r?* A week afterwards the body was washed ashore, some miles down the river, a woken dhd disfigured mass. Unrecognised and uupiued, it was borne to the rave?and there it has long since mouldered away. Mtaceftlaiaeous. Proposed matrimonial enactments.? The following clauses are humbly proposed^ be added to the late act against " clandestine marriages, in case the legislature should hereafter take that subject into their further consideration? When two vounir thoughtless fools, ha ving no visible way to maintain themselves, nor any tiling to begin the worbi yet resolve to marry and be miserable, let it be deemed petty lurceny. If a younger brother marries an old woman jmerely for the sake of a maintenance, let it be ealled self-preservation. When a rich old fellow marries a young wench in her full bloom, it shall be death without benefit of clergy. When two old creatures that can hard-; Jy hear one another speak, and cannot propose the least comfort to themselves in the thing, yet marry together, they shall be deemed non compos, and sent to a mad house. When a lady marries her servant, or a gentleman his cook maid, especially if there be any children by a former marriage, they both shall be transported for for fourteen years. | When a man has had one bad wife, and buried her, and will marry a second, it shall be deemed felo de st, and he be bu111 f tin hiirlttvntv n/?orv??rl ? t* rrl wr W V U IMV VTOJ UIVUI Ulll^ljfl I When a woman in good circumstances marries an infamous man, not worth, agroat; if she's betrayed into it, it: shall be called accidental death ; but if shej knows it, it shall be made single felony, and she shall be burnt in the hand. When a woman marries a man deeply I in debt, knowing him to be so, let her be sent to the house of correction, and kept, to hard labor for three months; and if he deceived her, and did not let her know his circumstances, she shall be acquitted, and he doomed to beat hemp all the days of his life. When a man, having no children, marries a woman with five or six, let the delinquent stand thrice in the pillory, lose boih his ears, and suffer one year's imprisonment. And when a man or woman marries to ] the disinheriting of their children, let i them suffer as in the case of high treason. < From a paper printed in 1753. Impartiality.?The Boston Post says that Mr.Rockwell,Speaker of the General Court of that State, not wishing to manif nnir naptiolitw ???t I* ^ -I - ^ - ' vu? UIIJ |>U| kiuillja VUIIVI IUI IUII IUUU& UT I stage coaches, his constituents being divided in their opinions as to which of the two is the best mode of conveyance, walked home. The hen thieves arc so annoying in New Jersey, that large traps are set to J catch them. The following notice in the Jersey Blue, indicates the fate of some of them. 44 The gentleman who h ft his right hand a few evenings since, at Mr. John Ehler's hen-roost, at Wehawken, is requested to call and take it nwmv nc if twill 2-?'? J , ..... ..w* .mr much longer." A curd for the Ague and fever that iias never failed in five hundred c'Av ses.? Cloves 1-2 ox, cream tarlar 1 -2 ox, Peruvian bark 1 oz, well pulverised. Put them into a bottle of the best port wine j and lake the decoction or tincture on the ' well days, as fast as the stomach will ro ceive it. As there are now more persons afflicted with ague and fever than at any ; other period, in the opinion of the faculty,! the publication of the above recipe will entitle you to the thanks of numbers who now labor under that disorder.? Wash. Co. Adv. Stop the Runaway.?We always obey the commands, and not only the commands, but the wishes, of the ladies, if we cun, therefore we comply with the request of 'Mrs. Sophia Shindies, correctly Sophia Camill," of Buffalo, who charges her husband, Alexander Camill, alias John Shindies, with deserting her; bed and board, and taking off with him four or five hundred dollars in money, and a gold watch and chain worth a hundred * dollars more. Mrs. Camill says that Mr Camill is twenty-nine years old, lias dark hair, dark complexion, dark gray eyes, prominel teeth, and a small mouth, and Wears n nlain fill I\w a 