vrs, thereby preserving a just balance be.
tween the powers granted to this Govern•
meet and those reserved to the states and
to the people.
From the report of the Secretary of the
Treasury, you will perceive that the fis
cal means present and accruing are insuf
ficient to supply the wants of the Govein-I
ment fir the current year. The balance.,
in the Treasury on the fourth day of
March last, not covered with outstanding
drafts, and exclusive of trust funds, is es
timated at $860,000. This includes the
sum of $215,000 deposited in the Mint
and its branches tr procure metal for coin
ing and in process of coinage, and which
could not be withdrawn without inconve•
oience; thus leaving subject to draft in
the various depositories the sum of 845,-
000. By virtue of two several acts of
Congress, the Secretary of the Treasury
was authorized to issue, on and after the
fourth day of March last, Treasury notes
to the amount of $5,413„000, making an
aggregate available fund of $6,058,000 on
hand.
Rat this fund was chargeable with out.
stanking Treasury notes redeemable in
the current year and interest thereon to
the estimated amount of five million two
hundred :and eighty thousand dollars.
There is also thrown upon the Treasury
the payment of a large amount of demands
accrued in wholr or in part of former
years, which will exhaust the available
means of the Treasury and leaving the ac
cruing revenue, reduced as it 14 in a•
mount, burdened with debt and charged
with the current expenses of the Govern
ment. The aggregate amount of outstan
ding appropriations on the 4th day of
March last was $33,429,61610, of which
$24,210,000 will be required during the,
current year; and there will also be re
quired for the use of the War Department
additional appropriations to the amount
of two million five hundred and eleven
thousand one hundred and thirty-two dol-,
lars and ninety-eight emits, the special
objects of which will be seen by a refer-1
ence to the report 01 the Secretary of
Wet.
The anticipated means of the Treasu•
ry are great.; inadequate to this demand.
The receipts from customs for the last,
three quarters of the last year, and the
first quarter of the present year, moan.
ted to $ i 2,100,000; the receipts fur lands
fur the same time to $2,742,450; showing
on average revenue from both sources of
$1,136,870 per month. A gradual expan
sion of trade, growing out of a restoration
of confidence, together with a reduction
of the expenses of collecting, and panctu•
ality on the part of the collecting officers,
way cause an addition to the monthly re
ceipts from the customs. They are csti.
mated for the residue of the year from the
fourth of March at $12,000,000; the re.
ceipts from the public lands for the same .
time are estimated at 82,500,000; and
from miscellaneous sources at e170,000;'
making au aggregate of available fund
within the year of $14,670,000; which will
loave a probable deficit of $11,406,132.
93. To meet this, some temporary pro.
vision is necessary, until the amount can
be atismlied by the excess of the revenues
which are anticipated to aceine at nu dis
tant day.
'lliere will fall due within she next three
Treafury notes of the issue of
13.10, including interest, about $2,850.-
090. There is chargeable in the same pe•
rind fur arrearages for taking the sixth
census $294,000; and the estimated ex
penditures for the current service are a.
bout $9,100,000, making the aggregate de
inands upon the Treasury, prior to the
first of September next, about $11,340.-
000.
The ways and means in the Treasury,
and estimated to accrue within the above
named period, consists of about 41694,-
000, of funds available on the 28th ulti
ino;an unissued balance of Treasury notes
authorised by the act of 1841 amounting
to $1,955,000, and estimated receipts
from all sources of 5,800,000 dollars, ma
king an aggreg.ate of about 86,450,000,
and leavinga probable deficit on the Ist
of September neat of 54,840,000.
