.TEFFERSONIAN REPUBLICAN Stroudsburg, Pa. April 7, 1841. Tcnns, S2.00 m advance; $2.25, naif yearly ; -and 2,50 if not! paui Deioic me cna oi uie year. FOR GOVERNOR. 3 OHiV BANKS, OF BERKS COUNT1. 5EATSI OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.' We copy the following painful intelligence from; tlio U. b. Gazette. His Excellency WILLIAM HENRY HARRI SON, the venerable President of the Nation breathed his last yesterday morning between twelve and one o'clock. We have now neither time nor ability to give vent to feelings which such a mournful event na turally excites. It is the first loss which the na tion has to morun of an actual President. Wash ington. Adams, Jefferson, Madison and Monroe survived their public services and passed away irom life in the midst of domestic retirement: J. y. Adams, Jackson and Van Buren yet alive. The venerable Harrison called late in life to the high duties of the Presidency, occupied the station on ly one month, from the fourth of March to the iourth of April, and it is doubtful whether any Chief Magistrate ever gave more attention in that time to the duties of his station, than did the ven erable deceased. He has fallen before the voice of the people that saluted his entrance into the Inch office had died away. We believe we express the opinion of almost every citizen of the United States, when we sayj that General Harrison was a sound patriot, unsur passed bv love of country and its republican insti- lions: right in all his dealings, public and private one who passed through almost every station of j public life with clean hands and a pure heart. hen such a man dies and leaves vacant thei Executive chair of the country, a nation mourns, The pang of individual grief at the loss of a tried: friend must be forgotten for a time in the public privation and those who weep must remember that; the land mourns when such a man is called away from the sphere of such usefulness. We subjoin a cabinet circular. City of Washington, April 4, 1841. An all-wise Providence having suddenly remov ed from this life, WILLIAM HENRY HARRI SON, late President of the United States, we have thought it our duty, in the recess of Congress, and m the absence of the Vice President from the Seat! of Government, to make this afflicting bereavement known to the country, by this declaration, under. our hands. He died at the President's house in this city, this fourtli day of April, Anno Domini, 1841, ati thirty minutes before one o'clock in the morning. The People of the United States, overwhelmed, like ourselves, by an event so unexpected and so melancholy, will derive consolation from knowing that his death was calm and resigned, as his life; las been patriotic, useful and distinguished; and that the last utterance of his lips expressed a fer vent desire for the perpetuity of the Constitution. and the preservation of its true principles. In death, as -in life, the happiness of his country was! uppermost in his thoughts. DANIEL WEBSTER, Secretary of State. THOMAS EWING. Secretary of the Treasury. JOHN BELL, " . Secretary of War. J. J. CRITTENDEN, Attorney General. FRANCIS GRANGER, Postmaster General. The Ladies Companion. The Ladies Companion for April is an ex cellent number. It is filled as usual with thej best of literary matter, and the embellishments! are beautiful. We are not at all surprised that the Editor of the Easion Sentinel exclaims against the parade we made in our columns, on the strength of Jim Porter's defeat as Town Councilman of Easton,1 by Peter Snyder, a Democratic Banks man. It is enough to ruffle the temper of anv suDDorter of David R. to have his Lieutenant beat at all, much less afterwards to see the Press rejoicing gver it. But so it is, and Mr. Senseman may as well "grin and bear it" as Davy Crockett usetfvto say, and make the best of it. As to his sayjngN that Jim was not at home on Election tiav aiM had refused to be a candidate, wh en .solicit, before leaving, we have only to reply inat w( have it from better authority than the Editoi of the Sentinel, that he did not refuse, t i:t or the contrary, consented, and was elec- sonefkred and voted for by his friends none but tjhose who are opposed to him, voted against hinl- Sentinel is further guilty of misrep rrjscittaiiou, when it wishes to induce the belie iJmt ihe Democratic Banks ticket received bu 1 10 