OW/a aik ItliteWJP2lllQ
IT,ETTYSBIIIIG, IJECEMBER 14,1841.
NEWSPAPER LAW.
Oci-The law is, and so the courts decide, that the,
person to whom a paper is sent is respcinsible for the
payment, if he receive the paper or make use of it,
even though he never subscribed for It. His duty iu
such case is not to take the paper from the office or
place where it is left, but to notify the publisher that
he does not wish it.' If papers are sent to a post of
fice, store, tavern, or other place, and arc not taken
by the person to whom they are sent, the postmaster,
store or tavern keeper, &c., is responsible for the
payment unless he immediately gives notice to the
publisher that they are not taken from the office or
place where they arc sent. Extract from the Post
Office Regulations, page 50, section 118:
"In every instance in which papers that come to
your office are out taken out by the person to whom
they are sent, you will give immediate notice of it to
the publisher,adiling the reasons, if known, why the
papers are not taken out."
REMITTANCES DY MAIL.
?ROAN THE rosTmAsunt GENERAL.
"A Postmaster may enclose money in a letter
io the publisher of a nexspaper, to pay the sub
scription of a third person, and frank tho letter,
if written by himself."
I]:7'Nore.—Some subscribers may not bo aware of
the above regulation. It will be sea that, by re
qaesting any postmaster to frank their letters con
*aiming money, he will do so upon being satisfied that
the letters contain nothing but what refers to the
subscription.
PRESIDENT'S s MESSAGE)
To the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United Stales:
In coming together, fellow-citizens to
enter again upon the discharge of the duties
with which the People have charged us,
severally, we find great occasion to rejoice
in the genpraliprosperity of the country.—
We are in the enjoyment of all the bless
ings of civil and religious liberty, with un
exampled means of education, knowledge,
and improvement. Through the year
which is now drawing to a close, peace has
been in our borders, and plenty in our hab
itations; and although disease has visited
some few portions of the land with distress
and mortality, yet in general the health of
the People has been pteserved, and we aro
all called upon, by the highest obligations
of duty, to renew our thanks and our devo
tion to our Heavenly Parent, who has con
tinued to vouchsafe to us the eminent bless
ings which surround us, and who has so
signally crowned the year with his good
ness. If we find ourselves increasing, be
yond example, in numbers, in strength, in
wealth, in knowledge, in every thing which
promotes human and social happiness, let
us ever remember our dependence, for all
those, on the protection and merciful die.
pensation of Divine Providence.
Since our last adjournment, Alexander
McLeod, a British subject, who was indict
ed for the murder of an American citizen,
and whose case has been the subject of a
correspondence heretofore communicated
to you, has been acquitted by the verdict
of an impartial and intelligent jury, and
has, under the judgment of the Court, been
regularly discharged.
Great Britain baring made known to
this Government that the expedition which
was tilted out from Canada for the destruc
tion of the steamboat Caroline, in the wint
er of 1837, and which resulted in the des
truction of said boat, and in the death of an
American citizen, was undertaken by ord
ers emanating from the authorities of the
British Government, in Canada, and de
manding the discharge of McLeod upon
the ground that, if engaged in that expedi
tion, he did but fulfil the orders of his Gov
ernment, has thus been answered in the
only way in which she could be answered
by.a Government, the powers of which are
distributed among its several departments
by the fundamental law.• Happily for the
people of Great Britain, as well as those of
the United States, the only mode by which
an individual, arraigned for a criminal of
fence, before the Courts of either, can ob
tain his discharge, is by the independent
action dale judiciary, and by proceedings
equally familiar to the Courts of both coun
tries.
If in Great Britain a power exists in the
Crown to cause to be entered a nolle prose
qui, which is net the case with the Execu
tive power of the United States, upon a
prosecution pending in a State 'C ourt; .yet
there, no more than here, can `he chief
Exec:wily° power rescue a prisoner from
custody, without an order of the lirpper
tribunal directing his discharge. The ke
cise stage of the proceedings at whie
such order may be made, is a matter o
municipal regulation exclusively, and not
to be complained of by.any other Govern
meat. In eases of this kind, a Govern
ment becomes politically responsible only,
when its tribunals of last resort are shown
to have rendered unjust and injurious judg
ments in matters not doubtful. To the es
tablishment and elucidation of this princi
ple, no nation has lent its authority more
efficiently than Great Britain. Alexander
McLeod having his option either to prose
cute a writ of error from the decision of
the Supreme Court of New Y ork, i which
bad been rendered upon his application for
n discharge, to the Supreme Court of the
United States, or to submit his case to the
decision of a jury, preferred the latter,
deeming it the readiest mode of obtaining
his liberation, and the result has fully sus
wined the wisdom of his choice. The
manner in which the ivistie submitted was
tried, will Satisfy the English Government '
that the principles of justice will never foil
to govern the enlightened decision(or\an
American trilAnial. I cannot fail, howei.
er, to suggest to Congress the propriety,
and, in some degree, the necessity, of mak•
ing such provisioos by law, so far as they
may constitutionally do so, for the removal
at their commencement, and at the option
of the party, of all such cases as may here.
alter arise, and which may involve the
faithful observance and execution of our in
ternational obligations, froni the State to
the Federal Judiciary\ This Government,
by our institutions, is charged with the
maintenance of peace and the preservation
of amicable relations with the nations of
the earth, and ought to possess, without
question, all the reasonable and proper
means of maintaining the one and preserv
ing the other. Whilst just confidence is
felt in the Judiciary of the States; yet this
Government ought to be competent in itself
for the fulfilment of the high duties which
have been devolved upon it under the orga
nic law, by the States themselves.
In the month of September, a party of
armed men from Upper Canada invaded
the territory of the United States, and for
cibly seized upon the person of one Gro
gan, and, under circumstances of great
harshness, hurriedly carried him beyond
the limits of the United States, and delive
red him up to •the authorities of Upper
Canada. His immediate discharge was
ordered by those authorities, upon the facts
of the case being brought to their knowl
edge—a course of procedure which was to
have been expected from a nation with
whom wo are at peace, and which was not
more due to the rights ofthe United States,
than to its own regard fur justice. The
correspondence which passed between the
Department of State, and the British En
voy, Mr. Fox, and with the Governor of
Vermont, as soon as the facts had been
made known to this Department, are here
with communicated.
I regret that it is not in my power to
make known to you en equally satisfactory
conclusion to thecase of the Coroline stea
mer, with the circumstances connected with
the destruction of which, in December,
1837, by an armed force fitted out in the
Province of Upper Canada, you are alrea
dy made acquainted. No such atonement
as was due for the public wrong done to
the United States by this invasion of her
territory, so wholly irreconcilable with her
rights as an independent power, has yet
been made. In the view taken by this
Government, the inquiry whether, the ves
sel was in the employment of those who
were prosecuting an unauthorized war
against the Province, or was engaged by
the owner in the business of transporting
passengers to and from Navy Island in
hopes of private gain, which was most pro
bably the case, in no degree alters the real
question at issue between the two govern-
ments. This Government can never con
cede to any foreign Government the power
except in a case of the most urgent and ex
treme necessity, of invading its territory,
either to arrest the persons or destroy the
property of those who may have violated
the municipal laws of such foreign Gov
ernment, or have disregarded their obliga
tions arising under the law of nations.—
The territory of the United States must be
regarded as sacredly secure against all
such invasions, until they shall voluntarily
acknowledge their inability to acquit them
selves of their duties to others. And in
announcing thin sentiment, I do but affirm
a principle which no nation on earth would
be more ready to vindicate, at all hazards,
than the people and Government of Great
Britain.
