• A CARLISLE: TIIiruSDAYvUECEftIIIERS, 1830. ova. i'lj.k*. “Now our flag is flung to the wild wind tree, Let it float o'er our‘father laud,” • •And the guard of its spgtlcss f imc shall be, Columbia's chosen oanUP* . . . * FOR PRESIDENT IN_ 1840,^ MARTIN VAN BIIREN, AND AN . J / INDEPENDENT TREASURY. Some interesting Foreign nows will bo found <ai our first page# • Meeting op CoNbnESs.-*-Up Id flio time our paper went to press on yesterday we had not a word from Washington, relative to the election of Speaker, &c. -Whether therefore tho House of Representatives did or did not organize on Mon day wo are not able to say. Much difficulty was anticipated at tho opening ‘of tho session, on account of the contested seats in New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Illinois—-particu larly the former. Five federalists from New Jer sey pretend to claim seats and participate in tho business of legislation, whenjt is not oven preten ded by themselves or their political friends that they were elected by a majority of the people;— blit they have a certificate from a federal Governor and federal Council, and this is deemed all-suffi cient. A similar gamo was attempted to be played off in Harrisburg 1 last December by Penrose, Stevens nod Co., but without effect, That this second o dition of the Harrisburg conspiracy will likewise «ignaljy <jaU, we. have a doubt. Right and Justice must triumph over Fraud and Villainy. , Wo, look with considerable anxiety for the nows from that quarter. If the House was organized on Monday, we shall receive tha President’s Message to-daj', and shall lay it entire before our readers in-our next. -, JTbUf For#.—-The Albany Argus contains a statc mentof the .majorities in ftp di grant counties of the State of New York, at the late election, as re turned officially to the office of’the Secretary of Sfate. Prom this statement it appears that the aggfegato Federal majority in thcjivhole state is BJS97. In 1837 their majority was 15,213; —last yearHt was 10,421. The Democratic gain last yearupon the vote of the preceding yonr, was .4,792—and the gain of the last election over that of last year, was 6,724* V Next fall we expect Mr. VarTßuren 'to sweep the State b]j a inajority of at least 10,001). Mj&stssippi. —The official returns of’tho election •in Mississippi are not yet published—the majority however, Governor M’Nutt,-thc democratic candidate, is about 5,000. The democratic candid •dates for Congress, Messrs. Brpwn and Thomp son, have nearly .the same majorit}'. There will be about 20 of a Majority on joint ballot in the Legislature. This will secure the election of a thorough going democrat to the U. S. Senate. Special Election, —'Flu; following are the major -itiea in the different counties composing the 14th Congressional District, at the special election held •on the 20th ult. Had there been a full turn out, ■<?en. M’Cullough’s majority would doubtless have been much larger. M’Cullough (deni.) Irvin, (fed, i 2GO 196 33 'Centra, Mifflin,-, Clinton, "c Huntingdon, Democratic maj; Tennessee IT. S. Senator., —Ws learn from the Nashville Whig, that the election'for IT. S. Sen ator in the place oCMr. Foster resigned, was made Try the Tennessee Legislature on the 18th ult. On The first ballot Felix Grundy (formerly U, S. Sen ator) was elected. Mr. G. is the present U. S. Attorney General.' , • 1 Wr. Foster was vote 4 for by tiro Federalists.-!, The vote stood: Grundy sG—Foster -I t. 1 ■ •. Judge White 'tho other federal Senator from that ■ State, has not 1 yet resigned—and it is doubtful ■whether ho will eyinco the magnanimity that char . motorized the conduct of his colleague. Quick Work.— That.part ■was destroyed by-fire, on the dth.and 3th of. Octo ber last, has been rebuilt with splendid stores and -warehouses. One of the stores, 87 feet deep and four stories high, belonging to Mr. H. White, was rebuilt from the foundation, in the best manner, in ' twelve working days. Tie following inscription its contained on a marble tablet; on.tlie front.of the .■store: . ' ' , ■ ‘ , The, store house on this site, -Ahd.fifty-one other buildings in this vicinity, Were destroyed by the Great Fire, “ On the'dth and sth of October, 1839. ... HEBUILT a. d. 1839. KS. Bank.— -By n stiftoment of tho affairs of : tthis institution, published in the Harrisburg Re porter, it appears thatjbh (hoist of August last, the circulatioh of its paper amounted to $5,933,. 3p!t-rbeing an increase of paper over the corres ponding period of last year 'of $7i7,917._ The. ppeoie in its vaults "at tho above mentioned "time -was only sl,32s,oB2—whilst on the Ist of August 1838, U amounted to $7,357,137—5h0wing a loss <of specie within the lasf'yearj or since the resump- V--.tloa, of $6,032,255. . The Reporter declares as opinion, •tint this Bank is utterly' liwo/rcnt.