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.' ~