Carlisle herald and expositor. (Carlisle, Pa.) 1837-1845, February 23, 1842, Image 2
= - MINIMM3 e raid &—E Kips tor. r* fertireeks ago. favored . our. readers ' Witha brief sketch of she jdi 7 tied. character of that erratic genius, Henry A: Wise' of Virginia. •• We non:Y - o'e Them .o* . bitetcli of that "old man eloqtient," John 'Quincy Adams, of 111.1ssachusetts. ;• • It is . • vdttlimplirtiallY author . . p - on ft to eq ti n• ill] the citarry • • actin. gf our great: - men. - 7 We next week s kivo our readers a •sketolt .of the •- ton: Jdlfli Sergeant& of l'ento.Tlyania,• and arnard i of 1'404 York. . I.r6in the &mkt Slo-11 , 113 Sevr§: . • Gilfaitpiri •qt etragrcx . s?tracet. • , TOritt: QtrlNta' ADA • • It may4ippear like presumption ionic to Undertake td"giveu.sketch, however brief, of .this extraordinary mum I shall never .Co speak of, his talents or genius: They are universally known to be unsurpassed -- --vnepialied. • Ile is a philosopher, a states . pan, orator; poet, critic, and historian, and - is,withont any kind , of doubt the mu s t. re • . 'makable man of:the age. He hits filled "almost .every 'important station under his . government ; has been a. member of both • • houses of Congress, Minister to Russia, to. England; and to Chant, Secretary of State', Under Mr.. Monroe, and President. of the' :United States ;.and. was at one period of his . life•PrOfessor of . Rhetoric in Harvard . College.• He is toiw about 75 years - of age, and both physically and . mentally has -- all the vigor, of you th . :lie uses touch . • bodily. exercise; walks a great deal, rises • very early in the -morning, and, makes. a . practice, winter and summer, of ' inersing himself in , cold water, as soon: as 91b . getsup... No:doubt this - has,cooduced greatly to his• health., Ito is very abste-- . -rnious . in his. mode of living, mid all - hipi •- • habits.areimifortn, ronsiste4 and thorough . Ytiletuatized: In person .he is shirt; perhaps 5 feet 6.inehes, tall and round; but not stoutly built. He., has a quick. step, and seems to'possess much agility.— ' His head is athiost as bare of hair - as the Palm of his hand, and is of the most,pr .-:—ltTeit-sy. Mallory. .It . really -looks as if it had • ' :been turned in a lathe and. polished; it is so' smooth, glossy and regular. 'His fore head is hold and wide.. Iljs eyes are small, dark2a.tokkeen; 'has a' florid complexion; . iting; sharp nose; a - 6,11:13CV. and /argil . tnotsth , .. When 'much excited, his headibe , tinmei like a. ; ernal of living 'fire; and his face-deeply :flushed ara - iiithitated. At other times he looks calm and medita tive. temper is irascible and 'intgov ernable; is impatient of contradiction and • wasPish. Ile never giVes up his , point lei it be ever so trifling, 'or if even proven to be in error. -ludeed it always appeared•to me that the.more you convince him of the • untenableness of his poeition, the greater pertinacity would he dis Play in adhering to . it; and lie is-frightfully bitter towards all - who oppose: his 'views, and cuts right and left, Pt friends and foesi indiscriminately, ifl they happen to stand in his way, and he I has one of the roost' . venomous -sareastic ' • tongues, that was ever put into the head of, man,"inid he takes real delight in using it. For piercing, rancorous severity he never had his match. All 'that comes within his grasp have to feet the full force of his over• whehning invective, keen wit; and biting sar• s and at,times_he_is-swuntnereifol • as to, cause „feelings of commisseration for his writhing victim,and fiorror at his cruel ty. His disposition is unamhible, cold and . unfeeling.' lie seems void. of a heart; has no charity or sensibility, lie is a' severe, inflexible patriot of the Cato school. He is fearless in the pursuit of what he believes to be . right, and will turn aside for no ob- - • ntacle that-May interpose. He outer con-. sults mere expetliilicy. .If a- meastire be right in itself, that is so flittient for him;-he will advocateit, Ae aiegislator. he is not happy, nor useftil in proportion to his pow . er.• Ile is not conciliating, and is eiceeth. ingly indiscreet. •He mattes injudicious Movements, and is-governed too much ,by . passionor impulsp,. His manners'are gen erally cold and distant, though lie is oeita-' sionally play fol, and kites a joke as Well as any one. His information is more ex tensive amid varied, I firmly believe, than any man's- living. .There is no either he the arts, the _sciences, or in his tory, that he is not perteetly,familiar with, and every event that has transpired.within the lust half century he can' describe, par . tieularly, even to_nuenes and elates. • .He is literally a locomotive chronogleal His 'knowledge of human ... nature is very g . Teat, s and . .he is an admirable judge, though , n very severe. one, of men. His manner - of speaking is 'vehement and impassiunad, and lie uses roach base harsh. but distinct 4oide, _and modulates it with • powerful.effeCt. When indulging in his favprite sarcasm, his manner is inimitable: The . peculiar-pcornfolz-enrloilipohe-point. , - edfinger,and flashing of its. watery eyes, and attitude of his - body, .unite - in giving additionaLeG,o-,to the .pungency of his wit; administration was `characterized by -simpliejty,eeonomy and misfit : u, and the • •fUture histairian will :record it as the best and ablest that lies ever bethirred under-the - govern m ent. The whole 'country. tinder it, „enjoyed' tranquility and -security, and every :department ;Of ' business went ; sing. smoothly and prosperously. - In airhiii.of 7:`),fieiaraets ;fie - ..alone:lennettited the public go - ,o4,HarbiliS rtbi alMn his pnwer... to ...parts7 strife,,and . to unite-the whiale-penple • and ell seepone of the. country in one, bor.