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•PlW^-piPP!! # S^KSBAy MORNING, DEC. 22,1841. GEKKRAL nOOK AND JOll pRINTINCJ OFFICE. ff>»«TOW 4? *'i*A«J?Jl3,iii ti.n Oflliwohlic CE- ^^ NKVAApvpitTi>)«K •OWMMWmori-limn .rver iitrpu,»d to I'XPeiuo Hoik, Pn.iiph'ct niul. Jobs.|*r>npi!ri)yy , in a ntyle HMO »' PiK'Ii b\v prices, agilicy doubt not will fflVa |>'Ttr-ct wuiifaction to.all who iriay.Xivor Divw Willi ilifi, work. TEftMS O? THE GENEVA ADVERTiSE!*, It?\ -^r 8008 ln X' 10 Villiigo wishing to bncrioic pub- 8Crib?rs io tliis ptfpeij a\ n tjppe.ved w'tlt it n'jiu- lurly, at nil early Hour overy \Vndn»»day Morning, by , )c S!J''f' '} lf h •o.R'iieg- at ou ; r office, or wjih the Curriers. • \WltMlinsie of ugr (riettda in the <joiititry, who liave not a<s yot Imil: «u i)|),)ortiiiirv to &air dm] t<llb•^crib ,, . <lo sons *oon m j)o«Rif)io. \v> stili want to enlarge our u Ircady fefpocrahle list. < '-'.,• Vp,Km---G shillings one ye»r; 3. do six m.6«fbs1h t all «• ••isi's in advance. £G3~ No |,«pi.T dNqontirimd untilall »rrciir»!rA*arq,paid up The abovv tonus will bo strictly ndUerjEd to. Sukidc in-Rochester.^We learn lrOm,ti ester Evening Post, that : JVfe Elias Wilbur of that city^ committed suicide on Monday after^, noon. Mr. W. had been ptyell, and was asked in the moHiing foradebt of |80, which he prom- ised to pay with'all his other debts in the after- noon. He then went to his moneys-drawer, took a shilling, purchased a rope, went into the loft of bis store and hung himself. Mr. W. was art amiable man* and no cause for the act could be migmd,-~]3uffak Rep. Mail Robbety^Bytisli-p from the office of the Fredonia Censor, we learn that the Western Mail We invite a careful pewa) oX the following &f>:{?ably all the ra^ana that s c^;|>ft-8pa^;]|^:olhe¥ ', \hot only from democrats, but wblgs also: J4ffi|P; ?«g|&tp M Uipm ^o£'|n^aJer,rV,, VIEWS WON wpiew; : ;f IMCP^^ The act of l?35,.author^inf,tbe,enlargeraent;L 4 ,Xhe4^0||Qpm,enfs of % new fiscal $e£E*wlL' • i j l t - a '? whether wise,or unwise,ere- j-..givejus, \ raor£ ISgW? ,$here ^recq»^i|;e|a|% meQnodebt. All expenditures for the purposes soms^faliihg due^bn recehf, loans, vyitmnla spoil* of the act, were limited to the nett surplus reve_-^ periodillo'what^^amountwe'are not gbl| 1#SHJ' nues of the Canals, after defraying expense's.--^!' ~ * ' ' \ \\\ .... •«-.. This safe and economical policy qontinuef until, 1838,, when, % yielded to the irresistible \ new -j^*-v * t»j impulses\ of Federalism. A tifrtori ca! glance at this transitiori of policy JM/v#ateyer the amotji^ mayohe, # : -mrf$. H' pctji$<i0tl)# yi^04XwPM^M . ^ll>%a|, ,t^Oj,#Q5a| tllj? surplus ^eyeHyes\ of th|jE4e^nal. ; >- ; r. ,* ./ A portion of thdsfe'fesj^c^s\ sjiouid, If/possir ble> be caitied into a Jsilppng furi^a.nao^'t he- MAILS.—We have had but one mail ti'om New York in four \days up to the present writing, Dec. 21, which came this morning, with X\. Y, papers fiv6 ( days old! There is not a par- ticle of news. / 33^The western mail was lately robbed at Fredonia, and a part of its contents burned. The robber, a man named I)oty, was arrested while in the act of plundering it •, tf Thc Washingtohian\ is the title of a new fem- I>erance paper started at TJtTca,. and is edited by Wm. Alien.