daylEven ng Reading. d. btu& the fbllowihg, which is the torn—, era of a series oflarticles of a religious! which we intends to transfer to our col— , which we are iiiitebted to the New York L .''They will doulitiess be acceptable to a •ess °font reader& 1!!!! nature mum, Mirro large rocs et.x. • 1 ,1 ie, the ladder wh • reby men may climb to And yet we need not ransack the Indies ch ourselves with it, nor venture ishi pw reek git blame. We heed - ndt sell lands and ; ptirchalie it, nor inn the hazard of sword .to secure it. Ib is a thing alwirys to be ways within ever at hand, and very !le—no burden in o journey, no load in a Wri . may carry, it wherever we go; when eor abroad; and seven in the stillness of werney dwell Oen it with holy contain , as did the Omit ,t patriarch in his dream ehritseending an descending. 'Ts Pate vim SACItiD warreas. et prophet speaks to us like an orator, another logician. One endeavors by his eloquence. 6 : rm .ps, and another by his clear reasoning t nvince our minds. One threatens,. and ari . promises. Here we have presented to our a sceptre of divine love, and there our ears rreated by the', shrill voice of the warning pet. We now hear a voice from Ebel, and ra voice from Geri - lint. One herald of salvo, 1, 1 . iota us to the alike of torment that aseen , up for ever and e et: and another, with the r accents of a Saviour's love, cries out, n ye, turn ye, trbY will ye diet" t "_ Ell 1 . THE mai.r. ?electors. z , me men neglect the bible, as others 'neglect ':rig dust picture.. It is thrown by and buried dust and rubbish. But when carefully . tried, it will prose to be it costly original, Le by a superiour hand—a greater than Ru , Raphael, or Michael Angelo. While neg. d and sullied, it seemed worthless; it appears of extraordinary vakie. Its curious lines ',ear, the strokes of a Great Master's hand arc n, more and more admirable lineaments are covered, and, the soul it at last enamoured at . contemplation. , ::, •sOU L. llna atheist laugtosat the immortality of the —the kout,that can 'huild her neat among the , of heaven, walk through yonder, mansions, d taste of the rivers that make glad the city of r.d:—tha soul, that can wing her way above the .ride, and survey the crowns and sceptres laid for tljose who dare despise the world, and have ,itir conversation in heaven;—tbe soul, that can is ht paradise, while the body is in anguish, and .: hen the fierce winds of worldly tribulation rage • and tier, can rejoice in Rim who is her all in 'L "nrIIirPORAL .10TH .it is with our Wearily comforts; as it was with be erigipal pleasures of Paradise., Some are for ood, and some for trial. God has thought fit, .eretnre, to limit the use of these terrestrial f cities, and to signify in,his word; that his intent n giving them is, lthat they shall be our servants, of onr masters—advantages to us, and not hin • rancor, in admix ng and adoring the immense 'Demi and bounty of our Father wh. is in hea- 111E4FTY' Or tiOLINTAS here is such loveliness in the way of God, not. 'withstanding some discouragements in approach. ,•ng it, that whrer is tempted once to lift the veil, and see w at is behind it; to remove the seek. 'cloth :and ashes, ind see what is beneath; to open the iron gate, and view the golden treasures that aro within; to unlock the cabinet, and see the iloWels there; he would, beyond a doubt, be ray. riled at the sight, and not stay +lin hour longer in the chambers Of death. =3 e It passed' knowledge. It mocks all efforts at description. We cannot reach It wtth our col. ouni, but, lik/ITimanthes, when enable to depict the countenance:of Iphigonia's father, he drew a veil over it; we Shrink trom an effort that must be ineffectual:- It is a love that has no. type on earth. We see it glittering on the mount of God; and it leaves bs4„n the vale below, gazing Reit, as aithing to whicff mortality. can show 'no resem blance. 1 • CONSIDERATION It is wtth'e,o sideration, as it is with micros- eopes and in ainifyg glasses. Sin, that looked it but a fain Mdfbefore, through this glass appears alit scarlet. Gnd'o laws, which; were before re garded or rnetii human injunctions, through this glass Opera sto beautiful, so rational, so wise, so seondtrful. so suited to an intelligent nature, that with David wiare compelled to cry out, 0 how I Loos thy taw ! !t is my meditation an the day I - ZiODUEI or !saxes- Hee boWed to the ar.cient people of. the lord, and under its protection they went as un der a cancipyisf state; and they might, with great er reason thad the Sultan, havo . challenged that lofty title. he shadow of God, or with the Per sian empereur have: styled themselves, Kinsmen of the Stars. "Their eyes saw miracles almost cv. cry illy, n.nd Icith their daily bread, they received daily prWigiis. , • LIVE A PILGRIMAGE. ene4lly like the voveree'of God's designs and inte.tiorts, and instead of their visible blessingii injorder to secure a greater end, they make that heir home which wag intended only for their inns aria are for erecting iabernaeles to •dwelk . there, which God designed only arla tho ,roughfare. 