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We publish to day, the following list of the
members of the Senate and House of Delegates
of Maryland, with the post office of each oppo
site their names :
SENATE.
For St. Mary's County.
Richard Thomas—Clifton Factory.
For Kent County.
James B. Ricaud— Chestertown.
For Jlnne Arundel County.
Alexander C. Magruder—Annapolis.
For Calvert County.
John Beckett—Prince Frederick.
For Charles County.
Alexander Matthews —Port Tobacco.
For Baltimore County.
Hugh Ely—Elysville.
For Talbot County.
Nicholas Martin—Trappe.
For Somerset County.
Alexander Donoho—White Haven.
For Dorchester County.
William T. Goldsborottgh—Cambridge.
For Cecil County.
Levi H. Evans—Perrysville.
For Prince George's County.
Thomas G. Pratt—Upper Marlboro'.
For Queen Anne's County.
Robert Goldsborough—Centreville.
For Worcester County.
William U. Purnell—Berlin.
For Frederick County.
Richard Potts—Frederick.
For Harford County.
Otho Scott—Bel-Air.
For Caroline County.
James Turner—Denton.
For Baltimore Cily.
David Stewart—Baltimore.
For Washington County.
Robert Wason—Hancock.
For Montgomery County.
Horace Wilson—Clarksburg.
For Allegany County.
William Matthews—Cumberland.
For Carroll County.
William P. Mauisby—Westminster.
HOUSE OF DELEGATES.
For St. Mary's County.
William Coad—Clifton Factory.
James T. Blakistone—Leonard Town.
Joseph F. Shaw—Charlotte Hall.
For Kent County.
William S. Constable—Chestertown.
Daniel Jones do.
Ebenezer Welch—Head of Sassafras.
For Anne Arundel County.
Charles Sterrett Ridgely—Ellicott's Mills.
James S. Owens—Bristol.
Edward Hammond —Ellicott's Mills.
Richard Estep—Bristol.
For Calvert County.
Jesse J. Dalrvmple—Prince Frederick.
Thomas J. Hellen—St. Leonard's.
Francis Stevens —Friendship.
For Charles County.
John Matthews—Port Tobacco.
John D. Bowling—Benedict.
Henry C. Bruce —Port Tobacco.
For Baltimore County.
Phillip Poultney—Towson town.
Robert S. Welch—Catonsville.
Thomas C.Ri.steau—Fork Meeting House
Dixon Stansbury —St. James.
John B. Homes do.
For Talbot County.
Daniel Lloyd—Easton.
James L. Martin do.
Morris 0. Colston —Royal Oak.
For Somerset County.
Joseph S. Cottman —Princess Anne.
Rider H. Winder do.
Edward Long do.
Cathel Humphreys—Salisbury.
For Dorchester County.
William Fraizer— Cambridge.
Reuben Tall—Tobacco Slick.
Francis P. Phelps—Cambridge.
Jacob Willson—East New Market.
For Cecil County
Samuel B. Foard —Elkton.
JohnC. Cameron—Brick Meeting House.
John C. Heckart—Perrysville.
For Prince George's County.
Osbourn Sprigg—Bladensburg.
Wiliiam H. Tuck—Upper Marlboro'.
John M. S. Maccubbtn—Horse Head.
Robert W. Bowie— Nottingham.
For Annapolis City.
Robert Welch of Ben—Annapolis.
For Queen Anne's Comity.
William A. Spencer —Centreville.
Peregrine Wilmer do.
William Temples—Bullock town.
For Worcester County.
James F. Bravard—Berlin.
William H. Selby do.
Thomas A. Spence —Snowhill.
Ebenezer Hearn—New town.
For Frederick County.
John McPherson—Frederick.
Casper Quynn do.
Daniel S. Biser— Burkittsville.
John H. Simmons—Buckeyestown.
Jacob Firor—Utica Mills
For Harford County.
Samuel Sutton—Perrvmansville.
Thomas Hope—Janettsville.
James W. Williams—Churchville. •
John C. Polk—Abingdon.
For Caroline County.
William R. Sangston—Denton.
Zabdiet W. Potter do.
