Her time of tleod.4o withdraw my support ftom the great patriotic party, and turn recto; ant to my faith and toy own inMrest t—foriet me toll you Eliza if our party triumphs this ante, my path is theueqnrth glorious. My ef forts in the just eause,•:will receive their just (To be continued.) Gov. Bigler,'s Veto Message,. ON Tut nitUt II1L14" •To the Senate and House of Representatives of • the Cornotariwoo/th of Penney:cants : Gzurrtznaa:—Bill No 590, on the files of the Senato,entitled An Act to incorporate the Meadvillerßafik,';with # Capital of $1150,000, this been - presented 'for iny consideration, to. : - getlter winsothemprovidiag for ,' -the establish. -meat of Sundry new Banks, to-be located a.s *folloviri,- viz :-One. at Pittsburg; with a sapitg : . s3oo,oo;ranothet at Allentown, Lehlgti ;t7;:sithae4pital of .$150,00b; anotkier_aadi_ei ;'-with acapital of 8153,0031 another atl9-irilolo; a capitil of; §lop,oool another ist - New •Ustte; Lawrence stountY, . a-c . 0,1 of - at030;006 sui3tlvir at Tamagna,'SelmirWill' co, .ieith.a Capital of 8100,000; another at Much Catbon co., with a =pal of $lOO,OOO ; • st2Othor Pluenbiville, Cheater. county, With a Capital 0f13200,000 ;mother at Sionovahela City, 'Wallington coenty, with a capital of : 4100,000 ; :also another, to , add . 6150,000 to - Nturcapital stock 'of the Southwark Bank, in : she countv , of Philadelphia. 'l3ince Ifie General Assembly' , has thus indi• cited to me their Views - on the subject of in- 1 Xxisasing - the &akin Capital of the State, I 4mYO given the question,-in all its bearings, my most anxious consideration- —have - centempla. lel the probable effects of this firopised meas.l mreven the interests of the whole people of i . the State—.4man the laborer, farmer', merchant; ,antimannfocturer, and, bringing', to, the aid of .:,iiiyjnizmant the lights furnished by the past experience of the country, I have arrivedAtthe -conclusion, that it is my solemnkluty, however unpleasaut,.to differ with you on this subject.' diszent-from the.wishes of the representa .tives of the people, on a question of public painful tome in the extreme; but to - ;:shrink from' the'responsibility of performing a \COOBCiOUd duty would be cowardly and crimi- L , The proposed new Banks would add to the present banking capital of the State an aggre suin bl' about! 81,550,000, or , over ten -met cent. on the active capital now in use, and thus swell the present am-aunt, of our paper - - Circulation to the extent of four or five millions. 'Whilst not, prepared to say, that at a ••41 - Zai - per :tittle a 'Bank might not be useful, if if properly have at • some of the points ; name& have bad _no. difficulty whatever in ..B . 4tiSfying rril mill that there is at this time, :no 'real nettessity - for such an extensive increase of paper *May, nor that .if such an increase :were perugned, the effect would be prejudicial the_ true interests of the mass of the people • and that it would exercise a demoralizing in. .fluenee upon the bitsiness affairs of the State.' The'ArnMediatu :effect would be, I have -no dottlit to; enhance the nominal prices of all - kinds of goods, and' property, by the'deprecia- "ofof bank paper stindulating therebya spirit of - Villa and fanciful speculation, begetting ' prodigality and idleness, the legitimate fruits of an Inflated currency. . • AU violent movements on this subject are unwiite, sad especially injurious to the unwary citizen: Ezpertence has demonstrated, that ag sudden expansions and contractions of a, paper currency, exercises prejudicial influence ir on the - real prosperity of the country. Such turned to the tentage of the shrewd capital - tit, but the wurapectutg farmer or mechanic, !linked - from his safe pursuit by the fair prom ises or the expansion is crushed in his new ex , poriment by the violence of the contraction. • • ,But where is the evidence that so large an lit's:ease Of 'he Banking Ca itaLis required And why air thorizo atti at one tiara ,21-I;rigttie official service of my two last- pre*essors, covering a period of nine Tears,'butrfour new Iltanks of issue were crew and When has i Pennsylvania been more 'prosperous than during that time? When, ' • AMU! , first burthened by her heavy debt, did liericredit Stand higher?; And wlien did the labor - of her citizens reap a better reward She hls, during the Iwholel time, stood erect— 'maintained her faitht r —and by the proper exer •ci,se of her oVva inherent - element of wealth, -km; boeri ;Steadily extricating herself from the ; *mbarrassments upon her by a spirit of prodi ,gality, tralsfused throughout the, whole-coun try, as the consequence of, the expansion's of pepsin:Loney to which I have already referred. There are now nearly' 19 millions of Bank ing Capital in the State, of which about four mut a - half millions of dollars - are invested in Moats, Tunas, &c., a business not:necessarily • Connected with' banking, nor contemplated in the 'crtWion of-Banks. This fact furnishes , some. evidence, that at times, there had been • \; more Banking Capital than the legitimate bus. mete of these institutions seemed to require, t and certainly there' is nothing in.