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GENEVA WSTOWe&L $ 0 » E V*.

. ' T ^ ^ r ^ e * ^ ^ p o n y % dollars p « # - ? S # < $ g s # | | j ^ P P % » J mW**^Wm&^W*Wt«*m "** Geneva, QntfCo^&png * %L«i<»»%ho-tatepinE»<ffeage»oftenor,nore, 4to$M|igf s^jiwenty-'Uve cent?, i» all caw its

53*The-above teriiis will be strietly adhered to.

. ?, ••JJIirto,*, o f A d v e r t i s i n g . 1 square y nsertioi, . " . . $6§0 t • ^ - • 4 ^ «•' - ' - - ioo l . . « v -3 months, 3 09 1 '* ^6'. «f . . . ' . . , »o&

Andjttf^«airieproportionJpragreater.qaaij-tity. • A'l!ipr#dec\totiori'wilr W madftto'those wh»'@ifM|y«>!yea'1- , . - ^ ' ;

VrftrcH ^nJ^iBE EXECUTES. OK ftSASONABM! •• :.* ^TlbjS} AT-S.HOBT NOTKJB.

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"""" *«lps, SenseafcCft e, fo,^d>yv(%stte;al*e#t^ene¥a, On-;•. H? .Mtftmf&M34& • ^ •

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•ja»m . ^jggpt-'ds SIGNV

C a ^ ^ g ^ t l ^ ^ i r i c n t a l P a i n t i n g

SI*1^8>W&#ers M ^ I W e to -Moris the h}-^flabltenfeja Geneva and Hhe surrounding

countryftft|«te>y hava entered into a-:pattner-ship/undeM»me of P o w e r s AAi i re r i l l , fin- tnVp8rp||Bf cariyingon .tlte aqov^ business in'aUiitan'&rlous'branches. JEheil shops may be foiindi*'0iie;'ift{h*4<?arriage-Shbp of Wm. Btwi-dage^oMo'yte#eidld fltelnpeTanne comer, Stain" street j^M4tbkfea^v.door4.riorth of, the Waah-ington#^6ei^irT^!fle«ie^a1Seft;st?ee^ where

. tney^wtlivbe'r&ady t# attend to a}S*|Ut in4heir line cf|iS5siit68S. AlUjobs-Tr'oiis-ok aUpdistance puncWatteijMeiitled to. ;^am«^»-and Jtipgans of Bvety;:de3Miptior)r,painted to, order oiHshort; wotic^|fr>Rlirlj|i^*ty4e'9"nd' on reasai}aBle>5te,rmsJ

SigjnS) Eaiinei?, transparencies^-Imitdions cfvarrtiuskinds of fancy Woods-iwd Marbles,' Wsll#ainfingsn ©il,^cv&c. &c. - •-'-. ^ A '

StittMiWiV IB, 1846. O. P.GWEBlIlF

nm FOR s4iE, EltSB

11 ABQJTTsixty acres-of choice tend, twelve-or ft>ujt*&t acres in woodSyand a good portioj*-

of rail timber. The - improved* lands are well fencedi and Under good cultivation. The said Earm-is&;l'2-nii»s.ne&i;Iy. in a-south. course from Geneva^mHie-pre'eniption road, and 1 t-2.mi)es from Seneca Lake. There is on the said premi­ses, one -FRAME-DWELLING, and a Wood Houseof good size} one Bam and Sheds, one Horse Burn, ami a brick Smoke House. 'Also, obe BRICK DWELLING HOUSE, of two.sto­ries. -"There aTe .cellars under eaeh dwelling.—-Near the'biick dwelling is a«hed and stabling j x welliof waf^r^o^^TisKjidling, with some good springs. PleM^«f|ih>jpelytlJlT of all kinds.

Possession «ajMie|pdtat any time desired. SeneWjOnJwtiocSSrl^-New York.

.WM. & GEORGE ARMSTRONG. Mareh-2uyJ846. fl4

. ^.";;nsi^TSrcw itiivu tire, F!BEi,~ MARINE, AND INLAND STATE

,§TQCK. INSURANCE COMPANY, -N««.9UI, \Vait 8t.-..C*U>ital 300,000 Boll*. ^tR*Einow«prepar«d to insure against loss by

-tjufire,' the- damages of the seas and inland navi^al.ioa,-Etlso the loss of human life, upon terms eqn^l if i>o.t»»motiR,fttV)Drable. than Sho e. of »ny-other Gompany in the oily. Having trrfflr' business ditideil tipon tfa* four different branch­es ofcinsqrancis, they avoid the great error of former Companies, by having only one fourth

. <jf liteifri«!«riests affected by any calamity, how--ever,great, hy fire, sea or casualty laial to bu-tatia -life, .having at all times three fourths of thitbuswiessto sustain the one fourth which, may be a.ffeSJed by those disasters whicli so of-.tenrftin those cotsp-ni.es whose whole capital is engaged upon either fire, marine, life or inland insurance. Anbthee source of great security udopted.'by this Compasy is not to take any risk upon any consideration, for a-greater .sum than $5Q9Qj;«tsotto-two risks ndjoining, thereby, a-tfoirjung*the. errors which have proved fatal to other companies. This Company also, to avoid any dUnwangement of the insu:ed,«pay ill-loss­es assooij.asi satisfactorily arrang<d, dispensing with the Useless delay of sixty, days, oftentimes of.isuch Serious inconvenience.to the insured. . TJbe-attentron of the mercantile, marine and

persSs^I:-iht««stais respectfully called to the adteJageS of this Company. > .D]®EGTQRS.->*Samuef Jones, David Ames., Btcha!«d!ltsn*0ni>*Ge,Mge;*lv Hargons, Edmund

f tojfeRts^HiclidlaA Av Miles, Theodore Floyd. ame» Renisen, .Jwes Colbert, Sam<iel Allen,

George Morris, Frahcis Johnson, William Tho-"w$&^flv'Kayw6rta;^c#as FfarrkS, V&lliam ' gUftiul8/®BvpMlra,nIVants. Pefer R6gefs,Jas„ VSn-HeHSeilirt Charles"Brvthgston, DahM Per-