John Thawley—Bridgetown,
For Baltimore City.
William F. Giles —Baltimore.
John C. Legrand do.
John J. Graves do.
John B. Seidenstricker do.
Francis Gallagher do.
For Washington County.
John Thomson Mason —Hagerstown.
Michael Newcomer —Beaver Creek.
Frederick Byer—Leitersburg.
William McK. Kepler—Williamsport.
For Montgomery County.
William Lingan Gaither—Unity.
Richard R. Waters —Rockville.
John G. England do.
Robert T. Dade—Poolsville.
For Allegany County.
Jeremiah Berry—Flinstone.
Jefferson M. Price—Westernport.
Andrew Newman—Frostburg.
For Carroll County.
George Crabbs —Taneytown.
Joseph M. Parke—Manchester.
George Bramwell —Finckburg.
Thomas Hook—Westminster.
YOUNG MEN'S CONVENTION.
Agreeably to public notice, a large number
of the young men of Montgomery County as
sembled at Rockville, on Saturday the 21st ol
March.
On motion of Wm. C. Gott, Wm. M. Steu
artand Saml. D. Waters were appointed Pre
sidents, and on motion of Richard I. Bowie, Le
otiidas Wilson and Thomas E. Jacobs were
appointed Secretaries.
The purpose of the meeting having been
briefly stated by the Chair, on motion ot Win.
C. Gott,
Resolved, That a committee of one from
each election district in the county be appoint
ed, to propose resolutions for the considerations
of the meeting.
When the billowing gentlemen were named:
Wm. C. Gott, Richard J. Bowie, Tho's. Neel,
David W. Porter, and Nathan C. Dickerson.
The Committee having retired, the meeting
was addressed by Leonidas Wilson, until their
return, when they reported the following reso
lutions:
Whereas, the National Convention which
assembled at Harrisburg, in December last, re
commended that the Young Whigs ol the sev
eral States, meet in convention in the City of
Baltimore, on the Ist Monday of May next—
therefore,
Resolved, That this meeting appoint ten
delegates from each election district to repre
sent Montgomery county in said Convention.
Resolved, That we most cordially approve of
the nomination ol WILLIAM HENRY HAR
RISON, of Ohio, for President, and of JOHN
TYLER, ol Virginia, for Vice President.
Resolved, That in WILLIAM HENRY HARRI
SON, we behold our country's gallant soldier,
who fought but for freedom's sake; the pure
and venerable statesman, who pleaded but for
his country's good; the spotless patriot, and ;
the honest man. !
Resolved, That in the language of Col. R. ;
M- Johnson, "the history of the west is his his
tory. For forty years he has been identified
with its interests, its perils and its hopes. Uni
versally beloved in the walks of peace, and dis
tinguished by his ability in the councils of his
country. He has been yet more illustriously
distinguished in the field."
Resolved, That we look upon any attempt to
slander the name of HARRISON, as recoiling up
on Col. R. M. Johnson, the much-loved V. Pre
sident of the Van Buren party.
Resolved, That Washington, Jefferson, and
Madison confided strictly in Harrison, who was
found equal to every responsibility, and trust
worthy in every particular.
Resolved, That we look upon the base, and
groundless charges brought against Harrison
by his enemies, in the face of history, and of
living witnesses, as undoubted evidence of their
own conviction of his purity, and as symptoms
of their utter alarm.
Resolved, That we look upon the unanimity
and enthusiasm, with which the late Harrisburg
Convention have been received, by the Great
Whig and Conservative party throughout the
uniot", as an assurance doubly sure, that free
dom is now nerving her strong arm, to strike a
death blow to wide spread corruption.
J Resofe6d,„That the enormous growth of ex
ecutive power and patronage under which the
country is now writhing, is extremely danger
ous to the purity of our republican institutions,
and utterly subversive of the dearest interests
of a free people.
Resolved, That the Sub-Treasury scheme is
at war with the genius of republican liberty,
paralyzing to both public and individual enter
prise, and suited only to increase and sustain
executive power and patronage.
Resolved, That we look upon the action of
the Van Buren party in the case of the N. Jer
sey election, as a gross outrage upon the sov
reignty of the States, and as an expression of
defiance to the people.
