la the proceedings ot the celebration of the
th of July, at Williamsnort, at which Mr.
Packer, O. Watson and others of that caste
figured prominently, published in the Gaiette,
the following toast appear, ofleroJ by C. I
Eldred, the present editor of that paper :
By C. D. Eldred. Henry A. Muhlenberg.
The Trojan Horte Introduced into the De
mocratic party of Pennsylvania. If admitted
into the Capitol, his ritt'on will tack he city."
Here it mny not be amiss to remind the render
thai this same C. D. Eldred, in perfect keeping
with his former practices, violated his inMrtic
ions, and, Instead of supporting our present
popular executive, aa a delegate he was instruct
v& to do, cast his tote lor this aatno "Trojan
llorsti" Another toast appeared in the same
proceedings, by John tt. Cook, the co-ptirlner
of Mr. Packer, in which the Muhlenberg pnrty
is denounced as a "band of ditorganitert,"
The abuse is continued with unabated violence,
and, in the Gazette of July 29th, Mr. Muhlen
b Tg is denominated the "Prince ot dodger.,"
end "the candidate of Ignorance, Bigotry and
superstition .'" In the Gazette ot the Oth Sep
tember, in which Mr. Packer's nomination is
first announced as a candidate for Senator, an
"Jca3U?d fr, inexcusable and violent attack,
rWlilnte of truth, is made upon Mr. Muhlen
berg and his friend From this period until
t'ie day of the election, no balm was offered to
beal the wounds of the party, and Mr. Packer,
throngli the columns of his paper, continued to
pour out abuse i torrcnta upon the heads of the
friends of Mr. Muhlenberg, exciting them to
such a degree that nothing could induce many
f them to swallow their resentment, against
Aim in pirtcular snd cast their votes fur one
whom they considered their bitterest political
cnetny.
The election camo on at length, and the fol
lowing is the classified result in the "Lower
End," MiJdlo" and "Upper EuJ" of the coun
ty.
LOWER EM").
Governor. Senate. Assemb.
& I" S a. f, S
? I 5 - 2 E
TowKsrurs. ?
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-i
n
Mnncy Eoro' 03 38 55 56 C2 50 53
Muncy 64 12 45 CO 5t 77 43
Muncy Creek103 21 33 73 80 110 2
Wolf, $a 2 35 69 62 109 37
Moreland, 04 2 13 10 93 8 6
Franklin, 60 2 11 6 58 52 10
Shrewsbury, 26 1 18 21 17 19 9
Davidson, 25 4 0 22 4 19 15
Cherry, 30 45 6 68 3 71 71
Forks. 0 26 0 26 0 18 18
Elkland, 8 34 21 39 19 25 21
Fairfield, 27 42 103 30 137 61 59
Clinton, 61 34 17 76 30 92 92
Washington, 60 03 53 112 101 139 13S
687 377 663 720 845 657
MIDLLE.
Williamsportd.31 141 158 181 150 169 163
Newbury, 29 08 153 73 210 214 113
Lewis, 19 2 17 18- 19 32 33
Workhouse, 14 2 26 14 29 12 12
Hepburn, 65 27 70 43 89 52 49
158 270 334 497 407 370
UPPER END.
Jersey Shore di 43 115 10.1 131 151 1 202
New Liberty, 15 122 140 111 160 9t 12s
Limestone, 9 54 56 46 71 H 82
Oummings, 5 54 17 50 25 49 411
Brown, 0 34 3 34 03 30 30
Youncmanstown 5 53 25 17 39 15 25
Pine Creek, 13 42 61 32 80 47 43
Simiemahoning, 0 23 28 32 21 16 25
00 512 453 556 526 590
The reader will please carefully examine the
iibovc returns, and particularly the townships
in the neighborhood of my residence, and com
pare the votes with some others, to which I
tdiall take occasion to refer. It will be seen
that Mr. Packer was beaten 52 votes in the
"Lower End," where the number of votes polled
was 1378, while in the "Middle," which he re
gards his strong hold, in which only 631 votes
were polled, he was beaten 1G3 votps ! If some
of Mr. Packer's arithmeticians were here to
make a nice calculation of his 'loss nnd gain,'
it might bo made appear that his loss, in his own
neighborhood, in proportion to the number of
votes polled, was more than five hundred per ct.
