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JEFPERSONIAN REPUBLICAN
Strotidsburg, June 22, 1846.
Terms, $2,00 in advance; J.C.25, half yearly; and $2,50 If not
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The Stale Credit.
The Legislature, which is now in session at
JIarrisburg.'has an important duty to perform.
Although the avowed object of holding the Extra
Session was the districting the State for the next
Congressional Election, yet our Representatives
have a duty to perform of incalculably greater in
lerest to the Commonwealth than all the appor
tionments of Members of Congress since the days
i f the Revolution. The State Debt and Credit,
which they are called to legislate upon, is a
question which immediately affects the honor and
patriotism of the people; independent of its bear
ing and influence upon our currency and business.
The State Treasury is literally empty, and has
the following pressing claims upon it;
Domestic Creditors - - 2,500,000
Interest on Debt - - - - 1,000,000
Relief Notes 2,000,000
Government Expenses, &c. - 500,000
Making in round numbers the enormous sum of
Six Millions of Dollars. This the Legislature is
called upon to make provision for, in order to keep
the wheels of government in motion and to satis
fy the rightful claims of those who have contribu
ted their money and labor to complete our public
improvements. In arranging this matter, we have
nothing to do with the profligacy and prodigality
which contributed to increase our debt to its pres
ent alarming amount. It is. enough that the State
received the money and labor; and if our public
servants acted faithlessly in distributing the fund,
and squandered millions of dollars upon partizan
favorites, we cannot make that an excuse for de
parting from the laws of honor and honesty, and
refusing to pay what we permitted to be borrowed
and expended.
. Those improvements, then, with the thousands
of officers who are employed upon them, instead
of affording a revenue to the Commonwealth, add
?1, 000,000 annually to our Debt. We cannot,
therefore, look to them for aid in this emergency.
Our Banks, too, are closed against us; for they
have already been drained more than they could
bear, to afford us relief. Our Capitalists are un
willing to invest any more of their funds in State
Stock,'. "when no certain provision is made for the
payment of interest. Besides, were it not other
wise wholly impracticable to borrow any more
money, the fact that our Stock is now at a depre-
. r f rs n . vmv 1
ciauon oi irom ou 10 u per ctm. rcnuers uuu ex.
pecnent aitogetner impos.ioie.
In -view of this, we have no alternative but the
saicot our public worns, ana taxation. iei us gei
rifl of a speculation which has already cost us so
much, and which must yearly increase our diffi- i
culties. After a fair trial, e find that we cannot
conduct our public works so as to realize the in-1
tcrest on their original construction, much less to;
afford us a profit. Private individuals, or com-;
panies, by their enterprise atd economy, can man-!
ace them so as to make them both useful to the
community and profitable to themselves; but there
are .tob..inany lazy vermin always infesting the
)ubiic..crib, to allow the idea that they can be made
lucrative to the State while under her manage
ment. If they are immediately sold, we -believe
the present Slate Tax will be nearly or quite suf
rfirient to pay the interest on our Debt; and then
by appropriating our share of the proceeds of the
Public Lands to liquidating the principal, we may
look forward with cheerfulness to the lime when
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good old Pennsylvania will again be happily out J
ofidebt. Let the public improvements then be
sold, and that happy period hastened.
r IJon. Samuel Ii. Southard.
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The latest accounts from this distinguiscd Sen
ator from New-Jersey, leave little hope for his re
covery, lie is at Frederickstown, Va., to which
place he was removed from Washington, after his
illness -had commenced. For a while, after his
removal, his health appeared to improve, but he
is now lower than Jie has been at any previous
timp. We sincerely hope, however, that his life
may yet be spared, and the country still retain the
services of on'e oTlfer ablest and best men.
liiiode Islasad.
Thirig&arc pretty quie.U'gain in little Rhode Isl
and,, antlfihc deluded'folloyvcrs of the demagogues,
who caused the late excitement, are quietly re
turning to their allegiance to the laws. These
honest and hard working poor men are now thor
oughly convinced of the selfishness and insinceri
ty of the bold, bad men, who led them on to re
bellion and -the verge of civil war; and who ran
off and deserted them in the moment of danger.
They also join with the chartermen in demanding
that justice be dyne to Dorr, and his leaders, and
that-jhe penalties of the law be visted upon them.