Resolved, That we join hands with our elder
brethren of the country, of the' State, and of
the whole country, in eternal hostility to a set
of rulers, who rashly persist in experimenting
against the best lights of experience, and re
gardless of the dearest interests of the people.
° Resolved, That following the example of the
illustrious candidates lor the Presidency, we
merge all personal feelings, all local questions,
and all minor considerations whatever, in a
common struggle lor the common good, in
"The union of the Witigs for the sake of the
Union."
Which being read, and supported in an elo
quent speech by Wm. C. Gott, were unani
mously adopted.
On motion of James H. Brooke,
Resolved, That a committee of two from caclt
district be appointed to nominate the delegates
to Baltimore.
Whereupon the following gentlemen were
appointed: _ „
James H. Brooke, Washington Bonifant, R.
H. Speake, Chas. H. C. Orme, Thomas Neel,
George C. Patterson, Julius West, Douglass
Clopper, James Dawson, and Benj. C. Gott.
Who after conference reported the following
nomination:
For Ist District.—E. J. Hall, Charles W.
Griffith, Z. L. Magruder, Zadok Dickerson,
Charles H. C. Ornte, W. L. Gaither, R. H.
Speake, Marshall P. Howard, Jesse Alnutt.
Thos. J. Bowie.
For 2 d District. —Rufus K. Magruder, Za
chariah Waters, Leonidas Willson, John T. G.
Beall, W. Mobley, John H. Stewart, Rufus
King', William Darby, George C. Patterson,
Thomas Neel.
•For 3d Dish id. —Geo. W. Dawson, Jas. N.
Allnutt, Thus. Poole, George W. Peter, C. T.
Hempstone, Darius Gittings, John C. Gott, N.
T. Hempstone, William C. Golt, John Gaaea
way.
For Uh District Nathan Holland,. Dou-,
glass Clopper, S. W. L. A. Daw
son. Richard Williams, Richard I. Bowie, Jas.
M. Kiluour, Wm. M-'Steuart, W. Moncaster,
Josiah Harding. „ ~..
For oth District. —Samuel D. Waters, AI bin
Gilpin, W. Bonifant, Isaiah Shaw. James rt.
Brooke, Jediah Gittings, David W. Porter,
Charles Porter, Erasmus Perry ol E , Josepnus
Da wes.
On motion.
Resolved, That the nominations be unani
mously approved, and in case ol the declension
or non attendance of any delegate named, tna
the nominating committee be authorised to
nominate others to fill such vacancy.
On motion of Richard I. Bowie, who in an
eloquent appeal to the patriotism of the young
men, set forth the peculiar claims, which the
Republic has in the present crisis, lor their
most active exert oris, it was
Resolved, That a committee of twenty ne
appointed from each election district to act as
a committee of vigilance, charged to use their
most zealous exertions to promote the whig
cause in Montgomery county.
Whereupon the following committee was
311 - COMMITTEE OF VIGILANCE.
For the First District. —Wm. B. Magruder,
Washington Bowie, Thomas Worthington, J.
D. Barnesley, Ulysses Griffith, Walter Ma
gr'uder, James Dtvyer, jr., Beale Gailher, N.
C. Dickerson, Wm. H. McCaulev, Brooke Sta
bler, Gassaway Watkins, 8,. P. Etcbison, John
Lavton, Elbert Shaw, Jesse Wilcoxen, L. D.
Adams, Josiah W. Jones, Jesse Alnutt, James
Magruder.
For the Second District. —H. B. Warring,
G. W. Darby, jr., Warren Soaper, Lee Phi
lips, jr., N. Browning, jr., Josiah Purdom, J.
W. Winentiller, Nicholas Darby, Wm. Crom
well. John T. Lewis, Elijah Thompson, Benj.
Garirell, Charles King, Hanson Miles, Thos.
Neel, Washington Mobley, Joshua Purdom,
Zacli. Waters, Rufus King, Horace War
field.
