The Wabash Courier, Volume 10, Number 28, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 19 March 1842 — Page 2

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Trenton to be lupplic^ from Hi- Plessant• 9 mils and back, oneea week. .. Waterloo to be •agp/ied from Cambridge, 5 JUIUS 'aiufcbeek, onoe a week.

NOTES.

1.'Seven, minute*are aHowed for'opening and closing the mails st all officcs, where no particular time is ipecififfh bat on railroad and sifeamboa: routes there is to be no

tails.'are

more delay iban ia necessary to deliv

er and receive the bags. 2. The mail ia to be conveyed impreference lopi«* tensers, and totbeirentire exclusion, if ita weight and bull require it .. 3 A preference to be given to passengers brought in the connecting mail lines over those traveling in

Office blanks, mail bags end ,®»eeial ^enn

of the Department, on the exhibition of their crejkn-

to be conveyed without furtheqychsrnUiM^ mail lines admiring of such conveyancc5. Mail agents are to lie conveyed without dilate oi the principle railroad and steamboat lines, where the size of the mails and the number of of tlie offices *nill require their employment by the Department,' and in that case a separate apartment for the assorting and safe-keeping of the fnail^ is to be provided by the contractor'under the direction of the Department 6. In all eases, there is to be a forfeiture of the pay of the trip, when the trip is not run a forfeiture of at .least one-fourth part of it, when the running or arrival isflofar behind time as to loose the connection with a defending mail and a forfeiture of a dae proportion of it, when a grade of service is rendered inferior to that in tlir? contract. These forleitures may be incraeed into penalties of higher amount, according to the nature orfreqncncy of the failure and the importance of the irnil. 7. Fines will be impojen. unless the delinquency be .satisfactorily explained in due time, for failing to take from, deliver at a post office, the mail,or any part of it for suffering it to be wet, injured, lost, or destroyed for conveying it in a place or nny manner that exposes it to depredation, loss, or injury for refuseing after demandy to convev a mail by. any coach, railroad car, orsteamWoot^wJuch the contractor regularly runs on

forfe«.«Sr#dr rurftng an Jxpress

Weml-intelligence in advoilceol the mail, a penalty

*will he exacted cqunl,to a quarter's pay. 8. Tlie Postmnster General may annul the contract for repeated failures for violating the Post

Office law for disobeying the instructions of the Department for refusing to discharge a carrier when required bt/the Department for asaignirigthe contract without the consent ot the PoslmnsleP General, or forgetting up or running an express as .aforesaid. 9. The Postmaster General mnjyalier thecontract and alier tlie scliedule, lie. allowing a pro rata incrfense of ciimpnsation,Svithin the restrictions imposed bylaw, for IIIH additional service required, or for the increased BiMied. if the

employment

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the rmiifc. bponA thspecif ^^, I aaw the^eaa-drop in thine eye^Wa-l aoftlrfcts. f# not amvw* at the time se Ar&

of additional stock or carriers

is »endered necessary but the contractor m»ty, such

cas«j,relinquish

the contract, on timely notice, if he

prefersit to the change. He niaj/ a'so discontinue or curtail

the

service, he allowing one month's extra

a a is 10. Tlie payments will be made through drafts on Posts offices or oilierwise, after the expiration of each quarter, say in February, May, August, and November. 11. Tho distances are given according to the brat information hut no iucresed pai/ will be allowed, should tliey prove to be greater than is udvertised, if the places are corrccili/named. 12. The Postmaster General is prohibited by law from knowlingly makinga

con.ract

for the transport#

rion of the mail with any person who shall hnve_entered

into any

combination, or proposed to enter into

any combination, to prevent the

making

ol any bid lor

a mail contract by any other person or persons, or who shall have made any agreement, or shall have given or performed, or promised to give or perform, any consideration to dp, or not lo do, anything whatever to induce any oilier person nut to bid for a mail contract 13. On conch- routes where the prcspnt contractor •hall bo superceded by an underbidden who limy not h*ve the. stage property requisite for ihe performance of the contract he shall purchase from the present contractor such of his coaches, teams, and liarneSB belonging to the route «s shall be needed, and may be suitable for the service, «t a fair valuation and make payment therefor by reasonable instalments, as his pay becomes due, unless tho present contractor shall continue to run stages on the route. Should ihey not agree as to the suitableness of the property, the terms, or the security, each m«y choose a person who rnay appoints third, and

their

decision shall be fi

nal or the Postmaster General will name the umpire. Should the underbidder fail to comply, his bit! will be

p'y

offered to the contractor but should hedecline it, the props*Is of the underbi«lder will bo accepted uhconditionally. The underbidder should give early notice of his intention to take or not to take the stock, and il tlie latter, of lit• reaoiis and the presen: contractor is to

14. A bid received aftct lime, to wit: the I4ih April next at 3 m, or without the guarantee required by law or that combines several routes in one auni of compensation, cannot he considered in competition with a regular proposal, not adjudgeded to bo