If, upon a lull investigation of all the
facts, it shall appear that the owner of the
Caroline was governed by a hostile intent;
or had made common cause with those who
were in the occupancy of Navy leland,then
so tar as ho ie concerned, there can be no
claim to indemnif3 for the destruction of
his beat, which this Government would feel
itself bound to prosecute—since he would
have acted riot only in derogation of the
rights ofGreat Britain, but in clear viola
tion of the laws of the United States; but
that is a question which, however settled
in no manner involves the higher Considera
tion of the violation of territorial sovereign.
ty and jurisdiction. To recognise it as an
admissible practice that each government,
in its turn, upon any sudden and unauthor
ised out break, which, on a frontier, the
extent of which renders it impossible for
either to have an efficient force on every
'mile of it, and which out-break, therefore,
neither may be able to suppress in a day,
may take vengeance into its own hands,
and without even a remonstrance, and in
the absence of any passing or overruling
necessity, may invade the territory of the
other, would_inevitably lead to results
equally to be deplored,by both. When
border collisions come to receive the sai.c
tion, or to be made on the authority of eith
er Government, general war must be the
inevitable result. While it is the ardent
des:re of the United States to cultivate dm
relations of peace with all nations, and to
fulfil all the duties of good neighborhood to
wards those who possess territories adjoin
ing their own, that vory desire would lead
them to deny the right of any foreign pow
er to invade their boundary with an armed
force. The correspondence between the
two Governments on this subject, will, at
a future day of your session, be submitted
to your consideration; and in the mean time,
I cannot but indulge the hope that the Bri
that Government will see the propriety of
renouncing, as a rule of future action, the
precedent which has been set in the affair
at Schlosser.
I herewith submit the correspondence
which has recently taken place between
the American Minister at the Court of St.
James, Mr. Stevenson, and the Minister of
Foreign affairs of that government, on the
right claimed by that Government to, visit
and detain vessels sailing under the A mer
ican flag, engnged in prosecuting lawful
commerce in the African seas. Our com
mercial interests in that region have expe
rienced considerable increase, and have he
come an object of much importance, and
it, the duty of this Government to protect
them against all improper and vexatious in
terruption. However desirous the United
states may be for the suppreavion of -the
slave trade they cannot consent to inter.
polations into the maritime code, at the
mere will arid pleasure of other govern.
ments. We deny the right of any such
interpolation to any one, or all the nations
of the Earth, without our consent. We
claim to have a voice in all amendments or
alterations of that code—and when we are
given to understand, as in this instance, by
a foreign Government, that its treaties
with other nations cannot be executed
without the establishment and enforcement
of new principles of maritime police, to be
applied without our consent, we must em
ploy a language neither of equivocal import,
or susceptible of misconstruction. A
merican citizens prosecuting a lawful com
merce in the African seas, under the flag
of their country, are not responsible for
the abuse or unlawful use of that flag by
others; nor can they rightfully on account
of any such alleged abuses, be interrupted,
molested or detained, while on the ocean,
and if thus molested and detained, while
pursuing honest voyages, in the usual way,
and violating no law themselves, they are
unquestionably eetitled to indemnity.—
This Government has manifested its re
pugnance to the slave trade, in a manner
which cannot be misunderstood. By its
fundamental law, it prescribes limits in
point of time to is continuance; and against
its own citizens, who might so far forget
the rights of humanity as to engage in
that wicked traffic, it has long since by its
municipal laws, denounced the most condign
punishment. Many of the States compo
sing the Union, had made appeals to the
civilized world for its suppression, long
before the moral sense of other nations
had become shocked by the iniquities of
the traffic. Whether this Government
should now enter into treaties containing
mutual stipulations upon this subject, is a
question for its mature deliberation. Cer
tain it is, that if the right to detain Ameri•
can ships on the high seas can be justified
on the plea of a necessity for such detention,
arising out of the existence of treaties be
lween other nations, the same plea may be
extended and enlarged by . the new stipu
lations of new treaties, to which the United
States may not be a party. This Govern.
meat will not cease to urge upon that of
Great Britain, full and ample remuneration
for all losses, whether arising from deten
tion or otherwise, to which American Mit
' zens have heretofore been, or may , hereal
ter be subjected, by the exercise of rights
which this Government cannot recognise
as legitimate and proper. Nor will 1 in
dulge a doubt but that the sense of justice
of Great Britain will constrain her to make
retribution for any wrong, or loss, which
any American citizen, engaged in the pros.
@cumin of lawful commerce, may have ex•
perienced at the hand of her cruisers, or
other public authorities. This Govern
ment, at the same time will relax no effort
to prevent its citizens, if there be any so .
disposed, from prosecuting a traffic so re
volting to the feelings of humanity. It
seeks to do more than to protect tie fail
and honest trader; from niolestation and in•
jury; but while the mite; priding mariner,
engaged in the pursuit of an honorable
trade, is entitled to its pi otection, it will
visit with condign punishment, others of
an opposite character.
1 Invite your attention to existing lawli
for the suppression of the African elave•
trade, and recommend all such ulterations,
as may give to them greater force and ef
ficacy. That the American flag is gross
ly abused by the abandoned and profligate
of other nations, is but too probable. Con
gress has, not long since, had this subject
under consideration, and its importance
well jnstities renewed and anxious atten
tion.
I also communicate herewith the copy of
a correspondence between Mr: Stevenson
and Lord Palmerston, upon the subject so
interesting to several oft he Southern States,
of the rice duties which resulted honorably
to the justice of Great Britain, and advan
tageously to the United States.
At the opening of the last annual session,
the President informed) Congress of the
progress which had been made in negotia.
ting a convention between this government
and that of Eklund, with a view to the',
final settlement of the question of the boon
dary between the territorial limits of the
two countries. I regret „ te say, that little
further advancement of the object has been
ace.nmplished since the - last year; but this
ie owing to circumstances no 'way
indica
tive of any abatement of the desire of both
parties to hasten the negotiation to its con :
elusion, and to settle the question in dispute,
as early as possible. In the course of the
session, it is my hope, to be able to an
flounce some further degree of progress,
towards the accomplishment of this high
ly desirab:e end.
The commission appointed by this Gov
ernment for the exploration and survey of
the line of boundary separating the States
of Maine and New Hampshire from the
conterminous British Provinces is, it is be
lieved, about to close its field labors, and
it is expected soon to report the results of
its examination to the Department of State.
The report, when received, will be laid
before Congress.
The failure on the part of Spain to pay,
with punctuility, the interest due under
the conventioif of 1834, for the settlement
of claims ti` ween the two countries has
made it the duty of the Executive to call
the particular attention of that Government
to the subject. A disposition has been
manifested by it, which is believed to be
entirely sincere, to fulfil its obligations, in
this respect, so soon as its internal condi
tion and the state of its finances will permit.
An arrangement is in progress, from the
result of which, it is trusted that those of
our citizens who have claims under the
Convention will, at no distant day, receive
the stipulated payments.
A Treaty of Commerce and Navigation
with Belgiiim was concluded and signed at
Washington on the 29th March,' 1840, and
was duly sanctioned by the Senate of the,
United States. The Treaty was ratified
by His Belgian Majitsty, but did not re
ceive the approbation of the Belgian Cham
bers within the time limited by its terms.
and has, therefbie, become void.
This occurrence assumes the grayer as
pcct from the consideration that, in 1833,
a Treaty negotiated between the two Gov
ernments, and ratified on the part of the
United States, failed to be - ratitied on the
part of Belgium. The Representative of
that Government at Washington, informs
the Department of State that he has been in
atructed to give explanations of the causes I
which occasioned delay in the approval of the
late Treaty by the Legislature.and to express
the regret of the King at the occurrence.
The joint commission under the conven
tion with Texas, to ascertain the true
boundary between the two countries, has
concluded its labors; but the final report
of the commissioner of the United States
has not been received. It is understood,
however, that the meridian line, as traced
by the commission, lice somewhat further
east than the position heretofore generally
assigned to it, amid, consequently, includes
in Texas some part of the territory which
had been consideied as belonging to the
States of Louisiana and Arkansas.
