Itmony was given before, them, to. suffer
• ' fvhose. presence would, have .been 'equally a
violation pf .tlieir,oaths, or what is more pro*
■ bablc, judging from the appearance of the
hand writing, that if is the work of a certain
—brokcndown-politicianvoncokthe prosccu-
V ■ tors of the alleged rioters, from a neighbpr
. . .ing county, who is now in'the enjoyment of
the last office, the people will ever confer
upon him. ;
In cither case, how dare the members ’of
" this acting grand jury look their fclfow cit
izens in the face, after.the solemn oaths they
took to perform their duly, arid “ the com
monwealth’s oßunsel, their fellows and their
own to keep secret, and to present no one
. for envy, hatred, malice, or ill will?” Some
of these considerations are matters of histo
ry; others are known to the people of Dau
phin county,’and, do_ not need to be repeated.
One of the conspicuous performances of
this acting grand jury, was to return a bill
' of indictment sent to’ them, under all due
forms of law, against a certain Theophilus
Fenn, for a wanton and attrocious libel up
on an unoffending private citizen, in no way
connected with politics, charging him with
all species of knavery, fraud and swindling,
and with conspiracy with others to cheat,
defraud and swindle, not a true bill, and di
recting that for his having the audacity to
ask redress against Fcnn, of a jury of this
county, he should pay the costs! The wit
nesses sent up to the grand jury.on that bill
proved the offence complete; not even a sha
dow of doubt could exist on any impartial
man’s mind. The character of thisrjnao
Penn is too notorious to require description.
This jury heard the proof—they knew his
character, and they knew his politics too 1
And yet in the face of open day, they in
terposed their official shield to screen ..him
from punishriient, and exerted their - official
power to mulct an injured, unoffending man
in costs,Tor seeking redress.under the laws
of this commonwealth!
ln reference to all the bills of indictment
mentioned in their siiid presentment, the
court and the public can perceive at a glance,
their readiness and anxiety to fasten crimi
nal charges upon all the individuals against
whom these bills were framed. The plain
provisions of the act of assembly were dis
regarded—the decison of the court in ac
cordance with the act of assembly set at
naught, arid every principal of criminal law
nnd natural justice trampled under foot in
the pursuit of this object. And all these
things done forsooth by n body of men act
ing on their oaths nnd affirmations, nnd ar
rogating to themselves the exalted character
ofgurdians of public justice! I submit it
to the public and the court to determine,
how far the guardjanship of public justice
is safe in the hands of such men, and how
." far any opinion-they may express is entitled
to the-,confidence p or the respect of the com
munity.
In the said presentment made against me
the idea is sought to be inculcated, that I
refused to send up the bills against the per
sons charged with these offences at all. The
facts I have already referred to, and the re
cords of the court will,show that this impu
tation is shamefully false. I refused to sign
and send to the grand jury none but mani
festly illegal bills of indictment, and I offer
ed to sign and send to the grand jury any
■ and all bills, the moment they Were drawn
in conformity with the imperative requisi
tions of the law. I rejoice that this pre
sentment has been made to the court. It
bears upon its face such intrinsic marks of
the ignorance and the malice of those by
WhomTtTs signed, as to brand it & its auth
ors with infamy forever. It is not aTittle
gratifying either to me, to reflect that it orig
inated in the same principles and in the same
feelings, that dictated similar bills of pre
sentment from similar grand juries, against
Jefferson, Madison, Jackson and many oth
er distinguished patriots for faithfully dis
charging their duty. With my humble pre
tensions to the notice of such assailants, it
is gratifying I must confess, to havo f been
thought worthy of this pitiful attempt to dis
honor and calumniate my conduct. This
presentment, I trust, will be deemed by all
candid and impartial men who examine the
facts as they really occurred iri court,- as
about equally injurious and derogatory to
my official character as was to his official
/character, the presentment made against Mr.
Madison for endeavoring to defend the flag
and honor of his country from foreign in
sult and aggression, in the year, 1813 or 1814
• by a certain grand jury not far frqm the. Ca
nada line, the foreman and several of the
Reading members oT which, as it afterwards
appeared, had-beqn recently furnishing to
the open enemies of their.country, provis
ions and other necessaries of war. ~
If this acting grand jury can acquit itself
of the gross --ignorance, palpable falsehood,
and alarming disregard of solemn oaths'
which I have branded on its front, I shall
be happy in its escape from'the heavy judg
ment of public condemnation; The mem
bers of that body caiv stand before the pub
lic only in two characters, cither as under
standing the law and wilfully violating its
. provisions in order to calumniate me: or as
the blind and servile dupes of others, who
to accomplish the same end, have procured
and used them as their willing instruments.
