El
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till ) . 1 111R•11 , 17:41'DIF' WEL Icrt.7 gr,
. OF 1: UZlOl7,Nlmd.
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CAl*:.! of aced by 1 - 111: Lowry to the 1
Reform bill. Made in the liouso of Represen
tatives, February, 11143. ,
Mr: WR I (dill` (Spellt4) rose and said : Sir, I ,
cur sorry there should he anycmlifferenee of
opifi
iot among the real friendi of reform in reference
'4O - thistamendmenti set shall vote for themmendt
ment,And .wilt give my reasons to the honseamde
LIM country. Suppose- you concur in the Senate
rimendeeent 7 The'rnessure goes forth to the peo
. plc of the state as areferin, bill, end a poor Neolo
gy it will be. This tampering with the subject, ,
sir, will lint do. • It will not answer the' 'impose.
' The time.hes row conic for action, And nothing
short ofeffectual and absolute refinin will answer
the public expectations. • The amendment. pro
poses to 'educe a)! salaries 32y per cent.-froin the
executive - down ,to the' lowest pensioned man in
the suite. it aboliMtes others that are not ab
seilutelY,'needed, and in effect...saves to tub eons-
Monwealth net less than two 'hundred -thousand
dollars per adnum. \V hat alto time objections to
this measure? ‘llitli some I grant it arises from
n fear if the amendment. ehould be adopted it
might defeat the bill in the Senate. If lie Sen
ate vote down tln'., billicceorporating this' emend
wont, be it sa.- ,With them rest the reeponsibility.
Let the popolar bract Ii reed it back to them as a
substitute tin the half-way measure they have sent
to eis.and they will then reject jt, lit thew', an.
slyer to the people.' , •
For Myself, sir, i will have a reform bill' or no"
reform' at all, and it the office-holding
. gentry
Make war on inc they are at pit, feet liberty 11) do
so. .Tliare is no gentleman here bat what admits !
the amendment might to prevail: but fear that till'
Senate would net concur. This is nu joetilleation,
to us. Send them the bilkand if they vote it Muhl
sencithera annthei•;:end show-them that we arc in
.earriest about the matter! .
Sir, I bald in my, hand mho report of the Audi.
'tor General. - I find that .the revenue of.the gov
etnment from all suureec, dllrirlg flue 1:1;4. ti.arai
l'Ellr;•irlt,1114111g !Lc itl
Ist Deccieher, amounts to $316 1 90,54.0 I A
'trifle short of' four• millions of deillarit? It. bee.;
copies a inatter of inoincnt to enquii e into the
manlier of the-6.vpenditure of this vast sum
raised in taxes nod from other situreer. It is very
certain that of this shin there mallet money eneugh
now - in the treasury to pay the per dime of the
me in bet s,- if the $lllO,OOO should lie cancelled un
der the cancelling resolution. No, sir, that sum
fallsteliort some $50,0110. Theriii sir, whst has
bicomc o r this vast sum of $4,0011,000 Where
has, it gone to? Who has received the benefit of
it? His it been applied to the payment of inter
est on the cominonmeeelth's loans or to the domes
tic creditors ? Let us see. On the first day of
Anust last there fell due some $900,000 interest
ye perinanent and temporary loans. August past'
and mit a rem of it was paid. On the first day
of I"ebruary,s:)oo,ooo more.becatue clue. That
day passe•cl, opt not ament of intereet 'paid-and,
tho first_day of the approaching August
comes, 64' A. 10,0 0 .0 more 11,11 s due,and•who summates
that fiirthing will-he paid ! It is not:even men.
tioned orlallied of nis an event to happen! For
ty-three millions. of debt now, and an edilitional
sent,of eve r ruillions added every year by way_
.
of interest!
• Sir, I dare not mention repudiation in these
halls. The word should be impressed e Init • let
me ask this lioeee if they suppose the people are
• to he visited with taxation,' under the pretence '
-that-it he to hi..applied to the payment of the•in
terest on the 'Millie-debt, When every semi-annual
interest day i (!0111C8 and goes, and not a cent is !
paid. Sir, the niece you tux the people;the more li
ward,: end ext ravag ance creeps into the allhirs of '
the State. When i iroinder this system is the debt
to be paid ? Nay sir, as hen the interest of it even?
Four millions of revenue real the public debt in
ereashig at the rate of 02,000,000 a year. I tell
' von sir; there must be a change iii the mutter 1 .- e
.;11miq the same htf!i , : a f extravagance continue ?
• 'High salaries-pensioned favorites-iind the libel
I low would. the ease be with a 1 , 111111 WhO had beoll
ill aircumstame. m alllnedee and east-who had
liVed'heyond his income, irMade Seusiblethatlmis
past ; course weekd be inevitable ruin! If hi a were
' u , li . sellSO and judg,inent he would commence
. .nt Gum, time avert; of reform about bin household
discharge this servant-reduce the salary of that,
dismiusx of horses and carriages -and live on prin.
elides of the ino,t scrutinizing economy! All
egree that this week] lie his only course. The
role applies to States and govertiniente.-
And wile:llemars I adbersity stares us all in the
liter, our . public lemetionaries must take le•is pay
and be 'Content. This emninow.realth, sir, with
mill her moans Ned resources, will remain prostrat.
•ed mid bowed down? unless th,•re he a eliange.r
\V he would. beli ma) it, sir, that t Ime credit of Penn
. sylvanta, which ten. years ago would have con
trolled limadeemis of million:, cannot a(this day
borrow at any rate of interest! Ainduct
sir, when this :nighty sail ancient coliiincei`wq e dil,
is al tinned of her glory-shorn of her fair lucks,
.. and groaningunder a debt of Finerv- - itniii:e Mies
.1.11)NP, the eame eysteiloof plunder and robbery
our her treasury is to.he continued. Knock these
leeches' front the treasury-phut its door against
the inendi rutile, or you cannot look lip a return of
good days, and a restoration of era Allen credit.
1 V ekaverthe means fur the retineily, mt.thy net
pt} them? Sir, travel through the State., you will
see . in every town and hamlet your may pass
tiirotigh,the evidenee.of ruin mind tniallirtunii in
tin, business. continubity: Who .is it uncut is surf'
'fain under the pressure of the times? 'Tis not
the office holding interest. Ni, sib., they thrive
while the great:Mass attic people ate absolutely
'distressed. ALII who h eve been prosperous du.
ring their liVes, and have eeemmilmit, d property,
have met with sudden ;mud unavoidable reverses,
c ar o d ig whale Slate feels the shock; and while
the hanger on of the treasury, who draws his
quarters salary, and very probably does nothing,
own enter kisiloinieilA sent himself at a lu:curious
. table-the equidly meritorious track:sumo and me
chanic cannot miss the threshold without having
the Sheriff's adieu tieenient, in large round
tals, stnriug hew iii the flues, and perhaps posted
upon the very liable of his dour. "This property
simieed and taken in exeinitinn at the slot or ---
and to Ice geld 0.1 the clai . of --the cash only," ,
'with a auto bona. "Specie, or the lintels ofspecie
) paying hanks will ,my he received." 'folk, sir,
s. of the sulfuring community ; it is in vain, it' the
legislated,: does:not save the.-iiiillions ) that are
raised annually.' let its look at the report of
I the Auditor General, and examine sonic of flit
I terns.- 211 . 11 e-eamil - elini - teril - road - trills - are - 53D71,.7
0113,1 i! for the• last 'year. We are, told that the
canal emninisaierners have 'wide the public works
yield a half a ;nation of pr,ifits. The time will
come I presume Itht4re'llic close of this session,
when I will show and - prove that the canals hare
not !nude one quarter of that sum, if in fart any
timing at all lint, sir, I (hid on the debit side, of
• this report that there is the emir of 51,687,353 1 29,
-charged to the commissioners el' the Inch must Inn
provement Fund. Call it it/round numbers, two
millions of el:altars. Now, sir, out of' this expetridi.