The United States cannot but take a
deep interest in whatever relates to this
young, but growing Republic. Settled
principally by emigrants from the United
States, we have the happiness to know, that
the great principles of civil liberty are
there destined to flourish under wise insti
tutions and wholesome laws; and that,
through its example, another evidence is to
be of of the capacity of popular insti
tiuns to advance the prosperity,happiness and
permanent glory of the human race. The
great truth, that government was made for
the people, and not the people for govern.
meat, has already been established in the
practice and by the example of these Uni
ted States; and we can do no other than
contemplate its further exemplification by a
sister Republic, with the deepest interest.
Our relations with the independent States
of this hemisphere, formerly under the
dominion of Spain, have not undergone
any material change within the past year.
The incessant sanguinary conflicts in, or
between those countries are to be great
ly deplored, as necessarily tending to die
able them from performing their duties as
members of the community of nations, and
rising to the destiny which the position and
natural resources of many of them might
lead them justly to anticipate; as constantly
giving occasion, also, directly or indirectly
I for complaints on the part of our citizens
who resort thither for purposes of commer
era! intercourse, and as retarding repara•
non for wrongs already committed, some of
which are by no means of recent date.
The failure of the Congress of Ecuador
to hold a session, at the time appointed for
that purpose, in January last, will probably
render abortive a treaty of commerce with
that Republic,. which was signed at Quito
on the 13th June, 1839, and had been duly
ratified on our part, but which required the
approbation oft hat body, prior t o its rot ifi
cation by the Ecudorian Executive.
A Convention which hus been concluded
with the Republic of Peru, providing for the
settlement - of certain claims of citizens of the
U. Siates,upon the Government of that Re
public, will be duly submitted to the Senate.
The claims of our citizens against the
Brazilian government, originating fforn
captures and other causes, are still unsatis•
fled. The United States have, however,
so unifoi wily shown a disposition to cultivate
relations of amity with that. Empire, that
it is hoped, the unequivocal tokens of the
same spirit towards us, which an adjustment
oft he affairs referred to would aflord, will
be given with further unavoidable delay.
The war with the Indian tribes on the
peninsula of Florida has, during the last
summer and fall, been prosecuted with un
tiring activity and zeal. A summer cam
paign was resolved upon, as the best mode
of bringing it to a close. Our brave offi
cers and men who have been engaged in
that service, have suffered toils and priva.
Lions, and exhibited an energy, which in
any other war, would have won for them
unfading laurels. In despite of the sick
ness incident to the climate, they have pen
etrated the fastnesses of the Indians, bro
ken up their encampments, and harrassed
them unceasingly. Numbers have been
captured, and still greater numbers have
surrendered, and have been transported to
join their brethren on the lends elsewhere
allotted to them by the Government,—and
a strong hope is entertained that, under
the conduct of the gallant officer at the
head of the troops in Florida, that trouble.
some and expensive -war is destined to a
speedy termination. With all the other
Indian tribes, we are enjoying the blessings
of peace. Our duty, as well as our inter
este, prompt us to observe, in all our in.
tercourse with them, fidelity in fulfilling
our engagements, the practice of strict jus
tice, as well as the constant exercise of
acts of benevolence and kindness. These
are the great instruments of civilization,
and throug:i the use of them alone, can the
untutored child-of the forest be induced to
listen to its teachings.
The Sectetary of State, on whom the
acts of Congress have devolved the duty of
directing the proceedings for the taking of
the Sixth Census, or enumeration of the
inhabitants of the United States, will report
to the two Ilouses the progress of that
work. The enumeration of persons has
been completed, and exhibits a grand total
of 17,069,453; making nn increase over
the Census of 1930, of 4,202,646 inhabi
tants, and showing a gain in a ratio exceed
ing 32i per cent for the last ten years.
From the report of the Secretary of the
Treasury, you will be informed of the eon.
dition of the finances. The balance in the
Treasury on the Ist of January last, as
stated in the report of the Secretary of the
Treasury, submitted to Congress at the
Extra Session, was $987 : 345 03. The re
ceipts into the. Treasury, during the first
three quarters of this yesr, from all sour
ces, amount to $23,467,072 52. The es
timated receipts for the fourth quarter,
amount to 86,943 095 25, amounting to
$30,410,1R7 77 and making, with the bal.
anee in the 'lrreasury, on the Ist ofJallUHry
last, $81,397,512 80. The expenditures for
the first three quarters of this year uniaunt
to $24,734,346 97. The expenditures fur
the fourth quarter, as C6llll attd, will a.
mout to 87,290,723 73:—thus ;nuking a
total of $32,025,070 70:— and leavirm a
deficit to be provided for on ill.. first of Jan
uary next, of about $627,527 00.
Of the loan of 812,000,000, which was
authorized by Congress at its late session,
only 85,432,726 88 have been negotiated.
The shortness of time which it hod to run,
has presented no inconsiderable impediment
in the way of its being taken by capitalists
at home, while the same cause would ha ve
operated with much greater force in the
foreign market. For that reason the for
sign market has not been resorted to; and
it is now submitted, whether it would not
be advisable to emend the law by making
what remains undisposed of, puyiible at a
more distant day.
Should it be necessary, in any view that
Congress may take °film bUbil'Cl, to reve.e
the existing tariff of duties, I beg leave in
say, that, in the performance of that me at
delicate operation, moderate counsels would
seem to be the wisest. The Government,
under which it is our happiness to live,
owes its existence to the spirit of compro•
mise which prevailed among its framers—
jarring and discordant opinions could only
have been reconciled by the noble spirit of
patriotism, which prompted conciliation,
and resulted in harmony. In the same
spirit the compromise bill, as it is common•
ly called, was adopted at the session 0(
1833. While the people of no portiun of
the Union will ever hesitate to pay all
necessary taxes fur the support of Govern.
ment, yet an innate repugnance exists, to
the imposition of burthene not really neces
sary for that object. In imposing duties,
however, for the purposes of revenue, a
right to discriminate as to the articles on
which the duty shall be laid, as well as the
amount, necessarily and most properly ex•
its. Otherwise the Government would be
placed in the condition of having to levy
the same duties upon all articles, the pro.
ductive as well its the unproductive.—
The slightest duty upon some, might
have the effe ct of causing their im
portation to cease, whereas others entering
entensively into the consumption of the coun
try,might bear the heaviest,without any sen
sible diminution in the amount imported.
So also the Government may be justified
in so discriminating, by reference to other
considerations of domestic policy connect
ed with our manufactures. So long as the
duties shall be laid with distinct reference
to the wants of the Treasury, no well found•
ed objection can exist against thorn. It
might be esteemed desirable that no such
augmentation of the taxes should take place
as would have the effect of annulling the
land proceeds distribution act of the last
session, which act is declared to be inop•
erative the moment the duties are increas
ed beyond 20 per cent., the maximun rate
established by the Compromise act. Some
of the provisions of the Compromise act,
which will go into effect on the 30th day of
June next, may, however, be found exceed•
ingly inconvenient in practice, udder any
regulations that Congress may adopt.
I refer more particularly to that relating
to the home valuation. A difference in
value of the same articules to some extent,
will, necessarily, exist at different ports—
but that is altogether insignificant, when
compared with the conflicts in valuation,
which are likely to arise, from the differen.
ces of opinion among the numerous apprai
sers of merchandize. In many instances
the estimates of value must be conjectural,
and thus as many different rates of value
may be established as there are apprisera.
These diflerences in valuation may also be
increased by the inclination, which, without
the slightest imputation on their honesty,
may arise on the part of the appraisers in
favor of their respective,ports of entry. I
recommend this whole subject to the con.
sideration of Congress, with a single addi
tional remark. Certainty and permanency
in any system of governmental policy are,
in all respects, eminently desirable; but
more particularly is this true in all that
affects trade and commerce, the operations
of which depend much more on the certain.
ty of their returns, and calculations which
embrace distant periods of time, than' on
high bounties, or duties, which are liable
to constant fluctuations.
