•Pi i ~ r y ~r i|-p. t .4, M-tia r;.-i'.' 11 V.;u.'--c>' ;:^i*oHJ| B. BRATTON. JQL.,38.. SUoetum. - ’ , Tilß nittTHDAY OP BPRIKQ, BY HORACE SMITH. Cry Holiday I Hotldsyl lot us be gay, * - And attar* in ttia rapture of Heaven and earth: For doel what a eanslilny joy thny display, • 'To welcome the Spring on the day’of hor birth j While the element*, gladly, outpouring their voice, Nature’* Peon proclaim, and in eburua rejoice I LoM ckrola each rill ai' lt leaps in its hed; ‘The wind'brings u* music and balm from thoßoulh, Anti Earth,ln delight calls on Echo to spread . • The Udlnhaorjoy with her.muny longuod mouth; O'er aea ando’er aborolover mountain plan, Fat,'fit r does the trumpet the Jubilee strain. Harkt hark to the cuckoo; it* magical call _ Awaken* the flowerets that slept in the dells; Theinow-drrin.’ihb primrose, the hyacinth, all 'Attune at tills ■iiiiiiiions their silvery bells , llM*bl'tiod*a*ring-ling I iluu'i you hear how they sing I .They are peeling a fairy-like welcome lofipnijg; . The lovo-thrlltlng hedge birds arc wild with delight; T Llkk a’rrdws loud whiateling the swallows (lit by j Therspturods lark, os be soars out of sight, • Sends ua sunligkted melody down from the sky. In thtf alMfiat they quair. alf Uiu loatlicry throng Tanks tbs spirit o( Spring that outbursts In a song. To ms do lbs same vernal whisperings breathe In all that 1 scent, that I hear, that I most, Without and within me, above nnd beneath; -Every sense is imiiuei] with* a prnpliooy sweet Of tbo pomp unit tile plrnflaiilne** J'nilliflinll nssumu When adorn'd like a bride, In tier lluwcry bloom. In this transport of nature each feeling tntfcs part, 1 am thrilling with gratitude. rcviTrnrce, jny; A now spring of. youip scorns to gush, from my heart, i : Am| the.map's metamorphosed again to a buy, Oh I lot nie run wflJ, os in earlier years ; ' 1 shall burst into tears. ■ • ■jwt.eccllancoits. "A'Country School House* No one can journey through any section of the country without being Impressed with the fad, that sohoolhbusea are generally constructed with out taste, convenience, or even comfort. Located' in the geographical centre of tho district—he that on the bjeak hill-side orin a frOg-pond—erected at ea little cost as possible, witli nothing without or wfthlft 'to' make It attractive,—with no grounds the'public 1 highway belonging- to it,—like aotfte tellb of the padl* stands the schbolthousc.— tientlmeht demands butter schools and mote highly qualified teachers, than it did twenty yearn since) but in few instances, has a correspond., intf jmprovement been made jn the edifices devot etTio the. primary,'and almost the only education of children. • . . Tbe Architeot of Nature has not failed to scat ter-locations; of, beauty, thick over* our land, and scarce a school district can be found 'where a pro* pfir slte fora model building does not invite atten tion.' . The additional expense of erecting a build ing,ln this style, is not worth a moment's consid eration In comparison with the results growing out of the change. ' The love of the beautiful is In siinctive In childhood, and only the narrow preju dice,of self seeking man can see nothing to admire in the loveliness o? nature, or in the faii\propoitions of art*,». Next to.the attractions of the. home fire side, school house should be the most desirable and Inviiirtg place. - Here does mind receive its first impressions and form its tastes and character. Here does tho boy fix his standard of attainment, acquire his notions ot gentility ana propriety, umt brsvloarn to compare himself with others. An air of neatness and elegance should be given the school house, and in point of finish, decoration and furrtl lure, should equal the best apartment of a private residence. Children would respect such a build ing. woald love to be in It, and what is more, would form there, habile of propriety which would save the nan many a bitter lesson of mortification. • ChlldfenlmUete the manners of those around then, and rudeness Is no moro natural than politeness. Thlklsnbt mere speculation. We have seen a scKbpl jipase which had been in constant use Tor three years,, unbq whose carpbl there' wore no rbiVki of'thp jfofnrartdlJing lasted of scholars, whose;pe?wy gained desks showed no signs of 'proclivity^lp whittle, whose walls woro oisfigured wllh no semi-b.itbaric artistic do* trignsryet there had been no bioWs e’lrucfc in that ■eliool, there were no rules to prevent injury to thu building. A gentleman had taught tho school, and atmaturally as effect-follows cause, gentlemanly nnd lady like scholars wore in attendance. It is medleas.tb fbm’arlc that intellectual improvement \yas in perfect keeping with advance in other re. specie. Thousand* of dollars tire wisely laid out every yearnin'erecting churches after the best models, and'deoorating them according to the most appio ved.al&ndards of taste; and why should not equal pride be taker! in Combining beauty and fitness in the, JlslrFci school hotrsel If architecture bo the oxpresßloo of Ideas of beauty, If It has a meaning, will ’not six days in a beautiful school bouse do more in impressing the mind with a correct taste, tlisn tfae in a beautiful church 1 Each has Us rip. nropritflo* place, is associated , with Us peculiar Ideas', but In point of importance are so nearly al lied filial. they should 'not widely differ.