-. that her bona :Cde resumption ds utterly impracticable; and tliat the remaining banks in Philadelpbia and through out the States, must prepare for, resumption and ; resume without tho bank of the U. States entering anto thoir.calculation. • r ' ■ 'Ohio Binis. —All the Banks iri'Ohio have re'su ined „tho paythehl of specie.- When will the ‘great •Regulator’ permit the Pennsylvania Banks to act ionestly with their creditors! • ■ - ' ’ Jurymen Look Ovi. —ln'the Court of Criminal , of Philadelphia, on the 20th alt. a niim yi>er of absent jurymen wore fined $2,0, each."- Tire sßlsstjurersiroai the crowd ■of . ‘ 483 350 Farmer, £.. In Harrisburg..-- Rkmarks.—l -was ■ somewhat- amused - in reading last .week the articles copied above. The perusal of them called to my mind the story of the individual who undertook to lean over a mountain. Aware of (he magnitude of his undertaking, Tie-thought It absolutely necessary to take a gilod start, and for this purpose he retired from the base of the mountain to the distance of about two miles. Then turning and gaziiig< upon its towerin<r, summit with a proud eye and confident .aii° he - started ;-in fine style. After careering gallantly-over- hill andrdafe, he af the foot 6f the mountain “a puffin and a bliiwiii,-’ and then—and then he—sat down to rest! Just so with the.bank ridden-edi tor of the Lebanon Courier, and his worthy colleagueoftne HarrisblirgChroniilei -Com mencingin a’flashi they end in smoke. Like the. Bclf confident leapcr they start amazing ly wellj flourishing tl.eir gonse quills a S gracefully as askijful swordsman would his bright and piercing rapier. The editor of the 'Courier, prefacing his remarks withrthat ugly and nlwavs itnwe - xo.ine.nnd formidable won!— meanness, goeh on with a string of epithets which proclaim tb* virtuous and vnbought indignation of an A GENERAL COURT MARTIAL Is to be held at the public house of George Bcet em, Esq,, in this Borough,, on Monday tho 30th inst., for the trial of Major General SamubJl Al exander, upon charges”dnd specifications exhibited against him by Liout. Col. Foul*. The members composing, tho Court have been detailed as fol lows, by tho Adjutant General; . Maj, Gen'. Gteo. Hartman, 3d Division, * l John Potter, 10th Division, ‘‘ Adrot GnßCN,.Bth Division, Brig. Gen. Jacob Glatz, 2d Brig. 4th Division, “ H. B. Jacobs, Ist Brig. 4th Division, w . Edgar S, Price, 2d Brig. 3d Division, “ Jacob Upp, Ist Brig. sth Division,. “ William High, 2d Brigi 6th Division, A. P. Wilson, 2d Brig. 10th Division. John Ki Findlat, Esq; of Lancaster, has been detailed and will officiate as Judge Advocate., Court Martial is now in session at the house ofCapt. William Moudy, In this borough, for tho trial of Majors Alexander and McCartney, and Lieut. Crcigft, on charges preferred against them by Lieut. Col. Foulk. The Federal Antimnsonic “Union and TTarmo* ny” Convention, to 'nominate candidates for Pres ident and Vice President of tho United States, met at Harrisburg on yestprday. We shall bo a blo to give our readers some idea, of what these representatives of tho. great defunct party have dose la our next. Penally for running awnyivilh an officer, —Some time since, as tho Sheriff *f St. Louis went on board the steamboat Gen. Brady to make a levy, tho. Captain, James. Gonzallis, raised the steam and run away with both boat and sheriff. At a late court tho Captain was tried for tho offence, found guilty and fmed SIGS 33. - Enlisting So/dicr*. —lt has been decided recent ly by Chief Justice Nelson, of New York, that a person under the ago of twenty-onb may enlist as soldier in* the service of the United States, with the consent of his parent, guardian or master, if any he have—but enlisted without such consent it is void. If, however, be have nep living parent or guardian, or master, then his enlistment is good arid binding. ‘ - / . For the Volunteer.' MAJOR RAMSAY AND TDK BANKS. “The ttvo following articles, from the Har risburg Chronicle & I,ebamm Courier, (two violent federal papers) go to show wliat an honest man may expect .when he makes a demand upon the dishonest shaving shops of' the day for what is fairly and righteously his due. From the Lebanon Courier. Meanness.— A United States office hold er, (Stefrett Ramsey by name) made a con sidefable'displayjicrc on Saturday last. By some means or another, probably by the ex sessed of several hundred dollars of the notes of the Lebanon Bank. With this money he strutted into the Bank, in a very consequen tial manner, and demanded the specie. He had no notion of suffering the banks to goon in their lawless course, without severely re primanding them. Indeed, lie expressed his intention of spending several weeks at Har risburg next winter for the purpose of indu cing the Legislature to take away their char ters. What a mighty man he must be!!