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CARLISLE:
TIIiruSDAYvUECEftIIIERS, 1830.
ova. i'lj.k*.
“Now our flag is flung to the wild wind tree,
Let it float o'er our‘father laud,” •
•And the guard of its spgtlcss f imc shall be,
Columbia's chosen oanUP* . . . *
FOR PRESIDENT IN_ 1840,^
MARTIN VAN BIIREN,
AND AN . J /
INDEPENDENT TREASURY.
Some interesting Foreign nows will bo found
<ai our first page# •
Meeting op CoNbnESs.-*-Up Id flio time our
paper went to press on yesterday we had not a
word from Washington, relative to the election of
Speaker, &c. -Whether therefore tho House of
Representatives did or did not organize on Mon
day wo are not able to say.
Much difficulty was anticipated at tho opening
‘of tho session, on account of the contested seats in
New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Illinois—-particu
larly the former. Five federalists from New Jer
sey pretend to claim seats and participate in tho
business of legislation, whenjt is not oven preten
ded by themselves or their political friends that
they were elected by a majority of the people;—
blit they have a certificate from a federal Governor
and federal Council, and this is deemed all-suffi
cient.
A similar gamo was attempted to be played off
in Harrisburg 1 last December by Penrose, Stevens
nod Co., but without effect, That this second o
dition of the Harrisburg conspiracy will likewise
«ignaljy <jaU, we. have a doubt. Right and
Justice must triumph over Fraud and Villainy.
, Wo, look with considerable anxiety for the nows
from that quarter. If the House was organized on
Monday, we shall receive tha President’s Message
to-daj', and shall lay it entire before our readers
in-our next. -,
JTbUf For#.—-The Albany Argus contains a statc
mentof the .majorities in ftp di grant counties of
the State of New York, at the late election, as re
turned officially to the office of’the Secretary of
Sfate. Prom this statement it appears that the
aggfegato Federal majority in thcjivhole state is
BJS97. In 1837 their majority was 15,213; —last
yearHt was 10,421. The Democratic gain last
yearupon the vote of the preceding yonr, was
.4,792—and the gain of the last election over that
of last year, was 6,724* V
Next fall we expect Mr. VarTßuren 'to sweep
the State b]j a inajority of at least 10,001).
Mj&stssippi. —The official returns of’tho election
•in Mississippi are not yet published—the majority
however, Governor M’Nutt,-thc democratic
candidate, is about 5,000. The democratic candid
•dates for Congress, Messrs. Brpwn and Thomp
son, have nearly .the same majorit}'.
There will be about 20 of a Majority on joint
ballot in the Legislature. This will secure the
election of a thorough going democrat to the U.
S. Senate.
Special Election, —'Flu; following are the major
-itiea in the different counties composing the 14th
Congressional District, at the special election held
•on the 20th ult. Had there been a full turn out,
■<?en. M’Cullough’s majority would doubtless have
been much larger.
M’Cullough (deni.) Irvin, (fed,
i 2GO
196
33
'Centra,
Mifflin,-,
Clinton, "c
Huntingdon,
Democratic maj;
Tennessee IT. S. Senator., —Ws learn from the
Nashville Whig, that the election'for IT. S. Sen
ator in the place oCMr. Foster resigned, was made
Try the Tennessee Legislature on the 18th ult. On
The first ballot Felix Grundy (formerly U, S. Sen
ator) was elected. Mr. G. is the present U. S.
Attorney General.' , • 1
Wr. Foster was vote 4 for by tiro Federalists.-!,
The vote stood: Grundy sG—Foster -I t. 1 ■
•. Judge White 'tho other federal Senator from that
■ State, has not 1 yet resigned—and it is doubtful
■whether ho will eyinco the magnanimity that char
. motorized the conduct of his colleague.
Quick Work.— That.part
■was destroyed by-fire, on the dth.and 3th of. Octo
ber last, has been rebuilt with splendid stores and
-warehouses. One of the stores, 87 feet deep and
four stories high, belonging to Mr. H. White, was
rebuilt from the foundation, in the best manner, in
' twelve working days. Tie following inscription
its contained on a marble tablet; on.tlie front.of the
.■store: . ' '
, ■ ‘ , The, store house on this site,
-Ahd.fifty-one other buildings in this vicinity,
Were destroyed by the Great Fire, “
On the'dth and sth of October, 1839.
... HEBUILT a. d. 1839.
KS. Bank.— -By n stiftoment of tho affairs of
: tthis institution, published in the Harrisburg Re
porter, it appears thatjbh (hoist of August last,
the circulatioh of its paper amounted to $5,933,.
