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I O' Colonel Spreeaway and his friends, w ho had ta- *Tcen tfrrs’ rough method of c losing,up thetricke- ** \\iy cofrr trt fenced by*' them t h e / i g h : before. In K‘4 fact,' Ruth’s antagonist was.no, other ihan the gaTlfertt colonel hiniself ‘At* i’he«foo.t of the hill, a 'thff ttvo combatants gained their legs at .the same ( inptant; and disdaining jfitparlev or manoeuy- 'M‘erihgRs uhvvorthy ol the occasion, Ruth, rather *' flew,, than ran, upon her foe. T h e black mpfi ler which concealed his'features, vanished jria m o m e n t; and then it was that furrows, long *' and ideep, which time in its ravages, had as yet spared him, were ploughed upon his face in a • twinkling. ’ T o save himself he was obliged to throw her upon the ground, and there hold her. W h i l e the c olonel was engaged in this a\vk-- ward passage of arms, others of his party canle up, and seizing the mysterious box, quickly to r e it atvay. G i v i n g them a little tim e to se* ! cure their retreat, he then sh o o k himself clear of R u t h ; and those who had the rest of the van quished party in charge, on the top ofthe hill, -doing the same, they all took lo their heels and ' disappeared. But they did not go without car rying with them substantial evidences of thp fray. Beside the colonel’s smeared and smarting vis- * age, one of his followers had received a cut in the throat; w h ich threatened him w ith a lo c k jaw, lor a month: and another, whose fortune it ,bad been to join in mortal strife with Samuel ‘ Fish, received a wound from an awl, or some similar instrument o f war, in the region below • ’the back; which compelled him, for a time, to ■dispense wilh the luxury of a chair. Left to themselves, the tnoney-diggers gather ed together, and sent up toward the sky. a most wofpl howl of despair. Slowly they turned to ward home, crying as they w e n t ; and making the desolate night more desolate with their moans'. As they came near the village, the noise they made, alarmed their neighbors; and soon, although at a very unusual hour, a half- 'dressed company collected together to listen to ' the incoherent accounts they gave of the treas u res which they fancied had been even in their \very-hands and cruelly wrested from them and their poverty, and turned to the sustenance and enjoyment of others, ' B y day lig h t, Joe Sm idt and sh a k e r B r o w n • had become comparatively collected, and talked ’ loudly ofthe law; but by this'time the other side ofthe story got wind. Soon thereafter Joe quietly decamped ; but no explanations then or afterward, were found to have any effect upon • S am ’uel and his w ife, or in d e e d ,' upon sh a k e r B r o w n , T h e y nil believed m ost firm ly, to the '\day of their deaths, that they had been robbed of countless treasures; and although they came 'T'lo the conclusion that Colonel Spreeaway had ‘■a hand in the robbery, they entirely discarded 'th a t portion ofthe current belief which referred 1 to his a g ency, the depositing of the mysterious box, where they had (ound it, • In short, their im aginary losses and disap- : pointments so preyed up their minds as to unfit them fo r i h e business o f life. T h e y becam e dis- to e n l i s t t h e a i d e f a fe m a i f f r j e n d okihe* p laintiff; and actually promised her, that “if s h e would say a good word for him, he would make her,_ a present o f a—-bag n o tw ith standing all th.e#; circ|mjrtnnces,; the- Prince G e o r g e ’s j q t y —-^h g f illan tf t t e n 4 ^ b r o u g h t in a verdict in fefrd W f ’P a r o ier.* * '*- — T h e lady m o v e d for a n e w tria l. S ix em i nent counsel ap p e a r e d in t h e c a se. I . .-I I ■ I II i— 111 I _ - f*Kr - D e a t h o f t h e P r e s i d e n t o f H a t i .— W i t h i n tw e n ty-four h o u r s after an n o u n c in g a second invasion o f - H a y t i b y a b l a e f c a r m y f rbrn a B r i t i s h isjan d , w e received n e w s o f t h e d e a th o f the\ P r e s i d e n t o f t h a t R e p u b lic, G e n e r a l G u - -erriere. T h e - - in tellig e n c e com e s to n s - i n th e B o s ton T r a v e l l e r o f T u e s d a y , h a v in g besen c o m m u n icated b y th e fcaptain'of a vessel-w h ich sail ed f ont G o a o iv e s 20 ult; T h e P r e s i d e n t died on th e 15th nt St. M a r k s , and w a s b u r ied on the 18th w ith m i l i t a t y ho n o rs. H e ' Was a d old m a n , an d th o u g h so m e w h a t intem p e rate, a good m a g istrate. H e w a s 'f a p u r e - A f r ican . T h e cause .of h is d e a th is .not given. G e n . L o u i s P i e r r a t , a m a n seventy y e a r s o f a g e , an d m u c h respected b y th e black s , w a s p roclaim e d Presi-l dent 17th ult., by th e n o r th e r n section o f t h e R e public, but it is doubiful w h e ther the South w ill su p p o r t h im . T h e death of P r e s i d e n t G d e r r i- ere o c c u r r e d a few d a y s after ex-president H e r - a r d sailed from Ja m a i c a oh his s e c o n d invasion. T H E B I N G H A M T O N C O U R I E R ' J . R . O R T O N , E d ito r . W e d n e s d a y , M a y 2 8 / l j B 4 5 ^ ' lr pirited-Alhdeed, broken-hearted ; and ere m a n y 1 years ' Tolled aw a y , Sam u el and R u th , (their 'Children having scattered over the world a \thriftless uncombed set,) ancl shaker Brown and |his wife dragged out and at length finished a miserable existence at the public charge. T h r i l l i n g I n c i d e n t . — W e relate the fol- ’• l o w ing incident as told us by an eye-witness:— A few days since a little son of Mr. John Huma- < son, of Turin, aged about 3 years, while at play with some other children near a hole in the •'floom. which runs under ground about twenty rods from the dam to Hutnason’s Grst Mill, acci dentally fell into the same. Another, an older