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From the Troy Daily \Vlii-r.
Spring.
Spring! Spring!—the bright, tlte beautiful,
Once more is on the gale,
The balmy breath is on the air,
Of mountain, ltill and dale—-
And to the valley blooms beneath
Her life reviving power.
Whcre’er she pass, where‘er she breathe,
She leaves a fragrant dower ;
She robes the skies in orient hues,
The fields in fairy green,
Tlte moon in chaste and sparkling dew-i,
The groves in sylvan sheen.
Tlte tttneful birds are warbling out
Their gratitude in song;
And mount and dell bring back the shout
That echo's cells prolon tr.
Oh. there": a beauty in the Spring,
A rapture and a spell,
A magic that nought else may bring.
Nor muse nor mirtstrel tell ;
The heart, tlte very lteart seems bright,
It bonndeth like a fawn.
And every pulse respt it Is «'eli;.-li ,
At Spt‘lllf_{'8 encltuntittg dawn :
Tlte lantbkins sport trpon the green,
Cltildhood is hlithe and grty,
The music of the spheres again
Breatlies forth in roundclay;
All nature’s born afresh. and glows
Anew with wild tleligbt ;
A mant‘ling grace and glory tltrnws
O'or morning, tioon, and night.
Oh Spring !—swcct Spring is beautiful,
I would it ne'er might die ;
I lov- ilstlews-—ils tnorn—its Ilo.vers——
Its twilight and its sky! E.tt.tr.~t.
Slice}-Liitg '1‘:-c.gc:ly in Real Life.
A tr:-tg .rl_v ofa painful and nppallittg cliente-
ttver was recently perpetrate-.tl iii the western putt
gr ,A.Iu:'t.-mm. The pm-ticttlztrs. as recorded Ill
«be L451-wt-'illc I-.‘-.\'prcss, are sotttcwltat to the fol
‘tlow rig «fit-ct:
A _yrttllt;1lHtIy‘(:f5gr(:fif per.-‘ouztl attramions. thr-
«lair.--lrter -of-at fczrntcr in that tieigliltorhnntl. lltttl
ffurtttett an acquaintance with a youth of wild
‘and di-splutc ll",l-II-I5. and her }l1lf(‘lllS I1! conse-
squenco ftirbat‘i<:'lt'ittt the house, and exerted them-
oelv:-stu act.-er t-lie-connection by providing ‘ l\’lis.~‘
.7-ulia Marin‘ with 8 stemly. middle aged ltusliand.
"The squirt-. liavittg lll’fli'tfllI€(l the cercrttoricy.
" kl)“ huppy rztiuple” set ufffur their home. on the
=l‘urr.lnr's of the great prairie. and for six moriths
the lady appeared perfectly *1‘ «on .1 d to her lot.
.1+.ll')(l~'c‘X(!"lt:(I ltcr_<¢.-lfto love. honor and obey her
liege lord. fine -returning. as the farmer ‘vast te-
'1*ul:lllll,2 home with his rifle atid dogs. he met his
farrriacr rival. who accounted for his SL.tItlt:tl ap-
ttsearuitce by saying that he had just retur‘ucd
‘from Netv Ut'lcuns. whc-"re he had made a rare
‘fip-:culat.lt}n in Tr:r.i.-tri lands. arid that it was his
l'C‘.a":crtiirtn to ctitigrate to his ire-w property as
soon as he had completed sortie family arrange-
menu. The Ull.\‘lt-t’jtl(‘It)l.fS ‘ltusltaittl invited his
Jtriead to ,t:tush day or two with hirtt. saying, that
£lIl.l)UHgll he should itc olvlig‘t~:d to go to Laleevillc,
i‘4"he next day. the other could amuse himself un-
til his rettt.l‘t‘l by shooting the prairie liens. or.
fcttcittg in rt pear:-‘h o‘f‘cotti, tvltichever he pleaserl.
The other consented, and returned to the boost-
with the ltospituble farmer. Tltc next day the
jjrouug mun rertetted ltis itttitttacy with his for-
mer tut-t't:lll(‘Ell‘l. attd finally $l;t('(x."et!‘€d in exact-‘
ing a promise that she would, "the next morning.
‘run away with li'-‘tn
time, had gone on a tour to the [:l‘1ill‘lPS, in search
of game. and was not expected to return for
He had his tiiisgiviugs. however,
flO.Cl'l"’.‘IlJlnlllg__' home -lat: at night. he was horri-
'fied'to witttess hittown tlislintuir. \-Villtuu! at-
tempting to tlisturb the guilty pair. he fired his
itouse in three diff-erent pltl(.'t3.~‘,|llt‘£II1-illlfis creep-
ing tltrouglt the upper stories and encircling the
roof of his once l-sappy home. The tvrclclted
wo.-tiati and her paratitotir were arous:;tl frotit
their atittltcrottstlreatiis lt_vtlte‘llttttcs. and rush-
cd tothe windows to save tlteutsr-lves by lcapittg
out-, but below stood the irtfuriated llll5l)2.lIl(I. with
his rifle, and the moment the easement was open-
ed. he fired with uuerring aim, and they hotlt
tell amid the burning ruins.
