1 m mmmmmwmwwnawnmvm.
"i From tho Malumufim “HG _ ' den til at large 'piiptiliition’, but a clo'sciitt
i Mulnit'l'fy. ' ‘ , speetton will alttiti'ritii large, canto-like t'tl-
As the army til tit't‘tlpttllt‘tl litt‘ittltlilllt‘ll— ilices. stunt-tittiesoccupying it whole square
ted its advance upon the nitt-ritn- ot Mtge; and sheltering hut 4lie mt'iiiht'rs and wer-
Ico by pursuing the Ritib‘taode up no high viints til “it Hlllglt' latiiily ;. lltt’l‘t‘lttt't‘, lrotn
as Canmrgu. both by lillltl ltlltl w.itet,'ittitl "UM”VNN'". ‘f't? bllt'"lll "0t 2”" the t‘ll-‘v’
flthlH will he the place 'iili‘i-i'iui peitna-’lWl'Hlflle til "WW- than ”M tlititisati
‘ nent IIQPDI will be t'Nlnl)ll|\llPtl. and from souls. titttl it It: tlotilitltit whether it lit t‘Vt'
Whit‘li the itdvtit’ititig iiiiiiy will leave the
, Rio Gruntle When it tiiltt-a ill) itt gt'ltt‘Htl
niiirch upon Mutiterey, it will naturally
hold it conspicuom plttt‘t‘. in ”ID t'hlllliillllth
" -ol the American people, ('aniargn l‘i sit
unveil itnnirdiatt-ly upon the [Links til the
San, Juan Itivei, lllll't‘ tlitlrs tit-to itiijuniw
‘ tion with the Rio (li-node. ll Ii ii tilllflll,
rudely t‘utiittrtiett-il \llltlut'. with Mimi- lt'w
tittiiite bmltlitigu, tnativ litiilt til tnutl Dtltikh
tl'lt'tl It) the mitt, some entiutiiirti-tl tiy tlii
Vitig stakes into the ground and then plin
lering them With tiiiitl, illlll titht-is loittit-tl
til cane tintl pinup-it'd 11l like niaiiiiei. m.
IliheJllllllbt‘l’ ol lllllillllllttlli Wlll iitit tint-ml
two tlii‘i‘uinntl. but M the Mt-Xit‘iiti (itiv
' moment has never thought he! population
worthy til entittieiiilioti. no IHt‘lll‘t' s'atv
ment eon be made til thr- pi-pultilitiii til a 7
fly ol their tout». 'l'lii' l.ilt: l‘Xllllllltllltn
' ry rise at the Rio Gt'lltltlt‘ liait l't'tht‘tl the
4 .. San Juan to lmt‘lt tiptiiitl literally iiiuntliite
Catnargo to the git-at tlaitiage til lllitlst'h
and other properly; also to the hdctlllcc ol
eerernl lives. _
Caniaigo may lie, ttitisiileictl the lteail
til navigation. nit iilioiu here the lit-tl olitli'e
river is tin filled up with rock» that lii ii.i«
Vtgation higher tip has never llt‘t'll nltettip
ted. This road upon leaving, (:itlllfllut)
and crossing: the San Juan. l)t‘t'lltlltf§' high
er. out] less obstructed by sitiitiipy '_(ttilitttls
and it then liecotpei». an iiiil-tirtitiit llltllllly
“but other obstacles may 'lt’l'nt‘ltl llit'ln
selves iti the distance lietwueti lllln place
and Motiteicy. which Ht lwo hundred and
ten tniles. , The road passes through a
level countiy. thickly set with {I btllflll on
tlerwood. the largest tttiiber ht-in: ebony"
and the tau-quite. neither of which grow]
tn the height of more than twelve or fit
teen tact. .and livelve to ionitet—ii niche.-
in diameter. .80 dome is this untltiigmwth
armieaol 10,000 men each might match
lot hall a day within a mile til each other.
without the vicinity of one tti the other he
iog known; ' .
The literal Inca-hing tit Illa/minty is the
flitgiy'HQJOds, but to (hone. who have
been "i itietl in a heavily titnlietetl country,
it would seem more n'ppruprli'ilt: :o ciill it
a grove ol besll. It is a t'tilnllloll saying
with Texans who have tiuvelletl tlirti' tlitti
lorest. thut " it’s no d—tl thick you can't
shove it bovne ltoile into it." And, what
may appear hitigular, ever y buiih and shrub
is armed With thorns. curved iii the shape
0! [lab hooks. and the hold they take upoti
tho clothes and skin til travellers is not
eastlythaken till, K” the jackets til the sol
_tliery will textily to belore they teach
Montercy. «'
The Whole distance is ti ell “atewd
from August until March, plenty ol wood,
reasonable pasture. tiiziny herds til t'ttllle.
