MET ANEOUS.
U
•' ' • ..Fom 112 e durgland,fteptiNiciiii. • ..
)
'. ''''- • "cAL.II.6•ON AND CLAY. ..,'
- Every bo ly . that-totifd get into the
,
• S'6utte - • - •.ch. mbCr, -crowded:. there on
-..:. 'Saturday .last,_ to :witness. i . Calhoun's
• promised' payment. "tit his
• Own •g4od
- • lei : Sure," for - INIi.: Cray's late I.'peeeli't --••
The question b6fore the Senate no oue
• thought. of, • - thought it '.vas the Sell'
• 'l'reasury itself ±--,lNfr. Callioin , wmt the'
-••- .‘vho.le theme, and'iNly. Calhoun,- acydr-.
ding tO'Mtv , - , Calhoun's s.hou, , ‘.i,4)g Was
':the only consistent man in . •; his country.
. * 'The whole of one party . had left th'eir.
• . •torrner prineitiles and onnie to .Mr.'Qak,
. , . boo it, au d. the other, ...patty hacl 'abandon
' ''ed Oder's, When they„ gnit•him ! • den . -
siStency•was the point at which the shoe
~• piheheil,'.`arid'onl . llaC Mr. Calbotiti cx•
. • 'ult.:this splendid powersoiuAil Cohs ist en
. e y: ; wali" plainly established to mean (LI.:
.' 'llonn, and, Calhoun was
: hut , another'
-name Aar, cons iste.n ey,,-h-v-••:.-yVhiell--sir
' name, tve-PreseMo'he will hereafter be
• genera-lly•knewn. • . .
*
„,...,_.
Whenife - took - his - scattlir: - Or. - .tii ,- tost .
on:the - instant. •._
• ' His health was-not-wood, and he was
. , .
•••• - '7.iOuchindisposed. - gut as I aim, 1 . . a -m,
~...self:prep.ared and self-poised, I do opt
-Ask two or three weeks to prepare, any
'speech. in repl 1 'to the : Se - nator : rorn
• S.outh; "Carolina ..•:- That---setiator began
7711 w remar s . • 'efei t itteto the_oinis
--- ~... •
• . s
-icoiS in hiS written.specc . i.
.-
•.... %I.NlT.,tldy then said..-that all the edit),
: plaints of the, Senatorin 'regard to his
-•-• wore-in- fact-not -t fiat: kb had , misstated
it!s arg,umenis but thaelie : hatl not given
alt the• circumstances stated. 'Well,
eOptinued Mr.-C-he..colnplains . that I
accuse hiln..,cif inconsistency - . when , he
, .
- -Tsayithat "doticS•should..be. received in
•- gold ,and 'sil-ver, and-nothing else, and
. -'.yet .he ronsenls • to
-receive. : Bank
paper for six years.-- ,A.-,national-:Ba_n k
Is ti to t . unconsTuutional ti , heti you . giVe
ita charter for six years. -It is not .tin ,
toristitutional whtin•you give - if a Oar ,
ter for. twelve yea V s -, but yoa must not
. 'give ira dharter for more than- t,yelve.
. ..years, - _fer.that-wouldbe uncoustitutionz.
" - 14: -- M' -- " ic. - :61 - ap - Alreiv: - - enan - rera teI . :JAE,-
•speeches, votes, opinions - pro
'anct , ion, nport the .Siihject of-a .Nationol.
~.•_Eatiit-..;.- ; ~.. •.. • . . • ,.. -
. 1N1e.. - ClaY•tontinued.and said,' I shall
.• onitnadv.elliand comrnent on,. Mid. reply,
.to the public; acts' Seruitor 'from,
:TSriiiitli - Glifblifis; - 4 - 144 -- sluill, -- do:11. --- ;uncl - er
_ - all the responsibility of station:—
.-„ When he:has - done - as_heibas - donet---
`,_speaks is,he'has spokeriH-he must and
i - ... Wall be repukedrfar the course he pur
- Sued. Ile •deserves it,•fer -- no man 'has
• been mot - di : bitter-in his denupciationi
• • - --itore variable' in- his .course, or laid'
• ,-•so mei claim to consisteney.of aurae.
• ter.
Speaking of Mr: Calhoun's patriot
ism,- Mr. Clay-said, I em afraid the po,
' geography of the senator front
'Soutlf 4 Cardlina dtTeiriiiSt mean,, ff; -
ani afraid.that- his patriot)sni means
" the South: that his South / Ai - leans South
Sonth - Carolinals-no
more than-Fort H} Yin South' Carolina.
4 When a• man .Ipyff_elaim to so-much, he
generally yaibut little; and when a
Irian question's the want of patriotism
and firniness of a whole party,- -the_in
e_it'r.ence - is -fair. - that: he,' his not too
Much himself.
' Referring to some,of Mr. Calhoun's
• k.e . marks ahOutbribery and corruption--
• "intended ps a :personal insinuation- ! -
-- 7Mr'i-Clersaid the-Senator_fromS_o_uth
Carolina wished .to :'rake up the .old
• atory of George Kremer,l to cover his
OWn nakednes, he. was.welcome. Mr.
• Clay then at length explainetnirid' de
' Vended his vote upon that oceasion.---,
• - Mr;--AciAms, -the venerable Ex-Presi ,
dent, was beside Mr.. Clay, and• Mr:
.• Pope Oho comes from his district ~sal
.before him.] . Mr. Clhy said.that heliad
regretted should) aver regret the
'Vote he then gave. It -was one of
.proudest . reflections of his life' that he
_l__had_contrib u ted _ino--way to el vete
• the late. Executive of the - . Unite d States.
• e,.vote he, had given, for.the respect
• ed'ind -Venerated man / beside him-. had
the approval othiS oivn eorts'aiencei and
• -- theapproval of the people' in part rep
. resettled. ' They had time and again
. sinetioriett • ' .
Mr. 'Clay •criniinued,,and said that
When the Senator . froni South._Carolina
•uedertakes to Prre . his consistency,•lie
will nilerfake to „proie..:something
v . tthich cannot be, proved., He has not
been „consistent as .1 have proved and
7Pooden_Jlrtiltery.=Every body Itiugh-,.
