Leavenworth Arena, Volume 1, Number 28, Leavenworth, Crawford County, 29 November 1838 — Page 2
From the Neu York Times. DIRECT TAXATION AND THE SUB
TREASURY.
Melancholy Shipwreck. We noticed, a faw days since, that a vessel bound to Que-
bee had been lost ott the mouin 01 ine vna-
A practical illustration of the reckless ;ieur, ana inai n wus ieareu .. a.7 ... extravagance of the Administration which lost. The mail of this uay brings the par-
has laid the foundation of a National debt, ticulars ot this saa uisasrer. n
and is leading onward towards direct taxa shihited
in this city last week. It was equally felici- passengers are said to have perished. I n,rt
aa as a practical exposition of beauty, . was i7,OUO in specie, ; wmcn u w as estw-u
wasttie Oolbefnc, from London, withti cargo ovtimntpd nt the value of 8300,000. Forty
tana aa a nracticai eXTKsi
simplicity stility, and economv of the hard - - , i. ii i
money sub-treasury scheme, it win oe recollected by our readers that prior to the election in' Missouri, a quantity of specie was taken by the Administration from the Atlantic cities, and transported at tlie expense of the government to that state, in order to aid the election of the great humbug.
An election is anoroaching in the state of
Michigan now past where the political waters look troubled and dark for the Administration, and it has been deemed advisable to brighten the prospect with a little gold and silver. The state' has been ground to the dust by the untried expedient, and the scarcity of money has been so great, that a dollar looks like a cart wheel through the pecuniary rarefaction of the atmosphere. The clerk who stands charged by the Kitchen Cabinet with the supervisory care of the local elections, witnessing this state of facts, not unnaturally concludes, that a little dispensation of the real metallic will be hailed as was the manna in the desert. At any rate, the 'expedient must be 'tried,' and we may add, in the language of the Albany Argus, 'is now in practical operation.' For this purpose an instrument well known
and 'practiced to a great extent in this community,' Called a specie draft, was issued by the Treasury Department upon one of the banks of this city, wliich keeps and uses as its own ull the public moneys here, maugre all the declarations of the Post, Argus, and
Globe and was put in charge of four
clerks of that department to be executed. The Corporal's guard of the Treasury came to this city safely with the specie draft for 1 10,000, and presented it to the bank and
demanded payment in American half dol
lars, or American gold. I he officers oi the bank concluded to accommodate the partic
ular gentlemen, and offered immediately to
Jhem the money out of the vaults. Hut no! a difficulty arose! The gentlemen on refer
ring to their written instructions, stated to
the officers that thev were directed to count
every dollar of it. The officers replied that the silver was in boxes of 81, 000 each, and the gold in bags aa marked; that the bank had counted the money, and was satisfied it was there; and if they had any doubts they must count it for their satisfaction. The officers proffered the use of a room to those sub-treasurnrs to count the money, and it was turned out of the vaults, into that apartment. The sub-treasurers opened o3 of the 91,000 boxes aad commenced th.e task, and completed that box in about one hour, and found it correct. It was now apparent from
the time consumed in counting one box, and the number of boxes to be counted, that the business would occupy these sub-treasurers for several days; whereas, their instructions were equally explicit and positive to leave the city that afternoon, at five o'clock, to carry on the precious metals. It was therefore necessary to break the instructions as to the counting of the money, or as to the time of leaving the city. In this dilemma, the ready cashier, wh?, by the way, is not a Yankee, suggested a remedy, and the bank came to the relief of the government, as usual. The cashier proposed that as the
ooxes were all made alike, and of about th
would be saved. Phil. Gaz.
Lntemferance The Young Men's Temperance Society of Dover in New Hamp
shire, have published, from 'a careful investigation,' the facts, that of 975 voters in that town, 108 are drunkards and that 72
widows of 116 were reduced to widowhood by intemperance. S ;ven eights of the pauperism is owing to this cause.
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there have been but very few failures even to meet with punctuality their engagements. Exchanges have been up to ftve, six and seven per cent, yet they have paid it and met their engagements pimctuallv, for the most
part. There have ueen iar less lauurcs in proportion to the business of the west than
LEAVENWORTH ARENA. LEA VEN WOR TH: THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1838.
