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TERMS, OP• PUBLICATION,
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e Cash System:
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ncr. oe published on the following terms and condi
.tiorts: - . , . 4
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i Six months,. .....: :1 . .:: ... 100
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Payable semi-annually in advance by those whir re
, side in the county—and annually-in advance by those
( who reside at a distance..:
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i Five dollars in advance will pa for three, years
Isubscript ion.
Kr Papera delivered by the Pot Rider will .be -
charged 25 cents extra. : .
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ten t s f or o n e inse r tion. Fire lines or under. 25 cents
for each insertion. Yearly advertisersmill be dealt
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:with the privilege of'keeping one advertisement not
' exceedinglone 'square' standing during the year and
luserting a smaller tine in each paper. Those who
occupy a larger space will he charged extra.
Notices tor. Tavern Licence. $2,
All noticeri for Meetings aril - proceedings cfmeet-
I ngs not considered of general interest, and many oth.
' e er notices which have been inserted heretofore gra-
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tvhiels invitationsc evended m 'the
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nem] will be charged as advertisements
.POTTS VI LLE INSTIT Ul' E.
IrVIE Whiter session of this institution corn
' la inenced lon October :25th, and will continue
welve weeks exclusive oCtlie vocatinrf. It is
_ earnestly requested that all having wards or chil.
ren to enter, will do fn B.t the commencement
61 the session, as much of the success of the pu
pils depend upon a prompt and judicious classifi
ration. No allowance will hereafter he' Made for
Sfemuce except in easerevtliprcitracted sickness.
TEIii7IS.
' Plain English hranchtls, - $4 00
Higher 6 On
1 Classics , 13.0 U
Stationary.
C. W. PITMAN. A. B. Principal,
N. R. Bookii will be furnished to the pnpil9 a
the enstoinary prices when requested by the pat
rents., . Onto •er 31. 25-=tf -
T ETTER I ITCH!
DR. LEIDVS CEILT:pitATP:D TF.TTET'AND ITCH
OINTMENT 18 daily becoming more popular.
Daily do numerous individuals Stop and inform
the proprietor, ails great success in removing
and curing the Teller and Itch.
Numerous testimonialq might he' published of
itscfficacy, but fur the eelieney felt by individuals
having, their names published in cat/nen:ion with
so loathsome u nd disagreeable affections.
it may be used with perfect 'safety by young
ar.d old, even uphn infanta, containing no mercu
r%;, or other mineral substance.. Dr. N. 13. Lei
dy prepares it himself, and knowing its-composi
tion, most confidently recommends it as superior
in any. other temerly..- fOr the Tetter and Itch.
Prepared and sold at D r . Leides Realth Entpo.
(.ign of the Golden .Eaglq rind Scrpents,)
•1\1 , .. 19! NORTIII SECOND Street, heldw Vine.
'And also at WI LL M 'T. EP'I'IIG•S.
Drug Store, Plottsville.
Pi ice 26 Cents, n box. June 11l 2i
INIAT MMUS.- A.. gentleman belonging m one
"oft he most ancient' and wealthy Camil e. of this
eity,•who must be well known to artmerous friends,
having. since the year 1818 up.-to recently been bent
nearly double, and Tor several rears confined to his
lied, has been restored to good' health—has regained
his natural erect posiion—and ht. gitiCred• his car
riage, and now walks with ease !! We 4alieve this
ti the gentleman's eiwn descriptiro as near as possi
ble, usin there is no exag.oerrition in it.. We will give
trignirers his addgevs. and doubtno hitl humane feel-
Inge will excuse the liberty ; that any one tlttnitting.
may, knew thesefacts though he reqUests 11;3 t nine
may not act:near in print. Among other SIM11:11. in-
Fiances, Mr. James G. Reynolds, 141 christie street,
Iris heen restored, and will give perennul anal milers
tif the Incho of, his case. Boil) were rheumatism,
and contracted cords and sinews. flow has this
been done,'
tho Indian rezetable Elirer inter ,
nally and Awe Nerve and Bone Lintinrni exter-
Toby —N. Y. eeiald, Jan. '2611811.
Sold on/y, hy C ffifztock 4 , -Co, 71 Maide n Lane,
And also by %V. T. Epting Clemens ti l'arvln, and
I'S! C. NlaTtin.
pruggistg. Pottsville, Schuylkill
. `li---I v.
Delaware and Raritan l'anal.
rfilllE Delaware and' Raritan Canal will he n.
Ii pened for veggelg drawing sic feet'wafer on
thr 24ih %lurch Instant.
The Tolls on Coal destined for New Yo - rlt will
crrntg per ton through the. Canal. tin Coal
drninrit for any place east of ❑ell Gate `al, cents
r
•I'en cents wilLbe remitted on cvrtry ton of
(',al which has paid 30 cents toll unit which is
re—hipped from the waters of the Raritan or Am
boy thy to any place east of Bell Gate.
.Stearn Towing from Philadelphia or Bristol to
Nr.se York, 39 cents per ton fur coal: from ['hil
edr nr Amboy, 25 cents. •
Towing d vessel • through the Canal with four
$lO two horses'm3,oo, r •
.
i 1. F. STOCKTON, Prasidc . nt.
()claw. re and Raritan Canal Curnpa i ny.
March V , _ 14—
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, LOOK MERE!
TVS*, received and new oneniorr, n 1 . 1-ze nod
" well assorted 'stock of new Fall end Winter
goods ciriis.ing of ~
Dry Goods of eriry desdription,
Groceries of all hinds; j .
China, Gloss and (bri,ilwarr',
Fur, Cloth, and Bair Seal CUps,
Roots and Shoes, ' .0.
Coats, Pantaloons, Vests, tfc:
Koster, Salt, Fish, 4-e• •
Which will be soli on the roost liberal•terms, and
,at very low prices or in exchange for cniintry
firciducc, for which the highest price will he paid.
SAMUEL HARTZ.