tura there Inns been paid out the sum of s'lo9,
•589, 43 to the domestic creditors Where, then
sir, has this money gone tin, and Wow appriiPria
ted '1 According to law, rio. doubt. Among the
-items I see the. sum of ti31, , 1113,0S paid to look.
keepers, weigh masters &ci. N 0 .., doubt a good
•deal of it to.*." . But I do not pretend to say
hut what the disbnrsements have been according
to law, but this I sap, that with proper legiSlation,
-one'million of the state revenue could as Well be
saved as - to permit it to be app . liEd hi the manner
ibis, and this-very amendment and - the bill We
pissed reducing the expenses of the board of canal
- commissioners, a few days, eince, will save at least
-three hundred thousand dollars ."I'lle tune has
'come to carry out reform, and not spend days amid
Weeks in talking about it. It is,the votes of this
house that is to effect it. it is VOTER; I. repeat,
that we want, and after the expressions -of the
people by Petition during this session, I sliould
think gentlemen would not 'hesitate unless,. in
'deed, they are afraid Orlifraliding some full.fe%
salaried officer! ' But, sir, lot me stand with tits
people on--this subject, and I care nothing for
;their threati.' Nor do I desire to deceive the pee.
.ple•bysending them such a reform bill as the Seta,
• ate,has given UR ' . - -It is no reform: Let gentle.
men ; coma up.to the work and mei:dike question'
manfully. AAI heard my•friend William Beatty,
of thitler, once say in a political - .convention in s!
0 13 Aiket , ' : ' , " ' let us take •the bull by the borne'.
quiuch laughter.) The question Must tie mot and
qlheided o . l 4imllemen wllo l rotte against measures
• likelllitrlV, l l, not be_hersytp vote the:next session.
wt;.are:tvtt-notbetuttl to ca'rry Out the popular will
"o:ittis soUleatlY and maaifestly understood.
Wireat litp•ott" 80(1:aunt, the "pay 'of
ritenibets. 'Ateitet . rny . livio opinion , •I:'cannot See
any;grcat neceesitf • of tt'l reduCtion - of our;4ter
di&m, but
nerertheleatyl:will.both.itdvoente and,
Veto, fur. it hecauselarti sptie,ked , the men Trepre--
sent heie, - thipti otherwbto, And, , ,it.is a rule too
'will 'kited' to he Ousstioned lit 4 .ti me. , ,t h , 4 , ma.
'repteretitnttitie is bonnitity , 0
•nf,dtt - 'inni4itOnts.Fit 3 4:C o r.
1401iAlic#,#),-, 1 . 3 0 3 - darrkaiout-in4 felt,
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and incendiary production in pamphlet form, got
up. for the purpose of casting reproach pulite gen
tleinen nr. this' hall anti the Senate, who are
known here to be favorable-to retrenchment! It
•
purports, lepresrune, to boa speech delivered by
myself, written by some mean - , dastardly coward,
who dare not diselose his name at the suggestion,'
I have no doubt, or by some pimp who draws hiS
three- or five dollars a day. These pamphlets
:have been Aretilated• throughout the State, and -
very probably franked by sonic official dignitary 4
Destgned to create a counter current agatnst the
men who dare stand up and openly advocate the .
only doctrines thatmun sustain the honor of the
State. I rind in this pamphlet the nambe of tiro
gentleman from Northampton, (Mr.' Heckman)
from - Perry, (Mr.- - P'flryab) from the county,
(Mr. Riofert) from Chester, (Mr. Elton) and
soniethree or four gentlemanin the Senate who
crOne in for a share—of slander. —Such cotiripanv,
I would rather be denounced in, than - applauded
in the course of doing wrong, by the, editors of •
presses in some part of the - State,' who receive
from $5OO to $lOOO a year, to wiite down men
who interfere with their bread and.butter." This
document, sic, is a 711'00 masterly production, and
reflects greatcredit min the thing that sent it forth
to the world.. If he be not -n office - .bolder that
should have_becn removed years. ago, and does
not hold an office that should never haver - been
created, then I have prophesied wrong! Talk
sir of retrenching the expenses of governMent
and you are at ouce beseiged by a half dozen 7 by
lrs, published by. soars - salaried collectors on the
canals or railways of the Commonwealth. If I
wanted.an camel big pay and no duties, I would
gointo the country and establish a newspaper!—
If there was no Mice tit the point of location one
wink] soon find me. My location would orconrse
be on some emal ot.' railroad, and there is no
doubt:but a pension would follow me. It is frue''
I ivotild have. to sustain all . measures:which had
iia vicW : the drawing tif money from' the Treastl 7
re—and . would' have 401101.. ; %ery. measure
.thdt, squinted even 140)1' 4 a r epgneee unit
mrasto Help ttudle pereW , 01/141 sit qui
t tly in tile enjoymentof a tit.+tt a air year. ' Yes
sir, this would folforr. !. Sir; I could name the
• author of this incendiary document. I could
trace it into a place of. official „patronage. Sir,
I know the gentletol l ,44ve ridinUled to be the
genuine friends Of of the people.-
- Such slanders 'lOl , e:!, !eao gentlemen,
si r, cad JO shield . • such . pue.
rile :attacks. . Thciic e !rinse and the
,
Senate will show be •"v.anu honorable
mention will bo h itnado times, when the
mangy whelp *, rotei t • 4thinder will be
vied Z:te *by, sir, devote time to so
Insignificant 4i. Let me return to the bill
under considetiC If g,entletnan de not in
tend to vote for this measure of reform what - let.
me ask them will _they offer es a substitute?
