au.i
Ik' tirvi
TERMS OF THIS AMERICA."
II. B. MA88KR, i toutMiu tii
JOSEPH El8EI.Y..--c 5TeFirros. ,
I ' T. fl. .SSEff, JWfr. ,. I ,
Olios' Irs Certirrt Alley, in the rear tt It. Ma$.
. Ilrs t n t i Start. ' ' i " i
) THE" AMERICAN la pubftshed every Satur
Jay M TWO DOLLARS ftr annuor to be
paid half yearly In advance , No paper disc tin
ned lilt Ate. erreerag ee art paid. . , , ,
uv No subscription received for a leea pariah than
01 awa-ras. - All eoromnnicatJons or letters on
bueinese relating to tha office, to insure attention,
austboPO&T PAID. ,, .r;, v., .,. ,.- ::..t
W. H..T BOSir.SON,
FAliioiinble -
BOOT, AND SlIOE,MAKEIt,
Mmtm 8TttT, Sowbcrv, .. r- .
THANKFUL for part favors, bcge leave to In.
form h i friends and the public generally, that
he baa jut rftarned front tha eity with new and
fashionable lasts, anil a full essnrtroent of Light
colored, Bronze, BUtrk Kid, and all other kind
of Morocco for Gentlemen, Ladiea snd Children's
wear; and he assure all who may fvor him with
their custom, that they may rely upnn having their
w.nk done in the most suhstarittat and fashionable
manner, and at veiy low priira. . :
' He also has a foil sunn ment of low priced work,
eelectisl by himself, which he will sell lower than
ever ofTired in thia place, via t
Men'a fchoes, . aa low
Ettra Stout Boot, " ,
Good Lace Bxie for Womro, "
Women' Mips, ' '
Children'a Shoe, -
$1,00
t.oo
1,00
60
85
Sole Leather, Morocco, Scr.., fur sale low.
August SSJ. 1846. pl8tf . ,
"Boot & Shoe
ESTABLISHIVIBNT.
DANIEL DRUCKCMIL1.E11.
At hit Old Establishment, tit Market Street,
Sunhurtj,
(OPPOSITIS TUB REO I.ION IIOTKL,)
TfETURNS his thanks for pist fivors, and re
fl.lL epectfully inform hia fiicmls and the public
generally, thitt he continues to manufacture to or
der, in the neatest and latest l la,
CHEAP BOOTS AM SIIOKS,
warranted of the beet roatfri.il, and made by the
inoat cipeib'nced workmen. He nlao keeps on
hand a general assortment of fashionable Boot for
gentlemen, together with a large stork of fashion
able gentlrmen'e, hoys', tallies' and child en's Shoes,
all of which have ben made under b s own iinnir.
diate inaclion, and are of the best material and
wo'krnMiiihip, which he will sell low for ensh.
In addition to the aSove, he line just rrcrivt-d
from I'hiMilphia a laree and ntenive supply of
Moots, Shoe. tVc. of all descriptions, which he lo
i Set for rs-h. cbrsper than ever liefoie off- red in
this place.. He respectfully iniies his old cuoto
niKrs, and otht.rs, to call and ilar.iine for ilium
a Ivca. '
Repairing done with neatness and despatch.
Sunbnry, Anenrt 16th, IP(i.
P I AIN O S.
THE SUBSCRIBER hsa heen afpointed agent,
fur the sole f Ctt.NRAD MEYT.H'S CEI
EH RATED PREMIUM ROSE WOOD PI
ANOS, at this plaeo. These Pianos have a plain.
Riaesive unit Uautiful etterior 6 d h. and, for depth
tnd sweetness of tone, and rlrg ince of workman
hip, are not sutjia-acO ty any in tht United States,
ri.e following i a recmn-nrriilstion f.om C.at
I 'iits, a celt billed perfu mer, and himself a man.
aficiuier:
A C A K 19.
IliTiwe had the plraoure ot trying the excel
ent Piano Porlea malifaclurediy Mr. Meyt r, ami
xhitlted st thel.rt exhibition "of the Fr.nklin In
ititute, I feel it dun to the true merit of the maker
o t'eelarethst tbeae luxlrumcnls are qoila rjiisl'
md in some ronpreis evm rupt rioi, o all the Pi
ino Fi'ttes, I saw at the capitals of Europe, and
luring a sojourn of two yeur at Pris.
