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MELANCHOLY. _
Iseeli: the mirthful throng is vain, . ,
'Thbahisit contemplation;
: An ineubus-is on my ,rain, - ,••
Stern foe t? recreation;
• Thick griefs - and tiliekerserrows
No
f•ay.s . of hope their. influe r
n9e shed,
sheer my sadllejeetionl:
kia'a.plcasing narno
lievere'd in-sage-tradition;
In slays of miracles it came,
From heaven for man's fruitiori.
"I hada frienclwhoM I could pri2e,___
/VlOre dear 0:ail - any:brother:
qte hand he used to seal my eyes,
.To steal my purse, the:other. • ,
I had-a friend—:a friend of-youth, -- -
Whose oice was soft seduction:
Too late I learned the fatal truth,
He plotted my destruction.
Thus Bonaparte, not oft betrayed, 1. .
To man's false heart no stranger;
!Preserve rnefroni my, friends," he said
"Fronotbesifear no danger!"
Cglisle, August, 1.838.
THE THREE HOMES.
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"Where is thy home?" I asked a child, •
• Who in the morning air '
Was twisting flowers most sweet and wild ' .
In garlands for her hair ?
"My home," the happy heart replied,
Smiling in childish glee, •
4 'ls:on:the sunny:mountain
Where soft winds wander free."
. 6.!_blessingafall_on artless_y
• And :11116 rosy hours;
.Whenievery word is joy and trait,
• And treasures live in flowers!
"Where is thy . home?" I asked of one •
Who Lent with flushing face, -
To hear'a warrior's tender tone
In the wild wood's secret place: '
-She'spoka not;but her varying cheek,
Thetale Might Well impart;
The home of her young spirit meek --..
Wasin. a kindred heart: • •
' Ah! souls thaty - elrnifig - brgiar - abovei ---- - ------ , ----.-
' To earth will fondly cling, • .
And build their lope ondiumiiin rove,— '
That light Rod fragile thing.
- "Where is thy home, thou lonely trianr i
- tasked a pilgriM
_gray,
Who came with furroived broW and Wan,.
Slow, musing on lila way! •
He paused, and with a salemn•rhein •
Upturnedhislioly.ey'es,,,
1 - - ----
"The land I seek thou ne'er bast seen,
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'0! blest-thrice blest the heart mtist - he
.Tet - whom such thoughts are giyen, °
• • That walk from worldly fetters free,
Its only home is Heaven! *;
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APART FROM TREE.
DY MISS C. 11. WATERMAN.
,Apart from thee, apart from thee,
.Ivly lingering footateps•slavlygove,
'beside the silent silver sell,. _ •
I trace the shaunts we used to Ithe.
. The•idusliing - flawerrhrgltdluearspri .
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And twine their garlands round My . feet,
• And birds .t.lteir,early carols sing, •
_ „ And yet, nor ,bird, nor Rower it sweet; • .
They .have no,song to breathe forTde,.:
liecstuse•l Um apart from thee. . ; •
The moonlight sleeps upon tlte.stream;
Add all:thositver:stars of evelfo. • •
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•• In many a bright and shining •bearit,
Still tuirrorfliere the,light of heaveri.. , .; •
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And like a :yid child 4 glides_ ,•._ _ _
.1 f Inmusio o! the quiet wood,,
And,
wakens, with its gentle tides,
. The echo's initP aptitude; " ; • ••
—i3ut sadly-dadt_it spe# tri_me;•
• • am u
Becase I apart from -thee. • . •
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• Alone; I . swatoli,the morning; risk ;•
chrliehitty o'sf,the distarit hill; • "-sr
• Add mark dip bright and,glowing shies t
_ With golden glemus ilie.glad o_rth filly
- ,Ariffa'r, adorn the crimson elouds,.:- •
:Alone ,; I watch its •
Ana iitiger'64ll; till chinks • • • shrouds
It's_glcurvith the veil iSnight; •
' • • Voiligitt„that,,tright; is I*. eto nie, •
- teeeuse lam apart :• '• I'.
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A . F-4.411AY NEWSPAPER -DEVOTED I NEWS, P LITICS, -LITERATURE,.THE . ARTS AND SCIENCES, AGRICULTURE, ATIUSEMENT,
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ALEN/inn:4A, 1 , 1 1. 9Tke ELAND
. Co., PA4 July 10;3 . 315. •
To the Rev. J.-
OEAR - 5.111,--At a
_recent meeting of the
New Alexandria, TemPeratice.,Societ3V
-we, the undersigners, • were -.appointed a
_committee -to correspond' with the friends'
of Temperance hi-different ,parts• of 'this
State, on:thesubject of petitioning - the--next
legislatureto repeal the- laws'of:this.com
motiwealth legalizing. public_houses fur the.
sale of ardent spirits as a. beverage, and -to
pass a laiv making it;-a penal offence to trait.
flit in -ardent . Spirits',. except .for niechaitical
or_ medicinal-purposes. - .Vcompliance
w iththe u nctio - liTif op ci e ty..,. A - VO
dress_you_on-this_subjecti andlor the pur--
Tese tf - obtaining.-hiformation--on - certain
-we-proposd-to-you - the-following'
ihterrogatories./
has arriVeil,7
with-regartke-publia-sentiniont-in-our-staf -
10..,jistiV . the frientlg of - Temperance in
;making an attempt, by petition, to have the',
Llid - ense'laws .- repealed37 --
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'2d:' Do.' yo.Cl;:now - Iff - any - -extensive
Movement' making; or abont to be madiF, -
.within . our state; in relatioirto the specific
mode of action? And if...not, do you . thiik
,that if a movement was made in this or any
other-section4lere_would be a general:co
operatio'n ainong,ihe friends of Temperance
, .
tbroughout:the - state?. • •
otirthinlC the n.ext'S'ession - will - b -
Tu-suitable--tiina-to-appear_HeforeAte_lpgisla
turtiiihy petition-, will yowurge....in your pa : ,
-per to•shnultaneous action, and publish in
the " Temperance Journal;'. the form= of, a
petition 'suitable to have eireulated Tor sig
- •
nalutiegl
The_frlends . of, Temperance ,_ tyithitl__ our
dimited acquaintance; appear'to think that
petitionk: should ;be, gOt up:duriat the ap n ,
proachitig fall and :winter: • .
