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Fer the Sunbury American.
'ABDRESif'OF TIIR COMMITTEE
tpon (lie Bail Konds from Philadelphia U
Erie hnd PlUifciirgl.
(CoHtintird.)
The connection of the Sunbury nl Erie Rail
way at Williamsport, with the Railway towards
the centre of lh State or New York, ii point of
superiority peculiar tn the West Branch route.
The important- of (hit junction, to Philadelphia,
appear to be but little known ; but or this, the
Philadelphia "Committed of Seven" have pre
sented ui, in their address, with powerful evi
dence. . i . .
The distance from Elmira, aeven milei with
in the boundary of New York, to Philadelphia,
is generally estimated to be about icvent y miles
less tl.un to the city of New York, by her great
railway; and about 200 mile lest than by her
ranal. In Atkinson's Evening Tost, of January
'ili, l&.'lfl, is a map illustrating the route of the
r.'mira and Williamsport railroad, accompanied
by an essay upon its utility. The author is un
known to us, but appears to possess correct infor
mation. We extract the following statement of
distances, although he makes the difference in fa
vor of Philadelphia (ess than that generally com
pitted :
miles.
7
34
"From the State line to Elmira,
From Elmira to Owego,
From Owego to Binghampton,
From ninghampton to Tappan,
From Tappan to New York,
SO
222
21
Total, l.y the N. Y. Railway from the N Y.
line, near Klinira, to the city of N. York, 309
Ooduct from Elmira to the line, 7
Instance from Elmira to New York, 302'
Distance to Philadelphia.
From New York State line, near Elmira, to
Williamsport,
From Williamsport to Sunbury,
From Sunbury to Pottsville,
From Pottsville to Philadelphia, (87)
Total distance from New York line, near
Elmira, to Philadelphia,
From that line to the New York Railroad
nt Elmira,
Difference in favor of Philadelphia,
C7
40
40
91
216
253
49
Besides, the steeper grades of the New York
and Ei ie railway, and its greater rise and fall
are, probably, equivalent to more than fifty miles
of distance. It may, therefor, be confidently as
serted that, to passengers and products arriving
from Lake Erie at Elmira, the route by Wil
liamsport, Sunbury and Pottsville to Philadel
phia, would be decidedly preferable to that to the
city of New York.
Let us now turn to the address of the Philadel
phia committee, the facts of which, in relation
to this subject, are worthy of great regard. Let
their statements, which we now quote, deter
mine, whether the commerce passing from Lake
Erie, through the State of New York, is of such
magnitude as to deserve our competition.
"The opening of the great canal, in New York,"
says that address, "which in the year 1623, uni
ted her metropolis with Lake Erie, diverted to
her that trade which had before centered in Phi'
ladelphia. This diversion carried with it the
lichen which have given to New York her mara
time ascendency. From the opening of the Erie
canal in 1825 to the year 1841, New York enjoy
ed this commerce os the fruit of her enterprise,
without competition, except from the turnpikes
and then the lines (by alternate canal and rail
way) of Pennsylvania.
"In lb.) year 1811, owing to a hasty, if not im
provident grant of a right of way in the heart
if New York, Boston connected herseif with Al
bany, by the Western Railroad. Since that pe
riod, short as it is, Boston has increased in ratio
beyond any former period of her history, and
New York, curtailed in the monopoly of the
western trade, has sensibly declined. That great
city will doubtless retrieve, by the New York
und Erie railway, a considerable part of the trade
u hich now passes to Boston, until the comple
tion of the t'ennxyliHuua Railroad, which will in
Urfrjtl in tit passage, and carry off the largest
portiult from Itolh .'"
