- tithe valley,
featb qthets oat itt ve l m lfatioth l but
ell sre travolibrg s elan A valle
teadit S of
tz the shade* of their di Attie* -any
:...
hour ton-veft to *bat point Itzpait, *Where
'the shadow pi. *Adana% kidl the shads
'4._ ow of death becomestit - IWO. ' Beyond
c.: that ; point we venture '
,r j esPerienci fails
-.4. pep, as well that of o tut (delft; so we'
. open the word of God, and rood that " eye
...hathrotsennotor ear hear, • neither have on -.1
to the heart Of fish`, thegood - thingtl
-` that God.' bath prepared-• for them that love I
. : Note' med that to those who love biro not
there in nothing but "a feat-lel looking for of
indolent andleryindigostionNnd Madams
• „andlarknetta forever. •
..,, -1,.
i• PrObeithitikoftlierrantsivania
•', Agrleuttural *Convention.
. • - , l.tt-tl-... , -- _-_-;..!-- , , irtrioratr;-JanzllT-1t61,---- ,
!.4tis i vi n fd r i i iii m i ee ti t t g ofiberDelegates
to the Stato Agoiculterat Convention bed,
ilitici'APJlerjeatoork of „the - Court ; 'Lowe,
• this miming, Gen. JAMBS IRVING. of
, _
'. Nte,ntra 1 L.,,, , ,Ff0s appootterkyt . nuttnan,
poffA , 11 . 14'sa,,iePleti7-. - - , , i
Vonihlitt . se aline TrOnt eachOitigrOis
tOiipttlattletwivii,ifin bppninitid' for the
pur,pose s of selecting porn:meant officers of
*lid Iliiit4litidn.' ' - ' ' " '' • -
' ' ''''Afteit,lV brief abgenee; the ehermittee re
turned and rspoitia:'permin e nt, ofy leas as
' .fialtivr*: , 1 ...14' <.'.. ,t, .•; .. . , T • -
&oilier:l,4lw GEO. :W. WOOD;
~.1 1 ~,
~
_,,
~
-Irice Preti4fittAlr-Oeill *Tames Trvin. Df•
,A:1, El wil v A, I,.,RobOrts, 4itnes Gou , oty
sha t io 'W. D. KellOiniaii Markley Wm.
.
( 01?,v - OvsVI. Jones ,Banike. Abraham M arkley,
i
Winn, 'II:, A: lituitl,;obeig, Gen. C. Shimer,.l
John S. Rhey, 'Addison '3l l lCeati, 3.; WL
i - Dfikytiiii& A: AI. Hiester, Jacob Haldenian„
1 *l4..lifelliin, Gen. •IL a Halo; Maxwell
111'.0a 4 lin; Dr. 'Bigelow ; • Gee: V. Lawrence,
€4l:4lirara Iliduri Arnold , Plainer, Gideon
"tit: Ball. -,_t ‘: ;1 ~ f .< 2
• Secretaries*Tibert C. Winthrop. .R C.
-11 . ,. 1b1. 1 ,4•7 0 i7, 00 Fi1e 1, 1. G. Itl'aoley; Win.G.
'Waring. . -
Jude Rapes,., (roma select committee,
repertediteansttution teethe organisation
. di Pimiesylviiitiii• Steil, Agricultural Soci
titty. `:Theenistitution provides that there
, - shell' be'en adinistion fee of Iloilo% than
--d one 'dialer,. and •an annual 'contribution of
,', the 'same amount. Thirty dollars to con
, stitatio &life mother.. The officers to be a
.Presihint,„ tweety ? four Vice Presidents--
„,epa from Pkell Congressional diSttiet — a
, - Treasurer, s . Corrispagding and Eeeording
Seerelary, a tihrarian, an Agricultural
~i C henust and Gi:ologist, and an ExeCutive
Onninsiiiie eausietitsg of the above Darned
= 'oECers Mid fiiie others. The society. is ti
- Meet eniseallv; on. the third Tuesday of
4aanary-4fteen' members to constitute a
llunrem to do business. ,
::. , - .lllr.- Mamma of Dauphin county.. had
`,":been 1in..4 a. retainl farmer, , and , would
shrink (rata the task of addressing a con
, nation, on any ether snhject than this ---
~.e thonght reasons should be given'for re
questing the Shift) to make an appropria
' iconn - for the establishment of a State Agri
- 'cultntal School.' ,
The Matter bwrbeen noticed by the Pre
' 'Admit ; ' some of ~ ,. the most distinguished
':men of the country have ' lent the aid of
their great names , to the furthering of,this
scheme. The of the Society
remised the appointment of an Agricultn
-'... 1 Cheiniat and• Getdogist, whose dutyit
l a
- , boold: be to - analyse the -soil; and he
.-..L Gated, not ',that ::mttch•, practical good
. would, he accoieplisheti bygiving . the far- i
, , -per, an opportunity of learning the different '
, ~.trarieties,of eniten his farm. Most of fir
., , mers of the State do not yield - more than
' . ' reef pereent en the actual enst, Whilst oth- -
er immense yields: its. twenty ands fifty" per
-
1 - 1- `1 1 41r. , ; J. E. -Ingersoll said the Franklin
`,' 'lnstitute bad done more good to the. cause
-- -,' efreience than all. the mere individuals who .
~ ~ bad sewernbled.from . the deluge to the pre-.
._... ; sent day.. Societies trete neeessary, to the'
~,iadvancentent of _Agriculture. The :rival
,'`society. of London was the trust celebrated '.
one the
set;
; in Canstantinnple even ;'
they'll:id set us the example of the import
' ''” once Of " organisation ; in -Smith Carolina 1
they had sue! a society, which , has ' donel
''-' rant 'gond is . that State; the - society I
"in Massachusetts had. been a Most excellent
,-' one in , every respect ; State Agricultural
-r Societies, in . New York, in Maryland, in Vir
. , viniai had all been estahliAted, and are now
~ ict existence, giving avistance and power;
~; tutcl,hope end DerfectiOn to the eounty‘eoci-,
, ..„ .41 ties s p tte re d over those various states:
' The exierienee or' those - 'States has' shown
' us the importance of state sneieties to co
eperate'tvith the 'sumller 'county Organism
liens; -, The National Institute is essential
"' 10i - domestic, United States Government
•1 Institution; -but it Juts languished for see
.' end yiers. simply because , of , the want of
r; 'Ai appropriation such as,is now naked of
, o'
this statelor this state institution.