1 . WORLDLY TR RASUILEII They al- make to themselves wings and fly away; and t ore was great point in the observa tion made bthe Lacedemenian in Plutarch, when be heardl43nipes commended for his valuable shipping —4 am afraid ofc i licity, sohieh depends so much anVercia and thre e.' Treasures in hea ve°, and acme other, are rnfalliLls. . coriscnVica. lades d ..ps,,lthough his purse is full of money and .ough ho is master of a spacious tern tory,- is al. -t driven to despair. !Thump On's i letter , ;to I Garriton says:---.**lfell le must ha t 'l given rind callers for Gen. McDoffix," when he livered hit message. Such expression is unfortunate, to say the last. I true, one Would be led to suppose that the loevtion spoken cit l , was iiite a chrsrful place. A steeps tlejigh hat A conplotof Yin.bess iimmediate use. It .-- • ; with windows, stov .1 • 'Die P i ittshorg Al ertheainited Statr , that iitf within.. 36 aAruROPAV METNING, atpt,„ _ Qtr . Statiatta. Checks, allids, ifi is irj. / ....Arnipand Mandbias ofeurry descrieton,neatlY/triligt"QP Ace. at aelotocatcask prices : - I We publish in another o‘luma the final ,Report of the Senaterelatit;iii to the charges of Col. Krebs on the lubject of Bribery. When it is recollected that the Report is the unanimous , act of she porn. ttee, the majority of whom are iantbliank men, and off, course friends of Kreb3, it mu.t be taken as favorable tip i tido gen tleman as' it was possible to mitre if, nod yet ts: hero is the mon who wouldinot wince under its severity? Col. Krebs 'very pro perly voted against the printiig of this Report! • Or A meeting .of the i r titung Men, friendly to the election of Gen. Harrison and Francis Granger to the P residency and Vice Presidency, will be held't Or wigsburg, this day, at 2 o'CloO, P. M. for the purpose of electing two delegates to represent this county in the 'Venlig Men's Convention, which is to be held at Harris burg, on Thursday the 19th of May next, which period has been named by the Cen tral Committee, instead of the 23d,,inst. Public Schools.—We understand' that the School Directors have engaged a gen tleman and lady, to superintend the Public Schools—and that it is their intention to carry the provisions of the Act into effect on the first of Aprilttext. Oa Friday next an election for Directors, to sarve for the ensuing yetii, will take place. Elackwood's Edinburgh Afagn,zine.— We have received the Noveniber - and De cember numbers of BlackwOodis Edinburgh Magazine, republished is thi6 cnuntry by Mr. Theodore Foster, New York. This gentleman is the enterprising publisher of the series of British Quarterly: Reviews referred to some weeks ago by jus. The terms of any one of the series are three dollars per annum. The whole series comprise the London, Edinburgh, Foreign and Westminster Reviews. The celebri ty of Blackwood, (which being a monthly publication, is five dollars per annum,) ren ders any recommendation superfluous. A mong the contents of the numbers before us are many interesting, instructive and a musing articles. We _think the price of subscription remarkably lo . • 'liven invented at Ga lcnaby !, and was t. ho -applied, For e water-Light, aid is supplied a. &e.. It is highly spoken of. eats mentions that a brrich Bank Wllt be established in Oaya. • ? ,t 7:l 2, 03.76. 3 AGRICULTURAL PAPERS. The Culti rator. : —This is a ceatly prin ted and ably conducted monthly paper, published by the New York State Agricul tural Society, at the low price or 50 cents • - a`" , " IP e -P1 e. to. advance. It cou sins mucn'vaiutg l e mtormation, illustrated with handsome cuts'or wood engravings. The culture of the grape is a prominent subject in the number before us, together with "Bees and Bee Hives," "Worn out Land,". Sheep, Husbandry, "Oest ruc ti re Insects," &c. &c.--Conductor, Mr. J. Bu el. • The Farmer 4; Gardener.—We have had occasion before to commend t►is high ly valuable weekly publication, published at Baltimore, at five dollars per annum, and edited by Mr. E. P. Roberts. The information it contains embraces agricul ture in general, with a particular attention to the silk culture. We know of one far:- met in this neighborhood who has been a subscriber but a short time, who tells us that he has already gained by the informa -1 tion he has derived from it, what is to him of'far greater value than the pride of sub scription. Subscriptions .16 either of the above works received at this office, where the papers can be examined. Incorporated Coal Companies. —The Senate having passed the bills for re-char terint*e. the Delaware and North A.mericar Coal Companies. The sheet anchor of our safety must now be With the two other branches of our Legislature. 