dom of ages lias established for the ascertain -
ment of truth, the protection of innocence
and the conviction of guilt. For the Sen
ate to try civil officers, subject to impeach
ment, in any other manner for impeachable
offences, would be a palpable usurpation of
power and a daring attempt to'abrogate that
provision of the constitution,’which secures
to the House of Representatives, as the
grand inquest of. the Commonwealth “the
sole power- of impeachment.” „
We. beg Jcavc.to.a3k-.what.doe3The Sen
ate propose to do should the issue of thisjn
quiry be against Us? The foregoing notice
informs us that our “official acts” and those
of “our officers and agents” arc to be en
quired into; what must be the fruits of this
inquiry? The Senate cannot impeach us—
it cannot pass judgment upon us, and remo
val from office, and disqualification to hold
any office of honor or profit under this Com
monwealth. It cannot direct-ihe House of
Representatives to prepare an impeachment
against us, nor has it power to do aught but
possibly pass an impotent.resolution of cen
sure or acquittal'upon our conduct in viola
tion of all the forms of the constitution, and
thus, in fact'to disqualify itqolf froiffsitting
Mi impartial judgment on the, trial of. an
impeachment against us by the House of
Representatives for the same acts should
the House see fit tb proceed. against us;
in that manner. No man can presume
that the Senators after forming and express
ing their,opinion by a resolution of censure
or acquittal on the conduct of a public offi
cer would venture to sit'uponi-his trial, and
pass judgment in his case on impeachment.
No jurymen could do.it.in the.casc e of petty
offences, much less would Senators do it in
a case involving character, honor and official
standing to the individuals accused.
We ask respectfully has the Senate aright
under the constitution to perform an act the
consequence of which is to disqualify its
members from impartially ful.filling.somc of
the most important of their official functions!
Can it virtually abolish the only court in
this Commonwealthfor-the. trial of impeach
ments, by proceeding irregularly and un
constitutionally to prejudge the. -supposed
offenders?. Can the Senate indirectly, by a
■ mere majority, pass a condemnatory reso
lution, designed, to same moral in
fluence as a judgment of conviction when
the constitution emphatically says that “no
person shall be convicted without the con
currence of two thirds of the members pres
ent!” We.could not reflect on the Senate
by supposing it will or can deliberately sanc
tion a proceeding so diametrically opposed
to the letter and spirit of the constitution.,
It maypossibly be alleged that although
the Senate has not power to inquire into the
official conduct of public officers for the
purpose of censure or condemnation, yet
.that it-has the power incidentally, to make
'such inquiry for the purpose anJ as the ba
sis of legislation.
This_ position ive, will not controvert; but
the notice above set forth shows that such is
not the object of the present investigation.
Inquiry into the official conduct of the Canal
Commissioners and their “officers & agents”
for the purpose of legislation, can only be
made with a view of ascertaining and reme
dying the defects in the existing laws. Con
sidered for this purpose, their official acts
are meje matter of history, in the investiga
tion of which the officers are only concerned
as other citizens are, and may be examined
as witnesses to prove the practical operation
of the laws of the land. They cannot be
personally affected, acquitted or condemn
ed. This can only, be dime.on impeach
ment or indictment—the inquiry for legis
lation relates to the system, not to the offi
cers. Why, then, should he be called upon
to answer the committee of investigation?—
He would have no right to be heard, for the
committee would very justly tell him, “You
are not off trial—you are not individually
concerned—we are acting as legislators, not
as iricmbcrs of a court of impeachment,”—
In this case, we are not to presume that this
is the design of the Senate; for the notice ive
have reccived'forbids the supposition. We
are informed that our official conduct is to
be investigated, and that we are so informed
‘Ho enable us to adopt such course in rela
tion to the matter as we may deem proper.”
