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♦‘Now our ft-tg is lUmg to the wild wind Irec,
Let it float o’er our.‘father land,”
And the guard of its spotless tame shall be,
Columbia’s chosen baud!**
FOR PRESIDENT IN 1840.
MARTIN VAN BUREN,
AND AN
INDEPENDENT TREASURY.
WOOD—oWOOD.—Those of our subscribers
who have promised us wood in payment of sub
scription, cannot bring it at a more suitable time
than the present
March of TVoo/w.—-On Monday last, , a detach
ment of U. S. Dragd&ns, numbering about QOmeii,
left hero under the command'of Oapt. Burchell.— 7
They are a fine looking body of men, and are* in, a
most excellent state of discipline. Thoir destina
tion Wayno bn the Arkansas.
Error Qbtreeted, —We perceive by the last Key
stone, that Thaddcus Stevens has giv'cnan expla
nation of the Juniata transaction, which satisfies
the editors as to the innocence of ex-governor Hit
net relative to .the $64,250 transaction. It appears
that tho whole mistake lay in tho bungling man*
her in which the anti-masonic printers sent forth
•bis last annual message to tho world,
"Having given place to several of tho Keystone
articles m our columns, wo doom it a matter of
duty ,to make tho amende honorable . We do it
with tlib more pleasing, because wo have no de-'
siio to bo instrumental, however innocently, in
doing injustice to any man; besides, Joseph Ritncr
and his advisers have enough of well-merited odi
•um resting upon thorn, without adding any thing
•thereto which has-no foundation in fact;
COL. WILLIAM HOPKINS,
Wo regret to perceive in some of our exchanges,
xi disposition to thrust this meritorious individual
aside in order to elevate their own particular fav
orites tS the Speaker’s chair, Why such a dispo
sition'exists we arb at. a loss to.conjecture, as no
gentleman, in‘our dmmblo opinion, could have, un
•der-the. tnying*and difficult circumstances with
which he was surrounded, filled it with more dig
nity and propriety than he during tho memorable
•session of 1838-9|, In fact, we think ho was the
very man fpr the times, and none other would have
suited half so-wcll.'llpde^.these circumstances,
wo think it would be doiifg gr.qsp injustice to Mr.
H. to supplant him at the present time, particular
ly too, ns he has hold the station but one session.
*VVo go-for rewarding merit, and should be sorry
to see phe, and hc.the acknowledged leader, of
noble,, high-minded j*atriotic*FiFTv-six» sacrificed
to make room for some aspirant who has neither
tho coolness* deliberation, experience or .prompt
ness of William Hopkins to recommend him for
eo important a Station as Speaker of, the House of
Representatives,. ,
Another StmocraticTriatiiph. — Gcn’l, -George
M’Culloch, the democratic candidate for Con
gress to fill the vacancy occasioned by the death
of Mr. Potter, has been elected by a handsome
.majority over his federal competitor, Gon. Irvine^
she federalists, as usual, shouted before they
had got clean out of- the woods, and for a day or
two after the election claimed to hnvo'carried their
-candidate. But it was no go. The stern demo
-cracy of that district wore hot to be caught nap
ping. Although the federalists had all the ad
■vantages which generally result to them at special
•elections; from the fact of their principal strength
■being in the towns—andfalthough their candidate
is acknowledged to be one of the most popular
.men in his district, yet still the hardy yeomanry
in the different counties turned out In sufficient
.numbers to defeat the wiles and schemes of an un
holy federal bank whig aristocracy, find to fill the
place the Ufhcntcd Potter by a true-hcartcd re
publican. " ■
General McCulloch was a member of the (State
•Senate in.tbe memorable session of 1835-C, noto
rious for the appstacy and treachery of Penrose,
Dickey. Burden & Co., and was one of the noble
“band jof patriots (tWclvd ih all,) who opposed the
iro^cliarter' of the v United States Bank. For liis
•praise-worthy conduct upon that occasion, he de
served Sve)l of his constituents, and we rejoice to
iknow, that theyhave not been ungrateful, 1
.... -State of Michigan has gone .over‘body ,&.brecchesl
rto the federalists —having chosen a Dank Cashier
for Governor, and surrendered up the otherdepart
•monts of her government to “wild cal’? bankers,
and those who.are bent on perpetuating her noto
riously wretched and villainous currency,-
It was not in the nature of things, says the Pitts
burg Mercury, that a State bo* "deeply sunk in the
•slough -of Banldsm could remain-with the Demo*'
jcrdtic party, Wc have lost Michigan, and jin
gairilng.it the federalists have lost the, only exam
ple they Had to assist their futile efforts ito fasten
upon the democrats the sin,.and shame of creating'
.the paper, banks by whiditho country’is "crippled,
•arid harassed.