4 : . ,The - ,Masseehielatts State SocielY hat,
~ , thonght proper to devote their funds chiefly
. 1 to the importation of the beet breed of cat:
~ tle final abroad; and it theyebY - reaches
. reatiltsinichtnereialportant and desirable
'"thin cnuld'pessiblilte attained by individ- 1
u. 4 Miens.- Mr. - T:•vmuld have' the agents
•''' "of this satiety 'penetrate the foresis of Eu-
tram the - Sierras of Spain; see the agricul
i etire!af; ..England, of., Franca, and Tnikey. i
Ile would lave them bring borne the traces- '
1
tura el, crony nation's experience, whieh
- ..would elied .
- a brilliant light_upen the agri- ,
, cult oral pindiiiiioniof this country.' ' , 1
Tito farmer,-of Pennsylvania are - modest I.
- beiond their necessities, and ought to be I
bold itiprnmittlim to their meant.' -Agri-1.
culture is the essential growth of vittne end;
i' ="4ealth; and indhpendenes, and all pro- 1
- \suttee' the ~.canee,,as worthy _the • fences
care of every snot) governmenti. ...
Judge Kelly said , Phnnaylvania view
, Oita amnnggiante-groommonwealth intent
- cournowirealthk—blessed withreat *oar
tea, agricultural, manufacturing. Her wit
i
ter power has never been meatnued — r iud,
her anal is bOundleiti, :-- , . 1
~- In her, catonterem' I' Position macelivored '
~, than . an* 40)0 American state ; ' hir ports
-,ore within iii loare-of the Atlantic on the
Vehairite..if the head - of the navigable
- WiterioftheMissitsippl;and on the Lakes,
in Whioltittindted of" brave sailers Ind , their
. irsteri - gettret' , ll4tkes that are oceans--
whose ininlemiluttit been settled
'pres seitbio she,
-' l Eivallv feriebeirddeSoftheeetiterent, ; i t
7 irilithi4Patted,4l B so. one hundred, and
1 eightp*F . roilr!oos of
Ootoherrs
worth-Ofiner
sinsoYl":.PlGit river ; fildi it ,*a y
gOl
mti4a4.
,
`'into our sister Ohto ; iiiiii - Amp& in
,moos.-It will flow throe the "O . _ 'esf la?
illinoiai it r yrilll, -- go thin* bidepOilence i
to thole west, 'sad 'ha llnits will bf whim A,
timid.* wililtaie II s!iiiiitit gi , nOrtiOis4
co indite delivered : frtimilte railtWad pain
in Philadelphia 14 0 4 1 00 toqeelilkYi*
vania, 4wrianilin g poiitioi, with icasontegit
itiuilltidiliAlierli,eiticrciee t : 111 4r *-
binati on. - N' • -
. ,What interest *mid she , most cherish
at this day?-..Olitionaly, the ,
ligriculidal.
Her farms are herjewes—her farliil hFi t tt,
her revenue—the swearer hei-latiorerais
transformedby the Sun of /leaven into (be
gold that fills her, emffels. - ii
. What law has been passed speci*iety
far the benefit of the agricultural interests?
None..., Agicultare, is a distittekOrape;is
an individual, a primary interest, for it is
the basis of any column you May constit et
,
,
-
whether of art or science. _
' :What the meeting now asks of 'chi kg
islature is to - give us a.cheracter--to give
it 'a God-speed-in its oeurse,--and a smallk
appropriation, which they will 'pay batk a
hundred fold • and they wilt find the poor
est aires,ity having had a small pit rirm. in I
them, and what lax : under the surfaeotakea
; out, , and put on , the .aurfaae,l smiling with
plenty. • '
1 ,
1 To du this,, is a work or necessity; tor
' Ohio, the Italy of America, some of Whose
lands need -no Manuring, nod which hasal,
genial 'clititate,..has Agricultural Societies' I
in every county,. and 'a State Agritialtaral,l
Society, with a most liberal endawMent ' , l
warding over them all. =Her farmers tbro' !
affiliated. associations are quick to see any
new invention, and if Pennsylvania lags in
the race, her farmers will lose the- markets 1
even of her own metropolis. , , ' ,
Philadelphia is the city of Pennsylvania i
--was the city of our noble Penn, and is ,
destined to be
_the first in magnitude,
Wealth and population in the Union,. She'
is tO be, made se by the , industry and 'in
tegrity of the people of., the Common
wealth,
Organize a • state society ' which .in its i
turn *ill organize county societies, and pm!
'bring the farmers into intercourse at or.ce I
--illin their own interests -: over the wag-
aline-and well printed -volumes-;-..with ha.;
plan or architfature. plants. its descriptio n
lel cattle. There they talk among thent:
selves, and they will learn to talk in , leruer 1
assemblies; they will learn to do flit only'
I their own thinking bat. their own tailing
and writing. We must make the Tamer a
man of science, if we want to do our duty
in - carrying -out the mission of Cur cc:stamen
Q
.
What ie that mission ? Not t -p o roclace
greater men than 'the world has ever seen'
to shed their light fir beneath them; not
to make ail men equal, for there will be
hereafter• great men and idiots at oil those
ranging -between them; but in weld life
this canary is producing, an e rl utility the
world hits never seen, and never dreamed of,
it lies at the basis of our institritions.
Its mission is to dignify labor —to relieve
it from the odiuM'in which oldiinstitutions
have placed it—to show' titat manual labor
neceiSm3r.to sustenance is cm npatible with
noble and manly bearing and refined sae
iions.. Kanasilaboi and.scienee would go
hand in hand; and the itend4rs they would
achieve, would male "the lalnirer a poet as
,the poet Rams. _Let In; w npttheConSti
ration. and hope that Legislature,Will
now Prote:o,thui,Grace : as ker
,sister
have been ifi time past. '
'The
_committee on officers Made the fol
lowing report ,
Presistrat -- RON. FREDERICK
WATTS. ,•' - • •
Vice 'residents—Peleg B. Savery, J.
hgertell; Caleb :Com_ James Gowen.i
Jahn Kennedy, trin:, Stalely, A. 8.. DT
, vaine.' J. IL Gaiter, tot:
,Renry' Shubert,
Conrad Shinier, jncob
Jacob
' ter. J. S. Haldeman, FAcreown Jonathan'
Williams, H. W. Beeson, W: A. Stoltes,W.