Pottiiiille, No 1841. •
COME AND SEE' "
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1P WIIP ON of Pottsville, would most re
specffullv inform the Merchants of this, and the
siornanning, vain:sea . ..that he has returned to the long
cstiblisheil and extensive Wholesale., Dry Good
Muse. of Atwood C Co.. No. id, Market St., south
sde, between 2d and 3d, Philadelphia. where ho will
ic pleased to exhibit to any twit rimy 'call. a large
cad v2lendid assnrtment of Foreign and comeistic
Pry G 'ads. at the usual terms and prices.
'March 12
EXCHANG E 1110 TE
- CENTRE 'STEET, POTTSVILLE.
NEARLY OirO ITE TUE TOWN HALL. '
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DAV D CLARK. •
11,14 SI2, ECTFULZY iraorinw his tripods and the
• coniMunity in general, that he
has taken the above - well known estab
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lishment and; fitted it with new
in fornitore andin the' best sty for
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the accommodation of all those who
ma ) favor him with their patronage. The above
, !tilltilishment, is located in the centre -- of blsi:
nrsr. There is nn Omnibus leaves s,he house ev
e! y day tor'the Rail I'oad depot in time for tray
elless to take the Cars for Philadelphia. -
T.
S. Good stabling attached, with attentive ost.
hrs. April 16 16-0
AD3IIN ISTILVI 1012,S n Or CEs
NOTIC Eie hereby given that Lettere Testa
memory have been granted by the Register
of Schuylkill county, to the sub- cribers, residing
in . liranch Township, Schuylkill county, of the
estate of Charles Robson, late ,of Branch Towil;.
hip. AlLpersdhs indebted to said estate arehere.,
requpstea 'to make immediate payment, and'
all persons having claims or demands against
said estate v are requested to make the same known
Wheat clay, to- ,
W r ILLIAM TZOBSON, Adip'r.
311‘,1111( ROBSON, Adm'ra.
A pril 30
NEW DYI, 'Gr ESTABLISHMENT.%
nytHE todreriber resnectthlly hoot !care to inform.
H the citizens - Of Pottsville and vicinity that he
Las removed hit 1)YINC; ESTABLISIIMENT, in
ail its rations branches, from New York to Pottsvi in,
where he intends to continue the business if he shoild
meet the favor of the publierwhith he will do all in
, q
his power to, obtain. Ile resides in c-ENT E
STREET, ceit doer ;*1 the GOLDEN. 1:11.(; F.
nhere-all those thatlmay favor him with; call,
,111
meet with prompt attention.
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pßuvrEns, 11111,—h and
l'hiladc,lp hit prices, fig 3.416.11
March 19,12-- B.
VOL XVIII.
It was the dead hour orate night. The room
was a high wainscotted apartment, with furniture
of a rich but antique pattern. The pale moonlight
streaming through the curtained window, and
struggling with the subdued - light of a candle pla
ced in a c..rner, disclosed the6gure of a sick man
extended on a bed, wrapped in an unquiet slum
ber.his side sat a care.worn though still
beautiful woman gazing anxiously on his face,
and breathlessly awaiting thw:crisis of the fever—
for it was now the ninth day since that strong man
had been prostrated by the hSind of disease, and
during all that time he had rayed. in an incessant
delirium. He had at length dropped into on un
quiet slumber, brokerrat first by starts and means,
but during the last hour ho had Veen less rettless,
and he now may as still as a sculptured statues
His wife well knew that era Morning the crisis
would he past. and she waited, with all a woman's
affection, breathlessly for the event. Aye ! though
few woman have been wronged as Emily Walpole
had been , wronged; she stilt cherished her hus
band's image, for he was, despite his errors, the
laver of her youth.
Few girls had been more admired than Emily
Skvem. 13tit it was not'only the beauty of her
features and the elegance of her form which drew
around her a train of worshippers: her mind was
one of no ordinary ca‘t, and the sweetness of her
temper lent an ineffable charm to all she did. No
one was so eagerly sought for at a ball or a pic
nic as Emily Severn, anti at her parental fireside
she was the universal favorite. ft.was long before
she loved. She Was not to be misled by glitter or
show. She could only bestoiv her affections where
she, thought they were deserved, and it was not
until Eihe met Edward Walpole that she learned
to surrender her heart..
Edward yy n hen he became the husband
of Etnily Severn, wits apparently all that a wo
man could wish. AU WAS warm-hearted r of a no
ble soul, kind; gentle, and ever ready to waive his
own selfish gratification at the call of duty, But,
alas I he had one weakness, he did not ad'from
principle. His generous deeds were the offspring,
of a warm heart rather than ola regulated intellect.
As yet he bad never been placed in circumstances
which severely tried his principles. But, above a
year after, his marriage, be fell heir to the large
'property bf a maiden aunt, anti at once his whole
style of lifb was altered. His accession of wealth
brought him into contort with society in which
hitherto he had never Mingled, where the polish
of factitious politeness often .hides the most de
praved morals, Above all, by abandoning
fession, he condemned hi mselfte Comparative idle
ness. Ho now began to be tortured by ennui,
and sought any excitement to pass away the time.
l'hc harpies who infest,society, and with the ap
pearance of gentlemrn have the hiarts of fiends,
now marked him for their prey; and hisopen and
generous nature made him theiii' victim in a com
paratively short ':pace of time; We shall not
vac° his dOwn card ',regress. It is always a mel
ancholy taut to mark the lapsd from virtue of a'
noble and generous character, and how much more
so when the heart of a wife is to, be broken by the
dereliction from rectitude.
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Emily. saw the gradual abberdition of her hus
band, and though she mourned die cause, no word
of reproach escaped her lips, liu by 'eviery gentle
Means . shii StrOSO to bring back tier husband to the
paths of virtue. Dut a fatality seemed to have
seized him.. 'Ho was in a 'whirlpool from which
he could notfextricate himself. He still loved his
wife, and more than once, when'[ her lookseut him
to the beart, - he made an effort to break loose from
his associates; .but they alwayS found means to
bring him back era long. Thus a year passed.
