George NI. Dallas.
77th fnllowmg lollor {mm this Illinlinguinhed
Pennsylvanian in in reply to u letter, nignml by zi
buul 900 nfhin friends nnd _m‘ighimm in l‘hilndvis
phin. approving él'ln'u vow-oh tlm now Turin hill
1! bronlhon lhe "mm o.’ a true Amt-nun" Mun-s»
man, and speak.“ in lho lnngnugn, n! u umn “I".
know» and iu determined at ull hnznrdr. u; «in his.
CU
WASHINGTON. Aug. 1, 1840
Gentleman—Your Ion"; (Inn-«l the
29th ofJoly. numerouslv signed by my
n’ei‘ghbn‘rs and friendr. ia‘ onliflctl m the
expression of my gran-ful ncknuwlellg
memo. -'
. The Cutting voto given by the Vice I’rt's
.tdent, in the Senate of the United Slum.
tn! the 27th of Ju‘y. in favor of the act of
C‘mgrcsl to reduce the dutivs on imports,
and of Which‘you speak in terms of “2"“
lpprobation,\"tvns n flimplt‘ uml unnvouln
-11'? act of otficial duty, Every principle
'4 public rnnthtct ntmn which lrmn early
youth I hum mm urtm‘. t‘VF'Y u-nrn' t'it‘.
"138 of I culmLv Cotnullt-tl 1 WIN tt'l’t‘t'. um"
every view my tnint!(’ouhl litkt‘ of the but
and broadest interests of my “huh: coun-t
try, as they Were to be ttlh’ctctl‘ by the
duestion submitted fur dccuton. t’ctttnntl- ‘
ed that vote. N'ot tuhnve' been rnllt-tt up
on to give it would have. gratified m 9; but
when exacted by the Constitution. in thP
office whose lunctions were assigned to me
by the American people, to have C(twt’t’t‘tl
and hesitated before the statesmen antl
patriots in whom presence I stood. or any
Whete would have been :1 sort 0| SCH-dc
balement and degradation to which n
elrlhly consideration can nllurc me.
gave lhat vote. because not lo have give
It. would wound my conscience, wnun
my sell-respect, wnnml my principlm, and
Incurably wound my country. lclaim no
praise for it: the fact, that it hill] an up
penrancc ufunkintlness inwards many of
the community among whom I Mn». burn
and have long toiled. made it pninlul; but
fitbclonggd to the place. was evoked by
circumstances, and became inevitable.
‘ It was inevitable. it for no other reason.
because I had openly, in the {ace and to
the knowledge of the whole country at the
momentl consented to be a candidate {or
the Vice Presidency, promised it to the
majority of the people who should elect
me. I had assented to the conditions or
instructions of the canvass of ISM—as
sented in writing-—and that assent had
been disseminated wherever thedeinocrat
in press could penetrate. l did so more
than once; and havniu done so. scrupulous
ly and rigorously abstained lrotn partici
plting in the election. On no public oc
cuion did it become necessary or proper
for me even to allude to the topic of a To
rifi'. The Presidential candidate. Mr.
Polk. in his letter to our townsnmn, MI.
Kane, very propcily took his own pnrtic
ulnr course. i had no course to take a
bout it, having given it comprehensive
pledge to abide by the sense otu majority.
and the matter of a 'l‘arifl being: Fthrt‘Sily
and emphatically involved in the binding
tesolutions oi those who. without the
slightest knowledge. or expectation, or‘dov
sire on my pnrt, proflered the nomination
for my acceptance. As good faith with
public menJannoi be dispensed with, and
is not to be evaded by sophistries. the peo
ple. as well south as north, west as east,
having taken me at my word and elected
me. i have tulfilled the pledge. [should
have felt covered with dishonor as wtth a
urgent, had I done otherwise.