_ Eurrcise;---‘ Front the very earliest periods of
lrtfzittczty. some degree of muscular ntotion is ne-
cessary for the well being of the child ; and as
‘Dr. liiorlow judiciously observes, it_ is advisable
to still-ier thrrtii to exercise their limbs freely: by
laying them frcquetztly on a belt, sofa. or carpet,
and allowing them to roll and kick at their good
f.leasure._ This mid being carried abottt in.tl.e
riurscs arms, is all the exercise a mere infant re-
quires.‘ In linisting children, care should be
irkeu not tocompress the ribs or breast bone with
‘the, fingers or thumb.
“\Vith respect to the period ofa child’s walk-
ing, we conceive it should be left entirely to
nature. Spontaneous cllbrts will not be made to
an extent likely to produce injury; but ,;o-carts,
&c. should be banished front the nursery, as by
such eontrivances. the child will be supported.
.and»iuduced, prematurely to walk, before its
limbs have acquired sufficient lirninesstoenable
them to support the weight of the body. By
these attempts at anticipating the child's strength,
its legs may be made crooked; but we need
‘iencment of walking is a voluntary act. In
early cltildltood. the taking of exercise tuay in
like manner be left altogether to nature : all we
have to do is to provide opportunity, by allow-
ing the free and unrestrained use ofa garden or
field, in fine weather, and a large nursery at
other times. The active and restles spirits ofthe
child will then prompt it to do all that is reqttir-
ed for its healtlt, and its own sense ol fatigue will
be the best monitor as to the proper duration of
its exertions. When the child grows into the
boy or girl, more consideration becomes due to
the management ofits murcular system. as the
necessity for the dedication of dillerent portions
‘oftime to mental education then first arises. It
then becomes an object to economise the hours
of exercise, and for this purpose the gyrnnztbiutn
and dancing school are sought by parents, and
recommended by physicians. The latt.er _is
generally considered rather as a ‘place for acquir-
ing*an accomplishment than lor exercise: bttt
under a judicious master who avoids constrain-
ed positions and restrictive machinery, it. may
do excellent service, by giving vent to the buoy-
ant spirits ofyouth, and exercising almost :all the
muscles. The gymnasium has certainly been
The husband, in the mean-'
an improvement in modern education, but it too
ltas its evils and its hazards. In it also, a skil-
muscular anatomy will enable him to contrive
means of generally exercising the fratite, and
wltosejudgment will constantly interlere to pre-
vent the youth frotn being carried on by spirit
and emulation. to art overtaskingyof his own
powers.——-Drs. Ecansorz. &- Ilfounsell.
Dcscrlion of /1 IV/role Cornpany/.'~Tlie
'Quecn’s Own,’ a company stationed at New
Market, Upper C-‘ranadaa belonging to this regi
ment, safely arrived in our harbor, heartily sick
of the Qucen’s service. They had to travel a
good many miles tltrough the woods before they
could get an opportunity to cross the Lake.
dttrittg which time they sold their guns to good
Radicals to obtain provisions.——Roc/tester Dem.
I1fcrc(lz'lm‘_7/ ]lTulformal7'on.-lVIrs. \Velsh, a
respectable female. now residing iii the town of
Gort, in Irelattd, has six fingers on each hand.
She has borne nine children. ofwltich three boys
and one girl were similarly deformed. Mr.
\Velsh's mother assigned the cause of her de-
formity to a_/‘rig’/Ll she received whilst pregnant.
front a ntatt well known at that time in Gort by
the nattte of Tom with two thurnbs.—Lanccl.
Answer to a Clu.zllen.ge.-—-'I‘brongh some mis-
take. a gentleman in the south of Ireland led off
a dance. at a cottntry ball, out ofltis turn. The
person appointed to the post ofhooor challenged
the intruder, and received the following reply :
‘Sir—l cannot understand wlty, bccattse I
opened a ball at night, a ball sltould open uie in
the morning. ' Yours,’ &c.
Jfr. Rivesvs. Jlfr. Van Burcn.--Accordingto
tlte Matlisonian. Mr. Rives "has lost all confi-
deuce in Mr. Van Buren, as chief magistrate ol
the Union.’
\Ve have reason to know this statement to be
ccrrect, and that M r. R. is very free in declar-
ing that Mr. V. B. is ‘ not by r.o means the man
vot he vos crack’d tip for to be,’ as Sam Veller
says.—Sla'r.
General Batcsa Loco-Foco candidate for Con-
gress in Alabama, goes for a National Bank on
the ground of expediency. Convert number
one!
