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AMERICAN VOLUNTEER.
BY SANDER*)N & COUNMAN
CARLISLE:
THURSDAY, MAY 16, 1839.
Messrs. Woodburn and Go»aA3,,of the
State Legislature, will please accept our
thanks for interesting public documents.
Mr.Pnn.LißS has evacuated the chair ed
itorial of the Herald. - The last number of
that paper contained his valedictory, in which
he intimates his intention of locating himself
in the “far West.” One thing, however, he
appears to have forgotten entirely—and that
is, to inform the public who, is-to be his suc
cessor. Report says, that Messrs. 'Fleming
and Crash are to bathe editors—one repre
senting the antiinasonic and the other the
federal faction. 'With respect to the pro
prietorships! the establishment, we presume
there-is no change whatever. Things," in.
that respect, will remain in statu quo.
As ta.Mc. Phillips —we wish him well.
With us, by-gones are by-gones; and as he
has not at his departure for the west, in im- j
itation of one of his cotemporaries, discharg
ed a Parthian arrow at a political opponent,
we are the more disposed to forget and for
give the asperities of the past.
i Military Trainings. —On Tuesday last
we.witnessed another display of the military
.force of_tlie .coUntry. The First .DattaUpn
of Cumberland Volunteers, commanded by
Capt. A. Lamberton, (he being the senior
officer free from arrest,) as usual, went
..through the different military evolutions with
precision and accuracy, and much to the
gratification of the citizens generally—but
the militia! —the bulwark of the nation!—in
their accustomed manner,displayed the beau
ties and utility of the militia system. The
more we see of these trainings, as they are
called, the more we are convinced that, so
far as discipline is concerned, they are a
mere farce, and the sooner they are abolish
ed entirely, (at least in time of peace,) the
better will it be for the community at large.
Corn stalks are poor weapons for attack or
defence, and if our legislators expect their
constituents to be expert in the manual ex
ercise, they will have to furnish them with
arms made of a different kind of material.
The second Battalion of Cumberland Vol-
unteers, commanded by Maj Jacob Rehrar,
“ was presented on Monday last, by the Bri
gade Inspector, (Gen. Foulk.) with a beau
tiful and appropriate Flag, manufactured at
Philadelphia, at a cost of 850. The officers
and numbers of .that Battalion, by their sol
dier-like_condji.ct, deserved such a compli
ment; and we feel confident, there is no bo-,
dy of citizen soldiers in the Commonwealth,
that would, if the necessity existed, be more
ready to defend with their last drop of blood,
the “stripes and stars” of their country.
Whilst upon this subject we would say that
there is not a county in the Commonwealth,
t we believe, of the same population, so cele
brated for the number and efficiency of : her
volunteer corps. Besides several independ
ent Companies, there arc two organized Bat
talions & one Regiment of uniformed troops,
principally composed of young men, all un
der the command of able -and experienced
officers, and who, if their country required
their services, would prove themselves wor
thy sons of those gallant men who participa
ted in the glorious.campaign of 18X4. -Long
life to the Volunteers of “Old Mother Cum
land,” L
... On. Monday last we were visited with.co
-pious, showers
tation of every kind a fresh start. The
wheat crop promises now tolie an unusual
ly abundant one in this section-of the coun
try, and the late rains will no doubt be ad-;
vantageous to the rye fields, which, have not
- had so favorable an appearance as could have
been desired. The'spring crop's, so far,
lookwellT—ami if the, season'is henceforth
propitious, we"may expect at ifa'closc an a
bundant supply ,of corn, potatoes, &c,—in
short, all the necessaries of life. The only
persons Tin the community whs do not ap
pear to be well pleased at The flattering
-prospect, are the speculators. ' A plentiful
season is death to them—but it is.lifc to the
I‘AJtMERS, MECHANICS and-LABORING. MEN.
