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Cured By
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PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 16, 1838
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/hap I was persuaded to call in Thctor
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• last, such signal relief from Doctor Jaynes
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, u think this worth a place in your paper,
RI will oblige me by noticing it.
NICHOLAS HARRIS, Sen.
No. 35 Lombard street.
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HUNTINGDON, PENNSYLVANIA, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25,1839.
THE GARLAND.
—.--" With sweetest flowers enrich'd
From various gardens culi'd with care."
From the Gentleman's Magazine.
THE DYING WIFE.
BY CATHERINE H. WATERMASt.
Part we at last, beloved!
'Tis but the harvest time of life—but we,
Where once our footsteps roved
No more together in our joy shall be.
Methinks I see the stand
By the deserted hearth, all sad and lone,
Grasping a shadowy hand,
Or peopling air with my low voice's tone.
I hear thy gentle sigh,
When some pale flower, which i had fondly
nur4,
Brings to thy pensive eye
Those vanish'd scenes where we had wan
der'd hest.
I mark thy pale, pale cheek,
When some fond kindred voice within thine
ear
Shall of me kindly speak,
Calling from thy heart's depths a tribute tear.
Yes, thou wilt sadly weep,
I know thou wilt, when I have gone to rest;
And, o'er my dreamless sleep,
Pour the low wailing of an aching breast.
Oh! mine own love, and true,
Thou know'st how long my heart-strings
round thee clung;
How, ye-r by year, they drew
Closer the loving chords on which they hung.
But we arc parting now;
The links give way, the mighty charm is ti.
ven;
Death, from my darken'd brow,
Shuts out thy gentle love—my earthly Hea'
ven.
Yes, dearest, I d epart b
I feel thy warm breath o'er my wan cheek
stray;
I hear thy throbbing heart,
And yet, oh! ruthless dt ath , I must not stay.
Thou'rt fading from my sight,
And low, soft tones, in music round me swell,
Earth is a world of night,
And I am going hence—farewell, farewell.
fflitto tet Lane ono.
From the Saturday Courier.
THE EVENTFUL DAY.
A TRAGIC SCENE OF THE itsvoLuxiorr-
Drawn from the relation of an eye witness
I was in Boston on the morning of the
glorious 4th, and early went forth to en
joy the natural enthusinin of the day,
and to contemplate the charming scenery
of the well known and delightful Bay,
which, in times that tried men's souls,
gave Massachusetts the proud title of 'the
Bay State,'
Before me lay the city of Boston, With
its steeples glancing like so many lances
in the golden rays of the noonday sun.
Beyond was the bay, whose broad expanse
of water stretcheil into the surgy and
stormy Atlantic, far beyond the boundary
of human sight, its surface covered with
numerous vessels, from the pleasure sail
boat whose tiny sail was scarcely discein•
able in the distance, to the merchant ves
sel of three or four hundred tons, which
with flowing sheet; glided along with all
the grace and ease of a thing of life. And
as I turned slightly around, I beheld
Charlestown and Bunker's Hill I Places
whose very name raised within my breast
the burning fire of patriotism, and I in
voluntarily exclaimed, "What an inspi
ring scene is this !"
"Yes!" exclaimed 'a voice from behind
me, "'tis a scene well worthy of contem
plation, for there some of the best blood
was spilled that ever was shed on a field
of battle!"
I turned round, and beheld an old man
leaning upon an oaken staff, who heard
my exclamation. His head was white
with the frosts of many winters, rand his
dress and air betokened him of the days
of yore. He advanced a few steps near
er and spoke again.
"You." he said, "who may view that
scene now, when all is peace and queit,
can never experience the same feeling as
I, who have seen that hill drenced in gore
the streams of blood running down its
sides, and heard the groans of the woun
ded and dying, the roar of cannon, and
the rapid discharge of musketry, all mix
ed op in one general and deafening tu
mult--heartrending to behold!"
"ONE COUNTRY, ONE CONSTITUTION, ONE DESTINY•"
A. W. BENEDICT' PUBLISHER AND PROPRIETOR.
"You! did you witness that scene of
carnage!" I inquired, with a raised fee
ling of surprise and veneration, fur 1
knew then that 1 stood beside a hero of the
Revolution.
"1 did, sir," was the reply.
