Bellefonte patriot. (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1818-1838, August 21, 1824, Image 2

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4 8 disobedience to the writ of Hab
J d one thousand dollars.”
from this statement of historical
fis, 1t appears, that the addcess cf
rc 4th was full of important errors
Fwas not * on the eve of the battle of
ew Orleans,” —nor was it when a
ym or dissatisfaction pervaded the
v,”? that the arrests were made, —
was any person ¢ discovered ex-
mutiny in his camp,” —nor did
general refuse jo deliver him ¢ tc
he civil authority till New Orleans
as secure, —nor was it in the nature
things that this arrest could have
preserved New O leans from des
yen 3 —because the arrest was
de fifty-cight days Ax TER the defear
the Bettish |! It is uttedly impos
ible that it could have bad any agen:
y wo preserving New Orleans trom
gstraction. We might here again
ematk, that this postion of the address
ever could have been reac, either by
af he committee whose pames are sub-
“WR. sled to it, or by the convention by
so, they were appeinied. Tue
p olg case is grossly misrepresented.
flad at been truly stated, the conven
ion might have came to very differ-
nt conclusions.
fF \Ve pass over many notorious facts
ph the public life of general Jackson,
ecause they have not been touched
pon in the address of the 4th March.
Ve feel relieved in not being called
apon to adduce other instances of the
peneral’s total disregard of the rights
of man—the rights of legislators, and
he rights of legislative assemblies |
His total disregard of state rights, ol
he orders of his superior officer, and
pf the provisions of the constitution,
phen any of them interfered with his
pwo plans and opinions—and the dis-
hosition he bas so often manifested of
placing the military over the civil au-
hority. He seems to have such a pas
sion for military renown, that even its
lesser attributes absorbs his better
feelings In what other possible way
can we account for his deliberate de-
claration, that although he ¢ esteem-
ed Mr. Madison as one of zhe best of
men and a great civilian,” yet he op:
posed his election to the presidency,
or no other reason, he assures us him-
seif, but that he « could not dwell uf
on blood and carnage with any comfio-
sure.” What idea of civil govern
ment must that man have who consid:
fers such a qualification so indispensi-
oblidible in the chief magistrate of this re-
public, that the want of it should set
Baside the best of men and the most
highly-qified civilian }
| | coNCLUDED IN OUR NEXT ]
From the Washingtoniana, August 14.
| We have suffered great mjury
fithrough the negligence of some of he
[Post Masters, by the loss of our pa-
pers, and letters containing money.
“Inthe month of May last, Abner
Eddy, E:q. P. M. of Big Prarie,
Wooster co. Ohio, forwarded by let-
ter a Five Dollar Bill, which letter and
bill was clandestinely taken from the
| ail.
Lebius Luther, Esq. P. M. of Cream
Hill, Clearfie)d co. Pa. forwarded a
jetter with five dollars enclosed, a few
It is a lamentable fact, that each,
and every one of our subscribers who
receives their papers through the mail,
have not received more than Lwo thirds
of their Nos.
For the information of Post Masters,
we will inform them, that we bave
been clothed with ®a little brief au
i2/i0rity,” by the Honorable Postmaster
General, which will be rigidly enfor-
ced in every instance, where any im.
Proper conduct, arises in their Depart-
ments ; and we shall be obliged to any
of our subscribers, or others, who will
inform us of any illicit trapsactions in
offices within their notice, and their
#names will be kept in inviolable secre-
out . We anticipate better treatment
Sholl Dereafter, as the Xonorable John
wind] *Lean has adopted a prempt and ef-
| Siri if ficient measure for correcting any
# abuses in the mails.
Agents will please to remit any
i monies received by them promptly—
‘and subscribers will please to be punc-
Aual in payment.
py EDITOR. |,
August 132, 1824,
GR —
Earthquake in Ohio.~A letter from
hillicoihe, daied July 16, says:i—
Yes erday, morning, the 15th. at 17
nutes after eleven o'clock, we felt in
this place @ smart shock of an earth.
| guale, which lasted about fifty seconds
and was accompanied or rather prece-
ded, by alow rumbling noise like dis-
tant thunder. The yibration were
about two ina second and appeared to
be in a noithwest and southwest direc-
tion. It was not accom panied by the
usual almaspiberic indicatiogs. On
the contrary, the sky was clear and se.
reac, the atmosphere elastic and bra.
and a fine breeze of wind blow.
