ir
itis family, tf his wages increased wlili 1
like increasing expansion of out, credit sys
tem, aggravated in "its efiVcts by the im,
joeuse sales of State bonds In Europe, still 1
the prices of till the necessaries of lifo roso
in a greater pioportion, and lie was not ben
efited. might mention, also, tho vast mo
nopoly pf pork produced by a combination
of in'diViddals extending from Doston to
Cincihirati, which by means of bank facili
ties, -succeeded 1h raising the price of that
Viecessary of life to an enormous pitch.
what then did the laborer gain even at tho
time of '-the greatest expansion ! Nothing
literally nothing. The "laborers wcro a
suffering class, even in the midst of nil this
delusive proapciity. instead of being able
tb lay by any thing for the present day of
adversity, winch waa u necessary conse
quenceof the system, tho laborer was even
then scarcely able to maintain himself and
'his family. His' condition has been terrible
during the past Winter. In view of those
Tacts. I said :
' All other circumstance being equal, I
ngreo vhh tho Senator from Kentucky that
that "Country is most prosperous where labor
'commands the lueiicst wagos. l uo not,
however, mean bv tho terms Vlimhcst wa
ges,1 the greatest nominal amount, During
'the Revolutionary war, one day's work coin
manded a hundreihlollars of continental pam
per; but this would scarcoly havn purchase
ed a breakfast. The more pioper expres
sion would be, to say that that country is
taotft prosperous where labor commands
'the 'greatest reward; where ono day's labor
will procure, not the greatest nominal a-
mount of a denreeiatcd currency, but most
of the necessaries and comforts of life. If,
therefore, you should, in some degree, re
duce the nominal pfice paid for labor, by
reducing the omoOnt of your bank issues
Vvithiu reasonable and safe limits, and es
Hablishing a metallic basis for your paper cir
culation, would thus injure tho laborer? Cer
tainly, ndi; because the price of all the neces
saries and comforts of life are reduced in the
same'nroportion, and he will be able to pur-
xhasoihore of them for one dollar in a sound
Vnrrrncv. than he could havedone.in tho days
of extravagant expansion, for a dollar and
a quarter. So far from injuring, it will
greatly benefit the laboring man. It will
insnrn to him teonstant employment and
ropular prices. 'paid in a sonnd currency
which, pf all things, he ought most to de
ire; and it will save him from being invol
Ved in ruin bv a recurrence of those peri
ftdical expansions and contractions of tho
teurrencv. which have hitherto convulsed
the country."
Newk ih Is not my meaninc clearly ex
hressed in this ParaGraph? 1 contended
that it would not injure,;but greatly bench
the laboring man, to prevent the violent an
ruinous ecnausion. and contractions to
whMl Q"r currency was incident; and by
bo the consequence T That, if the laborin
man couiu noi receive as great a iiomina
ameunt for hi labors as hd. did " in tho day
of extravagant expansion," which must
ways, Under ourpiesent system, be of short
uurationj no would be indemnified, and fai
more than indemnified, by the constant cm
ployment, the regular wages, and tho tint
form and more moderate prices of tho ne
ccssahes and comforts of life, which a more
stable currency would produce. Can thi
proposition be controverted. I think not
It is too plain for argument. Mark me, sir;
I desire to produce this result, not by es
tablishing a pure metallic currency; but ' by
reducing the amount of your bank issues
wnnin roasonaDie anu sate limits; and esfab
Pishing a mctaMiMbasis'bf 'vbur bapeYcircu
lation. Thojilea.plaiuly expressed is. that
-it i better mucli'better, for-"tile labonnif
man, as wen as lor every otner class ol so
- - .1 1 M
ciety, except the speculator,1 that the bus
ness of the country should bo placed upon
inai nxeu ana permanent loundation whic
would be laid by establishing such a ban
reform as would render it certain that bank
notes should be always convertible into gold
anu suvsr.
And yet th:s plajn and simple exposition
bf t&y views has been.seized inon by those
who desire to make political capital out of
meir perversion; anu u nas ueen represon
teu tar and wide, that it Was my desiro to
reduce wages down to the prices received
Dy the miserable serfs and laborers of Eu
ropean despotisms. I shall mdst cheerful
.i - I,. . .i. .
iy leave we puouo 10 ueciue uetweeri me
nd my traducers. The Senator from Mas
sachusetts, after having attiibuted to me th
Intention of reducing the wages of labor to
the hard money standard, through the agen
cy of tho Independent Treasury bill, has
added, as an appendix to his speech, a statp
inent made by tho Senator from Maryland
Mr. Mehkick,3 df the prices of labor in
these hard money despotisms! and it is thus
leu to be interred that I am in favor of re
diicing the honest and independent laborer
of this gloiious and free country to the same
degraded condition. Tho Senator ought to
hnow mat mere is too much intelligence
among the laboring classes in this highly
nvoreu lanu 10 oe lea astray Dy such repro
Dentations.