- - 111011 'nue purpose. Isis private. lite 7.is:as. , pyre. as his, puslic , patriotic, .aucLielt‘n ball- have hoeh gathereil,to‘the3orrib of his: tathersliC:willi . leave behind him-a fame , that will endure . ; as getting, and patriotimif..arp I eonitlit lie;.niany,'aneedotesato illustrate:} mr: Mr.•Adimer eharadter,„but - Whilsi;gli.,ink:'hiMeredit‘forthat.whiefr,.irc contneridal4q,l 4 havit A tint-hesittOd . .to^:le. • - tieOliiorcot,*hie i h,Rltithunthie. ju di meetiner 'ailitetiidirratdi deurep,, . • • . EMS From-tbe united States Gozet!e; - PENNSYLVANIA. LEGISLA,TION: ,It is : somewhat difficult to. - decide whe ther wickedness er folly.mest . predominates in the legislation of this State:- Ott one day, the credit- of the-State is. destroyed by decisjoit of the House, that the, notes- is sued under ; he law• of May, 1841, areuot 'to he redeemed actiording to promise. •On another arty, that'of individuals is attacked by the threat of alaw,-by which sales un der execution are nt be stayed, and,.theere ditor--is ud be deprive:ll pf his rights; sYitlt the vatn of benefitting diti - rieb - for. - -;= - _Every.thing.is done to destroy credit, pub- , lie and private, and to oil - id capital from the State;- the consequence of. wine!' is - a,.• ditninution in the 'abbe of property, land- .. ing to_ render it exceediogly difficult to sell fir ritororage it; and Alien we are offered, by"way remedy, a stairlaint. - -Suelt are the effects of the mice:is - tog, regulkaion of the past few years. We had a gorid -sys tem, bat it has been broken doWn, and now every man that chances to find himself Oc cupying a- Jeat-he the Legislature,--fancies that, by additionallegislation, he can apply a remNly to some of the - evils, that have been produced by the legislative interference o f past times: - • Theme:lst - it:es of the: past few yearehave tended greatly to promote a spirit of ganth litor, the increase of %Odell has manifested itself in the operations of: the stock ex ch.:we. With a view to apply a remedy, a law was passed last vear,Arlyidding•sates upon time : as great an interference with the rights of individuals, as if men had been forbidden to Contract for the future de livery of cotton, rice, or tobacco. That la* bas . proved, as might have been anti ciprted,- entirely inoperative. It is now proposed to abolish the Brokers' Board, and, we suppose a penalty will be attached to the mere carrying on -of the business of a-hr~ker. 't'ltis fie to be-flutes-that - the - pry ple may he prevented Irom gambling ! It scents to be forgdtten that the State has Cleated urge amounts of stnek,.and that it has authorized its ereationTor the formation of Railroads, Canal's, Insurance' Compa nies -and Banks, and that the Brokers' Board is only the market established for :the promotion of the public convenience, for the sale of emelt- property. As well -might it be rendered criminal to take a seat in the .market places for the sale of cab -bagel and potatoes. Such legislation is, in the highest degree, ridiculous. .If. we wish to- prevent gamb ling, .tve. must go to the root, end-ascertain. what it is.that e.anses it to exist. •• In no . part of- the World'does. the eapital field in , the form of transferable stock, hear enlarge 'a proportion to :the Whole amount, as in Massachusetts and - Rhode Island, .and , yet in none is there so little stock., jabbing..— . In- neither- there a Brokers l - Board:— Brokers are few, and !their business is tri 7 fling in anormat. By ascertaining the cause of this differencey wevan,nseertain how to abolish gambling here: :In neither of those states 'are .pri,vilegres grantellmrS -they are with us; • Monopolies arettriknown.; What' A..and 13. con'do, all-the-rest of the:alpha' ,het can do.. _Men arc_, free td-tirid&Atidir ' viduall} or collectively.--under the 'general f liability. of - thelaw-of.partnerahiptir der that of the limited' partneriship and if they prefer to become a corporation, the power to do so is obtained without dif- ' ficulty. The consequence is' that Banks, , inanufacturingicomparties;-&e:i-aro-crented precisely as new' she shops or grocery' stores areopened. There -is no' speenla tine, no eambling connected with them,—, Theare made..4)3! men witiO:href capital to invest, not ity those who have to horroiv . • it.; The - shareholders take' stock•to keep, not to gamble with; The consequence is, :thatewheneYer - i . .eoMpany is Created,'the hock -is 'avonee-placidt whereat; with it never. reaches :Ate: hands::of those wlio'' Mean to keep ivuniii nftee'passing.years'W the ,hands of speculators, and peying•tett,l tifteen; twenty:per .'eent:in.-tommisilion to brokers. 