-he present condition of the cottony to justify so large an accr.sion to our paper mediunt. * • * •* * • ,Ithink the aggregate banking capital of the " State large enough, and that of the whole cottatty too' large—much too large for the „Istituto of- those pursuits cloS'ely pressed by 'foreign competition. But tbegreat monetary Jiiiivement; which; at this time, would seem - Wise rmd-riecessary, is not within control of a &tee State. I have no hesitation in saying, tha;,„ I ifieuld not, 'daring my official carer, t; sanction the charter or re.eharter of any Bank. .1t should, be my purpose to reduce rather than 'increase the paper. circulation. But a single e member of this.confederacy twin do little more than show a good example, and invite imita lion The part 'of sister. States. Situated, as we are,therefore, we can only make the h es t, ; • of the circumstances which surround us—rc ; stiain the evil and promote the good, so far as the influence of the State can do this. i liave riot been insensible to the fact of the reasoning in Ewer of establishing Banks in • 'particular localities, as a medium Through; ' which toconduct heavy basiness tiansactions ;Audi should not Object to institutions for this purpose srth'all the attributeS of a Bank, ea cept„the to;creato paper money. it is urged also, that Certain localities hoed what are called;atik in,gfacilit ies,that Are now without ' Mich etzommodations, and that some or all of thOso bills are only intended -to afford to such plitens that which his already; been extended to others.: lam free to admit that there are baialities thus situated, and that it is intended ••by the bills in question to supply some of these . stad iatre it practicable to them those facilities • withoutinereasing the present amount of pa. • Iper mottey, Or, in other words, if this end could be accomplished by taking from localities. hat tiow murifestly have too much, the evils'Of an lir:retie of balking capital-which rhave-sug - gested could not apply. But it cannot to my afindlie. justified, that any inconvenience, snl • feredby certain localities, should be regarded ra paramount to the important considerations ' that seem clearly, at this time; to weigh against ?:sioir-inere'kse of the paper medinut of the State.. , • -Thi e s complaint : may , be.gradnally ast at ; rest ~..bereaXter;.should the considerations agriinitnn. iu..reaae efiapital: - Continue; by refusing !4**teileinks - tri -localities where there-is an' ' =';,ksicastistattehlacilities;.andslistribliting thenr '-'0:11011411**111,.:0331t the_utmest care jkagessupTf or 9. hare leartifid _by adi edatgerpulf,Ooliefici to 'of aoutifir • greatly deficient in capital. I need not call to mind the numerous Instances II tyhich banks thus located hare misled the business ceramrt. by:-their promises to pay, Without's dot: lex in their vaults, and 'thenexploded, .to' thb vast injury of the people. ; There are so many arguments to sustain the truthfulness of this positiop.thaknothing but my unwillingness tia • excite unpleasant "recolleetions restrains from pointing 'out tho•partieulars Of some. Of these occurrences. But I truskthai they may not On that account, escape your reflection. A bank, Created - for the use - only of those whit desire to become borrowers, will not answer. The mere corporate franchises cannot give it all the elements of a good bank—the patrons of such art institution must put money into its vaults, beton they can draw any out, In other lan g ^nuage, if a particular locality . be poor, it wmU not be made rich by the possession eta bank:possessing -no -better qualities than' the right to, make paper Money. Tberemist ba'not only a necessity for-such an, institution bait leetiiinateliminess - and 'wealth in sail 10. cality to - sustain it, Or.the -probabilities are that thiii result will be disastrims.l , . It is not always a 'prod argument in favor ot locating a bank, at a given pohlt,to say, that it: is difficult to get money. at such place. That inay be the very town why public , interest find safety would forbid such location. , Besides: it is to this difficulty, to a great extent, that this com munity is indebted for. its value. I ain quite sure, that if it were made suffm:ently abun dant to answer the views of some political economists, it would neither be valuable nor useful. The advantage resulting tO the par. ticular localities in which these institutions ate found are as a general principle, greatly over rated..l. can bring to review in my mind a vast district of the State, embracing' some eighteen contiguous counties,-• all _flourishing and prosperous, in which there isnot to be found a single bank of issue; and yet I do net see these areless prosperous than Counties fa. voted with many Banks. A number of the counties within the range to which .I refer, were at olio time favored with banki, but:these institutions hare failed and gone out of -exis tence; and 'cannot perceive that such counties are less flourishing than they were - when their respective banks were in full operation. This seclusion from banks, it should be re membered, is not without its advanta"es, the people of- such regions are, perhaps, fully re warded for what they suffer in inconvenience, by the protection that they thus enjoy, from the force of commercial revulsions. What they lose at the time of a bank expansion is more than made good to them by their escape from the full force of the contraction. A little I reflection on the occurrences during, the peri ods to - Which I have repeatedly made reference will satisfy any one, that this is no Mere fanci ful-idea, but a clear practical truth. I - ! I hare thus„ gentlemen, performed what; I. regarded as an imperative duty. if I have erred, it is an error of the ,head, and not, of the heart. Witmai Executive Chamber, Harrisburg, Apr. 80 '52. Hossith's Eloquence Ori the 15th of March, when Kosanth, was in St. Louis, he delivered a speech . commencing as folows. As a specimen of the imaginative it is, prehaps, - unsurpassed in proie in the English language ; "Ladies and Gentlemen—To-day is the fourth . Anniversary of the Revolution In Hun gary. Anniversaries of Revolutions are id, most "always connected with the reollectiotis, of some patriots; death-fallen on that day like the Spartans at Thermopylae, miurtyrs Ofj their devotion to their fatherland. .Almost in Yt mgisaro c ***oo - ,..1M1M*1.." or some proud tombstone, adorned •such a day by -a garlandof evergreen, the pions offer ing of patriotic tenderness. ig o. I passed the last night in a' sleepless dreain ; and my soul wandered onj the mag netic-wings of the past, home to my belored bleeding land,,and I saw in the with - the paleness of grief, upon, their sad brows, trembling in the tearless silence of that grief, gliding 'ov er the church-yards of Hungary,find kneeling down at the head of