1 , . , .: , ..., . ... . . . , 4/ ' 1 _ ..:-:i 0 - . ' ~ .i., -:, - -.7 I c , " 44; ''C publican. ~. , .. 1 _ , . .._ r D. A. EDITIIt AND PROPRIETOR VOL. 1' \IL-29.! c o rif ei zz .t 1 s s . To the Free Electors of the 15th. Con gressional District, composed of fork and .Idains Ontaties. -5,-;IELLow CITIZENS—Having on a former occasion been honored with a majority of your suffrages, fOr a seat in the Congress of the .U. States, and while act ing as ;J.)• judgement dictated, .given satis faction to [WV cunstinu uts, so - far as lam aware; and having been solicited by many warm and respected friends to beeonte a Candidate litr the sa u te office at the ensu ing election, in October next, the (meow mrement, which those considerations afford, induces me again to offer myself as a can didate for a seat in the 30th Cong•res.s of the Slates. Should you think me worthy of your support, and I receive a majority of your votes, I will endeavor to promote the inter ests of ins , constituent 4 :Ind our common country, Iw del:enditur stielt principles as tvcre advocated iv the Fathers of the Ita lian, unionis, which is Protection to Anwr jean Interests in preference to those of For • cicn I,:mds Your friend anti 'humble Ser'vt 11 EN 1? Y NE'S. York. Pa Sept. 11, 181(1.—te Cheap 11 Riches. Yt k, 4 \ TII E CH A PC:IT 6117.1) • AN I) St t.VCII IT ATI HES ,s• I N PH ILADE LPII IA \ - Gold Levers, full jewelvd, Nilnr Levers, lull jeweled, Cold ' Lepines, jriveled, Silver Lepines, jeweled, Silver Quartievs. tine quality, Gulp wateltes. Nilver Spectacles, (;old Pencils, Colt! Bracelets, -ALSO ON HAND-7. large assortment of Gold and Silver IL it I;raccicts, Finger-Ring: , , I loop Ear-Ding, Gold Pew:, Silver Spoons, Sugar l'onges, Thimbles, Gold Neel:, and I'uh Chains, Guard Keys, and Jewelry at equally low pritys. I want a call, to convince-e;tis tonwrs. All kinds of Watehi - is and Clocks re paired and tattled io g...1,t1 for One year. Old Gold and Silver bought for Cash, or taken in exchange. I have scone Gold and Siker Levers, at still cheaper prices than the above. A lib eral - Discount inadu to dealers. Call and see for yourselves, Fur sale, Eight-day and Thirty-hour Brass Clocks, at LEAVIS LADOAFUS'S Watch, Clock, and .1 c‘\ city tole, No. I 1:;i Mal kei rl., above I Itii, !until side, Phila. Sept. .1, 18-16. tf TIN WARE• It"IIOLES.JLE .I \"D RET.II L TEIE has, now on hand a large assortment of TIN WARE, he W ill sell on reasonable terms at his Establishment in, Chambenybuqf street. tcy-Uall and see. G. E. BUEHLER, Gettysburg, June 19, 1816. ---- E.A13.0.41,ri5.., TE subscriber has now on hand an extensive assortment of TIN WARE at his Shop in Chambersburg street, which he will sell at prices to suit the times. He therefore solicits those who need any Tin Ware to give him a call: Remember Chamhersburg street. G Isll. E. 13UE111,EI: Gettysburg, 111:u•cIi 13. TO IrE•iii ! 9 10 I'EN ! dis N hand and for sale lw the, subseri her, all sized STOVES, which will be sold at prices to suit the times. Call and sec. Aug. 28, 1816 LateNl Arrival ! rrms, attention of the LADIES is in vited to the beautiful itssortment of new style Spring Calicoes, Silks, m er i nos , Gingleuns,Muslins, Lace, Edgitnrs, Gloves. I losiery and Fancy Goods genen di v , j ust received and noW opening at !he Sums of IV M. UT111? U April 10, 181(1. LiLr?J 4 4 Large and excellent •.as:iortinent - of it first rate Paint llorNhes and Sns/ Tool, just reveived and for :sale at reason ablv prices, at the Dm , . and Book Store of S. 11. BLEIILER. Gettysburg, June 5, 1810. tf Pertimierf,r, (Sp Me 111ERFITMERY, soAl'B, FANCY AITICI,Es,TOI"4, &c., for sale by C. WEAVER. April 10, 18111 t bi ,z ILVER AND N 1.71 PENCILS, VIOLIN STHINCS, &c.. 01' be.it quality, can-always he had at the Fanry Store 01' C. \VEA vEit . April 10. 1816. 1) N 1; TS,. hII, 1; E S, A L 11t)NI)-,&r.. of the best coulitv to he' had at the Coolectionary or c. NV EA VER.. 10..1340 45 00 2:1 00 30 00 15 00 10 00 15 00 1 75 2 00 4 00 OEO. ARNOLD. •lm POETRY, For the Sur awl Minim Lines written in an Album. in a ca-1,41 cif tin , el. for show, Are never t!:e riette, , t and rarest; And dotty, th-it it us the SWI etest perfume Are 'dd,p t!..e briz.t!le,,t or fairc:A. The arti.4, to hide •the w,,rth o f p as ! c; • :••tirt -, ,uti,la it with itoudy To doz7le the eye, %%hen the t ud:oneut would To cast alray Arta fir: t-.7 - entel the ll itvers. tied an Mi2ia fiviirca as .e I v Li; grace, : ik-auly of him], Case it -ccrctca the place. Let th, huh, teach thee a truth, y‘e; politier it W.:II— . Trtt , v..,r1:1. Call lICV Cr C ISt %Vl:ere. a1:•3 IlWell. The Liifred. the fr. , ie.d. have nn need of vain show ; CI he h. Ea:in.: - billy and ride ;) Let you: heart but be right, and your mind well adorned For 1.):, y4flur worth ti he trivd Gettc shurg. Scrt. !2.5. 