VOL. LI. TREASURER’S ACCOUNT, .JOHN F. SHRODErTEs?., f Treasurer of Lancaster County , in account with, said County, January Ith, 1850: ! OR, To balance in bands, as per last Au ! ditor's Report “ Outstanding taxes i: ditto i for 1844 i 15 86 - 1547 ! 351 72 44 1845 ll 464 78 *• Assessment for County purposes j for 1840. as per Certificate of Coun- 1 ty Commmissiouer? Excess of taxes on Duplicate? of : IS4S :240 5S of 1849 j 4)13 “ Cash for Loans from individuals. ; peri’. G. K. 311680 00 *' Proceeds of 4 notes discount-ed at ! Lancaster Bank 1982418 1 Farmers Bank 7T)14 67 “ . 1 •• £an. Co. Bank 4 946 67 *• Cash of Jacob Huber. Esq.. Shcr- J iff, fines and jury fees . “ *• James Wiley, Clerk of": Mayor’s Court, fines 44 !’• G. Kberman. for s:jle of au old stove Joliii Landes, part of sale of bridge and old plank • Marliu. Clerk of Quarter Session-*, lines John House. Esq..line* ■‘collected for breach of peace [ 600 John Hess. fc>q.. mje of j stray hogin Lampeter *• •• Charles Good. Guardian tuxes on quarry land in Burt Jcjhn H Duchman, for old feuce on Ffi-un ground^ *• •• Jacob Huber: J-lsq.. Sher iff, fines and ju *y land j 44 •• Arthur Quinn. old fence on Prisnu ground B ’• “ John Love, for his por tion of bridge at Steelville “ , R. B. M'CaUistiT. fur sale of stray Steer in Marik- " It. B. M'CaUb-ter. lines from J Kreiti-r and P. Diffonbaoh for profane swearing M\ Gr"lT.lorsaleof.-tray Steer, sold by 1). Conyiigham. in Leacock 11 •• M. (rrofT. for sale of stray Steer, sold by N. W. Sample “ •• Henry Ilerr. on account ol bond for bridge j Henry Miller, 4 •• J. fc 1 P. llcrrt for plauk Spikes. JCC. left of bridge • Chn Huutsicker.on acd of bridge at his mill D. W. Martin. Clerk of Quarter Sessions, lines S. Iluntsicker.in full, for bridge- at his mill Jacob Hubev. Esq.. Sher iff. fines and jury fund * •• John K. Hummer. Esq sale of Stray in Penn • Herr 8: Miller, in full, of Boud for bridge 1 •• John Miller, fur plank sold at Rank’.-; mill *• •• .Inn Schnader.F.>q..salc of stray Bull in West Karl ‘* •• Jacob Huber. Esq.. Sher iff. line from J. 11. Piersol •“ -• C. Huntsieker. on nect of bridge at his mill • " M. Carter, lor his por lion of one-third of bridge at Octorara Creek l ; •• 11. Zonk, for his portion of bridge at his mill , 44 •• Jacob Zeclier. f.»r old fence on Prison ground “ John Benedict. ditto 44 •• John Schwartz, do •* 4 - John (iamber.for lumber of bridge at Rank's mill " Part of bills and certificates re maining unpaid • Percentage received from State Treasurer, on payment of State taxes Lops allowed to Collectors of th: By payment of Court orders ju favor of Lhrn. H. Kaurh. David Stunt and Andrew Mi-iiutfey. for auditing State ami County .are'ts fur I>>4>. and making statements thereof By ditto iu tavor of l\ td. Kbcrraan. making out. statement of County accounts for publication By ditto of 22S•Constables returns .. Koudvie.w.-rs orders “ •• G2L Court bills and cer- 22 Commissioners orders on account of new Pri-ou ; ditto from No. 1 to 4oG. except the above 22 orders. ami N<,s. 23. *G. 10$. 203. 2G7. 2I»G. GGS. 39 j and 39t>. and not presented 3$ .942 19 4 ditto for lbso 1.234 2u •• •• 1 ditto lor IS4S. present ed in 1549 3 00 ; lixoneratioup and commission? to collectors ..viz : for 1544 for 1547 205 72 •• 1546 -100 29 •• 1849 9.2-11 80 Outstanding taxes “ Ter centage at the rate ot S-lu of one per cent on $112,042 received by him *' ialauee remaining in his hands JOHN F’ SHIIODER. Esq.. Treasurer of Lancaster County, in account with said County for State appro priation for .Common School purposes. Jau. 7. ISoU DR. To balance in hands per report of Auditors OR. 1849. April IG. by cash paid Jacob Ecbternacht. Treasurer of Com mon Schools of East Cocalico “ June 18. by ditto Marks (j. Wen ger, ditto of Lencock '*• Sept. d. by do Michael G. Wen ger, ditto of; West L,arl Per centage s>9s7 25. whole amount that passes through his hands, without allowance last year Balance in his bauds 5707 41 The undersigned. Auditors of Lancaster County. Do ItrroKT. that they have carefully examined the account of John F. Shroder. Esq., late Treasurer of Lancaster County, in account with said County, and find a balance in his hands, on tin* 7th day of January. ISSO. for Coun ty purposes, oftwenty-one thousand eight hundred and seventy-three dollars and sixty-five and a half cents, say 521.57 d 05} We also find, at the same date, a balance of State appropriation for Common School purposes iu his hands, of three hundred and sixty-three dollars and six cents, say Making the aggregate amount in his hands, twenty-tvro thousand two liumlred and thirty-six dollars and seventy-one and a half ceuta. for which amount he has this day produced the receipt of Miller Fraiin. i— the present Treasurer of the County, say $-22,230 711 - We also fiud that the Collectors of the following townships have paid and settled off their duplicates for the year 1549. viz : Brecknock. Carnarvon, West Co calico, Colerain. Conestoga. Conoy, Elizabeth, West Hempfield, East Lagipeter, West Lampeter. Lancaster. Penn. Ilapho and Strasburg. At the same date we find the duplicates of -the Col lectors of Conoy. West Earl. Mountjoy and Strasburg Borough for 1843. and of West Donegal and Strasburg Borongh for 1547. remaining unsettled. Although the aggregate amount ol outstaucling taxes compares favorably with that of last year, we regret to find at the above date, unsettled balances due the County for the years 1848 and 1847 ; and. in justice to the punctual tax payers of the County, we feel con strained to,protest against such practice of Collectors, permitting their duplicates of one or even two years previous to remain unsettled at the time of auditing the annual accounts; we are especially at a time like Jail the present, when the financial condition of the County David Hartman. Esq., late Sheriff, from Oct. requires a considerable portion of such taxes punctu- Ist l 0 Oct. 18th. 1848, for maintenance, key £ lnto tee County Treasury, to be assessed lor. lees. soap, oil, &c., clothing, keeping Ham iWnatedto the payment of interest on Loans iUou . drawing jurors, summoning, &c.,and M County. The County Commissioners or Treas- for carriage house. &e $333924 urer having tho means of correcting this evil m then- Jacob Huber. Esq sheriff maintenance igoj. id hands, the Auditors feel themselves so strongly justified Kev fee? ’ trf «?t in refusing to allow a credit to the Treasurer in the ad- Soan oil IR7 oo^ justment of his accouut for unsettled balances of du- . ClothW ' ,T Qi plicates of previous years, for which a credit had al- +« e, U8 * ready been given, at a former settlement of tho County TenSmi??? 