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AGRICULTURAL.
'Such is the strength of art, rough things to
shape,
And of rude c,mmons rich enclosures make.
FATTING HOGS
On the first day of Decem'wr four shoats
of the same bread, nearly of a size, and
as much alike in every respect as could
he selected, from a herd of ninety odd
hogs were made choice of; each carefully
weighed, and placed in a single stye
where their fond could be exactly regula
ted. They weighed between 81 pounds
and 100. The two whose weights togeth
er made 133 pounds, were r 4 on one gal
lon of shelled Indian corn weighing sev•
en pounds to each, for every twenty four
hours, and as much water as they wanted.
This quantity of food was plenty for them
--generally they about consumed it.
Some five or six different days between
the Ist of December and the 4th of Jan
uary, the time the experiment was going
on, they did not eat their whole allow
ance.
For the two shoats, whose weights to
gether made 173 pounds, seven pounds of
good Indian corn meet, by measure ten
pints, were made into r ood mush, or hasty
pudding, and divided between them for
every twenty ie!tr hours. That is, these
two had awed ;;;tsm exactly half the
weight of meal which the ehers had taw
corn. The seven pounds of Peat were
daily mixed with scalding water, and then
boiled ; the whole process of cooking was
done on an averap in 1-12 hours. They
were all fed twice a day and the same
time. The evening feed of the shoats
fed on mush was generally warm—the
morning food having stood all night, was
generally cold. The seven pounds, or,
ten pints of meal, when cooked, weighed
an average of thirty pounds, and measur
ed an average of three gallons. There
was a diffarence of nine pounds in the
weights of the latter pare—the smallest
had the least appetite, and his allowance
of fifteen pounds of mush was just as
much as he appeared to want or would
eat up clean; the other was ,reedy, and
always sharp set. despatche d s his mess
noirkly_ and wanted more.
- Before the experiment wait progressed
a fortnight, there was a very preceptible
difference in the appearance of these pigs.
Those fed on the mush assumed a more
thrifty, healthy, fresh appearance, partic
ularly of their hair, and this difference be
came more striking as the experiment ad.
vanced.
On the 4th of January, while prepara
tions were making for killing lied dres
sing, they wher again weighed on the hoot,
One of those whose daily allowance had
been 7 pounds of corn each, had increas
ed 20 pounds in the 34 days, the other
which had an allowance of corn, had in
creased only 5 lbs. I could not arCbuni
for the difference by any thing I could die
cover, either before or after killing, the ap
petites of those two were much more a
like than of the others; and their health
was apparently equally good.
Of the pair fed on mush, whose daily
allowance had been S 1-2 pounds of meal
each, the greedy one had gained 23 lbs
and the other 21 pounds-
These are all the material facts in these
experiments except that a very small por
tion of salt was put in each mess of mush;
and there is no mericle in them. The
hogs allowed 2 1.2 pounds each gained
less than three-fourths 01 a pound daily,
and this surely they might have gained
from the mash ; but they gained more
than those fed on double that quantity of
corn. The saving of one half the im- ,
mense quantity of corn consumed in rail
ing and fattening hogs in Maryland. would
be well worth the offer of a premium to
have these experiments accurately repeat
ed and tested by different persons.—lllar
yland Agr. Reporter.
WINTER.—Some people like winter—
other people don't—and why don't they 'I
Reader, we'll tell you why we don't, as
briefly as we can. In the first place, gen
erally speaking, every thing is cold; wind
and water are cold, shirts are cold, before
they are aired, and sometimes afterwards
--plates, are sure to be cold, gravy like
wise; your outside is cold and so is your
in, especially if empty. Every thing is
dark, the clouds dark, the dress is dark,
the mud is remarkably dark, and the day
light very
. often dark; the nights unusually
dark, and in some towns, so 'very' dark
that you can't even see thegas-light I
Every thing is blue, the fog is blue, noses
are blue, looks are blue; in short every
thing ie blue, except the sky, and that is
a whity brown- Every thing is short;
business is short, cash is short, answers
very short; supplies are short ; in short
every thing is short, except faces, and
they ars generally long. Every thing is
dull; the very dogs are are (lull, the cat
is dull, streets are duller than dull, the
city is dull, and the county dull;Subser:
bet's are dull, dealers and dealings are
dull, those that do and those that done are
in short all (hill exce:)t the newspaper (I)
and that's never :dull, except w hen the
Congress meets. Is it reader
NIURDER BY A. IIUSBAND AND
SUICIDE OF TILE MURDERED.
