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TnE Gnrir FoRorR.-The New York Express
ofsaturday says
The person who has been arrested in London
for the rol be'y of Jacob Little, Esq is well known
here. His lame is Jack Reed, and he has served
about 8 years 10 States Prison. From the time the
fraud perpetratcd to the present time, this in
dividual hos been missing, and, as wss supposed.
be has been during the whole time in Europe. Pri-
or to his departure ct Philsdelphia, he purchased
twelve one thousand dollar Treasury Notes, eigh,
Of which we're recorded, and the numbers, dates,
&c, sen, to WASH ng,on, where the payment was
stopped They were deposited by, probably. this
same person in the Union Bank in England for
collection, have been sent out here to Piekersgill Il
Co, and have been paid BY the Bank Of merca.
No doubt the Bank here will require the payment
back, and is possible the amount may ye, be sc.
cured. Ex-Sherif Loundes will leave here in the
Steamer of the lst for London, to identify The in.
dvidual, and if possible to establish his guilt. Reed
has no doub, been in England for more than .
year.
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ar We have received another commune tion
from the Rev. w. 8. Hall, on the subject of Bsp
item, rather, we should say, upon subjects that
grew out OF the discussion Of the subject Of Baptism,
between himself and the Rev. w. r. Smith, Of this
place. When we gave place to Mr. Halls last
communication. we intended that i, should be the
last Of personal character, between the Reverend
gentlemen. They have both di,crged from the
main question. which we understood 70 DO the mode
Of Baptism, or. according to the following chsl.
lenge or proposition already published:
Nov, in the New Testament il 10 obvious, tha,
whatever is the original Specification of bap,i,o. |,
il either lrft indetermnale, or it would be better
translated pour or sprinkle. A calm inve.tig alton
of the connections in which i, is there used. and OF
the different cases Of christian Baptism there
died. will show ell the probabilities sgsns, i'm.
mersion, and in favor Of on mode and phen Mr..
Hall 10 ready 10 enter upon the discussion Of bap.
tizo in connection Wih the cases Of baptism, Ian,
ready TO substantiafe thi, position"
Unless the Reverend gentlemen are restricted in
some wsy, the discussion mus, assume en- inter
minsble shape, and as the elections are now coming
on, we could scarcely fnl room for their communi
cations. We are willing, however. to make plac,
for few articles strictly confined to the suhiec,
and would prefer them no, to exceed one column
| in length
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CT i.e crops in this section turn out pretty
wei Some fields, however, have been visited with
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1843-07-29

o. BLAcxwooDs EpIsBuRs MAGAZINE, New
World edition, hss ju been received. Il contains
The usual ,ar,y found in the columns Of ihu, able
Periodical. Price. So per snnum.
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O AIrrRrp NoTks.-Wc saw few days since
one dollar Relief note, on the Miners Bank Of
Po,tsvills, altered to f,co. The word "rwo" in
the body Of the note. is rather clumsily pu, on and
may be readily discovered by the ground work,
which is Of curved lines instead Of straight ones.
as in the original.
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a. A. . meeting ofthe Washingionian Tem.
persnce society Of Sunbury, aeld on Mond,y even.
ing last, the following persons were appointed s.
delegates to st,end Temperance Convention. to
be held at Liverpool, on the 81 Of Angus, next.
Henry NJ. Bos.err, Newton shindei,
jeremiah Wyngert, N. l.. Price,
Martin Irwin, John Smiok.
Jacob Painter. VIM. N. Gray,
John p. Packer. John Budj,
J. II. Zimmerman, Samuel ]. Fry.
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a. Coun,eriei, ten dollar notes, purpor,ing to
have heen issued by the Kensington Bank Of Phil.
sdelp, 10, are in circulation in that city.