'We cannot belieVe that the popular branch will be pre vailed .upon to establish Coal Companies in this region, where individual enterprise and industry must suffer i so seriously there by. Every well informed man must know that incorporated companies and individual operators cannot flourish together in the same region, They ate like two opposite elements, which when brougtit tegether, must be in perpetual conflict, until the-con flict is eventually terrainat.ed by the de struction of the one or the other. Fire and water are not greater antagonists in their-nature than incorporated companies and individual operators.,. It is for the le gislature to say whether Incorporated com panies are prnferable fo individuals in the Coal Trade; or in other words, whether the true policy of thtl Commonwealth re quires : that individual ; operators should be 'driven from the business and coal compa nies established in thec. room. All we hope and desire is that lat least .one coal region in the state intiyi be left free to tile action of individual indartry and enterprize ---leteased frem the trammels of incorpo rated monopolies. 111 ; the other coal re gions, coal companiesf have obtained no firma footing, that it is ;iamossible eitherlo shake or dislodge them, and those regiotis furnish a practicalqeMonstration of tie. 'truth of our positionOwit goal companies and, individual opOratgAt cannot famish together-in the sanitire,gionl In England the 0 'cie of rail road ion has dirubled within': he fast sig monthS:A— -c Ilia , great increase' int price is caused ,by the ttentand for irod froth tho Q. States. "41EIM DIINEItSvJOIMNAIi. t Weather , suing the snow, linen radii t y leaving aNthrgh the quantiti pp : the surrU1 1 . ding tuanntit z ios isstill .. very ash— acderable. s .; Thursday last it rained throughout the day.anitl pact of the night., modern 1y; bow ever, &mine', the greater part ; of the tirit We were very appprehenaive of the .eonsequeneee in the event Oa continnanee a the rain. Fri: • opened deer and moderatii, becoming, hoiever, overcast iti•the aurae of the day. The Conirnittee i the fiodsc, on Conrad's cise. we andel-4'lnd, mode a report on the 9th inst. which is tiry severe on both Mr. Krebs and Con rad, and itids up Or offering a resolution that he, Con be 'reprimanded by. the Speaker at the bar oftliejliouse. 'The only reason why the com mittee di inot report in favor of - expelling Conrad, was—rest to the' county—not to the member in qaesti4o4 2'he . :Convention.—After considerable discussihn, the time of holding the Conven tion forOthering the Constitution has been fixed inOeptember next, notwithstanding the efibies of Mr. Stevens to postpone it until May 1837. The number of delegates is limited to one ,hundred—the present number :of Representatives—and, to be elected; in May next. A discussion then arose as to the place-of holding the convention—one member . proposed the Court House at Lancaster, another Inde pendence Hall in Philadelphia, a third the borough of Bedford; near the Mineral Sprit*, a fourth the Court House at Pitts burg. ; Each advocated' the claims of their prospective places, but none succeeded.— , Mr. Stevens moved a sectkm to prevent the lelection of any delegate from a district in whicli.he bas not lived onefisholo year be-. lore tlke election, which carried neni. con. Anol er new seetion was moved by the same ,titlemaii, On latter part of which• provi ed that no one holding office under the ,p esent constitution shall be suspended or halve their comnaissions vacated, Wore the' fid Tuesday of October, 1938, hut Mr. Scott moved that vhe subject be postponed until Friday, which carried. - Pennsylvania and Ohio.—Our readers will (remember that a bill has been lately, introduced in the Senate of Ohio to pre vent the establishment, within that State, of any branch of the bank of the United States, as well as to prohibit the circula dower the bills, &c. of said bank. Mr. Penrose has introduced into our S2nate a Preamble grid Resolutions of a countervail ingtha rac ter, which instructs the commit tee,on Banks to inquire into the expedien cy of passing a law which would go to pro hibikthe establishment of any branch and; the circulation of the notes &c., of any; Bank of any State prohibiting the sarnei with respect to any bauk agublishad iq retinsylvania. This is a most excellent & judicious measure, and one . which is impet riously demanded by the policy and digni ty of the commonwealth n . diee Temperance. Petition.—On the 4th inst. Mr. Read presented in the Sen ate a petition one hundred and fifty-threb teat in length, and signed by nearly Titors.vNn LAmas, of Philadelphia, pra} - ing Legislative interference to prevent ta verns and grog shops in that city, arid :heir aid in arresting the evils of intem perance. In presenting this petition, M. Read moved that two thousand copies in English, and one thousand in Germ:l,l l im chiding the names-of the petitimiters, be p4inted for the use of the members.. In the speech which followed, this gentleman stoke of his being selected as the medium of communication, as the highest -honor *lnch had ever been conferred on him,jor of which' he ever expected to be the recap tent, and then ably advocated his motion, which nevertheless was rejected by n vote of 15 to 13. So much for the gallantry of the Senate! Perhaps this body deem the right of petitioning to be confined to the male sex alone, and if so, their deciion was strictly in accordance with this erro