in no slight degree, the confidence of the
On Thursday evening last, the villages people in the banking system itself, or at
at Raiford and Tat leton, and the neighbor least, in the manner in which its opera
hood, were thrown into a state of intense tions have been conducted. Unhappy the
dread and consternation, by the report weight of immediate em)arrassment has
that a man named Robert Dawson, a la- mainly fallen on the poor and the indus
borer, in the employ of Sir T. D. Hesketh trious —the individuals least able to ber it
Bart, of Ruflbrd flail, bad murdered his while those persons possessed either of cre
wife, Phcebe Dawson, and had afterwards (lit or of money, have been subject to lit
put an end to his own existence. The re tie real inconvenience. in this state of
port, unhappily wove(' too true. as the things, I feel as anxious as tiny citizen
following particulars of the tragical event can feel, to extend all the aid in my pow
will show. The wretched man resided er, to relieve those who endure the hard
with his wife and five of his children, in a ships of our present situation. I can
cottage, in the hamlet of Flolmes Woo d, , not however bring my mind to the conchs
in the parish of Rufliird, alma twelve sion, that this object would be promoted
miles from Preston. On the evening hi by convening the Legislature earlier than
question, Dawson came home about nine the period fixed by the constitution.
o'clock, when his wife was undressed, pre On a subject so vitally important to the
paring to go to bed, all the children at people as that of the currency, cruile - and
home being at the time asleep, in a bed hasty legislation, should be sedeusly a
adjoining the one in which Dawson and voided. Experience alone is a safe guide
his wife usually slept. He inquired for.lt would be almost impossible to find an
some Benne, which he had requested her instance in the history of governments,
to send for to Ormskirk by a neighbor, where sound and salutary laws have had
and on her acquainting him that she had their origin in panics and agitations.
forgotten to send for tt, high words, and 1/hen leg islators take counsel from ex
ultimately a violent quarrel ensued. From citement or apprehension, reason and ex
the appearance of the wounds, and other perience are seldom consulted. Tempo
circumstances, it is highly probable that rary expeditions are resorted to which are l
there had been on the part of the wife, as likely in their ultimate tendency to in
stout resistance, and that a severe strug- crease the evil complained of as to cor
gle took place before the wretched mur- rect it,—and in the end, the same work
derer accomplished his horrid purpose. remains to be done, that might have been
The children were a weeeed by the scuf- accomplished upon due reflection at the
Ile, and they gave an alarm, when a sister beginning—These principle are so plain
of the murderer entered the house, fol- and obvious, that perhaps no person can
lowed immediately by other persons, re- be found in the community to controvert
lations and neighbors of the deceased. them—and they have been, and will con
' When these persons entered, which was tinue to be, the principles by which my
about half past nine o'clock, they were af- course is regulated.
frighted by the horrid spectacle of both, IVithout entering into the details of the
husband and wife walking about in the mode pointed out in your resolutions, or
kitchen or 'house' part, with their throats of any other mode suggested to supply the
cut. Dawson, alarmed, it is supposed, at existing deficiency of small change, it .vill
his wile's approaching end, ned his own be enough to remark that the suspension
wound not hetng sufficiently deep to ca use' of specie payments it- so recent—the in
'death, escaped during the conslerne::OnJconvenience we suffer so little under
al,.! went iirmediatelyand hanged him.'stm:s l , and so dependant on fl uctuating
self in ti.' shippon adjoining the house, l circumstai ces, as to render it extremely
with a cow tie. When Mr. Bairon, sun- 'difficult if i".'ot altogether impracticable,
geon, of Tarleton; aiTivod shortly after-Ito form a wore accurate estimate of it,
wards, the woman was hot quite dead. than first impreoi:ms only supply.