His fortune-began to give way t i or he bad learnt
to gamble. As his losses becaMe more frequent
his thirst for cards became greate l r, until at length
ho' grew sullen and desperate. llie was now a
changed man. He no longer" fell compunction at
the wrongs ho inflicted on his sweet wife, but if
her sad looks touched his heart r all, they only
stung him into undeserving reproaches. Ho was
becrimingharsit and violent. Yet his poor wife en
dured all in silence. No recrimination passed her
lips. But in the solitude of her c ambler sh*shed
many a bitter tear, and often,„at t e hqur ormid,
night, when her husband was fa -awri in some
downs company her prayers were , eartli ascending
for bim. , 1 I -
Two years, had now elapsed, and. the last one
had been a year of bitter sorrow ,to Eiuity. At
length her husband came hanie one night en al.
moat ruined Man. Ho had. -beet! stripped - at the
gambling table; of every 'tent of his property, over
which he had arty control, and he was now in a
state almost approaching -to midnias. Before
morning he Was in , a bigh For days ho
raved incessantl y of his ruin, cursing the wretch•
ruby whom'fished been Plundered. Nine Jaya
had passeil.and now the crises. waS Si hind,
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"I WILL TEACH YOU TO ' , TWICE TIIT BOWL OF TUE Eitrilf, WAND BREW OUT 1 1 E031 TOE CATEENS OF lIIOONTAIN3, MET ,
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Ofilce_Lyrlesi.:No. S.
you ; ask me fora paragon—
!' - , 1%. eicture of perfection!
•, • Ho drarest tihat cannot be - done,
Without mature reflection:
. l'ilv views may be distasteful too,
To rainy who may lead them :
tut knowmg truly they are true,
.Hang me! if I wiitheed them. ,
So here's the beauty that I love, •
The idol, which I kneel to;
'Arid shetild my muse uonward prove,
' fleinenther what I feel ; too ;
Hereycs are bright .1444 star,
• Iler mouth a ruby portal;
And though the corners may be far
Apart, yet I can court all.
Het figure—Cods !ndw hive merengue.
To chant its wavy ()wheel
For though I've oft its praiseasunS.
I never could without wine;
I'll prove the classic mn'sen fool,
Who says in vino peritas ;
Ann show 'you how the modern school,
Finds troth in a cold water glass.
llcvlovely, , rounded, glowing, bust,
, SiVells with the pride and strength' oflove;
Beforeits beauties each hearti must
Still, with the rapture "400 they move;
ibier feet—ne'er can the emory hold
,Its PoWer,'neathiuch ponderous load.
Of beauty—cast in natur s mould.
What glorious things CO ca4sh a toad.
And when she speaks-I;6h every heart !
Stilievery sense—lo hear the strain ;
Or with its music yon will start,
And may-be ne'er come back again ;
Like to the soft melothoue tone,
That summer's twiliahi vibrates tot
When summer's bull frog clears his throat,
And sings his song, his' i mate to woo.
So is her voice—my thoughtsgtow wild—
My pqn is palsied 'neatb the task, •
Of thus pourtraying, name's child— ••
• The light in which'my feelings bask ;
Promethianzlike, I thin would warm •
This beauty,with the heavenly firo; ,
And should I then describe the charm.
The song would ne'er disgrace the lyre.
From Grahain'tl 'klagrzine
THE
By AGNES S.IERSOL.
POTT
WEEKLY BY BEN4ANIIN BANNAN, POTTSVILLE, SCHUYKILIL COUNTY, PA.
• The chink Struck twelve. .Aasound after sound
rung out 'iiho stillness and died away in echoes;
reverberating through the house, the sick tridti
moved in sleep, until, when the last stroke
was given. hs opened bir eyes and looked lan
guidly and vacantly around,—llia gaze almost in
stantly met the face of hi; wife. For a moment
his recollectiota could be seen struggling in his
countenance, rand at.length an expresSion of deep
mental suffering settled his face. His wife had
by this tidie risen and was now at his herbicide.
She saw that the crisis was past, and as she had
her hand in hi's, and felt rho moisture of the skin,
she new that he would recover. Tears of joy
gushed from her eyes and dropped on the sick
man's face.
Heavenly Father, r thank thee ! " she murmur
ed at length, wher; her mUtion suffered her to
speak, while the tears streamed faster and faster
down her cheek; he is safe, ho will recover,' and
though she Ceased speaking, her lips 'still moved
in silent prayer,
The sick man felt.the tears,on his face, he saw
his wife's grateful emotion, he knew thrall° was
even- now praying for him, and as ho recalled to
mind the wrongs which he bad inflicted on that
uncomplaining woman, his heart was melted with
in him. There is no chastenitr like sickness; the
most stony bosoms softens beneath it. Ho thought
of the long days and nights during which he.must
have been ill, and when his insulted and abused
wjfe had watched anxiously at his bed-side. Oh!
how he had brushed that noble , heart; and now
this Wes her return! She prayed. for him who
had wronged her. She shed tears of joy because
her erring husband had been restored, tie it were,
to life. These things rushed through his boSom
and 'she strong man's eyes filled with tears.
Emily—,dear Emily,'" said he, g I have been a
villain, and can you forgive me I deserve it not
at your hands—but can you, will you forgive a
wretch like me.'
Qb ! can I forgive you ?' sobbed the grateful
wife, yes ! yes ! but too gladly. Bat it is not a
gainst me you have sinned, it is against a good
and righteous God.'
