LIVILUOTE 1G;
.
CinttelEllAyl) txposi-rolW
will be issued rivo DOLLARS - Rer_altikti.
to be paid half yearly in adyan9e..
DVE,II77SEME NTS not eiteeeding asquare
or-three-insertions, ON-EDOLL-Ail,-and-every
übequent insertion, Tw'et . ity l .fiv . e. Cents; longer
ones-in proportion. . : • -
Letters addreSsed 5.0 7.
.the publishers on bait
-Ness, -MIST. BE - .'oll'`ST P4ti), otherwise they
will not be attensled to: I
AGENTS.
.., . .
r The following persons .have been appolnied
Agents,- for the Carlisle Herald and Exposuo'r
to whom payMent tor s'ubscrip ' tion and advertise
iffiTrairdaii 'bg - tria - de; -_.- •
D'. Saci.cfy, -.Esq. Shiremanstown, .Cumb, CO.
) SCOTT CovLv, Esq. Newville, do. . •
P.-E.ooxyz,Rsq. Newburg,. . • do.
Thos. W. Mains, Esq. Shippensburg,. do.
.101 IN WON') sit me u, ' Esq. -. dii. , do:
.I_,A_A T Elkll, Esq . , Hoguestown, do.
R. WILSON, ESq..-111 - O - O - liiiireiWg - ,• ' dO.
WILLIKra-RurisnA,_Es.q_Haipew_ell,_do. ,
-R.- Sa.U . RGEON, Esq. Churchtown, do.
Dr. ASA WHITE, New Cumberland, do,*.
Tilos BLACK, Esq. Bloomfield, Perry county
A..BLAcg, Esq; Landisburgi-: do.
xovrijou.
' • At a uteetitigg the Standing COmmittee of the
•Democratic_ Antitnasonic7 l'arty' of,. - Cumberland
— county,. convened , by order-of public notice, •to_
: mak-e-arrangefnents forthe-election-Of-Delegates
to meet_itr CoutitV"Convention to appoint'Dele
,
gmes to the Democratic Antrmasomd uonVentton
to meet in Harrisburg on the day of March
next, •_ - •
WILLIAM GRAHAM vAs called to the Chair,.
and Ron iwr-W-trsobt was apptanted Secretary.-
- . On motion,-it was •
7lc,lot_red,2.That the
,Democ'ratic Antimasonic
citizens of_.this county meet at- the several
tion Districts in each - borough-and township, on
Sattirilay the 27th clay of January nrext, and elect
cac 1 - two
. 3W - tgates; - t o - meet - itr - Connty. - Conren - , - .
2 - tion._oii3loiTilarth2_9_tli - dAy :of Jan u a ry'n e xt; -to
.ttminatc-and appoint. suitable Delegates to rep
resent_said, county and Senatorial District in said,
State. Convention at Harrisburg, ,
• •
WILLIAM GRAHAM, Chairman.
• __ _
Ron nwr WILSON, &cretiiry. . •
• .1141114 S;
• The subscriber, on behalf-of-himself and
W, gargan,colieifk,fi 3r - Sal ; ,
ethe J)LJNn
CANON -NAIL - S. — They- are made - Of re
fined iron, and , are believed :to be eqnal - in
quality to
,the best cut nails that were ever
manufactured= .in the--. United, States. The
following certificates are subjoined.
New Cumberland, January 70 . 818. -
We ... have ken well acquainted with the
general
.quality of 'cut nails. Those. made
from the thincannon tr.fMed iron, \,,ve_iccm
..sider superior to those made, from fhe'ye - s
imp,orted iron
• Roswell' Wi)ochVard.
Duncannon 'iron •Work"s, Jan. 8, 1888
• We certify that we have carefully exam-
Wed the nails" manufactured by essra.
Woodward and Wilder,atNew Cum erlarid,
out of , Duncannon Iron, and do believ them
_to_be-superior_to_unr_weLhave ev.ecsee _used •
John Freo,th, Mas:er Roller,
, Enoch Lewis, Carpenter & Patern M .
'l_"he above nails will he delivered o 'Ate
Cumberland Valley Railroad, or On the Ca
nal, at Harrisburg or-Duncan's Island,lnd
siwarded as maybe direCted, to . - any town
in the state, on suitable references: or -a li
beral discount will be made for cash.
- Also—on hand, Hammered Bar Iron, and
it is etpected constantly to have for sale at
• the 'werks, , rolled . iron Nail Rods, Ate.; of the
'various sizes.
;'Orders. by mail,-directed to Clark%
Ferry, Perry county, will 'tie punctually at
tended to by the manager on the spot."
W. L. FISHER:
January 16, 1838.-4,i.* • • _
. BARNSLEY,...SHEETINGS.-
TUSy received by the subscribers'lo-4 and
eip 12-4 BARNSLEY SHEETINGS. Also,
8-4 Barnsley Table
& HITNER.
Carlisle, January 16, 1838.
Ltunbermaii‘s Baink .Notes
. -varrirmm4 • .
A.tew -- hitadred--DOlraisJtate:Notes''Of
the Ltimberinan's Bank, wanted, which
will ,be4iurchased at a discount.. Apply
- at this'office, or address A. 8.. Carlisle.
Janithry 15,. 1838.
_ _
NOTICE.
LETTERS of Administration on the estate of
Martin Brenneman, late of East Pennsboriiiigh
to wnshipi - Aecesseti, having issued to the subscri
ber, residing in said township; all persons indebt
-ed-to—tlie-6tiite—will"in'aite'ittiftiediate payment,
.and those having claims against the estate, will
present .them properly authenticated to the sub
scriber. _ • _ .HENRY_ B.RENNEM A
January 15, 1838.:
Register's . NA)lite;
Notice is hereby given, to all Legatees,
Cred . itors, and all other
_persons concerned,
that The following accounts have been, filed
in this Office for examination, by the accoun
tants therein named, _ and, will be presented_
to the Orphans' Court of Cumberland coun
ty, for confirmation and allowance, on Tues.
