MILITIA FISliS.
A great many inquiries have rrcently been
madn respecting the col lect ions of militia fines,
nnd tho rinht of Cjlrectnrs to imprison delin
quent. Tho fallowing Utter from the Attor
ney General will answer many of these inqui
ries :
ATroRNrY GrNrau.'si Office, t
1'hilailn., Aii),'. 2:M, 114. $
Km. I i'ackrr, Esj., Auditor Gcmral.
Dear sir: I hud the honor to receive yester
day , yours of tho 21sl instant, inclosing a let
ter (mm J. II. McCuuloy, E-q, Clerk of the
Commissioners of Franklin county, contiining
inquiries in relation to the constructions of cer
tain (Kirlionsof the actof the C.'jiIi of April lust,
in relation to the collection of militia fine, and
hasten to answer the same agreeably to your
request.
These requests arc: First. Can tlm Com-tiiiss-oners
of the county exMicrate a man for
poverty, or must the Collector imprison htm !
Second. Can the Collector arr st minor,
or are their parents liable for their fines 1
Thin!. Will the State pay the costs ef ar
resting and imprisoning delinquent men !
This act of Assembly is designed, as is ex
pressly stated in its title, to provide "a more ri-r-id
mode for the collection of militia fine?,' but
although intended for this pur)te, it may Ik1
doubted whether it has been very effectually
Attained. It is in many particulars so defec
tively drawn as to render it difficult to execute
nil its provisions ; however, it will be enough
to consider its defects when questions arise up-
ti them. So far as relates to the first question,
1 can perceive no uuthority in this oet of As
sembly vested in the County Commissioners or
any other functionary, to exonerate a man from
(.iy iii-iit of a militia fine on account of poverty.
The eighth section of the law defines the mode
by which delinquents may exonerate them
selves. The ninth section points out the nude by
which Collectors may discharge themselves
iruin liability for certain fines; but the l.egis
biture does not seem in any part of this law to
riintemplate that any man who had incurred a
ruilitiu fine, might be so poor as to be unublc to
jiay it.
In respect to tho second inquiry, I think that
minors are not subject to arrest ; nor do I per
reive in w hat manner their parents are liable
fr their lines. It is true that the act of Assem
bly makes no distinction between minors above
tho of eighteen and adults subject to the
performance of militia duty, but in the seventh
,"Ction it provides that the Commissioners shall
i -sue their "warrant to the several Collectors,
which shall be similar to that for the collection
of taxes ; and the said Collectors are required
to proceed to collect under the same authority
nnd in all respects as they arc authorized to do
in cns of the collecting of uny counly rotes and
Wins."
Upon reference to the forty-filth section of
the act of the loth of April, 1S31, entitled "An
net relating to county rates ond levies,'" the nn
tliority of Collectors is so expressly defined
"thnt nothing herein contained shall authorize
the arrest or imprisonment for 11011 -payment of
any tax of any female or infant, &c." This
provision of the law seems to nie fully to war
rant the opinion I have expressed.
In answer to the third inquiry, it appears to
me. that the net of the loth of April, 1?:J1, to
which I havealiove referred, in tiie twenty-first
section, furnishes our own guide: It is there
in provided that the Collector's shall be author
ized to "take the Imm! y of Mich delinquent and
convey hini into the jail of the proper county,
there to remain until the amount of such tax,
together with the costs, shall he paid or secured
to be paid, or until he fliuli be otherwise dis
charged by due course oflaw.'
This appears to be the only method of obtain
ing the costs, of arresting and imprisoning de
linquents. Iain not aware of any law which
iiuthnri.es the responsibility to be cast upon the
State. Yours with great respect, Ac. &c.
Oviu F. Johnson, Attorney General.
Inramoui Forgery.