the grace, and after a short prayer rising with clenched fists gnashing teeth, and then stealing away tearless and silent as they came; stealing away—because the bleed hounds of my'country's murderers larked from every corner on that night, and . on; this dny, and lead to persons those who dare to show a pious rememberance to the. beloved. To-day a smile on the lips of a Magyar is taken for a crime of defence vast tyranny, and tear in his eye egnivelent to a revolt. ',And yet -I have seen. with the eye of my home wander ing sonl, thousands performing thO deed of patriotic virtue. - .1 "And, I saw, more. When the plods Weil' igs have stolen away, I saw the houered dead, half risen from their tombs, looking to the offer ings, and whispering gloomily,' still a cypress and still no flower of joy ! Is there still ; the chill ot winter and the gloom of night aver thee, fatherland? Are we not yet 'revenged?" and the sky of the east reddened I suddenly, and boiled with bloody flames, ant• from ; the far,- far • west, a lightning flashed like s star spangled stripe, and within its light a yOung eagle °Minted and soared towards the bloody flames of the east, uncles he drew near, upon his approaching, the bloody . flames changed into a radiant morning sun, and a video from a bove was heard.in answer to the question of the •dead.; - Sleep yet a short white—mine in the reven ge ! I will make the Stirs of the west the sun of the east !— and when ye next atvake; . ye will find the flower. of 'joy upon your `cold bed.' • . I - - . ", And the dead took the wing ,of cypress the sign of refierreetion, into their pony bends and lay down." , Vir As some interest is manife.sted to know how the vacancy on the Supreme Bench is to be fitled,we annex XIL section of the act of 15th of April, 1852, which relates to the subject: Section XIL In the eventOf any vaeahey occurring in any Judgeship in this Common wealth by, death, resignation, removal horn of fice, the failure to elect or otherwise the Gov ornor shall appoint a suitable per Son to fill such vacancy until the first Monday in Doceni her following the neat general election and' the qualified electori shall et the next general election, whieh shill happen thre calander months after the vacancy shall occrir, elect in the manner herein before provided,l a suitable person to such office for the unexpired term in the ease of Judgeship of the supreme Court and for the term of office in case of any Other Judgeship. . - • . - . ! Alstv passed both House last Weeliouith °rising the Governor to appoint, in, the' case of a vacancy, until the nest general election, at which a person shall be ekted-for the full terns iffifiren years, instead of for thii, une*pired term--thet Constitution providingtbat of the supremo Court shall bold their, offices for the term of fifteen, years, if thiiy shali_so long behavellictuselies • Umtata Couirrr Lowort:LaW,4—A bill has foulsed - the - Legislature, and received the! Gov ernor's signature, prohibiting the Sate , of any; :quality ; whatever •ofipirittione, vinous-or alt liquor : A ;Lancaster ,c - ounty . on - the„Ohhath, der a riettalty 42q for _each offence .i4lO to go Vi the informer, who is tnaah a ii:Opet r ent in' the ease. Theiaartakioeire e r, • immesiiately,' - - :( • ! 2. I DEMOCRAT. Irtio ILargelt tiroulation in Northern Pennsylvania-163.2 Copies Wegirly., t-. & )3:: : :&P; .11::„ . CHASE, : ',Eiiicins.:. . 1 • S I M entrUtte. : : • - T11131118BAIIN:IfIAY. 11 3.. t 852. ja • Fot• Prealdent, • • James' Buchanan. • = Subject to the deci3ion of the National Con ' volition. ' Canal Commissioner, William Searight; of Fayette. . . A nownundcat,inn, signed "Veritns," yell' appear . next weeL tal ; ' In another Plite, we publish the Con gretwtonal apportionment Bill: which has past id both Houses c f oramitte,of Conference, and•been signed by the Goiernor. =Why not now ajoura,zeiMlemeiit As we promised,We Commence = this week the publiCation of that story - from the pen of Mrs. Pliant.. We.. are 'quite certain our readers will , be delighted with it, and say with us, when it shall be ended, that they hare read mrentettaining, instructive, and beautiful. Irwritten storY, It hardly gets commenced in this number. The Veto Message of Goiernor Em ma publish,:in its most important points, being obliged to abbreviate it , for want of space: We hope it will bo read by everybody. The mamas ofi thuipeople of the Common. wealth should draw Governor Mom still clo ser to their affections, for having promptly put down this: scheme of 'enormous increase of banking enpital ; for, from them—from their sweat and toil cornea the banker's dividends, drawn from them for the privilege of using a paper currency, unsafe and unsound, when the ConStitution of their country gives them sound and 'pod currency, untaxed and untax. able. 11a3F`' In to-day's paper we publish a . call for a public meeting in Rexford, relative to .the Mails. As we understand it, the Department has forwarded orders for a daily mail from Harford to Montrose Depot, Making the pay for carrying it to $l5O per } , Car,--and not al lowing that compensation unless the receipts of the route shall amount to that sum.. This is probably less than any one can carry it for, and it strikes us that the proper way is to lay the matter before the Department, and ask that it may be corrected. In our judgments the Department will; not be badly frightened by any demonstration of this nature; The no tice tame to us through the hands of that of& elms, little, low-minded meddler, who has lately been ousted from the editorial sanetnth of the Register; and, without - knowing any; thing of the bets, it looks to. us. very much like movement of a to..ttninestori24 ktny . F . At' nerere-.4tr-goes - Probably. he Is bursting with sentimental eloquence, at the thoi,ghts of leaving ;the scenes and place of of his youth,and wants an opportunity tomake a speech on the occasion ! jhe. oraiect of a daily Mail to or through Harford is a,good one, and ; we much dislike t o see a movement set on foOt that may 'Crush the whole thing, or hasty and improper means resorted to. Perhaps wa are all wrong in our information, and therefore pass no judgment upon it. The Press Sail the immortal Sheridan,—“give me the liberty of the Press, and I will shake down corruption from its height, and bury it be neath the ruins and abuses of ages."