— Albany Cultivator* . Asa Ir|sUmsu»a Revenge. A few days since, in Portland, Maine, (where the liquor Uw la in operation,) a good nalurcd sou of UibernUtWhpto laudable vocation is the digging and soiling of oUmij fancying Iho necessity of procuring for medical purposes,a quart.of the contraband splr- Us,oalt«d (or tho purpose on lho authorized agent fur Its sslei who/earing U was not all right perempt orily.refused to grant his request unless ho produced a prescription from a regular physician. The pour Irishman really wanted the liquor, and provided he had obtained it» would undoubtedly have appropriated It to no improper uses, being a temper, ate mati-hlmaolf. Out his, importunities woro.una valllog aod, lie was obliged to leave the constituted agency minus the soothing drops, end.of course not allUle'qKsgrinfcd at hla usage, ‘Out,* said ho,'l*ll be revenged bn you for your bad manners.' few ways subsequently, the honest Hibernian wee wheeling o covered hand barrow laden wilts the gottld df’/hls profession,'by the City Halt, under which the intoxicating agonoy is located. Tho agent ••PfWf him, end inspecting that ho was wheeling off to a place of security a loadof'pvil spirits,* 09* costed blra-time: , ■ •Hallow 1 Pat, what havo you in your wheel oar* row ■ • •Clams be labels! * replied Pal. •AUI that la just what 1 went. I will take a pock, hand them In,* said the agent of spirits. »No, sirrah I By the holy St. Patrick, yor can’t have them, be laborer said the Inflexible Irishman. •Why not V Inquired the agent. . 'Well,sirrah,* says Patrick, It is mosolf who is the authorised fgont to sell clams, and yer don’t habe'rdivll of a one of thorn without yor gel a cor llUMtofecm-a regular practicing phyelslhun, as 1 *ro pfyatd that yor will bo after making a bad use of ’em anyhow.* T'ha authorised liquor vendor dtd’l gal))Ie clams. VVoaril KNoWiNa.—An exchange paper says: ‘lt li t U.Ql,perhapa not generally known lo farmer, and wblqh, «l;;lhl» itaaon, li Important, that Inert arc (wo*'parts In the potato, which, If aopara!ed planted atthe’simellme, onp’wlirproduct potatooa (It (br thlWblselghlbr tin days aooner than (lie other.*— Ttfl’imtll and of the potato, whloh ia generally full of U the park whloh produce* the oarlleat, tho mldale'.erlbs oedy- of the potato tht late and lar* . i A Donkey lu a Ball |loom* Mr. Kendal), writing from Paris, describes the following scene la a Paris ball room 2 M A highly ludicorous incident occurred a fow ovo* olngs sines at (ho Casino Paganini, a largo ball rood) located at Ibo head of a passage, loading out af llio Chaastco d’Anlin, and’.which is much .frequented tins season by a raised and,‘most miscellaneous crowd The, orcherslra had just struck in (ho-'Galop do Chcmin do For, (Railroad Gallop, and the merry dancers liad token their places, when Into the room bolted a donkey snorting and braying at the lop of his powerful lungs, and joining, in the giillpp, wont round Ibo-largo sails with a'perfect rush. Never was such a stampede seen in a ball room. The of. frighted dancers scattered in every, direction,.and 'sich a gillcn* up stairs,* snob'a jumping upon chairs and tables, and such a climbing up pillars,,up to that moment had never been witnessed in .tho Casino Paganini, or any other. Tito police were struck dumb.at tho strange apparition, iho.musjciahs drop, ped (heir instruments and flod-in terror, wbils the donkey kept galloping on in his mad flight, career, ing in circle round the room amid tho wild screams of hundreds of women all only’bent* upbh seeking places of safety. ,' What could havo,brought such an intruder Into a dancing hall no one could imagioo, but it was after, wards ascertained that the donkey had boon left by his roaster standing before a door in Cbaussco d'An* tin, and that, struck by one of (ho carriage' coutiu* ually. passing through the noted thoroughfare, and frightened by the raltlling of others, he had suddenly started off at the top of his speed. The moro ho ran, os it is always the case, tho'more frightened he became, and in his flight seeing tho passage loading to the Cusiria, he bolted into It.fur refuge. - But poor refuga did ho fiod»-for he now '‘ad to-run gauntlet of at least .fifty .eoachtnan, always stationed in the passage on the look out for cuatomcrs ( -who, yelling and cracking their whips at him, further increased his (error and his pace. . Tho saloon is on the first floor, and without, slopping to procure a ticket-of admission, but knocking ovijf (hv astonished door keeper in his headlong career, the poor brutu made l^ls,advent among tho’danoers, as already mentioned; ‘Solit».ry and .olonC ho set the ball in motion,* and commotion, 100, -•Without stopping to select a part ner, lib joined in the grand gallop, and at a stride which-soun distanced.him everything on tho track. 1 •- After, half a dozen turns round (ho saloon, and to music of his own cqrnpusiiiun and performance, ho finally cooled or tired hiinSolf down, oamo to his 1 senses, nnd qutbtly notnmenccd n survey of the prem. : isca.’ From this out, ho is said to have been the pet of the evening, tho female ,portion,of the crowd, in particular, pressing around him, nnd regoi ling him plentifully with cakes and other notions. When the ball was over ho was sent by tho Commlsary of the Police to’ the .public pound, and thus ended the doings of a donkey in a dancing saloon. Keep Cool* Good heavens! reader, do try In carry a cheerful face. What If your path bo beset with perplexi ties—dun’t fret. There's no use in fretting though you aro in. debt, and business ie dull, and won’t discount, nnd your friends c.in'l lend. ' Get ting vexed ot yourself and every body else won't help the mailer—no not a bit. . You-may fret your self into fiddlo strings, but you will only make your self wretched—not euro (he evil.' If you jam your fingers In (ho crack of a door, or stumble against a pile of bricks, left carelessly on (ho side walk, or arc half a. minute too late for (ho osrs,(ako it coolly—, fretting won’t heal tho mischief. If- the:girl you like gives you the* mitten, or if you have got mar. tied nnd found yourself cgreplmisly ‘Ukon in,* keen cool—fretting Won’t onnf OireKlnc omr.-onninw-*!. angle of tho other. If your umbrella ‘comes up missing* when you especially need it, or you got caught In n rnin storm with your Sunday clothes on if you wont to bo captain of a military and oan’l, or run ab an election for pond keeper, and get defeat, ed—if your trunk U lost In travelling ;or soma gen tleman pickpocket*relievos you.ofyour superfluous bank bills, take it easy—fretting may elongate yoor face, but won’t.afford any consolation for your' trou bles. Learn to be pallonllur your perplexity. Ills scandalous Tor any man, howo’ver, to bo always fidget. Ing and fussing, growling end grumbling. One mend fault is worth ten find faults nil (ho world over. Why what a fever will a man put himself into to-day at something which he will only laugh at lo.mor. row—and yol, perhaps the next morning you will find the same individual in a perfect phrensv of passion about some matters ton limes more trifling. Keep cool, then, and .don't bo needlessly worried.