numerous tloclttiol sheep and goats; now
and then a small village—which all have
the appearance til decav. Scattered along
the road are miserable huts. singularly
picturesque lrotn their oiiginal cutlsltuc
lion. nptquite equal to the roll pert xiii
. bleobutlt 111 the backwoods ol Arkatibas
and 'l‘exas‘lor scrub pl)lllt'!. Yet iiatuie,
in her mighty formations. hits lot mod some
poaitiona on this road, which. ll tnlteti ittl‘
vantage at by a skillul and during ctiettiy.
would prove a second 'l'heiintipyla: tn
thoaexwho might have the :t-ttiertty to tread
these lormidable patient. The Atneiicati
army will no tloubt look ahead beltit‘e eo
terin’g these dangerous and shady pavd
ionlg The tunes of the labyrinth are
beatitilully picturt-d otit by iiieantleiiiig
paths and Conflicting crou- l‘tHltlQ. leading
to some larmer’shut, some mum to: place,
or the wtly lute til aotnc hlt‘xlcnllibfllltlll.
\Vithin filteen leouueuol Motitetey the
Village Ol Caiderclc pit-seiita itsell, et.jtiy~
mg the most lovely bituutiuti. alttntltttg up
“3‘"? perfectly level plain. surrounded}
Wtfll’green'grovey. presenting everlasting
auniiner; the fields blcsoed with outiirat
fertility. tThe beholder invalunlat‘tly ux
claims: why should a Memcun ttiil or la
hor? _ ‘ V ,
It is not indispensable that the army
should pass through Cuitlerete. as there
are other roads by which Monterey can
be approached, but we tnetitton llltl route
as supplies can he obtained in Uaitlerete,
and the direction is nearest a straight line.
Immediately upon lenvmg tlilrt place you
enter again those shady Winding pavdiuns,
and continue iii them until within sight til
Monterey. Many little streams and mu
lets intersect the road. and ntittlt: niudtly
lunea. which at times become impassable.
aothnt the army \t‘lll lic ttlortutitite if able
to proceed in files ol at: deep; but us the
near vicinity to Montei'éy iii Somewhat o.
pened. owing to the iiitiiiy fields. a small
digression might he made to the right, not]
intersect ”1.0 Food that comes from the
inbuilt ol cl'C-‘ttiion'tlc Salinas, it being the
i'noat open road of the two. The creek
that washes the southeast Bltle’ ol Monte.
trey runs between those two roads. ,the
fields forming it border “(In either side.—
The road that leads lrotn Caiderete; m"
within a mile of Monterey. has thouppnur—
once of a small village. the houses tbcint.
cognumeroutt. Passing through thin seem?
ing village. ntltlv urriviiig' upon the banks _
»..of thogcrcek. you have Moiitei'e‘y in View
'on the opposite side. presenting a very
handsome appearance. The city in rt-gu.
larly laid out. .tlic'utrects. avenues. hot]
squares are "Bliatlcil‘with numerousttuit
and other tite‘esi and the houses generally
exhibiting iiiuc‘h tasle‘ and tregularity» in
theirconsttuctioti. The city" ‘ iii well wa
tered; and every thing about it strikes the
beholder,“ grand atitlheiiutilul. " A pini
aing View til the city tvould convey the is
Hi great. i
(lllsil the eye beyond Miititctt‘y_;ttitl the
sublime [Ht'st‘tll‘ liSL‘ll in lolly. ttpremed
..ytmnnls ol mlutnttntioe Hone, tinged \thll
,Ctltlhlltt ted. whexe the weeping vtne rim
notbe lound, and whine the red“ and
pintn -tlii‘ltlu‘ti «ll the Alpine heights——
have urn-r dated to trt‘tl' lht'it ltt'ttll-s—lht
~mlea :tml bUllllHllN ol thew, vu~l mountains
'tlt'hl'ltllll: tttullltlt: to Vlt‘w but the bare
and glistening 31mm ; but in “bone bosom
lie toott'alrd shining beds ol the purest
ntlvei‘. and sparkling beds tvl vngtn gold.
In the tool-tiny tllalsttltt'. tla‘t'r‘i nutnetoux
table mounds, commanding the town and
all the l'llltttltt t'! limit the ooitheust. lip»
on one ol tlwu- commanding pmlttono lhe
llt'Htlt‘tl people endeavored to rutsctt ti'm
pl»: or duolltng lor their ltlxlinp, but their
I.e;.| was great“ 111-ill lln-tr means. and
lhe atturluu- tenmnn unlintshetl. 'll the
Mt-xleotm t nttld \ttthslnntl the deth tlt-ul
tog havoc ol on [\Illt'lll'u" charge, here
thev mtglil plant the colors t-l their unlor.
lunhte country, and tetip home ol the loo
rl'lrl iiwiitded to llt'onttlzn, or pet hops luittt-
Iy poilrtty 11l tniniatuw, lllctlll'lrzllllgttlllv
tilty ol those devoted heron who lell imt
lllng “you lltt‘ tutlltmlts ol the ever-to-be
it‘tnetnbert'tl Alamo.