At your late,session, I invited your attention
to the condition of the currency and exchanges,
and urged the necessity of adopting such mea
sures as were consistent with the constitution
al competency of the Government, in order to
correct the unsoundness of the one, and as far
as practicable the inequalities of the other. No
country can be in the enjoyment of its full
measure of prosperity, without the presence of
a medium of exchange, approximating to uni
formity of value. What is necessary as be
tween the different nations of the earth, is also
important as between the inhabitants of differ
ent parts of the same country; with the first
the precious metals constitute the chief medi
um of circulation, and such also would be the
case as to the last, but for inventions compara
tively modern, which have furnished, in place
of gold and silver, a paper circulation. I do
not propose to enter into a comparative analy
sis of the merits of the two systems. Such be
longed moreproperly to the period of the in
troduction of the paper system. The specula
tive philosopher might find inducements to
prosecute the inquiry, but his researches could
only lead him to conclude, that the paper sys
tem had probably better never have been intro
duced, and that society might have been much
happier without it. The practical statesman
has a very different task to perform. lie has
to look at things as they are—to take thorn as
he finds them—to supply deficiencies, and to
prune excesses as far as in him lies. The task
of furnishing a corrective for derangements of
the paper medium with us, is almost inmres
sibly great. The power exerted by the States
to charter banking corporations, and which,
having been carried to a great excess, has filled
the country with, in most of the States, an ir
redeemable paper medium, is an evil which, in
some way or other, requires a corrective. The
rates at which bills of exchange are negotiated
between different parts of the .country, furnish
an index of the value or the local substitute for
gold and silver, which is, in many parts, so far
depreciated, as not to be received, except at a
large discount, in payment of debts, or in the
purchase of produce. It could earnestly be de.
sired that every bank, not possessing the mean~
of resumption, should follow the
: example of
the late United States Bank of Pennsylvania,
and go into liquidation, rather than by refusing
to do so to continue embarrassments in the way
of solvent institutions, thereby augmenting the
difficulties incident to the present condition of
things. Whether the Government, with due
regard to the rights of the States, has any pow
er to constrain the banks, either to resume spe
cie payments, or to force them into liquidation,
is an inquiry which will not fail to claim your
consideration. In view of the great advanta
ges which are allowed the corporators, not
among the least of which is the authority con
tained in most of their charters, to make loans
to three times the amount of their capital, there
by often deriving three times as touch interest
on the same amount of money as any individu
al is permitted by law to receive, no sufficient
apology can be urged for a lung continued sus
pension of specie payments.
Such suspension is productive of the greatest
detriment to the public, by expelling from cir
culation the precious metals, and seriously haz
arding the success of any effort that this Gov
ernment can make, to increase commercial fa
cilities, and to advance the public interests.
This is the more to be regretted, and the in
dispensable necessity for a sound currency be
comes the more inanilest, when we reflect on
the vast amount of the internal commerce of
the country. Of this we have no statistics, nor
just data for forming adequate opinions. But
there can be no doubt, but that the amount of
transportation coastwise, by sea, and the trans
portation inland by railroads and canals, and by
steamboats anti other modes of conveyance,
over the surface of our vast rivers anti immense
lakes, and the value of property carried and in
terchanged by these means, form a general ag
gregate, to which the foreign commerce of the
country, large as it is, makes but a distant ap
proach.
In the absence of any controlling power over
this subject, which by Ibreing a general re
sumption_of specie payments would at once
have the effect of restoring a sound medium of
exchange, and would leave to the country but
little to desire, what measure of relief, falling
within the limits of our constitutional • compe
tency, does it become this. Government to
adopt ? It was my painful duty at your last
session, under the weight of most solemn obli
gations, to differ with Congress on the mea
sures which it proposed for my approval, and
which it doubtless regarded as corrective of
existing evils. Subsequent reflection, and
events since occurring, have only served to
confirm me in the opinions then entertained,
and frankly expressed.
I must be permitted to add, that no scheme
of governmental policy, unaided by individual
exertions, can be available for ameliorating tho
present condition of things. Commercial
modes of exchange and a good currency, are
but the necessary means of commerce and in
tercourse, not the direct productive sources of
wealth. Wealth can only be accumulated by
the earnings of industry and the savings of fru
gality ; and nothing can be more ill-judged
than to look to facilities in borrowing, or to a
redundant circulation, for the power of dis
charging pecuniary obligations. The country
is full of resources and the people full of ener
gy, and the great and permanent remedy for
present embarrusments must be sought in in
dustry, economy, the observance of good faith,
and the favorable influence of time.
In pursuance of a pledge given to you in my
last message to Congress, which pledge 1 urge
as an apology for adventuring to present you
the details of any plan, the Secretary of the
Treasury will be ready to submit to you,
should you require it, a plan of finance which,
while it throws around the public treasure rea
sonable guards for its protection, and rests on
powers acknowledged in practice to exist from
the origin of the Government, will, at the same
time, furnish to the country a sound paper me
dium, and afford all reasonable facilities for
regulating the Exchanges.
W hen submitted, you will perceive In it
a plan amendatory of the existing lawn
in relation to the Treasury Department—
subordinate in all respects to the will cf
Congress directly, and the will of the
people indireetl y —self-sustaining, should
it be found in practice to realize its prom•
ises in theory, and repealable at the plea•
sure of Congress. It proposes by effec
tual restraints, and by invoking the true
spirit of our institutions. to separate the
purse from the sword ; or, more proper
ly to speak, denies any other control to
the President over the agents who may
be selected to carry it into execution, bnt
%hat may be indispensably , uecessary to
secure the fidelity of such agents ; and.
by wise regulations. keeps':plainly apart
from each oilier private and public funds.
It contemplates the establishment of s
Board of Control. at the seat of govern•
mem, s ith agencies at prominent cominer
cial points, or wherever else Congress
shall direct. fur the safe keeping anthlis
bursement of the public moneys, and at
substitntion, at the option of the public
creditor. of Treasury notes, in lieu of
gold and silver. It proposes to limit the
issues to an amount nut to exceed $15.•
000 000—without the express sanction of
the legislative power. • It also authorizes
then ceipt of individual deplsites of gold
and silver to a limited amount. and the
granting certificates of deporite, divided
into such sums as may be called for by
the depositors. it proceeds a 'step further,
and authorizes the purchase and sale of
domestic hills and drafis, resting on a
real and substantial basis. payable at
sight, or having but a short time to run,
and drawn on places not less than one
hundred miles apart—which authority.
except in so far as may be necessary for
government purposes exclusively, is only
to be exerted upon the express condition
that its exercise shall not be prohibited
by the State in,-which the agency is situa- ..
ed.
In order to rover the expenses incident
to the plan, it will be authorised to ro•
eeive moderate premiums for rertificates
issued on doposites, and on bills bought.
and sold, and thus, as fir as its dealings
extend, to furnish facilities to commer.
cial intercourse at the lowest possible
rates, and to subilnet from the earnings o f
industry the least possible Punit It uses
the state banks at a thetAttee from the
agencies as auxiliaries, without impart
ing any power to trade in its name. It
is subjeeted to such etiartis and restraints
85 have appeared to lie necessary. It it
the creature of law. and exists only et
the pleasure of the lecislllole. It is made
to rest 00 an actual specie basis, in order
to redeem the note!' at the places of te4tie
—produces no thneerous redtmtlancy of
circulation—,,ff.trila no temptation to
speculation—is attended by no it'll 'lion*
of prices—is equable to its oper.l.lllo—
t he t reasury n otes, which it may
use along %vigil the eel tili , .ates of depteitte.
and the now. of sprout pa) iog hyoko--
ettWettilde at t h e ~Lien %%here collected.
re eiv a hle i n . p \ mew el goveroment
dues—and. without tiolatintt any prinei•
plc .10. e ('.•o-ti woo. elrauls •he g ,, vern•
nu n , Ail the people -uch ructlitied a+ are
called for by the wants of both. Such, it
has appeared to me, are, its rerommentla
Wong. and in view of them it will be sub.
milted, whenever you may require it, to
your consideration.