child, who stood by caught the little fellow by his heels and held 011 to him until the rapidity of the current forced him from her grasp, when * she ran to the house near by and gave the a- larm, and a man was despatched to the head of the race to shut down the gale, and another to the foot to hoist the waste gate to draw off the water as soon as possible, hoping the child might be found and resusciated, though he was full fif- ' teen rods from the foot of the race when he fell in, and was held on by his heels, with his head under water, for some seconds before he set sail on his subterranean passage. W h a t a g o n y must have thvilled that Mother’s heart, while anxiously wailing for the appear ance of the probably lifeless body of her child at the termination of the c h a n n e l ! But while some one was traversing the length ofthatchan- .nel, whrchwas entirely covered with earth, what was their surprise to hear the child crying for •help. Im m ediately an excavation was made •.and the child discovered dinging to the side of the bank, through which the frost had made a .crevice admitting the light. There he remain- ed-until rescued by his deliverers, holding by a firm grasp to the corner of a stone which he clutched in consequence of the light admitted through the small hole. H e had not been car- ried down the stream but a few feet, though the current was very rapid. W h e n fairly out, in answ e r to the question how he happened to catch there, replied, “that it was a dark place, ancl he thought he would get out at the window.” It was certainly a mostm'iraculous escape.— [Low- v i l le (Lewis coun ty) Journal. J u s t l y P u n i s h e d . — James Matthews and Marcus Snow were consigned, last week, to the state prison for four years, by the Onondaga O y er and Terminer, for an attempt to do violence on the person of a young girl named Forbes.— •This girl, being an orphan, went from Utica to Syracuse in the hope of obtaining a place as ser vant: while wandering about the streets of Sv* jacuse, calling at- various houses to ask for a sit uation, she was noticed by Matthews, Snow and .another named Fisher, and the three dogged her from street to street till evening, occasionally addressing her with insolent proposals. Their conduct was observed, but, strange to say, nobod- y seems to have thought of interposing for her rescue; on the contrary it is declared that “sym pathy was repelled by the fact that she was ac companied and pursued by such rowdies.” At last, after night-fall, being repulsed from a public house wher’e she sought shelter, she found “sympathy’’ and a promise of protection in a shanty occupied by a young man and his sister T h e three rowdies intruded upon her even here and so conducted themselves that the sister went in search of constables to expel them ; and while she was gone they made strenuous attempts to accomplish their infamous purpose by persualion by threats and by actual violence; but the or phan made a firm resistance and at last the offi cers arrived. Fisher was arrested with the oth er two, but escaped and has not since been found It may be hoped that whenSnowand Matthews come ou[ of prison their manners will be chan ged for the better— if they are not pardoned out too soon. B r e a c h o f M a r r i a g e P r o m i s e . — W e learn from the Marlborough (Md.) Gazette, that a case from an alleged breach of the marriage promise was tried before the Prince George’s county court last week, in which Mrs. Man ning, a widow lady, sued Mr. John Palm e ’’, and laid her damages at $ 1 0 ,000. It was proved on the trial, that Palmer visited the lady, played cards for kisses, and performed other trifling ce r emonies usual in cases of courtship ;_and fur ther, to show the interest he manifested. in win-; ning the good graces ofthe lady, he endeavored C o n v e n t i o n o f C o l o r e d C it i z e n s .— A spirited convention o f m e n qf c o lo r h a s recently been held in this c ity, to. co n s id e r th e expedien cy o f a d o p ting m e a s u r e s to p r o c u r e th e rig h t o f universal su f f r a g e for colored people! in th e State o f N e w Y o r k . T h e presen t is a favorable m o m e n t for t h a t m o v e m e n t, as th e constitution of the State w ill soon be am e n d e d by a conven tion called for th e purpose. T w o plan s a r e proposed. O n e is that an a p peal be m a d e d ir e c tly to th e sense of ju s tic e of the com m u n ity, to secu r e th e rep e a l o f t h e p res ent c la u se that requires a property qualification, repl. e state in valu e $250, to entitle a colored m an to vote, A n d t h e other, that a l l colored men be induced to use th e ir utm o s t d ilig e n c e to procure the qualification by i b e purchase o f real estate, and then th e n u m b e r o f votes m ig h t be increased from th r e e or fo u r thousand, ilhe pres- ent n u m b e r , to ten o r fifteen thousand, ond thus th e c o lored p a r ty w o u ld hold th e b a lan c e of pow e r in th e Slate, an d m i g h t extort th e de m a n d , W e do not k n o w lo w h a t conclusion the C o n vention has come, but we understand that tbe latter plan does not m eeUVith general lavor.— [N . Y . O b s e r v e r. • v • ■ ; N e w s p a p e r S u b s c r i p t i o n s . — T h e follow ing is the c lause in the. n ew post-office law , re lating to new s p a p e r subscriptions. It goes in force on the 1 st o f J u ly nex t: “ M o n ey for new s paper subscriptions not e x c eeding $10 in each case, m a y be paid to a P o s tm a s te r for t h e p u r pose of being paid to th e p u b lish e r o f a n e w s p a per at any o th e r office. T jie P o s tm a s ter is in such case, to g iv e to th e person paying t h e m o n ey a: receipt, and to a d v ise fo r th w ith , th e P o s t m a s ter w h o is to pay said am o u n t of s u c h depos it. U p o n presentation .of this receipt, th e . a m o u n t is to be paid over. T h e P o s tm a s ter re ceiv in g th e a m o u n t is to d e b it him s e lf th e r e w ith in his account, and th e P o s tm a s te r p a y in g that am o u n t, is to c redit h im s e lf .therew ith in his a c count of contingent expenses.” — [B a ltim o r e R e p u b lican . P r i n t e r ’ s L a n g u a g e .