OARIiISI.fi:
THURSDAY, 9EPIEMGR 5 t l»30.
OUR FljJiUt.
* *Npw our flag is flung to the wild wind Iree,
Let it flout n'er our •father land/*
And the guard of iu spotless fame shall be, •
Columbia's chosen hand, o'* 0 '* •
FOR PRESIDENT IN 1840,
MARTIN VAN BUREN,
- AND AN
INDEPENDENT TREASURY.
jtn Independent Treasury,— whose officers re
•sponsible to tho, people, instead of privileged
corporations, shall guard the people’s money.—
Democracy, psks in vain, what claim have the
banks to use this public treasure ns their own,—
again to cohvert it into ah engine ot ruinous ex
pansions and contractions of the currency, and of
new. political panics and pressures, to enforce
submission to the Money Power;— Hon . diunes
Buchanan's Toast.
VOLUNTEERING,
Many surmises have heeh started in anticipation
of opposition to tho nominees of the convention.—
;We think, however* without any cause. Tho
great democratic principle, , the very basis upon
. which our beloved government stands, is obedi
ence to the majority. Originally all act} and, as
no man in the community is unrepresented in
Congress or tho Legislature, so'no democrat is
without representation in the county convention.
The delegation assembled from every district,
closely conversant with tho views and feelings of
", the people thereof, is much more competent, after
, tho free interchange of sentiments, to, estimate the
respective claims and merits of the persons named
before them,, than such as are not placed in an e
qually favorable! position.
With that conciliatory spirit which regards tho
common welfare of theparty, good, true,and faith
ful men have been selected by the convention.—
When a greater number of sound and. worthy de
mocrats appear than there are offices to fill, some
must necessarily bo disappointed for the time; but
this with a democrat—a man who places principle
before' selfishness, can never -tend feather's
weight, to from his convictions of duty
i and integrity..: Such is a noble .bccasion for the
of magnanimous and disinterested pa
triotism. The man who sacrifices on the altar of
public good, personal pride and feelings, is worthy
of tho cause he supports. His claims will become
more striking—his fidelity has been tried; his sin
cerity as a partizan tested—and his merits will not
long pass unnoticed.
... But suppose disappointment begot* restiveness,
and he consents to abandon hispolitical tenets—to
transfer himself to his - former foes, who recognize
a man’s merit, with wonderful promptness, when
Ixis sacrifice and disgrace will subserve their petty
echemes; what, in this case, r must be the inevitable
result? At once, he loses the confidence of his
democratic friends; his course indicates him as a
partizan merely for interest; and his political pros
perity is unavoidably cut short. Does any doubt
of this consequence? Let him look abroad and
loam the result of party desertion, by a White, a
Bell, a Rives or a Tallmadge; or let him turn his
eyes to tho evidence of his senses—to the political
oblivion of. those who arrayed themselves against
democratic organization—of a Penrose, Harper
and M’Koehan, and every other anxious expect
ant, who could not wait until merit gained for him
anamination. f,i .
Any man who cannot prevail before the conven
tion, cannot prevail in thecounty. No better cri
terion ofa man’s present popularity could be pos
. eibly devised than the decision of the delegates.—
We boldly .'aver that no man in thecounty, who
trusts to his personal political strength, single and
unsupported by party influence, can master three
hundred votes; that no man who runs under the
euspices of our political opponents, can reach, by
' o thousand electors, the. candidates of the demo
cratie party. Let no one, then, desert the citadel
which he Has long guarded, in the chimerical hope
of leading the foe to its surprise and possession.
He can only fall into the pit opened by himself.
The ticket is now settled, and whilst -maiiy
■ worthy man have had
the present, we trust that none will show any dis
position to reverse the decision of their delegates
“iiTtKe county convention. That body, fairly con
atituted by the will of pie people, has spoken—the
delegates .hayetdonfethe very-best they could un
der the circumstances—and it becomes us, one and
all, to rally to the support of the ticket. Let our
motto be—“the ticket* the whole ticket, and noth
ing but the ticket,’’.and success will, as hereto
fore, crown the efforts Of the democracy of “old
rnother'Cumborland.”
“We may yet bo able to prove conclusively that
a certain Locofoco Congressman as charged by us
did play at the game ofFarq at a celebrated wa
tering place in this State; and that he did then and
there lose twelve hundred dollars.” —Herald and
Expositor.