• A Snug Fortune. —lt is said that- the
JlfdSarsVrPiincej of Flushing, N. Y. 3;.have.
cleaied $230*000 last .year,-in mulberry
treet This A/orus -Milticaulis, business
saas.' je a profitable one. ' /
Veto Message. —The Governor hasreturn
cd with his objections, the local appropria
tion bill which passed both houses at the
close of the regular session.' This log-roll
ing bill, gotten up for the purpose of-fritter
ing away upwards of two hundred and fifty
thousand dollars •of the people’s money,
makes separate and distinct appropriations
to no less than 127 different objects!—And,
although, a small portion of it would have
come to tliis county, (the citizens of which
are as deserving as any other portion of the
State,) we cannot but admire the firmness
of the Executive in resisting the bill as a
whole, in the present embarrassed state of
the public finances. The following are some
of the reasons of the Governor for his course
in relation to the bill;
“It makes large appropriations to the pay
ment of the debts of several incorporated
companies: to the bridges: the
improvement of streams: the repair of vari
ous turnpike roads: and the building a hall
in the city of Lancaster—many or all of
which objects might be perfectly proper and
right, had the Commonwealth a superabun
dance of funds. But at a time when we are
laboring under an existing State debt of up
wards OF THIRTY MILLIONS OF DOLLARS,' it
does not appear to me that it would be eith
er prudent or proper to borrow money, or
tax the people ta raise funds'to give away,
with so profuse a hand, on improvements,
many of which are secondary at least in
character-and general importance.”
.Libel Suit.— T]ie federal antimasonic par
ty have met with another sad reverse. In
the month of September last, Gustavus A.
.Sage, the editor of a german [filth sheet, in
Allentown, published Several gross and ma
j licious libels upon, the character of General
Porter, which were greedily, Swallowed by
all the yelping curs in the State.... lie was
not suffered, howe*vcr,’to escape with impu
nity, as too many of his worthy co-laborers
were. A prosecution was instituted, and
with every advantage of Judges and Jury of
his own political faith, the base jmem'n/ of a
corruptfaction wasfound “guilty in manner
antTform as he stood indicted.” The Penn
sylvanian, in remarking upon the trial, says:
“For the justification of personal charac
ter, as well as to encounter the severest
scrutiny, that the people of Pennsylvania
might see how. far the slanderers were borne
out by facts, it was proper that the suit at
Allentown should be brought to trial. The
affidavit party were invited to substantiate
their allegations-—they were permitted to in
troduce what evidence they phased, and to
take any latitude they might deem necessary
to prove their favorite charge, that David R.
Porter is a dishonest man; and the result is
precisely what was to be expected. 'With
every advantage and every facility that
could be desired—judges on their side of
the. question, and a jury composed of im
partial men, they have most signally failed,
and' have once more the SEAL OF CON
DEMNATION UPON THEM.
For the particulars of the above mention
ed suit, see another column..
gO?The foreign news oflate possesses
some importance—particularly the sayings
and doings.of the French. The citizen King,
it will be perceived, had got into somewhat
of a, snarl at the opening of'the “Chamber of
Deputies. Later intelligence, however,
makes the King triumphant. The ministe
rial President, M. Pa§sy, has
been .elected"by a majority of SO over M.
Odillion Barrot, the opposition candidate.; —
The ministerial opponents ascribe this rh
sult to the treachery of-certain of their own
members. Be this as it may—Louis Phil
lippe has triumphed,—the ministerial crisis,
which at one lime assumed a lowcring and'
portentous aspect, is at an end, and the
country saved from the horrors perhaps of
another revolution.
Pennsylvania and New York. —ln the
New York Senate on Saturday week, Me.
Dickinson, from the select committee ap
pointed to confer with the delegation from
thwPennsylvania Scnate;"srelative“:to the
connection of certain works of internal im
provement of the two States, made a report,
concluding with the following" Resolutions,
which were subsequently adopted:., • ’
Resolved, If the Assemblyconcur, that it
is.expedient to connect the public works of
this state with "those of Pennsylvania, at
some-convenient-period, by uniting the Che
nango, or Chemung Canal, or both of them,
with thenorth branch of the Pennsylvania
Canal, at the State line near Athens, in, the
stateofPcnnsylvanla.
Resolved, That his Excellency~the“Gb\C
ernor, be requested! to transmit a copy of
the foregoing resolutions to the Governor of
Pennsylvania, with a request, that the same
be lain before the Legislature of that State.
. The Butchers of New York and PhiladeW
phiajhave followed the example set them by
their Baltimore brethren, and are detcfmin-,
ed that neither, they nor their respective
communities shall ber imposed 'upon any
longer with impunity by'a horde bfi unfeel
ing and unprincipled speculators. In Phil
adelphia, the butchers resolved that hereaf
ter they will not pay* more - than $lO per
cwt.for-cattle.
