. .
•' wn - currentY, , renders*:the only Money It
will receive in payment almost.inaccessible
•tai its ,debtor; reducing,. at, the., sante time .;
•. • the rates - of exchange, and the ,prices•of sii
• cry things This rigor 'instantly rePiii the
the; creditor, If ppvinent ie me.Atlaittie
• • . ,Southern ‘and • Western depreciation in
merchant loses tlityinent. is to' be - iiaade.
the exchange, Ales,. and the debtor sends
•ebt,•the-scareity of ino
itr n the .P.P4 - Itis
hi Y m te d
sacrifiee it';• if-116.sendS
bank notes of his coiintry,. they •sink to
*t ven tylive per cent. in, value ; and he loses
tile' di frerenee. ,IC-.he brings. -the stocks, of
his State,. the ' scarcity ~Of Money - renders
- their. negotiltion *possible. - Once disap
•pointid in this way, lye scnds-,-no:ntote_pro
._::_ duce, nci Amore. bank. notes ;-and -the credi,
'tors, in :turn, ‘ suffer more than the diffeience
br Khc May. • •'•
- . .
rNiect - teilforeignerS - , *: We-owe a
• large.daht 'to
.France and Engfand. • Why
' • should- we destroy the 'value of our only
• . means of payini - it? -- We can Pay it only in.
rash, or prodyce,• - or7st,ocks. As. to. cash,.
this dep-was contraelcd•in an abundant cur
renc . y. -- Ily this arlield scarcity of money,
i oteLt.c_r:Pau...a...cirrene y_nuitc:
• -.valuable .hy-One half-or 'one third. 1 E veil at
that rate, we can. neither. borrow the money
nor raise •it:by salescx_e_cpi_h_k_iainaus,sae ,
s .•rifirr. We then inarpay it in prbdtic6 'or
in docks, but. the : same scarcity sinks the
- value of both. A. debt contracted when CM
t•iii was at• twenty cents, we have to pay.
when cotton is ten dentsa .Potind - .71f wc . •
yropoSe to pay: ; in tiro. stocks, these o
"slink perhaps twenty-five per cent. on their'
• - price - last year: :Our resources then are,di
minishecliii vatic, while our debtis inereas
•ing by interest.. • consequence is that.
• the foreign dele, is postponed. This operates •
•
-injuriously botlt_partieS;_to,the domestic--
debtor' by - reducing his. means of payment;
.
• to the foreign :creditorby-the ,delay and the
.hazard of this debt: It is true, if he could
7--÷now-receive-his-Money, he would 4:einit it
• •
route at i 1 loW rate. .But then .the same '
scarcity which lower the rate of 'remittance,.
. • prevents his 'receiving- anti tiling to , remit; -'
• •iinti so. far from being - interested - in the early
resumption„ it injures -him essentially, be-.
== cuitse the forced preparation - for
big • the' recotireos his debtors, • renders
• them alike .unable and unwilling to pay s ,
What the foreign creditor. wants isp:iynu hit,
piiytnent of. the dellb•ritit iii a - bole'. Curren
- - cf;'lMt in an equal . or, it' pectiessa- ,
inferior_eurrency, _because he
,eaii,
• , better supporra high- . of tempt:Mee 'Man
. a reduced or postponed payment...: •
- There prevails a -notion that the credit of
Alm country abroadwiltbe. injured by-not re
, rtuting.--2 , Not -in •-Everybody -
• connected •tYitli America knew the teasonS:of •
• • suspending, and entirely approved:of. it:as •
the .ptily Measure that- Ould have saved the- • •
country. What &frolic:Pis :want now
- that wohould pay our debt. . is •pur.
iirst-Auty; •andif they See, as T tlicy-,--canno"
fail to see; that these premature efforts - to,
'• resume spdcie. payments prevent the collec- .
tion_of what is' due to: them,, they will per
-ceive, that- in-endeavoring. secute_an ob
ject wholly 'domestic ; they•have been _sae
rificed. lii respect_to the dividends and the.
stock, Payable and, • many of them
-are
payable in pounds sterling, .or guilders, or
francs, so that we . place therney there at
our own cOSt---and a'S to avidends payable
liere,:they have'tdmest universally been re
mined in theyquivalents.t6 specie. What
the general 'merchants of France or Eng
land desire; is that we should take their Mer
,--chand's'e==that, ive should trade with-theM.
Th state of our currency is a very suhOrdi
--- -na e-eopeern-----"Vou deal- withtbem and pay- -
/them in their own currency. • They inoW .
little and care less about the sort of curren
cy w,hieh you deal wfilTifie. - Sotu
- West. • Besides;, • who are to' ;efirialelt . use
• Ivith'the. depreciation of .our notes?' The
English? But the flanks of England sus
pended specie liayritentili for twenty-five
_ years—during _nearly ••allwhichtiMe every
American bank paid .specie—and men. in
England. were'forced by law to take the notes
of the - Bank of England.when they were at
thirty per cent. discount=-whereas no man
is obliged here totike any Mite of any bank
'at this moment, a paper dollar in
- Philadelphia . or NeW York will buy a' sil
ver dollar, delivered in London. The goes
.: iion then of the resumption is one
_ portant at home, (hoes not - affect the credit of,
the country,abroad. . • •
V1...-.We-comenow-to-thequestionWlieth
er if' an early' resumption be practicable, the
' month of !May is-a. lit time. : My • iinpret
thalthe month of . Ma_y is . a. very' tin
fit time. The resumption, to be . thieTtil, ,
must be generakand* arrangement can be
satisfactory. .whidh does not include,the
southern and southwestern States. Tese
I-do not think are yet ready
,to resume.--
- They are straining every nerve to pay their
debts. _._ Their_ _crops_are going.fOrward-to
provide-funds-in-Eiirope_and_at_the__North_
- —the banks sare laboring. to meet their
_notes
'at the North—the legislatures are pledging
'their credit to-raise:Sunda in order that their
op eiriayp6y
we yepulSe.theni? . All they want is.time.—
They-ha*enat.yetad_thegle_
. crokand they require another; and : instead
of discrediting them,- - or diminishing the
. value - of their' produce, or ciirtailing_their
in sending .their Ci,ops to market, it
is better - Tie - help:thenli and-Wait till_they are
- - • 'more:advanced in their ,preparations. The
entpliiiiifentef credit, either of banke :or At
inditiduals most useful to, the - donritty_ at
This, moment, is to forward its produce to
Europe. -Instead of this the . bankenre re
7----tlucing-theirfacilitiesTand-calhon:their
debtors f6r payment.' Thisseems very Lin
reasonable.. ,It is - stopping the locomotives
. its they are, carrying thecrop,to-inarket.-7
The -month of May too js notihe right time
•• • of the gear::: For. example, it requires on
'an average about fifty.,days to - take cotton
.from', Neiv7 0 rleans , to, Liverpool. Suppos
. immediately .sold the usage is. at the
• end.of,
.ten days,,,to give. a bankerls• accep
• Unice; payable in f tw. , o , that " - by
the month May :There would not be actu-,
• ally ,realized- - uiore ;than the 'cotton whit'
left New. Orleans beforelanuaty - ; when not
um -I 'P than:lms• fourth . or : one fifth - of the
_ . whole- etop hurl been shipped: • Much, of
•course,, - .driwn, for- -whew:shipped hut, I
speak now of - the. actual: obtaining. posses=
-,---- r --- sion'ofthe,proeciedi of the ern , endi at all
events het" One. half Of the-crep:will' haVe
. ..