The poor creature asked fur soriething toJ It may be ,props;' for me to add, that I
drink, and some water was given to her,. feel extrendy unwilling to incur the pub
but as not only the windpipe was cut, • but 'tic expense and to put the rerlbe.
rs of the
also the !passage to the stomach opened, ll,esislature to personal incon Femence of
the water run out of the apaiture down attem. 4 an extra session, unles.e such
her neck. The bed on which she lay was. means be demanded by the most impet:i
completely saturated with blood, and ous requisitions of official duly. For the
there were several cuts on her chin, anti reasons ai...?ve stated 1 do not conceive the
on the lower part of her throat, inflicted, present to be Arl occasion calling on me
it is supposed, in the course of the stru t ;- to adopt this comae, and I must therefore
gle, and before the mortal wound was giv with the utmost respect ,:''r" fellow cif'r :
en. Her right eye was also black, and izens of York mho compose:: tiit:, meet
much gwolden :IQ ;4' ,---- -- Li....• c,.. .... '. qua, .a tine to acquiesce in Its wewentee.e.
being ma e for Dawson, the miserable suggestions. I
man was found suspended in the out house lam with great respect,
as already mentioned, and quite dead. Your humble servant,
The age of the man was thirty-seven, - DAVID R. PORTER
and that of !tis ill-fated wife about forty.
They left behind theni .I:even children, the
eldest of whom is a girl about sixteen
years old, and the age of the youngest
child is about eighteen months. The un. l
fortunate woman was at the time in a state d
of pregnancy. They had resided all their
lives in the neighborhood, the father and
mother of Dawson occupying a farm near
the cottage in which the appalling trap
dy occurred. The unfortunate couple
'had previously borne good characters, and
she is spoken of by her neighbors as hay
in.. been a woman of a very mild a
d" • • nd pa
tientdisposition Dawson was a favoritef
servant with Sir 'l, D. liesketb, Bart
lie was an active member of the Wesley
ar,s' Society, and had frequent prayer ince
tinge at his house. Ile had also been, for
labout two years, a member of a Temper-
ance Society. They had, as his wife had
recently asserted to a friend, lived very
comfortably for the last six or seven years
—but we are informed that, at the early
period of their matrimonial career, they
had frequent quarrels, and were supposed
to live very unhappily. The nei"hbors,„.
do not speak of the murderer as having
ben a passionate man, nor was he at any
• time subject to
.insanity or melancholy.
Prea:on chronicle.
II I.I::TINGDON Oct. 31st. 1839.
To Messra Jacob Spangler, Jacob B.
Wentz and Isra;l durltter,
GENTLEMEN. have been honored
with the reception of your letter of the
21st inst. enclosing the resolutions adop
ted at a public meeting held by the citi
zens of the borough of York on the 16th
of October. The two principal resolu
tions are 1, that the Governor be respec
tfully requested to convene the Legisla
ture at an early day, and 2, that this mee
ting respectfully suggest to his excellen
cy the propriety of recommending to the
Legislature the creation of a state debt of
two millions of dollars, bearing an inter
est of two per cent per annum; and that
the banks of the Commonwealth be per
mitted to issue notes of the denomination
of one, two and three dollars to the a
mount of the loan taken by them.
The high respect h t entertain for the
gentlemen composing this meeting, some
of whom have been long known and hon
ored with planes of trust and confidence
by their fellow citizens, has induced me
to give to their recommendations and sug
gesticns the - most careful and deliberate
consideration.
I am deeply impressed with the difficul
ties in all our financial operations, produ
ced by the sudden and unexpected suspen
sion of specie payments by the Banks. It
cannot be doubted or dewed, that the act
on the part of these institutions, connec
ted with recent occurrences of a similar
kind, has not wily disturbed and deranged
our monetary condition, but has shaken'
LIVER COMPL .DIV 7' .
