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n cm-.-L.il aamai
tliis light I upprii'into it, nnd to cxprcss,
by wortls, tlie fecllnga ofplensuro nnd
grnlitudc wilh wliich it Ima itiFpirnd mr,
vould bc impossible, But I brg of y"
to beiicvn mn, wIipii I declnrc, that whal
cannot, in this casc bo nttorpd by tho
lips.is dcoplv fclt in llio hcart. (Applause.)
1 will hcrc only ndd, Uini llic nanics of
tho disinte.rcstml donors, liUo tho iirliclns
theuuelves, will bo most luitlil'ully prc
scrvcd, nnd ihat a frcquent rcciirrpueo to
them, will, I uni hiiio he aiiiong tlio inost
plensitig ncts of my fiitnrc lifc (oliecrs,"
In thauUin tho Com,miltee, as I sin
corcly do, lor tlioir kind ntid iinpquivncnl
exprossion ofapprobalion.ofmy ofiicinl and
polilical condiicl, I docm it propcr to sub
rnit n few remarks upon soino ofthc top
ics to wliich thcy have rcfcrrcd.
1 11 tlio sunimer oftlio last yenr, Prcsi
deat Tyler, witlioiit any srdicita'on or ex
pectation 011 my part, appointe.d mc to lhc
important and rcspnnsiblo slat'um of Col
loclor of this port. And aftcr having
pcrformod tlie dulies of tho ollicc (or a-
bout six mnnths, my nppointmcut was con-
firmcd by thc Scnnte ol thc Unitcd btales,
wilhout a disscnting voicii. Jt was my
constant aimto administcr tho oflice, con
sidcrcd in its legitimatc charactcr, in a
tnnnuer calculatcd to carry out thc objccls
of lhc Govcrnmcrt, aud at the same lime
to-afTord salUfaciion to thc commr-rcial
cominnnity, and to thc pnblic nt largc
I bclicved that jnstico to thc Govortimcnl,
and n libcral and accnmmodating nctiou
towards tlie mcrclianls for all lioncst pur
poses, wcrc not only cuinpatiblc but nt
tainablc, nhjecis, in a judicious, yct failh
ful exccution of lhc rcvcnuc laus. If I
did not succccd in thus ndministcring thc
ofiicc, I am snrc it was frotn olhcr rauscs
tlian a waut of good inlcniions, or of un
tiriug indnstry in my odici.il labors.
(Applause.)
So far as thc political pntronago and in
flnenco of thc oflice are conecrned, the
difiicultics by which I was surroundcd can
ecnrcely bo appreciatcd. 'J'hc peculiar
Mnte of thc DeKiocratic p.'rty, and thc ap
prnachofa inost important Prcsidential
elcclioti, wore among thc principa! difiicul
tics. That I p.xcrlcd myself to bring n
bout a cnrdial union in thc Dcinocratic
nartv. nnd to brins tlio wholc strcutli of
it inio thc contcst, in favor of Ir l'olk,
nre I'acts too wcll known to bc disputed by
any honest nnd disintcrcsted pcrson. Ai,d
that my cflbrls wcrc not witbout somc ef
fcct, ha?, 1 trust, becn sccn in thc rcsult
cf thc two important clections i:i this c.ity,
wliich look placc whik I was in ofiicc.
1 ii my sclcctions for nppoilmcnts and rc
teutions of nfliccrs, 1 was dctcrmincd todo
eqtial jiibtico, so faras might bc pr&ctica
cable, to tlio difiercnt scclions alid inler
esls in our party: and, consequenlly, to re
gard nn disliiictions bctwecn Dcmocrats,
boyond those ner.cssary fairly to carry out
that dctcrmination. That I did, in good
faitb, act upon this princijde, can bc
provcd by an examination ol thc list uf
persons lcft in ollicc by nip.
Uut notwiihstanding all thN, it is truo
that I was violcntly nssailed, and grossly
misrprcsctited by meu professing to bc
Dcmocrats, It is, liowcvcr, cqually true,
that it was thc worlc, o;cliit,ivcly, of a fcc
tion of our party, which is composed of
mcn who but unwillingly concurrcH in tlie
nomination of Mr l'olk for tlie Prcsidenry,
nnd, at hcart actually dctircd bis defeat,
Mcn who wcrc opposed to thc nnne.xatinti
of Tcxas, thc gruat issue upon which ihe
battle, last I'all, was foiight and woi.; and
who arc, at this momcnt, plottinu an op
positiou, In bc carried oti indircctly if not
dircctly, against tho prosc:it adininislra
tion. Tlie procccdings of tlie Convcntion
which nomiuiitcd Mr l'olk, and rcconizcd
tbe qiiestion of auncxation ns a principnl
ihsue iu thc thcn approaclimg conlest, iu
(lir.tcd n criousbltlW upon thc jiower atul
inlliiencc of thcsc i.ien, nnd badc fair to
emancipatc the party from thc shacklos in
which it had becn hcld by them. In or-
dcr to break thc forcc of that blow, ihoir
lirst obicct was to causc thc thc dcfcut of
Mr l'olk, and thcrcby to bring discrcdit
upon the Convcntion, provided it could bc
done witbout tlicir beiug cxposcd. liiit
having failcd in that, it ncxt becamc thcir
ohjec.t cithcr to ritle or to rnin the admin
ibtration ol Mr I'olk: and if thcy do not
miprnni! tn llinir cnticf!iptirti in (Ito riiPtnni
thcn thcy will most surcly, in somc form,
or unilcr somc prctcxt, attcmpt tbe latier.
