RETORT
Tit tht President and Manager nf tht Dunv'llc
and Potttville Rail lioad Company.
Gssi i.e. sits ! In a communication ylii-ti I
iuade In September list, I stated H e JiflVultic
which i Vcdln the early part of the " (" '
i flnH took the eupcrinlcndcricc of the road,) nn.l
which prevented our commencing 'rrn i rn uti il
Ihe 19th uf May. From that wlS until llic tin
sing of the navigation of the Susquehanna by ire,
nothing occurcd to prevent the rcgu'nr trip of the
locomotives and all the conl that was mirinl by
the several operator was promptly taken to .Sun
bury. The quantity was not 10 g eat as Koa an'icipa-
trd; or on was -vished to he sent hy the operators :
but tht diminution of quantity was not occasion! J
by any thii g In connection with either the mil r-ad
r tho engines. A contract for ten thousand tons
of coal to be delivered at Danville had been made,
the delivery of which Wos attested by the stoppaec
of the ranal on the North I) ranch in the eaily nrt
of July, and the canal was not again opened iM.trl
the middle of October, thus leaving a ery biirf pe
riod fot the use of boats in that direction, and pre.
venting ti e fulfilment of this contract by more than
M-ven thousand tons.
The d;im acioss the Susquehanna at Sunbuiy,
has barn for a long timo in bad order, and when
tiie waters brcome low, the levels between this
p iint and Duncan's Island arc invariably defic cut.
After the lirst of August the bouts wee no! only
prevented from tukii g full loads, but were so long
detained as materially to affect tho trade; being kept
n arly as long again in making tlnir trips as would
otherwise have been necessary. These dirfiiubica
were the more felt from the want of louts on the
Susquehanna: to supply tho defic:eney it is I clevcd
five hundred bonis more will bo required. From
these several causes there has been at least seven
housnnd dollars less received in tolls on tho road
than would have been, had these difficulties not
s-xisted; while tl.o expenses would h.ivc h-en but
tittle more.
There was transported over the mud by motive
power from May 17th to Decembe. r 23, !. I 10. in
elusive, 15,373 tons of anthracite coal: U(i.",.i).rri lbs.
flour, -pork, beef, potatoes, cVc, 371 perches stone:
'10,155 feet of lumber: 2,007 bushels lime, grain
nM wed: 1,805 passcngcts twenty miles? 625
eight miles and 83 six miles, making a tntut of
-.a55 pascngers. The amount received for nil the
transportation during tne hut year was t hvrri thou-
ind one hundred and eighty-seven dollars sixty-two
ents. This sura was sufficient to meet all current
expenses; to keep the road, cars, cVc, in p. od or
der: nnd to pay the extraordinaty rxp. ns s benrr
d for repairing the engines, cars, road and bridge
J sforo operations could be commenced in the p ing
snd which wsre not chargcablo to this year's busi-t-.essi
but for these extra expenses, and (he inter
ruptions in the navigation of the canal-, tin re woii'd
fiave been a handsome balance ; enough it is lul ev.
rd to have paid most of the debt?. We hope we
shall be enabled to discharge these debts from the
profits of the next year.
Exertions have leen made to keep the ro.d en
gines and cars in good repair, and as we shall be
read) by the first opensng of the navigation to com
mence operations, we may reasonably calcu'ate that
the recipts will be more than double next j ear We
are strengthened in this belief from the fact that the
roal of the Shamokin Basin has been di-tr'butcd
1on.j tho waters of the Susquehanna f cm S in
bury to Baltimore, and all who have ns. il it attest
its good qualities,
Baltimore, which has hiihcito had it- supply
from Philadelphia, can now receive it from Siumo
kin at as cheap a t:itc as it is delivered t the latter
city, and it is belietsd will require fur the present
year, three t;mrs as much for consumption a was
sent during the past.
'J he smelling of inn with anthracite cold has al
ready given en inipuUc to the trade on this mad.
The immense masses of iton ore (H-cuvered on Mein
our's Ridge, and thisotc of the very lest and most
approved quality, has demonstrated this region to
be the one of all others, the best adapted for the ma
king and manufuctuiing of iron in all its variety of
forms. Tho rnximity of the Sbumukiii Coal La
sin to Monteui's Ridge, and tie connection of the
two by tlio Danville and Pottsvillo rail road, not
only render the location eligible far furnaces, but
makes il certain that the Went end of the road must
do a busiucss that will produce a large revenue; for
whether you take the coal to the ore or the ore to
the coal, it must pass over this section uf the rond :
as it has been found most advantageous, the pro
will be taken to the coal: this will cause an im
mense tonnage up the toad, furnu-binir, as much
hack freight as the returning coal ears can bring;
thus giving tonnage perhaps quite equal both ways ;
while tho re-tiatiFportaion of the pig it manufactu
red iron cilhrr lo Pi.ilaJelphi i by Po'lsviile, or to
Sunbury for the Western or Baltimore mailed, will
swell the inern.e of the ruil road beyond the amount
of any former estimate.