/a order to supplyfthe wants of the Gov
ernment, au hatelligeat constituency, in
vie* of their best interests, will without
hesitation, submit to all necessary bur.
dens. But it is nevertheless important
so to impose them as to avoid defeating
the just expectations of the country, grow
lug out of pre existing laws. The act of
the 21 March, 1833, cimmonly called the
compromise act, should not be altered ex
cept under urgent necessities, which are
not believed at this time to exist. One
year only remains to complete the series
of reductions provided for by the law, at
which time provisions made by the same
law, and which then will be brought ac
tively in aid of the manufacturing inter
ests of the Union, will not fail to produce
the must beneficial results. Under a sys
tem of discriminating duties imposed for
purposes of revenue, in unsion with provi
sions of existing laws, it is to be hoped
that our policy will, in the future. be fixed
and permanent, so as to avoid those fluctu
ntions which defeat the very otjects they
have in view. }Ve shall thus best main•
tain a position, which while it will enable
us the inure readily to meet the advan
ces of other countries calculated to pro
mote our trade and commerce, wil lat
the same time leave in our own hands
the means of retailing with great effect
unjust regulations.
In intimate connection with the ques
tion of revenue, is that which makes pro.
visions for a suitable fiscal agent, capa
ble of adding increased facilities in the
collection and disbursement of the public
revenuer, fewleritt3 more secure their,
( custody, and consulting a true economy
in the great multiplied and delicate ore- i
rations of the Treasury Department—Up
l on such an agent depends in an eminent
'degree, the establisbment of a currency
of uniform value which is oleo great im
portance to all the essential interests of
society; and on the wisdom to be mani
ested m its creation, much depends. So
intimately interwoven are its operations,
not only with the interests of individuals, I
but those of the States, that it may be re
'graded as controlling both. If paper be
used as the chief medium of circulation,
and the grower be vested in the Govern
ment of issuing it at pleasure, either in
the form of Treasury drafts or any other,
or if banks be used as the public deposi
tories, with liberty to regard all surplus
see from clay to day as so muzh added to
their aative capital, prices are exposed to
constant fluctuations, and industry to se
vere suffering. In the one case, political
considerations, directed to party purpo
ses may control, while excessive cupidity
may prevail in the other. The public is
thus constantly liable to imposition. Ex
pansions and contractions may follow
each other in rapid succession, the one
engendered a reckless spirit of alventure
and speculation, which embarces States
as well as individuals; the other causing
a fall in prices, and accomplishing an en•
tire change in thr aspect of affairs. Stocks
of all kinds rapidly decline, individuals
are ruined, and States embarrassed even
in the efforts to meet with punctuality the
interest on their debts. Such, unhappi
ly, is the state of things now existing in
the United States. These effects may
' rapidly be traced to the causes above re.
fcrred to. The public revenues, on be
ing removed from the bank of the United
States, under an order of the late Presi
dent, were placed in select State banks,
which actuated by the double motive of
conciliationg the Government, and aug
menting their profits to the greatest pos•
sible extent, eularged extravagantly their
discounts, thus enabling all other exis
ting ban!:° to do the same. Large devi
den& teem declared, which, stimulating
the cupidity of capitalists, caused a rush
to be made to the Legislatilrei of the re
spective states for similar acts of incor
poration, which by many of the states, un
der a tempoeary infatuation, were readily
granted, and thus the augmentation of
the circulating medium, consisting almost
exclusively of paper, prottieed fl most
fafal delusion. An illustration del ived
from the land sales of the period alluded
i to, v ill serve best to show the effect of
the period alluded to, will serve best to
, show the effect of the whole system. The
average sales of the public lands, for a pe
riod of ten years prior to 1834, had not
much exceeded $2,000,000 per annum.
In 1834 they attained, in round numbers.
to the omount 0146,000,000. In the sue
ceerrng year of 1835 they reached BEI6-
000,000. And the next year of 1836,
they emounted to the enormous sum of
025,000,000. Thus crowding in the short
s i nce of three years, upwards of twenty
three years' purchase of the public do
main. So apparent had become the ne
cessity of arresting this course of things,
that the Executive Department assumed
the highly vuestionable power of discrim
inating in the funds to be used in pay
in eat of different classes of public debt-,
ors—a discrimination which was doubt
less designed to correct this most ruin
, ous state of things by the exaction of
specie in all payments for the public
lands, but which could not arrest the
tide which had so strongly set in. Hence
the demands for specie became unceas
ing, and corresponding postration rapidly
ensued under the necessities created
with the banks to curtail their discounts,
and thereby to reduce their circulation.
recur to these things with no disposition
to censure pre-existing administration of
the Government, but simply in exempli
fication of the truth of the position which
I have assumed.