The Pianos will be -o'.l at the msnufartiirer's
owest Philsdeliihis prices, if nt something Inwer.
Persons are requeued 'o cnll ami examine foi
hcmselve, t the resilience of the suhsenber.
8anlHry. May 17. 1315. II. B. M ASSCff.
CoiiuierfVltrrs
-DE ATH BLOW.
The public will pleaee obverve that no Uramlrtth
Pillar are genuine, unless the box hsa three h
!eta upon it, (the top, tbe r.i i' and the bottom)
ch containing fioaimih aitfature of my ham)
writing, thus B. Bai-inaaTH, M. I). The la
ielaie engraved on ttsel, tHiaiitifiilly designed,'.
inJ done at art expenee of over f 2.0Q0, Therefore
twill be seen that the only thing nrcesry to pro
tore the medicine in ita purity, i to observe these
allele. ' ' ' '' ' r: "'
Remember the top, the side, and the bottom,
rite following respectivn persons are duly authi ri
Mil, and hold -i --it ..... i
CBBTXrXOAT.CS OT AGBNCT
For the sale of Brandrt'Jii Icgda'te Vnlwiud
..... . , nil. . , i . - r e
' Northumberland county t Milton Mad,ey 4
'Jhsmbeilin. Hunbury If . B. Mauser. M'Eeei.a-j
rille Ireland ck Meixell. Noithnmherland Win.
Torsyth. GorgetownJ. k J. Wslle. . - 1 '
Union County t New Berlin llojar & Win
er. Selinagreve George . Gundrum. Middle.
nirg Iaaae Bmith. Beavertawn lsvid Hubler.
Adamsburg Wn, J. May. MinTinshrjrg Menscb
k Rsy. Hartleton Daniel ' Lon. Freebnrg
). Si F. C, Mover. Lewl.burg Walls 4c Green.
Columbia county t Danville E. . B. Reynolds
It Co. Berwick Shuman Jk, Ritcnhoure. Cat
wiasa tJ. G. Brobta. Bloiimburg John R.
Moyer. Jereey Town lvi Bisel. Washington
lobt. McCey. . LiBsestone BalM : McNtncb.
Observe that each Agent baa an Kagrsvrd Cer
ificate of Agency, containing a leprraenlation of
Jr BRANDRETH'8 Manufactory l Sing 8ing,
mi upon which Will alio be seen exact 'copies of
fee new hbeh now used upon the Branthtik fill
Sort. ...... ' - r - - t
Philadelphia, office No. 8, North Jib street.
r B. BRANDHETH.M.D.
JohetUh Uva. , ,
CJeorgc J. Wcavrr,.
BOP8 MAZES A. SHIP CBANOX.CR.
' -So. 1 S A'urfA Wafer Sreef , FA Uadclphia.
rAtf constantly oe ban J, a general sesort
If II nant of Cordage, fieina Twines, &C, via I
lard Ropes, Fialiiog Ropes, White Hopes, Manil.
1 Itopee, l aw 4inas lur vanal uoaia. Also, a
tomplete aaeortmetit of Seine Twinea, eke, auch aa
Hemp Shad an Herring-Twine, Beat Patent Gilt
Vet Twin. Cation Shoe) end Herring Twine, fifcoe
rnreede, dtc dto. Ua, Bod Coida.t'kwgh Linoa,
Halters, Traeee, Cotton and Unn Carpet Cbaina,
Vti, aQ of whkh ho will Jiapoao of on rneeoaable
arms.
. PhiladaJirLla. Naeeaaher 18. IMS 1 .' W
fn ULAba-v.'i'b fiiat Quality Bug liuttoa
If J I aialaaaes, only It CcnU par fluarl aUo.a
3 paalne' article of yellow Molaaaee for baking, oo-
t 1 MAta M. mnm.i Im ..1. tt Ik. MASS) WW
Junt II, HBNFY MAER
. Abaolnto cqaieaceace in the declalona of the
By .Matter ltelr
" Alt ADOnBM.