"V}i&f7ffi$ffirtM&nc*, -BTtephen Minturn, ' ^rtavS^A^asi'ThdttfBs-Cenjsow. •* fi^oMerof^Ii* Board of Directors, —-*/•• •«. -s*jOH}f-E.TOW.NSEND,PreVt. •- HARVEIF E: M*!tK8 Sso'y. J - ' - - V : »'js. BONESTfeEB, Agel»t Geneva. •'••' t3«itevtfTOly-7ui-l346r - - ly80

MWm, -WML T8B1S,

.HYSIGIAH & treww^p^. of. ''fice^nrthewest'side^f IfJteitwsfreel, five

^objfsrrrSi-tftofthffBAnfe '^ ' Genevans Ian«A»ry;£; **

on Jfaidflf^st.'lli.. BliH^iii '

A S removea to the fcttijLdinfi ,8, . ^ Pulteney.strelt. StSt Onfe fotftiHSfifastle m.y (ea8tsrde,f TCfeere she wM Sttendto a« ordersv • • ' • ' ' . * • ' • • • /«> .

r, MARINO AND RettAtlUN©

Uml>i'«llas a n d Pannsolsv Umbrellas> Parasols o«d Hun^hadet covered,

«nd repaired onthe most reasonahle terms', and-' warranted equal to the best.

•Geneva.* Jnttfr 13,1846, 8

' ' Mrs." A. M, Hofer

HAS removed to the house adjoining the Preshy-teria'n Session-Rooihv wejjst iffle of

Mein-st square', where all orders folr cutting and 6a3ttng,•.or"makin|;b6ys, clothing'will be attend-eH to. Also ladies* dresses- and stay's, matte trVs the most approved styles' AIT orders front the country attended to on short notice. •

TH E • sttbseptber Tjavtng purchased the right to use YERPLANIPS PATENT

LEVER BUCKLE, would give notice iBat'he has on hand. Harness made wich these Buckles attached, and^wishe's Jo dispose of them"on rea-sonabts terms. The fkcuiiaf ai3«anfegeS of these Buckles are to dispense wjth the use of the tongue 'and its" destroying effects, as in.; the* caramon Buckle, .The, trace can be taken .up ot altered •with perfect ease toiny required length, a. light or heavy draught, which every person acquaint­ed with Harness wiB readily admit is an Jm| oc­tant consideration." Also, its sintplicjfyy, neat-nessj safety,,durability and cheapness, will eorjn-mend.it to all perso.-is having use fdr.Harness.

He has also on hand, and will make to order the tieJfqrtaTity'-of

JDoTo exjaiifirie.hJs stock of Golds'betore pur cbasiy^ elsewhere, as he flatters himself that be o,an suit tlie.m "as to price arid quality.

'WEST SIDE WATI&rSTREET, Two door* Worth of V, Bocker'a «toro, and n e a t '

l y oppoiite tb'b Siiioc%.-House. GEORGE B. PAGE,

Geneva, Dec !?5,1848. 5?

Geneva Clothing Store. THE subscriber would respectfully inform the

.pahftcJJ.SfiJi ia9"fawmM!ritrsT=^®tB_iiUE^ Prey:oltJs-Temp.erance House on Water street, and is now receiving a large and splendid assort-

MM&jWMh<?MMngx consisting'of Dress and Frock Coats, Qvercoats, Vests, Pantaloons, prawers, Wrappers, Shirts, Bosoms, Collars, Stock«j Gloves, Suspenders and a variety of other goods, which he" ofier» to sell at Rochester low prices ; those wishing to buy' cheap clothing would do well to call before pur­chasing elsewhere. Ttiey cannot fail to besuit-ed in quality, style and price.

Persons wishing to have clothing made ordbnfe 'to opler can have it done in the most approved sty I*. SAMTJEt TAYLOR.

Genevt, April 14, i'846. 68

N E W MARB&C SHOP, On Water Street..

THE subscribers having opened a new Mar­ble Shop on Water street, Geneva, In rhe

north end of the building used as a Bethel school Room, on tins bridge, (nearly opposite A. Flem­ing's garble Shop,) they will he found at all times ready to wait upon those who may fa-vorthem with a call. Persons- wishiirg Monu-meuts> Gravestones, Fire Places, Heart))* and iFacingSvin jact- any lhing4n,lheir Jtne.pt- busi­ness, wilKfind it to thwr-advantage ,to call and .examine tfteir-Marble and.prices, before purcha-jsing ebe,where. * •' J • •

N^B. -Thfe snbsoribnrs are monthty^teceixang iresK*uppMes oi beautiful Snow Wliite aiid-Ser-peBthje Marble from the Rnllai^ Vt.,quarrys, and can .sell as cheap as any other man in this state, and the work—we -von't blag—just come .and see, .that's all. 13 ' • - A.-ALLEN, -. .

-May 2a, 1846. -L? W/WlflTTAKBR.

I „ n_^ ._._ 'A ©YJMN ASITJM,- for 3i*-lS& w.eneataon e.ndt exercisi men ofkedentarf emploxuwnts, will be open from ^o'eiocksv'fc. .-U, until 9 o'clock P. M.> daily CSiitttlfsy«!eKcept^-.at No. % W»ter street, a

•fe&d'dors^Soatiraf J.H.5BiHman's Hardware JSprfeiGene:«at ?$his exe.tqise.being.ot,a vigor-•^oSftiii'feealfhy chawtctec, i» one- strongly recom-•WMMeWthft'Eaoulty fordy^peptics^all those. ilabt>ringjundeE-affectionspithe.che»t. , •A ^A«5pi»jtiflice*«%ving.he.»;etofore existed a,g,amsl *tst:sblfeih'mWts«ofrWijs<.teind, (under a different

4RtftWfB«l»»4»«*HtW npth ng j#aIIo.wed-j that the reg»lattonsare««n^ on this feftaCand must bb Ooraplied with. Boys are not. adrm^ed-wthout the consent of their parents,

fe « r c e a a m i B l a c k Teas , THEPekin Tea,Gb%a!)y,^s Fulton-street,

-New Y<>rkj and 4'fetjMi cel. stKeet, Albany, sofl a- delicious Oolong, Black. Tea for 50 cents; »nd a v«ry finja.Young Hyson and QldByson for J6 cents per pound--as good as are usually sold for seventy-five cents-and.a. dollar. ,"Heretoforeit has been,very difficult.indeed

Impossible, to always obtain good Green and Black Teas. .But now v,ou,. have, .only to visit •the wareroowa of the Pekin Tea'Company, tp -obtain, as delicious and fragrant teas as you could wisbfot"—JJ, Y.^un. . „ . . •.«' The, finest, specimens of, Green and B.lack Teas .ever sold in.this country are imported by the Pekin- Tea Company. Those who want goodi£e.a3,atreasonaptef.prices, can always get them there<»~-N, Y. Tribune^

" We have tried -the .Teas imported by the •Pelsiu • Tea, Coropanyr and if we live will try •them often. -They are jelling the most delicious Teas weaver dfankj"?—N. Y. Eve, Post.

