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tw e e-- which the Sanate Assombly now differ in rela- tion to small billy, to. whother the Banks sholl be 'wempelled to redeem them with specie. If the tegislature Abally fail 40 agcomplish what the people ust, it will bo tn condequence of the As- nomb[y'rofinial to necedo to thiss: their disposi- tio® to allow the banks to isso. irredcemable paper, | Mr Sturling of tho Senate, a friend of the administration, has bean for a repeal of the amall bill law; and goos for susponsion as the other alternative. | Ho made the following re« murku in rolatiom to the specic clause is the Senate bill on tho: 6th inst. L confess, Mr. Chairman, I am not a little alurmied mysolf whan I seo stich a vast pro- portion as somotimes appears between the circulation andthe specie in our banks, I anta Friend to banks woll conducted; to tTaper money when it is convertible into gol and sllvor on demand, the only principle of bank- ing to be talarated; but when I seo a circus lation of £140,000 bettomad on a specie ba- sis of only threo or four thousand. dollars, I am fearful that thore is something wrong, wid that cally loudly for logislative interfer» axco. - Stiff, siv whon I sao the condition, of thiugs in our stutes-whan Iseo n circulation af more than half a million nttempted to be austiined, us anong our Yankee neighbovs, \aum a spocie basis of less than forty thousand, Lam proud of the condition of our own. banks, and do not wondor at the bank«erashing, thit almost daily: renchas our cars From abroad. \This rotten and abominable system of bank» ing must be stopped, o¢ the country and the baoks aro ruined. | Ours is b&tter managed. ewing to our excallont system and whole- some suporvision, but much praise is due to thase wfio‘ are desirous to strengthen it by infusing fnto our circulation a grouter quan- tity of gold and silvor. _ T differ some from those who think it can bo effected by the sup- prossion of small bills, but L ask those senu- tors who -aro for totally abandoning the pre- wont system and substituting nothing,. wheth= er they do- nat render themselves liable to tho chirge of being: friendly to an exclusive pafcr carreney. . . A know they pretend to scorn the idea, and I will not charge themwith in - 1 only say if they totally abandon the policy of. the law af 1835, the intoation of which was to se- cure a brond specie basis, and propose noth- ing as a substitute except the issuing. of small hills not redeamable on demand in gold and «iteer; thoy render thomsalves linble to have that odious charge fixed upon ther.. It is Tox them to say whother they will give the «lightest ground for being placed in so unen- inblo a position. - I had hopod, too, that as thay sostronuously resist the plan of a specie basis by the law of 1885, they would have condesconded to: notice the mode of affecting that object as suggested by the Crovernor in his late message. | But although I alludo to Itin my opening rerourks with a view to its discussion and adoption, if is bore. the: test of Anvostigation; a dJoud silence has been obser- «wed, «ndthg whole struggle on their part, steams to be Tor more paper,. with little or no wignrd to is redemption and to the lorming a solidspocie basis. on which our currency can bo sustained, 1 hake fo charge, I ouly allude to the position fo which they seem to place them- solves by this gourse, and by abstinately ad- «hearing tothe bill from the assembly, which #o far from frold'ng the banks to pay their *dobts in gold and silver, virtually gives them «additional powers to frcrease the kind and quantity of paper without providing for its honest and prompt redemption. Ttis true ma» uy have asked for a repaok ingeneral terms; but do thoy want pnper moraly, or have thay loft to us the provisions of the law which ghall bo so worded ng to secure them paper or at thoir optiont 'This is what Lcon» tart: they want, and what I should be satis- fied with;-But, sir,. when sugh a diversity wf opinion exists as there does in this bo- I sea no.chaneo to pass the bill and sat- isfy the people, if cach of us obstinately ad- hores to his own peculiar viows, and yields »nothing by the way of compromise and con- alliation to effect the object in view. _ '{heso uro some of the reasons why I am willing to vote for a suspension: while so ob- jectionable do I view the bill from the assem- bly, that it would be with the utmost ralue» tance that bcould give it my vote. It is at I foresac, a total abandonment of a policy all have more or less approved, and cealculrted to produce, If it crn be effected, an abject of immense magnitude to the who'o * Amatican pooplo. Doss any member of Ahis sonato beliove that the people want such a bill}. A bill authorising the banks to is- . sae a paper they aro not compelled to rc- toam in gold and silver as thay promisof- Thoy muy take such a-hill if thoy can get no other, nad in pro€ference to nothing. but what thoy want is the small bills of our own banks convertible into gold nnd silver at their op- tion It is proposteraus to: suppose they motorIreodeomable to convertible paper.