Tlit Mcl.oi-tt Aflnlr.
Wo htvo received a slip f.om the office of the
Rochester Democrat, containing the following par
ticulars confirming the account of the outrage at
Lock port:
Method Bailed.- Popular Commotion at Istrk
rt ! A gentleman of this city hosjust received
iho following letter from hi fiicnd, respectable
ceiitlemon of Lockport, which he hag obligingly
p rniiitoil us to copy. Whit the result may lip,
can only lc conjectured.
lockport, Thursday, 12 o'clock, night. I have
juM returned fnajn the court house anil jail, whetc
there is, or was a short lime since, assembled 250 or
:)()0 citizens, who say McLeod shall nnt he libera
ted, although Judge, Uowrn admitted him to hail
this afternoon, and Uapt, Wm.Buct become hail.
The Judge gave the order to hi (McLeod's) at
torney about 7 thia evening, and in 40 minutes 200
men were in and about iho court house and jail.
A meeting was organized in the court room, whlc
40 or 50 guarded the door below, some with muskets;
hilo the drums and bugles outside must have
m tdo Mcf.so.l feci gluumjr, Hunts uui ulhmid
to tec the Sheriff or nny one else.
A committee was appointed to we Judge Bow en
and ask him to surrender him, it r.itlier withdraw
his name from the bond. The committc had not
ro'nrncd when I left. I fear it will lie much against
I. iiu if he does not do so.
A messenger Las gone to Buffalo, that tho owner
of the Caroline may bo here to prosicute f,r private
damages, Ac., should the authorities irsist on his
liberation. Tho excitement is very great, Brother
son signed (lie hail bond with Duel.
Most of our best citizens arc indignant at Judge
Dowcn for aJmiting him to bail, and a Ira at the
bail. If they lei him go, I mistake the nan I left
at the court house.
Half-pad 12. I am going to the jail again.
Two o'clock, morning I found Judge Bowen
addressing the meeting, and attempting to exoner
ate himself. Duel did not arrive, but I understand
he will surrender him in the morning, to which
time the meeting adjourned, although many will
tctnain at the jail till morning.
The cannon was brought in the front of the court
house about 12 o'clock, and commenced tiring, and
made the glass fly in the court house, to the amusc
nieiit of the I'utrius, I will assure you. What
must have been McLeod's feelings, not knowing
hat wns going on during the seven liouis the court
house was full I must say he was much to be
j iitii d, if innocent.
Aint i kirn Kiitrriiiise
VVc learn from the Clipper of yesterday that Mr.
Ro.-s Viis has completed a locomotive eng'ne
of great power. The engine has been constructed
with a view to adapting it to the purpose of trans
portation. Its weight, when in running condition,
is nineteen and a third tons, equally distributed on
c'ght wheels, all of which are driving or propel
ling wheels : hence the adhesion of the entire weight
cf the machine is made subservient to its tractive
power. '1 he boiler, of the upright description with
vertical tubes, is peculiarly adopted to the use of c ml,
has G50 tubes and 20 square feet of fire grate. The
cylinders are 14 inches in diameter and 21 inhes
tlioke.
Tho New York Couriei says
The ship '-Isaje Newton," now loading at this
port, fi.r Hamburg, has on board two locomotive
Strain Engines and other machinery, the value of
the same being nearly twenty-five thousand dollars,
destined for a Kail Road in Prus ia.
These are from the extensive maunfactory of
Win. Noma, Philadelphia, whose high and well do
served reputation has produced heavy orders fur his
work, from England and the Continent, lie has
already furnished seventeen locomotives to I'.ngland
and twenty tight to other part? of Europe.
The success of his Engines on the English roads',
must be a source of gratification to every American,
and it is equally agreeable to find that uur English
brethren, in a spirit magnanimity, willing to give
merit its due, freely admit the supuioiity of his ma
chines. Halt. Amir.
