Star of iljc ftortl).
R. W. WEAVER, KOTVOfi.
nioonißbarc, Wrdac-day, Nov. 23, 1831.
Congress.
Tho first aesnion of l)ic 35th Congress will
meet in llie Cily ot Washington oil ihe first
Monday being the 7th day of December
There is a decided democratic majority in
Both branches, and the Senate will be pre
sided over by Vice President Breckinridge.
It is now thought that Hon. James L. Orr of
South Carolina will bo elected speaker of
the lower house; and wo know of no man
whose experience and ability more thor
oughly fit him for that post. The Hon. J.
Clancy Jones of Pennsylvania, whose claims
have been warmly urged in many quarters
still persists in declining Ihe distinction. Il
ho had consented to tho use of his name
tlicro is no doubt of his election. He would
make an abio and impartial speaker.
Kansas.
We said last week that the press and par
ty of the Black Republicans wanted to make
Kansas a slave Stale; while the Democrats, '
Walker, and the administration were bend- I
ing all their onergios to give a Iree popular
expression to tho citizens. That has been '
obtained—so far so g.tt'd- 'Now let the Co- I
vpntion put tho Constitution agreed ttpon |
fairly la-fore tho people, and Buchanan \vi!! 1
see that they have a fair vote upon the sub- j
ject, ami we will answer for the result.— J
Kansas will be a free State, because tin-
Buck Republicans are not strong enough to
make a Slave State of it. That subject the
next Congress will also have in charge, ami |
it will be honestly and fairly dealt with.
••>
I'lnh.
Brigham Young and his followers have
declared that they will resisl the officers and
authority of the United S-ates; and they
seem to be arming, and preparing to dispiue |
by force and arms tho national authorities.
The Mormons are nearly all unnaturalized
citizens, squatters upon the public domain, j
who have no more right there than the great |
Mogul. Il President Buchanan ami the
Congress do not bring them to terms ami
expel them Iront the territory we shall be
greatly mistaken. They are the terror and
disgrace of the country—they must be dealt
■with in n summary manner
The Currency.
Among the important questions likely to
ciinio before the next Congress is that of the
Cmrotiex The system of stnte banking, as
practiced among us will he overhauled, and
some conclusion arrived at as to the power
possessed In a state to delegate power which
it does not it sell possess. Ihe time lor
Milne reformation in this matter hasarrived.
ami the late financial revulsion, extending
throughout the whole country, has aroused
thinking men i:i every quartet and the
syustinti tins been w hat istho cause, and what
the remedy? t Vice move theie will lea con
test about Denton s mint drops, and again
we shall see the people's currency bear oti
the palm.
Jtiiuk A nitres.
We ate in teceipi ol Leonard Scdtl \ i o
reprint el the Westminister tjoanerly he
view (or October. ISA/. It is a splendid No
containing articltx ol "Female Dress in a.-
' Political Driest ' .hnlab . or an adventure
in Malayan Waters Hsslory ot Civilization
re K.ugUnd. Auroa Leiglt ltie l out Km
)>wcs. Tie t'.ieophoroe o -T.-chjlas. Kep
n'seuiaiivtt Government. Wha! i* it good lot!
Monimseu's Roman History. The Progress
i t Kngltsb Jurisprudence. Cotraipoigry l.' 1
r'atnre.
The Westminister, with the London. P.J
iuburft, and Nor.lt British ißt.iner i Review,
and Blackwood's Magaruie, monthiv. are re
published in New Vork from advanced sheets
by Leonard Neon N Co at 610 par annum
Kit ike entire series. The price ot either one
el the works, taken singly, is 63 a year.
A Murderer t'divided•
Pfjncis Burns, w ho was arrested some two
r dire* weeks ago, in the viciilty ol P.nsion.
fertile murder ot hi* wit*, w* tried las'
ueek at Wilkes-Rarre, tid the Ju'v on Sat
urday. alter retiring for sioul ifnr;v min
utes tendered a verdict of "rvnr.'cr in the
second degree —This rr me ot winch
Hnms is convicted, we believe is punished
by la'prieonment of not less than ten years
I. was an aggravsied esse, and we arc socio-
Moat surprised at die rest:!!.
Fur ra Piiisttm.
We learn that on Friday tight Usr at
a Lou; oi e o'clock, a tin? broke out in sSioie
txwrve beloremt to F-qn-re Red tie. opposite
:he Butler House, which entire y consumed
it togeiber * ,;tt a small buikht.g sJronirg
it. which was alo tie propeny of Kscuire
Redd'fl, used *s a jest ice's effioe and a Doc
tor's tdKce. beforb 'be deroc-irg e'ercen"
could be stayed. We bate ret heard thr
I Miicu-urs olibe or gin ot ihe li-e. We un
. ervtanu li ee as o u trance upon the
propery destroyed.
btviaoci Vrxwx—Our lha .ss arc J-to
to Wesley W,r.. F-rq . for some very h..e
veiuiscr. received the pas; week he has
i-ee.: , r. a hur,:...g excursion a: Long Pond.
6ii...va ODMtr, and k, . c*i live* tine
iJeci -,:Vi..g '.he ;r{* He ..as quite a laste
to; -.bescsaaace or heeling.
