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[I). 1:1)11%nt AND pi to iglu:Ton
VOL. XVII.-I.j.t
A soldier of tii. Legion lay dying in A Igieri.
There wto lark of iva.n there wai doarth nt woman's
Ilut a contrail' , stood beside hint, while his life-blood ebbedalloy,
n
And bent, with pitying glace:l. to hear what he mi g ht say.
The dying soldier faltered its he took that eontrado's hand,
And he said, I 'lover more shall son my own, my native land ;
Take a inesago and a token to some list: nt friond of mind.
For I was horn at Bingen—at Bingen on the Rhine.
To hear my mournful story, in the pleasant vineyard ground.
That u•e liaight the battle liravely,—anil when the day WIIA
Full many a core lily ghastly pale beneath the settin!r
. . . .
And midst thy tioad and dcin} xvvre soon• grown obi in wars.—
'rho death-wound on Ilioir gallant broa..a.:l, thr. i.r.::t of nionv scars
BM SI)11w wort , von toz,—anti suddenly hel u •ld life's morn tiorline,—
A itd one bad runic (tout liing,ll,—lbir liiio.;eti 011 Ike 101111 V I.
'l't , ll my 'Alotlivr, (kit her other son: SllOll comfort her old age,
And I nas n)•e a truant bird that lhonght his holm. a cage . :
For nn• father %\'',lS a sohlivr, and ec,•n as a child
hart lv.ipvd forth to liar hint tell of strtniglvs livree and wild ;
And when dip died, and left us to dividi , his svanty hoard,
I let them take tvhatr•er they would—but kept itly father's ett•nrd ;
And with hovish low I limn; it when• Ow bright light itsvd to shin(
(i the cotta,,•-w.tlf at liill4oll—calm Blll4l'll all the !thine.
Tell my lister nut 1,, weep for no', nod soh with droo l head.
drooping o.
%Vi t en the t roo p s ale Inarehing home again, with glad and gallant tr
But to look upon them proudly, with :realm niol steadfast eye,
For her brother was a solder, too. and not afraid 'to die.
And it' a comrade seek her lose. I :ink her in my mime
'fo rimer, to hint without regret of shame;
A n d t o hang the old sword in its place, (my father's ,:word arid mil
For the honor of old llingen—dear lain ;en ou the Rhine !
a ;—iii Ilu
OU I 'V,' k !WWII We .y Il!' turrrim^nl 111.11 ::par:
'l'on innovent for opilirlry—t.o Jul;1 , for i,ll,
()I1 ! •liar t 1 112.11105 t 11,,itt lwavicA mourn
6a,7 Inclhi> 111,,,,n hr ri:.‘c:t
illy hotly will he out Fain—to wntl lw out of prison,)
dreamed I ,tood ‘vitlt nr.u, and s.t \v yellotv unli.lit shin (
I )11 the ‘int•-t•lad hills of I;togen—lair Bingen on the 'thine !
n I gt'lly the Idur nbilie ,:tveep along—T heard, (.1 ,:reni...l to hear,
Tlw Gorman :::w.gs we used in t-ing. in chorn,,,Aveet :Ind clear.
Anil duo; 114 the rlew:ant river. and up the sliiiitini T hill. -
'l'lll, erliniipz chums wonoled, through the ev‘ ning calm and .till:
And her glad Nat; eves \Veil . on Me, w,. I , :[sse d ta n ;
I)ovvn many n poult beloved of pm., !old well-rentemhored teal ;
And her little hand lay lightly. confidingly in wine.
lint we'll inert no more aViiingen—lo‘ tliw.cen on the Rhine. "
111 A VOll.l. grew Clint :old logirser.—his grasp was childish ‘NT:ik.--.
Ills eyes put till a dyilot . look.—he !a u l le d ali d r _o .nNe d t o s p ea k t
..Ifiscolurade bent to lilt him. but nu. spark of 16 had
The soldier of the I,egiul'i in a forei , 2li land was d ea d !
Allfi flit' sort 1110 , 111 T4l4i, u p slo‘vly. and calmly she look e d down
(ht the red sand (df the hattle-lield, I%.ith rorp,a;s: 'drown :
Vea., calmly it,, that dreadful scene her pale liultt seemed to shine.
As it shown oil distant Ilingen—fair .I.tiluten on , the Rhine
ISCE A N
Ilope and Memory.
