AMERICAN VOLUNTEER. BY SANDERSON 8c CORNMAN CARLISLE: THURSDAY, MAY 30, 1830. fCj“We invite attention to an article on our first page on the subject of the expenses, of the National Government. It fully ex poses the empty slang of the opposition about the extravagant expenditures of the late and present administrations, and gives the lie direct to all their assertions. A tale of thrilling interest, entitled the "Sabbath Wrecks”, will be_ found, on the first page. Robert Lusk, Esq. of Mifflin township, has received the appointment of Deputy Suiveyor for Cumberland county. ICS"A correspondent wishes us to publish sidcration the of devising ways and means to prevent any farther imposition by speculators in flouu, &.C., &c. We de cline publishing the call this week for tho simple reason, that, we ■ believe, PROVI DENCE is about doing more to remove tho evil complained of, than could be accom plishcd by the resolutions of a meeting, or any other plan that could be devised. Ifj our correspondent, for whose judgment we have the highest respect, is not satisfied with this slow but certain remedy for ll)e disease, it will only ibit necessary for him toglve us the necessary information, and his notice shall appear in cur next. We are indebted to our highly attentive representatives at Harrisburg, for letters containing the latest and most important news at the seat of government. 77tc miner Board of Canal Commission ers.—The Legislative Committee of Inves tigation, engaged in probing the mass of cor ruption which accumulated during the life- | time of this notorious trio, is now sitting at! Harrisburg. We are told that the disclo- 1 sures will be astounding, and that clear frauds to an immense amount have already I been discovered. The public may prepare itself for- such a Report as will more than verify the undenied charges of the Demo cratic Press against this body, pending the canvass for Governor. So conscious are the Federalists of the expose that awaits their sins in this case, that there is an in nate dread and horror at the mention of the expected Report. Deficits of thousands and thousands of dollars are daily brought to light. So says the Lancaster Intelligencer. |Cj“The great antimasonic Harrison state convention, which was to be, came off last week at Harrisburg, and proved, as ; it was anticipated, n most decided failure. We understand that only 23 counties were re- presented, and they but partially—and but about fifty delegates, all told, were in at tendance. The Great high priest of anti masonry, however,, was there, (we mean T. Stevens,) and officiated as president of the convention! An electoral ticket was form cd,~which, we learn, contains the names of the celebrated knight of the back window, alias C. B. Penrose. Alas, poor Charley! the Fates are against him, and his splendid feat of agility in making his exit from these- nite chamber will not save him from the ig —nominy of another "defeat. ’ The “ Biddle blood” will run a great way behind this time. Mark our prediction. Rttneu’s reform .1 — The conspirators of the late administration were justly balked in their attempt to foist upon the people of this commonwealth, their bell weather, the - notorious Phaddeus Stevens, as a member - of the legislature, which he said was compo sed of “ rebels,” ruffians”’ &c., ,&c. Had the legislature that was attempted to be so stigmatized, permitted‘that libeller to fake a s.eat in its body, the members would there by have acknowledged themselves, to-be. as bad as he represented them; and they, like 'Bitner’s reform-administration, would have - robbedThe^ommoriwealth of some hundreds of dollars, {o put into the packet of Thad • deus Stevens, for s'erviceS never rendered; and for his attempt to revolutionize the state.- Such a bold attempt to rule or 'ruin .was ne ver made in the. state of Pennsylvania. : - fcc7»3tcvcna issues his proclamations,from Harrisburg! Are there no faro banks in Adams county? ,is a question which he of he parlnps, satisfactorily Ahswcr. I ICf-Gcn. Miller has very properly refused to attend upon the inquisitorial committee of the Senate, which-was gotten up for the pur pose ostensibly of investigating his speech— i but -rem.lv in order to assail the right of 1 free discussion in the Senate, and also by the democratic press. These modern con spirators, it would appear, are not yet done I with their unhallowed attempts against the rights and liberties of the people—and, as this is the last session they 'will,Have - a ma jority in that body for many years-to come, they are determined to make the most of their “little brief authority,” and show that they have'at least the will to carry out their infamous plans. Chagrined and mortified at the frustration of their schemes in De cember, they arc now ready for any deed of rascality. Like Milton’s devil, they would rather rule in hell than serve in Heaven; and if they do not be cast out, like the fallen an gels, it will not be because they are worthy of (he high places of trust they at present enjoy. But a day of reckoning will soon come, and the voice of an insulted people will hurl the miscreants into the .vortex of infamy and disgrace. To Messrs. Ewing, Kingsbury, Stevenson, Sterret, and MaClav, Com. of Enqui ry, fee. - Gentlemen: 1 most respectfully decline participation in the matter of enquiry em braced in the Resolution appended to. thc.no tice handed me by-your Chairman.' I will briefly assign my reasons for this course : If j I understand the resolutions, the committee ; has been constituted because of the “disord- ’ erly words”, or supposed disorderly, words, | of the sucechpu.blished in the newspapers.' i-1 y words, there are parlia- j mentary • rules- recognised by the Senate which.prescribe the time.and manner, when j [ and how they should have been uttered.