100 either way.' JJome papers of both partics have asserted thnt Isaac E. Crary'is reelected to Congress, but th'13 is & .matter of doubt. We believe that it is more than probable that this great stickler for SabTreasury and Abolitionism has been beaten
Piie Legislature U. S. Senator. The
in the cast, although the merchants possess: Legislature of this state commences its ses-: by Hezekiah G. Wells, a staunch -Whig
sion on Monday next. I his session will,
doubtless, be one of great interest to the
whole state. The result of their deliberations may involve our destiny for years. Should the proceedings of the Legislature be celebrated for injudicious and extravacrnr.t measures it mnv recmire the work of
years to eradicate their baneful effects. But J' MiliiS"n- Thti WhiS3 haVe a
Noke-ologv. There is more food Aw con
templation in noses than irrest people imagine:
and among the great variety ot noses we
meet with, there is a vast field for animad
version, uad it is, we believe, as yet untrod-
kleii ground. And we are very sanguine in
the belief that tbe science of INose-oJogy
will vet, sorae day or other, be of vast and
at present incalculable benefit to mankind.)
lhere is the pug-nose, -which seems to dis
dain to look down upon earth, but twist
about making observations among the stars: then we have a variety of noses which have shaped themselves into all manner of fantastical forms some inclined to the Ttght side, and others to the left some compressed into so thin a space, that they look for all the world like the handle of a town-pump, and others hugging the cheek w elosely, as if afraid to stand boldly out, and contend with the winds of heaven, and all other ills to which noses are liable. Then we have the great rousd pointed red nose, looking like a burning coal, but sure to lie" affixed to a jolly sort of a face, and a body that delights in good liquor; the hawk-bill nese, the snub-nose, and a variety of other sorts of noses, 'too numerous to mention,' as the salesmen say. All sorts of noses have a great deal of expression in them, and a man's temper nnv
always be arrived at by the shape, size and
color of thisnas.il member long experience proves this point conclusively; and. in fact,
of late days, yjhrenologists are so tar inter
fering with Nose-ology as to take cognizance of the nose, in forming their conclusions relative to man's character. This
must, however, be stopped; Phrenology and Nose-ology are two separate sciences, and
we have no notion of the right of either to
encroach upon the other. Nose-ology has
been longstudied by a tew secluded persons,! but is as yet little known to the multitude; now, however, that it has at length been brought to such perfection as to be ranked among the sciences, it is proposed more fully to explain it. to diffuse its usefulness among allclassess, and throughout the ramifications of society upon the whole surface of thw terraqueous ball. We have neither time nor space to go so
tar into minutifeas we should wish, or as the
a less amount of capital, and have none un
employed about them to look for assistance, while "eastern me found capitalist-s at their
loors frren whom they could -obtain -money
at fme price. Both eastern and western men have persevered, they have usrd every exertion and suffered every description of loss except loss of honor to preserve commercial integrity and credit. They have held ,out through scenes and trials under which the banks were compelled to give way for a time and the government feil utterly orastrate- These men reviled by the dominant party as swindlers, bankrupts and bubbles without substance, have stood out the blast, tire still -erect, and shine the brighter the harder they are rubbed. At the commencement of hard times we were told that merchants, and particularly western merchants, had speculcted. and gone into debt for millions more than they were worth, and that the depreciation nf real estate would overthrow them. How is the fact? bright days are dawning upon us and yet there has been only insolated failure moag the mer
chants. "Ought they not then have -credit then both for honesty and capacity, and also
for an enterprise that would not shrink from
an j- trial? We think they ought, aid are fully confident they will get it, especially from the eastern dealers who will reflect that those men in the west w ho have stood
through this storm can stand anything. Wheeling Tri-Weekly Time.
The Cincinnati News, a neutral paper, con
firms the election of Wells, and supposes the Whigs will have a majority of 8 in the Legislature. Delawabe. Mr. Itobinson (V. B.) is elected to Congress by a majority of 29 over
if, on the other hand, the Legislature Bhould transact the necessary business in a manner calculated to reflect honor upon the institutions of the state, and benefit the Commonwealth, without bow ing to the dictates of a log-rolling faction, a midnight caucus, or without being over partial to particular sections, then we shall have abundant reason to congratulate the people on their wise and judicious choice of representatives. If this should be our good fortune, the public servants of the people wall have the universal
ty in the .Lrcgisiai jre.
Massachusetts. The returns for Governor are not yet complete, but in 35 town the result is as follows:
Edward Everett Marcus Morton
44,771 35,212
W'iilg majority, CONGHESS IFhies.
Richard Fletcher, John Quincy Adams,
9,559
V. 13.
Henry Willruma.
