u m in fii'tfrni" -i if" " T-r ir-rrr
The Mmr Tariff Bill.
Te nsw Tariff bill prepared tinder Mr. Walk
ri't direction has been tent to the Committee of
Ways and Means. The general clement of the
bill is the establishment of the ad valorem prii;.
riple on abolition of the specific anj minimum
Untie which have existed for many yean. The
following are its principal features, which may
be slightly modified by the Committee in whose
bands it now it. The debate on It will ba Img,
ami the interest not less than that upon the Ore
eon question. The following s'ynoposis of the
tiew bill, shows what the proposed duty is on the
principal articles, and the present duty on simU
I ir Articles, so far as a comparison can be made :
rorio red end Present Tariff of Ihe V. State$.
rrnpn.ifd Tariff. Present Tariff,
prr ct.
1? randy and other spiri
tuous liquor! 75 60 ct toll per gallon
(.V dial 75 CO cts pr gallon
".'in- of a'l fc'VU 30 C to CS cts per gallon
an IN'! a':e!-- -vr-n
bv i""!'. w.Miii.'n an!
fVHfn, y i-ry, Sic 30 a
O.l c oth all kinds 30 1
' pT i out
' J to rtt per i
1 yJ
Jinn arid manufactures
of iron 30 51? MS-1! per ton, and 1
.,rnrii,'tffirps nf cold, a 1 J cts per pound
si'ver, copper- brass,
and all othermetals, 30
Saddlery, coach and
harness furniture 33 SO per cent
Mamifactu's of leather,
Including boots shoes
gloves &c 30 15 ctt to $1 50 per pair
Tur caps hats muffs tip
pets and all manufac
tures of furt 30 35 per cent
Segars snuffs manufac
tures of tobacco 30 10 to I0 cts pe pcind
Tobacco unmanufaet'd 30 00 per cent
Manufactures of marble30 20 percent
Jewelry and imitations 30 20 a 25 per cent
Hocks
Watches
Sticar
Molasses
Soap
Medical preparations
Spices
Coal and coke
30 25 per cent
10 7 per cent
30 2 J a 4 cts pr pound
30 4 $ mills per pound
30 10 a 30 percent
30 20 per cent
30 2 to 73 cts per pound
30 SI 75 pert., S'etsprbu
Almonds and other nuts30 1 to 3 cts per pound
Manufacturci of wool 52 40 per cent
" worsted 25 30 per cent
" mohair 25 20 per cent
" silk 25 SI 50 to 2 50 per lb
Ingrain and other com
mon carpeting 25 30 per cent
r.uttons all kinds 25 25 a 30 per cent
Flannels baizes and
hockings 25 14 cts per sriuare yard
Manufactures ef hemp CO 2U per cent
" linen 20 25 per cent
11 cotton 20 30 per cent
Wool unmanufactured 20 5 per ct 3 cts per lb
and 20 per cent
Hemp 20 $25 a 40 per ton
I'lax " 20 S20 per ton
llairclothand hair seat
in i; 20
Leghorn and straw hats20 35 per cent
Haw silks 20 50 cents per pound
Sowing silks 20 S2 per pound
Blankets casting under
75 cts. 10 15 per cent
Blank'ts casting ov'r 75 20 25 per cent
Glass tumblers not cut 20 10 cts per pound
Plate glass and cut glassSO 5 to 12 cts per sq loot
and 25 a 30perct
Plain window glass 20 2 to 10 cts per sq ft
Manufactures of glass o0 25 per cent
FooUcap letter & other
paper 20 10 to 17 ctt per ponnd
El ink books 20 15 to 40 cts per pound
Printed books all kindsJO 5 to 30 cts per lb and
L"H'l in p gs b.ti or volume
sh-'-ts 40 1 J to 4 cts per pound
L-uili r of all kinds and
t4.i;;S
20 C a Sets per lb 75 cts to
S 3 p-.T do
CO C ' ?r ri.t
10 5 per c- nt
20 4 cts per pound
20 20 p.-r c-nt
20 20 pr cent
20 20 per ctnt
L. d or h "nips "d
It.'d uri'l wti.te I 'au
All other paints
Carbonates of soda
Acids all kinds
Chocolate beef pork
wheat and other pro
visions 20
Olive oil 20 50 per cent
Orang"s and lemons 20 20 pr cent
AU beer and poitcr 20 15 to 20 cts per gallon
Gums crude oi refined 20 15 a 35 per cent.
