(hat in the collection anil payment of the a -bove twenty millions -by collectors anti re ceivers, thc'wholc’hmount on hand with all of them, at any one time baa seldom exceed ed onc iuillion anil a half, and that at 'New York city, whcro»neurly hvo-lliirds of llic customs of the whole Union qre collected, and where,the gross receipts this year will exceed fifteen millions of dollars, the amount on' hand at l any, one time has not averaged' half a million of dollars. ' As an illustration of the system of drawing, for this money speedily, it may be milled, that the amount left at the close of .each week, subject to drafts, hast seldom equalled one-twentieth of a million.' At the time of the late 'sus pension,, mast of (lie funds in the cusionr houses were in bank notes; but nearly half of those in the land office were in specie, anil subject of course to no loss by depreciation-. In- conclusion, .the Secretary enumerates several reform measures heretofore suggest ed, originating in. part with himself, such as increasing the checks and securities on col lecting and disbursing officers, providing penalties for using the public money for pri vate purposes, provision for the funding of a snrplusYelvenMc, if such should at any lime arise; but not raising such by taxation, and. providing means fur any unexpected defi ciency that might occur, a reduction of ex penditures, passage of occasional pre-emp tion and graduation laws, the reduction of Hie tariff, whenever the revenue justifies (he measure, discouraging articles of luxury, ami encouraging those, (Imt arc useful ami neces sary, resisting monopolies in banking and commerce, the exclusion of small bank pofes, ami consequent introduction of a larger a mount of specie, and leaving to the States all matters of doubtful jurisdiction, whether connected with the; revenue, currency, com merce, exchanges, or other exciting inteicsTir less connected with the immediate business of the department; These and some others arc nicoimnended again; and several other matters promised in special repin-'ts,' among which is thfc annual exhibit of the General .Land Office. The arrears of business in (be land office,have been so brought'up, that Hie services of nineteen clerks have been ijis- • ■pensed with; and it is'urged thit iconbniy . requires the disconfiminnce of some offices, where the business is .-very small, ..oritheir being merged in others, A similar sugges-’ tin a is made, withrespect to the fcolloction districts on the'seaboard. Thus have we given a hast y, but we be lieve faithful; abstract «f that document, ■whose’ length would be likely to deter all from its perusal; unless such ns have riotli ingtodo, and arc blessed with a stock of patience equal to the amount of their leisure. JPosimaslcv Gfiacrnrs ESoport. Wo have rcceivcdji copy of this document, ■and proceed to make an,abstract of the prin cipal statements. The Post Roads-of the United States, .covered by mail service, on (ho. 30th of Junedast, w-ere 133,tJ99 miles in extent—The rate of annual transportation on that day was about :34,49G,5r’S uiiUßj and Us cost 83,285,622, viz: ' Miles. Cost. By horse and sulltcy, 11,417,1-17 ©364,350 By stage and coach, 19,653,073 1,900,151 By Steamboats & It. R. 3,396,035" ' 530,062 _ _ Total. 5t,490,878 33,235,622 This is exclusive of. transportation by ■steamboats ami other vessels, under the fifth and sixth sections of the act of 1825, which costs about ® 16,300 more. • . On the, 30th of June last, the number of post offices was 12,780, showing the increase of 261 during the preceding year. The num ber establishedivas-GO 1, and the numherdis continued was S4O. The-number of-post masters appointed, including new offices, was 2,888. ■ .. The number of post 'offices this day is IS. ■028.' ■ ,■ The number of mad contractors in service •during the lastiyear was about 1838. Of this number, 480 have been fined, or had deductions made from (heir pay, for sundry delinquencies. The pggrcgijle of fines is 857,738,64, and ot deductions 5522,066,04, excluding remissions, the whole amounting to $79,804,60. The revenue of the Depart ment for the year ending the 30th of June,’ 1838 was, . $4,235,077,97 The expenditures were ’ 4,621,137,16 lisfcess of expenditures 8386,759,19 This excess was made up by surplus funds of preceding years. - ' The revenue of the year ending on the 30th of June last, was" 84,476,6i38j36 The engagements and' liabilities of the Department for the.same • year,, were . . •4.624.117.86 JExcess of engagements and liab.i!