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Der Lecha Patriot und Northampton Demokrat. (Allentaun, Pa.) 1839-1848, 1842-03-16
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Der Lecha Patriot und Northampton Demokrat. (Allentaun, Pa.) 1839-1848, 1842-03-16

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Der Lecha Patriot und Northampton Demokrat. (Allentaun, Pa.) 1839-1848, 1842-03-16

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Der Lecha Patriot und Northampton Demokrat. (Allentaun, Pa.) 1839-1848, 1842-03-16
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The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-01-12
KENTUCKY LEGISLATURES.

The Legislature Of Kentucky met Al Frankfort on
the DIST ult. In the Senate the Lieutenant Cover
nor took the Chair, and in the House Charles ..
Morehead, of Franklin. was elected Speaker on the
81 ballot when the vote stood-MoIehead Az J..
Calhoun 26, J. s Speed lS-alI Wings. II. J. HELM
was elected without oppos ton. A resolution was
laid on the table by MI. Nutail, OF Henry, against
the Bankrupt law
The message Of Governor Letcher was sent in On
the first day. He audes the deranged state Of the
currency He is opposed to the Fiscal plan a rene
dy for the evils The banks are represented be in
a sound condnlonj and he recommends that they be
required to resume specie payments the instant the
chief banks OF the neghboriDg States resume. The
Lexington and Ohio Railroad Company have failed
comply with the act of the last Legislature and the
road has TO be sold The message contains full ex-
pose of the situation of the spurious stock Of the Bank
of Kentucky issued by the fraud of the ScLuylkill
Bank, and Jenounces the conduct of that institution
its aiders and abettoIs, with great severity The ac-
count given in The message Of the financial condition
of the COMMONWEALTH is gratifying With taxable
property, amounting TO near three hundred millions oil
dollars her aggregate public debt is less than three
millions and half! And then her sinking fund il
amply able 10 pay of the interest fast as II accrues
from its separate means and the State Treasury has
excess over the necessary expenditures for detray
ing expenses Of Government. State credit, he wei
says, is indeed her highest of PRIDE and sh,
should DO nothing to impair it. That part OF the mes
sage concludes with the following:
ITO free ourselves from debt, to meet all our liza
bilities promptly TO MAINTAIN our character unfair
nished, to stand before the world bright examp,
| of State always ready and willing 10 comply witt
her engagements, TO furnish no just of complain
TO any one, either citizen or foreigner, with whom w
have contracts 10 avoid heavy Indebtedness and heav!
taxation, and in all things TO act honestly and uprgh
is, in my humble view, matter Of higher, deeper
nobler Importance, than the completion Of all the In
ternal improvements which could be devised by thu
ingenuity of man, ifmade at the sacrifice of honor
violated faith with the money Of other people raudu
lently and meanIy obtained, and when due dishonest
| ly and corruptly withheld"
The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-01-12
PUNISHMENT FOR LIFE.

Governor Seward abiding to this subject, re-
marks that every philanthropic mind will cling to
the hope that ultimately, the supremacy of the laws
NAV be maintained, without exacting in any case,
forfeiture of life. Nevertheless the subject requires
most cautious deliberation. The subject of mprson-
ment for life would be signally unsuccessful without
such modification Of the pardoning power as might
prevent its being employed except in cases where il
would seem necessary to correct error One hundred
niney-seven persons have been consigned for life to
the State prisons within the last twenty-five years, all
of whom were pardoned after terms averaging
five years and two months, except those who escaped
thirty two who died, of whom ,twenty-four did not
reach that average period and twenty-five now in
prison, of whom fourteen have not yet been confined
so long term. The averagcsof limited sentences |,
four years and eight months.
Although more than 1000 persons are annually
confined in our country jas, those penentiares often
exhibit scenes revolving to humanity and many a
youthful prisoner instead Of being subjected to sal
utary discipline, becomes more depraved."
The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-01-12
From tho Cincinnati CArOniels'
THE ExcHEoUER