,day• the 30th day of Jantfary, 18:
.The administration account 451
nedy, administrator of Robert"
cease'd.
The Adminiktration acceunEk
adniihistrator Jame,
ceased.—
The• supplemental , account
Kerr, administraeor, de bonis
Sterrett, deceased, late of
ship. -
The Guardianship account of Samuel M'.
tune, Guardian of the person and estate of
William Devnr, minor son of Joseph Devor,
deceased, ,
________
_
The Guardianship account of John Peters,
`Guardian of William Eby, I minor child ef
'David Lb , deceased. ', . ' - '
t . WILLIAM LINE, Register.,
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*Ca 1...„, \ e ec.' 30, 1837 !
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D it M CK SHELL COMBS,Ifor
. 50- . 9 * 9 - .
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- WASHINGTON HOTEL,
.MarketiSquare,Thirrisburg, Pa.
•Gp(). RP Solmston.
iftE P
SPCTFULLY informs his flietfclsand
the Oublicat be has taken the Public
llous,e, lately 'rept by 'Mr. John Smulr; at
'the—corner of Matlet'Siluai.e, Harrisburg,
known as the . , ."
WASHINGTON ilOTtL 5 '.---
rich he has fitted up in handiorne style,
1.1 r • the . accommbdation of the public. His
' able is wellsupplied with' the best.the-may
-1 'et - afro - ids; hiS bar with the_chOicest of li
q ors and wines, and prompt and'obliking,
set ants are kept always ready to attend to
the• ants of customers. . .
. He has taken the stand with a determina
tionto-spare no pains or tkpenSe-te make-his
honse equal te any in the country, by keeping
every department and i file superintendence
of t e:=most-competent and-faithful;-and,-by
personal-,attention, to give every satisfactionl
'to his customers. - He•therefore: respectfully-
requests those yilto,pay Harrisburg a-Visit, to_
call and test-the truth of his assertions. •
GEO. W. JOHNSTON.,
January 8, 1838.
OLLYESA - 13L181 - IED
Exchange .and
- - 80 BALTINOITE.,STREKT_.
11111-jEAS , frorn7 L -oil-parts-oHle-Uoiom-en
closing: cash -- for =prize tickets, .- meet
with prompt attentiori:,
MARYLAND STATE LOTTERY.
Class No 4, for 1.338, to tie draWn - at - Balti
.rnorc, Jan. 31, 1838.
- 5- 000 - 1-Italre -APITA.-L
-. Z-E-.
- - SPLENDID SCHEME.
- --- 8;000- - :"= - _ ----- 78;600.
t;obo 6 5,000
"3;500 3,500.
2;322 ' 2.322:
2,000 "‘ 4.0,000
500 10,000----.
20
20
20--- 7; :' • 400 4 8000_
.20 •V :, _2oo—'- —_400.0
'35 : • 150 4 5250
..-__5..6:1_,2,._,i' _,,,,.:, ._ . .. 4 ,7„1,Q0._2_,...:,-7_5,09,_
56 - : . , 80 . 4 _. • 4480
• 56 - --s:: ' 60 • ' 3300
56 ' :- • 50 ', - 2 BOO 2800
• &e. &e: &c. Bce; &c. &e: — &-a. Bcc, •
1 sizes in the scheme amounting t0,5329;471
66 Number Lottery--10 drawn ballot,
'hole, Tickets ',110;, ' ayes 15; 0 uarters
.&.'
2,50. (-_, . ~
Cer of packages of 25 W. tickets, $125 ^
I 25 H. , do. 62,50
I _____' ._ 25 sa,_ - do____3l,-25
-- r rnarids for Tickets, or Certify. ,
rites. in the above, punctually attended to,
..a.._ fro
y return tn,a3L-If dressed to . .
• ../ E. W. \
BINSON, Balt. M.
January 8, 1838. , . . .
"Caiq,sle Sav►►►g - Tien&
•SOCIET'Y'-
•
The - Boaril of. Dim - 004 - 0f thislnilitution.
have authorised the Treastv er to allow in fu
ture the following • rates of interest on all
"SPECIAL DEptsITEV of money: • •
. Deposites remaining 9 months 5 per cent.
• • it • 6 .. 4 It
•
4 • " Si ". .
3 ~ 3
• St '2 • "• 2 "
• The certificates of the Institution will be.
gfven-for-deposites- at-the above-rates of in
terect, and ali BANK NOTES of good
received—the Institution pledging
itself to redeem its certificstesNin notes l cur
rent
in this rieighborhood.
Application to be made to the Treasurer,
-either in person or,by letter.
' •
By order,
JOHN J.II4iTERS.
• . Treasurer.
Carlisle, January 8,-1838. . • . -
Capital 30;000 Dollars.
VIGINAA sTATt LOTTERY.
For Endowing the Leesburg licader_n_y - and. for
- - - other purposes :
Class No. 1 for 7838.
To be drawn al Alexandria, Va.. Saturday,,Jan
uary 13, 1838.
7 -- • -
$30,009-40,600-7,000-5,000-4,000-3,000-
2,165-25 of 1,(100, 7 -50 or 500-50 'of 200, &c.
• Ticket slo—Half , 4psQuarter $2 50.
Cert's of Piackages of 25 Whole Tickets $l3O
— Do._ _----do__ 25 HMV .d0= .. .65
Do. do , .25 Quarter. .do 32 50
100 Prizes of s l looo. •
yIAGENTA - STATE LOTTERY.
Nor the benefit of ihe..town uf Wheeling. •
To be drawn at Alexandria, Va. on the 20th Jul
• nary, 1838.' • . ' •
GRAND CAPITAL ' PRIZES:
$30,000-8,000,4,000-3,000-2,500-1,017c
-100 prizes of 1.000:&c &c. .