1546 ~'.~'`T~Z.L~ ~T9i~•s ,1 Ske J 197 t: ES. 1 t% i) hale ina , k tie•ni.i..4 , l%e4 in the Icasi Natal 111.taiv. uivrt Le r..ocaroic 4 . arolg tbo extra ordinary E' L. Jo IVe make the .rnn,•.xcd ex triers.. tr.oz!recve , /7 hl- Il'lT 1.1,11 . of Ili , liic. by Nev. Ir.:a a r. T. 11? - thcr. 17 IZ3r.z..r. a riati.nal cc„I•I, and %%Lew 10:[Or•11.t'ci1" a:ret rtoo •-; n ; It.ltin:',et of the ,Lltiti-11 the 0c , 2.111, for OA iir,t time :he ",t.tr- .11141 stripe, - to Ihe European tv..,d.f..N. vb.:l:Led a n otonal ..:Ilute;'10111 Ertqich our col o rs lb: thou ;i.e 1;:hz!:s:i coa=t Sneering tOr the Isle of Alan. he planned an expedition which ilhistratts the bold ness and darin; , that charaCtcrized Ile determined to burn the shipping in Whitehav en. in retaliation for the injuries inflicted On our coast by English ships.— More than 300 ships lay in this harbor, protected by two batteries comprised of thorny pi;ces of artillery, while eighty rods distant stroror fort. „ enter a port o protector :rat titled with snipping, a sinule bri , . and apply the torch, under the very muzzies of the cannon, was an act unrivaled in daring. But Jones seem ed to debtrltt in these reckless deeds—there appeared to be a sort of witchery :thou( danger to hint, and the greater it was the more enticing it became. Once, when Government was making arrangements to furnish him with a ship he urged the ne cessity of riving him a good one, "for," said he, "/ intend to zo iht harne4 way." This was true, and he aenerally managed to carry out his intentions. It was about midnight on the 22d of April ( 1 778) when Jones stood boldly into the port of IVliitehaven. Having got slat ! eiently near, he took two boats and thirty : one men and rowed noiselessly away from his gallant little ship. lie commanded one boat in person, and took upon himself the task of securing the batteries. With a mere handful ()linen he scaled the breast work, siezed the sentinel on duty before he could orive the alarm, took the astonish ed soldier - s prisoners and spiked the cannon. 'Hien leaving Lieutenant WalingsfordAo tire the shipping, he hastened forward vith one single man to take the fort. All was silent as he approached, & boldly enter- Mgr, he spiked every cannon, and then hut.- riad barkto his little band. Ile was surpri sed, as he approached, not ni see the ship ping in a blaze,and denninded of the lieu tell ant why he had not fultilred his orders. The latter reviled that his light had gone out, but he evidently did not like his mission, 'and purposely neglected to obey orders. EVery thing had been badly InaMlg'ed, and to his mortification he saw the day begin ning- to dawn, and his whole plan, at the 1110111ent when it promised complete suc cess, prostrated. The people, rousing from their slumbers, saw with alarm a band of men with half-burnt candles in their kinds standing on the and began to assemble in crowds. Jones, however, tel to depart, and indignant at the fail ure of the expedition, entered alone a large ! ship, and cooly sat down and built a lire in the steerage, Ile then hunted about for a barrel of tar, which ha ving found he poured over the dames. The blaze shot tip around die lofty spars, and wreathed the rigging in their spiral fohl..s. casting a baleful light ! over the town. The terrified inliabiuints seeing the names shoot heavenward, rush ed towards the wharves ; but Jones posted ' himself by the entrance of the ship with a cocked pistol in his hand, threatening to s!tuot the first who should approach.