.gg $1 mtv i *44 n p tit ttt * tx.
Thaddeos Stevens. —This arch intriguer,
it will be perc'eivcd by the legislative news
in another columnHms some difficulty in
getting his scat in the House of Representa
tives. 'We rejoice that there was one man
bold enough to “beard the lion in his den,”
and we are glad that the democratic mem
bers to a man, with two or three other choice
spirits from the opposition ranks, are, deter
mined to sustain the fearless and talented
representative from Bedford, Col. M’El
web deserves the lasting gratitude of every
virtuous man for his efforts to purge the Leg
islative hall from the contaminating touch
of licentiousness and crime —and we trust
that the foul demagogue, who has set at de
fiance the will of the people and their rep
resentatives for the last six months, may be
driven into obscurity, the object of scorn
and derision to all honest men.
The Lancaster papers are very severe in
their strictures upon Judge Collins and the
Jury, for their conduct in relation to the two
murderers (colored men) of Michael Morri
son, (a white man,) who were tried at the
recent sitting of the Court of Oyer and Ter
miner in that county, and acquitted contra
ry to the expectation of the community gen
erally, and in direct opposition to the evi
dence' adduced on the trial. From the evi
dence (which is of the clearest and most sat
isfactory character,) and also their own con
fession, there can be but one opinion—and
•that is that the two ruffians were guilty of
the wilful and deliberate murder of a quiet
and inoffensive man—and yet, strange to
tell, the verdict of their peers, under the
solemnity of their oaths, has- set them at
perfect liberty.. The Lancaster papSSPncV:
itate not to charge result- to the influ
ence of abolitionism, and make no bones in
asserting, and that boldly, too, that it is this
accursed principle which so operated upon
the minds of the Court and Jury ns to cause
them to set law and justice at defiance, and
enable two murderers to again pollute the
earth with their foul presence.
■ —The-trial of;Dncelebrated
“free .banker,” for fraudulent insolvency', is
still' progressing in Philadelphia. - The gen
eral impression is that he will be convicted.
The Doctor complains of being univcU. We
should think he would feel bad. Like oth
er Doctors, he don’t like his own medicine.
So thinks .the Baltimore Sun.
{□“The lour*-of <D.,a00.000. authacixctl.
by an act of the Legislature, has been taken
by ,£). S. Bokeh, Esq. in conjunction with
the Banks of Pennsylvania, Berks county.
North America,■'■Mechanics, and Northern
Liberties, at 5 per cent, per annum, redeem
able jn twenty years.
The electioneering canvass is waxing very
warm in Virginia. ' The “Old Dominion”
appears to be the battle ground upon which
is to be decided the political complexion of
the next Congress. Both parlies are marsh
alling their forces for the contest, and, judg
ing from appearances, we should think the
issue extremely doubtful. . The election
takes place on Thursday next.
' .in Interesting Trial. —A trial of deep
interest took place in the city of New York
during the last week. It was an action inf.
stltubjd by the United States against Sam
uel L. Governeub, to recover upwards of
$lOO,OOO, moneys had and received while
the defendant was officiating as Postmaster
of the city and which should have been paid
over to the U. S. Benjamin F. Butler and
■3. H. Tlamilton, Esq’rs. appeared on the
part of the government—and for the defend
ant, Hon. Charles J. Inoersoll, Hon. S.-
L. Southard, J. P. Hall and J. Oakley;
Esqrs. appeared. The resultis notyet known.
The Court of Inquiry, in the case of Com
modore Elliott, which convened in Phila
delphia some two weeks ago, is still in ses
sion. About 100 witnesses arc in attend
ance. It is thought that the Commodore
will, come off with “flying colors.” , ,
■Samdel'H. Patterson, Esq.‘has been ap
pointed'Postmaster at' Fountain‘ of Health,
in this county, in the room of. Win. Lusk,
Esq. resigned. _ ’ j
A committee of five has been appointed in
•Stevens’ case, as contemplated by Colonel
A/’Elwee’s resolution. It consists of J/essrs'.
Ttcgins, Pray, Cox and Biitler.
/ -■ ■— ,
The Governor has nominated Thomas S,
Bhct.JEsq. of, WesCChester, as President
Judge -of-therQth- Judicial - District, in the'
room of Judge-Darlington, dec’d. .
