A SAMPLE OF POLITICA
It is too much to expect of a ftiblit man, diet each
part of hie life will be Consistent with tho rest.—
No one ie so wise at the outset of his career that he
- does not nod himself obliged to change or modify
his opinions, and it is h'ortorahlti to any man to avow
frankly the change which halt really taken place in
his mind. But there is another ant of consistency
which we have a right to claim of our public men;
archive a right to insist that tliey shall , not be of
two minds at once; that they shall not entertain
two contrary opinions at a time; that they shall not
profess one frinciple and act Upon another.
In the recent annual message of 'General Taylor
he dwells with emphasis on the duty of encourage
ing domestic manufactures. IHis Secretary of the
Treasury, Mr. Meredith, has treated ifs to a now
eation: of . the doctrine of protection—the stale
meats of yesterday's banquet warmed over—in which
he den:leads that for the purpose of 'forcing the
American people to buy of the mill owners in Amer
ica, new taxes shall be laid dii, imported goodg.—
This view of the matter General Taylor has adop
ted and urged in his rues:age
If it he, in General Taylor's
,opinion a duty to'
encourage the manufactures established in iYur coun
try, we have a right to expect that he will not
.wholly neglect that duty himself. If he and his nd
ministration think that they ought to force others to
buy articles fabricated in the !mills of Lowell and
other places within the United States, we have a
right to expect that they will not import the same
articles for themselves from England. 'Whoa the
obligation is so very plain, as they preterld, wo have
a right to ask them to set the example.
Judge of our surprise, therefore, when wo find
these zealous encouragers of home manufactures
importing their goods from abroad. The books of
the Custom House in this city have the following
remarkable entry: , •
TRBAGURY DepArivsourr, Nov. 19, 1849. "Im
portation per ship Niagara, i September last, of 4
bales carpeting, marked "Pr • aidatit'e Guudzi', Nqs.
340, 341, 342, 343,'—goods e tered by Messrs. 4.
S. Stewart fg. Co., and dutie , amounting to the sum
of e 369 30.
"The case being as repres
entitled to free entry under th
of 26th January, 1849. "T
Etc.' as articles imported for
States, and you are therefore
ted to prepare and transmit tt.
ment for the correction of th
the duties so paid,"
It happens rather curiously
of these 'President's goods
place about the time when G
Meredith are meditating wh
Congress, in the message of
the other. While they are
homily on the duty of comp:
they are sending out for artic
of England.
We have in this country
a very good quality are fabri
necessity of sending to Lidde
cover becomingly • the floors of
any other mansion in which
side.
What the real opinion of
concerning the obligation of
duetry, may be collected fron
have here noted.—New Yor
IRON One IN S ' CIIOYLKILL.
delphia Ledger of Saturday
formed that the .most aston
rich lion ores are beiog mac
burbs of Pottsville. It has a
the usual clay iron atone, pe
coal field in Great Britain,
Anthracite coal basin, becat
n
nodules of it have been In
large body of ore bad been eel
no search for it in fact,) and I
have been always seen embed
ilea had taken root that ~t hei
of ore, but it lies in irregular
ground, that we can never ‘ m
This judgment is yet on ove r
But now, Mr. P.l'Ginnis, i
his gate" "vein in Pottsville, i
as the first treasure, has opel
posits of iron ore, all embedd
furnieh an easy underminin
may be considered one of the
to our State, and doubtless
to iron masters everywhere,
full of the ore, which may b
fice. It is massive stuff, a
have of its abundance be c
chief iron manufactories will
as it is in Great Britain; at
works that seem puzzled to •
the carriage of coal, may 6
comes ono of the chief item
ample recompense.
In fact, the discovery of
ciated with coal, must revol
trade of the Americau Atlat
mutt in making us entire'
countries for that metal. A
in the statement respecting
of making bar-iron for $25
cess lately published in the
we about to become the lar ,
world.
INTHRKEITING 14061 TIM • ALT Leks.—Mr. J. 11.
Kinkead, of this city, arriv.d here , a -day or two
since from the Salt Lake le alley. lle left that val
e ley, in company with thirty five others, on the 19th,
October. Of this number seine twenty-fivo Icero
Mormon preachers, sent ou by the church to preach
their faith in various parts f the world. We learn
fromgr. K. that the Mort on colony at the valley
of the Salt Lake was in a p osiperous and happy con
dition. The crops had b.ew abundant, and they
had carried on an excellet t traffic with the emi
grants, receiving frog' the . many articles of which
they stood in need, and sup lying them with various
articles of produce. Th. - 1 Mormons uniformly
treated the emigrants in a I oapitable manner. Mr.
Kinkead contradicts, as w supposed would -bo the
case, the report of difficulti.s between the Mormons
and Mr. Pomeroy, of Lexi gton, and General Wil
son, growing out of uld feu .3 between the Missouri
ans and germane. It is robably that the report
had its origin in difficultie , between Mr. Pomeroy
and his teamsters, who w re discharged from his
employ at Salt •Lttke Cit - They made charges
against him and he demanded an investigation. .A
complete examination was had before the court in
the Mormon Church, and the result was a full ac
quittal of all charges against him. Mr. Pomeroy
remained there seine time, in the enjoyment of the
confidence of the germane. Gen. Wilson was not
only not badly treated, but he ass recognized as a
government officer, and was consulted as to the best
plan of obtaining a political government for that
territory.
The Mormons are forming a now colony in Sand
Pitch Valley.
Persons offering merchandize for sale at Salt
Lake city, are compelled to take out a license.
The Indians were quiet all along the route. At
Fort Laramie, the barracks for the accommodation
of the troops were progretising with great rapidity,
and began to assume a very handsome appearance.
A treaty of peace had been concluded between the
Pawnees and the authorities . ' at Fort Kearny, and
the Indiana bad gond out on a hunt.—Si Louis Re
publican.
- ADAMS COIII4TT PRISON BURINTTWO LivesLosr.
:—We learn from Gettysburg Complier, that jabout
three o'clock on Monday morning last, fire was seen
issuing from the windoW in the second story of the
Jailor Adams county. The alarm was at once given'
but all the efforts of the firemen and citizens were
unable to stay the progresa of the devouring element.