° Terms $1, in advance, on the :10th instant, Aparty^immediateiy gave i ehasej and soon overtook aWaOj who wasseen during his flight to throw away-papers, &c, He was soon caught, and it was found that the papers, &c, he threw away, were drafts and let- ters. Three bags were found near where he w;p ficst seen, and their -contents were scattered around. On his examinration he pleaded not gtiil.ly, but was committed^^ for tmh^Jlujf'. Rep. Shadrick3urles0n,better known hereabouts is Shad Burleson, is now Vice president o)f ih<$ Be- puhlic of Texas. He is well knowii-^nthe Champlain C3anal,:as a boatman of ,1834^5. He was engaged in building a hoat at this place about that time. Tiiis together with trregtilar habits, and miscalculation's in. business, he Be- came embarrassedy took^the sublime iliM^m- tered the Texan Ainxy-^-became Colonel, and was robbed about half a mile from that village and some contemporaneous circumstahdes^ wilt j cessarjbahd etgeient me&re to restore^ the 4e- «« tv,« wirt, 4v>^«^ A-w a ^,, ;rr.^«,T,'^^^^ I c ii n ipg (Cr edlt 0$& Stafe , ^frtegislatu^c^^ On the 13th of February,: 1838, the Assesablyj i in no way susta,ip the g|a^aW,^.pfip ;/ .p^|i!p > , by ?^solution ; called on the Canal Commission- stocks ana rescue themXrpm a •msgrm^l^jiifph, ers fo report progress on the erjlargement j wJ)at' but by atrestingj prompi|f - mi:.'MMyJ-'m^tfi^ work they could Complete in the yeaf: What ] crease of debt^and cOmmeiicing the ,p^j#iin|\of new work they could put tinder contract ; ; what'] that ajrea,dy exiting, 4^pt sucl^ accMi^.a^4 moneys they could expend economically; and j confidence willbegin to r^lve-^c^talMll'fe^ asked to be furnished with estimates. The <3a,. -in inore healthfjirch4hn4% apt me m%$$&. nareommjs&ioneis, March 10,1838, reported in i merits arising from a de»nged ; eurre^cf'^l|. obedienceto the' call—stated their very 'limfte0il ; padualiyp$/saw$y. ,:!: • •;' -/.•«»* * \>^<r ,^^4^-t^ 4. s ...^„j „^-^-t^. 9 ;^^j^ e anya]ter^ite?, ^ ejrjwtXif. pastTe^i^laSpn are now se^n iRih^Bghit'of^iel:?, perleBee. ^We &cerel^i^>pe\:t|[at;! the \ Fl \' ii: ~' and restriete;d operations based on the expecied' nett revenues of the canals; designated the work that could he put under contract, especially a£ the points indicated in the call; and gave dsift- mates of expenditures for the 5>ear for Work uftv der, and to be put under contract, amounting in the aggregate to $1,500,000. On the 15tf of March, 1838, the Committee of Ways and Means of the Assembly, by their Chairman, Mr. Jtug-•< likely to furnish strohget So-gumewts ijf ipier m =^«^«-^*»-1 tellects iti ^tbe cause of:%ual,G;o»eJ^en|'and' cratic- Legislature of 18421^111 TOt Shbje^iitselt'* to the imputation of bay|jte eyef ^ft^seellp^'clitv and ears and.hearing no^Ae ^ngs\)^'0^ai^ to the pnMfc Weffare.^ ;» p/es,ePt4s^pMod{ auspicious of reform.' Wo Ftituie d'ay'.will J>e An enterprising gentleman of this village, we understand, has erected a suitable building and will soon have a steam engine and apparatus put in for sawing lumber. A planing machine will also be put in operation. There has been some talk of erecting a woollen factory in Geneva. A better location, we think, j '•ould not; be found. Geneva is and must be the central mart for this section of country. And : all wejvantio^ make a great and flourishing town \ is enterprising monied capitalists. now Vice ^President by, oyer 2,000 ma|ority.-^-. j gles—now one of the Canal Commissiohersr4ire j Shad was tit. \gQia-head J ? andLa right «ort of a j. ported on the Finances of the 0tate, /After ad- J Popular Eights. Our true ,rrieR4l;sbo«ld 4e#. • Texan citizen \we should thinks- Sani Houston, verting to the Literature Fund, the School Fund, • well to it, that such an qccasio^fha|l^.??' s ^ the hero of San Jacinto, is elected President.