Tonr replies to the, abot;c - are requested
at as-tarly-a:tlato ss will suit--your`-.-.conve
nience; and•any suthgestioris which yuu may
be pleased to make, touching__ the - points
aforesaid - , or-any others, will be thankfully
received.
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Yours respectfully, - • - -
- Small AGNEW; , • -. I S , --
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Joll'.l E.DGAR, ' Committee
: . JOHN .I\IIARSIIALL,
WHEN SHALL Tj-IE TEMPTATION
• • , -BE-REMOVED?
A respectable Jookilig man and his wife
Called, early one morning, upon a well
-known--temperance than in.L., whom ---we•
&Wall call Mr: - A. -- Their bOsiness_was_urf
gent; and he was called up. On entering
.the . room, he was addressed by the stranger
NV i til‘,' Sir; are you a Temperance agent?'?
"I an hue, Of the direetorsM; the Society;
what is your wish 1" inquired . Mr.. A.
"Six months bp ) " said the man, ",J re
solved
and pledgel myself I would not
drink any strong drink for six months, and
I have kept the pledger that time was out
laSt-•inght, --aiftWilare-nOLUtist myself - IL
singld,hour, the?e -- tire so many pf my,as,
-tiociates-aroundme,-urging-Mo-to-drink,-.
and watching ttySce . tne fall and show my
appetitec" "The - tereptationis too strong
forli i iihta withstand,"'Said_the wife who was
listening with intense •ain.letY. :Lifter re-
coveringfrom his. agitation, the man said.
"I want to sign your. pledge." He was
, 1,: ,
tom tnat tne oecretary had 'pie book, but it
should be procured for him. He - said he
could not wait, and wished to have some
1,
thing written . th wfor him to, sign:' "Make
it' as strong as . 4u can." A pledge was.
T*Titfel,-by.--whir i h e-mngdgett-to--abstain
fiem - all'intoxicating clanks ; as long as 'he
shouldli,ve. . The-man and his wife seem
:ed, says Mr, A., -like persons, cloSely.piir
sued by a monster ready-to...devour them;
but upon signing were: relieved, thanked
me; -, and went. away •bappy:..—Temperatice
Joy Mal. ,
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. Fran ike_.Tenzpeyonpe Union.
On our. first Rage will be found the Cir.-
,- i unif - the - temperanWLlM - on to th - e - riVta - =
rine lusurance Offices thrOughout the United
States. The officers of the Unionitiought. i
they - Were 'ealled upon,' -from 'the station
they occupy, to 'take this eppeal; an aii
•peal which they hope *ill, be made from
thotisands and tens of thousandS all aver
the land, leSeeching insurers 'to meet an
-evil__most_distressingly . great, and Which
they perhaps can better meet than any legis
lative-Lenactment,--They-:-rejoiee -toltear ,
:.1114ienlis - of 'N.Mpernlsv.iLand bfe4n.
Cincinnati, have moved before' them, and
I not withont•effect. ..' An abatement of TEN
pe,r, cent. ,was recommended 'on "Preneitinie
' due from stearribOats•Condtieted withoutirr
toxicating liquors: - The •:proposition '' has
been acceded to *ith.a promptness indica
ting pleaStire on the
. part of these institu
turns to= -- Promote •tlie. cause Of:huinanitY'.
'The following is the appeal '
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.`i We v tlie,-unifersigned,- . -persuaded: that
ninny : of Alin-aecidents, by Which numerous.
valuable liyes , are lost, as ,welles much, pro.'
party destrO)Ted, on board Steamlioats,,navi
gating our 'western 'waters, maybe. attri
•buteU to, the ,use of intoxicating liquors; •
would •m Oat _respectfully. recommend. to the
different Insurance Oonipanies Ofthis,city . ,
that they take the.`suhject into consideration,
.with. the lHope retain of one
tenth of the proininnt may be . granted to
all siieh boatens shall entirely their
use during the•whqle time of, the existence
of any one policy., In doing this, W.e feel
weirsatisfied `that lie. , in tercet; of.the of
will be. atlvandcd,nnd the" Community
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Prinied aittl.Pablished,•ilt b eehlg r by &maw' e OZ. •in - Carlisle, Combo.land Coantk - Pa:
,• • •
exceedingly benefittol_ ../111 of Nv,4ick 'Nye
felpectftilly .
E.J. MILLER, R. G. MITOTILLL,
P. H. HARTWEI L, G. W. NEFF,
'l'. IL CARNEAL,
S. FOSDICK,
PETER, N.Erv,
J. 'W. COLEMAN, . JOHN YOUNG...
H. A. ADIELUNG, -"'
W. S. I,IATCH, 'foitnE*CE,
0. J. LAWRENCE,- •
WRIGHT - SMITH.
