within the boundaries of this commonwealth,
as described in the charter, and settled be
tween this- State and such person
or persons, being thereof legally convicted,
in any court of oyer-and terminer, shall be
~ adjudged guilty_othigh treason.”
"Sect. 2. If any_pcrson or persons shall
set up any notice, written or printed, calling
and, requesting the people to meet together
for the design or purpose of'forming a new
and, independent government as aforesaid,
such person or persons and all others who
shall assemble themselves for that purpose,
in consequence of such notice, shall be ad
judged guilty of high treason.”
Now I will-refer to-somc evidence on this
subject. It is this, from the Secretary’s ad
dress immediately after the election: , “But
fellow citizens until this investigation be)
fully made and fairly determined, let us
treat the,election of the ninth inst.i as if we
had not been defeated, and in that attitude
abide the result.” I will also read a para
graph from the Harrisburg Chronicle, edited
by a man designed by nature avid, selected
perhaps by contract, to write the Speaker’s
biography., - The paragraph is as follows.
- , "The Coumtt Members. —The locofueos
are most dreadlully alarmed about the mem
bers from’the county of Philadelphia, seeing
that they cannot frighten the democrats, out
of their rights, by threats of fraud or vio :
lencc. The Keystone and Reporter both
flounder, dreadfully;-JjuLit wont do; THE
DEMOCRATIC [Federal;] MEMBERS
FROM THE COUNT-T OP PHILADEL
PHIA WILL HAVE THEIR, SEATS—
PEACEABLY, IF POSSIBLE—BUT
FORCIBLY IF OTHERWISE. No
threats of violence can intimidate. They
tdill maintain their rights as democrats, as
patriots, as free, independent and HEROIC
MEN; they will defend themselves and that
which belongs to them at ALL HAZARDS.
And as for The threafthat they will be ousted
out of their seats by the commission of a
fraud'on the part of the Clerk, it is perfect
ly ridiculous. If such a thing is attempted,
it will be RESENTED with a spirit that
will, make locofocoism and its hired instru
ments qf rascality, regret it AS LONG AS
THEY LIVE.” ’ „
These proclamations had been issued from
the public pi-ess-under the direction of the
late Executive, and more particularly the
Secretary.of.tho Commonwealth;, and in ad
dition to this, it was asserted publicly by
Thaddcus Stevens, tliaf their object was to
form a legislature of minority members, e
lected,by_a minocity_.o£the people, or m oth
er words'not .elected at all; and that the Se
cretary was to withhold the majority returns.
I ask if tliis is not evidence of an intention
. to form a new government? I ask if there
, is_nbt a black design at tiie bottom of all
this? It was knowty’by these persons" that
within five days the governor must contest,
his election.- These five days were to be
permitted to roll round, and then the votes
men, who took upon themselves to decide on
all returns,. to defeat Governor PorteUs e
lection. Even as the returns were counted’
bp, was there not'more than five thousand
votes thrown out, and by whom? By the
Speaker of the, Senate of Pennsylvania.—
These facts were before theTpuhlic. ’ Ail
these schemes of Burrowes wpre to-effect
some particular object," and that object was
to form a-legislature not legally elected by
the people. Was not this, setting up a sepa
rate ana independent-government? And if
he had been convicted of this, would it not
have been Ah! but,- says the learn
ed, Speaker, a lawyer who would .maintain
such doctrines as-these, must sell physic in
a village and; expound constitutional law to
, his patients, and Dogberry is quoted by the
. gentleman to the great amusement of the au
dience, as good authority on this head. Let
me say to the Senator, if he had studied the
principles of the law, as much as liAiias the
decisions of Dogberry ’s court, he would have
come to the conclusion that under
ing laws of Pennsylvania, with these facts
established, even the'immaculate Secretary
. of the Commonwealth could have been, con
victed of treason,; For endeavoring to-estab
lish a-new government, the head of which I
believe' was to be the late Executive, But
I have since learned; that there was'another
project in view. I believe; no one‘doubts
mit that the Speaker of the-Senate has very
high aspirations, and I presume - this project
. WaS to gratify him. , The plan was this.—
Porter-was. to be defeated, by throwing out a
sufficient number of counties' to effect, this
object, and Ritner did not desire to contest
' the consequently for one year there
would be no legally elected governor, and
during that time the Speaker of the Senate
of Pennsylvania was to rule supreme in the
chair of State!. This was the plan, and this
no dohbt would have been the result, if the
people had not risen' in their strength and’
frowned it down, I do not know whether
the Speaker was afraid of the butchers, be-,
cause they smelled of blood, but I, will tell
him.if his scheme had been carried out. he
wmild Kaye; seen blood flowing, if he Tiad
had.the. courage to look on. '
speaker:has referred to theTevolutioh
of France,-and lam glad tliat he has, for if
any one will take up the history, of that rev
olution and compare it with the: attempt at
revolution in Pennsylvania, he will see that
there is a great similarity. , France hud her
Rnhespeires, her Dantous' and Marats. and
PennsylvaniaTiad her Biirovyesesi her Ste
venses and conspiracy of
the former was to destroy heahtiful France.