(Corpus, that geveral Jackson ¢ wa: {7
tion will be made to ths election of
soars Master Gensral ; but that he
ime, or at any other ume s'nce,
before, Solicited the removal of that
office, is uuerly denied. The factsit
are all susceptible of proof, and will]
‘EE
BN
PATRIOT
come necessary. How then was it)i
possible for Mr. Brown to answer the
ictters of the democrats of Pennsvalley|
gr vor to keep the post office where
“Not
SAT
for himself but for his country.”
URDAY, AucusT 21.
ee ee geet et
any letters from them to answer ?
And 1 dare the writer of the commu.
nication to prove that Mr. Brown ev:
er received any other letters than
two above mentioned, or that he
any further concern in the matter t
what is above stated.
APPOINTMENT BY THE GUGVERNOR,
GEORGE B. PORTLR, of Lao
aster, to be Adjutant General of
Pennsylvania,
tised by the federal post masters: and
FOR THE PATRIOT.
that when the democrats of the town
I find by the papers that an opposi-
papers out of the county, which they,
wished carried safe, they were com.
pelled to hire/a man to go to Earlys-
town post office to have them mailed,
{ do roundly assert that he never had
any intimatios of the kind until be saw]
it in the Patriot of last week ; nor do I
believe that there is any truth in the,
Jony Brown for Congress. I am
vlad of it. 1 have no further informa
«on of the man than from hearsay ; and
if the half is true that we hear of him,
he ought not td receive a vote from a
lemocrat. I never could imagine how
it was that the Post Office was remov-
ed from Earlysiown, but your last pa-
per bas led me into the secret. ,|statement that they had to do se.
I was pleased with one observation| I would advise the author, whoever,
which the writer of the piece which he may be, before he writes again, if
opposes Brown made: That was as he intends ta make assertions, in the
0 the old papers.” You may de- first place to enquire into the facts, and,
pend upon itl did laugh at the luggage|1D doing so, to endeavour to get the
of old trash which my neighbour|most correct information the nature of]
R—— G——"8 son brought home
from the post office one day. Tihen
told him that it was all an clectioneer-|
ing shift, and that Brown would expect than Mr.
hima to vote for him some day. On procuring the removal,
cxamining the precious bundle, which Out John Brown’s knowledge.
by the by weighed considerably more
than went free of hostage, we found of the treasury, negociating the sale
that the principal matter, besides three of the debts due to the United States
newspapers of two months old, was a from the Huntingdon and Juniata
pamphlet report of the secretary of the Banks to Mr. Brown, I flatter myself
treasury, shewing divers matters which that the public will be satisfied is false
aeither 1 nor my neighbor, nor Brown! from the following statement given by
either, could understand ~My neigh-! Andrew Stewart, the District Attorney
hor tho’ consoled himself, for his 75 General of the United States :
cents, with the reflection that it would] Sir—In reply to your note of this
answer the purpose to which we ap-|date, I have to inform you, while I
ply all useless papers.
I can assure you our township will
he against him to a man. C
—y Wr
edge snother member of congress
the United States, the secretary placed
in my hands clainfs held by the gov-
ernment against a number of banks 0
FOR THE PATRIOT.
at that land. This purchase
o'{ Mr. Browa: from the o
ernment.
be satisfactorily proved if it should be- States, they wil
Congress,” and making cis|
\with the officers of government,” 1S to a true v
uniformly stating thal he would endea-|e
it, whether Mr.
then was, when he had pever recetved knew that such a law bad e ¢
when they made the admissions which!
brings his case so mani
its meaning and letter.
thelthat he or they bad this knowledge,
had|and that they presumed upon the ¢ ig-,
han|norance of the people,” as Brown once
said, to escape detection.
Instead of Mr. Brown having beenjful shift,
informed of the villany that was prac-jto the end,
of Bellefonte wished to send leiters orjmoncy, I will
of it.
the case will admit of. In this instance|wise he wou
he has not dong say for to my knowl-jthe speculation.