(Cries of "Wo'll watch them.) For thcy
arc wcll awarc that a Itcpublican adminis
tration, succcssfully carried on indppcnd
cntly of thcir control, wonld be the dcath
blow to thc re-cstablishmcnt of thcir form
cr cxcltisivc and injurious asccudency.
(Applause.)
I know thcy clairn to liavc madc grcat
cxcrtioiis and sacnfices iu ordcr to gnin
this Statp. for Mr l'olk; but this is nni so.
Theirpxcrlions and pretendcd sacriliccs,
in regnrd to this Statc, wcrc to spcurc a
power to Ihemsclves, which might, in thc
cvent o( Mr I'olk's success, bc uscd by
tny of cocrcion upon bis ndininii-trniiori;
or which, in casc of bis defeat (that bring
thcir ronl object) would servc as a rcsting
placc, from which to commencc their op
eralious anew.
My impartial modo of dispcnsing oT
ciiil patronago did not satibfy the class' of
politicians to which I bavc alluded. Ab
solute control was whal thcy wantcd, and
noining icss wouui answcr tneir purposc.
Nor could thcy forgivc thc part takeu by
my friends and myself, in forcing thnm to
a public exprcssion contrary to thcir ronl
feeliugs, iu favor of tho grcat mcasurc, up
on tbe consiiinmatioii of which thc succcss
and popularity ofMr Polli's adminittration
4crc mainly to dopcnd.
From a spirit of revcnge ne wcll as de-
terroination loposscss themFclvcs ftilly, if
possible, of the patronagc of ihis ciislom
nousc, a clamor was raiscd and
ICdlt UP a-
e " "y,"j ..".inxmcuuu, 1
and
uiu resiin is i;nowu 10 111c puoiic. I 1111s
bavc thcy been gratificd as far as myself,
but bavo, as I trust, failcd in thc other and
morc important object. I think wo mny
rcst sccuro, that my resoectablo nnd uor-
1. 1 . , 1 . ....
charactcr and nrincii.lcs tn hnr.mn, thn !.!
, 1 -"w ... I
Qtrtlinnrit nf llwt itinti n n !
. . '. ' ' !
in- '
uccu, 01 auy man, or oodv ot men, or
othcr than proper and hono'rablc purposcs. '
' ' ,
rr,, , 1 ..
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brough against mc, which I deoin .1 prop-
cr, 011 tlua' occaion,
partrcuiariy to no-
licc. It has becn stated and rppentcdthat
I havc nppointcd a groat mr.ny bad inen to
officp, and cvcn that the subordinulc ofii
ccro of tho rpvcnuc wcro I'esontially of
that dcfcription. In reply to this clini'gc,
I do not hcsitatc to nsscrt tliat'iho persnns
employcd in thc Custom llousc in this
city, and suhjcct to thc appoiutmeut of thc
Collcctor, takcn toi'cthcr, considered ofli-
cially, perfinrnlly or poliiically, havc Dov
er bpcu supcrior, in point of re?ppctability
and iullticucp, lo thosc now in odice.
(Applnusc). ll would, inilppd, be Miigu
lar if amoiig soveral hiindrptl lltcrc wcrc
iot nhout whoni thcre could bc a dill'er
cuce of oiimon; nnd cqunlly Kiugular
would itbp, to suppoic that poino nther
persou could havc madc thc niimbpr of
appoinlmenls which it full my lot to niulso,
witbout in any cnso connr.itliug au crrror.
(Applause,) To ninko thosc .swccping
chargeH is onc thing, but to subslautiate
thpiu is a vcry diH'urcnt maltcr. I.cl thc
bad mcn, if thcro bc sucli, he pointed out,
and thcn ii will bc sccn how innny of thc
wholo iiumbcr nrc actuslly liablc to ob
jcction. And then, also, can it, pcrhaps.
be nscprlniiicd, whctlicr thc ollicers mosi
objccted to could not casdly bavc nvoidcd
thc rcpronclios now east upon tliPin, had
thcy becn willing to becomc subscrvicnt lo
the purposcs of thcir prpfcnt nssnilnuts.
What 1 havc said upon this point, I oon
.sidorpd not only to be jiir-tifinble iu my
own dcfence, but to bc due to a compctcnt
and faithful coris of ofiiccrs. (Applause.)
I havc now coucludcd thc remarks which
appcmcd to mc to bo reqnircd by the oc
cosion. I havc said nothing but what 1
conscicutiously bclicvc to bc thctruth, and
what I shall proclaim ou nll othr; propcr
occasions, witbout rng.ird to thc abusc or
per.-iccution by which it may bc followcd.
I will closc i it h thc rcncwcd p.xprcs.'inii
of my cstcem and fripndfbip (or thc mpin
bcrs ol'tho committce, nnd lor tho ofiiccrs
ou wliosc behalf thcy havc actcd; nnd also
with the exprcssion of thc kiiideht feclings
on my part towards nll thc indivuluals in
ofiioe under ino whtn I rctircd from the
Collcclorsbip, whctlicr conecrned, or not,
in '.he nct which has jiist bcpn cousum-
mnted. ((jreai ypplausc.)
Tlireehpartvchcprs havincr bcpn yivcn
for Gov. Ya.v Nr.ss, ihat ccntlemnn
befgpd to intn.ducc to thc cordial wel -
comc of the friends of Texas who com -
posed thc atscmblac'e, that distiriL'uif-lipd
Tcxian patriot, Dr Ar.ciir.it, who would
prohably nddress them on this occa3ion.