1838,
_ .o r f this recommendation,the_Fireman's
Insitrance Company, the' Ohio Insurance
Company, the Washington : lnsurance Com
pany; the Fire Department's
Company, the Cincinnati Insurance 'Coin - -
panyi and llie Canal rtis - iirapep
.Company,
have-JAI -approved:--Phey Wave - each - re.;
solved to: act irt-,ceofoyirnity_thereto:..,....._:__
— nib - is tfuly heart-cheering. 4 .` 01"
will 'exclaim many a•bereaved husband,.
widow,
_parent;_sister thii
ad-been -done -six-months-or-a year-aF,r,
'Piton, hen - thos6 appalling disasters,w4.4,
rent es with the lightning's•fury, Wad never,
never- ; happened."- ButothersLwill-be-saved-:-
yesl• let this Aro:through , our land; . let every
-16 S b-fence, Office, do.! this, and. Turn,bOats . ,
musi - die; - TeMperance - boats ifinitbe - mult• -, '
lißlietl;_while_such prefek ,
their
ten per '‘cent, and having their drinking
captains and crews; have- tbe mark of!
death upon them ; and he avoided as men
-
..avoidAhe -plague.
. ' i Pepin. the' ,
Pemeri. lii4ilititi•-. ,
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' ' The torn Crop o-• •- ..
On looking over otir exchange papers, we
.find that their statements - are. Oita contra 4- - 1.
_dictor.y4-in.-ndation-to-the - p - rabable
-average ,
_of the corn Prop. This is natural, as the s l
crop hue been . ditlereinly affected in different'
.sections of the ,country. One intelligent I
contemporary expresses the opiiiidn that it c
willproveltss.than the fifteenth of an mierago. i
crop • - whijc!anotlier, irran. adjoining State,
'thinks . t, Will prove about half, an average I
'crop. :. • Vith such contradiotory views it is I
i%
almost impossible to . form an opinion. In 1
,_Maryland, New Jersey and the - eastern
section OrPe»nsylvania, thrAirop'will no.
proms'tit - Mitt - -ededingl y -poowhileintlic.
New' Mrland States, and in the South and.
South-west; the prespect ishy 'rib incang so
discouraging. Even in the • vicinity of -
Philadelphia, there arc exception - SAD the
general rule," • 'On' Sattirday last; We s - e - en-'
versed with an intelligent far i nim r - whore
sides in the neighborhood of Frankford, '
and whose cornts represented as excellent.
-Deutnless-the- eliccf-of -the -drouglit-ts- bad
enough; but we...indulgc.the hope-,that the-1
corn generally, takidig one state with another
'throughout the Union, .will 'prove, 'fully
equal t 3 oue,third.of an average unit. - For i
one thing, we . IfaVe at least cause to be
grateful, The wheat crop and the early'
hay were both abundant ;• while the -rye
was tolerable,• all things considered. The,, ,
prospect \with regard to
,potatoeS is par,- :
ticularly bad ; buChere else, we trust .that .
ourlDiew...Englimit-ffieridill`iiill- be -able to-.
make up the deficiency. A Delaware coun.-1 -
--ty-fariner-gave--it-as-his-opinion.
day,.thnt potatoes would command at...least!
one, dollar . per-bushel by.the quantity; and
we may mention as a singular fact, that a
weelLago, they sold by retail iit the, West,
chestsr markf-t,,as high as . two dollars per
bushel. Such of our • eastern -friends as
have them in. abundance, -should take:the,
hint, and forward . them on forthwith.
Tiling one crop- - with 'another, we trust
that the 'Pennsylvania farmer, may - boast of
• a very fair 'average: Certain wo are that
.
tiurland iii nergatiiiii - off' - tliFlT4iiiiiiiiii7 - a
better state - or Cultivation. 'As a - body, our
farmers are not only among the, best, but,
also - among the most industrious and :judi
cious - ht thessUniort:, This, indeed, is con
ceded by all Who - travel through, the well
managed, .fertile 'and - highly ctiltivated re-,
.gions of the interior . ..* With a view of af
' ordink ssitioch data , upon the subject as
possible, we glean s the_ ollowing paragraphs i
from our exchange spapers—butprincipally
- .fromrthailaltimare_Patrint„ildtere=we
, many of them ready to.our hand :
- GEORGIA.—The. Haden Corn —A
letter to the editdr of. the . Augusta- (Ga.)
'Sentinel; from Burke county;•in that-State,
dated July 24th,-says: •" The largest crop
of corn, ever - raisett- s in 'this :country, has ,l
been : raised. this season on the . plantation of
Isaac Carter, from the -Baden . seed: Mr..
Skinner, the overseer; states that :the gourd i
eye -corn-will- not-average-4ore-4hintfiyo]
• - , e_stalk . ...syh er ea s -ilia B2llpn seivl
yields • from eightlo iwelve:• cars 'to 'the I
stalk.. - lie. also mentions . that he natiltd
on a' stalk of ihe Baden 13 large ears, nine
shoots that had silken them, antLfOrshoets
that had, no-silk on themst the tune; r: ) . he
thought they would have enough tri'make
nubbins,' .which would Make twenty-two
large oars--hind-four: nubbins :to the stalk."