reached Europe bythe -month 'of May:
The spring is, moreoyer, JIM
.season.when
the credits given for the shipinents . tff south-
ern - and western produce,. are' maturing - at
- the - North - ; --- and the crop from •Which rem
bursempfits are to come, remain unsold in
Europe. The spring too, is the time when
the-western busineSs has brought from the,
interior the notes of 'the Atlantic balls,'
when the circulation presses more upon
their than at any other period,. and when
specie iewamed for the trade to China and
India, making that tinie particularly unpro- '
:pitinus ter the resumptit.-• - .
Tit, - It. remains. now to inquire how far.
thestLgetieral views of the expediencyof a
- restunp - tion 'in . May she'd& be changed. by,
.thedeterininati:m of the banks of the city of
New . York t 6 resume at that period. -
." For the gentlemen_:of New • York . who
. intnoutmeed : that - deciSion, I have:grearper
senal respect, and. tinder ordinary - circum-. 1
stances would willingly -yield-my : 9WD eon.'
victions. to thok hetter.oppoimpines..and tut- 1
de es ta nd ing. ,. • lint 'lke
.itatiiiarintiuence- of --
- theirintignrekrirwealrethttrlitne know
ledge of fact, that the banks of N-York
would not ImitVelmad •the' least idea of a re-
sump tion - itriNlay : ';'=:lmit • becaustFthe im in n- '
nity- allowed by : the Legislature 'Will "then
expire, and they fear that it. will not be . re
newed., This was distinctly avowed at the
: Ban k_..o °twee t ion.,-mtd-the-de pu tation-whe :
'Visited Philadelphia .repeated it again and
again,- Now this maybe a very good rea,
son for tire - banks of New York to resunie ;
but certainly no reason "whafever for the.
banks of Pennsylvania, to' do the same.
The States of Pennsylvania, of Virginia,:of
Kentucky,' levee' Legislatures
.is well : as
- New . York-, - and - they' liaire - refftkillo. - direct -
`them; batiks: to resume-in May-nekt. - 'Why
should they-obey the :Legislature- of New
York and not-their. own Legislature? . The .
position of . New York is on all hands re
gretted. ' But how isitte be remedied? A •
single Legislature out
-of twienty : six.Legis.;" .
latures, had passed a law
: forfeiting the char
ters_
of
,13.anks, if they were unable to redeeM
_their..- notes,. in.'irtiecie.. ,A--public calamity,:
overtakes the - country;. - andlite declining-to,
pay- specie, so far from- being - Criminal, be-;
.
'canine an .act
.ofpuli -safety—so 'adopted'
by all the batiks, end so confirmed by _this_
very. Legislature.
: t he provision ,original- .
ly designed.: to guard against [fraud,' may
HMS becomethe - punislimenroMene.sty - and -
ability': .The Legislative- body which pro-.
tected the banks for a year is now in . ses- '
Sion;.and in twenty-four ho'urS can. extend.
the- i ndemnity. t ill a . - - inore appropriate see:
son for ieStnning. - I presume no-difficulty
will occur in thie, . ' , Why should there be?•
Is_it:possible that such a body;can - sep"Willi - .
Mitre - relicAl tii:e' distress which,eitersever
a
~
nee in this course must inevitably 'create,
hi Permit the pride o&hpinion or . ..any - Imre'
political - or - party - consideration - to :prevent
them from interposing to protect their noble
but- angering city 1 7IT they decline,
,how
can we of' Pennsylvania - interfere ? . -- . - Vly
should--we-voluntarily place .ourselves-in the
same situation into which NeW York:has
been, forced? By doing_ so we share only
a common disasters --instead 'of husbanding
- our resources against the period _ when."our
interposition -may be really useful. In the
mean while, the' .most ' _ effectual service
which
: We ean:rentter, is to speak in a tone :
of frank sincerity. ' She may perhaps bear
i it from - 'one, than whom she has never had
a more true and constant friend-.--who, - al•
though an entire •strangernms -for 'a long
Series ' sEyears done every thing in his pow
-er- to - adViance her'prosperity i -and : neVer saw
her in any 'misfortune which he did net
anxiously. strive_ to mitigate. ----Bu t I-wish-to
serve her, not to flatter her. I believe then
that at thismoment New York-is in an en
tirely false position: She is obliged by the
ekisting., law 'to' do what she feels to -be
wrong. Her natural course' is to appeaNte
her representatiVesTte_iectify_their Mistake,.
and not-to thrust out their own State bankS
to be crushed by th . AExecntive. Instead
of doing this, sine perseveres front it miSta;-:
ken-though honorablepride T iknot asking
relief where relief is 4ntainable, bptis pre
paring for the event by sacrificing her own
interests amid inflicting distress - on the com
it,nnity. ' The apparent .stiperiority in time
eXchanges_which--this--preducesris---Wholly -
I fallacious as well as injurious. - the state
'of-tine exchanges in New, York -proves no
thing whatever; except the scarcity of itto ,
hey___in..llew__York,,.., the '_exclumges . _.are.,
.even less- 'depreciated than many - other
things. -The hank notes of the Southern
States are at a great dept:eciationqAtit store
.rentAKill - real ..estiiTein di - every" spot where
these notes arcosacriticed, are 'much more
depreciated than the notes-themselves. -- So
too! in New York, the notes of Philadelphia
'are at a discount, yet atlititiargent 'Slew
York has
_to pay to Philadelphia little less
tit \
',than ten - millions
. of dollars, for etual-debts .
