' T
.1• 10, *
ii aft basiensii, without , making shy
nista chamber. - IStot still liittliter
sw) now that
Wed' for hiss, Fut sit her lose ieturuet)
in its intengai. -
.
•lie shall nut .die! safa Ore rebaltitply ; .1 will
rave law.' -
• That afternoon George to , * atits brought iiut•
for newtotl . in thsrrebel camp . Lutlyette was
bit tent, when Annette, breaking through the
guards, th`reti r tiersetf at his feet, - and implored his
jutercesintinfor her lover's - Isfe. He recognised
his hostess, mid hastened with her to Waihington.
Wbai he.asild to his chief we know not; but we
do know George Lee was pardoned, and the next
_a u was lott,eheclin Lafayette's hody guard. In
the elibiequent battles of the Revolutionary km
sleihe distinguished himself by :his valor and de
votion to the Anierican cause, and at the close of
the WM was: marrierttaAntietie c eshose patriotism
..reatarthid lip the fulfilment of those hopes of
kive which she had so nobly sacrificed_ in behalf
o i!. " •
.7, IL. Mien, Wier and Free-Trade,
The,editoX of the CI Herald exposes the
folly and hypocrisy he Federal advocates of
Fies Wide most amusmitt, In ono of his expo.
alder)* of Free trade, r". 0: feteoistn, he illustrates
the subject by the baking congressional anec
dote ; •
•u We witnessed en amusing incident .a few
years Sinca'ti United States. Senate, bearing
'upon this subject. John M. N des, who was at the
some time isiSenetor from Connecticut, arms in
his place still declared himself " friend of the poor;
that he went for the great mass—that the common
maple Were his chosen constituents, and finally
concluded by offering a resolution, for the sole .
-benefit of his poor constituency, as he said, call
: mg fora reduction of Me , duly ou cod. Well,
the, speech !was the speech of a demagogue—he
wished to be called the poor man's representative
—the friend of the masses—the fearless champion
of demciertMyand this speech w'rii4ublished by
Me parly;eit the time, as proof of their exclusive
• devotion to i the 'commie people.
•• After Mr': l Senator Niles hid proudly - rented him
, self, one. Daniel Webster, a Senator at that time
from MassaZhusetts, leisurely arose, and drew from
his drawer e printed document; and, without ma
king the Most, distant allusion to Mr. Seriator
Niles' speech, stated that he would call the often
don of, the Senete, a moment to said document.
IL w as the proceedings of a meeting '
of the credtt
qrs the Duke of York, then recently held in
tondonf° The noble Duke was the brother of
King UcorlslY., and after "pending a/prodigal
life, he diein debt to every one who misted him,
and insolvent to an astonishing amount. it Seem
. ed also that the noble Duke died seized of large
tracts of cot 1 lands in New Brunswig, which had
been easignid to Trustees for the benefit of his
• creditors.
Now Meke noble cseditors of a noble Duke had
met to decide whether these coal lends shOuld be
sold at once, and the proceeds divided among the
creditors,-or Still longer hold—whereupon it was
solemnly declared that the government policy of
the United Sates was. variable. fluctuating,
andunelnbk-rthat their Tariff was of uncertain
cuniinuirneri and of frequent modih'cation—and .
that the deity on coal. would prubaby sorra be
greatly .reduced, if not entirely abolished-rand
then the late noble Duke's coal mines, monopelife
the American coal market, end in a few year's
command their own price far coat.
- • Therefore it was unanimously resolved by the
said , meeting of creditors , that the extensive coal
mines of the late noble Duke of York should ba
withheld (rim sale, fur the perpose and Intent of
soon monotiolising the American coal trade as a
foresaid.
Mr. Webster having gravely concluded the rea
ding of saidlprociedings, as gravely addressed these
words to the Choi, Mr. President, it would
seem froth ihe proceedings and rtsoluttons which
I have rea d , that the Senator- from Connecticut
instead of tieing the representative of any class or
gradrof Ainerican citizens, upon this floor, and
upon this question, is in truth and in fact the rep.
• rtsentative of the traitors if the late noble Desks
• eif York . 1 "1'
The application -war withering, and the rebuke
of the demagogue overpowering. There was an
iirepreesible burst of approbation from the Sena
tots and gallery. end poor Doctor Niles' anxiety
about 'the duty on coal was forever hushed in
sleep--
.; Thie,same John M. Niles has been re-elected
United fitsies Senator froth Connecticut, by the
I,ocofoerre.l trod help the country, when such
-men'are selected to make laws for the
ED. M.,./.l]
tssorruz,—Varr BurtEN •Nn Jonssov.—
. The Jeffinion correspondent of the St. Louis Re
publican wiites under dare of the 20th:
_g.There ;was a aye! Democratte caucus last
bight, which undertook to nominate Martin Viin
Buren for President, and Richard M. Johnson fir--
Vice President. Johnson was the strongest man
of the two,t but the intrigue .of the Van Buren
leaders preVailed. This will n3t be submitted to
•by the friends of Johnson in Missouri. A prop*-
, shion was Made to take steps to submit it to the
people, hut ,the Vanites knew. well that on issue
before the people, between Dick end Martin, the
;wily intriguer of New York, would be double dia.
tanced by the old Hero, and therefore they went
en with th.6ir legislative nomination. Many of
,the Member's:refund to have anything to dolivith
the Picreeedings. •
.R4tittosa.—lo referenee to the Railroad Iron
tneaufastored Above this -city, the Neer York
American remarks
I -
ILAILTLOAD leos.—The first Rail
, load Iron made in this country was made by the
GCit Western Iron Company. Penn - Sylvania, on
thei Allegb;my. River, about 50 miles above Pitts
bores. -The Company lag )t op by New Wit
and Boatonicapital.—About 100 ' , tons of Railroad
Icon from these works.lately arrived at Pittsburgh,
on its way
t for the Railroad at Madison, Indiana.