otes. The fact is, that on both the Judgeb and Assessors tickets where the party line was iirawn we polled 276 votes, whilst Jim Porter received but 250 votes, leaving him according in this view 26 in the minority. Take it any wav vou please Mr. Senseman, we have achiev d a glorious victory, and as such we regard it. The Reverend Dr. Junkin, has resigned the Presidency of Lafayette College, and left Eas ion for the purpose of taking charge of the Mi ami University, at Oxford, Ohio. Judge Sanies. v Each succeeding mail bring us additional in gtelligence, of the favour with which the nomi nation of Judge Banks is received by all clas Ises in every part of the State. It is cheering to see with what unanimity all hands come to his support and it presages a most glorious triumph. The people have had enough of David R. Por ter, and his brother Jim, and rejoice that so un exceptionable a man as John Banks has been presented in opposition to them, for their suf- Sfrares. In our next we will publish the Judge's Address to the William Penn Institute, at Read ing, and follow it up with other of his able pro ductions, so that if there are any who are not al ready sufficiently well acquainted with him, they may see who and what the man is whom they are asked to trust and honor. Bank Bill. It is yet uncertain what will be the fate of the Bill, passed by the Legislature for the relief ofl the Banks. Some say that the Governor will sijin it, and others that ho will veto it. The! Loco papers at Harrisburg, and elsewhere, al though lately so much opposed to it, are. now! 'quite neutral, ready to take any step which the! action of the Governor may render necessary.! Either to palliate the act if he signs it, or to de nounce the Bill if he vetoes it. So pliant arel their consciences, that they can attune them toj any measure; to advocate what is right, f conven ient; and to support what is wrong if necessary. How are the Mighty Fallen. A more humiliating spectacle than the recent Ijourney of Mr. Yan Buren, from Washington to New York, can scarcely be conceived. The reception he met with, at every point of his pro gress, told out in thunder tones the deep con tempt in which the freemen of the country, whose liberties he endeavoured to encompass, and whose happiness and prosperity he blasted, hold him. It was a lesson to all others who may occupy high and responsible places, now or hereafter, not to disabuse their trust, or en deavour to subvert those Institutions they are sworn to protect and foster. His fallen Excel lency, was accompanied by Joel R. Poinsett, the notable Secretary of War, upon whose shoulders Mr. Yan Buren endeavoured to throw the blame of originating the odious Standing Army Bill, after he found that the united voices of millions of freemen were condemning it Their reception at Baltimore was most meager, not so many people assembling at the Rail Road Depot, as frequently meet there on the most or dinary occasions. At Philadelphia, the recep tion was a little more clamorous. But, oh! my country, who was there to do him reverence? Why some score or two of radicals, who call themselves Barn-Burners, headed by that most consistent Democrat Charles J. Ingersoll, who has declared in black and white, that if he had lived in the days of our glorious Revolution, he would have been a TORY, and who now wel comed him to the city of Penn, in a set speech suited to the tastes of his auditory. At New York, it was no better, but few coming out to cheer the fallen Malty on his way to Kinderhook, where he intends to take up his residence and live in retirement. If Mr. Yan Buren is capa ble of any feeling, how this silent, but stinging treatment of his fellow-countrymen, must rankle in his breast. When he thinks of the warm enthusiaslicandheartfelttokensof esteem which every where greeted Washington, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, Adams and Jackson, on their way home, after having successively given up the power entrusted to them, and contrasts it with the cold and chilling repulses he every where received: he must acknowledge that the people have a power to punish commensurate with the injuries they have received. From Harrisburg. Correspondence of the Inquirer Courier. EXTRACT TO THE EDITOR, DATED Harrisburg, April 1, 1841. Most of the day was occupied bv the Legis lature in the transaction