more than in the Lower End,' where it U al
leged treachery existed. Compare his vote in
Munry, where I live, with his fclrength in New
bury, within about two miles of hi residence,
and 10 miles from tnine . In Muney B trough
he received the same number of votes as my
fiiend, Judge Taggarl, .r!J, and at Newbury he
was boston by his opponent 137 of a majority ;
and yet it is contended tlmt ho owes his defeat
to the treachery of the Muney Democrats ! At
Jersey Shore, in tho 'Upper End,' far from me,
Mr. Packer received Un 131, his opponent 151,
Mr. Taggarl I'SS and Mr. Gamble, Packer'u
friend, who was pinning on the ticket with Mr.
Taggart, for Assembly, at tint lime, 20",! votes !
In tho 'Upper K id,' wh-ro Mr. Muhlenberg re
ceived but 00 votes, Mr. Wolf 512, Mr. Packer
received but ! , whilo Mr. Gamble got 500,
boating Mr. Packer 11 votes ! What a com
mentary upon the clurgu of treason against the
Democracy of Muncy ! The fact must be ap
parent to all, who will Ho me the justice to ex
amine the above, thut Mr. Packer was to iler
sustained in Muncy and in the 'Iower End'
generally, titan U was in the 'Middle' and 'Up
per End.'
I it not evident tint the handsome support
given to Mr. (J amble, and ,ia election, that
Packer's defeat was caused by his unremitting
personal abuse, before alluded to, aided by the
unhappy division on Ihe question ol Governor,
owing to it Inch schism Mr. Gamble, who was
a Wolf man, beat Jjdgo Taggart in the. 'Upper
A District.
j.tjiij-sFgr? jsys..i. J.1 . -j. - n1 i-i
End where Wolt had a majority, whilo the lat
ter, a Muhlenberg man, beat thft former in the
"Aoicer End," where Muhlenberg's friends
wore largely in the majority t Another striking
fuct which goes to show how obnoxious Mr.
Packer had rendered himself is, thut Mr. Gam
ble received 403 votes of a mnjority in the coun
ty over his whig eompetitor.ofthe "Lower End,"
while Mr. Pucktr, belonging to the same
"branch" of the parly was beaten by a mnjority
of 318. Taking ther. facts into consideration,
it not iinju.-t, ungenerous and iingratelul to
ascribe Packer's defeat to mo and the Muncy
democrats, when many of my neighbors will
testify that no men ever labored harder in any
political contest than did Mr. Thomas Maxwell,
who lived in Money township, (and not in Mun
cy Borough as "Old Lycoming" falsely asserts,)
and myself, t Mem the torrent of indignation a
gainst Mr. Parker for his impol'te and impru
dent course, to sny the least of it ! To see how
we succeeded in our efforts, let the reader refer
again to the votes polled in Money township,
and Muney Borough, and see if they will not
compare favorably with many of the other dis
tricts, and especial'y with Jersey Shore, in the
"Upper End, and Newbury in the "Middle."
Indeed, it is my opinion, that had Mr. Maxwell
and myself given way and not resisted tho cur
rent 8gain6t P., he would not have received c
ven a respectable vote, but all the influence we
possessed, and nil the f fTirts wc were capable
of, were exercised to sustain him, and especially
on the election ground ; yet we have received
from him and his Iriends, in requital, only in
gratitude. It will scarcely be supposed that I should be
held responsible for the alleged delinquencies
of Jersey-Shore, of Newbuty, or even of More
land, but as "Old Lycoming" has My ted Judge
Taggart, who lives in the latter place, my
"twin brother," it mny ro' be amiss to speak of
my "twin hn.tlurV," the Judge, and Mr. Puck
er's weakness in Moreland. It may be remem
bered that Col. Jonathan Smith, the delegate to
the convention by which Mr. Muhlenberg was
nominated resided in thu. township. He is,
and ever has been n firm and consistent demo
crat, and a high minded honorable and honeM
man, yet the G.izcttu was particularly abusive of
his course. Did Mr. Pucker suppose his neigh
bors, among whom hisstanding had never been
impaired, had no scnsibilitiesand that they would
submit without resentment to such language as
the follow ing, app'ied to an esteemed fellow ci
tizen ? It can be fi und in the Lycoming Ga
zette No. 43 (1S35):
"The Muhlies, now, as s nee the creation,
are an odd production, neither hor$t nor ass,
but something between ; wilfully stubborn, in
tractable and incapable of iicrfoe."
