THE EXCHEQUER BILL.
Attu VILIAORE'S REPORT
The 'committee of Ways and Means, of the
S. House of,Representetiveta in' recomplend
ing the rejection of the E.:definer project. ) have
• ... submitted a Report, in which the numerous de.
• . fee% of the system are fully set forth. Tito Re.
Portbriefly,considers the several modes in which
it has been , thought that the' Government might
• _
• discharge its con tntional duties on the subject,
of finance and currency: The matter effluence
•' relates To the collection, safekeeping and dr
fiefrement of the p'oblie revenue; that of ettirency
to creating and propM.ly
,regulating the eircula,
ling ineditiin 'of 'the country, '
•" • "
. _
The - Sub. Treasury, though The I:itt of ad - the
modes in ;mint of 'adoption-as n system of the U;
'States is the oldest in point of time es It relates
to the general subject of finance.' It 'preceded
• banking-Institutions, and it rejects the current
Cy which-they furnish. Its origin is contempo
racy with, that of the earliest despotisin. IL
.. provides for the colketion of taxes and dues to ,
the Government in gold, and silver, and the
• •.,Treasury . relicers of the Government ore made
the holders of the . ptiblie,money.. . Its. character
• „.. is simply fiscal; it recognises "'no authority , rtor
duty in ' the Government to furnish a currency
for the use °Nile People. We might add, more
over, that it tend, to destroy nll the currency' ex.
cept the • metallic, when operating in conntries
• 'where banks exist. '
• , The State Dank : SystAin is the second mode
'referred to. By this triode the taxes and . public
• dues are collected end disborsed in speck, or the
.. • bills of .specie paying banks, and between the
•time •of collection end disbursment, th e
.puldie
„ .
— moneys - are - deposited in certain selected State
• banks for safe-keeping. plan . was adopted
• . in 1833, both as a financial Lied a currency - meas.
• .
aro—professing to provide a safe place of deposit
, tor the pirfille revenue, and a good currency for
• thd People. It failed in,. both particulars. :The .
Report ,'remarks; however, as a .singular fact,:
that• this univeriiilly condemned' system tins„
hem necessity,,been mere or less used from 1533
to the present time—a most convincing. evidence
that 'even State banki are - considered a safer
place of deposit than the hands of individuals.
'The United States Book 'system 'is the third
mode. BythiS the General GoVernment, instead
of employing the banks chartered 'by the . States,
• river. which it has no control, and,in which it has
no interest, charters a bank with capital
cient to ensure the safety of the public deposites,
,in which it is itself a.large stockholder, sharing
in its profits, and then directs the taxes and pub:
_ .•h e, dues to be collected in specie or the 'bills of
'this bank or other specie paying. banks, and, be
tween the time of collection and disbursement,
to ho deposited with this bank. 'this system
• • professes not onli_to_ provide a safe'. place for
keeping the public money; but also's. Booed,
nni
form currency for the People. For nearly forty
- 'years during the fifty three since the adoption of
the Constitution; this system has successfully ac
•complished hoth of these objects.,
Until a recent period therm three modes were
the only ones sogges.ted or tried ,by_the Govern.
'ment in relation f firiailec and currency; and
the Comhdttee declare that they cannel well con
ceive
' from these three. '
. The Report next proceeds to consider the Er
•• 'chequer plan,: and quotes from the President's
Message.the portion .relating to that: project.—
We
„.
neittknot recapitulate the particulars of the
plan , as they aro familiar to our readers.
It is chained fur the Exchequer that it will pro
, vide for the safe keeping of the public money ;
that it will furnish a paper circulation equivalent
to gold and silver for•the use ot, the country, and
for safe and convenient payments into the 'Freese
ry provide -to some extent the
meats of a cheap and safe exchange - in the coin
•-• -memo between the Sham It is added, also, that,
-as between a Bank of the United States. and the
Sub-Thasury, theExclicquer proposes to avoid
the objections which exist to each,. and to 'accent-
Tilsit to some extent.the good designed by both.
First, as to a, plan of sate keeping 'for the public
money, what aro the Merits of the Exchequer ?
now does it compare with a bank of the United.
- 'States.
The late National Bank had a capital of $35,-
<OOO,OOO. Of this, the • sum of 52'6,000,000 'be.
. -longed to individ oat stoeltlMlders, and was I pledg.
ed for the repayment of any money entrusted by
' , Government to its keeping. The Bank could not
abscond; its directors were under the eye of the
• "TiVernment. ; th - e - watelfful alteration Of mai:Trust
interest was upon them; and though they might
not be more than Government officers-hold
ing the same trust, yet with a double set of senti
. ;ids on their conduit, and n pledge of V. 8,000,0,00
as security for Government depo-ites, it is evident
that a far stronger assurance of saftly would be
afforded for the pUblic money than any that indi.
vidual officers, would furnish. In committing the
public money to the hands of its Own agents, can
the Exchequer compare with a Nntienal Bank in
;respect to the safe keeping of the Government
revenue.? Its agents may abscond, 'and the fist
liatelligenee.of loss ipay be r accompanied by the
information that (liedefhulter is beyond the reach
of apprehension, and thatfkis sureties are utterly
unable to cover the deficit: ,
The Sub-Treasury does not guard against this
danger. But it proliihitedany public officer from
loaning or using the public money in his posses
eion,whilethe Exchequer authorises its agents
to use ot loan it by 'buying drafts having thirty
. days to run: If these • drafts should not he ac.
. ' eepted and paid, the less may fall upon 'the Gov
ernment, This may happen to au honest agent.
' Tea dishonest agent a facility thus offered is
• great for defrauding the public Treasury and to
a partizun agent it thrniAex easy means i.f po
. Mica corruption. Again, under the Sub-Treas
ury, the'Government only risked such amounts
as might be iu the hands of officers between the
. collection and disbursement 'of too public . MO.
ney—say a few millions Mutually. But the Ex
.chequer, proposes to set apart five millions in ape.
..cie as the basis of a paper 'circulation of-fifteen
'These fifteen millions of Exchequer
-agents along with the five millions of specie—
making in all twenty millions. Besides this, the
' 'amount of '515,000,000 more may bo received on
'deposit in gold and silver; and money to an un
limited amount may be received in payment fur
Arens sold. If an agent be dishonest he may
issue certificates of deposit to any amount, and
abocond, with the. before detection can
.take place. Can a ,system like , this be safe— .
, entrusting as, it dues suet' . vast sums to individual
keeping, and allowing such facilities for fraud in
the sale of drafts and . the issue of certificate's,
for which the_pulilic-'freaotiry -would be- reopen ,-
. .sible? The Committee express the belief (lint
under such a system the national Treasury before
ten years would he overwhelmed with banlitupt.-
'' cy and ruin.-
The circulating medium' which the Exchequer
-proposes to tbroish would consist of Exchequer
, and certificates of deposit. Would it be
'sound end convenient?