- ~ ;“ es; ~ 51477479730" Xhe surplus still on hand has prevented embarrassment. • The cash on hand according to (he latest reports of postmasters is $206,701',95. There is also remaining' in banks $30,453,72, of which only $2,947.03 is available. More than half the available funds on hand will be required to pay balance due for the services of the last quarter. Comparedwith preceding year, the rev enue has increased about 5 V-2 per cent, and the aggregate increase was $241,560,59. ; ihe postratfsters genofatTy throughout the c " a, } tr y» ar .° complimented as active arid ■efficient. .Allusion is made to the difficulty •between the Postmaster and- the Railroad ■Company., but nothing new is oßered upoit the.subject, if we except the followingpara igraph: . .. f ,-r. “Hopes are entertained, that the cbmpaiiy an.-question will- yet- accept the provision which Congress has made, .it appears to be •so obviously ,thoir interest, to avail, them sclyeß of the additional (ravel-which a well yannecled line,, would, bring them; and to jirijy cot the .withdrawal of a large;porftori of '!hc--westbrnrtravel which .Would inevitably ■dtdovv theorganization of-a linefor the coh-- yoyauce of die great -western tiiafl upon the 'Pennsylvania roads,, that -perseverance in alien- refusal.cnnnotreasonablv beexpectcd. l In the mean time; the Uepartment is prhcee- make the best arrangements it can, .■jr the mail'service, without reference fii die u3e o. iba'traoxl pm! with the (feferminafinn .toi make aiiy -contract the -'{iJi'iiviny vvhiclrßhall iint secure a close con* circn^^t^ncesyBhbuldhereaftepyequi'reit , *t!iifl •v:I1 be- thft J ‘aubject’.cJu sjibcial rjij 'P; coaciaUiog passage of . the Report, is not withot interest. “The radical change in the yates of post age oii letters, recently adqpfed in Great llritaiii, has attracted iiiiich.hflentiim in the United Slates. To enable furnish Congress with information-bn tliat-subjectr' and all others connected'with the post cstabr lishmcnts in several of the must co nsiderable European' countries, I have despatched one j of the special agents of this Department to Europe, .with instructions to visit them in person, and furnish me with minute details' of (iioir organization and operation. Many documents, and so me-interesting particulars,- have been received from him, butbc has not as yet been able to prepare himsell to make a detailed, report. As soon as such u report shall be received, it is intended to submit to Congress, all the information it may contain, fur their consideration.” , Tivcnty- i ixth €twg-i’cas. \ Correspondence of (he Baltimore Sun. Washington, D. C. Jan. 7, 1840, *"* The. House of Representatives met as usual at noon. Mr. Calhoun of Mass, announced the death of his colleague, Dili-, Alvord, which happened prior to the commrncemcht of the Session, and upon passing the usual resolu tions, the House adjourned. In the Senate, the morning hour, was devoted to the reception of petitions, reports from committees, and resolutions. Mr. Wright, of New York, reported a bill for the safe keeping of the Public Moneys; a bill to punish Crimes, and a bill for .the safe keeping of the Deposites of the Public Money. This latter bill, is the Sub-Treas ury project, so called, . Mr. Wright said he should call them up on Wednesday, in the order -in which they stood bn the Calender. Mr. Clay, reported a, bill to amend the several acts of. Congress, in relation to copy rights.- It was referred,-“hbclieve fo a Se lect Committee. , ■ Washington, D. C. Jan. 7, 1840. The everlasting New Jersey question has occupied the House of Representatives all .day. Mr. Beil, of Tennessee, offered a res olution that the Democratic members from New : Jersey were not entitled to scats in the House. .The Speaker decided that five res olution was out of order. Mr. Pope insisted that it was a privileged question. After some remarks from several of the Federal members; Cave Johnson, called the Previous Question, which was sustained,—yeas 182, nays 28. v '- Mr. Huffman, from the Committee on Rules, git leave to present a set of rules, which were ordered to be printed. - Mr. Duncan, of Ohio, got ihe floor, and spoke until four o’clock, when he gave way fur a motion to adjourn, which was carried. The anxiety to hear from your city in re lation to the resumption’-is intense. The banks her.e aro pledged to resume as soon as the Philadelphia banks take the lead. As to their ability, 1 sayaiotbing; but it looks rather suspicions’when a hank refuses to pay out its own notes, mid circulates those of banks jn distant cities. It is said that the notes of the District Banks are sent abroad and'cxchari ged for those of other bapks; certain it is, that We can with great difficulty get hold of a-note-on one-of-our-own-banks.