This ypiillcmnii accordingly spokc with
grcdt clcarnc.'is and fon'o on the import
ancc of thc 'I'cxian queBtion in our late
Prctddcntial clection, and iudentifying ils
oj))oiic nts with the ciicmirs, eitbcr oovcrt
ly or opcnly arrayed, ofthc prchcnt Ad
inini.stratiou. Dr Akciikii, also, having
bcen grccld with thrcc cheers, tho iiiscm
blagc adjnurupil, with thc utniosl tiuauiuii
ty and good fepling.
New York, Auyust 22,
T,ct it bo rpmembcred that democrats
proposed and voted for a higher duty on
Wool, nnd wbigs voted it down, Jiipub.
Thc Clarcinont Eaglu attempts to evnde
tho above, bv namiiig wbigs who ofiered
I nmprulmcnts iucrcnsing tho duty on wool,
nnu dcmocrats wiio olleied nniondmcnts
rcducing tho rntcs fixod by tbe hill. Wc
havc not bad tiino to look iuto tlie
subjcct by rpfcrcnco to thc Journnl of pro
cccdings sufficicnily to ditcrinine tho cor
rcctncss oi'the Kngle's statpment as rc
spects the iudividunls nnmed. Wo sup
pose tho Vermont wbigs and hoiiio oiher
New Kngland wbigs, wcrc in favor of a
liighur duty on wool; but that docs not
nfiect thc positivc truth of our stntcmcnt
ihat (lemocrals proposed bigber dutics on
wool, nnd wbigs voted them down. Wc
had particul.ir rcfereucc to thc ainend
mcut ofthc llon. J, R. Rcdiug of our own
State, increasing the dutics on coarse
wool, which was voted down by othcr '
whig votes.If somo wbiys whose iutcrest iu
wool-growiug overcainc thcir partialiiy for
uiaiiufacturcrs in this inslnnce, also pro
posed to lncicasc thc dutics on wool,
which was also voted down by other whig 'i
votcs, we cannot sec that it nicnds thc
mattcr any, but ratber makes it worsc.
Even in McKay's hill, thc duty on conrse
wool was thrie timcr. as much as tho pros
cnt duty, and that ou fiuc wool, was the
same ns nt prcscnt, (viz: 30 pcr cent)with
thc exception ofthc 3 cents pprlb. spcci
lic euty.
Vc inlcnd to hhift out this buinrs'sns
soon as wc bavc leisuro, for we nro con
(ident it will bpnr it. Tho rnoro thc sub
ject is invcstigaled the morc cvidenl it
will appear that tho larllT of liMii was
madc for the muniifartunrs, and not for
tho furmirs. luent llepub.
SOMETIIING WOOLI.Y.
A profonnd article upon tbe TarifTmay
befound in thc N. II. Sentiiicl of this
week. Pasbing over ihe assorlion that
"sugnr is now as cbeap as it has cvcr
bcen," (which wc rcl'er to the buycrs
wilhout coinmcnt,) wc inake the following
extrnct touching upon tbe important ar
ticle of wool:
"Tako forinstancc Woor.: the coarso
which wc do not grow, butjis nbsolutcly
necccfsnry, forcnrpcling and other coarse
fabrics, pays 5 cents duty; as much or
morc than the original cost, It brin's iu
a good rcvcuup, nnd yet costs with thc
duty but G or 10 cents. Fme wool, sucli
ns all our farmcrs grow, U protccted by
duty on thc valuc, of 30 pcr ccnt. and
Timr.n er.NTs per Ib.in addition cqual to
nearly dO pcr ccnt. atl vahnm. Is this
"no inconsidcrablc bcnefit" lo tho faim
ingintercft? As to the protection of
coarse cotton fabrics.it is of no iiiipoitanco
whatcver, whcn it is neknowlcdrrd hv
Kncland that wo now not onlv
' wilh tlmm Bnrxr.cci',.11.. ;. r,, I
Irloc lllll Imi-n ..II,, ll,.. I
; ... iu, tigu buuii-
ol tlie creat Clinia market "
Cuarse wool pays 5 ccnti duty, says
our ncighbor, nnd that thero may bc no
mistakc, fiirlhcr says, tlmt it is "as much
or morc than the oricinal cost." Now
kincLsir, what a mistakc you havc mnde?
11 13 5 .,rr. duty that coarso wool
nav.s. that is. to mitko it ulnin 1,1 tlm ,..1.
Drthrimwn ol our nni.-rliluii- nin llln.,
-, .
' .. r 1 r " ' ,
1'' ''Il? 5 ,m d'.,l'-.d al-
lowuiL' O ccnls to bo llic oriL'ina cost. n
idollar's worth would be 20 Ibs.; thereforc.
au g, Wocn pays fj cen s Uut. or 1 b.
pays twQ miUs alJa hnlr XVhn a
rCvenno" this must "brin.Mn"'
"Tho conrso which wo do not grow"
Ilcro too is nnolher inistako. No man
of intelligcnco can doubt that a grcat
pnrtinn ol.thc wool impoitcd, nnd paying
tho 5 pcr ccnt dnty, comca dircctly into
coinpclition wilii Iho wool produccd by
our New Kngland fnrniors. Wo do not
spcnk upon tliis hubjcct withont book.