There is nothing on the files of either House—
,nothing- hi preparation—and the . only' fear ea,
pressed openly, is that the Senate - may not con-.
cur! This pretext will not pnswer,'ner will this
be satisfactory to the - culls of the people; node
every day here through their .memorials.ondpe
titions - Credit. gone ! General prostration every
where meets the eye ! The legislature in session,
and one branch afraid to act for fear the other
will not concur! It is no time sir to delay
Ahem must be action! And. I most - solemnly
call on the members of this llouse—in . the nume
of the people to make a commencement. Tour
millions in. revenue. Four millions paidout of
the Treasnry=hut to whom and for• what pur
poses!-..Cunld the e tawayers of Petinsylvania
know how-this money- ismquanderedr.faney yonr.
levies would be cullebted by judicial sales. Sir, 1
hold in Intl hend a letter I received a few .days
einee front alentleman of Northumberland, .Who
tells me some seven or eight years „age he was 4
supervisor on thelVeet Branch—qhat then he re
ceived two dollars per day, for every day be re
turned.under sails- as having been employed in
the busbies of the Commonwealth, Now the
safxe . otlicer receives $l, 50 per day fur' every day
in the year, and perhaps threedimrths of the time
engaged in his own business. Here sir, Is anoth
cr letter from•a gentleman of Huntingdon county.
who states that the supervisor on ...the Allegheny
portage receives a. 100 and is allowed two clerks at
seven dollars per day, making for the three per
sons eleven dollars every day: Now, sir, I have
nothing Co nay against the gentleman who holds
the eppointment of 'supervisor. 1 know hint well
and favorahly; but I allude to the - nett° show
what becomes of a portion of this four millions
of revenue. Thera are-large stuns paid out of the
Treasury fur the purposes of Education. For the
support of colleges, academies and Female sent-
inaries the sum of $40,077,06. Could not this
appropriation be dispensed with? It has - been uiy
own opinion for the last two . sessions that' it
should arid, I shall most certainly vote
hereafter to dispense witli this portion of the an
nual appropriations. AIM I will' do so for the
reason that the children educated in these estab.
lislunents are of that class in society that, do mint
need the protection ef an impoverished Treasury.
Tim children of parents able •and competent to
pay for their "education. The appropriation to
common schools. is a matter of more moment :
but even this system is most rifdicallriletective,
and I very nitwit doubt, sir, that in many portions,
of :the State it is attended with not much good.-
1 cannot, however, vote to rescind this branch of
the public expenditures till a substitute of some
kind be provided. The system of edue-ition is"
the last tleit should be made a matter of dollars
and eons. The character of the nation depends,
on the intelligence of the people. The moment
the public 'Mod degenerates the consemiences
are fearful, and therels 110 subject connected with
thn revenue and expenditures oldie public monies
which should be more earthily considered.
.•
have, sir, a plan of my owti on the subject of a
system of public education that, at a more prof - or
occasion, I will lay bawc the House; Mr. Speak
er, this is !tot the source of. complaint. The tax
, payers of the commonwealth do' not complain of
b/zit:ion, but it is the' profligate waste of the pub.
lie money. Examine the petitions, memorials,
proceedings of public meetings and there is but
one voice—we are willing to 'pay taxes.-eve con
demn the idea of -repudiation ; bit retrench—re
fin-in—curtail the public ,t;genacs. This bill
metiO -the question! Why not make it the law
of the land. Ii reduces the sahry of the Exec
.utive to three thousand dollars; the. Judges of
the Sitpretne Court to $l,BOOl tho Associate
Judgws of the Court of Common Pleas to $1000;
the Secretary of the Commonwealth $1.200; the
Auditor General to $1,200 ; the Secretary of
-thu-Land-thlice-tms E00,0; - the - Strite - Tfeasurer
to sl,`_oo; the Adjutaitt iTenciid to $400; the •
Attorney General to $225 ; the chief clerk in
each or the departments to $800; thd'Scoretary
of the Heard of Candi Commissioners to $800;
the Clerk of each House to $3 per day, and a sal
ary.of $2OO ; the principal Engineer of the State
to $1,000; Members of. the Legislature to $2 per
day—and the some deduction is curved out in all
the subordinate of in the Commonwealth—•
collectors, supervisois; lock keepers, weigh mas
ters, &.c.
As to thb salary of the Governor it may be
said it should not he, reduced ; that is a small
matter. think, sir, tiiere is but the aception of
the State of Louisiana that pays a larger salary
to this officer than this State. But it is no tune
to go abroad to hunt up 'standards by which to
measure the salaries of our ptiblic offices! The.
work should be begun. Our necessities are great,
and the demands of the people, are not to ,go un
heeded. Were our present days, days of pros
perity and plenty, it would be different. There is
no spot in this wide: Commonwealth - hut - feels tha
lami of oppression and. severity of the thncs.—
'low different the commer s cial and trading corn.
munity compared with our better ye.—
It is not long since J. passed through Market st.
in Philadelphia, and I felt sir, like being in a. dc
sorted city. The bustle - and noise and mum
film of that emporium of business has ceased--
How was, it ten years agh
But, sir, to return. .1 notice in the public
peneitures the sum of $3,911 66 paid for clerk
hire in the office of the Auditor General.. That'
there is much to be done in that department I.
have no doubt; but is that not nil exorbitant
yuin for clerk hire in a single department. A
fraction short of :$6,000 !"fhere is, 'skt,,over
twenty thousand dollars paid for, clerk hire in the '
several departments, canal commisaioners,
I do not pretend to say but what the services, of a
.portion of them' is required, burthe - amount paid
must he reduced. It is due to the people of the .
COMmonviealth. Point, ine to the industrious and
hard Working farther or mechanic that receives
for. his daily, labor three and four dollars a day?
Now, sir, is .the party
,cry to be sounded on
this oUestionl IS that portion - ortliti'l3ress that
is pensioned on the bounty and largos:3es of the
State,: to thunder forth anathemas •against the,
men whO dare to touch thd.poeketS of the priv.
ileged fu 7. 'Siri get out of. a canal or . rall road
region and Oci:Press iiiindependent and unshack.
led, but"trade: thifllna of the public
hunts', and it is bound, to the car. of mammon !•-•-•
.1 4 4;0* liro; thpir, rigt.,talk'qf double.
'„t.ittti*
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mass of tlio.'peePle ;will understand
~ third: Sir,
I slu_Liiid I 'ke to , hear the spirit of Party", invoked
\
on this (pollen Of reform ! Let me say to the
gentlemen that the dOmocrats aro in thC Majority
in the two houses and they awanstiorable to the
people of the State for the trust reposed in their'.
There is no evading it. And if the principles . of
that panty nro not secured by a rigid syStAm of,
economy, then I know nothing about - democracy"
Sir,ve ' are 'prostrated as - tt' party if we do, not
change . the system of the disbursoMent of the.
public moneys. t'he gentleman, from LancOster,
(Mr. Foreman) I see nods assent. Thargentle
man, sir, and myself aro old acquaintances in this
hall. I know him' to be a good tactician. This
is the third session ho and I have served in this
House; and although opposed to me I Can well ap
preciate his good sense on the.subject of politico.
I . knew him too•sie, to be in Amor of an..abridge
menteof the public expenses.' I very muelvdoubt
whether any injury can result to the - great demo. -
•erntie family in Pennsylvania by .savingleleast
a little of the four millions of 'revenue paid into.
the Treasury! By a stubborn perseverance in
the present pi s
on of administering tlio — govern,
I ment—the party in power tu.day will be in the
minority.to.morrow ! There can be no question
'of that. Econotny is an article in our creed—
and your pensioned paupers may condeniri it, but
it is nevertheless true—aye sir, true. to the letter.
I will not be drilled into .any measure which
tends to conceal or cover up the waste of the pub
lic fluids, ! , • ~. ,
Gentleman May well , disclaim against repudi
ation ;'so do 1 in,.my place this day a but let
them suggest how the debt is to be paid! . In 1841,.
we pn'ssed a tux bill to meet the .payment of in.
terest on the public debt. In .1842 we doubled
that tax to meet the interest on' the public debt!
