The Pittsfield Sun from Pittsfield, Massachusetts • 1

S' Ar VOtu XXXIV. THURSDAY, MAY 1834. NO. 1755. POLITICAL DOMESTIC.

STATE LAWS. Capt. Percivsi, of ihe ai-nuuner Gen. Jackson, in a letter recently received, states that after leaving St, Salvador, (no date given) he pro. ceeded to the Island of Paula, where he found 21 poor unfortunate beings, the only survivors of 91 men, women and children crew and passengers of the English ship Lady Monro, cant iJUtaftcifc uu pH" wmj THURSDAY, on the fol.

)rf terms gobecriber in the Village, whose papers Jslirerea, $2 50 per annum. fs those, who reeeiTe them bjr mail, or at 1)4 Office, $2 per annum. paper will be uscontn'ned, unless at the gptioaef the Editors, until ail arrearages are away there. They had been shipwrecked ten nos tbs stoai. TI1E PROTEST OF GOV.

McKEAN. Mr Kane, ot' Illinois, allow the justice of the application mads fey the President to tht Senate, asking admission for bis defence upon the journal, nhere the accusatory resolution stands reeorded.referred to a Pennsylvania pre-redrnt. We give it below and it will be seen, that the Prnosylsania Legislature sustained toe request of Go. McKean, to place his vindica-lion on Iho records of that body, altho the resolution of impeachment proposed by the Committee, was rejee.ed hy the House. We have before os a Biography of the signers of the Declaration of Independence, eon-tsmrgihsl of Go.

M-Kcan, Iroin whirh we continued a win ret of deliberation. But the dclicacv, whim has thus recognised your con atiiutional jurisdiction, must not be allowed to absorb every consideration that is due to my own fame, to the feelings ol mv family, and to the opinion of the world. Tbs accusatioh, tro OT COKPIRXRD TUX Pt-TIWATa VOTC Ol Tll Horse, BA BKKH Plt.1 XS ATI. LT Fiivil), BAS Sit ova an Ptscraain, ass will pass, akoss THC LVSISLATI RXCOStlS, I RTO TB I A DS OV oca covuTiTvtir, ardour postkritt, with a.l IT corssiTAT ttaauact or eaoor. asp asferitt or Avix-nvaasioia.

Tbr excision, that iirsiwu rocs aaeunct atior or tur la rsAcaatiT, AFracrs hr, isnr.in, wits its tv-tici and its irsfrdbrcb but it is a si CHIOS WR1CB MECLDDBi Til tanOINIST or tii rboolar mfars or oareirea, itnm a cox-rtTIIT TIIIVIAU A.sn, THRRCFORB. CONrtLI MR. FOR TOR rURFOSCa OF VIRDICAT ION.TO CLAIM A FAGR IS THR SABR VOLDMR THAT aRRVES TO AOAIRST MR THR lUrVTATION OF OF-FICIAI. AMD MISDRMRANORa. It II io-gen'lenten.

with my new of the days, but the bodies of the dead remained un- horied. After performing the unpleasant task of committing the putrid bodies tn the earth. lie embarked with the survivors, on board his vessel, and carried them in safety to Port Louis, in the Isle of France. The Lady Munro was commanded by Capt. John Aikin.

She sailed from Calcutta on the 27lh June, li was wrecked on the night of the Illh October. Boston Transcript. TERMS or ADVERTISING, far the insertion of one square three times a succession, one dollar. Every succeeding three insertions, fifty cents. jfrerUeements continued six months and o- Coniuiotnveahh of Massachusetts AN ACT making a Written Memorandum necessary to the Validity of certain Promise Engagement.

A i nske hrief snpsi of the history of the a deduction of 20 per cent, from the above unp-aebment against him and the rc- ruomr. nhirh he was permitlsd to place on the will be made. charges journal. There were six article, of impeachment re ported against Gov. McKean but one of winch, compatible, HiriTtllTI CSIMRS job Eiscoted with neatness, accuracy and expo, fltioe, and on reasonable terms.

