JEFFEKONIAN REPUBLICAN.
JEFFERSONJAN REPUBLICAN
Slroudsbnrg, Pa. March 3, 1841.
terms, $2,00 ai advawe; $2.25, naif yearly : and $2,50 if not
paid befoio the end of the year.
DESIOCRATIC CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR.
'Subject to the decision of the State Convention.
The communication of "I," was received too
' late for insertion in this weeks paper. It shall,
,however, be attended to in our next.
By reference to the Harrisburg news in anoth
er column, it will be seen that something has at
elast been done by the Legislature, towards reliev
ing the community from the embarrassment, con
sequent upon the late suspension of the Banks.
'Ulr. Hinchman, Chairman of the Committee on
Banks, has reported a bill, suspending the penalty
against the Banks, until the 15th of May 1843, and
authorizing the isaue of small notes, to the amount
of 15 per cent, of the capital stock paid in. The
people have suffered so much, that we have no
doubt they will take it for granted, that the mem
bers are all very smart fellows and eloquent speak
ers, if they will only do more and talk less. It is
no doubt very pleasant for a Physician who is call
ed to visit a patient, to inform those who are pres
ent, what is the nature of the disease, and what his
experience, &c. &c, but at the same time it af
fords no relief to him, to relieve whom he was
sent for.
The ItsaagKralioB.
To-morrow, terminates the career of Martin Van
Buren, as President of the United States, and com
mences that of his successor, who like Cincinnatus
of did, has been called from the plough, by the
voice of the people, to preside over the destinies
of his country. Never, since the foundation of this
government, has there been such a signal rebuke
pronounced by the people against a public servant,
as has been pronounced against Martin Van Bu
ren, in the triumphant election of William Henry
.Harrison- What mortification must they feel, who
so long vilified and abused him, who to-morrow
will enter upon the duties of the highest office in the
gift of the people. In the presence of an assem
bled multitude, at twelve o'clock on the .4th of
March, the oath of office will be administered to
Gen. Harrison, who from that time, until the 4th
of March 1845, (if he so long lives) will be Presi
dent of the United States.
Taking Care of their Friends. In addition to
the numerous appointments to office by Mr.
Van Buren, in anticipation of the expiration of
terms, and making the new lenn of service ex
tend even through that of General Harrison's,
the Loco-focos are endeavoring to fasten their
printers upon the next Congress, and certain
contracts are closed for work on the public
buildings which cannot be begun, we under
stand, until one and two 3rears after Mr. Van
Buren lias retired! We presume Gen. Harri
son will appoint such agents of the Government
.as he may select, and will regard it as a matter
of superorogation for Mr. Van Buren to attempt
Jo appointthem for him. The heads of Depari
ments and bureaux appointed by Gen. Harris-on,
will doubtless make all these contracts for i.he
execution of which Gen. Harrison's administra
tion will bo responsible. And as for the new
Congress, jt will as a matter of course and of
right elect all its own officers, and make all its
own laws. Madisonian.
TTczniualion for Associate 3ndges.
The following nomination of Associate Judges
for the sci'eral counties annexed to their names,
were made by the Governor to the Senate on
Wednesday.
Jahn Calhoun, Armstrong county.
Wm Long, Bucks county.
John Murray, Cambria county.
Joseph Adams, Huntingdon county.
Samu:l Dale and Jacob Grosh, Lancaster
county the latter in the room of John Light
ner. Morris Longstreth, Montgomery county, in
the room of Richard B. Jones.
Wm. P. Wilcox and Solomon Sartwcll, jr.,
MTCean county, in the room of Joseph Otto and
Joel Bishop.
John Buskin, Union counly, in the room of
Adam Light.
Mib Huntingdon, Erie county, in the room
of Joseph Grubb. Harrisburg Int.
Ca$f2 to Ctaewcrs of Paper.
The Echo of Luxemburg!) says achrnistat
Liuemburgh has bubmitted foanalysis different
kinds ff paper,. and has discovered in pieces not
larger .han the palm of the hand a quantity of
stenic :s great as that found in the body of
Laffarge. Hence it results that an individual
who has ihe habit of chewing paper, or who
ven only chews it accidentally, must neces
sarily absorb1 ; certain quantity of arsenic. The
following is tfie manner in which the existence
of:he arsenic in the paper has been explained.