1 * Eastern Accounts, that the majority of the undersigned, con- Summoning jurors 130 nfl tinwng m office, have resolved, with the approbatitf Fees in m/J-, n e... I *.. U 0 of the honorable Court, to adopt such course at tli Court yrS and Sessions next adjustment of the Treasurer’s accouut. -*■ auuujj, lißSnfl During the year 1849. three townships have draw and FRAME STABLE. There a fine l their proportional share of the State Appropriation ft o.nU.j n • c - re 18 a nne Common School purposes, from the County Treasur t " nvin S Orchard of choice fruit, a never failing well still leaving a balariSfc as above stated, uncalled for.- °* water » an “ an excellent Bpring on thia tract.— Since, by an Act of the Legislature, the adoption of th The whole is under fence, and the property is well Common School system has become general throughou calculated for public business of anv kind hfincr . the County, the balance of the appropriation slioul o np of tho m nit Hpsimhlp Inr-itinn. in u’ M • come in possession of those districts which are stiL ol the post desirable locations in the south- : entitled to their shares, by their drawing it frod astera portion or the county. the County Treasury, thus putting an end to its longei .An indisputable*title will be made, and posses- 51 existence,” which has been one of continued-decline'! sion given on the Ist of April next. \ frpm Its infancy, through the fitqucut--eoDsumpiivi Sale to commence at 2 o’clock, P. M., when ' attacks ■’to which it was subjected by the commission; Hup ... . - „*> . ’ , thereon allowed to each successive County Treasured k , nce be given, and terms made during the “long term of its existence ” amongst us. known by SAMUEL B. FERRY. We have also examined the account of William Gor 29, 1850. 1-ts recht, Esq., Treasurer of the Poor adU House of Emi ployment of Lancaster County, and find the same c r A 0 rect as presented to us. with'a balance in his hands j 1 “UUuerj* Blxty-two dollars and twenty-four cents. $62 ] [%/TRS. BAILIE will open an assortment Witnosi our hands at the Commissioners’. Office j JjJ_ of Fashionable Millinerv on THTTRR-^^M UAY November Ist, 1849, at her residence WT | East Bang street. , U-40 Lancaster Comity, this 23d day of January. A. D., 1850. DAVID STONE. ANDREW MEHAFFEY. J. B. TSHUDY, The following is astateme) and Levies remaining d $19,192 41 Bart Cocalico East Columbia Borough. Conoy East Donegal West Donegal... . Drumorc Epbrata.. Earl W est Earl r ulton Ea=t ilempficld,. . Lancaster City. ... ‘Leacock Upper Leacock.. .. Little Britain, . . . Manhcim .Yar:ic, . Manor, Mountjoy, ...... ~ Paradise, Salisbury. Sadsbury Strashurg bor. . . . Warwick i 64.36.1 s2os 72 J hose marked thus [ * j bare since be Excess of 7 'axes received by th> for 1848 and 1&49. Strosburg. .-. .. Elizabeth. .... R.apho Carnarvon. . . . Brecknock. . . . West Conegal. . Drumore Elizabeth Lancaster City.. Leacock Upper Leacock.. Little Britain. . Manor Martie Sad.-bury Paradise. Warwick IVnn Salisbury Earl ; The following is a statement of the orders drawn on Johu F. Shrudor Es Lancaster county, for the year 1849.’ an ls5U: also, ot 521 Courtbills and ccrtifii Assessors' pay. Durt - Geo. I. Baughman $37 00 Brecknock Anthony Good 31 uo Carnarvon ATS. W’eller. 36 50 Cocalico East JolinHowor 35 no Cucalico West °amuel Eberly 3o 00 Culerain Wm. Galbraith 37 00 L'ouestoga Benjamin Urban 4o 00 * ’niioy Solumon Haldcuian 30 00 37 ou 104 on Donegal East James Johnson 45 00 Donegal West Jacob Redseckcr 35 00 Drumore Erastus Reynolds 38 00 Kphrata William Bentz 45 00 Earl John Kurtz 50 uo Earl West Johu ShealTer 32 00 Elizabeth Peter Elser 35 u 0 Fulton John Scott 34 ou ilempfield East Wm. Parker 38 UO Hempfield West Joseph Bard 34 uo Lampeter East John Smith ;*> uo Lauipeter West 11. M. Rolirer 30 00 Lancaster J.M. Frantz 17 00 Lancaster City Michael Bundle 250 00 Leacock Abraham Bair 40 00 Leacock Upper Le\vis Sheaffer 30 00 Little Brittain Robert Patton 35 uo Manheim John Garber 42 00 Martie James Simpson 35 00 Manor Abrahm Landis 45 00 Mount Joy William Wilson 42 00 Paradise Geo. Slaymaker 26 ) 0 i’enn John Hummer 30 00 Rapho Samuel Ensminger 30 00 Salisbury William'Andrew 45 09 Sadsbury Joseph D. Pnwnall 35 00 Strasburg George Wicker 40 00 Warwick George Geyer 41 50 Drumore. 1835 Erastug Revuold? 33 00 T otal 1,539 00 Erecting Bridges. Joseph Russel, in full, for building Bridge across Conestoga Creek at Hunseckers Mill $2OOO 50 Henry Zook, iu full, for building Bridge across Coealice creek at his Mill 690 00 Samuel Hopkins, iu lull, lor building Bridge across Little Claques creek at S. Bakers 750 00 Martin Frey, on account of Bridge across Muddy creek near Freys .Mill. 400 00 Repairing Bridges. George Kink, for Carpenter work in repair* • ing Bridge across Conestoga creek, at Ranks Mill $3lO 09 Benj. Benedict, for work and labor to,do. 30 25 B. K. Wayne.-for .Mason work to do. 26 50 Samuel Lutz, for boarding hands for do. ’ 8 10 A. $ J Lfjiman, for sawing timber for do. 7 S 3 Wui. W. Bard, for bawling stone sic.. for do 3S 00 John Lehman, for boarding bauds •• 63 00 John Buser. for Iron Work •• 85 00 Jacob F. Young, for Powder. See., 4 53 George Bear, for hauling Stone 2 50 Samuel Rank, for Stone •• 7 50 Simon Hostetler, for lumber l - 20 70 John Winner for superintending work 28 62$ 102.609 SO 1547 57 56 IS4S 2.308 fi« 1549 905 95 David M. Martin, Esq., clerk fees. $ 383 671 1. E. Hiester. Esq.. Atfy General's fees 338 so‘ Juror's pay 1421 19 Witness do 1881 09 Justice and Constable costs 098 43 Crier and Tipstaves ' 1&7 50 Sfio n:j 21.873 654 James Wiley, clerk fees at Jan’y Term. 1849. $ 29 07 Juror’s pay IDS 00 Witness pay . 105 44 Aldermen's pay 22 5u Crier and Tipstaves 3125 ■>l-10.015 S 7 j Juror’s pay ( rier auil Tipstaves Mathias Zahm. care and keeping court house $32 56 Ditto for wood, candles, and sundries 29 16 C. Finfrock. for scrubbing court house walls 2 50 E. Eshbrenner. cutting v.ood and carrying in 4 75 Coroner. ohn Wright. Esq. coroner, and others, hold ing inquests on the bodies of 35 persons found dead iu Lancaster county $514 52 'Commissioner's Office. P. G. Eberman. for one year salary as clerk. due Oct 18th. 1849. to Commissioners. $5OO 00 Ditto on account 55 ou Henry G Long. Esq. 1 year salary as clerk 175 00 P. (r. Eberman. for half ream letter paper 1 00 Samuel White, for blank books for office 15 25 Telegraph office for despatch 40 Mary Dickson, for postage 3 55 John F. Long. ink. wafers, twine. $-c. 2 25 .Mrs. Sarah Porter, fur pamplet laws 8 00 Geo. D. Eberman. for eight-day clock 5 00 John Tangert. for 2 loads chips 2 Qu John Witmer. Esq., for 106 days services at >1 50 per day as Commissioner, and 2430 miles at 6 cents per mile 304 81) John Landis. Esq., 147 days service? as Com missioner. and 1932 miles 336 42 Henry Mussulman. Esq.. 95 days services as Commissioner, and 2005 miles 263 30 I. B. Eddinger. 1 gross steel pens 1 00 Martin Brunner, assisting clerk 3 50 Return Judges, for holding General olection $933 19 Officers of township election 822 52 Assessors, pay for making Lists and attending elections 256 73 Constables pay luO 79 William 3l tons coal $127 87} Elias Herr, for 21} cords and 1 load wood 106 00 mt of County Rates tue , Jan 7, 1850. ! 