A bfdder may ofTcron coach, railroad,or steamboat routes, where that transportation is difficult or impracticable rt certain seasons, to substitute horee or wagon conveyance, or to intermit service, specified number of days, weeks, or months. He may propose to omit an office that is inaccessible, or is not on the siago road, the railway, or at a steamboat landing, as the case may be, or he may offer to substitute an inferior mode of supply in such cases. lie m«y propose different days and hours of departnro and arrival, provided no more running time is asked, and it is obvious that no inail connection or other public accommodation is prejudiced. He m»y ask for a specified number of days for tnoro running limo to the trip at certain seasons of peculiar bad roads. But beyond these changes, a proposal for service different from the advertisement will prevent its being considered in competition with a regular bid, not set aside for extrvagance and where a bid contains any of the

above

MA 1.1 STRKWT, BKTWCEM 8d

wnkrfiot i«p|rtte«thrax weticef llC ae j. jen,jstgflor jn hc presence of old maids who have it Or not.

altehitions their

disadvantages will bo estimated in comparing it with other proposals. ... lt». There should be but one route bid for in a proa 17. The route, the service, the yearly pav, the bidder's name anil residence, und the name of each member of tho firm, where a company offers, should be distinctly stoted. 18. The following is the form of iheennranly which should be fiH.-d, :he first blank with the name of the guarantor, the second with that of the bidder and the third and fourth with thc beginning and terminating points of the route and after beinp dated, should be signed by the guarantor, who must be shown by thc written certificate of a postmaster, or other equally satisfactory testimonial, to be a man of property, and able .to make*good his guaranty. This guarunty, so certified, should nicompain) each bid. "The undersigned guaranties that tf Ins kid for carrying the nihil from to be accefMed by the Postmaster General, shall enter into an^obliga'ion prior to the 1st day of July next,with good and sufficient sureties, to perform the service proposed.

I9L The'bid should he sent under seal, nddresaed to he First Assistant Postmaster General, with Mail Proposals in the State of ."written on the fare ©r the letter and shonld be despatched in time to be re* eeived by or before the Nth April next, at 3 o'clock*

The eon tracts are to be «xecu»ed* before the 1st July next. /c. A- Wl( IFFB.

POST brffca'DfcriRTJtKNT, Dec. H, 1841, vmmrnmmi, tjSHORjnifcUfcER Co.

Juniata Iron Ware-Mouse.

AKD

No*, to, 1841-11-19*

3d t.OflSVtr.tE, Ky.

Manufacturers ofall sixes of Iron, Nailsand Boiler rivetslrom the bcsliuntata Bloomt of their own maun facture.

ALSO

All sixes of Blister, Rail Road and Carriage Spring Sleel, all of which we warrant to be ol superior quality.

Merchants and Manufacturer®, will observe that the above Iron, Nails and Steel, are made from the blooms, (refined wiih charcoal only) which are manofaeturen at the old established works on the Juniata 'iver, Pennsylvania, from whence the article called Juniata Jre* derived its origin and high reputation.

We make this explanation that purchasers may not be deceived in purchasing the article of Puddled Iron and Nails for Juniata, they being sometimes offered for vale as such.

SHOENBERGER & Co.

ATTEND.

WILL com

those indebted to us be kind enough to come forward and pay the »m« forthwith" We are muck in need, and dislike very much to have to make many personal application* Every one intermed ean do utf a great faw by making a meat with as.

J.&D. & DANALD90N.

Tarre-Haute. Feb 13.1M3-S3-3W Sitft. 1,000 Kanawha Salt j»»t received, and of

April3^.(*f|P*00r

qa4ll,,!rSMITm,^.»»*""'•

Tam-llaats. Ian

h0UTTON*

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Chopping and Brtwi

««la at tWCaaii Store, ol

INTEMP^kANCB.

A sound of woe salutes my earFell misery meets my eye I ne the lone widow's tear,

I bear the orphan's sigh. And houseless children, shivering stand With brows of taggsr'd griefcrWith hunoer'dktok and outSiretcli'd nand,^

Sue humbly (or rfelieC

O, what wiih pestilential bren.h, Sweeps thousand® to thejr doom Dread cause of foal disease and death,]

Into ai^ early tomb Intemperance! whose fiery wavuf* Engulph its victims there. And sink into its yawning wares,

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The old, the young, the fair! O! drink not of the fatal draught, ^void the poison'd bowl, Or. soon will keenest sorrow's shaft

Pierce to thy utmost soul:— And wretchedness and despair Shall then thy frame consume— O, be it ever then thy care, 'To shun the drunkard's doom

From the Baltimore Patriot.

.COULD NOT SAT FAREWELL. Bar DAVID PAUL BROW*. 0 who can say, Farewell!

When the heart is on the tongne 'Tis sadderthan the funeral knell .. ^'er joys departed rung. 1 Ifft tbee—in thy bloom,

With what anguish who can tell— I tore my heart away from thine, But could not say—farewell! I mark'd the smile upon thy lip,

I felt its magic spell— Hknew it only maak'd ihy grief, 4.

ji And c^uldW Bay—farewell!

And kiea'd It e'er it lell-

to M^itewa- I prrss'd thy velvet hand in mine, -5

But couId nol Eay—luew«U

-T FOR THE WABASH CeUKIER.