• • 'TENNESSEE=---.,The',o9/4; Bc.••'-'We
learn from = a correspondent : -- -at 'Bolivar, ,
: Tene . „ - that the corn. crops the:sbethern 1
Counties - of thpAistriet which' a - feiV Week's
ago looked so premising, . have been tinieSt
ruined-bi',.the preSerit drovight:Nashville
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'Whig': - • ... '. -
MISSISSIPP,I; late Seuiltern' paper
Says :' "The 'cotton crops - in - Mississippi
are - kid - to. be. in a promising ' ,l Pqnstlitioso,
noWthstanding,the late lohg (40110 , ,' The
runiiiiinante of dry Weather ,gaVe Jibe plan
ers an; opportunity'to,clpSr.away - the..grasS
iniirthe retent.i'rainS.lllinkthe fitilda.tho
roughly-Clean-, ;With" nothing teltipede the
taitia'graivilikif the:Celli:on; s - The c s onditiOn
of. - the corn prep iS'iiiit,faii6rabrd. ' v iliti is
4A" 1 I .6.1.1 t el I I 7FIE ..7V r,* r[ q.cs,T 2S ,
. K. YARDLEY,
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riot so hardy a plant as eoftori; and sure
ili differ .incire'foillia Want Of - - - iiiif"'' -'
MORIDA.-4-IVe' are 'happy to ba able
'to say that, notwithstanding the long cob
tinued_drought in the early part of the sea
son, the-crop of corn is coming in heavily,
.arid .the_ promises are rnost, flattering for
sugar and Often: 'Corn, however, at pre
sent:prices is fk,the most important crop.
We understand;;.that one.of' Our Alachua
friends, who
s had to pay rec. dollars. a
bushel for for the last : yea,. has a crop
which is good:-tor at lea f' r 'thousand
buShels! . Very truly do we congratulate
rejoice with..him.--,-Jacksonville Courier.
DELA WA,RE-,,-Corn Croii.----We have,
. .
rtn ide - inqpiry of a mmilier-of__the farmers-'
of this county - within:a few dayS past, h,
relation to'the extent-or-injury done to the
dote-VOW late and-unprecedented drought;
and we are pleased - to learn - that the copse-
'nueuces , arc not so alarin'ing as we haitrea
son...to:. suppoge.: From . the information
' - whiclr - we - havO - reeeired, -- wp -- have:no - liesi- -
tatiowin saying• that the alarm created by
the croakers is without foundatiolhand that
'ffle - crop - Will - be - a - very - goodif - nOVan - Fer ,
~ age One --DelqwlreG . lzette • „ .
•-:,,Y Tll
,IRGIN 7 ,,ThIf
erop3..,,,,Le,tter from
- the --- South — side- -speak -Of-the-prospects- of
the - farmer ;and nlaiiter as' glooinyLitideed,
The corn crop in - many sections is almost
entirely - destropid, - aritliii most of tlietOirti
ties half a crop will. not be made.. : The
following is ,a . n . extract from a-letter from
:13uckingliam,_:Aug. 12.., .' i _ 7j . . :-
- " 1 1 1W2(1r01101t,: . stii 1-, continues.. All, da
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nato re• languishes under. the seorelihigys 1
_of the sun. - Tlie
. farmers are-:brooding
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over the' gtholnyfattire. Scarcely any earn
will be made. - Thaliehls are - so exhausted;
time zero - withered:toithe'-faiieriAnt-no-raiii
can :revive - it: ' The.: wheat -ertip_,:thougi
rather more' than air - average one, Will he
consumed:lli home. ..
'-.. Toil:: - DROUGITP,--Ai intelligent
friend' from Marshall 'county, inflns, Os f
_thatifariners in this-part - of the courtly; have
'sufteredsery much-front the ,late:itronglit.
The Oats and corn crops will not yields
more than . , one half the usual 'quantity.
ln, consequence of very little rye 'baing 1
grown in this country, it is feared that the '
.‘Vheat, of- which *there has been an'alitni r
-dant-yl6ld- eve.ry . where,. Will ,liave 'to !re
used for many purposes at Inime,instead of '
corn and oats.- r - Wheeling Gazette. -
The long- dry spell of weather; - (of 'six
or eight weeks? duration) 'with which this_
region ' has' been afflicted, .ended: hap- i
pily :yid, pleasantly--on-Satuaty-.-.--Sitice i
that time the temperature has been aff . reea- ,
ble, and every.thinloolts bright and
tifOL—V irginia Froe-Press. s 1
The,-late-rains hava-been, general ; -and- of=
great advantage to the crops,—Alex. Gaz.l
LOl_llSlANA.—'rhe New Orleans Bee'
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of the 01 inst. says, that a heavy shower
of rain had fallen there almost every day
:
.during the week. • - ~. • ' .
. MASSACIIUSETTS.—The ' I.3nstori
't.lottrier of Monday, says:—" The country
~never appeared better than, at the • preSent.
_ After _a long season .ofilrotwh_r,land__lbe:
farmers --had become= almost-Aisheartened
'--alinut their crops of potatoes and corn, they'
.0.--bet.".41 . 4-isited_withilealtllful showers,
; .anTliow-show signs of_ contentment and
joy. We learn from the -neighborhood of
.Connecticitt river tliot there is no doubt of
I a profitable season. The hay is all in; and
Ifs abundant... The wheat has nearly all
been hartMsted, and other productions have
been got in;,or are ready to he got kin, and
in good order and ih,good season'. It wae
fearbd ,that potatoes , and corn AVOOd . au frer
front the dry - Weather, but the late rains.
have altersithe_complexieO-Of-affaire-veq• --
nine!' for the. better."'
' -1-
MAINE.We. liS:Ve the "most cheering_
,intelligence from - the farmers
,Vevery part
'of Mait . . The harvest, they'say, will ex
.ceed the xpectations of the most sanguine:
Wheat at 1 'corn never looked better,' and
some of le most luxuriant Crops ever pro
duced in the country; will be raised "down
east."—Portland Advertiser. .
• MICI-HGANThe corn trop in this
state the present year itiornises to be•im- -
fili ens° .--, - -rollaw-1-11M•11111711131 1 1 - Enq h - a - t-710 7
unusual•nuenber of acres vas planted, and
that all if lotiltiVneentinOnly w ell.—De
:volt Free-Press.- • - ' . .-
I'' '. OHIO.--After a furious drought; Heaven,
in mercy, has Visited us with a delightful.