8. Payment of wages in a sound enrren
ry. under the present unrestricted bank
"U yicm miis is entirely oui ol tho ques
Hon. Nothing can ever produce this eiTec
except tho absolute prohibition of the issue
aim circulation of small notes As Jong
bank notes esint of denominations so low
as to render it possible to make them thi
medium of Davmbnt for ti itnv's nr n nt'
labor, so lone will tho laborin-r man bo com
palled lo nccoptj'the very worst of these
riolosKr lm wages. Unless it may be at
perlodfc of the highest expaniion, when lu
bor is lii tho very greatest demand, notes
of ddublful credit Wilt always be fdibbd Up
on hita. Tiiis was emphatically tho ease
ftcr'tho explosion of the banks in 1887.
lo 'could then procure huthlng for his work
but i!ae miserable shinplaster eurroney With
which the country wad ihundatud. 1 his
ho would not lay by for a rainy day, becnuso
he did not know at what moment it might
Veer mo altogether worthless on his hands.
1 ho effect of it was to destroy all habits ol
economy, ucsides, as a class, laborers sui
far more from counterfeit and brdkon bank
notes than any other class of society. In
order to affoid tho laborer tho necessary
protection against those evils, ho ought nl-
wavs to be paid, and would, lrom necessi
ty, always be paid, in gold and silver, if
the issue and circulation uf small notes were
entirely prohibited.
Thus, it will bo perceived, that without
the imposition of wholesomo lestncimns
updn the banl s, tho laboring man can nev
er expect to receive either constant employ-
ment, or steady ana luir wages, puiu in a
sound currenev, or to pay uniiorin prices
for the necessaries and comforts ol lifo,
which ho is obliged to purchase. Under
our present system every thing is in a stale
of constant fluctuation and change. Prices
aro high to-dav, low to-morrow. Labor is
in demand to-day, there is no employment
to-morrow. There is no stability, no uni
formity, mder our present system. Of all
men, laborers are the most interested in sncu
a wise regulation of the banking systein,
by tho Slates, as would prevent the vio!un
expansions and contractions m ino currency,
and Hie consequent suspension ot specie
payments under which we have been suf-
lering. Why, under our present system, wo
enduro the evils both df an exclusre hard
moucv currency and a bloated paper ays
tern, without exnerieuninr the benefits of
either. The one s tho inevitable conse
quenee of tho other. At the present mo
ment we havo reached a point of depres
sion in the currency which the Senator from
South Carolina Mr. Calhoun considers
as low, or lower, than the hard money stan
dard. Here we are, without credit, because
no man, for the prosecution of his nceessa
ry business, c'ait procure a loan from the
banks. They are now in that state of ex
hauBiion which is the inevitable consequence
of their former highly excited action. Tho
case which Senators supposed might exisi,
should Wo suddenly adopt a hard mnney
currency, uxiss already. The mail who
purchased a properly but ono year ogrf, in
the days of the highest expansion, for two
thousand dollars, and paid half ihepurdiafta
money upon it, could, at this ' 'moment of
depression, scarcely sell it for tho remain
ins one thousand dollars. This- is'onu of
the greatest evils of our present ever chang
shall bo applied.
Hut the Senator from Massachusetts has
appealed to the ballot box ill the most sol
emn nrnner( as the means of freeing the
cotinlry from the calamities which, he says
I havo admitted would flow fiom the pas
sago of iho Independent Treasury bid. I
unito with him most freely in this appeal.
His fear of the result in his own Stale is
probably tho best excuse which ' ho could
make for tho maimer in which he has Hea
ted my speech. The morning is not mere
ly dawning upon old Massachusetts; but a
beautiful 3iid brilliant Aurora is now shed
ding her light upon it, and giving pionii3e
of a bright and glorious day. Wo have al
,oastan equal' chance with the frieVds of,
the Senator, ofca'rrying Massachiisetsj..
jjr M r, hAVebster, As good a chance as
wo havo of carrying Pennsylvania ?
