. .
. Should at all times teeeive the special care of
the Legislature.'Evfy proper effort should
be Made to-,increaelMitereeeipts; , and leases
the expenditures of.thesei works.: - 1
have;not •
had the opportunityr or giving, the , aultect of
• their management that:thorough. ea:meditation
Which is indisionsably nqessary tatter forma,
then of a conletopiinon . in reremtica' 'to 'the
details of thettoperation. But .I have long
- .entertained the opinion, that no action of the
Legislature Could have a more salutary effect
nion.their..management than the adoption. of
the cask system in Paying for the labor and
ntaterials necessary to keep them in successful
oPeratiore. It is, in my. opinion, to the loose
cestont of contracting - debts now in practice,
a,ktntierr, if not more than to any other 4 defeet
m tho.prieseni r systent, may be attribute d their •
thiluroltesieentilla expectations thn"People
as .s source of revenue. Tho . most vigilant Cf..
fea - Orth7ceiffenis - cotilaiii prevent the pay-
Meet ofexierliitantpriees - for labor and materi
als; ifobtainaokeredit, •;The State always
pays dearipfOrsuelreceernmodations. Beside%
thiazustotwallinds the' opportunity of most
Ir:dyable impasition, if not - actual frauds upon
the thint:-.... , T1M ; very idea of a-set of officers'
being allowed Vethrew the credit of the Com
nionWealth. broadcast to be taken rip . some
fUtdre•peribkhy some body. else - m almost
stattling.e I reg,ard-it'h '
s most dangerous
poll* calculated to beget a' spirit of careless
prodirdityav timi'imhttagmirent of public af
. tainwitailtolmitejniposition . upon the Tre.i.s
-ury:-I,lt should, in my opinion, be: abandoned
at the - carlieStdawiessible.. l therefore, re
speetfullY'srggest the. propriety of fixing a 1 -
period by lac, after which the officers on the
Pnblie , Works.shalf - not be allowed to:contract
ttabtd forankOmpose whatM-er.--directing the
diShursingofficerstannike mouthy statements
eftheir acemmts to the Canal Commissioners,
showing the amennt of money disbursed 'and
thieiinaterials Purehased ;and "milking all out
atitadiagneconnts,to be presented to the Ca ,
t at Cammissitmers or -Auditor - General forget,
thenent jlUnder a cash system-the-actual in,
debtedimssof the State:could, at all times, be
rendilyttieertaiiied, Which would he a great
eintvorienee forth° Legislature, as well aseat
, isfaetion:lii the people.' In the introduction of
tritaki-systena'of "this kind, care should be ta
-11641101d:tee at the command of , the proper of
ficivtlie necessary - means to carry it into op
• .
.:Ittnight_be , well, also, to take some action
~
en•the:subjeet of chiims for damages incurred
lathe clinstruction of our public improvements.
-1/ 1 11ii subject:should be finally disposed of.—
.Althangh.lnany years have passed by since
ilteeonstrac4on of these works, every wear
brings out.Sorne new item of this kihd. 31uch
of the limeof the Legislatuie and the Canal
Commissiiiiiers, is occupied in the examination
oP those ‘claims, and for the last ten or twelve
vems'they have absorbed the 'llle4lll of the
Treasurseto the extent of from filly to eighty
14asand dollars annually. I am informed
that'claims are now being pressed for dmitages
which It is 'alleged the Commonwealth incur
red more Than, twenty years since. Ifmnst be
.I , litost:afficult task for the Canal Commis
hionersU asc e rtain alt the facts in the cases
so ibing deferred.: .1 suggest the propriety of 1,
dNpesing tif this subject .by some summary
modeOf proceeding.
, In'eonclusion -1-beg to be indulged in rtsug
r,e:stinn on the ; subject of special legislation::—.
I ate exnefidentthat the General Assembly will
agree . tvith me, , :that some- - reform on this sub.
jeep is Muth needed. The volumes of our
Janrsterthe.seisions of 18501nd.'31, compar
rdiwith thKie r i of previous years, show- that
'Ourlegislation is increasing to an alanitingdte
-01:4Plk By reference to - theso volumes,••for the
years ',hive named,"it will be seen that but a
conmaratively small portion of the laws they
contain are era general charaeter, being main
171forineal oturivate-nnkn These vol.;
:tune.s wnetioompareu . wuu zoo eses,
cad eig,ht or it'd years sinco, or with those an
ratline enaited by Congress, or any of ottr
'ter States, meell'into,.. an astonishing tnagni
itnfte. -.:This -Mil is on: the increase, and it
foetus:to um 'that - remedy . is -imperiously
callediorrilluch may be done to arrest this
mil by the adoption -a - few- well digested
.laws.!'-For the purpose of attaining
thisidesirableend, - I 'respectfully' suggest for •
yeurconsideration; the propriety of constitn-
ItingavammiSsion of two or three experienced
legal gentlemen, whose duty it`sliall be Wino
pare generallaws to meet thi,s
_object, to .be
sabmitted;!to..tha consideratien" of the next
lA.gislrrttue....r I know from experience how
dance& it •isior the representatives of thepeo
ph...Vatter their arrival at the seat of govern
naintrto,find the necessary lei Sure and privacy
turnable thein to . prePare and digest intricate
general laivs.L. Each :day seems to. - bring ite.
-laberSaipim thenu , and the ses.sion runs by be
fere 41 subject of this -kind oan receive the nee-
tsars considmation.,. - • 2 ,
~ .H.Ttie subject-of regulating election districts,
natnineelection housLl,ivhich amilally occu
pies much of•the tithe of the Legislature, and
many .pages isrthe 3i:tat-nal Jmd statute hoOks,''
night tx randy'eonfided to the -commissioners
of the:re4Tetife eounties.... The Subject of
, ;acts theuld 4 it.seems-to me,'he lett' entirely
vitirthOcourtsi as well, also,
;as the whole
4bjectO real f selling estate by trustees,-guar
dfans and , these acting in a representative ca
pacity.; ',The i st) measures,. together with a few
,saute generalstatntes on the subject ()tempo
antions,.iwouldi think, have a most Salutary
*Feet int legisLution. As far as possible our
• da.wasthouldho getieral,-and those that are 'so
' should bo. sternlyniaint.Mted .aptima special
• - W3L'BIGL.M
-.o , ExtmunvE,Cit.trronn,
Jairrislmrg.thirth 25,1852:: ; - •
:1 , 1 :4 tv, •
`lfavplPosvers . of , Migland
$l4 • France • '
r.Tfivi:Boston,:jleuranl says. that ;the British
34.5 vessels, reat and'mnall,
inciadm ; steamships.- Of thew,' 87, are ships
• fif, Ali% lige; 55 Are ; sailing ; frigates ; 21. sloops
, Th c,,py,4l3avessels, capable of
t‘mrrYtng 2o i Prni; and under., Five ships of
Altoilino. ; are. fitted. with _powerful engines as
'screw' steamers._ Of the ste , msldpe . TS war,
,there.are 16' screw.:-frigates, 12. screw stentn q
'l';' l l's , And 41 6 stnam fliten - With Paddle I
The poluion' the British' Naval, force on
iforO _ gu.shitions, with the ezeeption oflitedi-1
`..tf.iiranean and Tagnsileets, is said to be. corn- '
insignfieant. The ships of war in
!ports are formidable in ter;;;nitude
'.14„0 numbers, and reould be:readily increased ,
Irclqiltt,vessels,find crews from the merchant
t4O larrx,'3 number of powerful
leaniships fit.)vv engaged:in commerce and
iii thb 'Mails: Altogether; it is believed
hihht. fitw,hind has 4 . sullicwat available naval
any possible' armament from
; • -
Thb Frekleh'Nrivy 'cousi'st of 228 se, in.