Patterson, Hiram. Maltz. Morris' L. Leech,,
Jaines Mile& David Ralston. •,1
Corraponding Secretary—Dr. Allte4
Elwin ; of Philadelphia.- , 1
Recording ,!Secre,i 6l It
1 7—. Welker,
Allegheny county.
Librarian—Dr. L. Reily, ;of ".Dauphitir
county. , ,
Chenzistritl e Geologist
B. Trego. of Poihadelphia
Execictice ' Committee-4i. .13,:iitxrete,
Philadelphia', John Evan: York, William
well, Alifin , Iskae O. ,Mcirteley, Dauphin;
David 11.1nnuna.jr4 do. -
• Treasurer---0..H. Bucher, of Cumber
land :county'. -
I*. Eyre-moved that Jiidgo'Woodward
be an bonaryirice President, which vas,
agreed to.
SIIB UB3IORIAL
9 t
Of a onvention held at `Harrisburg on the
22n nod 23rd days of January, 1351,
rest, "etfullY represents : '
That a large nuirilir
_of citizens of the
I Couatinwealth, having tome - ;together at
the seat of. the State Government, renned
themselves into a convention for the par
pose of better deliberation.; They repre
sented every section of the Statei. Their
objects were patriotic, and their we*, were
altogether free from selfish inflUette&i 'pc- i
vnted to the test interests of the ',peat
lilommonwealta to which they have the hap-_
Omsk to belong, and anxiously . desirous to
I proinqte them, they adopted the outline of
1 it plan for 'the encouragement and advance
!oleo of aviculture in Pennsylvania. As
,ta practical art and useful iteienee, it is pe
culiarly adapted to the condi tionand habits
'of the people, and is identified with the
}prosperity of the State. It is susceptible
`or Being broeght-bome to the pursuits, of
the' great tuakrity of the, people, and of
contributing to the advantage of all.
While As3Eidiviiinais, ;Your inemorilisti
are ready tti .make : Oreg, exertion for the
attainment of the goitat oblvat wffielibro's
them togetfier; they are ion veil, satisfied
that their airlifts most be fruitless,' Ind
their bkliii; however . ardent, ms t end in
disappnintment,anlestr they would receive
the official tanzuteettneeloff your ignorable
•
bodies. Your megtoratit .knosingthat"
for ell goo& , purpo s es there is - taralgal, in
union,lare aordialty twitelthenftelvee to
aetherr They arc animated - withi4he be 7
lief that thespnit which led to the undeiti
iking. and _which cherishes a truetin idle
accomplishment of it. iskll noffsil ;
.titit . that
it wifiaontinnota ipopire them opt Ithe l
scheme; which:they. to be priusi — TVorthy,'
1
shall. hWAroWned with EMI& .. ret ‘ the,
know that the extensive and public wilder
' &slang s Which the); teprisent,tuustibe foul
ded on public support.
;Ur . iiimlirifilitii - tesieatfullY aitiii4 to
tOegislatuip lithe dommtemallt, as
[ theimmediate‘ve entitivegoffiletpeo
; tiltepf Ai; Coalinonirealtlifoi . ;!that'support.
I Wlth mi t Kiley #loitifl lice ekinstribied to
:Oil don:thtir dedilin.' With it;s4bitie design
4. i rtfiiik,:ke43P,,er......;:''„' : ~'''4-, , '"' g : „
1 A constitution nasoeen tramecr *coy
IA
dip. *del of the constitution - it,iim-
Uar societiesAiadY istidilished In;eliter
Etates. i The 'refills which,have been reaeli-,
Titl •olaahure, OA'efiilVille.ll4-*1 3 C)offi- or the
propriety of the individual Wart, and of the
wisdom and 'sound Policy' of - Legislative
encouragement. _State A grioulturalSoei
, eti 's are prosperous and beneficialWher
i.`44l... they bave,been formed. .. It., is believ
ed that no, interruption lut been renal in
their Career.' It"is certain 'that they 4'o
given . birth tolietProvemeneSs in many tie
partments of age.eidtural science, and pie
-
)41 utility, equal:to the most anxioustopes,
lof their founders.: his no less certain that
itho sagacious policy of_ the Legislative bo-'
[dies, which bit co spread over them the man
tle of tho lay.% has been veootrq eased by an
increa s e°, of .prosperity, and an, expaus i on
[of tho vaiinus elements of greatness and
wealth, which are the just tiims of sovereign
States-, Iti giving encourkement to agri
cultural, seeieties, our State Common
wealths' did but imitate wise exemplre set
I hy otbe r countries. ' Our ewn great Corn
monwe altb cannot err in, profiting by the
light 'of such wide spread and Unfailing ex
, periet ice. - • ,
, Vle constitution framed by this conven
vent ion, is respecifully , submitted as a ha=
alai for legislative eetion. i 'lt will be tw
ee, Amble in snob
,form and With such do
te g as your hmuirable bodies shall con
s'Aer worthy of being introduced. The
convention, knowing 'the necessity of • a
, charter for the effectual existence of the so
-1 ciety, respectfully prays for - an enactment
ill the shape the Legislaturetnay deem' best .
'sod approve. ' 1 - •
[ As ap incident to legislative, protection,
f peonniary assistanee is respectfullyasked.
Individual funds will be 'contributed, it is
hoped, not reluctantly or in small measure.
