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The pilot and transcript. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1840-1841, 1840-06-18
From the Richmond Whig
IMPORTANT LETTER FROM GEN.

HIP-THE OLD GENERAL PUTTING
ALL HIS ENEMIES TO SHAME
The subjoined interesting correspondence will
arrest the attention of the public 1t is highly
important in many points of view. 1t annihi-
lates the last prop OF the Feds. It flinders the
main faisehood upon which they have relied
against old Tippecanoe. Beaten atall points,
upon all subjects of national concern-unable
to defend the abuses and usurpations-to justify
or excuse the prodigality or misrule of the Adj
ministration-they sought to merge the great
contest for principle and Republicanism in an
atrocious warfare against the personal character
OF Gen. Harrison Calulnny after calumny, in
rapid succession, was put forth, and each and
all, as soon the rays of truth could be
brought to bear upon them, were dissipated like
the morning mist before the rising sun. Only
one was left of the long catalogue to cheer the
dropping spirits of the desperate faction. "Ge-
neral Harrison was in the hands of committee"
- gagged and guarded --ssunder the control of
conscience keepersn-ss in an iron cage, denied
the privilege Of writing orspeakinga--a an abo-
litionist in disguise, afraid to avow his senti-
ments," Sc. These and like items, all amount
ing to the same thing, constituted the last prop
OF the Feds for the last two months, they have
dwelt upon it land scarcely nothing else) in
their papers, their letters, their toasts their pub
lie and their private harangues Every man,
woman and child in the confederacy have heard
oI Tie gagged and Gagged candidate Tor the IRE
sidency,n who dared not open his mouth, and
could not, if he would. We ask the reader
to recall to his recollection the number of
times he has heard this calumny urged against
the peoples candidate, and the vast Importance
attached to it by the demagoues in the interest
Of tsss Federal party. From the Richmond En-
quirer down to MIR. Extra William, it has been
the great weapon Of attack and defence. When
reproached with their corrupt and prodigal waste
of the public money, the crushed commerce and
bIighted hopes and wide spread suiIerings Of an
afflicted people, the invariabe response has been
q your candidate Is gagged and Gagged, 2 IN the
hands Of committee, and refuses TO let the PEG
ple know his sentiments. This faIsehood was
all in all with them, and, By universal eonces-
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INSULT no THE MECHANICS

The present party in power pretend to be the
friends of the poor man, and insist that they are
for reducing prices by way of aiding the laboring
man and the mechanic. 1t was but the other day
that an esteemed correspondent quoted the lam
guage of distinguished partisan OF Mr.. Van Blu
rem, who boldly avowed that they were for put
ting down the banks, because the use of credit
enabled the poor man TO rise above his condition
in life, and to obtrude his sons into the learned
professions. His Language, that If the banks were
put down they would not have the use of credit,
and the tinLer's son must be tinker like his IA
Their and the cobler's must be cobler too,-
but we did not expect to see the Republican in
sulting the mechanics of this city, by dencuncing
such men as the honest and patriotic Blacksmith
of Ohio, and by proclaiming as the creed OF the
party, that the BLACKSMITH should stick to
his ANVIL, and the SHOEMAKER to his
LAST. Yet here is the language of the Rcpub
lican ITSELF Mechanics, read.
COLD IRON FOR THE BUCK-EYE
BLACKSMITH; OR.
An IsPosTER LAID BARE.
WHEN THIS OLD HAT WAS NEW
When this old nat was new-then heard my
mother say
Mechanics stuck close to their work, and seldom
went astfay,-
No growing Bears prowrd through the land
L0afeTS then were few
And every thing went on snug, when this old
hat was new.
When this old hat was new, by hammer and by
hand
Each Blacksmith and Mechanic lad, throughout
our happy land,
Stuck to his aard or his last, and never hard
times knew
For Banks were scarce as WHITE BLACK BIRDS,
when this old hat was new.
1t would seem that the infataaton of party spi-
it would sacrifice every principle that is dear te
as as pcople-that all the sources of prosperity
are to be dried up, and that all the avenues to
honor and prefernent to be closed, except il
be to the servile instruments of faction and mis-
rule. Miles Hotchkiss can be rewarded bv a,
Office for playing the hypocrite and writing al
insolent letter to Gen'l. Harrison. Negroes ca
be admitted as witnesses against high-lninded 0
Gcers OF your navy-but if blacksmith or
Shoemaker dares to interfere in politics, he al
all mechanics is insulted by being told he shou
stick to his a,tva or his last!t! And this is dol
in this city Of Baltimore, and in the face of a p
pulation consisting SO largely of the mcchan
classes.
1t is in such things that the arrogance of Il
purse-proua- offce-holder shows ITSELF and Il
hypocracy of those those who would use the m
4chanics, is manifested.
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a. Subscribers to the Tippecanoe Text
Book, in Amelia, Chesterfield, and Powhaton
counties, Virginia, informed that they have
been forwarded, and will be delivered to them
on application to L. r. SanNay, Esq, Richmond,
Va
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- The length Of Gen. Harrison's admirable
speech and letter, necessarily exclude the publica
non Of our Washington Correspondence, to-day
aIso, number Of interesting Communications
<z1 &c q insertion, which shall appear as fast
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g. Mr.. JOHN w. BEAR, the Ohio Black
smith, is authorised to act as Agent for the
Pilot
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THE NORTHERN MAN WITH SOUTH
ERN PRINCIPLES !i..-Let yirginian and ev-
cry other Southern State look to the treatment of
Lieut. Hall of Virginia, in the introduction of
black witnesses against him. Let them mark,
also, that after respectful appeal made by that
officer against such usage, he is insultingly told
by Paulding and the Northern man scith South
esa' principles, that nothing appears in the pre-
Ialses to warrant an interference Now let the
South go for Martin Van Buren, with what APP
petite it raay.
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We insert Mr.. Tate's card with pleasure.-E
4 CARD.