The veracious New-Tork Courier St Enquirer, published an article on the eve of the election in Ne-York, that of righty-one towns in te slate the opposition had succeeded at the town meetings aixtj biee. The Albany Argus extracts tbe article, exposes its utter falsity, sod publishes a statement of the result of the spring election as far as the accounts ha'e come in It shows that five hundred and thirty-fie town, embracing wholly or in part thirty-right counties, have elected 327 republican supervisors, to 203 bank opposition, and by a decided aggregate republican gain time last year and a still greater gain since 1832. The spring election in the state notwithstanding the tapnnr fcEC. 1. He it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Cottii assembled and by the authority of the tame.

I'tiat in actions ot debt, or upon me case grounded on any simple contract, no acknowledgment or prom' se by words only, shall be deemed sufficient evidence of a new or continued contract whereby to lahe any case out of the operation of the Act for the Lun-fation of Personal Actions, and for avoiding Suits at passed or the 13th day of February, in the yesr of ouf Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-seven or to deprrvr any party of the benefit AWFUL CALAMITY. We copy from the Kittaning (Armstrong Co. Pa. Gazette and the following account of a most distressing occurrence On the night of IViday the 13th ult. the house and barn of Capt.

John C. Kissinger, of Toby township, in tins county, ere consumed by fire, and what is most shocking to relate, nine nf hi children perished in the flame The parents were on a visit to Mrs. Kissinger's father's a distance of eight miles. Out nf eleven children two only are left one an infant, which the parents had with them, the others daughter nf eight years of age, who was awrav from home. The way in which the fire originated is not known, and it was not discovered till about 9 o'clock the following morning.

One horse and large quantity nf grain was consumed in shorj nothing was in or about toe house or barn unconsumed. A gentleman who had been present at the scene of the calamity, subsequently called upon us, from whom we learned a few additional particulars. I'lie sufferers were from mne'ren year of age downwards. So far a cmil.l observed, the bones were in the same relative position which they slept, which leads to the belief that they were smothered in their bed hy the smoke before the P.ames reached them. One only had got to different part of tne house.

Awful as wss the sgrnt of their death it was probably attended with but little suffer ing. The unhappy parents, we are told, were st first (and very prudently too) only informed of the destruction of their property 'I he father returned on Saturday, but the mother remained at her father's until the next morning, still ignorant of the extent of her loss. When she arrived, she surveyed for a moment the smoking rums, and then asked frr her children. Let the ader imagine, if be can, the effect of the shocking disclosure. It is a r-maihablr circumstance, anil one cal Culateil to heighten if possible the distress of these parents, that their oldest child was burnt to death some years since.

A horse and a yoke of oxen were burnt. Also a dog that lay in the barn his hones were found in the place where he was accustomed to lie. Two large hogs were consumed in the pen, although the door was open. JIISCELLAXEOUS. ing of the opposition ha resulted in the usual, to thereof, unless such acknowledgment or p-om- the least, republican triumph, and furnishes evidence that the democracy of the state cherish their principles, will assuredly prevail a the fall elections, and once more and finally place their veto upon the mammoth bank.

solemnity of the occasion, to descend to the language of invective or complaint. By expo ing the depravity of other men. 1 should do little tn demonstrate my own innocence and an rtprrninn of sensibility, at any personal indignity that l.as hern inflicted, might be construed into an encroachment upon the freedom of legislative ilehate. But the tenor of my public life ill, I nope, be suihcient to repel every vsgur and declamatory aspersion. The cernment of our constituents will resddy de-ivct any latent motive of hatred and malice.

The jii'tice of the legislature upholds an ample shield again, the spirit of persecution and the conscious rectitude of my nr mine! will yield a tasting consolation, amidst all the vicissitudes of popular favor and applause." That I may I ave erred in judgment that 1 may have been mistaken in my general views of public policy and that I may have been deceived hy the objects of executive confidence, or benevolence, am not ao vain, nor so credulous, as to ieuiv though, in the present instance, I am still without the proof ami without the belief hut the firm and fearless position which I take, invites the strictest scrutiny, upon a fair exposition of our constitution and laws, into the sincerity and truth of the general answer given to my accusers that no act of my pubhc ft wa however, even remoiely cli Ptil criminal ino-ne nr inientinn. In this particular In earn com negatives the idea, held out by Mr, Leigh, nf Virginia, that to bring a charge ol a of tht constitution and tht lavl," within the character o' an accusation, embracing imprtu-hmmt." it la necessary that a rrtm tn.il or corrupt intenfton should be a- presvly alleged and not he left to inference. The article ni impeachment Gov, McKean, made im allegation of corrupt criminal deng The first charge is. that h. rendered void the election of a Sheriff in the city and county ol Philadelphia." contrary to the true intent and meaning of the constitution." prcmrditaledly wantonly and unjustly." Unle, in addition to the charge that Go.