- Cow have petitioned for so unqualified a bill « as that From the assembly. Itis truc, many have potioned for a repoal, leaving the leg- dglature to settlo tha details upon just and Kroger, principles; but the principle of this ilis bad, wrong in itself, and at war with all sound banking, Nothing can justify it but necessity, und no such nocessity oxists- thore is io npology for it-the hanks. do not a , ask ity nor neod it, and it ig idle to suppose thorising the issue o mable paper when the bank jot 0 not pay what they have already in circula- 7 Mil law? Phi dividuals, the issuing of notes not intcgdc‘g to T =e= GA DEMO Ci A71: Debate upon the small bilElaw!-'Tho Tutt be paid according to the contract on the face N; | * should not 1:5 Tout aight of, that the point upon of 510m. - Itis gains them a new power, and NIA R A a indirectly sanctioning the abuse of it. | It is subjecting yoursélves to the charge of au- E new species of irredee- tion. ungalified as to time and nieace, or look to what we are unable to pay the small they certainly ought to be do not lesorve to enioy the 'Phese are some of the r dence of their unsiety to p: diffurent shape? consider this section as at The wants of the people, cease to be called for or sions. The argument of t tire unsound. upon a large and impruden and reckless speculations tain amount. | 'The poople have confidence, a source embarrassment. If all the individuals who cases produced directly group in some conspicuous be prosonted! - Is there would not at once resolve tion? his feeble frame years of age. omission of his supper. and we are porsuaded tha would by better than three ing to bed. a third meal, but itis take troduced into this country, ses to be highly valuable. the Farmer that this plant or as it is sometimes called wheat. This kind of grair so in Hampshire County tivated in Great Britain. from 75 to 100 bushels to | produce from 20 to 25 Ibs el. and by some it is grid to ted. It is valuable for b ford for horses and hogs. grain. | -Boston Jour. But it is said. the banks wili not issue small , bills unless you will give them the privilege we be governed by their interest and conve- great interest of the people? If the banks them-if they are able ana unwilling, they duce mo to urge a compromise of our con- flicting opinions upon the ground of suspen- sion; and it does seem fo me that it comes so near effecting almost all the people have ask- edy if indeed it is not'all that a majority de- sire that members would give but a poor evi- would defont it because it did not assume a One word Mr. as to the section limiting the issue of small bills. trade, will ensure a sufficient limitation. Small bills are only wanted for certain pur- poses. such as change, transmission, mark- sting, travelling, &c., and when enough is issuod to answer those purposes, more will mount ranges from three to-four millions of dollars, and when seattered among three millicas of people, will not serve to inflate the currency or cause commercial revul- 4th, founded upon this idea, seems to me en- It is commercial operations | monse issues 'of large bills, and thereby in- flate the currency, that cause such calamities trom the little bills, which are highly useful and convenient for the people in the transac- tion of the ordinary concerns of life, and which seldom exceed or sink below a cer- those bills from our own banks in which they They are entitled to re- fief, and wa ought promptly to give it to them. Lare Surrens.-Fow things are more pre- judicial to. health than hearty suppers, eaten just before going to bed; and yet few things are more common, especially among those who . Inbor hard in the country. the third meal is often early; but as if to compensate for this, and to contrive to abuse ourscives in some way or other, many among us take a fourth meal at nine or ten o'clock. late suppors, during the last year only, could be resuscitated and collected in 'a single ton common, and if a label were placed on the forchaad of each, plain as the sunbeams, «* Died of late suppers,\ what a scene would world, addicted to the habit of which we have spoken, who in view of such a scene, Pros. Stiles, of Yale College, whose his- tory is known to many of our readers, was from carly life but the mere fragment of a mans und yet by his habitual temsperance he One of his habits was the Boston, and Mr. Woodbridge the geogra- pher, seldom tuke supper, as well as many other persons with whom we are nequainted; sons, if the last must be taken just before go- For ourselves, we usually take 'or six o'clock. of Mealth. Indian Wheat.-The last number of the Now-England Farmer contains a full ac- count of a species of grain known by the namo of Indian Wheat, which has been in- ted in Pennsylvania for some years--and al- was introduced into Germany about a centu- ry ago; and within a few years has been cul- good crop, say 80: or 40 bushels to the acre on ordinary land-and sometimes will yield It does wellin the poorest soils; is not affected by the cold; is heavier in the grain than the kind of buckwheat usually cultiva- given of this Indian Wheat are correct, it must prove a valuable addition to the stock of LOCKPORT, FRIDAY, MARCH .2, 1888, \Tus Nimoara Dssoctat Asp Locmrort Banknee usiren.