Mow impressive are these facts and this pre
diction, to show the superiority of the Sunbury
anil Eiie railroad to the Juniata route!' New
York has (ranted to Pennsylvania 'a right of way,
into (he hcaitof her state,' to intersect her rail
way alJZlmira, and approach it at Corning, form
a connection with her canals, and lrain off her
vast commerce before it reaches Albany, to pro
reed to Boston; but instead of embracing such
extraordinary ail vantages, Pennsylvania shuts her
ryes upon this short and certain avenue to the
wealth which has enriched New York, and which
is now carried off to Boston; and Philadelphia is
mged to look only to the lesser objects on her
left, and exhaust her wealth and strength) upon
the Southern Juniata route to Pittsburgh ! While
the Vhilosoplurs of -Athens," and ber public
(lints, aud zealous patriots, are putting forth all
their wisdom and power to prevent trickling
ttrrainlct from running towards Baltimore, from
Pittsburgh, they disregard the mighty current,
easily diveitcr!, flowing from the lakes to
New Yoik and ISoston! The completion of our
rail road 6 the West Uranch, and the arm to El
mira or Corning, would doubtless, "intercept in
its passage, and carry off the largest portion from
bniu;" but that, the Juniata and Stone
Mountain route to Pittsburgh, even with ano
ther road to Cleveland, would accomplish that
object, is a most unreasonable supposition.- If
Boston is cniiched by intercepting passengers
and products at Albany, would not Philadelphia
be enriched by intercepting them upon her rail
way at the earlier point of Elmira, and convey
ing I he in by a shorter aud easier route to Puihv
lelfhia
But a further quotation from that address will
afford more ample satisfaction, and it proceed in
these word to prove our position :
"If we observe the effects of this trade upon '
the cities of New York and Boston, we' shall be
able to perceive its importance, and calculate It
probable influence upon Philadelphia. In the
year 1610 the Value of real and personal e-tnte. In
the city of New York, has been carefully ascer
tained to amount to 82 millions of dollars. In
the year 13.1, a period of nine years, it had risen
no higher than to about 100 millions, being an a
verage increase of only 2) per cent, per annum.
But in the latter year, which is the epoch of her
communication with Lake Erie, her wealth and
population began rapidly to augment. , In ten
years afterwards her population was nearly dou
bled, and the value of her real and personal estate
had swelled from 100 millions to 218 millions of
dollars, being an increase of 1 1 J per cent, per an
num ! From 1835 to I8U her aggregate capital
continued to advance, notwithstanding the losses
incident to a most destructive conflagration, and
notwithstanding the great monetary crisis which
overwhelmed our own community with effects
which were felt over the American Union. The
rate of increase, even during this eventful period,
made a total average advance in capital of 9) per
cent, per annum, from the year 1823. Since the
year 1 Ml, when her career was arrested by a
connection of the Boston railway with Albany,
we have to record her retrogade and decline. Her
population has only advanced 1 per cent., and
her wealth has been actually diminished 1 per
cent, in every year.
"But, in the proportion that New York has re
ceded since 1841, Boston has advanced. In the
four years intervening from 184 1 to 1843, her
population has increased from 93,000 to 113,000;
and the value of her real and personal estate,
within the same period, from $98,000,000 to
$135,000,000, being an augmentation of 8 per ct.
per annum since the completion of her enterprise.
New York and Boston derive annually, from
their connection with the lakes, a revenue of
many millions of dollars."
Now if Boston is thus triumphant, with a rail
way of 400 miles, and grades of 80 feet per mile,
fed by a canal frozen up by long winters, why
should not Philadelphia interpose, and triumph
with but 246 miles, and moderate grades, fed by
a great railway, open at all seasons of the year T
The railroad from Elmira to the West Branch
and Erie Railroad, at Williamsport, would ine
vitably receive a large portion .of the persons
and property passing eastward from Buffalo.