XW The Me :,e. is A (serve j-a-.mn had rhe
Re* Mr Wsnsi io jve-arh the firs: sertr.av,
lettbi iemirf room cf V-ie-tr rew Oinrcf. or
Jar* Sere ? ever.-we The Murse was crowd
ed sad svw&e lorrr vers.- ns 0.-ald nor obcair
tdaMM. ITier disTu rsec vey orflerly.
Ef JTii ynuri as- otter placet of bus.
cess ■ iil k is Intel -*£ otTaaaki--
{
tW lWOm v-i- gruia *c tins re*D* v
pso uaJhr fosng aown
I O" The Tosqiiehantiaflcer at this plsm
1 was raised to a pretty high water-mirk fa*
weak. The rain north of here most hnv
been very severe. There was a large amonn
of flood wood floating down ti>e river. an<
we learn that in a number of instance* wholt
fields of corn were swept away. The rain A
this place was >ery light, end done little o<
no damage ; bet we learn that some town*
along 'tvo river, between Irere and Elmira,
were completely inundiled, doing much dam
nee. At Elmira, some portion of the track
of the N. Y. & Erie Railroad was carried ofl
by the freahel, interrupting the regular pas
sing of trains.
MEi.AKeHOi.vOcx-tfBRENCE.-On Friday week,
William Cooper was arnidcntally shot dead,
near Lstviatown, Pa., while out gunning with
Ins father, 'ihefathei had fired at a phea
sant, ami a single grain of shot, glancing, had
entered the young man's eye, penetrating
; Ills brain and causing instant death.
At a Meeting of Ihe Presidents of the Dan
ville, Northumberland, l.ewisburg, West
Branch, bock Haven, and Jersey Shu'e Bunks,
at Williarnsporl, on thn 2!):h nil., it WHS re
solved that daring the suspension of specie
'payments, bv Ihe Banks of this Ctmmoti
wealth, they did not deem it expedient to
rnakoany arrangements with the cily Banks
lor the redemption of their notes, or sums
| of specie in Philadelphia to keep their notes
at par.
CANAL BOAH:> APPOINTMENTS Hnrhnbiirg,
Nnv. I!t.—The following Canal Board ap
pointments were made to day, viz:—Super
visor of the Delaware Division, IVin. Elliott;
M i|<c bower North Brunch, (Jen. W. Search;
of the West R. R Btrgenes. Mr. Ar
mild Plumer, one of the Commissioners, ia
absent, but is expected to be hern to morrow,
when Collectors will be appointed.
THANKHUIVINU—The following Slates have
dins (HI joined in appointing the 26th mat.,
lor the celebration ol Thanksgiving :—New
Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut,
Rhode Island, New York, Now Jersey, Penn
sylvuniu, Delaware, Maryland, North Caroli
na, Kentucky, lowa, Ohio, Michigan, ntt.l
the cily of Washington- Maine, South Caro
lina and Mississippi celebrate the 15th iust ,
and Yurmonl the 3 1 ol December.
m .ast week Joel Schoonl.oven, ontr hun
dred yetna old, tvas discharged Irmn Sing
Sing Stale prison, having been pardoned hy
the Coventor. He was commuted tor life
for arson. Ho is a native of Orange county,
and reached the age of a century in prison
on the 4th of July last. He saw Washing
ton ut New burg during the War.
rrkir A terrible calamity occurred last
week at Oxford Furnace, near Ifelvideni.
N.l The stopper accidcnUy came out giv
ing vent or ogress to two and a halt tons ol
molten Iron which was thrown out as trom
the mouth of a cannon among the work
men, killing live ol them and wounding
sever.'l others.
J/i/ifliulmtiil in tht N<ftivi /hyiiiilmeat.—(l.
W Crabb, Esq., ot Harrtsburg has been ap
pointed a t'letk in tint office ot die 6laie Sil
paiimeiiitent ol Common Schools, in place
ol I'apt. J M F.yster, recently elected Sher
ill ot Dauphin county, resigned. Mr. Crabb
belongs to lite editorial profession, and is well
qualified lot the dunes ol his new position.
A6l k .xr Cakkiaok made its appear,-men in
tiin stteets ot Manchester, near Pittsburg. It
ran over ihe streets like a thing of lite, turn
ing corners and dodging nits. The driver ol
an omnibus, seeing inr ovation in this exper
imonl, put whip to his horsus and tried to
otttriui i.'.fi steam earr age. but tlte latter letl
Ins coach so Ui behind, that the omnibus
driver was laughed at tw the spectators.—
The steam carriage went at the rate ol nine
miles an hour with • pressure of sixty
bounds. The inventor is John b Hall, of
Manchester.
Rest .MI NU WOK i—The billowing named
Mills, whici! snspendid during the pa-.uc.
have resumed work
I'nion Manufacruriitji Company, at Nor
walk. Conn: Chtccpee Mills, Massachusetts.
Rolling and Nail Mills, at Fall River; Mas
saoit Flour M lis, at Fail River: Amer cat)
third Works, at Fall River. Eddy's Woollen
Mills. The Ainericsn Print Works Lonns
bury, Rissel \ Co'a Works; Albany Iron
Works; Rensselaer Iron Works. Carolina
Mills. Fat' R vet N'snck Mills."