The ingredient in almost all papers is linen
mi. JJow, the colors of the jags arc geper
aJJi: nmfkirr.d hv a. nrenaratioo Jn which there
Ciiez) of arsenic, thai must remain
FJROHUL HARRISBURG.
Correspondence of the H. S. Gazette.
Harrisburg, Feb. 25, 1841.
A bill has just been reported from the Com
mittee on Banks, by Mr. Hinchman, Chairman,
suspending the penalty against the Banlcs until
the 15ih day of May, 1843. It was made the
order of the day for this day week, and ordered
to be printed.
It also authorizes the issue of small notes to
the amount of 15 per cent of the capital stock
paid, in, and makes numerous provisions and
restrictions, which I had not time to examine.
Yours, &c.
T;he correspondent of the National Gazette
savs
At
The Bill suspends penal provisions of Reso
Unions of April 3d. 1840, until 15th May, 1843.
Authorizes the issue of notes of 1,2 and 3
dollars for five vears, amount not to exceed 15
per cent, on the capital paid in.
Restricts the total amount of notes of all de
nominations, to one hundred and twenty-five
per cent, on the capital paid in.
Restricts the amount of the total debts and
liabilities and the total amount of debts due or
hecoming due to any bank in each caso to
double the amount of capital paid in.
Prohibits all voting by proxies except where
the Stockholder resides fifty miles from the
place of location of the bank, and requires prox
ies in such cases to be executed within thirty
days and to be acknowledged before an Alder
man or Justice of the Peace.
Increases the amount of stock required to
render stockholders eligible as directors.
Requires quarterly returns, in the form there
in specified, of the condition of the banks, and
the publication thereof in the papers of the pro
per city or county.
Prohibits loans to cashiers or others in the
employ of any bank, and prevents their keeping
any accounts therein.
Punishes any false entry in the books of any
bank, or the emhezzlement of the funds or oth
er property belonging to, or deposited there
with, with fine and imprisonment.
Limits dividends of non-specie paying banks
to five per cent per annum, and subjects the
same to a tax of eight per cent.
Limits dividends of specie paying banks in
all cases to seven per cent., and all profits above
seven per cent, to be equally divided, one half
to the use of the Commonwealth the other half
to be invested in State loans and to constitute
the contingent fund of said bank.
Any violation of this act or any other act for
the regulation of banks to be cause of forfeit
ure, &c.
Directors eligible three out of four years.
U. S. Senator Elected. Hon. Rufus Choate,
(Whig,) was on Tuesday last elected U. S. Sena
tor, by both branches of the Massachusetts Legis
lature, to supply the vacancy occasioned by the re
signation of Hon. Daniel Webster.
Appropriations for State Improvements.
The Finance Committee of the New York Legis
lature recommend appropriations to the amount of
$4,050,000 to the following works: 2,750,000
for the Erie Canal Enlargement, 750,000 for the
Genessee Valley Canal, and 8550,000 for the Black
River Canal. 1 he uanai Commissioners say it
will require six and a half millions, to continue, at
the present rate of progress, the works under con
tract. We see it stated that the Hon.C.B.Penrose,now
President of the Senate of Pennsylvania, will re
ceive the offerofthe office of Solicitor of the Trea
sury an honorable position, which he will well
sustain. U. S. Gazette.
JTT'The Rochester Daily Democrat, a pa
per which has recently been conducted with
more than its usual ability and usefulness, thus
forcibly illustrates the high-handed abuse of the
pardoning power by the Governor of Pennsyl
vania:
Abuse of Power. What would be said of
G'jv. Soward, should he, now that McLeod is
indicted, grant a full and free pardon, before tri
al, for any arsons or murders that he may have
committed on our territory? He would, no
doubt, be called a wretch, unfit for the station
he holds, and the more guilty in proportion to
the greatness of the intellect prostituted to so
base a purpose. What then should be thought
of Gov. Porter, the Loco Foco Governor of
Pennsylvania, for pardoning two subservient
partizans of his, at Harrisburg, before conviction?