'•,
ed at tlkstory of theCinadians manufae
• • tering cannonpf wood. •We hive always
".heard tlititioch"dnes WereTused - liii — Ver"- -
. Mont dining the-RevOlutien.-.--TheEnq-.,
4 flie firstcan
• ° non' .wereniade. of wood, wrapt„in riu me.
: rottaTulda'of linen, and, well secured . by,
- hi - milt:l . o ß a.. They were of aiconical forth,
, widest at:the muzzle: 'I7A fterw.o.4they
• teceiWd-tiindrical shape.:. At I•engtli
,,
they were made of iron bars, tirml y. n
together like'casksf.by 'iron hoops, In
. • the second half of Me futirteentli century,
they' were formed of an alloy of copper
•
- and tin, initjn theproce.es of time . i.ifthei
' metals-. were "add'e'd. '17.40„ cannon
were, niadeptic,Cat St:,Petersbarg, and
• bella-ef many,* tide were
jetted 'Without injuringthe .
•
° . ANOTHER SUB , TREA;SIJRY
'EXPLObED.
Vire learn that Allen Hutchins., the ye
tetver thulopa, land Office;-has taken
to himielf wings, andlledc leaving' Uncle
Sam mtiths some 10,1)00 or -0000:
ilal
are.•...Detroid..liYverdieer,..
_
1:17,n4 . 6 1• i . . 5!..?•11 Riper.
RE N 1 A tilt A s iiLlf; I.SCAPL FROM'
ASSASSINATION.
. Many of our townsmen remember' Mr.,
Asel a gentleman in advanced
Jil%; being about 60 years old; who visit:,
ed Peoria last summer and-inade , sonic
purchases of real-estate. Having prop•
eity'also.„in Arkansas, he left here fur
that
,state October, and in • passing
ihrough'Tennessee Met with the adven,• -
.ture n lilted. 'below in • the begining *of . '
N..vember. It. occurred in the vicinity
of the lioilitat t y Oadleading to Memphis,
and -the,parliculars'aTe.:given by himself
iu a- letter to-a friend in- this town.
_be,
was on fOot, and had Avithltini• a bundle
rofClAhing; and tt* Hie. Meeting• With a
nunbcr,of lahoters•.upon the road, one of
%Vhonillatra-riN„ they proposecratLex•
change to whit'.h - Mr. Wilcox
but they - having , . no- meney to give in
`:boot, did hOt trade,.. The lette-r•go.es on:
—Can
man, ofTered,to be my company. as far_as
the liver St. Francis, which be.sai&,wits.
_about_hal fa_mile4list a nt,.._whie acCe.
sea.*__On_starting I was cautioned _.t.e.he -
On niy d, Inc; which
meek IA as aloke-but - sti• *pa - ssing — a --
cavirie. a few rods 'distant; he stepped be
_hind
_hind me, -and as F.assendcd the_
ter passing a small bayou, I turned_ My
eye•_back to see how business went be;
hind,- when I discovered that he- had,
1----pittetatulfming the lock, about
-fOurotfry'e-'-fect behind me; on
spreitig trp the bank,' ititned'and faced
him. • Ile
-put: the •pisiol into his . panta
loons pocket and tainCup-without - 4111i:
dravving.his•iiand; 'on whichl MI& him
to proceed ahem!, as he:knew the riaad beG
ter than I, which he reluctantly did at a
very slow ',pace. -• After: proceeding--a--
few steps he called tootle of-h,is crithrades,
-w-ho--was 52.6 Or 30! rods ahead,. - an .;
d .re
guested hinn Co wait until.he came up, on.
- which he halted. Tits:sing over an -in
tervening- low spot in the-road; *-that
:brought us out-of sight,-be stopped and
faced ahem. Being too' near him to . hse
the Contents prtheride„.lSeiied it at the
, swell with-my : right hand„and Witli4ri'yleft
bat;lc of the -gnat d, ready, to drop, - :on
his lread-theinstant lie.atennted.to
-draw his-hand From his pantaloons pock,_'
the bill. - In this position,. lie' asked me .
if I had any specie that I Would .ey_change*
forTs per, w lia trembling=voic iicti gull-.
ty countenance. rsternly answered Poi on
• which he* - _said wilLgo.a,graping,- -and•
* i ttfineiroff -- the *road - into - the swamp I.
_P rote etLelLan;_pa s sed..Ake man nth
.had haileiriii r tompany witlvane7okWo
-tithersonjihe. side of .the,, - --roa:c4" - and,,ar_!_
rived at the - river •St• rraners;
'ivhich is
here about 100 yards wide, detern:tined
net to proceed farther - than tlit*Oprelite'
aide ofthe river without company;
en waiting afeW:lidinates nir the ferry,
boat,. -was overtaken• by three - gentlemen
on horseback, - to whom I related the cit..-
curnstances of
-my being alarmed; and rei
ggestedlthe privilege of .keeping , their
.company through the swamp, whch was
about 37* . miles farther; to which they
greed,:and took-any lugg
proceeded and arrived safe at Memphis
on the,next day.' , j
..111r. W. seems to have been preserved'
as' - by"a' •rtriracie - . ------ Bow-- many -travellers
in that southern country are yearly mur
dered under similar carcumstatices, - of.
whom no trace is ever found:
ACcident
A in - an - by - - t
iieitinie — irf Eliial4 11 e filii6
was drowned' at the Mt. Morris dam, in
the Genessee river, on the 2,2d.inst. We
learn . that- Ali.. D..and another' person
werein a' small skiff, engaged it, towing
a stick °frill - 16er aross the river a short
clistance 7 abOve-The-dam _When one of the
oars.brOke _lOoseand _Ae . boat was earn
ried over the dam.. As they approached
the ,break of the dam, Delano sprang
from the boat into the river,--auckyas not
seen - after he struck the rough
. w — a'ret at
'the foot of the • dam., - His body bag not
yet been found. The _other . individual
remained in the boat and after floating
down the river some distance, nearly an.
der water, reached the shore in safety..--
\
The deceased was - native of Ireland—a
.sober industriops i ari—and has left a
wife to mourn - his s dden departiire.......
