LIST OF LETTERS remaning in the 01`1•, tab SCI'S to tl.. G.,t1.,1 1' , Nt OtEr.• 'IS k] .:. ', t tCr, ill Cl.:, ni• 1.:, t.:111 tub ilat,'. Chilcott Ile,jlmin Mirtir, A foirew Coder,Simou M,•lsit. It, ti rt Cinch Mary M.,,re Wi di ,ni Esq. Dougherty John McDivit lgtiii, in Ewing Thins Mi,ruhigstar %dam Emly Anthony H. *Nusbaum Victor Eisen Josiah Orlady Martin Fink Jonathan Pollitt Samuel Goleker William Patterson Mary Goss WgAnn Rosseseler Rowlen Hinkle Philip Robison Joseph ilik Houseboiikr Reim ind George Heifner Peter , Rumbaugh Wm. M. Holmes heriiy .. . Shriner Daniel M. Huyett Jacob G. Shaver Catherine Hi..tfield Mr. Snow J cob Homes James F.sq. Stees Charles Hay Inn, & Elizabeth Shannon George Joseph Jones Sweeny George Kendig John 2 Stils R. & T. Kinsm, n John Smith Simon Kyler George Smith Andrew Lyons Mary 2 Williams Wm. Esq, Malone John Wray Dougl.lll3 McFadden David Wallus Miller Maher Patrick NVilliamson Jane Wharton S S. Esq. 1. DORL AND, P. M. April 1, 1841. LIST OF LETTERS remaining in, the Post Office :At Alexandria, Ist ofl April, 1841. Kurtz Jacob Armstrong Thomas Murrells Andrew Bucket Frederick Myers John Brown Robert Miller John Barr William McCoy William Bisben John Murrells Robert Bucher Conrod Murrells William Burk William Oldham Isaac Brown Lenh Patterson Carens Corter Philip Piper Philip Cresswell Robert' Porter John 3 Dearmit Barnabas Riley Richard Davidson Jane no Spvker Samuel Davis Benjamin Smith George H. Everett Alexander Shorter Thomas Earl John Dmiel S on David Feighthom Augustus an John Gilliland James • Peter Grove Jacob Woods• Catharine Mr, Hurrancane Jacob Wike E. W. Johnstown Al , x'r. Wilson Rnlyert CHARLES PORTER, P. M. Alexandria, April 1, 1841. LIST OF LETTERS remaining in ' the Post Office at Mill Creek, on tli Ist of April, 1141. Lane James Ash Mary J. Miss Long John Concubine Henry Metz John Esq. Collenhine Abraham Numer John Dell Archibald Nippes Daniel Gray William Rybolt Tobias Hampsnn Miller 3. Rupert Samuel Hawn Mrg't T Miss Taylor John J. Jones M. Waddle Mary A Miss Jones Enos M. Wr.,y Douglas R. PLOWMAN, P. M. April 1,1841. Hvehleios Cheap Hardware' Establishment, 0. 9, Nr , rth sth St. a few doors from Ma-ket St., where he off.•rs for sale, BUEHLER'S C.ELEBRA*I & WAR RANTED CRADLING. AND GRASS SCY rHES. Also warranted 1 - I,y and Ma nure Forks, Steel Hoes, &c., with a general „assortment of Hardeare and Nails, which he offers low far cash or credit, to country mer chants. Philadelphia, April 7, 1841. PORT AGE IRON WORKS. AND ?fan ffactovv, JOHN BINGHAM and GEORGE W. M'• l Bann having associated themselves will) M'Namar & Royer, in the Portage Iron Works, situate at nuneansville, Hunting. don county, Pa. for the manufacture of IltON, NAILS AND SPIKES and doing a general business, inform the Public that the business will be conduc ted under the grin of M'Bride, Royer, Bingham &Co., who would be thankful to their friends and the Public for all favors. All description of Iron, Nails & Spikes! se the best Juniata, kept constantly oil hand. Merchants and others can he supplier to any extent un the most advantageou, ter ms. For the benefit of the public, produce l generally as well as GEN. W. A IRRISON. It is with feelings of niore than ()Mina., I ry sorrow that, we inform our,readers, that past night's mail brought the distressing' 'intelligence, that General Harrison is 'nil Imore. His career of earthly honor closed on Saturday night at about 12 o'clock. What a National calamity He that `snatched so loved and so honored in life to be Isnatched away from a confiding people ( ere his glorious task was begun,—cut oft when that people seemed to be leaning upon him as the sheet anchor of their hope to preserve our National honor and glory. An over ruling Providence has so diree• i ted, and it is our duty to bow in subinis• 'sion to that will, without a murmur; for it is written, the "Lord gave and the Lord bath taken away, DISSOLUTION. ) Much loved, and much regretted sol dier and civillian,—Rest thee. Earth THE Co-partnership heretofor exis. * knew no brighter honoi s than were thine; ling under the firm of Carman & and the world of spirits can find no brigh- Yocum in the Blacksmith business, was this day dissolved by mutual consent. iter jewels in her casket. Rest thee. The business will hereafter be conduc- 7' With the heroes of other days shall thy ted by James Yocum. q name be lung remembered and revered. The Books are in the hands of R. Car- Our space will not allow us to extend mou• R. cißmoN. .our remarks any farther, although we feel s ts, 8. YOCOM, as if we could write for hourson this pain Alixaailria March 31, 1841. ful flaws. JPIGIROA .1.11 11 BLOOJ►IS will be taken in exchange and cash wi nut be refused. Being situated immediately on the Par, tage Rail Road, all orders from the East or West, North or South, will be prompt ly attended to. THOS. MiNAMARA, SAMUEL ROYER, JOHN BINGHAM, GEO. it. M'BRIDE, Portage Iron Works, March 24 1841 trriaving sold out half of the shovel establishment to John Bingham & Geo. itrJ M'Britle, we thankful to the punk Fori past favours, and respectfully request the; ountinuance of the patronage of the pub., lie to the establishment. M'N.4IIIARA ¢ ROYEI?. ,TI - 1 1E JORjigN AL.' Or, country ,one Co7lBlii Ulloll one dc,tin bizzatingtioia, April 7. 