S-, S. COBBj Aeent, 36 Seneca-st. * Geneva,. Dec..-26j 184B;, 52

1?.

"t bis otrf stand,, . Main St«eet»

«««»»wft*--.«' >*„ .G¥ney|,.tefe%Mnn-^. , :W^^B*ff l (wsM«*W P!<fe .Cqpt»,-of every-* tfesfcisiptiorK^ta 'tenisft^atsh-ort notirie.> ^Alsb, ' | ! l t t i6u%' ' ' tow;tet%f^?; ' ' | I#*JII . futftish, W$m %W$mim*m$ ,stt#.d.|toatl.the du

af$$ ii^M&fw&M,*' measare relinquished Ws» form^lusfjneSB, he flatters himself that from his, kpgvSJclffiSfencgjin,, the,.almve business^h.fe will,

•Mm& .^SiaseKfcgMtofc duties w : »H»*«PJSr; -nta'o%«& aways qotisufting the wistepf m«m»y

<" • - N ^ H a v i K a ' ^ e M d JrlSw..theT>M««tdt

-^WsWTnfSrmentfc wi(l-tw madeJo the Sub-. ^ ^ t e h l ^ I t i s f t ^ t o B&y«"g Ptf«^»*»'

»Me :Ctils|\tofKts.iri the.same,. .. W f f ^ I p l f « , 1846.'. . -: -:.

. . . . . . -Eutth8.<?IMlt«. , - t;' • T :***f#»ir*. "• •>.

Ob £ive me the lioor, when'tho d»y"goa Mpning, 81nl?i on hit fiiie t.i»tf!i>m i in tl$ %**,

Whea th« ittrk bright atWa in t£,«fr boi% Are ihioldg, • And t'hq blrdi und tiia blcuwi" nreWjotly at reit.

Oh glv'o ws.lout; iwt'pnjnoijn&inmj «to'S»ncioyj tl(^o^Vuio,w».ve1ets^£j«iftflsSir«'w*; ••"

And the low louth-WiM »^ilBttltfy''MiBIllDg; ' AltMsd witfi'»«e«uitfom the flow»ry l«k.

Suniigh't niijf ia'tot the colct and flnfe«li.ng, ' W*o ejinjt)»*tQ liTj..f<a t i ^ ^ ih«jr «<ior«i fiBtjgiVsm*,^ nig$itr.wlieft,the.wpiirl «ilh»lo«iriiagt

Wl»b *W m»85i ggitfelfghV-ancH'U mfc(bMO»)Bj».

Tbere'ssdmothfnfrSo »Wcet in the'ilillnwof even, - A* wfi-tozo on.thfe itnri that Bt« shining Bb»w,_ OoMpiriU Mfe*fa|'to tlte"appe>(rjoft JiSlVfflir '

And dritt'ctfirB-tlie^lou-'flosflii j-^ul$)^B»«f lo<*.

Plj,»w»lj tSfciptrjiW^jElojf^s»)j«ii.aje8ij^d, Lp^^P^,ftpr^|JiMt»tr,,tttt boarnlM; vjtri Ipv*,

Ap4 wait till qor journeying here «lia1t" "hw^ Imded, To Jotn w with ongeb In heavan above '. Ei.>*.

'"' ' " ' Wiitu ^^ l i t iKt new* .. BV-5HPK*S«00JH-

i) Wll<(S'»itlWsht&rar«re'lidlliig'»oftf

Ujo.i the rwy «Bi,lave! t watch tile itor. whose beam <o ioft,

Hu lightidmo to th(S*. love! And-thoa, too, on that orb so cleir,

^hld,0}tthou^iS2oit'^Tent An4 th/ni, thonghlojt fo?«ser here,

Thoul't yet be wine in Heavent

Tbero't not a garden walk I treed, There's not e Sower I see, love!

fiuVkhiga td rated some hope that's fled," Borrio joy I've lost with thee, love!

arfSpfut t wlih that hour wis near, \ ' " ^hen,ftiend»ondfocsibrglveri,

tStf^aJtOo ills, we've wept through here, ,M*ytrirat6sir%siaBeXveri'. .

Pram He, Satardiiy-'Gbarier.'

Xhe Eootstep in the Snow. A TRADITION p ^ v CHRISTMAS NtQHT, 1 9 7 6 .

I t w^,%ttar^ anst a dreary"Viiglft, sixty-nine years-ego, when.St an anciBnt farm­house, that rises aiong yondeP aSnote, an o]<J:nia%"at)rjr Ids 'children had gathered around tnetr""Cfet,istmas hearth.

I t jvaaJiiove'ly scene. That old man, silting there on the

broad hearth, in the foil glow of the flame-—his dame, a fine'old matron, by his 'side*—Hi's children, a band'of red-lipped maidens,-T-soirfe with slender forms, jus t trembling .tin thd verge of gtrtnood,=^oth-ers warming and flushing into the sum­mer inofn of womanhood! And the warm glow of the fire was upon the white locks of the poor old man, and oh the mild face of htswife.and the young bloom of those fair daughters.

Mad you, on that dark night—for it was dan'k and eold—while the December sky gloomed above, and the aleet swept over the hills of .thfef Belaware—have drawn near tha t ' fecm-house wjpdow. and loifl&tF?«¥Tjpo7r ,%e!' ftjlt!"'u:eaaty of that scene—you vt*ouJd;'confess1 with me

- - - - • ~^hm$®mm. of the alHangely^beau-

T h e old BjanlogWijfe^B'ihw form, clad in the "ragged u r i ^ r l p i f ' ^ C o n t l t j e m a l ar'myi—the stiffened^fiBBers grasping the battered musket". '^7 ,*;

I t was,hts o n l y S f t t J j ^ «. He.calfed tpJdh^iV^tfif i tg girl knelt,

and—you may fee -sure-"ff here weraaears in'hereyes*-r*0hafed: hte- btc-lher's handa —ah! they wer%' g i f 'ind« told 1 And when she could poCjwapi^ffiera, g|th.er> ed them to Iter ^onng tpsom, andHvopt h p tears upon his* dyw&.feW.