Thosri who aspire to the first class should
be visited with the severest reprehension,
and those who belong to, the latter deserve
onlypity or contempt. . ......... ;
■ _ I have made theße observations entirely
in self defence. J I have been wantonly and
-. maliciously assailed for doing precisely what
the court sanctioned and approved. I have
explained the facts so far as I think it ma
terial to do’so, and have satisfied ail I trust
who are willing to hear nnd believe the truth,
.that my course has been scrupulously right.
I have also briefly to some of the
claims which this grand jury have to their
assumed office as .guardians of public jus
tice; T cheerfully submit the issue between
them and me to the .court and to the public,
and am ready, to abide their decision be
tween us. : . r
•I respectfully ask that this replication
may be filed of record with the . Said pre
eentment. • :
OVID F. JOHNSON, Attorney Cent,
' Harrisburg, ■ August g4 t . 1839,.
Afovtmmtvf TroossJ~~k. detashraani of
U. S. Dragoons, left Carlisle .Barracks yes
~ terday morriihg for Port Leavenworth, Mis
souri. It numbered about 100 fine looking
»He»,jandi wa« cemmamled .by Xieaf. Rvn.
AMERICAN
CARLISLE:
THURSDAY, SEPTEMER 10, 1830.
OVRFMjJitt.
“Now our flag is flung to the wild wind free,
Let it float o’er, our .‘father land,”
Arid the guard of its spotless fame shall be,
Columbia's chosen bajid!"
FOR PRESIDENT'IK 1840.
MARTIN VAN BUREN,
AND'AN - . *
INDEPENDENT TREASURY..
DEMOCRATIC COUNTY TICKET.
Assembly,
ABRAHAM SMITH MTCINNEY, of Hopowol
JOHN ZIMMERMAN, of Monroe.
Commissioner,
ALEXANDER M. KERR, of Frankfoid,
Director of the Poor,
SAMUEL ECKLES, of Alien.
Auditor,
THOMAS H. BRITTON, of Southampton.
Prothonotary ,
GEORGE SANDERSON, of Carlisle.
Register ,
ISAAC ANGNEY, of Carlisle.
Recorder and Clerk of the Courts ,
WILLIS FOULK, of South Middleton.
The presentment of the mis-callcd Grand Jury
of Dauphin county and the replication.of the At
torney General will be found in another part of
this paper, to "which "We invito tho attention of all .
our readers. -
Our readers will have to excuse tho lack of va
riety in tho Volunteer from now until tho election.
The campaign promises to be an unusually excit
ing one, and wo shall.spare no pains to meet the
enemy man to man at every, point they may have
the temerity to assail. , Our political opponents
have become desperate, and are disposed to spare
-neither, age, sex, nor condition in their attacks.
Wc therefore adopt as our motto—“ war to the
knife, and thojenife to the hilt.”
• Gentle reader! have you perused the last num
[ her of the organ of, “all the decency” of Old mo
ther Cumberland 1 If you have not We beg you
> to provide yourselves with a pairtof tonga and a
smelling bottle, and thus armed, examine at such
a distance as your nostrils will permit, this .most
villainously vile nuisance, which seems to have
become the spittoon of the loafing vagabonds who
surround the u talented Senator,” and expectorate
upon its surface the morbid humors of festering
‘corruption. Disgusting and degrading as the task
mayi.be, Vc advise you nevertheless to look'updh
, the spectacle it presents. r You will require no
microscope to discover behind the black and mis
shapen types, the scowling visage of a jiqary
headed traitor to honesty arid who,
das-like, sold his body to the Bank of the United
Stales, arid his soul to the arch fiend for,filthy lu
cre. , Wo entreat you to pause a moment and ex
amine the features of the blasted withered
iaco before you, and to note in every lino the broad
delineation of treachery, malice and cowardice.
Now ho grins a ghastly smile, and you mark the
hypocrite who dares to seat himself at the feast of
the “chosen flock” of the Saviour of mankind,
dipping his polluted hands into tho sacred vessels
of tho Church. Now his cadaverous visage re
laxes into pale and gloomy melancholy, and you
behold before you the genius of despair, who once
on tho broad and sunny pat}i of happiness and ho
nor, has committed the unpardonable sin, and,like
some-incarnate devil, sits brooding over the abyss
of pain and torture that qpens before him. A con
sciencc-seared wretch, who wanders with the
mark of Cain upon him, doomed for a time to bear
through thesworld tho clanking chain of a guilty
soul, reviled'ahd rejected by all good men. The
slave of fevered passions and the victim of abject
fear, he starts as he walks at noon-day in the rifer
ket plaqe at the reflection of his own craven im
age, and'a lamp-post impresses him with the most
awful anticipations of retributive justice. Bought
and sold like a dog, he tremblingly follows tho
whistle of his master, and is hissed on or hissed
off, at a beck or a nod—whilst he droops beneath
the honest gaze of those whom ho has cheated,
swindled and betrayed. InsTigatecFSy”"the fientf
ho serves, he seeks retirement with tho toad arid 1
tho bat to pour forth bitter and holl-erigenclercd
maledictions upon those whpm he dare not meet
in tho public arenaT This is the skulking hypo
crite whom you will behold, peninharid, cnditing
calumnies against the honest and trustworthy, and
scattering far and_wide the Sybillinodeaves.of in
famy and* slander.