We ire glsa toles a commencement in the mann
rectum bertt of this important article,, for which
tinhorn' offdollars have been sent abroad to par.
chase it , icr ober counteisaP
Tats. Lair C...an:—The New York Tribune of
late d a t f ip a y e: o The Last Card' of Van Bo-
Titoism is en effort to induce Geo. Jacarson to at
teod,and preside over the proposed Loco•Poco
National Convention. which is to nominate Mr.'
V: Eh fattiest President, and whistle down Messrs.
Calhoun, Cant—Johnson, Buchanan. Ate: This
We good thought; bat the advanced ego and es
trona') debility of Gen. J.. will. probably defeat its
evocation.: The:old General would hardly Jive
.tbrougb the fatigue and excitement of carrying
oat this especially rf the Convention should
be held io cs near the winter..'
Ittertation va. lamest-en—Few people' lit
aware hole much more insanity "novelle among
bachajorit'iand unmarried ladies, than among the
merited of bath sexes. From the ezantinitien of
. very ninny report', out of . every, See of sit the
lunatieisent to Atinerican Hoepitals, three sre
'Married, 'end only two are married,-and that el
,. moet all cif them me over twenty-one years old
'On the other is pretty certain, that in ell
the ecipoitinity Over twenty-one years of age. there
are Morn than three times as many in as out of
wedlo'ck..! if this be `the case. theriihe unmarried
:are more than . four times as liable to become in
, sus u "win} *Ss, • - , '
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Interest, but his duty, to purchase every thing that he
can at home.. By punsuing such a course, he.encour
ages the Mechanitad industry of his own neighbor
lxiod.on which the prolperity of every town and city
mainly depends—and besides, every dollar paid out at
home forms a circulating medium, Of which every
citizen derives more 'or less benefit, in the course of
trade. Every dollarpaid for foreign manufactures pur
chased abroad, is entiretylost to the region, goes to
enrich those who do not contribute one cent to our
domestic institutions,and oppresseioni own citizens.
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Tea Coka TRADE.—Next week we shalifur
nish our readers with the annual statistics of the
Anthracite Coal Trade of the United States.
In order to dispose of the Governor's Message
this Week, we havOheen compelled to crowd out
several articles intended from this paper.
az ? We drew some -"sketches of ehaiseter".
two weeks ago. They most have been tree to
th'e life, is they were all immediately filled and re.
presented.
Tea Somen'i MuTersz.--The Court of Inqui
ry is progressing in its investigation, and have
examined Mr. Wales, who disclosed the mutiny,
Lieut Gansevoott, and Acting-Master on board
the Somers, M. I C. -Perry, all of whom corrobo
rate the statement madd by Capt. McKenzie.. All
the witnesses so far. testify positively and uncondi
tionally as to their belief that the vessel could not
here been brought home in safety, with that crew,
without the execution of the ring-leaders. The
great length of the proceedings prevents our pub.
lishing them in fell, or even giving a satisfactory
abstract.
Canopus—rex Bsraauer L*w.—Petitions
continue to pour into Congress against the repeal
of this Bill. Indisposition prevented Mr. Mar
shall from making his contemplated speech in fa
vor of the repeal on Tuesday last, which caused
great disappointment to the crowd in the galler
ies who had flocked to hear him.
Senator Benton, who is now soluricrus in op
position to this law, submitted a similar Bill to
Congress a few years ago, which was in Isub
stance similar to'the law now in existence, and
advocated its passage.
r f We have received•several 'communications
in relation to an explosion," which
,has spread
its !. filth " throughout this region—Gat must de
cline publishing them, for reasons which will be
satisfactory to the author.. We never reply to
slang and billingsgate. It always recoils on the
authors with a• en-fold force. And in pursuing
this course, we are fully sustained by the follow
ing quotation from Scripture:
" Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest
thou also be like unto him." .
A member of the Athenian Institute proposes
the following question for debate:
Is it consistent with the character of a pro
prietor of a Newspaper, who is a Philanthropist,
to take from a Newsboy all the proceeds of his
annual NeW f Year's Address, or not?"
As there is a member of this Association in
terested in the decision of this question, 'her&
certainly can be no objections to its discussion
before the Institute.
SELECT Linit•ar Or REI.IOIOOISLITERATVUIC.,
--We refer our readers to the Prospectus of the
above mentioned work, in another column. As
it will unquestionably have a large circulation,
we have made arrangements with the publisher to
furnish the work to subscribers in this region at
the publisher's price, 15 cents per number, free
of postage.
wCocK-it-iDoorit'-doo!"—One of the kan
Philanthropists crows loudly in the Locofoco pa
per of Saturday last—but it won't do—he can't
go to Harrisburg at the expense of the working
men of Schuylkill county. That game is block
ed. Some of them are pretty old birds and can't
be caught with chaff a second time.
Taa RAINSOV/, oa Ooti Factor' Sem
lifoisTnxr 'Ms SIN is a beatitiftil Mag
azine, issued in Neiv York, at 12i cents per num
ber, devoted to the interesta of Odd Fellowship.
Persons wishing to e•ftive this work, will please
leave their names at this off!ce, where a copy can
be examined.
Amara:. Masa yrs ca.—Persona who ire 13t1":
believers in Animal Magnetism,AartOKtiii:
doubts removed by atteridinglili:lfailiktbat,*:;
at the Town Hell, on Monday evening nest. -A .
number of converts were made on Tuesday even
ing last. ,
COLD WiLIIILIL.-011 Wednesday morning
Inst. st 7 o'clock. the Thermometer stood at 3
degrees below zero.: The 'sleighing wee never
better in, this region. and the people seem deter
mined to enjoy it while it lasts,
Governer Porter • recommends a Tax on Coal
end Iron in his Message. Of course the Porter
Clique will calla meeting, and •pw resolutions
in favor of the - meritorious service* he has revs .
dered the State. •
TT It is said that there is a Printer up town
whose loconaotive powers are so great,. that his
friends intend laying a wager that he 'can beat
anything in creation atronning.