— -Not having hecu thus uttered, there is, I' humbly conceive, no,power in (he Senate in [ any way, directly or ijidirectly, by commit- ) tec or otherwise, to question me upon the | subject, or to make me a party to any pro- 1 ceedings that have been or may be commcn-: ced in. relation thereto.- Hence! decline accepting the privilege “of being heard be-1 •fore the committee.” Besides, in my place I in the Senate, I distinctly stated, that I held j myself accountable oji/y for whaj-I actually , did say: That I would neither avow nor | disavow any newspnper..publ.ication_of my_ j Speech, for the reason that two or three dif-1 fcrcrit versions, in as many different news-! papers, had been given to thepublic, all of| these embracing much that I did say, and -. some of them omitting and some most un-j questionably adding thereto. This happens,: ns every Senator must acknowledge, in the' report of almost every speech made in eith- j cr branch of the Legislature; and ! am..not, •wavc'thnt heretofore nny'member has been | or can be held accountable, if porchanCe his ; language in debate has been-misconstrued, | misapprehended or misstated. For my own \ language 1 hold myself personally account- : able, nor will 1 cast around me a constitu-, tional shield to avoid an honorable and just i responsibility, if in any thing I have Wrong- i ed any man, be he member or citizen- Now! I most unhesitatingly avow, that I did say, amongst other things, in my remarks, that} no high minded honorable man would be | guilty of making a charge so foul and base j as the Senator from Allegheny had made a gainst the character and reputation of those ! who had composed (he committee of public j safety, of which I had been a member.— i Now, why I should be arraigncd' for other | men’s understanding or misunderstanding, 1 construction or misconstruction of words j spoken or language used, is,to me a problem, and one 1 prefer leaving to the public at j large to solve.' I say, the Sena-! tor from Allegheny most grossly, as 1 then j thought,- insulted me on the floor of the Sen- j ate, in the attack rngde by him on-llimcdmij mittee of public safety. 1 repliedTddh'aflu-' tack in language becoming and the body of which I was a member. To him. I owe no apology, and offer hone. To the Senate I was not offensive, or the chairman would have reminded’me of the impropriety.' T most emphatically deny that I used any language not justified by parliamentary rules ana usages, and therefore conceive that to the Senate, no apology need be offered. -If, however, others think differently, it will give me great'pleasure at any time to tend er my regret. I repeat, gentlemen, that meaning no dis respect', 1 decline personal participation in the: matteje at issue ( .-,- “With sentiments of respect, ' - yoursT&c.’ * T. C. MILLER. ICf’Th’e House have sustained the report of the committee, which went to declare the seat of-Thaddous Stevens vacant, and au thorising the Speaker to issue a writ for a new election. The vote stood—Yeas 54 — Nays 34., Th'e Speaker has therefore issued a warrant lor a new,' election to supply the vacancy, to be held on -the 14lh of June, v Florida election.-— The vote for “ Consti tution,” the, test vote of the strength of par ties in that prevailed by a large majority. The federal Bankites, (whose in terests will be effected by it, as it prevents any bank director, from holding any office under the state, and .for one year thereafter,) went "No constitution” —the democrats " constitution.” The vote for' delegate was very close, but it is thought; that Mr. Balt zell is elected over. Mr. Downing. Neither, however, were run bn strict party grounds. The adoption of the constitution is prepa ratory to making application To congress for admission into the Union as a sovereign and independent state. - , %tttvit an 0 (n tt t ttx ICpSome of the federal prints appear to evince a holy horror aTtlie“proceedings of the HoUse of Representatives in reference to Thnddeus Stevens, and denounce, in un measured terms, the conduct of the majority of that body, without being able to advance a single argument, possessing any weight, to give color to their unwarrantable abuse.