ENIGM \.

I am composed of twelve letters.

My 9, 10, II, 9, 7, 6, 9, 5, is one of the United States. My 11. 8, 3, 4, 12, was a great Author. My 8, 9, 12, 7, 7, 2, is a town in Asia. My.2, 10, 11,12, 7, is a county inOhio. My 12, 8, 2, 7, 5,8, 9, 10, 12,12, iaa town in Indiana. My 4, 12, 12, 10, is apart of a Steamboat. My f, 2, 3, 4. 5, 6,7, was an officer the late warMy S, 6,10,12, 5, is a county in Illinois. .« My 10, 9, 6. 7, is a ravenous beast. My 5, 12, 7, 12, 3, 2, is a county in New York. My S, 7, 9, 6, 7, is a Vegetable My 7, 9, 11, 12, is a river in Asia. My whole is town in one of the Western Slates.

An answer is requested. Terre-Haute, March 1812. T. J. M.

THE CREED OF THE SHAKERS. One Carter, a renouncing Shaker, is travelling thro' the country giving lectures on Shakcrism, singing songs, dancing, exposing the theory of Miller, ana amusing his audience in various other ways. Somebody hooked the following from one of his lectures.

The Shaker's creed is a very curious one.-^They be* lievein one God, and two persons in the God-head— male and female, or Father and Mother—called Power and Wisdom.

Thfy believe that Adam was the father of the old creation, and Eve the mother—both being created after the image of God and that the Millenium commences with the appearance of Ann Lee on earth.

They believe in the immortality of animals, as well nsof men. They say that John saw horses in the world of spirits, as recortied in Revelations. They believe that all the ugly and venomous animals on earth are symbolic of the evil spirits which inhabit the lower regions of the invisible world, and that all the beauteous creatures, such as birds with golden plumoge. are symbolic of the good spirits iri the mansions of

They believe that the souls of Shakers, in their trances or visions, really visit the heavenly world. The lancet has been applied to them, and their flesh has bren scarified while in that state, without producing one particle of blood. One person who visited the land ol spirits in a trance saw all the patriarchs and kings of olden time saw king David traveling, and Solomon on a snow-white horse and Christ and all the apostles.

IT WON'T DO.

11 won't\lo to do a great many things in this world for instance

ti swiwn tlwiuunortHlae tteth fft^ther presence dentists, florin the presence of old maids who have not hadft sound tooth ir* their beads for a quarter of a century.

It won't do to talk about horn flints and wooden nutmeg# when there are Connecticut Yankees about. 11 won't do to imagine ii Legislature will compel the banks to resume, when three-fourths of the members aro among those who will suffer the most, if forced to pay their debts instanter.

It won't do to eat soup with a two-pronged fork, or roast beef with a spoon, when anxious to dine in great haste-

It won't do to pull a man's nose until you nro fully satisfied he has not spunk enough to resent it by blowing your brains out.

It won't do for a fellow who is so drunk tlint he cannot see a hole through a forty foot ladder, to attempt to stand on the top of a lamp-post or fire-plug, and make speech to the multitude.

It won't do to throw off flannel shirts on a warm day in January, in full belief that there will be no moro cold weather until another winter.

It won't do for an editor to wait for a mail on Friday until night before he commences the preparation of copy.

It won't do to go too near the hind logs of a jackass who has been taught to kick at strangers. It won't do for a man to undertake to drown hitnaelf when he id in the last stage of hydrophobia.

It won't do for a lady to presume that every man is in love with her who treats her civilly. It won't do for a man to suppose that more than half the young ladies who tolerate his attentions have any notion of marrying him.—Philadelphia Gazette.

SOMETHING SINGULAR.

BANDITTI IS AMERICA.—A singular circumstance, which befel a gentleman one day last week, was yesterday related to us. The gentleman in question had left Lancaster, Pa., in a vehicle alone, with the intention of going to Havre de Grace, in this State- Shortly after leaving the city, he overtook a woman with a basket on her arm, who requested him to allow her to ride a ahort distance in the vehicle with him, saying that she was tired and had not very far to go. He granted the request, but after a time, from some cause, lie suspected his companion was not what she professed to be, but a man in disguise- A closer examination, under the veil, for the person kept closely veiled, confirmed his doubts, and as he was rapidlv approaching a dreary woods, he was anxious to rid himself ol his company, but how to do it was the question. Time became precious, and he at last resorted to the trick of knocking off his own hat, accidentally, of course, while his horse was in full trot. By the time his horae could be reined up, the hat was left far in thp rear. He proposed to the lady to get out and bring it lo him. *Thiaehe refused to do,stating that she would hold the the horae was fh» trust him to Iv^rto go for the hat, leaving tlw ba'sketein the carriage The gentleman watched his lime, and vben the lady waa farthest off, he whipped up, leaving bis hat behind, and drove with all speed through t!be woods to the next house. There he mentioned are suspicions, and upon examining the basket, a pair of .pistols, full loaded, and a tin whistle were found in it. The inference then was clear that bw companion was a villain in diaguise, who had planned to rob. perhaps murder him, and that there were accomplices not tar of!, who could be easily called by the whistle- It may be well enough to mention that he had a cowwderableamount of money with him, a (act which waa probably known to his companion—Thanking his star* for hia escape, for be conaidera it an escape most likely from a violent death, he pocket* the pistols and the lose of his hat with the greatest pleasure imaginable—Baltimore Sun.

