I
TEEMS OK PBBUCATIO*.
352 00 per annum, in advance—or
J 52 50, -if hot'paid Tvithift the year.
j No subscription taken fora leas term, than, six
months, ami no discontinuance permitted until
all arrearages are paid. A. failure to notify a
discontinuance at. the expiration of a term, will
toe considered a new engagement.
Advertisements— s>l 00, .per square for the
-three, first 'lnsertions, -and twenty' five 'cents for'
every subsequent one... .
DU. WM, EVANS’
SOOTHING SYIItTP, ‘
FOR CHILDREN TEETHING,
To Mothers ami Nurses,
The passage of the teeth through the gums
F reduces troublesome ami dangerous 'symptoms,
tis known -by mothers that, there is great irri
tation in the mouth anil gums during this pro
cess. .The gums swell, the secretion of the saliva
is increased,' the child is seized with "frequent
and, sudden.fits of crying, watching, starting in
Us; sleep, and 'spasms cf peculiar parts; the child
rwith-extreme-violenceV and thiusts its
fingers into its mouth. If these prebursary symp
toms are not speedily alleviated, spasmodic con
vulsions universally supervene, and soon cause
the dissolution of the infant. -If* mothers wlio
have their,little babes afflicted with these dis
tressing symptoms would apply the celebrated
American Soothing Syiup, which lias preservtd
hundreds of infants when thought past recovery,
from being suddenly attacked with that,fatal
malady convulsions.
This infallible remedy has preserved hundreds
when thought past recovery, from convulsions.
As soon ns the Svrup is rubbcd'bn the gums, the
child will recover. This preparation irf'So iuno-
Cent, so efficacious, and so pleasant,’ that no child
.will refuse, to let its gums be rubbed with it.—
When infants lire at the age of four months,
though there is no appearance of teeth, one bot
tle of the syrup should be used on the gum<t tu
open the pores. Parents should never he with
out the syrup in t|ie nursery where* there are
young children, for if a child wakes in the night
with pain in the gums, the Syrup immediately
gives ease, by opening the poresand healing the
gums; thereby preventing Convulsions, Fevers,
&c. > •
Beware of Counterfeits*
OCTCnution.—Be particular in purchasing 1 to
see that-the label of tins medicine contains a no
tice of its entry according to-Act of C.oiigressJ—
And he likewise particular in obtaining; them.at
100 Chatham st., New York, or from the regu
lar agents,
Hamilton & Grier, Carlisle.
DR. WM/E VANS’
Camomile A’ .Ipcvieut Pills.
Another very severe .case of Inflammatory
Rheumatism cured by Dr. Evans* Medicine', 1 —
MV.'John A.-,Carroll-, of the countv i f Wes’ches
ter, town'of Norih'CusllfvNcw York-, had been
severely afflicted with Inflammatory rheumatism
for fourteen months with violent pains in his
limbs, great heat, excessive thirst, dryness of
skin, limbs much swollen, wasnot able without
assistance to turn in bed for six weeks. Had
tried various remedies- to no effect. Was advis
ed.by a friend of his to procure some of Dr. W.
Evans* medicines of 100 Chatham fctveet, N, V.,
which he immediately-sent for; ami after taking
the first dose-found great relict, and in continu
ing its use according, to the directions for ten
days, was perfectly cured. Allows me to refer
any person to him for the- truth.of: the above
statement. J.
Beware of Countefeife .
}V7*Ciiulinn.— Bepailicular in purchasing to
see that (he. label of this medicine contains ajio v
tir.e of its entry according of Congress. —
And be likewise particular in pblahiingthem at
100 Chatham st., New York, or from the regu
lar agents.
Hamilton & Grier, Carlisle,
0(t. 20, 1839,
ENVIABLE DISTINCTION*
IN tl»e midst of a general ami, in njany instan
ces iioi unfuundt'd prejudice against many of
me medical remedies of the day, -Dr,- W. E
VANS’ PILLS have the enviable dietjnetinn of
an universal'apprubathin, They are perhaps
the only medicine publicly advertised that has
the full and unreserved testimony of medical
men In’its fuvoivif’noi the only one which'gives
full satisfaction to its purchasers. Dr. W. Evans
has the sMtisfnrtvni of knowing:'that his '•
CAJIOMILEOK TONIC PILLS
are not only n gularly recommended ami pre
scribed by tile most experienced physicians in
their daily practice, but also taken by those
gem lemen themselves whenever they feel the
symptoms of those diseases in which they Well
know them to be efficacious. He knows this to
lie generally'the, case In New York, Philadel
phia, Albany, Bostm, ami nthepHarge cities in
which they have co extensive sale. That they
should thus conquer profi ssional prejudice and
interested opposition, and secure the agency of
the most eminent and best informed physicians
' in the country tn render them useful to all class-.