—lt-\viis-iu. musing to-day to see the holders of U. States Bank mites trying to geTrid of them. Per sons who have the reputation of never paying their debts, after trying in vain to get those notes changed or passed away, have actually been known to go to their creditors and asic 'as a matter of great favor that they would accept the nr for their debts. There is not the smallest confidence in that rotten insti- tution, ami we look by every mail.lor the news of its downfall; Bin hoy’s letter lias done more to destroy confidence in the U. States Bank, than.-all that its ’opponents could do in a life time. He who should have smoothed her dying pillow, has given her a stab from which she } will never recover.— She may well pray, “Save me from my friends;” but as she lias no soul, and cannot feel for the distress and misery which she has occasioned, all prayer would be lost upon her. ■- r Washington Grrv, Jan. ,8,1840,’ - In'tue House, assiion as the Journal had been read, Mr. Duncan, of Ohio, took the floor and made a long speech-on the subject ■of the New Jersey contested election; He wcnt-into a full history of the case, and ad duced a vast quantity'of documentary evi dence-to prove that the New Jefsey~\vhigs who claim .should not be allowed to hold. them. r ’ ; In the Senate, after the, morning hour had been exhausted with the usual miscella- neous business, a bill to adjust;the boundary line.between lowa and Missouri, was repor ted, and referred to a select committee., ~The bill for tho .Military occupation of Florida, was next called up, and Mr. Clay, of Ala.-, took the floor,- and made a long speech in support of the bill, and jnVrepl j to Mr. Preston’s speech of yesterduy. The, bill was passed. ’ The Globe of this morning, contains a vei-y inflammatory.card from Mr. Bynum; of N. Carolina, winch, terms of sufficient ardor, denounces a numbjer of gentleman of the whig party. Ido hot think, however, that it ctm or will lead to!6ny personal collisions. Saltpetre in these dajs, is the same villain ous stuff i t was in the days' of Hotspur and the Prinfce of. Wales.'' V ’ I understand that there will be a great numberinf fetes and galas to-night, and that the_,whole Worldf»f “loTe ami beauty” wil 1 be tn motion;; at the Saloons of the Secretary of War.’ V : Xhe Secontl month of the’sessibn has pretty well advitpce l, add yet notliing of any con sequence has been done. The New Jersey contested election will be a standing-bore for some months-tb. come, and you niav not, I- think, hope; for its decision' before next April. • ■; .. : President’s Message appears to give tlie whig prints much embarrassment'. They, or '' n SJ 4 6d-whatithey shall, say. - One of them, which cah thintTof ho other objection,-humorously pronounces it to he biiin-coiimiitfal,” and professes; not to, un derstand from it tiie Presidont’s opinions. doefrirics r.re clecttletlly wrong and dangerous, biu ad-' "' ’ w i tjj jxh i« 1 ii s t} as 4 i o ttv^ paliticid 'chanicter; of; the iOaiafg that it is ntorely !, artlur ami ptaußililO.’r .y-' A‘ fourth; while it declares t{)at%e‘g;yiiii ! cal doctrines ami recommendations of the message are as bad as they can be; clamor ; ously insists that they who read ■,the docu jment shall think of .it as “empty twaddlei” ■ A fifth, neither denying jts ability nor the force of its positions is-muidi distressed that the message is so. “long,” and .attempts to ; prove that because it was delivered three weeks later than usual, it .“cannot therefore be very interesting.” , .•! - While the journalists of tl)e opposition arc thus contradicting each other in their attempts, to decry tRe message, it is'cnfitihg a reputa tion and'a popularity for itself., ;Thefc is little dillercnce of opinion in the mass of the community concerning .its, merits. '■ It has been sought for, with curiosity, and has been read, with pleasure and .admiration. Its; a ble and clear exposition.of the dangers of the credit system and the. partnership/of bank and state will be read by thousands to whom tlie truth does hot find.its way through the common channels of communication,’and cannot be read without leaving a ! strong im pression.—,V. Y, Ev. Post, We publish with great pleasure a letter of the honorable Horace Binney, an eminenf member of the Philadelphia bar, to the coun cils of Philadelphia,in regard ton loan which they proposed to redeem in •United States bank notes. Mr. Blimey deserves thy thanks of the community for this noble stand against a depreciated, paper currency, and he appears determined to meet the.true issue— ahull the banlcs or Che people govern?