Governor Cass, in speaking of the condition of
the laboring classes of Europe, s ays : " I passed the
last summer at Vers .illes, where the commanding
general put at my dispositon a snus-oH'icei to accom
pany me in my walk, and to point out the various
localities worthy of particular observation at that
seat of wonders. He was a very intelligent man,
and well educated; anJ 1 owe to his conversation
knowledge of the true Condition of tilings in the in
ternul economy of Frai.cc. He was from tht! neigh
boihood of A rutins, aiid his father was a small pro
prietor. I asked him, one day, whut was the usual
bnakfust of the laboring people in that pait of the
country, lie taid, plenty of waUr, and a piece of
ammunition bread rubbed with an onion !
A new discovery is said, by the 'Indus tricl Al
sacicn,"to have been made, whiih, if the expni
menta which are now making prove to be collect is
vi ry important. It is said that by a certain hi mictl
preparation or process, indigo can be obtained from
sawdust of the oak tree ; and that the indigo thus ob
tained presents, upon analysis, all the properties of
the indigo from the tropics. The cx eriincnts are
carried on in the neighborhood of ALkiuh.
Damages r Locomotm sa. Tin tc have been
paid fiom the tieasury of Pennsylvania dining the
' last year, J5fi,850 57, for damages Joue to individ
uals by spaiksfrorn the locomotive eugln a.
Immixsi Rr.inr-T or I.tTTSs. Ti e Columbia,
I U- ston, brought out from England til mail bags
and 72,000 letters, aluut ha'fofwhich were left at
Halifax for the provincea.
8iMllTAi;oiaTarniic MtsTiaits. 7'e
fourth Tuesday of Ftbruuryr tl e day appointed
for simultaneuu Temperance jneetings throughout
theciviliied woild, when the f.icnds of Temperance,
Without rrgaid tp rtligiuus sects, or political parties,
- or conditions of hfr, assemble together in ibi.it Uitler-
ent town, or districts, and rclebra'e the triumphs and
seek to extend the blessings of the Tempercnco re
form. Host on Juur,
THZ3 AMERICAN.
Saturday, Irbmnrp 13, 1841.
ItriHOcrallc t'aiultitatc for Governor,
Ucn. DiVIII SI. pohti:k.
(jj'Thc sleighing has been unusually fine for
the last two weeks, and bids fair to continue so for
soma time. Tho Susquehanna opposite this place
was frozen over for tho thiid time this winter on
Tuesday last. The snow on tho Allegheny is
aid to be in some places from 4 to 6 feel deep.
QTj- The Banks of Wilmington, Delaware, sus
pended specie payments on Friday, the 5th inst.
dj" In Congress nothing of importance is at pres
ent going on. The Bankrupt Hill, and the Bill fvii
the distribution of the procieds of the public lands,
are the most important items before this body ; but
tiny have not yet come to any decision.
(7 The editors of the Ilarrisburg Chronlcl , ha
ving been prosecuted for a libel on James Cameron,
Esq., made a recantali m, acknowledging that he
done injustice to Mr. Cameron, as his charges n
gainst him were wholly unfounded. Mr. Cameron
accordingly withJrew the prosecu'ion.
fjj-f Jeneral Harrison reached Baltimore on Sat
urday last. He made a speech to the citizens on
Monday, promising thai his administration should
not bo a party one. His actions, however, will
have to show for themselves, From them alone the
people will have to judge.
We perceive that the citizens of Milton are ma
king an attempt to establish a cotton Factory at
that place. We hope they may succeed in their
plans; and we cannot see why tin y should not.
Mil'.on is located in the midst of a fine agricultu
ral country, having around it all the elements of
wealth and prosperity. Its inhabitants arc generally
a moral and intelligent people, and arc nut wholly
destitute of enterprise. All that is r quired to en
sure success is action prompt and encrgt tic action.
Milton like most of the towns of any importance in
this state, has its newspapers. One of which, the
Miltonian, was long an influential paper, under the
management of Gen. Frick. Its present editor is
Mr. Brown, who, al hough opposed to us in politics
is, nevertheless a gentleman, and is esteemed
such by his neighbors. On the editor of the Ledger,
we wid not attempt to pass judgement, but leave
him to the lender mercies of his neighbors. If they
can tolerate the thing, we at a distance should not
complain. ha, however, lately unveil, d itself
and sotvid a long agitated problem, by proclaiming
its nature in the shape of an acrostic, published
in its own beautiful sheet.
