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l2~li'll,;.
Akic..i . uaa-' oza.
Boot. H. Hinkley,
01 , 1 0 10 E un Main Street, near ihe Post . ol—
Or.- H. is prepared'w use Ga/uunism
as a reMethal agent 'tithe treatment of Pd.traly.
NeVraigin and Rheumatic alketions, but
nut gaarantee sueees from its applicationto
all ur eyed any 'of thetie diseases. Rehet has
heen atv. , ..f anti cures effected in a number . ol
instances, aramay lie in adieu.
March :27, 1841,
Dr, L Li. Loomis,
WI ,L perform al
operations upon the
cloth that are regal ,
tekfor t heir pr .- Nervation, such as Scaling, Filing,
or will restufo the loss of them,
ieserting Artificial Teeth, from a s4ugle tooth
0 a isil sett. [Krt/dice on Pitt street, a few
sees south or the Railroad hotel. Dr. L. is al,
eta the last:ten days of every month.
.4 Cara.
rikit. .1. W. FILINDEL,, Surgeon Dentist
informs his former. patrons that ho has re
turned to Carlisle, and will he glad to attend to
all calls in the line of his profession. foct3l
Johp Williamson,
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ATTORNEY Al LAW.—Omer, iu tile
1 - A. house of Miss McG nulls, near the sturo of
A & - \V, Beni c. South Hanover street, Carlisle,
Pont's 1800.50
Carson C. Moore,
A TTORNEY AT LAW. Office in
- rOont Ifitoly occupied by Dr. Foster,
leceased.' titnr 31 '47
Wm. lg. Penrose,
UT EY AT NV, practice in
the ral Courts of Uumberland comity.
OF VICE. to Main Street the room former
y ocrupioil•byL. G. Drondebury, Esq.
•
James R. Sm
yroRNEy AT LAW. Has RE,
AlO his office to I3eotem's Row, two
oors' Ir rm link holder's Rote lapr
Prr.ORGE AGE
J USTICE OF 'IIIE PEACE. OF
act: of his resideneo, corner of Main street
alit! the Pablo! Square, opposite Burkholder's
hotel. In ,tdditiont_ti the duties of l ustice of
...Ltre:l Peace, dill attftra to all kinds of writing,
wit as dt.eds,bonds, mortgages, indetitures,
aeLieles of agreement, notes,
Ctirliapp, aji 8'19.'
Plainfield Classical Academy,
rocs )1 I 1. - Es WEST OF cd❑ LIB C.
T/ Ninth Sess. len o e on jfim
DA 17, i , 1850.
• - g - N consequent Jing pinronage
largo and et .as brick edifice 'has
been erected, re: this one of the most
desirable institutions in the state. Thelgarious
departments .are under the care. of cotAfetcm
and faithful instructors, and ever) endetiva
v ill
be made to promote the moral and intellectual
improvement of students. The surrounding
century is beautiful and healthful, mid the in
. stitution sullitfientlYdistant Irons town or village
to prevent evil associntions.
- terms-451/ per Session (Five Months.)
.For eireu ars - withlu II - inform arum address—
ft IC B Principal
Plainfield P, 0., Cumberland Conk( y, Pa.
oct2.st)
Fresh Drugs, Medicines, &c• &c.
haVe Pier received from Philhdel
-7,-
: and New York very extensive
auditions to my former stock, embru
• a
.
cing nearly every article of Medicine
now in use, together' w;th Paints,
Oils, Varnishes, Turpentine, Perfumery, Soaps,
Stationery, Fine Cutlery, Fishing Tackle,—
.13ruhes of almost every description, with an
enilleSs - variety of other articles, which I aril de
terinincd to sell at the VERY LOWEST prices.
All Physicians, Country Merchants, Pedlars
and others, are respectfully requested not to pass
the OLD. STAND, as they may rest assured
that eycry article will be sold of a good quality,
and upon reasonable terms. _
S. ELLIOTT,
Main street. Carlisle.
1% , ny 30
Extensive Cabinet Wa rq-Rooms.
1131WOBERT B. SMILEY, successor to Wm.
Elk, C. Gibson, CAI3INET-MAKEIt &
D ERTAK ER, North Hanover street, Carlisle,
wouldrespeeffully inform the citizens of Carlisle
and the generally that he now has on
hand n large -assortment of new.
WAMV 7 ;.''?"? and elegant FURNITURE,
consisting- in port of Sofas,
....Wardrobes, Card and other
'rabies, Bureaus, Bedsteads, plain and lancy
Sewing Stands, &e. manufactured of the best
mann ials and quality warranted. Also a gene
ral assortment of Chairs at (be lowest prices.—
Vennian Blinds. made to order and repairing
promptiy intended to. irt - COFFINS made to
ordel at the shortest notice. and having a splen•
did degree he Will attend funerals in town or
country.. 07 - Dont forget the old stand of Wm.
C. Gibson, in North Hanover street, a few
doors north of Glass's Hotel,
Sept 4-ly
Extensive Furniture Rooms
-L--
TAMES R.WEA.VER would, respecitully
call the attention of House Keepers rued the
public to his extensive stock of ELEGNIT
FURNITURE. including Sofas, Wardrobes,
Centro and other Tables, Dressing and plain
Bureaus and every oth:n. article in his branch of
business. ' Also, now on hand the largest as
sortment of CHAIRS in Carlisle, at the lowest
prices. Ik — Coffins made st the shortest notice
and a Hearse provided for funerals. He' solic
its a call at his establisluridra on North Hano
ver street, near Glass's HOTEL. N. B.—Fur
jiiture hired out by the month or year.
