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DRUG sTcuit
rrHE suliscriber has just receiged in
former upply, a choice assortment
Drugs, Medicines, Cheinicals,
selected with great care and attention
Together with a gond supply or I
faits. Oil; Glass, Dye ShO,Spi
among •which are ,
White & l ßed Lead Dry, Green Pain
White Lad ground in Oil, Blank Paint
Chrome 'teen. CO6O Var
Chrome ellow. Japan.
Venetian Rea. /La n'tt,black
Yellow Ochre, ~,., / Litharge.
Tilack Lead. Snirits Tur
Spanish Brown, Paiht Brus 1
Linseed. Oil, Sasi Tool ;
Window Glass of, assorted sizes fm '7 b'
DYE STUF S,
Indigo. Madder. A nnatto, Loi , w od:Re.
Cam wood. ißrazil Wood. Conner s. Tit
neal. Verdigris. English Ced Said. rs. -
SPACES..
Mace. Isld.megs.Cinnamon,Cldces,.Pe'
Muitard,. Gyanne Pepper, &c.
IPATEIV M
T EDIC4ES, 4'
I . • '
Di.. Steers
.opodeldoc. • l3;irber , s Hors.
GodfreysiCordia I, Heyfs :mbrii.
Bateman', Drops, ' iinrs s.
Turlipgton's Balsam, Liquid. nedel
Harlaem Oil. ,Britisfir il,
Balsadi Oe Maltha, Oil of Spike,
4 Golden Tincture, Oil of Stone,
Spring Oil t
- ' PERFUMERY.
Cologne Water, intender Wafer, Pa
Oil. Lemon CreaM; BearsAlrease' Wale
Cold Crean*, Lin Salve. Tooth Po Yder. I,
Pearl Phwder. Jaynes flair 'Pon ic. nilet
cloth6t. Hair: Flesh 'Tooth , • Nail
IT
Together ‘‘tith every arric
.which he isidisuosed to sel l at fair I
fully aolisc r it; a share of public parr:
PlogreranS tand Storekeepers sup
.at a small advanced on city nrieFs.l
JOtIN S.
centre. next door to Mahan
Nov. 8. 1840.
Physician's, prescriptions c
atoll hourgt.
RAIL. ROAD IR(
AcOmMOtealsortmenl of Rail toad fr
to IXinch.
RAIL ROAD Tif{F..s from Sin. t
wildrinp-ter
• • t rne4.
RAIL ROAD AXLES. :141.31p.dinm
‘le-1 maniit'
the I , 2ltent
RAIL ROAD FELT. for pilaciniz;
I ron (jhair an'
of i.ol 4 e Rail
INDIA RUBBER ROPEmanur:
CH.tENS.
ufartol ed fro
hie Irpn.
SHIP BOAT AND RAIL 'BOA
of dorterentsi
tautly on halmd and for sale b`-
t.
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No. 4, Sout
tin ry IS
F P E. I i ° IL i t 1,1 7it
POTtSVILLE,SCJII4 Y I_, "ILL(
le a
f This elegant and co modit
meat will be open or the
tiavellers from this .ate.
, completely refitted,
Furniture critirelt- new ; the Re
, ding
first quality, and particular atten j tion ha
fed to es'ery arrangement that cail contr
fort and convenience, ,
The Wines and Liquors have:peen se'
most careinl and liberal manner l wiLhol
expense or labor, and will embra e the
brand and 'stock..
• The Probrietor solicits there( re, th l
his friend 4 and the travellinff e'o itn:onit
Should they think proper to vi4it hiR ho
by asAdiods attention to their w nt%to
it such a cyracter, as may ensu i re a re
favors.. _ _ ..
FREDERICK D'ESTFMAI
Potts.Filfe, Pa. June 2.2, IQ4O.
N. B. The Refectory it the
conducted Under the superintcn
Mu slip De 11 - 4atte
PLAIN Jul Figured "Muslin De ;Lanes:
and ror Bale low 4 ) - & J.
October 3,
E.A. Hathaway &
C _4 C Af; : 11E
Np 1 5 South Frottt St
(Wharf foot of South street;
Mu 231
Chfap Cas
PETE subscriber has 1(1 , 1 open'
ta a tew Oneirs above \orwe cl
new and elegant zis.sorttnent of (
Dry - qondS. , I Q •
•
Groceries, I Ha
All of were purchosed at
enable him; to offer them at an u
His dernzrilis to sell cheap for c
the public, (that a call will be sut
firm the a.aertion, that he wilt F
any in cheiwoess.
All are respectfully invited
,ine the assortment and prices.
words wi.Wnoi suffer trom'stich
G E(
October 131,
Safety Fu
•
A FRE4II supply of Safety
and far sale by.
