VOL. 7--NO. 2.]
THE•GAfiLAND:
—"With sweetest floWers cnrich'd,
From various gardens cull'd with care."
A MIDNIGHT RAPTURE.
A atm
•
The will of God be done!
Be calls the beautiful away,
To worship at the Throne.
The beautiful in souls
•
The saintly and the good,
The sinner freed from sin's control,
Washed in redeeming blood.
God calls the holy one away,
•
With crown of light,
•
And vestments bright,
To walk amidst the bloom of everlasting day
Amen:
The dream of life is !'ast!
' 0, what n maze of minulhig hues,
Far backward, melts at lust!
And what a roar of sounds—
Gay laugh and chilling wail!
Like thunder on the SUII-set bounds—
Now,— like a dying gale;
The voices and the rainbow hues—
They faint, they fade,—
The flight is made—
To thee, 0 mocking earth! no snore the spirit sues
An onward verge of light!
Landscapes uncursed and cloudless skies
Fair groups in robes of white!
And coming voices bland,
Of melody and bliss;
The pressure of au angel's hand,
The warmth of saintly kiss;
A deathless world with nightless - skits!
Beauty and Youth,
And Love and Truth—
O,blcct exchange,for all that lives, of all that dies
Amen:
The Vision of the !Hest! •
The sweetness of the Saviour's voice!
The happiness of rest!
The Majesty Divine,
In Solar pomp nereni.—
_
From whose rave all suns that shin°
Their golden glories gleam!
0, Lord of Heaven' lift up thy voice!
With kindred tongues,
Unite thy songs,
Or, rapt in anent praise, in God alone rejoice!
VARIETY.
WROSf TIRE NANTUCKET INQUIRER.
• 46hnny Beedle's Thanksgiving
say," .sage I, "Hannah, Brinson wo keep
thankagiliin'to home this year," says I, "and in
vite all' our hull grist o' cousins and aunts and
things—go the hull figure and do the thing gon
tool?"
"Well, agreed," says she, "its jilt what I was
a thinktn," only I conente, we'd better not cask•
lento too fur ahead, for rdidn't cover know it to
miss of somothin' happonin' so sure as I laid out
for the !cosiest thing.' Though it's a good a time
now, for 'si know, as any—for I've•just weaned
Moses, and 'tend to take comfort a spell, 'cause a
t:oublesornor and cryiner critter niver come Into
life."
"Exactly so," says I, "and if I'd a known every
thing aforo I was married that I du now"—suys
I
"Hold your tongue for a goney, Johnny Boodle,"
says she "and mind your thanksgivin'."
"Poh," says 1, "Hannah don't ho sniffy; I was
only jeestin' —and you jilt go put on a kittlo o'
water, and I'll go out and stick a pig for you; two
of you liko"—su away I wont, and (4,urdered the
pigs out u` love and good will to Haniii'l e fir. I rath.
er guess the critters wished I warnt'so good
lured.
Well—things wont on swimmingly,' and what
.was best of all, we had the luck to invite the min.
'; :4 . i • 'later and deacon before any hotly else gut a chance;
';. for the very day the proklinintion was read, 1
watched Ibr 'oat comin' out o' meetin, and nailed
'em both. But or I was a tellin,' Hannah tlio
wont at it--she got some oilier gals to help her,
and they made all smoke. In the first place, she
went to work reglar, and turned the house inside
out, and then tother side in again, all the same as
daritin' a stock in'. Hannah is a smart willin' gal
—and a raal worker—and a prime cook into the
bargain; let her alone in the doughnut line, and
for pumpkin pies—lick!
So the day afore the thanksgivin' she called me
into the !other room that marm Peabody christen
ed the parlour, to see what a lot o' pies and cakes
and .nusagemeat and doughnuts, she'd got made
up, and charged me nut to lay the weight of my
finger upon one on 'mu. I tell'd her I guess'd she
cacicolated to call in the whole parish, paupers
and all, to eat up such a sight of vittles; so I gi ab.
bed a handful of doughnuts and went nut to feed
the hogs rind see to things in the field. I was gone
all the fore part o' the day,und when I went Ironic,
I found Hannah all holly tility in a livin' pricker
cryin' and akin' on to kill, and poor little .loses
tottlm rater her and cryin" too. I declare, it I
didn't feel streaked
"What in the name o' nutur," says I, "is the
matter, who's dead, end what's to pay now?"