PENNSYLVANIA. At length the correct result of the election for members of the Legislature has been
received. Whig. Senate 24 Housi of Representatives 53
V. B. i) 47
77 Whig majority on joint ballot 21. GOVERNOR.
5G
2 " , ' ' . m aLW".e important cf the subject demandsto detail
counted the money in ono and found it cor- them of stch vast importaneein the science;
'cv'tual ""J snouiu reiurn me money into 3Uch for instance, as whether the nose be
that box, then resort to the 'patent balances.
by putting this "box on one scale, and successively trying the other boxes against it, and if their weight was about equal, that they should assume the 1,000 to be contain
ed withro. This novel mode of 'counting'
was adopted; tha sub-treasurers tried box
after box, with a satisfactory result on the scales, until they came to the last, which
kicked the beam, and was pronounced by the sub-treasurers to be 5 or 6 dollars short. The cashier insisted that the fraud in the
box, if any th-.re was, lay with the government, and not with the bank; and that the gentlemen must count this light one, which was then opened for the purpose. The
counting was commenced, and the coins con
tained were found to be the latest issues of
the United States Mint. The requisite sum
was tounrj in tne box, and the conclusion
-was irresistible that Uncle Sam was issuin
short coins, as well as an 'irredeemable pa- " Tr.T ' f . C t. J
iu vuinpi;i)aai iw mu uencicncy in
'ma income.
lhe money having thus been gauged off,
me suo-treasurers next -proceeded to purchase an iron safe, with bolts and bars, and with Hhe kind aid of the officers of the bank, were
enabled to start with the chest for Detroit on the afternoon of that day. The operation being so very strange and curious, a crentle-
man inquired what the estimated expense waaof transporting this $110,000, and was
dimpled or pimpled, whether it have a red or
a bluish color whether there arc hairs in
the nostrils, and if so, whether these hairs be red, black or brown; and whether nose
be Roman or Aquiline,' &c, and all other and sundry very momentous matters in the science of Nose-olocy, but we will merely
for the present call the attention of the rea
der to the profile view of a wry remarkable nose at the head of this article. Nose-olo-
gically speaking, this is a perfect nose; and the possessor of such a nose is undoubtedly a man of superior mind breathes freely is moderate in his appetites somewhat pet
ulant however, and a little disposed to melancholy. This nose has ail the principal organs going to make the grand total of a
complete nose, very strongly developed,
and wc have presented it tor the study and
admiration of our readers, as well as to sny, that if there is any one among them with
such an extraordinary well developed nose
we most cordially congratulate its owner upon his good fortune, and upon the fine
chance lie has ot revelling in all the exces
sive delights of that most agreeable sensa tion, of all titillating sensations the enjoy mentof snulf-taking! Cin. News.
Counties. Adams Allegheny Armstrong Beaver Bedford Berks Brad ford Bucks Butler
Cambria
Centre Chester Columbia Clearfield Crawford Cumberland Dauphin
Uelaware Erie Franklin Fayette Greene Huntingdon Indiana J&fferson Juniata Lancaster Lebanon Lehigh Luzerne Lycoming
.vi'Kenn Mercer 2935
Mifflin 1109 Montgomery 3748 Monroe " 3G!i Northampton 256G Northumberland 1164 Perry 883 Philadelphia city 7203 Philadelphia county 7705 Pike ' 117 Potter 89 Schuylkill 1508 Susquehanna 1204 Somerset 2241 Tioga 594 Union 12268 Venango 828 Warren 528 Washington 3528 Wavne 538 Westmoreland 2315 York 3257
Ititner, W. 331U 6038 1510 2457 238G 3215 2219 4147 1700 762 1469 4971 1088 474 1957 231(5 2843 1731 2747 2560 1084 1109 3687 1723 421 , 863 8553 2228 2349 2592 2146
Porter, V.B. 1535 4505 2781 1931 2478 7101 2420 4553 1653 844 2589 4527 2010 792 -2304 2743 1944 -1263 1562 2815 2788
1849
2761
1262
591
1049
55C
1533
Caleb Gushing,
applause of their constituents, if net, theyjJcalm Heed,
will use the corrective which they have in their power, and not truiit -any unfaithful demagogue uguin, in matters that v ill eventually bclT?r the: weal or woo of the state. The election of U. S. Senator will probably take place ut an early part of the session. The presses in all parts of the state
have discussed this matter ut much length each advocating the claimswf a favorite-candidate. We have stood tiloof from the discussion not because we had mot preference, but more because we trusted that the people would be awake to their interest and instruct
their representatives to vote for the man ofl
William S. Hastings,
George N. Briggs, Levi Lincoln, Wil'iam B. Calhoun, Leverett Saltoi.tall, James C. Aivord. The National Intelligencer says: In Mr. irmenter's district there is no choice; the Whig candidate (Mr. Brooks) running abend.