‘ Tho l-wo Interests ol Pennsylvania, a
bout which much anxiety wan manifested,
the iron and coal interests. will not. I sin
cerely hope and believe. experience the
injuries foretold. But, iq it posriblc that
our upright Commonwealth can {or one
moment demand that an ollicer. elected
by the androgen of the people of all the
twenty-eight states, and bound by his oath
and every constitutional obligation faith
tully and lairly to teprewnt. in the exe
cution of his high trust. all the Clll'Mle of
all the union, should narrow his grout
sphere and act with relerencc only to her
peculiar wishes? .'l‘oincu|cate such it doc
irinetofenmylvania is xomcthmg tnntc
than u’ieless; it iederogntory to her. The
page; of, he’i‘ history are crowded with
proof! lhlt she“ perfectly understands the
Federal: COnfilitution. from which and
through which she claims to derive no ben
efit which she is not willing to share e
qually with any member of the confedera
cy.‘ To bind or bend a President or Vice
President to disregard the general will,
and the objects of a national policy. in or‘
der to eubserve exclusively her special
will and her local policy. would manifest.
in my humble judgment. in degeneracy ol
uentiment to which Pcunsyl'vnnia never
hn descended and never can descend.
‘ his burg justice to the leclings of some
0! you. androf many much esteemed neigh
,bors,nnd political opponents to any, With
'out claiming for it the slightest merit, that
in the powerless position prescribed by the
Constitution to the Vice President. as re
gardsmattcrs ollegislntion. I omitted no
etlort which persmml intercourse and con
versation enabled mu to make, with it view
to bring about such changes and modifica
iions in the bill as would. computibly with
the paramount purpose ol the peeple. sot
,t'rn its apparent rigors. These efforts tail
ul—{nilcd from causes over which I had
.... control, and of which I have no right
't-r complain; and having tailed. it Would
s'“, oi'eleaa, il not wrong. to detail them.-—"~
They are adyortcd'to only as an assurance
tlmi. personally. [Would do any thing hon
muble nod fair to'shield a lriend‘or osm
riute from uumegeasury harm, While qfli
dolly. I must nhduvill do my duty With
undtuoriminnting inflc‘xibitity. , ‘ ' t
It in not my desire, in this letter olac.
lmowtedgmeot. to vindicate the new nod
enlarged syMcm of cnmmmci'nl intercourse
which lhe American people lmvé deter:
mined _lurnler upon. "l'nwrmls Ith 33.3,.
tom, howevfr. no obscrvmg mnnfnfi‘uvyld'
seeing that all Chrismntlffin." 09 ”'ij sum
‘llllunomln impulsr. is rhpnlly lending. It
is thé "mpving of expanding Llborly and
prolonged Ponce} nmLI leel such um“..-
voving cnnfidenccm lhe enterprise, skl”,
spirit, hnnlnlmml and perseverance of my
countrvmen._thnl~l cannot (lnubl. huwov.
er svvl‘ro Ille' Sacrifice involved in a be- 1
ginning: may be. that tlwycnd oln generous 1
and universal (‘m'npotiliun muxl bu their
triumph nvor all the rt“! nl lhe world,
' luln. 'ruly nnul rospvclfully,
Your follow citizvn nml lrivntl, .
G. M. DALLAS.
'l‘n [\lhnnmiu'l Fnrd. Gvnrgp Guior. Rich
nnl l’ell'm John "PM?” “'illmm W,
“fucks. nml others. Philadelphia.
The Vclo Message.
President You“, on lhe 3d Iml., vetoed the HM
hnr Approprinlion Bill. 'l‘hm lull npprnprinlea n
M'uv nmnnnv 111 mnm‘v In Ilu- unprovomnnl "(can
lulu ll\f'l~ lnu‘r nml lmrlmru, Inuny (II which. llll‘
'l'n-sul: nl Ilunlm. more pruporly helnnu In. and ure
Inlnndml for lho lmnvlil of. lhe Slnlvu In whivh Ilwy
lic, llmn lu lhn (lu‘nornl (lnvormncn't. “70 would
like 10 aim the l’rosixlonl'n rxm‘llmn nrgnlm-nlu
entire. bul our npnm will nul nllnw us. 'l‘ho 101~
lowing purnurnphn. hmw'vnr, “ill show the pnei~
lmn lnlmn by Mr. l‘ulli. which run ainnlnr In those
"“10". JACKSON in his rclclxrnlcd mcssugo vcloing
1110 MuylVlllu Rum] llill'
To the [louse o/ Rppresmlalim :—-l
have considered the hill entitled “An not
making prrtttfl'lntillns lrir lille imprnvp.
ment of certain harbors and rivers," with
the care Wllit'll its importance dr-mandi.
and now return the some to the House ol
Representatives in which it originated,
with my objections to its becoming a InW.
