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More Rail Road Accidents,

On Monday night last the Loo motive and sew
eral Cars den with Coal from tbs place, were
thrown from the road near Pot Clinton, in con-
sequence of an iron "char" having been placed on
one Of the Rails Ivy some fiendish wretch, which
caused the almost instantaneous death of Two men,
who were bruised and m,ngIed in mos, shocking
manner. Que Of the men killed. we understand,
was -, Pedlar, who had been boarding
some time a, Jacob Gess' Hotel, in this Borough.
On Tuesday, John Delaney, man employed
at Jones Hotel, Phadephia, in jumping from
the car at Conshohocken, was thrown upon the
Rail, AMI both his legs 50 muiilated by the whe Is
passing over them tia, immediate amput,,ion was
necessary. The Engineers Conductors, and other
pers"ns engaged on this road, have gaineA much
cr d by their uniform attention to the s,fiy aud
comEr, Of fpasSrngers-and We regret to learn fom
the City papers, that The Conductor is chargyd
with refusing to stop the when rqu sed by
poor Delaney, and hence the DR., alful accd, n,.-
Potsrihe Emporium.
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IT Is derived from the Latin word gudEs, (such)
and signifies, "sueh as a thing really is" And
what is Christ? Very God and very Man; or,
"f'od manifested in the flesh" The phrases then.
"qudhty of God" and "quahty of Man." are, when
applied to Christ, sound and scriptural. But ..
gain, DR.. Johnson. Wslker and Webster define
quality, "Nsture relatively considered" Now how
many Natures has CHRISTI Two-Diyine and
Human. Then the sentence runs thus: "I, was in.
cumbent upon Christ, as il relates 10 his Divine
Nature Tin his quality of Cod to be about" &c.
Hence. Amicus can still consider God as he wa.
wont to consider him-"ihe Being of bengs"-and.
nevertheless, believe tha, Chris, has two ns,ures-
very God and very Man; and, moreover, that oil
men, (Judges not exceptej) are at perfect liberty
to consider him relative to either.
2. HAS God heareniy Father ?" The Judge
has not asserted il. He only said 1T was incum-
bent upon him (Christ) to be about his (Chri,ts)
heavenly Fathers business" Now as the Father
spoke from heaven saying, This is my Jelored Son,
and as Christ told his disciples that his Father was
in heaven, we therefore conclude that Christ ha. a
heoceniy Father. Hence for sught that has been
said TO the contrary, Amcus ought to believe that
Jesus Christ is. as it regards his Divine Nature,
not only equal TO, hut co.existent with the Father
But, says Amicus the Son cannot be as old as his
Father" Does man become a father before he
has son or daughter Amcus1 If so. how ioug ?
3. as God suffice, to human parenis ?" The
Judge did no, say He only .aid ',hat Christ. a:
it relates to his Human Nature, lin hi, quality o
M"n) was suhjec, TO his earthly parents :" and SC
says the Bible Then le, Amicus also believe, thai
Christ. as man. WAS subject to his earthly parents
but that, ss God, he tuleth in heaven and earth
and has done whatsoever he plcase,h.
4. "Can anything he incumbent upon God y
Yes; hut this is not wha, the fudge said He said
that ut was incumbent uron him" CHRISTI &c
But wha, does "ncumben," imply Duty, obIiga
lion. But wherein did the duty Of Chris, consis,
In that he promised-not necessarily, but of choice
to answer the demands of a violated law, and oper
up new and living way for the salvation Of man
He was under no obligation to make this promise
but uhen made it b. came a duiy; and, hence, i
was incumbent upon him to perform that duty
He was ohedicni unto death, even the death Of tn,
cross. But again: Can any thing be incum6en
upon God!" Yes; God has bound himself, that
upon certain conditions, he will pardon sin
Hence, when sinner accepts Of these coniirinns
i, is incumh, n, upon God t, pardon his sins. No
; does this dstract any thing ON his sovereignty
; from the fact that he promised. not Of necessity
! but Of chnice.
We think, therefore, that upon q more close ~
, amin ,,on Anxious will find that the Nv was in H.
telescope, aud not on the sun. PHILOS.
Sunbury, Oct. 26'h isi2.
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FOR TIE AMERICAN.