• rain: The farmers are in extacies ; - !and the .
Llovers of corn bread are once more in .
spirits.—Massillon Gazette, __ .
1 EARLY DUTTON OR SIOUX CORN.
I •
rt - W - O - yest6tilarre - cOved:frammor • fri P - rid;
[-BuSWell,„l-fooillY rtifvqg rir the nbovn kintL_
of •corn; in fine order foxboiling. It was
..planted on the - -s . th=.of May, and , conse
quently, !.bas been in 'the ground eleven
Weeks;--th'. • .• ~ ••. .. . ' ' ',
The 'corn 'crop. in• the, ieiser ceunties'of
the Western shore of. Alarylaqd, is said to
be.:quite . promiiing,.:•tho.' rams there have.
been quite abundant.-Balt.' American. .
• "FOREIGN!' CROPS.- 7 •The Weather_
,
• in'England had bean excelle,nt:for the crops
Alp to the :IaSE adViceS.: i the prospect,' it is
stated, 'is fair' for an 'average 'crop Of all
lands, of , grain.,iiiiGreat - Dritai 3 O.English •
ATTO4I.6N, BOyO: , ;-:-Gti•Fernpf , RiTmtli,
of PerinsYlVania; was-'once a bOuild hey'to
lacoii 'Myerti; INci..; ali - irtief',Of Cumber .
tatiq'''pOilrity, - who brought hint up.--IVir
• , nriza• s•ee Press • . • . .
I',•''Aincl`clove'roOrY'Ax•dt, of Ohio, was oO , po
•
Iy,!,h tgairikpr froth'time Jackson, SO.t.WOr;co:to
,:Cli,illicO tile;:ariiilii4 risen by., hip., ()Vzi 'gen..'
' his' rintiiiidp'str . sit.O' l . thO twoud rank.he now
! liads . in - th'e'State. 'Let the - motto of oVeiy
gmerican'S , Olitli be' Nil despei•ctridt:ln:.`•' - ' •
VaLITICA L',-.
tl qq-4EgP444-444,4-4-1).
From the Fmpeci Telegraph.
-AWFUL, PER. ER-Y 1
Fraud . ined - Swindling of ddle
bfackest diet
The, records of - fraud, perjury and crime,
seldom if - ever furniShed - a -- more ilagrati
instance of dislioneSty end frand,- under the
awful solemnity .of an . oath, than that
discloied by . the - . affidavit - of JOHN 1-1.:
STONEBREAKER, Esq. `We may, ran
sack .the'.histories of criminals, -from the
organization of 'eta goy - emu - fent up to" the'
-present—timei -- Avithotit finding a-parallel in
-stance - of ]so --- viatiroii7a7clistegard of - th - e74; - -'
ligations of, an oath taken in-the- - presence .l l
of - God,. as is prOved• against David R.
Poiter. flans upon him gc77PER.JU:!
.11--..prarck - and - wimst - Np - PErtsuitirOntinTil
by cupidity --wantonly .Committed from a
mercenary - , ust or :money 11. .- a ere we -
ba . v6-the-wstimoujr-of-a=tnairofinimlicaelt-J
able - vcsa'cityol ---- a - eitiien l i:born -- anfl - bred
in . Huntingdon .eounty, affainst ..IVho - i - ifjthe:
lipoisotred,4arroxis-ofcaltimnr WI I - , :ci arrp.
- less—whose reputation is-pure And spotless,- :
rand fßitifted •by theCertificatesof twenty-
Lone `as • respectable citizens as - reside - in.
Huntingdon county, under •the.solemn ob; -
ligations of an oath,' - to . fists .which Plage
-I:upon7David
. R. ?Olen , the guilt of. :DE
-1 I.MhiI:ATE - rEgiußy - ,.than Whick-nd--Nacker," I
ifoider 1- - ilite - is found in the biacl,Otalitup j
15 - f - 7 - n - Firfr frill - hal cade. _ - It also - proves - upon - 1 1
him - , .as . cicarly:and conclusively as hifiban 1
testimony can- • do, that frand,deliberate l l
concei-ted-c-inaturediraudi-was-tebminitted-1
by- him in - secretingalarge amount of bonds.
and claims with: a - view of „cheat/Re:Ns
creditors, and whiefrlu3 afterwards appro- 1
.Pritited to his own use.' 'Die testimony 'is
1 -as strong -es "proof of . holy. .writ,la -,and
and c'anfieither..b.e - inaPeaelied• of denied:.
The.. case ig - fiill ran iied 6. - on G. - and --- iiii:i:e - Alt
'upon .Dayiti.ll. POrtcr, -or his friends; to
1 disprove this overwhelming- Charge - , or in
the event of a failure, candidly acknowledge
' their candidate "to be, what .he has repeated
ly been shown to be, a base dishonest.Nilk
laiff, --- -Who7S - els%-ii:eetiance_the , _ -God_ :
laws of od_
' and man, and deliberately l commits an act,
punishable with i»zprisonnlent in tjtepeni.
_.
tent iary. ---.---- ,
,
. Swing-az...l:pass. of testimony, all going
to 'prove Porter's dishonesty, was never
iefore adduced in the _cast of . any man._
The certificate 'of Mr. Allison, of Beaver,
first brought the true' state of the Insolveli! , ,,
- ey transae.tion,. ,*.The subsequent
testimony-of-Mr. Shaimon-corrobora — tes the:
statement of Mr. Allison, and now the mat
ter is brought to a climax. by the solemn
testimony of Mr. Stonebreaker.