~..f:orty are ships of the tin.
1 .50.111gate . .4 'elooPa; of Wur, 'brigs; 30 suial
:l4l;CeAseli,--..and; 16 tranVOrt ships. 'Besides
01Vie, there lare:.lo2 ntemaers;nfloat and blind
,: ine'}There itedra,pi g atio3,
! 211646'g batteries. 'Theitsteamshipenreeaid
0 114`tii5inferi4r44 machinery Mid Speed to-the
stentostrips, Their' mercantile'Navy
isfecouPir4My inSignTleint:
1 4 ,,s
841iirylolhfembos" of Congress.--A bin has
;.ixetin introduced into Congress by liti;.3lelifiri-
Virginticgiving to'inembersOfCongresi
tat.s9o a year InSteint of tfie *sent.
Ootiance 'of e 8 a Alp' ' - 'll4-inbstitation of a
1 11491461 arY flf-Rent:per,lion woul4tend
rlifirfltiliallp shorten the sessionsand save:
Vintialittr 3 / 4 4 te-thetiiiteniy.
"i;
,V-41,17.yRr elF l l, ll alaws 911,efee cent pieces
!have been tallied at the Philaaelfiliii aunt' •
THE DPORAT.
Whe ilraurgest: etre' 'elation In= , Atattiern
•Vonnsylvanm.l 6 32 topie*Yreeltly.
E. dz. E. caAsE„Eintonsd '
staa . l illeade, zo i
TuvresuAii,Amtur. 09 1542.
For! President,
James Buchanan.
Subject to the dethion of the :liationat Coo-
k•ontion.
Cannl CiommissinneA
SeariOht;
'of Fayette. ~
"E. W,Carr is our-authorized agent
r
for receivingozzit,atlyerif sing: al
11 1 0,tc*ip . er Agency .0§10;
Alio V. E. Pallizet, New 'Philadetphia
and. 13. °s; 01 '1, t • i
Theilitessagt !
-Cermnencing 'on lour firstpar is the
sage of Sroveritor Bigler on general .sabjects
of State interests ,1 It is a finished fiocament,
and we trust will ije generaily, read.; j =Tho pot.
icy of his
,adininisfintion in reference - to the
finances and iminvements Of,. the State, is
defined and lunanswerably sutainetl
The 'early completion...6f the North Branch Ca.
nal - is urged With earnestness, Mid his views
on that subject are r : i of °Special interest to this
section of, t. 6, Commonwealth. Read the
•
, The Legistature --Reform.
We haie contemplated much the condition
of our CommonviXiltli• and her -future pros.
poets. We have often heard it said that Penn.
sylvania is behind the ago'greatness and
State strength; th,t while she is a giant in
proportions; inexhatistablein sourcessif wealth;
unequalled in all the varied'productions of the
earth—on the earth and under the earth=istill i
she languishes like a strong man herald, 'like
a giant fetters. ; - Common observation aP
firms the truth of the above,--experienee adds
to its magnitude.' It is natural that men see
ing, this PhOuld , cast about for a cause, ty s ien.
son, an explanation', These are as many and
various, almost, as the individuals suggesting
them, and ;without Stopping to iffitieuSs what
they may be, we shall assert one, con4ider its
Magnitude, and how remedied.
The foundation'te all this perplexing -diffi
culty, in our judgment, lies in the Legislature;
"or, if the foundation be not there, we believe
that to be the proper place to commence a
radimil.refonn, whieh when it shall be accom
plished the greatest; difficulty - will have been
Obviated. First, let Oa see what our Legisla
ture should be, and then what it is. ,
The Legislature in its assembled capacity is
contemplated 1# th 6 very organization of the ,
goveintrient, to repim , ene and reflect the wish
es and wants of dui citizens of talel
whole Com-
Imonwealth., . Its laws should, every one or'
them, express frilly and clearly the= popular
or remotely interest the whole, people in order
that the power that enacts them may be su
preme, for from that supremacyorZy ' do the'
laws of a'republican government 'derive their
sanctity and obligating force. Thelaw-mali
ing power of this Country is iril,the people,— I
their will is law, wheadeclareiL They can
not assemble in their numbers and make the
laws, as they Were Wont to do when "the colci
nies,were first planted and numbered: but a
few individuals, hence the ; represehtative! sys-1
tem, concentrating the will and power of the
people in - the hands of a *W.' The nets :of
such a body, then, - 'should be of - a, Character I
that'somehow interestt - the : whole sovereignty,
for if one interest but few, the whole have no
will about if, the law itself lacks the necessa
ry sanction, of ; the !popular will to. make it
Elaw and to 'enforce its Command.s. Indeed, it
hardly,properlY =be mile& a law; for it
cannot be said to be "a rule of artior-Pre
scribed by the supreme power of the State."—
Any such. "rule", eontemplates, by he source
of its enactment,
.the observance pt. least ofi
the power that made it i—which prover is the
people; and how can 'they"be Subject to, its
' previsionawben itidoes not'apply ;to them,,—
when it is no "rule“.by which the sovereignty
shall be.guided l 4 .-wheti it . comm ands &seri.
fume only from an integer of that, severeigiity
It is not a law,. in its eemprehensive sense,
[then, because ins; eat the trill.'of Act
preme peWer,"44lM - pbeple,-ner does:it affect
theurin their rights and remedies;: a
,not ii:laW, f and, all, such : legisla.