Mn. EpiroR A writer in the Miltonan, who
signs himself A." Amicus," has snimadver,cd on a re-
mark made 10y Judge Lewis, and endeavors to show
that il leads to heterodox views. But believing his
animadversions 10 be neither specious ner pertinent,
| submit the following, which, II you think worthy
of publication, is at your disposal:
The Judge, in urging the necessity of fiial obe
dienoe, adduccd the example Of our Saviour as Of
great weight and authority. Speaking of Christ,
he remarked; In his quality of God, it was m
cumbent upon him 10 he about his hedreniy Fa.
tiers business at Jerusalem, both hearing the doc
tors aud asking them questions; but in his quality
of Man, he lett the temple and all its teachings of
wisdom, and in obedience to the wishes of his
earthly parents, wen, down with them TO Nazareth,
and was subject TO them"
Now mark the structures Of Anxious"
|. "ls God 'guahfy?' have been accusto-
med To consider him us a Person, a Being, the
! Being OF beings
! ?. Has God AeGeniy Father as the Judge
asserts! II 30, this God Of the Judges mus, not
only be inferior to the Father of all, bu, poSttriOr
Father.
g. Is God 'su!ject' to human parents p Then
he must have heeB born of them, and dependant
upon them.
4. Can any thing lie Tae"mbenf upon Cod II
50, he must he under Obedience, aud hot the Sove'
reign Of the Universe"
Now let US see If "Amcus" has not "kicked re-
fore he was spuued"-sl least by the spurs Of res'
son. !. Is G"d quakty?" lsns~er the Judge
has not SAID 70. He only sid, Christ "in his qsul
Ivy Of Goo" But what is The meaning of"quslty =
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The Times,

We learn from the Philadrlphia aud NV York
papers that money is abundant in those cities,
Much capital is now lying idle, and the banks have
net as much good oper offered item as they de.
sre. These crct instances owing mainly TO the
fact that The lari has checked the excessive i'm
porla,ion Of foreign TN rchandl,e, and the people
Instead of Induleng in useless Iuxuries, econo-
missing in almost every thing. The remedy al
though severe at FIRST, must eventually result in
go d. Since the passage of the tariff, specie is
longer sent abroad. la this way ten millions per
annum kept in the country, while some Of
the city Banks have more in their vaults than they
want. The times here hre. deed, very different,
The currency is aim :, exclusively relief issues,
ard ttrse are t'romrg exceedingly scarce. Men of
wealth. and Of the most x'enslNe means, are unable
10 Taise M n'y. simply because there is none TO
I've had. The Banks, instead of discounling, are
Outstanding their resources, and reducing their liza.
hilDies. The vacuum thus created is enormous.
The Bank Of Northumberland has reduced its cir
oualion from $500 600 To about 500 900. Here,
then, We have withdrawn from circulation in this
neiehbnrhood no less than Two bundled aud ten
thousand dollars, and when reflect that This mo,
ncy, chang ny from hand to hand, is made To pay
! ten times rEst amount, Of dehis, have the enor.
nous sum Of over mill u 4 dollars Of indch'eine ,
/ unlqudatcd in c'nsequ' nee Of This deficiency II
our circua,l medium. These facts, and III,
fall Of the price If grain, all suiici,n, TO &C
count for the present severe pressure,
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From The PHILADELPHIA Gazette.


