TERMS Or PUBLICATION.
gs 06 per annum, in advance —or
g 3 SO, if hot paid within the year.
■ No subscription taken for a less term than six
months, and ho discontinuance 'permitted until
all arrearages are paid. A failure to notify a
discdnlhiuance at the expiration of aterin, will
be'considered a new engagement.
. Advertisements—sl 00 per square for the
first three iusertions, and twenty five .cents for
every subsequent one. "
BOOT & SHOE :
EMPORIUSI.
THE subscriber thankful for past favors respect
fully announces to the citizens of Mechanics''
burg and vicinity, that he has on hand a*3argo as
sortment of Boots & Shoos— Ladies’, Gentlemen's,
Boy's, Misses' & Children's course and line, Leath
er and Morocco, which ho will sell low'ibr cash.
Tho public are requested to call and examine for
themselves.
GEORGE F. CAIN.
- Mechanicsburg, January 7, 1841.'
Estate of William Gillespie, deceit,
TT ETTERS «f administration on the estate of
1 A vVlltiuin Gillespie, dcc’d.’late of Cedar Co,
lowa Territory, have been issued to the subscri
ber residing in Frankfoyd township, Cumber-
I »nd county. Pa. All persons indebted to die
estate will make payment, and those having
claims will present them lor settlement.
. JAMES X- GILLESPIE/Atlhi’r.
February-4, 1841? . -
ADAM BILLER,
FROM LANCASTER*
FORWARDING & COMMISSION MERCH
ANT, * ,
J\’o. 2-72 Market treat,
THREE DOOIJS ABOVE EIGHTH,
PIIILJI f)E LPHIJI;
Whoro all business entrusted to him will be nt
tendod to withpromptness and despatch, .-
SSS,IS a jLSi l* JTr.
KESF EC'iTULIA r urf'irnVs
he has commenced at Hie shop of his father.'
,i.» Liouther street, a' few do‘ors cast of Leonard's
store, the business of
HOUSE AND SIGN PAINTING
. AND PAPEII'"HANGING,
and hopes by stiict attention to business, and an
anxious effort to.please, to merit and receive a
share of public patronage.
THE SUBSCRIBER* . J_
Thankful for past favors, hereby notifies his old
tustonurs and - {lie public'generally, that he
keeps constantly on hand, and will manufacture
to order, at the old place,
Chairs of oVcry description;
Ms", HKDSI'K VDS HRKAKFAST to* DIN?
JN f (* l : A all of which he will dit-posc of
on the most reasonable, terms. He invites bis
friends to give him a rail.
RUFUS E.SHAPLEY.
Carlisle, February 25, UMI.
STATS OP PENNSYLVANIA.
Cumberland County % ss
The Common wealth of Wnnsylva
3 fflv*!K n ’ ; ‘ l ° lL * Wright & Jaiu,*
his wife, <»f Ci*ss
county, Slatml Indiana, John Weak*
Iy, William Weakly,Samuel W,j3p(U
tun n, Stephen F. Weakly, ami all oilier persons
interested.
Greeting:
Whereas an appeal has hern entered andjiled.
in the UegisurS Office of Cumberland county,
dated the 22 t day uf December, A. 1). 1834, by
Simuel Ahxmder, Esquire, attorney for the
Rev. J »hn Wright and Jane his wife,
appealing from the <|ecrreof the Register ol said
r.niiniy, in the case of admitting to probate n cer
tain instrument of writing intrjj'Uting txi be the
•last will and testament of Margaret Weaklv, late
of Dickinson township, deceaset), healing date
the 14th day of; May A. I);- 1829, and praying
Ui it-a Keisters* Court may he convened for the
determination thereof agreeably to'law.
This is therefore to uotifv jou that V have ap
polled Thnrslaythc Bth day of April n*xt, at
10 o’clock A. M. at the Register's Office in. the
borough of Carlisle, when and Where a Regis
ter's Court .will be convened for- the purposes a*
foresaid, where you are nqucsUd to attend If
you think proper. *
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my
hand ami s<*al of office, this 2J:h day'of Febru
ary, A. D. 1841. • • ,v
ISAAC ANGNEY, Register.
Fur Sale, or to Let.
A first rate farm for sale or rent, situate with
in one half mile of the Horough uf Carlisle,
kupwn by the.name of Cul. McClure’s Farm,
containing
Two Hundred and Eighty •two Acres.
This Farm is well calculated lor a Grazing or
-B‘ocfe Farm. Possession will he giveji.of the u
b >ve property on the first of April next.