E. W. Hutter and J. C. Caniine had been in
dicted for a libel upon several gentlemen of the
Whig party in Adams county, and when ar
raigned for trial, produced a pardon granted in
advance, by Gov. Porter, under the broad seal
of the Slate, and were discharged! Will not
the reflecting of all parlies, perceive the evil
tendency of such contempt of law and justice,
and mark the individuals who perpetrate such
abuses, or sanction them, as unfit for public con
fidence? Anathemas. The Loco Focos are launching
their thunder bolts against the United States
Bank. Very Sine this after its having loaned
and given as bonus some $12,000,000. Like
cow who give3 milk until the last drop is
drawn, and j then kicked for not giving more,
act the locos. But consistency, decency and
common sense don't belong to them. Hence it
is no more than might have been expected, as
the man said who was kicked by tho Jackass.
W ilkesbarre A dvocatc.
The Globo speaks of tho tried friends of the
Sub-Treasury. ,
Tho Boston Atlas thinks it would havo had
more tried friends, if they had notabsquatulated so
fast.
Height, of FoLLY.-Tellinc en editor 10
n inr'kep cM',4w'ho has to-bnrn exchange .papers
: to keep warm., ',''-. , :
Itesiiial ioai of 'Mr, Webster.
"The subjoined communication to the Gover
nor of Massachusetts was transmitted by that
gentleman, on the 16th instant, to the Legisla
ture of the state.
Washington, Feb. 10, 1841.
Sir: Events being likely to take place which
will necessarily cause my retirement from the
Senate, I have thought it proper that I should
anticipate their actual occurrence, for the pur
pose of enabling the Legislature to fill the place,
should such be ita pleasure, during its present
session.
The object of this communication, therefore,
is to say, that on the twenty-second day of this
month my resignation will be made known to
the Senate, and that from that day my seat will
be vacant.
My immediate purpose would be fulfilled were
I now to say no more; but I confess I do not
find myself able, without violence to my feel
ings, to sever the tie of public service, which
has so long connected me with Massachusetts,
by a mere formal notice of resignation. '
A sense of ihe'obligation which I am under
to the Legislature and the people of that state,
has sfink deep into my heart, and 1 hope it may
not be unbecoming in me to give it utterance on
this occasion.
Coming originally from another stale, and on
ly an adopted fellow citizen, the people of Bos
ton bestowed on me the high distinction of rep
resenting them in Congress, and thus gave an
unexpected turn to the course of my life. This
honor they saw fit to repeat, more than once,
under circumstances calculated to satisfy my
highest ambition, and awaken my warmest grat
itude. At a later period it pleased the Legislature to
appoint me to a seat in the Senate, which I
have now holden, under that and subsequent
appointments, for fourteen years, eighteen years
having elapsed since I first came into Congress
from Massachusetts. These have been years
of labor, responsibility and anxiety: but they
have brought along with them solid gratification,
inoroportion to the consciousness which I have
been able to feel, that my public conduct has
met with the approbation of my constituents;
and has not been thought prejudicial to the gen
eral interests of the country. And if it be now,
and shall continue to be hereafter the judgment
of Massachusetts, that her prosperity has not
been impaired, nor her honor tarnished, by be
ing trusted, in some degree, to my hand, and
that I have deserved well of that common coun
try, to which we are all bound by so many lies
of interest and affection, I shall be richly com
pensated for all labor and all sacrifices. Proud
to be one of her citizens, proud to serve her,
proud to connect myself honorably, if such may
be my good fortune, with her name and charac
ter, I shall never cease to be penetrated with
the profoundest conviction of duty toward her,
nor fail to supplicate the Divine Goodness for
favorsxand blessings upon her Government and
people.
I have the honor to be your Excellency's obe
dient and very humble servant.
DANIEL WEBSTER.
To His Excellency John Davis,
Governor of the Commonwealth. of Massa
chusetts. Incidents of tile War.
The St. Augustine News thus describes a
duel, or single combat, which took place in one
of the recent successful invasions of the ever
glades that made under the command of Ma
jor Childs.