4 1 .. > X I A iT! ? .1 ui biiun I lie tju|iii'inu i d 111 l ilt td the sentence of the Court below, am? Murrel was remanded to the Penitentiary to serve out his time yet unexpired.?lb I Important Arrest.?On Monday last, officers A. M. C. Smith and G. Ha\s succeeded in arresting in the upper part of this city, a young man, name George Francis Burn, who fled from London in August last, with near four thousand pounds, principally in sovereigns, the property of William Jackson Taylor, Stock broker, of No. 2 Burtholemew Lam-, London, with whom Burn was a clerk.? The fugitive arrived in this citv in November last, and has since resided hereunder u fictitious name; and he bad cmployed hi? ill gotton capita) so profitablv that nearly the whole amount stolen has1 hern secured. Mr. Taylor advertised a reward of one hundred pounds Tor the arrest of the fugitive, and 400 for the recovery of his property?a pretty snug lift in these times.?N. V. Sun. : A Busy Body.?A down east editor says?* ! have to edit my paper, keep my books for the paper and other business, do all my out-door business, put up all orders for goods, do all my correspon- j dence, generally direct my papers, W9it * ' i .k. ~ ..f ? ' upuu vuaiKiiitTSi iiuvv mo ?'iuc vi my printing oilier, saw and split my Wuod, ( tnnke my tires, feed my hens, instruct my ] children, tend the babies, besides other r plans and other business. With all this, < and rigid economy, 1 hope to gain some- ; thing when J get a good start!" A coon one.?The Boston Post says, i 4< the reason that cream is so scarce now i is, that milk is risen so high, the cream < can't reach the top." < The Boston Resormer savs, the baboon is the only animal, beside man, who can be induced to use tobacco. j For the Courier. j8 To Mary s O Mary, wherefore did we meet? 1 Why throbs this heart so wild? I They err, who say there is deceit, beneath a woman's smile. It is not so?angelic smiles 1 Are but by angels worn, f And hearts unscathed by human wiles, I To higher hopes are born. I've led thee in the sportive dance, [ Where fluttering hearts beat high, j But never could 1 catch one glance r Of pleasure from thine eye. Tllnn.rh tl.r... rwll,?.-o l.lnn".ll.. :l~.1 ( ? ?ia<>u VII I'VUVia l/iuuuijr QUIllCU^ No smile was there for me, I And though in misery, the while, t 1 happy seemed to thee. I Oh 'tis divine when the first blush Of womanhood is seen. Then its pure, virtuous, glowing flush, Is waked from childhood's dream; But what is loveliness to me, Ere long 'twill lose its bloom And smiles shall lose (though pure they be) Their witchery in the toinb. Then, Mary since iny lot is cast, On fortunes varying tide, Let not thy memory wake the past, This weakness to deride. But when bright years (to thee) have flown And care has traced thv hrow. Think not of him, o'er whom you've thrown Such witching influence now. \V. LITTLE THINGS ARE BEST. addressed to a l itt i.e. short i. adv. When any thing abounds, we find That nobody will have it. But when there's lii tle of the kind, Don't all the people crave it? If wives are evils, as 'tis known And woefully couiess'd The man who's wise will surely own A little one is best. The god of love's a litti.f. wight, But beautiful as thought; Thou too art I.1TTLR, fair as ] Iff lit. And every thing?in short! t O, liappy ffiil! 1 think thee ho, Fut all to no purpose. The packet was r 1~.~: 1 -i.-i iriniuru oiii* w.iy wiiii IMC nope IIIUl MlC ^ ifTair might he set to right, bui no justice t jould he obtained, nor is there any expecations at present that the matter will be ( peaceably adjusted/' a General Francisco P. Toro, the brotherin-law of Sinta-Anna, and the late Gov. [?l* Yucatan, has retired to his garden in f ihe suburbs, and is as much despised as he was formerly llattered by the serviles of Pnmpcarhy. Unlike the Americans in | Mexico, every man in oflicc, is a dcrni- , devil. j Even the name of this weak, wicked t tool of the oligarchy is not mentioned f any more than if he had been dead twen- ( ty years; and he dare not show himself J in public for fear of insults from the very individuals who would have kissed his feet, and