:• On this point a Comparison between the Ex.
;-Chequer and the Sub. Treasury fails-.inasmuch
'es the latter exercised no banking powers al
'though the apprehension is strong that if once
permanently established, it would 'be converted
Y 1 '11011:1 great. Government Bank: Indeed Ore
ahnost necessarily follow. The Secretary
Treasury denied that the appellation of a
could be applied to the Exchequer. But as
to receive deposites and to issue notes,
tu dispute about names. These aro
s" , :.',,ninoist the chief. Ancti . oni of a Bank ; and if the
7 , . , : , gzehequer doom not "offer - to . discount notes, it
to"discount drafts—which is much the
';.,:•';';' ,l 4. 3 o l hing.'• It id, therefore' a Bank and a Gov.
.. , •'..,loirtiment Bank. Andon ;his point •we . qnote
Bopett. ' '
__ . *X . O . tt: . bank; then; :What aro to be its probable
'';'!Orifiets ,;npcio the
.currency- of- thp-equntry 1 - -- So'
it 00 paper circulation of equal
• , , , ; :,.I.volizo".llth gold and Silver, It. Would be beneficial.
,
areiojiidgefron; past. experience, Ibis
any,gicat :extent; and would
fer:any greet length of time:—
Si•.''Als 4 ;,i,javeiotnetit.banking, -, in , " all ages and court
failure'. We believe there is
To prove:-this,- we.
ftdsd,nof ,resort , tiVi t ioresSignats . of France, or the
with its paper, rubles,
deposito 'Bank of 'Amster
-';';';:-'14i.t.lkwhich*tter under- the'iberge 'of the' Goierzi
-;:.;1440:011the Sty, etinuell;f'eleoted by ,the citizens
itielfWai
~; - . , ,. :,- " Alt)ffefint,'l"..f,tliflhrent4jmeo. , opil. ,under, di ff erent
a-ooilifzuM e nd. 'Tie . , Snip
• rii , itilircitlarge•
: b .gen ' ;o 4s eitea;'o l- 0
X 4 iith*MOrltifilOtiniOnifitiCelef. excessive l'ssues;
,I):Slititilt•iliOY'bocainittYZiOriblesti:',-'4 . :41/611.4. fate, RV
, ;' ,. ::••'''zikadel•tifili"kiiiifir,, , of,,rdi;orgiiiiill4 end .lio'e Datik"?io`f' At Ipiltiin':;in ,151;401.1.'
•
==i
of their'official duty and itetehni oaths, secretly.
withdreci the specie' that had . been &posited in
its vaults; and thisTraud Was :not discovered for .
forty or fifty years. 'But the:attempts In our own
country,. by different tittles, hale been ogually.um
fortunate. Few;. If any,, have maintained their
creilit r and the , icninmittee' jiclieve - that there.ls
some inherent and. lesurnmentablo difficulty in
Government banking, that cannot be overcome Or
obviated. They cannot, therefore, flatter then/-
selves that this attempt, If it Should be made,
would .prove Moro successful than - hundreds of
others which have failed. The cause of these
failures has doubtless been — differeriFiF - differ
eases. But there nro certain canna, obvious to
all,'well calculated to produce this fittal effect." •
On the Subject of facilitating exchanges, which '
is the third point of, merit ascribed to the itlxcheri.•
nor by its advocates, that has 'been already touch.
cdtmon. The hazards to Which the Treasury
would be exposed by granting the powei- of buy. :
ing and selling . drafts to an unlimited amount,
must far counterbalance nnyhencfits which might
follow from the exercise of such power.
.. We might extend this 'synopsis by including in
it 'other considerati6ns embraCed in the Report.—
But it may 'suffice foe.the present thus briefly to
present the subject by submitting a.compendious_
examination of the three particulars in which
the superior advantages of the Exchequer aro
said- to consist. In provir.ing a place of safe..
keeping for "the public money; in furnishing a
sound circulating medium; in facilitating ex
changes-110W do its real merits compare with
its•pretcnsions 7 In what respect is it better or
more safe than a National -Bank 7 How (lees it
obviate any of. the objections that apply to the
Sob-Treastiryl We have condensed enough, we
presume, from the Ileport to . furnish a:- fair vietv
in each and all these points.—Baltimore Ameri
can.
1111.11 ID IMDBITYLL
1,
_ - , - D,T . '''' t f„,,,,,,," ‘l,
- „..,-„,,,,_•10,- -w lz
~....,-1.----
..„,p,- •
.6, A 44 A ,
‘ ",1041.1'ivic--:1-..,--1.'g': P)),r;i; , ,, : . . .
/ "6 }'•*<,.;.s, ' . .'-''';'% P
7.:!t.4.1 -,4 .304.ez45,_ 4 , ,
„:____-, ~ &
c,t;tr-)›-Asei, ,',-,,,,,-.-ia-- ifq A
•A • • - t , ..e4,;3 4 a ::•., r.i., ...t,,,,..„.
: , i ,t,"_,,,
.~~~~~_`
„,,,,,,,,,....._.,„, A ,
-. iti:.,. _...•
~,. , • r„ . ...1„.1,, , ,.4„„ -.•,.,_,•,•-_,,t.•,....„.,--. _ ..
,
_
E. BEATTY, EDITOR. AND PROPRIETOR,
? .AOARLEIgL.„- PA.
Tretlncsdan Pelpruary. 1, 1843.
HENRY7CLAY; - .
Subject to the decision of a National Convention
DEMOC lATIC WHIG PRINCIPLES.
SPECIALLY "FOR THE PUBLIC EYE."
A sound IC:akin:ll Currency, regulatod by tho
will and authority of tho Nation.
). An ariequate Revenue, with faii.,Protection to
American Imiustry.
3, Just restraints on the Executivepower . , m.
bracing further restriction on the excrm eof
.the Vcto.
4. A faithful administration of the public d
with an equitable distribwion of the proceeds
of sales of it among all the,States. -
5. An honest and' economical adtnifiistFation of
the General Government, leaving publicntlicerS
perfect freedom of thought and of the right of
sufFrag,e; but, with suitable restraints against.
improper interference in elections. . .
G. An amentlmerit to the Constitution, liriliting
the Menu/bent of the Presidential office to a
SINGLE• TERM.
Theie objects attained, I think that wO should
cease to be afflicted with bad administration of
the Government.--,llEritty Cz.A Y.
Cr - We are indebted to lion. S. P. MEntwE•rusn
U.S. IL R. for a copy of his speech on the repea
of' the Bunkrupt law.
