"Make room for Posterity: , The editor of the Baltimore Clipper. in reply to a correspondent using the signa. tore of "Posterity," says, "we make roam fur Posterity." Well, just what our brother does, has been done before from time immemorial. Cain wandered to "make room (or pos. terity." Israel sojourned in the desert and possessed Canaan, to "make room for posterity." .iEneas the pious wandered into Italy to "make room for posterity." Penn gathered the people of his faith to gether, and sat peaceably down on the banks of the Delaware, to "make room for posterity." Men are elbowed from cities, and located in praries, for that pur pose. "The pour Indian," who had sat down quietly in his wigwam to smoke the pipe of peace, and see his semi civili• zation prosper around him—he, too, is admonished that the whites need his land to "make room for their posterity." He goes reluctantly to the distant west, half pleased with the idea of hunting grounds that will afford "room for his posterity." The posterity of the Indian!!—poor, Ws nitig, tapering cone--its bleed base the while soil of the new world, its point lost in some peninsula that fades away into the Pacific. The deep foundations which our aged men are laying fur habitations yet to rise, and the finished saloons and ornamented halls—what are these but "room fur posterity I" }Ye followed, only a few days since, into a richly ornamented burying ground, the body of one, who, for years, had filled a large space in the public eye; and when they had lowered into the narrow resting and decayed place the coffin of the great man, and covered it partially with earth, our procession, turning to pass out, met another following a young maiden to her last earthly home. As we passed the mourning throng, marshalled into a fune ral train, one whom we long known shook his head in mournful recognition, and seemed to say of our errands thither: "we have come to 'make room for 'poster ity. " "Room at thy hearth, 0 mother," said one of the sweetest poets of our time, as he started, full of filial affection, to place his new bride in a daughter's position.— ..Room at thy hearth." Ile came, and found ample room. The beloved one, the apostrophised mother, had passed away to "make room for her posterity." All of us are crowding onward—all are passing away to "make room for our pos. terity." We are to be pressed close, like the gathered herbage, so that the whole 'hervest of our six thousand years will seem to occupy less space than the single generation that constitutes their poster!. ty. Below the sod, we lie still and cote• pact ; the true equality of flesh and blood is understood and illustrated there, while above, ample space is demanded, and acres are required for a single living -- The true democracy is in the grave:-- "there the rich and poor lie down togeth• er," that they may "make room for their posterity." Even we,Who write, and moralize as we pass along, look back at the troop that demand our place, and feel too that we have the duty to perform and the debt to pay, and gathering up our mantle with decaying energies, we hope there is room for us where there are "many mansions," and in that hope we prepare, like our professional brother, to "make room for posterity."—U. S. Gazette. From the Star of Bethlehem. THE GRANARY. BY REV. A. C. THOMAS. "Whoso readeth, let him understand." "Jonathan Homespun, having purcha sed an extensive farm, and provided him self with every thing requisite to prospe• rous husbandry, proposes to furnish sub scribers with one quart of wheat weekly, for one year, at the low price of one dol lar and fifty cents, in advance; two dol lars at the end of six months; two dollars and fifty cents if not paid till the close of the year. "The facilities encircled by the govern ment, for the transportation of wheat to every section of the Union and adjacent provinces, are such as must prove satis factory to every subscriber; and the pro prietor of the Granary assures all who may patronize him, that he will exert himself to supply an article of the best quality. N. B. Agents will be allowed a generous per centage. Address [post paid] proprietor of the Granary, Hope ville." Such was the prospectus issued by my friend Mr. Homespun. Feeling a lively interest in his welfare, I visited his farm, although it was a long journey from my home, and was pleased to find every thing in nice order. He informed me that he had contracted a large debt in the pur chase of .the premises, stock and imple ments of husbandry, but that he had no doubt of his ability to discharge every ob ligation in a few years. He stated that he had already received many hundred