Trie Coit. TRACK —There has been a brisk
business done in ihe shipment of Cotl. bo;h
bv Rodroad and Canal during the pas: week
The Rai.road look down S3 i>6 17 ton*, and
il e C*:'* 1 41.526 OS tons, making a toial ol
7, 4,'302 tons a gam on the preceding week
~ i R ions The markers generally sre
shoe or e *' "ompared with ihe same period
last year! an J '* erm of a
contrauud demand Cttt! .he close of na. -ga
non.
IT l\'e are tha.'
eo aoii robbed ,he dwelling ot r
Eeq . m Ashland. Schoyikill co.. last
nr Five m.iiK'.n* f dollars have bev"
brocgh; itiio .lie cooutry L* a 'he *ast ieu
days.
IT" The 'aborirg gopa'aiior ot Soheylkil!
co - -v are leaving by b.ttr.dreds, mostly foe
the Vk es
nr Corn caervs at twenty-'Free cents x
boshe bv ite va-arvrs atorig the Wabash Y"a.-
iuy, deuve-a: ie m ttuir owe expense ia Tin
cernes Indmn*
OT Mr Peter Fldv. )• . a; Da'vil e has
mst reecve 4 s*rr e S(V>O beshels of K?"ork
wbex: frr-rs PlTtsburg It w.il be cocveced
pck- the be fwaily flour a: bis mm si wfl
rr A child of M:. 61 a .vact Philips in
Ctrbotidsie. Luzerne coor-y. was burned to
death or Tcesdsy of las; week by naclo.bes
lakiug fire iron a grate.
tT PreauAen. Racbaoae has rsreraec ne
at ihe sew frtooe. ' Wet. cMderes kf Cut
grmw. je be bwilr •: ine f'r...aoetpeia Nary
Y ara. Tuts wit; af.ir; (*p ormer: oarmc
be fa. ;.u w.uie: te tuocmis o a,ccbauic
. .
Honk ot Danville-
At mi ejection tor officers of this bank, belt
on last Monday, the following Board of Di
lectors were duly chosen, viz:
| E. H. Baldy, Danville,
i Dr. W. 11. do
I John Forley, do
M. C. Grier, do
O. Al. Slioop, tie
Peter Baldy, sr. fN>
J. C. Rhodes, do
John Sharpless, Calawissa,
John K. Grotz, Bloomsburg.
Thomas Hayes, l.ewisburg,
J. V. Goodlander, Milton.
Win. Good, MoKwensville,
Benjamin Schoeli, Selinugrove.
Al the meeting of the Board of Directors,
on last Tuesday, Edw. H. Baldy, Esq., was
unanimously re-elected as President,
i A dividend of 3 per cent, for the last six
I mouths was declared on the 3d Inst.
Hank of Northumberland.
Al ail election for officers of this bank on
Monday last, the following board ol Direc
tors was chosen:
J B. Packer, D. Bramigam, A. E. Kapp,
J. C. Morton, G. F. Miller, Paul Maaleller,
S. T. Brown, Wm. I. Greenough, George
Suhnure, C. R. Paxtou, Bimon Schuyler,
James Taggart, A. B. Warlord.
The new Directors are Messrs. Green
ough, I'uggarl, Warlord, all well qualified lor
the position by education and business hab
its.
From liriusns.
ST. bouts, Nov. 16 —Kansas advices state
that the Constitution had been adopted by
the Convention by a vote of 28 for to about
s dozen against. The whole number of del
egates being 60, consequently the Constitu
tion has been adopted by n minority of the
Convention. The majority and mtnoiity re
porta of the Committee o.t Schedule, will
be merged into ooe. The schedule thus
formed, provides for nn election on the 21st
ol December, to ratify or reject lite Consti
tution, the voting to be by ballot, and Ihe
votes cast to bo endorsed ''Constitution with
slavery," or I 'Constitution without slavery."
Also lor n election to be held on the first
Monday in January next, lor the election ol
Smle ami Congressional ticket*.
The Lawrence correspondence of the Dem
ocrat H'seris that Governor Walker brought
from Washington a manuscript copy ol the
Kansas Constitnlion, almost identical with
the one adopted. He also says that no tree
Slate men will vole on the 21st ol December.
TV Hrigham Young, who defies the gov
ernment and threatens the nrmien of the l'
S., is a native ol While Haven, Vermont,
and is lilt) six years ol age. His father was
a farmer, originally Inm a town ia the vicii:
ity ol Itoslnn, and young Hrigham is said
never to have been at school bit* thirteen
days. He has manifested a very strong mind
since he has presided over the Mormons,and
lis* spread that imposture over the whole
civilised world, sending hundreds ol mission•
aries to make proselytes. He will probably
have the infamy ol being the first individual
in the I'nited States elevated to gallotvs lor
Ireasor. llis present career is strongly in
dial direction: and rhe lellow, while exercis
ing onliiiiueit power in Utah, has the impu
dence to ulk of the persecutions he has stif
fen d.