;1-largamtrinbc-r - ot'titrottiscnicutg - aremm: -
I'oidably crowded out of to-day!spaper, besides a
comiderablo,amount of reading mallet which had
been prepared
~ ROM INCE IN ILEA!. L•FE.-r—WO 1011r11 that a
young man from Philadelphia, named --
GEIESE, committed suicide in Dickinson township,
in this county, on Friday morning lasi v .by shoot-
Mg himself. The infatuated victim committed
his deed of self.dcstruction with a pistol, the hall .
of which passedthrough his heart, causing imme
diate death. • number of stories arc in circula
tion relaiivc to the cause of the rush act, which
though contradictory in their &tails, agree in as.
cm ibing it to disappointment in an, alThir of the
heart. He is said to, be, a young man of respect.
able connexions in the City, and we believe had
been a.clerk in a lardebusiness himse there.
ril'he bill for the cancellation of the Relic
Notes has passed both branches of the legislature
Sec legislative intelligence in [mother column.
The relief notes of our country banks kcnerally
are at a discount Of 10 and 11 per cent. in Philadel
phia. The Chester county bank, the Pelawaro
county bank And the dermantown bank, aro at
par, howevbr.
Relid oi the States.
Another letter fromn lion. W. Cost Johnson, on
.the subject of the National Stock will be-found
on our.. first page, to which we direct attention.—
Tl#s measure gains popularity every day. Let
every one read and understand it.
The Exchequer Killed!
This favorite Government Bank measure of the
acting President of the United_ States _redeived a
quietus in the House of Representative's, on Sat
urday last, which decides its fate during the Ad
ministration of John Tyler. The question was
upon the adoption of the report of the Commit
tee of Ways and Means, (a review of.which is
given in to-day's paper,) made against the
chequer scheme, and which closed with a reso
lutkon that "the hill amendatory of the several
acts establishing the Treasury Department
ouonT NOT +O.NEzAOOPTNI:O.
This resolution of the committee was carried by
a rota of ObJE HUNDRED AND NINETY
:THREE yea, , to EIGIITEEN nays: The fol
.
lowing are the nays :
Nays—Messrs. Barton, Borden, Browne, G. W.
Caldwell, Cowen, Cushing, Foster, P. G. Goode,
liahttead, Hudson, W. W. Irwin, W. C. John
son, 1. D. Jones, Morris, Rancher, Tillinghast,
T. W Williams, Winthrop-18.
- Clay . State .Cottyelatioti
. The State Convention of friends of Henry
Clay Which meets in liarrisburg l on Wednesday,
the 22d inst. promises to be a,publiti demonstra
tion Worthy of the Old gopitone Mid the great
Sfatieman; to'advance whose'eleime it is called.—
Ev - erY county in the State 'will be represented.—
Whigs! Old Mother Curnberiand must have
a_ crowd_there • • •
. . .
.
"• - •Tise weather his heen malting a great many
unsuccesaftil a s tlemptri 'to .. define its positions!!
within a few days., i!hoaffort is not very antis.
factory to spectatoir. '- ' . : -..
itrEdverl A.•lnneierri has been elected to
t h e' P' .11i
,the .Piiiitati2" of Indiana;
for six years frog' ' , .the 4th' of:. next. The
treacherrof merniter:llpietl , : Kelsio,gnyrr
ut.fy..e~}ie%.party;:verjy.well,,for,Gen, Ito and
09.,:qiii r aliioaroofitinditia,te . ! .-- '• •
;~,~;;
lOU PRESIDENT
011311. CREED.
Sukldpr'
Relief Note&
lIME
RN
Ctingressional,Apportioitainent.
CONSUMMATION OF INIQUITY':
The Harrisburg 'Telegraph .of Saturday last,
announces that In the House that day .the LoCo
Poem consummated the.- reComMended
by Gov. Porter, and urged by his organ' the Key.
stone, by passing, 'by a decided majority, a bill-to
divide the State into Congressional districts,which
so gerrymanders the State as to'leave btit 'FOUR
districts that will elect-Deinueratic-Whigs td* the
mext-Congresst—This-bill<-of—aboiniuttions -was
three or four times defeated, but the . pertinacity'
of Loco Focoisitt—tho 'party cry' and the party
threat, wore too powerful to allow logo focus (With
a few honorable exceptions) to just or cam:
scientious part toivards the minority: and many
whim: we had supposed could not have been in
strumental in bringing - about So flagrant an act of
niquity,,came up to the work , under the Shib
boleth of their party, to the lihe of depravity that
the leaders had prescribed, and without a single
_qualm-of conscience: ' • .
As little of justice,prineipldor fairnese as might
lure been expected of the majority in the Logis.
Were, the'penple will nevertheless be astonished
to learn that a measure of such unparalleled wick
edness has received the sanction of the Goose,
and been sustained by their almost unbroken array
of votes.
- When it is recollected, that at 'the present time
the democrats. have' 13, members of'Congress to.
the loco focos 19,.the enormity of tho outrage
committed by the passage of a bill that will se,
cure but four to the democrats, and twenty to the
locos, Will be more startlingly Seen—rind •if this
monstrous exerCise of power does not arouse those
whose rights are trampled upon, whose claims to
the privileges of freemen; are scorned, insulted,
ridiculed, despised; and made the sport of tyrants
—if it does not arouse their indigriationahey de.
servothe scourge of the rod of their oppressors, if
they do not now deserve it for allowing au reck
less a' band •of political demagogues 'to become
their representatives.
This bill bo found.in onr Legislative pro
cecdings
Cougrtiss
The Bankrupt Law bas notyct_been_acted 'up
on in the Senate. That body, is principally en
gaged in .the discussion relative to the Oregon
Territory, an interesting sketch of which will be
found in to-day's.piyer. It is said that President
Tyler has resolved upon calling the new Congress
into an extra session during the ensuirig summer.
In that case Pennsylvania will be without repro.
sentation, Oiving to Gov. Porter's veto of tlny
apportionment bill which" prevented the elettion
of ourmcinbcre of -Congress at the usual time.
Foreign News.
?fib Caledonia arrived at Boron on WerlOs
day last, bringing Liverpool dates to the 4th ins
which is nineteen days later than previously re
ceivcd. -
The intellii•ence by her is not of g reat interest.
The politics•Of the old'world remain without any
change. A great fire he'd - occurred at. Liverpool.
and uno in London ; at the letter several 'children.
were burnt to.death., Tho Corn-lew repcalers arc'
still agitating, and are beComing more forinidable
. -
every day When Piirliument meets on the 2d of
February, Sir Robert Peel is expected to propose
a wholesale modification of the English Tariff
laws. - There are some revolutionary symptoms
in France. Spain is quiet once more. Nothing
further from China. Mount Etna, after .a short
repose, is in eruption again, and had destroyed. l
much property.
Lieut. Muckeuzie...-A Court Mail
tial,
This gentleman has not only beenurninimons
ly and honorably acquitted of all -censure by the .
Court or lout/Irv, tiethe execution- or the i ll pti:
ncers on board the brig Somers, but the report of
the Court speaks aids conduct under all the try
ing circumstances of the case as being highly
praiseworthy.