This, then; -is an investigation .intended to
affect us personally as public officers, and
not to put Senate in possession of facts
as the foundation for the passage of laws.—
—With.all due respect to the Sonato. tho un
dersigncd cannot perceive any'grouhd what
ever upon which the notified investigation of
the committee can be justified; and, influen-
therefore,’ by every consideration of du
ty as public'officers, and ' of ’ obligations to
the constitution and laws as private citizens,
that ought to actuate freemen, they feel con
strained toentertheirSOLEMN PROTEST
against the proceedings of the Senate in re
. lation ■ to the subject, anti respectfully ask
that this, their protest, may be entered up
on the journal. ■
The undersigned are strengthened in their
conviction of duty, in this matter, by the
fact that since receiving the aforesaid notice
from the committee of;the Senate, they, have'
received a notice from a select committee of
the House of Representatives, appointed' to
enquire into the very indentical charges re
ferred to the committee of the Senate, and
i communicated, to the.undcrsigned,-- by the
foregoing notification.- ' As thisjis a subject,
the cogmzance of which bclong exclusively
to the House of Representatives; iff the o
; pinion of the undersigned, they will appear
v before the committee of the House, and meet
the alleged, charges, and those who prefer
...them with such evidence ns : they confident
lytrust will afford them a complete vindica
tion. The undersigned make no complaint
•;of the obvious hardship of dragging them bo
: fore two committees to answer the same ac
- cusatiqns at: the some time!' It is enough
for theih to know that; the coiistitutionpoints
out the m.ode’ofproceeding, which they ought
toadopt;;andthatinfbllo\ying jfsdirOctions
they neither jeopard theirVown rights, nor,
trample upon the rights’of. people.'—,
Should the committee of ihirHohse of Re
presentatives think proper to preferarticles
of impeachment against them, they will
cheerfully appear before the Senate ready,
willing "arid anxious to meet their accusers
face to face, and relying on the justice and.
impartiality of’that body, confidently anti
cipate a judgment of acquital. ' Until that
da£ arrives, they must respectfully deny the
jurisdiction of the Senate over their “official
coaduftt,” arid decline to acquiesce in what
they firmly;believe would be a plain„palpa
blc, and dangerous violation of the constitu
tion. - ,
" We disclaim all.intention to call in ques
tion the motives of Senators who voted for
the reference of the petitions to tlffe commit
tee of the Senate, for the.purpose stated iif
the above recited notice. The act itself,
and the right to perform it, is all we resist:
the motives of Senators, 1 whatever they may
be, are to be judged of only by their consti
tuents and their God. Wo' are bound to
presume that they acted, as we certainly do
ourselves, in strict conformity to a proper
sense of duty, and whatever may biTour dif
ference of opinion, that it>results from in
tentions equally honest,’ constitutional and
patriotic,-on the part of the Senate, as well
as oil our own.
AMERICAN VOLUNTEER.
o. \\ i\;»If /;,
The letter of J. li. M. came safe to hand.
The ■ necessary credit'is placed to W. M’s
account.
Appointment by the Governor. — John K.
Kelso, Esq. of Leesburg, to be a Justice ol
the Peace fur the township of Southampton.
|Cs“Mauch of troofs.— A detachment of
Light Horse Artillery, numbering about six
ty men, under command of captain Samuel
Rin'ooold of the United States army, left
the Carlisle barracks on Thursday last, for
the grand encampment at-Trenton, (N. J.)'
'Flnfoflicers and men were well mounted
and presented quite a martial appearance,
reflecting great credit upon their command
ing officer, who in his appearance and' ad
dress shows forth the soldier and the gentle
man. After spending a few months at
Trenton, we learn, they are to inarch to the
Chesapeake, and take charge of that impor
tant and highly interesting fortress. Fort
dVfcHenTy. ] 8 ;
. On Monday last a- company of Dragoons,
commanded by E. V. Sumner, an able and
experienced officer, numbering about eighty
men, also.left the. barracks dn-their march to
Trenton. T'he remarks relative to the ar
tillery are equally applicable to the latter:
both officers aiid men looked remarkably
well, and are a fine specimen of the stamina
of our army. ....