"Then pray relate to me, and you will
colder an obligation which cannot be re•
paid."
"I will, sir, willingly, but it will per
haps require all your patience to listen to
an old man, who tray be carried away by
his feelings at the re:nembrance of other
days."
I assured him that that presented no ob
jetion; and taking a seat by my side, lie
began:
"{then the glorious struggle, which re
sulted in our independence, first began I
was scarce seventeen !years of age, and
though young, my blood boiled with indig
nation at the tyranny of Britain, and I re
solved it my arm (which was not altogeth
er nerveless. for I was large and muscu
lar for my age,) could wield for the
good of my country it should be freely
given in her cause. My father was a far
mer, and we lived a few miles from the
city of Boston; and when accounts of the
outrages perpetrated by the British troops
reached us--the skirmishes in and about
Concord, and the battle of Lexington.—
' it was like pouring oil upon the 'flames, &
I determined that another opportunity
should not escape. Leaving a tender mo•
ther, and affectionate brothers and sisters,
with my father, set MI to join the Amer
ican army, which was then in the vicinity
of Boston.
"It is needless to relate to you the par-
ticulars of the arrival from Etgland of
the enemy's reinforcements, and of Gener
als How, Burgoyne. and Clinton; of the
issuing of General Gage's proclamation,
and the rejection of its dishonorable oiler s
or of the orders of the American comman
ders to take possession of the hill, and the
alacrity with which they were obeyed;
but suffice it to say, that when the mor
ning dawned on the 17th of June, 1775,
the British beheld from their shipping,
works on the summit of that hill, of
which the preceding day there had been
no intimation. So rapidly did we work,
that a few hours between midnight and
day-break, we had nearly finished our re
doubts--and so silently, too, that the
British. though only a few hundred yards
distant, did not hear us: But now when
they saw what American patriotism could
achieve—with what ardor liberty could in
spire us—they became maddened with
fury, and determined to exterminate the
"rebels" from the face df the earth.
"They itt►mediately opened a tremen
dous and incessant fire against us; but we
bore it with firmness, and continued wor
king until we had thrown up a small
breastwork, extending from the east side
of the redoubt to the bottom of the hill.
"The hilt, you see; overlooked the city
and Genera! Gage thought it necessary to
brae possession. For this purpos 3 he de
tached Generals How and Pigot against
us, with about three thousand men, the
fiouer of his army. They advanced slow
ly in order to give their artillery time to
destroy our works,
"Meantime we pulled tip some posts
and rail fences, and planting them in two
parallel rows, filled the intervening space
with hay. And oh, what an awful pause
was that! I remember it but as yesterday.
Every man was at his appointed post,
anxiously awaiting their near approach.—
Scarce a whisper was to be heard. It
was the calm which precedes the ocean's
tempest, lulling the mind into repose tinly
to make the succeeding storm appear more
terrific. And when I once looked round
and beheld ..the anxious countenances of
the men--anxious for the result of the
battle—their eager gaze fixed upon the
advancing enemy—l shuddered to think
how many of them would ere the set of
the sun be laid low on the field of battle;
willing martyrs to the sacred cause of lib
erty! I might be of the number, or per.
haps my father who stood by one. The
thought sickened me; and turning away,
I bent my eyes upon the British.
, There they came, onward, slowly but
firmly, in all the pomp and magnificence
of royal pageantry, their bayonets glitter
ing in the sun—their plumes nodding and
waving in the breeze, while the full no
ted bugle; the piercing fife; and
~the rol
ling drum, heralded them forward to dis—
perse one third of their number of undis
ciplined "rebels!"
As the old man uttered the conclusion
of the sentence, his countenance, which
before had worn a look of surprising calm.
ness, now beamed with an expression of
scornful disdain. He continued:
“They were now within sixty yards of
us, and each man could see his opponent's
eye balls, when the long wished fur com
mand was given—to lire.' And every
hall sped well its mark; for when the in
cessant stream of fire which we poured
upon them ceased, and the smoke clear
ed• away, we beheld the ground strewed
with the dead and dyiastwhile the Brit-,
ish soldiers fled with precipitation and
disorder. Again at the swords' point (lid
their commander urge them forward; and
again did we repulse them with still great
er loss. Their Generals redouble their
exertions, and a third time pushed them
on to the attack, and 1 believe we would
again have driven them back, but fur the
timely arrival to their assistance of Gener
al Clinton and Burgoyne, with a rein
forceineut.