And yet we find nearly two millions .of interest
due and unpaid, in a single year.. Sir, I vote for
no more taX'atien till I know how the . nroney is to
be appropriated , and yet I would go as far to save
the sinking,credit of the Commonwealth as any
gentleman here—sir, my views on repudiation
~re..linowif in this liiiii;Foind I trust, - -ta.the_peu.i.
ph: of the State. The dark spirit of rcpudiatiOn
will stalk abroad in the land; unless the ropresen-•
Nikes of tire people talfe a bold and fearless Stand
on the subject .of reform ! 'Can it be. expected
that the people will submit to an onerous and ex
cessive taxation to pay the public. debt and learn
from year to Year that the wants of th e govern
ment consume it all. Your collectors' warrants
will be regarded:as blank paper in the hands - c.f
the officer, and the very name of tax-gatherers
will become odious to the people.
Thus sir, I hove said what I have said and in
all sincerity and lioncsfy of purpose Midas
substitute for the effigy ohm bill Min.° us. I
hope and trust the amendthent May be adopted.--
If %O.: but make Wit: step it will give it gleaming
.of hope to oar constituents! The Senate bill
may save $20,000. The amendments offer, das
a substitute; coupled with the Canal Commi•
ers bill passed in (MA Mouse short time since,
will 'save TrI2EE lIUNDREI'TIOUSAVII - DOLT.A RS To
'TOE - MOYLE
a bold determination, and it' limy discharge their
duttas faithful iicrvants the consciousness of the'
aclnviil Le more sati4actiou than all the fulsome,
praise of the COLLICTOR'S presses; from cue end
of the-seven hundred links of canal and rail road
in this commonwealth to the other. ' r know it.
Catty the. amendment, and if defeated 'fn . the
~`men etc, as seine gentlemen fear it may be, let the
credit be yeser'ved to the House—the popuLtr
branch—of haviug)i;arlessly done its duty..
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E. BEATtY, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR,
DAHLBIL[E '' , : 9 . F PAo
-- bredircsrizzyTviffizrele 21), IS,IIII.
FUlt PRESID111";;T
HENRY ..CLAY,'
Suhject to the decision of a National Convention
•DENIPCRATIC WHIG PRINCIPLS.
SPECIALLY "YOH THE PUBLIC EYE."
OUR CILEED.
A sound Na(ional Currency,:regUlated by the
will and authority Pf the Isiiition.
3. An•adcquatq Revenue, with fith Protection to
AmeNcanlndustry.
3. Just restraints the Executive power, em:
bracing a further restriction on the exercise of
the Veto.. • '
1. A faithful administration of the public domain,
With an equitable diiitribli.ion or the proceeds
of sales'of it among all the States. • •
5. Au honest and economical administration of
the General Government, leaving public ()dicers
pOrfeet freedom Of thought and of the right pf
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suffrage; but with. suitable restraints against
improper interll2renee
G. .An amendment to the Constitution, limiting
the incumbent of tho Presidential office to a
SINGLE Tpin. .
These objects attained, I think that we should
cease to be afflietcd with bad administration ot•
the Government.—llErmy CLAY. •
The Catt Ned
ri-Our paper appears one day , behind thq usual
publication time this week, . in__consequence
• vexatious disappointment in receiving if supply of
paper which had been ordered. We shall endea
vor to prevent such an occurrence 'again.
ri — AiidThinut.herror will be fouhd in the cap_
lion of the poetry on the fourth page, in about halt
of to-day's edition. Those who observe it will
readily know that it should rend " fraternity of
Man." •
First of April—Re:novals.
ITTSuch of our subscribers in town as remove
their residenee on the let of' April, will please
give us notice, that their papers may he left at the
proper places.
Speech 4,1 Mr. Wright.
CO'Nono of our readers, we presume, will re :
quire any prompting from us to induce them. to
read tho.specch of Mr. Speaker Wright, published
in to-day's.paper. Mr. Wright lays .bare the eor•
ruption of the meccenary demagogues from whose
association he has emerged, with a determined
resolution to give otir'plunpned people the - truth,
and the . whop truth. ‘Vliat the Whigs have charg•
ed upon the Administration for two - years past is
now confirmed by the confession of its•friends
lstat ti'i'rii ter"
Kr-Much interest tivaa manifested in the Legis•
lature on Monday, relative to the election of State
Printer. The principal candidates wore, John H.
Dirriock and John B..Drattim, the latter reprssent_
ing d combination - of theihrce lodO-Tbco papers in
Harrishurg 7 Hie - Reporter; qrazette and Keystone.
Two ballotings were had, on tho second of Which
Mr. Dimocli received 53 - votes, and Mr. Bretton .
remainder of the votes being scattorOd.-
No choice being had the COnviintiiiiniiijourned
to meet again on Friday., Meantime all sorts of
rumors nro flying about, disclosing " bargains and
sales" and that kind of thing f It is probuble'the
office will fall into the' hands of Wenn, one no! now
a resident of Harrisburg. . • .
. • Gen.'Seott on Slave . y.
(Xl'A letter froMDen.Virmitzt. Sc o ,mn the
subject of Domestic Slavertin conne tion. with'
the Presidency,, is published , ina übnibui-ig,Pit•
pers. shidketideuyoi. to,find netli
meek: leiteite,addiissed to T, Atkinson,;
en.
61 Scott is Ant t. Sla'
fker •Y :bilt
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TO OURitiiCIiTHERS.
THE FIRST APPEAL
7-_-413Otre mibserjhers,are most respectfully in-,
formed that all bi& for subscription due the Her-;
aid office, will IA made 'out and presentefl in the.
.course of the coining week. A collector-will be
Mnployed :who ill indoator. 'to irielt, each end
i'Very one ofsubacribers; personally, and re
ecivc the admimidue. We desire to have all sub-
Scriptions paid up to the 10th of September, 1843,
which will complete one year since the establish
ment came into pur hands, including also those.
nountidte oUrrirodocessor, whidh we have been
authorized to collect. The bills will be made out
accordingly, and the collector we hope, will find
every one prepared and ;willing_ to - discharge - so,
small's . •
In making thin call we• trust we shall not be
-considered as ailing too much. Our necessities
and the obligatiMs we have to, meet render it int
peratively necefoary that we should have that
which is duo us. .Pince our residence here the
receipts 'have bb no meitne met. the currant ex
minses of our oico, compelling us to. strain the
credit system ' much further than we desireit•
This, we are etre, has been owing more to the
mnprdeedented fliarcity of money, than fram•any
Unwillingness topay on the part ,;f• our subscri
bers, whom, frog our personal acquaintance with
the majority oftheurtwe know to be men of char
acter and integrity , The appeal we now Make
to them will Wore• sure' therefore be promptly'
met when tho.,:eiportniiity, affords, and while the
timely assii:ltame :will relieve us from pressing
eblig,ations; it will also...incite us to renewed exer
tion end diligeUcrirrrendering , our-paper -Worthy
the patronage Odle public.
Mori Bairn Bin g
G:jlVe are sorry to be again compelled to re
cord_ the destruction of a largo Urnount or pro.
perty by fire• in Alas County. On Friday evening
lak,-a barn, the property of Mr. It. C. Woons, cif
Dickinson townohip, was discovered to ho on fire,
and although every exertion was made to cheek the
progress.of the pines, it was burnt to the ground.