One furnace of Utge dimensions bus alieady
been elected at the town of Sh.imokiii, ami will go
into blast early in the spring. This furnace will
require seven thousand fivo huntltl lor, of ore per
year, and its propiii-tora have alieady contracted for
its delivery at Sunhury during the scaon. In re
turn for this a e they have also ivrtracted to send
the same nu ruler of Ions t.f c.ml lo Danville ; thus
Disking a liansil of fifteen thousand tons over the
road from this single establishment; vlr,., nesily
rqual to all the tonnage of la.-t year, and is inde
pendent of all the down river trade. Three furna
ces in addition and a rolling mill wi I pro'iably be
built during the prist nl year. These four lurnaers I
will rt quiie thirty thousand Ions t f ore, which wjt j j Wednesday last, under lhe super.n-endence of
psy in tolls lo Ihe Rail Road Con.pvr.y, f .r ore r. Charles Henderson, and conl lined lo Work to
alone, eighterm thousand dolla.s, and if the iron b the .,iHfartion of , conctrneJ up to th. time our
ent to Sunhuiy, five thousand seven hundred and ! Iliper w pu( , prPMwith , fair pr,wr,c, nf ,,.
sixty doll.r. ext.a, making Ihe sum of twenty. Hire, j tt..rimg the j,,,,,,, , rn,erlriie 0f lhe proprie
thousand seven hunthed ai d sixty doll, rs N 1 i,,,,, ,!,,,,, .iW,M f., The ptep iet-is a,e
thes. furnaces alone, without taking into Ihe . : Rriu,nv .n.twiR he, op to bar full ra, acily. She
count th. limrstont. which wi I be cried eve, . I ,. ,ap(,rj rf u ,rv, lrtl p11(,,y lorm8 pIOl,,,
part Pf th. road, and lha incrrae-J number ol p.,- .' Sj of fi,k( qil)1,.lr pig ,ni.U. ,.., ,,.
sengers wh di smb utabli limentf must nrcesserily
bring.
If the to -.1 rmi.lirj to Pollsville, and the iron
sent to 1'hihi le'phis ins'ead ef to Baltimore, the
toll would In p-oporilonally increased, as it would
necrstniily be eon rev ed further on our rail roid.
I believe il.it ii is admitted by all who are ae
qunintrd w iih t' n several anthracite coal fields in
Pennsylvania, t't.it none surpasses, if any equals,
the miihl!r f.elil, nnd that this rail road parses
through oni'iif i!:e richest districts known, whether
we lake into cunsidcra'inn quantity, quality, or the
facility of mitrcirr, at will as the height of the hills
or mountains uhovo water level. Take tho whole
line from Montgomery" (on the Girard Estate) to
tho gap of the Dig Mountain" on tho Shimokin
creek, nnd I presume you will find a greater quan
lily of coal uhow water level than is to be found in
any other spare of equal extent. In the samo dis
tricl is found extensive beds or viens of iron ore of
good quality, which no doubt will be found suitable
for many kinds nf iron. Tuka ihis in conmction
with Monteui's Ridge ore, and it will not require
much imagination lo conceive the whole region
long the tine nf rail load spotted with furuaes and
other wuiksfor the mauufacture of iron, and covered
with a denre, prosperous and happy population.
The mineral riches of the country through which
this ro.id Ir v, rsi for miles must alone render its
strkkor.c of tho most profitable investments. In
addition lo its lor I advantages it is certainly the
neare t and most direct route from tho Metropolis
to the nor.h wckI p ut of our slate, both by the ruil
road from Soubiny to Erie whxh has been projec
ted; by the West Draneh Canal, now in opeia'ion
to I'arrai.eUvi le ; by the Bald Eagle Canal, now
finished to within a few miles of Bcllefonle; by the
W.llinmsp it Hid Elinira rail road, now finished
and travelled to It.il-.tun ; thence a few intermediate
miles to ltlosi-burgh; and thence by a finished la 1
road to Coming where it connect wi h tho im
provements of the slate of New Yo.k, which, with
tilt ir ramifications communicate with the great
lakes, as well as with lha western and central region
of thai state, and with the New York and Eric rail
road, now in i rosire'ss. It will thus le seen that it
is not only in the most direct route to the north
wert portions (if our own state, but that it is also
the nearest and best route to Buffalo, in the state
of New York, and that v ith only a fvw intermediate
miles the whole line is nearly finished' A survey
was completed by direction of the State du ing the
last season up the West Branch to the Bald Eag'o,
and thence up the north side' of the U.dd Eaijlc
Mountain over the Allegany Mountain, and it was
found that a rail road could be made by this route
to Pittsburgh, without a plane. As all these im
provements, as well from the West Branch as from
the N oi lit Branch of the Snsqucbannn, weither fin
ished or projected, come directly lo the west end of
our road, unJ this road the most direct and shoitt
route to Philadelphia and the seaboard, can we do
other than believe that it mu-t and it w II be as im
portant a link in the great chain of internal commu
nication, as any in the United States ? As soon as
the Beading and Pottsville road is finished it will
command nearly all the pas.-engcrs and much of the
light merchandise to and from the North West lo
Philadelphia. The fact that eighteen hundred pas
sengers (exclusive of way passengers) were convey
ed over that poilionof ihc road between Kbain.ikiu
and Sunbury shows that the community begin to
appreciate this route. To the citizens of Philudel
phis il is of peculiar iniportnnec, not only as regards
their great interest in the (Jirard Estate., but as
furnishing facilities for the transit of tlx ir goods lo
the North, the North West ;.ml the Weft, st all
starort) tifthtyev, without interruptions from fiost,
freshets, breaches, or droughts, and of receiving pro
duce in nturn; thus, with Ihe-e str.king advan
tages, diverting the trade from other channels I
feel assured that the true interest of the city oityht
not to permit another season to elapse !, fire fur
nishing the requisite means to fini-h i' lute'i
mediate miles of this important roal. '!'!! "'tatr
also, being deeply inlere.-led, mu-l find i! t'n i in
terest to make the necessary nppr ipriati ! t con
nect the two sections, by which means iht Com
monwealth would very foju cease paying the large
interest gunrauleed to the loan hohh rs.