The- conspiracy of the latter was ’ to destroy
theKeyBtone,state-—{hepride'oftheUnion.
The hand of Providence hoivever. has saved
this commonwealth, ;We have on more than
one occasion been providentially, preserved,
tmd.it would seem.dhat oil the lateoccasion,
pfrProyidenqe:,\Va9:,npon us.' - It
was a prbyideiilialy elrcumstance. that the
jWfip|c;:?ame here: at thexomincTicement'of \
'• tjie session imfl attested thwtreason:-which
* *ras, concocting. The- committee oF safety
, too, performed' its part in this emetgency,
and whfen the history of the affair comes to
/ be written, the course of the democratic
party will be decided to have been the cor
rect course, and the speaker of the senate
will be held up to posterity as a violator of
the cunstitution and laws of liis country. —
The speaker has told you that he had a
family, and he desires to hand down to his
children a reputation untarnished. 1 will
say to him, if the transactions. at the com
mencement of the session, -are to be chroni
cled and go down to posterity, he will not
appear in a very enviable light; and the day
will arrive when his children will blush at
thc conduct of their father on ; that occasion.
1 hope it will never be published, and. it will
never meet their infant eyes. If the history
of these transactions does go to future gen
erations, the character of the speaker of the
senate, instead of being exhibited in that high
point of view, so eloquently described by the
senator from the city, will be marked with
the blots of darkness. ; It will have a black
cast upon it, that even the waters of the
Lethe will never wash out. . He will have a
, mark fixed upon him, like that of Cain of
Old, and every man will see it. This sir is
public opinion. This is the opinion,of three
fourths of the people of Pennsylvania, and if
gentlemen will read the publications on the
subject in other states, they will see that
pretty much the same opinion is held through
out the .Union,.,
■The (Speaker lias denounced my county
and my constituents. Although the gentle
man has said that I come from the wilds of
Lycoming, I will tell him that that the peo
ple of that county are as intelligent and high
minded as in any other part of the state, and
they are always awake to their true interests.
The gentleman has ridiculed the meeting in
that county,-and said that a committee of
seven was,'appointed with me at their head,
to come to the'seat of government, .andthat
I never came here. It is true. I did not
come here at the head of seven: I waited a
little and the people sent me here-at the
head of three, thousand. The speaker has
said that I reside in the wilds of Lycoming,
Let me say, to that senator that nature has
cast ihat country, in her finest mould.—
There is no more beautiful scenery in Penn
sylvania, or. 1-inight. say 1 in' the U. State's.—
There is every thing to gratify the .eye, and
satisfy the mind in the county where Provi
dence has cast my lot, that could be desired.
I know it is fashionable for those who live in
cities to denounce those as poor, ignorant
and friendless who are not situated as they
are. T woulcTask of the speaker, however,
to reflect, on. the time when he first went to
Cumberland county. If he reflects on that
he will not denounce others for their origin
and local situation. .
In-a lengthy discussion-which Ims,taken
, place the question before Ihesenate.h'as been
almost entirely lost sight of. When I last
addressed the scnatr, "l'gavc tTIC reasons
nUni —,v .TmiVcion dhc othef matter.—
X say, in point of law and in point of justice,
those troops should be paid. It is due to
their-patriodsm ; to their love of country,
and -to tlie honorable and soldier like feeling
which seemed,to actuate them,"' They left
their homes at a moments warning, in an in
clement season and on ja ihost ungracious
errand. Higher evidences of patriotism are
seldom to be found,.and ! now say, that so
long as such men can be found, the liberties
of the commonwealth will be preserved, the
laws sustained, and this republic be safe and
happy. The speaker lias seen fit to denoun
ce an officer brought here on that, occasion.