■ — lJar. Sep. Pun.ADr:t.pii:A, Jan. 2, 1840. William M. Meredith, Esq. President of the Select Council . Sir—l enclose to you a copy of a;.lcttef which I addressed to Sir., Stevenson, (he City Treasurer, on the sth of last month, and of his reply, and 1 request you. to lay the same, with this Communication, before the Council of which you are. President. It becomes necessary to state, that on'the Ist of the present month, the City Treasu rer offered to me a check ,on the bank of the United States as payment of a certificate of the city loan referred to iiV my letter, arid"’ that I refused to receive it as payment— that I .thc,n demanded payment in Jawful money, and that the City Treasurer r'epjied that he had no other means of payment than "the check I had refused. He moreover sta ted to me, in answer to an inquiry on toy part,' that he was not aware of any agree ment or understanding between the .bank and the city—that checks drawn for pay ment of these loans, were to be“distinguish qd in any way from other checks-on the bank at this time. I respectfully repeat to the Council,.of which you arc Prcsident. the demand I have already made of the City Treasurer, namely, that the city pay me the said loan in lawful money. - - The distinction between a voluntary ac commodation to a derangement of the cur rency, and a coerced submission to, isavery plain one. , It may bo drawn with ease, and may be observed or disregarded with equal safety,“ while.a.crcditor is Jeft free to pre scribe the measure of his own observance of. it; but the instant,that personal freedom, is in this respect abridged by,whatever cause, and especially when', it; is abridged 'by the influence uf~a~great public corporation, ex erciseiM'n a to its creditors, a submission to the encroachments upon private rights, is an abandonment oif the right,’ The city, by its proper officer, gave notice on the Sd December, 1339, that on the Ist January; 1840, it would pay oft'certain loans, and the only payment offered at the, day, and, ns it now appears,intended by the .no tice, has been a check upon a bank which does r not. pay its deposits in specie, and: which it seems is under no obligation to pay the city checks in specie, but only in what are called “current notes of any of the banks in the city and county of Philadelphia.”—: The city has given no option to its creditors to renew these loans for any term or time whatever, long or short. It,has not accepted my personal offer to renew my part of them for such term ns the Councils themselves shall name. The no tice of-the payment has been peremptory, without reference to the consent or refusal of fhtf.crcditors; and a positive-annunciation is added to-the notice, that interest on the loans will cease on the Slat December, 1839, which implies that it is intended so to cease; whether the creditors shall receive or refuse the.offorcd, payment. Taking these circumstances into consider ation; and having most .carefully deliberated upon the measure in all its bearings, I have refused to. receive the offered check as pay,- ment. If I had received it, I should have, felt that 1 was yielding to, coercion, applied in direct opposition to the laws. ■ r. Y-ouf obed’t serv’t, , . 1IOR: BINNEY. From the New York Sun, TWO DAYS LATER FROM FRANCE; By the arrival of the packet ship lowa, Pell, from Havre, Bth,Dec. we have receiv ed Havre papers to that date ami Pari§ pa pers' ofthe 7lh, Marshal Soult counselled the King tp or ganize 24 battalions of horse for the service, but the project was opposed by the bureau of War, who.feared ,it would too greatly weaken the infantry, unless volunteer en rolments, which how amounted to but 4000, should be greatly increased. ' Tlie mosriutpurfahf ne'vs we find in them is composed iif detailed accounts of the con .ririuadipiidf Ike devastations by Aiiiil-el'ka .dcr-ahiilW&r. troops among the neighboring f ribes of Arabs ’who have waked his sanguin ary vengeance by their communications, with .the French. _ Thre'e-of his bands have swept the neighboring rabs," fired thuir'ciibinB,‘anddm ly. horsemen; have belm ordered':from •hes to Africa,toreinforce theTl'k-enth troops at Algjely ivliose loss-of ineuV though gvatf is sbrpassed inl the serihiiisnesadf its conse quences. by; the titter dearth of supplies, oc casioned, by the Wavages of Abd;ef Kider’a trbojis. A>■’ •'■■■ _■>. fed iirAfrica, .and among them L’Etang and d’Houdetot; hitye requestedto be returned to that service; ■ ■■ A ' ; It, isAnnoimced that ffen.'Cliibienes. is de-! signaled fo'ihke coinhiaWd of tlrederivtffurces ilesigned to act against Ahd-c>! KaderiA,• Cdth^ri^mentof’the line, quartered at'Lyons, immediately upon hearing of the massacre of the troops at Al giers, unanimously applied to their command ing officer