Mount liforitis'Speetat i.,i.
~ - . :4 . . .•
The' last number of the lilestrtictiVe
Magazine and Locofoco Review, publish:
ed at- Washington,
,contains among other
impartial varieties And rembellishments a
piper entitled . " The Martvdont of
Cil
lev,"! and a portrait of Ames - KENDALL
latt_e_r..is. a resplendent work of art.
if true-to'-,naty re,- the tableau--vivent from
_wide ILit_w a slake u s l h a t_r : utno s._
It was said of the demagogue, that w'he
he once. neat an senemy in Kentucky ',!his
countenancefet/P . whereupon the Louis
7vtl)e--N.it,n-al,;obser-vedrthatii
Shrewdness of the man; and that tin3' one,
owning such - a countenance, would be jug='
tiled by dropping it as soon as possible!_
tilel:lisiature - of Ohio at, their late
session ebalishing
-
ontneht: or. debt, and—aitojher removing ,
the 're trictionS upon the is and circu
lation of small hills: Also.an
the Acf ‘i ,, l)lo.prohil4ts: the estarilkh:-
tnent within that- State of any branch-,
office : or - ageow - of -- the - Bank - of — thelY:
Statt:s,,tr.c. Also a resolution • opp - oint•
ing a. day oP Thanksgiving.' • , :•.
• We dons felioNV wiio
invented'the following should 'served
as the Merry,Wfves orlV,lndsOr treated
Sir 4plin Falstaff, packed awayarnerig foul
linen and - emptied_into a horse pond.--zj
List,ent
'Wbdt arc you about? yod black
thriet l liaveyoi) roused the to tell me that
breakfast is ready, and now you arc pull
jogtherllo6lOtbes off 'What the devil .
do you nt'an?!,
:Wlty44attii;',ilf you lsnit gdin to get
misses. saysms IMAV must ludi de sliket,
any hcov,cas,dey'r . UP - Itticaur de tqUegoil'
- • -
tbi e-A,-.o,l,(.o4e._L..,*.X_Velril'prHit)-_0'.,12.i#0.01,41eir.4-,--.-
Eromthe Ll'6:2;311;1C.0141:I:Cr
are striving
• . the . Van IlUren 04 1 f iiors
hard .to gull the pc.ople -- by. calling I. or
terla farmers, and tnkny •pts them . attach
the appellation of.practical farmer - to his
name. Whether thOser.editors mean
that he is a . ppctical . and .exiierienced
hand at .farining Offices, or iather farm,'
ing into offices,.er that he is an Indus=
of - the soil, we know nut --,
Tf-they mean the former, ‘ve perfectly
agree with iheen, for . he: has 6.v n Ceti sn
much. adrciitne§s in •mana . Oligto farm
that.he has . inonopol
most all cite connty 011iees in-Hunting
for the Idst 15 cii - 20'years; being
Prethonntary;
. Register,. Recdider, and
,Clerk of the seVeral Courts hithat coin, .
ty, for upwards. of iwelvt ' yearti - : But
as - for him . :being a farther,, or
Alie.soit'we-heg• leave to 'ay;:that,silelt
pct, -
The 41:tuilliiigdon Journal' holds,the
'following language relatiOn: to him
_b.eing_aLlarnier: "Ills rare news for the
Citizens of Huntingdon, to - hear:that
Porter.is a farnrier. It may be that.the
race: coNrse has been /arra - avid - once - or
twice,at his ezpense..tO' , give .his scrubs
a.,Chance.-07uri booty, but thaV , is.the
amount.of biS farming.".
.Suchls the language of the 'Journal, -
which is published Yvhere,Porter has
been-living for ihn las_t_l29_tears,
where c Ak. Must , - certainly -7 '4e -known.
whether he ever was considered
. the
industrious farmer, : :which, those -Loco
loco Editors would _ fainly Ti;ive _ us to he=
We hope that.they will no']on=
ger persevere iii their desperate at (tip pt
to go the beuest -- yeoman - ry, --- with - the7
fact-staring them in their fiees, that. • he.
rieverLivas-a-fariner,or,tillenethe -- soiE L
_Wo_have no objections.to - tliem . calling
- him a farmer, and that a thorough ex=
perienced practical' farmer, if. they . will
only do him the justice to add.to,f.that:
title, ”iitfai•ining into
Will the Lectifoeo,. editerS;otiitirl
plaCe, :not attend to this Matter, as they
.atta - e , hed the title M . -practical-farmer tO.
' hope tlieY _Will, do -him
justice and
. add the
. words which
_we
have .stigg,esteil( - )Ye Watild'partieularly
call Upon--the eruitite aitors . of . the
rgcnitern, as they Were such gieat
..sticklers ;1110 - appeared .to have„ such a.
liorrOr atithes..vorillith,clic.a/ lawyer, an
assertioii -
provecti l ti.trone -- whicb - we - deny - of - e - Ver ,
Alaving-made.-,We-intiinated-that,Torter
' hid studied law, Which they attempted
_slispreve:by saying that .he was no
.
- practical Theyhave-asserte - d,
that P.orter•was a practical farmer. We
.take more . npon.us . than to say
. that: he is not a. practical farmer, but
say that he is no farmer but_bas.-
been all his life in offices or in hunt of
them; and CO upou the editors of the:
Morgenstern to' prove the assertion of
hire being al>rrict-ieol-farmer-,=and-sahen
he became the distinguished farmer
which they represent him to be.
Van Buren PartyPronwlin? Duelling;
—The Globe, the official organ, of 'the
-party - which-cried Murder,blood,-assassi
nation and massacre when Mr. Cilley
fell in a duel, and.turnecl their.hypocriti
tal cant to a profitable. account in New
Ham pSliinuw - the cleition being•over;
contains-an insolent threat of calling
Clay:into the field because he has often. ,
ded some. of the "rifle: corpb," of the
"royal guard.'! licCording to..the pious
Globe.- • •
A _message has been recently,sent: to
Mr., Clay, by one. of the Administration
Senators, which, it, trusts "will have the
desired effect of making him, (gr. Clay)
More circumspect hereafter"—and.it sig
trigcantly. adds—that another outbreak
one his,.,(Mr. C's.) pat, 'might cost more
SLOQDSHED, and we shall not provoke
it more by kparticular notice.", -
DISTRESS FOR WANT EM
- - PLOYMENT...