— E v e r y profession has its technical term s , and of c o u rse, the p r in ters h a v e a “sm a ll sm o th e r in g ,” w h ich is in tel ligible o n ly to the craft. .T h e fo llo w in g ! (says the Delaware Republican) is a specimen ;’it don’t m e a n , h o w e v e r as m u c h as it w o u ld seem to th e u n in itia te d : “Jim , p u t G e n e r a l W a s h in g t o n on th e g a l ley, a n d then finish th e m u r d e r o f th a t y o u n g g i r l you com m e n c e d y e s terday. Set up the ru ins of H e r c u l a n e u m ; distribute th e sm a ll pox; and you need not finish th a t ruq-avvay m a t c h ; have th e h i g h w a ter in th e p a p e r this w e e k .— L e t th e pie alone till after d in n e r ,' b u t put the barbecue to press, and th e n go to the devil, and he w ill tell you a b o u t (th e w o rk for th e m o r n . in g. N o t m u c h w o n d e r th a t D r . F a u s t u s w a s b u r ned for in v e n tin g su c h a diabolical art. “M r . D e n tist, d o vou see th a t decayed tooth “ Y e s , ‘s ir .” - ' \ “W e ll , ! w a n t you to pul) if, provided it d o n ’t hurt too m u c h .” “Y e s sir.” “W e ll , now put on the tweezers ; ill it hurts bad, I’ll s ing out hold on , and you’ll hold on, won’t y o u ? ” “ Y e s sir.” “ Ho-o-l-d o - n ! Thunder and lightning,you’ve not only pulled the tooth but half of my jaw bone. W h y did’nt you let go when I sung out?” “B e c a u se you told m e to hdld o n \ I n t e r e s t i n g E x p e r i m e n t .— T h e m o st beautiful a r r a y of flow e rs m a y be produced by ta k i n g an eld e r stalk, p u n c h in g out th e pith, p lacin g w ithin th e stalk a variety of seeds w h o se flow e rs blossom about th e sam e tim e , and b u r y in g the stalk, and, w h e n blossom ing, it has vari; ous kinds o f flow e rs, a c c o r d in g to the seed p lan ted in th e stalk. T h i s is a beautiful discovery, an d - w e ll w o r th th e experim e n t. “ B e U p a n d D o i n g . ” — W h y s o undecided? Y o u w ill accom p lish, ^nothing w o rth m e n tion in g , w h ile y o u a r e so irresolute, lfy o u a r e do ing n o th in g lo e a r n a livelihood, and h a v e a do zen opportunities to labor, you bu t injure your* self w h ile you rem a in w ith hands folded g&piiig etern a lly . \ D iv e into som e thing, no m a tter w h a t, so long as y o u cart be ernployed and e a r n a living. A s y o u a r e h e s itating betw e e n this th in g and that, you a r e lik e “A heavy stone, ' Rolled up a hill by a weak child ; you move A little up, and tumble back again.’’ A w a y w ith doubts and f e a rs— o ff w ith y o u r Coat and en g a g e in business f o r thw ith. U n less you do, be not a n g r y i f e v e r y m a n you ffieetcalls you a drone, a nincom p o o p , or a n y t h i n g else but a respectable, useful being. • ' • * S a n t a A n n a .— T h e decision of c h a r a c te r o f th e M e x ican gov e r n m e n t m a y be estim a ted by th e fact, th a t a fter h a v in g captured S a n t a A n n a , im p risoned him , heaped ev e r y in d ig n ity upon h im th e y now offer t o suspend proceedings, and g iv e h im his passports if h e w ill leav e th e co u n try . H e refuses v e r y n a tu r a lly , and s a y s “ th e y can’t g e t o n in a w a r on th e T e x a s q u e s tion w ith out m e ; th e priests a r e w ith m e , a n d I ’ll pul m y self a g a in at th e head o f tb e go v e r n m e n t.” It is not u n lik e ly th a t b e w ill— a n d this is th e people and t h e g o v e r n m e n t w h ich th r e a ten ' w a r w ith th e U n ited States.— [N . Y . Sun. F r e i g h t on t h e R a ilro a d s .— The Jour nal of Commerce remarks that the freight con veyed eastward on the Utica and Schenectady railroad, during .the suspension of ca nail naviga tion, was but 5,175^ tons, or sixty-eight boat Ipads of fifty tons .each. , -T h e average, annual transportation on the canals is from 600,009 , to 7 0 0 ,0 0 0 tons. - - ;4 . ’ - ✓ --T V' * Y i » r • / S t a t e F i n a n c e s — T h e ? e t < U ^ Id 1842, in the midst of v h t t seemed almost a wreck of state c redit; when several of ihe states had suspended pay meat,, and our own-elate stoeks, under the fatal influence, of the.Seward, impulsej had sunk far below • p a r 1 and were still sinking • ' in i* ' inen’s minds were beginning to contemplate with a sort of desperate complacency the;horrid jlte^natiyc of repo-, diation—at such’ an hour, our noble democracy, through it* forlorn hope in the: legislature, came To the rescue,, sufd'ret us on bur legs again.' Courage, ously cutting loose from the dead weights which were not already too firmly fastened upon the Vitals oflilC treasury tofea \removed thby provided foHlie pay ment of the interest of- the public debt'' and 'for the gradual liquidation of the 1 principal ; restored the ere-' dit of the s late; and taught the whole land a lesson’ of honesty,-which,* in its wide.reafchihg‘influence, has scattered blessing's and honor upon the Whole e'ountry. The main features'of the financial policy settled at that time, and io which every good deiiiocrat will scrupulously adhere, were— > 1 . The suspension of the state wprks, yntil the' debt of the stale shall be brought within the sa'fe and certain pbwer and control of its revenues without taxation upiiil the people. 2. The adoption of the debt-paying , in room of the debt-making policy. 