T fA Penpfe Common tceo A n Fcn
itleania, relative to the Licente qveetion
A meetinj; of the Board ol Manajera of tha
Pennsylvania State Temperance Society, held
October 22J, 1848, Dr. II. Gibbons, from the
Committee to draw up an addreas, itc, present
the followinjj Report, which waa adopted, end j
ordered to be printed for distribution through-
out the State. , , ,
. , , THOMAS FLEMING, Prea't.
J, Ik hue. Secretary.
ATPF.AL.
Fo.ww CiTiriee:
. For the sake of your selves, your families, and
your country, weaddren yuti. We desire you
to pive na a patient and impartial hearinp, and
then to exerciae the free and independent judg
ment which ia the ripht of every American.
The anlrjectol Intemperance ia closely inter
woven with our dearest intereat, aa individuals
and aa membera of thia prest Commonwealth.
No one who rightly appreciates the dutieeof a
citian will heatitate to acknowledge the mag
nitude of the subject. We appeal to you, fel
low citizens, to enlist your thoughts and feel
ings (or the general welfare, and to' press on
your aolemn consideration the momentous en
quiry : What shall be done to r move or pal
liate the evil !
LOOK AT THE F.XTENT OF THE EVIL!
It ia allefed that ;iie ue of strong drink has
coat this Nslinn, in the laat ten years, tvclve
hundred million nftloltitr
That it haa killed three hvndrtJ thoveand nl
our citizens !
That it has sent one hundred and fifty thou
land victims to our poor houes .'
That it haa made one thousand maniacs!
That it haa made twohnndted thousand wi
dows! That it has made four hundred thousand
orphans
Tbst it has caused one thowand five hun
dred murders !
That it haa cauaed lire thoiirand Hiirides I
We believe theee estimates are not exagger
ated. They are made from actual data( and
will bear the most rigid scrutiny. If drunken
neaa haa increaaed in the last twenty years ia
proportion to the population, they are far with
in the boiinda ot tru'.h.
LOOK AT THE WASTE OF MONET.
One hundred and fifty milliont of dollars
spent every year, and for what For sensual
indulgence To gratify animal appetite .' To
injure the body, weaken the mind, corrupt the
, 1
u-
morals! 'And all without any enmprneing a
" . ... K . " '
even of utility. T he concurrent testimony of ;
i i y riv to iin tail uiti iiic vv yj i 1 14 jo u inn a tj mwt;
of alcoholic beverages. The concurrent expe
rience of tetnllara ia cnuallv decided. If the
testimony of great men has any weight, read j
the following certificate, which applies as w ell I
.11 l : i c: j.:i,.
spirits "
nine. ' estUed ' fro rvn nA e.J
pertenee aa wejl as , from niedical testimony.
that ardent spirit as a drink,. ia not only needless
but hqrtful, and the , entire disuse of it wcuilf!
tend tq promote the health, the . virtue, and. tbe(
happiaeascf the cootrpunity, we hereby rxprean
our conviction thai, should the citixens nf the
United States, and especially the young men.
discontinue entirely the dm of it. they would
not only pronw,t. Ih. ir own personal benefit, but
the good of our countiy,
rnxl of our countiy, and the world. ,
Jauca Mados.
Adrcw Jacksux
John Qrmrv Adams.
M.: Vam Boat.
" ' ' JoBJt TVLBR.
; . i . : i Jambs K. Pole.'.
LOOK AT THE TAXES.
A man drinks at a tavern, and under the in
fluence of the liquor, commits crime. ITe ia
arrested, imprisoned, tried, and lodged in the
penitentiary. For all this you must pay. The
tavern keeper gets the profit, but you pay the
coat. In thia way ia made up a great part of
your taxes,. .. , . ,. - , i
A committee of tha New York LepiMBture
stated, in a teport made by tbm to the Senate,
that tha auperv.iaora of tha county of Saratoga
bad made a careful tsliroeua in l&id, the result
of which waa, that, of tba county tax of fifteen
ttuMisand dollar a fur that year, thirteen thousand
waa traceable -directly and indirectly to the re-
eulta of intemperance. 1 . - - '
We will admit that thia proportion is too
high to be adunted as'the" general standard.
But it may be safely reckoned that nine-tentba
of the poor tax, and four-fiftha of the pnron tax,
including tha expenses of the trial of criminals,
are chargeable to the sale and us of atrong
drink.