On the occasion of the recent military cele-
braion of the surrender of York Town (Octo-
Der l9) held at Washington, the editors of the
National lnteligencer received the following
communication from Mr. G. w. Gusts. Any
record respecting sword that was more nobly
used aud more magnanimously laid aside, than
any weapon ever worn by ancient or modern
warrior, is of interest. The literal statement
that 'this relic of ;he revolution has never been
heard of since the peace of 17S3," seems al
most intended to convey All important 6gura-
tive meaning in the history OF Washington aud
his country.
The Battle-Sw ord.
From the Gusts Rcccllec'ions and private Mem.
oirs of tn Life aud Char ,cter Of Washington
W.snIMTos's sword of service was plain
green-hi!:ed hanger. (See an accurate repre-
sentation 9th same in the original picture
by c. w. Pcae, now in the hall of the National
lnstitute.)
II is matter Of regret that this venerable and
interesting relic of the Revolution has never
been heard of since the peace of 1888. 1t
was supposed in the army that the battle-sword
was given by the Chief to General Greene, at
the earnest sole at the Litter and it is
since presumed To have been lost at sea, with
the hagguge of the General, while going round
from Newport to Chatestown. Ex-Pres.dent
jackson was pleased 10 say that he would cause
inquiry to be made among the surviving rela-
snl l,,. 81.
traNspred touching this most interesting mem
orial of Americas heroic age.
At the rcviewsand upon occasions of distin-
guished ceremonies. Washington wore dress
sword, with pmm sword knot, but always
resumed the green-hiltci hanger as his sword
Of service
In l19S when appointed to his Hast com.
mand, it was arranged that the costume OF
the Lieutenant General should be blue, richly
embroidered with gold. Washington inquired
whether the embroidery could be executed in
The United States? And being informed that
twas necessary it should be obtained abroad
hedecllned the arrangement altogether. Some
magnificent p!umes of the Carolina heron, of
surprising size and snowy Nhteness. were pre-
sented by Major-General Charles Cotesworth
Pickney as decorations for the hat. These the
old Chief gave way to his adopted daughter
Mrs Lewis, pretering to be a,tircd in the vete.
ran eclors of liberty, the blue and bu!l. with the
plain three cornered hat and black riband COG h.
ade, the endearing memorials of the days O
his country's trial.
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Money Market.

We are sorry that we canno, notice changes in
business Of gratifying character. Although the
darkness in which our commercial world was en-
veloped just before the adjournment Of Congress,
has me 'surahly passed away, and although we OBJ
serve around an improved feeling and indca-
tons Of some activity, the fact tina, our Banks
not dispose Of the funds al their command, and that
frst.rate paper may be readily negotiated even in
streets, at from To per cent, shows conclusive
ly that with currency so limited as ours is al the
present time, with so much bank capital Withdrawn
from the market either by explosions Or other
causes, business cannot he very active. Indeed, it
is not. Some little is doing. and has been in prl-
gress. ever since the commencement Of the Fall
Trade bu' there is nothing like an eager or bound
ing spirit men move along with timidi,y and eau,
ton, il they had not fully recovered fom the Sc.
rious panic and disaster with which we have so
long been troubled.
We hear no compai,s in the city Of the want Of
specie. On the contrary, our Banks have enough
to spare, and confidence seems to be fully and tho,
roughly restored far as relates to the ability OF
the business ,ransactng Institutions TO resume Se>
sera however, sill closed. and with no dispo>
si'ion, /, would sc m, 10 wind up altogether.
Bickneis Reporter.
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O. We find IT XtrCmely ,hilic ult as well as un.
profitable TO discuss any measure with our neighhor
Of The Gz TIC, tor the simple reason that he fshs
like q Cnssatk, or an Indian in the Florida swamps
He never sIandsh ground, bu, flies TO some covert
,r hiding place to renew his tick in some other
tom. lp las, notice in relation 90 the tariff
we te,-cchcd him to stick To the text" On
hs ,uI pct we are willing to meet any twenty Per
cent. free trade ndy' We stated ma, the Gazette
edvccat,d the 20 per cent. 'sniF ~hcti Mr.. Buch.
Al ali NJ d all tie leading democrats in Congress
from this State, denou' c,d US mps, unius, and
inqu I, us N, assure. and one that must lring ruin
upon he ia mes, manuf,c ufer., mechanics aud
ls ores OF Pennsy l,auia. In answer. to all this
he gives us an extac, from the New York Herald
a peper edited hy foreigner in pay of British in
te'ests, who refuses to become natursliz,d-who ho
has always denounced tbi. country, and who is &C
ged to be the most reckless black guard il
he ULion. The Gazette and its free trade associ
stes welcome TO this worthy coadju,or. As tC
predict oEs il m tiers hut little VIE her the Ga
z,t can al C n ct Understand thm. We stated tha
p,oftciite tariiih Il must be pas ed. That such
bill has passed an editor of paper should surrl,
know. IN answer 10 THIS he says: "W We must con tcs
| that ,rt do not knem uhot Kind ef tariff such
one u.s." Indie ed ufer this candid conf sslon Of his g
norance uIon So important a subject, it would 40
/ be generous 10 pursue the subject further.
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From The l.. s, Gazette.
The Coal Of PennsyivanIa.