If the effort shall succeed, other sources
of contribution through the.mediuta of the
bperatiens of the armlet' , will be found.' Its
energies however must be crippled, and its
existence would be brief,lif the Common
wealth did not lend available assistance by
the appropriation of money. the resources
of our State, as yet ,but imperfectly devel
oped, will, it is confidently hoped . receive
for this undertaking an impuls6 that will
not be arrested in the mine of ages. The
soil is piolifie in great variety, and endless,
extent of wealth. Of dimensions, scarcely
less than those of any ot tho older meta-'
bets of the Union; (situation: central, and
surrounded by piesperous sovereignties
generously emulous death others prosper
ity, coitibined efforts of individual enterprise
and legislative "wisdom and liberality alone;
are wanting to give to Pennsylvania the I
dignified and commanding position designed'
for her nature, and Pointed out by the un
erring finger of Providence. • 1
r•Your memorialists respectfully pray that
a Outer of incorporation may be granted
te, the "Pennsylvania , State Agricultural
Society," by legislative enactment, and that
such appropriationmay by made for its re
liel'and assistance . as toiyour honorable bo
dies rtilly sees itlSe. ' 1 . ,' '
And your memorialists will , ever pray,
Mr. Hayes offered•tha following resolu
'colon which lama adopted
Ressiverk That itis the opinion of this
Convention that"ikis important to a large
agricultural interest of this Conimonwealth
to !exhibit at the - Warld's Pair. to be held
in I,ondon, specimens of the wOorgrewn in
dila country; firidthaeit be recommended
faoat: Senators' and - Representatives in
C.ingieselo'labtain sn apprOptiationof a
Competent stun' from - thirsfutui in the Patent
Office of the United States;. to . defray the
exPenses'of an agent:Who shall, take with
him, prepared ',and ;selected .specimens of,
,
such, wool to be exhibited at the World's
Pair, for `the,premium, to be, awarded to
productions of the higl3eit'excellente,
After . that transaction of some nnimpor
' tont b usiness, the 'convention", adjOnrned
sine die.
Debt of IPentioylsanili
" Realer unto; Caesar. the Things . that are
! • Gagers."
• The Whig press of this State seem at the
ilresent - timo to be erigaged2M . glorifying Gov.
'Johnston, because, as they allege, the redac
tion of the heavy i debt Of Pennsylvania con?
, inenced under his, administration. Now we
ire willing to render full credit to the Govern
or for all that he has done in this respect, but
we desire always to keep in view, that the re
duction of our State debt commenced some.
Years before Goy. Johnstoni tuismated the Gu
bernatorial chair. _ _
On the first day „of December ,.
1845—that
being the first year of avv. Shanies alminis.
nation—the ' repOrt of - the 'Auditor General
Shows that the debt of the State, .exclusive of
the surplus revenue debt of tha General Gov
, ernment—whir' .h is no longer regarded as a
debt—to have been 1 $40,986,393 22
la Detamber,,lB46, it was 40,789,577 00
1847.! 4 j` " 40,505,945 861
• 1848, " 1 , • A 0,474,736 931
1849, 41
. 7 40,410,326 321
1650, -• • 46,175,4§546
Thus it will be` seen that 'during the, four'
yeas ofGov. Shank's administration this debt
was reduced over half million "cf dolktrs.—
VO exhibit takes the thunder out of the hands
of some of the Whig journals that have been
lauding the Goiernor so highly ferias financial
ability. But as we do not'desire to -do the
least injustice to the Governor,. we_ will 'give
the reasons why the debt appears to be largir
on the first December, 1850, that it 'Was the
previous It will lie Mcollected that the,
last LegisbittiM authorized 'a • loan of $400,4 1
000, to;avoid the inelinedplane at Philadelphia,
and this loan was affected, and his been added
to the ljate debt, sinew last "year.. In addition I
to this there has' been appropriated, from the
°Minn) , riventies' of the [State, within 041
year, tathe-completion of the North Branch
cansl. 8146,500. It 'must also .borne. in
mind, that the CoMmiasioners of the Sinking
;Fund haverpirchased State stocks, amounting
'to $459,122 98;1343 that whin this sum is de.
ducted fram $40,775485 42, it makes the att.
l utd State debt at this 1ime,11340,316,302..A.K.--
This shows a decrease in the ' debt sincoB4s,
i0f567 . 0,031 ', • • • • •
Itlivers us great; pleasure to sit that the
revenues of the Bums; haves been, steadily la;
creasing for some years past, and , if those in
uritherity exercise the proper prudence and
caution, we have every reason to believe :that
the debt Mr' he redured at the rate - of a - BM
fon ayearin a very_fete years, and the people
can be relieved from the laurthas State
tlx:4Dent: Vitiort.
3110611 1 . 0 ,5ip,
yebruary 6, IS 1
BitiaFt;aCi 13nawas.-;=4.-Int ol' Pito
Blanks just fainted and for iale this'
rgr Na nip under obligutions to
SanderSt tilowry and Reoldiovi for con
: ..«A 111 n Party.”
The project, set on footwo ,believe
. b!
i
Clay, to merge existing, party,
, dietincti
one great party to-be called the "'Col°,
. -
ty,l we haringarded fromits comment! -went
as an innocent thing. that livould noon very
soon liVe out ita days., Regarding if<.,d this
Weltwo paid little attention tOit, while
1 .
some. of
-our brethren of the press . have been
bitsy discussing-its merits and demerits -`
We regard the scheme as haying on *fed
wholly, for personal . and selfishtairpciea; 7 -
*MTh' wo Would not intimate that we regard
all thoSe who ma.' y; : to some extent p have fallen
in With the itlea,.ns void of patriotism Many
may hnvnaupposed-that they- saw danger of
our gcivernmentleing overthrown,, s and 'thus
hive regarded such a movement as called for.
Those' who have been led to regard a "Union
Partyr', necessary to-secure the -perpetuity Of I
our government--honestly so—wp honor;
for surely we consider that. Object paramount
to nll others, and especially paramount to par
ty coitsideratioria. Weidthat the hake Open I
question.;—should
. see the flag Of our
country about to be trampled in the dust, and
all the sacred memories of, the past,and &-
dims hopes of the futhre ,:that cluster around
it ahout to be sacrificed;--about to leave the
world fonwfr ;=we would say, God save our
country and rallynround her standard, regard-
less of the name of the party, leading on in so
holy a cause.
But, to such a crisis we have not yet ap
proached. Twenty millpns—the happiest pee.
ple on earth are not yet to he'sacrificed ; "the
land of the brave and the home of the free" is
not yet to be steeped in blood because of three
millions of staves whoh•condition, in seuelt nn
event, would be the most miserable that can
be conceived of, instead of being improved.
,Many of our democratic readers will recol,
lect.the game of the Federalists when Mr.