"Parson Muhlenberg, we will support the
church, but we despise its apostates, and will
oppose all hypocrites who use it as a mask."
Could it be supposed that in a township which
gave Muhlenberg 94 vo'es and Volf2, thatlr.
Packer who was nominated by a bare mnjority,
could, after applying the above language to res
portable citizens expect to receive their support!
Yet I believe that a majority of t fie democrats
of that township would s'ill hnve supported the
ticket, had they not been induced to believe
tlmt Mr. Packer and his friends, in addition to
insults given, designed to cut Judge Tagjjsrl
off the ticket, and run Mr. Gamble alone. Tins
Mas done by a gentlemen from Willinmsport
who was very active in his hostility to Mr. Puck
er, lie visited this end of the county, and was
in Moreland on the night previous to the elec
tion, as 1 since learned, and passed home
through Wnll and Muncy. Ta;gart was at that
time, 1 know, from home, on a vi.-it to other
parts of the county, and did not return until
some time on the day of the election. I have
every reason to believe that ho supported Mr.
Packer. I saw him as he passed home through
our place, when he declared his determination
to do so. The gentleman above alluded to, al
though Mr. Packer knows tlmt to him he mea
surably owes his defeat, js now and has been for
years pat-T, basking in the sumhiiio of his favor
and friendship, while I, who supported him in
good faith, have been persecuted and proscribed
by him and his friend.
it may here be proper to ttnte, that Judge
Taggart has been sustained by the Democracy
of the county ever since, which is conclusive e
vidence that he has not, in any degree, been
held ret-ponsible for Packet' defeat, or censu
rable for his political course ; tor on referring
to the proceedings of the Democratic convention
in ?M, the very year following Mr. Packer'
defeat, we find that Judge Taggart, on being
nominated by I I'm. A. I'ttiikin, received, on
the first ballot, the votes of 50 delegates, and
Mr. Gamble C9, both of v horn were triumphant
ly elected to the highly important ifli'ea of de
legates to the reform convention.
To those who know mo personally, I believe
my simple declaration tlmt I did not oppose Mr.
Packer after his nomination, would be sufficient;
but in addition to a compnrii-on of tl.e retirns of
the election at Muncy W ith other sod distant
parts of the county, and Ihe aggregate vote of
the "Ixiwer End," w here "Old Lycoming" alle
ges that I exercise a controlling influence com
pared with tho "Middle" and ' Upper End,"
where Mr. Packer claims his strength, I res
pectfully beg leave to ref'erto Benj Junes, Esq ,
Col. Ephlin, James G. Goodall, E--q., Thomas
Maxwell, Eq., end others of my friends and
neighbors, w ho will, whenever called on, freely
bear testimony to my efforts in favor of the tick
et. I might also refer to Mr. Packer's present
frieud, who then operated against bitn in More
land, and wins 1 am suro will, as a gentleman,
fully tumeul me from any co-operation with
him in bis efforts to defeat Mr. Packer, nor will
any other respectable gentleman volunteer to
make, and sustain a charge so destitute of the
semblance of truth.
In noticing the communication of "Old Ly
coming," I have, Mr. Editor, been led to a grea
ter length than I at first, anticipated and I do
no, feci disposed to abuse your kindness, and
trespass too much upon your columns, to the ex
clusion of matter more important to your read
t'is. I shall, however, with your permission,
eoutiniio my remarks in your next. I beg the
democratic reader, who is tmacquaiiiti d with
me, tosuspend an opinion until I shall havo con
cluded, and I shall be content to abide the ver
dict of an liouett democracy upon my political
course.