The Ilarrisburg Intelligencer, of Friday last,
perpetrates a foul and wanton forgery, upon one
of Mr. Buchanan's lute speeches. Theintelli
I'encer is trying to prove that Mr. R. was oppo
sed to the present Tariff Bill, 'in all its fea
tures,' and, for this purpose, makes the follow
ing quotation from liis speech Fpeaking in favor
f imposing duties on foreign imports, the In
telligencer makes Mr. Buchanan say :
"In adjusting these duties, however, I shall
abandon the principle of discrimination in fa
vor of such branches of homo industry as may
lie necessary 'to secure a suppy of those ar
ticles of manutucturo essential to the national
independence and safety in time of war.'"
Now mark th sequel. The sentence as
quoted mukes Mr. Buchanan a free trade man,
out and out ; whereas the cx'.ruct honettiy
made, would read as follows :
'In aiMiistii.tr these duties, however, I shall
NEVEU abandon thu principle of discrimina
tion in favor of such branches of Home Indus
tay an may be necessary 'to secure a supply of
tliose articles of manufacture essential to the
national independence and safety in time of
war.' "
The reader wiil perceive that tho Intelligen
cer leaves out the word "nkvkk" in the extract
li.it copied thuscreal ng tho impression that
Mr. B. was opposed to protection. A meaner
or more (I ishonent fraud we have netcr yet ex
posed. It is thus that the whigs wish to male
capital nut of the Tariff in Pennsylvania, by
fnk and bold-faced forgeries !
l,ancattr Iitltlligcncir
v9
THE AE2EIIICAN.
Saturday, .ttig-vst 31, !841.
lcmoc rallc JVominaliotis.
FOR TRKSIDENT,
JAMES IE. POLK
"1
OF TKWSKSSEE.
FOR VICE PRESIDENT.
CEO. 11. DALLAS,
OF PfcNNsYLVANIA.
FOR GOVERNOR,
Savant la it. S4iunfc.
C Subject to the derision of the Convention-J
FOR CA"U. I-OMMISSIOMJR,
I". LECTORS,
To - rrftulrnt and Viet President nf the V Stales
WILSON MCANDLESS, - ,
ASADIMOCK, Senatorial.
II KPRE9ENTAT1VE.
J J HO. F. I.r.HMAN, 11. (JkoRiJK SrHMAWI.I!,
2. CnnisTi n Kneass, It. Natu'l. B. Elhkf.i.
3. William II. Smith, 13. M.N. Irvine,
4.
5.
0.
John Hill, (Phila.) K. Jamk Woonni KN,
Sami-kl E. Lef.ch, 17. Hron Montgomery
Sa jh rr. Camp,
15. Isaac Anknfv,
19. John Matthews,
20. W'm. Paitetsox,
21. Andrew Birke,
22. John M'Gii.l,
21. Christian Mvf.rs,
21. Roukri Orb.
7. Jesse Sharfe,
8. N. YV Sample,
0. Wji, HeiPENRCirn,
10. Conrad Shimer,
11. Stephen Rai.hy,
12. Jonah Brewster,
I it. f ,.Tf Kil, Esq., at lit Kent Eh.
late ami font OIKee, ,V. 59 I'lnr Strr 1 1 , i'ht
ladcljihta, in authorized to act an 1gent, at d
receipt lor all monies due this office, for tub"
scriition or advertising.
.Ilso, at his O trice ,V. 1G0 .VMan Street,
.Altc i'ork.
tX7" The "American'' for the Campaign.
As it has become fashionable to furnish news
papers from this to the elections at a low price,
we propose to furnish the "American," or our
German paper, until the elections, for 25cts. for
one copy, or five copies for one dollar.
C7 The meeting at Milton on the 1 tth, will
bo, we presume, numerously attended. Hon.
James lUirhaiian, and a number of distingflished
speakers will attend.
D3" Tottsvillk Emporii m. This sterling
democratic journal has passed into the bauds of )
Mr. E. O. Jackson, late of Co umbia county.