': The untin road paw-s through the [Min-
Ciptilstreetio‘l the city, ltttlll uotth to stiulll‘
and as you leave the lust noun-a. the mud
begins to tlst'clitl, und prisutw tilting at the
foot ol'tnany at those table 111-lultlls. 'l'm'
river runs upon the east Hltlt‘ ol the town.
the hoosex extending down to its very
tnairgtn. Upon the wed Mtlt', ttse per
pentliutlnr tnountuinu, one mill" in height.
THE HIDDEN 'l'ltl‘lASUßl'l.
Lt “MN Qnr‘.\'ttt\.——'l'lits place lie»
north ol the “to (irutnle about lill) Index.
ln I‘ll l’aso dcl Norte. Where the rotttl
crosses the Rio (irontle lionl Santa he to
Chihuahua. It! to be lound the lireit record
of tlti‘ ex'rnorilinary mine. The great it
quedutt ul slo'll' and cement. which I-t
tw«-nl_v ni‘ilea in length. and room-yell \\.‘|~
ter to ”UN ntlne. atLl tlte httll‘lltltt‘tll'ltt,“
Which now ntnnda pellect. [one ol the
"Nut ('xlrdottl'llill'y pieces ol urchttt-rtore.
it! respects itsormtuit-ntal detouatlom, du
rabtllly ttnil Imposing monunienh, ('ooveyt
some idea ol the place.) It being atluttted
tn‘the t‘cntre ol the lirat rtdgeol the Rocky
Mbutttatnu. was naturally holalt'tl. The
nooks-mu; tuba ol Indium in H7l \jtcinity,
envious. ol tH grouting greatness, had oh
bt'lVt'tl that at long intervals llte (ten-turn
ol the mine were carried to Spain, at that
lllll“, Mexico being It Viceruyalty. and see
In; them at one time making [)N'pllt'hlltllN
to atttrt Will] :1 large convoy. congregate:
together manv llllllltiflllllsl and laid hlt'L’t‘ It
the place. They opened the itqueiluc
and deprived the besieged of water, mus
Ill: all the Inhabitants and ttpt'rultVt'S (it
”“5 large eatabliulttnent to pl‘rlslt, save on
Iy two, who made a iniraeulotn estnpt- to
the city of Menu-o. When there they re
ported the tllS‘ttfilt’r‘ stalling that before (All
Wits lost they had werretled in burylvi;
an immense tremure—mvo-r $50,000,000
~~and they desned aid to go and rum: the
same. but. as the mine Wits l,nl0(l lltlll‘t
all, and flflllllb'l the hordes ol the 'flVJIflL’!
ol the north. nobody would atlvanre any
'lllllg lor the expedit’iiiiiifuntl it Wan there
lnre abandoned. ()ne ol them then start
ed lpr Spain and the other lor New (er
leatnil that plttre bent: at the time lindeg.
tlietlomtnion ofSpaln. In New ()rlt-ant
ll Is on record that tixe hundred then went
to raise. thu treuuure, but not (tllt' was
heard ol alter, uliieh leaves the Comit'tion
that :hey \Vt'lt‘ destroyed by the. Indians.
and that the (remote l 5 hllll bttlletl.
Alter learning these lurt» lrotn the l)oct~i.
Muzuuw, ol St. Input-i, Mm, who \itw llm
record In New ()t'lt'ilns, many .‘lllt'th-‘HI‘
and French vintted lltl‘i (‘Xlt‘ilttl'tllll-tt)’
tnlm', and are “llnlffiht'i to the existence
ol the aqueduct. church or temple, and
the high mound that ltltllls‘ the z-ilume
where the houwt-i are ”opposed to have
~tuod. With a large l'tlllll ytittl In the ren
ttc. 'l'he tnouth ol the mine in hllll open
and the Sign! ol Ino~t exteomw him-llin:
are an visible at. it but a abort. tune ,11-“ l e~
lapsed since it With Wollxt‘ti. when in {not
monv yenrn have [HIS‘CII since the gather
lug oli thn golden hut Vest.
lo the netnlly «it this mine In the \alley
ol I‘ll Sacramento, through which tuttu a
heoutilul stream, and empties Into the Rio
l’eteas or Puetco, wht'eh itver takes Ila
‘rise within 15 nnleti of Santa Fe, and alter
running some 600 miles tall-t into the Rio
Grande, passing through a channel in the
solid stone st) leet deep. and below the
mouth of the Couch“, (which _rt'lns into.
the Rio Gttmtle at Presidiq del Norte,
lrotn the Chihuahua side,) about one hundv
ted miles. , - ‘
The valley til the Sacramentocntmot be
surpassed for its beautiful geographical lm'l
sitiou, richness and fertility of soil; the
red men having selected it as their layer
ite and devoted rendezvous. and "tech"-
drco of nature here have all that IE levely
in combination.