Tin - VIMNCIAI PuKsSCHK—We are gratifi
ol to observe a steadily improving tone in
the financial circles of the eastern ciiie< —
Securities which had pone down 10 i othing
almost, arc gradually rising, and business,
which had been uilcrly prostrated. is having
a Itealthlul revival Theßankot New York
are reported to he striving to arrange a spee
dy resumption of specie payment Their
lead will he followed by the Rat ks ot the
New K.i gland States generally, and probably
by the institutions of toe Sooth and West,
with whom they have intmiate relations.—
Specie continue* to flow in upon lis from
Europe and California. We are importing
but little, wh'lst a large number ot vessels
are loading withgtam'or foreign potts. It is
evident that we ate making headway.— Idf
if? Spiiff
On Tuesday morning. Burns was sentenc
ed to 12 years imprisonment in the Wniten
uary. When asked if he had anything to
say why sentenee should not be passed, he
asserted his mr.ocenoaoi intending to k I! his
wife—e>pressed much feeling for hischildren
and said that honor had brought htm to his
ta'e. and thanked the Coort. Jlinv and his
Counsel lor their kiodneas.—lfrreU or" tkt
I'mtem
try Two brothers named Smith, proprie
tors of a splendid peach orchard near Sacra
mento, California, are aid to have reained
beiween *60.000 and STO 000. this year from
toe sale of peaches.
ty The men employ ed in the shops of the
Reading Railroad Company are now work
ing on short time—etghi hours a day. They
commence 7I o'clock in the morning, and
qui; a n the afternoon. The wages have
been gepeiany ledoced in proportion.
•j ore a'e now loading gram and floor a;
Yo'* - l * e iat* number ot thirty ships,
a I for Karoyr- taltbeiog tor Liverpool
and the remam.Vf for Glasgow They -Ml
average about 5u farMrt *hlP
-17 | i recent addr.\** 800. Ed war t
f reseat. there i* one sentedfe of fi tj eight
Without a sm?fe per,l*Web
s-er oration of H-n. K.'i Caoate are
thre i e pages wiihoot a pause.
Trie firs: camp-meeting neW in '*>* I nnec
Sates was held in Kenoeky fifty J w *? C-
Methodism. Ptesbyremn*. and Baptist*
ted on that occasion.
—A jremiemasi joS mom >Djwn?'r u P
Nor*. <aya mai ttorea week' age be waidt i
it sasw ifcat m lore deep, per ween Srovea 1 *
Poist and Scperitr.
ry 23ge W'ood-wud u howbne
meek s Court in Wyagt.nc cc-uaty •■uj®'-'
iig tais week aac las:
Tiifc i*i:>>>yi vAM* B'tNK<
There lias been an investi^ation going on
for a week or two past, by I tie Director* of
the Bank of Pennsylvania, into the affair* ot
that institution, and the common report t*
that the exhibits ia not lavorsfble. The im
mediate liabilities of the Bank in round nrnm
bers, independent of capital stock, is about
two millions ol dollars—to meet which, there
are assent appraised at one and three quar
ter millions, fl'fhis appraisement and amount
of liabilities are correct, the Bank would seem
!o be unable to pay its debts, leaving noth
ing for stock holders. It was anticipated by
many that this examination would prove on-
Javorable, ye* they did not anticipate one
: quite so calamitous ns the one reported. The
' nominal amount of assets is, of course, moro
than the amount appraised as available,
though it i* reported there is a hiatus of ve
ry considerblu extent in the Bank accounts,
covered by no representative value whatever.
In every properly conducted bunk, the led
i ger account will show on one side all that
the bank owes Including its en| ital; on the
other all that is owing to the Bank, and the
two are made to balance, something being
received to show Inr every dollar expended.
Tli/a, the examination at the Bank of Penn-
has not thus far been able to de
monstrate. —The business of the institution
seems very much, at lose ends. Within a
da) or two, assets of the value of a hundred
thousand dollars, said lo be entirely reliublo,
were found stuck in one of the unused pigeon
botes. The Bank holds about #175,000 of
its own slock ; a portion of this, however, has
been pledged 10 one or mure of the interior
basks, though the agency uf a third party,
who now stands It able to the bunk for the
amount. The committee representing the
city banks in this matter, or u majority of it, i
is uncle-stood lobe averse to an attempt at ,
resuscitation, and the indications now arc, '
that it will go into liquidation, an.! probably )
out of existence, leaving as little for its share- ;
holders as did its great prototype, (tio Bank ,
of the United States, Noteholders and do 1
positors will probably be paid.
riliMiiFU'lllt BANK ITS'
Fi.ofh and Alkai. —There is very little in
quiry lor export, and with increasing storks,
the market is weak, though ns yoi the-e iino
reduction of prices. Sales are made in lota
to the retailers and bakers at #5 25 up to 5 88
tot common Rnd extra brands, according to
quality, and #6 00 a 57 00 for fancy lots.
Nrthing doing in llye Flour or Corn Meal—
we quote the former at $4 50, and the la'ler
at S3 19 per barrel.
Hrain. —There is a fair amount of Wheat
offering, but the demand for it is limited.
Saws ol 3000 bush, good red at St 00 a Si 26
pe- bushel, utlo.it, and good white at St 21 u
St 33 per bushel. Sale of Bye at 7ft cer.ls.
Cirnisb • cod request—sales of 1000 bush
els old \ 'ow at 80 rents, ami 800 bushels
prime di. -nv at 62 cent*. Oats—sales ol
Southern 31 n 3ft cts. per bushel
Clown- kp is scares at 55 pet 64 lbs.