When the Indians were surprised in their
fishing operations by the troops, those who es
caped immediate capture or death made off in
various directions in their boats. Most of them
were taken in the pursuit by the troops. One
yawl boat containing 3 warriors, 5 squaws, and
two children, was chased by Lt. Taylor, two
privates, and the sergeant. When they had
got within rifle shot of the Indians, their boat
got aground. They all jumped out to pull the
boat into deep water, and in doing so, got so
suddenly beyond their depth, lhat they were
completely immersed arms and all. The ser
geant was the only one who escaped immersion.
The Indians now fired upon them from iheir
boat, but without effect. The sergeant return
ed it andor.e of the warriors was seen to fall
back in the boat. He then throw down his ri
fle, and, armed with a bowie knife, ho started
alone in pursuit of the Indian boat. He ran,
and swam, and waded, as circumstances de
manded, till he got his hand on the enemy's
boat. A desperate struggle now ensued be
tween the Indian and the Irishman. They
were both powerful men, and were not inter
rupted in their duel, for one of tho other two
warriors jumped out of the boat and mado his
escape as soon as the sergeant approached, and
the other was too badly wounded to fight. The
squaws remained passive spectators of the bat
tle. It was short and decisive. The Indian
had no weapon but his rifle, and that was of no
great use at short quarters. His object at first
was to beat out his adversary's brains, but find
ing that impracticable, his next aim was to pre
vent the enemy from boarding him, m which
he succeeded for a short time. But as soon as
the white man got a footing in iho boat, his
bowie knife soon ended the Mrugglo. Ii passed
threo times into the breast of the savage. Tho
brave sergeant called out to the officer at the
top of his voice: "Liftenent will I scelp the
rest of 'em?" meaning ihe wounded warrior and
the squaws. On receiving a negative reply, he
paddled up to his admiring comrades.
Railroads. There aro 3313 miles of rail
road in use in the United Slates, constructed at
a cost of $86,000,000, and yielding an averageof
about 5 1-2 per cent. 1802 miles more are in
progress of completion; and the wbolo number
of miles projected, including finishod and unfin
ished, and rontes examined, is nearly 10.000.
CONGRESS.
8EC0ND SESSION.
, .Correspondence of the Baltimore American?
if
. Washington, Feb. 2571841
UNITED STATES SENATE. -
The District Bank Bill was finally passed
this morning and sent to the House for concur
rence.
Many bills were ordered to be-engrossed.
One proposing the erection of monuments in
honor of Gen. F. Nash, and Brig. Gen. Wm.
Davidson, being called up. 1
Mr. GRAHAM defended its passage, and
Mr. King, of Ala. opposed it on constitutional
grounds. The ereciion of monuments was
pledged, under the Confederation, and the Con
stitution placed the acts of the Confederacy as
if they had been ordered under the Constitu
tion. Mr. King persisted in his opposition, and
the bill was laid on the table, 15 to 12.
The remainder of the day until the Execu
tive session, was devoted to the consideration
of private bills.
At two o'clock an executive session was ordered-which
continued for some time, after
which .the Senate adjourned.
The Civil and Diplomatic Bill was reported
to the Senate this morning, and having had its
first and second reading, was referred lo the
committee on finance.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
The Civil and Diplomatic Bill having been
passed last night and sent for concurrence.
Mr. Jones, of Va. moved to take up the Bill
in relation to the Navy.' There was but slight
opposition, and the House resolved itself into
committee of the Whole for the purpose of ta
king up the bill, Mr. McKay, of N. C. in the
chair.
The bill having been in committee, Mr. Snl-
tonstall, of Mass. moved that the appropriation
of $1,225,000, reported by the committee, be
increased to $2,000,000.
Mr. S ALTON STALL defended his amend
ment in a business like way, and argued that
the service required the extra appropriation.
This was shown from sn examination uf the
condition of the service and from the improve
ments made in thenaval service of other coun
tries. The increase of $575,000 was proper at a
time like this. The small appropriation in the
bill was in consequences of the condition of the
finances of the country. The appropriation
too had been restricted by the Navy Board of
Commissioners, because the Treasury was noY
able to meet the demands upon it. At this
juncture of affairs ii ought to be increased. The
last war should teach us something, and if Ave
learned from the school of experience webhould
always be under the control of the Service.
Mr. JONES, the chairman of the Committee
of W ays and Means, opposed the increased
appropriation, contending lhat the sum asked
sufficient to meet the wants of the service for
the present year.