.
A correspondent of . the' New York
Times, as an e3t,emplification .the. con.
dition 'of the labOring dins or that* city
during the past winter;: nt4titicina — that
he tvas,one who , took part In tontribitting
towards the - relief of the' distressed, and
states that- .0.515 tickets for the relief of
war4l-In:thellinVer part of the city (where
there Is inuchie - rs , general poVerty_than
in the upper) from?the Ist day of January.
to tlie-I . Oth day of March, and the 'de-.
mand - is not
. yet ineteriallY abated*.
4reverdesir" - says - the - writer;"again-to
witness such scenes as fell Under, .my ob
tiervation::`-Tifolisan' cis of industrious
mechanics, Who- never-before- soliciied
condition of applying for assittahce, and
with tears 'on their manly cheeks;*confes.
sed- their inability to .proVide food •or
.SMALL BANK NOTES
. ... .... _ .
'The Legislaiure of . sTE;Av York Has itu
thor n ed the banks 'of that state to issue
One-,-twO, and ihree-dollarnotesi-fortive
years, payable at all times in. s_ecie.--
This,is-Alone_to_drive_the _y.orth ess_sh
rienw_ou in
.plaster cut •of eirculat on. ' The
Senate la_ Van Buren . and -I.l‘ : House
(v p
Whig..
'.the'Setlate-of MiSsissippi has.also pas
sed a bill .authorizing the banlss of that
state: to issue small notes,'and the House
ims passed one In relieve the banks from
the penalty, to, pay -igl-.peti• cent interest
for' their refdsal to pay specie. ' The Sen
ate and Heuie are both Van ttiren..:
Will . the Van Burenites" of our Legis
lature vete for, such laws?./bt
STORM ON THE COAST. --(3n the 77th tilt. 'a
very violent storm wa.l experienced on our
southeren coast.- Ten or fifienti vessels
'were wrecked—and many others sustained
more-Orles t damage.-9/zio epoeito•ry_
.
In the rettiarks:whiCtrwe made: a tew
•dn - y — s ago upqn : the Sub Treaaury bill which
has passed the "Sett'atc; and. of ivitielt the
Ad mitilstration is now tvging the paisage
in. Ole Ilousemf_ Itqfres . thitatiiree, - We sta.'
ted as:,One -of. its certain conscquene'ea'the
'establishment of two currencies;
_one
_for
the Guverhmenti.god another for the
, Peo-,
pletlie'fOrmer-tif4hich 'the People will,
be obliged to-buy froituthei.ollice,lioltfersi
at what rate they can,-wherewitli to pay
their taxes to - the Government.._ We have
ju4C met: with the following' parag,Tpits,A
shadoWing forth what, may be expected, I
thoughtit a Much-more ex th.ordinary'rate
of iinpositiOn'upon should the
'bill* now pending in' the House of Repre--
sefitati yea become a . litiir:-4NlA`t.' 'ln tel. '•
. .
.
:Frail th - c.N4oflort ( h. I. ) ...merear i ,,,,uarch 29.
THi.:I3,IiTTER CU'IOIEN COME AT LAST.
: 1 -*--The tont.ioron . of'tliis: port, William
'Littleirol, E. .sold,one dtt 'this .
luantity.of srEcik, to 6ne_ocitho..thinks
in 'this town,-at a profit of- some one or
two . prei. Cent. _This same specie . , Proba
blyisotne-poordog:olirmerdhant-who---ac
-cord ini-to. Poer4l- Jac it sun ;ougl4 te'have:
broken long ;ago,. will be - compelled to
tturchaie, : at an advapcd - of three or., , fiiur,
per cent,. for 7.thelitirpose of paying his
bonds - _at the custom..4°ll.4e; and tiien4he
doltettoAvill sell it again to the same pr
some other 'batik for a premium, to be a
gain- putchased: for:the7purposvryilyiii.g
nzerilmf!ot due.l.43„an_d_th.'• sa of traffic
The col•lector;May keep np.e . very week in
the year, until the premium may
aurtyt•
.
-Who:, we agli,.ge!.s - the benefit' of this
premium? And IroW•mucklielte - ela it for
the merchant; w Itoias,44
__porch:is& the
specie at an advance;for the pug pose of
_paying his' iin9si - tflan paying th6iii as he
for:tit - 60y ilitl4:m-the of bankS in
cornttron-eirculatiOn among - men of btisi=
~ •
, • •
EX - CtIANGES
tl=ult;; says: ...11 7 e
have tO...notice lo day
• further advance
iii C
.Specie,.'ll% - : - - alai Eastern 'Mites at front.
-to4-Sier-e-en tit-tenni ing:tti - the - nTrumirt7
and-there . is but little - 0i be had eV.en pi
ihese enormous rates Tie iliscanl of
MissiAsippi .Paper- - ,.to r •day is. , Hal
centou•Vicksburg and Naleltez; . .2o
. per
tent,..Otti . l3raiit , lon, :6 - 61 It). to 20 per cent
on other inferior -Banks, adeoi'di rig to - the
amount offered: A-thechonic front lll.is-
- a day
.or two since to
shaye.6ls2o.im $lOO Brandon bill; which
he hail taken at - pax in payment for work,!
So-we- - -g - o." • - ,
•. _
PROM MISSISSIPPL—A fr(On',
the Nashville . .Whig, dated March (28;
jays that the canvass no Congress in
illississiPpi • is . growipg warm. The ad
ministration managers have not yet been
able - to find a candidate to rtin in the place
of GhOlson*allhoughthey..mochtirri their i
distiess - through their papers most loudly.