LOOK AT THEr PAUPERISM ,
1 A targe proportion oi hi, unnr, apeni lor in
toxicating drink; comes from the pockets of tho
laboring poor. The late Catholic Bishop of New
York.Bicbop Duboia,Jsclare4: . Hav found
tbsa tba hboruiroWsaea, under auy ciUtrfo, in
tba aity of New .V,yfcjc drama alone, at
tba grog shopa, w iiu..prt Tiwcema pti-
(IJ:M:AM1
majority, the vital principle of Republic, from which
Sunbury, IforUtamberland Co.
lam annua lly. It appears almost 'incYedibl
that thia Immense sum should be extracted front
the hard earninga of a parVonlyof the laboring
population of New York, and they mor,i1? for.
eigners. No wonder that tha city hat to pay
eight hundred thouemd dollars knnually to
eupport her poor and defray tha expense! of
her police f No wonder that murder and sui
cide abound ( No wonder that upwards of atx
hundred sndden deatl.a require the expense of
a Coroner's tnqueot in a singleyear! No won
der firry bni'Mcanns are arrested every day,
and a thwusand dollars paid in a year fur carting
helpless drunkards to prison !
LOOK AT THE CRIME!
Equally intimato is the relation between In
temperance and crime. Our prisons are full,
and atill the cry ia that offenders escape unpun
ished. It haa been established by stntieticnl da
ta, furnished by the rccorde of jails, penitentia
ries, courts, and police oflices, that at least four
fiflliS of the crimes that become the subject of
leg.-il ii quiiiition, at the public expenre, are in
stigated by the intoxicating cup.
Very recently, the public mind haa been out
raged by a number of murders, of peculiar atro
city.rommitted under the influence of itrong
drink. The Lancaster tragedy should long be
remembered as a warning to drunkards and a
lesson to l:quor sellers. The mangled corpses
of Fordney and his wifr, their blood and brains
scattered ovirtlie floor end walls, and the writh
ing infant with the brain oozing from its cleft
scull, ahnuld be held in tho face of every man
in the Commonwealth who sells or drinks the
poijon that narves the arm of the murdrrtr.
EXPOSURE OF CHILDREN.
In the district nl Wonthwark, a little girl eight
years old, waa found at midnight sleeping out
of doors, under the steps of a house in Beck
street. When rout-ed, she cried at the thought
of being taken home, for her mother waa drunk
and had whipped her out of the houa Thia
child had been in the street, and f prnding the
whole night alone beneath the atepe,
Thousands and tone nf thou sand a of children
throughout our Saute, are commencing their
livea in similar circumstance. Worse than
this, they are trained to falshond and to theft.
Children are employed in large numbers by the
proprietora of a Certain elase nf grog-shops fn go
from door to door, with a piteoua tale of Buffer
ing at home begging old clnthea or cold vie
tuala, which are carried every hour in bundles
or basketfulla to thn haun'.a of drunkenness and
prostitution, to which those children, in the ten
der years of their existence, become but too fa-
tally familiarized. Boys not five years old are
.... .. ... t - .
sent out with a lie on tnetr lips, to teg pen-
nies, and if they return witb less than a rer-
. . ' , . , , . , .
and driven again into the street to complete
thtiray's work. A drunken father haa heen
I known fn fultniv his rhiM nnrlpr thesM etrenni
etaoces, snd take from it the pnnniea aa they
were begged in the street, to bo spent forthwith
u ll,e aTnS-P So prevalent iathia wretch-
when CrUat U bestow-;
ed on a beggar, it is highly probable, unless it
be eaten at tha moment, that it will be exchan
ged for whiskey at. soma miserable brothel.
From tbea considerations, the hand of charity
i i j. i i i ,li : . j
!'"" .nocv -m,c:.-
in Pr sre allowed to Buffer, lest the attempt
j Tlif"d cm Wto premium on
"' and vice,.
' AT.TI1E JWMESTIC SUFFERING !
i . i""e w" ,nree re4 ana fjru turee
divorces in the aingle county of Providence,
Rhode Island, in the space of ten year!