Mr. B.'said i before I take myjecat I shall
answer this question! but at present I am
speaking fof the' Senator's State'.- Twill
not venture absolutely lo predict success to
the cause of the Administration in Massa
chusetts at the next election, althougn my
hopc3 are high. Year afler year tho eauso
of correct principles has been gradually ad
vancing in that ancient and renowned Com
monwealth; and such a revolution in pub
lic opinion never goes backward.
The Senator appeals' to the polls, and ex
pects that the laboring men of the country
will come to the rescue. . In this I venture
to predict he will bo entirely mistaken.
He will find it to be a Herculean task to
persuade the laboring man tiiat the party
with which he is identified is friendly to
him and to his inteiest. What have we
heretofore witnessed in the Senate T When
the preemption bill was beforo this body,
the Senator from Maryland Mr. Mermck
attempted to deprive the poor man who had
fled from tho oppression of Europe to seek
a home in the far West from enjoying i.s
benefits unless ho were a naturalized citi
zen. His proposed amendment was sus
tained by distinguished Whig mombers in
debate bat was voted down by the. friends
of the Administration. Again, sir, what
parly is it which, wiih some honorable and
distinguished exceptions, has always op
posed these pre-emption laws ? Is not the
poor mau who goes into the wilderness,
settles upon the public lauds, erects himself
a cabin, and expects to maintain and rear
his family by the labor of his hands, enti
tled to our protection ? To permit him to
purchase his quarter section of land on
-which ho has settled, at the minimum price,
in preference to all others, is but sheer jus
to him, and experiencp has proved that it
diminishes the receipts of the Government
but two or three cents per acre. Which, is
(hp party thut ha? ever opposed this equil'v
. 4. ...
ble and just principle; and, by the course j
which it has pursued, would afford the I
speculator an oppoituphy of enriching him-1
self, by purchasing the house and the home !
Of this poof settler Over hi headj ttlid thus
depriving him ol the iruitsoi iiis honest la
bor ! JNo, siri no : tho laboring men of the
country kiidw too well which parly is iheit
true friends to bo persuaded to enlist unijur
the Whig banner by hhts Senator of Mas'sa-.
chusctts.
Tho ri&hl of sufTraee is the most sacred
political right which the citizens of a free
Government can enjoy. Like the right of
conscience, it ought ever to bo regarded us
a question between the individual man and
his Maker, with which no humau power
ought to interfere, unless by convincing the
reason. This is mo very inundation upon
which our Republican institutions rest.
All men are regarded as equal in tho sight
of tho law; and they ought all, therefore,
to bo equally free whotl they approach the
ballot box. I ask, lian this principle been
respected in rcga.nl to iho laboring man in
our extensive nanufufctories ? Havo they
never been to'd that uuless they voted ac
cording to. tho dictation of their employer,
they should be immediately discharged I
Have they never evell been accompanied lo
iho polls by their employer or his agent, to
see that the tyranical mandate should bu
carried Into .execution ? 'The man who
would 'act in such a manner; and thus abuse
ihe liltlo brief authority which his station
has given him over his fellow men, is at
heart a despot and a tyrant. These things
I have never Witnessed myself, but havu of
ten heard.
I now cOme lo answer the question pro
poundecd to mo by the Senator from Mas
sachusetts Mr. Wnnsrcn in regard to the
political prospects iij Pennsylvania; and
permit mo here tn say, that ''although I do
not complain, 1 should not havo been the
iiMt to introduce such topics'upon this floor.