The Mr. Tate, to whom an enquiry in the Pr
lot of yesterday, was addressed, deems it due to
himself to state, that, he is neither in the Gus
tom house, or in any other situation under Go
verniaent He also deems it necessary to say to
those who are not already acquainted with the
fact, that he was neither the accuser or perse-
cutor OF MAJOR Lendruin, er Capt. Dusenberry
he stated to the Court he so stated to b;y5e,.
authority; he knew nothing, nor did he ever
say any thing against either of those gentlemen
IN the least derogatory to their character. The
agency he bore in that transactions is sufficiently
known and needs no recapituation here. He
makes this statement in order to put himself in
his proper position with those who may not per-
haps be acquainted with the circumstances !:
but for that, the communication of Querist would
never have been noticed. Asyeu published that
communication, viii you do me the justice to in
sert this likewise.
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GENERAL HARRIsoN'S REPLY.
NORTH BEND. 1st June. 1910

To Gen. W. H. HARRISON, Cincinnati, ohid
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1840-12-12
Iron Ore.


The recent openings Of ore mines in the vicinity
OF Danville but strengthens the opinion heretofore
formed, that ths is the.cenro of the ore region in
this quarter of the State-as we have it here in
mountains of the purest qualty.-There is not on.
ly enough to supply all the furnaces erecting and
projected here for ages to como, but plenty to meet
the wants Of those who are cmbarking in the busi
ness at the Shamokin coal region, AMI other less
favored places. We understand tha, Bijjle, Cham.
bers & Co. have contracted for the sale of four or
five thousand tons of ore from their mines, to the
company who have erected iron works at Shame.
kim to be used next season. An exchange Of ore
for coal, and coal for ore, between Shamokin and
Danville mus, become an extensive bu iness, and
Of grea, prof, to all concerned in the trade
Such exchanges will soon induce capitalists to make
short rail road to connect these coal, ore and iron
regions DanriNe InieMgencr
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1840-12-12
The Novelty Iron works.