liocff' ogain, and you may observe crouching be-'
neath his footstool, tho Servile slave of want and
starvation, who, bankrupt himself in name, and
fame, catches with a greedy car tho lisping ac
cents of impotent wrath, hoping to earn his two
pence per line for . every character murdered and
every reputation blackened. Immersed to tho
chin in the nauseous poo) of crime and infamy, he
wades'forward amidst the oozing mass of putres
cence lhat-sends forth pestilence and disease upon
the breathing world,-a grim and ghastly .figure,
Tantalus-like he looks to. the -shores on either
hand crowned with verdant lawns; ahdtrees laden
with golden fruits—but to him ovciy sight and
sound in nature seem but the mockery of departed
spirits. Degraded by deep end damning prosti
tution to a level with the briites, as such he wal
lows in the filth, that surrounds him. Tho pen
that traces these lines is unworthy of the task as
sumed, and is thrown away in disgust when we
seek to indicate in legible characters the vices in
cident to this creature, marked man by some ac
cident, but whoso .lecherous nature should have
stamped him monkey, or his doltish inanity, pla
ced him amongat the quadrupeds of tho Asinine
race—a wretch who lives only bli breath of
scandal,-and battens oh the scanty drippings fur
nished forth at the price of defamation.
These, O reader! are the. hissing things whose
finked tongues have been displayed to your view
c—whoso TBvaa-lika eroakijige have grated harsh
ly upon yomt'.oate. , -ThCbe ctfvihe unclean ani
mals, whoso tortuous windings tmdsintioaatjoarao.
have marked with their poisonous slimo_c?ory re
treat sacredtoman—until hnnted forth by com.
mon consent as tho offspring of Satan, hateful
alike to natare and humanity;: Monstorsin ini
quity, “ whosc 'cnd is hot yet,” but whcse.deetiny
must,Booher bf later, be sealed by the insulted'
laws of the landj which in ihe mountains and
vallies cry aloud for vengeance upon false-hearted
oorisjiirators and traitors.,- .'Let the note betaken
tip by every friend of liberty, and echoed through
the sound-swell like the roar of
‘many wetcratuntilinaßlted-JiisncE shall herself
Btaythe tumult amT-point tq Her victims!
'Hi q ’ Sired"; slanderer of jhp Herald expresses
wonderful anxiety for what ho is pleasdd to call
“the county democrats. 5 ’ ■Ho wishes to make a
division in our ranks'by creating local prejudicea-
To Ai'mj it would bo .a more creditable task, to seek
4)omo honest means to defray the just claims of liia
creditors, than to utter hypocritical laments about
“the county democrats.” What cares this whi
ning sycophant about our honest yeomanry! *He
regards them so far, that ho would fain seduce them
fromthpir conviction* of tho rectitude of Democrat
ic principles, to boeome'the, instruments of their
own destruction. Ho would willingly blast any
man’s prospect jaf subsequent political advance
men, if subservient to his own ends. ; Ho would
[ crush the brightest hopes to gratify tliq malicious
purposes of his oraven-souled master. Why does
ho feel anxiety for the worthy sons of democracy
in the county! Does any fail to discern his object!
Is any so blind as to lend an ear to his mean,* af
fected complaints! A pretty subject indeed, to
instruct honest and intelligent men! Verily,
teachers will bo scarce, when a miscreant, who
was expelled from.the democratic party, because
of his venality and treachery, is asked to enlighten
them!
