election'. For ample"confirmatloii of this fact, we refer to the testimony of Thomas Downey, Self. the supcrinteudnnt of. the state house clock, who was employed by the mi nority judges as door keeper until the cou sumotion Of their nefarious intentions. He swears that shortly before the clock struck twelve,-he was requested by one of the whig judges io “STOFTHE CLOCK,” which he ■however effusedand - further 'declares, that it wHs .noibeforc one o'clock in the night when they had girt through*jvith niaking the returns* •. The returns thps clandestinely and fraud ulently made,""were banded to the Sheriff and. forwarded to the Secretary of the oom ihoiiWealth by h locomotive prepared for the occasion, as-if the'result of 1 an election de pended on tlio swiffmjss,of,a steam engine! .The federal. Sheriff affected,to consider these * the true returns, although in his testimony he acknowledges his cognizance of,there hav ing been another return made out by a ina- jqoty of. diO-judges iiuthe-tnoiJaappuintetl by jaw, and also that he knew the fact that the democrats had a majority in the county of Philadelphia , a fact which, as Ho admits, he freely expressed to a number of his friends. Dot In accordance with the acts of Assembly, on (his subject, the sheriff has nothing to do with the returns fm‘ members of the legisla ture; the act of 1T99 imposing the duty-upon that officer is repealed by the act'of 1803, which directs that one copy .of the return shall be deposited in the P.rothonotary’s office by the return judges, and one copy, under a sealed cover, directed to the Secretary of the Commonwealth,-deposited in the nearest past "office. The returns of the majority judges were made up, forwarded and depos ited in conformity to this law, and it is fully substantiated by the testimony of Col. . M’Cahan, that they reached the, ; Secretary . through the post office, and were in his pos .. -session-previous. to the meeting-of.thelegis-. lature. Yet, with a full knowledge of ajl these facts, "dnd in violation of the plainest of reason ami law, Thomas H. Bur / rowes, the. Secretary of the commonwealth, at-the assembling of the legislature, assumed the fearful responsibility ot withholding from both Houses the returnsof the majority judges of the comity of Philadelphia, and .sent in the minority returns only. That this was a wanton, unjustifiable and daring assurapti,eft., jysj£%jiqne, vyc presuine., \Y,ilI be so hardy ■as to deny- The. office is one of a ministe rial character, amt intended in this respect as a mere depository for the-safekeeping of these returns, until the legislature convened, when it became the duty of the officer to de liver them to the respective bodies to which they belbnged.. This violation of law on (lie part of the late.secretary was, however, hut' partofadeep laid, well matured conspiracy on the part oLihat jivcambent and others in -high stations, to-which your cominitte will [Call your attention. .That-'olficcr had ,pre■ vlously issued a semiofficial-proclamation *to the friends of Joseph Riln,erf\n which he exhorts them "to treat the election as if they Juid riot been defeated and in that altitude abide the. result. ” Merc, in the deliberate opinion of your committee, was an unequiv ocal- and openly declared determination to resist the will of the majority, as declared through the legal medium of the ballot boxes. The plan of operations was to organize a house of representatives suitable 'to their views, and-having a majority in the senate, .and a Governor whose constitutional term of •office would not expire for some weeks, they ■would pass laws do contest the election of Governor Porter, elect a United- States Sen- ator, State Treasurer, and Canal; Commiss- ioners; and if they could not succeed in so moulding the return for Governor as to dc •clafe Joseph Rifner re-elected, .then to pass laws by which the .patronage of Governor Porter should be in a great measure taken away. These projects, are more fully de ■veloped in the testimony of John Montelius, Esq. and were intended to be accomplished by the organization of a house of representa tives upon fraudulent returns, contrary to the declared will of the people, and without regard to the powers or the letter and spirit •of the law. , , • The testimony of Judge Huston also shbwp (the intention of the federal party to contest ■the election ;,of Governor Porter. He re- 'ceived a letter from a whig or anti-mason, ■ one of his party friends, in which the judge’s ■opinion was asked in relation to the manner .and effect of (he contest. This-letter was ■received before the meeting of the legislu - -ture;~~ Judge Houston burnt 'thc I otter and mow declines giving the name of the writer. The testimony further shows that individ mals were hired to come to Ha®risb,urg from ’Halifax and elsewhere to assist them in af deoting these dark designs. In support thepc "4# \ve would refer to the testimony of Mr. ‘John ’W-elkcr, a highly respectable wit ness, who -say s the con tractors on the Wis- jnzDaujdiin cpuirty,. told hini. that they.