Mr. Jackson is a sound democrat and a spirited
writer. He deserves, and, no doubt, will be li
berally patronised by the democracy of Schuyl
kill. CT Catchino av Straws. Some of our
neighboring whig prints, anxiously waiting to
catch hold of any thing out of which they can
make a I.ttle political capital, have seized upon
the purloining and dest ruction of the w hig banner
of this place, as a God-send. These papers im
plicate the whole party, and attempt to cieato an
impression that they sanctioned and applauded
the act. The Miltonian, in an article under the
head of "Lorofocoism Another Infamous Out
rage," denounces the whole paity, whilst the
Danville Democrat, not to be behind, heads an
article on the subject, as "Another Diabolical
Locofoco Act " To make the matter worse, they
endeavor tocrcate un impression that VI iss Fin
ney, the young lady who made the banner, had
expended not only her own labor, but her own
money. This is treating the Clay Club of this
place lather scurvily, to think they would ask
a young laity to make a banner and find not only
herself, but the meuntaUo. The whole expense
for materials, we understand, did nut exceed four
dollars, but whether four or forty, it matters not.
It was a mean and contemptible act, and we
don't know '.hut those who charge the pally in
this place as participators in the transaction,
thould be viewed in a much more favorable light
than the perpetrators themselves. We have not
heard of a single democrat who has not condemn
ed it. We would advic these editors to try
something else. Even the story of Polk's g iand
tather being a tory, would do better.
Cj'The Presidential election in IS 10, was held
on the :ith ol Oct. The vote in this State was,
for Harrison, 1 t.l.T.jG. Van liuren 1 1.1,402.
Majority for Harrison, 2'il. In this county Van
Durenhad 3,1!0, Harrison 1.301. V. H s majority
bfi.S We expect to give Polk and Dallas 1,000.
Election Ri turns.
Missoi'Ki EitcnoN It was generally sup
iiosed that the wuigs ami softs, (auti-lieiitonialis.)
united, would have a majonty on joint ballot
By late intelligence, we are pleased to lea r 11. that
the Hards or Benton democrats, w ill have a ma
jority of 28, and coiueijiicntly that well tried
democrat, Thomas II. Denton, will be re-elected
to the U S. Senate. Edwards, the democratic
candidate for Governor, is elected by about 0000
over all opposition
Graham's majority in North Carolina it 3,426.
About 1000 less than in 1612, and 12,000 less
than Harrison, in 1 S 10
liruNA The House stunds 55 w higs, 4-5 de
mocrats Senate 25 to 25.
tH7" Kkkti'csv Elections. The following
are the ollicial returns for Governor and Lieut.
Governor. Owsley, (whig,) 59,31(3 Butler,
(dem.,) 31,752. Lieut. Governor : Dixon, (whig,)
!W,G23. Tilcher, (dem.,) 48,351 In 1840, the
election for Governor stood as follows : Letch
er, (whig.) M ,!!'.'. French, (dem .) 30, 11-8
tX7 Fir. We regret to state that a destruc
tive fira occurred at Milton, on Saturday right
last, about 12 o'clock. The large stable, belong
ing to the Motel of Michael Kremcr, was com
pletely destroyed, together with two horses and
a large quantity of hay, oats, &c. Loss $100,
partially covered by Insurance.
Also the stable of Samuel Hepburn, Esq., with
two valuable carriages, a quantity of bay, ice.
Loss 5000.
And a stable belonging to Messrs. Rawn fc
Chapin, containing a quantity of hay, belonging
to Mr. Miller. Whole loss about S3.000.
The calmness of the night probably prevented
an extension sf the fire. The Miltonian thinks
the fire was the work of nn incendiary. As is
nsual at most of the fires in the country, the la
diss worked while some of the men looked on.
(tj Mr. TIlciianan's Movements The Lan
caster Democrat says : Our distinguished fellow
citizen, Mr. Rucbanan, will leave this city, for
his proposed tour through the northern counties
of this State, in a few days. Me is expected to be
at Danville on the 5th of September, at Towan
da on the 9th, at Lock Haven on the 1 1th, at Jer
sey Shore on the 12th, at Williamsport on the
13th, and at Milton on the 1 1th. Great prepara
tions aTe making throughout the "elorions north,"
to give the favorite son of Pennsylvania a grand
and an enthusiastic welcome. Addresses will be
delivered by Mr. Buchanan at all the places na
med. (T7 The I.ewistowu Republican states that
the Democratic Fanner, of that town, was de
stroyed by some of the whigs just before the late
democratic meeting. The Republican thinks
no decent person ef any party, would be guilty of
such an act. That's fair and honorable.
tXT" Sale of the TrnLic Works. On Wed
iipsday, the last of the twenty days for the sale
of the Delaware division, expired. The sale was
held at the Philadelphia Exchange. Out of the
25,000 shares, only 3 1 shares were sold, and these
in the first week of the offering. So, we pre
sume, it will matter but little how the peopli
vote on the subject at the next election.
