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All Letters and Communications nddressed to the Editor by mad must be post-paid, or they will not be attended to TIRE GARLAND. —"With .weet.•nt flower. earieh'.ll. From vari , las gardens cull'd with care." PROM THE UNITED STATES GAZETTE Raply to Ldrut. Pattonts 4,..lpostrophel to his Sword. MY MRS. M. ST. L. LOUD. Call ye sot the gliWring blade, From the scabbard's peaceful shade, Where with honour it was laid, By a patriot's hand. Rouse yo not the fearful wrnth, That pram!, its hlnod•stained path, Fiercer than the lightning scathe, O'er the storm swept land Thiak not Glory can be found, On tlio dark ensanguined ground, Wheiii from each deep crimson svound, • Vengeance erica aloud. See, where yonder whlow'd wife, Through the lurid field of strife, Seeks the lost hope of her life, With stern anguish bowed hear the helpless, sireless child, O'er the plain with terror wild, Calling fertile friend who 011 his early ycars There a weeping maiden bends, Silent—cold—the form .he tends, Oue heart broken shriek ascends— She has done with teara By the woes the steel has wrought, By the keeneti with terror frought. Where coutendiug armies fought. Call ye not the sword. "Angel forms" may often hide, Spirits to the friends allied. Think before it leaves your side. Death is iu the word. Lot the war brand then no more, Drink the tide of human gore. A• it oft has done before, On the battle plain. Calmly resting in the sheath, Iktuy no fiery 1,390i0115 breed), To the field of blood mud death, Tempt it forth again 12411:4 JANE HOWARD. M [SS JAN II HOWARD was ,he daughter 61 a rich merchant residing in the city of Bal timore. tier personal appearance was tru ly preposessing; but the graces of her mind, polished as it was by the graces of a superior education, and the benevolence of her na turally warm and virtuous heart, rendered her an object of universal esteem and ad• mirathin, among till with whom she was ac quainted. At u very early age she embrac ed the Christain religion, and much of her tune was spent in promoting religious, and beilevolent objects. In the fah of 182 q, Jane, with her elder brother, embarked on board a Packet for Charleston, South Carolina, fur the purpose of visiting their friends. The captain of the' Packet was a MID 1411tAIt twenty-five years of age. HIS person was comely and his manners agreeable, with the exception of cue fault, tau common among sailors,he was profane. The modesty of Jane's appear ance attracted his attention: he gained an in. troduction to her by means of tier brother, tied was still more charmed by the sweet n •ss of her conveisatiun than he had been by the graces oilier person. It was not I.ing, however, before an oath escaped his lips, which shucked the delicate sensibility ut June. She politely requesteu that he would desist froin seen language while she remained on board the vessel; to which he immediately consented with deep chagrin. During the remainder of the voy age,the captain's attention to Jane was rath er increased than diminished. He spent much of his time in her company, charmed wid delig-ted with the modesty of her de portment,iind the fascinating spell of her in structive conversation; but not another oath was lie heard to utter until they arrived in Charleston. They were now about to part; but Jane, feeling,no small interest in the welfare aunt., whose unreinitted attentions inure than indicated his solicitude Liar her own, ventured to ask if he would grant her one request. The captain with all the en• thusiaam of tin infatuated lover, replied, th a t whatever rellleSl Slio was pleased to make, iiipossiblY within his power,tt certainly etiould be g rained. , Tho u , said ificeept this intite,ited my request id, that you read a portion of it eve. ry day.' surprised,He Felt but con=idering thnt he had given 1118 pi imilse, he It himself hound to rulfil it. In the hill of 1...