By 118 F, s OrIC N 1"
A little, baby lay i n on, ( .„„di e, „„d IToltr his immensity. Man alone lias said "there
came and kissed it. When its nurse gave is 110 (.;1"/ !" Unite ill thought , at the
it a cake, ii„ lte prom i se d „„„d icr to -„„, r _ same instant. the most beautiful objects of
row ; and when its vont!" sister brought a nature ; suppose that you see at mire all
d ower, over which it idappvtl its w i ng , the hours of the day, 'all the year, a morn
and crowed, Hope told of brighter ones, jug 01. SPring• and a morning of Autumn ;
which it would gather for itself. a night bespangled with stars, and a night
The b a b e grew to a child, and „„„d ier covered with clouds ; a meadow enam
friend came and kissed it. Ilex name was I ,'' . elletLwit'A beauteous dowers : forests Im:t
-oter., rreilt snow and fields gilded ‘vith the
Memory. She said ' , look behind
and tell me what Cunt seest." The child tints of autumn—then ;antic You will have
answered, "1 see a little hook." A „d a just conception of the Universe. While
Memory
sa id , „1 theehow to you are gazing titthe sun which is plung
get honey from the book t h at ,vab, sweet ing under the vaults of thi; West, another
to thee when thou art old." observer adniires him emerging• from the
The child b came a youth. Once w .);;l' l ) : . g.ilded gates of the East. 13v what incon
e
he went to his bed, ;lope and Areinory eitlivitbde magic does that aged star, which
stood by the pillow. Ikr sung a ineb;-' is sinking, fatigued and burning under the
dints song, and said, "Follow me, and e y_ t shades of the evening, re-appear at the
same instant, fresh and humid with the ro
cry morning thou shalt wake with a smile,
as sweet as the pretty lay saw,. th ee ." sy dew of.the morning At every instant
oldie day the glorious orb is at once rising
llut Memory said.. 6 '"l lope, is there any I
need that we sliould con t en d ? H i , —resplendent at noonday, and setting in
he mine as wel l as thine. Amid we shall the West ; or rather our sense.deeeives
be to him as sisters all his life long." and there is, properlc speaking, no East or
So he kissed 1 lope and -Memory, a s l i e i West to the. World. :Every thing . reduces
was beloved of them both.
Wink b e s l ept i.i t .s,ell to one single point, from whence the
peacefully they t silently by his side, )kffig of D.y sends forth at once a triple
weaving
vainia „ into dreams. _ light, one single substance.
When he woke, they came with the lark,
to bid him good morning, and he gave a
,Bond to each.
11e la , catike a man. Every day ifope
guided him to his labor. and every night
he supped with Memory at the table of
Knowledge.
But, at leitgthA!re found him and turn
ed his temples gray. 'l'o his eve the world
seemed altered. .Nletnory sat by his el
how chair, like an old and tried friend.—
le looked a t her seriously, and said, [last
thou not lost something that I entrusted
to thee f"
And she answered, "I fear so : for the
lock of mr casket is worn. Sometimes
I ant weary and sleepy, and Time pur
loins' my key. But the gents thou didst
give me when life Nvas new—l can account
for all—see how bright they arr."
While thus sadly eonversed, qpe put
forth a wing that she hail not worn, folded
under her garment, and tried its strength
in a heavenly blight.
The old watt laid down 'to die, and when
his soul went forth front th e h ot ly, t h e
gels tool: it. And 11einory walked with
it through the open gale of heaven. But
I lope lay down at its threshhold and irent
lv .expired, as a rose giveth out its last
odorg
11("i : p:111111 4 ,4" 51 , 411 NV:IS like the music of
a seraph's harp. She hreutlietl it into a
glorious fornt and Baia. "Immortal happi
ness ! I hring then a soul that I have led
through the world. it is 110 W Witte. .le
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I EXISTENCI: OF A (;nu.—There is a (70d
11(.1'11:I nl the due el.dars of the
mountain, bless inscels sport ill
This bean's—the eltpliant salutes Ivith
! the dawning of the day—the bird sings to
him ill the roliage—the, thtiffiler declares
ryoND 'mu thtAvn.—The grave is a
xvorld or gloom, dark and cheerless, with
no ray alight to Winne its night of horrors ;
hut abetter philosophy teaches us that that
is not the end. That though a cloud of
darkness may gather around' the closing
scene, and the pall of death become the
winding sheet of frail mortalitv---a bright
er- daum begins to break uptin the soul's
vast empire, while imperial thought links
its fond immortality fast to the immutability
of the Eternal Throne.—Ber.