3p!t-rbeing an increase of paper over the corres
ponding period of last year 'of $7i7,917._ The.
ppeoie in its vaults "at tho above mentioned "time
-was only sl,32s,oB2—whilst on the Ist of August
1838, U amounted to $7,357,137—5h0wing a loss
<of specie within the lasf'yearj or since the resump-
V--.tloa, of $6,032,255. .
The Reporter declares as opinion,
•tint this Bank is utterly' liwo/rcnt.-. that her bona
:Cde resumption ds utterly impracticable; and tliat
the remaining banks in Philadelpbia and through
out the States, must prepare for, resumption and ;
resume without tho bank of the U. States entering
anto thoir.calculation. • r ' ■
'Ohio Binis. —All the Banks iri'Ohio have re'su
ined „tho paythehl of specie.- When will the ‘great
•Regulator’ permit the Pennsylvania Banks to act
ionestly with their creditors! • ■ - '
’ Jurymen Look Ovi. —ln'the Court of Criminal
, of Philadelphia, on the 20th alt. a niim
yi>er of absent jurymen wore fined $2,0, each."- Tire
sßlsstjurersiroai the crowd
■of . ‘
483
350
Farmer,
£.. In Harrisburg..--
Rkmarks.—l -was ■ somewhat- amused - in
reading last .week the articles copied above.
The perusal of them called to my mind the
story of the individual who undertook to lean
over a mountain. Aware of (he magnitude
of his undertaking, Tie-thought It absolutely
necessary to take a gilod start, and for this
purpose he retired from the base of the
mountain to the distance of about two miles.
Then turning and gaziiig< upon its towerin<r,
summit with a proud eye and confident .aii°
he - started ;-in fine style. After careering
gallantly-over- hill andrdafe, he af
the foot 6f the mountain “a puffin and a
bliiwiii,-’ and then—and then he—sat down
to rest! Just so with the.bank ridden-edi
tor of the Lebanon Courier, and his worthy
colleagueoftne HarrisblirgChroniilei -Com
mencingin a’flashi they end in smoke. Like
the. Bclf confident leapcr they start amazing
ly wellj flourishing tl.eir gonse quills a S
gracefully as askijful swordsman would his
bright and piercing rapier.
The editor of the 'Courier, prefacing his
remarks withrthat ugly and nlwavs itnwe -
xo.ine.nnd formidable won!— meanness, goeh
on with a string of epithets which proclaim
tb* virtuous and vnbought indignation of an
A GENERAL COURT MARTIAL
Is to be held at the public house of George Bcet
em, Esq,, in this Borough,, on Monday tho 30th
inst., for the trial of Major General SamubJl Al
exander, upon charges”dnd specifications exhibited
against him by Liout. Col. Foul*. The members
composing, tho Court have been detailed as fol
lows, by tho Adjutant General; .
Maj, Gen'. Gteo. Hartman, 3d Division,
* l John Potter, 10th Division,
‘‘ Adrot GnßCN,.Bth Division,
Brig. Gen. Jacob Glatz, 2d Brig. 4th Division,
“ H. B. Jacobs, Ist Brig. 4th Division,
w . Edgar S, Price, 2d Brig. 3d Division,
“ Jacob Upp, Ist Brig. sth Division,.
“ William High, 2d Brigi 6th Division,
A. P. Wilson, 2d Brig. 10th Division.
John Ki Findlat, Esq; of Lancaster, has been
detailed and will officiate as Judge Advocate.,
Court Martial is now in session at the
house ofCapt. William Moudy, In this borough,
for tho trial of Majors Alexander and McCartney,
and Lieut. Crcigft, on charges preferred against
them by Lieut. Col. Foulk.
The Federal Antimnsonic “Union and TTarmo*
ny” Convention, to 'nominate candidates for Pres
ident and Vice President of tho United States,
met at Harrisburg on yestprday. We shall bo a
blo to give our readers some idea, of what these
representatives of tho. great defunct party have
dose la our next.
Penally for running awnyivilh an officer, —Some
time since, as tho Sheriff *f St. Louis went on
board the steamboat Gen. Brady to make a levy,
tho. Captain, James. Gonzallis, raised the steam
and run away with both boat and sheriff. At a
late court tho Captain was tried for tho offence,
found guilty and fmed SIGS 33. -
Enlisting So/dicr*. —lt has been decided recent
ly by Chief Justice Nelson, of New York, that a
person under the ago of twenty-onb may enlist as
soldier in* the service of the United States, with
the consent of his parent, guardian or master, if
any he have—but enlisted without such consent it
is void. If, however, be have nep living parent or
guardian, or master, then his enlistment is good
arid binding. ‘ -
/ . For the Volunteer.'
MAJOR RAMSAY AND TDK BANKS.
“The ttvo following articles, from the Har
risburg Chronicle & I,ebamm Courier, (two
violent federal papers) go to show wliat an
honest man may expect .when he makes a
demand upon the dishonest shaving shops of'
the day for what is fairly and righteously his
due.