— They hesitated a moment, and then turned and lied. Gaziter a liniment on MO' burn- ina ship at.d the panic struck multitude, Ire entered his boat and leisurely rowed back to the Hanger, that sat like a sea-gull on the water. The bright sun had now risen, and was bathing the land and sea in its light, revealing the little craft that had so boldly entered their waters, and they hastened to . their fort to. open their cannon upon it. To their astonish- 1 ment they found them spiked. They, IMwever, gotpo.ssession of two !runs, which titer began to lire, but the shot fell so ‘vi e of the mark, that the sailorS' k in c4inteMpt fired back their pistols. GETTYSBURG, PA, FRIDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 2, 1816. He next entered Kirdeudbright Bay in a single boat, for the purpose of taking Lord Selkirk prisoner. The absence of the nobleman alone prevented his success. The next day as he was MI Carrickfergus, lie saw the Drake, an English ship of war, working slowly out of harbor to go in pur suit of the Ranger that was sending such consternation along the Scottish"roast.— Five small vessels tilled with citizens ac companied her part of the way. A heavy tide was setting landward:old the vessel ' made feeble headway, but at length" she made her last tack and stretched boldlY out into the channel. The Ranger, when she first saw the Drake ran down to meet her, and then lay to till the latter had cleared the port. She then filled away and stood out into the centre of the channel. The Drake had, in volunteers iind all, a crew of a hundred and fifty own, besides carrying', two gun: more than the Ranger. She also belonged to the regular British navy, while Jones had an imperfectly organized crew and but partially used to the disci due of a vessel of war. Ile, however. saw with delight his tOrmidahle enemy approach. and N 1 hell tht! 111111, asking What Sidi) it was, he replied: "The American- Continental ship Ranger ! We arcr waiting for you: come on !" Alarm tires were burning alomrboth shores, and the hill -tops were covered with 'spec tators witoei , sing the meeting of these two ships. The sun was only an hour high, and as the blazim , lire-hall stooped to the western wave, Jones et:mine:iced the at tack. Steering directly across the enemy's bow, he !mitred in a deadly broadside, which was promptly returned, and the two ships moved gallantly away, side by side, while broadside after broadside thundered over the deep. Within-close musket shot U)); continued to sweep slowly and stern ly onward tOr an hour, wreathed in smoke,. wink! the incessant crash of timbers on hoard the Drake told how terrible.was the Americans' lire. First her lore and main topsails were carried awaythen the yards began to tumble, one alter another, while her ensign, fallen drairgled-in the water. Still, Jones kept pouring ill his destructive. broadsides, which the Drake answered, but with less Ai:et, while the topmen oldie Ranger made tearful ha voc amid the dense crew el the enemy.— As the last sunlight was leaving its fltre well On the distant • mountain-tops, the 11111 l the head with a musket-1)A, and the Brit flar was lowered to the stripes and stars— a ceremony which in after years, became quite common. 77. j0N1.4 :ziven [JONES subsequently let urned to the coast of France, where he glue up the Ranger in the hope of getting the command of a larger vessel. After sundry annoyances and disappointments he obtain ed, through the instrumentality of FRIN KLI N, COIIIIIIIIIO 01 a veel, which out of respect to his friend, he named the Bon Item we Richard.'' With the Richard and several other small vessels, JONES steered for the coast of Ireland, where he took several prizes, hurl the town of Leith under contribution, and liar a while alarmed the whole coast.] , Stretching from thence alone the Eng ' ish voaat, Jones cruised about for awhile, and at length fell in with the Alliance, which had parted company with him a short time previous. • With this Vessel, the Pallas and Vengeance, making, with the Richard, four ships, he stood to the North ; when on the afternoon of September 23d, 1779, he saw a fleet of . fortv-one sail hugging the coast. This was the Baltic 'fleet, under the convoy of the Serapis, of forty-one guns, aml the countess of Scarborough of twenty guns. Jones immediately issued his orders to form line of battle, while with his ship he gave chase. The convoy scat tered like wild pigeons,- and ran for the shore, to place themselves under the pro tection of a fort, while the two war ships advanced to the conflict. It wawa beauti ful day, the wind was light, so that' not a wave broke the smooth surface of the'sea, and all was smiling and tranquil on land as the hostile forces slowly approached each other. The piers of Scarborough were crowded with spectators, while the old promontory of Flamborough, over three miles distant, was black with the multitude assembled to witness the engagement.