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ther, if possible, a thousand times worse, (unless | which it assists in the filtering: after which, he con manufactured by the skilful hand and in the way tinues putting in and packing his ashes, as before dihereinafter most particularly pointed out,) they rected, until the leach is sufficiently full to receive having been burnt from dead, and dead rotten the necessary quantity of water. That being put in, wood, possess none of the real alkaline substances, it will be three or four days in coming through, of but of the sulphuratic only. The only and best which time of coming he will know by examining ways I know of to detect them, are by rubbing them the spile-and when it does come, he has a tub or a between the thumb and fore finger, and by the taste. receiver for it to run in- (in large factories it is inGood strong and well burnt ashes when rubbed be-mediately led into the ketties, and boiled down to tween the fore finger and thumb, will feel coarse salts) from which they are taken out, put in the and gritty, not unlike fine sand, and when tasted, kettles, and boiled down to what is called black though sharp on the tongue, leave no foul flavor: salts; and when a sufficient quantity of them are while the former (bad ashes) have a soft and greasy made, they are again put into the kettles, commencfeeling, and when tasted, will leave a fœtid sulphu- ing with a slow fire, which is increased in heat. On ratic scent and taste behind: to eradicate which foul increasing the fire, the salts will begin to melt substance from pure leys, and avoid hard melts and down, (as it is called) and boil not unlike mush, the spliting of the kettles, which too often is the re- until all the watery substance is evaporated. sult, and injurious, if not ruinous to the manufac-soon as this is the case, they will stop fluttering, (as ture, I recommend your friend to pursue the direc-it is called) and settle down, (prior to which he has tions (at the same time not to lose sight of what I 2, 3, or 4 iron pots well heated and ready,) when he have stated in regard to the test of the raw ashes) that hereafter follows, viz:

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instantly commences dipping them out with a ladle, made for that purpose, which must also be made hot The first is, to procure good sound kettles, and before he commences: and as he has dipped out one have them set as is usual-procure his leaches, cooler full, it is proper to let his fire slack, proporwhich (square or round) must be made of good tionate to what he has taken out, otherwise the resiround white pine or white ash staves and heading, due has one third more force of fire than is proper or sufficiently large to contain from 4 to 450 bushels necessary; and in like manner, after he has dipped of ashes. The staves and heads from two to out the 2, 3, to the 4th cooler full, by which his pot two and a half inches thick, to be well hooped ashes will be nearly of one color, as well as one and braced, of sufficient width, so as the spent quality: whereas, a contrary course, and keeping the ashes may be with the more ease lifted out of them fire up, as at first of their melting, they will not only -the mouth part rather the widest-the bottoms to differ in color from one kettle, but very materially have two battons or pieces put under them as a sup-in quality, as the over proportion of fire destroys its port; the thickness of the depth of the chimes-the virtue as well as its weight. When sufficiently coolplatform on which they are intended to stand, to be ed in the coolers, they are turned bottom up, on a sufficiently wide, tight, strong and well supported, stick or sticks of wood, when the asbes will leave to bear the weight of them and their contents; these the kettle. After which,it is broken, and immediately must descend from rear to front about 2 to 2 1-2 in-put in good, strong and tight barrels, headed up. ches, on which he places pieces of joists, which are In setting the leaches the second time, the lower sofixed that, when the leaches are placed on them, layer of lime is not to be disturbed-all it wants is the tops or upper ends are on a level. The leach-some new lime to cover the old."

Interesting Tour.

to Quebec, [and back] via Albany and the falls of Niagara, to such it may be acceptable.

