AMERICAN VOLIINTEEB.
UY SANDERSON] ?c CORNMAN
CARLISLE:
THURSDAY, MARCH JJ9* 1W39.
fcrrTlic approaching courts will afford
mlny of our subscribers an opportunity of
liquidating the amounts which stand against
them on our books. The sums though small,
will be of immense importance to us, as we
have several payments to make this spring
which cannot be delayed.
|C7*The proceedings of the "military
meeting” at Leesburg, came to hand too late
for publication.
jQ“ThoBe of our subscribers in town and
.country, who change their place of residence,
will please notify us of their ‘whereabouts,’
so that their papers may receive the proper
directions.
A Chance for Farmers.—By reference to
our advertising columns,-our .readers will'
perceive that two fine Durham, Bulls arc of
fered for sale near the Carlisle Iron Works.
As these noble animal* are held at an ex
tremely low price, we would advise all who
wish to procure one of them to be early in
their application, as they will no doubt be
disposed of in a very short time.
We invite,the attention of our readers to
our first page for an interesting debate in the
Senate, relative to the payment of the troops.
The name of the Post Office in South Mid
dleton township has been changed from
"Kidderminster” to Papertown, and Wil
liam B. Mdixin. Esq. appointed Postmas
ter.
At a meeting of the managers of thenar
lisle and Hanover Turnpike Road Company
on Thursday the 14th inst., Major Thomas
Craighead, was elected Treasurer of said
Company for the ensuing year.
The following is the result of the election
for officers in the Borough of Shippensburgi
on Friday the 15th inst.
Chief Burgess —Robert Cochran.
Assistant Burgess —Samuel Paguc.
Town Council —Ephraim Mull, Jacob
Pogue. John Dumbaugh, James Griffin and
Anthony Wolf.
__ Town Clerk —Jacob Steinman.
School Directors —George M’Oinnis, Esq.
and Peter S/Artz.
Constable— James R. Scott.
Col. Parsons, the now Senator fromthe
"Lycoming district, delivered his first speech,
in the Senate on yesterday week. It is said
to have been one of the most splendid speci
mens of eloquence ever made in tha^hody —
and, indeed, judging from the writhing and
contortions of the opposition -it
must have been ‘gall and wormwood’ to the
federalists in that body. The ‘flying pheno
menon,’ alias Mr. Speaker Penrose, we un
derstand was literally flayed alive by this
eloquent the rights of the peo
ple. We hopC/to be able to lay the speech
before pur.readers shortly.
The Legislature adjourned yesterday, to
meet again on the 7th of May. , The prin
cipal business expected to be transacted at
the extra session, is the passage of certain
laws rendered necessary by the adoption of
the amended'constitution. ~
Canal Navigation has commenced. Wa
ter was let into the Pennsylvania Canal on
Wednesday the 20th inst.. and the Packet
Boats'commenced , running on Friday.
THE CLOSE OE THE SESSION.
\Va invite the attention of our readers to
the able article below, from the 1 ‘ Old Bovtin
ion,” a staunch democratic paper published at
Porlsmouth,Va; Itia a graphic delineation
of the proud position which the National Ad
ministration now occupies before the Amer:
lean people, and must be peculiarly encour
aging to the" democracy of the country who
have ro nobly-sustained .the present distin
guished Chief Magistrate of the Republic.--
Let every on* read it, and then judge for
himself. ■
The twenty-fifth Congress—has ended
hurtfully, if not fatallyi to the amalgamated
opposition, for the very reason that its in
congruous amalgamation gave it the majority
and foe sway : tntrc. It is, we an
opinion, of one of our most sagacious states
men, foe President, that it is, better for the
uema&rktic party, if not mostly, at any rate
wforCfetea^inoTity-inoneoftiiohohses
of Congress, in order , that the responsibility
of rule, may be withtiie Opposition, and that |
their invariable misrule may be manifested
to the people. Mr. Crittenden s more * hal {.
old Federal movement against, liber y'
speech, press, and every thing f
free, was a signal’betrayal orpnnap'es. an
signally, not merely defeated but demolished.