He called him a two penny post boy, and
every other epithet was applied to him which
[ his intelligent but debased imagination could
invent. That gentleman, however, regards
it not. He may trace the private character
of that man from; the cradle to the present
time, and his political conduct from the years
of maturity up to this moment, without being
able to fiVid a dark spot in either. There are
others whom the speaker has seen proper to
denounce, but it is unnecessary fur me to
defend them. They, came out boldly and
firmly to sustain the laws, and when they
were brought here in their military capacity,
they conducted themselves like: true soldiers..
Although the call on those troops was a, dis
grace to the commonwealth, still by coming,
they saved their reputations as - citizen solr
diers; performed their duty and are entitled
to; their pay, ~ ... .“.
I am under obligations to this committee
for permitting me to address; them during
thp period I have, .it being so-near the close'
of our labors,- and, I hope during thfe-short
stay which I am to make here, that I may,
neyer again be called upon, to 'embark in a
of; this description. Such discuss
ions are not congenial to my feelings, but I
will say that no man shall challenge-.me to a
discussion, of my political principles withou t
finding me willing to endeavor, to. sustain
them.: In all matters in which the public
good, is concerned, I will meet gentlemen
fairly and honorably in debate. ; f wilj rea-,
son,.with them and? listen patiently to'their
argu pients; .hut I hope that this will be the
last time, when the-senate of Pennsylvania
shall be disgraced by attacks on jprivafe
character, such as has been exhibited in this
debate. It.was not called up.by me, arid if
it is said that l embarked-.in it also, ‘I-have
only to say, that it was inselfdefenqe.—
aim I will, leave .to the public my justifica
tion.'
Mr. Pen-wise said;! hopc this will be the
last.tim&r-ami I concur in; this with the in
dividual from Xyco'ming-4-that the Senateof
Pennsylvania shall be disgraced, as it has,
been bVthe lpvv personalities of that senator.
I should he unworthy of the.seat l have oc-;
here-for six yeara pasts--! should be
th'e confidence reposed ih :me by.
°ttbe : senators on this;door—!
should beu (worthy of . th e private friendship
which of every individual
: rn4luB-bbdynl^kno^npftp,flingje;exceptinn, ; i
drd l condeBcend:ta/ehgife rn,a reply to the
low billingsgate of;a-vulgar blackguard.—
But t owd.it tomyself—-I owc.it to the sen-'
ate—l. owe it to those who hive honored me
with their confidence and friendship—l owe
to the community in which I live—l owe it
to the friends and relationsby whom .1 am
surrounded—l owe itto every.consideration
ofjustice among mcn.andto Him wliojudges
of the designs of men—l owe it to' all these
considerations, solemnly, and in the presence
of the aenate, to say that the charges made or
insinuated, by-the senator from Lycoming
are foul, malighaftf aspersions, contradicted
by evidence adduced before a committee of
his own party, and it remains only for me to
say that the calumnies are as foul as I con
thd calumniator base and unworthy,
I regret the necessity of this reply—l
make it with reluctance—l make it with no
design to provoke: feelings here or elsewhere
—but I make it under.the- full -conscious
ness of my responsibility; and sir, were I to
forget that.the searcher‘of all hearts was a
being of infinite justice;, and to follow the
dictates of humanity alone, and permit my
to’ govern my (ourse. of conduct,
tho Senator from the county of Lycoming
would soon discover whether the blood of
the Biddles,- which courses in my veihs. was
disgraced or not. But the Senator from j
Lycoming knows full well—and hence the
personal attack which has been made on me
—that- I hold connexions, which forbid me
pursuing the natural dictates of my feelings.
The Senator in the course.of his remarks has
assumed arguments which I did not advance,
and has misrepresented those which I did
use, and drawn- conclusions-from-the-one
and the other, neither justified by the events
which he lias referred to, nor by any thing
which has taken place. I now leave the
subject. I am perfectly satisfied that the
Senators argument —if argument he pleases
to call it—should .go to the public. lam
perfectly satisfied that my whole connexion
with the transaction referred to by the. Sen
ator should be-published, in anyway that
may be desired, either by my friends or my
enemies. , I feel that I have discharged my
duty as Speaker of this body, and on the
floor of the Senate,’ and by my acts am I
willing to be judged, . ,
Mr. Parsons.— Due word Mr. Chairman
and I am done. T stated nothing oh the
floor of.the .Sepate. but what I religiously
believe to be true, and which 1 believe can
be proved satisfactorily, and if it has had
the effect which the Senator from-Cumber
land represents, it is. because.the truth tells
tales of disgrace and dishonor which the
Senator wishes to have forgotten—because
the laslrever makes “the gall’d jade wince.”