I know it—l know it,' said the repentant hus
band, land to His mercy I look. I cannot pray
for myself, but oh ! Emily, pray fur me. He has
saved me from the jaws;bf death.—Pray for me,
dear Emily.' •
The wife knelt at the bed-side, and While she
husband, exhausted by his agitation, sank back
with closed eyes on the pillow, she read the noble
petition for the sick, from the book of Comthon
Prayer. At times the sobs of Emily would almost
choke her utterance, but the holy wordashe reed,
had at length, a soothing effect bollr on her mind
and that of her husband. When the prayer was
over, she remained for several minutes kneeling,
while her husband murmured atintervais his heart
felt responses. At length she nisi, from the bed
side. Her huSband •.7 ould again have spoken, to
beseech once more her forgiveness. But with a
glad feeling et her heart—a feeling such as she
had not had for years—she enjoined silence on
him, and set down again by his bed-side to watch.
At length he fell again into a calm slumber, whilo
the now happy wile watched at his bed-side until
morning, breathing thanksgiving for her husband's
recover•._ and Shedding tears of joy the while.
When the .ick man awoke at daybreak, he was
a changed being. Ho was now convalescent, he
was more, ho was a repentant man.—He wept on
the bosom of his wife, lind made resolutions of re
formation which, after his recovery, through the
blesaiing of God, he was enabled to fulfil. ,
The fortune of Walpole was mostly gnno, brit
suffit lent remained from its wrecks, to allow , him
the-comforts, though not the luxuries of life. He
soon settled his affairs and removed 110 M his splen
did mansion to a quiet cottago in a neighboring
village. The only pang he felt. was at leaving
the home which for so many years' had been the
dwelling of the head of his family—the home where
his uncle had died, and which had been lust only
through his own folly.
Neither. Walpole. nor his wife ever regretted
their less of fortune; for both looked upon it as
the means used by on over-ruling Providence to
bring the husband lock to the path of rectitude ;
and they referred to it therefore with feelings
rather, of gratitudedhan of repining. In their quiet
cottage, on the wreck of their wealth, they had
been strangers in the days of their opulence. A
family of lovely children sprung up around them,
and it was ihe daily task of the parents to educate
these young minds in the path of duty and recti
tude. Oh! the happy hours which they enjoyed
in that white, vine-embowcredtottage, With their
children smiling arouno them, end the conscious
ness of a well.regulatell life,. filling their hearts
with peace.
Years rolled by and the hair of Walpole began
to Turn gray, while the brow of his,-sweet wife
showed more than one 'wrinkle, but still their hap
piness remained undiminished.
AMERICAN - CrucniT.-1 he follosting is on ex:
tract from o letter of the great poet WORDSWORTH
to Bishop DOANE
The proceedings of some of the States in your
country, in money concerns, end the shock which
is given to the credit of the State of , Pennsylvania
have caused much Muhl° under our roof, ty the
injury done to some of my most valuable tonnes.
ions and friends. I am' not personally and direct
ly a sufferer ; but my brOther, if the State of Penn
sylvania should fail to hilfil its engagement, would
lose almost all the little savings of_ his long and
generous life. My daughter, through the perfidy
of the State of Mississippi, has forfeited a sum;
though but small in itself, largo fo; her means;
ands, great pution of my most valued friends
have to lament their misplaced confidence. Top.
its of this kind are not pleasant to dwell upon, but
the mom extensively the injury is chile 'known,
the mom likely is it, that where any remains of
integrity, honor, or even common humility exist,
efforts will ha made to set and keep things
right."
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Ana TOI7 Issues') 1-=This question is freqUent
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lyasked . the public by the press, and, we presume,
in many eases, it is tacitly answered: In the aftv.
midst.: Thire are many, however, wheats heed.
less, end, :ere:tbey are4aware, their property is
destroyed by ON and then they repent of their le.
misseess and ;neglect. In these tines, when the
incendiary is Prowling about, it behooves all Om.
possess property to - beve it insured` immediately,
We daily read' of - cases Where individuals have
looked at the libte-which;sioted Over their &et.'
liege destroy' g the availie f year/ oftoit, and who,
by the expense of tr few' ilollsta, might have felt
the assiiance'that they would be amply renniner
ated for their osii,•;—Dtri/g/ Chronietp, • "' • '
'ULLE GENERAL ADVEIVITSER.
i.
.SATVRDAY MORNING, MAY 21, 1842
Correspondence of the United Stales Gazelle
WASITINGTOS, May 6, 1842.
New York Custom House Rogueries.
J. R. Chandler, Esq.—l had only timo last
night, to give yen a Homeopathic dose of the flow
York Custoin Muse villainies, as disclosed by the
Report of Mr. Poindciter; one of the Commission
ers appointed to investigate that sink of corrup
tion, just printed and, sent to members. I win
now endeavor to gives you, in asuman spice as
possible the substanco of soma 40 pages of this
pr . ecious document.
I stated in my last letter how a certain George
A %Verson, public stmekeeper hail, in three year:,,
received $94,430 92 for. cartage and labor, with
out producing any vouchers to authorize the al
lowance of this sum, or any other, besides a sala
ry of $l5OO per annum, largct 4 fnms of money for
attending trials at Baltimore and Philadelphia, coal
taken from that belonging-to the Custom House,
for his awn use. goods abstratted from the Public
Stores, and the labor of men employed and paid
by the government. I also told you heti this man
charged government from two to jive dollars a
load for carting goods, when merchants and others
only paid from 31 1.4 to 50 cents per load, haul
ed the same distance--eackpackage - hauled by
hie cart being charged •as a load, though six,
eight, or ten .. pckages were taken at a load. This
is one of the frauds t practised upon the govern
ment. i believe I also stated that, this honest
George A. Wasson was continued by Mr. Genii,
precisely as he bad been placed by Jesse Hoyt,
that the same extravagant and f4uilulent charges
for eartage and labor which had been sanctioned
by Mr. Hoyt, were continued by Mr. Curtis, with
a full knowledge on his part of the outrageous
prices,charged.
Believing your readers and the public general
ly, will have been made sufficiently acquainted
with the character of this Mr. Wasson, by the
slight nblice I have taken of his transaction, I
shall dismiss bim, to take up and look at
The amount of money expended for stationary
in Me various departments of the N. r Cus
tom House.