— Of course the specie was refused, as the country banks arc of necessity compelled (0 suspend whenever the city banks do so. He then demanded an endorsement of all his notes, which was politely done. Afterwards, fully to show the mean, petty spitefulness to actuate him,"he instituted the bank, before different justices of the peace! He strutted and swaggered about as if he could command , the funds of the whole nation, and took good care to inform bur citizens of what he intends 1 to do when he comes again! He reminded us strongly of the Frog in the Fable—and if he should share the same fate, it will neither beamat ter of surprise, nor of much regret. From the Harrisburg Chronicle. JHr-- Editor: —l- met in a- tavern jn-this-l place the other day, a person who-Sfated himself to be an officer under the Geiferal* Government, anil a native of our neighwfe ing county, Cumberland, He was boailf!l|' of the war he was making on the banks 1 1 is~nativc~c ou n ty “and State; that lie • hail commenced a number of suits against the Carlisle Bank, had- a quarrel with the offi cers of the Middletown Bank;, and was just lon his return from Lebanon, against .whose Bank he had brought thirty suits. On in quiry, I learned his name was Ramsey, an officer in the Navy L who, instead of attend nig to his pliblic dufics,. if.he-was qualified -to-perform-them-rwas using the influence of Ins office to injure the credit of our State banks. As 1 have heard many complaints against, the officers of the Federal Govern ment interfering with our state elections and state policy, I would ask, you to give this article an insertion in your widely spread paper, in order that the "public may know and be on.their guard against this bar-room politician, who it appears is paid by the ' r e neral government, for his-expenses in trav elling through the country to injure the crc ,dit ot the banks. honorable mind at what it conceived to be • indicative of a corrupt heart and designing i intellect. But is" there no other solution for • this man’s zeal than hohest indignation?— 1 The true language of this knight of the i "stick” is mcthlnks as follows: “My mas . ters, (the,officers of the Lebanon Bank,) you have often spread my-bread with white but ter; and fed me with the pabulum vitae of this world; in return for this godlike benefi cence nature prompts me to make some re turn: do you command and I will obey—do you start the game, and I like a well (rain ed and wbipt bound will eagctly’pursue it and hunt it down.. And in addition'to pre serving your goodwill, I shall also subserve the interests of my very '.dear brother who has the honor.of presiding over yourinstitu. tion, and wbostj future subsistence depends upon the preservation of the Bank.” These crotiching anjl fawning sycophants of a batch of corrupt money changers, can not realize the magnitude of that man’s de pravity who would dhre to ask bis own of an unlawful and law-breaking corporation.- To their parasitical souls the manifestation of independence on the part of a freeman is an unnatural monster, the disgusting progeny of meanness, spleen and hate. The manly assertion of one’s rights, to their craven hearts seems identical with the swaggering and boasting of a braggadocip; and the fear less course taken to recover one’s ozon, re semble!', these bound slaves'would say, the conduct of the lawless and blood-stained bravo. The Banks, knowing full well that the ramparts thrown up for their.defen.ee are feeble as the spider’s webnindlight as gos samer, endeavor .'through the instrumentality of their bought and fettered pensioners, to drive back all who might feel desirous of as-_ sailing them. Hence, when an individual" has the manliness to brave their ire and set atnought their threats, commands are issued to those Editors whom a bonus hah made friendly and subservient, to open the batter ies of slander, detraction and.falsehood, and pour vollies fierce and destructive upon the devoted head of the hardy offender. In-tbe present instance, Maj. Ramsev, be cause he honestly, fairly and justly desired the Lebanon and other Bank's to fulfil their promises which he laid before them, is de nounced hy their editors as mean, vindictive, petty, spiteful and unprincipled."