— Uomember that enro once killed a oat. and it*may kill you yet, if you aro not careful. ‘There’s noth ing,’ says a cotemporary, hko coolness; it novor breaks things in its impatience. Coolness—did you ever ace it tumble up stairs, or do itself a mischief?— Study (0 bo cool—ay, oven if (ho house bo an firo, or your horse rims away. Dangers retreat, when coolly they're confronted. A Vigorous Rnce of Warriors'. Within the lipilla of the territories of.lho Hudson Bay*company, there resides o'.class of men who, ground down hy'tho,tyranny of that.huge monopoly, seek to pliipb IhemseWea under the protection of (ho United Slates. Theso 'men nrp usually know os tho' Bed River hqll* breeds. They oro,-generally sneaking, of mixed Indian, English,Scotch or French blood, Brouglil'iip from earliest youth .(o fed that tliclf subsistence will' depend upon their skill as horsflmon and hnnterri, they accustom themselves to every exercise and privation, which can (end to hard* on'lhcir muscles and prepare them fur their vocation. As a matter of course, the whole body of theso hum, (ers aro cnpilal horsemen, and amazingly expert in the use of firearms. Depending entirely upon tho Hudson Biy Company fursmnnition and arms,(hoy must submit lo.any and nil the arbitrary rules impel cd upon them, and they uro heartily lirpd'.of theso exactions, Twice cacti year, theso hunters, four or five hun* dred In number, start >foi the American territories, 'after tho .buffalo, with from a thousand to twelve hundred carls, drawn by horses or oxen which aro driven by Wbnien and children. The men arc gov. erned by fixed rules while ( at tho hunt, which must not bo infringed under severe penalties, They all leave tbo camp together, with the exception of a few who aro left'os a guard; und when a oorno or sur rond of buffalo have taken place, the women and cliil. i dron aro sent for to assist in butchering and drying the slain animals. Each oarl will contain the pemmi can (or dried.meat, pounded and molted (allow pour ed ovof it,) of, ten buffaloes; so (hat the slaughter of those enimals may bo. estimated at upward of twenty llipusaqd annually.. The meat thus prepared, Is pur chased «l a small pried by the Hudson Bay Company, and is used to provision tho inland trading posts.— Attempt has on ouo occasion been,made to prevent the incursions of theso people within our boundaries, but'without effect. Many of theso mixed bloods now desire to remove to Pamplnr, which is on tho Ameri can slde'of the lino, end settle there, if permission cm bo obtained .from our Government. They would constitute a formidable and cflloienl defence to our norborn frontier in case of Indian disturbances, os (hoy are feared by all (he different tribes. The Bri tish salltomjont si Bed River in tho. vidlully of Fort Gary numbers about Ova thousand souls.— St, Paul Hegiatar• Foi.lv ov Fubttjnci.-— Two gnrdncrs, who were neighbors, had tlioir crops of onrly poos killed by tho frost. One of them camo to console with tho other. “AhP* cried ho, : “how unfortunate! Do you know, neighbor, 1 have done nothing' but frot over since! Out bless 'me t 'you seem to have a fine crop coming upt what sorf are they V* ,/ “Why, those are those I sowed irapnodialely af ter my leap; 1 * ~ , •.. • “What, pomlng up already! 0 Raid the froUcr. ,V VW* roplled.tho othop,“whiles ypu ltlng» I wa»,Worklng.° “OUR COUNTRY—MAY IT ALWAYS OK RIGHT—BUT RIGHT OR WRONG, OUR COUNTRY." CARLISLE, PA., THURSDAY, APRIL 29, 1852. A Definition of Dlgotry* Old-Job*Dundee was Bionotime one of thd most popular “darkies” in our.city. Ho was a kind of a patriarch among ihe'colored population,, and universally liked by thoAvhiie folks. About the timo that he stood at ihtThead of tho Church he was subpoened before Squire (now Judgo Wisb man,) to testify to the character, of a. negro who was charged with potty larceny. “.Well Job,” said.(ho Squire, “what do you know about the character of the defendant 1 !” ‘‘Well, ! knows considerable-’bout de colored individual, and I.nobber.fin’s him -guilty ob ’only one ’fence,” replied Job with great reverence. . “Well; What Is the nature of the offence you al lude to?” • • “Why de niggar am bigoted.” • “ t “He’s .what “Bigoted, bigoted—doesn’t.you know what dal means 1”. . ‘ “Why n6,”>epl!cd l the Sqtilrb, who is’much of a wng t “wilj you define the term,- Job!” “Sartinjy, sartinly, 1 does. To be bigoted, col ored pusson must know 100 much for one nig gar, and not enough for two nlggafs 1” Cin, Times. Not .a Privileged-Member* > A»genllemah on a visit to Washington, recently, and anxious to listen to the debates, opened, Very cooly* one of the'dobra of tho Senate, ahd was about to pass In,.wl)ou the door-keeper asked, “Are you.a privileged member V’ •, , “Wliai jdo you mean by .such a man'asked, lira’ stranger/ The reply’was, ‘ /’•. “A Governor, or an ex-wember of Congress or a foreign minister.” , Tho stronger said, “lam a minister.”. , ...., “From what court or country, if you please?” asked tho official. . . (Very gravely pointing up.)