March 20, 1200.—1 y
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quctioneering: •
THE subscriber wishes info his friends
in town and country
rthat ho has commone
-ed-therabovii—busiites:
. 4 4, 4 and will attend to sales
..1
cc, itt•tho west reasonable
.ornuf. He can be toundactlie Hardware Store
next door to"Seott!ii Tavern in North Hanover
street.
augl•l
• • GEORGE Z. 'BRETZ,
CCIJRGEON DENTIST—wouId respectful.
ly inform the public that ho is now proper
, act to perform all operations on the Teeth tlutt
•, may be required. Artificial Tedth inserted,
\ froM a single tooth to an entire set; upon the
• I atest and most approved principle, The pa
t i o nugo or the publie is respectfully solicited::-. 2
tin tnay be found at the residence or his, bru
t on North Pitt street.
Carlisle, Sept. 18, 1850.
Limber-Yard.
THE subscribox would respoctfully.inform
is friends and the Public genarally that ho has
opened a new LUMBER AND COAL
2 AM) in West High street, a few doors emit
of ['Messrs J fu D Rhoads's Warehouse, whore
It. 3 now has and will keep constantly on
ht trid a first .rate assortment of all kinds of sea
so nod pine boards and plank and all other kinds
of stu ff , all of which ho will soil low Rh. cash
Aril 3,1850. JOHN N. ARMSTRONG
Notice.
. .
THE Commiseioriors of Pumborland county
de ctn it proper to inform tlierpeblic, that the sta.
of i meetings of the Board of Commissioners will
be hold on the second and,foitrth MontlaYe of
on .ch' month, at . which time any persons haying
. hi isinoss with Said Board, will moot. thorn. at
err &Benin earltnle. d .
Attest. ' WM.
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Dyeing• and Scouing.
WILLIAM BLAIR, in Loather Street,
floor the Collage, dyes Ladies' and Gentle.
Tr ton's apparrol, all colors, and varrints all work
of 30 satisfactory. Orders in his linovrospectfully
alicitod. . sop 2 '46 .
To NOUhler'
JUST received another, lot of Bonne
,'ranies of the latebt style. Also, Bonnet silks'
S Ilk and Satin Linings of various colors.
dealt . Q W HITNER.
a ir ranOly eiVewspeiper,-- Devoted to Eiterattwe; 0519vVievetture,,
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Avn• • •
THERE ARE TWO THINGS, BA ITII LORD BACON, W MCA MAKE A NATION GREAT A N D PROSPEROUS-A FERTILLE BOIL AND BUSY WORRSHOPS,—TO WHICH, LET 111 E ADD, KNOWLEDGE ,A ND PREEDOM.—Bishop Hall
From Arthur'. Home Gazette,
A MERRY CIIRISTIIIAS.
'1 don't think it ut all worth while,' said Mrs.
Lumbericin. 'lt's a great waste of money, and,
besides, does no -real good.
.Very true,' remarked Mr. Lamberton i thou
sands of &Mars aro spent at Christmas fur one
trurripery thing and unolher that might he more
usefully employed. I never liked lire system.—
It does children, as you say, no good.'
'pow much did we spend on last Christmas
for drums, horses and dogs, and the deur knows
whet all 7'
'Oh, dun't uek mcl_ More.than I'd. like to
count up. And it was all a sheer waste. If
the-money • had been -given to the poor, there
would have been dome satisfaction in thinking
about it. But now there is none. _ _
'Well, Prii not infavor of spending a single
cent for ' , ls and - such-like things. ,
'Give them ell a sixpence a-piece, and'they'll
be happy enough,' said the father, 'and then
we'll have no crying over broken" dolls' heads,
crippled wagons, or legless horses.'
, Harry will be dreadfully disappointed, I'm
afraid,' reniurked the mother, already half ro_
lenting. 'Ho has done little else all day but
talk about what ICriss Kringle will put in his
stockings to-night. And Anna will cry her
eyes out tithe doesn't get a now doll.'
Uncle Joseph and Aunt Michel were" silent
auditors of this little conversation : Just then,
the lights were brought into the room, and An
na, Harry and Charley came bounding in with
them, as wild and playful as young fawns.—
They have been looking forivard to Christmas , .
for I can't tell ho,w long, and now that it was
only one day 'off, they could hardly contain
themselves. Their young imaginations teem
et] with images or things in store for thorn by
the good Kriss Kringle, in regard to whose i
dOrtfity, there wasa-divisi_on among- the-young--
members of the house. Anllo, who was eight
years old, and, therefore, entitled by her ago to
have her opinions considered of weight, posi
lively declared that her - father w nriKriira -
lc; but Harry,three years her junior,ne positive - ,
ly asserted that the aforesaid Krias came down
the chimney, and was, therefore, a very differ
ent personage frum her father, who was too big
to get in at the top or out at the bottom, As
fur little• curly-headed, rosy-chocked Charley,
as mischievous a rogue as ever lived to love su
gar plums, ho didn't trouble hie head at all
bout the matter, Hie whole theory on the sub
ject lay in his confident expectation of finding
his stockings filled with toys
. and candies on
Christmas morning. Beyond that' he had no
questions to ask nor doubts for solution.
'Oh, papa! To-morrow's Cliriettnas.P- cried
,charley, Climbing upon his father's knee. To-
morrow's Chrigtmaii! And won't Kries Kringlu
bring me the nice things ! I Want a horse, and
a sword, and a wheelbarrow—and a whole heap
°tenger plump'
'Pm afraid Miss-won't come fists year,' re
turned Mr. Lumberton, wishing to . take the edge
off of Cf - inlay's db , appointmelit.