'.impossibility of harmrinizirig Democracy arid pa
. per banking in the government of a Stale or cGqjr
principles.
.If-it were true’that the democrats had a hand in
the worthless banks of Michigan, it is zW
mojtdo that they grew heartily sick of their bar
) . .gain, and would, If they had retained power, a
. toned for thoir errors as Xar as. possible. , But the
> federalists could net permit the.banks to fall: they
r ;-*irae forward .arid wrested from the democrats tlie
■government of. the State,, and will ..doubtless pro
•teef-their darling .wild cat corporations from alli tUc
with which they word menaced by the
projected dcmocratic rcforms. •
Waon shaU hfive.been nilod and Tid
'd enfor a‘ year or two by the united tyranny of fed
■ ,riral barikers.dnd federal office-holders,
v •eomo.back tothe Democratic fold full of penitence
* ' / arid cdntntidn for her present derileotioa fxorivihe
‘ path-ofduty. ; . ; ..-j...:
'"lf youjiear a federal whig attributingpor.vic
tory in Massachusetts to the s/npaipfg law, don’t
; f<ir a. moment contradicthim, : "saya.the Now Era,
■but admit that, “all the deoonay”' ef
prefer riroi ta bands*.- _>
Well /Jonc.—On Tuesday last Esquire Snod
grass of this Borough ontcrcd'judgmcnt against
Mr. Adam Reiole of Mccbanicsburg, for having
passed two shin plasters as change upon a boy in
the employ of Mr. Henry J. Kelly of this place.
Judgment was/dntored in both cases, as well for
tbo debt ($1 00 each) as for the fine ($5 OIJ each)
incurred by violating tlio law.
J' f i r [} f lD i -
It has boon rather a dear business .to Mr. R., as
the debt, fine and costs amount to about $l6 or
SL7. —lt will, teach- him a4osson,*howovcr,-that
nfay bo-of service to him hereafter. Ho must,re
collect that it is nolongcx the reignpf “Ritner and
Shin . , .
2S s l»30.
Borrowing.—^ Under this daption the Portsmouth
“Old Dominion” politely charges us with jc-pub
lisbing an article (“Confessions of a Victim,”)
from that paper without giving tlio .necessary
credit. All we have to say in reply is, that wo
did not copy the article from that paper, but from
another where it appearcd-wUhout any credit— 7
Wc selected it for our columns on account erf its
merit; and if it originally appeared in tlio “Old
Dominion,” some one 1 else, not us, has neglected
to trace its paternity. Wo would not for the world
steal a feather from the cap of our cotemporary.
Dr* Siurgivi, —This gentleman appears to be
rapidly gaining ground, as a candidate for the U.
Si* Senate, and, if wo are permitted to judge from
the tbrio of the democratic papers generally, wc
arc of the opinion that lie is decidedly the strong
est man among the many who are spoken of for
that station.’.. _ ' '
If tho western section of tho State is to have-the
man; and-V G believe that riglit Ls now
erally conceded, we know, of no individual who
has stronger claims upon tho democratic party
than Dr. S, Firm and consistent as a politician,
and withal talented and influential, ho would be
an honor to tho State,rand a-worthy colleague of
the. talented and popular Buchanan;
The editor of Whig, Joseph
Pn’iTTs, Esq. has issued proposals for publishing
a work, in English and German, to contain 491
closely printed ootav.o pages, illustrated and em
bellished with handsome and spirited plates.
The book is entitled—r '
’ “Incidents of Border Life, illustrative of the
times and condition of tho first settlements in
of,the Middle. and Western States, comprising
NarrativeV'of strange and thrilling adventure—ac-’
counts of battles—Skirmishes and personal encoun
ters with the of their man
ners, customs, mbdes of warfare, treatment of prisr
oners,&c. &c. Also', the history of the several
remarkable Captivities and Escapes;,to which are
added brief Historical Sketches pf the War in the
North-West, "embracing the Expeditions under
Gens. Harmar, St. Clair and Waynb, wjj&ah Ap
pendix and Uqyty^v.”
will be recoined at this of
fice, and promptly forwarded to the publisher*
Congress will meet at Washington* on Monday
next., We shall endeavor to keep our readers’ ad
vised of what is done during the j^sajon.
. Quashing tty) array.of Jurors qp.peap? to bn tho
order of the day, sinqu Judge PortcV first set tho
'example in Dauphin county. Since that time the
arrays have been quashed for informality in Phil
adelphia. city and county, in Chester, in Hunting
don;* in-?Lclsanon, in Mifflin, and in Dauphin the
second lime bn last Monday week. For a full ac
count of the proceedings in the last mentioncdcase,
we refer our readers to another column.