In company with select party of ladies' and gen.
tlemen, we were present at the casting of a large
cylinder, by MessIs, WsId, Stillmln & Co., the
Pr"prietors of the above works, on Tuesday after
noon, and can truly say tina, we were never NOR"
gratified than by this really sublime spectacle.
This cylinder is one of the largest ever cast in
this country, and is intended for the Russian steam
vessel Kamschstka, lately built and launched from
the yard of The " Novelty Works"
When finished, would be IL feet inches long, 6a
inches internal diameter, l-2 inches thick, and re-
quired ten tons of melted iron TO Gil the mould.
This is constructed principally Of brick, built up
ON and secured by large quantities of iron work
ard when the whole is finished and perfectly dry
it is sunk into the floor of the cast.ns house il.
whole length SO that person not scqusinted with
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1840-12-12

A writer in the New York Mercury, who sign,
himself Dow Jr., and every week manufactures
"short. patent sermon" for the benefit of The read
ers of ,ha, racy sheet, never fails TO hit the rgh
nail on the head. His sermons are quaint, humor
Gus and Of good moral tendency. Listen to wha
he says of two kinds Of inebratcs:
Beiored Friends II know Of another of tn,
fail human race who is now in the prime Of life
and the empire Of whose mind has been planted b,
nature with those trees which bear he fruit of prin
ciple, rather than the fascinating blossoms Of sent
ment; bul the blight of dissipation has thus earl
fell upon his fair pro pcc,s-and now of the nc
hlest works of God is falling to ruin, for the wan
Of moral prop to support il in its last stage of De
cay. He is now, as it were, slipping down
creased plank to perdti,n. He often sticks in hi
clutches and tries to hold on, but finding his ply
ical faculties in state of prostrston, be calls aou
fr Joe to bring him another glass Of brandy m
water to strengthen his nerves, to enable him
meet his fate with that courage which the crisis
quires. The little black bottle which he places
his bedside to allay all nocturnal dekeions irsa
0Hnss, will soon stand empty by his eoffin, ar
with triumphant smile, proclam-'rwas III
did the decd hand him over to the pro,ectiC
of a merciful Providence. know another who
| venerate for his gray hairs, and respect for his
banity uf manners, who is so fond Of dogs nose
that fear the latter end Of his existence will |
chopped off as square as a saw mill log, instead
taperng to that almost imperceptible poin, to wht
the prudent and tho temperate extend. Instead
repeating the prayers which his mother taught hi
in his youth, ere he relires TO his sumbers, he ella
a spiritual nighi.cap on his head, sings the song
Begone Dull Care" and bids good night TO trc
ble-unmndlul whether the morrow shall fiud h
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1840-12-12
Boxes nj the Post Office.

The New World says: reform is to be the or
der of the day, we would suggest one with regard
to the Post office, in fr " the next admins
tra'ion" 10 think about it. The prices charged for
boxes to the merchants is, considering the emolu-
men's derived therefrom by the city Postmas,ers,
eltogether too exorbant. In the New Yo,k office
for example, there are twenty five hundred boxes,
for which the merchants pay four dollars q year
each. Thus accrues perquisi,e Of ten thousand
dollars per annum! Enormous! Does this 60 to
the Postmastersl We ask for information having
an indislinct rene nbrance that there was or was
proposed some act Of Congress restricting the sals>
ries Of the Poslmasters to q certain sum,
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1840-12-12
The Harrisburg Papers.

The KrrsrosE, by Barrett & Parke, will be pub
l'shcd, giving full reports Of the legislative proceed
logs Of both houses, as follows:
During the session scm-weekly, So 90
For the year, 5 90
The STATE C.PIroL GArXrrr will be published
upon the same terms.
The above are democratic papers.
The PENNSYLVANIA ISrILLIGENcER, (Whig)
vii. be published as follows:
Daily during the session, So 90
Semi-weekly do 2 90
Daily during the session, and sem
weekly during the remainder Of
the year, 90
Semi-weekly during the session,
and weekly during the remainder
Of the year, 90
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1840-12-12
MuSic-..Its effects upon the mind.