From the Lebanon Courier.
Meanness.— A United States office hold
er, (Stefrett Ramsey by name) made a con
sidefable'displayjicrc on Saturday last. By
some means or another, probably by the ex
sessed of several hundred dollars of the notes
of the Lebanon Bank. With this money he
strutted into the Bank, in a very consequen
tial manner, and demanded the specie. He
had no notion of suffering the banks to goon
in their lawless course, without severely re
primanding them. Indeed, lie expressed his
intention of spending several weeks at Har
risburg next winter for the purpose of indu
cing the Legislature to take away their char
ters. What a mighty man he must be!!—
Of course the specie was refused, as the
country banks arc of necessity compelled (0
suspend whenever the city banks do so. He
then demanded an endorsement of all his
notes, which was politely done. Afterwards,
fully to show the mean, petty spitefulness
to actuate him,"he instituted
the bank, before different justices of the
peace! He strutted and swaggered about
as if he could command , the funds of the
whole nation, and took good care to inform
bur citizens of what he intends 1 to do when
he comes again! He reminded us strongly
of the Frog in the Fable—and if he should
share the same fate, it will neither beamat
ter of surprise, nor of much regret.
From the Harrisburg Chronicle.
JHr-- Editor: —l- met in a- tavern jn-this-l
place the other day, a person who-Sfated
himself to be an officer under the Geiferal*
Government, anil a native of our neighwfe
ing county, Cumberland, He was boailf!l|'
of the war he was making on the banks
1 1 is~nativc~c ou n ty “and State; that lie • hail
commenced a number of suits against the
Carlisle Bank, had- a quarrel with the offi
cers of the Middletown Bank;, and was just
lon his return from Lebanon, against .whose
Bank he had brought thirty suits. On in
quiry, I learned his name was Ramsey, an
officer in the Navy L who, instead of attend
nig to his pliblic dufics,. if.he-was qualified
-to-perform-them-rwas using the influence of
Ins office to injure the credit of our State
banks. As 1 have heard many complaints
against, the officers of the Federal Govern
ment interfering with our state elections and
state policy, I would ask, you to give this
article an insertion in your widely spread
paper, in order that the "public may know
and be on.their guard against this bar-room
politician, who it appears is paid by the ' r e
neral government, for his-expenses in trav
elling through the country to injure the crc
,dit ot the banks.
honorable mind at what it conceived to be
• indicative of a corrupt heart and designing
i intellect. But is" there no other solution for
• this man’s zeal than hohest indignation?—
1 The true language of this knight of the
i "stick” is mcthlnks as follows: “My mas
. ters, (the,officers of the Lebanon Bank,) you
have often spread my-bread with white but
ter; and fed me with the pabulum vitae of
this world; in return for this godlike benefi
cence nature prompts me to make some re
turn: do you command and I will obey—do
you start the game, and I like a well (rain
ed and wbipt bound will eagctly’pursue it
and hunt it down.. And in addition'to pre
serving your goodwill, I shall also subserve
the interests of my very '.dear brother who
has the honor.of presiding over yourinstitu.
tion, and wbostj future subsistence depends
upon the preservation of the Bank.”
These crotiching anjl fawning sycophants
of a batch of corrupt money changers, can
not realize the magnitude of that man’s de
pravity who would dhre to ask bis own of an
unlawful and law-breaking corporation.- To
their parasitical souls the manifestation of
independence on the part of a freeman is an
unnatural monster, the disgusting progeny
of meanness, spleen and hate. The manly
assertion of one’s rights, to their craven
hearts seems identical with the swaggering
and boasting of a braggadocip; and the fear
less course taken to recover one’s ozon, re
semble!', these bound slaves'would say, the
conduct of the lawless and blood-stained
bravo. The Banks, knowing full well that
the ramparts thrown up for their.defen.ee are
feeble as the spider’s webnindlight as gos
samer, endeavor .'through the instrumentality
of their bought and fettered pensioners, to
drive back all who might feel desirous of as-_
sailing them. Hence, when an individual"
has the manliness to brave their ire and set
atnought their threats, commands are issued
to those Editors whom a bonus hah made
friendly and subservient, to open the batter
ies of slander, detraction and.falsehood, and
pour vollies fierce and destructive upon the
devoted head of the hardy offender.