3. The establishment of a sinking fund for the pay ment of the Canal debt. The act provided that a sura equal to one third of the interest of the canal debt, should be set apart from the surplus canal revenues, for the extinguishment of the debt itself. The canal debt at that time amoun ted to {$20,710,335 2 2 —and one third of tho interest to $375,909 38—and this sum set apart annually, would pay the debt! in 22 1-2 years. This sinking fund, it will be perceived, is of .the utmost importance to the sustaining of the state cre dit, apd the ultim ate paym ent of the state debt.— But in 1842 and 1843 tiie wliole surplus of canal rev enues, was not sufficient to contribute to it wbift thp law contemplatcdlt should have. In 1844 there was more than enough, and a surplus of $197,000 to ap ply on the deficient contributions of the two preceding years.’ T h a t it should be so applied, is evidently just— but to settle the question, the legislature of last year directed by law that the deficiencies of one year should be made up by the surpluses of others. > In his annual- message to tho legislature, Rot, W r ig h t m entioned I h e s u r n o f $ 1 9 7 ,000 as the surplus of the canal revenues o'^fast year,, without reference to the fact th a t this surplus was already by law ap propriated towards meeting the deficiencies in the sinking fund; and in his .recent veto message, he intimates that the fact did not then occur to hini.’ . On this imaginary surplus, it seems probable, was based the “ act” of the legislature “ in relation to the canals” which called out the v.eto. , * .. ‘ This act* appropriated ,$197,000 from the eanal revenues as $25,000 for the reconstruction of lock*, on tbs Crooked Lake canal. $82,000 to complete and bring into use such works on the Erie canal enlargement as will best promote the interests of the state. $50,000 for the preservation of work and materials oiLjftiklGenesee Valley canal, and for completing lions of the unfinished work on said canal as issioners shall judge to be most economical fof t he a^ate.jc * $40,600 applied in like manner to the Black Jliver canal. . ■ To a port.ipn of tjiese. objects of expenditure Gov; W right His mAu^bjcctions, in this point of proposecPUJlication of a part of the m o n iera^repriated to tho Gcneseo'Val ley and Black River, canals, which sceins to yield up the safe policy of ’42 and to contemplate a resump tion of the public works, .which our finances arc in no condition to sustain, and which would infallibly lead us back into the vortex of debt, prostration, and tax ation, from which we are just endeavoring to escape. There is no surplus of canal revenues. The $197,- 000 of last year, is pledged by law to the sinking fund and belongs to i t; and the surplus of this year will probably more than alt be needed to ’make up the deficiencies still 'existing in that fund. Besicjes there are other claims upon the eanal fund, bepond the possibility at present of the sinking fund to meet. The balance of the old Erie and Cham plain cana)-debt amounting to $-1,016,542 31, is due on the 1st of July next, and - thb funds set apart to meet it, having been deposited in batiks some of which have failed, more than, half a'million is at present unavailable, though' most of it, will probably in tho end be realized. The Chenangb canal debt amount ing to $2,362,535 66 is due on the first day of Janu ary, next, and $571,304 00 of Cayuga, Seneca and Oswego canal stock on the first of July next, both of which it is provided by law, shall be paid out bf the canal fund. The balance of the canal debt, some 15 or $16,000,000, over and above the accumulations of the sinking fund, is to be earned by our canals and paid at a day still future. • Verily this fund lias a load upon its shoulders sufficiently weighty We arc glad it is relieved irom the additional burthen of ‘|An act in relation to the canals and are happy to add that on the return of this bill to the Assembly where it originated/with the objections of the governor, while the whigs and natives voted still in a body for if, but fourteen democrats recorded their votes in its favor. L e g i s l a t i v e m i n o r i t y A d d r e s s , The Albany Atlas publishes ail address to the de mocracy of the state, signed by .a minority of the democratic member^ b f the legislature, which clairna to be issued “ in pursuance of long established usage.” We beg leave to say that since we have grown (up into the. ranks, we never,have known any such “ usage,”.and cannot recognize it :as democratic.— Our addresses have heretofore been issued by the ma jority, or. rather by the harmonious concurrence and united , action of the democratic portion of the legisla ture, among whom tbe terms majority and minority in proceedings of this nature, have rarely if ever been known. Tlie Atlas address bas attached th* names , i - • * .* . . . of 13 senators and 30 members of the house— leaving 14 democratic senators .and 37 democratic;-members unrepresented: and of thosp whose names arpappen ded, the Argus gives very satisfactory reasons,-for the conclusion that several at least neyer authojized such a use of their names. ., t ,. . . T h e history of the getting up,of this address, we understand to (bc briefly as follows :--M r. Porter, chairman of the committee op ,the part of the senate to call democratic caucuses,.refused to cajl one, al though requested to do so b y ; his associates. Subse quently a caucus was called by the house committee, at which a committee of six was appointed to draft an address. This committee met on the evening bf the. adjournment, when three of them announced to the other three “ that an address had J>een prepared, to which;lhe, names of a portion of the.democratic members would be appended*—-that it look ground,on the Convention bfll.adverse tp. thp principle of a mi- jority. and separate submission; which bad been con tended for by a large, majority;of the democrat* in both branches—and that they and those for whom they acted would unite in no other^’f , . -i W e remember once having been on* jury; wheb; upon Retiring with our co-juroratp deliberate upon lbe verdict we were to reader, an pld geutleihan pf: our number drew a package of bread and ebeeee from his pocket and began to e a t ; 'a t the^same trme announ cing that ,he never had: agreed upon a jury, a n d it was not likely he e rer sbould. 