jTIius Massachusetts comes out with ten
members of Congress all jaife. and with n great probability, on another trial, 'of gaining a member in Mr. Parmonters district-"
Tiios. L. Nichols, the witty editor of the BufFalonian, has rr tin-d from his dutit-s na editor. No editor in the Unite! States has
their choice. JJut it annears that but few of i
. . i j ;ever plavrd the part of neutrality so rx?r u(. rrnrrwntnti vrs have had nnv instructional 1 ' -
WESTERN MERCHANTS
If there is any class of people who deserve
credit for arduous and svir-cpqqfiil pvfrtlr.no
intorraea tnatone thousand, dollars had been to meet their engagements during the last 18
appropriaiea, Dai would not be sufiicient. months of unexampled pressure and pecuni
Ihus goe3 the sub-treasary, and thus goes ary embarrassments, it is the western -mer-
"the people's nmnev
,ket the farmers and tax-payers look to it.
it toe bill of abomination should become a
chants. Two or three years ago everv tiling appeared prosperous, their demands for goods
to suppiy me western market were large be
iaw, there must be raised three or Four rail- yond precedent. Thev generally nurchav
uons por arm-am by direct taxation, or by large stocks and made heavy sales on lorn
... . Ksr.;tiamsi,ftnainrougH them.creuus mejacKson tmble.s burst, the banks
l Pay tor the transmitting, suspended and immediately began to curtail moneys, which the state banks transferred j'to sncTian extent as f ut to draw in the rnowitliout onecentof expense.or losstothe gov- nev afloat their dues could not be collected rnrnerit. the people remember this at suddenly without distressing thei r customers, the polls, and vote against every man who exchange ross beyond precedent, and at the is in favor ot the sub-treasury. ame tinw their debts cast Imms due and Those who nre easily flattered, ar- aViv, ' f" want' .:. . -u,nr.. a.waj rxlthcir snowy to nr:et foreign claims: vol
under an thsedisad vnta itus '' rcumstanc -r.
at all from their constituents. Many of the representatives will be likely to go according to the impulse of the moment,' some will say that between two evils it is best to choose the least others will support their party at all hazrds. Messrs. Blake, Evans, Dewey, Dumont, Noble, Stapp, MeCarty, and White have been spoken of on the irt of the Whigs, and Messrs. Boon, Carr, Howard, West, Whitcurub, said Milroy, by the Van Burenites.
Hon. Charles Dewey, it is believed, will not bo a candidate, aliho' he is Very popular and would most likety be successful, should he be prevailed upon to run. leiu Milroy has already declined. A choice will probably be made out of e of the rc-matti-iug candidates. lion. Joilm Dt.mont is our first choice. We need not tell our fellow citizens that Mr. Dumont is popular in this section of the state the fact is too well known to be disguised. His public acts in our State Legislature have generally met with a warm reception among the people of this district, and throughout the state.
2400 j lie was one of the principal framars of the 3132;j3c,00i ct he deserves much credit for
maj. 185 '3 ',uIefat'gahle exertions in this instance, to
2325' aJ nouiing 01 many o;ner prominent meas
tectly ns Mr. Nichols has during his ishoit editorial career. Neither party claims him., but we expect the Ladies will claim him, if any dispute should arts.; a', tut his politicsTruly, they haves reasons for so doing, as he his more to say relative to the fair sex than any thing or any other person except himself! But they may possibly pardon his egotism and look upon him as the organ of their party then w.j'il se if io calls him
self .neutral.
The Canadian patriots have issued a Dfl" claratioti of Independence
H77ures originated by him. W know that jUimating ngainst opium, and the exportati
.icw 01 me toc.'U interest editors have raised , 1"3' - . , , Jtaiiis a long and vcrx- curious rerort on' Jt-isom3 Pl,ny objections against this ta ented1,!, . ,f ' vu 3635 . x . , , . thf-sj subjects, recommendmg the smokers
FROM CHINA. By the ship Sjilendid. from Canton, we have Canton papers of the 7th, 14th, and 21st of July more than a month later then our previous advices: It Tippears that the repeated orders from Pekin for the expulsion of the foreign merchants, have not been unnoticed by the British government. Cnpt. F.iliot, the superintendant, hae declared his purpose to oppose the execution of the edict with nil his power, and the admiral commanding on the East lndra station has received instructions to cause one or HHve of his ships fn.qucntly to visit ChtEiti, tuid he has also been instructed to take an early opportunity of viitkg China in his flag ship.