Tills decayed politician would gladly alienate
their republican affections, in order to harness them
to the tfuek car that is hurrying tho lazar Penrose
and his yelping hireling to tho Lazaretto. What
is offered in return for their mutiny againstestab
lished and invaluable party usages'? He inVitbs
liem to destroy democratic organization, in order
that they-may once more bear the yoke of Penrose
and Crabb—the legitimate propertypfjhc hang
man. The inducement is-lrresistible indeed! To
join from selfish motives an ignorant, malignant,
corrupt, disgraced, treacherous, shattered and pros
trate party, or rather fragment of a party, could be
the act of none but a simpleton or a bedlamite.—
A fool or an idiot might bo induced to it; but as
well might the father of sin hope to allure into tho
regions of despair the immaculate spirits that riot
in the joys of an eternal paradise, as for this ser
vant of lhe prince to expect tho con
currence of a ratlonaLbelng in the shallow devi
ces ho labors to effectuate. .•
Now who has the unstrung traitor directed to
offer in opposition to tho democratic nominees?—
’Whence come the briefless pettifogger, and the
hcarless dolt, whose piodest aspirations roach only
to tho public service?. Whence also comes tho
whiskey-making candidate for Director of the
Poof! True they are .from Carlisle and its im-,
mediate vicinity, hut ? theh~ftey~are whigs 7 and ,1 ii
the ej’es of a BuckshCtonian, this is a, sufficient
apology. ■ The offence is unpardonable only when
perpetrated by the .rascally democrats. What a
mong the'whigs is pure propriety, is among the
democrats downright fraud—-such is their consis
tency and honesty. Wiflflhls glaring, fact before
his eyes—conscious that these shallow-brained
aspirants offer under Antimasonic auspices—tho
.Bankrupt yet tries to foment dissension in our
ranks by the cry of local neglect., . Nevertheless
it is but “vanity and vexation of spirit.” f '
The liberality of democratic feeling and thought,
differs essentially from the narrow minded course
of the Buckshotonian .party. Among democrats,
the consciousness of republican spirit and action,
worth and fitness, make up the qualities which
command a ready and willing support in the elec
tor. Dismissing the hollow petulance which
would prompt every man to ask his neighbor’s
promotion to public office, the free-hearted demo,
crat seeks only to know the claims and competen
cy of the candidate. Regarding a democrat aS a
democrat whether from above or below, from the
north or the south, lie considcrs the whole; not in
dividual benefit. Unwilling to make self-promo
tion, or political predilection tho cause of party
separation or opposition, the generous-thinking
republican spurns the mean and tampering. offers
of his illiberal opponent. Ho smiles in scorn, at
the sycophantic earnestndss of the crying foe, w_ho r
essays to bribe, by the pitiful expressions of “par
ty neglect, party oversight„and party ingratitude,”
to self-destruction. Asking “what can these whi
ning cheats, wljo hav£ ever opposed under a hun.
dred-different banners, the social ’and political
welfare of the whole people, mean by their ■ sud
den conversion to friendship and eager indignation
at the neglect of Mr party .claims,” the disdainful
democrat turns aqidc, with tho conviction of their
of his simpleton’ counsellors. Principles not in
dividuals;-measures not men, are tho‘{*uiding mo
tives of the genuine patriot. Party unanimity
and action, necessary to repress and crush the
traitorous plans of political foes, offer sufficient
incentives to sacrifice personal claims and parti
al itiesfqr the peoples good. Individual advance-
bows in deference to the common welfare.
‘THE FIVE FOOLISH- VIRGINS. ’
The imbecility patched. together by the Anti
masonic-whig convention, meets with a col<i
greeting from the people; Many of that party are
disgusted with the shabby materials af which
their ticket is composed and will not extend to it
their support.' It cbmbines neither talent, charac
ter, consistency, popularity or any other quality or
combination of qualities, which gives it the remo
test possible chance of success. To concentrate
their, strength, to give character and respectability
to . their party, to unite the jarring elements of
.which it is framed, or to reach their usual county
vote, no. selectioncf men could be more unfortu
nate. ';'
Piper has been an unsuccessful office-seeker for
many years; he opposed twice, as a volunteer the
democratic nominations;.and deserted the party
because unwilling to elect hiim right or wrong—
He has since lurked in the camp of the enemy, a
deserter from the democratic tanks,.- Such a man
who would sacrifice principle to self-promotion,
who.would abandon fids duty and professions from
spleen at his defeat, would make an unsafe; npt' tp
say a dangerous .representative. Of Shelly little/
can be said, because little,is known. -This” mail,
who was politically, born on the tidy of his nomi
nation, unknown, obscure;'without® public char
acter or reputation of any kind-led into the course
cinly to bo defeated—.will pass away os ha cams
“unwept, nnhonored and unsung."
-ClippingcTfthe ex-sheriff, is well known as an
easy, simple-minded g—g-loving matywho neither
has nor pretends to hWeany merit, capacity or
popularity.—Like an old woman, ho harm,
less for of against you.- -The next worthy has
gained mil his political distinction as an; aid-de*
camp in thd Buckshot War. Ho is one of those
individuals who," with more zeal than discretion,
appealed at Harrisburg to wrest from the' people
their rights, and who, is now, rewarded for his
conduct, by a nomination for an office'which he
will never fill.—This deluded distiller, maddened!
by hid appointment in, tho Buckshot .War, is
transported with a desire. for political notoriety.—
Without ability or personal popularity, he reaches
after fruit he can never attain.