QJ" A few of the friends of Thaddeus Stevens are
endeavoring to blow up a small tempest in conse
quence of the opposition made to his appointment
of Postmaster Ueneial under General Harrison's
administration. In Mr. Steveiu's last paper, the
' Gettysburg Star," ho stigmatizes the pre. ent whig
Senate as a "piebald collection, and the rottone.-t
piece of human architecture ever thrown together."
I he Hamsburg Intelbgancer, decidedly the most
respectable of the HaT'ison papers at that place, ve
ry properly administers to Mr. Stevens arid his few
fi iends a severe rebuke, for their vulgar and ungen
tlemanly conduct towards Mr. Penrose. If we
could lie permitted to form any opinion of the re
lativc popularity of the two men with the Hatrison
party in this section of the country, we would nut
hesitate to say that ten to one would be found in fa
vor of Mr. Penrose. This is however a matter that
the whigs must tcttle among themselves.
A SifMiul UiiiuKe.
Our ntemlm, Jesc C. Horton, having voted
again the resolution to d.stril'Ute tho proceeds of
the publ.c lands among the states to which they be
long, a measure just in itself, and which would re
lieve the farmers of Pennsylvania from paying a
state tux, which will soon amount to a million dol
lars per annum ; felt that it was necessary to (rive
colouring to his base desertion of tho people, by
endeavoring to get the delegates at the county con
I vention U sanction his conduct. In this, however,
: he has failed, not w ithstanding every exertion was
; made by his frit mis to procure d leg itcs most favor
able to his views.
When the resolution against the bill to dis'ribute
the proceeds of the public lands cine up it wa al
once icjicii d ; but four out of the twenty-n ine del
egates presinl, voted in favor of it. The democra
cy of Morihuuil'cilaiid County uudcrstanJ their
lights and will never permit their reprcscu ative to
baiter away their best interests with impunity.
The Legislature.
The bill fir ll e ri-payuuiit of the money borrow,
ed from the llar.irburg anJ V. S. Bank for the re
pairs of the Huntingdon Bieach, was returned by
the Governor with his veto. An effort no doubt
will be mad to form a new county out of North.
un.berlaiid, St buy Ikill and Dauphin, a till having
been n porw d to lhat effect. All attempt of the
same kind wu made last winter, but our member
thai succeeded in arresting it I fore bill was re
ported. I.KHiuii Cnnr v.The Philadelphia Standard
.tat. a on the authority uf Jo.iah While anJ the En
gineer of the la high Company, that the Canal can
be repaired by lie first of June next, nt an estima
ted cost ot :jjti,000.
Pulilie Srnfimrnt.
,; Mr. Horton not liking the notice we have tiken
of his votes in the legislature, so tht the people
might know what ha has In en doing, has procured
his man Friday of lhe"Milton Ledger" to let loose
upon us volley of low vulgarity and personal
abuse. It is not uncommon, however, in these days,
to see men without principlis substituting abuse fur
argument, in order to screen their misdeeds from
the public. Accordingly, the last Milton Ledger
says, iVre n the Hniibury Amcritnn was establish
rd, we denounced it as a 1'iHute. We have now
tht satisfaction of proving that these declarations
were correct. That paper is out in favor of a h 'gh
tariff, and it also in favor nf the distribution of the
proceeds of the public, lands, both of which are Ft
dcral measures." Now how has he proved them
correct. At the instigation of Horloii's friends he
brought these matters in the shaj c of a resolution
before the delegates at the county convention, for
the purpose of approving of Morton's vote on the
distribution bill, when twenty five of the delegates
refused to support it, leaving but four solitary dele
gates out ii f the twenty nine tu support Mr. Har
bin's vote. These twenty-five I'ehgatcs will, no
doubt, all be st g unitized as frd'-ruf'tls and spuria
'( iimcruts, fur thinking us we did upon this sub.
ject.