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The Irish Repeal Association Of Na,chez was
formally di solved on the 10th instant, in c,nse-
quence OF Mr.. O'Conneil's speech in reference TO
Slavery in this country. Among the resolutions
adopted were the following:
Re'oired, That by proceeding further in car
ryiog Out The object, of our Association, zee reeog-
Mise Daniel o. ConneiTs prneipie', and c,nno, hut
nea, with contempt the invoca,ions he makes to
Southern Irishmen-as they are personally aware
Of the advantages they enjoy az men, and will shed
their last drop Of blood in defence Of the country
which has received, protects and fosters US.
Resoired, That this Association now stands dis.
solred
Resohed, That the Secretary he authorised 10
adde's. Daniel O'Connell letter. indicative of the
feelings Of this Association, and accompanied by
copy Of these roce' dngs.
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1843-07-29

Tnr OnarIoS % GrS. CAss, al the celebration
Of the completion of the Wsm Oh a, Erie Canslon
the fourth instant, is published in the Globe Of
Thursdny. !, is a rambling discourse in which
patriotic common places mingled with references
to the speakers personal adventures in the North
West forty years ago and to his travels in foreign
conn'rie'-,hc whole displaying more rhetoric than
simplicity. The following passage. however. is
worthy to he noted in consideration Of the political
position occupied by Gen. C.ss:
"Perhars. while ajdrcss you, measures are in
progress TO wrcs from county the territory
Of the Rocky Mountains. Island after island, coun-
try after country, falling before the ambition Of
England. She is pI,nting her standard wherever
there is a people to be subducd. or the fruits Of
their indu,ty to be secured With professions Of
philanthropy. she pursucs the designs of ambition
And she is encircng the globe with her station.
wherever she can hest accomplish her scheme of
ngerandisement. Il is my deliberate opinion, that
no nation, since the fall Of the Roman power, has
displayed greater disregard for the rights of er.
more badly aimed at universal domino ion. Our
claim to The country west Of the Roxy Mountains
is as undenable as our righ, to .,unker Hill or New
Orleans and who vill call in question our title. to
these blood-stained dells And I trust il will bo
m'inaln'd win vigor and prompi,ude equal to
Its justice. War is great evil, but not so grcs,
a' hationnl dishonor. Little is gained by yiej NJ
to insolent md unjus, pretensions. I, is h,er Il
defend the FIRST inch Of territory than Re Inst, Fa
better, in dealing with England, 10 re..s, oprres
sion. whether Of territory, Of impr.s,men,. or O
search, when first attemrted. t.,an to yield in III,
hope that forbearancs will pe me, in iu., spiri,
and VIII lead TO an o.nieable compromise. lie, IL
have no red lines upon the map of Oregon. lie
Us hold on to the integrity of our just claim. AM
" VIII cones, be it so. 10 not myself believe
will oe long avoided, unless prevented by in,estin
difficulties in the British empire. And wo be to
if we a,,er ourselves it can be arrested by any sys
TEN of concession Of all decisions. this would b
the most fatal and we should awake from ii dil
honored, if not ruined people"
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Boz.-It was announced, some few weeks sro,
that the next number Of Martin Chuzziswit, giving
his adventures in America, would probably con.
tain some fun 10 repay the reader for wsdng through
the amount Of stupid Ju'nsss which is to be found
in the preceding numbers. The number has
como, but the expectations formed Of it are no, re.
allied. Bo, 10 evidently so vcIed at the failure Of
his mission to procure q copyright law, by which
he im,gines he would pu, some hundreds Of dor-
lars moro in his pocket, ,hs, he cannot draw even
. decent csricature Of the men and manners Of A
merics. He is too angry to be amusing, and makes
up his deficiency in wit and humor by vi'lifc,tion
and sbu'e. His descriptions are ludicrously over
charged, and his burle.qucs so sxtravagant and far
removed from propric'y, that IL we cannot be a.
unused at them, we are compelled to laugh ct the
su,hor for absurd exhibition of personal spite,
national prejudice vulgnrity and in temper as ever
disgraced the pages Of Trollore or q Hall. His
| hero, Martin, whose manners and behavior, we
suppose. are the standard Of good breeding in the
authors estimation. instead Of being treated with
civili,y, az !, is represented he invariably is, de-
serves to he liked at every step for his ncivil,y
and ungra,cfu recognition ofthe favors he receives.
| B,z's buifoonery shows i,sclfin every page, and
we can laugh al him and the motives which prompt
ell lis pitiful spite IL we can derive no satisfaction
from the story itsclf.-PhH Leds.
