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owner on my trial, she took on board cannon,
number Of armed men, muskets and hayonets, &c.
and conveyed them TO the patriots on Navy Island
During the time ] was in conversation with the
Mayor and magistrates of Buffalo about 10 o'clock,
on Christmas morning, 1897. person Of the name
Of Bull patriot, came into the room with bag IF
feathers in his hand, and requested my presence
outside to get tarred and fea,hered. | soon after
went outside. and found about one thousand people
collected in front Of the Inn, with tar barrel ready
had hin,ed TO the Mayor the necessity thought
there might he Of keeping few of the arms in Buff
fao, instead of sending them all to Navy Island, a
they had entered so fiercely into the war against
Canada. they might naturally expect an unpleasant,
visit some night, from men who were goaded on to
madness, by warlke preparations to destroy them
and their fsmies in defiance of solemn treaties of
law and justice.
Buffalo harbor, with its thirty steamboats, and fifty
schooners, was then, as now, within ten minutes
sail of the Canada shore. The hint kindly ia
ken at that time, and city guard of some one hun
dred men organized that day to guard their property
from patriots and others.
II was my duty and my interest 10 prevent an in.
vusion of Canada. ] was then Under Sheriff of the
Niagara District which fronts Tor eighty miles on
the state Of New York. I had $4,000 worth of
property in my charge, seized on executions, for
which and my securities were liable.
There are many other matters which called forth
patriotic vIrulencc against me, which l may yet
make public. lam yours. &c.
ALEXANDER MCLEOD.
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Goal Trade.

A regular daily line Of coal boats have commen-
ced running between this place AMI Havre de Grace.
The temporary delay occasonei by the breaking
down of part of the Company's wharf, has been re-
paired, and business is going on US usual. At the
wharf of ]. II. Purdy & Co., since the commence
ment of the trade this season. the shipping business
has been without ntermission. Both locomotives
are KEEP, constantly on the road, bringing in from
TO trains daily. The returning trains generally
freighed with iron ere and limestone for the anhra
cite furnace at Shamokin. Thus far, the trade pro.
misses well. The amount of coal shipped from this
place during the present season, which has just po
peIly commenced, is 1855 TONS
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Agricultural Statistics Of Pennsylvania.

From the report of the Marshalls engaged in Ia
king the last census, we have collected much valu'
able and interesting information. In the produc>
ton of Wheat, Ohio exceeds this state about 5000,
600 bu. In Rye we greatly exceed any other state,
the amount being upwards Of six millions of bushels,
while New York, the next best state, produces not
quite three millions, and Ohio not one million.
But what is most cheering s the rapid strides
which the culture of Silk has already made in this
state, which, if the return have examined is
rect, amounted to 27s,9S pounds of cocoons the
last year, which is about five times much the
production of all the other states. This is truly en-
couraging. In the infancy of the cotton culture,
the products for several years not any greater
! Now it forms the great staple commodity of tn,
country, the annual crop being worth over forty
millions of dollars. According to the return of the
Marshalls, the amount of Wheat raised was l3,029
756 bushels, Rye $685. ,447 bushels Corn 1866,
6l9 bushels, Buckwheat ,97l ,92S, Oats Is ,953,
ATT bushels, Barley 49, 100 bushels, Potatoes 8,
626, ,923 bushels number Of Horses and Mules 33s,
$50, Neat Cattle l,l46,4lS, Sheep 3,396,43l
Swine l,45O,53l, value of Poultry 81 1888 We
pounds of Wool 1876, ,793, tons of Hay ,l99,963
tons of Hemp and Flax l7O,76Ol, pounds of To
bacco o,s6l, pounds Of Silk cocoons 27s,939
pounds of Sugar made ,l55,977, value Of the pro
ducts of The Dairy 2,27l ,420, value of the products
of the Orchards 554, $751; gallons OF Wine made 10,
1872, value of Lumber $3.50 eO7, barrels of Tai
Pitch. Rosin and Turpentne 1907. In the produc
ton of Silk, Connecticut comes hext to Pennsy Iva
MIA, but produces only 1883 lbs. cocoons, yer
mont 4,233, Ohio ,3l6 lbs,
The statistics afford abundant evidence of the vas
resources OF onr state, and her ability to meet even
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,uay oil her Responsibilities, sithcss taking into
consideration her vast beds Of coal and iron which
are now being rapidly developed.
The Press.