3 The course of a peirtidi ef i _ I?-’.* V •i’-’-U the legiHlative\ comhiitlee above, seemito harebcen equally discreet with that of the old juror, and equally (^alcpUtcul to.apstain,injt»'oflect8^truthfJ«wt»ce,-and tmioiL Alt thki time ,aud at all time* there should be but.one sentiment and ems action in the democraiie njnks; ahd^we envy nojmain or jet pfvjne|(,|t\e-j«Iis. faction or laurels they may gather in the pursuit of a deliberate course of disagreement and disunion. ■KMW * v P u b l i c a t i o n o f t h e , L a w s , ‘ AWon g the im portant acts of (he late legislature, is the one providing for the publication in two papers of_eachr county of all'gerteral and sdeh'focal laws as may be of interest to that particular locality. The fwS” pipers are to be designated by the board bf su. per^iaprs, and arc to receive.ten cents a folio for said puijlishing, but no more than fifty dollar* at any one testibk- ’At least such we presume fo be the intent of tWact—though a literal reading,would confine the amdnnt to be received by any one paper fo the sum of fifty'dollar* for all time to come. T h e act is not understood by ihe Argus as applying to' any part of thd laws of the'late’session, though , its last clause provides that it'shall lake effect immediately , and 87 -other laws were subsequently passed. The object of this act is a noble one, for if the people arc. required to obey the law s, they should be allowed to know what they are; but the compensation provided for their publication, is unworthy of the dignity of the state, a!nd the language of the law is so vague as to Be a disgrace to the legislature; / ’ . : A l b a n y C i t y M e e tin g * . A democratic meeting was held a t t h e Capitol in Albany on the 20th inst. a t which J. K. Page,- the mayor of the city presided. The following excellent and sensible letter front ex-President Van Buren was submitted and read by Mr. Cagger. L in d e N w a l d , M a y 19,1845. D e a r S i R : — I h a v e had th e Honor to receive th e letter w h ich you addressed m e on behalf of th e D e m o c r a tic R e p u b lic a n C o m m ittee of A lba- nVj a s k in g ' la y attendance at a m eeting of their R e p u U ic a h ' friend*;, and rftiy advice arid ^particl- pation in iis action. i It w o u ld not com p o rt w ith t h e ru le\ w h i c h I h a v e prescribed to tn y s e lf in such knatters, o r be o th e r w ise in m y pow e r, to a ttend the m e e ting to w h ich th e c o m m ittee invite m e ; but I. feel t h a t ! cannot w ifh p r o p r iety , w ithhold m y opinion a n d advice upon m a tters o f s u c h intense im p o rtance as those in reference to w h ich they h a v e reques ted them , T h e r e h a v e been in m y ju d g m e n t few^ it'any^ o c c u r r e n c e s in th e history of this great*State. frQ .m jlie;e9tablishm e n tof its independence t o t h e present day, o f d e e p e r interest than w a s th a t of its rescue from the enorm o u s and destructive a- buses o f the credit s y s tem lo w h ich it w a s m co m m o n w ith so m a n y of its s is ter States, .exposed anterior to 1 8 4 2 ; and none m o re creditable to the intelligence, prudence and patriotism of the people b f the State, and those to whbiirt the ad ministration of its affairs was then ’committed, th a n th e m a n n e r in w h ich th a t redem p tion w as sustained and a c c o m p lished. ..T h e -feart'ul rapid ity w ith w h ich th e debt o f the S tate had in c r e a sed. th e perfect prostration w h ich had befallen its credit, f o r m e rly so h ig h , and th e utter d e s p a ir w h ich prevaded all in co n tem p latin g its finan cial affairs, w e r e at th e tim e loo d e e p ly felt by all classes of th e people to be forgotten. E x p e dients had ceased to be of a n y avail, and relief for th e d iso rd e r s in th e fiscal affairs of the State., so rap id ly becom ing hopeless, w a s alone to be found i n ' m e a s u r e s of th e m o st responsible and effective ch a r a c te r — s u c h m e a s u r e s as c o u ld o n ly sp r in g from a g e n e r o u s confidence in th e in tellig e n c e and patriotism o f th e people. T h a t confidence w a s felt by th o s e w h o w e re then e n tru s ted w ith th e m a n a g e m e n t o f t h i s b r a n c h of th e affairs of the State, and th e relian c e th e y p la ced upon th e readiness o f t h e people to bear the necessary burdens and restrictions w a s fully j u s tified by th e result. T h e policy recom m e n d e d by th e C o m p tr o ller and adopted by th e leg isla tu r e , w a s m a d e im p e rativ e and effectual by the provisions a n d requirem e n ts o f the suspension act o f 1842 — a g r e a t m e a s u r e of d e liv e r e n c e and safety, w h ich , th o u g h difficult and, in som e d e gree, perilous in its execution, has, nevertheless, Wort th e confidence and favor of the people of th e State to an extent w e ll n ig h , if not w h o lly unprecedented in the history o f its legislation.