MESIAQG
MO TH
FrrlIrnt of the 1'nlted State.,
Returning, k-tVA Aft oljections, the Dill topf
v'defut the better Collection, $ife keeping ami
disbursement nf the public revenue, b$ mrant of
a Corporation, to It it if ltd the "Fiscal Corpor
ation rf tlu Vnited State." September 9,
184!.
Te the Hoc or RtratttHTATivxi or tii
Uhitio Static i
ft is with extreme regrel that I feel myself eon-
rained, by the duty faithfully to execute the of
r"ico of President ol tha United State, anil to lli
Kl of my ability to preserve, protect, and defend
the Constitution of tha United 3tte, to return to
hit Mouse in which it originated, tha bill Hio pro
x Iito for the collection, safe-keeping, and disburse
ment ol the public r venue, by meana of a corpora
n m In be ') lcd the Fitcal Corporation of lha Uni
ir l States with my written objections.
In my meimago acnt to tha Senate on the 10th
I'V of August tart, leturning the bill "to incorpor
ate the subscriber to tha Fiscal Bank of lha United
fMttteo. f distinctly declared that my own opinion
Md been uniformly proclaimed to be againet the
-ercise "of tba power of Congress to create a
N ational Bank to operate per te over the Union
mid entertaining that opinion, my main objection
') that bill wag hated upon lha highest moral and
ligious obligations of conscience and theConstiiu
i n. I readily admit, that whilst the qualified veto
with which tha Chief Magistrate! Invested, should
regarded, and was intended by the wise men
v h 1 made it a part of tha Constitution, as a great
r.-nstivaiive principle of our ay at em, without the
tcrcise of which, on important occasions, a mere
i .iciil.itive majority may urge the Government
hi it legislation beyond the limita fixed by its franv
, or might exert its just power too hastily or op
I rsiely ; yet, it is a power which ought to be
Most cautiously exerted, and perhaps never, except
'14 a case imminently involving the public interest,
"i one in which the oath of the Piesident, acting
ii dor his convictions, both mental and moral, inv
I'triously require ila exercise. In such a case he
I i no alternative.
flo must either exert the negative power irilrus-
1 to him by the Constitution chiefly fori In own
, enervation, protection, and defence, or commit an
el of grose moral turpitude. Mcro regard to the
' ill of a majority must not, in constitutional re
, uhlic like outs, control this sacred and solemn du
y nf a sworn officer. The Constitution itself, I re
i. ird and cherish, as tha embodied and written will
f the whole people of the United States. It is
In ir fixed and fundamental law, which they uuan
"in i n-ly prescribe to the public functionary a
( it mere trustees and servants. This, their will,
i J the law which they have given us as the rule
' our action, has no guard, no guurantee ofpres-
vntion, protection, and defence, but tha oath
- Uich it prescribes to public oificers, the sanctity
' i u which they shall religiously observe the oaths,
i.l the pAtrioiisin with which lha people shall
ii. I J it by their sovereign will, which has made
'.r Constitution supreme. It must be exerted a
. nut I Ue will of a mere representative majority,
..' nut at all. It it alone in pursuance of thai will
' it any measure can ever reach the President ;
i I to say that because a majority in Congress have
r'-ud a bill the President should therefore sanc
n it, is to abrogate the power altogether, and to
oiler its insertion in the Constitution a work of
- lute supererogation. The duty is to guard the
ndarneutal will of the people themselves fro o (in
.i- cave I admit unintentional) change or infrac
mi by a m.joiity in Congrcs. And In that I gbt
. iir, do I regard the constitutional duty which I
' i.v most reluctunily discharge.
In this bill, now presented for my approval or
' ipprovi.1, such a bill as I have already declared
. uld not receive my sanction ? Is it such a bill as
- ..IU for the exercise of the negative power under
e Constitution t Docs it violate the Constitution.