' As to Williams little need bo Said farther than
that he is a sprig of an old federal branch, iden
tified with ourfooa and willipgto serve.the sover
eign people if they elect him, which they are. not
going to do. Thus you have in a single cluster as
bright a specimen of puisne stunted fruit as ever
hung from a decayed tree.
.These are the men, whom the Antimasonic
whigs ask to bo elected. These'are the five foolish
virgins," who have tak,en lamps without oil, and
whose flickering light will cease to" shine on the
second Tuesday of next October.
The Borough cabal ofthe BuckshotoniansJtave
determined to fasten on the whig-antimasons of
the County, two, and, perhaps, three of their mean
spirited caitiffs, as candidates for the county offices.
The’‘grimaldi’ banditti duped the convention, un
der the specious pretext that democratic volun
teers could bo prevailed upon to offer; but, with
the real purpose of compelling the Whigs tb sup
port the;hungry and growling jackanapes, who 1
are the cringing dependants of the distempered
Penrose. Already two have offered and a third is
named; all from Carlisle, and all the -“very ours
that bark in unison with this prostrate reprobate.
Will’the whigs, who heartily despise this conspi
rator, submit to such dictation! Will, they allow
themselves to bo chiselled out of a voice, in the
selection of their candidates? Will they succumb
to the artifice, which was intended to over-reach
themselves by the grasping knave who laid the
not? ’
Portor tho man of modest pretensions, who lays
in a proposal for Prothonotary, is tlio mere instru
ment—flexible' as the seamstress’ thread—ln the
hands Cf the vain Senator. This briefless petti
fogger, who formerly professed himself a demo
crat—but always a disposable force in the* potty
'schemes of the Biddle-blooded traitor—was thrown
into the swaddling Cloth of tho big bank, after his
patron’s miraculous conversion thereto, and strange
to relate, ho underwent an entire 'metamorphosis.'
A complete revolution was offectcd'in hispolitical
feelings and principles: he thought, talked and
acted differently from what ho had previously
done; .in a word, he now thinks, prates and docs
as Penrose.
Watching tfio movements of this political shut
tle-cock, he himself to a-similar
motion, and thusTs'not his own man, but the man
of a man. /Driven-to and fro, as circumstances re
quire,—atone time packed over tho mountains to
edit a venal-print, at another an applicant for office,
again a fortnight prothonotary,- 6ncp more a pracr
Using attorney, and, now, Jie appears as a candi
date for the people’s' suffrages. Destitute alike of
talents, merit, political stability and public confi
dence—with nothing save impudcncQ.and self-im
portance to commend him—he aspires to tho office
of Prothonotary. It is for you, people of tho coun
ty; to say whether such a wavering, versatile anil
henpecked bping,is worthy of your confidence and
support. If you wish,for your officer a gosling,
elect this man.
Halbert, who has'Jong had an “itching palm,”
with more modesty would be satisfied with the
office of. Register. Ho could slake his thirst-for
qaso and political distinction, for three years, upon
this little public bonus—a prelude to something
better—as a seat in Congress or in the Senate of
tho U. States. Great things start from little; tho
majestic oak.from the tiny acorn. This towering in
tellect—rugged as the Alleghenies;' expansive as
the Atlantic-,—would be a whole regiment in the
phalanx of the enemy; a mighty battle-axe wield
ed with tho strength of a giant.
Seriously, now,' upon what dops this man base
his claims’ Like his compeer Porter, he has tho
merit of-political inconsistency. Ho has, more
over, the claim of a total incompetency. He is
likewise a mason sailing under antim.nsonio colors.
Besides the deficiency of education, a defect in his
organ of hearing a-strong objection to liim
’as a public officer! This alone is a serious argu
ment against his-electioh. An active and efficient
public sorvaftf- should have the "full use of all his
senses.”
Why, it has been inquired; does Mr; Halbert
seek oflicel W’hy should lie abandonlus trade
one of the best ill being, for the cares and anxieties
of official responsibility? ’We can only answerby
saying, it has been whispered that this gentleman
-is-awfully-harassed-by-a-most-pestiferous-diseascr
w.hich is vulgarly called laziness. He wishes to
put himself in a position in which hq,_may freely
nurse and cure it. The remedyho proposes is his
■being mqdo it Register. ■ ;*V , '
The Buckshotonians have been in great travail
since the formation of their ticket, about candidates
to run for the county offices; - Many of tho demo
crats hayb beeh harassed by the importunity of the
town-gang of jowlersand jugglers, parasites and
swindlers,, jackalls andigrimalkins, who are sup
ported on tho ill-gotten wealth of the “talented
Senator.” Several honest and respectable gentle
men of our party have been assailed and teased by
these heartless knaves, to volunteer in opposition,
to the regularly nominated ticket; but our friends
have manfully rejected every mean proffer of the
howling curs. .Creatures, whom they bitterly de
test—the more tools and nourished automatons of
their ears t#ith whining ex
hortations; with expressions of encouragement,sup
port and certainty of success; yea, with every thing
which ignorance, yileness and falseheartedness
could suggest, in order to win their consent'to op
pose bur ticket; But the addle-pated dolts were
compelled lb retire with the reproof, that all?are
not scoundrels like themselves; that there are yet
some upright men'whq place honor and. principle
above every other consideration.