of business of a private nature. The Governor sent in a message to the Sen ate, stating that he had approred and signed the bill re-chart enng the Northampton Bank. Ihe act incorporating the Black Creek Iron and Coal Company, was passed through all its readings and sent to the Governor. The Senate had under consideration for some lime, a hill nrovidimr fur n rmlnnnnn nf tht mi. flitia expenses of this Commonwealth. After I sfsomo time spent in debate, the bill was post poned until Monday. In the House, a lengthy discussion was badj on a resolution submitted by Mr. Brodhead, pro viding for the suspension until the lstof Decem ber next, of the law lately passed, relative to tavern licences. It was adopted, and sent to the Senate. The balance of the day was taken up with the reading of the evidence, and sundry long speeches on a bill uivorcmg G. L. Millspaugh and Harriet his wife. Ihe bill passed a linalj reading by a vote of G2 to 12, after which the House adjourned From the Albany Daily Advertiser. XiOcofocoism Uninasked. The failure of several of the Free Banks of the State calls forth from the Maysville Senti tmei, one oi tne leauing juocoioco presses in Western New York, the following notes of tri umph and exultation: Glorious News! "The cause of Equal Rights progressing! The pillars of Aristocra cy giving way!" Several of the Red dog Bank m various parts ot this otate, have? recently sunk to rise no more, and on Thursday last nearly all the Red Dog concerns in Buffalo, numbering about a dozen, stopped payment. Capital ! Excellent ! ! Glorious ! ! ! Three cheers for the downward progress of Bank Ar-! istocracy!!!! "We hope that all the rest will follow suit that the Safety Fund System will go next--and that the time will speedily arrive when not a single Bank Rag manulactory shall be left standing to pollute the financial atmos phere of the once free and still noble Empire State." That these are the genuine aspirations of Locofocoism, no one who has watched the pro gress ot that party can lor a moment doubt. In its fierce hostility to the banking and credit Sys tems it cannot pause to consider what wjjuld be the consequences of their overthrow, but blinded by its hate, and deaf to all but the voice of passion, it rushes madly forward intent ypon accomplishing the work of destruction. The insane joy of the Maysville Sentinel at the in telligence of the stoppage of a few of the jrrce Banks, shows with what eager delight Lqcofo- coism would hail the total prostration of those institutions. More votes for Porter. The Uniontown Democrat says, that 19 per-i sons wore pardoned from the western Peniten tiary during the year 1840 by Gov. Porter; Met- calPs Star and Democrat says that a fellow was! sentenced upon Wednesday, to thirty days im-J pnsonment, for an atrocious attack upon Mr. Martin of Spring Garden, at the polls. On Sat urday a full pardon arrived. Hadn't the Gov ernor better open the doors of our penitentia ries? We also learn by a letter from Schuylkill county, that a ruffian, who was convicted some! year or so since of a most atrocious violation! of a girl near Minersville, has likewise been! sent out on community again by thislover wise! and merciful Governor! What witi his par-8 dons before and after conviction, the Governorl will find himself surrounded by a band of friends J botn tried and untried! Daily Tel. A Neutral Opinion. The Locofoco Ledger says that mtch excite ment prevailed in Kensington on thf rail road subject, and a number of persons prepared to evince their opposition to all railroa(s, by tear ing up a large portion of the railsialong the Frankford road, from Master street downwards. A large bonfire was built in an adjoicing com mons, with a view to attract the remainder of the population of the District. Notting, serious however occurred. Nothing serious! the law is violaed, private property destroyed, burned as a beacon to at tract the remainder of the population, which was riotous and disaffected, and ye nothing se rious occurred! This is the opinio! of the Pub lic Ledger, a paper which pretendi to be an ad vocate of good order and the suprenacy of the laws! ib. : From the Pennsylvania Inquire. National Measures and tic Good of the Country. We observe with pleasure, tht several ofj the leading journals of the day have entered upon the discussion of the measires