Rector, l/re Com:ic(.—Tlte escape of this in-
dividual from Bridewell ltas produced much
excitement. It appears tobe veiled in mystery.
Rector it will be recollected. was recently cott-
victcd ofthe tnttrder ofa young man at Albany.
I’. S. He was taken at Pt-ughkeepsie. He
had lirst made ltis way to Peekskill, where he
stole a horse. passed some counterfeit notes, and
uiadcoli. ‘ For these he was pursued, and while
on his return he made his escape, reached
Poughkeep-.=ie ere he was recaptured. He has
been taken back to New York. tnaking 11 £000
joke of his escape and promising to give a full
account of it. It is thought by many that his
es -ape was connived at by his keeper.
" Do you,’ said Sarah, t'other day,
‘In earnest love me as you say?
Or are those tender words applied
To ‘rifty other girls beside?’
‘ Dear, cruel girl,’ cried I, ‘ forbear,
For by those cherry lips I swear
Sltc stopped me :-tst his oath I took,
And said you've sworn—now kiss the boo .'.’
The Specie Circular.-—The Specie Circular
is at last; repealed, and the Executive prevented
from promulgating for the future any such or-
dcr, as far as the Senate is concerned. The
.:tt.ion may now cliantthe ‘to Pzcan that aLoco-
Foco mtijority has exhibited returning signs _of
reason. They have sufl"ered in the p‘t'1nisli-
merit that they thougltt would only fell upon
the Whigs, and hence their eagerness to get ottt
oi’ the straigltt, jacket invented by their own
tnaliguity and base designs.
This asccndanl: movement is not owing, as
the Loco-Focos would have it, to the measures
of the administration, rt-or to the blundering
policy of our own State. _The secret of it lies
t-lcept-r than the superficial observer wists. It
lies in the rising up of the people against their
President; and his wicked financial policy.‘ It
lies in the existence and operations -of the Uni-
ted States Bank of Pensylvania. It is to be
curried through by the repeal of the specie
circular, for without that repeal our resumption
of cash payments would avail us notliing, as We
should be alone in our glory. A resumption in
the cotton States was necessary, and that could
not have been realized sooner than another
crop, wititout the relaxation of the enmity of
the government. There is another ingredient
in the tide of prosperity that promises to over-
{low the land, and that is the necessity in Eng-
land of finding a market for their surplus goods.
They could not wait another year, and hence
the shipment of gold to this country to antici-
pate the era of resumption and confidence.-
But. all the gold on the cotninentof Europe could
not have restored confidence and produced a
resumption, witltout a removal ofthat obnox-
ious specie order. If the Senate had denied
its repeal, the people would have repealed it
for the-m.—-N. Y. IV/rig.
Blockade of Bucnos A3/rcs.»—The French are
in rt fair way of getting their hands full‘ Not
content with blockading the coast of Mexico,
they have declared the port of Buenos Ayres, and
all the shores of the La Plata in the Argentine
Republic, in a state of rigorous duress, till sat-
isfaction be made to the family of one Baclc.
who had been killed by the brutal treatment of
paper blockade. The squadron consists of one
frigate, six brigs and one corvette. Merchants’
vessels in port could depart uumolested, up to
the 10th of May. The blockade was declared
on the 28th of March. The conduct ofthe French
government in tltus seeking protnpt redress for
wrongs done. its subjects by 0th .-r governments is
deserving of imitation.—1b.
Augful Lossof L1'fc.—We have received per
the Leontine, a file of German newspapers, and
translated from the Bremen Gazette of the 5th
of April last, an account of a. most awful inun-
dation in the cit.ies of Pesth and Ofen, in Hun-
gary, occasioned by the overflowing of the wa-
ters of the Danube. The occurrence took
pla'ce about the middle of the month of March,
ful teacher is required, whose knowledge of
and was attended with as great a destruction of
life and property as any similar event; known to
history. In the city of Pesth, two t/roumncl two
humlrecl and c2'_r,r}il_7/ one houses were entirely
dcmolislted, and eight hundred ar.d twenty-seven
more or It.'SS injured ; as far as was ascertained
at the last. dates, upwards of twelve hundred
people were missing. The loss of property is
estimated at about twenty millions of flortns,
or about ten tnillions of dollars. The distrcss
occasioned by this melancholy catastrophe, is
represented as very great, but the most praise-
worthy exertions are being made in all quar-
ters to lessen it.
Courting Among the Facully.—A young phy-
siciun, while on a friendly visit to a family in
this city, with whom he was intimate, said to a
young lady, a ntember of it,
“ You seem unwell, Miss.
tor?”
“ Are you a Doctor, and cannot tell?
my pulse.” replied the lady.
“ I do.” .
*‘ What do you prescribe?”
“A husband.”
“ VVliere shall I find him '3”
“Here, if you will accept me!” exclaimed
the son of Galen, with an enthusiasm worthy a
VVhat is the mat-
Feel
poet.