’ Coal —We refer -our readers to another
column for the advertisement of Mr. Bdrg
hausi The coal is represented' as being of
a very superior, quality, and. is furnished,
we believe, at $4 SO per.ton: certainly a 1
very reasonable price. -
lnyLike the Satyr’s guestpthc Hcrald
can blow hot and cold with the same breath:
In one paragraph it praises Gen.- Miller —in
the next, Mr. Gone as—and in: the"third,
abuses CoL Wooddcrn 1 Now, We Are,at
a loss to conceive what either'of. the. two
first named gentlemen have done to merit
this liberal application of * soft sawder’ from
that paper—and we are equally astonished
to find that Col.-Woodburn: has. rendered
himself more, obnoxious than they. -The
Col. is. a thorough-gpin’g;democrat— so are
they: he carrics out fully the wishes of his
constituents—so do they.: he was .opposed
‘ tooth and nail’: to the late corrupt State ad-,
ministration—so; are ' they: 'he has - never
deserted or betrayed his political, friends-f
neither have they: he is kind and affable in
his deportment, and'is highly respected by
all liis fellow members—so are they. Then
why the distinction? If the editor expects
■to seduce the two first hamed;genfleni.en
from their allegiance to the demoeratic par
ty, or to injure, the last by undeserved and
wanton abuse, he, will assuredly find himself
egregiously ’ mistaken.- The course of all
those .gentlemen^fully meets With the ap
probation -of .tlieir. constituents, and,jso.
Jong as the people are on their side, they
peed beunderno apprehensions ofthe frowns
V favor of the organs of a corrupt and
prostrate minority party ’ _ '
JAMES CLARKE,
EDW. B. HUBLEY,
AY. F. PACKER.
BY- SANDERSON-gc-CORNMAN
CARLISLE:
THURSDAY* JUNE O, 1830. '
: lij JN m, tXXf4 n f P ; f;tt tt ** *
JO" A correspondent enquires the .why
and wherefore we " don’t give the latest ler'
gislative news each week?” .We answer—
in the first place we do riot receiye any of
the Harrisburg papers of the same week un
til after our paper is worked off; and in the
second place wo have no kind friend at Har
risburg to drop us a line to let us. know what
our wise men dre doing—this will appear the
more manifest when we state that, since the
extra sessiori commenced, we have .not had
a letter of any kind, frqm any individual at
the seat of government. We are conse
quently mainly dependant on the Philadel
phia papers, which give us' an abstract of
legislative proceedings up till the Satur
day evening preceding our publication day.
These reasons, we think, will be a satisfac
tory reply to the query of our correspondent;
and, for the present, we. would know of no
remedy other than altering our day of pub
lication, a measure which we do not consid
er advisable. •
After the above was in the hands of the
compositor, we received a letter from one of
our representatives, from which we make
the following extract:
“ We have passed the bill -fur the' pay
ment of the troops tailed out in December,
last. When it. came from the Senate it al
lowed pay for the same time to the Cum
berland as to the Philadelphia troopsbut
in consequence of some difference of opin
ion respecting the preamble which was to
contain the sentiments of the House in re
lation to, the impropriety of the Governor’s
conduct in calling out the men, it was re-
fcrred back to the committee, and they them
repotted one month’s pay for the Philadel.
troops, and but ten days for our Cumberland
yoluntcesr. I immediately made a motion
'to have our troops placed,upon an equal foot
ing with the others, whiclirmbtiou was.not,
agreed to. I then thought that, if our men
"’ere to be treated ip this manner, (my mo
tion having been voted down by a large ma
jority,) I would not vote for the passage-of
a bill.which went to make what I consider
ed - an unfair distinction—l therefore op
posed the bill: the same motives, I be
lieve, induced my colleague to vote against
it. This all took place on Friday. -
"On the day previous we got up the re
solution. to intersect: rail-foad with
the Cumberland'valley, and after some -little
discussion, the committee rose, but had not
leave to set again; consequently it- comes
up again on second reading, when I think it
will pass.