From the Paso del Norte. immediately
upon the banks of the Rio Grande. -where
the great Santa Fe toad passer. to Chihua
hua uod‘Mexico, on the northeast side of
the river, the country opens out into a lev
“l V‘flle)’: . immediately coming into cun
nucuuu with the valley of Sacramento,
and down that to the river l’eicaa or l’u-'
””5 and then out intotltu plains between
”WC"? ftl Austinand the Rocky Moun
tains. uttering to caravans one ‘ol the beat
"MEIR” ruada Upon the continent of l‘luttli
:‘tmertca;
v mcmunrqlu BURKE"):
(I l. ['2 A ll l-‘l {'2 l. l). I’A- AUG-'B. 18116
”.L::J: LT T‘_"T:’:::=§:E
FOR (‘I.I‘N \L ('HMMIHSH)NEN.
WILLIMI 1:. l“()s'l‘Eß,_jr.
(3/ Bradford ('nunty.
(1A Ml’ M Eld'l‘i NG.
X Hump Mel-Img 1m Ulr!(.'ll!:lr1it-M (Tlrlrml “ill ln'
lmMnn llw lam! M Mr “AVID ADAMS. llmlr ('h-nr.
livid (frvrli Hrvduu I.) l'mlllm'ml: nu 'llw ‘28”: 01
Anuuhl. 'llu- Inulllun ISJIIHI ln-yun-l Mr. Adam's!
Imuw, In H mmll uannml In lhl' It‘ll nl llm'l‘urm
[ulna II [um Ilu- mh‘nnluuu- ul hung nrvmslhlv lruu:
:Illnml l'Vl ry qnurlu r by gum! minds. and Irving qmln
w-Invnwnl lUM'H'r'II Swings“! u'nlr-r. Mmml‘zns
..I ”In (.'hl|rrh. FRIENDS u! roluqiun, and tho runuc.
nru Hmwrully Hum-d In ullond.
STANDING COVIMI'I‘ I‘I‘IE MICE‘I
ING.
Tim ”vnmrrnlic szunling (Immmtnw
of ("Imvlio-hl runnlv "in! nu b'nlurtluv ew
ning, lhe» [8”) July. and nmminlml [he
lullnwlng (,‘mnnumwa 111 Vigilance {hr [ln
srkul rlc-ctmn diwich lhrnughoul the
(minty:
Hr-rr'm‘iu mums/Ill).-—.l.1cnh lmonnrd.
H H \Vrlghl.
figs/I. -—\\'m 'l 'l hnrp. J.” Elder. Jun
31((HH'L’.
' I)’<rl::(.s'.—Gc()rgle Turner. .1 M Shaw.
‘John 'l'lmmpum.
lh'm/fnrd.—~\\ m lloovcr.Jucub Pearce.
\V K “'rlgly.
Brady—M. H. Luthvr. J.lcnb Kunlze.
Jami) l'cluv.
[fur/mills.—-'l‘lmq Campbell, JJH Mc-
Murrnv, Jnhn Ynung.
('lll‘Al‘n—SJ 'l'u‘l.cr. Jules Tucker. Jas
Clnrev
(brillchum—Fun“ u (fumlril‘l, Mich
:Icl Schm-H, .‘sulumun Mann-r.
Utrulluz—Jnlm (imrhurl, Jan McClur
re-n. “'m Hugln-a, wn.
Iv'rr_'_{u.wm—Chvi~m:m Slruw, \Vzn M’
Urnckvn. jr., Jnhn H-u'kc-nbvrry.
I‘hJL—JHIHI I Bumlv,.l;u Munrhvml.
(.‘zrmv/.-H H Smith, Ah’m Jurcv‘.
(I'm/w” —.\ H Lennard, Jncub Flcgn’.
Lounnrd Ihmngurnu'r.
I/mlun ——l’hi|ip llavcncr, lum‘l NiLh
ols. [)r \\' HH'VI.
./nrr{uu.—Ruin-r! Pdltormn, l"r¢'(l’k W
Shun-mg, (it-urge I‘Zrhunlt.
/\'(lr//mll.~'.—Hunivl Mum-v, Gm Much
nr. Jrl‘ Gmnnllzn‘. --\
[(lrzl'rmrr.——llugl| (hr. Amos Rcvd,
~cn.. John Hull.
Almrim—(Thrlslinn Emigh, “’m Hun
ter. 5 C 'Hmmv‘nn.