Throni'li tlio kindncHS ol'u fricnd.wo bavc
obtuiiidl saniplcs ol'this coarac wool, froinj
thc (Justoin l loupo in lloston, and wo in
vilc anv onc who linvo thc curiositv lo ux-
iiinini) tlipm, nnd tur ncighbor ol thc Scn
linol iu iiaiticular, to call nt our oflice
nnd inpoct thoui. Ono ol'iho samples is
(incr thiin tho avcrago of wool groun n
bout hoi e, and all of them nro of a qual
ity llint will tuko thcpluco of New llamp
bhire and Vornnnt wool, nndtbese suin
plcs werc !ukon iron iscuoutly ! if lurcjn t
balcs of wool in tho Cm-tom Ilotisn, im
poitcd IVom tho Mpdilcrrancan and South
Anicrica, rcprcscnlpd as having beon
purchased for Icss tlian fcveu cents pcr
pound, and consoqucnlly cntered under
tbe 5 per cout duty. Atiide from thispos-
iiivo cvidcucp, tho truib niight be sal'clyj
i .t... ri.:.. .Wi
, , .:,
wooi iiiipi'riuu. juuru uiuii uuiiku mu-
liDii puunils werc unporlpu tlio Inst ycar,
paying tnc u pcr ccnt tiuiy. uoes any
body suppose that that qunntity is consum
ed annunlly in making carpcts or othcr
coarso clolhs of iuferior quality to thoso
mado from our honic nrown wool? Thc
i i .1 , i
iiu iiiiiiiriiiiiLU winui.'Yur, iiiu s iiiui tunua
lii.viiic actually thrown tho Knslish man
ufitcturcrs out oftho Chinn liiarkct. Wp
may thcrefoic cxpect not to spc any thing
morc in thc Snitinel about thc rtiiu that
will I'all upon thcso manufacturers, should
tho (arill'bo iiiodifipd. Yct it in singulnr
that the high tariir on conrse cottons is o(
"no impoi tance whatpvcr," on account o(
our bcing nblo to coiupcte in foreign
marketi; whilc thc ninc cents duty ou
I ciwcsi- is ol sucli lmincnsc ndvanlngo to
! i-.MOinus, tboiigh tho Inrgc quantitics of:
, fxported to England unnually!
; Tllcr0 is Komcthiiig trnulhj about this cer-
! Ia,lll A''"IC wjo.
Tiit;it.siAy kyknim:, si:it. t, :.
T11K EI.KCTION.
At thc liine our papcr gocs lo prcss
have vcry few rultini..
we
So far in thc county wc slnnd much
bctlcr tlian lnst ycar. Kclloi'ji's nct naiu
will bc large in this county.
REI'RKSENTATIVES.
Harnard, Justpk U. Dunfovth; Riidgp-
wnlcr, no clioicc. coon lost; llarlluril, Al
leu Hazpn, I'inkcye coon; Ilartlnnd Kcw
is Mcrrill; coon libcral; Pomfret, uo clioicc,
e Inw; Readitir, llnfiis Foibush, coon lib
ernl, Royalton, Juhn I Bownutn, libpr
al,. Woodstock, Nathau T. Churchill.
l'iukcje coon.
ti''Democrals iu lUilic,
WOODSTOCK TOWN REP.
I bal. 2.
VOTK.
').
1210
17d
28
Cburcl
P
iucve,
202
226
1713
19
10
8
i
A ndrew Tracy
l.iberal. Do
RuhspII, Deni.
Cu&hing, all sorls.
Fisber, Aboliiiou.
Ransoin, niijiliing.
Scatter in
.')
1!)
M
1(1
kta'i'i: vo'i'i:.
1811.
KV Slndci. Shfi'r
105 r.l 21)
lli) IHO 1
217 200 2
IC't Sl.ide Shfr
llt 127
10 1-19 10
WoOllslOcli,
I'dllllVct
Barnard
(ly Gen. Kellogg is elocted Represcn
tative from Rockingham by 30 majority.
BARNARD UP!
Kvcry rcspcctablc man who remcniber.s
thc iiifhmona attcmpt of cerlain grcat'coons,
iu this rcgion, to brcak ilowu the democ
racy of old Rarnard will bo gratificd to
know tbit ll.ey havc triumpbcd, this year,
by more than double their usual majority.
Kellogg led Slade last year 1 1 this vear
50!
WIIO DID IT?
Thc I'inkcye prints werc full of misrep
rcspiitaiion iu relation tothe paternity ofj
thc Liccnse Kaw. Most ol thcin clinrge tho
hantling upon thc cditorof tbe Patriot.
Thc following from that paper "fixcs" that
maltcr.
SiMALLMISTAKK.
"Thc hill making our present Tpinpcr
ancc law was wriltcn by Jcrry T. Mars-
ton and introduccd by him into thc Lcgis
Jat urc." -Itratlford Pvolcctor.
This is ncws to ns, and strikcs us with
the more surprite, (rom thc fact that "thc
hill making our present Tempcrancc law"
originatcd iu the Seuatc, and it is not cus
(oinary (or meuibcrs of onc honse to intro
duco bills iuto the othcr! 'J'lie hill, wc
havc reason to know, was wriltcn, or
drafteil, by a gentleman (nnd n i-taunch
whig,) who was not a mcinber of the Ipl'-
islalurc, it was reviscd, howevcr by llon.
l.T NT 15 ..! i . rt
E. N. Hriggs, a whiir lcadcr of Rutland
County, aud by him reportcd to the Scn-'
!llf I
;
Tl. 1) 1 .... 1
,u i.u wuui bajsuwns tinaiiy pas-
' Z, r "B,Mn u.
imu " 'Pi.; ...iiii..i, ii ' ' '. i
wlien it is considcrcd how stromrlv demo.'
ii.o .nn iuimv iuu morc raiionni
crntic the logislaturc ol'this statc has nl-(
'VP!! V.e"' 'l"d sPciuIlr l:iSt r!lt whcn
Ihcro were two wbigs to one dcmocrat!