'Oh ! yes he will !' spolOup Anna and Har
ry, quickly. 'And he'll bring me,' said the hat
ter, 'a gun and a sword—and then won't I fight
the Mexicans ! . Bang! boom! bang!'
''And he'll bring me the dearest wax doll!'
- rfaid - AniraT.4llll early - Iffifferend eyes that open -
-and shut as if it Were alive. 011! won't if be
nice!'
R. B. SMILEY
in town and country on
'Don't be too certain, Anna,' said the father,
'Krieg Kringto don't come every year.'
A 9 SENER
:Oh, yes ho does I Yes jio does I' answered
two or three littlovolees at ones.' 'ho come
last Christmas, and tho Christman before,
ud
dad Aims, 'and he'll be here this year —I !mini :
ho will.
'But suppose he shouldn't come y' suggested
Mr. Lumberton, and locked vary grave. .
,There wussomothing so serious In their fa.
that's valco, that the children 'felt that hie,
words ronlly meant more limn they had at first
believed=—and theif faces became sober also.—
Just then the tea hell rang, and all thoughts of
toys and dolls wore, for the moment, dissipa
ted, After supper, the ohildren wore washed
and dressed in their nightclothes. Math hung
a sleeking in the chimney corner, ready for the
advent of the good genius who loves. children,
and than yielded to the oft;roPeuted solicitation
of Margaret the nurse, to.come along, and go to
bed.
nnietea3i prayere .. firet,' lieptd . doer lit
tle Charley, running „up to :hie mother, anti
kneeling down before her.
.Our Father,' acid the wilier, in . 4 low, 90-
.
rious voice.
'.Won't Krlsa Klingle fill .my rtockings full,
mothery .
'But you aro adying.your prayers, tiow: Yon
muete'll thinksef toy° Charley. -Our Father:
'Our Father; came musically from the sweet
lips of the child.
.Who art in heaven.'
'Oh 1.1 h0p0,10 . 11 bring me n whole pile of
wagons, and cht.gi, and horsier Aqq..Chprloy
‘iirdti)azQ,4
rORGIVENESS.
DV FINLEY, JOHNSON
Bow shall I act, 0 gracious God!
Toward my fellow man,
To fit me fora dwelling place
Within thy favored land.? ---
How shall I calm my weary soul
When to despair Nis driven,
"Forgive,' a voice Is isweetnesnsaid,
And thou shalt be forgiven.
'Pifer should thy foes encompass thee,
And thy good name
0, lion ricer to !bat angel voice,
Let kindness he thy guide;
And let iby soul not from it rest
thy thou harsh nets be driven,
"Forgive. forgive I'' thefigirit cries,
As thou trould'st be forgiven.
And though thou sbouldst forgive thy foes
Seven times, with grievous pain
Aad though they should thy soul offend
Yea, seven times again ;
Though thou at lost, through weariness,
Be to resentment driven,
Remember their muss still forgive, .
Or never be forgiven.
Let angry feelings disappear,
Like moon-light clouds away—
Like snow that fall. where water glides—
Like dews of early day.
•
t Let not thy love by angry foes
From Its repose.he driven,
Eat 0! ••Foreve," and reef 'assured
Thou; too, shall be given.
g',l'oilalliiwn - iz.
=!
.clapped his bands With delight
dear! You rnaet'n't think about toys
now. Who art in heaven.'
"Our Father,' who art in Heaven,' moldy mur
mured the child.
`Hallowed be Thy—
'Won't goOd old Kriasy come, mother 7'
'ChoHey must say his prayers good, if he
wants-the dearangels to stay with him while
pp is asleep. Come. love: New don't think
any more-about toys and sugar plums. Hal.
lowed bo Thy name.'
Bpt it was no use. Cliarley could not say
his prayers. His head was too full of Christ
ians. Harry met with but little better success
—and Anna, aftershe had been in bed five mi
nutes, remembered her neglect on this score,
and,lneeling under the clothes, piously lifted
her thoughts to Heaven.
Ere this scene closed, Mr. Lamberlon had
heir repented his resolution—and the mother
of those three dear little ones felt her heart al
most too weak to carry out her purpose. •
declare,' paid the former, 'l'm afraid it wilt
bo felt pa too serious a disappointment.'
'And so am I,' returned the latter.
'lt ii such u useless waste of monoy.'
'1 know it ie.'
•Bosides, it does children no real good. In
fact, aa•V no my observation goes, it does
them
In this Alfs. Ltunbertonugrned
, Then,' said the husband, , will it not be a
mere weakness on our part, if we follow the
old custom this year, and not a true regard for
our children?'
•
'J. suppose so.
be acting right then 2'
'Perhaps not. But it will be such a disap
pointment.'
'No doubt' uf that., But a light one compared
to what they will have to suffer in after tile.—
The'lket is, a trial like this will ,help to pre-
Pare them-fur-the severer ones to
-conic in -the
•
future.
Thus arguing the question, Mr. and Mrs.
Lumberton finally carne buck to• their original
determination, which was to dispense with the
usual 'nonsense' of toys, that would be broken
or thrown aside in en hour, and heal the woun
ded hearts occasioned thereby, with a generous
distribution of a few sixpences and shillings.—
This would be trawling ; and' I am afraid the
economy of the new order of things, was, in
reality, its highest recommendation. Bethtime
at last came, and Mr. and Mrs. Lumberton re
tired for the night, leaving the expectant stock-,
ings hanging empty in the chimney corner.—
homother, just before lying down, had occa
sion to gd . Into 0115 room udjeining. It Was tire
one in which kriss kringle was expected to
make his appearance some time during the
night. There was Charley's' . little stockings,.
round, almost as when. Its foot was- in it, and
bent, to tho very shape. Mrs, Larpbcrton sighed
gently, as the image ot his Inmetat - facti, turned
up to hers, presented itself; and she heard, in
imagination, Ins sweet voice as it mingled his
evening prayer, with words that showed his
lhoughts to be "nearthe earth,
Ilourd went by after the mother's head rested
upon its pillow, before• sleep came. And than
she dreamed that it was Christmas morning ,
and that the children's stockings wore filled,
and that they wore wild with delight. Charley
was on her Emshowings his . wagons, and
dogs, and horses. Ilarry was marching about
the room with his sworil and drum, and Anna
was hugging in her arms a wax doll with al
molt as much - delight as CI young mollior over.
felt in clasping to her bosom her newborn babe.