1847. ! 1848 1549. ! 298 73 1 187 76 , 291 36 ! 590 93 99 II 259 38 ] 370 32 I 750 93 1 259 19 62 77 131 65 I 208 31 466 29 9241 56 ?en paid. ie Treasurer $4l 13 Commis sq Treai bd four 0 icates. $632 62} Covrl of Quarter Sessions. Mayor's Court. Common Pleas. Court House. Elections. CITY OF LANCASTER, TUESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 12, 1860. Sheriff’s proclamations, blanks, notices. <s*c. $lB7 50 E. C. Darlington. do. do. ' 190 00 John H. Pcar&ol, adjoin’d courts, notices, tfc. 26 56 George Shroyer, publishing notices 1 00 E. W. Hutter, annual acc’ts. proclama’s, Ac. 114 25' John Ensminger. adjourned courts 6 00 M. D. Holbrook, annual accts, proclam’s. 4*c. 47 00 J. B. Garber, annual accounts, Ac. 21 00 J. S. Jonea. Gov’rs and Sher’s proclamations, . 15 00 John. Bear, annual acc’ts, blanks, notices, 122 00 A. E. F.shleman. adjourned courts 3 00 G. W. Sanderson, Sher’s procl'n. notices. Ac. 18 50 Jacob Myers, annual accounts, notices, proc lamations. <s■<:. 52 00 $BO4 16 Poor and House of Employment. William Gorrecht, Esq. for support of Poor for the year 1849 ,>/ $10.500 00 Penitentiary. Eastern Penitentiary for support of eonvicts for 1849. $1331 19 Public Offices. John Wiley, shoveling snow $ 187.* George Brubaker. Esq. Register counter and suudrics for Register’s office 31 87 George F. Rote, stool for office 2 00 James Whitehill. repairing seal press 4 00 C. Kieffer. cannon stoves for offices 22 00 George M. Steinman, for keys 3 00 George Doersh. for blank books, and binding 82 00 Conrad Wissley. repairing dour 75 H. Pinkerton, cushion for Orphans’ c’t office 2 00 Ralph Gilmore, scrubbing and whitewashing 7 50 Sumuel W. Taylor, glazing 7 28 John Droppard. mending seal press 3 25 Joseph Real, shoveling snow 1 00 C. Anne, repairing window blinds 7 62 John Snyder, road damages in Martie. $4B 00: John Smith. $29 00 ; .Martin Reese, $25 00 $lO2 00 Benj Miller, damages in W. Lampeter twp., $24 00 : Frs. Herr. $B3 00 ; John Kachel, $46 ; William Miller. $26 $179 00 Robert Linton, do. in Mauor Township 65 00 John Ksbleman. " Mountjoy " 76 00 Christian Kisser, "• Elizabeth Daniel Good. Isaac lledsecker. H. Frank A others " Warwick Henry Landis, John.Markley. 55 00 Christian Neff, *• E. Lampeter •• 56 00 Joseph Jameson. - L. Britain " 90 00 Charles Pennock, " *• " 85 00 JoDas Hess. Jacob King, A. F. Ewing. " •• *• 60 0o Daniel D. Swift. " - " 60 00 Sumuel Bokius, 44 u " 40 00 J. Dentlinger and other?. F.. Lampeter 156 00 George Y'urnU. James M’Sparran. Ann B. lair. C. & J. M.'Sheuk John Haviland. Esq.. on account of building New Prison 60.000 00 James Carpenter, regulating prison lots 0 00 -M. Carpenter. Esq. Mayor of the city of Lan caster for city lots for new prison 500 00 John C. Hainpt. for-lot of ground for prison 130 ou Johu Hi Duchman. for piece of ground do. 871 S 7 Janies Barnes, fur house and loi for do. 582 50 Henry F Benedict, for services rendered 25 0U J. B. Newman, extinguishment of ground rent on lot No. 819 for prison Ditto. for half lot No. 119 do. George "Wiker. distributing tally-papers, as- sessments. circulars. &e. $B5 00 11. G. Long, professional services 40 00 It. A . Evans, serving subpeena in case of Com- monwealth vs. J. Smith, alias Drummond 8 70 \V. G. Evans. Esq., costs in above case 17 00 a.W. Davies, serving supneua iuCom'th vs. Drummund.3 Good & Johns, boarding jurors. <s*<\, M. Brunner, copying transcripts E. llohrer. horse higher and services Samuel White, blauks for election list; J. F. Keigart, taking testimony, tec. J. Ilees. for omnibus hire .Mayor and constable costs for vagrant cases 70 37} James Dysart. copying transcripts 5 00 David Lebkichler. do 5 00 Wm. Duckmau. Esq., recording Treasurer's bonds Dr. H. A. Smith, post mortem examination on body ofC. Cemercr 10 00 Pr. John Leonard. do do 10 00 George Wiker. distributing assessments 15 00 I’. G. Kbcrman. distributing tally-papers 15 00 Thomas E. Franklin. Esq., professional scr- vires 10 00 Win. B. Fordney. do do 10 On M. Brunuer. lor copying transcripts 5 On l). M. Martin for 2 certified copies of G'd Juries 4 50 M. Zuhni. crying sale of fence ou prison ground 2 25 M. Bruner, copying duplicates. 10 00 D. iM. Martin, recording names of township officers. 76 25 D. M. Martin, copying duplicates, 16 00 John Smith, copying duplicates. 22 00 M. G. Evans, costs in case of Com. vs Johti Hood, for horse stealing. 29 571 Lancaster city, i year water rent. 40 00* Geo. Hughes, costs in case of Com. vs John Hood, for horse stealiug. Henry Rentier, for bringing John Finley from Lebanon to Lancaster Jail. 9 00 Geo. Norton, lor bringing J. Dennis to Jail. 2 S 3 Isaac Bideisback and K. Grady, arresting horse thief. 1 20 00 Frederick Redding, shovelling snow. 20 Geo. Hughes, services in Com. vs J. Finley, 0 00 M. Bundle, for duplicates. 10 00 Frs. Keenan, for auditing Dockets and acc'ts in public offices. ' 151 50 J. W. Davis, arresting H. Colt, for murder. 8 00 L. Frey, cleaning cellar. 1 00 A. 11. Carpenter, I’n-t mortem examination on body of John Lovet. 10 CO Daniel Zabm and others, in case of stolen gouds of Capt J. Killer. 9 00 Wm. Chambers, arresting aud bringing J. Beckart from Ohio to Lancacter Jail. 124 45 J. B. Newman. Ground Rent one year. 5 7 4 D. M. Martin, transcribing Petition and Road Indexes aud Book. „ 50 00 Geo. Hughes, serving subpoena in Com. vs Isaac Ueckert. John Hatz. horse hire. Doctors 11. A. Smith and C O. Richards, post mortem examination on body of 13. Myers. . 20 00 Geo. Hughes, services in Corn, vs F. D. W. Kent. 20 00 Geo. Brubaker, for ludexing Inventories. 03 00 I’. G. Kberman. distributing Transcripts, 15 00 Doctors Holl and Garber, post mortem exam ination on body of F. .Miller 10 00 Samuel Morrison, for error in commission for county tax in Colerain township, for 1845 5 00 Dr. J. H. Kurtz. Prothon'y. balance at settle ment with county 0 77 M. Carpenter, Ksq. Mayor and constable foes in vagraut cases SI 75 John Sehner. for sign boards for public buildings 1 75 John L. Kefler, for painting sign boards 7 20 J. M. ltoath. serving subp'ua Com'th vs Barr 3 24 George Hughes, serving attachment 8 00 Reuben Muller, for arresting D. Pritchard and bringing him to Lancaster jail 57 14 George Hughes, serving tmb'a. out of county 19 00 John F. Shroder. Fsq. Treas’r. for an abate ment on $14,976 05 advanced by him for State tax . 