The two are now one. The lady is called
Mrs. Doctor . What would you give
to know’!
Ilfor.-I.-cry of (he Law.—The trial of‘ John VVil-
son, who it may be remembered, officiated as
speaker of the Arkansas House of Representa-
tives during the last Legislative session of that
State, and who, on a certain occasion, walked
down from his chair-and slew Major J. J. An-
tltony with a Bowie knife oti the floor of the
House, took place (I. few weeks ago. Tlte ver
dict of the jury was-—“-not guilty of murzlcr
but erctrsable /rom2'cz'(le.”
An 1mpostcr.——A man, named Hosea. Smith,
lately came to the neighborhood of Flemington,
N. J., in the character of a Christian minister.
He succeeded in intruding himself into :1 re-
spectable familyin that vicinity, and about two
weeks ago induced one of its members to give
him her hand in marriage. He has since been
fottnd otil. to be art intposter. and that he has a
wife in Yates county, N. Y. He is about 29
years of age, and of dark complexion.—Trcn-
ton Ernporimn.
Illino2's.—A vigorous contest is vi aged by the
\Vltigs against their Loco-Foco opponents in
Illinois. VVe shall not be surprised should this
State colic face at the election in August. It.
the Dictator. Nor is the declaration a mere _
is llO\V iii the hands of the Administration par-
ty. The VVhigs cotirit upon carrying the Gov-
ernor, Lieutenant Governor, members of Con-
gress, and State Legislature.-— Ohio Journal.
The Clay .Mceli7rg.—The Journal of Com-
merce. that "sober and religious paper,” as the
Globe calls it, says that the Clay meeting in this
city was a failure, and the N. Y. American en-
dorses the opinion. There can be no mistake in
numbers, and 5,000 names appended to a call
does not carry the appearance of “a failure”
with it. We never saw a larger meeting. or
one ntore united and enthusiastic. A stream of
people poured in and ottt for two hours. and there
can be no question oftlte fact that irt this ingress
and egress, 10,000 persons were in Masonic Hall
during the evening. \Nhile on this subject ol
primary meetings of the people,,it maybe well
to publish an excellent and powerfttl andjust re-
mark made by Mr. \Vehster himself in a letter
to Boston. which we find in this morning's Couri-
er and Enquirer. which is the true Democratic
doctrine, and if followed up honestly and carried
out fairly, will reconcile all parties to the contest
whatever it may be. and which bears us out in
the general course we have adopted-:
“ Our cause is emphatically in the bands of
the People; and let it be one ofour lixed princi-
ples. that the People-s/tall be heard,‘ that they
shall, in all tlfivg speak forthemselves; andtltat
opinions. in Ft gitrd either to men of measures,
shall not be manufactured for the ntany by the
few. Letthe popular voice prevail, and have
its free course fairly and honestly, without cori-
trol and without evasion?’
So mote it be-.——Ncw -Yon’: Slar.
A human skeleton has been brought to Balti-
more front the Rocky Mountains, near the head
waters of the Missouri. measuringS feet 9 inch-
es in height, and weighing I80 pounds.
The following is given in Bell's Life as a satire
on the recent paragraphs in American papers on
absence qfmind :
T/Le Latest A.rncrican.—A gentleman who had
occasion to go to his wine cellar,lit a candle for that
purpose, attd walked down his own throat. He
did not discover ltis errortill the candle was blown
out by the wind on his stomach.
Canaclaa private clomain.—-A gentleman call-
ing himself Lord Alexander Stirling (probably
a pretended heir of Lord Stirling of the Ameri-
can Revolution) has laid his claims before the
British Government to the whole of Canada.—
This woul'l soon put an end to all trouble there.
“ Detn two liosses look very much like. Sam,"
said a son of Africa to one of his own color,
the other day.
"Yes, Ky, particularly de one dis way.”
Mr. \Vright is at least the equal of Mr. Web-
ster irt tearing away from a question the web of
sophistry.—Geargia Conslilulionaltsl.
No he is not. Mr. Wright is tolerably acute,
but he never can make a web sl2r.—Prentzce.
The Canada trotibles ltave cost the British go-
vernment near £8,000,000.
Lieut. Wilkes it is said, has resigned the com-
mand of the Exploring Expedition!
A Mercantile Pun.—A flock of birds flying
over the heads of two city merchants, orte of
them exclaimed, “ How happy those creatures
are ! They have no acceptances to pay!”—
"You are mistaken,” replied the other, “ They
have their bills to provide for, as well as we.”-
Picayune.
B1‘? QUIET-—-D0! i‘LI. CALL MY MOTHER!
As I was sitting iii a wood,
Under an oak tn.-e’s leafy cover,
Illllfilng in pleas:-int snlitttde.
\Vlioslioul(l come by but John my lover?
He pressed my hand attd liissetl my ch.-tek;
Then warmer growing. kissed the other;
I/Vltile I exclaimed, and strove to shriek,
"Be quiet——do! I'll call my mother!”
