Piney Woods planter. (Liberty, Mi. [i.e. Miss.]) 1838-1840, 1838-12-08

wav in England, is f4,2s9, 9Ss, or f36,-
1873 per mile, for 1l7a miles, exclusive OF
f2S,000 for Parliamentary and general
expenses, and exclusive Of locomotive pow
err and carriages.
The working classes are the pillars OF
the constitution. When those pillars bea
come incapable of sustaining the super
structure, it must fall, and great will be
the fall thereof. Let the working classes
lay this to heart. Let them remember
that on them deyolves the responsibility
Of sustaining this grand and beautiful fa-
brio. Let them remember that Y hen that
fabric falls, they too must fall with it, and
''be trodden under the foot Of man." Let
them remember that from this fall there
can be rcsurrection.-Lou Pub. ADJ.
The "Recherche" frigate, sent some
time ago on an exploring expedition, had
returned, after reaching 80 degrees North
atiinde; the farther prosecution Of the
voyage was prevented by the intensity Of
the cold, the mercury being ga below the
freezing point Of Fahrenheit.
The general banking law in New York
has given origin to large number ofmc-
notary institutions. Among them we no
tice the East River bank with capital Of
s 100000, with power to increase to
S25 600, 600; the New York Banking Co,
with cash capital of 1000, 900; the viii
loughby Bank with a present capital of
| 100000, with the privilege to increase
it to 10000 600, and to continue 100
years.
The whole number Of pupils educated
in Boston, at the public expense, is ten
thousand one hundred and eighty-nine.-
This includes one hundred and eighty at
the Latin and English High School,
SIR JOHN HERscHEL's COMPLIMENT
To AMER,cANs.--At recent meeting
Of the British Association for the adj
vanccment OF science, at New Castle,
Sir John Herschel, in speaking of those
persons who had correspondent with
him upon the subject mcteorology, said
thai he had received communications
from different parts of the globe, giving
valuable information Upon meteorolo-
gical observations made, but to none
had he to express his obligations ia
stronger terms than to the "phiioso-
piers of America"
The general assembly Of the state of
Arkansas, met in the state hause at Lit
tie Rock, on the 9Th inst. Y
In consequence Of the insurrection
in Canada, the Montreal banks have
again suspended specie payments.
According to the Philadelphia Ca
zette the steamer Charleston is to BE
sent round to New Orleans to ply be-
tween that city and Galveston, Texas.
Capt. James Pennoycr, who is well
known and esteemed, is to command
her.
A pretty young quakercss, the daugh-
ter Of a respectable farmer of West
Chester, Pa. has been lately discovered
in New York, cohahiting with coal
black negro who had seduced her from
her parental home.
Sol Smith has abandoned the editor
ial (whig) life, and gone to tAeatrizing
again as VIC see his name announced
in the play bills Of Mobile.
The Hon. Afford Cuthbert, United
States senator, from Georgia, has.rc.
signed his seat.
Sheridan Knowles has again aston
shed and delighted the dramatic
world, with new play called the
"Maid Of MarIcndopt." The London
folks go en- nasse to see it.
William G. Frazier, Judge ofihe Uni
ted States court died at Milwaukee,
Wisconsin territory, on the 18th Octo-
Der last.
The editor of an eastern paper, re-
comments inmoderaie doses Of fresh
catfish for the cure Of fever and ague!
Pshaw, what a fish story!
Another fire recently occurred in
Charleston, s. c. supposed to be the
work Of an inccndiary. Loss S3O,OOO.
The People Of Russia are composed Of
no less than 80 different races or ma
tionalitics, who speak 40 distinct Ian.
guages.
I CuRIous.--The Boston Sentinel saws
that If a person bend the first and
third fingers Of the left hand--and
commencing March at the thumb, count
oa-the bent fingers will Indicate the
months which contain only thirty tlavs&
No mistake,