McKean had done tnjua tire in acting contrary to tht ronstilution.iho Legislature intended to hava the meaning interred, that he had dune an against hit own opinion the intent of the ronai itulion and for a sinister purpose. then no one of the art icics apprise hed Mr, Leigh's definition of an impeachment. The 2d charge was. that the Governor h-id a surprd indicia! authority, and interfered in fa-tar of eonrtri for forgery, in defiance of lair, and contrary to tnr mm. regulations of the prison." tr.

tn. No phraa lunching the mutive or ntrntion i added here. 1 1 Buy a rose said a democratic urchin. presenting a tuft nf wilted cabbage leaves to one of the new-named Ifhtg of the day. Rose you little rogue that's no rose.

I know it, sir, but you ran end it a rose." SPRING. The air is becoming more milJ and balmy, tkf ky wears a softer tlie earth exhibits signs of life, and tho gloom of Win-tr has vanished before the brightness of ipnog. There is a peculiar charm about this sea mo, a freshness a soul moving life, and a teaching beauty there seems to be a kindly iefiaence above, beneath, and around us, the breeze sweeps gently by I'den with sweet, less, the heavens are serene. the buds and blossom appear as the heralds of plenty, the carol of the bird comes sweetly to the ear. (oonds of life are around us in mingled har-conj, and EsrtA with Arr thousand rate ft raises shall man go forth amid the bright scenes which surround Ivm.

incapacitated from enjoying them by his passions snd his world! mesa shall his unheeding eye see no beauty ami bis inattentive ear hear no musk! Shall the rich gifts of Heaven be wasted os him, and nature smile in vain upon brr recreant son 3 Let it not be so, let us cast oft out evil passions, snd give up our souls to the enjoy -Bent of appropriate recreation, let our affections be rightly directed, and our hearts tempered to receive kind impressions and salutary lessons from converse with the great book of nature. Independent Press. Straws. The entire royal press of the Canadas take ground in favor of their friends the Nova Scotia or Hartford Convention Whigs in this country, and in favor also ofthe Bank. These presses oppose the extension ofthe rights ofthe people in the Provinces, and urge the continuance of the aristocratic distinctions.

Albany Argus. The 3d wa. that contrary to the true inh nl et-er done from a corrupt mat, re nor without a ond meaning of the constitution, and in nutation del ben. that the act too lawful prop nf it. did he appoint Or.

Geo. Buchanan La Mr MKean then proceeds, in a -el. Physician of the port of PhUartctj hto. circumstantial and manner, separate-There is nu fiminslitv of motive alleged here ly to vindicate his character, in every particular. The 4ih alleged that, under precedent nek- fromthe aspersions with which lie had been nnirledgrd to hart been derirtd from the King af assa.ferl.

I his replication comprehends a very Great Britain, and contrary to the express letter learned ami masterly disquisition upon many ct the most I hi I tan. did hr suffer his name to be the constitutional powers and duties of the ex- etomped upon blank paltnls." No crime hut that left to inference, is to bo found in Ona article of the impeachment. The 5h is. that contrary to law. did he tu-prrsrdr Dr James Reynolds as a member of the Board of Health." No crime here, but that to be inferred from the charge of violating the law.