This is the secni barn lost by Mr. IVoodX; one
having been bdrnt on the Tuesday beforp. The fire
is thenght to luim been the work of an incendiary,
whom see hops will be discovered and receive the
lull deserts of 10; v illainy.
. .
' : Before the ddieuction of Mr. Woods' barn was
completed, the ptamtion Of the crowd which had
:assembled was;tlriwn to.a.--6e-about-a z quarterof
a mile distarit,y.bieff r Proved lo be the barn of
Mr. SAmonr, GAtetArritycilidwhich, at that dis
tance, had ca4i lire from the burnthg-inaterials
carried by the4ind and communicated to it from
the othci• ! Otifing• to the inefficient means fel'
extinguishfrig tics which people in the. cduntry
possess, this llara -with its entire contelits; was
also ennsumed4 Mr. Galbraith's loos, we regret
to say, is verycorisiderable....:,BoSliles the barn
six hcad - of heves, forty-five head of sheep and
..
softie other:stepk pprishcd iui•Akike flames, and a
liirp guantity4f Corn cptl otherteaa
-lAtioyeil' 'his liiss is esninated at at least 81200.
Three men, oc white and two black, were C 0111.•
i
mitted to jail citerday, charged with being the
iricendiarics. 6 ' •
. -
Indiglialit Explanation::
1
,riNeighlior-i,Sanderson's "dander" Las' linen up
most savagely-latel concerning a report that he - Ai - as
;7int to luidth "the Volunteer a T . ylie paper, nail
lake a clerkship in the War Department, nadir
.that gallant soldicr James r'. l'oi'ter! Our neigli-_
lior-i s justly Ptttlignaat at such an infialiticiti upon
hisindependent itirit,aud talks as II high minded Mall
gle,Clls6iri)i such i thing as
, Tylerism, should talk.—
But thin " repordt sprung up quite naturally—and
4M-inference was unavoidable to any 'One's 'Mind, we
think, after ohserting the cool matinee' in which the
Volunteer swallowed the 'appointment of limes M.
! Porter. Why, flu.: Capoiiii is the only person we
know of in dio Stith. that has amAved
,Iluit appoint
' mem, and every body expected that \l:. Tyler'
would insist—indevilithsnliitely drag him- neck and
heels to NVishingtou sad compel dm to take au office,
after gulping down a dose tied lies proved an effec
tual emetic to every other Editor in flat State !
Gallibilit3'
"File meeting or the "multitudir - of — Patriots, - "
which we noticed two weeks ago, as having liven
held in this boron: 4 11, has been made 'the subject of
some letter-writer for 'the latlisoniati, and divseil
up under the bead (if a Clay Alectiog,". to gull
Capt . Tyler iuio Ilic belief that he has a large holy
of frien - ds in this boron;;Ii ! If the 6aptitin is so
salt a, to lie taken in hy 'such a shallow (rick, lie
no iy he elsily conoineedthat the people every where
approve of his administration. The character of
the meeting in que-tion is well know n here, and had
no more to do wall Mr. Clay than Father Miller!
The Munclemsen who stote the letter ou..;ht to have
an (Shy by all MeatiS;
C..ss paper has been bstablished at Har
risburg, the first number of which appeared last
weelt. It is conducted by Mr. Valentine Best,
who is also Editor of 1114 furious Johnson paper,
the Danville Intellige-neer That's strange, but
all for the best, we suppose.
Difficulty Settled;
Mr. -Spackinan, announced in the f4cnato on
Friday,that the diflicnlty betwt;en Messrs. Cha mp.
neys and McCully hadAcce_settled_to:the_satis.
(action of both portico. Glad of it—nowigentic
men, talk less gingerly to each . other in future !
11111 Carter, :lA:dented member of the
Virginia Legislature, will oiipose Henry A. Wise
in the Congressional election, and" it is said will
run him hard. Wish he would boat him.
Irt-The report'of the loss of the U S. Sloop of
War Concord is confirmed. The whale ship Bar
clay; at New Bedford, Mass., reporta that the U.
S. norm of war John -Adams, sailed' from Cape
, Town, Cape of Good Hope, on the '3dofJunuary.
At. RM. - Janeiro, having Captain Boort= and the
other officers and crew of the sloop of war Con
cord, lost on the East Coast of Africa.
11:7'A late arrival at. New Orleans, from 'Mate.
_mores, brings a report that the priloncis who
were captured-:ut-Mieri and who - were being
marched to the capitol, bud overpowered their
guard, and escaped ,by way of Saltine, to Texas.
.Daing.their march they had seracely anything
to cat, and were nearly naked. After crosssing
the river, they dividedinto several small parties,.
and took different directions. Col. Fisher, With
15 to 20 companions, took the upper tout for St.
Antonia.,
Orho :UnitedStates COurt fur the DiStrict of
Maryland has decided - at thd present term, that it•
was a violation of the, law to place en a piiper or
pamphlet seat by mail, any other words than the
name of the party-to whom the paper itr.stint..-.
.. ANOTHER REVERENDS RtDDCR , T-Tile ROY. Mr.
O.:tickler, a foreign GeripAn,and pastor of .a Lo
therm church in the upper licit 91. Berke county,
Ponneylvania, recenllY seduced a Young girl, orri 7
played, as a servant in his family, and a l ter h„..
ing borrowed •vailous sums' of money Tliom his
neighbors, suddenly Jett t the neighborhood.. A'
Reuling paper says tint- parson Griebeler
.was,
' until the discovery , of „this shameful affair, much
esteemed in his i noighhiirliood ! and by his pleasing
thander-ainiP/ table caroled, rnadelamselfevery .
'where. woke s. , : ~ .' ••
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": fr# 'of liarrrsbarg . .. l l• lq,ooo;',lts'
*A lint'4o4slOr'',l.,•ll.:JF,s4:
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AURDEON THE, STREET.
4sia4 Shot hi a *plan!.
- The New York 'paponi or Tuesday the 21st;
contain full particulars Orone'of the most auda
cious murders, committedat about 7' , o'clp.ek on
Monday evening, that was ever perpetrated in that
city, At ,about minutes before I o'clock, the
report of a pistol. was heard in Leonard street,
nearly opposite the centre of the garlton House,
which attracted the attention of persons passing
and in the hotel, who
,upon rushing to the •spot
from whence the pistol appeared to be fired, found
a min on the pavement, to all appearance shot
dead.. He was recognized as Charles G. Corliss,
proprietor of the Bowling Saloon in the basement
of 360 Broadway, and brother of the one-WhOse
establishment is in the same building with the
American Museum. Immediately aftor, • a five.
barrel pistol was picked up in the street with one
charge exploded and the other barrels loaded and
capped. Dr. Putnam immediately examined his
body, and found that he had been shot with a ball,
which had passed through his bat, entering the
'rear part of the hind near the beim of the scull,
in an upward direction;
. and lodged in the brain.
Corliss being unable to speak,he probed the wound
with se.ver pencil, and found that it exiended its
whole length. He had fallen upon his face, and
caused a severe contusion on his forehead.