- And it is so. The greatest conservator of every pub lic interest,—the protector of all public and priCate rights,—the most necessary guardian of the natural rights of man,—the shield of Liberty, that shall preserve republican institu tionS from decay,---an instructor, the teachings Of which are more potent than, perhaps, all else, in the moulding of public sentiment, and, the formation of unyielding public prejudices, 7 -we say; the most perfect instrument for the accomplishment of all these, "is the public- Press, when . , bold, fearless and independent in its tone, and when its liberty is kept - within well defined and prudently exercised limits: All nsurpers of their fellow's rights,—all ' monarchists and monarchial governments, in the -pursuit of subjugation for the supremacy of their principles, the perpetuity of their pow er,and the security of their governments against insurrection and 'overthrow; have first closed the liberty of the Press and destroyed all its vital independence. This has been found nee . eqsAry for two prominent 'reasons. First, that the people mak be, kept in ignnorance of pass ing events, of political aspects, of the corrup- tion of their rulers and of their own natural born rights. Second, that when ready to sac rifice everything to obtain a redress of griev ances, that.there may be no strong current of opfaion, no possible eoncert , of action restating from such rm'oPinion as the Press may give direction to. Provided against this, the oppo sition of millions is eisily subdued, no conger: ted movement, backed ,up by an iiresistable public Sentiment, being able to form., Thus, patent is the PFess, the world over.— To tuorinrehi, its . liberty is more dreaded than hayonetsr of steel in the hands of invaders, be. cause it; opens the throats of cannon at the base of Thrones, from which is thundered forth the downfall of despotism. And in a government like ours, resting solely upon 'the Intelligence and virtue of the peoPle, it is whol. ly indisPensable.• To govern themselves at all, they mast act intelligentlY, and how can they net thus, or be informed, save by the full and free use of faithful Public jearnals that shall come like=constant visitors=-41se faithful friends and monitors? Its liberty is also in dispensOle to prevent .Publie Men—our law. give* from abasing their`poWei,and from be ing corrupted by inordinat e;ambitinn: Those men fear thn ArgniiinentinY nt . the Press, and their jugmenta'are influenced a n d sitrangthened fo overcome tniPintini;-lifP-Fi when 0/Ai:el ple hie faleeine Pelves:leak ); the Vrini hn thus important, *7in rind hi , Yond 'All ' 'it i 92 important lat-tiefinfle€nes's should stifle its in. ependence, and corrupt its power. Narrow-minded prejudices, whether ~_ of party;sect; cre 9, or, interest, personal or i local,.shotfid boo aitished from its columns and never cent to the healthines and pu rity . , of its , tone an temper. Otherwise, corn-. 'lnuit)? may be ,d. ped, ,inliosed tpon,..sacri ficed and plantiered. . It Imebecome quite gen eral at the present day, for combinations of in ilivicluals, having pecuniary interests, personal, motives and private selfishness to serve, to rally tionnfi a Press, privately control its tone and shape its course. Such combinattons are dangerous', and their Press more dangerous still. - Through it, they silently sow a poison - ous seed,-distill , baneful influence. There t community can protect Press, but to show their a m d 'atl is l c r o es u t nt a e - n ttal ce i i n nc o k v.ery of rt business. . Such a course; _proper,..will not only 'en. I ndependence into the spirit •stlY Conserve the public is no other Way tit itself against such: total_ displeas confidence,-in sh. pratieular, all such while. it in just. courage, but force of the Press, and good.. IaLEII 'has tendered the va- Supreinci Bench to Juke bsbarre„tivint till yester r. Ne have not learned eepted or not, but opinion • , — that he will decline the be an ornament to tho po- ar Governor cant seat on the Woodward, ttf WI day for an maw ivhether ho hmt seems to set it dot• honor. Ho would! e Naihi and Stages. Changps int s E g4" rie o.f rOad y h ll y ig t t h h e e E ladi xpre o ss u .:rk morning Mails are r_ e: four or :fiVe o'clock in lie passenger Train on the Vesterirßoad leaves Great of the Express Mail Train Passengers can thus leave By - a recent c h the New York andll Train, the New Y coivo at Montrose 11 the afternoon'. 11 LaekaWanna and Vi Bend on the itniva about two o'clock. New York in, the .. orning by this line, and ec should do - so, to r h the Lackawanna Train, instead ofcorning t in the Mail Train, which reaches Great Bend at half past six, as here tofore. The mail hetween Tunkhannock and Montrose,.entho oldrouto, will now be car ried tri-weekly only, tit% great Southern Mail being brought °tithe L. &N. R.. R. By this arrangement, j! the connection 'between Mon trose and . I,Vilicesbarre, and Philadelphia, is much facilitated. The stags will now leave this place for Moutrose Depot, at nine o'clock in the morning, and two in the afternoon. Travelers, wishing to go either East or West on the Erie, by leaving hero at nine, will be at the Bend in time to take either Of Your Trains, ail of, which, pass that place • tvithin four hours time. ' Oar awina - Iters • - Our tenislatu a still Continues in session, and makes no:demonstration towards adjourn:: , 1 ment. They' hate passed file appropriation Bill, and included a section voting themselves full pay tor the-time of their sitting over - the hundred : days ;.. - 'We must _confess ourselves annaked ikeiskrid , measire .Wthe netion,—or