Unlike some of my friends in tho Opposi
tion, 1 havo inado'"i)o predfciinna.herO which
the result has noi venficd. I am, therefore,
entitled tb some little character as a proph
et, whi.ih, sma l as it may be, I should ho
sorry to lose. The smoko which was rais
ed by late Whigrjiujonal. Convention has
had time lo vanish away; "and wo can now
see objects in their true colors and just pro
portion?" I have endeavored to.view tins,
party struggle in my own State jn the light
ol truth, so as not to. deceive myself oroth-
ors; and 1 have I nut tho best opportunities
uf acquiring correct information. I now
declaro thai I firmly believe tho Keystone
State will remain true to her ancient politi
cal faith; mid from present appearances, no
future event can be more certain than that
she will sustain the present Chief Magis
trate and his principles, by a triumphaii. ma
jority. There Is a circumstance wlitolfn my
opinion, renderr the result absolutely cer-
.tairu ItJuqjnriidpuUiaejoJUlxfift',1-;
during tho administration of Governor Icit-'j
ner In what manner did that administra
tion treil the laboring men employed upon
the public works ? No laboring man was
permitted to remain in the employment Of
ino oiaic, unless lie would pledge, himself
to support the re-clectibu of Governor Itit
ner. He was deprived of Ihp means of
earning his bread by the swet of his brow,
unless ho would abandon his right to feel
aud to think and to act, as a free and inde
pendent cilizec of the Commonwealth, hi
many instances, tho superintendents on ciui
rail-roads and canals marched up to the
polls at ihq head of numerous bands of the
laborers, 'Hi enforce a'doniplianco with the"
plcdgeshjuh had,tjiu3 been extortod from
them, and lo see that they voted for. Gov
criior Ititner. The' election came-, and Gov
ernor Urlnei was defeated at the polls by a
handsomo majority. Immediately' after-
'Wards, it was announced from high official
anlhouty that this election should be treated
as if it had never taken place. The attempt
to carry this mandate into execution pro
duced what has been mosfunjustly called
the mob. A revolution was threatened, but
the leaders iled from the fearful responsibil
ity which they had assumed, at the first mo
mont of fancied danger; and what had be
gun in tragedy, thus ended in broad farce.
No, sir, I shall not say one word to the
prejudice of General Huiison. It is his
mial'orlune in Pennsylvania to bo identified
with the leaders of the party which I have
described. They are his chief and most
prominent supporters, and wero tho most
active and influential iri procuring his nomi
nation; and they are -sufficiently heavy to
drag down any cartdidate for the'Presidency
in Pennsylvania to whom they are political
ly bound. This very fact will lose Gener
al Harrison thousands of independent Whi
voles in Pennsylvania. I trust I havo now
sufficiently answered tho inquiry of ihe
Senator from Massachusetts.
6cn. Harrison tit Home. The Cincin
nati Advertiser states, that the whjgs, a
short timo since, called a meeting in Gen.
Harrison's own neighborhood, to which
they invited "both p.rlies." At the ap
pointed tithe, a large number of citizens as
sembled. The loaders in the affair had
prepared a number or Whig resolutions.but
on prosnting them to Ihe meeting, after an
animated debate, they were voted down.aiid
others, approving of iho present administra
tion adopted.
The Providence (It. h) Journal, is dread
fully alarmed at tho reduction in the price
of onions, They ought lo rejoicfe. Whig;
tears for. the poor, can be produced nt a
much cheaper rate, in contequcn(e',
M AYS AND MtiANS.
Mr. FlkVNikem, Chainhaii-Ol tlib rum
mittre of Vay and Means, fn&de a mit
excellent report to the House on tfiu 18i
Instant. It is n document of xuch gicat
length as to exclude it from our columnn at
present. Thu house, however, ordered
three thousand copies in ihe English ami
fifteen hundred in the German, to be print
ed for distribution. Possibly wo inay find
room for it hereafter, and if so, shall take
great pleasure in laying it before our rea
ders. In tho mean time it must be satisfac
tory to iho public lo leant that the credit nf
the commonwealth, allll her ability to meet
present engagements, and any future ap
propriations to complete the public works,
ate upheld in tho report upon a substantial
basis, and with great force and deafness
''Good faith and a punctual performance of
contracts on tho pari of tho commonwealth
are insisted on, not only as the ground 01
of her credit heretofore, but the means of
pctsqrviiig it hereafter both from being Im
paired aud from the unfavorable terms
which would bu imposed if she fail to meet
her contracts, in any loau.4 which she may
have abrasion to make.