subscribers, and that in four or five weeks he would commence the delivery of the, wheat according to his proposals. The scheme appeared plausible; and my friend was so confident of his su9esa, prosperity. I entereW my name as a sub scriber, and when I left him he was pre paring many thousand quart sacks. Every week, for the space of two years, I received my quart of wheat, and con cluded from its excellent quality and prompt delivery, that every thing was prosperous with Jonathan Homespun and, his farm. So I gave myself no concern about my indebtedness to him—for said I, "to a farmer so extensively patronized as he is, the small pittance of two years arrearages would be but as the drop of the bucket." It is true, there was occa' lsionally printed on the sacks a general notice to delinquents—but I never sus • petted that this was intended fur his friends. The notices, however, became more fre quent; and having more leisure, conclu ded I would visit my friend the proprietor of the Granary. lie greeted me cordially —but I saw mat there had been trouble He was evidently worn with toil and an xiety; and in the conversation of the evening he entered into particulars. " Here I have been laboring day and almost night for two years; and I am' more in debt now than when I began. My creditors are pressing for payment; lam conscious of inability to meet their demands, and can perceive no result but bankruptcy and ruin." " But have you not a large Hat of sub scribers?" said I. " Yes a very large list ;" was the reply, "but too many of them like you !" is Me l" I quickly rejoined an amaze ment, "too many like me I" _ ' "Pardon me," said my friend in al melancholy tone—" pardon me, for op•' pression will even make a wise man mad. You had a quart of wheat weekly for two years—and I have not had a cent of pay ment,--I have a large list of the same kind of patrons scattered hells and there over thousands of miles. If they would pay me the rifles they severally owe me,, 1 should be directly freed from embar rassment, and go on my way rejoicing. But they reason as you reasoned; and a mong you, I am brought to the door of poverty and ruin. felt the full force of the rebuke, and paying arrearagcs at the increased price named in the prospectus, and also a year iu advance, 1 shortly bade adieu to the worthy and wronged farmer, resolvin. e to do every thing in my power to repair the in• jury which had accrued from delinquency. 0 ye patrons of Jonathan Homespun!— wherever ye are, or whoever you are l ye who have received and eaten the wheat from his Granary, without making . pay. ment Ye are guilty of grievious sin of commission. Wherefore repent. Pay the farmer what you owe him. Uncle Sam's teamsters bring you the little sack of grain every week, and Uncle Sam's teamsters wilt carry the money safely to Jonathan Homespun. THE MORMONS, An officer of one of the steamboats that lately arrived at our wharf from above, in• form; us that the Governor of Illinois has, bona fide; become a Mormon. There has been seven hundred Mormons, from New York and England, who had lately made a "descent" upon Nauvoo, and the circum Jacent regions, by way of making settle- ment there. This colony was beheld with alarm by many of the dispassionate i►►habi tants in that part of the State. Both the American and English emigrants of that persuasion, had come there at least as well armed and accoutred for the fight, as for agriculture; not one male among them knew how to use fire arn►s, but hag his rifle, his pistol, and many others of them their shicker nee. IV ith the colony from New York there had been several young woman decoyed off from parents and friends, with them by means of prom ises the most extravagant, and descrip tions of country more romantic than ever entered into Arabian tale. The fruits of the earth even in a state of nature, were as the Garden of Eden before it had been cursed with thorns and .thistles; the straw berries growing there in a state of nature being equal to pro►ngranatest One of these deluded young woman, at the sight of this paradise, gave expre'sions to her disappointment that bordered upon de spair—so different was the real scenery from the representation, and so complete, so 'hopeless as to deliverance, was her captivity. This fact of the Governor's joining this society was looked upon as unmeaning "sign of the times" to come Such is the rumor we have. They are al *A building an extensive something which they call a temple, but which has very much the appearance of a fort.