Well, .in tha name of common sense, why don’t
you prove it? You have been cacklitiglike an old
hen for the last month—why .don’t you lay your
eggl Come Mr. Janus, of the tavern and convent
- tide, and expound unto us who this wicked “loco
foco Congressman” may be. You have been call
ed a liar in attaching the charge to ! Mr. Ramsey,
by tha addition “a locofoco Congressman well
known to the people of this district.” This sur
plusage is now withdrawn, it is true; but still you
have a most important secret in your keeping, and
wo.are certain that if even'your neighbor’s .'cow
died last night, you, as a pious map, would not be
so eruel as to keep the fast from all the old wo
men, of your acquaintance. Just think of the sin,
Q.miost illustrious printer! and we were going to
. say that.your reputation, would suffer too; but alas!
.we fear that has "suffered so much .already, that
you:. would come within the version of the old sto
_ *y about “fools and knaves already dead to Shame;’’
so;we must drop the subject; But from the above
wUning paragraph;;we. an to presume that the
lying-.editor, . arid the hoary-, beaded Judas, tvho
.concocted the tale of slaader igatoatMr, Ramsey,
;hie toWurflUpg to fiaeltout of 'the
that -the; cpininnnily '’tin* -etsimfeed
fbldriyUWhy with the proper brpudi—thus, pt'- tbpr
V < wo condohua and reprobate tjm
,■ unfounded dridsldnd&outirmnuciidns against the'
. ri atactqr.ofWilhani S. Hamsey. Esq, ourrepto
*p';iVo;inCongre33,.whioh:lately appeaied in tho
• qjd; and .Expositor of this place,” ,: .>
ip pjsiiisj etfaqgiy thatal.Vfij period i'kejiri
■ *.;'r
I vale character of Mr. Ramsey should bo tho sub
ject of continued assaults; Eycrynumber of* tho
. Herald teems with brutal invectives against Mm,
whilst he is literally, bespattered with filthy insin
uations of drunkcfmtSss, gambling, debauchery,
theft, poijuiYi.robbery of widows and orphans, lee.
from tins same odoriferous swill tub of Penrose’s
kitchen. Mr. Kamsoy,U not now a candidate for
.office, and if he bo such a “monster,” why, were
not the community apprised of the facts previous
to tho late election! Why have we not now some
direct charge made by these holy inquisitors! If
the ■ trembling culprits who surround the Herald
imagine that they will be indicted for,any positive
allegations, they are mistaken.; We leave all auqh
cowardly' proceedings to talented Senators, and
we give notice to. these, worthy gentlemen, that
Mr. Ramsey’s character, public and private, from
the day ho was bom up to the'present hour, and
every transaction of his life, good, bud and indif
ferent, are now subject to their full, free and search
ing inquiry; and that ho wiU, .at no time,' shield
himself behind the ramparts of the law, (like the
dastard Penrose) from the most minute investiga
tiori. We throw the doors freely and widely open
to the yelping pack of blood-hounds who have
been,on his track, and invite tho puppies, Tray,
Blanch, Sweetheart and all, to the banquet on
which their hellish appetites seem to bo keenly
set; end they may feast themselves freely to their
hearts’ content, from June to eternity, on the pu- :
trid morsels they may find in the common sewer,
without eliciting any other emotion than a smile 1
of contempt from the individual against whom ]
they set up their canine bowlings.,
The Democratic Republican Ticket is now pla
ced before the people of Cumberland county,—
What say you, fellow citizens, will you rally to
its support with warm hearts and willing hands,
or will you, because your particular favorites have
had their claims unavoidably postponed, suffer the
common enemy to come in and gain an advantage
over you?, It is for youtodecidc—and with you
we arc content to leave-the-question. Tho , indi
viduals 'Selected for tho various offices [we say
nothing.pf ourself,] are known to tho people of the
county. They are all “good mfcn and true,” and
will do honor to themselves and tho stations they
are called’upon to fill. .
Tho Herald lays down • the maxim, that “the
private character of public ipen should be at all
times open to scrutiny and freely canvassed.” Al
though we despise the doctrine, and contemn the
practice under it, we have no objection to carry out
the principle “as far as he who goes the farthest,”
and hereafter when any prominent individual in
.some other in the ranks of the enemy for the pur
pose of comparing notes with our traducers. We
consider all persons public characters who partici
pate in county meetings, mako speeches, write for
newspapers, candidates for office, bar-room brawl
ers, hired printers, major generals, rail road super
intendents, ‘ conferee . doctors, brothers-in-law to 1
talented senators, &c. &c. We do not know but
we may include all who tacitly assent to the dis
graceful libels that appear weekly in tho Herald
by tho countenance of their patronage to that pa
per. We wish to be distinctly understood that
whilst wo are subject to the assaults of our enemy,
and freely expose ourselves to their grape and can
ister, that wo will not suffer them to conceaLbe
hind their masked battery their corps of engineers,
and bombardiers.,
We are now prepared to, commence tho combat
in the new, and if our Enemies please, we go for
war to tho knife, and the knife to the hilt.