-were coming down.tb, Harrisburg ■on the 4th of December, ihat-dhey were de itefmined,to,secure seats to the''Philadelphia ■county whig members, that Governor Porter , 'Should ‘riotbe sworn in, but Milner continu ed in, dlfice tliree years longer;” and that on ithe,4th of December .these desperadoes did ' mppear in Harrisburjj'and. boldly reiterated their revolutionary declarations. He sinv them iu the house of representatives at, the ■time of tlm- organization. : Tlds witness is ■corroborated by (jharlcs AV. Ilegins.'lßsq., ■General Ailahi Oilier, and others;—-Nor, ac ’' •cording toThe testimony of John Abrahams,' , slidfhey-abt; without ye ward—he swears that l ihe observed, Thaddeua Stevens distributing ;h roll of'.bank notes among-them’; this .evi ' <<leh.c'e'As.ira some mfcasure corroborated-by .otherwitnesses.,,' , : .- This ami other.' testimony abundantly proves, that there existed on the part of the ; autiThiasoni'c and whig party; a scttldd prfe; “M'OBerfed determination to defeat the will ■ W»- : anaJ6rity,of the people. Jt. was. ah-, ncedi’n tl(c Jeaditig federal paper at Mary rishurg,.that;‘*thfiy n membOrs frqin the conni ty .of., thpir scats, j wisei'thatithey; would' defend 'tlmiiisgltvjVaj! .heroic ,nieh "aj^avu ,'u tzAnOs.” "it of -poljdlcly boasted they, wbti!d seQUre;,ni rntgoj el,ect’a -- Saba tori ,-S la te ‘ rer, : ; Can aV: Cbin injs sloners, 3S£c. ‘lt- is also’ manifested; by, the testimony of, tVin, ;B. -lleedjvthe Attorney cv.-ii ])idVy eatm3c!!or a;!d_ahet ijrlhttlife'Ohiodi'lciit eooyluet; I* lit ■Pbifndeljnmu ■• Pursuant to'the plan of "operations pro- the occasion, and after the.forms of an oath viously marked out, "circulars wore issued were administered to him, he likewise qiial by the Secretary of the Commonwealth, re- ified those- who actcd-with him; when this questing the attendance, of the federal mem- spurious and self-constituted hlpise adjourn-■ hers two or three days prior to the meeting ,ed; _ • ; . ! ■'■ of the legislature. They accordingly met Duriugallthis time, the democratic niem ahd concocted their plan of.separate organ!- bers , fifty six in number, proceeded-in the zatipn, as dcyclnpcd jn.thc house of repre- - - manner prescribed by law to the election of sentalives on the 4th of December. The a Speaker,.which honor devolved oil William testimony of .lolm Montolius, Esq. the lion- Hopkins; of Washington county, who as es£ alul fearless representative from Union ceiidcd the platform, the minority speaker county, on “this point is of an interesting giving way to him,as if an acknowledgment character. He shows that a separate plan of his having acquired theutatipn-illegally; of operations was agreed upon, Mr. Cunning- Mr,.Hopkins had the necessary oaths adimn-. ■ham to be. the speaker, who for-the purpose' istcred to. him by Mr. Smith, of Frahkjin; of expedition was'provided with a : pocket and all the 'members then severally took and biblp, for the. occasion. He also confirms subscribed, in accordance with the constitu their determination to elect aU. States Sen- (ion'and laws, the usual oaths'in the test ator, Canal Commissioners. State Treasurer and Printers, and contest the election of Governor Porter. This worthy gentleman furnishes the reasons - whichuuluced him to separate from men harboring such intentions. ~\s-at-firBt-inipressed-he-was-led-to-believe that 'the whig members from the county of Philadelphia were duly elected, - abd con tending for the right; but he subsequently discovered his error, and had the independ ence and patriotism to speak of it in that way, and advise his party li lends to compro mise the difficulties; he was told “to adhere to , his party right or wrong; and if he flinched they would break him down.” Mr. Montelius in the spirit of patriotism, how ever, laid his liaiyl upon his breast and im pressively replied “there is something here that you cannot break down.” Your committee having thus, at some length, descanted upon the testimony which reveals the plan's of the fbdcral leaders prior to the convening of the legislature, will now proceed to'"furnish a faithful detail of the oc currences which'transpired at tiie seat,of 'government upon that memorable occasion; a-duty.-whjch-is the moro-iinpeiious,- as up on it depends (lie rCsult of (ho second point of inquiry —‘‘the necessity of calling.the mil itary to the scat of government.” And here your committee will be permitted to pre mise, that the suppression of'the legal re turn from the county of Philadelphia, was INDISPENSAUI.Y NECESSARY fpr the prosecution of the illegal and disreputable designs of the party who had been so lately ejected from .ybeiv ill-gotten.power. The delivery of the minority return, (inly a (forded the- federal 'members a pretext, perhaps the only one that could have been seized Upon, to attempt the introduction of individuals into-the house of representatives who had neverboen chosen by the majority of the people, to whose right-, ful decision their claims had been submitted; at the period of meeting,-we accordingly find Michael Day, Adam Woelper, Wiliam F. Hughes, William Lloyd, William L. C rails, Samuel F. Reed, Dcnjumin R. 