— The breeze was so light that the vessels approached each other slowly, as if reluc tant to coine to the mortal struggle, and mar that placid scene with the sound of battle. It was a thrilling spectacle, those bold ships m , illi their sails all set moving sternly up to each other. At length the cloudless sun sunk behind the hills, and twilight deepened over the waves. 'flue next moment the full round moon pushed its broad disc above the horizon and shed a timid of light over the tranquil water, bathing in her soft beams the white sails that now seemed like gently moving clouds on the deep. The Pallas stood tOr the countess of Scarborough, while the Alliance after having also come within range with dreie, and took tip a position where she could safely contemplate the fight. Jones now in his element, paced the deck to and fro, impatient for the contest ; and at length approached with pistol Shot of the Serapis. The latter was a new ship, with an excel lent crew, and throwing with every broad . ide, seventylive pounds .more than the 1 ?ichard. Jones, however, rated this light ly, and with his old, halt' worn out - liter chant man, closed fearlessly with his pow erful antagonist. As he approached the', latter, Capt. Pearson hailed him with "hat !Ali') is that r . -1 \ caiCt hear what , "FEARLESS AND FREE.'' you say," was the reply. "What ship is i With every battery silenced, except the one quit?" rung back, "answer immediately or 1 at which he stood unshaken, his ship grad 'l I shall fire into you." A shot from the : trolly settling, beneath him, a hundred pris- Richard was the significant answer, and bit- ! otters swarming his deck, and his own con mediately hod' vessels opened their broad-' sort , raking him with his_ broadsides, his s ides. Two 'of three old eighteen ponfid-; last hope seemed about to expire. Still lie urs of the Richard burst lire, and Jones was i would not yield: - His officers urged him compelled to close the lower deck ports, i to surrender, while - , —ies of quarter arose which were not opened again during that lon every side. Undismayed and resolute action. This was an ominous beginning. to the last, he ordered the prisoners to the The broad sides now became rapid, pre- pumps telling them if they refused to work smiting a strange spectacle to the people he would take them to the bottom with on shore. 'The flashes of the guns amid him. Thus making panic light panic, he the cloud of smoke that hung round the continued the conflict. • The spectacle at, vessels, followed by the roar that shook this moment was awful, both vessels look- the coast, while the dim moonlight, ser- ed like wrecks, and both were on lire.— vile , to but half reveal the struggling vex- The flames shot heavenward around the sels, conspired to render it one of terror masts of the Serapis, and at half past ten and dr A. The two vessels kept moving she struck. For a time, the inferior offi along" si 0 of each other, constantly cross- cers did not know which yielded,' such a 1 ing eat other's track ; now passing the , perfect tumult had the light become. For' bow and now passing the stern, pouring in , three hours and a half had this incessant retell turn it terrific broadside that made cannonade, within yardarm and yardarm both friend and foe staguer. Thus fi g htiti g !of each other, eon tinned, and notli ing hut the and manoeuvring they kept h onward, until ' courage and stern resolution of Jones nev- at length the Richard got foul of the Scrap- er to surrender saved him from defeat. is, and Jones gave orders to board.. His ! When the morning dawned, the Bon men were repulsed, and Capt. Pearson Ilomme Richard presented a most deplo hailed him i 0 know if he had struck. ' , I rable - spectacle—she lay a perfect wreck have lint yet liegiiii to fight," was the short on the sea, riddled through and literidly and stern reply of Jones, and backing his stove to pieces. There was six feet of topsails, while the Serapis kept full, the , water in her hold, while above she was on vessels parted, and came alongside, and lire in two places. Jones put forth every broadside answered broadside with fearful ' effort to save the vessel in which he had abets. But Joins soon saw that this I won such renown, but in vain. He kept