neous doctrine. Mr. Reed happened to say in the course of his speech, that ;the ladies were wiser than themselves---Od truly the result verified the correctriesti of -his observation. The latest accounts from ' fpxas, State hat Col. ' CROCK Err'is not dead. The trial of the Engineers, at Noifrris. own, accused of the murder of Mr. our, has resulted in their acquittal. WILLIA3I C. RIVES, Esq. was, ovi the 2d inst. elected to the Senate of the United States, in the place of the Ron. Jow.l Ty- LER, resigned. The vote stood for Rives 95—scattering 41. Thirty metnberslwere absent. The following Jacobi nal resolutionti were passed at a meeting of the citizens of Rea ding, held on the Ist inst., at whicl z tVm. Shcencr presided, assisted by John itter, Peter Nagle, and Jacob Gehr, ast: Vices P resi dents-, and Gen. Geo. M.Eleim, iCasli ie r of the Reading Bank,) and Dr. Ilfester 11. Muhtertberg, (son of the meter of Congreis,) as Secretaries: Resolved, That in theopinion of this eeting. the character of the Bank may rightful(t be ari l:whet:4E4y the Quavention nf the people revise the constitution, end. if so, It wookt be aijast, le gal and necessary act, and one which we Will sup port at all hazards, •peacer.bly if we can 'forcibly if we must.' Resolved; That should the convention Bill not to , miss the Boded, er be postponed to as la a period ns there . pro Poled, it would be right ,and wet to take the matter Into our own hands ; an • .proceed to elect delegates in May. to meat &act 4ecording to the requirements of the billow passM by the Sena te. { , 1 We are greatly surprised that ahy set of men having any regard for pre rate ] I terier page; Virtue * Should. gists dleir sane tint) to - resolutions Jike i thsAitasvp, the. di rect tendency of Which is td annihilate( all gO4ernment, violate every ptinciple of good faith, encourage and cobrnertance mob law, and bring the general character 2:if the good peiple ofi this state into universal hatred, contempt and ridicule. We have never n any testslutions of a public meeting in thisvouotry, professing respectability, of a more dekrading and more dangerous chs ticter,"tfsolutions which would hardly be tolcrat in times of the greatest excite ment aad disorder. History can afford no parallel to them except in the ruffian-like proceedings and anarchical principles ofthe Jacohins—such as were exhibited in' the wildest and most fanatical periodc of the French Revolution. When a direct rio. lation of public faith and public honor, is openly recommended, it is a sign' that shame, decency and morality hare taken their flight, from those who join in such a recommendation, and when mob-law' is re commended as a means of tfecting this-dis graceful object, it is a still stronger sign that treason itself is at work; and if stf fered to go on, will net only prostitute the public character, but deprive us of erery thing which is dear and xaluable to fret men! The Harrisburg Chrbuicle of the 7th init. says: • NI% Stcvensofferei a revaha.inn in the house of Returventatives this :Tontine, instructing Messrs. MI*KL,O4 snd BCCHANAN, our Pe13410/11 in (aggress, vote again,llb , t 'o.cpu aging rase/anon.' The r4sulution pubsed a first. secuat. s.rt 0.4 d read. übt by a vote of 64, I?) 25. It is said the resoltition will' also pass the Senate. In that case Mr. Buchanan will have rTither to resign or vote against Mr. Benton's expunging resohitions—he having avosvCd in his letter accepting the appointment, the right of the legistatureo the different states to instinct their sena tors in Congress. The Harrisburg correspondent of the Philadelphia:lnquirer, under date ofMarc h 15th, writes. as follows: "LasCnight, a large number cif the members of ;the Legislature, citizens and strangers, partook of th suppe.r at the Cxehance,in faeororstwe rights, state indepeerlence, .and state interests. The toasts were read by Dr. Burden, end leite. truly Pennsylvanian. Mr. Cunningham, smelter 'if the Senate, presided, and Mr. Alicrd lesiva rth, of the House. was Vice President. The truth is, Messrs. Burden. Perrose, Hickey, Fore, Middle. cuff and their friends have dissolved all eonnelim with the Nevi York candidate. They will support a State Rights' candidate ' ancisurh a candidate is Gen. Harrison. About 250 partook of this festi• val—Whigs, Antimasons aad Jacksoomen, who are in favor of Pennsylvania interests." The following,are some of the regular toasts drunk on the occasion: STATE RIC:TITS—The cement of the Union. the palladium of our liberties--As a SOVEREIGN STATE we will not permit any INTERFERENCE in our policy, no matter by whom attempted, no matter from whence it may emanate Petraylyanialdarcb. POLITICS—The science of hnmailhappiness—Let it not be so degraded as to sacrifice oterasnres fer men. or to make abstract or local differences of opinion, paramount to the public good. . i,.e PEN NSYLVANIA DENIOCRACY—Too . firnt to awed, too 'honest to be ctirrrepted—lta advocetes will never be so base aa -to crook the pregnant hingeo of the knee. that thrift may follow fawning," THE PEOPLE OF PENNSYLVANIA—InteIIi gent and yniuous--false is the longue which would proclaim that their integr.ty can bo corrupted. COMMON SCHOOLS—The nursery'' of the patriots of future times—the tOor boys of our country. Extracts from Mr. TT I-ER . 