likely to be pursued by the new administntion and the tihw P.nnrrrnci! Tbic is ritrht ?Tbr has been torn and racked by experiments for the last twelve years the peojie have been oppressed and retarded in their business ope- rations ana it is natural mat in;y snouiu iooki to an administration of their owi choosing fori measures oi renei anu remcuy.) ine quesuun: is as to what is host and especally as regards! the Tariff and the Currency. The Portland? i i .i f. I Advertiser argues ana urges trot "The Sub-Treasury Law mist be repealed. " Taxes must be imposed upn foreign luxu- ries wines, silks, brandies, spces, &c. I "The proceeds from the salis of the Pubhcj T" i lit i ! 1 .1 rt , 1 uomain stiouid ue aistriDuieu anong tne stales, according to their Federal population a meas-J ure absolutely requisite to son of them in theirj present embarrassed condition ana a measure! also eminently just iu itself, f 1 Expenditures are to be governed by re ceipts, and the receipts to beestablished upon! equitable principles of Reveaie. The expen-l ditures of the Government sliuid be supported by the Revenue duties impoad upon imported afticles. "Public money should h collected, kept and disbursed, as it was for ahalf centurv, with no loss to the Government. ILxchanges are to ' i - - I be regulated by a sound an dunuorm currency,fl and the currency of the coiiitry should be nd iof those fluctuations wind w - . -la H have been inces-l sant for some years past, b' naking a currency Sol a uniform value. All this looks reasonable' nd patriotic. Let us remember our position, nd act chiefly un-f der the influence of great lational considera- Itions. The destinies of tB s nation the des-i tinies of the world, and ceriinly of liberal prln cinles arc in a mreat meaSurd involved. We have a mighty part to my in the political drama a part that, whifl it must ol course, have reference to the imnMiato wants and in terests of our own peopleshould not be wholly irrelevant to the permanfit prosperity ol this Kenub ic. as well as tiii luiure oesunies oi mankind. The Deaths in Baltimorl las week, were 39. I'eiiissySvajBia liCjrssIaiu&'e. Harrisburg, March 27, 1841. In the Senate to-day, a bill from the House to incorporate the Manual Fire Insurance Company VnT Pk:i,ji!.: . ..i tu. n u ti:..c, iSili was then taken up for consideration. Mr.S. V- V 1 1 ' ingress Spackman moved to concur in the amendments ofl111 w"lch l,ie public works in this city now are, the House of Representatives. land with the degree of skill, fidelity, and econ- Mr. Williams said he was not prepared to voteSomy with those which works are carried on for the amendments, not having examined them, jj For this purpose he has appointed vou a. He therefore moved to postpone the whole subiectScnmmissinti nf Rxaminatinn nnrl Tnm,;,, till Monday. After some time, the motion was negatived. Sr J. J uc Mr. Pearson then called for a division of theI,ollow'nS P.intf: question on the amendments, which was agreedi to. On the first section the vote was 18 to M. Theficity, exclusive of laborers? This is the morn ibill was further considered and finally passed. Bnecessary, as many of these persons hold ofll We annex abstract of it : lCes not cri,ntlt uv snsnifin nrurisions nflmv Sect. 1. Provides that the Banks of the Com-B monwealth shall bo liable for the payment of theirfi,, Sdebts as individuals are now by law liable, andl that the extraordinary penalties shall be repealed. j Sect. 2. Gives the Banks the privilege of ing small notes to the amount of fifteen per cent. Jin their capital stocks, for a period of five years. beet. 3. The total amount of debts and liabili ties, exclusive of deposite, not to exceed double! the amount of the capital stock. g Sect 4. The stocks owned by the Banks, (ex- cept of this Commonwealth) not to exceed 10 per! cent, of the amount of their capitals respectively;! proviaea, mat no investments already made snaitj be compelled to be reduced more rapidly than 121 and a half per cent, every ninety days. I I Sect. 5. No President. Cashier, or other officerHnf WVi thn. of a Bank to be permitted to loan its funds. Also.D tixes a limit to the loans ol directors, proportioned! to the capitals of the Banks. Sect. 6. No loan to be made to the cashiers tellers, clerks, &c, of the banks respectively. oeci. . Aoonsnes tue proxy system ol votmggeiiner in employing