ton TKK AMERICAN.
Fir who Vvmild lose,
Tho' full of in thii Intellectual Being,
These thought that wander through eternity.
To perish rather 1" Milton.
Mysterious Power,
Unresting source of pleasure and of pain,
1 hi! Uftvel'sl boundless space wilh light'ning speed,
A ml sonr'ft beyond those myriads of worlds,
To brighten Scenes, whero sorrow never comes,
Or down to lowest depths of torment wing'st
Thy flight. Who would resign thee to be noighl 1
Not one. The pining captive in Ids dungeon
t I'loom, shut from the light of Heaven, clings to thee;
The wretched felon in his galling chains,
An outcast from mankind, whom Mark despair
Dooms tpa present Hell, and conscious guilt
Forbids en hope beyond the grave, siiV cling to j snj n,ore ,lan 55,000,000 tons were consumed in
Tiie Coal, Iron niut 'Wlirnl of Pennsylvania.
Thc three great staple products of the Keystone
Slate are her Cost nnd Iron Mines and her Wheat.
Some inlcrestins sl.ili-tit w ilh reference to each of
Iheso were presented at the Business Convention
nt llarrikbiirg in nn evr llent speech, by Mr. Hen
ry K. Strong, of Schuylkill county, from which we
compile the following summary About one fourth
of the State, comj rihing more than seven million of
acres, seated moslly'npnii navigable waters leadina.
to ttn Slates of tho Union, i one vast bituminous
coid-ficld, filled wi h lime ami iron-stone, and pos
s sains as fine a soil as ever tho tun shone upon.
Anthracite Coal no other Sta'e pos esses, so that the
whole Dulott must purchase of Pennsylvania for
ever. Twenty-one, years ago, when the trade lint
com.ncucid. only .165 Ions wen taken f.om the Le
high minrs to market there are now tiiimd more
than one million of tons annually. About 800,01)0
tons arc sold to other Sluics, and 200,000 con
sumed in Pennsylvania. In great Britain about
30,000,000, Ions arc mined annually, of which on
ly G12,215 are exported to foreign countries. In
1834, less than 4,000,000, tons were used for fuel,
thee.
Through all this scene of endle.-a varied woe,
Of inula keen and agonies untold
Where fur one momentniy gleam of joy,
l ong years of darkest misery succeed
Where sick'ning sorrow falls wilh dcad'ning blight
I 'pon each early dream of happiness. Yet here,
E'en hcre.ls found not one, who would resign
The fatal gift of being theecslacies
I f . i i . i -
I no agonies oi inougnc 10 w no inure.
Iinmtntal, immaterial Siark Divine .'
Where is thy subtile essence, what thy doom t
Is it through endless ages to expand
In thought and deep emotion to drink in
The everlasting stream of know ledge through
Eternity t still learning, sti'l unleain'd 1
Or to sink down in hopeless misery t
' I'U thus, that rapt in bliss or sunk in gloom,
The mind is still a never ending soutco
Of mystery, and deepest meditation.
Pent in this prison house of sulf'riug clay,
The spirit inly pines to burst its bonds,
And wing its flight to purer realms on high.
Yes, yes, beyond yon deep blue infinite,
Thcro is a world of purity and bliss,
Whero spirits mingle, and whero thought is fieo.
There will "we know even as we are known ;"
There will the wounded spirit find repose,
Safe in the bosom of Redeeming Love.
CATIIIintXE.
Sunbury, June 18.
Pennsylvania anil Iter Mines of AYealtli.
Every day opens some new vein of wealth to llu
eye of the industrious examiner into the resources
of Pennsylvania. Mr.'Strong.in the Buisness Con
vention, recently held at Harrisburg, spread before
ihat body amass of interesting fuels, in relation to
the immense value of this Commonwealth. Our
rich wheat lands, cultivated with proverbial industry,
are justly estimated by all. Dut the time has arived,
when every mountain and hill of iton or coal, or
both, will have their mineral wealth fully explored.