Fcbruar7 20th,
jJ .I
AvE just teccivedfinm 74 7 %
.A2llOO ibq superior Smoked Beef,
11100 mco
do new flaml
1000 do do Shoulders
4000 do. do Dniry Chicese,
.10 818. •do Small Porq,
10 do do No. 1, Machrel, (
sdo do Piel;led
2000 16. Cndfiqh,
All which they offer on a.l good t
be obtained else% here.
Noe. 26,1 •
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• NEW GOODS
JUST received and now, Openin z
g eneialassort merit offresh and seas.
which will! 6e sold cheap for Cash, or
for countr4 , produce
JOSEVTI
Mt. Ca'lon, Oct. 11.4. 1 i=4l)..
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Mee BA_ NAN has•iommenc f eda 13.
" 11 in c nnectton with his Book
all kinds at Books will be boo nd a
nothie at lois' rates •
per annum.
the privilege
two squares
or a smaller
es.
be post paid
otices which
1 1 be charged
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Lading an.
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'fames - Oil.
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VOL. XVII.
Foreign Heins.
Extracts from late Foreign Papers received per
Steamer President
A Fire extinguished by Women.—The Notting
ham Review says—" About eleven o'clock on Tues
day night, one of the watchmen in the employ of
Messrs. Strutt, discovered a volume of smoke issuing
from a building occupied by the circular saws, and
immediately gave the alarm to the overlookers of
the night hands, one of which stopped the works,
and ordered the whole of the hands (about nne hun.
dred in number, and all females) to the spot. The
engine men, having bee; aroused from their slum
hers,. were promptly' in attendance, and with the ut
most perseverance and unwearied exertions, side
ceeded in 'getting the giant destroyer under by about
one o'clock.
A grand swinaing concern in London, entitled
the Independent and West Middlesex Assurance So
ciety, has just been explodcd. The prime movers,
who were a decayed tapster, an ex-footman, an at
torney, and a bankrupt apothecary, hale absconded,
after having cheated the public to the tune of about
.C*200,000.
A man named Williams was last week charged
before the magistrates at Manchester, with sending
forgedietters to obtain money from Earl Fitzwilliam,
The respected nobleman took means to detect the
fraud, hut the required proof against the prisonerbe
im; insufficient, he w•as discharged, with a . caution as
to his future'eonduct.
At the last aecounts,, there was an extensive turn
nut amonz the colliers in the netghhorhood of Bol
ton for higher wages.
The restriction in Oat quantity of Coals taken for
sale to the London market, is at an end for a limited
period. May it nrove no pectiniary injury to the
Cool owners.
• t
Large orders fn- goods have been received in Man
chtegter for the Mexican market.
There has been a most destructive fire in Man
chester.—Loss of property about £15,000.
: A female named Armstrong, on board of a steam
er,:orPher passage between London arid Hull, pre
sented to her husband a fine bouncing boy.
The Mechanics of Dublin propose 'building an
Institute—the cost of which will be .£6,000.
Three children were recently burned to death, in
Scotland, by their clothes catching fire in
their parent's houses.
The Dundee adverti s er says, that the person
al funds of the late Thomas Gardine, of Middleton,
amounted to :.+.110.0,0011.
The worlsinen , :ommenced, smelting, Iron at the
Blair Iron Works, Scotland, for the first time on the
:3d of February.
A most numerous and highly respectable meeting
was held in January last, in the - Royal Exchange.
Dublin, to adopt measures for the formation of Rail
ways throughout Ireland.
The weekly sale at Swansea, of Irish Copper Ore
was 5:376 pound's.
The Herring Fishery has been very successful in
Ireland this season. ,
The Belfast - folks hare lately got up some very
extensive riots, in order to show their opposition ti
the Repeal party.
Earßini of Winlcin.—The Earl of Eglington.
we und ! erstand, was lately served heir to the last
Earl of W intoun, before the Sheriff of Edinburgh
arid a most respectable jury, among whom were se
veral lords of session. The proceedings were ter
minated by a splendid dinner, and a high feeling of
satisfaction prevailed that the title of the ancient , und
honorable_family of Sethi) was about to be revived
in the person of a nobleman in every way so worthy
to bear it. The W.intoun peerage was forfeited in
1715; and George tl fifth Earl died at Rome un
married, in 1749. T e Earl of Eglington is lineal
ly descended from the seventh Lord Seton. His
lordship is 'also heir,,,inale to the Earldom of Dun
fermline.—Ayr o&tervel:.
. The weather, in all par& of Great Britian, this
season, appears to be unusually severe.