- He is said to remind the sapient wiseacre of the. Cour ier, of the Frog in ihe Fable; —verily friend, Tam Inclined to think that your loved Bank bears a still closer analogy—for if we.were, ; to form'an opinion in view of its wondrous flatulency,- the conclusion must be that it will sOon “nusT.” Your rotten concern, like an inflated balloon will fly away and i mingle with the clouds whenever the cords t which bind it down arc severed in twain. .1 From my knowledge of Maj. It’s charac ter, I feel .assured in saying-that these cdi “barked up the wrong Tree.” Aware of his riglfts and acquainted with the means of ob taining them, he will unflinchingly'persevere in the course marked out by reason and jus tice. Like a good citizen, and (rue to his obligations as'a member of the community, lie endeavors to discharge his duty. Were weall.as firm and decided as Major R. Our land would not be cursed, yearly with (he blighting plagues sent on us by gamblers in stocks and heartless speculators. The coun try would nut be deluged with (he lies—“the promises to pay”—of institutions which are 'irresponsible for their swindlings. The hab its of deception, hypocrisy and villainy, en couraged and fostered by these paper shops, would be-as our friend says, effectual ly “nipped in the roof.” The farmer for the produce of his farm—the artizan for (he re sul(‘pll'liis skill andTlm laborer for theToiT of his hands and the sweat of his brow— would hot be offered as a worthy equivalent for all these, their mean, contemptible- and worthless fagS; which are in-reality.beneath the value of a single groat; and which can have no more claims upon public confidence than notes of a penniless bankr^ Pro, the Philadelphia Spirit of the Times. Lttcmpted IY-turder at Xaincaster. 'Ur 'neighboring"’city*'ofLancaster” was j row 11 into a state.of groat excitement on Saturday, in consequence of a dastardly at tempt to assassinate James Cameron, Ksq. made by a person of (lie name of Robert IT. Middleton. \Vc have learned the purlieu (lars'from a friend, who left Lancaster in the Saturday evening train.ljut, in order to their better understanding, it may be necessary to state who and wha.t Middleton is. About twelve mohths since, Middleton was taken from Gettysburg, (where he had been publishing a paper for some time,) to ,conduct4he-Lancastcr~Examiner-&~HeraliL an anti-iiiasmiic print. which its proprietors* were anxious to dispose of. He had scarcely set fyot in Lancaster, than the paper (-which, while, edited by Messrs. Hammersly and Richards, had always, though marked by oc ■ casional. political littleness, observed the proper courtesies of life.) became the recep tacle and retailer of every species of calum ny against all whose position, ns political op ponents, rendered. them obnoxious to a ccr- fain trio ol pettifogging libellers, who shield themselves beneath the Ifrespohsihilify of Middleton. Indeed, on numerous occasions, the inost respectable citizens of Lancaster, who-took no active participation in politics, but contented.themselves with merely voting thc deinocralic ticlce t, were dragged by name, inlo of this degraded sheet-, and foully lihellciK' The individual who -was made to father,,99 , editorials, all that the nialice of liis itnpbr ters chose to write, had not the slightest \wtlrahy’d of the many assailed; and, in numerous instances,“hSdiSirobabljr'never seen them. Among the many individuals against whom his nnd the malice of hi se mpl oy era Was/ di reefed, 'Mr.' Cameroii "’lien thelloard of Canal Coinniiasionersap-; pointed Jiim to the Superintendcnry of the' Columbia Rail Road, the fury of their invec tive kneWno.bounds'. From thuttimedown to the very moment of the attempt upon his life, hc.has been pursued with an unrelenting malignity; denounced,.in every number of the paper, in. the vilest terms; epithets of opprobrium, without measure/heaped .upon his head; and a mVArnpnje. 'descriptive Ufa peculiarity ofhia person, habitually applied to him. ■■ ; On Friday last, Mr.'Ca’meroh left this city in the'evening train for Laiicaster/where lie ,arriycdin the course of the night.. 'l'lie next morning, happening to enter Mrs. Hubley’g hotel, ho there found Middleton; who, for the Brat time probably since his residence in Lancaster, was unaccompanied by two of his childrens Mr. Cameron'availed himself of fhq occaaion*tb demand an explanation of the abuse of which he had been made so long the object. This Middleton refused to furnish; and, persisting in his refusal, Mr. C. grasped him by the collar. Muldleton’bawleu loudly for protection; and, upon it being represen ted.by the proprietor of the Conestoga-Nav igation, that it was fie who had sent,for Mid - dleton, for the purpose <?f exhibiting to him a profile of that enterprise, Mr.'Cameron; considerng him in the ligh t of .that , gentle man’s