— : the Canal Debts and,Tolls, and the B^piirtxjf fJue|withaut44tixigglo \ Whitelwll Chronicle. , ' - ' 1 Committeeof the Senate in 1837, on the progress wo^ of canal debts and revenues, unaided by collat- j dn Old Tree.— Some workmen engaged in ex- eraJ^ taxes-rafter stating the General Fund at ; cayating a well, near Leicester, after cutting some • $2,730^001 51—admitting it to h?ive been mostly j depth through* a bed of clay, found their progress ; consumed hetween 1817 and 1837—the Report,. j interrupted by a hard substanccwhich proved to j at page 12,, niaintains that in \ that. period the i be the, trunk of a large true, apparently a Fir; a ' productive fproperty of tiie* state was increased | cart-load of wood and leaves was 'taken out.— ( from $2,973,617 to $22,157,743, (or, after de- : The leaves had become amalgamated by time and ducting the debt, $17,624,986) and the annual pressure. It Is supposed hy geologists that the ; revenue from $414,,9Q7 to $1,413,846: that du- ,. tree was thrown there at the general convulsion • ring- the same period $500,000 was expended'viehcy Public debts are the bane.of Republic^ subvert ftie. \n|lependenc^ of the States, a%cex?* tainly asj^thil^onjower^is the seryarit gf [Jmfy lender,'*' If 'the Ameficari Revolution' hasdg-,, posed Kingly authority, 'and brought thVp'eoj$e' in^to thelins! ofi legitimacy, itbas y'^t donfe ii|fel6 for mankind i^-tbey are left to the sordid^^r,ule\o|f the dynasty of \ ^sbc$^eA. Wealth'.^ feej^fi 1 secure the action o|f the legislature in subser- tQi a' classwhose exactions for interest ate While some workmen were ging a cellar, on Mr. * Fen-ell's qf iiaturejatthetimeoftheJood.— -Bangor (ifc.)i upon the public buildings y that the Schooland | wrung, from. the;ha»i^r^g§ oHTid«itry. '.Ma rTn: \ \ ' Literature ^punds were doubled; the State tfix! free tovernmeritLtk^SSitJMiat \state necessi* ^epresentawe cond^cl^ ^^ft w. \ is ever thejplea Of tyrants.; 7 RQCH^rW^iii>iJGT,' : and on the same day, the House of Repre-1 and greatly decayed^ The size ofIhe sknll^ -M ^«.,.m.»—-^v-«»,- . .-^ «r~ ri . Thisiioble stee^re-one.of.*H^^%tl^ page found. The skeleton w^s in a s^^^^^^ — - ate elected the Rev. SEPTIMUS TUSTON, a chap- lain; •>entitiyes made choice of the Rev. JOHN K, MAFFITT. u TIie Glory and tltc Shafneof England./' is the title Of a new work, lately issued from the press Of Harper & Brothers, and from the able pen of C, EDWARDS LESTER. It is a book of interest- ing facts collected from actual observation, and • licited from some of the first men in England by the author, during a late lour in that country.— Probably more may be learned of the present suffering- condition of seven-eights of the English people from this Work than any other source— we wish every American could read it,—the beau- ties of nobility and squalid poverty are its most striking features. Mme of .the scenes described \TheTrea- teeth, jaw bones subject was of spnt.— Canandaig! ,/l Thrilling Tncide nil— -TheHayre Journal men- tionb an incident whfch occurred ~£o some whale- fi?iiers during a reeent voyage, whjtch it obsen.es , would be incredible, if it were pot, attested by the captain and his men. : CapJ:, Deglos, of tlie Gastave whaler, Was fishingoff the coast of New-? Holland, and was giving chase in a boat, with. five men, to a large cacholet whale,,y^hidh they soon came up with and.harpobped»,,Th.