-An arrangement has been perfected by which this paper, and the Lock- port Balance have been united, and will hereaf- ter be published as one paper, under the title of the Niasana DemocraT azo Bar- ance. The consolidated paper will be issued from the presont office of the Niagara Democrat. An office for the transaction of . business, ap- pertaining to the establishment will be opened at the Lower Town, from which the paper will be delhvered, and where office subscribers will receive their papers; or such as designate the re- ceiving of their papers there. 'The inducements that have prompted to this armongement, may be comprised in a few words: 'The patronage of the two papers, if united, s do not or can- pay mont. | Shall believe to be the bills they issue, allowed | to issue priv.lege. easons which in- ass the bill, who I do not all necessary.-- period. and the laws of issued. - 'This a- he senator of the plished. t scale--it is wild that call for im- declined the appointment. find the want of day's paper,. of great loss and provement. In the city, It was the wish of the Society, and one in whic1 have died of dis.] we coincide, that the citizens-of our county or indirectly by place, say on Bos- a person in the tion of the Society, names of officers, &c. upon a reforma- ecretary. to nearly seventy them to the S i Dr. Jackson, of C fice in this village. t two meals a day for all adult per- n as carly as five bie. large patriot force had assembled at Froncl and which promi- We learn- from is the Tartarian, the Siberian buck i has beeu cultiva- hostility, sleighs had been traversing the coun in this Stute. It foree at French Creek. 'The gencral impres sion in the neighborhood ofthe army was, the a crossing into Canada would soon be attemp ted. A correspondent of the Argus says: It is said to yield a the nere. It will of flour per bush- have gone up with the view to dissuade thei prize, but they think with little chance of suc cess, that the matter has proceeded so far. «Gen. Wool hus been written to, I under stand, and is daily expected, but has not ye been heard from. I be more palatable read stuffs, and as If the accounts would yield a liberal support to one establish- ment, while it would come short of the necessa- ry expensos attending the two; a union of the two pupors, we believe called for by the wishes of our political friends, who deemed it a neces- sary step, for the promotion of that harmony and unity of action, so desirable at the present It places in the hands of the conductors of the consolidated establishment, the means, and furnishes them with the encouragement, to bet- ter subserve the interest of the public, or its pa- trons, than it would be possible for both estab- liskments, rcepectively to do; which menns it will be their pleasure to apply to the desired object; and they add the assurance that the friends of the respective establishments, shall find nothing in the conduct of the united one, calculated to occasion regret, that the union has heen accom- Appointment by the Governor and Senate.- Narsgam Datros, of this village, Circuit Judge of th» Eighth Circuit., John B. Skinner having Agricultural Society.-The proceedings at- tending the final orgamzation of an Agricultural Society, for Niagara County will be found in to The enterprise has had an nuspi- cious commencement; and if followed up in the same spirit that characterised the meeting at the Court House on Tuesday, cannot fail to re- sult in furthering the cause of agricultural in} The address of Pansoxs Esq. was listened to with a great degree of in- terest, and a unanimous resolution of the Socie- ty, that it should be printed in a pamphlet form for general distribution, is a better eulogy thin we could bestow upon the practical qualifica- 'tions of the speaker, to do justice to his subject. without discrimination, and especially the agri- cultural portion of them, should avail themselves of the useful suggestions, and the practical in- structions,contained 'n the address. A committce of publication was appointed, who will take the earliest measures to carry out the designs of the Society in laying it before their fellow citizens, andit will be accompanied, with the constitu- {z» By a resolution of the Agricultural So- ciety, it is made a duty of the Executive Com- mittee of the several towns, to take the names of individuals desirous of subscribing to the con- stitution and becoming members, and 'forward We are requested to ndd also, that the Treasurer, A. W. Douglas Esq., will receive such subscriptions, at his of- The War.