If then, any fiscal agent which may be
pliced, without due restrictions, either in
the hands of the administrators of the
Government or those of private individu
als, the temptation to abuse will prove to
be resistless. Objects of political aggran
dizement may seduce the first, and the
promptin.s of a boundless cupidity will
assail the last . Aided by the experience
of the past, it will be the pleasure of Con.
gress so to guard and fortify the public
interests, in the creation of any new a
gent, as to place them, so far as human
wisdom cao accomplish it, on a footing of
perfect security. Within a few years
past. Three difterent schemes have been
before the country. The charter of the
Bank of the United States expired by its
own limitations in 1836. An effort was
made to renew it, which received the
sanction of the two Houses of Congress,
but the then President of the United
States exercised his veto power, and the
measure was defeated. A regard to truth
requires me to say that the President was
fully sustained in the course he had taken
by the popular voice. His successor in
the Chair of State unquallifiedly pro
neunced his opposition to any new charter
of a similar institution• '
and not only the
popular election which brought him into
power, but the elections through much of
his term, seemed clearly to indicate a con
currence with him in sentiment on the
part of the people.
.
• .
After the public money were withdrawn
from the United States Bank, they were
placed in deposite with the state banks,'
and the result of that policy has been be
fore the country. To say nothing as to
the question whether that experiment was
made under propitious or adverse circuit)•
stances, ft may safely be asserted that it
did receive the unquallified condemna
ion of most of its early advocates, and it
believed was also condemned by the
popular sentiment. The existing sub-
Treasury system does not seem to stand
n higher favor with the people, but has
recently been condemned in a manner too
plainly indicated to admit of a doubt.
Thus, in the short period of eight years,
the popular voice may be regarded as
having successively condemned each of
die three schemes of finance to which 1
have adverted. As to the first it was in
troduced at a time (1816) when the State
banks, then comparatively few in number,
had been forced to suspend specie p
ments, by reason of the war which had
previously prevailed with Great Britain.
—Whether, if the United States Bank
charter which expired in 1811 had been
renewed in due season, it would have
been enabled to continue specie payments
during the war and the disastrous period
to the commerce of the country which im
mediately succeeded, is, to say the least,
problematical ; and whether the United
States Bank of 1816, produced a reitera
tion of specie payments, or the same was
accomplished through the instrumentality
of other means, was a matter of some dif
ficulty at that time to determine. Certain
it is that, for the first years of the opera
tion of that Bank, its course was as disas
trous as for the greater part of its subse
quent career it became emminently sue •
cessful. As to the second, the experi
ment was tried with a redundant Tree •
sury, which continued to increase until it
seemed to be the part of wisdom to dis
tribute the surplus revenue among the
States, which, operatiug at the same time
with the specie circular, and the causes
before adverted to, caused them to sus
pend specie payments, and involved the
country in the greatest embarrassment.
And, as to the third, if carried through ell
'he stages of its transmutation, from pa
per and specie to nothing but the preci
ous metals, to say nothing of the insecu
ity of the public in coneys, its injurious ef
cishave barn Anticipated by the country
lerits unqualified condemnation.—
What 'is now to be regaldell as the
rent of the American peopla on this
wlic. e subject, I have no accurate means of
&teeming but by appealing t* their mo.e
immediate representatives. The late con
test which terminated in the electicn of
Gen. Harrison to the Presidency, was de
cided on principles well known and open
'', ( 6 c :in:l; and, while ti e Sub-Treasu
r'y received in the result the post 'todded
condemnation, yet no other schemi el fi
nance seemed to have been concurred in.