The impression continues to gain ground that
Judge Parsons, now Secretary of the Common•
wealth, will be'sppointett to the Judgeship vacs
ted by Judge Barton on the first init.
P. G.4hics. M. D. has been aptminted
Physician to the Schuylkill County Alms House.
in place Of Dr. 8. R. Medlar.
.
HINRS CLAT.••••A the Fix:option
of this diitinguisbed Sjalssawin .at P/Or.Othii4,
will be found ow Ow lkstv pose. : ..
THE-
El
Mr. thubing li e recent speech, isi which: be fan—
bliishinglY held up ill the offices — in the gift'of the
President at public suction. to _the' bighesibidder
on the ffer of "Congress, bas caosel quite
_it ab
lation ihrotighatit the country. swan was
the effect of the:degrading proposition. that.it met
with an immediate and sevenrreb#lGam the
nest portion bf both parties.
,
this inexpeeted testilt has called forth a pallia
tive speech from Mr. Wise, which is thus alluded
to by the correspondent of the It If, Courier and
Enquirer
The remarks made by Mr. Coshing the nth
er day; when the Bankrupt Bill was under con.
sideratiori, were so. Very adieu"; that Mr. Wise
thought it necessary to disclaim, for that gen.
demon,the intent to say what every body on.
derstood him to have said, and to uige that
Whit he bad *Old ehould-betaken with all that
allowance which is due to an unpremeditated
speech. As to what ha did say, there is Cu daf.
ference of opinion among all those whose bold.
ness it was to attend particularly to his remarks;
and, as to the plea of a want of consideration, it
is not so understood at the White Honse.., I
happen to know that the eon and private Seers.
tary of the President. this day declared that "Mr.
Cushing never speaks unless he is prepared, that
he shiny' gives the subject a thorough cumin.
ation. and always maintains the true ground."
Besides, Mr. Everett charged him on the floor , of
the fiance with' having made a set speech, and
with having spoken by authority; to which Mr.
Cushingttade no reply, nor did he express dis
sent by look or gesture.
SCHUYLKILL NIXICIATIOS CONPAIII.-•••The
following persons were on the 2d inst., elected of
of this company, for the ensuing year:
President—SOLOMON W. RGBERTI3.
MANAGItra.
Manual Eyre, Thomas Firth.
Lindsey Nicholson, John Serge:lntl •
John Bohlen,Edmund Wilcox,
Mordecai Dewis, Richard Rindolph.
William S. Vara, William•Ashbridge,
Jacob G. Moms, John C. Cresson.
CLAIMIUS.HARPER,
• &eq. and Truer,
Mr. Roberts, the new President. wee formerly
Engineer on the Little Schuylkill and Susquehan
na Rail Road, and is a gentleman well qualified
for the station be has been selected to fill.
Nsw liltoaks.—Mtany's Musson von 'Aar
e-ART, 1843. —The first number of the new vol-
ume of this work, has been received. Subscri.
hers wishing to continue their subscriptions to
this interesting Juvenile work, will please leave
their names at this office.
ABEDIZGO, the MoneyLendet, by Mrs. Gore,
price 32i cents, just received and for sale. Also
Handy. Andy, complete, price 50 cents.
Jack Hinton, do do
A fresh supply of the Pictorial Brothel Jon
athan, just received and for sale at this office,-price
12} cents.
The LAST or Tan BARONS, by Bulwer, is
expected daily.
LEGISLATIVE.—On Tuesday last, Col. H. B.
Wright was elecied Speaker of the House of Rep•
resentativea by the fallowing vote:
Wright.
Foremen,
Scattering, , 2
Mr. J. D. Andrews baa. been elected Clerk of
the House of Representatives, and A. M. Hams,.
Sergeant et Arcos.and Mr, Steadman, Doorkeeper.
Mr. Crispin ores elected Speaker of the Senate,
by the following cote
17
Heber,
2Ut sotto of Stems.
(Original and Selected.)
The'report that one of John C. Spencer's sons
was in Sing Sing Prison, is unfounded.
• Major Noah has retired from the N. Y. Union,
the Tyler paper_ in that city. Publishing Tyler
papers, without a party to support them, is rather
an up-hill business.
,The Supreme Court of the United States, has
decided that the Bankrupt Law aupercedea -the
State Insolvent Laws. • •
A bankrupt in Vermont lately gave among his
effects as the product of his labor, nineamall chil
dren. He thought hie creditors entitled to all his
acquisitions since he became involved.
Professor Walter R. Johnson, delivered a lec
ture in the Representatives Hall at Washington,
on Thursday evening !sit, on the subject of Coal.
A series of experimenta upon Coal which has
been instituted by the Government, have been
confided to the direction: of Col. Johnson.
Tits Maas Rouses Cass.—Justice Merritt.
of New York, states in a letter to the Courier;
that he does not yet despair of tracing out this
mysterious afTair; though impediments of all kinds
are thrown in his way. lie does not say whence
these impedimenta proceed.
In democratic' Virginia no man can vote ntt,g'
lees he is a freeholder ore honsskeeper And in
democratic'• South Cantina, a representative to
the General Court must own a freehold of five
hundred acres and ten negroes !
McLean, charged as Oneraf the parties concern.
ed in the murder of - Major - Floyd, perpetrated
some time since near St. Louts, has been tried at
that city, and found guilty of minder in the first
degree.