It is now stated that the Secretary of the Nary
at the earnest 06licitation of Commander Mac.
kenzie and Licut.Gansovnort, has • dctailcd a Court
Martial, fur the purpose.of trying.the accused,
and deciding upon their guilt or innocence.:
_) -- Since the above was put in type it is offi
cially announced that a General Naval Court Mar • :
tial to fry - Commander Mackenzie upon three char.
gee—the first murder, the second'eruelty and op
pression, the third not mentioned, will "convene
on board the frigate North Carolina on Wednes
day, the first of February. The Court will be
composed of the following members :
_• President, Commodore Downes; Commodore
Read, Captains W." Compton Bolton, Dan. Tur
ner, Charles W. Skinner, Isaac McKeever,
John H. Aulicli, Bladen Duluny; John Gwynn,
and- Thomas %V. Wyman ;"Commanders Henry
W. Odgen, Irvine Shubrick, and William W.
McKean; Judge Advocate, Samuel Rush; of
Philadelphia.
JOHN M ATMOT, Esq., mayor of Laneas
ter; died in that city on the 22nd inst.
Mr. M. was a respected and, valuable citi .
zen, and his demise is deeply regretted by
all who enjoyed his acquaintance.
AN AMBASSADOR INSULTED.-MOlllllO, the am.
bassador from the Sandwich Islands, was refused
a seat at the breakfast table, on board the steam.
boat Globe, on her way from New York to New
Haven. The Rev. Mr. Richards, Who has him in
charge, was obliged either to separate from him,
or to joinliini in eating with the servants which
they both did.
Kr-Dr. Seth Salisbury, of Bradford county,
the great champion of the "toiling millions,"
has been elected State . Librarian, in place of
Henry K. Strong, the late-officer.
Tim GREAT ,_LAW SUIT.—The Court of
peals of Maryland, has decided unanimously, in
favornf the Baltimore and Ohio Builroad Corn.
pony, the suit Which had been brought against the
Company by Washington County, to recover the
penalty of one million of dollars claimed to have
,been forfeited to the
,County because tho . road
was ittlt constructed through certain points with.
in its limits. . ,
Illniamstr.—The Editor of the Vermont Chron ;
icle, a paper of high character, and ”which never
indulges in random charges or, assertions, says
that from , much inquiry and various facts which
haie Come to our knowledge;' we have niiconfi
.•
dance in the Idea that Lk!loves Ida
•
doctrine." _....
Temperance Jubilee!
The original Washington Temperonce Society
of Baltimore, hatie addressed a circular to ,tho
friends of.Toinporauco' throughout the country,
nroposing a teneral proeeltiori - and a grand jubi.
rgc-..0f Tornpironce, in that city; on - the 4th of
Apritensuing, the second anniversary of the for
mation of the spalety. friend of temper
ance in the country , is invitedto attend.
ititJon Isi,pm.—fccichiniation !icon made
by Gov. King, that tho new tooititnifon has bean
adopted, and will go iuti:iioiEitPin ii;4),cr the first
Tuesday. 11l ilicalcjingOentith!it
areiPilki9g,Or.
tite‘ritia. inaigklolol4l . lfe'tilbig, 4 40 - § 6l e .
'the . .?Mot anO..oias4! and,
91,a
• ,
THE WHIG PARTY, AND . ITS LEADER.
-11ENRVVKAY!
• The N. ir. Trihunt; Oleg the "following extract
of a speech slelivet : ed by the Hon.GARItEIe DAMN,
of Kentucky, in the House of Kepresentativeth ott
the 19th inst. It' is truly eloquent i•
The Whig poly sold Mr. 17. n IS neither' riddl
ed nor dismayed.. Assured of the whidorit of lid
, measures and the rectitude and truth of its princi
_ples,_lt-relies -with- calm-- but undoubting- confi.
deuce of victory in the virtue and patriotism of
the people.. Feeling strength in its - numbers-and
in the-tried faith and great' ability of its leader, in
1844 it will put-forth exertions worthy of the mo
mentous and enduring interests at stake under
the ensign, of that leader. It invokes all Ampri
.cans, as-they love theirVountry, its gloriouSinsti.
tutions, and its permanent prosperity, to throng
in serried ranks to that gloribus standard. In
1776, the opponent and the reviler of Washing
ton was 110 friend to the Whiggery of flint peril
ous time, nor ishe, who now attempts to under
mine and overthrew Heuer Criv,less the enemy
of 'a Whiggery
.as . pure as-that which kindled the
souls' and nerved the arms of our Fathers. The
post of Henry_ Clay is a private station, yet"he is
in the presence of his country and of world.
the
At the age of nineteen an unknown uneducated.
boy, lie threw himself upon a distant theatre,- and
commenced life in the midst of the exciting
scenes of '1798 ; and helms iinpressed upon the
gallant State, which adopted him-with so much
generous warmth his own glorious image. Un
matched in genius and dauntless, in courage '
-the
expensive operations of his -great soul alone have
given him a position in the front rank ofmankind:
His civil achievements have adorned every page
or his copntry's,history throughout' the past gen
eration: 'As a parliamentary leader,-in practical
statesmanship, in oratory- which convinces the
understanding and rules the passions, in all the
high. powers of executive capability, has no
equal. Intuitive and accurate • apprehension,
soundness of judgement, direetnesS and compre
hensiveness of intellect, and' ftank, high and hon
est purpose are among his distinguished churns.
terieties . . His system of_policy is 'broad 118 this
confederacy, comprehensive as its great and vari
ed interests, and based upon'eternal principles and
truth. He is ambitious, but lie has ever held that
towering and turbulent passion severely subject
to the behests of honor, to the purest patriotism,
to the most ardent attachinent to constitutional
liberty-and to the rights of' the people. Neither
his.tervices to mankind nor Iris renown have been
limited to his own country or to his-own race, but
both pervade the civilized world. exposed for
I-years-to-the-inveterate-prejudices of - a great party,
his firm, udwavering, consistent and Jolty course
hat conquered their enmity and their suspicions;
and there are none .whose good opinion is worth
possessing, who do not pay hemage to his groat.
ness and integrity, and exult in the consciousness
that he is their•countrynian, beeanseof the lustre
which he has shed upon the name. 41Ic may, or
may not attain to the PresidencY, but he occupies
and will ever _occupy, one of the loftiest positions
intim moral world,--a summit bathed. all over in
living glorious light, revealing the 'whole man as
ho is in .the grandeur' of his nature without fear
end without reproach. lle is our trusted, our oft
tried champion; faithful among the feithless—the
great impersonation of-our glorious cause, under
whose banner s we go forth politically to conquer
or to perish ; and if -we-are doomed to fall in thjs
conflict, you will find •
"oul backs to the field, and our feet to the foe!"
Ihtie he do its
A Philadelphia 'correspondent of the N. Y.
Tribune, says—" It is stated hero that Daniel M.
Brodhead, im, plicated in corrupting our Gewe . inor
Poiter,•has expressed a willingnesa to return to
this State and testify . in tfp matter alleged against
him and his tes".'t .