MATAIAOSTAT. Lomutr JAVA —At Samartsg, the second town in the Island ot Java, there exists a species of matrimonial lottery, which gives rise to many singular speculations. Orphan children, rich ea well as poor, are all brought up in a public establishment. The noat profound silence as to the fortunes of thee* children is enjoined to every person employed in or about the institution. These fortunes are placed under the management of peraooaai Beta via, on whom a similar injunction t* srereqr ia imposed. Tho ftmale orphans are kept in the establishment mtil their marriage- Every man possessing an annual income of 730 florins, or 9 Samoa a day, is at liberty to cbeoss a wife from among them, hot lbs amount ot the fortane Is not made knowa to him tillaeverai days after the marriage. A servant of the military hospital at Santarang lately .selected ooe of the darsasls with a fortune of 66,000 fkrws. 8nca bis good lock, the applt* cation for wives fra*n the asylum have becooie very argent for a report is got abroad that there ia a mar* rateable giri still left, who will bring with ber a prise «l §00.000 florin*.

I aint going to be called printer's devil any longer —no mora I amt,"* etdaiaaed oar Klib the other day, in a terrible psekar 'Well, what afceM we eall yss hey Why, call aae tjpograpb^sl.Jg5Tit of evil—if rtmpieaM

.liafam

A BILL

A naeBdfttorjr af the lateral atts wteMBliiy Treai»nr Depaitmest. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Brpreserttativesof the Untied Statetgf America in Congress assembltct, That thefCttqli be, and hereby ia created «tnd establish! Treasury Department of theJSeatoT ment of the United.States, a Boird to £e called the Exchequer Board of thd Unite! States, to.be composed of the Secretary tf the Treasury for the time being, and the Treasurer of the United States for the time being,.and one commissioner, to be appointed by the President of the United States, with the advice and consent of the Senate the said commissioner to be appointed for four years 4&ad neither -he nor the Treasurer of the United Stales shaJi be removed from office, except for physical disability, incompetency, or ne^ect or violation of duty and, in case of any such remova), it shall be the duty of the President to lay the reasons 'hereof before the Semite and the said commissioner shall receive an annual salary of three thousand dollars and the Secretary of th^Treapry shall prfeside over the board, -y

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That said board may establish agencies or offices in the United States, not exceeding ten iu the whole and one of said agencies or offices shall be established %t the city of Bostojjfeln the State of Massachusetts, one at the city of New York, in the State of New York, otje at tftfeeity of Philadelphia, tht Vpiv^nia one at the city of Charleston^H*he State'af South Carolina, and one at the city of New Orleans, in the State of Louisiana, kind one or more of all the other five agencies or offices, if Decessary far the public service, rfiay be established, from time to time, at such place or plnces as said board may deem expedient and it may change the location thereof ftt intervals of twelve months, as the public service may require for the transfer or safe-ketping and disbursement of the public money.')

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, Tha^Tor the said board there shall be a principal t^jerk with a salary of dollars per annum^d a register with a salary of dollars peefen-

num,and for each agency or office of said b&rd to be established as aforesaid, there shai be ono superintendent with a salary of pol lars per annum, and a register with a sapry of dollars per annum and if the Bess of such agency or office requirt clerk for each superintendent with a sala dollars per annum, and a clerk for register with a salary of dollars per num and the said superintendent an ter shall be appointed by the President ofi United States, by and with thc advic£ Did consent of the Senate and the Secretar of the Treasury shall have power to appotn he said clerks and the said superintendents nd registers shall be appointed for four yurs and may be removed by the President othe United Stales for physical disability, incompetency, or neglect or violation of but in all cases of removal, the reasons tl refor shall be laid before the Senate of the 1 jtted States. And the Secretary of the Tre ury shall have power, in case it shall be fnj necessary at any of the agencies, to oppU* temporary clerks, not exceeding ten jn whole, fur the transaction of the businci said board and its agencies, subject to th pervision of Congress, with salaries at tt not exceeding dolioc^per^ciuun.