'lf we desire' to prevent gamb- ?" lion., we, must relingnish-the•bribiiof grant- - • Pinhsylvaniii: Stale Debt .7siteresti-4- _priiilegirt, and :1160 ihe . tittly demo-. We learn front the .Philadelpitia - W'S.'Gai- - erotic AiyeteM di MaisaAuietti, wheie •tril:i Otte, that yesterday' Governor Porter' was . are ;tell eqindim the-eye 'of 'thelaw;.titid';taltlie Bank,tif ',''PentraYlYania, Wiittrn State all. are- permitted-to - *elect tlieneitelfen;'offieer'seil - the:•;lStter paying the , irtodwin interest duenn die State delft; in paper others, leaving it for :those others to deter- half,' per mine themselves . .whether they likeilhe tn6l-11: The l . taYtitent. continued, terms mr:not-whether they:loll'464i until noon; ,when, it . 'cc:lSO, notice haYetiaitithilnis'Lthat reiennied::thie -- Morning fr L.: State,: in the. laefieven'.YearS,:tlditY!olll,:`-':QP.cOnrSOftetii±Alle interest lions of dallars. : ::'the'etipital'setittoirickti.,i'Ohr hurgearititil'Oulft;i4e.;;:iyntild:!hiitterlteenp.:The payment tif , the 'State' Interest*l e applied;to',the Creation of oit + iiii?` iieetetdig;"tiVithe'Rekieylvitniit • MUM .„ „ )tmig lltoteuftsox - ,:f deiSon is a native New - Jeriley _when quite young•titati . itmigratetl:Adthe State which he now in part repreitents, the highest branch orthe National 'Legisla- Rite. • His 40'. is about 47.. Previous: to his eleetioUle liii . .presetupositiinf, lie :ne cupied Seat ''u'pon' the "bench 'cif the ter-, preme Court of his.adopted . .stato, - ",and tvae, very highly esteemed -as 'a judge. by. the members of the legal prOfessiOn.7,, .In person .he may he 5 feet 9 inches tall, lind rather inclined to be 'slender; litis-ilark hak. and gray . eyes; large brow, square •fOreead; and thin visage. The expression' of bis e, ti. pt ce s„o ri on c a his dress and address he is very platk.and ,itifoernal.„ speakingls,'eold and indifferent; uses. ,adtient-.has a disc- greeable voice, - and appears "however, a sensible, clearheaded man ; very mind in his viewi, and eftcient. kle is, a member ofthe judiciary committee, rand .t ook a very active part in : maturing:the, treat jubilee' measure "of thelate sessiou of Congress-the general bankrupt law. As a public man he' will be much More-useful Ithan Who possess a more brilliant in tellect. _He has.great industry,,a dise,rimi nating mind, pe.iseveraii - ce,. arid turns-his' whole attention to matters of practical ilxf ppiianen. - Ile don't exhaust hituseirin try tug to.find.ont, what ought not to be done; but directs- his attentiou to measures whjeh the exigencies of the-country of the wants of the people demand.. H e is-a positive not 'negative legislator;: and, therefore, will be serviceable. - Lt . private life lie is roost cSernpTary, has a kind,.gobd heart . ,..untl. liberal disposition. c(11 - ..0. - c__gt:4:tx.,.1..1011 . /.r •mjfi.c.lco!j..p.' 4**.1.-:i2w:oti antrthe,:eiDelting tifqrott,' Mid we should rejoice , it) lute up; ve rip! s . pene,of prosperity, instead tf .niourniriepier our beithen "far- WO's and disappointed hopes. It islime .thitt we should open our eyes to our past and, e fuleavtir . t6 amends there for: and: N,(?,yv. / . England ~ arc' pros'ering Under" one :Systeiii; while We are ruined 'tititler another. Let us folloW their example; and we shalistpeedily see a elianke that Will glittldery, , the heartskif,!ulf. RESUMPTION fierindthe past two weeks, the time of the I.egislature . has been'ticcupiedin'an'atl ..tempt .to,compei the-banks, tu 'resume; the i main object of . resumption being . ..that of enabling tlte people to obtain, in return for their-laboron mcreliandize, better . sort of. money than That which'theY have had during the,.past Twelve months. , What has been .the result of,,tlreir labors? Have I the people, who pos,sessed notes issued . un -1 der the la w of May,.1841, - profited. thereby? Have those, who had in. their possessitin the (melee of the various Ganks.of.theiote- - ,derive 4 any advantage therefrom 'l-- I Have not, en the 'contrary, both classetvisUf , fermi 'greatly,' and have not thn . , brokers 'gained n.rich harvest at their expense?..r-- Does the state of the exchanges mark any improvethent . resulting:fretn the action of 1 the "Legislature? Does it not; on the con trary, mark a constant increase of distrust? —a constant diminution of -confidence ?•='-. and does not thehigh priee of-specie spew that -the 'people have no,confidence in the . effect to be µreduced by the Measures pro- 1 posed!.. .• The error of our - whole regard to the banks, for . several years past, consists in a want of steadiness, - and we "might also say, honesty, of purpose. At onetime they art...bin - lied; atnnother, they are' cajoled. One week we have a report full of fire and fury;•accoMpaniediiy . a bill of . . pains' and penalties." In the. next there is a total change„ataLthe bank may have their own terips;preeidcd They - pay. They li've paid until they eau pay no 'limiter. They haveAie . ed bled by the peo ple . who desired. to riake.canals and_rail 7 roads without paying taxes,.tintif but little bltiod .is left, and now they are insulted iheir'weaktcGs"-The-whole-cotirse ot'.nctiiiti in ole - course this *Matter•has Jim 'disgrace: lid, and that in the 'highest degree. We.wantnow the-adoption al d.sykem of such ti character that the -peopleand the can be S'atisfied that resumption will come Tit the time.fixed, and that it will re sult from measures of such easy and grad ual action that both hanks and people - can carry them out without difficulty, leaving. te the State no necessity for any further action. We hazard nothing in ,assertingfhat such a syslentdmight lie tleviSedt-tote that Would enalile.every man in the community. to see that there:Was land ahead, and that it could be reached with hilt little difficulty. Let that be seen, and we shall have an imme diate. change of feeling in both city and State. Capitalists will no longer feel anx ious to :place all their means beyond onr limits. The credit of 'tile State will im prove, and our.