...tO_Philadelphia, and-to foreiknerd reyesen. 1
tedby Philadelphia, 'lt is not therefore the
abundance,, but the want of IncansA--it is not .
strength but weakitei which .causes thiS
- -difference:' By:the same-procesobroadsnd
meat; maybe reduced in price for- the'Vant
lasers, You make an artificialsear-
city of -money, and then boast how,.muel
the little :which remains will buy 7 r , but your
superiority is punished by the debtor; what
does not settle,with a creditor so, much.alluve
him. And what is the benefit of all this?
--
The Other States are --to. atibmit
to this loeallegislation, and the suffering of
New York' is certainly' . not fitted, to make
them adopt it voluntarily. It is better,
therefore, for them to state - with : perfeet
anknessTtliarthey do not mean . to unite
with her in this.forced resumptionto say
this- decidedly, and finally,'so' that she may:
apply.the 6njy reinedy—an ex tension of her
law. The whble" ,- subject would - then he
open' for. future adjustment upon .principles
of safety,- all kb to the banks.aml. to: the,. C 0 MI-,
munity.
On. the .Nithole ,the' course
.which, in myl i
judgment, the bvks.-ought to:. pursue, is
simply.. this: ' • . , •
The BanksehouldOmaiii exactiY.l.ls. they
e-preparing resume,..but:mot yet, rew
They should begin, ,es.the t llank , olng- ,
land did, under similar Circumstances, by
paying the small notes, so as torestore , coitt
'to all the in icor_ Chanitole of Leircitlhtimi
'but not make any general resurriptiOntintil
they aseettaiit what :purse the Qovernment
i •
..
itrill 'ynifiue; employing iti the mean'Jime
their-whole power ro:forvisrd the crops •tn:
''Market._ ',The American:banks shonld:do in.
1 short what the Army: did at New Orleans;
stand fast behind Weir - cotton bales-until.the
i•eneniy has left. the. - country., • ' •,. • -
These are, my, opinions very deliberately
formed, and very, frAtiklY expressed. : They
arc thus sot 'forth-, not to iniinenee-the 'cOtirSn
: Oil otliers,,lmtto explain my own. - .•', '
With_great respect and esteem, yours
'! ',. -.-- --' ' • :NICHOLAS: BINDLE'.
' -... PHILAi/ELPIIIA, 3 . / . ./Tit 5, 038.- - • " •,,
• __ .. . _
TITLES_OF ACTS
. .
IVF THE SESSION.' OF 1837-8. .
Aii act: stippleMentary to the; act„ - incor- •
Porating the Philadelphia, Wilinington and
Baltimore rail road. company. .
An.. act M rovideA for the Jepairs,. and ;
the expengcs of the .state canals. and Fail.'
roads,, and - continning•the work . on the Erie
l extenSion and North. Branch division -of the.,
Pefinsylvania'canatiand - fOrther - OrPoses - . - 1
A fraet - Slipplefireinlarto7lloari - M. 1 7 _
tied an Act to graduate • lands on mo
neyyilijcwhich.-iS - due and 'Unpaid;' to the COnnnen
wealth. of Pennsylvanin. - •
An - act authorizing the sale certain .
real eState,'late . of Andrew Bayard, de - Ceased.
An act supplethentary to. the.
_resolution
ielatit ; e•totthe_claim_ofiliugh_Keys,pAsSed)
'the third.day•Of . 461;1837. •
An. act to'_ authorize the-sale of Certain
real-estate of Benjanthi JOhnson, "and .Chas.,
Augustus Kessler.
`An act autheriziwthe„..: - Commissioners
of
• Dcdford-county, to borrow.sum •a of . tho-
ney, and Tor - other purposes:. •• •• - 1
-- An - act - iiiithoriz - ing - the layingAf :water
lots, thid - :the-saleof the same, in the second
section'of -the towm i of Erie. -- ' coal eonipany; and other purposes..
Ai supplement the act entitled- an Aet . ,
__ . i
An - act for - the incorporation of Several
to - ineorporate the Franklin . Da:l'lk, ofW.asli, bridge companies, and for other purposes®l
.ington, passed•the ninth of March;' A.'. p.. An act granting nid : to the Pittsburg Hos . -
Tone thonsand.eiglitAindred and thirty-six.. pital, foi,the deStitut - Sick; and insane, of
".-A.supp'l6nent 'to an .act,' entitled an" Act , western. ,PennsylVania-,--- and - to incorporate.
authorizing 'the "shperviSors'of East.. Hunt-; the' Orphans' 'Asylum of Lancaster ; and to
ingrdon,An.ANTostmoreland county, to. asseso.' L- ProVide - fOr - the - education — Of the tleac -- anir
-and . collect certain - takes,. passed 'the second dumb of • this . Commonwealth.
of April, one, thousand 'eight . hundrod
.and-' _ 'An .act making appropriation .to.:re-build :
thirty: . :. ' .
'' r• - I -.
- .An aet granting_aid to-the 'orphan. Asylum • . Supplement td.an.aet-ontitled an-Act to
SoCiety,. of Pittsburg and .Alleglicity.- •• ' incorporate the Dauphin tind Susquehanna
An act to incorporate: theThaylostow,n and'_ coal- companvi passed 'April fifth, -- eighteen
- Willft'OrtiVelurnpilt.e.:road'eetripany; - : --,- - - fitund - tetl - antl - thirtpsix. . • --- --
-- ' An act remunerating Lewis Willianffi and ; ... An act relating to certain ' election . dis- I
' others, for 'expenses .incurred iii pursuing trieis . in the. counties.of- Westmoieland,-
and arresting certain fugitive's froMinstiee.. Dela:6re atidllefferson. .. '. -.• • •
_-_. An' act
and'
the 'tlireefOrs of !lye ' An act= to incorporate--,the=-WaShington.