— Lt w a s beyond all doubt a stro n g d e s ire o r the p a r t of the D e m o c racy ot the State, to have a d d i tional security for the faithful observance of this policy, connected w ith the anxiety so deeply felt that its potential voice should be heard on th e rig h t side in th e P resid e n tial canvass, w h ich led th e m to insist upon th e acceptance, o f t h e nom ination o f G o v e r n o r by M r . W r i g h t w ith a fenaciousness of purpose that’wouJd adm it of no refusal. T h a t the bill from w h ich the G o v e r n or' h a s w ithheld his assent, contains so m e p r o v i sions not only unexceptionable, but m e ritorious, is conceded on all hands, and I do not p e r m it m y s e lf to question the m o tives o f the m e m b e rs o f thi legis alure bv w h o se votes it was carried. T h e y doubtless felt it their duty to pursue the’ co u r s e w h ich they adopted. ' I have, how e v e r, fortnd m y self constrained to look upon o th e r por- liorts o f it as not only at variance n’ith th e p l i g h ted faith of the Slate, but s u b v e rsive, arid i f en couraged, most likely to becbiiie in 'file end, w h o lly destructive oi the policy w h ich the.sus- pension act of 1842 w a s designed to c a r r y out. It w o u ld then be but a feeble expression o f m y feelings,to, s a y th a t I approve* of th e c o u r s e w h ich •the G o v e r n o r h a s pursued in this g r a v e m a tter. I'g o farther, and add, th a t in w ith h o ld in g his a s sent from a bill, th e final passage o f w h ichW o u ld in m y best ju d g m e n t, have been fra u g h t w ith su c h in ju r io u s consequences to th e best iri- teresls,of th e State, h e has but perform e d a duty, th e d isch a r g e o f w h ich w a s the riiost prom inent am o n g th e state objects for w h icli th e D e m o c r a c y called Him t o t h e E x e c u tiv e c h a ir , a n d 't l i a t i f h u had failed in this he w o u ld,1 for the' first tim e in his w h o le public careei1, have disappointed the expectations of th e people, and acted incon sistently w ith his w e ll know n ch a r a c ter. I am a zealous arid inflexible friend to th e a- m e ridm e n ts o f t h e c o n stitution, w h ich the D e m o cratic m e m b e rs p f t h e leg islatu r e have, for the last five sessions, endeavored to incorporate into th a t instrum e n t. 1 have not c r itically exam ined ih a t portion o f th e a m e n d m e n ts w h ich h a s for its object th e im p rovem e n ts o f o u r j u d icial system . I h a v e /h o w e v e r , no doubt th a t th e s y s tem .issus ceptible o f im p rovem e n ts , a n d ’I a m not prepar- ed‘lc» s a y those w h ich h a v e been' 'p r e p a r e d , a r e n o t‘a i good as a n y th a t could be devised. T h e proposed am e n d m e n t\ w h ich seek's’io restrict th e p o w e r of th e leg islatu r e to b o r r o w m o n e y w ith- otft tb e previous and c le a r ly asc e r tain e d c o n s e n t o f t h e ir constituents, is of vital Im p o rtance, and onO’w h ich, ail 1 o th e r m e a n s failing, w o u ld, in m y ju d g m e n t, afford an adequte inducem e n t for th e c a l ! of a convention to revise a n d am e n d th e constitution. T h e r e are, besides/ o th e r ’ a m e n d ; m e n ts w h ich I w o u ld desire to s e e adopted, and th e m o st p r o m in e n t am o n g them* iV a f a r th e r lim itation o f t h e ap p o intm g p o w e r ; by g iv in g th e election o f a v e r y l a r g e proportion o f th e of ficers n o w appointed by th e G o v e r n o r an f f S e n - ate, to th e people. T had, h o w e v e r,“ a liow e d m y s e lf to hope th a t these am e n d m e n ts , a n d ’ es pecially th a t w h ich w o u ld m a k e , the, st^te- se- e a f e a g a in s t th e abuses of th e p o w e j to ta p r o w m o n e y , f r p m w h i c h it b a s itself.sp 'sev e rely suff- ( ^ ^ / t t n d 'b j f . w h i d i so 'm 'a n v dfjto.siW e r statei have overwhelmed/^ anee/be'*ohtalhedln^fhemodc ^rondedbyYhe constitution, before an y m a terial inroad whs made^upon-the cherished, and a a it was suppos ed, w e ll eskbtfsfiied p|Iicy'W f t h | s t a t e in r e g to ils financies a n d public w o r U jil F o r th a t rea- T o q ^ jm d op accp u n t.o f ! w h id jk b e liev e d to b<s w e ll g r o u n d e d ap p r e h e n s io n o f th e bad effects th a t m ig h t r e s u lt from th e disturbed condition >of portions of, tfe.e,R9bli.c m i n d , j y m > ?p9inls *not‘ h e r e to f o r e involved in fhe political issues u p o n ' w h ich p a r ties h a v e divided, I h a v e been v e i y decidedly in favor o f a postponem e n t o f th e C o n v e n tio n m o v e m e n t, apd tl>at preference h a s b e e n ’ u n r e s e r v e d ly expressed to tne1\ lew w h o 'd id rhe'1 th e h o n o r to ask, m y o p i n i o n . u p o n th e subject.. W h e t h e r I w o q jd have retained -and acted upon, that p r e ference i f I had Keen a ! m e m b e r off th e le g i s l a t u r e / a n d w itriessed’the^pkWsage tlfro u g h both o f i t s b r a n c h e s of a bill, w h ich w o u ld, i f it Ijad becom e a law , have c a u s e d s o s u d d e n an d So, in ju r io u s a r e v o lu tio n in w h a t- w a s hoped.to be th e established pblicy o f th e state, upon a /point' o f p ro m in e n t im p o rtance, is v e r y doubtfui. A s m a tters,stand, m y advice to th e m eeting: a n d to th e D e m o c r a c y o f t h e State, is to b u r y th e i r past divisions, and to do a l l in th e i r p o w e r to c a r r y th e g r e a t m e a s u r e o f a C o n v e ritibn to a success ful a n d a safe result, by united counsels, a n d v ig orous, b u t tem p e r a te and discreet effoits. I am , dear sir, very respectfully and tru l y yours, M . VAPtf B U R E N . P et ^ r C agger . esq,, Chairman of the General Coiriihittee. A letter was.also read from: Gen. Barker. A tt.’y G e n ! Van -Buren in answer to repeated calls addre*. *ed the meeting—and subsequently was followed by D- B. Gaffney Esq. The resolutions adopted strongly sustain the veto of Gov. Wright, the financial policy of 1842, the proposed state convention, Mr. Polk’s administration and the independent treasury system. CoMMiTTED.