Brown was instrumental in kerage .
and that with-| Brown, but it is unworthy a - member lusive dream. of fanaticism—and with
As to Mr. Crawford, the secretaryithe
held the office of District Attorney of
my district, among others Huntingdon
Having a regard for truth, and a and Juniata, for somewhere about
was made by|loud voice of conscience, by declaring
ficers of gov- that it was not your act, but the act of
Now if the people will only God, tha He commanded you to dy
to page: 166 of the 4th volume,|the cursed deed and thereloie He aal
edition, of the Laws of the United vot you deprived your sweet Rosina cf
| find that all « borrow- life.
by members of Awake ! [ beseech vou, from this
« contracts! delusion of the devil—~Rouse yoursalf
iew of your dreadiul state,
not|and behold the precipice on which you
[are tottering.
While you have yet time, prepare
for a sincere and contrite repentance
estly withinjof your sins—Humbie your wicked
It might be heart with penitencc—DBow low at the
feet of our Blessed Saviour, and with
tears of repentance wash away your:
guilt,
Pray unceasingly for that grace and
t which we are taughtto
urn
ast
ng of public money
xpressly prohibited. I koow
Brown or his friends
xistence,
This piti-
however, shall not avail, and state of hear
that all may see the law belicve, may yet obtain for you forgive=
which Brown violated when he com-iness from a merciful God, who de-
he publiclights not in the death of a sinner. A
‘God who through the mediation of the
blessed Lamb of Calvary offers a par-
It seems that in the estimation of don of sins even unto such as you.
Mr. Brown it is no harm to buy up Be assured that by pure and genuine
the debts of the United States, provid- {repentance the vilest of the vile may
ed they « lose nothing by iz.” By thisibe saved—the gates of Heayen and
I understand that the United Staiesithe arms of Jesus open with rejoicings
will not lose the amount for whichiwhen such sinners as you, are snatch
Brown gave security, no matter howled from the jaws of Hell.
much less that amount is than that to The Dewi] who tempted you to do
which they were entitled from the twoithis damned deed, may yet be deprived
banks. It does not appear how muchjof his prey—he has you vot so fast mi
Mr. Brown is a gainer by the purchase.lhis chains as to make your escape na-
This he will not shew. But hat he! possible—No ! The grace of faith and
derives present, or will derive future Jove of Jesus, can swell your heart to
advantage from it, must be ; other-isuch a degree as will burst thos
1d not have embarked in chains assunder, and present your soul
purified and made fit fora habitation
speculating bro-jamong the blessed. a
of John! Atonce then, awake from your de-
menced a speculation vpon tne pub
procure the publication
Al this meddling,
is characteristic
of congress, and I sincerely hope that the aid of the Holy Gospels apd reli-
virtue .of the people will send a gious instructors, make your €sCape
stead who will disdain such fiom the gulph of perdition into which
conduct. You shall bear from me you have plunged your soul. 1
when I obtain some more information The light of the Gospel is frecly
as to the Earlystown post office busi- given—it can guide you to the true
ness.
man In his
‘and sure path which leads to the seat
lof Mercy, which is now your only hope
it is an anchor of safety to the re-
pentant sinner, who Tests upen it €3€0
in the eleventh hot.
i Turn then quickly your guilty Beat
CO i ‘towards Heaven—call on your God to
Oyer 8’ Terminer of Schuylkill County. help you—direct i Ll and your
Jury Term, 1824. thoughts entirely towards eternity, in-
to which you will soon be plunged.—
vs. {mute of his daugh- Aud if it should please the Almighty,
John Zimmerman.) ter Rosina. in his infinite mercy to grant unto you
This cause was tried last March the grace of true repentance, you may
A DEMOCRAT
OF THE JACKSON $CHOOL,
I
FROM THE BERKS AND SCHUYLEKILL
JOURNAL, AUGUST 7.