. creating a national bank, to operate per te over
Union 1 Ita title, in the first place, describes it
neral character, It is "An act to provide for the
' . iter collection, safe-keeping, and disbursement of
' e public lavenue, by means of a corporation, to
iyUd the Fitcal Corporation ol the United
'n'es. In style then, it is plainly national in its
' iraclcr. Ita powers, functions, and duties, are
. ose which pertain to the collecting, keeping, and
' t.burting the public revenue. The meana by
liich tbeae are to be exerted is corporation, to
styled the Fitcal Corporation of the Vnited
ink. It is a corporation crentid Ly Ihe Cong
' - of tlio United States, in the character of a Na
"nul Legislature for the whole Union, to perform
' r fiscal purposes, meet the fiscal wauls and exi-
rncii a, supply the fiscal uses, and exert the ftscut
. 4 ncies of the Treasury of the United Stale,
itch is ita own description of iti-clf. Do its pro.
i-ions contradict its title 1 1'hey do not. It is
. ue, that by ita first section, it provides that it shall
' t established in the District of Columbia, but the
.mount of it capital the manner in wLich its
. ock is to be subscribed for and held the persons,
die, corporate and politic, by whom it stock
y be held the appointment of its directors, and
'.eir powers tnd duties its fundamental articles,
r -penally that to establish tgencici in any part of
mi Ultiurw-tb corporal powers and businc of
. jcIi ageucic the prohibit on of CongTCii to eetab
', .!i any other corporation with similar powers for
venty years, with exprer reservation in the same
i use, lo modify or create any bank for tha Dia-
ct of Columbia, ao that the gr.rgate capital
all not exceed five millions; wilLtjut rnumera-
g other featorea which are equally .distinctive
. d characterislie, cleaily show thai it caoiiot be
girded a other tbau Dank of lha United
.jUh with powers seemingly more limited than
ve berctofor been granted lo cuch an institution.
, ttt per is over the Union, by virtu of ihe
. bided, and, iii my view, assumed .authority of
ngiet as National legislature, as distinguishable
oiu bank created by Congress for the District
Columbia, as the lural Legislaiur of tha Dialid
- try United SlU.s Hank htretofora cieated hat
htd power la deal in bills of exchange, a well a I
in local di-count. Doth were trading privilege
conferred, and hr.th exercised, by virtue of the f-orr-mid
ivwer of Congre', over the whole Union.
The qmstion of power remain uncbsnged, without
reference lo the extent of privilege granted. If thia
prnpond Corpoialion i to be regarded a a local
bank of the D.rlrict of Columbia, Invested by Con
gret with gener.il powe s lo operate over the U
ninn, it I obnoxious to atill rtrnnger objection. Il
atrame that Congie may invest local institution
with general, or n.tli nal power. With Ihe tame
propriety that it m iy do this in regard lo bank
of the District of Columbia, it may a to State
hank. Yet whi can indulge the idea that this Gov
ernment can rightfully, by making a State bank
it limi agent, invent it with the absolute and un-
qu.ilified powers conferred by this bill T When I j
cjme lo look at the deiailt of the bill, they do not
recommend it strongly to my adopt'on. A brief
notice of some of its provisions will suffice.
Firt. It may justify substantially a system of
discounts of lha mot objectionable character. It
is to deal in bills of exchange drawn in one State
and payable in another, without any retrint.
The bill of exchange May have an unlimited time
to ran, and ita rvnewability is no where guarded a
gtimt. It may, in fict, assume ihe most objec
tionable form of scenmmod .lion paper. It is not
required to rest on any actual, real, or aubstantial
exchange bais ; a drawer in one place becomes
the acceptor in another, and ao on in turn the ac
ceptor may become the drawer, upon a mutual en
derslanding. It may, at the tame time, indulge in
mere local discount under the name nf bills of ex
change. A bill drawn at Philadelphia on Camden,
New Jersey ; at New Yoik on a border town iu
New Jersey; at Cincinnati on Newport, Kentucky,
not to multiply other example, might, for any
thing in this bill lo restrain it, become mere
matter of local accomnvrdalion. Cities thus rela
tively situated would possess advantages over cities
otherwise situated, of so decided a character as
most ju-tly lo excite dialigfaclion.