-Wrhe,. examination of Peter Shear, Mordecai Corsaw aind Charles Coon, before Judge' Seymour on Wednesday last, on the c h a rge^f break ing into the house of Mr. Thomas W h ite of Conklin and robbing his desk of $400 cash and sundry v.alusL blc papers, resulted in the coiii initial of the prisoners for trial a t the^ext terpi of court. I j * Bishop DeLancy is recovering from the nearly fatal effects of the accident which recently befel him. A n o t h e r F i r e a t P ittsburgh . — Another destruc tive fire haj occurred at Pittsburgh, in Allegany city, by which 30 buildings, were destroyed. The loss is estimated at $250,000. M e s s r s . S e a t o n a n d M c A l l i s t e r Will lecture on temperance to-morrow evening, May 29, at tho Protestant Church on Court St., commen cing at early candle light. C l e r k o f t h e S u p r e m e C o u r t .— The Suprem e C o u rt, oo Saturday, appointed- the Hon. R o b e r t MoNELL.-judge ojf the sixth cir cuit, C lerk ot the Supreme C ourt at Geneva, in place of Judge Sutherland, deceased.--[Argus. A p p o i n t m e n t b y t h e G o v e r n o r o f P e n n s y l v a n i a . — H i r a m A. B e r b e , (editor of the Otvego Gazette) has been appointed a Commissioner within and for the State of N e w - York, to take acknowledgements and proof of deeds, mortgages, and writings under seal, to be used or recorded in the State of Pennsylvania: and to take deposiiiops and examine witnesses under commissions from the courts of that state. . Extraordinary Minder. A correspondent of the Argus gives the following particulars of a curious tragedy which occurred re cently in the town of Ouclic, Chenan.go county, in which a villain by the name of Coit lost his life at the hands of Jamc 6 C. Griffin of Brookfield. “It seems that Griffin had resided in Otselic until within a year past, for some ten years — Some time in April 1844, Coitseduced Griffin’s wife, and compelled Griffin, who is an ignorant and harmless man, to let hiim have his farm, and return to this town, Coit retaining Griffin’s wife. Griffin had endeavored bv all legal means during ‘.his time, to rescue bis wife; from her disgraceful situation, but on account of threats from Coit, Griffin dare riot go ’.here, and even here (20 miles from Con’s) he has been constantly armed, being in constant fear from Coit. Some days since, Griffifr received a let ter from his wife professing penitence, and a desire to return to her family, in this town.--• Upon the receipt of this letter, Griffin, in corn pany with his wife’s brother, went lo Coil’s upon theerrand. But Griffin was afraid to venture into the house except upon the strongest urging of his brother-in-law; and whe,n he did so, he. was prepared witfi a pistol ready loaded and cocked. As soon as he entered Coit said, “Jim. I understand you have been armed'for the last yeae, notv d— n you, leave tho house.” Grif fin hastily obeyed him, and after leaving .the bouse, in endeavoring to let down the hammer ofhis pistol, which was in his pantaloons pock et, it discharged, the ball entering his thigh just below his body, and lodged in his,knee. All who were in the house, hearing Griffin hallo, went out and found him running round, crying, “Don’t let him hurt me.’’ s Coit s a id‘-Jim, Have you killed yourself.’’ When Griffin coming round*hirn caught up a whiffletree that lay near by, and dealt Coit a blow upon the back of the head, which literally smashed his skull to atoms. And after Coit fell, struck him twice more be fore the spectators interfered, Coit lived only about two hours. Griffin did not attempt to escape, but remained there until the sheriffcame and took him into custody. These are the simple facts of the case. There are various opinions in reference to Griffin.— Most who are acquainted 'With him thinking that after the accidental discharge ofhis pistol he supposed Coit would immediately kill him. To say the least it .is a strange affair, coming from so harmless a man,” ‘>U- co n tract at less th a n present, p r iee paid, b y N e w Hampshire, / V e rm o n t, „ M assachusetts, i R h o d e Island, _ C o n n e c ticut, „ S le w - Y o r k , . 7 IWL'-WpffL I F ^ / ^ P e r f o n u i n . $38,836. 20,001 -19,124 - 2,463 - .<V. !Vjf53 t'-.n . .» v: . > . -f I - •* . . . : $195,990* - G e n e r a l P o s t O f f i c e — W e presented/ ’on Saturday, an exact statement of the *ettuig» in iN e v , Y o rk and N ew England, exceeding $ 4 9 5 ,0 0 0 less thari the dormer- prices. Should ft sirnilar reduction take place at the*letting*' ia th/other three seqtious o f tlie Union, thegefier- al .reduction would be near $800,000; brtLsomt allowance is to be made for the apparent rtdtic> tion. / T h e C a tta r a u g u s R e p u b lican giv e s acco u n t* of f u r ih u r ;d jsiurbances in t h a t q u a r te r . A n a t- tem p t w a s m a d e , a few n ig h ts since, b y a b a n d of m e n / t o p u l l dow n tHe d w e l 1 ih g (a board s h a n - tv). o f;.A n d rew V a n Slykri, jarho resides ib tb « north p a r t o f th a t tow n , com m o n ly* know n -^as th e - B e a v e r m e a d o w s . T h e -prem ises,, w e r e 's o m a n ful ly defended by th e o c c u p a n t an'd- o n e o f 'h i s neighbors, th a t after r e c e iv in g s ix ahptsjfrotn a m u s k e t and -rifles, th e a s s a ilin g p a r ty w a r a co m p e lled 4 o leave before th e task w a s com p le- ted. It is reported th a t tw o w e r e s e v e r e ly W qiin- dec}. . . • , I d ^ A g e n tlem a n of C in c in n a ti i s ! n posses sion of i h e nam e s of a l l th e liq u o r d e a lers in tw o streets o f th a t city for th e last fifteen years.— T h e r e w e r e 67 in all; o f w h o m 5 3 / a r e dead, and 4 6 o f th e m died d r u n k .