'Meets and Jesse F. Suiith, the individuals named in the minority returns, as having received a certaiifiuiinber of votes ih lhe seven of the ' seventeen districts of the county of Phila delphia (being however no certificate of e- Icction) we.Cnd these individuaja appearing at the bar of the house of representatives, claiming seats as members, which they had previously marked out as thfiir own, upon no other pretensions than the.fraudulent and deceptive paper referred to; a projebt so da ring in its'conception, naturally de < iSiSK|ad, desperate and extreme measures to elfoefns consumation: these were not wanting on the part of those engaged in this unlawful design against the rights of the majority—af(er the reading of the minority return by F. R. Sluink, Esq., the clerk of the former ho'use of representatives, the federal urged the immediate admission of the individuals named in said return, (if so it may be called) oh the singular ground,’that the Secretary had sent in'no other evidence of the election of members from the count}', thus striving to render a most gross violation of constitu tional law, on the part of that officer, a pre text for committing a still grosser outrage on theyijght of free representation! . 'it i|tmocratic members,- with a charac tenStii#'regard for the rightrof the people, when menaced either by invasion from wilh out, or encroachment from degenerate sons within, manifested at the outset a proper but not less determined spirit of resistance n gainst the consumation of intentions so rev olutionary and daring. Accordingly, in view of the unparalleled injustisc done by the Secretary, Mr. Pray, a member duly e lectcd from the county of Philadelphia (pre sented a copy of the returns signed by the imijori ty“ jtidges ~duly certified by llic : pro tiionotary of said county, whichyvas read by the clerk in connexion with the minority ye-. turii received through’the channel of the Se cretary’s office. In the course of these pro ceedings, Mr.,T; Stevens, then a member returned from Adams county; (and whose certificate of election Avas the same as that olfered by Mr. Pray,., being a certified _cp py of the returns,) arose'and -made a- motion, contrary to the-practice observed in the or ganization of our. State legislature, since our existence "as a Gommonwealthi and in direct yioiatiqn to the genius and letter of our in stitutions. This motion was that tellers be appointed for' the purpose of electing a speaker; a departure, from' the custom so long prevalent of calling , the clerk of the former house to superintend the election of speaker; anil announce the result. Not con tent';-however, with u unilei'mihing practice and law Jong held inviolate, thatdanngCon spifatbf prbgresseir'still : further InJiis j’evo-- lutionary intention, and we accordingly tind him, openly pnil unhlushingly recommend-' ing lha election of two speaKePS jii direct and pptin .violation of .that most sacred Britutii&»r;injunctjbn/.whicK declares'there shall be but onu'. He.thcn put the'questipri pyith pll imaginable haste himself, decided 4}}s motifni • as sustained .himself, named the tellers himself;' who (iloubfless instructed in the various scenes to be enacted iii this most extraordinary drama;) ascended the platform and'held'a'n)lrregular and .informal election;- interfering-in'a great.degree; with;theoider-, ly praceedjh'os ;ofV the regular (lischarg'e of their 1 du ties. This was f rollotyeirTup .by tlie’ tellers catlin'g dilt the-namea of the eight pretchded'Vncmbers of the equnty of Philadelphia., and extraordinary by- Mr, 'annputice that Thds. Sy.Cunnindham hadwe’deive Jythe: rimnberof votes. disproved;? ! bl s lt)i^ > lSBtti' .ih^vjpat»\hls / -jtddtct'Y4is , 6tf#f furnishelr-Tb? books which have always been used’on sim ilar occasions. After transacting the custo mary business, the house of representatives then adjourned. The startling design announced in the proclamalion of tliii-Ex-Secretary-,-(if (rent ing the election as if it had not occurred) to gether with the well foh'nde.d and unconfra dicted rumors of .the intended suppression of the legal returns, and that inen from differ ent sections of the Commonwealth would be here to carry out these designs,’ had natufi ally arrested (he attention of numbers.of ci tizens. who were thereby induced to repair to the scat of government to witness the de nouncement of a project so revolutionary and novel. 