The Globe of Friday last announces offi
cially', that, the President lias determined
not to send a special minister to England.
Rorert T. Bicknell, Esq . the celebrated
Exchange Broker, died in Philadelphia, oh
Friday last, in the 33d yehr of'his age.
Presbyterian Chunk Casc.—Thc Supreme
Court have granted a new.trial in this 'eici
ting case. The dpinion was deliVered dn
\yedhesd_ay the Bth .ihst. ,by Chief' Justice
Gibson. - Judge Rogers dikcntedlp.',
The General Assembly, of the Presbyte
rian Church.(Old School) convenes inPhil
■adelphia this day.
For the'Volunteer.
Tho Ritnor Frolic.
“The star that rules my luckless lot,
Has tated me the russet coat,**
An’ damn’d my fortune to the groat« ,
But hi reqmf,
lias blessed me wi’ a random shot
O’chuntra wit."
Messrs. Editors: —The political star of
the ill-fated Joseph Ritner having set forev
er, ami its glimmering expired, not as Kus
ciosca’s, in a blaze ol glory;'but shrouded
in darkness and oblivion by the all penetra
ting fays of democratic regeneration 1 , it is
almost unnecessary for me to say aught to
disturb the repose of this would be consid-!
cred follower in the footsteps of the Roman
Cincinnatus. Unfortunately, however, for
the nominal head of the late defunct admin
istration, his great prototype became ’a vol
untary exile from power, while he, himself,
only*“finished his task” when driven from, 1
the executive chair by the potent voice of an I
insulted people. But it is not my"purpose
to follow him through all the sinuosities of
his political career: it is sufficient to observe
that the democratic party first gave him no
toriety and standing m society, and the same
party have now driven'him into obscurity in
consequencßjOf his apostasy from the repub
lican faith. hly object in this communica
tion is to dissect (if indeed, it be worthy of
any notice at all,) the learned speech which]
ls,,palmcd upon the community as the pro
duction of (his compound of vanity and im
becility—ami, in order to do this, permit me
to take up each paragraph separately and
examine the objectionable parts.
The ex-governor sets out with observing
the “welcome” that has been extended to
him by his'anti-masonic federal friends, ahd
l rejoins .that the "ckwqgqa. i,n [his] condi
tion” have resulted, in placing Tiim so hear'
the spot from which- he. started some .thirty I
and odd years ago. The old gentleman may j
exult at the prospect of ending Ids days in j
the same neighborhood in which he coin-]
menced the active scenes of life; but that;
“ changes ” in his “condilion of the last three ;
years” affords him any "pleasure''’ is more]
than any man of sane mind, not-even the I
most bigoted anti-mason, can .fur one mo-1
ment believe; The whole history of this I
individual is- conclusive proof that he is ex-j
ceedingiy ambitious, and only relaxes his
hold'on power when ho. is no longer permit
ted to enjoy it.
Passing .by the second paragraph, which!
contains little to condemn and still less to
commend, I now proceed to the third which
contains some things worthy of attention.-—-
After puffing himself, as usual, on the score
of his disinterested patriotism, he states that
the perplexing questibns wliicli hrooo during
his executive term “were all met and dispo
sed of in such a manner as enables me [him]
to look back upon that part of my [hisjlife”
with confidence that his.“children & friends
will not have cause to regret the existence
of one line of the history of Pennsylvania,
with which tpe name of their father or their
friends is connected.” This, certainly, is
one of the most unpardonable specimens of
egotism I have ever read, and as destitute of
truth as it is full of self-adulation.- AVhat—
Joseph Ritner to talk of the benefits result
ing to the State from his administration!—
Let him look at the antimasonie inquisition,
established in the first year of his rfcign—at I
the charter of a corrupt' and dangerous mo
nied power in direct opposition to the will of
the people—at'the iniquitous apportionment,
bill, which disfranchised large portions ofi
our citizens—at the incorporation of the
Gettysburg rail road, which one of his own
partizans pronounced to be "folly to com
mence and madness to continue”—at the
reign of shin plasters, which was brought a
(bout by his favorite mammoth institution—
at the corruption of his agents and menials
an the.public works, in order to continue
him in office—at the base attempt to 'Hreat
the election [of 1838] as if it had not taken
place," and the still baser attempt of his Se
cretary to defraud the people of Philadelphia
county and elsewhere put of .their-legitimate
representatives—and, finally, at the un
righteous attempt to force the people into
submission with an armed soldiery, at an
expense of thousands to the commonwealth. 1
Let him look at these prominent features of
his administration,-and-theri at the bankrupt
condition of the TREASURY when heyvent
out of office, and say, (if he can honestly,)
whether he, has no cause to regret the exist
ence of one line of the history of Pennsylva
nia during the three years of his misrule.