-There has been enough quite enough, of rumor, shps, reported battles, &e. since our Inst pablicution, to occupy the greater portion of our paper to day, if we thought the whole in detul would be acceptable to our read- ers. Fe have deemed a summing up prefera- The Albany Argus of the 26th, brings ac- counts from Ogdensburgh, dated the 22d. A Creek, (said to be 4or 5000.) Extensive prepar- ations had been going on for several days, be- fore it excited any apprehension of meditated try, collecting provisions; and other donations, for the ostensible object of supplying such Ca- nadian families as had been driven from their homes in consequence of the tebellior, but which had in view it appears, the assembling of the @ A sleigh load of the principal citizens here E P fellow citizens from engaging in such an enter- \If an invasion of Canada should be: made in the present state of feeling, both on this side * £ The Hoinburgh | expedition.-On Saturday night last, a force collected at Hamburgh, on the Take-shore, 8 tiles above Buffalo, as is supposed, under the command of Major Chase, with sleighs und other preparations for crossing into Canada upon the ice. <- Col. Worth, with the detnth . ment Gnder his command at. Buffalo, repaired to the spot to arrest the expedition. 'A large num- ber of sleighs; loaded with men and arms,. got upon theicg, and though they remained out the principal part of the night, it is believed that they all returned to this side, . L - On. Monday evening last, Col. Worth again | received information that there was a ro-assem- bling at the same point, He went to the spot? with his troops accompanied by. the ctvil author- ities of Buflalo. 'The patriots had erected bar- racks or places of shelter upon the ice, about half way across to the Canada shore. 'This ep- campment contained about 70 armed patriots un- Barker and Capt. Ottinger, with about 80 men, went out upon the lake, approached the encoamp- ment-the patriots put themselves in an attitude of defence, but proposed a parley, which resulted in the surrender of the whole number, two how- itzers, 250 stand of arms, and one field piece.- Capt. Burnham and several others were taken to Buffalo for examinations ~ {The Courier neglects to inform its readers as to the precise position in which the Great Regulator,\ the Pennsylvania Bank of the Uni- ted States, now stands. | Our own state banks, conscious of the duty they owe to the public, have been taking all prudential measuresito re- turn to specie payments-have offered to name a day, but the © Great Regulator\ is not prepa- red !-is not now, nor cannot tell when it will be able to redeem its notes in specie. | Such a \re- gulator\ is pretty well adapted to the purposes of a party, who by every recent movement evince a favoritism for an frredeemable paper currency M {#7 Mr. Wright's speech on the sub-treasury system, is published at length in many of the eastern papers. - We could wish that our limits would permit its publication entire; but its ex- treme length forbids. - The most that we can do with if, will be to give occasional extracts. Ability as a debater, is conceded to Mr. Wright by his opponents, and no where has he probably displayed himself to as good advartage, as upon this his favorite project. | There is one particu- lor in which Mr. Wright differs from other pro- minent bublic men, and in which he is an exam- ple that might well be studied by them: He is fixed in his opinions-perhaps too rigid: but perfect courtesy toward those who differ from him, dignity, the principles of temperate discus- sion, are never lost sight of,. 'The correspond- {ent of the Richmond Enquirer (conservative) ; thus in a few words describes the man: © By the pure force of talent and character, he has risen from the humblest beginnings, and through every variety of position, to his present elevation; and it may be truly said, that no man was ever so little inclined to turn public station to private advantage. His ambition, too, is for others, not for himself, His great sagacity- which has even given him the reputation of as- tuteness, is exerted in behalf of public measures, and not for private ends. Cool; clear, self-pos- sessed, singularly accurate, and above all, vers- ed to familisrity with financial topics, he brings to the Senate, and to the important committee over which he presides, an ability and peculiar fitness which no other man could supply. ° {> Tle whig members of the legislature, and the whig press throughout the state, have insisted as an objection to obliging the Banks to redecin their sinall notes in specie, that it would defeat the object-that the banks would not issue small bills, if compelled to redeem them in specie. What a commentary upon the posi- tion, that the people prefer small bills to specie! For such is the position of those who go for un- conditional repeal of the small bill law, 'The banks say they, will not issue small bills, be- cause the people, will carry them directly back for redemption; and yet the people prefer small bills! What consistent reasoning! But this is a subterfuge; the banks hive no where made any man'festation of their unwillingness to