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NO. T..

never participated in the slave trade, and
regard it, as is by no means unnatural
in their circumstances, with the utmost
adherence. One or two instances are
known where they have visited attempts
TO enslave their people with signal veni
geance. It's Difficult. to define the limits
and extent of their country. Perhaps
the most westerly border of what is
known as the Pangwe territory, ard pos
sbly spread itself over large portion of
the south side oflhe Mountains called the
Mountains of the Moon. Their country
is represented as immensely populous
but could not learn that they had any
very large and powerful organizations.
They are aware that vessels visit the OPP
posite coast, and they affirm that they
have seen articles of merchandise brought
from that quarter. am inclined to think
that the Pangwe people are migrating in
large bodies towards the coast. lfso, the
intermediate bushmcn, weakened as they
are by the slave trade, must inevitably be
supplan,ed.'
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Mysterious Gsrass Piatcs--.0risiu OF tho
AbotigiucS Of NmcricI.

Oar readers, doubtless remember see.
ing some time since floating paragraph,
stating that some brass plates, inscribed
with hyeroglyphic characters, had been
found in mound somewhere in Illinois.
On the minds of many, Of no doubt, ii
made no serious Impression. 1t seems,
however, that this discovery may be the
one llu; wanting to connect the Abort
gines Of America with their Asiatc anccs-
tors 4 gentleman, recently from Hi
nos, a few days since called upon us,
bringing with him fac simjie of these
plates, with an authentic account of their
discovery, There were six brass plates,
bell shaded, and some three inches long,
with hyeroglyphlc writing upon them,
found N mound of Illinois in this man
ucr The mound is near Undertook,
Pike county, and was opened, we sup
pose, from curiosity. Some bones were
found, and these 50 decomposed, that they
inouldcrci away. Below. were found
these plates, hang in an iron ring. But
this ring was SO oXodyzcd, that it too,
fell to pieces, and was reduced to rust.
The brass plates remained, az contained
what seemed TO be writing etsp p,iye Of
the persons who were iqmped. or of
The events meant to be comes aorWed.
Now, the first question pna0ab edly
is-arc these facts authentic +? Wete the
plates so found! In such plaae. and
with these impressions The 'aper
which contains the fac SMILES, col aims
also the certificate Of the persons ,ho
found them, and Of twelve other persons,
who we are told. are farmers OF the neigh
borhood, and who describe the manner
in which the digging was made, and the
manner in which the plates were disco
vered. We suppose the facts are so,
and a, all events this very certificate af-
fDrls the means Of ascertanlDg, by ex'
aiming the persons in the neighbor'
hood.
The next question is--what are these
characters Are they like any other char.
acters in the world We are told, with.
out pretending TO know, tina, some Of
these characters are the Ancient Chinese
This is a fac, capable OF heing perfectly
asceriaincd. Suppose il TO be So Tha
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.9necdofe of Charles Lomb.-Charles

.9necdofe Of Charles Lomb.--Charles
Lamb was at one part of his life ordered
to the seaside for the benefit of bathing
but no, possessing strength of nerve sufli-
cient TO throw himself into the water, he
necessarily yielded his small person up
TO the discretion Of two men to plunge
him. On the first morning, having pre-.
pared for immersion, he placed himself,
no! without trepidation, between these
two officials, meaning to give the previ-
ously requisite instructions which his
particular case required, but, from the
very agitated state lie was in, from terror
of what he nigh. possibly suffer from a
sea change, his unfortunate impeachment
Of speech became greater than usual, and
this inlirmity prevented his directions be-
ing as prompt as was necessary. Stand
ing, therefore, with man at either ell
bow, he began, Him to be di-i-ipped |!