The regular Legislature will meet early in July,
and as perfect order has again been restored
throughout :the State, one, of their first acts no
doubt will be' to call a Convention to frame a Con
' Ijtitdflon, imQer" which the Right of Suffrage will !
' ' je jivea.ntl ulftramnVeli'efc " Thisjs aslt should be,'
lft85s !t?tWlbng's1nTO''fisvc'isccii hahe'dis
organizer? ut opposed it.
More IsripositioiaV .
V Notwithstanding that every body is cryirigoui
against our wretched currency arid depreciated
Relief Notes, David II,-Porter, the hard . money
Democratic Governor, has authorized the Middle
town Hank to issue ten thousand dollars, and the
Lewistown Bank, twenty-Jive thousand dollars ad
ditional Relief Notes. The Governor, like a reg
ular demagogue as he is, claims the credit of hav
incr vetoed the Relief Bill, whilst he authorizes the
Banks to issue more than their regular quota of
Shinplaslers under it ngainst the wishes of nearly
every man in the State.
3FIie legislature.
Nothing has yet been accomplished by the Leg
islature, although several important measures are
now before the two Houses. A Bill has been re
ported to aboHsh imprisonment or debt, which js
now in the hands of the Committee of the Whole
in the House. A Bill has also been ieported to
abolish the Court of General sessions in Philadel-
ohia. of which Judge Barton is President. This
is a highly important move, and the Bill should be
passed without delay, as confidence has been en
tirely destroyed in its decisions and its desire to
dispense justice. It has been styled an inquisi
tion for the poor man in rags, and a place ofescape
for the rich man in broad cloth'. Judge Barton, is
a loco foco, was appointed to office by D. R. Por
ter, and discharged Nicholas Biddlc, and theother
plunderers of the United States "Bank, on his own
responsibility, before trial by a Jury. Let the
Court be abolished, and another established with
honest men at its head.
Absquatulated.
We learn from Ilairisburg, that Daniel M. Brod
hcad, has neglected to attend before the Bribery
Investigating Cominittee, after havingbeenSubpoe
nead and promising to do so ; and that the Ser-geant-at-Arms
of the House has been despatched'
after him with an Attachment. The Sergeant-at-Amis
was after him in Pike county, but it is sup
posed that Brodhead is in Western New York, out
of the jurisdiction of that officer. The Committee
are busily engaged in examining witnesses, and
have already, it is said, eleciled some very import
ant testimony. Look out for squalls and disclo
sures, when they Report.
War to tlsc Knife.
The Ilarrisburg Signal, a regular out and out
loco foco paper, is busily engaged in dissecting
the Democracy of JamesjBuchanan, and canvass
ing his claims for the Presidency. It makes
him out to be an old anti-War Federalist, with
out a drop oj Democratic llood in his veins. We
intend to preserve a file of the Signal for use,
in case Mr. Buchanan should ever have the
audacity to run for President. Its articles will
form an unanswerable argument against this
Patent Democrat.
Taylorsville Bridge Company.
J n consequence of some rumors against the
credil of ,he Taylorsville Bridge Company, the
directors have set forth their belief of Us ability
jq redeem all its notesand by way of showing
their confidence they say:
We believe the property of the Company is
ample security for the redemption of all theif
liabilities, but in order to place the issues of
the Taylorsville Delaware Bridge Company
1 P a ue. 4 "
dersigned do hereby respectively pledge their
individual estates, for the redemption of all the
certificates or notes issued by said Company,
and signed by Aaron Feaslcr, President, and
M. K. Taylor, Treasurer.
Aaron Feaster,
Isaac Welling,
Joseph Titus,
Aaron Moore.
Bernard Taylor,
Daniel T. Harm an,
Mahlon K. Taylor.
Taylorsville, June Gih, 1842.
New Counterfeits.
,Among the new Counterfeits published, we
notice the following. -Farmers1
Bank oj Bucks County.
5s dated at Bristol, 1st March. 1828.
10s let A pay to F. Pincor, dated Feb. G; 1815.
10s let A dated Sept 4th and others Sept 10,
1819.
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50s altered from 5s. l ncy may ue ueiecieu
'by observing that ihe vignette of the genuine
50 dollar notes represents a man, horse and
harrow, with a view of a factory.