guest for the, time, released him, and he retreated to his office in the next square. ... About half an hour afte.r, Mr. Cnmeron went.round .to Middleton’s offifcc, merely for the purpose, as he stated, of insisting upon an explanation. The instant he entered the door, and we believe, while stating that he demanded an explanation, Middleton, mut tering a few unintelligible words, drew a pistol, s nnd fired—the ball entering the right side of the body. Mr. Cameron was imme diately conveyed home; and, (Upon the exr animation made by the physician, it appear ed that the bullet had. obliquely struck the sixth or seventh rib, and had been thus con ducted round to the left side. The ball was extracted; and, unless there is some internal injury, the existence of which had not been detected-.when our informant left Lancaster, there are hopes of his recovery—which, we fervently trust, may be. realized. Middleton was immediately taken before the Mayor and, after a hearing of the case, •was committed by that officer to prison, where he remains to, await his trial at the Court of Oyer and Terminer; on which occasion he will be presented possibly as a candidate for the elevation of thegal lows, certainly for the honors ofcthe=peniT tentiary. General Simon Cameron, (Cashier.of the Middletown Bank,) the brother of Mr. Jas. Cameron, was in tliis.city at the time of the occurrence; and at the moment when, after the arrival of the mail in the evening, he received, the intelligence, he" was in atten dance upon n meeting, hold at the Exchange, of the Directors of the Lancaster and Har risburg Railroad, he 'lmmediately left for Lancaster, taking with him Dr. McClellan, of our city. - Since w riting the foregoing, we have con versed with a.gentleman who Jeft Lancaster yesterday, morning, and We, have also, seen letters from .there,-and-arc-enabled to adil the following particulars,: There can be no question that there was a deliberate and premeditated intention on the part of Middleton to MURDER. After the qccurrcnce. at Mrs. Uublcy’s a citizen of Lancaster, (of the highest respectability) who had seen Middleton at.thc hotel, at an earlier hour, had occasion to call at his office. “Well, sirj” said Middleton to him, “did you hear of the affair I liad-after you left me this morning?’?. Upon, being replied to in the negative, he detailed it, and concluded by adding, “I have loaded my pistols, ami intend to shoot him down, the first time I Ucc him, unless lie makes me an apology!” This was proved upon the hearing before the Mayor. We also learn, that while at Mrs. Hiibicy’s, Middleton promised to Mr. Cam eron that he would give him the explanation he desired; if sought for at a proper time and place;and thatMr.C. was accidontallyipass ing his office, at the opposite side of .the street, .when seeing Middleton standing in the door way, he crossed, and remarked,'"l have come, sir, to receive your promised ex pla ” the sentence being cut short’, by the discharge of the pistol, which the nssas"- sin tired, (rain within the room, into which lie had retreated, while Mr. Camcion was as"- ccnding the steps. - 3Y° are gratified beyond, measure (o bo enabled to state, that the murderous intent of the ruffian has been providentially battled;- Dr. McClellan having pronounced Mr. Cam-' erort out of danger. Middleton’s counsel have applied for a. Habeas' Corpus, and the hearing will bo had before the Hon. Judge Champneys to-day. G RNEII A L JA C K S ON Not long since the Philadelphia Gazette, on the authority of somebody,jyho proved to be bad authority, announced that Andrew Jackson, had bid the world good night, and -had-closed-hislong and'varied “careeTJTiriF wait the judgment of posterity., -In conse quence of'this error divers obituary notices of theEx-President have appeared, and a niong ; others one in the-Montreal - Courier; the editor of which being himself a soldier, felt called upon to discuss at largo the char acter of the hero of New Orleans. The sub joined extract shows-the - nature of it arid will doubtless be~reail with in truest! We iipticc by the United States papers, that, General Jackson lias paid the debt of nature; There cannot be said, to, he much love For the General in Canada, for mankind do not feel muchji(lection, usually, for those who have thrashed them, imd Gen. Jackson did, certainly, give the "British” a sound, of which his countrymen'would call “a first rate thrashing at New Orleans. . Ourpeople talk a great deal uliout cotton bag’s and ditch es, and the abominable awkward positioner our troops, on the day so memorable among our neighbors, the Sth of January 1815. —and it is easily explained why.theydidso, because we all like to assign good reasons when we are thrashed; ’tis a foible of, man; but it would be better to come out manfully, and acknowledge the ihrashing, without making wry faces about the matter., TheGreatßeing never guyo us a paterit right to victory, not-: \vithstanding the a6sertion of "Sum Slick,” that thg British,licked the' whole EWorld.