Nothing doing in Timothy or Flaxseed.
W iiikicv t held firmly—sales ol barrels at
SCJ n 23 cents . liluls. at use, and drunges at
What it Cost —The war debt ol Oregon,
as passed upon bv the Commissioners reaches
the round sum ot 53.500 060, making, with
that ol Washington Territory, 55,000,000. —
Nor does this include any of the claims
which will herealtor be presented to Congress
for spoliations, being only for actual services
:en tored and supplies actually furnished.—
Ttie population ol Washington Territory is
sbo.it 10.000. that ol Oiegon Bb,ooo. The
populations of the Territories are small, and
the points to be defended must have been
few Five mil tons ot do'lars is a pretty
round sum for war expenses alone, there
probably not being two thousand volunteers
engage,! in the war.
.4 Stiit i out of Debt etui no! If enfrng 3 ton ft/.
The Lmle Rock Democrat says
that the Treasury ol Arkansas is overflowing
with gold and silver. Tbe various tnnds are
enumerated that have their hundreds of thou
san.is of the hard. The Treasure has no
bank notes; nothing but specie in Arkansas:
except a small old bank debt, does not owe
a cent, and has in her strong box more gold
and stiver than will keep the government for
two years without amy further taxation -
There are na banks in Arkansas, and the
taxes are paid in gold and silver, and the
State payeo jt nothing but that kind of cur
rency.
MARKiAdrs Atfseven sv thk Timbs. —Ttie
records ol the City Reg:s!erof Boston, Mass..
begin to show ttie effects of hard t.mes in
tbe decrease of applications for certificates of
intentions ol marriage. In the month of Oc
tober last tbe deficiency, as compared w tth
the same month in 1856, was between fifty
and sixty, and during trie ten months et 1857
the decrease, as compared with 1856. is be
tmeeu oua hundred and fifty and two hun
dred.
T\e Cii'.es* Sugar Cant a Failure. —Mr. W.
H Belcher, of (he ce ebrated sugar refinery
a; St l-oc,s. perhaps the highest authority in
saccharine naauers in the country, has been
carefully testing 'be Chiuese cane. He says
that it will prrve a tailure as far as sugar
mas.ng is com -ined, and, a ii will nor gran
ulate (as it w . ot) the syrup does not con
tain a doe ruou of cane sugar. He
doob: us s.riw a# a sugar producing plant.
MOKTOC* \\ .as.—The Mooiour Ameri
ca* says, we ob-uve Ley are nading up the
doors, windows, gates. Sic.., of (hese Works,
•hc gi<ing us the -cdications of a stand-still.
With '.fits mommer,', the last hope of their
staring tb.s season, cas died away in the
minds of tiie people. Not (he workman
alone feel the disastrous consequences of
ibttr stoppage, but we ail have a practical
demons -aioc of their importance to the pros
penry c; Danville.
j A Trngiful Wife if o Priceless Treasure.—
Such a or a has Mr. Poets, proprietor of the
Puck.li Hotel, Lansmgbcrr N. Vork, wb ieh
was fes-royed by fire ibe other flay He
bes learomd to bis surprise, that bis wife had
effected an ifc-nvauce of tl .-VKt or the prop
ery w.di be; pi KMC), unknown lo him
1 be ltellel' Dill.
A correspondent of the Ledger thus refers
to the act of tbe extra session of the Legisla
ture :
Turn over the act of 13th October as we
please, and examine it in whatever light we
may choose to view it, we shall find its pro
visions, when followed out to their legitimate
consequences, working nothing trui evil lo
the banks and the community. Better had
it been if the Legislature had not been call
ed together, if, whsr. assembled, they had
adjourned without doing anything. The op
eration of the provisions of the act upon our
city banks, sn.l all solvent banks in the State,
Is but lo obstruct and embarrasslhem in their
endeavors to get themselves into a position
to resume Rpeoie payments. Its operation
oil the country banks, though at present
seemingly advantageous, must be ruinous
and fatal in Ihe end. lie requirement that the '
banks shall take bank notes, other than their .
own, in payment ol debts due to them, is !
unjust, and in the opinion ol sound lawyers |
clearly unconstitutional. Its interference with
and avoiding of, the contracts existing be- i
tween man and man, is altogether wrong : ,
and its insisting that the banks slisll resume
specie payments in six months after its pa*- i
sage, while debtota owing the bank and ;
others are allowed more than twelve months' 1
time in which In pay their obligations, is
cruel and oppressive. It i a dangerous tiling I
lo break down ar.it presume the standard ol j '
mercantile integrity in ii business communi- 1
ty. To legislate n mav out of debt is an 1
outrage upon all principles of justice. We |
shall for many a long day regret the demor- j
aliring Influence which this act will produce
upon our community. O that onr l.egisla- I '
tors were wise ! O that we had moro states- j
men and fewer jiolilirian* am! currency link
ers among them ! I'ity it is that our business |
matters had not been allowed to right thorn- j
selves. When the pßiiic and alarm would j
have subsided, the confidence ot the com- J
miir.iiy would have been restored to sueh of;
our bar.ks n* weto worthy of it, and we
should now be handling theii no'.es, so la- :
miliar to onr eyes, instead of the r.otos of j
bank* hundreds of miles away, of whose j
goodness we ean have no knowledge. Sure J
ly 'lis better "to bear the ill* we suffer than I
lly to others we know not of." Already our '
banks begin to feel the pressure of this loath- |
some burthen; after a while it will become
intolerable both to them and the continuity |
Had business matters been allowed to right
i themselves, debtors and creditors would i
have come together end arranged their uf- j
fairs between themselves, as their mutual i
| interests might have dictated.