-- They do not pretend to argue that the House was not competent to declare his seat vacant on account of non user during the period of the regular session, when he pertinaciously refused to enter updn the discharge of the duties he was delegated to perform by his constituents, and for five months, rambled about, like a strolling vagabond, abu sing and villifying not only the democratic members, but even those of his own party who had more honesty and respect for the constitution and laws than himself. We say they do not pretend, to deny this; but yet they raise a hue and cry because now, at the extra session, when he comes sneaking back and asks for admission into a body which he did then and still does denounce as "rebels” and “usurpers,” the “offspring of a mob,” &c. &c., he is stopped at the threshold and prevented from entering! Why, every man of common sense in the community will per- 1 ceive at once, that if the’House had alright | [which is not denied] to his scat; vacant at any time from December to March,! ou account of his refusal to come in and be j sworn in a constitutional manner, the same, right still exists, but in,a much stronger.; manner in consequence;of the lapse of time. 1 Nor does it necessarily that because j the House, neglected tn 'do/sb /Atn it has no right to do so now. The' fact is, the House j acted with great prudence And forbearance in the matter, Still hoping thatthis vile dem r : agogue, who has been the pest of our legis-! lative halls for several years, would be influ -1 enced, if not by,his own sense of right, at, least by his constituents f whose interests it is now pretended are in imminent danger,] to yield obedience to the laws—and there fore refrained'during the whole period of the regular session from exercising its acknowl edged prerogative'by authorising thc'Spcak er to issue his writ fora new election. But ; forbearance has ceased’ to be a virtue, and j now, when the case is brought fairly before them, it is a bounden duty which they owe i not only to themselves but to the people at large, to stamp the seal of condemnation 1 upon the conduct of this vile transgressor against the constitution and laws of the com monwealth, The whole case’will now be Wrought thirty Uoiot-fi liia. constituents, for j their adjudication, and if they are content! witirhis-lawless and unprincipled conduct j thev will return him again as their represen- ■ tativc, when his right to a scat will not be j disputed—if they .are not satisfied with his i course, they will elect one in his stead who ; is more worthy to be the representative of an honest, upright and moral community. It is passing strange, however, that the.j leaders of the federal party who, last De cember,' attempted to cheat the democracy of the county of Philadelphia out of eight Representatives and two Senators, in order; that they might thereby continue the govern- j ment of the State in the unworthy hands which then held the reins, should now act so glaringly inconsistent even admitting for the sake of argument that Stevens should have been permitted to take his seat,] as to ; denounce'-the majority of the House for an act, which, to view it in the most unfavorable light imaginable, bears bul a feeble compar ison to that high-handed act of villainy and 1 crim'eT The samp party, ‘too, who, jn dpfi-:. ance of all law and justice, and in utter dis regard of the will and wish of the people of New Jersey, as expressed through the ballot boxes, hjrve committed the daring and infa mous crime of returning five members of Congress who were notoriously in the mi nority at the election. We might go on to enumerate other examples of federal usurpa tion and tyranny, - but the above will 'suffice! This, then, is the. immaculate parly whose organs are abusing and villifying a demo cratic legislature, composed of honorable and respectable men, because they manifest a disposition to purge the legislative hall of a vile and infamous demagogue, who, by bis gross moral delinquencies and,open and ut- j ter disregard of all law, has rendered himself not only an unfit associate for ‘-respectable men, but has justly forfeited his right to a seat in that house, unless agifip returned by the people of Adams County. JC7 > ShouUl the people of Adam’s county again elect Thaddeus Stevens to the legisla ture, their.conduct will show, that they ap prove of seduction, fornication, and bastardy, and a general violation'of every principle' of morality. It is therefore hoped that they will not disgrace themselves or the le gislative Hall of the State by sending a no torioui”law-breaker to be a. law-maker-*- if they, do, “ God save the commonwealth.” ’ fCJ“Thc “ Iron Gray” slates'that PEG BEATTY and her yellow boy JOHN, go_t so fuddled oh their way to Harrisburg,-that theydidnotaf rive in time to, take part in the Harrison convention, to.which, the same paper stales, they had been deputed. Jlrginia Elections. —The-returns of the election from tins State are still imperfect and incomplete. Sufficient, however,' is known to warrant the belief that the demo crats have gained one and probably two members of Congress ami four or Jive mem bers of the Legislature. The following re turns may be relied on: First