The public's bumble servant,
VM. A. PliTRIKlN.
Muney. Lycoming county, (
February IS. 1?45. i
("To he continued. J
Prorabi.k Qi ANriiY of Iron IH:qrtarn for
tug Xiw R.tn.tioAns is EsoLAfin. it has been
cstimatedth.it out of the numerous railway bills
coming before Parliament this month there
will be forty-five carrit-d, or aboot one-fifth of
the present applications. Taking those lines nt
an average length of forty miles each, there will
be 1S00 mils of railway to be formed, commenc
ing from the autumn of this year, and extending
over 1810 ; for, though those lines will not be
all completed at that period, the deficiency may
be more than made up by the lines which were
passed during laM session, and which are now
bi'ing formrd.
A yard of railway requires 2S0 lbs. of rail,
OS lbs. of raM-iron chairs, and about 70 lbs. of
iron eirders muking 4 cw t. per yard, or 35'2
tons per mile. In addition to this, it is pretty
clearly aocertainrd, that an equal amount of iron
is required for each mile, in wagons, carriages,
stations, engines and locomotive establishments,
A c.- making 7( 0 tons of iron for each mile , or
1,200,000 tons for 1S00 miles of railwaysabout to
be constructed in this country, or, as nearly as
possible, the whole make of iron in Great Bri
tain for one year.
THE AMERICAN.
Saturday, March 1, 1845.
1 It. l1IJtF.tt, Eq., at hit Neat K$.
tale and 'Coal fHKce, .V.. 59 fine Street, rhU
tadelphta. Is avthorltrA to act at .Ifent, at d
receipt far alt mantet due thti office f for iub
tctiiUon or advertising,
Jllo at hi UtTUc 160 .Vmsah Street,
What Missionaries Have Foe. The Rev.
Dr. Arnold, at a public meeting in Boston, re
cently, exhibited the triumphs of benevolence in
the effects which have followed the Missionary
enterprise to the Sandwich Islands. He remark
ed that
"Twenty-five years ago, the Sandwich Island
ers were found by our missionaries in the lowest
state of savage degradation, almost entirely des
titute of dress, as well as of houses. Now a ve
ry large portion of them enjoy the usual comforts
of civilizrd life. Thy then had no conception
of the expression of thought by written language;
but since, their language has been reduced to
writing by the missionaries one hundred and
fifty millions of printed pages have not been suf
ficient to meet the demands of the native inhabi
tants for reading, Upwards of thirty thousand
have been admitted to the communion of the dif
ferent evangeliral churches, who have continu
ed to adoin their profession about one-third of
the entire population. Formerly thy were ru
led by despots ; now they have a well adjusted
code of laws, the regular administration of jus
tice, and oil the common blessings of treedom
and civilization "
Is Tlttt Vlt'ST OF LlFR V. K ARK IN DEATH.
The Baltimore Sun records an instance of the
truth of the above caption, in the sudden decease
of a beautiful young lady of Washington city,
which has excited interest and sympathy in the
community. J ho following notices appear side
by side :
"Marrietf, at Wahin;tnn city, on Thursday
last, Kith inst., by the Rev. Nerval WiUon, Mr.
James Wescott to Miss Harriet Ann Calveit,
both of that city."
"Died, at Washington city, on Wednesday.
19th inst., Mrs. Harriet Ann. wife of Mr. James
Wescatt, in the 20th year of her age."
As soon at the marriage ceremony was over the
parties wrnt to their new home. On the follow
ing Tuesday the bride visited her father's resi
dence, riding two miles. Before she reached it,
however, she became suddenly indisposed, and
on her irrival, complained very much. The phy
sician called next day, and assured tlu-m there
was no danger, and her father, with a heart set
at rest as to her condition, went to his duties in
the War Department. More than half an hour
had not elapsed, however, when he was sent for,
and before he reached home heard she was dead !