Tut: 14:ART AND THE Sworn.--It is
recorded Of the Duke of Luxeinhourg that
on his death-bed, Ile ddared NV
that he 01111.1
ha VO cherished inor deeply th ni
c etoor'y
of having. given a enlof cold xvaterto one
of his fellow-ercature.4 in poverty and dis
tress, than all the vlctories he had aehiev
ed, with their scenes of blood, desolation
and death. An atlinirOii. lesson is con
veYed in this brief ex)! ; ion or opinion.
It is because we ar ' lissatisfied with
ourselves that we are sci:;!'anxions to have
others think well of us; - and were we von-.
scions of malting 'their gond, we would
rare less hot their ill opinions.
...
ghat \vas a goo& remark of S.nleca's,
when lie said :—"Great is he- who enjoys
his earthenware as it' it were plate ; Mid
not leis great is the Wall to whom allthis
plate is no more titan earilumware."
:11eti ;Ire like bogies ; -the more brass
•eimthin the farther yoo mot hear
thmo. Ladies :ire like : the more
inotleit mid retiring appear, ;II • 52tim•
)V 16V,4 gOIIP Lc
CETTYSBURG, PA. FRIDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 1
Gen, Washilltrion with his Mother, ! The Mail that the M il k Kicked.
"s
FOR 'PHE LAST TIME. I Many are the anecdotes and stories which our
Vr.lio that has parted with an aged moth'• %,' t °. o l u!..,tteers, tell, the
, scene of which has been tbe
er, and,reeeived her last blessing as lie was ! ' Grande and many vet remain to be told.—
Hie toll owe d g ood floe was yesterday related to
about. to gli forth into a land of strange N us by our. fried Sewell Taylor
to seek a home for himself, can read the i
On a certain starless niold, in the latter
' following last,interview between Wt " itin g - i part of July, two volunteers—living edi
ington and his mother, and suppress the
tions of Milton and Ps -thins, so sincere
rising tear that starts unbidden, at the re
were their friendships, so mutually strong
membranes of such a scene. Time may
• were their nuaenments—weie sitting pu
dim the rerollection of many of the loci- lumber in
neighbor., , , .
r r
some the nood •ot dents of of youth when we come in contact i well's (the sutler's) tent. Tiles- had given
with the world, hut there is a magic in the
pretty strong proofs during the day of their
mollier's voice—her well-remembered tone
abhorrence of the water of the Rio Grande
of admiration, her kindness and unceasing ,-.
rare will, rise up before hint who loved in its.primitive state, by mixing it with a
liberal component part of Sewell's braady,
i her, and follow him as a guardian angel itt
which, as Burns says, made them "unto
a ll th e varied scenes of life. Happy the h app y.
" 'They sat there for a considerable
man who was blessed with such a moth
time and talked of "old times" and new
er, and loved her—happier he who, hay
times—of times past, present, and to come
ing such, forgets not her love, her kind
-pf the indomitable courage and invinci
, !less and instructions.
ills power ofs.l,lnited States volunteers,
Inuediau•l7 after the organization of 1 of • '
ano the cowardly, craven Mexicans.—
the present Cioverninent, Gen. Washing-
Indeed, from die mood they were in, ''they
ton repaired to FredPi4eksburg, to pay his
could," as they expressed it, “walk into
humble dytydo his mother preparatory to
Ampudia and his whole pusillanimous
his departure for New York. An street- host r ,
ono . scene ensued. The son feelingly re-
One of them had occasion to withdraw
marked the ravages a torturing disease had
for a few minutes, and after making in ad
amidde upon the aged frame of his mother,
vance due apology for his temporary ab
thus addressed her :
settee, he assured his friend that but little
"'rile people, madam, have been pleased, with i time would elapse before he would rejoin
the most nattering unanimity. to elect roc to the!
him. Not returni ng, however, as soon as
,
rbiet .11,e4ktraey of the United ::,tates, but before l .