For the Third District. —S. N. C. White,
David H Trundle, L. W. Trail, Thos. Hays,
Johnson Lvles, James Dawson, J. C. White,
Benj. C. Gott, John H. Hilleary, John T. Vin
ton, Thomas Jones, Lewis Trundle, D. T.
Jones, Daniel Heffner, jr., R. W. Williams,
Columbus Talbott, Thomas Watkins, N. 1.
Hempstone, C. W. Dawson, G. P. Peter.
For the Fourth District. —Julius West,
Gassaway Martin, W. S. Ott'utt, Benj. F. Hig
gins, Jos. Braddock, W. Huddleston, jr., Ro
bert Gatton, Nathan Hurley, N.W.Cand
ler, David Shoemaker, S. M. Lyddane, G. M.
Watkins, J. T. Desellum, Ignatius Fulks, J.
H. Boswell, Franklin Boswell, J. Hardesty,
Samuel Fisher. James Clagett, Geo. Graff.
For the Fifth District.— Thos. Fawsett,
Jno. McCutciien, John Rainer, Benj. Marlow,
Geo. Knowles, William Groomes, Gustavus
Ewell, Samuel Thomas, E. Perry, of E., Plea
sants Stable, James Cashell, Isaiah Shaw,
Roo-er Brooke, jr, Samuel Cashell, W. J.
Rabbitt, Samuel D. Waters, David W. Por
ter, James H. Brooke, Josephus Dawes, Wash
ington Bonil'an.
On motion of R. H. Speake,
Resolved, That the proceedings of this meet
ing be signed by the Presidents and Secreta
ries, and be published.
Whereupon the meeting adjourned.
WM. M, STEUART, ) p
SAMUEL D. WATERS, \
LEONIDASI WILSON, ? Secretaries.
THOMAS E. JACOBS, 5
WHIG MEETING.
Pursuant to public notice given, a meeting ol
the Whigs of St. Mary's county, was held at
Leonard Town, on Tuesday 9th inst. Ihe
number assembled was perhaps the largest ever
known in the country.
The meeting was organized by the appoint
ment of the following officers:
GOV. JAMES THOMAS, Pres't.
EI.WILET SMITH, > y jce p rest ' a .
GEO. SI.YE, Esqrs. J
Major GEO- CRANE, ? Secrelar j eß .
H. G. GARNER, Esqs. 5
The object of the meeting was stated by
William J. Blackistone, in an appropriate man
ner, who concluded by moving the following
resolution:
Resolved, That a committee of ten be ap
pointed to nominate delegates to represent St.
Mary's county in the Whig State Convention
to assemble in the city o! Baltimore, on the 2d
Thursday in April next.
Henrv Chairman ol the com
mittee so appointed, reported the following
nominations to the meeting, which were unan
imously concurred in:
Francis Simms, Geo G Aschom, Geo Tho
mas, Wm C Barnes, James Miliimore, Rich
ard C Sothoron, Major Geo Slye, Elkanah Ed
wards, Hezekiah Burroughs, Sen'r Maj James
F Sothoron, H G Hayden, Morris Shanks,
Joseph Shemwell, Joseph Dunbar, jr, Henry
G Garner, Wm A Maddox, Wm J Biackistou,
John F Dent, Edmund Piowden, James J
Gough, Bennet Gough, Jno .M S Causin, Dr
Wm J Edelen, Wm Ford, James T Blackis
ton, James A Morgan, Win Floyd, Francis
Herbert, Wm S B Keibirt, Matthew A Stone,
James Wilkinson, Wm Woodward, ADCoad,
Col Cornelius Combs, Thomas Locker, John H
Bean, John Shadrirk, Jas R Hopewell. Henry
Sewall, Robert Thompson, James McK Ham
mett, James C Milburn, Dr Caleb M Jones,
Dr Robert Clarke, Major Geo Crane, Peter
Gough, John W Bennett, Win L Smith, Igna
tius Langley Robert M Biscoe, John B Welsh,
Jeremiah Taylor.
DrWillliamJ Edelen, Iroin the committee
appointed to draft resolutions expressive to the
feelings and sentiments of the meeting, report
ed as follows:
Resolved, That we cordially concur in the
nominations for President and Vice President,
made by the Harrisbura Convention.