Suddenly thai bta$(&% j!&*& h i s ^ s ^ «!—he extended his hand towards the rtv-'

* * . - • • ' . . - . - . - . ;

" LOOK THKRE, PAT^®» I" he s»w,-in bis husky voice* • .-;••

And bending dowp o-Ver; the rock, the* old na-n'looked far over the river.

-There, under the dark* sky, a fleet of boats weciS, tossing--amid/pHes of floating iee. A fleet of boats.' faepring man and artm* and extending in jlrrejgular lines <fi»om"shore.to shore, &

And the last boat of ^e| 'Jeet—that boat just leaving the wMMtn shore of the Delaware j the»old m a l s|W that too, arid saw—even thrpugh.'-^e|larknessT— yon tall form, half mufljealn'a warrior's cloak,- with a grey wariiQJajeJby his side."

Was not that a strange^sjgnt to see, at dead of night, on a darkVriver, under a darker sky 1 . - "j. ..

The old man turned to his dying son to ask the meaning of tbi$!ny$tery.

"'Father,'* gasped the 'Brafe boy, tot­tering to'hisfeet. "Fa ther , give me my musket—;help me on—he^p me down to the river—for to-night—fo'i to night "

As that word was on Ms lips—he fell He feil, and lay there, stiff and eold.— Still or! Ms lips there hung some faintly spoken words. , , A , ' •

T h e old man1—that "|air girl—bent down—they listened to these worcts.

" To-NroHT— Washington—the British to-night^-TRENTON !•*

And with that word gashing on his lips —".Trenton!" he died.

The old man did not know the mean­ing, of that word, until the next-morning. Then there wa9 the sound of musketry to' the south'; then, boomi rg along the Delaware, came the roar of battle.

Then, that old man, witn, his wife and children gathering roundthe body of that dead boy, knew rhe meaning of that sin­gle word that had trembled on his llpsJ—

Knew that George Washington had burst like a thunderbolt upon the British Gamp in T R E N T O N !

Ah ! that was a merry Christmas Par­ty which the British officers' kept in the town of Trenton, sixty-nine years ago— although it is true that to that party came

" He's only a mechanic, no matter if he has broken his leg."

True—but'a mechanic has some feel-l n g v . ""

" He's a dirty Irish boy-wdo'n't stop the horse, drive ovejihiin if he doesn't get out. of the way."

But the Irish hoy has pajsrita, jt may be, who |-ove-him as tenderly as you do your own children.

" Turn her out of doors—she*8 a mis­erable old Rag."

Do you TSOQW that % Perhaps ahe's honestly poor.

" Box his ears-whe'a only pa's appren­tice/'

But he's no less entitled to, kindness. ' " Give her the mouldy bret^—she's

only a kitchen girl." *»till, she can relish goodL food aj, well

as you! The world—the selfish and unfeeling

world—who can but detest h i Who have no love fbr our fellow* creatures in distress—no sympathy for! the poor and unfortunate—no bowels of compassion for the sad and dejected.

The warm weather has^ thawed out some brains to which rhyming is obvious-ly.a strange business. We take the fol­lowing specimens from our exchanges:

A s>wain of Genesee county, on return­ing from a picnic on the top of a neighbor­ing mountain, "bust" out in ihis wise ;—

"When Itsame down the streets-they wore A different aspect, from, what they did- when 1

went up a little while before." • , A young gentleman patriotically in­

clined, has attempted to write a poem on the California expedition. He got lo

In the Eme. af, Mi#4$famii*/jvty »£. lfell Ofltti^rfffBlH. ."„

Mr. Ci&tBstjtS*_'3:w time Batfirrfved when

preVjOuV rWal«t»y j ard t o u r t t l , of a^#*l|imVl " d Bbli wr ter n bet

vi Iht wig i of ve»k baneV ^eet, *WT>O mrfl, „ . . „ ortiie rate Ojfpf*c«/'work been ii crea ed lrom

I am sootr'to b^'|«lie:a' open to ghe mvvoti .theloweifflmoamtsi^aH »t *ny tine betnrCD tmnn i t . M..»Xk<ir : . ».!&. An^-'.A~~+,.-- ft- l g W aiKl 1848^"J, - m upon the questibjf" «tidef consideration , an'fl" as I deeity it one. fljNhe most imporiant mea? ures of tb# sesssioW froujd. ssk the ifiilnjgence of the eoin^|$t«e:.thi}.l#T %#«¥' sqhmit splri? of the re.a»6W-for the vote-1 am-, about to^giv* — The subject* sir; has hq«n sb fulty add ablif dk* cussed,, not t?nlyt'heiltJ4t brfowfthe oodhifySsf; the last four y^a|s^m8jfet*annofhdp^t,^iMMsf

the end of four lines and then stopped. " Ye sons of Freedom, who would shino On history's brightest story, Come join with us and take the'line,

" Thatlead3toCalifotny.n

. , -,.-d-ec<^rtyordfmjring-with any of my pplit|cai friends, and merees1* peeially with my htfjwrable colleagae from" the Oneicja "district, who a 3 M » ^ the';com£j.ti^. yesterday evening, ana* twita whtrtn I have here­tofore been mosl happy, to Co opemte, and for whos? opinions I hav« (he most, profound re­spect,) upon a questioji of ju«{i vital interest to our common cottjjtry. But, sir, I profJ-sa to be-I n j to £ class of politicians, ccltookd from In­fancy in the principles 91, Jeifersoniari dembo'ra-dy. I hold, sir, that the represent alive is bbun^ to represent the interests and carry' out t'h,e ex> pre-ssd wi I of his constituents.

The subject, sir, of that moat unequal add op­pressive tariff a<:t of 1842 has been mosi fully aand ably discussed, and the will of the demo;-Cratic party thereon expressed in afffibst all thell political meetings and conventions froin the day of its passage to the present time. I- have re cently heard, however, by occasional conversa-tiqns,.that from jjie present peculiar position oi affairs,, public opinion, and especially of the de­mocracy of the coun'ry, had undergone a mate­rial change Upon the"sub ect of the revenue since we have been here in deliberation-] and conse­quently I addressed letters of imfuiiy to many, of the most intelligent and best informed democrats in different parts ofBmy district whose answers all concurred in what I believed lo be truei that public opinion bad undergone no change in thai distfrct since my'Separation from.iheiu. JtfiUi these lights before ine, si.ft.-I will not—nay* 1 dare not rise in my place here and advocate the principles of a high protective tariff—one, sir.