- stocks-wantaanger return upon ut.4 because all.will believe that the new system cannot fail to produce. bene ficial mats. The weight under whiCh we are now pressed down is- almost literally nothing, and all that is required is that we should calmly and deliberately enquire what is to be dune, and then determine upon the best-means of. doing it. •Were the mode rate Men of both parties in_the-Legislature- to go into this enquiry, With a sincere de sire to find the .trit and to do that which would •hess pro ote kite public immestS, they would be surprised to find how little Was required- to he •tkine, how easily it could be accomplished, and how immediate would be the• change consequent upon the adoption of the measures required. Could we see, such a Alisposition among the lead ing men of ihe'two Houses, we should feel our Wilt revive, and we should be disposed to believe that prosperity wait in store for us, and not far .The whole people would unite with tie in the belief. Hope and gladness would take the place of dis trust and anxiety, and the laboker and the capitalist would be found . . putting their shoulders to the wheel, and • uniting their efforts to produce theittect so much to be desired.—U. S. 'Gazelle. The Washington correspondent of the New . York A merican, writes as %follows ahout'the movements of Mr. Clay: " . • - I - • 1 "'There . has ,been -touch talk „lately of Mr. Clay's suPPosavintentions 'to resign about this , time:. ; I, heve ...reastkto-•think. 'that lie will'se,inain in. the Senate till . .near, the deed of the month of March,, but in, the menu time he deeigns to tat educe it *flee f.itri•Ceillirthniii'lndeCraiiitia ii"- of "Ith e I proper system of - Finance, of the trott'eld I Annerieen system of Protection for-limed ' can ' , labor againat fo'reign• capitalise, and hostile foreign' legislation, • 'and in "further • enimeistion of all .the great republican pritt; - " ciplese4d_me_asitte_e_tiL,,the_ailicacatiy,ot which he has de'veted hie-thirty-five yeare of great' .publie 'serviees. 'These resole : done he will presebt anti' support -with -a great speech,. worthy Of the Mian, , ,the Sub- ject, .and the occasion, cent:huh:nil.. with a' solimm " fare well fo 'the •• scenes: or li m it - nisi' legislative action , in which . he has-milOng shone, 'the '4lelight :acid. the glory "of the Union. He will then :resign,"and 'retire tit his lare in-41,etituckyi. leaving the',appre-:- elation of "hie pithlic- life " and patriotic la bors to , his .country, to - the. world; and to' posterity.''' ...., .' • ' • -.- ,-- - • MMNIE! 'Exchange on• New York, 103 notice, tie ainedto srn . slt• , We do not ef,the:redititticiti:was booseqtient upon any perrnanent improvement in funds, ,or„from a temporary cessation Of demand. "fhe small n'i4s Bass' egrrently in busi .;ess, thougfi-the dhSrge . for, 'ex ,. Changing tfiefil. • . • - .. It is What in ..the state, pf the bank note 'necklet; or what causes it to rise Yesterday, some of the Blinks • refused to take'on deposite any notes of the fierrisbiirg 6c the Leneeiter ,Bahke.' • ' The public mind neetis.Sti be was fest• by sonie Cegislatiotr.: •• ft was wrong to kee.pr . Micii,,exeitemente.an bad; for 'smile' weeks, past„ wiled a . some bill,might'be framed to suit the ~exig eneie9,,and mitigate all the-tvils i which• can result from the present statdof the finan- tl:.S.'.Gazette. • , . • • Slate Inierest.—Tlle:.payrtent ,of the State Inte'rek is a matterfliatiCOncerns-the honor of the Commonwealoi, and : in a.Re .00143 liener!, no snitill.ddgree,' con cerns .the ,credit of every •citi;en.' of 'our Stine 'AO - rerently'.' visited other parts of the.'l.lnion‘littveofe)t much of individual. respOilsihility. seems' to belong to the,. citizen toy' the 'acts . of 'the' State. Nor, perliapi, ouglit',komplaint to he Made, since' wefee'lz'pricre in The credit which evidently. attached to us for our 'criiienship, this view, it ap pears to' us that we.all owe Governor Por ter thanks for. his spiiiied exertions iu bringing ribeilt the payment of the - Interest,' at a time when' the prospect.seemed most gloomy.We . are r not apprised of the means adopted by his Excellency, 'but he Must have times to have . proCuied th e m.-United States Gazelle. BANKRUPT LAW--LSYNOPSIS OF I : ITS . RROVISIONS. - •The District Jtidges on receiving 'a pc• titinn for•the benefitpf the, law, and in-thii progress of the case; must first • decide whether ,he. appli'cation is by - a - person who is entitled to relief, and is ,within the pro visionsof-theact; whether the appliCation relates to a .person 'resident in the. State, 'District or .'l.ownehin ; and in ease of iit- Lvoluntary=bankruptcy--whether-an=act of. - bankruptcy ,has - been committed. "1 -in -the last description .of eases, the inquiries. to - be -made- by--the-District Court are ; often ex , ceedinglyintricnte and always important— In -such cases, .on. the:application of the imputed bankrupt, a ial by jury-in the District Court must take' .place. . 