, ing and brute like idiots This is a fact.

The friends of the system will not deny it. In relation to its influence upon the moral character, we entertain an equally unfavorable opinion of it. Solitude is always dangerous The evil in our nature so predominates over the good, that if the latter be not aided by external influences, it is overwhelmed in the contest. The enemy of mankind took our Saviour into the wilderness when he tempted him. The monasteries and nunneries, where solitude has been tried under the most favorable auspices, have proved the hotbeds of every species of crime.

Separate a man from his species, dissolve the ties which link him with his brother 'man, and you sink him to a level with the brute. Those who take but a superficial view of this subject, imagine that solitude will be attended by introspection, self reproach and contrition. To a certain extent they are right. The pri soner who is left to himself may for a time be overwhelmed with self reproach. But every passion will, if unchecked, work itself out, and the consequence will be reaction.

The tortur. ing monotony of solitude will soon overcome the voice of reproach. Uulness, exhaustion and stupor succeed. Existence becomes a tor ment. There is nothing to break the gravelike silence and vacuity.

The prisoner falls back upoa himself imagination and memory are called upon to people his cell. He" requires excitement. Evil thosghta eicite most, and he gives himself up to them. He commits self pollution upon his mind. Those who are acquainted with the details of our prison history, need not he told of the brutal and horrible physical degradation which too often ensues.

But there is no necessity for abstract spec ulations upon this subject. Solitary confine w. i. eii.n it nils. I tained or exploded project.

What are the facts! We assert that of the thousands who have been Subjected to its operations, none have been re formed. Finally, we allege that it is inefficient iron it does not circumscribe the extent of crime. It inflicts the greatest torturebut protects the community for the shortest period. It does not defer, for the suffering is a mental one, and is so diffused that it does not excite terror. It does not reform, but on (he contrary stupifies the mm, blunts the feelings and debases the body.

As it is too intense for protracted endurance, it abbreviates the trm, and thus loosens upon society the wolves that prey upon it. In every point of view the system is inefficient We have exhausted eur space. The subject is important and should not be overlooked. Our Legislature made this experiment: let them select able and practical men to inquire into its results. If, as we assert, it is i failure, the sooner it is abandoned the better.

Attempt At Muaota akd Suicide. On Saturday night, about 9 o'clock, an individual named Manasseh Scott attempted to. kill a girl named Mary Palmer by shooting her with a pistol. The transaction occurred at a house of ill fame, in Plum street, below Fourth, where Scott was visiting, and without any cause being given he drew a pistol from his pocket and fired it at her heart. Fortunately the ball glanced and wounded her in the left breast, not very deeply nor very dangerously.

After this net he drew another pistol and snapped it at his own heart; the' cap exploded without discharging the pistol. He was then seized and taken be fore Alderman Manderfield, when he confessed that his intention was to kill her and then de stroy his own life. When interrogated as to his motive for committing such acts, he replied that he had no motive other than that he did not care about living, but would as lieve die as not. He had never seen the girl before, as he had been in this city but a few days, having come from Ohio, where his wife and family resided, but during the short time that he had been here he had lost $1200. He did cot say in what manner he lost the money, but it is probable that it was stolen from him at some of those disreputable places that indulgence in vicious habits led him into.

His loss perhaps rendered him desperate, and reckless of consequences he attempted to destroy her and him self. He was committed for the present to prison. We understand that the girl was yesterday conveyed to the hospital, the ball not having been, extracted. Seott stated that he has a brother in Allentown. FtBES.

An alarm of fire about seven o'clock on Friday evening was caused by burning of the chimney of a house in Front street, near Noble. It emitted such a quantity of sparks and cinders that a neighboring fire company poured a copious supply of water on the roof to prevent it from catching. Another. An alarm of fire about 11 o'clock oa Saturday night originated from the partial burning of a tenement in Old York Road, near Noble street A neighboring Jiose company however extinguished it before material injury occured. The same premises have been on fire three times within the last six months.

The fire was the work of incendiarism. Another. An alarm about two o'clock yesterday morning had its origin from the burning of a large icehouse west of the Ridge Road and south of Coates street. The building was low and nearly half a square in length; it was entirely composed of wood, and in consequence of the inflamatory materials of which it was constructed and a great scarcity of water, was wholly consumed. The fire undoubtedly was the result of incendiarism.

A building of similar dimensions and on the same site was de stroyed by fire but a few years since. Baltimore MARKET. From three to four hundred head of cattle were sold last week in Baltimore, at from $6 to $7.50. Live hogs at $9 per 100 lbs. Sales of flour were made on Tuesday of about 2000 barrels, from stores, part for export to England, at $6.25.