The Tribune of Thursday says :The excite.
ment consequent on the mutder in the public
street, of this man, continues undiminished, and
appears rather to increase in intensity,as the mys
tery that enshrouds the bloody deed, thiCkens a
round the yet Unelscertained author of the trans
actiOn. The tbstirtiony giyen yesterday evening
and previously, before the Coroner, will tell - What
proircss:has been made towards the discovery of
lilt 'real perpetrator. Though far from . decisive,
. •
it is. censidered many'as sufficient to fix , strong
suspicion Mrs . . Colton ; who they suppose was
prompted to the act by the feelings imparte'd to
her by her husband, whose wrongs, together with
her own, whether real or ideal, she was induced
froni her peculiar situation to attempt to avenge,
Whether Mrs. Colton, however, was the authoress
ni` the death of Mr: .C orlies or 9t, rdmains to be
proved—aS no one can or ought to be punished on
mere suspicion however strong, in the absence of
any legal evidence or guilt. Report states, that
some time since, Mr. Colton instructed his wife
in the use of the pistol, teaching her to fIM at
targets, in which it is said she' attained no incon.
sideyable'prticision.' It is also inferred from the
fact of Mr. Coltdh having previimsly attempted
to shoot Mr. Corlies fur the alienation of his wife's
affections, and his being held to bail in $5OOO to
answer,—that being thus prevented from carrying
out his own purposes of vengeance he would still
endeavor to do by proxy what he was so willingly
re.drained 'limn doing himself; the more especially
as he would thereby ,escape a Conviction for the
sttempteqbomicicie; have been al
most inevitably certain li - ali the life of -Corlics not
been taken. .•
In regard to Calton; ihdepenifearof his profes
sion and practice as a gatilbler, his charaCter is
said to be as respects his veracity, honesty in his
dealings, punctuality in meeting all his engage
ments, all honor, as it is understood by men of
his caste : lie possessed great decision and error.
-gy of character, rose from an humble. to a highly
respectable standing as, to property,&e..by a close
attention -to his business as a skilful bank note
engraver, nr which he was successfully employed
for several years for banks in BoSton, Providence,
and elsewhere, until le tormed a connection in
business with Mr, R. Parsons a wealthy sporting
gentleman, of Providence, his present associ4te
and partner in this house in Vescy street, with
whom he removed to this 'city some five .or six
years ego. and commenced that system ofsplordid
'sporting' as it is Called, by which they have both
become enriched. Mrs. Colton, we have been in
formed since our last !toffee, was a native eficill
ingly,Ccinneetieut, witenCC - slie removed to Provi
dence, and thence tti Boston, anti long after her
marriage was not only a lovoly looking but an
amiable and highly esteenfetf woman ; and if she
has become the vile creature that she is repro.
rented to be, her deplorable change of character
is attributed to the lawless business of her hug
band, which more than any other,tends to harden
the heart, and to destroy all the best affections of
Inimanity., Cold and chihlifig neglect, if she be
cause the moral ruin she is charged to be, must
have driven her to seek those sympathies id guilt
Oh a paramour, which- she could not obtain in
innocence, in the once cherished society of her
husband. And haying lost the favour of the lat
ter and her prospect of protection from the for
mer, it is not unreasonable tq suppose that she
was ariven to desperation, and might be induced
to meditate and attempt the
.tfestruction of him
whom she had so ardently though lawlessly loved•
WOMAN,—Women are the Corinthian pillars
that adorn and support society; the institutions
that protect women .throw a shield also around
children ; and where women and.children are pro.
vided for, man must be secure in rights.—
Henry Clay.
DAGUERROTYPE.-A !attn. from Francis 11. Og :
-den,-Esq.,-United-States 7 -ConsuLat-Iliistoli-was
read before the National Institute, Washington,
on Monday evening week, It says that at the
observatory at Rome, they have succeeded so well
in combining the powers of the Telescope and
the MiguerrotyPe, as to produce a perfect map of
the heavens. The nebulous clouds are transferred,
to a sheet of paper, every star composing them
and every shadoiv as distinct as seen through the
best instrument; the precise position of Jupiter
and his moons given at any moment of time, and
all the phases of the other planets, with the great.
out accuracy. He had been promised a sight of
some of the pictures, which he says aro on a scale
that would require a globe of the size of St. Paul's
to placo them in proper proportion.
THE PARRICIDE WlllTE.—Benj. D. White, re.
cently convicted at Le Roy, Genesee county, of
the murder of his father, has been sentenced to
be hung on the 29th day of April next. The Le
Rny•Gazetto Extra, gives a full report of his trial,
from which it appday that his futhCr was 'a• pious
man, possessed of 'some property, and universally
esteemed.. The son had coneeivad a strong' hatred
of hini for supposed ill-treatment and .especially'
'because he was a Christian, the ,son being a Deist.
,Several quarrels had occurred hetween-itharncencl
on the 16th of" March, 1E42, the earl want to the
woods where the father wag, had a diaraite with
Mal, and soOn• after followed him honio. As 'he"
was entering the houswhis_father attempted to
exclude ho qew a pistol and shot him.
Aft.er his conviction, White made a long rambling
•
address lo the court, in abuso of Christianity and
hii'daceind father, whaaWiii'uiiiii he confessed.
He manifested do penitence, and Wu anxious only
that a narrative he heti iVritten, in suppprt. of Da.
ism should.bo published! . •
Itricauese.—Awritaifroin Michigun,, '
of 'the Legislature% orthat. State, says t "
McLeod, and " anothoi mernbet front
,Me
.
were obliged'. to feet. it through the woods
trait, a-distance of 300 .rniles., - , Whey • drpe
illitrikete; like itidiarts,' . and' 'lndian like; c
pole own . provininiii, arid Made rafti tw a - . ;
itiolliii3Or;tilt.thalty.so::„Th,iii wan tha only,
thq c ou l d traiitiftir UgrdloloYOr'iniilkiiiion, -,‘,,-•.,
",',-'.
Sale o the POlplte,,,.lV. °irks.
tr i,... 1
~... In t.'' . Hans! f „IteprOsentatiires;o_ 1,110 , :16 - 1„h,
inst., r. Brooke of DelaWare,aiforeti the folkiw.
ing importatit;resolutionT Y.'; • ..
. Resolved,'that the &anoint°, of a . _
Means' be instructed to report a bill or bills pro.
viding for the sale of Rail Roads end Canals be:
loning to the Commonwealth, and that the Corn- „ mine° rePort on or before Tuesday next.
• Mr. itchunfort moved to amend so as to "In
quire into the expediency;" and 'a most.interesting
debate arose on the question. A-Harrisburg ere . -
respOndent of a city paper says :—.”'Several of the
quiet country members.came out in strong and de
termined manner in favor of the original resolu -
tier'. The members from . Cuinberland; °Lances
ter, Deldware,Chester, Indiana, Washington and
other counties, declared_ that their , people were
unanimous in-favor of this meashre,rind'thattif.
less it was adopted, their people would pay' no
more talree
.! - Mr. Dickey of Chester, , was unex
pectedly and startlingly eloquent on tile question.
'Mr..Hood of Lancaster,. declared* th4t he would
vote for.' no apportionments whatever until this
measure was agreed upon—not even for his own
pay. Messrs. Sharswood and Hindman took
strung grounds in favor or the sti,le. Messrs.