to!be despatched to Africa, where they have alreaily, previously signalized -themselves., T „.l , ; The intelligence from Spain is throe days later; but co'ntaina nothing new./ From ac counts received from Cadiz, Seville, Cordo va,' Grenada, Malaga and it ap pears?that,the pjtblic tranquility is undistur bed. - ‘ ‘The Gazelle (la Madrid says that the army of-Cabrera..was suffering greatly from .the rigors of the season, and desertions were very numerous. ’ Great quantities of snow had fallen, arid'many of the soldiers had frozen to death. ~ , AMERICAN VOLUNTEER. ' ' CARLISLE: TIIIIUSDAY, JANUAUY 10, l«40. • - oust s&.sa, our fl.»g is Rung tu the wild wind free, Lei it float oVr onr ‘father Liml,” And the fcuard of its spotless fume shall he Columbia’s chosen baud?” FOH PKESIDRUrm 1840, ' MARTIN' VAN BUREN,, . • . - " ' AND AN -. INDEPENDENT TREASURY.' APPOINTMENT BY THE PRESIDENT. Henhy D. Gilpin, Esq. of-Philadelphia to bel Attorney General of tho lI.'S. in the room, of tha Hon. Felix Grundy, elected to the U. S. Senate./ - - - , 0 / ■ “Frank Pebtinax,” on thd subject of the Har rison Meeting, came to hand too late for insertion this wockf: It shall appear inour-next, : . Our thanks aro duo to tho Horn William S. Ramsey', of Congress, and to Messrs. Miller, McKinney and-Zimmerman, of.thd State Legisla ture, for important public .documents, &c. Election or U. S. Senator Wo loam by letters received from our “representatives at Har risburg, that on Tuesday last Dr, Daniel Stur geon was elected to the U- S. Senate, on the first ballot. Tho vote Stood: Daniel Sturgeon (Dem.) 87 votes. * Charles Ogle (Fed.) 20 " Richard Biddle (Fed.) 17 By. reference to our Congressional news it will be perceived that the “everlasting” New-Jersey question,is again before tho House of Representa tives, and bids fair, to waste another month of the session in idle and.usoJess.discussidn. What gave rise to this second debate was a motion made by Mr. Campbell, Chairman of tho Committee on Elections, proposing that all tho p'apers in refer ence to the contested seats should bo referred to; said Committee, and. that tho parties interested, should be summoned before that body, and allow od to participate' in theexamination. GOVERNOR’S MESSAGE. .This important and highly interesting state pa per Was issued to. our subscribers, in bit extra'; on Thursday evening Vast, Its great length and the TlUer impracticability of publishing it in one paper entire—together with tho extreme anxiety of the public to got a sight of its contents —induced us to incur some additional expense to issue it at so 1 early a date. ' 1 ■- ■ . . ' We are proud of this document. As early and unwavering friends of the present Executive, wo were anxiogs to see his first annual message sucli a production as might rally round it tho entire de mocracy of tho whole Commonwealth. Wowant od tho whole Union to be convinced that Pennsyl vania, in discarding the miserable imbecile whb not only plunged her in almost inextricable finan cial difficulties, but likewise well nigh involved her citizens in the horrors of civil war and bloodshed, had confided tho management of her affairs to a-statesman who would prove himself worthy tho choice of; her democracy. Nor have we been disappointed in pur expectations. Tho message'of Gov. Porter is a document, which may emphatically bo Billed a master-piece of wisdom. So sound in.its doctrines—soiuminous In! its de- bold and ilearlcss in its positions—it is a production which must elicit tho unqualified ap probation of every intelligent and reasonable citi zen, no matter what may bo his party predilec tions. V - ; - Buttho most striking feature of tho message, ia, its honesty. Under the administration of his pre decessor, tho people were'egregiously deceived with regard to. the real'statd of affaifs,’as connect ed with our internal improvements and our finan cial condition.; They were led to believe, through the executivo m'essagea, that the revenue derived from the public works, after defraying the current expenses of keeping them in repair, &0., amount ed to almost a sum sufficient to cover, ihe interest of th'o public debt—and this was - evidently done for the purpose of blindfolding tho people and their representatives, in order to filch more money from the treasury', and lavish it upon unprincipled partizans. Not so with the message under con sideration. : Honest and straight-forward in his course, with the true.dntcrests <!f the Common wealth’at heart, Gov. Porter Sets forth clearly and truly tho actual condition of affairs-although, by sodding, Kffdpresents the finaricml cdndilidh'bT tho Commonwealth in an alarming condition.