A large sale of City Mills was made on Tuesday, at $6 25. Prime red wheat sells at $1.25 a 1.30, and white, suitable for family floor, at $1.35 a 1.38. Sales of old white cora at 75 cents, and old yellow at 79c new is held at 58 a Co cents. Sales of rye at 73 a 75, and ef oats at 34 a 45 cents. ROBBEIT AUD THE MOSET ReTC5CD, On Wednesday last we gare a notice of the robbery of Mr.

Lewis Brown's store, No. 148 Market about $450 in bank bills. A bank book containing $1000 and a bag of specie contain ing $50, were dropped in the alley ia the re treat. On Friday the postmaster of Baltimore received a letter containing a package efbank notes to the amount of $300, directing him to have it forwarded to Mr. Brown, which was immediately done.

Akotbek Lawkch. The successful naviga tion of the Atlantic, by steam ships, has not diminished the enterprise of the New York packet owners. On Saturday a ship of 800 tons, called the Fairfield, was launched. A few days before the Patrick Henry, of 1000 tons, glided off the stocks. Mcrdkb.

Three boys named Green, recently went into the enclosure of a Mr. Thompson, in the vicinity of for the purpose of getting some apples. Mr. T. ordered them off the premises, when an altercation ensued one of the boys wrested a hammer and killed Mr.

T. with a single blow. A New Eugihe House. The Friendship Engine Company is building a very neat brick house for the reception of their apparatus at Third and Brown streets. It was high time, the old barrack in which their engine is yet contained threatens daily to tumbledown.

Araociocs Moansa. Two planters, named Bush and Hamilton, of Iberville, bad an altercation on the 10th when the latter was shot in hi owe yard by Bmh. who then msde his eicape. A Doustt Ewcrmon Leonard and McGunnigle, condemned for the munler of Bernard Coyle.ia last, were executed at Kisestoo, U. purwast to their sentence, on the lOih inst.

Sricit The packet hipGarritk, for Liverpool. tok en kundrtd in specie. Specie 1 was df poaited yeray ia arr ima the Broker, on the eonditioa of aome alight accommodation. a Kiulemaa who ia bo tilUe trepidation drew $.. U0 from on of our banks, immediately on theaoa penaion at Philadelphia, rererdar oroornt it sack and ut It nert he took It tm.

Jrr. a Ccm. KnnQLABY. The dwelling houbq Mr, W. Yate.

N.T3 Franklia street, near Buttouwood, was entered and robbed on Saturday morning last. The villaius effected an eatrance bybor. ing through the front of the basement story. Article! alued at about fifteen or twen ty dollars were taken, and a quantity oi nee pudding and cranberry pies devoured by the gormandizing rascals 1 An attempt was also made on iriaay nigui last, to enter a house in Wallace street, near Franklin, by prying off the shutters. The ope.

rators were overheard by the man of the house, who came forth with a masket, intending to give them a warm reception, when, taking the hint, they left the premises without any further compliments passing between them. Mobe Relief to the SurrEiEis. The BaU timqre Sun announces that the entire receipt for the advertisements which will be published in that paper to day, will be appropriated to the relief of the sufferers by the late fires in Mobile. The New York Sub raised $225 for them in the same way. The Baltimore Clipper, of fc'atur day, announces its intention of devoting the proceeds of to day's advertising to the same purpose.

Two Fiats at NoaroiK occurred on Friday morning last, one in a smiihcry on Ford's Lane, between Main and Union streets, which was entirely destroyed. Another in a confectionery establishment of Messrs. Mayer Granechy, on Main street, which was put out without much, damage a. Both fires the work of design. Lucky Escape.

A workman employed in rebuilding the bridge at Hartford, fell from a height of fifty feet into the river, striking against the timbers of the bridge in his de scent. He was taken up senseless and badly bruised, but next day was walking about as well as ever. Despatch. John Johnson, a colored man, who was arrested on Friday last, on a charge of being concerned with others in stealing pora from Messrs. J.

K. Graham Son, had a true bill returned against him, and in less than an hour after his arrest he was tried and found guilty. Ship Matamobas recently sailed from New York for Trinidad, with about 200 colored emigrants for that Island. They were under the superintendence of the agents of the Trinidad planters, who pay their passage money and furnish supplies for the voyage. 1 i Fibe in Newabk.