JProfhonotary of Allegheny County. —On the 16th
inst. the ballot boxes of Elizabeth township were
brought into the Court of Quarter Sessions of Al
-1 egheny county, for the purpose, of deciding on the_
"alleged error in the return from the township by
which the judges were induced to give the certifi
cate of eloetion to Mr. Sutton, the federal candi
date. The ballots were counted, and at the con
clusion of the examination the Court decided that
there was a tie between the candidates.
The general impression seems to be, says the
Pittsbufg Mercury, that the decision of the Court
•will leave the office vacant atrthe expiration of the
term of the present incumbent—and it is provided
in the new constitution, Art. VI, Sec. 3, that “va
cancies in finy of Ihe.said offices [Prothonotaries,
&p.] shall bo filled by appointments to T bo made
by the Governor, to continue until the next gene
ral election, and .until successors shall bo elected
and qualified as aforesaid.” ’,
Incendiaries Caught.—* Five of the heartless vag
abonds who'bssisicd in setting Mobile.,on fire a
month or two since, have been arrested and fully
proven guilty of tho crime. The excitement con
sequent upon their apprehension is said to have
been very great, and it was thought that all the
would be u lynched ” forthwith.
Sell and Maclay. —Ourdemocratic friends in.
lhe=Senatorial district /ms-represented by these in.
prppnr and,spirited manner. ’Petitions for their
removal are being circulated in!thcldifleferitl:oun
ties,jand it is believed that a majority cf the votes
in the wholeolistnct have, already attached their
names thereto. Wc trust that one of the first acts
of the Senate after the meeting.of the Legislature
will.be to investigate this matter—and if it should
be found that they were placed in that body by.a
minority of the votes of their district,-(and of this
wo think there can be but little doubt,), Jet them
bo ousted forthwith and their places supplied by
the rightful claimants, , . . ‘
' William S. EBq., Sccrctai7;of tlio-Tor
iltory of lowa, died at his residence in BurimgtonV
the capital of the Territory, on tlrb Stli November,
He is perhaps better known as being formerly the
able and talented editor of the Cambria “Moun
taineer,”. . .
Henry Subkr Masschnan, who was convicted for
the murder of a pedlar, in Lancaster, some time
last winter, is to bo executed in the Jail yard of
that city on the EOtli. of December. He Still per
sists, it is said, iti alleging his innocence of tlre
■crimo for which lie is to suffer the penalty of the
law. 1
Close Sharing,~ Qen. Hoot, one of the federal
candidates'forlhe.Senate in the third district of
New York, iVob elccted-;over the-highest domo
oratie. candidate by a majority of. only one vote- out
of about 49,000 polled. , Each and every democrat
who did not vOteon that occasion, will have abun
dant cause to reflect uppn the result of his negli
gcnoc.
Mr. Fobtec, ono of-tho Federal Senators in
Congress from Tennessee, has resigned his seat
in that body. Wonder whcther the reoreaßt Jadgo.
V’hjte will fellew the sxamplel x ;
VALUABLE WORK.
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dlnother Patriot War in Jteihryn. —-It is stated
in the Rochester Democrat, that the Patriots, on
both sides the lino are again preparing for Winter
operations. 'Phis is rendered the more probable
from the fact that the Seoretaiy of War lias ordered
Gcni Scott to make the lour of the frontier, it is
presumed for the purpose of observing the' move
ments of the parties.
Effects nf Temperance There may after all be
more truth than.poetry.about the Whig.assuinption
that the Democratic, success in Massachusetts is
owing to the fifteen gallon law, A correspondent
of the Now York Era remarks, that that law, by
placing tjtp.intoxicating cupheyond the reach of
the federal Whigs, may have given them a-favor
ablo opportunity for taking that “sober second
thought,” which Mr. Van Huron says is “hover
wrong'ond always efficient.”
iF/ica/.—lt is estimated that the surplus wheat
alone of Michigan, Indiana and Illinois,. bo
15,000,000 of bushels, equal to oho half the defi
ciency of lbe whole grain crop of England, and
double the deficiency of the wheat crop of Great
Britain.
Thomas It. Sumpter, Esq. grandson of the revo
lutionary veteran, Gen. Sumpter, has been elected
to Congress .in South Carolina, to fill the vacancy
occasioned by the resignation of the lion. J* F.
Richardson. Mr. S. is a firm friend of the admin
istration.
Buchshol and Ball. —On Thursday last, Mcssts.