Twenty-five miles of the railroad from Williams
port have been in daily use for several years, lea
ding through rich deposits of bituminous coal
and iron ore, which would be given to New York
in exchange for her salt and plaster, forming a
most profitable reciprocal trade. Not long
since, an engineer surveyed the short space
from the northern termination of-that twen
ty-five miles to the Blossburg to i I road of
forty miles, extending to Corning, and reported
its feasibility at a cost of $10,000 per mile, and
a length of only twenty-three miles. Either this
line, or that to Elmira, would conduct to the
valleys of the West Branch and Schuylkill, much
of the immense commerce of New York and Bos
ton, and assure it to Philadelphia.
If .Baltimore would profit so largely by attrac
ting a portion of the Pittsburgh trade, as to call
up the formidable array against her, let our great
city open her right eye, and survey the incalcu
lable benefits she would receive Irom consumma
ting her right of way into the centre of the State
of New York. From Maryland she can obtain
nothing by 230 miles of railroad to Pittsburgh,
costing 40 or 50 thousand dollar per mile, by
the estimate of the engineers; from New York
she can obtain and exchange immensely, by con
structing 60 miles aero two intervals, and 40
miles down the West Bianch, costing less than
20 thousand per mile. There she will reach sub
stantial and permanent sources of wealth and
production, rapidly augmenting, to which the
Juniata route is a stranger, and forever must so
remain.
It is estimated," (says the writer already
quoted, in Atkinson's Evening Post,) "that 4,000
bushels of salt annually find their way by the
valley of the Lycoming to Williamsport, under
the most discouraging conditions of transporta
tion. 2,000 tons of bar and pig iron are returned
by the same channel, at the cost of $18 per ton,
(for transportation.) Lime would become a fruit
ful source of revenue. The salt works alone, of
hat state, would require a large quantity of bi
tuminous coal. By a careful examination, it is
estimated that, the products of the country to be
sent over the railroad south, (to the West Branch,
will amount annually to above 200,000 tons.
while that sent north cannot be less thu 230,000
In 1839, Elmira was stated to employ 13 forges,
and to require 171,000 tons of coal, castings, salt,
&c. If such was the amount of commerce in
1836 and 1839, how would it be appreciated were
a continuous railway construrtrd to Sunbury a
distance of about 113 miles fiom Elmira,
which 25 are completed ?
The subject of this division of our address,
this branch of the Erie railway, has appeared of
such importance in its consequences, of such fa
cility in its execution, and so clearly and coeent-
ly exhibited by the Philadelphia address that,
we have given to it greater space than was pre
viously intended.
HUGH BELLAS.
EBENK'KR CREF.NOUGH,
ALEXANDER JORDAN,
EDWARD Y. BRIGHT,
GIDEON MAiiKKU
GEO. C. WEI.KER,
WM. J. MAUTIN.
1810.
Tv be Continued.)
July 55,
To Dmtrot SkirfKB in Bacon. Tako a
sufficient quantity of alder leaves and beattbein
in a mortar, adding a little water. Rub the
flesh of the meat with the bruised leaves, and
where small holes appear pour the juice in them
1 bis application will eflectually destroy the
skippsrs, and will communicate no bad Uste to
the meat. Thia simple remedy is within the
reach ol evciy lioutckii'pcr, auJ will coat no
thing to try it.
THE AMERICAN.
Saturday, Jttlp 25, 1846.
fXPmMiNa Ink A fresh npply of superior
summer ink just received, and for sale at Phila
delphia prices, for cash. .
07" We are indebted to the Hon. James Tof-
lock, for his Upeeeh on th Tariff. Mr.' Pollock
deserves the thanks of his constituents, for his
teal and ability in support of'the tariff.
Messrs. Strohm fc McClean will also accept our
thanks, for their speeches on the same subject.
C7"Tii Wsathkr, for the last two weeks,
has been of a most unpleasant character., Cool,
moist and cloudy, without a whole day of con
tinued sunshine. The consequence is, that much I
fruit, now ripening, is rotting on the trees.' The
potatoe crop, we think, will not be as good i
expected. The vines are green and flourishing,
but not so with the roots. So also with melons,
citrons, &c
K7 Coal Taana. The Shamokin coal trade,
notwithstanding the bad order of the rail road, is
much better than last year. The operators are
now getting down about six hundred tons per
week.