Eastern Bank, at Easton.
5s old plate, let C. payable to C. Rice, dated
August 1, Jo27, otners joju, signed J. din
ton, cashier, Thos. M'Keen president. En
gravings much lighter than that of the genu
ine uotes.
5s letter C pav to J. Duntz, May 1, 1831.,
5s let C pay 6 Rice, May 0, 1829.
JOs lei C pay to J. Post, dated Feb 1, 1824.
II I I M III
Edxvards foussd Guilty
In the New York Court of Oyer and Terminet
thp jury in the case of Monroe Edwards yesterday
morning returned a verdict of guilty. Amotion
was then made for a. suspension of the sentence.
Butthe District Attorney objecting, Edwards was
remanded back to prison;
The Colonel, upon hearing the verdict, took a
pinch of snuff with an air of the utmost nonchal
ance It is'stated that during the earthquake at Sonti-
ago, the inhabitants rushed into .the Roman Catho
lic ChurchJo implore mercy from the most high
God, and filled . it to .overflowing, and when it fell,
rivers of blood were seen to pour through the ruins,
proceeding frpni the bodies of the poor unfortunate
smile InriietmW ivithln - ' ' '
TIARRISBURG NEWS'
Correspondence of the Djrily CUronicIei
' JIarrisburg, June 161S42.
In the riou'SE. A number of petitions were
presented in the morning, principally on sub
jects heretofore noticed, or of a private nature.
Mr. McManus. gave notice of Iris intention to
introduce a bill to authorise the licensing of
stock, exchange, and bill, brokers and to regu
late contracts for the purchase and sale of loans
and stocks.
Mr. Grifiiihs gave notice of his intention to
introduce a bill to extend the charter of the
Farmers' Bank of Bucks Co.
On motion ol Mr. Crabb, the Judiciary Com
mittee was instructed to inquire into the expe
diency of bringing in a bill to enable collectors
of Stale taxes to bring suit against any execu
tors, administrators, guardians, trustees, individ
uals or corporations, as neglect or refuse to pay
the said taxes.
The Senate bill, relating to the redemption of
the relief notes m specie, prohibiting any lar
ther issues of the same, and providing for the
cancelling of a portion of them, was then taken
up. Amendments, proposing various plans to
produce a gradual withdrawal of these shinplas
ters from circulation, were discussed up to the
morning hour of adjournment, without any vote
being taken.
In the afternoon, the subject was resumed;
and after some farther discussion, and amend
ment, oflered by Mr. Gamble, directing the
State Treasurer to cancel one-fourth of all the
notes which may be in the treasury, thirty days
after the passage of this act; of such banks as
refuse to accept the provisions thereof, and re
deem them in specie; and to continue from time
to time to cancel one-fourth of all notes of the
same character, as they are received afterwards;
was agreed to yeas 49, nays 43. Various
propositions to cancel these notes more rapidly,
were voted down.
On motion .of Mr. Stevens, a section was ad
ded to discharge supernumerary officers on the
public works, and to suspend all work thereon,
except for necessary repairs. The bill then
passed second reading by a large vote.
In Senate The hill to dispose of the Co
lumbia Railroad, and the line of Improvements
between Philadelphia and Pittsburg for the sum
of $15,000,000, passedfinal reading by a vote
of 13 to 13, after a protracted discussion upon
a motion to go into committee of the whole for
the purpose of amendment, no amendments be
ing permitted on third reading, except in that
way, by the rules of parliamentary bodies. The
motion was agreed to, and the bill was awarded
by fixing the time for opening the books of the
company on the 1st of September, instead of
tho 1st of June, and also requiring $7,500,000,
to be subscribed before the corporation shall go
into effect, instead of $4,000,000, as originally
promised in the bill.
Mr. Sullivan reported a bill to secure build
ers against oppression on the part of mechan
ics and material men, in wrongfully retaining
possession of buildings.
, The bill to enable certain hanks to make an
assignment, was
taken up, but, immediately
Yours, D.
laid down again.
Destruclioai of Cape HayJicn.
