reconsideration of the rev
■ . ENUR BILL. V
Tuesday, May 4, 1841.
, Mr. IIOLEMANand Mr. GAMBLE
moved to reconsider the vote by which the
revenue bill which had been vetoed by the
Governor hud been rejected.
Mr. HOLEMAN said that he had con
tended against this bill in all its different
stages, and had opposed it with all the abil
ity he possessed, in the hope of defeating it
or at least of obtaining some,compromise on
which gentlemen could meet on common
gdulid., Hc was now however afaciut to vote
for it, not because he was pleased with it,
not because it met his views,' and not be
cause he believed that it was the best bill
which could be obtained, but because it was
th ewity bill which they could get,. The
time for ndjduihuVcnt was now drawing rap
idly to a close, and he saw that there was
>llO opportunity of getting any other bill; and
he plainly saw that ruin and distress must
follow, it they separated and left this place
without providing some means by which the
government was to be curried on. The
whole operations of government must cease
if we do not provide some means for sustain
ing, however objectionable that means might
be. He was aware that his constituents
were opposed to many of (he provisions of
this bill, and would perhaps not approve of
bis voting for it under apy other/circumstan
ces, but he did believe that in our present
situation and when it was known that, no n-
tlier measure ol J relief could be. obtained,
that they would, not censure him for the vote
which he. was now about to cast. If so he
was prepared to meet the worst; and it would
hereafter be a consolation to know, that he
had given this vote from pure motives, and
to believe that in doing so he hud dune the
country some little service.
Mr. WRIGHT said—Mr. Speaker, I shall
vote fur this bill. Painful as it may be, and
strange as it may seem, lam compelled from
to adopt this course, although
every part and parcel of it relating to the
Banks and Currency I condemn—Nay sir,
I despise it. And during the whole of this
session on every vote I have given, my name
will be found recorded on the Journals of
the H(iU§e'against it—ami this has been of
..ten. T
’’SppOst’dtS if a{jj3r pemps"may~censure my
■vote at this time. But, this is the close "of
the session. The last day of-it, and before
six hours the house will- have adjourned.—
Are we to return home sir witjiout making
any provisions for the paymetjt of our do
mestic creditors? A Treasury empty—and
loans_ falling due in June and August .with
out one cent to pay them? Are the soldiers
who are the subjects of the State’s bounty—
and who fouglit-the battles of freedom, to be
turned off penny less? The door of relief to
be shut.upun the Asylums-of (hedeaf, dumb
and the blind? The inmates of the House
of Refuge to be unprovided for?
These sir,-arc- important-questions—and
it becomes'a matter of serious importance to
consider whether we shall accept from the
hands of the.majority such legislation as we
can get —or have none at all. 1 have resist
ed in my place, the obnoxious and despica
ble features of this bill, from time to time,
in the vain hope of getting something that
might properly become a law. It cannot be
done—and even-now sir, I would disdain to
vote for this bill was not the whole northern
part of the state dependent on the appropri
ations contained in it. Five hundred and
thirteen thousand dollars of its appropria
tion is due to the North Branch canal.—
From time to time we have been fold by the
majority party of this House—that this mo
ney should not be raised in any other shape
than provided for in this bill. And that too
in sneering language. To vote for this bill
and pay those honest creditors I sacrifice
the principles dear to myself and dear to
my parly. To refuse my assent—inevitable
ruin will follow to them. Many of them
sir, have been about these halls for months
begging fur that which they had a right to
'demand. Imploring legislation—and asking
for a small portion of what was due to save
their property from the hands of the officers
of the law—and this day sir, on my foad to
the Capitol, one of them turned from me
with tears —and begging that something
might be done for his relief. Others sir,
since the meeting of this renowned legisla
ture have been compelled to apply for the
benefit of the insolvSbt laws. It is sir. Tor
the relief of those men that I am compelled
to step beyond what I regard, the path of
duty. Satisfied that there is no way left
but to swallow this bill with all its deformi
ties—and receive as a reward, perhaps, no
small share of public odium. It is a duty I
owe these, my suffering constituents, to ren
der them a partial compensation for lone de
'toywfjostiW.'" ~ • r ■—
..But sir, this is not all, every cent for the•
support of the government is unappropria
ted—and if this bill does not’pass—the State
will be entirely bankrupt. ■ 1 have said time
and time again, I could under no circum
stances consent to the issue of small miles
nor a further bank suspension—anti to vote
for it now is- the deepest-humiliation,- and
nothing but a feeling of sensibility for the
suffering creditors of the Commonw'eallh
could-induce me for a moment to think of
it,’ 'And in voting for the bill; I am voting
against the dictates of my own conscience—
and for that which I believe to be wrong in
principle, and is repugnant to my feelings.
The necessity of the case is my only pica.