Fray, McCaken and'Cux, who wew betito bail (q
tho Dauplun Sessions for more than two terms, on;
a chargq, I pf riot,'&c. last December, were dischar
ged by tho Court, oh a motion made by their
Counsel. Thus tho long agony is over—and the
curtain lias fallen Upon tho last "scones, of Joseph
ilitnet’a “much ado about nothing.”
Two fires'occurred at llummelßtown, Dauphin
county, last week—ono on Tuesday morning
‘which destroyed 2 largo barns and 11 stables, with
several horses, cows and bogs, and a largo quan
tity Of grain.—Tito second fire took place on Fri
day evening, and destroyed 3 hodscs and G stables,
besides six horses. The greatest sufferer by the
fires is said tb be Mr. George Fox, whose loss has
been very considerable.
The fires are supposed to bo the work of in
cendiaries.
Msaissippi. —The intelligence from Mississippi
which has been received, renders it certain
that, the democrats have swept tho board olean of
federal whiggery, and elected by large majorities
their Governor, members of Congress, and . Slate
Legislature. This is tho State that
presented in the last Congress by Prentiss and
Word. Truly the “sober second thought of tho
people is never wrong, and always efficient.” —
Massachusetts Election.— Returns from Jill the
towns in Massachusetts, rendcrit certain that the
democratic candidate for Governor is elected over
11 opposition by a majority'of about 900.
Tho Senate stands 1G democrats to !j> federal
ists—nine vacancies'to bo filled by another elec
tion, none of the candidates having a majority of
all the votes polled.
In the House, the democrats have elected 22-1
members, and the federalists 211. There arc 5G
vacancies to be filled by a second election.
■ Truly has tho old Bay State performed wonders.
The. stem democracy of Massachusetts engaged in
the Contest with fearful odds arrayed against them
—and nobly have they conquered. Tho hardy
yeomanry there, who were rocked in the “cradle
of liberty,” have shown by their deeds of noble
daring, that they are worthy descendants of the
patriots’who sited their bloodeo-freely at f.cxnig
ton and Bunker Hill.
Wc welcome our elder sister with joy into tho
Democratic ranks, and trust that her sturdy sons
may long maintain tho vantage ground they have
so triumphantly wrested from tho enemy.
From the Keystone,
MORE QUASHING JURORS
The recklessness of the Anlimasonic Com
missioners of Dauphin properly rebuked!
It .will bo remembered, that at the last
August seSions of..the Court of Dauphin
County, exceptions were taken to tl(c mode
in which (he, Commissioners and Sheriff had
selected the jurors, and a motion was made
to quash numerous bills of indictment found
by them, on the ground of informality in their
selection.—One of.these exceptions.was as
follows:
“It was agreed upon by the Sheriff and
Commissioners, that the name's of between
13 and 1400 of the competent citizens of the-
Commonwealth should he selected from the
list of tax-payers, and deppsiled in the wheel,
and this number was accordingly marked off;
and yet, after the pieces of paper contain
ing their names had teen folded, two at least
if the Go r ' ! '»pr3 msif
of the Commissioners insisted, upon it that 4
Mr .500. of them, should be set aside, and only
the remainder deposited; in the jury wheel,
which was carried into effect, despite the
remonstrances of the Sheriff against so nov
el and startling a proceeding.”."
The Sheriff and;Commissioners, ns also
the Commissioners Clerk,; were thereupon
examined in open Court, and the facts con
tained, in the exception abouj'quoted, indis
putably substantiated. The opinion the of
court noticing this exception , is in the follow
ing clear amf explicit language:; >
‘‘The act of assembly requires that the
Slieriff‘ahd Commissioners, under the oath,
which ft prescribes, shall every year select
frbmthetaxiible inhabitants aSUPFICIKNT
NUMBERpf sober, intelligent and judicious
pcrsons to serve. as jurors-of" the: several
courts of such counties for the ensuing year,
and that sitfficie'nt number h to be so regu
lated. fhat at the. end of the>year there shall
remain in each wheelas neir.as.may be the
number of names required, to cojinpose the
pannels of jurors fur .onecourf atjeast, and
not any greater number.^ —(Seo sectioris
Lxxxvand Lxxxix.)—Here 950 was agjridjeJtl
upon as'the required number. It
that IS or 1400 were selected‘by the Sheriff
and Commissioners, and' then some 400 of
the jurors whose names were actually on the
ballots folded up, were, drawn'out of,the
number selected, not from the wheel, hut
from heaps on a table into which’the naines
of the. respective townships were thrown,
where all'the ballots were exposed to view,-
when part were removed, and .the balance
only were-deposited in the.jury wheel.—r
THTS IS NOT THE MODE OF SELEC
TION. WHICH THE LAW DIRECTS.