But further, in order to show the inconsistency as
well as tho subset viency of this creature to the will
of his master, we re-publish the following editorial
extract from his paper of January S.'Jd, just two
weeks previous. In speaking of the distribution
bill, ho says: "Many if the Democrats are ftrenu
ously opposed tn it, while many if them arc as
strenuous in ils favor" and then concludes by say
ing, ''he does not, however, profess to understand
this subject in nil its bearings, ami then fore will
endeavor to lay the arguments and opinions of wiser
men than he is, before his readers." How very
mode.-t. But then it should be recollected that Jesse
had then not yet vo'ed on tho bill, and had not given
orders what opinions his dimoci utic editors hould
maintain. But what a sudden change "the argu
ments and opinions of one wise man" m y bung
about. Jcs-c's vote, as if by magic, fl.ishcd convic
tion at once upon the mind of his erudite editor,
w hich, like the smooth tut face of a pint of molasses,
was ready for any temporary impression, which the
exigencies of the case might require.
Explorin Expedition.
A correspondent of the 1'nited States Gazette,
connected with the Exploring Expedition, by a Ict'cr
dated at the Sandwich Islands, Del. 51, 18 Id; gives
an account of an attac k am! murder of two of the
officers of the Expidttion (Lieut. Undcrwocd and
midshipman Wilks Henry) by the natives of the
Island of Malulo. They had decoyed these officers
to the shore and beat their brains out before assis
tance could reach them. The expedition sent an
armed force to shore attacked their town burned
them o.it of Ihiir housis, and k.lied shout 80 or 100
uf il.tm IaAmo ttiry sulirniltej.
riiiliiilelpliia Interests.
Our Philadelphia fi iends seem to mauif.st con
siderable anxiety in regard to the contemplited
rail road from Ilarrisburg t- Votk. The Tide Wa
ter canal has already, and .mist continue to draw oil
a vast amount of the Suopiehanna trade fiom Phi
ladelphia to Baltimore. From Hanisburg to Bal
timore, by rail road, the distance is 8:) miles. From
Ilarrisburg to Philadelphia the distance is 107
miles, a dill'i rence of 21 miles in favor of Ballimoie.
Thus shewing that Philndilphia cannot conpete
with Baltimore for the Susquehanna trade, alien
thai trade once reaches a point so low down as Ilar
risburg. It is obvious then, that this trade should
be intercep'ed at the nearest point; and it is some
what singular, that with all the projects of widening
cansils, tow-boat companies, aud projected rail roads,
lhat the cilizins of Philadelphia should forget thut
they lave a rail road extending from the city to
Pottsville almost complcteJ, and that fiom thence to
Suiibury tin re is but a link i f 12 miles wanting,
to compute an entire rail way communication from
Philadelphia t the Susquehanna. The distance
from Sunbury to Philadi Iph a by the Danville cV
PotUville and Pottsville, Heading cV Philadelphia
rail road is 135 miles. From Sunbury to Balli
more, by canal to Ilarrisburg, and from thence to
th.it place by rail road, the distance ia also 135 miles.
From Sunbury to Baltimore by the Tide Water
Can d and sloop navigation the distance is about
ISO miles. As Sunbury is locaclcd at the junc
tion of the Noith and West branches of the Sus.
quehanna, it will be seen that this is the proper
point of connection in order to socutc the trade of
both branches. At thU point too, commences the
great Iron Region of Montour's ridge, in the sur
rounding neighborhood of which, a tonnage amount
ing to several hundred thousand tons will be pro
duced in the couiso of a few jeu-s in the manufac
ture uf Iron alone. If these facts are not t. ullu i. nl
to induce Philadelphia to complete this unfinished
link uf 12 miles of rail road by which, at a trilling
cost she can secure all these advantages, we think
it is in vain to induce people hereafter to take caro
of their own inteiests. Besides Plnladt Iphia has
another interest in this matter. This unfinished
link of 12 miles tuns through the GirarJ Estate, a.
bounding in valuable veins of Cod, which, in its
present slate, is entirely valuless to the city, whilst
lhat estate holds ulso, two hundred thousand dollars
of the capital stock of the Danville and Pottsville
Bail lload Company, which, ly its completion,
would lie y really chanced in value.
Etlipsr uf t'ir Moon.