$CPCii.wtu:s Ciiacman, formerly ofthc
firm ofGeo. R. & C. Clmpmau, has pur-,
cliascd tlie stock ol Drugs nnd Medieincsj
tn lhc storc lalcly occupicd by Dr. S. J. ,
Allcn, and will continuc thc Drug biisincss .
ns herctoforc carried on by that gcntlc-l
man. Seo advertisomciit. !
Sec advcrtiscincnt of Northem llai1-
Aad C
llinn IS a 1001 .WIIO llllllKS lt, UIIU IIC IS muuj, nnu niiMsoun, ino urop is a uuoiu
eillipr ignoratit or dishoucHt who asscrtsj onc. In New Kngland nnd New York,
l1, , : it is prohably Icss tlnn nn avcragc.
Wc wil conc ndc this arlic c by direct- , . . , ...
,. , , . , .1 i , 1 ho hay crop is rcmarkab v iht in
ing thc rcador r attcntion to tho admis- ' ' D
sion containcd iu extrnct, as to "the pro- j "Ciiry cvery Still " ""J Union. From
tcction ol conrse cotton fabrics"being "ofi all seclions tho complaint is nlinost tini
: ii a , ., . , , . .... .
THE CROPS TEIROUGIIOUT TIIE
UNION-OUR COUNTRV ITS
V A RlFnil) l'RODUCTIONS.
Thc Benson has so far advanced, that
wo arc ablc to tnkq a gcueral Riirvoy of
tbocrops tliioughout tho wholo country.
Wc can now spuak wilh somo confidencc
because inost of tho crops bavc becn har
vestcd. First as to tho grcat northom f-taplo,
whcnl, tho crop is undouhtedly a largo
ono morc than an avorngc and it iins
hccn securcd iu cxcellpnt condition,
Th'm is thc tcnor of adviccs (roni all quar
tcra. Evcu in Oluo, whcrc thc whcnt
crop is prohably Icss tlian nn avcrago,
thc whcnt is vcry clcan,' and thc bcrry
vcry white Wc honr ncithor of rnst
uor sntut. Thoiigh tho (armcrs havc lnst
iu qiianlitj, thcy have undouhtedly gain
cd in quality. In Micbigaii, lHiuois.Wis-
consin, and lowa, thc whcat crop is inag-
nificiCtit.
ISvpry thing has bcen favoro-
1 ablc. ho Iikpwisc wc undcrstand with
the whcnt erop iu Pcnnsylvnnia. In Vir
ginia, jMaryland, North Carolina, nnd
Georgia, it has becn afl'ectcd by thc
drought somc suy so scriously as to
shrivel tho bcrry. In Teuncsscc, Kcn-
' i ..: :
; vei'Sai IIKU II II V 18 VCIT ilgllt. 1 II1S IS
parlicularly tho case iu New Kngland,
New York and Ohio. Farther west,
and iu Michigan, wc hcar of a vcry hcavy
crop of hay. but it is not to bo disguiscd
that the hay croi is shoiter now than it
has bcen in manyyears. Thc protractcd
spring drought stuutcd it, aud thc in
tci.se Fiimtncr drought nearly killcd it,
Thc (urmcrs will liavo to makc up their
dcfieicr.cv offodder, by an incrcascd sow
iug of thc !a!c root crops.
Ryc, oals aud and barlcy, arc a fair
crop, but not a hcavy ono. Like grass,
ihcy bavo suflVrcd from tho drought.
The corn cro) is now ripcning; it is,
thcreforc, linpossihlc lo s-peak couclusive
ly; but it sccms to be the gonoral imprcs
sion that it will be Icss than an average
crop, cxcopl in thc western Stalcs, whcrc
thc drought has not bcen so ievei e. Yct
it is said thnl thc quality is uncommoiily
liuc.
Potntoes arc of nn cxccllent quality,
and thoiigh hero and thcrc, therc may
be u failure, wc shall have no usual abun
danccnfonc oftho fincst nnd most whole
somu vegetables ovcr cultivatcd by man.
Tho rot ims got iuto it in somc seclions;
but this is not so gcueral ns last car.
Our survcy would not be complete un-lcs-s
we added a few words about thc
grcat crops of the South cotton, ricc to
bacco nnd sugnr.
Thc collon crop will bc a hcavy onc,
prohably rcacl, 2,,r)00,000 balcs. Iu South
Carolina and Georgia, theintcnso drought
has reduced it somc; but this duficicncy
will bc much more than supplied by Miss
irsippi nnd Aikunsas.
The tobacco crop is light iu Yirgiuia
aud in North and .South Carolina, but
hcavy in Kentiicky and Missonri; nnd
wc think thc whole supply will be a full
avcragc.
Rice (which is moslly raiscd iu South
Carolina) will not bo a full crop. If wc
arc to bclieve thc papcrs of that State,
the drought has burnt up cverylhing al-
most like a hlast of fire; but thcso nficcts
aro probable aggrpgated, thc suflerings
ofheat makc it secin morc intolcrable ihau
it rcally is.
Tho sugar crop will bc a splendid onc.