Tickets only slo.Halves ss—Quarters $2 Si
Cert's of Packages of 25 Whole .Tickets $l3O
Do de . 251-11f - 7 - ilo• • 6.5
po • .do 25A9rfer 0o 32 50
— 5 30 , 0 00...410,000. • . -
14 Prawn Numbers. ,' " •
acini'r
vsygnala S ate Lottery.
For the beliefit . of the Me'clianical B-enevolen'
- Society of Norfolk
Class No I- fin. 1838. •
- GRAND sCHV.M.E.
$30',000-10,000-: 7 6,000 , --5,000----4,000-3,000
$2,500-2,120- I .AOOO-45 of I',ooo-20 of Slki—
• . ' 20 of 400, &c &c. , -
Ticket slo—Half ss—Quarter $2 50
Cart's of iiackagesof'2s Whole Tickets $l2O
Do • .• do 25•11a1f do . 60
'Do 'do • Quarter do 30
--. ;..
(it Orders for Tickets and ShaVes. or, Certifi
cates *of PaCkapes in the above, Magnificent
Schemes, will receive the most prompt attention,
'and.and an official accotint of each drawing sent'
immediately after it is over to-#ll-who-oFder-faini
us. - Addres, -,. . . ' ..
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D, S. GREOld' & Co. Malingers - ,
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Washisigton.COND. C.
, . .
JUST received Spun 'aid Pfug TOAiCeo!
. warranted No. 1. widely! will sell whole
sale .at manufacturitiginices ., --AlsircommenSE.
cals.. • • - • • • CHAS. BARNITZ.
o
.91.1 0 ERI`DETA024.16f TO 7%i.1VS 3 41RIPS SCIEXCES R 1 CULTURE; 1U,N:C•1111E.71 - T; AV. ate.
--t • - 9 ,- '
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Printeil and .7Publishol, liimOlay;
,W.0.-eQr.Ec
. . , , .. . • ~
NOTICE.
--ALL-persons indebted - to-the estate- of ;Robert
Earley, late of Hopewell township, deceased; are
hereby-notified to attend- at the-lormer residence
of. said deceased, on Friday and Saturday_ the .
2 6iIi7ninF27:th-days - of'January, - 18313, andrmilke
paymont • thereof—otherwise the claims
. againSt
th . em 'Will- be put in the hands - cif a lusticeolthe
lien& for collection; and .: air persons liaving
-Claims against said.estate are requested to present
them properly. authentieatia— - .•.
•.• • :Attorney in fact for Sally . Earley.
N. indebted to the late iirrn'of Robert
'Earley,' sr.
,iuid 1441e - A - Eurre - y - , Jr. "UM iegnested
'to" appear, settle, and make payment ,at said'
time to-Rnbeit-Earley, jr. surviving' partner - of
said firth. • • - • • -
..• . -
January 1, 11338.-3w.* •
_Will be exposed to.pujilic sale in the 'flu_
rough, of Mechanicsburg; on Saturday tfie .
27th — trajr - ciflanuaryTl - 838Tby - prder - oFthe
Orphans' Court of Cumberland-couniy,_
LO2 l . 01P GROUNIi,-•
in. 'the said 'Borough, - bounded by -Adar.n
geikel, John Franklin and Isaac Kinsey, -
containing about one Acre, having a •
. ...
;.. ....
',.... —_... Log-Ho.usey'. _
:-, 4 -.: 4 ‘, . • . .
Id. no 0 , ; "thereon erected, and -- s - onne - Fruit •
•• .411 I.l'
- -g" 14 1 - 4 ,,,,,, .. ,, ri'-• Thes upon •it - . 7 1 - .---- •
Al;s0;---:-A:n-other-L-ot-of-Groundirnearto
ilie—iftfoW'Viir.ridR1-7-bY.TS:ro-pson7•57 pad,
Iteigel and Coover and Nancy Wright, with
a small House thereon erected:. And 'whieli
will be sold as the - property of Adam Longs
dorlT,,,sen'ts.' - deCeased.. .
,'Perms of sale--Made - known on the day of
-soli:-by - ' "' ADA-IVI--LONGSDORF-F.,- ---
- .- - .4 . dinini,Vrator of .Rdam Longsclorff, Sr. dechl.
Carlisle,. Dee.:26, 1837.-4 t. .
'AMP:.:t...7. . •
~ LAWS ___,7._
---- , , DT .
...
of-Pinkpan
.1 English and Gernian,-
-.Persp l io 15, - to 'obtain,. copies - .of - the ,
PamPh - ULM& .111 e. present Sesslia'bitbh .
Legishttu`kpri_ennsylvani4,_in:the. - E.nglish .
and Ge . Yriliih. Languages,---the former hail
1 b:onnd_,_analie_latter___in_Ezmlthle,form,-Ht.. -
• fifty: cents ;p& - copY-Lare requested to-have
their names registered
w itWh - the - county - Trea -- . ---
S - 0 - erinritiEdiarelY: --- -. ---- , -----..,
- - A list of applicants -must be - for Warded: to
the Secretary of the Commonwealth in a few
days.' : -- .
._: ...„ • .-- - -__,:- •
J. I,,'VASIIIr, • Co. Trea. .
. • Trettsutft,Ogi.' , 'll -- - '
• .-ciii i ii4b4 - 4:8 , I
••-• • fi , • - • 3t. --
•..._,... • . ,..‘40 • ..r•1i ~ :f 4..4. - i lt -. 4
.t..: ,$., •.' - . •
GLIMEEN SIMI '''''.!•:.,• ',- ! 0 - EN
" 1 r.' - II • 4. , •
• W I - A . c ..:,•41..,...0,),,R? , r . . , ~,„,
-.-- .• -- --. . ~ . , ~:. , - L +.• - .: , :.!•'..ly
• . 8r t ukTO -ati l i s iw.l,. ~ ;tx, e.", . ..,.1.0.0':
in' No w ton tOris ) . 'r l .r', : Ili -, : . itootnity..e .