— Ho clearly and honestly makes knownthod isoasc, no matter how it may effect .those who were .instru mental in instilling the poison—rind, like an hon est man, prescribes the only available remedy, Tho State amounts to the enormous sum .of upwards of. Tiun-rv-ponii millions of dol lars; was brought mboUt- without any agency, of his, and. the sums authorised’ to: ho. borrowed by. the last Legislature, were for; we purpose of ;pay-’ in’g off ; tho debts contracted before he. Came, into Office;—yet the Governor; withimoro than Roman firSrdess, throws hiinself into the breajfeiiud scnh^g-the only true remedy left (which sooner of Jatef' bo adopted,) for femdying'thb. grievous it&inediate resort.to laseafton. That sustain Win, aldioughltoper dhp_cari douhti-ii' .Better’ rtsort td’^atioh.at' oniJe; whilst,it can • ho home, and puhlid ddhti until, tho reve nue .derived equal; iff tho.’ ihldaf; : ’td the ihfetHg||jp, the’ State debt; than post ponp iho ovil day inhyal addiUdn’of iho; it is at present. Let us bear the evil ourselves, and not transmit it with two-fold weight to postori- .; On the subject of the currency—the all engros sing topic of conversation—the Governor is clear and explicit. -Ho attributes thb monetary difficul ties of the country, td" the proper sources—exces sive importations of foreign goods, and ly an enormous- deb);', owing to Europe, and over, issues by .the banks..„ ln this part of the message, the views taken evince the soundest judgment and the most untiring’rcocarph, and cannot fail to-ar rest the attention of every .statesman and legisla tor in tho Dili on. ft is contemplated reforms, too, of tho banking system, if adopted by our State Legislature, cannot fail to correct that system -.of its moat ’flagrant abuses, and place Pennsylvania on the foreground ii) relation to lids matter. But we need not dwell upon the merits of tho Message—as wo, presume it has been ere thispe tusc’d by all our readers; sufficient to say that the document, taken all in all, liasnover been equalled in this Commonwealth. Clear, convincing, lu minous, satisfactory and argumentative, it is worthy the head and heart of one of tho best and ablest Chief Magistrates that Pennsylvania has ever had —and must place its author in the front rank of American statesmen and patriots. ~ - An abstract from tho reports of the Secretaries of the Treasury and of War, will ho found in qur paper of to-day. They will doubtless bo interest ing to our readers generally. _ Harrison Meetino—A comparatively small' number of tho fcdcral-whig-anti-inasonic-abolilion party, met at tlio Court House, in this Borough, on-Monday evening last, being Court week. We say small—for, although there were a goodly num ber of persons present, nearly one-half were dem ocrats, \yho attended through sheer curiosity. ■ Wo would no) have noticed tho miserable abor tion, had it not been to lot our friend of .the “Iron Gray” know that three of his special favoriteS of tlio'Senato were in attendance and made speeches, viz; Charles JhicJnoindow Penrose, SnuJJh Wil liams and SirrSaw-Eince Ewing. And such speech- Oye gods and little' fishes! ■ They were made up Of so large U quantity of fulsome adulaliph of old Tippecanoe, that some of their, political friends present retired 1 from the meeting in disgust,. Even the folds of a rod flannel petticoat would have been too contracted to cover the volley of ba)dcr-bash, which these had; window patriots lavished upon tho intelligence of their hearers. ; - Visit of Gen, Jackson to New Orleans.— Wo learn by the Nashville papers, that Ex-Presi dent Jackson passed through that placopu the 341 V u!t. on his way to Now Orleans, whither ho had been invited by a large portion of tho Citizens to he present at tho cclebration'of the memorable Bth of January. Gen. Armstrong and several, other personal friends accompanied him cn -his journey to the famous “Battle Ground!’—tlio scene of hia' exploits a qnartcr of a century ago* where he hum bled tho proud Lion of England and protected the fairest portion of the Union from the insults and ravages of a merciless enemy. „ .5 Hard Case, —Tho Trenton Emporium relates tho following painful inflictions caused by tho vil lainy of Levis. Numerous other similar cases it is said could be cited:. , “Some yeara.ago there lived in Hunterdon coun ty (N. J.) n, poor,, but industrious woman, who had lostherhusband. With.apommendable spirit she determined to place herself in circumstances that would make her comfortable in her declining years. She. iSras economical and prudent, and. having accumulated a sufficient suni, slip went to Philadelphia and "opened a boarding house. She soon accumulated a