es being placed thereon, he causes to be placed in each of them what is commonly called false bottoms, made of strips of plank to the width of 2 to 2 1-2 inehes, and the length so as to reach the width of the FROM POULSON'S AMERICAN DAILY ADVERTISER. leaches-which strips he either lays or nails across As the season is at hand when many of our fellow each other three or four thicknesses, and about 1 to citizens usually take a journey, either for recrea 1 inches apart, (if nailed, the less trouble in fixing tion or for health, perhaps, if the waywardness of them at other settings,) which done and placed on the times has left any who can afford it, the followthe bottom of the leach, he then lays a good layer, ing hasty outline of one of the most interesting as it is called, of good straw, say three or four in-tours that can be made, viz:-from Philadelphia ches in thickness, and then damped; on which he lays a layer of good, fresh, slacked stone lime, three or four inches thick, which must be trod down well, From this city to Albany, the journey is delightkeeping that part next the sides of the leaches the ful, and may be accomplished in little more than highest, and packed as tight as possible against its two days. Good stages start from Albany for sides; doing which prevents the spurious matter Lewistown every day in the week. The horses are and substances from passing through with the ley, excellent, and travel with great rapidity. The as they pass much the freest down by the sides, rods in some places hilly and rough, but generally than the centre of the leaches-therefore, by pack-speaking good, particularly that called the Ridge ing the lime, the highest and tightest against the sides, turns all towards the centre, and prevents the bad matter from passing through, and leaves the ley pure and clean-after which layer of lime, he then puts in his ashes and packs them down tight, as he fills in-for the tighter and closer they are packed the better. The ley will be longer in coming, though when it comes, it will not only be purer but stronger, from which, with proper caution in keeping his works clean, he cannot help making first quality until he gets them half full; when he may lay another layer of straw, about half the thickness of the first, on which he puts another layer of lime about half the thickness of the first; and

road, which extends from the Gennessee to the Niagara river. The accommodations at some of the public houses, are such as may naturally be expected in a new country. And for which every allowance must be made. Milk, in all its purity, however, can be procured every where on the road; and if the traveller were to take with him from Albany or Utica, some fresh crackers, (as the bread most frequently is very inferior in quality) he would fare very well. After travelling 5 days, over a distance of 320 miles, you reach Lewistown, much fatigued, and on your arrival feel no extraor dinary partiality for stage travelling. But if not disposed to undergo so much fatigue, you can bend

your course from Utica to Sackett's harbor, be-distance in 17 hours. The fortifications at the latter tween which place and Lewistown, a steam-boat place, are, in point of strength, equalled by few is continually plying; much, however, calculated to military posts in the world; the falls of Montmorency produce the highest gratification, would be lost also deserve attention. by such an arrangement. The ride along the In returning, the route by the way of Boston may banks of the Mohawk to Utica, brings to view some be taken; between which place and Montreal, a of the most beautiful and some of the wildest and line of stages is established; or that of the stage to most romantic scenery. The Oneida nation of In- St. John's on the river Sorel-thence in one of the dians-the gypsum quarries at Cayuga; the bridge best steam-boats, in every point of view, in the across that lake, more than a mile in length; the world, up lake Champlain to Shoreham, in Vernoble and picturesque falls of the Gennessee river, mont, nearly opposite the old fort Ticonderoga, at near Rochester-the wonderful bridge just com- the outlet of lake George-thence by a small steampleted over that river-the Ridge-road, composed boat to Caldwell, where a carriage may be obtained of sand, gravel and marine shells, and extending to go by the way of Saratoga and Balston to a distance of eighty miles, through a marshy soil Albany. Isle aux Noix (one of the strong holds -the wilderness, which continues for about 10 of Lower Canada) 12 miles from St. John's-Lacole miles, &c. would none of them be seen. Some per mill-Chasey-the scene of M'Donough's victory sons at Canandiagua, take the stage to Buffalo, but the other route is considered preferable.

There is but one public house immediately in the neighborhood of the Falls, which is Forsyth's, and of this many complaints are justly made. About three quarters of a mile from there, a most excellent house is kept, by an obliging Scotsman, of the name of M'Clive, who wants nothing but encouragement, to give perfect satisfaction to his guests.

(in sight of Plattsburg, 24 miles from the lines, and 36 from St. John's) between Crab Island and Cumberland head-Burlington, Vermont, 50 miles from the lines-the green mountains, the Wilsborough mountains, &c. are passed in the journey from St. John's to Shoreham. The upper falls of the outlet of lake George as well as the mills erected there, and Glenn's falls, on the road to Saratoga, are worthy of observation.

The following distances are not pretended to be Here there are many objects of curiosity: a burning spring, a short distance above the falls-the perfectly accurate, having been principally derived whirlpool, and the Devil's den, a few miles below from passengers, inn-keepers &c. but sufficiently so Having -Queenstown heights, rendered memorable by the for the general purposes of a traveller. death of gen. Brock-the Tuscarora nation of In-experienced the want of something of the kind, dians, (in whom the excellent effects of civiliza-myself, I have taken the trouble of giving this tion are strikingly exemplified)-Lundy's lane-dry detail with a hope that it might be useful to Bridgewater-fort Niagara--fort George, &c. others.