Sd. There is no limit prescribed lo the premium
in Ihe purchaso ol bills of exchange; thereby cor.
reeling none ol the evil under which the communi
ty now Libors, and 0eraung most iiijuiiounly upon
the agricultural Slates, in which the in quality in
the rate of exchange are most severely A lt. Nor
are these the only consequences. A resumption of
epecie payments by the banks of iheta State,
wonld be liable to indefinite pos'ponernent ; for as
the operation of the agencies of the interior would
chiefly consist in sct'ling bills of exchange, and the
purchases could only tie msdc in specie, or in notes
of banks paying specie, Iho Slate bank would ei
ther have to continue with Ihci.- doors closed, or ex
ist at the mercy of thit national monopoly of broker
age. Nor can it be passed over without remark,
that whilat the District of Columbia is made the
seat of the principal bank, it citicen ate excluded
from all participation in any benefit it might afford,
by t positive prohibition of the bank from all die
counting within the DUlrict-
These are aome of the objections which promin
ently exist against the details of lha bill ; others
might be urged, of much force, but it would be un
profitable to dwell upon them : suffice it to add, that
lh; charter is designed to continue for twenty
yers, without a competitor ; that the defect to
which I have alluded b. ing founded on the funda
mental law of the Corporation, are irrevocable ; and
lhat if the objectiona be well founded, it would be
over hazaidous to pass the bill into a law.
In conclusion, I take leave most respectfully to
aay, thit I have felt the most anxious solicitude to
meet the withe of Congress in the adoption of a
Fiscal Agent, which, avoiding all connitutionsl ob
jections, ahould harmonise conflicting opinion.
Actuated, by thia feeling, I have been ready lo
yield much, in a spirit of conciliation, to the opin
ions of others ; and it is with great pain that I now
feel compelled to differ from Congress a aecond
lime in the ame session. At the commencement
of this session, inclined from choice to deferto the
legislative will, I submitted to Congress the propriety
of adopting a Fiscal Agent which, vithout viola
ting the Constitution, would separate lh public
money from the Executive control, perform the
operation of the Treasury, without being burden
some to Ihe people, or inconvenient, or expensive
I the Government- It i deeply to be regretted
lhat this Department of Ihe Government cannot,
upon constitutional and other grounds, concur with
the Legislative Department in this last measure
proposed to attain these desirable object. Owing
to the brief space between the period of the death
of my lamented predecessor, and my own inetalla-
lion into office, I wa, in feci, not left time to pre-
pare and submit a definite recommendation of my
own regular message; and ainre, my mind ha been
wholly occupied in a most anxious attempt to con
form my action to the Legislative will. In thia
communication, I am confined by the Constitution
t my objections, simply to this bill, but the period
of the regular session will soon arrive, when it will
be my duly under st.other clause of the Constitution
to give to Congress information of the State of the
Union, and recommend to their con-.iJ-r.tion auch
measures a I ahall judge iieceaaary and expedient "
And I most respectfully submit in spirit of h ir
mony, ether tho present diiTrrcriccs of opinion
should be pruned further at this time, and whether
the peculiarity ofniy situation does not entitle me
lo postponeineii I of tlu sulject to a more au
spicious period for deliberation.
The two J louse of Congress have distinguished
themselves at this extraordinary tension, by the per
formance of an immense yiuu of labor at a seaton
very unfavoitble both lo health and action, and
have paused many law which I trust will prov
highly btneficial to the intciest of the country, and
fully answer its ju.l expectations. It has been uiy
good fortune and pleasure to concur wild thru, iu
all measures, except this, and why ahould our dif
ferei ce on this alone be pushed to extreme t It
l my anxious deaire that ibey ahould not be. I,
loo,bava been burdened with extraordinary labors
I of t, nd I tincerety daaire lim for dp and da.
liberat reflection on this, the greatest difficulty of
my adminiolralion. May we not now pause, until
more favnrable lime, when, with the most anxious
hope that Ihe Executive and Congress may cor
dially unite, aome measure of finance miy be de
liberately adopted, promotive of tha good of our
common country
I wilt lake Ibis occasion to declare, that the con
clusions to which I have biongilt myself are th iso
of a settled conviction, founded in ray opinim, on
a just view of the Constitution, that, in arriving at
it, I have been actuated by no other motive or de
sire than to uphold the inslitutiona of th country
as they have come down lo us from the handa of
our god-like ancestor ; and tha I ahall esteem
my efforts lo sustain them, even though I perish,
more honorable than to win the applaure of men,
by a sacrifice of my duty and my conscience.