'about four mileS4est".9o4: ' , 7.; v,: ~. , ,719 4 '
,Ville, will be're - aifed for at • .0 , 1 " , • •-••-.
. w
;bike,
years. 'The buildings it ti
• - .. a..,, • ~,,,,., ,•
: • ,It,
A Two. - SlOty*OnVATctorp4 l -7r ;
• - and ,rr •.' - --, .• ‘4 -
•with.carcling, - ,4*!iim - g machines,
and allneccssarYLlriac„hinerrAr 7 t,f . k-anuf*A.
luring cloth; alsO. , ,Wdty elling.lionae-.conyen-..:
lent to the factory. For terns apidyl:64itli-
er of the endersigned,f, • i.:\-.. ....,..,..,
, • , -
.. -. WM. M: BlblttiE, 1• i I . j,:'
J. H. Gll AHXM, .. .3 5.,! is e '
SAM'L GICAIUM 6 ' , ••••:: - •
. .
" ,;,;.• . •
,- 4::- ~ H....,, 1 , Nest„ enntibvo,,.'
De'F,. 4, 183r:: , --: i i . , .*: , t.:: : "...k".0 i ,.... - : - - ''''::-:',3.
'.. ~,
,:., . ..",e- 7 --::-',:',; 1
Encou . rage - _y:o4*, 4 ( 4 , , - " , i Oitufa #,,,,
4
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,•,,..b
CA. • LESLtig i ,s,..l: - t..., , ' ; ":.:. :•
• - --.,.,,.. , :i4; ••• „ c „..„., 7-•
; . .aIA T I cik •:r Pt) '..., A . , ...v,.... , „ ~0; ,
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AND BO N N ETOE,..-.STOR •
, .
,44 .8 41 ,.
.HANK-UL I I
or-pastl a orsO 7 nform the ir
friends and the . ptthholeinerelfy that one
of the firm having 14 rreturned froth the
city of Philadelphia,.
.ithilia, largo add i l ex
cellent a ssortment cif t' op: and Plush, they
are now prepared to , :manufacture Gentle=
men's Hats and Lathes' Bonnets in.the lat
est and most approved fashion. The quali
ty of the Plushis faesupe rior to any futlity
ly had on hantk...They.have_at present-an
-eldellettraSsortnieriret _____._
Plain liusoias ; , white and black;-
..Brush, Beaver,. Castor, -and
. Silk Hats • -
ofall - sizes - and - prices. •
- Also, a general assortment of Ladies' Bon
nets of all colours and descriptions, such as .
I ui•e White, Fawn, BlatiCand 7 Orey, which
they will sell at the most reduced prices.
Gentlemen and "Ladies.who are in want of
tli - ese artiel - K -- 4111 - do"‘Well - to - giVe - an - early=
call' .
. Dec. 18, 1837.-Bw_ '
.
N. B. They have on hand,a kw of dieing:
suality".of FUR CAPS whith they,Offcr••to
sell at low prices. .
The Subscriber will se si ll,.. at •Privitte sale,
the following: property settateyabinit three
Miles west, of 'the Harrisbin g 7 •Bridge and'
adjoiang_the e'arnherland' al - .ad
containing about 1i• acres having -thereon
erected • . • „ ,
Two Log Hou s es,
4tablei a•well of nevervfailing,water att
the.door,•togetifer with about-60 ehoice„fruif
trees. Possession Will be given on thejst o'
Apr. next.
•JACOB SdARER. ,
• Shiretnansemn, • Dec. 18, 1837., .
THE Brick' Dwelling -Houk., Store And
Ware House attached, situate in North Haiw
over street Carlisle; nOW in the occtipancy of
JiMob
,Wetzel, also the Stone Dwelling
Houie adjoining occupied by Rolet 1). Guth
rie-TIE - 4
.Witi,:lliFiliiiit - IStiiire — WOCFMTaifia
cel4r adjoining the. Brick dwelling litiuse,
now occupied by John Early:. Possession of,
either of the aboVe properties may, be:'-had ,
on the first day "of ...iVpril--I;ext—To Good
Tenants, a Lease fur Years . may, be had.- ,-
ppjy • . : !=ISA - 0 8.. ;PAI L UR;
Carlisle, Jim, 28,
T E S 41 r, J: .JII'U 4 Rio' 23,1183'.
IMMO
- • THUM A S J. EARLEY,
BIAle SA.I4IE.
POR.RENZ
Cuitaberitoid,'6,mity,.•
P
j
CU. eartatso.
sweetest floWers enrich'd, •
From,varioas gardens•cull'd with care.''
From the New Yorker
w tv-s--7-1,-o-vri.7
-lIY rENDLETON
Wnens, 'mid the, wo ld's tempestuous sea, _
Shall man'sfraif bart in safety-be?.
In what calm haven may it rest,
-L-No-more.hy_windslior wives dis&ess'd r. •
Where raging storms supine y ie,
.Ncs clouds bedim the spirit's.sky:
Say, be there 'neath yon lofty dome
So sweet a plate,- so safe a I 1
y 0 ,,0n the oceari's wild
'-:-Wheretempest-witers-proadly-lave,-i
A-lovely...islet rears its Itatl• •
Serenetitrorra the sea's - deep . liKj .
Alt& found that islet's: gentle base—
The litres lie down with mirrored face;
And in its wildest, deepest cove, - .
Is the retreat of Woman's Love.
- Here all the - TiasSions.of the - soul .
- Arealnietl - by sonne - strprime donttol-«
'WhiCh o'er that lovely bay presides,
And moves its_winds antt swells its tides;
•
To lave, beneath thezolden
That .dances brightly on the.wave,
.
- In triumph o'erthe:temp-est%
Nur shall it be . a meteor's glare
ip-the midinght
And soon goes out, to shine no more
Liove-ii - ves on to - death,
And struggles her - dying' breatitt
'ClinginginTeii:i;i 7 to-the last, .