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The British steam boat Frontenac, which is very | Distance from Philadelphia Ridgeway
large and commodious, is constantly passing be-
tween fort George and Kingston, by the way of
York; Sir James Yeo's fleet, including his 110 gun New York
ship, &c. are laid up at Kingston-commodore Albany
Chauncey's at Sackett's harbor.

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boat also plies between Kingston and Prescott, Schenectady
where it is exchanged for the Canadian boats, or Amsterdam
what are called stage-boats, resembling our Dur-Tripe's hill
ham-boats, for the purpose of descending the St. Caughaway
Lawrence, and its rapids, to La Chine.-Those who Paletine
are not disposed to descend the rapids, may be
accommodated by a stage, which runs along the
banks of the river.--Accidents seldom, or perhaps
never occur, where the steersman and his men
understand their business, which is almost uni-
versally the case. Persons who have never seen Utica
rough water, nor heard the roar of the billow, of
course feel some alarm; but such as have crossed Vernon
the Atlantic, appear to enjoy the tumult that sur-Lennox
rounds then. La Chine, (so called from the cir- Chetiningo
cumstance of a party having started from that place Manlius
during the time that Canada belonged to France, Jamesville
for the purpose of discovering a western passage Onondaga
to Chilia,) is situated on the Island of Montreal. Skaneatelis
There is a mountain of considerable elevation on
this Island, about 3 miles from the city. On the Auburn
opposite side of the St. Lawrence, in sight of La Canandiagua
Chine, there is a regularly built town, belonging
to the Cochnewago Indians. Montreal contains a Victor
Its cathedrals Pittsford
population of about 24,000 souls.

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its nunneries--its tin-roofed houses, reflecting | Rochester the rays of the sun, rather unpleasantly to the eye Palma -its narrow and crooked streets, &c. will attract Murray the attention of a Philadelphian as novelties. From Gaines this place to Quebec, this noble river rolls through

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a succession of villages, and steam-boats, with And this journey can be performed in one month excellent accommodations, are constantly plying without any extraordinary haste. between them, and sometimes pass over the whole

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Banks of Kentucky.

oreventing the ruinous sacrifices of credit, of for tune and of business.

The following proceedings at Frankfort caused a great stir in Kentucky-but, in general, the principles tributed to bring on and aggravate the present 5th. That the banks have in a great degree conattempted to be established were rejected by the pes-distress, by conducing to extravagant importation ple of that state. But we have added only an account of the meeting that was held at Wash- and consumption of foreign luxuries, and encou ington, in Mason county, to shew the spirit opposed to the paper system.

raging extravagant speculations by furnishing the means-by collecting specie in large quantities, dealing in credit, money and exchange; giving FRANKFORT, (Ky.) May 14, 1819. At a numerous public meeting of the citizens of they have made specie more accessible to exporttheir own paper as a circulating medium at home, Franklin county, held on yesterday, in pursuance ers and foreign dealers in money, by affording spe. of notice, at the church, in Frankfort, to take cie for, and in other respects aiding the into consideration the present state of the coun of foreign money dealers; substituting paper as purposes try, and devise means to avert impending dis-money at home, they have placed themselves in a tresses, Jacob Creath was appointed chairman, situation to be pressed for specie as an article of and Jacob Swigert, secretary. After addresses foreign commerce; those nearest the seabaord, to the people, by Messrs. Adams, Bibb, Pope, pressed by the demands of specie for exportation, and Hardin, the following resolutions were adopt-press more remote to supply the deficiency made ed by an overwhelming majority.

by exportation. The bane of the United States, Resolved, That the present scarcity of money, the great dealer in foreign exchange and comthe pressure by the banks upon those indebted to merce, by itself and its branches, has opened a them, the pressure by creditors for their debts by sluice by which the specie of the western country suits and executions; the difficulty of raising very flows into the general current from the seaboard. moderate sums of money, even by enormous sacri- to the East India and other foreign markets; being fices of property, the heavy usury demanded for first pressed for specie for foreign purposes, in the use of money beyond what any useful employ. its turn it presses the state banks; a great and ra ment and ordinary profit of regular business wili pid reduction of the discounts and notes in circujustify the borrower in contracting to give, the gelation becomes necessary, proportioned to the loss neral embarrassment which seems to encircle the of specie, and far exceeding in amount the quan. commercial world, which is recoiling on the agri.tity taken off, whereby the banks press upon the cultural and mechanical classes, producing a smal-people. ler employment in the useful, industrious and sober callings, increasing the want of confidence between traders and dealers, employers and employed, is a public calamity which we acknowledge and deplore, as hastening to a general suspension of payments, business and employment, and utterly destructive of social order and happiness.