W.ith regard to the language being of a low
and billingsgate cast, as the Speaker repre
sents‘it, I will only say that it was in reply
to his remarks, and in the language of scrip
ture.
"I answered afool according to his folly.’’
•enS r f^a d^ e en°ft the payofthc
Death of General Smith.
DIED.—In Baltimore on Monday the
22nd ult. General SAMUEL SMITH, aged
about 87 years.
The following biographical sketch of the
life of the deceased will exhibit some inter
esting particulars:
Samuel Smith, the grandfather of the de
ceased, emigrated at the age of about 35,
from Ireland, to Pennsylvania in 1728. Gen.
Smith’s father, John Smith, came from Car
lise, in Pennsylvania, to settle in Baltimore,
in September 1760, wa"S a member of the
Convention that formed the State Constitu
tion, and for-many years represented Balti
more in the State Senate. Gen. Smith him
self, was born at Carlisle, in Pa., on the 27t|i
July, 1752; He was early destined by his
father—who was himself a merchant—for a
mercantile life, and- was .sent by him. to
England, to be brought up,in an' English
counting house. - He was then about 19;—
not liking the form and restrainfurider which
he observed that the clerks in the itouse
lived, he'determined not to obtain his mer
cantile education there: but freighting the
vessel in which he had gone out,-he sailed
for a port in Italy, and'the vessel being cast
away on that "coaftr and tjie voyage broken
up, he travelled Over moat of the continent;
and returned to the United S. in the.same
vessel irt which the accomplished hat-unfor
tunate, Major Andre; was a passenger, be
tween whom and him Self, was formed a
friendship Which ended only with the life of
that lamented victim treason.
Gen. Smith, then a very young man-was se
lected by the Committee of Safety of Balti
more, to command a company, sent down by
water to Annapolis, to arrest or capture the
Provincial Governor-Eden.;";l?he Governor
made his escape. He engaged'in the'revo
lutionary struggle at its comenceinent;—en
tering the'service as a Captain.’ • He , was in
I the battle of Brandywine—in the-battle of
Monmouth—in the battle of-White Plain—
and'his-company-covered the retreat of the
army through the' Jersey’s- of
Long Island, and’ commanded 'at Mud Fort;
where such gallant- and desperate defence
was made against the British fleet—blowing
up twonf their frigate’s; In this engagement,
he was disabled by-a spent ball, which gave
a shock to his whole frame, front which he
did not sooii recover.' After the close of
the Revolutionary struggle he entered ac
tively into commercial pursuits, and may be
said to have teen the founder Of the Com
merce of our city; and was the main stay,of
the Commercial interests of the whole conn;
fry, in Congress for forty years. He, for
one year; represented the City in the Legist
latnre ofthe State,mfter-that he was in One
or other House of Gongress;until the 4th of
March,;lBSS;. "When- Mr.'Jefferson' came 1
into the PresidencyVhe prea'sed Gen. Smi.th
to .“ cc ®P t th® office of Secretary of thetfavy;
wmch ne declined, consefttihg,-hoto'eyeiVto
act in that capacity until Mr. Jeflersonv-ould ,
select Some’one.to filllt permanently, He
served as Secretary oif the Navy.for halfa- '
year or more; but would receive no compen-( i
safion for his services. He generally while
in congress filled some high station. Chair-'
man of*Committees _on Ways and Means in
the House, and of that of Finance in the
Senate. When Baltimore was threatened
with attack, his fellow citizens called on him.
to takethecommand, which he did, upon a
pledge ot his own private and tljat
of a friend, who went before him fo his great
account,—the necessary repairs and prepar
ations of.Fort.McHenry were'made. Du
ring all the tinie of'command here, neither,
he, nor his staff, received any pay. He, went
into Congress in 1793, and .continued with
out intermission, a member up to the 4th of
March, 1833. Congress voted, and presen
ted him, a sword, for his gallant defence of
Mud Fort. His last public service to his
fellow Citizens, was in the capacity of Mayor
of Baltimore.— Republican.
Funeral of General Smith.-—‘The fallow
ing account of the funeral of this aged rev
olutionary veteran, we copy from the Balti
more American of Saturday last:..