'Much indignation was doubtless en tertained by tlic citizens here assembled,.at witnessing, the unhallowed means employed fur (he purpose of defeating (he public will, a feeling which was, how ever, the spontane ous production of an indignation as justly, excited as it was honorable. The democratic members’ continued to meetjiml transact the usual business in the ha'll dedicated to, the purposes of legislation, having constantly a quorum, and on Mon 1 day, December 17th, received all accession in the persons of Messrs.-Butler and Sturde yant of Liizenic/’Siul Mr. Montclius of Un ion, who,^under solemn conviction of duly, left the seceders who were following in the wake of Mr. Stevens,- presented themselves before the house of representatives, and took thc-oaths required by law,. < The federal members iu the meantime, as appeare by the testimony of Mr. Montclius, mot in obscure places, .unknown to the peo ple; and not ’recognized”’by any'written law, refusing to take their, scats and enter upon the fulfilment o.f tholr duties in the hall de signed fur .that purpose, until the house of representatives was recognized by the sen ate, a tnajprity of which is composed of their political friends. This took place, on the 25th of December, after which, shorn of all power, either for good or evil, they succes sively returned to the post ofduty,' with the exception of their great leader, Mr. Stevens, who'returned the trust confided to him.Thto ’the hands of his constituents. Your committee deemjt necessary to ad vert briefly to the scenes which occurred ou the 4th of December, in the senate chamber, which., afforded such copious topics of de nunciation against the citizens, who had been attracted thither by,the startling an nunciation.of the Ex-Secretary. It is not’ in order to speak of the arbitrary course pur sued by the speaker of'that body, nor of (heir feTusal to call upon (he Secretary for (he re turns in his office; if it were, we could show that the spectators had every reason to be indignantly aroused; we have examined, however, several witnesses on the subject, and so fay from their being any just ground of■apprehension, it.is an undeniable fact that several of the federal senators appeared in their scuts on the morning .subsequently to the alleged outragt’S, before (be so called mobiles had dispersed, and they were un molested; this your committee deem a satis factory refutation of the unfounded allega tion, that the peaceful action of the senate, Was interrupted or the personal security of its members jeoparded. ; In relation to that branch of the duty enjoined upoji your com mittee, whicli directs an inquiry into the tie-* cessily for the presence of the military at-the scat of government, they would respectfully fieg leave to present in connexion with the foregoing statement, the following plain, un varnished detail of facts. The soldiers from General Patterson's division, made their ap pearance in Harrisburg on Saturday, the 9th of December; now if is an undeniable truth, that at-leiist-three days 6e/bre the .arrival of the troops, the town of Harrisburg was (lie ■scene.-of--undisturbed -harmony and order’, “with scarcely more thanthlTusuffiTFegrec of excitement within her borders. It is: not less a mailcr ot history, that these, citizen siddieifeSyon their arrival expressed dissat isfactiiiijSit the mis-statements which hail been officially imposed , on them. So far from finding the capitol of the State besiege ed by,."an armed,■ lawless and, infuriated mobJ?l|p'y.found:it:in.jiustateiof tranquilly and of peace; So far from' finding “their re presentatives interrupted and overawed,” they found them in the peaceful;and unmo lested exercise of their legitimate functions. They, hath however, been summoned hither under the requisitions of the commander-in chief of the militia of the Commonwealth, and as faithful citizens and devoted soldiers, they .obeyed the call of their duly constitu ted military superiors, although the crusade jn' which those superiors were embarked was illegal,'and unwarrantable. . , : • l. :Rut,. strang’e-to-relate-*- notwithstanding the prevalence of uninterrupted peace, the requests of Gen. Patterson and of the sold iery-for a,speedy disband nieiit, were disre garded, aliU they were retained fit the' sent pf 'government''for an entire week, wheii'np earthly motive could -exist for their -reteh-r fiorij except it was tooVcrnwwtho represen tatives of the pfeppje arid'interfere whh their legitimate On'lhe de'partuie.tif these trodps’, others 'were Vmai'cKed ?to the scat of : tHb : Cumberland, althdtigh -nripossihle necessity, existed for their presence, 'or the,least/ap- foeHliii order' Which .rihs" given. '■ The constit.utidh; of the Commonwealth-makes' the governor coihmandef-ihichief ,6f the' militia, except' when.in the seryiob. of fh‘e ; United' States'; and thff sixty-second sectiondf tlie'act.prtss bd in -1 SSi2, provides tlmtthe' rni 1 itid■ of.