That effort and its frustration are volumes of
nroof ’that the black cockade dogmas are not
dead but only sleeping in the bosom of their
advocates, and that themnnc.ples as well as
the talents of the republican members of the
Senate are conspicuously superior to
the Opposition. That Mr. Calhoun worsts
Mr. Clay in every encountre, is well nigh
universally acknowledged by all candid au
ditors. that the great Whig candidate is
inferior in the powers of reason', research, and
information, however he may excel in oratory
or rhetorick, to his Eastern rival for the
Presidency, and to several of the Democratic
Senators, is indisputable, although partisan
prejudice may assert the contrary in letters
and newspapers. This inability of the chief
to maintain the mastery apparent to all, to
gether with the blunders of his colleague into
the damned doctrines, of castaway Federal
ism, made continual and deep impressions
during the. late Congress, on general senti
ment which must spread and last. On all
occasionswithoutexception'the heterogeneous ]
coalition, of which Messrs* Clay, AVebster, j
Rives, and Preston were the jar-!
ring components, was overthrown in Senate.
In the House of. Representatives, the only
grand attempt, was to.makc something out
of Swartwout’a defaltations-a poor dunghill 1
'at best, so much dug at by inferior-politicians,
as to be in bad odour with roost considerate
persons—and so completely overwhelmed by
the outbreak of the Maine excitement as to
become very, insignificant. The session
which was t'ojiave ended'with the fireworks
of the Investigating Committee, closed in a
blaze of glory for the country, the Adminis
tration, and the President in particular.—
Never before was such trust spontaneously
(for lie did not suggest it,) bestowed by Con
gress on a Chief Magistrate.- Let us add,
never was a more general sentiment
ihg that he deserves it, than the present calm
and provident, disinterested -and s/r/e—for
every one feels that.tho public,interests are,
safe in his'cizre—executor of the popular will.
Purse and sword,"war and peace, millions of
hard monay, and .thousands of soldier!', sai
lors, forts, ships, and all the issues ofhostlli
ties or pacification which-the Constitution,
sparingly trusts •to Congress, by Congress'
placed at his disposition, and sooth to say,
Martin Van Boren proclaimed Dictator hy
those Who but lately vowed uncompromising
hostility to him. Can his bitterest enemies,
after this, question his deserts for re-elec?
tion? They.who by acclamation, have con
fided the'entire destinies of the country to
his-safe conduct? And we venture to an
swer for. them, that they- ovary on«,af
if dispassionately inquired of, will own that
hedesrrves this immense trust. Really, the
close of the twenty-fifth Congress is fulKof
moral. The fourth of March waablacOlon
day to Mr. Tallmadgc with his unemrtpromi
singhostility to Mr. Van Buren, tnWr. Bay
ard with his expunging resolution, never to
be moved again by him, instead of annually.
And what shall we say of.it as regards Mr.