—“From the Court of Heaven, sir.” • . To this our door-keeper waggishly remarked, ‘♦Tills Government at present holds no inter course with that foreign power!” A,lloßU(iful Extract. , Hon. G. A- GfOw'dciivercd wn'nble speech in Con gross, on the 3Oil* of March, on tho Homestead Bill Wo have'. perused it with groat satisfaction. The. following paragraph, which wo select from Mr. Crow’s speech, is a rare specimen of refined lil’erA lure: ' If you wonldl cad tho erring back from tlto paths of vice and crime to virtue and to honor, give him a homo—give him a hearthstone, ond ho will surround it with household gods. If you Would tnuko men wiser and better, relieve your alms houses, close tho doors of your penitontiars, and break lu pieces your gallows—porlly tho influences of (ho'dpmetlic fire* side. ..For that is tho school, in which human char* aoter is formed, and (hero its destiny is sloped } there tho soul receives its first impress, and. man. liis.first lesson, 1 and ’they go'with ' him for weal or for woo through life. For purifyinglhesentimcntv,elevating the thoughtr, and developing the noblest Impulse* of man's nature, the influences of * rural fireside and agricultural life are tho noblest and the best. In (he obscurity of the Cottage, far removed from (ho seductive influences of rank and effluence, Is nour ished (ho virtues (bat counteract the decay of human institutions—the courage that defends the national independence, ond tho industry that Supports all classes of thoSlate.’, , .... . Dovolopemcni of thetmnffi' Much has boon said nnd written upon ditl, eating ond drinking.|.b»rl -£ t over notiohjg^ of breathing. They supprcaa their breathing, and contract. llio habit of short, quick breathing, not carrying the breath half way down the chest, and scarcely expanding the lower portion of tho Chest at all. Lacing the bottom of tho chest greatly increases (ho evil, and confirmaobad habit of breathing.— Children that'move about a-groat deal In the open . air, and no way laoed, breathe deep ahd full in (lie bottom of tho cheat, and in tho every part of it. 80 also with most out door luborcs, and persona who lake o great deal of exercise in the open air, because |ho longs give us tho power of action, and the most exorcise wo takc/«spcoially out of doors, (In larger (he lungs.bcdbmo, and tho leas liable to disease., .In all occupation (hat require standing, keep tho person straight. If at table let it bo high, raised nearly up to tho amr pits,so as. not to require you to stoop;.'you will find tho employment much easier—neg ofiohalf so fatiguing, whilst tho form of tho chest and eym* molry .uf.tho figure will remain perfect. You have' noticed that a vast number of tall ladios.stoop, while a groat many short ones nio straight. This arises, 1 think, from tho table at whlchlhoy sit or work, or occupy, themselves, or study,.being of a medium height for a short one. This should bo carefully corrected and regarded so that each lady.'m®y occu* py horaelf at a table to suit her, ond thus prevent tho possibility or.necessity of stooping. ... A Gdob One.—A good story is told or (wo bache lor brothers, down in Tennessee, who had lived a cal and dug sort of lift, to their own and tho neigh* borhood‘a discomfort, for a good many years, but who having been at a camp meeting, were slightly “con. vicUil," and concluded to reform. ,; “Brother Tom," says one, when (hey had arrived at (heir home, “lot ub sit down now, and I'll (oilyou whnl we'll do. "You lull mo of all my faults; and I’ll lull you of your*, and so.wu'il know, how to go about mending,’em." . "Good l"(«ByB bralhor .Tom.” ... "Well, you begin." "No,you begin,.brother Jao. < "Well, in tho firal place, you Know, brother Tom, you'ibi/I/ie." ■ Crack! goes brother Tom’s "paw" between broth* or Joe's “blinkers," and a considerable,“acriiUmiißo’’ ensues, until, in the course of ten minutes, neither useable to "come'tip to lime," and (be reformation waa postponed.sino die, ■. A citizen of Washington City la travelling In (ho Old World. Ho thus describes (ho inhabitants in tho Interior of Sicily t , •'Syria, or the Holy Land,can scarcely furnish n more deplorable example of tho decay of civiliza. lion In the old world than one mean wilh’at every turn of the road throughout tho inlarior.of Sicily. It is almost Impossible fur on American traveller, accus. -turned as he li'to progress and ohtorpriso, and all liioir concomitant results, to realize the barbarous condition in which those poor people live. Passing through the villages at night, I saw many of them asleep on tho road side, without covering or shelter; snd tho squalor, and destitution of those who lived In houses surpass belief. Whole families arc huddled to. gather in one wretched apartment, without bods or furniture, living In common with mules, goals ana swine, and about as cultivated a» tho brutes around them. Few that.l conversed with had over hoard of America, and oven those who know there was such a country, had .no idea if it was in China or England. That sudh a slate of .things should.exist in lha nine, toenth century, in a country once so highly civilized, and still boasting antiquities that excite the tiou of tho world, is also incredible." Ankodotk orniic TwinSutirs.—Wo know a far* mur in ConnqctlcuV who has a pair of twin daughters of whom a capita) anecdote ia told. 'J’lioy both at. landed tho tamo school, nnd hot long 1 klnco ono of thorn was oallod'up by tho master to recite a lesson In geography, which alio had loomed vary imperfect* ly, ana In fact could not get. along at all. Tho* teach* or, who was getting quite out of patience, wae ballad to another part of tho room, and juiiut that moment tho twin alitor sprang to the floor, and push* ing tho delinquent scholar to hur seat, look hor place. Tho maator proceeded with (ho questions,which wore anawored with a dogrooof promptness and accuracy which at tho oloao. drew, from him a few Words of commendation. ‘The joke waa not discovered by tho loaaher until aoma daytaler. 01 oonrto it was.too good, and successful to ooctelon ony oflsnoa. ELEVEN BANKS .VETOED! Veto Iflessngc. To the Senate and House of Jiepreacntalives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania . Gentlemen No. 590, on the files of the 1 Senate, entitled An act to incorporate the Mead* villo Hank*** with a capital of'sloo,ooo, has been , presented for my consideration, together with olh* era, providing.for the establishment 6f sundry new banks, to bo located as .follows, to wit: one at Pittsburg, with a capital of $300,000, another at AUenlown, Lehigh county, with acapilal of $150,. 