Tlia" prof[t» ©fVtht (TtAilraHliKrl hug a ' » been largely incresiie< *> tin/fall ofpriifoor raw ta^itenalsi a»-V\r«H ar b]r the ridaced prioe of provisions an4 «gi uHurtil pnxfecti^bi, u thto dmsitm; of.D^lu »lio# -The-M^fri'rna^lc-Coiian}, at towWtf vM •

${100,0^ Be-jlig^'pei t t t hetidWnJl^gW atergfe-fc*Si'tSjfi«^ I

, JAndf^*S.satapi » i j V%&ihrtct* tonmill;>Sif|ftofc.lk«'ff i l e r i ev ntotttfft O'r py'ttoperstivA^tto'-tfltoBf'Sf t' e act s|f8* 1842, ai^m^iV^t^v^f&ttfm^S% fits har**> been ro>^sbaHb*ft|'satei|%i^ti|Siirpo I da

xitsterb*8?^ ' "^ 'V i« ' - ' . ^ t«tS5S The principle? pftfarfffiiimk

.unequal- Snd-op'pr^lervWa p^iTMiftfesWffl minimams. • ": *-",-S'.i- M n i p f f i p

Tait?, for inimmm&ttm.m boclM'ngj,"and-Jja^eW^i%^p^inWM# cents per yard \vifhoVt re^^*|>1fl}el|!ialft|. valup, and being n dttt^'-ofm^per^ietti^rpj^ the fine artielei **^Uh'g"^«^3pr^iffl| | | ' ' cent upon the.eoarseafficle):'l^p6|«BSaSiSBKe and costing T4 efints pw tfifrds - r"i»." -*^

which the ingenuity of man could scarcely haw devised better calculated to make the rich richer and. the poor poorer than that most unequal and oppressive act of t842j„an& I greatly mistake both the will and the .interest* of my-corrstifu-ents if they are not almost Unanimous (n asking for its repeal or material modification iri such

T ci —?F?—7~ . Imannet as to substitute a, revenue tariff, so adjus-IMPROB • BLESTOHY.—-Wc don'tbelieve j ted as equally as may be to sustain as well the word of i t : agricultural, mechanical, and commercial, as the

The article flrVeffft •'ii'ft^^e^eV-Ml^loft" great corisuroptio"fl-"by-W-jffffeSlii'iJ p$0Bm classes, and comparatively ^ f ^ t H g ^ m i ^ ^ itismplion by the rlc.rF|f and- -f^ii^nimmmSe t m, cf specifics, thd farmerann'tffeTaWrWwrW from 50 to WO per cent.' upon htr SfeuMlSaW'

mhnufacturera, are r"ecelvinrthtsje^(}rJtoot#pyc» of from oO to HJU per cent'. uiM^tfeirWiiaW t* tion«, it-is Aid 1jleir-^es*mtftt-»il^elfi||i -and their operatives dlsehare6*HMtfis*f«||S|. and miseryfotrowing in theiW'titiSf tMffim-

••oppressive and lnfn&fy-afe£of ^ j * " " - * - ' * " * * " * ^ * turbed; and it Mis been gra'v the floor of fh»Bafl,li's;W'ajJl|

an uninvited guest, one Mr. Washington, j ^ i f u ^ l £>*« &^* iL, ^ t^u t ^ ^ ^ U*A¥ <=lad »(niryj™wv4~a^M,;

seynjen Wiauldjiha^JM^kfe, 6figer here, and

ul sce.ncft---rij;i tiful in poetry—yet then*, by that hearth, centred, and brighten'ed, and burned that poetry, which is most like Heaven, THE PoFriritV OR. H O M E 1

You- have^ail heard the story of the confcict, who"s^ood-on the gallows, em-bru«>3 in,^crwKe-rsteepec!1 to the" lipsln blood—stood- there, mocking at the preacher's prayer, mocking even the hangman 1 When* suddenly, as he stood witb the rope about his neck—bis head sunk-^-a single hurpibg, scalding tear rolled down his cheefci

I was thinking," said he, in a broken voice, " I was thinking of the—Christ­mas fire I"

Yes in that moment,,when the preach­er failed' to warn, wb<>» e.ven the hang­man could jij>t jiwe—a, thought camo 0-verytjfe convict's heart of (Hat, time, « ben a father, and bis children, in a fair land, gathered around their CJhristtaas'fire.

T;hatthoj^h mfeVted hil^orr-soui: ' • " I cafe not for ybuf r&pesand

ole^iftle & I te ta i l Cabinet C l t a i r & Upholstery

f iSfi«SI|rrJFef wi l l triftmffactore

—'KirilU of e^BlNE^-W'Afil, and v ' #AmS, ' at W sraWfihmeB} on

_f , Sen'eca >t.V-the most impoilant of

Divans, f - [Mtmbt® H^-BufeausySUe

m-y«ads,.^ro£>te^i J$4&bo@K<fetoMmvii,; fa j le wHKre-'Wadyl alittf H^HetqgUKwtl ordert-for

^mit&i&m^m%*]r«div. '

your rets," n« said. " B u t now, in ' that land—there, over the waters—my

father,- my hrotbe.rs, my sisters,- are sit­ting'around- their Christmas fire / 'They are-wailing for m e ! And- I -am here-— here upon the scaffold !" -^

I s there not a deep poetry in the scene that cottld thus totxen a murderer's soul, and melt it t>ito tears!

And novy> .JJS t&e old man, his wife his daughters, cluster abound their fire* tell me why does that 6ld man's heard drbfop slowly down^his eyes fill, his Hands, trem­b l e ? • .

Ah , there is one absent from the Christ­mas hearth 1 ' .,'•

H e is thinking of the absent one-r-his manly brave hoy, who has 3)een gone from the fa"rmshause a yean

But hark I Even as the thought comes aver bim, the silence of thejBre-side is broken by a faint ory-^& faint-moan, heard over the wastes of snow ffoifl e'lat1.