^ animal as soon as he felt the iustrumeipt/Went down: perpendicularly, and carried out a great ^quantity of line. Tlie crew- remained; with their oa*s : raised waiting for his ^appearance, when on a; sudden they saw, an enormous jajy rise iipi-on each side of the boat, far above the gunwale. create the highest admiration, others asensation : which was caught in 'the mouth of the whaTe^ of horror and surprise! The work can betbund}. and was .ready to be crusliediian instant. r i i-tr -D „ ™, e o « T. i c-x The men were so paralvzed^by fear: that fliey for sale at VAN BRTTNT & SONS Book-Store., ! \ '-\ , iit : K _,-.-. . • J , .- v S^^.^J fhe^enlargpmihT will not proBahly faff Slort of $15,000,000;\ and at page\ 17 alleges, that \by proper efforts the enlargement may be completed and made, available in five years,-' With as much zeaK'at least, as financial prudence,\it parades the riches of the illimitable west—makes its ttii- bounded -commerce rush upon tlie* carials, and riotsintheaccumulations of prospective reven- eadhTpief i oh^|r^ibirpa\atibnr !s^ 75 Teetl\ The width ofctbe water^wjiy is ! 45 ! j arid,the'tTiickne^ss : of the^w^lls, about io.feet f the'copipg on, top of ucs^„ In its ardor to aid improvement, it casts, be ,e;recte|d«next spring. crossmg'trie! 5riv6r, Th0\ ifotf'railings to secufe; horses and'passeh- gefs Mxu each .side, ax'e now ; in progress\; and'wiil' about for canals.and railroads to be constructed, 'aided or»purchased, and designates. _at page 21, tbe amounts that Can be expended, viz:—- ' On-the works begun, ,$20^600,000 On Railroads, • . lo«000,000 On the extension of present Canals, 5. .000 The following is the opinion of the Waterloo Observer, relative to the removal of the term of the Supreme Court, now held at Rochester, to this place: v The Supreme Cowl. —The_ last Geneva Advet- tiser contains an article setting forth the propri- ety of one of the terms of the Supreme Court be- ing held at that village instead of Rochester.—- We have no doubt that the. interest and conven- ience of the public would be better consulted by holding a term at Geneva, in preference to Ro- chester. _ i _ •, Steairiboat lost— Parts of the wreck of a steam- boat were picked up the other day off Cape Hat , could not obey the Capfain's orders, to get out their saws, and work at the animal's mouth; but gradually the jaws began to-,sink,,iand.after giv-? ing the boat-Vsidesa, terriblegratipg/disappearr ed beneath the water, away on his^seatr M^alang a total of $40,000,000 f'oras, supposed to belong to the Savannah, Capt. j of ihe large boats to pass Over the St. Clair flats (\rane which boat left Mew-York on the 26th of • heavily laden. Indeed, it Was soffletimes iinpos- iVovember for Charleston, Key West, and New- sible for them to do so the present season* It is Orleans, with, a few passengers, among whom I not strange,, therefore, that considerable anxiety were tlie wife and children of-the Captain. j fe felt upon this subjedt, Nor will Buffalo be v The N. Y. Sun savs, that by a letterr received i any better off. Should the water reach the low- ;it: New-York! that Capt. Crane, lady and child, j est^ mark, the bed Of the Canal atthat point would Messrs. Moore, Harthand Phillips, the Steward ' be above'^^the level of the lakes!' And the Report, at page 22, alleges-that \if the j legislature from time to time shall see fit to : ex- j One ^a^me'rTMnfed i pendthat sum,itmay be safely borrowed, with-!sculldap, I out imposing anybur.densiiponthe people;.