Lowry. of Craw fad, and Elwell of Bradford, Gov
ernor's men, Domestic. Creditor men, and who
represent counties which pay no taxes; but which
live Off what they get nein the' State,Ticasury—
they opposed the measure—said the works could
not be sold,,Sce.
Mr, , Speaker Wright'said, that heretofore he
had always voted for the sale of the branchee, a.
''gainst-the sale of the *main line, but lie was now.
going for: . the sale of 'the whole. Unless the debt
was reduced, and that too, by this measure, (fOr
taxationliad - and Would - prove - an -abortion) repu
diation must and would .come." •
Mr. Brooke's resolution has been agreed to, by
a voto'of. 66 yeas to 15 nays •
JllEaar Caen reached Louisville, Icy. on the
4th inst., and set out immediately for his home at
Ashland. His visit to the South West has been
: an. uninterrupted triumph: The whole People,
with scarcely an exception, have eagerly welcorn.
eti - and honored him as a Patriot, an Orateryind
a Statesman,.the pride and glory of his Country.
At Vicksburg, his reception was most enthusias
tic; but this was far surpassed - at Jackson, the
Capital of Mississippi, where • lie was mat and
welec;med by the largest...concourse eVer
assem
bled in the State. Again utMemphis, Tennessee,
, the-Whole-region-crowded-to-tender-Ifirr-their-rif ,
fectionaie respeets, - and . to look on and listen to
their country's noblest and-loftiest champior.
Thus honored and beloVed, Mr. Clay returns
more than conqueror torhis quiet fireside, whence
he will again be called by'llie enthusiastic aTfia
mations of the People.. •
The Comet.
I • ikl - This celestial vistant is still, to be seen in
the sky on char evenings, but its brilliancy is de.
crea.ing. IVe find - the following ,notice of ib
lavished b3—Lient. Maury; of the Ilydrographical ,.
madmfrottrobservations
-taken by hi:it on Saturday evening, March 18011,
"For the first time since; it 3 appearance the .
moon was aittent, and at muar..tor after screw o%
clock a Most magnificent spectacle was presented
to our view. Across the western sky a luniiumis
train was shit .mtiont, - in a well-defined hut diverg—
ing pencil' or white light, that shot up frinn the
comet like a , ireanter in the he ivens,and presented .
most.splem:id and beautiful - appearance; it was
40 degrees long, and, at two.thirds of the way up,
1 dCgree 40 minutes brOad. This "strange star"
has passed its perihelion, and is thou hastening
'buck to roam about in the regions of southea-tern
space, wheore it came.. Its nucleus begins to.
grow diin aid its train to' past tiway;The former
could' be seen through it_whitish and faintly lu
minous vapor, called the coma; and, as viewed
with the tchovtope, the whole appearance of the
head itself; as to color and brilliancy, was net on;
like a very Mettle light 113 seen 'through the shade
or an astral
Very hear the, comet, itself there was. a star
twinkling thrMigh
,ils and which, with the
naked eye, might_readily enough be 111 ieta ken for
the . nucleus, and Which no doubt Was to mistaken
by- many. • - . .
It. now appears that the length of the tail, in
cluding the arch, as se — Ure on the - Stb, could
not have been less than upwards of one hundred
degrees.
• All the planets,,except Vesta, Juno, Pallas, and
Ceres, are M this time to the west of the sun ; and
the comet, though possibly it may yet cross the
orbit of one or more of them, is rapidly leaving
the planets themselves behind; therefore danger
(if such danger there could ever be) of its,coming
in contact with any member of the planetary sys
tem is all over.
Halley's cornet passed near enough to Jupiter
and Saturn to be retarded by them in its visit near.
ly two yeturs; and yet the "harmony of the
spheres" was never interrupted for a moutout by
that eccentric viniter.
It is said that the !Upon was (MCC eclipsed by
a comet; if so, the comet must have Jbeen much
nearer to the earth than the moon is ; but it neith
er left its tail with us nor rubbLd us of our beau
tiful satellite ; nor did it bring upon us any man
ner of harm whatever:
rrAn eminent physician leas recently discover
ed that the night.inare,in nine , cus , s out of ten,
is produced "from owing a bill to apcwspoper
loan." • a' •
frrit is said that the Chinese lost in their late
difficulty with England, shout fifteen thousand
men, nfauy hundred pieces of cannon, and
neatly their entire navy.
VrThe Frederick Examiner contains accounts
rendering it certain that. the Rev. Jnhn L. Pitts
was scan in the District of Columbia. DCiubtiesS,
by this time, he is in the bands of his friends.
Stehinboat Explosion.
Just as the steamboat Cutter, commanded by
Captain Collins; was !caving the wharf at Pitts.
burg, on the 19th inst. the rush of passengers to
the larboard side caused her to list to that side
till the guard was under water. While in this
position, the flue - oilier starboard boiler col
lapsed.—The Secorid Engineer, who was ship
ping the starboard wheel, was killed instantly.
His name is Andrew Me Lellan. The first Engi:
neer, Joseph Hughes, was so severely scalded that
he died shortly afterwards. They wore both from
Cincinnati.
Five of the - firemen were blown overbourdAree
of cOrm were picked up, and :the others were
drowned. One was a negro froth Cincinnati, the
other a Frenamaii, called Jo hem.
Seven. or eight ernigilnt passengers on, the
lower deck; were ecaldedkeverely, but, not, den t
geroUsly. A large number of deck passengers
Were blawn overboard and drowned, eupp4lsed to
be ten or twelve; the names hie not known.
A peraiati deek passengorowo nogroes,• , Mr.
Haskell, a Pilot, of Beaver, Pa. another,person
tiot•known, jumped oVcrboard, !and are , supposed
to have peen jest. • A • female passenger and a
deck land wore severely scalded. John Smith
and Michael Braddy;of Cincinnati, with thrco or
four others, were slightly. scalded. Mr. Ander
son an d Mr. ilithiticiiktqpilot Niereitijured by
jumping through the gli s s,of a dam', •• •
' Ayk ibitii..4 b$ Ky•;- Journal
notices" tPlio • •,oly Sortptuvos, now in the
" 4 1; • tea Adams, of Madison, In.
• tf" ia T0i3,18 years
P r . 4 - tits and frOm notes
• . i
• i
. margin, t, p probable that
AI 4 _ kseveial different nations.
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allowed the. billyepett '
.; to . bcCoinc, a law'withobt
• • •
-0 .(,.
las nfa !Lentolnure.
ME
The Apportionment Bill has
beeome• Wlew . ,- , , totovellior having . giveri it his•
signature.
,ipresent it to our readers the. they
Mity see t ihfamous geri•Ymandeking of !heir
privilege It is-proper to say, that this bill owes
its paesag :to•the reereancy of Mi. Cbampneysi,
representing :a Whig distriet,'-and-to4he=sei4sh
:conduct. of , Mr. Craig, Whig §euatorgrn Wash--
ington county,.whe voted for it tO: 'jet a good dig-%
trict for himself without regard to' the sacrifice.
:of the party: They are severely dielorMeelf
the Whig 'members find ,nevvspapekst The fci
lowing is the bill . Outdistniet hatkelesslyLOO
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- I. ''Southwarki Mortniensing, Phsspiik.
seising, Blocklez, West Philadelphia, in - the coun
ty of-Philadelphia, °MI Cedar - Ward or the city of
Philadelidda. . , •
• The city of Philadelphia, except Cedar
Ward and Upper. Delaware - Wards..