The poor girl's mother invested her with her
wedding garments, and she returned home to
have the m taken off by the same hands, never to
rctutne any other. -J'iil. htds.r.
Tun Ikimi Ci.trci.v. The London Standard
says it has been calculated that the Romish cler
gy in Iielaud receives anioiailv" for confessions
l,350,GuO; for christenings $130,000; for unc
tions and burials, i .'70,000; for marriages,
300,000; lor prayers for purgatory, 5150,600;
for collections at chapels, i'.'.-i 10,000 ; lor curate
collections, $101,000; for Government giant to
Mayi.oth College, f 45,000. Total, 6, 133,330.
fXj On our first page will be found the com
mencement of a communication, from Gen. Tetri
kin, addressed to the Democracy of the 13th Con
gressional district, in reply to an article which
appeared in this paper a few weeks since, over
the signature of "Old Lycoming." We trust,
that after both parties have had a hearing before
the public, they will endeavor to heal all politi
cal differences, and hereafter, act in harmony and
in concert with the uhulc democratic party in
Old Lycoming.
C7 On our last page will be found a column
of entertaining matter.
C7" The ice broke up in the river some days
since. Vast quantities of drift wood, as usual,
comedown. The river is high, but not as high
as it has been for a few years past.
CP" We can't publish the verses of our Dan
ville correspondent. They contain neither w it.
rhyme or poetry.
fXj Early Oi'E.mncj or tiik Casals. The
Canal Commissioners have determined to let the
w ater into the Pennsylvania Canals on the 10th
of March, or, if possible, sooner, so as to com
mence navigation on that day.
fj New Cocnty. Mr. Harper, of the
House, reported a bill to erect a new county out
of parts of Dauphin, Schuylkill nnd Northumber
land, to be called Logau." This speculation
can't succeed this session, at all events.
Dr Collkci io?t op Taxes. We are indebted
to K. Y. Bright, Ksq , of the House, for a ropy
of the Bill for the more effectual and economical
mode of collecting State and County taxes. The
Treasurer is required to give notice in the pa
pers that he will attend, on a certain day in each
township, to receive taxes. Any person paying
the Treasurer before such attendance, will be en
titled to a deduction of 3 per cent, on the amount.
The third section provides, if the same is not
paid within sixty days fiom the time of the
Treasurer's attei dance in the respective town
ships, then the same is to be placed in the hands
of a constable for collection, who is to receive 3
per cent additional on the amount of tax levied,
and if the tax is not paid in twenty days there
after, he is required to levy the same by distress
and sale of goods of delinquents, for w hich he is.
in addition, allowed the unal fees. The other
sections relate to the duties of the Treasurer,
Constable, A.c. The Treasnier is allowed one
dollar and fifty cents for every day he is employed.
dj Associate Ji ogf.s Hoa. John Montgo
mery has been re appointed for this county. Mr.
Montgomery is well qualified, nnd ha,as a Judge,
given general satisfaction. The following lio
minotions Were also made on the 23th :
Reuben Wither, of Bradford county ; James
Gordon, of Washington ; Thomas Wilson, of
Mercer ; John Duffy and Christian Buhl, of But
ler ; James Kinnear, of Venango, and John
Brawley, of F.rie.
CC7" The Removal Bill. The long agony is
over. The Bill providing for the removal of the
seat of Justice from Danville to Bloomburg, has
become a law. The bill provides that it shall
be submitted to a vote of the people before it
shall go into operation, and that a person claim
ing a right to vote must be a resident of the
ounty four months. The citizens of Danville
feel confident of succe s, before the people, and
rely upon the justice of their cause. We were
of opinion that there ought to be a vote of
at least three-fifths, to larry the measure; as it is,
a bare majority of one will effect a removal.
y Post ace Reform We have still some
hope that the Senate Bill may yet be passed. In
the House of Representatives, on the 2 1th lilt.,
the Senate's Bill for the reduction of postages on
letters, fce., was taken up and the whole day's
sitting spent upon it. A resolution, passed before
the adjournment, provides thut all debate on the
bill shall cease in two hours after it shall be a
gain resumed in Committee of the Whale, the
adoption of which indicates that there is a ma
jority in the House favorable to the principles of
the bill.