The New York Eveniug Post has the following
in tcfi rence to the lute Eclipse :
' The 11 ict appearance of this Eclipse, as we are
lot I by the astrouomeis, was about the 20h uf June,
li'JS. It has since then occurred periodically, al
the eu l of every nineteen years, and on the fifth in
stant will have made ils nineteenth periodical re
turn. It will next be seen on the 1 7 ill February,
l5ti, iu the morning, after which, the uvsaa pas
sing through the earth's shadow, at each return
little inoie to the south, the eclipse will disappear in
the year 2219. In about twelve thousand two
hundred and fifty-seven years after lhat it will a
gain make its appearance."
Suspension of the I'nitrd States Bank. '
On Thursday tho 4th inst., the Bank of the
United States was again compelled to suspend spe
tio payments. The officers of tho bank Siy that
tley have paid nut in twenty days, since the re
sumption, nearly six millions of dollars. Tho
wh4e amount paid out by three of the Philad. banks,
'n Biecte, is said to exceed nine millions uf dollars,
whiih is more than all the batiks in the city and
state ifNcw York have in their possession. This
unexpected calamity, it is said, has been brought
about ly the Now York anil Eastern stockjoblicrs,
brokers and speculators. Tho following are the
proceedirgs of tho bank on Thursday evening :
BANK OF THE UNITED STATES.
Fram-Anr 4, 1841.
At a special meeting of the Board of Directors of
Iho Bank of the United Slates, held ot tho Banking
House, the following preamble and resolutions were
unanimously adopted:
Whereas, iho Dank ufthc United Stated in com
p'imice with ils pledge to llic public, has made a
fair and bona fide elf irt to resume and m .inlain
specie payment, having sinco the 15th of Januaty
last, paid out an amount little, if at all, short of six
millions of dollars, in coin ot specie funds: Arid
whereas, the cllort to maintain specie payments by
l this Bank, has been rendred abortive by the intentio
nal accumulation, and extranrdinay eufoiceincnt of
ils instant lial i'ities : Therefore,
llcsolvcd, That tho Bank is under the necessity
for iho present, of suspending specie payments.
Resolved, That every cxi riioii will be made by
the Dircctots, to collect tlie debts, ond convert into
cash, tho assets of the Bank, for the purpose of re
suming payments in specie, at the earliest practica
ble moment.
Resolved, That tho foregoing preamble and resolu
tions be buhlished.
Extracted from the minutes.
A. LA RDM. I!, Cu-hier.
llic a nell's Kc orter states, "the next morning,
Friday, the excitement was if possible more intense
and crowds of persons assembled in the vicinity
ot all the banks. The run upon them was general.
The Bank of the United States was not parliculary
througrd after 1 2 o'olock ; and throughout the whole
day the Bank paid specie on its?.') notes. The oth
er Banks, which commenced paying specie on all
their obligations, gave way oun by one, so that by
three o' cluck, the only institutions that paid specie
in general terms, were ll c Farmers' and Mtchanic.s'
S .uthwark and Commercial Banks. Even
these, we are told, maiked a nurnbir of checks that
were presented, as ' good." All, however, through
out the city and county, freely and promptly paid
(heir ?5 bills in specie; and in one or two cases, a
mounts as large as f50,000 were paid in the aggre
gate before it was thought proper to violate the res
olution tn persevere in tho resumption, which was
passed at the Bank meeting on Thursday night.
The Western Bank paid all demands of every kind.
The general cvpn ssion of opinion was that the
Banks acted very injudiciously in making a fiuitless
a'tempt to resume, after tho U. States Bank had
been f.rced to supend. But, perhaps we should
give them credit for the effort, to comply with what
they deemed public opinion and law, and consider
it as an earnest to sustuin specie payments to the ut
most, even when in the judgment of tome of the
Directors, such a course could be persued ouly to
the injury of the Institutions. Every thing was ih
confusion, as relates to money matters throughout
the day; most of the brokers refused to purchase
Holes; while ail borrowing and lending, seemed to
be out of the question for the time.