The bill proposes to appropriate one mill
‘ ion three hundred‘nnd seventy-eight thou
‘ sand tour' hundred and titty dollars to be
applied to more than lorty distinct and
separate objects of improvement. 0n ex
amining its provisions, and the variety ol
objects of improvement which it embraces.
many of them of a local character. it is
diflicult to, conceive. it it ‘ltull be sancr
toned and become a law, what practical
constitutional restraint can hereulter be
imposed upon the most extended system
of internal improvements by the ledernl
government in all parts of the Union.—
'l‘hc constitution has not, in my judge
ment. conferred upon the federal govern-l
ment the power to construct works of in
ternal improvement within the States. or l
to appriate money from the 'l'reasury for ‘
that purpose. That this bill assumee lor
the federal government the right to exer-l
cine lltt‘l power, cannot. I think, he doubt
ed. The approved couree of the govern
ment. and thedeliherately expressedjodg
ment of the people. have denied the exud
tenee of wth a power under the mnstitu-‘
tion. Several of my predece-tgorq hovel
denied its existence in the most solemn
{(II In“.
The general propuaikiun that the [cult-r
ul zovrrnmo-nt «Inca nor pouosq (hie pnwer
is so \vc'll settled, and has for u cnnqiiler
nblo pnioul [men 50 generally ncquiescell
in. mm it is nnt doomed nocrsmry tn reit
erate lhe nrgumenh by which It is sunnin
nl. Nu: (In I «loom it necessary. after
the full and elaborate iliScuisiuns Which
have taken place lic-fore iho cuunlry on
[his suhjrcl, In (In more lhun "sluic- lhe 2c
neral C(1llfiil'(’l’(lli(lfl§ which have sniisfivd
me of {he uncunslilulionhliiy and lnt‘XpE
(lioncy n! [he exercise nl'such n pnwer.
'l‘llo rnonnngo clnars nu lullmux
"Sllnulll lhii bill ht'rmm- :1 law. lht'
principll- whinh it Mlulm-hcs Wlll un-vila
hly lcml tn lurgc nml annually increasing
npprupnu'mna uml ulrnins upnn lhe Irons
ury,lm' I! H um I!) be (lnulm-(l llml num
erous olhvr localities not ~cmlnnrwl in its
pruvi~iun:-', but qmlc I” much cnlillml In
lllc fnvnl' ul lhe government us thus“: winch
ure embraced in it. will llElnfllHl,‘ through
llu-ir I'OPXCSCUIMIthH in Congres“. l 0 bu
plarml (M) an mlunl Inullnz wilh ”mm.—
VVilh surh an increase (If vxpt'mlllurc
Imut neccwznily follow either an lm-rens-
Cll puh'llc debt, or incrvascll lmnlcm upon
the people by Inxaliun. ln buppl)’ the trua
hury \V‘llll the mmns uf mvctlnalhc accu-
Inulatcd demands Upon 11. “
\Vllh prufuuml resin-cl for lhc opinions
of Congress. and ever anxious, an fur M I
can consistently with my rciponsiblhty lo
uur cmnmuu cmmituunlw. [0 co olmrnte
\VIlh them in the discharge 0! our respec
livcflulies. it Is with unf'clgned regrm that
I find myscll constrained. [or the reasons
wlnchl have assigned. to withhold my
approval {mm this bilf.
JAMES K. POLK
U’ashinglon, flug. 3. 1310.
A person has lately started the idea. that
n conqiderablo portion of the waters of the
Niagara escapes by a subterranean passage,
and appears in the river some miles below.
The appearance of the whirlpool itself
the less quantity of water immediately be
low the whirlpool, compared with the quan
tity above on the one hand. and with the
quantity further down on the other, are of.
{cred as proof; of the fact.
The 'l'arxfll—Mnjug' Noah thus, in a
very few bul‘puinted words. disposes of
the Ta riff: ,
“ We occupied a'cool hour yesterday
-—-lhu: is, as coal as we could iinul ib—{o
go over the details of the new turifl, about
which there is so much real or fictiiious
excitement. It is a very high 9am} as it
stands—Very high: thirty and forty per
cent on a majority o! nrlicleei There is
no (mo tmde in (his kind of protection,
aim] the manufacturers may well any...
' Wu me glad it’s no worsu.’ ‘
"“"“ 73 "1‘“, .I:a'"cx 33.,«1 n u c r. .
c 'l'. x}: A n m [-‘. L n, m. Aua.15}!846
FOR CANAL COMMISSIONER.