MosnOn was elected to the Presidency. Their .
leaders, urged the impolicy of making a nomi-j
nation and Dlr. 3fonoz, the democratic candi
date vas elected without opposition. Their
object was to bide tbemselvesrfor -a 'season,
and then throw off the name of Federalists be
cause of the odium attached to it by reason of
their conduct when in the ascendency under
Adams. That object they accomplished, firt
calling themselves Nationatßepub/icans,(mark
the name) and soon After adopting the palnao of
Whigs. ,
Henry Clay is an ambitions man.- -Around
the prestiential Chair his aspirations have cen
tered ever since he came into public life, and
I in the present state of political affairs, helippes
without reason. There are , many other men
who also are restless for the honors and,onol
tunents of office; and they too arein precise
ly, his situation.. When, therefore, we`say that
this movement originated for selfish purposes, i
our reasons for so saying we trust, are .luziP•
able:
We have already a Union Party; and, till
the Sag of that one, is struck , we shall elilist
under no other. That l one, laden with, the
promise, of good to man all over the world,
has guided the,T./nion and her happy destinies
- safely through peril, and storm, and sunshine,
over since it sprangintoexistence. That, One,
the democratic party, still lives in its youthful
vigor and exalted purity of purpose—lives in
the hearts and sympathies of the "American peo
ple—lives for great, objects_ and a triumphant
destiny; and, to-day, the hopes of our court
ttymaty are all -centered around it, to baffle
whatever of all may threaten us. That party
will, mete:out to all and each. section -" equal
and exact-justice," demand and receive the
same in return, and all.will acquiesce; If,. as
in 1818, the "tVhigs now .wish to hide their
wretched, deformity,. they can join, this great
Union Party by maintaining our principles
and becoming " Subject to our laws and, nea
,
We by no means doubt that one section of
the Union migli be alienated by the awes.
I signs of another: We say such might come. to
pass; but where has a dispositton been shown
like that of wrong and aggression, by any con.
iAderable number of individuals I NO meats
, ure has been urged by the North, of. by any
co P siderable portion of the North, that
the South has not st some day admitted
to beconstitutionarand as such acquiesced in.
At the present time we Beene disposition man.l
Tested by`the North to encroach upon the!
Constitutional prerogatives of the South; and
therefore apprehend no danger for the enion,,
and see nothing to be gained by the organza-1
tion of such A PAM'.
Ignite Apieultural Convention.
In another part.of our paper we give, in a
condensed form, the proceedings; of .the State
Agricultural Coigention,vhich : assembled at
Harrisburg the:2lst ult.; and commend Jhem
to the attention of our fwmer readers:- It will
be seen that_ikwas composed of gentlemen of
much experience in agricultural science ; and
whose object tolorming , the association was
undoubtedly to advance the agr, icaltural inter
ests of our . State.
• ;note this Movement with much satisfae.
tion, as, another step in the path of Progress
which We, as Pennsylvanians, should have ta.
ken Tong pipet , it is, a. fact,
the.
XIS
tine, that this State, justly the :pride the
UldOu,iiiiiiilected,gie great interests
of agrieulture,whee several of her Sisters have
made rapid strides towards - bringing nhout a
general, - scientfic knowledge:of agt;i'cultund
and horticultural pursuits. We
,say this is la.
mentlble, for had we teen awake, to. our own
• -
,
andindividualintere would u
st this Society
• Id ' Senators'and Representatives — in Congresa, .by
the Spenker, with the re'qust, Shat ,they;ttill
ifitve L beenioablished - .Years ainan,' aria tb"." . ,
c "-.Prese)it theta me to; their rdepectivoliedies:.:
neficent imults,lll ciying*iar4Y olll, *° , 1 '4, 0 '01 I est }scattily rejoice t thisi•Menstra
fie ieen.anel:tolti throughout the .!.ivbeAriS niLioY
A ,lion {not', our no t e, democratic e e
Almi•WC 4 l'tn• scilutions, we are sure, embody
4 .thii • scriti-‘
The resew* of,fliis State.aiti almost Ulnas ~ m eets of tII4 f sless, Znexf iustiblc mountains of coat. ores 1; JJ 6eraley Of this fiet;',tion,', as
Aegreettnass of the part Yin tile state
thO'tit oat I
at ,
ip the 1163;4
'valuable as well as useful; are found,in, abiin- I ;iy ' ar "
tti well spoken, •end..shine, the
&Mee In alt her borders. .• Enerny
' " ence " d l'brigliter for tipper:ring, in conlradistinetion to.'
ea tiff are *everywhere, eMployed to bri»g, th es
those of.ld.r. Dobbins,. 13,re 'leek with . confi- '
hidden' trensUres.to.light, thUsirleßldpirigi,pa!, their. inhiption by ithei Legislature, or'
provincial wealth :and, strength... But para-1
frit'lenat a cheerful support fronithe democratic
mount:to - all these stands the . ere
4
- interests inenibe:rs- thereof, and speak of them more
attgrlellltur.°•: Ahn°s t '' , ever Y variet'Y' Of il fat leiii7th hereafter.
is found in Pennsylvania; adapted; peculiarly!
so i to , the Suleitautial neeessaries iindluxnries,
'oflife.• Oar:agricultural, in conjunction with
our. mineral and other.resOnrces,. all
. properly
and scientifically developed,. conspire to make
this State Unusually favored: . .,. • • ,
Our citizens :are mostly engaged in "fartningo
the most honorable, profitable and independent 1
of human avocations. But, that by fin' too lit
tle has prteviouslyrbeen done, to, eloyatti.this,
pursuit to iklegitimate' standard, cannot bide
nyed. , The idea_ has seemeid fixed among . the!
,great mass of farmers, that science can throw
no light in their pathway ;--that the natural
instinct of Man, here, as nowhere else,_ needs
nti aid. This error, however, is fast being dis
covered and forsaken. The changes that have
been Wrought, even
,in, the past ten, years, are
'astonishing. Education; now being so gener
ally
,
diffused, has thrown a flood Of :light over
the agricultural community.. Important im
.provementslin the utensils of husbandt:y have
tended to lessen 'the hardship and labor of cut
tivation, While the knowledge, pined-by the
d?sce'verica that practical and scientific. men'
'have made and diffused, has had an important,
bearing on the farming interests of the whale
country.