issue small bills payable in specie. On the contrary those who have spoken for them have declaréd their unwillingness to do so. |, [twas stated on the floor of the senate that the Albuny City Banks would issue $20,000 the day after the passage of the law. Slipped his \ Collar,\-The editor of the Schonectady Freedom's Sentinel, (a decided _ whig paper,) thus discourses treason asa parti- | 811 in relation to the appointment of Mr. Hol- ley, as Surveyor General: ° Our cause is the cause of the whole people; and if our agents do not conform to what they profess, be it our task, our duty, as faithful sen- \ tinels, to sound the alarm. We object to Mr. Holley, Ist, because he is not a practical survey- or; 2d, because he is a man of indolent habits; and 3:1, because, as we are credibly informed, he is selected so as to dssist in the editorial de- part ment of some newspaper or newspapers. These are our objections to Mr. H., and if he is chosen Surveyor Genéral, we shall say more hereafter. © t At an adjourned meeting. of the citizens of Ni- year.. der the cammand of Capt. Burnham. Judge}. \tm AGRICULTURAL CONVENTION. ~ agaracounty, held at the Court-house in Lock- ' port, for the purpose of forming an Agricultu- ral Society, on. the 27th day of February, 1838, Dasigs. Pomrox Chairman, and on motion, €or at nl nL Resolved, That a committee of nine be ap- pointed 'by the, Chair, for tho purpose of nomi- nating officers of the Society for the ensuing ~. 'The committee reported the following persons as officers of the Society, who were unauitous- ly elected: * ' R W. A. TOWNSEND, President; Hiram Mc Hosier, Tamzs Bitowin, Ru- ¥xU8 Sratoige, and Jas. D. SuutmR, Vice Pre- sidents; Jogr MeConnunt Recording Secretary; Parsons, Corresponding Secretary ;- and Asx W. Dovatas$, Treasurer., ° =C The following gentlemen were elected to com-, pose the Executive Cominittes of- their respect- ive fowns: . O. {ll . Lockport-Truman Kilbourn, Edward Smith, Daniel Pomroy. , _ : ‘ . Pendieton-Benj. Tomlinson, Willard Sykes, Stephen B. Warren. 2C New-Fane-Daniel Crossman, James Wisner, David Kemp. . 2C - , Lewiston-Alexander Dickinson, Bates Cooke, Asshel Lyon. - - ' Cambria-Charles Molyneux; S. R. Hathaway Jolin Gould, jr. , ttl. Royalton-Davis Hurd, Joseph Odell, Wim. Freeman. 2 Hartland-B. H. Benson, Christopher 'Skeel, William Wheeler, . - § Somerset-Ezra Mead, A, W. M'Nitt, James Matthews. R Wilson-Luther \Wilson Asa Randall, Samu- el Robinson, - tan . Porter-John - Clapsaddle, Leverett Bristol, J. C. S. Ransom, =-- o> Niagara-Augustus Porter, Charles Kelsey, Parkhurst Whitney? / CO R Wheatfield-Nahum ,. Ward, Milton Kelley, John Sweeney. 'The following draft of a Constitution was read and adopted: |_ *I We, the subscribers, hereby agree to form ourselves into an Association to be known as the \Niagara County Agricultural Society,\ for the purpose of promoting the science of ag- riculture amongthe farmers thereof: - That the said Society shall be organized by the election of one President, five Vice-Presi- dents, one Recording Secretary, one Correspon- ding Seretary, one Treasurer; and an Executive Committee, to consist of three members from each town in the county; who shall collectively form the Executive Board. That after the first election, the aforesaid of- ficers of the Society shall be elected annually, on the day of the annual fair or exhibition, 'That the President-or in tis absence, one: of the Vice Presidents--and one of the Secreta- ries, together with at least one of the Executive Committee from at least seven tow s in the county, shall be necessary to constitute a quo- rum for the transaction of Executive duties. That the executive dutics shall consist in ma- king the appointments of the days for the annu- al fairs and exhibitions; making a list of premi- ums to be awarded on the occasion; appointing the several committees of inspection, for ma- king examinations on the various articles pre- sented, and awarding the premiums thereon;- collecting the moneys and other. means or devi- ces to pay or confer the complimentary awards of those premiums; and to provide all other ne- cessary means for preparation, and for superin- tending and managing the annual exhibitions and fairs of the Soctery. : 'That the duties of the President are to super- intend all the concerns of the Society, preside at all its meetings, to call mestiugs of the execu- tive Board, through the Corresponding Secreta- ry, and to deliver an address on the subject of agriculture at the annual exhibition; {or procure an address to be delivered,) if so advised by the Executive Board. . B That the duties of the Vice Presidents are to assist the President in the performance of his duties; with him (or in his absence) to form a board of inspectors to conduct.the annual.elec- them to preside at the meetings of the Society, in the absence of the President. ~ That the duties of the Recording Secretary are to keep a regular record of a'l the transac- tions of the Society, its elections, list of premi- wins, awards of the same; &c., &c. * That the dities of the Corresponding Secre- tary are to hold a correspondence with the offi- cers and members of the Society, also with oth- er societies and persons, and to prepare such proceedings of the Society for publication, as shall be required. 