K7- Shamokin Dam.- We nnderstsnd that the
ranal commissioners intend to raise this dam.
For what purpose it ta hard to Bar. It is now
higher than necessary, if it was sufficiently tight
We can't see how making it higher would make
it tighter ; but we presume it will be necessary
to have some hands on the public works, about
election time. The raising of this dam is a piece
of useless expense, calculated to do us much in'
jury, and which will not be quietly submitted
to.
C7" The last Union Times contains an article
highly recommending our friend, Major W. L.
Dewart, for Congress in this district. Alexan
der Jordan, Esq., of this place, has also been
favorably recommended from several, quarters.
With a good and popular tariff man the district
may be redeemed, if the party should act har
moniously.
. K7" A tariff meeting was held at Danville,
on Wednesday evening last. " John Cooper and
Edward II. Baldy, Esqrs. wero appointed dele
gates to proceed to Washington. Tbey left next
morning. ..
G7"Tnit Tariff -There has been no decl
sioii on the tariff. All is yet in a state of oncer
tainty. We do not, however, believe that
Kay's bill can pass the Senate without amend
ment, if so, Iheir will be some difficulty in the
House. A compromise may however be effect
ed, and the bill pass without much further trou
ble. A compromise tariff bill is talked of at
Washington, by making a reduction of 23 per ct.
on all articles spee'fie or advalorem, under the
act of 1842, whereon duties exceeding 30 per ct.
are now charged, excepting brandy and spirits.
This will reduce the duty on rail road iron Irom
$25 per ton to $18 73. On pig iron from $9 to
$0 75, and on coal from $1 73 per ton to $1 31
With this we should be content. Mr. Cameron
addressed the Senate on Wednesday last.
OyMxxico. The Mexican government is al
most in a state of anarchy. The revolution in
favor of Santa Ana is rapidly extending through
out the country. The California have already
declared themselves independent. Paredes has
been elected President, and Gen Bravo Vice
President. Paredes has obtained permission to
lead the Army against the Americana, but is cal
ling on the army to rally for the salvation of the
Republic. Io the mean time extravagant rumors
are circulated in the newspapers relative to the
American forces, whose march upon New Leon
and Monleiey is said to have commenced with
out opposition, and the Vera Crux papers have it
that Gen. Taylor is within a day's journey to
Tampico. Vera Cruz itself ha been almost e
vaeuated, the merchants retiring to .lalapa and
Orizaba, with their property. An attack on
the castle is said to have been planned by Com.
Conner to commence on the 10th July, with
the following vessels -Frigate Cumberland, 50
guns; do. Rnritan, 50 do; do. ' Potomac, 50 do;
Corvette John Adams, 20 do ; brig Somers. 10
do; steamer MissUsppi, Sdo; Princeton, 7 do.
These w ere at Vera Cruz, when the 'British
steamer Clyde left there, and Capt. Simmons
of that vessel reports seeing six other United
States vessels of war off the harbor as became
out. The British squadron there consisted of
the steamer Vesuvius, a sh:pof 50 guns, another
steamer and a brig. The Vesuvius, it ia said,
was going to Tampico to take on board specie,
which the V. 8. brig St. Mary's, blockading there,
bad refused to permit the British Mail Fteainer
to receive. The St. Mary's opened ber file on
Tampico on the 7lh June which was answered
by two gnu boats, and after au action of three
hours, the former retired- Alvarado, a place
south of Vera Cruz, is blockaded by a U. S. brig,
which had raptured a trading boat and some men
" VT-
07" The Osiat Bbitain has arrived, bringing
three days later new from Europe. Nothing of
particular interest. Crops appear favorable, and
the price of grain has sustained a further decline.
