Carlisle herald and expositor. (Carlisle, Pa.) 1837-1845, January 23, 1838, Image 2
• anyAniuti,_lllll:_alivty.s.Lustalki=kosponsi •, bilitk atilt fitness: - • , • , - Permitac here, to•state . ; , - i fact, strait- . , • 1y illustrative of tie inezaittiable value of ... • co:iffidence and i:ri.dit. •, . . . . ~ • -At the first meting of the •Tritstees:of . - the nte'Steplien Cbafil's Bank, ortvliich • I_Avas one, :kid whit ft meeting nquiheld .. i n - onecflately. aft er-If is- decease.,--: we euntr 'to our aut4z,cment, that the iv 11.015.0nount • _of specie ifihis tiattk•wps but S 15,693 80, one W . LIS iTi• current.' . • coin..:—Dri "making ihisAmPleasant disCo•• vet wasdeputed by my colleagues to call On the. 1.14,nk0f - the•United.Stares;. iomalteknovii our :situation and to stint* "their'aid. The Directors forthwith tender , , .ed theloan:of.S:lo,o6o. •A's; - 'however, - imoney soon came into our hands from the •• debtors:of ,the bank; wu did noravtrtl - 15 - or : selves. of thiszen - e — rotiS olfsr. tmentioti• • . .the circumStance as 'aliother instaneelof the liberal' spirit _in Which the affaits,of • ' Ole Bank Of - the Vnited Stacey have•eVer • been administered, and-of how much inay be. accomplished Where, as in•the caSe Stepheni"Giiard, confidence:. •bnd. credit • :were neither suspected. or impaired:. nut it ilkserted thatthelraOk employ cil thePresTor-yoliticar purposes.. -..St u:1 aii imputatiou;:in - the ab;ence of ail Proal is uuly to . be ; met .with a flat cleoial. het • charged :with impure in - ptiVeS and base actioni, it certainly caused The truth to `be published in its .own defence: this. is • the•wholeirtith'of the matter. silent had, however,- resolved on its . de. .struction. He thought oldie' Bank as the farmer did of-his:_pillave_Ltuarfed yoti-and fattened yuu, till you , haife be komet sleek and *anima—you most;un _,_ gratefukscoundrel.--thar-you must make i_Want cut your throat?'" ='• beo - contended'on •th-is floor that • if we dispense'With paper currency„-:.s.pe ciezWill flow Intb; - the'cOiitry to supply •• its place.` - Such an idea t .is:fallacious in the extreme. We must ;et s >tele as we get every thing else -- , - hygi - Ving ,its value. wc. disehargp.oui', pockets of our bank _..z. - .notes, we .shall placew'rll -e supplied by Bolt! or silver; • unless we have shineihing to give'aS au • - equivalent. .• Are we never to 1)e donef_wiih Crude experiments, and rash experithentas?. Gentlemen -that-tfy-fedu-cing- • the amount of our currency, we can, make . -onollai - rg o - a S'ia•rwslo -am) 1 Will tell . -you what ..more- you may. do. 13 y' - reducing , . it _further, you may ma e.ont... dollar go as' fat as Bu o vv . a- Whyohe- : the • uow - gets' his:dollar -a day, would then get • len cents,,and the farther, .who. hats his land mortgaged forSsooo,will have to. pay -560,000, while-the..salat•ia Onkel* Of-go v - erftmentwill!lave their . iilcotheSlirCreits "td hi the same ro onion: Secrethr • -: 'Woodbury, for inStance, who now re '''" — ZeTia"lix ililiA . 7disflirsr ”irieTcr7, lir. . receive sixty • thdusap;d! And the Presi- . - dent - Who-.:recefves-,t , Wenty.five thou Sand„, i . will receive two / lanitti7M and:fifty 'bait:, - • - mptill I It willAcleed lie . a glorious g6ld• en age, a tullinium for the office holders, but . I. guesii will proVe a little -worse • .'than-Purgatory to some other follis. - : - ' IWill - tell you • what further you-may I T T':ci6-:- you rnay liffix suebleavy, b — tinth — eits M '._.. on your Banks, .by I„cnrtailing the:.,of.. .. __. their earnings,• and by sub — F.J bting the existence of their .. chanters, to ..the caprice of ..the popular will, which like . the wind; blOweth as.it .-. Ilsteth, .and*no man know; whence it - cometkand w h it It er it goeth that no prudent man will in ---vests-capitakinlillenit:iYouilooy;--by: •. your folly,- drive away capital — from --- - your State, and cause it to enrich your rival neighbors. • But I will . tell 3nu what yOu cannot do.' . After driving ---- tt ' -- 'to -- 'IE - 0 - .t., it ..aWay, you Fo nan . t get, back agafn, when .you•• want it. A man .may ver?-easily set his` harn on fire, but he cannot quite 'so easilkput it nut. • The Deligite from the -.county ,paid a Sort of left handed eompliment fo'the 'Directors of the Bank of :the United 4tateS„ after saying or the Bahlt that if • *bad fallen like Lucifer to rise no more: Il<e-called. the attention_a.the_bouse_to ,the splendid dwellings of Somenf the directors.. In doing` this his object4as • perhaps merely-to _give pungency to his ,• eloquence; perhaps to .round `a period,. or. perhaps to intimate his. suspicion ~that they-had Made a free :use 'of the rrioney_of_the institutiom.but .of'suc'h an insinuation I do not accuse him. "Wh at cV.er motive may hive 'had the. prepon derance for the -time - in his fruitful. intei-. lect; I can assure him, and the house, 'that having served in that board -for many years. -and consequently -had' ._mue.h_intercourse.:_ivithLthe__meinbers, v -. . 