The funeral obsequies of the late General
Smith took place on Thursday afternoon/in
accordance with, the order issued by the
Marshal of the day. Half-past four being
the tim'C named for the Commencement of the
procession, immense crowds of Citizens were
seen early in the afternoon movingfrom point
to point, whilst the members of the Cavalry
ana other Military Corps, the City Guards
and the Fire Companies hastened to their
respective places of rendezvous, .eager to
join in manifesting respect to the memory of
one who had so long been identified with the
fortunes of our community.
The Procession left the dwelling of the
deceased in Exchange Place at the appoin
ted hour, and moved up Gay to Baltimore
street, the cavalry in front, followed by the
infantry-regiments and companies of artill
ery. In compliance with the invitations
which had been sent to them by the munici
pal authorities, the President of the H. States
and Heads of Departments at Washington,
His Excellency the Governor of, Maryland,
and other distinguished personages were in
attendance, the President riding in fin. open
barouche, accompanied by his" Excellency
Governor Grason, the Mayor of the city,
and the Hon. Mr. Forsyth, Secretary of
State oLthe United® States. A second ba
rouche followed, in were seated the Hon.
Levi Woodbury, Secretary of the Treasury
of the United States, the Hon. J. R. PoinSett,
Secretary of War and the. Horn Felix
Grundy, Attorney General of the United
States. -
The Hearse containing the body was
drawn by four white horses and flanked oif
either side by mounted dragoons. It was
followed by a long Train carriages con
taining the Pall Bearers, the Committee, of
*1- __ AU-
out arms, after whom came the Members of
the City Council, the Officers of the Corpo
ration, the Judges of the Courts:and mem
bers of the Bar, the Professors of the Uni
versity of Maryland, Officers of the Army
and Navy, Officers of the Customs, Members
of Congress, and Members of the State
Legislature! Consuls, and others.
On entering Baltimore street, the portion
of the procession which hail started from the
late-residcncc of the deceased wag joined by
the Fire Department, dressed in the uniform
of thfcir respective companies, the line bein'*-
swelled as it proceeded west ward by the
addition of crowds of private' citizens.
During the ceremonies the bells of the,
churches were tolled, minute guns .were
fired, and the flags of the shipping in the
harbor and on the .public edifices were dis
played at half-mast high throughout the day,
as they had been the day-preceding.
A deep and heartfelt interest in the mourn
ful scene seemed to pervade’all classes in
whose minds the name of the venerable citi
citizen, whose remains were passing to the
"cold narrow house appointed wr all living,”
had been associated with the advancement of
the city, during more than three fourths ofa
century. .... - ,
THE FATE OF A GAMBLER.
We extract from a foreign, paper the fol
-1 owing account of the melancholy consequen
ces of indulging a propensity for gambling, as
illustrated in the melancholy fate of a Bohcr
raian nobleman:
"The dreadfulpassionforgamblinghas waters of the Susquehanna up stream,
• lately tnude another victjm in Bohemia.— or > (which would have been more'agreeable
The. young Count J. B,'Gravallasky; had to their wishes,) converted a single demo
' rl® yearaago inherited fifteen millions of crat to the antimasonic faith. We under
• Milan, '300,000. ; florins—at Vienna; 900 - rather affair, and was worthy
Prague,' 300,000 florins. This se- “f occasion which called such a host ofya
: vere lesson;'instead of tempering his passion, piotte souls together,; The principal speak
made it still stronger. . He soldhis furinture, ers, we learn,; were hisjex-ExceUency, and
■ « v ® n revenuerto a- another, gentleman ivho was a candidate for
rise trom the dominions composing his birth- l.iHtfnl- r- j
right, for one hundred years, n“„ g A '“t . A jhether, ou ? fnend
could not be alienated. All this idongV he astonished the'natives with «», elo
lost alsQ. to misery, 'ahd always < l u<nce, ' ve nre not.informed; ForTurther
dreaming of the possibility' of’winnihghack Particulars, see Herald of this week,
the immense fortune be had lost; he cbmmit- ■
ted the serious crime. of forging bills of ex- / 1C?” Although the' dinner at Paul’s was a I
change.? He was at Grhtz, and there he found spirited affair, some of the guests appeared
meanBtonegociate;toMeBsrB. f Ghnrchman& cither spiritless nextmorning. Thev had
Beyenberger & Brothers, at Vienna.—One be S°^ ehar \ d in. order to save a doctor’s
of the partners of this.rich house arrived the fi"..9‘t®fwards. Perhajis, as he is vveU-a
same dayiat Gretz, ; and infotmed the Messrs; hT-the evil of, seduction, he wisely a-
Clarenheim th’atthby were’the dupes of a voided.aplace„where; the temptation to in
diligence woulddoubtie'ss be vervstrong "
asky was aiTfested, hut a short time aßer'Ke ° . -v.. .