WILLIA 1;. FOSTER, jr
(3/ Bradford county
CA MP MEETING.
A Unrnp Mot-ling [nr llm (Tlvnrfiold (‘irnuix will he
hrhl on tho Innrl of Mr. DAVID ADAMS. nnnr (‘lonn
liolll (firm-k Bridgv—ln l-nunnrnm» nn HlO 28”: n!
Augush '1 lm ‘lm-nliun isjlm lwynml Mr. Atlnm'a
home. in n s-‘mnll wmnllnnd In tho lu-li of tho'l‘urns
pikm I! My Iluj- ndvnulngc ul hcillg nr‘r'rsslhlu {rum
nlmml pvt‘ry quurlvr by good runtls. nml boil)! qmln
(-unvvuicnl losmm‘u! Springs 0! wait-r. Mx-zmnms
n! ”In Chum-ls. rnuzxns ol' n'llgion. uml the runmc.
nro gonorully mmcd wullund.
L E. WEI/FY.
. : 11. HOFFMA N.
‘ ' J. LLOYD.
STANDING COMMITI‘EE MEE'I
ING.
The Democratic Standing Committee
of Clcarficld cnunly mot un b‘nlunlny ove
ning. the 18m July. and appointed lhe
[allowing Cmnmlltecs n! Viziiance lor (he
sevolul election (llalricls lhrnughnu! the
county 2
[lt'rrm‘ia Immis/np.~—Jncnh Imunzm
H l 5 “'rlghl. ‘
lie/l. -—-\Ym '[ 'l horp. Jaw l‘lhlvr, Jan
McClure.-
Boggs.—Goor,ge Turner. .1 M Shaw,
John 'l‘lmmpwn.
jfl‘lH'l/‘UI‘II’I \Vm ”mwcr.Jucob l’carcv,
W K “’“ilgly.
Brady—M. 11. Luther. Jacob Kuril'm,
Jncnb l’c'ncc.
Burnsidc.—'l'hog Campbell, .las Mc-
Murrny, Jnhn Yn'ung.
(,‘/u.'.~.'[.—-SJ 'l‘o'LL-r. Jllcs Tucker. Jns
Currey.
(bring/0n —-Flnncia Cnmlrict. Mlch
ut‘l Schnull, Sulnmon Mann-r.
[Fatima—John Gcarhnrt, Jars McClur
rcn. \Vm ”ughvs, sen.
Ferguson—Cluiqtinn Straw, \Vzn M’-
(Irnckt-o. jr., John llocltenberry.
lot—John [ Hundy,.lm Moorheml.
(lirunl.—(} ll Smith, Ali’m .lurev.
Cashew—A S Leonard, Jacob Flegzil.
Laminrd Bumeuiner. '
[luston.——Phi|ipllnvener, Israel Nich
ols, DFWV llnyt.
Jordon—Robert Patterson, Fred’k W
Shoemog. George Erlmrdt.
I(ar/lmus.—l)uniel Moore. Geo Buch
cr. Jus Uunmllafi.
Larwrcnec.—llugh ()rr, Amos Reed.
sen.. John Hall.
Riordan—Christian Emigh, \Vm Hun
ter. S C 'l'hompcom
I’cnn.—'l‘hos Ft-oton. Richard lhnver,
Samuel Johns-inn.
Pike—G U l’aasmore, Thomas Bloom.
Sainml \\'n_v.
ll'omlwurtl.—(lhrifitinn Sholi'. Reed .‘\-
lcxzinder, 'l‘hoa llenderqon.
IiItH'OIILIIL—DJVHI I.it'l.. C Pottarll. W
J llemphtll.
()n motion. it was Resolved. That Sut
urduy the 129th day of August, nextybel
tween the hourw ol :1 & H o'élock, r. 31., be,
and i 3 hereby nppmlltcd as the «lay tor
holding the l’ri’umry Elections in the sev
ernl election districts in this county.
Resolved. That the Committees of Vig
ilnnre he requested to give timely written
and verbal notice to the democratic vot
ersol their respective township-1, of the
time and place ofhotding said elected. and
to adopt such other measures as thev may
deem twat calculated to weeure the-fullest
nnd lam-st expr-uin'i oi. the wish of the
party. ,
On motion. the nhove proceedingfl. to
gether with the following nddresa, Were
ordered to be pulili~hedr
On motion, the Committee ndjnnmed.