• The Northern Liberties and S,pringCarden
in the county of Philadelphia, and Upper Delaware
Ward bf the city of Philadelphia.
IV. Kensington, North and South•Penif, Roxbo
rough, Germantown, Bristol, Unincorporated N..L.
.Byberry and Mercian& in:
the county'of Philadelphia,
V. • Bucks and Lehigh. c-
VI. Montgomery and Delaware. • e, •
VII.. Chester. ,•
• VIII. Lancaster. . . .
IX. Berks.
X Mind n,,,Lebanun,
,Schtly lk
Xl. NorthaniptiM, Monroe, Pike, and \Value:
XII., Lucerne and Wyoming.
• XIII. Bradford, Suxquelianna and Tina.
*XIV. Lyconiing, Northumberlautd; - Union and
Clinton.
XV. Cumlierland, Perry and• Franklin: •
XVI. Adams and York. • • .
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XVII.. Iluntingdon. Centre, Juniata and Mifflin.
XVIII. Greene, Fayette add Somerset. •
XIX. Westmoreland r llialford and Cambria.
XX. , Washington and Beaver. • '•
XXI. Allegheny. • •'.
XXlL — Vetiangp,- Mercer and Crawford.
XXIII. Erie, Warren, McKean, Potterdelii;r
son and Clarion.,
XXI V. Butler, -Arnisti;oni, Indiana and Clear-
MB
The bill for the electionrif the Canal CornMis
sinners by the:: people, ,has been finally passed,
arid js in the Ifand's of the Governor. It will un 7 ,
doubtedly be vetoed by him, but the Harrisburg
Reporter, a lodo foco paper but in favor of Re
fortn„ says if the
. Governor does veto it the bill
will pass both branches of the Legislature by a
vote of three fourths instead of iwo-thirds :
This is 'risking a calm/halm upon the independ
ence.of the Legislature, and` the Governor has
whipped them in so often that we. dare not rely
very strongly upOn their firmness. The iesult
-will seen _
The Reform bill has been before the House
some time, and twenty-five sections of it. ha:Ve
already patnied., Mr. Wright's speech in io-day'B,
pdper will give ari idea of the necessity of these
reforms. The follow ing are fife reforms rnadely
the twenty-five sections passed :
After January 1,045 tue.Governor to receive a
salary of $3,000 per annum. Chief Justice of
the Supreme Court (heieeler to be appointed;.'
1800. Associates $l6OO, and $3 per day while
on ciicuit and travelling. 'County Associate
Judges (hereafter to be appointed) $lO5.- Scat.-
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tary of Commonwealth 011 - Erit - lay nest). $l2OO ,
and as Superintendent of-Common Scheele the
additional slim of $5OO. Auditor General (after
May next) $l2OO. Secretary of the Land °dice
and Siiryeity General, cach, 81000, -State Trees :
rarer, $15.100. Adjutant .General, $400.. Attor-.
ney General, 2252. Deputy Secretary of the
Gommonwealth, Depntp-Suricyor General,
,Dep
nty Secretary of the Laud Office, First. Clerk iii
State Treasurer'soilice, each $7OO. Clerks in
the various, offices on "the Hill," V;00. Caithl
Commisioriers, $3 -per diem and no travelling
penses. Secretary of the Board of Canal Com
missioners, $BOO (and but one to be appointed.)—
Clerks of the two Houses of LrgislaPere, 83 per
day during session end iimalary of $O.OO per an
num, and a reasonable compensation for induag
Jouinals. .Assistant Clerks $3 per day, and a sala
ry of $lOO each. The Transcribing Clerks $3
and mileage. Sergetut at Arius, and Door Keep
er, $.7 per day during sefishl, and .15 cents per
mile fdr travelling expellees. Assistants $2 per
day imd-no-mileage.-- • Messtaizet , l-51Y.E1 1) ;!X.:
Principal Eegineer of the State $lOOO salary,
and 15 cola mileage, the Mike to be abolished
aileron° year if the Canal Commissioners choose,
Superintendants of 'Motive Power, $.2 per
Supervisors 80 per day. Collector at Philadel
phia, 1000. At Columbia, Johnstown, Hollid4s
bUrg, and Pittsburgh, each $5OO, and $lOO for
Clerk hire, and no additional Weigh Masters to
be appointed. All other Collectors whose-reecipts•
exceed 150,000, $5O per month. Weigh Master
at Philadelphia, $5O per month. At Columbia
8 . -10, and all others $3O per month.
A — bill to elect State Philters has passed both
Houses and become ii law.- It provides that two
printers be elected—one , to Perform, at certain
priers, all the English printing required by the
State,---and the other to execute in like manner
ull the Ger Man printing. It is provided that on
the third Jay after the act becomes a law, the Leg
islature shall proceed to elect. The printers cho
sen will hold their Mikes • for. three years, coin.„
meneing on the Ist of July following their elce- .
Lion. Trienially on the lot of March thereafter
said printers arc to be 'elected.
Monday neat being the day next following the
—which-ocenrs-om-Sunday,-----the-e
-leetion will then take place, the two Houses go.
ing into Convention fqr that purpose. .
.An effort was made in the _House to prevent
the minority repeat of the committee on the itn
penal-plt of the - Governor, from being printed
1n the Journal. A motion to that effect, was in
definitely postponed! There's some independ
ence in that !
' A motion indicating the' disposition of the
'Muse to allow the Banks the privilege of issu
ing small notes, was passed on Friday by a vote of
48 to 39 !
Both branches of the Legislature hare fixed
upon the 18th day of April, for adjournment
sine die,
(Li-Cassius M. Clay, Esq., of 'Lexington, Ky.,
has been recently, publishing in the Lexington
Intelligencer a series 'of erticles against Slavery.
A club of some twenty .or eighty' persons has
beenibimed,iimatently fOr the purpose of three . .
tening Clay with Summary punishment. They
call themselves the ' Black Indians," and hold
regular meetings, at some of which very, violent
reslutions with regard to' Mr. Clay imd those
who witikhim oppose the spirit of Slavery, were
The Vetoti-e-iliee:
With the vividness oflightning 'does the fol
lowing. inissago in Mr. plays _ speech at Mem
phis flash conviction upon the mind :that to the
VETO POWER is to be traced thong train
of disanters which have cursed the
,Potintry, and,
brought it.to its , presenk'presiratei condition.
. Had there Bach no'. vcro 'says Mr. Clay, thorn,, ;
would have been no prevention•of the charter .o
a National . Bank--no'remoVal oftlui deposites—
no treasury circular-1M multiplication of Ste,
Banks-.-no inflatioit'afp'tiOUr currontSyno,otiht
nlation ofexcessivti enterprg.es and mad apocula
tions—no eonseqUatit,eiplosien• collapse and ,th
universal rain, which overspreads our noble bow
Such is the .history, of our career." . ;
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_Cf - ZThe Governor has signed the new , count
Cerboni,out OfpartS:ef iii . rthiorotiri. , *o --
roe'"'lt inelintei th;)nerintrtelOgtAitkOkti.ol l o, 1
,o4:14 a - population, of about
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