CT Lkhiuh Colmtt Bams. We see that the
note of this Bank are quoted as worthless. It
is fortunate that but few have been circulated
C7" Saxta A. It is reported that Santa
Aua aud Gen Almonte left Havana for Vera
Cruz, on the 10th iust. ' ' " ' ' '
Onr Tariff Mrrliiif, in the U. 8. Smote.
It will be seen, by the letter of the cor res-
pondent of the Philadelphia Ledger, that the pro
ceedings nf the tariff mealing held at the four!
house in this place, on the Itth inst., have caus
ed some sensation in the Senate. Cen. Cameron,
in presenting the proceeding io that body, re
quested that they be read, after which he. made
some appropriate remarks, stating among other
things that neither Polk, Dallas or Shunk could
have received the vote of Pennsylvania had they
avowed themselves opposed to the tariff. It is
most fortunate for Pennsyl vania that Gen. Cam
eron was elected to the Senate. We say it With
all due respect, and with the fullest confidence
in the truth of what we assert, that Pennsylva
niahas never been more ably and efficiently re
presented in the U. S. Senate, than by Gen. Ca
meron. , Nor has she ever had a Senator who has
stood up more fearlessly in defence of her inter
Csts. The people know how to appreciate his
services, and will not soon forget them.
CT The last Union Times contains an Inter
esting letter from Col. H C. Eyer, then on
visit to Washington. -After describing some of
the distinguished men in Congress, he thus speaks
of Mr. Dallas, in regard to his vote on the tariff
should there b a tie in the Senate: -
"Should this prove lo be the result, I will not
allow myself to suspect for moment, that Mr.
Dallas could pnomh y prove lelso to the flag of
pond, old Pennsylvania. Himself a Pennsylva-
man by birth, and elevated, by the confidence
nf her sons, to lame and power, surely he would
be the Inst to rnie a parricidal hand against
the State that ha thus nursed ami nourished
him I I cannot heleive it, and will not", until
the fact itself shall force conviction on my
mind." , ,
D7 Bi'DDisa. Now is tho time for budding
or inoculating fruit trees. The process is simple,
and very sure. The aeason will continue until
about the middle of August.
K7" SrRcni of Mr. Nir.ts. We copy from
the Ledger the following extract from the speech
of Mr. Niles, in the Senate, on Mr. McKay's ta
riff bilt. It was listened to with deep interest.
We regret we have not room for the whole :
"He examined the estimates of tho Secretary
of the Treasury, and compared them with his
nwn calculation, tho result of which was that
the revenue under this bill would beonly 19,-
712,123. The policy of tho system this at
tempted change was examined. It was not,
be raid the result of accident, but ofdeeign. It
was a blow levelled at the free labor of the coun
try, and for what ! He would not my In benefit
slave labor! But it level a b'ow at the arti
san, the mechanic, the laborer, and at the whole
of the free labor of the country. Fifteen, or
twenty, or thirty per cei.u cannot be taken
without bringing the manufacturing interest
into great peril. It is said that you can press
down labor that it will bear it la it tho po
licy then to press down the laboring man, and to
see upon how little he can subsist To see if
he can live with one less meal, one less hat, or
one leas coat.
Those nations which have been found en
gaged in working up tho raw materials of the
earth, and thee only which have risen in
strength and power, while those who have been
confined to agricultural pursuits have remained
nearly stationary. It ia the arts which can a-
lone give employment to the entire population
of a country. They have made England and
France, and comparatively this country, what
they are.
The result of the paosage of this act will bo
characterized aa an act of confiscation and
what is it but an act of confiscation t Proper
ty haa been invested upon the faith ol Congress
and yet yon make a law nf pains and penalties,
and confiscate thia property by overturning a
system established by yourselves. He was wit
ling to follow the example of England. They
never apply a remedy without finding out that
an evil exists; she always acts with a wise re
gard to tho interests of her population- Her
object in her recent course is to favor these in
terests to reduce the duties on those article
by which she is prevented from carrying on an
import trade necessary to hrr people.