Enquire at Oak Grove Furnace, of
• CHRISTIAN TUUDIUM.
Oak Grove Furnace, March 4,1841. St.
Tallow, Soap Fat § Ashes,
WANTED at Gray’s Soap & Candle Facr
tory, fur .which the highest prices will be
p,,uu jLko:
for sale, which may answt r for early spring sow
ing, a few bushel, of 'prime Timothy Seed.
- : ALSO, ' '<
scveralCasks ol Wine £jf Cider Vinegar, strong
and:fine flavored, which will he sold wholesale
or retail, at moderate prices.' ' . •
■CarJis!ei ! Febi : uai-y.lB, Ifstl. , gt
-Estate of John Storey , deed
NOTICE.
LETTERS of administration on the' estate of
John Slurry, late of East I’ennsboru’ lowii
slup, Cumberland,county, dec’d., have been is
sued to. the subscribers residing In the same
township;; AU persons indebted to said estate
are requested to make payment immediately,
and those having clnims will present them with
out delay, to either of the subset ibers.
:---moses storey;
, JOHN SPROUT,
February 18. 1841., ' Adrni's.
BANK NOTICE.
the Carlisle Saving Fund So
fiy : ciety, will expire in 1813. , Notice is here
by erven, agreeably to; the constitution, and laws
of Pennsylvania, that the, stockholders of said in
stitution intend, applying to the next Legislature
of ithe Commonwealth for a renewal *pf/chartor,
change of name, style and title to : “Cumberland
Valley Bank,” increase of capital arid genoral dis
oonntmg and banking privileges,,*ll under 'such
restrictions as the Legislature may direct- The
above institution to be continued in Carlisle, Pa,'
JOHN J.M VERS, <
- 6m ; -
September 10, 1810,
r *
BY GEO! SANDERSON.]
Whole No. 1390.
.NOTICE ",
TO RRIDGE lIUIX.DJERS.
THE Commissioners 3 of Cumberland county
will receive proposals at the house of John
C’ornman, Esq. Innkeeper, in the borough of
Carlisle, on Thursday Ihcv 15th ,of April next*
between 9 and 12O’clock in tjic’forenoon, forthe
erection of agood {y substantial Wooden Bridge*
across the Couodoguinet 'Creek, at Benjamin
Ebqffy'sfording in the township oWEast Penns?
borough, of the following dimensions, to
-IV coutain in length ffom. one abutment to the
other two hundred and twenty feet, and eighteen
feet wide In the dear, the abutments to be about
fourteen feet* thick’each; there shall be two
spans of JlO .feet, each, aapported on good and
substantial stone abutments and pier, tfle said
abutments to be, built-in a splaying'direction,
with a regulajr slope, and'about 14 feet high
from 4he bqUom.of. tfie creek, from whence
wooden .nrclies are to be started, and extended
to'the said piefrln the centre of said creek, the
arches*to be.spf.ung about 6or 7 feet in thecen*
(tre? the floor to be dnjjble'floored withrtwo inch
plank, the upper ftoos oqk 4® the Ipwtr yellow,,
nine; the sides and pfbtejrft&to be sufficiently
nigh to admit covered,and hay wnggona to pass
through say’,l2 feet in the deaf, to-be<
closely topfe|berbo#rdcd .and. pairited red, the
whole roofed with, good white pine
shingles; tlfe whole wood work to be welj
.secured with iron bblts, ready eyes, &c. i from
tKe abutmentsTthc filling shall con
sisVof and stone, and well supported with
wing'walls.S feet high above the filling, extend
ing on each sideabout.2o feet from the bridge,
and as lilgh as the filling until the filling and
walling shall meet ll»V road with an ascent and
descent not exceeding fivh degrees elevation from
the road to said bridge? the wood work to be
built of sound and substantial timber; the stone
of-large good, slope, lime, and sand rnortiv
wyll pointed, and a direction board for each end
of said bridge. .The party contracting to give
surb such security as the Commissioners may
require for tfie f.lfthful performance- of the
wnrkmanshipmul permanency of.amd bridge.
Proposals to be accompaniAti ,
Should i:qiie of the proposals rrteet thAappr,oba
fmn of the Commissioners they will on trie same
dav, between the holifshf 2 and <5 oVl'ock in the
ufternonnv expqsc.lbe said bridge to public sale,
apd sell the i-amefrto the lowest and nest bidder.
JOHNGOBNMAN, ‘
1 ALEX._M.KEim;
MICHAEL MISHX^jRiR,'
.. N "Commissioneri);
Attest— John* Inwr?r. Clerk. • • •
Comnmsi.out'fV Office, ' *
Carlisle, February 25, 1841. y - .