I am not able to perceive that any fair
candid objection can be urged against the
plan, the principal outlines of which I
have thus presented. I cannot doubt but
that die notes which it proposes to fur
nish, at the voluntary option of the pub.
lie creditor. issued in lieu of the revenue
and its certificates of deposite. will be
maintained at an equality of gold and ail•
vet., every where. They are redeemable
in gold and silver on demand, at the pla•
ces of issue. They are receivable every
where in payment of Government dues
The Treasury notes are limited to an
amount of one fourth less than the eati•
mated annual receipts of the Treasury ;
and in addition they rest upon the faith
of the Government for their redemption.
If all these assurances are not sufficient
to make them available, then the idea, as
it seems tome, of furnishing a sound pa•
per medium of exchange, may be on•
tirely abandoned.
If a fear be indulged that the Govern
ment may be tempted to run into excess
in its issues, at any future day, it seems
to me that no such apprehension can rea•
'tenably he entertained, until all confi•
dente in the representatives of the. States
and of the people, as well as of the peo
ple themselves, shall be lost. The
weightiest considerations of policy re
quire that the restraints now proposed to
be thrown around the measure should not,
for light causes, be removed. To argue
against any proposed plan its liability to
possible abuse, is to reject every expedi•
eat, since every thing dependent on hu•
man action is liable to abuse. Fifteen
millions of Treasury notes may be issued
as die maximum, but • discretionary
power is to be given to the Board of Con•
trot. nutter that sum, and every conside.
ration will unite in leading them to feel
their way with caution. For the eight
first years of the existence of the I,,te
Bank of the United States, its circulatinn
barely exceeded $4.000,000 ; and for
five of its most prosperous years, it was
about equal to $16.000.000 ; furthermore,
the authority given to receive private de•
poeites to a limited amount, and to Watt°
certificates in such sums as may he cal
led for by the depositors, may so far fill
up the channels of circulation as greatly
to diminish the necessity of any conside
rable issue of Treasury notes. A re
straint upon the, amount of private depos•
its has seemed to be indispensably neces•
nary, Iron) an apprehension thought to be
too well founded, that in any emergency
of trade, confidence might be so far sha
ken in the banks as to induce a with•
drawal from them of private deposits,
with a view to ensure their unquestiona
ble safety when deposited with the Gov.
ernment, which might prove eminently
dicistrone. the State Banks. Is it ob
jected that tt is proposed to authorize the
"agencies to deal in Bills of Exchange ?
It is answered, that such dealings are to
be carried on at the lowest possible pre
inium—are made to rest on an unques
tionably sound basis—are designed to
re imburse merely the expenses which
would otherwise devolve upon the Trea
silty, and are in strict subordination to
the decision of the Supreme Court, in
the case of the Bank of Atigtivia against
Earle. and oilier reported cases ; and
thereby avoids all conflict with State ju•
risdiction, which I hold to be indispensa
bly requisite.
It leaves the banking privileges of the
States without interference—look• to the
Treasury and the Union—and, while fur
nishing every facility to the first. is care•
ful of the interests of the last. But above
all, it is created by law, is amendable by
law, and is repealable by law ; and wed
ded as I am to no theory, hut looking
solely to the advancement of the public
good. I shall be amongst the very first to
urge its repeal, if it be found not to Rub
serve the purposes and objects for which
. it may be created. Nor will the plan be
submitted in any overweening confidence
in the, ittifficiency of my own judgment,
but with much greater reliance on the
wisdom and patriotism of Congress,
cannot abandon this pubjectwithout urging
on you. in the most emphatic manner,
whatever may be your action on the sag•
gestions which lhave felt it to be,my duty
to submit, to relieve the Chief Executive
Magistrate by any and all constitutional
means, from a controlling power over the
public Treasury. If, in the plan propos
ed, should you deem it worthy of your
consideration, that separation is not as
complete as you may desire, you will,
doubtless, amend it in that particular.—
For myself, I disclaim all desire to have
any control over the public money, oth•
er than what is indispensably necessary
to execute the laws which you may puss.
Nor can 1 fail to advert, in this con•
nectioti, to the debts which many of the
States of the Union have contracted a
broad, and under which they continue to
labor. That indebtedness amounts to a
sum not less than $200,000 000, and
which has been retributeil to them, fur
the most part. in woiks of• internal im
provement, which are destined to prove
of vast importance in ultimately advanc•
ing their prosperity and wealth. For the
debts thus contracted, the States are
lone responsible. I can do no more than
express the belief that each State will
feel itself bound by every consideration of
honor, as well as of interest, to meet its
engagemento with punctuality. The fail
ure, however, of any State to do so,
should in no degree affect the credit of
the rest ; and the foreign capitalist will
IMO no just cense to experience alarm as •
to all other State stocks, bee:mile any one
or more of the States may neglect to
provide with punctuality the means of re•
deeming their engagements. Even such
States, should there be any, considering
the great rapidity with which their re
sources are developing themselves, will
not fail to have the means, at no very
distant day, to redeem their obligations
to the uttermost farthing ; nor will I
doubt but that in view of that honorable
conduct 'eh has evermore governed
the Stale and the people of
,thi. Uili..n.
they will e had all resort to every le.
gitintate exile ient before they will fore
go a faithful compliance with their übli•
gatione.
From 'he report of the Secretary of
Wsr, and other reports accompanying it,
you will be informed of the progress
which has been made in the fortifications
Designed for the protection of the princi•
pal cities, roadsteads, and inland frontier,
during the present year ; together with
their trite state and condition. They
will he prosecuted to completion with all
the expedition which the means placed
by Congress at the disposal of the Exec•
utive will allow.
I recommend particularly to your con
sideration, that portion of the Secretary's
report which proposes the establishment
of a chain of military poets from Council
Bluffs to some point on the Pacific 0-
cean. within our limits. The benefit
thereby destined to accrue to our citizens
engaged in the for trade, over that wilder
ness region, added to the importance of
cultivating friendly relations with savage
tribes inhabiting it, and at the same time
of giving protection to our frontier settle•
meets, and of establishing the means of
safe intercourse between the American
settlements at the mouth of the Columbia
river and those on this side of the Rocky
Mountains. would seem to suggest the
propriety of carrying into effect the re
commendations upon 'this head with as
lit le delay as may be practicable.
The report of the Secretary of the Navy
will place you in possession of the press
sent condition of that important arm of
national defence. Every effort will be
made to add to its efficiency, and I can
not too strongly urge upon you, liberal
appropriations 'to that branch of the pub
tic service. Inducements of, the weighti•
est character exist for the adoption of
thi• course of policy. Our extended . pnd
otherwise exposed maritime frontier, calls
for protection. to the furnishing of which
an efficient naval force is indispensable.
We look to no foreign conquests, nor do
we propose to enter into competition with
any other nation for supremacy on the
Ocean—but it is due not only to the hon
or. but to the security of the People of
the United States, that no nation should
be permitted to invade our waters at plea•
sure, and subject our towns and villages
to conflagration or pillage. Economy
in all branches of the public service
is due from all the public agents to the
People—but parsimony alone would stig•
gest the withholding of the necessary
means. for the protection of our domes
tic firesides from invasion, and our na
tional honor from disgrace. I would
most earnestly recommend to Congress
to abstain from all appropriations, for
objects not absolutely necessary ; but I
take upon myself, without a moment of
hesitancy, all the responsibility of recom
mending the increase and prompt equip
ment of that gallant Navy, which has
lighted tip every sea with its victories,
and spread en imperishable glory over
the country.