largo share of this World’s goods—and to make it safe, about $lO,OOO was invested in Schuylkill Bank slock. The Bank exploded, and tho widow is now thrown upon an unfriendly world penniless, mid with old age star ing her in the face. Wha,t a comment upon that wretched'system of banking, which robs the* wi dow pnd beggars tho orphan.” State Letter to the Editors,' dated “Harrisburg Jan. 11, 1810. i ■ On Wednesday,the House elected Jacob Seiler, Clerk; Andrew Krause, Sergcant-at-Arms, and Joseph Jackson, Door-Keeper. Tho Governor’s Message was read in both .houses, after .which 5000 copies in English and'2soo - in German, of that highly important state paper, were ordered to bo printed—a similar number were ordered in the Senate. 1 ’ ’ . , On Tuesday tho Senate clecl’cd.Henry Buehlcr, Clerk; John Stahl, Sergeant-al-Arms, and John P. James, HoorTfeoper,- (The latter, gentleman su perseded, the notorious Dan Ecklcs, tho bosom friend of Penrose.) , Boaa & Coplan, editors of the Reporter, are q- Icctod printers of tho Senate Journal and . House bills;. Holbrook, Henlock and Bratton, editors of the State Capitol Gazette, printers of—tho-House Journal—and Packer, Barrett & Parke, editors of tho Keystone, get the Senate Bills. Tho German printing is divided between the editors of. the “Morgenrothe,” and “Staats-Zeitung.” So you ’perceive that both houses, from tire highest to tho lowest officers, are essentially, and thoroughly de mocratic. This is as it should he, and augurs well for the cause' of the people during tho pres ent'session. ' On Thursday the Governor sent in his vetoes to certain bills passed at the close of the last session, amongst the rest one for widening the Union can al—assigning generally -as ; his -prindfpal reason, ;the embarrassed state of (ho finances. . A some what lengthy debate occurred in the House, but ithiT'vcloes Will bo abundantly sustained. ,' " ", The same day. Cob M!Elwee,the indefatigable l andtfdly republican’ member from Bedford; asked leave - to introduce, ;a bill to repeal, the charter of the United States .Bank—which was agreed- to— . Yeas 81—Nays 5. Messrs. M’Elwoe,. Crispin' and Konigrrmchcr are tho Committee tb v prepare and fating in the bill. , . , A similar resolution to the above was introduced to the Senale, by Mr. Brown, of Philadelphia 00. So you perceive that the ‘Monster’ialikely sooh tb be checked in itsjnfaipous career. God spbed the good work,,. ? : -,’' . / Several nominations to’judicial stations, made by tho Governor during the feccss, were presented to the Senate by tire: Secretary if tho Common wealth, and will doubtless bd pfted upon .in : tJjcL course of next wcok. • V ; Ycaterday a resolution was passed in tho House, to go into the election of a United'Slates Senator ; Pd'£wesday nekti wliich |n.d»y tho i have been made. ;.To;rught a'cauaeß of too demo isiatio-'members' will doubtless bb been offered to,'compel the banks toresnmo specie payments on or before the Ist of February. ’ Itnist it may becqmo a law, . r -■ To-day the Speaker of tbo Senate .announced the Standing Committees as follows: ' ■Accounts —Messrs. Kingsbury, Frailer, f Schul.P Myers, Fraloy, (Phil:) Snyder™- Bensions and Gratuities —Messrs. Strohm. Pin mor, Barclay, Bell,'Maclay. T . , Judiciary —Messrs. Pearson, Kingsbury, Flem ing, Sterrigcre, Patterson. ~ ASliiia —Messrs. Myers; Miller, (Adams,) Mil- (Berks,) Case, Fleming. ■ BoriAr—-Messrs. Stevenson, Coplan, 1 Fraley, (Phil.) Patterson, Kingsbury. JJrfuca/ron—Messrs. Coplan,Caldwell, Penrose, Sterrett, Cochran. , Hoads and Bridges —Messrs. Miller, (Berks,) Shortß, Storrett, Bell, Miller,- (Adams.). • Internal Improvements-Hassia. Frdiley,(Schul.), Fleming, Case, Strohni, Patterson, Spackman,- Coplan. • , ‘ - . Agriculture —Messrs. Caldwell, Killingcr, Plu nicr, Ewing, Brooke.' _ Compare Bi 7/- r .MeS3rs. Case, Stevenson, ■ Pur* viawee. Coplan,_Shortz. Election Bislricis-^- Mcssrs.Snydcr,Myers,Shortz Purvlanoe,;Hays. ’ Pice and /mmonr/i/y—Messrs. Miller, (Adams,) Storrett, Caldwell, Plumer, Cochran. Onyoro/tom—-Messrs. Sterrigere,Frailey,(Sell.) Fraley, (Phil.) Williams, Stevenson. Estates $■ AWrco/s—Messrs. Penrose,Williams, Bell, Barclay, Ewing. Jlevenue Bill passed by the House <f ’Beprcsentc lives—Messrs; Fleming, Kingsbury, Spackman, Sterrigcre, Strohm. , Private Claims far Jiamag eo—Messrs. Ewing, Miller, (Burks,) Plumer, Maclay, Cochran. • Library— Messrs. Brown, PaWcreon.Spackman. ’ Public Jluildinpa— —Messrs, Hoys, Snyder, Brooke, Killinger, Miller, (Adams.) Tho above embraces,, in a nnlshall, all the busi ness of aiiy importance which has been transacted this week. On Monday the Standing Committees of theiHouso will be anhouticed- fu the event of Dr. Sturgeon's election to the U. S. Senate, a vacancy will occur in. the State Trcasuryship, which must bii filled immediately. There are several candidates spoken of, lint, from present appearances, I should judge that the choice will f.dl, without Inufclf difficulty, upon Samuel 1..’ Carpenter, of . Westmoreland, formerly a State Senator. At all events, I know of no man in the State more deserving the appointment. Active, intelligent and trust-worthy, ho would do credit to the station, and bo useful to the administration.— Charles Pray,-Esq», one of the immortal [■f/iynir is also spoken of, and is highly deserving of pub lic confidence. ' " . - , The Governor’s Message is high! satisfactory to tho democratic members generally,, and is just such a document us every Pennsylvanian must feel proud of. .The federal members;,in both. Houses will endeavor to pick a hole in it; but there is suffi cient talent to meet them at every point they may choose to assail. His Excellency’s recommenda tions will ho fully sustained.' A long and oxciting .session may bo anticipated, and much business of importance-will bo transaotf cd by the present Legislature. Much forjjtepl or, for woo, upon. the mensutfs that may he adopted, so fiir as tho interests of the people are concerned—and I feel confident that with a de mocratic government throughout, the old Keystone State will hrneofortliset an example of reform to every member of this great confederacy. I>ELEG.-VTE ELECTIOX. KOURT-H_OI'MARCH_CONVI--.XTinX T . The Democratic Republican ' Standing Committee of Cumberland-county, met put -; suant to previous "public iiotic'c, at the pub lic house of John Cormmin, in the Borough ,ol Carlisle, on the 13th of January instant. The follotring members were present, viz: 'Messrs. Michael Mishler, Hon. John Steu art, W. B. Cummin, Davitl Wheny ,■ Capt. Jacob Dorsheimer, Michael, Kost,. William Gould, Solomon P. Gnrgas, N, J. R. Woods, John Waggoner, Isaac Ur. Jacob Baughman and J. W. Eby.' ‘ \ , On motion, MiciiAkf Mishlbh was .'ap pointed Chairman, Secretary, when after an interchangc'of-bpihion on the subject for they pore convened, tl c following regulations..\vcre uhanhiibusly' greed to, viz: 1 ' . •, Heeoived, That the democratic, republi cans of-the county be recommended to meet at their,usual places of holding township and borough elections, bn Saturday the 6th of Icbruim / lin/, at two o’clock: hi the 'after noon, and then and there elect two delegates: frooi each township ami .borough, to meet in. County Conventhms-at the County llall j u Carlisle,: oh fTuesddyJhc X Uh say'of ruary next , at 2 O’clock P. M., for.the.pur pose of selecting delegates to represent the democratic.party-of this county inth'e State Convention tube held at Harrisburg on the 4th of March next, to nominate lin electoral ticket, and to bomiifate suitable persons to represent bhis-Sfate inra National Conven tiun.-on business relative to the Presidential Election, and forsoch other purpose as may bcTaid before said Convention. ■ JtemSived That we respectfully reenm-' ipcnd to the democratic citizeiiwif the comi ty their general attendance at the township elections, and to select Tor (heir delegates such inch as are well known for their sound' democratic principles, and who will faithful ly carry "bat the wishes of the .democratic party generally. ' ’ r . : , - Resolved, That these proceedings be sign ed by the Chairman and Secretary, and pub lished in the-American Volunteer." =' ; Michael Mishlbr, Chairman. , J. TV. Eby, Secretary’. ’, For the Volunteer. gift, I presentyoui ; \vitjr tlie, foUpwing—liol altogether for yourselves; biit that yop may - divide it with your numerous • patrons, for their cogitations as, welt as-.your own. I wish I had more time ami more ability to do justjcc lo the subject—bu t■asit if one of interest.ta every body, I do hope that it may be taken up by «ome6o<fy more capable, and whb.has;m()re.iime than myself;; .This may. serve as ah entering wedge, by way of in troduction. By this .time, ! suppose you wonder what 1 would itwtatVi-iUftell ydu. 1 The year 1840 is.and'wilt befa very im portant one—and if it be not “big with,the fate of C’d/p and pf J fi’owe, , ’ it may be with events of more interest to the people of the p. States, in^generaK'Tdnd'llmseof Pennsyl vania in particular; I need hoV-puiicoianzh. —they are known; In this: veah ih;thi S State, thatfondamenfal principle of de'moc tacy, RQTATIpF t°« long been, overlookedi ia-dbont to be pul „ Vt practice, undejpkohf /new; ideßibcratt^'al many of the public' servnhts thht wereop-’ Yours, &t.”
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