Nothing is now left of the building but the blacken
ed walls. But most melancholy to relate, two hu
man lives were lost by the catastrophe—lsaac Mum-
Reiman and John Toner, posh insane and confined,
for safe-keeping, each ocCupring a separate room.
Every effort in the power ,Of man was made use of
to rescue them from a fate so terrible, but in vain.
The immense volume of smoke lisuibg from their ari
pant:tents was perfectly suffocating, and Abele who
attempted to enter were driven back staggering.—
It le .tberefore evident tbe deceased had expired
from suffocation ere there rooms wore reached.—
Eventually, the body of oner was recovered, but
life was totally extinct; a d a portion of that of Mus
aelman, after the failing i of the ,building. How
terrible their death.
The file originated in Musselman's room, but how
it le loft to conjecture aloha.—Denwenatis Union.
CONBISTENCY.
ICarrespendenee or the New Vora Medd.)
WASOINGTON, Jan. 4, 1850.
We have seldom witnessed a more imposing gather
ing of People in the lobbies and galleries of the Sen
ate, than the gatheyingof to-day. It was given out
that Gen. Cass would speak at length in support of
his resolution instrecting the Committeeon Foreign
Relations to inquire into the expediency of suspen- •
ding diplomatic relations with Austria. The House
having adjourned, the lobbies outside of the bar of I
the Senate soon became tilled with the menibsrs ,
from the other Chamber, the , Speaker conspicuous rt
among them; and the whole Scene was very, much
11kb that which we witnessed on the occasion Of the
farewell address of Henry Clay here, Feline years ago.
After the business of the morning hours, Mr.
Phelps having w4yed the consideration of his resolu
tion relating to the collection of the revenues, the
resolution of Gett. Cass, in reference to Austria, was
read, and announced Le the s.u,liject before the Senate.
General Cass rose to its disca s siun. 116- speech you ,
will have rece'ved. It epealts exactly the
and enlightened sontinients,iend the unmixed sense
of indignietion, Which every Man acquainted with the
opinions of the distinguished- Senator expected.—
He was listened to with a profound and respectful at
tention, and there is n general expression of satisfac
tion among hie friends at his splendid efl'ort., His
allusions to the "precipitate l l departure" of General
Webb from the country, as an insuperable obstacle
to his confirmation, brought up Mr. Howard in • de
fence of the rninister of Haynau. From Mr. Sew
ard'u own confession, it appears that lie is the un
swerving null devoted friend of Gen. Webb; and lie
considered the allusion of Gen. Cass, with regard to
this Minister to Austria, as' improper, out of place,
apd only to be talked of in executive session.
Mr. Foote (after Gen. Cass had put in a brief re
ply,) took hold of the whip Senator from the Eirtpire
State without gloves, and handled him at a most
terrible rate. It was the, tossing of Sancho Panza
in the blanket, to the amusement eleven the Whigs of
the Senate. Never have we seen or heard of such a
commentary on W. 11. Seward's conduct at the' last
session, ih attempting, before ho was a tnember, to
control the legislation of both houses, on the Cali
fornia amendment to the general appropriation bill,
at the instigation of Mr. Ewing. "1 have seen,"
said Mr.lFoote, "a man in the circus ride two horsea
at a-time - ---1 have seen him ride three—yea, ;Mr.
President, I have seen him ride four; but the Sena
tor from the Empire State slim's alone, iii presum
ing, when he was not
,invited, and not expected, and
in baring attempted to control the legislation of both
'Ranee, before lie was entitled to seat in eitherc"—
This is but ono of the frequent hits of Semites Foote,
which kept the Senateand the galleries in an alinost
continuous roar of laughter for an hour.
\Ve apprehend that this is not the last theist Mr.
Seward will receive from Gen. Foote. Ole suspect
that the latter has determined to take the young i gen.
Semen from the-Empire State tinder his especial
jurisdiction—to watch him, and nouriee down
upon him, whenever lie attempts to give advises to
his neighbors, as lie did to :day. And a man might
as well haw a hornet's nest about his cars, as' the
Senates from Mississippi': he holds on like al bull
terrier, and worries his a dversary into silence.—
He watches him like a hawk, and is down imon
hini - if he attempe to mote. If tie getalhie victim
into a corner, his only fees , of escape is 'lie; low
and keep shady. Mr. Seward did so to day. , He
kept still, thinking, no doubt, in his own mind, that
Gen. Foote was the longest winded speaker he had
ever mot with, and annoyed at the idea of such a
troublesome customer in the senate, among such men
as Clay, Seward and Webider.
By, common consent, the junior Senator from
New York is expected to take his position with
Webster and Clay. In the formation of the com- -
mittes, Mr. Clay asked to ite excused from serving
on them; so did Mr. Sewn J. With a solemn bear-
ing worthy of Webster, when Mr. Sewar'd rises, ho
rises to give nth ice. But the man has clearly mis n
taken his vacation. He must be content to servo
in the rake or Foote will worry thedignitfout of him
\Ve pity our ex-Governor; fur Ito: has yet his ap
prenticeship to in the Semite. his a custom among
old sailors, with a raw hand on board, to introduce
him to Neptune, who hold., a special court, and has
him shaved with a piece Of old hdop iron, - as they
cross the line. Mr. SewOrd underwent some such
operation to-day. It wait certainly ae amusing in
the Senate as, the real thing is to the old Jack tars.
The Austrian resoled:tit lies over till Monday.—
Mr. Hale, when it is agatn'talten up, will oppose it.
Whatever the final disposition of the subject I may
be—and wo do not suppose that our diplomatic in
tercet's° with Austria will ba suspended—but what
ever may be dons, one greet object will b`e gained
—the expression, through the Senate or. the United
States, of the opinions of the Americeni people of
he bloody atrocities in liungery.
nteu, tho articles were
e provisions of the act
lo supply deficiencies,
the use of the United
authorized and direc
t
e u s ual certified state
; error and return of
that the importation
' front' Egrope takes
nerul Taylor and Mr.
at they ,shall say to
•ne end the report of
demurely panning a
:ging home industry,
es, woven in the looms
Mlle in which carpets of
i •ated. There' was no
• ,muster for a web to
the White House or
he President may ro-
thS administration is
encouraging
hoiuein
the circumstances we
• Eecning Post.