The annual deficit in the revenue of the
stale ts set down at $1,087,748, which
must be borrowed lo pay interest on the
present debt, and bo constantly increasing
if other mcaiw cannot be devised. To u
void siich manifest evil, the committee re
commend taxation in such form as to be the
least expensive and inconvenient to tho
community. Throo objects of luxation are
b. ought in view, viz: capital, consumption,
and production from which, however, the
last is excluded as Inexpedient In oiir rela
tion to othfer stales. But to ehow the abili
ty of tfie statu to bear taxation on capital
and consumption, the quota paid in tax and
duties to the general government, in 1815,
to sustain the late war with England, is put
down at 32,110,078, as deduced fiom pub
lic documents.- At thai time the population
was about 900,000 sotilw ; aud it is now
computed to be 1.775,000, and able nt thai
rale to pay 3,928,800, showing not only
her capacity to liquidate her present debt by
a system in no wise oppressive, but like
wise to complete her improvements with
out borrowing a dollar. I ho report, how
ever, considers tho system then adopted by
the general government as inexpedient, as
it imposed taxes oil production. Nor is it
deemed nccessaryi there beine other ohiecis
that will bear taxation sufficiently to ruite
the required tevnnuo,
In 1815, the direct tax on land In Pcnn'
sylvauja was !?730,058, antl the valuation
of real cMatc $1) 10,033,88!). Estimating
the valuation according to the population at
this tiniPj it will amount to 8010,000,000,
and u tax of JlO acnls on the $100 would
produce $1,038,000. The tax on cnrrla
ges in 1813, Wiia $20,000, and by thfe same
will he perceived in the niodoTAvTTiHiiuT4
.h i f t ii in a ftnnr fll 1T
I.OIUIIUUU13 uunves irom. experience in its
assessments, and thus. . '.,.
The plan brought into view Ui, as, fol
lows ;
Tax on refallatej,
" Carriagest
r'
,S1,937,0Q0
CO.OOO
108,000
" vSO.OOo
.in nnn
' Stamps,
FirQiture and watotics, -
' Licenses tu brokers,
V if011!!. Mortage, ground
' . rents and stocks.
250,000.
ii
it
Addition to auction duties,
Salaries and cmolnmenti of
100,000
oiucei
r. 20,000,
, , , " , ' ' 2,505,000
ueutici tor iocs aad expense of ".M
'tcollqutiuii -Wei'''' ,1
i'j0i8S0
Hilt the! dotnmilteo sav. as a Ichs nninnnt
Ulan iho aliovo will meet the object in view
iho reduction can best be made by striking
out the amount set opposite the Item of re'id
estate, being now burdened by all county
expense?, and but liltlo of it bearing like
money at imprest, Aic, 6ix per Cent on its
v.duntitin. This lax on real estate is theie
fore not recommended, but on the contrary
it is maintained that iho land-holder should
bo exompt from it so long as other sources
arc found to bo sufficient. And in connec
tion with this view the committee refer to
the other immense resources of our great
commonwealth, which are yot scarcely o
peucd up tho fields of coal andiron, and
other minerals which are so rich and cxlen
Bivc within our borders.
. For raising immediate means, tho com
mittee recommend the sale of stock hold by
the stnto, in the Hank of Pennsylvania,
Philadelphia Uank and Farmers and Mo
ohanics' llatlli which amounts to 32,108,
700. They also recommend the sale of tho
I.ocomotivos and other property on tho
statu rail roads, leaving thorn open to indi
vidual enterprise and competition. This
property together is estimated to amount to
$2,250,000.
The committee deeervo great praUo for
urging the creation of a sinking fund.
Such a thing has been found oiTeclivo in
the financial arrangements of othor.gnvcrn.
nienta, and has long been considered pecu
liarly adapted to tho condition of this state
by onr experienced statesmen.
They also suggest that in future when
,tho Legislature borrows money lor any pur
pose they should provide means for its
payment. Such a course would havo tho
salutary effect of keeping the pcoplo ad
vised of Iho extent ihev are likely to bo in
vol veil. " - ,
-Tim bill provides :
rirtt That all ground rants, monoy nt
interest, promissory nolef, bills, bond",
judgments, bank and other rlioney stock,
are to pay a yearly tax of one half of one
per centum on every dollar,
"Second That all household
over 9U00 all gold or'sllver phjle. 'and all
pleasure carnages .10 pay a Itix 01 two pr
centum on. each dollar of value,
Third-That all gold'leverwithhcsipay
A tax of Si 00 each common gold'wa'tche
$1, each wilvcr levers.Sl.-rrCoinmon silver
50 cents each,- per yc-ar.. . J.,
Fourth Alt salaries and emoluments of
ofiico lo be subject lo a tax of one per cent. 1
on every dollar of value.