1 can a,, , tiitie the 1'11'1(1'10ns, of that office, I have
conk to bid voii :111*(4:lion:tie rate Nell. So soon
ruenunteied in arranging a new gnverninent, can
he disposed of, 1 shall hasten to Virginia, and--
Ilere the matron interrupted him
“YOll Will Sell Ml' no more. My great age.and
the disease which is fast approaching my vitals,
%%aro melthat 1 shall not long be in this world.
I trust in God, 1 ain some•wl r tt prepared for a
het ter. But go. George, I'llllll the high destinieS
%%Inch lieu en appears to assign you
son, and may heaven's and your mother's tiles
ings be with you always.”
President was deeply affected.--
lis head rested on the shoulder of his pa. -
, ,
rent.' 'flint brow, on which Fame had
wreathed the purest laurel virtue ever giv,
en to cleated -man, relaxed from its lofty
bearin!r. That loOk, which could have
awed a Homan Senate in its Fabrician
day, was bent in full tenderness upon the
time-worn features of this venerable ma
tron.
The great man wept. A thousand re
collections crowded upon. his mind, as
memory, retracing scenes long past, car
ried him hack to his paternal mansion and
the days of his youth, and there the cen
tre of attraction was his mother, whose!
care,. instructions and discipline, had pre
pared him to reach the topmost height of
laudable ambition ; yet how were his glo
ries forgotten while lie gazed upon her
from whem, wasted by time and malady,
he must soon part to meet no more.
- The matron's predictions were the.--
The disease, which had so long preyed
upon her frame, completed its triumph,
and she expired at the age of 85, confiding
in the promises of immortality to the hunt
ble believer.
Montuts.—Napoleon, after haying ob
served to Madame Campan, that the old
system of children's 'education was bad,
inquired what she considered wanting to
make it good. "Mothers," was the reply.
As women were the first and perhaps the
most influential teachers, we must have
good mothers if we would secure good
teachers. With them. rests the tuition of
the heart, so much more important than
that of the head. Sentiment precedes in
telligence ; and it has been well obs - erved
by ttte authoress of a deservedly popular
work, that the earliest, smile which re
sponds-to the maternal caress is the first
lesson in the affection. - Mothers were
meant by nature to inspiFe virtue even
when they do not directly seek to teach
it, anti they will rarely go wrong when
they follow their parental impulses.
P NTE t s LlNau.knu.—Thr, followinz or
ders fronra foreman in a newt-riper printing of
liCP don't mean half so much as would seem to
the uninitiated :
"Charley, put Gen. Washington in the
galleys, and then liinish the murder of that
young girl you commenced yes.terday.—
Frank, do you set up entire, the ruins of
Ilerculantum—distribute the small pox—
you need not finish that runaway match
have the high water in the paper this week
—let the pie alone till alter dinner, but.put
the political barbecue to press, and then
go to the devil, and he will tell you abotit
the work for the morning."
A JUST SEsTimExT.—The Pennsylva
nia Inquirer says : "the true glory of a na
tion; the lasttn,g, the deathless glory, con
sists as much in the lofty tone of its integ
rity, the exalted character. of its morals,
the tenacious adherence of its people to
right and justice, as in the force of its physi
cal power, the :;trength of its warlike arma
ments, or the vastness of its internal re•
sources."
N EVI L Titounwr.—An evil thought
needs but a nod to make it lodge. iu :moth
ergnind , while arguments might fail to tix a
good one thbre. A wink may speak to
others hurt; and the best of volumes fail to
do them good. How true the remark of a
lady, 'I lied it hard work to he good.'
A dandy at a hall, in a•hisl.iug about the
room, ititti - Itis head against a ti incur
lle apologised. "Not a tvord, sir", said
the lads - , , •it is not 11;7,1 a•nrnt'h to !tort
~ ,„‘FEARLEss AND
his friend thoturht he should, the latter "put
out," too. 'He who first left, soon, in a
zigzag course, returned, but instead of go
ing up to where lie ❑nd his friend had been
sitting, he tipproached to where a vicious
mule was hlhered.
"Come," Said lie, laying his hand on
the hind quiver of the mule, "let us go to
our tent."
ce-CC4,
his left hindleg at him, striking him in the
abdomen, and sending him on the broad of
his back in •imong the neighboring chapar
ral.