With that she fotchod a now seraecit, and down
she wept intoa cheer--" Johnny Beadle, Johnny,"
says she—and with that she boolmo'd egin.
"What ails the woman," says 1, "aro you pos.
sest, or what?"
"rho child as ruined," nays she "Moses Beadle
is ruined."
I katalisd up the child, and turnod him °end for
eond every which way, but I could'nt see nothin'
extraordinary. I begun to think the woman was
bewitched--and by this time was a good mind to
feel mad. I dont know of nothin' - that'd raise a
feller's dander quicker than to skeer him out of
his seven senses. So I gin Hannah a roglar
breezin' for actin' so like a raven distracted bed.
bug; and what with jorrin' a spell and coaxin' a
spoil, at last I got the whole on% out of her.
It appears that about an hour or thereabouts
arter I'd gone out, thorn was a man rid up to the
door ahorsoback, got down,and come in and asked
for a drink o' wator or beer, I aint eartain which
—but any how, ho was a real dandified lookin
chap. and dreadful civil spoken withal. So my
wife and he soon got into a chat about the weath.
er and niche. Well, whilo he set, the young one
squalled in the room; he'd been asleep you know
with has mornin'snaN my wife wont and fetched
him into the room, and she obsarvod that the man
looked considerable hard at him as if he goo sortie.
thin queer; though she did'nt think nothin' at
to,.'.'-.,..*. ~...4.;*- 4 **0.0.44....:„:".i,:: : :: .:'_:,.•• sit.t*-.
could'nt kidder help commune that hie head did
look tort irluewr,_though I would'nt say nothin'
nythor; but, says I, l'llannah look hero, that fel
ler that's been treatin' you to rich a rigmarole of
nonsense is a rotten thol, and you're another. If
iver I should light upon him, I guess I'd give his
head a bump that would save him from the gal
lows. All is, if you think any thing is the matter
with thu young one, why I'll go arter the Doctor
and that'll settle it." "Du John," says she. So
otT I starts far Dcotor Erdrich—but by the time
I'd got to the house, 1 begun to think that a dar•
nation goose I was to go sick a tom.fool's errand.
By good luck howsever, the Doctor was out; i to 1
j iat loft word for him to come to our houso iaqhe
course of the day if he'd nothin' else to do.
thanksgivin'. Well, to rights, Ducto'illosannalt
Eldrich come, (they call him Hosannah, because
he's deacon of our church, and sings through his
nose a few.) I declare when I see him ridln' up
the lane, I could'nt help feelin, like a thunderin'
calf—so I jist made excuse to split up some kind.
lin' and loft Hannah to give him the chapter and
verse. Our wood.house is short of a mile from
the house, but I could hear the Doctor haw-haw
clear out there. So I dropt axe, and in I went.—
S'niver the Doctor see ,no ho give me a Minch.
"Amt you a pretty considerable queer chap "says
he, "to song for me on such a beautiful business
as this." %Via) that ho haw•haw'd again, and my
wife she laughed till she cried, jilt to see the figure
oho Doctor cut, fur ho's as long as the moral law.
and could'nt stun' up for laughin'. Then I laugh.
ed t 0,,, till tho' house rung—luckily our nighest
neighbor lives hallo mile MT, and is stone doal
into the bargain. So I tipt the wink of Hannah
and I told Hosanna!' that 'twos all a joke of ourn
to sond for him; (for I thought I should want to
look cornorways and skywoniky it ho should toll
the company about us next day. Besides I know'd
the deacon liked a joke pretty well, oven if he got
rubbed himself sometimes.) So, says I "How did
Hannah curry it out?" Consarn it, jibe didnt
jump right into the trap.
"Capital, capital," said he. "Botheration! if 1
did'at think she was in raal arnost."