Balsams essences tinc
ture! perfumes Ike
for lb toilet or me
dicinal purpose! 30 13 per cent
Diamonds rubies and
other preciousttoneslO 8 a 7) per Cent
Imitations thereof 10 7 percent
Indige cochineal &c 10 S cts per pound
Soda ash baulk kelp
natron 10 20 per cent
Gunny cleth
Tin plates
10 6 cts per sq yard
10 2 per cent
Copper ore copper pigs
Zinc tin buss &c un
manufactured 3
Tea coffee salt and raw
cotton free
1 a 30 per cent
Cotton 3 cts per lb
salt 8 cts per bushel
tea and coffee free.
The proposed tariff is throughout on the adva
lorein principle, and is therefore much more lim
pie in it! details, than the present, which act is
filled with specific and minimum duties.
National FoesuRim. The Committee on
.Mihtsry Afluir turn reported a bill to Congret
lur the tttubliehiueiil ol na'-ional foundries ; one
in Pennsylvania and the fiber in Georgia. The
m ofouft houdred thousand dollars ia to be ap-
ylieJ to tuie iinpwrlaol object.
r-mar t-r- r
THE AMERICAN.
Saturday, Fibruary 81, I84C.
I B. I'JI tttF.lt, Kiq., at Ml mat El.
tall and Coal OtKee, cornir of 3d and Chtmut
Street ef I'MtadeljiMa, U authorized to act ai
.Iftnt, ai d receipt for all monlei due thti
office, for mbucrtption or advertising,
Jtho at Mi OITUlXo. 1611 X'aieau Street,
,ic IV.
.tod 8. K. Corner of Baltimore and Calrrrt
ft., Baltimore.
E7 A few 20 lb. kegs of printing ink caa be
had at this office, at Philadelphia prices, fur cash.
CT" On our arst page will be found an intercs
ing communication in favor of the Sunbury and
Erie Railroad; also, a short sketch or history of
Pieissnitc, the original founder of the water cure,
which, at the present time, is attracting consi
derable attention in this country, as well as in
Europe. We will publish the conclusion next
week. On our last page will be found an amu
sing story from the N. Y. Spirit of the Times.
C7" Tug New Tasitf Hill. In another col
umn our readers will find a synopnsjs of the new
Tariff bill, compared with the present rates of
duties, which has been submitted by Mr. Walk
er to the committee in Congress. According to
these rates, the duty on coal will be reduced to
about GO cents per ton, which is now protected
by a specific duty of $1 75 per ton. The duty
on pig-iron will be about S5 per ton, which is
now piotected by a duty of $9 per ton. With
such a duty, the coal trade with the northern and
eastern markets will be entirely destroyed. Nova
Scotia Coal, even under the present tariff, comes
into competition with our own in the Poston mar
ket. Under the proposed tariff they could under
sell us one dollar per ton. In regard tff iron, we
might stand it as long as the present high prices
in England are maintained, but this cannot con
tinue more than a few years. In this bill Mr
Walker has been obliged to abandon the princi
ples laid down in his report, by making discrimi
nation! ranging from 5 to 75 per cent. We trust
that Congress will never sanction such an out
rage upon the prosperity of the country.
C7" Smow On Sunday morning last we found
the ground covered with about ten inches of snow.
Sleighing during the week has been excellent.
On Friday morning, we received another edi
tion of about eight inches more.
CjT" Fi'gitivi Slavks. About a week since,
four negroes were arrested by three white men,
at Montoursville, Lycoming county. While pas
sing through Milton, the white men were charg
ed and arrested as kidnappers, and the whole par
ty lodged in jail at this place. One of the men
was released on bail. A few day after, the own
ers of the slaves, who reside near Hagerstown,
Md., came on. when the two white men were
released, on a habeas corpus before Judge Wei
ker. Or Thursday last the slaves had a hearing,
before Jijjlge Welker, when fin tlier proceedings
were postponed until Saturday.