PROCLAMATION.
PURSUANT to the provisions
thm of the act of the General Assembly o*
ibis Commonwealth, entitled, “An act to eslah*
lish a generaLsystem. of .Common Schools,” pass
ed the I3th of April 1854-, I hereby give notice
to all the citizens in the several School Districts
in tiie fdnnty of Cumberland, to meet in their
respective townsf. Ips and boroughs, at theptaces
where they hold their elections for Supervisors,
Town Council, and Constables, on the Third
Friday ami 19th day of March instant; then'and
there ehot TwoCitizensofeach School District;
to serve three years as School Directors of said
Districts ie.sp< ctivelyj wfpeh elections are to be,
condin led and held in the same manner as elec
tions fur Supervisors and Constables are by law
held and condUcudV
PAUL MARTIN, Sheriff.
Sheriff’s Office, Carlisle; March 4,*184i.
PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS- the Hon. Samuel Hepburn,
President-Judge of the Court of Cniiiinoii
Pleas in the counties of Cumberland, Perry and
Juniata, and the lion, John Stuart and John Le
fevre. Judges of the said Court of Common Pleas
of the enumy of Cumbeiland, have issued tflejr
precept bearing date the 16th day of January,
1811, and to me directed, for holding a Court ol
Oyer and Terminer, and General Jail Deliver),
and General Quarter Sessions of the Peace, at
Carlisle, on the second Monday <i! April, 1811,
(being the 12th clay,).at ID o’clock in the fore
noon, ‘
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
to the Coroner, Justices of the Peace, and Con
stables of the said county of CunibeiJ mil, that
they be then and there fn their, proper persons,
with their records. Inquisitions, Examinations,
and other Remembrances, to- do those tilings
which to their offices respectively, appertain.—
And .those who are bound by reconizances' to
prosecute against the prisoners that aie, or then
may be, in the Jail ol Cumberland county,' to be
Jhcii and there to prosecute against them as
'shall be just.
Dated at Carlisle, the 4th day of March 1841,
and the 6Jih year of American Independence.
PAUL, MAR TIN, Sheriff.
L.IST OF CAUSES ,
For Trial at the 'April Term 1841 , First
IFeek, commencing 12 th .April A. D. 1841.
Rail Road . vs' Sponslar
Jtinkih vs Junliin *
/ ICritzer vs Miley
Montgomery • vs Irvind
ICeeny ■ „■ vs , Woodburn
Mole & Brother v« Lino 1 '
Moore vs Layoff
Jcnnison • vs Roberts
Rcifflo vs Alii
McFarlano vs Poulk
Second Week, commencing 1 9tk April 1841.
Noblo . vs Comly
. Grubb, vs , , Croft,
Sclnvardts vs McHoea
Ege- vs Caufinan .
Carothors vs ■ Hetrick.
Givin , vs Armor ~
Miller vsj Loidig
Ulrich- vs Bollinger
Bank vs Barber “
Woods vs Bredin.
Bohn ■ vs Foulk
MbClay vs , Kochnour ~ F
Lane 'J_ vs Armor ; .. r ._,
Laniberton ' vs Noble ‘"t
McCoy vs " Miller
Garre taon vs Holcomb
Clippinger vs Moore 1
Ramsey. - —vs Craighead • -
; Kennedy r" .vs Nelson
,O’Donnell ,vs Craighead - .
Marsh etal. / . va ; ' Woodburn
. . Kelly, vs /Crowell-
GEO. SANDERSON,“Proth'y.
caution.
■WTOI IGE la' hereby given, that tiny person
IN cutting or carrying uway : ti mber, hoop poles,
rails, or any, .other .thing, oh or from the Mount
Holly Estate, without my authority in' writing,
shall be prosecuted as a trespasser, according to
law; and all persons'arechuljoned against
ingTents, except to myself; or to my written or- !
derias there la no agent authorized by me to act;
in these matters, n6r do 1 intend to appoint any,
' WM-GRIMSHAW. /
Attorney of the Farmers 6T Mechanics Bank./
' 11. 1841. "I
Carlisle, Pa. Thttrsday March 18, 1841.
LIST OF LETTERS
Remaining in'the -Post Office CARueiß.Pa.
February 28f/t, 1841. - ' : ’’
Friqtfirers ttiill please say ddvertised.