Tho ancient chemists spent years in search of the
Philosopher's Stone, by which thry were to trans
mute the baser mctuls into gold. We have, howi ver
discovered the secret. A pound of iron can, by the
skill of the mechanic, bo made more valuable than a
pound of gold. Besides, it calls into operation so
much industry, in the ptogrrss of its multifarious
changes. Employment is ntedful to keip ihe hu
man mind in a proper state of activity. Pennsyl
vania, with her iron, and with her anthracite und
bituminous coal, will bo the great manufacturing
State of this Union. Her coal will drive machinery
to any extent, and her agricultural products will
feed an immense population.
The immense importation of iron here must and
will cease. Foreign naliuns will not drain Iiom us
our specie, in payment fur there iron. Our iron and
coal mountains are the inexhausliblc silver and gold
mines of Pennsylvania; and the day has anived
when we must woik them effectively and indus
trioukly. We have the lights of science in eur hands,
to guide us in the pulli way of certain success.
V. S. Gazette.
driving t'ie machinery of manufactories. This is
Ihe true poliry which Pennsylvania, must imit ite;
a huge portion of her coal nnd imn must both be
consulted in propelling her own machinery, ami
driving her own cotton, woollen anil iron factories.
The quantity of p'g iron annually manufactured
in Pennsylvania is estimated at 110,000 tons, or
one-third of all that is made in the United Slates.
It may be incrersed so as to meet tho demand of
the whole Union, though a yet tho annual vulue
is estimated at only ?.),00fl,000. Tho amount of
pig iron made at.nually in great Britain is valued
at f 28,000,000, while the valu given to it by
manufacturing part of it into Sir iron, hardware
and cul!ery, is estimated at 00,(100.000 mn-c.
Pennsylvania sends iron to tlio North Slates, and
onc-fif It of it is returned to her in manufactured
aiticles; she sends ihem coul and Hour, und re
ceives in return cotton fabrics and articles that she
ought to make herself.
The Census returns show that there were raised
in Pennsylvania in I. SMS, 13,029,756 bushels of
wheat, ouc-sixth of oil that is raise, I in the Union ;
the annual value, when made into ll ti', may be
estimated at $13 029.7GG. England, S.olland
Wales contain 513,833,330 ucres of land, of which
31,005 COO acres aro a i able, 20,403,100 pasturage,
S,'.I35,000 forests and gentlemen's parks, nnd 12,
IS85.330 ineapablo of cultivation. Pennsylvania
contains 3(1,000,000 of acicsff lurid, not more 3 -000,000
w hich are incapable of being converted
into tillage and pasturage. And yet great Britaian
which in 1 700, w hen her population was mainly
agricultural, produced only 11,000 bushels ol wheat ,
in 1830, under the stimulus of her manufaclun s,
increased the amount to one huudicd and thirty
millions neatly twice as much as is raised in the
wholo United States. Thus it will be seen that
the value of the great staples of Pennsylvania is
annually of Coal ,f 5,000,000 ; of Iron, $5,000,
000; and of W'heet,?13,000,000 making an ag
gregate of $23,000,1100. X . Tribune.
Wyoming-)
The New Haven herald, speaking of the rejec
tion of tho Wyonvng claim by Ihe Senate of Con
necticut after tho bill making the grant ha I pissed
tho lion c, s noted in the Commercial a day or
two since adds:
'Wo do not agree with Iho rnurant in ihe pro
priety of this grant, since Pennsylvania lias Mb
lsd us of the land and jurisdiction of Iho country,
let her erect her own meniori lis of its history.
We have no notion of paying them fur healing Ihe
poker.
The Herald wriles not with a proper under
standing of the case, and in our opinion, the Sen
ate of Connecticut, his done itself no credit by ihe
vole thus recorded. The settlement of Wyoming,
during tbe revolution, then called Westmoreland.
belonged to tho Si ite of Conn 'Client. It wa by
law attached lo the country of Litchfield. Its mig
islracy, anil its military oll'cers, were cominitsinn
cd by Connecticut. It payed taxes for a
long seiics of "ears to Connecticut. Its troops were
attached to the (.'onto client hue, and nobly did
they sustain thfl honor of their colors. The peo
ple of Wyoming sullen d more in the cause of the
revolution, by far titan did the whole state to which
they belonged. And now, when, with means ex
hausted; and a monument half Hui't, they ask for
a small appropriation lo aid in the completion of
that structure, the poor boon is denied by the pa
rent in whoso caue they pound out their blood
THE AMERICAN.