THE OPPOSITION,
Onr political opponents have postponed to a
much later period thim usual, the nomination of
.candidates to be run (not to succeed however,) at
the Coming election. The object of this delay is
manifest. They acknowledge their feebleness in
the county—not the remotest contingency of suc
cess existing;—and, since the repeated rebuffs and
multiplied defeats which rush upon them from
almost every county and state in the union, they
are in utter despondency.
’’The design of delay—correspondent to the offi
cious activity of some of the party—is to seduce,
from the democratic faith such men as may be
presented.before our delegate convention,' without
prevailing in a nomination. They wish to create
a division in our ranks, and then, according to cir
cumstances, to throw their puisne support into the
scale, so as to make it preponderate on the side of
whig-anti-masonio principles. But inthis shallow
device tiieycannot.succeed. - If they nom
inate cindidates (as many shrewdly suspect) and
concentrato -their strength upon Vbluntccrs,- the
same result will follow ps though they should set
tle, in convention, upon such uneasy aspirants. In
either case, utter, overwhelming rout awaits them.
To;be identified with such men and such princi
ples is sufficient to gain condemnation for the most
innocent. To be yoked to the train of Charles B.
Penrose and his heartless compeers in treason, is
the strongesfpossiblo ovidenco df guilt. No njap
who suffers himself to be seduced into the com
pany of criminals and rickety politicians can ever
expect to ride into office on the oar of popular fav
or. Such deluded aspirants grope in the dark.
The “Riot” Cases — The Issue. —lt is well known
tor the people, says the State Capital' Gazette,'
“that seven gentlemen were, at .the instigation of
Thomas H. Burrowes, late Secretary of the Com
monwealth, and several other individuals, bound
oyer to answer for a conspiracy and riot. The
Grand' Jury returned a true bill, which, however,
contained the names only of Messrs. Pray, M’Ca
hen and Cox being indicted,"Tiy.whojn Messrs.
Barton .and Axuicks were,employed as counsel. °
“Onmption of Mr. Barton, apetitionwasfilod,
setting -forth certain exceptions to the presentment
of the sq ca/feTGrand Jury, whichwasordered to
be recorded. ■ The exceptions briefly alleged ille
gality in the selection and drawing of the Jnirors,-
and upon" which lho counsel 1 asked tile court to
quash the indictment.; ’ ■ ' ; ‘ ;
“Messrs. Barton appeared for the
defendants,,and Messrs. , Reed aiid Fisher for the
Commonwealth'. ’After a careful and lengthy ex
amination of witnesses, and much display of legal
ability and ingenuity on both sides, the opinion of
the court was given on Monday morhirig, (the 36th
nit.) in; a lengthy andleamed examination of all
the facta and the law. Tbelndictmeßt was qflash
; ‘ ; ;■ 1 ' • "
: ’ jS» qiat nan i Jnflga - Pontsa’s
fijitiraly to its great lengtli,) giving bis roasona for
pnsteriy production,,
jjnd campletelyTalalfiea all tho extravagant stories
:of ,biaß infln
.encmg the court, In it .the law and thq testi
mony are clearly laid down', and cannot fail to, bo
satisfactory,W every; intolligent r man.ih the com?.
munlty—a few -bigoted- anlimnaons always, ex
cepted. Wo would even recommend a-careful,
perusal of the opiriion to our neighbor of tile Her
ald, whoso good scape will at once lead him'to
perceive that, in his remarks jast week, his excited
feelings led him to "grossly .slander an honest, in-,
telligent and upright citizen and Judge.,
> ANTIMASONIC WHIGS,
Speculation is rife .in regard to the choice of
candidates of the whig, antimasonic party. How
- will these political tacticians manage to satisfy both
fragments o'f thio amalgamated mass?, The simple
question is, will the independent whigs succumb
to the fiat of antimasonic Penrose, or will this grea
sy plotter and little band of trained cormorants fall
into the rear of the leading Clayitcs? Will true
political sagacity allow the wliigs longer to con
tinue the dupes and supple instruments of this ill
starred adventurer? Will they still suficr the few
remaining antimasons to choose the candidates,and
then quietly yield acquiescence therein? -Have the
whigs of Cumberland less spirit than the whigs of
other counties; and .will.they be whipt into the
support of the disorganizing Penrose, who was
driven out of the whig Chambersburg Convention?
—a man who has crushed every cause to which he
has ever attached himself; who has less political
foresight than any other unprincipled caterer for
popularity in the Union; and whose mean, paltry
and shuffling schemes have continually exposed
himself and his partisans to profound contempt and
ridicule. The progeny of-this unnatural connec
tion will bo brought into existence in a few days.