- Hare sir, we have it all together. Banks
and currency—appropriations and suspen
sions. It ia reserved for the wisdom of
modern legislation, to force on the people
the most loathsome measures with' the ne
cessary- matters for the affairs of the govern
ment. This Dill or nothing. Were it my
own case I would never consent to palm off
on the country such law; but for the benefit
■of others it may be my.duty to do it. .
Nothing from the minority of the house
can meet with 1 favor. No measures origin
ating with thejn cap. become a law. A poor
contractor for work [lone upon your canals
and rail roads cannot be-paid until he be
come literally .bankrupt and then the bill
grahting reliermust confer some new privi
ly HP. on a bank. It is really a fearful cri
sis;' The features of this bill relating to the
banks I shall hot now discuss;: ’ I.havesir,
oh litis,' fiber: declared' agbinst them, and
pDintedflutthebadconsequencesthatmust
flow.frprn_ them.: I am now. sensible, the
countiry'will-feel for years the bad effects of
itt but sir, that the government may be.car-
Vied on—that the water may not be let out
of your canal*—and the locomotives remo
ved from your rail roads —and your foreign
and domestic creditors go unpaid—l feel it
n duty to vote for the bill bad as it is, and
trust that the people of Pennsylvania will
correct these evils before another year shall
pass round. There is a clause sir, in the
bill which makes the whole the legitimate
object of future legislation. The evils for a
I year can be endured,“and let us trust and
..hope for.a better state of things.
The failure on the part of the state to pay
a half a million pf dollars and upwards, due
-to the-cilizcns of Luzerne and. Bradford,
will cause unparalleled distress. Hundreds
of worthy and industrious citizens will be
reduced to absolute beggary and want. Men
sir, who'have involved all their property on
the faith and credit of (he state, but yester
day-in affluent circumstances willbc penny
less to-morrow. The whole north will feel
the simek. It is; sir, for the relief of these
men I vote, not because.l,?an give the bill
my sanction, and these creditors paid, and
the necessary provisions for carrying on the
government, and I would most cheerfully
vote for the instantaneous repeal of the bill.
It is not for the benefit of the bank^ —(heir
small notes, irredeemable in specie, and their
suspensions; but to save thousands from ru
in. My motive is a good one, and duty re
quires me to take some'obnoxious provisions
of the bill, to secure what there is in it of
importance'. But sir, were they separate—
were the bank privileges in a separate bill,
I would suiter any privrrtmtrbcforo-T-would- -
ever give my assent to it. The Executive has
given the bill his veto, to every portion of
that message l yield myassehtand sanction.
The last day of the session come and noth
ing offered in the place'of it. Oh the eve of
an adjournment and nothing done.
Political qapital, and distress and misery"
to the people of the commonwealth. This
has been jthe rule of action of the party in
power in this legislative body. Obstacle af
ter obstable tlirowq in the way of the Exec
utive-bills that he could hot approve and
be a man of consistency. Every embarrass
ment thrown in bis way to achieve a bank
victory, or ruin and desolation to the coun
try. Sir, it will be the most painful, act in
my whole life to record my name in favor.
bill. . It is to
fife;; r stniiV ‘'thaitr.the ■
fair fjime of my native commonwealth
may not by' possibility become a theme
and subject of reproach, and that her
honest creditors may’not Knock in vain at’
the door of (ter treasury, that the war worn
veteran may not in his old age feel the gripe
of poverty, because his poor pittance cannot
be allowed him unless connected with some
banking privilege. These sir, are -my trea
sons for voting lor the bill, and I again say
I despise its principal feature, as much as I
dp the manner in which it has been forced
npbn us. It is this or nothing, and bad as
It may be, and-as objectionable as it is, we
-are cumpelled to receive.it.as..the, best boon
from our whig rulers. Let the people in .
their sovereignty correct the abuse at the
earliest possible period. Sir, I have nothing
more to say. ,
Mr. GAMBLE, said he had seconded the
motion to reconsider and he .had made up
his mind to record his vote in favor of this
bill. He did so with more reluctance, with
more heartfelt regret, than he ever done any
public act in his life; but he was impelled to
make the sacrifice great as it was, from an
imperious anti overwhelming sense of duly.
Sir, the principles of the two great political
parties of this commonwealth have been re
presented upon this floor with zeal and abil
ity. For a period of four months, they had
been in session laboring indcfittigably to re
concile differences of opinion honestly en
tertained, he was bound to believe, and to,
meet,upon some principle of compromise,
which' would afford relief to a suffering com
munity, and sustain untarnished (he faith
and fame of this great state. Sir, sa'.d Mr.