Namely 9 mciallis of 1838 $8,487 50
1839 L 17,780 87
1840 r 16,713 16
3 months of 1811 Y 8,7:1 69
Total in just 3 years, $51,703 22
Average, $17,234 42 a year.
Comparative prices of stationary under Jena Hoyt
and Edw. Curtis, and the market value in the
city of New York, as shown by the testimony
of David Felt, en old and respectable stationer.
Articles. Prices under Uuder Market
Hoyt. Curtis. Value.
Cash Book,
$2O 011
4 quires
Bond Book, $l5 $l2 $6
Impost Book $6B
' 853 019 50
15 Quires., (
Masters oath, t $l2 pr. ream, $l2 to 811 07
2on a sheet.. ( per ream. pr ream.
Several other books same prices.
Abstract j SlOO to 9114 none $47 50
paper. c per ream. per ream.
Abstract do. j $7O per ream: $BO per $l5
inferior, ( ream. pr ream.
Abstract do. j $lO per ream. $ll
smaller size. I, .
per ream.
Pencils per gross, $l5 to 828, $l5 to 912, Sa 00
Tape per gross, $l2lO 818, 812 $6 50
Wafers per lb. $1 72 $1 50 60
Watt peril), 81 75 81 50
.75
Sand, $3 to 83 50, 82 per 12i eta.
per peek. peck. per peck.
These comparative statements aro made from
the vouchers furnished to the Commissioners by
the Auditor of the Custom House. They were
made, not in consideration of the amount of ex
penditure, but to exhibit a fair specimen of every
other expenditure, great and email, in the Custom
house, for a series of years past.
There was expended, for books, stationary, and
printing, during the last quarter 'of Mr. floyt's
Collectorship, including 20 days which Mr. Mot
gsn was in office. and a few days before the se
cond quarter, the following sums for the subjoined
articles:
For Blank Books, • $1,577 00
Steel pens and a few quint, 1,322 50
Lead pencils; 618 00
Foolscap and poet paper, ' 415 75
Report and envelope paper, 503 88
Letter paper, = 293 50
Drawing paper, 50 00
Tar, 846 00!
Wafers end wax, 449 00!
Sand, 32 00!
Ulanks, 2,435 00
Knives,l6l 00!
- - •
Ink, .156 00!
Sundries, 116 57
EMS
t•This enormous sum," says Mr. Poindexter,
"stands charged on the bpoks of the Custom house
in the short space of three months, of which $5,-
416.11 were debited to the collector's' and store
keepers offices, in which there were employed err.
enty-nine clerks; making an average of $287,77
pet annum for stationary for each person attached
to these offices. There'were'during this (planer,
one hundred and thirty-six reams of fools cap and
letter paper ordered and supplied for the use of
the Gaston House, which forme a part of the ag.
grogate sum - us above stated.. It is evident that
so large an amount of stationary could not have
been required for any legitimate purpose connect•
ed with the business of the several departments of
the Custom House, to be used in tho short apace
of three months, and therefore, the greater portion
of the'articles purchased must have passed into
the hands of Mr. Curtis, who succeeded to the of
fice of Collector about the close of that quarter, or
hove been fraudulently abstracted from the Cus
tom House, of which no evidence was given to
the Commissioners,: but in the accounts and
vouchers rendered by Mi. Curtis in the second
quarter of the same Year, being the first quarter
after he became. collector, there is charged, for dis
bursements in the purchase-of stationary ordered
and received.hy him for the collector's office alone
$1;753,75;_ . for the appraisers $118,50; for the
Storekeeper $203,83; for • inspectors $24,50; for
the itorefie Maslttngton street $20,56, making,
in the whole, the grand total of $t0,942,90 for
the stationary Moir, during. one-half of the year
ism" ".•
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PM° single item of steel pita ana quills;_ of
the latter of which hot few -were Ordered, end
theWoie seareeli Worth mentioning, stnounted; .
()oriel the three years of Mr: Ifoit'e
lion of the tustoni House to the sdoi of $6,25 5 .•
161 ! The price . of there pens, tinned in the
bills rendered anti rid by Mr; Hop, ranged from
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the minimum of nine !Jul re per gross, to, the
maximum of twenty.two ollars per gross, the
larger portion being of the over class, which am
in general rise for clerks, both mercantile and
Tho depositions of Eivul Felt, E. J. Eno,
and. Josiah Hayden, who are largo, dealers in tho
I t%
article of steel pens, are_ ref s
wed to. to show the
standard price per gross of the descriptions used
at the Custom House. I purchased in boxes,
which is the most convenient mode of supplying
clerks, (the cards being eo.irely uselese,) it will
be seen that the first class of Qillet's' Magnum
Boom pens, or pens of canal qOality, could be
supplied in the New York market, at four dollars.
fifty cents per gross on the Card, or one half that
sum in boxes ;'and what i; denominated 'scour.
mercial pens," at two dollar per groins on the card
or $1 20 in boxes. Tokin! the average of these
pricey, and considering that 19-20tlis of the pens
supplied to the Custom House are of the latter
class, it will appear, that, al these rates the sum
appropriated by Mr. 'Hoyt. While he remained in
office would have supplied the enormous quantity
of 422,237 pens, making an average of' 144,079
per annum; to be distributed among about ono
hundred clerks who are constantly employed in
writing, or an average of shim' 1500 pens each .
per annum." • •
The report states that Mti, Eno, offered to sup
ply Mr.. Hoyt such pens as he paid $9 per gross
for, at $1 50 per gross ; but ho declined the offer
so decid-dly, as to prevent a repetition of it.
- '.lt may be asked why particular individuals are
allowed and paid at rates ranging from $2 to $22
per gross, for pens, for the use of the Custom
House, where an offer to sapply like articles et
the moderate price of $1 50 per gross is contemp
tuously rejected anti shunned ? The undersigned
refers to the volume of eVidence taken by the
Commissioners to demonstrate the fact, which, in
the absence of clear proof, might well bo doubted,
that this and numerous other) cases of favouritism,
so gross and palpable that [ 'none can mistake it,
had their origin in a 'systembf fraud on the pub
lic Treasury to promote the interests of selected
partisans, who could be relied on for efficient ser
vices in popular elections.