Three Boys Shot.—The little town of Yoeril has
recently been thrown into a state of great
excitement, by a report that a man named Hodder
had shot three boys, which turned out to be true.—
It appeared that Hodder, who is 72 years of age, has
recently married a young female aged 17, and a
number of the boys of the town had been in the hab
it of greatly annoying him by epithets intimating
that he had dyed his hair before marriage. This
annoyance so irritated the old man that he discharg
ed his loaded gun at a parity of the boys who were
engaged in this occupation. and three of who'll' were
wounded, one of them named ISh;te, seriously.—
Hodder has since been in custody, and has under
gone one examination before J. Newman, Esq., and
been remanded to await the result as regards White,
who, we understand, lira in a dangerous state.—Ex
fra Post. •
Gorfrnment and the Corn Law.—The Anti-
Corn Law Association. gives the following extract
of a letter, just -received by a member of the Coun
cil, from a gentleman haying acces to the first
sources of inforMation as to the opinions and views
of official men I am happy to say that I am a bl e
to tell you, from the best authority, that it is the
opinion of the highest officers of state, chat the Corn
Laws u re , i .goneßepeal virtually carried. I hope
the League will accept "nothing short Of total repeal,
or a rapidl y ' expiring flied duty. ' We r 'shall get more
by waiting!."
:The Rheal question appears to be agitated to
some purpose in all parts of Ireland, saving and ex
cepting the "Black North."
LIIIE IN PLANTING TarEs.—An Englsh paper
says that a large plantation of trees, within the last
few years has been formed without the lose of a sin
gle tree, and this has been achieved by a simple pro
cess; it is merely putting a small quantity of lime
in the hold with the plant. About four bushels of
lime W'ill suffice for an acre. It must be thoroughly
mixed and incorporated with the mould before the
Plant is inserted. 'Mt effect of lime is to push on
the growth of the plant in the first precations state ;
new fibres begin to fOrm and ramify from the tap.
loot, and not only ii; the safety insured, but its
growth is advanced in double ratio. There existed,
at first, an apprehension that linaingthe plant would
force it on prematurely, but this apprehension is pro
ved to have been grouhdleas,
AND,. ips
Weekly by Benjamin Hannan, Pottsville, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania.
THE PIECE OF A HUNDRED SOUS.
♦N INTERESTING FUENCLI T•LE
A young and handsome pair had just returned
from the altar, where their destinies were irrevoca
bly united. They were about to start for the coun
try, and they had bidden a temporary farewell to the
friends who were present at the ceremony. Far a
short time, while their equipage was preparing, they
found themselves alone.
The newly-Wedded husband took one of his bride's
hands into his Own.
" Allow me," said he, thus to hold your hand,
for I dread lest you should quit me. I tremble lest,
all tizis should,be an illusion. It, seems to me that
I am the hero of one of those fairy talcs which
amused my boyhood, and in which, in the hour of
happiness, some malignant fairy steps ever in to throw
the victim into grief and despair ! "
Reasste yourself, my dear Frederick," said the
ady. I yesterday the wirow of Sir James
Melton, and to-day I am Madame de la Tour, your
wife. Banish from your mind the idea of the fairy.
This is nut a fiction, but a history.
Frederick de Ia Tour had indeed some reason to
suppose that his fortunes were the work of a fairy's
wand; for in the course of one or two short months,
by a seemingly inexplicable stroke of fortune he had
been raised to happiness and to wealth beyond his
desires. A friendless orphan, twenty-tive years old,
he had been the holder of a clerkship, which brought
him a scanty livelihood, when, one day, as he pas
sed along the Rue St. Honore, a rich equipage stopt
suddenly before him, and' a young and elegant wo
man called from it to him. Monsieur; Monsieur,
said she. At the same time. on a gic4n signal, the
footman leapt down, opened the carriage door, and
invited Frederick to enter. He did so, though with
some hesitation and surprise, arid the carriage started
MI at full speed. 1. I have received your note, sir,'
said the lady to M. de Ia Tour, in a very soft and
sweet voice ; and, in spire of your refusal, I hope
yet to see you to-morrow evening at my party.
To see me, madame !' cried Frederick.
Yes, sir, you
continued she, with an air of confusion ; I see my
mistake. For4ive me, sir; you are SD like a particu
lar friend of mine! What Lon you think of Inc
Yet the resemblance is so striking, that it would
have deceived any one.'
Of course. Frederic replied politely to these apol
ogies. Just as they were terminated, the carriage
stout at the door of a splendid mansion, and the young
man could do no less than offer his arm to Lady
Melton, as the (air stranger announced herself to be.