Poor, anti 1 -of The house of employment. of.. in - Surance- .. company, -.Of Philadelphia,. and
the county of York, to,. sell -certain, real .for . ' Other purposes. .- '' _2., . •
eTs - tate, antlli - fur Other Purposes:TT .?': .. 1.,.. An act-to - authorize the administrators of
An act authorizing the construction , of a - *the estate of.
,AV illi-utiA3Oatel,_late_of_the.
..
'Canal - through Windmill Island, and . the.., county of Westin'oreland ; d.eceased,.tO make
improvement of the navigati c ut of _ the
,river deeds of: certain___real ostate.,', and. for other
-Delaware; --- T - -..
An Act for 'therelief of .Samm~el Biddle.
and other solAiers, and widows of soldiers
of the Revolutionary and Indian wars. •.:
- -An act to autlthrize- the - Governor
. tO in - -
corporate a bridge over the .Lackawaxen
river, at or near its mouth., in the county of
Pike, and for other purposes. • • !
An 'net to • incorporate !the Stafford coal
company. ,
An act- aitili_prizihg the Governor to in-
corporate a. company. to erect a bridge oiler
the Conemaugh river, at or near Centreville,
M the county of - Indiana, and for Othei. pur
poses. . -
A supplement to the act entitled an Act
authorizing the Governor to incorporate the
Lizard--:Creek-,--•Lehigh--and—Loyalhannah
bridge qoinpanies, and for. other purposes;
aml_of_eXteilding---the:time-for-comthenchig
and completing the, Susquehanna and Dela ,
ware canal and rail road. •• .
A supplement to an act entitled an Act
to incorporate the academy of natural .sci
ences, of Philadelphia,' paYsed the twenty
fourth day of March,.,.A. IL one thousand
eight hundred and seventeen; .
A supplement to the several acts. 'of As- .
seinhly in relation to theSnrvey . .Of the•
township of• 6.11 d .the unincorporated
NOrthern Liberties, in the, county of Phila
delphia; and for other purposes,'
An actin authorize the -covert* to in
corporate a conipany to crect.A.2bridge .over
the Alleglren}`;riv~r~iiiii iiriear - Sliaipins7 l
burg, in Allegheny County. •: • .
An act to authorize the Governor 1,4) in 7
corporate a Company to erect n bridge over
Ahe.A.nniatti_river;..4 IVlelTcytort, Mifflin
county,- and for:other. purpeiSes. . • i
Au act to incorporate the. trustees of the
. .
tpUttislApi.or Newport allliittstoWn,
county — celifieriie,
• An act for. the relief' of George Beretta ;
and other soldiers and .widoWs of soldiers
of .the Reyelutionary•and Indian wars:
An act authorizing the laying ont,and log
eating 'a state road; from a point at or. near
Mexico, in Juniataxottinty; thronAli. Tuna. ,
tora ItalleY7by, theit4 of East Waterferd;
and the Yoadat or near Taking Creek bridgTs
in Bedford county, and.for other purposes,
• An'aetToi the relief of •.james.:_lleed_and-1
other soldiers and tviilo~rs of . soldiersTof - thi -
Bevolittioliary aid Indian Wars,-- . -
- An act to ineormate_the-AthenP
'cn raid-~'
road conipany, and for other put,
An act to .empower the. court common
pjeas tnr tite , city*and county of.. Philadel; ,
Oda ; appontt assignees trustees In the
place or the. deceased assignees or . .trustees,
John - .Vaughan, - and-forof other,..ptirposes,.
A supplement to rite act entitled an , Act
authorizing the. Governor to incorporate. a
company erectin a bridge over the river
- vtkill, ford:'
ford; in the county
of 'Montgomery, passed the seventh day of
May, one thousand eight hundred and thirty
two, and for other . _
A supplement to- an .act entitled an Act
. ,
to ineorporate the Sunbury and Erie, Pitts- •
bnrk.. - and,Siisquehenna. tail . road coMpanics,
and for ,other. purposes. • . *
•An act to incorporates the.l4lOnnmeneeent
etry., and l'or i other, purposer;f , • •
.An act ; for: • the relief . of the- volunteer
troops, styled : the Washington'cavalry
• 'West : Moreland' county,. and. for'
• .4‘.n act 'for the..relief .Audrew.,Keen.
and others, soldiers and wido. s- of soldiers.
of the Ire — vohitimitiry and Indian -" 'ars.-
An act authOrizitig the Willards trg . : and.
Jersey Shore rail road.COmpany Me, struct
a rail reed;• and for Aitlieuntyposes,
flih . j . :: - E'C'll . 4: -. i;l:.s:ii .-- ::E:Oii"is]' l '.:: : '4:i::o:.b --- ... l oiffsl'.to:'
,ns
.
n att to, - authorize. the, wardens of . ‘ the.
refornfed church, 'Paradfde•church,',
Paradise to:01'218MP York county ; and.
con vey. : real.estate,- and: for-Other-imrpcses.••
An,adt to incorporate the' Offerman rail
road and mining company: , ,
• -An,aBt to authorize 13ernard..Conelly, Jr.,
tO suriley.,and lay - out the, town-pf,Snayttl
'field 'Ol-::'.S.`Oiiarriertield; -in §din„erset. eliurty,
and stithei.purposes.. ••. '
An .act authorizing ,the Governor to.
c 'in-.
orporate the' : .Frariltlin and" , EirdentOn
pike, road company and for other.purpose,s:
.11•--.4upplentent-to-the':act- ehtitled-an- - -Act
!authorizing - Arm .Governot to incorPOrate_the
Muncy canal cornpany-, passel April - the .
first, one thousifuleight hundred and-thirty
six, andfof - otheepurplige§.---,': •
4 fUrther supplement to are act entitled an
Act extending the time • for Closing the eon
; cents. of, the: Washingtonliaric'passnil tree
eighteenth day - of -December, one thousand
eight hundred and .:'`twenty-nlne, and for
other-purposes:. . ' • „ . •
Atf - d - di‘authoiiting the •caaviconini
b.r.s4o.settio-andodjustrrt he-rciaims::of-Arts
and Dobbins, and for other purposes. •
A_n•act iticorporato the. Sugar Loaf - coal
company; • : ,•••
hit act to hicop . (irate the Wyoming Coal
company. • ' • , • • ,•
. . .