Nfsrlyonr hundred men were found impri
soned ot one lime in the jaila of the Stale, of
New York, tor whipping their wives andabu-
king their lauiiiiea; .ioereiano reasonable
dotiU that strong drink waa the principle cauae
of all thia mischief. The newspapers 'eem
with accounts of aaaulta and murders' commit
ted by drunken huhbsnda on their wives. A
number of aggravated casea have recently tran
spired. In one csko.b tattrn tf)r In Phila
delphia attempted to kill bis wifo snd then
leaped frnm a window and dee'royed hinieclf.
In a aecoiid, a man in New Yoik while, i'vto
ieated, butchered Ijiis wite. In a third, a man
in Philadelphia murdered both hia wife and
hiitifelf. In a 4th a man in Kentucky, killed
hia wife and Ave children, aet fire to the hoiiae,
and inflicted a .mortal wound on his pu body,
and fell Tin tof funeral pile I. , , '., . ,
, No clasa of aycifty js exempt Iron tho fatal
scourge.' The itewpaper inform ua Uiat tho
giaudaon of tba immortal Hancock waa arraign.
ed. within a few yeara before a eiiminat court
in Iluaton, and lentence1 to the bouse of cor
rcctioo as a common drunkard I Hia parents
hat) knowingly abandoned him to that 'fate.
The shafts of tho destroyer often aeeb tba brigh
test markt Our young men of genius and edu
cation are ' cut down in the morning of life.'
Members of our national legislature are swept
ofl every year. Tho namea of our honored an.
cestora bave beeadisgrseed by thedrunkenoeaa
lotthair tbOdreil.'or tHair remiliae' btetted from
f enstence by te ravages of tha meneter,
there la e hppntl but to forced Ibo vital principiritnd
ra. Saturday i Fb. 19, I84t.
J- H A " I . I. LJ- . ' . ! l . ' !. i J
WARNING TO LIQUOR SELLERS.
, "And what ia the eflect of tho traffic on tliose
who purano it! Tho anawer to thia question,
like every other page of the history of atrong
drink, is written in blood! No class of men
sutler more from intemperance than those who
sell the poison. Of one hundred and fifty-six
convicts in the Eastern' Penitentiary of thia
State in 1644, ferly-n had lived at taverna!
In one town in Otsego county, New York, one
hundred and seventy-three individuals were li
censed in forty-three years. Fifty aeven of them
became drunkards, and only vovr. of the whole
number added to their property. In aaingle town
of Albany county, in the same State, with a pop
ulation of 3000, there were forty eight dealers
in alcoholic drink, during a space of thirty years.
Of three, Vortt-THRKC . foiled, thirty died
drunkard, and thirty-three of their sons be
came drunkards. In the town of Peterborn,
New York, twenty-nine persons were licensed
in thirty-two years. , Five of theae abandoned
the business without any ein, and ibe remnin
der.TWtNTV rot'R in number, all became impo
verished drunkards. In two streets ot' Cincin
nati, there were jn fifteen years sixty-erven li
quor dealrs, forty atx pf whom had died
drunkards! ,. .
These, and other similar facte that might be
adduced, mflicicntly prove that the liquor s'.
ler ia his nwn worst enemy that hia only troe
friends are those who warn him of his dange
rous and ainful occupation and thhl the prohi
bition of the traffic would confer, the richest
l.lcssine on thone who are engaped in it.
WHAT IS THE REMEDY?
i reilow citizen, we now come to tne point
of this sppesl, and propose to your consideration
one step at least in the way of relief. It is, the
enactment of a general law allowipg to the vn
teraof each district in the Stato the privilege of
determining by ballot, whether taverns shall be
licensed or not in their respective districts.