— N e w ,Vt>rk Evangelist., 10 2 “ T h e n e w P o s t a g e B i l l. The following'are the rates of postage upon letters, newspapers, and painphlets/as regulated by the new bill of the last Congress, which goes into operation on the 1st day of J u ly: / \ On Letters—Single, or any number of piece* . not exceeding half an ounce, 300 mile* or less,. , ’ < ' 5 cts. If over 300 miles, * ‘ ; : Drop letters; (not mailed), \ ; For each-additional half ounce,or part there of, add single postage thereto. On Newspapers, of 1900 square inches or less, •ent by editors or publishers, fronf their offi ces of publicatiqn, any distance not exceed. • nn ' f i. * t ing 30 miles, '4« p *■ ® ■* Over 30 miles, and not exceeding 100, Over 100 miles,' and out of the State, All sizes over 1900 square inches, postage same a* pamphlets. ’ * Pamphlets, Magazines, and .Periodicals, any distance, for one ounce or less, each copy, ^ * ch additionalounce/or’fractionalpart.^here. , jn 4.; • : ' f 'J Z ; r / ' 1 1*?* On Circulars—Qaarto.post;: single eap qr pa; ', - per not larger than^aiiigle_c,ftPj.fold,ed.'difeic- _ , rected and unseaied, for eresy^eet^any J. J: distance/ 'I - > r * *:1 i * 2, et»* Free. l e t . n k 2 cts. B a b e t h e .P ir a t e .— S. R a p a lje, esq., has received from the President of the U. S. h far ther respite to the 1 st F r id a y in* J u n e . 1840. t . ' ------- — - j W h i t e w a s h t h a t w i l l n o t R u b O f f . — M ix half a pai! of lim e and w a ter r e a d y lo put on th e w a ll; then tak e a g ill o f w h e a t flour, m ix it u p w e ll ’ w iih a little cold w a ter, th e n , p o u r boiling w a ter over it till it thickens. P o u r it into the w h itew a sh w h ile hot,and stir the w h o le well together. ' T h e N e w Y o r k M irror 9avs,: “ T h e r e w e re seventeen deaths from small po% in N e w Y o r k city last w e e k : an unusually large num b e r. P u r c h a s e o f a P r i n c i p a l i t y . —T h e Jo u r nal ot C o m m e rce states that B a ron Rothschild has purchased the piincipalily o f M u s k a u for 1,- 480.000 thalers. T H E C O U R I E R . FR E S H INDUCEM E N T S! Thc*new postage law will take effect on the first of July next: and after that time, this paper will b« sent in the mails lo subscribers living within thirty miles of Binghamton, fre e o f postage. ' * This of itself will be a strong inducement tp ojw country fdends to take the Courier: and grateful tor. our rapidly increasing patronage, and the favor wM» wliich our honest efforts tu furnish the best family newspaper in the interior, are viewed by the pqbikr, ive have still another one to offer. ■ > The Courier will hereafter be furnished through the mails, in packages of ten or mure, at one d o l l a r a n d f i f t y c e n t s per annum, where the money itpafd in advance. This, will) the free postage, it will, b* seen, reduces the expense of the paper nearly' on* half— or something more than one dollar a vcar. ID\ In order to avail ourselves of the earliest mails, and make sure of supplying our subscribers in tvery part of the county in season, the publication day' of the Courier will be changed from Thursday to Wed. ncsday. O ’ The circle of thirty miles around Binghamton, which will be entitled to the Courier free of pd»tag«, includes all the towns of Broome County, and por tions of Tioga, Cortland, Chenango and Delaware; and more than twenty miles in Pennsylvania. O ’ For farmers and mechanics and c o o n tfj peo ple generally, as well as the business men of ear towns and villages, a well conducted country paper, is fa r m o r e v a l u a b l e t h a n a c i t y p a p e r , e v e n a t '*feo same price. A country paper, if it is what it should be, is adapted to the wants of the country. It con. tains all that is of inlerC.-t in tbe eity papers ; and m addiiion, it is the register t>f onr local newt and of our local business, whieli are of. much more conre. quence to us than the- tale* and slip slop of the eity press- The country press is devoted to the interest* of the country. If wc have {rrctt measure! to te- complisb, it is our advocate—if our rights and inter, ests are endangered, it sounds ihe alarm, and become* our active defender. Why then should it not bv sustained? T h s B i n g h a m t o n C o u r i e r aims a t being all'tlm t is desirable in a country newspaper. It is devoted to the interests of Broome County—and to the dissemj. nation, among its large circle of readers, not only *iT the early and important news of the day, but of pure moials, and the truth jn polities. -Its highest aspire- tion is to do good — and a t the same time, while it w imparling the most valuable store* of instruction/ tf will not forget to amiise. And all that the most hearty good will and untiring effort will enablrw t* do, towards the accomplishment o*f these dcfirkbi* ends, we pledge ourselves,to perform,, r S ands ’ s S arsaparilla .—‘T his valuable Medietee combines the most1'salutary productions, the mMjfc potent simples of the vegetable kingdom. 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R kxf L r *, Binghamfowi * U I nfluenza and C onsumption . —It is inoeee R melancholy .truth tilat thousands fall victims to Cm- sumption 'every year, from no other cause than neg lected Colds;*yet we find hundreds, nay thousands/ who treat suth complaints with the greatest indifler- encc, and lettriem run for weeks and even ment be, without thinking of the danger. At first yon beve what you censider a slight cough or eold; yee business, pleasure, or carelessness to prevent Jen from givirig it' aDj attention ; it tbe* settles npM yoU|-’hrda!t-—you become hoarse, have pain* in jb# side inchest, expectorate'large quantities of mnltoi, perhapssmixed .yvith . bloqd; a difficulty of b lltfc n | ensues, and thenjniu find your, pwn* X foolish nsglsst has;brf;uglit on.this complaint, . If, then, ydti life bir health/Jbe warned/in time, and do«’t trifle wW| your Gold, or trust to any quack agirtrum to I