—St. Lou. Republican. THE AMERICAN NAVY. Mr. Buckingham, the traveller, has the following paragraph relating to the Amer lean Navy: "The American Navy comprises at pre- sent, 1 three-decker of 120 guns, the Pennsylvania, built at Philadelphia, and said to be the largest ship in the world, capable of carrying 150 guns, though ra• ted at only 120, and probably carrying no more at present ; 12 two-deckers, ra ted as 74's, though all capable of carrying . from 80 to 90 guns each ; 18 frigates, of 64, 44, and S 6 guns respectively; 16 sloops, of 24 and 18 guns each ; and 10 schooners, of 12 awl 10 guns each—ma king altogether only 56 vessels of every class; and yet small as it is in the num ber of its ships, its efficiency is so great, and the skill of its officers nild .. r erior in actual force to any other Navy in the world, ex cept Great Britain, and would not shrink, single-handed, iron► a contest with it, gun fur gun, and man for man, with a proba bility of being victor," Every man has just as much vanity a he wants understanding.--Pope, TRIBUTE TO GEA. Han- MEETING OF PENNSYLVANIANS. We give below the proceedings of meeting ofunidlicial citizens of Pennsyl vania held at the city of Washington on Saturday evening last. They breathe the true spirit of a nation's grateful re membrance, and offer a striking contrast to the contracted views of our national legislature. But having in another col umn given our views on the subject, we simply transfei tne proceedings from the National Intelligeucer—Wl. MEETING OF PENNSYLVANIANS IN THE CITY OF WASHiNC TON. A call having been made through the National Intelligencer of Saturday for a meeting on that evening of the citizens l of Pennsylvania then in Washington, a tare portion of the citizens of that com monwealth assembled at the Indian Queen Hotel (Brown's) to take into considera tioa the proceedings of Congress in ! T i l t. lion to the family of the late Gen. WiL LIAM HENRY HARRISON. The meeting was organized by the ap pointment of Judge J. S. MORRISON. of Bedford President, DAVID PMILLIPS, of Mercer, and JACOB CaEsswzra., of Huntingdon, as Vice Presidents, Theo. Fenn, of Harrisburg, and James B. Low. rey, of Erie, as Secretaries. Mr. Smtvuxs opened the meeting in a brief but eloquent address, at the con clusion of which he offered the following preamble and resolutions; which, after some remorks from Mr. Steevens and oth ers, were unanimously adopted, and order ed to be published, viz: Whereas, Congress, in the exercise of a very prudent economy, proposes on be 'eal of this great Republic r:ri app ropria don from her Treasury, in aid of the wid 'ow of our late beloved Chief Magistrate, lid' a sum of money too small to satisfy I the expectations and the wishes of the. Ineople of Pennsylvania—too small in our I judgment to signalize the merit of the il lustrious dead, or to be worthy of the pow erful and rich donor, upon whom he had bestowed such great and manifold bles sing: and whereas even that small sum has been resisted by party rancor, and the oc casion seized upon, while the nation was :et weeping at the grave of her departed father, to insult his memory, and wound the feelings of his aged tvidow and sur viving relatives: and whereas it becomes Pennsylvania, who first proposing, appre ciated his merits, and called him forth from retirement to a situation in which he. sacrificed his life, to show by some signal, act, that her attachment to him was not, a fitful mercenary impulse of est, which expired when his power to do I:hem good was buried in the tomb. there- Resolved, That it be recommended to the citizens of Penns) lvania to r''sePby l voluntary contribution such sum as may do honor to their own hearts, and forever 'vindicate the memory of the immortal HARRISON from the malignity which has: not been able to stop its hut pursuit at the i portals of the grave. _ Resolved, That no inthvicloal be per. mitted to subscribe more than five dot. Tara. Resolved, That in order to ensure the full execution of the above recomnienda. tion, and to secure to every township in ,the commonwealth the enviable opportu• nity of contributing its . proportion, the Democratic State Committee be reques• ted to take charge of the whole subject, and through county and township com mittees take care that Pennsylvania bc not disgraced in the face of the nation. Resolved, That the said committees be requested tdhave the names of all car: . tribut a ors recorded a fair legible hand in e well-bound honk, beginning with the cour ties in alphabetical order; but that tht sums subscribed by each be not carried out, so that all may stand upon terms of perfect equality in point of honor. Resolved, That if females should in. silt upon contributing, as is most probable their names shall be inscribed