Rives? Why, that if he/liad staid with his
principles, he would now be most probably
sent on the brilliant-special mission to Eng
land, instead of retiring by compulsion, as
it is said he means, to France, for seclusion
from Virginmf while Mr. Niles, Mr. Rive S’s
exponent, goes home to be, if not the Gover
nor of Connecticut, at-nll events the demo-
for that high station. Itwould
be easy to pursue this moral through its de
velopemcnts on the House of Representatives
just dissolved: but we leave it to others,
The opposition in that Congress have done
much for, and deserved well 01, the democracy
which is not theirs. Their misrule and false
steps will tell powerfully for the Presidential
election, and the cs/nWis/ied aaecndency of
those contemptuously miscalled Van Buren
men bvarrogant partisans always denouncing
him, but who took almost the lead, struggled
hard for it, at the end of the session, to show
that Mb. Van Buren’s wisdom and patriotism
entitle him to'be the hcad of the great popu
lar interest, whose principles lie administers
- -with surpassing acceptance for the common
welfare of this great republican ' empire.—
The Opposition have mane Him President for
i six years more by their support, as they first
elected him by opposition.!That he is made
. of’sterling, though not glittering stuff, a great
act of Congress has accorded beyond contra
, diction.’ And the coming elections for the
House ®l" Representatives in the. States of
Virginia, North Carolina, Alabama, Mississi
pi, Tennessee, Kentucky, Maryland, and
Conneticut, will demonstrate that, no longer
i confiding in the clamorous denunciations vox
: et preterea ni/iiTof iil continued opposition,
a large majority of American freemen, look
" ing to tlie actsTSther, than The words of his
antagonists, are his determined supporters in
the radical measure of his day to restore, to
1 the people, to industry, property and true e
■ conomy their standard value, usurped by false
; banking and incorporated-paper mills, which
I the twenty-sixth Congress will infallibly set
right. We cannot-more fitly conclude this
mere sketch of the face of'things, .of the
' twenty-fifth Congress than by a profil eof the
three personages, on the certain intelligence
i reaching Washington—memorable daylybf
the result of the senatorial election at Rich
mond, When Mr. Van Buren is, said to Have
' entertained. the Philadelphia bank president
and thd Virginia ex-Senator, with all, the lit
tle Magicianls suavity, tact, and bland wel
i come at tlie White House. What enterlain
i merit for to introduce such guests at his presi
■ dential table; to bring them togcther there; to
' make them acquainted' with each otber;*to
i define his own and their relative and fespec
: live positions by a handful of hospitality,—
I All that was wanting was that Mr. Tallmadge
; should havehcen oftheparty tohavc squared
thc-TriaravlrateJ'. rarewell tyrenty--fiftl)
gg) se, We* I c ait o( u n tee v.
Congress! Though *he first session came in
like a lion on the .President, the last went
out like.a lamb. This majority in the twen
ty-sixth Congress is as certain as any future
event. It is desirable-that a stout and jeal
ous opposition should be kept up. But that
neither National nor State Banks, border
feuds dr public-defaulters, will be able to
cope with the Administration, or disturb its
ways of pleasantness and march of peace, is
comfortably certain.
MILITARY MEETING.
Pursuant to a call of the Major Command
ing the 2d Battalion of Cumberland Volun
teers, a large and enthusiastic meeting was
held at the Armory of the Mechanicsburg
military association, on Saturday the 2Sd ot
March inst., to express their sentiments re
lative to the border difficulties.
Major JACOB RKHRAR, was called to
the chair; Captain Jacob Dousheimer, Capt.
William Bioley, Serg’t. J. Rupley and-S.
Kirtlin, were appointed Vice Presidents;
and Lieut, Jacob Jsmminger, Mjulant L. I
Zerbyand Charles Boher, Secretaries. |
Oil motion, A. E. Cox, Capt. John Molt/., 1
George Rupert, George Thorley, Samuel |
George, John Emminger, l,icut. Charles
Schriner, .C. C. Rupp, John H. Duey, John
Post, David Criswell, Quarter Master John
Bowcrmaster and William Phillips, were
appointed a committee to draft resolutions,
who unanimously instructed their chairman
to report the following, which were adopted
by the very large assemblage, with but one
dissenting voice:
Whereat, circumstances have recently
transpired upon our northern frontier, tin cat
ching to involve the American nation iu a war
with its old and determined foe; the result
of an unjustifiable and unwarrantable at
tempt to take and keep possession of a tract
of country, clearly and beyond doubt the
properly of ot r sister state of Maine—which
attempt, as is alleged by the colonial officers
of New Brunswick, is made by and under
the authority of her Brittanic majesty?s gov
ernment.