Few peosle are aware Of the power of music u
non the mind, and the medicinal virtue whch j, is
said 10 possess. In cases of melancholy and cx-
ly been astonishing.
The bible informs us tina, David, when youth,
was employed to remove the mental d,rar gemrn,
of Saul by playing upon his harp. The ancients
record many miracles, said to have been performed
Ivy the aid of music and malales that have battle
all the efforts of the medical faculty, have sometimes
been removed by the soothing melody Of the human
voice. In modern times, many youthful swain
testify to its magic powers especially when en-
ercsed in the person OF woman, lovely woman. Its
soothing and beneficial Elf cs are so well un-
derstood, that it is now looked upon one Of the
indispensable luxuhs of The great. Queen Victoria,
il is said, never dimes without the accompaniment Of
an exc II n, hand # music which she has stationed
in adjoining apartment, separate from the royal
party by large panes of ground glass, which pc :
mellows the music for their royal ears. Many sin
gular anecdotes are related Of the power Of music
DIR. Burney, in his history of music, relates an in.
stance of lady, who couh hear only while drum
was beating, on which account her husband hired
drummer her servant. in order to enjoy III.
pleasures Of her conversation,
An anscdoe is related of Farinelli, the fau,ou,
singer, who sent for TO Madrid to try the effects
Of his magical voice he king oi S pain. His ma
jes,y was buried IN the prof.u ,dcst melancholy
Nothing could raise an emotion in him; he sat il
a darkenej CHAMBER, entirely given up to the mo,
distressing kind of madness. The ply ,icians order
, ed Fainelli fist TO sing in outer room and 70
several DAYS this done without any visible ei
n feet on the royal patient. The king, it was Obser
: we'd, a, length awakened from his supor, and seem
ell TO listen; the day t,ais were star,in
! IN his eyes--,he day sfter he ordered the door
: his chamber to he left open--anj al length th
d perturbed spin, entirely left this modern SAUL an
d the medicinal voice Of Fareneli Effected what n
d other medicine could.
b. Who has not witnessed the Grc.s of music q
W animals J |, H. indeed, the language Of na,ur
which all animated creation seems to undertan
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1840-12-12
TO THE EDITOR OF THE AMERICAN.

ToTHE EDITOR OF THE AMERIcAN.
Your village may boast of its turrets and tHwers;
It's bellies 50 enchanting, and beaur SO provoking );
But give me again the swee, cottage aud flowers.
And leauliful grove on the Banks of Sh mokin.
There, blcst by the smiles of the maid admire.
The JOY of each other our cares shall beguilr;
While time he Iasses, delighted shall smile.
Truc pleasure, by reason and duty attended,.
Doth daily our health and our sriri's renew
Our la''or and res, is judiciously blended
With love and devotion that's constant and true.
SaxoxIN BAuD.
December lst ls40.
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1840-12-12
AtrOciOus OUTRAGE.

The Detroit Advertiser Of the 26th ult gives on
account of a most atrocious outrage, which took
place at the town of Highland, Oakl nd county,
whereby Mr.. Phineas L. Davis had the whole of
the fine stock his farm killed, DESTROYED, l., or ia
ken away. He had succeeded in making his farm
one of the best stocked in the country, by procu>
ring the best and most expensive breeds of animals.
1t appears that on Sunday morning Of last week, be-
fore daylight, twenty-five men, armed with knives
and othar missiles, to the farm in wagons, and
without any ceremony, proceeded to the barns anG
out.houses, and killed some twenty hogs, drove cl
some twenty Thirty Others four fine horses, one
double wagon and harness, one bull, twenty three
sheep, six hundred bushels of oats, three hundred
bushels Of corn, besides several harrows poughs.
and other flrming utensils; and, worse than all.
ripped open several fine breeding sows of the Berk>
shire breed, by which brutal act between sky and
eighty pigs were destroyed!
Mr. Davis Immediately, on hearing of his misfor-
tune, took active measures TO arrest the perpelra-
tors, and in q short time, succeeded in arresng
nineteen Of them, and great hopes were entertained
ct bringing TO justice the remainder of the gang. Ii
is said that this outrage could not have occurred
but for the peculiar character Of the Sheriff of the
county, who is believed to he an arrsnt scamp
During the investigation into the outrage, he made
appraisers Of f,oo IF the robbers and in ano!he
instance, took Of the there's as bail for the SAT-
return Of one Of The horses he had stolen. The
Sheriff has ince ran G,oay.
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1840-12-12
steam Ships and Anthracite.