titm-is but ,Privilege 4f high:authority but of
dOttlitful equitiea
Our laws en ofa g e neral
• th 44)4' be` c har-
aster,' ;'ti4'- they'- then. nnsamanda
every individual time boundiriei of-the` sov
ereignty., Only 'Sit , things air interest the
people of the CoMmonwealth; Or a majerity: of.
them, should lie pissed Up'on by tItO :tribunal
representing the whole; elites the popular wilt
not represente4--there is none to represent,
and corruPtion is then, left 'Wide .field
trliich to range, aid speculate "upon isr4pon
sible Representatives. , Laws then should - be
tof a general character to' prevent corruption in
the.governtnent: ' If genetal t thc_Representri.
five understands-thewill Of his eimistiteenei;
knows for what , purpchie he was 'elected,
and what course: he must pursue.”' All then is
straight work,the' majority demleei the gins- .
and . the Ynicki.nfthat on'
anatien purely of the sovereign. power: • But
in this local legislation, a large-portion of the
Reprcientatives' feel no respOnsibffityibeeemie
their constittiente,! ; having no' interests to
laded by-their itetien, will, have, no, motive,
indeed no right, tp call , them to 'account for
their action: . open the Widest range
for the mosteorriptinginfluences to' operate
upon the fel:M*3;4,9f legislation; 'Meney,foree,
passion, - prejudice Mid '.ielfushness, rill _mingle
tegether.iii - ttnopittrid Mtks, ihe rtina&itinSa
or-which extend O . :and:effect every; : act the
Legislature boc- ;3l . ll3B ,Perfeet,
work,” the meritorious is made, to sustain the
most Wicked and:corruptr general:acts are
or robbed their 43,ffitick ~x4f *4t`aB
chance indpolicytnaydictate.lto.thosewhosewhose
Warmer sYmpatbiCii Ore enlisted ' 80 mel•local
piojeet -Loa] islatioii'is tu.de laze; chief
busiiiess; all. Clack:lle .grolitlutinCate of the
Commonwealth, rite sierifie.4or made to sub
s:6Bi these nieeisarils corrupt pow
era, .\ Tan* of great goner/ 44 merit, isat
anorrritibusicad, 'of filthy carcasses,
pugtiakt . to-eferi- tiCticar oilustieo and public
rieceasitY, and they ail ride through, or,
Wh.it is frequent; founder with the weight of
their own corruption, outraging and sacrificing
tho riiost presaing-interesta of the Coinau'rie.
wealth._ Tho business of the latnre then I
ariorild be to make - geriCra:l-Taws, •and regulate
the general affairs of the State. This is its
legitimate sphere, the object; of its creation.—
It should be composed, too, of men of sterling'.
Character, men of learning, abilitY, and
enetcin'all th 6 various branches - of interest in
the State. , -Asriearly sections
of business should be' represented; naCri
• learniric, men of integrity, who would
preserve tlui dignity of it:legislative, body; and
win; ionsiitpiently would feel a pride in' their
position with their constitueriey. 'Every:mem
ber Weald tiienlbeltnet ho I ,waa acting for the
whole Striteyindirectly;rthat his ivas a position
of greater responaibilitY, of higher linors, and
more exalted alias than now. , Our most learn
ed and talented min; eur uteri of sterling in
tegrity and, worth are - the - awn that the great
and vastly' growling ;'interests: of this stato
should be committed to. Ita legislationshould
• take theiimpress of such' characters, and only
whenit does, will it cease to be involved in
perplexing dif&culties, burdensome to the
izens and aeubjeet of reproach abroad jsd at
home. .• • ' '
Miiiiiii
• Our Legislature as it is, certainly presents a
. .
humiliating spectacle. It is growing weaker
and Weaker every session; and every, session,
too, is growing_ more , corrupt, more "hasty'
endless responsible. -The crowd of venal
hirelings that now' frist Harrisburg,' who
flock there when the session opens, is most
and naturally suggestive of the culture hover
ing round his carrion feast. So artful have
they become, so unscrupulous in their natures - ,
that the vilest purposes may
-be accomplished
in-their hands, .- ,Their tench is moral petit;
tion, and yetthey wield, to a greater or less
extent, a.power thatshows itself in the whole
legislation of the State. The most unseen
influences theybring to bear with the utmost
certainty ; and the man who feels himself the
faitherest removed , from, them, is often readi
ed, and handlcclin a manner' unaccountable to
hirnself. The lowest. the Mast mercenary ob- 1
jects f —;objects thattho Movers would blush to I
attempt to adjndicate at !home; aniong their
neighbors and by their own Court's, are .. .taken
before the Legislature, shapes' i into bills," big
rolled" through by these ,hired influences, and
by the principle of
,"you help me and I will
help_ you," till the' dignity' and responsibility of
the Pennsylvania Legislature' hardlY exceeds
that of an ordinary " Town Meeting." Thus
things go on - from" b/ to worse; honorable, ;
high''-minded men,' sit' i men, as should giVe I
the State its character„ are fast being disgust
i.d and, driven even from the sight of the Cap
glance at the files'ef the House,
about thoiniddle of, the Present session, we
i...4...1:nepe one thorozoorliiwal Billi -then on
register. • Three-fourths of, these were ' for
granting corporate powers and special privile
ges,' of all kinds and chameters, front -the or
&sizing pf,Soap conapanies.down to the brew
, ing of Corn WhiSkey. The grossest and Moat
obrioxiouS Bills'ever dreamed -,of, = Bills - that
should Subject the man who offers them, to
the contempt of any. body dignified with ,the
name of .a Legislature, aro - recorded 'boldly,
lumbered together, and passed into laws With,
oat tptestion or answer. This is the 'Way our
State is being disgraced and her money squan
dered ;--and how_ can it be "expected , that she
shallihrive in'any department of the govern
ment, when the , legislative 'department, the
source of nearly all power ',to the others, is
thus corrupted and recklessly cared for. • In
1 vain Governor Bigler has pointed out this great I
land grO;ing evil;" in vain he exhausts:" his !
strength in writing veto messages; his" pow-
Ms 'aM;toe mach circumscribed to_ remedy -it.,
He maiclip off a branch here and one -there,
I but ter', more will Spring. from . ' their= stumps.
All the legislation that will be done this ties.
Ision, *interest:to the Commonwealth, might
b4ve been done in four weeks at the lbngest.