E7" Small Pox. Some of the citizens of Mif
flinsburg, Union county, reitify that this scourge
has entirely disappeared from that place. There
were six cases of small pox, and seventeen of va
rioloid. None of which, we believe, proved fa
tal. (jy Moi-nt Carmm. Stum Saw Mill. We
have been informed that this saw-mill, lately e
Iccted by Albert G. Bradford, has been put into
operation. The location is one of the best in the
country, being on the centre turnpike, about mid.
way between this place and Pottsville. The
mill is now cutting at the rate of 6000 feet eve
ry twenty-four hours. Mr. Eiadford is putting
in another saw, besides circular saws and turning
lathes, for the purpose of turning posts, foi awn
ings, lamps and hydrants. We have no doubt,
from the enterprising spirit of Mr. Bradford,
that it will prove a profitable and valuable estab
lishment. f7 The Ttr.msitr Case. Tliia affair which
is noticed in another column, has caused quite an
excitement at llaraishurg. Mef'ook was arres
ted by the Sergeunt-at arms, and an investigation
took place in the Supreme Court House, upon
which it appears that Mr. 1'urrc ll and Mr. La-
poite, the Auditor General, had also been ap
proached with offer of from $500 to SC00.
ZT Tolls Reoi'cro The Canal Commis
sioner! have reduced the rate! of toll on the State
worki about 20 per cent. This is an important
and necessary measure, in order to compete
with rival improvements. The toll on bitumi
nous coal has been so much reduced, that trans
porters will be able to supply Philadelphia from
Pittsburg. We do not see, however, that any
thing has been done to facilitate the mining oper
ations of the Sbamokin region. The interests of
the majority of the board appt art to be confined
to the Western and Wilkebbarre regions.
E7 The Senate rejected the House'! amend
ment against the distribution of the proceeds of
the public lands. Thii i! right and in accordance
with the withe! of a large majority of the people.
$y The Baltimore and Ohio rail road bill we,
defeated in the Senate, on Tuesday last, by a vote
of yea 15, noei 16.
QJ" There has been quite a spar in Senate be
tween Messrs. Ileckman and Sterigere,in conse
quence of Mr. IPs. tirade of indiscriminate abuse
of the members of the Bar, whereupon Mr. Sle
rigere quoted the following lines of Iludibras :
'No one e'er felt the halter draw,
With good opinion of the law."
I The effect f wkicb wai to make Mr. H. perfect
y furieo
u ian,...j i - jammmt
K?"Tn Central Roi'it anbtik Publio Faith. I
We lee that there it a powerful effort made to
push through the bill for the construction of a
rail road, which it improperly called the central
or middle route, by way of Ilarrisburg and the
Juniata, along the line of the public workt. In
dependent of the impracticability of thit route,
in consequence of the steep grades and immense
chasms that must be overcome, there are other
more powerful reason! why no true Pennsylva
nian should ever consent to such a suicidal mea
sure. The people of thii state are already sad
dled with an enormous tax, caused by the con
stiuctioti of our public works, and now it is pro
posed to grant to a company the right of making a
rail road, which must eventually absorb the re
venue! now yielded by the main line, which cost
ns ten millions of dollars to construct. This cen
tral route as it is termed, docs not reach rhe cen
tre, while the Snnhury and Erie route twice pas
ses over the central line of the state. Besides,
the latter route will develops the resource of
the state where they are now inaccessible, and
bring into use vast beds of coal and iron ore.
This is also the only route to command the im
mense trade of the Lakes, which is no less impor
tant than that of Pittsburg, while otir Pittsburg
friends would have an almost level road, instead
of passing over steep grades, and bridges 1 00 feet
high. Philadelphia capitalists should beware
how they trifle with the resources and revenues
of the state. There is a point at which foi Iter
ance ceases to be a vfrtue. The people have sub
milled to onerous burdens of taxation, under the
hope that ere lorg our public works, by their
increased receipts, would sustain themselves.
But if this source of revenue is to be cut offend
transferred to a rival company, they may well
pause, and ask whether there is no limit when
they shall cease paying tribute to foreign corpo
rations and speculating capitalists.