We are pleased to see a better spirit prevailing
than formerly among thr editorial corps, when on
the eve of political campaign. The low scurrili,y
and violent personal abuse which heretofore char
acterized the political press, has in great measure
given way to q more amcabe, courteous and rea.
sonable mode of discussion. The sudden and la
mented death of Gen. Harrison has had no small
agency in this reformation. No man. however pure
in character could escape the shafts of calumny II
the press on either side was TO be believed, there
was scarcely patriotic and honorable man in the
country.
In the present political campaign we already see
decided improvement. Some influential papers
have already spoken upon this subject, with de-
termination to aid in accomplishing such refor-
nation. tbs but justice, however, to the Philadel-
phia Press to say that they have long since set an
example we'll worthy of imitation in this matter
For urbanity, courtesy, and general good feeling
they stand without rival in this, or propably any
other country. These may he considered high
wrought encomiums, but they are nevertheless al
just and well merited as true.
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The Office OF Vice President.

There are some doubts entertained, and nc
without reasonable grounds, touching the real na
ture of the Office now held by Mr.. Southland, {,
President of the Senate pro tempore. The New
ark Daily Advertiser of Monday contains lctc
on the subject from the Hon. Gro. PorSDExrER 4,
Mr.. SOUTHLAND, in which the writer maintains tn
the latter has become the successor of Presilet
TrLEu, as Vice President Of the United Stat
precisely as he held that Office before the death
the late President.
1t would certainly imply some difficulty
maintain that there is no Vice President of Il
United States at present. Ag1in by taking
Senator from his seat and placing him permanent
on the presiding chair of the Senate he is deprv
Of his privilege of voting except in case of ii,
he is prevented from participating in discussio
In that position is he a senatorl If not, wi
kind Of anomalous character does he hold !
language of the Constitution leaves the subject
obscurity. y.-Bak. american.
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incendiary.

CT We have never known so little said or done
in relation to politics, at the present time. The
Democratic party is, however, under no upprehen.
sions of danger of ultimate success. Governor
Porter, during his administration, has had some
His frmness and independ'n under the many DIFF
fcultcs he has had 10 encounter, has won for him
many friends. The tug of war will now soon COM
mence. The Democratic party, if they act in con-
cert, can never be defeated in Pennsylvania.
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DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA,
I T K NJ g.,