Such ia the name which rhe Fiscal Bill gives TO inc
new plan for regulating the currency, lhsi heAsu.s
has now been placed before Congress In the ioIm moss
agreeable to the Executive. II has been Accompanies
Ivy an able Report, advocating the plan.
Both the Bill and the Report drawn up IN clear
distinct and orcibe terms. There Is no hssu o. ms
understanding what is meant
Our readers know that when the message was ~. 10.
ceyed, our first impressions were iayorapie 70 .e
measure We remain, after much deliberaton, Oh Inc
same opinion, There is, doubtless, much difference
of sentiment tho subject. To those who' IKE 10
believe the old u. s. Bank the best mode oil luris
ing national currency, this bill does no. 30 ,aa
enough. Tothose who believe the sub TREASURY ,ie
only good plan of finance it goes too iar' Is eV-
IDENTIFY scheme of compromise, and as such Ger
tainly not commended, to our mind by any PreJuace
in its favor II is however, the only scheme whlcn
can probably be adopted for years to come. Ana
the question arises at once, what shall we 10 Ac
cept this, or plunge forward into new marshes ana
quicksands
What will this measure do for us 7 We answer, J,
will ui nsh national currency of uniform value and
safe depository for the public funds In this " an
swers the two greatest and most important functions
ola Bank-that ofdeposite and circulat on. Gan oe
said that il is the duty of the National Government u
loan money to ndividualsf IT, in the case 'oi ths
old bank could be done in the natural course OF us
opera IONS We should certainly think II not imprope!
But this function of the old Bank was entirely lhc'
dental 1t was a consequence only OF an institution
chartered perform the duty of receiving disbursns
and transferring the public money. No bank can "
chartered for that purpose only.
There are two objections made by some who are IA
vorable to National Bank. The first is, II = 70
vernment bank. Suppose It IS. In what does .h'
power Of bank consist Almost entirely In ths
control Of discounts. This bank has no such power
Again is there any certainty that II United states
Bank were chartered tomorrow, that that bank wou'e
be any less an instrument of Government man 'n's
We think not, The experience OF the last United
States Bank has not been had in vain. We shall MOI
see banks again resisting any demands Of Govern
ment which it is possible for them TO comply WIN i,
Such ale our views, and in these we coincide Win
ledge.
The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-01-12
ON the ". Y. Express.
. CONGRESS AND IT'S ACTION.

The debates in Congress, particularly in the Sc
nate if do not greatly mistake the tone OF public
ssntit,ent strike the coan'ry with a,eonsh@en..m
respecting the President, cannot be such as the Wing
party of the country will second unless We mistake
its principles its wishes and its character. Mr.. Bar
row. indeed declares his wishes TO be separated from
the President "a mensa Ell Hora." The remarks of
Mr. Huntington were more worthy of the occasion,
and theme but we doubt much whether on this mat
ter he represents the Wing feeling of Connecticut.
The fact is, members OF Congress are President
making again. The next Presidential election has
aready begun in Washington. The dlstresses OF the
country the disorders Of the currency the low price
of produce in the farmers hands for want of
ket or the OF getting 10 market are all dsre-
parded for there fear that John Tyler wishes to be
re-elected and there is wish to help some other
man.
The President vetoed q National Bank. The means
tax en- To convince him he did wrong personal abuse
of hin! The country never suffered SO much for the
want of currency. The means taken to get It, is to
refuse all cooperation with one of the three branches
withou. which we cannot have it Do Wing Con-
pressmen thus expect to impress upon the public mind
the hope of practical good coming from the Wing
party Or, rather is not what they say and do, cal
cuat,d to leave the impressions that no good can con
frem such party :
We cannot too loudly nor too earnestly deprec ate
the tone of Wing debate in the Senate There is no
wish expressed by some members for Cancellation. -
The speech Of Mr.. Barrow, in particular, from a
Whig member was gross and unbecomng IT he
could not approve the Presidents and the Cabinet re-
CONNIE there was need of insulting all OF
them. Ii was in bad taste as we'll as bad temper.
Illusion reigns in Washington as i seems to U.S.
The President has discharged his duty in his recon-
mendaon. Wing members hardly debate il, bu'
rdicue and scorn il This is not the tone and the
temper, at least, Of this part of the country. Nc
public opinion here inculcates such legislation, II
Congress no turn out TO be the impracticabe body
Congress alone will be censured for having nothing
done. The President will be str ngthenrd in tn,
eyes Of the country, instead of weakened, by The
grossness violence, mpractcabiity of COMPRESSION
| al acts.
her the elections come on again next summer. i
any of them value their places or their party, they
will settle this currency question, if any of them wish
| to lie urn.
The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-01-12
AMERICAN SHIPPING.
The following facts stated in an editorial article
in the New York Express;