G.'iu my ardent desire to see this accom
plished I felt, as the sequel has proved, too
sanguine of the result. It is now'too late
to indulge in crimination, but I must say
that the party in the majority in this house
has not acted with (hat liberality, and gen
erous compromising disposition, that the de
mocratic party merited, and had a right to
expect at their hands. Sir, although we are
in the minority in- these halls, the.great par
ty weVepresenLare entitled to (he.respect
of the majority here. The principles cher
ished and maintained by bur public men
since the organization of our government,
have met the approbation of a majority of
the people of this commonwealth; and com
manded (he admiration of (he citizens of (he
United States. I am willing to. accord to
gentlemen opposed to (hose principles and
enttGaining different opinions of policy, an
equal ariiountbrpatribtism and lovepf coun
try, claimed for myself and the party with
which I have the honor of being united, but
I must solemnly protest against the arbitra
ry course they have adopted'and pursued
with unyielding pertinacity, regardless of
consequences, throughout this session. Sir,
what have they yielded, what sacrifice of
cherished doctrines ImveThcy made;’ to ac
-complish what all profess so ardently to de
sire? None! On the other hand, what
have we not been asked to yield, what have
we been-required to submit to, or go back to
opr constituents, (he harbengers of- state
bankruptcy and general ruin. ; We came
here opposed to the issue of small notes—
the party we represent twelve years ago as
sumed'a position hostile to such a circulat
ing medium and abolishes it, believing'that
it would increase the circulation of-a sub
stantial metalic currency—and this too sir,
when these notes were .redeemable _ at the:
pleasure of the holder iri gold or silver.—
Now,“We are asked to submit to the issue of
such a currency—redeemable only in State
stock, now thirty per.cent below pad. We
came here hostile, to suspensions bf specie
payments by the banks, and many of us in
structed -tococrce the banks into an obser
vance.of thelaws, and an unlimited redemp
tion of their liabilities. Now we are requi
red to submit toanother suspension, worse
and more uncertain in its duration than its
predecessors; Tins' is the expedient, the
miserable expedient we arc forced to adopt
—dr'.suffer'consequences-fearful to contem
plate. .. What Pennsylvanian can contem
plate without shame and.-the-' most humilia
ting regret, the dishonor, the abiding dis
grace that must tarnish the character ahd’
credit of our beloved commonwealth at.hqme
and abroad by failure, to:raect her plighted
faith.. Anil yet this is the consequence,
certain ami unavoidable! And this bill, the
only alternative, that the njajority here are,
willing to yield us. Sir I was.slow to be
lieve, that this course would be - persisted
in, although for weeks threatened. I still
fondly cherished the hope that a compromise
might and would be effected—those hopes
are no,\v blasted, we are within a few hours
of final'Separation. My course is adopicil.
A little band of us have determined to throw
ourselves irt the breach; and if need be, sa
crifice ourselves,to save the Commonwealth
and avert general ruin and distress. I am
about to cast the first vote iti my life con
trhry'td'the principles'and policy of the de
mocratic party, and I yield lit this late hour,
only under the most imperious sense of du
ty* 1 believe sir, my constituents will ap
prove of my course—they will see by my
votes that I have opposed this bill from its
first introduction, in-every "Stage of its" pro
gress through this House, and until cyery
prospect of effecting anything else is totally
blasted. We have an earnest of the anxie
ty that is felt throughout this Commonwealth
by the crowded and excited assemblage in
this Hall. Your domestic creditors sir,
have been begging for what they had a right
Id demand, the wages,for their, toil and la
bor iti the service of the Commonwealth,
whilst this House has been coolly discussing
political tenets and party policy, they have
been,suffering and some of them sacrificed,
for. want of that relief, the payment of their
claims upon the state would have afforded.
The ordinary expenses of the Government.
are unprovided ior, your canals and rail •
roads arc left to go to destruction, your
common schools are'left to languish, your
humane institutions, are denied theirft'fci'us
tomed aid, and the old soldier is told that
Pennsylvania is unable to pay to him his
pension. .
Sir, rather than encounter these fearful
consequences 1 will vote lor this expedient
miserable anil objcctinnablxsras .it is, trusting
to the virtue anti intelligence of my constit
uents to justify my course.