Fifth and leirtaihlng provisions of the
hill, picseribe the manner &e. of collecting
and bf taking assessments.
lGih. Sec. Provides that the act shall
continue iii'fbrcc five years.-
It is impossible to do justice to the abl
report in an article of this sort. .It must b8'
read entire and attentively to do "it fuH'crei
dit. due thing,' however, wo cannot for
bear saying, 'frflf it shows and sustains
the title of the commonwealth and 'the ''
Pennsylvania community lo tini amount
ofcrtdit ihe needs, on a foundation so sure;
and steadfast that no circumstance but a
voluntary breach of her faith, and conse
quent surrender bf her hdnoi, ban affect." '
1'enha. llepoplct. ' .
John Taylor, jr., of Carolone whd ami
nominated by the Whig convention as their
elector, for that district, ha3 declined ilia
lonor. He is not lor Harrioon does not
iippruve his principles and cannot there-.
foro vote for him. As it has been with Mr."
Taylor so it will bo wilh nlhcr of the Vir
ginia politicians. The Tariff and Internil
Improvement notions ot the Whig nominee
his non cdmmittalism upon the bank ques
tion and his attitude towards tho Aboli
tionists, are not such prlntiplea as will en
dear him to Virginia politicians and sccuro
him their support. The people ounht to
recollect that in 183C his colleague for tho
vice rrc.tidency, Was Uranijor or New
Y'ork a full bloodud abolitionist, and that
this ticket received tho support at that timo
of the whole Abolition interest in tho North
I heso facts explain the course of Mr. Tay
lor. Virginia Vallei) Slat'
AWI-Uh DISCLOSURE OF FIVfi
MURDERS IN ONE FAMILY.
The prani.fort (Kentucky) Common
wealth of tho 17lh inst, giea the following
revolting particulars in aletterfrom Greens
burg, in that state, dated March 8. It ap
pears there lived, in Julys 1833, about 7.
miles from that townj an aged woman nam
ed Lucinda White, with her two sons, aged
11 and 13, and a daughter-in-law (whoia
husband lives in the iuutliern slates) with
an infant about 20 months old. Intending
-;"x-outh-in the month of July lfi3rt
above, a mau named 'Jarinton Si-mnn
undertook to convoy them, and on a certain
night he setoff with tho younger Mm."
Whim, the imam and ihe younger boy, .U
on pack horse. In about a mile, Simpson i
knocked them on the head till they ware
dead, and buried them in a holo two foet
deep, near an old out-hodse. Tho next '
morning the elder boy was sent off from the
home of his mother, and tho same night the
Old woman was killed, and buriad in tht
same hole, and in a week after, the olrlur
boy reluming, was also killed and buried
in iho same place making five human be
ings murdered ! Suspicions lately led to
the arrest of Simpson, and 00 or 70 men
turned out and found the bones and an in
quest was held. Simpson has confessad,
uud implicates two others whose name ' '
aro concealed. The fiend killed them for"
their properly, which consisted of a few
brds and old furniture, altogether not worth
8100. The two implicated by Simpson,
and the family of the latter, have all been
arrested. This deed of blood almost out
herods all that has blackened the annals of
odr country.
Jl Clergyman Frozen lo Death. X fiir" '
weeks ago.ns we Ienrn from the jlurlington
IoWa, Pittriot, tho Rev. Samuel Leonard
left that place on horseback in very feebhi
health, tho weather being exceeding cold.
After going some distance, ho stopped to
warm himself at a house, afid while ho was
thero, his horse broke loose and escaped.
.Mr. L. followed his horsa on foot till -.
Came to another house, where lie requested-1'
id bo allowed to stay all night, but was ro-' '
fused. He passed on to tho next house,
ihe lady told him that shn had several chil
dreu, only ono room, and no spare bedding,
but that she was willing to ihako him nj -
comfortable as possible under the cireum--'
stances, Unwilling to put her and her fam-' '
ily to iueonvenienco he passed on, but be
fore reaching another house, perished of tho .
cold.
He was a preacher of the Cumberland"
Presbyterian order, and about 50 yeafs of
age. Ho hd boon engaged as a Missiona
ry among tho Western Indians, and.ws
once a teacher irv Col. R, M. Johnson's In
dian Academy, at tho Great Crossings.
Tho following was endorsed on a letter -V
lately received al ihe Natchez l ost office
"The PoMmostor will confer a favor by in-
forming Mr. Wallace of this letter, or sen
ding it lo him by the first opporluniiy, aa
ho moved'inlo your county about tho first
of December lust, and I think lives nt n dis- )
tance from your post office. If you aro a
Kllfftln mm it ...III U .1. .. . ii .
-" i i uu tmiiii vnur nouoie w
go, as ho has a very pretty daughter.