.O ' UNTT.—The
Phila
it Bays; “We are in
ching derebbpment of
e in the immediate au
•lways been known that
Ailiar to some of the'
isted in the Schuylkill
in every direction
nd. But because no
len', (there having been
because these nodules
Ided in hard rocks, an
, Ire is doubtless enty
veins, and in such hard
ne it cheaply enough."
ry one's tongue.
n sinking a shaft near
instead of finding coal,
tned out numerous de
ded in - soft slates, that
ig.' As this discovery
very highest importance
pf the greatest interest
re, have received a box
. .
seen at the Ledger of
d ;if the accounte we
rrect, the seat of our
I be in our coal field.,
d I , aome of the public
tact a living profit from
din iron, when it be•
of their tonnage, en
1
denty of iron ore asso
utionize the whole iron
tic States. It must re
/ independent of other
(lII' there Ito any truth
the New Jersey process
he ton, by a new pro
-ILedger, then indeed aro
.eat iron producers in the
FROM WASHINGTON.
FROII CALIFORNIA.—ARRIVAL OF THE
CH IItOIiEE.
The Cherokee reached Nev York on ,Sunday.—
We subjoin the only itenta of nows which we I find.
On the 221, Elward Gilbert, of the Californian,
believed himself defeated in his aspiration for Con
gress. He has a long itrticle in his papr, explain
ing this reason which induced him to run for tho of
fice.
.ne underwriters , .given notice theft hey would
not be responsible fur t oy vesselsabludohed by their
crews in port. '
There is an article itile Californian rejoicing at
r :
the appointment of a Day of Thanksgiving; but we
cannot learn from it wlien the day was to be.
Gen. Riley has issu e d an order that disbanded
volunteers, desiring to avail themselves of their pri
vilege to be.eent home let the expense of the unvern
meot, most start by the, Ist of December; and that
those that had 'already given notice of their wish,
would be sent etf.
A great race fur €3,5,)(100, was act down for Demo
bor :18.
—..
TE,' Cherokee had 241 passengers and $320,000 1
in gold dust as freight, and as much more in the hands
of her peanengers. •
The Unicorn left San Francisco Dec. 1, with the
Mail, 157 passengers, and $703,000 in gold, and ar
rived at. Panama Dee. 28.
-Gold dust commanded $15,25 to e 15,50 per ounce
at San Francisco. Exchange. on Atlantic cities.
sight bills, brought (rem 5 to 6 'per cent, premium.
'Gold has been fount- most plenty at Georgetown,
.
12 miles North-east o Columbia diggings, on the
1
South fork of the Atnerican river.
The total number of the Americans who have ar
rived in California from the begi:ming, is•estitnated
1
at ninety four thousand. .
LATEST FROM THE PLACE R .--.TO return to - the
"latest" intelligence l t this time in our possession,
front various placesd 1 the mountains where gold
washing is continued the news is highly favorable,
The setting in of the rainy season has been the sig
nal for the abandonment of diggings in most parts,
and the miners haVe employed the interVeneing
pleasant hours between the rains in preparing win
ter quarters. These, consist of a rude lag house, or
canvass tent, protected by embankment abdut the
aides, and sheltered (rota the fury of the storms by
boughs of trees.
The heights of the Sierra Nevado are covered with
snow, and this has been the unwelcome form
,of the
winter-visitant in the more elevated "diggings," ac
companied by cold weather. The mountain streams
are but imperfectly swollen as yet, although the
Sacramento has risen many feet, at its junction with
the American river, since the coinmencement of
the rains. From Feather rive the golden news is
highly encouraging..
The Georgetown diggings are-pe-rhaps the most
famous at the present time in the SeerantentolPlacer.
These are situated nbout twelve miles diatani ' in a
northeasterly direction from Colton, on the South
Fork of the American river. Pieces of gold weigh
ing from ono pennyweight to ten and twelvepounds
have been discovred in this vicinity. The average
for day laborers is said to be not less than three ounces
while instances of 'bagging eight and ten i ounces
per diem are by no Means rare. .
Owning to the earlier advent of the winter rains
and inclement weather, than was anticipated, .pro
visions have become scarce in the mining ; distict,
the wretched condition of the roads preventing sap
plies from reaching the tnountaine seasonably.—
Many persons are returning from the washings in
consequence of this fact. - Flour is selling on Feath
er- river nt I,ls:per pound, end at Nita Mill" (Column
for 1,25.. All breadstufis are proportionately
high.—From the Alla California s, Nov. N.
Wait Ltonr.....The city of Hertford, Conn., wee
lighted with (he on Monday evening lest.
Crit Wttitig (.01)5trutr.
ERIE, PA
SATURDAY MORNING. JANUARY 19, 1850
LET IT Be Eire:or:v.—The Pennsyttnnian says the
Hon. JAMS Tuottrsox, of this State, representative in
Congress from the Erio district, will shortly move his
highly popular resolution, expunging the false accusa
tion upon the records of Congress, in regard to the Origin
and object of the late ; war with Mexico, anted by
the whigs to col twin resolutions of thanks offered to Gon.
Tar.on nosily two yo:Ars,ago. Let the brand of infamy
be stamped upon all such 'oalumnie s upon the Lairfame
of the country. ,
CAN ti. Conmssroar.M-4 correspondent of the Penn-•
sylcrnion brings forward the name of Gen. SETII
yen, of Clarion, as a suitable person to be nominated by
the Democratic State Convention, fur Canal Commis
siuner. Ile says ouch a nomination would bo "a deser
ved compliment to tho sterling and unflinching Demo
cracy" of that county'. Mr. C., continues the writer, "is
a man of fine talents, a gootlaccount ant—a fluent speak
er—a cogent reasoner; he is always found on the side of
the people, advocating their rights with all his powers of
intellect. An indefatigable 1101 , einocrat, he is ever to bo
found is the first rank, battling with the enemy for the
success of his party Kind, affable, and prepossessing in
his demeanor, he secures the friendship and support of
all who have the pleasure of his acquaintance. lle is
one of those peculiarly constituted men, who ',have the
faculty °Nanking every person feel perNtly at ease,
when in their company. At home, nod wherever :mown
he is decidedly popular. In short, ho is most admirably
qualified for the of of Canal Commi,sioner, and if
elected would acquit himself with credit, and to the en
tire satisfaction of the people of Pennsylvania." MI
which we most' heartily endorse. %Vo know Con. C.
personally, and among all our acquaintance, there is no
gentleman we would take morepleasureist supporting for
that important position. We trust he will receive the
nomination.