or dismissing, wim anv for officers. IrnferpTinp.i: In thfi nnlilinnl (minimis nf lime. n7HhT 3 nr PrP??i0ncd 10 thc cPlfor any political or party object whatever, or in of the banks respectively. No persons to be a di-i -liT i . i i- i . r . rector in more than one bank at the same time. 1' .olher wa violated his duty or party or Sect 9 Frauds by directors and officers ded against. Sect 10 ISo dividend allowed greater that sevenlthink it well lounded, m anv case you will state percent., and the excess to form a contingent fund,lthe particular facts and circumstances on .which, one half of which is to be paid into the treasury, lyour opinion is formed. Sect 12 Dividend of five per cent, allowed dur ing a suspension. Sect 13 Returns of the condition of the banks provided for, Sect 14 Provides penalties in case said reports be not properly made Sect. 15 Makes it the duty of the secretary to forward a copy ot the act to the banks for their ac ceptance, and the Governor to issue a proclama ition upon receiving their answers. Sect 16 Repeals former acts inconsistent writh this one. Sect 17 Authorizes the capital of the U. States Bank, if the stockholders desire it, to be reduced to 14 millions, and the bank to be released from' part of her bonus. The question was then taken on the final pas sage of the Bill and carried by the following vote. Yeas. Messrs. Andrews, Banks, Bard, Bell, Brunner, Christman, Clark, Correy, Cox, Cum-; mms, Darsie, Dilworth, Dunlap, Eyre, Fore man, Funk, Futhey, Gratz, Hanna, Higgins, Hinchman, Kennedy, Kerr, Kieffer, Law, Leth- ermann, Lightner, Livingston, M'Clure, M'Cur dy, Middleswarth, Miles, Montgomery, Musser,' Myer, Pearson, Pennell, Pumroy, Rush, Skin ner, Smith, Smyser, Snively, Sprolt, Steele, Titus, Von Neida, Washabaugh, Crabb, Speak er. 49. Nays. Messrs. Anderson, Apple, Barr, Bean, Beal, Brodhead, of Pike, Brodhead, of Northampton, Bonsall, Church, Cortright, Crousillat, Douglas, Ebaugh, Felton, Fenton,ries or official compensation for party or elec Flannery, Flenniken, Flick, Fogel, Fullerjkion purposes, will be regarded by him as causo Gamble, Gillis, Haas, Hahn, Hill, HolemanJLf removal. Horton, Johnston, of Armstrong, Johnston, ofl It is not intended that any officer shalL be West'd., Kutz, Leidy, Lusk, May, xM'CulIyJrestrained in the free and proper expression and M'Kinney, Moore, Painter, Penniman PierceJmaintenance of his opinions respecting public Pollock, Snyder, Trach, Vanhorn, Waklee,men or public measures, or in the exercise, to Weaver, Wilkinson, Wright, Zimmerman. 48.khe fullest degree, of the constitutional right of FFICIA1",. Circular to Disbursing Agents whose accountsmhe public Treasury, are not expected to tako are rendered to the Jbirst and r ijth Auditors. Ban active or omcious part in attempts to mnu- Treasury Department lence the minds or votes of others; such conduct r . ii ) rcr tw v , n . i Ibeing deemed inconsistent with the spirit of the Comptroller's Office, March 30, 1841. Const'tUulion and the duties ofpublic Jgents act. Sir: You are hereby required to render your;nff unaer jl: and the President is resolved, so account of disbursements for the current quar-jfar as depends upon him, that while the exer ter as soon after its close as practicable; and,jcj;je 0f the elective franchise by the People in so doing, you will present with and refer tojUall be free from undue influences of official m your account current two abstracts, one refer-slation ana authority, opinion shall also be free ring to vouchers for payments made for demands jamong the 0fficers and agents of the Govern which accrued prior to the 4th instant, the oth-iment or to those subsequent thereto. You will, inj The president wishes it furlller t0 be an all cases, report the amount of funds m yournounced and distinctly understood, that from all nanus on me iwi iiiswhu. Subsequent quarterly accounts are to be dered as required above, should they cmbracepaying balanCes, will be rigorously exacted. In payments for demands which accrued prior tohis opinion it is time t0 rQturn in lhis rcspecl) the 4th instant. Qo the p.nrlv nrnp.linn nf tb niwommam ,r1 m You will be governed by the above, in lieu the Circular of the 22d instant. it. . Very respectfully, your obedient servant. J. N. BARKER, Comptroller, Noticc to purchasers of Reservations under 19M Article and Supplement