The political aspect and U-sring of the mea
sure was examined. It it was the duty nr the par
ty lo which he belonged to support it, it miiit
be shimn that it wax based on the great princi
pli-a which that party has recognise. He de
nied that the bill was fased on any such princi
pies. (
It has a very rtrong Southern squint a ter
nblu squint toward cotton and tobacco. If this
measure ia to be forced upon the country as a
political measure, those, from overy sectinu of .
the country must judge how far it ia bancd
upon the principles of the party how far it in
consistent with the views entertained by the
party in the different portions of the Union.
At the North, the principle of protection was
recognized by the party ; they, are tho friends
of the domestic industry of the country it waa
one of the principles upon which he wis elect
ed to the Senate. The present bill is hostile to
the interest of tho Nor'.h, and to tho acknow
ledged principles of the Northern Democracy.
Ho waa a party man, and waa aa willing to go
aa far as any man, with a safe conscience, for
his party. It waa an old adage, that every tub
should stand upon its own bottom. Hut when
a Northern tub attempts to stand on a Southern
bottom, wo might rest assured that it would not
stand very steady. . ,
Ff himself, he should endeavor to take ciro
of that part of the De.nocracy of tho country
whoso interests he represented. ' A central
newspaper bad been considered necessary, as an
exponent ol thu views of the party. Ho did not
pieteud to ay tUt it wat iu.poiUut to lave
such a paper, but it did really seem to him that 1
thnt paper was endeavoring to manufacture pub
lip sentiments rather than I0texprcss the send-
metis of the pry' But it win asking rather too
much to ask of him, not only lo give up the in
terests of his constituents, but the political prin
ciples of the party to which he belonged. He
could not do this to aid in - carrying out this
great measure of the day a measure which
was to atop our onward progress, and carry us
back to the primitive stapes of civil nation. He
had rained his voice in opposition to the princi
ples of this bill he had raised it early he
could hot eit etill and see the interests of tho
country prostrated, if he Could do any - thing to
arrest the hand raised against those interests.
Mr. Nile was listened to throughout with
great interest. Tho Senators of both political
psrtiee thronged around him, a number of mem
bers of the other House occupied the seata in the
lobby, and the, galleries were filled from the
commencement to the close of hit very able de
fence of Northern interests and the principles
of the Northern Democracy." '
Correspondence of the Public Ledger
KRWSI W A SH I KOTO X.
Tho Tariff" Debates in (Ac Senate.
WaaiiisuTon, July IS, 181(3.
I notico a grcatdcal of speculation in tho news
papers and corcspondcnce from Washington, as
to the probable . course of certain Senators on
the new Tariff Bill. Some, it is stated, have
left Washington, and do not intend to return
other propnso leaving before the vote shall have
been taken, and others again who have been
supposed to be in favor of the bill have private
ly expressed an intention either to vote against
it. or for some important modifications. . One
paper, I perceive, announces that Mr. Semple
haa already cone, without intending to return,
and another that Mr. Hannegan, having become
dirgui-ted with tho whole course of proceedings
here, wss already on his way. to Indiana. Both
Mr. Si-mplu and Mr. Hannegan were in their
scats to-day, and ro of course tho statements in
reference to thcee gentlemen cannot be true.
Home Senators on both sides will, no doubt, bo
aheent when the final vote is taken, but it is as
certained that these have "paired oil,' eotliat tho
final result will no' be aflected one way or the
other by the absence of these members. What
that result may be, tho proceedings and move
ments in and out of the Senate appear to bo
daily involving in increased uncertainty.