The report of the Postmaster General
will claim your particular attention, not
only because of the valuable suggestions
which it contains, but because of the
great importance which, at all times, at
taches to. that interesting branch of the
public service. The increased expense
of-.transporting the mail along the princi•
pal routes, necessarily claims the public
attention, and has awakened a correspon•
ding solicitude on the part of the Govern
ment. The transmission of the mail
must keep pace with those facilities of
intercommunication vt !itch are every
day becoming greater through the build•
ing of railroads. and the application of
steam power—but it cannot be disguised
that, in order to do so, the Post Office
Department is subjected In heavy exac
tions. The lines of communication be•
tweet) distant parts of the Union, are. to
a great extent, occupied by railroads,
which, in the nature of things, possess a
complete nionopoly, and the Department
is therefore liable to heavy and unreason
able charges. This evil is destined to
great increase in fissure, and POlllO timely
measure may become necessary to guard
against it.
I feel it my duty to bring under your
consideration a practice which has grown
up in the administration of the Govern
ment, and which I am deeply convinced
ought to be corrected. I allude to the ex
ercise of the power, which usage. rather
than reason, has vested in the Presidents,
of removing incumbents from office. in
order to substitute others more in favor
with the dominant party. My own con
duct in this respect. has been governed by
a conscientious purpose to exercise the
removing .power, only in cases of un•
faithfulness or inability. or in those in
which its exercise appeared necessary, in
order to discountenance and suppress that
spirit of active partizanship on the part
of holders of office, which not only w i t h.
draws them from the steady and impartial
discharge of their official duties, but ex•
erta an undue and injurious influence
over elections, and degrades the charac
ter of the Government itself, inasmuch as
it exhibits the Chief Magistrate, as being
a party, through his agents. in the secret
plots or open workings of political parties.
•In respect to the exercise of this pow
er, nothing should be left to discretion,
which may be safely regulated by law ;
and it is of high importance to restrain, as
far as possible, the stimulus of personal in
terests in public elections. Considering
he ureat increase which has been made
in public offiees, in the last qoarter of a
century, and the probability of farther in•
crease, we incur the hazard of witnessing
violent political contests, directed too of
ten to the single object of retaining of
fice, by those *ho are in, or obtaining it
by those who ate out. Under the influ
ence of these convictions I shall cordial
ly concur in any constitutional measure
for regulating, and by 'coking. res•
training, the power of removal.
,1 suggest for your consideration, the
I propriety of making, without further de•
I lay. some specific application of the funds
derived under the will of Mr. Smithson,
of England, for the difftision of know.
ledge ; and which have, heretofore. been
vested in public stock, until such time as
Congress should think proper to give
them a specific direction. Nor will you.
I (eel confident. permit any abatement of
the principal of the legacy to he made.
should it turn out that the stocks in which
the investments have been made, have
undergone a depreciation.
In conclusion, I commend to your care
the interests of this District, for which
you are the exclusive legislators. Con
sidering that this city is the residence of
the Government, and, for a large part of
the year. of Congress, and considering,
also, the great cost of the Public Build
ings; and the propriety of affording them
at all times careful proteetion, it seems
not unreasonable that Congress should
contribute towards the expense d of an offs•
cient
JOHN TYLER.
Washington, December 7, 1841.
CiiV,T4S2ittflta ST,LIB
AND
REPUBLICAN BANNER.
GETTYSBUDD, December 14. 1841.
FOR PRESIDENT IN 1844,
GENERAL WINFIELD SCOTT, -
Subject to the decision of a National Convention
The Message.
We this day give the President's Message.
It is an important document, and will, no doubt,
ho carefully and candidly considered by the peo
ple. It is written in good temper and in excel
lent style. That part especially, which refers to
our foreign relations, in perspicuity and clearness
of reasoning, so nearly resembles the manner and
force of the Secretary of State, that we should
have pronounced it his, had we found it without
a name. The principles advanced on that subject
are manly and correct.
The "fiscal agent" seems to meet with the
approbation of the Whig press generally. For
ourselves, however, wo cannot view it favorably.
It is nothing more nor less, tlian n Government
Bank under the control of tlte Federal Govern.
Ment; and increasing the power, and patronage of
that Government to a fearful degree; subject to
all the fluctuations of parties, and the caprice or
political interests of the majority in Congress—
liable to be repealed at pleasure, and of course
inviting a constant political war upon , the e.ur
roncy. Doubt, fear;uncertainty—the worst one•
mica of business—would constantly beset the
community. Instead of having the business of
the country guarded by stable, chartered; vested
muniments, protected, and held sacred by an up
right and wise Judiciary, we should have a
tottering fabric ever resdy to fall upon, and crush
those who took shelter under it. An Institution,
delicate and sensitive in its nature—whose sligh
test tremors jar through the whole body politic
—subject to the constant assaults of ignorance ;
of political mobs, and victorious agrarians. It is
a hank upon the rudest model of the earliest ex
periment—a hank of deposito merely; the certili.
cotes of deposit° to become a currency. In other
words, our bank books are to become the circula
ting medium of the country. It has other oh.
jections which we have not room to specify.—
We trust it will never become a law. Let us
wait patiently until we can got a useful National
Bank, free from tho control and corruption of the
Federal Government, and subject only to the law
of its creation.
The remarks relative to removals from office
are ouch as we hid a right to expect from an • Ad
ministration void of political sagacity; ignorant of
the workings of the human heart, and ambitious
to be thought pure above their kind. Incapable of
perpetuating their dynasty, they have bean main
ly anxious to punish their friends to show their
impartial justice. and gaiq the applause of the re
stored, and honored vanquished. All that is said
(as well as all that has been done) upon that sub
ject, is the emination of vain-glorious folly, or, of
detestable ingratitude.
Godeps Lady's Book.
The Lady's Book for December is a cap•
ital number. The embellishments consist
of the "Scotch Pedlar,"—"Homo, or the
Father's Return"—"Good N ight"—and a
splendid plate of the Fashions. The con
tents, as usual, are excellent.
R:7 - For terms, dm. see another column.
ilzr We are indebted to the enterprising
editors of the Baltimore Sun for an early
copy of the President's Message; also, for an
extra containing the foreign news brought
by the Steamship Acadia.
KT ARTHUR P. BAGBY has been elect
ed a Senator of the United States from the
State of Alabama, to fill the vacancy occa
sioned by the resignation of C. C. Clay.
SlLK.—Miss Rapp, of Economy, Pa.,
has received a premium of 8600 fir the
silk she has produced, having raised this
season 9600 prods of cocoons.
SG' Hon. JAMES COOPER will accept
our thanks for a copy of the President's
Message.
Tho President's Message was con•
vexed from Washington to New York, in
nine hours and three minutes, (including
necessary stoppages) being ut the rate of
upwards of thirty miles per hour !
. The Mercer Press says that Gov. Por
ter should be named for the Presidency and
not for the Vice Presidency. What stuff!
DEPRECIATION OT STOCKS.—On Wed•
nesday evening last a sale of stocks was
held at the Philadelphia Exchan.re n tinder
attachment issued in favor of a judgment
creditor of the United States Bank. They
consisted in 14,254 shares of the Cumber
land, Sunbury and Erie, Franklin and
Wrightsville railroads, which brought un
der the hammer but $670, alilid.igh they
cost the bank originally near a quarter of
a million !
The young men of Lancaster, Erie
county, Pa. have formed an "Anti• Tight
Luang Society," for the preservation of
the health and constitutions of Young La
dies- They have came to .the conclusion
that if the ladies want to be squeezed, they
should let the young men do it.