He Saw my anger was sincere,
And lovingly began to cltidc me;
And wiping from my check the tear,
He sat him on the grass beside me.
He feigned such pretty plaititive wn,
Breathed such sweet vows one after other,
lcottld but smile while whispering low,
" Be quiet-do! I'll call my mother!”
He talked so long, and talked so well,
And swore he meant not to deceive me;
Ifelt more grief than I can tell,‘
\Vhen with a kiss he rose to leave me.
"Oh, John!” said I, "and must thou go?
_ ' I love thee better than all other!
Fhere is no need to ltttrry so,
I never meant to call my mo'.lter!”
Ilig/tly Imy10rlanl.—“ Stop hcr! stop lter!
stop the boat, captain,” cried otit the slioeblack
of a steamer. after the boat ltad been sometime
under way; I've left my brushes on shore!”——
How many men there are oftremendous itttpor-
tancc in their own estirnatiort, who think the
world is coming to an end, iftltey happen to"
leave their " brushes on shore."—-Bust. Trans.
3:’? The E.Iitor of the Jackson [Mississippi]
Southern Sun,commenting on the glorious vic-
tory of Prentiss and \Vord. says:
" Will not ottr native State of Tennessee give
tts a shoot of welcome and applause from her
free vallies? \Vi|l not our northern sister. New
York, send amongst lter “unconquered bills"
the loud pcals of her joyous approval’! Will
not Kentucky—the latid of chivalry and hospi-
tality——of nobledaring and unquailing bravery-
echo from the “dark and bloody ground" one
caecr for the state of Mississippi? \Vill not
every state in the Urtiori exult that the “st air” of
Mississippi, so rudely lturled front the banner of
our common country, has been replaced there by
lter _/‘rec sons, and that they did not permit the
stripe to retnain by itself, an ernblerit of their
rleg radalion .’
The French Government derives an annual
revenue of hfty-six million francs from Tobacco
imported into, and used, in France.
A literary paper has recently made its ap-
pearance tn Texas,called the ‘Laughing I-Iyena.’
Jl/Iissiorzary Antericart Ertteryn-7',:e.—Our Yan-
kee wornett ltave founded excellent lllis.-iouary
Schools in classic Athens. Old Egypt must al-
so submit to the Arts as introduced from wild
America. ’
I‘-.‘."The New-I-Iaven Herald publishes an ex-
tract of a letter from Prof. Robinson, to his bro-
ther in New-Haven, (laled Cairo, in Egypt.
March 12, 1538, in which. alter metitioriing the
great kindness with which he had been treated
by the missionaries, he says, in allusion to their
schools, ‘they are quite flourislting. built for boys
and girls. Itt going into the latter. the girls
school. the other day. I was struck with the num-
ber of bright and intelligent countenauces, even
more than in the Greek school at Athens. The
Pasha takes quite an interest, especially in the
female schools. A few days since he scrtt the
master of his Polytechnic School to visit it, and
to buy specimens of the sewing taken, as it was.
from the hands ofthe girls. that it might be seen
by his sister and daughters. Yesterday these
specimens were returned, with a proposal that a
school should be opened tltree times a week in
the palace, for the Pa.-'ha's daugltter and those of
the Chief Beys, to the number of 100. and invit-
ing ilie missionaries to take charge of it. It was
also further irititnated that a public female school
might hereafter be opened,-for which the Pasha
would give a large building in the city. and also
pay the expenses of the school.‘ ”
Arrest cf Piralcs.—-\Ve learrt from a gentle-
man direct from Oswego, that ten of the pirates
who burnt the steamboat Sir Robert Peel. have
been arrested. One of the nttrtibcr is art Ameri-
can; the otlters from Canada. It was reported
that some of the property of which the boat was
plundered was found in the possession of the
tnen.—-Albany Evening Journal.
The Legislature of the State of S. Carolina
assembled in extra session, in conforruity to the
Governor’s proclattiation. on I\Ionday last. Gov.
Butler's Message to the two Houses is confined
exclusively to the occasion for which the Legis-
lature was corivoked, (the disastrous destruction
of property by fire in the city of Charleston.)
The relief which the Governor proposes is the
application of two orthree millions of dollars. to
be raised on the pledge of the faith of the State,
by way of loan, for the relief of the city from its
immediate prostration and suffering.
\Veinfer that the controversy which has so
long agitated the Presbyterian cltttrclt is to be
corttinued in the civil tribunals of the country.
The New School, so called. elected six trustees
of the Theological Seminary. and removed six
of the board. The Board, however, relused
to admit the new members to a seat, and the old
ones continue to act. A coternporary says-
“Hereupon issues the writ of quo warrmrto by
which the whole legal question will be decided
concerning tlterigltts of the respective parties to
the name. property, etc. of the General Assem-
bly."-—I)ll‘lll1(lclp/I'l(Z Nat. Inlclligencer.