To us it is of little consequence, since wo can de
feat them with equal facility single or united.
The Herald continues to libel the character of
Mr. Ramsey .by base inuendocs, without daring to
give a decided affirmation to its charges. This
course is as disingenuous as it is shallow. The
community know full well, that the bitter animosi
ty—joined to envious malignity-harbored by
Penrose and Crabb against this gentleman, would
suffer no occasion to pass, if they had but. the
slightest basis' upon which to rest, to lacerate and
destroy his reputation. The falsity of the insinu
ations—however covertly made—arc well known
to all who are acquainted with him. The asper
sions are known to the traducm; himself to bo
groundless; and, therefore, the wilful'reiteration of
them, evinces a high degree of moral and malicious
. disjjonesty.
® ' But the amazing profoundly of the editor’s rea
soning is even more strange than the discontinu
ance of his mercantile pursuits. Why apply his
remarks to Mr. Ramseyl Ho did’nt name liiml
Did wo name the antimasonic editor in our re
marks,_to which he took exception, in an impotent
tirade against us.(the. senior editor)!Did we give
half as many indications to identify the individual,
as ho; and yet how promptly and unconditionally
did he ascribe-to himself the fitness of what wp,ut
tered? Were we to say, a senator ‘well known in
this district,’ an off-oast of the democratic ranks
conveyed himself, in fee simple; to the U. S. iiank,
for a suitable quidprfflfao, could there bo any dif
ficulty in ascertaining the individual. We should
think not; and we Should regard him who could not
instantly point his finger to the mart, as little bet
ter than a simpleton. So, also, wo regard the
moral editor, in his silly essays to divert attention
from his manifest conviction of a most wicked li
bel on our esteemed" Congressman. Will he dare
to give the authority Upon hvliicli he makes it? In
return "we promise him to substantiate all that we
asserted, which seems to have so greatly milled
his tender feelings. Now we, witli good reason,
may ask, why did the editor appropriate to himself
ourobservatiqnsl are there no others to whom they
might equally applyl Go, ask the god-father of
bankrupts, if some one in his numerous (lock does
not answer the description! If there be none, then,
truly the coat must be a tight fit.
Speech of the Hon. Ciias. J. Ingersoll.
We have read with much interest the remarks
of this gentleman at the late Harvest homo cele
bration in the county of Philadelphia, His com
ments on the subject of banking are strong and to
the purpose—wo extract the following:
The deception which has been successful,
of palming off .paper on people for gold and
silver, is as mere a fraud as wooden nutmegs,
but much more injurious than that small
frttud. It is the grand imposture of modern
times, amf the great antidote of free govern
ment. Witchcraft is less foolish (and re
spectable quakers were hanged for it) than
thet slight of hand by which thousands of
our pour deluded fellow townsmen arc sold
to'the evil spirit of "paper, money. Witches
are poor devils. But money-mongers are
terrible loco-focosthat-go off by-spontaneous
Combustion, and, like burning‘prairies, con
sume all before them. Borrowing by dis
count is the subtlest of seduction, the very
worst of all ways of being led intq tempta
tion. Accommodationjjhper is millions gam-i
bling in millions. If one. steals a cent it is
-larceny; but if one hundred incorporated,
cheat-widows and-orphans of nll they-have
by paper money, they are privileged by law,
to do it, and go to church" like gepjlemen.—
It is wonderful, how a free and considerate
people can submit to such absurd wrongs.
The paper money-mongers are at once sui
cides and fratricides. They destroy money,
morals, law, order, industry, liberty, equal
ity, and property. They ruin the very
standard of value. Where is the,use of
Congress being empowered by the constitu
tion to fix the stand aid of weights and mcas
urcSjOf every, wild-cat bank can unsettle it;
make a yard four feet long or one as it please;
a bushel, hold or a gallon; a pound
weigh an ouncc Or two pounds? Gambling,"
habitual intoxication, betting on elections
and other misdemeanors, are nothing to’this
monstrous vice and immorality. Police re
ports' and insolvent courts are. full of its
perpetratora and victims—-jails not so full as
they niight be. - It is.not the crazy instru
ments of the contrivance who are so much to
blame; as the system itself,'which is fatally
false,-and ought to be exposed. Tha best
men in the world could not make W other
than very bad. Jit is incredibte how the few
lead the many iii this matter—How they
pinch the poor and cheat the rich—the poor
rich, too blind to see the hands filching'them.''