Mr, G. saiil he would not trespass longer
upon the limited time of the hobsc. Ho
thought it tide to himself to say this much
in explanation of Ids vote, and to show that
his opinions of the hill itself had undergone
no change, since,he had recorded his re
peated votes againsj f°r. the'reasons,
jto.h«d : glvch :
it as.then.rtly hlternatiye toxlisgracc aiitl ru
in—the choice of two great evils. '
. . The vote was then taken and the-bill car
ried by two thirds by the following vote:-
■YEAS—Messrs. Andrews, Hanks,; Bard,
Hell, Boa), Brunner, Chrisman, Church,
Clark, Currey, Gortright, ,Cnx, Cummins,
Darsie, DiJworth, Douglas,' Dunlap, Eyre,
Fauss, Foreman, Funk; Futhey, Gamble,
Gillis, Gratz, Hanna, Higgins, Hmchman,
Hulcman; Horton, Johnston of Armstrong,
Kennedy, Kerr, Keillor,' Lnw.'Lctherman,
Livingston, Lusk, May; M’Cliire, M’Cur
dy.Middlcsw'arfh,Miles, Montgomery, M us
ser,-Myer,-Pearsnn, Pennell, Eumrojvßush,
Skinner, Smith, Sinyscr," Snively, Snyder,
Sprort, Steele, Titus, Von Ncida, Weaver,
Wright, Crabb, Sp’k—62., ,
NAYS—Messrs. Anderson, Apple, Bair,
Bean, Bonsall, Brodhcad of Northampton,,
Crousillat, Ebaugh, Felton, Flannery, Flcn
niken, Flick, Fogcl, Garretson, Haas, Hahn,.
Hill, Johnston of Westmoreland, Kutz, Lei
dy, M’Cully, *M’Kinncy, Moore, Painter,
Pcnniman, Pollock, Scott, Wilkinson—2B.
Arrival of the Britannia.
13 DAYS LATER FROM ENGLAND.
The Steamer President not arrived out
HIGHLY IMPORTANT PROM ClllNA.
The steamer Britannia arrived at Boston,
at 2 o’clock, on Thursday morning. She
arrived at Halifax on Tuesday morning, and
made her passage in thirty-eight hours to
Boston. ■
She left Liverpool,on the 28th, and has
made the passage in about fifteen,days and
a half. Sliccxperiencod very rough weath
er during nearly the whole passage.
The following summary of the news
brought by her, we take from extras Of the
Boston papers, received yesterday afternoon
through the polite attention of Har'nden’s
Express Line: •
The steamship President had not arrived
at Liverpool on the 20th ult. All hopes of
her arrival were at an end, and we learn that
insurance could not be effected under 80 per
e'ent.
The London papers of Oie l”th stale that
insurances were done upon the President at
Lloyd’s at fifty guineas per cent. The un
der writers, at Liverpool on Friday refused
to do business on her at a premium of eigh
ty per cent.’ Despair is beginning to lake
possession of the public mind respecting her,
and there is too much reason to apprehend
that- the worst-fears will ■be jealized. r We
hope,, however, that site will yet be heard of
as having gone into Bermuda.
The President had not been heard of at
Fayal bn the 28th of March; atTcrccira, on
the 271 h of March; or at St. Michael’s on the
,2dof April. "•
The affairs with tlie-Chiheso Governments,
the "ministerial papers say, are adjusted.—
The British squadron had reduced two of
their forts, and were carrying on hostilities
with great activity when the Chinese autho
rities proposed a cessation.. The tea market
had been" Very much depressed, and the
London merchants had remonstrated - to
Lord Palmerston against the treaty of Ad
miral Elliot. Cotton remained about the
same. Flour dull. The money market was
variable; Stocks had rather improved.
■ (Prom the London Morning Chronicle.')
Wc received last'night- an; extraordinary
express from Paris of Wednesday evening,
.bringingparMnrseillca'correspondent’s sum
mary of the news brought by the India Mail.
Our dates'are from Chusan to tlie'aoth
Dec., from Macao to the 27th pf January,
from Singapore to the 25 th of January, from
Calcutta to the 18th of Feb., from Madras
to the 20th of Feb., fro'in Scinde to thp 22d
op Feb., from Bombay to the Ist of March,
and from Alexandria to the 25th of March.
' -In consequence of- the insincerity and
tardiness displayed by the ImpeVial Commis
sioner,:an atthck:\vas made on the morning
of the 6th of January on the outposts of the
Bogue forts. In" two hours the fort was in.
possession of the English, with a loss of on-;
ly three killed and 23 wounded; that of- the-
Chihese is estimated qt from 500 to 700.
were’.killed in the attcihpt to escape
by-jumping: down from their 5 embrasures, a
depth of 20 feet, to the,rocks below; i. The
ships and crews escaped unhurt, although
the fort mounted 35-guns.