On Friday a fire broke out in a building used for stowing lumber, at tached to Mr, J. C. Hedenburg's coach factory, which was consumed with a quantity of tiin ber, fUaa Monst roa Habd La o. Uncle Bam tarns nut to be the very honest, fair dealing old chap that we always took him to be, before tht litUe scrim mace we lately had with him about the seamstresses. Beine fully convinced, by our arfumenta, that be ought to pay ipecie, when be required it in payment, be very bandaoraely unbuttoned his wallet and banded out the half eagles to the ladies his employment Here is another great and good object effected by that nnconpf smiting, deaper niety boneal' little sheet called the Ledger.

Eight hundred widowa and other destitute femalea are made happy by receiving weekly alt that is doe them, and that in a currency which will command all the necessaries of life at their lowest cam prices. Are we not rewarded, trasscendently rewarded, in the contemplation of thehappiaees produced through our influence 7 Go on, seamstresaef persevere in your industrious hab ila; rejoice ia yonr solvation from abinplaslers; kick with your pretty little feet against all oppreasion: commend Uncle Sam warmly for the act of Justice be has performed, and wben)OU are in trouble again, let know it, and you sball And a friend wbois able and willing to help you. Tat 8TAMMIBEBS. The success with which Dr Comatock tresis eases of stammering was happily exemplified at his exhibition at Temperance. Nail, on Thursday evening la it.

The caret which bad been performed on tome of the patients weie truly wonderful and in tome cases the very thort time occupied ia removing tbe impediment of speech almoil led some persona to sutpect that tbe Doctor was tu pernaturaily gifted. A scene from tbe tragedy of Cato and other recitations were given oy we pupui bo had been stammerers, and tbe manner in which Ihry peiformed, tbe clearness and strength of their elocution, made tbe ute ruin eat ol Dr. Oomatock't sys tem perfectly satisfactory, even to those hearers who bad hitherto been moat incredulous. FAtsina Bmali. NoTt.

Tbe agent of tbe Balti more aod Ohio Railroad Company, in Washington ciiy, was examined before amagistrate in that place on a charge of having paaaed and circulated within the county of Washington, in the District or Colum tia, bank bills of a lets denomination than five dol Itn. The charge was admitted, and the agent enter' edinto recognisance to appear and answer it. Tbe object of tbe Railroad Company, through their agent, is said to be to ascertain the constitutionality or the law of the United States prohibiting the circulation of small notes within tbe District of Columbia, which law paaaed during tbe laat tension of Congress. iMftevsmuT in Buiwiaa Rocis It is said tbst Mr. Vavnaiber, a German, in tbe Brazils, has wade important discovery mat samaiui.

(particularly of soft weod.) roiled with gunpowder, in equal parts, hat tbiiee the strength or gunpowder alone, when used ia blowing up rocke r. paptr. We doubt if this discovery was toady by a German, or made ia tbe Brazils. Five years ago the same im provement was announced in some of the newspiperi of tbia country. Ttb Trial op tbi Riotcbs on tbe Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, still engages the court of Cumberland, Md.

Twtlve have been found guilty, one of whom was sentenced to tbe Penitentiary for 18 years, seven for 16 years, two for 9 years and 8 months, and one 4 years and 8 months. Various sentence have been accorded to otheis not a deeply implicated. "Fatbcb BtrTLsa, asd tbs Leung DtAko Pa sRix; by W. H. Carleton, author of 'Tales and Btoriet of Irish Peasantry, N'eal tu.

To which are added, National Tales, by Thomas Hood, author of the 'Comic tu. In two volumes." Philadelphia, T. K. at P. C.

Collins, 1839 Nbablt Siaioie. Yesterday afternoon a very handsome carriage broke down with a tremendous crash in Sixth street, above Arch Tbe accident was anted by tbe breaki ng of tbe front a xle. Four gen. tlemea riding therein were considerably mixed op for a moment, but caned without any injury. Boers La a a The Kew Orleans Bee, of the 17th, says that oa the Bbnday evening previous tbe jail of Covington waa broken open from tbe outside.

and all the prisoners let loos. On was charged with murder and on f.ir swindling. Tbs Bams Savaram, bave not sutpend ed Tbe bankaot Columbus have, as alto the Bank of Augusta, and the Augusta Insurance and Banking Company. Tne Yellow Favaa appears be spreading ia Louitiona. Franklin, Donaldson, and several other place art suffering from it.