Tlii' system is- rotten to the core, marrow,
hones/ add all—dishonest, Unlawful, imprac
ticable and ruinous. . > -• . : ■
- It-is common to talk of an aristocracy of
wealth; but-hs, in my humble opinion, gamV
bling on credit?seldom, if ever, leads g?
wealth; it is .wrong-to call ttm apes oF aris
tocracy, it .raises frbm'aU fblirs to ivalking
upright,’ an aristocracy? of wealth; for they
have no wealth. Instead of presenting 1 a’
yieW of this part of the subject now, how
ever,! mu st I cave thattail of the aristocracy
for some'future: exposition; and close at
present,by one practical and personal illus
tration. There was a poor village boy, of
humble parents, who managed as he grew up,
by good conduct to work his way along, till
he saveth some-money,-by-practising as a
/lawyer. He.resisted tlie temptation ot spec-,
ulation, thbugh.it wps rife all about him, and
stuck to his business.-- 'While his acquain
tance were most opthem all agog for making
money by banks and other corporations, and
hunting their fingers by discounts to get
ricli in a day, ho preferred investing his.
gains in land, and leying it Tie like seed to.
ripen and boar, fruit. By such investment,
ns often happens, he grew rich, so ricli- that-
Jte said he was ashamed for thinking so much
of it. His neighbors finding bjm trustworthy,
called him into service, in the state legisla
ture, and he gradually rose from one place
to another, till he became such a public fa-,,
voritc, that crowds,of people welcomed him
like La Fayette, wherever he went, and es
pecially cpuntry.people. - Some say he drives
a.gilded coach, with servants in fine liveries,
which if so, is not like his taste gcnerallyr
though probably it is a. handsome I .equipage,
as he has become President of the United
States, supplied by law with liberal means
to maintain the dignity of that elevated sta
tion.
Messrs. Editors.—Hitherto my pen has
remained idle; hereafter it shall be active.—
The malicious .dishonesty of our political
foes under the command of the talented
Senator and his vagabond hireling has driven
me from my purpose to suffer the coming
campaign-to pass without sharing in the
stormy convulsions. Not ..content to flgat
down the stream of corruption, upon whose
fetid surface they delight to riot, than which
themselves are eyen more rotten, they spread
far and wide weekly emissions from their
contagions carcasses. With tiger ferocity,
they have rushed upon private character;
they have dashed their blood-stained talons
through the veil that shelters individual priv
acy from public scrutiny; and ruthlessly lap
ped their murderous tongues in the mangled
character of the honest, the respected and
virtuous citizen. -Having long buttoned on
the accumulated mass of carrion that befouls
their undisturbed precincts—pandering to
their keen and fretful stomachs—(hey have
overstepped (he limits set to their nauseous
breathings and sought to slake their gory ap
petites in the blood ot prostrate virtue.
The reputations of men, who have eschew
ed the vices and crimes of which these,
ghost-ridden offenders are guilty, with as
scrupulous anxiety as truth shuns the col
umns of the Expositor, have been maliciously
and liberally assailed’with the blackest as
persions, the fabrications of their depraved
hearts. Moral and social worth, the domestic
privacy; the characters of.men who are nei
ther candidates nor to political
favor; ay, every virtuohs quality and every
upright man, .whose honesty and respecta
bility magnifies, by contrast,'their own de
formed and hideous crimes, have been tra-
duced with the like malignant'spleen. Un
willing to measure a man’s worth, by his own
acts, the misfortunes of others are ascribed
to "him as vices, and where this fails, the
forgeries of jealous and craven souls are re
sorted to.
The regard, hitherto, shown to political
foes, less- wicked and debauched than the
hoary-lu aded conspirator and his conscience
seared abetter, shall no longer continue.—
The private citizen and the honest man shall
go unscathed: the conduct and calamities ,of
the dead shall never, under my pen, be a re
proach to the living; but the acts of moving,
animated beings—who have and. will again
be the courtiers of public favor; who roll in
the exuberant rankness of successful fraud-
ulcncy; who move the secret springs that
deal out filth and pestilence; who grin,and
chuckle at the infectious iSsues of their ma-
lignant cilvy—these shall be bared to the
marrow, and the rankling poison that courses
thro’ their foul veins shall be"Het out into
public view—This repository of‘dead men’s
hones’, shall be opened to the-common scru
tiny; and whilst the gambling bankrupt per
severes in Ms crusade mi private character,
we shall, on‘each successive week, place in
•the" "prisoners box” a trembling culprit—
arraign him at the bar of insulted justice and
convict him of high and grievous offences—
the aider and countenancer of this wicked
hireling’s, schemes.'
With the venal bank
rupt, reiterates charges and.slanders.against
resp'ected and respectable men, which never
had existence but in his own brain-begotten,
in the belief, thafothers might do as he has
done—gamble away his substance, and then
compound with his creditors at the enormous
"suin’of ten. cents in the dollar. His charge
against others is empty; devoid of truth 111-
e very-particular, We defy.Jiiiu to.his.proof..