11 the br and with t,. Jusiness of the,Bank, fcaty -say7that-to-my—Certain--:1c-nowlettgeo-he directiars were not large borrldWers; -that they. were men of intelligence, and spotleskintegriti; that they *ere select- 1 • cd - froin among our most 'respectable Citizens, and were incapable of using • the funds cif the bank to 'any s igister whatever;, and as to, that Inever.borroweawdoilar.frosn the bank, ()Iliad the .use of its funds whileca ilifector; nor at any other time • I May add that :1 . am itbe now in the direction.,. having r6lintiaished my..seat on becem= ing theinbet.lof this Convention. ) it has beetithainuated alse,.that the. Ba*.oflbemore devoted to e .ac . ccimtna4fion • Of—the wealthy,, . .. . . than of the. middle Blass of our Te110y,,,,v jeltizetit• 'This ehargetlijte_ others___Ls.l ._ ..._ ._. _ . Avithout4otintlation. r 'So. far . froni this is • the fact, .that i . have a - titgt.i4t. reeel lectlidit that fOr yOars. - durihg which time I . 3viwo regularly:Oh,- •inued the discbuntOfctne . note orikih;was, : thihk for . Thirty dullats,'.and afterwards reduced to orenty,;a,f:; h chlatttrrate rt was renew.- . et) from..tinieto tune , and remained'un ' psid , ' whenl lett tkie institution... One such iastanCe proba Ilaye bank-)44lia-city-that-dis-' ..mai,svlamArs—likazti.z&smomr s counts Paper ofTirraflcr.dbnoMinatiott?' If so,let that bank lib-design : a te:d. ,• . We'Aave : it constran4•sunc, , . in our.. leans and -the delegate..from Susquelia tr,••_ oafimvingjcaught — the — riotOlias. been 'pleased - to amusehincsell• and the•hous& _wi th_ eilar-m-anyi--41-rat-w&ira-rej--trow: inthe United States..eighly_tnillicas: of dollars' in specie. Ilow dees . ko)crio ty . • this fact?'. Yes - , task these :amen of ' I do :not 'say "Bribes iii .thoods,'! :no 1 wish they . ‘vere_hallas intiocent--1 ask then.-thO•se rmeir of the . woods.," .undertake ' • , f() instruct-. us 'in - •Financiering and. Bankibg, - how s •Oley:knowtliat we have theS:b•eigh.tx millions?: I tell them they •, are perfect bribe's upon th i s sul)ject. 7 -- Tkey mar.know • the amount (anq r)i:k iio%idEdge. it• to 'be grant,) because . that. is a natter of reeord, - no ship being permitted •to.dis eharge:her':eargo, or to break bulk, mil •til She is-regularly entered .at.::the CuS, Ai)a) 11,inistiana, a permit obtained..- 7 —, But no tiv.in I repeat 'it; and can know tihatnins I:avej- been eipo 'led. No entry of that need - ,.be made:. Tens of AhouSands, and hundreds of thousands .may lie sliippedand are shippet. : Without' beingrciMrted at -01, so that : .evil. these .ve - ry men bf the woods Of . -Sttsqueltentiza,,Atirhci arf to teach -Os, & nut us to rights, accordmg7tO the proni- . Fsed intimation of' their - delegate, will .find . they - find infortmrtiod on. thi-p i •subjettentirely-unas;ailOg% :- •Ship own, ers for Obvions - reasotisXdonot—let, their ...is . . kNIk ship's crews 'know' - What ' specie if is o! - bbard,'oi that; There- is al v on board; and - even'The-ti wners - a,n(l captains May . beS ignorant•tif '.lli - esuins stowed ivi , ay - T)y - piisserigers an ng their baggage. But Gen, Jacks° , fursotfth, L juipor -1-ed-specie! 1' it-no-iv,14,-Linipo-phad-Ltlie„, Trench Inilermay - in gold. •It was - the - , 'pr.o . pgrty, 9(109_ (leeplyj i)jured_atiksuf-„ fering.mercliants. . Ile - did not e'onsult them: on- the - Suldeet; but ' they. were ne'verl4l:ess Charged 5 per . cent, com- ' missithis,..Ste,: , '"for. the fav : o - ti, whep,. liad i•t been.. -left to__their givii_t , atiage,_ went, they cdtild have . rdalizedlp them selvesaprofit Of 10 per cent. 'l3iit it _ln a y.,:he_ asked ...UiLlu:_ii otgi_v_e_.l hpiii_ilte golcLon its arrival? No_Jle:kneWilet : , ter:Wila t was - good lot-t lierritliati . they •cl),(l.:_Sotno small plortion7wits"&plett out to them, and.the balance! Perhaps the office-holelci,v-.cati . tell: - that 'become of that!, •., 'l36t. .it-is trium j2rin , g . sj.?eqie . into the I,t coffaiiii . ; did, hiiii. j_ki,ow county}'?' one rperchAnlAtha mad.p eighty thous- ciiid doll6;s_by ,impoitiog.the precious artitle.--,ltow much was ?futile by (idl ers, it is . dillictiktO calculate. It open ed 'a wide 'door for profitable specula-, tidn. Let. us remember; by the 'ivay,. that although this Government clemands specie_ 9 f_ its_de b tors c _it._is_Ar.c iry___S'cr_upu.- lons or:paying in specie"; . m.l. precious . little seems to .escape - from. its strong box. Indeed they do not.bppoar ever to hasre been in the habit of _pairing away mu h specie. I speak with posi 7 ti'Ven;elff:Vilie - O - I — Say thatrthey never. placed a, li• r of.i tin the Unfted States. nank,•not ev ?. of their „priginal sub 1---m''. 'scription T of-sevell-millionS-of:-the-stock. The whole 7,000,000 'was paid by, the .Governmect in tertifiehtes of -public debt, bearing .an interest of $ per 'cent.- N at. a fu rthing was_pa id in cain.. Spezie, as 4 eirCulating medium, As expensive • and invinvenient for: la(ge, tralysactions: Tlie alrtival - lopsby - mere use,.that is, by 'actual.wear and friction, has been show n to be very great, though' scarcely n oti ced by. the publid, and.lo, - 20 or 30 per-cent: , loss --in-valtie,,ott• an article of constant cle'tnancl, become, 'a very serious' alrair. Again, suppose-I . . . . . wished to . purchase - in New _Orleaos, . No. 5. It-may objected that- thisiteni,, 5000 - bales - of - Cutten - which - are - prpba-- -se-far es-tegerds-theAalances-in the, free .. bly -wiarth $250,000. - It would take a sury, should- be hike omitted. But if month perhaps toconvey that money to balances arc drawn out 'then - is the those . out, 'then , amount tht . own°,into circulation: If re that City. There would besides be the tamed in the Treasurin then - there are so hazard of accidents- and robbery by the . • ..