Gen. Brown, of Copiah, anti Roger Ban c
ton, Esq. of Marshall, have been solicit
ed-to_run,.but.both. emu to.rilv_refu,sett.,
to suffer their names to go on the ticket
"the usurper." One
James Davis, - of Marthall, has also been
named, anti . may through charit4 permit
his name to be use4l. "We dont know,
tlirs
but. sup'po — SOh'e Onougir_loy
iuck a canse.'' • •
The' better Current'y. 7 —A, friend has
ravored us with the folldwing extract of a
let ter fromllissou riAate4_February:(2 . 4th,
.1838.
.
"United States. rlioney;-
Nick Biddle'Stiatne tQ it; no other will
pass he - ie but gold and . silvl r.7‘,' • -
The writer of the above letter was a
.prominentofficeliofder und rElov•AVol I's
adminiStration, and: a violent' anti-Bank
Man., He addressed .. .the:above letter. to
a friend ima,fieighbOrin.g county, -for, the
purpose of procuring the remittfinCe of a
'balance due; and very politely•intitnates.
that nothing will be acceptable-to him but
the notes-of-theTodious.-Mo2ster,.:_wlieb
he so foolishly .opposed
itIS only another commentary on the
madness and folly of loco.
galtinore eltia rlc et si
For the week ending.
FLOUR.—The market hat been firm through
out the week, and there is a tendency to an ad
-vaiico-in-prices,olthonerthe-traniattions--from
stores have not been large.' We quote the store
Mice at $7,50 and-sorriis dealers ask a 'shade high
*el... but we hear no sales aboVe that rate except by
the dray load. _The.: gerteraLprevailing.wagon'
stances an advance on that_rate has been offered.
GRAV.:-.-Wheat.—A! parcel of wheat reeeiv-'
ed from the Susquehanna some days ago and put
into store,•is the billy one of domestic .strowth'
w‘vhich has-reached the mark.el for some VveglCS':-.
The -Maryland crop. -10; e'vid'ently, entirely
.bausted..- We note-sales bf two parcels of forigm
-Wheat on Wednesday, of. 5000 bushels each 'lre"
first at $l, 52 and the other at pesbushel—
'the quality of the latter, very. good' Mithe re
maining imports, are in Store for better prices.
---- *--,Co4lsri--On-Tuesd.ay--and Wednesday. White-
Corn was at 77m78 cents, but since then .de.'
eland has'not been so active; and to-day we quote
while-fit-15-al6 cents, end ~tve quote. the sable
fates today; .
CLOVER SEEO-;-11as.
,heCoine , scarce, and
therabas been ratlierMargideMainffor the aril-
Cle*within-a day-or twb,past,- We quote the wag.
On price firm to-day -at, $%40; and the . store 'at
$7.00; • • : • . •
.WIJISKEY.—The, inspection- returns of the'
weep show, considerably•ietreased receipts,. the
appearance of whiCh, in the ,absence_ of any iinr
Mediate demand, Eas*lllit the-effect of . depress-,
ing Stiscpichanna river;--through
the channel 'Of which, Wale full. Supplies are de
-sceniling• to our*rniirket,is in excellent order for
navigation, end the'seasim thus far - haerliiiTre - d"
.ttnuaually. propitious ,forthe:proingutimiltif the
River trade; We quote Mule:. to•-daT at 80 cents
--,nominal,. -.Moderate -sales of,Sniqiieliaiina 'bbls.-
have. been- made 'at 81,e,ents... The *wagon* price
of bbis. is down-to .27 ce nts to-day, and' froin
stores bbls, are held at- S 2 cr3B'eents: The inspec.
floe's oldie week comprise 439.1i1ids anir..2835
bbls.; of-which'-128 Ude, and 2290 , 1M1s Were
-ceived-frinn -the Sunitehannai
.
HERALD AND EXPOSITOR:
11Y_GEO1 GE Flit ILLIP S. L
:~=l
Taiesda;!, April o,_ t
The Peofile's—Candidales;
I N) PRE6II) T, "
y.
1Y DI 1114.111.11, -ti'.; 2'o.
Dentocratli- .11001 tasimic
diaftic o vernor, • .
(V I CD oS, IZZJ- - :::11, 11 . 2,22 LI 1113 f 23 9
RIM
. .
\Vc learn that on, so u se clay 'last week.; Mr.
makin Stambaugh, 1 . 1,1411 Sher••franiri,Sub-:.l:rea
, surer- of lice county - or l'crry, lert - this seCtido of•
the eThlintry for part; tinkit I): t he. ''poo.
plc of PerrS ,. .minos boine tcu in: fifteen t hotiAunil
• _
their Money. • AV'c alWer the
• Pr)Ntinaitter of the borough of' that
that litice, o te •tiT gift Pa
trons !!••_)•,••toOk i•iy
stanbaug'll, ‘Vilt,on, if he shirrthl ever to
urn, will confer a favor-ii dloppiiig inty
AO_ sanctum Sultscrip.
ITLITNIEIt fi.. PORTEIti:
• The 11) . tishingio'n, ileum tel say ,that from the
Meeting tel in The
Court liouse'on W - eilneSday last, and from seve - Ll,
other considera'.ii:4;;Vt. is clident_tbat_Voi ter can
county. Gm Croc. 7i'itner
theit' mest.,sangdlik:. eNpectatimiS,Thillie
and•ability with. which he'ltas filled the - Ex etitive_
• -
'Chair Of - the - Commonwealth, thHt - the - Peolde:Of
this county biUter a_good,;Aried_ .