C7 The Susquehanna at this place is still clo
sed with ice.
CT" Mr. Binr.EK's Ilr- ton Bill This bill
imposes a tat of five per cent on lineal defend
ants. Thus if a man leaves an estate of $10,000
to Li children, the commonwealth will claim as
her share $500. This is going into matters with
a high hand, and will not be generally submitted
to. Besides, it operates unequally, as a wealthy
parent, in order to avoid the tax, may, during his
life time, convey the whole or a greater part of
his estate to his children, for a small considera
tion, while his next door neighbor, probably less
cautious, may have to submit to the exaction.
(T? Madame Castm.o. This celebrated fe
male praetititioner, has been tried t New York,
convicted, and sentenced six months ts the Peni
tentiary, ASIHSAOIH Ft'RNACES 1M PkSNSTLNAMA.
We find the following list of Anthracite Furna
ces in Pennsylvania, in the last Rail Road Jour
nal, to whom it had been furnished. The list is,
in the main correct :
Feet Yield
Nsrr.es of Furnaces Proprietors, bosh- per
ei w'k.
1 Laekawana
2 Fishing creek
1 Roaring creek
1 Danville
1 '
2
1 "
Serapton & Co. 10 30
t Iron Pale company 1 1 150
S R Wood
Groves
Montour Iron Co.
i
9 :5
0 35
7 30
12 130
15
14
10
11
8
80
75
45
55
30
1 Red Pt. 1m. belowf famuel R. Wood
1 Shamokin
1 Ilarrisburg
1 Mount Joy
1 Columbia
2 Columbia
I York
1 St Clair
1 Pottsville
Bryant k Wood
David R. Torter
W. Stewart & Co.
Holmes, Myers k Co 8 30
Proprietors unknown S to
" " 10 40
t P.urd Patterson
G. G. Palmer
14
9.2
75
35
30
75
35
1 Valley 6 m. above Pomroy & I la iVs.cn S
1 Reading
1 Phomixville
2 "
1 Conshehocken
1 Spring Mills
F.ckert & brother 14
Reeves Buck & Co 0
" " 12 130
S Colwell k Co. 10 40
Kunii & Farr 10 40
1 1 mile below S. M. Livingston Lymsr. 13 CO
I South Fasten Goodell & Co. 9 35
1 " " 11 50
1 Glendon 1 m ab. C. Jackson, Jr. 10 60
1 " " 12 75
2 Cranesville
1
1 "
Lehigh Crane iron
company 14
12
85
65
II " ' 18 100
Making 31 Fui naees, all nf which are in blast ex
cept 7. Those in blast are capable of turning
out 1300 tons of Iron per week, or 67,600 tons
per annum. Those erecting, and preparing to be
put in blart, can produce 500 tons per week, or
26,000 tons per annum making the product of
of the w hole, 1800 tons per week, or 93,700 tons
per annum. The quarlity ol coal required to
smelt a ton of iron, upon the average, is 2 tons,
which would make a weekly consumption of
4500 tons of coal, amounting to 231,000 tons per
annum, in these works, merely to run the ore in
to pig metal. Of the 27 Furnaces all except 4
have been put in blast since the passage of the
Tariff of 1812. It is true that several others
were built before that period, and blown in, but
they were soon compelled to suspend operations.
In blast. tNearly completed. Preparing
to blow in. I.Now erecting.
Goino Wist. The disposition of many of our
frontier men to keep pushing westward, was well
bit offby Mr. Went worth of Illinois, in bit late
speech at Washington. He said be knew man
who bid lived in Ohio when a frontier State.
But thii man had been moving and moving away
from the inroadi of aociety, until he had reached
the binki of tbe Mississippi, and was about to
move again. Wentworth asked him the reason.
He said it was the dying advice of his father," to
keep twenty milts beyond late and coUmtl, and a
doc ter and lawyer were within fifteen miles, and
ke thought it time to go."
C5f Among the few original speethes on the
Oregon queition, it that of Mr. Adamt from
which w-t make the following extract. We
regret that Mr. Adamt Wat not permitted to ex
tend hit revarks beyond the hour allotted to him
Hehastbe merit of always saying something new
and interesting on the subject :
"The speech of Mr. Adams wai a curious af
fair, but the hour rule cut him off before he had
got half through. He said, after replying to Mr.