I’rnu.—'l'hns I’vntnn, Rhlmul lhhvw
Smnlu-l Juhninn.
I'lA'c.-—~G U Pussmuu‘, Thomas Blown
Samuel \Vuv.
llllmlu‘m‘:l.—-(lluis'tmn Slme, Reed .\
vanmh'r, 'l‘hna ”mull-nun.
Ifm'nug/L—thnl lull, C l’ultmn, \V
J Hempmli.
Uu mulmn, It wuq lu'rsu/vrll, 'l'lmt Sat
urduy Ihc2shh (lav n 0 Angmr, noxt.he
(ween lhvhuurs nl2 & H u‘clm‘k, r, M., be,
and Is-horq-by nppmnu'd up. (In: alny {or
hulchng the Primary Elm-cliuns in the sev
cml rlm‘llun (“Hfrlt‘la in lhls counly.
In't'wl/UIYI. That the Cummitlem of VI:-
llanw be rrqueslml to give HHH'I)’ wrillen
and verlml nuliu- tn Hn' dcumcrulic vul
crsnl lhcn rcspvcllvu :ownnhips, vi the
(film Yum! phn'l: nf'lmhllng will t-Im'u-11, am]
In allu'pr ~urh ul‘hvr nwnsurcs’ :14 Hwy may
(IL'PIII best ('ulcuhllml lo u'curc lhe fullvs-l
and (aims! expression uf [hr wish of (he
party.
()1: nmlim), lhv nbnvv [NOCC('|I|Hg‘, (0-
thur wilh the Milan-mg mltlrcsfi, Wl‘fl‘
)H'f'ft'tl ln ln: puhllth‘tl:
Un mum)", lhu (Inmnmlm: utljoumed
M. NICHOLS. jr., Pros!
I]. B. BIflSSEL, Seu'y
DISGRACICH'I
I'hl- nnxdnm ol l’hllmk Iphlu and Hurnhtmrg Inn‘o
-rn nl Iln-Ir duly \Vu'k"Quill-71hr‘UHIH'I’IIHIHK
unl lhv rfligy ul' Vu-n- l’n'mhvm HALL“, um! I
ullur Inn/mg I“ng hun bclwvl-u Hm mnrkul homo»
m Ihv puhhr m‘unrc In hull: umn Hm lunhq u
I'OHHYAN J‘mu Nun duly work nl mghl. \Hlul
fl." :lumm mm nuuhl lluu- In ill wnm ,vyutlguus o
\\"r-_|E,;r-l)‘ I “my ”my \umlul lu' nun“: than ('1
(:ur'irllnr ('luh ul l‘urm m 1793! Yul drumm-
Wm: c-nhlnra (rs-u: I: ms nu lunnu mnmlcslulmn
[ln/vim lllfllgnfllhlu
\Vn 'l.|\tl chmnhvn: rpnkvn 111 an-lovmg loru
01‘ I’m \‘lh! u] Mr, l'nHu-t, um! lhu "mm no rm
lhu urgunwnls uflhuxn “In: :umh-mn llml vulv, u)
lru'lgu-r'no nm unpmmml \th lhc' hu‘l lhul hn
punuod lhu only Irulv dignified t-uunu horoul
yummy. A Jim'n'nl (nurse would have Nlmu
lmu u Innn Ufn nutruw um] rununclod unnnl. nn
ullhor ignornnl of, or dlhl’l'gfll’dlflg lhe :vuu übllgu
liunu oHuu uflico.
W'l'ho Dclnourulm Cnugrvsslonnl (Junk-Imm ul
lhls dinlm-x mcl nl Indium: on Wednesday wet-1L
(Vinficr many inutTrt-lunl hullulMgu. they adjourned
to meat ngum on tho 20m
Wo lruu}. by llml timo a ('nndldulu may be soloc
.‘O‘J' who will glvu cullro smialm'lwu In tho whuhs
diulricl. Wo have such. Then let web 11 one hu
nomiuulqd, and um dlulncl will be lriumphunlly
runluomad
’I‘IIE‘Wuu; (JANuw.\l'x-;.—-'l'hu Wing ConEmccu
of this county reluruod lrom lhmr Cunvunliun luul
evening. nnd ,lepurl lho harmonious nomiuuliun of
Alumndor Irvin. of this couuly, on their candululo
ur Congress
We now rope-u} ngum. that the political churuclor
ofuur district can be rulemnud ;—-nnd that [ho Do~
mucrulic puny novur cuu. und nnvor Will have, a
boner oppnrlunhy 0! doing «0» than "ml nnw pm
uonled.. Lul. our Lonlowoa, ul llmir mliuumod
l v .