"A resolution is-now ponding to„extend
the time one year to the non-accepting school
districts, for the purpose of giving them an
other opportunity of adopting the common
school system.
. “ On Saturday last we passed a resolution
appropriating 950,000 subscription of-stock
to the Cross cut canal, uniting the Pennsyl
vania with the Ohio improvements—-also
some local bills.
“ The bill regujating the county offices,
has passed the House,; by it there are to be
four offices made in Cumberland county.
The investigating committees are still in
sessiou.aiidfrom (lie best information I am
able to obtain, I think there will bo some im
portant disclosures made.
---“-The,'senate have not yet acted on our
motion for adjourning on the 11th inst; It is
hardly possible that it will be agreed to. as
that body (a portion of it I mean) will en
deavor to, give Stevens- an - opportunity ■ of
disgorging some of his slang; it being infer
red, as a matter course,, that he will be elec
ted on the 14th inst.
"No public measure 'of any importance
remains to'lie acted on in the House, except
the improvement bill: the fate of this will
depend in a great measure upon the senate.
“ On Thursday. The senate “ unanimously
confirmed the nomination, of Alexander
McCALMONtsto be President Judge ,of the
cightcenth'-distfict, in the place of Almon
H; Read, Esq.,- whose nomination-was, re
jected.” .. -
. llQ° , our Remark’s last ..week relative to the
flour speculators did not meet with our cor
respondent’s approbation, if we- may judge
from the following pithy, article which we
since received from him
The editors of. the Volunteer, in thehurn
ble opinion .of their correspondent, touch
ing the flour speculators, are very much mis
taken if they suppose-Pop videnoe sanctions
their fraud and.cpfrhptspeculations. Prof
vidence,-it is True, ,'furnishes good-, crops—7
hut there is no complaint of scarcity, f Paul
may plant; and Applies water; but TProvi
dencc givcstho increase.”; With common
flour or middlingSy hvmdcd euper/tne, phd
put inlo oldj half-hooped barrels, andcrio't
even; the full weight of that, and the sel
ling of it- at higher than, pity prices, not
even deducting the carriage. Providence has
nothin*, to do—if we wait till Providence
cures the evils complained of, we will not
get redress till the day. of judgment.
• Dr. Dyott Convicted:—.The Jury in the
case of tins irtdividualy Tcturnedi a verdict on
Saturday Idst, of guilty on the counts
(l iy in the indictrnmf.fffflvi extent of the
jumishment that the law allows for pracdu
lest insolvency, is, we belicvp, three years
imprisonment.. - The court have not yet pro
nounced sentence. ■ Vi .
can assure our neighbor of tiie
llcnjld (bat we have not the remotest inten
tion of “ drawing him into d [personal! con.-,
troversy,” as we do not believe that such a
controversy would benefit either the “read
ers of the Volunteer or Herald ; nor does, ns
he intimates, th e'Parthian arrow, which he
acknowledges he “ sped in an evil hour,’?
still “ rankle in our side.” ’Tis true, that,
at the tithe, we were of opinion that it was
the effect of tnalignaiicy of heart, combined
with a craven disposition: but,- since that
time, we are pretty well.convinced that it
is to be attributed to neither the one nor the
other—and we are now satisfied, from the
editor’s own acknowledgment, that the ob
jectionable article to which we have allusion,
was written in an unguarded" moment and
under a state of excitement, when, proba
bly, the feelings were not sufficiently con
trolled by the judgment.
AVe are disposed to respect Mr. Crabbas
a man and a neighbor— and therefore can
not take advantage of his offer to give us
the chance of a “ first and deliberate shot.”
"We cannot triumph over an apparently
disarmed adversary, and therefore, reject his
proposition as uncalled for and unnecessary.