in like man ner, in a separate volume more richly bound. Resolved, That one copy of each of said books shall be placed in the State Li brary at Harrisburg, and similar copies in the Library of Congress at Washington, the Athnmum or some other fit place at Philadelphia, the library of Pennsylvania Collage, and in some suitable place at Pittsburg; one copy be deposited in the corner stone of a monument to be erected to the memory of the deceased; one copy be sent to his widow; and one copy retain ed by the Chairman of the Democratic State Committee and his successors for ever. Resolved, That the funds which she be thus collected shall be appropriated to the erection of a monument to the memo• ry of Pi'm henry Harrison at North Bend, or to the use of his bereaved fami. ly, as shall be determined by a Democrat., is State Convention to be held at Harris burg at such time as the State Committee may designate... _ Resolved, That the offlicers of this mee ting sian and transmit the foregoing pro ceeilidgs to George Ford, Esq. Chairman of the Democratic State Committee, and that they be published. J. S. 141ORILISON, President J. Carssy.m.u., 2 v Presidents. DAVID PHILIPS; Thco. Penn, t • Jas. B Lowry. cre arms. A German Physician has published a med. ical tract, in which he maintains that ladies of weak nerves should not be permitted to, sleep alone. It is said that this book is ta i l great demand. m ... 4 . Q. ,( .... T............_ „x ,.; .0,: ,; -,, , E JOURNAL. One country,one constitution one detain glivialingdon June, 30, 1841. Democratic Candidate FOR GOVERNOR, JOHN BANKS, OF BEERS COUNTY, L-. , [Any amendment or amendments to this Constitution may be proposed in the A gees lion t .Senate or House of Representatives, and Will our legal friend of the " Hock i!f the i same shall be agreed to by a major. man" inform us, by what kind al logic he s ly , : p t r h o e po m s e e T a b m er e s n e d l i e n e e t n e t d o t r o a e m a e e n h ji m o e u n s t e s , can make it appear that three of the ofk- shall be entered on their Journals, with leers on the "Big Break" hays nineteen the yens and nays taken thereon, and the thousand dollars of public money, when Gov. Porter has twice or thrice refused to pay the Banks, from which that money vas borrowed? To us, it seems a strange argument, that that money is public mo ney, by men who contend that the State shall not pay the Banks from whom the money was loaned. We observe that the Governor has signed a bill to have these "balances" paid into the State Trea,urer. Now, would it not have looked much more can-' did and honest if the Governor had re., toed this bill, and said, "I do not recog- 1 nise the right of the State to this money the State never borrowed it—and I have' shown the legislature on more than one ( occasion that they will never pay it while I am Governor." One question more. Do you not know , that the statement you have published is absolutely untrue? Or, would it be true for us to charge on one of your offi cers the retention of the public money. simply because his vouchers for the ex penditures had not been called for ? The Standard" attempts to cast cen• ,sure upon the whole anti-masonic party in this county, because some of them have not exactly come up to their notions of honor; or that because we have some in our ranks whom they pronounce dishon est. That consequently all are of the same character, and do not deserve the confidence of the people. Wu do not admit of the justice of the argument, but as they do, we shall return the same kind of argument to them. We ask is it honest, or is it any more honest, for a man to run in debt—take the benefit—and twenty years afterward, when he becomes wealthy, to plead the STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS, on the poor creditor? Is the party who have such men among them, censurable for such legal villany? Is that party deser ving of being ranked as horse thieves, be. cause there is a horse thief among them? •,r does the previous pardon of the thief nq the Governor, consecrate the crime? These are questions equally as applicable,' is the remarks of the Standard, and clear. ly as just. We hope the "Standard" will answer them. Another manifesto has been issued by the Loco Foco State Committee, making the fourth address to their faithful adhe rents. This one is deserving of peculiar notice; and should not some of those in terested notice this infamous production, at length we shall attempt it ourself. A considerable portion of it, is a defence pf Pot ter's veto of api ivate bill. We do not know that we ever saw a case, where there was so much malevolence manifes ted in an address, issued from the great hends of a great party, as they would like , to have it understood. Tribute to Harrison. Our readers will find in this week's pa per, the proceedings of a meeting held by the citizens of Pennsylvania, in the city of Washington, to devise some means to render that tribute to the departed hero, which his deeds, and his virtues, so richly merit. 