REPORT
Of Corruniltce on. Erpcnrlilures of Stale Govern-
ment. ,
The committee appointed to inquire into the au-
mtal expenditures of the several departments
of the State Government, since the year 1830.
beg leave_to submit the following Report :
The annual expenses of the State Govern-
ment, have been observed. for several years past,
to be rapidly increasing. The whole amount of
these expenses, which in tire year ending March
31st, 1830, was only $66,599, in the year end-
ing March 31st, 1838, was less than three hun-
dred dollars short of the sum of one hundred
thousand? dollars. Your committee have made
rninute inquiry into the causes ofthis alarming
increase, and have carefully examined. the-ac ‘
counts relating to the different departments oi
the guvcrnntcnh The information which they
rave obtained. they would present to the consid-
eration ofthe General Assembly, underthe fol-
ltiwlntz heads, viz:
1. Debetiture ofthe General Asscntbly.
Contittgeitt expcngcs of '.lte General As-
-iembly.
3. S:ilaries—Exectttive and .Indicizil.
Contingent expensesoftlie Uoverttment.
0. Judicial expett~:tcs pairl from the Treasury.
(5. Expettse ofsupportiug State Paupers. '
7. .-\dvauces to Quarter Master General.
8. \Vhole amonrtt of expeuditu res.
1. Dcbcnlurc Q/'1/tc General A.s‘scm.l.‘l7/.
The increase in the amount of the tlelsentttrc
ofthe General Assembly, for the sessions of ISLG
and 1.837, early attracted the attention or the
committee. The debenture of the session
1829. was found to be 555122.851 26; of I830.
$14 500 73; of 183 . $l2.270 8-1; of 1832.
-$1-L390 (58; of I833. -31:3.b'77 6-1; of 183 L.
551-1 292 0-1; of 1835. $13861 28; of 1836.
$10.-’3f52 86; of the $pt.’(7l':l session of 1835.
$7.6-17 96; ofl837, $19.-I9!) I-1. showing a great
and sutldc-u increase in the years 15-36 aud1837.
The cause oftltis increase, the comntittce lind to
be, the recent p!'Z'.l(.‘llt?(-', pursued by the Legisla-
tures ofthose years. ofcltarging double mileage,
and allowing for several days more time than
the Legislature was really iii session. At tltc
session of 1537. the debenture bill ofthe Senate
was calculated upon art allowance of eight days.
and that of the House of Representatives. upon
an allowance of seven days. more than the
General Assernhly was in session; or,itiotlter
words, the two Houses took pay. the one for eight
days. and the other lor seven days. after they
adjourned. The members of each House were
also allowed douhletravel.
In this way the debenture bill was swelled
from the nrdittary sum of about$l~I,0l)O. to tttore
than $10,000. The saute practice prevailed.
though not to so great an extent, at the session
of 1536. and the extra session of the same year,
by which means the tlebcntttre bill of :hose ses-
sions wasgreatly increased. '
The sum taken by the Legislature of IS37.
for time allowed after the Assembly arljnttrnml.
and for extra travel, amounted to nearly -‘35.000.
This sutu, deducted frotii $19,499 11-, would
leave about the ordinary amottut of the deben-
ture bill ofprevious scssiorts.
Your committee apprehend that the practice
of making tip the debenture bill for seven or
eight days time after l.lll‘)_SCSSlt)lI of the Asserti-
hly is closed, will not be continued. and that
therefore, in providing ways and means for the
support of the Government, this extra expense
need I'iot be provided for.
2. Conlirigcnl E;r.pcnses ofthe G'c!nc2-al Assernblg/.
These expenses were, in the year I830.
$1,177 98; in 1831, 8983 42; in I83‘).
$1,533 23; in 1833. $1,201 88; iii 1.534.
$1.232-I 7!); in 1835, 331.075 -14; in 1830'.
31.511. 0:3; at the special session of 18;)‘ ',
S‘.-)9-I G9 ; in 1S37.$.'2.229 57.
By the foregoing statemertt it appears, that the
contittgent expenses of the General .-‘kssemhly
greatly increased in the years 1836 and 1837,
amounting iii the last year to ttearly double the
average atiiouttt of previous years. The com-
mittee know no reason why this great lllttrtillt-‘C
of expense should necessarily ltave been made.
They believe, oti the other hand. that a great
part ofthis expense was entirely unnecessary.-
The printing of the General Assembly was done
at an extravagant price-—a price, it is believed
by the comutittee, nearly double that at which
it might ltave lit-en procured, ltad competition
been allowed. This great increase of expertse
the committee also believe will not be cotttinued.
3 Salaries. E.7;ccut2'.rc and Juclicial.
These being lixed by law. are necessarily
nearly the same in different years. This part
ofthe expenditures of the Governnicnt does not
seem, therefore, to have increased within the last
ten vears.