In-tbe present instance, Maj. Ramsev, be
cause he honestly, fairly and justly desired
the Lebanon and other Bank's to fulfil their
promises which he laid before them, is de
nounced hy their editors as mean, vindictive,
petty, spiteful and unprincipled."- He is said
to remind the sapient wiseacre of the. Cour
ier, of the Frog in ihe Fable; —verily friend,
Tam Inclined to think that your loved Bank
bears a still closer analogy—for if we.were, ;
to form'an opinion in view of its wondrous
flatulency,- the conclusion must be that it
will sOon “nusT.” Your rotten concern,
like an inflated balloon will fly away and i
mingle with the clouds whenever the cords t
which bind it down arc severed in twain. .1
From my knowledge of Maj. It’s charac
ter, I feel .assured in saying-that these cdi
“barked up the wrong Tree.” Aware of his
riglfts and acquainted with the means of ob
taining them, he will unflinchingly'persevere
in the course marked out by reason and jus
tice. Like a good citizen, and (rue to his
obligations as'a member of the community,
lie endeavors to discharge his duty. Were
weall.as firm and decided as Major R. Our
land would not be cursed, yearly with (he
blighting plagues sent on us by gamblers in
stocks and heartless speculators. The coun
try would nut be deluged with (he lies—“the
promises to pay”—of institutions which are
'irresponsible for their swindlings. The hab
its of deception, hypocrisy and villainy, en
couraged and fostered by these paper shops,
would be-as our friend says, effectual
ly “nipped in the roof.” The farmer for the
produce of his farm—the artizan for (he re
sul(‘pll'liis skill andTlm laborer for theToiT
of his hands and the sweat of his brow—
would hot be offered as a worthy equivalent
for all these, their mean, contemptible- and
worthless fagS; which are in-reality.beneath
the value of a single groat; and which can
have no more claims upon public confidence
than notes of a penniless
bankr^
Pro,
the Philadelphia Spirit of the Times.
Lttcmpted IY-turder at Xaincaster.
'Ur 'neighboring"’city*'ofLancaster” was
j row 11 into a state.of groat excitement on
Saturday, in consequence of a dastardly at
tempt to assassinate James Cameron, Ksq.
made by a person of (lie name of Robert IT.
Middleton. \Vc have learned the purlieu
(lars'from a friend, who left Lancaster in the
Saturday evening train.ljut, in order to their
better understanding, it may be necessary to
state who and wha.t Middleton is.
About twelve mohths since, Middleton
was taken from Gettysburg, (where he had
been publishing a paper for some time,) to
,conduct4he-Lancastcr~Examiner-&~HeraliL
an anti-iiiasmiic print. which its proprietors*
were anxious to dispose of. He had scarcely
set fyot in Lancaster, than the paper (-which,
while, edited by Messrs. Hammersly and
Richards, had always, though marked by oc ■
casional. political littleness, observed the
proper courtesies of life.) became the recep
tacle and retailer of every species of calum
ny against all whose position, ns political op
ponents, rendered. them obnoxious to a ccr-
fain trio ol pettifogging libellers, who shield
themselves beneath the Ifrespohsihilify of
Middleton. Indeed, on numerous occasions,
the inost respectable citizens of Lancaster,
who-took no active participation in politics,
but contented.themselves with merely voting
thc deinocralic ticlce t, were dragged by name,
inlo of this degraded sheet-, and
foully lihellciK' The individual who -was
made to father,,99 , editorials, all that the
nialice of liis itnpbr ters chose to write, had
not the slightest \wtlrahy’d
of the many assailed; and,
in numerous instances,“hSdiSirobabljr'never
seen them.
Among the many individuals against whom
his nnd the malice of hi se mpl oy era Was/ di
reefed, 'Mr.' Cameroii
"’lien thelloard of Canal Coinniiasionersap-;
pointed Jiim to the Superintendcnry of the'
Columbia Rail Road, the fury of their invec
tive kneWno.bounds'. From thuttimedown
to the very moment of the attempt upon his
life, hc.has been pursued with an unrelenting
malignity; denounced,.in every number of
the paper, in. the vilest terms; epithets of
opprobrium, without measure/heaped .upon
his head; and a mVArnpnje. 'descriptive Ufa
peculiarity ofhia person, habitually applied
to him. ■■
; On Friday last, Mr.'Ca’meroh left this city
in the'evening train for Laiicaster/where lie
,arriycdin the course of the night.. 'l'lie next
morning, happening to enter Mrs. Hubley’g
hotel, ho there found Middleton; who, for
the Brat time probably since his residence in
Lancaster, was unaccompanied by two of his
childrens Mr. Cameron'availed himself of
fhq occaaion*tb demand an explanation of the
abuse of which he had been made so long the
object. This Middleton refused to furnish;
and, persisting in his refusal, Mr. C. grasped
him by the collar. Muldleton’bawleu loudly
for protection; and, upon it being represen
ted.by the proprietor of the Conestoga-Nav
igation, that it was fie who had sent,for Mid -
dleton, for the purpose <?f exhibiting to him
a profile of that enterprise, Mr.'Cameron;
considerng him in the ligh t of .that , gentle
man’s guest for the, time, released him, and
he retreated to his office in the next square.