Armor EdwardGenl Haftnan Catherine
'Alexander Thomas . ’’Hampton Thomas D
Angle Odvitl ; ’ ‘ Haverstick Michael
BreciibilLPhilip ■ Harkness Isabella
Berlin Joel Irwin Armstrong.
Buttbrf Erfcdetick Ju'ncmann Carl
Browu Jnchb '•••" ’ Johnson John j
Baker Mikle ’' '■ Johns John
BareJbllnJunr ' ' Jacobs Henry
Bradley Thomas Keagly Joseph
Beck'M * 11 Lehman Jacob 2
Bautz, Charles 2 Latshaw Joseph
Bretz Jpcob Lanharr George,
Brown Moses Lcidig / Havid
Bellas Hugh Esq Lenhart Samuel
Bel) Sarali Mrs Martin William
Beltzhoover Michael Myers Henry
Brown William ? Mihick John 2
Inkccper 2 5 Miller David
Brandt Michael, • Mountz Daniel 2 ,
Bo’gg Wilson . . Mathews Worley B
Bvenncmhn M Esq Miller J C
Borland William Murphy Jessee 1
Budeh Surah- s' McClure Priscilla J
Blackbornc Cater McLaughlin Thomas
Beltzhoover M G McCawley William
Craig Hugh 4 - McGrcer Joseph )
Cunningham A or Samuel 5
Carothers GeorgeK. McGrawHugh B
Cremar John Newell James
Campbell Maria S Newcommer Abraham
Cooper Harriet Powel Polly
Campbell Sophia Plank Samuel
Cook Stephen Risser Jacob
Uillcr Benjamin , Randolph Eliza
Dobson John' - Robinson Hunter.
Dancehi John Rhoads Mis.
SeweyJac'ohT ’■ ■ . RitnerJolm -
Davis James , • ; Riclmrdson John
Dunbar Isabelle ’Smith Thornton
Diller'Eliziibeth Styles Daniel
Ejge Michael Shrom. Jacob’ ■
lirreb John , Sticker William
Erb Elizabeth Spangler Rebecca
Edmund >Alexalitler Swigcrt George.
Frye Jacob - Sanderson,David‘2
Grove Henry, Smith D an 'el Esq
JGraham William S ’ Shuffner David ’
Givler Benjamin 2 . Seri’t Mis '
Galbraith T M Esq Strigler Jacob
Goodslmll Jacob Smith Ely
Gipp Henry . Sharbouu Daniel
Galbraith Thompson Trout William ' .
Grouse Adam , Thompson Mary
Gorgas-John D . Wise Barbara
Graham Martin Winship Oscar F
Gardner Franklin Williams,David 2
Hare John Jr WiseiLeoiiard ,
H u ffinau. Margaret Webert 11 en ry
Harris Samuel Wareham Mary Aon
Havestick David Woods Jane M
Hartz Conrud • Werts Janies
Huckett James Esq Zcrman John
Hollinger Daniel Zeigler Jacob
Holmes Eliza Zell Peter
..... R. LAMBERTON. P. M.
tumttEJv see ns.
I have just received my usual supply of fresh
.t HI) E N SEEPS,
which may he had either in papers or in bulk at'
the agency store.
; JOHN GRAY.
Carlisle, March 2,1841 3t eow.
LAY & STOUFFER’S
JVcvd Foundry and, Machine
Shop.
The subscribers thankful for past favors, here
by notify the public that they still continue at
their stand-in Main Street, a few triors-cast of
the Jail, where they are prepared to do afshort
nolict • ’'
-
OJ- ALL KINDS, such as Turning Lathes,
Jlpph: Nuts, Planter breakers. Corn shelters.
Hollow Jlnvils, MandriPs Patent Machines
for bending Wagon Tyres, Wagon boxes
and Coach boxeijqf dll sizes. Stove Plates ,
Mill Castings, 4'c 1 . sc. They will also build
II Olt S E PO WER S
:■ ’■ ' AND
JCim VSIHNR MACHINES,
■and rib all kinds of repairing, as they are well
prepared with patterns of various kinds. They
will also manufacture Cuttiiig.buxcs, &r. &c.
.;TllCy-are also prepared to execute patterns
for ..Mill Gearing, and of every kind, at short
notice.
' Also, on hand a lot of Withrrbw’s Improved
Patent Ploughs, which they will dispose of rea
sonubly. '
GEORGE LAY,
■ ■ ,ABRAHAMSTOUFFER.
Carlisle, March,4, 1841.
Estate'of Nancy C, Fleming, deceased.