All elie is sivallOwed up in filthy busineqq,4nd
that to the fienieet of the teal wants of Abe
I State; to say nothing of the enormous leech
ing of the Treasury. All getters! legislation
IS quite apt-to be shoved off till the - last luittr
of the session anci.t.hen when, dorte;had. bet.
ter I)cenlfeft'undene. Ware aware that we
I are riot drawing a veryllattering picture of our
Legishitin4, but it is truth, We believe, never
theleak andwe think the time has come' for
tin; truth to be spoken antifer ReforM to coin-
Now we* no necessity of our Legislature
Meeting:oftener:than' once in two years, um.
less convened by the Pt:A-paler for tinforseen
emergencies:; - We legislate- too much,—ithere
is no 'stability to oar legislation. Several
States: find 'no, necessity: for 'the meeting of
their Legislaluitz oftener than this, and There
, .
is no good reason why - we should , not adopt
the fame system. ',A- eking° in: oni-constitu
tional provision is lonly:neeessary to nceorn. ,
plish it; mid; onyjndgnient; could the - pen:.
ple.see thinns as they transpirS at Hanisburg
If ibvery session, thOy . „would.. precipitate the
clumg,e, further ithan thoie_petty,
local mattem wlfich we have spoben,Shoeld
IMifished from the Legislature
That can 1')43 done giving to the Courts . the
solo'jurisdiction over them, - Where -parties in
tertmted ate kaowil, their objects. appreciated,
amtareatly, inVestcontion can he had. this
much la, start on, sad our Legislature would
soon present quite !another aspect,which world
tell powerfully on 'the' jnteissts of the Statent
large, 119,4r9,1,4r,thousaruds„*Oithi bo pnv.,
o dtan4tuWh and Ple carrion eaters, : that now
feast, on the body Of the , eongoonwealtb; be
#iven to seek-ottiee employment, the •dignity
and'hopin., of 11 . 1 A State - be tudritalned and . Pro.
fiery* and, the prleelessideliaW PuiP
and good 6veneAleab bo irplized by our Peo
• • .
ar We leant by the Pennsylvanian thit
the North a s the ,. liouse,
us at !eft 01 . e ' '''- 4
.Pe4te:
. , 11 at. Or l 4 §4 lt e
work wilt-be once , prmenteit to completion;
Gen. Scott's Native American
iisto?-4florcs Utters. ,
Welook seindfains-last 'Ompare
a feWof the totters ofGen.:Scott, whose de=
termination to hithselfintia Rio Presiden;
til' chair Seems .fi x ed That awful
better hi.4' appears wonderfully to obsts4ct
is march 'towards the White' House, and
must be written out of at some rate. Actor
, Ingly;as - wo published last week; the -R o bl e .
son letter was written, in which the. Geneial
admits that he once did ridi , ocate a elmbge in
the naturalization laws; and quite a .serious)
change- too we should think, when it is recol
lected that,lM PiaPoSeil. ; repal ,a1I," Of 1
Gonness on that subject, and thus leave these
exiles to a land of Freedom without the hope,:i
scarcely, of citizenship.
In the Robinson letter our readers, will rec
ollect-that he apologizes for this unlucky slip,
and says.that when he savethe`yaler of those
men, Who - Were children of, another *country,
displayed in his , campaign in Mexico, ho ehnne
ed his mindand concluded they might be truss
tad to vote, especially when, he should lie
carnlidate for the Presidency. This raised the
natural query why Gen. Scott. did not notice
the, valor of those .men in the - , last war with
England, and how he could havcrbeen so long
I connected.with the army, Made Up largely 'of
foreigners, and' never have noticed• their valor,
their devotion to the American flag, till he
went to Mexico. It seems that the General
saw this - awful chasm after the letter appeared
in print, so he addressed another to imnssoci
. ation in Philadelphia, saying that when he
saw the bravery and patriotism of those men
ii the war with England ho became convinc
ed of their true 'and loyal character,thns dating
•
lus — eonversion from Nativeism back to that
time so as to cover the whole field. t
'This last letter, certainly caps the climax. Ho
dates the foundation of his " libend' views"
first back to' his campaign In Mexico, then to
the last war with England some forty years
aka ,Now be itrcntemberedthat in - " 41 only
eleren years ago ho wrote the Niitive letter!—
Had ho rested on the Robinson letter, written
in' 48, lie would harp had a very' fair ease.—;
He might have been soundly converted, bht
twcett"4l and " 4 8, but to claim that he became
convert to "liberal views in -reference to
adopted citizens" in 1819, and be forind writ
ing a sweeping Native letterin '4l is -curi
ous specimen of logic. Hero is the letter.
Gen. Scott's Latter to the Native
, • Americans.
WaSfilliGTON, Nov. 10, 1841.
•
Dear Sir :—I have the honor . to
.acknowl
edge your letter of the bth inst., written--as
you are pleased to add, in behalf of several ,
hundred Native Amerium republicans of Phil
adelphia. .
Not confidentially, but not for publication, I
have already replied to a letter from. David N.
Stone, Esq., of your city on tho same 'subject. ,
I will write ta,you in like manner audio caste.
This is the month.when the
.pressare of offi
cial business; is. heaviest, with ..me—leaving
scarcely time, for sleep .0; exercise. I.: must
not, however, wholly _neglect your eoznmnni-
ShOuld :my conald'erabltinMober of my fel
loW-eountryinon assign me, or desire to give
itrr?entrii the nubli .I
sita
great piestion Yon have ; proposed.
,Those
views have their origin in the stormy elections
of the spring ,of 1835, and.wero tonfirmed in
the Week that , the Harrison electors were cho
sen in York. On both occasions LWas
in that city, - and heard in the streets the cry,
"Down with the" natives." ,It was heard in
almost every crowd of foreigners, as the signal
for rallying. and outrage.
• Firid with indignraimtwo friends sat down
With me in my parlor at the Astor Hotise,(No
veniber, 1840,) to draw up an address,designed
to rallyen American party. The day after.
the clection, I'set opt for the South, and have
neverknown precisely why our appeal was not
published: Probably the election of .General
Harrison rendered its publication at that time
unnecessary blithe opinion of my two friends.
now hesitate between extending the peri
-lod of residence befoie 'naturalization, and .a
I total repeal of all acts, of Congress • on the snip-
Ver.l--mylninclinelines to the latter. • .
ConcuMng fully in the principle of the Phil
adelphia movement I should. prefer /lamming
the name of American. Republicans, as.in New
York ' or Democmtip Americans,' as: I would
respectfully suggest. Brought up in the prin.
ieiples of the revolution—of Jefferson,*, Nadi
son, 4c.—nridtr,whom in youth, I commenced
I have always • been called, I have ever
professed myself a republican, or Whig, which
with inc was the same thing. Democtlitie
Americans would , include all geed native eiti.