On Saturday olTairs were not in much better con
dition. All the Banks paid their fives in specie
hut none their obligations in full. In short, we may
say that the suspension is noio general throughout
the city and county. Our citizens ore of course sad
ly puzzled for lunge, market money cV., as the
small notes have mostly all been drawn out of cir
culat'on. The Legislature will, we trust, take the
nutter in hand iuimedially, and endeavor to divise
some remedy far to discreditable a coud.lion of af
fairs.
Comity Convention.
The County Convention for the nomination of a
Delegate to the 4th of March Convention, for the
purpose of nominating a Democratic Candidate for
Governor, met at the Couit House, in Sunbury, on
Monday, the 8th inst. Jacob Gearhait, Es j. was
appointed Piesident, and Wm. Wilson, jr. Secre
tary. The following delegates appeared, to represent
the several townships:
Turlut Hon. Jolui Montgomery and Henry
Reader, A. Sliinick, Kuntz'
Milton. Joseph Hougendoblci, and H. L. Dief
fenbachcr. Chilli Miiiic Jacob Kline, aud Stedman.
Voint. Daniel Robins and Wm. L. Cook.
Northumberland. William Wilson, Jr. and
John Mihs.
Sunbury. John Farusworth and C. W. He
gins. A 'iguta. Sjmuel Awl, Esq., John Yordy, Esq.
and Ahiaham Shi man, jr.
Hush. J. Gearheait, Eq. and Win. Johnson.
Shanwkin. Hugh H. Teals, Esq auJ Chii.tain
Boushlog.
Coal. Charles Dering, Esq. and Reuben Fegely.
Little .Muhonoy. Conrad Reaker and Jonathan
Piper.
Vpprr Mahonoy.l. Mallick and Jacob Snyder.
Jackfon. Adam Daniel and John Fegely.
On motion, C. W. llegins, H. L. DietUubach,
John Mallick and H. Ii. Teals, Esq. were appoint
ed committee to repoit resolutions.
The Convention then proceeded to ballot fur
Delegate, whereupon Win. Cameron, Esq., was du
ly elected to represent this county in the 4th of
March Convention
Mr. HegilM, on behalf of the committee, rejiortcd
the following resolutions, which were unanimously
adopted, with the exception of the ninth resolution,
against the distribution of tho proceeds of tho pub
lic lands, and against a tariff, which after a few re
matks in opposition to it, by Mr. Hegins, was dis
agreed to by the convention.
Itesolved, That the administration of David R.
Porter meets with our most hearty approval, and
has fulfilled the highest anticipations of those who
elected him. His independent firmness under try
ing difficulties, his enlightened views of the true
interests of the state, and his determination to pur
sue them ' regardless of denunciation," his integrity
of purpose and firm adherence to the principles of
democracy, exhibited throughout his administration,
entitle him to tho respect and confidence of the
Democratic party, and piove him to lie eminently
qualified to fill the exalted station which he now
occupies, ond to ensure the harmony and success of
the parly at the approaching guliernatorial contest.
liesolvid, That we regard Governor Porter's re
ceut message to the legislature of Pennsylvania, as
a clear, manly and able document, and lhat we fully
approve of his views on "tho reform of llic Bank
ing syptem," "the resumption of specie payments,"
"(be put lie improvamanU," the spttily nnJ Imnrsl
payment of the public debt, and the causes produ
cing our late pecuniary embarrassments.
llesolred, Tlia' wo are opposed to the present ru
inous and fraudulent system of banking ; to the
chartering of any new banks on such system ; to
iho renewal of tl.o charterd privileges of any of the
exi-ting tanks on the present system ; to any fur
ther increase of their capital, and to the issue of any
small notes, commonly called thinplastcrs, as they
not only drive gold and silver out of circulation, but
are good for nothing lo lay by, and in the end fall
unredeemed into the hands of those who are least
able to bear the loss, viz: tho honest, industrious
and too-confiding poor.
Jlttolced, Thai we unite with Gov. Tortor in the
earnest expectation, "and trust that the present
Legislature will not separate until they shall have
made a scurrhing and thorough reftirm of the im
perfections and manifold ubuscs of the present sys
tem (of banking.) and that ellictual provision he
made by law, that if any bank shall at any time
heieafter suspend specie payment, it shall be ipso
facto a forfeiture of its charter."