A nolso,whiCh.seemed to come from overhead,
whore Uncle Joseph and Aunt Rachel slept, a
,W'ulte Mrs. Lambcrton from this dream. She
started up and listened, but all was silent.
The mother slept again. But this time her
dreams were less pleasant. Christmas morning
had come ; but it brought no joy to the expec
tant thildron. Their Stocking wore empty and
their hearts well nigh 'broken. Sleep passed
once more from her eyelids; and, though it was
long before the approach of dawn, the gentle
visitant camo•not again to her pillow.
And long ore the morning brokc, Mr. Lain
berton found himself awake and thinking of
the children.
'They will be so dissominted,' sighed the
mother, when she found that her husband's
slumber was likewise broken.
'IS there nothing that wo con put into their
stockings P usked the lather, thus indicating
the stoic of his mind.
'l've been thinking of that; but there isn't a
thing in the libu'ku that would do. I'm Golly
we hadn't bought theM sonteilhing,' replied the
mother
— 'Wu can do so still. I will - go — out — directly'
titter breakfast and buy - than lots of things,'
said Mr. Lumberton.
'rho mischief will all be done lung enough
before breakfast. The disappointment of their
eager hopes —the scattering of their delightful '
dreams—will almost break their hearts. Dear
lithe Charley ! He couldn't say his prayers
last night for thinking of his well•.filled stock.-
logs. Alt mo ! We have dons vvrong—l feel
it.'
, Snpposo I put a half dollar in ouch of thair
stueninge said Mr. Lawbort.n.
`You condo so tf you like j btit Sat
itry them.'
Undetermined what to do; or rather seeing
no mode whatever of remedying their error,
Mr. and Mia. Lamlierion lay 'anauting the ap
proach of day,'yotidrooding to aeo the dark cur
tain that was clone about the Eastern horizon
begin to lift itself up. But ut length morning
brokoond a dim, pale light began to steal in
at the window, showing- first ono object • and'
then anothor,•until airports of the room Ikea me
clearly Inoxpeetatibn of trouble with
the diaappointed children, Mr.. and Mrs. Larn •
berton loft their bed an d commenced, dressing
themselvesharriodly in ordorto be prepared to
meet and offer the little Comfort that it was in
their, power to give. Siion there was a :sound
In the room abovo whom the c hildren all alopi.
With the nurse. Theiryottering.feetworanexf
hoard Upon the stairs; ahon the:dourofthe ad !
joining room wan burst open. All was than
spit fora foiv ruminants. Mr. and Mrs; ;.14.m
-borton liatoned ivitjj,4presiod.feelings. There
wee a low exoltimation from'one of the children
that sounded like'a sob. Following. this wen a
sudden burnt of joy tind loud wiln.shaufsbf,l .
CARLISLE O DECIMBER 24, 115,50.
.Kriss has come! Krjas has conic! .9h!
Mother! Mother! Father! Knee has Come!'
Mr. Lamberton sprinig to the door and throw
it quickliopen. His surprise and delight were
Scarcely loss than that felt by the children.--
SUM enough ! Miss Krieglo was there, sitting
close withing the fire-place, well loaded with
toys, hie pipe in his mouth, and his merry 'facs
turned towards the shouting children. The
father and mother paused In wonder. Daylight
came in, still but faintly through'the half-closed
.shutters, and gave to the figure of Krieg the
very' air and expression of life. Sumo moments
passed before.they could really convince them
selves that it was not a breathing figure, but
ono oupningly wrought by the band of „man,
which was before them. Soon the children, at
first dispused.to leek_on from a distance, began
gradually to approach. Harry laid violent hands
upon a wagon, and Anna seized upon a beauti
ful wax-doll; Charley, last to overcome hin
doubts as to•whether Kriss were really alive or
not, came up cautiously, and while his eyes
were fixed upon the laughing face of the figure,
ho withdrew from its hand a stocking crowded
to overflowing with toys. • '
Tho good genius had forgotten no ono in the
house. 'There was a beautiful scarf stowed a
way in his pocket for father, and a handsome
card.casn for mother. .Uncle Joseph and Aunt
Rachel, too, were remember' d. Even Betty and
Margaret had something, and there was no end
to the toys and sugar-plums contained in pack
and pockets fur the children. •
. But, the mystery was as to who had prepared
this delightful surprise, coining as it did oppor
tunely, and correcting hi such a good natured
way thecrror of Mr and Mrs. Lamberton?
It was Uncle Joseph nd Aunt Rachel, of course,
who had been up neurly all night in order to
have everything ready ; though they never
clearly owned hullo fact. •
That, wee indeed a merry Christmas for all;
and Mr. Lumberton was as much pleased with
Ms handsome scarf, as was any child in the
house with his or her present from Miss Kring
le. As to the trouble taken in advance on ac
count of broken dolls' heads, wagon-wheels, and
all that, none appeared through the day, end
vvlien night came, and the tired little ones went
off willingly to bed, they slept with their treas.
arcs arouricjthein ,
Au Intelligent Family.