"Alas, a misfortune betel us; an una
voidable misfortune. Our ammunition
failed uS; and we had but two alternatives
to retreat or be massacred by British sol
diers. We chose the former: And
then ensued a scene of carnage and blood
shed which cannot be described, sword
clashed against sword, 4- musket against
musket; man met man in deadly strife,
with more than mortal energy. All was
terrible confusion; and naught could be
heard above the din of battle save the
triumphant shout of a victor, or the ago
nized scream of some pour wretch, as the
musket's butt came in contact with, and
scattered his brains over the bloody
ground.
"Soon after we thus began to retreat,
my father fell beside me, pierced by a
bayonet in the hands of a savage Briton.
Then, then all rational thoughts forsook
me. I thought of nothing but my coun
try's wrongs, and mw father's murderous'
death; and scarcely bad' die:bloody iilljan
withdrew the reeking
. eatioiL.lrtiifi•
breast, ere a blow. froin : :my Intititet
him low upon Silrii. e arth, a disfigu red , ,Onti
ghastly corpse 'But I stopped not there.
One English minion was . not enough to
satisfy my revenge; could not repay the
loss of an affectionate parent; 1 pushed
through into the thickest of the fight, deal
ing death and destruction to all around
me, until exhausted from fatigue, and see
ing the enemy still pouring in and fast fil
ling our redoubts, I retreated with the
rest of my companions."
Ere the old men concluded, his eyes
*ere suffused with tears—tears of heart
felt sorrow --attesting how deeply lie la
mented his tather's death the memory of
which Bas still fresh in his recollection,
though years had rolled by since , that
event had happened. His mind !name
More calm, he again voice.
"I was afterwards in seVeral of our
most conspicuous battles, when thrice the
number were engaged, but never did I be
hold such desperate valor, or such deter
mined courage as was exhibited on that.
,ensanguined hill. One thousand and fif
ty four :British and four hundred and fif
ty Americans were laid low on the field of
battle; amongst whom was Gen. Warren,
a friend of my father. He was a man of
pure patriotism and undaunted bravery,
and fell deeply lamented by all who knew
--;—Many of my companions that day fell
victims to a tyrant's lust for power; and
nearly all who escaped the bayonet's point
or musket's ball have since sunk into the
grave in peacefulness and quiet. Yet still
I am spared—spared to witness ray be
loved country rising each succeeding year
to greater wealth and power, respected by
all the nations of the earth, as Freedom's
ein , pire atii Liberty's fair home."
he hoary veteran ceased. His coun
tenance beamed with an expression of de
lightful satisfaction, at the prospect of his
country's happiness.—Rising, as lie con
cluded, from his seat, he took my proffer
ed arm, and we bent our steps towards the
busy city. The sun was just sinking be
neath the western horizon as we entered
and bidding my aged companion adieu;
and thanking him for his kindness in rela
ting to me events which sit touched his
feelings, we parted, perhaps to meet no
' more, (for I was only a sojourner in the ci
ty;) but long, icing will I remember the
aged s,,ldier who so feelingly related the
battle of Bunker Hill. W. H.
From the Telegraph and Intelligencer.
James M. Porter, John C. Bu
cher, Ovid F. Johniniti, and
ihe December Rioters.
As the three above named persons,
have in their official capacity united to set
tree those engaged in the riot, conspiracy
and treason of the 4th and bth of Decem
ber last, it is proper for the public to
know the relation in which they stand
towards these culprits.
It is testified by J. Jenkins Ross, Esq.
a gentleman of as high veracity .and re
spectability as the county of Northampton
affords, that JAMES M. PORTER, now
JUDGE of this Judicial District, asserted
at Easton, before the meeting of the last
legislature, that a mob of "a thousand
able bodied men" would be here, to drive
the Whigs and Antimasons from their
seats ; as appears by the following extract
from the published testimony taken be
fore the Committee of the Senate.
.....