ecutive, ami upon repeated reference tn it, it has been found tn bear the cautioos scrutiny of unuppassinned judgment, and to furnish a safe, a clear, and a useful guide in the elucidation of cases involving points similar to those hich he prnfeaae to discuss. Sucli was the document, snd such were the i-e shall be made or contained by or in coma writing signed l.y the party chargeablotbereby: and that where there shall he two or more joint conn-actor or executors, or administrators of anjr contractor, no such joint contractor, executor or administrator shall lose the benefit of the act a-bove mentioned, so as to be chargeable in respect or by reason only of any written acknow or promise made and signed by any oth-cror others of tiiem. Prorided.alu tiysfYhsA noth mg herein contained shal alter, or take mWAV.or lessen the effect of an pay mt of any principal or ntrfst tr.ale by any e.son whasoever: Provided also. That jn actions to be commenced against 2 or more sucli joint contractors, or executors, or administrators, if it shall appear at the trial, or otherwise, that the plaintiff, though barred btF the act ahove mentioned, or this act, as to ins or more of such joint execute nt or administrators, shall nevertheless, be entitled to recover against any other, or others, of the defendants, by virtue of a new acknowledgment or promise, or otherwise, judgment may be given for the plaintiff as to such defendant, or defendants, against whom he shall recover, and for the other defendant, or defendants, against the plaintiff. Sec.

2. Re it farther enacted. That if ary defendant, or defendants, in any action on any simple contract, shad plead any matter in abatement, to the efTect that any other person, or persons, ought to be jointly issue be joined on such plea, and it shall appear at the trial that the action could nut, by reason of the set tbove mentioned, or this act, be maintained a-gainat the other person, or persona, named ira such plea, or of any of them, the issue joined ot tch Ira shall found againat the plrty pleading tne sume. Sec. 3.

Be it further enacted. That no endorsement or memorandum of any payment, wr.tten or made, after the time appointed for this Act to take effect, upon any promissory note bill of exchange, or other writing, by or on behalf of the party to whom such payment shall be made.or purport lo be made.shall be deemed sufficient proof of such payment.so as to take thA case out of Ihe operation of either of said Act. Sec. 4. Re it further enacted.

That tha Act first above mentioned, and this Act, shall br deemed and taken to apply to the case of any' debt or simple contract alleged by way of setoff on the part of any defendant, cither by pies filing, or otherwise. Sec. 5. Be it further enacted. That no action shall be brought whereby to charge any person upon or by reason of any representation or assurance made or given concerning or relating to the character, conduct, credit, ability, trade or dealings of any person, to the intent or purpose that such person may obtain credit, money, or goods thereupon, unless cuch representation or asaurance be made in writingign-ed by tbe party to be charged therewith.

Sec. 0. Be it further enacted. That thia Act aliall commence and take effect on the lat of October next, and shall never be so construed as to have any retrospective operation. Approved by the Gov.

April 1, 1834. trow Tut i i-o rims or the rttiive. Tie Port. When the poet mourns in hi im mortal verse for the dead, tell me nut that foie is. in his mind It is filled by thought, by e- motions, that shut the living from Ins soul.

He is breathing to his genius to that solo and cun-! slant friend, which has grown op with him from the cradle the sorrow too delicate for human svoijisthy and hen afterward ho consigns tho confession to the crowd, it is from the hope of honor honor, not lor himself, but fur the being that i no more. Lore, when the object is dying In a lve like tins, there is something ineffably beautiful. It ia essentially the poetry of passion. Desire growrf hallow ed by ar, and scarce permitted to take its ven in the common rhaoncl of the senses, br-aks forth into those vague yearnings, those tofl sepirations. which pine for the bright, the far, the unattamed.

It i the desire of tho moth for the star, it ia tho love of the soul. The Acir Fear. A hushed and solemn night is that in which the dark gales of tune open to receive the ghost of thn dead year, and the young and radiant stranger rushes forth from tho clouded chasms of eternity. Columbia, (Tenn. ff Jlprd2.

Robrxrt ixn ATTrarT at Mcanra. A daring and horrid outrage was perpetrated here last night A tew minute after 10 oclock, the groans anil vomiting of some person ho sppeared to be in great distress and tgony, arrested the attention of one of our citizens. It was raining ond excessively dark. To the inquiry, what's the hu snswered. 1 am sick.