07 Canal Commissions. A large and re
spectable meeting was held at New Berlin on the
18th ult., for the purpose of expressing an opin
ion In regard to our next Canal Commissioner.
Hon. John Snyder presided at the meeting. The
following are among the resolutions passed :
"Resolved, That this meeting cordially unite
in recommending to the consideration of the
Democracy of Pennsylvania, Col.IIKNRY C.
EYEtl, of this county, ss a suitable, proper and
capable person to fill the office of next Canal
Commissioner, and that the in event of his nomi
nation and election, thn people of tho Krystone
Stat will have secured the services of one of
our ablest and best men.
Resolved, That this meeting respectfully re
commend to the earnest anil serious considera
tion of tho Stale Central Committee the propri
ety and preat necessity of'calling the State Con
vention to nominate said candidate, previous to
the adjournment of I he legislature, ss beint; cal
culated to secure a more jrneral attendance,
and also to obtain a more full and fair expression
of public sentiment."
Jas. fv. Dnvis and John M. Baum were ap
pointed ronferees to meet other conferees, with
instructions to support Hon. Geo. Schnable as
the Senatorial delegate, w ho is instructed to sup
port the nomination of Col. H. C. Eyer.
ITT" Hon. C. J. Ingersoll is talked of as U. S.
Senator, in place of Mr. Buchanan, wbo it ia now
understood will be Secretary of State in the Ca
binet of President Polk. There are others, we
think, that would like the station of Mr. B. Wc
trust his successor may be some man of charac
ter and standing.
C7 Another Medical College is talked of in
Philadelphia. We trust the Legislature will
grant no more charters of the kind, unless they
intend to prostrate the character and credit of the
institutions now in existence.
C-7 Mr. Dickens, in his notes, has made some
grave charges against the State PiNon System at
sawn". TTmmTmmmimmmmmmm
07 Tut Board of Revenci Commissions
are now in session at Harrisburg. They are
not permitted to remain in session longer than
thirty days. They have organised by electing
two clerks snd other officers, and are now, in
fact, the "Third House." They will, no doubt,
cut out work enough to prolong the session of the
Legislature three or four weeks. The following
twenty-four interrogatories were adopted by the
Board, and are to be sent out immediately to the
County Commissioners of each county, and to
such other citizens as may be nominated by the
Board, to be answered and sworn to by them be
fore some magistrate :
"1. Where is your residence, and what is your
occupation ?
2. Are you acquainted with the price of land
in your county, and also with the value at which
those lands are assessed ? If yes, by w hat means
did you so become acquainted ?
3. Dividing the lauds of your county into four
qualities good, middling, poor and worthless,
what proportion is there of each kir.d
4. What is the just and fair value of each class
of such land, taking the price as on sales fairly
made, sold in the quantity separately taxed, and
without sacrifice from any cause ?
5. As far as you know and believe, do the as
sessments in your county correspond with the
just, fair and actual value aforesaid ? If not,
state the per centajre below such standard, to the
best of your knowledge and belief ?
6. has the value of lands, in your county, un
dergone any change within the past five years,
and if so, has it advanced or declined, and to w hat
extent ?
7. Have the canals and railroads of the com
monwealth advanced or lowered the price of
lands in your county ? If aye, which, and to
what extent f
8. Have the commissioners of your county, at
any time since tSJl. reduced the assessed valun
of the property in any ward or township, gener-
rhiladelphia. He has been fatly contradicted, I "' ' " so- Mate the same, ami how mucti was
in almost everv rwrtirnlar. bv Mr Petre. the I'.ii. ! such reduction ?
' ' ' '
t.sh Consul at Philadelphia. j
A Gentle Hint. Young, one of the elders of
the Mormon church, gives the following hint to
some of his erring brethren : "Elders wbo go
abroad and borrow borses or money, and run a
way therewith, will be cut off from the church
w ithout ceremony ; and they need not look for
that lenity which they have had heretofore."