JOHN TYLER,
Washington, September 9, 1811.
The following communication wa handed to us j
loo late for insertion in our last number, and through
the pre of busines generally attending publication
day, we even neglected lo acknowledge Ihe receipt
of it. We cheerfully publith it in our paper to-day,
well aware how deeply interesting any thing rela
ting to the scrvicea of two such meritorious and
gallant officer as Capt. John Boyd and his brother
Lieut. Thomas Boyd, must be, lo our reader in
this and the adjoining counties, and indeed to eve
ry one animated with the love of their country.
Miltonian.
Ma. EniToa : Allow me to correct an error,
into which you have inidvertently fallen, in your
notice, of the late Lirutenat Boyd, inserted in ihe
Miltonian of the 28th ult. It is stated in the notice
alluded to, that Capt. John Boyd, late of Northum
berland, was taken prisoner by the Indians at the
same time with his brother Lieut Thomas Boyd, du
ring Gen. Sullivan' expedition. This is not correct.
Capt Boyd was not out under Gen. Sullivan, but
during ihe time of that offi.-er' campaign agiinst
the Indians, waa with Ihe regular army under Gen.
Washington. It is true, aa stated, that my fattier,
Capt. Boyd, was taken prisoner by the Indians, but
the lime of his captivtiy occurred in the year 1731,
while in command of a company of Hanger, in the
service of Penn'a, raised for the purpose of defend
ing the western frontier from the incursion of the
savages. Whilst in dischsrgn of his duty, he wa
surprised by an ambuscade of the In.lunt, and wa
made prisoner with several of hit soldier, on the
head watera of the R iytton branch of ihe Juniata,
in what ia now Bedloid county. He waa taken
through the wilderness lo Lake Eiie, and from
thence taken into Canada, where he remained until
the cessation of hostilities between ihe United States
and Great Britain. The expedition under Gen.
Sullivan took place in the year 1790, and the capti
vity and rruel death of Lieut. Boyd in the month of
September of that year. He waa younger than my
father, a man of undoubted bravery, and great bodi
ly strength, and was one of that hand of heroes who
traversed Ihe wilderness in the csmpaign against
Quebec, in the year 1775. The sufferings endured
by the brave men who perilled their livea in that
attempt after fame and glory, are scarcely credible.
The late Judc;e Henry, of Lancaster, who accom
panied the expedition, wrote an interetiing account
of the event of that period, and in the volume pub
Untied by him, entitled 'Campaign against Quebec,'
he tpeaks repeatedly of his friend Boyd with much
affection and esteem. JNO. B. BOYD.
Northumberland, Sept. S, 1841.
I'lilKd States Bank Uulldiu;.
The extinction of the U. S. Bank tcavea that
magnificent editico in the haud of the assignres,
as a part of it available property. To what use it
will now levert, ia matter of conjecture. Thia
splendid pile waa commenced in 1819. It was
five years in building. The original expense was
f 500,000, but when the old btnk charter expired,
it wat sold lo tho present institution for f3U0,0u0.
The building it purely of white marble, and both
inside and out scarcely any wood ia to be seen.
From Chesnut street, th bank i readied by a lofty
flight of marble steps. It present a splendid front
of eighty fret in width, with eight doric columns
four feet aix inches in diameter, and 27 feet high.
The building i 161 feet long, and the poilico al
each end correspond. Both internally and exter
nally, Ihe style and finUh are equally massive end
beautiful. The principal banking room it 33 feet
wide and 80 feet long, with an arched ceiling, sup
ported by rows of marble column. Aside from
this, there are a multitude of department, for the
use of the different olKi-cr and Directors, as well a
for engravera and copper plate printera. It i ad-
mired for ita beautiful proportions, a well at for it
imHwintj rie and classic architecture. I'hilutUI
piia Sorlh American.
Ballooning.