3 letter tolhe legislature tit yirgiiiia, in tendering his reaignatioe in the &mate the United States: e , t n resigning then,tontlemen, intoto ur hands my place in the Senate of the United Sta , te which I was called by your predecessors, I , et I shall be indulged in a brief exposition of theleassna Which have led me to the conclusion that tolobey youk in. st nictions would" be to violate the Codatitution Of the 1: sited States. 1 shall do so boldly and fearlessly, but with all becoming respect, aim with all . the brevity in my power k The Senate is ordered by the conatitamon to kelp a journal of its proceedings, and to publish it frost time to time. This injunctipu is .thus soldninly imposed upon the aggregatq body, and on each intim. dusisenator. Whatever shall be done shall be faith fully recorded by the Secretary. and shall be faithfully - , kept—not for an hour.and then to be defaced—not for a•day, and then to he erased—not forht year, and then I to 'ae expunged—but forever, as'a perpetual witness, a faithful history, by which the ittondirm.ihe m#tives. • the a; boils of men, shall be judged. nett by thoselof the present day only, but through alt tirnei It was a wise custom among the Chinese. which required the biog. raphy of each Emperor to be writtembefore the close of his life and placed before him. sri as to gibe him foreknowledge of what the world wohld think ofhim after his death. It wan designed to, restrain his evil passions—to curb theerercirie.of despotic awhy. It addressed itself to his ambition, and excited 'within hum a longing fur an immortality to pie gratitude and admiration of succeeding ages. Bub this provision in our Constituticki is still wiser. Each Senator, writes daily his own biography. He is required to ;record lira own atm. and takes an oath to ,keep that record and to publtsh it from ttrne to tuna. The applause or censure of his fellow men isnot Mistrieued nubl he has descended to the tomb. It is ddily uttered by the living generation. How powerful are the inducements thus addressed to each member to lie redbird to the trust confided to him. How much to be adnitred the wisdom of our ancestors in framing the Constitution'. Ifthis Was its only feature, their ode to immortality would be established. .. . This simple provision is me of the great securities of A tuerican liberty. It taken nothing upon trust.. If the Senate kept no journal. it would be a secret con. elate. where deeds the most revel, ing ling 111 be per. formed in seereay and darkness. TLe train _might thete be laid, the mine prepared, and the emit know ledge of the treason might be the explosion, and eon/ie .:pent overthrow of In e government. liabetty could •not co exist with such a state of things. l'here is no liberty where there is no responsibility, and there can be no responsibtlity where nothing is kncissu. To have a Secretary seated at the table of the Senate to write downier proceedings. and to clan' u for;itself the right to cancel. obliterate , or expunge what he had written. is equivalent to having no joumallat all—a mockery and a fraud: The journal; et die t morning may be cancelled in the . eretting—that of td.day may he expunged 'en to-morrow—cancel it in ;any way, whether by Wackor red marks, whether with circles or by str*ht lines, it ceases to bee joorne), atid.that which was, 1.8 not. The journal is to be ?published, but there is *carnal. There was one ye*erday.bot tie it can tetra the press, it is cancelled. marked out, or eipengeth • These are the necessary results or obe dience to your instructions. If that; ottrnai eourain a transattiendiscreditahle to `the Senate. I would pre serse/t as a perpetual monument of ita disrace. If of 1 a party leader, I will give him andlhis fiends who may tempolizily havelbesseendancy.-ne errant e arrant erase or blur the page on Itch arch enact miscon duct is recoOled. I should- afraid. alter retie doa dreg/4 i4Virgirtis is what she Go waa, nd) do DOI doubt it.—to return within her )cants., The. execration,' sir her people would be tkunlated is oly sate.: Mateoll3sitieh bad been trodAiyilliti barley' eled'atateemea lfceidd furnish me' no iestatiglacii. I shonlttihei myself guilty: tkotst guilty; alai haetaver I aught ituc emird. concealing mjeelf frotreth*Xl3 ght of 4n Men, I could n t, r'tny Vie* of thcritibiecceice my self from thelaraulnage of my own,,peteu+ed tam science. Novi calula kr - 4'litre to mitretneugher peo ple, to abate th'ette hospitality and kindnass, with 'the declaration oritaja hoc"( have violated my. oath for Mk*, and sofrimi thait surrender my place in the Sen ate, have etralck 40w4 the Constitution{" . , if the Semite hiss ti right to teach the Jeanine/ under initructionsAt hap a tight to-do so without.—lf to dam col a parba • he to expunge the witole. If to use ink from 4 Pen a rigid as pout it from ' a bottle—to des troy Le g the ja . 