' This is ihe only just and business way that !
such matters can be arranged in. When leg- j
islalion steps in to in.settle account between
man and man it does injury—nothing but in- :
t jury. It rumor is not at fault, onr pity banks ,
I already regrot that they did not reluse to ac
cept the provisions of this Act, and throw
themselves upon the mercy ot the eooiniu- ,
nity. Happy had it been lor both parties
had they done so! K.ven at (his early mo
ment they plainly perceive that wi.h proper
management on their part, and e generous
forbearance or. the part of the community
(which the community will, peiliaps. have
reason to regret, had not ben extended to
wards tbem on the day of the panic.) they
could easily resume specie payments, even
at the lime fixed in the act, were it net tor
the horrible incubus under which they labor
of receiving the country bank notes in pay
ment of their dues. This ' requirement"
paralyses their energies and renders them
incapable of moving a single step ii< the tight
direction.
Hinc.kr Mkkting. — The 'hunger mestlogs'
now being held in New York and Philadel
phia are great humbugs. Most ol the lead
ing participants in these meetings are hun
gereis alter notoriety—tiothiug more. It these
httngerers u ere rcaliy hungry, they would be
hunting 'or something to do. instead ol
shouting about the sreets and public squares.
A gentleman in New York offered work to
one thousand men at one dollar a day, but
the poor start* ling* relttscd to tike less than
a dollar and a quarter! It hunger and cold
should pinch them shortly, whose fault will
it be
There are many sufferers in the Urge oil
ies, we have no doubt, but they are not to
be foued among the blathering throngs that
assemble in public pvrks and upset bread
carts in the gutter, wantonly destroying what
they pretend to be starving for want of— F..7-
Spirit.
Thk Eatto* (Pa.) -bg.is mentions an inci
dent of an old gentleman, recently deceased,
in Lehigh county, who had been suspected
of having considerable money in his house,
although no one knew the amount On ex
amining his premiees, after his death, no
less than eleven thousand dollars were found
in specte. which h* had doubtless been sav
ing and concealing for maay years.
As editor out West, advises private debt
ors to get themselves incorporated into Banks
as soon as possible, because when a man
fails, his property is seized, and if he at
tempts to eraJe payments, he is called a
i "swindler," but when Banks fail they are
. unfortunate, and the Legislature makes it all
r rigbl. Pretty true.
There is now hanging in Ihe bar room of
the Buck Hotel in the borough of Lebanon,
a license granied by ihe "Honorable Gover
nor of Pennsylvania, James Penn,''in the
year one thousand seven handred aod sixty
five. Ii is most singular in phraseology, and
strictly forbids ihe "ea'.e or gin of any inlox
icamg drinks 10 Indians or no'oriooa drunk
ards."
Sais of Voliey Forge Property.—-The prop
erly o! Dr. Rowan, at Veiiey Fcrge, which
has been (he subject ol much litigation, was
sold last week for $12,600. Ii was purchas
ed by Mr. Rogers, of TredyfTrm lownscip,
Chester cocgiy, rbe original proprietor.
VYlseowsis Klectiou.
Dcraorr, Nov. 18.—The Superior (Wis.]
Chronicle, of ibe 10th icst., received ihii
evening, says thai Boogies county girer
Cross, rbe Democratic candidate for Govern
or, IJT majori'y. which, it ts claimed, inrttrei
hi* electron
I 111% AliiltAlnN K I'.Ut:M.lOfi.
Important (UAclnl ItfupitlAliM ~Bri(klM
Voting's I'tcclHimiiloii IN Foil.
Washiroton, Nov. 17.—C01. Johnaon'ilet
tor, together with Col. Alexander's, was re
eetved at rite War Department Id-day, con
firming the deatruolion of the supply trains ;
also a letter and proclamation from Brigham
Young, which 1 herewith send you,and Col
, A lex antler's reply. 'Col. Alexander was with •
j in thirty milos of Fort Bridget, which place
is occupied by Mormon troops, when he re
coifed the following letter Irom Brigham
Young, through tho commander of the "Nau
voo Legion
"(Jovicknou s Orric*, IT ran Territory, j
"(treat Salt Lake City, Sept. 29, 1857. j
''To the Officers Commanding Ike Fortes now
Inoadihg Utah Territory :
''SIR: By reference to the act of Congress,
passed Sept. 9. 1810, organizing the Territory
of Utah, you will find the following:
"Sue. 2. And be it further enacted, that thr
executive |H>wer and authority in and over
said Territory of Utah shall be vested in a
Governor, who shall hold his office (or lour
years, and until his successor shall be up- |
pointed mid qualified, unless sooner remov
ed by the President of the United State*.