2. The nature cf debts 'dee by_th . e .pe titioner, must - be shown to - the Judge, as debtors fur breaches of . trusts and defalca tions -as public ollicers, can-not obtain the benefit of the bankrupt law. - .3. The appointment of an assignee is to be Made by the District Court, and the co- . operation of creditors in the choice and ap pointment,. is not provided for: This duty imposes heavy obligations,, and a careful exercise of- the: power so given, 4. The whole of the acts and doings of the bankrupkin course of his business may be specially brdtight under-the notice and examination of the District Court on the application of a creditor, and on the integ-; rity or fraulent conduct.of the debtor, the Court must decide before a certificate of discharge can be given: 5. Proof of the - notices required by the law must.be given to.the-satisfaction of the Cann. 6. When allegations of unlawful. prefer ences by the, bank rutare made, the District Jidge is to enquire into them,.and if prov ed, he is to ascertain the 'amount of the debts . dtie to -the creditors; as the Court cannot give a discharge withputthe consent of two. thirds of the creditors who have not been preferred. - 7. To tho,Court is assigned the duty, on exceptions to the allowance by the assignee. to the bankrupt, to decide on the qbantity, value and nature of the furniture which: may be retained by the bankrupt: e; Although examination of the bank rupt may be made before a Commissioner,. the whole - of the Matter tat e in the same,. must be returned to an ppn by the Court. 9. • The Court. must inspect the list. Of the d ebts by the bankrupt, 'although the proofs ,of debt may be made 'before:a nom missioner. • . .10. This .involves and linposes the duty on 'the court to see that every debt is legal ly and properly proved. The duties stated in Nos. 9 and 10 are made absplutp,by the. . provisions of the fourth' section. 11. The'creditors who have proved their debts, may file their dissent in writing .to The allowance, 'of a . discharge of the battik!, ru pt,, on, which ; a hearing i must take place before . the' Court ; mid if the dlechargeis refused, the bankrupt; May L have•a trial ~ b y jOrY such time and, place as Al l ay be'ap . - peinted by . the Court.. . 12..,The,triat by jury stated. .11,4riust take place. urger. special orders,:andipthe manner directed by the the„Court. 1.3 40 hytb.e_Oth, _section_of Atie .act,'the. assigneele be - appointed by. the Court, is required tO give security-for the faithful dill- . charge of his duties, the. Court inualeiam ine andidecide on the..euf4cienoy et the, 14: By the '9th ,section . •dif 'the. - set, all moniesJeceiVed. from the, estatee.:ot. bank rupts by are.to„be paid,inte•court, and'hy the 10th l ieetion, the, Distriet.Oeurt. is to Order dividends tOad-. Piet' ell,Controversies for.dividends. .. •I. The Legislature ei -Virginia have been, fora long-,time, engaged inArying to elect a_governor for the Commonwealth..• Mr. Stevenson, late Minister, to London,' was the leatling.candidfite.ef the Locofocosotntl' on one ,occasion, he. was' Within a single vote of a niajority-:+but_he soon fellsfrom eighty-two, to, twenty. is , now . - I„lbaught that There Will' be no election,4l4,Aession-,; in which` easci, the senior-inenibero(COnn cils will be eating for the year , The Legialptiire'prladigna hati.passed 'a law`ljmitiii the legal Intakest t State* to six per cani'...T4o.laar_lnpfora allowßd, ten`--per;cent: inteiee:tn'heFeltei,iett;'4ll,nn it!as:ag,, at rceaten*l -that itect. - '.‘ EIII • riie IIIiti,ICATIPT LAW RATiFIED.—WIIO} :eVer-..aPpreheneion '::'!‘aslifieen felt by, the friends of the ''Gelieral • Bankrupt Lard' of the-postponement °fits operation,.. was- of put at•rest by a vole taken in the Senate, yesterday. ,The bill introduced, on leav,e, some time. agoi•by: Mr. -Denton. WY , ing reached a stage in . which it could be eked upon; no- disposition being-shown io debate it: . thw question • - was put, .in due eituree; PotiMtlering.it 6 . be en ginssed for a third reading,. and decided in, thenegative by a- Majority of five votes; 'pe the bill was rejected;,. and 'o:question is. fiettled beyond, the hope or the:fear of further agi tation,lhat-the Pankritpt , Lew- Will-have its full effect- until the• next session of Von gress, and until- (should that ever come to pass.) the public. voice shall demand itti. re peal.—National: IntelligrnOr. • JOHN BAEDIN has•been . ,nominated by the Governor to the Senaie, as. President Judke of the Judicial District• composed of counties of Beaver, Butler,, and Mercer.--- A well deserved coniplimeht "to:,an honest jurist and an able - man.-,- , flarrisbuig. Re porten, . . The restimptiOn in Indiana, ae_the report now runs, *minis . really , to nothing.. The, banks are permitted not to pay specie to brokers or to.any per Sons out of the State, and may examine any one -demandingspe cie 'on oath! What humbug ! -.011 2 10 BANKB.=CIii - Saturday last the Senate of-Ohio, with sume . trifling excep tions•, agreed' to the amendmenti proposed by the House, to the Bilt ..reej•triritig the panks of Ohio to resume specie payments on the 4th .of March next. The Colum bus Journal of Monday says that the House would no doubt agree .to the amendments of the Senate, end". that fly this time the bill' would ,be a law:. I • Ilsrats,ny ,CriciNNim—Thetincinnati ~ G azette of the j2th says :—We have •no new arrangements of banks to. note 10-day; asJo•country paper. Illinois paper fs'dtdt ing at about 25: per _cent. discOnnt. , The price of Illinois , and Other paper-is but nominal; lhe t .tliscOunt dep_etOng, on the t. wants•or - the porehaset 'or his knowledge. as to hoW it con be used.. We hear of no. purchOserit of suspended ; bank paper on ispeculation;•therejs._money for .such - Onto BANits.