^th 1 3 UomtrionVealthdridy ; c’alldd; into -aptnal service "by tHe -governo'r-.thefeof,' in'-.case'df rebellion or’of an actual and tlireaferfed in vasion of I his or-any •TKws is no allegation in- (nis instance,' that ohV%6mlndnwealth;was'invade<l Or, tlifeatetl to'rihv.feyadddi' i'.Tlien.'tlm;'qUesfiori v anse9i wis'ihvrh'i rehvlilbh? bjciiusts if tlk'ro vvcrc no rebellion or invasion,‘then it follows that (he governor acted unconstitutionally and illegally in calling the .troops into the ser vice of the State. . A rebellion pis correctly defined to he “the.laking’up of arms traitor?- ously against the government,” and it4s al so. defined to be "an insurrection against lawful authority. There is no'evidence, neither is" it true that the democratic, citi -zens who have been denominated “reic/s” did any acts of this character, they came l to (he seat of government from'motives of cu l riosity; tfml when 'here did no act except such jis’was calculated to protect tlie. con stitution and laws from the treasonable pi tic tices of those who declared that, they would treat the election as if they had not been de feated, or in other words set at naught the lawful authority of (he people, and erect a government in-violation of-their wishes, and m direct hostility to the constitution and laws- The testimony clearly shows that the con duct of -these cltizcnsHhus-assenibled,-\vas calculated.to protect the laws and defend the government; they'throw no obstructions in the way of any existing law, but manifest ed a peaceful; intention to maintain their own principles and rights; rights which were wantonly and daring assailed; rights be queathed by the inestimable legacy of their forefathers,-to defend ami maintain which, (hey employed no means to which the con-, stitulion and laws do not eminently afford their best and holiest sanction. Thc employmciit therefore, of these troops by the late Governor will be regarded in all time to con e, as the last miserable efforts of a corrupt administration, to retain itsillgot (cn power. 1 It will be pointed at, as a stri king Illustration of the maxim, “that power sometimes forgets right,” and this may be said to he.univcrsall} true, where that pow er is under the goverance and direction of wicked amfcoriu'pt advisers. But the re membrance of these scenes, into which your committee was directed to inquire, will ever present the gratifying fact that the represen tatives of the people successfully maintained the sacred principles of republican liberty, against the of unprincipled men, aided by the strong hand ot military power. While tills.ls matter of congratula tion, (ho sober liict, that the money‘of the people 'has been taken to pay troops,' thus miquitoilrly brought into service, will, re dound to the’ disgface~of tlie late adminis tration, as long at .that’administration will be remembered'. But Ibis is not the only expense' to which these scenes have-led; near a month of the beginning of the present session of the legislature was entirely lost for all usual purposes of legislation, in con sequence of The .late governor and-senatc re fusing to recognize the legal and constitu tional house of representatives, -thus retar diiigtegisiatio/i, by preventing it from exer cising its customary duties,,and contributing thereby, to the necessity which existed tor an extra session of tlie legislature, the bur den of paving for which, lulls upon the peo ple.tif the commonwealth. Your committee are aware, thtit it is impracticable to dwell at length on eacli feature of the political drama, (he,scenes of which they were direc ted to investigate; they are also aware, that the testimony.taken is not a tithe of that which might have been collected, 11 time anti oppoiTunityliad permitted. It must also be apparent to all, that frauds and crimes, such as have been .committed at, and subsequent to the late election, are exceedingly difficult tube proved; They partake of' the nature of tiie’ii- own darkness, and secret wicked ness. They have, however, been enabled to lay bare, and expose the acts and’frauds of the federal party, in relation tn the late elec tion, by clear and unequivocal t.slinuiny,;— Your committee, before closing their report beg leave to present tlie following'general conclusions, unavoidably resulting ! rom the inquiry, to which they have applied much of their time and-aUe'ntloii. I. The difficulties wliich took place at the seat of government on the 4th day of De cember last, the day appointed for-the'meet ing of the legislature, had their origin in a fraud concocted by certain return judges, in the county of Philadelphia, with the advice and co-operation of Whi. 1). Reed, the Attorney. General of the commonwealth, and John G. Watniough, the She rift - of-the city and county "of* Philadelphia,. by which the regularly, elected members of the house of- representatives, —were- tiil(]u itously at tempted to be deprived of their seatsj.a fraud which Thomas H. Uurrowcs, Secretary of stale ithdeFGov. Ritner, and Thaddeus Ste vens, one of his canal commissioners, and a member of the House from Adams county, attempted to consumate, the jonher, by suppressing the legal