The rumor is 'doubtful, but Gov. Porter is not
likely to consent to so ragh a step -
fincltho following in the he number o
he Lytoming Gazettes_ •
harried,
Itt Williamsport, Pa. on-Tuesday morning, the
24th inst., by the Rev. Mr. Phillips, Mr. Jon";
FORSYTH CARTER, (E:ditor of the Lycoming Gaz
ette). tO Miss CATHARINE, daughter of F. G. Camp.
bell, Esq. alt of that place.
And Col. Carter fk,urried! •Well did you ever !
it is positively overwhelmingly astounding ! Who
wiitildliate - eveultre n re - d - o r rgifth
this the haughty, daring, dashing Col. John F.
Carter,—the very Ceeurde Lion Of Bachelors!
Who that has read the'Lycbming Gazette for the
last year, would have thought that he would ever
succumbthat his pride would ever have % been
humbled "at Me Hymeneal shrine—and his
" sinking heart confess •
' The might—the majesty of loveliness !"
• But it is even so. And the event not Only
solemnly "points a moral," but is fraught with re
flections of the deepestonornent to the whole com 7
munity of bachelors,—or trite as the poor norm:-
iunates are sometimes odiously designated.—
It is an event %Odell presses • home upon every
stout-hearted bachefor a thrilling sense of the in
security of his position, and which teaches the
vaniiy of stri'ing againit 'inexorable fate; for
depend upon it, however cautiousihowever guard
ed, however fortified in strong resolutions,all these
may not avail you. "There's a divinity tkiat, shapes
our ends rough-hew them as we may !" And just
now there is a fearful epidemic matrimonial sweep
ing over the country—stalking forth like the pes
tilence at noon-day—clothed in the sighs which
float through every throng of. beauty—spreading
its contagion wherever • youth and pleasure meet
—the pathology of which wo need not explain,
but it's death to fiflielors ! It has laid our, brother
C,.1. Carter low, and it May each of you! We
might expatiate upon the subjedi at length,- a /a
Dow, jr., had wo his gifted eloquence, and time
and space, which we unfortunately have not. But
the, fate of Col. Carter is before you, and We quit' .
you will profit by it. .
A word to you, Colonel—we regret this last - cc.
centric step of yours, but us the thing is done and
the deed irrevocable, we suppose you have only,
now - to trin acid bear We know nothing
of this condugal felicity whose Elysian glories are
so much vaunted, but we hope, for your sake, they
are not solely imaginary; and that having fallen,
under the lures of the syren, you may never be
disenchanted of the bright visions which won
your soul, and know no fading 'or dissolving of
411'0Charms, the conjurations," which have lured
you from the peaceful paths of single blessedness.
Good-bye, Colonel.
VAN Domes TRICK/3.—A letter from Washing.
ton says: 'Mr. Van Boren is over-shooting the
mark here—as is 'well seen here is his reach
ing after the Presidency. It is said and will ap.
k,,
pear, that he .has been writing . letters of an op.
posite character to Nor th Caroli in order to se
cure the favor for IthnSelf of the friends of Mr.
Calhoun. Some of those letters are, for their de.
designed cunning and, roril palaver, :1 model even
among the rich correspondence of Mr. Van Bu
ren. The jute has been . carried so for in the
present- instance, as to place Mr. Van •Buren in
the very trap he ha Ail;) inconsiderately piked for.
others.' ' ,
.. ,
HENRY. CLAY.--'There w a very,
large meeting heltl , :atstoic, S. 4 1,.
unthe.,lBtlt.inei, for:the -Orpoee of invlting
the . Hon. 'Lletyr ClaYen . visit that I , eity: in
his progretiettnriliwittil:Hitiolutinbiltighly
appropriate totileoceaeien. were; pasted.
• Iliqi,rookkint'tylorie.Cabinct, it generally
undarstood, kr to. tro - . entirely re,orgunireo on or
aboiri the 4th of Mateli next: Whero is Mr;
Webntor' ; too 1 ,
• • '
„(c?Dr. Joe
n .said. he ' thenglit 'the happieet
Ike WWI thiit-o a, man 'of basinees,„ivith NOIIIO
literarniurthil ;Tor Ina iiiiitnientent and s 'that In
t i te
littera', 4tolort” Coaltl'ilvirtitotie :or happy Y4l;
,y l lol4COn.lol_ tol.t1O4dOleil• '; . :' , ',:,'-• - •" , --.'_•• , n
5!,'•,,, , '".,- „ ,F,'.n,41:,;,,',,,,,•+.
Vire,, Oregon lierrltory.
Ale quite apparent says the e Philadelphia In.
guitar, fi.omwhathas transpired within a few days•
In Congiess, that the settlementof the question of
the Oregon Territeiry, and AIM difficulties with_
regard to said , question, which exist between'
Great Britain and the United States, are likely - tti
form a topic, of much excitement. If we roman•
ber aright, the President, In a recent message,-
said that the tOple alluded to was under consider.
Mien • by the' two Governments, and 'indulged'a
a hope that the • matter would be alicably, and
satisfuetorlly adjusted. There arc in .Congressi
however, several members who pre (*posed to the'
least delay, and in favor of the U. States taking
armed possession of the Oregon country ferth
with. :Mr: Linn of Missouri, is particularly anx
ious, and there is a bill 'now before tho Senate, .
which pry dies for the armed occupation, Sce.—
This has been discussed day after day by,several
of the leading Senators. -A day or two ego,.Spna.
tor Linn said that the bill did not conflict with the
present negotiations: M. Calhoun thought other.
wise. He said' that the U. States chanted exclu.
sive sovereignty and jurisdiction, whilo Gren
Britain claimed that as long as the country was
open to colonizing, it slMuld be open to her. Our
people, he thought, should take
,quiet posseilsion
of the territory, while the passage of this
might be regarded as t 'quasi belligerent measure,
s and lead possibly tait coelict. Mr. Linn replied;
paid that the bill had received the greatest care
and attention from theCuinmittee,and argued that
Great Britain's claiMe, which had coinmcnced in
nailing, had grown into a demand for a good por.
tion of ,the territory.: Senator Choate, of Massa.
chusetts, also thought that evil Would come of the
passage of this bill, and that it did conflict with
the treaty; One or two other Senators tookground-
n favor of the bill, and the.matter is still before
the Senate. This Measure is mord Important than
would lit first strike the mind. The claim of the
United States, if well founded, as we believe it to
be, should be onforeedlull'y and properly ;
a matter involving grave_ results, or any thing
like a violation of a Treaty=haste, petulanee,and
injustice should be carefully avoided. The North
Eastern Boundary . Question, which at • One time
threatened very frightful consequences was arid
cably, and wel:hink fairly -adjusted. Why not
then, adjust this North,AVestern Boundary Ques
tion in like spirit? ---
The Otcgon country is rich and beautiful, and
as our population increases, will present many
temptations to emigrants. Washington. rving,
in his Astoria, says The rigorous winters and
sultry summers, and alt the , : capricious inequali.
ties of tepperativ prevalent on the Atlantic lido
of the mountains, arebut.little lilt on the west
ern Acclivities. The conntry . .between thorn soil
the_Pacitic is blessed with a milder and steadier
temperature,- resembling the climate in parallel
latitudes in Europe." But no matter how rich or
valuable—no matter how extensive our claiM—we
should mot act rashly or wantonly, and in a (Nei..
lion of this sort, we are disposed to place Much
confidence in the views of 'such mcrr as Messrs.