From the remarks of Mr. Calhoun to-day on
the Treasury Note Bill, it would seem to be ren
dered brobablo that a distinct bill, levying a du
ty on tea and coffee, will bo introduced before
the close of tho session, and passed in the Sen
ate, if it shall be found necessary to secure the
passage of the bill now before the Senate. But
it is very doubtful, judging from the decided
vote in the House, on striking those articles
from the dutiable list, whether such a bill would
pass that body. The debate on the Tariff Bill
will not certainly bo concluded until near the
close of next week, and then, I learn from a re
liable source, that Mr. Jarnagin will, undor the
instructions of his State, vote for its passage ;
but, in the mean time, an amendment, intended,
it is understood, to meet certain objections to
the bill, will be introduced, for which he, and
probably both Mr. Benton and Mr. Haywood
will vole. If the amendment be adopted, the
bill will probably pass in this shape, and with this
amendment be returned to tho House, where
it is believed that there will be difficulty. The
final result, therefore, aa I have before stated,
ia involved in great uncertainty. But the
views of Senators on the important measures
before Congress, are of far greater interest to
the citizens of Pennsylvania than tho specula
tions of a mere looker-on, however reliable may
be the authority upon which those speculations
are based, and to these I wilt devote the remain
der of this letter.
An interesting debate sprung op this morn
ing, on the presentation by Mr, Cameron of tho
proceedings of a meeting of tho democratic cit
izens nf Northumberland county, Pennsylvania
held at Sunbury, on tho 1 1th iiit. against the
passage of the new tariff bill. In presenting
these proceedings, Mr. Cameron took the occa
ion to remark, that the panic in Pennsylvania
occasioned by the passage of this bill through
the House, wss no tchig panic it was a pan
ic among the democratic citizens of that com
inonweallh. The county of Northumberland,
out of a vote of 3500, gave a democratic vote of
1200. Northampton, too, who was also here by
her repreeentativea to look afier thia bill, gave
a very largo, democratic majority. Mueh bad
been said here about the rights of the South
and the rights of Maneachusetta. Pennsylvania
contends for no privileges. She asks only to be
let alone. He requested tho reading of tho
proceedings, that it might be aeen what the
democracy of Pennsylvania had to say, and they
were accordingly read. Tbey declared that the
doctrine of protection to American products and
manufactures against Foreign products and
manufactures, has received tbe sanction of all
democratic Presidents since tho formation of the
government f that Pennsylvania has never giv
an a vote for any candidate for tho Presidency,
who did not recognizo this principal ; that du
ring tho late canvass, Mr. Polk, in his letter to
Mr. Kane, recognized tho principle of a tariff
for rovtnue, with discrimination for protection
a fair and just protection to all classes. It
was hoped that tho principles of that letter
would bo carried out ; but the passage of Mr.
McKay's bill through the House had destroyed
the hope of discrimination fur protection, and
show tlist the principle ot ditciiinuutu i) uuio'y
for icvcuuc tj to to adopted, ' " "
tThere is nothing in the present state of the
country to warrant this departure from the de
clarations bf that letter, and tho destruction of
the interests of Pennsylvania. The thanks of
Pennsylvania are presented to tho delegation in
Congress from tho Stale with a single excep
tion, for the stand taken against "Robert J.
Walker's British tariff" and in favor ot Ameri
can Industry, and to Messrs. Sturgeon and Ca
meron, who are requested to use every effort to
defeat the bill. They further express the liopo
and belief that the Vice President of tho United
States, the Hon. G. M. Dallas, will stand by
Pennsylvania interests in this emergency f and
declared their intention, in any future canvass
for the Presidency, to give their suffrages for
no man whose principles are of doubtful charac
ter.
Mr. Webster made some observations in rela
tion lo the closing remarks of Sir Robert Peel
in his last speech. He said that all ayes in
England were turned to tho action nf Congress
on tho tariff. Dy a document just presented, it
would appear thnt a contrary blast was Coming
from Pennsylvania. Mr. W. asked the Sona
tors from Pennsylvania whether Polk, Dallas
and the Tariff of 1812 was not on all banners in
Pennsylvania, during the electioneering cam
paign of 1911 ?