Tas nifty's F..tun.a.—We iannsunced in our last
that this troupe of vocalists would viiit our city soon.—
Since then wo barn they i perform ut the Reed
House oti Tuesday evening next. They came with the
highestlestimoniala fur ability! as musicians, and we'
have no doubt the lovers of theart wil: be furnished with
a rich feast. The following is front the Syracuse Retitle:
"These charming vocalists gave their fire'' entertain
ment in this city on Wednesday evening, at Malcom's
Hall. They sung well. Their music is of a solid, ele
vating character, similar to that of the Bakers end
utchinsons. We were highly delighted with their
singing, and should they return to this City again we
have no hesitation in sat ing they will meet with a hearty
reception."
Mr. Best is a gentleman of admitted ability and grant
integrity of character, and will reflect credit on the body
over which ho presidos.—Cor. Pittsburgh American cop
ied into the Erie Chronicle.
Yea, verily, Valentine Best must bo "a gentleman of
admitted ability and great integrity of character." as the
following extract from a letter over his signature, to the
Democratic convention of Columbia county, which nom
inated him for the Sonata, iu 1847, shows: ,
"I Ptsmoe myself that I will support reg,ular nomina
tions, in County, State and National Contentions; rind
whether in public or private life, I will devote my politi
cal exertions to tho success and promotion of Democratic
men and measures, as 1 havo foe tho past twonty-sovou
3 ems. Respectfully yours. V. BEST."
Certainly Valentino Beet is a man of "great integrity of
character," else he never would have united with the
whigs and elected himself Speaker of the Pennsylvania
Senate, over tho regular nominee of his party. Upon the
samo principle, Judas was a man of "great integrity of
character." So also was Benedict Arnold. So also is
Georgy: Judas, and Arnold, and Gcorgy, wero tempt
ed with gold—bright gold—but Vs!outdo Beet sold him
self for the empty honor of the epenkorship of the Pennsyl
vania Senate for one session! Upon the name of an
honoroblo man such a position might confer some lustre.
but upon such a pitiful trickster as Best has proved him
self, no earthly station can confer honor! Again:we a'Sy,
is not Valentine Bost a man of "great integrity of char
actor?"
LEGISLATIVE.—We have looked in vain ovor tho
proceedings of our State Legislature for the past week,
so far as received, fur eomothing of interest to our read
ers, or to the public at large. Wo say in vain, for al
most ever'y petition presented, bill introduced, or resolu
tion read, related to something purely local; and in a
majority of cases, would, iu any other state but Pennsyl
vania, havo been settled by tho county courts or board
of supervlsors. Does some church or other corporation
wish to sell fifty dollars worth of real estate, the power of
the legielatuti l is invoked, and the state put to an ex
pense of a hundred &Bats perhaps to enable it do so.—
And so it is to' the end of tho chapter, from the removal
of the place of holding an election to a divorce of some
ill-liospled husband and wife. Hero is a specimen:
Mr. PFisrh•., introduced a bill refuting to the colloctioi
of taxes in West Lampe ter township, Lancosier county
Mr. Jackson, one relative to Ow estato of John Bell
deceased.
Mr. Beaumont. a bill to incorporate tho Williesbarro
water company. _
Mr. Wade, it petition from citizens' of East Donegal
township, Lancaster county, relative to the school fund's
of said township,
Mr. Brindie, ono from citizens of Moreland township,
Lycoming county, for a change of place of holding elec
tions.
.
Mr. Slifer, one from Mary Manning preyingfor a di
vorce. ,
Mr. Scofield, ono for a law prohibiting the sale of apiri
taus liquors to the Indians.
The above will do—it is a fair specimen of the occu
pation of the Legislature from the opening of the session
to the close. "To be sure it is hero and there interspers
ed with business of interest to the commonwealth, and
justly within the province of the representatives of the
people. For instance, we learn from the proceedings
before usthat the $3OO esetnptioulaw, passed at the Inst
session, will, most probably, be repealed this—that an
underhanded attempt by ono M.-Prum was made to de
feat the amendment to the constitution for the election of
the Judiciary, passed at the last session, by means of the
following resolution:
Besotted. That VI select committeo of throe ho appoin
ted to inquire if any, arid what amendments to tho con
stitution may Itavie been suggested by the experience of
the last ten years; and should any such seem to he de
manded by the wants of tho people, or the necessities of
popular government, to report the same to the Sonata.
1 r The evident intention of the mover of this resolution
was to incorporate seine new feature of Constitutiornil re
form with that proposed last winter, end thus compel the
pOstponetnent'of the whole subject for another year, when,
we presume the gentleman, or seine other 'politician of
the same ilk, would make some similar moil', and,thits
from year to year, this much needed amendment to
our constitution, might be postponed. Wo are pleased
to see that Messrs. Packer, Walker and' Crabb took this
view of the subject, and opposed the resolution.
Mr. Muldenberg, from the Judiciary committee, ro'•
ported adversely to tho petition of the Editorial State
Convention, praying for a more general publication of
the laws, and submitted a resoluton that the committee
be discharged from the further consideration of the suli
,iect. The resolution was agreed\ to. ,
So it appears that Mr. Muhlenerg. and the Judiciary
committee, do not.deem it familiarity with the laws f
the commonwealth requisite on tipart of the people.
Very well; we do not know but It is wise policy for su h
law makers to keep the people i the dark, othorwi e
they might find out what consuniate asses their Livia! -
tors are. But seriously, there i no measure so rea y
necessary, or more universally c4lled for, as an act t
thorising the publication of the I WS of the State in t co
now, papers of the state—the local acts in the papers pub.
Ittihad in the district effected by such act, and the geneir•
al laws in the papers of the whole state! In New Y4k
and Ohio, the publication of the laws, ay proposed by
the Editorial State convention, and reported against as
before shown, meets with The entire approbation of the
people, and has been productive of the most beneficial
results. But Pennsylvania has always been fifty years
behind the eg• in her reforms, and from present appear.
ones. we are inclined to believe she always will be.