Inuoling un lho 2011']. we In it.
irJCuli‘Suowum. Slum Tmnuvor. pun! tho Ill
mn-‘ul m full duojun uufSiis’l'o’ débl on the In! inn.
muonnium'lu nvu‘ gmu‘lu‘ivl’flbkh ul dull-115. and luav.
:m, u amplun‘m {ha Treasury
E \VICL'I‘Y,
H. HUFFMAN
J. LL’H'H.
this! The not of 1511.? nus yussm] n! lho (*x'ru
ucnalun in Augusta! Ihnl yeur——H_/Icr Mr. (Iluy hml
romgm-d his sun! In Ihu Senulo. But on lhe [IrcCO~
ding 15‘lhol' l"ubr_uury. he alfurml n ucm-a of row
luliunu on Ihu uuhjecx ol lhe Inan. um] when lhe
Vole \vuu lnkcn Upon lhum. pusscd u wing Seuulu.
The fullun'mg It] lhu Illh rcwlulluu. wxlhuul ullcr-
ng u amglu puml:
"Rena/val, That in the adjustment of a
anfl‘ to ram: an amount uflucnly six mil
ions ul'mvcnue, lhe princip/rs n/ [he com~
:romtac uct general/.l] uhould bu adhered
0; and lhul. u-bpccmlly a maximum rule
.f in! vu/urum (111/in s/wuz'd lu‘ (slab/[slim].
ram which there ought (0 {IL‘ us liljlc' (Ic
urlurc us [maul/la."
A L\ DICE!)
unglh 11l nuppnrl of hm {gavlulmm' Th... npcot‘h
‘ I“ [Hiltllghmi In the NJIIuInI Intelligent” of lhe
NH “1' M'm h. 21ml fIIIIH'urH m hum been \\'rllll'
n‘ul Manllmoulu, vlullhrruldy uprl-Hmd- me (hm
up; u: II no ulnlvl lhe In” Mlluwmg pflmb’mph" 0
Mr. Cluy'u urgnnmnl in Huppurl 0! nd vulorum d
rifle and ml vulurum svslems of duties
9“ . ' . .
um! I mulmuln than lho laucr Is Juslly en
lulled to the preference. The one prlnci
the real value of the article taxed; the
specific principle imposes an equal duty
an article» greatly unequal in value. Cof
fee. for example, (and it is an article which
alwaya suggests itself to my thoughts.) is
one ofthe articles on which a specific du
ty has been levied. Now. it is perfectly'
well known that the Mocha coll'ee is worth
at. least twice as much as the collar: of St.
Domingmor Cpba. yet both pay the same
duty. The tax has no respect to the val
ue. but is arbitrarily levied on all articles
ofa specific kind alike, however various
untlunequal may /bo their value. leay
that, in theory. and according to curry
somul prinriplc of justtcc. the ad valuretit
principle of taxation is entitled to the pref
érence." ‘ ‘A '
“no articles from which lhe greatest u-'
mount of revenue has been drawn—Jud]:
a's wuollens. linon’s, silks, cottons, worst
eds. and a few olhora—vac all-boon lung]
on the ad vnlorcm principle, and lhqre has
boon uo dllficuhy in tho operation. I be
lievP, upon tho whole, 'nui'r 11' 10‘ I'ch
nan mum. l bulimic that if “9 adopta
HENRY CLAY v.l 'I‘HE WUIGS. AND IN FA
V 0“ 0}“ ADVALORUM DUTIES.
"I‘m much informationCCunnot be" laid Ibefiira Hm
I pooplv (gm lho 'l‘nriflqucslinn—jla .Objcfl und prect
upud Ihu ink-rem: nngl‘ proapoxily 0| lhe counlry.
' By lhe or! ul' 1849, u spam/iv duly'wua 'lmd upon
almost every nrliclc, and but {bw nrliclon auhjom
lo 'lhe m! valurum nyalem. Ono of lhe gronlexl ub- ‘
Jecnuna urged by Iho Whigs lo lha New 'l‘nnfT, is
bccnuun il rovoracn [his ordor. and carries out lhe
Hyslvln ufud vulorum dulioa :for in ploinor terms.
It lixcnln (-orlnin prr ('on/age 0?!th prirc [mud [or
llm article in Iho lorpign country; wlnlo n “Am-me
dmy para so much per pound, or ynnl. for nn or
livlu, \ulhuul mgurd In lhu Gus! ur worth of [he or
ticlo
As an inuunZ-n of lhe ”ljllflllco nnU quunliw o
ho npcriflc duly synlcm—bofuro we qdulo the ”u
Icnrv Cluy'u evidence—“'o winh lo cull llm ran
or'u uunnlmn Iu lhe following plum and barnc
slalunwul of lhe ruse. which we onrnr‘l from a
unglhy nrlil‘lu in lho \VcSI-(Thoslpul’m) Rvpubli‘
Mil=
Ullnllt’r the tarifi'ol 1812, there is a spe
ilic duty nimn film of S 2. 50 per pound.