‘ M. NICHOLS. jr.. l'rest. ‘
11. 11. 11!2‘.1.“8!’t., Sec'y. t
'n‘hv Tuwnshig) Hilcclionw.
“'0 rannul hm t-urm-slly (‘ull upuu lhu dunut'ruls
lhrnugz‘wul Hm uneml Inwmhlps, In ho puncluul
m nllrmhnzz Hm! luumlup UAH’UOIM. hm very
nnprmunl lhul every man should he nl the pull».—
l'hu umre numrrrma the vulva puHml ul lhrsu vlrru
inns, lhn mum mlulm-mry wlil be their rmull
Nu Jomncml ml] dnro In sol up his apimuu again-l
[Lo [ln/In mil thus Clprm‘sod. and lhe harmony 0!
our puny Will ho perfect.
Much depends upon lho vigilance nml nr‘livxly
of lhe (Tummlflces nf l'rgllam‘c 'l‘hov uhouH ngo
mum in new! lime to ovary dcmot‘rul. and urge
every one It) nncnd In his own prnpcr panama! as
cnrly an hour In pnssihlo. They should also have
n plenty oflit‘kels for each cnndulnlo prepared.—
Lo! lhm system be fairly losled, and we um suro ll
will give ganurul satisfaction to the party.
037'“ is now ovidnnl lhnl rill lho foilcrul lnlenl
and influilnco in Iho land is to ho put in operullon
to bring about nnmhor panic in”! monelury prcss
uro. This puny have never failed to recon iu lhis
niodo of influencing public opinion when nny w
l'orm, culculnleil to maul! in benefits lo the puoplo_
was about lo ho onuclod by tho Rupnblicnn puny.
ll was no“ in tho Inn wnr, when lho [ouloralialu mod
uvoiy eilbrl’ In cmlmrmss the government nml pur
nlzyo its energies, [I was so when Jnckwn umn-b
ed lho mihouu and doslruclivo cnrocr oflho Uni~
to-l State» Bank. Then i: wmrlhnl machnnics. In
lmurcru and opurulivus. were (lisclmrgcd in mass",
and all In; lho purpose of compelling ”10 people In
tome In Icrms. and allow Ihem Io conlinuo lo pros
per in Ihoir career of ulorlion and oppression.
ll wnu so when the lndcpcmlcnl’l‘ramury went
into opcmlion. From Maine in Georgia lhe feder
alism: procluimod u gem-ml stagnation of business.
dlld MOO 'lvtanil min—when. In point of fuel, the
Sub-'l‘runoury had not yo: want inlo opornuun a
all.
And 50 i! is to bo ugum'. In onlnr to compel the
pqnpld to come (0 lcrm: wnh them. and unis! them
inlo power, so that lhoy m’ny Moss you wnh sumo
mun} guud “ Whig reforms." [inch on :1 ' Dania-up!
Law,’ a 'UuiloJ smm. flank} and u 'l'urifflhul
mu mlko qgo FARMER, uigJMEcuANw. and all
who labor, pay all! Iho tnxovmnd save lho fortunes
ofthe wonhhy 9'" the lnnd.’ “'o' m ngnin to be
frightened wilh torrihlo pictures of :ruin and dis
tra'ss-—of munufuc‘éry'a mopping. hundstdiachnrgod
and wages reduced. 4 . II '-
Therm 'zt'nrnmro'w hug-henna have "over frighh
cnr‘d 'lho Dnmm‘rncy of this county from lhn mnin.
tninnnrn ofr‘orrocl principlep—n‘nd wn Ihink NICV‘
ER WlL[;:' But we warn [hem to BEWARE. A
MIGHTY EFFORT m to be made In changn Iho
polilicnl churnclar oflhin county. nnd nothing lhnt
the almighty DOLLAR mn efl'ccl Will I); lell un.