- , . ' many millions locked up, and taken from way. Against these I might insure, but , the currency of the country, which in' the not without paying a premium. Suri.z. 'views'and-fdr' the object r havi: proposed. posing- lifter all risks had been-incurred, to-Myself, must--greatly- ernbarrass the the price of Cotton should have risen so business .of the community, and acid to -high, es to render..e.pure.hirse'improtlent. the general distress. . I must in -that ease-travel hack-with,tinyi • No..t. This is meant' to include, not load. at the same cost-and risk. which only the Civil Lists "of the several States; J ineurred,ln_the outward journey_,.wi_th ; but canals, railroads,...tncopikesi Er-c-_,lt - 'the loSs of interest in the bargain. - Sup- I will - niat, -- ilierefore, be considered as, top pOse r ontile-null) ett_ltan4i ristesd - °Eve.- _hi g h.._ . _.._ ~_ • . . Cie ) -I sirrhplv write- to .my * -- eorrespori No....s._As__to ,%rhat_these:_iterni-may_ il Cin ; Til 1 ieci iiiii,lii rii — to. in aketliP—ptiFtl;e-in-fliture,---I-aiw-ignorant..---.-717-Ive-pre... the a i lli thi l o l :9llMptiOn• is that _Wh -w en commerce shall phase, and draw, on me for again flourish, h _tey ill be greedy en-- W,bether he succeed or . not, I lOse:no hanced. - . . . ' .-• time - , - and 1 :irietir neither liazet'd nor . ' I•'We have, then, the very Considerable expense.,-Ipt . cpuld not this be done, stun in theie:s'eliet al items alone, of tiocive if wez had .no banks?—yes, doubtless— hiodi•ed matiii'ill - iif dollars, to be put in but either. I must du as I have stated,,br motion -by a hard, money eirri:'ditcy, as'• I must -pay some body Ilse for. doing it; -sumed to be eighty millions.- But this is for without some system of -paper °XT.'? not all. We, have,yet to:provide fog; our - fact or ies,ltioAshops; merchandise (tvhole 1-sale , and"retail,) our daily receipts and payments, not comprehended in either of ; the above items. „The receipts and pap, merits et our BanltS,'&.c. will obligP us to Ladd at least another tutelite htodred mit: Ilions to our- list:- For .the purpose" of stewing that this last estimate is'not over leharg'ed, permit me to add, that - the daily 1 average receipts rind payments friw.the ',zccitint - e - V4f - Ilie - Milk; of th United . Stat es,' - I for sit months, .and - e at 'a. dull time, has' jbeen 56900,249. - 'lt is not pretended that ,- the - 'husinen .of any othee of the numer- I ous Banks -will be of the same magnitude, L I but then, according 'to , Secretary Wood- . If burry, there are 794 banksin'thertuited jStates . , and.aceording -to' More recent ac sp_unts_B23. .1- -rney also nveatipo„, that . in 1837 the value ; of merchanclize,:- , sent frerti-Philadelphja to Pittsburg•to supply the Western' trade, was computed at 'se venteen -millions pf dollersjj' S and in 1818 . -et-ttweuty--millionsH ' . . . 'ehatige, ?the transportion of coin Could not he.avoided.. , .This might further be exemplifiedy•bot 1 will waste no more 'time- on , to 'Slain • matter: may, .however, obServe,...tliat if The ,! specie iiithe ease supposed ; shotild er reach •NeW.Orleauo should entire ly foregp my,:-,parehase, acid all adkiii— tages connected . with it; for ,sbefore.l could—xecover-frem.....t.be.ainderwriterS,- the,..seasou pass and my object iri the purchase be frustrated., . The all powerful love of the people! the dein .pOple! How patriotic finis! opeoly: to „profess Marty seem' I,o\l love thein sEil-ardenily, as CO ; bO:tvil I jog' , to AO alniost•exlery thing to Serve them - -; selvris; out - thiS - pliFe - 1 7- I‘4 Hi t - t loved the people-;--Robespiereloyed: the I people-.-Napoloon :loved the peoplo-- . 7 •ati'd may , I say , ' : it? 4ndi•ety.Jacksoo loveti - jitle - PedPie' They .in • (t -, MMMiI IEII eav-Ittitifc laPerara altM VirPatilitaT .... . . prpfessed a • yeir'.cifence. •fti.r l'Elidlili-• ea,nisnr, and it -. lv&iild-be curious. to tate theii• manner of showing'. it. 1., willino.t. atteniptjliat. Don't . .jou remewbor•the 'Ea pi ion, of thejis.4t„Q‘nitil's: .0 itltb? 1 ( • FIT. n ell he- i i-kb&,..0.1L , sz. in I iyjsi I) I e.?! ‘tatiql,r - Aviinity; • rta ter ii ity . ' , I, Napoleon qunaparle,-D.ecree,'. -:, .. Our 1:01'111 is more :•' ' - ‘l, A Odrew tipon - the Responsiii - j4k.. l ' • • •., . I inotic :of-lovc dente for,' awl. itt flip dear peoph.;,-, N,Ve liretTaiin - illTietlaSA - iirtirilt - ouse top, hat .‘ys. are willing to trust the . peoplo all.p - Ower; 3vhile We :actually seek id bind thero r neek and foot,...wil,hcconsti- JptiorugJ(!atrietion on.theii; ec i 0, bill 'is the Jegiulaturei we ,waht '‘v hat ,is • the'.-Leg iSlatu tt assembled people" n the only - eapacitylin which it is possible for a-people to be_beard, and to declare their sovereign will, by the:enactment' of laws? I heed not 3v•liari• said to•be' the Will 'grille lieo,pl< wheivspoken in taverns, in This or iu that conictiy. It inust .be, 'declared through..their chosen Repil.‘ 4 sentatiVes; .to, be - 0f- legal or tYindinicon-the _••• I trill now proceed to show the-oh -solute folly pod Impracticability pr the attempt to force et: on't-he-- . niQunity an exclusive metallic eurreney; This rtot:_odealty_i:muelt ; - 0:11,y-stur .a hOur- - glaSs is' nearly' - exansted. ' Kaye_ Jun Ice - cl over sarctaey - Wood - hory l s, - In - st. - . last annual 111;Port,•- and. shall endeavor tojdraw such. deductiniti'. front, it as' ought, to stitlsl:y the niost credulous of thka,hew . SeereN W ry oodbur it y.esiiin'ced'the yearly value - of -the-brea&st uff-i-donsu - 2a.liaki•ng the value of all r fattiily expe It-. • ditureS — dt etre time4lllG: - value of bread, it gives us 620,00 . 