Amos Byrd, charged with the murder of his fa
ther. John. Byrd, was (gonad guilty, at Jackson,
Missouri, a few days since. The prisoner -is a
boy only fifteen years of age.
The re•election.of Senator Begby took place by
the Alabama Legislature on the 19th
No politician is considered any thing now•a
days who has not tried both sides. Like a buck.
wheat cake, he must be turned once before he is
fit for ase.
Gen. Gaines has published a letter, in which he
declines being a candidate for the Presidency.
COLUMBIA AND ,PIL
4 - s„Thetote
k . i4 1 : 4 70i
--
When - you see a men who cams it rains,
frets when a fog occur; and smiles only when the
sun shines, be sure that anch a one cap never beer
op with fortitude against the attacks of misfortune,
nor stand laid:equanimity the marvellous changes
of oitr daily life •
The New York Tribune says : "It is now
the common talk in Wall strut, that , the defalca
tion of Mr.. NichoU of :'the New York Life and
Trust; Company, alnW.dy discovered, is nearly
$lOO,OOO. How inao, if any, the estates for
which' he Was mutt°. thaws suffered, ills impos
sible yet to know." .
B. R. 'lPorter, a prumimmt Dorrite, has come
out under his' own signature in the Providence
Chronicle, denouncing the renewed efforts of his
old suffrage associates to renew the strife for the
Dar constitution; and (lectures it will prove fee
ble, and of no aiail ; that, the' great body of the
party will pursue the Comes of law and order.
Counterfeit $lO biltl an the Brooklyn, (N: Y.)
Bank are in circulation. They ere well executed,
and appear to have WO altered from bill of , some
of the broken banks in this city. The spurious
bills signed P. C. 11. Brotberton, Ceshier ;J.
Q. Adams, President: letter A, payable to J. D.
Morton, dated Oct. 1,J836. . The olikeMof the,
bank are Abas. Halsey; Cashier; and W./. Cot`
sets, PoOling ) and , the genuine bilk - an Os*
NWIM
GOV. PORTERISMESSAGE.
To the'Siii and-House'of itepeentalibio ,of
.00 Conszsonweida
Ffixolr Cretzatia::--Baving, in toy foimer
messages, entered-very frilly into the financial.
condition and other general iotereatiof the date,
'I deem: it iinnecesiary to repeat the . yiewi - then.
submitted to' the Legielattdc, but armiliect tete?
to them, and say, that they; remain in all respects
substantially the same as heretofore expressed.
I shall proceed at once to call your attention to
those matters of public policy, Which seem - to re
quire, in the greatest degree, the attention .of the
Legislature. - In common with evirE State in the
Union, and with all parts of the commercial
world, the citizens oflPennsylvania are new un
dergoing the circled Of pecuniary embarrists.
ment. Business of all kinds is crippled and par
alyzed; private and public enterprise - has been.
arrested ;, the timid - alarmed, and even the bold
est staggered at impending evils. --But at is some,
consolation for ris to reflect, that these difficulties
are the bitter fruits, so far as Pennsylvania is con
cerned, of rash and impolitic legislation of p eln•
gle year, and that tione of the responsibilityi rests
upon_us.
For, upwards of ,ten years Pennsylvania had
been gradually improving her condition, and en
joying all the advantage!! that can arise kom
substantial currency, and the entire confidence of
all parts of the world. At an unfortunate period,
the banking capital, which had been, during this
flourishing season, about twenty millions of dol
len, was increased to near sixty ; and, as one of
the most fatal consequences, many unwise and
impolitic public improvements undertaken—cor
porations created for purposes far beyond their
means to accomplish—individuals contracted res
ponsibilities and entered into speculations, which
'they were totally unable to bring to s successful
close; and finally, to render the catastrophe more
destructive, the explosion of en enormous bank
bubble has crashed all 'these enterprises, public
and private, and left in every quarter of the State
some monument of blasted and public folly. It
will require a little time to' recover from the pan
ic, and to estimate, with precision, the extent of
the mischief. It will probably be found far less
than has been generally supposed. The vigor
and industry of the community, sustained as they
are by our immense Aslant resources, will soon
overcome this temporary repulse, and go on as if
it had never happened. Some will unfortunate
ly be ruined, but the great masa of the communi
ty will in the end be little affected. That por
tion of the community engaged in agricultural
pursuits is comparatively free from debt and em
barrassment, and possessed of all the benefits that
arise from favorable seasons and plentiful har
vests.
I can myself see no just ground for that despon.
dency which seems to pervade, so generally, the
minds of the people. The injury to our credit
abroad, although productive of much temporary
inconvenience, will ultimately be serviceable to the
community. - It will teach us to rely on ourselves,
to turn our attention to the development of our
own resources, and to obtain that, by our own
labor, Which we have hitherto bought upon-thist.
Whatever may be the fears of that portion of oqr
community, who are always predicting ruin, and
bemoaning the effects of causes which they do
not understand, time wilt -soon. soon prove; that the
resources of Pennsylvania, her ability to meet all
her engagements, and the respect of ,her citizens
for the plighted faith of the State,, have not been
in the slightest degree shaken, by any of the mis
fortunes under which we are now suffering. In
nearly all instances, these fears Will be found to
have had their origin in the croaking. of unpin
cipled demagogues, who are willing to undervalue
her means, and the integrity of her citizens, if
they can thereby promote their own selfish ends.
U there be any;of our citizens, who honestly be
lieve, that Pennsylvania will prove unable to per.
form sll her engagements, they will be found to
be neither very deep reasoner', nor very accurate
ly acquainted with the abundance and nature of
her. resources. If there be any of her citizens,
who think that she will prove faithless and un
willing to discharge her obligations,we may vile
ly -say, they know little of her true character, and
meet with no encoureginnent, \ or favor, from any
considerable portion of the community. To do
what she agrees to do, and to pay what she pro
mises to pay, are two of her distinguishing charac
teristics ; and he who would induce her to forfeit
either of them, will find, that he gars neither the
confidence; nor respect, of her citizens by the at.
tempt. She may be temporarily obliged to post
pone the discharge of her engagements until a more
convenient season ; but to deny the obligation it
self, or to refuse to comply with it, would be a
reproach upon her integrity, which no pultlie man
dare advisi or sanction.