To pou, then, who have come more di
rectly from the body of our common con.
stituents, I submit the entire question, as
best qualified to give a full exposition of
their wishes and opinions. I shall be
ready to concur with you in the adoption
of such system as you may propose, re
serving to myself the ultimate power of
rejecting any measure which may in my
view of it conflict with the Constitution
or otherwise jeopard the propriety( of the
country; a power which 1 could iot part
with even if I would, but which 1 will
not believe any act of yours will call in.
to requisition. _
I cannot avoid recurring, in connexion
with this subject, to the necessity which
exists for adopting some suitable measure,
whereby the unlimited creation of Banks
by the States may be corrected in future.
Such result can be most readily achieved
by the consent of the States to be ex
pressed in the form of a compact among
themselves, which they can only enter in-'
to with the consent and approbation of this,
Government; a consent which might, in
the present emergency of the public de
mends, justifiably be given in advance of
any action by the States as an induce.
ment to such action by the States as an
inducement to such action upon terms
well defined by the act of tender. Such
a measure, addressing itself to the calm
reflection of the States, would find in the,
experience of the past, and the condition
of the present, much to sustain it. And'
it is greatly to be doubted, whether any
scheme of finance can prove for any
length of time successful, while the States
shall continue in the unrestrained exer- ,
cise of the power of creating banking cor
porations. This power can be limited by
their consent.
With the adoption of a fiscal agency of
a satisfactory character, the hope may be
indulged that the country may once more
return to a state of posperity. Measures
auxiliary thereto, and, in some measure,
inseparably connected with its success,
will doubtless claim the attention of Con
gress. Among such, a distribution of the
proceeds of the sales of the public lands
provided such distribution does not force
upon Congress the necessity of imposing
upon commerce heavier burdens than
those contemplated by the act of 1833,
would act as an efficient remedial meas
ure by being brought directly in aid of the ,
States. As one sincerely devoted to the
task of preserving just balance in our sys
tern of Government, by the maintenance
of the States in a condition the most free
and respectable, and in the full posses.
sion of all their power, I can no otherwise
than feel desirous for their emancipation
from the situation to which the pressure
on their finances nnw subjects them. And
while I must repudiate as a measure faun
ded in error, and wanting constitutional
sanction, the slightest approach to an as
sumption by this Government of the debts
of the states, yet I can see in the distribu
lion adverted to, much to recommend it.
rhe compacts between the proprietor
states and this Government expressly
guarantee to the states all the benefits
which may arise from the sales : Thei
mode by which this is to be effected ad.
dresses itself to the discretion of Con•
!gress, as the trustee for the states; and its
exercise, after the most beneficial man
ner, is restasined by nothing in the grants
or in the Constitution, so long as Congress
shall consult that equality in the distil
bution which the compacts require. In
the present condition of sonic of the states'
the question of distribution may be regar
ded as substantially a queston between
direct and indirect taxation. If the dis
tribution be not made in some form or
'other, the necessity will daily become
more urgent with the debtor states for a
resort to an oppressive system of direct
taxation, or their credit, and necessarily
their power and influence, will be greatly
diminished. The payment of taxes, after
the most inconvenient and oppressive
mode, will be exacted in place of contri
butions for the most part voluntarily made
and comparatively unoppressive. The
sates are emphatically the constituebt
of this Goverment; and ws should be en
tirely regardless of the objects held in
view by them in the creation of this Gov,
,ernment if we could be indifferent to their
good. The happy effects of such a meas
ure upon all the states would immediate
ly be manifested. W ith the debtor states
it would effect the relief to a great extent
of the citizens from a heavy burden of di
rect taxation which presses with severity
on the laboring classes, and emminently
assist in restoring the general prosperity.