Jltsulitd, That wo firmly believe that the prin
ciples of democracy are essential to the permanancy
of our free ii stitutiuiis and the welfare of the public,
ai.d tli it the Union can only be preserved by a strict
Construction of the Federal compact and a due re
gard for the individual lights and of the stales.
liesolnd, Thut we arc opposed lo the establish
ment of a national Bank, because it may, as it has
heretoforo leen, be made an instrument of evils in
the hands of designing politicians, and destruction
of the rights and interest of the people.
liesoleed. That the Independent Treasusy system
is in strict accordance with terms of the Constitu
tion, and harmonises with the principles of repub
limn govrrmneiil ; lhat it is well adapted to con
duct the fiscal affairs of tho nation, and that any
attempt by Congress to repeal it without divising 8
substitute better suited to the wants of the govern
ment, would endanger the safety of the public mo
ney, and w bile it would exhibit tho rclLs -nesi and
folly of ovciheatcd political partizans, would be a
direct fraud upon the people.
Jtesolrid, That we have the highest confidence
in the integrity, patriotism and republican princi
ph s of Martin Van Buren. His administration of
the government has our rno-t hearty approbation,
and (he President, together with that veteran pa
triot, the Vice President, will retire from their high
stations, with the proud satisfaction of retaining the
unabated confidence, respect and esteem of the
Democratic parly of iho Union.
Jitsoletd, That we are opposed to the distribu
tion of the public lands, at this time, bee iue we
regard it as a mere design on the part of Henry Clay
and others, to stop the land revenue, so as to have an
excuse and plea for the raising of a revenue by a
high tariff, or duties on imported goods, and be
cause the share coming to Pennsylvania would, af
ter paying our stale debt, only induce our rulers to
plunge headlong into new and more extensive im
provements, producing heavier debts than before;
or tn deviJe the susplus among a parcel of Bridge,
Rail Road and other Companies, thus taking the
very monies thut came out of every man's piickel,
and putting them into the pockets of a few rich and
lordly gentry, who, forsooth not having money e
onough of their own, must have the poor people's
loo! '(This resolution was negatived.)
Jtesolvtd, That our Representative Delegate, and
the Senatorial Delegate from this district, are here
by instructed to support the re-nomination of Da
vid R. Porter.
On motion of Hon. John Montgomery,
Htaulvid, That we are opposed to any division
of Northumberland county as unjust and iniquitous,
and that our representative be instructed to oppose
any division,
Uesolveit, That the proceedings of this meeting
I e published in the Democratic papers of this and
the adjoining county, aud at Ilarrisburg.
JACOB GEARHART, J'res't.
Wm. Wilson, jr. Sec'y.
Nutiomil Foundry.
In puisuunce of public nolice, a meeting of the
citizens of Sunbury, in relation lo the establishment
of a National Foundry, was held at the public house
of Hiram Price, on Saturday evening, the 6th inst.
CHARLES G. DON N EL, E q. was appointed
President of iho meeting, and Gkorok C, Vku-
ia, Eq. Seen taiy. The riectasity for the esta
blishment of National Foundry, and the peculiar
advantages which Sunbury presents for the location
of such establishment, wire briefly staled by the
Pres dent, whereupon Hugh Bellas, Esq., A. Joidan,
Esq., Fiederick Lazarus, Lewis Dewait aud Charles
W. Hegins, Esq. were appointed a committee to
make a report upon the subject, at an adjourned
meeting of the citizen.
Adjourned to meet on next Saturday evening, at
this place. CHARLES U. DGN.NEL,
G. C. WiikLU, Sec'y. Pres't.
ton TRK aMtnicitr.