Somebody says that one glass of liquor each
day, at six and one fourth cents, costs twenty two
dollars and eighty one cents a year. This amount
would pay the insurance of three thousand dol
lars on a man's life.
An Eagle, measuring eight feet four inches
from tip to tip, was shot nesr Whitt Plains on
last Sunday afttrnvon.
ro-t-Offire Bill hssrd.
Since the above was in type, wc have learned
that the bill passed the House on Tuesday, with
an amendment that all letters over 300 miles be
charged 10 cts., instead of the uniform rate of
Sets., and that it shall not go into operation un
til the 1st of July next. These amendments will,
no doubt, be concurred in by the Senate, a the
best that can be done at this late hour.
Our legislature, on Tuesday, passed a joint re
solution in favor of the Posiage Bill, which was
decided at Washington on the same day. They
have been exceedingly smart, in not being more
than a day behind in their instructiionS.
We have just learned that the Post-office Bill
passed the House, as above, after a tremendous
struggle and the application of the previous ques
tion, by a vote of 128 to 74. Newspapers, un
der thirty miles, go free of postage. Letters not
weighing more than a half ounce, to be consider
ed single. This ia a glorious triumph over pre
judice and bigotry
117" Testimonial to Henrt Ci.av. The I
whigs of New York propose to raise S100.000,
the interest to be paid to Mr. Clay during life,
and the principal, after his death, to be appropri
ated to the construction of a grand monument to
his memory. There are also committees in this
State, for the same purpose. In Philadelphia, a
Mr. Shnr.' presented the Committee with $.'i00.
He at least cannot be thort of funds. Our whig
friends, hitherto, were loud in their censures a
sainstthe Democratic party for their man wor
ship. They have certainly not profitted much
themselves by the lesons intended for us. The
whigs, of one State alone, it seems, can raise
$100,000 for Henry Clay, and yet the whole 1
nion, for the last ten years, has not been able to
raise more than $10,000 for a monument to the
memory of the Father of his Country the Na
tions Benelactor whom Franklin, in his la-t
will, justly styles, not only hit friend, but the
"friend of mankind." We have no objection to
our whig friends doing homage to the memory of
a distinguished man, for we admit that he is dis
tinguished, but they should not, in their enthu
siasm, entirely overlook that great and good man,
whose memory is dear to all his countrymen.
It has been justly said, thut "he is only truly
great w ho is also good." If our great men of
the present i'bv are to be judged by this standard,
how insignificant they must appear when com
pared to the immortal Washington.
$y A Native American Convention was held
at Harrisburg on the 2 2d. Daniel Kendig, of
Dauphin, was chosen Presiit-nt. The Conven
tion was addressed by Messrs. Levin, Philips,
and others. Mr. Levin, in his address, stated
that the Pope of Rome had emissaries, as agents,
in all the Deportments at Washington, who com
municated important secrets to the Pope, before
they Were even known to the people here. The
Reporter of the Phila. Times, w hich paper the
Natives vail the Pope's organ, relates the follow
ing :
"Among the many pleasant things did, was
the following, handed me by the Delegate from
Allegheny, (and the only delegate from west of
the mountains.) but I think it could not have been
passed, as I have no recollection of the "slings"
mentioned :
(tonv.) 'Whereas, a reporter for the ron-s
organ is now on this floor, taking notes, and
doubtless intending to write us down asses,
therefore,
'Resolved, That a committee of ten be ap
pointed to take said reporter to Wilson's, and
diown him id gin slings.' "
K7 A Tall Senator. Judge Speight, re
cently elected to the V. S. Senate in place of Mr
Henderson, of Mississippi, can, it is said, beat
long John Went worth, who is the tallest man in
Congress, some four inches in height, and is
much better proportioned. Wbo w ill say we
don't send great men to Congress, w hen they see
such spei iiuens af humanity rise in their places ?
C7 Repeal in Ireland is on the decline.