Kino, that he conceived our title rested on the
26th, 27th and SSlh verses of the first chapter
of the Book of Genesis, which tin Clerk read as
follow! :
''28. And God said, Let us make man in our
own image after our own likeness ; and let them
have dote in ion over the fiih of the sea, and the
fowl of the air, and over the cattle and over all the
earth, and over every creeping thing that creep
eth upon the earth.
''So God created nr. an in his twn image : in the
image of God created he him ; male and female
created he them.
"And God blessed them, and God said unto
them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish
the earth, and subdue it ; and have dominion o
ver the fish of the sea aud over the fowl of the
air, and over every thing that moveth upon the
earth."
That gives us a very good title. But let the
Clerk read another passage from the 2d Pfalm.
The Clerk accordingly read the 7th aud Sth ver
ses of the Psalm.
'I will declare the decree ; the Lord hath said
unto me, thou art my Son this ay have I be
gotten the."
"Ask of me, and I shalJ give tire the Heathen
fur thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of
theearthor thy possession."
L'pon tlipse two psns-ne rf Scrin'nre, he;
thought our best right or title to Oregon wan
founded.
All commentator apreed that the person refer
red to in the last passu j;e was Chrixt the Saviour.
The Chnetian world fur a lonjj period of the
Christian Era hx ked upon thn Pnpn of Rome
as the representative of Christ rn 'nrth. The
Pi p grnntfd this country to their (.'atlu lie;
Mnje.-ty Ferdinand and Uabrl'a nn account nt
the discoveries under them by Christopher Co
lumbus. It was by virtue of thie ririginal au
thority, that Virginia and Mass. had territory
(.'ranted extending from wa to eea, from the
Atlantic to the Pacific. Nor muld England
now drny the- validity of that title as it was by
thi only that she held Ireland in euhjeetion.
The only riht she had to Ireland was the title
pranted to Henry II by Pope Adrian IV.
What right hnd we to any of the territory of
the old thirteen Pistes themselves, but by virtue
nf charters granted by Kirtra under thie rii;ht tf
the P. pe, we taking the Heathen for his inher
itanre as the Representative of Chrirf. The
case now pending, in the Supreme Court, be
tween the States of Massachusetts and Rhode
Island turned upon theie very old grante by
Enpland whose only rightg were derived from
the Pope founded on these passages.
But one preat right lay in the tart that we
wanted to subdue. We aid .' England want
ed to keep it for hunting purposes for the Hud-
son's
Will
Bay Company England wanted it for
niinal. We wanted it fr civilized.
Christian man."
CTT" Pkibfrv in the LritisLATi nr. It will
be seen by the following proceedings, that an at
tempt has been made to bnbe Mr. Piolett of
Bradford county, by Mr. M'Cook, an agent of the
Lehigh County Tank :
"Attimptto I'ORRt'pT MrMBF.n or THE
Hot sB Mr. P. mseand ai-k-d leave to address
the House in regard to a personal matter. Re
qtiepl being granted. Mr. P. stted, in effect,
Hiut he hail lieen approached by a person ral
lirg himself a citizen ol Ohio, for bis influence,
as a member nt the committee on Bunks in the
rase ol the investigation of the Lehigh coun'y
Bank.
That thi McCook had first called on him and
suggested that some person should be named by
which the matter could be accommodated, that
he (Mr. P.) re'erred him to a future interview,
at which, by the advice of friends, he conclud
ed to accept the sum offered, five hundred dol
lars, four hundred of v. Inch was lo be paid down.
This morning M Cook called on him and counted
down tour hundred dollars, upon his (Mr. P.V)
able. Mr. P. called in Mr. Henry Buehler,
who counted the money and tied it up in a pack
age, and Mr. P. now presented i: to the Speak
er. Mr. Burrell stated, in effect, that he wis one
2.rrnri." ,r.'V,WiJb-VMr- ,,-""h"v,nf
advised bun to allow M C.K.klu pay the moiM-v
so as lo make the proof conclusive. He then
offered a preamble, setting forth the facts as
slated, and a resolution directing ihe Speak.
rr to issue his warrant for the arrest of Dmi!