A RICH WOMAN:—Christina, late Queen
Regent of Spain, is : said to be worth about
$2O, 000,000, beside a vast number of jew•
els, gold and plate, and many other
articles of value which she carried off from
the palace at Madrid. She is the richest
vtoman of either ancient or modern times.
A UnavY V ERDICT.—fn the recent case
of James Reside, the mail contractor, fa
miliarly called Admiral Reside, against the
U. States, tried in Philadelphia, the jury
have returned a verdict in favor of Mr. Re
side, giving him 8188,496 damages and
six cents cost- This is quite a lift in these
hard times.
Il Y II ENI AI. REGISTER.
MAItRIED,
In Washington City on the Ist inst. JOHN F
SHIM ItETTP, Esq. of Pennsylvania, to Miss Min
TH A A. B. BR EH ETON, of that City.
OBITUARY RBCORD.
DIED,
On the 6th inst., Mr- Adam Milk,., of Cum
berland township, in the 74th year of his nge.
TEMIP'EIIANCE.
PHE Fairfield total Abstinence Society
will meet on Saturday the Ist day
of January next, in the Brick Church, at
1 o'clock, when an address will be deliver
ed by the Rev. Mr. MARTIN.
Dec. 14, 1841. tm-39
attention!
A Meeting of the Commissioned Officers
of the 80th Regiment Pennsylvania
Militia,- will he held, (agreeable to previous
arrangement,) at the house of James Elea
gy, in Gettysburg, on Saturday the 25th
inst. at 10 o'clock, A. M. , It is expected
that business of importance will be trans
acted.
Dec. 14, 1841 4-38
NOTICE.
NOTICE is hereby given, that appbca.
cart - oil-1m - tle made by the undersign
ecifor License to keep a Public House in
the town of Hampton, Reading township,
Adams county, at the January Court of
Quarter Sessions, one thousand eight hun
dred and forty-two.
JESSE WATTERS.
We, the subscribers, citizens of Reading
township, do hereby certify, that we are all
well acquainted with Jesse Watters,—the
above Petitioner, and know him to bo a
Man of good repute for honesty and sobrie
ty, and therefore recommend him as a suit-
able person for keeping a Public House of
Entertainment, and that a Public House at
the place prayed, for is necessary,,and the
house and premises convenient and fit for
the purpowe.
Caleb Hildebrand, Peter Orndorff,
%must Hinerd, Moses Phillips,
Levi Cbronister, Henry Myers,
Jonas Chronister, A. Kitchen,
David White, J. C. Schriver,
D. P. Hinerd, J Tudor, jr,
Henry Rummel, Samuel White,
Michael Phillips, G. J. White,
John Nop, C. Blish,
William Noel, Samuel Blake,
C. Cashmalp, jr, 1. E. Wierman,
John Trimmer, William Fickos.
Dec. 14, 1841. St-38
.I.IIIPORTANT CAUTION.
BEWARE OF IMPOSITION.—Having no
ticed several remarks attached to the advertise
ments of a Nostrum called a "Compound Syrup
of Wild Cherry"—by which it appears the pro
priotor of that article is endeavoring to injure
the reputation'of that invaluable and highly ap.
proved medicine—"Dß. WISTAR'S BALSAM
OF WILD CHERRY"—and bolster up his
miserable preparation by resorting to fiction and
falsehoods, we deem it necessary to caution the
public against such trickery, and request all
those who wish to secure the genuine preparation
of Wild Cherry to be very particular when they
purchase or they may be deceived and get a ve
ry different article.
In order to protect the public from imposition,
copy rights have boon secured, and the genuine
medicinb will invariably be put up in moulded
b•rttlos with the words "WISTAR'. BALSAM
OF WILD CHERRY"—blown in the glass,
end the signature of Homy Wistar M.D. on the
label without which none in genuine.
WILLIAMS & Co.,
Agents for Dr. Wistar.
1D Remember the genuine Balsam is sold on
ly in Gettysburg by
SAMUEL 11. BUEHLER,
Appointed Agent.
tl-38
Gettysburg, 14, 1841
American Ladies' National Magazine
GODEY'S LADY'S BOOK,
FOR 1842. •
The most splendid and valuable Ma
gazine ever published.
THE only Magazine devoted to Ladies,
and conducted by members of their
own sex. Composed entirely of original
articles, by the most eminent writers of the
age;—and embellished with a larger num•
her and greater variety of cosily, elegant,
and attractive Pictorial illustrations than
any publication. Edited by Mrs. Sarah J.
Hale, Morton M'Michael, Mrs L. 11. Si.
gournev, L. A. Godey.
Contributors to each Number.
Miss C. M. Sedgwick, Miss E. lipslie,
Mrs. E. C. Embury, Theodore S. Fey,
N. P. Willis, Mrs. C. Leo Rentz, T. S.
Arthur, Mrs. E. F. Ellot.
In announcing to hie numerous patrons
and the public at large his arrangements
for the year 1842, the proprietor of Godey's
Lady's Book talcos occasion to acknowledge
the unparalleled and triumphant success of
his Magaziue, which has now reached the
extraordinary number of
40,000 Copies Monthly,
being a larger edition than has ever been
printed of any other work, of any descrip•
tion, in America. This success he_ is a
ware has been attained by the vast superio
rity which the Lady's Book has always
maintained over the various contemporary
magazines which have attempted to rival its
merits, a superiority which he is still de.
term►ned to preserve, by keeping it, in all
its departments, Literary, Intellectual and
Moral, as well as Pictoral, Emblematic,
Artistic and Mechanical.
That this is no idle boast, he appeals to
the experience of the past twelve years, in
all which time he has made no promise to
the public that he has not fully performed,
nor undertaken anything which his means
did not enable him to accomplish to the ut.,
termost.
Entering as he is about to do, on the
24th volume of the Lady's Book with in.
creased energy and accumulated resources;
with an ample knowledge of the business
in which he is engaged acquired by long
years of unremitted application—with a
subscription list unparalleled in the annals
of literature; with numerous redlines not
possessed by any other publisher; with
well-digested and wide-extended arrange.
ments—and above all, with a steadfast pur-
pose cf maintaining the lofty elevation his
work has reached, the proprietor has not
hesitated to incur expenses which under
other circumstances might well prove start
ling but !)37 means or which he will be ena
bled to make the Lady's Book the richest,
the rarest, the most attractive, and the most
valuable periodical, intrinsically and extrin
sically, ever offered to the public.,
Literary Department.
Mrs. S. J. Hale, L. H. Sigourney,
Miss E. Leslie, Miss C. M. Sedgwick,
Mrs Emma C. Embury, Mrs. F. S. Os
good, Mrs. A. M. F. Annan, Mrs. E. F.
Eliot, Miss Dupuy, Mrs. H. Beecher
Stowe, Mrs, Seba Smith, Mrs. J. Thay
er, Mrs. C. Leo Hentz, Mrs. E. C.
Stedman, Miss Meets M. Duncan, Mrs.
C. H• W. Esling, Mrs. M. St. Leon
Loud, Mies M. B. Snow, Kate Franklin.
Ho will be entitled to furnish occasional
articles from Maria Edgeworth, Mary
Russell Mitford, Mrs. Cornwell. Baron
Wilson, Mrs. S. C. Hall, Mrs. Holland,
Mary Howitt, and other English lady.wri
tars of distinction, some of whom have al
ready published in the Lady's Book the
first original.contribittunia--11,,y
made to A merican Literature.
Nor has he omitted to procure the servt•
ces of eminent writers of the opposite sex.