Tlio culture in Louisiaua is cxtcndinji
on bevond all lormer exumnlc. It is so
i
j much moro profilablc than raising cotton
, that tho cottou-plnntcrs nro rushing into
it. 1 bc lnst ycars crop was 200,000
pouuds, but far thc bcst ccr raiscd iu this
country. Thc ncxt may rcneh 250,000,-
UU0 pouuds. Ihcreisycta Inrgo room any permancnt iinprcssion upon thc still
for increase, as tho wholc consumptinn of' bravor mountaiiicers, who nro (ighting lor
tlie Unitcd Stntes is about two liundred ' their altars aud .thcir hcarths, under al
and fifty millions of pouuds. most thc indcntical Declaratioi: of Rights
In this conncction we cun vcry propcr- wliich lormcd llic basis of the American
ly spcak o( the crops of Tcxas, which are Rcvolatioru .V. Y. Joumal ofCommircc.
uiicoiniuonly good. Cotton, Migur, corn' SAFKTVMN THUNDER 'si'ORMS.
nnd whcnt, aro all finc. Therc is a clo- ! n....i., r... i,i , :.,:.. ...i., :'
rions abundance of evcry thing for sustc
uauce or cotnfort. As that country may
now bc considcrcd a part of our own Un
ion, ns prospcmy will t.c cl.ro.uclcd witl.
as much ...tercst as that of its othcr sislcr
alCi-
In taking a survcy ofthc crops of our !
countl7. "'e 'md must be struck at once
w'ln l'10'r wondorful variety. All clinmtcs
) ll 1..: I ...!.!.
" in iiruuuuiioiis scuiii cuiHuiucu wuiiin 1
. 1
mir bordors Kprope, Asia, and Africa !
secms to havc thrown thcir trcasurcs from
thc St. Lawrcncc an tho North to thn Rin
del Nortc 011 the South ;and whilc wc cnn-,ed
i
not but fecl a grcaiful rcvorcucc to our I
isiakcr for tho bountiful harvcst which
blcsscs our laud, wo cannot but minglc n '
just pridc ihat we havo so noblu a conti-
110111 10 subducto tlio usc ofcivilizcd man.
'a' wo 1)0 wortliy of our country, should
1,0 tno nspiration of evcry Ainci ican.from
t,lc crn(110 10 tllc gi'nvo.
Albany ArSus.
Miss Farlcy, editor oftho Lowell Oll-
ering, was robbcd of a goIJ wntch
n thc
' i"1 r i nc ifI week
DISUNION!
Wo clip thc following from thc"Nution
al Auli-Slavery Stondard," ptiblisbcd in
Now York City, and cditcd by Syilnctj
IfiHvurd Omj, Jlavia Weston Cluipmun,
nnd KilitHird Qitincy:
"DistiNio.v I'l.r.ncc. Wlierrns, iuthe
formatioii nnd adoplion of tho Constitu
tionoftho Unitcd Sjalcs, tho following
crimiual um danjrcrous concofisions wcro
made lo slavebolding power, na.nelyjtbat
thn rmnion !,. !'? I B, ,1,1 l, i f.l,
w.ru , , .JMw w Ut.V.,
prosccuteil unilcr tho national (lair, as a
M.,,r
lawful branch of American commercc.for
a pci iod of not Icss tlian twcnty ycars;
that fugativcslavcssbould lind naprotcc
linnrrom tlioir pursuers on any porlion of
thc Ainericnn soil; that slavo iusurrcc
tions should bc surprcssed by tho conibiu
od military and navnl power ofthc coun
try, if nccdcd iu nny cmcrgcncy; nnd
that a slnveholding olignrchy, creatcd by
allowing thrcc lilllis ot tho wliolc b1vc
popi.latiou tobc rcprcscntcd as propprty i l80n ' l"",countcnanccs it would havc
bv the.r mastcrs, ,hould bc allowcd a ! ,l'c m.s! "ofund M. I) wh.ch
piacc in Congros;- ! a 1CU p,1'm werc stored hnb.tually
ThPrcforcrrcgarding that Coi,3tilution I "f' Z S ,
as "covenant with dcath nnd nn agrcc-! lfU' ' p rT T" T?"' f
mcnt with hell," the migh.v pmp .hat';' , nker, d.scov-
sustainsthecntireslavc tcm wc, the ? .IU 'n rn '1S my P'0 "P0"
undcrsigncd, to s.gnify our abhorrcnco of, "'a l T i0"",'3 f llU,,n,r'
in usticc and onnroasinn. nml to nlnar oiip
skuts (rom innoccnt blood. do hcrcbv
pledge ourselvcs not to elect, or in any
wny aid or counteiinnco tho clection uf
nny candidatc for nny ofiicc, thc cntrnncc
upon which requircs nn oalh or afiirmalion
to support thc Constitution ofthc Unitcd
Slatcs but in nll suitablo wnys to strivc
for the pcaceablc dissolulion ofthc Union
as tho most consistcut, forsiblc ineaus of
abolishing Slavcry."
"'l'rcason ngainst thc Unitcd Slatcs,"
(nccording- to Scction 3d, Ait. 1d, of tho
Constitution,') "Shnll consist only in lov
ying war against them, or iu adhcring to
thcir pncmios, giviug them aid or com
forl." It would apprar that thosc porsons
who are cngagcd in circulating ihesc pc
titions are not guility of treason, but it
would sccm probable, at lcnst, if not cer
tnin, that tho persons who hcld sucli scn
timents, would not hesitatc to join a con
spiracy for tho ovpithrow oftho Govem
mcut by forcc of arms.