Till hope is crushed. beneath the-blast.
Warrenton, Ga. Oct. 24,'1837.__
' - iC, ...':' . ~
- ' ' NVENTION,,.
iiititte co
_.----,.... !0 .
' , :ilinftiee of-the-Ilhole,-on Mr.- Mr
lt'
~,- ‘ 1 , , to restrict the
. .13anki,frOm
' 'k P liiti 'WO' n
. :' Ina. notes o a less denomsnatton than
Ir TY., b f
~ :tca dollars, and for impos i ng other re-
"*P4tas on them. .- '
r ' l • 4 Al4..,k_ate had taken a wide range,
*.ite4Wilii.plq - I'. COPE made the
folli*Antifiliatirks, the' rules limiting
~
hint hour;Ca,"Xl.iic•-
:.k 1 IllildiAtM4l.le-inctir •-the charge• of
~. , . i .. . ' •
'temeri, , tt . . , , engaging in• a debate al:
ready e444ttirtekl,and before an audience
. . - whote, paitencOrktust be worn out; and
ricl : werek4
,!or - 00suit my own feelings
'nnly s ' ; l, stoictiPc.ertaiilly not make the
'attempt.-,, ; h ltiii'll, however, proceed at
once to :o . *:'distuisipn of the'bUbject be
fore.th#7.s4slli.'ttee, •
That , firiitin of the resolution before
11 11,
us, which:kiat es to restrict the banks
' . ---% _"es
. . . .
'from issuing'
~, f..
es od butane* denoini-.
'nalion than Sll% . isi:Epresume, a matter
of comparative ind,ifterence to the Ira
it
Aera.,of Philaclelpll'a. Our merchants
seceive and,pay Mos ly in checks on the
"banks: - To another, • nd a veil respec
table portion.of our' itizens, our mam,.
facturei's and niec . hailcs, it is_ of more
consequence. Some_ f these pay weekly_
in wages to their workmen, from ssoo'
to 53,000., Supposing, a man's wages
to ,he. lets tliatuten dollars a week, notes
of
,that amourtt would be mushmore in
convenient,
s both• to the- payer.and re
ceiver, than-,notcsof a,smallerdenomina
tioni._itulAtilie_ p attics ___Ei refer-- -dc . b•llars
notes, what' godd reason can be assigned
for refusifig to gratify them? . Five dol
lar bills! are more--convenient to the
.market people,_ to travellefs, and to the
ctuntsy_poptilation_generally. •
It has peen stated by._a_ delegate_from:
iliejtountykhat — originally, the. Bank of
North - Amerlea did"-riot issue notes of a
.es's denomination than ten dollars . . -As
sume it--so-far.for-the_ sake of argument,-
Tliirinikriallo — w — sr - liUty, that the publk.
convenience demanded notes of a smaller
denomination--for most certainly - that_
bank,.llke all others, has for many years •
issued, fiv.elicillar notes.
. .
But I have it in my_ liolArgr to.furnish
some-cu riou s-an tltt tab tio-i fo"rmatiour
for the : meMber from the county, (c.. i.
Ingersoll Yon this subject, derived from
am .examination of the, minutes-of the
board of Directors of the 13._•,1 ,
America, which I. take the , liberty Or
reading, viz :..
Bank of North .Bn2erica,?'
August .60i 1-789,-
.
"Mr. Rchard.Bache - moved;uponstte
recommendation of Dr. fietijanain Frank
lin,that this batik shouid,now issue small
tickets or notes, to the - call of the:
public for •change, during' the present
interruption to the circulation of copper
'coin4 and presented a sheet of wiper of:
a very malittr.fahric, ...as. most .suitable
fot the • purpose- 7 01.-iviiich 'paper the
Doctor: had only 'two reamslwhich he
pm:ACO aiT
use., .. .• .
_.
..Witerupoit,...thk board resolved .. .that
Belifti - ipht, V. 11 .. itrite.. wint . a' olititber of
t i c k e tC o i , th e •dritotnitiatioit. r .of 'three.
li t ne ieetir is pfla kdopay, ----- ,eqtrid7tiroire - e. -- ,
pence s . p cte t atid afscia nutnkier.td.tiek
ets of the .denornination cif , one ninetieth
of a dollar, equal to tine penny.specie..
• The- minutes of October I, .1789, con ! .
min the copy of a letter, from Thomas
Willing,Esq.:Preiident of the Bank, to
Alexander Ilamiltow — Seeretary - of-t be-
Treasury,.from which I have taken the
following extract: • ' '
_"We find,, and - daily experience edn'
vinces,_. that there . Is . much leirrisk
`of imposition. by.the counterfeiting of
our paper; than 'of the gold:and , silver.
. now - currenl
are so-. manY-hBSe-pieCeS-Welrtnacie,lattd_
.current, thatit_ is_z nardly . possittle_for2a
person to receive it withontlois, though
_eveEso .well
,infOrmed-- It is a:truth that
we have destlroyed; the last—yea-i-4,-
Ap:tlie full amount' of twenty - thottpand
.diallars,.offered to us in payment as-gold
-and-silver." • • -
:=:_Th - a - e - eitt - ritc,t7S - ftirniah us "with the ex
perience-.or.ouri forefathers lon thesiib — ..-
ject of paper. and -specie, which it • will
be wellior_us_to_remember its the,course
of this_discussioo-, '
.°, •
The resolution before the committee,
if
. intended as a measure of hostility to
- 111 - e - b - anlss, will prove abortive; the ar- -
• raiv_willifall_shitir ti=o
• - „banks'wilt - rintissue -- one - dollar less on
-thatsincewito-borro_w, Of ,
" - the in', - irtliertaiiii - nr:ntitattriVe - dol tat
notes, will.be gladio.get ten dollar notes. '
'When the Bank of England Avis chard
ter,ed irt-1694, the same cry. of monopoly
'was urged'against: cre a tion. - This
I7es w, _the
measure f - ait • abridgment . of their over:..