Where are his facts?- where his testimony
of time, place and circumstances? Gome, a
vowed debauchee, abandon insinuation, oiler
us something’ tangible! give us more than
pointless assertion. Present evidence which
we may bclieve.or we will present to you
evidence which you must credit: at which
your honest feelings will revolt: which must
unsettle your religious convictions of the
integrity of those, and they are numerous,
whom you have supported for public fayor,
llnd whom you may again support.
- We f hall present on the. point of the fork,
the densest crowd, one by one, of private—
public men—depraved by the grossest-vices,;
and'criminals of the foulest frauds that ever
felt the searching glance of the. many-eyed
public: We shall hold forth, until withered
by the burning gaze of a.wrpnged and insul
ted contraunity, the husband libertinb:-.the
yellow b'earteii conspirator: the gambler for
the people’s".liber tics: the orphan’s and-’the
widows’- robber: the hired slanderer and
thievish swindler— alfpady
rebuked aspirants to public'- honors. The
defences of rank; wealth and proud aristoc
racy,; shall riot iiitimidate us in-our task.—
The gandy flippancy of impudent bravado
and the factitious pomp of 111-gotten wealth
shall "not deter—it shall only stimulate" us
on, to tear off the inask from - the vaunting'
Mali decent aiul all talented’’?fratei'nity,eveh.
more corrupt than the cemetery ofthedead.
But perhaps, cliaste' moralist,, these are
friyial-.deUnquencies?'and. besides,-they rare
of privatO-Concera 1 .True, but da vyoti hold
transactions? r Do you not,
moreovcr. wish to know with whom you-herd
and- whom you keenly, supported for public
office-, that you may for the futureravoid the.
like or is.itno impropriety" tp ac
cumulato wealth, to plot The nation’s ruin
and plundcr the public virtue?. '
Why," honesty,, do you level
your,battery against the gambler and wine
bibber; and do not poise the lance against
those greater wrongs—the public robbery
& debauches? Why'are they such monstrous
crimes and these so slight? Of all you have
been arraigned • and convicted, yet of that
which is most hateful to society, you observe
a.mysterious stillness. Come, then, till yon.
reform these greater wrongs, silence as to
less. Expose to the public eye the dark
deformities in the.; dishonest Acquisition of
wealth of the proud sons—the branded repro
bates and family rubbers —whom you strenu-'
ously advocated Tor office and whom you
know, to revel in the rank luxuries of life,
whilst forty plundered families cry in penury.
Do you expect our silence in regard to these
..injuries, whilst you carp at trifles, and, in
their absence,;use the poisonous pen of slan
der? Whilst you thus continue, look for a
full reprisal: expect to see your proud com
peers, one by one, driven into the public
market—the scorn of honest men. .
7"- MARQUE.
Agreeably to notico,given by the Standing
Committee of Cumberland county, the dele
gates elected in the different townships and
boroughs met in County Convention at the
County Hall, in Carlisle, on Tuesday the
3d day of September, 1839. The following
gentlemen produced certificates of their c
lection, and took their scats as members of
the Convention, viz: -
For the Volunteer.
Mien— Col. Lewis Hyer, Samuel Eckles.
Carlisle •—James H. Graham Esq. George
Mathews.
Dickinson.— Dr. ,T. Aid, John Moore.
E. Pennsboro\ —Jno. Kecver, Jno. Swiler.
Erankfonl —James Wallace, Esq., J. C.
Snydcf.
Hopewell —. Robt. Elliott, Capt. J. Carson.
Monroe— Michael Mishlcr, Benj. Krcidcr.
Mifflin— Robt. Lusk- Esq., JacobChristlieb.
Mechanicsburg —Snider Rupley, Dr. A.
11. Van II off. -
Newville —Jno. Waggoner, Jas. Gilmore.
Newton —Thomas McCulloch, Esq., Wil
liam Gracey, jr.
New Cumberland—lioj). R. Church, Wil
liam Brooks. jr. - ,
North Middleton —George Wisc Esq. Da
vid Cornman Esq.'
South Middleton —Robt. C. SterrettEsq.
George Smith Esq.
Silver Spring —Adam_L.ongsd.orff, David
Lehn. . Vj -- : .
Southampton —Janies Eelso, Thomas II:
Britton. , .....
Shippcnsburg Borough —Joseph P. Nev
,n, William-B. Cummins.
Shippcnshurg,
Hugh Craig.
West Pennsboro' —Janies McCabe, Na
than Woods.