®ratn./atidy’ iSriangriT-Neither of the greatlgiinh of
where he assumed theinameF federal' antiih&isoary.- werh the
of Kaitner, ahdpassedas a;cabmetmakerf T . rA 1 ■ ® 8 'AatiiB-
- lived-therhiii quiet retirement; butlieiii Penrose
discovered, hewafeput in confinement
on the hight'of the hiheteehth, dr morning|f s ? _ Shippensbui-g tliat mdriung—and
the twentiethDecember,'he-strangled hut- Surfowei had ‘to.htayial .hofSe’ and : ihind
self with a silkrhahdkorcludt.”.: tlie— ‘ v-’
AMERICAN VOLUNTEER.
BY SANDERSON & CORNMAN., J
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CARLISLE:
THURSDAY, MAY *, 1830.
|Q“Wo conclude this week the admira
ble speech of Col. Parsons, and once more
invite for it a careful and attentive perusal.
|Cy*Tuesday next is the day for our citi
zens to assemble in town'meeting, for the
purpose of voting the- additional school tax
for the ensuing year. As. it is a subject in
which all are deeply concerned, we trust
that a general attendance will be given.
Suicide . —A German residing in the east
erid of Louther street, committed suicide oh
Tuesday morning last, by, hanging himself
in the cellar of his residence. This- same in
dividual attempted to kill himself about two
weeks since by cutting his throat, but was
prevented from accomplishing his design by
the timely arrival of his wife who happened
to be out of the house. On Tuesday morn
ing she was engaged in the garden, and ta
king advantage of her absence, he went to
the cellar, fastened the door and with a thin
rope hung himself. Ho was cut down a few
minutes after, but the vital spark had fled.
The cause of this rash act it is said was jeal
ousy of his. wife - _
- . Public Improvements. —The tolls collect
ed on the Pennsylvania Canals & Railways,
for the month ending 17th ult. amounted to
$144,667 17, being an increase of $35,562
83 over the corresponding period bf last
spring .;
Gov. Porter’s Cabinet, has. been, com
pleted by the appointment of the following
gentlemen, who will enter upon - the dis-
of, their respective pffi-
John Kr-iNoENsjuTir, tif'-wesnnorc-i
land. Secretary of the Land omc‘e.
Dr. George R. Espv, of Venango, Audi
tor'General, and ...
Dr, Jacob Salz.ibay, of Berks, Surveyor
General.
A federal antimasdnic frolic came off
at the tavern of John Pauf, in West Penns
borough township, on Thursday last, at
which ex-governor Bitner was "chief cook
ami bottle washer.” , What the object of
this ‘spree’ was, we are at a loss to conjec
ture, unless it was to put, Joseph Bitner in a
course of training to run the heats as a can
didate for a. seat in the Legislature at the
next general election. A friend at our el- 1
bow, who pretends to know a thing or two,
suggests that it . must have been gotten up
for the purpose ofenabling the talented floor
Keeper of the Senate fiTshOw off to advan
tage—it being understood that Ziejs to be
likewise placed on the, ticket for the next
Legislature.. ;At all events, ithe liquor was
drank and the dinner swallowed by some 70
or 80 of the real ring tailed roarers, ,(a slim
turn out, by the way, after so much exertion
to get it up!) a number of whom were from
the Borough of Carlisle—and the company
dispersed, in the best manner they were able,
to their respective places of abode, without
having done any thing cal ciliated to trim
Samdel Smith, whose death,
funeral], &c. are announced in the papers,
was a native of this town, and was boro, we
believe, inthehouse;now occupied-by Maj.
Robert Lamberton/Post Master.