- An act auttiori zing-die - GOvernoirto - intor; -
porate-ftlie- =Motioning-. and-iiittaning_,_ -and-
Freeport nitnpike . road Itiipany, and . for
other purposes. • • - „ _ ' _
An act to promote — the' culture of silk.
An act atidioriiiiiir; the
,Governor to ineor.
,porato a cowpony. to make a turnpike road
from ' Union, in the county .of Fayette, • to
the Virginia. 'elate line,. and:: for. other pur
poses.
.. .. . .. . „
. ~_ .
An apt to incorpdrate:lli6V4iiiittian
purposes
•
-. •An :act, to - incorporate the Arbon'
peat
Coal company of Tioga-eotinty; —
An act toconfer_On -Sarah- Troup,--for
merly Sarah Hartley, Matilda Hartley, John
Hartley, Margaret Hartle}; William Hart
ley,-Harrison Hartley, Oliver Hartley, Ru
fus Hartley, and John Adams Gebbard, the
rights of childrenborn in lawful wedlock;
A supplement to an set' to consolidate
and to amend the several acts relative to a
general 'system of education, by common
' schools, passed the thirteenth of June, !MC
thousand eight hundred and thirty-six.
An act: to illeorporate the Perryville bridge
company, mid for other purposes. .-
An act to - provide for the repairs, And .tO
continue - the imprevemenfs of the statc,ond
l-for other purposes:
An sot to authorize the Auditor General
to institute suit for collecting of 'balanced"
which may be found due from • Lawrence
L. Minor, late Clerk of the Senate, and Tor
lother purposes. " • •
' act for the divorce of Elijah M. Stine,
i front_ Amanda.. •and David ._Shultte
from. Elizabeth Shultz°.
I .An aet to incorporate the Washington fe
; male seminary, in the borough
_of Wash
'-ington, in .the - eounty - ofWashivon - ; - a - rid
for other purposes. •. • •
• A, supplement to the act relating to the
orphans court, paSsod March tWentyAninth,
one thousandoiglitintndred and thirty-two,
and for other purposes, • • • •
An act to - incorporate:the Bradford coitM.
ty mutual insurance company ; and for ther
purposes.' •
. .
An aet for•the-teliefof Thomas :Wilt and
others, soldiers . and • widows of • soldiers, of
the Revolutionary and indian:Witts
Allacitbincorp_orat_e_thellettre3vsogiety_i_
for the viSitation of!the sick and Mutual
assistance, andlor: other purposes,
An 'net bmpowering the burgess and tetirti
council of the borough of Erie to borrow
money, and• to supply the said ,borough
With. Water t , and- for other-purpose:4, •-•
••A stipplettient to an net entitled an Act
-aftthoriffng the-Govelluir-to itidorporate-the
Meadville: and Tyttisville. - turnpike road
ciimpanY,Atutfor_etheripurposes.
- --An-act ; -relating to, the commeiaceinentpt
notions...4f - needs, to appeal _from :county
auditors, land. for other': purposes.
. Anact , fir the relief of William lain and
SOldigra . and wldaivs, soldiers, .or
theßevolutioneryvand,lndian Wars.
. .
An act to ineorporate..the, Luthersburg
and Punxatawny , turnpike road company;
and for other purposes. • •
An.act for the destruction - Of foxes and•
_
wild cats; in the counties of Lebanon, '
zemei_Wayne, , T ike, Monroe; Sitsquehinina
mid, Ti
._. jga. • •
A: further • supplement to the. act
_entitled
:MiAct to incorporate the town of
chester, in the county, of Chester; into a
borough.: • •
An act to authorize the committee of the.
•estate : of Michael
,Pox; , n — Litnatic, to sell ,
- arid denveyeertainreal estate, and . for other
. An. act to declare.WOoderu Bridge creek,
in Bedford county,. a highway, and
for other purposes.. - • '
An ace to annul the marriage; contract, of
Abraham. Garner • and, Elizabeth his wife,
'Elias Waltokand 'Sophia his wife, Charles
Eichkoff and Rosanna his wife.
An act to, 'incorporate, the Tanianena
.
stipplement to an a4'eillitled an Act . 6
.itteOrivrate. the Middleport,and Pine -.Creek
.:raiLload_conipaity r .andlor_ otliqr;purposes..
Air:-odt „to incatterate . . the Gurve.nsVllle
abd Clearfield ;turnpike. ••bad:c . ompany..,,
act authorizing . thit laying of; a ,Atate ,
.road-TrinnAtie • l bcirdligh - of GWeifigiitio; hi.
.Westmoreland county, to interseet,7,vith the
Greensburg and Pittsburg turnpike ioad,
pr •near the house of. Henry Chaulfant,'un.
the.TUrtle Creek, in Allegheny county.'
;' • An aot.t.o. incorporate the 'Lanahster city,
and county tire insurance tainpany and for
other, porpoSes. : .
• - Ksuppiement_t9•the act entitled: An aat
Al) . erect Shirleysburg. ,. in the county •of
fl untingdon;.-Ne-w—Hope-in-ihe-cauity-lif-
WiekS,••:,and. Hamburg in -the -entinty of
Berke, ' id-for-11er -,,•••.
ler4, tind - forotlterpurpos. -
Ari act to incorporate •the 41anover coal
conipapy . . , . • • ! -
An . 'act authorizing and rettir,,..l) g the
Canal' assioners, to'• erect a shute in
:Queen % IZutr,
.au • ' .
. auth rize the Presideßt Judge
of the district ort of Allegheny county,
to 'hold specia courts in_Fayette. county, -in
cer4titt_c_a.sia,-,atid -for-o.therpurposetf,—,--
• * -- An - act granting certain'powers-fo the
authorities ,of the cities of Lancapter : and
Philadelphia, and for other purppses.,
An act regulating : election distriet.s._
•An act relative to the laying out,of cer
tain state roads fronr-Curvinsville in. Clear
and Salfsburg, _in__lndiana -count_
through Westmoreland county to Eastjaib
•Cyty-j% in - Allegheny - con ty • and - for :laying.
out other-State-roads, and forr - iOther puypo,
•
ses.
. An. act ''authoriz'ing the .Governtir- to
corporate the Bristol steam tow hoat and
transportation: company, and for other: pur
poses . ..••
'.2_.:f_An 'act stipplementaryto the• act entitled
An act. to incorporate : the Harrisburg, Car
lisle arid Chambersburg turnpike_ road - com.
panY, and for ,other.purposes.