Mnd whereas, the President of the United ;
States has been’ in consequence, authorized '
by an actof Congress, to receive the servi
ces of 50,000 volunteers, to,resist anyhos
tile attempts that may be made byAhat an
cient enemy of American liberty, Great i
Britain, to'acquire possession-of a portion
of our soiTcontrary to all claimof right and-,
of justice. Therefore, / . I
Resolved, unanimously, that the Major
commanding the of Cumber
land Volunteers, be', and'hereby is, request- j
ed to tender the services' of the whole of said ;
Battalion to thh President of the U. States, 1
informing hjm that we are ready to march at
a-inomerit’s warning, to sustafn either the
honor crlhcintercstsofour beloved country,
Rewlved, That however “ pacific ” the ]
character of the “latest news” . from Abe,;
frontier may no,' wercannot Uetieve frontAhe I
known temper, tactics,, and duplicity of the ]
British nation, that all danger is over; and
we look upon any one, who, under the plea
of the “inexpediency” of the call," would
shrink from tendering his services to his
country, as craven spirited, and unworthy
the naine'ofan American.soldier.
Resolved, That the firm, manly, and in- ]
trcpid conduct of Mr. Fairfield, Governor
of Maine, is such an one as exalted patriot-1
ism would dictate well worthy a descendant
of the stock of the revolutionary sires of New
England, and should meet with a hearty re
sponse in the bosom of every patriot.
Resolved, That the immediate and unani
mous response of the President and Congress
of the U. States, to the call of Maine, was
worthy of the representatives of a nation of
freemen, affording the gratifying evidence
that na member of our great confederacy
can be insulted bj a foreign foe with impu
nity. . '
•Resolved, That it be recommended _to
each Captain attached to the 2nd Battalion
of Cumberland Volunteers, Jo_furnish die
"Major commanding with a statement of the
full number of their respective companicsgs
soon as practicable.
On motion,
Resolved, That the proceedings be pub
lished in all the county papers.
MILITARY MEETING-.
At a meeting of .a number of the enrolled
inhabitants residing within the bounds of the
2Sd Regiment P. M., held at the centre
Schoolhouscin Southampton township.on Sa
turday the 23d of March, on motion Lieut.
ROBERT McCUNE, was, called to the
chair; Maj. Henry Reduce ami Lieut. Elias
llocii, appointed Vice Presidents; and HU
liam R. Cummins, Secretary. On motion
Thomas H. Britton, Abraham Hoch and
Daniel Golden, were appointed a committee
to draft resolutions. The committee haying
retired, a short time reported the following;
which were.unanimonsly adopted:
TFhercas, as citizens and soldiers, agree-'
ably to the laws regulating our militia sys
tem, we have a fight to choose such officers
to command us as we deem proper: And
whereas out own convenience, the preserva
tion of-the militia system and the good or
der of our .common country require us to
select such -men for our offices as will act
with impartiality and firmngs’ in the dis
charge of the duties of the stations to which
we may elect them; And whereas,.on elec
tion Will be held at Mount Rock i Rhoads’
School-house, on the 6th of April next, for
the purpose of electing a Colonel for the 23d
Regiment P. M., to supply the vacancy oc
casioned by the resignation of Colonel Peter
Lesher, of said Regiment.,
Resolved, That we have every confidence
in the : military talents,, impartiality and
worthiness of Copt. JAMES CHESNUT,
ahd will uae all fair and honorable-means to
sechre his election as Colonel of said Regi
ment. • ’ . i.
Resolved, That we claim one of the;Col
oneleasiraatter-iOtright and equity, which
ww tfngt Will be awarded ntl.
Jletolued, That the following gentlemen
compose a committee of vigilance:' Henry
Hippensteel, Capt. John W. Clever, Geo.
Hammel, jr. Mi;j. D.Ruhshari'apt. WilliaiiT
M’Cune, Hamiltonßarckley, Col. J. Wine
coop, Captain. M. C. Donaldson, Major D.
Wherry, John Highlands, David Clever.
Eso. Michael Wild, Capt J. Chcsncll, Jo
seph Crcsler,
Eetoloei, That the proceedings of this
meeting bo published’ in the Shippensburg
Herald and Carlisle papers.
PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATURE.