A RABA AVIS.—IIad we Walked into our °Moo
some morning, and found upon our table half the treas
ures of California, wo would not have been more surpris
ed, than we were when we found the folloWing true des
cription of the ho 'Way it is Done." in one of
es
changes,credited to the New York Tribune. If it is not
a inistalso—if some blundering "compositor" hue not
given the-article a wrong credit, then, indeed, is the pol
itical millenium Milani'. When Herne° Greeley, the
head and Gout-of the advocates of Special privileges,
speaks thus of the Banking system of Now York, which,
by the way, our neighbor of th• Gazelle &mit "perfec
tion," what ought those•who, with us, loolempon n paper
currency, at beet, as of doubtful utility, say of it? We
are free to say that the New York systolic of free. Hank
' tog, es now organized under the new constitution, which,
in addition to the state stocks pledged for the redemption
of the notes, holds the stockhol4rs iudividualy and col
lectively liable in all their property, for the liabilities of
tho Banks, is far preferable to any other yet devised. But
even under this boasted system, aceerding, to Greeley, a
Bank can be very easily "diverted a little from" the pur
pose of its creation, and become a "machine fe share and
strip all men in a lattfal toay;" and this is, according to
the some high autlurity, fur the simple reason "that the
interest of the Bask is opposed laclhat of lhepeaptel" A
stronger cotnmentary.upon tho ev il s of the Ranking sys
tem could not have been written by the meet radical ad
vocate of hard money than this eapose from the pen of
Greeley—it is certainly a rata axis to come Irons that
quarter:
THE ‘"AY IT IS DOSE. -ill old times, when Bank Char
ters had to be obtained of the Legislature, everybody was
told that they were designed to help ,business men.—
Nowadays, though bank makers are more itidopondont,
and any man who has the menus may sot up his institu
tion of discount and deposit° without risking special per
mission, the ostensuble purpose is still the benefit of the
public. To that, all 'inhumes of privuta profit profess to
be suboldinete. •
This is the ides, but tote thing actually done doco'nt
resomblo it very- nearly. We will suppose the -Bank
of Tin established for the particular convenieneAllfrof a
certain business men, dry goods jobbers for instaUce.—
They du business ? at it, and have o certain claim for oc
casional discounts', Choke tiniest arrive, end Messrs. Cash
& Co., a substantial house, become rather pressed for
mines', and appli'lo have a little pa?or done. Thera he
no doubt of the gOOdness of the noteS they olror, but all
the Bank's funds are out. and thu's it's impossible for it
to discount any paper just then, all t' the regret of the
Clieshier and all the other ollicers. - t least so they say,
, . .
Messrs. Cash &Co, go way with h , avy hearts. They
try at Wall street. Here it is easy as to say Jack Robbin
sun. They meet with a shrewd get Outten named, wo
suppose, Mr, Smash, an an upright nd esteemed citizen
who rents, if he does not own u piow i anim town church.
Mr. Smash is just the man for them, nd all for their good
and fur the good of (redo Ito consent , though' at a loss to
himself, perhaps, to lend them tho m ney at two per cent,
a month. Mr. SUMS% who is a larg stockholder and a
director in the Bank of Tin, takes the Very notes that
coulditot be discounted for Cash & Co:, to that ex
cellent institution, writes his name lan them and at once
receives the motley at 7 per cent; a year. This leaves 17
per cent, for Mr.'Smaeh's littto moth, which, considering
the case, is ember fat when we consider that it was be-
Cause he was borrowing to the utmost extant the money'
of the batik, in order to shave notes, that the regular cus
tomers could not be accomodated. Ho had to his
ands nil tho funds, and of course to hint Cash & Co
had to go and pay his price. Briefly, thorefore, the Bank
Of Tin lan machine which Mr. Smash employs to shave
all men whom ho can find to strip irva lawful way.
• Now this is not a fancy skinch; we know of more than
one case of the sort, end have no doubt every experien
feint merchant could tell of many such occasions. The
reason is simply the interest of the Bank is opposed to that
,ti
of the public, including Cash & Co.,' in a word it is its
business to make for its stock holder all the money pos
sible. There is occor3ingly no fault obo found with it,
though it does help them to get two per cent, a month
interest; it is a regular financieal tramsation.
But the consequonee is that Cash A'
and ere lot g become bankrupts cashes
capital has all passed into the possess
friend Smash, and they have nothing
'cannot pay. And and all thisthey ni
but for the fault that he had absorbed!
Bank of Tin, which was set up for t'
of merchants, but in tho course of its
vetted a little from that purpose. •
Now all merchants and all men kn
aro written down in flaming letters in
gue of bankruptcy, and as Jonas bait
the existing system they will remain.
er, a method by which the course oft
gecl, and as it depeUds on the suffere r
od adopted, why, if their remain as tli
their own fault. That method is the Ori
Banking. Lot them reflect upon it.—
Query, What is the system of "Mil
commended in this article? Can the
If it obviates the evils complained of
do not know Init we might be induced
"Farr. TRADE."—This political "'scarecrow" is fast
loosing its frightful aspect to the 'eyes of the timid politi
cian. Even Gen. Taylor does not scruple to speak of one
of the recent steps towards an unrestricted commercial
intercourse with England, in terms of-approbation. We
mean the New Navigation law agreed upon between
that Government and ours, which went into effect on the
first of this month. The consequence of this new mea
sure will be, (to use the language of the (note) to stimu
late to further activity the commerce between Great
Britain and the United Suttee. This measure was as
important on the part of Great Britain
. as it was unex
pected; for five years ago it would have been regarded as
chimerical to suppose that so important a change would
bo so soon realized; for, for about two centuries the doc
trine has been in England that she owed almost all her
commercial prosperity to the old, venerated, exclusive
and excluding Navigation Act. But a change has come
over the spirit of her dream, and her statesmen orate pre
sent day are pursuing a policy directly the reverse of that
which has been cherished and practiced for many centu
ries; and she begins to perceive that her whale commer
cial and colonial ayatem, from time immemorial, has been
founded in error and miecouception. Rho begins now
to see, for the first time, that colonies and•coloniste have
some political and commercial rights, which, had she
perceived ninety or a hundred years ago, the great and
irretrievable blunder of driving her North American col
onies into rebellion, in defence of their rights as British
subjects, would have been avoided. llcir blindness, how
ever, was our salvation; for, had she boon either wise or
just, our revolution would not have taken place for many
years, though in the course of human events, it had-to
corn. finally. But at another thus wo might not have
found friends are allies, as wo did when the struggle
took place
Er.e.cnos or Ccut.x.—On Saturday kat. Thos. J
Campbell, of Tennessee, the former clerk of the House,
was ro-elected; seven southern democrats and eno free
soil whig voting for him. Thus it will be seen that the
faithful and talented Democrat, Col. Forney, has been
sacrificed by a heterogeneous combination, diegracofui
alike to themselves and the country. Northernfrer-suif
ism and southern chiratrysuniting and coalescing ,to pro
cure the defeat of such a man as Forney. It is disgrace
fuH, lly the way, we see that many of these northern
whig
papers which shed such a plentiful shower of
..erocodile-teers7 over the election of a Southern speak
er, rejoice tv ith exc eeding . great joy at the defeat obir,
hVirthern Democrat and the election of a Soythern whig,
by southern votes, Consistency is a jewell.