election returns ol said .county; and the iattei, by attempting to or ganize the legislature in a manner unknown to the constitution_ajid_laws. If -No necessity-existed, at:any period,- for calling into-service, the military; on the contrary’, such call was made by ex-Gover nor Ritner, in the absence of, every sem blance,.of necessity;- and was.manifestly a stretch of power, in derogation of the plain-, est dictates of law, justice and humanity. lIL.If, in point of fact, there was such a disturbance at'the seat of government, as is alleged, then it was clearly the duty of those in power, to' call upon the civil authorities to suppress it. The law points out the mode; and Gov. Ritner’s attorney general, adyjscd that epufse todie taken. No such applica tion was made, although the courts of justice and officers of the law, were in the free and undisturbed exercise of their usual duties. The constitution ordains that “the military shall, in all cases,: amUat all times, be in strict subordination to tj.icJc.ivLl power.”— The order,-therefore, calling out the troops Was unconstitutional'"and illegal,-and'-there being no necessity, for their presence at the seat of goverhme'nt, the conclusion is irro sistahle, that they were 'called-into' service,' to md and assist the enemies of, rcpuhlipaii ism,' in orgdinzing-a legislature', in violation of the constithtidri nnd-lawsi'and contrary to the wishes of the"people of this .common wealth'.. '' ■''V,'. ' . Your" committee have thus as briefly ns possible’reviewed- the. evidence, and, made such;comments thereon as .they deemed' ne cessary, ,tp elucidate- flic subject;.;(They re gretlive necessity which induced this exam ination anti, inquiry.; The result presents a pagein our, history, which the lover of Mils' country- Thq astounding fact,’, that'tlie'capitol of the godpeacc, and l.wlidji' her. .)e^slattt¥^ ; - ; wei«Hoißcupj(uijpf. tlicsc sacred •Tvalls appriipnatcdi' tdHhelffiiisi- nes’s of legislation, should be surroifhded by bayds of armed men; by the order of the Governor, is humiliating and mortifying.— There arc, however, some consoling circum stances connected with the event.— Ue never wits the choice: of the people of the common wealth, and his advisors were: neither Ve/in sylvanidns by birth d'rfecfing. - They sought to advance (heir own selfish and sordid in tercsls, rft the expense of the honor, and in l tegrity.of our beloved commonwealth. But they signally failed; the calm, stern operation of reason ami--of law/ prostrated their unhallowed designs,, anil has left them bn a barrnn.shore, neglected and .despised. MAy these scenes serve as a lesson in all time to come, and ob'iterato forever all these practices,-by whatever specious name they ■ may be called, which strike at the foundation of republican liberty, which proclaims that the will of the majority shall govern. . . liesolvcd. That the committee be- dischar ged from the further consideration .of the subject; ~ - AMERICAN VOLUNTEER. CARLISLE: TIICrKSDAY, AUGUST 15,1^0. ' . ovjb. rjL,tsti. “Now, our flag is flung to the wild wind tree, Let it float o’er mir ‘father land,” And the guard of its sprjless f one shall be, t-'obnnbi.i’s chosen hand.*'* * ' FOR PRESIDENT IN I°4o, MARTIN VAN BUREN, AND AN INDEPENDENT TREASURY. • jtn fndc/iemlent Treasury % —whose officers re sponsible to tlie pc'pje, instead' of privih get) corporations, shall guard the people’s rhomy.— Democracy asks in vain, \vh:it chum have the hank's to use tilts public treasure as thru* own, — sixain to convert it into an engine ot miaous ex pansions’nncl tom ructions oftlie currency, and of new’p lUical panics ami pressures, to enforce submission to the Money Power.— lion* James Ihtch;iTion'»'*7onffi. , • / To Correspondents. T'lnec from tJis. Tepple”~\\x\\ have a’ place in our next. * , .. •“ Cioitas ” has been mislaid. If the writer will funiish.us*with another copy, wo will endeavor to find room for it next >veek. i ]C/encu3 , \is crowded out. " , Dreadful Rail Road Accident, —On Monday morn ing last, about 1.0 o’clock, Mr. John Fleming', of this borough, of the firm of Murray & Fleming, whilst; engaged in ~ detaching one Of iiis burden cars from the train which had just arrived from thccast, while it was yet moving, slipped and fell, when horrible to relate the wheels passed over his left leg.and tiiigh,-dreadfuUy.manglinghim.„„lle survived the acmilenl bur about seven hours.