Calhoun, Choate and Baird. to the greater part
of the Territory, the claim of the United States
is, we )elieve, entirely undisputed. It is but
- right
to ad , that Senator Buchanan made a very inter.
estin speech, with here - and there an exception,
upon this subject a few days since; and predict
ed serious trouble in 'connegion with it. The
question is certainly ono of importance.
Small Notes.
We firid the following remarks, in the flarris-
burg Reporter, made by Mr.. Kidder, the lucofo
co Senator from Luzerne, uPoir 1/13 prop°,
sition to give the. Banks authority to issuo small
notes, made last week in the SUnitte. We arc
glad to su t these iividences of a conservative foul
ing in tRe, majority of the Legislature i
Mr: NidJer saint was well/aware, be - ,l3irrßMs
introduction, that the proposition would meet
strong objections from loony members of time
Senate, especially that part of it providing for the
issue of small notes. Now, as the Senator from
Laricas_ter. (Mr. Champneys) had taken such an
active, part in opposition to the measure, and . had
opposed it with so much kcal, he Would • take the
liberty of asking that Senator what the principal
objections were to the measure? The notes thus
issued,-as also those now in circulation, would be
redeemable in specie. No bank could issue more
than her capital stock paid in, arid in addition the
odi. us suspension provisions would be removed
from over the banks, making them once more sub.
'ect to the laws of 'the land—and besides all this
the adoption of this meilkure would enable the
banks to sustain thernselveir durrog any period of
resumption. How, he would impfire,,did the batiks
of the state of New York. sustain themselves in
the resumption of 1841, at a time when the Penn
sylvania.banks attempted to resume, the Bank of
the United States .paid' out more specie in the
course of n few days than did,o// the 'banks in the
city of New York during the same period. NOw
the inquiry was how these banks were enabled to
maintain their position. during this period of ex
citement, anxiety and alarm? How did the banks'
of New Jersey sustain themselves? Ilow!were
the banks of Ohio sustained? The answer was
obvious to every one.. It could not be denied but.
that their small note issue was an invaluable aid.
Now sir, said Mr. K. the question is narrowed
down to this, and the conviction is daily forcing
itself upon the minds of our people, tlght unless
we do something to relieve the banks, we need
not expect them to resume for years. We must
aid thorn if wo would be aided by them. Kind
offices must be reciprocal. Dut suppose, ;ir, - we
do not aid the banks,--suppose we refuse to allow
them the privilege of issuing small notes, how
filen shall we be situated 7 Why, sir, all the
States around you dre issuing their notes of the
denomination of one, two and three dollars, and"
those notes will circulate among our people, thus
compelling us ta_pay tribute to our neighbors.
He knew there had been a prejudice against the
issue of these notes in many inindsoind_he_woulti
ndmit that even in his own district there had been
an abiding objection to them ; but ho could now
say that there had been a change in the feelings
of the community in regard to such notes.. Rea-,
son has resumed her empire, and now there was
but one sentiment-on the subject. That was in I
favor of their issue. What' had produced this
change ? Why, the community have learned that
ley must have small notes : if they have them
not of their-own, those of New York and New
Jersey will circulate and continue to circulate a=
mong them, until driven out by the issues of our
own banks.
to
are some of the reasons which
inducdd mo to offer, my proposition.
Tim Mimic Assets.-The clergymen of Plaits
burgNow York, have taken Measures to secure
an investigation of the affair of burning the bi
bles at Champiain. It is done at the suggestion
of Bishop Hughes, whb is anxious to remove all
blame froth the Catholics.
A :Philailephia- correspondent of-. the
New.. York Tribune, says, that at. one of
our LOCO Foeo.Eightlt oflanuarY dinners,.
the following' toast . ..is • said to haie been
given, butsUppreasccl in publicatiOn
. .
" The Alininestralota. of -. ./)/i6id .
. eo et. 4 urse to the Coins anwealth— . -=
a .bleeeing family." •
Jupon Sunisaisagn,,.it is said. has been
confi'rined by the U ,S. Senate as - naval
officer - of • ,
Noi,,Conttecr.--The' 'Alexandria Ga.;
•
zette says; that the reported,recall of Com..
Jones, front the' „coal .of 'the. gale
Squadron is „rift, eerreet.„
~
ie nut
4nosvn w,hat course ' , ;the? Gevcrn4 ,
10 ° 0 may4keo Or , ' 5 0 , ,,e 01 r 8 P
eminent may,pursie'ifi the Witter.
3, •
Sfal
Venstogibanix Regtsiaturt.
Correspondence of the Citylisle:Herald.
' ' ' " ' Hatifitsautte, Jan: 28, 1845..
Pour weeks of this session, , that was to be the
-shortest that ever sat in'Pennsyliania have passed,
and nothing has yet been accomplished to
. diminish
if; burdens Of the people, or lessen the abuses of
Government. I wish to keep the time spent in do
ing *nothing distinctly " before the people," . because
_this_Legislature-came-intivpower -pledged-to-intro--
duce a thorough, radical; Searching reform, and to
redress all. the grievanceionder which the people
sojtistly complain; and all this was to be done too in
trsession aftlireetnontlis. What have they thus far
done to redeem those pledges,expreised OF implied,
in nearly .ode third of the time theie loco tow legis- -
Jatorii had allotted themselves for putting 'every. thing.
right in the good old Keystone. The only truly re
form Measure they haveyet effected, and that is ve7' I
limited in its operation; is the bill to reduce the sala
ries of Judges... This will save $10,005 or $12,000
per annum, and they should have all credit for it,—
again, they have passed the bill .'regulating public
printing,and ' binding which will save perhaps" a's
Much more. This, too, they' eserve credit for, and
the more so its it does not interfere with their perqui , -
sites or per dieni. These are 'the only public mea
sures that have been finally acted upon.. A bill pas- -
Seil the House several days since withholding from
inernberStheir daily pay when absent from the seat
of flovernieent. Itut it as yet sleeps in the Senate;
and I nui. told that there is great trepiditien .in the.
flouse, by . those most zealous in 'passing it, lest- it
.may' be acted on in the . Sentite. lt is one of those
measures intended for'" biniketn," which all arc
anxious to make their constituents believe they are
in favor of, and all equally anxious to have stifled by
some hocus pocus. SllCll,meststires,ps this, and cut
ting off their daily pay after a session shall have ex
tended beyond three months, and depriving 'Ahem
selves of the husidreil pretty little things which the
Clerk is annually in the pipit of laying on their (leaks
at the beginning of the session, without authority of
law, are matters that come too near their own doors,
and perhaps it is expecting too much to ask any re
form that shall lighten their pockets. Their mas
ers have aright, hoWever, to ask thetai to go ear
nestly' to work and remove the thousand other abus
es that have crept into every department of gov
ernment and are eating out. the people's substance.