The Sheriff/and Cbmmissionere arc to pass
judgment-upon each person,'in making the
selection, and NOT SUBMIT IT TO LOT,
and especially, to a lot so objectionably con
ducled. ,> "
■ Would it.be believed, that .despite this
unequivocal and emphatic, opinion of the
President Judge, subsequently coiifirnied hv
numerous Courts in Pennsylvania, including
the SUPREME COURT, the antimasouic
Commissioners still pertinaciously and reck
lessly adhered to their accuslonied mode ol
selecting jurors, and REFUSED to select
them _in any other than. the...OLD. WAY,
which had been so emphatically condemned
as CONTRARY TO THE MODE PRE
SCRIBED BY THE ACT OF ASSEM
BLY. On this subject we prefer furnishing
the .statement of Sheriff Cochran and Com
missioner Whitley, and ask the public to
note thestartlingevidhiiccsof federal RECK
LESSNESS and AUDACITY which it de
yclopes:
September 23, 1839.
This being the day appointed by the
Sheriff and Commissioners of Dauphin Coun
ty, to select from .the taxable inhabitants of
DaUphin County, a jury to put in the wheel
agreeably to the order of the Court, the 27" th
of August, 1839. Sheriff and Commission-,
ers met. All present. They,, proceed to
empty the wheel of die .former jury tickets
and put them into-a large box. Sheriff
wantqd to destroy the tickets. Commis
sioner Hummel objected.
They then proceeded to fix on the num
ber of jurors wanted for the time specified
in the order of Court; Taxables in the coun
ty 6262. Seven .to every hundred taxables,
amounting to 442, the number required by
la\y. Sheriff moved to proceed- to the select
tion of 442 jurors, for the purpose of filling
the wheel. Mr." Hummelj.agrecd to select,
but wished to select a greater number than
was wanted, and then draw out of that num
bin' when in the wheel tickets enough, until
reduced to the proper number. -The Sheriff
and M. Whitley (orie nt' the Commissioners)
objected, as not being irt accordance with
the provisions of the act of Assembly.
Adjourned. 1 ",
Met aga‘n» athalf past two.—Mr. Hummel
and Bishop, (two of the Commissioners) ad
hered to their previous determination.— : No
selection made.,
Adjourned.
September 24, 1839,
■ Met agreeably to adjournment at 9 o’clock.
Sheriff moved toqirocccd'-to- the selection of
jurors. Agreed to. Bishop anil'Hummel
refused lo select UNLESS IN THE OLD
WAY, that is to select" double. the number
required, add then draw from the w heel, un
til reduced to the necessary number. Sheriff
and Whitley dissenting. -Ifunitiiel proceeds
to select and Bishop .docs the same—Sheriff
and Whitley proceed to select one half of
the jurors wanted. '
Adjourned.
.Met again at S o’clock. All present. —
Shcnffaml'Commissioner Whitley having
selected from the duplicates the one half of
the jurors wanted, proceeded to write (he
tickets to put in the wheel. After writing
for some time, Sheriff observed to Hummel
and Bishop, that they.should be preparing
their tickets. Mr. Hummel replied, that he
had nbt finished liis selection. Having been
engaged in looking oyer the duplicates.—
Sheriff repeated his, request to proceed to
writing the tickets. Hummel said’.he would
not select In any other than the old way, as
it had been done before. Sheriff moved to
proceed according to the act of assembly,
and select individuals to the number requir
ed to serve ii'S Jurors—lens, Sheriff and
Whitley, 2— Nays, Hummel and Bishop, 2
—Hummel then moved to proceed to select
fit for jurors, write them on tickets, put
them in the wheel, draw out the,superfluous
number, and adopt those remaining in "the
wheel as jurors— Yeas, Hummel and Bishop.
2— Nays, Sheriff and Whitley, 2—Hummel
and Bishop then left the room, and for Want
of a quorum Sheriff & Commissioner Whit
ley retired. Certified by ■
William CbcmiAN, Sheriff.
- . M iciiakl Whitley, Commissioner.