WELD'S ENO Lint GRAMMAR, IMPROVED EDITIOS.--A
copy of, this, to us, now School Book, has been laid up.
on our table by the publishers, Mess . Phiunsy & Co.
:unto. We are not much of a gi tnruarion in tho
cholastic 1901110 of the term, having acc quired what little
•nowledge wo posers of the science t a compooitoeif
c se in • printing office, but In glee ing hastily over
tis work it appears to us to simplify t study In a much
renter degree then any work wo ever' .xanatned. Teach
=re and others having the superioten. once of our schools
will do well to examine it.
11.7hIsjor Kane. formerly the * 4 Lo
orciel Journal." Pittsburgh, is abon
•vening d aily t in that city, to be calls
he Major is a sprightly writer. and
and will make - a good paper. thieve
Mr. Gray. of the Cleveland Ptiindo ler. had recovered
&verdict of $37. and odd cents) from' Mr. Coou for at
tempting to pull the nose of sailtdr. Gray. That will.
pay. By the by. welt let all the ) ficoona" fa the world
and the "test of mankind" into the bargan. pull ours
every dey in the year for that molly. '
Rough-Notes in Europe,
Dear Frante.—This was to havo'tmon a groat day but
it was "spoiled in making up." as we say at home. The
why and the limo aro somewhat like this. For the last
month a grand review by Louis NOPoleon °fall the troops
in Paris was decreed for this day, rind the whole city was
consequently an the alert, and great calculations wore
made to see tho show. Linfortudately however 4 the
gratification of air; people, a large l ,body of tho National
Guard; (which comprises all the tnale population between
the ages of 20 and 50 years,); had formed a plan for
shouting in.the President's cars "dawn with the impost 1
'on wino." . Such a deinonstraffon would have been very
unpleasant, even if it had lod to !no serious result: con
sequently the President was' taken sick, and yesterday
morning the papers announced that ho was still too un
well to have the review. Probably it will nut take place
at all. This impost upon wine itf levied by Government
ui n ell that is brought into Paris, and affords an im-
I/ Dna° revenue. Every Parkhill drinks his bottle of
wine ordinal's)" each day, and would rather go without
. 1
bread than wino, consequently all classes feel this tax
very keenly, and are anxious to have it abolished. If '
they succeed, seine other means Will have to be devised
to raise money to supply the enermous expenses of goy- '
eminent. The fact is that the people ere the ones who
support the government, and thO only, way of relieving
them of the load under which tIMy stagger is to curtai i
the expense.. What would otirlpeople think of support
ing an army of five hundred thonsand men? If Ireance is
to be a republic she must be rophblican Tut hoe expenses.
She certainly has made much 'progress since the last
century towards republican principles—towards true free
dom. One evidence of this 4 that all classes read Alio
journals and appear to feel intellested iu public matters.
I have noticed tho common woiltmen devour it newspa
per with as much eagernosb as pur warmest politicians
at home. Such, as lam told, ryas far from being the
case a few years ago, and it is , e sign oradvatTl
There afro many wonderful things in this city, wonder
ful at least they aro to m 9. Almost every street has ono
or more public_buildings seine aro occupied us muse
ums, some as libraries; some es barracks, some as the
atres, some as hospitals. Thee all have a sm3ll tri-co
lured flag over the entrance, 4d "Liberia, E„ elite, Fra
tornite" u r pon the walls. ' A mar). is constantly on duty
before thou' and_ if you enter you will find a police-offi
cer to watch all Sour movements. They aro very quiet
as long as you use nothing but your eyes, but the "no-,
ment you lay hands on anything they walk up and tell
you to touch nothing. I was very much interested tho
other day by a visit to the "National" (formerly "Roy
al") "Library." An immense hotel on the Rue Rich
ilieu is devoted to it. _There ire four departments; prin.
ted books of which there aro ono million and a half of all
dates and in almost every language. Among,the old
books I saw the first one,prinhid in Paris in 1472.
inched to the Library Is a reading room furnished sad'
tables and seats which will.aoconhnodite ono hundred
and fifty persona Iloro you can go during library hours
and get any book you wish by writing the name upon n
slip of paper and handing it to the librarian. Students of
all kinds resort to this room and read and take notes,
There is likewise a library of 125.000 volumes of manu
scripts, many of which were 'collected from the mones-
Wien at the time of their suppression during the Revolu
tion. Cases are arranged along the walls containing
many,!lettets of die;inguished men. Side by aide in one
of 1i15121 lie a letter of Henry IV. and one written by our
own Fraeklin. This last, by the by, is quite a curiosity,
and I never before knew that the great idulosopher could
Co., ore used up,
-r Monition. Their
l ion of their kind
I loft but debts they
ight hove avoided
the frunds of tho
ho accommodation
operations got di-
be so gallant. It appears that some lady had invited !AM
to spend the evening with her when he: was already en.
gaged. , Ito mentions this but says that he will break his
engagement and adds, "were I ever engaged to go to
Paradise I would beg to have the trip postponed for a
few hours in order to spend them with your ladyship."