However great her public debt may seem to be,
li,taz of a few cents par ton upon her coal and
iron which are scattered in every hill and valley
throughout her border*, will , as some future day
not only pay the interest on her public debt, but
the principal also, probably within the lifetime of
many of those, who are now upon the stage of
public action. This tax would be paid in a great
measure by the consumers of these products in
other States, and would be scarcely felt by hor
own citizens.—Cut off as this country novel's, and
must continue to be, from the European supply
of coal and iron, on which ikhas hitherto chiefly
depended, the day is not fir distant, when Penn.
sy 'Tanis will supply more than three-fourths of the
other States of this Union' with coal, end a majo
rity of them with iron. This is a position from
which-no legislation end no human power can
remove her. Her geographical position, and the
favorable relative locations of her coal and iron de
posits, put Pennsylvania beyond•_the reach of ill
rivalry from any quarter,,She seems to have been
destined by nature, to he the great work-shop of
the American Union : and if her citizens and her
legislature are true to' themselves, and will avoid
Aid meats of other sections
'brain beteg,
the development adt
not the language of sanguine hope, or blind coo ,
fidence, but of clear-sighted, practical experience,
of the truth of which every unprejudiced man
must be convinced, who will catfully investigate
the facts relating to her condition.
.
At the close of the lesl war, the pecuniary em
barrassment and distress, pervading our country,
were far greater •than they are now. We had just
emerged from a protracted, - expannve l 'end harrow,
ing war. The national - debt was nearly one hun
dred and thirty millions-of defiers; business of all
kind/ was brokenup ; cenfideneis wacentirely de.
moped; all classes of, community were in
debt; our banks broken and worthles s; public
feeling weakened end shaken to a degree infinite.
!y beyond what is now known ; and, worse than
all thie, rankling political animosities against the
-then 'administration of the general government had
created, or raised up, a 'powerful, unscrupulous,
and iicilent party, under - !he plansible name of the
ape= party," which threw in the way of the ad !
ministration every 'possible obstacle, in the trium
phant-prosecution of,det war, or the correction
of the evils which it'inevitahlY entailed ntale the
country.
,Itut, notwithWanding all these formW
,
sble discohregimenW, the good sense, the enter
.prise
and.'the patriotism of the people, secon ded
lbeee the n
entrusted witlillie idministretion ollhe
"peopks ineadel . thaw Owen e ntru s t e d with lb!
1
administration' of the paea* , ',who performed
their duty with floiwn - firmness - mad ; integrity.
Taxes, were seeornmeeded,- - ,leiriedi mot, paidoo
the credit sal 'honor of tiMgovernmont.—=
'confidence wu restored, busineneVerunied its ic
eustomed,Cbsanels, end enact the most ffinrisbing
seasons iii the: history at our. country mreceided.,
Thit enormous debt, in the prosesor of time, etw
tirely extinguished. Vhoie who recomineed‘d
the necessary measures to the attamme)vii this,
great. end have been rewarded! with pvi,'t-Mextd
gratitude. The honest end fearleddischerge of
duty,- will beittended whit the, seineresults now.
Our history Its never yet Jimmied a single in.
stance, in which a publierMan„who stood by the
honor of his country ineniergencies, was
in
'
not fully sustained- his efforts by his_ fellow.
citizens:,:Be ,ma y be - traduced imd villided, bat
a manly end — faithful' - discharge of duty outlives
the efforts of his traduSers. The proudest menu.
merit that a: public man can desire to leave his
children, is one incrribed—he knew his ditty—
he dared perform it—he never flinched from his
post.
The whole amount, of the present funded debt
of the state, exclusive of the deposite of the sur
plus revenue, is $37,937,788 24.
Here follows a statement of the periods when
the State Debt becolms due—how expended—the
value of property belonging to the State, which is
set down at $ 37,686,647 16, cost priceh. The
funded debt does not'include the , smount due to
domestic creditors.
The whole ,mount of Canals and Rail Roads
completed by the State, amount 0793 miles in
extent, and 1401 miles are under contract, and
nearly completed.-
The Governor states that the interest on the
public debt. Was not. paid in August laat—and cer
tificates, bearing 6 pet cent. interest were issued
to the holders of tke loan. payable in one year,
an accordance with the Act of Assembly.
He recommends the continuance of the pres
ent taxes, and calls the attention of the legislature
to the present defective mode of assessing them.
No bids were received for the pi/rebate of the
public improvements alike State. li opposed to
a sale, under the impression that they would tap
into the hands of foreign capitalists.
With respect to the revenue from the public
works, the Governor says :
ig The revenues open our public works have not
diminished in any proportion to the extent of the
embarrassments which have been thrown in the
way of trade. It hill be seen by referring to the
repoit of the Canal Commissioners, which will
shortly be laid before you; 'that notwithstanding
tie scarcity and depreciation of money, the im
paired condition of credit, end the enormous rates
of exchanges, the receipts from tolls for the fiscal
year, ending the 30th of November, 1842;
amount to $920,499 42
The expenditures, for all purposes,
for the nine months commencing
on the let March and ending 30th
Norember, 1842; amount to
Leaving an excess of receipts for the
2 '"year, over the expenses of nine
months of 530,452 72
notwithstanding the decrease in toile has been
$169,396 61
The receipts and expenditures on the main lines
have been as follows:
Toils received in All expenses and
1842. liabilities for 9
months..