— Wemustcxpecta"|{owlandforouroliver,' s now and then,: ad wel l as others; it is}, sheer folly and braggadocio to muintain any thing e l 9e v. If the quiver of Uritauniais stuck: full of yictories-it is as much, owing to thg great cafe taken in the equipment ot our -fighting' as to the excellent;.material. •” i&V Ut *°. re f. ur b" to . the; 'New, Orleans affaif a:^; iPlfc hatj hot been its "braye as his sword,”, he would not 'have,' •dreamgil of attacking our people on the asd; °f Dccjeniber; the- force he had ■ was incre .-althoughVa. ; not .lahoily! to the.inncjl of thatd.elicious inasmuch as they had. Waterlops.as Horse Shoe, when 'Shawnee and fell bejpfe the white i .J’ p.t kti J«>i 1 1 tta;; ncl ‘; w i tl», these he the of ourfellows,. --: -■'i ,i It is true lie attacked them at night,' ac cording to India n'tactics, but it was a brave thing and although we gave theta their “walking tickets,” yet we felt there wa's a-- bother sort of man at the head ofjhe foe than the “militia”-captains of Bladensburg-and Baltimore. His conduct from the day he heard of life landing of the British, dll they re-embarked,"shewed the highest energy and the greatest skill. It is not every day in the year militia can be got to “stand and deliver” their fires as the Yankees did that day, and from’such another “delivery,” Lord deliver us. IF our men could have got over their entrenchments so as to use" steel, we have no doubt our neighbors would Jiavc “cleared out;”,and this presumption is based on the indisputable, superiority of regulars over militia;—besides, on the opposite side of the river, where the Kentuckians were entren ched; they made' no stand against the 65th and the biigade of sailors,-because the latter got among them. But. tliey would not let us get round their entrenchments, and we “caught a Tartar” of the largest size. It was a “caution.” Icace to your ashes. Old General; (hough we do not love you, yet we respect you lor your conduct. From all we can learn from the dead, we believe that seldom has nature produced so remarkable an example of ener gy and courage, and as is generally (he case with such men, he was clear-headed and skilful. Courage invigorates the other facul ties and renders them highly .effective. Re garding his Presidential career, we are not so competent to speak; the Whig.party call him a tyrant, and pronounce him as the vio lator,of the constitution, as the kind of a' man Who would not have hesitated to march into the halls of legislation, and enact Crmn itdl'or Bonaparte. The Loco-focos, mi the contrary, represent him as the shield and buckler of the Democracy, emphatically the people. He certainly did stand in (he breach of the constitution, even if he made it bim selt like an indomitable Trojan. He could not be frightened, or moved, and finally walked off with sonic vetoed acts in bis pock ets, snapping bis lingers at the Whigs and the bankers in a very uncivil manner. How ever, be is dead, ami we say to bis spirit, pax vobis cum. Sleep, in pence, llistorv will give him his duc.» Mankind are not enV vious of dead men; calumny defiles not the grave. We are all mighty generous when a candidate for fame has passed into the silent to|nb. Man is a noble animal, .very. - - - [From - the Xc w Ynrk Morning-Herald -Nitv, 07 , J Openin'o of Coxourss— Contested-Skats.— We are very much disposed to believe that the whig party is getting itself into a scrape in the New Jersey election, as it affects the organization of the next house of representa tives. ' With the example of the foolish row at Harrisburg last year, it is astonishing to see them a second time-run-into the-same’ snare.,, Of the Harrisburg hubbub, no calm, sound man ever had but oiie opinion. The locofocos of Philadelphia county had a clear majority of the voles; and, under such a state ol facts, the special pleadings nr tricks of lawyers can avail nothing against the com mon sense of mankind. 