; The croaking buzzards fihd'buzzing drones,'do
ing the bidding of . their keeper* were illtent to es
trange the affections of these gentlemen from.their
long, cherished principles; to thrust them into the
political field; and then, abandon them to tho few
friends which personal popularity might secure;—
Kesolvod to run their own favorites—the darling
steeds nourished in the stalls of PenroSW-ithey
were anxious first to start on the democratic track
os many candidates as their hypocrisy could in
duce to Submit to a poll, and thus strike from the
regular nominees as Brack-strength as possible.—;
By this futile stratagem th'ey wished to diminish
the republican.vote to a point below their partizan
force in'the! county. . Thus they hoped to over
reach a feW:Uli|Bßpecting democrats; to make then;
the scaffold by which they might erect.tireirscan-'
ty pelitioallsriirioe, / and then laugh, through their ]
security, at the simplicity of those who aided them
to their success. But the sheep-biters were driven
back, with the rebuke that men never cut their
throats to gratify gaping fools and grinning asses.
“The locofocos arc circulating a report injuri
ous to ono of our * cah'didate^ , *~Bays'the Herald.
The report in circulation needs no help from the
democrats to give it more extended publicity. Al
most every man, woman and child in the commu
nity ,know it to be a fact that the Buckshotonian
ticket contains-the name of one man at least upon
it, who is notoriously intemperate, and, although
a Vory clover man in other respects, is far from
being qualified by either education or habits to
transact- satisfactorily the business of the county.
Perhaps, howevcr, a decent lecture fronvlho moral
and religion* editor pf the Herald may have a good
effect upon this candidate of his party, and induce
him to desist from any more indulging in the poi
sonous beverage.
Whilst upon this the sober Mr. .Crabb
might as well turn his attention to eradicate the
root of the-evil. - After he is done with the poor
inebriate , ho should devoto‘anothcr lecture to tho
manufacturer of liquid poison, another of these
immaculate wights who holds a conspicuous place
upon the Buckshotonian ticket. * If the editor is
really sincere in his opposition to drunkenness,
he ought, *ln addition to rcj&cting the drunkard,
discard at v oncc the individual who is guilty of
manufacturing the obnoxious article of spirits.
Let him remove the cause of the evil and the effect ‘
must necessarily cease.
We merely throw out the above hints to Mr,
Crabb, as ho has recently become a kind of eenior ,
morum in this county. He .will doubtless af)- ,
predate our kindness, and profit by our rccomrrien- <
clarions'. More anon. 1 i
THo Antimasons were treated somewhat cav.
aliorly by tho late Buckshotonian county conven
tion. The federalists and apostates (formerly *y
clepl State Bights men) run away with tho antic
ipated loaves and -fishes, honors, and every thing
else, and did not leave so much as a crumb for
poor despised antimasonry., They literally kick
ed them root and branch out of the party, and have
-actually taken'possession of every thing. • Look
at their ticket— Shelly, Cltppingcr, Henderson, JVil-
Uams y Noble4''llalhert, arc all up to the hub federalists
—while the apostates have taken the balance, viz":
Piper- Porter. Was cYer_ party so scurvily
treated as these antimaspns are? But, in addi
tion to taking all the nominations, the federalists
and apostates have'also excluded theif quondam
friends from their Standing Committee. In proof
of this look at its complexion in this borough—
Messrs. -Devor and Noble- arc - federalists, and
Messrs. Crabb , Porter , Early and TVeavcr, belong
to ‘what was formerly tho State Rights faction.
If the genuine antimasons in this borough and
county can stand this prescriptive policy of the
present leaders of tho opposition, then are we mis
taken in their character. A little time, however,
jump into the traces and pull lustily for their hard
and unfeeling task-masters, or whether they will,
like men, resent the gross insult upon their former
character and standing.
“ Who is a certain locofoco Congressman, but
the son of a bankrupt, himself living in affluence
by the sweat of his brow?”— Herald & Expositor.
And who did tho Peg Beattyites oppose to this
gentleman last fall for a-seat in the Congress of
tho United States, but 44 the son of a bankrupt ”
whose estate divided seventeen and one-third cents
in tho dollar— 44 himself living in affluence , whilst
his father's creditors arc shaking hands with hony
fngeredpoverty.” Tit for tat, Monsieur Tonson.