' Letters of administration, with tho will annexed,
on the estate of Nancy C Fleming, lata of South
Middleton tbwnshp, have been Issued to (he sub
scriber,residing in the same township, -All per
sons indebted to said estate will- make - payment,
and those having claims will present them for
settlement. , . f,-,’,
WILSONFLEMING.
fit.*
March, 4,1841
DISSOLUTION.
The partnership heretofore existing between the
subscribers trading-under the firm of W. BARR
& CO. is dissolvcd by the.withdrawal of the Ju
nior partner. The- Books, Notee &c are-in the
hands of D. S DUNLAP, \yhp; will settle the
business of the late firm.
WILLIAM BARR,
1 DANIEL S DUNLAP.
’ Ncwville, March 4; 1841. ~f, ■: f
, The Store will be continued'Vy-‘the subscriber
wlio will bo-pleased 1 to : accommodate tho cealo.
mere ofthe old firm, and the public generally.
- WILLIAM BARR. ;
V Estate of Abraham Goodyear, dec’d, V
notice.
W ETXERS of administ ration on the estatejof
■ i Abraham Good jear,_dec’dlate. of.Smnh
Middleton tovyhshtpf Guatbeiland have
beeti issued 1 to theVrobscrlbcr residing insaid
are-feqncsted to rnakepayment immediately,
dud these haymijclaims to them proper;;
tWautheiilicaled withoiit delay. ,
. T'T'"'. ", v . JACOB GOODYEAR, -
M.rrh 11. 1?41. 9
‘‘ODRCOUNTRV RIGHT OR WRONG.”
: s For the'Folunlesr,
The heart that throbs Tor one it know.
Can give no kind return^
Will still indulge a thought on those
For whom this heart doth yoara.
The hand that writes those accents hare,
. Was never clasp’d in thine;
Nor has thy voice o’er reached my ear,
To say thy heart was mino.
Ah no! it is that placid eye
That beams with light divine, ,
Thst often steals a heaving sigh,-
As if.it were no crime' '»
But here let delicacy pause,
And drop her wonted pride,
Sindfe she is doom’d a veil to draw,
Her modest blushto hide.
And Was thLi. heart insilcnco smote, _
In secret it has mourned;
Yet oft a silent thankful note
To Heaven I have returned.
’Tis life’? glorious rainbow tint,
The golden clgud'pf even;
t dne Uttfe.glcanrof 1 Angels’ bliss,' 1
Reflected back from hoaven-i "f
Rope ie a bark that’s often wreck'd.
By sorrow’s darkening wave,
• A (iow’r that’s bftnest found to bloom,
Around an, early grave.
A phantom bright, which seems lo live.
To flit and fade away,
Like sun-set with its azure shade,
Bedecks the dying day.
Penna. 1840.
TAKING CARE OF ‘‘THE PEOPLE.”
It is wonderful to hear the friends of our rickety
Banking system exclaiming, “Give tho. Banks
time; do not lay rash hands upon them; not for
their sake, but fob the sake of the people,” —
This is a very commendable precautionary gene
rosity; but unfortunately it is m'ainfcstod too late.
Where was yotir bepevolence, gentlemen, when
the U. States Bank loaned to the great Beef spec
ulator its hundreds of thousands of dollars; thus,
by a mete stroke of the Cashier's pen, raising tho
price of beef to an exorbitant height, ai> that no
poor man could buy a pound, and preventing all
those for whom bank accommodations are intended,
from getting a solitary cent discounted! Surely
this was not done for the take of the people ! Was
it for tho sake of the people that, by Mr. Biddle's
gamblingin Vicksburg and Kentucky Bank stocks,
and in Mississippi cotton, the stock of the United
States Bank, that was purchased for $l3O, is now
down, and .begging for buyers at that, to 8161—
Was it for tho Sake of the people that the Schuyl
kill bank went ofi in the high road of ruin, and by
a false show lured the poor widow and orphan into
its foils, so that it might break more jprnJUab'lyt—
Was it for the sake.of the people that the city-and
some of. the country, banks left their legitimate
channels and poured their funds into foreign pro
jects, bareing their vaults in speculations, and re
fusing to discount a dollar for the industrious me
chanic and tradesman? .Was it for the sake of the
people that Mr. Biddle was presented with that
gorgeous service of silver plate, valued afso many
thousands, enough to provide for and clothe hun
dreds of those wretched creatures who are shiver
ing in the highways and by-ways of our towns
and cities? Was it for the sake of the people that
a favorite could procure thousands from, a bank,
only to run himself into debt to "every .unsuspect
ing man; and break with full hands?., ,
Take care, cunning sirs! You have sung this