000, another at Etfo, with a capital-of $150,600, another at Carlisle, with a capital ’of $lOO,OOO, another at TSTew Castle,-Lawrence county, with h capital of $lOO,OOO, another atTatuaqua, Schuyl* kill county, with a capital of $lOO,OOO, another at . Manch Chunk, Carbon county, with a capitaLof $lOO,OOO, another at Phpconlxville, Chester coun* ly, with a capital of $200,000, another at Morion gahela oily, Washington county, with a capital,of s,ipO,ooo,.also, another,, to add $150,000 to the capital ’stock of iho Soulhymk Bank, in lhacoun ly of Philadelphia. f ‘ Since the GeneralAssombly has thus Indicated to me their views oh the subject of-increasing the banking capital of* the, Stale, I have given the question, in all its bearings, my most anxious eon* slderallon—-have contemplated the probable effects of this proposed measure'upon the interests of the whole people of the Slate—upon the laborer,.me*, chapip, farmer, merchant, and manufacturer, and bringing to the aid of my Judgment, tfid.lights fur* riigjied, by the past experience of the country,! have .arrived at the conclusion that U.ls tny.solemn duly, however unpleasant, to differ with you'on this subject, ,'Po dissent from lho wishes of-tlio representatives of the peoplej on of lie policy, is painful tp me in the extreme, but to shrink from the responsibility of performing a con* scioua duty, would be cowardly and ; criminal. .In returning-so large a.number’pf the bank bills, without ; iny sanction, for: the ro-considerntlon -of the .General Assembly, ldeem .it right (hall should present my reasons .fur so doing at length, In one message, and have reference to ibis as applicable to theso measures severally, , On assuming the duties of the Executive office, T olsUnolly announced, .‘‘.that, In my opinion, no pretext can justify.tho creation of a superabundant amount of paper money, and that it was with pain* ful alarm 1 have witnessed a growing disposition in the entire country to increase the useof this me* dium on a email specie-basis,regardless of the In evitable effects of the large aoeession&Dfooin which California is furnishing to.this country and to the world. Every people should havo a circulating medium as a matter of convenience, and should' have whatever amount the transaction of whole some bueinesa.aflaira may demand; but unfortu nately we are tpo unwilling to slop at the proper point in thb creation of this .midiurn.'j That as coin becomes abundant it should supplant and render unnecessary (ho use of paper, is to my mind, (he plainest leaching., of common sense. Stick practical effect .Is demaodedby the true'interests Of lIlOpCOplo.” , . . The seniimontsitlnis announced, I have long en tertained, and ihcir.correotness is the more,con* firmed by every day’s, experience and reflection— ( should, by. assenting, to these bills, agree practi* cajly to feverso this doctrine and maintain that as bo FncronsoJ.. ly unsound that nrguMchlis'hdt’ necessary to re fute it. -v •, - * ' The proposed now hanks would add to the pres*, eni banking capital of the State an aggrogalp sum of $1;550,000, or over ten per cent, on capital now in use, and thus swell, the present amount of our paper circulation to, the extent of fo'ur or five millions,. Whilst lam not prepared'to s»y, that at the proper lime, a.bank might hoi bo:useful; if proper* iy managed, at some of the paints named* 1 have had no diiTtculty whaleverinsalisfyingjtny.iiiind that there is til this lime, no real necessity for such an extensive incroaso of paper-money, nor lliat if such increase were permitted, tho afoot would bo prejudicial to ‘the true intercsls'of lhe mass of tho people, and that It would exercise a demoralizing influence upon tho business affairs of tho State, Tho immediate effect would be, I have no doubt; .to enhance tho nominal prices .of all kinds of goods and property, hy tho depreciation of bank paper, stimulating thereby a spirit of wild and fanciful speculation, ungoUipgprodigalityand idleuost. (ho legitimate fruits of an Inflated bur* ron'py, ' All.Violonl .lhla subject are unwise and especially injurious to Jho unwary ci tizen'. Kxpcnonco has demonstrated that all sud* den .expansions and contractions of a paper curren cy, exercise a prejudicial influence on tho real prosperity of tho country'* . Such sudden convul sions, It is true, arc sometimes, turned to tho ad* vanlugo of tho shrewd capitalists, hut tho unsus pecting (armor er mechanic,'enticed from his safe pursuit by thofajr promises of tho expanslpn, is crushed ip his now experimonl.by the violence of the oonlraollp.n, f r -.. 41 If it be »‘ oxpofioncu,loaches,wisdom” 1 —and pone will, doubt (his—tho, people of, Puna? i sylvaniu should bd wiso onthisBubjool,anda more i reference io thni experiment, It seems to me, should be su.TiclUnl to awaken them to tho danger of the measure in'^uesllon'. The conscquoncea of a’similar policy, adopted in 19M, regardless of tho admonitions of the sa. pocloua and,patriotic Snyder, are ftill remembered by some who.participated in the scenes of those ; days, and are known fo oil of-us us u dark page in ( tho history of (ho Stnte.. Let no man flatter him* sejf with tho belief that the same -cause will not produce the same effect in the future that'll has done in Iho past.