An immediate advance would take place
in the state securites, and the attitude of
the states would become once more, as it
should ever be, lofty and erect. With
states laborint , under no extrame pres-
sure from debt, the fund which they
would derive fron, this source would ena
ble them to improve their condition in an
eminent degree. So far AS this Govern
ment is concerne.l, appro2riatlons to do
:nestle objects, approaching in amount
the revenue derived from the land sales,
might be abandoned, and thus a sytem of
unequal and therefore. unjust legislation
would be substituted by one dispensing e
quality to all the members of this confed•
eracv. Whether such a distribution
should be made directly to toe states in
the proceeds of the sales, or in the form
of profits by virtue of the operations of
anj fiscal
. agency having those proceeds
as its basis, should such measure be con
templated by . Congress, would well de
sere its consideration. Nor would such
disposition of the proceeds of the sales in
any manner prevent Congress from titre
Ito iiffie from passing all necessary pre
einption laws ter the ts"ncfit of actual set
tlers, or from making au; new arrail:c•
ment as to the price of the public lands I
which might in future be esteemed
ruble.
I beg leave particularly to call your at
tention to the accompanying report from
the Secretary of War. Besides the pres
ent state of the war which has so long at
dieted the Territory of Florida, and the
varieous other matters of interest therein
referred to, you will learn from it that
the Secretary has instituted an inquiry
into abuses, which promises to develop
gross enormities in connexion with Indi
an treaties which have been negotiated, as
well as in the expenditures for the remo
vat and subsistence of the Indians. lie
represents, also, other irregularities of a,
serious nature that have grown up in the
practice of the Indian Department, which
will require the appropriation of upwards
of e 200,000 to correct, and which claim
the immediate attention of Congress.
le reflecting on the proper means of de.
fending the country, we cannot shut oir
eyes to the consequences which the intro
' duction and use of the power of steam
upon the ocean are likely to produce in
wars between tuaratime States. We can
not yet see the extent to which this power
may be applied in belligerent operations,
connecting itself as it does with recent
,improvements in the science of gunnery
and projectiles, but we need have no fear
of being left, in regard to these things,
behind the most active and skillful of oth
er nations, if the genius and enterprize of
our fellow citizens receive propel encou
ragement and direction from the Govern
ment.
True wisdom woul,l, nevertheless,
seem to dictate the necessity of placing
in perfect condition those fortifications
which are designed fur the protection of
our principal cities and roadsteads. For
the defence of our extended maratime
coast, our reliance should be placed on
our navy, aided by those inventions which
are destined to recommend themselves
to public adoption. But no time should
be lost in placing our principalcities un
the seaboard and the lakes in a state of
entire security from foreign assault. Se
parated as we are from the countries of
the old world, and in much unaffected by
their policy, we are happily relieved from
the necessity of maintaining hole stun
ding armies in times of peace. The pen
' cy which was adopted by Mr. Monroe,
shortly after the conclusion of the late
war with Great Britain, of preserving a
regularly organized staff sufficient for the
comman of a large military . force should
a necessity for one arise, is founded as
well in economy as in true wisdom. Pro
vision is thus made upon filling up the
rank and file, which can readily be done
one any emergency, for the introduction
of a system of discipline both promptly
and efficiently. All that is required in
time of peace is to maintain a sufficient
number of men to guard our fortifications
to meet any contingency, and to encoun
' ter the first shock of war. Our chief re
liance must be planed on the militia.
!They constitute the great body of nation
sl guAth, Hatt inspired by an ardent love)
of country, will be found ready at all
seasons to repair with alacrity to its de
fence. It will be regarded by Congress,
I doubt not, at a suitable time, as one of
its highest duties to attend to their cum..
plete organization and discii,:ine.
The state of the navy pension !awl re
quires the immediate attention of Con
gress. By the operation of the act of the
3d of March, 1337, entitled "An act for
the more equitable administration of the
navy pension fund," that fund has been
exhausted. It will be seen from the ac
companying report of the Commissioner
ff Pensions, that there will be required
,or the payment of navy pensioners, on
he first of July next, $84,006 06i, and on
the first of January, 1842, the sum of
860,000. in addition to these sums, a
bout $6,000 will be required to pay ar
rears of pensions which will probably be
allowed between the first of July and the
first of January, 1842, making in the
whole $150,006 06i. To meet these pay -
ments there is within the control of the
Department the sum of $28,040, leaving
a deficit of $121,966 06i. The public
requires that immediate provision should
be made for the payment of these sums.