mode of fighting would not answer. —The I her afloat all the following day and night, superiority of the enemy in weight of me- but next• morning she was found to be go , tal gave him great advantage in this broad- Mg. The waves rolled through her—she side to broadside firing; especially as his swayed from side to side like a dying man, vessel was old and rotten, while every fiat- then gave a lurch forward and went down ' ber in that of his antagonist was new and head formost. Jones stood on the deck of .statincli; and .so he determined to throw ; the English ship and watched her as he himself aboard_ of the enemy. In doing ' Would a dying friend, . and finally, with a this he fell olfiirtheethan he intended, and swelling heart, saw her at last disappear, &. his vessel catching a moment by the jib- the' eddying waves close with a rushing boom of the Serapis carried it away, and sound-over her as she sunk with the dead the two ships swung broadside to broad- who had so nobly fallen on her decks.— side, die muzzles of their guns touching , 'They could ha Ye . wished no better colkin each other. Jones inuediately ordered 'or burial: them to be lashed together; and in his rag- I ------------- .erness to secure them helped, with his own I • A Tom Cat scanted. hands, to tie the lashings. Capt. Pearson We occasionally notice some queer advertise_ did not like this close fighting. F or it ments-in our exchange papers. The following destroyed the advantage his superior sail- from the Philadelphia Ledger of Wednesday will in; and heavier guns gave him, and so let do : drop an anchor to saving his ship apart.— ; WANTED-ATOM CAT, waranted to catch But the two vessels were firmly clenched rats, of the largest species. Nond need apply un it), the embrace of death ; - for, added to, all l"ss they bring good recommendations as to the .1 _1 . ..1,:..., sl, .. ...... i.. e i i.. • 1..„I , character sandiji,a. ,,,,, , rea • so n able .... price ... will hooked the quarter of the RiChard, so that' grey, color of b budy black, with while spots,- the when the former obeyed her cable, and tail being tipped with white. Apply at 118 swung round to the tide, the latter swung , CIII.:iiNLIT street, between the hours of ii and also. Finding that he could not unlock ,Si o'clock, A. NI the desperate embrace in which his foe had clasped him, the Englishman again opened his broadsides. 'llie action then became terrine; the guns touched muzzles —and thegunners in ramming home their cartridges were compelled frequently to thrust their ramrods into the enemy's ports. Never before had an English commander met such a foeman nor fought such a battle. The timbers rent at every explosion ; and huge gaps opened in the sides of each ves sel, while they trembled at each discharge as if in the mouth of a volcanoe. With his heaviest guns bursted and a part of his deck blown up, Jones still kept up this. nn equal light with a a bravery unparallel2A in naval warfare. lie, with his own hands, helped to work the guns; and .blackened with powder and smoke moved about a mong his men with the stern expression never to yield, written on his delicate fea tures in lines sotto be mistaken. To com pensate fOr the superiority of the enemy's guns he had to discharge his own with greater rapidity, so that after a short time they became so hot that they bounded like mad creatures in their fastenings; and at every discharge the gallant ship trembled like a smitten ox, from kelson to crosstrees, and heeled over till her ardarms almost swept the water. ' In the , meantime his top men did terrible execution. Ten times was the Serapis on lire, and avolten were the flames extinguished. Never did a man struggle braver than the English comman der, but a still braver heart opposed him.— At this juncture the Alliance came up, and instead of pouring its broadsides into the Serapis hurled theth against the poor Rielt ard—now poor indeed! Jones was in a transport of rage, but be could not help himself In this awful crisis, fightin g by the light f o the guns, for the smoke had shutout that of the inoon, the gunner and carpenter both rushed up declaring the ship was sinking. The shots the Richard had received be -1 ti een wind and water had already sunk below the surface, and the water ‘tras pour ing in like a stream. The carpenter ran to pull down the colors, which were still fly ! iny amid the smoke of battle., while thin gunner cried, "Quarter, for God's sake, quarter." Keeping up the cry, Jones hurl ed his pistol, which he had just fired at the enemy, at his head, which fractured liis skull, and sent him headlong down the hatchway. Capt. Pearson hailed to know if he had struck, and was answered by Jones with a "No," accompanied wilh an emphatic phrase that told that the latter, with his colors flying, would go down, if he could do no better. The master-at.