At the same.Jime the Fort of Tycocktow
was attacked by another squadron. A heavy
fire was opened on the fort'and promptly re
turned, but the Chinese guns were speedily
disabled and- a party of seamen landed to
seize the fort.. The Chinese made inspirit
ed -resistance, but were soon overpowered
and the. fort captured. The first lieutenant
of Samarang was wounded in the assault. ■
- The steam vessels then attacked the fleet
ofjunks lying in Anson’s Bay, but owing to
the shallowness of the water, only the Neme
sis could approach them, towing 13 armed
boats- from her .Majesty’s ships., Her—first
rocket set fire to the powder magazine of one
junk, 18 others were blown up by their own.
crews, and the, rest" escaped into'the inner
waters. Next morning her Majesty’s ship
Blenheim began to’ throw shells into the bat
teries at-Wantong, amLwas prepariiig.lo'at
(ack the chief fort of Anunghoy, when the
Chinese Commander in Chief made a com
munication to Capt. Elliott, who thereupon
desisted from further hostilities. On the
27th of January, a circular was addressed
by the British Plenipotentiary to her Majes
ty’s subjects in Chinn, announcing that pre
liminary arrangements between the Imperi
al Commissioner and himself had been made
to the following effect:
“1. The cession of the Island and harbour
of Hong Kong to the British Crown. All
just charges and duties to the empire upon
the commerce carried on there, to be paid as
if the trade were conducted at Whampom.
—"3~Airi7Tdenmity to-thc-British Govern
ment of 6,000,000 dollars, 1,000,000 dollars
payable at once and the remainder'in equal
annual instalments, ending in 18d6.
“2 ; Direct official intercourse between the
countries upon an equal footing. ■
“4. The trade of the port of Canton to be
opened within ten days after the Chinese
New Year, and to be earned on at W.ham
.pom till further arrangementsare-practica
ble at tlie new settlement. Details remain
matter of negotiation.”
“Hong Kong was to bo garrisoned by the
18th Royal Irish, and thediarbour protected
by two 18gun vessels. The Plenipotentiary
has published officially his intention to urge
the opium indemnification claims'upon the
British Govcrnor-Gcneral of India.”
’£lie following particulars,.in addition to
tvhat-T 1 s > 'giv^' ;
correspondence of tlie.Morning Chornicle:
t Bombay, March 1."
Her Majesty|s slop Columbia has proceed
ed to Chusah to re-call the whple of the
troops, as possession of the island is-now to
be returned to the Chinese.
- -The imperial conimissignc.r has .-despatch
ed an order to Ningpoo", directing the release
of all ’prisoners detained there. '
As will be supposed, the terms of arrange
ment agreed upon by Captain EllioCand the
imperial commissioner have been made the
subject already of a-great ileal of discussioh.
The prevailing feeling is decidedly that of
dissatisfaction, but this may be in some de-
gree attributable tut I lei lis I Ikesdge ne ra 11 yj
entertained of Captain Elliot., At lire pre
sent time I have no space to notice the ar
guments adduced am the subject.
On the night of the 22d of January, His
Excellency Commodore Sir Gordon Bremer
arrived in the Roads,.accompanied.by seve
ral ships of war and steamers. The Eng
lish colors were removed from, and Chinese
planted in their stead, on Chuenpee. On
Thursday last the ships of war have we learn
all left the Boguc, and part of them will pro
ceed to Hung Kong immediately to take pos
session of that island in the name of Her
Majesty. ,
ROBBERY OF BANKS IN NEW OR,
LEANS.
AVc copy below accounts of the robberies
of several banks in New Orleans by Clerks
employed in them.
From the New Orleans Crescent City.
“The recent .appalling overdrafts at the
Stale Bank have excited all investigation at
the'Bank of Louisiana; by which it is found
that about $BO,OOO, some say $lOO,OOO, are
found missing. The search was.tint indu
ced by the Cashier, Mr. Levcrich, when it'
\vns”found that M r - Collson,-who is Said to
have, been overdrawn $20,000 at the State’
Bank, was the Discount Clerk at the Bank
of Louisiana; We are not able to sayjf any
discrepancy occurs in Mr. C’s books, but it
is certain ‘that he and the receiving teller of
the Bank of Louisiana have absconded. ■ 'Che
latter has pocketed, it is stated, about $BO,-
000, received in two deposites on Friday &
Saturday last. One gentleman on Friday
deposited $30,000,.and on Saturday a well
known firm here deposited 850,000, neither
of which sums appear on the “scratclier” of,
the receiving feller, and which alone marks
his responsibility for the day. These sums,
as a matter of course, were entered in the
bank-books of the two depositors, but ap
peared onlydirtho pocket of thp teller, whose
name we learn is Daunois. Hopes are en
tertained of their being taken, but we do not
Jcarn-on'wliat grounds.
The statement in regard to the State Bank
is,.that the book ; keeper
appeared, and an examination, having been
instituted into his account, it was found to
be overdrawn fully eighty thousand dollars.
GEN. JACKSON AND THE BIDDLE
BANK.