M'Cook. and tlie Seri'eant at-armi to proceed at
one- and arrest this md M'Cook wherever he
may find him. The resolution wai unanimous
ly adopted."
It has been found that baked bread on the first
day produces from 71 to 70 percent, of nut ritive
matter, while that fire days old yields fmm Ki
to 82 percent. New bread loses the 5 percent,
of its weight by evaporation in cooling
from the advantages of stale bread in its mitri.
live matter, it u more wholesome, more easily
digested, has more taste, and is sweeter; while
new bread liei heavily in the stomach, and is of
difficult digestion. With these advantages, it is
itrange that most people reject stale bread or
prefer the new. It has been found that, on feed
ing the poor, yery itale bread mixed with lonp,
ii more satisfy ing than any other they can obtain.
Thus the laboring classes consume one eighth
more bread thin would be necessary if stale
bread were uied ; or a family that consumed six
poundi of bread per day, would expend, at tbe
present price, lome ten dollars more a year by
eating new than by eating stale bread, with all
the other advantage! we have mentioned N. Y.
Fewi. f
tt?" Wheat ia now quoted at Philadelphia and
Jiltimeie at JP3 a 103 eta.
Cirrtipondenee if tbe Sunbury Imtriean.
NUMBER VIII.
WAiiiiHQTOw.Feb. 17, 184C.
Just is I wis taking a seat to commence a
thorl epistle, for I atn a firm believer in the
maxim, that "brevity ia the soul of wit," perhaps
to interest, perhaps to chagrin, or may bu to in
tercst eome of your reader of tho doings here,
t was startled and raised from my chair by the
terrific cry of "fire," but nothing worthy of re
cord took place, except a few "knock-downs" by
the unlawful procedure of the rowdies of fire
men. . The interest taken in the Oregon question,
has been trutisferred from the House tothe Sen
ale chamber. There all eyes are directed and
to it deliberations upon thi exciting and all
absorbing topic, at this time, dons the American
people manifcHt the greatest anxiety as tu jt
fate. L'pon its disposnl in the House, by the ve
ry large and unexpected vote given it, you nmy
think tint there will not ho much doubt ns to
its fate in the Senate. Nor do I know that there
is. But, from the slight rupture or dincord that
may exist in ihe ranks id" the dominant par
ly, its pas-age might be endangered. Fears nf
discord, jiibt now, may be unnecessary and should
be dispensed with ; but the lectures that old fa
ther Ritchie has been delivering In the repub
lican pirty, through the column? of Ihe LTt,jn,
for a few days pafl, eeem to savor a little of fear.
The Senate, orj Tuesday, afier their pa-sigc in
u,u iiuiiw on moiway, cominenceo me uenale
upon the resolution of Mr. Allen, for giving
the notice. Mr. Allen of the one pirty and Mr. i
Clayton of the other, were tho principal speak
ers in the Sennte last week. Their speeches
were listened to, by crowded galleries, with the
most intense interest. Both in favor of g"vin
the notice, only differing si to the method in
which it hhould be accomplished the one in
fivor of giving it immediately the other for
giving it at the adjournment of Congress, the
princ;ple adopted jn tlP resolutions of Mr Crit
tenden. Mr. Clayton has, indeed, in some par
ticulars, viewed this inen-uro in an American
tpiru. lie r'prno'iies me men or it neiog a
parly measure although it mut bo admitted
that it has all along; been an avowed principle
of the democratic party, and opposed by the
whigs until lately, and emphatically declared
himself in favor of giving the notice. Mr. Clay
ton considers the notice as indispensable to se
cure an honorable peace between the two coun
tries. He said that there was but one psrty up
on this national question the only difference of
opinion be'tig in the execution of the will ol
the perple. If this is not the ca-e it slionM he.