SEC. 4* And be it further enacted., That Exchequer and its officers shall be the genejl agents of the Government of the United Sti for receiving,safe-keeping and disbursing public moneys, and transferring and trai milling the same, under the direction of Secretary of the Treasury and

dulios and services in relation to the coll ng, keeping, and disbursing of the pu

pulp

moneys received from whatever sources,shj, under the same direction, be paid into the ai Exchequer or its agencies, or to the ordeif the Treasurer of the United States. And/e said Board of Exchequer and its^ sev^l agencies shall pay all warrants, drafts oarders made thereon by tho Treasurer owe United States, and by all disbursing omrs and agents of the Government having auti rity to make such drafts or orders. Andfe said Exchequer and its officers shall perlm the duties of Commissioner of Loans, if ereiving subscriptions, transferring stock, id paying dividends and interest thereon »r the directions of the Secretary of the Tre ryj and shall render to the Treasury of United States all necessary facilities for tr ferring and disbursing thc public funtis shall be required by him and shall perfan the duties of Pension Agents, under]

funds, as shall be prescribed by law, or by Secretary of tho 'I reasury. SEC. 5. And be ii further enacted, Tha shall be lawful for the Exchequer at the s^ of Government, and its several agencies^ receive on private deposite gold or silver or bullion, the property of individuals, to held as in other cases of deposite made by i| dividuals for convenience and security, and issue certificates of such deposite having made but the amount so deposited shall nevi exceed in the whole ten millions of dolla poleasotherwise provided.by lnwftobefeCei Dd qjri deposite as may be apportioned by Board among its several agencies according t$ tho extant of their business reapectively. SS

all regulations prescribed by the Secretarfef! asoften as he may prescribe and it shnll be' War and shall render and perform all oftr th^duty of said Sec'ry. to lay abstracts of the sake before Congress, at the commencement ofjach annual session, with an account of all lations made for the government of said ctes. and to furnish full and particular iints and stntementsof the transactions of oard and its agencies when required by ress. 14. And be it further enacted, That sc. tl

SEC.6. And be it further enacted. That the nt account. And all-profits accruing from said board and its agencies or officers are iling in exchange on individual account hereby authorized and directed, in all cases j|| be applied, in the first place, to pay all where the public creditors may prefer th^ ariesand compensations, and to defray all same, to issue to them certificates of deposite. penses incurred under the authority of this for the amount or amounts of debts due litem

by the United States but the amount of said ni annually to the credit of the Treasurer certificates to be issued to said public creditors the United States. shall not exceed the sum of ten millions of Sic. 15. And be it further enacted, That dollais issued and outstandingat any one time, it shall at any time be necessary to bring unless otherwise provided by law. And it ton any bill of Exchange or other debt or shall be the duty of the said B^ard of Exche quer and each of its several agencies At at times so to limit the amouut of certificates issued that its gold and silver on hand shall equal to the amount thereof outstanding.

SEC. 7. And be further enacted, Tbiit tht proper officer of the mint of Philadelphia am necessary rooms and vaults for the safeof the branch mints at New Orleans,

State of Looiaiana, Dahlooega, in the State tmsctioirof the business of the Board of Georgia, and Charlotte, in the Stats of Nori cchaquer and its agencies, shall be provided Carolina, respectively, instead of the receipt the Treasury Department at the city of now by them given,shall have power to iasw ashfngton, and in the custom-houses, mint, like certificates of deposite to individuals or ft inch mints, and other public buildings bethe Government for the ainpirat^f alt depo giog to the United States, so for as the same silos tt butlioo or foreign com of gold and sil be furnished without detriment to the pubrtr made in ssid mint or its branches for the service and when the same cannot be so potpose of coinage, n*§er such regulation! lushed, the stfid board may provide others, and checks for the security thereof as the «c. 17. And be it further enacted. Tint Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe. gioas amount of public mooeys of the

Sac. 8. And be further maeted« Thai ted.States, by whomsoever it msy be reall the ssid certificates of deposit* shaH he re-ysd or kept, and wherever it may be

decraable on presentation at the office^agency, mint, or branch where issued, they shall be receivable every where in payment of the public dues, no premium shall be demanded for issuing the same and they shall be issued in such denominations not less than five nor more than one hundred dollars, as the depo public creditor may desire and the Secretary of the Treasury shall cause to be prepared and signed certificates as aforesaid* in such form as he shal[ prescribe, to be signed by the Treasurer of the UnitedrStates, and countersigned by the Commissioner of the Exchequer. And the amount of all such certificates of deposite, public or -private, out standing at the end of every quarte shall, so soon thereafter as the same may be ascertained, be published by the Secretary of the Treasury.

SEC. 9. And be it further enacted, That the said Board of Exchequer may draw bills or drafts on any of its agencies, and may author ize any agency to draw bills or drafts on the board or any other agency, and may sell, and authorize its agencies to sell, such bills or drafts for a premium not exceeding the fair cost of remitting specie to the place of pay ment,and in no case to exceed two per centum on the amount of such bill or draft: Provided, That no bill or draft shall be so sold except for cash paid in funds receivable in payment of public dues, as hereinafter prescribed.

SEC. 10. And be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for said Board

each of its agencies, when iffrdewS or /required so to do by the Secretary of the Trea sury, to purchase domestic or foreign bills of exchange, for the purpose of transmitting the public itinds of Government to pay its creditors, or for the public use: and for no other purpose whatever. And it shall not be lawful for the Board of Exchequer, or any agency, to purchase or sell any bill or draft drawn by or upon any member or officer thereof, or in which such member or officer shall be in any way interested, nor to receive any deposite of any money belonging to any such officer or member and no bill shall be purchased, or draft sold at any agency, without the assent of two its members.

SEC.

11.