,es, can only be faiilj ascribed to tluir undenia
ble'aiid pre-eminent virtues.
.More conclusive-fir oofso/~the efficacy o/ Dr.
IVmi Evans' Camomile ami Jlperient Fills.
CEl{ FJFICATE.—The following certificate
w s handed to ns by Mr. Van Scbaick, of Alba
ny, a. highly respectable member of the com
munity,, and whose veracity cannot be. doubted:
Mr. Septemius'Kendall of tlie town of VVest
erlop, county of Albqfty, was for 27 years trou
bled with a nervous and billii us (iffectiom which
for 7 years rendered^ him unable to attend to Ins I
business, andidmirig tlie iast S years cif : his ill-1
ness-was confined to the house, uis symptoms
were dizziness, pains'in the head and side, pal-'
pitatioh of the heart, want of appetite, fs’c
After expending 'during his confinement nearly
three hundred . dollars without obtaining any
permanent relief, he by accident noticed an ad.-
vertisement of Dr. Win. Eyans’ Camomile and
Aperient Pills, add was consequently induced to
make a't.rial of them., After using them about
- a-fortnight, he was able- to walkout: in four
mouths he could attend-to business, nnd consid
ered his disease entirely removed. The above,
information.was given to the subscriber by Mr.
Kendall himself: there can, therefore, he no.Vle
ception. ; STEPHEN VAN SCH AICfC.
„ • he above invaluable medicine.together with
DH. EVANS’SOOTHING SYHUP (lor teeth
*"S). so ? 4 Wholesale at 100 .Chatham it. N:
■■ York. • ‘v'
■ Bwate of Counterfeits. '
Caution.—He particular in purchasing to
■ “ see'that the'label'of this medicine contains a no
tice of it*-entry according to Act of Congress:
- And' bejlikewiseparticular in oblaioing.themat
-100 Chatham st.; Ne wYork, or from tile regu
. lar agents, .
Hashton & Grier, Carlisle;;;
Ofwhom'inaybehad,
J3r..Wmi Jivnna' Camomile tstjf/ierlenl Bills.
■ X)ii Soothiiitf SyrUfa '
Botanic Bills.' y
Dr.QooißjrßimalerPilfsi^
Ha'i'nlUoh{Be Orieil.' Carlisle,"
J S ,l ;? r 'i; Ddiv - Bivis i Chambetsborgi
w;^S"rteflro : :
. B. Bannoo.i/,iohn T. ,Werner. Pbttsville.'
I,Tpnmcatt &:Broth“>s, Mt. Pleasant. ' . ■' u r
.KGamphelliteOh. WAyiiesbargh; ='
Ifwin A Arther, Pittsburgh, . • .
BhnisidetS'r.Morria,' tbchhauenv
niWv&niiihßbam.Newcaitle,' ;,^';;.
Olrfsteßd,:Wtfiiby,: f
~ January 1840;
Whole 270.1329.
v 17" 01. severe case of .. Piles cared at 100 Chat
/iam street. — Mr DanTSpinhingof Shrewsbury,
Eden Town, New Jersey, was Severely afiHctcd
with Piles for. morethan 30 years. . Had had re
course to medicines of almost every description,
also the advice of several emroinent Physicians,
but never found the slightest relief from any
source-whatsoever* until lie called oirDr. Evans,
of 100 Chatham street, N. Y,, and procured
some.medicine from him, from which he found
immediate relief, and subsequently a perfect
cure, ’
Beware of Counterfeits*
O’Caution.—»He particular in purchnsingto
; see that the label of this medicine contains a no
tice of. its entry according to Act of Congress. —~
Ami he likewise particular in obtaining them at
100 Chatham st., New York, or from the regu
lar agents,
BOTANIC PILLS, 1
INTERESTING-& APPLICABLE .TO THE
AFFLICTED WITH
Diseases of the -•Stomachj or N erves;
Such n Dyspepsia, eithcrChronic or Casual, un
der the worst symptoms of restlessness; Low.*
ness ofSpirits, and General Emaciation; Con
sifmptnm, wlietheivpf the Lungs nr Liver,; Liv
er Affections; Jaundice, both Biliary & Spas
modic; Costiveness; Worms of every variety;
Rheumatism; whether Acute or Chronic;-to
gether with Gout; Scrofiila,’Piuna in the Head,
Back, Limbs, and Side, Typhus Fever, Scar
let Fever, Putrid Sore Throat, Fever Bt'Ague;
SpasnioclicfP.ilpitation of the Henit.aml Arte
ries, Nervouslrritability, Nervous Weakness,
Hysterics, Tio Dmiloureux, Crumps, Female
O.bstruptions, Heartburn, Headache, Cough
the Common or Humid, and the Dry or the
Whooping; Asthma, Gravel, and Dropsy*.