The time has come when Europe-and
America will do justice foGen. Jackson in
relation to the Bank of the United States-.-'
when his sagacity, his courage, his incorrup
tibility, in relation to that insthulion, and
his saving the public money in it—.will be the
theme of universal of unbound
ed national gratitude/ He eight.years ago,
took the ground that the institution was cor
rupt and insolvent; and, acting upon that be
lief,-he interposed his great measures—the
veto—thfe'removal of the deposites-7-the spe
cie circular—the law against the circulation
of the old nbtcs—-the sale-of the U-. States
stock in the institution. These measures
have saved the United Stales stock,,and got
for it $llB on the share, which is now sell
ing for $l5 a share; they saved thedepnsites,
amounting to ninny millions; they stopped
the receipt of the notes at the land offices
and the customs; and saved millions mure;
they stopped the issue of the. old dead notes,
■and saved; millions again aboyc all, , they
stopped the existence of the Bank, and therd-':
by put ah end to the dominion of the most
corrupt and corrupting institution which the
world crer.behild—i*. fbuntainbf.corruption
' which spared nothing public nor private, a rut
poured its bribes into the hands of every
functionary that would lake them. If it had;
not been for Jackson, that yast colossusmf
crime and fountain ’of corruption would no\y
bo in full life, sustaining itself on the credit
and resources of the United States—taxing
the people to hit its vaults—and emptying
its vaults to,enrich its favorites and to sub
sidize members of Congress, arid to pension
as mapy as were necessary to sustain it.
For these 'acts, which saved the country,
the Bank had the patriot President con
demned by a Senate, many of whom were its
debtors, attorneys and retainers; the people
expuftged that infamous.sentence, and now,
it is to be revived by expunging the expung/
ing resolution. More: the very men who
devoured that Bank, Are demanding a new
'one! The same men, and the same party,
after eviscerating a thirty-five million-Bank,
demand another of .fifty or one hundred mil
lions; arid-these men, by a freak of fortune,''
arc now in the ascendant in American poli
tics. Leaving out Mr. Tyler, the President,
and the Biddle Bank men are now the mas
ters of-the Government, dispensing the fa
vors and shaping the legislation, to reward,
enrich, and establish in power the corrupt
ing and corrupted, which plundcred.lhe late
Bank, and sent, its bribes into the hands of
every public man that would take them.
- Old Dominion .
REMOVALS FROM OFFICE,
From (lie following, whjcli we clip from
Hie article in announcing tlte
death of the President, it appears that Oen.
Harrison is not to be hold responsible for
many of the ruthless reniyvals from office
that have been made:
“President Harrison had recently been
involved in a continual whirl of agitation..—
His participation in the various triumphial.
processions, fetes, balls, etc, with which he
was every - where greeted, and which, were,
continued until closed by those which - fol
lowed the inauguration—the eager and con
stant, press made upon him since, by the
multitude who have pursued him for office,
and the excitement growing out of the arbi
trament of discordant claims was inore than
one, truly represented by bis'physicians as
suffering undfir age and debility, could long
.hear. ■ The 'bodSlvlabor-.he endured, apart
than’he had strength to support. Ffirli time,
.sustained.by ..the exhilaration of. the anima
ting events he'passed through, his constitu
tion bore up beyond expectation. But rest
lessness, anxiety, and fever followed; and as
it seems,. from,the report of his physicians,
inflammation aiid derangement was found to
(have affected all his vital organs.
1 “From fcasual information ijjiich we have
had from time to time, it seems that-tuo lit
j tie consideration was felt by bis political
| friends for his condition. We understand
’ that before he could' reach the breakfast table
jiu the morping, he was frequently waylaid
j in,the,hall, am) persecuted for office, .that
- hi.s rpoms were generally thronged, by llui"
time-he-ruse from the table, ami that on.some
occasions, wherr under the necessity of hold
ing communication with his Secretaries, Ije
was obliged to make his escape the back
way.
“Jt is just to General Harrison to say, that,
notwithstanding this press upon him by men
who claimed to have given him power," he
resisted the ruthless proscription which had
been carried on in his name. Several we
know he saved who had been marked for
sacrifice. Others were removed to whom he
hiid given assurances that they should be
spared, and who were afterwards informed
by him that he did not know that they were
dismissed. And can any hold him respoit
sihle for the long list of worthy men and ex
cellent officers who were struck from the
roll during the week in which he himself lay
-upon the bed of death-? During that week
many clerks were dismissed from the De
partments, and expressly told that it was_
exclusively on political grounds. Among
them was Mr. Gouge of the Treasury, the
eminent author uf* the work on banking,
who was recommended to Id 4 station by his
extensive information .-and high character as
a-ynaivnot as-a partizan/for.he.never was
one. This hecatomb of- victims,-who were
struck down during Gen. Harrison’s illness,
many of whose'families are now turned out
inn sort uf orphanage on the world, must
have been made in the spirit of heathen times,
when sacrifices of unfortunate prisoners by
custom’ attended the fall of tin illustrious
chief. A tlecc fori hppearances
ought to hiive suspended this distressing pro
cess of removals while the Chief Magistrate,,
who alone could authorize it, was too ill, to
attend to .any of his duties.” ~
Estate of Frances Hume, deceased.