“33, Jane went to spend the 'winter with her uncle,..who re sided in Vow Orleans. The first Sabbath alter she arrivoil there, she accompanied her uncle end his family to church, end heard a seining' oluticommon interest,delivered with eloquence end 'religious pathos. , The tunneler evidently a man of superior talents; his voice deep-lofted and ag,reeahlt: I lis figures were applicable, though high wrought and lie possessed, in fine, the rare faculty of chaining an audience in almost breathless silenctt from the commencement to the rinse of his discoarse. Bat Jane, whose tender heart was so exquisitely susceptible on the subject of religion, entered so deeply into the spirit of the ser mon,t hat she entirely for got, for a time, the distance which separated her from her friends, and all the circuits stances by which she was surrounded, with the exception of the rolling sentences as they flowed from the lips of the speaker. The meeting closed; and while Jane rind her friends were waiting in their pew for the ailse to be cleared, the preacher rame down from the pulpit advanced towards, and addressed Jane as follows: 'lf I mistake not, I am addressing Miss Howard.' A confused succession' of ideas flitted for an tostant across the mind of Jane—but re• collecting herself, she politely replied: 'That is my name, sir, but I do not recol lect to have 'ILIA the pleasure of seeing you helure.' 'Perhaps you recollect having sailed from Bali 'more to Charleston about live years ago, n the Packet, Thomas Jefferson, and of having given a bible to the captain.' '1 do,' she replied, recollect it well and it / mistake not,' recognize t he captain in the person before me! can it be pissiblel is possible,' he replied, it is so—l am the manl—and I shall ever feel the deepest gratitude to you, Miss Iluward, for the in• serest you manifested in my welfare. That bible and the rea•ling ()fit has made me what I ani.' I %%111 not attempt to describe the feelings pri.duced by this unexpected meeting. Suf flee it to say, that the minister was invited home with them, and during the winter his visits were neither few nor far between.— The Albany A rglis of Saturday states that Governor Marcy returned to that city on Thursday evening, from the frontier Ma. jor General Macomb arrived at Oswego on the 16th inst., and proceeded directly to Sackett's Harbor. Brevet Brigadier Gene ral Brady arrived at Sackutt'. Harbor on the 19th. A detachment of about two hundred regulars of the army, under the command of Captain Gwinne of the First Infantry and Captain M'Call of the Fourth Infantry, ar rived at Oswego on the 18th inst. and lett the next day by steamboat for Sackett's From Waldie's Journal of Belles Letters. Harbor. I n the spring he married Miss Jane.and they are now on a Missionary tour among the dark benighted sons of India, where the blessing of [leaven is attending their labors in a wonderful manner, and many souls are brought to a saving knowledge through their instrumentality. "hail Coltembia.7, Judge Hopkinson— We present our read ers with an American anecdote, from the pen of a valued correspondent, respecting the composition of "Hail Columbia," by Judge Hopktonon, which wilt lag new to most of our subscribers. Mr. Editor—though you are aware that the Hon. Judge Hopkinson is the author Hail Columbia, you may not know the cir rumatances under which it was written.— I have heard the history of the song more than once, and it may find a place of record in some corner of your 'Journal,' end be se cured from oblivion. In the year 176;9 when patriotic feelin pervaded the country, and when there were several parties in the field, Mr. Fox, a young player, who was more admired for his vocal than histrionic powers called one morning upon his friend Mr. H. and, after stating that the following evening had been appointed for his benefit, and expressing great fear for the result, as not a single box had been taken, begged his friend to do something in his behalf. "If," said Fox, "you will write me some patriotic verses to the tune of the President's March, I feel sure of a full house. Sev oral of the people about the theatre have at tempted it; but they have come to the con elusion that it cannot be done, yet I think you may succeed. Mr. H. consented to make a trial, and requested Fox to call in the evening to judge of the result. Mr. Hopkinson retired to his study, and n a short time wrote the first verse and cho 'us, which were submitted to Mrs. Hopkin son, who sung them to a piano accompani ment, and proved the measure and music to he compatible and in keeping. In this way the second •and other verses were written. and when Fox returned in the evening, he received with delight the song as it now stands. The following morning, small hand bills and placards announced that Mr. Fox would sing a new patriotic song, &c. The theatre was crowded; the song was sung, and received with rapture; it was re peated eight times and again encored, and when sting the ninth time, the whole audi ence stood up and joined in the chorus.