.sohg*so' often that it is worn out. The theme is
a pregrjant and-eloquent orie; but there has been
too much unblushing rascality perpetrated under
its ample, protection, Robespierre dabbled his
hand in blood while screaming “Reason and tho
Conatitiitioh Tiililligtnar.: t
DESCRIPTION OP WHIG PROJECTS BY
, The accounts from Washington state that ah ex-'
tra session will be held in May next, in all-prob
ability,,to lay the foundation of the financial policy
of the now. administration. The present policy
appears to be to magnify, in every possible way
the indebtedness of the present Government. For
this.purposo the letters from Washington ate filled
with the most 'absurd statements of debts and de
ficiencies, the amount of which they swell to near
810,000,000.-’ This fancied debt is to be made the
apology for, the most gigantic schemes of specula
tion and taxation. The measures to be dismissed
at the extra session are an increase of the tariff, a
repeal of the Siib. Treasury, a distribution of the
public lands, a bankrupt law, and lastly, as if in'
mockery of the whole, to consider. the-moans of
diminjshing the expenses of the Federal Goyerc
ment. , They pretend there is a debt "which must
be funded.! This will be a nucleusfor an indefinite
accumulation' of a national debt. -. The next pref
erence is. that.tho revenue is ; ahort, and must be
replenished.. At the same moment the proposition
is made to diminish the revenue still further,.by
arstributing the proceeds, ofthe public.lands,; in,
order io- bolster, tho insolvent State'Government.
To increaso the revenue it, is propoaed to lay a fox
upon.Bilkß’and .wirießj.undcr tho name of luxuries.'
If the deficiency were real the,method pointed put
by Mr. Woodbury, in his last reporhito increase
it by a’duty on ftoagoods, wpuld!bo!the:snly,tnie
way of remedying ill- - The deficienoymt hoWe’yor,
Ip fie created ■ by-squaridoringaWby -- the proceeds of
the pubUc ,lands; replaced by op-
From the Advocate,
LOVE AND HOPE.
BV “MonOS MULTICADMS.”
Loe; is but a sunny dream,
Ono summer scene of bliss,
An echo of another land,
- A fairer land than this.
A WHIG.
[AT TWO DOLLARS PER ANNHM
New Series—VoLB.No. 40.
Speculation and stockjobbing.' The .fallen, credit
of the State is. to bo resuseiated by the Federal
Government—a new National Bank to be started,
based upon a national debt, and the extravagance
of the whole to be supplied by burdehs'npon the
people in. the shape of duties, until they are ground
to tho earth like those of England.— N. Y. Herald,
In a report made by. Mr. Woodbury to the Sen
ate'of the United States on the 13th ult., in pur
suance of a resolution to that effect, is the follow
ing summary. , , •
1. Losses to the. Government
and tho people by Bank fail
ures from tho organization of
the Government to tho pres
ent time. .. 8108,885,721
3. -Losses by suspension of
. . specie, payments by banks
and consequent deprecia
tions of their notes. . £5,000,000
3. Losses by destruction of
Bank notes by accidents. ‘ 7,131,333
4. Losses by counterfeit bank c
■ notes beyond losses by coin. 4,444,444
5. Losses by fluctuation in ■ '
Bank currency affecting pri
ces, extravagance in living,
sacrifices in property, and
by; only a part of the other
incidents to tho . banking
system not computed above
. nt leasts 160,000,000
, 8365,441,497
Ho also estimates, from the discounts of banks
that tho whole amount of payments made to the
banks for the use of them, their capital &c. during
tho last ten years, libs been in the aggrogate.
8282,000,000
Annually, on an average, 28,800,000
Amount of bank capital ip the United
States owned abroad. ■ 35,655,500
Ho also estimated the amount of Bank ' -
notea'inthe country ia-1810 at $108,000,0()0i
'Amount;<3fepccie in the oountry in
r 1840. . : ■ - - 83,OO0;OOO
Whole circulating medium.idylhe.country per
head of Bank notes and_coin eleven dollars..
THE ’ARMTfv AND MILITIA OF THE
UNITED STATES
-In the somewhat critical condition-of bur
relations with Great Britain, the inquiry be
comes injercstiiig-r-what is the disposable
force of the United States at the present
moment? The official Army Register for
1841, which.has jUst been published, fur
nishes an answer to that query, so far, at
least, as to the number of men enlisted and
enrolled in our Army and Militia.
Mbany Daily Jhlv.