75s 22 John Connor, for arresting C Eaby. &c. 21 12 M. Zahm, crying sale of lumber, at Rank's mill 1 r,o Jonathan McVoy, for arresting D. Pritchard, horse thief 20 00 James Laird, apprehending horse thief 20 00 Jumes Hudgson. constable services in case of Comth vs A Smith 25 00 P. Royer, services in Comth vs Brukbart 13 40 \\ r m. Chambers: in full for services in case of Comth vs Brichart 45 CO Joseph Ebermau. cleaning town clock, care and winding one year 30 00 John Clark, and others, for services in case of Comth vs Bichard 37 09 Joseph Briutnull. services in Comth V 6 Simon Goye and H. Rich 10 32 John HatZj horse hire and services 8 76 Ditto. do. 3 00 Geo. Wiker. distributing tally papers, &o. 45 00 Jos, Real, shoveling enow. 37J Four orders drawn in 3850. 1234 20 One do of 1848 and paid in 1840, 3 00 W. Whiteside. ATTORNEY AT LAW , HAS removed to the office formerly occupied by E. C. Reigart, Esq., in West King street, 3d house below Mr. Reed’s Tavern. April 10 11-tf , $233 87} Dr. M. M. Moore, Dentist. STILL continues to perform a. operations on the TEETH upon terms to suit the times. Office North Queen street, opposite Kauffman’s HotelJ april 19 George w. M’Elroy, ATTORNEY AT LAW , Offers his professional services to the public. Office in Centre Square, in the rcrom formerly occupied by M. Carpenter, Mayor. [Mav l f ’49-14 JONAS D. BACHMAN, ATTORNEY AT LAW; Office in Market Square,in the room lately occupied by G. W. M’Elroy, Esq. april 24 M 9 tf-13 OFFICE FOR THE Purchase and Sale of Beal Estate, WIESE 5 E2MO- Ik&.SSO.&S'iriSIRL, PENNS YL VANIA no _!L l3 * 42 ' 3m 3 D. W. PATTERSON. Alexander l. hayes, ATTORNEY AT LAW: Office —West King Street, next door below C. Hager , *& Son’s Store. January 9, >49 w 80 JOB PRINTING neatly and expeditiously exe euted at this office. ft THAT COUNTRY IS THE MOST PROSPEROUS, WHERE LABOR COMMANDS THE GREATEST REWARD.”— Buchakak. Road Damages. Martic IV. Donegal JS ew Prison. $62,425 97 Miscellaneous. $108,972 95 P. G. EBERMAN, Clerk. SHENK & LONGS* Coal aud Lumber Yard. TFIHE subscribers have, taken the Coal Yard on X Prince Street, in the city of* Lancaster, lately owned and occupied by Messrs. B. & J. Reinhold, where they intend keeping a general assortment of COAL FOR FAMILY USE, such as Lykens’ Valley, Baltimore Company, Pine- Grove, Shamokin, Pittston, &c., with a great variety of Coal for lime-burning and Sulphur Coal for smithing. Also, a general ASSORTMENT OF LUMBER, will be kept constantly on hand. Having made ar rangements with the Saw Mills, every kind o£bill stuff" will be furnished at the shortest notice. It is the intention of the subscribers to give their personal attention to the business; and their object will be at all times to please and accommodate all who may favor them with their custom, pledging themselves to sell as low as any others in the citv of Lancaster or its vicinitv. Now is the time for Bargains! B. F. SHENK, R. H. LONG. D 5" In retiring from business, our friends and the public generally have our thanks for the very libe ral patronagethey bestowed upon us while in busi ness, and hope the same may be extended to our successors, Messrs. iShenk & Long, as we are confident they will merit the confidence of the public. B. & J. REINHOLD. May 27, >49 13 Marble Yard. THE undersigned adopt this method of inform ing their friends and the public in general, that they have taken, the Marble Yard, formerly conducted by Daniel Fagan, feituated in North Queen Street, in the city of Lancaster, a few doors north of Van Kanan’s (formerly Scholfield’s) tavern, whe-e they are prepared to execute all orders in their line, in the neatest manner, at the most liberal prices, and with every possible expedition. William Leonard acquired a thorough know’-odge of the business in the most celebrated Marb' i es tablishments in Philadelphia and New Yor*. Abner S. Bear was an apprentice to Daniel Fagan, and has had many years experience. As their work is all to be finished by themselves, they feel assured, that they can afford entire satisfaction to their customers. s- They exhibit John Beard’s celebrated BOOK OF DESIGNS, embracing a large and attractive variety, from which their patrons can scarcely fail to make satisfactory selections. WILLIAM LEONARD, Dec. 25-6m-4SI ABNER S. BEAR. Conestoga Foundry. STOVES! STOVES!! STOVES!!! QfYOfY STOVES on hand, comprising the best .vUUv assortment ever kept in Pennsylvania. The following list includes a part of the mojt pop ular kind:— Hathaway's Improved. Cook Stoves. a Buck's Superior Cook do. The very celebrated <( Victory''do. The “ Paragon” Cook do. Also, a new Cooking Stove, called the “Farmer.” Application has been made by the proprietor for Letters Patent for this stove, whibTi fie has desig nated “THE FARMER,” in view of;its complete adaption to the wants and uses of this class of the community. It has been constructed with great care, upon the most scientific and approved princi ples, and bids fair to become the most celebrated Cooking Stove in the country. In addition to the above, the subscriber has an assortment of other COOKING STOVES adapted to the use of coal or wood, such as the “Complete Cook,” the “ Parlour Cook,” &c., &c., with all sizes of NINE PLATE WOOD STOVES, and-a large variety of Coal Stoves for parlours, dining rooms and offices. JK?“The proprietor of-the Conestoga Foundry has purchased the right for manufacturing and selling the Hathaway and Buck’s Patent Cook Stove for Lancaster county. The castings at this foundry are made of the best No. 1 Codorus and Conowingo Iron, long'celebra ted for strength. All kinds of CASTINGS made to order. DO 1 * Stoves will be sold and orders for castings received either at the Foundry or at the store of the subscriber in East King Street, a few doors from the Court House in the city of Lancaster. June, 13, ’4S‘-20-tf.] C. KIEFFER. IVew Arrangement, PHCENIX LINE WAY TRAIN now leaves the Depot, No. 272 Market Street, EVERY DAY (except the Sabbath J at 11 o’clock A.M., for Down ingtown, Lancaster and Culumbia, and on its return to this city, will leave Columbia at & o’clock, and Lancaster at 9 A. M , and arrive in Philadelphia at 1 P. M. This line is intended to accommodate the public in general,and Passengers will be taken up and put down at any point along the road. The Cars will pass the following places at the following times for Philadelphia: Columbia 8 Midway 10 15 Lancaster 9 Downingtown 10 30 Bird-in-Hand 915 Oakland 10 45 Lemon Place 920 Steamboat 11 00 Kinzer’s 930 Paoli 1145 Gap—Buyers’ 950 Eagle 1145 Penningtonyille 950 Morgan’s Corner 12 00 Parkesburg 10 00 Philadelphia 100 The undersigned have purchased the entire stock of the above Line, which will be run in future under the control or management-of DAVID MILLER, who will spare no pains or expense to make this Line the most cqmfortablc and accommodating on the road. PROPRIETORS: David Miller, Henry Musselman, Benjamin Mishler, Mich’l Musselman, Henry Schenk, Benj. Snavely, David Hartman, llenry W. Hess, Henry Hines, J. B. Groff, John Hertzler, A. C. Buyers, Obediah Rock, Elias Kby. OFFICES—At Philade phia, 272 Market Street; at Lancaster, Lancaster City Exchange j at Colum bia, Washington Hotel. P. S.