- Tho country, it is ijruo, Is now inhabited by a now generation, but'tho nature of man has undergone no change since the days of Snyder—his ihiphls&s' are the aame; and 1 the laws of Irndb retnalri unaKeted; andi as* surodly, If wo rush Into tho errors of that llayi'vyp may justly anticipate p similar rojribulloti.'Nor is this tho only prncifcal‘dcniohßtrot|on of llio'dan* gor of tho proposed policy, to bo', found.ln ( ohf his* tory. Who does not romombbr'sqmcUilng of the condition of afla.jrs that qxjslpd^hrough.tho whole extent of our vasi country during tho yoa*:B 1831,- ’SS-'SG. . Who has forgotten the warning voico of tho .patriotic Jaokeon, .admonishing tho people against tho consequences of an inflated currency and an unrestrained system of credit, which then pervaded our business circles, nnd nflbctcd deeply domestic arrangements. Hut his warning'was not heeded until it whs 100 latu arrest tho ovil. The groat hank expansion of that period engon. dared n spirit of dcspornlo speculation ond hnblts of prodigality which distingulslind alike the career of fSlaloo, corporations and Individuals,' And who can contemplate, without regret am! shame, the * disgrace and misery which followed as tho legitl -1 mate consequence. Tho imaginary fortunes of ■ Individuals were dispelled as fog before the rifling ’ sun, and the : mushes of tho speculator woro runt I nssumier os cobwebs before Iho torrontof revulsion 1 that ensued. : States, corporations and individuals woro prostrated beneath its weight—tholr plighted | faith bneaino a by-word and scoff, nnd tholr orodlt , was hawked aboutln tho market nnd offered for fa f more fraction of Us nominal ’vnlno.' Whilst tho > unwary olllaen who had been mislead by this on } flfioial state of affairs, Including widows and or phans, whoso means, under the, force of the dole* sion,had Hlitfnvbsted In schemes ipuroly speed latiro,. founcWhetnselve* thrown houseless and penniless, upon the .charity of the public. Nor is this all. The effect of extending the. banking capital of (his State, in 1836, by the .chartor of the United States and other banks, from a little over fourteen to exceeding fifty*o!ghV millions, and its suddon reduction, in a few years afterwards, to an active capital of not less than nineteen millions, was scarce loss disastrous. Tho consequences to our Stale credit, to tho trade and commerce of our metropolis, to tho interests of all classes of our people, and to the honor-of the-Commonwealth abroad,.are topics too unpleasant to be discussed at day, and I only allude to lhem as so many admonitions against the tendency of the effort now making to Increase tho amount of banking capital, evidently calculated to produce a somewhat siml lor stale of affairs* These expansions are delumvoand unprofitable, and ns shown by their past history, oloarly inimi cal tb thd rights and interests of jabor. From an hble report mode to Congress on this subject, in 1 18‘10,1 have gathered surito very interesting facts | which speak a language that cannot be misunder stood. They arc ,tq the effect.that, from 1834 to 1183 G, the. Incrensd of paper currency in tho United States was near dBper'cdrtt.',—that.tho advance in the "price of thof kind of real citato, which was constantly in the-market', was over one hundred per cent.,—-in Blo9ka, real and fancy, about one hundred and twenty per cent.,—ln flour, pork, idornj &c.V'aboQl'sixty per cent;, and in ,the price of labor, tho Source ofali real'w'calihi bui’a little over sixteen percent;' But hot So'Whcnibo con traction comes, for ill on labor boars the first shook, and, depreciates , In every view, therefore,, is a fluctuating curropcy jirejudicial. to th'o-interosts of the laborer. ' Labor is tho last thing to rise in price, and dees so leaet/wijh an inflation of ihe currency; but suffers first and roost severely under; thp contraction.,-.Besides, during tho times of such inflation, tho laborer is forced to receive his wages at tho standard.price of a sound curren cy, in that which is depreciated, and purchase his necessaries at' the high prices consequent upon such depression. Such expansions, in addition, are adverse to the real prosperity of tho country— and retard rather than advance it. Tho artificial growth produced by the expansion is more than counteracted by the paralyzing Influence of tho contraction, and tho aggregate prosperity is less than it would bo wore ihocounlry left to its steady natural adyanepi . But how clearly impoverishing ,is thp effect of 1 an inflated currency upon ail our State and Nation al interests, notv closely pressed by foreign com petition, It virtually , opens our ports to invito euch rivalry against all these pursuits, and no rate of tariff that the wisdom of Congress can devise, within any reasonable limit, can counteract its in fluence. It greatly enhances‘the nominal prices of goods and commodities id (his, above what they will boar in other countries, whilst at the same I time It retards rather than facilitates their produc tion. ■ It thus gives the foreign producer tho op. porlunity of manufacturing at the low rales ofhia i own country, and selling it the inflated prices of lours; for ho receives his pay not in ourdeprecialod i paper but in gold and silver, his this state.of tho currency, more than any other feature in the policy of this county, that enables tho foreign manufacturer to compote, if not Id undersell, tho I American producer in our w But where ikllus.pvixb , nv/isfdfl?o n r'hl)s , 'wTiy au thorite auch an increase all ul one time? During the ofßclalscrvico of my two last predecessors, cov eting a period of nine years, but four new banks of issue wore created } and when has Pennsylvania been more prosperous than during that lime t When, tinea first burlbonsdby her heavy debt, did her credit stand higher? And when did the labor of ber citi zens reap a' better reward? She has, during (he whole time, stood erect, maintained her faith, and by the proper exercise Aker own inherent elements, of wealth, has boon steadily extricating herself from the ombarrisments brought upon her by a spirit of prodlgalilytlransfased throughout tho whole country as the. consequence of the expansions of paper money to which I have already referred, .i /. There is now. near nineteen millions of banking capital in the Stale, of which about four and a half millions of dollars arc invested in stocks, bonds, fkc., a business not necessarily connected with banking nor contemplated in tbo creation of banks. This fact furnishes some evidence that at times there had been more banking capital than the legUlinalo'bus- Inert of these institution's seemed lo’ require, and certainly thero is nothing in the present condition of tho country to justify so largo an accession to our papormt’dliirtr.' *" ' J • . The present period ls‘one distinguished for the great abundance of coin. Tho mines <?f California and Australia have recently, been contributing to swell Inordinately iho'nsual supply which other parts of the world still continue itnvbatodly to furnish.