1 in lady other way—to bnroit—to, make a bonfire or all abatis bright and glorious in our his tory. I laitaw it has been said that the process direc ted to' he adopted by your neaolution is not designed to exputge. 1 cannot believe this, and reject it as e qually injurious to yourselves and unjust to those you . represent. You direct the words -Expunged by or der of the Senate." to be written across the resolutions on which ecut propose to make war. I will not believe that you ufeeely design to ensnare my conscience— much legs willl indulge for a moment the 'idea that you direetaraltichood lobe recorded by me. Those de net materstand ion who make such ascriptions, and lam no *Riled by: them. The Genial Assembly of a proud and lofty dime, is Incapable of a mere quibble, Red sirch in one alit would disgrace a4inglijester.— No, gentlemen, thdact which, you direct, to be perfor med. w aedi g ned rel:be.and is equivalent to, an actual obliteration in all its practical results. The manner of accomplishing this act of cancellation, is wholly ini matecal. In et btishing thisiiisienot.frem time topirrie hereaftir, the resolution thus' citncelled cannot be published as a piqt of it. It is declared lobe Arming , - ed upon its face. Rut, if in this I could possibly be' mistaken—if after all, it is merely child's play—the making a few flourishes, and. puturg the Secretary of the Senate to the trouble to write tt low uutneaningt words, the question would not be changed. Such - as is the inure:ll, so shall it he kept, usaltered in 'a letter unchalged in a ccnima—the same as it now is „ "to the last sy lahie of recorded time." Such is the fiat of the Cunst Litton. There is not a clerk or deputy clerk m the r Inn:one ealth of Virginia who would execute shell i Rieder in regard ,to his records. The The people aced be alive to the question. aiiiii vindication of their ghts, would's-irate:Tv tire rerra ttiooner than per- Ma t 1. c receol contlinine the oilittOss their estates to t... ~,s,estied in any wanner V 1 haTeNZIr. They surely cbtint - take less inrenn, .x.... .1,. r ,,,, erve e,, n vf the 'Cons aution. the &teat charter of .11 their rights. •.••• • • • , In , otirc,l for the resolution of the Senate, against A% 11,C i ),.15 are now so indignant, I did no mote than to ctory out the people's denlart d views of the Leg's tailor, as expressed to their resalettons of that day, and which were passed by oveew helminF majorities of more than two to one in both houses. ' The terms emp oyed by the Legit 'attire were strong and decided., 'finite ono act of tie Presaient was represented as dun. gerqus and alarming. I was colt( that it Could not he ten trongly cndemned—that he had manifested a' jl t ia dis sitton greatly to extend his official, influence— an tbecause. with these declarations befdre me, I va ted tir a resolution uteri' declaree "that the Presi dent le the late Eve:mire protteedings has assumed meta himself authority and power not- conferred by thecimatitution and laws, but in derogation of both." I at tiow ostracised by your fiat. which require obe die ,ch or resignation. Compare the rt-solutions of they general Assembly of that clay with the above reS olmiqn. and its, mildness will be entirely obvious. f tau n, with all due reference to ourselves, what is;to be the condition of a Senator in •futurd if, for -11Idini obedience to the wishes of one Legislature he ' t ki w i" obe called upon to resign by antuber. If be di 'at the fust,he is mindemned—lf he obeys the leaf,,,e violates Ids oath. and becomes an object of 'Mire and contempt. I respectfully ask; it this be thol Mod by whicb.the great right of instruiction is to be east n teed? may it not degenerate into' an engine Of fact —an instrument to be employed iby the puts to get d Instead of being direeted to no lepurposes-- to tl c advancement of the Cause of civ lberty—may it n t he converted into a political guil btine. devoted to the worst of purposes? Nor atetheie anticipations at 41 weakened by the fact, as it .exitits in the case now uncles consideration, that several of those who constitute 'the present majori in the G eneral Assem bly,and who new call upon ID e to expunge the jour nal or to resign my seat. acally votied for the very resolutions of a previoetisesaton to which I have re ferred. Public Meeting. At a very large retractable meeting of float Men and 4 others Interested in the Coal Trade, as sembled in pursuance of a ilublic cell, at the public house of Daniel Krebrs,at the Orstigaborg Land ing, on Saturday the sth - day of NlPreh, , 1836 JAM ES HORNING spas aptpolnted,chairma'n, and John Iferbner and El r acer Croes: Secretaries. On motion, a 'committee of 15: persons was ap. pointed to drag a preamble and resolutions ex massive of the sentiments of the meeting, when the following persons . ire appointed said — Com , mince: John Rickert, lin Bich). Jacob Kremer, Cha i rles Frailey, Andrew Delbert, Battier Kolb, John Dress, Daniel Krebs, James Day, Alexander Saylor. William James, LawreneC Heebner,..lohn Riehm, John Miller and f-amuel Kremer, who of- ter having retired a short