Ih the' fourth paragragh, the ex-governor
says: “The cvetifs with which niy life as
chief magistrate of the-State arcyconnectedy
are so recent, that it will not be' expected
that 1 should.dwell uponthem in detail.”
The old gentleman' acted wisely in .this;
ticular, as the above array of facts will a
bundantly testify.
.The concluding paragraph, but one, is, to
say the least of it, a complete tissue of hy
pocrisy from beginning to end. Here it is:
“My ardent and sincere prayer, for the State,
Is, that the present executive may have a
more quiet term than mine; and that when
he occupies.
retired from the difficult seat h pu.
tlie com men wealth may be prosperous, [this
was not the case aUthe involuntary retire
ment of Joseph Ritner,] and he feel the
same pcaoe.of mind [bah n that now, hccom:
panics - me to the plough.” There is hot a
sane man in the community .acquainted with
the character of its author, .who will believe
one word of _the above sentence. Oh the
contrary, there is nothing would please the
old, man so much as to see the administra-'i
tion of his successor plunge headlong into
the Same_ vortex of destructioh-.which sent
'him to ;his farm three years .Sooner than he
either expeoted or desired; and there is noth
ing more certain than"that, he .envies the
prosperityi which already: begins , to; dawn
upon the carcornf his successor.
' , The following sentiment .concludes- this
master piece of egotism and vanity;
“The Political Plough,” [meaning the
federal antimasonic one.] —Every guodciti
zen should deem it his duty to keep it go
ing. Let it , not be thrown by in disgust;
and abandoned to rust and decay because
one crop [the federal one of last year] has
failed, and weeds and cheat, [this is an hon
est admission, and toccds mm cheat, in. jux
taposition to federal antimasonry, is a happy
comparison !j spring up from the furrow.—
Try it again. [Ay do, Joseph—your ambi
tious disposition is not yet gratified.*] Turn
down the cheat and noxious weeds, fi. c. re
pent of the errors and follies of my imbecile
administration,] and a more rich and abun
dant harvest will be your reward. [The re
ward will be long a coming:—it will require
at least -a quarter of a century to restore
federalism to what it was four years ago—
as to antimasonry, it is dead as a door nail
and never can be resuscitated.]
I have now done with this last political
discourse of Joseph Ritnef, and shall con
clude by suggesting to\the ex-governor (he
following appropriate lines from a celebra
ted author. He will, doubtless, be able to
make the application:
*‘l lang hat tlmuglit my worthy friends,
A something to line, sent yen,
Tho’ it should serve nae other end
Than just a kind memento;
But how the stihjtct theme mav gang,
Let time anil chance determinei -
Perhaps it may turn out a sang, .
.Perhaps turn out a, sermon.”
In my next, I shall review the toasts
drank upon the occasion.
Newville, May 13, 1839,
From the Pennsylvanian.
L PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATURE.
Harrisburg, May 8, 1839.
In the Senate, but twelve members.were
present; thotc not being a qudrm, it imme
diately adjourned to meet to-morrow morp,;
ling. .... --*...
| ' In (he House, at the hour of meeting, the
j speaker.announced that a quorum was'.prcs
icnt, when Mr. Kittlcwell of Adams county,
. arose and slated that his colleague,’Mr. Sto
: t ens, was present, ready to be qualified, and
' to take his seat.--Whereupon Col. McElwcc
I offered the following preamble and rcsolu
jiionjJlWhcrfias, Thaddetis.Stev.ens, a person,
[elected from Atlanta county, claims a scat in
this house: and, whereas, if even
Stevcns'has had a right to si t as a "member
qn this Iloor, he has forfeited that-right by
acts in violation of the law of the land, by
contempt of this house, and by a virtual res
ignation o( his character as a representative
of Adams county. Therefore,
Resolved, That his admission as a mem
ber, be postponed for the present, ami that
a committee of five be appointed to investi
gate the claims of said Stevens to a scat in
the House of Representatives of the Cotn
•rtionwealth of Pennsylvania, and, whether he
has,' if duly elected, forfeited his scat by
mal-conduct,”
The motion to proceed to the second read
ing of the resolution, was agreed to by a vote
of yeas 42, nays 24.