2ndly. That these causes combined, threaten to bring suddenly into market, at forced sales, at public auction, under execution, and at private sale, a very large portion of the most valuable property of the country, as well the products of our soil and industry exported abroad, as of real and personal property at home; that the many sales and few bidders without competition, must shift a very large portion of the most valuable property of the country from the many to the few, at the most depreciated prices and ruinous sacrifices, entailing poverty and wretched. ness upon the household, where industry and ho nest acquirements once maintained, in peace and domestic comfort, the husband, wife, children, relatives; journeyman, apprentice, master and ser vant, employer and employed, leaving a heart-broken dispirited population, or a desolated country.

6th. That by this action and reaction, a sudden reduction of bank paper and money has been pro. duced, not having enough to pay discounts and exchange, and answer the necessary purposes of internal commerce and business, so that now, property is no longer convertible into money.

7th. That as the banks have been so instrumental in bringing on this distressing state of things, that the people bave a claim upon the banks to bear their share of the burthen, that they shall not retire within their shells to view the ruin themselves are not wholly innocent of; but should afford the means to stay the pressing demands until time, frugality and industry can discharge the debt by instalment.

8th. That the banks ought immediately to suspend their payments of specie, suspend their calls, and make moderate issues of paper upon good se curity, to answer the most pressing demands, until the legislative authority can take the situation of the country into consideration.

9th. That the present alarming and general pressure deserve the serious and quick interposi tion of the legislature, in such way as the wisdom and intelligence of the state may devise.

3d. That in time of such general calamity and dearth of money, neither that even-handed public deration of the people and of the legislature, it is 10th. That among other measures for the consi. justice, which is always due, and never to be over Iooked, as between creditor and debtor, nor that hu- proposed that the amount of paper to be issued by mane and liberal policy which a government owes in specie, shall be regulated by law, not to be exthe banks during the suspension of their payments to its citizens, nor that self-preservation which ceeded, under penalty of forfeiting their charters; society owes to itself, requires or ought to permit prescribing also, the kind of security which indisuch ruin and devastation, if a discreet, peaceable viduals shall give to the banks, and which the remedy can be applied, whereby the just rights of banks shall give to the community, so as to guard all may be secured and ultimately satisfied, and the general welfare promoted by a merciful for. against the excessive issue of paper, secure its ul bearance and prudent circumspection and forecast, the banks, if they should choose so to do, under timate redemption without depreciation, and leave 4th. That as the banks are the great money these conditions, to make such an emission of pa holders, as well as great creditors, they can also per as shall be necessary and proper, (not exceed be great and efficient instruments in alleviating ing the limit) to save the country from impending the present distress, and mainly contributory in catastrophe.

11th. That the attention of the people in the different counties be invited to these subjects, for the purpose of expressing their opinions in similar meetings.

12tb. That a committee of seven be appointed to correspond with the people of the other coun ties in this state, and with such committees as may be appointed by them, receive the communications and answers from similar meetings in other counties, and lay the result before the acting governor. 13th. Resolved, as the opinion of this meeting, that the legislature ought to be convened without delay.

14th. Resolved, that a prudent and rigid economy ought to be observed; the consumption of foreign articles of luxury and manufactures diminished; home manufactures encouraged; the annual expenditures of individuals lessened, so as to enable them, by industry and frugality, to pay off old arrearages without accumulating new debts.

Attest,

JACOB CREATH, Chairman.
J. SWIGERT, Sec'ry.

From the "Union," published at Washington, Ky.
June 2, 1819.

citizens of Mason county convened at the court-
house in Washing' on, on the 31st May, 1819-
ADAM BEATTY was called to the chair, and DAVID
V. RANNELS, appointed secret.ry.

The meeting was organized in the court-house, at
12 o'clock, by a brief address from the chair,
stating the objects of the meeting, and reading
the resolutions adopted in a late meeting of the
citizens of Franklin county, at Frankfort, on the
13th inst. together with the letter from the com.
mittee of correspondence appointed by the Frank-
lin meeting, to the representatives of Magon coun-
ty, requesting a meeting in this county, to take
into consideration said resolutions.
On motion, Henry Lee, John Pickett, Duval Payne,
John Chambers, William Murphy, Richard Sow-
ard, James A. Paxton, Thomas T. Worthington,
and James W. Moss, were chosen a committee
to draft resolutions expressive of the sense of
this meeting, respecting the resolutions adopted
by the Franklin meeting, and questions arising
out of those resolutions: and, it having been
found that the court-house was not sufficient to
contain the concourse of citizens, and to give
time to the committee to report, the meeting was
adjourned to meet at the Baptist meeting-house
in the afternoon.