In the eyes of all ehyrdid and reasonable
men the guilt'of Porter is manifest beyond
all question. -The -waters of the, Juniata
could
,nat. wash from hint the: 'stain. The
whole transaction shows, a depravity 'and
:want of meraLliodesty .seldom witnessed
-in -the- most-hard eried felon-arraigned-in. in] r,
criminal -courts! Theiels not, one mid
. gating
_feature bi the whole transaction.
On the contrary, 'There lappeatS the most
callous _arid harderied depravity._ PER
,YEIR-k.l What crime is more henious,
more awful, more tlamnink in the eyes of
goed nrn Ts
.riot David R. Porter a
PERJURED .41.121 V? recut and
A blacker tale haS not itea'elte&the ears a
the people' iri . all the past history of politi
cal .men and parties. Here it is.
-. BTONEBREAXER'B AFFIDAVIT.
Flu~ztiitgdon. County, ss. -
Personally alipp . cated- before me, the
stibscriber f a Justice of the Peace,,itr and
fur said county, John ii.Stonebreaker, attd
on his'splemn oath doth depose' ;ind - spy,
that before David R. Porter took ,the bene
'fit of the instilVent wens,
and his fitther ' JOhn Stonebreaker,, were
- _bail for Porter Sixteen :hundred Sollars.
That shortly bPfore he filed his
. petituin for
11107:117 - --iirsTAvent—laws,tra
ing. secured .owee9. for Ids half of the
bail money, out of the bonds given for a
tract - of - land - in the - we!stern - ' part 9f -the
whjo4f)te (Porter) - sold. for--two or
three thtfusaVd dollars, brought .the balance
of the bonds, and' amither`bOnd of 'ahout
five hundred -ilollars to John Btonebreaker,
as well as: the. title of - a 'tract. at land in
Beaver county, (I 'think) and deliVered the
'whole to mr'father; - :'WhO: . WaS secure .
- -If, and keep the rest - safelor Porter.
Some time After Porter was disc me
under, the ineplirent laWs, he Caine to, John
Stonebreaher and , awr FROM HE'li 'THE BAL.'
ANCE OF THE B0f01; .(after, deducting` the,
$BOO bail money), AND THE TITLE FOR THE
TaAci:oE._I;AND, - ' which land I afterwards'
heard J,pini.S,tem - ehreaker; that
nn 'sou., for alinnt, '14;501. ,"the" bond's'
and lands:thitiecretitt ; and ' "returned after
'his discharge, amounted to more than irvz
THOUSAND , DOLLARS, 'none of Which went
into the hands Of his trustees, but into his
,own, 'Some time after.the above mentioned
property 'had "been left With my father,
Porter brought the books of account of
Patton . 4. Porter, to Mr. Caldwell's. tailor,
„shop sear the chouse, and got said, John
Stenebreakei to take'
,them . in. ,a 'bag and
hide thent.in a bOrrel the' garret, Raere
they' were secreted. for seeeral yecirs,-Por
ter occ'tq'ionaqy calling to','"exampAi'lfietn!
and draw nif accolorte,
tool them away in amig years
torwardj;' , I residellWith,niXii hordnring 4i
all.the,fime of the 4lieVe"tratite
ER
knew thew well, .having . , ofien seen:the
also, I think, must know the facts, as he
and I .have often: talked • about Porter's se
creting his pmperty-When fie took the beim;
fit of the insolvent . •
•• • 3;H. STONEBTLEAKER. ,
I Sworn arid' subscribed this 18tb.
. day of July,...:lB3l3;befoie ,•
DAVID .SNARE'..
. . .
We—whose—tiamei7ars — hpreuntn - sub=
.teribed, du certify-, that 'we are well-ac
quainted, with JOhnli.Storiebreaker, Esq.,'
and_lino \Vs his _character_ to be.good, _and lb at
his word or ktyStatement he dray Make, is
entitled fo_full,pOitfidence and credit.
jaines-Sakton,jr. • S. .
Thos. T. Cromwell,
- - Sanford S. Dewey;
"A. J.. SteWart,-.---- liames , Clark e,
. .
.
James Thomson, James :Morrow;
Philip Roller, John ,Brisbin;
John S. Taylor; Henry Neff,
Robert
-John-Reed, . IdeobliOffman:. -
'l 7 Imm
. . .
--- The - folloiin,cr - i - tlie - oth - taken - by - I) a
vitt-li' :" Poter'*ll - 61 - ti - tiibit - thebelYdfitsbf
.the iiiiollient_laws of Pettirsylvania: • .
OATH OF AN INSOLVENT.
" I 'solemnly and sincerely swear„in the.
presence of Almighty God; that-,I will
deliver up attd transfer to thy' 'trustee for
the. use: of my
. eretlitors; all the property,
that -.thave or claini„.anY :-or inter ,
est in at this time,' or thait . _l am,
.in -any,
entitled --- entitled - to - in - poisessionireiTi sioir
acid that lhaue_tiot - directly
or indirectly at any time-givAn, sold,-con-
-veyadjeased, disposed of or intrusted any,
part of my property; rialus_urclaiinsouany
person, whereby to clefr aryl my, creditors
or. any or "them, - or to secure; receive or
[ expect any - . - profitlibeizefit - -- adiantage
I iliereby.? . .