Franklin was quite a favorite here. Another suite of
rooms here is deVoted to Engravings, anithere you see
specimens of the art from its infancy to tho present &in.
The fourth division 'is the cabinet antedate and gems
numbering' .150,000, and it is very valuable. Among
.w these facts; they
omnivorous cantle
. ing is organized on
'iters is, howev
dugs may be ehan
rs to have the meth
are, it will ho
gonzation of Mutual
' N. ,Y. Tribune,
other things I saw some antiquo Rsman cameos most
splendidly executed. There, is still another section call,
od the "gNory of ancient Sculpture," but this I did not
anal Banking" ro-
Gozetic inform us?
iu this article. we
ti to ftvor it.
Patisthas probably its full quota of miserable humals,
some of thorn beg for a living, and some pick rags in the
street. There is a poor chance for stealing on account
of the police, who make it a , business to be everywhere.
One branch of business is rag picking, and every mor
ning you may see men and women with baskets on their
backs and st a cks with hooks on them in their hands, rak
ing every pile of dirt and picking out•every piece of pa
per and ever:: rog. The way they do flirt these over
their shoulder into the basket is peculiar to the - chiffonier.
Nothing is permitted to go to waste; oven the contents
of all the sewers in-the city are carried after night in
carts outside the walls and there manufactured into Sal
ammoniac. Evan this filth is searched carefully by men
who spend nearly their whole lives among it. They
laugh at AmeriCans for running so eagerly after the "al
migety dollar," but I tell them that' is worth laboring for.
Here they are just as eager after a cent; and a French
altiip.keepor would be thunderstruck were one to throw
down ten cents when the 'price was eleven, and say
"that's near ezipugh," as one so frequently does in
America. But you can bent them down almost invaria
bly, because that recognize the-language and think Amer
icans are Englislt (who p.ay'what is asked). You will
very often see the shop ,Windowe, "English spoken
Here." At eucf places they charge exhorbitantly.
,But
they,catch the English who ore too proud to French,
or chafer as ,to price.,
This evening, on my way from dinner, I saw s large
crowd lining both sides of the Quai. Upon enquiring,
some one told Ina , that the President was to give a large
_ball at the . Hotel j e Ville, and these people were watch
ing to see the cnringe of the President. It reminded me
somewhat of the 'time when Gan. Taylor was in Erie;
there was this difference however—hero the number of
soldiers standing about did not seem entirely republican.
No'r is the ball like a President's levee in Washington.
PITT:M(III6U DISGRACED.-110 city of Pittsburgh has
been disgraced by electing the notorioua Joe Barker, the
most obscene and digusting foul-mouthed loafer witliiu
the limits of the city, to the responsible office of Mayor.
Tho vote stood as follows: ,
Guthrie, Domorrat
Mceutchoom Whig
Barker,
This man Liarlier, Was sentenced to nix months' im
prisonment about two months since, on thb charge of
peuieting in tho use of indccent, obscene and blasphe
mous language in the sweats, by, preaching against the
Catholics. , .
It will be seen by tho vote that t\to responsibility ,of
this disgractul 4sutt rests upon tho shoulders of the
whigs. as they abandoned their own candidato and voted
for Barker.
For the lyric Ohkerver.
ax "A Director of the Franklin Canal Company"
wishes merely to say in reply to the uncalled for article
in the last Commercial, shpt ho will not bo drawn into a
conflict with an irresponsible Editor, Whin writers choose
to skulk behind him. Vested rights, a legal title, cannot
be thus affected. If the "Community" choose to come
out inpropria persona and show themselves, he wifftalk
to thorn in any way they choose, so thet it is openly and
manly. The editor propose! to become the "pack hot-se"
for other/. Ile ought to reflect before undertaking his
lark. that it will require a nighty strong goal to bear all
the sins of the people he proposes to serve.
I" of the "Corn
to commence an
'he "Tribune."—
"good fellow."
to It.
U 7 The season of sleigh riding is more conduetive to
the connubial state than auy season of the year. Getting
behind a pair af fast horses and under a buffalo robe with
a pair of black eyes and rdeey lips. is sure to bring about
a matrimonial alliance. Try it once endues if it don't—
Carliste Democrat.
Yee. even though the "eyealhe "heavenly blue." or
",soul piercing hazel," or o nly "laughing grey." provid
ed the "lips" be rosy end pointing, and hays no objec
tion to being kissed, the eflect will be the sane, tie guess!
[Correepondenee.of the Erie Observer.]
Put's, Dccember 10.180
You rs,
ALL SORTS OF PARAGRAPHS
7The Rev. Mr. Strebter. of Boston. has joined in wed
lock during the last year. some one hundred and twe e t
couples. Ho must make a living by it..
ITT Does not the echo in the see shell tell of ilte wor,•
which onco inhabited it? and shall not Luau's goad deed
live after him and sing hie praise?
117 f A boot and shoa l mannfactorj_ in Cincinnati. is ma
king into boots and shoes leather tanned with hair on.
It is an invention of the proprietor of the establishment
ITT Thu laziest fellow they have got down East is said te
be who is too lazy to shut his eyes?, and goes to slee p
with them wide open.
UT Proscription.by Gen. Taytor.—"All the world en:
hia zeffe." has been tuined out to mein room for. Ges l
Taylor's pet— ,l "All tho world and the rut of mankind.'i
0.7 Ladies' Newspapers are getting into vogue abroa•
Mrs. Ellis is about to start ono with the apt tide of "Tb
Morning Call."
(Er It is mserted that magnets lose almost:their entir
power in the vicinity of graveyards, and electric re
chines are similarly effected under the same circnnasts •
LTA Connepticut farad}, on a visit to the South, Wait I
postage, drew on the margin of a newspaper, a child'
face, an awl, and Well with buckets, ticc.. thus inte6re
led, "We - have an infetfi, an are well."
Oa' There is s bliss in n kiss, when you got such a boo
es you go,o'er tho -snow, in the light of the 'mien,
sleighing, says the Boston Bee, in vory great glee; an
it'; not a bad' on, for the Editor's had one.
In — The last Office Seeker.—Thore is a man in Portlar.