:ens, devoted to .our country and institutions;
would not drive from, ris naturalized citizens,
who, by long residence havebecome identified
with us in feeling and interest.::
I
I am happy, to see by the Philadelphia • Na
tioiml American,lhat religion is to he meta:
ded aslt party element. . :Staunch Protesktni
as I am, both by birthand conviction, I shall
never eonxent.to a party or state religion.—
Religion is too sacred-to up with
either. It should. always be kept between
each individual and his God; except hither Way
of reason and gentle persuasion; as in fami
lies, Churches, and other; occasions of volunta.
ry attendance, (after yearii. of discretion,)
reciprocal
Wishing success to the great work which
you and other patriots hate happily Kt on foot,
Y. remain with high respect your follow-citizen.
- ,
• WINFIELD SCOTT.
To George Watihington , Reed, Esq., and
ethers, ,
The last extritordinaryletter we have seen
from -the gallant General, is an Address to the
Irish 'Benevolent Boaiety of Brooklyn, in reply
to an invitation to attend' t.heir , anniversary
Sapper.on St. Patrick's'. day. As usual, the
General-was in a 'harry, and had-not time to
attend, but of emirse Wrote a Jotter,' giving 'a
welt established reason for-not being present,
which, hiastoueh as ititieltort; copy, - for
purpose of showing that hasty peo'pld have
'Short memories. 'hare marked. comb_
words in'the letter so that hishmen May com
pare theui with his fottner. opinion of they
worth and• rights.': - ."- - -' •
Wistrurovii Merit' 'l2, 1852.
Gentiemen: was only yesterday that the
..pressure of.publie.busiriess,obliged. me, to de
dine the honor .of meeting a number of Irish
friends_at the approachnw !clebrationof
.Patrick's Dayirc Philadelphia. r , I heg you 'Oll
wept whatoid. will= xoply::. • !-
•
Yon dojne bait puttee m•supposing- the i ro
take Oiretkihtereit in tretand'ararker
;Perhaps no ntiin--certetitily'
'Owes sa mitcli to the valor and blood - if Irishmen
as tOyielf. Many of theinnuirchedand fotight
under my command' in •• the war of -1812=45;
and inany- - rnore—,theneandin the recent
War with 31exicial:- . -tet - otie of whore waS'eVer,
.
•
kno y to turn his back the.. pony ot,a .
frie
-tientainvmptlpmeni3sith thek.,warmest re
'g art* .Y °Prs
, 'IUNIW , U SOW. 3
Let. of reedits:look hack to the letters we
pUblished lastjaM l ei3, jidilie whole in. gethar,
and thi4 have a„ , ,irettyliSttlo of fish" fig the
gallant General to sup at: Will our Whig
cotemporary, who has published all of theie
bnt tho Native-letter, show, a- clear record-by
publishing that too, and then give .n ~practical
illustration of his powers &logic by'reeonail
ing the whole? His readiness to publish the
General's letters lies >induced us to publish
them also.
• Supposed. Case of - Sttioidez - :
About 1 o'clock' yesterday' Mortal, the
First *IA pelice found, at.the corner of-Maid
en lano and South street, a drab okercoat,dress
coat'pair of boot* &c., e whieh, It is; supposed;
were placed there by , some .prson'vho emu:
miffed suicide by drostminghimself in the East
river, near - the spot where • the 'clOhifig was
found.. =ln one of the pockets - was found
bill dated 0et.,9, 3850; for, 875"90,' against
George Brown, and in favor of Baldwin &Co.;
aisle, two notes for $55 6414 dated at
nose, May 91,1851, in favor of Alfred
dwin, and signed George Brown,.togefliei with
several other papers. " ' ' • •
We clip the abose,froin the New york Mei.
aid. of Tuesday... lilr. BroWn : left this place:a
week'or more•since• for New York We believe:
Ho formerly luis been engaged 'at Hatch's Ho
tel, in this village, in the keeping of a Livory,
&a. It is possible that ho has committed aui
cide as intimated by the above notice, but we
b r
shall not incline strongly tothat lief till his
body shall be found, or,some ()fife good e%l.
donee shall be brought to right.' 0 dontbe
lieve ho likes cold water well enotigh.—[Ens.
California for Bnchaintn•
Tho State Convention of California electe4
Delegates for Buchanan with: ono exception,
who is understood to be for Minster!.
resolution instructing' for Douglaaa was laid
on the table by a decisive vote. Thia is more
than wib expected from the Goldeik State.
tEKATA.—In tho adthiss of Mr. Weston
published lost week, the following) typograph
ical errors occur: • I „
"Nor is its investigations," renA inrestiges.
lion; " unnalural garb," read unal(ractire; "in
which Nature is
,wont to' perform roll the Oa
rations," read her operations; "the number of
the knewn worlds solar system," read the nom;
ber of known worlds in the solar A-stein ; "are
'the enfeehled terea.," read wrecks "enfold its
native powers," read Unfold. ' •
W'We notice by the papers that • Mr.
Gnow has delivered ti 'speech in-Congress on
the Land Reform Bill, giving to , each settler
160 acres of hind. It is spoken of by the New
York and Philadelphia papers, 'thong
. which
is'the Whig Bible, the Tribune, an being one
of the ablest speeches of the session. We
hope to receive it in time for publication next
rgr Our thanks to.J. Pram; lk;Suara of the
House, at-Harrisburg, for a copy t f his imoni
f.l.6Thit to repeal. the sixth 'section
of the act to pr event kidnapping. •It is a clear
and unanswerable argument,doio great hon
or to Mr. BoaitAsi as a public debater and an
accomplished legislator.
Public-Meeting-
At a largo and respectable umoting of the
I citizens of Thomson, held in pursuance to pn&
lie notice at Thomson:Centre, March 27th, to
"take into consideration the position of the
township in regard to the division; of it," bias..
~
Txs J. MIIMFORD was chosen President, Collins
[Gelatt and J. 11: Wrighter Vice Presidents, and
4'
I Robert Gelatt and I: li Cress Secretaries, and
, ,
the following preamble and resolutions were
„r ,
adopted : ' ' 1
Whereas; many who signed the - petition for
a new townshikwere deceived in o regard to the
proposed line, it taking, more intoArrarat than
they supposed it Would, thereby Serionsly'dis.
arranging the school districts and; rendering it
impossible economically to divide them so as
to accommodate the inhabitants— i therefere
Resolved, That we, inhabitants of the town:
ship of Thomson, feeling oursehies sigiievedi
think proper to send a committee to Mont
rose to investigate the proceeding's - relating to
the division of
-the township. - 1 -
Resolved, that in regard to theCourietaken
by a portion of the inhabitant's of Arrarat in
getting part of the township of Thomson.cut off,
we 'view it wholly uncalled fbr and improper as
it injures thepartleft materially; arid we do - feel
that we have been misused -by 4 / their Illegal
course, and will'do all we' can to get redress
by going to the Court boldly, and by giving
duo notice us we think -,. all- public business
should be' done. ' ' -' • -1 , - . --
Resolved, that we believe the getters. up Of
the new township of Ararat used fraud and mis.
represented the matter in regard to the botni
danes of the. township and the 'size' of the
township ef Thomson.