- _There is yet to be passed shill torlistria the State
for members of Congress, sine for. members of the
the State Senate, and one for Members of the House
-of Representatives. Ilesides these, the general re
form bill is to be acted ppon,and the question-wheth
er the public• works Shall be sold; or cimthmec as
heretofore to be kept up by taxing the people for no
other pfirpose than to stoli_the Motiths - and fill.the
pockets of the ravenous swarm of - partisans and
plunderers- who., infest thc: Slat'., Li Slats to decided:,
The disposttinn that shall be made of the' worthless
relief notes and what shall supply-their place as a
currency, will he one of the mast fruitful themes for
sliZsriliSplay of am - Induce, the
,consumption of. time,
and the exhibition of - regard for the dear peopic,llint
s yet to occupy the attention of our Legislative'
Solons. As yet it has scarcely been approached.—
There are hills also on file to provide for thenholition
• 1.• three or four courts, and for 'the rev:slots of the
11 sand of Canal Consrhissioners. These are among .
a mite of the subjects that are. yet to .rereive the at
tenth's Rl* the Legislature. Is all this labor lo be ac
romplislied,besides the hundred private matters that
almost every meratiW must have acted uprut or lose .
has re - -elertiint;in ti selssion of:even ordinary letsg6 l
ante!' less in one a month or twoliiis than:any for
mersession ? Let whit will be done you know there
, .ust he an appropriation hill passed, or the soldiers
at fortune attached-to the domi mod party , are 'all elf
h snots other 4ivarter in search. lac sports., Tire loco
f •c,is are not the party to fat theirmen go for want
o: . a little or, tire people's morri•yi.
Now, does it not became the ,!.egislititare to set 11-
Inlot the great work of redressing grievances, cor
r •cting abuses, curtailing expenses, lessening faxes,
r. funning extravagances..wherever found, with an
in 1 1X10114, Silleel'e zletemitinat ion) to bring back our dis
raised-Commonwealth 'into the good old customs
it ides which Oiejustly entitled hersell to the proud
4,Selstizus.nr-the....L_Km•_stune r r the Xeitet,t ,t..,..h2
t.;
It' ,t.; .ors to me the people demand 'lda; ilnd that they
Will rut fold their. servants guiltless until they give
son.' h; nor evolence that sues is their detertnitur
lion than tiler yet have done. . : N.'S
Later from Ilarrisbur'g
Editor'p Comspontlettee.
" 11,4,anisnunc,,Jan. SI, 1843
Dear Sir—The !louse of Representatives concur•.
red yesterday •in the amendments made by the Sepate
to the bill passed by the !louse some (hue since, au-'
thorizing the cancell i ng of the -Relief istmes. The
hill now provides that the State Treasurer shall C 1111.•
eel $100001) of the Mier notes ht the Treasury on
the 91st in,t, and $(00,000 on the last day of every
month ensuing.
As there is libout that amount in the Treasury now,
the cancellation of the first quota will scarcely he
felt Mita effect upon the currency, but when the third
malt . ..sortit mouth's cancellation is-reached-it is to be
feared the w 4 lthdra44 will be severely felt unless the
vacutim is supplied in some other way.
There is now ti bill in the House which provi les,
that its four months alter the passage of the act the
Batiks are to be relieved from all liabilities to 'Teel vy.
the Relief issues either on deposit or in payment of
of debts. Ihe bill further provides that thes shall
resume specie payments, and grants them authority
to issue one, two and three doll:u• notes to the amount
of twenty-five per cent 011 their capital stock, fur the
term of five dears.
Trie Apportiompeut bill passed by the [louse on
Saturday was referred to a committee in the Senate,
by a liont it will bo reported. another shape. The
apportioammit'question is Lint likely to be settled fur
some time yet. - Yours; Ste.
Pennsylvania Legislature.
Mosnav, Jan. 23, 1842
In Senate, Mr. Penniman re;orred_ an appor
tinnnient for members of Congress. Mr. Hill
introduced a bill to reduce the number of Canal
Cominissioners, and curtail the expenses of the
board generally; referred to • the committee on
Reform. Mr. Champneys, oared a preamble
and resolutions setting forth the embarrassments
of the Commonwealth and its condition general
ly, dud recommending measeres of relief. Mr. C.
who is the: loco foco
~Senator from Lancaster,
wished to define his poSition by these resolutions.
He was in favor of cancelling the Relief notes,
and providing means to suppl,y , the vacuum in
the Treasury. The resolutions provided for the
cancelling of - these notes, the saki of the. Dela
ware diviiiion of the Penn'a. canal,' all the unfin:
ished lines of the public works, the sale of the
State stocks, &c. Hy a series of measures like
these, he expected to„be able to . meet and pro
vide means for the ordinary expenses of the Gov
ernment, and more than this could not be expect
ed at-this time. He had no hope theta single
dollar of the interest of the pUblic debt could be
paid for atleist two years to cornet,. The resolu
,
tions were postponed for the present r :The bill
providing for the cancellation of Relief Notes
then came np, and was discussed .to the houi of
adjournment. This bill is the ono which the
State Treasurertailed to carry into effect, hay
ing as he thought been repealed-71i prcildea . for'
the cancellation of one fourth of the Relief notes
'received into the Trerienry:,nton'thiV.' ,
In the HOuse, 0:-,soerniattitrication was , laid be
fore it by the Spettker; ircOlr;a4 invcsligation
into thrp Passage of a billAtt the last session which
authorized, the Lehigh Goal and Navigation Com:
parry to vise money oo mortgage; As s thus.
graio: 4410 14 0 , 1 ! , .40 . a /31Pq foco
merittieri:.Mr. Raclin:mi . of •Northairipton; ''that
gent) man . asked for ' an-investigaitbtt . ° ~ie.eairi
*w4, - ,atic.ci'44lAP;tPtor3 l3 ;dll ll , ll dilartil'4,thi°
.Matter;ltiteuhPba, itivesPOlted,h47,t l te , _metro,'
-, ,a<< ;;~;,
rialplace'd him where the Ged or nature norlie
own ambition, and conduct, never intended him
to be placed, to wit; on a par with David R. and
Junco M. Porter It was referred to a select
committee.. •
TCONDAY, Jan. 24.
In Senate, the hceir of meeting was changed
from 10 to 9 o'clock. • An ,election for /Printers
was then.entared into, and John B. Bretton elect
-Idi:alter of the EngliehicurnalLDeab & Aim
mei of the German Journal, and John H. Dire;
:ook & Cu- of the Bills': The bill for the cancel
lation of the Relief issues was taken up and pass.
ed second reading. , • . .