.The Blood has hitherto been considered bv
Empirics and others, as the great regulator of
the human system, and such is the devoted of
the adherents to that erroneous doctrine, that
they content themselves with the simple posses
sion ot this fallacious opinion, without enquiring
inti the primary sources from whence Life,
Health; and Vigor emanate, and,' vice vmw
pain, sickness, disease and death,' Not so with
Dr*. Hunt, whose extensive research and prac
tical experience so eminently qualify him for the
profession of which he hits been one of the most
useful members. He contcmls-~and a moments
refiectioicwill convince any reasbiiing mind of the
correctness of his views—that the stomach, liv
er, and the associated organs are the primary
and great regulators of health;- and that the blood
in very many’instances is dependent on these or
gans;, and that unless medicine reaches THE
ROOT OF THE DISEASE, the su/ierflciul
anodynes usually prescribed, serve hut as foils
fo co\er the ravages of deep-rooted maladies
Under these convictions,'Ht'the*expense of’ye'.' r*
of close application, the doctor lias discovered a
medicine whose searching powers are irresisti
ble.jindJn prescribing, it is w 11 1ra knowledge of
its being a radical cure in the various diseases
already enumerated, even if applied in .the most
critical cases, but he does not pretend to ascribe
HUNT’S BOTANIC FILLS
a supernatural agency, although from positive,
proofs within clip knowledge of hundreds' he is
prepared to shew, that when every other earth
ly remedy lias been given up,
HUNT'S BOTANIC PIDLS
have never been known to fail in effecting two
very gratifying results, that of-raising from the
bed of sifckness and disease those who have test
ed their efficacy, and thus amply rewarding Dr.
Hunt for his long and anxious study to attain this
perfection in the HeaLlxg Akt. •
The extraordinary success which has attend
ed the use of - ,Hunt’s Botanic Pills, is
the best criterion of their superior, virtues.
They have been- -the means of raising a
. host of languishing patients from the bed
of affliction, as it is clearly evinced in the
following
CERTIFICATES.
FEVER AND AGUE CURED,
To Dr. Hunl: ’
Dear Sir—believing it a duty I owe you as a
successful practitioner, as well as those wild may
be similarly afflicted,' I take pleasure in acknow
ledging the benefit 1 have derived from the use
of your valuable medicine, ;
~ H UNT’STJOTANIC PILLS. “
After mucli suffering from Fever«nd Ague, du--
ring.the spring and tall, for the last four year?,
and. the pecuniary injuries attendant bn,the- iiii
disposition.of one pn whose excrlinns a largc fa
mily was dependant fo'r support, .and having,
.without success tested 'the skill of many medical
advisers, at air expense I could not well afford,
in thcfali of 1838, fufding the premnnitorysymp.
toms bMlic cjisease approachingiT was induced
.by a iriend who had tried vour medicine, topur
chnse a package of your Botanic Pills, and. now
have the happiness to inform you—and through
you, those who may be similarly afflicted—that
they counteracted the disease, nor have I beep
troubled with' it since and my confidence ■ con-’
tinues to.uplipld me.'in the belief that-ypupßo
tanic Pills arc the most safe, the cheapest, most
efficacious; and radical cure for that-uikiresstug
disease Fever and Agile. All I can forthe pre
scot offer you for the blessing you have been in 1 -,
slfbmental in Conferring on nie. is my assurance
of unceasing gratitude and esteem. .
„ • • • ••• P-M. McCORMICK.. ;
Newark,N. J., July 31, 1839. -
Dyspepsiayor
. • ."••• Cuted* - S
Mr, Wm. TuckeiV having lately been restor -
, ed to a sound fetate of health, through the effica
cy Pf Pr. Hunt'* Botanic / > /Y/«, thinkß it an in
dispensable state certain facts relative it
the.disea’se iindei* whichhe had solong suffered;
• Theaymptoms Were' a painful-obstruction. With
a ; co, * s tant rejection of food/ head-ache* prdpka
tioji of jh&heart,-lowness of. Spirits, a .trouble*
some dry. cough, dizziness, tightiiessnt tjie.chesf
?nd dj ffic ull y"o fh re athihg,u 1 ru n at constant p;iin
irrthe_sule, loins,- andshnulderi, accompanied
wilh nmch languor and debility.. These s.fHTc-'
J.*9 n . s V \pgether an unusual degree of flatus
ISPP.PvhCPPSIk on such a state.of extreme weafc-
piJeventTirnrTrom aliendihg to fits bu-
WB»>un(f_His_ health appeared .lost beyond -re- •
covery.: His friends and relatives became a
lorded attheinel.ancholy prospect.and strongly
ended;,HuntV Botanic- Pilh--they were
ndmmia'fered. and hihfewdays produced aston
ishing and finally realized a perfect ffcsto*
ration to sound health. . -ii.,. r _
>;v:AyiLIJAM TUCKER.'