Resolved, That we view the measure of the ad
ministration, commonly called the Snb-Treasury
Bill, as an instrument by which u rnoniad arristocra
ey is to be created; as a bill not to separate the
government from the banki, but the government
from the people • as involving a principle unrecog
nized by the constitution, the principle which incul
cates the novel doctrine, that the general govern
ment has no other control over the currency, than
to secure to the officers thereof, the earliest pay
ment in the best money; —as a measure by which
the army of office holders are to become an organiz
ed band of brokers fattening in their profits by the
distress of the people;—as one by which the pro
perty and labor of the people is to be depreciated,
to the end, that capitalists and creditors may reap
double gains by their sacrifices; —as a bill, in all
its tendencies, only calculated to swell the advanta
ges of the rich, and immeasurably augment the mis
eries of the poor.
Resolved, That we view the public domain as
the common property of the Union, purchased by
common contribution, and answerable to its com
mon necessities, and we regard any attempt to di
vest it of this character, by cessions to particular
sections of the Union, us a surrender of the rights
of those states by which it was purchased, uncalled
for by exigency, unauthorised by constitutional
warrunt, and unpalliated by the contingent aid it
might procure to a new aspirant for the presidency.
'Resolved , That we repose full confidence in the
ability, integrity and patriotism of WILLIAM H.
HARRISON, and that we earnestly recommend
him to the support of the People of Maryland,—as
a soldier, who in battle for freedom was never con
quered,—as a statesman, whose abilities in the cab
inet and council were never questioned,—as a man
who in every condition of life has been oftentimes
lauded, but never censured, as a compeer of Wash
ington—and whose administration will bring the na
tion back to the control of those principles inculcat
ed in the school in which the Father of his Country
was the teacher.
Resolved, That the Whigs of Saint Mary's
County, challenge their brethren of the Union
to a contest at the polls, in which the prize
shall be our country's best interest; and the re
ward of success, the exulting shout of freemen
proclaiminor, from the rocks of Main to the
shores of the Gulf WILLIAM H. HARRI
SON—by the Grace of God, and the Will of the
PeopIe— PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
The meeting was then addressed by Dr
Wm J Edelen, J M S Causin, and William
Ford, Esquires, in forcible and eloquent appeals
to the Whigs of Saint Mary's, on the approach
of the important contest between the Govern
ment and the People; the evils of the Sub-Trea
sury were showr, in all their various bearings,
and the miserable condition of the Army,
brought about by the maladministration of the
National Government, to whom it was confid
ed, was also shown, beyond the possibility ol
successful contradiction.
Wm Ford, Esq. then ottered the following
resolutions, which were adopted:
Resolved, That this meeting recommend to
the Whigs of the 7th Congressional District of
Maryland to hold a convention at Charlotte
Hall, on Thursday the 14th of May ilext for
the purpose of nominating an electoral candi
date in favor of the election of William H. Har
rison, of Ohio, for the Presidency, and John
Tyler, of Virginia, for the Vice Presidency ol
the United States.
Resolved, That we recommend to the Whigs
of Saint Mary's countv to hold meetings in the
respective election districts, on Saturday the
18th of April next, for the purpose of sending
five delegates to represent said districts in Char
lotte Hall Convention.
Resolved, That we recommend to the young
men in Saint Mary's county, who are friendly
to the whig cause, to hold meetings, as early
as practicable, for the purpose afsending dele
gates to represent said county in the Voung
Men's National Whig Convention to assemble
in Baltimore city, in May next.
On motion of J M S Causin, Esq.
Resolved, That the Proceedings of this meet
ing be signed by the President, Vice Presidents
and Secretaries, and published in the Leonard
Town Herald, the Madisonian, and the Balti
more Patriot.
JAMES THOMAS, President.
l^ V, S L L E vV M '' rH 1 feP - ito "
PROSP ECTUS.
THE undersigned proposes to pmblish in the city of
Baltimore, a newspaper, to be called
THE PILOT:
Born and educated in the West, he has known Gene
ral Harrison personally, and been familliar with his pub
lic life since the commcnheincnt of the war. He has
known Mr. Van Burcn, and closely observed his career
since 1836.