While travelindin the West I put up at a
country hotel, and the proprietor in altetco: to
sqme interrogatories, infotmed me, that he
owned 400 acres of land, had raised the prevent
season 900 bushels. of wheat, .650 busiAls of
oats, and expected to harvest 1500' bushels of
corn;—that he owed no man a dollar; and no•
ver took a newspaper is his life ; 1 had a curi
osity to learn how a fornoy kept up ty rho_
efirreitt hews Me 'when deprittya the
only fneans of obtitti tc it. Soon after l.sot,r
tered the family fret., unich consisted of the
parentS, and six children the eldest daughter
on the shady side of twenty-tire, the eother
commenced with— . •
"Mister, do you know whether that groat
Mr. Vtfolister is bonged yeti"
"Yee, Madam."
• - "Wnl," said the daugli!er, "1 allow he'll not
make any more ol" them aro spoiling tpcks."
"I suppose not."
"I've li
the mother, with • a deep sigh, "and I never
seed any body hanged yet. I always thought
I'd like to see one hanged, but it never happens
to come-right, and I'm getting so old now, I
don't capita I ever will. I've seed the sarcus
and caravan; dnd sich kind of shows, bout I'd
rather seed one fellow hanged than fifty of
them shows."
"Stranger," said the daughter, "there's go
ing to be an animal show to.morrow down here
'bout six miles, inaybe you'd Sire to lay over
and go down. Srother .T . Crnes says, thCy've
got two snakes th'ere, the same kind what can
swaller an elephant, but I don't believe there .
ever was any sick snakes, do you ?"
"No, Miss."
"Wal, then, the jography lies," replied
Jeems, a.youth of some twenty-two years.
"I allow it does," said the mother. "Why :
shouldn't them jography folks lie just like oils
er folks 2"
"Mother," said meems, "you don't know
nothing what you're talkinrabout. Don't the
United Slates make all the jographies? What's
the use of putting lies into 'am. They make
'em overy ten years; they're .going to make
another in a few days. They send out men all
over the countryto find out everythin;; that's
what that chap was here for t'other day, ask
ing so many dcrual questions about."
"Stranger, yiitir supper's ready.".
ather-Pointed.
When Di. Johnson had completed his dic
tionary, Miller the 'bookseller, and: principal
proprietor of the work, could not help express
ing his joy upon the occasion, in terms some
what intemperate, as appears by the following
acknowledgment of the receipt, of the last
sheet of mannscript :
"Andrewl I ,Vlillevsends his compliments to
Mr. Samuel Johnson; with the money for the
last sheet of the copy of the dictionary, and
thanks God be has dune with him."
To which Johnson returned this good humor.
ad answer:
"Samuel Johnso'n returns his thanks to Mr.
Andrew Miller,' and is very glad to hind, (as he
does by his note,) that Andrew Wier •has the
grace to thank God for anything."
/ - 1110 attempting to carve a (owl, ono day,
a gentleman found considerable .difficulty in
separating its joints, and ciclaimed against the,
man who sold him an old lion for a yining
chicken.
••• 'My dear,'said the enraged man% wife 'don't , '
talk so much abbot the ege'd and respectable
Mr. B. .14 planted the first hill ol"corn that
Was planted in our town. , •• . . •
...I know that,' said the husband? 'and- 1 *be
lieve this hert . scratched it up.' .• • .
A WET 13camarr.—Tho New York Mirror
in noticing "a thin volume of thin poetry ; ve
ry
_ .
podr and very pious," says "noman should
attempt to write poetry oxcopt faun high
ual proseurc. It le an article that can't bo man
ufactured, anymore than wo eau fmintif acturo
corn or grapda"
"John, hoop Lilo hurdy'-gordy going-;—thly .
Amorinan Republic must kond."
Bo -10117 in the .world" Ca
ova acs, .Busiise.9s and Genareil ence.
litcpoit
REPORT OF THE
SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY.
•::. - ireTlre report of the Secretary of the Trea
sury is a long paper, but it is an important ono
—probably' the most so of all the presidential
documents—as it shows in'urerinnected form,
by Eh:: valuable tables which accompany it, the
whole fOreign commerce and trade of fltmcouri
try, rind the nature, character and value of our
own products which are given in exchange.—
These details are interesting to all classes of
industry, as they affect more or less every 'oc
cupation and calling in the country.
The Secretary; alluding to the excess of ex
penditure over former yearsonlys that it is
mainly, if. not entirely, the result of acts and
measures enacted before tIM first of July 1849,
and accrues In the War and Navy pe tartments,
pensions, interest on war debi, terra rial ger
i
erinnents, survey of the coast of California and
our connections with the Indionp. 'rho latter,
he says, us the result of the treaties crinsequdnt
upon the war with Alexico, will rehuire. yet
heavier expenditures. In the end,however,th
etMotry will be abtindatitly compensated. for
tlitue outlays. This increased exPenditure do
Mamie, he Says, the attention of Congress. The
frauds on the revenue especially require correc
tion. They have become serious in amount
and seem to he upon the increase, in. spite of
all the efforts of Government. •
The Se&citify recommends such alterations
in the tariff law of 1846 as were suggested in
the President's massage. The leases of the
public v. ii';eltouses have been offered for
according to inst Actions of a joint resolution of
February 14, but not one half of the annual
rent paid by the government ($105,416 in New
York, and $48,199 88 In Boston) has been of
fered. The Secretary did not feel justified in
Auhmittinito the lose, and refers the matter
bacir.to Congress. The operations of the mint,
the coabt r suivey, and several miscellaneous and
minor attars are treated of in tiro remainder
o r this interesting document.