The old man grasps d., lahtern, and, with that young girl by his-side, goes out upon that dark nighti ' • « . • - • - ' -

Lookthef5-^asf6i!o*fes:t%e soutid of that.ft)oans-"they go. feo%.,Jw£|fib;e fro-sfen pHthjihow the lanterji flashes over their form*»-over a; fewr white platsey of frozen show—while be'yofid, al] i s ' ^ A -nessl

Still that -moan, *o low, "so faint, so deep-toped, auiwers onthe air! -

; .$o^i!» |ng. arrests .thjft cHd man's' eye tfjerajn. tHs «DPw—they bend down, h e a r ^ f o cUtaghter^they gaze upon; that

_..rw . _ , ri t mMsmui .. TUOT r^celfef,« ferjdd assortment of CBAIHS, mponsistirifepf Mahoganyt Hair Seat*; Grocian, $at) Msple,.uanis*eafs*,-Mahogany and Bostom IU«iVrtfc- Mm,*-*>P<1 assortment of Sofa« ;

• * # C ^ f c * e t ? K t t ^

Jean! any'titoaie tktt^Slo, A l l f f f 0 t p , . i_ iT-„ .-ill . . . . ! . . .hi. n m m n l i M raf t .

will famish Snrondfc sfffiwt,^ €*M%^»* ^ ^ make all nfieeMaty BtrtnfiWieSttfo * " casinns. ; .. • • .-•

Jfte haj-AN wmktf. ln».

end. Funerals', arid'

&'fuh"itfJ'oi-

imi>Mffe.»lieh,

picture the deeds of t'ftSRmo'rning, sixty nine years ao.

Would that 1 might linger here, upon the holy ground of TRENTON.

For it is holy ground. For it was here, in the darkest hour of tlio Revolution, that George Washington made one stout and gallant blow in the name of that Dec­laration which fifty-six bold men had proclaimed in the old Stale House of Philadelphia six months before.

Then, if that State Hcuso ia the Mec­ca of Freedom, to «lnch the pilgrims of all climes may come to worship, then is the battle-ground of Trenton, the twin-Mecca—the Jerusalem of Freedom—to which the Children of Liberty, from ev­ery clime, may come—look upon the foot­steps of the mighty dead—bring their off$prings,"shed- their tears.

December 26, 1776 !— It-wtts-a dark night, but the first gleam

of mopoiug shono over the form o f George Wasiringtonj as be stood beside the Hes­sian leader, Ralle, who lay in yonder room, wrestling with death—yes, Wash­ington stood there, and placed the cup of water to his feverish lips, and spoke a prayer for his passing sou I.

J t was a daFk night, bat the gleam of mornihg sholie over yon cliff, .darkening above the wintry river, over the frozen snow, where a father, a \fife, a band of childreiKclustered around the cold form of a dead soldier.

He was ckd.in rags, but there was a grim smile-on his white lips—his frozen hand still clenched with am iron-grasp the broken rifle,

His face, so cold, so pale, was wet with his sister's tears, but bis soul had gone to yonder heaven, there to join the Martyrs of Trenton and Bunker Hill.

" I was having a well dug, snd when it was about twelve or fourteen feet deep, a cat, in some of her gambols, accidental­ly fell into it. ^o\v how do you suppose she got out-of it 1 - \

" Now, to the question Were were many answers. One said she jumped out, another that he supposed she scratch­ed out j in fact, there was a.grcat deal of ingenuity expended in forming plans by which poor'puss should have got out.

" No, you are all wrong; I nitl tell: you. She cbmmenced running round the circumference of the well, increasing her speed at each circuit, until she ac quired such velocity that the cen

'"- laboVe fthe top of the ,« ell,"

saoutpgamea in aximu M.OOD. .- «", -.-?. • J'Myi -cbildi^-wbispers the old tn|tt r

tre'mlltoio$y\ <*mvr pray t a H e i v e p fpr tvlisfiihjfoiifl r fo t r fer this footstep, *tampecHt» Woodr I $ua%p.'thattits! atfmy 'mpassing near tht#trtac%.-' • »'• •** •'•• \

» t f # . n | b a f - ^ - f e | s ' t < H t h e # ! • lOn'the old mtth,^nd tfifit4y|ia»| gVrl,

tamed in blood

HAND'S O F F !—An exchange paper tolls Of a-young damsel going to a party, when her mother charged ber tokeep the beaux at a respectable distance. " You, may let 'the'm coh'vdrs'e'vifith you, if you please, bVt make them keep tbejr "hand8 off."— "^tissr went to the party and some yout.g 'hiefi'were there with very rjretty mouths, and red lips, out of which* canre Sweet woRdB-' She was highly dBltghfed*'Hvitb one 'gallant,- who told her she was as sweet as rock candy, B^a|>6'eared dis­posed to give arhple pro«fthl*t such waS his opinion, by sipping tKeleltghtful nec­tar fronvber pouting Hp«i J H e put his arm aroon'd'her heck, in ofdiBr to detain her^rtit that, purpbse, vUmM r*»u^'ef, Jjsjadv^ncea, and cried, "-jjfifda off, s i r ! ' d i e then began to sue hti|iMy for the privilege of kissing her 'Oja^Srie c h e e k . " " O, y e s you may kiss me £»t$ttcfc as you l ^ a s ^ ' s a S i . s H e , "but t y g g ^ n ^ T 0 0

m o s t ^ e s p yottr„nands

followed those footsteng, si ^ ^ f e - i ^ — t h r e e ^ W & t r t y w * W % $s

'r:e% fojtijni jorimson the wbife .*tid«'t«^ MWings-thojeMoody footprints^. Mpm ttjp^W-Mtfeb t h w a c k , 6e«llMfoviSr

' ^ f h W t a K n « f l « 8 b 4 W | t e > :

Pm at it half-naked ma»i,: oro cbt

krfamtf""^6 ever w|t]| <>ar'«a|lf all

V><Jg; A * .aidthe-yop^'abathe. frequently. It is a> md||iiBi9alihy, de«

to&tfftfe,' >Wk\irm$m^m but

CUMAXDE BLUNDSBS.—In a dehate owtlfeleaitfier'tast, in IWS^i In the frisk House of Commons, the Chancellor of the Exchequer (Sir John Parnell,) ob­served with great emphasis, " that in prosecution of the present war, every man ought to give his Idst guinea to pro­tect the remainder."