The chief inducement to resume the arduous and res
ponsible duties of an Editor is the hope that he may
now coritiibute something towards the election of Gene
ral Harrison. The fidelity, ability, firmness and moder
ation with which that eminent citizen has discharged the
most responsible and difficult public trusts—his unexam
pled popularity as the chief magistrate of the Territories
N. \V. of the Ohio,—the unimpcached integrity of his
public life; his amiable, courteous and dignified respect
fer the laws aud public opinion, arc guarantees that, if
elected, he will bring into the administration faithful
competent and honest men ; who will devote all the con
stitutional means of the Government to restore coiifi
dence, and thus revive the industry, enterprise, credit
and prosperity of the Conntry ; now paralized by un
faithful and incompetent public agents.
The Pti.or will review the course o( the present ad
ministration, and discuss freely the fraudulent specula
tions in the public lands and their connexion with the
subsequent warfare on the banking institutions ol the
country. In doing this the present and the past aonus
istration will be identified, and their measures examine
and contrasted,—the present unexampled condition oi
the country, the causes in which it originated, an
inevitable consequence of continuing power in
hands wtl! be boldly and faithfully treated.
The undersigned believes that the Federal Govern
ment is a compact between the States in , y
more perfect union to harmonise, as fa . ' , '
what would otherwise have been at conflict
cal interests,—and that this is no less
protection of our foreign commerce. Ita Wto to
flow from a well directed system of ,nW ™ al
ments, whether it be consideredl as a meansofdefcnce
in case of invasion, or insurrection; of conveying the
products o " the interior to market OR OF TRBNSPORT
FIO THE MAID, are so palpable that the only objections
heretofore urged against appropriations to that object,
have been made by those who denied the power of the
Federal Government; or by others who, admitting the
power denied the expediency, under the existing stale
{rfthe Treasury. The undersigned beheves that the
Federal Government may, by permanent contracts with
rail road companies, for the transportation of the mail
and troops and munitions of war, on the leading routes
jj r . Wise: —We regret that our apace will not
permit us to publish at large Mr. Wise's late ad
dress to his constituents, —for the present we must
be content with the following extract:
And now I add, wtth great pleasure, that as soon
aa General Harrison's nomination was made, 1 im
mediately acquiesced in it; and, comparatively ig
norant before of his merits and pretensions for the
Presidency, I have since carefully studied his life
and I can, with the evidence of history before me,
and with the sincerest convictions of tho truth of
what I say, declare that I believe that there is not
a man of our country now living who can point to
a life of CHEATER USEFULNESS and of more dis
tinguished public services, both civil and military,
than Gen. William llenry Harrison. The limits
of this address will not permit me to enter upon the
proofs, but I refer to the history of the country, be
fore, and during, and since the last war, a great
part of which is HIS history, to prove him a patriot,,
a successful soldier, a republican of the plain, strict
stern school : a statesman of enlarged views, lookr
ing to his "whole country," and to all its parts, fo,
PRACTICAL wisdom ; a benefactor of all its parts
ever entrusted to his guardianship and cure; a scho
lar, a writer, an honest man and a gentleman, as
like beloved in his private, and gloriously renownee
in his public life. What more can be said of any
man ? Why if you will listen to the blind partizand
or hireling minions of "power and the spoils,'<
much more can be said of him. He is, if they ur*
to be believed, and a patriotic people willpermi
a hoary patriot to be belied in their presence—
"a vain, weak old man, a petticoat General, who
atone time voted to se\\ free white men at auction,
and at another time to abolish the slavery of bond
black men ; who is poor, lives in a log-cabin,
drinks hatd cider, and would make a granny
President !" Such will doubtless be said of him to
you. All of these charges I have not time nor space
to notice now ; but in relation to the charge of abo
lition against hiin, 1 refer yon to his votes upon the
Missouri question, to his votes upon the admission
of slaves into Arkansas, and to his course in Indiana
touching slavery ; I refer you to his letter to his
constituents in 1822, and to his Vincennes speech.