The Governor shall reside within said Terri
tory, shall bo commander-in-chief ol the ,
militia thereof, &c., &e.
"I am still the Governor and Superinten
dent ol Indian Alhiirs lor the Territory, no
successor having been appointed and qualt- '
lied, as provided by law. nor have 1 been re
moved by tho President of the United States. I
By virtue of tho authority that vested in me, !
1 have issued and forwarded to you a copy 1
of my proclamation Unhiding the entrance ol :
armed forcea into the Territory. This yon
have disregarded. I now further direct that
you retire forthwith front the Territory, by
tlte same route you entered. Should you
deem this impracticable, and preler to re
main until sp-ing in the vicinity of your pre
sent encampment, "Black Fork on Green
River, you can do so in peace and unmoles
ted, on condition that you deposit your arms
and ammunition with Lewis Robinson, Quar
ter-master General of the Territory, and leave
in the spring as soon as tho condition of the
roads will permit you to march ; and should
you fall short ol provisions, they can be for-
I nislied yon upon making proper application
therelor.
"General D. H. Wells will forward this,
ami receive any communicatiui you may !
liave 10 make
"Very respectfully,
HKIOIIA M YOUNO,
Governor & Superintendent of Indian Affairs
The following is ihe proclamation telerred
10 l<y llrigham Voting :
"ritOt-I.AMATION BV T>IK uavKBNOn.
' OITIZKNS OK I'TAII— We are invaded by a
hostile loree, wtut are evidently assailing us |
10 accomplish our overthrow and destruction
For the last twenty-live years, wo have trust
ed officials of the Government, Irom con
stables and justices to judges, governors, and
presidents, only to b.t scorned, held ir. deri- •
>oti, insulted and behaved. Dor houses
have been plundered ami then burned, our
fields laid waste, our principal men butcher
ed-while under the pledged lanh of the Gov
ernment lor then safely, and our families
driven from their homes to find that shelter
in the barren 'wilderne-s. and that protection
among tint hostile savages, which were de
nied them in the boasted abodes of Christi
anity and civilization
'•The Constitution of our common country
guaranties onto n< all that we tin now or have
over lnmeJ. If the cot a itutional tighls
which pert Kin unto us s American ci.irons
were extended to Ctah according to the spirit
and meaning theieof, and fairly and impar
tially administered, it is nil that we could
ask—all that we have ever askeu.
• Our opponents have availed themselves
of prejudice existing against us, because id
our religious la th, to send out a formidable
host to accomplish our destruction. We
have had no privilege nor opportunity ol de
fending ourselves Iroin the talse, foul, and
unjust aspersions against us before the m ioc-
Tie Government has hot condescended to
cause un investigating committee or other
persons to be sent to inquire into and ascer
tain the troth, aa is cuiomary in such cases.
We know those aspersions to be false ; but
that avails ns nothing. We are condemned
unheard, and forced to an issue with an
armed mercenary mob, which has beensrni
against us at the instigation of anonymous
letter-writers, ashamed to lather the base,
slandeious falsehoods which they have giv
en to the public—ol corrupt officials, who
have brought false accusations against us to
screen themselves in their own infamy, aud
of hireling priests and howling edi ors, who
prostitute the troth for filthy lucre's sake.
"The issne which has thus been forced
opon us compels os to resort to ;he great first
law of self preservation, and rtaud in our own
defence—a right guarantied uuio os by the
genius at the iuMiiniioua of our country, and
upon which the Government is based. Our
duly 10 ourselves, to our families, requires
us not ;o tamely submit u> be driven and sluin
without an arempi to preserve ouraelves.
Ourdo'y'o our country, our holy religiou,
our God. to freeJom and liberty, requires that
we should no: quietly s and still and see those
fetters forging around us which are calcula
ted to enslave and bring us in subjection to
an unlawful military despotism, such as can
only emanate, in a country of constitutions!
law, from usurpation, tyranny, and oppres
sion.
"Therefore, f, Brigham Yonng, Governor
and Superintendent of Indian Affairs for the
Territory of Utah, in the name of the people
of t! United S'ates. in the Territory of Utah,
forbid,
"First—All armed forces of every deecrip
liion from coming in to this Territory, under
any prrenee whatever.
"Second—fhal alt tbe forces in said Ter
rijory hold themselves in readiness to march
, at a moment t notice to repel any and all
soeh invasions.
'•Third—Martial iaw is hereby declared to
i ' exist in this Territory from and after the publi
i cation of this publication , and no person
.' shall be allowed to pass or repass Into 01
i , 'broogh or from this Territory without a per
mil horn the proper officer
"Given under my hand and seal, at Grest
Salt Lake Alii? Territory of Utah, this fif
teenth Hot trf September, A. D eighteen hun
dred and fifty-seven, and of the ledepeiider.es
ol'the United States ol A merit-* the eighty
second.
"BItIUHJtM Yovno."