At half past one o'clock the meeting was again cal-
led to order, and the committee, through the
chair, reported the following resolutions, which
were almost unanimously adopted, by upwards of
six hundred citizens of the county.-The greatest
number of nays to any one of the resolutions, was
THREE, the question being separately put on
each resolution.

The Mason county meeting. It will be seen by the proceedings and resolutions below, that a very large number of the citizens of this county convened in this place, on Monday last, to take into consideration the Franklin resolutions. This meeting was one of the most respectable and orderly County meetings that we have ever witnessed on any occasion. The great majority of the assembly were of the substantial part of our population. Their resolves were not the offspring of a momentary impulse, but the expression of deliberate sentiment. The session of our circuit court had ended on Saturday-the meeting took place on the Monday following. From the different quarters of the county, the citizens had been for three weeks, during the session of the court, in daily habits of meeting and mingling sentiments. It was during this period that hand-bills, containing the Franklin resolutions, were circulated among them.-Their situation gave them an opportunity of communicating to each other their views respecting those 2. Resolved, That this pressure has been more resolutions; and they communicated seriously, and immediately produced by the passage of the late without reserve. The scarcity of good money had acts chartering forty six new banks, with a capital been a topic of conversation; but from the time of of eight millions eight hundred and twenty thouthe general circulation of the Franklin resolutions, sand dollars; thereby creating a new demand for an appearance of thoughtfulness, of anxiety, of en-upwards of a million of specie, to supply them quiry, and alarm, not before visible, seemed to with only an eighth of their capital in gold and silpervade the countenances of our citizens. A situa-ver. [Nays 2.]

1. Resolved, That to the great increase of bank. ing establishments throughout the U. States, and particularly in this commonwealth, may be traced the original cause of the pressure which is experienced by a large portion of our citizens. That they have continued to bring on and aggravate the existing pressure by conducing to an importation and consumption of foreign merchandise, greatly beyond the real wants of the country, and by en. couraging extravagant speculations in town lots, and other real property. [Nays 3.]

tion, which they had viewed and felt as embarrass. 3. Resolved, That the supply of this quantity of ing, they now considered it likely to be converted specie necessarily produced a great run upon the into dangerous and even ruinous. They took the state bank for gold and silver, which could be met alarm, and, though they met pursuant to a request only by taking immediate steps to withdraw from of the Franklin meeting, yet they came prepared to circulation a large proportion of its circulating protest against the measures proposed by the citi-paper-a measure of prudence and necessity, which zens of Franklin: nor have we ever seen a nume-could be accomplished in no other way than by rous political assembly press to the performance of considerable, but gradual calls upon its debtors. their duty with so uniform good order and decorum [Nay 1.]

nor with so great an appearance of deliberation 4 Resolved, That from these canses the only and thoughtfulness. The expression of public sen-circulating medium of the state, in which entire timent was one of the most decided and solemn confidence was reposed, has, in a great measure, ever evinced in the state.

We think the estimate of their numbers a very moderate one, and regret that measures were not taken to ascertain the real amount.

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been withdrawn from circulation; and the independent banks cannot supply its place by the emi-s on of their paper: first, because they have not a sufficient specie capital to enable them to throw it into circulation; and secondly, because the public have not such a degree of confidence in it, as to render it useful as a general circulating medium for the state. [Nay 1.]

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5. Resolved, That we most cordially agree, with factures encouraged; the annual expenses of indithe Franklin resolutions, that the conduct of the viduals lessened, so as to enable them, by industry banks has, in a great degree, contributed to pro and frugality, to pay off old arrearages without duce the present distress; but we view with anxie-accumulating new debts." [Unanimously.] 1y; we contemplate with horror; we deprecate as 13 Resolved, That we invite the attention of the madness, a resort to that very policy, as a remedy, people of the different counties to these subjects, which has produced so much distress, and so many and earnestly recommend that the meetings for evins, and which, instead of aleviating, must la-this purpose should be as numerous as possible; mentably crease the evils that it pretends to re-and we further recommend a call of general meetmedy. Unanimously.] ings in those counties where a few only have met,