\ To -' - - —_ ' ; \ \ i insiire 1 the'more 'speedy*enlargement Tecomrnen- ded, the same toinmittee pfoposed; to borro# $4,000,000 aunually. v; ••-.. - ; '-. •>'> The doctrines of this celebrated Bepott linfor* innately found favor with the legisl^tuxe, k audits illusive theories succeeded iti overthrowing that sund system of finance lmder which''New-York had prospered beyond all for^mefi experience or example. 0nder the adinirjistration Of financial quacks, our State has beeti degrctded and dishon- ored in ( .three short year's, and-the 11 yisionary schemes of borrowing op Whig principle, have The Lakes.^r-The Detroit- Advertiser saysi— \There is no little alarm fi?lt along the JLakes' because of.tire great fall,of the water which has been a vearor two,apd still is in progress*—- Since 1836, the water in our river has fallen more than three feet,.and it isj still.two feet higher than, it was•inl820'« In that yejtr it Was afradtioft over six feet lower than it had previously been,-r Should it now go down to the low mark whicb it reached in 1820^ it will be impossible for any and two firemen, Were the only persons saved, tolls on the several Canals in this State amotint to $2^033,504,27 for the present year.— This is an increase ever the year 1.840/Of $256,- 461,18. • ' inS* Owing to the late Revere stofthj the mails have been very irreguiari, arid we'liave no late news from Washihgtop. We presume that but little has as yet been done ih either lloilse. made such havoc of the State credit, that it is next to impossible to raise mearis |a pleet ttppro- priatiops, ' [ \ • •-\ • To those upon whom is devolyed the ; reSpo|i i ' sibility of legislative action,, the ^question natu- rally recurs, Whete, lies the way df safety.and of honesty in• --this tryipg bour? Our an%er is ready: It lies' only'JP ! the. Most 'figid^condmy and leafless cttrtailmepti'b|^x:|j fen'^iittes'. >ff the Erie Canalenlargement r hitr|er f to pressedfdrward with reckless haste, cptnot wj^e y ,apd properly, he arrested for a time, then WPfe'slibuld fall bajk upon sSmcthihg like the' law\ of'igBS\;. apdpr'ob* \^TrTe^^oIe^WOrk co\n.#fuctedtB t^'raostsplf id manner, of Oncihda^a cut stbne/Cfitoeo! in with; stone qttarried in? the'bed* Of the Genesee at the\ ibspdatiop6ftM4qgedse%>is^o^^B^ of the age. ,'.' . , \ . f ;•><. -A . The cost of the whole structdre is probably. abddtrrMf a milliop of doliars v .^%%^lFS#r, ; Mr, Adams has already taken fieW fpr thd'ALbiO'-' li'tlon Petitioners—op the rlrstda^'of the SeMq&; The-Itthex says, 'fHfe was dfessed : in- a ^efiev% ; and seemed to beabouttakiQghol^oii;*: ders. At any rate he Id!oked ( like.the h'igh{piie^- of Abolition in the IJ. Staled and of $riti|ht3^; ranriy in China. How%e\can^eachliber^-h;eJ^^ and slavery in China,' is rriore than W$-c0£&^: and Uierefbfe we will say jjo^more a^ut-ji^ pfesent.\ \He had-better\^ear ; fed stodM^fSlaoi.,!' and then he might'pass for, a Cardto^ \''iiivrcn ' \ .„ '..>•; ';,' /( ,.....,... ,,..„ erasures arid ariterf'|y^atid^.^\^jp6^i^%^ ' M'Wrir ting nam'es pfpefsfes analj$$?eig '~%4 :%bte^pir^, ticular than usualito^ •m^ , ^^>^B&|h5^|^hGt'- and clear—also in t(s|pg /wo^^nqllf^Mbfey % f ^ . - 'rM M . ^-.,M ' ; ;'_;7^| 1 Z , Ci 1 . '\tfra .<tm ,*• S3 \ 3