died of the spectators a shott voyage upwards, in
and treasure like walcr. True, the jurisdiction of j of hc wJ
h a rrrial vessel. The rush to gel in the car, every
Schuylkill Comity,
Turing the sitting of ihe Business Men's Con
vention at Hurrisl uig, Mr. Batman, submitted (he
following statement of the coal business of the
Schuylkill region :
65 miles incorporated railroads, f GGO.OOO
30 do individual do 1)0,000
40 ko do do under giound, 50,0110
24000 railroad cars, 180,000
1500 drift cars, , 45,000
14 collieries Ulniv waetr er vviih
steam engines, pumps, Ac. 1 80,000
100 collieiies ubove wultr Icitl, 150,000
80 landings, 160,000
CdO boat horses &.C ' 54400
Working canal, 200,000
cO.OOO acres Coal Jan J, at $40 per acre, 3.200,000
Ilrutlliig Hull lton.l.
The North American says: Ve are pleased to
learn that (his valuable improvement will shortly be
completed, in consequence of an arrangement entered
into between the Company, the Dank oflhe Uuiled
Siales and some of our en'erprising cili."ns. The
Bank held upwards of 4000 shares of t'ue slot k of
the Kail oad, which the Company have purchased
of them at $25 per shun1, on a credit of 12 and 18
months, depositing with the Bank butiJs to double
the amount us collateral sei uritv.
These skares have been purchased from the Com
pany by a few of our capitalists, al $25 per share
cath, payable in U. States Bunk notes, and (hey have
farther agreed lo advance ihe Company $50,000
additional; the whole to be applied to the completion
of the road. From iho advanced stale of the w ork
it is confidently believed that a quantity of coal will
be tiausportcd uii the roa.l the ensuing season.
MICHIGAN.
The Stale Debt of Michigan is ulxiut Five and
hilf Millions of dollars, and a large portion more
than one third of ih proceeds ol the Sun k sold
has been lost to the Stale by the insolvency ant
infidelity of those wilh whom the loans have been
neuociated in such an extravagant manner (hat
yields the Stale no revenue. The report of the
Board of Internal Improvement says : "We have
expended or wasltd Ihrce-fourlhs of our Five M.tlinu
Loan, and what have we lo show f r ill We
have finished furtj ut fifty miles of Central ami
Ihirtyftiur of ihe Southern Kail roads, and thi re
will soon be completed ihe portion of the Clinton
and Kalamazoo Can il between K m hester and Fied
nick. Where ie the proli a lo remunerate the
Slate for this heavy nulla) V
Saturday, June Sft, !8ll.
Itrmocrallc Vandttlale far Governor,
tic il. DAVID It. IMHtTIlR.
(jj Our SnulTiown packet will, hereaficr, be b fl
at Mr. Wosser's tavern, unless otherwise ordered.
A Di mormtic Meet in?,
Will be held at the house of (cot Conrad, in
Augusta township, on Saturday, the 3d day of .Inly
next. Punctual Attendance is requested. By or
der of the Commutes of Vigilance.
Mr. Wise made a handsome ascension in his
Balloon on Saturday last, at llinville. This was
his tccnnd ascension at that place. After being up
about twenty minutes, hc descended on the oppo
site side of the river, not more than half a mile from
whence he started. Hc then gave about one hun-
thc country ultimately fell to Pennsy lvania. But
in iho compromise, Iho people of Connecticut, liv
ing in Wyoming, retained their land-. And as
the result oflhe compromise, Connectcut received
the domain in Ohio, called New Connecticut, from
the avails of which Ihe noh'e school fund of ihe pa
rent slate was instituted, yielding its ten thousands
every year, and paying into ihe pocke's of the peo
ple annually, moro llian they rare Called upon to
pay for taxes. We consider the con luct of the
Scinto in this matter niggardly and indefensible.
Wc were about to indite something in reply to
the Connecticut paper, when wc met with the above
from the pen of M r. Stone, of the New Yolk com
inerci.il Advertiser. It is justice lo Pennsylvania.
Diml Letter Oilier.