Mr. Vandeclure said, that "however that might be, the tax on leather would be severely felt by the barefooted peasant­ry of Ireland."

To which Sir Roach Boyle replied, that " this could be easily remedied, by making the wtulerlealhers of wood."

OLD ENOUGH.—The New^Orleans Delta tells of a young lady-r-blooming as a rose-bud, lovely as a Houri—'of sweet seventeen—but as unsophisticated as a boardingr school could make her, who being at the bouse of a friend of-the fam­ily, the conversation turned on the Ore­gon question, when she very ingeniously remarked:

P a goes for54 40, because he says he's in favor of the whole or none. Ma say9 she'd take 40, because aba's in favor of peace. I would not like to take any ol­der than Harry Bloomfield, and he's but twenty-five."

LACONIC EPISTEES.—Lord Brougham's son, who is yet a minor, and consequently dependent upon his father for support, has been noted somewhat of late, for his atten­tion to a young actress of the French Thea-tre. His father recently wrote the follow. tngJaconic epistle:

"If you do not quit her PI1 stop your al­lowance."

To Which the son replied: " If you do not double it I'll many her." The son will enjoy a seat in Parliament

when he becomes,of age.

DESCRIPTION OP A GOOD W I F E — S h e hadn't no eye for music, Sam, but she's a capital eye for dirt, and for poor folks, that's much better. No one ever seed as much dirt in my house as a fly couldn't brush off witih his wings., Boston galls boast of their spinnets and their g#tars-, and their eye-talion airs, and their ears for music, -but give me the gal, I say, that hasitn eye for dirt, for she is the gall for my money.

A stuttering man-in great wrath, was berating a neighbor, who'had overreached his wife tn the "sabs of a" rennet bag. " I kn-ow youv you st'i-i-ngy dog, and"jfour fa-a-ther before5 you—when ydtf tons ho-o-rn youi1 fi-a-ther found a so-o-ul would cbstia shfeil-l'iHg, and he could get .Cgt-izzard fQr'maeipenciS, and he. bought a t gizzard/! . . - - - -

. , 1 . i n ?« - — n . • • „ • 1 . ^

T I J E O C E A N I A writer say» if you !wouloS,hav<s an1 idea of the ocean in a •lorm, jjist imagine ten-thousand Kills and four thousand mountains, all.drunk, and chasing one another over newty plough­ed ground, with lots p f ^ a ^ r n a , t n jt foi* them to step into now and then-.

ti,l.--'7'.: if-' —; j - - - : ' : " - - • < i " > " -

"Mte- 'H . do you take- cream in your tea f ' " No, 1 t h a n k ^ t f ' ; the superflu: ity of the «n1fk> addfcd to iho-Ratfarity of itffe heitt reiidak this c t f n j i t e ^ r i b n ra" 6

man.factural interests of the country. Yes, sir. so as to sustain allthese great interests as equal­ly a3 may be, and if possible in such manner as to be oppressive to none,

I have expressed myself, sir, in favor of a revenue tariff) and the act of 1842 may, in one sehse,"he a revenue tariff—that is, it may, under some conditions of the country, produce about the requisite amount of revenue; but that many of its provisions are unequal and oppressive in 1 heir operations, greatly promotive of the inte­rests of a few classes, and equally oppressive of the great body of the people, is undeniable.

On many of the manufactures, and especially iron, woolens, and cottons, the duties are alto­gether too high for revenue purposes, and even for the healthy and permanent support of the manufacturers themselves, and greatly oppressive to the consumers, and especially to the agricul­tural and mechanical interests of"the country! and in many other respects it is to unequal in its uperarttm--nrWrftIST." - . -

I hold, sir, that a tariff affording reasonable and moderate riroteOtion'wnrtfe'fliorestabieriKnd

ers banferuptea,-and the IrBdrferstfiioW1

employ and reduced "to sla'rVa'tfdh1^*^,-.,, ,._ consequence,of* thegfbw''awie3 alio; juifj^'Sfife protection afford'edTfy th«bVnprbTwfs"e*c4%n¥bi' in troth, eft that very time the du'Ue3%6"riibw under that act were fiam $2 to $% pejp;f qnlSiifiPf er than by the'acf of 1842 T ' • ' '1 * w <4sh

This, it is troe', was Btif a sHghl-mtifSlfe;!©-! the want of a little examination '6Rneli't«ffife~! book j and, f rjoubt not,- Ifie fra*'uV%if|B6ira» for the futiffe have nobeftef founaatibrjj-a'mlwf prove to be bat- day-drains.ofTancTe'aTmijiMtt* tions. * ' ''*"' *'1 "*jg"fc«> "f4< *v

That an ad Valorem duty Bf 3dp^ije|lit|^feJ (he protection the manufacturers^^<iftSrbn' w|(»j enable them not only to carry1 ow'tuelpfflusmwil. snccessfully, but to enable IbW^^'aMfiu^uTa r.-asonable profits, ^ttfr^irs%twftdfbr#s!t|&>& by a tahle rhave before mje, pMpareo\^y«IaB'el-

" Coat ofmanxLfaclwfag\Tom^*teyi*t^l$i§, ^vai Great JrUatftV^area-fe*.^'.,,^,

" Great in'*«tn.—Crawshmr e^blisbjiMM.* (Scu Wales)in 1844. . ^ , , 1 , . " i M $ Pigmei Iron, stone,

oppressive in its operations and obnoxious to constant changes, and thereby renders the busi­ness fluctuating and the investment of capital hazardous and uncertain. I would therefore so change or modify the act of 1842 as to malce" it as far as practicable conform to these principles. I would reduce the duties where they ore found to be too high, and in all case* where they are found to be unequal and oppressive in their ope­ration, I would so adjust them- as to divest them as far as possible of their objectionable features.

To do this, sir, you must divest tbe act of its artificials, its minimums and it? specifics, and substitute in their place the more rational and equiiable principle of ad valorem.