Though English in name, the lady, nevertheless,
was evidently of French origin.—Her eitreme beau
ty charmed M. de la 'Tour, and he congratulated him
self upon the happy accident which had gained him
such an acquaintance.—Lady Melton loaded him
with civilities, and he received and accepted an in
vitation for the party spoken of. Invitations to other
parties followed; and, to be brief, the young man
soon found himi , elf an established visitant at the
house of Lady Melton. She, a rich and youthful
widow, was encircled by admirers. One by one,
however they disappeared, giving way to the poor
clerk, who seemed to engross the lady's - whole
thoughts. Finally, almost by her own asking, they
were betrothed. Frederic used to look sometimes at
the little gla4s which hung in his humble lodging
and wonder to whit circumstance he owed his hap•
py fortune. He was not ill-looking certainly, but he
had not the vanity to think his appearance magnifi
cent; and his plain and scanty wardrope prevented
him from giving the credit to his tailor. He used
to conclude his meditations by the reflection, that
assuredly the lovely widow was fulfilling some una
voidable award of destiny. As for his own feelings,
the lady was lovely, young, rich, accomplished,
and noted for her sensibility and virtue.—Could he
hesitate
When the marriage contract was signed, his as
tonishment was redoubled, for he found himself
through the lady's love, the virtual possessor of large
property, both in England and France. The pres
ence of friends had certified an sanctionedthe union,
vet, as has been ssa ted , Frederic felt some strange
tears, in spite of himself, kst all should prove au il
lusion, and he grasped his bride's hand, as if to pre
vent her from being spirited away from his view.
tMy de.zr Frederic,' said the lady smilingly, sit
down beside me. and let me say somathing to you.'
The young, husband obeyed, but still did not quit
her hand. She began.
Once,on a time
Frederic' started, and half-seriously exclaimed,
Heavens ! it is a fairy tale !'
• Listen to me, foolish boy !' resumed the lady.
There was once a young girl, the daughter of pa
rents well born, and at one time rich, but %ha had
declined sadly in cireuinstances. l.util her fifteenth
year. the family lived in Lyons, depending entautiy
for subsistence upon the labor of her lather, SoMe
better hopes sprang up. and induced them to come
to Paris; but it is difficult to stop in the descent down
the path of misfortune. For three years the father
struggled against poverty, but at last died in a hos
pital.
The mother soon followed, and the young girl
was left alone, the occupant of a garret of which the
rent was not paid. 1( there were any fairy connec
ted with this story, tl was the moment t,t her ap
pearance; but none came. The young un Irg mam
ed alone, without triemls or protectors, hantssed by
debts which she could mu pay. and seeking in chi n
for some species of employment. She found none.
Still it was necessary for her to have food. One day
passed, on which she tasted nothing. The night
that followed was sleepless.—Next day was again'
without food, and the poor' girl was forced into the.
resolution of begging. She covered her face with
her mother's veil, the only hPritage she had received,
and, stooping so as to stimulate age, she went out
into the streets. When there, she held out her h'and.
Alas, that hand was white, and youthful, and deli
cate ! She felt the necessity of covering it up in the
folds of the veil, as if it had been leprosied. Thus
concealed, the poor girl held out the hand to a young
woman who passed—one more happy than herself,
and asked, 'A sou, a single sou to get bread The
petition was unheeded. An old man passed.—The
methcant thought that experience of distresses of life
might have softened one like him, but she was ire
error. Experience had only hardened, not softened
his heart.
The night was cold and rainy, and the hour had
come when the police appelred to keep the streets
clear of all mendicants and suspicinus characters. At
this period. the shrinking girl took courage once more
to hole. out her hand to a pas,ier-by. Ity as a young
Wan. stnppeil at the silent appeal. and. diving
into his pockets, pulled out a piece of money. which
be threw to
. her, being apparently afraid to tench Ai
SATURDAY MORNING. MARCH 17. 1841.
BEIM
RE
thing so miserable. Just as he did this, one of the
police came to the spot, and, placing his hand on the
girl's shoulder, exclaimed, .Ah, I have caught you,
have I!—you are begging. To the office with you!
come along ! '
~The young man hero interposed. He took hold
hastily of the mendicant, of her whom be had before
seerned afraid to touch, and, addressing himself to
the policeman, said reprovingly, .This woman is not
a beggar. 'No, she is—she is one whom I know,'
'But, sir,' said the officer-4 tell you, that she is as
acquaintance of mine,' repeated the young stranger.
Then turning to the girl, whom he took for en old
and feeble woman, he continued; Come along my
good dame, and permit me to see you safely to the
end of the street.' Giving his arm to the unfortu
nate girl he then led her away, saying, Here is a
piece of a hundred sous. It is all I have—take it,
poor woman.' 1
erhe crown of a hundred sous passed frog youi•
hand to mine,' continued the lady ; antl: l as you
walked along, supporting my stet 9, I then, through
my veil, distinctly saw-your face and figure'
My figure !' said Frederic, in amazement.