Mr. EVANS, of Me. demanded the authority
for this.
Mr. JONES gave the Secretary of the Navy,
who had specified the sums required.
Mr. EVANS reminded the Chairman of the Com
mittee and the House, that the Secretary of the Na?
vy had given no reason for this, and that the facts;
connected with the Department showed a state of
things differing from the specifications in the esti
mate. It was shown by the member from Maine,
who had an intimate knowledge of this, as he has
of all branches of the public service, that the ships
of war were going to pieces, ana were destroyed
often because no appropriations were made to re
pair them.
, . .
teJT:.F"t'"
Mr. E. earnestly advocated
proposea oy ms inena irom luassacnusetis in a
i r t n r i
manner which commanded the attention of the
Committee. The reasons given were numerous,
and the facts cited important.
Mr. J ONES was closely questioned by the mem
ber from Maine, and no excuse was given for con
clusions arrived at, but the flimsy one that the Sec
retary of the Navy said nothing of the matter. By
the plan proposed the naval service is to be left in
a beggared condition.
Mr TILLING HAST of R. T. spoke to the same
purpose, and in favor of an increased appropriation
for the naval service. He preferred the recom
mendations of the Navy Board to the recommend
ations of the Head of the Navy department. The
Secretary of the Navy knew nothing of the ser
vice. The Naval Board were composed of men
who had seen service, and they were of one mind
in regard to the propriety of the appropriation pro
posed for an increase of the servico.
Mr. THOMPSON of S. C. spoke also in behalf
of the appropriation.
Mr. REED of Mass. who has so long been dis
tinguished for his connection with and knowledge
of the Naval Service, also defended the proposed
appropriation for the improvement of the service.
Mr. JONES was yet found the only man in op
position to the measure, who had spoken, though
many will stand by him no doubt when the vote is
taken.
Mr. PROFFIT of Ind. closed the discussion be
fore the recess, and in a sensible and liberal man
ner. Mr. P. was willing to support the appropria
tion proposed, and would do so were it much lar
ger than it was. I would, said Mr. P. with great
magnanimity, as soon vote for two millions of dol
lars for the Navy, as I would for two hundred thou
sand dollars for the Cumberland Road.
Other remarks were made in the same spirit, and
as far as I can judgo, the sentiments of the mem
ber from Indiana are tho sentiments of the West.
Build up your Navy,ia the g'H.oral cry indeed,
of most of the members rf Congresw who properly
appreciate what may justly be considered the right
arm of our national defence. The bill will prob
ably pass to night, or should pasB at least, for the
business of tho session has but begun.
The following was tho amendment pending at
the recess:
'For increase, repair, armament, and equipment
of the Navy, and wear and tear of vessels in com
mission, 82,000,000, instead of $1,225,000 report
ed by tho committee.
Wo like this kind of advice 'Be extremely
careful to mind two thing in this beautiful wdild
first, your own business secondly, let-other
people's alone." .
11.
From the New York Exoresa.
We commend tlm following letler of our re
spected frienu1 Major Downing, to "iho croak
ers and pokers," and can only say, ifanv oiib
feels chilled by the present cold "and dark as
pect of things, he may seek and find a leading
cause in "the "eternal poking" system which
seems to have suited ihe policy of certain cir
cles, and who liave found a ready and pliant
press to aid them in their patriotic" efibrtTWe
commend this letter especially io 'oldfPenn
sylvany," and if she is willing to h;ve; her
fires poked out, be it so she will nopay thai
she was not timely cautioned. ButwTet us not
be disheartened, the coal is unconsumed a
little kindling wood and a blower will restore the
steady warmth, and then keeping the poker
aloof, or in skillful hands alonewe may still
enjoy ihe comforts of a wide circle around a
genial fire.
Philadelfv, 9th Feb., A. D. 1841.
To ihe Editors of my old friend Mr. DusighCs
paper, that he vsed to take the lead on a spell
ago.