The brig Dirigo, Captain" Tucker, arrived at
Boston on Monday evening from Cape Haytien,
whence she sailed on tho 24th ult. Captl Tucker
brings the first direct information of the awful
earthquake of the 7th. The loss of life is fully as
large as the accounts via Port au Prince led those
acquainted with the Island to suppose, and about
twice as great as the accounts via Jeremie.
Capt. Tucker was on board his vessel at the
time of the earthquake, and was an eye witness of
the appalling scene. It took place at 5 P. M. and
the entire demolition of almost every building in
the city was the work of about two minutes only !
A portion of two or three buildings alone remain
ed standing of that city, which was the finest in
the Island, being built principally ofmassive stone.
The tide flowed into the principal streets; and re
ceded again in a few minutes. Soon after-'the
earthquake, the combustbile parts of most of the
buildings took fire separately, from the cooking '
apparatus, etc. anci were consumed.
Capt. 1 ucker states that the entire population ol
the place was estimated at from ten to twelve thou
sand, and from the best information he could ob
tain from many ot the survivors, not more than
two thousand escaped with their lives. All, or
nearly all the officers of the Government being
killed, there was no authority to control the survi
ving population, and thev were continually fight-
ing, and snooting eacn otucr lor plunder. ine
cargo of the Dingo was dug out of the ruins after
the earthquake. There was only one ship master
lost, the captain of a iNorwegian vessel.
Contrary to anticipation, it appears thatmanv ol
the principal merchants survived the calamity;
among the rest Mr. Carvalho, an eminent merchant,
who visited Boston a year or two since, and was
much esteemed by his acquaintance.
Fish arc drawn towards a light; they assemblo
to be fed by the sound of a bell, and are fond of
music. . -
All the real and personal property of the Corpo
ration of Detroit, Michigan, lias been levied upon
by the sheriff.
There has been shipped from Ppttsvillc, Port
Caibon, and Schuylkill Haven, this season, 117,.
058 tons of coal.
Topping, the murderer, was sentenced, on
Tuesday, jn New York, to be hung on the 5th of
August. ine miserauie man said tiiat tho poor
woman he killed was his wife, and had borne him
ten children. ,
A few days ago, at Cahawba, Ala., the dwellfntr
liouse x)f Obadiah Ianar, was struck by lightning..
n emerea me nousp, tearing down the mantel
piece, arid doing conriderablo damage, It struck'
a chair in which Mr. it. was sitting, breaking it to
fragments, but the electricity did not injure him in
the least, and he escaped njury, except a piece of
wood hitting him. on some' part of tjie body. Mr.
Laner may consider himself, if he chooses, a de
cidedly lucky man.' ft is not every body. that can
dodge lightning. ' '
WASHINGTbiSf NE WS.
Washington, June' 1G, 1842.
Senate. Mr Buchanan presented the Joint
Resolutions ol (ho Legislature oi rennsjiva.ua, , coU &nd hv0 horses Ql $2 each. six cmvs
(which passed) instructing their Senators and; 8 0 cg A smaj, QT cosling several Iu,n
requesting their representatives lo .use their ex- Nj doar3j wa3 soU1 at Ule same ime
fHinns in nrnrnrf! the nassape of the Apportion- J . . t j, , i ui r a.i
ment Bill
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Pflr. Buchanan presented a number of memo
rials one of them from persons employed in
and interested in the Philadelphia Navy Yard,
asking for a Marine Rail Way. The other me
morials were upon the subject of a Tariff.
Atriong the Bills before the President of tho
Senate was thai which passed the House yes
terday, making provision for the extension of ex
isting Revenue Laws through the month of July.
Mr. Evans, of Maine, moved the reference
of the Bill to the Committee of Finance, and
that it now have a first and second reading for
that purpose.
The Senate ordered tho yeas and nays.
Mr. Buchanan said he should vote for the re
ference of the Bill with groat cheerfulness.
Mr. King, of Alabama, was opposed to any
reference of the Bill, and in favOr of strangling
it in its birth in the Senate.
Mr. Evans said this waa not the time to de
bate ihe principles of the bill.
Upon ordering the Bill to a second reading,
the result was---reas 28, Nays IS.
The Bill was then read a second time, on
motion of the Chairman of the Committee of Fi
nance, and referred.
Mr. Evans, of Maine, called for tho orders of
the day.