The following facts are stated in editorial article
in the New York Express
The annual tables of our country exhibit the aston
shing fact, that foreign tonnage, that rs vessels
employed in foreign trade, are constantly dimlnish-
ing. Thus with a population nearly double 10 tna'
we had twenty years ago, we have less tofe'gn ton
ma qe than we had then. This arises in great mea
sure from our Law'of Reciprocity; which is in its eff
feet most runous to this country.
Weinvite he shipping of all smaller powers OF Eu-
rope to engage in trade on an equal footing win U.s.
Thus, Swedish vessels, the crews OF which are
paid but eight dollars month"; and the captains about
twenty and with this are compelled to find themselves,
are put footing with our vessels, the crews Of
which are paid fifteen dollars month, and are found
with good provisions at the expense OF half dollar
day per man. The vessels of Holland also manned
a similar rate with those of Sweden. The effect OF
this reciprocity is to crowd out vessels and their
places are taken by those of foreign nations, Inc
reciprocity of England is efectually defeated by her
discriminating duties, and by her warehouse regula-
tons Our vessels in fact confined to the mere car
ryng Of cotton. None ohe. OF the productions OF
or country can be taken in American bottoms to
England, except in extraordinary cases. Flour and
wheat, which among the great exports OF our
country in fact excluded unless there IS almost
famine. This is the case with all kinds OF slaves,
heading, lumber. beef pork, lard and hams, which
are excluded Tobacco is subject to duty Of near
y two thousand per cent while we suffer Great BIZ
tain to bring country every article OF her growth
or manufacture at q very reduced duty The pro-
duce and manufactures of our own country COTTON,
and few moons derabe articles excepted are by
the high duties Of England, shut out.
If we could take our bread SUITS, provisions and
anufactures to England the employment OF shipping
to the country would be doubled. AS to Sweden,
Norway, Denmark, Bremen, and some of the smaller
countries of Europe the bargain is all on one side,
These powers build and sail their vessels at half
the cost of an American English vessel. Iron,
lumber. hemp and labor, the four items that make up
the cost of ship, full fifty per cent less than in
this country. The reciprocity that we would have
with foreign nations, is in fact but gratuity on or
part without equivalent. When Great Britain
will put her tariff down to twenty five per cent al va
loren on the produce Of our country, and will put her
warehousing system on par with ours, then we can
enter fairly into the field with her. If the duty on
flour in England dollar instead of four as 1t
commonly is and The duty on wheat was twenty cents
bushel the amount of tonnage To take the necessary
quantity to the English market would be double what
il now is.
The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-01-12
STEAMBOAT ENCOUNTER.

An accident which there is cause to apprehend may
be more serious in its consequences than its occur
renee, took place Thursday night about half past
nine o'clock, off the mouth of Patuxent river As
the steamboat Georgia her way from this city to
Norfolk, was abreast Of Cove Point Light, she was
struck on her slarboard bow, clear forward, and had
her stem completely carried away by the water wheel
guard Of the Pocahontas, which was broken by the
force Of the csncusson and that boat in consequence
entirely disabled. Both boats carrying lights
and Captain Cofey, Of the Georgia, experimenting an
encounter had the bell rung and hailed the Pocahon-
she stood on but the latter boat at the top
of her speed and the collision thus rendered un-
avoidable Captain Coffey Immediately run his boat
stem up on the beach and sent boat aboard Of the
Pocahontas, whereby he learned the amount of dam
age done, and received the information that Captain
Parrish had sustained very injury, and quite
distressing apprehensons were entertained of the re-
suit Of his wounds 1t appears that he was, unfor,u
natey directly in the vicini1y of the wheel and it Ii
supposed was struck by the flag staff of the Georgia
as il fell the most serious injury is upon his head
aud the utter mprotability of obtaining surgical aid
where the boat lays adds to the painful effect of the
calamity. The passengers of the Pocahontas were
taken OF on Friday morning by schooner aud Cap
tain Coy returned to this city in the afternoon, with
his boat and her passengers, without inconvenience
The trips of the boats will be interrupted in conse
quence fora few days Baltimore Sun.
The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-01-12
RIOT AT MACON.

The Savannah Georgian says owe are panied to
learn that serious riot occurred at Macon on the Isl
inst. Some vagabonds made an attack upon the
managers of the charter election, wresed the ballot
box from the hands of one of them, which was de-
stroyed and the ballots scattered to the winds,
One of the ruffians presented pistol to the breast
of Mr.. Rea, a very worthy citizen of Macon, who
had charge of the box, and endeavoring to move
it to place of safety. Sticks and clubs were also
used to effect their daring outrage upon of the
dearest rights of the citizen. We cannot use lam
guage strong enough to condemn such an outbreak OF
brutal force.
The excitement caused by the occurrence was in
tense
Three Of the offenders were arrested, and after ex
animation before w. Poe, Esq, Mayor of the city
assisted by C. A. Higgins, Esq, were ordered to give
bail in the sum of $1,000, or stand committed to await
their trial on the first Tuesday in May.
One of the accused has given ball. the other two il
custody have been committed for trial
The Mayor has offered a reward of $500 for thu
apprehension of one of the persons implicated
The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-01-12
CONGRESS-.