JBLII

And be it further enacted, That

all payments made by the said Board of Exchequer, and any of its agencies or offices, or any disbursing officer of "the United States, shall be made in gold or silver coin, or, with tfbftsent of the public creditor, in Treasury notes, or certificates of deposite public creditors as herein before provided, and in no other medium of payment whatever. And all dues to the United States, or any officer or department thereof, may be paid in gold or silver coin, in certificates of deposite issued under this act, in Treasury notes, or in tfte notes of banks which shall be immediately convertible into specie at the place where received. And the Board of Exchequer at the seat of Government, and each of its agencies, shall settle weekly or ofiener with all banks in their neighborhood whose paper they may have received, and pay or collect, as the case may be, all balances between it and said banks and no individual shall be allowed at any time, as debtor to the Exchequer, or any of its agencies, in account.

SEC. 12. And be it further enacted, That no agency established in any State under the p:ovisionsof this act shall, contrary to any law which such State may enact, receive any ^har'degroiijfsthan those offtie United

Slates,

or make or sell drafts, or purchase bills other than such as shall be necessary in the collection transfer, and disbursement of the public funds.

SEC. 13. And be it further enacted, That the said board shall have power to provide regulations for the government of the agencies aforesaid, the transactions of their business, and the rendering accounts of all their proceedings and, in such regulations, they shall so assign and arrange the duties of the superintendents, registers, and clerks herein provided, as that the said superintendents and registers shall be checks upon each other and, for that pupose, they shall require that the accounts and proceedings of each shall be entered by them, or by their respective clerks aforesaid, iu seperate and proper books and the said board shall require of all the principal officers employed in such agencies, bonds to the United States for such an amount, and in such form, as the Secretary of the Treasurf-shall prelcribe for the faithful performance of their duties,4o be renewed annually, or oftener, if the Secretary of the Treasury shall require. And full and exact accounts of the proceedingpof the board and its several agencies shall be furnished to the Secretary of the Treasury,

rd of Exchequer and its several a gen-

»iii

shall keep separate and distinct sets of

for ihe purpose of entering and record in one set all transactions respectihgthe ection, keeping and disbursing of the pubNgyeo'je, aud transmitting the piiblit toops from place to place for ihe serrictf of ivernment, and in another all transactions accounts arising from dealings ex-

and the residue thereof shall be placed

ility arising out of sny transactions under provisions of this act, such suit mav be ight in the name of the United States, in Circuit Courtof the United Stales, or any ate Court having competent jurisdiction. SEC. 18. And be it further enacted, TT»t

th eping of the public moneys, and fbt the

placed or transferred, shall be deemed and considered in the Treasury of the United States and no part of the same shall, as heretofore, be taken to pay any expense* whatever in collecting or receiving the same before it is brought into the-Treasury but the gross amount shall be appropriated by law out of the Treasury, as in other cases of appropriation Provided, That nothing herein contained shall be construed to prevent the transfer of pub'ic money from one place, or office, or officer, to another nor to repeal or modify any of the provisions to tlie Post-Office-Department.

EXTRACT fronr the Report of tlie Senate's Committee on the Fiscal A seat plan. This paper cirealation, baaed upon specie, dollar for dollar, will not add to the circulating medium of the country. The committee have heretofore ahown that it ought not to add to it. But it has many advantages over specie: amongst those advantages are the following: 1. It will be the means of drawing forth from its hiding places specie that has been hoarded, to the estimated amount of several mitlidlis and which, in ita present condition, is of no use to its possessor nor to thecountry. The lack of confidence in individuals and banks as safe depositories, which caused this retirement of specie, will yield at once to the unbounded confidence inspired by the Exchequer, where specie notes are issued on a deposite of specie, and thc safe custody of the deposite ia guarantied by the Government for the redemption of its notes." 2. In the ratio ot tinHncreased velocity and economy which paper aflurdf over specie, and to which may be added the high credit of ihia paper, it will impart a great activity and consequently effectiveness to the circulating medium...v

The local banloi may be

4. It will prevent the deprecation of specie, by abrasion, whilst in circulation5. It will prevent its total loss to thc country and to the world bv shipwreck and other casualties. 6. It will afford the most convenient, sate, and valuable corrency for travel. 7. It will be the best and safest remittance by mail, from one end of the Union to the other, for the payment of newspapers and periodicals, and other ihinga requiring small sums, without the possibility of loss by depreciation to those who receive it. 8. It will tend to regulate the banks, and, by a frequent settling ot balances, to bring them up to a sound circulation. 9. It will do much towards regulating exchanges, by means of its favorable action on the local currency.

In the view which the committee have thus far taken of the plan of a Fiscal' Agent submitted by the Secretary of the Treasury, they have suggested certain important modifications: and in order to give the Senate a more concise and connected view ol the system, as they propose to modify it, they submit the following

PLAN.