PIZ
fiThcre is nothing nfimpnrxnnrc from’ lhonh
my of orcupnlinn. Gcn‘ Taylor \vnn still nccupiod
n\ the Inn! nm-nunls in Inrwnrdmg his troops and
Marc's lo‘wnrda Monteroy. 'l‘hcro nrr- no Melir‘nn
mecra In he mot “ith nny whore bolwi'én Mnln
moms and Mnnlnrry. nnd n! lho Inner plncc Iherc
nro but {mv—dnchronl ropurn- numbering them m
from 300 In 1 500 mun. Pun-den \\ mt rnporlcd 10
have been on hm wny north as {me as Snn Louin
I’ulosi wilh f) 000 mm. \vhon an express réncm'd
him from the capital duinng hia proacncn lhere In
«upprcw arm/hr! revoluliun. null ha immedinlcly
‘uboul faccd' and Inns nul been honnl ol ninro.
{Lg-We wore nppoued In lhe anil’T nl '49—novor‘
mud we u'vrc m favor of il—lml \vu wuro ulgnn op
nnscd Io Ilfl roponl. We would have proforrml n ‘
Inw lo ('urn-rl lIR mm! glaring errors and inequull
hon, lo the new 'l‘nnfl'lull. But If we were In
make a choice between lho two. we would greatly
profor lho new lanll m Iho old. [I is morn equal
In xlulmrlhenn. In less opprcauivc upnn the pro'
ducing classes. nm-h In tho farmcr. lhu mrc/mmr,
nml lho oprrnlm. In lhe single nrlicle of wnnl.
nrmnlmg In lhe plum and un-Ivnlnhlu xlmwmg of
lhe Sovrvlnry or Ilm 'l'ronsnry. I! will nllur-l nprn
(eclmn ul Tlllx’llll HUNDRED. ANl)Sl“.‘v'l-ZN'l‘Y.l
YOUR THOUSAND {VINE HUNDRED AND
HIGH'I‘ICICN DOLLARS In tho Amcrlmn FINIHH'
MORE lhnn :hul uflunlml by [he law nl 1812!
This mny not, perhnpm be r'nuunh yol. Bu! ll ll
:1! leunl nn atlcmpl ta gnu lhofarmcr EQUAL PHO-
Tl‘lC'l'lON “'1”: [ho munufnclurer, so Ihnl lhe hur
lhcn 01 luxnlion will be a liulv more l-qunlly (li-u
lribnlcd. I '
€939-
Prnn’a Belraycd 2
You. I‘ellnlvlvnnin hm: hen-u hnacly hclrnyt‘d Y
Sho gnvu her olm-lmul Yule for Polk nnd Dnllnn
under lhe ilnprcasmn pmdm'cd by lhe Ix'mu' lrllu
xhnl lhe 'l‘urlfl luxozz “null! br- rqualizui—lhnl. n~
mung olhvr things the duty on IRON would be
BROUGHT DU\VN. Bul lmhnld [ho dcm‘plinn.’
'l'hu lax on Impurlml imn (llml urliclo “Inch vnmeu
In competition ullh Juniuln mllrd iron) in rrrluu‘rl
rum 317 lo 624 PICK TON! Heron] 1:9 the word '
WWO wmh II In be “all llndl-rnlmnl by «very
body, that no 11:94er In publish nolhlng nu Ihasuh~
100! of tho il‘nnfl'. ellhcr by selection. (‘mnmulm-m
lwn. or editorially, but what we mm In ho cur
rem. But we may be deceived—um} If so. we
shnll calcom II n grcut'fnz‘ar on the part or nny one
Hcl us right. Our (:hjecl In In sproml umful Inform-h
lmn befnro lho puMu-—-hul if we do Innkv nmlnkuu
lhcrn nrv nunn \\ ha do nnl—it iq Iho dulyuf ev-
ry gum] (Illzon In cnrrc'vl uy
Our Mineral Spring
Ahnul n your ago we mudn n hnelulluslnn In Ibo
dlsrovory 0! u minrrul hprmg nn lhe hunk 0f lho
rlver In from of nut bmnugPL Sumo Ihn-n or (am
ulour onlerprmng vil‘lzcna had I! r‘lenned on! then.
und lhn wnlcr “'ns ~{gonvmlly urml by our mlizrns.
and 0 portion of H lnkcn lu Phllmlclphm “here ll
WHN submlllell lon pmrrm nfunnlizulion. wilh lhe
roan]! given In Ilm fullnwlnv; loner. “inch wnn
handed to mu by Mr. SMITH. m be p-Jhlinhrd [or the
hunmil of tho public.