'That the duties .of the Treasurer are to re- ceive the subscription moneys, , and also the an- nual dues of the members, and other donations; to pay out the same for premiums awarded, and for the contingent expenses of the Society, on the order of the President; and to render an an- nual account of the same to the Executive Board. That any person, being a resident of the coun- ty of Niagara, subscribing to these Articles, and paying one dollar, shall be constituted a mem- ber of this Society; and by paying one dollar yearly to the funds thereof, shall be continued a member; and as such »shall be entitled to be- come a competitor for any of the premiums, and to vote at the annual election for its offi- cers. a abo 'The following resolutions were then read, and unanimously adopted: _; . | . . Lol Resolved, That as members of this Society, it shall hereafter be our pride, individually and collectively, to render to the cause of agriculture in our sphere, our best exertions: by elevating its character, and conceding to and claiming for | it, that importance which is justly its due; and by spreading abroad well attested and practical improvements; processes of cultivation, results of experiments, &c. . Resolved, That a science which is the basis of ali human industry-identified. as it is with all the best interests of society-so universal in its application to the requirements of civilized tion of the officers of the Society; and one of Our farmers would do well to try it. Patrick Heary.-aA treud who visited this celebrated man not long before his death, found him engaged in reading his bible.-- and that, and the circumstances which this movement has been got up in the very heart of the country, and as it were, under the face and eyes of the public nuthorities, we may will ap- prehend a serious aitempt at retaliation, and a consequent broil with our neighbors.\ Waltzing.-We have seen many severe hits at the indelicacy of this getting to be fashionable ainusement; but none of equal severity, or. as ingeniously expressed, as the following coup- = the paople do: 'There is nothing in which thoy call for the exercise of such gid in- togrity. and punctuality as in all banking operations, It is impolitic and odious, for nothirfg is go walt calenlated to ronder the , banks both usefut and popular as the prompt :. pryrent of thoir debts in gold ond silyer- . thatis what they promise, and the people look to us to compal them rigidly to perform what they promise, and we aro under the most solemn obligation. to make them do their i+ . daty in this respect. 'The suspension of the | ponaltios of the law of Inst spring was an ex- coption growing out of a necessity so great and overwhelming that the legislature dared not to rosist it far feat of a much groater evil --but now, sin. whon all cause of alarm has gone by, when many of the banks aro pay- Jog spocio, for us to say to them, you ma flood the country with small bills, and need not pay: thom. unloss forced to by process of {0:33 “mt it appears: to mo, most unwise logis- atiorte It is dirsctly sanctioning the voluntary non- torda what we would scorn to ganction in in- poor box. * Here,' suid he, holding it up, 'is a book worth more than any other books that ever were printed; yet it is my misfortune neyer to have found time to read it with the proper attention and feeling till lately, 1 trust in the mercy of God that it is not yet too late.'-- Thus n friend of Mr. Henry's writes respect- ing him.--Mr. Heory, in a letter to his daughter, says, ¢ Amongst other strange things said of me, I hear it is said by the deists, that Lam one of the number; and in- deed, that some good people think that [ am no Christian. y more pain than the nppeliation of Tory, be- cause I think religion of infinitely higher importance than politics; and 1 find much cause of reproach myself that I have lived so long, and given no decided and public proofs ¥ of my being a Christian. Come in Season.--The editor of the Ros- ton Mercantile Journal proposes that the sex- ton should require a fee of church goers who p ho ve reach the doors after the axercies have com- payments of their dabts. Itis inducing them menced--the th for defence. the same date. This thought gives me much test dates from that gnartor. There was much alarm existing at Prescott and Brockville, an attack upon those places was j anticipated, and armed forces were collecting A letter dated at Watertown on the .22d, tnd published in a slip from the. Onondaga Standird office, says that the patriots had crossed, tnd taken possession of Brockville, and several oth- er villages, But this account is rendered im- probable by the accounts from Ogdensburgh of From the west.