Commonwealth _ Indictment for the.
desire that it should be adhered to in $4000, with a view of having it collect-
all political contests, 1 would submit'ed, or made secure by the assignment
the following remarks to the people of of judgments &e, 1 corresponded
Centre county in answer to’ the com- with those banks, through Mr. M’-
munication in the last Patriot over the Dowell my deputy at I.ewistown, but
signature of « A Democrat of the Jack- nothing final was done in “relation to
sow school.” The knowledge that I those claims until the winter of 1821
have of the matters there alluded to; —22, when on making some enquiry
and of the political integrity of the of you in relation to those banks, you
person it is intended to injure, enables told me you thought it might be se-
me to say it 1s # lies frae end to end.” cured in instalments, and stated in
The conduct of our present congress- what manner. Considering the terms
man, Joho Brown, will bear the most advantageous to the goveroment, I
strict investigation, -and satisfy the wrote to to Mr. M’Dowell, who con-
most scrutinizing person that he is in- curred in the opinion. The original
nocent of every charge prefered against evidences of debt were therefore for-
Lim in that communication. The au- warded to him, and an agreement was
thor certainly has not been acquainted made which secured the debt with the
with the facts as it respects the remo- interest, as I understood, by judgment
Term, verdict, Guilty of murder of
the first degree.” —But upon applica-|
hion of the counsel for the prisoner, a!
new trial was granted. :
brought to the bar—Frederick Smith,
Attorney General, and J. W. Roseber-'
ty, Esquires, prosecuted on behalf of Ju
the Commonwealth—Charles Evans,
quires, for the prisoner, :
evidence of sanity, and insanity was so
point of the nicest distinction. The
case was feelingly and elaborately ar-
per
At this term the prisoner was again not forsake you in the hour of need. —
God grant that you may receive it.
It now remains for me to pass the
dgment of the Law upon you.
The sentence of the oourt is, That
J. L. Dunn and J. B. Hubley, Es- you be taken hence to the Jail of
Schuylkill county, whence you came,
The defence set up by the counsel thence to the place of execution, there
for the prisoner was his insanity at the to be hanged by the neck until you bs
time the crime was perpetrated. The dead. a
evi And may the Loid have mercy on
intimately blended that it became a your soul.
die with the soul cheering assurance,
{that He, who suffered on the cross,
hat sinners, threugh him wight mgt
ish, but have everlasting life, will
Bp .
General Jackson, when about eight
was the wish of every OCra
Centre county, viz. that the post office]
be continued at Earlystown, he did]
not know that the people of Pennsval- by me, and not by the secretary of the
A. STEWART.
it removed, until he was informed last on the subject, I mentioned it to the
winter by the Post Master General, secretary of the treasury, and the pro
who, as Mr. Brown believes, had re- posed arrangement to secure rn
ceived a petition against the removal. claims met his approbation.
Mr. Brown on that occasion, as he had} In this charge the gentleman has al-
pot been written to or consulted by any so written very much at random, as
person, and being a relation of Messrs appears to be his style through the
Potters who were interested, refused whole communication ; for from the
to have any thing to do with the mat- above statement, it would appear that
ter, either for or against ; but through Mr. Crawford was not in any wey con
friendship to Mr. Longwell, desired cerned; but that on the part oF the
the Post Master General to write to United States the whole matter was
him, informing him that there were conducted by Mr. Stewart, the then
officer, and thes the reason given by M’Dowell, Esq. of Lewistown
the applicants for the removal, was AT 3 C ;
that it was inconvenient to have the TRUE JACKSONITE.
post office at a distance from the turn- FOR THE PATRIOT
pike road. The Post Master General] When the charge of buyin up th
did write, and requested Mr. Lovg- debts due by the banks of ee
well to let him know if he could keep Huntingdon, was made against Joh
the post office at the turnpike road. Brown, in the Lewistown > eS. ad
To this letter the Post Master Gener- fence was set up by him J pst ha i
al never received an answer. Mr. with his concurrence, which a
Brown was then requested by the in this: first, that a transaction oft)
Post Master General to write to Mr. kind alledged did exist—but, sec
Longwell informing him he had a de- ly, that the United States would ai
sire to remove the office to the turn- uelly lose nothing by it, as SrDr ae
venient for him to keep it there. Mr. and, thirdly, that Mr. Crawford had
from Mr. Longwell, in which he stat- negociate the business through A
ed that since the post office bad be- Stewart, United States’ Ar for
came a distributing office it was no the Western District, the same Yo
ception of one letter which Mr. Brown claimed the authorship of a repor
received from Mr. James Potanire made by him as chairman of a iid
questing him to call on the Post Mas- mi i
: g mittee whilst a member of the House
to do concerning the removal of the;was sub
Q : sequently prove
office, was all that he ever received on! written a yay 9 Axis bee
tbe subject. This letter ot Mr. Pot-| From these admissions alone ther
val of the Post Office from Mr. Leng- bonds, given by good men, bearing in: g
well’s at Earlystown ; or if he has, he terest from date, and payable in instal-
as certainly can have no regard to ments. This is a summary statement
P.S. The arrangement was made
ley were making any attempt to have treasury ; tho’ after we had conversed
no charges “made against him as an District Attorney General, and James
pike, and to know if it would be con- curity had been given for the money—|
A
Brewn wrote, and received an answer nothing further to do with it than to 3
advantage to bim. This, with the ex-jest and truth-teiling gentleman who
er General to se i . :
e what he was goingiof Representatives of this state, whic.
