New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1843-02-09
Things in Y,hiIadelphia

Correspondence OF The New.Yoza Trhune
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. SPIN
There stirring transaction IL Pennsylvania sr,
Elves to-day the regular Board OF Brokers Prizes h
ever cot firm rs they wsre several days sine.
Camden aud Amboy Bonds Improved II, wilaiar.o, Rs
Road shares L. and Frankn insurance 2 over or,,e
sales Annexed the Transactions the board, sgee
State Ewes 1870 4S& 5000 State Fives 1870 81. ,se,
Stale Fives 1870 *t shares Franklin Fire lnsu,ane.
do Trenton Railroad 50; SO do Wilmington 81: ss,
Candies and Anboy Bonds "a.
man named Heberon has been arrested on charp. !,
abduc ting young and beautiful gri, reSdeg in So.h
wark aged about is years. The fellow had tie inoud,
10 boast of his exploit, and ii is intmaed souethine -
r;o.. W Ill yet grow of The aar The girl returned -
her home last evening, but much excitement exist, ID.
lower part OF the city In consequence particularly amoag
the ladies'
In commercial matters have nothing the lea, inner
lance to communicate. Money is becoming sonesb.i
more abundant, but its circulation very limited The
Manufacturers and Mechanics Bank OF the Northern Ii
berries which has been closed for some time past aeou,
resume specie payments It's notes are aow oay ala
dscoun, Of . a per cent
Exchanges remain without any material change esrspt
Alabama whch has agsin deprecated. Mobile AID Deea
tur quoted to-day at . IS per cent, Treasury Nosr
bearing per cent interest: late issue have increased "a
per cent. premium
The Farmer Bank Of Reading yesterday, IS stated ~,
fused TO redeem $1,000 of its demand This Ban, il
now applying for re-charter. and would caution Won,
readers most earnestly against holding its notes.
Our Harrisburg dates are up to Monday evening. Tb.
snow in that vicinity an average, ,eeniee inches
deep The intelligence is somewhat OF An important ami
e,c,ipp character In the Senate joint reso,uen h.d
been submitted nSruc,ng Senators and requesting ou
Representatives in Congress TO vote tor The creation Of
$500 900 Government Loan 10 be distributed 10 III.
States on the plan OF Wm Cost johnson, which on
the table.
In the House fre-brand thrown in which created
| a iy
memorial from sundry inhabitants Of Philadelphia pray
py for m alteration in the State Constitution 10 the ea
that no distinction should be known between whites ana
blacks Immediately upon its being read, effort VII
made to kick the petition OF the House; but after coa
siderable debate Mr. Lowry moved postpone the sub.
ect Indefinitely which carried by vote of41 ioSS
The Joint resolution in favor of refandng Gen. Jack.
soas fine has finally passed both Houses The he
Senate AFTER expungng tba, portion OF the resolution wh
cepsured Judge Hall, was n to l.
Daring the absence OF several Wigs, an a,emp, wn
made by number desperate Locos get up The Apsor
onaent Bill but owing TO the honesty OF some OF their par
y this mean trick of taking advantage of the absnt dg
naly failed.
Gov Porter has signed the bill authorizing the canoeing
OF 100000 of the Relief issues monthly; and by this
time no doubt many thousands Of them have been com.
mit.ed 10 The flames. q
Il really surprising behold what crowds OF peopk
daily and nightly flock the Philadelphia Museum where
last nights, the place has actually been filed with nj least
1000 spectators some Of which truly alarmed at ,he
approaching end The women appear to be making them
selves very ridiculous hundreds Of whom negleclg
their domestic under the impression that the world
is near end One poor silly soul yesterday called upa
the family of the writer, and wished 10 dispose OF large
part OF household goods alleging that they could b
of her much longer aud thatshe might as welhaH
the money for them" BhrTuS
The INpIANs.-0f the immenae Indian popu
la,ion that bat few years since occupied land
between the Atlantic and the Mississippi River,
there is now, (according to the most recent gu,
,hentic statistics preserved in the Indian Depart.
ment at Washington,) in lower Michigan about
5000 Of the tribes of Chippewas and Ottowasi ih
Wisconsin about $500 Menomonies and Oneidasi
in Ohio about SIS Wyanaots; in Indiana about
900 Miamies and Pottowattamies; in Mississippi
about $3.50 Chckasaws and Choctaws; about
HOO Cherokees are still scattered over the State,
of North Carolina, Alabama and Tennessee; some
Chippewas South and West of Lake Superior,
| whose number is unknown; some Oneidas, orig.
naly from New.York, near Green Bay, Wisconsin
Territory; smah remnant of the Seminoes IA
Florida; few of different tribes scattered through
| New. Eng land a remnant of the Brolhertown and
Stockbridge tribes on Winnebsgo Lake; and
mere nominal band that still linger on the banksot
the Caiawba, in South Carolina. These scattered
fragments of the great Indian family that formerly
owned the land East Of the Mississippi River are
all tat arc left to tell the story of their former
dominion and greatness in that wide expanss Of
| territory.
BETTER TlMgs.-We learn from one Of ouF
Oldest ship.brokers, that the present lime there
is not single square rugged vessel in port that is
! not engaged; and as the commerce Of the country
is the great wheel of business, we may hope thai,
as this is now fairly get in motion, the smaller
wheels Of trade viii soon begin to feel the impulse
Boston Bulletin.
CHURCHES IN BosToN. There are in Bastonbo
less than seventy churches. Twelve are Bspti.s
six Episcopal, eight Methodist, Eve Roman Cathos
| lie, six unversalist, TWO Lutheran, one Sweden.
bergian, or New Jerusalem, the rest Congregation.
al. In 1920 there were but twenty wosshippss
societies-ncw there are upwards of eighty.
| A SECOND SAMPsoS.-The Hartford TINES
states that MIR. Peter Myers, an Irishman 10 The
employ Of the Coilinsville Manufacturing Com
pany carried on common wheelbarrow, q lev
days since, l742 pounds of bar iron being oHly
| 258 pounds less than one ton!
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II Godeys Lady's Book and araarn's Magazine, =
February. ere received and for sale at this ofcc.
THE IFWEGG N0VET