Av,helnriingipbvirer. - .:J.tiey PerceivedAhat.'
its-tencl'Oney-wits-to elevate-the-Cninniion
' ei‘s - in,Vvialth and influence
with themselveS. - ,TheT.were
. right.—
.The--commerce of-the 'country, whia
they-were too Slothful, ton aristocratic
to cultivate, we's then at aTovit ebb; , but
brthe Stimulai.to industry, which .the
bank, soon .di ff used •,n
_d m
ver- the whole-na
on, anniaduites*ga - n_tojintirish,...and,
ilie-canyasS=6F-Grea - t-Britaity - fo-whiten
every ocean, 'in every...quarter of the
globe. From' that, period in this, the
wealth, the power, and the greatne4s of
.the British empire, h'as been constantly
on.the increase, until-they. ha've attained
an eminence surp'assed byino nation on
earth. • .
.A bank, in its simple elements, is.bni
_atrasso . ciAtiottaf - intliyillualsT --p
for:theur
-Pifisnoflending money. A charter guar:
antee•s•to , the .- .Stockholder,„that he . shall
riot be• made liable for more' than the
stock he.subecribe.;; . and is as much a
matter of convenience to the public, as
to liiinself,sitic . e. the claimants. , on .the
Bank can, with greater facility and cer
tainty, assert their claims, by suing, an
uniti Av hi c h7a7corpion
suing individuals difficult to be 'deSig
noted. • •
, .
A bank is invaluable to young trader's
of fair reputation. I t enables them to
enter into -competition with their more
- weft l ty - nog i ors, pr ortune - ail or
rame. Were it not for the facilities thus
_affo rciedLta_m eriLa n ter p ize, _the_
:bu.,iness of the country ,would, be con,
fined-to a few capitalists, who would
purchase on their own terms,, and sell
only for •eztraiagant profits:: 'Fite far-
Mer would receive leSs- for,his produce,,
and pay higher for thoSe necessaries he
_wants in return: . -
- Banks prevent
.robberies. , I"t is, no
doub4-within-the-reColiection-of-others
beside
. myself..--on this 2floor,_that f6r
some years before *the establishment of
the Ol- bank of the United:States, , in'
1791, robberies were
,of such frequent
occurrence, that two or three burglaries
in .a single night were, not uncommon.
Our highways were inested`by thieves,
iancl_our farm.houses frequently- despoil:-
ed. T I)6 B_a9 it_stf_Nri eth_AM eri ca-w as
then the, oply one in existence, and,as it
was -but -little understood, people were
not in the 'habit of depOsiting their po ,
ney_ in itssvaults for.safel-keeping.• „
• When •the Bank vasrechartered in
1787,_the JO •13rackenird was_
-a-repre,sentative fr m-Alleghenyr-in-the
whos
held ,in Philadelpht left: home a
deAermined.enemy of Ahe Bank. He arrif
his constituents had formed those horri
hie ideas of itsmickechiess,- which many
think, or affect -to entertain of the banks
.of the present- day., , Some imaFhiect
that it`Mas,compoaed of, a- bank of ban
ditti, who inhabited-caves on Ihethinks
• .f_lhe-Dela-Marerlitrm - --irlierirce - they - a - aLT
lied forth to rob - hen roosts, and per
petralq: other depredat-ions`on the lives
and praperty of 'hely quiet neiglihors.—
From their suPriol'ed . residence -on' the.
margin of the,Delaware; was derived in
the conception, of those honeacountry
people,. the .fiarrie 'of hunks. The Repre•
..sentative I hav'e named,: pursued his
*Slow, and '6autiou's - eourse - towards the
.City,lemittiringVasfheTadvanced,. into the
doings, of this ...young monster, - But
Brackeuridge . was not a man 'to be long
imposed Upon"; 'be remained:hut a short
time in•the infected city, - when-mangre
the,iroiructions and fears of his consti-.
tuents, he became one* of the-mnst pow-.
erful - ad.vocates for , recliaFtering . tho
banli s and it was accordingly rec hart ered, •
been courteou,sly Call , '
iiiii6Kri - j4,members of this
:tion:' It;
,aftee haying paid for their
'privileges,' and • they :do not ,transcend
their .powera, they sho.uld :be:coral/1y
deprived of their charters, who.,are'then,
this robbers? -- The batikor tlinse whq
despoil 'Them of theii , liOxsk )I,,ut ) . 'say,
these'nrietnbera; deal ray'
but. only .to regulate the - Banks. . That
is, LsuppOie,, only. to cut - off Their arms:
and legs, ad 'then let 'them -
~run if
they, can. • :
-L_But , we_-_hkve—other__propositiotiS thati
the one .now under consideration,.placed:
on our, files, for futureaction, and .ema,
nating frorri-the same quarter,froni =the
'woods . of Susquehanna!'• 'We are to .
have,it seetna. but ten banks in the - state,
With a • ciPitTil- of three millions-each;
`thuscrafting off nearly One_ half of our
_present circulation Now,
.have gentle
Men reflected on the effects of this-mea. •
sure?- Onthe - misery_attd"..4siss to indiv,i ,„
duals, and to the public, Which anust ,
FeYu. m•- calling. o ut — orc
many Inillipns---of our ctierency? •
sca t-p6ssible to-believe _that _the _ail
ocatea'__of__ 4 . h is-r4ipou -projict--can--be!
serious. - But where : are-the ten banks to
• - • lielticated?:.., -doulikless-be al-.
lotted to St .r _i_s•Riehanna`county,iiid it may
*be-Convenient fivlie - delegalelrom that
. coUnty — , (A. ••11. - 12bad,)•10:2 be its. Cashier.