The report - being too long for its insertion en
tire, 'en make the' following extract :
E=
t lid
estimated receipts from customs, as pre
sented for the remainder of the current year,
and for the year ending, 30th Rine, 1852, are
based upon a continuance of the present large
amount of imports. Aside from our increased
expenditures,-and-exclusive ol- estimated--pur•
chases of stock, we have to provide for 87,220,
954, 89 of the public debt which filatures with
.
in the next two fiscal years•
The ordinary expenditures of the Govern-
Vito miblic debt originating 'chiefly
toifcther 'with
a -Tidy of demands' arising 'out of the war,
p , s•kent the amount of liabilities for which it
the duty of Congress to provide.
t ride rrith foreign nations, and tho mo
froin the' sales oT public
constituted livretoforolhe resources free,
which the annual expenes of the Government
has been procured. and they are at this time
the only means by whiclethese necessary char
ges can be paid, the pAblic faith upheld, and a
speedy liquidation of the public debt insured.
RV the - long and unbroken practice of the
Guyerinnent, duties on imports' have been re
garded as this least objectionable mode of rai
sing revenue.
IN the various acts of Congress appropria•
ling ILo public laiiati to objects ~7iicfi with=
draw them from ordinary revenue purposes, it
is m.:ite certain that, for several years to come ,
the treasury Must . be mainly, if not entirely
dependent for its receipts upon duties levied
upon foreign merchandise.
'the act of the 28th of January, 1847, appro
priates the oaths proceeds of the isles of the
public lands to the payment of the principal
an:!'interest of the loan provided for - by that
1 3y reference to the proper "fable it will be
'found that-the loan for the redemption of which
this fund is appropriated amounts to 8.27,1315,-
127.lite,iatorest upon .w,hich, at 6 per cent.
per iinnum;is to be paid seini.annunlly, and
the principal on tho let January, 1868.
The laws recently enacted giving land' to
those who served irntlio war with Mexico, and'
-at t h e last session, to such as had served in for
mer wars, in addition to grants to States for in
ternal improvements, will undoubtedly supply
the market with the greater portion of the
lands that will bo required for occupatiOn for
many years to come. This source of rif4e
none, therefore, small/indeed coinparativoly,
but still, in the ten years proceeding
.1848, a
vailable &inn annuelraverugo of $2,993,616 19,
should not hereafter bet tolled upon with uny
certainty or to any considerable amount in esti.
thating . the receipts of tho Treasury.
A statement appended to this report shows
Allo.,nuinber of warrants located by the acts
to which reference haslieenc made, and the
number yet to be located, as eidimated.from the
pay rolls 'and other Ovidences'on 614 with the
qiWntity 'of lands. in acres, required to nutisfy
them. Thu quantity of, lands sold, and • taken
from market, by virtteref, those warrants, for
the pate 1847, 1848 and 1849, is 14,727,742,
40 acres avenging 4,909,247 4G acres per an•
hum, valued at .$18,911,134 76, averaging.s6,
303,711 58 per annum. • • .
The warrants yet to ha presented under these
acts will roguish . ' 78;922,513 acres, valued at
$98,653,140. .At the above average 0'4,909,-
247 46 tierce pot' unnurp, , over sixteen yours
will be required to absorb and satisfy the tylit7
rants yet to bo issued, as estimated on'the soy:
oral - bounty land acts now in. force.
. There will then be diverted from the Treas.
ury, from the state of lands\,4e suns. of $113,-
245,996, not antic4ated lathe date when the
i•Ovenuolatv of 1846 was enacted. , •'
This state of things impoies upon Congreis
the duty of determining whether the laws now
existing, with the
_rates o 1 duties 'imposed ' , kr
them' on foreign merchandise, will preclude the
amount defraY - the ,antiUtt i l:Ordit
ry,Mtpeeditures of ;the pm/moment; - it meet
punctuittli: the' interea( . on the public debt.
The ability of the .eattittrY,fe dischario 'every
obligation upon it, if aided by Wine and timely
Icgislaiipn, is unquestionable. If ample pro
vision, should , be made for the prompt discharge
of annually acmuingllabilitiee, the public
as it has been hitherto, will be ,naintalncd and
the public credit continued on ouch a basis as
to insure an advantageous and speedy extiti7
guishing of the public , dobt: ,
, The system of ad valorem duties, however
well adapted to many articles of trade, when
applictflooll, without • discrimieation, restric
tion, or safeguard, has been .aproved, by the
experience of this Department, to be subject to •
many 'and strong objections. Its tendency is
to cherish a spirit of overtratling.greatly inju
rious to the industry of our own country, in
all its departments, and, ini.its final results, fa
tal to the revenue. Considering thiri system
only in its opkration uponlreyenuo, it is 1)06E1 , 1.7'
- ed - Unit tlie - Cip - Oriertcc of thotisosi enlightened
coning - cm:Jai nAions of Europe has proved it to
be impolitic and unsafe. Udder the operations of'
the British tariff,revised 'ln 1846, the whole
revenue derived from articles paying ad Defo
rm duties has been only an overage of about
£3e,000 ($185,000) per ,o nimum, in a gross re
ceipt from customs of ..z22,000,000, ($105,-
000,600) being lees thhn one fifth of one per
cent, of this immense income from imposts, •
arid,the_evident design of Parliament was to
make specific duties the source of revenue
from imposts, so far as it possibly could be of- _
trete& A like policy ;has also . always been
pursued by the oilier commercial nations of
Europe. --
I The primary object to be kept in view' in
levying duties upon imports is admitted to be
revenue. It is equally well established as the
policy and duty of the Government, so to din - .
criminate in the levying of duties, us, without
falling below the necessary amount of revenue,
to give the greatest encouragement possible to
'oil the industrial pursuilii of our own people.