6 ; 000 3d.,The•ScOry states 'the bal-. lES ance in Jai). '183+3, 26,700,060 • lle'pls. 1836 -48'8:' , 0,007. Puy molt-b-clo-i----1:2,9,616,000 105, 100 000 • Bal., Jan., 1, 1837 - Jtectiptv Expenses—. 45:900, C; 00. 2.1,50.0A:00 30,2601100.0 - FUG;tToo . OOT;= . _ The yearly avcragz may be assumed in round•nu ink rs as 100 /' 000,000 " • - 4th. Th 6 annual receipts and • payments °Lail the Slate. governments Marbe as=,- / sumecl• as • • - _ - ;]qo,coo,opo 50,TheSecretary y states the • / impoty of-1837,•being 99 / millions less than 1816, as .40,000,0'90 And the. ntports of 1837. he ing 11 millions - IL5s / than in 1836, as •/ • 1'16,000,0006 OE No: -I ;--SO‘c - orrinit'Q ENCtr+Hb h-at portion /cannot tell. "is consumed by the growers; but the difference . is made up by the value of inferior grains for horse feed, Sr.e! sold by the growtts to.non,cultivators. -no'-certain-441ez6y which - to lest-the-aecuracrof-this-iteiny Some thinli, it much too low, altd that it Anight...beisifely„assu med ten aines Abe. .value of •I.n'ead, being designed to include provisions, of all kinds ; (withthe exception of bread) clothing, servants, wages; house rent, and.in short,extry species of house- hold expense,— have,:therefoic, pt:oba:- bly as4umed an - " estimate Sufficiently., mo derater .think. )nn, will nd\v'be prepared. to say, 'with ine, 'the "attempt cin this cnnimunity, ,an . exclusive , Metallic currency,- is 'about as wise, and •abont as Kaertieable, as tlia-Col: the neq •n tempted to measufre-the-fcliffiTaity.otra ter in the Chelapealti: Bay. wsit.4].mitn.-etip'4l, 'The - steamer. Conititutiim, ye'slqilay - . fronro a l ost %Orieli phwe she left„on Stithlaylast, brings the latest telligellde 'fro - n TcsaS.' • -- A great panjc.was.dreated at Iloustcin. by . the 'arrival of an , exprcis With:the;.re po'it.that Bexar (San ii - toniO) had be'eii stirro.ondetl.by a 1)(4.0' Mexicans. .',lt wcts i however, : sceitaine4 subsequently that the' whole story arose fram,the cUnitancc•ol GO or 10 41cxican having littaeled the Tost. The. outer sentry. was c•soldier captured°,' .and,the horses of-th& aValry'cirried 'of; ' • Captains Carnes 54.. l t fis pursued tho ituractlcr3, - bn't Ira yin g• n horsc,, they . rettircrell Without effecting any thing. VorOVS'ecl *by these rumors of irtmiion:— Pool'huntfrol arid ninety fiV'e men had hem raised at 1 - 16uston and great anx iety ,was nmtlifeted to. c•ilLioutiterllye cinecny whether he.shoult make an ir .rttptioti from the , West, or.' a . descent Atro t hri r aSterttfczast— • —ii.additiOn_to_thn foregoing, we give r i f flay evening, communicated to the. Con, stitution genticinvi : --Whu left sau IA n Urn io,: tie 40 inst a nt:"' .. "" '"•" 'The ruiric.o..ailoat;-.reltifivoto an inva sion from Mekieo; 'Originated from . -same t:pict3..__Av..lls_d_iSe.ox_ert.4l . io a 'body of .'Several .hundred lex ean.l,Tlipir-Itorses,erOp_pedlekse to--'a-eres—of -Its-s-cm—ent ry ejicanipmelit -e . xhibited narks about a bulidre'd-fires. They' had wagons; and-possibly sokne.e . an non. . was_ geperally : _sApposed at -San. Antonio, that they-had been-spilt-nut to protect, the 11erdsinLn,.wliti aye„driv ing cattlp.toward; the itio Orands:", • _ TIIEILIG UT.or Forty pqirs when, Ni - grass sat iii peti,tions/were sent in.for • • the aLt~liiiu~~ of tike / sla•ye trade, and of 11rery,Tust aslboy art; now, for the.ab 7. ;1440.1/44-4a-v-erS--tualw,D4trica-uf;_e_, are new, td receiving or referring thent, but the attempt was defeateit at-that day,. by ad overwhelming urajorky. James . I\ - i.ddison., one of \ the purest and most:lk .lu z stribus men of our couii;i2yrpOitti4en CongresS, and the debateBitlieli4arose on referring these peOtiriniiTliiet.4 . )!s,t)* very same groumj henry Clay't%Q:tt~fi:Cß. Csaril - he,TaiiylitilaibT - eite**. iC will.ariso from the opposition toa,qtfer. .ca,ce , of these petition?,' for, I . iasA4.t . ,,pc,ep "treated in the iis.ual way,,t041:44111 have been,made so as fo oral satisfaction." Just- , so--said - -James- Mallloo-:"fotly years just so-essays --Henry the• yiulatiori ufa peiticiple 7 . - -;T)fx - pritteiple` n hick entet*** , ,tlie - lrery sejlee,of free goyerunietid thiy not be wurthy_ofilie_iianieLof,freenzemil they Intl. iwt.oneTagOe,fin. ab olitiouis'ln—indeca,-ye . fire opposed to it, heart and hattd . . Biifl;if,iitell'you,_gen tleinen-of the south, thikiikire will never give up the right of petition, the sacra -right of petition- , --for -John C.. Calhouti„, arfd all South Carolina, anil, Texas, to: boUt, at his baCk. Del. Stale' Jaiii•a-a7..•J ~.51200_i000,00.) There ie a strange want of American 'eelint.),. in the Comments uttered by SenTitT,T Rhett, of South Carolina, in on the atrocious "outrage pitn- iittO Gv the BiitiMl at SOldiki. 