..In the, House,, Mr. Ilencacifof Ybilacielphia
county, submitted a joint resolution directing the'
t
Attorney General to procure writ 'of quo ware
~onto, to ascertain , tie , valid ty of , the appoint. ,
ment of Wm. A. Porter, Mel made by his fatif.:
Cr Sheriff of Philadelphia. The infamous bill
for districting the State, submitted by Mr. El.
Well, was negatived on first reading by a larger
rote.
In Senate, the only important• public business
was thcfurther discussion of the bill to cancel the
Relief notes, which ended in referring the bill to
the committee on Finance.,
The bill abolishing the PhiladelPhia 'Court of
General Sessions passed committee of the whas:'.
The Speaker laid before the Senate a column
munication from the .Canal Commissioners, In
reply to a resohltion of the Howie, relative to the .
Canal .Bridges in the State : their number 'is a—
bout 900 :11teir vriginal cost was about $BOO each;
they require building every ton years and the
annual expenses for repairs. &e., is about $45,000'
•
yearly.:
• The House was occupied nearly all of the ses.
sion with the disqussion of a bill to abolish capi
tal punishment.
In Senate, Mr. McCulley from the Committee on
Finance, reported . the, bill cancelling the relief
notes, so that the State .Treasurer shall, on the
3lst of January, caned $1 . 00;001i of the most do.
preciated relief issues in the Treastny thatihe'
same amount shall be cancelled on the last day of
ciery month thereafter.; and that - all * Monies
posited in the hanks or savings institutions, to the
credit of the Commonwealth, or in the hands of
collectors and county'tre.asurers; shall be consid
ered as money in the Treasury; 'This report after
a-great deal of,debate was adopted, with an a
niendment added to it, directing the State Treas
urer-to publish monthly an official statement ire
two Harrisburg_ papers, giving the amotint of
notes cancelled and the Banks from which, they .
were issued. •
In the sllouse, a vaet number Of petitions on
vririous subjects were presented. No business of
public inferest was transacted.
In Senate, the most important-business wait the:
passage of the bill to abolish the Court of Genet,
al Scallions of Philadelphia. .
In the House,ihe i•ote which negatived tlieap
portiooment bill of Mr.- Elwell, was reconsidered,
arid the question again coming up Mr. Defied of
fered as an amendnierit to strike out all after the o
entwting clause and'insert the bill reported, by
biro, which .divided the State into tl.e following
districts.-
Ist. Southwark, Moyamensing,__Khigsessing„
Passaytink, lilockley, P West Philadelphia, Spring
Garden, North and South Penn Tcwnships, in
the county of Philadelphia.
'Phe city of Philadelphia.
'3d. The balance of the county of Philadelphia,
4th. The counties of Bucks and Lehigh.
Sth. The counties of Montgomery and Dcla
ware.
Gth. The' county of Chester.
h. The,county of-Berks.
9th. Tice counties of I),tuphin,..Lcbanon and
Schuylkill.
10th. The counties of Northampton, Monroe,
Wayne and Pike.
1 t th. The counties of Luzerne,Columbia and
Wyoming.
12th. 'rho counties of Bradford, Susquehanna
and Tioga., •
lath. The counties of Lyconairig,Northumber..
land and Union.
MIL The counties of Cumberland, Perry' and
Juniata.
15th. The counties of York and Adams.
16th. The counties of Bedford, Franklin and,
Somerset.
17th. The counties of Huntingdon, Centre,
Clinton end Mifflin.
18th. The counties of Westeriotelabd, 'lndiana
and Cumbria.
19th, The counties.of Fayette and,GrZen.
20th. The' counties of Clearfield, JefEison,,
Clarion, Butler and Armstrong:
21st: The county of Allegheny.ed. The counties of Waskington - andllesver..
23d. The counties of Cr*a ford, Mercer and
Venango.
24th. The counties of• Erie, Warren, McKean,
and Potter.
Mr. Hancock moved to amend tha amendment,
by inserting the bill reported by Mr. Penniman
in the Senate, which was lost, !Ohs 30, nays 58,
The question then recurring on Mr. Buford's bill,
it was'ordered to be transcribed fora third read
ing, by the following vote 3.
YEAS—Messrs. Avery,,Bailey, Barret, Bauch,
man, Bean, Belli:Teal, Bra wley, Bush, Carson,
Cummins, Deford„ Eltdn, Elwell, Frederick, Gear
heart, Glenn, Goodwin, Hahn, Heckman,, Hill,
Karns, Kerr of Mercer, Kerr of Monroe, Kugler,
Livingston, Long, Lowery, Mcßride, McCarty,
MeCaalin, McCulloch,,, McDaniel, McKennun,„
Moore, Morgan, Musser, Myers, O'Bryan, Over
field, Packer, Picking, Postlethwaitc, "Pottiger„
Stine,-Storer, - Thomas;'
Wright, Speaker.-51.
NAYS—Messrs. Bacon, Balmer, Balsbaugh,,
Beitler, Blair, Brindle, Carpenter, Clinton, Craig,
Deal, Furgcson, Foreman, Hancock; Heebner,
Hinchman, Hood, Hultz, James, Kennedy of
Beaver, Kline, Linton, McEwen, McGowan ;
McWilliams, Morris, Parke, Robinson, Rockhill,
Rouinfort, Rush, Sharswood, Sheridan, Sherwood,
Sipes, Skinner, Tbompson,Trego;Tustin;Walter,
Warfel.-39, 7 •
Oiittnie, Jan. 28.
In Sennto, the bill to aboll§h the Court, of
General Session§ passed finally and was. rent to
tho House for concurrence.
In the House the infamous Apportionment bill.'
of Mr. Deford was filially passed.
Tint Marts. Sysmat,—Tbe annual
report of the 'State Treasurer shows that
thirty-three thousand dollars have been
expended upon ouryor(liless andfareical
Militia System , during the fiscal year just
closed. It is a matter of surprise to many,
that the people have suffered so long and
patiently the, many , annoyances growing
Out of this.system.=La►4. Ex.
Kr. Gen. Augustus Porter, of 'Nittgara,
N. Y., who is undoubtedly atridndgis
most Sagacious and upright „man, of that
State,,, has vviittan a letter d
i-the - National
.Intelligencer,''vt3trongly approvlag' of the
Ilion. Cost Johnson's Project 'for . 4 ;1 1 200,67. -
000 1 030 national stock based'On the publio•
lands d r the yelielof the
_States. ' •• • -
arA Niro, ,Sifer of Wilkiogetorne!)p,
Pa; wasAglieced . cht,ldren , of a
few , : eityr7ago ? Mrs:, • ; Slie):Allogrstands.
, • ,
Virsimisnacr, Jun. 2'5
Jan. 26
FRIDAY, Jan. 27