,/iteMre of Counterfaifs*
-I parliculnr jn/purch^lhg. to
see tbalihe label of thii medicine contains a ho.
t ice of Tt's;e/i try according ttffAct ty"Chtigfe9gy~i
And belihewiseparticular In obtaining'thent aP
‘lpaGh^thaimst^Kw^^
taragehtar . - .■ ...
. & GRIER, Carlisle.
BV ». SANDERSON & K. CORNMAN.J
DR. WM. EVANS* r--
camomile pills.
Hamilton & Grier, Carlisle". '
DR. HUNT’S
Carlisle, M*a, Thursday January 16, 1840.
From the Jlltit'nseum.a'nd Visiter,
for those that would grind
THE POOR— AN extract.
In, so large a family as that of Mr.—
there-was a good deal of sewing to do, and
out ofcharity the work was taken .from a
seamstress.who had sewed for the family
some time, and given to a poor Widow wflman
with several small children. Ostensibly on
ly was this charity. Really, it was to save
a few pennies. How could' this be? some,
one will ask.-- Let me sketches little scene;
premising' this poor woman’s husband was
just dead, and she left helpless and friend
less, with no apparent means of support,—
Besides she was in feeble health. By acci-.
dent Mr.— —had heart! of her distressed
"situation, and at the suggestion of the indi
vidual who named her case to him, told his
wife that he thought-it would be charity to
give her some sewing.
T think it would indeed,’ says Airs. T
‘Our sewing costs us a great deal,’ re
spunda the careful husband, ‘and in this we
may benefit ourselves, a3,Well ,a'3 doa l deed
ofcharity. No doubt this woman is'rather
an indifferent sewer in comparison to Miss
R—, and therefore her work will not of
course be worth so much. And she will no
doubt think one half the price Miss R-
gets a good one,’ %
.‘No doub.t,’ chimes in the frugal partner.
Airs. ——-*wus sent for. After she is
seated, the following conversation ensues:
‘Can you do plain sewing?’ •
,‘Ves ma’am, as well ns most persons.’
‘What is your price for fine shirts?’
‘1 hav’iit set any priqeyct, but I will work
as low as any one.’
‘But you know that to get work you will,
have to do it a little lower than ordinary.—
People don’t like to change.’ - -
- ‘Well' hia’am, I am in want, and I will
work at almost any price for my children.’
‘I suppose you will make fine shirts for a
quarter.?’ '
‘Ves ma’am.’
‘And calico dresses for the same?’ .
•"Yes ma’ant.’ „
‘Well that’s reasonable. Boy’s common :
shirts you will not charge over a leven pence
for?’ ■ '
'No ma’am.’ .
‘That’s -reasonable, anil I’ll do all I can
for you. It gives me pleasure to help the
pour. Come down to-morrow, and I’ll have
some work ready for you.’ The widow de
parted. - . .
‘Well, wife,’ says Mr.— bifstling in
when he saw the woman depart, ‘at what
price will she work.’. -
‘A t just half what Miss U ——charges.’
‘Well, that’s something like. It gives
me pleasure to befriend any one who is wil
ling to work at a reasonable price. Wily
this .will save us almost a dollar a week the
year round.’
‘Yes, it will so; and if Tkeep her at it, or
spme, one else, at the same price for a year,
you’ll let me have a fifty dollar shawl, wont
vou ■ '
‘Vcs.if you want it.’ "
‘Well, I’ll do my best. It’s shameful
what some of those seamstresses do charge.’
It is often well to reverse a picture. Sup
pose we look at the other side of this.
Mrs.——had always been delicate. When
a girl she could never sew long af a time
without getting a pain in her side. She mar
ried a hard working industrious mechanic,
whose tfade was not very lucrative, yiel
ding barely enough for a support. Her
health after 'her marriage was but little im
proved, and -when with several small children
she was left a widow, she, yielded in herfirst
keen anguish of bereavement, to despair.
But. a mother cannot long sit in idleness'
when'.her dear babes are about her. She
could think of no.ryay of getting a living for
them but by her needle, and as she was a,
oeat sewer she hoped to get work, and earn
food and scant clothing at least. BuPshe
cpuld get ho work. No one knew her who
wanted serving done. She applied to'sev
eral, and was still without the means of earn-
ing a dollar when her last one was spent.—
Just at this moment, the fact of her destitu
tion becoming mure known’, Mrs. T
sentfohheiv _L • ■
As she carried home her work the day
after the interview, she was glad at heart
with the thought that now there was a way
of escape at least from starvation. ..But litC
le nmre her yearning heart could promise
ier v Boys’ shirt at twelve nnda half cents 5
were her first piecehof work. Two of thoe
by hard work.she managed to get done.in a
day. Had they been made plain, she could
have finished them early, and had tiipe to
give many, necessary, attentions to, her 'chil
dren.- But the last words of Mrs. T
had robbed , her of that chance. '“You can
stitch the; collars of these any hbw—you caii.
afford to do it I suppose, , and they iron test
when that is done.’ The simple-and touch
ing ‘Yes, maAhn.'but in' a sadder tone than j
usual, was the only response.