6 Revolved, That as citizens of Kentucky, we that the real sense of the people of Kentucky may view with abhorrence the recommendation of mea-be expressed. [Unanimously.] sures tending to prostrate the character of our 14. Resolved, That we do not absolve the state state; to tarnish its well earned fame; to make our bank and its branches, and the U. States bank and state bank paper, which has hitherto supported an¦its brances, from being instrumental in causing the unblemished reputation, a reproach-the sport of pressure complained of in the Franklin resolutions brokers; the prey of speculators and shavers:-and-for we have not forgotten that, on a late occa. we solemnly protest against the adoption of mea-sion, the Bank of Kentucky and its branches sussures, which are calculated to destroy all confi-pended specie payments in consequence of the dence in our own circulating medium. [Unani- enormous and unexpected demands of the U. States mously.] bank and its branches. [Nay, 1.]

7. Resolved, That the rage for speculation, which 15. Resolved, That Adam Beatty, John Chamhas pervaded the country, and now threatens it bers, Marshall Key, David V. Rannels, James A. with serious calamity, originated in the towns, Paxton, and Robert Taylor, jun'r. be appointed whence came also the clamor for an increase of committee to correspond with the people, and corbanks, the factitious value of property, the disre responding committees of the other counties, on gard of economy, and the unwise preference of fo- the subject of the foregoing resolutions. [Unanireign to domestic manufactures: and although the evil has in some measure infested the whole com. munity, its consequences are likely to fall mos! heavily upon those with whom the cause originated But greatly as we deplore the distress of any part

mously.]

Attest,

ADAM BEATTY, Ch'm. DAVID V. RANNELS, Secretary.

of our fellow citizens, we are constrained to believe, Scraps about Banks and Banking.

that the cut cry for a remedy has taken its rise where the disease commenced, and is rather the voice of the speculating, than the substantial, interests of the country. [Unanimously.]

8. Resolved, That the citizens of Mason county, are willing and determined to listen to one lesson, taught them by direful experience, on the present subject. It is but a short time since they were told that the creation of forty or fifty new banks would relieve the country from all pressure; that it would produce an increase of the actual wealth and commerce of the country; that every article, raised for exportation, would command an advanced price. These banks were chartered; have gone into operation; have issued their paper as a circu lating medium of the country, to the exclusion, in a great measure, of all actual cash, and every thing else that was considered as an equivalent. What has been the result? The Franklin resolu. tions furnish at once the answer and the comment. [Unanimously ]

9. Resolved, That in the opinion of this meeting, the suspension of specie payments, by the banks, is a measure pregnant with the most alarming consequences, and one which they deprecate as attendant with evils of infinitely greater magnitude than any which we can possibly experience under the present state of things. [Unanimously ]

10. Resolved, That the banks ought to be established upon a solid capital; and that when they suspend payment, or refuse to redeem their paper with gold and silver, they are no longer entitled to the coufidence of the people. [Unanimousty ]

11 Resolved, That an extraordinary conven ion of the legislature is not, in the opinion of this meet. ing, necessary. [Unanimously.]

12. Resolved, That this meeting most cordially concurs with that lately held in Franklin county, in

From the Lexington (Ky.) Reporter.

PARODY.

Oh! blame not the bard, if he fy to the bower, &c.

I.

Oh! blame not the banks, if they fly to suspension,
Where av'rice lies carelessly smiling at shame-
They would have done better and 'twas their inten-
tion,

To have paid the last dollar, and died in a flame.
That box that now languishes lone in the corner,
Might have yielded delight to the countryman's
heart;

And the teller, alive to the impulse of honor, Would have paid it with gladness, and seen it depart.

II.

But alas! for the banks, their fame is gone by-
And that credit is broken, which used but to

bend;

O'er their fall, each director in secret must sigh, For 'tis int'rest to love them, but shame to defend.

Unpriz'd are their notes, or at ten per cent. selling;

Unhonor'd at home, unredeem'd on demand; But still they've a merit-I joy in the telling, They're taken for pork, tho' rejected for land.

III.

Then blame not the banks, tho' they, cease to redeem,

(We should try to forget what we never can heal)

O! furnish the dust-let the dollars but gleam Thro' the gloon of their vaults, and mark ho they'd feel!

*After the foregoing resolutions had been rerecommending "that a prudent and rigid economy ported and read, the 14th resolution was offered be observed; the consumption of foreign articles of by Walker Reed, esq. and received by the comluxury and manufactures diminished; home manu- mittee.

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