Resolved, that the' editori of the 'Montrose
papers be requested to publish the proeeedingi
of this meeting. (Signed by the Officers,)
WATER Gas;—:/in English:paPer says that
Dr. Miller, of Manchester, has patented a Pro=
eesibir wldch a brilliant gas is produced from
water. Azeeent experiment,l o ok &coin' the
presence
.of a number of scientific and. other
gentlemen,, anion; whom were a- number of
persons interested in gin manufacture.... NO*
of smell nor smoke • are emitted from, the gas
manufactured by Dr. : Miller, either in,the man.
ufacturo or while burning: -We are assured
that, the cost of reducing this•light is merely
nominal. Unliho Mr; Paine, Dr. Millar pro.
poses once to put, Mi.:lnvention to some
practical use, 'and' has already mule prcpara:
tions for lighting Limkeld, The , process ,P
this explained ;Hydrogen' is first extracted in
a retort of pure water, ond.earried s in tholorm
of a flame, to another retart, in Whlch,tho.ear.
bon is formek. These tfva.eombimed,iindeon.
voyed through' a purifyer to the
' MIDDLE Rat. ie. Prtnirniti, cm% Enitunq
of IRE ,Tnaci. r4iidge carpenter, of Aome,
N. Y.i has invented _a-mean., of preventing
road trains from running off . the track,,; This
invention consists, of &middle tail pluec4ht the
centre, of, ettd • raised cOesidettiblY above the
two' outer , rails, and featetted to'the same cross.
ties.. A saddle %Attached to . ' , ,the engine and
ears at both ends ., which sots over the middle
rail, with friction rollers tn . play,on both'sides
of it thereby proventingthe , cars frerti rocking
or-running:off. Whenever ther tendon=
cy to run off, these, frictionr - roller's play against
the middle rail, and bring them hack , ,to their
place again. It :costa V5OO W r m il e,nod
adoption of it, could be made , itesist,trains,
it.oactuding elevated planes.;
Jenny Fixed It.
• - •,"Thtilqiiw Ye* correspondent ofl the Plida.
delphia Sat e uriltiißespatch gives us - the, foftow t .
iti itia*at husband
- -
ray,l4 wNCti She fixed the preliminaries. The
ItesefiPtioh titio's eh:Under is leas flattering
thiut Seta of:hittitidy,?.s admirers .
woul Wish,
and Jenny is shown to-have exhibited the sine
-
cuteness in beeloverallidr that has .saaracter-
Izetualterlusiness transactions.he.PosscS-.
sea a great deal Imore than YankcS shrewdness:
,
Goldsmidi is a small, thin, weak human
article, extremly, inclined to take care of him.
self, and hasjust apostatised from - the Jewish
faith to the Chlistian.. - He won Jenny by an
assiduity of attention that was' beyoridAltipair
allel. He never left her side. Her tastes were
iii3Theropinions - werThis own..--And itywed
din& him Jenny firmly - and legally arranged nll
her property' atrtlkat her husband will never be
able to "touch "a penny of it; and submits to
such a weekbr,:allouraneyef.pockettnoney, etc.,
a s ,in heclitidgeciOit condiiet, deserve.
Te's6 are all l'acts tind - ,you, MaY''depeh r d'upen
them." '
4 . _
Great Fire - . iri Partica
,.
1 .; jars. • ••••;
The immense'" conflagration iri'Boston;
Wednesday, is described us'' hetet 'the - most
destructive that'over visited 'that - city. 'The
leis of Tremont, Temple.' Mid •,Chatiman
shine, ardconSiderei irreparable ; and•the loSs
of one life Tat' eiceed4 the severest ealamitY
of the fire. Thii.'Besten TrivistrOisiipi that
the are' •ininst haie heti' at work Ihr several
hot:wain Tremont' Temple birdie it was
- Opinion Wart,tomiUrred' in by the'few
persons who were earlieSt 'preient, , arid Wile
exerted theinselics . Witb buckets to quench the,
flames beforethe arrival Orthe engines.i I.`he
fire was•heard'eracking in 'VeriOus'.direellens
not to be reached previous to 'the 'actual
bursting out of the flames . _ late the rooni:-
About hall:Past,2 o'clock: the condensed '
ses created bythe' fire, exploded with a 'great
Weise, Shakings the - ivalls of the whole halld-
Mg, and immediately after; the 'ilaines"raged
with treniendlis; energy.: At , this , tithe, the
fire made a . moat mannifiCent.- - spectselecillii ?
urinating Abe 'City an d vicinity' with an intense
,WeChear that the Swan
by the paisengera of the steamer, Eastern
State, while'offßoort Island,' u distance Of 65
miles" from BOston.' Chaprinm Ball was a
large brick beildinglmilie . roar of .the, tepiple,
the entrance being. from 'Chapman
,INaCe, Sec
ond street. „It' vim owned by Amos Baker,
Esq.. and its 'value wai:abeut Q 15,606,
,upon
which he has 610,060 insurance.
• 31r. Thempsee's collection Of paintings and
sculpture was ' valued at over 815,008.. fie ie
partly insured.' , ,
. The entire content! of t he Temple, with the
exception of a few, articles, T .were con
soured.. The treat orgaft, the property ; Of the
Trement - streetitaptist Society, which wersh 7
ipped in the, hall, was levelled in' the common
fate.., sheds •in :the rear : of,..hesses: on
Montgomery place,;Were, 66 t* . sev'crid:tiPieS,
but were ultimatey : saved' through_ great exit.-
flout The bOdrdinghonse'nertb of the Tem
ple Wis , iin fire eeveral,timei; bat did. not suf.
fer serious injury,: In the rest, the fire exten
dedto sheds of' houses on Chapman plape, and
Chapinah Hall Was atMost entirely .
,destroyed.