public': servant a for one whose political - lionesty,
and ability is; to say the least of it, of iloubtrul'
•chatiicter.'" TheyKWill'notreadity, stib4eriiency
to the_ wishes of a cotrlimation of office litinters,_
surrender -one---who so nobly sustained and
defeniled poi . ey,:and Vemis)lvania
honor,,-for one who, in the strictest obedience
party tactics, jeopardized the interests and inte
grity of the State tty voting ftir the mammoili
Improvement Bill of last session, which, had it
_nnt_heeiLvtliCetL.V.Goletnue-ltituer,-vtotild-tubst •
inevitably have plunged the cornmonwealth into
- a. debt of at least FIFTY MILLIOYS OF
DOLLIES. •
. Information Wantcd:
Mr: -- Volunteer, you tell,
Slate Convention said nothing of Ir. Van Buten,
and the invasures of his administration.? It is said,
that it was the first convention of your party urn
sinnlar''6l;iracter, that ever lifet; without' landing
their Wre:sident,'and if yall do not give soine good
Yeason.for the otniSsion, the p' uhlic will beiureccl
to conclude, that the convention . was satiAiecl of
the unpopularity of Iran liuren's tncasurks,
fream,to ide i ntify Porter, :your;c4ndidate fur Go - v
e'rnor i - with-them. 4 •
• A eand'd explanation is wiiuted. Let no
specious veil of mystery be throe n pt er the sub-
jest j hut like good republicans tome to* the light;
and let your deeds be known. If tlio.e deeds
arj - evi!, it will be very natural for the » . eople to
suppme ti t t they. Will; as Ilir.as possi by; he kCi
'out of sight. — Out then with the hicts, if you
woule.. not be condemned - for silence befure the •
'Cent t of public opinion. •
The above is .from , the Montrose .Spechitor';__
. .
and was intended foore particularly for the Vol:
tinker of thatThfce .." but as_mhad intended ere
tlfsCoTut to our Aro lup tce.t . t lie MI ille„ci kiLlv.,,3 , L. ...
publish it thuS conspicuously; . so that
,ve can re
ceive an answer from our .friend : ; of that estab-
SilOneni,ifo thg_Sittestian_aluittlit:lked.:.....:l2o t •
us; frieua George. •
• The Huntingdon Journal; a .paper 'published in
the county in witicli Mr. Porter resides, iii' an
notifigiDg his nomination for theolllee of 'as'.
era or, says:—"Our situation is an - important one.
tio e wry , heal ipiarters -6f the
Miemy's camp, and our brethren of the press May
Cal cul ate.l.l.aL weihalLmaLhe-negligeoLin,uttend,-;
to the inteiiist of the cause - of the people.
If an Ake fielder fcowenty years—if an advo
eoe of 1116 Mammoth. Improvement [Min the
'Senate last year—;irri - bitke;Thia I ; - ‘iltrld: ti; -
pompromisirig : enemy_ of every' onto-that dare'
open: his mouth -against Masonry—if a regular
sub-gerV alive, and destructive:. Can ei',er get the
voteof thia;comity, then may porter Impefor it°
tilt then:„: _lf PennsyWani - C;:3 1
into herexectitive chilir the man whe hat voted I
to increase her State debt to the eitaimous .sta m
of . PORTY 111 : 1L.PpltiS D9LLS_EIS;•
.she can choose a - lnan to govern her who is in
:favor of a National jimik and the - President Of
,the United-States its sole conductor:. (for thiS is
the SubilYeasury scheme)- - ---if she can select as
her chief magistrate a man whose "being's end
and aim" office spice!! nflice!:lt then will
she make choice of Pavid not till
ME
The Yarmouth Itegiter'states that a 101,t•son.,
,
man • ISee'ly . ' - e - ullett'Ai . ille - p
ri a n i i, k it - i i n t t. l that pis s
. e ,
s to , ,
solicit it favor, Wito•,• - it ''.. . • ' • ...‘ I ri s b in s'
retuaryeiribttt. •:, we Jack .out, felks want as many"'
I,lll\
favors tot,otiters'i . big as soon ad' we `get out of.
,
. • • , . •
bight or. the bsult-ing ; ktouie, We ufr hat; anti !ur•
title tlpivtr-witirtirc tittuks 1 -7- - ---=- - ...- , ----- ----•-"
.. . ~
.We give place ..to the following.eitract of a
letter to the editor of, ihe, Niir 4 rose-Spectator,
frorn.a.person who vas pre tlnt at Harrisburg,
at-the---inne-;of-the-nitoinatioT;inasmuCh - aint .
gives a pretty , fair accoont of ..he two g'ehtlernen
who-have lieeil phiced . before the.eitizens of thiS
•
State as candidates for Governor... -- . -
• • - itisEp.o
This gentleman ie . again Presented to the pec... ,
ple. as a candidate for the•iMportant and.honora
ble'•office, uf Goi;erttor. : •liia former clainis have
been acknowledged by a steady and: inereasin'g" .
ntinibcrOf arcient yliters;* he has served the state
•well for une term ; - andliaPpy and fortunate 'cir
t—
ctimstancekhale combined to make his acts le
&mud. to the lionOr and prosperity of himself 11114
hi:estatc. Underno.ad ministration has good old
Pei i oylvania been placed in Atti.4l trying Limes ;.
and none of her sons has sc)sternly. and success
fully vindicated her honor and advanced her,.
terests.
113Ve . licajd-of nOonewho has deserted: hip
flag es).tite - contrary, thonsands. or . - Wolf men,.
and_,lfundreds 'of Multljid.rg '''''' are . 'known to
att;Ocate,, Rimer. His: , unanimous nomination
without mapaging,or caucussing, by u Urge and
intelligent CogyeAtion:or A nti-Masoni find Whigs,
(a-party-whose wliole-strength will--he. given - to
him in addition _ to his last vote,) spealr.i:vulumei
in his favor. • .
DAVID n. PORTER:
.This gentleman is nominated upon second bal
lot;lo after tlays:of-bargaining andcauctissing, for
Governor. • And" hoyv malty northern yetuisylva.
',ins' ever heard of this inan,. Aiiiil4 . -:ironiina
tion ?- kis . pilt,./i4dge
,Eorter, nor Xpnes M. -Pon
ter,- hot Davierl2..l'.l.lrfer; a „Mane, which, .except
asrapp
,
earing upomtlie'recdrth; of the Senate ; I be.-
•
lieve.is a new mime entirely to fort) -nine filli"ths
of the People who t.! callvd. upon ..to. sal port
him. lytn. W. Iri% 1 . 1 Esq., of llilleglienY, - stated
who t:
ninety-nine of every hundred people in_ the
‘vesti - Ni - oidd itiquire,iiist, iazo is I)dri,l It Porter+.