pandered to his vices, three months ago. All was tranquil in the city at last ac- 1 counts; the Ihitish frig?te Hybele having 1 received specie, on merchants* accounts | at Vera Cruz, proceeded homeward. I Tiie Poisknkd Valley of Java.? i The usual meeting in the Royal Asiatic i Society, took place on Saturday ; the ritrht i Hon. W. \V. VVynn in the chair. A paper was* read hy Col. Sykes on the poisoned Upas Valley at Betnr, in Java, ex i traded from a letter hy Mr. London, containing a description of his visit to the place in July, 1NJJ0. According to the i statement of Mr. Loudon, this valley is wemy miles in exteut, aud of a considertl?le width; it presents a most desolate ippearance, the surface being sterile and without any vegetation. The valley consins numerous skeletons of tnanialia and jirds. In one case the skeleton of a hunan being was seen with the head resting jpon the right hand; according to tradi* ion it is said that the neighboring tribes were in the habit of driving ih$ criminals into the valley to expiate their crimes.? Mr. Loudon tried the experiment of lowering some dogs and fowls into the valley, ind ' in every case animation became quickly suspended, although life was prolonged in some instances for ten minutes. The valley proved to be th** crater of an extinguished volcano, in winch carbonic . A ' < 1 Ik0 10 0mi0wutoil It b o I- ??? *?? 'I ? 1 IV>MI is gi'ii'1! u%v\n ??av mi' 111 uuu uci Dane, at Naples. The fabulous influence mputed to the Upas tree is, therefore, without foundation, the mortality being :uused solely by the deleterious ageucy )f the gas.?London paper. TEXAS. We learn from 6ome gentlemen recenty returned from a visit to Texas, that the iflairs of that interesting region, are astuming an aspect of great quiet and sta>ility. The consciousness that the gloious struggle of the revolution is virtuilly ended, has turned the minds of this nfant, yet distinguished people to the 'aim. r interests of peace?the establishnent of tree and pure government, of vholcsome laws wisely administered. In informing this task they will be able to iroflt, not only by experience of all histoy, but particularly by that of our own 'ountry. Many promirtent, and, it is to >e feared fatal errors, of whose institutons, can, and probably will be avoided ?y the Texians. The urmy is representmI as being in tine condition, still in qnarcrs on the La Baca, under command of jlen. Johnson. The naval force of Texts, though small, is still formidable and 'fl'orls are making to fit out the Invincible, lie B utus, and other vessels of war. tluch trouble, however, both on land and >y sea, lias been saved this infant Iliopubic by the timely interference of the U. States and of France, which has been in 'okeil on ihe destined government of Mexico, by the lawless treachery and lulicrous arrogance of their conduct tovards all other nations. The arrival of i British brig ??f war, in the ports of Texts, bearing a confidential agent of his go. eminent, is ati event which shows that /lis country and its destinies, have already ttructed the interest of foreign statesnen. The Congress of Texas commenced its ecoud session, at Houston on the 13th us*. The government have taken steps o negotiate the bonds f. r a loan of five , nillions?hut we are not informed wheher it is expected to negotiate them in he United Stales or in Europe. Such are lie terms oflered for this loan, in times hat of less commercial embarrassment /.an these, we think ii would not remain ong without being taken. Two cliait ror banking institutions exist in Texas? >nc with a capital of five millions, the, ither of one million. It is expected that me or both of these will soon get into iperation, and the currency of Texas may peedily become sounder and better than he wretched and delusive system which las been so badly "regulated" in the U. Mates. The gentlemen with whom we have onversgd, represent the tide of emigraion, that is now filling up Texas, as iintense. Hundreds and thousands have een and are still going to Texas from the Initcd States, to see the country, to look ut for homes lor themselves, their famiies, and