Hi'scdutiom wira th wduks. tn uecretary of War hat received Infoimatioa that an attempt ia about to be by tome persons' axsoclnted for that purpose tn New York, to carry out to England, with a view of exhibiting them on speculation, number of Indians of the Bacs and Foxes. In order to protect them from such a degradation, he bat tal, ken meaiures under the direction of lb President to pi event theit abduction from the United States, and has requested the Collectors of the pohs of Mobile and New Orleans, to give him information if any such attempt it mad. Tbe act of the government ia t.hia matter is worthy of praise. The President is the legal guardian of these sons of the forest, and is bound to prelect them against the cupidity of speculators, and to return thtm to their homes in the west.

Z3" We bave a decided aversion tu coffee when at tended by so unpalatable an accompaniment as pit tola, and to avoid partaking of such a mess, batten to make the amende koiwrabU to our ferocious friend of the Pawtucket Gazette, The article so scandalizing to the fair of that place, appeared In a New York paper, and with tht intention of rebuking Ike writer for bis want of gallantry, we appended a re maik to It. The article was published by mistake without comment, and hence tbe reason why we are made ob noxious to the charge. Coaom's Io.iuT. Tne Uwroner waa called oa Saturday evening last, to bold an Inquest at the' bouse of Mr. John Tieracy, Callowbill street, near Fair mount, on the body of an Inlknt, three month old, tbs child of a Mr Brown.

Verdict of tbe Jury, death by accidental suffocation. An inquest was also held yesterday afternoon, by the Corner, on tbe body of a white man, by iba name of Edward Kal, aged about yean, who fell dead in Bhippen street. Verdict of tbe jury, death by the visitation of Cod. XT No connriuation yet of the report of Gen Jackson's death. Tbe old veteran, we venture to prophesy, will live to receive the congratulations of hie friends for msny a day, iadeapite ef bii being killed off so frequently.

1 Texas Mnev Is ailing at New Orleans on the dollar. Rlarrlaili On the 2tib by tb Rev Mr.Suddarda, 1 VY. Burnet, Esq to Mrs. Catharine T. Hoffman, widow of the late John Hoffman, boh of ibis city.

On the 2Ub by Alderman John Laws, Mr. Itaac Wright, of Spring Garden, to Mra. Barah Freed, of tbe Northern Libei tie. On the 83d by tbe Rev. Douglas, James R.

Dickson to Caroline daughter ef James Stewart, Esq, all of tblt city. Dl4, On tbe 37th Mrs. Margaret White, in tbe ear of her bee. Her friends and acquaintances, and tbe ef tke faiuily, are respectfully Invited to attend her funeral from ber late residence, Noble street, between Fifth and Sixth, to morrow afternoon, at 8 'stock. jlMiker Vtttrf One! On tb 27th inst, Henry Yeager, aged 78 years.

He served hi country as a Drummer the Revolutionary wsr. lii friend and acquaintances and Military of the city and county of PniladVlpbia, are respeciiully invited to attend his funeral, irom bis late residence, in Queen street, below Front, to morrow afternoon, at o'clock. At St Louis, on the 14th of bilious fever, Mr. Geoige Nace, carpenter, formerly of Marietta, Lancaster county. Fa.

Ou the 21 inL, after a lingering illness, Marks Young, in the eOtb year of bia age one of the Revolutionary tublier. On tbe 14th ineL in the 27th year of hit age, Lieut. Charles S. Rtdgely, of the V. Navy, son of General Charles Blerett Kidgely, of Anne Arundel co Md, At Cincinnati, on the of consumption, William McLean, Etq.

formerly a highly respectable member of Congress front OMe. At Pittsburt on tlie 30th after a short ill new, Mary, wife of Jam Dnbtell. Br. i HEALTH OFFICE. rRiU0ELrHiA.Oct.9G, 1H9.

Interment in th Otf a Lilertre a fkiUdtlphifk frtm 19( to the SUM Oct. Asthma 1, Aaiibytra 1 Hums l. Cancer of the Longs Croup Congestion of the Brain t. Consumption of the Lungs II. Coneutuiou of the Brsin 1, Convulsion 3, Diarrbcta 2, Dropiy of 4he Head 1, do.

in the Reaat 1. Disease the Hf art 1, do. of tbe Liver 1, Drowned 2. Dysen tery 7. Debility 1.