-:-The resumption bill in Ohid has fitfally passe) through all the forms of legislation, .and beeime a law . on the I 4tlOnstant. ' It requireslihe Banks of the State to resume specie l'!aymentsvn the 4th of March next, to go into liquidation., _ _ Virginia . Banks:—The--Ridtmond En, quirer (locofoco) in referring to rTsumption in Virginia, says: "We agree on the nine months—on the curtailment of the diaciiunts . , (which the banks - have already commenced)—on the negotiation of rio new accommodation pa per, (and such we understand to be the de termination of the banks,)andon the pen, altiei to be attached to the bankis by the 'li mitation laws.".' • Bank Bill in Senate.Out - Senate is involved in the mazes of discussion on this subject and will . require an Ariadne to give them a clue for extrication. We opine, however, that when they have done, they will have: done nothing. From Tuesday they have been talking, without a vote to rive any indication of how the majority think or who the majority arc. The Louieville. Louis ville received this morning contains the affidavits in reaerd to the calumny on Mr. Webster.,. The Journal admits the suf. ficieney - of --- the — Coiltradiction, regret's .the publication of the charge, and adds: • '"We much regret that we did him wrong, and we hope that this retraction of the un just charge will repair any. injury 'that Ike .publication of it may have done the 'Sec retary. 'We ha'rdly need say to those who know us and the character of our paper, thit, when we made the statement, we had the very, strongest' reasons fox supposing it to be true.. We hid it from the lips of one of the most respectable , gentlemen of Washington city,(Mr.'George May, a son of,Dr. Frederick May,). who related it , to' us in all its minutes particulars.," We ask 7 ed Mr..M. if there - could be no possible . doubt as to the matter, and he assured us, most earnestly that there could not. 0.6 the day our remarks appeared, ir member of, Congress, who happened to be here, 10604 that we had not exagerated,..the-af fair it all, but that.on the centrary, it ,was really worse ilian we had represented ; it." AtLGonz.•—T.he Albany ArgusA Tues. '!ley ; tiayii,:—,J,The -.bills , of, She State. Batik ,of New, York, at Buffalo; are, no longer vedeemed by their agents in' this city."—. This is 'the last of the. Free Banks in Buf falorall both--Free and Safet Fund, have failed • Some. time Thecirculation'olthe.State.Bank. or Bur faio on the .Ist Dee. last had .been reduced to 05000 ; as security for . which' it: had $9OOO Illinois -State :'Sixes, wortir -at. the prement price about. $l7OO. ':rlts circulation a yeir ago. was near. $60,000. - - • : - • . •THE Navy—the New York Express says that ,the. Naval Vemmittee are about reporting a bill for. the re-organizatiort of 'the navy,, in 'which. they , will recommend• some very, ,important ~improvements. mong - these Will be, ti,ntore-eqUal. and just mode of supplying 'our seamen with the ,necessary • articles of:clothing . and small stores,. witluiut their being ,obliged to. buy thelifiof pursers. OEN.- Hiativrotes conduct. has been somewhat eccentric, evert if he is not a de- . Nutter. 'A . tioston journal says that he has , three sever.il'tionee taken.,kbirth,itt oue,of the steanters,i*Oi n tioatony and 1 as each Lime. forfeited.the ,passage Taney. lie,laskiook s 1 passage. in. the ,C,Oltitubje„on her' ,last -triP,. Nand left;that treasei .tvith the' ;pile*, ,ini,`,.the: , piglish channel:. Z= J,OIIN QUINC,EY . The , persectition.. of thik , ..ienerable ot e ‘ . _etteed oa last,.the whole sub -feet having been litidnif the table by a very decided vote. This iiexactly‘the way in which we anticipated. it Woult..entkyct_tbe ime'.Occupied- in — the — ili - seulisiOn )las--(tot been Spent in vain. It has been .ctiiiclu siyely shown that alt - the blustering'oP•the South:relative fo the. dissolution of, the Union,-. was but idle wind, .intended to frighten the citizens. Of . the.. North - - abandonment of measures calculated to se cure the general prosperity of the nation: It has beert . .prOv . ed, that the con nexion is not ' , absottitely necessary to en sure the welfare 'or the'North, it is of 'the most vital impurtance le. the Saudi. 'Sep°, rated •the.; Slave, states could not preserve their intlePendenee,a single year against the foe they cherish in their own. bosom, aided by the forces of the Civilized mold.