The important influence Of Coal on civilization,
and its value to country possessing it in abun>
d'Hce, has been slightly touched upon in my form.
er Nos. The subject has engaged the attention Of
so m my distinguished writers in England. as we'll
as the anxious solicirude Of the govsrnmsn, there
that it is only necessary for those who wish to
make themselves thoroughly soquan,ed with the
subject to look into the best statistical works, and
into the six ioio Vols. of Parliamentary Reports,
published a, various periods within the las, thirty
years on this important branch OF a,onal wealth.
Fearful Of the exhaustion Of this fuel, sliborste
calculation. have been made regarding its duration
and he present ministry, with view of checking
hs eIPor,aIion have placed an export duty upon il,
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From HE u s. Gu-effr,

from me u. y. Gu-eHe,
Tn. British, the French, and the Tarin.
The Eng.h and French papers greatly occu
pied in denouncing the American tarf in tones
which would intimate III 1t the United States ID
not achieved its indel endence Of Gre Brt,in, or
paid its deb, Of gratitude to old France. The man.
of uea,ing the SUI j"c, is almost ridiculous,
well as exceedingly off nsive, 10 Americans; and
the warmth with which they denounce u. and the
tariff is only equalled by the ignorance which some
Of them hetray Of our institutions, and our means
of taking care of ourselves.
France makes great cutlery on account Of the
duties on wines and hrindies, overlooking the fact
that, in this country, these articles of luxury
They complain, also, the specific duties on silk
duties by the pound. The advance is f,r les than
is supposed, aud the benefit TO this country is the
certainty that the duties will be raid, if the
chandLe is imported.
! Blu, the worst of the case is in England. They
demsnd a reciprocity. Since when has that rccip
rocity been thought Of The duty on American
tobacco, imported into England, Can scarcely be
reciproca,ed by any duty upon British goods im>
ported into this county. And if some of our du.
ties should now be higher than others of theirs it
will be long, very long, before The amount recev.
ed will equal ha, which we have paid to them,
We have not time, now, to notice The srrogan,
tone Of some of the British press touching The new
tarlf, but we cannot forbea referring to the lan>
gusge of the London Bells Weekly Messenger on
this subject. That paper declares that is opposed
to smuggling in principle hut at the same time, it
foresees that smuggling all along the line and else
where will lie carried on, by the Americans and
British and it igns the following reasons for such
an opinion:
The goods they must have, for they have no
factories Of their own to supply lhem with co,ions
wooens, and hardware, ex cept of the mos, indif.
feren kinds, and therefore, whatever may he their
pride, and by whatever means they procure
them, whether by smuggling fair trade, they must
have them"
Was there any thing more PrePosterous Al
the present time, the Americans have the command
Of the markets of South America, and even of Chi.
ma, for their cotton fabrics and when the British
squeeze their goods into lhe former ports they
, stamp them with the names Of American msnufac.
lures, and Of American factories, And al The present
moment, the outc'y in this country sgains, the ta'
rii is that will preusH the collection Of duties, by
promoting the hon,emanufaclure. But let the Eng
lh scold-iti' natural thy sh 'uld They loose by
the relaxation of their own tar.I laws. American
pork and beef are finding their way into their coun
try, aud their own goods are no, coming hrher.-
Other circumstances, besides the tariff, are opera
ting The people Of this country are in fl Of econ
omy, and i, may, we hope i, will. become perma
+ nent principle There is not demand for goods
and 30 far from it's being fact, that we must har,
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THE AMERICAN.
Saturday, act. 90, !s42.

a. The W'llismspor Encampmen' is represent.
ed by tht Sc WHO were present. having been well
got up. Gov. Porter reviewed the troons on the
10Th. On the Goth Cot. johnson arrived and
pas ed through b,au,iiul ,riumphal arch, erec ell
for the occasion. He wa addressed by Judge AM
thory, Judge Lewis and others, and replied in a
speech accounting his struggle a, the battle Of the
Thames. On The night fthe 20h tie Colonel
was the CUES, of Judge Lewis. who had his ee.
giant mansion handsomely illuminated in honor OF
the gallant Coon,l.
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A RnScalln Check.