BIT" Union and Harmony. The whigs of the
Schuylkill, Dauphin and Lebanon district have
got each other by the ears, on account of the no
initiation of Mr. Ramsey, of Dauphin, whose
friends, it is said, agreed last year to give
Schuylkill county the candidate this fall. Daupb
in and Lebanon, however, have renominated Mr.
Ramsey. Some of the Schuylkill county whigs
are out in open rebellion. Hear the Miners
Journal :
"We have In rn d ceived, betrayed, and then
taunted with being jumr politician, by these
men who even Ixmst of their clislioiinratile cop
duct. W e ma v be poor intriguers, but our cm
'" re hi nesl and honorable in their inten
tions they desiiise office hunters and il a bet
tor man than Mr. Ramsey is oflered, ho can
be supported without a Facrifiee of principle,
they will teach him nnd his friends a lesson that
he will not soon torget.
K7" The Philadelphia Mercury, The Madiso
nian, and in fact all the Tyler papers, have hoist
ed the flag of Polk and Dallas.
CC" Commodore Dallas, brother of George M
Dallas, died at sea.
ET" Haris am Sons These are terms now
applied to the l'.entonians and anti-llentoiiians
in Missouri. The w higs have no candidates this
year for Governor and members of Congress
but have joined in w ith the Softs, and in opposi
tion to the Petitonians, or Hards.
CP" Changes. Numerous changes are to be
made in the Custom House and Po?t Office, at
Philadelphia A Washington correspondent
states that ("apt. John H. Cowden, formerly of
Lycoming, will be appointed Navy agent, in the
place of T Hays, the present incumbent
C7" The "Spirit ofthe Times," of Philadel
phia, says the whigs are now perfecting a com
promise with the Natives. They have yielded
to them the Mayor of the city, and in return, it is
understood that the Whigs are to have the mem
ber in the 1st Congressional district, which is
now represented by Mr. Morris. The Times
makes the following reply to a hig coriespond
ent, on this subject .
"Is not the V lug party in rlnludelphia, at
this very moment, pt rjt ctiiiff 11 cowjuumise
u tth tin 'ii.' Has tho Whig paity in
ur Ciiy nominated a candidate lor Mayor ! Is
it nut underdoM! that it will vote rn tnusse for
the "Native" (autiidate 1 And, as un equiva
lent tor thus securing a Xutive triumph, are not
arrangements making with the Native Conven
tion to have a certain gentleman nominated
by the Nativists tor Congress ill the First Dis
trict, who w withdraw ut the limt moment,
in order to guarantee, by the aid t,f the "Na
tive" votes the success of the candidate of the
Vhis !"
07" A Ci uiosni. The volume of Pamphlet
Laws, of the last session of Congress, contains
310 pages. 13'Jof these are taken up with acts
und resolutions, 25 with treaties, and 140 with
the index The latter is culled "tut ' bv the pro
fessioii.
Dv" Maomhic Tki.M.kAHi Professor Morse
has made great improvements in his Teh-graph.
He has reduced the buttery from eighty to ten
cups, and has also succeeded in sending the elec
tric fluid aciots the Susquehanna without the
aid of wires.
CC7 Hon. Francis Jackson, President of the
Boston Anti-Slavery Society, has resigned his
commission as a Justice ofthe Peace, because his
conscience troubled him in having sworn to sup
port the Constitution of the United States, w hich
fosters and upholds slavery.
K7" Bason Van Raijmkr, a learned Gorman,
is now on a visit to the U. States. We may,
ree long, expect to hear his view on this coun
try.