LET TERS testamentary on the estate of
Frances Hume, late of East Pennsbormigh
township, Cumberland county; tier’d, have been
issued to the subscriber- residin'g-in, said _lnw.it.
ships . All persons indebted to said estate are
requested to make payment immediately, and
those having claims to present them without de
lay, to
—*—■ D A VID-lIU ME,-Executor. ,
Apri115.1841.-6t*
Estate of Martha Geddis, dec'd.
Letters of Administration on thoestate of Martha
Geddis, dec’d., late of the borough of Newvillc,
have been issued to the subscriber in duo form of
law: All persons indebted to thoestate will make
payment, and those having claims will, present
them foc-settlement to
JOHN JOHNSON.
• Newvillp, April 32, 1841. Gl* ■'
LAND & GENERAL AGENCY.
THE lilulersigned hereby tenders his servi
ces to those hay’niK business of tbe kind, that
hewill attend to the purchase and sale hf land
or oilier property in : Cumberland county, and
that he will attend to other business,in the roun*
ly for persons residing cut of .the same. Fees
moderate. . ‘ r .
Carlisle, April 29, 1841.
. N, B. Two farms for .sale, a description o!
which, and their location,'can be had by apply
ins ns above. • - .
NEWGOODS
JUST received some desirable GOODS suits'
ble for the season, at the store of
■ ■ ■ •• A. RICHARDS. ■
April 23; 1841.,
CHARLES M’CLURE,
Attorney at Law. ,
OFFICE.in Main.sireet; afew dobrs west o
the Post. Office. - nJ - . - >
Carlisle; April 23, IC4J., ; i
HOTEL.
THE; subscriber, thankful forpast favors, re
spectfully informs his customers and thq pub
lic in general, that he has removed to that largo
and commodious establishment on the North-west
corner of- the Public Squate, late the property of
Thomas C. Lane, which lie has fitted up ina very
superior manner as a
PUBLIC HOUSE,
and where ho is prepared to, furnish all who may
favor him with their custom, with the.very best
accommodations. .
This Hotel) from its central location, iavery
convenient for business men; and being near the'
stopping place of the t Cars on the Rail road, it will
allS. fufflish Travellers with a ready place'of rest
lipd_refreshjhshh Tiie ROOMS are largo and
airy—the i\*-7 'i ■ -
, v TfiBLE
will always ho well supplied with the best the
markets can afford—the *BA R - with the best of
Liquors—the charges,will bo reasonable—and
nothing shall holefl undone on the phrt of the Sub
scriber. to .merit a’ share.of public patronage.
BOARD KitS will be taken by the Week, month,
or year. >
DROVERS will find it to their interest to stop
wiilt him, ns his STABLE is amble, and a carer
ful and experienced Ostler always it attendance.
. GEORGE BEETEM.
Carlisle,- April 1, 1841. tf.
Just received at the store of ANBHIIW
BIOHABDS, a frr&h supplf at seasnna
l>ic gauos. CJohMMitiK in pint ot Blue, Black,
lirowri, Olive, Invisible (irecn ami Adelaide
CLOTHS.
Blue, Black, Brown, Figured and Striped Csissi*.
netls., Mixed, Figured and slriped H G imbroons,
for pantaloons. Brown. White, htrlpctLand
Figured Linen Drilling. Kentucky, Pennsylva
nia and Delaware Jeans.’ Jeno and Pittsburg
cords, cotton stripes and drills, American nan
keen and colored muslins; burlaps, French and
lush lineijs, black, bine, mouse, f.pvn, Pink
blossom, white, slate,figured, striped and barrel!
silks new style, figured, plain, barred, striped
Jackinett, swiss, cambricand mull muslins.
SBoimtt M awns A” Siflifi,
embroidered mautn-i Gbized, satten and barred
ribbons, legbnrn fiats, straw, brad, mm and chip
bonnets, colored, white figiim! leghorn and
palm leaf hats, brown and black muslins ticks,
r, crash and diaper*;., linen and cotton 4 4
4-4 and 6 4 sheetings; table chubs linen and cot
ton diaper, linen, grass, silk, pongee and canir
brie, h uulkerc.hiefs, hosiery, stocks and
artificial IV«w; rs; a general assortment of
, Queensware Groceries,
all of whirii will be sold at prices to suit the
t'unrs.,,; ALSO. Calicoes,, pahitgcl lawns and
par.isa'UsV r<»hon yarn Vmlcarpel'chainr. a " •
. (bundle, April 22, 1841.