4-. Contingent Expenses Gorermncnl.
These were, itt 1S30. 09; in 1831.
535.220 78; in 1832, ‘$4.679 9-1-; in 18233,
$4.870 37 ; in 18334, $5.449 96 ; in 1835.
37.007 50; in 1835, $14,430 9-3; in 1537,
$11,250 29.
The contingent expenses of the Government
have as appears by the above statement, more
than doubled within the last three years. The
amount of 1836 and 1537 includes, it ought to
be stated,son'te large items of extra expense ; but,
after deducting these itetits, there is a great iti-
crease remaining unaccounted for. The control‘.-
tee hate come to the conclusion. after careful
consideration, tltat, underthe ltead of ‘ contingent
expenses.’ are included the ntost lavish expendi-
tures of the public money. They feel no dis-
position tocast any imputations upon any n.en. or
scttof men; but it would seem that these ex-
penses could not have been so greatly increased,
without a fault somewhere. At all events. the
facts ought to be brottglit to light. that the Legis-
lature may see them clearly, and, if any thing
is wrong, apply the proper remedy.
5. Jl£(llL‘l(llE.E1)€fiS€S of (/20 Governmcrzt.
The comtnittee appointed by the General As-
scmhly to investigate the Judicial expenses,
having submitted a full and elaborate report,
you rcommittee have not thouglit it necessary
for them to go very extensively into that sub-
ject. Tltcy would, liotvcvcr, state that. the ju-
dicial expenses have, for the last ten years, been
rapidly increztsirtg, till, from the sum of 5.;‘»‘3'3,87’0
02, which was the amount in 1830, they have
risen to the sum of $34, 115 22, which was the
amount for the year ending March 31st, 1833.
This increase is the result of various causes;
atnong others, the increased :nI unnecessary
length of the session of the County Court, the
expense of criminal prosecutions, and srveral
other matters, detailed in the report of the com-
mittee above alluded to. While on this subject,
your committee would say, that they do tint.
consider the greatly increased amount of ex-
pense. arising in the County Courts to be the.
fault of the system. It is the same systcnt
wlticlt ltas been in operation in former yea.-s,
without producing the results which are now
complained of. They consider it rather the
fault‘. of tltosc. under whose control the system
ltas been. Far further informatiom on this
subject, the committee beg leave to refer the
House to the report of the committee oit Judi-
ciary Expenses.
0. Er-pertse of szrpporting Stale Pa-upers.
The annual expense of supporting the State
Paupers has not difii-red materially for the last;
Eten years. The committee have no other facts
_to report on this subject.
7. Advances lo Quarter Master General‘.
This item of expense was in 1830, $680 ; in
1831, 8817 69; in 1832, $826 84; in 1833,
of
$704 in18=t4.$659a:t_; in 1835. 81,004 15
in 1836, 31,492 49; iii 1837, $1,720.
For this increased expense no reason has
been sltmvn to the committee, nor do they be-
lieve that any good reasoit can be given. \Vhy
the amount of advances to the Quarter Master
General should rise from the stint of $653 84-,
in ]834—tlie lowest nmotiut. for the last ten
ycars—to the sum of 3.31720. in I337. the high-
est amount for the smite time, they confess
tbcirinability to explain. Their opinion, liow-
ever, in this, {IS in other cases, is, that it is
owing to an improper. ttnncccssr_v_, and lavish
expenditure of money in that dnpnrtment, A
reutedy for the evil, the Getter.-.I Assembly
alone can supply.
8. 'lI’i’Lolc amount qf .E_rpcm.7i'lu7‘c.
From the foregoing, it appears that in every
branch of tlteexpen-es of Lie state government.
there has been a great irtcreasc. except it: the ex-
ecutive and judicial salaries, and the expense of
supporting the State pattpers. In the year end-
ing March 31.-t, 1830 the whole amount of ex-
ttcttditttres was Sfiti.-399 (3-1; in the year ending
Marcl: 31st. 1831, the whole amount u as $87,680
06; (this last arnonut includes $13,000 extra ex-
pense, paid for erecting the State Prisein ;) in the
year ending March 31st, 1833'’ the wltole amount
was 76; in the year ending March 31st.
1833. 571.626 (58; in the year ending March
31“. 1S3'l-, $75,838 26: fit the year ending
Marclt 31st, 1835, t['n'7bI_,()l5 21 ; in the year end-
l”.‘—' M arch 31st. 1836. $71,357 06; iii the year
ending Marcttzt.-t. 18:37. 45:99 8:21 35; in” the
year curling Murcli 3lst, 183 ‘. $91-.982 5-5.
Tlttis it appears that in each of the two last
years, the expense of the governtiteut of the
state has increased morethan $20,000.