The only oljection ever urged agiinl this road
has been to the incline planes, on llie E it end of
it. When I look charge of the road I b II these ob
jections very strongly; but after err fully examin
ing the subject, and with seven months experience,
I am satisfied that for the trim.it of heavy burthen,
both ways, our level road with planes is decidedly
better and can be woikcj cheaper than if ilui roid
hid been made with heavy gra les withmi incline.'.
For passengers only sueh grades may firquenlly be
preferable; but, (after the CJimec i.-n with the Potts
ville, Beading and Philadelphia rail roul, and the
completion of our own woik) should it befouii ! in
cuiivenienl to use the planes, a short stage ride over
the Broad M untain would connect the line where
the rail road crosses the turnpike on the side of the
f.lKU-t Muuii'aiii.
In every view of the suljer, eilln r as regards in
vestment ir advantage, in i-Slale and (lily, there is
great inducement for prompt exeilions lo obtain the
means In complete ihe few intermediate miles ; nnd
I cannot loo stiongly recommend In the Bo id of
Managers to muko an enily appe. I lo the Legislature
and to Ihe Cly Councils, believing that tho great
importance of this inipiovrmeiit must command
their attention.
I am v. rv re-pectfnllv.
SAM I IE f. It. WOOD,
Jivi ut 2sth, llt.
Acting Manager.
Til Knruarr.
The A nlhratitc Furnace, in this borough, blew
THE AMERICAN,
Saturday, ttbrwtry 27, 1841,
Itrmocratic CantlUtatr for Governor,
ti c II. I A V l II- O II T i: II.
fj The illness of s veral nf tho hands, nnd the
breaking of our priss, will we trust lip a sullicient
npol gy for thd non-appearance of our paper last
wck.
Ijj- We invite the nt'rntion of our leid" rs lo the
refiort of Samuel R. Wood to the Danville and IVtts
v:llo Uail Koid Company.
j" Smith and Wolcott inform the citizens tif
.Sunbury that circumstances have prevented llietn
from veiling this place as was intended.
Cjf'Thie morning's mail brings iulelligence ul
the arrival of the Steamer Biittania, and final settle
ment of the war in lhe ea-l, by which Mahomet
Ah is allowed lo re'tain r.cypt, upon surrendering
Syria and giving up the Turkish I'lei t.
j- We have received the J inuary numbers o!
JMiiim' Ktmi-mimlhl; Mtgushte, nn rxcillrni
publication, publish. d on the 1st and loth of every
month, at Boston, by Cleo-gn Hole r;!', at the lu.v
price offl 50 per annum. The number bef.iie us
contains much useful and eiiliil.iiniug matter; ori
ginal ms well as selections from Ihc best for. ign jou -nals,
besides einhel i.hmeiits and music.
;
CJ- Wc - k'"vledge the receipt ,.f ron5res-i,.. ;
a! document' I'Otii the lion, jamcs iiuciiiriati, an.i !
the Hon. Danie l Sturgeon of the IT. S, Senate, and !
the lion. l. II. iiammoiid and Dr. Duncm i f llie
HhUso of leeptei-entativcs. We ulso tender our
... . , ,, . its t
n, liii.iivlr.lr.pinriits lo K. E. Law. KlillM.I llinail-
, . ' ... . .. ', rP, j
ue.iu uiiu U.K. I
preventatives, and (;. W. Ilan.n.ersly and 15. Hen.-
ing, Esqs. of the Senate, for legi-lative dociimen .
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J lit ItllllJlllllH, ' "IMIiriUI 1'l.iv i.
ted the 22d, bv nuirching in procc.sii.n, with i.u-
i .i
nit.r,ti .iinrAxriAtt hutinri.. Iirerrpitetl liV the lir.-
bury Band. An excellent address was de'iveird
on th.- ocra-ion bv the Rev. W.n. R. Smith.