their friends. Texas now only mints cultivators of the earth. Of soldiers \ tie has enough, in nnv conflicts which an be apprehended with such an enemy j s Mexico. Indeed the recent disturhnn-) es in Mexico, render it more than proba-i le that Texas will have no more trouble. J Pile agricultural resources of Texas have, lever been at all developed. They are j mrnense, as will speedily appear, under he industry and energies of the race, to rhorn ti c country now belongs. Pr? paations have been made for he cultivation >f extensive crops of cotton, grain, &r., his spring ; and when the culture of solar is added to these, T^xas will rank as inc of the richest countries in all its reources in the globe. We are indebted to Mr. Kidd for the i ollowing extract ? " Vera Cruz. April 13, 1837. The American sehoouer Orient, of New London, J. Morgan, jr. master, from this nirt, has been seized at the port of Guar* icoaicos, by the authorities of that port? he master arrested and thrown into priion, without onv just cause, as the Arneri an Consul at Vera Cruz, was informed." V. O. Bulletin. by the express mall,. New York May 11,3 P. M. Yesterdav the militia - * - - "?? l?y the new Mayor,ami paraded tlic streets with music and colors Avion, for the purpose ol preventing a riot, which some persons took it into their heads might happen in consequence of the suspension of specie payments. Not the least disposition to riot, however, was manifested in tiny part of the day. If Mr. Clark was really afraid of disturbance, we cannot blame him for having the military in rea-j diness; hilt this public display of armed force, making New York look like a ciiy in a state of seige, without proper occasion, lias given much oA'encc.?JV. Y. Ere. Post: i / / i , I ur financiers. "Itisa fuel, not generally known that by the laws of New-York a teiniorary suspension ?.f specie pay no nt is not considered an act of insolvency. But if any Bank shall suspend specie payment more than nimtij days, it is then insolvent; or it the Directors refuse the Rank Commissioners the right to examine the officers on oath as to the con(11lion of the Bank, it is also declared insolvent. In such cases it is the duty of the Bank Commis1 sinners to proceed in Chancery against such Bank, , in order that a dectee of insolvency may he pronounced ; and a receiver appointed to disliihute I the assets according to the provisions of the act of 2d April, A. I?. IrSK).'* A. PIBLIC MEKTINtt. At a numerous and highly respectable meeting of the citizens ??f KiTslinw held at the Court House at Camden, on the lSih inst.. Hi* Honor t!?e Intondunt was called to the 1 hair, am! Win. Kennedy appointed Secretary. Tl ?os. J. Wethers, Esq. in a few brief, but foicible remarks, explained the object of the meeting, anil read the proceedings of the citizens of Charleston, recommending the temporary suspension of specie payments by all the Banks in that city. The President of the Bank of Camden, made an exhibit of the a Hairs of the Institution, which was so satisfactory to the Stockholders, at their annual meeting a few weeks ago that they authorized an increase of capital of one hundred thousand dollars, since when, the Hank has curtailed its circulation hy seventy thousand dollars, and brought its bills in circulation, far within what it is authorized to have, in proportion to the specie in its vaults by its charter, and amply demonstrated that the Hunk is as solvent and able, promptly to meet all its engagements as any Bank in the Sstate or Union. M- WT-. I -? - I ith. ?t fmcrs men oiiercri the following Preamble and Resolutions, which wero j unanimously adopted. ' Whereas, the Hanks of all the Atlantic cities of the Union, are known to have suspended Specie payments?including most of the principal commercial cities of the interior country ; And Whereas, it is deemed inevitable that this suspension must immediately become, if it be not now universal. Resolved, therefore, That as a matter of sclf-i efencr, this meeting recommend to the Hank of Camden, a resort to the same measure. Resolved, That this course should bo pursued so long, and so long only, bv the