1 We arc very itiucli disposed to believe that' • such is the ease-with the New Jersey elec tion. According to the most full ami au thelific accounts five of the locofoco mem bers had a majority of tfic votes of that stale; but} by some improper management, the whigs received the certificates. At the last election, the lucqfucos again received a large popular majority in the state, although by the arrangement'of the counties, the whigs have a mere nominal majority of members. -In this HI a (e— o I—la1 — la ots, f! t e —ujti i n:ite,nght isr with the loeofoens—the principal of the ma jority on their side. Certificates and techn icalities cannot invalidate a mathematical certainty. In such a condition.of things, common sense and common honesty would seem to indicate that both the sets of members from New Jersey should.be set aside at the organ ization of the .house; and, if the wings place their rights on technicalities instCadiiif ulti mate principle, they will be defeated and .disgraced..as_they were in the Harrisburg affair. ■ take care. .THE BANK SUSPENSION.V • _ In a long article in rein tin A to (lie suspend sion of (lie Hank of the United States, the “NFwT( oi k Herald (whig) makes tlie follow ing remarks; . ■ On this side of the water the struggle has begun—only begun when the banks of Phil-, ailelphiasuspenileil— gle between hopor and dishonesty—between economy and extravagance—between judi-- cious industry and fyoklcss adventure.— Philadelphia Ims cihwned herselfw-hhdis grace-and-dishomir.-, There is-no;use in min cing words. The sentiments which their daily press disseminate belong to pickpock ets and rogues,, swindlers and: public rob bers—to the disciples of the Dydtt school uf finance bn a large scale. It smells rank of the atmosphere of the state prison and pen itentiary.. It is utterly impossible for-'civil ized. society to hold together if such princi ples areadllptcd by .society at large.-,' l After 1 a course of shocking cxtriiyagarice & misman agement, to come,forward’,-and by defrauding the conduct of a higkwayihanjmtl public.rAbbfer than the mhatacteristics'cf a niaii of honor, and integrity. .„••• ' '•; The New-York banks, to their i'iiftmbrfai honor have determined not to suspend specie payments, and on the'success of this deter mination’- Kangs the fate of the whole paper and banfeing.sysfems in' both To accomplish .tlie independence of .a free people, or to defea t the attacks of a foreign .foe, might be a suflicierit excuse for a sus pension uf specie payments by the monied mstitutions of the'cbunti v sii placed in darif gcr— Such weredhc causes that excused the explosion of thc paper systcm df this couh fry.subsequentfo,the.rcyoruti<m of 1792,such the causls that eventuated, in a like .explo sion in France 1793. . The suspension of the hanks in I7GS and of those in tlieUnitedStatesinfaidwcreequallygfcaf mcasuresdf national defence and made ne cessary by the state of; the foreigh .relafmni of die two countries, But in a tiiiieiif pi-b -foun d: peace and unequalied physical'VprosV pcrityr--*in;the -fime- of -great mynpaianiltyicli' haivestß—un(leivi.BmilirightoVehandage> P ,( M sky, with the wholepmrfd open?tbbur it 11 * I---P'flerprisfe^ JPUphijdpij,jhe icirculation.payabieiifespemegoa^demanilpl then we say jt without hesitation that such [t hanking system, ami such banks ought to be swept /rom the face of all moral and hon est communities. * The gross and wicked mismanagement of the United States Bank has led the way. to a ■ train of financial and -moral evils that will obliterate every principle of rcclilude. il the b'anks’of New-York do not maintain" their honorable position. Go info Wall street hear the miserable twadiHers talk—‘‘the banks must suspend or the' merchants will break.”, -Be it so. Let the’ merchants break. No man in the present crisis, will break (hat ought not to have broken lor.g ago. It is ne cessary to.break many of these men in Order that they may be compelled to break up their fine establishments—their horses, ’ liveries, wine, and women—in order to bring' back the age to (he ancient principles of economy and virtue. liKjjtjs view of the present cri sisi the banks of New York in maintaining cash payments, not only stem the current of financial charlatanism, but they become the great moral bulwark of the age and country. They lay the foundation of a state of things that will gradually bring back society tram extravagance, speculation, profusion, folly, toguery, and lead them into the simple hab its of bur fathers of (he last centdry—hon esty, .industry, moderation and hard work. Let usf therefore; rejoice ami he glad that the crisis has come. Things were never more smiling or agreeable. We have SSCO,- 000,000 of good crops. The banks of Phil adelphia may suspend —who . cares? The good: will be separated from dig bad—the redeemable fronuhe irredeemable—the sheep from the goats—the*funner will be,sustained by an honorable and moral people, and (he latter will have to,shut up shop, leave the walks of respectable lile, have G. T. T. -written.on their backs—go to the peniten tiary or go to