-arm (hearing the gunner's cry, and thinking the ship was going to the bottom released a hundred English prisoners into the midst! of the confusion. One of these passing ,through the lire to his own ship told Captain Pearson that the Richard was sinking, and jibe would hold out a few min utes lupgcr she must go / down. Imagine the eunditiun of Jones' at this moment; POLITICAL. Farmers and a Protective Tariff. PRICES OF WHEAT. It is represented to the farmers, by the British Free Trade locofocos of this coun try, that by breaking down our manufac turing and other interests which give a market for the produce of our land, and buying all our gop,ds from England; the English will buy the farmers' grain at a 'high price in return. The fallacy of this attempted swindle can be seen by a glance at the following table, compiled from Par ' liamentary Reports, .giving a statement of th 6 prices of wheat per bushel, at four principal European ports, from 1830 to 1843: DaWzie. IIaml•g. Antwerp. Odessa 1830 81 117 93 95 68 1831 ' 11S 119 107 71 1832 93 90 99 62 183:1 S 3 70 55 GI, 183.1 70 67 60 77 1835 6U 05 OS 57 1820 70 79 70 52 1837 7.3 76 99 5O IS3B 91 79 1 48 65 1839 96 1 15 1 37 79 1810 1 07 1 30 1 48 • 71 1841 123 99 195 , 74 1842 1 10 1 11 95 66 1813 76 153 76 •18 =IN The prices at our the same period, run In 1830 15 1331 1 IS 1832 1 15 183:3 1 13 1831 1 08 1835 1 19 1836 1 41 Average, The distance of these ports and our's from London, are as follows: • Dantzie is 1800 miles. New York 3600 miles. lla üburg 500 Milk&llia 3800 Antwerp 300 Baltimore 4000 Odessa 9800 Here we have the price of whey at t ur great marts of the wheat trade in Elk-9 e, for fourteen years, showing a general aver age of 88 cents per bushel, while at Odes sa, which is about the same distance from London that we are, the average price for three years is 64 cents per bushel ; and, ANOTHER FRUIT OF THE BRITISH TA as will be seen, the average at our ports in • turF.—Joseph Long of this city, long this country, for • those fourteen years, is known as an extensive manufacturer of Chain Cables, furnished cables for three $1,2 1. Will not every farmer here see that he cannot depend on a foreign market sailing vessels, built ; last year at Freedom for hisigrain ? The only- poliey - t)y. which and .111arietta. Last week Mr. .Long was we can have a good, sate and uniform mac- asked to make the 'lowest estimate, 'at ket is to buildup consumers in this country, I which he would furnish chain cables for by goin in for protection to our ownlabor. ; three sailing vessels, now building at.,MS- This is so plain that it is strange there rietta. He put his figures at the ICIWtli can be found a farmer in our land who !fraction, and is now informed that the own will support the loculoco Free Trade Brit I ners of the vessels have ordered the cables ish party. Prom England, being enabled to do so, ara considerahls saving. Iluzza forth_ a-Brit ish Tariff! ls not that a Tariff!--,-Piitit• burg fononercial. It would be strange; if farmers, after be ing, slwwn the large amount of their prO 90 98 G 4 ern seaports, during as follows: In 1837 $1 83 1838 1 54 1339 1 42 18.10 1 10 1841 1.03 1842 • 1 16 1843 1 00 TERMS-TWO DOLLARS PER 4,lcrit m N 0.591. dace which some of our manufacturing States consume, and the small amount con sumed, or which will be consumed, by Englaml, should be hunibug!red by the fal acies of the Free-traders. The following is the amount of flour and wheat _exported to Great Britain and her dependencies for the year iBl2 : Ills. flour. Bus's Wheat. To England & Scotland, 208,024 143,330 " Canada, - 369,018 655,503 " British West Indies. 