- ANOTEEMEL
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The following article we published in ohr
paper of The Ist instant, statint, - at the same
time, that it wisinade up from the
,pablie;
records hi - the.Auditor - General's offiee,
Since then, a 'gentleman of Harrisburg
led - at the ii;aid office, and Smineil into the
matter fox.himself; arid being fully e.onyin
-4d,of-4R eforgbtciprby-a-thorough - investi
•titibri; filb - aulhorizqd its to offer a reward of
• 1, 009 -DOLIAARS
to,any man who will prove that it Is not
substantially trtie,•.befors Ithe Accountant
oftc'ers, N. P. Hobart, Esq.,'and Dr. Dan
iel Sturgeon, the latter of whom, is a good
Porter man: Surety for the forthcoming
of the re*Ward, Will be giv4.
- Come on, now, yefalsifiets of the See
Debt, .dral' reward i or_' _hereafter,
hold your peacell
.STATE DEBT
;fads:are-stubborn thing 14.-
At the .close of- the firianical year 1829,
,the year George Wolf.was elected Gover
nor, the Commonwealth of. Pennsylvania
°Wed for money 'borrowed $8,140,000
at the close of the.fm.ancial-yeat.lB3s, the
year Governor Wolf went out . of.: office;
the Com rrionWealthWas indebted for money . _
borrowed 5e4,550.,74. Wolf
hating briot.ved $ll - 6, 413 - 32;
I as folloWS, . • -
Permanent Loan per net of 7th December, 1820, and
' 4th January, 1831: • ' $ 202.500 Qo'
I tin .per net I.ltll-MaYillo.l6o, 4.000.ff10 'O9
do. 'do. 21Ft March;:! 851, , 2,483;161 'BB'
. do: -do. :50th March, 1831, • 3ni),000 00
do. : dn. 30th March,.l332, 2,548,680 00
„ " - ad:" • - do. ' sth APrll,, 18;12, soo,ono on
do. ' dn.. Ifithireh'y, 18.13, 2,540,661 44
. do.. do. 27th March, 1833, 550,009 00
'dp. . • dn. • sth Apri1,.1834, . 2,265,400 00
Amonnt 'reeeiyed on Pernianent. Loan- .
: ' per sitt of APriL 1835, ' • 1:
Temp_prary Loan per , act of lith Juana
,
ry, 1835,
P rin.tifid. ihnsurfor - thense - riftfarlEas.
tern TWiltinitiary -- perrtets7l - 28th -- ' -
_Mar6h,9B9l_,:and Otlf 401:1833: - 1
. 2 . 0,00000
Permanent Loan for the use of the' On- „ . •
i) 1
• inn.- Canal clornprinr, !tier aeta oil st • - - •' _ • .
March 1830,,.8t I:6th 1)6 anher,l2oo,U(
,898,. .00
Ternporarr.Loan for the us of,the Eas
tern 'and Western Penitent kitarics per
.: net of.lsth April 1895;
. ... .
. .
.! • . • $16,509.743 92
Cn amount paid , Montgomery b'k. 60,000 'OO
•
. ,
• • • • •-•.' • • 516,4 , 19A3
.• in . appears from this then s _thatsatthe close af /hit
On rail year 1897, two years after Ppvernor Ritaer's'
admimgrat nn commence; , e m •rmve; money a
mounted t 4 $2,4,330,009 . .92,'HAVEIG BEEN BE
_
EILICED 8259,140 00 as foncom,•vi t :'
Paid Temporaiy Limn per Diet of 17th "• . - •
•• January. 18$5, . . • . • . 250,000,00
do. , • do. per act of 15th• ,
April - 1835, '. • , • . .14 . 440 00
• • • .•
*' • 024;440 00
From this de4uct laFtlnstalment reoeir- ,
- orr permanent loan'per atrof, 4aih
April; 1,./3.55;- • ' ' 00
• -250,7 ! 30 oo
__Mere ,then is a plain and :honest •til te
merit of facie; iivade trod doeumentit
`C 1' *ofri
in the' Auditor Tonere s and te.
which we' invite' the' attention' of all urtpre,
tjudieed minds:', Let-these who have , doubts
on the asubje'et,. examine tfor Themselves,—
. AVe stand pte`paretl_to prove:at .. nay time
the• correctness . dor .statement. hy
olfiei ii •docupeulei and lwe Challenge a : cow%
, 31, •
AbPlTiONA.Tririt r 4 '
-We ere to .olTef arigthei;"
- :
*
',NE It' SERIES, POL. 2. o. 40.
• 11,0
. 09 -DaIfiLLIRS,
to 'any man thai'*ill prove, befoie the Bain*
officers mentioned aboire, that there hail
been one dollar, or any largelr,snin of nio„
itey, borrowed on permanent loan . , by the
Commonwealth of .Pennsylvania,. since the'
administration of Joseph Ritne,r
. coinfnen; •
cod! Again - ,,we say, come on', falitifieri
of the State Debt!! •
Will the ile — rpbiter give us a similar blianc - O --
of disproving its statements? We dare it
to offer a reward to any person who
. will
disprove its; statements - in - relation to the-
State Tiebt.—Har - risbui:g Chronicle. -
THE STATE IMPROVEMENTS."!
The
._..-.. _ • _. .
the• • • .
The address put forth b Portere Coro •
vention which assembled at Harrisburg on
the..Potirth4 of JulY, :makei• the - aSiertion•----- . --/
that "it is notorious that not a Single addl. •:, 1,
tional mile .of .Catial or rail-road has _been •
Pth in operation duririg the - exiEitence• of
AlKitittierlrailiiiiiiiiitilitkii? 44 .ltinlitibilt - 7
- useless to. say that this is an assertion net
founded. id - truth. ..H - oW incu . Wha - niust --- 7 --
have -known that----whaf-they-Were-saying_......:
:was-not,oWei s ely--untru4,lbitt--easily.firoved to .
'o, could:KayeC
thhardihoocito,..make .