— Night after night Hail Columbia cheered the visiters of the theatre, and in a very few days it was the universal song of the boys in the streets from one end of the city to the other. Nor was the distuinguished author ofth is truly national song—ti sow. which met the entire approbation of all parties of the day—.forgotten. The street in which he' resided was on the occasion crowded, and Hail Columbia broke on the stillness of mid. night from five hundred patriotic voices. HARVEST. ---We continue to bear cheer ing news from the green fields on all sides, and have reason to hope that a plentiful har vest will reward the labors of the husband roan, and tifl:ird to the community generally the staff of life At a cost far less than it has been had at for these last two years. Travel , ling through a part of a few days since we were parti6litiv struck with the number and extent °elite wheat and rye fields, and with.tios7, healthful appearance of the grain. We learned that the partial failure of the crops in 1836 and 1837, had induced the farmers to pl- at more il.an double the customary quantity ofgrain,and . a favorable season had rendered the whole remarkably prolific; sa that a great ...supply is likely to result. We must however in looking for a surplus, not overlook the fact. that, there was last year no surplus-- au that the bar. 44 1 WISII NO OTHER HERALD, NO OTHER SPEAKER OF Hy LIVING ACTIONS, TO KEEP MINE HONOR PROM CORRUPTION. .---SHARG eaww/ra..wortioarts tnnearalaT e aware ab. avoch The VIRGINIA COMMERCIAL CoNvwx. now closed its session on Saturday. We learn from the Richmond Whig that the result of its deliberations is comprehended in the recommendation by the Convention of an increase of the banking capital. and the vigorous prosecution of the various im• portant lines of internal Improvement now in progress, as essential to the attainment of the great end in view. It also recom mends another State Convention, to assem ble in Norfolk in November next, end the ap pointment of Delegates to the Augusta(Geo.) Convention.—Nat. Intel. The Supreme Court of Alabama has de cided that the law requiring Connie Hors and Attorneys at law, before entering upon the practice of their profession, to take an oath against duelling, is unconstitutional. Wo•regret to learn, from the Washington Reporter, that THOMAS M. T. hicliesmor, the esteemed Representatives in Congress from Pennsylvania, declines being a candi date for re•election to Congress. JAlLAlnemtvra.—The Frederick Her. ald stiles . , that the Jail of that county was broken on Thursday last, by the prisoners , confined therein, and six persons made their escape therefrom, one of whom returned voluntarily on the following morning. The fugitives were all "negroes," and confined for petty offences. Warmer's ere in great dernond on the Wheeling route, since the breach in the Pennsylvania V/nal, vest of the season will be all the home supply which we shall have for the marl►et. We hope however that it will he abundant, and allow of shipments to Sonth A merica and to England.—United States Gazette. iaelieral I t The Columbia Spy states that on Tuesday last two arks heavily laden with tobacco from the lower iMississippicouutry,and bacon from Ohio, left that place for Baltimore. This is the second shipment of the kind ibis and serves to show the va:ue of our public improvements. In November nexi,the new Medical Cul• lege at Richmond, Virginia, will cnminence operations under the direction of six profes• sure. The sori.of Nr. Benjamin Stewart, of Cam bridge, Dorchester county, Md, who was murdered in Baltimore on Thursday night last, has been arrested on suspicion of being the murderer of his father. lie was recog nized by Mr. Disko as the person to whom he sold the hatchet with which Mr. Stewart was killed Ann Enelison, a female also arrested, admits that she inveigled the fath er so that he might find his son et the spot where the murder took place. It is sup posed young Stewart killed his father to oh lain possession of some fifty acres of land he know he had willed to him. Ma.sachusetts Episcopal Convention has elected the Rev. Alonzo Potter, recent ly Rector of St. Paul's, in Bo.ton, Assistant Bishop and coadjutor with the Right Rev. Bishop Griswold. The dwelling of Mr. Landis, of Lances. ter, was burnt on Friday night, and two of his children, aged eight and ten years • Nor• Wind in the (lawea. • Mr. Thornly,of Louisa county, Virginia, was lately murdered by one of his own slaves, a boy nineteen years of age. He has been convicted of the murder. and sentenc ed be hung on the 11th of July. A negro man was so much affected at see ing his wife crushed to death between the wheel of a cart and a post. at Richmond, Virginia, on Thursday lust,that he fell down dead. roteLE OF TIE WEST.