Archbishop Crolly, primate of Ireland, publish
ed a letter, addressed to him from the Propaganda
at Rome, obviously directed against repeal. This
has brought O'Connel into conflict with the Pope
and his authority. O'Connel, at fust, pronounced
the address not canonical, which be has since
retracted, and for w hich be has apologised to the
Archbishop in a tetter addressed to him.
07 The Daks De Broglie has gone to London
as special Envoy, to adjust the question of the
right of search, between the French and English.
Inofniocs Mr. Kirk, Ihe Superintendent ol
the machine shop, at Reading, Pa., has con
constructed for the Heading and Pottsville
Railroad, as.nall locomotive for the conveyance
of the officers from point to point. It is of one
horse power, and the seats are placed around
the boiler it moves with rapidity, and its pas
sengers can caaily remove it from the track at
any time.
9. Do you know or have yon any reason to be
lieve that any other standard of value than that
indicated by the fourth interrogatory, has been
adopted by any assessors, as for instance that of
a forced sale, or upon a supposition of a large
quantity of property being brought to a sate at
one time, or for other similar cause ? If aye, re
late such information particularly.
10. What is the proportion of seated and un
seated lands in your county ?
11. Is there a diff rence in the assessments of
such lands corresponding with the cost of clear
ing, improving, and building on the seated lands ?
If not, state the extent of such deficiency in your
county.
12. At what priees, compared with the assess
ments are unseated lands sold in your county, on
contracts or long credits, and how much of such
difference, if any, is owing to the extended cre
dit given and subdivision of tracts ?
13. What proration of the lauds in your coun
ty contains minernlsof value asroal, iron, lime
stone, fce. and to what extent do these add to the
value of the lands ?
14 What are the facilities of reaching a mar
ket where is the market or markets, for the
produce and minerals of your county ?
15. What is the average yield, per acre, of ag
ricultural products ?
16. What is the price of grain and other agri
cultural pioduce sent to n arket from your conn-
y ..
17. Have you a casti market tor proutue in
your county ? If not, state what it costs per
bushel to semi your grain to a rash market ?
18. What is the common or average price of
stocks, such as horses, cattle, sheep, hogs, fce.
and what the expense of conveying them to a
market ?
19. What are the prices of lumber, iron ore,
pig, bar iron, and castings, coal, limestone, salt
and other mineral products sent to market
2. What is the quantity of iron produced or
manufactuied in your county, and the average
price of that article ?
21. What per cent, on the usual assessments
are the usual rents of lands in your county, and
what percent, on the selling value of such lands?
22. Are houses and lots in the ity or towns
within your county, as far as you know and be
lieve, assessed at their full value, according to
the standard expressed in the fourth interroga
tion ? If not, w hat is the aveiagc deficiency in
this respect f
23. Are returns of investments of money at in
terest, and other personal property, correctly
made to the assessor, as far as you know or be
lieve ; and if not, does the assessor take means
to eorrectly ascertain the same ?
21. Have you any other information which it
may be useful for this Board to know in the dis
charge of it duty of equalizing the assessments in
the severul counties of the state, according to the
value of the taxable property If yea, state the
same as fally as if particulaily interrogated ill
respect to the Same."
A Convention of delegates from all the cotin
ties, &c, of the Richmond district, in Virginia,
have unanimously nominated John M. Botts as
the w hig candidate of that district for Congress.
John Tyler, Jr., is out with a letter in the
Richmond Enquirer, in which he demies his po
litical opinions, preparatory to running for Con
gress for the first Congressional District of Vir
ginia, now represented by Mr. Atkinson.
Cheat Postage The net increase of revenue
from the English Post Office, on the penny sys
tem, for the last year, has been 1368,000 over
that of the preceding So that, the British mail,
disencumbered as it has been of the system of
franking, has the past year cleared to the Go
vernment, over all expenses, upwards of four
millions of dollars, with the prospect of a flu
thrr annual increase.
The New York Evening Mirror of Wednes
day, says : 43,000 Valentines have been deliver
ed by the Post Office in this city and still they
pour in a perfect inundation of sentiment.