properTicv,=l,4lEirifiC. Repre resentati*AV9._Poelmotiwealifklliji Sei - - side. What' coNo Id become of kelifair name, —oh, tnore, antwould. he - F:0100 . of her near est and most vi interests; were not -the in corruptible Bic nat:the helm, is more than we dare prophee . For the past three years, the history of our legislature—unwritten in its darkeit;Spo' is a history of , shame and corruption: Th Press of the State owe it as a duty, to speak lout boldly and plainly on this T. subject, unple.s4t though it be, and thus lay early the:ground' work of Reform. Thcpeo phi only need to he enlightened on this subject and their'voice, full -toned and potential, will bo heard and heeded. The following remarks from the Pittsburg -Post, relieves us from wri ting by ei:presSing our mind, partially, at least. Some dajr, ivhen our pen is more ready, we shall continue i " Reforms co .. mence When evils are unen durable.le In'otr legislative bodies, State and National, the gr wth of iniquity Is becoming so rank that the cry will soon be universal to cat it down. •T e halls of Congress have be. come Mere gard ns for brutei to bait each oth er; and the pr ope rty of the nation is stir:ren dered and hart red , away - thron,gh influences which obtain ni tery over the _ honor -and' in. tegrity,of the presentatives of the people. The letter-write : from Washington, without distinction of p , ty, complain of the imbecility and-corruption .f our public men, and in their actions we • see no evidence that those charges are un e. .But, it is nearer home that our attentiLn is . most called for, and re forms are most needed. - It is a common re. mark in the s : ets, that any legislation•tan be obtained in Ha' isburg with money. So little i l confidence hav the;people.in the integrity of its members,+ t whenever any legislative toe tiOri is wantd the first enquiry made is, "How much will it cost ?" But to whom does this moneygo? We do not say 'always' to the members, for as little as we regard .their vir- Axle and intelligence, we dare not- believe that' they are so to it to decency as to be openly rte • ceasible, It gees to another set Of legislators who manage the wires:and play with - the.pup-. pets—we; mean the "Boers. :- These vain pyres, hang . ,about 'Harrisburg,- and .initiate I thetnielies int 9 all the secrets of the members, and all the trio ts of legislation.. :',By menace and flattery they control the one, and . by. 11. Besse and fats hood they effect the other.— 1 With unblushing impudence they accost every .person who gos to the Capitol, and if he does not Confide_allthii wants to, them, and pay' Vieth in proportion to their importance, he is sure to lose; his object.-- The "Borer" bribed, lie goes to work; and knowing his - men, and timing his operations, he gets what be-wants, no matter' how, prejudicial it'-may be to the public intereste. -The members. are - generally too obtuse to;imdent.tarui anything, and they vote as they ate prompted by the supple scowl; diets who think for them.. Pay. the " Borer" - to-day, and yelir bill is, passed; let some one pay him allittle more to-morrow,::andlthe' stet of:yesterday is rescinded. And it is n_cir-• rious.tact thatlthe members of the. district will, - . half IQ-time, know nothing about the whole matter. T.. If these evils arelibt'abated,-Sll re-. gard will lies for- Oar - -institutiOna ' 'We have confidence, - however, in, the virtue of the people, and itstWe ' salk .whenr.. endurance be comes . unendurable, 'reform will : begin- its wholesome openitions.. - Heri:of virtue - and in-, telligenie Wilk be: ticketed' ta guard the: public : interestened .O°l3OW-its: welfare; :then Our la , Ani wilEberOpenterL...-.W0 .. think•:thetime for etch rtrefiOnn is at liand... iftbe evils haie . .net'Yet reicho. - their .cultninatinelioint;:We linve - tidtterl lifittr.eitithate-Aef , pUblie pit'serivjty;;ffWe. must have less legislation. -: A large p?rtiorketthelnts*ssAtte.-at Hatois; IrurgterAhthitrtglsacted bithe - Countyernutei. - *h ere : e -, :hispott9ibility . - 44 justice reats3=- NnitderStilb *inter friiiii. , : 'Potter arid :31% . _ , . keen know about the propriety of opening a now street in Pittsburg; or the justness `of granting a divorce to a citizen of Washington county'! 'Bathe. ' Borcr.." him the di vorte should be-granted, becanse: the appli cant bus paid -his fee; and that the street is not wantekbeczome the &donors have failed to miso the money:to bribe him. if the Press throughout the State would takelold of this subject, the. good - Wink would seen. be accom plished; and as:the Press is the thiponent of public opinion, wsa will look to it for the-tnor el fruits - which-are the 'growth of an . honest and - pge sentiment ever abiding.with the' pea POSSIIIPONDICOCit 6/1 , TU pIINOCBAT. Letter from Oregon, OREGON CITY, March 19th, 1852. Dear Sim—lt has long been raj intention to write you in relation to, my .whereabouts, and give ou -some idea of this far-off country, which' I have made my tomptirary home for some nine months past. ' - Although the - readers of your palier may never have entertained the slightest idea of visiting Oregon', still many of themhave doubt less experienced athicks of the Califona fe ver; and when -they are told that a greater country than,the golden El too4uict is here, per haps they would be interested in knowing something more definite about so famed a clime than theyderive from the ordinary, news paper accounts.' In tha first place, Oregon is a &eat way off— even seven or eight hundred miles farther (to those who travel by sea) than California—yet for all practical purposes, it is only five or six weeks' distant from the Atlantic States. Let tem go and come with such regularity that persons here can calculate within two or three days the timeof receiving answers to their I commanications.' In fact, our letters and pa. pers come to hand so promptly that I scarcely ever think of the distance that separates me I from home. The great bulk of the population of this country come