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fTVln the Legislature not much will be done
until after the 1th of March Convention. The S..
nate, however, have passed the bill allowing the
banks 40 days lime on their suspension. I.l Con
gress tut little is doing at prevent.
Qj" The Sunbury (Jazette, tis usual in nrguiug
a question, calls us hard names and says that there
was no vote taken on the resolution against lhe dis
Iribution bill. On lhe other h in.l the Ledger, who
was one of the delegates, sil.uiiis llint there was
such a vote, but ua that fix instead of fhtir nut
of lhe tivcnly-nine delegates v pied for tho rcsolii j
lion. Now when ihcoe wjitl.jc, wtlu the mint j
of vnacity letwecn thrmselves, we nil show that I
they both were wrong. j
Thr Simliiiry Biinil. '
The members comprising thii Bali I give i ('on- j
cert on Saturday l ist. The Court House si Mom ,
ever contained a larger uudienre or one more grati
fied, than on this occasion. We vvt-re uvvarc th t :
lhe Bai.d had made considerable pro.'Tiieiiey under
iheir l.itc tulot, Mr. Rice, but con:'e we were
iigreahly mrpri.rd lo lo ar iheui rf.ri 1 so -'-ll u I
eih.l it to much las e, sh.ll un J juilgt O.tlit, in the
exi cation of the dilTeicnt pieces. We trust lhe
members ill receive such further a'd and en
couragement fiom our ciiizens, which t'.ieir suc
cessful exertions so will merit.
Win. Cameron Ksij. has ineiur-il lhe. u(Teme
disj.leuture ol the conduct ir of the Milton Ledger,
and they have consetpiently opened upou hint their
flooi'giitts of iron y and turcutm. 'J hey l.sve cal
led him Dili Comtrou, und proved most conclusively
that no man with lhe uuine of Hill, c.ni'd reprcseni
this county in ihe Ith of M jicIi t'oiivenliou. W e
say tht relorc Mr. ('aaier. u is a dimmed nun. The
Ledger his annihilated him with a blow, h:
Cameron should apply ti the Legishitmc tJ havu
It s nunc changed f;rtii.".lh. Ji.ll Came. on oi-.J.v
think of il. The rascally celt g lies, if tht y had pro
po.-ed a Hill of indictment us a tlelega'e, (a term
j with which the Li dger is somewlnl familur ) they
I could not have given gteater olVciice. Mr. ('diner
: on rr.-uled in lilts Borotigh 30 ye.ns ago, ami is well
, kiiown lo mn-t of its inhabitants, -11111 vet a heard
less und bruinless boy, who has never yet had a
vote and whoe.niic to ihiscoiin'y not more than 1A
months since, attempts lo prosciihe him, b.-c.nue he
was nol lha nominee ol Jis-e IIjiioii ai d a few
! oiher oiriee h-ddi u.
The lat Mi'ton Ledger save that the "Ainerirau'i
course in relation to Mr. Iforton is ungentlrmnnh,
unjuxt and impolitic" nnd fuilhf r, that wit hive
made "bare, fuul anil znrbhd tiatcmentii auinrt
Mr, llurtnn." In the lirst pi tee in reg ir to our
iio ntlenianly conduct, we ssy lhat we have never
yet railed Mr. Herion a "Traitor or a Scoundrel
rerdy to lie biited," teims, which the Ictlirer free
ly applied to Mr. IL gins la,-t stinter fo artin;
in eorformtty with lhe (Jovernor's rerommeiuli
tioiu. In relation lo our -!me and fuiit ntntrmrnts
ogam tt Mr. llorton" we ray that we have sp ken
of his acts, and stated nothing but what is true, facta
which Ihe friends nf Mr. Horton cannot dispute
and which even Ihe Ledger has not the hirdihoed
to deny. Then what have we done to nienl a lor- i lu iou was amended so as to instruct our niuu
rent of vulgar abuse ! We answer nlhiii), except, bcr to instruct the Hovrnor not to vio the bill,
in; .hat wc slal.d llut Mr. llorton hll voltd ' A LOOKER ON.
againtt tho resolution in.u cuing our ftei alms in
Congress to vole in fivor nf the distribution f the
proceeds of tho public lands, which measure would
relieve our farmers from a state tax, and that in do
ing so, Mr. llorton had basely deserted Ihe Inter.
ests of the peopb". We ask and defy the Ledger,
or any one else, to point out one tinglo assertion
that we made in relation to Mr. llorton, that was
not strictly true. The I rue secret is, we published
Mr. Morton's vote on the land resolution, which the
Ledger was not willing to let the people know,
through the medium of his own paper.
The Keystone, at llanisrurg, has taken some ex
ceptions to our remarks in rel itiuii lo Mr. Horlon's
vote on the ins ructing resolutions relative to the
public lands. Without denying the tight uf the
Keystono to entertain such opinions as they in iy
deem proper, we shall nl.vays freely give currcury
to our own, when wc think the occasion requires it.