Yes, my friend, your figure,' returned his wife:
it was to me that you gave alms on that night ! It
was 771 . 9 life—my honor, perhaps—that you then
saved !'
You a mendicant-=you lo young, FobeautituL and
now so rich ! cried Frederic.
Yes, my dearest husband,' replied the lady, I
have in my life received alms—once only — and from
you ; and those aims have decided my fate for life.
On the day following that miserable night, an old
woman, in whom 1 had inspired some sentiments of
pity, enabled me tcife - fter as a saemstress into a res
pectable house. Cheerfulness returned to me with
labor. I had the good fortune to become a favorite
with the mistress whom I served, and indeed I did
my best, by unwearied diligence and care, to merit
her favor. She was often viaited by people in high
life. One day, Sir James Melton, on English gen
tleman of great property. came to the establishment
along with a party of ladies. He noticed me. Ile
returned again. He spoke with my Mistress, and
learnt that I wasuf good family—in shpt, learnt my
whole history. The result was, that he sat down
by my side one day and asked me plainly if I would
marry him.
Marry you!' cried I, in surprise.
Sir James Melton was a man of sixty, tall, pale,
and feeble-looking. in answer to my exclamation
of astonishment, he said, • Yes, I ask if you will be
my wife ? lam rich• but have no comfort—no hap
piness- My relatives i.eermto yearn to see me in the
grave. I 'have ailments which require a degree of
kindly earl; that is not to he bought from servants.
I have heard your story, and believe you to be one
who will support prosperity as well as you have done
adversity - . I made my proposal sincerely, and hope
that you Will agree to it!'
At that time, Frederic,' continued the lady. • I
loved you. I hod seen you but once, but that occa
sion was too memorable for me ever to forget it, and
sometimes always insmuated to me that we were
destined to pass through life together. At the hot
torn of my soul, I believed !hie. Yet every one
-around me pressed me to accept the offer made to me,
and the thought struck me that I might one day make
you wealthy. At, length my main objection to Sir
James Melton's proposal lay in a disinclination to
make myself the instrument of vengeance in Sir
James' hands against relatives whom he might dis
like without good grounds. The objection when sta
ted, only increased his anxiety for my consent, ai,d
finally, under the impression that it would be, after
all, carrying romance the length of folly to reject the
advantageous settlement offered to me, I consented
to Sir James' proposal.
• This part of my story, Frederick, is really like
fairy tale. I, a poor orphan, penniless and friend
less, became the wile of one of the richest,,baronets
of England. Dressed in silks, and sparkling with
jewels, I could now pass in my carriage through the
streets %here, a few• months before. I had stuod in the
rain and darkness—a mendicant !'
Happy Sir James,' cried M. de la Tour, at this
part of the story ; .he could prose his love by enrich
ing you!' .
He was happy,' resumed the lady. Our mar
riage, so strangely assorted, proved much more con
ducive, it is probable, to his comfort, than if ho had
wedded one with %%horn all the parade of settlement
and pin -money would have been necessary. Never,
I believe, did he for an instant repent of our union.
I, on my. part, ccrncei‘etrmyself bound to do my best
for the solace of his declining years; and he, on his
part, thought it incumbent on him to provide for my
future welfare. He died, leaving me a large part of
his substance—as much, indeed, as I could prevail
upon Myself to accept.
41 was now a widow, and, from the hour in which
became so, I vowed never again to give my hand
to man, accepting to him who had succoured me in
my hour of distress. and whdse remembrance had ev.
et been preserved in the recesses ot my hello. But
how to discover that man 7—Ah, unconscious in
grate! to make no endeavor to come in the way ot
one who sought to love, to enrich you. I knew ni,t
your name. In vain I locked for vou nt balls, assem
blies, and theatres. You went not there ; All. how
I longed to meet you! As the lady ;poke, she took
from her neck a rtkind, to is huh was ,ttaclied a p cue
of a hundred sous. It is the same—the %frt. sJim
which you gave roe,' said she, prerchting it to Fred.
eric ; by plcdcmg it, I got credit fur a little bre.id
from a neighbor, and I earned enough afterwards in
time to permit me to recover it. I vowed never to
part with it.
• Ah, how happy I was Frederic, when I sa-v you
in the street The excuse which I made for stop
ping you was the first that rose to my mind.-13tit
what tremors I felt, even afterwards, lest you should
have been already married. In that case, you would
never have heard aught'of this fairy tale, though I
would have taken some means or other to serve and
ennat you. I would have gone to England, and
there passed my days, in regret, perhaps but still in
peace. But happy it was to be otherwise. You
were single.'