1 S4l. Democratic Candidate FOR GOVERNOR, JOHN BANKS, OF BERYS COUNI,r, Democratic County Meeting. All who are opposed to the re election . of David R. Porter, are requested to mee• at the CuuPt house, in Huntingdon, oh Wednesday evening the 14th of Aprii, to respond to the nomination of JOIE\ BANKS, of Berks county, for Governor+ and agreeably to the recommendation of the Convention, to appoint Committee, of vigilance for the several townships and Boroughs, and a Committee of Corres• pondence for the county in the place of ihe present one, the members of which, thankful for the honor of the appointment respectfully resign thier trust to the hand, of their fellow citizens. By the County Committee. DAVID BLAIR. Chairman. - - IN EARNEST. It is now nearly six years, since wel commenced the publication of the" Jour, nal ;" and during that time, we have wai ted long and patiently on many of our professed friends to pay us the little mount duesfor subscription, advertising.l .S.c. We have waited until patience has ceased to be a virtue. We shall wait no' longer; and such of oar patrons as know themselves to be indebted to us for three, four, five, and six years, may rest assured that their accounts will be placed in 'the hands of the law for collection, immedi ately after the April court. By perseve rance in the way of begging, and by the punctuality of many of our real friends, we have been allowed to slip quietly along; but now the time is coining when we must have some of the money due us. 1 TlLre-i3 no more certain method, where• by tribreek down a paper, than by sub scribing and never paying for it. hired writers, nor the threats of men in power, 'nor their purchased bullies, can ever make a successful effort to silence an in-I dependent and fearless press • while the nsidious assaults of pretended friends, in the shape of apparent support, must crush it to the earth. To our real friends, we return the thanks of a grateful heart. To patrons, without pay, we respectfully, but firmly say, that their accounts will be made out, fur settlement, at the coming court—ill then unsettled, as the old man in the fa-! We said, we shall try what virtue there iaJ in farce. A ~.r DEATH OF Borough - Elleclii It will be recollected by many of our readers, that at 'the last election for offi - cers in our town,the people dissatisfied at' the conduct ot some of the great men in ~: our town and state, in order to express' • that dissatisfaction, conferred the dignified t- station at Ho; Constable upon one of the Governot's particular friends,—one who had stepped into the office front which A. IH. Hirst was removed, without any cause, except his unwillingness to be the pimp if some of the dolts and knaves of the party. 'lbis year, in w der to try their strength, the partisans of Mr. Porter thought to .:onfer the seine honor on Mr. Ilir,t ; or perhaps as they thought, disgrace hiin.- 1 No little drilling, and an equal quantity' s)r lying, was practiced, to induce their whole force to vote for 1014 t. The elec :ion was held, and Iv! the Locos well neaten in their project, by 39 votes. Nor is this the whole of the joke. Con iident that they could have a glorious tri umph to publish to the world, relative t i the election, they secretly got up a ticket for burgess and town council, and went to work with a determination to beat the coon-skin, and anti-Porter boys to death, sod be enabled to say that they knew Mr. Porter. On the morning of the election,, however, the people 6 , ,up a ticket, to ir tell them that, if a o . was to be had tin the merits of Pa r char acter and administration, they were ready. Belem we give the result; and it tells in a lan gunge not to be mistaken, that Porterisn , is on the wane--is in fact defunct. It is in fact a triumph the friends of order had hardly anticipated. This once strong hold of Porter has yielded at last to the force of truth ; and what is most anoying, is that a number ot those on the ticket, are dignified by their own party by that ever m i di phrase—"recreants." I Look at the result, d you will see an example of what old HUntin g don will du' in October. Every loan run by the oppo. 