We might, in the premises, reasonably claim
more than thia. The sale ot atrong drink being
an aggravated nuisance, correct legia'ation
would demand its entire prohibition. The ven
ding of other things, less noxious, has been pro
hibited by law. The sale of tainted meat, or of
the flesh of d.aeased rattle, the saleol lottery
policies, and of publications of varioua descrip
tions, are forbidden. The public good has been
considered to require the prohibition. ' There
is much atronger ground for prohibiting the stle
of intoxicating drink.- But public sentiment
baa been corrupted, and it is no easy thin? to
purify the statute book fct nne b'ow. Wc there
fore prono ct ak for nothing but what is on
its face so ressnnnble, that, if the proper applica
tion be made, there can !fl no doubt ol our suc
cess. " We do not even propose to give to the;
people the power of abolishing entirely the rale
nf strong drink, but merely that iutox eating
drink should not be sold by the drain in public
houses, wh'n a majority of the people in the di
strict are epprsed to such sale,
. We are. som limes charged with aiming to
control by law the appctilea of men, and to pre
scribe, what they shall eat and drink This
charge; ia so preposterous tha; none but knavee,'
are likely to repeat, it, a n1 none but tools to give
it credence. It ia not the office of law to pro
tect individuals against their own vicious, appe
tites. But it is its office to prevent them from
injuring alhsrt, and from holding out to them
dangerous temptations. - -
" THE VOICE OF EXPF.RIF.NCE.' "'
In every community where the habits uf the
people have been changed by the suppretaionof
lieesjHt-s ir tho voluutnry abandonment of toe
intoxicating cup, the good results have hown
forth com-picuoualy. In the lurge town of
Lynn, Massachuaetts, which waa formerly bur
thened with a heavy tax, for theopmrt ot sixty
paupers, the Washingtonian movement reduced
their number till nof one was left, "Three
yreis ago," seya a Massachusetts- paper, publi
shed in 1844, ' there . were 4(!i inmates In the
poor house in Worceater.--l-aFt year the in
mates were reduced to eleven .' In consi.jera
lion of this great reduction in their iianprr tax,
the town voted .r.fV fo be y:i annually t.i thf
Temperance P eiety, tngethr-r with the tise nf a
large hall, and oil and fiud. tri light and warm
it." In while the city nf 'Buff.U with
,its swarm of liquur dcalera, furnuhed 43 pan
pers, the remaindrr of the county furnished on
ly 01 'Six of the iowne which hud no rum
shops, furnished nof a single patifer !
It ja true th:vt the favorable change rxh'b tej
in some of these, jnetsnres haa not been perms
nent, The, reason of (his if obviou. . Tu law
continued, to license or tolerate the traffic, and
the temptation tbua heid out to the people, pro
duced a retrograde movement. .u Were the on.
ward moral progress sustained by corresponding
legal enactments, there would nut be tho same'
tendency to, retapse" In JKflJliCvtjees -wore
withheld jn tkreo, fouligupua cwtitaea. of Jfea.
aachuaetta Plyuiulii, Ariftol La 4 Uaraatable,
embracing a populfiLBH rfs V&fW' Tbtac
yaaia aAerwarda, wban tha courts met after an
-crepe, vaestitjaof Avtgogtithe, tkera vare h-.it
- t d f .-' '
; t ? wi.t.. i
A ' ' ' 'J ''!.''
I b
invaediate parent of deapotram, JimiMt,
Tol. t If o. 21 Whole Wo, 833
- ' .- - II J 1 ILS9 .
three Indictments in .tho whole of then, and
each ot them waa for petty larceny, of lean than
910 in amount ! Tho people of that diatrict
have no! yet restored the license eystem,oor ia
it likely they ever will restore it. '
The privilege for which we contend was
granted by the last Legislature to the counties
of Cheater, Susquehanna, - Wyoming, Butler,
Erie Dels ware.Tioga, Bradford, Crawford', Mc
Kean, Elk, Warren. FayetteAllegheny, Mer
rer, Clearfield, Washington, Beaver and the
Township and Borough of Mount Pleasant, in
the county nf Wayne, and the borough of Lo
wi.vbnrg. In Union County. "
According to the census of 1S40, these eight
een counties embraced a population of more
than 400,000, or nearly one lourth of tha inha
bitants of the State. . The votcra of theee save
ral counties and districts are to vote on the ques
tion of lieener or no license,. in March next.
Why the remaining portion of tha State should
be excluded frnra thia privilege, ia an enquiry
which it becomes every freemen to press on the
Legislature at its approaching aeasion.