Although our remnrks weie nol couched in choice
Italian, yet we believe were not disresiectfu', and
were just such remarks as the occasion warranted.
The severest thing we probably said was, lhat Mr.
II or ton's vote against these resolutions was a ha?c
iie.-ertion of lhe inteiests of the people, an assertion
which riineteen-twe ntieths of the people of this
county w ill endorse. Wc were among the firt de
mocratic papers in the state favorable to that mea
sure, and we spoke not without a full knowledge nf
the subject.
The Keystone further says, "we apprehend that
the coutse of the democratic memlicrs, generally, en
the resolutions rifetred to, is not well unders'ood."
We think we understand it thoroughly; nnd some
of our memhiM will soon or late discover that the
people slso undei stand it, nnd arc not bo sluw in dis
coveting their real interests ns their representatives
imagine. But we confess we do not comprehend
the argumenis of the Keystone, when they Fpc ik of
j the subject of distribution as one of gieat impor
tance, hihI at the same time state that many of tho
democrntic mem!era voted iigainst the reso'utions,
wou)( u uf
vail. The el ctinn letums will show that the ng
regate vote of the 49 democratic members of lhe
Mouso was g-eater by sjnie thousands th in thi.t of
! the onnosltion. If tin rehire all our democratic
,
' . . . . t...t
len.,.ers nan vote,. ogau.Hi ,nc resomwuns, our .e
i n-itors might w. II hive enterlnuitil sonif Uoul'ts
cr (,f , llp. wcri. i,0U1J to ;,,.,. hUch in.
, llr i.,o
j In relation to the vulgarity and low r ba'dry
' '' l''r
' ceineJ,
i
Milt-in Ledgrl, so fur as we are con
we care in little as we would for the
i riiimiu nl n liin'
ravings of a mad-nun. But we. rrgret the rapid
j decline of tho democratic parly on the west tide uf
the river, since the establishment of lhat p. ess under
I its present conductors. Wc speak not without facts.
' 1
! as the following results will chow: In 1835 our
majority on that side w as 513; in lt?:is it was re
duced to 322, and in 1 S 10, at the last election, to
230. The main strength of the party, il will bo
seen, is on the Siinbury side, w hich, according lo
lhe Ledger, is the residence of the "spurious demo-cri.t-.,"
and which has gradual y iurrcuted its detr.o
cialic majority to between Gaud 7 hundred.
1 1 may appear somewhat singular that the sensi
bility of the Keystone should be so easily awoker.e I
in tegard lo our remarks concerning the vote of Mr.
llorton, win n ! i n cullecltd lhat they did not fet I
lie neres?ity ef interposing tht ir .I.'g-.;s to shield
Mr. llesim tro-n the brut.,1 nttut ks of the Ledger
l int winter, when that paper denounced him as a
traitoi and a scoundrel for pimuing a course eon-
sisti r.t vi ith the recommendations of the Covernor,
nnd 111 a;-coriIance wnli ttie opinions ott:io tveyslone
itself.
Welielicve Ihe people of Northumberland county
have a riht to know what course their member is
pursuing in the Legislature, an. I ns lhe papers in
this county which have taken Mr. llorton under
their special care and keeping, have refused to in
form I' e people upon this subjtct, we have de lermiii
ed lo do so, "regardless of denunciations from any
rpinrter." We have slated nothing but facts, which
the records of the House must and will show.
To foiitriirtors
The Baltimore and Ohio Rail Roa l Company
invite proposals for materials to be used in the con
struction of ihe Rail-Way teacks between Harper's
IVny and CutmViland , vii: 6,000,000 feet of j
Sawed Lumber; 135 800 sticks of hewe I limber;
765,000 pounds of (Hast Iron Chains and plates;
and about 500 000 Screw-bolts, Nuts, Washeis, j
Plates, Spikes, oVc. of wrought iron, for fastening, j
to he delivered st Baltimore, or other phices design
uattd in their udver lisnieu', which appears in the j
Keystone of Fele 13, 1811.
In lhe State Sen last week, Mr. Spaekmaii 10-
pmted a hill for buspindinu, for a period of forty
davs, the cufoifcmt lit of lhe ih'iiuI ii s inclined by '
llie banks, in cousetpieucc of their late supeiiMon of '
specie paynieiits.
Samuel Inn s, editor fo the Easton (Pa.) Argus, I
c.omtiiitted su-cide list week, by cutting his throat. I
roa nut svir-Hictx. :
Lit liim tukr Hit' Ktsioiisil)ilily. i
A meeting was held in this place oil Wednesday
evening lai-t, by C. 1). Whnrlon Est). John Rubins
Esq. and a few other whigs, in relation to the issue
of small bills by the Banks. t''cii. Horlon, il seems,
had wiittitii homo lo his friemls to gel up mi llings
to instruct him, in or.iei to relieve him from tho re
sponsibility of making up his own mind upon ihe
subject, Corporal burton, whom the (.'en. has
esjKcially appointod for the purtoo of ioslucting
him bow lo vote, where il is rather unsafe to take
the irsponsibility upon himatlf, placed himself in
the chair and a few whig mado all the oioiioii.