After recovering, he picked himself up
and advancing again towards the mule,
said— •
"Look hare, 13111. this awful shabby
eonduct !. I would'nt treat a Mexican so,
letting aloue an old comrade. If you've
any spite against me,
.Mist say so, and I'm
your man ; hut don't strike a fellow that
Way, with the butt end of your musket in
the dark. I tell you I felt that last:lick as
if a draßoon's horse had kicked me.—
Come, now, uo More of that ; let us shake
hands ;" and again he went up within
kicking distance of the mule.
"Wee-ee-i-ee," growled the mule, and
again he gave the intruder a kick Which
laid him flat en the ground.
"Murder ! murder !" cried he, "I'm
shot—l'm stabed—he has run his bayo
net through pie—he has broken my head
with the butt end of his musket—l'm shot
—l'm killed ! Guard ! Rounds ! Grand
Rounds !"
Attracted V the noise, a crowd instant
ly gathered 'zotind ; lights were brought,
and the Gre:o Kicked was picked tip out
of the elinpatral. Two of his ribs were
found to gel broken, and his friend and
comrade, Bill, was the first to render him
assistance. Of course, although he could
not at the titie be made to believe it, it was
at once seen kbathis enemy in disguise was
the peevish !We, and not his friend and
comrade soldier,
SlNGui..kni---.A favorite cat, belonging to
a foully at llovington, having lost her kit
tens, of her own accord adopted a chicken
of the pheasnt fancy breed, Avliivh was do
mesticated. The chicken appeared highly.
pleased witliher nurse, and puss ,on cap
turing a mohse, or obtaining any other
food, carefully carries it to the chicken,
which has ittibibed 111811 V of the peculiari
ties of the c. , and the two now lie comfort
ably togethe , puss putting liar paw over
the bird to i*otect it from harm.—York
shire Ga...zette.
A SISOli.Alt DEATH.-A lad twelve
years of age; named Edward 0. Knowles,
was killed a South Boston on Friday last
in the following singular manner : Ile was
standing itt a blacksmith shop, some ten
or twelve feet from an anvil, where two
men were forging a piece of iron, and one
of the sledges missing the iron, struck on
the anvil, and a small spliter was broken
off, which 111 w otr, striking the lad in the
thigh, cuttin the main artery, so that he
bled to deatyn a few minutes.
"Agriculttire," says SoerateS, "is an em
ployment the l most worthy the application
of man, the host atrient, and the most
suitable to his nature ; it is the common
nurse of all persons, in every age_ and con
dition of lifd; it is the richest source of
health, strenkth, plenty and riches ; and of
a thousand sidier delights and honest plea
sures. it is the mistress and school of so
briety, temperance, justice, religion, and,
in short, of virtues, civil and military."
Goon "If moitT.—A gentleman has
sent to the .iitor of the Petersburg Intelli
geneer, a potato weighing like and a half
pounds, and a, turnip weighing seventeen
pounds. Lit has..a.cow that gives thirteen
quarts of milt at a milking—che did, not
Send the coy to the editor.) fills is pret
ty well for Virginia.
DisTEmetin.—The Delaware
County Republican learns tlit this disease,
so fatal to the horse', which has prevailed
•xtensively, in Long Island and New Jer
sey, has made its appearance in that coon
and that selerul horses bait...died front
cried the mule, letting fly
, 18.16.
From the Knickerbocker
FANNY HALL*
The sweetest girl of all I know,
Is charming, FAN:vr
' rile wildest at a husking, .
The gayest at a ball :
Her check is like a Jersey peach,
her eye is blue and clear,
And her lip is like the sumac
In the Autumn of the year.
Canova never made a hand
I.ike plump and fair;
Poor Raphael had been crazed with her
Madonr,a brow and hair :
Anil I'm incline-I to think if Powers
Could see her, he would grieve
To find a romping Yankee girl
Ilad'heaten :Mrs. Eve!
There's n01.a.-194emil1 in her form,
No fault about her flee;
Sit down and gaze from morn till night,
You'll . find her—perfect grace.
And then, to finish all, her voice!
From the sweetest bird's in spring
You couldn't tell its Warble ;—but
She " TIOPS N T KNOW A Tut NO !"
From the I larrishurg Telegraph of April 111, 1813.