... About half an hour afte.r, Mr. Cnmeron
went.round .to Middleton’s offifcc, merely for
the purpose, as he stated, of insisting upon
an explanation. The instant he entered the
door, and we believe, while stating that he
demanded an explanation, Middleton, mut
tering a few unintelligible words, drew a
pistol, s nnd fired—the ball entering the right
side of the body. Mr. Cameron was imme
diately conveyed home; and, (Upon the exr
animation made by the physician, it appear
ed that the bullet had. obliquely struck the
sixth or seventh rib, and had been thus con
ducted round to the left side. The ball was
extracted; and, unless there is some internal
injury, the existence of which had not been
detected-.when our informant left Lancaster,
there are hopes of his recovery—which, we
fervently trust, may be. realized.
Middleton was immediately taken before
the Mayor and, after a hearing of the case,
•was committed by that officer to prison,
where he remains to, await his trial at the
Court of Oyer and Terminer; on
which occasion he will be presented possibly
as a candidate for the elevation of thegal
lows, certainly for the honors ofcthe=peniT
tentiary.
General Simon Cameron, (Cashier.of the
Middletown Bank,) the brother of Mr. Jas.
Cameron, was in tliis.city at the time of the
occurrence; and at the moment when, after
the arrival of the mail in the evening, he
received, the intelligence, he" was in atten
dance upon n meeting, hold at the Exchange,
of the Directors of the Lancaster and Har
risburg Railroad, he 'lmmediately left for
Lancaster, taking with him Dr. McClellan,
of our city.
- Since w riting the foregoing, we have con
versed with a.gentleman who Jeft Lancaster
yesterday, morning, and We, have also, seen
letters from .there,-and-arc-enabled to adil
the following particulars,:
There can be no question that there was
a deliberate and premeditated intention on
the part of Middleton to MURDER. After
the qccurrcnce. at Mrs. Uublcy’s a citizen of
Lancaster, (of the highest respectability)
who had seen Middleton at.thc hotel, at an
earlier hour, had occasion to call at his office.
“Well, sirj” said Middleton to him, “did
you hear of the affair I liad-after you left me
this morning?’?. Upon, being replied to in
the negative, he detailed it, and concluded
by adding, “I have loaded my pistols, ami
intend to shoot him down, the first time I
Ucc him, unless lie makes me an apology!”
This was proved upon the hearing before the
Mayor. We also learn, that while at Mrs.
Hiibicy’s, Middleton promised to Mr. Cam
eron that he would give him the explanation
he desired; if sought for at a proper time and
place;and thatMr.C. was accidontallyipass
ing his office, at the opposite side of .the
street, .when seeing Middleton standing in
the door way, he crossed, and remarked,'"l
have come, sir, to receive your promised ex
pla ” the sentence being cut short’, by
the discharge of the pistol, which the nssas"-
sin tired, (rain within the room, into which lie
had retreated, while Mr. Camcion was as"-
ccnding the steps. -
3Y° are gratified beyond, measure (o bo
enabled to state, that the murderous intent
of the ruffian has been providentially battled;-
Dr. McClellan having pronounced Mr. Cam-'
erort out of danger. Middleton’s counsel
have applied for a. Habeas' Corpus, and the
hearing will bo had before the Hon. Judge
Champneys to-day.
G RNEII A L JA C K S ON
Not long since the Philadelphia Gazette,
on the authority of somebody,jyho proved to
be bad authority, announced that Andrew
Jackson, had bid the world good night, and
-had-closed-hislong and'varied “careeTJTiriF
wait the judgment of posterity., -In conse
quence of'this error divers obituary notices
of theEx-President have appeared, and a
niong ; others one in the-Montreal - Courier;
the editor of which being himself a soldier,
felt called upon to discuss at largo the char
acter of the hero of New Orleans. The sub
joined extract shows-the - nature of it arid
will doubtless be~reail with in truest!