I. Aboard to be established in the Treasury Department, at the Seat of Government to be called the Exchequer of the United Slates. The board to be composed of three commissioners, to be appointed by the President, with the advice and consent of the Senate, and to be removed from office only with the like concurrence ol the Senate, and for physical inability, incompetency, neglect, or violation of duty. ThePresidcnt to communicate to the Senate the particular reasons of the proposed removal, (or like causes the President may suspend a commissioner and appoint a ternporary substitute, and within thafirst week of the ensuing session of the Senate lay .before that body thc reasons of such suspension, and, if the Senate concur, the .commissioner to be removed, if not, to be restored. II. The Board of Exchequer to establish agencies, as it may deem necessary and expedient for the public service, limiting the number to as few as the exigencies of the service will admit, and in no case to exceed two in any State or Territory. III. The Secretary of the Treasury to appoint the inferior officers of the board, nnil also the officers of the agencies, on the recommendation of

board, and to remove them for physical inability, incompetency, neglect', or violation ol duty, on like recommendation. IV. The Exchequer and its officers to be tho general agents of the Government for receiving, sale-keep-ing and disbursing the public moneys. The public moneys from all sources received to be paid into the Exchequer and its agenciea, V. The Exchequer and agencies to rcceive on deposite gold or silver coin, or bullion, and to issue ?|speeie notes for the same, to be (^deemed fct the 'tgency where issued. Said notes to be prepared by the Secretary of the Treasury, signed by the

Treasurer, and countersigned by the President of the Board of Exchequer, and made payable to the 'order of the principal agent, and endorsed by him when issued at such agency. The Exchequer and agencies, on the deposite of gold or silver coin, or bullion, to draw and accept bills of exchange, and to receive a premium not exceeding two per centum. Also, to collect drafts or bills, but to make no advance or payment till advised of the collection, and to charge a reasonable commission for collection and exenange. VII. All specie notes issued, either in payment ol the public creditor, or on the deposites oi individuals, never to exceed the actual amount of specie on hand for their redemption, dollar for dollar. VIII. Dues to the United States to be paid in gold or silver coin, in specic notes, or in the notes ol banks immediately converiible into specie at the place where received. The Exchequer and agencies to settle weekly, or oftener, the balances with the barks. IX. The Exchequer and agenciea to keep separate and distinct sets of books to enter rfbd record in one set all transactions respecting the collection, keeping, and disbursing of the public revenue, and transmitting the public moneys from place to place, for tne service of the Government and in another, all transactions and accounts arising from the operations in exchange and' other transactions not on Government account.

X. The Exchequer may appoint as agent any apeciepaying bank but such bank ia not authorized to receive private deposites, or to accept or sell bills or drafts, on account of the Exchequer. XI. The Exchequer and agencies to act as commissioners of loans and pension agents,and generally to render all facilities in transferring ana disbursing the public funds- Full and exact accounta of the board arid agencies to be furnished to the Secretary of the Treasury, and he to report to Con-

§ress.

Necessary rooms and vaults! to be provided, uretiea to be taken, and penalties prescribed, and strict examinations made. The details of the above plan are fttlly carried out in tlie bill which accompanies this report.

The committee, then, propose a system free from all risk, and of perfect safety a system in which there is not the possibility of haaard to the community, and none to the Government except in the keeping of the poblic money. Thia iaa risk which most alwsys be

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the public money woold be safer in a Bank of the United Statea, or under the State bank deposite system, the committee have already ahown that both those modes of keeping it are utterly not of the question. They, therefore adopt, at the principal agencies, lbs on!y ooe left, nametyt thc costdteM indNiduals sppomtwi for the express parpoes by the Government, with as ample sureties and under soch penalties aa the law is capable ®f providing.

This system ia designed for the collection, safekeeping. aad disbursement of the publie levmtMS, and, throngh ita operatfcms. to furniah a uniform currency and to equalize

exchanges.

VIRGMTA AND THE

NAVY.—If any State

(says the Boston Transcript)has especial cause t° be proud of our Navy, it would seem to be Virginia. The President of the pmted States, who is ex-officio commander in chief of the Army and Navy, is a Virginians the Secretary of the Navy is a Virginian the first clerk of the Navy Deportment is a Virginian the Presid't of the Navy Board is a Virginian the commodore of the Mediterranean squadron isa Virginian the commodore of the West India squardron is a Virginian and the commander of the frigate Columbia, one of the Home Squadron (so called, we believe, from its staying at home,) isa Virginian. A noble list this, truly. Glory enough for one State.

Glory 1 Well, this is the age of humbug, and you may as well call it glory as any thing else. It used to be known by a different name. In that kind of patriotism and glory which in serving one's coostry for good pay, no State can compete with Virginia. To the "nobie Est" given above, the writer might have added that Virginia has more Surgeons and Midship. men, twice-told, than any other State. Poor and prood they look upon every office in the pft of the General Government, civil, millitary, and diplomatic, as their especial natrimonv.

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AGRICULTURAL.

IMPORTANT TO FARMERS?" A few weeks since we published a communication from a correspondent, giving the results of an experiment in planting corn, by Hart Massey, Esq., of this villnga. Mr. Massey called upon us on Saturday last to correct an important error in said communication, and invited us personally to examine the said field, which we accorcfingly did, and now give the results of our observation.