Cured by the use of Dr Harlich's Compound
Strengeaning ark:! German Aparient Pills
Mr. Wm. Richard, PiLtsburg, Pa. entirely
cured of the above distressing disease: His
somptoms were, pain and weight in the left
side, loss of appetite, vomiting, acrid eructa
Lions, a distention of the stomach, sick
headache, furred tongue, countenance chang
ed to a t.itron color, difficulty of breathing,
disturbed rest, attended with a cough, great
debility, with other symtoms indicating great
derangement of the tunetiens of the liver.
Mr. Richard l.ad the advice of several phy
sicians, but received no relia, until using Dr
Harlich's medicine, which terminated in ef
fecting a perfect cure.
Principal offica, 19 North Eight street
Philadelphia.
I For sale at Jaoob stare Hunting.
don Pa.
LIVER COMPLAINT.
This disease Is discovered by a fixed ob
tuse pain and weight in the right side under
the short ribs; attended with heat, uneasi
ness about the pit of the stomach;—there is
in the right side also a distension—the patient
loses his appetite and becomes sick and trou•
blc with vomiting. The tongue becomes
rough and black, countenance changes to a
pale or citron color or yellow, like those taf
ted with jaudice—difficulty of breathing,
disturbed rest, attended with dry caagh, dif
ficulty of laying on the left side—the oody
becomes weak, and finally the!disease termi
nates into another of a more serious nature,
which in all probability is far beyond the]
power• of human skill. Dr. Harlich's corn.
. pound tonic strengthening and German ape
rient ills, if taken at the commencement of
, this disease, will check it, and by continu
ing the use of the medicine a few weeks, a
perfect cure cure will be performed. Thou
. sands can testify to this fact.
Certificates of many persons may daily be
seen of the efficacy of this invaluable mc•di
eine, by applying at the Medical Office, No
• 19 North Light street, Philadelphia.
• Also, at the F.'tore of Jacob Miller, Hun.
DYSPEPSIA AND HYPOCIION
PRIAIS,IL
Cured by Dr. Harlick's Celebrated Medi•
hines.
'Mr. Wm Morrison, of Schuylkill Sixth
Street, Philidelphia, afflicted fur several
years with the above distressing disease—
ckness at the stomach, headache, palpita
tion of the heart, impaired : ppetite, acrid
eructations, coldness and weakness of the ex
tremities, emaciation nal general debility,
disturbed rest, a pressure and weight at the,
stomach after eating, severe flying pains'
in the chest, back and sides, costiveness, a
dislike for society or conversation, languor
and lassituee upon the least occasion. Mr.
Morrison had applied to the most eminent
physicians, who considered it beyond the
power of human skill to restore him to health
however, as his afflictions had reduced him
to a deplorable condition, having been in
duced by a friend of his to try Dr Harhch's
Medicine, as they being highly recommen
ded, by which he procured two package, he
found himself greatly relieved, and by con
tinuing the use of them the disease' entirely
disappeared—lie is now enjoying all the bles
sings of perfect health.
Principal Office, 19 North Eight Street,
Philadelphia.
THE JOURN AL.
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'One country, one constitution, one destiny
Huntingdon, Nov. - 20 . , I 539.
Democratic ✓fntfmasoufc
CANDIDATES.
FOR PRESIDENT,
GEN. WM. H. HARRISON
ux VICE PRESIDENT
DANIEL WEBSTER.
FLAG OF THE PEOPLE!
Or A single term for the Presidency, and
the office administered for the whole PEO
PLE. and not for a PARTY.
7 A sound, unifot•m and convenient N
ational CURRENCY, adapted to the wants cf
the whole COUNTRY, instead of the SHIN
PLASTERS brought about by cur prescn
RULERS. .
jr7ECONOMY, RETRENCHMENT, nod RE
FORM in the administration of public affairs,
',Ur-Tired of Experiments and Experi
menters, Republican gratitude will reward
unobstrusive merit, by elevating the sub
altern of WASHINGTON and the desciple of
JEFFERSON. and thus resuming the safe and
beaten track of our Fathers,—L. Gazette
Elettorial Ticket.