The dead letter office, in the Post Office Depart
ment at Washington, is a great curi.ity. The
lead letters are relumed lo the (ieneral Post Office,
with the quarterly account from tho 13.000 post
offices which now exist. Five clerks arc employed
in the dead teller office. The eqajelopes uio taken
from the packages by one clerk, who tics a siring
round the contents and casts them into a ba.sket
the next clerk assorts them and compares them with
the post bills sending the letters lo a clerk to be
oened on opening, the letters, containing valua
ble enclosures arc returned to the office where they
were mailed, and sent to tho owner if found. If
not claimed, nil money is place I in a separate fund,
and the account recorded, so that it can be paid to
iho owner at any future period if claimed. They
open uboul 250.000 letters per quarter there aie
now several cart loads in the office unopened.
Che work of opening mid assorting is very tedious
and laboiious.
one having to wait his turn, was almost equal to
the great rush for bank and rail road stock in the
cilii s, a few years since. Some among ihem were
probably nearer heaven than they ever will be again,
unless they repent of their "manifold sins and wick
edness." Arraneemenls have been made, by which
the Heading Kail Koad will Ite comphleil to Polls
ville, before the clo. o of the rt sent year.
lllcnlfircl conduct nl a ItiUUli Minister
Il is staled in the New Orleans Bee, on the autho j
rity ol a letter Irom .Mexico, mat, al a puuuc iiiuuer
given in ihe saloon oflhe iheatro of that city to the j
President of Mexico, Mr. Paekeidiam, Ihe British I
i
miiii-ti r, was olVeiided because the English colors j
were not placed on iho light of the Mixican colors.
instead of ihe h II (French colors being on the light,)
and with his .Secretary of legation, he went to ihe
thiid lier of boxes, tore down the colors, arid scat
ered ihem in i-hreds over tho assembly below. He
then descended, and gave order lo all the English
men present to retire, which ihr-y did with becom
ing gravity, General Cauulizo, the inas er of cer
emonies on the occasion, sent a challenge lo Mr.
Packcidium on the morning following, which the
latter ivfused lo accept, and there the mailer rested
at the date of the letter.
(jj Congress has passed a resolution, appro,
p'i il ing Twenty-five thousand dollars, one years
salary, lo iho family oflhe late Pnsident Harrison.
The River Bank.
Something should be done for llm preservation
of our beautiful bank. A few years more and so
great a portion of it will bo carried away by the an
nual freshets, that we will be then eomittUJ lo se
cure Ihe rest. The rx ense then will probably lie
mote llian al present, as the bank is sloping from the
liver and an embankment mu-l neces-oii'y l e raised.
Economy as well as a regard for the preservation
of one of the greatest ornaments of our place,
should urge our immediate attention to the matter.
No one would hesitate in paying a small annual
tax for the purpose. The town council should
I ake the sul ject under consideretion.
Shamukiii.
We are pleased to see that new arrangements
have lcen made, by which tho daily mails from
Philadelphia, Beading and Pollsville aie carried by
way of Ihe town of bhamokin to this place, on the
Kail lioad.
This is as it should be. The present site of Sha-
i mokiii, al. hough a wilderness a lew yeji since, has
now become a busy and thriving town. With an
anlhuieito Furnace neatly leady for blast, and ami.
ll.cr in progress, together wilh the rapidly increa
sing coal trade, Miaumkin must soon become the
centre of an extensive business.
Crnsns of NortliiiiiiHtrlnnii County.
We have made the following abstract from tho
census ol the western district of Pennsylvania, as
published in Haztrd's Register. In many particu
lars wc believe the census of the stale la be incor
rect. For instance the number of persona who
cannot read nnd w rite, in this county, is put down
al 73, while the number in Union is but 6. In
Huntingdon, ihe number of such persons is swelled
to 2,751, while Erio is set down at 3, Somerset
3,515, and Venango 4. We say there must ho
some mistake in this, as some of the counties above
mentioned are adjoining, and the population of si
milar character.
i'rre Wfiite males under f years 1S04, females
1751; between 6 and 10, males 1401, females 1324;
between 10 and 15, males 1325, females 119C; be
tween 15 cV 20, males 1 133, females 1118; between
20 and 30, 17 IS, females 1811; between 30 and 40,
1108, females 1018; In-twcen 40 and 50, males 729,
females 750; between 50 and 60, males 442, females
429; between 60 and 70, males 2(i2, females 246;
between 70 and 80, males 122, females 124; be
tween 80 and 00, males 21, females 27; between
00 and 100 male I, females 0.