The affection that links together man and wife, is
a far holier and more enduring passion than young
love. It may want its gorgeousness, it may want its
imaginative chartoter—but it is far richer in holy
and trusting attributes.. Talk not to us of the absence
of love in wedded life , What! because a man has
ceased to "sigh like a furnace," were to believe that
the fire is extinct! No; it burns with a steady and
brilliant flame—shedding a benign influence upon ex
istence a million times more precious and delightful
than the cold dreams of philosophy.
A younglady,being addressed bra gentleman much
older than herself, obsered to him,the only objection
she bad to a union with him was the probability of
his dying before her, and-leaving her to feel the sor
rows of widowhood. To which he made the follow
ing ingenius and delicate complimentary reply:—
"Blessed is tin; man that hath a virtuous wife, for the
number of his days shall be doubled."
the time, but rocollectei afterwards. She was
quite tickled to see the man take hit's) and set him
on his knee; but while he was playin' with him
—for Moses is a real peeler, he /tint afraid of the
biggest stranger that ever was, but directly he
fell to pawin' about his head in such a comical
style, and talkin' to himself—and withal! acted so
curious, that Hannah got *theory, and wont to
take him away, but ho would'nt let her take him
jilt then he said "ho wanted to examine his head."
"His hoad," says Hannah, "nothin' ails his
"Nothin' ails il?" says ho, "why its the most
rommarltable head that I ever soon"—and then
ho %vent on with such a string o' long words,thore
was no remenaherin' or understandin' hall—then
he olio hi hand on one side of the little feller's
sea:icebox, "there," says he, "do you seo that
devilupentent," or some Bich word that sounded
awful. "That what?" says Hannah. "Vulgarly
called bump," continnered he.
"It nint a bump too, nyther" says his mother,
"its his astral shape."
"No doubt o' that," said tho villin.
"Well now if over I heerd the beat o' that,"
says she, "that bumps come natrul."
So then he told her they was only called bumps,
'cause they looked like 'em—and the bigger they
were, and the more there was of 'em, the more
differunt sorts o' capacities and Woes folks had—
and anon. A first she thought the men was-stack
mad—but ho seemed entirely harmless, and an
she let him go on with his star, and somehow,he
eenermost persuaded her it was all gospel. But
he said that little Moses had got the bunch °ldes.
tructinn to an all fired degree, though it was in
the mother's power to help it considerably. But
when Hannah asked him it she must swathe up
his head, he suortered right out—and then went
on to say, that Moses had got jist such a shaped
head as that man had, that was hung down to
Boston last September. He finally talked her
into a livin fidgot—polito as a stage driver all the
time, too—and so larnt besides, that Hannah
could'int notion' but hoar him paraphrase. So ar.
ter he'd drinked a quart o' boor, and Hannah cut
n mincepie for him, he cleared—leaving Hannah
in such a stow, that kept workin' up, and workin'
up, till she heard nie caftan' into the house, and
then it all burst out at once. A tempestical time
there was, I toll you.
Now by tho time Montt!' hnd concluded hot.
lockrum, you may depend I was in an almighty
passion—and its amnzin' lucky for the feller that
he was out of arm's length Jest that omit. But
then I understood it all bettor than she,for I'd seen
in the prints pieces about Franology or Cranology,
or gomo such truck that seemed to explain to my
mind what the feller meant. But poor Hannah
don't get much limo to rend nowspareirs, so that
she had'nt hoard a word. No wonder she took
the man for a crazy critter.
Yet some how, when I looked at Moses
Thinks I, as I trudged back, heron nn eend to
LOVE OF MARRIED LIFE.
87' R.033E11 1 1 1 WRITE L=LETOII, EDITOR, rtrnLionmr. ATTD PROPRIETOR.
"I WISH NO OTHER HERALD, NO OTHER SPEAKER OF MY 'LIVING ACTIONS, TO KEEP MINE HONOR FROM CORRUPTION."--SHAK3
APPLAUSE.-TO all players something unsubstan
tial as the smell of a dinner.or the sound of a. shilling.
BAGPIPE.—The forerunner of some modern jour.
nals—being filled with puff's; a barbarous instrument
men are positively rewarded by some far still playing
u
BALCOSY.-A place for flowerpots to stand upon
—romantic damsels lean over—and lovers to climb
up to.
Etm.t..—A thing that can turn round—men and wo
men's heads, by making them kick their heels.