Epilepsy 1, Fever 3, do. Catarrhal 1, do. Bilious da Tyhtis 1, Typhoid I. do Scarlet Hooping Cough 3, Inflammation of tbe Brain 3, do. of the Luhgs 3, do.

of the torn J. do. of the Stomacla and Bowels 1, do. of the Bowel 3, do. of the Liver 1, do.

of tbe Breast 1, Intempeiaace 1, Jaundice Marasmus 1, Mania a Pnta Old Age fatty 1, Rheumatism 1, Rupture of a Blraid Veseei 1. Bciirhua of the Stomach 1, Still Burn 6, Unknowa Adulta 39. Children). Of the above there were: ander 1 year SO; from 1 to 9, l3teft 10; to 10. 10 to 13 to 20, to 30, 13; 30 to 40, 40 to 50, 59 to 60, 60 to7V 70 to 80, 80 to 90, 4: to 100, l.

Total 89. From Almshouse 5, People of Color 4, Country 12. By order ef the Board of Health. SAMUEL P. MARKS, Clerk.

rfp NOTICE. MR. WlVCHEjITEa, Of the Latter Day Saints. (Manuu) will Fresch at the Commissioners' Kali, in South ark THIS) EVENING. Oct 28, at 7 o'clock.

ogg If rfp SCHUYLKILL BANK. AN adjourned Meeting of the Stockholders nf tbe above institution, will be held TrilS EVENING, the Sttb instant, at 7, o'clock, at tbe EXCHANGE, in the Room ol th Board of Trade, when the Committee appointed at the meeting on Monday Evening last will make their Report unctual and particular attendance is requested. JOHN B. NEWMAN, Chairman. BRITAIN COOPER.

BecTy. 03811 TO THE PUBLIC At an Adjourned Meet ing of the NEPTUNE HOSE COMPANY, held on tht evening of Oct. 23, the Committee appointed at a previous meeting to wait upon Meters. Brown, Newbold k. submitted the following report In consequence of a widely spread rumor of the Conduct of two members of Ibis Company aetiug Us tbe capacity of a Collecting Committee, and the very aggravated charg alleged against them, yonr Com tun tee was induced to seize tbe earliest opportunity to wait upon tbe gentlemen of that firm, when Mr.

Newbold desired the Committee to nature tbe Company and the public there waa not tbe slightest foundation of truth in the rumor, whatever, and expressed a sincere regret that a report to ruinous to tb character of the young men tltonld bave been so generally circulated upon ao false a charge. On motion, the report waa accepted, and tbe two members entirely exonerated from all charge or censure. Extract from tbe minute, J. B. LAUCK, Preat.

J. F. SMITH, Pec. pro Urn. o28 It r(f PH HENOLOtJ LEtTUR RB and PUBLW EXAMINATIONS, at 2i6CHESNUT street, above EIGHTH atreet JVA O.

FOWLER will continue hi LECTURES ON PHRENOLOGY, THIS r.ytJflXO, as abve, at 7, clock. Bub ject. "The Domestic Propensities, with Remarks upon Choosing and Living with Companions Fore nologically.H Single Ticket 23 cent, or (J for N. B. On next Friday Evening he will commence teaching a Clase, limited to 15 Pupil, the Locatioa aod Proportionate Size of th Organs, making tbsns Practical Phrenologist.

Terms 2 for the eoorte of Ave Lectures or 50 cents Single Lecture. For parti, eulars. apply a above. Examinations every Day and Evening, fit Port ef Philadelphia, Sum Ruts, 0 45 m. SrU, 5 15w Hie W'oW.

52? CLEARED. Barque Navarre Veaenck, Pernambuco; cbrs John Clara, Collins, Richmond; Anner Pttoa, Thompson, Mobile; Frances, Vance. Norfolk. ARRIVED. Brig Old Colony, Lnw, Pernambuco, 8 pt 12.

Brig Orizabo. Datis, Oratavia, Tenenffe. Sept 13. Brig Wm Rodger. Taylor.

Boston, 8 days. Brig Lincoln. Biker, Eastport, 8 days. Brig Lodi. Loveland, Boeton.

Cava. Schr Matilda, Simpson, Easip rt, 9daya. SchrBriliant, Nichols. Ca'ai. 14 day.

Pctr New Delight, Lilly. New Bedford.5 Bchr Driver. Tytor. Richmond. 4 days.

Paenrer pceshipTho P.Cope. for Charleston: am.w.r Jub Do tail, the Mises Oliver. Mr. and Mr. Lyon and two children, Mis Wolf.

Mr. T. Huber and lady, Mia VVinebrenner.Mm.Jos Thomn. on, Mrs. Clark, damhter and oo, Mr.

Plemmiag, Master Msn indole, Mrs. Front, two children andter. vant. Dr. Warinr and two children, Mis Jobnsoaaad servant, Dr.

Wilkinson and lady..