The men answered the.ready instructions
with a ready Yes, sir, and in they sous
ed him As soon as he rose, and could
regain portion Of his los, breath, he
stammered out as befure, Him to be
di-i-ippod Another hearty Yes, sir. and
down he went second time. Again he
rose, and then with struggle 10 which
the men were too much used on such oc!
casions TO heed) he made an effort for
freedom but, not succeeding, he articu-
lated as at first, I-I.l'm TO be di.ipped.
Yes, sir, and to the bottom he went
again; when. Lamb, rising, for the third
Ime, shouted ont with desperate energy,
O-o-only once.
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characters used in Asia three thousand
years since, and that these had been SO
long buried in the earth that the iron ring
which had bound them had rusted away {!
what follows? 1t seems it would car
ry with it the inevitable conclusion, Ia
conclusion which all priori reasoning ar
rives at,) that the Aborigines of this coun-
try came over from the Chinese part Of
Asia, and instead of progressing through
the country from north to south, erected
these mounds and forti6ca,ions--iinally
settling in Mexico, where the Spaniards
found them semi-civllzed, and with all
the characteristics Of the general Asiatic
family. If the facts stated above be au-
thenticated, this conclusion is inevitable,
and the long deficient link Of evidence is
found.-Cincinai Chronicle.
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Poiatoes.--'rhe Richmond Compiler
gives us the following circumstances con-
Dected with the history Of this valuable
esculent. 1t says: A friend has sent US
an old and queer looking book, enti.led:
The ancient, and present state Of the
county and city of Cork, &C., by Charles
Smith, NJ. ID. BY turned down leaf,
we are directed to paragraph in i. rela-
ting to the introduction Of potatoes into
Ireland. As we suppose all know, this
vegetable was transported from this coun-
try, where it was in use by the Indians 10
Ireland, by Sir Walter Raleigh, and we
learn from this old book that he landed at
Cork, where the first potato was planted.
The book says: The persons that PLAN
sd them, imagined that the apple which
grows on the stalk was the part TO be
used, gathered them; but not liking the
taste, neglected the roots till the ground
being dug afterwards for some other
grains. the potatoes were discovered
therein and 10 the grea, surprise Of the
planter greatly increased; from those few,
This country was furnished with sccd.--
". Y american.
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From the Democratic Review
THE WARNING.


1t shall not always he!
The air breathes where it will; the wind
Is chaiuless, and the storm is free;
Shall chalus enthral the mind
Creation owns no slave; and man,
Shall Man bend low to scouige and ban,
And quake and suffer, md be still?
Il shall not always be-
Arise he husband will!
Il shall not always be +!
Awhile he yet may wear the chain
IN silence like the Northern sea,
Mid Winters sunless reign;
Awhile he yet may bow him down
To Powers red sconrge and Prde's dark irown
And toll and weep, and be a slave;
1t shall not always be-
The storm unchalns the wave.
II shall not always be
The lightning shoulders in its nine,
The thunder sleeps as yet-but see,
Is there no tcmpest-sisn
Ia tyraut, see and sheathe thy brand;
Strike ictter or, from heart and hand!
Nor crush Gods image in thy path.
|, shall not always be
Be JUsr---or brave his wrath.
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Another nj ranted.-A down.easfer
adver,iscs for wife in something like the
following manner Any gal what's got
COW. good feather bed with comfor,a.
bile fxens, $500 in the hard pewter. one
that has had the measles and understands
tending children. can find customer for
life, bv writing a small bin dur, address.
ed to z. O.. ana stick j, in the crack Of I'm
Gle Ebcnezar's barn, back side, jnin the
hog pen.'
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A New Negro Nation.

New Negro Nation.
From an extract published in the Alba
ny Argus, and derived from the narrative
of Mr.. Wilson, Missionary in Africa,
we learn that he has discovered nation
of Philippians never before seen or de-
scrbed by white man. Mr.. Wilson is
stationed on the Gaboon river, which en-
ties into the Atlantic about twenty miles
north of the equator.
The mission is at the mouth of the
river, but, having fine opportunity, Mr..