The amnesty which now exists, must first
be broken on his, parj, befiirc vfy: shall "send
back the arrow.” If it becomes necessary,
however, we promise to apply to it the
“ full.force of our bow,”- with a sure and
unerring aimand if the wound rankles
and festers, and produces gangrene, he must
blame himself—not us,-
Virginia election. —“ The overthrow of
Federalism in the’ state of Virginia,” says
the Baltimore Republican, “ has consigned
to a grave of infamy’, the host of monopol-
TsCs; who have been employed like vultures,
in feeding on the vitals of the laboring por
tion of our people. ; The happy results of
this election, will be felt throughout the Re
public": it will stand as ‘ the leaven, that is
to. leaven the whole lump,’ and act as the
polar star,, by which we shall be guided out
of the ‘ sea of .trouble’_that-has been- crea
ted by; the selfish and unprincipled course
of a heartless opposition. ThetOld Domi
nion, the natural parent of democracy, has
spoken in a most commanding tone, and her,
behests must be- obeyed. ; For a season,
therefore, every man will be permitted to
enjoy his own vine and .fig tree. The fiend
of distraction and oppression has been bound,
and we shall have a respite from the demon
spirits of abolitionism, anti-masonry. Bank
mnmr|rolyrunil tticteglon' florde of insatia
ble cormorants, for the gratification of whoso
hellish appetites, our people.have been, sub
jected to every horror but that of civil war.
We may now expect that " the blessings of
government, like the dews of heaven, will
fall alike on.the rich and the poor,’ while
the firmness, honesty, and republicanism of
our most excellent chief magistrate, furnish
a guarantee,.that the measures Of. his admin
istration will protect the honor of the, coun- r
tryandiadvai.ee the happiness ofi.be peo
ple.” \
Federal frauds laid-Bare —Impudence
of the cheats I—Each 1 —Each day brings to light
some new devise practised under Ritner’s
administration, by whiclv the commonwealth
was cheated, and unprincipled partisans al
lowed to prey upon the public funds'.. “It
is a well known fact,, says the Ebensburg
Mountaineer, that under the late canal com
missioners, no deniocrat could obtain a con
tract oh our public works, if a federal anti
mason bid for the same contract, even though
lie offered to do it for less. .'This fact was
stoutly denied by the federal press, and many
were persuaded that the late officers, were
too honest and too cautious to commit such
flagrant violations of law and equity,
“Recent developments prove that they
have not only refused to'give contracts to
the lowest bidders, blit that a few anti-ma
sons were allowed to,monopolise the best
part of them,' for more “than the democrats
offered to do them. . Ritner’s canal commis
sioners did not even stop here, Contracts
tvhith .Remocrats offered to take for $23,000'
were given to anti-masons for $ 26,000, who
were allowed to throw them up and they
were again relet to them at $ 36,000 1 of
which reletting no-notice , was given.- ■ By,
these fraudulent proceedings bn the part of
the late, canal commissioners, -the State has
been cheated out ,of (EPTHIRTEEN THOU
SAND DOLLARS On a SINGLE SECTION,
AND BCT-ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY
THOUSAND DOLLARS on sixteen sec
tions, which were.meeted out in tire same
manner.' ' V:
-“Vyhcnihepresentboardcameintopowi
jsr thcyinstituted an inquiry into The manner
in which contracts were let under their pre
decessors, which resulted in the above dis
closures. Contracts thus made contrary, tq
the letter and Spirit .of-the law, were rightly
declared null and void by the-present of
ficcra,.andtakenfrom those who held them.
Thcfconfractors did not fancy this-; they
wore unwilling tpyelax their grasp upon the
purse strings of The commonwealth ; and
-With Wi impudence iseldom, equalled, They
have- raemorialiied theiegislature uppn the
andperaecutedindividuals.'Theirmemori-
al was followed; by a report from’the pres
ent canal commissionera, both of which do
cuments have been refered to a select com
mittee in,.the House of Representatives, be
fore which'some extraordinary disclosures of
the profligacy of the late administration have
beefi made, and establishes beydnd a doubt
that the late canal commissioners squander
ed the public funds forelectioneeringpurpb
ses.”