Aware of the universal and well-deserved
popularity of N. P. Willis, Esq , and con•
fident that the productions of his graceful
and eloquent pen will be highly acceptable
to the readers of the Lady's Book, the pro-
prietor has entered into an arrangement by
which he will bo able to give in each num
ber of the work, an exclusive article from
that gentleman; and be has also retained all
the contributors whose writings have here
tofore given such general satisfaction, in
cluding W. G. Simms EN., Professor
Ingrahame, Professor Dimity, Professor
Frost, Professor Walter, Park Benjamin,
Esq., R. S. Mackenzie, LL. D., T. S.
Arthur, Esq., H. W. Herbert, Joseph C.
Neal, Hon. Robert T. Conrad, Dr. J. K.
Mitchell, Epes Sargent, G. P. Morris.
Joseph R. Chandler, Robert Morris, P.
Earle, N. C. Brooks, E. Holden, A.
McMnkin, L. F. Tasistro, Rufus Dawes,
E. D. Squirer, J. McLellan, J. J. Al
drich.
With such aid, it is not too much to say,
that the Literary Department of the Lady's
Book will surpass anything that has ever
been or can be attempted.
Ornamental Department
It is a source of no little pride to the pro.
prietor of the Lady's Book, that he first in•
troduced into this country the plan of fur
nishing, along with a monthly periodical
of elegant literature, embsllishments of an
attractive and costly character. The first
steel engravings ajcompany such a work
were given by him; the first mezzotint en
graving was given by him, the first pat.
terns of lace work and embroidery were
given by him; the first coloured plates of
Fashions were given by him; the Ist music
wa Oven by him.. These are things to
whip.h h.would not\ refer, if some of those
who have'essnyed to follow in his foot.
steps, not content with imitating all he de
signs, even to the form of his book, the
size of his typo, and the color of his cover,
had not foolishly put forward claims to
originality, and attempted to found a right
to an exclusive merit on doing that. which
ho had borrowed from his example. But
what he has done heretofore in the way o
embellishment to hie book, though it far ex
ceeded any effort of those who strove to
copy his movements, cannot compare with
what ho now means to do. His arrange•
merits for this department of his work have
been projected on the most liberal scale of
expenditure, involving such an extent of
outlay as has never before been dreamed of
in any periodical, European or American.
As an evidence of his intentions, be now
slates that each number of the Lady's Book
for the.onsuing year, will contain, at least,
Three Splendid Engravings;
embracing in the series every possible va
riety of subject, Ilistorical, Landscape, Pic
turesque, Portraiture, Imaginative, Em
blematical, and executed in every possible
variety of the art; Mezzotint, Stipple, Me
dallion, Find that most chaste and expres•
sive manner, the Line and Dot combined,
which has given such world wide celebrity
to the works of modern artiNts.
The American Guido Mies of Fash
ions, colored, will be given every month.
In order in give the greatest attractive
ness to the subjects of his embellishments
the proprietor has given orders to various
American Painters, of established reputa
tion, who are now engsged in preparing ex
pressly for the Lady's I3ook, numerous
Oriental Pictures, on National and Histe.
rical events, some of which are nearly
completed, and will soon be in the hands of'
the engraver. Amorgthe painters thus
engagod ho may enumerate. •
J. G. Chapman, Painter of the National
Picture of the Baptism of Pocahontas.
P. F. Rothermal,.J. P. Frankenstein,
S. S. Osgood, of Boston, I. Williamsok.c.
He has also established a correspondence
in London, through which he will receive
early proof impressions of the finest prints
executed in that metropolis, end will thus
be constantly supplied with an immense va
riety, from which to melte suitable selec
tions, In addition to this, he will receive
the only copies of the celebrated prize En
gravings of the Edinburg Apollo Gallery,
sent to this country, one of which the Ex
amination of Shukspeare before Sir Thomas
Lacy, he has already given to his patrons,
and another of which , The Stray Children
ho has now in preparation. as well as a so-'
ries of Pictorial Illustrations of 3 hakspeare.
Determined to satisfy every variety of
taste, the proprietor has also made arrange
ments fbr a series of tl.e most superb Mez
zotints ever executed in this, country sev
eral of which are already engraved, and
will be given to his subscribers as soon as
a sufficient number of impressions can be
taken to supply his immense edition. Be
s'de the servicss of H. S. Sadd, of N. Y.
who has now in hand a number of plate,she
has secured the invaluable aid of Mr.
Humphreys, of London, who is universally
conceded to stand in the foremost rank of
English E ngra.vers, whose splendid efforts
in Mezzotint have commanded the admire
lion of the most distinguished amateurs and
critics. This eminent artist is now enga
ged in prepsting, expressly for the Lady's
Book, a number of Mezzotint Pictures,
which the proprietor pledges himsef will be
of an unsurpassed excellence; and of the
most interesting and attractive subjects.
To guard against all possibility of difficul
ty hereafter, he has likewise ordered from
England a Complete Mezzotint Establish
ment, and immediately on its arrival, Mr.
W. F. Tucker, of this city, will commence
operations in that department of art. -
In order to procure the various embel
lishments in season, the proprietor has made
permanent arrangements with the fbllowing
eminent engravers, all of whom are now
engaged in executing steel plates for the
Lady's Book.
New York. Philadelphia.
A. L. Dick, W. E. Tucker,
N. Gimbrede, J. B. Nengle,
WH Jarkman. .. J__ll MCI e 111 AL.....
J. b. Imam'', W. H. Ellis,
A. Jones. E.-. Humphreys.
Transmission by Mail.
One advantage the subscribers of this
work will hnve, will be in its early recep
tion. It will be received at the remotest
cities of the Union, by the fired, day of the
month of publication.
Clubbing.
Lady's Book, 1 ycar, bnd People's Li
brary, 1 year, 85 00.
Lady's Book, 1 year, and Young Peo
ple's Book, 85 00.
Lady's Book, 1 year, and Ladies Aluei
calLibrary (containing 200 pages new
and beautiful music,) S 5 00.
The Lady's Book, 1 year, and Scott's
Novel's and People's Library, 1 year,
810 00.
The Lady's Book, 1 year, and Scott's
Miscellaneous Works and People's Libra.
ry, 1 year, $lO 00.
Lady's Book, 1 year, and All Scott's
works oomplete, 10 vols., and People's Li•
brary 1 year, $lB 00.
- Lacl3's Book, 1 year, and Thiers' His
tory of the French Revolution, 10 00.
Lady's Book 1 year, and Pictoral Libra
ry, 1 year, and People's Library •1 year,
$lO 00.
Lady's Book, 1 soar, and Pictoral Li
brary, 1 year, and Young People's Book;
1 year, $lO 00.
loird Bacon's Works, Theirs' History of
the French Revolution, and Waverly Nov
els. in 5 vol., $2O 00.
Lord Bacon's Works, Thiers' History
of the French Revolution, and Scott's
Works complete, in 10 vole. $25 00.
Business Department.
The price alibis publication is THREE
DOLLARS per annum—two copies one
year in advance, $5 00.
Those of our friends wanting to subscribe
to the best family newspaper published to
this city, can be accommodated as follows:
Two copies of the Saturday Courier, I
year, and Godey's Lady's Book, 1 year,
will be sent for $5 O.
Five copies of the Lady's Book, one
year, $lO 00
Five copies of the Saturday Courier, 1
year, and Lady's Book, I year, slo'oo.
Eleven copies of the - Lady's Book,
year, 820 00.
Thirteen copies of the Lady's Book, I
yeas, and -Walter Scott's Novels complete,
or hiOliscellaneous works, whichever may
be piZsTered, $3O f 0. .t,-4
In all cases where money is remitted for
'clubbing,' the most liberal allowances will
be made. The money in all cases, to be
positively rece;ved before a number is
sent. No letters will be taken from lb*
post office unless the postage on them is
paid. Unless positive orders are given et
the time of subscribing, the work will be
continued after the first year, and if not
paid during the year, the price will •be in.
creased to four dollars.
Address. L. L. A. GODEY,
101 Chesnut greet, Philadelphia.