• The Convention was organized by ap
pointing ROBERT R. CHURCH, Chair
man, anil Joseph P. Nevin anil Roar. Husk,
Secretaries—after which the following tick
et was duly agreed upon, to he pre
sented to the Democratic Republicans of the
county for their support, viz:
Assembly,
ABRAHAM SMITH M’KINNEY, of Hopewell,
JOHN ZIMMERMAN, of Monroe.
WILLIS FOULK, of South Middleton,
55 The following gentlemen were appointed
a Standing Committee for the ensuing year,
viz:. —Jacob Baughman, Jason W_Eby, W.
Gould, Carlisle; Capt. Jacob Dursheimcr,
Mechanicsburg; James U. Woods, West
I’ennsborough; Michael Rust, bilvcr.Spnng;
’John Stough, Newton; Lewis Hyer, Allen;
Hugh Craig, Shippensburg township; Robert
Giflin, North Middleton; Abraham Bret/.,
East Pennsborough; William B. Cummins,
Shippensburg boro’; David Wherry, Hope
well; John Waggoner, Newvillc;. John Stu
art, South Middleton; Solomon P. Gorgas,
New,Cumberland; Michael—Mishlcc,.JVlon,--
roc; Hugh Kyle, Dickinson; Isaac Christlieb,
Mifflin; John Snyder, sen. Frankfurt); J. B.
Duncan, Southampton. ■" ' „, .
Committee to draft an Address.
H. Gallaugher, Esq., Gen. Jas. Lambertbn,.
'Jas. Wallace, Esq., J. Moore, (Newville,)
John Miller, Dr. Ira Day,
"Col. .Lewis. Hyer, John Clen Jenin, JEsq.:
William Z. Angney. "
The following resolutions were then unan
imously adopted:
Whereas, thB amended constitution directs
that' one person shall be chosen for the office
of Sheriff, and we have observed in the coun-
ties where the opponents of the democratic
party have the majority, candidates for'that
office have been nominated by. the County
Convention. • ■
And whereas we consider nominations for
office by a convention coinposcdAf delegates
representing every township aqft borough of
a. county, as the only mode of ascertaining
public sentiment.Tihd at the same time effect"
"ting concert and unity of action.in the,sup
port of candidates for office, therefore, v * >
Resolved, That we earnestly recommend
tojthe democratic party of Cumberiand,coun
ty, the propriety of nominating hereafter ; a
candidate For. the office of Sheriff by the
county cbnvention. iii- the same manner that
candidates for office, are usually nominated;
believing that the selection of candidates in
this way is .most in* accordance with demo
cratic usages and principles, and the surest
way of securing the continued triumph’and
ascendency of democratic men & measure*
against'the reckless and-combined effort'' 0 '
an aristocratic minority, whom we hay' r £-
cently beheld attempting to "retain TK , | er
resorting to buckshot and ball car.'mS 0
suppressthe popularwill.as expi o“®° through
the ballot box. \ fl,
-■’. /?eso/«c(/, That the scenfe?'™® o^6 " ar r; 1
Jisburg. in December laaL^ a " loudly.upon
every friend of our rep(!' ! can ,n ®Elutions, i
to throw to; the wtnd< a " personal feelipgs i
andprivate and unjte witli zeal, i
energy and entlii' l^ 11 ' .thb,- support. of the ;
ticket this darf om,nated » and thus stamp
with a lasting: infamy, as well the
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLICAN
COUNTY CONVENTION.
Township —John Ferree,
Commissioner,
ALEXANDER M. KERR, of Frankfonl.
Director of the Poor,
SAMUEL ECKLES. of Allen.
Jiuditor,
THOMAS 11. BRITTON, of Southampton.
Prothonolan/,
GEORGE SANDERSON, of Carlisle.
Register,
ISAAC ANGNEV, of Carlisle.
Recorder and Clerk of the Courts,
treason attempted to be perpetrated, as the
trattOfs who were actors m the scene.
Resolved, That we pledge ourselves indi
vidually and collectively to use all fair and
honorablemeans to secure the success-of the
ticket this, day formed, by a majority of not
less than 1000. ....
-— Resolved, That these proceedings be sign
ed by the officers, and published in the Ame
rican Volunteer,
(Signed by the officers.)
ROBBERY.