March 16, 1839.
The following bill was reported yesterday
b? J. Cunningham, from the committee oh
vice and immoralitv:
An, Act supplementary to an act entitled
“An act relating to Inns, Taverns, ami
Retailers of Vinous anti Spirituous Tfi
quors,” passed eleventh .March, one thou
sand e’g'it hundred and thirty-four.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate
and House of sßeprcsentativcs of the Com
monwealth of Pennsylvania in general /as
sembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the
authority of the same. That from anil after
! the passage of this act, it shall be the duty
i of the qualified electors, of the several .bo
roughs, wards and townships of this Com
. monwealth, annually, at the time and places
|of electing constables, to vote a written or
printed ticket, labelled on ike outside “liq
uors,” and on the inside “sale, or "no sale,”
which tickets shall be received at the-saine
■ time, and kept ami counted nut in the same
manner that tickets.fur the d.fl.-rpnt borough,
ward and township officers,like rece.ved,
kept and .counted,- and when it shall .appear
that after closing the polls and; qouuting r fhe
: votes, that a..majori>y of sa d votes arc in fa
’ vor ot' n'iV'sale, that then no Tiers m within ■
i the limits of the said borough, ward or town-1
; ship thus deciding, shall be permitted to sell
any yinpu.s or spirituous liquors by a less
quaiitityvtharr five gallons; to be-taken away
'at the same time, under a penalty of ten
I dollars for the first offence, twenty dollars
-for the second, and fitly dollars for the third
■ and every subseqacnt.,olfence, to be recov-_
ered as debts of a similar kind are by law
recoverable. The one half informer,
and the other half to be paid over to the ov
erseers or directors of. the poor in the bo
rough, ward or township in winch the of
fence was committed, for the benefit of the i
j poor. -' r . 'I
I Sect. 2. A certified rcturn-of the vntes so |
g'ven, shall be made hy f he officers of said j
i elcction-to the several courts in said coun-|
! ties in which the said elections are heW,
i which returns shall be made in the way and
manner, and subject to the like conditions
and'penalties provided by the itet regulating
;-the returns of the elet tion of I 'constables.
Sect S. At the next session of the Court
i of Quarter Sessions, after the vote shall have
rocerfiTaTCch,' as directed'by tlte
of this act, in any borough, ward or town
■ ship in which a majority of the votes polled
j were in favor of “sale,” the said court shall
grant a privilege or license to what they may
: deem a sufficient number of taverns f.r the
| sale or retail of vinous yr spirituous liquors.
I The person making application to said c urt
shall produce a certificate upon the oath or
j affirmation of two respectable citizens, sigu
jed before a judge, alderman or justice of the
■ peace, that the person so applying is of good
[ moral character, and provided with a suffi
ciency of bedding, house room, stabling, and
other' neccssnries i for a tavern or public
house: ProviJe.l, ‘that no person to whom
said license is granted, shall be required to
pay any sum or sums of money as an equiv
alent;
The Intelligencer is very pathetic upon
th.e subject of the adniission of- Mr. Parsons
upon a return that had not comethroughthe
hands of the Secretary, and castigates Mr.
Bell, a Ritncr member, for voting in favor
of his.admission. It says that this decision
is reversing the principles laid down at the
opening of the session, and “rece ting from
the ground then taken ly the Sena'e. ,,
We can tell the Intelligencer that the
ground taken at the opening of the session,
will have to be “receded from” by those who
took It, or they wilTstand, alone; the con
tempt of fhe honest of all parties. The con
demnation, of a virtuous people-has been
heard in the election of Messrs. Miller and
Parsons, and the day is .coming, when_ those
who were the principle Ritner actors in the
last election campaign, and in. the sub.e
quently disgraceful and treasonable attempt
to “treat the election as if Iheyliad not been
defeated ,” will wish fur themselves and their
posterity, that their names were changed, or
that the proceedings of public meetings, the
t‘Sturgeon,- Stonedreaker,; Peg Beatty
and Dutch Hoo stories with-all the ccrtifl
catcS, affidavits, forgeries and perjuries con
nected therewith, were blotted out and for
gotten; and the records of the Senate burnt
up and destroyed. , our ; country-had.never
before seen ‘.‘corruption boil . and bubble,”
as it did, during the year 1838, and we trust
they will be’saved from a like sight hereaf
ter. We are certain no such- motly.throng
can ever again be congregated in Pennsylva
nia. The prophecy of Nicholas Biddle must
be fulfilled—‘-Toe peni'enjian] WILL re
claim its fugitives in office,” an honest com
munity. “ will scourge back to their homes”
those whom. Governor Ritner had gathered
around.him from all parts of the world, and
who were banded together by their common
hatred rtf democracy, and desire for. power
and plunder. .