Front thefoundationef the government to
tie present moment our flamers have borne
tie great burthens of the State, and the gov.
ernment has never extended to them its fosters I
ing,.care and protection. :Other interests, less
deserving and more graSping have knocked atl
the door of our legislative Halls; have been
heard and cared, for, even. at
-the expense of
this one which has been left to care for itself.
Scarcely one branch of ag,ricultitte has ever!
asked or obtained special leglalation in its be
half; while, strange as it may appear; there
are not wanting men among us Who advocate
special privileges l for other interests, in which
a few thousands only of our citizens are engag. ,
ed, for the purpose, as they say, of.henefitting,
largely this the greatest interest -Nnw, why!
not directly build up the interest upon which
all others are \ dependent; and thus promote
those, instead of caring for the lesser ones,,
apd indirectly the larger? . Would-net such a
Polie.y be the true one? We are no advocates'
for special legislation of any but we do
protest that'.the interest that supports all the
others. should have the first chance where any
is given. • _
Ur.
as in
I Par-
The State Agricultural SOciety of New York
receives, annually; an appropriation from the
State 0188,000. Now, why would it not be
well for,Vennsylvania to contribute a sum in
the same manner to advance the science of ag
riculture, Such a fund might be expended for
the careful ; analyzittion of , soils by ,shernists
aml geologists, making experiments,s4,. , The
results of such, when published, would be 'of
incalculable benefit._ Breech societies in, the
different counties - too would spring up, giving
farmerithO opportunity of conferring together
and-gaining inforMatioffia. re , ,,rardto the best
i modes of fanning in - various sections of the
1 Country. '
It is gratifying thatthe society made choice;
of good praCtiCal farmers for the principal offs-
eel* ' - 'l l heyare amen of largo experience; fine
jalOnts end. good education;'. and, - we doubt,
not; this society will goon, anditi-effect upon
thefairaii4 interests of , the State - be - most I
liappY.l ';Afall events wo‘bid it a hearty" God
gpetcr - Tor the;preserit. -' - ,;' • -.-:. % ,;; •'• . -:-.
Thrift 17.pio4rtions. •
Dir:SAnnEasm, Of this district, 'hag intro-
dueed into - the' Senate the followink Tariff
Preamble and Resolutions: _ .
Whereas; Congress:has. power for.. specifie
and limited purposes, " to levy and collect tax=
es, ditties, and imports;', and,. to 4 ,-provide 'for
the common defence, and general. werfare of
the United 'States." Whereas,- the g.eneral
welfare" is best promoted, when agriculture,
commerce, navigaticn, maniaLetures,,andaber,
I are untramelled in the sphere of their enter
; prise, by systems of restrictive taxes or im.
' ports: And*hereas,Cong,ress' should establish,
no system of taxation not. clearly within, the
!knits of its constitutional powers; and for
;.that purpose:a tariff for revenue adjusted, so as
to approximate as nearly,as possible to a just
and equal systetit of taxation upon all depart.
meats of labor and capital, should. be' tho; nn-'
changed policy of the federal 'government, as
it ever will be when administered with the pa
triotism, justic-e and equality that prompted
the fathers of our country in its, organization. ,
Therefore,'• ‘—
Resolve, By the Senate-and Rouse of Rep. - 1
resentatives of theCouttrumWealth of Pentsyl
vania, -That the ad valorem rate of duties, by
which all foreign productions are taxed accor
ding to their 'quality and value, justly, appor.l
tions the burthen of taxation on the people. of I
all classes in exact proportion to - their abitity
tii i bear it, and therefore ought not in-any case_
to'be abandoned.: , , • • ,
I • Resolved.' That Congress ought not,to re:
peal or, modify the tariff of 1846, unless by, so
doing there can be substituted a hiore Just - r ~,,,, ~'Ti i, r ..., 4.
.JIVIAL , 6 ' 11. r.; La LEILESVOt Wl= Touthvz.
and equal system of taxation, without affecting .
the revenue.
—We have often beard it said of persons. who
-•y. - I . .
Resolved, That specife duties, exact an null lived well; without any visible means of ob.
form rate of duties on foreign productions of' taining a•living, that - they were living open
the same material oir fabric; wit' out regard to
- - I" the interest of "what they, owed," and 'this,
their'quality or value, thereby ,demanding of ithotiffh e i sistt Of natadexieet i eke when annlied
the people aidouble tribute, one to the govern.! . • r : " . ' ...
meat, and the other to the home producer, and' to an individual, becomes: a souer fact v. nen
that too without discriminating between the! Applied ton bank. Every bank note is an ev
ability of the rich and poor to bear the bur.l ide e e e- thet , the president, directors andcompa
then of taxation: That as the , people-would amount , ft calls'for; that
resist such an abuse of their rights, if rittempt.i.kY owe scHn,ctl°dY # l6 ,
ed by direct taxation, therefore thew ought not ] they have got value received from somebody
to be deceived by the sophisms of ix prbtective for it, and it , is evidence to .use a common
tariff founded on specific and minim - um duties., iihraie ! Qv , nr;thing• iise.", And. on . this oil-
Resolved, That the great interests , of this, '
Ilene-a of debt they! receive interest. The
country' is iigrieilture, and if not more entitled , ._
to consideration on tbat aceOunt, oughtat least' proposition to erect a free; banking system on
to be protected against the attempt, now mak-fthe . State stocks Is a, nangnificent improvement
ing, to drive its products out of foreign mar-i n n this schetne, - and if carried out will _enahle
hoite.sts. olVed, That thelS .
untoe.. tsmt . 4
he e. an indefinite number asomebodys to lire on
tatives In Congress, from this State, are here." the interest of what"the Sta . te o - we . s . and - What
by respectfully, and urgently requested in their I they will owe: the:resolves in ndditien.— : /ity..
legislation on. the stibject of the tariff, :to 'ob•r t stone...'.:
serve andadheielolhe principles and send."
merits expressed in the' foregoing resolutions.