— Money is unusually plenty lu this country and has not been, so much so, nor so cheap in Jiuropo, fur many years. Tho Bank of England how contains tho enormous sum of near ninety millions of gold 1 and silver, whilst in Trance and Holland there is an evident excess above the .demands pf business, In tho United Stales wo have a full supply, which is noiv being rapidly augmented.by now receipts.— Those receipts ns T learn from reliable, though un. oflicial sources, by, importation and coinage, fur the months of January, February and March, amounted to over thirteen millions and a half, leaving In this country, after deducting all oxpiorts ofspcclo, for tho some period, a balance of near seven millions of dollars. This ratio of increase would soon double and treble tho whole capital of tho country. And it la worthy of' roinark that this groat increase of gold coinage is beginning to awaken tho inquiry as to wha( is to bo, Ifip.efleel upon this groat standard of value, as compared will! oilier coins or circulating medium. ■ ‘ ' ' Tito effect of thla superabundance of money on the business aflaira of the country l» already being mado manifold. Tho algna of llio llrnoe, it eccma to mo, indic.ilo very clearly that wo ato approaching & period of more Ilian natural prosperity resulting from this excess of.money. , Tha mania which pro* vails for all kinds of, buajoeag.and projects of im* provomcnl ; which requfro ihb‘lnvestment of Urge sums'of money, Is the evidence of such tendency In our ipanclary affairs. If lhbn,*wo are to take caunie) from llio past, and the indications of the present, wo mqst believe that this abundance of currericr Will, 1 of Itself,produce an inflation of prloo and lead to speculatiort ond prodigality.' But inch artificial prosperity will bo of abort duration. The re-action will an certainly come'as that the sun will cbntlnuo to rise In tho oast and set in tho weslj and, unfortunately, when It doea come, (ho Innocent and unwary who have made least in this game, are forced to Buffer moat. Is it wise than, In full view of such unmistakable indications, to hasten this Stala of offaira, aillf aggravate tho evil by on improvident Inoronao of paper money? Shall wo eo far forgot (ho severe lesson* which have boon heretofore Inflict ed upon .this noblo State 7 .1 trust not. Ido not eay that It limy not ho proper at some future time to charter now honks at some of (ho petals in llur Stale where it is now proposed (u iuoito ilium; bill I must sincerely believe, and I express this belief with the utmost derturonoo to the views of tho General As* seinbly, that the present* is. not a propitious period for nn Increase of banking'capital. > Lot us Aral see what is to bo tlio effect of the increase of gold coin* ago and tho obundanoe or inonuy to which 1 havo already alluded. It is prudent, at least, to remain on the sofo aide of (his question. There is no danger of (ho real'prosperity of tlio atate being retarded for the want of paper money, and I have never known (he people to auffor from such cause. Oor currency is now »• at any other period In tho history of tbe'Commonwealth,kDd her y|ty and growth AT *2 00 PBB'AflNU** resulting frum Uio energy, lodullry 'tnff enUrpfi*# of hor people, equal to (bat of aof of her illtl* Slate*. Artificial meant to improve thti ooßaUloo, might readily produce the • rovorsi result; " r.f , 1 think the aggregate banking capital of the atate largo enough, and tbit of the whole cotiotjytW ; large—much 100 largo for the welfare of. (bole per* suit* closely pressed by foreign competition 1 . ,'But tho groat monetary movement Which, at tbld tint* would seem wise and necessary, is not within thj control of a single tlate. If il wore so, and Penn* eylvania were (bal slate, 1 have no hesitation in aoyiog-, that I should not, during ray official oareer; sanction (ho charter or rc-ob«rtcr of any Sank* :I| should bo my porpofie to reduce, rather than tho paper circulation. But a single member of;lhls confederacy can do but Jlttlo moro than show a good example and invito imitation on the part of sister atatos. Situated as we arc, therefore, wo' oao only mako the best of the circumstances which surround us—restrain tbo evil and promote the good, so tat-at tllQ Influence of. ibo State can do till*. • 1 have not been iosonaiblc to tho force of the fits* oning In favor of establishing banka in, particular localities aa a medium through which to oobdaet heavy business transactions, and I should not object to institutions for this purpose with all (he attributes of a bank, except tho right to create paper moneys It is urgqd; also,(hat certain localities necdwbiU art called banking facilities, (hot are now without lOlrfef accommodations, and that some, or all of these b]llfj are only intended (o afford to mch placet that yvhfcjk has been already extended l am fritX& admit that there arc localities thus situated, epd{fyal il is intended, by tho bills in question, to supply nna of these, and were it practicable to afford to then these facilities without increasing the present amount of pspor money, or in ether words, this end,could; be accomplished by taking from localities that npv' : manifestly liavo,loo’much, tho evils of of banking capital, which I have suggested'could 1 not apply. But it cannot, to my mind, 1 be (hat any inconvenience suffered by certain.looaiujeft. should bo regarded as paramount to tho important considerations (hak scorn clearly, at this time, icf weigh against any increase of the paper medium of the'slalo, This complaint,' may be gradually Set*at rest hcrcofier, should (ho consideration ogalndt'an' increase'of capital continue, by refusing toreohejrnf.; hanksin localities where there it an excess of spoil - facilities and distributing them in other. quarler|,*r> Dul In this the ulmotjscaro will bo necessary, farprcT. have learned by sad experience tlial.lt is a daogpf. ous policy to locate those institutions In a region df country greatly deficient in capita). I need notfiul to mind the numerous iuatanccs in whleb banks, thus located, have misled the buslncsa commuoityV by their promises to pay, without a dollar in. lheU H vaults, and then exploded to tho vast injury of tbp people* They ore so many arguments to iuslthj lb* 1 truthfulness of (his position, and' nothing ‘ but ; my unwillingness to. excite unpleasant recollection*!