K7"Tho old adage, that question is more
easily asked than answered, comes home with
full effect upon candidates for office. The can
didates for the Presidency are constantly receiv
ing letters of inquiry from different parts of the
Union. Probably not more than one in a hun
dred is replied to. Some of Mr. Clay's political,
but unthinking friends, recently addressed a let
ter to him, to ascertain his views on tho subject
of duelling. Mr. Clay replies in no very good
humor, leaving his querists in as much doubt as
they were in before they addressed him. The
following is an extract of his reply, and is as
perfect a piece of non-committalism as ever e-
manated from the pen of Mr. Van Buren :
"I expressed in strong terms of condemna
tion, my opinion against duelling in a letter
winch I addressed to my constituents in March,
1821, w hich is to be found in tin published col
lection ot my speeches. Auain, within a tew
years past, I give evidence of my strong disap
probation of it, bv votiiiL'. in the Senate of the
United States, for the hill for suppressing duel
ling in the District of Columbia.
With these proofs of my sentiments, I think.
gentlemen, you onht to be satisfied. But you
ask me whether, if I were chsllenijed to fight
a duel, I would reject the invitation I Consi
dering my nee, w hich is now past 67, 1 feel that
I should expose myself to rdicnle if I were to
proclaim whether I would or would not fisjht a
duel. It is certainly one of the most unlikely
events that can possibly tie imsirined, and I
cannot conceive a case in which I should be
provoked or tempted to tro to the field of combat
Hut, a 1 cannot forsee all the contingencies
which may possibly arise, in the short remnant
of my life, ami for the reason which I have al
ready stated, of avoiding any exposure of my
Felt to rid. rule, I cannot reconcile it to my sense
of propriety to make a declaration one way or
the oilier.
The Lais Elitllon
The Popular Vot
Increase nf the
Democratic Vole.
The recent elections in the six States of In.
diana, Kentucky, Illinois, Missouri, North Car
olina, and Alabama, are exciting considerable
controversy among' politicians, as to the increase
and decrease of their popular vote We below
give the facts, leaving the application to be
made by those interested. We first give from
the New York Tribune, of 18-10, :he vote ofthe
August election in 1S40, compared with the
votes ot the August election in 1SJJG.
1810. 1S3i5
Whig maj Dem. maj. Whig. Dem
Kentucky, 15.000 2.000
Indiana, 10.000
N. Carolina, 5,000
Illinois,
Missouri,
Alabama,
2,500
2,500
4,000
5,000
5.000
4,500
5,100
.'(0,000
11.500 12,400
14,900
Wig majority in IS 10, 19,500; Democratic ma
jority in 1836, 2,500 Whig pain from 1S30,
2 1 .000.
The following are the majorities of the Au
gust elections in 18-10, compared with the returns
just in.
1810
Whieniaj. Dem
1811.
maj.
Whig
Dem.
2,000
14,000
7.000
13,000
Kentucky, 15, Olio
Indiana, 10.000
N. Carolina, 5,000
Illinois,
Missouri,
Alabama,
4,000
;t,ooo
30,000
11,500 7,000 3fi,000
Whig majority in 1SI0, IS, 500; Democratic
majority in It'll, 2-3,000, making a difference of
47,500 votes.
' MISCELLW,
Editorial, Condensed and Selected.
The amount of duties collected at the New
York Custom House from the 1st of August to
the 20l!i, was two and a quarter millions of dol
lars. Attack ox a Cih riii. The PottsvilU Ga
zette gives an account of a disturbance at Tama
qua, on Sunday of last week, in which the Lu
theran Church ut that place hud its windows de
molished. The favorite recreation of rioters
seems to be now to deface and destroy houses of
public worship.
A Difference in Pkusj. A farm on Cape
Itland, N. J., containing about 150 acres, was
offered, twenty years ago, for fl200. On last
Saturday, the sum of $18,000 was offered for
one eighth of an acre of the same farm, which
was refused !
Poiiositv or the Skin From microscopic
observation it has been computed that the skin
is perforated with a thousand boles in a square
inch. If the whole surface ofthe human body be
estimated at sixteen square feet, it must contain
no fewer than 2,304,000 pores.