237;179 14,920 " ull other dependencies, 18,830 833.381 If we compute the barrel of flour at.4l. bushels we have an amount in flour equal to This is about one-fifth of the whole a mount of deficiencies annually required by England as.she produces on an average 100,000,000 and consumes about 118,000,- 000 bushels, making her own products e qual to about six-sevenths of the amount consumed. In the above statement it is evidept that, more than the halt of the whole amount, taken by England was sent through Can ada. • This was owing to the fact that there was no duty, or very little, paid on the wheat or flour going into Canada; but un ' der the new tariff of this year, the Canadi ;an market has no advan Cages over all oth ers, and the amount passing that way will be greatly diminished. As an important contrast to this, we will notice the fact that last year (1845) the single State of Massa ! chusetts bought and consumed about 1,000, 000, barrels of flour for her consumption, thus affording a larger and more important ! market for that article than England and all her dependencies. The little State of Vermont,.even, consumes annually of flour of other States, about 200,000 barrels, ! while in 1845 there was sent to England ' but 35,000 barrels. The Hon. Simon Cameron, in his speech in'the Senate, says : We are referred to the recent. action.of England upon her corn laws, as a reason for reducing our tar iff upon foreign manufactures.. Who is so blind as not to see that there is no parallel between :the ca ses ? In England it is an effort. of the laboring population to rid themselves of the oppression of the landed aristocracy, by which they are deprived - of their bread. Here, it is an elibrt of the-aristo cracy to deprive the laboring, man of the means of earning his bread. The great market, and the only certain market of this country, is that created by the manufactu ! turing interests at home. Those who look to Ext .. ~_. be disappointed ; and, in the end, The surplus pop ulation and increased capital of the west will seek manufactures as the means of employment. In proof of this view of the case, •I need only mention the fact that the single State of Massachu setts took from the other States lust year one mil lion of barrels of llour—more than the whole ex port of that article from the United States to for eign countries. It is also . true that for the last 20 years home market has generally kept the - price of breadstuffs above the shipping price. These facts ought to settle this question.. I might ask, in conclusion, what beneficial effects can the reduc tion of the price abroad have upon our prospects here l". Gen. Cameron and the Tariff: The following is an extract from a letter writ ten by the lion. SIMON CAMERON to his democrat ic fellow citizens at Danville, in answer t 6 an invi tation tendered him to partake of a public dinner, from which it will be seen that he holds the opin. ion that the abominable Tariff passed at the last session of Congress, can lie repealed by the people. lle says: “We have only to be true to ourselves, and we cannot fail to succeed in procuring the repeal of this lani. A few-months will j show the want of wisdom in its principles and prove its failure as a revenue measure. I The very men who have forced ! it upon us, ! all of whom deny its paternity, will prop ! ably soon seek an excuse for its change. All thriftless persons are discontented with their own situation, and envious of the. prosperous ; and our Southern fellow citi zens will find that no reduction of the Ta rifTwill make them rich, nor bring us down to their condition. They may retard our progress for a time, but no system of laws which they can.force upon us, will destroy the ultimate prosperity of Pennsylvania.— Until we can accomplish its repeal in . a constitutional way, we must make the best of this law : and by greater economy, and more intense labor, make up in sonic de gree for the advantages which it takes from us and gives to the workmen of foreign countries. The farmers of the west will soon see that they have been deceived by the promised British market for their agri cultural products : and that instead of high er prices, they will find them reduced with the prostration of the home market hither to famished them by the manufactories of the north. Having thus learned the truth of the old fashioned democratic doctrine, that agriculture, manufactures, commerce, and the mechahie arts are mutually depen dant on each other, we may expect to see them again acting with their natural allies! of the north for the common good.” 813,753 3,750,214 9,563,967
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