I'rrc whirrd males under 10 years 1 1, femiles 21;
between 10 and 21, males 19, females 18; between
24 and 3(5, males 12, females ip, between 30 umd 55.
males 0, female 3; beiween 55 and 100 mules 5,
female I.
Tola! population of Nortumberland to. 20,027.
Number of persons employed in mining 63; in a-
grieullure 2,758. in commerce 50, in inaiiufa. tures
and trades 1,297, in navigation of canals, lakes and
livers 66, in Icoine.l professions and engineeiiug
Cli; number of pensioners far revolutionary seivices
20; number of deaf and dumb prisons 3; numbe
of blind 8; number of insane and ideots at private
charge 4 at public charge 13; deaf, dumb blind,
insane and ideot colored persons 3; nutnlver of pri
mary and common schools 61; number of scholars
2,851; number of scholars at public charge 35;
number ol persons over 20 years, who cannot reud
and w rue 73.
'1 heie ore 61 slaves in iho stale. Slavery was
abolished in Pennsylvania in 170. No person
born alter that peril d can be held in involuntary
seivitude. All the slaves theiefore must be over CO
years old, and when they die, slavery will havqjbe
eomc extinct in this slate.
The total population in Pennsylvania, according
to the la-1 census, is 1,721,033.
ded by the necessities of the Oovcrment and of the
nation, shall be wholly dependent for ita useful
operation upon the will of each and every Stale,
distinctly expressed.
Accordingly, in the draught of a bill now reported,
the right is asserted lo exercise Ihe branching pow
er of Ihe hank independent of the assent of the
Stales. The commiltec dare not allow themselves
to believe that the bill is free from all defects, but
they do hope that these, in a spirit of liberaliiy, will
be corrected by the superior wisdom oflhe Menald
and of the House, and that the present session will
be signalized by the establishment of a national in
stitution which has become a desideratum to the
general prosperity."
ii a k ori: i, i st.
IM:.SVM'.iIi.
The following list shows the current value of atl
Pennsylvania Bank Notes. The most implicit re
liance may lie placed upon it, as it is errry Wftk
carefully coftipared wilh and corrected from Bick
nell's Reporter.
Hunks lii I'lillad Iplila.
Nimc. Location.
NOTES AT PAR.
Bank of America .
Bank oflhe Northern Liberties
Bank of I'ennsvlvauia .
Bank of Penn Township .
Commercial Bank of Perm's. .
Farmrrs' and Mechanics' Bank
(i'ard Bank .
Kensington Bank
Manufacturers' & Mechanics' Bank
Mechanics' Bink . .
Movamcnsing B mk
Philadelphia Bank
Schuylkill Bank
Soulhwark Bank
Western Bank .
Country IfanUw.
Disc. t
PlIILlD.
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Town, &.c. in the coal region,
Schuylkill canal,
Reading railroad cars 6cc.
Danville and Pottsvule ruilruad,
2,500 000
4.500,000
6,000,000
800,000
aggregate, $18. 1 74,000
This valuation of ihe land is based on Coul alone,
independent of the iron aro with which Ibe land
abounds, and which, it i believed, will doUita ii.
There are twenty five an am engine in ibe 0111.
ly, including cull.rry enginia, amounting to 725
horse ponci. 19 of these engine w ore anonuUc
tnredin Schuylkill county.
Population of lie cos) region about 1 0.000.
About 80 feet of iron ore have already 1m en dis
covered, lying in ve ns varying from 2 to 20 inches
in thickness. These vein ex teuded throughout
the coal tegiun, a distance of 25 mile.
'Tinliun !' exclaimed anjrish sergeant to his
platoon frwil fate, and linfllo'Ji lowl call! as
many o'ye a is prrsetit, 'il) y here,' and as many
9') 9 as is not intent, 'ill t&y 'aUiiit, sure.'
A Large County.
When Cuuibeiland County, Pa. was first estab
lished in 17 50. the language, ol the animal deed ol'
purchase from the Indian made it embrace all the
hinds west of the Susquihanna river "In the Hltim;
tf the Sun" The territory ol Cumheiland ha been
since cuitad'd by the M-paialion Irom it of Bedford,
JVo'lhuinlierlaud, Franklin, Milllm and Peri v.