Tlie..stains of their unhallowed han Is, are
to be seen on every thing which they touch
ed, and two years at least will be required
for a thorough cleansing. Our' treasury
bankrupted, our canals and;rail roads, dila-.
pidated, and thc character of our beloved.
Commonwealth as tin honest .peace: loving,,
and law respecting community tarnished;
and all dohe.by a party tyho for purposes ol
deception took-for.lheir motto: “The suprer
mecy of the Iswm’iWJKsw/Ofie.
MAINE.
’ -The only .'news from M airte which .’We find,
s contained in the following letter from the
Vugusta correspondent of the Boston-Atlas,-
lated on Monday last.
No hews, is said to be gpnd news, if bo,
we have an abundance of good news from the
East. From such information'as we have, it
•ppears, that'all is quiet on the borders so
far as the two belligerent parties are.concern
ccl. The reports that have reached us from
time to time of the extensive preparations
that were being made by S.r John Harvey,
I have but little doubt were much exaggera
ted. 1 learn the same exaggerations were
made in the Province of New Brunswick in
relation to our forcer'
It was reported there at one; time that
Maine had actually fifty thousand men inAhe
field, and it wassupposed an attack on Fred
erickton was contemplated.” Great efforts
have been made to exasperate dispeople who
live-on the borders against each other. A
trifling circumstance that odcuned at Haul
ton has, excited much feeling in the Province.
A few of one of the companies of riflemen,
oh one occasion, used one of the prints that
are hawked about the country as:portraits
of queen Victoria, as a target in their expe
rimental shooting. As soon ns the transac- j
tion came to the knowledge of Gen. Hotlsdon;
he reprim wiled the individu ds concerned
severely for the act. The affiir became
knownin New Biunswirk, and highly ex
aggerated accounts of it have been in circu
lailininall parts of the Province. It has
been represented as a deliberate attempt to
insult the Queen —‘hi.t it was countenanced
|by our officers. This inflamed the ind g la
i tio.ij of every loyal subject of her mnjesty,
and fora time an American citizen was hard
ly considered safe in some purls of the Pro
v.nre.
11l the Utilise tc-itry, the Resolves repor-.
ted by Mr. Cole, from the committee on the
North Eastern Boundary were,recommitted.
Tl.ere wgs.no. jlcbatc on the subject.
, ‘ ■" Penmylbatnan.
From the New York Evening Pcs(.
From tob East. —At the last advices from
the the Maine- fun es still retained
peaceable und~uiidisputcd posession ol die
Aroostook countiy, while S.r John Jlarvey
occupied the Tob.que settlement with a mil
itary force ofabout one hundred and twenty
five men.