Resolved, That a'eopy of the foregeing pre.
amble: and; resolutions be forwarded to onr
lEME
.r-17 Our usual summary; of COngressional
•rind f o e' slatiro pre - ceedingk is crowded - ont
thiS week notice nothing of import. ice
.hoWever,lneither, save the passage of - .the
Bill to iporisirate,the)lionirose and llarford
Plank Roark, Compony;in !both branches' of
()pi. Legislature. • _
ftilaDr. ISLAND, U. S . Stxxron.--.Gen,
Charles T. James Democrat, has been elec‘te'd
U. S. Senator from this . State far six years
from the'foorth of 3farch next. Ito was cho
sen on the eighth ballot by oneliiiijority.
AREIVAL 07 THE CANAHi.---Thesteamship
Cana& arrived at Halifax On Monday last, but
' contrary to our hopes she , brings no'tidings
from the Atlantic.. Her. news .is
.of general
character and unimportant.,
. Jenny Lin(lsTfinit concert in Nero Or.
leans falles place on the 10th . inst. •
ron THE DESIOCUT.
SOCIAL LIBFiAIIIE S.
Allow me, fellow citizens, to offer for your
Icons/aeration, a few ideas On the utility of so
ieial libraries; antiltere.naay I be - permitted to
say, that, in my opinion,based upon experience,
there is nothing more conducive to moral and
intellectual improvement, our religious insti
tutions excepted, than they - are,Whenever and
wherever established. Onrs is called a read
ing community, and es far 'as newspapers and
fashionable periodicals and; jo • untals are con
ceinedh is unquestionably so.- It is of impor
1‘
tanee that we have our neWspapors, by which
'we obtain the current intelligence of the day:
and the light 'rending and novelty of, fancy'
magazines and pamphlets to a. certain extent.
.is of unquestionable - -utility. But surely it
must be acknowledged, generally, that this is
not enough—that something more solid and.
L enduring ought to be induced to form correct
morals and habits, and to fit the mind for use
fulness: To balance this defect, many aniong
us' have, at considerable exPense," made an ap.
proximation towards a library, and realized the
' benefit thereof to ourselves and families, While
we behold our means too; limited to complete
the enterprize; an enterprize which nothing
but social libraries can taimplete. Every town.
ship ought, because its moral and intellectual
interest demands it, have its well assorted and
well regulatea library. And it should be re.;
garded, nourished, cherished , -fostered , perpet
uated and enlarged with pH that-zeal and care
that a kind and provident farther would en-.
courage schools and the education of is Lin,
ily, since education, on a mare extensive scale,
may be devised from the same.
Allow me to draw a picture for your con
templation. Suppose one hundred persons
should each pay the moderate sum of three
dollars making the roan& sum of $3OO :_with
this-sum from 150 to 200 volumes might be
obtained. -.Let-each proprietor make a draft
! for the specified time; ati.when the velutne is
introduced into his,Lmily, let him :matte it a
rule inviolable, to spendi one hour at least out
of every, twenty-four,- in reading that • volume.
Yds, Jet the labors of the day,' without doors
and within, be so arranged, that the Lmily cir
cle may be .formed at least one hour before,
retiremeneto rest, and let the rolunie be read
by some one of the family, or by several in
turns, ; while the Others year. And, I would
propose that the hearerS.shOuld, at- . the same
time, act as connoisseurs or prompters, to cor- _
reet the reader for any defect or fault that may
be committed, either itrnecentuation, *nun;
elation, emphasis,•eadenee -or enunciation; to
getherwith the freedom of remark and com
mentary upon the subject, at the. close orthe
exercise. : .
,
lf: any orm perchance to doubt the utility of
the introduction of thp above, or a similar
system, let.hint try it fora few, weeks, and ex
perience will remove every doubt. He will
I soon find that a taste forseadinir will ffeneral
ly be superinduced ; that the exercises, s'o fair
from becoming a ,task.' and irksome, Will be
amusing, animating and entertaining as Well as
instructive; and the heauties and sweet en
joyments of the domestic fire-siiie, and bright
family circle;-.will withhold tlm feet of incau
tious youth from the, beWilderials and ruinous
paths of vice, revelry and dissipation.
Having myself seen i thetaility of social li
brarie,s, and having heariV,soine
_iiesires.
pressed by some of our citiz'e'tis, 'that they
might be establishelamong us,• have induced
me to offer,these rem.4rks, at - the same time
cherishing a hope that they may subserve some
benefit to our community. Will you ruminate
upea_the subject, and', giie it full investiga
tion? • Ppuo.
,
ConvrEerzers. Alteredjw,ille of the. Utica
City Bank and the.. Troy City Bank have toile
their appearance, 'Altered from Is to gs
ADDitiSS.
;` ni.‘.t.llezt;:ri.:sl;ll94,.S.:..7useTutvoh. avermneoro,Cznuendly:cri.-.tiza
I ti n f it i l l iti o a. n t os el thi a a t ti , c in m ity sh , ! e ri r k , e to the yo li u be r r e ty on o l f idiluer i ll :
nen, a few ue s
,in which wo in coalmen with
, „
t t ' ' .
•
many of onefellowicitizens at this tithe feel 4 dee p
inter' ' Vent '
n. are aware that an effort is beta
made. ici yet : nave th e sentorJustice from • its p g
eat location, to New Milford, and that for a.varie.
ty ormtusee this shoo is most earnestly urged ap.
ou your consider ation . So far as it is pressed fair
'ly and honestly- we have no objections toraise,-
admit the right of the - gentlemen in New Milford
who wish to increase the value of their property,
to use all lawful and proper means therefor: ' if
they,lntel confined themselveate. what AO 0311 10 0 3
a fair end honorable reteifse",' we - should - poi h d ,,
troubled-yon nor oirselves with this etddress., pe r
apology is; that the facts_nre misrepreiented, and
the Omit: T , e
er, actend toonvei'.- - of the 'citizens of
%wow, naviurrantably assailed and aspersed
for the , pirpeses or fervitirdiitg the reinovel. ' ,„
The skit :of Juiniceivae established here is r:
1812. : For the Purpose or aidingthe County i l
the erection of the public buildings, the Mesas,
Posts, by their : , Deed dated the fd4th of July 0 j
that year, cnneyed . to the county ten acres at
lund_on which the public buildings:are ' erected._
Ten acres which were divided by the county into
ten leis, and so ld ;. also, forty-two town tots, toes.
ted in various parts of the town, and of au 4r.
age value equal to the remaining lots reserved by
the_Mersrs. Pests. This. Deed is recorded in Deed
Book No. I, page 97: .The town plot ehowing the
, location of the lots is also recorded iu the lams
' tionic. The hut thus conveyed to'the county wer e ,
ti ll sold, and malty of us bane all our property: in. '':l
vested in buildings - On these !clef That th e y w ere
valuable a reference only to a row of, them wit
convince You. N0.'44, one of them; in , the lot cn vi
which Gen.' Warner's Hotel and Judge Tyler's
Store now stand. N0:45; another of them, td.
joining this, and: theresidence of S. S.lllalford il :5 1
, upon it. Nos. 84 and 85 'ere occupied by tbs
dwellings of C. F. Read, J. B. Salisbury, Jud d , .-
Tyler, Mr, Bnllard, and Mr. Diens. The tea,
I acre let is bounded on the earth by a line betveea
1 the house mid Of** of Judge Jestmp, and rano.