Arrnngemunlu um now In [-rngrosr. In mnkn nll
nvcuusnry prvpnrnlmn fur lhn pmpr'r nm‘mnmmln-
Hun ul’rillzvns uml “rangers. 'l‘ho 'f‘nwn Cuunml
have Vn‘l'l' n upm‘ml tax {or sh‘fmymg Ilu- (“[N‘n
sou, “hirh in to ‘m Irrrt'tm-vl 51v vulunlnry uuhwrlp~
tum In "'l9 « um; h Hun ul Inn work.
Our lawn mu] na'lahhv-rhuml “11‘.sz one ullhv
“out dulivhlful L‘l-lllllry rt‘lr' u“; m :hu [Wm-up don»
10m; “('l’ lnrgv mm mm! hmm. A ntw Heck»
qu-nt hrrv vlurmy Hm hml nl‘ eululm-r, hrmglhxnu
nur pur" "NH”.IH an. :11an purlukmg u! [hm wnler.
vull rmmrv lhe huullh um: upmls nl' lhu morn
weakly and «It-Jaulm." . .
"‘ 1.
chsn'x. .110 an (y 'l'lmmpvon.—-'l‘hc fol
lawn: is :1 copy of lhe letter of Messrs.
Doom 8; Bovn. addressed mime. after
examining lhe waler of our 1111-1167“!
Spring:
JOSIAH W. SMITH.
"DEAR Slit :—Wo have subjected the
specimen 0f Mineral Water which you
left with us for this purpose, to a thorough
examination. It contains no sulphates, but
some Silica. and considerable quantities of
Cloride of Calcium and Magnesium (mn
riate oi Lime and Magnesia.) nnd cloridq of
Sodium, (mitriate of Soda ;) it contains be
sides these Salts. the Carbonates of Lime.
Magnesia, and l’rotoxide of Iron. The
latter {the carbonates) are dissolved in the
free carbonic acid grass with which the wa. l
ter is impregnated. and precipitates in its
diseipatiotMorming a deposite—the carbo- l
nate of the protoxide of iron being at thei
same tichonverteil by oxidation into per
oxide of iron. The composition of this
deposit, as found by analysis. is :—Sili'ca.l
Peroxide 0/ Iron. Carbonate of Lime. 1
and Carbonulc q/ fllagncsi'a, &c. i
: BOO'I‘HE 8!. BOYE. l
’ Philadelphia.
{X‘rThe Farmrr uud‘lho Mcc/uzmc works from
mur‘hing liH night, ‘evury day from your lolyour,
and uoldom clvnru over three per com. ~on his Cupi-
Inl. 'l'ho munulhclurpr duos nor wurk “I all——
ljvua 11l high alylawsumrorling all the fubhlonJol
lhu " upper lan’ thousand," and seldom (.‘LEARS
lean Hum luny per cent. . Yul Iho {Owner compiufnu
nut, uhilo {ho mu’nu’lholnror in conliinually crying
uIM more prolcylimi to HOME mduuryg - '
THE CROP OF 1845
By an estimate a lhe/crop nil—when} nnd‘carn_
mndé by lhe Comm‘ sioncr ofl’ntoms. for the yum‘
1845. it'nppunrs/ in: our country has prbduced
WES/18,000 lmaholn of whenh'nn'd 411889.000
bushels nf corn. The when! crop of 1846 will he
gro'nlly increnned—perhnpsonc~fourlh’-und if no
thing linpprnwl‘lho corn crnp’ will be Increased in
an equal proportion. Wilhnut n murlrefi'ufnr [his‘
lnrge surplus, what would the farmer‘s‘ pronpocu
be! Lol lhe high pvoteclionintn‘ nnswcr this ques.
WTlm Pronidonl hm; vetoed the Senate bin
providing for ma payment of cluimnnla for French
dcpredntiona upon’ our commerce previous to 1801.
We hnvo not rend it. and me therefore unnblo In
any any lhing further on the subject. Ac it is char!
we will endeavor lo publilh it in our next.
WThe Wuahing'tm Union Mlho lllh innlnn!
contradicts the rumor m circulation that Mexico
hm; 'on! u proposulon for pcnco
mCongress adjourned on Tncsdny lant—nflcr
nnu at tho lnnxcsl and mm: imporlnm sea-ion
yinr‘c «ho ontnblishmcnt 0! ”re gOVernmcm
WThn ale-mum of the public. nnd particularly
oflhmc who afoot to holicvo Ihnl lhe now Tatifl'
mll rnin tlwflrnn business. In tho Inflo'wing nhqrt
mmmuninnlinn. There are lnrtn’ m. 5
you. Controvorl lhom Ifyou rnn .