Pole Raising has got to be so much the fash
ion in the West, that a person in St. Louis adver
tises that he will raise either "Whig Ash Poles"
or "Young Hickories" at the shortest notice, and
of any height. It is supposd that he will be
kept constantly employed for the next two
months.
Sinui lar Rksi lt At the recent election in
Kentucky, in Owsley county, ltutler had a Ma
jority, and in Butler county, Owsley had a ma
jority ofthe votes polled for Governor.
In Mr. Clay's district the Whigs have lost one
hunditd and eleven vutti since 1840.
Such is the value of a mahogany tree, thut a
single one cut up into logs has sold as high as
(15,000. In England it fetches a high piice a
mong the manufacturers of piano fortes.
Unmarried men are taxed f 1,73 ; married mea,
SI ,25, in New Jersey. What a strong induce
ment this ia for young men to marry save 50
cents a year by the operation !
At Hartford, Connecticut, the experiment of
covering the body with sliced onions, and renew
ing those often till the fever subsides, has been
tried with great effect in cases of scarlet fever.
Arabs melt their butter over a slow fire, which
expels all the watery particles ; it will then
keep without salt ; and the Irish have adopted
- with success a similar mode for the exportation
1 to the Fast Indies
2.500
4.000
5,000
SECHKT HISTOnV .THE PROOF AT
LAST.
Attention is requested (says the Pennsylvanian)
to the subjoined extract from the Madisonian ol
Wednesday. The political reader will find it
very curious and interesting, as throwing light
upon several points. It seems to bear out the
Mudisonian in its assertion that Mr. Webster,
w hile in the Cabinet, was by no means unwilling
to lend Mr. Clay an ugly thrust or two under the
fifth rib and thereabouts, whenever opportunity
offered itself. It appears to prove also, that Mr.
Clay did actually give up the principle of protec
tion in 1833, and propose a "horizontal tariff,"
notwithstanding his declaration while on the
floor of the House of Representatives last session,
that it was a "lie," to say so, accompanied by
certain expletives which it is unnecessary and
impolite to quote. The reader will also discover
olher remarkable statements in this article.
w-hich is needless to particularize :
MESSRS. WEBSTER AND CLAY.
"We take the following from the last New Y'ork
Courier and Enquirer :
'The editor of the Madisonian intimated a few
days since, that he would do something dreadful
if Mr. Webster should venture to advocate the
election of Henry Clay on the ground of his
friendship to the Tariff, and we were (of course '.)
exceedingly solicitious to ascertain what sort of
a thunderbolt was to fall upon the head of Mr.
Webster, if he ihou'd dare to say anything in
favor ofthe Whig candidate for the Presidency.
But it seems we mistook the meaning of the
Madisonian man entirely. He was not going to
do anything with Mr. Webster; it is Mr. Clay
that he is going to blow into the seven stars, if
Mr. Webster dares to open his mouth for him.
The Madisonian is going to prove that Mr. Clay
has at one time "proposed toabandon all protec
tion on articles manufactured in the LT. States.'
Suppose we prove it now and by Mr. Webster.
About the time, indeed at the time, (1842,)
when a bitter controversy was going on between
the Hon. Henry Clay and the Hon. Henry A.
Wise, in relation to the unfortunate Cilley duel,
Mr. Wise being prevented from expressins his
views on the Tariff, by some rule of the House,
announced his purpose to employ them in an ad
dress to his constituents, which would be pub
lished in the newspapers.
Immediately after the announcement was made
Mr. Webster, being then Secretary of State un
der Mr. Tyler, and taking a most active part in
the vindication of the Administration, and in
opposition to the assaults of Mr. Clay and his
friends on it, sent to the Madisonian office, where
it was known the address of Mr. Wise would be
published, the following note, desiring it to be
inserted in the Address, as a separate and dis
tinct paragraph which was accordingly done :
'I am informed and authorized, by ope who
saw the manuscript draught ofthe act of 1S33
before it was offered, to state that "when Mr.