While the resolution wis pending, some wisemen
among them had discovered that the small note bill
' hail alieady passed both House, whereupou the re-
roa thk amkimca:.
Tfinprrnriff, tort and Liberty. ;
Ma. EoiTont Iainwhntisaigutf.cantlyterm.
ed a bachelor, being somewhat on tho wrong side of I
thirty.
1I..I litr,! t !,.. b.,1 . .irons- incline-
lion to change my condition in life, by selecting for
myself a wifo from among the many of my fair
eompntiionn. But I confers I had fearful misgivings
when I saw so many of our fair spinsters marching
in procession, under the above significant molle i f
"Temperance, I tnt and Liberty." In regard lo
Teinpcrniicc, I h ive no objections. Tempt ranee
is a virtue more essentially necessary to woman than
lo man. As to Love, the dear creatures could not
exist without il. Their very beings are made
Up
with
it. They love their gosVtp they love to
laugh and ting ; and love now and then a ctying j
sn. ll. Thev love the beaux, nlwivs exeentinrr. I !
. ., , , , , , , . !
hope, tho soap ocks ; and last not least, they love !
.i t t i. . i . !
their dear sclvc. But what right ctn a woman '
have with Lilicrlu. Yet it seems they claim it as !
. , , ' . ... . , 1
a part and paicel of their privileges, a most danger- '
c . i r i s-L !
ous infringement upon our bill of rights. hat )
.i t . . .. - ...i
can they mean i Is it the "Liberty of apecch" I
uhieh ihev intentl to wipld in oftiniiinn in tbn I
"Liberty of the press!" If so, I dread the result. ,
Wc shall have a fearful odds to contend against. ;
But if ihcy nierely intend to convey the idea that I
ihcy oru at liberty to receive the addresses of young
men, (not excluding bacht tors,) and that they are
willing to receive proposals for matrimony, then the j
only apology I have to offer, is tint one of the first j
anxious und willing to enlist under their banner, is '
your humble servant. BENEDICT.
ITEMS. ;
How Tiir.r Do. The Baltimore Argus says: wo j
arc crcdibl informed that the Union Bank of Mary- j
land, m attached every piece of property held by i
the Bank of tho I'nited States in this city, as a :
scrutity for her credit in that Bnnk.
Lkhalizinu Bi issess. In the II iose of Kep
resentntives of Ohio on Monti y last, a memder pre
sented a petition praving for an net to repe d the
I laws to prevent emtnlttfeitiii, said to legalize the
eoimge of Lnus mvnry.
Consoluutio or Ciiin. The lUov. (one-
. tr. i. .: i- i .-
t"! ul eaouuii m.i is.sut: ins prt luiltaiiuri till llie l.u
, .ns, fjr hp union of wo Pf( Hni,
assembling of the new Parliament at Kingston in
May next.
l Assrours. llie Acw Haven lu'Ri-ler says:
! -Perhaps it is not generally known, lhat any C lizen
intending to travel in Europe, ran proem e a pass
port free of charge, from Washii Rtnn. He has but
In l.ifit-A (Kn n.-.i. . a r ir .1 ', n m will. I . It ...l . it
........ v.... ....... v..,, .
Postmaster, and it is their duty lo procure the doru-
mr"1-
SktLHTOX i! Cuius. -Some workmen cnga
gcd in digging away an embankment in Jacks.in
street near lhe Navy Yard at Brooklyn on Thurs
day last, dug up a quantity of human bones. A-
mong the rest were the remains of a skeleton with j
iron manalis on the wrists. It is highly probable j
that the mouldering bones arc the remains of same 1
of the victims of hate and oppression, which rnathed i
the conduct of Ihe Biitish during the revolutionary
war.
The Dog population of ihe United States is es
ti 1 atetl nt ul oul two millions, and the expense of
keeping them ut upwards often millions of dullats
per annum.
Edward, the man who wis conw. led of murder
, j Alabama, mid sentenced to be bun?, was resp ted
j ,,y ,,e (.'ovenor. Ti e respite was brought by the
j imill(,r 0f Edwards, who travelled the whole dis-
1 lance between Tuscalooj and Mobile on fool, ar-
riving on the day of the execution in advance of the
J 1
m:l''- !
A disgracefull row incur red at lhe Trenn nt Th"-
aire, Boston, on Thursday night. A Mons. .,.. i
, , , n 1 1'
Cnuto apneareel 011 the stago a la Napoleon, and
11 i 1 j
recited the Emiieroi's Address to his soldiers. The j
Times says "Motisk-ur was ha.dly ot fait in his
.,eih. On Lis second ap esrance" ho w'a7 gr.ei.H
. , , ,
Willi tan li.tira a I tl.iiir A . icnnallni. niil.jii.i
with two bags if Hour." A disgusting outrage.