AN ABSTRACT OF 'rm.',
_
Pennsylvania, they did. ,icy prevent the
RETIRKS OF )111. COOPER,
completion of the work. ould go on
OF ADAMS COUNTY, i whether the application of the Company'
In the House of Ryresenlalives of Penn- was granted or refused.lly.,denying the
sylvania, on the Bill granting' right o f , privilege asked for, they prevented none
way through Pennsylvaniwto the New lathe mischiefs winch they imagined they
Thrk and Erie Railroad. isaw, but rejected a certain advantage-:--the
Mr. Coon:at:lid this bill proposed to advantage of a connection at Elmira, ,noW
authorize 'the New York and Erie Rail- ()tiered to is. It he could see any possi- -
road Company to cross the Delaware at or ; ble injury to Philadelphia,' or the' public
near Port Jervis, into Pike county, and ; improvements of the Commonwealth, .he
construct their road through that county, i would most assuredly oppose the applica
tor a distance of some twentYy-four or five , lion; but he could see none, He would
miles. In consideration of this privilege, Ibe as sorry to injure Philadelphia as the
the company were to procure a right from gentlemen who represented her so credita
the New York Legislature to connect the''lily on this floor; he was going to say, that
Northern Branch Canal with the Chemung , lie was axious for her, prosperity, and -as
and Chemango Canals in the State of New ; deeply interested in e successful Meals-
York, and also a right to a connection wi th ; try of her PeoPle as they were. But this,
the road proposed to be constructed at El- !perhaps, won't] be going too far. Kindred
mira, or some other point, of any improve- ; sympathies and local attachments might
ment which Pennsylvania should think .exeite in them stronger emotions of arum
proper to make or authorize to be made ; ; ty for their welfare than in him ;. bitt he
and that the company before using their ; could say with sincerity, the most perfect,
road, were td consent to all of these con- ! that he felt a deep interest in every thing
nections. . i that concerned her, because he knew; after
1 '
. He had listened patiently and attentive- all, that her interests ,and those of the Com
e y to hear. a substantial reason against grant- ! mouwealth were to a great extent. identi
i ing the privilege asked for.by the company; ' cal: Her industry, her skill, her 'enter
; and he hoped he would offend no gentle- prize and capital were subjects of interest
man when he declared that no reason suf- 'to every - citizen. If these languish from
ticient- to satisfiy any body had been giv- , any cause, the ()tract was felt throughout
i en. If he believed that the State improve- ; the whole Commonwealth. He would re
-motifs were to be rendered less valuable, 1 peat, therefore, that he wouid..dn nothing
or the comniereial metropolis of the State ; knowingly, that proved detrimental to her
,
injure in the slightest degree, lie would ; interests. The passage of this bill could
i
oppose-the bill ; but, believing that it was; not injure her; on the contrary, she would
the interest of both that the privilege should; be benefited by it. If he could ;see any-•
be granted, he was bound to give it such I thing in the future, it was the day when
feeble support as he could. ; the benefits of this measure would be felt
1 Let us, said he, look at the
i - ' ques ti on ; and acknowledged by all. When all the
1 without permittng preconceived impres- connections authorized and provided ',for
sion to bias our judgments. ; in this bill were completed—when the di-
The first argument used against granting' versified productions of the regions which
the privilege asked for by this company,; they penetrated should be poured through
was, that another great channel of commit- I the channel's of our public improvements
ideation would be opened between the ' into the lap of Philadelphia, stimulating
lakes and the city of-New York over which ; her enterprise, rewarding the industry of,
large amounts of produce would be carried: ; her citizens, all would realize the wisdom
Let us see what force there is in this ar- ;of this measure, and wonder at the blind
gument. The trade of the lakes, a ll th e ; ness which opposed it. 'l'nrn again, he
vast commerce that floated upon them. now ; said, to the advantages which the proposed
found its way to the city of New York, !connection would a ° fford to- Pennsylvania
either by the New York and Eric Canal ; ! and Philadelphia. The whole trade of the
or by the Railroad extending from Buda- lakes—all the productions which reached
lo to the Hudson. Not a pound of tonnage, ; them from the valley of the Mississippi,'
not a farthing's value of this immense trade' and the whole \Vet, now found their way
ever touched our public works or reached : to New York by - the Canals and Railroads,
Philadelphia ; all went to New York I already completed from Lake Erie to the
through or over the great thoroughfares : Hudson. Now, by the money of others,
which he had just named. Now, h ow e v _ I a great work is to constructed, along our
er, a rival to these great works was about ; own borders, penetrating them at several