xhe Imperial government wus stiil ful-
on
con
''144 Patrlot l,ut wtlt ar they, that an elight-
J11916lenG" People should heed their insignificance? 3156One says, "he is an office-seeker," another 7982'sermonizes nliout "his course in electioner-
,ing," Sjc. tScc. and thus it goes on they try
523
276
121,124
Porter's majority
of opium be punished with -di-nth, and that other severe measures be adopted ;o suppress the practice. The British admiral, Sir F. Maitland, arrived at Tongkoo Bay, in the Welles-lev K4,
laccoinnlishcd bv tbr Al
2271 ito ProVe much but only demonstrate one been ordered awn y, as usual, by tho Chinese 1530jfact' and that very conclusively, which is authorities. Th" admiral was prohibited 883 this the traducers of Mr. Dumont arc ivr.-Krom landing at Macao, and from proceed-
. . . . i : - v ... i . . i i . . .
m v,!iiinui; rnu ine prohibition wcuia
n probably be regarded with much revtrence. A number of Esop's fables have been translated into the Chinese aud found fuvor in the eys of the Celestials. A foreigner, whose name or country ia not given, lias opened a retail shop in Old China street, rnntmrv tr tTio lr. r, t,
be ot tbe first order, and would delight tojby which all foreign trade is confined to the see him elevated to a station of trust, and factories, and this innovation appears to have thus be an -ornament in the councils of the'.cfu'soJ sonie troubIe among the hong mernation. chants, &c. These had written a letter to the
loneigner, teiimg him thnt hi goods wouhl be seized &c, but he said he would run the risk.
much troubled in trying to find objection 1768''V""f " ta CiT1''c PWuforprejudu-e. against fnj.hm' w'e htdiove that none have made
"S4Gl jnis talents an objection this would be tak-
1062iing a position that could be easily contro
verted by ttie poojile f an etolighlcned and enterprising state, wbo know his talents to
1561
4197
130,968 124,424 0,5 44
The lion. S unuel L. Southard (Whig) is re-elected U. S. Senator by the legislature of New Jersey. Muhlon Dickerson (Locofoco) was his competitor. The vote
Wc learn from the St.LouIs Republican ofl
Saturday, that, at the last dates, Gen. Clark, with 1,300 men. was still at Far West, guarding the captured Mormons. A large number of the Mormons bad escaped from
Ualdwe.lt county, leaving their families he- stood, Southard 30, Dickerson 24.
nina u.fiu. j. i reaty has ben entered into between the Mormons and their captors, the stipulations of which are ns follows: 1st. To give up their leaders to be tried and punished. 2nd. To make na appropriation of the properly of all who had taken tip arms, for the payment of the debts, and asan indemnity for damages done by them. 3rd. That the Mormons should all leave
the State and 1x5 protected out by the mali
New Yohk. The result of the election for members of Congress is as follows: Whigs 21, Vnnitcs 19. Whig gain 11. The Van Buren party will have a majority of 3 in the tato Senate. In the House of Assembly ths parties stand Whigs 82, 1 Vanites 4(5. j Seward's majority for Governor is not
tia; but t remain under protection, until i precisely known, but it is generally estima-
ruuuer orders trom the Commander-in-j ted at about 11,600,
itnei. 4th. To give up all arms of every des cription, to be receipted for.
Keep the door closed?
It seems that Baker's hospital ship, about which the Chinees officials were making s. noise at the date of our former ndvicc, has been sold, and it appears, taken up the river beyond Canton, where she was to be broken up. Although a largo ship of about 9C0 tons eho was taken up from Wham pea through the inner pnssage, thus proving the possibility of taking large ships to Cnnton a fact which the Chinese have taken much
pains to conceal.
ha
Difficulties, nnd an angry correspond ken place between tne Viceroy and (
ence.
Copt.
Elliot, the British superintendent ut Canton
Michigan The contest between
political parties is very close. A late Detroit paper says t'r majority will net be over
The license law The licence law cf "Rhode Island has been modified by the Lech-
lature, so that the town councils can grant the two!1'01;"''? fov retailing not loss than a gallon.
ari.-l allowing taverns to sell in mnntitics k'ei than one gallon, until the 15th of Fcbutrv next, Sunday excepted.