'Ye hope every man, of one spark of patriotism, will unite to carry out the objects suggested by that meeting. We, of Pennsylvania were the first to seek in l the quiet shades of private life, the limo and statesman; and let us be the first to show that it was the character of the pa triot, soldier, and sage, that we wished to honor, and that we did not proffer our as sistance to elevate him for the paltry re wards of place and power. Amendment to the Constitu lion. Our rradere will find , in our paper of today, the proposed amendment to the! Constitution. That no governor can be elected for more than one term. We are glad to see this. The ONE TERM PRINCIPLE, is one that we have ever believed to be an important one. It takes from the Governor the wish to have nothing done but what shall be cal culated to secure his re.eiecthm. The following is the tenth section of the constitution referred to, and we publish it, that our readers may know what steps are necessary to be taken, to secure the success of the amendment. ARTICLE X Secetary of the Commonwealth shall cause the same to be published three months before the next election, in at least one newspaper in every county in which a newspaper shall be published, and it in the Legislature next afterwards chosen, such proposed amendment or amendments shall be agreed to by a majority of the meins hers elected to each House, the Secretary 'of the Commonwealth shalt cause the same again:to be published in manner aforesaid, and such proposed amendment or amendments shall be submitted to the people in such manner and at such time, 'at least three months after being so agreed to by the two Houses as the Legislature 'shall prescribe; and if the people shall ap- I prove and ratify such amendment or a mend men ts, by a majority of the qualified votes of this State voting thereon, such a. 'mendment or amendments shall become a part of the Constitution, but no amend ment or amendments shall be submitted to the peoole oftener than once in five years. Provided, that if more than one lamendmeat be subrn:tted, they shall be 'submitted in such a manner and form, that the people may vote for or against each amendment separately and distinct. ly.] Poor House Meting. Our readers will notice in to-days pa. per, the proceedings of a meeting, called for the purpose of making inquiry into the advantages, or disadvantages, of coun ty poor houses. We are rejoiced to see this. The in formation intended to be obtained, is of importance to every citizen ; and we cannot eon cleve how any one can possibly have any objections to having it presen ted to our citizens. Upon the result of 'those inquiries, the question may, and probably will, arise, as to the necessity of such an institution in this county; and with that information before the people, they will know how to act. When it is ascertained what are the expenses of now keeping the poor in this county, and what in other counties where they have more or even less poor to provide for than our own, the question will be fairly before the people; and we doubt very much, if the facts prove that with a poor house our poor taxes will be lightened, whether the great mass of our people will not at once say, let us have a poor house! Should the contrary be the case, the reverse will be their opinion. Congress, Since the commencement of the extr a Session, we have not seen any thing whiel has been done for the interests of the peo ple. The whole time of the lower hiuse, appears to be spent in wrangling, dispu ting, and manccuvres to prolong the ses sion. The Loco Focus, headed by Tory Inger soll, aie using every exertion to bring that body into disgrace. As the major ity are opposed to them, they think to make political capital out of it. We think that our friends will soon agree to act in concert; and if no other remedy will do, apply the old gag engine, the Locos used so freely themselves—the pm - vistas question. It is nearly time that some thing should be done. Are our friends to be made the play thing of political out tawsl We trust not. When they shall do any thing, we will make our readers acquainted with their labors. We aro told, says, the Harrisburg Teles ( graph, that Braddee the mail robber, re cently tried and convicted at Pittsburg, is about to make an effort to have his of fence considered a crime against the State and not the Union! He thinks it Gov. Porter has the pardoning power he can get off, to secure the veto King anoth er vote WAsHINGTON, June 23, 1841 Mr. BENEDICT.