(i'slo.) who is about to apply for the place of Moister E
traordinary to that unknown people alluded' to iu Go.
Taylor's message.
In — Smoking C l / 4 ilaneys.—The Sciiiitific A morican state
on reliable authority, that if at two feet above the tine,
of your chimney you enlarge the opening-to double `h
bize for a further space of two feeti then carry up the r
as at the first, your chimney will never smoke:
11:r Adrice to the Girls.-Nover run away from your p.
rents till you are quite sure that the young-,gentleine.
you do it with don't intend to run away trod you.
seducer knows no more about constancy, than a vreat l hl
ercock does about crowing. 1
Q, fait Spring.—A salt spring. estimated to be 600 f
deep, and sending forth a column of water three ineh l e
in diameter, has been discovered in Mercer col l ntp, (V.i
about six miles from the Red Sulphur Springs. It
calculated it will yield 300 bushels of salt per day.
Qj William Miller, the mem'whe made sem ch
ment about the end of thei4orld. a few years' ago. die
recently, iii New York. He has done more tp fill !nazi
lums, and swell the list of suicides and crimes, th
any man who ever lived.
ri l rj . Dar: ft.—Concerning the Wetmore , dotal alion, th
Tribune avers tilst it is threS-fourths false, and' the hi
ondo a gross perversic;ti! This rarninds us of colore!
,porter, who says of his cousin, that ono half of him is I
darn fool, and the rest nothing else:
17.4 New Pen —Some one inßochestor
a pen which can hold ink enough to write
fouipages of foolscap! WO. would iuve
would hold ideas enough to cover as men
would confer a favor. l
LtJ Ona of the courts of Alabama has e.
solve., for the last fortnight, the birth and peui
little darker, who has fallen heir to quite an e
Mungo Park, they are endeavoring to di.
source of Niger," but whether they will sue
problematical.
[D" From hearing Sever al elderly gentlem
about Boston in uld times, wo infer that tho
city, are quite as good as they were fifty yea
lisps a little better, considering the increase
lion, 'and the wiettecluess of "tho rest of
Post.
EU It Is sali that throughout the vast empire, of Magi ]
through all Finland, Lapland, Sweden, a d Nora&
•
there is uo cottage so poor, no hut so dostitute l , but it p
senses its vapor bath, in which all its Inhabitants, ere'
Saturday at least, and every day in cases of sickness, e
pc.rienco comfort and salubrity. •
Two religious editors contending about the amour
of humility which they possess, ths one boasts that Its
never pusses a colored man without speakin. to !nai:
E• while the other claims precedence on the gro nd that •
not Only speaks to every alegro that ho sees, b•t that be
absolutely kissed a catered, lady at a camp 'm •etiog.
IT The San says. New Yorksity has a largi popal!ii
lion than either the Slates of New Hampshire. COnnet ,
ticut, Vermont or Michigan. - It has more than the thrfe
Suites of Arkansas, Florida and Texas together.- It eta
has more population than the , States of Rhode hlsia.
lowa and Delaware, added to' that of Oregon territoq.
Er Lameness a Gboil Bargain.—The city of j
doomed, by the verdict of a jury in the Suprem
Court, to pay Lyman Raymond $9,956, as C
lion for a broken kucb-pan, ; causing permani,
ness, tvhich he got ly stumbling over a grate i.
ter; which "stuck up" some two inches Om
stone.
T'Y We saw a man yesterday, worth two hund
sand dollars, spend , n hour looking for nal-Ipol
dropped in the stre ‘t. No wonder ho got rich,
to mean to remain poor. The same chap anee
a mile to stop a stage driver who passed 'a timoo,
ling upon him, and beat down a pedlar two ce
• .1
pint of peanuts.—Knidierbocker.
CU' Much in Me Dark and not eery Warm.—ln an c'
count of tho recent expedition in search of S r Jae
Franklin, it is stated they rere eighty days' with , ut sie•
ing the sun, and had the titermetneter fifty degree
low :era. They served out their rations of fifth prof
brandy by chopping it up With a hatchet, it being fro/se
solid. We should think the climate must be very UP'
favorable for the culture of sugar or cotton. •
DOCTEUR
Er Pietures'of Henry Clay are to be seen in the windows
of the different print shops in New York city, with the',
tv,n,ls underneath: "Henry Clay and no Conven ion lto
185'1" This is nodoubt a plan of his friends in' Gni •
ant," to have "old 'arty" mills the choice of his pally
by acclamation, in IS:I We think, however, if tt•feld
, C a
s y
a r wirea l l stm c
p pullers
i ra:a i n s4 , the;
will
st B :le t eta mo s i
ng,
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more va 11
"bet
out f
l cu d o i a Ilk t
I
1 way old KentuckY.ii .
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1887
LD— The Colleges &pita—Franklin College at LeonSt
tor, and Marshall C ollege at Ililerceraturg. Fa.—represa i a
Ling the German and Lutharian Churches—Aare bee
united by their respective Boards of Trunteci under tb
name of Franklin Marshall College. which is to be lora
'l'
tad at Lancaster. ho property and funds DPW MDT
pOll/0 $150,000. 1% arshall Collego t of which Dr. Ne i.
is president, has 150 students. It will be remand
soon as practicable.
ax A man named Myrick, was murdered in his Tr:
house, near Bolton's depot, in Iliud's county, Miss.. l 4
his own eon, on the night of the 25th nit. It ap p'
that both father and son were intoxicated, and bad r
quarrelling some time, when a younger son became
gusted and loft the house. In a short limo afterwards de
was called back by the negroes, and fotind -hiS fat a
mortally stabbed, and the elder son standing near. 1r, 14 •
ing tho knife with which the deed had been committd.
cry. A Dutchman married a Yankee wife. whet trnt /
out to be an intolerable vixen. One day, when )rriale d
beyond all endurance by her tongue, the poo felos
began to rail a little in turn. De tried, indeed, to 1 01 l
the woman by that very offensito but expreuive epithet
which signifies the female of the canine species, bu t
nhocked at the thought of tieing so unbecoming a ploo°
to a lady. he gavo vent to his wrath in an ing'eniour sir'
r : ,tunlocutien. lilt swearing that sbe was "lc trifs "'l t*
toe')
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pe,ges h.
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