The Bank of Illinois, under the act Of tho last
legislature has commenced the issue Of notes Of the
denomination of one two and three dollars.
A ArrSE SrsHr.-The Quebec Gazette of Wedncs-
day says that at noon on Tuesday last one hundred
ships under sail were entering that harbor from
the several ports in England.
SILK MASUFAcruRy.-The agent Of the N. Y.
state prison at Auburn gives notice that he will
pay thee dollars bushel for silk cocoons, of good
quality, delivered a. the prison. He going large
y into the silk business, employing the labor Of
convcts
French paper states that there is living, in
possession Of her faculties the village of Laroufe.
in the Cacaze, a woman, aged one hundred and
eleven years, who daily attends to the of her
cows, and who on Sunday walks league to hear
mass
A DoupLE-HEADED CHIcKEy.-Thc editor Of
the Norfolk Herald has been shown strange phe-
nomenon in the shape of a double.headed chicken
1t has (says the Heral,) two distinct heads, tho
bills projecting nearly at right angles to each
other. 1t had three eyes, one on each side the
head, and one in the centre between the two bills.
The formation Of the other parts of its body ap-
| peared to be perfect.
| SuGAR-A little mo,e than two hundred years
ago, sugar was only kept in the shop of the apothc
cary. Now the annual consumption in the Uni
ted States alone is estimated at eighty millions Of
pounds.
| AST1Dor1 TO PoIsoN.-It is said that the
deadiest poison may be counteracted by simply
making two ounces Of magnesa in quart of water,
and forcing it into the stomach by the resdiess
means at hand the stomach pump heing the best.
| W1now SrREEr.-There is a street in the city
of Allegheny, opposite Pilsburg, known by the
| title Of Widow street, from the fact there being
twenty eight widows residing in it. The street in
quite short, though the ladies think they have re.
mained in their present situation rather long.
A PROMISING Bor.-There is youth 10 years
Of age in Portland. Me-, who weighs $50 pounds
and stands seven fee, and three inches high. Ii
says he can lift 1900 pounds at once, and with thu
aid of strap over his shoulders 1900 lbs. II
has sister who take up with case barrel o
pork, and carry it some distance.
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IF. T. has sent us communication from which
we make the following extracts sThe ladies' of Potts
vile have not greater admirer than myself But
must certainly enter my protest against their ia
shon OF wearing green wells and pantaettes. 1t is
abominable. Can't you induce them in some way
other to leave them off! If you could effect
such desirable reform, you would confer lasting
oblig CATION on me- Pantalcttes should be beneath
the notice of such a gentleman of refined taste as
Mr.. F. Il. Besides, admire them. Nothing
sets off pretty pair of ank--the word was nearly
out-so we'll as pretty pair of pantaeltes, frngcd
with lace,-Miner's Journal n
Not SO fast, Mr.. Bannan. If the ladi8 intend
that the article in question should not be seen, then
they should so wear them as to be above, and not
beneath the notice oft gentleman. Besides, if hey
'fringed with lace, which shall take for grant
ed, rather than siOop TO examine, then we have a
righ, 10 presume that they are intended for orna-
ment as well utility. Now ladies are not gen.
orally disposed to conceal their ornaments we take ii
that every gentleman of refined taste has not only
a right but is bound to notice all their decorations
The objections of F. T. certainly in bad tas e
We go for women in pants whether ruJled or un
ruGled.
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which hsvc deposited them. any of the keys of
the Back under my charge.
HENRY DOYLE, Cashier.
On the 25,h day of May, ls4l, Henry Doyle,
the cashier of the Frederick County Bank, appear
cd before the subscriber, of the Associate Judg-
es Of the Fifth Judicial District of the State of
Maryland and made oath on the Holy Evange-
ly of Almighty God that the aforegoing statement
is true. AB'M SHRIVER.
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JACOB MARTIN,
Commission and Forwards
MERCHANT,


ESPECfFCLLY informs his friends an
~ Merchants generally, that he continue
Commission and Forwarding Business. at lis
Louise, foot Of Willow ST. Railroad, Delawai
SchuylkilL.
Merchants having goods to he shipped, vii
It much TO their advantage, as to time and I
OF freight, 10 send their merchandise to the |
corner of Front and Willow stree Railroad, a.
can then be sent either route by the Tide
Canal, or Schuylkill and Union Canals, as
wiil arrive and depart daily Tor the Juniat'
Susquehanna Canals by rde-water in tow of
or VIA Schuylklll and Union Canals from I airl
dam.
Merchants will please be particular to SC
goods destined for either route, to the large
corner of From, and Wlllew street Railroad
directions accompanying them, which rout
wish them 10 be shipped.
CosIse and fine Sail and Plaster at VIII
prices, on the Delaware or Schuy ylkill.
Philadelphia, June 8, lsal.-ly.
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Frederick County Bank.

The Robbers of the Frederick County Bank h ave
made clsan sweep. They have taken $4,000
more than the capital stock Of the Bank. BY the
following it will be seen that the notes of the
bank will not be received, unless proof is made ,ha,
they were held at the time of the robbery. The stc-
ry Of letter having been received from the robber,
offering to return all the money excepting $4,000
in gold provided no prosecution entered against
him, 10 humbug.
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or The National Theatre at New York was
burned down on Saturday morning last. Mr.. Bur
ton, the lessee, and the stage manager happened to
go 10 the theatre about o'clock, and having smelt
something burning, began . search, and discovered
fire in progress in seven or eight different places
Matches and combustlble materials Of turpen,ne
were discovered. 1t was evidently the work Of an
incendiary.
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TO THE PUBLIC.