Mr. Wie, the rrrvontut, recently made a voyage
thrxigh tne air, from llairisburg to York county
where be alighleil, and after taking refreshment, he
made a second ascension, with an account of which
Mr. V. thus closes his statement :
"The scene here was truly animated ; the inhabi
tant flocked from every direction ; one I oberved
jumping into a ihill-dfm, and swimming acroaa in
hi onwsid canrr; another, by the name of S. Mc
Clure, pioviiled himsi tf with a gun, rushing onward
towards the point of descent like a raving madman,
crying to those he mot, "shoot the thing shoot the
thing !" My second de-cent waa a rare subject for
the ncil of a Hogarth. All the passiona of Ihe
human mind were exhibited, from extreme pleasure
I o demoniacal rate. The latter waa well persona
ted by Sammy MeClure. The final landing waa
made on Mr, Jacob Hcik't, farm when a number of
prrson had assembled to wilnet the diaflation of
tli Balloon.
Wrth the highct consideration,
I remain the Public' obedient eerv't
JOHN WISH.
Go iu Mia. Wa understand (aay the Ohar
lolte (N. C.) Journal,) that on Friday, tome per
son engaged in hunting Gold, discovered a vein on
th land of Tho. Flow, on Clear Creek, about
fourteen mite ent of this place, which is very rich.
The vein i about one foot wide. Some of the ore
taken out was worth between two and three thou
sand dollar per bushel.
THE AMERICAN.
Seiturttay, SejHtmber 18, 1841.
Democratic Candidate-
ton oovtaaoa,
Gen, DAVID It. PORTEll.
0 atSIMtLT,
David It. Montgomery.
fob coMMissionia,
PliIIlp Wcltier.
roa TRtatcasa,
George VTelser.
roa acDiToa,
Hugh DuvHon.
Wmo Carrot n.T xs.
For Governor,
JOHN BANKS.
For Assembly,
Gr. HENRY FRICK.
For Commissioner,
DAVID McWILLIAMS.
For Treasurer,
PETER LAZARUS.
For Auditor,
JACOB PAINTER.
rXj In order lo make room for proceedings of
meetings, we have been obliged lo leave out tome
other interetiing political matter.
fXj The Preaident't aecond veto, which we puti-
li-h to-day, has dispersed the whole cabinet, except
ing Mr. Webster.
fXj A correspondent from Milton asksu to pub'
lish ihe proceedings of the meeting, in favor of Mr.
Montgomery, held in that place, and states that the
proceedings at published in the Ledger have been
altered. Aa we have no other copy, we cannot
comply thit week. The "Ledger" it but doubtful
authority in auch matten.
(7 The proceeding of ihe Ruth meeting, sent
to Ihe "Milton Ledger," a short time tince, were
the original proceedings, signed by the officer of
the meeting. The editor of the Ledger refused to
publish them, because, as he ny, they were not
authentic, and because he had to pay six cents pos
tage. With how much truth, and with what mo
tive the people may now judge.
fXj"The work on Ihe Shamokin Dam hat been
tusriended for thit season. Mi. Wra. Cameron, the
contractor, ha been al a heavy expense in provi-
ding material for the whole structure, of which, we
are informed, hi estimates will not cover mote than
one-third. The work already done, we understand,
hit raited the water in Ihe canal considerably.
fXThe editor of the Danville paper have
fared up consideralby, because we stated that one
of their Furnace w destroyed by fire. Friend
Best w quite touchy, and says lhat Sunbury had
a bigger fire than their. Now thit i generous,
and it yieding a great deal in favor of thia place.
W hope, however, that there will be no more ri
valry on thit point.
fXj The newa from YVaahingtou i of exciting
interest. The member of the cabinet, it will be
teen, have all resigned, excepting Mr. Webtter. Mr.
Ewing, Ihe Secretary of the Trcatury, in hit letter
of retignation tela forth hi reason at length, in
which he charge Pretident Tyler with ihe grossest
treachery and duplicity, and date that the laat bill
wa framed and fhioned exactly to tuit hi view,
according lo hi own direcliona; lhat he read and
approved the bill before it wat acted upon, and wa
anxiou to have il patted. If the one half of what
Mr. Ewing baa ataied, ia true, it prove the Preti
dent lo be one of the weakest and most vaccillaling
of public men.
(fj- The President baa nominated the following
rons as cabinet officers:
Waller Forward, of Pennsylvania, Secretary of
the Treasury.