The resolution authorizing; the Governor,
to withdraw the military force whenever he '
has satisfactory assurance from Sir John Mar- 1
vcv that helias abandoned the idea ot expell
ing our f,. ice, or resisting our attempts to
drive-off trespafsers, at the same time keep-1
inga sufficient number to protect the Urrito
rv, parsed the Senate.-ot Maine-on the
iiisi. ’Hie same res dution was taken up-in
the House the next day, after-amend
ment unanimously adopted.; U-’he following
account is given by the Augusta correspon
dent of the Boston Morning Pos :
The resolve on the Boundary, which passed
our Senate on Tuesday, came up in the House
the same day. on its pissage to be engrossed. 1
An amendment was offered by Mr. Uelesder- j
j nei', to the effect that the military force shall,
not be withdrawn until the Lt. Governor of|
New Brunswick shall abandon his claim to
exclusive jurisdiction over the disputed ter-i
ritory, which led to much debate, but the j
House adjourned without taking any quesoj
I tion. This morning, the mover of the above j
1 amendment withdrew it, and offered another, j
I striking out all the original Resolve, and,
inserting new ones, which are in substance 1
as follows: |
They affirm the indefeasible right of Maine
tn exercise Exclusive jurisdiction over the
whole of the disputed territory, but waive for
the present the exercise of such jurisdiction
over that part of the territory heretofore in
British pnsession. They, however, declare
it to be the duty of Maine to exorcise juris
i diction over the whole territory, so far as
I jurisdiction is involved in the expulsion of
trespassers, and the protection of the public
property. ' They furthermore authorize the
Governor fo withdraw the military, when he
is satisfied that they are not necessary to
sustain the civil force-on the territory. i
All expressed themselves satisfied with the
'Resolycsas thcy Would stand,'by lheamend
ment-after which they were unanimously
adopted.
{From the New Orleans Courier.)
LATEST FROM MEXICO.
The schr. G II Wetter, Capt. Delville,
arrived from Vcni Cruz, which place she left
on the®2sth of February,, reports that there
were about 12Efiglish vessels off,the coast.
Packenhain was expected to arrive from the
citv of Mexico, to hold a conference with the
French admiral, the object of which was not,
known.
The New Orleans Courier of March 11th
has the following. It is so characteristically
Mexican,rthat we fear there may be truth in
if. If the circumstances beasthiy are narra
ted, it forms another heavy item in the long
acru initiating. ou tr; g:s and wrongs inflicted
with impunity upon the United States,by the
people of Mexic >. • -
Jin American ('omul murdered under
ittndion nf Mixtcan Jht‘horitiis.—\Ve have
seen a letter addressed to one of our most
respectable commercial Houses of this city,
from’ the coast of Mexico, from undoubted
authority, which states that Mr. Langdon, the
American Consul for l.aguna Terminus,
lied a few days previous from blows received
from a negro’at liaguna, (under sanction ot
one of their Justices,) and after being most
cruelly treated, he was sent to a duf goon
where he remained three nights with con
demned crimin|rtsTfi , om whence he succeeded
in escaping with his lady to a,small villagi
between that-and Campeachy; where he diet
-if his wounds. His . lady .had gone up tr.
Cnmpcnchy, and an order from the old Judge
had fullowcd hcrto bringher backAo l.aguna,
to answer the charges against her husband.
Z.XST OF JL OTS.
The following is the List of Acts of_a'
public nature passed at the third session of
thetwenty-fifth.Congress:
An act making, appropriations in-part for
the support of Government for 1839.
Ah act making appropriations for the civil
and diplomatic expenses of Government for
the’year. 1839, . / -
An act,, making for the
support of the army for the year 1839,
An act making appropriations for the cur
rent and contingent expenses of the Indian
department and forfulfilling treaty stipula
tions with the various Indian tribes for 1859.
An act making appropriations for prevent
ing and'suppressing Indian hostilities for
the year 1839.
An act making appropriations for the
naval service for 1839.
An act making appropriations for the pay
ment of the revolutionary and other pension
ers of the United States forTBS9-
' Ah act to pwAibit the giving or accepting,
within the distrait ofColuiribia, of a challenge
to fight a duel, and for punishment thereof.
An act to abolish imprisonment for debt
in certain cases.
An act to provide for carrying into effect,
the convention between the Uuited States of
America, and the Republic of Texas, for
making the boundary between them.
An act to provide for the location and
temporary support of tile Seminole Indians
removed from Florida.