How does this operate? Let us see. A
met'lttirtit: or laboring man oflimited means;
Wishes to buy a silk dress for his wife.—
lla, of course, will not desire, for he can
iiut sfl'ord to purchase lhe finest and most
dostly quality. HG. however, buys a good
fair srtit-lc, “eigliitia any onc,poutid; at 7.5
rents in yard—total S 7 50. The wealthy
capitalist. lordly banker. or manufacturer,
tlt'serS a silk dress for his lady. But she
won't consent to wear such a coarse article
as that worn by the Wife of the mechanic
lo; laboring man. and he therefore buys 10
yards of a fine quality at $2 per yard. the
u‘llOlL‘ dress weighing one dollar. and cost
ing $520 Now the beautiful spacdic-duty
taiill iil' l‘i‘l'l. which lll'.) federal Whigs any
must not he changed, taxes the 37 st) dress
ol‘ the tiiecliatttc just as tnuclt its the 3:30
dress of the banker or manufacturer! As
with Sllk, so it is with many otlter articles
under the titrill of 1512. And yet. never.
drug to our federal whit; panic makers, the
law operating thus unjustly and uuiighto
otisly. should romain ”as it is!" The Iruc
doctrine—tho hottest democratic doctrine—
ts that men should contribute to the sup
port of government according to their abil
ity; but this specific-duty tartll ol‘ 1842, iii
such cases as tlfat we have cited. compels
the poor man to pay as much as the rich !
Can. ought such a law remain unchanged?"
The übuvo Ia L'uncluulvr, and uhuuid salmfy ev
er] n'florlmg mind [hat the lurllTuf [Bl3 “nu any
thing but Infi‘nml equal in Us upumlmn upon dim»
rmu l'luuht‘n ul peuplu—uud llml Ihn prudent (.‘un
;ums, ul‘lL-r all. hnsuul '[llllL ruined lho couulry by
repealing It. la n any wonder lhnl the rich should
CUHIIHUD "Iu crow nc/ur and (In; pour poonr" unJcr
such n lan I That seems lo have been one nl'lhu
Mmsmga “Handed lu ho cfl‘ecl'cd by ils onnclmonl.
liul suppom Ihouo drone: were pmrhuued under
the now lunlf. Under lhiu larilT ull Bllkfl [my nn
ml vnlurum duly 01125 per cum . whmhur high or
low [mud—and In n can unuluguus In lhe uhuvo
Iho nch umn would pay muru than dnublo a- mud:
government “u as lho pour mun—because his
drew [a WWII: more lhun double us much us lho
11=
Hm \vhul any: anry Clay, llm gmul Idol 0f Iho
\hlg puny on lhlfl why-cl of ml wlurum Uml qm.
‘lfiu dum-H. Uelu‘ urlhmlux wnh lhmn uponull
Hhor quvnlumn. uud why uhuulll they differ U
HI)! ML (.‘uy dxd u“! h-uvv In“ subjucl hero.
I lho lal uf Mun-h hu uddrcrncd lhu Scnulu a
‘ h)’ II”HWH- I! Inn-H. llwrrl’uro, hu lukrn nuhla
Compute the difference between ape
c declares the duly puitl shall be upo
Again: What huts bcén they [gut from
ungin of the governmenl un_lil now I»;
fixed‘rete ad valorem. wherever item be
done, tho‘revenue will be subjected to raw;
an rlrmune THAN 'nm INJUBTICE {.th
nmuaduuornem' 'ro srncrnc Dunes."
One of the most prolific sources of the vio
lation of our‘revenue Irma has been, as ev
erybody knows, he effort to get in goods
of a finer quality and higher value, admit
ted under the loner rate of duty regurred
for those of a lower value. The honore
ble gentleman from New Hampshire. (Mr.
Woodbury.) and the honorable senathr
from New York, (Mr. '-\Vrighl) both well
know this. But if the duty‘wna laid ad
valorem. there could be nofut'otive for such
an «Hart, and the fraud. in its present form,
would have no place.”
“ Polk’s Persecution bfl’cnn-
We uuk the attention of nll' candid men lo Iho
{allowing briefsmlt-incnl. The hue and or} raised
—|ml by iho mnnuluclurera themselves—bu! hy
Whig puiihcinns, about Penn-ylvnniu intoreula b -
ng prouirnled by the now 'l‘nrifi', in, nu appear. by
hi) following slnlemcnl, at lean so far in bar iron
a vonrorned. n ported humbug, and ham attempt
)dccoxvo the people.