AM B. Upshur, of Va., Secretary of Ihe Navy.
John Mi Lean, of Ohio, Secretary of War.
H. S. Legtre, of S, Carolina, Attorney General.
C. A.WicklilTe, of Ky., Postmaster General.
fjy" The Ledger of last week i teeming with ihe
bile of the disappointed clique of office hunter in
Ihe fork, whose patriotism woulJ prompt them to
vote for a whig in preference lo a democrat, because
they could not nominate their man. They charge
Wm. 8. Montgomery, the brother of David, with
having said to James Armstrong and E. C. Vin
cent, lhat he and hi Mother were "going for McKin
ney to make a tool of him." These men have both
declared lhat the assertion waa false; lhat Mr.
Montgomery had merely aaid, "that the people were
miking a tool of John McKinney." The editor of
the Ledger, we are informed, wat atked lo publish
the statement of these men, contradicting the arti
cle in hit paper, which be refused lo do. He alto
refuted to publish ihe statement af Mr. Doebler and
Fullmer, two of the delegate fioui Turbut, who
came out over their own (ignatuiet, and devlarej
lhat ihe nomiuation waa peifectly fail, and lhat John
McKinney himself "told them lo go for Montgome
ry, if he (McMiune;) could not be carried in the J
convention," or to go for any man to keep off Hor
ton. The fact is, John McKinncy was himself ta-
titfied immediately after the nomination, and it wa
not until Morton had called him to one side, and
talked lo him, that he found out that he had been
cheated. Now it ia not at all likely that Horton's
friend cared any thing for McKinncy, who had just
a short time before told the delegatea to go for any
man lo keep off Hortnn.
(EjT A McKinney-Frick-man in Northumberland
a few day tince infoimed ut, that they would moat
certainly elect John McKinney, and lhat he would
have a large majority in Point and Northumberland,
aa all the Horton men would go for him. In a few
minutes afterward, speaking of Frick't prospects,
he declaied that Gen. Frick would have a majority
in Northumberland. Now any one may know that
these same McKinney men intend lo vote foi Gen,
Frick, or else how could they expect lo give him a
majority, in a place where tho democrnle alway
muster two to one. Thus John McKinncy will
find that the McKinney-Horton men, after ihe
election, will scarcely form a cor pot af guard.
j There ha been a terrible riot in Cincinnati,
A great number of black were atscmbled together,
and fired from their house upon aome of the whites.
In the mean time, the while procured a cannon and
other arms, and fired in upon the blacka, killed
and wounded a number, and destroyed tome pro
perty belonging to the abolitionists, before the mili
tary could disperse them.
flj Friend Beat of the Danville intelligencer, af
ter lamenting the low state of the water in the North
Branch ('anal, bre.iktout in a terrible itrain against
thia place, because the Danville and Pollsville Rail
road, which waa constructed to accommodate the
coal trade between thit and tide, was not located
thiiteen milea further from market, over an inclined
plane, for the ole accommodation of the good peo
ple of Danville. He think that but little wisdom
waa evinced by those who could not twelve years
ago, foresee that Danville would contain four an
thracite furnace at ibi time, and that Danville was
Ihe only place on Ihe "great globe" where anthra
cite iron could be made. The fact is, the good peo
ple of that place have become ao excessively infla
ted, and have risen to rapidly with the rite of fur
naces, and the ascemion of balloons, Ac, that you
can scarcely reach tome of them with a ten foot pole.
Let a man, in speaking of the improvements of lhat
place, but intimate that another place possess? ad
vantage that might be, and probably would be im
proved, he will toon stir up a hornet' nett ubout
hi ears, for presuming to compare any other plnce
with Danville. Let our neighbors, the good people
of that place, enjoy their advantages, which we ac
knowledge to be great, with a spirit of meekness and
humiliation becoming a grateful people. We
shall not complain of their prosperity, but will show
them in a few weeks, when the Shamokin Anthra
cite Furnace ahatl have gone into oiieration, that
there is no place equal lo Northumberland county
for the manufacture of anthracite iron.
Hypocrisy Inninskrd.