Columbia Railroad, $357,461 50 $132,499 45
Eastern & Juniata
195,780 16 45,072 12
Divisions,
Allegheny Pottage
Railroad, . 124;:—:%540 06,528 63
Western Division 85,449 42 26,080 00
$762,949 42 $300,080 20
Leaving en excess of tolls over expenditures
of $462,769 28, on'the above usually deuomins
ted Tax MAIN LINE from Philadelphia to Pitts
burg.
On the DeIMMO Division and other branches
of the Canal., the excess . of tolls over expenditures,
during the same period, has been $67,683 44.
It is worthy too of remark that the expenses for
repairs alone for the nine Months have been only
$164, 526 30.
This exhibit cannot fail to inspire us with in
creased confidence in the ultimate value end use
fulness of our public works, strengthened as it is
by the fact, that there has been a falltrupotT in the
canal tolls of New York, for the fiscal year ending
30th November, of $284,361 89.
The Governor then speaks of the delapidated
condition of the works and the heavy amount re
quired to put them in navigable' condition when
be came into power—the amount of the debt due
for ordinary repairs, unprovided for, &c., which
amounted in the aggregate to $2,367,566, which
has be:en banging like an incubus on the whole
system, and which has contributed much to em
barrass its operation for the last few years. Thew.
renewals have been made, and the expenses for
repairs will be light for several yearis to come.
The bridges which cross the State Canals, and
which have been heretofore kept in repair at
the expense of the State, the Governor suggests,
ought hereafter be kept id repair at the expense
of individuals and counties, for whets use they
were constructed.
The Governor also alludes to combinations a
mong a few private companies to monopolize all
the advantages from the carrying trade on the
public works at their own prices, and hopes tter
the recent conviction at Pittsburg will remedy the
evils•complaiued of.
He refers the Legislature to the Quid Com
missioners Report for other grievances Complain
ed of, which the Legislature ought to reciedy.
Nothing:bps been done with regard to the in
corporationf private Companies, to take end fin
ish4tiose portion, of the public works tbst remain
in an unfinished state..
Claims by Domestic Creditors to the amount of
1;710,„R have been entered on the books
"natal, end only an instalment of
imountincto $ 209,-
the laborers villa
end who, the toessti
overlooked
He toeommends the withdrawal'
Notes from circulation, and suggests the sale of
the Bank, Bridge and other !toils ixtonging to
the State, and- the proceeds applied .totthe can
celling of these notes.
The attention of the Legislature is called to the
condition of the Sink of Pennsylvania. ind asks
for a law to place the State and the,Stockholders
on an equal footing. . • , -
He recommends the paiuge of the Apportion
ment Law with strict regard to the rights and in
latests of all sections of the State:
He oho recommends a clang's, in the mode of
drawing Jurors—by -using. one wheel only. and
suggests the propriety of diewhig theM in open
Court, in the presence of the Comaiimioners, the
Sheriff; and one or More \ ot z tbs - ludges of the
COurt.
• The menage, takes-sirong ground io favor of
the Common Behooli of the-State.
With raga /to- the law abolishiag impriscut
meat for ths he 'states that It IS vary defeeties,
ask aluint renderedliagary by : _the obsconty of
i-provision. qf any kw of the kind, be
• , • . -
deemed necessaiiiik sboold be one very different
from 'the presentAlaf."
lifniwcomyindeidefining:thri jurikiction of the
Criminal court of Philaderphis; and •on the sub
ject of the larity . Of the laws with regard to aim- -
ins* says r • - •
A:The tendency of public epinionfor s number
of years past, has gradually been to weaken and
relax the execution of the:criminal laws. This
morbid feeling has even reached jurors, and other
fanctioneriei engaged' in the administration of
criminal justice so that it is hot an unusual spec.
tack tu.see courts and juries convict and sentence
on_the clearest_ testimony a criminal on one day,
arid recommend his pardon to the executive the
next. These appeals, thus sustained, address them
selves with great force to the magistrate entrusted
with the power - of - pardoning " offenders, and it is
apt to be disguised, thit unless some check be
put-upon it, it will, in'the end, lead, to great in- -
justice end abuse. These remarks are made, Oat
so much with a view to invite immediate legisk-
Alen on the subject, as to . influence and temper'
the action of the legislature on subjects connected
with the criminal jurisprudence of the State."
He recommends the repeal of all supplements
to Loan and Insurance Companies, which gives
them privileges inconsistent with the original in
tention of the acts of incorporation.
The Chancery tamers granted to several of
the Courts in this State cannot be carried into op.
eration, owing to defects in the taw. He there
fore) recommends the appointment of Masters in
Chancery and Auditore i and their functions de
fined.
The State Treasurer has received her sit'sre of
the proceeds of the Sales of the Public Lands, a
mounting to $ 60,313 27.
The Governor recommend. an:appropriation to
prepare and palish the information derived from
the Geological, Survey of the State, fur the use of
the people. '
The Message then winds. up by recommending
retrenchment in the public expenditures—a strict
attention to the public business—magnanimity
and justice to political opponents-!-a short Pet
sion—and very properly remarks that oto what•
ever"department of the Government we belong,
we should remember, that our efforts to reform
abuses, and to retrench 4penditnres, will avail but
little, if we do not practice'ourselves the pnnci.
plc: we lay down for the guidance of others."
With twit or three exceptions. the Message is
patriotic in its tone—but unfortunately for the
people, the practice heretofore has always been
'contrary to the precepts laid down.