JOHN A. SHULZE,Sen'to'l
JOSEPH RITNER, Selectors
Ist Disirict LEVIS PASSMORE,
2d do CADWALLADER EVANS.
do CHARLES WATERS,
3d do JON. GILLINGHAM,
4th do AMOS ELLMAKER,
do JOHN K. ZELLIN,
do DAVID POTTS,
sth do ROBERT STINSON,
6th do WILLIAM S. HINDEU,
7th do J. JENKINS ROSS,
Bth do PETER FILBERT.
9th do JOSEPH H. .SPAYD,
10th do JOHN HARPER.
11th do WILLIAM •M'ELVAINE,
12th do JOHN DICKSON,
13th do JOHN M'KEEII AN,
, 1.. 14th do JOHN REED.
, th do NATHAN BEACH,
16th do NER MIDDLESWARTII,
17 t h 6 (=ORGE AHD CONNEI WALKER
LY,
18th do B',
- - 74?
t.
PH MARKLE,
19th do Gior. 30.: • • •-
' DYCE
20th do JUSTICE G., o•
21st do JOSEPH HEND/7.." , -
HAR.AR DENN V,
' , 3d do Juhr.rts.
h
2at JAMES MONTGOMERY,
25th do JOHN DICK.
Ritneeti o.l'falcation.
Our readers, and the conductor of the
Advocate," will please excZsd us, for
the seeming neglect to answer the fie's
iion asked us in that interesting print,--
"What notions does our onion eating neigh
bor of the Journal entertain, in regard to
the defalcation of Joseph Ritner?" We
did not answer the question last week for
this very good reason, we had not seen
"the Advocate," I t was left at our office,
but some way tnislaid until just as our pa
per was going to press. We consequent
ly was obliged to wait until this week.
The "onion eating" neighbor of the Ad
vocate, will not stoop to bandy low epi
thets with its editor. What we eat may
answer as a term of reproach, but what
we drink never can; we shall then in all
candor answer the query; and if there be
one spark of honor left in the conductor
of that press,-11 honor, intellect, and
truth, are not so merged in that midnight
, which overshadows the path of all the vo
taries of Bacchus, he will tell his readers
• that his query is answered— that Joseph
Ritner is not a defaulter to the State.—
. When we have, by any misfortune, inser
ted that which proved to be untrue, upon
• the earliest knowledge of the facts, we
have always made the correction. W ill
our neighbor of the " Advocate" do as
= much?
The Loco loco papers, and Loco Fuco
tongues have fairly groaned with fatigue,
"to propogate the lie their souls had fra
med" against Joseph Ritner. Openly,
and without any reservation, have they
said that Joseph Hither was a defaulter
for $64,050; and that their falsehood my
take the semblance of truth, they state
"that Joseph Ritner had borrowed $390,-
000 out of the banks, of which James Steel
disbui Sing officer on the breach, says he
only expended 5315,750." Now the fact
that Steel expended less than Ritner bor-
rowed, they say is proof that Ritner kept
the difference. We knew it was false,
for the very good reason that they did nut
prosecute him. Had it been true, a suit
would have been brought long since, and
trumpeted to the world, that they might
have something to stand on the court list,
as an off-set to a suit which stands at the
head of our trial list, to the eternal dis
grace of the present Governor; and as a
balance to that plea which disgraces our
docket and Governor at the sable time—
thei Limitation act. find it been true
'that Ritner had wronged the State out or
a dollar, his foes would have had it recor
ded instanter upon the docket of the court.
They did not do so; and we pronouuced
it false at once. We now have a good
oportunity of showing our readers cha t
we did not err in our estimate of the
truth.
The message of Joseph Ritner to the
Senate says—" The whole will cost 5380,-
000—of which $330,000 have been, or
will be received out of the U. S. Bank,
at 4 per cent., and $50,000 of the Har
risburg Bank at 5 per cent.