2 ; : :
1er’s, Mr, Brown shewed to the Post is a manifest violation of the law of Lhe
ued—verdict « Guilty of murder of years old, went one day on a ramble in
the first degree.” the woods,and wandered so for that he
His Honour Samuel D. Franks, Esq did not return home till long alter it
prior to passing sentence of death up- was dark. His mother who had becn
said, ¢ I wonder fear did pot drive yon
home.” ‘ Fear!” replied the boy
with great simplicity, I dont know
im.” Alb, Advertiser,
feeling manner as follows :
John Zimmerman,
After a full and fair trial you have
again been found guilty of the crime "'™:
of murder of the first degree. The er a
same verdict was returned at the last FALL OF EARTH AT ADDISON.
court, when, for reasons we conceived Extract of a letter dated Addison
justifiable, a new trial was granted to Maine, July 1.
you, during which every latitude has. © We have had two instances about
10 days since, of a large. body of cath
been given and every indulgence °° :
shewn to you which we thought con- Stiding from the Hanks into the River.
sistent with humanity and justice— In one instance, about an acre of wood
The talents and eloquence of your able land, trees and all, slide into the water,
counsel have been exerted to the ut- C2"YIE with it a large quantity of
most in your defence, but in vain. mud to the opposite side, and block-
As it is my province to pass the sen- 1.5 UP the whole passage of the stream.
tence of the law upon you, I conceive There are large trees now standing in
it my duty on this solemn occasion, to the middle of the river. A similar in-
endeavour to draw your mind to a cor- stance has not happened here tor thir-
rect view of your awful and perilous ty years. The next day the fresh wa-
situation. ter made a passage through, so that
But a short time will elapse before boats and rafts can now pass through
you will expiate your offence against though no doubt it will be years be-
the laws of your country—when your fore the whole body of earth that tum-
immortal soul, separated from its Pied in will be washed entirely away’
earthly tenement will appear before
the Judgment seat of an offended
God, Jaden with the heavy weight of a from Havana, reports, that ob the 4th,
crime, at the view of which, the soul in lat. 29 10, long. 79, 40 he saw a
of man chills with horror—The foul wreck to leeward, got out the boat and
and unnatural crime of murdering boarded her; found her to be a large
your own Daughter. man of war brig, with her larboard bow
She had just arrived at womanhood out of water ; ber Jarboard quarter
—In the bloom of youth, virtuous, in- stove in, her masts aud the greater
ng and sails stapding ;
———
Capt. Banks, at Norfolk,in 9 days
dustrious and beloved by all who knew part of her rigg?
her— She by her religious exercises saw two dead bodies on the wreck, un-
and other evidences of her christian pi- der water, and a pum
ety; was daily teaching you a lesson, flesh floating near the wreck —found
which ought to have reformed your a Cojumbian pennant on board. © Sup-
depraved heart and caused you to fol- posed her to be a Columbian man-of-
low ber example. Instead of doing war, and probably blown up, as a part
so, you diabolically murdered her, in of the stern frame was lying in the
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a cruel and most barbarous manner, foretop ; the jong boat was along
With the crimson stain of this crime, bottom upwards; she was Americal
your soul is now stamped. |built ; hada yellow streak round her =
You have repeatediy endeavoured|took fiom the wreck an anchor, sail%
to jusiily the bloody deed and still the! rigging, &c—Dallimare Pairiol
ber of pieces of
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