of Choctaw Treaty J mi 'n- i . n i v. r -v The office (at Columbus, Mississippi) B . . i lUommissioncr to examine anu report on thei above class of claims has been discontinued by iUII l.l I IWI! JI Ulli "Jl.Ollil.UI 1 Ul Hill. XC1.ll. VJIKTI ,1 I . . -I , l M ,i i-i Rheads ot Department. n hnr rfr(r: enn n fi Willi I (wim Mfhioli rn-ta 1 J .WW.W. J,, w.. ...w..., 1V. quire the action of the Executive, will be trans mitted to the Secretary of War, or to the office of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs. Office Indian Affairs, March 31, 1841. T. HARTLEY CRAWFORD. A Child Poisoned. A very interes'.ing little girl, the daughter of Mrs. E. Swearingen, died a few days since in Grand Gulf (Miss.) from eating. sugar plums, prepared by a conlectioner there, Dr. Whar ton, who analysed the candy, found white, lead Bto have been used in manufacturing it. - . Department of State, March 20, 1811. To M. St. Clair Clarke, William S. Murphy, and Hudson M. Garland, Esqs. Gentlemen: It is the desire of thR Pr;,?. - -. -40iuib jEi .v:shfi vmi to diront vnnr nttfntmn t .1... A- wnatw tne numoer ot persons employed Kn me puunc Duuaings now in progress in the- 0 w,, . f ,: i... r t " - " " - - cacn ot f " prices are paiu u wiem ior meir issu-g30rv,ces; and whether, in any case, the com apensation is unreasonably large? m uuHuiBr mere nas been, or is, any just ground ol complaint against those persons, or any of them, either in regard to their own dili gence and skill, or in regard to the treatment jof laborers employed by them? If you have any reason to suppose that anv one has been guilty of misconduct, you will state the charge to him and give him an oppor tunity to answer it; and will report no evidence- Tou w:n innuire nQ no mans u.: - , 7 .... ;f . '"i"" W "r Feierenu, uiu, ii u uc auougca mat ,any Person, having the power of employing Sand dismissing laborers, has used that power, who mav have been employed or dismissed, or provi-ielecuon Purpses,you will inquire into tne trutti Bofsuch suggestion; and if you find reason to - It is not intended that this Commission shall be of long continuance, nor be attended with, any considerable expense. You will use much despatch therefore, as the nature of the case may allow, and make report to this Department.. A reasonable sum will be allowed to vou for your time and service out of the appropriate fund. By the President's order: D. WEBSTER, Secretary of State.. CIRCULAR. Department of State, March 20, 1841. To the Hon. Thomas Ewing, Secretary of the Treasury: Sir: The President is of opinion that it is a great abuse to bring the patronage of the Gen eral Government into conflict with the freedom of elections; and that this abuse ought to be cor rected wherever it may have been permitted-to exist, and to be prevented for the future. He therefore directs that information be given to all officers and agents in your Department of the public service lhat partisan interference in popular elections, whether of State officers of this Government, and for whomsoever or against whomsoever it may be exercised, or the pay- ment of any contribution or assessment on sala- suffrage. But persons employed under the Government, and paid for their services out of Bco eetinnr nnri Hishnrin(r nfiWro nrmnnlin in ren-lrenderin arronnts ami Rn1;rp nn.,,Lllr ; ofhoId a deffree of deiinQllencv on th. ' nf IthnsR rnitrnsmd with tbn nnMin mnna1r ;; c n .... ...w iijwin- iiiob Ltiuov jof immediale removal. Ho deems the severe. lobservance of this rule to be essential to the. bv unfaithfnlnesR (n nffinft nrAritnc c ofm - . XL . i "aiuo ls,ly or a ew charge upon the People J I nave the honor to be, sir, your ofI..runr,t ' ' 3 m J J ---.ww -w v..wV vtVUIWO UWWVM obedient I wilt. DANIEL WEBSTER. Similar letters have been addressed to olher A Coincidence. The New York Express states that when Gen. Van Rensselaer was removed from the. Albany Post Office on the 1st of April 1839, he notified his successor, Mr. Flausr, that his lease would only bo for two years. Pursuant to the notice thus given, the General (says the Albany Advertisor) goes into tho Post Office again pn the 1st April, 1841 just two years from the day of his removal. Even Mr. Flagg can, s.ay uuuung against tins even handed justice.. The news from Florida is pacific I
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