8 II EE P ni'SDANDBY.
The cultivation of the sheep and the manufao
tute of tho fleece have, from the earliest period of
history, formed the most important branches of
agriculture and commerce. Tho Patriarchs of olJ
weie extensively engaged in the business, and ap
parently devoted all theii lima and attention to
their improvement. Abraham was shepherd;
his son Isaac "followed in the footsteps of his
illustrious predecessor;" and Jacob had many
flocks and has beon so woll versed in the science of
propagation that he was enabled to counteract the
intrigues of his fitherin law, who intended lo de
prive him of the just reward of his skill, faithful
ness and labors. From the period these illustrious
characters flourished to the present time, the sheep
ond its fleece have been considered objects of par
amount importance. England, Germany, France
and Spain, havo gone largely into the raising of
sheep, and no lesi than 32 millions of these useful
animal arc now grazing on the pastures of Eng
land alone. During tin) Into war and soon after,
some enterprising and benevolent individuals of tho
State of Now VorU, hsva made attempt to raiso
sheep in this country, and, in order to obtain a
fleece suitable, for tho manufacture of the finer
clothes, they imported the famous Merino from
Spain. These wcro crossed with our native
breeds, and the result was more favorable th in tho
most sanguine had reason to expect. Tho grade of
wool was much improved and the body of tho
mixed breed larger, more robust and cons qtmntly
better enabled to livo through our co'd northern
winter than the imported ones. The Saxon has
also been introduced into this country, and of late
the Sjuth Devon and Cotswold have been added to
the list of foreign importations. Since it soon be
came evident that the business would become a
profitable one, many engaged in it, and, at present,
many million pounds of wool are clipped fiom
sheep in the Northern ond Eastern states.
From p.-rsonal observations which I have been
enabled to make, I perceive that, in the State of
Pennsylvania, and particularly in tho counties of
INoilliumbcrland, L inon and Columbia, but a few
sheep are raised, comparatively spcuking, and these
few only of the inferior breeds. Al this I have
often been surprised, since there is no stale in tin
Union better adapted to the raising of sheep am
where l!ie business can be carried on wi ll nion
profit, than the State of Pennsylvania. Our hil
lands arc considered very suitable for sheep and car
yet bo obtained cheap ; and, if an individua
should engage extensively in the blanch of hus
bandiy, I have no doubt lhat he would recciv
abundant remuneration for his labor and capital it:
vested.
In some parts in the state of New York, slice
land sells from sixty l seventy dollars per acre, o
the other hand, our hill lands can be bought froi
ten lo twenty dollars per acre. Now, if it is prol
table in the Stale of New York to raise sheep upe
land which costs from sixty to seventy dollars p
acre, I should suppose that in Pennsylvania it woe
be more profitable, when land of almost the s.u
quality can here be bought from ten to twenty d
lars per acre.
It is the practice of some farmers to keep all t!
land in grass, either for pasture in summer, or
making hay to feed their sheep during the wintl-r
-..I ... . . . w .
v nners pursue ine business ot raising slieep mer!j
as a collateral branch: that is, they keep one shJcf
for every acre of giound tinder cultivation. I wotili
recommend ihe latter mode, and particularly advise
to combine sheep husbandry with the cultivation ot
grain A skillful farmer will soon reap the benefit
of this system; because a rotation of crops wil. '
keep Lis fields in good heart, and enable him tc
raise the best of wheat, and whilst a part of hi;
grounds are in pasture, his sheep will yield Inn
good fiVeecs. W. J. E.
Catlawissj, Feb. 5th, ls-ll.
f'Oll TIIK AMERICAN.
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AnxicLK 1. The stated meetings of the Societj
shall be held on the first Saturday Evening in eact
month, and the annual meetings on the fust Satur
day evening in January, when the officers of thi
Society shall be el. cted. Seven members shat
consliiute a quorum for the transaction of business.
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memliers, who shall bo styled the Selecting am
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licit subscriptions ; to select such periodicals as ihe;
may deem worthy the patronage of the Society
and report the same for its confirmation or rejection
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sioners office.
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office, on Wednisday and Saturday in rach week
between the hours of 2 cV 4 p. m., for the leception
and delivery of books to members; and books shat.
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bivk, shall be fined in any sum not exceeding 25
cents, al the discretion of the executive committee
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meintier of Ihe Society, (excepting member of his
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tho decisions of the society, shall not be considered
member, or entitled to the use of any of the So
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