'Dents of ter was elected, as will be seen. COUNCIL. Irvin Horr 124 Geo. Black 52 W.S. Hildebraod 79 Levi Westbrook 31 Chris. Colestock 80 Geo. Jackson 51 David 'Blair 77 David Snyder 55 Henry Glazier 78 C. Coots 51, ,Jos. Nightwine 75 Wm. Ward 56 'Thomas Read 72 BURG, SS. 86 John Simpson 64 m. 82 Jacob Nlillea 56 Wiles Steel 81 John Glazier 51 George Taylor was elected just as easy.' The New Judge. Itis with no little satisfaction, that wel announce to the citizens of this district,' I thathe Governor has appointed George W. ood ward, of Luzerne county, to fill the ! ! place of lion. Thomas Burnside. We feel astonished, as well as rejoiced ; because we had no idea that Mr. Porter, judging from his appointments heretofore, could by any possible chance make a se lection, which we believe would be so ac- I ceptable to the people. I Mr. Woodward was a member of the Convention, that altered our Constitution. Ile was much respected and esteemed, as one of the ablest young men in that body; and as having few equals of any age. We its corteous and pleasing in his manners, land we believe a ripe scholar, and an able ilawyer. We hope his appointment will !lie confirmed. ANOTHER.VETO!!!! Our very wise, and infallible Governor, has again vetoed the Bill for settling the accounts of the "Big Break." lie is still harping upon the misuse of the funds, and avows his intention of never signing any bill to close that concern, unless it shall be such a one as his superior wisdom, and established integroi, shall desire and to be in ac-cordance with the mistatement, and falsehoods of his twin brother in char acter and conduct. the Venango County l'reasurer, G. R Evy. The great economy of the course of the Governor, can easily be calculated. During the session of 1858-9,a bill was passed, authorising a loan of $380,000 to pay off the previous loan, made to repair I the break; and the money was obtained, but the Governor refused to pay it over. Consequently the State is paying double interest for that sum, one half of which is ra dead loss to the State; which, at 5 per cent., will make at the end of the present year, the very snug little sum of FORTY EIGHT THOUSAND DOLLA RS,which goes to swell the amount of State debt.— Then let us add to this, the loss of time by the Legislature, in passing three dif ferent times a bill to settle that affair. and [about $15,000 for the expense of Espy's investigation, and you will see that abri' SEVENTY THOUSAND DOLINIR has been thrown away. F rom the party character which the i passage of these bills assumed, it is a very moderate calculation to presume that not lees than one week was consumed by the Legislature in the passag. , e of ench, and the debate, and the vote after the veto, which would be three weeks, or twenty one days, which has been con.umed to no pur pose, because David Rittenhouse Porter , s more wise than the Legislature. Now, the cost of each day of the Legislature is ihoJt 8500, which makes another very snug little Ural of ten thousand foe hun dred dollars, which is added to the State leht, nod to be paid by TAXATION! And this, fell the rely idminis' crate! 'our my' es again , n °ppm , housagi hey hay 1 at Chet will you isan, at Belo. tor Ge people'' of Mr. Fritz, w of sii 111, in robbing the state of nearly fort y-sev. en thousand dollars, and althougt , t is now a year and a half, yet the part 'n power allow him to roam at large, ant' 'molested. Neither have they attempt. 1 to secure the money from his aecuri• .ies. Is it not a little strange that the same tarty who instituted suits against Stone ',raker, Fenton, and Chapman, for having when foremen on the "big break," stole! , ham, a lot of soap grease, a pound of •offee, and two pounds of sugar—and fur paying some of the hands 25 or 50 cents• more than they earned, or for some equal. ly grave charges, not one word of which could they prove,—ls it not strange, we say, that they now do not endeavor to se cure this large amount stolen, when ever they themselves, and the guilty agent ad• mit that it was taken? Has our little Doc , or lost all the riigue catching energies he possessed, when he had his laqueys run ning about our county, to hunt the fraud, on the big break? Poor fellow! lie now says he knows nothing about Fritz's con• reins, for the papers are all in the hand, of this miraculous man, 0. F. Johnson.