It is axtnaiahing that an intelligent communi
ty ahould lmve at) lung submitted to the mon
troua imposition of this 'present license law,
That a rumrclling tavern ahould be filiated on
a community or neighborhood, against the will
ot a majority nf the cit cns of thst community
or neighborhood ' is unjust snd anti-republican
in tho extreme. But that ftethe men ahould
have this privilege, some or mort of them, it
may be residing not in the neighborhood, is a
burlesque on lepi3.roTi al.ke abominable and
intolerable which none but callous despots
should exact, ami none but craven hearted
slaves can quietly endure. Such ia the work'
ingofour present License Law. In ita admin
istratinn, difficulties constantly present them
reives, snd .the . courts are kr-pt in continua
conflict with a ltrge body nf the people. The
proposed law would go far towarda removing
thia difficulty. If a majority of the votera
aliould decide in favor ct license, their opponent
would submit, at least fur tho present. If the
reverse, then all tavern-keepera would be pla
ced on the same footing, end none could take
the advantage nf others, except aa they offered
batter accommodations in travellere.
- Correspondence of the Phila. Ledger.
FROM WAKIIIXCTOI.
The Rem'vtion if Thank to Gen. Taylor
; The Military Bill Iron and Coal. '
... WAsniwoTftx, February 3d, 1847.
The renolutinn in regard to Cen. Taylor, paa
sed in the Hotue on Saturday were taken tip in
the SenaTe, and amended aa became the occa
sion. The preamble about the origin of the war
was, on motion of Mr. Webster, left out and al
so tbe proviso about the capitulation so gener
ally disapproved of by th friends of the admin
istration was not alluded to; but tha thanks
of Congresa voted for the military oprrat.'ons at
Monterey. At first the words "storming 'of
Monterey" occurred i but Mr. Crittendeu aue
eeeded in gettine them changed. ' The' military
operations do not, of'eourae include the capitula
tion. ' Thia Mr. Webster called doing "the band
tame, generous thing ;" ror the Senate, while it
hal a tight to beatuw praise on valor, could not,
without previously instituting a course of Inqui
ry undertake tecenaere ad officer entrusted with
tbe command of a portion of tbe U. S. mixes.
Tha debate waa very interesting, and waa
principally carried on tho opposition aide ; Gov.
Sagby and Col. Sevier (who spoke very briefly
and very much to tba point) being the only avow
ed friends of the administration, who openly
complained of tbe ftienJs of Cen. Taylor trying
to make an issue with the administration. Col.
Sevier reminded the opposition of their vote oa
the resolution by which Gen. Jackson's fine waa
refunded with interest, to which they inaiated
on having a proviso added to tbe effect that tbe
act Itself, for which the fine was exacted, waa
not justified. He said he wondered how fond tbe
opposition had been grow ing of military men of
late, and how Senator did change witb tbe times.
On the opposition, Clayton, Webster and Crit
tenden Were engail in Vindirattng the Geueral
ami to shut out the rapirulation, if unable to
prove its policy. Mr. Calhoun and Judge' But
ler, nf South Cafolina7took ground with, the op
position. Col. Brtiton did not rise at all, but
wa calmly twisting his handkerchief into the.
shape of a cowtkin, at it to indicate that he Lad
a rod in pickln for somebody sad at last voted
with the opposition for striking out the proviso,
containing the censure. In thia he waa follow
ed by Sam Houston and Rnsk, ol Texas.- After
Mr.. Webster's amendment had been aubttitoted,
tbe Senate vct-.d unanimously for the resolution,
lorty three Henatora being pretent. It ia some
whit doubtful, from tbepreieut temper of tbe
House, whether tba . resolutions tbua amended
will, pats tbe House, unanimously, or at all. I
trust tbey will, since they bave been introduced,
and that there will be no further Issue mails be
tween the General atid tbe administration, (.
., Osacavta.
I ,Tba "pUJest habitant," ja laid to be wo.
.man now living in Moscow, is Russia, who ia
108 year of age. At tba Bfe ot l?J she mar
ried l er rVth Uintf.
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Advertieemaota left without direetiens as to tho
length of time they are to bo pobHshed. will bo
ooalinaed until otdeied out, aJ charged aeoerd
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' Tho Hon. Morris Longstreth, delivered an
addresa before the Jefferson ville Agricultural
Association of Montgomery county, on the 11th
ult Wa have had the pleasure of perusing it,
and candidly acknowledge it to be a production
of rare merrit a rich collection of tho most
valuable informal inn to tho fanner. Tho Judgo
very properly pays a handsome and well meri
ted compliment to the Germans, for their rural
predilections, and the valuable improvementa
they have introduced, ia the cultivation of tha
soil. We give an extract .