Clay drew the act of 1S33, and showed it to his
friends in his own handwriting, after the clause
which provides that only such duties shall be
laid as arc necessary for an economical adminis
tration of the Government, alter the 30th of June,
1 S 12, the following woids, or other words pre
cisely equivalent, were added, to wit : 'Andtuci
duties shall be laid without referentt lo the pro
tection of uni, domestic articles whatever' It may
fairly, therefore, be claimed that the great author
of w hat is railed the American System himself,
has, in the most direct manner, acceded to this
principle at least, that duties must be laid pri
marily for revem'r, and not for protection a
lone. This is the leading principle to which the
faith ofthe nation has been solemnly pledged, and
one from which it will never be safe for the
great protected interests themselves to depart.'
On the margin of Mr. Webster's note there
was a P. S. in pencil mark, which ran as fol
lows: 'The words quoted, beginning at 'And.'
and ending at 'whatever,' are a literal copy from
the original draft in Mr. Clay's handwriting. D.
W.'
It may be remembered that the Hon. C. J. In
gersoll stated last spring, in the House, that he
had heard that Mr. Clay had once agreed to yield
the principles of protection and that Mr. Clay
accosted him, when in Washington, last May, on
the subject, and pronounced the statement a
'falsehood,' and the one who had communicated
to him the information a 'calumniator.'
Will he pronounce Mr. Webster a 'calumnia
tor ?'
We have more than once demonstrated that
some fifty of Mr. Clay'i nearest and dearest
friends opposed, directly and indirectly, the pas
sage ofthe existing tariff act ; and have asserted,
on tenable grounds, that the Clay party in Con
gress were opposed to its passaire. Mr. Webster
was, undoubtedly, in favor of the act, and w hile
striving to array the manufacturers against Mr.
Clay, lost no opportunity to reconcile them to
Mr. Tyler. Some of the seeds he sowed have
taken root.
Was it not too much for patient endurance,
for Mr Webster, after 'providing for his family'
and his friends, by his labors in behalf of the Ad
ministration, to turn round and denounce it, and
to become the advocate of Mr. Clay because of
his advocacy of the Tariff?
But we have other witnesses, and among them
is Mr. Marshall, of Kentucky, with whose tes
timony we will pause for the present.
We make the following extract fiom Mr. Mar
shall's letter published ill the National Intelli
gencer :
I will appeal from the Tress to the people.
From the leaders to the troops. I will not be
cashiered or drummed disgracefully out of camp
for having first indicated the path to victory, (to
advocating the tariff,) while others, who watch
ed the course ofthe battle in prudent silence, or
were found actually on the other side denouncing
me till unexpectedly the tide of war changed,
now rush boldly in to seize the spoils and wear
the laurels. It will be remembered that I fought
up when I first made the proposition, (the tariff
Will,) uiidrr a load of obloquy and the weight of
most unworthy suspicions. That my course wa
said to be dictated by my hostility to Mr. Clay.
That I was feeding an ancient family grudge. It
will be remembered that the known parlizans,
the peculiar personal party of that gentleman,
sought ey every means to defeat the bill. Whe
thes they er I judged most wisely, let the world
decide. I do not, of course, ask to be remember,
ed at any of the jubilees in connexion with Ibis
subject, but I do entreat that my district may be
allowed to spare me little longer, and may not
furnish the haltes for my execution, at least
while the duties remain what they ara upon
hemp "
Our Cnndtdate for Governors
We copy, with pleasure, eays the PennsyU
vanian, the following extract ot s letter written
by the Hon. James Buchanan, to Jo. M. Read,
Esq., of this city, directly after the news of
Mr. Mi'Iii.fndf.ro'h death reached M'Connells
burg, where Mr. IJnchnnan was detained on his
way from Bedford. It is a coincidence, no less
remarkable than gratifying, that the same feel
ing which actuated M r. Buchanan in taking the
course pointed out in the extract below, has be
come, spontaneouly, the feeling among the
Democratic party, in every portion of the State
yet heard from :
"M'CoNNEi.i.sncRo, Fa., August, 13, 1841.