'Bath these gentlemen, in the debate which oa , cOrred in their respective housesjustilled, • —fully justified,_ this act_of.,,atrocity and . inuider, committed by - foreigners upon our shores, which were: stained by thein: with the blood of Our people, Mr. Rhea declared, that if he_had been in the same situation with the • British authorities:)e would - hate7 - d00.e7-the• - •-same-thin We have sufficiently _expressed our npiiiithis: nyt rCa ilititi•an-wl4ineric a us . - go into the British territory to, aid the insur, gen ts, flierhave d selves, have, grossly violated the lawly of llteit . t!lo3ritish 4othorities may deal with th Ci'mhg•theYtplease. „But, when these ..Ifmglishinen invade our Curl tory r told - slaughter ohr r unresisting citi hens, :the American who. could coolly jus tify such an atrocity, is unworthy of the name. - 'The fact is these .nullifiers have se long indOlgeil the habit of "calculating the' value of tlieUnion,Pthat there 'seems ' to be not a. spark of Anierican feeli o g. in their hesoms: - This - cold -- blood, this Dutch phlegm, on the occurrence of such an event, is: . not Characteristic of the South... It indicates a state-of lecliag, of alienism, ..of hostility. to the union and country:-- -, lt indicates that they vaLue rfiti-sli--blood,,af--a-higher-rate--than-the tilood of thcir•countryinen::--ib, •• • . .ST . I;.;AM BOAT. .q,XPLOSION The.Steatn 13eat jjomEparrivecrat the laiiaing last ev - eniugabooyqi4e.o!uluek; frEh . Louisville, She kafbeen at the W . I6A b - ut - a - Tery - ferv-ininutes;4lieri-the 'Jolley burst,. and gealtletl• ,ohe f4fally.' . .• The koffereYA`all belonged to thel3oat; ',four, were overboard, but. .re6oyeretleiircinqati- e:. - arcs. ; • • • • D,llif!.e, NEW Ot LEati4 , Jan. 1:2, 1838. s• - 11y..11te Expc;3ityrr efigrabcrituati Connty . tycetiltt,. . . Lyceum met on tie2oh December,.lB37 o a 4 nrgaiiizca by appoiM.inr: Cameron- 1 . PrTl.sidcrit'prO tem. - : : ..After iccei whim the credentials from toivn . ship Lvccum &jitliers, Prof. Caldwell, tram' the cob - lmittee 'to enquire into the cause of the - languid stare ,, . &C. t Ly.cen , sub nlitiid the f,:ll,lwbig . I cpcal,. unarinnou 4 sly alloyed: • • . —• C'X'ar:fsr.F. .Dre. 30,1837 - At a very late Inurr, it .occiii'red to,,your . coin ni t hat.they - were appAnted, at•some antecedent inecting to consitler the languish ing.state of .oar • A ssoe iation, - ifild to inquiie into the' causes, and to; suggest qu'Amedy. • The coaftnittee leay. to -present, as the:. result of a very_ [hinted inv_estigatioo Air the matter; the . ' Your•committee,.in looking for. the cakes. , of the'want ufhiterestso acknow ledged to exist,,iii'the - meetings as well as the general olijcets of...mr, association, hae. come to the 'eonclusion, that. thefollciwing are among the rddSt in:pot:tont:— • ihbr,,c, to our . deliberations.- This' ,ynur•e:nnwil.l.w . 'do not' tofei• to :loy want - pf interest nit :Pe Pai Lathe people; but in the f it st place,to the places which - we select for holding our meetings, twit' in, the second place,• to the%tct that •we.giv'e no general in vitathms to. the people to attend:' The . mediate tilt. , ets - of the .'at , sunce. of spectators Fir:;t; 'Their we /:ave mei:elyenotfthig to do. f Bring now fairly organized, we have few-matter_s_to-discu4s,' bat such as-conceili the inkbfic interests; and td discuss these lirivattly_;_among,ouvselves, ever_k_pite_por-- ceives to.bc onvery-little,consequence. - conff, -- ,774T71 . rlio,9e----sitho-a----airpoinied-bo nyiktitrflort,s on in4eresany - iyaestions,- and t_oculdre,es..us_oit_lfee.:obj.ccts_of_Ltiteociety a . make,only - a :very - temporciry - and pit - fatil /wt./it:ration for tk discharge - ofTheir tieyt - • This is precisely, what we ,ught to expect _fkom the private . charattelf of our meetings. This reSfilts . in 'a third` effect, which • .7'hat even the' teneliers arid lite, • very 7)1C.11 !he; county; and of 'lke Salt:, find nothing in our doings to reward fp' t fle-Froulde4inite.:rpcnse ota cm - - ing our nufetings. - 'Of 'course- they stay .aevq.,;-and-the..f.itil(--is-to4)e-reita'igeef i -not to' - operatim.s.. • 2. The second leading cause of the de- ' pressed.state of our a fr,d s, as a. asst.cjatiriu, • •yrour committee think they.Llind 'in the fact, ria 1. we father bare_noificers to preliz re '6Tsinesy for . oar action , Terlen so - e - to:fife-To gether,. or that tfiee offirersr.do, not 'attend to -their d ly• in thi.s rex/feet.: licti•a Meet ing a our stssochtfion is announced, we have - ilerriTat t erS - olin tee - est - presented-to c cibi an t w 'When w CrIiT(VF assembled, come kt fore us io a mature-state for our action- The eonsrquence k;thqt we do Mlle or not . j.lig uhelerstandingly;;:ilitl oaf' meetings put ion, - even 0) ourselves,_ rather the - appearance of a face than any thing else. If .0115 view cif the infects-in ouroperatiOns, 'is correct, the rernedies;sutvt , sst, thionseßes. ',l: 01 the objects to be. accom plijied or, in other w tds, Ity,i s ng- become fill organi hs we areiikt#Stigtrat*n.d je.atling object should lie to Alf- • .4014 - ,feaiieou:e:ducaoon, as we ll_ by qka . ...(1 _' t 4 die `tiitililio ' mind, as tiy. acting, nn''` _?11•S of , the county: In ortl . er f to this, s bot 'the.t.eachers_and ple mii'st become intereited in ottr meetings_ it-isAiecessaryr•i the opini'on of phir cominitteo: • .