Mr. Benton was entitled fo the iloor, and ad
dressed tho Senate at great length, in favor of
the House Proviso to the Naval Bill, and of
course a reduction of the Navy.
The vote was now talcen, and the result was
the rejection of the Proviso by the following
vote yeas 23, nays 22.
Mr. Barrow, of La., next moved in the Bill
and proposed as one of the items an appropria
tion of $100,000, for a naval construction at
Pensacola.
Mr. Barrow moved to amend tho amendment ;
by striking out $33,800 and insert $100,000.
A debate ensued, in which Messrs. Barrow,
Conrad, Evans, King, Woodbury, and Bayard
participated; and the amendment to the amend
ment was agreed to, and the amendment of the
committee, thus amended, was adopted.
Several olher amendments were adopted.
Mr. Preston moved to amend the Bill by add
ing as. follows:
For the transportation, arrangement and pre
servation of articles brought and to be brought
by the Exploring Expedition, $20,000, or so
much thereof as may be necessary.
The amendment was agreed to.
Mr. Evans moved to increase ihe appropria
tion for the pay of commission, warrant and pet
ty officers and seamen, by striking out $2,335
000, and inserting $2,800,000, which was
$395,000 less than the estimates of the Secre
tary of the Navy.
And pending the question on the amendment,
the Senate adjourned.
House. Mr. Hall, of Vt., offered a Resolu
tion proposing a Select Committee whose duly
it should be to inquire into the expenditures j
growing out of the Virginia Bounty lands.
Mr. Fillmore of N. Y. then moved to print five
thousand extra copies of ihe tabular statements
of the Tariffs of '24, '28, and '32.
Mr. Proffit objected, and on motion the rules
were suspended. v"t
Mr. Johnson of Md. proposed that an appen
dix also be furnished, giving the yeas and nays
both in the Houso and Senate upon the various
Tariff Bills enumerated.
A motion was "made to lay the whole subject
upon ihe table, and lost by a vote of 114 to 83.
The resolution as amended was then carried
118 to 86.
Mr. Cooper, of Geo,, moved a reconsideration
of the vote first taken, after a speech of nearly
an hour. The speech had no effect, and the
House refused lo reconsider, or to order any
vote upon the motion.
This Bill came up on the question of disa
greement.' At the request of Mr. Fillmore, Mr. Johnson
withdrew his motion to adhero upon the second
proposition;
Mr. Briggs of Mass, moved to appoint a Com
mittee of Conference.
Mr. Tillinghast hoped not
Mr. Tillinghast, of Rhode Island, and Molsrs
luiit and Gordon, of New l ork, farther debated
tho propositions connected with a large and a
small ratio.
Mr. 1. D. Jones spoke amid general cries for
ihe question, iho Mouse having become weary
of the subject.
Mr. Davis, of Ky., moved to re-consider the
vote by which the House last evening refused
to recede upon tho vote disagretsing with the.
Senate.
Mr. Jones, after the motion was submitted,
made ;Kis remarks, and spoke at Jength in de
fencejof a small House,
Mr. Thompson, of 1 ml., got the floor after Mr.
Joncs7elo$nd, and after an understanding of the
question, ho moved the Previous Question, in
order to get at the question as speedily as pos
sible, but the Houso adjourned without any de
finite action.
Rfouroc Edwards,
. Mr.Whiting, the District Attorney; New
York, has declared his intention' lo try "Monroe,
Edwards upon all tho remaining indictments
now pending against him, and lo punish him
upon them all, if he can procure convictions.
There are fivo indictments,
China. Population 200,000;000; army 1,
000;000;'rcvenuc:2Q0,000 yearly.- . - -:
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GrcatSncsiifice of Persona! Property.
' At ajate Sheriff's sale, in Muskingum coun
ty, Ohio, at'whichjpeeie was demanded, a fnu
horse,wagon solo fir $5 50; ten hogs for Gi
; cents; two mares and a colt $3 each; another
ivceniy uuuiux: uuu a uauci wi vui-tius sugir at
one dollar and fifty cents! There are two spe.
cie paying banks in Muskingum county, an j if
such great sacrifices take place in their imni?.
diate vicinity, how must h be in neighborhood
where specie is not so easy of access? The
above is a true bill, and may be taken as a fair
sample of prices unddr the "specie standard,"
which the Locofoco' "hard money faction" j:,
Ohio are laboring to establish undiT the di3.
guise of Bank Reform! We don't know what
others may think about ii, but we believe t:ltt
present banking system, with all its defect?,
would be infinitely better for the people, ilVti
the wretched state of affairs that have far?
brought upon us, by vain attempts in refor n i
The people would not lose lialf as much, if a
Bank were to burst over them every mouth'
Urbana Citizen.