My Dear Sir : The mail stage last night
brought us the melancholy news of the death
of Mr. Muhlenberg. 1 have scarcely ever been
more shocked by any catastrophe. The whole
State will bo in mourning, and well it may.
Mr. Muhlenberg diiPnot leave behind him
within its limits, a purer, wiser or better man.
Bound to him by the closest ties of personal nnd
political friendship, my loss is irreparable. It
is thus as men advance in life, that one by one,
they see their friends falling around them, un
til at last they are left in the midst of a new
generation which can never cordially sympa
thise with them. It is then thnt they feel them
selves to be the solitary relics of a departed
age ; and realize the solemn truth that they are
hut 'pilgrims and soj turners on the earth as all
their fathers were.' I have lost so many old
nnd valued friends within a few years, that I
feel I am fast advancing to this period.
But whilst we mourn the dead, we ought not
to neglect the duty to the living. Mr. Muh
lenberg's death leaves us in a critical position.
What is to be done ! I answer that the De
mocratic papers ouht without a moment's de
lay, to raise the ring of Fkascis R. Shi'nk.
Next to our lamented friend, he was undoubted
ly the choice of the Democracy of Pennsylva
nia. The proceedings of the 4th March Con
vention abundantly establish this fact. In pur
suing this course then, they will he acting in
obedience to the public will. Wo must not
hesitate in the face of the enemy, but move
into line in support of Shunk without faltering."
The sentiments of Mr. Bichanan's letter
seem to bo approved by the People and the
Press, in every quarter of the State, with un
paralleled unanimity.
The firand Kaslivllle Convention.
The Democrats held a grand convention at
Nashville, Tennessee, on the 15th inst.
The Nashville Fnion, in speaking of this Na
tional Democratic Mass Convention, says there
were "fifty thousand American freemen assem
bled in council on the banks ofthe Cumberland,
in the Valley of the Mississippi, and in the neigh
borhood of the Hermitase. There never was
anything like this in the West before. The ta
ble on which the dinner was set was too miles
in length."' The sume paper says :
"On Wednesday, Nashville was from sunrise
to sunset as a Military Camp. On every road
to the city was to be seen approaching compa
nies, battallions and regiments, mounted and 011
foot, with their bands of music, their banners and
their mottoes, on their way to this great encamp
ment of the sovereign people : Their reception
by the city escort ; the loud, continued and al
most deafening huzzas with which they werf
greeted by our citizens who surrounded the pub
lic square, and literally crammed the balconies
ofthe Nashville Inn, far surpassed anything ol
the kind we ever witnessed. The ladies, too,
were there their white handkerchiefs wavin;
from almost every house, and their bright smiles
beaming from every window, in approval of tbt
magnificent display. All who could not be ac
commodated ut public and private houses withir
the city, repaired to the "Encampment of the
People," and there pitched their tents.
"After the lighting of candles for the night
the Hon. Thomas F. Marshall, of Kentucky, ad
dressed thousands in front of the Court House, 01
the annexation of Texas.
'On Thursday morning, at daybreak, a nation
al salute aroused us all from our slumbers. Tie
streets were soon crowded, and the road to Cani
Hickory was filled with passengers, who con
tinned lo move in that direction until eleven o
twelve o'clock, when the great grove of tha
camp, fifty acres in extent, was as full as itcouh
hold.
"Gov. Cass made the first speech, and it wa
one of unsurpassed eloquence and power. Mi
I Melville, of New York, followed with a thrilling
edifying and instructive speech eliciting th
most rapturous applause at the turn of every p
riod. Mr. Hise, of Kentucky, addressed th
multitude with great ability, and so did Ger
McCalla, of the same State. Meantime, Go
Clay, of Alabama, Judge Rowlin, of Missour
and Messrs. Terry and Thompson, of Alabarm
were addressing immense crowds at olher poin'
ofthe Encampment."
A red herring, firmly fastened by a string t
any place where rats usually make their rui
will drive them from the place. It is said to b
a fact, that a toad, placed in a house cellar, wi
have the effect of expelling those noxious intn
ders