We iipticc by the United States papers,
that, General Jackson lias paid the debt of
nature; There cannot be said, to, he much
love For the General in Canada, for mankind
do not feel muchji(lection, usually, for those
who have thrashed them, imd Gen. Jackson
did, certainly, give the "British” a sound,
of which his countrymen'would call “a first
rate thrashing at New Orleans. . Ourpeople
talk a great deal uliout cotton bag’s and ditch
es, and the abominable awkward positioner
our troops, on the day so memorable among
our neighbors, the Sth of January 1815. —and
it is easily explained why.theydidso, because
we all like to assign good reasons when we
are thrashed; ’tis a foible of, man; but it
would be better to come out manfully, and
acknowledge the ihrashing, without making
wry faces about the matter., TheGreatßeing
never guyo us a paterit right to victory, not-:
\vithstanding the a6sertion of "Sum Slick,”
that thg British,licked the' whole EWorld.—
Wemustcxpecta"|{owlandforouroliver,' s
now and then,: ad wel l as others; it is}, sheer
folly and braggadocio to muintain any thing
e l 9e v. If the quiver of Uritauniais stuck: full
of yictories-it is as much, owing to thg great
cafe taken in the equipment ot our -fighting'
as to the excellent;.material. •”
i&V Ut *°. re f. ur b" to . the; 'New, Orleans affaif
a:^; iPlfc hatj hot been its
"braye as his sword,”, he would not 'have,'
•dreamgil of attacking our people on the asd;
°f Dccjeniber; the- force he had ■ was incre
.-althoughVa. ; not .lahoily!
to the.inncjl of thatd.elicious
inasmuch as they had.
Waterlops.as
Horse Shoe, when 'Shawnee
and fell bejpfe the white i
.J’ p.t kti J«>i 1 1 tta;; ncl ‘; w i tl»,
these he
the of ourfellows,. --:
-■'i ,i
It is true lie attacked them at night,' ac
cording to India n'tactics, but it was a brave
thing and although we gave theta their
“walking tickets,” yet we felt there wa's a--
bother sort of man at the head ofjhe foe than
the “militia”-captains of Bladensburg-and
Baltimore. His conduct from the day he
heard of life landing of the British, dll they
re-embarked,"shewed the highest energy and
the greatest skill. It is not every day in the
year militia can be got to “stand and deliver”
their fires as the Yankees did that day, and
from’such another “delivery,” Lord deliver
us. IF our men could have got over their
entrenchments so as to use" steel, we have
no doubt our neighbors would Jiavc “cleared
out;”,and this presumption is based on the
indisputable, superiority of regulars over
militia;—besides, on the opposite side of the
river, where the Kentuckians were entren
ched; they made' no stand against the 65th
and the biigade of sailors,-because the latter
got among them. But. tliey would not let
us get round their entrenchments, and we
“caught a Tartar” of the largest size. It
was a “caution.”
Icace to your ashes. Old General; (hough
we do not love you, yet we respect you lor
your conduct. From all we can learn from
the dead, we believe that seldom has nature
produced so remarkable an example of ener
gy and courage, and as is generally (he case
with such men, he was clear-headed and
skilful. Courage invigorates the other facul
ties and renders them highly .effective. Re
garding his Presidential career, we are not
so competent to speak; the Whig.party call
him a tyrant, and pronounce him as the vio
lator,of the constitution, as the kind of a'
man Who would not have hesitated to march
into the halls of legislation, and enact Crmn
itdl'or Bonaparte. The Loco-focos, mi the
contrary, represent him as the shield and
buckler of the Democracy, emphatically the
people. He certainly did stand in (he breach
of the constitution, even if he made it bim
selt like an indomitable Trojan. He could
not be frightened, or moved, and finally
walked off with sonic vetoed acts in bis pock
ets, snapping bis lingers at the Whigs and
the bankers in a very uncivil manner. How
ever, be is dead, ami we say to bis spirit,
pax vobis cum. Sleep, in pence, llistorv
will give him his duc.» Mankind are not enV
vious of dead men; calumny defiles not the
grave. We are all mighty generous when a
candidate for fame has passed into the silent
to|nb. Man is a noble animal, .very.
- -
- [From - the Xc w Ynrk Morning-Herald -Nitv, 07 , J
Openin'o of Coxourss— Contested-Skats.—
We are very much disposed to believe that
the whig party is getting itself into a scrape
in the New Jersey election, as it affects the
organization of the next house of representa
tives. ' With the example of the foolish row
at Harrisburg last year, it is astonishing to
see them a second time-run-into the-same’
snare.,, Of the Harrisburg hubbub, no calm,
sound man ever had but oiie opinion. The
locofocos of Philadelphia county had a clear
majority of the voles; and, under such a state
ol facts, the special pleadings nr tricks of
lawyers can avail nothing against the com
mon sense of mankind. 1
We arc very itiucli disposed to believe that'
• such is the ease-with the New Jersey elec
tion. According to the most full ami au
thelific accounts five of the locofoco mem
bers had a majority of tfic votes of that stale;
but} by some improper management, the
whigs received the certificates. At the last
election, the lucqfucos again received a large
popular majority in the state, although by
the arrangement'of the counties, the whigs
have a mere nominal majority of members.
-In this HI a (e— o I—la1 — la ots, f! t e —ujti i n:ite,nght isr
with the loeofoens—the principal of the ma
jority on their side. Certificates and techn
icalities cannot invalidate a mathematical
certainty.