—lmproved COM MIIIIICUIiQIIB. —The Columbia (Pa.) Spy has the following paragraph, which we copy as especially interesting to those who take in• terest in the growing Commerce of Haiti. more: "A NEW FE A n ark load of To bacco left this place on Friday last for Bal. timore. This with us is entirely a new article of commerce. We have authority for believing that it is the first that has pass ed, in any quantity, down the Susquehanna. The article of which we speak was grown in the lower Mississippi country, and was for. warded up the Mississippi and Ohio rivers, through the Pennsylvania Canal, and down the Susquehanna river to Baltimore, as a safer and cheaper mode of conveyance than from New Orleans to Baltimore by sea.— This is another and a striking evidence of the immense importance to the community of that great chain of internal communica tion called the Pennsylvania public improve ments. We trust that this is but the com• inencemont of a new and great internal trade." The York Repnblicnn says: "The shin plasters of the Harrisburg and Lancaster Rail-road company ir.e in bad odour here just now. Don't take them till we hear more ziliout them." Potiliczl Mat ter". From the Carlini° Hernld The Approaching Contest. Mil. PIIILLIN: —Permit me, through the medium of your valuable and circulating journal, to express my vie•vs in relation to the approaching Gubernatorial election. Al though, strictly speaking,, I am not a party man, and meddle but little in the exciting political squabbles of the day; yet I hold it to be the duty of every good citizen to use his best exertions to support the "Con.stitu• tionand Laws;" to frown upon the encroach meats of Executive power; and to guard and support, as much as in him lies, the right of the states. In conformity with these opinions, I have always extended my humble support (nod shall ever continue so to do,) to that man who.in my opinion,was best (peddled to dis charge the responsible duties appertaining to the high and honorable office of Governor of Pennsylvania. I also hold it to he the duty °revery voter in the "Key .atone State," to examine well the merits of the different candidates placed before hiin for that high office. We elect, fur three years, a man to whom we intrust the interests of the state; we invest him with immense power, which he may exercise either for "weal or woe;" to the people he may prove either a blessing or a curse. How careful, therelere, should we be to select a man who is honest, cup able, ono who has the interest of the whole state at Itimrt,and whose moral abrader is such that it may defy the strictest scrutiny. In selecting a man to fill that high station, we should endeavor to find out his true char actor. If he has proved himself honest in private life, we may safely assume that hr. will make an honest public officer; but if, an the contrary,he has been a dishonest pri cute caixen,then we KNOW that he will make a dishonest public functionary. The Gov ernor of Pennsylvania should be possessed of bonesty,moral courage, and a determination to discharge his important duties without re• gard to consequences. Ho should be well acquainted with the people whom he is call ed upon to govcrn,and he should prefer their interests, and the interests of the Common wealth, to his own. He should be a man disposed to protect his native state from the exactions,thp encroachments,and the usurpa tions of the Federal Government, and trom the conflicting interests of neighboring states. Pennsylvania is one of the most powerful Matey in the United Confederacy. She is rich in minerals and in the industry of het children; she is also rich in agriculture,manu factures and commerce; and tier citizens are industrious, intelligent and patriotic. Her vast and stupendous system cif Internal lin• rovements is the wonder and admiration of the world; her Common School system (so judiciously managed by the present Secre• tary of the Conunonwralth, THOMAS H. BUIMOWES, Esq ) will secure to her chi' teen the blessings of Education. During the Kevolution,aud in the lute wnr,her har dy sons were always foremost in the' battle, and her statesmen were conspicuous in the councils of the nation. Her treasure was freely expended in the common cause, and many of her gallant sons breathed their last battling for the liberties of the whole U• nion. Always willing to reward the deeds of patriotism, Pennsylvania