,;.,..
iiiiiliTiiilaisertlinkii:iiiii*Fio:Cientpie;•
hdrrsion. • -We. bß.ve pot - 14 - ti:s the last re- .
port - of the Canal .CommisSioneia • but there • .
were large appropriations. which' were ex.. :
.i:lended in 1836—Mr. Ri t titees first year--. \
as 'as every . ..year 'since. But supposing,
what is not,the fact, that not_Qsingleniile
of canal °TA-ail:T.o4d has _,been, put inapera• -.-
Lion by Mr. ,Ritner; is it:nothing that the .
tolls - ha - vemorevthanipiadrupied since Mr. • • ,
Ritner came • into office?. • flow ha this: .
happened? Under. Mr. Wolf-the tolls of. _ .
the canals and sail-roads did not- fitly for•the'
'repairs; . , how they not:only .de this.; but-we • •
.believe, pay the interest;on - the capital ex , ,
pended in -• them: - This. - is, the result . .ol, •
;:s y s tem -n ti (Le c ono i rt Yr,- and-•,' i,vhat_ rti a tte rs_it-
t 0... us Whether the canals- and. .rail.roads
litve been eitended, or zwliether,„these al- ' - -
ready - Made...and Which - had Cost-:the.State
an „immense suiti'. of m.oney,_ are ,rendered - -
uSeful and effiCient.t . ' - '"
. ,
But alarge extent of canal has been-put
under -contract by' Mr. - Titner and nearly '
completed, if-not pit in nperatiornattiely. .
'nearly--the-whole-'line from a dm
a.
on the Chemung river, n arTioga Point,-
down to Lackawannock er eli., eightY i nine .
miles and four teen =Chains i tiroated cost;
$2,923,294 9.9—thirty-live files of which
)
-were put under contract; in • &ober, 1836. ,'
About the Bartle. time for y-five and one. '
half miles-of the Erie Divisien Were put
_undet-contract.__ Attho_time_..hasthe_,WOrls.
upon the public iMproventeuts been prose- -
cuted with :more vigor-'and-efficiency than
since Mr. Ritner came into office. . When.
he
he came in he found every, thing lit - the tit , '
most confusion—contracts entered into: '
without the means of paying for the work
as it,progressedno system or order upcul
.the rail-roads; and every thing along the
whole line densequently in confusion. For
warding men and •merChatiO Were corn- •
plaining, and jitstlY, of deliye ;on, and Of -
-the-bad-condition-of -the-Philaticlphia- and----
columbia Rail Road, and in short;' - every.
thing was in confusion from Philadelphia- -
to Pittsburgh. No wonder that meahant*
preferred_ptuchasing their goods at Bald''.
more, or at least of sending them by the _
way, of that .city to Wheeling instead of
..
sending-them direct front this city to Pius.
' burgh: - And, no wonder the tolls: did not
amount .to enough to pay tor the . repairs.. _ '
That ". Rentrenchment and Reform" has
been - the order, of. the day under Mr. Rit, ,
- trer is sufficiently proved by the results
lvhich are visible to every--man- who-will .-:
take the trouble .to looks, and ilia' lie has
. prosecutetl4lt . e internal' improveinen,
the - State Witl--alt the'vigor whiciobe state
of Ore.-times and the .searcity of - money. ,
would warrant, is.proved' by the face that
in no parts ofthe State' is iiip . reeete a
etion ,
warmly urgell as 41 those-very counties in ..
• terested in the works in *ogres's, and in
which he wan before opposed' on the stipe,
position that he would be opposed to •an
extersion'thf the public improvements. lu_
1-these-counties--'was -was-before-opposed-by—
, the Whigs, while he is now not only sup., ,
ported by them, but by; many , of their pp,'
, •ponertl6 -- . - Who - thre - ,desirous -or having A,
public-Works completed. ''. , t„ `'. -
This we think is .ittffieient answer to the
falsehoods cif 'the Porter Convention Ad.
dress ! ' Perhaps We 'may
. at. our- leisure
give some:, further facts in reply to it,.. .r
1 Phila. Herald4.'Sentinel'. ' • ' 7 , ' ' -
894,900 00
so,ooo d
\ 7 4,4 40- 00
Hood vs.-lomitai,-iiiiiaiiratax.—it -taloa
Hood to 'express an :opinion of humbug.-,
'Concerning , animal ,magnetism'' he' dis- •
courses ::,in the following ;choice veira.
"Take". sayslie "the -Wildest freaktlof Ake
mast' fuddled, muddled,bepuddiail':isotilieri
, 4 40 ,?,try,ing to light his, pipe *-.I I •PuLDPI
- , -attemptingArin,tflop; islug .i wog
watch. key, requesting,4 - T,,rn : 11 ,7 11 ) )
,
•bed in 'the • guttei, inPellteked. 0 : 11, - 143 O ( MI
'they a hitoar.,a whit, nr a jot. or. a ,w,tutt.
, nat,.arkore extravagant or indicative of -ha.
beeility or 'reason, than the vagary Ipt; ,!}
somnambulist. gravely.-going ; through sihe
back-gtrittlan +l.l-TeacArlg-, 1 44e 8 -,40113401, ,
or, a, back•mrther of.a yotrospeCtive re v j e * i
through the_ back 131 ,
1 - ere
A;loxving live persons - 4n • a'famT y, ;
are:6o,ooo 'families in thn
Yoik.' 'Dividing the ninnbtir:tiist die, drank..
aidd among Mem, near~x ev~r~y'f nth lions.
roust furnksh 'arirth, •
iii a'feiv yeat*- - :fnr dn'not 1041 •
Ej