The voice of Parry W. Porter, the cashier of the Union Bank, waa recognized. lie was wet and covered with blood, having received a violent blow on the head, 4 a stab on the left side. These wounds had been inflicted about 20 or 30 fet from the Bank, where his hat, pocket knife, 4e. were found How long hs had remained insensible is unknown.

He had scrambled about half ihe way bark, marking his course with blood The keys of the Bank had been taken from his pork-et, the vault entered, and 412.000 taken, Vn-ergetic mea-ore were Instantly adopted to tie-tictthe perpetrators of this bold and cruel pien of villany, but no circumstance ha as yet transpired to direct suspicion to any body. We only know lint murder has been attempted and robbery effected. Mr Porter only remen rs that he siep't out on business, and know nothing of having been knocked down. He tho't that he was only sick, and never knew ha was hurt, till he was bro't tu the light and saw blood, lie is badly injured, but it ie hoped not I I I Wedding Hymn The New England custom of ringing at weddings is one of considerable antiquity. Great difficulty, however, ofttitnes experienced in the selection of an appropriate psalm or hymn, the right of choice being the prerogative of the bride.

At fltar-kiage down east, some year since, the officiating parson called upon the bride for a hymn, and a he named to the no small amusement of the company, the 12Gth psalm of Watts, When God rwvealed hi gracious name. And changed my mournful state," Ice. A few years sgo, tn a neighboring town, a coquettish lady who had been visited by half a dozen suitors, in turn, all of whom she had jilted, was for a long time left withont an admirer, and finally to avoid the horrors of per-. petual celibacy, she took up with the offers of a low bred, drinking fellow. She selected at the wedding the 131st Psalm Is there ambition in my heart.

Search, gracious God. and see. Or do I act a haughty part I Lord, I appeil tn thee Old Colony Democrat. circumstance under which it was presented; which, upon the motion of Jon-i Seroramt. and of the vole of tha (loose of Representatives of Pennsylvania, the Governor of that State was permitted to spread upon the journal.

The propriety of a self vindication, and th duly of placing it upon the journal, were thus admitted in the case of Gov. McKcan there is no difference between that case and the one now pending before the Senate, except that, in the latter, such propriety and duty are, in every respect, stronger and more imperative, than in the former. The conduct of Gov, McKean waa ronipUinod of to the constitutional accusers; waa unly investigated by a regular committee and tho censured by that committee, yet, ao far a the proceedings extended, all the forms and safeguard of the constitution were carefully observed. Gen. Jackson, on tbe contrary.

has been accused, and condemned by the majority nf a body, having ne right to institute accusation for high cripiea and mirdemeanors who are, in truth, the judges of the last resort, and interdicted tu become accusers who have violated in hiecase.all Ihe safeguards prescribed by the constitution. Go. McKean was honorably vindicated bv the House of Representatives, A complaint was not even presented to the Senate, hi constitutional judges whilst Gen, Jackson, tho' not accused by tha House of been solemnly pronounced guilty, by his constitutional judges, without notice, unheard and untried." We leave it to Mr. Serorant, and the other advocates of the Bank, to point oot, if they can, any othtr diff rences between the two cases. The 6lh and lat.

-harre that rontrary I rri the obligation of doty and the injunctions ofj the Constitution, did he offer and authorize o- verturc to be made to discontinue two actions Strains! Wm. Dome and hi surety," A-c. fcc. Here. too.

the criminal motive is left to be inferred from the rirru instance of acting in derogation of the Constitution. Hence it will be seen that the aunt and substance nf all the ar tide of impeachment affair.Rt Gov. McKean resolve themselves into the accusation contain- ed in the resolution passed bythe Senate against the President The sweeping impeachment, imputing usurpation to the rrevident. for winch lie staods condemned by tbe majority of the Senate, in broad term assert, that the President has assumed upon hvmsrtf authority and potrrr not conferred by the constitution and laics, but in derogation of bath." The senatorial ac cusera did not, this instance, leave the rrtm-inal intent to lofrrrnee. In the course of Ihc-ir proceeding, the President's motives were impeached.

by the majority acting in the triple capacitv of aeruter. prosecutor and judge. If Gov. McKean's charai ter amt concoct had been subjected to sucli an dal as the President ha been for the last 5 months tho Senate. he would have been heard in its progress, a privilege secured in all impeachments but the resolution proposing ihe impeachuient was voted down in the case of the Gov, of Pennsylvania and still he was permitted further to vindicate himself to his country and posterity, by putting a reply to the rejected article on the record of i he House, The President ha not only been denied a bearing on his trial, but is den.ed thn privilege aerorded to the humblest individual under accusation, even after enjoying the benefit of a trial, that of putting his exceptions to the decision upon the record.