BA stooort.e.—To address compliments to a jury, a
plain woman or a rich fool.
Be/tam-Atrophy boys long for every hour from 12
to 16, and men curse every morning from 20 to 50.
BENDING —The "first position" in the march of
promotion.
CAT.—An animal old maids love, because it gives
out sparks whenit is rubbed.
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FROM THE ATFIENZUM & MITER.
TO HOPE.
Hail, sweet enchantress! bright and gay,
As lunar beams on ocean's spray;
Thou wav'st thy wand of light,
And lo! with forms the future teems,
That throng into our waking dreams,
And put our woes to flight.
What though thy constant, min-bright smile,
May cheer the heart, but not beguile,
Who would that smile forego?
If thou shouldst leisve this grief-worn earth,
Despair would dash all joy and mirth,
From out each cup of won.
Oh, promise still, each child of grief,
That rolling years will bring relief;
Not lei the spirit faint—
II k ow thy promises deceive,
Yet love to listen and believe
As firmly as u
Thou only bast the power to throw
O'er storms of life a cheering bow
Of never-fading hues;
And when t he betiding tempest roll
In stormy anguish o'er the soul,
Thou com'st like summer dews.
FROM TIIE BALTIMORE TRANSCRIPT.
A PRIZE.
Fortune is merry,
And in this mood will give us any thing.
JULIAS CdESAR
Yesterday an aged and respectable citizen of
Baltimore, met with an incident of good luck of
a rare and singular nature. Passing along Balti
more street at his usual slow pace, his eyes toll on
a small package that lay immediately in his path.
He turned it over and over with his cane—moved
It this way and that, and at length, after casting a
look around to see whether any one observed him,
picked it up, and examined it. It was directed
to the Bank of Baltimore, closed with red sealing
wax, and stamped with a peculiar kind of seal.—
His heart heat at a rapid rate—he had been happy
in his poverty—but now that wealth was within
his grJsp, he felt that his days of joy were com
pleted, and that he must he miserable. As he
passed along with his treasure, ho began to ques
lion himself as to the propriety of keeping the
money—it was directed to the Bank of Baltimore,
and should be returned to its rightful owners--
Yet avarice, like a wily serpent, twined around
his heart,and want breathed eloquently in his our
tales of impoverished old age—beds of sickness,
cold and dreary winters, arid above all a scolding
wife, "Besides," said he, "nobody will be a bit time
wiser, and ono family at least will he made coin.
fin-table."
Pondering over the doctrines ofJorry Bentham.
arid accommodating circumstances admirably to
his conscience,he arrived home with the treasure
in his pocket—hut as ho entered the door, convic
tion again came upon him—ho thought he had a
nest of vipers in his pocket—the package appear.
ed to have troubled spirits within its envelope—
each spirit seemed to speak out in terrible tones
to his conscience, and ho trembled all over as if
he had committed an act which would forever
blast his reputation and his happiness. Poor man!
all his dreams of bliss had now flown—ho entered
his good old lady's apartment with eyes glaring
and limbs trembling from joint to joint His wife,
alarmed ut his unusual appearance, placed him
upon a chair, and began chafing his beating tern
plea with vinegar, repeatedly asking him what
had occurred to agitate him so?
"0 wife!—wifol" at length muttered he, "I am
a miserable old man. The devil has-been tempt
ing me, and I have sinned largely."
"How, my dour?" tenderly naked the old lady,
beginning to suspect that her husband had at too
long by the -tavern fire—she was sure she smelt
brandy.
"Put your hand in my pocket, and take from
thence ton thousand scorpions that have been
stinging me for this half hour past. Tako them
out wife."
"Indeed, I will," said she, drawing the package
from his pocket, "bless my soul! what's this?"
"Bank notee—l Rind them in the etreet—bu
hey belong to the Bank of Baltimore."
"Why, now—how lucky; but what a pity that
we should have to return them—they would make
us comfortable for the rest of our lives."
"Ali! wif." said the old gentleman sorrowfully
"don't tempt me again -,—Adam sinned throng,
Eve, and Eve through the accursed one. 1 won
dor how much money is in that package?"