Of the. Regular Army, the General
Staff numbers
Medical Department numbers
Pay , " “
Purchasing “ “
Corps of Engineers, ” 4 3
Corps of Topographical Engineers 36
Ordnanc%Departmcnt numbers 322
2 Reg’ts Dragoons
4 Artillery " 8,020
8 - “ Infantry " 7,49 C
<■ Grand aggregate, 12,530
It may be, truly said of our little army
that it is admirably well-oificcrcd and in
excellent condition for service.. The aggre
gate of the Militia in the several States and
Territories of'the Union is as follows:
Maine, . 45,633
New Hampshire,, , 28,762
" 47,621
Vermont, 26,307
Rhode, Island, 1,377
- Connecticut, 40,072
New York, , 169,435
New Jersey, 39,171
Pennsylvania, 257,178
Delaware, 9,229
Maryland, 46,864
Virginia, 105,522
North Carolina, -i-- 65,218
Sou th Carolina, 31,112
Georgia, .57,308
Alabama, 44,332
Louisiana, I^,BoB
Mississippi, 37,250
Tennessee, 60,982
Kentucky, 78,385
Ohio, 146,428
Indiana; - >53,913
Illinois, ‘ 27,386
Missouri, ' . » 84,856
Arkansas, ■ 2,028
Michigan, 5_,476
Florida• Territory, * 827
Wisconsin Territory, • 5,223
District of Columbia, . - 1,240
{Brand aggregate.
Gun Western Mineral Resources,
. A recent communication from the War
Department to the U. S. Senate, being the
report of Dr. King, tlie Unitcil States Agent
for the lead mines, contains-much valuable
information, in relation to the manner of dis
posing of the mineral lands, and to the de
velopement of the resources of the mineral
region.: According to the report, the miner
al region of Missouri and the North-west
was already ascertained to exceed the entire
arena of the great State of Pennsylvania; and
by more recent explorations of (he geologists,
Dr. Ovven and- Col. Nicolet, (•** addition to
those of Dr. King,) this mineral region was
believed to. exceed ■ the ;surface of the two
largest States of the Union. It is the most
fertile in soil, as; well as- the richest and
most extensive mineral region in -the world.
Among other valuable mihefals’in this great
region -Ure -iron; lead, copper and zinc. In
lead the quantity produced had augmented
fromSSS.OOO lbs. in 1825,t0 33,600,000 lbs.
in 1839, worth, at New York, 81,500,000.
We have thus risen, in less than a quarter
of a century,; from nothing to the- third on
the lisl of natibhsjwhich produce lead; and
at the satiJe ratio, of augmentation;- we^shall,
in. twenty attljfthwdoflnaiiw,
IwKenpii js -niayi-Mi-W
not duly ’ iupply our- own market, but-;that
lead vial becume:A;l#d article -of expert.--
Aft to js stilt gvcatei.
Ourjmporls of copperjn 1889,amounted to
• AGENTS. ■;*
John MooßEtEsq. Ncwvtll
Joseph M. Means, Esq. Hopewell township.
John Wunderlich. Esq. Shippensburg.
William M. Mateeb, Esq. Lee's X Roads.
Jijhn.Mehafey, Dickinson township.
John Clevsehih, Jr. Esn. ( ,Hogestown.
George F. Cain, Esq. Mocbauicsbuig
Frederick Wondeßlich, . do,
James Elliott, Esq. Springfield’.
Daniel KBYsiiEß.'Esq. Churchtown..
Jacob Loncnecker, Esq. Wormlcyshurg.
GeohUß Ernest, Cedar Spring, Allen tp,
Martin, G. Rupp, Esq. Shiremanstown,
within a small, fraction, t of 62,000,000.
When we Consider copper, not only, as a
coin for small change, but its many valuable,
uses in manufactures, the importance of the
subject will.be perceived. The mineral.re
gion of copper, lead, , zinc,'magnesia, &c.
Extends from Lake Superior until it falls off
into the lower altitudes of the Stales of Ill
inois, Missouri, and the,Territory of Wis
consin and lowa, where the vast coal fields
and salt formations commence from the banks
of the Ohio to (he iuot of the spurs of .the
Rocky Mountains, where you again ascend
'from this great basin into the Ozark chain of
hills. It again commences on the borders
of the Mississippi and Missouri, taking a
south Westerly directibrf, until it unites with
the mountains bordering on the Rio del
Norte. Throughout-this vast extent are
scattered mineral wealth, inexhaustible in
quantity, whole mountains of iron ore, &c.