Nothing of interest was transacted in tbe
House yesterday. Mr.. Marshall's motion, rba
the repeal Of the Bankrupt sill should be taken
up, was overruled by the Speaker, as out Of Or.
der an appeal was taken from the decision bp,
the chair was sustained. The reception OF ne
titions being the order Of the day, according 10
the decision of the Speaker, a motion was made
TO postpone that business, which was carried bv
large majority. The House then went into
Committee of the Whole by vote of lOG 10
103, TO take up the Treasury Note BILL Mr.
Underwood advocated the emission as equally
constitutional with dlrectloan, and as more use
ful than certificates of stock, because the notes
can be readily used in the ordinary transactions
of business. He, however, proposed an amend
ment that the notes should not be given in PLEDGE
in order to obtain specie, bur should be giyenony
| to the public creditor. He was followed BY Mr.
Gamble in opposition to the bill-with sketch
| ofthe happy times prevailing under the rule Of
United States Bank. Mr.. Fessenden then deli
vered a long and elaborate speech in favor Of the
bill.
| In the Senate, an interesting debate arose on
an amendment offered by MI Porter, of Mich
gan, to the resolution Of Mr. Calhoun. calling for
the information in the possession Of the Execu-
tive concerning the affair of the Creole. Mr.
Porter wished 10 substitute the word persons. for
the word slaves but finally, by unanimous con
sent, withdrew his amendment.
! Mr. Walker, who had the floor on the reference
of the Exchequer scheme, delivered long ana
animated speech. He advocated It's prilcpat
to the Exchanges and issues. He went into i
elaborate view ofthe large tax imposed indirectly
on the community for the support Of banks an
contrasted the Exchequer with those institu,
tons.
The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-01-12

Wpnrn AND SpIENpoR OF THE ScoTTIsH CouRr
IN ANCIENT TMEs.-lf we make allowance Tor the
rdeness of the period the personal state kept up by
the Scottish sovereign was little inferior to that OF
his brother monarch of England. The various Off
GERS of the royal household were the same and when
encirced by these digntares and surrounded by his
preates barons and yassas, the Scottish Court pre-
vous to the long of liberty, and the disastrous
reign of David was rich in feudal pomp This is
proved by what has already been observed as to the
condition of the royal revenue, when compared with
the inferior command of money which we find at the
same era in England and some interesting and srlk-
ing circumstances which are incidentally mentioned
by our ancient historians, confirm the OPINION AS
early as the age of Malcolm Conmore, an unusual
spendor was introduced into the Scottish court by
his Saxon queen. This princess, as we learn from
Turgo her confessor brought In the use OF rich and
precious foreign stus, of which she encouraged the
importation from distant countries In her own dress,
she was unusually magnificent whilst she increased
the parade attendant on the public appearance of the
sovereign, by augmenting the number of his personal
officers and employed vessels OF gold and silver in the
service of his table Under the reign Alexander the
First the intercourse of Scotland with the East and the
splendid appearance of the sovereign, are shown by
a singular ceremony which took place in the High
Church at St Andrews. This monarch, anxious to
show his devotion to the Apostle of that name, not
only endowed the religious house with numerous
lands, and conferred upon it various immunies, but,
as an additional evidence of his pety, he commanded
tor whose saddle and bride were splendidly orna-
mened, and his housings of rich cloth of velvet
squire at the same time brought the kings body ar
mour, which were of Turkish manufacture and stud
ded with Jewels with his spear and his shield of sill
yer; and these along with the horse and his furn-
ure the king the presence Of his prelates and ba-
rons soIemnly devoted and presented to the church.
The housing and arms shown in the days Of
the historian who has recorded the event On
another OCCASION the riches of the Scottish court and
we must add, the foolish vanity of the Scottish mo-
march and mobiles, were evinced in remarkable man
ner Alexander The Third and party Of hundred
knights were present at the coronation of Edward
the First and in the midst OF the festival when the
king sat at table, and the wells and fountains were
running the choicest wines he and his attendants dis
mounted and turned their horses with their embroider
ed housings loose among the populace, to become the
property Of the first person who caught them,-a
piece of mag ncent extravaganza which was initiated
by prince Edmund the kings brother, and others OF
The English nobles.-- Tyier's HistoryOf Scotland