"Ten thousand dollar, I'll ho bound. It would
he no harm to open it, would it? You know we
can give the money buck when a reward is of:
The husband said nothing—and the old lady
taking silence for consent, proceeded to break the
seals, one by one—when lo! instead of ten thou
sand dollars and as many scorpions, out fell a
brace of tracts and a piece of paper, on which
was written in largo characters "April Fool!"
EXCUSE FOR SADNESS.
Chide not, beloved, if oft with thee
I feel not rapture wholly ;
For aye,the heart that's filled with love,
Runs o'er in melancholy.
To streams that glide in noon, the shade
From summer skies is given ;
So, if my breast reflects the cloud,
'Tis but tho cloud of Heaven!
Thine image glass'd within my soul
So xvell the mirror keepeth,
Thai, chide me not, if with the light
The shadow also sleepeth.
MODERN DEFINITIONS.
DCSERTS.—What fortune does to merit; seldom
what she gives.
De:v.—A more accurate time-keeper than ever Hal-
Icy made
ENVY —The oxidation of the soul ; lint it is only
the meaner mines and metals that rust.
FACE. —Not only the title page of a man—but often,
tco, the table of contents.
A FAIR lIIT.
A young aspirant for literary and fashionable dis
tioction,who had in vain laid the foundation for what
be had hoped would luxtirlate into a large pair of
whiskers, lately asked one of our village belles what
she thought of them To which she replied, with
ranch nairetle, that they were like unto the NVestern
country—extensively laid out, bnt thinly settled.
ON THE POPULAR SUPERSTITION OF
FIRST LOVE BEING LASTING.
First love is a pretty romance,
Though not quite so lasting as recicou'd;
For when one awakes from its trance,
There's a great stock of bl ss in a second.
And e'en should the second subside,
A lover can never despair;
For tbe world is uncommonly wide,
Ana the women—uncommonly fair.
4 Then poets their raptures may tell,
Who never were put to the test;
A first love is all very well,
But believe me, the last love's the best
THE PRINTER -AN EXTRACT.
Perhaps it may not be amiss to remember the Prin
ter in my discourse. He is in a very disagreeable sit
uation. He trusts every body—ho knows-not whom;
his money is scattered every where, he hardly knows
where to look for it. His paper, his ink, his press,
his type, his journeyman's labor,his , must
be punctually paid for You Mr. —, and. Mr.—
and Mr.—,and a thousand others that I could name,
have taken his paper, and your wives and your chil
dren, and your neighbors have been amused and in
formed, and I hope improved by it ; if you miss one
paper, you think very hard of the printer or post for
it—you had rather go without 'icor best Meal than to
he deprived of your newspaper. Have you ever com
plied with the terms of your subscription? Have you
taken as much pains to furnish the printer with Isis
money, as he has to furnish you with the paper? Have
you contributed your mite to repay him for his ink,
his types, his press, his hand work and head work?
grj,lf you have not, go pay him off and sin no more!
Madame Marie Ltstitlknonapartc,(mother of Na
puleon,)died at Rome on the 22d February last. She
was born on the 2411 of Anost,l7so.at Ajaccin,of the
Ramalini family, and has lived at Rome ever since
1514. She'died immensely rich.
OLD Drava —We were. much pleased a
few days since through the politeness of Mr.
Philip Reybold, with an examination of the
first deed given by two lndians.for the trans.
fer of the. celebrated Barney Farm, lately
owned by Mr. John Barney, well known for
the fine cattle raised on said farm— which
is now in the possession of the former enter.
priqing farmer, celebrated for his corn crops.
The farm wits purchased of Mr. Barney at
the expiration of the last war, for $45,000
Mr. Reybold bou ,, ht it bust hill at auction
for 817,200. The Indi•tns sold it for two
half•inkers of strong liquor, (being ten gal.
Ions;) one waistcoat, two double handfulS of
powder,and two bars of lead.—New C. Gaz.