— Truly “in the midst of life wb arc in death.” Mr. F. was an excellent citizen, and he has left an in teresting family behind him, from which he has thus suddenly been severed. This-is.thadirst- se rious accident which has occurred on this rail road, and wo trust it may prove a warding to others who are engaged on the road to be more cautious for the future in working about the cars when the train is in motion. The mean ami insidious method adopted by the Herald in assailing our representative in Congress, the lion. William S. Karnscy, is worthy of a pas sing notice. Knowing the estimation Vn which his political and private character is held, and fail ing to make an impression against him by' open a busc, they have recently resorted to low and dis reputable slanders, which arc so cautiously word ed (by the bold and magnanimous hero who jump ed out of the back window, to save his* Riddle blood from curdling in his veins' at the sight of the honest countenances of the mqh whom be had cheated,) as to'convcy the most malignant mean ing, without exposing the authors to -tbb bility’of making a direct charge. This Jesuitical course is smoothed over by an affected regard for religion and morality, which is disgusting in itself when, we estimate the characters of. those, who thus array themselves in the habiliments of the holy church, for thb purpose' of expectorating their-filth on one their superior in every moral and social quality -“ s _ J Last week, during the absence of Sir. Rnmacy at the Bedford Springs, where he had gone by the advice-of his physician for the benefit of the wa ters, an article appeared in the Herald, calculated not only to convey the impression, that ho w'as there moving in the society of gamblers and swind lers, but the exaqt sum.of money ho lost at. Faro ,is given in glaring capitals, as follows: “We have hoard, from good authority, that a Locofooo Congressman well known to the .people of this distriet, lpst in onenightTWELVE HU.V DRED DOLLARS at the game of Fdro. % This is a matter of recent occurrence, and happened at one of the'celebrated watering places, in, this State, where the Lawmakers and great during doir-days, to, mix a iittlo-water with their liquor," an 3 speculate in the gambling business.” It is true Mr. Ramsey.is not named in the above, but ho who runs may read. • - Since Mr. Ramsey’s return, wo have called up on him to ascertain whether there is any founda tion for-this gross-and-infamous attack, and :\ve are authorized to say that it is thdmere invention of soma malicious scoundrel who has found an endorser in the person of the bribed hireling of the Bank of the U. States who still holds a seat in the Legislature of this State,-‘to the disgrace of him self, Ida party and his district, and we.now invite him and all others concerned ;to make good the charge, or to stand before the people of this county as wilful, doliberateand malicious liars. Tiieasurt Notes The following is the official statement of .tho issue.of Treasury notes, made by this Secretary of the Treasury: . Amount issued under the provision of (lie act of October 12, 1837, viz: $10,000,000; of that , issue there has been redeemed so,o27,los,4o—leaving outstanding $373,804,54. t lii lieu of these re deemed there has:hcen iasued undcr act of 21st of May, IB3Bi viz; $5,700,801,01; of thatisstte'there has’ begA redeemed $4,776,450,42—1eaving of that issue outstanding $933,350:50. Aggregate’of first and second”issues'outstanding, The issues under the provisjonsof the act of 2d. of March, 1830,umount to 53,857,27G.21;"Dr tiiat issue there bap ■ heen.redeomcd $3,100- Making the aggregate of "all outstanding $5,160,430.34. Flout is sclling iniGarlislcV from stores, n’tssi?s.' The County Meeting: —Wo have only room to say that it wee truly a large gathering of the “bone atid-sinew” of “old mother Cumberland”— just such an >wns to havo been expected from the unbought aritT independent 'farmers and of this ancient republican county. Tho proceedings will bo.found.in another column, and will speak for themselves.' We ‘will only observe farther,, that tho meeting was conducted with thb utmost harmony and.good feeling, and that all ap peared highly delighted with what they saw and heard upon the occasion* .. ■’ ' The Jlnii-masonth. Fedcral Mbolilion Peg totally **Union and Harmony meeting” —camo off in tHo County Hall on Monday evening last. . Wehavo understood .it was blit a small gathering—quite an array of empty seats, Mr. Penrose, as usual, de livered himself of one of his fislwuoman harangues, but wc havo’not room.this week to say any thing more on tho subject, In our next we shall give a history of this meeting more at length, and shall -pay-st)ine attention to Senatcr and his base slanders against the Sheriff and Commissioners, In which he charges Wm with “packing the Jury,” &c. &c, , . . The Buckshot War. —Wo this week publish entire, to the exclusion of much other matter, tho report of tho committee appointed by the Legisla ture to examine* into tho origin and existence of tho difficulties which occurred at Harrisburg in December last, and the necessity for tho employ ment of a large armed force by Gov, Ritncr. It *s a masterly document and embraces all the in formation the subject requires. It should be read by every man, woman and child'iq Pennsylvania, who are desirous of arriving at the facts of the case, in order .thqt’its contents may ho duly weighed in the mind ami maturely deliberated upon. The ;;r-’ guments