- It is, to the -North then' ; -the-South must look - for protection'-, Upon Northern valor and Nor thern. bayonets she must depeild for iter future security. Her, own -sons; in their' Speeches, Waite disclosed the fact to the nation ~at large. ~Henceforth the threats 'made by the kliltriers, the Ithetts, and other : chivalrous herdeg of the- Sontly.will - Ineet no, more attention than they deserve. The. North will no More 'be frightened- from •its 'propriety—the South dare not carry its threats into execution. Those Who heretofore have . quaked with fear when the 'South bristled . up,.may now calm their apprehensions and learn a few useful' leesons •frore - the events that have jest transpired. FroM.th.e debate on this .Subject, they may,see hew silly they have been in yielding up' the eight, of petition, "a right - formidable to tyrants only,"! to order to preserr,e the good opinion'or South ern politiciaos, and they may also learn that therran protect their own - industry if they - . please to-de so, withobt endangering the fabriCreared by our fathers. On the Whi - de; we are of opinion, that Congress have not skit( more: profit-ably. - to t:ite whole people during . the last fifteen years-',. than the'time consumed in the - effort to de stroy the-only Manin Congress, whiff in all thinge, : to do that.whieli be. believed 'to Am -his- du A FAMICN QUA 121tEt Mr. -W . righi - of Litzerne. charges Charles Brown ..of Philadelphia with having used .1)W - influence with hini; and others, to pro cure the passage of the Relief Bill. Char= lie, in a- letter, dated 'Washington, Februa ry-sth"; says in about :is many -words, that "the charge is a lie. • Mr, 1 - 1 - eadly,:who is a leading-Loco, upon this; comes out and fastens the I,ion of the De moeracY,--Mr. Brown... He distinctly says that Brown' urged him with all - the -elo quence be could muster, to go for the bill: Charnels certainly in a bad fix.—Lancas ter. Uizion. • • _ Crogan, the celebrated patriot, whose seizure in Vermont' and imprisonment in Montreal, last fall; caused so much noise, died-at-Chimplain-on-the-7tlfJanuary. DEATH VAUGHAN.-A letter re dived, in Richmond, says the Star, states that Dr: Vaughan, who shot.young Pleas ants at The Columbian Hotel, some. three years ogo,was killed recently in Texas. Vaughan went to cowhide a young carpen ter; tOrinerly of Richmond, for some, ex pressions that were used at a public. meet ing.: and as Vaughan collered him, the youn g man seized a hatchet and cleft his skull to the,brain, killing him outright.— Thus cloth the life of the violent close in Violence. • John G. Boyd, forMerly the Cashier of the Towanda Bank, ehot himself through the head with a pistol, in Philadelphia, on Wednesday, which terminated his exit tence on Thursday, about 9 o'clock. The particulars of this shocking affair are con tained in the United States Gazette, pf yes terday, frotn which we make the following extract: Ile had become indebted to the Penn Township Bank in T ia large amount, for which ample .collitetal security was held, but on Wednesday, it was deemed impor tant that he should be arrested on the suit of that institution, end accordingly •Mr. Saunaers,. the Sheriff's officer, proceeded to a house in .Schuylkill Seventh below Vine street„and took him into custody.— Mr. Boyd proceeded through a part of the city with, the'officer, and saw several per sons was at the office of Wm. L. Ifiirst,- Esq,„ the attorney for the . bank, and went thence to the office Gull .Esq.,.-whence..be, departed early this n morning;; returning, by his- request, to the house in Schuylkill Seventh street. There, hiving packed up his clothes, and burnt 'some.. papers, ..he returned to 'the officer,. _when_be mentioned Ahnthe_had...leftsom thing. He went up *stairs .and shot him self with, a-pistol, which he had .carried in his. pecket. , -He. made; no'explanation. that we Could hear of touching hie recent octe t Boyd was a Morrie& man. and had ' . a :fa mily'. ~ in one of the : Northern: counts,.• A • horrible death occutred a few days since in Haverhill, Massachusetts. A Mrs.. Kelley of that place was found in thellre place of.her house literally roasted to a cin der, having fallen, into The fire in a state Of intoxication during the absence . of , her far roily. A tin pail and bottle, partly filled with rum—the agent of her - destruction— Were fou'rtnear her. . -A resolution hes passed he Legislature of Louisiana ; nrianitnousN; reprobating the tourectpureued :by the Mexico!, autheiriz ties towards 'the unfc,trtunate Santa Fe ex pedition, atui requesting the Govern ment at, Washington. to 'take immediate and.deci - sive steps to procure lie - liberation, of the prisoners c , and reparation for the out. - rages 'alledged to have been committed 'on' the United Stittes vlon3ul'and other Ainerl: 'tau. residents. = SHO'r HIMSELF. LATE• EgtOT.ll MEXICO. .. BARBAROUS TREATMENT OF THE 'VEXIAN CAPTIVES AND AMERICAN' PRISONERS. We .yesterday had an interview With's' gentleman just from the city of Mexico, who inforntitiffilial ninety of- the - Texian T captives had reached that place; some days before his departure. They were brought in; iii p most Wretched .condition, 'having been , marched bare-footed and almost naked' from the place of their capture. c•Amongst • the prisoners, was-the-son.. of. Gen. Leslie Cooinbs. The charity of the foreigners in the•oity fitrnished,:theni, some; necessary apparel: - . . . So far kern receiving . -humane treatment from Stinta Atna,OCreported; ,. they .Were, chained in pairs and compelled to work in •the streets as common felons. Our infor-. mart assures us that the'resident ministers of foreign countries have interferred in an informal manner, to arrest this disgraceful and_ barttaiou s ; treatment,: without success.. Young•CootobsWas,extrernely ill, hiecOn itittitiOn had proved , to frail to endure the cruelties to which he had.been eubjseted.z . The . accounts of . the treacheryresorted . to, to capture the expedition, are confirmed. 