— When he came here, we were certain that there were rogues about, and having the old adage of "set a rogue, te.," in out mind, we felt assured that he would run the track with as much certainty as an old beagle; and then, too, his perfect knowl edge of the article when found, made us think that honest Davy had a sure thing on the ham hooking varlets;—but it so turned out that they did what he would not, "took to the water," and pat the wor thy "at fault." Be that as it may, the Venango Treasurer gave up the hunt, and went back to Harrisburg, satisfied that if we had bad men in our county, that as a set off, we hail good liquor. On the 29th March, the Auditor Gen eral sent in another communication, sta ting that Thomas Weaver, and Henry Sprigman, were Fritz's securities, and that is all he knows about the matter,— We, however, have no copy of it. AUDITOR GENERAL'S OFFICE, March 26, 1841. JOHN 11. Elm:a, Esq. Speaker of the Se ❑ate: Stn:—ln answer to a Resolution of the Senate of this date, requesting the Audi tor General to inform the Senate whether the returns and accounts of Frederick Fritz, late Collector of Tolls on the Co lumbia Railroad, have been duly made and settled at his office; if settled, whether any, and if any, what balance stands char ged on the Books of said office to the ac• count of the said Frederick ; when the same occurred, and whether any, and if any, what steps have been taken towards its recovery by course of law. And in either of the said contingencies, if no re. turn, no settlement, or an ascertained ba lance outstanding against the said Collec tor, without any steps taken for its recov ery, then further to inform the Senate, whether he has at any time heretofore made any report of the same, together with the reasons therefor, to this Legisla. ture,' I have the honor to state that the returns and accounts of the said Fritz, made by him and from the books of his office, alter his removal, exhibited a bal. ance due to the Commonwealth of $46,- 1 670 21. Mr. Fritz was removed on the iloth of October, 1859, and arrested anti held to bail the same day at the suit of the Commonwealth, which suit is still fling in the District,Court or the city nor , a , t h ey ~,,y .., 'ober Stst 1840, and by ,him transmitted for ti e year rrdirg Oc county of Philadelphia. ciao, Iti i lu i, r . t c l , i . e t r a dr t e is s ‘ p ‘ e e c r t respectfully the s l iysay t , ti t i l l ,:a fes tllhoalvue 11, to the Legislature, with acommunication not at any time since the defalcation has saying it is for the year ending 31st Octo— Amen known, made any retort whatever bee, 1840, it will be seen that James Cam_ ionthe subject to the Legislature . reron in his report of the condition of the I am, very respectfully, &c. 6EO. R. Esl'Y, .Colombia Rail Road, states definitely Auditor General. that .. !Imre is now as tn:Ty Le seen by refer ence to the tabie tor that purpose, 38 en gines,h either in comp* order or can be rrondo so at a trifling expense. Tlns nuns. bee will be quite sufficient FOR ALL THE BUSINESS of the coming year." Yet in the face of this on - the 801 day of November, eight days after they were of• ficially informed that there were engines enough, they passed a resolution of the Sonnttbing Strange. We call the attention of our readers; as well as the honest men of all parties,l to the foll4ng strange disclosures. It will be.riMbered that the Bells couh ty Bank, a year or two since loaned to l the State $200,000, and that our then Senator, Jas. M. Bell Esq• made an of tort to have the money thus loaned to the, state secured, knowinz that the Bank ONLY FOURTEEN THOUSAND dol lars; and that SIXTY TaUSAND has been paid out on an order 0. F. John son, and the checks of Messrs Dottexer and Co. of Reading. A previous resolution had also passed by the Legislature, calling up e pres ent canal commissioners, rma don as to all the eireumceder which the 1160,000 Were by the said Bank." The Board replied to the resolution in the following expi essive lan page; and certainly not easily misunder stood. "The Canal Commissioners HAVE NEVER URA WN the sum of sixty thou cind dollars from the Berks county Bank, NOR ANY PART OF IT, nor have they in any way interfered with the du ties of the Treasury of the Canal Com missioners upon 'whose drafts ALONE dl money appropriated to the public Lyn!. is drawn from the Bank wherever it mat• be deposited." We publish also, the Canal Commis•, stoners' answer to the resolution, alluded' to, and it can easily be seen whether we misquote their words. Now we just larth all honest men tr•. examine the documents with care, and without partiality; and see if there is note plain and palpable falsehood some where. If the statement of the President of the Bank be true, then is that of the Canal Board untrue; and if theirs be true thee is the other false. One thing, however, is certain, if the money has been paid on the order of Porter's Attorney, Johnson, that order is in existence, and will prove the falsity of the assertions of the Canal Board. Again, if the Canal Bo trd did contract as they say they did, with Dotterel. & Co• to furnish eight engines, and the contract was made conditionally that they take the perks county funds, and that in accor•' dance with that contract they placed the contract in the said B ink, we cannot