In consequence of the late destructive robbery Of
the Frederick County Bank, the Directors are un-
der the necessity of refusing to pay the notes in
circulation; as also the deposits, with this excep-
tion, that in all where debts are due to the
bank by depositors note holders, their deposits or
notes held by them at the time the bank was robbed
will be received from such debtors in payment of
their respective debts. The debtors Offering to pay
with the notes of the bank must offer proof salts
factory to the hank, Of their having held them a,
the time of the robbery.
And with a view Of determining the amour, Of
Frederick County Bank paper legitimately in crcu-
lation, ALL PERSONS requested 10 bring in such
as they may have, for special deposi;e in the bank
or in they prefer holding it in their own pos.
session communicate to the bank the amount, num-
ber and denomination of the notes held by them re-
spec,ively, within twenty days from this date, oil
before the 18Th day of June. BY order of the
Board. HENRY DOYLE, Cashier.
| The Frederick Examiner Of Saturday has the fol.
lowing paragraph in reference 10 the foregoing:
The loss of the Frederick County Bank will fall
heavily upon the people of this county. The uni
versal confidence which was wont to be reposed in
this us,ilution-the security with which it hat
been guarded-the high character of its officers
and the caution with which ii had always acted, hat
given it high character in the public estimation
and its notes ana its stocks were sought for witt
avidily. We have heard il said that OF the Sl75,
900 capital, Sl34,OO0 were owned in Fredercktowl
and county. This must all prove an entire and
dead loss.
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Attention is earnestly invited to the increase Of
the slave trade, and 70 some enactments for its sup
preston.
DISTRICT OF coLuMBIA.
Attention is asked to the affairs Of the District Of
Columbia; and should the Sub Treasury law be
repealed place for the deposite of the public mon
ey in that distrc, would be required.
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OF TUE FU1URE is the title of neat and well
conducted paper, "Devoted 70 the cause Of AssOcia-
tion, and a re-orgasisatiOn Of society,"" 1t advo-
Gates an entire reformation in society. We shall
furnish our readers with some extracts hereafter.
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o. BY letter published in another column, from
Mcleod, it will be seen that according to his own
statement, he is entirely innocent of the charges
brought against him.
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Ir The business convention met at Harrisburg
last week. Among q number of resolutions, they
strongly recommend tariff the best means of
protecting and encouraging the true interests Of the
whole country.
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Presidents MpSSagr,

Not having room for the entire message, we lay
before our readers an abstract copied from the U.
$. Gazette. The message is well written docu-
mcnt, short, plain and straight forward. MIR. Tyler
as President, occupies position in measure I'M
shackled by the trammels Of party, and may If he
pursues an Independent course, carry out measures
eminently useful to the country.
We are willing to give him fair trial, and Judge
him by his measures. Mr. White of Kentucky has
been elected Speaker, and Matthew ST. Clair Clarke,
Clerk of the House. These gentlemen ore not er.
ac,ly the choice of the Wings. The spirit of dis
cord is already rife among the leaders of the admin
istraton party, will be seen by the following ex-
tract of letter from the correspondent of the U. S.
Gazette:
"You will learn from Washington that Mr.. White
of Kentucky has been elected Speaker, and Mr.. M.
st. Clair Clarke, of the District of Columbia, Clerk.
This is as ] wrote you yesterday, but was then
under an impression that Mr. Clarke had been agreed
on in the caucus. /. seems Mr.. F. o. ]. Smith, of
Maine, received the nomination, of the caucus, but
that certain Wings would not STICK; and they,
with the aid of the Locos, elected Mr.. Clarke. A
very bad beginning, and the evidence of want of
harmony, which cannot be too early nor too strongly
condemned. The split on the election of Speaker
| was also significant.
| .fdstract Of Iresident TyIer's Message.
! PRESIDENT HARRISON.
President Tyler briefly refers to the death of
| General Harrison. And recommends that Con-
gress should make some compensatory provisions
for his family.
! CONGRESS-.
Without expressing any opinion as to the expo
diency of calling Congress together, Mr.. Il. ex-
presses great satisfaction in finding himself, soon
after his accession to the Presidency, surrounded by
the representatives, of the people.
| PEACE.
Nothing has transpired to lead to any spprehen-
sion ofwar, The claims on Spain have been urged
M'LEoD CASE.
The MLeod case is referred to, but it is believed
that all will be amicably adjusted.
| CENSUS.
Though we have increased, since 1776, from
three millions to seventeen millions, yet we hsv.
ample room for all that will come.
REIpRoCAL DUTIES
| Notwithstanding our extended Territory, an,
numerous population, there is no reason to appre
hend danger while the State Governments an
the General Government conine themselves to thei
legitimate sphere.
| STATE OF THE TREASURY.
The state of the public Treasury is lamentable-
The aggregate demands upon the Treasury, pre'i
Gus to September next, are Sll,340,0OO
The ways and means from various
sources, aro 6,45O 900
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CT 1t has heen the general impression that the
long continued cold weather had been injurious to
fruit. This we understand is mistake. Fruit, il
is said, will be abundant
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Democratic Candidate for Governor,
G Gcn. DAVID II. PORTER.