to be constructed, running along the nor- ' points, if we will grant permission, and of
them boundary of Pennsylvania, the en- : fering us for suoh permission, the right of
tire length of the State, and proposing t o : connectimut such pleceS es we may se
enter her territory-in several places, if per- ; lect. 'Mil work is to become the rival of
mission be granted. The opponents of the' the other New York improvements in car
bill under consideration, had asserted that ; rying the trade of the Lakes. This trade,
this work was to become the great rival of ;on its way over this road to market, will
the New York and Erie Canal, and of the ! pass several points at which the distance
Railroad from I,3uffalo to Albany. in car-' is much less to Philadelphia than it is to
rying,. to market the trade of the lakes.— ; New. York. This he had already referred
This, he admitted, it would he to some er- ; to, and only adverted to it again for .the
tent: and, ie his judgment, the more of, purpose of referring to other facts in con
the trade it diverted from the other works, : nection with it: In late years, there had
the better for us. This trade on its way ; been a crowd of travellers, every year, pas
to market, would pass Aver the New York I sing from South to North on pleasure, or
end Eric Railroad, through Elmira, a point ; business. They now go to New York,
at which Pennsylvania was to be author-; thence to Albany, and over the the Rail
ized to make connections by both canals; roads to the Lakes. If the NeW York
and railroads. From this point, w h ere I ; and Erie Railroad were completed, and
these connections arc authorized to be i the connections established, uniting it with
made, the distance to Philadelphia, actor-; Philadelphia, this immense travel,. Wonld
ding to the statement of GOVernor Porter, ; either go North or return South, over the
in his message to the Legislature in 18-11,1 improvements of Pennsylvania. Shall
was 71 miles less than to New York; and : .we then, he said, neglect the opportunity
the practical difference in favor of phil,i‘vhich is afforded of securing a portion of
delphia, he said, was far greater. Going the vast trade of the Lakes, now wholly
eastward from Elmira, the New York and : monopolized by N. York? It is her's at pre-
Erie Railroad' had to encounter grades, ! sent by virtue of her position ; but that plo
iv !dell, but a few years ago, would have - sition would be relatively changed by ••the
been declared impracticable. These grades ' construction of this great work, if Pennsyl-,. ;
were, in many places, anti for long distan-; vania could but see her own true interests,
ces together, from 50 to 68 feet per mile. and act in conformity with them. An il-
From Elmira to Philadelphia, , there need :liberal policy, he Said, was almost always
be no grades excepting3s ti!et to the mile ; 'an unwise one ; this, Pennsylvania. will
and for the greater part of the way, trade one day realize, if slid refuse a privelege
would pass over descending grades to mar- • which was itself, independenl
of any. con- •
let. This would give to Philadelphia, nection which it secured, an advantage: to
an immense advantage over New York. i a portion of her citizens. If there:: were
But it was said, he remarked, that there' no other advantages to result front 7this
tvere at present no means of reaching Phil- ; measure, than stteh as were purely_ focal;
adelphia from Elmira. That ; was true, he would still go for it. It would benefit
but the cost of completing - a Railroad the Nor:lt—it "would open to it
,a. wiy to -7-
which would unite Philadelphia with the market, enhance the value otproperty,und -
New York and Erie. Railroad, by means ' enable that portion of the State , to contri
of a connexion at Elmira, would be trilling bute more than* had hitherto done; idif the
coin pared with the outlay whirl' New suppert of Vie Goveritment. Front' our
yurk! Ifo.lon, alit' Whet' cum trierei;il cities system of internal inproventent. di:llo4%i
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were making to secure the trade - of tWant
parts of the country. It was indeed true,
he said, if Philadelphia stood still, while
her competitors were striving around her,
•: at the NOrth and the- South, to draW to
themselves the pr o ductions of distant sec
!' tions of the country, by the construction of
Railroads and canals, she must lose :;her
commercial position.' But if she exerted
herself with an energyenniniensurate with
the interest she had at stake, she had it in
her power, he said ; to secure a portion and
a considerable portion of trade, which per
haps, naturally belonged to her great and
enterprising rival, the city of New York.
This connection insured it to her, if she
did not stand in her own light, and,neglect
atropportunity which might never present
itself again. Iler representatives. here
were opposed to it, hut they must pardon
him if he suggested that in their. anxiety
to guard imaginary' interests, they were
sacrificing real ones, of immense magni
tude•. •They must recollect that, by 'de
feating the application of the New York
and Eric Railroad Company to come into