; |TJTTR subscriber thanhhd f«*r past favors, bops
IL leave to inform his.rUstomers and the public
general’v. that be has.ju.st reciiVed at bis More
in Spii igliehl,' ami also at bis New Stoig in
Sxoughstown, a handsom.e and seasonable assort
imnt.bf - ’ .
JIIsa~.GROCF.IiIE .S', QUEENXJF.fITtE,
■ WinmiJillE Si- OE I) Jilt IVJilt E:
All of which' will he .sulci low for d**sh or coun
try produce. ■
April ;o. ipn.-m
LIST OF liTESTTBUS
Remaining in the Post Office Carlisle, Pa.
SJprii 30//i 18.41,
Pnqvircrs wiil please say adveylifatL ik
Ashory William' Kneisley
Alspaugh John Kent Henry 0 2
Adams Mary Kutz Samuel
Althrrcht Jacob ' Kelly .Wm
Brown Ann ' Kissinger Peter
Bell James Laughlin William
Blain Samuel Line Km’a
Brown Robert „ Lalshaw Joseph
Bower George Line A A
Brown James Laughrcy Nicholas
Beittncr Joseph Lenhearl Susannah
Bixelcr Alexander Esq Letdig Henry *
Bumbarger Jacob * Miller J L Capt
Banns Reheca Myi*rs Jacob
Brown William MyeYd’Suann
Barber William Mortorff Conrod
Brenizer Caroline Malone John
Hosier Gnlherino Miller Mariah
Brown Mary Moor John (Col. man)
Burlin Philip _ Miller William Esq
Bradley Elcnora* Miller T V* Esq
Crane Eliza May Joseph
Carolhers John N McCalip Martha
Culbertson Dr. McClure Jana
Crim Abraham Esq *• .McDonald ES
Coleman Martha McMillan Michael
('argon Ann Newman Samuel
Dvvch William Nelson William _
Deam Eleanor. Nelson David '
Daugherty Ew’d Natcher Gabriel
Darr Henry O’Donald-George
Diller Benjamin Richard Washington
Donaldson Robert • Reighter Mary
Edge John Rhodes Samuel , i ; ‘ ,
Ksery Nathaniel Railen Henry or 7
Egnjf Joseph near. 7 GeorgcJVY-iso : S
Carlisle 5 KeeJ Mary A
Erbeldingcr Fany Robinson Margaret
Ebaugh Reverend Mr Reisinger Abraham '
Ege Charles SpharJohnM
Esary Nathon - Smith Delvin Esq
Elliott James Sprout Eliza
Elliott David Stevenson P W Esq
Fry Martin Swartz Sarah .
First Elizabeth ' Sontheimerand; . >
Fleming Abraham' Limlham 5
Faber Louis "Shoemaker William '
Giffeir Robert 3 . Smith Mary . ' ,
’Galbraith'Shmuel rSharbomT)anh?l~—-
Galbraith Thompson-M Swartz John
Gorgas Jtfcob A Shuler Christian
Hanshuc Leonard Shaw Matthew *
Hultey Samuel Stouffer Samuel
Hofman George Philips Smith Asa
Hews William Swanger Michael
Hossler Benjamin . Thompson David . r
Hause Peter Jur tlrben an! Reed
Heffmer David Wertz William
Heartzler Abraham Weaver Jacob 2.
Hershey Joseph... . Waggoner Abraham
Hoffman Benjamin' WeUmef JqseplrJ - *-
Hoover David Willhour John*
Johnson Joha Whitmore Elizabeth
Jackson Joseph Wise George Jr , ~
Jacksion Jakeb • Waltrrian John
Kepsard William Ziegler Samuel M
Kreisher David- . Zermnn John
Kearney John Ziglcr Philip ' ' •
Kutz Jesse Zell Thomas -
R. lamberton, P. M.
REWARD.
UN AWAY from the subscriber, in New
township, on Wednesday the 21st uli,,
mi apprentice to the 'Farming 1 business,, named
JOHN J.SIMPSON. Said boy. is about 13 years
of age, ’stout make and talkative. The above re
ward will he, paid for, his apprehension’, but no
extra charges. ‘
May 6, 1841
VV. FoULK,
. Estate of David Copperslone, dec'd. ,
"■* ETTERS of. Administration on the estate
M-J of David Copperstnne,-late of Iheißor'cHigh i
ot Carlisle, deceased; .have’been , issued to the ■
subscriber, residing .in said Borough : .All per- -J
sons indebted ,to_said "eslate, are ,reguested W ,
makmpayment immediately, and those having
claims to present them for: settlement without
delay. ’ AB’JM. ZIMMERMAN.
' May 6,1841.. .-■> 6t. r:
KEWGOODS.
NEW GOODS.
nav ,oooi>s.
j. noon.
WJOHN DOUGHERTY.
: St.