Oue of two things nrc evidcnt, thc cdi
tors ofthc "Standard" are crazy, or thcy
nrn dnngorous citizcns. Wc prcfer to
I think thc formpr, and hnpc Ihat thoy may
;soon rccovcr thcir scnscs, nnd sec the cr-
rors of their way?
; ,
m Uhippnl lu
is from thc Caucas
ifc Jdtssians agmn
Cirrasiuiiii. Accounis
us, by thc stcamer Cambi ia, bring tlie
important intelligcnco thnt thc Circns
sians have takcn frotn thc Russians, af
ter somc hard fiyhti ng nnd grcat blood
shcd. thc cabtlc of Sotclm, on iho coast of
Abascia. Sbcikh Shamil had arrivcd
at thc hcnd ofthc river Koulnn with 30,
000 meu nnd had called upon thc inhab-
itanu to furnish onc man pcrliousc,whicb
would makc a vcry largc forco. Woron
zofi''s troops have becn bcatcn by tbe
Gnghislatitecr, aud thrcc, nr four t-li i p
load of woundcd havcbcpu Fcnt to Crim
ea. Many o( Poles in iho Russi.in arniy
had desertcd to Shauiil, to that Worou
zoirbcing in waut of niPii, ordcrcd a car
bovau. (caeh woith I!s, Gil,) .stcrliug, lo
raisc rcinlorccmciit at Akbc.-ka, witbout
bcing ablc to gct innny. IIc furthcr scut
a number of Musslcmca clemas (doctors
of law) from Crimea, witli this niiifti, to
Shnmil, to try if thcy could opcn ncgotia
tions to trcat for tcrms of peacc, of coursc
mcrcly to sct tho Cireassiaus to slcep.
Sliamil, aiva rc ofthc treachpry, had thrcc
of ihem put to dcath. Thc Russiau aniiy
was sufi'oring droadfully from a scarciiy
ol'provisions, and thc soidiers will havc to
I wait for the new crop bel'ore thcy will
have a sufilciciicy of food. Thc crops iu
Circassia, though vcry scunty last year,
arc good this soasan.
In consequcncc ofthislong Biiccession
of revcrscscxpericnccd by tho Russians,
thc Kmporer is said lo bavo "adjourncd
the dcfiuitivc pacifiicalion ofthc Caucas
us." We trust such will provc to bc the
fact. Alrcady the war has continucd sev
cral ycars, and hosts of brave Russians
have pcrishcd, witbout being uble ta makc
1 i
thc bcst mcaiis of safcty duiing a thun
dcrstorm. If out of doors wc should a
void trces and clavatcd ohjects of evcry
jkindi alll if lhc nnsh is ilismntiy 00wcd
jby thc rcporli which iiuic.cg (hat 1C
icloudis very ncnr, a rccunibcut cbudi-
tion is considcrcd thc safcst.
Wc thould
strcams of.
avoid nvers, ponds, nnd
all
w-ater, bccausc watcr is a conductor; nnd
. . . . .... 1
on watcr, 111 n noat, wc sliould
bc most
promincnt objccts, and
thereforc most
likcly to bc struck by liglitning. If we
arc in doors thc middlc of a large cnrpct-
lloor will bc tolcrablv Eufe.' Wc should
avoid thc chimney, for the iron nbout thc
grato. buoi that oftcn lines it. and the
healcd rarified air it contains, aro tolcra-
bly good conductors, nnd sliould 011 that
nccount bo avoided. It is ncvcr safo to
;sit nCar an opcn window, bccausc a draft
of moist air is a good conductor; hencc
wc should closc thc window on nn occa-
I sion like this. In bcd wo arc tompara-
tivulv safo, for thc l'cathcrs and blnnkets
are bad " nd iunr" in ' wc ,rr i a tc).
tiii cx'cnt n.red n suen 0 . oi 1011
TIIE HEGCiAR AND HANKER.
"Standout oftho wny," said u rough
voico under my window, ono dny ns I sat
tniising ovcr tho bu.itling sccncs bolow
ino, at my lodgings. "Yonr honor will
plcnso rncollcct," rcpliod a sbnrp but
somcwlmt indignant voicp "yotir honor
will plf-aso lo rccollect that I am a bnggar
nml bavo as much right to tho mad as
yoursolf," "And lam a baukcr," wna
i ,e ' " aiW"?' f nusC(1
, ""3 SllanAC "IW ' Icnncd OVCr tho
retorieu stiu morc nncnlv.
.1.1.1..
casc, nnu bclieltl two cili.cn.s 111 a poni
tiou which a pujjilist would dcnominale
squarcjl, thcir countpnnnccs soincwliut
incnacing, and thcir persons prcsonting a
conlraBt nt oncc ludicrous and instructivo.
Tho ono was a pursc-proud, lordly nian
ncrcd innn, nppurnnlly iu silk, and pro
tccting a carcnse of ncnrly tho circum
fcrencc of a hogshcad; thc othcr ragged
and dirly, but cqually impudent and sclf
impoi tant personagc, nnd from a compar
1 , ....ui lls mu moou nx
ed and cyed lus anlagonisl; and this be
comc morc clcnr nnd conspiciious whcn
bc loworcd bis lono aud said, "How will
you makc right appcarr" Said thc bcg
gar, 'Wby listcn a moincut, and I will
tcach you. Iu thc first placc do you tnke
uotice. G'od has givcu to mc a soul nnd n
body just as good for all thc purposc rf
cating, thiking, and drinking, and taking
my ploasurc as hc ha3 you and thcn you
may remcmber Dives aud hnznrus as we
pass. Then ngnin, it is n frcc country,
aud hcrc too, wo arc on an equnlity dr
you iiiutt know that hcrc even a beggar's
dog may look n gentleman in thc face wilh
as much iiidiHcreiico ns he would n brothcr.