a. Our acknowledgements are due TO the Hon.
John Snyder, for an early copy of the Message.
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o. The Age. and Lancaster Weekly Cd.etfe is
the title OF neat paper published a, Lancaster, dc.
voted TO Temperance Literature, &c.
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S3,OOO,O0O

0J1There has recently been several cases OF
small pox in Philadelphia.
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II is estimated tha, the revenue for tolls in Nc'
York will this yeaI amount to two millionA
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We never saw n mother who could perceive
her child had snub'nose; Lor fiddler who
any difficulty in bending his elbow to put {
to his mouth.
We never saw man dancing monkey who
not lazy by right of inheritance nor ladies
certain age drinking tea without seasoning it
scandal,-Picayune.
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The BUNKER HILL MONUMENT, it is believ-
cd, will be finished before the ensuing winter. 1t
is quite time-remarks the Courier-and 1t is as
well for the citizens Of the United States to remem
Der, who it was--or rather who they were who
brought this desirable event about--tae Ladies'
but for the ladies', the monument would not, TO Ill
human appearance, ever have risen more ihan about
eighty feet from the ground.
The Internal Improvement Bill, which has just
passed the New York Legislature, appropriated
$4,000 900, as follows:
For the Erie Canal enlargement s2,l50,OOO
Genessee Valley Canal, 100000
Black River Canal, 800 900
$4,000, 900
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Parental Agony.

1t has already been mentioned in this paper Il
among the passengers on board the ill-flted Pre-
dent was Lord Fitzroy Lenox, second son of
Duke Of Richmond. A letter has been received
Montreal, from a gentleman who lives near Go
wood, the country seat of the Duke, in which
terrible anxiety of the parents is thus briefly
touchingly alluded to-
"The Duke of Richmond has walked for d
and days from sunrise to sunset on the Lon
road, to receive any news that might be forthc
are looking like spectres, so intense has been
agony of -Erchange.
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FISCAL AGENT.

Connected TO the measure of finance, is that Of
fiscal agent; and view is then made Of the vari.
Gus modes adopted by the government, viz list
A Bank. I'd The Pc, Banks. Sd. The Sublreasury.
The former, it is thought, the people decided a.
gainst under General Jackson and Mr.. Van Buren,,
The second tended to expand the currency,
shown in the land saes which, for many years,
averaged about two millions per anum; but in
1884, were six millions, in 1885, sixteen millions,
and in 1886, twenty-five millions. And the Specie
Circular" in correcting that evil, brought on gener
al difficulties.
The third, viz: the Sub-Treasury, was full of
evils and the election of General Harrison seemed
to turn on that question, though it did not sanction
any other mode.
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6,450,0o0
Leaving a deficit Of
S4,s90,O00

And though he doubts not that.the citizens will
submit to necessary burdens, TO meet the demands
yet he cannot consent to the disturbance Of the
"Compromise Act"