The proposed impeachment of Gov. McKean Lesson to Male Coquette. A Dublin paper mentions a mrlancholy affair which not long since took place near Boyle, in the county of Roscommon, in I'-rland. It will serve as a lesson to young men who engage the affections of susceptible damsels, and then without any apparent cause them. The datig of a respectable farmer listened to the addresses of a young gentleman in the neighborhood, and conceived for him a strong affretion.

although at first she received Ins pro-fes-ions with reluctance. The story of their mutual attachment of course became known, and the young woman finding that her lover grew less anient, and expressed a reluctance to comply with his matrimonial engagements, one evening resolved to be finally informed of his intentions, and invited him to tea in the absence of her parents when peremptorily putting the question to him, and receiving an evasive answer, she lodged the contents of a loaded pistol in his breast. She was immediately apprehended, and avowed herself guilty of the murder, at the same tim declaring her motives. Mercantile Journal. Waterfall of the Alp.

rThe following description ofthe picturesque cascades which the traveller often meets with on crossing the Alps, is from the last number of the ftorth American Review The New-Orleans Advertiser contain the following paragraph concerning a discovery of some further atrocities which had been perpetrated by the miscreant, whose shocking barbarity to her slaves created such a general burst of indignation in that city, wherever the account have been published The mob assembled again un Friday night, with a view to complete their work of destruction. and to wreak their vengeance on other persons accused of being guilty of similar conduct to that of Madame Lalaurie. But the authorities were on the watch, the alarm waa given, and a part of the legion and the U. S. troops were eoon under arms, and the field of action.

Mr. Holland, the Deputy Sheriff, read th riot act to the crowd, which son dispersed, and perfect order has been restored, and we bupe may never again be disturbed by alike impolitic and dangerous movement, not to be excused in this city, even by tbe scaudalous out rage that gave rie to it. We understand that 2 of the negroes saTad from the fire, have since died thst in digging up the yard, bodies have been dis nterred, and a condemned well having been nncovqled, others, particularly that of a child, were found in it. On the I Cron Side- The federalists of Boston, taking their rue from kindred pol.ticiant in this S'at-, are abusing the office holders was voted Ul hy an inrf finite postponement, of- 1 forgetting that their par'y possess nrarly all the plsres of honor or profit in Massachusetts- Mohawk Courier AN ACT concerning ths ssment of taxes in School Districts Be it enacted by the. Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assem bled and by the authority of the same.

That in the aasesuininl ot all taxes voted lo be raised pursuant lo tbe 10th section of the Statut of 1326, chapter 143, all real estate and machinery belonging to Manufacturing Corporations shall be taxed in the districts where th same are situated, and in assessing the share in any Manufacturing Corporation for similar purposes, there shall be deducted from the val- ue tbe-eoT the value of the machinery and real estate belonging to snchdCnrporation. Approved by the Gov. March 31, 1S34. Savings Banks were first established, by law, in England, about the year 1812, on the suggestion of Mr. Bentham, and the influence of Mr.

Rose. The plan proposed by the former was, however, but partly adopted. It is stated in a London paper that the sum now deposited in the Savings Bank throughout Great-Brit-ain and Ireland, ainounta to sixteen millions of pounds sterling and the number of those institutions ia said to 500. On the tope ofthe loftiest mountains water rests like a mineral substance from age Is age, fixed in the form of consolidated ice and snow. Immense masses, which gather open these heights io winter, seek afterwards lower level, in obedience to the laws of nature.