The following isColonel Alexander's reply
l Hrigtiam Vomit!;
"HkAUQI'AHTRRS TkNTH HcGLM &M 1 tig lit- j
fantrt, Camp Wiirici.n,R Ham's Fork, >
October 2, 1857. >
"Bkiciiam Younu, Keg., tiovtrnor (f Utah
Territory:
"Sir : 1 have (he honor to acknowlege (lie
receipt of your communication of September
29, 1857, with two copies of a proclamation
and one or the laws of Utah, and have given
|it an attentive consideration. 1 am at the
present the senior and commanding officer
! of the troops of the United States at litis point,
and 1 will submit your letter to the general
; commanding as soon as he arrives here.
| "In the meantime, I hsve only to say that
these troops are l ure by the order o! the Pre
sklent of the United States, and their further
movements and operations will depend entire
ly upon orders issued by competent miliiaiy
authority.
"Very respectfully, R. II Al.lcxakdkr."
Among lite documents is a letter from Col.
Johnson, dated horn the camp, on tha thiea
wittgs of lite Sweet Water, addressed to Ad
jutant General McDowell, New Yotk, in
which lie confitm* the burning ol the con
tractor's tiaiua by lite Mormons, lie says
(be Governor's escort is lour days' march be
lliud him, two companies of dragoons. Ho
knows no reason why Col Alexander should
attempt to reach Salt Lake by Bear river, ex
cepting from (he tear that the Mormons Itavn
burned the grass on the shorter route. Ho
adds: "If I could communicate with Col.
Alexander I would direct him to take up a
good position for the winter Rt Ham's Folk
Tho road is beset between this and Ham's
Fork with companies of Mormons, so it is
doubtful whether I shall be able to communi
cate with Col. Alexander."
It is supposed at the War Depart in ant that
, the troops are all in good condition, as noili
, ing to tho contrary is said in the despatches
Oil the receipt of the above despatches*
special meeting ol the Cabinet waa i mined i
i utely called, but nothing lias transpired with
1 telceuce to their deliberations.
Vriilll.ttlon.>lt Kecesstty.-llow Hc-t I I
reeled.
Tito approach of cold weather, when so
much of the time is spout within doors, re
minds us that the disregard of vcntilia
tion causes more colds, consumptions and
disease generally, lliau anybody but a phys
ician xvou'd suppose.
Tito process of breathing, it is well
known, vitiates tho atmosphere of confined
apartments. A light room, eight foot high,
and twelve by fourteen foot square, will
have its air poisoned in two hours by throe
persons sitting in it. In a single hour, a
company of twelve persons, in a parlor six
; toon loot by twenty, and nine feet high,
will tender the atmosphere unhealthy, if
the doors are closed. Yet, in the face of
these scientific facts, there are thousands
of households in Philadelphia where, every
winter, it is the practice ot the family to sit
in heated apartments without any provision
for ventilation.
Nature, even w hen doors ami windows
are all closed, makes an effort to ventilate
rooms, by forcing trosh air through tlm
cracks. Kilt it will not do to trust to these
especially in sleeping chambers, where ven
tilation is peculiarly necessary. The open
ing ol a window, both at top and at bottom,
is one ot the best methods of ventilation ;
but in order to avoid draughts, it is i eeessa
r\ to discriminate between times w hen the
temperature out of doors is colder than
within. and when it is the reverse : for the
in the tirst case, the cold air enters at the
bottom of a window and passes out at the
top. while in the other it enters at the top
and passes out at the bottom. Ventilating
a room, by leaving a door ajar, is governed
by the same titles. Sudden colds which
cannot be accounted for, often occur by
sleeping in draughts, which might have
been avoided bv a little practical knowl
edge.
h is indispensible, however, that the hu
man system should be accustomed to cur
rents ot air. To remain habitually in warm,
close rooms, carefully protected from
draughts, is almost certain to cause a cold
on going out into the air. If the person is
heated, the liability to take cold is very
great on entering a current. But where the
whole body is exposed, there is less danger
than where only a portion is. A late writer
has estimated that any current of air moving
with a velocity of more than two feet pe r
second, is perilous. This, therefore, may
he considered a rule by which to do guided
in ventilating apartments. Where it is im-
I possible to introduce fresh air, without a
; violent curreut, a screen or other apparatus
should be u-**l. by which to distribute lbs
air more equally and avoid unhealthy
draughts. Bed-rooms which have no firo
place, should invariably have an opening
I into the flue : for many persons fear catch
ing cold if ihey leave their windows down.
; and such, if there is neither fire place nor
j opening into the flue, kill themselves l>y
I slow poison.
No system of ventilating a room has ever
; been devised equal to the old fashioned
j open fire place. But the expense of this
method will prevent its returning into gen
| eral use. As open fire-places are the best
! ventilators, so stoves are the worst : and
i unfortunately, of all processes of heating,
the stove is the cheapest. Hot-air furnaces
combine, practically, economy and health,
i better than any other method : but few fur
i naces are constructed rightly, and fewer still
I are manasred properly. The hot-air should
' be introduced pure, moist, and equally ,
! and an opening or openings should be pro
| vided for it to escape : and yet not one hot
j air furnace in ten is worked in this way.
' Where expense is ro consideration, a com
• bination of an air-heating apparatus wiili
open fire-places, gives the nearest approach
, which is possible, to perfect ventilation
There are hundreds of families in Philad
\ elphia able to afford this combination, who
nevertheless disregard it. and many cf them
in consequence, pay 'he doctor more than
they would have to pay the coal dealer, ti
i they adopt it—ledger.