It is an undeniable fact that the friends of Jesse
C. Horton were instrumental in bringing out John
McKinney aa a volunteer candidate, and it is equal
ly true that their friendship for him ia assumed and
hypocritical. In pioof of ibis, we refer to the fict,
that the person in Turbul who are now most ac
tive in favor ot McKinney, endeavored lo obtain
the election of delegatea in that township in favor
of Horton, and we state as further proof, that II.
L. Dieffcnhacher, the editor of the Ledger, tried
to ptevail upon John Wilhehn, a delegate from
Milton, to go for Horton, and when he expressed
hi determination to go for McKinney, Dieffenhach-
cr replied, "if you elect McKinney you will (
grace the county. Who will you end down with
the old man lo take care of him 1" And used oth
er language to the same purport. We dare Dief
fcnhacher to deny this ; and yet this nice young,
man it advocating the election of McKinney.
Out upon tuch hypocrisy ! Will not the Demo
cratic farmera of Turbut view thing in their true
light? Do they not see that the object is to elect
Frick, by dividing Ihe democratic party t
Editorial Miscellany.
Tbaddeua Stevens i a candidate for the legisla
ture. Stout, the sculptor, ia making a atalue of Fanny
Elltler. Who pays t
We find Ihe following going the rounds in our
exchange ptpert: "A brautiful woman, like a piece
of corned beef, should be fat and lean in Ihe right
places."
We think Ihe following transposition Would be a
decided improvement l A beaut, ful woman, like a
piece of fat beef, ahould be corned, and lean in the
right place.
The Episcopal Church of Mount Holly has been
roblved of fifty yards of carpeting.
The Woolm Factory ol Mr. Riitenhouae, near
Berwick, wat destroyed by fire ou Saturday lam.
Damaget f 3,000.
The member of the Uev. Mr. Pierpont'e church
have renewed the war with their paator. They have
mortgaged the cburch to pay the lawyer.
Benlley fi, Colbourn, bookseller and publisher
in London, expend ten thousand pound ($50,000)
in one year fur advertising, and make money by so
doing.
The Miner' Journal has produced twenty-one
more authentic fact, proving that bituminous coal
i liable to tponlaneoua combustion.
There hat been a great drought in Maine. Corn
and all kinda of grain haa been very much injured.
The Ladie at Pottaville have been holding a
Fair, at which they regaled thiir viailor with turtle
nup. The ladtea of that place, we presume, must be
somewhat snappish in their iropeiiilie.
The Bank of Penn'a. ba brought suit against the
editor of the Philadelphia Chronicle, for publishing
an article injurioua to the credit of the Bank.
Tippecanoe and Tyler too." Swine of our whig
fiiend have in contemplation the publication of a
new edition of thia famous song, to amended, a to
read, "Old Tippecanoe and Tyler are. two,"
The editor of the Williamsporl Emporium, in
extending their geological inquiries, hate discover
ed a lead mine at Milton, "now in process of being
worked," which piece of good new will no doubt
surprize the good people of that place, whrn they
are "waked up." Thia Milton lead mine like the
Lycoming granite, is a grey horse of another color.
Joseph Rilner and Beta Badger, have been rejec
ted by the Senate,
Mr. Webtter ttatea in a letter to the National
Intelligencer, lhat he doe not intend to leaign hi
eat in ihe cabinet.
The nomination of Gov, Everett, Minister ta
England, wa confirmed by a vote of 22 to 19.
Co!tiiicATan.
Messrs. Editors. Permit me through your
paper to call the immediate attention of the Canal
Commissioner to the aituation of the guard bank
and towing path of the Pennsylvania Canal, be
tween the Shamokin dam and Ihe mouth of Penn
creek. Lst tpring the river broke into the canal,
and out of it into the low-tond along the canal in
cveral placet between Ihos pointt, doing much in
jury to the canal and it bank, a well aa to
the farms along tho same, in carrying off the toil
and fences, which would not have happened had
not the canal been there. Those break have not
been repaired more than barely sufficient to enable
the canal to be used for navigation. Now appears
to be tho proper time to raise and fix the banks,
to thai they may settle and become firm before the
winter seta in. A few hundred dnllan now pro
perly expended between those points, to keep th'
river out of the canal, would, I have uo doubt, tavt
the state next spring many thousands, and also tavt
the farm from being injured. I can assure thi
commissioner, there is now nothing to prevent r
common spring freshet to overflow the guard ban)
and towing path into the canal, and sweep wa
it banks from the Shamokin dam to the mouth o
Penns creek. I would also suggest to Ihe Cana
Commissioner to have Ihe Shumnkin guard loe
well nnd thoroughly examined ; a very little mor
rise in Ihe river last tpring would in all likelihoo.