" ICr* On I)it.— , 'Jlumor with her thousand
tongues”-has it, that Mr. PHiixiPs ia short"
ly to evacuate the. chair editorial of thd
Herald and give place to Mr., Qiubbl . If
this report be correct, (and we have no rea
son to doubt it,) we may well exclaim—
"wonderful, the swops and changes/” ■ An
other rumor is, that, after the new arrange
ment into, the Harrison flag,
which has so long decorated the columns of
that paper is to be struck, and the banner of
-Henry Clay , unfurled at the.mast head.—
Be this as it may, we believe that the lead
ers- of the federal'party in this county are
In' favor of Clay, whatever predilections a
few hot-headed antimasons.may have for the
petticoat hero, to the contrary, notwithstand
ing*
iCT’The Legislature of-this State re-as
sembles at 'Harrisburg on Tuesday next —■
and will, without doubt, have a stormy ses
sion, as the "buckshot war” bill is not yet
finally disposed of., We hardly think, how
ever, that Mr, Penrose mil venture to make
another attack upon Col. Parsons, after the
severe drubbing he received at the close of
the regular session. -
i" "Southern Literary Messenger.”— This
excellent periodical still maintains the high
character it has'heretofore attained in the
reading community. The April .number
contains 79. pages ofcloscly printed matter,
in prose arid poetry, all of which are origi
nal. , Amongst the contributors to the Mes
senger may be ranked jome of the best lit
erary writers -in the country. The work is
furnished to subscribers at the low rate of
85 per annum. Those 1 of our readers who '
desire to furnish theiriselves with a morithly r ’
could not do better than by subscribing at
once for this valuabre'periodical, . ‘
Turning the Tables. —The Harrisburg
Keystone of Wednesday-last, says:—“The
obstinate perseveranceof the federal conspi
rators in prosecuting the Democrats' who
frustrated their .treasonable designs in De -
cember, seems to demand that stejps should
be taken, for the infliction of retributive
justice. Stevens, Burrowes, Penrose-, Rit
ner and Wm. B. Reed, should be preceded
against, for their treason, Jn attempting to
defeat the .decision of tire people at the ballot
Hexes, ana ttieiepy ....ortarnlng OuV republi
can form of government. There is no doubt
but that they would be convicted on a’ fail
trial and condemned - to suffer the ignomin
ious punishment inflicted by the laws for the
crime of treason': ' The public voice indig
nantiy palls for proceedings to.be-at once
had against these notorious offenders.”
Murderous Affair.-- The Louisville (Ky.)
Journal of. the 13th ult. says: “We learn by
a private letter, that Marcus Desha, a son
of Ex-Governor Desha, was killed at the
post of Arkansas on the 2nd insti by Eugene
Notribe. Desha rushed on Notribe with a
Bowie knife, when Notribe shot at him with
a pistol, but misfeed him. Nofribe’s brother
then handed him a second pistol, wiltli which
he shot him down o,n the spot. Notribe has
has been held to bail in the sum of $10,000.”
_ f’°y^P es | | 3 P ec uliarly unfortunate in
his children. In addition ■ to., the above,,
many of pur readers'will.doubtless recollect
that several years, ago another of his sons
was convicted pf : murder and came hear
forfeiting his life, and that, too, at a time 7
his father was the acting governor of Ken
tuckey. , . . i ,
Land Sates.' —-The sales at Milwankie,
[Wisconsin,] from the 19th of February to
the_l6th of March, ,\Yhen~the sales’ termina
ted, amounted to $56r,359,4r. The'Chio
ago American states, that nine-tenths of this
land is sold to actual settlers, and, with the
exception of half a section, at the minimum
price of $1,25 pfer acre. ? ’ ’■•:/? f :
IHte in Albany—Vf e learii from the Al
bany Argus, that on Saturday .evening,'.,the
20th ult., a fire broke out in that city which
destroyed not less than 45 buildings, besides
outhouses—among the number a hew Meth
odist churcK/tjhichsost ;:The total
loss is estimated at upwards pfsBo,ooo.
lire at Ogdensburg, —A destructive fire
occurred at Ogdensburg, [N. Y.’ ] Oi( the
nightof thelTth ult.- The property de
stroyed is esfimated at from 50 to sro,ooo.
The fire is supposed to have been the work
of an incendiary. w :
lire in . New jOrfearia —-Several large
store houses in New Orleans; weredestroy
cdliy fire on the night qf the 9th hit;—
Los 3 $ 30, 000. • "•
icY'Two fires declined « Harrisburg du
ring,the last week—bothsupposed" ttrhave
been the work pf;incendiaries. ; Considera
ble damagewas Sustained. •* -- - -
; PAw.iNot6N,, Pfcsident .
District, Dledaftera. 7
in West Chest
er/ on- Saturday evening last. 1 > v i Z,' i