Thus the matter rested prior to the last
election. After, the federalists had succeed
ed in elec ting a Commissioner inthe room of
Col. Whitley, whose.' term of service had
expired, thereby securing the whole board,
they still manifested the same reckless, dis
regard of the opinion of thc-Court, and se
lected the jury “IN THE OLD WAY,”
despite the- continued remonstrances of the
Sheriff, W HO TOOK. NO PART IN THE
SELECTION, viewing it; very properly, as
contrary to the act of assembly-, and in utter
■ contempt of the expressed opinion uf the
Court. ,
. At the opening of the sessions on Monday
last, before any bills were acted upon, the
Attorney General,'actuated by a high-mind,-
ed regard for the laws, stated to the Court
the pertinacity of the Commissioners in ad
hering to their own illegal notions;, and de
sired an investigation ipjijdbc facts. _ .This
being granted, Mr. HtfSrsffitTj'o'iTe of the fed
eral Goimnissioncrs;)- himself substantiated
the facts, as above.detailed,, without.being
able tooft’er a single word in justification of
the course pursued by himself and colleagues,,
except that “they had always made the se
lection in that particular mode, and would
not depart from it.” The learned and up
right, President "Judge,* with characteristic
promptness and independence, immediately
ordered-the array of Jurors...again to be
QUASHED, and very properly directed,
that the expense of their sunjihoning and at
tendance devolve.upon the federal Commis
sioners and not .upon the citizens of the
County. The consequence was, that "the
hearing of a targe: number of criminal and
civil prosecutions has again been deferred,
and parties and, witnesses"have--.a-second
time been put„to much vexation and expense
in consequence of the delay-all the result
of the unparalleled recklessness and disre
gard of the letter and spirit of tlie law, evin
ced by oor federal Commissioners! We
•Tillich mistake, however, if the lesson- of
Monday morning will, not serve to . teach
them a different cuufse-for.the future. 1
BRIEF; SENTENCES, very proper’to be
i remembered at the present time by all
' Democrats: selected.from the modern.wri :
Biddle, Esq.- some lime
' President of the Bank of the U. States.
avenging hour has at last come. It
cannot be that?, pur free nation will longer
endure .the, yqilfar dominion of ignorance and
profligacy. ;llve, td.see the lans
establißhed. Thes&bandltti will Be scourged
back to
only
remembrance which history will preserve of
them, is the energy' with which the people
resisted and defeated then;.” —[Princeton
Address. '
•’ • • ». » • '
“It was ah original misfortune in the
structure of the Bank, that it was in any way
connected with persons in office. The’ in
spects of all pfilitical power make that as
sociation dangerous—useful to neither party,
injurious to both. . * * *. My effort
was, at all times and,at all hazards,.to main-'
tain the rights of the institution, respectfully,
fearlessly and calmly yielding nothing to the
madness of popular delusion, compromising
nothing with official power. How that strife
was conducted, you : all know; how it has
ended is proved by .the events of this day,
wliich renders the‘Bank safer, .stronger and
more prosperous than it ever was. Of that
unfortunate associate 1 desire to speak with
all ■ gentleness and forbearance, nor will 1
mar the pleasures of this meeting, by any
recurrences to the past. He will soon leave
us. He shall carry away not only a just but
generous portion of our earnings; but then
he. will depart in peace, forgotten and for
given.”—Address to the stockholders' on
presenting to them the Pennsylvania rechar
ter.
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“In the midst of these disorders, the
Bank’of the United States occupies a pecu
liar position, and has special duties. Had
it consulted merely its own strength, it
would have continued its payments without
reserve.”—Letter to Mr. J. Q. Adams after
the suspension of 1837.
•■» . • »
“Of the duties devolved on the bank of
the country, the first regards FOREIGN
NATIONS, the second our own.”—lb. :
'# ■ » • #• ' »
■■•' “The result of (he whole is, that a great
disaster has befallen the country —its exis
tence thus far is only a misfortune, its con
tinuance will 'be a reproach from which all
true men uiust rally to save her.”—lb.
• • • - *
“The Bank (of the United States) was
tjje-last to suspend, it will be first to re
sume.”—lb.
The established credit, large capital Sec.-
of the Bank of the United States, render.it
the natural rallying point of tin; country for
the'resumptioffof specie payments.”—lb.
~,*» * » . *
? ‘Aware that the- first intelligence of the
suspension would degrade .the.character, ol
the country, and subject us to the reproach
of bad faith and insolvency I addressed lo
you a published letter, which went to Eu
rope'at the same time with.the news of the
suspension, in which 1 ventured to pledge
myself for the fidelity of my'countrymen.”—
Letter to J. Q. Adams Apri1,.1839.'
». • ■ • • •
“There prevails a notion that [he credit of
the country abroad will be injured by not re
suming. Not so in the least. What the
general merchants ol France and England
desire is that we should take tficir merchan
dise—that we should trade with them. The
state of our currency is a very subordinate
concern. They know little ami care less
about (he sort of currency in which you deal
with (he South and Wes - . Besides, who arc
to reproach us depreciation ol our
notes? TITe English? But the Bank of Eng
land suspended specie payments fur twenty
five years, [twenty two’j during nearly all
of which time, every American bank paid
specie—The cotloifbag letter to J.Q. Adams.