On this suhject late nuu.bcr ot the National
Gazette, says:
We recently spoke # the importance Of the
min, raj wealth of Pennsyvania-the vast resources
of her Coal and Iron. We might at The same time
have advered to the mammoth iron steamship men
toned yesterday, now building by the Great Wes-
tern Steamship Company at Bristol, England, TO
ply between that city and New Yo,k. This iron
steamship is to register 5000 tons, her ac,ull tom
mage TO exceed 5000 tons, or about 600 tons more
than any other ship. Her engines are to be OF 1000
horse power: i, is calculated that trips will be
made in ten days. The screw propeller has been
adapted to her construction.
Gigantic as this undertaking may at first view
appear TO be, it cannot be understood unless we
look a, the real working power. The engine is NO,
to do the work ofonly 1000 horses-il is TO do the
work of 5000 hoIscs-for it works through the con-
secuve "a hours of the day, and therefore will per.
rm the labor OF three SITS Of 1000 horses each
supposng that horse can perform eight hours
of labor per diem aud maintain his strength. Let
us now louk at the probable consumption of coal in
this vast snachne-thiS lnsa laoe Nuciho oi coHi-
bustion. II may be presumed that about 1900 tons
of coal would be required each passage, and that
she might m ke ,wenty-four passages per annum
'rhi. would give for the whole years consumption
2s 900 tons. In her outward passage she ought Il
use Penn yvania coal (for we have abundance If bi
luminous and semi.biIuminous coal, if anthracite be
no, successfully and this would give li,4O0 tons
which, at seven d liars per ton, would make 100,
500 dollars per annum for the supply of this sngi,
! steamer from our own mineral res, .urces.
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1840-12-12
The Resumption Of Specie PAYMENTS SETTLED.

A LOAN OF THnkE AND nALr MILLIONS OBTAINED.
We learn from the last Phllndelphin pers, that
the banks of the ely and county of Philadelphia
will resume specie payments on the l5th January
next. A loan of S2,5nOOOOO has been obtained
in ston, and another loan Of 81 100000 in New
York. All mat e;s in relation to those loans have
been satisfactorily arranged, so that there vii he no
fu ther DOUBT difficulty upon the sui jec. Bick
nelfs Reporter says:
"In little more than five we ks, therefore, we
shall have specie payments. Of course mo .ey will
grow scaroer, and our merchants and traders gener
ally should conduct their aft its accordingly. We
may mention for the information of our friends nj
a distance, that the only Ph;ls e'phia notes in cir
culaon at the present time, are those of tic Bank
Of the United States. All the other hanks pay out
the paper of the monster, and receive It freely on
deposit. OF course when they resume they will
pay specie for ii, although. should the resumption
movement pass of with little excitement or
larm, as we anticipate it will we shall soon iiud our
banks issuing their notes freely as in former
times.
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1840-12-12

such matters would hardly suspect the eIs'enc Of
the space bensnh his feet prepared to receive the
large amount Of liquid iron which meets his view
on entering the foundry, shor, time before euch
casting is made
The iron was melted a, the rate of 2 or a tons
per hour and collected in large vessel placed near
the mould, and when the required quantity was oh.
tanned, passage was opened for it at the bottom,
f,om which il flowed in beautiful sparkns stream,
of about or 10 feet 10 the mould, and the Whole
operation of casting completed in between two and
and three mnutes.-NeU World.
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1840-12-12
Removals from Office.

We hope among the removals from Office which
the ms seem to appr,hend, and the ou's to claim,
one man in particular will be spared He i. post.
mast,r in Maine, near the Aroos,ook line, who,
when Col. Barry took command of the Postolfice
Department, and was sweeping all before him in
the shape of reform, addressed him letter which
ran in the the following vein
"My D,ar Colnel The sound If your broom
which is now sweeping the Augean stabl is echo.
ing among these distant hills village and fores,
are alike fl led with dsmhy the birds fOrsuke the
woods. the trembling infant flies to its mothers
arms, and even strong men find their joints give
way ; they shake like Belshazar at the VISIONARY
hand that wrote his death-doom. tremble for nv
Office have eleven small children, and nine of
them are girs-It yields me now three dollars
thirty and half cents q ear-this enables
me to buy them sng plumbs, jewsharps, piccanin-
nes, besides thanksgiving goose. cast mys self
on your c!emcncy. Ever faithfully yours."-Nc,c
World