—ln returning my most sincere thanks to a generous public for the very liberal patronage be stowed on this line under the former Proprietors, I beg leave most respectfully to ask a continuance of it under the present. May 29,>49-18] D. MILLER. HORACE F. ASH. ISAAC R. DILLER Land and General Agency Office, AT THE CAPITAL OF ILLINOIS, City of Springfield. To non-residents owners of Illinois Lands—Holders of Illinois Indebtedness , and all persons desirous of purchasing State lands with Illinois scrip or bonds. THE undersigned would respectfully inform the public, that they have established in this City —the capital of the state of Illinois—a Land and General Agency Office for the transaction of all business appertaining thereto, within the limits of the State. All transactions relative to the purchase and sale of lands, examining lands and reporting their loca tion, anvantages and value, paying taxes, redeem ing land sold for taxes, investigating titles, &c., buying and selling all descriptions of state indebt edness, this and every other description of business attached to a General Land Agency on the most extended scale, will be promptly and faithfully attended to.’ ASH & DILLER. Springfield, March 14, ’49. REFERENCES. Hon. James Buchanan, Lancaster, Penn’a. '• “ Benj. Champneys, (t “ Reah Frazer, Esq., “ “ Wm. Mathiot, Esq., . “ tc Roland Diller, Esq., New Holland, Penn’a. Gabriel Davis, Esq., ** Ci “ Hon. Daniel Sturgeon, U. S. Senate. ** Ja9. Cooper, “ i( James Fox, Esq., Harrisburg, Penn’a. Gen. Robert Patterson, Philadelphia, u ts Adam Diller, “ “ Jos. L. Chester, Esq., “ “ Col. S. W. Black, Pittsburg, te His Ex’l A. C- French, Governor Illinois. Hon. Thos. H. Campbell, Auditor {t “ John Moore, Treasurer “ (< S. H. Treat, Judge Supreme Court. “ Lyman Trumbull, “ “ J. Dean Caton, “ , April 17,184#. 11 Intelligencer & journal. PUBLISHED ETEBT TUESDAY MORNING, BY GEO. SANDERSON. TERMS: I Subscription. —Two dollars per annum, payable inadvance; two twenty-five, if not paid within : six months; and two fifty, if not paid within the year. No subscription discontinued until all ar rearages are paid, unless at the option of the Editor. Advertisements. —Accompanied bythe CASH,and not exceeding one square, will be inserted three times for one dollar, and twenty-five cents foreach additional insertion. Those of a ureater length • in proportion. Job Printing. —Such as Hand Bill*, Foaiing Bills, Pamphlets, Blanks, Labels, &c., Sic., executed with accuracy and at the shortest notice. miscellaneous. [From the Sunday Time,.] PETER CARTRIGHT; THE .JOCOSE PREACHER A Genuine Portrait from Fife in Illinois. Immense was the gathering at the Methodist camp ground near Springfield, on the 2d Sunday of September, 1532. A powerful magnet had attrac ted this great mass ol people from their homes in many counties a hundred miles round. The new presiding elder, a late arrival from Kentucky, an orator of wide-spread and wonderful renown, it was known, would thunder on that day. • The glit tering prestige of his lame had lightened far before him, and hence the universal eagerness to hear one concerning whom rumor's trumpet-tongue discour sed so loudly. Morning broke in the azure east, bright and beau tiful as a dream of heaven; but the ex-prodigy had not made his advent. Eleven o'clock came—the regular hour for the detonation of the heavy gun ol orthodox—and still there was no news of the cleri cal lion. A common circuit preacher _tpok his place, and, sensible of the popular disappointment, increased it by mouthing a miserable failure. The vexed and restless crowd began to disperse, when an event happened to excite afresh, their curiosity, and con centrate them again denser than e\er. A messen ger rushed to the pulpit in hot haste, and presented a note, which was immediately read out to prevent the people from scattering. The following is a literal copy of that singular epistle: • Dear Brethren. —The Devil has foundered my horse, which will netain me from reaching your tabernacle till evening. I mightdiave performed the journey on loot, but I could not leave poor Paul, especially as he has never left Peter. Horses have no souls to save, and therefore it is all the more the duty of Christians to take care of their bodies. Watch and pray, and don't let the Devil get among you on the sly, before candlelight, when I shall be at my post. Your Brother, In fashionable phrase, the reading of this‘“pro duced quite a sensation.” Some thought the man mad; others deemed the letter ; a hoax. But still the effect as to one particular was unquestionable; it heightened and interested the public curiosty; and such, very likely, was the precise result inten ded bv the writer. At length the day closed. The purple curtain of night lell over the earth from the darkening sky. God's golden fire flashed out in heaven, and n»eu below kindled their pale candles. The encamp ment, a village of snowy tents, was illuminated with a brilliancy that caused every leaf to shine and sparkle as if all the trees were burnished with phosphorescent flame. It was like a theatre. It was a theatre in the open air, on the green sward, beneath the starry blue, incomparably more pic turesque and gorgeous than any stage scenery pre pared withip walls of brick or marble, where the elite of cities throng to feast their eyes on beauty, and their ears on the music of silvery sounds. Presently a form rose in the pulpit, and com menced giving out a hymn, preliminary to the main exercises, and every eye became riveted to the person of the stranger. Indeed as some one said of Burke, “a single flash of the gazer's vision was enough to reveal the extraordinary man," although, in the present case it must, lor the sake of truth, be acknowledged that the first impression was am biguous, if not enigmatical and disagreeable. His figure was tall, burly, massive, and seemed even more gigantic than the reality from its crowning foliage of luxuriant coal black hair, wreathed into long, curling ringlets. Add a head that looked fdarge as half a bushel: beetling brows, rough and -Craggy as fragmentary granite, irradiated at the ; base by eyes of dark fire, small and twinkling like i diamonds in a sea—(they were diamonds of the I soul, shining in a measureless sea of humor;) —a j swarthy complexion, as if enbrowned by the kisses of sunbeams! rich, rosy lips, always slightly par ted, as if wearing a perpetual merry smile, and you have a life-like portrait of Peter Cartright, the far famed jocose preacher. Though I heard it all, from the text to the amen, I am forced to despair of any attempt to convey an accurate idea of either the substance or manner of j the sermon which followed. There are different : sorts of sermons, the argumentary. the dogmatic. 