hither over land, but they make as little' ado about having "crossed the plains" as people used to in earlier days about having verformed a journey to New York by the Newburgh Turnpike; and those who have 1 lived here long eaough - to appreciate , the ad-I vantages of the country, often' idly they would willingly perforin the journey overrigain were they back again in the States--so, apt is hill man nature to forget the trials and dangers passed through, and to remember only the "brighter side of the picture." The most important advantage this country possesses over the Eastern States, is in the climate, whichis far more agreeable than I had anticipated previous to coming here._ Through the summer the weather is very uniform: rain seldom fall 3; and although often through the 'day tho sun is ie . !) , hot, yet after it has gone down the air: iieool'and pheasant, and remains so till sunrise again. It is always quite cool in the shade. The winter, which is called the min) , season, is so much milder than East of, the Mountains, that it hardly seems like ii•Win' ter at all; especially to one accustomed to the _latitude of Northern -Pennsylvania. . - During the past winter.the•mercury has rarely bee _ lielowlh ° L-treezin •gitilintalad knt-a' tion of the.time_ as low as , that. I have •nr bear-upa man: in fact, thei — ichave — been 'fair nights coid enougli to produce lee-fit all. Through the entire month of February the weather resembled the pleasantest May weath= er at home. Until the first of the present month not a flake of snow fell ; but thereims been three or four inches of snow since, which only remained on a day or two. Grass has been growing all winter, and cattle get good) feed and keep in good order without the least care of the part of the farmer. All our beef cattle are brought directly from the pasture said sjanghtered, being sufficiently fat for the market. Oregon is a fine country for raising stock, on account of the little care neerqsary to be taken of cattle through the Winter, and the small' amount of labor required to procure food for.them. Many farmers own hundreds Of cattle, and yet cultivate but a few acres of ground,—barely sufficient, in many ses, for their own sustenance. A man who has-a ood claim, and is able to commencti the raising of 'stock, can grow rich with very little effort. tdo not think the soil, generally, is as rich 'as the prairies and 4 bottoins" of Illinois or Wisconsin; but the wheat crop is far more certain, and yields more bountifully; and so with oats and many other crops. Potatoes grow mast abundantly on the bottom lands of the Columbia and Willamette rivers, where they are produced of great size and superlin finality: Corn has not yet been extensively cultivated: it is thought That the coos nights of summer retard its growth; still, some fine specimens have been produced in certain lo calitie& • • It is thought, this will be a fine fruit grow. 4 ing country, as success has thus far attended the efforts of those who have turned their ati , tention to the subject. What is remarkable in regard to fruit and berries of different kinds iii Oregon, is their being .so much more acid than the same kinds are is the Estern Stater:. Whortleborries, although they are like those in the East in other, respects, aro quite acid, and are very fine for pies &c I.iLst fall I saw magnificent peaches that-were raised near Se, lem, on the Willamette, some fifty miles south of this place. St3veral -orchards in the, imme. diate vicinity of Oregon city last . season prop duced large quantities, and although they were small and inferior, yet they were readily sold for five and site dollars per bushel. Apples, common smali varieties, sold for four dollare per ,bushel and, fifty cents per doien! ,But prices, here are wry fluctuating. Last summer, when I arrived here, potatoes !vs!e selling foefour dollars per bushel, new at one; Flour at seven or eight dollars per 100 lbe:, now at five; Beef at from 15. to 20 cents per pound, now at 9 or 10 cents. Pork, bacon and hams :are. still high. Smoked hams sell for 274 cents.:_ Eggs, until this spring, have been worth $ 1; now they are thought cheap at 69 cents, and,great quantities are sold to : supply the home consumption, and _ the,mings and ifbruia markets. ,The facilities , for supplying prodnee of all kinds; and the high prices paid in Califernia, , ter it, have bees the, means of keeping up . ,the, priest! here. :Goods of, all bb3ds_ars.VerY law in consequence of.the Mrip ket,belng overstocked. bloat of the ordinary articles can be bought : nearly as`low.as in tips) intener of the Eastern States.- -The prices of • labor, are also very variable. Last summer from five to , eightidollans were paid for etn;:, mon and mechanical labor the past,; Winter! from two_ to Aye has been the ordinarY-range} of prices. The stability of the prices of labor dependsalmost.altogether , upon tlic state of the gold excitement. So long ns as labor so high the resources of Oregon will - be but slowly developed. Towns cannot spring up innday or n month as. they do beyond the mountains; nor can much improvement be anywhere made. The peculiar featurOs of the`Oregon Land Law also impede the prosperity of the cond., try; although some of its features undoubted have a tendency to increase the number of. the population:. The Land Law provides that all whonre in this country previous toDeeetn ber, 1850, to a'Adonation of 640 acres of land, if married, and 320 if single.— All who arrive subsequent to that period re ceive half `the amount, provided 'they "reside upon and cultivate the same for four consecu- Om years." Such large donations 'of land necessarily make the settlements sparse ; pre vent the building,iip of, villages and the estab lishment of good Schools;and scatter the year ly emigration over avast extent , of country.