Nest morning she waS up early tho’ her
head ached' badly, and she was faint and
weak'from having sat so steadily tjmiugh the
preceding day. Her children wert all taken
tip,: washed and dressed; her rooms cleaned,
and ascanty meal of inush and milk prepared
for the little ones, and a cup of tea for her
self. Her 6wn stomach refused-the food
which her children partook-with keen appe
tites;-and sho-could only BWaUow'aT^^^
It ten o’clock when she got fafrly
down tq'work, .her head-still aching and al
! most blindipg her, Some how or. ether she
could not get pn at all fast, and i.Cwaa long
past ':u3uai dinner hoiir before she r had: fin-,
ished- the garment.. The children were im
patient for their Sinner, and sheliad to make
satisfaction, as to gain ti'mef i - •
' ‘Mother. we are gettingjttfed of mush aml
milk-i* said one of the litg|pnes., ‘You dont ■
hSVe' to. No i
pies nor puddings, " ; ■
‘‘OCR COUNTRY; —RIGHT OR WRONG.”
‘NeVer mind, dear, we’ll have sqrte nice
corn cakes for supper.’ ‘ ’ •
-‘You’ll have supper soon, wont you moth
er?’ said another little’obe coVsingly,, her
thoughts busy with the nice'corn cakes.
'/And shan’t we have, molasses on them,’
said another, pushing away her bowl of mush
and milk. ■■
‘No: not to night, but to-morroW
we’ll have some.’
• ‘Why not to night, mother, I want some to
night.’
‘Mother aint got any mohey to buy it with
to_ night, but to-morrow she will have some,’
said the mother soothingly.
‘Oj we’ll have ’lasses to-mpfrow for our
cakes,’ cried a little girl who could just
speak, clapping her hands in great glee'.’
After,dinner Mrs.-; • worked hard, and
’in much bodily pain and misery, to.finish the
other shirt,ln which the last stitch was taken
at nine o’clock at night.
Soon after breakfast the next day, she
took the four shirts home to, Mrs. T
her thoughts mostly occupied with the com
fortable food she was to buy her children,
with the half dollar she had earned. For it
was a’soul truth that she had laid outlier last
dollar for the meal with which she was,ma
king mush.for the little ones.
After examining every seam, every hem;
and every line of stitching, Mrs. T- ex
pressed approbation of.ihe work, and handed
the poor woman a couple of fine shirts to
make for Air. T——, and a calico dress for
herself. She did not oiler to pay her for the'
Work she had done; .after lingering a few
moments, Mrs ventured to hint that
she would dike to have ,g. part of what she
had earned.
‘Oh dear! I never pay seamstresses,until
their bills amount to five dollars. It is so,
troublesome to keep.account of small sums.
When ytm have iriade live dollars I will pay
you.’
Mrs.- retired, but with a heart that
seemed like lead in her bosom. ‘When,
shall I earn -five dollars?—not for a whole
month at this rate,’ were the words that
formed themselves in her thoughts."
■ ‘We shall have the molasses now, mother,
shan’t we,’ said two or three glad little voi
ces, as shc'entcred her home. -
For a few moments she knew no answer
to make." Then gathering them all about her,-
she Explained to them, as well as she could
make them understand that-the lady for
whom she had done the work did-not pay
her, and she was afraid it .would be a good
while -.beforo/she would and that tfntil”she
was paid she could not get them,any thing
better than what they had.' ’'
The little things all stole silently and
without n murmur away and the mother a
gain sat down to her work. A tear would
often gather in her eye as she looked up
from the bright needle glistening in her fin
gers and noted the sadness and disappoint
ment pictured in their young faces. From
this style of gloomy feelings she was roused,
by a knock at the door and a pleasant look
ing lady somewhat gaily dressed came in
with a small bundle in hand.- -
She introduced herself by saying that she
had just seen some pretty shirts at Mrs.
T ’s, and that she was so well pleased
with Jhe'work, that she had inquiied for the
maker. ‘And now having found you,’ said
she, -‘I want you to make and fit this calipo
dress for me if you ,do such work.
‘I shall be glad to do it for you,’ said she,
encouraged by the kind and feeling manner
of the lady.
‘And what will you charge?’
Mrs. hesitated a moment and then
■said— ' •' •
. Mrs. T ——‘•gives me a quarter of a dul
lar.’ .
There'was a bright spot for a moment on
the cheek of the lady.