There should be but one pir'v upon such a
a great rational question a question alike
important in a national point of view, to one
section of the coun'ry as to the other. The ho
nor, the propriety, the future destiny of this
young republic, the asylum for the oppressed o'
every nation are concerned in the settlement of
lhii question. Not as Mr. Oidding", a whig nf
Ol io, would have it, upon whose countenance
should be branded the mark of a traitor, for th
Anti-Amercan dec'arations made by him in the
! lbll-e of Representatives, some time since, tint
1 he would not rive ;t his sunnort became it
would benefit the whole nit'ou, but fur the sole
purpose of being an injury to S'me of the south
ern states. Such selfish, contracted, and trni-tornus-1
ke spirits are unfit representstives of a
republican people. But to return to Mr Clay
ton, be, with a preat many other whigs, thinks
that the responsibility of giving the notice!., ' . ', ; , ' "
. . . Duncan s death as made known bv us some time
Miould rest wi'li the President
Here again the
consistency of the whigs is beautifully 'ywn.
While, on former occasions, the power that is
inverted in the President by the constitution of
the country, was made the great cry ; now thej
want him to take the responsibility of giving
the notice. Such a stand evidently enrri- s in
the face of it l wish to ee the present Executive
involved in difficulties. It is the motives, not
the stand, that must be deprecated. None, hrw
ever, doubt but that the President could give
every satisfaction to the country, for he has
the confidence, thus far, of the great majority
of the people if the matter was left with him.
He is possessed ot the requisite qualifications,
j firmness and ability, to act upon it without any
hesitation. But it should, as it will, be left
j with Congress. Little else in the Senate was
rlnnp, besides the speeches by Mr. Alien and
, , . . . .. , ,
j Mr L1,)''nn- It"it weeb' 89 ,,,ry "lJ"l,rnP'1
I Thursday over to Monday. This does not Umk as
if the members ot lhat'body were in a great bur-
ry abut giving the notice. Perhaps they do not
wish to waste all of their wed before the next
arrival, which is now looked tor, and which Mr.
Packeuhain intimated, a few evening since, in
a private circle, would con'sin advices that
would yet bring about an amicab'e and honor
able settlement of this question. Thii is w hat I
i ',BVe 8,1 u,orir Sieved, and do yoj. England
j '"uot knock under and make a fairer proposal
',"'n 10 lrave it to arbitration. J he resolutions
of the House make a provision for itj settlement
by negotiation before the termination of the 1'2
mouths, and in casting the votes for these reso
lutions, it is my firm conviction that the mem
bers generally believed that a settlement would
take place before this term expires. The reso
lutions of Mr. Allen may remain before the
Senate fore some time. That resolutions of
soma kind for giving the notice, will pa -a, if the
whole question ia not settled before that takes
place, I have no doubt
The tariff, the next matter of paramount im
portance to the country, will engage the atten
tion of the House. Mr. Wa'ker his banded
in his report, to the Committee of Ways and
means, recommending a reduction of duties, as
will be ceen by a synoptii of the old and new
bill compared, which 1 herewith sand you.
' Soma seem to think it will past without
much trouble. If it doei', It will not be with
out a strong resistance on the part of the friend
of thj protJ'je system. Pennsylvania, has
spoken throuu V her legislature; so" that her
wishes cannot T well misunderstood opsri this
question. That she lias prospered u.'i?er tij
j pre-ent rates of duty, none with any kni'wedgff
of her condition previous to '41 will atte mpt to1
deny, and that she would continue to proper
and regain her former standing, "redeemed airi!
regenerated" is too pnlpnhle to admit or doubt.
Her credit at horde and abroad, as a member ot
the confederacy, has just commenced raising
its heid above the thraldom under which it has
been lnWing, and clearing its skirt from the
sturma of tli repudiation which threatened it.
It is averted by the enemies of the protective
eyteni, that Pennsylvania want protection to
the detriment of the n:her members of the con
federacy. That nhe wants and needs protec
tion for her vsfct mineral resources is true.
She, however, would not ask to be raised at an
other's depression or detriment, and it is nothing
but a miserable pretext for better irguments to
say that the protection Pennsylvania receive! is
injurious to other portions of the country. Tlve.
injurious consequences resulting from tlie ta
riff, have not yet been ehown, nor dn 1 believe
tiiey csn. You may e.rpect some slnrpshoot
in? be'ore this question is settled.