RESOLUTIONS.
• - •
_-ResolittioA for -the ..relief of— • Dorothy
edict.
" 7 " Resolution relative to the location lof 4116
HUrmony Bridge, In, -•Susquelniniia -- Conuty.
Resolution for the relief of Joseph Serena:
Resolution _relative -National -Road
frail Broynsville' to the Harbor of Erie.. •
- -ReSolutioir authorizing and-Tegticring , the- .
Governor to present a sword to Gen. Hugh
Brady', for his diking : ld - Shed sere iees during
- theltite -- warYitlrgreat - Britain.
- ReSoltition relation to the alleged claim
of Fenton; llarlings -- and — Company, and
others. - , ' • .
- - 'Resolution . relative- to.. thaf establishment
- of a National Armory c -- at the Prins or -Big
;Beaver River,:or_Pittsburg.
Resolution foiAlie'extetiSion of the'',She
-itangOirldmatNove-Castle.
Resolution relative to 'the payment of
certain Scrip, issued' ; by the late sittieriu:
tendent - of - the - eolumbia-Tail‘way.--,
Resolution relative 'to. the erection of a
dry . .dock at the navy yard; in Philadelphia
county..
Resolution •relatiye to the'paym - eat orthe
flebtg- due by the, Commonwealth, on ac
count of expensesineurred by the late con
' vention to propose amendments to the
.con
stitution. •
Resolution repealing. the 'third section of
the incompatible act of. the 6th of March;
one thousand eight hundred and tYelve,. and,
for other purposes.
Resolution relative to the claims. and
canal'damages of John Snyder and William
Stall and•others.
. Resolution:relative. to, the_ gratuity. and
annuity
: of James Pratt, a - soldier.
Resolution relative to the upper basin, at
Hollidaysburg. ",
Resolution , ' relative to certain undrawn
balances in the school fund, and for other
purposes,
Resolution telative.to the State Library,
atld for titer Puposesi ,
Reso p Wtion granting a in'etniynt to Royal
Freeman, for a device for propelling boats.
Resolution-'relative to the Old \VI -pining
sufferers. . . •
Resolution relative to changingthe - lots
• attached' to certain lock houses, on the Juni
ata division of the Pennsylvania canal r and
for' other •purposca,
AVe extract the following f'rdui'the pro=
moil* of the Legislatgre, as enaeted do
the last day of the session'. •
„
The bill granting aid to Dickinson
Gol
lege being under congideration;..
Mr:- Hopkin.s moved to amend, by ridding
a -section making mi aji t propriatiOn of $5,000
ton
_county
,
Mr, Stevens opposed the amendment, On
the ground that jt was calculated to defeat
the. bill, —
Mr, M'Elwee said. he. would go.-for
Mr, . Hopkins' amendment, and then. go
against The Wholabill, He was OPPOSED
logrtuniortn:d lo :Dickhaon;'allege, ft
-
was sectarian, and had receive': arge sums
already, '
Mr, Stevens said Witt& in ravor of the
appropriation to the College, as it Was iiiere
ly giving to thatinstitution ari equivalent for
what they would be entitled 'to under the
general college laws: and —which would be
or great sera e° to diem, as they had eon-.
tracted debts to that amoinit in erecting
bnildings. This . institution, as= had-been
alleged t aectarian, It was, to be sure, under
the patronage Of a . particular religious de :
noniination of Christians, as every literary,
institution mist be,-or it-would-not flourish,
w-- Ized by the Methodist society,
vas palront!
a sect AV ho had done - inore.for -the cause of
religion and morality than most others: 7 —
He 'woad liot inquire into the orthodoxy
of ereet4,. but Methodists, by : their fervid
and familiar preaching, bring: home at least
I the morality of reli io those are
nexer,approache - yret.hers; they were, if
- be . be.,..allo,wed the expression; the
Peinocraey. , 91 .- Qhrietians, hoped the:
amendment of .the gentleman- froml Wash:
ington, tloPtass,) .might net succeed,
as .that would cempelhitia, and ntany, others,
to vole against the whole, and thus. the liill
Would :fail. such, perhaps, was Vie.. de=
sign.. •
, .
•
litnamiri.— T Tlie,-Legislature of_ Virginia
adjourned on
.the Othinst. after a session of
9I days, and , : liaxifig passed inOre,than three
-hundrettaets. •
. .
10, Village.
C,O,NVE,STION,
Tile — tionv:qntion e ?gates ds ,
;s6nable - d .at New . I.Ork . 65t." week. At ;the
time.of. writing this,•wc have not received
its prOcee4ing's Theommon be.
lief is that it 'fix . an .'early day' The
resumption bt.spe . cie'paymenti—verhaps
in - the , beginning of Alay Delegateg ap..
pearcd in that body from •17 . .States. The
Philadelpliiiiianks, and the 7 -Pennsylilania
banks in genetal, have ' declined sending
delegates lo- this •bridy4l'or,:te_asons_
ly connected with tlierniteT . esta, of Pethasyl
vania. • The-reasong-sliall fUlly-jaid
fore the peOple of cliester.ciniUty, and with
all:licaSonable Men they..will-be-found satis
factory and irrefutable.
'The situation of the banks in NeW Yoik
is different from that. of_tlic
. Pennsylvania
I banks. • They..., .resunte in . 'May, or
forfeit ilfeir charters - . It is the only al - -
tentative.'
,'With theut,..the queStion is one .
~.of _self : p.rf_s_ero_atiaa.,..aa44plZl=imblicgoe,d.
nd• the - TyliiStoff of--.this-tearisactioff-will
'Ahow how exclusively they - have been :got ,,
erned by the desire of the former, - and.neg- - ‘
'- • ,
uitty
' -• Ars - lrifaljr well be pre-§tinied;-this:rosump
tiOn, of the New York banks. has met with
- the -- Tapprobation - aof — tlie whOle — Eoco-fOeo
tribe—and the course of the -Phdr.