-The patriot force have un- questionably had a re-assembling near Detroit, and may have crossed over into Canada; but the account contnined in a slip from the office of the Buflulo Star, that they had taken possession of Malden is probably untrue, as there has been suflicient time for it to be authenticated. Gur impression is, from the best information we con obtain out a confused mass of rumors, that the patriot forces above, are yet upon the Aimérisan side, in detached parcels, unless they have cm- procesds to be Oylacad in the] centrated and passed into Canada since ourla- Mammoth Bank.-Application will be made to the Legislature at its present session, for an act incorporating a bank with a capital of Twsx- Ty-rive mittiO®s; to be located in thie city of New-York. ' ' A Good Thing.-We do not know wheth- er it be genuine or manufactured for the vag- anbond, but cestainly there is great point in the remark put into the mouth of» Matthias; , in the annexed language from the Philadel- phia Inquirer. . f Mutthias, the prophet.-While at New- bury lately, a large number being present, some one if a rather taunting manner asked him to exhibit 'a miracle. Without the least embarrassment he replied, \1 have been ex- hibiting avery day, for the last ten years, the greatest miracle ever shown to the world; let:«- . nent degree, with the advantages of a prolific «From the plum you have brushed its. soft, deli. 80 -one adapted by nature to yield to science cate hue; . ' and industry an abundant reward-to produce What you touch, you may take! pretty waltzer, | competency and independence to those who cul- adieu.\ 20 ( tivate it-it would be foregoing our natural ad- life-demands our best services in its behalf, our united and individual exertions; and that we will exert every means in our power, to improve and elevate its character, dissemizate its improve- ments, and extend its blessings. .. 2s Resolved, That blessed as we pre in an emi- vantages, a failure to appreciate and improve thein, did we not, in a period peculiarly charac- terized by agricultural improvements, by the spread of information tending to lighten the toil and add to the profit of the husbandman, put ourselves in-the way of full and ample par- ticipation, viet % h Resolved; That having the basis upon which we can build-a soil that 'for intrinsic value is not excelled \by: any county. in the state- we have only to improve the natural advan-. tuges that we possess, and Niagara county agricultural counties in the state. R >- Resolved, That the present period, its events | and emergencies, are peculiarly calculated to fix public attention upon the advancements of the interestsof ngriculture. To its neglect, to the -sirocco of speculation and sudden gain, which has passed over our comtion: country, blighting in its effects-uprooting and destroying the safe and salutary maxims of prudence-the ofly le- gitimate sources of wealth; industry and econo- I have been telling the truth without being: mobbed.\ > a ‘ i Levil-under which our country is sufféring; and my-may be attributed much of 'the wide-spread may well be made to merit a rank with the first | in nothing is this so palpable as in the humilis ting circurastance, of an agricultural nation be- coming the importers of breadstaffs; and we. name it with the hope, attended with the deter- mination, that nothing short of the dispensa- tions of Providence, of unpropitious seasons, shall again nake us importers: of produce, in- stead of what we should 'be, abundant produ- cers. 6s d Resolved, That we regard as among the most efficient means for advancing these great objects --the establishment of State and County Agri- cultural Societies, and agricultural schools, in conjunction with pattern or experimental farms, and the periodical publication of agricultural pa- pers; and that. to establish, foster, sustain, and protect these; is an finperative duty which-every government owes to itself oud: to its citizens, and should at all timé be regarded as an object of primary and paramount importance. ° Resolved, 'Fhatin view of the immense inte- rests involved in the science: of rural economy,. as connected with the natural, physical, moral, political, and religious wants. of, man, we with deep humiliation confess, as well in our individu- al as in our corporate capacity, that we have hi- therto come far short- of our duty as men, as ci- tizens, as philanthropists, as patriots, and as christians» and now offer as the best atonement we can make, 'a dedication of our time and our means to the advancement of this work; so far: as is consistent with other duties and -obliga- tions. - . - 'Resolved, That in addition to the encourage ment which we feel it our interest and obliga- tion to give to papers exclusively. devoted.- to agriculture, the conductors of our county papers, by regularly devoting a portion of their columns to agricultural information, shall 'be deemed entitled to our increased support and pa- tronage, and to such an appreciation of their exertions in that behalf,. as' their services shall merit. And. to this end, we respectfully invite the practical agriculturists of the county to fur- nish them with the results-of their experiments, process; products, &e., and such 'other-assist- ance as will further the cause of agricultural improvement. 