The Odensburg IN. " Times gives the fol-
lowing account ola Bigamy case Just tried in
that(St lawrence) County:
William d. Carr, alias, Aired Colburn, was
arragnedun an indictment for Bigamy. 1t cecms
that he was married some 23 years since in
Vermont, but soon came to this State and was
married again in Messena in this County about
10 years since TO respectable woman, but soon
left her and roamed to parts unknown. About
l3 or IA years since he was married TO Miss
Rebecca Clark, of Utica, with whom he lived
for some years, and removed to Decrfeld, o.
Media County, lie continued 10 reside at Deer
field till about the l1th of December last, when
he removed to West Turn, Lewis County,
tul nlshed his family with IA few provisions, and
in few days left wife and five or six chill
dren to turn and shift for themselves, TO brave
The rIgors OF the fierce wintry wrds--,o suffer
with hunger, or TO live on the charities of neigh
bors--under the false pretence of visiting his
father in Connecticut but taking the opposite
direction lie soon found himself in Her Majes-
tvs Province, and, forgetting his second, and
third love, soon succeeded in wooing the af-
iectiOns and winning the hand of another fair
one; but he taIried scarcely long enough to
form an Gcqusaintanco-took leave absence,
and was next at work in Cauton under the as
sumed maine of Alfred Colburn. Seine time
in the spring he removed TO Madrid, and
soon turned his attentions to the daughter OF
a widow woman, succeeded in his object and
was again married, under his assumed cog.
nomen. 1t was soon suspected that all was
not right, and he was arrested at the Instance Ut
afew friends OF humanity, and Committed Il
jail IN Canton-pead guilty to an indictment
found against hun at he last term of the Court
and was sentenced 10 five years at Auburn
State frIson--lhe longest term the law allows
II is believed his wives are all living.
An APPETu Boston Medical Journa
makes meation OF paper from England nome'
Charles Muiiin, who has been tor some TIM
IN the Boston Work house, and whose appetite
almost ruined that excellent establishment
lie has been re-shipped Tor EngIand--out {
fear, we presume, that he would cause a iuu
Inc here. The Journal says;
ale could not be satisfied with cutting h
has deyoured Fix pounds OF bread, and wasiic
II down, repeatedly, with four quarts OF wate
chocolate or cotiee-takIng either, ndlleren
, ly, or as they were given to him. Raw ca
rots, apples, meat and in fact any thing q
which he could lay his hands, lac devoured vii
ally placed by his bed, on retiring, aud whe
ever he awoke in the night he lurched emo
mously, and with undated satisfaction, at Il
expense Of the city. A case Of bulimia, lb
strongly marked, has not been recognized
medical gentlemen in this part Of the count
for a long time"
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0jT Mr.. Spencer, the Secretary of war, has com.
p'ctcy got over the fence. and now proclaims him.
sella III rough bred Tyler man. He vas among
the first 10 ,'ci ounce Tyler after the death of Har
rison. Tyler tend red i'm an office, which at once
r,volu'ion'zcd al his former political opinions.
Nelstr Cushing at'd s erc,r have now given in
thcr udhennc, to the powers that be. Truly, We
may say:
"Thc days Of virtuous politics are Tast
And We are deep in HAT Of cold prc,ence.'
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their goods, it is true that neither they, MOI those Of
American fabric, now find mafke, here. Snug
Cling will, Of course, be attempted. and other means
be 'esoned to. But the machinery Of the factories,
which are patterns for most Of those in Europe
will Re improved and home industry will ere long,
promote home comforts, and home wealth,
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l1G9. More renowned men We're probable
ushercd into the world in 1863 Than during any
other year in either modern or ancient times.
Among the most famed ofthcsr, were the En-
peror Napoleon, the Duke fWellington, Mar.
shal Ney, Count Iavalette, Baron Ilumbolt, and
Lord liverpool, in Europe, and Governor De
Witt Clinton, in America
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From the above table il will be seen that the
number Of clergy of The Episcopal Church in the
United States has Some,rhai more than doubled
in the last ten yeats. The number of bishops has
Increased from 10 to 2 in the same time. These
are interesting, facts and will undoubtedly cheer
and animate the hearts Of many friends Of our be-
loved Church. h.-SoufLern Churchmdn.