What principle can well he conceived of, more unjust, deceptive and iniquitous than this deceptive system of minimums got up by fraud and legislative Iriclwry for the benefit of manu­facturers? Whilst \ professes to impose aduty of 30 per cent, trpon manufactures of cottons, it in truth imposes a duty of from 70 to 120 per cent., and I cannot in any o'her Way so well ex­press-its operations as to read fr<»m the very a-ble annual report of the Secretary of the Treas­ury :

" Minimums are a fictitious value, assumed by law, ins'ead of the real value; and the opera­tion of all minimums may beillustrated by a sam­ple. Thus by the tariff of 1842, a duty of 30 per cent, advatorem is levied on all manufactures of cotton j but the law foTther provides that cotlon goods 'not dyed, colored, printed, or stained, not exceeding In value twenty cents per square yard, shall be valued at twenty cents per square yard.' If, then, thejeal value of the cheapest cotton goods is bat foui>dents a sqiisre yard, It is placed by the law at the false valne of twenty cents per square yard, and the duty levied on the fictitious value—raising it Jive times higher on the cheap article consumed by the poor, than upon the fine article purchased hy the more weallby. Indeed, by House docu­ment No. 30*6, of the 1st session of the 28ih Congress, this difference by actual importation was 55 per cent, between the cheaper and the finer articlH of the 20 per cent, minimum. 131 per cent, on,the 30 per cent, minimum, 4* 1.-2 per cent, on the 35 per cent, minimum, 84 per cent, on 60 per cent, minimum, and 84 pr-r cent, on the 75 per cent., minimum. This difference is founded-on actual importation, and shows an average discrimination neninst the poor on cot­ton imports of 82 per cenW beyond what the-tax would bfiif assessed upon f h? ctii,aJ value."

By this kind of legislative deception* prices of manufacturer.': of cotton Rave steadily*riran ft* the market from the passage of the act of 1842 to the present lime, in almost the same propor­tion (heir price is faised abovetheir actual value by that most deceptive and fictitious mode of appraisal, as. appears from a table of prices fur­nished by the. agent in New York of several manufacturing companies) and which reads as. follows 1

Marks and deswiptlolw of tbe goods.

[SprttfrfSlWy *on6Htb»»'4o # f "-diabolical

,**- ^-^inanieaton In the tfoltW phte* fifr$'otHoieh ft tovtWt ««t«-

SOB. „Suftblkbrown cotton "drilling pefSardi,

IMC. LaWienoe brown shirtings per. yard,

MMcB. ftjerdt|rac brown shirtinga per yard,

APA. AfnoskeagJiedack ' ing mrvalds

A)le"n?8 ii^flB- WtorecTprinl. ted trottons" per yard,

Providence.' prln'tpig ,c)^th .nervard. ,

jW-Yo'rWlIMonj cloth

BR1CES.

Coke, Limestone Wages, General charges,

Cost of a ton pig Iron in Wales, UnittiLStattt.

tone ;2J-- ' '^fSS^'ligs&b. (anthracite), % " ^ ( » ^ . W »

none, - 1 ^w^^mmi.

Iron stone Coal Limestone, Wares, General charges,

Cost of a ton of pig iron in PetmiyWatJH* "SlMo

- . r -j» * * »*" - '• ***** -

480,126, mm&w^

United SMe$ for tlit i/^r ISJEb.-; « f W S ^ i f i <

vajruot ritmim* '1mM§--Pig iron «.«••«»» J—-.w**. ^~ Bar is,, manufac.

by rolling, Sheet do., -Old & scran do. Chains, .cable?,- and

parts of game, Chains of wrought

iron, T8ts shows that it cosHf;. _ - , , -

dncel ton x>T pig irolfi- in'lfiif €6u|ftl Wales, but tbo cosj of traragolktfehSiinin siorrs, -Wet, ftrejahottttfifee til&'ffiet^rjB-ufir the ditterenee ftt the' co'st # % c 4 8 c l ^ S s | n elves tfie' Ametican.MnffibfTOe^d»SnW«) in th-e hfime marlcet %m%ffi?MWmm§* Who wiir Say; then* t h a t i h e ^ p p p " f e | P ^ » teiifed wifh,trje addifrowV:'*f'6?eot»|i»SI» cent, ad *SWrem"» 'tha.-'ttflj 't^le'f^prMpi.

'Again I*rrl3h^rrjja01%'mJ

119^4U

67,0^6

riaiy- IBs "pay^ JfWmit.Ws^mt

riot Sfe fhe ifi%lal%J"r»rMiB

1843 1844

cts 62

64

7,2]

\%-

62

43

ii

cts 85

7,8

8 3

IS

92

1845

85

*7 8

' 83

13

68

14

1846

cts 9

83

9

16 2

m

15

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do?« riot's. , .,™-™-i»r-« aiJlfk)a1:nMdeot^£^i%l'in34e^&

rfAfiiftM fine bfo«kaj^-^#|VfiX<;fesilfc|Mp|ht io $3 per yard", wdjiwnicWlj^dr^BW rich, 80 that .w |hj l s t , | f ea j« . c te j" '" fashion pays,.i<ay<"but?',?^M^ij^,, costing from*$25 to^l^oUfta^p^ni^, cooipelledfto pa* a duty 0Jta^tp^i • ------ £imxmmMk

extent !s but. a f»fr ika>pi%SpS unjust ope'tatidK Of all *pt«,cificf'Aj

Although, sir, the amount ptitf... ju=t discrimination in favor* of t&ejj the poor in a'given case may *pRe* the ngglegate amount thus jiid mi dispropoition hy the poor: ovtr tire *ii startling, and causes tnis-chefMiftita' blood to circulate a hftl* mowfrettlji veins, of^tli^p&tinot^aniiv pferia brpneht lo iHSToniideffttionv?

The Secretary pf V&jPffyf''

.Thii/sir, Sft-Ma" a" steady intfresse of prwfw of'ftafit 25 td 10 per cent during a p^rwd of 'wot years, whHst the » w matetiare from which they are mahufatflttrM havii dtchrrta in Mice tn about ttteftm!l»#rju>it, ah? tlj.'nhjt {jtfiffc rio-ti ats&;«i'e^#s bf labor t«»asi«i4d ab-ofltOii same. If is tror«S (Bat sonfe of the: mamvficfu> rtttVhe^irj#l*A th«-AWt»» of their labt*?-1

ers d u r l h f % € » | P ^ A t t M f e d 184-*, fob i j t u ^ i ^ ^ j p i w r p a s s s r s e of fh» pjresenMa,* " ^ ^ ^ | | | 3 * | r a p p i 5 n « i i n »th*ft, —Jii' ~"

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