The'..ooolite do not know him"; the) tiot.e . heakr
of bailie! Stiirgeon, of I.:.ulviir . lll3 Clic, of Ellis,
i LeVvis, or Jolin - -KlingensMith=lnit of'hint. the) - :
puid "not. heard. And unless more:can lie said of
li . itmthailliTtit - Ft els /lie ca pr . ty discipline
-can Intid)r compel his Party to vote for him, in
.preference-to one
,4.11 known ar;d : wOrtliy, ,iiiit- -
, - What can be Said inliis.lav : or? I will 16Iat.e. what
;' ' -----, ; -: _ ~..—L- -• :____—,---- •
1 i:IINIVZI . ---- '"
. fie is.a five-mason, - - . 'mid the oitts . dne of the
twintyleto;-tipmjna'ed in the Conv.en4.l.on,-whicy.
selected him that I have heard of. -- The Anti:Sla ,
sons declare hiin to be ,the canditiatp•47o;llitiated
by.ilie _lodge, .tintl sustained 4-its dietntion , .. Ile:
rlda cl_iiler2tile ,Mount if oriali lodge,: where
i 21forgah '.'as murdered. • -This looks . ..as it.it Was
l_wislked to, bring the masonic cini,trover:;y' into be,.
.
ing.again, and to insult: the enemie.4 of inalsp_mx. _
. Ile liasstuditi4 laic; but ti - is' too dull - ar:tot
lazy to , practice it. - -- -.-
...-.:
lie-held the arduous and re:spottsilile oflice.tit
Prothonotary, under Coy. Wulf; and, in 1836,
when the.opposite party were asleep trroughoht
the state, he became
.Senator ; whO 'has
known any thing more of him than his name hi
the Senate? .
fllc will diiiide onices ; for ili!11019
power to give for a tong Gme: .
To unite the distracted party, he Will gii;e the
best offices to the Muldenbergers. ,
lie •
isa very clever.fellow t fdr, on the strength
of his noniination;he spent a couple hundred in
treating - his — fiti — naLS With ".wine, &c," wlntelly
some of. them - became loud and strong in hiq
praise.
His grandfathyr fought in the Revolution; oT
c.wtirse, hrintrat tie - flkelifairctir Gb4rn or. - 7 .
Ile is' Major General of the,-Militia ; conse
quently, the "general feyea!! he hOifeAVill infect
the state. The other candidails had piohatity.
never been-cven, corporals. •
Ills granginotber was a Duteb..3rsig; as one of his
friends Oeclared.
lie has a Dutch mtme—noftlie7David, tior - th.d
Porter, but the 11—Rillathouse: 'How th . at quid
ifieti for "Kifri"..rnorit'
. .
Ile Is a practical - fyr ; fur,. the "key
stone" declares, he bas . raused some horses which
plc:ethic! ty sdld Tor a thousand..daiars eadlt!
Other strong.arkumems'in his fAvor_will ; dotibtH
less be produced; in dud time s ; for "ihis'e'are
traordi'lzary finies, and they ilerhpiidcrlretimdistary
meaptria," as was deblared by one of ilre. Com
nominated David U.Ytirter. I
THE TWO:
ir s ) orire7n nominees
irirdlf - p - ero - Ortl'ip - p - earanee is the standard of
clwice - p - the -keen eye, good !nut - loved and
Countenaneetikt44o4iita.epohlie.an-rnatmers
of the incumbent, would gite him an tulyantage.
.136!r the aspirant: • ,
.Tiere is no division of i'ear among the frienas
of C.overnor Hinter. Porter is ilie't*enty-first .
choice of many 1 and some of the Cottvigition-
seeme a verse to his election. It is confidently
asserted, that, fi•om present appearatthes, and
from, the assertion oh the I r ehnsylvanian, and
ileadikg,Apsb,.thatAtiine.r.miill_receits un enoty
mous vote in Old ßerks. Sturgeon mid Blilthe
are belieied to have Inal.about.thiriy votes each
at CoUeus ineeting s held on Sunday t but the
managet . 'S trinmphed:
-
Travelling Post Office."
11e learn from the I),:iawaN...- State Journal...Om(
in the mail train of cars by the Pl.ila lelphia,
I.Wilmington, and Baltimore ltiiikoall a there is 4
Lhantlannic car- whickis - clii'ided - intO two
coirimo
dions apartments, one of which is a complete
firrnislied with a deik, pigeon
T eases, a letter box, and every thing needful for
the busitn;ss of ii post.office. This apartment is
occupied by a clerk or agent. of the Post.otriee
depatinent whyj receives•the letters which ark
put into the borat the different towus on the
tante, stumps them, chargeathemiorronges them
in parcels,. and delivers . them .at .the places of
then. destination. In this mob, the war mails
arevaccomodated -and distributed with com'c
-nicnie-and-despatck-unknowit-in:the--liistorr,Of.
letters and ,, Post-offices. The , apartinent in the
rear of, this , travelling Post-office contains
great mail . Our Citizens find,a good deal, of eM . 1 .7. ,
,venienee the iirrangement, frequeridy
aiail them Selves or Ibis !, cormitive
when their lOtters'arc too &late'for.the..
h'e'ikgtffar,:estiil;ff:itMifehtin-sl,dPtFritiWr-'
ANOTHER Voict, Fripm 'THE DENEPC . -
' RACY OF NUMISERST - •
Conncelictd_Redeemed '
The Tories have..met•withh an 'utterly...over
iyhelutrug ileleat v kticoripectieut.' Focuism
IS extingolOted borders. Tho yl:llg.gri?
vernor has.. been elected bye majority
over i3eere . (Tory) of noCless thin. S,OOO:VOteS.
Eighteen of • the j.l' senators- elected are tV-hign:
and they•have carried at,least• tivii-thirdW.of the
• •
House. •.Annexcii 'are • the majorities:ow far .ats,.
heard from : .
rv.4 l aftfitH4l-eirtrrrtyr,-Eitswurtlr% and .