In order to introduce into the navy a
desirable efficiency, a new system of ac
countability may be found to be indispen
sably necessary. To mature a plan hav
ing for its object the accomplishment of
an end so important, and to meet the just
expectations of till country, to require
:nitre time than has yet been allowed to
the Secretary at the head of the Departs
went. The hope is indulged that by the
time of your next regular session mea
sures of importance, in connexion with
this branch of the public service, may be
matured for your consideration.
Although the laws regulating the Post
Office Department only require from the
officer charged with its direction to report
at the usual annual session of Congress,
the Postmaster General has presented to
me some facts connected with the finan
cial condition of the Departments which
are deemed worthy the attention of Con
gress. By the accompanying report of
that officer, it appea rs that the existing
li
abilities of that Department beyond the
means of payment at its command cannot
be less than five hundred thousand dollars.
As the laws organizing that branch of the
public service confine the expenditure to
its own revenues, deficiency therein can
not be presented under the usual estimates
for the expenses of Government. It must
therefore be left to Congress to determine
whether the moneys now due to contrac
tors shall be paid from the public 'rreas
ury, or whether that Department shall
continud !inder its present embarrassments
It will be seen by the report of the Post
master General thai the recent lettintts of
r
contracts in several of the StaieS have .4ien
made at such reduced rates of compensa,
tion as to encourage the belief that if the
Department was relieved from existing
difficulties, its future operations might be
conducted without any further call upon
the general Treasury.
- .
Tile power of appiiinting to office is one
of a character the most delicate and re
sponsible. The appointing power is ever
more opposed to be led into error. With!
anxious solicitude to select the re ost
trustworthy for official station, I cannot,
be supposed to possess a personal knowls
edge of the qualifications of every appli
cant. I deem it therefore proper, in this
most public manner, to invite, on the part
of the Senate, a just scrutiny into the
character and pretensions of every person
whom I may bring to their notice in the
regular form of a nomination for office.
Unless persons every way trustworthy
are employed in the public service, cor
ruption and irregularity will inevitably
follow.--I shall, with the greatest cheer-,
fulness acquiesce in the decision of that
body, and, regarding it as wisely consti-,
tuted to aid the Executive department in!
the performance of this delicate duty,
shall look to its "consent and advice" as
given only in furtherance of the best in-!
terests of the country. I shall also, at !
the earliest proper occasion, invite the .
attention of Congress to such measures
in my judgment will be best calculated
to regulate and crontrol the executive
power in reference to this vitally im
portant subject.
I shall also, at the proper season, in-,
vile your attention to the statutory en
actments for the suppression of the slave
trade, which may require to be rendered
more efficient in their provisions. There
is reason to believe that the traffic is on
the increase. Whether such increase is
to he ascribed to the abolition of slave
labor in the British prossessions in our
vicinity, and an attendant diminution in
the supply of those articles which enter
into the general consumption of the
world, thereby augmenting the demand
from other quarters, and thus calling tor
additional labor, it were. needless to in
quire. The highest considerations of
public honor, as well as the strongest
promptings of humanity, require a resort
to the most vigorous efforts to suppress
the trade.
In conclusion, I beg to invite your par
ticular attention to the interests of this
Di,trict. Nor do I doubt that, in a libel.-
' al spirit of legislation, you will seek to
advance its commercial as well as its lo•
cal interests.—Should Congress deem it
to be its duty to repeal the existing sub-
Treasury law, the necessity of providing
a suitable place of deposite for the pub
lic monies which may be required within
the Dristrict, must be apparent to all.