On the consideration of it, a warm debate
took place, in which' Messrs. McElwee,
Brodhead, and .Roberts advocated its pass
age, aud Messrs. Crabb, Fisher, and 'FAS.
Cunningham opposed it.
Mr. Crabb moved as a substitute, “that
Mr. Stevens be allowed to address (he House
in defence of (he charges made against him,”
which was disagreed to, yeas 24, nays 40.
Mr. Hinchman moved as an amendment,
[“that Thaddeus Stevens is a, duly elected
i member of this House, and that the Speaker
be requested to administer to him the usual
oath, which was not agreed to, veas 24, nays
39. '
Mr. Cunningham again spoke, at length"
against the adoption of the resolution, and
was followed by Mr. Fisher, who requested
the members of the House that entertained
the same views of the subject as he did, to
not vote upon the question. •
Upon two trialsito-ftdjotrnrTT was asteTV
tained that*there was not A.q»oruirv,.%e..'whig
members, upon the suggestion of Mr: Fisher,
having mostly retired.
Mr. Brodhead remarked that on to-morow
there would no doubt 'be. quorum present
disposed to.do business; when, upon his
mention, the House adjourned.!
— Harrisburg, May 9, 1839.
. In the. House, at the opening of the session
this morning, Mr. Kettlewell presented' to
the chair a demand in writing, on behalf of
the people of Adams county, that Mr. Ste
vens have the oaths administered to him; and
that he be admitted to a seat on*this floor. .
This subject elicited considerable debate
in-relation to the right of the House ito ob
ject to the qualifications of members elect,
under such circumstances. At the.sugges
tion of the Speaker,.the matter was so shaped,
that objections could be made to the adminis
tering of the oath,.and a motion proposed to
postpone the admission of the member from
Adams; whereupon,* Mr. McElwee made
objection, and moved a postponement, which
was agreed to by a vote of yeas 48, nays SO,
.so that Mr,- Stevens was'not admitted to a
seat. . ‘ : : -----
-.Ameasage .from theGovcrnorwasrccciv
ed,;returning the bill passed at the previous
session,; making appropriations to certain
turnpike roads, twinges, &c., with his objec
tions! which was ordered to-be. printed, and
the further re-consideration postponed until
Monday next. ■' , „ ■
' On-motion, 9 o’clock, A. M., has been,
fixed for 'the stated time of meeting, until
ordered to the contrary, .
The bill providing for the mode of making
application for the incorporation of banks,,
and the renewal of charters/ &c‘.; was taken
up, and finally passed. "
: ; Several petitions, but not of a new char
acter, were; presented.-
jn the Senate, there was no business done
for want of a: quorum; but thirteen members
being present. ‘.•
THADDEUS STEVENS
The following letter from Stevens in re
ply to the note of the committee of the hum
bug meeting In • Adams, requesting him,
doubtless at his own suggestion, to go into
the House of Representatives, is a charac
teristic specimen of the insolent effrontery
of the.rebnked and baffled Conspirator. It
is riot long since that he considered himself
the “legal house,”, and roamed the country
ns a flying specimen of concentrated repre
sentation, and now he comes skulking back,
asking to be admitted as one of a body which
he denounces as being composed of rebels
and usurpers—a body, which lie promised
never to recognise, and, we may add, a body
which seems by no means disposed to recog
nise him. Should the “legal house” be re
ceived, lie may deem himself peculiarly for
tunate, but from present prospects, “The
Unchained” seems likely to be “The Rejec
ted.”—Pennsylvanian.
Gentlemen.
. 1 have received your letter of the.27lh
ult. inclosing resolutions of a county meelfilg
held in my abscence, approving of my con
duct in having refused to take my seat in
the "Hopkins House; and suggesting as the
opinion of the meeting,, that I could be of
service to the Commonwealth by going into
it at the adjourned session; containing also
flattering expressions of the confidence re
posed in me by the meeting.