977-
_ New LOidon
•
.• • • y 821
- -" • •• I •' • '570
______ •
,Ne w Haven -, - " about " • 700 _• -
Fairfield • "'ovey all othqrs 838' .
----51idc110oc,last - •laemely toeci `foco,now
- ,p
gives a , IV lifg majority. •
It is . a triumph' altogether glorious and ovek- .
whelmintc. The returns from Tolland county
show but : one Loco roc° mentber i . the late speak.;
er - , C. F.
,Cleivelandi and he by 'a majoisity of
.only • .
.sentbly_.--Lekklattire !Bat' year, 140 Loco
hems—Whige, 72—Tat:alleles,
year; after all the:vacancies
be efiet a& fel lewi
W h ig„,
Locolo6o
coMervitti,v cs
_Set.a.te.—,Lae(_.year, 4 Whigs and 17 Loi:o Fo.
cosz-l'ofal, 21. '-,rnis year the Whigs 18
_
out of 21. -• -
j , lllLififitil4l-:
Co-\\'e ha v.- - just received news I ,. .tie election
of Mr: 12(intic*.sti:s (Whig) tn a- I I CongrCs s
yacated by : the death of. W. Cilley, of Maine, by
(A•Pirall C no )Uitors.-1
Phis 7 (1f!,tii4 . 1 h.tsheretoiurtt • been decidedly; loci
Mcn. Sri
.nunr,.ll tot 1110 'oricotlile tears of the'
• ,
V.:1011111AI n cu
.ucct. the-I,tte duel
. _
_ trrhatibe ff New 114 nip ea ec
The 1.uc0,f0'ciii,111.6 . .,:: liarciore
by ninjurities varying 2000. LaA
year . the I`ii.,-i.sl.,cure..gteutl.as.f,tllutt:,;:,
Council
Seii tic
Mouse 40 ,
-
Gueernoi•'s rilajvity 11,00
syvar the Legi'lature wIl 'stand fUlillly9e
- I 1 hilts. LOCO/I/CU..
Council
S o ) tte
5
116
House
Governor's majority about-2,500.7
'The Globe, Alhaity Argun, and the Volutitece
- call the above result "an unpreeedehted %damp"
A meeting orate Democracy (!!!) of the lower
embolthis-conay;:was ireltrat. Iloguestowo• on
Saturday . week. A committee, of which -A, .
Cox, Esq editor or Mechanicsburg paper,
that was, but is not,. was' appointed to llraft:reso
lOons expressive of. the.sensu of the: meeting,
among which waS.the following in reference to
ihe'SUb-'treasury Scheme : •
• ReMlyed, that the:independent Sub-Tres
i3M-y Bill as reported in the Senate du . ring ,; oo.
presetit'Sei 4 ion Of Congress, met with our most
cordial and unqualified ipprobation, inasinuch as
We viewedit as the measure,,above all others,
.
most eaMnently ca l culated to procure for us,and
secure to us, the only legal .curteticy . promis e d
usin_oue_cobstittitiettal kfomPact,-and-We-hail ai
a happy omen, indicative of a speedi:and' entire.
-separation' of Ihe governaueut front banks, the -
liroPosed bill by the senate imits present shape."
• A tteethe - resolutioirs - ot ffe - estimittee had been
adopted; DAVID HU tkIl; Esq., of-Harrisburg,
offered - a ati ing , " of resorptions, t J o be acted . •
upon by .the peciiile of .Otiiikber.'and, froip among ° • '
Ahiclr we e'ictraet the . folloWinfi: . ,
" ves6l v ed./31E11_3V e djsappro v e
Ufa-few-of
. tho Auntaiptiltr deniiii,:tiats, in the pre-:,
Sent Route of Representatives ,ok this, state, s
raiding antLaasisting the opponents of Martin Yin
131 -‘,4-16out .....
Sureiriii - bliiitiii - gibt - out instructions to ourpC/F.
tors in Congress, to tbwart the very measure's re-
commended bY.General - Jackson, and Which are
about being c arried',out by his successor. We
-recommend tbetn to the especial "care and ails
.tisenient.'of •their - immediate constituents, who
.wn trust will let then' sink into po
—the just.doom Of all . recreantsito.liatenst coti;
fnled iwtheth -by an bonestpaiiple.' . •
--allig,Sqpi:c.bajs.li is fon (Aim iesolutidif whieli — • •
full ou a.
Resulted; That we approve of a speedy ac
tion of inir legislatUre upon the bill pail/ before; •
-I.lle-Seriate-Of this.state tr for.the betterlegul'atiert• • •-
of .the several bankS, Sayings' inetitutions, and • •
.
loan:Companies, and that ' olir`seAntoitiiild ieiire—
sentative,t are herebY indi•rieted to vote . fen";4ll4
if possible, to caberuate the 'passage of the satne;
at as early a (14 is: possible:" ,
We shOuld like to be „informed', whether Mr: •
linnieSad reference to the bill reported in the
.§etta'te by .Mr•VraleY, Or'to the one which passed
the tower neuse, and whitih -required: that -the
Charters of all llte. banks In the stale shOtild be :
repealed unless they resumed specie.payinerits Or •
or before the 101h.of May next, everr should the
New York. and Other 'batiks' refuse to resume at.
that time. Ne wish .to - know :whether j , t ' is„
'orders of theparrisbun Reporter eitablisinneitt:
that the "demperaci" Ctintheriatiti66,trirty,„,,
must instruct then Senators and jiepiekeiitatiVes .
1 ( v - 01e — fof - that - bilbot - ebomitOttirnis. , iwitich , ,Wasi -, -
conceived - in shvand brottght forth iiiihignitY,
.
• . We „ire eetif4leet .. fliet ; Majority. oc ate, etti%
zees of ililnc4i4y, firc.eot it Javor. ous.ligts.
:Intel:s put:s4ll)g' a llofll ?9.• li:aHyY , y4lffekt NyoulA
Weie , evell 0. 10 stale,
. 1 4 1 4
bring ; Z rosy) f iia and 1411 S
e 2T4
USA
Locofbco
5
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1 36
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