20, Resolved, That the thanks of the Society be made to William Parsons, Bq. for his able ad- dress this day delivered, and that the sama be published, . oe f Resolved; That a copy of the Constitution 'and Resolutions this day adopted, and a copy of. the Address delivered, be sent 'to the editors of the Cultivator and Gefiesee Farmer, with the | thanks: of the Society for the able manner in which they have conducted their respective px- pers, and with a request that they: publish so much thereof as they may find 'conve ient. Resolved, That J. S. Shuler, O. Turner; 'and W. A. Townsend, be.a committee for the publi« cation of the Constitution, Address, &e., and and that they furnish each member of the Soci- ety with 'a copy. ' f uo D. POMROY, Chairman W,. A. Townsesxn,> Secretary. tol From the Albany Argus. CIRCUIT JUDGE: FOR THE EIGHTH . ._ CIRCUIT. On Friday, the Hon. \Narnar Datrox, of- Niagara county, was nominated by the Governor, and confirmed by the Senate, Circuit Judge for the eighth circuit, to fill the vacancy occasioned by the resignation of the Hon. Addison Gardiner, and in place of the Hon. John B. Skinner, of Genesee- who had declined the: appointment. - The appointment of Mr. Dayton has been made the pretext for a wanton and unjustifi« abld attack upon that gentleman, by the Eve. Journal, and upon the Governor and Senate. As usual, nearly every form of epithetand vituperation is exhausted, by the organ of the whig and bank party; although the objec- tion narrows itself» to . the fact, (if it be a fact,) that as one of the attorneys of the late Lockport Bank, Mr. D. received fees to a considerable amount,. upon protested paper put in suit by the bank, or by the holders o the paper in the name of the bank. X No objection can be urged against Mr. Dayton, on the score of talent, capacity, or standing. During his residence in Cortland county, and since his removal to Nigara, few citizens have enjoyed to a greaterextent the confidence and respect of the communi-. tes in which he was known. And the pro- sent attack proceeds not from the belief that he is assailable, but with the studied design to withdraw the public attention if possible, by a noisy clamor about bank atiorneys and {bank fees, from the bank designs and pro- posed issues of irredeemable bank paper by the federal party in the House. Of course, as the necessities of the case are more urgent -so is the attack more ferocious and per- sonally abusive. . sos But in this case, as in that of the State Treasurer, the Evening Journal, in its un- scrupulous and rash zeal to accomplish a party end, assails 'its friends.. At least so the fact, we suspect, will prove to be. At any rate, we suggest to that. veracious jour- nalist to ascertain the circumstances, and auswer the following interrogatories, before he proceeds in its efforts to divert © the public attention from the course of its legislative friends, by starting a new issue. oak With a perfect knowledgn of the character and qualifications of Mr. Dayton, and with a full knowledge also of his connexion with the Lockport Bank, did not the entire bar of the county, (with two exceptions) of all pat- ties, unite in an application to the: Governor for his appointment? If the objections urged by the Ev. Journal areentitled to considera- tion, how chall we estimate the conduct 6f its: 'whig' friends in Niagara, the neighbors, but political opponents of Mr. Dayton? * Again.. Itis customary, in all casos: of\ nominations, to refer them to the senators of\ the district in which the vacancy occurs» - {n: the present case, not only the fact. that Mr. D. was nominated, but that. the nomination was made and confirmed on the came day, is- a matter of complaint Now the Cwhigs\ comprise the entire. representation from: the eighth senate district: and did not one- ofthose senators, with the assent of his colleagues, move the immediate confirmation of the nom- ination, and was not the nomination'con firm- ed unanimously, 'and without a dissenting voice or voté from a member of either party ? When the Eve. J.-has replied to thesesin- quiries, and has ascertained how far his per- sonal attacks and reckless imputations reach his friends, we shall be prepared to propound others, perhaps not less applicable to the case. - Meanwhile, the public may-infer; if they do not already know, that the attack onjadg D. is equally . gratuitous and. mali- cious. shan Dhol d, \ Diamend cut Diamond.-A looker on at a gaming table having observed one player very grossly cheating another, took thei! pi- geon' aside and said, * Good heavens! havo you not observed how has. been packing the 'cards?~ 'The 'other smilingly.answered, *Pifay, don't be 'under the least concern about that, I intend to pick Prac 07 his pocket: as soon as -he is done playing.!