Frederic de la Tour was now areakenetOs it were.
to the full certainty of his happiness. What he could
not but before look upon as a sort of freak of 'fancy
in a young and oealthy woman, was now proved to
be the result of deep and kindly feeling. most honor
able to her who entertained a. The heart of the
young husband overflowed with gratitude and affec
tion to the lovely and noble-hearted being who had
given herself to him. He was too happy to speak.
His wife first broke silence.
g So, Fredcrie,' c»d -he, :rally, yon see that if I
am a fairy, it is you who have given me the wand
—the talisman—that has effected all:
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HOIIEOIIS, AS"I) ITS INIQUITIES.We
copy- troca the Evening Post, with entire concurrence
in its sentiments, the eloquent reflections V 4 hich tol
low, upon the wickedness and mischiefs of war, es
pecially of a war with England.
War with England—W e are shocked at the in
difference'•with which the prospect of a war seems
to be regarded by the public press arid the commu
nity. We should have thought that the bare men
tion of the event would have been met by a universal
burst of indignalion and horror. -War is a state FO
full of evil, so anti-democratic in its tendency, so
fraught. with injustice, rage, cruelty and rapine, and
so fruitful in wide-spread and lasting distress, that it
can only be looked upon as the greatest of curses.—
It is a curse to the commercial prosperity, to the
public honor, to the domestic peace, to the moral
feelings of the parties to it. It is a brutal and bar
barous resort, below the dignity of human Mature
and a disgrace to civilization.
This nation, of all nations upon earth, should be
the last to think of going to war. -It professes a su
perior degree of intelligence and refinement. It
boasts greater advances in policy and the science of
government than the rest of the world. It is proud
of institutions founded in justice and designed to
extend the benefits of civil and religious liberty to
every human being. The chief glory of such a na
tion should be the establishment of friendly feelings,
mutual sympathies, concord and good will. Its
brightest distinction is not the triumph of its arms,
but of its arts; nor the enthronement /of force, but
of moral power and • right ;,„not the destruction of
life and happiness, but the security and elevation of
the mass of men. But is opposed to all this. Its
first act is an invasion of human right, its discipline
is that of despotism, its inevitable effects are crime
and we.. 'I here is no democracy or republicanism
in war ; it is a condition of unrelieved violence ; an
alternation of force and fraud, which crushes tree
action and withers high. just and generous senti
ments. Ilow hard would it be for a people. 3(201 4 -
turned to the discipline of soldie i rs, to resolve itsell
into a nation of freemen.
And of all ware, a w ar with England is the most
to be deprecated. otlences of that power, we
atlinA, have been great. Her rapacity, heriinjustice,
her insolence, are hard to be borne, but the wicked
ness and misery of a conflict with her would be no
less hard. She is a power that can do us immense
harm, She can sweep our commerce from the seas,
arrem our industry. excite internal commotion, des
olate our coasts, stop our career bf improvement, and
load us for long generations with taxes and debt.—
It is true we might return the injuiy, we might de
stroy her ships, seize her colonies, and reduce the
mass of her population, alieady on the brink of star
vation, to unutterable wretchedness and death.—
But can vengeance repay us for the loss of so much
treasure, and happiness and moral feeling, as would
spring from its infliction ? Would the murder of
millions of English recompense the wrong our own
acts would bring down upon millions of Americans?
Or would the enormity of the dime swell with the
amount of suffering inflicted, until' the combined
mass of iniquity would provoke upon both nations
the severest and most protracted retributions of Prov
idence ?
Nor would the evil stop with the people directly
concerned. A corteat between two powers, each of
such extended relations. would bring along with it
mightier and more terrible convulsions. It would
drag into the etrife, the powerful dyna,tics of Europe-,
which only need the occasion to fall upon each oth
er with destructive fury. What would be the result
of this, no mind can conceive. What battles, what
carnage, what a severing of domestic ties, la hat a
waste of lite, what a degradation of feeling, whet a
disruption of order, what indescribable panic, what
agony not to be assuage d ! How it would put
hack the peace of the world, arrest the-spread of lib
erality of principles, and palSy the democratic move
ment of the nations ! • Let those whose fancies de
light in horrors coinplete the picture.
We do not believe, that war in the present car
dition of mankind, is at all times to be avoided. Yi t
we' believe it hecomes a moral and intelligent pent le
to strive to put it off as long as it may. It is at the
best a•dat.gerems and desperate resort: The Unitrd
states and England have reached a point of elevation
where they should throw aside the savage
. spirit and
practices of their ancestors. There are roller con
quevts than those of the sword. and higher and ho
,her aims than national aggrandizement, The Redd
is awakening to loftier notions of honor and glory.