Polk’s P ' 'cculions n
syl nian-No. '
Messrs. Editors_:-—Cnnlinuing my ex
nminminn of the two Tarilh. I now semi
you the result as regards the chmpcsl kind
of Iron. .
Price of Cnmmnn Bnr lrpn In
England at lhe lime of lhe passage
of the Bill of 18-12, was £6 par ton.
oquinl m
Duty by act of IH/l‘J.
Cnsl ofimpnrlminn wnhom charges $53 00
The [mm of the name article at ‘
the present nme in England is £lO
108.. equal to 850 ‘lO
Duly by the net of 1816.30 per
cenl. ad valorem.
Coal ofimporlation wilhou! charges $67 20
53 80
Showing a (llflerence in favor of
(he munnfncluyer at lhe present time
over 1812, of 3H 'lO
Agnin I say, let facts speak, and proju
dice mold to mndul enquiry.
Respectfullv your
obedient servant.
FREE TRADE.
Aug. 13, 1916.
News From the Jllnrmam.-—Vl"e learn
that about two thousand Mormons have
settled on the disputed tract between Mit
souvt and lowa. and have put in a crop of
two thousand nrres. The saints have built
houses sullicient to accommodate the whnlt‘
companv. and from appearances, it would
seem tlnt they designed to remain. There
is great starrity of provisions among them.
hut those of them who wish to work out.
can find among the neighboring farmers
plenty of em plovment, aml get good wages.
l‘hc people in the neighborhood are divi
tled in their feelings towards the saints.—
They. us a matter of course tell all manner
of nhuurd stories about their prosecutions
in Hancock county, and these. together
\Wilh their sulTermgs. have gained for them
come gympathy among some ofthe people:
but there is another clans. who look upon
them With distrust. and desire them to get
away as soon as pousiblo. Col. Kearney
has sucveeded in rat-ting five hundred inv
rantrv in the Mormon camp at Council
Bluff“. So soon as the companies w’vero
formed the ehurrh hold a meeting. and v 0«
tml to lnrmnh each (-ompnny with {our spi~
ritual women.
{Q9—
Frnm Ii”; No“ Orh-nm Hullclin, July 31
We lnarn from a letter received by a gen
tleman in ll‘llfl citv from animal oflicer now
in l‘en‘ini-oln, that Commodore Conner
r‘oiitemnlnte! making an attack upon Alvaa
rndo immediately. Light 'drnught veaseln
only ean be it‘letl in the ntiuck. and the
Flirt now repairing at l’onsncola and taking
in stores. is to be one of them. She Will
sail [or Vera Cruz on Sunday or Monday
next. The writer of the letter from'whié'h'
we obtain this information also states that
he heard an ofliner who is high in com
mand, predict that the American flag would
be floating over the castle of San Juan d’Ul
lon within aixtv days. Perhaps prepara~
tions will not be completed early enough‘
to reduce the castle within that time. but
iho expression dropping from an officer of
high rank. remove; all doubt of the truth
of the report that the attack is contempla
ted.
'l‘he Potato Rot, in Its'mnst- putrid and
offensive form. has appeard in tho vicinity
nf Hartford, Connecticut. Acres of potn
toes are rntting in the ground : and those
apparently’ anuml, after being dug, in three
to sis; days begin to decay. In some on
nés halflhem ht-cnmo from one-fourth to
one-third literally rotten. The disease has;
also appeared in Farmington to an alarnh
Ina extent. . ‘
@INWJRRE. A ae'nergl nsafb‘i.
ment 0! I‘lnwnre will bi: cwstnbtly
kept on hand" of thq best‘ (gualig. ‘well
mmlc " I
. U
' KRA'I‘ZER & BARRfiYKTS'
July 29. ~
O
Almmvs—mm'ia a, fine fat of
F ,‘Gr'asr: (9- Grain Sc} Utes; &' 30.0”"
Sncallm..Siclcles. Grain 54/100213 andfla}!
Ibrks.'far sale ‘nt median: "of ,
Lll figurca for
25 00
16 SH
U. B, & P.