Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1846-08-08
Letter from Washington.
WAsniNeron. August


WASHINGTON. August 3, ls4e.
II. B. MAssrR, Eso.--Dear Sir Iii is not
surprising TO find the people Of your state rising
up and giving vent to feelings Of Indignation at
the passage Of a law which strikes at her dearest
interesfs. This feeling IS not only confined to
the limits of Pennsy lvania II extends far and
wide, from one portion Of the Union to the other
from our dense commercial emporivms 10 eve.
ry hamlet and village where the business hmm
Of industry has made any impression. The blow
has been struck; the Mckay bill. after the lst
Of December is to become the law Of the land
and, as Americans, all will yield submission TO
the wrongs il may inHict, still cherishing the
hope, however, that its existence viii be of shori
duration. Circumstances, not now visible, may
occur. which will yet convince those who have
forced this law upon the country. that they
have not acted the part Of Americans. While
every one must deplore its passage, none shoule
imagine that the country has received its death
b'ow--that our energies will be crippled by III
oper atoms beyond recovery; or that we will bt
ruined That its effects will be felt by all clas
ses Of soriety there is not much doubt, but, tha
for,itude, which has always characterized tn,
people Of this country in times Of atversity, will
enable them 20 Withstand the injuries emanatinl
from this new bill. Despair is thing unknown
to Americans, and for them 10 act as imbecile
now would be bio, upon their character. r
remedy the matter should be the main object
all, and not 70 pour fourth lamentations; for
"1o mourn mischief that is past and gono,
Is the next way to bring new mischief on"
Pennsylvania may we'll exclaim, since the pas
sage of this bill, "Save noe from my friends
To the Hon 6. VI. Dallas can she ascrbe IFS pas
sage with all its Objectionable features. He ha
il in his power to vote tor its reference to 81
lect committee, and refused to do il, thus show
ing to the country BY his vote, that he desire
no modification of the bills The COLONEL.
AMERICAS HoME LEAGUE -Nr. Stewart, i
his speech in Congress the Tariff, proposed
co,nteract the effects of the new bill by hom
league. His proposition was, that the peop
meet and form themselves into societies, and rr
ter into resolutions as they did in the Revolution
TO abstain from the use of foreign. and espaciall
British goods lie excepted the free articles
tea and coffee, furnished by Brazil and IIayt
Since it was the declared purpose Of the Secret,
~ Of the Treasury to force foreign goods upn
the country. and break mp the American supph
he, for one, was determined TO resist il.
RKMARxAnLE CoiScipEScK IN THE TARn
vo1E-It Is remarkable that one vote carrie
the tari # Of 1924 one vote the tariff Of 1875
one vote carried the tariff of 1912; and by
vote in the Senate the tariff of 1916 has beeor
a law.
L,w m nt Evtorckp.-1he State Tenn
rance Convention at Albany adjourned last We,
having decided in favor of sustaining the ne
license law by appeal 10 the Judiciary, wh
necessary. ~ As vs.
CAr,rAt IN THE CorrrR BrsINrSs The nui
Der of companies engaged in the copper busine.
in actual operation. is about ninety and the MOI
inal capital is over fifteen millions of dollar
Boston seems 70 have entered the most extensiy
| ly into the business t81t. f.t
Tn. GRAvE OF RfNaGoLD Lieut.. r dge'
in letter relative to :hr removal Of the renal
of Mrjr Ringeohl. gives the followine descr'
ton of the grSke a, Point isabel The gra
now presents . very nn;qnc and "ppropri'
resting place for gallant sol lier. Four pos
mnamen'ed as we'll as the limited means woi
allow are erected. one at each Garner. connect
by pieces Of timber the upper having holes
red at every six inches, through which musl
barrels captured from the Mexicans are plse
as a railing, resting on the lower one the
yone,s are oil fired, and the whole paint
black. Appropriate head and foo. boards
| erected"
ARRESTED OK Srsr,cios FOR MuRDER.-T
Young men, Eli Wagner aud John Carr, Of d
ry township, we're arrested and put into Jail
Monday last, on suspicion of having, some ii
! in September. ls.5, murdered certain yo,
girl, named Margaret, daughter Of Archib
Carr, of the same township, the body Of wh
| is said to have been found in the neighbor
woods q day or two ago. Margaret Carr,
was cousin to both prisoners, has been miss