District— HollemAn (Dem.) is c lected to Congress by a majority of 140 votes over Mallory, (late Federal mem ber.) Second District— Rives (Dem.) is re-e -lected by a majority of about SOO. Third District— Jones (Dem.) is re-elect ed without regular opposition. Eleventh District— Botts (Federal) is c lectcd in place of Robertson, (Federal.) Twelfth District — Garland (Federal) is ■re-elected. Thirteenth District— Banks (Dem.) is re elected. Fourteenth District— Mercer (Federal) is re-elected. The Richmond Compiler of Saturday', gives the following as a summary of the re sult fts far as ascertained: Federal loss: Delegates —Southampton 1, Greensville 1, Fairfax 1, Brunswick 1, Pow hatan 1, Frederick 1, Hampshire i, and Rappahannock I—B. Gain: Senator in Ca roline 1, do. in Albemarle 1, Delegate from Dinwiddle 1, from Nelson I—4. In Con gress, the Federalists have lost Mallory and probably Hunter, and have probably gained the Representative from the Cumberland district. From the above returns, imperfect tis they are, as also the absence of boasting on the. part of the opposition press, we are strongly inclined.to the belief,that victory has perch ed upon the democratic banner, and that the administration will have a decided majority in the Congressional delegation and also up on joint ballot in the Legislature. Col. William R. Kino, of Aladama. From the, toneof theDcmocratic journals throughout this State and in various parts of the 'Union, iu* arc induced to believe (hat; public opinion is inclining strongly towards this distinguished Statcsmany as the future candidate .ofliie party for the Vice Presi-( dencv. In this we cordially concur, and will unite heart and hand in sustaining one so eminently qualified from his long experi ence in the routine of Parliamentary details to discharge the duties of the station. Col. ting has always been an unwavering hnn for n great number of years occupied a seat in the Senate of the United States from the sterling Republican Commonwealth of Alabama. Firm anti un compromising in his principles, he stood by the patriot Jackson bold and undaunted in the darkest hour of Bank persecution,, and has ever been foremost in the conflict in de fence of liberal principles. His nomination and election, we arc confident, would be i hailed with delight by the democracy of the Union. gCy-The late veto message of Governor Porter appears to be almost universally pop ular, if we may judge from the tone of the papers throughout the state.' Even some of the more decent of the opposition journals, admit that it was an act of wisdom on his part. It has effectually prostrated the infa mous log-rolling, system, which was com menced and carried out to such' enormous lengths under thq administration of Joseph Ritner, and which was designed to fritter away the public funds for electioneering pur poses, and not for the beneflt of the com monwealth at large. 7 1 here lies the blame ? We received two letters on Saturday last, one from the Post master at Hoguestown, and the other from' the Post master at Shepherdstown—inform ing us that the packages of the “ Volunteer” of last week, for those offices, did not come to hand.. For the satisfaction of those gen tlemen, who so kindly and promptly notifi ed, us of the fact, as well as_pur subscribers in their neighborhoods, we stale that the packets were -made-up and deposited in the Post office here, as usual, on Wednesday evening—consequently the fault is not with us. One of two things appears to be inevi table, cither that the packages have been de tained somewhere on,.the-route, or, they have accidentally been made to take a wrong direction. Our edition of last week havihg been en tirely exhausted; presented us from"supply ing our subscribers at those places with an extra,number of papers. - True to the Jettcr.—An English paper (Liverpool Standard) gives the following description of modern whiggery in the U. States:; : , ‘‘They fthe whigs] are heartily sick of- ÜBPITBLICAN SCHEMES—they enter tain a hearty distaste to the DEMOCRA TIC INSTITUTIONS OF THE COUN- TltV—and the ropunAcn ' are at once the object of their haired nnd'their/ears.'” : lif. proof were necessary to establish-the above, it may be found in the bqld exclama tion of, a,federal editor in Providence; (R. •I.) recently in his paper, that “J Free suffrage is a citric.to an;/ people!’’ , . - 1 , . ICT’The bill for the payment of the troops called out in December last by Governor Ritncr, has passed both houses of the legis- 1 lature and is now a law. The bill fiscs no time for which the troops shall be paid, but leaves that matter discretionary with the proper accounting .officers, who are to be the exponents of the law on the subject. fCT’The “Iron Gray' I'’ 1 '’ is again on the political course, the first number having ap peared on Saturday last. From the spirit manifested in this number, we have no doubt the editor will prove a sore thorn in the sides of the Peg lieally leaders. As friend Cox starts on (lie “go ahead” principle, we have only to wish him abundant success in the undertaking. Seduction. —A petition was presented to the legislature of'New York, at its recent session, signed by'seventy-four ladies of Ni agara county, for the passage of a law pun ishing seduction by imprisonment. The " lion Gray” has the following sig nificant query appended to the above : 60“ What say the ladies of Adams county tosuchalaw? Won’t they petition now, or will they wait until. Thaddecs Stevens gets into the legislature ? • Increase of Banking Copilot. —lt appears by official documents, laid before Congress near the close of its last session, that the a mnunt of banking capitaftin (he U. States and Territories has increased from 1811 to 1838, from 35£,G61,C01 to 3317,036,778 — and for the four ycais preceding the Ist of January, 1838, it had increased $117,630,- 874! Silk Bonn files. —From the proceedings of (he silk convi/ntion held at Harrisburg, in February lasl, it appears that 3548 54 have been premiums on, silk in this State, under the actmf April 1838. Thu largest premium awarded to any one individual was 5363 50, which was received by Gertrude Kapp of Beaver county. Harrisburg Keystone has the following-severe retort upon that portion'of the. public press that’ has opened the flood gates of calumny upon Col- JdcElwee, the honest, independent, and determined mem ber from Bedford county: Col. McElwkl. ■ Like all firm and active democrats who place themselves in opposition to federal plots and corruptions, tliis gentlyman is as saulted with unmeasured bitterness by the hardened libellers of the federal press. ll|s high-minded honesty, his n.airiutig devotion, to the interests of the people, and his im moveable firmness and industry in searching out and exposing the base practices and de signs of the leaders of federalism have drawn upon him the same black strdam of calumny which vyas directed against Jefferson,Snyder, Forter, and all-other distinguished defenders ; of freedom. Aiming (lie chief of his calumniators is) TiiAddcus Stevens, who has imulc an attack ! upon Col/'McElweCjS moral character, in a: lettcr.to the committee appointed to inquire ] whether lie ['Stevens] has hot forfeited his ! rlghtto a seat in the house. Col". McElwcc ; can turn towards his calumniators the bold . open countenance of honesty, and say “I; am not a professional BLACK-LEG, who , entices, the inexperienced to the gambling! room and robs them of their money. 1 am ! not n LIBERTINE, who insinuates himself j into a family, watches the growth of the j innnocent daughter, practises upon her the wiles of (he serpent upon the dove, and makes her the BROKEN-HEARTED \ 10- , TIM OF SEDUCTION. I have no sails j against me for SEDUCTION, in which the j damages are laid at $-10,000. lam not a j loandering adventurer, who have sought to I overturn the government of my .adopted j state. lam not an infidel hypocrite who is ; air things to all men. I never corruptly ; used the funds of the commonwealth to j purchase votes, to buibe men frp!,n their I duty, to buy political letters from ex-gover-" nora, to give exhorbitant prices on contracts j to political friends, and generally to degrade and destroy public morals. 1 never capri ciously refused to take my scat when elected to the legislature, then drummed up dough faces to request thy attendance, and then’ slandcredun independent house of.represen tatives because they refused to receive an unprincipled and- depraved SCOUNDREL into fellowship. I have never written false affidavits attacking the character of,worthy citizens, and hired drunken vagabonds and -uarlots to SWEAR TO THEM.” - Much more could he say,, which some of his ca lumniators could not, and-be believed, and ■ yet they have the effrontery to attack his character ! ‘‘Coming events cast their shadows be fore —The Albany Argus of the 16th inst. contains a statement of, the results of the town elections in all the counties of the state of New York, for the present year compared with those of last year. This table exhibits a democratic gain since last year of seventy four towns. The federalists have gained in only eight counties, and;,.have‘lost in. tiventy-four counties. .This is ominous of the result next fall. The Empire state will then be herself again._ Mark the prediction. ‘ O Don’t! —Thaddeus says, in his procla mation to the people of Adams county; that he “had hoped” never agdin to-be a. candi date!! Perhaps he meant,, that-he hoped never, again to be defeated, in his disorgan izing and-revolutionary schemes. '• - I Another JJ'rit of Quo Warranto. —On ■) Thursday last, Mr. Attorney General John -1 son filed in the Supreme Court, an informa ' tion in the casb-of Judge Collins; offLan . castor, and the Court granted a writ of Quo Wwranto, returnable at Harrisburg on the i 10th,of June. Judge C. was anotherof Gov. Rilncr’s eleventh hour appointments, and the same'_pbmt is involved in this case', as was irt that of Judge Dahlinoton, whose sudden decease prevented the Court from • giving a decision. The result will be look ed for with considerable anxiety. Afflicting. —The Baltimore Chronicle, contains an advertisement announcing the arrival in (hat city of 15 Bushels of Pills! PENN’A. LEGISLATURE. Correspondence of the Pennsylvanian. IlAimiscuno, May, 24, 1839. House of Representative.