111 r.. Kendall had not reached MexiCor; was exp6Oteckdaily in company with two hundred Texians. • Mr. - Ellis, our minister at Mekico, had. demanded -- young Coombe as a citizen of the United States ; but,lttat a week had elapsed without receiving any resp - onse from-Giiverimient. •We have read - a 'umbel-of private letters that speak of the. sufferings of the captives as most appalling. ' There has been. 'no clemency shown to the citizens of the Uni ted 'States.. The general belief• in the city was that nothing short of force would melio rate 'the condition of the prisoners, and that all would he treated-alike. .174 - Texiana now in chains in the. tity of Mexico; ,are those who ,comPosed-' the escort ,of Cook. and.Brenham. The Main -- body tinder, McLced had not yeached that city et the last dates. , • - - • • Since writingthe above, a letter Imaibeen received from G. W. Kendall, dated (Ai hultua 22d November, in which lie tipeaks of hiinself, as being in good , health and , Mexido - on the Intel February.--- lestates- - further,,that Ilia treatment ha's been rather .humane than otherwise} , . It lie more_ than probable that th is letter Was written in the expectation of its being intercepted by the. Mexicannupror . hies. Mr. K; is in compa- . . ny with the party of twAhundred Texians, under the corninand of 'Gen_.. McLeod.— We infer from it that - Mr. K. - was•sentfrom San Miguel to Santa Fe, as stated by Cap tain:Lewis.—New Orleans nee,: • Sheriff's- Sale.- Y of a writof-Levi - Facias, to me directed. UP issued out of the Court of Common Pleas of Cumberland - county,.will be exposed to public sale at the_Court,,-liawtaa-in-x5.4-1-of Carlisle. on Saturday the Sth day Of . 111arch,1111,2, at 10 o'clock, A. M., the following described real estate, viz: A Lot or pieee of Land situate in Church town, Monroe township, Cumberland pounty,lound ed by lands of Rudolph Krysher,Micliael Morrett, and Main and High streets,eontaining one and a half acres more or less; having thereon erected a two story BRICK DWELLING, HOUSE, and Log Barn, with other out houses. • • • Also—A. Lot of Ground bounded by lands of Abraham Pau', Rudolph Krysher, Esq., and the Main street,,contaming about one and' a half acres, having thereon erected a one and a half story LOG HOUSE. 'Seized and taken in execution as the property of Peter Livinger. And to be sold by me, PAUL MARTIN, Sheriff: SHERIFF'S OFFICE, ' Carlisle, Feb'y. 9,1842.-3 t. • • rLous. - . • UST received a lot 'of SuP eerEn° PI WHEAT FLOUR. and or SR at th e store of N. RICHARDS. February t 00542. . • . °. fiver Complaint Of tc ntiing, cured by the use of Dr, Harlichs rengthening and German Aperient ralilloyer, wife of William Bu 3 er,North et above Callowhill, Phila delphia, entir u Of the . ahove distressing die: - ease. Her symptoms were-habithal costiveness of the bowels, total loss of appetite, excruciating ..paiii in the side, stomach and,back, depression of spirits, extreme debility, could not lie on her left side with out an aggravation of pain,..with - other syMptoms indicating great :derangement in The functions of the liver. Mrs. Boyer was attended . bY 'several 9f the firstphysicians, but received but little relief from their medicine—at last, a friend of hers . procured a package of Dr. iiill`lllCll'l3 Strengthening and Ger man Aperient Pills, which, by. the use of one pack age, induce her to continue with the medicine, which resulted, in effecting permanent cure, beyond the expectations of her friends. J' Principal Office, N9.l9'North.Eighth street Philadelphia. For sale at the Drug Store of J..J. Myers & Co. Carli!le,and . Wra.'Peal,Shippeosburg. • feby. 16 Application for Tavern License. Notice is hereby given, that I intend to apply at the next term .of the Court of. Quarter , Sessions of Cumberland county for a license to keep Mavern or public house; in the villiage 9f Neiviturg in Hopkw. well totinshiri in said county, in the house at'present Oboupied by James Spoliator as a public house. ' lIAND*I4.B.• rebruary 16, 184. St' We, the undersigned, citizens of' Hopewell towira . .ship,in the pounty_of Comkerland, do berm certify that thr..taiern above prayid tbr , is necessary to co-; commodatc the public, and entertain ,strangers •and travelleritiand further say, that the aboire named C. Randalicti of good repute for honestiand temper. once, and is,well provided with house room and con veniences for the iccdroniodatibn Of , strangers anti travellers: J. Sponaler; • • Daniel IVIWGYs Jacob lieffiebower; Robert Chirk, John Morret, :4 „ Joseph Quigley - George Gunkle,t John T. Preen. ". :ASSIGNEE'S SALE. Wm. P. Hen, Bobt..Ellio{t, Arai Hemphill, William Geeen, Divid Wherry„ • . David Leshee, ' Jameii The subscriber, assignee of Daniel • 1 1 . ablirban, , sell . •on the. premises, on the' 2 , 111 i Fet!Nary next, at 10 o'clock •A. M., a TRACT or LAND situate in .Westpennslibrongl! townsliT, aboutliircernilles'from Carlisle, containing, •.-:• - . 104 A cres and. 60terches. '.' . The Cumberland valley rail roiairiuns-through the. traotiand the land is - first,rato limestone.'- About 90 acres are cleared, the - 'balance is ocit•ere4,:with thriving V re timber. hereare erected UPOttlit IP: first V rate , • •s fr , - .. . /3' 0 a 0 ii:* E , - t - - . I house °coupled asa distillery, and.oo hop's. 4 . Mmp of never, failing water staiitis at the door 'Should 'the property 'not be sold on 'tlie.tliti men tioned,it will be rented for'one year.: • .:." •-•- "-, . . , DAVY'S' COTJLE,AssigitOt . ' . Jaunary 26,18-12.--tds: . - . ~ • • iq