Come again, and we will point out amongst the
felons emblazoned on the Newgate calendar, the
identical gallows looking culprit who stands god
father to a hopeful 44 son 1 * and heir in banleruptcy
and vice,.whose avocation to gain a livelihood com
sists in slandering his betters, and pandering to
tho dep'raved appetite of the bankrupt son of Judas
Iscariot who sold himself for thirty pieces of sil
ver.
Price nf Treachery. —The federal party appear
to be fond ofrewarding rencgailes. If an individ
ual wants favor in tho eyes of that party, just let
him renounce his democratic principles and his
fortune is at once made. Look at it. In Phila
delphia, the federalists have nominated for office
the notorious Jesse R. Burden and Sahuei. F.
Reed— and in Cumbeifcmd county, Samuel Piper
and William -M, Pouter —-all notorious for their
apostacy frqpi, and treachery to tho democratic
party. ■ . •
„ State Bdan. —The loan of $2,054,000, for the
purpose of carrying on tho public improvements of
thoStatqrhas atlengthbeen'
States Bank. The rate of interest is 5 per cent.
Y ellow Fever. —This scourge is still progress
ing in the South. Tho total number of deaths in
Mobile, during the month, of August, was 140 i
At New Orleans, on the 2d inst„ there were 15
deaths at the Charity Hospital, and 15 new Cases
pot admitted. On the same day.there were 15
intermentsyexclusivo of the deaths atthe : Hospitalf
of persons who died with tho fever. The “Bee”
estimates the deaths, for the week ending on the
15th ihst., at about 32 per day. In -Charleston,-
(S. C.) the disease is also progressing;
Eleclion News. —The election in Maine
has resulted.in favor of the democrats by an
increased majority. Gov. Fairfield is, re-,
elected by a large majority, and the Legis
lature is decidedly democratic.
In Vermont, where the federalists have
heretoforehad from 6 to 10,000 majority,
they have’ now elected their Governor bv
only, about 1000—and in the S tate Legisla
ture, the democrats have carried, a majority
in the House of Representatives, and run
close upon their heels in the Senate; ; So we
g»-. ’
O! the odious Sub Treasury! How un
popular with the people 1.
NEWS FROM EUROPE.
24 Days Later — The News is Favorable.
The steamship Great Western, Copt. Hos
ken, R. N. arrived at New York on Tuesday
from Bristol, which place she left on the 24tli
August, having .beat the British Queen out
twenty-four hours.‘Business of a Blinds
was decidedly improving. The intenßence
altogether wears a favorable aspect. Smrge
amounts of specie had been reccWed fir the
BankofEngfand. - > ..
/ . ' ESbllsil MaY-lERS. ■ *’
Parliament's to be prorogued Aug. 3Hh.
J The crops afe favorable from all parts;
and the harvesting-good.
- The proposition of Mr. Spring Bice,-to,
fund $4,000,000 had not succeeded.' •
’ Matriage of the Queen.—-The Morning
Post speaks; positively, bid this subject, and
nsays that it is fully settled that Albert Fra
cis, son of the reigning Duke of Saxe Coburg,
is to be the happy man. She .has had so
many "happy men” picked out for her, that
there is no believing until tye hear of her
wedding.
United States Bank Jlgency. —Tl/e agen
cy of Mr. Jaudon has ceased in London, amt
hereafter the bank will draw on Baring,
Brothers & Co. Mr. Jaudon will spend a
few months on the.continent, and return to
the United States in the spring.
Thom France.
The French . opposition journals loudly
condemn the Treaty with Mexico. •
' - The wheat harvests in the north of prance
were most abundant, and the price of bread
i in Paris had fallen. -
A fire in the forest of Mondrieux (France)
has destroyed £20,000 worth of timber.
■The French'King .was to proceed with his
family, Aug. 21st, to his Chateau of Eu. near
Dieppe, to pass some time. The Duke of
Orleans and wile had visited Bordeaux and
met with a cold reception, such is the com
mercial distress in tlfnt city from the odious
duty on colonial sugar. An important
pamphlet has' been published by Prince
Louis Napoleon, advocating his claims- to
the succession of the French throne. Anoth
er pamphlet, entitled the Crisis, a-review of
the Prince’s work, and sustaining his pre
tensions* has been published, supposed-to be
written by Lord Brougham. The Paris
journals are- severe upon both, and boldly
accuse Louis ofbeing under the influence of
Russia, with the imperial family of which
empire he is said to be anxious to ally him
self in marriage. This rumor, and the par
don of Barbes, by Louis Phillippe, have
dampened the republican peal for the Prince,
it is said.
the East.