- restrains mo from pointing out the 'particulars of. some of these occurrences. But I trual they. mp* not, on that account, escape your reflection. Abanfi created for tho use only of those who desiro (o bs’<' come borrowers, eannot answer. Thfl mere corpora. ate franchises cannot give it all tho elements of * [good bank.: Tho patrons of such an iniUtutloo I must put money into its vaults boforp they can draw* any out. In other language, if a particular Ideality bo poor, it will not be mado rich by the posseislotf ’ of a bank possessing qualities Iliad ||M' right to mako paper, money. There must be.-nok! only.a necessity for such an institution, bat )egUU n mato business and wealth in such locality Id saaTaiti-. it, or the probabilities are (hat lhq result wiltbedls''- Q|UOUI« r . jlll.nDl.Aluiiiitf a <uvu) ■ rernmani in ftinf .} jus..i» u s «t money at such a place. Tbal.jnny ■ bo tho very rcanon wliy public interest and safety' would forbid such location. Besides, it It to tbl* difficulty, to a great extent, (hat this commodity lie Indebted for its value. I am quite sure tbal )r it were made sufficiently abundant to answer the view* of aomo political economists, it would neither h* ve/*~i usblo nor useful, Tho advantages resulting tp'tjjjS. particular localities in which thoie inslituitons found, are, as a general principle, greatly dvsrratstfr >l I can bringlo review in my mind t vast diitritVo/'). tho state, embracing aomo eighteen oonliguotfa AoM-lS tics, ail flourishing and prosperous, in Which there Iff [ not to bo found a single bank of issue, and, yet I.dd { not aco that these are loss prosperous than dodttllM favored with many banks. A number of this cooh^ 5 ties within the fangs to which Prefer, wcrtT *io&9 . time favored.with banks, but these institution# bayetr.i’ failed and gone out of existence, end 1 cannot wp*‘ cclvo that such counties are less flourishing' (]iin * they were when their respective banks were in fulf* operation. Thia seclusion from banks, U should bb remembered,-is not without its advantages. ,Th# people of such regions are perhaps fully , fur what they suffer in inconvenience, by tho protec tion they thus enjoy from tho force of • commercial Revulsion. What they lose at a Unroof baajt o*> pansiori !s more than made good to them by llicl# escape from (he full force of the contraction; A lililo reflection on iho’occurronccs, during (hb periods ■ to which I have ropoatediy made reference, will tax*,, isfy any one that this is no mere franciful Idas, bpl > a Clear practical truth. 1 ' ■ '• ■' ***' 1 have thus, gentlemen, performed 1 what I rogtfd f “ os an imperative duty. Should subsequent events de - monstrate that I have erred, I shall at least ~h*v#.( ' tho consolation to know that such error it of |6d . head, and not of the heart. . . Kl ii WM. DIGLER, EifcctrrlvK Ciumdcr, f 1 " | Harrisburg, April 00, 1853. f : U#u of I CrU* Whiskers* Every one mint have observed what are usually * called tho 'whiskers, on a cat's upper. Up.; of these, In a slate uf nature, Is very important.— (hoy aio.nUaohod.to a bed of, close glands tmdrtlto “ akin {'and of. (lioeo Jong hairs ip coatyßplejt , with Ilia liriffii aj (fin flp. The slightest copleQl qf Those whlahcW with Sny ifurroun'dlntf object (sthus ’ felt ntmf distinctly hy the DDimal, of themselves, ere insensible. They stand out’ each side of,the )iun, as well os in the common an that from point to point, they are equal to width of the animal's body. If we Imagined Itiaro* fore, on animal stealing through a covert of wood 1 In an Imported light, we shall at ones ace the oaa of these long hairs. They iudioato to him, (hrougbttid. nicest feeling, any shstaclo which may prciout ltlpjjf., to the passage of (he body , 'lhey prevent (lie rustling of boughs snd loaves, which would give warnldgto •’ his prey, ifbe attempts (o pass through too clots’* ! bush | and thus, ip conjunction with lliosoA of his foot, snd the fur upop which be. treads {lhp A rotraotile claws never coming in contact With lad,, ground,) they enable him.to mayo towards his ylo)l|p { with a. stillness oven greater than that pf who croops along the grass, and, is not percclfotf ' until ho is coiled around his prey.' : ' r ‘ ‘- 1 - 1 The PnEM.—Tbo Richmond Examiner, spoakityg: of ilio common notion that every body baa a right (®n publish whul bo plealca,'at the puUlaboi's oxpenjo and not bU own, say*, very forcibly; f . The,proas is only free lo its oflitora** and to (hoe* whom Its odilorf baliavo lo ha ve'goofl. ground Cot ■ addressing Ilio puplio, and something |o wIilo|» i (lia public has an interest in hearing. Wo>«fptU4. ■ rcoommuml llioso who labor under this mistake to consider (ho following loot—that Dowapapotsaro made Tor largo class who road, ami noUfor tbo small - olasa wlio want to write. Tho idea that when a subscribes to a newspaper, bo lays ils propriolorii ua> . der some undqflnoablo obligation, or that be right to publlah his oumposilioni therein, wllbl&o singlo provlao that they shall bo Inoffensive,(•' i popular fancy and moat ridiculous mistake, which ought to bo corroded. Nqt only baa ho nb 'stidh right; but (ho editor who permits hlni’id put'tfclh* terosling iuattoi in his columns,loftlogss upoo’tbtf rights of four or five thousand otheipsonlb legrkl< U> one individual. Very fbw editors act ' V:i '•** ' ■■■;; ’ r, ■' &itsrh Hit i ! >-y r tM- yn,* tiA'-T
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