time, deported the fol. lowing preamble and resolutions; which were u nanimously adopted. • The him that those individual* engaged in tire boating briiineas last season, did hot receive a fair compensation fee their labor, is universally admit-1 ted by all conversant therewith.' Boatmen then I indulged in the hope that the approaching season might tie more prosperous-oin this hope, however, it would seem their prospects are again blasted—' the Navigation Company having, at the instance of the consignees, agreed to 4 , futther deduction of 3 per centurn On the toll; all lbw who possess a knowledge of the effect. this may produce, (judg ing from the past,) will clearly see that it will end in taxing the boatman or coal carrier to the a. mbnnt of the additional a pex cent. This loss to the boatman must be a dear, gain In another class of citizens engaged in the Caul Trade, and that the gainers are the consignees in Philadelphia, is evident;—that they are the persons wife) profit by the labor of the' boatmen acid shippers, is evidilnt from the following well known fact: A boat load. ed jn the coal region with fifty tons of coal, is put in the care of the-boatmen, who proceed with the boat to the place of its destination, say Philadel phia,—opon its arrival the consignee declares '2i tons of the load to be dirt or wastage. This a— mount is deducted firom thelabor of the boatsmen and shippers, and the artielOptenconced dirt, sold at an average price of 83 pdr tosi by the consignee s amounting to $l5 on every hundred tons of coal ahipped,Jor which act a cent is paid to the carrier or shipper, and is pbeketed by the consignee.- 7 Desirous then that if any profits can be realized from the coal business, that the same may he at , divided that each branch of the'Coal Trade may realize at least a living profit for his labor, be it Resolved, That the Naiigation Company, by their late act deducting 3, per ttun on Coal toll, has materially effacted the -- t'eat of Boatmeb and, shippers--frous thh pest we may reasonabty judge of the Biture—,ive fear that the 3 per cent. like the 5 per cent last session, well else be deduct- , 1 ed from our freights and pocketed - by the consign:. ee in Philadelphia, , • Apßesolted, that in the opinion Of this meeting the proper mode of fisingthi toll foam time to time, would be to charge a. specific price per ton by which all who contract in the business may knizow what they contract for. ' Reaohle4 That we pledge =melees not, to lotid a boat, not allow a boat belonging to us to be Ida. ded, in all places where the /shipper er,conaigebe insists on the 8 per eent. i klednetton / and that ,we will carry '440 111se. of coal or dirt for-one rod, at such price as may be agreed uPom Reached, Thet-wa indt*by.falt means, all boatmen and boat owners ; act - cinlcert with ea, and in no inatance itithe.Bl* 'Cent to be dedicted from ctn. fieightn. - • Resolved. That we concur north our Willem auembleitat the 3 foenttarbeti hotel, on Thum AS " lay evening- laat, in recommending- meetings to ,Itie held by those interested, fiirlhe purpose of fix- • Jag measures for the goVernment - orthe busidess 'the coming:season. i On motion, it wasißesolted, That Jarrin. t li Id C. F I I ". 'Mug, Dari Krebs, Esq. E,.crealii, F . uni and John eebner• be a committee of corres n deuce, for e par t pose of consulting wkth suck ho may be i rested. on the subject; residing, a or near the, ty of Philadelphia, and die:Where, bo' are reque' e t d to. make 'known their cornea' d- - enec thro h the public papers, should they . m it advisab ' ' The fii 'wing preamble and resolution - was sub. miffed b Daniel Krelxi; Esq. and unaniai toily coneurrect, in. . - W bereas, in the opinion of this meeting th item offerrigge,now exacted from individuals en aged hi boating on the Schuylkill Navigation is just and opptessice, and extorts from the carui go of those engaged in carrying coal the sum of 1 63 for every entire trip made, and may sulijeet them to the caprice of ferrymen, and canna delay, hi g h t was not 'contomplated by the charter grant d. to the company—that Charter requi:es this I went to be made so as to-afford a safe at strutted passage for the parsing and , reP! all boats, without ever supposing that I should become subject to the payment tiona I toll, now charged in the shape of Therefore, Re.soirtd, That we most res p ectfully estly recommend to the Directors of sai ny to take this Subject into eonsideratlo • possible to relieve tie front the paymcnt unjust tam, which to therturipany would ter of small importance. while on the of it seriously effects the laboring class of Touchy, engaged in the.bosting On tiotion. It was Rtaa/rfal, That the proceedings be ttined by the °facers, and publlalied in all the paper in the county, the Pennaylvanian,and such otheiiii 'us ate friendly to the eause... , ; 1 JAMES HORNING, treet. John ',Oehler, secrevies EleuzerCrpra, The Lady's Book for the entrant th has ncen Nod, In•nagltton•loa thinany Werra— ing variety of quitter and ernhellishmente, it con— tains a beautiful full length portrait of Captain Marryatt, author ot , "Jecob Faithful," • c. All Hail Vermont.