Extract from the Journal of evidence
J. JeNam Ross appeared upon subpce
na issued March 1, 1839, at the request of
Mr. Barclay, and being sworn according
to law, deposed as follows :
Quest. by Mr. Barclay.—Had you any
conversation with Colonel J. M. Porter of
Eaaton, previous to the meeting of the Leg
islature, on the subject of the contest d
election in the county of Philadelphia?
If yea please to state same fully.
Ans. I had a conversation of that kind
with Col. Porter, about eight days previ
ous to the meeting of the Legislature ; I
' remarked,l believe, that the W hig mem
bers of the county of Philidelphia, would
take their seats on the first day the Legis
lature met. Mr. Porter replied they
would not ; that there mould be at Harris
burg one thousand able bodied men from
various sections of the state on the day
of the meeting of the Legislature who are
determined not to see their rights tramp
led upon; that if the Whig members
from the county of Philadelphia attempt
ed to take thir seats they would be thrown
out o/ the windows. I remarked in reply
to it "what would our party be doing al i
that while; whether we would stand idly
by and suffer such injustice to be done
without interfering !" lie said that our .
party was not formed of the right kind of
stall; "that they had the lighting men on
their side.' This is the substance of the
conversation that passed between us.
Ques. by Mr. Kingsbury.--W here was
this conversation.
Ans. Before Mrs Whites' hotel *in
Easton.
Qrlest.by the same.—Mhat reply did
xake to him when he told you that
ad all the the fighting men on their
side V''' . •
Ans. I then said where are all those
Irishmen on the Gettysburg railroad that
you talked so much about before the elec
tion. If Stevens' influence was so great,
why could he not bring them to Harris
burg to resist ? He replied 'since the
election, they had all joined us' or some
thing equivalent.
By the same.—Did you make any
threats of what the Whigs would do if the
Whig members of the county did not get
their seats?
Ans. No, sir, except what I said in re
lation to those Irishmen, which was laugh
ingly said.
By the same.—Was not the whole con
versation rather in a jocose manner, or did
it not end in a joke ?
Ans. What was said about the Irish.
men was said in a laughing manner by
by both. The first part of the conversa
tion was serious.
It also appears by the testimony of
another respectable witness, that James
M. Porter addressed a meeting held at
Easton, on the 11th of December last, in
a most inflammatory manner, approving of
the acts of the mob, offering himself and
ur,ging others to shoulder their muskets
and march to sustain them in their trea
son.
The following is the testimony referred
to:
EDWARD A. EEEDIR appeared before
the committee, upon subpoena issued at
the request of. Mr. Barclay, March 1,
1839, returnable March 11, 1839, and be=
in; duly sworn according to law, deposed
as (iillows
I reside in Easton, Northampton coun
ty. I was present at a meeting held in
Easton shortly alter the meeting of the
Legislature. The meeting was held on
the 11th day of December; I heard the
address, delivered on the occasion, by Mr.
J. M. Porter. The speech I considered a
very inflammatory one; it urged upon the
meeting the necessity of their taking up
!arms and marching to Harrisburg, to de
fend the rights of the Democracy against
Ritner's soldiers. He had a long tirade
lof abuse against the Board of Canal Com
missioners on account of the Huntingdon
breach. They alto passed a resolution of
fering the services of fifteen hundred or
tno thousand minute men of that county ,
to the Committee of Safety, if they thought
it necessary. I don't recollect any . other
particulars not havidg paid very strict at
tention to the proceedings.
Quest. by Mr. Barclay.--Was Mr. For.
ter's address calculated to impress on the
meeting their duty in supporting the laws,
or was it calculated to urge them to acts,
of violence, in order to effect their object.
Ans. ith men whose political feel
ingaign very high, I think his speech
miffhave tended to effects that the law
would not have borne them out in. it
was from beginning to end as .yell as I can
recollect, a speech of a very inflammatory
nature, and if my recollection serves me,
I think Col. Pot ter offered to take up his
musket and march, it it should be thought
necessary. His appeals to the meeting
were based upon the election in the coun
ty of Philadelphia, for members of Assem
bly and Senate. It was known at the
time of the meeting, I think, that the Gov
ernor had ordered General Patterson's
brigade to Harrisburg. I think Col. Por
ter urged the necessity of coming on to
resist these troops. Col Porter I think
stated in his address, that he for one, was
at any time ready to take up his musket.