At' this time, England is the gjeatest- lead
country in the world, producing annually
100,000,000 lbs. while the rest of- Europe
does not produce more than 50,000,009. In
.seventeen years the United Stales has raised
from 6,000,000 to 36,000,000. What, with
such boundless resources, may not be antici
pated in’seventeen years more? The de
velopement of our mineral resources in this
great region depends chiefly on improve
ments—first, in mining, second, in smelting,
and third, in the manner of disposing of the
mineral lands; and it was to this last subject
that the attention of the Senate was desired,
and which, after mature deliberation, it was ••
hoped would be finally adjusted at the next
session.
WHAT DOES IT MEAN f
' Intelligence lias, been ..received in Plnla- ,
delphia, from the BWtislrWest Tndjcs^stii-' J
ting that ordersted'sfime'flhie since reaefieef''
the Islands; from the British Government, to
Wthcdialdly discipline 25.000 colored men,
as soldiers, in addition to the ordinary col
ored militia an.d regulars of the Inlands. —‘
.This movement, in connection’with the con
struction of war steamers upon the lakes,
and the fact that every third man in Canada
is subject toregular militia duty, ahouldei
cite the attention of Congress to prepare our
frontier and seaport towns for immediate de
fence in case of war with Great Britain-
The Boundary question both of Maine.and
the Oregon territory i the-McLcod case, &c.
are not ti) be definitely settled without much
difficulty, and the country should beToi tided,
in advance of a conflict, that the croakings
of that portion of the American press who
appear to fear (he power of Great Britain,
should be hoofed at as unworthy the notice
of the American public.— N. 1. Standard,
Lime in Planting Trees. —An English pa
per says that a large plantation o( trees, with
in the last few years has been funned with
out the loss of a single trfee, and this has beep
achieved by a simple process; it is merely
putting a small quantity of lime in the hole
with the plant. About four bushels of lime
will suffice fur an acre. It must be thorough
ly mixed and incorporated with the mould
before the' plant is inserted. The effect of,
lime is to push on the growth of the plant in
the first precarious state; new - fibres begin
to form and ramify, from the taproot, and
not only is the safeiy insured, but its growth
is advanced in double ratio. There existed
at first an.apprehension that liming the plant
would force it on prematurely, but this ap
prehensipn is proved to have been groundless.
1,498
Valuable Cows. —At a recent Agiicullu
ral meeting in. Boston, MV. Colman, the Stale
agent, made, the following statement con
cerning the improvement of pur Breed of
cows:
He proceeded to speak of some remarka
ble animals of our native,breed which had
fallen under bis observation. The Oakes
cow, which in one instance made 19J lbs
butter per week; an average of more than
16. lbs. per week for three months in succes
sion; and 484 lbs. from Ist to .May to .the
30th Decemberin one year, besides suckling
a Calf for six weeks; of the Nourse cow, for
merly owned by Col Pickering, from which
more than 14 lbs. per week were obtained
for four successive months; of 'a cow at
Stockbridge, which in three successive years
made 900 ibs. butter: of a cow owned in
-355 lbs. butter
in one year: and a cow in North Adams
which produced 425'lbs, butter in one year.
Ca!l at Kennedy's Shop if you want
CHEAP^miAGES.
THE subscriber has now on handam) is finish.*
Ing, between SO and €0 Carriages, ol differ
ent prices and patterns) sucteas ’ ■
COACHES,
FALLING TOP BAROUCHES,
Standing Top Family Carriages. Tilburies ami
Buggies of every variety.. Both Carriages apd.
Tilburies will be sold cheaper than ever oftViied
in this country before, prices glOOtp 55jt00 for
Cash or. good-Paper. Having : w very? heavy
stock on hand,, the subscriber will,be induced to
seli very low, and hopes that pefsbiw.wishingjo.
purchase Carriages will gtve liim a call betoro
going elsewhere. _ ,
Also, a large "assortment DI Silver, Brass and
sarwbbs, -■ • 1
botlMDouble and Single. The: above Work is
made by first rate Workmen, 6nd of the Choicest
done as usual at the subscriber’s
Shops, situate"■ on Pitt street, immediately, in
rear of tin- Methodist Church, and near Ihe-KaU
fW*** ;; ' F. A. KENNEDY.
Carlisle, March 11, 1841. .. > .' L v:'v,'".
1,503,592
'"Pay’Vout Coats and Save 'Caste i ‘
•AUCOSTS.ducoatlie J)Qckelanf_the>ub. :
scrilier, Will be collected with Costs after tho
first day of April next ,
; i ROHKHT SNODURASS,
. Carlisle, March 4,1841. \