EDI
an. tias - metwith - showers - of unmitigated'
abuse..- The war-Cry has been raised 'against
The latter, and Biddle is consideredthOlevil
dpirit - npon whom the blame of the • evil
counsels must fall. We have. no objections
‘—tliese clamorsof our . :ppponents for pb.•
litieal purposes, will riot cheat the minds of
a- reflecting people.' -Out banks
ourtribmphant—During the trying time of
the, suspension, the wise Counsels of the
-Pennsylvania banks have'saVed the People
of • Pennsylvania - from a - great. amount - of
suffering—and our b4siness and enterprise
hale been' - Crippled -Tess than. that
_of
•other State. . •
--The NC' Alt 'York.tfanks are not abetter
• emi'diticin to resume thirmt -banks of Perin
,
sylvdma—nor idsolood.• Bit this - act Of .
theirs w - illbe sounded abroad •‘. ith the trump
'Of „'fairrA - 4 - ' the' enenfies'Air•ilid. credit sys
tem. 13ut_it„ will be like the victorious
sh • outs '_Of an arnry., - over• the
I trampling. upon:Ate bodies.-of" ihe-Aypunded
and dying.-4n -Order-toforce this resumer:
dolt rii 7 New 'Y ork 7thousiii - Nupon • thoti 7
been:' -ruined: The folloWing
startling fact,Will coevey an idea of what
the condition of:the laboring men ha - 8 ben
in riqt - --during-The'last-.winter.. one
acs le ward,-upwards of 9000 persods were
-recipients of public harity!!and L j,n the
same tir another ward; 579 business bouses
are closed!!.. the: Average rent of- which
would 'be 1960 thillars--makingthe loss in
rents alone in one single, Ward FIVE HUN - 7
DRED AND SEVENTY NINE THOU ,
SAND-DOLLARS - !! , • -
This statement will, convey _Some_ idea of
the • coerclit—g);stem,.in New -York. -
Philadelphia, on the contrary, and in Penn
sylvania, comparatively few failures liave
taken place.. Business has been
. dull, but
the course of our banks has been calculated
to protect and foster the merchant and busi
ness man. How much better is our, condi-•
tion thaif - that b or New York with all her
preparation for resumption!
But .after all, this resumption of New
York, is little better than a mockery. • It is
pleasant to the eye, but bitter to the taste.
•A sheer humbug,—wOrse - thart our present
- condition. Harkeirto - I , LAN — ititiffelf
resumption, taken from the U. S. Gazette
N
of
• Friday: a plan by which the ew'York
banks are authorised to issue bills to , the
amount of mank'millions, which cannot be,
redeemed for one or more years in specie!
From the thrited.Stotes Gazette:
NEW YORK BANKS.
. ..
l' The New York: batare Certainly en
titled to the credit of roitness: They
have colleeted'the banks I on other parts of
- the ljnionotrai, pg-upotrih nt - the - necessity
of— an immediate - resumption, by which
honor, 'alone, faith and honor, nd character can be
preserved. In the . n: et of discussion they
procure a lakv 'froin . Albany, which allows
thent - teissneNnotes -- ot-payslile-on-demand
-like the . notes of oth r banks; but payable
in, tWelve . Montlis, These twelve' months
notes being issued and circulated in ple*
YOrk, Will- . of" course become current notes,
and as the depositors in the banks are obliged
td. take current - notes; they must of - course
Like these twelve months notes, The
- iihilleTof - tlie — defioilfea — iirllfe 7 b - aiiki:Will
thus be..paial in notes, - for
,which7there-dan
be no claim on them for . a year; and aethey
issueno . noles-payable.on demand, of ermine
there can be no, claim upon them for coin.,
The law, it is-Understoed i .
‘ authorises them
to 'issue these. notes dtiiing, two years, so
that in fact it, is art' actual postponement of
What is called specie . payments.! This •is
of all — tJtO fine 4eclamatickfi . about...ll °tunable_
• p6-Yment -of debts: This new' law, it is
said, authorizes theissuei - of. -twelve mopths
notes to the extent-of one and a Italf of-the
capita/ of the .banks, and as the •whole ettfd-_
tal of the New York banks !is at4d at
thirty-filar millions, we, have l'here an au
-thority te issue fifty-One. millions of- paper,
irredeemable - for . a year- v —and this, too, by
an act entitled `-‘ an act to ,faeilitatellic re
sutpption oo'sPecie payments:". • Facilitate!
It -may well - be called; ,te rfaei hate the'pay
-meat-of a debt by - putting:it-1)1r ,for a year.
Some body : liarWrittelfa - book called 'The
-New. York • laumbegs.' .I)re beg ..him to
'reserve a- chapter for-the latest and oddest of
the fatally, the New, york specie'paymentS,
• the immediate restimptien:next year."
' The Administvation demands. of
gretis again to issue ten millions . of:Treasu.
437 notes:. Mr.•Cambreleng, the leader of
the partyin -- the'llouse,.deelareS tluti if it is
'not done speedily,- the wheels-of Govern.'
ment must stop._
Our governmentiva . ges a Most bitter War,
against the. credit system-and paper
.nioncY
—insists that th6y are frtuds and , delusions
—and does every thing in its, power to _de=
stioy - thetif:TYetlhii •satite, glorious. Gov
ernment . begs for a huge ;dose,of thiS, very,
credit and paper •thoney; 'to save: it , front.ex-
T - p.king • .
_ • - PUBLIC MEtroal
respectable - and v 4 large meeting of • .
young men, was held in the ''.llow n - H a n,,ot
Bliippensburg, Pa.; on
: the evening ofthe'
29th .ult., for the
,purpose , - of expressing _
- urtioi - f - With.reference.. to the late: affair • • --
of honor" at the City of Washington, and •
the practice of duelling, in genefar: . .
The meeting organized by calling Mir. •
40SEPH-1 IIFFLIN'to the - elfair„and
pointed. Messrs,„S4.. Mr. HAMILL' and
alnotii, Viet °Presidents, and J. P. Burn*:
Secretary, • : _
Proceedings were eommencyd
appropriate -- address by - one - of the_yo - ung -_-
men, mt. the object. 4- ineeting---Tepreltend- r .