On Friday night the 23d ult., the dwelling
of. Miss Mary Fulton/an elderly maiden lar
dy residing near Shippensbtirg.was entered
and’robbedof twelve hundred dollars in spe
cie, by three men. who appear to have been
adepts in the business that led them to her
residence. She had living with her, a brother,
and'two young women. .The brother was
knocked down by the robbers, one of whom
demanded the money of Miss F. and threat
ened her-with instant death if the demand
was not instantly complied with. The money
was soon obtained, and the rubbers left. In
the mean time the two young women had
succeeded in escaping from the house and
alarmed a neighbor, who in hastening-to the
scene saw three men on horseback who were
doubtless those engaged in the robbery, but
were permitted to pass without suspicion.—
They afterwards abandoned “ their horses,
to enable them, it is supposed, the better to
secure their plunder;
Since the above information came to hand,
a young man of this borough, by the name
of James Cadopo, has been arrested on sus
picion of being concerned in the above rob
bery, examined before a magistrate in Ship
pensburg. - and committed to jail in Carlisle
to await further trial.
Since the above was in type, Cadow lias
been released from jail, by giving security
for hisTippcarance at the next court.
C/tambcrsburg Repository.
THE €AM PHELL TUI AI,
Since this packed political jury returned
heir verdict, many of the jurors have solemn-
ly assevcred that not one single charge made -
in that letter of Rob’t Campbell, was Found
ed in truth; nay, they have unqualifiedly de
clared that DAVID R. PORTER, was s as
clear as the child unborn of all these slanders
—but the reason that Campbell was let off',
upon, puying.all the costs, was that they were
made to believe that if they would convict
him— all tlis civil rights would be taken from
him forever. They all say that Campbell
was guilty, but they thought the five hun
dred dollars it would cost him was as much
as he.could bear! This from a jury—polit
ically selected—political in-the"t)nx,-and
talked to during the whole week when op
portunity offered.by a squad of political and
moral scoundrels. Thejurors were told they
had the whole power and not to listen to the
charge of the' court; their sympathies were
enlined on the ground that Campbell would
be ruined forever; and still no man upon that
traverse dare this moment say that Campbell
was not guilty in manner &form as he stood
indicted. The costs being heavy, they icon- .
sidcred that as sufficient punishment. Th§
hangman looking culprit may draw his so
lace pibm that. But if for political ends,
through political designs the acts official and
otherwise of political villains the veryjfoun
tains of justice are to be corrupted, then
farewell to any other means of redress but
the pistol and the dagger. All good citizens
will agree—and do agree that such a state
of things as we last week witnessed put an
end to civil government! • ■’
We will publish the whole testimony' in
this case, that the jury of the whole people
may sec it—that we may know whether their
verdicts will not be.cm eternal condemnation
of the conspiritors and villains with double
costs!!.' Every man-present who heard
the,,evidence was' convinced of the total
falsehood of the charges made against Gen.
Porter; were convinced that the defendant.
though he had perfect latitude, failed to rriaTTe.,
hut the truth of one single assertion; and the
people shall also be convinced of the fact,
and the black and damning villainy of the’
leaders-of the- federal party;- /hr ive-shall
publish every title of , evidence given upon
the trial, even to that of a. w. benedict and
Jacob C less well .—Huntingdon Advocate.
IIAEP.I3D:
On the ISth ult. by-the Rev. J. Ulrich,-
Mr. IlenrylFkitcomfio Miss Isabella Mitre,
all of Monroe township. 2 _
On the 15th ult.,.by the same, Mr. Jacob
Goodyear, to Miss Mary Jinn ZeWes.'all of
Monrte township.
On the same day, by the same, Mr. Jlmos
Ifoidley, of Silver Spring township, to Miss-
SitsahMillei', of Mechanicsburg. , f
<sn the same day, by the same, Mr; TFm.
Ndscew, of Harrisburg, to Miss Susan
Spangler, ofthis place._
■DIED:-,,-
In Newton township, oh the lath ult.,
Mrs! Isabella Irvine, consort of. Mr. James-
Irvine, in the S6th year of her age,..
On Friday the 9th ult. hear Middletown,.
Dauphin' County, Mr. Jlnthony Emerich, '
formerly of this borough, aged' about 55
years. . _ /
. Oil Monday morning, the 26tli ult,, in \V.
Pennsboro’ township, of Dysentery, Isabella
Josephine, youngest-daughter »t Fergus R.
a'nd Elisabeth, Kerhan. '
On Sunday evening last 'in thisßorough,
of a lingering disease, Mrs.-- Jlloore. •
In Adams county, 7( 1 inoi sV/m i h e7t hu 11.
Mrs. Catharine-Ji
Wyke, and daugb-'Cr of J onjreGrubb.former'
iy of East Cumber
land county.'. ' ' / . "
. ■ ■ ATTENTION . .
1 ART Slili B Ryl-
Y.ou are ordered toparade.at the Armorv
on Monday morning next, at 9 o’clock, in
winter uniform, w|th knapsacks and at least
one blankot and one pair.of 7 ; \vhite. pantal-
forthepurpose of making a' military
tourtoGreen Gastle. . .
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Carlisle, Sept. 5,1859 i: *