The follo.ving table, extracted from the
report of thp canal commissioners presented
to the House, contains, a few specimens of
the way things were managed by Thaddeus
Stevens and his gang. The startling disclo
sures here made, however, arc set down as
federal virtues, and their organs now decry
the democrats for refusing to, legalise such
fraudulent contracts, Out upon such base
ness.
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“ “ Ist “- 339,535'62
Advance price'at the re-letting, $93,7,70 63
■Above the cost at rejeGted bids. icfS^S&^ffij
. JUirabile jiictu.— John Andrew,' Sjiulze
and Joseph Ritner, two broken dojvp and
discarded'politicians whoare heartily despi
sed, by„ a large-majority of .the people, of
Pennsylvania, are placed at the head of the
Harrison electoral ticket! ! ; Phew f ' they
ought to have -completed it by putting that
paragon of virtue and morality MiBS Peggy
Beatty, ■ and. her yellpib boy John, at the,
/bit—themiddle could have been appropiria
ately filled up with the name of the tenight
of the back wiindoto, whose flight from-the
Senate Chamber makes liim an adept at run
ning; with the names of old John- Stone -
breaker and his. son) whose precocious mem
ory gave earnest of future greatness; The-
Opbilus Penn, than whom no -one can rtm
faster whenthe lash is appliedrDANiEL EcK:-
ELs, the /eam«f andpopu/ar-Door Keeper
of The Senate; Thaddeps Stevens, whose
excellent epicf and bottom were fully, tested
bn the evening of the 4th of December; Tho
mas Hi Burro wes, whose-speed is likewise
undoubted, together with sundry other con
spicuous charactersßob numerous to insert.’
Such an imposing array .of.tcorfAtes would,
doubtless, have added strengtA to the pros
pects of ‘old Tippecanoe’ and his 'goddikc’
companion of Hartford Cbnyentipii memory.
, In Baltiniore'and Philadelphia, the wagon
price of flqurjso'nly.s6 &5. ■ ■' - -if--. \ '• ■ v -
Watchman! What of the Night?
So ho ! what news from the Old Dominion?
We are. at some loss to reply, aelthe-dif.
fcrent accounts.are very unsatisfactory; and
up-to the time our paper went to press,-no—
thing definitive of the actual result has been
heard. One thing appears-to be conceded
on all hands that the democrats have gained
considerably over last year; wo shall have
eleven certainly, and. probably twelve of the
tiventy-one members of Congress; (last year
we had but ten :') but whether we shall have
q, majority.in joint ballot in the legislature,
is still somewhat, doubtful, the strength of
parties being nearly equal: one thing ap
pears to be certain,’ however, that Under no
circumstances can the traitor Rives be again
returned to the United States senate, as se
veral of the federal members elect are pledg
ed to oppose him.. Last year, the federalists
had a-majority of twenty-six on joint ballot.
So, you perceive, bur friends have done
nobly, and whether we have or have not suc
ceeded in fully revolutionizing the House of
Delegates, is a matter 'of but little conse
quence,.particularly as the federal majority
in that body will, under any tircuinstances,
be merely nominal. We have the congres
sional delegation, -and no doubt is now enter
tained but that this “ancientand unterrified
com won wealth,”., as Mr. Rives termed it,
will be found in the next Presidential elec
tion where she always has been, foremost in
the fight, and where the battle is the thick
est, in defence of. liberal principles.
We therefore respond to the enquiry at
the head of this'article, and say—ALL’S
WELL,-anddemocracyis triumphant.
We shall probably be able to give the full
returns in our next. •
s 5'
: V
P; S., Since the above was in type, we fe
.cciveil the city papers containing tlie follow
ing gratifying intelligence. Again we say—
“ All’s well.”— - ■ • -
HOUSE OF DELEGATES.