To S5akr5ip4s.
As the object of the notices sent by the com
missioners of Bankruptcy, to the Creditors nf
the Petitioners, to allow them an opportun;; -to
prove their debts, seems to be misunderstood
by many. For the information of such, wearp
requested to state that it is made a duty by t;.-
District Court, for ihe commissioner to send
these notices to ali the Creditors, to enable
them, by coming before him and attesting their
claims by oath or affirmation', to receirp
their share of the estate of the Bankrupt, ami if
desired, oppose his discharge. It therefore
avails the Creditor nothing to send the account
to the Commissioner, as he must attend i.v pe?.
sox before him. Easton Whig.
Improbable aaad Sillj".
Mr. Edwards says, that on Monday, whea
the court took a recess, a beautiful young la ly,
who had been there during the morning, as sho
passed him, slipped a nole into his hanJ, con
taining the following:
Sir
All .things conspire 'tis very true,
To weigh your spirits down,
But truth and proof will Jbear you through
And on oppressors frown.
From a disinterested hearer of
the evidence in the case.
Col. M. Edwards.
A Caution to "Civilizers."
The National .Intelligencer learns fro a
Mexico, via Charleston, that President San'z
Anna had given official notice to All Mexican
Ministers and Consuls, in Europe and Ameri
ca, with intent for them to make the same known
to all other Governments, that he has released
all citizens of other countries than Texas, wlio
were taken in the Santa Fe Expediiion, as an
act of philanthropy, and through respect to their
several Governments; but that hereafter, all
persons of all nations taken in arms in the
ranks of 'the Texians shall be rigorously sub
jected to the laws of war, as Texians.
Two Crops.
The Richmond Enquirer says: "We have
heretofore alluded to the precocity of the sea
son as regards fruit, vegetables and flowers.
We have now a similar illustration as to the
grain crops. We learn from a distinguished
farmer in Chesterfield, (Ampihill,) that he com
menced his harvest on Thursday last, and he,
says one of his neighbors has surpassed him,
having not only cut and- shocked his wheat, but
ploughed up his ground and planted corn, thus
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prouucing iwo oi ine siapie crops on uie sauic j
land in one year. Perhaps the earliest 1
wheal cut on tho James river is near Presque
Ish
le. -
Bealli of a Caimibal.
The New York Herald of Sunday says:-
"The Fegee Chief Yendovi, who arrived here
in the Vincennes, died yesterday morning.
He was a cannibal of the "first class," and has
been out of health since his capture, in conse
quence of having nothing but roast beef aa
salt pork to eat. It will bo recollected tl.a:
several years ago, he captured a Salem brnr,
ihe Charles Baggett, and look eleven America
sailors ns nrisnno.rs Tip!f Tin rnlifrl "fit hits."'
j which his p HighneM and famil v ttle U:
i: .rior
i nc uuman body consist ot 240 boae3, ?
umua ui UIUUIUUUUU5. or lOininfTS. 1UO C3fiii--
mn . l i ti i ir i
York:
Strangers who visit tho city must be ontV
guard at every corner. They will be rob'
by pickpockets in any crowd; cheated by s".
ling auctions, somo of which aro in il.c ' j
conspicuous places, and cheated whontii.
their tickets for tho'stcamboat. To avoid t- "
put your money inside of your waistcoat, buyr
cards of penknives or assorted "trinkets, ami
your faro to nobody but the captain or clerk
board tho boat, at ihe captain's office. Anl '
not pay your passage to any body further tb3'J
the boat goes which. you are on board of. n0
of the most infamous cheats is practised by ft'
lows who put up flaming signs and sell passage
tickets to any port in tho Union. Tho ticke1
for the first steamboat is generally a good one.
but that. is all. New York is a perfectly s"
placo for men who know liow to lako care o
themselves, but the careless, and crc3uhu3 af
soon gammoned.