The causes of this increase, have. in part.
been lterctoforedetailetl in this report. That the
increase has been necessary, your committee see.
no reason to believe. On the otltcr hand, they
believe that this greatly increased expenditure
has been both the cause and the ellisct of a sys-
tcm tending to corruption, which has apparently
pervatlctl almost every branch of the State go-
verntiient.
The result is, that thetreasury is bankrupt.—
Tlic State is in debt for the expenses of its go-
verrtuteut. the sum of 29.600 -19. To meet this
debt, funds trtttst he provided, and with a view to
this object, the attention of the comtttittee has
been directed to the receipts as well as the ex-
penditurcs of the government. These receipts
are derived frotn two sources, viz: the State tax,
and the dividends ttpon batik stock. belonging to
the State. The wltole antount of receipts has
fallen olf, the last year, nearly -9312.000, al~,
though the State tax was about 32000 more than
the previous year. This deficiency is occasion-
ed by the falling nffofthe bank dividends. The
cause of this falling olf is too well known to
the General Assembly to need any explanation.
The committee would beg leave to suggest how-
ever, the obvious idea, that so long as our State
is so deeply interested, as a stockholder, irt banks.
it must be the intercsl of every tax-paying citi-
zcn, to endeavor to support and sustain these in-'
stitntions. In 183-5, the receipt from banks was
$239.24}; 71. In 1837, it was only $2-1,145 3‘ .
This deficiency of $15,107 30is direct loss to
the State and ratably to every citizen. It must
be made up by taxation, unless otherwise pro-
vitlcd for. Under these considerations the
committee cannot but consider the war
against l.anks, which l=as been so fiercely
waged for a few years past. as greatly injurious
to the interests of the State. It has not only af-
fccted the business of private individuals, but
has rc-dnccd the revenues ofthe state more than
$15,000. It is to be hoped. that iftltis warfare
is not over the comttturiity have become so well
acquainted with their true interests. that its ef-
fects can no longer prove so deeply injurious as
heretofore.
The committee do not, in conclusion, deem it
expedient to recommend any legislation on this‘
sultject. ' he evils of which they have spoken,
and whit-l:t now give us so much anxiety and
alarnt, have not been occasioned by a want of
proper legislation. The wisest laws cannot
make men honest or economical. \Ve can only
be extrit:ate:I from ottr present embarrassmcnts
by a course of the strictest prudence and econo-
my. The money which is drawn from the pock-
etsof the people should no longer be lavished in
the shape of " contingeritexpenses.” The merri-
bers of the Legislature should be satisfied with
being paid for the time they are actually in ses-
sion. The judicial expenses should, if possible,
he diminisltud by shortening the sessions of the
County (.‘unrts-—tlte expenses of criminal prose-
cutions should be. titore carefully scrutinized than
they have heretofore bcen—-and in short, the
public money should be expended for thegood
of the state and not to reward partisan services.
Signed by order of the Corrtntittee,
O. MERWIN. Chairman.
House of Representatives, May session, 1838.
C//cefing prospects for the Nam/.-—Letters
from ‘Washington state that Mr. I/Voorlbug‘ (as
the Frcnclimcn call ltim) has declined his home
appoiuttticnt, and will still ltold the purse
strings; Mr. Vanrlrrll will remain where he is;
bttt the Secretary oftlte Navy. Mr. Dickerson. is
to go ottt. and his place to be supplied by the
lion. Joint Jlrl. 1\’itns. late of Connecticut, now
c.i'pun,g‘e(l. \Vhen this comes to pass, our naval
ltl'Illll'S will go on swimmiugly. Tltcn the motto
will he. instead of "Free Trade and Sailors’
Rights"-
"Stand clear all rogucs—c.z'ccpl oz¢rfrienc7s:"’
[1-Ieralcl.
Mr. \Voodbury has issued another Treasury‘
Circular, fnutttletl on the late ittjunctiort passcd
in Con-_~n-ss in relation to a former one, in which
he llfnllllllls the Collectors and Receivers nfpub-
llt.‘ ntoncv. front receiviugthe notes ofacy specie
laying bauksofa less denomination than twenty
dollars. and front taking the bills of at:y bank
that issues ntilesof a less (Ir-.tit)ti'llnalittll than
live dollars. Ca‘n’t give tip the whole /rumbug
yet. The people must give another ttirn to the
tltumb-screw.<.—Ib.
The following was pttinted on a Negro beer
wagon, in Nevv-York.which wasdragged tlrrnugll
‘Vall street a few days since: “ Dr. C. Jimisoun.
Ourattgc.No.GS——S:tsst-rptillar and Spruse Bear.
Up to the 1-Ith ultimo. the rail road and capal
Hills of Pennsylvania amotinted to -$41~'L704s
from the first of January last.
Porter, I'he Loco-Foco candidate for Governor
of Pennsylvania, is bonafldc rrtarrted to a negro
woman, black as ebony. and has two children by
. . . _- '
her. Oh, riorrtble! shocking.
Norwalk Chronicler