have carried it nit 1 be question now is, has I
been properly secured for spring freshet 1 In m
opinion it has not. I have alway been led to bi
lieve, to repair in proper lime, ia the direct road t
economy, which ia absolutely necessary in the pri
tent situation of the state fund.
A TAX PAYER.
ton Till AMEBIC.
Urrun Mano-ror, Sept. 9, 1841.
I, the undersigned, do hereby certify that Dav
B. Montgomery has never electioneered with rr
for himself, but raid I should go for McKinney, ar
do all for him in my power ; that he waa a vet
clever man, and he would like to sec him nominate!
I have snid to several person that Montgomei
wa a candidate, and no I aay yet, but I did not ui
derstand he waa a candidate for the Assembly.
Montgomery atktd me if I would not be a cam
date for Commi-tiuner next fall, and I might ha
misunderstood him about his being a candidate,
he told me I might injure myself if I said lo muc
agninst McKinney. Mr. Montgomery and myse
talked about thia at Sunbury. I never aaw him i
this tcction of the country until after the nominr
lion. Mr. McKinney, I think, can do nothing
mong the democrat in Mahonoy townships. I t
not believe that Montgomery ever used any intrigi
against McKinney. JOHN MALLICK.
roa thi AHF.tuca-r.
It was atated in a communication in the "Milto
Leger," tigned "Republican," lhat the dolegati
who formed the democratic ticket at Sunbury, "iu
fered themtelve to he cajoled and hoodwinked by
clique of political knave about Sunbury ;" the ut
dersigncd, twoof the delegate from Turbut towi
thip, say lhat it is untrue that they were influence
by any clique about Sunbury ; they were influence
only by Mr. McKinney himself, who told them In
fore the balloting commenced, that if he (McKir
ney) could not be carried in the convention, the
to go for Montgomery, aa he would aa soon t
Montgomery put upon tho ticket aa himself ;
any man to keep off Hortnn, or word to that e
feet. DANIEL FOLLMER,
JACOB DOEBLER.
Dtntocratic Mcrting.
A Grand Rally of the fiiends of Democracy tm
place at the public house of George Conrad, in A
guata township, em Friday the 10th instant.
The meeting wat organized by the appoiufmei
of the following officer: SAMUEL AWL, Es
President, Jaroa Maiicn and Jacob Raia,Yi,
Presidents, and Dr. John Kaker and It. 11. Teat
Secretaries.
The chair appointed Samuel Reeser, John Yord;
Esq , Henry Keiser, John Vantant, Thomat Snj
der, Geo. Conrad, John D. Conrad, Henry Conrai
Wm. Bloom, John Foy and Henry Malich, a con
mittee to prepare resolutions, who reported the fo
lowing, which were unanimously agreed lo:
Resolved, That David R. Porter, during the who
course of hi enlightened and patriotic adininiatn
lion, ha given abundant evidence of hi talent:
integrity and attachment to republican principle:
PotsfMing a thorough knowledge of the retource
of bi native state, and jealoua of her honor, he ha
labored iicceasfully to maintain her credit, and fun
ly pursued the policy which hor true interest diet
ted. We will therefore use every exertion to secur
hi re-election, that the Democracy may proiierl;
use to serve their country arid maintaiu their prii:
ciplcs.
Resolved, That we are opposed to the election c
John Banks, because he is the candidate of Ihe Ft
deral party the nominee of Tbaddeua Steven, an
approved of th Buckshot War; and becabae if
lected he will be under the guidance of the aam
men who ruled Joseph Ritner, re-charleieal the I
8. Bank, and squandered million of lh people'
money on the Getlytburg Railroad, and other ua
leu project.
RestktJ, Thai th veto of President Tyler, of It
bill, to establish a United State Bank, meets wii,