We boliovu the author [0 be man of lrulh.und
vorm'ny in lhe slrungnnl name of thc lormn, nnd
would not commil (my [hing to paper Wthh ho was
no! uhlo m subuanlmlo by tho cl'enrcul and man
uulhonlic documenlory olvidenco.
ll inn lnmonlnblo fuel lhnl lhare mo 30 flaw whu
llmroughly nndcrnlund lhoprinaples and operation:
at our Tunmnwa; nnd any lhing that will throw
lhe lvnut hghz upun lho subject we are glul lolly
boforo mo puhhc—nnd for Ihil reason we are plan.
sod Ihnl Our Correspondent hnn Ilyled lhil ('nnlmu
nu'ulmn No l, mu it inlimulon he will follow in up
“in: wnmlhing mun:
For the Dnmucmlic Banner
Alum. Editors :—-For the Information
your readers, I send you a statement of
ho duly 0n hammered bar iron according
o the pzesenl Tarifl', compared with thalof
1842.
The price 0! Swedish. Russian and Eng
lish refined hammered bnr iron is now quo
{ed :11 £l4m £l6 per ton, which will av
eragc, m lhe current rate ofexchange. $72
Duiy under the present 'l‘arifi'al 30
per cent. ad valorem.
)uly under Tarifl of 18-12,
Difference 87
Le: facts speak. and [)erUdICB yield Io
candid enquiry.
We will call this. if you please, No. l
of ‘ Polk'a persecutions of Pennaylvania.‘
Respectfully. your 01": serv't,
FREE TRADE.
Augusl (M), 15-16.
Free Trade.
Slurllu no! In lhyso words. 'l‘hoy do no: mean
lhnl everything nhnll he unpnrlml wnhoul pnymg
a guvunnncnl In M nl|,—-nur that funds uumuunl
Io dofrny Iho expenses at government should be
ramod by three! Inmnun. It only mcnnn lhnllrudo
uhuuld he an 111110 walnut-d up [)Ouulblu, w llml
lho producer could sell I“ [ha dcnrou market. BHII
lho huynr buy :1! tho cheapest. This In lho meal~
vod and universally mhmlu'd construction oflho
term on npphod lo lho Intercourse bolwoen nn~
Imm. Thus. ll WI” he parceived. lo ho Ilylcd :-
" Fret: 'lradur" is no! such u disgraceful apllheL
after all
O'TBy Hm nrnvul nf ”Io ulomner Hibernia. n!
Bunion, nn Mundny lan, informnlmn was received
(hat the Oregon lronly wna unified by [he Brililh
Government, and mgncd mmho ’7l}: July by My
McL'mo, lhe Alnnru‘nn melalor, and Lord Pal‘
morulnn. Sho bnng- no furlhor nun-ol'imporh
LIIN'L'.
NM'AL.—-'l'hc number 01 vosuolu of war. now in
h‘d‘Gquuf Maxim, under lho command nf Conn
noduro Dun: Comm. is 30. mounting 780 guns
—ul lhe hum! ofwhlch in tho frigate Ponnuyivhnia,
wxlh bur [230 guna. And llm squadron un lho l'n
(,‘lrll' canal of erim, undo-r Commodore Wu 8.
Suumucx, In rumpuwd of 12 Vessels. Inounlmg 298
gum: .
Sympathy/or (he Human—The Iv'ar
mrr. publiuhed at Wilkesbarre, PL. asks
a very serious question. in a very brief
and quakcr style. Who will answer it?
FLouu.——Our Farmers should recollect,
when they are asked to join in panic ox
citetnenta. that their Maple flour is selling
at this "me in the cities of New York, Boa,
ton and Philadelphia, at from three dollars
and eighty cents to four dollars per barrel.
Are there any panic sympathisera forthom?
I lii! by a «Shaka—A lillle girl nbout 8
Hours 0! age, 0 daughter 0' Mr. Miller,
while gathering whnrllc-berricn. behind
Fund's Mount. above town. on Friday ul
icrmmn. was bit in lhe hand by a copper
hcad snake some twenty inches in length.
[lcr screams brought lhe minch to her an—
sistnnce, who l'uund the snake fast With
its {rings in [he flesh of lhe child, which
they found some dilliculty in unlonsing.-
The parts bit commenced swelling. hut
speedy medical aid leaves a timing liope'
{my her rccovaty.—Rcading Press. > '
‘ (2011' 0/ Alcdidlion.-—'l'he report cucu'
latod in the British prints, that England
had oflored to mediate between the United
States and Mexico, seems to bo unfounded
The Union says no confirmation of it hue
reuclled ‘V’Vaultington. ;. ~ ‘
.Caug/um—"l‘wo desorlors frém Capmm
Douhq'u Company of Volunle'am have been
arrested. By the “ ,rulea uud mgulaliuuw
of War.” thoi; puniohment m doom, ~
sylvnnin.”
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