Mr. Massey took the seed corn with which he planted the field, a small quantity, and soaked it in a solution of salt nitre commonly called salt petrc, and planted with the seeds thus prepared. The remainder of the field, we believo was planted by the same individual. Now for the result. The five rows planted with corn prepared witfi salt petre, will yield more than twenty-five rows planted without any preparation. The five rows were untouched by the worms, while the remainder of the field suffered severely by their depredations. We should Jugde that not one kernel, saturated with salt pctre was touched —while almost every hill in the adjoining row suffered severely. No one who will examine the field can doubt the efficacy of the preparation. He will be astonis' od at the striking difference between the five rows and the remainder of the field.

Here is a pimple fact, which if seasonably and generally IffibWTi "have saywTmany thousand dollars to tne farmers of this county alono, in the article of corn. It is a fact, which should be universally known,and is, in all probability, one of the greatest discoveries of modern times in the much neglected science of agriculture. At all events, the experiment should be extensively tested, as the results are deemed certain while the expense is comparatively nothing.

Mr. M. also stated as to the result of another experiment tried upon one of his apple trees last spring. ^It is a fine thrifty healthy tree, nbout twenty-five or thirty years old, but has never in any one year produced over about two bushels of apples. While in blossom last spring, ascended the tree and sprinkled plaster freely on tho blossoms, and the result is, that it will this season yield twenty bushels of apples. Now if the plaster will prevent the blast, it is a discovery of great importance. Mr. M. wos lead to make the experiment by reading an account of the^production of trees adjoining a meadow where pluster had been sown at a time when there was alight breezo in tho direction of the orchard, the trees contiguous to the meadow bearing well, while the others produced no fruit.

Watertoum (N. Y.) Standard» 'j:.

STUMP EXTRACTOR.—Procure a dry redelm lever, about twenty feet long, and"six or eight inches in diametor a good stout log chain with two yokes of oxen, and that is all the machinery requisite. The mode of operation is this: Wrap the log-chain around the stump, a little above the ground, and make what i3 called a log hitch then lay the lever horizontally on the ground, tho larger end next to the chain ana against the stump.— Now make the other end of the chain fast to this end of the lever, drawing the lever tight to the stump, and hitch the cattle to the smnll end of the lever,drivingihem around the stump in a cirole, df which' the fever is the fndius, and one revolution of the oxen around the stump will generally twist out the largest of them. But should not the power applied bo sufficient, the side roots of the stump may be uncovered, and cut partly off" and this done, the stump will be easily removed.— Wt Far

LONGEVITY.—There is a contest

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that

BUW

This is pretly welPfor a town with fesstnan four thousand inhabitants. But there is no telling what Newport will do, now that she has got into a spirit of ^competition.—New Bedford Mercury.

DEATH

scarcely conceive of persons vile enough to' commit ao act so barbarous, malicious.—Led-' gcr.

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According to an official statefnenV iHe* quantity of metal annually converted by the*" French mints into coin, is 433,240 English! lbs producing 48,000,000 francs 5,000,000 being in gold, and 43,000,000 in silver. The! Mint of Paris absords one-third of this* quantity, and consequently the other mints-

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going

on between the inhabitants of South Kingston and those of Newport, Rhode Island, as to who can live the longest and we should think that they wore putting their best foot foremost to gain the victory. The following is the latest report of the game on tho South Kingston side:

HL)n the first of June, 1840, there were living in this town twenty-fivo pensioners, whose united ages were 2,120 years, or about 85 years each—the youngest being 75, the oldest 95 years of age. His name was William Lunt, barber to General Washington. In addition to these, there were'nine men between 80 and 90 years of nge thirteen wo* men between 80 and 90 five women between 90 and 100 and one woman 103 years of age, being now 105: besides lots of 'youth* R" PJE OA I) 11 om 75 to 80.

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MENAGERIE.—On Tuesday

Inst a number of animals attached to the menagerie of Messrs. June, Titus & Angevine#' at the Bowery Amphitheatre, N. Y. were taken sick, the symptoms of which gave reason^ to suspect that they had been poisoned. Al Zebra, one of the finest specimens in the coun* try, and an elephant, both died together with^ in an hour. The elephant was valued at? 92,000. The skeleton was |o be divided between the two mptNcnl schoqfi in Nelir York,' but they are quarrelingabout their respective^ portions. It is probable from the fact that other animals ate tlie same food without sick-c eninjz, that those which died were the victmisof some epidemic and not of poison,as we

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or£2«»,000. It appears that there are 50,000,000 francs worth of copper money incir-' culation, namely, 10,000,000 francs in royal oiinnft,«vl?0r000

in 1)6,1

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metal and

21,000,000, francs ip sous of the Republic. This mass of metal weights is 22,820,000 lbs.

THESECHET o? DOMESTIC ENJOYMENT.—8rt secret of domestic enjoyment is too much overlooked it lies in bringing our wants down to our circumstances, instead of toiling to bring our circumttanees up to our wants. Wants will always be ahead of means, and there will be no end of the race, if you set the latter to chasing the iformer. Put the yoke of self denial on desire, apply the spur of industry to energy, and if the latter does not overtake the former, it will at least keep io sight Of it.