‘Then I will give you three,’ said she with
warmth.
—Mrs— burst into tears, and she v could
not help it,
‘Aie you in need?’ inquired the. strange
lady hesitatingly, but with an air of feeling
that could hot be I
For a moment the widow paused but' the
sight of her children.''conquered the rising
emotion of her pride. ‘ "
. ‘ldiave--nothing-hut a little corn-meal-in
the.bouse, arid have no money.’.
' A tear glistened in the stranget’s eye—
her breast heaved with strong-emotion.—
Then again all wis still; ■”
i ’‘l will pay you for this dress before hand
then, as'l want it done very nice, I Will pay
you a dollar for making it. Can I have it
day after to-morrow?’
-\ ‘Certainly ma’am, to morrow evening if
you want it.’
■ The dollar was paid down, and the angel
ofWrcy departed. More than one heart
was made glad that morning.
• ' 4 '■ •• " * l •' •
h wFDL Caiamitv '.—Yazoo City AUssiss
ippi, in Ruins!!— An extra.from the, office
of the Vazoo Mississippi, \Vbig of . the 9lb
uljti has the following—"lt is,our melancholy
"duty to record a dreadful calamity by fire,
which visited. our cUyi yesterday. Nearly
one ha) fof the: city is a mass bf ashes anil
burning ruins. . _ 1.; ,■.-, ~ ■
"About 9'o’clock'yesterday morning, the
fire broke out in a servant’s room connected
with , the Washington Hotel, and was only
arrested at the Planter’s Bank, on Main
str ee t^corisuinirtg'eyery4litng in its course.
The buildings.were all ; wqod, very : dry, : and
the wind bl owing, considerably, made the
flames spread with greet rapidity. ‘,
'■ ’"Our office' Was about; the fourth house
burnt, and oiif materials being ip tKe second
story, we were unable to.save but aportion
jfthc'm.'“ Our press,-a part of our type,,arid
agreatriumb'erpf notcs.accoontS.&c. shared
the J cbmmon : fate'of'eyefy'thing,else ar6qrid.
TwowhoJesquaresareburnt Yothegrobnd.
AboutgOJbrSOrabrcantilehouseahavelost
their all; ■ .v"; V-“'
: ‘i‘\ye cannot iri this hasty moment state,
'with any pr'obable- correctness the amount of
[AT TWO DOLLARS PER ANNUAL
NewSerlca—Vol. 4, N031
■property lost, bti tit is very great. Ourpar
ticular friends Hoff & fright, are perhaps
the greatest losers. Out of 7 houses they
have one left, Merritt Jennings & Co.,are
also heavy losers. Amongst other' things,
we are extremely sorry to add that fheyjost
SIO.QOO in cash. No lives.were lost. And no
one seriously injured that we have heard of.”
from the Baltimore Sun
Repot't of the Secretat'y of the
treasury.
This document, occupying eight columns
of the Globe, commences with a statement
of the gratifying fact, that notwithstanding
the embarrassments of the present year, the
revenues of the General Government have
been increased, the expenditures diminished,
and most of the Treasury notes redeemed.
The available means for the year, including
the balance in the Treasury on the Ist of
January, 1839, about 82,750,000 collected
laspyear, but not carried to the Register’s
books, receipts from lands, and miscellane
ous sources* the estimated receipts’for the
fourth quarter, receipts from some indebted
banks and from the third issue of Treasury
notes, under the act of March 2nd, .1889,
amount in the aggregate to 837.217,812 75.
I hese are exclusive of the post office, and of
trusts, as’are the expenditures for the same
time, which amount to 835,661,427 82, in
eluding the civil, foreign, miscellaneous, I
1 military and naval expenditures for the first!
I three quarters, and estimate for all, for the
fourth, the funded debt, the. redemption of
Treasury notes, including 82,750,000 from
duties and lands, paid in last year, but not
(Carried to the Register’s books, and.the es
timate for the redemption of notes' for the
fourth quarter, and leaving an available bal
ance,Non the 31 sf inst. of 81,556,384 93. v
Ihe condition of what remains-of the
funded debt has not materially altered since
last year. The interest on that debt and
the Treasury notes has been paid punctual
ly* and in specie, when desired, notwith
standing the pressures _ Of!