I have felt it to be due to the country
to present the foregoing topics to your
consideration and reflection. Others,
with which it might not seem proper to
trouble you at an extraordinary session
will be laid before you at a future day
/.m happy in committing the importan
,ffairs of the country into your hands
The tendency of public sentiment, I am
pleased to believe, is towards the adop.
tion, in a spirit of anion and harmony,
of such measures as will fortify the public
interests. To cherish such a tendency
of public opinion is the task of an elevat
ed patriotism. That differences of opin,
ion as to the means of accomplkhing these
desirable objects should exist, is reason
ably to be exprcted. Nor can all be
made satisfied with any system of mea
sures. But I flatter myself with the
hope that the great to ly of the people
will readily unite in support of those
whose eflorts spring from a disinterested
desire to promote their happiness, to pre
serve the Federal and State Governments
within their respective orbits; to culti
vate peace with all the nations of the
earth, on just and honorable grounds; to
exact obedience to the laws; b entren,li
liberty and property in lull security ;and,
consultinz the most rigid economy, to
abolish all useless expense._
JOHN TYLER
Washington, June 1, 1841.
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one Smith shop, with a full supply of toolr;
a large and valuablee stock of
Isatterns anti Flasks;
One Steam Engine to blow Cupola and turn
Lathes. The Foundry house is 95 by 301 r.
The house around the air furnaces 60 by 95;
feet. The other buil.lings are, one Engine
house, Pattern shop, Core and Coke Oven.
Hollidaysburg is one of the best locations.
for an establishment of this kind in Penn
sylvania. The whole surrounding_ country
abounds in Rolling MiLs, Nail Factories,.
Forges, and other ma ufacturing establish
ments, always requiring castings and machi
nery; add to this, the facilities of transpor
tation afforded by the Pa. canal and• Rail
Road, cheapness of coal, metal &c. which,
will enable the nLanufacturer to furnish cas
tings and machinery cheerier thaa they can'
be procured in any part of Pennsylvania.
Thts establishment is now in full and suc—
cessful operation; it has a regular run of
steady custom, and has never since its corm
mencement (4 years) been idle one day fur
want of work. A very fair steam engine
has lately been finished at this establish
ment, cod there is no doubt but as much of
thin Ind of work could be had as would:
keep a number of hands steadily employed.
The proprietor's only reason for wishing
to di,pcso of this property is, that he can
not super intend its operations.
If this property be not sold at private
sale before the .22nd of June, it will on that
day, at 10 o'clock, A. M. in the LorJugh of
Huntingdon, be sold at
PUBLIC SALE
At which time and place attendance will be
given.
Terms can be made to suit purcha sees.
'Neatly the whole purchase money may re
main by securing it by Mortgage on Real
Estate, and paying interest annually.
Any application for information, made to
the subscribers, will he attended to.
H. DEVINE, Pittsburgh.
C. O'FRIEL, Hollidaysburg
Hollidaysburg June 9, 1841.-tf.
WEAVING,
T HE subscriber feels thankful for ti e
very liberal custom heretofore recei
ved, and begs leave to inform the citizens
of Huntingdon county, that he has estab
halted himself in
Germany Palley
two miles east of Shirleysburg, where he
is now prepared to weave
COV:ERLETEI
of every description. Also INGRAIN
and GIR7IIING Carpets of every varie
ty: Coachmakers will please to call and
judge for themselves. Also
every variety and shade of color, equal
in brilliancy and durability to any done in
the county.
And for the accommodation of cost°.
mere, yarn will be received and returned,
when finished, at the following places, viz
At J. M. Johnston's Store, lrilliamsbarg
Henry Neff 's " " Alexandria..
" Thomas Reed's " " Huntingdon%
" Blair's " Made Gap.
Lathers' lock below Jackstown.
Persons wishing to have what is called
the
Patent Coverlets,
will please send or leave at any of the a
bove places, 22 cuts of white woollen yarn
spun 10 cuts to the lb. doubled. And the
subscriber will furnish the cotton yarn
and color and weave them fur six dollars
each; those kind will not be mannfitcbt,
red in any other way. For
Ingrain Carpet
the chain should be spun 12 cuts to the lb
and doubled, the filling should be spun 4
!cuts to the lb. and doubled. Persons
wishing to have handsome carpets of eith
er flowered or g►rthing, will please send
heir ya►n white.
DAVID LONG,
June 1841. 6m.