Now it will ha seen that the message
says, "or will be.” This the Loco
Locos cunningly forget to mention, and
thus make it appear that the money had
been actually received by Ritner. Nor
is this the most part of their villiany. In
their own hands at Harrisburg, they had
the official entries, and file of warrants
on which Joseph Ititner drew the money;
and they knew their statement was wick
edly false.
. .
That our readers may understand the
matter, we copy from the Intelligencer &
Telegraph, the following which was ob
tained for that print, and is a true
Statement from the Otlicial
Records.
"A true statement of ALL the money
advanced by the Bank of the United
States and the Harrisburg Bank for the
purpose of repairing the great breach
(nearly 40 miles) on the Juniata Division
of the Pennsylvania Canal, caused by the
overwhelming freshet of June 18, 1838:
also the names of the disbursing oflictrs,
and the amount received by each of them
of the money so advanced, viz:
The Bank of the United
States advanced 5271,000,00
The Harrisburg bank ad
vanced 48,7:50,00
8819,750,00
Of this money James
Stec!, Esq. Gener
al Superintendent
and disbursing offi
cer, received • $315,750,00
John Whittaker, Su
pervisor, received 1,000,00
Alexander Al Tonnel
ditto " 5,000,00
$310,750,00
"It may be proper also to state that ra
.l"”es 91 the original executive warrants,
l a t, e ‘ w yf a tj s ch sum of 5504,750, of the
-,04 by the said Banks, are up
on
record 1... the t,frlceof the Secretary of
thgip al r
the Commonwealth;
til-..1!!.. h!ttakee
r
ceipts of Mr. Steel rina e ori
for time sum of $15,000 are n;:d . th e
same Department; and that the 0 ,..,17nal
, warrants and checks for the whole $3 . 11;,•
are :now in the possession of, and
held i, the said Bank., unless the State
has repaid the m oney . with interest. II
the State has i •epaul the money, the war
rants and checks .112ve been cancelled and
handed over to the a: counting ollicers of
he Commonwealth, as A matter of course,
y the Banks," _
The following correspoudence c'orrobe•
rates the whole, so far as the U. S. rank
is concerned, and shows to, that the state
ment is true.
Harrisburg, Nov. 9, 1839.
Thomas Dunlap, Esq. Prest. of the U. S
Bank
Stn—A charge being promulgated thro'
the public press that the late Governor of
this Commonwealth, (Joseph Ritner) has
embezzled $64,250, of the money mag
nanimously furnished by the Bank of the
United States and the Harrishug Bank,
to repair the damage that was done to the
Juniata Division of the Pennsylvania Ca
nal, by a destructive Hood in June, 1838,
I take the liberty to ask of the institution
over which yon preside, the following in
formation, to wit:
What is the amount of the loan made
to the late Executive in June, 1838, for
the purpose above mentioned? The dates
of the drafts drawn by the late Executive
on said account? 'l•he amount paid on
each—and the amount retained by the
Bank as discount upon the sum originally
loaned?
An early attention to the wiSlun request
will much oblige yours..
°Wt. Servant,
I'HEO. FENN
[REPLY.]
"Dr. The Commonwealth of Penasylvania
To the Bank of the United states.
For moneys advanced to the Common-
wealth on the checks on the Govei nor,
viz: For Canal repairs, all of which were
drawn 1959, in favor of J. Steel Super
intendPnt.
July 27. To cash paid Gov.
Ritner's check dated 25
---
July. $
50,000 00
Oct. 2. " " 28 Sept. 26,000 00
29 " 50,000 00
29 " " 26 Oct. 50,000 00
" " " 53,000 00
Dec. 2, " " 1 Dec. 42,000 00
eg71,000 00
Bank of the United States
Nov. 18th, 1 8 39. 5
Tim°. FENN, Esq. Harrisburg.
