{"newspaper_name": "The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware register.", "edition": "01", "page": "p3", "byline": ""}
much the case with some of the most con-
slant church-goers in England. There are
indeed no "chief seats to be found in
churches here. In England, the church is
looked upon by many folks, as sort of the.
atre or place to show-off in. The finest pew
seems to contain the most pious worship
per. What is there more common in an
English parish, than the quarrels about the
" best pew"a While the French people are
kneeing to expiate their sins, upon the stone
floors of their churches, we forget our sins,
and add to the stock in a squabble about who
shall have the gaudiest seat or cushion, up
on which to sit or kneel down to protest that
we are deeply impressed with feelings ofhu-
mility."


Letters from Philadelphia. received in.
New York, mentioned that the Salem IN
J.) Steam BANKING Comhany had exploded,
and that the notes were on a par with those
of the State Bank at Trenton-but in con-
tradiction to these reports, we find the fol-
lowing notice in the Philadelphia papers -


Salem Banking Comhang.-A malicious
report having been circulated to the preju-
dice of this institution, the public are inform.
ed that the notes of this bank are received in
deposite at the Bank of the United States
from their customers, and at the Mechan-
ics' Bank of the city and county of Phiadel-
phia.


Two hundred dollars will be given to any
person who shall discover the author of the
above slanderous report, and obtain legal
proof of his being such.


WILLIAM MULFORD, Cashr.