• The conclusion is stronglyl enforced by the mass .
of evidence taken in relation' to the existence of
a Custom House tax, regularly levied and paid,
in advance of elections fur city officers, for Gover
nor and Representatives in the State Legislature,
(or members for Congress, and for President and
Vico President of the United States, during the
whole period of the two preceding administra
tions of the Federal Government. This tar
was graduate'd on a scale corresponding with the
salary received by ear.h• officer and the importance
of the pending election, and a refusal to pay it,
was immediately followed by removal from office.
It will also.be seen, by the report of tbe survey
or and other evidence, that 9umeroua officers of
the Customs were absent from duty, either by
the empress permission of the Collector or with
out censure from that officer, for weeks and months
prior to elections, for no other purpose than to in
fluence voters, and lend their aid to the success
of candidates favorable to the party in power,
while their aularie; es office 4 of the Government,
suffered no • diminutio4 in consequence of their
abience from duty.
Mortifying as it is, to be oh
conduct in a high and respo;
Government—conduct which
grace upon tho country, thol
that duty leaves him no alter.
acts stated 'ara established t.
ny which to every impartial
elusive. \\
The same system of wast
seen in every article falling
tion of stationary." During
years of official service there:
mous sum 0r526,157 14, o
752 38 per annum, for bla,
be seen by the table above
could be supplied at $l9 50,1
Some that are worth only $1
—those charged at $l5 are I.'
In the bills rendered by O'l
article 'of writing sand is cb
from $3, to $3 50 per pack,
even higher : when it was in
aition ,Of David Felt, that he
taken by the bushel at l2} c
cents per bushel; and if tokei
at 25 cents; and at these eats
profit would be 200 per cent.
°During Mr. Hoyt's tirne
paid for writing sand, the suns
it the customary rates, wo
404 i bushels.
It appears; too, that Mr.
strict .paper, or blue laid En
whreh is charged in O'Berr'
$8,721 69
rom $lOO to $144, ( one ti
dollars!) per ream, Its value
from $3O to $47 .60 per r
paper," which is worth VS
at from $7O to $BO per ream
$ll, at $4O per ream
The Commissioner Males
for the Custom House were
hand by certain (aimed in
opportunity of purchasing
yen lean than those mention
Ite, and who of course, mad
The system of favoritism,
the public interest and fair d
extended to the must violen
who earned the favor by t
hand from which they meet
i s
Is ll ass aiwrer.—The eery important and
much mooted question as effect of Attachments
of the property of bankrUp priorto theinstitti.;
tion of proceedings in ban ruptcy, was decided
1
by Judge Story on Saturd y, lin opinion of
great length ,• in which he discussed the wholesubject with
.his usual abdlt d clearness. The
result to Which he came as, that.such attach-
ments would not hold the property, but Would; in
effect, 'be dissolved by the proceedings in bank
rnptcy.--Thia decision is considered of More im
portance by legal gentlemen, - than any which ie .
likely to arise under .the 13:tualtrtipt Law,, and in
some of the States,.it will Make a vast difference
in the effects of bankrupts. Bogen Mer. /QUI:
Emir Cz.ay. r —This dititinguiabed statesman
i t
was escorted into Leiingto , Ey., end from thence
'to his' reeideticii at Ashlan d_ 'by a large procession
of ladles and gentlemen. i lr, Clay rode in a - ba_
'tench° drawn by, four' gray ' horses._`. , Every de.
rnonstratton of leapt:et attd esteem ` were shown
him by his klloVit citizens of Lexington, mid his
neipbore of Ashland,
iliged to expose such
'risible officer of the
reflect so much die
; Commission states
ati,e, and that the
I a chain of testimo
mind must be con-
teful extravagance is
!rider the &nomina
-1 Mr. Hoyt's three
r was paid the enor
an average of $ 8,-
k books'- • As will
given, books which
are charged at $6B.
, are chefged at $2O
led $11; and so on.
Herr nod others, the
Feed at the rate of
and in some cases
1 proof by the dope
lropplied the same, if
;cats per peck, or 50
6 by tha single peck,
•
ho stater; that his
3 yeare, them was
of $202 38, which,
Id havo purchased
: opt purchased t. ab.
glieth imperial" ruled
hill at the rato of
!oared and forty-four
iug to New York,
« Impost-book
r p er ream is charged
4
and denuny, worth
that all tbs . stipplies
umithed at second
, ididuals who had an
a articles at prices e•
as their market wal
l. an enormous profit.
leo inconsistent with
• cling, was uniformly
political partisans,
Mt...devotion to the
ed it." • .
R OLDSCHOOL.
OLIY
The Sommer Birds.
Sweet warblers of the sunny hours, • 6 '
For ever on tbe wing— - •
I love, them, ar I lave the flowers..
The sunlight and the spring. •
They tome likepleasant memories,
• In Sunritner•tijoyous time.
And sing their gushing melodic.
As I would singe rhyme.
In the green end quiet. places -
Where the golden sunlight tails,
We sit with smiling faces,
To list their silver calls,
And when their holy anthems
Come pealing through the sir,
Our hearts leap forth to meet them,
With a blessing and a prayer.
Amid the enorning's fragrant dew—
Amid the mist, of even—
They warble on as if they drew
Their music detail from . heaven. -
Bow sweetly sounds each mellow note.
Beneath the moon's pale rev,
When dying' zephyrs rise and float,
Like lovers' sighs, away
Like shadowy spiritescen at eve,
Among the tombs they glide :
Where sweet pale forms, for which we grieve,
Lie sleeping aide by side. •
Theo break with song and solemn hush
Where peace reclines her head,
And link their lays with mournful thoughts
That cluster round the dead.