Mr. C moron would answer with all frank
nesa. lie had attended more than a hundred
public meetings during that canvass. At all ot
them the banners, "Polk, Dallas, Muhlenberg
and the Tariff of .'42" was displayed, until tho
lamented death of Mr. Mnhlenberg, and then
the motto was 'Polk, Dallas, Shunk and the
Tariff of '42." Neither of those former, he wa
satisfied, could then have received tho vote o-.
Pennsylvania, without tho assistance of tho lat
ter!
The proceedings wero referred to the Com
m it tee on Printing.
Tho Treasury Note bill from the Howe wnt
then taken up, and Mr. Niles expressed his in
tention to voto agaiiiHt tho amendment of Mr
llenton, though he admitted that there was mm
force in the views expieswl by that gentlemar
Mr. J. M. Clayton expressed bis intention t
vote for the amendment.
Mr. Evans expressed his intention to vote f
gainst the amendment.
Mr. Miller made a strong speech against th
bill.
Mr. Calhoun should vote for the striking m
the amendment proposed by the Senator frot
Missouri.
Mr. Webster should vote against the amcm
inent. . .
Mr. Benton again addressed the Senate i
sunport of his amendment.
Some further remarks were made by Mes
Penny packer, Westcott, Dayton, Cameron, Y
lee, Evans, Crittenden, Bagby.and Allen. Tl
voto was taken on Mr. Benton's amendmet
and it was rejected, 10 to 33. The bill w
then read a third time, and passed without
division.'
The Tariff bill was taken up, and Mr. Re
erdy Johnson addressed the Sehato in oppr
t ion thereto. W hen he had concluded, the St
ate adjourned. The House disposed of a grc
number of privuto bills, and others not of a gt
eral interest.
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4th inst. London 3d, Paris 1st, Dublin 3d, Ha
2d.
We copy the following summary from
latest Liverpool and London paper :
Two highly importaut event have occui
since we last addressed our readers. These
the passing of the Corn Bill and the resigns!
of the Ministry.
On the evening of Thursday, June 25th,
House of Lords passed the third reading of
Corn Bill without a division.
At two o'clock the succeeding morning
House of Commons left Sir Robert Peel and
Government in a minority of seventy-thre
the Irish Coercion Bill.
On Saturday Sir Robert Peel proceeded to
Isle of Wight for the purpose of tendering
own and hi colleague' resignation to the
and on Monday night he made a lengthened e
ition of hi motive for resigning in the H
of Common. Tbe council now consists ef
Lord Chancellor, Lord Cottenham ; Presi
of the Council, Marquis of Landsdowne ; Lo
Trivy Seal, Earl of Minto; Secretary ef
Home Department, Sir George Grey ; Seen
ef the Foreign Department, Lord Viscount P
erston ; Secretary for the Colonic, Earl G
First Lord of the Treasury, Lord John Ru
Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Charles V
Chancellor of the Dnchy of Lancaater,
Campbell ; Paymaster-General, Mr. Maca
Wood and Forest, Viscount Morpeth ; Pa)
ter-General, Marquis of Clanricarde; Boa
Control, Kir John Hobhouie ; Chief Secretai
Ireland, Mr. Labouchere; Admiralty, Ea
Auckland.
Not of the Cabinet Master of the Mint,
Hoa. R. S. Shell ; Secretary at War, Hon.
Maule ; Attorney General, Sir Thomaa V
Lord Advocate, Mr. A. Rutherford; Sol
Goneral for Scotland, Mr. T. Mattland ;
Lieutenant of I relaml, Earl of Beaboroug a ;
mander in Chief, Duke of Wellington j h
General of the Ordinance, Marquis ef Ang
Mutt of the member belong to the Mell
cabinet., Trus Duke of Wellington iciua
the 1h41 vt the iu:y, without a Mat in the
in! i .