The Tremont Ledge. Of . Odd . feliews - had
rooms,in ; this building", andtheii effects were
all commit - 1(14,y, They, have ,an. inSticaneo".of
Anios'llaker's,priiate ,se,hoot fur
-1 niters Wne: ; rained., It` _is impossible at tbie
late 'hour, ,te ascertain ,the names . o f the own.
oriof theoreperWdestraiod., •• -
It iiillloo3slrUltrimasoan'intelligible-esti
mate of the; .entire : property., ; oet; but it , will
pot fallfar Alert 0(8260,00 -
0. .„ • , .. .-
'.The bodY of
, e man named •,Jobi, Hall, car,
penter,residingin frovidertee strect;:•whe was
leen ip the building at the naonient of the ex-
plosion nadir not rdlerwards, was found under
the plias of the braiding
,sopth of the Tempi
le, about II O'cloek this forenoon. Its head
was shockingly ; bruised;. and the, body
badly mangled. The unfortunate man was,3B
years of age, arid,leaves a, wife and one child.
Prince Lucien' Murat
- • There are icii'inankin county, says. the
Mr. Holly (N.' J.) "Mirror,"' who reniernbCr
Prince, I.;ects:r Iferrai; the ;aporting, geod•oa;
tureil senl,,whe'fermerly dwelt 'agony corner
of the estatelOf,hia„uncle;ther Tate Joseph Do-,
riaprite,rit'ller4fitimh+liYing, Uri one knew
hardly. tiowL•Wild'aiff reckless . -L-te-day,ilush
with money' ,Morrow net shot' in tim
locker. " ' • • -
Well, this same jo•ial Pyiniie as wen a
Spractical illustration rit the truthfulness ot
Uakespeare'e - Sayingthe 'therc'a a tide inlhe
affairs of meirochiCh if talien at the 'flood-tido
With iiiin•:--for -he and 'his are ire'ws at
the head in - Frahee, - , iieh . ,l courted; livitig in
grand, royal; sppsrii style.• '
He has 'risen froni .his °Vico - ray' at 'llorden.
team—where he so, often enj.iyed his mach
and,wine with teen companitm4,'• or startled'
the' wood coup` diongthe likW batikS of 'thit,
Delaararrid 'b en oned `to.`th'e height
of whatever famelhe-Freirch Prealcleht has to'
lend him.' He "weirs the 'velVit tirriforni . of a
Senator—hia ffnances'"are sald:te
and his offspring are greeted With cydrY'prom
havin4 w position and makiiig'if noi4e in
the world its thelollewieg tretice 'taken from
a Parisian '
, ' '
"'The ba ptiser of the ihfluit,Prihmi and Pri44
eesS.:lAurat took' 'plane al•the ElYser. The;
infentwas held ' atthe biptiamal. font by thie
Prince Pitaident and the Printeiisliathil4e.'''.
&Mien Caw, ' friend 'the" Prince. War
he live long to enjoy ; hiS pew.tiorn'we'rilth'en4
hohors."l,
Maier. &';.l3meltiorreis
special; meetiok, 'of the Council `vf
this City Was held 'yestcHni.alletho'o o ;fet the
purpose of corisiderind the bill , now before the
Senate, proposinglo,aethinite this, City 10 take
stock in the, Alhany. and. Binghatefon Railroad.
The bill, as reported bY.;lfr. Tann, •;PrevideS
that the city may
_inilmeribe' rat' five hpndred
thousand dollars e l ,the capital provid
edstoch',.
that tWo.thirde kid; of the
city shall, se , declare:. _ .. r
Alderman DEXTER., chairman 'pp: the, notn
thittee, having the Matter in clairgiOnianitticl
seieral 2aMendments. - tii Via mate , bill;
L
material,' portien are, 'that the,. city .shell
authorised tO lama giedii'tiCthat that . :'
corporation_ to, the , amount ar Mil ob of del.
!ars, at 6 per pink'', Par
provi
ded that , a majority, ef Voters, who are hoidens
real estate shall decide at a Spacial dab.
(ion to .be'beld for '„thnt:. purpose.. 2 These
amendments War e informally assented te - bet
not finally _adopted;.. ;end an motion of Aldcrr
wan ,Wassns, OM bill was ordered printed, and
`Made the special;: order: for half past IVislaCk
on Monday afternoon nextm;itibaay74rins.
:,The..PrePP*4 were r RlONio=
• • - !"
tj t s aurri man or:tera;
man naeleid Otateno4.wha ,(WturPattlaPer.,
has returned to Havana, Laden with honalsM
QtleertiltY o W ll O3O O O, althea& him a
aeaptain in Om rutfit 4t,
tnentli; - ten negrpeinnd a trta* of 4ind
We been givVtla ' ., Tha,order,nr,lsab 4 ,
deeeratialida -.Person; his , ithildrP , 0 04° b°
edueateitat , the expellee pf : the g&ernment ;
and while in Spain he was pertniwa the: farce
of kissing the hands of, -the ,g,neen,-, end
the princess, Hp vat Jfeititor _EIQIO
write, , •
:"A A r A l 4.O ,lO ` ll 4//e ) -
R4eiein t a ;leading aOrio gadatial publi a t zt
whip, thlta.,lia*melypep
6 01 i, scat :Wbll4 ikveyy pft
t e t s .
up 10 iou!enen, and wt,
mit eAcctruplMa#Onilatva u st a t e ,
tiltutNlt roiyik't
u Aiiisoldier he hue the universal cos
of th
d; M e-toiletry. His. politicaLprincif;l7
won-ore-bur
3cainii; butiltne•imaelrgnestionfiisqteg6' whei
and capae4 for the station to which som e i t
his friends would elevater.him. ;Thee te i ii
of 'the times require abler hands al b 64
o , o o l', ilfro,WiEV4 o P," 'try
aye. ke
haTh.°v i n g ibrie(ie rt fi ta l relf: i tht it :trlic i tn - th br on txt -944 '
Newfoundland tollr. -H. 8.---Tibbaltsiali:
sedates, of this city, of the 0 keillelTO 64C IA
•eonStrVigt:Anadig9; . 1 4, 411 .0ie
across that island, for- the period of ti
yeara: ; .• • g,
This grant , is.dettigned:tetaillttltobir4
batts in his_scheibc- for , fljte,- estttblishmeta
I steam and telegralthie. Ceminunication b e r o i
New'York :and' Liailibel Or - Landon i l t a
days, which naw appe'ani tale petteetlyii
ticable.- , WO' have already ;telegm Ic
municatiott•between, this City cad ' -
Mr. Tibbatts: ; pnvoses to. miters* th 46
at, the neflrest..puint his: whichh - i
tetiniaafe tit St.: Johns: The. - cfisttair, 4
St lOW to 046:My aCiOits - Nelifoteit
is four hundred and' fifty' 'The 444
across tturStilmtren - ce is abonh , fosiiii
miles, and frointhence to•the Intersatiott il k
the liaJitlx tine, abc;ut 4 11 3 - 4010, makt
oll.,„about hundred and fi ty, ing eso t
flYrtjr-eight only are submarine: Th e n o*
ble distance front' St rohnslir Galway !sotto.