SIR-11l reply to your inquiries in your
favor of the 9th at hand this morning, I
prefix a statement of all the drafts allu
ded to as paid by this Bank for the re=
pairs of the breach on the Juniata division
of the Pennsylvania Canal by the flood of
June 1838, with the dates of the drafts
and dates of payment. Nothing was re ,
tained by the Bank as discount; the
whole drafts were paid and remain, to
gether with the interest, now due to the
Bank. '
Very Respectfully,
Yours, &c.,
T. DUNLAP, ['lest.
Thus, then, is the falsenood nailed to
the counter, and the consummate knave
ry of the parties who have given currency
to it, exposed. With the official record.
in thee• own hands, where they might ens
see that they were in error, if they
desired. They have been guilty of co in
ing falsehood out of the raw material—
they have done it to decieve the people—
they have done it to draw the indignation
of the people from the robbers who now
infest every department of the State Go
vernment—they have done it in the vain
hope that the gaze of the public would fo r
one moment be attracted from the FRAU
DALENT INSOLVENT, to some new
novelty--they have done it, if possible,
to leave one shade, for there was no other
upon the character of Joseph Ritner'ii
Administration.
The State was robbed,—nye plundered?
in open day, and the robber and the peo
ple's guardian of their treasure walked.
hand in hand--devising new plans to en
rich theinselves, or seeking new fields to
guard and destroy. Under George Wolf.
thousands on thousands of the money,
wrung in tin t day by a "DIRECT TAX,'►'
was scattered among the venal and cor
rupt, and tne State to this day, never ma-.
lized a dollar from all the sorities.
How different under Ritner. There'
has been no defalcation. of any officer under
Ritner, that has come to our knowledge;
Every officer guarded the people's money
as they did their own; and sods gave a'
faithful account of his stewardship.
A new era dawned upon the doomed:
State. Loco Foco misrule rose once
more in the ascendantr• and but one year
of the three has passed, and we hear that
same party have already commenced their
old trade. forty thousand dollars of th e .
people's funds has already been lose in.
one of the 'dog-keeper's" pocket. The -
Collector at Fairmount, has litid the taxes
of the people in the "Faro Bank," for
safe keeping. I t has gone where the peo•
pie never will find it. There may be, and'
undoubtedly are, dozens if not hundreds ,
of like plunderers in the State, though to•
less amounts. 't heir defalcations will on
be made known when they go out of ,
office. ft was so when Wolf left the
chair, and will be far worse when the
present incumbent withdraws. With less
honesty himself than Wolf, he is satisfied
with far less in his associates, or officers.
The defalcation of Joseph Ritnor, is
noW put at rest; and we shall hold that
man, not merely a political falsefier, but a
wicked, intentional, and ticioui liar, who
tvill reiterate a cilorge, that has not even
I"probable cause" to justify it; and we
(shall look upon that editor, wlro has given,
publicity to the charge, yet n'2t 'cor
rect the error, as more fit-to scatter the
libidinous publicatimii (which emanate
from the lithographi press of France),
among the licentious in the purlieus of
Paris, than to be the conductor of a print
in a land of freedom, where the purity and
freedom of the press is the safeguard of
the people.
A GOOD JOKE was played off on the
poor Locos in Albany, after the news of
, the State election had been received,—
The citizens were aroused from their
slumbers, by the startling cry of fire! fire!
fire! On turning out, a huge ball of fire
was seen rolling down State street, bear
ing the inscription, "The Empire SW.
has stopped this Ball."
AN UNDUTIFUL SON.--Mr. Seth Spra
gue, jr. (Whig) was the candidate for
Senate in Mass., against his father, Seth
Sprague, sen. (Loco). The result is, that
the son has given the old man a good boa_
!lag.
A gentleman travelling from the west.
was robbed at Harrisburg, of $1,900 in
specie. Some of the crew of the boat was
suspected, and apprehended.
Texas has negotiated a loan in Eng
land, of five millions of dollars, at 8 per
cent., payable yearly, and redeemable in
thirty years.
The New York Canals have closed for
the season.