was one of the first states to urge the claims of General JACK sort for the Presidency, and clung to and supported him with a tenacity truly astonish ing, when we consider his conduct towards her. When tie came mt.) office, she was prosperous and happy. Within her metro politan city was located one of the best Banks that ever existed in any couulry,und the cur rency was sound and um lorm. Gen. Jack • son went into office with loud promises of re trencliment and reform, and declared,in sub- stance, that he would appoint to office no member of Congress; yet it is a fact, which cannot be contradicted, that during his ad ministration there were more members of Congress appointed 'to office than there had been during the terms of all his predecessors united!! 1 need not here advert to the in creased expenditures ofgovernment. Any man, at all acquainted with the political his tory of the times, knows that the expendi. tures of the country,instead of being dtmin• ished, have been greatly increased. Notwithstanding the generous support Gen. Jackson had received from the people of Pennsylvania,he Uampled upon her riAhts, and drove from his councils her most honor- ed sons, and selected for his advisers servile and corrupt sycopliants,inen who could stoop to flatter his vanity and become the instru penis of his will. During the war which the President wag ed against tho Bank of the United Siiitesdie was aided and supported by tho corrupt and imbecile administration of GEO. WOLF, who, (poking more to hisown private interests than he interests of his native state, became the mere instrument of Federal power. Penn. svivania was made tributß y to New. York; er commerce was Crippled, and her mane- lecturing interest paralyzed But the peo ple awoke from their lethargy, and took the natter into their own hands was driven from the station he had disgrac ed, and consigned to merited obscurity.— tie was, however, rewarded for his treason by the gift of a petty clerkship at Washing ton! , The policy of General Jackson has done much to injure Pennsylvania, and the u►an who "follows in the footsteps" is still war- ring against the best interests of this Com won wealth. To affect his object, MAtArttt VA:: BURRIV evinces a malignity rarely wit. nessed; but he is met at every point by our present worthy Chief Magistrate, Josßea RiTsim, and foiled in his designs. The President can neither buy nor intimidate the 'Farmer Governor;" and he is ender'. voring by every means, no matter how cor• rule. to prostrate him. But we hive no fear of the result. He will he triumphantly sus mined by a free and intelligent people. No man better understands the agricultural, commercial, mineral, and manufterming in. terests of this state than "Old Joe Ranee," and no man is more able or willing to pro t and promote them. He is a self made inan, knows what it is to earn his bread by the sweat of his brow, and is not above the people. He is a Mechanic, a Farmer, and a Statesman. But he has been represented to the peo ple as an "ignorant and illiterate Dutchman." Nothing can be farther from the truth than this. Joseph Racer Is neither ignorant nor illiterate: He is a plain, farmer looking, and dignified old gentleman; receives visi ters in the most courteous, friendly manner, and can make a better off hand speech than one halt the hush lawyers in the state. It is true that he is descended from German pa rentage, but is that any disgrace? Certa'nly not. A large portion of our most valuable citizens are descendedfrom Germans, arid they have done more to advance the pros perity of Peosylvania than any other class of people. They are frugal and industrious, and are devoted to the best interests of the Cornmonwe ilth. They know Jesuph Ratner mid will sustain him. And who is the man whom the Loco Fo en party have nominated to contend with Joseph Rimer for the Gubernatorial chair Davin It Po IT. a! David Rittenhouse Per tor! I And who is David R. Porter? Not the gallant Commodore of that name? 0, dear, no; but General David R. Porter, of Huntingdon county. The fact is, that this man was scarcely known out of the mime diate vicinity of his own county, and his nomination excited universal surprise.