When General Harrison was nomity.ted by
the Harrisburg Conventi,.n, bets were freely of
fered that he would not carry four States in the
Union. These wagers were predicated on the
disastrous reverses which the Whip had met with
every where. Nevertheless, in eleven months.
sixteen States were revolutionized. The locos
loit.their money, Chapman's comb .was clipped,
and the people elected Harrison almost by emelt*.
motion. This , was the consequence •of Whig
exertion. What happened in 1840, will happen
again in 1844. The Whip are now about as
badly off as they were in 1839. That is, they
have lost State after State through sheer default,
as the returns abundantly demonstrate. When
the great issue of the Ptesidential question come,
to be fairly presented before the people, the Whigs
will awaken from their lethargy, and show their
numerical strength. Their ants cannot fail to
achieve a victory as signal as that of'4o. We
are not a whit discouraged_ by recent rebuffs, be
cause they plainly shore that we
,have been de
feated by went of energy and sztivity. • The Whig
party will Eight when they have a paramount oh.
ject to accomplish, end not before. The locos
poll their full strength invariably. Hence we
conclude, that at the Presidential election the let.
ter - will do very little better than they have done
this year, while the Whigs will poll their reserve
of some 200,000 or 300,000 voters..l-N. 0.
Bee.
300,046 70
WENDY Cray. The iv- 7t. Union,• Judge
Noah's Tyler paper, in an article on political song
singing, holds rho following language, in reference
to the greet statesman of the West—
..He is a statesman-of forty years sianding,
constantly before the eyes of the American people,
of great and Commanding talents--one who hen
filled various civil offices with eminent ability,—
the man who is considered the father of the Ame.
rican system—the greet defender of the Indepen
dence of the South American republics—the able
advocate and supporter of t}fs country during the
war, and the Successful negotiator of Peace. If
such a man as Henry co cannot be elected Pre.
sidenrof the United Static, by virtue of his servi
ces end talents, it is aisin eft to sing him into
office--it is dearadritg to his ch3rarter, and humi
liating to the feeling of his honest friends."
The "Pacteccs' Cons-rurcrTioa."—Son , e very
curious developiments hove been the result, in
Rhode island, . of careful inquiries into the actual
composition of the vote by which the so called
"people's constitution" was alledged to have been
adopted in December, 1841,--that constitution on.
der which Mr. Dorr claims to be the rightful
Governor. At Newport. for instance, if has been
discovered that of the 1202 votes returned as for
the constitution, 231 were given : by unnaturlized
foreigners, 52 by United States soldiers, 5 by mi.
nors and 20 by persons who either were not re
sidents or were absent from Newport at the time
of their alledged voting. Eleven persons, more.
over, are found to have - voted twice, and it is as.
eertained that several men are on the list as hay.
trig voted, who now declare that, they did not vote
at all. And all this in one town only.—N. Y.
Com.
A STIIONG Pourr. 7 —The following (tom the
evidence of Mr. Wales. is, perhaps, the strongest
point that has yet appeared, to sustain the course'
/
of Commander Mackenzie:
Q. From what you observed of the fdelings
the crew during the progress of the mutiny up td
the execution, did you believe then, or do yowl
now, that the brig could have been brought sof4
to land, if the execution of the leaders had not
taken place?
A. No, sir, end I expressed this opinion at the
Mr. Gansevoort.
1832, thes
dent who iriakes ids r-- , •ft is ru
mored that the propriet, disin;
tereattatioeireal, have salted.
in Tressnry. notes drawing 8 per . .4, iptettst.,`
bating perhaps what of that amount
have tiansferied to the TO cent. stork •of MiF
son& z
Larsn PionTsrus.—Dates from 'Go!Seaton
have teen received at New•Orleins to Dec. 18th,
but they contain nothing of interest, The pro.
needing* of Congress are of Me interest';, a fac
tious but unsuamsful attempt has been nude to
break up its session, by members absenting them.
septa. The latest intelligence represented Col.
Howard as about to march with 700 total for the
Rto'Grands, The ,President's Malaise] wu re.
ceived with - very general disapproval;
The Tyler paper. we believe,. withontla sip&
exception, take ground spinet Comniender Mc-
Kenzie: _' t
, as.--According to a statement
Messrs. Blair & Rives of the
lid fir
.public printing since
33. I%e correspon.
.
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Aniale of Quildlibet t . .
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DT SOLODON SECOND Tuomitis,,SCOOOLCIAVUUtoke
This Work, published some time , ago, has not,
.
wet think, attracted as mucle attention as its met..
its desert's. In order to place these more direct:
ly before the public, I prophse publishing some
extracts from it,oecasionalty, without designing
or. wishing however, frag their fulness to intrench
on the copy-right of thepublishers.
• The Annals open thus— - ••'
It was at the close of the year 1833—0 r rather -
I should say, at ,the opening of the . following
spring, that our borough of Quodlibet tooklhat
sudden leap to greatness, which hatoflate carried
it to be so Much! talked about: Our folkeire ie.;
. customed to 'set this (town to the removal of, the
Deposites. Indeed, until that famous event. Quad.
tibet was, as one might say in common parlance;
a place not worth talking aboutitrdightliardly :
be remarked pit the maps. But sine that date.
verily like Jeshurun it has waxed fat. It has thus'
come to pass that « the Removal " is it great
epoch in our annals—our Hcjirab—the. A. U. 0.
'of all Quodlibitatians.
Michael Gitint, a long time ego—that- is to say
full twenty years—had a Tan yard on ;Rumble:
bottom creek, occupying the very ground which!,
is now covered by the canal basin. 'Urea as far
back-es that day, he had laid up out of the earn=
ings of his trade, a snug sumo . nionej! ktrhicis
Geed to purchase the feral where he now lives at`
the foot of the Hog-bark. Quoillitret, or that ?
which is now Quodtlbet, Wall Weir as.noChing.