ANECDOTE.--As the good Deneon A—,
on a cold morning, in January, was riding by
the house of his neighbor F. the latter was
choping wood at his door. The usual salu
tation was exchanged, the severity of the
weather briefly discussed, and the horseman
made demonstrations of passing on, when
his neighbor detained him by saying, "Don't
be in n hurry, Deacon, woiild'nt you like a
glass of good old Jamaica, this cold morn
ingl" "Thank you kindly;" said the old
gentleman, at the same time beginning to
dismount with all the deliberation becoming
a Deacon, "I don't care if l do." "Ah, don't
trouble yourself to get off, Deacon," said the
wag, "I merely asked for information—we
hav'nt a drop of rum in the house."
SUCCESSFUL MEASURE.-" IV ell, Squire,"
said n constituent to a Representative, why
did'nt you get our petition through the Le.
gislature this winter?" I did get it through,
my dear sir, without any difficulty." "Ali
—indeed! I did'nt see any account of it in
the newspapers." "To be sure, not —/ car
ried it through both Houses in my coat pack
nand made no noise about it"—New Bed-
ford Gazette.
Two DAYS LATER FROM ENGLAND. -By
the packet ship Francois I. Castoff, from
Havre via Plymouth, England, whence she
sailed Feb. IFI.II, London dates are receiv•
ed to the 16? h. There is nothing impor•
Cant. Mr. Snmonosofl; first Secretary of the
Rushian embassy at London, has been ap•
pointed Minister to Washington. He will
proceed to the United States from England.
Lo 4 Brougham is still in feeble health,
at his seat, Brougham Hall. He does not,,
it is said, immediately contemplate the re
sumption of his parlamentary duties. In
case of a division of the Chancellorship, the
present Chancellor will be Chancellor in
Equity, Lord Denman Speaker of the Lords,
and Sir Jno. Campbell . Chief Justice.
The future Icing of portugal, accompan
ied by Prince Augusta, of Saxe Cnbourg,
and Count Lavradio, arrived at Brussels on
the 9th.
Nearly all the English and French jour•
nnla nre excluded from the Rnssian reading
rooms.
A new treaty of commerce is spoken of
between England and France.
The Emperor of RusAtt has confiscated
more of the Polish estates.
There has been another battle between
Marshal' Calusel and Abdel Kader.
--.00•s~ .
It is said that schemes for railroads are
before the Britkh Parliament, involving an
expenditure of upwatds of two hundred mil
lions of dollars.
31 R. MI DDLECOF F'S ADDRESS.
FROM THE REPUBLICAN CO3IPILER
To the Citizens of the r 01.71%.
teenth Senatoritil District,
Composed of the Counties of York and
Adaing.
- FELLOW-CITIZENS:—The many misrep
resentations of the "Act to repeal the State.
Tax on real and personal property and con•
tinue and extend the Improvements of the
State by rnil•roads and canals and to charter
a State Bank, to be called the United States
Bank"—together with the sentiments ex
pressed in the following Preamble and Reso
lutions, adopted at a large meeting of the
Democratic citizens recently held at Berlin,
induces me to present you with some of the
reasons which influenced my vote on that
important measure. •
"Whereas, the Legislature of Pennsylvania has
chartered a State Bank,under the name of the U.
States Bunk,and as Posternl highly respectable and
influential members of the Democratic party,have
supported that measure; and whereas,the conduct
and motives of those individuals have been ques.
tinned, and perhaps unjustly—
Therefore,
Resolved, That it is in the highest degree in
expedient and unjust for this meeting-to condemn
and denounce those individuals who voted for the
Slate Bank, denominated the United States Bank,
without being fully satisfied that they acted with
bad faith towards their party and the true Interests
ortri^ q comnion wealth.
Resolved, That this mooting express its opposi.
him to the late Bank ol•tho U. States, and to any
and all institutions with similar powers; but that
it will refrlin from all censure of the conductant,l
motives of those Democratic members oldie Sen
ate arid House of Representatives who supported
the bill for the re charter of the present State in
stitution,bnown by the name alb& United States
Bank,without first giving them an opportunity of
being heard in their own defence.
The situation of a Representative of the
People is always one of great responsibility,
and frequently an exceedingly unpleasant
one: for it rarely happens that a decided ex•
pression of opinion is, or can be obtained
from those he represents,in reference to im•
portant measures that come within the range
of his official duties. And moreover, it ire.
quently occurs that the people themselves
are so much divided in opinion that he is
necessarily left to the government of his
own judgment and discretion.