For never can my soul forget
The loved of other years;
Their memories fill my spirit yet— .
I've kept them green with tears;
And their singing greets my , heart at times,
As In the days of yore-,
Though their music, end their lowliness, •
Is o'er—for ever o'er,
And ellen, when the mournful night
Comes with a low, sweet tune,
And sets a star on every height,
And one beside the moon—
When not a sound of wind or wave
The holy stillness mars,
I leek above, and strive to trace
Their dwellings in the stars.
The birds ! the birds of summer hours
They bring a gosh - of glee,
To the child among the fragrant flowers—
To the sailor on the sea.
We hear their thrilling voices
• In their swift and airy flight,
And the 'inmost heart rejoices
With a calm and pure delight.
In the stillnecs of the starlight hour,
When I em with the dead,
Oh ! may they flutter 'mid the flowers
That blossom o'er my head,
And pour their songs of gladness forth
In one melodious strain,
O'er lips whose broken melody
. Shall never sing again.
We make the following extracts from Mrs.
ourney's new end valuable work on the mental Cul
ture and formation of Female character :
Suffer me to say to those who are in the fair
blossom of their being, that they ere unsafe while
they neglect the guidance of religion. Seek her,
sweet friends; with prayrr, amid the hush and ho
liness of morn, and at eve recall the day's deeds,
and measure them by her standard, and weigh its
words and thoughts in her equal balance.
Make that religion, which regulates the heirt, a
constant companion. It has bun an error tc; sup
pose it should be reserved for the more highei and
trying exigencies of life, Though able to sustain
under the greatest extremity, it is equally willing
to walk in the humblest paths. Itit 'mar a bright
er robe ow the . Sabbath, it is still ginledfor the ser
vice of every day, and ready to take its station by
thcirsido, who invoke its aid--It is like a thread
of gold, which may be continually wound Jot () the
web of life. If its clew be laid aside, except on
Sundays, or reasons of prayer, it will be difficult
to resume. It may •be either so entangled, or hie
ken, or tarnished, that the tissue will be unfit for
heaven,"
"Religion need not be disjointed from the in
nocent pleestwes of life. Its prCivince is to height
en happiness, as well to sustain toil, or to sancti
fy affliction. To confine it to seasons of lonely
meditations, or disrobe it of its angel smile, is a
monastic error. Give it place by the hearth-stone,
and - in the walk among the flowers, w here
. heart
answers to heart. Let it have part in the mole
that cheers, the domestic circle, and in the fond in
tercourse of sisterly and fratenial love.
• • • • • • •
44 And now,.if I have urgently or diffusedly in
cited the young to the pursuit of the most excel
lent, most enduring science, it is because in the
book of divine truth, I have seen the pledge of
Omnipotence, that those who „ seek early shall
find it ;" because I have believed, that in the do
cility of their happy season, there was an aptitude
fdr be rudiments which time and change might
take away."
Haimledge
a Knowledge opens sources of delightful con
templation for domestic retirement: This renders
it a peculiar protection to . the young: In their
fondness for promiscuous society, they are often
in danger of forming indiscreet associations, or
rash attachments. Knowledge makes home pleas
ant, and seltcouratunion no solitude. a VVben I
am alone, it talks with me, so that I have no need
to go abroad, and solicit amusement frcini others,"
said the philosopher Antistheties. This lineament
of knowledge, strongty'recommends it to our own
sex, my dear youing, friends. : For home is our
province--!-and it Wont, imperative duty to strive
to render it agreeable; and
, as we are never more
disposed to he amiable, than when re aro happy
we shall probably best succeed in imparting filici
ty, when we most enjoy it ourselves."
liidassl74
Those of our sax, who have been distinguish
ed, by . energy in- the domestic department, are
usually exemplary for their improvement of the
early hours of the dog. • A knowledge of those
'pursuits which promote the comfort and order of
a householkthonld 'be woven with classical, edu
cation. It may be so mingled as to relieve rather .
thari °hairnet intellectual Mauro.
1 haVe never heard any young bay. deny in
words, the excellence of industry end tics)" beaten
many,, who have put forth vigorous efforts for the ,
improvement of their most_ precious season of life.
But I have seen no elm of people, among whom
a more eliichmt system of industry end economy
of time was established. then the agricultural pop
ulation of New England. Their possessions are
not stacierttly large to allow Waste Of any descrip
tion. Ilenceosvery article seems to be carefully
estimated.ind applied to Haired use. Their mode
of life, is as filterable to cheerfulness end heath,
ai it it eminent in indusiry.
The farmer, rising with the isten, attends to
those einployminta which are necessary for the
i I
1
comfort s:tribe family, and proceed* early with bte
sons or ,assiStinte; to their depanrnent of daily re.
bor. The binds enliven them-with their Fong, ant(
the larnbigambol,:while the patient di reisiksibi
deep.furrow, or the gietn is committed to the es• `l,
or the tell grass humbled beneath tharsthe, or
the stately' earn freed from theintruitionid weeds.
—Pitting mike are: proppitiolied . to the yoUrigest
ones theft nolised insy be idle:
In the interior of the house, an equal ditigenco
prevaite, • The elder daUglisere ukka *Otitis part
with the mother, in every domestic toil. •No Ittr:
vent is there, to create auspicious feelings, oi a di::
Aided interest. No key grates in the, lock, I'o4
all are as .biethren. The children, who are too
small to be useful. proceed to school. kindlY ,
leading the little one; who can scarlet; walks
Perhaps tho aged grand-mother, a welcome and
honored intimate; amuses the ruddy infant, that
she ;may release a stronger handler : toil: '
The sound of the wheel, end the vigorous
strokes of the loom, are heard. The fleece of the'.
sheep is wrought up, amid the cheerful song of
sisters. Remembering that the fabrics which they
produce, will grui4,_thoso whom they love, front
the blast of, winter; the-bloom depends on their
cheek with 'the pleasing consciousness of useful
iodustry."l
al trust that no young lady, hoviever Oleieted
her ',station, ' , will conceive that a knowledge of
what , appertains to the soperintendence of a farm.
ly, can derogate from her dignity."' ••
• • • • • a
NO. 21.