—You may inForm the friends oft eform and equal rights, in your aunty, that they must exercise a little pa tience. Mr. Van Buren told us, once, that we expected too much from our ru lers; and, if ever there was a time when `t was difficult to rule, and legislate, it is now. A party has just gone out of pow er, having, during its administration, had every facility, which a country of bound less resources and a magnanimous, and indulgent people could afford to ensure prosperity and stability in the Govern ment, and national and individual wealth, and to heighten the prospect of a great and permanent republic. But soon as Ithe sovereign people gave them a repri mand for their prodigality and unfaithful. nese, that same party, through their ex iponents in Congress, declare open war upon ,the people's friends, by attacking every measure which is advanced, wheth er of general or local :tweeter. They 'say they are not responsible to the peo ple for the acts or expenses of the Extra Sessioe—that it is a measure of Mr. Clay's, and that every obstacle, as a mat ter of course, must be thrown in the way. And, by taking advantage of local jealon vies, and factiojs influences which exist to some degree, at all tunes in every par ty, particularly in a party just rising in to power, lying under obligation to the people for its elevation, which means nothing more than the people making an attempt to remedy the evils produced by corrupt leaders, by taking advantages of them, of some unsettled feelings in the ranks of the people's representatives, the champions of absolute power—of gold humbuggery, and subtreasury memory, have thus far succeeded in thwarting ev ery movement in the lower house, and killing time in the senate. But the peo ple are safe in the hands of their repre sentatives. Things will come right—the democracy will soon cast oft' the weight of Loco ultraism, which, inculbus like, has heretofore, and up to this hour, been moth ering the voice of the people. This and every succeeding day, will bring to every intelligent mind, the hope that help is at hand. lam now going to hear the remark; of Mr. Clay on the Bank Bill. Respectfully Your Friend, CRISIS, Captain Gorltem.—This gentleman yolinitarily went before one of the Judges of Chaleston, and after an examination of himallf, two mates, and two of the crew, was fully acquitted of all gnilt in the case of the ship Charles.—Penn'a Inquirer. Swariwout—lt is said that Mr. Chat lets W. Dayten, who went out in the Great Western' is to bring back Samuel Swart wont, who is reported to be residing in London in great penury.—Penn'a Lizzbliie Meeting. In pursuance of previous notice, a meet ing was held in the Court HouAe on Wed. nesday evening, June 28d, 1841, for the purpose of taking into consideration the expediency of erecting a Poor House in the county of Huntingdon. On molion. David H. - Moore, Esq. was called to the chair, and Thomas T. Cromwell and Elias Baker, were appointed Vice Presis dents. N. IL Wright and Thompson &rage were arrelntid Seuetacies. After which the meeting was addressed by several gentlemen, expressing their approbation of the measure. Oa motion of 'l'. 'l'. Cromwell, a committee of eight persons, viz: Jonathan McWilliams, Esq. Daniel Africa, Esq. James Enis, John Barr, Esq. Thompson Burdge, George Schmucker, John Owens, Esq. and Elias Baker, were appointed said committee, with instructions to correspond with the overseers of the different poor houses, within the State, so far as they may have an opportunity, relative to the expenses dt purchasing and building said houses, and the expense of keeping the poor in their ticsryctive counties. On motion of J. McWilliams, Esq. That said committee are instructed to ascertain as far as practicable, the real expenses of keeping the poor in the (Mt , rent townships in Huntingdon count•, du ring the years of 1840. and 1841, and also the situation of the poor, together with the number, and report at the November I court. On motion, The Secretaries of this meeting are di. rected to request the editors of the (Hirer ent pupers in the county of Huntingdon, to publish the proceedings of this meeting. Resolved, That the proceedings of this meeting he signed by the officers, and ad journ to meet on Wednesday evening of the November court. D. H. MOORE, Esq.. PRESIDENT. T. 'l' CROMWELL, V. Presidents. ELIAS BAKER, N. H. Wright, Secretaries. Thompson Burdge,