An exchange paper says that a lady in stays is
like Jonah in the wha'e's belly 'confined in w ha'e
bones."
Did you ever know a young lady that was loo
weak to stand up du.ing church time who could not
dance all night at a ball.
AIkiuI a hu idred of lhe prcl.icst Baltimore gal.
, ......
krnsed Old J ip during his lale v;sit to too "nionu-
mental city." It makes one's mouth water only 10
think of il.
Lkah. The (Jalena (Illinois) Gazette slates tint
the ex polls of lead liom that place duiiug lhe past
year were ubout twenty millions of pounds, the
co.t of which, at fialens, wus 700,000.
From the Mutii-tiul lulelliencer.
;k. 11 Hitiso-s ci!ir.T.
It is of necessity lhat the Piesident elect should
some days before I c enters on the duties of his
high otliee, muke st lections of persons to (ill ihe
chief Executive Department of Government.
From information w hich we presume may be relied
on, we have the pleasure of being able to inform
our readers lhat, in all probability, tho Cabinet of
the new President, so far as depends on him, will
be thus composed : -
Secretory vf State. Daniel Webster, of toe
Slate of Mass ichilssetls.
Secretary 0 the Treasury Thomas Ewing of
Ihe State of Ohio.
Secretary of War. John Bell, of the S ate of
Tennessee.
Secretary nf the Xttvy. George E. Badger, of
the Stale of North Carolina.
Postmaster (lencral. Francis Gisngcr, of the
late of New York.
.Xttarnry Ceneral.i. J. Ciit'endcn, of the State
of Kentucky.
By the above announcement it will be seen lhat
Stevens, Penrose and Ssrgeaul, of Ihia Slate, who
have been quarrelling about their siirrior claims
lo federal favor, aro left free lo go on with their
strife, while tho New York Anti-Masons have fur
nished the head ef iba Post-OVue Di p iitueui.,
The PUIsidelplili Banks.
Wc ,rc i,"w,,e'1 x fri"nJ f,,r ,hc
''c,nrnt' J'V1 from an authentic aourco, of
lhe Bmount of sl'cc' " Pie fuu PliJ bJ ll,e
,,u"" ",r J " D 'tween tne lom
or December last and tho 8 h ins'. It will appear
from this slatcmont, that our Bank made a noble
effort to comply with the requisition of the law of
bit April in resuming specie paymrnts. There is
nn doubt that if Ihe same run had been made upon
the New York city Banks, who on the first of Jan.
unry last had only a little over Timet jiili.iohs of
dollars in specie in their vaults, with all their hnast
ing, they would have also been compelled to stop
specie payments
" -.-i . , ,...u ... m
1Jl,"k, of rinloilelphin, from Dec. 15, 1810 to Feb.
8 '" I . inclusive :
Philadelphia,
. .
Pennsylvania,
(jrl j
' , ...
I. srmcrs and Mechanics ,
.....
Jsor,u Amenra,
,, . . ,
Mechanics,
1,141.930
1.137.1G4
1,050,000
802,628
285,000
212,000
130,000
101,000
75,081
OI'.OOC
50,001
30,001
25,00(
9,13:
?5. 122.73:
6,083,32
$11,200,05
'
Moyamensing,
Southwark,
Northern Lilicrlies,
reiin Township,
Western,'
Manufacturers' a id Mec'ianirs',
Kensington,
Cuitcd States,
Told,
We have another stn ement, lhat the amou-;t pai
by lhat Bank from the 15th of Jnnuary to the 5l
of this month wis 121,000 dollars, and from ih
15th of D cembcr the sum is still greater.
.Imrrican Sentinel.
Schuylkill n vlKnllnn,
We learn from the Supeiintendent of lhe upp
Pnd of these works, th it if no fur. her injury is su
lained by freshets, the navigation of the Canal v
i be delayed very ItMe, if any, brytmd the Usual peril
: of opening in the Spring. Miner's Journal.
.MMni'.U OI-" IMItltlTAXTS TO TH
SUtlKKJIlLE
The I'niied States furnishes a population of
I t, Clv,y f(uaC fr ,ie inhabitrj portion
, t1P riU:ntrVi nn, i ,,, MU:ire mja f,(r it,e wn,
i territ .rv em'o'r.eed within lhe limits of the fcle-
. illrlsllicti. Contrast the nreseot . rr.i,a.iirm
j - i i
ttie sou will! lhe pnullion ot trie most thus
j p,.,,,,, , prions of Europ-, tnd it
I . . . . . - .
will be se
,1,.,! ,i,,r ,s n!n.,:c room t ir us ti increase our r
; mf,rc str, ,,,, aj II0t ht cr0Kjcj rilh,r. n
! gium has but 28 to the stpiare mile; Holland 2:
j lnJ grc jrilllm an,l Ireland 200. Russia hast
jn , the s.piare mile, and Seden and Norn
onv 13, Kr;,cehas 158; Italy li2;Cieruu
,,7 . .uslria 127 ; and Swilicil.md 133.