Sixty-one Republican members have been
elected and fifty six Whigs and. Conserva
tives. _ Thirteen -counties are yet to be heard
from, in which thc delegates year
six republicans, and nine whigs.
The Richmond Enquirer, in summing up
the result, says : ' - - -
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. “We have already won the most brilliant
victories; and we shall save the state from'
the whigs and the whig conservatives: Mr.
Rives’ chance is gone. He cannot be re
elected senator of the United States: nor
can a whig. He may be deluded by his own
deceptive hopes, ,or the hasty hurrahs of the
whigs_ from a supposed victory in one, or two
counties. But it will prove dust and ashes
in his hands- He is only half way in his,
difficulties: but a more awful trial is coming *
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BCT’Thadtleus don’t like fo.be counted
coward— hence his determination to again
be elected to the Legislature. . Me forgets
his masterly retreat from the back window,
in company with the valiant Speaker of the
Senate whose religious feeling alone prevent
ed him from resenting an insult. Thaddcus
must be religious, tool
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MONOPOLY AND SPECULATION.
— Messrs. Editors: —lt is a 3ioturimis fact,' that ,
exorbitant prices have'been asked and received,
by monopolists and speculators in different kinds
of provisions; during the last fall' and winter, in
this borough, as well as elsewhere—and venders
stil) struggle hard to keep ,up the practice. The
question, is, shall' the citizens tamely submit to
the imposition; or shall they meet, as they have
done-in other places, to devise ways ryul means
to defend themselves against it? I have heard
it stated as a fact, by„men of respectability, that
s/i'eculalors have attempted to buy up all the
grain in the country; and what they did buy,
they took to mills to have ground, telling the
millers la make as much flour but of it as possi
ble, regardless of quality; put it into second-hand
barrels, and fill as many of them ■as they can,
regardless of weight, and bi’and them all sufier.
fine, as they were intended for our own -market;
they need net ietiV scratching ol'condemning. for
j|h®ce Is no inspector. Thus are our citizens im.
* n the article ol flour—they have to
pay biorc than city ftrice,tot superfine flour, car;
riage and all; and for the-wart of an Inspector,
run the riskofloslng both by quantity and qual
ity—no doubt, often getting common fiour or
middlings, insvead'of .superdne, for which** they
paid;, at iheveryhighest price, too. -
BesidesVexorbitant* prices * have been forced
from our citizens; -for beef, butter, eggs, poultry,- ■
fresh fish, and almost every necessary of life;
and for the want of a wood colder, our citizens
have, in 9 cases of 10, tdfiay for a cord of wood, ,
when, if properly ranked, it would not be three
quarters. •
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. To remedy the aforesaid evils, I have thought,'
Messrs, .Editors, that a town meeting, would be
as likety as'any other; butyon said.last week,
that •>Providence was doing more to Correct the
evils complained of, than a town meetingorany
thing else." '1 f you tiiink:so yeT; and can satisfy
the citizcrisipf the ..borough, that yod arcright — -
you need not trouble them with a town-meeting;"
but my opinion is..that ifwedcpendupon Prov
idence to make monopolizer^ and sfieculatara net
honestly, wemaywait tiil the day of judgment. .
Suppose you try a town meeting on Friday next,
at3or4‘o’clock,
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\ (CMn obediencetoourcorrespondent’arequest, -
we insert thefollowingnotice;.' ' .
. TOWN MEJBTIBrfe. .
The citizensoflhe.BoroughofCarlisTe, oppoi
sedto
are requested to meet at the. Codrt House on to*'
morrowevcning.fFridayyjat-tb'clock.forthe
purposeDfexpressingthelrsentinientainrclatioa
ioyhesubjectnnadevisingwaya'Whdirrcans"'to
remcdv.the evil.; A general attendance is re.:
quest