—Gen Hu rison on , Filltehl , Granger have been nominated for the P esidaney and Vice Precidency, by the Antima onic and! Whig Conventions of VermonL • The vote, in the Antimat.onic Convention stood—Harrison Si Webster 2E; Van Buren 27; G range r - 20;Everett 1; whereupon a resolution was introduced, nomina tingit Harrison and Granger, which w ta divided and carried by ayes and noes—for Har ison 104 to 40; and Granger withbut one diasen ng voice. The Whigs agreed unanimously to the e nomina tions. It is stated that twenty-seven A timasona seceded from the Conientiom and nominated s William H. Palmer for Governor , and Jahn IL i . Pettibone for Lieut. Governor. Gen Hermon has now been regularly nominated fo the Preen , deney by Permsylienia,Marvland.Oh o, Indiana, - New York, Kentucky, and Vermon . He will be nominated by other Statee.--Phii,Llnoirer. Signs not to bi mistaken.—Among title , Jeading polipcians who' have come out for General Hari i• 'll . von in the State of Ohio, Is 'Jamas . Gardiner, no* State Printer, and well.known r his devo tion to ict en. Jadkson, up to the prese t time. in Mlavouri , Major Benjamin 0' allon, who bedded the Jacticin - ek•ctoral , ticket i 1828, aid succeeded by an immense majority hkoi permitted his name to be placed on the Whig tiediet for 1836, and so universally popularis be, th4t the result. in that State cannot fo'r.a moment br. doubted.— Baltim - .. ore Daily Ado . . . Keneveity.—Extract from a letter, lbrt. Ky. 20th February, 1836. • "It is with great pleasure • I info l im pm that Caen. HARRISON was nominated . y -the House of Representatives of Kentucky, en 'yesterday, for President of the United States. I The resolu tion and preamble nominating hi 4 was adopted by a vote of 54 to •ll—four of the Geheral's friends voting against the resolutution, on he ground of their opposition to laGtataiivr. tie ,t inatiend,tlio' ;rat 'willing to nominate in any Other y. I have s ri o doubt but that the Senate Will opt the same . similar resolutions, In two orth ree days, of which you shall belnforined inlria iately,— Rely upon it, the hero of Tijipecanoe ill carry our state lay an overwhelming majorit ." t New York.—We advise oor V. says the Boston Atlas, who are verting MassaChusetts, to keep York. It will coat them all their money to hold . on to the empires Seems to be 'flourishing there bey . tictils. In the ccumtpofStenten,w serity of 2,000 to the Itteksen ; tnojority of the lawns have nom 'a ,offieera friendly to General Ha •.1 giflar fact, that the only elector al Jackson received in lie* York, •• • candidate, he received from du! Mr. RENTON hafixiven notice t Introduce his Expunging licaolu We learn from Washington, . 1 the PostlKaster General, coati hie bed with a severe and &awl which, le feared. be will not cover.—Corn. Herald. = A liberal donation.-I—At a m‘e of Managers of the American Thursday evening, a donation bibles and ten thontalidi testi mons)) , voted for thunati of this care of the Methodist Epill ; book establishment was recen —N. Y. .2ronetript. 4 Tennessee.--The bOuSe 0' fused, on the 12th I s ebruary l pungiug reviolutions by a vole . of those who are opposed to the them up.. . • , A letter from Valpar aiso sa "We have ticorunts here eta been destroyed by . an Moth anuses engulphed--so that there is now a black and stag% round-a-bong , The republics of Peru,Poi a precious state of fighting...a, the mbar—through their rap military plunderers. - 4 , Among the indications of he immetrsq,sranitir ofEngland, none is more,Str ing than the amount ordepoeites in savings din g le . In the ygar 16.32 this t amouitt was. thirteen MI 1101111 of pounds ster'• frig, and in 1844 finer** ions. As no doutt nearly the whole Stip erthe sum is depose ed by tho tomer Multabcrr" . clairdea, the evidence rt atlbrds of ithspefity 'esti 'more gratifying. rLion rultillutalreadY ived it is ascertain -1 ed that during tholaat. ;fair' upwards iff five btu.- 11 die' , 11 14 "-_.. 6 °tttliiiiie 6 tit 'birdied on the.Lircr. l •poo aulu'nzaneacateirrall• - d s exclusive of way ger . - • 4 ,,, L. , . 1 :4., . ' • -wrath. , itiorrksingniartret i that twit! or Orr. 1 ' ~_ . . 'cargoes OF wneettaye add eta, have recently l•-• ti , ; imported from Europe II into New 'pork, and bs'ol. , paid , a handsome profit 4Om concerned ' I '1" ,14iiisactioss, ~,, - , . - 4 ' rated Frank. ;Butenfziende, busy in eon— eye on New [pare time and ate. Mattison nd al)expeeta - icb gave a Ina ctorai ticliet, a osen municipe/ on. It is sm ote. which Gen. ben he was halt county. at ho shall so on :tone. at Mr. Kendall, nee confined to &la Mum, from • • if ever, rc-. irig of the Board Bible_ Society, on 4 . f five thousand T ents, was unani ; chools Under the Church, whose trdea eyed by fur. presenta tires re. 1. take 11 p • the ex .f42 to '23 Some voted for itakrec ink that Pekin hea ake and 100,00 a ere the city stood ' 1 Pa n ;IRither *, and Chili, are in d uproar oile with • woos generals and rote • ob nrof tmetv
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