pandemonium. ~ Flic Legislature. of Pennsylvania at its last scxsion appropriated 830,000 for llie’ purpose (vl making tlioruugb examinations of all practicable routes for a continuous inil road Irom Harrisburg to Pittsburg. ’I he ex plorations hntt! been actively pro-eculeil bv llirce companies iif engineers on.three difler eiit foules—-Hie Northern, Middle & South ern. ihe first named route.passes up.the Susquehannah anil strikes out towards tile tlfc'AlfcMia-' ny Mountain l:.nd Laurel Hill. This course is tlmtnost-circultubußy-'et ihirleastlihsti uct etTby elevations or declivities. The Mid dle route, beginning at Harrisburg, runs up the Susquehanna as far as the inoullfuf the' Juniata, then n'p (bat river and across, the Alleghany Mountain, and afterwards along ilk* course of UhicKlick Crcok or Cont’imiugU river, thence down the Kisketninetas and -Alleghany river Iti-piirebnT^oi^ly"irs|rdf(- er route across .the county of Westmoreland to the same termination. The distance by this rople is estimated at two hundred and mncly miles—adding U;0 miles from, Har risburg to ,I'hiladclphia, atroiulv connected by mil road, Ihe w hole distance'lVom Phila delphia to Pittsburg will be 390 miles.. Tlio boutbern route’ lies through (’lia 11, 1ur.-im rg, which would bo the starting point, inasmuch as the Cumbei land ..Valley Road already u nites (hiit borough with Harrisburg. The chief difficulties in the way of this route are the high mountains which intervene. I (tefe ore Cure Mountain, Sideling Hill, Laurel Hill and A.llrg]iany Mountain. Thu way however has been reported to be prac-. ticable—the distance 240 miles. The choice will lie between the Middle & the Southern out' Tl><- ■-( a .«>?. .lie sum requisite to .construct uad by the. middle rqutc is'estimated in die -Jrcensbuig Republican at ten millions, one nindred and fifty thousand dollars. We have seennui.cafeulation made for the otbei. There is no doubt but a choice will speedily be made and the work prosecuted vimirous ly. tftich tilings are not suffered to languish in Pennsylvania. Hut "our ow n road will be better than any which our .sister State can constru6t, by reason of superior natural ad vantages.—>,?«//. ./Inter. A lIEAJIT TOUCHING STORY. .. A gciiteel ami intelligent young man about , 30 jears. of age., named' George Mortimer M'ardwell.'.wa.s iccenlly.. taken .up’.at- Si. Xouis on a.charge of heirig'drunk in the street&aml disturbing llle peace. He pleaded guilty to the charge, and evident I r labored uiuler great emotion. ' When .requested to give somc'account i f himself (we copy from the St. l.ouis liulletin) he replied: • , Sir—l have now arrived at that.extremity of [degradation which, long ago, I ..became .sutisfied wbnlcj otie day.or otlier become my .portion. -Sir,-f dd-nqtbelieyc-l was bornlo this.- In. my youth, vvlicii I . first started in the world, my nrospects ami hopes were as bright as the sky which bent’over me.,, I 1 married abeauiiful[.wife, when I was twenty 1- Veilfs old, and had acquired a consid erable fothpetcnce. .Sir, I need.not tell you Jtow I loved her! I see by ydurcpuntenance -tbat you know something of human nature, 1 and. are" already satisfied thatl am. not a i common loafot^—and.that i have-been driven ■ to the present extremity by some extraordi i narv'ch-cumstances. , ‘But. J will proceed • after I was mar- P e , m . v "'ife—who, was a young English lady of handsome'expectations— and had a! . beautiful boy to bless me with, his cn- " ■ received letters front England ■ announcing the .death of my wife’s father, • and- soliciting ~tnc tb', : cume -to Englahd !m- • fiirdhe; sStlm ire " ‘ ®®f the and receiving my r wife’s portion hf the estate, i I immediately - T •| n ao - e preparation^-forhiy- departure, and.. I; leaving^my wife under the protection ofVan* V-- f tntimal«yncnrf, whose,nontcAvas Henry An » son AVilkiughby. lysetsiitlfofEnglanil. v / detaihed me longer than I y t had anticipated, anil.l began to feel the most *' intenßc a.lixiety ihiregard to my family.— ; 5 ’lhe Jettere .whiblri received from my wife i gre'y biiefand uiificquentisometiines start f «ng nie with their abruptness. Just before the filial steps in regard to my wifc-s portion i wbre abput.to beyconiplcted, I received a - 5 .r JeUef from •America,.warning nie to hasten .. f hbine-if. I, would; preserve .my future happi ly n f sa J a hlf;f ho hnitor nF iiiy wile? Imagine my S' disaiaj.! ALbumed home,leaving my busi ir ness atili uhsetUetli.iinif arrived in time to y fiutlmy hearth deßolafe; my wife eloped with ■ jt| my boy—my : fMaHiMihay^h^tlieOiphaffiAsylunVr-an obs lIARRRISBURG AND PITTSBURG railroad
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