In such a condition.of things, common
sense and common honesty would seem to
indicate that both the sets of members from
New Jersey should.be set aside at the organ
ization of the .house; and, if the wings place
their rights on technicalities instCadiiif ulti
mate principle, they will be defeated and
.disgraced..as_they were in the Harrisburg
affair. ■ take care.
.THE BANK SUSPENSION.V •
_ In a long article in rein tin A to (lie suspend
sion of (lie Hank of the United States, the
“NFwT( oi k Herald (whig) makes tlie follow
ing remarks; . ■
On this side of the water the struggle has
begun—only begun when the banks of Phil-,
ailelphiasuspenileil—
gle between hopor and dishonesty—between
economy and extravagance—between judi--
cious industry and fyoklcss adventure.—
Philadelphia Ims cihwned herselfw-hhdis
grace-and-dishomir.-, There is-no;use in min
cing words. The sentiments which their
daily press disseminate belong to pickpock
ets and rogues,, swindlers and: public rob
bers—to the disciples of the Dydtt school uf
finance bn a large scale. It smells rank of
the atmosphere of the state prison and pen
itentiary.. It is utterly impossible for-'civil
ized. society to hold together if such princi
ples areadllptcd by .society at large.-,' l After 1
a course of shocking cxtriiyagarice & misman
agement, to come,forward’,-and
by defrauding the
conduct of a higkwayihanjmtl public.rAbbfer
than the mhatacteristics'cf a niaii of honor,
and integrity. .„••• ' '•;
The New-York banks, to their i'iiftmbrfai
honor have determined not to suspend specie
payments, and on the'success of this deter
mination’- Kangs the fate of the whole paper
and banfeing.sysfems in' both
To accomplish .tlie independence of .a free
people, or to defea t the attacks of a foreign
.foe, might be a suflicierit excuse for a sus
pension uf specie payments by the monied
mstitutions of the'cbunti v sii placed in darif
gcr— Such weredhc causes that excused the
explosion of thc paper systcm df this couh
fry.subsequentfo,the.rcyoruti<m of 1792,such
the causls that eventuated, in a like .explo
sion in France 1793. . The suspension of the
hanks in I7GS and of those in
tlieUnitedStatesinfaidwcreequallygfcaf
mcasuresdf national defence and made ne
cessary by the state of; the foreigh .relafmni
of die two countries, But in a tiiiieiif pi-b
-foun d: peace and unequalied physical'VprosV
pcrityr--*in;the -fime- of -great mynpaianiltyicli'
haivestß—un(leivi.BmilirightoVehandage>
P ,( M sky, with the wholepmrfd open?tbbur
it 11 * I---P'flerprisfe^
JPUphijdpij,jhe
icirculation.payabieiifespemegoa^demanilpl
then we say jt without hesitation that such
[t hanking system, ami such banks ought to
be swept /rom the face of all moral and hon
est communities. *
The gross and wicked mismanagement of
the United States Bank has led the way. to a
■ train of financial and -moral evils that will
obliterate every principle of rcclilude. il the
b'anks’of New-York do not maintain" their
honorable position. Go info Wall street
hear the miserable twadiHers talk—‘‘the
banks must suspend or the' merchants will
break.”, -Be it so. Let the’ merchants break.
No man in the present crisis, will break (hat
ought not to have broken lor.g ago. It is ne
cessary to.break many of these men in Order
that they may be compelled to break up their
fine establishments—their horses, ’ liveries,
wine, and women—in order to bring' back
the age to (he ancient principles of economy
and virtue. liKjjtjs view of the present cri
sisi the banks of New York in maintaining
cash payments, not only stem the current of
financial charlatanism, but they become the
great moral bulwark of the age and country.
They lay the foundation of a state of things
that will gradually bring back society tram
extravagance, speculation, profusion, folly,
toguery, and lead them into the simple hab
its of bur fathers of (he last centdry—hon
esty, .industry, moderation and hard work.
Let usf therefore; rejoice ami he glad that
the crisis has come. Things were never
more smiling or agreeable. We have SSCO,-
000,000 of good crops. The banks of Phil
adelphia may suspend —who . cares? The
good: will be separated from dig bad—the
redeemable fronuhe irredeemable—the sheep
from the goats—the*funner will be,sustained
by an honorable and moral people, and (he
latter will have to,shut up shop, leave the
walks of respectable lile, have G. T. T.