— Even the loco focus were chagrined and dis appointed,but they dared not openly express themselves. They had to submit quietly to the dictum of their leaders; the fiat had gone forth, and the stale saying that "a Geier selection could not hove been made," was re peated in every loco risco journal in the state. Porter is now their candidate; they war not fur him, but for the spoils; he will re• ceive the nndividd support of the "genus loco foco" in this state, aided as they will be by the tremendous power of the National Government. Vao Buren is aware that he is playing a desperate game, and he also knows that Pennsylvania is to be the theatre in which his last battle will be fought, and he will stake every thing tipon the hazard. Men and money will be brought into requisi tion, and the numerous "Sub Treasurers" in the stato,lead on by George Wolf, will leave Ile stone unturned; they will resort to every thing,no matter how eorrupt,hriw despicable or mean, to susta n Van Buren'and Porter. Already are the hirelings of the Kitchen Cabinet traversing the state urging upon the faithful the importance of " Union and liar. many," and pushing the claims of Deputy Grand Master Porter. They feel that their power is on the. wane, and are becoming desperate. •" Whom the gods determine to destroy they first make mud." But what will be the result. of this contest betwoen the National Government and the independent', yeomanry of Pennsylvania? Will the latter submit to be dictated to, and lick the hand that smites them? No, never! The people know and will maintain their rights. Penn Sylvania has suffered much at the hands of the late and present national administration, but she is now thoroughly arousedoind will billow the example set her by au many of her sister states. The second Tuesday of October next will be long remembered as a day of triumph achieved by freemen over the combined forces of loco focoism and the hirelings of despotism. On that day,every hill,every valley,and every moun tain side within the Commonwealth, will pour forth their hardy and freeborn sans who will deposit their votes fur Joseph Rat nor, the Farmer of Washington county. David R. Porter,the loco fuco candidate, has been a petty office holder for about 20 years. During that period he has gleaned from the public crib something like 840, 11 00, and he is still crying "give! give!" He is actuated by no high motive for the. public good, but acts solid: , from a desire to enrich liimsellat the expense of the people. He has been a member of the Legislature, but while in that body he never distinguished himself either as a statesman ot• as a useful fatal ofbusiness. It is said that he now holds office of Major General of the Hunting. don and Mifflin militia, but we have never heard ofsny deeds of high and chivalrous during performed by him in that capacity, save indeed his masterly "retreat" through the back door ofa tavern in Lewistown; but his friends call him General, thinking there- by to gull the people and catch votes, as they know that the citizens of Pennsylvania delight to honor men who have served their country in a military capacity. He also holds the office ofSmator of this state, and refuses to resign,alt hough the loco locos sty they are confident ofelecting him Governor. lie, however,knows better, ar.d will hold on o his present office, as he thinks the one in Geo. Wolf perspective rattier uncertain. The. Convention of Democratic Young Men which lately met at Reading, was the argest convention ever assembled in this state. It watia most enthusiastic meeting; hope was depicted in every countenance; the utmost unanimity prevailed,und very thing was dune with an eye single to the prosperi- ty of the state. There were nearly three thousand delegates present, and among the whole there was but, any senticaent prevaiWd [VOL. 9..-NO. 15. that °Ca fixed deterrnmstion to nupport io. seph R.itneroind by doing so guard well tf.e true interests of the whole state. It was indeed a noble sight to behold so many youno men, from all srctions of this wide-spread " Commonwealth, assembled to. geiher; nnd,to use the language of EnwAttn Joy AI mutts. in his eloqu e nt speech on that occasion, "it resembled the vast nrimary meetings of the ancient Greeks, when they met together to watch over the interests of their country." The minions of Van Bit. ren were startled at this unexpected display of strength, intelligence and patriotism. To the friends of correct principles in the "Key stone" state, we would say, be active, fie vigilant; he watchful,stal success will crown our offorts—victory will perch upon our standard. SIDNEY,. Perry county, June, 1839• From the Philadelphia Commonwealth &Inn-Armoury. Under the head of "Anti-Masonry muz zled," the Reading Democratic Press pours Furth n torrent of abuse against Governor RITNEII, and the whole Ant i•Masonic party: the former is described as conferring office on some who are faithful to the HANDMAID; and the latter, as !'having received orders from their worshipful Master (Gov. RIT• Natt,) to renounce their old hobby and faVor ite—Awri MASONRY; that the cause it, BC cording:y muzzled dic." Now it so happens, that we fancy we know quite as much about Governor RITNEWEI appointments, as does the veritable Editor ofthe Democratic Press; and we call on him to point to the "faithful adherents of the handmaid," whom Gov. Iturtsait has appointed to office. Will he do sal We challenge him to refer us to the orders given to the Party, to renounce Anti- Masonry? He cannot do it. No such or ders are in existence. As to the muzzling of Anti Masonry,— that is all a matter or mere moonshine. No power on earth can muzzle it—not even the Grand Lodge itself. Its cause is the cause of Truth, of Justice, of Patriotism , and of Morality; and as such, it most and will be triumphant. Never will Anti-Masons 'be muzzled—never dictated to by a "worship ful master," nor cease to give forth their de. nunciations ofthe wickedness and selfishness ofalie handmaid,' until every Masonic Lodge 'throughout the Universe" be finally and forever closed. Then will Anti-Masonry have accomplished every object of its organi• zation—then will it be no more needed, as at present,to purify the political atmosphere, saturated as it is with the abominations and defilements of Masonry—then will Anti-Ma lions become silent, but not till then:: We can further assure the editor elthe Democratic Press, and his Loco Focti 'and Masonic Brethren, that the cause of,Anti- Masonry was never more prosperous !Pan at' the present moment. Peace, harmony and unanimity pervade our ranks—Our numbers are daily on the increase—Anti-Masonic pa pers are also starting up in every direction, and in October next, we shall give Masonry and Loco Focoism a tremendous, if not a fatal shock, by the complete prostration and otal discomfiture of DEPUTY GRAND MASTER, DAVID R. PORTER. The Pennsylvania papers opposed to Gov ' ernor Ritner, have of late, since his nomi nation for are-election, enlarged very much on the wasteful expenditure of hie Adminis tration, and the increase which it has Lidded . to the State debt. The absurdity of the charges is obviously shown by the follbw. ing statement in the Harrisburg Telegraph. It is a "Table showing the annual receipts and expenditures. and the amount of the State Debt, and balance in the Treasury,at the end of each year, fur the lon nine years; which comprises the last year of Governor Shulze's administration; the six years ofGov ornor Wolf's; and the two years of Gover nor Ritner's administration: compiled from the State Treasurer's and Auditor General's reports to the Legislature, for the years therein mentioned. The fiscal year,it will be recollected,enda on the first day of November in each year. Govern(); Ritner was installed lute office in December, 18:35; consequently the reader will be able to judge, by an examination of the annexed table, of the truth or falsity of the above charges.' , Years. Receipts. Expenditures. Dec. 1, 1929 3,610,338 02 3,624,777 61 1830 6,331,444 31 6,3'4,394 60 I Nor. 1, 1831 3,033,978 67 3,058,926 64 1832 4,594,889 22 4,602,201 88 1833 4,047,050 62 3,796,794 48 1834 4,876.748 05 • 5,190,079 15 1335 3,273,533 21 $131,860 31 1836 3,604,642 54 3,675.trdS 11 1837 6,669,276 47 4,173,940 26 Years. Balance in Treasury. State Debt Deo. 1, 1629 175,376 98 8,327,849 31 1830 149,430 79 12.310,020 48 Nov. 1, 1831 124,482 92 14,217.856 01 1832 117.167 16 17.405,62 64 1833 367,423 30 20,298,431 69 1834 54,092 20 23.448,747 05 1845 195,795 10 24;955,435 56 1836 , 324,799'63 24,766.812 30 1837 2,220,135 74 24.921,924 74 la addition to the above, it may be proper to state that Governor !littler, has already paid off within the present year, near three hundred thousand dollars of the Slate Debt.—J.Vational Gazette. There is great rejoicing among the Con. servative papers at the defeat of the sub- Treasury Bill. The Frederick Tunes and the Hagerstown Courier, Goth strong Van Buren papers at the Presidential election, ennoucce the.loss of the bill in a postscript under the word "Glorious!" These papers are in Mr. THOMAS' district, who will find difficulty in again imposing himself on the people for re.election.[Babireare Ciiromck. The Van .Buren Convention of Maine have nominated John S. Fairfield, a mesa. k►er of Ocogrein, for Govextvic at 1t hiltaslll4,
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