'A report prevailed that (lie Pasha of Jan
ina had-raised the standard of revolt. The
reported occupation of Bnssora by Kuesbhid
Pacha is s7tid to have been confirmed. Prince
Milosch had, since the death of his son Mi
lan, forwarded to the’ Porte a new claim to
be reinstated in his t-'overnment.
Mehernct Ali is reported to have declared
to the European Consuls, (hat he did not
mean,to detain the Turkish fleet, and that.it
was at perfect liberty to return to Constan
titnnde.- ... --.s/.
The Sultan lias deferred to reply to Me
hemet Ali’s pacifie letter until the decision
ofihe five great powers should be known.
It was reported Hafiz Pacha, tlic defeated
Turkish general, had, with 4000 troops, gone
over to Ibrahim. ' Saturday Courier.
FEDE&AL BU.CESHOTONIAK,
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VnYEvpjP BTovCxzt iieTclS
Anitilsrtimatioii 'l'icket.
Assembly—SAMVEL PIPER. JACOB-SHELLi'.
Cumnitssiouer—JOHN CLJPPINGER .
Director of-the-Pour — W-M. -M. HENDERSON .
Auditor—LEWlS H. WILLIAMS.
Prgthmmtary— WILLIAM- M. PORTER.
'Register—JOHN HALBERT.
Recorder and aerie—JAMES NOBLE. ‘
• V MAMISDi.
On the 2thh July, 1838, at Salem, N. J.
by the Rev. sUHerson Eewis, Mr. Paul D.
Carter, of Carterville, Delaware Co. Pa. to
Miss Cutharinf\Elizabclh, eldest daughter
of p. Bell, Esq.\f Carlisle.
On the 29th ul\,by the Rev. Henry Au
rand Mr. J. I.e.plhird, of North Middleton
township, to Miss Catharine Losh, ot Car
lisle.
On Thursday last by the same Mr. Ben
jamin Pepper, to Miss Ann Fickes, all of
Dickinson township.-
On Thursday the sth inst. by the Rev.
Mr. Thornton Mr. Jloudabaugh to Mis Sa
bina Shaw, all of Cumberland county.
By the same, on Tuesday 17th inst. Mr.
IV. C. Gibson, to Miss Priscilla E. Keeney,
all of this place.
In Shippensburg, on the loth inst. by the
Rev. Mr. Roily, Mr. Jacob Fridley, of this
place, to Miss Ann Margaret Alliek, of the
former place.
On the 29th nit. by the Rev. J. Ulrich,
Mr. David Cromleigh of Mechanicsburg, to
Miss Susan Emminger of Silver spring
township. > '
" On the sth inst. by the same, Mr. Isaac-
Miller. of Monroe township to Miss Mary .
Lobaih of Alien township'.
On the same day by the same, Mr. Elios,
I.ochlin of Frankford township, to Miss
Elizabeth Schdmbach of Weat Pennsbpro’
township. =
On the same day by the same, Mr. Jacob
Clay to Miss Racliel Finktbiner, all of
Frankford Township.,
On the 26th ult. by the Rev. ,W. T. Sprole,
Col. Joseph A. fVierman of Woodstock, Va.
to Miss Catharine Ann Cox of Adams cp.
. ----- DIED; - •
/At Charleston, S. C. Rev, Abraham Cauff-
Jnan, formerly of this vicinity.
Mo-North Middleton township, on Monday,
the 2nd inst. Mr. Jacob It eibley, aged about
70 years. The.deceased was sitting in his
chair after eating, enjoying the_ pleasures of
his pipe", when he suddenly expired.
On the 29th ult. in Shippensburg, of a
lingering disease, Mr. Charles Anderson,
aged about 45 yearp.
Piano Fortes tbr Sale.
Mrs. Hoffman, on Chesnut street, hear
Front,, has. for sale four splendid Piano's
which'she will dispose of on Very reasonable
terms, as she is aboutremoving from Har
risburg.
Also, several excellent Guitars, single and
patent screws, and a variety of choice music; ,
Sept. IS), 1839. St,
Estate of William M. Reynolds.
NOTICE. -
Notice is hereby given that letters of ad
ministration with the will nnnexe'd, in due
form of law, have been granted to the sub
scriber oh the estate of William M. Rey- •
holds, late of Shippensburg, Cumberland. .
County, deceased,—therefore o all persons>
knowing themselves indebted to the said es
tate; are requested, to make immediate pay- ■
ment, and those having any just .claims to
present them withonfdelayi"
GEORGE M’GINNESS,
' Adm’ri with the wijl anhexed.
■ Shippensburg, Sept. 19,1839. 6t
FOR SALE,
first-rate Piano Forte.
Enquire of the Editors of the Volunteer-'.
July 18,1839. . .