-. -7:1-i---T•0;s0.1:tft-goothi}.1W----m—the-cetitkal nart of the town in which Mix meetings are• • held; where ii/c may luive a right to expect the Most respectable citizens, ladies and• gentlemen; to attend. We ,doubt not but almost any of our churches could be secured (pr.this object; for surely,likext to the gospel in importance, tabst be:.entisidered . the in- - terests .of •education—;and-the•• diffusion of knowledge in 'any..community., Thtleed, the diffusion of the success of the tospo usually go hand in hand. • " 2. All the business-Or the.Lycenm Should:, I be public; and - the meetings should be held I successively at different points in the County. And, at least once in the year, our meeting _1 should be extended two or,three days. 7 - - --- :% --r ilte - best.Speakers - nnd — writcrs.. of this ,and the adjoining counties, should be em _ loped beforehand, tkfutiiish the fare:pre sented to the public or these occasions. ..F.f.V l 44 , ,rendilY•be done; if our executive cam • !tfattietwould select their speakers in season, careful to secure the attendance otrigiocriiiSemblies, by seletting suitable ble noti - peOrthe same. • 4 ; . Tl elnotiCes *hiclt shonkl be given o our be specific. The place, the. hour, theoe.r,ciies, sl i puld all be an. nounc - a'. - 4 — AlAr;l.V4")edple_ of the oink} , should be invited to attend. . 5. The subjectOisetts,sed should vary, as i _they well might, eti . lits.to funiish interesting .matter to all: chtsses : Of the citizens. The object - of education, iii general; the object of common school education; the connection of cominoti- - school educatioir with titehaititiness. •of the people; with iteavrogre i s, of wealth or virtuein the community; or With tle:ji - e. - .matiettcy...of-our , reptiblicaß institutions; the duties, the responsibilities, the pleasures, or the rewards , of the teacher; the importance' of attending to .the physical &Inc:at-ion; the. best mode of developing the intellectual fa: tulties - of=childtetw - tlre'best made - of. teach- - ing, Heading, Spelling, Geography, zit rithine tic,;4e:;:c_theAttudies_liest_suited to loor:con - mon. schools ; the books best: adapted to the use.„.of chilhqu_the tlestconstroction of school huuses.;. :the advantaw s Crfaitirdeaz ticatiOn; - the - necessity of moral education, as well' as intellectual; . the consideration Of eih ulatitin, as to liow far it should be imeoduced into our common ,tichttolsk•-t i he influence of academies • and colteges on continuo' school etljtettioi4.-the advantages of-Lyeeunis, 0r..0f associations for the_ diffusion of knowledge; the advantages of associations of - teachers; the advantagesorasSociafions of . mechanics for - literary purposes; cite rlchnesss'of our Cumberland Valley in ores, nittl other na tural advantages.—These.are but a few of the thousand subjects which might be called Up for the mothal - interestof teachers;-litera. 1Y - Men, and the-people at large. . • — Your committee are of opinion that our system,. with these. changes, and put under the direction of an efficient Executive . Board, all of whom shpild be reSidents.of the-same town or borough—cannot fail of success; but be time enough to seek 'fur other . defects, and to, recommend other iihprovements; or. to dishml,s and tab Our influence in some - other direction - which. shall promise — more for the imblie'pod. • •••--, • 'Submitted- hfyour Committee., ; • LOVVELL -- , - - 7- 1 • 1. • H AMILTON. ' —0 n_m °hold n(1 Moody were appointed a coMmittee to nom inate ea ndidates for the respective officers Of the • On [notion, excc.titive,c6innlittec of three was appointed, who ivith , the Pres.i4ent-anti Secretaries,. ale to .contitute .I.xectitiye Board for the ensuing:yeur i to tnake• all n& cessary arrangements,. proctive: lect4rers,. and give public notice of tlle'time and place. cirmeetifitts• • • •• • • • " 4 11 1 • ' ' offel:ed the o w uch was Adopted:: , • • • j?esolcil, That the exec Wive c,on . unittee be requned to make all neeessary• arfang.e merits anothcr ineetin to beheld within the next - three- months, the :Buie and place of meeting to be'attnounccd - 3vhe9 They .haye coniplesedllieir arrangenients. - Ba .pfferNl'.. the ..following, Ivltieh Was,adopa: . • /?rsoburc/,...Tirtt• the •adcoinitli4liment,...of Lyceuni (01).(41:ai 1011 S would 'be essentially ed by tie exciting c f fetiode 111114d:ix:in its • behalf,,mid. tint the co-tiperatit4l of 1.11c,,,rX, in Cat lisle, and through Out Ole •county i -be. &hi ts.d iir this ca•use, cominittee'nf immityktian Made. repot; :Mitt:tit-election was the choice Uf the fallowing gentlemen as offi et.t . s t.f the 1:.) crony for the ensuing.) ear. • Rev. Dr...DURBIN,. Pres. - t , , • - . . • . . 1)1: / frA OA Y, Vice Pree'ts.. En. Bit .:1,1)111.1R Y:. Etiq • • I' I Of. .1f,1 , 1•01tY,. CO I'. SC C '?*(1,1i7 . / . . . - it °RT.. C.A7gy.itom. .I?ee. Serretury. '. • . ..Artiiit'EWA-41.A1 R, Treas . iii•ei.. • ../,'Po.l: C.!altlwell, ' D. - • -,. . . • J,- liantilloni.•..,, e Exec..' C'plintittee. •." . Rev: .1. • F.: .11(.,.....). • • - • _ - - -.--, --,—(Utiriiteio-s'ailie-ati tact yeitt.-) . --\- • • 01/ ITlOtitlit. ...I?r.sq) .I pecl, ••Thltt..t.he tlratile o ,:i the Cuniliet land (.01110 y LyCCIPM 'lie, pre.cicfn ied, to the. Sorkty of , Eg L al Ri g ht,, fur the. use of their Hall. - ' • neFUL'ved; Hitt Elie 'll - eicordir,scoretat y make such extßcts from t4e minutes, and that the.same .such papers of.the-eoutov,-as'he ma ,-dee_m_vxpedient.,-::, Fuivv, (nY - ncqunsr) Ititif i ait A'prltog , 11,xtract of a letter 'Worthy col tenponding 'Secretary of the Newcastle county Agrieul oral Socit.ty, Dt laware . , to the editor of the Baltimore Farmer aoil Gardener, dated WilnMigtoft, Del, Qc.cobt:f 6, 1837. ' •. , .. .. . ...S I AL - 4 4-.K00wi0g4..11 - y;'ineerest . yoo .tai Li, any-thing that appurtains to the agricultural ntlynnceirrent - und peos , terity of our couritLy, and Int av-acceputble facts and praCtical ex - - - perineents-are , to-the.romluctates(-1-1 lie---"Far mg and Gardener; . I itike.the liberty- of sending, you- a loafs 1 hi cad made from ital-, kin Spring Mica t,- raisril on the faint of mv" 'elite - iv hang friend,. Put Lel , : Re:v - 110.1.1i, Esq. ay [lois:know tit° WA ily_ 'of yi.1,11 . i etielerias _the President i;f cur Aga icuittiral Society, and .one of the most , pi oinitient farmers-in Dela ; ware. Ile state:6 to the' metiihers-of the late ±"litAllel IN' Meeting' Of the S , A.ll't ylleilr :it New - a 4i;711-illis.staire - ,- - - - litirigtKilelp.