j the Treasury notes it is computed, that not
more than two millions and three fourths'
j will remain unpaid at the close of the yenr, J
out of nearly twenty inillions.Jssued since)
October, 1837. Not more than ten millions
have "been permitted, to be outstanding at
anytime, and the unredeemed aggregate is
now less than the rums due from the sus
pended banks, including the fJ. S. Bank, and’
couldeasily have been paid, had the money
been received from the banks. The last e
mission does not become due till March,
1840, except in paymentof dues. V ,
The expor.ts'during the. year ending Sep
tember SO, 1839, are computed to have been
8118,359,004*. This is $9,872,388 more
(than those in the year 1838, Of the whole
exports only 817,408,000 were of foreign
origin, and of the excess in exports over
1838, only about five millions were
tic produce. The imports during the.same
year were, about 8.157,609,560, being the
very large excess of 843,892,356 over those
during the previous year. This may be a
solution of a portion of- the pressure in the
money market. The difference between the
imports and exports, being 839,250,556. in
favor of the former, is larger than in any
year, except three/’siiice 1789, and is much
larger than any difference in the valuation
of tho same articles with the profits in the
foreign trade added. It must, therefore,
except so far-as reduced .by an unusual
quantity of goods consigned here from a
broad, and yet in store unsold, be a very de
cisive evidence of an increased indebtedness
by this, country to other nations. . And ex
cept so far as this, new .indebtedness may
consist of stocks sold and the proceeds re
turned here in merchandise,.it must furnish
another proof of one immediate cause uf the
present pecuniary pressure.
■ The history of our commerce from 1818
-to-l SSS-shews a great and growing excess of
imports over exports. In tile last ten years
of that period, the excess was nearly 8212,-
000,000, or over 820,000,000 annually, be
ing more than 250 per cent greater than in
the former; ton. „ ■ - -
The:cstimated receipts for 1840, available
for public purposes, are computed not to ex
ceed® fSjfiOOjOOOr-w bichj-wrtlrth e-addition
to! the available balance estimated for the
first of Januiiry next, makes the efficient
means-amount to $20,156,383. The expen
ditures of tlie’different departments, exclu
sive of the redemption of Treasury notes for
1840, amounts to $20,000,(300, including
those notes, $22,750,000. If Congress inake
the requirred appropriations, there Will be a
deficit.of over two'millions and a half; but
this is very nearly?balanced by a debt due
by the U; S. Bank, in September next; and
if to this be added what is due for .deposits,
from the suspended banks, of 1837, and
should all be-collected in 1840,instead of a
deficiency, there would be ari.available bal
nnce'of®l,oB2.B6s. . To pbyiate any possi
bledefieiency.itisrecommendedtoreduce
the by postponing some and
lessening others. Ao a? .to leave an average
balance of about®2,poo.ooo,which is the
smallest,balance That"could be rclied on; to
secure promptitude and good faith in public
payments; and ityis belieyed,*fthat this can
be done, wjthoutfinjury. to/any nseful ob
ject. If such reduction be not made,., it. is
suggested, that, provision bo made in some
pther.w,iyfoy_(ho._cnntingen.tdeficiency.—
Upon a review of the state of the national
flnanceBi : :iridepehdent of any cbristitiitioimi
objections, the Secretary deems it unneces
sary to riiaka> donations of-.the proceeds of
the public, lamls,’. or to provide lor anyde
posjt hr disfrihutibh among the states, of a
surplus not likely to occur. . ,
t... The'estimafed receipts from lands ini 840
are lower than those oflasf year, as if is;be
ifcVedV tKaf the cutises of the last. 'year’e
urge receipts then be rnierative; and
the .estimate is considered' sufficiently high
unless a graduation bill, should, pass. It is
believed too? ihat the
.jvill be less ffiim'lastyear! " This;"it - ii sap-1
AGENTS.
John Moobe, Esq. Newville
Joseph m, Meabs, Esq. Ilnnywcl! township,
JOHM WuNDEBLIcn, E»q\.Shipprn*huVg,
WtLLiAM M. Mat e'er. Esq. Lee’g
John Mehaffy, IJtckiiisDn township,-
John CLfiankHlif, Jr, Eiq., Hpgestown.,
George c. Cain, Esq. MechanicKburgv
Frederick Wonderlich, do.
JajlEs Elliott; Eijq. Springfield..
Daniel Krysher, Esq, Churchtmvn.
Jacob Luljgnecker, Esq,- Wormlcyeborg,
.George Ernest, Cedar Spring, Alien tp.
posed, will result not only from a reduction
ot tertaiu duties, but from the derangement
of the currency, the large quantities of fo
rmgn unsold goods now m the country, the
diminished price of our exports, which on
account of. foreign' indebtedness for such
goods, ami for the constrifatiuivof unprofita
ble public works, and individual a:7d corpo
debts, Will not bring back an equality
of imports; frointbcse aiulsomu other cabses,
the receipts irom duties are put at a reduced
estimate.