A letter era is beginning to dawn upon the hearts of
the people and upon the councils of their rulers.
.New influences are making thereseljes felt in the
workings of government and society.' Brute force
is retiring before the energy of enlightened intellect.
Over all classes of men, a spiritual iliuminaticn is
preading; they commence to recognize the superior
north of mind and virtue; and are adapting their
relations and habits to a better order of mil exis
tence. shall their '•hopes go out as dreams of the
- morning ? Shall the swelling stream which is behr
ing'the nations on to a future of glorious develope
wents, be turned from its course or put back for ma
ny 'dreary yeaT6
Consweratinns of this kind, though they cannot
avert war. may teach us the spirit in which it is to
be contemplated. It would be a sad sight indeed,
to are two great nations. equally illustrious as pio
neers in the rause of enterprise, art. science and reit-
von. fair to the plunder and tutchery of each other.
for ihfierenccs which a moment's forbearance may
reconcile or remove
ThP Bihr Bit.—A good story is told of a chap ;n
North Carolina who went the entire figure in the
way of marrying all the girls who would have him,
without waiting for any of them to die off as the
law directed. After having married the thirteenth,
some of his first loves came down upon him and had
him lodged in jail. But a person so fond of perfect
liberty, and who could get into Hymen's noose with
such ease, found little difficulty in getting out of the
jug, and the next news of him he was running at
large with a heavy reward offered for his apprehen
sion. He was shortly recognized by a gentleman,
who, anxious to get the reward, invited him to his
house, desired him to sit down, and called Lis wife
to chat with him as an inducement to detain him
there, white; he made some excuse for leaving a few
minutes, and starting for a conshble to arrest the
runaway. What was the poor man's astonishment
on returning with the constable. to find that the gay
Lotharie, taking advantage of his short absence, had
absconded with his wife! This made the fellow's
stock on hand fourteen
I feel to lazy to work, said a loafer, and I have
not time to play. I think 11l just go to bed, and so
split the difference.—N. Y. Send..
:DemocraticState Conveiatiom
f T he velegates to the Democratic State Conven
tion, assembled at the Court House in the borough
of Ifarrisburg, MarchiOth, at 11 o'clock, A. M. and
organized by the appointment of WILLIAM M.
WATTS, of Erie, Presidentpro tern—Joseph Buf
fington of Armstrong, and Nathaniel Shipp of Brad
ford, Secretaries.
Delegales from fifty-two counties, and the City of
Philadelphia, presented their credentials and took
their Seats in the Cotivention.
A Committee of thirty=three Rae then appointed
to nominate petinenent officers, when the conven
tion adjourned to meet again at three o'clock.
Three o'clock P. M.—Cormen:ion mel pursuant
to adjournment.
Mr. Kerr, from the Committee appointed to-nom
inate officers for the permanent organization of the
Convention, reported the following;
For President, JOHN H. EWING, of Wash
ington.
NO 12.
For Vice Prealdints, E: T. McDowell, of Bucks,
Bela Badger, of the county of Philadelphia, Thomas
Carson of Franklin, Maj. John Willock of Alleghe.
ny, Thomas Henry of Beaver, Henry King of Lt.
high, H. G. Worrell of Chester, Jacob Kirk of York,
David F.. Gordon of Becks, Geo. Medlar of Fchuyl
kill, John L. Butler of Luzerne, Joseph Lippihcott
of Westmoreland, George Mullen of Bedford, Isaac
Fisher of Mifflin. David Leach of Armstrong, Joseph
Huntsecker of M, ntgornery, David Hartman of Lan-.
caster, C.L. Ward of Supguehanna.
For l'. l ecretarics, Henry D. Maxwell of Northamp
ton, Joseph C. Hays of Cum ford, Nathaniel El!ma
ker of Lancaster, J. Hall Brady of the city of Phila
delphia, which was unanimously adopted.
On taking the Choir, 111 r. Ewing made a short and
pertinent address of which the following is a correct
sketch.
The distinguiAed honor which you have conferred
upon me of presiding over en large and respectablll
conver,i,on
,cf my fellow citizens, assembled here
from every di.trikt
.of the Commonwealth, is one
which personally, I had no right to expect, for which
I tender you my sincere that,ks.