An exemplary young man. by the name of
James Daih y. met with a sudlen death, by the
! explosion of powder in th bibor-.t,,ry of the na-
vy yard, on the pjth int. The effect of the ex
plosion was so great tlmt it raised the roof of
Ihe building some inches. He was blown al
most to atoms. Nineteen hands employed in
the same room were discharged, perhaps to their
displeasure, the day previous. Had thy been
engaged at the time of the explosion, it is hard
to say what the lost) of life would have ben.
The metropolis is at this time visjted by nil
cl-es of people. By some who have been
justly distinguished by their own merit "nine
who hive gained a notoriety hv ac's t ,nv tor
h nor-ili men to stoop to, nod by o'lu-rstoo trj.
ring to notice. O il Mennett, o tlip X. Y. Her
ald, I ffp, has made his appearance here. In
one sen-e he hns been justly termed the "Na
poleon" of the press. He not only keeps in
awe Ihe politician, but other clashes of society,
lie enters the private circle of "friend or foe,"
without regard to the feelings oranv, no matter
how keen the sensilnli'y of the person he at
tack, and lets si p his envenomed tongue.
"He thou as rhare as ice, a pure as snow, tlioa
Shalt not escape calumny,"
fr"ni this notorious theet. Laying aside the per
sonal attacks of Bennett's Herald, it is in some
points one of the firnt pipers ol the country.
For ability and talent jt has but. few superiors,
and for enterprise feiv equals. He not unfre
qnently takes a cowhiding for his personal at
tacks. Cromwell.
rirlllili Cruelty.
" The Faton Argus records the death of Mr.
TsaasNre Pi-vcam, of Lower Mount Bethel,
Northampton county, "whose eyes were taken out
whilea young man, by or.ler of the British Go-
i vernment." Will Brother Putter, of the Argus,
furnUh the particulars of Terrenoe Puuean's casA,
in his net paper ? We have seen s 'Mile account
of it, and would like to be placed in possesion ol"
the particulars. Will brother Mutter oblige ?"
The aliove we extreet from the last "Norris
town Register," and in order to oblige our friend
si, ni..-ti a a.ill rA-r.iil.1 c U ,f,-nunt nf fr
since. For the truth of the statement we can
fully vouch, as the relatives of the deceased are
well known in thisrounty, as some of our most
respectable citizens. The circumstance speaks
volumes a-rainst the dreadful cruelty of the lirit
ish government ; certainly no country can ever
be prosperous that piaetices such awful wrongs.
" T k r r t n c k Hi nt an died in Lower Mt. Beth
el, in this county, on the th of December, in the
00th year of his are. M was born in Kins coun
ty, Ireland, in 175!i, and received a liberal educa
tion. He was an active patriot in the rebellion of that
County in 179S, for which he was anprehendet
and condemned to be hung, but being a man o
considerable interest was pardoned on conditior
of being deprived of his surht, which to the last
ing infamy of the Piritish government (alrea.l
disgraced by its innumerable and infamous cruel
ties) was accordingly done.
Being thus deprived of his sieht, he opened ;
school and was long known through the prineipa
parts of Ireland as a teacher of Mathematics an
Natural Philosophy.
About the year 1S25, in full hope and happy an
ticipat ion of the future, he, in company with hi
wife, and only and much loved son, an only daugh
ter, his son-in-law and two grand children, em
barked for America.
Hut unforseen misfortunes seemed to wait him
shortly after his arrival in the United States hi
j son died, by which be was overwhelmed w it!
grief.
Me afterwards, in company with his daughter
taucht a school in Newport, R. I , shortly arte
w hich his daughter died.
Misfortune seemed to follow misfortune. Hi
wife and partner of hil grief, unable to survive
this complication of lorrowi fell a victim to des
pair, and left him alone to mourn the maoy mis
fortunes that had befallen him.
After which lingering (I had almost said it
solitude) for lixteen years, be ended his eventfu
life in full confidence of the grace of God througt
the benign mercy of our heavenly Saviour.
Me wis, when in his power, a friend to th
needy and a father to the destitute.
Peace to his ashei. Eatton Argue.
Itrrtmrtt kuct. Seven hundred and binef;
drunkard! were committed to the jail io Cir
einnsti daring tbe last ytar.