From some of tlice many oilier counties have been
formed,
Tbe Carlisle Herald, recording ihe particular,
adds:
All hough embracing within limits so great a body
of land, it contained, 111 1750, M7 taxable inhabi
tants. In 1 840, just ninety year after llm forma
tion oflhe country, slript a it has been of ita fair
oporiion, Cumlrland had a popula'ion of over
ihirty thousand soul; and the teirilory which origi
nally belong, d lo il (io.r the ttale) haa proba
bly a million and a half more. Huw many there
ere between Old Fori Pill and "Me Melting oflhe
tun," we have nol yet ascertained. We miy
county lie culled "Old Mother Cumberland," for ve
rily the is the mother of couulK-e.
Mr. HI. I. Ilt's I.lttlc l'tuger."
The Richmond Whig, at a lime when Mr. Bid
die wa earning his Ion of pi ite by managing the
U. S. Bunk, pays Ihe following compliment lo the
"little finger" of the great finuliciir. At this lime
we think the editor of the Whig himelfmusl be
convinced that Mr Biddle's finger ure not so lilllo
to prevent hi reaching the pnekels of ihe wid
ow and the orihan, anj extracting iho content
llu iel'ioiii :
Aftrr disclaiming any desire for a National Bank,
ihe Whig said "The amiuble und aecomplishe-'
Mr. Biddlc, whose hide finger contains i"..ie fin 111
ci.d kuowleilue tbun the bodies and souls of the
whole Administration, past ami pre-ent, 004b! not
to de.-iie it Li t him, as a Penusylvamau, be
content lo confine hi operation to hi own Sta'e."
Notwithstanding the extisoidiuary skill with
which Mr. Biddle vu invested by hi wor.hippers
hi ..'( finger hi came sadly entani(leil in co lon
sules and fancy stock. AHiuny Argut.
I.i I us liuve Ihr Informal Inn.
Suit uitiiiiil Siclifla liulilh. One ol ihe News
Journal inquiies a lo ihe preei.e nature oflhe
su I lately instituted by the Bank of the Uuiled
Slate against Mi. Biddle. It I. brought I recov
er lie aily seven bundled thousand dollar paid out
dining his udmiuislialiou. of which no vouchei
cull lie found, of which om ni ne lUau four bun
died thousand dolhus, it is asserted, were paid lo
In 1 it for purposes unknown, Uhui the check ol tin'
Cashier. W e must sustain thie and every oilier
proper effort to place the odium now heaped upon
our city in general, upon the sliouldet ol those to
whom it belong.
Il i due lo Philadelphia, that discrimination
should be made between the innocent and the guil
ty, to the thousand of her upright citizens who
have regarded the appalling disclosure of frauds
and wrung wilh an indignation exceeded in no
quarter of the country. Nurth American.
Pur Valley.
Docsany one wish to see Wyoming in Iter pride
and beauly let him come now.
Does he wish a journey for pleusutc, let him
rome to Wyoming now.
Would he mingle business with pleasure, let him
corn' lo Wyoming now. Wilkrtburre Adv.
We say loo, let them come. But few persons
in our large cities are aware oflhe beautiful scene
ry of the Susquehanna valley. Let ihem come,
and on their way to the beautiful valley of Wyo
m'tng, slop a short lime wilh us, and then inform
us which they like best; and tell us whether the
beautiful view from Prospect Ruck U equal to ours
from Mount Pleasant.
fXj By the lale arrival of the steam ship Co
lumbia, wc learn, that the British havo captured
Canton, and ull Ihe fori on the river, without the
loss of a single man. Tho trade i ocn to Cunton,
the owner of vessels running all risks. Cunlon
was taken on the 25lh of February; on the same day
Chusan wis given up to the Chinese. High Com
missioner Keshen has bran disgraced and sent to
Pckin in irons. The Chinese lost 400 men.
An American gentleman from Canton says the city
is doomed to the flames. There are 200,000 Chi
nese starving in the neighborhood for want of em
ployment, who are as ready to sat k the place a ihe
sailor are.
Wliig iutliis.