No measure,since I have had the honor of
a seat in the Senate, presented to my mind
so much doubt and difficulty, and involved
me in so much uncertainty as to the course
proper to be pursued. On. the one hand, I
saw you weighed down by oppressive taxa•
tion to support tt system from which you
have not, nor are you likely ever to derive
much advantage. This has been, and cor
rectly too, the subject of much complaint
with every voter in my distriet,without dis•
tinction of party. And your taxes, heavy
as they now are,must necessarily have been
increased at this session of the Legislature,
ifsorne extraordinary measure of relief bad
not been devised. Of the truth of this, no 1
one can doubt if he will take up and exam•
me the Reports of the Treasurer, Canal
Commissioneis, &c.
And en the other hand,l knew that many
of my democratic friends who had condom.
ned and opposed the U. S. Bunk as a Na
tional institution, might not view it with a
mottf favorable eye if chartered as a State
Bank: That men who looked not beyond the
simple naked quest:on of a Bunk of the U.
States, which had been made a rallying
word for party,would,fiir a time, disapprove
of my course in voting for it as a State Insti
ninon.
W hen the subject of chartering the Bank
Was first agitated, I was decidedly oppose
to it, and had determined - to vote against
But when the Bill reached the Senate and
was referred to a committee,of which I was
a member, many amendments were made,
and additional restrictions imposed. 'lt re
mained in the hands of the committee seve
ral days before it was reported to Senate,
during which time the whole merits and de
merits of the bill were amply discussed.--
And after having reflected much and anx
iously upon the subject, I came to the con•
elusion to. give- it my support.
Among the reasons which influenced my
determination, I submit the following:
Our State debt is now near twenty•flve
millionsof dollars. This Immense sum of
money has been expended in the construe.
lion of Canals and Rail Roads. Some of the
lines are yet unfinished, which must be corn.
*tea, and other links fi n •med to make them
productive; without this further expendi•
titre, one half of the usefulness and revenue
derivable from these channels ofcommunica
non, would be lost to the State, and cense-
que),ltly to her citizens. To accomplist
thisl.will require a further expenditure o
some five or six millions of dollars; most, if
not all of which, must be borrowed and ex.
pended before the revenue of these' works
will be adequate to meet the interest of the
cost of their construction.
The people are now taxed almost beyond
heir ahtlity to pay. They are taxed di:
redly on their real and personal property,
and indirectly in many Jiff rent ways. And
notwithstanding this immense amount n
money, which is wrung from the hard earn-
rigs of the people, and made to flow into
he Treasury, yet there is a deficit ofsome
hree or four hundred thousand dollars, to
meet the present demands against iheCom-
monwealth. This sum, and the:intaiStitbn
appropriations which were indispensible;
could only have been met by taxing the'peo
ple, if we had refused the bonus whiCh the
Bank was willing to pay for a charter.
tinder these circumstances then, whnt,
would have been our condition, it we had
permitted the immense capital of the Bank
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to'havo been withdrawn frum our Stato- 7
That other Stares were willing and anxious,
to grant her a charter, on much more fever.
able terms than we did, is an" indisputable
fact: The winding up of the Bank, and the
withdrawal of its funds from :otir state would •
haYe produced a stateofembarrassnlent,anii .
distress never before witnessed. Such was
the dreary prospect when the prOject of the
chat ter of the Bank by tide Legislature, was
presented to us.
.
Uwe had not eliariefed the Bank, ROITIO•
twenty.five or thirty smell hanks would have
been created! Small, Banks, owing to Ole
tendency to oyert rade,are not as safe as large •
ones. Many of the small BanltS . issue pa.
per to double and treble the amount oetheir
capital; this Bank is only allowed to issue
notes to the amount IX its capital actually:
paid in, it will also tend to, check - the over:
issues of small Banks and intreduce and
mnintzin a safe and sound currency.
This Bank is so guarded and restricted
that we are secured against rill the evile • up.- ,
prehended from it as a National Institution. •
A refusal to submit all its books and papere . •
to a committee of the Legislature-6r
ny of its officers to be swain and answer un
der oath—is made, a forfeiture of its chat ter.