1 the postulary, the persuasive, the punative, the combative, “in orthodox blows and knocks,’’ the logical and the poetic; but this specimen belonged to none of these categories. It was sui generis, and of a new species. , It might be termed properly the waggish. He began with a loud, beautifully modulated tone, in a voice that rolled on the serene night air like successive peals of grand thunder. Methodist ministers are v celebrated for sonorous voices, but his was matchless sweetness as well as power. For the first ten minutes, his remarks being preparato ry, were common place and uninteresting: but then all of a sudden his face reddened, his eye lightened, his gestures grew animated as the uaftures of a fierce torch, and his whole countenance, changed into an expression of inimitable humor; and now his wild, waggish, peculiar eloquence, poured like a mountain torrent. ' Glancing arrows ol wit, shafts of ridicule, bon mots> puns, and side splitting anec dotes, sparkled, flashed, and flew like hail, till the vast auditory was convulsed with laughter. For a while the more ascetics' strove to resist the cur rent of their own spontaneous emotions; the sour faced clergy frowned and hung their heads; and aIL the maidenly saints groaned as with anguish at such desecration of the evangelic desk. These, however, soon discovered that they had un dertaken an impossible achievement in thinking to withstand the facetiae of Cartright. His every sen tence was like a warm finger, tickling the ribs of the hearer. His very looks incited to mirth far more than other people’s jokes, so that the effort to maintain one's equilibrium only increased the dis positions to burst into loud explosions, as every schoolboy has verified in similar cases. At length the encampment was in a roar, the sternest features relaxed into smiles, and the coldest eyes melted into tears of irrepressible merriment Moliere's best comedy on Sheridan's funniest farce was not half so successful. This continued thirty minutes, while the orator painted the folly of the sinner, which was his theme. -I looked on and laughed with the rest, but finally began to fear the result as to the speaker. How, I exclaimed mentally, will he ever be able to extricate his audience from that deep whirlpool of humor? If he ends thus, when the merry mood subsides and calm reflection supervenes, will not the revulsion o! feeling be deadly to his lame? Will not every hearer realize that he has been tri fled with in matters of sacred and eternal interest? At all events there is no prospect of a revival to night, for were the orator a magician, he could not change his subject how and stem the torrent ol headlong laughter. But the shaft of my inference fell short of the mark; and even then he commenced to change, not all at once, but gradually as tbe wind of a thunder cloud. His features lost their comical tinge ol pleasantry; his voice grew first earnest, and then solemn, and soon wailed out in tones of the deepest pathos; his eye was shonf\>f its mild light, and yielded streams of water, as the fountain of the hill yielded water. The effect was indescribable ; and the rebound of feeling beyond,all revelation. He 'descanted on the horrors of hell till every shudder ing face was turned downwards, as if expecting to see the solid globe rent assunder, and the fathom less fiery gulf yawn from beneath. Brave men moaned like sick infants, and fair fashionable wo men, covered with silken drapery, and bedight with gems shrieked as if a knife were working among their heart strings. Again he changed the theme and sketched the joys of a righteous death—its faith, its h pe, its winged raptures, and what beautiful angels attend ed the spirit to its starry home—with such force, fire and evident belief that all eyes were raised to wards heaven, as the entire congregation started to their feet, as it to hail the vision of angels at which tne finger of the preacher seemed to be pointed, elevated as it was on high to the full extent of his arm. He then made a call for the mourners into the and five hundred, and many of them until that night infidels, rushed forward and prostrated themselves on their knees. The meeting was con tinued for two weeks, and more than a thousand converts added to the.church. From that time the success of Peter Cartright was unparalleled, and the fact is chiefly due to his inimitable wit and masterly eloquence that Methodism is now the prevailing religion in Illinois. ‘•ln what college did he graduate? Surely it must have been a mighty alma mater to develope such a son.*’ You are more than half right, my good question er. Peter Ca'Ytright, like most preachers of his sect, received his education in the great universal uni versity, the same that produced Homer, Plato, Shakspeare, Moses, Mendelssohn, Franklin, —that weaver of garlands from the lightning's wing— Washington and Patrick Henry. High up on the highest mountain top, deep down in the lowest val leys, far out away on the rolling billow, there he studied and toiled together in the most glorious ol all schools—the free school of self structure! “But did he graduate?” Aye, and nature's own hand wrote his diploma with a pencil of living light, and stamped it with a seal of fire—the immortal fire of true genius. * Cartright became an itinerant at eighteen, with no learning from books save what he derived from the pages of hjs Bible and a collection of hymns.— Year alter year he continued to travel the wild cir cuits of the frontier, earning annually but a hun dred dollars lor labors painful as a slave at the oars. But his vocation afforded him an excellent oppor tunity lor meditation, and even reading. In his long journeys from one appointment to another he was alone, with nothing around him but woods and waters, birds, mountains, sun, moon, and stars.— There he might and did ponder well. Aye, he did more, he bought him a book of literature, and sci ence, and poured over them as he rode along, with an ardor and perseverance such as perhaps never was witnessed within the stone walls of a college. Thus he mastered mathematics, logic, physics, law, and several languages ancient and modern. Oh! believe me, believe all human history —there is no teacher iike the student's own hard working intellect urged on to action and guided in its efforts by the omnipotence of an unconquerable will! Why did not this western prodigy achieve for himself a more extended renown? Why did he not climb to the loftiest stations in the church? If his narrative be true, he ought before now to have been a Bishop, at least. Peter Cartiuoht. The statement of a few facts will solve the prob lem. Lei it be remembered, then, that the Metho dist Episcopal Church is a hierachy, in which the dispensation of clerical honors rests exclusively with the Bishops -and general Conference of itinerants, where the laity and local preachers are unrepre sented, and consequently have no voice. Hence, in that sect popularity, eloquence, and other showy qualities, have never been found sufficient passports to the pre-eminent distinctions of authority and of fice, but often to the reverse. The Bishop's gown must be worn by steady austere devotion, not by brilliant oratory or profound and varied learning. On this perilous rock Peter Cartright*s lofty ves sel was shivered into the atoms of a hopeless wreck. He made no pretensions to superior sanc tity. nor was it manifested, in his conduct and de meanor whether in the pulpit or in private life.