Let the Ihmocratic party remember that "ihe
price of librny is elcrnul vie'lnec ;" that our op
pom lit are making evi ry 1 ll'oil to reconcile and
Unite iIip various fragments and conllit lirii; interests
of llo'ir party. Eviry obstacle that political cun
ning and management could devi.-e, wu icsorled
to by ihe lust Ii m-laluie, to entrap and entangle
taov. Porter in the I'ulies of hi office. Hi veto
messages seivc a a text hook lor ll.e Sj neclo and
haraugut s of the w h'gs, forgi lung llial these vetoes
were wiuug reluctantly from him, by the passage of
law which they ihemsi Ives condemned, leaving the
liow iiior no alternative but to sanction measures
which h knew In be unjust and illegal, or lo arrest
ihem by the veio power, which hi opncnl., he
knew, would cn-rue into act of Iviauny and op-
pre.smn, for ill u putpose of injuiing his election.
Tbe following, from the Keystone, i another
evidence of whit we have slated :
"We have aflen charged il upon the whijs, that
Ihey spent the greater pari oflhe lat scssiou of
Ihe legislature, in conco ting measure to embar
ra Ihe adminilraliun of Daviu It. Poa rta, und
make political capital for Judge Bank, and heie
we find it conformed, by one of the leaders of the
Whig parly. Read the following which we copy
from the Venango democrat :
'So auie were the fedeiliat of ruining the pros,
prctsol tiov. Porlei'a election, that John J. Picrson,
who is one of the principal bell-wether of Ihe fid
era! party in the Slate Senate, wrote home to a
friend in Mercer county, aftrr the passage of the
Bank bill, to the following effect; via :
We Aoee tnlrapptd tht (luvernur af last !
wilt ruin hi fmjeeh of rt-tleflui if ht tifcn th
bill, und it will ruin him if he dun't tign it.' "
proposal Tank of t lie l uittd States.
Mr. Clay, chairman oflhe committee in Ihe Se
nate, reported a bill for a U. S. Bank, differing some
what from tint Secretary's plan. It is to l hised
on the plan of the old Bank, with certain restric
tions, nnd lo be Incited at Washington city capi
tal 30 millions. The Parent Bank not to make
uny loans or discounts, except to Oov. rnmenl by
law. The Purent Bank to be governed by nine di
rectors, who are lo receive a salary, and not allowed
any banking accommodations. A power is 10 he
reserved by Congress to increase tho capital 20
millions. The committee di-agrce wilh the Secreta
ry in irlaiimi to the brand Jug powir of the bank,
contending that Con sirens has that power, and
should exercise it. The embezzlement of uny of
the lands to be published as felony. The above
are the principal point of difference beiween ihe
Srcrelury and Mr. Clay. In relation to the consti
tutionality of the Bank, the committee say :
"It wa not without some hesitation Ihat the
committee agreed to the locution of the bank in the
District of Columbia. This they did because they
believed that the utility of the Bank did not so
much depend upon the place of il location as up m
Ihe espilal, faculties, and power which should be
given lo il. But to isolate it in this District,
without giving it any other brandling power than
such as it might derive from ihe consent of partic
ular stales, would 1 to create 'an enormou 1).
trie! bunk, devoid of effective national characb r.
Such a bank would bo a bank only of the Di.-tiiit
of Columbia, ami its office of discount und depos
it!' would be nothing more than bank nf the
Slate which iniil.t allow them lo Ihs i lanled w th-
Bunk of Pillsburg Pillsbmg par
Bank of Chester County Westchester par
Bank of Delaware County Chester par
Bank of (Jerrnantown (Jermantown pir
Bank of Lewislown I.ewist own par
Bank of Middlctowu Middletown par
Bank of Montgomery Co. Nornstowit par
B mk of Northumberland Northumberland par
Beiks County Bank Reading par
Columbia B ink i Bridge co. Columbia par
Carlisle Bank Carlisle par
Doylcstown Bank Doyleslown par
Easton Bank Huston par
Exchange Bank Pittsbu'g pn
Do do branch of Holl daysburg par
Farmeas' Bank of Bucks co Bri-lol pit
Farmers' Bank of Lancaslei Lanc.tsler pai
Farmers' Bank of Reading Reading pa
Harrisburg Bank Harrisburg pi
Lancaster Bank Lancssler pa
Lebanon Bank Lebanon pa
Merchants' &. Manuf. Bank Pitlsbu'g pa
Miners' Bank of Pollsville Pottsvillo pa
Northampton B ink Allenlown pa
I'owanda Bank Towanda pa
West Branch Bank Williamsport pa
I Wyoming Bank Wiikesbarrc pa
Olfiee of Bank of reiiri'a. Harrisburg The
Office do do Lancaster 1 offici
Office do do Reading Alo In
Office dj do Easloi) J issue I
NOTES A T D I SCO U N T.