and facts in this valuable document arts all abundantly sustained by tho testimony of hon orable and'high-mmdcd men, and may be safely relied on as “nothing extenuated, nor ought su down in malice.” . ' The celebrated “Hnckshot War” was among the lust of a series ol villainous en'-r, achmcnts Ulion the rights and liberties of tire people, wli h ttore attempted by the most corrupt and unprinci pled administration that ever disgraced any State or Nation. That adminisliation, to use the lan guage of a cotemporary, “drew its infant.,breath in corruption—was nurtured and brought up in the cradle of villainy—and was consigned to its lun dred petrifaction amidst the acclamations of a free, people whoso dearest rights' had been-satfnficed and betrayed to gratify the wicked propensities of a band of unprincipled yrn/.-rrs, who controlled the actions of Joseph Ritncr as a father controlletb his child.” ‘ ' Wo hope all our subscribers will read the report carefully themselves, and place it in the hands of their neighbors for their edification. . Quite a sensation has been produced among some of the immamlale spirits of the fetleral party, since the well-merited drubbing they received last - week at the hands of uur correspondents! and with all the vhnom of the wounded rattlesnake, they would. };ct, if-they could', strike their poisonous fangs'into their opponents, and have .revenge even while struggling in tho agonies of death. Tho . poisoned chalice, prepared by litem for tho “ras cally democrats,” has been returned to their own lips, and, however unwilling they may he to quaff its contents, they aro_ nevertheless compelled to dreg it to the bottom. That pur reader? may be made fully acquainted with'the merits of the tnattcr, wo shall here pre sent a brief history cl the controversy from its commencement up to the present time. In the first place, then, some ‘of the leaders of the “all decency”* party, at a celebration on tho •Ith of July, when their wits were pretty well shar pened by eopiousdlbalions at tho shrine of their favorite deity, attempted to play off theij* gentle manly sentiments at the expense-of tho Democrat ic party. Now this was all very well in its place— but unfortunately for them their sentiments worn .directed against certain .vices to which they were sadly addicted themselves , and, more unfortunatj still, their toasts upon that occasion were made the property o( the public by their publication tho following' week in the Herald. A correspondent of ours, who was disposed, without meaning any harm, to be a little sarcastic on these federal lead ers, as also to teach them more caution in firittfce, perpetrated .affew gentle criticisms on their witty sentiments and thus'held them up to deserved rid icule. 'Smarting under tho lash, which was so happily applied by our correspondent, one of their number, tho,week following, over the signature of “Hudibras,” ccndoGecndcd.siLfar-aS-taieU\ims(>U‘ dowm from his dignity and reply to theso criticisms; but, in so doing, missed the mark entirely, and in stead of a dignified reply, which all would have expected fVom so celebrated a leader of so morel and honest a party, made a violent, unprovoked, uncalled for, and i ungcnUcmanly~attack upon a t* spcctable young man and his family connexions —and not only so* but he took occasion likewise to heap all manner of abuse upon the honest and intelligent, democrats.of the county, who celebra ted the 4th with their democratic friends at Wun derlich’s Grove, denouncing them as “bullies and / vagabonds —the “mud and filth of society”— “illustrious democrats Xvfio drinh in their principles by the 6\hhyOnd cascade (heir bile ftlong with their super-abundant. &c; &0.. This tissue of fish-woman slang' and base attack -upon family connexions, brought out, as was to have been ex- , peeled* a friend of the young* man and his family and'of the democratic party, who in his rejoinder, over tho~signature Veritas, — takes occasion,.. however much against his will, to repay “Hudi bras” in His own coin,; and-holds dp this veritable and respectable federal champion in a niost unenvi able light, . . ■ ’ This,, then, is the state of tho controversy .at present.- WKat course the matter will . take fc- * mains to bo seen by this week’s Herald. We shall exceedingly regret a.continuance of,.the controversy, atleast in its-present shape;-but jus tice to our democratic friends will prevent us from closing our columns so long as our correspondents arc acting on tho defensive. , Governor Porter has partially Recovered from hia illness and is now" at Huntingdon. - Flour' in' 1 Baltimore,' $5,874* (j)Y REQUEST.] , 1 • - . : ; I'ot the Volunteer* \tpssrs. Editors:—lf GeorgeF*Cain Estj» of' consent to let his ■ name be used iih a a uoiuiiia - tion lb"tlVt Lemslattirpi“ unclivid e_(llsupport : of the ilcinocrdtic votgra of CutObbrlah^coiTto^yy-^",V -VT- <•- > ■ ..'. 5
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