—Mr. Snowden offered a resolution, that the subject in re ference to (he representation from each coun ty in the house of Representatives as provi ded for in the Amended , constitution, upon which there appeared to be a difference of opinion, shall be referred to the Supreme court, with a request to report- to this house the opinion of tile court upon the--matter. The house did not consider it on second reading ; possibly bn tb-morrow this subject may be brought up, and the Opinion of the members of the house given in relation to the proper and just construction of it. Mr. Smith of Franklin, from the Judiciary com mittee, made a report against the prayer of the petitioners, and in favor of having the ■poral instructor continued in the Eastern Penitentiary. From (he report, it would seem, that much good has been done to the [inmates, aiqi.jjycy.expressed a desire io the 'cOtiiiilTueVtffftt (fib'system of inoral instruc tion shall be continued. Five hundred co pies were ordered to be printed. ' Mr. Butler’s resolution was again under 1 consideration, and the first division of it, to gether with the resolution attached to the I report of the majority of fhe committee was [ carried, yeas, 54, nays 34 ; so that the house (lias rc-aliirmed its right to inquire .into the I case ; and have directed the Speaker'to call [a new election in Adam’s county, which no [doubt will be done forthwith', i” -Mr. Kettlcwell announced his intention to [withdraw from-the-house,- and -awaitr the de cision of the people of Adam’s county upon, j the course of the proceedings in the house, j The Speaker promptly decided, unless the [gentleman from Adams intended to resign | his seat as a member, the proposition to with draw could not be entertained' There was ! nothing more done when the house ndjouru led. ' Senate. —There was. no business of any importance done in tins body. Kir, Stevenson reported a bill in relation to widening; liroad street. Mr. Strnhm from the committee, which vi sited the public works during the recess, made a report. HARHisufno, May, 25, 1839. House. —There was a few local bills pas sed yesterday afternoon, one to incorporate the Jefferson library and Literary Institute, of Philadelphia- A joint resolution was offered by Mr. Wilcox,' and laid upon (be table, providing, that if the Lumberman's bank, at Warren, should resume the payment of specie on or before the Ist day of February, 18-40, its charter should be forfeited. The bill from the Senate, to pSyhhc troops i was taken up. The preamble attached to it by the committee on the Militia system, of I (he house, which asserted that the'governor j had'no authority for calling out the troops, j was disscused at some length. Messrs. Hop ! kins, Cole, 1 logins, and Hill, of Wcstmore jland, expressed their opinions that this pre ; amble should not bo adopted, as the Senate . ■ would not possibly concur—the bill'would jnot carry, and the payment of the troops | would be postponed. Messrs. M’Klwcc, j Brodhcad and Snowden advocated it. A I substitute of the same import, offered by Mr. 1 Snowden, as an amendment to the first scc i tion, was agreed to, yeas, 48, nays 34. J Two other amendments for paying; a com pany in Cumberland, and one in York coun ty, were offered, and disagreed to. On the question to agree to the first section, as amended by the preamble, but Mr. Butler intimated, that people would believe this - amendment had been adopted with the view of killing the billindeed, thia_is a Very na tural inference, and for the purpose of get ting out of the difficulty which gentlemen seemed to be in, and to secure the passage of the bill and the accomplishment of its ob ject, he would suggest that the House go in : to committee of the whole, and the bill as senCiii from the Senate. —- Mr. Ho,pkins said he’ had voted for the amendments'because lie sa\v the friends of the bill, those most interested .in its passage were anxious to have it adopted. - He agreed entirely with the.sentiments therein expres sed, but thought they were calculated to de stroy the bill, if connected with it, : and would defeat the payment of the troops at this time. Mr. HejJlns concurred with the Speaker in his views of the subject,- and had voted for the ■ amendment because the members from the county, with whom he agreed upon tlie matter, had seen fit to abandon their constituents, and to subserve party: views and carryout party opinions, voted for the adoption of an amendment which they knew must kill the bill. He moved a reconside ration of the question, but before any'thing was done the House adjourned. . Senate. —This body was engaged .all day in tne consideration of the bill.regulating elections throughout.the commonwealth.- . It was amended.—providingthat United States, state, nor corporation ■ officers,' sh.euld offici ate at any elections of the people.' ~
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