Bank of the United Stales Philadelphia 1
Office of Bank of U. S. rutsburg 1
Dj do do Erie 1
Dj do do Mew Brighton )
Kensington Sv. Ins. A do
Penu Township Sav. Ins. do
Bank of Chainlicrshurg Chnmhcrsburg
Bank of (a'eltysburg tielly sburg
Bank of Susquehanna Co. Montrose
Erie Bank Erie
Farmer' & Drovers' Bank Wayncsburg
Franklin Bank Washington
lloiiciidale Bank Honesdule
MouongiheU Bank of B. Brownsville
York Bank York
fj On all banks marked thus () there are
iher counterfeit or altered note of the various 1'
nominations, in circulation.
N. B. The notes of thoe banks on which
omit quotations, and substitute a dash ( ) are 1
purchased by the Philadelphia brokers, with
exception of those which have a letter of rtfereu
BROKE N BANK S.
Philadelphia Sav. In.
Philadelphia Loan Co.
Schuylkill Sav. In.
in Iheir respective limit. For all nuiiouul purpo- 1 'nul l.at.or Hans. ( 1. w
se Congress might well rccharler one of the ea- j Alleghany Bank of P.
isiii Dislnct banks, enlaige il capital, and give "a"k of Beaver
it authority lo rsltbhsh office of discount and dc j Uauk ol 8 '"
postie in any State ihat would permit it to lie done. , Hank of W s.l.ington
The committee bdiete ihat the capital of a j Venire Bank
bank so constituted would never be taken; and I '',v M
thai, if taken, Ihe institution would be wholly una- ! Farmers' & Mech'c' B .nk
ble to accomplish ihe great and salutary pubises ! Fanners' A. Merh'e.' Bank
for which it 1 desired and should be designed. Farmer.' eV Mrch'ca B.i.k
But the que-lion of establishing a bank thus to Harmony luslilute
be restricted und circuimcrilxd involve higher and
graver considerations than ihote of mere expediency.
Tbe (imeriil fSoveinmeut h or bus not the pow
er to eslublish a National Bank. If il ha Ihe
power, il derive from it the existing giant in the
Constitution of ihe United Steles, The committee
believe it ha the power and ought to exercise it.
Eulerlaiuiiig ihese deliberate views, ihe commit
tee are decidedly of opinion that no bill for Ihe es
tablishinent of a bank in the district of Columbia
will be effectual, which dor not contain a clear re
cognition of ihe constitutional power of Congress lo
rslublnh branches wherever, in the United Slate,
th public want, in it judgment, require ihtm.
Thry cannot consent that bank, emanating
front the will of the nation, ana1 imperatively dtman-
llunlingdoi. Bunk
Juniata Bank
Lumbermen's Bank
Northern Bank of I'. '
New Hope Del. Biidne Co.
Norlhumb'd Union Col. Bk.
North Western Ba-ik of Pa.
Office of Schuylkill Bank
Pa. ASrii Manuf. Bank
Silver Lake Bank
Union Back of Penu'a.
Westmoreland Bank
Wilkesbarre Bridge Co.
q3 AH note purporting to be on any Penn
varus Bsuk nol gKin in tike elrova list, nisy ix
down as fraud.
Phila.lt I, hia fai
do fai
do fai
Dwlt, prop.) fai
Bedford no t
Heaver clo
Hairfsbur; do
Washington la
Hell, foil I e clo
Pitisbuig no '
Pillsburg fa
Fay 1 tie co. f.i
Tirec-nciulle fa
Haimouy no
Hunting. Ion no
Jaistown no
Warien fa
DondufY no
New Hope ch
Milmn no
Mesdvillo cl.
Port Carbon f..
Carlisle fa
Montrose cl.
Uniontown fa
tireenshurg ch
W'dkrsbarre no