This fluctuation, the result ot necessary influences, give birth to scenes of unequall-ed sublimity sod beauty, and actuates, as it Were, the moving scenery of the Alps. The Cascade, the torrent, the progressive glacier, aad tbe progressive avalanche, are but the ahiftings, by which a disturbed element seeks to resume its wonted equilibrium. The traveller, passing in summer through the valleya ofthe Alpine regions, sees often before him what appears to be a white thread, URpended from the mountain side. This be knows to be a waterfall, but if be hat seen Niagara, or even Terpi, he will be struck with tbe great length of the cascade, perhaps five oraix hundred feet, compared with the slender dimensions ofthe stream which constitutes it These cascades generally reach the ground successive leaps, but now and then a nasc occurs, in which the fall is unbro-, ken. and the apparent slowness, the effect of distance, with which the air is traversed by the descending waves and volumes of spray, gives to be spectator the idea of something which floats, rathvr than falls.

VVe recollect to have seen instances, in which a considerable stream jetting from the top of a precipice. waa dissolved in spray, and lo-T to the Right, before it had accomplished half its destined descent. A brook, starting from beaeath. and fed hy the perpetual shower, gave evidence that the materml of this beautiful illusion was not lost. A fall ofthis kind, singularly picturesque, is seen in the vale of ALbocco, on the southern side of the Bernar- dino passage The celebrated fall of Staub-- hack, in Lauterbrunnen.

nine hundred feet in height, ia of tbe same description. Jfalchrz. April 7. Yesterday evening, ahnut o'clock, aa the steam boat Splendid waa leaving ihe landing, a abut wa fired from a house near the wharf from whence the boat started and killed one of the passengers. The boat immediately returned and the corpse waa bro't on shore.

This ia the third time, and from the same house, that persona have been shot on board of boats leaving this place. Three per sons are now lodged hi jail, taken up on suspi cion, and the L'oroner's inquest is yet investigating the matter. AN ACT in addition to An Aet imposing a duty ou sale- at Auction. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assem bled, and by the authority of the same. That from and -fier the 1st day of April next, the duty on sales at Aurtion or Public Vendne of any etock.or scrip of any City, Town or County, of this Commonwealth, issued for tho py-tnent of tho debt of such City, Town or County, or of any shares.

Slock or scrip of any Company incorporated by any law of thia Commonwealth. shall be the same as by law is payable on such sales of stacks ofthe United Slates, of the several States, or of shares of the stock of incorporated Banks, Iusurano and Manufacturing Convanif, any th-ng in tho Aet or Acte to which this is in addition to the contrary notwithstanding. Approved by the.Gov. March 31, 1S34. ter Mr.

Seroeaht had md he first motion, seconded by Mr Biddle, for a brief postponement. Si after several motions had been made bv tha same and oilier friend of the Governor, calling fsr the consideration of the resolution," to determine the imahdity of tbr charges." The historian then give ns the following account of Ihe course taken on the part of the Governor On the next day, the Secretary of the Common vealth rei fication from the Governor, relative to the charges exhibited a-gainst him by the committee, which, bring read Mr. Sergeant inquired whether the communication would be inserted on the journal A variety of objections bring made to this measure, a motion wa made by Mr. Sergeant and seconded bv Mr. Ingham, that the message be inserted at length ou the journal on the questiop being taken, it wa determined in the affirmative.

The historian then goom on to Bay 1'hc defence of Mr. MKean offer a brigt-t contrast to the report of Ins accuser; ami we cannot refrain from extracting its exordium, as an evidence of the dignity with which he repelled unrstaoliihed denunciations, of the mod erst ion and magnanmity he displayed throughout the replication, ami of the sJf-com mand and respect, hich forbadt him to de-l scend to language of his rncmiea. A long and dangerous he begins the sympathy of friends, and tbe advice of i-hyai cians, deprived me of an opportunity to pursue tire journal, or to have the least knowledge of the proceeding- in rrla'ion to an impeachment of mv official conduct, for more than a uionlh after the termination of tbe Lat session of the General Assembly And, since that period, proier respect for the exercise of constitutional restrained every disposition, on my part, to answer the charges which have been exhibited against ne, while those charges Destructive Fire. A fire broke out in th 4th story of the Phcenii Building. New-York, on Wednesday evening, which destroyed the two upper alone, occupied by Meesrs.