An ret to revive and extend an act to au
thorise the issuing of Treasury notes to meet
the current expenses of the Government, ap
proved 21st May, 1838.
An a<tt to repeal the provision to the 2d
section of an act approved March, 1837,
which authorized the Secretary of the Treas
jury to .compromise (lie claims of the Uuited
States against certain .banks.
; An act providing for paying three com
patlics of militia in the State oflndiana, call-
I ed into the service of the U. States.
An act to amend : an act “An act regulating,
the pay and .emoluments of brevet officers,”
approved April 16, 181
An act giving to the President of the U.
Slates -ridditional powers for the defence of
the U. States, in certain cases against inva
sion and for other purposes.
An act to provide for the erection of a fire
proof building fur the use of the General
Post Office Department. . ■„
An act to provide for taking the sixth cen
sus or enumeration of the inhabitants of the
X 7. States.
A resolution to authorize'the purchase of
an Island in the"river Delaware, called the
lea Patch, and for other purposes.
A resolution presenting the thanks of Con
gress to George Washington La Fayette, the
son? and to the surviving family of General
,La Fayette.
AWFUL NEWS FROM GUADALOPE.
I 'pwarda nf four thousandpcrsqns.hillcd
Ly the Earthquake
The New Orleans Conrmerical Bulletin
says: From our files of Havana papers re
ceived yesterday, we learn that the earth
quake recently, experienced in Martinique
[ and other windward islands with such fear
j ful consequences, has had still more disas
trous effect in Guudal.ipr. There the victiriis
extracted from the ruins of buildings are
stqtcd to have exceeded fo,ur thousand! This
'truly appalling intelligence is received
through the captain of the American brig
l Madrid from Barbadoes which arrived at
[Trinidad de Cuba about the 6th ull. We
j a ivait the details of.lhis visitation with im-
I patience.
PROPRIATION BILL.
THE A
The appropriation -bill which’passed the
House of Representatives of this State on
Saturday last contains appropriations toahe
amount of about thrcei millions of dullart—
the greater part-of which is to be applied'to
debts due for repairs under Ritm-.r and to
repairs: for the present season. The North
Branch canal and Erie extension each receive
300,000 dollais, and the Sinnemahoning ex
tension 7,500 dollars—These are the only
unfinished works to which appropriations
have been made. It is said this bill will.pass
the Senate and become a laiv.
' Chambersburg Telegraph,
The Girard Bank and Jhe Slate Loan.
We are pleased to inform our numerous
readers, that the Girard Bank has'taken the
state loan 'of one million two hundred thou
sand dollars, notwiths'anding the unholy
combination of Biddle and his bank, advised
by that "arch money fiend,'.’ so well known
on change as' the skulking,.deep, dark, de
signing shaver, always plotting and planning
i g dust the needy and virtuous of this com
munity. Like the hungry and blood-thirsty
leech, he sticks to his subject, and shows by
Ids pale face and sidling gait, Ids craving and
meditating thirst for ill-gotten gain and usu
rious rate of interest. t „
To the Girard Bank, (although opposed to
all monieil institutions) we say, well done! .
you deserve credit for having come out from
anio’ g the conspirators against the people’s
administration, under. Governor Porter.—•
Oar present executive richly deserves and
will greatly receive, the thanks and gratitude
of the people of this commonwealth 1 , for his
determined stand against Biddle’s.bank and .
its various efforts to compel him.to take the .
loan from,it, and thereby acknowledge the
legality of a charter obtained by fraud, treach*
ery, corruption anti falsehood.
Philadelphia Spirit of the Times,
Gen'l. Elehsar IF. Ripley. —We notice
with deep regret the death of this gallant
veteran, at his seat at Clinton, Louisiana*—
A. braver officer our army could, not boast
,if; v His brilliant conduct in the sortie from
'Fort Erie, in the last war, is familiar to US'
•»ll; . Ip tliat victorious action, he received a
dangcrouswound:in the neck, from which—
be never fully rebovieeed. t . ,
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