And, if all this will not satisfy you, never let him
in his declining days, revisit the tomb of his father,
old Benjamin Harrison, a signer of the declaration
of Independence and a slave holder, whose bones
lie buried under the sod of Virginia, and whose faith
his son has deserted ; and scout from Old Williums
burg, and out of my district, our friend, and neigh
bor, and fellow-sinner in slavery, John Tyler, for
permitting his name to be put upon the same ticket
with that of such an abolitionist ; not, however,
until after you have helped, with all your might, to
turn Martin Van Buren out of the Presidency for
his instructions to Rufus King upon that same Mis
souri question, for his votes in the New York Con
vention to give to free negroes the elective fran
chise, and for not, even "with the lights before
him," denying the power to Congress to abolish
slavery and the slave trade in the District of Co
lumbia.
CITY COURT.—On Saturday the case or
the alleged libel against Mr. James L. Maguire
was finally brought to a close. The Attorney
General stated his intention not to prosecute
the matter any farther, and a nolle prosequi
was entered by him, both in the case of the
Rev. Mr. Breckinridge, and in that of the Rev.
Mr. Cross, associate editor of the Literary and
Religious Magazine.— American.
The editor of Georgetown Advocate hav
ing lately passed along the line of the Potomac
Fisheries, thus speaks:
The Potomac, Fisheries.— Having just re
turned from Baltimore, byway of the Poto
mac, on board of the old steamer Fredericks
burg, we had a fine view of the Potomac fish
eries which are commencing operations for the
season in the hope of a rich harvest. The ma
jority of the fishermen this year will consist of
Germans from Baltimore, hardy, healthy men,
who will be well able to undergo the fatigues
and exposure of fishing. Many of those who
have charge of the fisheries have come to the
laudable detertmination fo conduct them on
temperance plan, giving their men good pro
visions, and hot coffee instead of whiskey,
which it is believed will conduct- to their health,
notwithstanding the exposure they are com
pelled to undergo.
■ of travel, accomplish a general system of Internal I
provements ; and will enforce the propriety of doing s [
and endeavor to show how this may be done by an en
lightened use of the public credit; —and also to developo
the incidental advantages to flow from such a measure,
by sustaining the credit of the States, and thus restoring
public and private confidence.
Baltimore is central, and in some respects, the best
point at which to concentrate political intelligence
Should the expectations of the Edi tor be realized, the
Pilot will become the medium of diffusing the intelli
gence thus concentrated ; and whatever an earnest zeal,
some experience, and unceasing industry can do, will
be done to rondel 1 it acceptable, as a Commercial, Sci
entific Literary and Miscellaneous, as well as a politi
cal newspaper.—lt will treat political opponents with
candor and fairness, but will be firm and decided m
support of the men, the measures and the principles
- whose support may be identified with the welfare of the
country ; and if in doing this, ,t shall be necessary to
retaliate or to carrv the "war into Africa, it will be
,l one the Editor will not falter in the discharge of his
duty to please a subscriber or to gain an advertisement
his press will be free and he will fearlessly dischaige
his duly.
It is proposed to issue a daily paper at six dollars per
annum, a scmi-weeklv at five dollars per annnm and an
extra in pamphlet, double Royal size, and devoted ex
clusively to the Presidential Election for ONE DOLLAR,
the first number to be issued on the first of May.
The first number of the daily will be issued as soon
, as a sufficient subscription to justify the undertaking
■ shall have been obtained. .
The Editor is admonished by the past, and will no l
' again subject himself to heavy losses. It is in the power
1 of those who desire the election of Harrison, jo
' remunerate his services ; and this proposition is submit
ted under the expectation that an effort will be made,
: and especially, by the young men ol tho party, to aid
' him in weathering the storm. I)UF F GREEN.
i TERMS—PAYABLE IN ADVANNCE. Dally Pilo' (
' per annum, Six Dollars. Single Daily Taper, Two
' Cents. Semi-weekly, per annum, Five Dollars. Extra
from May Ist to 15th Nov. in pampbJet royal sise, One
Dollar. Advertisements at the usual rates.
flTEdilors friendly to the election of General Harri
, son are requested to insert this prospectus.
I March 21st, 1840.
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