- mg - the - wicked: infatuation - exhibited . in the . '-
fore-front 'of many Of the 'characteristic - -.
movements of the day—'-exhibiting the.dan- •
gerous tendency _ of:. all - Violations of law, •
especially 'when they emanate - trent disourees
whence- the laws should have'ealons pro
Acction; and by those whose example must
have. aeknowledged-, influence in coinmuni
ty setting forth the imperious call of - - -
the-timesll& spea4 and act to - - the -point,-by
7 0 1Wgel. (1-176 . 1 ountry,:-and-the-TiroteCiion - . - of,
yiat pure and revered in the 'interests"
•
or gciety, , ,
sueceedd'.by-a-free-and
lull
expression of 'sentiment, participated - hi :
by - a number of , gentlemen'. •
•
--The--.following - resolutions Weie, unaiii
-mouslyadopied, as - expressive - of -- thel - c - o_un27
, m - nismitimenWof this community on the •
_intimate-
ilaAdphial
subject, viz:•••- . .
.
• ftesolied, 'That duelling is a veStiat of
ancionrhasbieiSin f practiced oily among_
men void of the fear of God, : and destitute
of moral principle. "
Resolved; That the man' who will -
.. .
liberately wage war . with Th p
e rinciple's of"
philanthropy and eternal justice,hylighting
his heighboriii it'ditel; is a MURDERER;. and -
Merits no place in a civilized or enlightened
community, Much less a seat in the' hall of ~
legislation, or the bench of - justice. -
..
. Resolved, ;That .while Stith vile men are
exalted to places' of, - "trust in 'coMfnunity,.the:_ .-
N
life and. liberty_ of,every'citizen..are ttr,tenr
tiered to the - tender• mercies of mil emit
•. .
and tyrants. , -..
Resolved, .That while - li7e, deplore the .
melancholy death-ofAhellon. • Mr.- Ciller ;
late - member of Congress,..we not only think, •
he —as_ i fooltlieth,W.,_butw-believe- =
him guilty of self-destruction; ,
-- Iregi3We - d — thitt "_oflieet: of . the•
iiiiety in "_reftteingitO attend' the bitriitl of
Mr. Ciltev. . • • ' • •• _
Resolved,.-That =tie -proceedina
sofrthisl--
b •
.
meedng . be 'signed by its. oflicers and intb
fished.
On metion,. - tlie meeting thijournpil,
'. - .405EP.11 'MIFFLIN; 'President.
Gli
O. W. LIAM IL, ir ' , „.,,; ts 7 -___
-'. -• 'JAS.' Cf: MoODY, - - --- 2- 13 --!-- ' - ' - - ---- .
, „1.......P....11urit5, Secretary-. '.; . . . •
-_BALLCON
.tXPLOSI6N..
The Louisville Journal. of the 10th inst. -
has-the following- particulars:--of , .
dent that occuried-to_Mr: Clayton. "Yes
day, at abOut half past two o'clock, whilst
Mr.. Clayton's balloon was undergoing the
process of inflation, the gas, from soMe'un••••
known cause, took fire and- exploded with
a noise like the discharge of artillery . Four,
persons engaged-in the inflation, were bad.._ .
ly bnrned—one of ihenrifis feared danger
ously. The ball6on was instantly burned,
and the fire_Was communicated to the woodegf
portion of the cistern containing the-Water _
and other ingredients from which- the gas ,
was_manufaetured.._ -- -
the • scene about an hour ufterwards,• when
the, fire was still issuing in flashes from alt
parts of- the surface of the water with ,a
sound like the faintrumbling orilistant •
thtinder. •
•
"Mr. cjiyion's pecuniary 108 a very
serious one. It;cannot be less °than fifteen
huntlred dollars—probablrit is more, Upon
that matter, hoever, lie , hardly bestows a. -
thoug - ht; great regret is on acisount of
the sufferings of his Unfortunate workmen, .
and the disappointment of the 'public..
THE SHIN -PLASTER' PARTY. _
We observe that sonic of the Loco Foeo. •
organs. have the assurance to call the friends ••
of the State' Administration "the friends of
shiw,plaatcrs,7,hecank. .they Voted againska
resolution to oblige the banks to • open-their-- , -
vaults, to be plundered by the banks of other
states, before the banks of . other Mates
would resume specie payment. .
We have never .seen impudence exceed
this_ the . -fact staring them - in - the -
face, that the Generid Government Nave is .
- ai - e - ittortufflienrcrikippiarater - s, and are - 7 --
now asking the privilege to issue. TEN
MILLIONS - MORE—and that. "almost
every V9n Buren corporation, borough or
county intlie COmitonwealth have issued •
.thousands of . shin-plasterB, it is.es. vain-as . ; ,
it is ridiculous . : for them - to attempt to east • •
oft the name of"THE, SHIN PLASTER. •
"
_PARYY ' while_ the _people have the • ,
means of• information. • And a• Loco .Foco .
1-- who - rattemptslo - denylkesejaets, -- w,ill - be •
laugheslathyp.efaons_of common sense..
: But independent of this, we have a direct
test on this question,. In the passage of
the famous Loco Foe° bank bill Through the •
-HOuse of RepreSentatives,• Mr. Garretson
;inoposed,a section more effeettially:t6 pre
vent the issuing of 'Bhinjilostoi;.fpy which ;
EVERY. , ANTIMASONand EVERY •
FRIEND of STATE Atomoasilm-
TRW VOTED. • Those who vote - 4_ 4 a
AGAINST .the section are AII_VAN .
- REN - MEN.Here .we hare - theni. - lii
the negative •voted Messrs. Brooks, Clark, .
Coplan, Crisin, Dinlock, (Sustf.) Fegely,
Geiger, Gilmore; Goldsmith,-Hook, James,
Laverty, Leech, M'Elwee, Porter; Pray,
Reynolds,(Luzenrne) Ritter; Ryan; Sipes,
Smith, Stevenson, Taylor; Thompson, Wal
born, Woodhumand Y ost.--Pempsylvapia
Tilco-raph; - •
• We learn frour the Medford Gozette,"Altat
the l fekral, aliaSlocti teeo: party', open
ed in, the, boyOntik..Of ~Bedford' for
• the accotnntoilntion Of . .the
'name Of this 'electioneering . shop IS' to he;
called Jackson's
‘devilish sniff eon' bo itad, inoludingPor- 1 •
ter. Exttir Globes niid itiverns.raW;to• be. •
plenty hrthe state. this smuttier. ~ Porter is
to wash All down, and is plearsant doses kir
diunkardsi but such' 8§ sober melt .ciotnot &
attillitoLlake,m4hf u llirctgicie • • :