-written.on their backs—go to the peniten
tiary or go to pandemonium. ~
Flic Legislature. of Pennsylvania at its
last scxsion appropriated 830,000 for llie’
purpose (vl making tlioruugb examinations of
all practicable routes for a continuous inil
road Irom Harrisburg to Pittsburg. ’I he ex
plorations hntt! been actively pro-eculeil bv
llirce companies iif engineers on.three difler
eiit foules—-Hie Northern, Middle & South
ern. ihe first named route.passes up.the
Susquehannah anil strikes out towards tile
tlfc'AlfcMia-'
ny Mountain l:.nd Laurel Hill. This course
is tlmtnost-circultubußy-'et ihirleastlihsti uct
etTby elevations or declivities. The Mid
dle route, beginning at Harrisburg, runs up
the Susquehanna as far as the inoullfuf the'
Juniata, then n'p (bat river and across, the
Alleghany Mountain, and afterwards along
ilk* course of UhicKlick Crcok or Cont’imiugU
river, thence down the Kisketninetas and
-Alleghany river Iti-piirebnT^oi^ly"irs|rdf(-
er route across .the county of Westmoreland
to the same termination. The distance by
this rople is estimated at two hundred and
mncly miles—adding U;0 miles from, Har
risburg to ,I'hiladclphia, atroiulv connected
by mil road, Ihe w hole distance'lVom Phila
delphia to Pittsburg will be 390 miles.. Tlio
boutbern route’ lies through (’lia 11, 1ur.-im rg,
which would bo the starting point, inasmuch
as the Cumbei land ..Valley Road already u
nites (hiit borough with Harrisburg. The
chief difficulties in the way of this route are
the high mountains which intervene.
I (tefe ore Cure Mountain, Sideling Hill,
Laurel Hill and A.llrg]iany Mountain. Thu
way however has been reported to be prac-.
ticable—the distance 240 miles. The choice
will lie between the Middle & the Southern
out' Tl><- ■-( a
.«>?. .lie sum requisite to .construct
uad by the. middle rqutc is'estimated in die
-Jrcensbuig Republican at ten millions, one
nindred and fifty thousand dollars. We
have seennui.cafeulation made for the otbei.
There is no doubt but a choice will speedily
be made and the work prosecuted vimirous
ly. tftich tilings are not suffered to languish
in Pennsylvania. Hut "our ow n road will be
better than any which our .sister State can
constru6t, by reason of superior natural ad
vantages.—>,?«//. ./Inter.
A lIEAJIT TOUCHING STORY.
.. A gciiteel ami intelligent young man about ,
30 jears. of age., named' George Mortimer
M'ardwell.'.wa.s iccenlly.. taken .up’.at- Si.
Xouis on a.charge of heirig'drunk in the
street&aml disturbing llle peace. He pleaded
guilty to the charge, and evident I r labored
uiuler great emotion. ' When .requested to
give somc'account i f himself (we copy from
the St. l.ouis liulletin) he replied:
• , Sir—l have now arrived at that.extremity
of [degradation which, long ago, I ..became
.sutisfied wbnlcj otie day.or otlier become my
.portion. -Sir,-f dd-nqtbelieyc-l was bornlo
this.- In. my youth, vvlicii I . first started in
the world, my nrospects ami hopes were as
bright as the sky which bent’over me.,, I
1 married abeauiiful[.wife, when I was twenty
1- Veilfs old, and had acquired a consid
erable fothpetcnce. .Sir, I need.not tell you
Jtow I loved her! I see by ydurcpuntenance
-tbat you know something of human nature,
1 and. are" already satisfied thatl am. not a
i common loafot^—and.that i have-been driven
■ to the present extremity by some extraordi
i narv'ch-cumstances. , ‘But. J will proceed
• after I was mar-
P e , m . v "'ife—who, was a young English
lady of handsome'expectations— and had a! .
beautiful boy to bless me with, his cn- "
■ received letters front England
■ announcing the .death of my wife’s father,
• and- soliciting ~tnc tb', : cume -to Englahd !m- •
fiirdhe; sStlm ire "
‘ ®®f the and receiving my
r wife’s portion hf the estate, i I immediately -
T •| n ao - e preparation^-forhiy- departure, and..
I; leaving^my wife under the protection ofVan* V--
f tntimal«yncnrf, whose,nontcAvas Henry An
» son AVilkiughby. lysetsiitlfofEnglanil.
v / detaihed me longer than I y
t had anticipated, anil.l began to feel the most
*' intenßc a.lixiety ihiregard to my family.— ;
5 ’lhe Jettere .whiblri received from my wife
i gre'y biiefand uiificquentisometiines start
f «ng nie with their abruptness. Just before
the filial steps in regard to my wifc-s portion
i wbre abput.to beyconiplcted, I received a - 5
.r JeUef from •America,.warning nie to hasten ..
f hbine-if. I, would; preserve .my future happi
ly n f sa J a hlf;f ho hnitor nF iiiy wile? Imagine my
S' disaiaj.! ALbumed home,leaving my busi
ir ness atili uhsetUetli.iinif arrived in time to
y fiutlmy hearth deßolafe; my wife eloped with ■
jt| my boy—my :
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