My opinion of thfe legality of (lie body
called flie “Hopkins House,” remains un
changed . 1 believe it to be a usurping' bmly,
forced upon the State by a band of-rebels,
who have shaken to their Tall the pillars of
our Constitution. But I owe. too much to
the kindness and steady confidence of the
people of Adams county, to disobey their
wishes, however delicately • intimated. I
shall therefore conquer my repugnance to it,
and enter that House at the adjourned ses
sion. I shall.feel happy, if,.contrary to my
expectations, I should be able to be of any
service to.you,.tlie_’Commnnugalfh nt largo,
and the liberty of the people, which T fear is
doomed to a short existence. Accept gen
tlemen, for yourselves, my most cordial
thanks, for the kind manner in which you
have discharged the duties of your appointing
With much respect, vour oldt-Serv’t.
THADDEU3 STEVENS.
James Cooper, k. STTaxtoa, and 51. C.
Clarkson, Esqrs. Committee.
SENEX,
LATE PRO HI ES T GLA.VD.
■ The Silvie de Grasse, from Havre, March
19lh, nml which' put into - Plymouth, whence
she sailed on the 25th, arrived at New York
on Monday morning, the 29th ult.
The packet ship George Washington,
Heldrcdge, which left Liverpool on the 29th
March, also arrived a short time after.
J 1 n ival of the Simmer Liverpool.
London. March 38.--The Liverpool steam
ship arrived in this port on Monday evening,
having sailed from New York on the 9th of
March, having made the passage in 1G days.
We regret to say that she brings nothing
decisive from the frontiers, and also that the
rumors contained in the American papers
are unfavorable and warlike. Notwithstan
ding these rumors, however, we feel the
strongest confidence that all will end well,
and that the peace so necessary to the Well
being of both countries will not be disturbed.
It was expected that an Ambassador-Extra
ordinary would be sent to this country im
mediate! v.—Gore’s . Advocate.
. NpRTf.H, AMERICAN BOUNDARY.
In the House of Commons March 27(h, in
reply to a question from Sir Stratford Can
ning, who had'a motion on the paper for the
production of Mitchell’s map of the disputed
territory.
Lord Palmerston replied that he had yes
terday received a despatch from Mr. Fox,
stating that a plenipotentiary was about to
be sent by the American government to
England, to open, a negotiation with the
view of settling the boundary question; that
he could not say whether Sir Joint Harvey .
had acquiesced in such appointment, and
that he could not at present lay any papers
before parliament respecting these transac
tions. He would, however, state, that there
was no reason,to expect that the friendly
comniunications between this country and
America would be interrupted,
" ’Home of Lords, March 20.—Lord Broug
ham said he sincerely hoped the powerful
necessity of a war with America would be
avoided. He would not counsel the govern
ment, nor would their lordships sanction any
coursO.contrary to the public honor; but, on
the other hand, no apprehension heed be en
tertained in consequence of the high warlike
reputation which we, had acquired all over
the world by the valor of our heroes both by
sea and land; no apprehension need be en
tertained that it would be derogatory to our
honor to concede as much as pussible for the
maintenance of the inestimable blessings of
peace. ■ This was the principle upon which
the government ought to act in. every-case,
and above all in respect to the unhappy diff
erences between, this country and- America.,
There was one consolation op this subject,
which was, that wfc were undeniably, clearly,
and manifestly in the wrong; and giving up
when wo were in the wrong never-could -
hann, us. ' ■ ■'. ■
The following parapraph is the conclusion
of an article oh the late boundary, troubles,.
in the London Weekly Chron. of March 24:
“The Congress, however,., was expected
hot to separate,-the session being upon the-
Uplift of ending without providing for the
alternative, by placing Targe re
sources at the disposal of the President, to
be used in the event of any attempt on .the
part of Great Britain, to take military pos
session of the territory in .dispute.”
“We see no reason to fear -this,- as Sir
John Harvey, in the midst of gre'at.provoca
tions, on the part of Governor Fairfield, has
evinced.; a temper, and moderation,-', which
will .ensure'his ready acquiescence in the:
arrangement sanctioned by-Mr. Forsvth and
Mr. Fox.” - •
Gettysburg, 51ay 3, 1839,