thousand six hundred and forty-Seven mns m ,
a bout f 1 a days sail The telegraphic eg,
inunieatieri betWeeii ealivitf and Lontki i t
be complete .drixing .the current year, vi zi
without difficulty ot auy sPeciat dint, tou t
York merchant canAmununicate with W el ,
don correspapdeut in about half the titae la
usually, consurned.,
Jut this is uptin'the supposition thit ets
ofsteamers be'established fe du tke ci ett
part:of , the - basiness: • Mt., Tibbdtes he m
asking fot the legislature Of this ractlmitt
Incotperatiou •for the Now Yolk eat
way Steamship company,:which will ialt
les s soon Ite granted, as there is no in4u,
bin objection to his application , ; When gin{
event ocetits, - suitable steamers, wo venture
beliote, will not he long, in nuking ilk 5 ,
ptaranee, : • •-• ' •
What the plans of .the utmpany ate elk
the steamers, we do not know precisely.ld
from •tbc proiresats 'submitted some ne
sineo-Jo. _Congress, ( and nowmfder theme,
elution of the ,Rost. Cato Committee
two houses, W. 13 ;learn that , they are eat tole
qt . less - thousapdtOns c." 0,41
are to . have' no ' c'orinbiion wiutterevdth
Navy, or with the - Gleneraltilevernriterittu6
they are asked to °arty the mails bettlwatbli
port and . ' Liverpool,,which they ,will mkt
Sto,oao the rotApd_-,trip, or about halt"Gtrit
is 'now imid tothel Collins line, ,
We presum e itiat; in vies Of ,the ersh s ,
tion of a company:like' fhii,'*poseieeseti of tit
exclusive,Jtelegitpliiciwimleges in &stool
land of which we have speken, we &I be
longer threatened
~with tho loss of all as
transatitinti& elitiunice in case the CJ
company are,eornpellcdtewithdraiv theintei
mers from the Galin. t ' • • •
We presrmae At ; •not.,,litviv. be gueskri
that other bpats sv I 1 till tbeirplage~,wh4lp'
not only, ran, faster their British 4
but pay Melt; eitOnses *Rho& the aid of -
ernment: — Whert • jAre `accomplish both that
results: our mart tr i o n ip hi w itb e top , p 4
..—E'reniqr Post.
Staio Central committee
The Officer§ of Democratic Statedi
vention, held -.0, HarristMg, on the ai
Marclilatt, 'Mixt fiNioinfeatho following &a
CentMLCOrnmittee:foi - -theenrrent year: -
Wm. 141 - rink t ;Chnintuiqhilarlelphia,
NIT4I. - Do* Harri*Jtv, • •
§gimitd.c..Stamtauffhi•e;r . *; - •
Henry
• . Phlladelga:
Fronds 0:-Ciintthi; Hirtistglit \ •
Charles Lyman.,:Potter.oounty,:A
William Curtis
Thomas,Watson,•Washingtna. ,
Benjamin, liarke, `.
'.Horn R, Efeag,s, PhHadelphii.
'"-Joliri'Lehtiiin, - Adinis comity.'
•
William Lilly, Carbon.
Pliilipillxsell,Sen, Easton.
Dr. Charles IL Hunter, Reading.
• D. J. li. Seltzer, Morantown Be 4
R. J, Niven, Susquelaus county.
George Satalerso'n, Bradford.
H. 'Welshjerk•
- John, C.Ciarke, Westraorp - Oid.. ' •
aesse - Loi'seurii, Green.
Stilei,Alfentoten:
Wm. IL Lamherton, Venango.
Philadelphia:. •
33ratton,- Carlisle;_ - - *
Dr. Dxid B. -14ars/ndl,l,eblnc:l4
To
An amendment,of:Jir'Underwadtoth eld
introduced la, they, b . ', Senate to dollaltr#
lie lands tolOwa for railroad, parpeAll!
ses a dlitributied (earl the public taialso 2 4
the 17 old states-of the Union - The tult
land states, califorpia _and Tena,ireloclu li ,
The landalun'ttrbe lased for lairp?so
terrial improvement ; or ofeducition within to
several - StateS,' , as the Legislature thereof of
direst. ;:The-division is asiollowa:
: the state, of Maine; i 583,040
To, the,. state of Vertnoht l 3l3,o l 2 o aer m "
To - the' stater of Massachusetss [6144°21
Tot Rhode Island 147,51 1
'TCt blirtitatO of Connentiout 870,020+
To rho Onto of Now York 3097,180 '
oi To" the ante of Now le'noy 49058 030 ,..
To tholote•of Pemisylvania.3ll,6B°'
_
,To.thestato DelevkLro .90,560 noti;
.110 the .41AD orMary . land's 4s,Boo -' I
- , To the state of Viweis 1,9310 00
To the state of North Carolloalf.3, o ,
To the-stote of South., Corolla 3 1 4P'
zeresiraf, •
To Alio state' :Of Kentucky, 897.92 0 01 , - t ,"
•,-;,The,deillign of the above! distribut.,
assign te the old StatesOaril equal
to oneaerolo.-;eirory inhabit:A; w•" 7
cemusof 1851 i 1
Voter - #*111314 , laves oil 'I nd o'of Te•
ershigO; tho banks of Neninset tint , f:
chestor , saw a-snake -concealing, itselfin
of stones imbedded; in: gnus; Sone r o
Inge-another tlisappCar at the sametl,4
curiosity lints arensed3 h 0 cull
tunifdun , out; a space four ola
antotot i :and one and a . half feet in deP 4
makes, ranging , front four tir Oven
101101,--Ond tinbmciog.all the IliffereslS
counnoti.lo the tixcePt the 7,10
When *ma: 131°503f theta. wet"
somegam evide l ikcit of. lgoniptivorivo,
Sfniptunes - they voo Opnd#iPob o t t 'blsi
ithnekin ininebes of Baliailot t
groeih;striptl' )1
trovu, {l'4 e
t
found- tn,tbOttiAt'egeptiOaßtf crude!; i
111 'midi:4l44y the latest
comptstr eontletnt that hatetee4
;• - -.off
Eir.Tlus Convocation of the Son!, tk ,
P 6 nlnCe 44 , 04.00 on wedpodo T