Gentlemen : I suppose you will be con
siderable wonderated to know what on earth
led me from the track to Washington with the
old h ero of North Bend Cabin, and brun me
here well I'll tell you. -
I and the Gineral was drifting nlonr down
from the west, and bowing and shafcingofT tho
everlasting crowd of folks all the way from the
Ohio, till we struck the edge of old Pcnnsyha
ny, when we heard folks beginning to talk
about hard money, and paper money, and resump
tion and suspension, and things of that natur,
when says 1, " Gineral, you may depend there
is trouble brewing somewhere along here, and
if you say so," says I, "I'll just quit you for a
spell and take a turn down to Philadelfy, and
look into the matter a little, and iine von at
Washington." " Well," says he, " Majo'r, see
ing as how falks begin to'thicken amazingly
arouffdus, my calkelation is you won't br very
much mist, but see that you git to Washington
as soon as you possibly can, and in the mean
time let me know all you meet with worth
hearing," and so I quit, and as the Gineral
never wants to kno;v nothing more than the
people know themselves, I send you this letter
to print, and you will please send a copy on't
to the Gineral, so lhat he will know as much
as other folks do about it.
I got here last evening, just arterlamp light
ing, and took a run round to most all the Banks
to see if I could find any on 'em open, but I
found 'em all locked up and bright lamps burr
ing afore ihe doors, and good strong broad
shouldered watchmen sfandin at their posts
with chips and rattles jist for all the woild as
though the Banks was as full of specie payments
as ever, and not a mile of difference.
I stopt and had a little talk with one of these
watchmen, and says 1, " stranger, is there no
gittin in here to see folks!" "Not to-night,"'
says he, "all the banks are shet up." " How
you talk," says I, and so I streak'd it round to
Squire Biddle's premcses, for I had a notion if
I could only git a fair talk with the Squire, I
would lam pntty much all about the matter.
nund the Squire to hum, and he was a-
maZHFslad to see me: and he and I went rite
up into a room alone, where I found a good
warm Lehigh coal fire burning, and a table
kivered with papers; and he took one chair
and I another, and we went at it straight off.
" So," says I, " Squire, you are all suspended
again, I lam " " Yes," says he, " Major, the
I folks who wanted hard money have got a
i Banks had . give; and n .he Banks can'.
11 the
coin
hard money, and can only get it from the folks
who owe them, it turns out that, .as the Banks
have not got the same power by the law to
make folks pay them as fast as other folks want
it, the pond must run dry for a spell."
" But," says I, Squire, how on airth is it that
things work so that one set of folks keep
drawing out of the spiggot faster than other
folks pour into the bung-hole? Things warn't
so in Mr. Adams' time," says I. " Now how
is it?" This set the Squire scratching his head
and thinking and to give him time to answer,.
I took the poker and began poking up his Le
high coal fire, to see if there was any blaze in
it; and to rights says he, "Major, what are you
poking that fire for? Do you expect to make it
burn brighter? If you will lake my advice,"
says he, "you will let it alone. Ain't the room
warm enuM?" "Yes," says I, "it's warm enuf,
but a little poking won't do any harm will n"
"Well," says he, "you go on poking, and
you will see" and sure enuf, the more I poked,,
the darker the fire and coal got; and bime-by it
all went out. " Well," says I, "Squire, this is
a plagy odd kind of a fire of your'n," says I.
" Yes," says he, "it's Pennsylvany coal; it won't
stand poking, Major if you let it alone, it will
burn slowly and surely, and give oul comforta
bly heat but if folks go to poking at it, it turns
and looks black at them, and gives them a cold
shiver."
" Well," says I, "Squire, I want you to an
swer and explain to mc now about this Bank
matter. How is it," says I, "that all y"
Banks have suspended specie .paymentsa'!
broke nil gnno to overlaying snia.sh? N
how has all lhis come about?" says I.
" Well," says he, " Major, I'll tell you. In
the first place, when you first entered this roon w
did'nt you find it warm and comfortable, and a
good fire burning? did'm you take up that po
ker and begin to poke with it? did'nt I gtvo
you a civil hint to let it alone? did'nt you con
tinue poking and poking, till, at last, the &ro
went out? and nin'i this room now cold and
dark, compared to what it was? Now come
here" and he took a candle and wem up to
the fire-place; and says he, "There is the coal
yet; it aint burnt up; the iire has only gone oi:t;
I can put a Utile kindling under it, and clap w
the blower,-and in a little while you -will bu
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