— Thus a few are enabled to absorb the, best of the land, and whoeter may hereafter wish, to becoine .their neighbors must pay their price far the privilege. Many of thei3e early set tlers made their - "piles" iOCalifornia when the mines were first Opened;,buittely till contin ue to fill up their old chests with the hard dol lars they receive from miners and emigrants in exchange for their cabbages, iotatoca, and cattle. So accustomed] to exorbitant prices have they become, that s nrie of them grumble teiribly because.they can now get but. fifty cents per dozen for their eggs; at the same time make awfully wry facWwhenscalled up on to pay fifty cents per meal and the_ same for lodging. I have known them to come in to town in their covered; wagons and eat and sleep in them to save paying a small sum to those who pay them such extravag,int prices for their "garden sass," 01m,. , This does not, however, characterize all! the Oregonians ; but it goes to show that there are some men who "are .just as close and illiberal with thousands as with hundreds. In former times, previous to the discovery of geld, money . was exeeed ingly scarce here: barter was pretty much the only trade known, A silver dollar then was almost an infallible "remedy for sore eyes;" but now-a-days it is a very common occurrence to see a man lugging-about a shot bag of spe cie or a leather sack of gold dust. A man now counts out, his ingois,oso pieces) with much 'greater carelessness 'than he formerly did his Mexican' dollars. • If. you will take tio. the. map of the world and compare tho:site of "Oregon with that of ' States, you will see that' it is'eapabloTnf ; beinteut up into several as largo when you take in. to consideration: th that very nearly the • being inhabited i ips get - I - ,beepatix Our greak . M:eil; agricultural and Id,saltibricift s elk; mate, and itsMagnifieent Scenery, it has a glo rious future, • .Between the Coast and Cdseade ranges of', mountains a great portion Of the country is covered with timber, principally of-the differ ent varieties of fir. In many places the,tint her grows to an astonishing height, and gen erally straight as an arrow. "You may have : 'some idea of the size when hell you that it is not uncommon, in going through the woods, to encounter a fallen tree that would require a long ladder to climb over it withtrees from ten to fifteen feet in diameter. Such 7 ; large treks are easily felled by a simple , process; which requires very little labor :—Notches .are cut or augur holes bored near the roots of the trees, and fire is kindled in them, which con tinues .to burn until the. tree falls by ,its own , weight. I have seen large tracts that have heen cleared in this way. 'But there are few claims taken where there are not sufficient open spaces for cultivating. These open spay ces, from five to a hundred acres in extent, oc.; cur often in the timbered parts. In the most settled districts, there are ,extensive prairies; well watered and very'productive. My own observations have. been confined almost entire ly to the country bordering, on the Colunibia, as far, up as the mouth of the W)i lamette, and thence up .the latter river to this place., So much of theyallies as can be seen in passing up and down these &ors, are covered with apparently,dense forests. All Meng there are fine mill sites, many of which are occupied and manufacturing large quantities of lumber, which is shipped to California., Some of the' mills are so situated that vessels are loaded directly from the saw—the water being so deep that vessels can lie close along side. Of some of the most thickly settled pOrtions of the Willamette valley r have gained' very accurate knowledge in making the Township maps from the government surveys." •The prairies and timber theta appear to be so in termingled that almost every , claiin has a frac tion of timberatni a slice of prairie,: all trav- ersed by nnmerou,s streams. Except the prai ries the Country, is decidedly hilly, .but the hills are.not so abf npt as to make their culti vation difficult, and the soil is said• to be as productive on the high lands as in the valleys. The goverment surveys are progressing rap idly; but most of the work " s 4as to be ..done in the summer and with the Solar- Compass, on account of the frequent change of variation, where tho magnetic needle cannot lx) depended upon. The general variation is about twenty degrees easkbnt it Lt sometimes as low, as fourteen, and aa high as thirty. . At present there are somo'nine or ten steamboats., of va rious 'sizes running upon the Columbia, Will amette, and 'many of, them doing "good busi ness. Two boats over a hundred above the city on tho Wilhunettis caTryitig a great deal of freight, which. , g9es .through Southern" Oregon tuid Northern California., - The mail will leave soon and.l must slose, Ifoi)lng yiiu eicuse the discennec bur Manner. in which'Sda ,ikWritte9, and promising to lot you heui;foin me again. Truly. yew's; @;' .We clip the 101 l •• tristi.the Wash logien torreepoildeuce Orli° Spri4flekt Dai lk Post. A high And -inerited corepliineit is paid' to our worthy Representative h Cott- grees...l - c.- • Them: scorns to be'sn-irreconcileble 'age •--;the'; • iri. , the wing party caused by a disposition on the part - of , Scott's: friends - to have him' the 3viiig nominee, without a platform, I. e., to keep mum on the compromise measures, or rather • to occupy the _position of the - cooper's Ow— " both sides of the creek." Hosts of the somh.: ern members aro " dead_ sot" 'against - General Scott, and, in' favor, of Fillmore. The time was when they went for "men, not for piaci., ples",but now they show some symptom's of a delerthination to sustain no Man who not, say openly, boldly, and unequivocally, 'that he is mfavor ofßie " fugitive slave bill." ''S o nmelifor.thisouthem,whigil,Who. inhabit the metropolis, The Seetfwing of tho party the northern "whigs - say give " Let us run Gen. Scott, and say nething about his whiggery, or views-upon any riubjeet—meiely - place 1116 id nomituttion; with - zt satire drum attached, and "let. him run." • They reason this wise : " Why," they - say,'" have vre ;not, always-ken defeated with - our-principles as= issue ; -and have we not elected UV° presidenti by "laying- low" and "keeping mum?" Such is the reasoning of - the - Scott wing of the inr ty, and notwithstanding ,Mrailhall of Ky., and Williams of Tenn. have openly &menaced Scott,'as a political coward, I predict his nom ination by the Whig convention, if one is field, (of which there- is"much doubt, consideiiag the fight which is going on at the capital,) to a certainty. The prevailing opinion here is, that, Sam Ballston, old "Rough and , Tumble," as he has been called in battle, could beat the combined forces of whiggery to death, - while either of the other candidates may do H.