One feature of the law of 1896, in the opinion
of this. Department, is opposed to both the con
trelling stated.. reference
to an equal, or higher rats of ' duty on the raw
material then upon the manufactured article, of
which it is composed. Such provisions certain
ly.talte from (lic manufacturer and artisan that
encouragement which rho present law &SlMl
less, to sortie
.00)14, was intended to afford,
4ind also check the importation - of llioiaw Ma
terial to a degree detrimental to the revenue.
Tire constant , fluctuations in priceb, and consei
q4.qtly in iho duties,
_under any unrestricted
and valorem tariff, giro to the act of 1846 that
most objectionable featnro, instability. These
variations, giving a high duty 'Mien least re
quired, and low duties when prices aro ruinous,
tend to an excess of- importations, and subject
all the productreof labor iii our own country
to the frequent and etkormons fluctuations in
tte markets abroad, arming froni the disturlled
condition of those nktians Fith whom our for
eign commerce, is chiefly carried on.
Under the present system,duties aro highest
when the s - ..rrele imported is highest, and when
the' purcraser and consumer COI least affordlo .
pay the duty ; and lowest when the price of •
the article wanted would allow a heavy addi
tional duty to be levied on it. Thus, if an ar
ticle costs $lO, a duty of thirty par cent, would ;
compel an addition of $3 ; if that article falls -
in value to $5, then is the. dtlty reduced ono
half.
That cannot be a wholesome system of tax
atiou which follows the consumer in his per.
chose, increasing his burden when prices aro
high, end taking it off ns prices fall and hirf
bility to bear it increases. If applied to arti
cles of subsistence, it would operate as a heavy
tax upon bread in a year at famine, increasing
with the intensity Of the evil, and gradually
disappearing with the return of abundance.
The objection to the present system, from
commercial ituctuatiolis in,prices, is'donstant•
ly forced upon the attention of tho Dikart-
Inctitby instances of extreme inequality and
prejudicial operations. The European price of
iron was, in 1846, greatly above that which
has prevailed for the last two years. If the du
ties upon bar iron have been levied in strict ac
cord with foreign cost,Vicy would now be but
little more than ono half of what trey were in
1848. ly this process,' besides e immense
injury inflicted upon domestic dustry, our
revetiue is ,made to fluctuate the accidents
and revulsions In foreign commerce, and these
accidents and fluctuations, which .originate a
broad, aro imported with their attendant rills
chicle.
Our revenue, 09 already stated, must be
dependent on duties on imports. Those im
ports from abroad can only be paid for by ex
ports made up of the products (Cony labor in,
allits varieties, or in the precious . metals. If
our imports shall exceed-the value of our ex
ports.abroad in any given year, to the extent
of such excess do we create a foreign debt. If
this operation bo repeated for only a few years,
it is obvious that it will effect the withdrawal
from as Of a quantity erthe•precious metals
equal, or nearly so to the amount of the accu
mulated deht,'bringing with it
.bankrtMtcy in
all departments of business, consequent' inabil
ity to purchase foreign goods,*and thus, for the
time, causing a ruinous depression in the re
ceipts into the treasury. It then becomes
equally the duty of Congress and the Interests
of the people (if possible) so to regulate
lim
ports as to con fi ne the importations into t is
country to an amount minal to such el•port of
our own as can fi nd , a mrirk r, tiet at rentevo
prices abroad 'rho This •sfaterneht of the
foregoing Well established laws of trade would
seem to furnish a safe guide in all legislation ,
on the subject. - _ • —.
- Whilst: importations should be , sceured
mount sufficient at a practical rata of ditties to
supply the wants of the treasury, such duties
should be adjusted in a manner to affect favor
. ably all industrious' pursuits 'at home. 'lf du- .
ties:on the necesiary importations shobld have
thO effect to impair the ability of -the mass of
the people to' put Base .acid pay for foreign
goods,.then importations to that effect must
cense, anil by consequence the revenue to an
equivalent amount would be
':lt is -believed that .our own iiperioneo has
sliette that:Ode'exports cannot, be greatly cx.•
tended; as sable have sapPoied, by low ilutles
upori foreign goods in our ports. lt a fact.
irithlrf the 'observation of all', .tthat merchants
and ship•oamers are vigilant and uttirt,
with all It c knowledge which interest can im•
parl, end all the skill 'which experience, can.
supply, t sand . abroad anion!' every product
01.-t ountry , which- can any where find a
profitabla - Inarkat, aganclesovlilah aro . 1
al w.qs &tivo t orton4,onr traUa , :o ; all
notes to the utmost limit of 'a.dvantage to tho
VOLIUMIE LE--Nel
producer or carrier. If at any time a given ar
ticle of export should be carried beyond the. .
forergn demand, reduced prices, the invariable ,
result of 'over supply, brings loss upon all con . '7
oernod. If a foreign article is in like manner
forced' npon our own market beyond the requi
red Supply, the effect of reduced prices, while
it inflicts often ruinous losses upon tho impor
ter from abroad, is fell by those engaged in
producing the like article at home, in conse
quence ten-fold „more injurious, as the roduels , -
lion of price in our own market attends-to and'
effects the 'entire labor of the whole_ country;
which may be employed in such .manufacture .
or,productions. Thus, while the injury ietom--
porary and limited in its effect upon the impor
ter, it is often lasting and wldely extended up
on the labor of our own people. We sea and
feel it in the sudden breaking up of establish
ments not yet sustained"by an amount of capi
tal which con afford to ‘ encouriter temporary 4,
suspension of sales and reduced pr l iees,, ; oF not
yet worked with that skill and-economy. which
long experience alone can impart. In such in
stances, labor is suddenly withdrawn from g a
diversity of pursuits, and driven 'to ..