-AC, - 2 - 911 , 7 - 1 7- -di'thl4 , . denee - in - the , -succetai of-the:,ll..liaer Spring. *Wheat so higetly Sp !ern of ,truly at the North, anc171,7 - onmeented im - in d i,tli-ferft pub : lic a tib i m, ~ .groin eignt Itti::tels' *of the seed prom reel by hint, fi Om Al ,' I I athe wa v of lcanec-New -- York, he, had' raised, he said, • about one hundred anal twenty bushels,- - and had heard - and h2lietl, from its purity, that - TfVFAITiI - inalc. e 1, - ro oit I; e;e7i77.-7'55111-Fill'iTiliTCP mi cl - r_espa et a hlyt ea rulers' present- e xpressy'd . doribts.abota ti,nin'ts Wheat, the -stw: grain. tliey tho9glat had bsten t i led in this state many year 5 ago, and lime the floor from it Was CAl sidereal little .better titan Rye flour—and that -it was- d:u k,4 and the bi cad heavy. It oc- Currcd to us to sugge,st a trial oe'the bread made limn this-wheatrand- that a- lot -of it might be sent I o n disinterested *c - om mitte of two members of the society:—the proprisi trim WAS 1111111C(111day aeceded: i ta - by - Mr - :: gaybold, and the- wheat . was hberally fur , elish,Ld by him. -It was taken to the mill by *one ;of the coot in ip i'...i!, non - oxed with any ' other- wheat, „ground and bolted in his pre sence, and. baked by his cook in the usual manner.--- AI the agricultural dinner, I need scarcely add, that it gave univen,al satisfac tion to the large and inta:ligent companf pre s2nt, atriinig 'whom wei l e 'sezeral celebrated . millers, heretofore'rather sceptVal, but'Who were convinced as well as-gratlfied, as soon as they sow of the bread made tionn wheat, sown-on the_l7th.ofiast March. The- g ood example of Major licyhtild, Will be exten -sieely-followed-in-nela ware A._rautraber of us haVe . already ordered a large supply fjr seeding the ensuing Spring." - 1115 a very -pretty wain, Mr. Hathaway ways of it "that 7t : produces-well,--and-will.succeed-one_wo_rn. and meagre land, ehrtug,li of cout se the crop Will be heavjer, on a more favorable, soil; the fact .is -well - ascertained then.,- that land So 'light and worn down, that. it will not-produce' -a-e444.1f-oett's, will bring a-fair crop - of - spring: . wheatond although the season has been -very wet with then) *atich the grain - n ot so -blight , as Usual, still i is plump and heavy, and that a neighboro his has just threshed-35i. hushelfice Wheat', rout 7-8 of an acre, and Iwo btu eel,} sown. To the wheat gr wers of .Maryland, and .Virgicia, and indeed our whale middle states, in part of the - country we think this grain is destined to become of vital importance; and that it will 'succeed - iii thOse , states' as we -have-ascertained - it - Will -thilic-Delawitie, hai'e not the least doubt. licKe its yield. lias _beenabout 30 bushels to the here, Without m a nn t &soil- only fife winter wheat) in adjoining fields cylriva ted•in the best manner, and by a good far merEhave not gk'en half , that crop, in conse quence of the change in our winters, and the ravages of the Hessian Fly. The loaf I send you is the best test given-op-Ade stibjee't ;'as it settles and establishes . the fact that-good-lloor-titid-ivhzter-fizhd . flightkeit4 have been made, ex/i la lied, and eaten, for the...l4st time in this state. from alt ring wheat. This test o h as S - w i Firs and although our farMers should" not. aban don winter grain altogether, it is a . most hap py, ieflection, for them ; to know that they have a second reSourco - in the Italian Spring Wheat, should their first: crop fail. •' . • - Yours most l'estieet fully . JAINIES W. TIIOMSON. . The above variety of wheat, received' from Mr. ljatheway, may be had, (atd elm he ient Harrisburt; daily by the cars,) by up plying to John L. Peirce, Bulls head, No! th 3d street, Ppladelphia.-• • • 11 A I NE:-.Edward Kart dectid gov ei;nor by the . p eople.--A. letter in -the rot:timid Evening' Adveitiser, dated Ail- - gusta,Jan'y Gth s'ys,--"funderstand that the Chairthau tsuthe 'Committee on the Governor's 'vtitesoyill_ re liott_olLnoiaday inoruit!gto the house-and st4)stantiatly,iis fullpws: That the-whole number of votes for . GiiVernor which have lieeir legatly and constitutionally retarned•and allowed, is 68;642, thallhemumber necessary to eon'- sti t u titre I cr. ti en is 'B. - 4 r ; award= Kent has 34,43 . 6,' that Gortnitii.Parks has 33 ,1n 0 ,1 1 14L0Wr periptis....have9M. apd that Edward Kent haying, receiyed . 230 votes inure 'than all other - lifts-ens ; voted .fur, is constitutionally ciccNAl Getternor of - tlte - State of :Witte -'FROSI- WASIIINGTON: ooirtisliOnifortee oftho Inquirer & Courier: • yAsnitsrov . roN CIT Y ; Jnn. 46, 1835, .