The estimate of expenditures for ordinary
purposes iti ISdtT are in the aggregate about
five, millions less than what It is computed
will be spent in 1839. This great redaction
has been proposed, although the expenses of
1839 will be' quite six*miilions less .than
those of 1838, and those of 1838 weresome
what loss than the expeases of the previous
Year.-
The Secretary speaks of the increase of
wealth and population, and enumerates many ■
of the causes of the former, hut Considers the '
true question in respect to expenditures to
be, not how large burdens can be borne, hut
how, much can he dispensed with-. A dollar
and a quarter per head he considers light; as
compared with fifteen under other govern
ments. But in addition to this, the people
have to support the State governments; hence
the rule should not be how milch can be col
lected from them without suffering, hut how
much can be left with them, both of money
and-power, and insure all the benefits of the
social system.- . .
.The increase .of the’ expend!tores,-since
the early years of our government are shewn
not to have been in proportion to the increase
of population and wealth; and on a review
of the history nml causes of these, a recom
mendation of reduction is based. It-is deem
ed better to make a pro'rata redaction of
the compensation of all officers, civil and
military, executive, judicial and legislative,
than to expose-the Treasury to bankruptcy.
■by continuing to make appropriations beyond
the certain means provided for the payment
of. them,, or to resort, in a period of peace, to
. the spendthrift and suicidal policy of effect
ing permanent loans to defray ordinary ex
penditures. Extraordinary and unforsecn
expenditures, on account of a difference in
character, are not held to he exactly subject
to the same rule. In reference to the ills of
fluctuations in the receipts and expenditures,
and the causes of them, he says, most of
fhem;spe evils inseparable from the periodi
cal contractions apd expansions incident to
the present.defective system of banking, in
a'country so full of enterprise as ours, with
such freedom in pursuits, sucli facilities of
intercourse, and such strong temptations to
fash speculation; and argues from these and
! other considerations, the necessity fur some"
safe-guards agaiht them.
The public money, during the present
[year, has been kept by suitable hanks, where
they could be obtained, in conformity'with
the act of June, 1836; in the absence of such,
it has been kept in banks on special depo
site, and in cases where the amount has been
small, or likely to'be wanted for immediate
use, it has remained with those collecting it,
till'.drawn. . Only two banks are now used
as general depositories under,the net of 1836.
The Secretary argues at considerable length
the necessity of some legislation on the Sub
ject of the safe-keeping and disbursement of
the public money. In thejeourse of his re
-marks, He states, the greatest defect, jn form
er systems, to. have consisted in a want of
an absolute prohibition to employ the public
money for any private purpose whatever, and'
in the want of severe penalities to cnforco
such a prohibition, anil of other adequate
checks and guards, possessing a preventive 1 ’
operation on both the minds and acts of offi
cers, sufficiently powerful to diminish defal
cations;- and shows the largest -amount of.
losses to have occurred by the use of banks; •
including tho losses by depreciation of their
notes, and the smallest by collecting officers,
those by banks and duty bonds aimiantlng
to more than two thirds of the whole since
irB9. The accounts of the post office being
kept separate, are not included in his calcu
lations. -The issue of liis speculations on
tho various facts taken as the data of his.
conclusions;'is a strong recommendation.of
-a-Eeparatiorrof~alt~cotincctian~betwcch'tha
government and all banking institutions, and.
the substitution of that measure familiar to
every one, as the sub-treasury; or iildcpend--
ent treasury plan, as the one best calculated
to secure the government against loss, give
it the comntahd ofita own funds, wheirwant-.; -
ed for public purposes, counteract ovfr-tra
ding, over-banking, irrational speculation,.-
and as best calculated for the good .of the /■-
jgovernment, the people and the banks’them
selves. • ,i ——
Full refuVnsof llic condition of the hank
ing,institutions generally had not beep rc
ceived, bul'from general data, since the first
it appeared that the ciiculation '
ofthc specie , paying banks had decreased,
pp/an.ayerage, one third, most of the others
ha*WSotincrcased at the time of suspension,
arid that the aggregate’ amount of specie in
all of them is not reduced more than-eight
or;ten millions; arid that since thcTalhof to*,
feign exchanges,rthcy corild.ajl rcsuriie,'if
they would, except such as departed from
their regular arid legitimate course of bust- .
ness, to engage in trade or speculation. All: ■
wanted for resumption is confidence in each
other-and-the-commum(y.Tlie:latesuspen- ;~r
sion has not caused much emlmnassmcnt of ■
probable losit; to. the government; owing to ' ' i
the fact; thal tho government made lessusa
ofthemtha.n'heretofonc, .’and thie s, ' :
was not’sogeneial-.The suspension, is used
as an arguipent in favor of the sub-treasury;
or at least of .some legislation, against loss.
If - the Secretary had riot; informed, us,. it
would easily be inferred from hisr foregoing
views, that the kiiid of money he wmShl re
cimmend to he received.in payment of pub* V
jic dries,>specie or itrirequivalcht. That : .
specie would not be withdrawn from clrcu- ’; '
Wion.to any. injuriousr rimoujitby. the adopi .
tiori.of his views, he yiush'atca by the facial
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