The credit system of the United States,,
and the exclusive metallic system, are now
fairlyrin tlreTicld—fnee-t<>--l'aeLS-Witb-joacU
other, and one or the other, must fall. There
can be no.other issue. It is not a question
of correcting ernirs or informing abuses, but
of absolute destruction, not which shall con
quer but which shall survive.”—ll).
n*' * » *
Let (he banks imitate the condutt of the
American troops, at New Orleans, and keep
behind'*their cotton bags.—lb. ■
There can be no safe or permanent re
sumption until the enemy (i. e. the Demo
cratic Administration) is driven out of the
field.—lb.
“Until then (i. e. until (he Democratic
enemy is driven nut ni the field,) let (be
banks remain precisely as Jjtey are, that 'is
preparing to resume, but riot-resuming.”—
'lb. ■ ' '' ■ . ■ • ;
“I see now, what until now I hail not
seen, the means of restoring the currency.”
—Letter tu: J. Q: Adams after the N. York
Sanks had resolved toj-osufne in
May.
«■•• p . •
“In mylefter of the 7th ultimo, I stated
my belief that there could be no safer or
permanent resumption of specie payments
by t]ie bahks, u ritil the policy of the Govern-;
ment towards them was changed. The re-'
peal of the- Specie Circular by Congress
make the change.”—lb. ' • ■
, • • . • *
rejoice, very sincerely, at the termina
tion of"this unhappy controversy, and shall"
cordially co-operate with the Government,
by promoting what the Banks are, I am sure,
anxious to etteef; an earlyresumptiun of spe
cie payments, throughout the Union.!’—lb.
• » .■ - • • . • . . »
"I leave the Bank, in a state of great pros
perity, and in the hands of faithful, able.pnd
experienced directors.’’—'ldle, hegira, i. e.
(light letters, March 29, 1839.;; ; ' ; . "~' v
- Fire os the Ra;l-Road. —The. U. States
Gazette gives the following particulars rel
ative to the burning of the buildings at" the
head of the lnclincd Pjane, near tlie Schuyl
kill, on Thursday last: '
It commenced about ten o’clock in the
morning, in an put-hpuse, used for deposit-,
ing woodland resulted, it is conjectured,;
from the spmksjssuing : from the pipe of a
locomotive which not long before'had stafted :
for Columbia,.and which sparks had lodged
in the wood-house. • . .' , ■ ‘
Before aid could be ; rendered effectively,
the flames had communicated to the fine oar
house, which was burned out. The good
locomotives therein were safelv removed; but
a number, of condemned' engines, were de
stroyed. • ; ? ' ;■
, A- row of brick houses, immediately; in the
rear of the car-ho.use,; was ;ajgp consumed—
the, two, cqsternmostpvere.tenanted
i houses—the wcstefn cnd' W’as used ;.B8 a
blacksmith shop.. -
In adilßion to these, a building used as a
carpenter shop was burned do'wn»
The Joss to the state is estimated at from
twenty to thirty thousand dollars; among
other articles of.yalne consumed, was B:rope
for the use of the Plane, the cost of which
was two thousand seven hundred dollars} bet
from the preparative seasoning which It Had
undergone, its value’probably \vas about
three thousand dollars.
The cardi.ouse, one would chavcsuppnscd,
to look at it; to have been perfectly fire proof;
but by an unfortunate oversight, the eves had
been built of wood, and thus the fire reached
its interior. The.copper roof, fell in almost
entire, and much Smouldering fire.is still’
probably beneath it. c V " T '
Many of our fire companies, notwithstan
ding the distance,‘Were on .the'ground and
did what men could do' under the circuliir
stance's. i > V
BOUNDARY-. TROUBLES
Missouri^ and jowu have planted dragons
tcetlfpn a patch oTground "lying and being”
in duhio, hut “butting and bounding” on the
wst to the Mississippi river, on tile, south and
west to the Dcs Moines river, and on the
north to a line of latitude forming in the
main the Northern boundary of Missouri.—
From which it will be seen that the said
land is shaped, a little like a tomahawk,
which accounts for its having irritated. the
flesh and stirred the black bond of the Two
powers.’ " The Governor of Missouri, seeing
that this little delta was'another Egypt of fer
tility, ahounding in corn and oil (of hickory)
did send certain valorous, knights (of the
shear) shentls and others to levy black mail
thereon.. These,Tike Other Jasons;Tmsten'.