"Tt must be a source of high gratification to
the German population of Pennsylvania, that in
tha career of experimental and scientific agri
culture, thoir father land ia in advance of tho
other nations of the world. Ignorance and ego
tism have too long withheld from Germany, tho
homage due to tho highest order of intellect;
and a persevering industry, unparalled by any
other people, and in addressing an audience ma
ny of whom claim that conntry for their Father
land, it may be pardonable to advert to her titlea
to respect.
In Agriculture: Liebig, Thatr and Burger.
In Poetry . Goethe, Schiller and Clnpstock.
In History and Antiquities: Niebuhr, Heeren,
Ilortar, and the brothers Schlege,
and that model of travellers. Baron Humboldt,
with a host of authors, whose annual literary
labors equal those of France and England coin
bined, all vindicate her titlea to the respect and
gratitude of mankind. .
She also from remote perioda of antiquity, by
her tonqueetsand emigrations, icuttcred farard
wide the seeds of liberty, and it ia rqual'y t
Germany, that Franks, Goths, Ijmhart'e, am
the Saxons of England, owe the spirit and sub
stance of freo institutions. And though Ger
many dwells st present in apparent apathy, yet
we have reason to believe that the intelligence
nf that land ia si'.cutly preparing for a bloodied
revolution. The emigrants from no other coun.
try alide with more alacrity and ease, into their
duties aa citizens of this republic.
In military exploits, we need lojk no further
for glory, than to a people, who iu a remote eg-,
extorted the praises of Caesar, as they have in
our own times, those of Napoleon.
But it is aa Farmers, that we desire to speak
of the German population of Pennsylvania, and
surely no man who has travelled and observed.
can doubt that in the particular line of farming
which seems most congenial to their habits, viz:
the production of wheat, they are surpassed by
none. It maybe remarked that they follow
thia up by their akill aa millers, and persevering
to the end, we find them established in our
towns and cities, as bakers, to the exclusion vf
all competition.
Among the msny disparaging Htoric current
with a claea who measure all by their own puny
standard, waa one some years ago, which attri
buted to Pennsylvania a tendency to Agratien
ism. An eminent jurist of a neighboring State,
who yet stirv vee to do honor to hia country, lis
tened to these charges, and at length decided
to become personally acquainted with a people
from whom evils were expected. I met with
him on his return from a tour through one of
the richest agricultural districts of tbe Stale;
perfectly relieved from hia apprehensions and
amused at bis own credulity. "Sir," said be,
"1 fear no poli'ic)! danger from a population
with auch wives and children ; with such barn,
houses, and iands, and with the hubita of perse
vering industry, peculiar to your German popu
lation. For the attention and kindness with which
you have this day honored tnr, you will p'.eaao
to accept my hearty thank. It in, however,
but an additinnul ins'ence nfyour read:r?s to
welcome to hut-pitjlity anJ 'freundrhafl,n all
who with honest viees and fair infections, do
sire to enlitt themselves in the ranks of I he
Montgomery County Farmers. H
A cheap blanket ia mentioned in an Eeglish.
publication. It says, that twa sheets of irrpe
na! cap brown paper, pasted at the edge to form
one, and at a coat Its' than 3.1. , if laid over a
bed with one blanket under, will produce mora
warmth ll.au three ordinary blankets, or over
single coverlet will be warmer than one blan
ket rn'y, and will last, wiih a little care, tho
whule winter
Dr. Edson, brother of the celebrated Calvin
Eth-fOtoall appearance ia entirely d.sii'uie of
fl'th. He ia 42 yea ra old, is of ordinary height
five feet six inches and yet weighs only 4!l
pounda. He atill retains all his faculties, appa
rently in full vigor.
Tmrik Failt or Ntasfa. 1. To l ap in
baby tle, h-n the same words, m an etuiur
ing tone, would please aa well: the reverse
should be -the voice clear, emphatic, and tac-h,
syllable distinctly articuUted, for iuvtat en. 2.
To tell of witches, ghosts and gitblios; such su
perstitions, impressed upon young miuda are
rarely gotten rid nf. S. To direct a child tc
act like a men; whereas it ia not of en been
oner for a hf1, bo-, ta sa tl wan, but cly tu
confirm l-t demeanor to hia age-vry
h . own peculiar decorcusneae, Aft
land unlej.