, the produc .
lion In a limited sphere ; this again brings ai4..,;
over-supply of whatever may hecyroduced by
I the common employments, while in the end - ..1t
leaves the market of the article", whatever tt
may be, the production of which has been
abandoned at home, at the mercy of the for-
sign supply alone.
The result in the end ;to the consumer is in- ,
variably a rise in the'plice of such article, Mid
there being no competition with the foreign
, producer, he has possession of the market, and,
'of course, supplies it at the highest price which
the demand will give him. His prices and
iprofit-, unchecked by competition in such ca
hoe. contintieto rise with the increased demand
!and diminished home supply.
The operation and effect of these laws of la
bor and trade, it is believed, have been fre
quently and palpably exhibited in the history
or otir country ,: It is from such experience
that the general, priettiples upon which our tar
iff laws are based, haVe become the common
opinions of the people. Hente the almost uni
versal impression in our country pievails, that
.•
in assessing duties on foreign rTharehandise,
such discriminations should be made as will
have the effect of producing all articles which
can be manufactured at horny in such quantity,
if possible, as to raise up two markets for the
purchaser and consumer, the,honto and the for
eign—each competing with the other, so that
he may not be left to the-mercy of one; and
that the foreign tine alone. ' -
The happy indirect effect of, such legislation
upon 'the labor, and consequently 'on the per
manent. prosperity of our own country, is not,'
the greatest by any means, of the blessings it `
confers. By giving-diversity to the occupations,
end inc!_trrial pursuits of the people, labor is
rewarded, the ability to consume foreign pro
ducts is attained, and the wants of the national
treasury, dependent entirely upon duties collect=
ted upon foreign imports are amply supplied.
While the great end—that of .a competent
revenue—is thus e - drely reached by this policy,
a larger amount of exports is at'the same time
obtained towards paying for the required im•
porta lions.
Our exports,. as the commercial statistics
o ill show, are made up mainly of cotton, rice,
tobacco ' hreadstuffs, and provisions, Tnese
lieb - TorTfirTd - tiers of the soil, and are s iippe o
foreign ports without more labor, as 'an ele
ment of price, than is necessary , to fit them for
market ill their first and simplest eobdition.—
Our-statistics disclose-the-fttetralsortliat-bread-- --
stuffs and provisions, of which we can produce
a larger surplus than - any 'other people, form
comparatively a small addition to our, exports,
particularly ib years of plenty abroad. Those
at tidies, in the prodtetioo of which so large
and interesting a portion of our people arm en
gaged, cannot find a market abroad at :such pri
ces, as the farmer can afford lo receive, 'except
when famine or war create a foreign dud ex- -
ceptional demand.
Is 1847, a year of famine in Europe, we ex
ported of breadstuff% and provisions, without
premOnition of al t o calamity which crbated the
&maw!, $18,701,121. This extraordinary ex
port, while our OW.ll.markot was fully supplied,
put beyond MAIM. our ability.to supply of these.
articles a surplus far, exceeding trio ability of
*any other county, provided a market were
found which did not exhaust the value Jo the
expense of transportation: The eiltraordme
ry demand of 1847 was not due to any legisla
tion-of our own, or of foreign nations. -.1( was
the reedit alone-of the' famine in Eurdpe.—
Since that time the operation of the British
revenue act of 1846 line wholly remdved the
duties upon such foreign agricultural products
as are used for food, and ours eater into, coin.
petition there with other nations. This free
passage tht'ough British cestorrobouses has not, ,
however, increased the Ileitish demand, for we
find our exports. diminiehing in 'proportion. ris
the effect of the famine Is overcome by the •
subsequent abentlance ; thus the export Of
breatistulak and , provisions in 1847 was $58,704.
721 ; in 1848, $37,472;751 v in 1849, $38,155,-
507; and in 1850, $26,051,378;(iee statement.)
Odr export in 1131 (see statement) of these or-,
tiCies t vecn . '50,138,227; in 1841, $17,196,102;
and at the rate: of decrease .exhibited since
1847 i -will, in .1851, but little'expeed the latter
amount.'
The export 4 of rimin 1827 amounted to 02,-
343,9d8 ; in 1837, to $2,309,279; and
(the year uffer,the famine,) to $2,331,824 ; In
1850,-to 8031,357._ These dates embrace a
pollud of high and low duties, of comparative
free trade at home and in the principal market
abroad, Tin:Selects disclose the fallacy of the
Principle'so . frequently urged, that by inducing
heavy itoporlat6its under a system of low di;
ties, lye necessarily create a large correspond
ing demand abroad for,our own productions.
- Whelptor truth there may be in this princi
ple, ashpplied to the trade between othor na
tions ok . the wold, in consequence of the rola.
live na ture of their productions and' manufac
tu'rcs it has nut the same application to the if.
Stotts, from the simple fact that nearly all. the
Supplielt.'which thulatter,furnish tq foreign Am.!
tienactionsists of articles : Pr 'neceasity t tho con,
autoption of whichie limited to actual tranti,
and 'cannot be forced' beyond that •domandi: by
adventitious di . rentiAttitir:4:':'When 'a ) high'
greao , PrOper4 oxlstti iq thel United, '
tve shall sco a.lergo increase itf , the:Consumpo
tiowef most foreign produolioliti;'Witibli - iiiSY'
liP• l3 o.C E ° ll, Y e ro s3 Ao (l 4,,, the fi° 44
but weitave no such class or articles to tempt
El