',did North to the Borough line. Yon can judge c „
of thelvalue of these lands without- any estimatel
from as. The Deed to which We have Thos rt. 4.,
felled. was, as is therehi,txpressed,mcde for I ''onl
lin coesidereation of having the, seat of Justice for
the county of Snecluebunne.fixed afro estable4
near the house of the cal I 'lsaac Post." Tiles
,t
was at, the' , same time n large subscription toned
creating the public buildings paid to the county : ,1
by-the citizens of the vicinity. The late Dodd .1
,Roar, as We are credblyinfOrmed, gave one des. : , .4
Mad dollars.. Isaac Post, in addition to the- had i s :l
gave two hundred doilara ; and nearly four tic:. 13
{ sand dollars in all, Were, as we are informed nil ~,,,-:.
lotlivve. eubecribed and paid in cdsit to the manor ! . 'd
Cul. Pidhering eouvej;rd tone hundred acres it ' 4
lane' near the town...-the same in purl now etc.:
poses the farm of Gen. D. 0; Warner, on the NtT
I Mitford-roact. The tate George Clymer adivemia
upon the same consideration, one hundred sea =.:
adjoining' the town. - This tot is prineipelly,oce i'' ff '',l
pled, by Judge Jeesup, as his farm. The itlee
dist Church is on this, lot. Thil lust lot. Whbo A
is wild state in 1812. 'was Feld by the county a
the fate Judge Scott of berme county, for en •-,fi
thonsand dollars, and the money • was all paid skE
the county. _ , • , . * -0:
We hesitater not to assert, that , • Me lends d ;.
money here contributed to the comity, were ett
fair valuation , much mere, than sufficient to En - 3 ...
paid all the expenses of the public buildings em, .1
ted hy the County. ~.get there truth, then; id tit
assertion made by the •meeting et Oreat \IW, 1
" that the
.ilihnhitaitte, of Stismaehaune C l lnt:! -.
have built one Court House andJaitat Moans:, I
whereby the , citizens of said village have 100 ..-1
largely benefitted" 7_ We answer in the negan, 4
and the records garnish as with the proof. IT, - ‘.. 1
affirm that the citizens :or 'Mentrose, and es 1
who owned lands in' the , vicinity, hnve. fo'r near'
thirty-five years furnished for 'the people l . 4l.
s of
queheinna county aCouit.hinise and Jail', end +:a A,,
if the lands thus conveyed to the county had tee 4
1 prop;dyMenaged. thens Wonld now have bast ii.'
rand sufficient, nearly, to' re-build till the pri:r ~,,
buildings. ' .' , , . •
- We ore Well assured that of these: facts e l
highly irpected ' . and' respectable fellow-eitio :l ,
Whit composed the ‘Bth . of January ineetiods ''',
Great 'fend; moist' Itaire' been .'entirely. iguoss
-We could nefimprite to them arty intentional re
representations open this subject. The chaos
and IdA iOutritiori for ProbitY whieh mad f:',
theirs iiistein; forbids Os -to 'entertain any i
supposition. At this point, then,Tellow•Ce:' ,, ,,,
we present to your' Consideration this cone. 1' 3 :,1
seat of Justice for common nse wail located k , ..,: ,
'Henn induiement to you to place it bete,' play_
Poet's gave yeti forty-twotewnlets and ten s+; . "
of land which yen divided into ten lots l entli/n;
us. The value of these fifty-two lots which I'
'Redd
- to uenrises\ from the. location by you of ,±
I
County Seat here; , and that value . has beenU••
by some of ns into thi - cofferei or the county in I::
of this location. Ton ' have for' more than e:
years had the Sis n eS of the money we thus pail
fa , these lots, and nerd we isti;ilTl3 . l'd it be jut
veto, for the pnrpose'of gening mere , Money)lr
prive, us of that fcieWhich we
, have given yr
fair and full consideration 1 . :
..
We must fully ad thatif there we.,
great public °biretta be , . nncomplishedt and
per comPeusation wens made ! Wu ~ n ight pmt
be c alled.ution to yield end just claims u
higher demands Of the puldie'. • But we appei
your -goal serre,FellOw-eitisions, to deti
whether rarthe any t v i a lc i h o ' f o t v : rw e.
s he ia lm s. f o u r ff.... i np os e ti t e vi s I t y o
Milford. . • - , , ' '
Ittotitrose, as yen are well aware, se nee ,
the iG eograph ?Mil' centre of - the county
little differeuee in the quality of the Foil in 11
ferent parts Of the county. ' The e . t ' is' need
1 same =aunt Of poptilation West of Montr
eluding I:lA4:Writer; as east of The local
the roads„ tnost of Which are in good order,
I you are Weil tiWtVe. greater facilities for fel
, Montrose than 'for reaching any other place
county. Nor do w . e:feel, Foltowzei t iie ns ,ti
l j 4rettty 0110rgetlt0wi1h l;:. disregart'
obti p tions‘4areunderl6esoliyul
when in the discharge of yotir:, - slutiee you
anaturyi us.:, : One public bonito, welrlieve,
well ordered, • as convenient andnswell I
I r :is the,public wishes require, Neither de
I that no private citizens weans lacking-in
I lily torsi, Wlien-iapon 'public; occasions yet
lus pct occasional visit., • ..
We have erideamitred to'nttkeenr Ora f
as Well for yeti luso scour' owe. c )I,e.
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