The young ladies of the present generation
seem to pass in review before •me, 'with all .their
privileges, and in all their ghee and beauty.
thinks their hands are upon the ark of titer emus.
try. Let them not feel that they have only I d '
seek embellishment, to afp from the honey cups
of life, of to glitter like the meteor of a eumitten
eve. For as surely as the safely turd prosperity
of a nation' depend on the virtue of its people,
they, who reign in the retreatslvbere man (urns
for his comfort, who have power over the marble !
ery whichstamps_ou the infant mind its.eharar t
tor of good or evil, are responsible, to a fearful ea.
tent, for that safety and prosperity." , -
I have ever thought it deairable that young la
dies should make themselves mistresses of some,
attainment, either in art to seienee7 by which
they might secure a subsistence, should they be ,
reduced to poverty. Sudden and entire reverses
are not uncommon in the history of affluence.---..
To sustain them without the means of lessening
the evils of dependence, when health aqintelleet .
are at our command, is adding helplessness to our
own affliction, and increasing the burden of others.
When the illustrious Henry Laurens, by the for
tune of our war of Revolution, was held a prison-_
er in the Tower of London, he wrote, to his two
daughters, who had been nurtured in all the ten-'
demess, and luxury of Carolinian wealth It is ,
my duty to warn you to prepare for the trial- of
earning your daily bread by your daily labor.-3
Fear not servitude ; encounter it if it shall be ne..
cessary, with the spirit becoming a woman of an
honest and pions heart; one who has been neither
fashionably nor airectedly religious." The 11C- .
complished Madame de Geniis pronounced 'her
self to be in possession of thirty trades, or varie
ties of occupation, by which she could, if fleece
sary, obtain a livelihood."
Reader, a Word L.
What did Loco Focoism bequeath to the coun
try ! •
Mr. Van Buren left ci's a bankrupt treasury. ,
He left the public interests every where itbau'-;
Ho left us•without a currency. ,
He left us a debt of . fifteen million., •
He lett ue the North Eastern end North West-.
ern Territorial question—though of yesrstturati.ua'
—unsettled.
He left the Carolina question unsettled.
He I- ft us the questi in of thoi Right of Heare
unsettled.
The Compromise Act he left us at the Yeer of
its conclusion, and treasury notes in lieu
ly revenue action.
_44
And with all these difficulties, foreign ettif
mesa; piled imountain high' upon the slnitaldFrs
of the new administration, the whigs • are asked
fur the promised refi.rm !
Suppose, friend reader, that in the gent , rosity
of your confidence, you had employed ari tinWer-,
thy overseer upon your farm. That you,hdd con
fided in htm for years, trusting in his promises.—
Suppase this overseer to have suffered your land,
to run wild, to have destroyed pier timber, to havei
levelled your buildings to the ground, have
ts l.
fired your orchard, to have killed your hors, to
have run you thousands of dollars in deli, and
that, under such circumaiances, he bad hem 'dip.
charged by you and a anoceeant appointeilin his
steed. In this state of case, while the newly "en;
gaged superintendent of you prtmires gra! busy
in planning the reparation of these iejories,limag
ine that the, villainous wretch 'who had enlisd
them all, were to come upon your gre s', and
with, a grin on his face, ask' the fiillcwi gi gam
dons
Why dors not the corn grow 9pon that land
which I suffered to run wild ? ' i
Why is there no cash coming from millsy .
foe the timber which I destroyed I
Wh y are not the house's erected in the steeeer
those I burned &ran
Why have you no horses here,' to supply !hi
places of those which I killed I •
Why is there no return -from orchard 'that I
fired
Why have you not paid the thousands of Id
tars, to the amount of which I : tun you irt,de
Don't you think, in this state of case, that 'tel
-1
therchurth nor state affairs could,present yeti
from knocking the rascaldown •
There is a true picture of loco focoism. Twelve
years has it ravaged and laid waste every interest,.
undoing in an hour, that %%bleb for yenta at tax
ed the virtue end without' of the Nation; and,
now, we, who are groaning beneath its eitormi.
ties, are insultingly asked—Why, have )on not
•built up what tee have torn down. 7 -/ridiana
Journal.
Engrion judge recently decide(
thst if a man attempts to kiss a woman againather
will, she has a right to bite off, his nose, ittancy,
so leads her. The decision wee made on e recent.
trial at the Middleiei sessioni. &brief ribstraci
of the case we find in the Boston Mail. By their,
eceoent it appears that Thomas Saverland, the
prosecutor, stated,lb4 the day after Christmas,
be c:aein the taproom, where the defendant, Car.
ohne Newton, and her sister 'Who bed cools hod
Birmingham wereiprestmt. The letter jokingly
observed that she had promised her sweetheart Oat,
no man should kij . ether while absent„—lt .heing
holiday time, Sairepandeerisidered this a chellenge;
and caught (phi 6fheiandltiesed her. The young
motion took it es a joke, and her stater. the
,de..
fendlint, said„ehe would like as littfe of that kind
of fen , se be pleased. Saverland told her if
_she
was angry, he would kiss her VIM; he then tried
to do it, and they both fell ter the ground, Ou
rising, the woman lunch .bim ; be again tried tti
kiss her; end !nibs =AI she hit off-his nose,
which shesit out of bar mouth. the ectionitias
kronglit reeetrer,damsges• for the leis of his
now. ThvJdetandani said he had no besineits
kiss bei
.she wanted kitting she bad)
band to kiss her, a bitter looking man ,t4in e'a'st
the pritiecittrir the web jeriifirdi in 'het
savage act, is above.
/e 4 the sale - of opintoue tignoes;
to be , granted at Portion(/ ' Mains for the l ineal&
•
Y"r• • - " • •
Domestic -Employments.-
SI