be-, lieve that they were not placed there for to draw upon, in such amounts and at such time as they pleased, and if so, that Board knew that it was a virtual draw ing the money from the Bank, and there fore they arc clearly guilty not only of an attempt to decteve, but of a direct viola. tion of truth. Again, if the statement of the Presi dent of the Bank be true, as to the order of 0. F. Johnson, saying that he acted .'FOR AND IN BEHALF OF the board of the Canal Commissionera." Then it is equally certain that either Johnson stated a falsehood in saying so. or that the Canal Board are guilty of same thing, when they say that money is drawn from the Banks ALONE on the drafts of the Treasurer. Look at the matter in any position, and some of the worthy politicians must come in for the honor of being wilful and wicked falsefi erg. There is one more feature in the mat ter to which we will call attention. The fibcal year of the public Improvements ends on the 31st October; and the reports of superintendents are presumed to in elude but one year, commencing at that date. Fly a reference to the Canal Com• mtssioner's Report, made to the Gover- t of this -state against the Berks County Bank, ind any correspondence he has had with said bank, on the subject of said account." respectfully reply that the amount re maining in the !Jerks County Bank, to the credit of the Treasurer of the Board •if Canal Commissioners, I , s wows EV THE BOOKS OP TIM DEPARTMENT, IS WA, 52907. This amount was transferred to meal Treasurer of the Board, by my pre lecessor, as constituting part of $lO7, 483 91 remaining , n the Canal Treasury when I came into office. Sometime since addressed a letter to the President of the Berks County Bank, requesting infor mation as to the probable tune when the Bank would be able to [llea the amount due the Commonwealth, or anyAart there of to which I received an ID. a copy ,hich marked A, is hernial!: transmit- re the honor to be, Your Wt. servant, JOHN GILMORE, State Treasurer. fmtnlnunc, March stb, A. D. 1841 gILMORE, Esq., Slate Treasurer: ,„„ SIR:—You stated in your letter o me, that the State has in deposit in the lierks County Bank the amount of 74,• 629 77. 1 caw you at your office yester• day, and explained to you that the actual balance due from the said Bank to the. Slate is only 14,629 77; but before we parted you requested me to give you a statement in writing of the situation of the accouuts and transactions between the board of Canal Commissioners and ihe said bank. The said $74,629 77 was on the books of said bank, placed to the credit of the 'treasurer of the Board of Canal Commis shiners. Afterwards the said bank be came embarrassed in its circumstances, ind the whole or larger part of said ino• ;ley was in danger of being lost to the State, and the Board of Canal Commis sioner believing that the interests of the State required that said amount, or as !ouch of it as possible; should be secured to the Stale, entered into a written con tract with Davis 11. Dotterer & Co.. by which said Dotterer &co. agreed to make .mod deliver, for the use of the State eight locomotive engines for $7,500 each,, mounting together to $60,000, and fort payment of said amount they were ttO look to the Berks county Batik. Said contracts of the Canal Commissioners,) with D. H. Dotter & Co., were placed in the possession of the said bank; and in consequence of said contracts and agree ment, anti by virtue of a resolution of the Board of Directors of said Bank, the ;aid sum of $60,00 was charged to the Board of Canal Commissioners, and pla; ced lo the credit of D. If. Dotterer & Co., and the same has been paid to said D. H. Dotterer & Co , as follows: The sum of $11,887, part of said $60,000, was paid to said' firm in cash by said bank, arc THE ORDER OF 0. F. JOHNSON Esq, wtra AOTED FOR AND IN BEHALF OF TIME SAID BOARD OF CANAL COMMISSIONERS, and the balance of said $60,000 has been paid to them by •,checks drawn on said bank, and by transferring to them notes and securities which the bank held against different individuals, with the exception of a few thousand (fellers which still re-, main on deposite to the credit of said Do serer & Co. Messrs. Dotterer ¢Cs im mediatnly proceeded to the fulfilment o the said contract on their part, anti I un tlerstand they are busily , engaged in pre paring engines for the State. It is du to the present Board of Directors to stet that said 'contracts and arrangements ha been fully made and carried into effec before the said bank came into their hand and that they never would have consen ted to take the bank into their hands i n they Lave the they du . called )eople's to thus to give and we h wicF•- 'A . , res, Itinn of westing cute to
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