I and you have thc same common nias
lcr; nrc cqually frcc; nnd live cqually
casy; arn bolh travclling Iho samejotir
ney, bound to thc same placc, and bavo
bolh to dic and bc buricd in thc cnd.
'Rut,' intcrrupted the bankcr, 'do you
prctend thcre is no diffcrcncc belwern
ihe bcggar aud a banker.' 'Not in the
lcast ns to vsscntiah, You swaggcr and
drink winc in compaiiy of yonrown chooso
ing 1 swaggcr nnd drink becr, which I
like heitcrthan your winc, in compnny
which I like bcttcr than your compnny.
You makc thnusnnds a day, peihnps I
ninke slnllings, perhnps; if you are con
tented, I am we aie eou.illv hannv nt
ui
ht. You drcss in your new cloths; I
il,n .ill!?t :1S conifortublo in my old ones.nnd
c,mvono trotl,lc in kcc,i)g ,10nl from
- i soiling; ifl havc Icss propeitv than vou.
1 bavo Icss lo caic about; if fewcr friends
I havc Icss fricndship to losc. and if I do
not mjke as groat a ligurc in the worlc, I
makc as grcat n shadow on thc pavpincnt
I nm ns grrat as you. Kesides, my word
lor it, I havc fewcr encmies, rnec't wi'h
fcwcrlosscs, carry as light a hcart, nnd
sing ns many songs as the bcst of you.'
'Ainl ihcp,' said thc baukcr, who had
all nlong tiicd lo slip a word in edgewnys
is mc contPinpt oi woilci nntlimg'
'Thc cnvy of the w orld is as bad ns its
coiitempt you bavo, perhnps, thc onc,
nnd I shaic of the othcr. Wc nrc match
ed therc, too. And bcsicle, thc woi!d
dcals iu this mnittr cqually unjust with
usboth.Voti and I livoby our wii,instc;id
fliving by our indjstry; nnd tho on y
diHeiciicc bctwecn us in this pnrticular
worth naming is, that it costs society
morc to maiiitnin you llinn it docs mc I
am conlciit with a liitlc, you wnnl a grcat
dcal. Neither ofus raisc grnin or potn
toes, or wpavc cloih, or mnnuf.iclure nny
ihing uscful, we, thcreforc, add nothing
to thc common stock, we are only cons1.
mcrs.and if thc world judgc w iih strict im
parlialily, thcrefore; it srems to mc, I
would bc pronotinced tho clevercst (11
low. Somc pas.pr-by licrc intcrrupted ihe
coiivorsaiion. Tlio disputants scparntcd
npparcntly good friends, and I drew m iry
head ejactilating, somcwhat in tlie man
ucr of Alcxandcr in thc play. 'Is there
no difl'erencc bctivceu thc brgfar and
lhc banker."
Itut tcveral ycars havc sincc passcd a
way, nnd now botli thesc persons Iiave
paid the last debt ofnaiure. They died
as they lived, thc onc a beggar and the
othcr a banker. I examincd both thcir
gravps when I ncxt visited the c;ty.
They wcrc ofa similar lcngtli and breadth
the "rass cciually crccn abovc cach
and thc sun looked as plensantly on ono
ns on lhc othcr. No honors, ple,asures
or clelights clustcrcd round thc gravc of
thc rioh man. Thcy werc bolh cnuallv
dcscited, loncly nnd forgotlcn! I thought
too, ol the dcstimes that had passcd; ot
tlint stnle in wliich tcniporal honors arc
icgarded not. Whcrc pridc and nll thc
circumstanccs which surround this Iifo
ncvcr find ndmiitaucc. Thcn thc dis
liiictions ol timc appcared, indeed, ns nn
ntom'in the sunbcnm, compared with
thosc which arc madc in that changclcss
statc to which they had passcd
T111: Ladihs or Ni:w Oni.n.ixs Judgc
Kllis Lewis, who delivercd thc oration nt
L.inc.astcr, Pa. on thc occnsion of tho
, latc funcral ccrcmonics in honor of tho
nicmory ofGcn. Jackson. naid tho follow-
ing pussing coinplimcnt to thc lndics of
New Orleans in pnrticular, and thc scx 111
gcueral
j 'The ladics of New Orleans had raiscd
j tho monoy to dischargc thc finc the mo
incntil was imposcd, but thc Gcueral de-
clined rccciving it, and rcqucsted that it
J might be distribulcd aniong thc widows
J and orpbans of thosu who had fallcu 111
batilo! It was woman's gratitudc that
raiscd tho funds' God blcss the scx!
Kver furomost in the work of charity al
ways ministering to tlio sick lingering
longcst at the cross spccding carlicat to
j lhc sepulchrc! They ncvcr crred but
oncc; aud ifthal crror had bcen commit
tcd at a latcr perrod of thc world, aficr
1.000 ycars ofbr.g' t md ioc"v decds d"
nci'u ij ip'f t ul cair cd lhc offeoc 10
lica co d ' iaoi.crv i t ai F .,"

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