Another will . doubtless go to Indiana
county;' and one may find its way to
WE ate if the
. intesbarre, to gladden:the heart 01 ne
delegate-from - Luzerne. : But. \vhere-will
yon-plant--the remaining sevenTFlNCTiii
can be- expected' to doinesticate i:n •this,
city-ofabomin - ations—tiiii- - -- - ftfa - iiit=lioun&
city of speCulators -and robl4rs,"--4his
:'gang' of - foul spirits-t-this city of 'Mer
chants, whose-counting houses are their
elm - Idles; wilidse money is their God; and
whose ledgers de aced ledgers of course,
the delegate from fidiana twill - tindei
_Standme,) - whose ledgers are - bin - b. - Bi- . _
bles:? . Allow me, once for all, to ob_sert e
Bank: aSsuredly, did' ;not. apply to -the,
printers: - --laut-the-printersi)ike all - other
that the intidbifaiit'S of this some' wicked
- - borrowers,---aPplied applied---to--the--Bank,-and--.
and----
-city, ilave_ thirty. niiiitafiSTOf - d - ollaei' in;
improvements- were ireated- - in the - Same ., Manlier. If
vested in your internal
&c.. they. offered satisfactory paper,Th'ey . were
•
yonettienpikes, rail road, canals, E•tc.-
aecoMaiodated; if not, their applications r.
--and no small portion of the revenue of
were ,rejected. . I believe. the Batik has
the Statels drawn froth the same source-:'
suffered-loss_by _them; .but. that - the .
I could name an indiVidual. now on this
floor, who, besides oilier investments
. of sumg•borrowed were regularly repaid. -
the•land,:th at prod.ute
,hi m some rune . As a former Director of thaflnstitutiOni .'.
;
aeration;bere7-enapiraticalltheir4myte-stimoiriy"
iias4ne hundred. tti ousanditliil- - -I
tars-invested in_ imProvemenis . r of - . ac: to the integrity of. all these-operations.
ltaowledged utility 'to.; the State,' froni . ....rectalleet that.one of those'printers ac- which he derives not one cent of income.
companied liis-applic - ation with a written - '
I miglit'also point yom. attention to our declaration that he was opposed 6
dharitable -.institutions, :. our . numerous. Bank. and , whether the . loan•wakgranT
associations for the promotiori_of know. ehis_op. .
ledge ofid science, and for the'ren'tif le - asked, •
suffering humanity:- To these and other 'He re.. .
Avorks-of-disinterested_benevalence,...moi_ nisiitent,_____
a few of the "gang;' so called, devote. !gate has
"nearly•the. whole of 'their time; and for "ere made '•
the promotion of such objects...give.away. to T . hornas Biddle: implying, of courke,
more than some of their envious slim. that the borrower had: been improperly:
derers are worth ; or ever will be., Yet favored. The factsorthe case are these:,
The
_Government had paid off a large
is the city, 'and these:are the men
- amount, arits stock, held by the Bank,
to whom •are ascribed, by the delegates
- --
from SUsquehanna•;indiana and Luzerne;• and it became: a matter of concernment
.the--.-opprobrioats-.epithets.- wit 4..114. have. to fi.h.tf some irfkrnedir.tte....eniPlarnent. _for_
quoted: . ''.
ave stopped spetthisaddition A
o the funds of the Bank.
__ _But ;the, .banks h
Several, -persons were applied to, and
. .
paymentS ! the wicked. ingrates ! .But among, others T. Itiddle,_:..H.e was .i.
.have not the people? and has not the go, broker of high; reputation: was in the .
vertment? , • • habit of employing large sums in his
_la tasines_S,aitcLagentleinan,---onwhose-,--
Tlre - delegate-fro'm-the-coutitc .
Ingersoll,)-stated, in his nlace,lliat -So probity, ineans,• and punctuality, the
utmost reliance'•.coOlcr be placed. To -
.percent had had lately been paid for money.
hiiii, -- (tieri . lare, - a femporary - liaaii - lir - d.A --
"[hen are Our banks the best remedy for,
Made,: and ample i security obtairied.-_ ,
money, for ,they.cannot .chalte-Lnore
than:Six per cent. . 'When the regular business of the Bank •
enabled the Direct
-ft is made the subject .of complaint' Ors to use these funds,
in ordinary, discounts,. the
. money was.
that the issnes of 'the banks are irregu
dematikled-,, and. returned,, together with,
in
_that they sometimes lend,profuselY;
the interest; In this •tra nsactibn, the -:---
and then very sparingly., As well. may
gentlemen complain Of the-variations of Batik was -- its - inunh obliged to Thomas
the-seasons;-aticts_that-ionr`-wrote-rs-do-not_Biddle, a's •Thoprias Biddle was to the-
Batik. '.• A loan to - Charles . Biddle has:,
yield crops of cotton and grain, as well
likewise been the subject orcriticispi.
as our summers. - When produce -is
• It: is suffioient for me' c, say, in relatio ' .-
brought to market, money is wanted to
lb that loan, that he -was.at the tiin .a.,
pay for it; when the season for business
Director of one of our - city banks and ' .
is-over, nioneyceases. to lie is equal de
that the motley he borrowed,,wayfor the
mand. About twelve.to fifteen hundred
thousand bales of 'Catton are brought
use of that • batik, at a- perid .6f public •
-
-annually '-to our- sea ''ports.--',"The- . Banks
pressure-,tr_the•Bankofthe_United.StateS,
-..
then-called-:on;-an -` ey-lend-io - ac,
- 10 ~h at all times- willing. to render neceSiary°
Ove
assistance to any of the other bail - Its. On 4
commodate the dematiol/ ' The shippers
draw upon tleeir EurOpean earrespon-
another occasion,, ; , a conSiderable loan
dents, and the Banks are repaida was made to aperso.n wholield'a- . high
t h e . si ate . : ef. station. as a public
public officer. - ' He called at '
farther ;exemplification,
the Bank, and :Wedged - that Congress .•
Kentucky sends, .annually, to the - At
rtien,wilhout making an•appeopria-' .
untie States live -stoek--as-horses,- ,had
""tion-,.t0- 'enable- him - to7pay - a - Stapulated - . ---,-
m illes,Tcc. , tiLthe. vt — iflue of two milli's:Ms
• sum to certain - India - with - Whom he
Id dollAies. The_banks there furnish the
-had negotiated a treaty: for there - Linda;
mean's of payment to a.. class _of men who
with whom he fipprthended' diffit. ..
purchaSe• of the farmer's. The Banks' .and
culty, as he -would not be -able to make •
are repaid by _drafts_ on eastern met.