You are told that the Bank possesses
power to control the GotiernmenCand en
slave the , people—that it will govern our pa1: 1
lections make and utinrake
: Governors,:
Members of Congress, &c: Does the Bahk: ,
indeed i)issess this,magical power? Do not
those who ascribe to the Bank this 'ftotent .
influence, question the intelligence; antqm
lawn the honesty nod integrity of the peo f . •
ple? Because, unless they are to be (hp:A.. ;
by the art and trickery Of knaves, who are
in the pay. of the Bank, or corrupted by its ..,„;
gold, l am at a loss to see how this
can be exerted. But it is a slander : upen,,
the people to suppose, that they can be thus
reached and controled.. But the StrongeSt
1 inducement that the bill held out, and the.
one
one which. first determined me to give it my :.
supportovis the appropriatitinof two hundijle
thousand dollars which it containedlor.
improvement in my district, which ma ct.
have been stricken out and lost, and the
carried by hve or six majority wit htt
vote, and although I do neither approveOi.
advocate this mode of leoislation,but
be pleased to see it banisrtedfrow'our
lative halls--yet whilst it' is practiSed, and
all appropriation bills are carried by that,
species of Legislation familiarly tented log
rolltngo he representative who refuies to par
ticipate, will accomplish but little in : that:
way towards benefitting his constitnents::"
The very liberal appropriation of two mil
lions of 'dollars, secured to the school fund,.
was another consideration not to be' over
looked,which, whilst it will relieve the pee
ple from a large portion of the tax for the
suppOrt of, common schools, will diflitse fhe
great and :lasting benefits of Education.
throughout out our great and. Rourkihing
Commonwealth. _
So firr ns any direct expression.64.4' , orl ,,.,
gainst the measure,reached me,the-J4f...,- •
derance was twenty to one in favor 7 '
large portion of those in fitvor were
twill friends: and hut one, out of fifteen or
twenty democrats from Adams county, who .
visited the Chamber durin, the pendency . of
the bill, expressed any dissatir,faction of my •
course—all besides, upon hearing the - tlitt
cussion, were agreed as to the propriety
its passage. -•
I supported this measure from a consci.,--
ootious conviction that it would greatly' fifo..:-; ,- ;:s t n
mote your local interests. and general pros=
perry; if in this I have been mistaken,. it - --=' l 6
will ever be to mo a source of deep regret.
But if it should eventuate, as I sincerely be
lieve it will, in conferring upon you a last
ing benefit, I stall deem it a sufficient re
ward for the sacrifice of hazarding the tem
porary loss of confidence, ofa portion of my
friends, who have been pleased-to makathe
advocacy of' the measure, a test of Demo
crney
•
1 have the honor to be,
Your friend and (fellow-citizen,
IP. eitTID D./GEC 161 PAIR
THE CROUP.—Dr. Fisher; in- th e lasi
number, of the Medical and Surgical Jour
nal,recommends to mothers and nu rses,when
a child is seized with that dangerous disease,
the troop, to apply immediately and parse
. veringly, until medical aid can be obtained,
to the throat and - upper part of the chest,
sponges or napkins dipt in water as hot as
can be borne, and wrung out so that the wet ,
er may not ooze from them. The remedy
was first suggested by a German physician
and has been practised With decided and na
form success.
UNIVERSALITY OF DISCONTENT.----1 gen
tlemar. had a hoard put up on a part of his
land, on which was written, "I will give this,
field to any ono who is really contented;"
and when an applicant came, he said, "are'
you contented;" thegeneral reply was; "1
am." "Then," rejoined the gentlennni
"what do you want with my field',"
The tiara of diamonds worn by the Driai4:
ess of Sutherland at the late Fancy Boil
en by the Queen of the Freneh t cost .
thousand pound;sterli ng•—nearly forty,*
sand dollars! •The naked of the Old :" 41-*
might be clothed out of the traMagißip,
gay. - isr•
The duke of Wellington's WAII
• oi
•ger,old Copenhagen,died at tilfsittlifk
on the 12th of February. tre4asitoi
the day of the battle of Cof;!ttuhspo i *
his name. _
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