Michael's dwelling house and tan-yard,'--Abet :
Drawn's blacksmith shop, Christy Metlurdy's
mill, and my school house made up the sum In;
tal of the settlement. It is now ten years, ors
hard on it, since the Commissioners came this
way and put the cap sheaf on Michael's worldly
fortune by ruining his
,Tan-yarrand breaking up
his business, whereof the dainsges was so taken
to heart by the jury; that in their rage, iigiinat in
ternal improvements theibrought in a verdict
which doubled Mr. Grant's estate in ready money
besides leaving him two acres of town , lots bor
dering
on the basip, which they say are worth
more to-day than the whole Tan yard with
appurtenances ever was worth in its best time.
This-verdict wrought a strange appetite in our
county amongst the land holders to be ruined in
the same way ; and I truly believe it was a 'chief
cause of the unpopularity of internal improve
'clients in this neighborhood, that the Commisson
ers were only able to destroy the farms on the
low lands, which fact it was said, brought down
the price of the upland:on. the whole line of the ,
canal, besides creating a great deal of ill humor
amongst all who were out of the way of being
•
damaged in the same way as Mr. Grant.
With rho money which this verdict brought
him, Mr. Grant improved a part °this WS - acres.
which he was persuaded to cut np into town lots ,
by building the brick tavern and the store which`
stands next door to it. These wero the first build-.
iege of any note in tiuodlibet, and are generally
supposed to hive given 'rise , to the incorporation.
of. the borough by the Legislature. Jesse Ferret t 4.
stook a lease of the tavern as Ilion as it was fin
ished, and set up the sign of the Hero —meaning .
thereby General Jackson. The store was rented!.
by Frederick Barndollar for his son Jacob, who .
was just then going to m irry Ferrett's daughter
Susan, and open in the Iron and Flour Forwards.
ing and Commission line in comphny with An 4
thony Hardbottle, his own brother-in-111W. .
This was the state of thinis in Quodlibet five
years before the o Remover," from which period
up•to the date of the Remvakeyhough Barndol—
tar and liardbottle did a toleishle, business, lend
Permit had a fair ran there were net
above a dozen new teninie .
but a bright destiny was in reserve ilAiuodlibet.
Sketches of the history of the patriotic. Copper
Plate Bank of Quodlibet.
* •
92 4, P
I think it was in the very month of thri Itemov..„
al of the Deposita!' that Theodore Fogg tiriltecup "
at Tumbledown on the other side of the Hegbark,
and came over to Quodlibet to Practise law, And
it was looked upon as a very notable thing, thiSP
in the course of the following winter Ricntleas
Handy should have alsoguitted Tumbledown and
brought his sign as tottery agent to Quodlibet,
and set pp that business in our borough. • There.
was a wonderful intimacy struck up between him.
and Fog, and a good many visits were made by -
Nicodemus during the fall before' he came to set-.
ale. Our people marvelled at this matter and
were not a little puzzlsd to make out the meaning•
of it, knowing that Nicodemus' Handy was a.
shrewd man and not likely, without some good'
reason for it, to strike up a friendship with a per.;-f
son so little given to business as Theodore Yogg •
—who being-considered high flown in speech, and
ratherlutid of living about Ferrett'a bar room, it
was thought strange that Nicodemusi wlio is
plain spoken and cf temperance principles skould •
have taken up with him. It was not long after
Mr. Handy had seated himself in Quodlibet, and
placed his sign at the door of a :weathetboardell;
office,len by twelite, and within- a stone throW
of Foggs, before the public_ were favored with an •••
insight into the cause of this intimacy between -
these two friends. •
This was disclosed in,a plan for establishing
the patriotic Copper Plate Bank of Quodlibet, the
particulars whereof were made known at-a meet
ing held in the dining room of the Hero' one
evening in March, when Theodore Fogg made's
flowery speech on the subject to ten pergens,
countity, Fefrett and Him Porter, the barkeeper.
The capital of the Bank was proposed to be half
a million, and the stock one hundred dollars a
share, of which-one dollar was to be paid (i) and 1 ,
the remainder to be sr cured by prumixtry ,note*
payable on &mond, if convenient. !
. .
This excellent scheme found many supporters,.
and accordingly when the time came for action, •
the whole amount was subscribed by' Handy,
Fogg, and ten of their particular friends, who hatli. •
en - eye to being directors and officers of the Bank. -..
—to whom might also be added about thirty boat- -
men, who, together with the boys of my Acatle- -
my lent their names to Mr. Handy. •
Through the liberality of Fogg, the necessary ;?•
cash was 'supplied out of three hundred dollars,
the remains Of a canal fund in his hands belong-
ing to a family of Orphans in the neighborhood::
of Tumbledown, who had not yet had occasion to- -
know from their attorney, the said Theodiare him- •
self, of their success in a cause relating to this '
fund, which bad been gamed some months before.
As Nicodemus manliked the 'subscriptiort; which , -,-
indiedthe did with wonderful skill, these three
, bundtl TAU went.a- , great way in making up .*
',1*.418
pst a considerably more. han a
,ma- '
ton stock :Ibis being adjusted, he under;
took's t to- the Legislature, where through the
I disinterestetlisiertiMis of sumo staunch democuti:."
is friends'he procured a most oneleePtiortablei - ",
.
cnartir for the Bank; full of ill sorts Of provisionk "`
conditions, and Clauses necessary to enable it to '.
ficcommodate the public with as much paper mon-- .,
ey ea the said public could desire.'
• In consideration of these great services, Mr.
Handy elected himself ... Cashier, and at the same
time had- well nigh fallen into' a quarrel-with -.
'Pegg, who had' set his heart 'on being President •
—which; in view of the fact, that that. gentle. , •
man's habits wireamiretvbat irregular alter tfrelie
o'clock in • the :day, NicOdemns would, by no.
Means consent to. This diasentlon however was.
seemingly heekid IT bringing in is Ilrefilderittet.n