American Sentint
.ft .1 It IS I K it ,
On Monday last, by lhe Rev. W. R. Smith,
Vk'iLUAM VorNriMA-i.toMi-sIIr-sniSTT I'll
daughter of Dr.Joh i B. Price, all of this b iroug
This notice was accompanied wilh a douceu.
the proper kind, f 'r which we extend lo the hi
groom iml lirnle all the liaopiness that a uiati J
niat alli.inee must n.-cessinly produce.
On Sunday, t l:h int.. by ihe Rev. J. P.
tile. Mi. Bk v ii vi i.i.r. E. Ri.Kiir lo Miss MJ
Duii.kii. both of (iratztown.
On Tuesd iy, lCdi in-t, by the s.iue, Mr. Jim
Stai iii to Miss Maiiiv Siikiiklkii, bo.h ol' L
kensv illey.
On Thursday, I81I1 iiist.. bv the same, Mr A
I S , . I ' . II 1 .
,,,M ""l,!,A Ul"
of Augusta.
On the same day. by the same, Mr. Br.xjou
'ir.ni n to Miss MiriLin lviituiKH, luth t
Penns l.iwnship. I'nion county.
On the 2d ins'., bv the Rev. Wm. J. Ever. M
, ..;... c t ... 11 V-
Jons s i-r. r.i.Kn ol Koattug creek, to Mrs. (. s ru i
niNL 1 1 s:lt 1 k. of Shamokin.
I On the 4i!i ins'., in Hanover, Luzerne cour.lv
t Kev- B'';," M'' Uk"" l'""'"
1 'Hint township, to Miss Ms r t . Sivi-li, ot t.i
' .
l -rmer place.
On the same day, by the Rev. J as. Williamsor
Mr, William Srinntx, to Miss Siriiii. Ic
daughter of Mr. David Ireland, all of Turblil town
shin.
At Harrlsb-jrg. Afoi'sris B. Sroi'mirox, Emi
1 i.s..n;..... .fi'.a 1 1 n u 1.....
j of Mllon Mls, Wilsu.;, 'daoghterof Matlhci
1 Wilson, of Harrlsburg.
! Wn 'l'' vr Mr;t,ilc,,,i 1
j SiMcr.L II. (.Loin, Esu,. to Miss Mart Mati lha
daughter of the late Col. II. M Ciure. all of the bo
rough of Williamsport.
On Tuestlay, the 16th iti-t., by the R v. Mr
Grin?, Mr. I'mur Billmtls, Esq. of Libeil
town.-hip, Columbia c, to Mis Susasha Pull
mik. daughter of Msj. Daniel Fullmer, of Liim stout
town-hip, Coluri bia county,
1 On Thursday ho 4h in-l , by John (.'rouse, E q
J Mr. John- Hilly, to Miss Mah, daughter ot Mr
1 Win. Corn- lison, till i f Di,-,v lie.
1 In Da'iviHe, on lhe Kith i isl., by the Rev. D M
i Hallitlay, Mr. Jamls llt.LLis of Milton, lo Mis
Han.vaii Kitciikx uf Moorcsburg.
1 In M il on. on Thursday, Ulh ius' 1-v tho Rev
C. Hewit, Mr. 1). I. Buaitiiavi, 10 Miss Mamx
i W atehs, all of Northumlrcrland.
On the4lU inM. by the Kev. II. Billings, Mr. Hr
hm Bi-au to Miss Aunt Killi, a'i of Kusli V,
On Ihe 26th ult., by the Rev. G. M. Spratt, Mr.
.Iohi CsNrnr.LL lo Miss Cahilhim Wilhoi'H.
J both of Shaijiokin townshiji.
tin j uestiav. -il nisi., oy uie same, air. i tkk
Kair.LH to Miss Kicnti. I"t hma.n, both of Sha
mokin township.
tin 'J'ueseiay the ltiih inA , by the Rev, Richard
A. Kuher, Mr. Amos E Kirrio Miss Maruauit
W'itiiim- ros, both of NoilhumlH iland.
On the 2II inst., by the s.iin, Mr. Richard
IfttriiiiTox l.i Mii. M mi Holt, both of Augusta.
saBasasaaas3iasuaBUBSamaaaasBaaKaasaswaM
I 111 11,
In Danville, on Tuewlay Ihe 16lh uL, Mai r
BENJAMIN 8. WOULVERTON, aged ihir y
one years.
tirorge Jlombtrgrr't Estate.
"WOTICE Is hereby given, that Ihe Keguler of
J lhe county of Northumberland, haa litis day
grantPtl letters testamentary to Ihe subscribers, upon
Ihe e-tale of George Hoinlierger, of Cod township,
in the s tid county. All persons having demands or
claims against ihe said decedent, ate requested in
make kiiotvn iho suns lo them without delay.
GEORGE LONG,
THOMAS HENNINGEK,
Fib. Vi-ti. AJm'i.