— indeed "he was distinguished by one very unclerical peculiarity—combatativeness in the superlative de gree. His battles, though always apparently on the defensive, were as numerous as the celebrated Bowie. The only difference was this, that Bowie fought with deadly weapons, while Cartright used but his enormous fist, which was as effective, how ever, in the speedy settlement of- beligerrent issues as any knife or pistol ever forged out of steel. Let the reader judge from the following anecdote: At the camp meeting held at Alton in the au tumn of 1833, the worshippers were annoyed by a set of desperadoes from St. Louis, under the con trol of Mike Fink, a notorious bully, the triumphant hero of countless fights in none of which he had ever met an equal or even second. The coarse,’ drunken ruffians carried it with a high hand—out raged the men and insulted the women, so as to threaten the dissolution ol all pious exrcises; and jet such was the terror the name of their leader, Fink, inspired, that no one individual could be found brave enough to face his prowess. At last, one day. when Cartright ascended the pulpit to hold forth, the desperadoes <»n the out skirts of the encampment raised a yell so deafening as to drown utterly every othersound. Cartright s dark eyes shot lightning. He deposited his Bible, drew off his coat, and remarked aloud : “ Wait a few minutes my brethren, while I go and make the Devil pray.” He then proceeded, with a smile on his lips to the focus of the tumult, and addressed the chief bully. “ Mr. Fink, I have come to make you pray.” The desperado raked back the tangled festoons of his blood red hair, arched his huge brows with a comical expression, and replied; “ By golly I d like to see you do it, old snorter!” “\ery well” said Cartright. “Will these gen tlemen, your courteous friends, agree not to show foul play ?”' “In course they will. They're rale grit,and won't do nuthen but the clean thing, so they won't," re joined Fink indignantly. “Are you ready? ' asked Cartright. “ Ready as a race horse with a light rider," an swered Fink, squaring his ponderous person for the combat. But the bully spoke too soon, for scarcely had the. words left his lips, when Cartright made a pro digious bound towards Lis antagonist, and accom panied it with-a quick shooting punch of his her culean fist, which fell crashing the others chin, and hurried him to the earth like lead. Then even his intoxicated comrades filled with involuntary admi ration of the feat, gave a cheer. But Fink was up in a moment, and rushed upon his enemy exclaiming— “ That warn t done fair, so it warn 7 1.” He aimed a ferocious stroke, which Cartright parried with his left hand, and grasped his throat with the right crushed him down as if he had been an infant. F ink, struggled, squirmed, and writhed in the dust, but all to no purpose ; for those strong muscular fingers held his windpipe, as in the jaws ol an iron vice. When he began to turn purple in the face and ceased to resist, Cartright slackened his hold and enquired. “Will you pray now ?” “ I dosn t know a d d word how,” gasped Fink. “Repeat after me,” commanded Cartright. “ Welt if I must, I must,” answered Fink, “be cause you're the devil himself.” The preacher then said over the LonVs prayer line by line, and the conquered bully resp onded in the same way, when the victor permitted him to rise. At this consummation the rowdies thundered three boisterous cheers. Fink shook Caitrights hand, declaring: “By golly your’e some beans in a bar fight. I'd rather set to with an old he in the dog days. You can pass this ere crowd of nose smashers, blast ■your picture?’ Afterwards Fink's‘party behaved with extreme decorum, and Cartright resumed his Bible and pulpit A thousand other incidents equally materia J and ludicrous are related as to Cartright’s adventures in Kentucky and Illinois. Many of them are pro bably fictitious, But those genuine alone, if collected would be sufficient to stock at Meast two vobumes of romantic reality. Such- was,the jocose preacher, and his biogr-aphy teaches us the mighty influence of circumstances in moulding tlje characters and fixing the destinies of individual men. Had that splendid genius bee® cast on the tide of war, or thrown into the fiery vortex ol a revolutionary era, his name might have been a signal of doom to quaking nations; his renown might have been like a cornet through all time. But he was born in the wildest mountains of Kentucky; he was taught the spiritual tenets of VVesley, and educated to regard the calling of a Methodist circuit rider as the loftiest on earth; And so now this poor sketch—this spark of fading fire —as dim, flickering and evanescent as a shadow is the last ray of his glory, left below the stars—an epitaph by a stranger's hand written on the sand which the next rain shall obliterate wholly—a blasted limb, that the first wind shall blow away into the Lethean sea forever. Letter from Col, Win. Bigler. Clkahfiecd, Jan. 5, ISSO. Gentfanen:— l have your flattering favor of the Ist inst., inviting me, on behalf of the Democracy of Clinton county, to join them at Lock Haven, on the Bth inst, in celebrating the approaching anni versary of the battle of New Orleans. A slight in disposition which has confined me to my room for a few' davs past, will prevent me availing myself of your kind invitation, which I very much regret; for it would afford me especial pleasure to meet our democratic friends of Clinton at the “ festive board, on an occasion so well calculated to awaken interesting and gratifying reminiscences. .1 need not speak to you of the military career of the Hero of the event which you meet to commem orate; of his skill, his bravery, his untiring vigilance, his toils, his victories and his final triumph at New Orleans. These are part of our national history, are familiar to all, and have long since assigned the name of Jackson to a high place in the temple of lame. As the beneficiaries of his useful life, enjoy ing the blessings of his labors, we may very prop, erly commemorate an event which distinguished him at once as a brave, skillful and patriotic Gen eral, and reflected the highest honor on the Amer ican arms. There are, however, features in the civil career of this great man, still subject to the tests of time, which in my opinion, may be appropriately and advantageously contemplated. Indeed his