Brown as a bind-ry. and by the offiee of the Mercau tile Advertiser, and Y. Advocate, which were eutiroly destroyed. The lose is considerable Daiy Crorkrtt at Philadelphia, Col. Da vid C'ruckutt arrived town on Saturday.

The same honors were bestowed upon this illustrious individual, that were lavished upon Messrs. Webster. Poindexter. McDuffie, Pres-ton and Green. A barouche drawn by 4 spanking bays conveyed him front Ihe wharf to tfie United Slate Hotel.

He was received and followed by a great number of enthusiastic admirers, who roared and shouted with much energy and fervor. When arrived at his hotel, the eoon-killer, in imitation of Henry Clay, came mt upon the portico, bowed graciously, and smiled encouragingly- upon the devoted multitude. He did not ep ak, but there was that in his eye which promised that the Colonel would go ahead; St accordingly despatching with western cup of tea, lie proceeded without a sign of trepidation, to the Walnut street Theatre, to see Jim Crow. The bouse was full, and peal after pal of applause greeted the city's guest. Jim Crow bowed to Crockett, and Crockett bowed to Crow.

Nothing could be more dignified, et cordial Si pathetic, than waa the exchange of civilities. The people began to waver in their attachment to the nollifiers. and threw up thair caps for the gallant Colonel. Tlie Colonel is a wig. H(hasedec1ared himself so, briefly and emphatically He regret the pressure of official business which prevented him from participating in the rioting at Powellon, where he rotild have shown his devotion to the cause by grinning the battlement from th shot tower.

He i however no less firm in hie faith than if he had done to. It i reported that the former Colonel of the C4lh, John Pluck, will accompany Crockett to New-T rk, where a dinner will probably be given them mt Castle Garden. Fennslz Marriage Disappointment of Mrs. Hannah I have received the following as a true fact front clergyman of great respectability, and a friend of Mrs. H.

Mores The morning was fixed for the marriage Miss Morea friends were all in attendance, and after breakfasting together, had actually proceeded to the Church, where, by appointment, they were to meet the bridegroom. They actually waited above an hour in the porch, looking out for his arrival, and as yet with no suspicion of his dishonorable intentions. At length a single horseman was seen approaching lie advanced to the step, dismounted, and presented to Miss Mors a letter, in which the genllen a pleaded simply a reason for receding from his engagements, that he could not bring his mind at the hour of crisis, to so solemn and so irrevocable a contract. He however, to. make such reparation as could be made, in a pecuniary sense, to Miss More but this intention, if he really had it at the time, would, no doubt, have died away aa soon as the immediate difficulty was overcome.

The friends of Miss More, aware of that unu-sed him vigorously, and wottld grant no delay. The sequel was, that rather than stand a prosecution, he settled on Mise More a handsome provision, my informant believed not Jess but rather more than 400 per annum, fjr life. Tail's Magazine. Capt. McDonald, of the schr.

Fox, of Bal timore, states in a card published in the Ne Orleans Bee, that while passing the Little Cay man (an Island in the track between Jamaica and Cuba) he waa bailed by a boats crew ol' the inhabitants of the Island in a starving con dition, who informed him that 7 years ago they settled there, from Jamaica, to carry on Ihe tur tleing business, and that tbe drouth had burn up all the vegetation, and their stock, in ronse quence. had all died, and at that moment no an article of food of any kind save turtle Was on tbe Island. AN ACT concerning Pickerel. R9 it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of thesamet That the45lh chaplcrof the Statute of 1818.entitled An Act to prevent the destruction of Pickere I in the pond and streams within this Commonwealth, St th several Acta in addition thereto are hereby repealed. Approved hy the Gar.

March 29, 1S3L UngrortBUx. The Editor of the Mobile A -ert'wBf refuses to publish a hymeneal notice wbicb had been sanl to his office, because the of the clergyman who officiated, and a quantity of tbe bridal did not ascompa-f it. Bach so Editor desarves to live on Boor kmrt, Mr, McDuffie health ia belter, and he.ha to tYashirgton. nrii.Tiriiiiiirninir 1.