There never was a period in the history of Penn
sylvania, which demanded the united energies and
action of her citizens, more than the present; bier
prostrate condition in reference to her financial con
cerns must impress all with feelings of the deepest
interest, for her credit and honor BS a State., Al
ready- has sloe suffered much, from a want of that
financial Skill on the 'art e f those entrusted with her
interest. What is' -her situation at present 7 Her
credit prostrate, a debt of near forty millions created
in the construction of railroads and canals, and no
means whatever save that of the State tax to meet
any portion of even the interest of our State debt,
and that too not more than one half sufficient for
that purpose. The revenue arising from the public
works being not more than sufficient to pay for the
repairs of the came under their present extravagant
management. This is a subject which above all
others demands at your bards reform. It is tints
that they should be converted to the use of the State
;Ind not for the support of a hungry set of politician..
None ran doubt but our improvements with a judi
cious management can be made to yield it handsome
revenue to the Commonwealth end keep themselves
in repair. But gentlemen, notwithstanding such a
slate of thing. exist, we find those to whom the
people have entreated their interests: standing oft
looking at things which apparetit indifference, for,
side ring self of much mole importance than the wel
fare of the people.
The time has arrived at which it becomes us as
((unit o to steak, in language than afoot to misun
derstood, and not die like stases under the lash of
the tyrant. Let us assume the power whiclithas thus
been abused, and t lace it in hands worthy of so high
a trust—iq the bards cf one who knows her interests,
and dares assert them in defiance of political denun
ciation, and not longer suffer the man who regards
not the Constitution or the laws of his country, when
a political object is to be gained. or a newspaper ed
itor hroti cted from suffering the just penalties of the
laws for base slanders.
-The situation of the Executire of this Common
wealth is a high end honorable one, & ought to call
forth a man of first tab nts, one who could develope the
greet resources of our State, and not let her agricul- P
total and manufacturing int( u eta slum& cr. end her
unmcnse mineral wealth, in her iron and coal ley
in the bowels of the earth, but foster and cherish
these inter, sts, n hich alone is wanting to place our
first among the !-_,tatea.
luf b, it is true, has been achieved t y oar late
ry in calling the farmer of Ncrth Bend to as
sume the executive chair of the United States, end
rest assured that its fruits ere long will he felt ; but
let u.nnt slop short, while ‘ictory has perched upon
our bvnner. but carry cut the .arne principles of ecom
cmy and due administration of the laws, which may
be expected from the general government under ter
present zdrninis!raticn in cur State Government.
Having these things in view. gentlemen, let vs act
that harmony of faqir g Which has heretofore
n armed e'l our pruceedmgs, and success will ineTites
tally tollow our exertinns.
On motion of Mr. Stevens, the Contention pro
ceeded to nominate randrdates for Governor.
Mr. Leech n 4 riir atcd John banks.
Mr. Wagenrel:er Ner Middleswarth.
Mr. Cox . Joseph Markle.
llr. Par,ie Harrar Denny.
Mr. Dame Cheater Butler.
Mr. Murehead rose and said that he name of Gen.
Markle having been resented to the convention, he
held in his hand a latter from that gentlemen decli
ning a rumination, a hich was read.
•1 letter from Mr. Middleswarth declining a bona-
ir.ation, was al.so read.
The names of .MeFR.. Markle, Middleswarth, and
Butler. were then withdrawn; and the Convention
proceeded to vote viva voce for a candidate Governor,
which repulted as follows
Jahn Banks received
Harmer Denny .4
JOHN .BANKS being declared duly nominated,
it n as received with a tremendous burst of applause
from the Convention, and the mass of spectators that
crowded the Court House.
Mr. Darsie said that as he and those that bad Tot
ed for Mr. Denny had dhne so under instructions,
he now moved that Mr. Banks be unanimously nom
inated 1.1 the Convention, which was agreed to.
On motion of NI r. Reed, a Committee of nine was
appoinnd to report resolutions for the action of the
Convention. The Committee were Messrs. Reed.
Broadhead, Dickey, Cox. v atterion, Campbell, Ste
vens, Heister and Pearson.
On motion of Mr. Burrows, modified by Mr. Reed.
the grand Committee appointed to report officers tor
the Convention, were appointed a Committee to re
port a state Committee of Correspondence. "
Mr. Reed from the Committee appointed on re,-
oluticns reported the following:
Res,,lred, That this Convention representing the
%Teat Democratic party, which on the 30th of Octo
ter last achieved a glorious victery in the clectien of
Gen. William Henry. Harrison, the time honored
scalier of the North Western war, apFeal to their
constituents, a majority of the people of this Com
monwealth, and invoke a fair and cordial support of
his administration, thus far characterized by solici
tude for the public weaL
Resolved, That the appeal thus made is It:edified
by the past career of a veteran patriot against whom
no word of just reproach has ever been tittered, and
who on the 4th of Miirch, I S4l, sweating to support
the Constitution end the LIMP, in the free of dry and
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