whole career as President of the United States is full of lessons of wisdom.and instruction. Although not regarded by some as a political philosopher, of as having as thoroughly studied the problems of Gov ernment as some other distinguished American statesmen, his heart was fully embued'with the pure- principles of Democracy, and his-impulses, therefore, were always correct. He aimed at the intellectual, moral and social elevation of .the mass of his fellow-citizens; unceasingly resisting the natural current ol power from the many to the few; protecting labor, industry and enterprise against the encroachments of capital and monop oly, desiring always to give general and equal prosperity to all classes of the people, and; “ special privileges to none.” His sagacious mind readily comprehended the right, and his .clear judgment and “iron will” always enabled him to obtain it in the least objectionable mode. Thus foreseeing the inevitable ills to result from a continued existence of the United States Bank, he determined, against the judgment and wishes of many of his most inti mate friends, to reject its charter. The justice of this decision is now readily admitted—every years experience from that time’to he present has served to demonstrate its wisdom and patriotism. He moYe fully foresaw the dangerous tendencies .of such an institution, with its means of concentratin' 7 the monetary power of the country, and more com" pletely comprehended its baleful uiflence upon our political institutions, than any other man in the Union. Many of those who then regarded its exist ence as indispensible to the prosperity of tjie coun try, looking upon it as the great regulator of the currency and of Foreign and Domestic exchanges, have been forced, by time and experience, to treat the proposition as an “obsolete idea.” Another re markable evidence of Jackson's great sagacity and patriotism, was presented in the truthfulness with which he foretold the ruinous consequences of a wild and almost unlimited credit system then bein' 7 engendered by an excessive issue of Bank-paper— Respect for his admonitions would have saved the country much subsequent disgrace and suffemi*. But his views as given to the New York panic committees, were scouted by the merchants, specu lators and Bankers of the country—they went on in their wild career and finally became the victims r f their own folly, which broke upon them in.the shape of a commercial revulsion, the like of which I sincerely hope the country may never again be called upon to endure. There are very few°<it this day who would be willing to assail the. anti-Bank and anti monopoly doctrines of General Jackson. The baneful influence of corporations and special privileges on the rights and position ol the working masses is shown by the experience of the world. Every species, ormonopoly and special privileges, tencl-to facilitate the passage of power and wealth from the many to the few, amUnay we. not fear that too great facilities for concentrating the mo netary power of the country, may lead it to approx imate the old feudal standard system in a‘ tyranni cal and absolute control of the rights and prosper ity of the people V It should be the business of American statesmen to resist this tendency, and see that the blessings of Government like the dews of Heaven, are made to descend alike upon all. In deed, in a mere commercial view ot the subject, all experience seems to demonstrate, that where banks of issue exist, the restrictive policy in reference to their privileges, the amount of their issues the full liability of those who are to reap the advantages of the business of Banking, is the true policy for the people. There is no danger of the country suffer ing from a want of Banking—the danger is all on the o her side. An excessive issue of Bank paper never, fails to enhance the nominal valu r e of the property,.goods and commodities of the country above a true standard, thus engendering a spirit of monopoly and speculation, and these bring in their train a whole horde of lesser evils into society • and certainly no more efficient mode of defeating the protective feature of a wtyg tariff can be devised, and yet our whig friends are at the same time the advocates of Big Banks and High Tariffs. My ex perience as a business man leads me to believe that the more closely we confine our Bank issues to the actual wants of a wholesome trade, the more cer tain and ample will be the rewards of labor, and the more reliable will be the prosperity of the country; certain I am, that in the ratio that we depart from this principle, we lessen the security of the public in the case of Bank paper, and in crease the chances of injury to the innocent. The channels of circulation in this part of our State are now polluted with all kinds of Foreign & Domestic trash, in the similitude of small Bank notes which are not unfrequently made the means ofijnjury to the unwary; and it does seem to me, that the present time when we are receiving large accessions of the pre cious metals Yrom California and elsewhere, and when the gold dollar is being extensively coined and thrown into circulation, would, be a most au spicious moment to begin the good work of substi tuting coin for bank paper below ten dollars. I am well aware that with the small issues of surround ing States forced upon us. there would be some difficulty in carrying this idea into practical opera tion, but no worse state of Affairs than the present could be produced, and might we not hope that our sister States, seeing the good effects of 6uch policy would follow our example, and thus release the people of all from a great inconvenience and no inconsiderable loss. As disease always attacks the weaker parts of the human system, so the diseases of our system of currency in the shape of counter feits and discounts, always "fall upon those who are least prepared to detect the imposition or to beat, its injuries. -Within my business circle, I venture the assertion, that there is not one man in ten who has not got more or Jess'of this small worthless trash on hand, for which an equivalent has been I given. This is an evil that deserves consideration. But, gentlemen, I am worrying , you with a long llt-tfer about matters you understand much better I than I do. I azn deeply sensible of tbe honor conferred upon me iby your invitation, and by your kind allusions to my osvn personal and political character. You will please accept for yourselves, and those you represent, assurances of my high regard, and allow me to subscribe myself, very truly yours, WM. BIGLER. Allison White, James Fearon, G. A. Crawford, D. K. Jackman, H. L. HifTenbach, Esquires. Camels ok the Pbaibies.—-if is proposed to im port camels from the East, to traverse the plaint west of the Mississippi. NO. 3.
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