„f
chants, who, in turn,'"are provided for byilen\ comprehend, why he could not pay • -
le--- - e . ;/ them according to contraet.. The -amount ..
the arrival of the stock:" In. a sing
.required ' was- adyanced..l4 the _Bank, -
tablishment in. Cincinnati, onto thousand
hogs„are slaughtered Idaill, during the , which. waited- until Congress, 'at their .
neit-session;-!made-the-neceSiary-npprei
season, and in that city,
.t here arese\eral
of-these extensiveestabliihments.--Ma..::Pelatiele
loanc.,Avi -eiaaid. . - .Another
ney is, of course, wanted for these one,.
olds a . i'lleinatt7whO pow -. .
h
rations,- and the, same pracess takes ,„.hlArnst and cOnfi- -
place. So : with our Millers; they want dente. in the government, who was, at
vheat, and reimburse -the- the time,-and I believe' has always - been,
ale of tfieliT - Honr: 'When one - of f the Banit'..s - onrionents - . -- ' ----,-- • --:--
nooney o is.watited,.the banks lend When ' I--should notfeel myself warranted thus --
it is not wanted,. they cannot lend. It-is to speak of these several loans, had. it .
-
contrary to
.their intdests to-keep-their not. -been for- the charges -of - partiality
means unemployed: • .k ---' .. ..
_. and political. faioritism; so often urged ° ,
against the instittrtion; and,l ana'aure if , _ •
But the- monster,-. tt ;Bank olthe ID.
the - parties Were sloir irfniY heiiiiii, they
'That
-
States! that bane of lir prOslierity:•L:
. Wou Id excuse the?) liberty, I - 7 - takein : thus . •
That same monster was going- on :very
referring
Usefully and.harnilessly, in thelaursuit to these.improper
...
may no .be transactions.::, -••: .',. •
A. , .
Of its, lawful occupations, when General
nother fact .ii.
to Mention.' •. AJnajorit of ~the Dit•ec,.
Nisk.S.on took: it into his head 'to confer
. -,-:-
a head on_ the •Poparnoutti..branch, and tors or the Batik were 0 iginallyjadlcson-- ,
tc,'signify, tbrough_ liN,. friendship, his men, and hid actindli!given theie votes
this .notect . perSon. - if they. iiectime •
'desire for other changes in the adininiS. I for
imi , 1 otherwise , it was . i ns ,fault ,. not theirs.
[ration of its Conee.,l7FlS. - He was not
tifia:"Hel iiiidlireviCitiSly--,.-Spoke-o-:oell: It:sliotild-be-remembered-also,-thitti7.ilie
administration appointed five-outnif . the ' .
ortlie , .' bank-4e now 'became iis deter=
which the board c'onsistedi. „ •
Mined, enemy—be : first flattered . ; and twenty five of w
'ii , s, :Ant politics .formed no - part Orate •btisi , .
tftens:ailiied for favors. But the lady
ness of the bank.. In-their loans;:atid in , :•-
cky . -she had no fancy fora .more • inti-•
their-appoifittrients,:to 'office, theenquiri.
inate"connettion,Tatid - then - came tife-det
iaration
ofwat .. ! , l i .mtist tie admitted,' never was as to the, pulitical,qininus, Of . _ •
OM=
idIWIP SERIES; F'OL. 2.—Xe. S.
said the President, 'that the Bank' hi s
failed in the great end for which it - was • •
established—a -uniform and- soithd--, cur--- •
i•ettcy . ." ; But our troinestic exchanges
were th o, on an average, throughout
the. cou try, _at
_ab , put one half, of one
-per cent., and iv afte - r - W - thi.±ds gradtially,
rose to. 5 per cent, 10.1 per •cent, and . -
per Cent: and from Tennessee rernittun
ces to Philadelphia reached 25. per cent.
remiutit. The removal•of thedepcisites •
gave - tliefirst - itnpulae; and the "usflen
•Oon of specie payments added to the:, -
- troubled -- wave.. Generarn - Cligo - 11 ---- 7 - •
'had sworn it 'tremendous oath that he
•tvottliFwAtig-off - th - e - Ace - ck --- Sink'
,--and lie selddm wavered.i is plirpose.
--A-gentletriatiov-ho-itad-been-his-iritimate
-friend for
_years, - anti who was also my_„
friend, said of hini.,.-"I never in-all myl,
life,-knew ; -that--man. to-tiiidertake - any
thing, gootr_Or ""bad,. that'. he Would not-
persevoreln, withoitt --regard. tO-.conse- • -
quences - ' . He_ did: so--perseverei - until -
:his measures destroyed the best currency '•
any nation was .ever . blessed with, and •
brought ruin on• thotpEands. ' • ..• • -
This little matter of 'neck
.
- N - a - S — a very- natural conception. 'The:.
General _was-known -to-be-game,-.and -has --
- lcuir - sustained -- -the ---- repUtatitarpf - _isemr - .
one ort he best cock fighters in. the Chris- .
lii.n.t-corn rpulnity,c,.,,,--,,,--,;-- ~,_„..„:
t
, y,
It was \ long *a * charged upon the
Bank, that it I 'it money to.,printers;
i(:id the crithina ion has been revived. on
t )e flonr of
.this House. And - why, - let
nie ask, should not - the loans of the . Bank,
esterida - to priniers, as well s - .to' any
-ather-class-of---ottr fellow c-iti;,....., - ~...----
Me
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MI
ME