Wilson accompanied Toxic, distinguish.
ed negro merchant, up the Gaboon and
Its tributary, the Big Orombo, TO ko-
bangal's town, fifty miles from the ocean,
on the Bawke, branch of the Big Orom
DO. This was as far up the river as he
assembled. While there he met with
new nation of Africans, some of whom
were said TO come FIVE days journey
from the interior that is from two to
four hundred miles from the sea coast.
lie calls them the Pangace people, be-
cause they come from the direction in
which a country of that name lies. The
distance from the coast indicates that they
come from Ethiopia d; and possibly this
people may spread over that vast UNI
known region Of Africa.
The existence and use of iron Of their
own manufacture seems very remarkable,
and, philosophers would say, indicates an
advanced state of civilization; for it is
known that a barbarous or savage people
never have iron of their own manufacture
until it has been first introduced by the
whites. The non-exlstence of slavery
and the slave trade among them shows a
feature still more distinctive from the or
binary African.
We are furnished by the Argus with
the following passage from the journal of
Mr.. Wilson:
Daring our sojourn in this place we
met with number of men entirely differ
ent in their features and general appeal
rance from those in this part Of the coun-
Try, some OF whom were SAID TO have
come five, and others ten or twelve days
Journey from the interior. They were
known 10y the name OF the Pangwe peo-
| pie. They were on VISIT to tins part OF
The country, which is as near to the sea
coast as they have ven'urcd. Hearing
OF us at tins place, they came IN consider
able numbers to see white man anG old
Ioko, one OF whom was as much an OBJ
Jecl OF curiosity as the other. Those oil
them whom we saw, both men and wo-
men, were vastly superior IN theiF Perso-
nal appearance 10 Tie marailme tribes
and, 1t they may he regarded as fair
specimen OF Their people, | should have
no hesitation IN prouonncng them The I'M
nest whom have ever met with. They
wear no clothing eXcepta piece oil rlotl
made OF The inner BARK oil 'ree' ms Is
fastened around HE IONS by acord. MOI
do they cove' cloth. On 'hc other hanh'
they Jeer HE hushmen IN 'hS region by
telling them that they wear cloth 10 con
ceal their personal defects and external
diseases. Both men and women braid
their bar with great deal OF taste. The
women braid The hair ON the !nrepart OF
the head IN two rows which lie over the
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Wo find the following ar;shnseficaI
toast. by a schoolmasier. in one OF our
exchange papers: "rhe fair daughters Of
America---may they add virtue 70 beauty.
subirac, envy from friendship. multiply
amiablo accomplishments BY sweetness Of
temper. divide time BY scciabili,y and
.coromy. and rcdl,co ucrnlul u II iovpoo&
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Nothing strikes one more 6cd'dVW,
than the queer melange of name with
which the map of these United States is
dotted. The most distant points in the
world are placed side by side and the
most singular associations are produced.
Take the following paragraph as a sam
pie of h0W IL reads.
IT is amusing to hear how our western
journalists talk of home affairs OCCASION
ally. One will tell you the mail from
Hirculaneum has failed, in consequence
of the high rise in the river Amazon,
above Rome, by which several bridges
we've entirely swept away. The road
from Pekin TO Naples, we dre told is ex-
,remely bad, owing to the frequent (reshe,s
in the Nile and Nigar, which are small
streams, but powerful when their dander
IS ri2. Opposite Conslaniluople there is
said to be great mud-hoe, which is fire.
quen,ly entirely impossible, and which
is much worse by the hogs who wallow
in ii, from dewe morn ill eve. The
town of Gibralier is gradually washing
away, by the abrasion of the waters
Jerusalem is gradually growing into i'm
portancc--Madrid is doing the clean thing
in the line of common schools--Paris
will never be any thing more than a col
lection Of mud hu,s, with barrels for
chimnics--London is fast going down
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A dispute having arisen at an Italian
court, as to whether a lawyer or doctor
should walk frs, in certain procession,
i, was decided by the court fool in favor
Of tho lawyer, on the ground that the
rogue always walked before the exeeu.
TONER.