ing after-anolhei; golden fleece, found to their
unutterable indignation and dismay, that the
lowa sheep had more horns than wool. They
were themselves fleeced, and antlered other
wise^.uncomfortably. Thereupon the Gover
nor of Missuin'! (lid manufacture and set up
a mighty proclamation, which went up from
the seat of government awful as (life Genius
out of the nose of the demijohn in the East
ern talc, making no inconsiderable smoke.—
But the Governor of lowa no way disheart
ened, but rather like a crow in a mist, be
coming huger in the vapor which The other
had evoked about him, did issue a still mighti
er ami. more smoky manifesto,which it seem
ed, must clean strangle the jnen of Missouri,
before, they .could sivalfifw it. - But these r
two, proclamations,-, being so'valient and
wrathful, did the rather infuriate and put into,
an ecstacy of btundy-mimledncss, bulb par
ties, wliii are called the Boggilcs and Enca
shes. The press’on bulb sides began to •
abound in pikes, blunderbusses and other
atrocious weapons, and (heir “voice was still
for war!” The tax gatherers and publicans
of Missouri went out again to gather the
tyl.hes, but.' were .met with scull's ami jeers,
the men o'f lowa being in no sort of bra mb
of the Anglo-Saxon tribe w ho, in the opinion
uf-a wise statesman, do delight in paying
debts. They on the contrary have as deep
an abhorrence to pulling out their purses as
to. pulling out their teeth, and indeed far
more quick to show the latter; than the
funner. They therefore took, hold'of the
publicans, which were of ami
shook them furiously; and setting.their faces
towards the South, did make to them many
and sore applications of the toes of lioiiis,
threatening also to row them up a very fright
ful branch of the river Styx, which is culled
the Salt River, anil leadeth, as is supposed
by learned gcngrapheis, more than half way
to the dominions of the “Old Ifarrv.”
Tims stands tlie provocation. Tire two
governors have raised each a great army of
- -very t r indie a\ mil.- aml phrases, having alsi>
several iielil pieces of newspapers tliat have
already thrown a vast number of “cai cases”
ami oilier offensive llungs among each other.
There is also talk, as soon as the militia get
through thrashing the crop that there will be
other thrashing on hand. —Charleston Mer
cury.
Earthquake in India—Hirer turned Lack
in its course —3oo Persons Swallowed-vp! I
Distressing particulars have reached us of
an awful earthquakewhich look place at the
.city Alva, (India) on (he 23d of March-
The earth was rent in several places into
wide, chasms and fissures from ten to.twenty
feetwide, from which deluges of water had-.,
gushed, and. a large quantity of gray earth
was thrown up, covering the place around
several feet deep and emitting a sulphurous
sniejl, TJre rapid current of the Irrawaddi
was cycnreversed at the time of the shock,
and ascended up its bgd for a while. v The
old, cities of Alva and Tsagaiu, with, their
numerous pagodas and other edifices, haye
also been reduced'to heaps of ruins, and their
wglls shattered and thrown down. The
luwns-a n d—vi I li-ges—a hove—a iid—below— I he
capital have likewise Suffered, and it is re
ported that some have even been swallowed
up and others destroyed by innundation.—
The number of persons that perished here,
and the surrounding towns and villages, n
nuuint to between'2oo and SCO, whichnumV
her inay, of course, be expected to swell as
reports-arrive, from more distant places,—,
.Amongst those who died are Mr. Hafrapeat,
the wealthy Armenian merchant, and three
children of Mr. Avanpse. ' These were the
survivors of a family of six children,-and'-hc
ha's ' now been deprived of them too. VVe
have, indeed, to be grateful to Providence,
that though' we have been,in the inidst of so
many dangers, and where so niany have per
ished, none of us have suffered either fit per
sqnJ-pri--property.. .We owe,certainly, our
escape, to tire houses not being builtof the
same light materials as (he generality, .of
buildings, here, but We had nigh been swal
lowed .up by some of (he openings and gaps
in the earth; forgilme of these were noturany.
yards froth our residence. An occurrence
like- this is not in, the recollection of the
oldest inhabitants, in] fhis country, nor is
there any) mention of tihe in their historical
• records;, y}'- 1
On-the 19tli inst. by the Rev. D.P. Ros
enniiller, Mr. John, M. Ktnagy to Miss Ma
ty Jinn Cope; both' of Dickinson township.
On Thursday-last, by theßev.;Mr.Thorn- ■
ton, Mr. Jacob fenatemacher, to Miss Nan
cy Evinger, both of Carlisle. . .
t, On Tuesday morning last, Johh'Sfintslek
Gibson,. son of tließon. i.n\;
ytc stll year of his age. f