• Th. We 'to-(laY had ariditherofiliOsililis- graceful scenes in. the House, whi'c'h too ..often occur to mai' the dignity of • legislatiOn;''and reflect dishonor_ on:The ' American •Congress. - • The MiSsi,Sippi - eotitested.electionwaa . the. especial .order of the'day; and after the 'one - or two - prelitpipary-, rer)utipns, Howaril,'of Maryland, preSentca -- a letter:from tlie. Hon. John If: H.. Claiborne, .one of . the: sitting members. from: . .Mis - sissippi, -- ,r-v . v.. hie!) he " said he hoped _would •be..reail. Mr. ClabOrrie was now confined to his I?ed, by 'severe _illness,. .hemorrhage of - die a...11e • could 'not attend.; the .11Ouse.„ he 'had. addressed 'it a letter, , • coyerink , all the 'facts :conneeted with , the contested election, And was anxious to beleard... Objection was made to the • ' , casting of the letter, Unthially it Was `agroitilthat it should - 1)(4. read.. • . , When the re'ading Of the doctiment. had..been_concluded„Mr-13ell _of= ten- Objected teats being read,-AS did: Mr. Wise, of. Virginia; and the latfer • gentlernan 'remarked that'he ,form. the House, that a:dim - on - tent, laid on • .tka.tables of.me in be rs . .i?y. Messrs% Then tit's and . Wood, - the gentlemen who . .claimed 'the seats occupied . by.Xessrs. Clailiurnb and GI/Olson, b r eeir, 'led al - their private expense. . 'Mr.' Gholson, who was to his and w,ro, tor-tfig i fi rst• time for the last_ hal to a House, rose Anti_ inquire,&of Mr: 1 - 19W 7 ._ taral - ; - .if7.—±lre4rad_Tio o yea `tifif - tl - re_ p of Mr...ClLliorne'gTetter, ; '. *: • Mr.. Upward that he . had .not: 'thad't! such. motion; but :would submit ono of the land t, the propeetime. if tI( gentleirian - Wm,Nlississi - ppi did übt.pb7 • ject-tu•s9ch alnude of-procedure. • • - n --- .sa - iti=tltii-t=l-te=tva-s-sat 2 ' • I I , ant ).1 only object in making tho nfry,. - . as to_replf to a - remark, that Inut_fal.W,n_fli) e_go n t man from_ Virg,i.uia, Mr. . That gentleman had alluded to the matte' of . printing. . For himself,. lie had' to sayi.thatneither- - ,. - co I leni2, - nc.. or Atim . selle-- •capable of..coming to Washington to .beg Con gres4 to print anything , ror them. Ile w'ns t.).ot capable of any - spelt meanness; ••••41-.llte ft-nm it4ioia, %vas sottf•ee from ‘V,llollre it emanated. • Mr. IriistrieiOed to, the - floor; wad - turning rouint t i Ghotson, 10 - olting at him Inttnt.catitOpptt . iowdy, "If, ~11/.. X'pealteer, impudence and noranCe can. Onstity(t'fc Vacle wird (pui.A4-1402-, to . Gtolson) there sttin 011: _Oe 11),a [RI e (1_ prtier,,and di rected his-seak. Mr. Gholson rosCi and said tliWt,the Man who availed hinis'elfolthe priVilege of-the House, to malte , tise of'such lan- Nvas,a coward and a scoundrel, and. as suchrhe pronbunced the member fro_m s .Yirginia• _ . Again• Mr. •Polkinterfere, and di rected Mr.\MlS - On to take his seat. • • Order w as. , peedfly restored. and the (louse proceeded to discuss the motion to pilot the- docurherit: Wiled 11 1. "vas '- disposed -of, Mr. Gawson of Georgia ' -' rose•Tand said that he wished to .offer a resolution in reference•to the seen& that, ' just transpired. 'lf said that these .._-. saeneS.Werelisgracelid 'to the cotinte.Y . ,. to the House; and to the age in which - we lived; and ought to be abated. He .thee t.:__ - I d - his resolution,: Which.' was . iti .substanco that whereas 4 enry • A. \Vise and 'Samuel .T. GhOlson, mew- _ _ber_s_ef_the__ll.o.tise, had_b een ...guilty - of using -M. debate, howl:lke that was of fensiva and IliAiiejlittable to the charac ter of the I'louse, be it resolved 'that - __ -t her-s. übmit - the - rnßalwes - to - the House. , Alessi's. Gholson .and Wise imme diately apologized to the House - for the; offen'siva language they had employed, but both' refused to-,say • one.: Word cal -e-ulate-d-to fiacificate4lremse/ves. • -Mr. Mercer of Virginia, now• submit- , • ted e - a resolution - , calling upon the gerants • to.pledge 41 - iemselves that they would-not pursue the quarrel out of the. - .11665e... On 'this resolutioni-ilang bate ensued, and it was not clOsed when , the House adjourned.' si n ee--=-been • taught the propriety and- necessity, of suffering other people to, manage their • own quarrels in their own way, I esan _inat,in_justice_to_my:_senee._of_right, Train from remarking that : Mf. Gholson nsta n ce_a t east_whay - in • the t0r0n, ,, .. . I, did not see in the origi- Lnal remar k s of .Mr. Wise any_attempt to insult the - gentlemanfrom Mississip pi.. What .he sant about, the printing, - Mr. G.holson construed into-an insult, - witheutany apparent evidence of justice • lo•my mind; but the. retort of Alr.-Wae was too keen and too terrific - to be en dured. "duel may be the necessary tonsequenciof this business. . . • • • \ The Senate employed itself all day;. • with the - Vermont Anti-Slavery resolu tions,-finally, received .them, and then laidjbein trpomhelabler. - " ' Since I edifetiidett-, this. note, T have been satisfied that ninety-nine men out of . every huldred at Washington;no tnatier 19 ivhi ;It Party - they belong, ails' 1 .lA Te in en io s it rue th d for atAl t r h . 6 pa . INli.hSteios: not jus took. • • • • CREDITORS . NOTICE: TAKE notice:that have applied to the • Court of Common Pleas.of Cumberland cowl -ty',"fortho tienevitt- - Of the insolvairlawp,-and they have appointect TII.ES:I)A-Ir the 30th day of JanpuT s for the• hearing - of me said - rtiy - treclite;tl, It-the'CourtAltiuse-in'tlie-bor-. oubbhrof Carlisle,: which and Where you may' ---- 'atiendif you . think proper. • ••• • • , . . . HELL. - • • - January-8, 1.83,1... _ . 13