—. While a certainly attaches itself to Houston's election, the election of the other democratic candidates is somewhat problematical, in oPpo sition to Scou,"who will arouse the military feeling of the country, frem one, extreme, to , the -other. Bonfires and ilhiminations will ba the order of the day, as in '4B, when old Zack, rode "old whitey' into, the "white hotiie,!* through the front door. Such is the effect of military character upon the, masses, that they seek to reward it with the highest honors,— . The democratic . party, powerilil ns it is, /!as b een beaten by this. samo military glory, and maybe again, unlesl3 wisdom governs their nomination. A skillful mariner seldom nuts his ship upon the same reek a second The Hon. Mr. Grow, of Point, the youngest member of the House of Ropresentatives,made one of, the most eloquent speeches ever. deliv. ere.' in'that body, upon the right of man !to the soil." He was approaefred by mane of the oldest members upon the eonclusion of his speech, and complimented by their congratula. lions. Mr. Grow is a self made man, and the Keystone State may -well be proud of such a representative. - _ The Potter Union also has the following xtract. It would pleaie us to uotice moreof the encomiums showered _upon Mr. Gaow, by the Press in all sections of the country, were it not that he is so well appriviated by the Masses of our people. The - subject of. his speech commends, itself so warmly to the minds of the masses;and tho speech itselfia so full of noble sentiment arid generous, patii. otic. feeling, that both unite to give the young orator a vide spread celebrity... G. A. Grrow.—.4V,.e haVe received a-copy of this gentleman ' s. speect lately delivered in tie House of Representatives - at Washington, In favor otLandKeferta and ,0 HAnusatmg• • • 4 , 1i-i,&.vertralli . V.Tl r 3 " - e.regret-that that ' cannot puohsh, it at-pres.. ent; , One °film youngest meta. ben a thelle - use; and at the, same time one _of the shiest. The Democracy of Pennsylva. nia may well - he proud of such a Represents. tire. Higher Honors await him. "1""' ' • . April 28, 1852.1 • At a meeting of the Montrose Lyceum held at the Mee of 8.. T. Case, Dr. G. Z. Ihm* - was called to the Chair, and F. A. Case pointed Secretary.. • Whereupon Vim. H. lessnp, L. F. Fitch, * and J.C. Miller being appointed a committee .. to draft resolutions relative to the decease of our late President, 'reported the following which were unanimously adopted. . , . Whereas, by. A a' recent dispensation of PlT deuce, our Society has been deprived by death of the . serviees of our late worthy l'resident, therefore, ' Resolved, That in the recent death of H. R. McKune, WO mourn the loss of an efficient o f. ficer, a valuable member of our society, and;a good citizen. Resolved, That his conduct while 'with us has gained , the esteem of all who knew him, and while we mourn his loss as a friend and brother we believe that supported in death by a hope in Christ as his firm reliance, ho has passed to his rest on high. ' Resolved,' That while another link has beep struck from the - golden chain of friendship,, ylt we still feel .its'ionnence drawing us away from earh to those scenes which he is enjoy in,. • - Resolved, That We extend our sympathy to. his afflicted parents and friends in This mourn ful dispensation. Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be published in the newspapers of the county, and transmitted to the friends of the deceased. • G. Z. DIIIOCH, Pres.. F. A. PASE, See'y. Imiiroved Locomotives. Two Marge and powerful Locomotives, with seven feet driving wheels, says the ." Reading Gazette. and Democrat," are now being con strutted at the Machine Shops of the Rea ding Railfoad Company in this city, after plans by Mr. Mmtatot.t.a.on, and under his immediate superintendence. They will embrace his new and important , improvement of burning anth racite coal which we believe has been tasted so as to render its priteticability beyond doubk The locomotives are desined for drawing the passenger. trains. and it is intended as soon as they are placed upon the road, which will be in two or• three weeks, to run the train through from Pottsville to Philadelphia in 3 1.4 to 3 1-2 hours. including stoppages, which will be an average speed of nearly 33 miles an FaSt travelling (: hat but as our Yankee neighbors 'would say rt can be did IMPORTANT mit.x:—A bill has been roper ted to the House of Representatives' by the committee of Ways and Moans, • to- tax- con cealed property. It is supposed that a large , amount of - money at interest escape taxation, a matter - which 'the nut= is deslned to remedy. The Assessors of • the, ComMonwealth shall; after the' first of. Juno next, apply & some Rang like postoffice in:o4m suppsi 2 -.... to the - face of emery bond, note, or other seu? wily for the Raiment' of Money,- making. an, Impression with indelible ink on every security. ftssessed for' _1852," orwhatev,er year the, assessment tray be Made:• .• • . rirConnterfit s's on the (armors` and Me-, chunks' itank,gataton,: pa.; aro in 4 . largo et in thdeentro of the bill, with own tuutowing and - sowing. seed on tho right, And. a wan plovvinvon the, left of it--a figure and, two V's on the right end, and the word five en the -loft,
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