Quest. by Mr Barclay.—State whether,
',when the resolution tendering the servi-
[Wirotr No. 204,
ices of minute men, passed by acclama
tion or otherwise!
Ans. 11 1 recollect aright, the whole
proceedings were put before the meeting
collectively; they passed by the unani
mous vote or shout of those persons who
voted. There were some there, who like
myself, went from curiosity and did not
Vote.
Quest. by Mr Fraley.--Do you knot.
whether any of those persons came to Har-
risburg?
Ans.—Col Porter was here about the
time of the inauguration, but I cannot say
whether any of - them came before that
time or not.
Quest. by Mr Myers.—You state that
you were present at a meeting addressed
by J M Porter; was there any other person
addressed the meeting?
Ans.—There was sir; Andrew H.
Roder addressed the meeting; he is
brother of mine. His address was about
the same as Col Porter's in manner and
substance.
Quest. by the same.—Do you know
whether any of the minute men you spoke
of as being tendered to the Committee of
Safety marched to Harrisburg.
Ans. There was a Committee of Safe-
ty appointed Fut the county at that time.
to correspond with the Committee of Safe
ty here, and that committee was ordered
by a resolution to tender the services of
these 11100 ; they were to be raised if re.
quired. There were none marched that
1 know of.
Quest. by the same.—You stated that
the address of Col Porter and that of Mr.
Reeder, were inflamatory; state what they
did say.
Ans.---They urged upon the meeting
the necessity of using force to protect the
democracy, or something in that style,
against Ritner and his myrmidons or troops
Quest. by the same.—You have stated
that Col Porter's address was based upon
the election in the county of Philadelphia,
what did he sa• in relation to that?
Ans. I can't particularize as to much
of his speech, I'll give you the substance;
one remark of which wae, that the federal
judges had patched up a return which
Sheriff Watmough had taken care to have
forwarded to H.irrisbur,, , r, that it was sent
by a locomotive which Thaddeus had rea
dy upon the road to transport the return
to Harrisburg ; with all possible haste to
Mr. Burrowes. He then gate an account
of the Philadelphla election, I don't know
/ where he got it from or what he read it
from, by which he made the Porter candi
dates elected. This was done at the
commencement of his speech: on the in-
formation that he gave he founded hi re
marks.
READ! READ!!
MOST INFAMOUS.
IVe most earnestly call the attention of
the people of Pennsylvania, to the horrible
disclosures made below. Ira baser con
spiracy was ever contemplated, we have
yet to hear of it. it is equally infamous
with the famous gunpowder plot, in the
time of James I. The person giving this
testimony is no partizan; a man of much
reputation and high standing, and wan
one of Gen. Patterson's principal officers,
when that officer marched to Harrisburg
to quell the rioters. Let the people read
and reflect over these horrid disclosures
let them pass judgement at the next elec
tion on a party, a leading member or
which would, for the sake of aiding that
party in its wicked purposes, thus contem
plate the destruction of human life by the
thousand. This discloses Loco Focoism.
if its votaiies cannot rule, they will de
stroy the citizens of the land by the car
load. Arouse, people of Pennsylvania, to
a sense of your danger. It Loco Focoism
in theory Will destroy every vestage of
your rights, its practicable application to ,
to your lives by means of powder
will.—Harrisburg Chronicle.
A. J. PzirasoNrorr appeared before the
committee, and being duly sworn accor
ding to law, deposed as follows:
Question.—Please to state any conver
sation you had with any person connected
with the late disturbances at Harrisburg; a
member of either branch of the Legislature
in relation to the intention of the Commit
lee of Safety, or of those who acted with
them, tearing up the rail road or any other
act so as to prevent the troops under Gen:
Patterson's command reaching Harrisburg
Answer.—l do not know what the in
tention of the committee or those connec
ted with them was, I had no conversation'
with any one on the subject of the inten
tion of those persons; I have no know
ledge of any thing done in Philadelphia,
except as is derived from common rumor.
It was currently reported every where in
Philadelphia before the troops left for
Harrisburg, that they would be prevented
from marching, or would be obstructed in
their progmess to the State Capitol, and
the means to accomplish this was said to
be the removal of some rails on the rail
way. There was much excitement in
Philadelphia on the recoption of the soy.