plaint made by the .undersigned of certain'
reported" movements of British tropps in pnr
tionrnf the. territory in dispute between the
two-SfcSuntt&S, disclaims albintention on the
■part of the'-British authorities to cancel or
infringe the terms of .-the provisional agree
ment entered-info it the beginning of the 1
last year; and this disclaimer is connected
with 'an assumption of the right of Great
Britain to., strengthen posts and take mea
sures of (military) precaution, not along the
line only/'bat-within,portions of the dispu
ted territory, as, by the terms' of the agree
ment referred to,'no interference was to. be
attempted' pending the negotiation of thp
question, with the exercise Of Bri
tish au'fnbrity Ih the neighborhood of Lnke
temiscouata, “and at other points” within
a portion of the territory supposed to be em
braced'in ihc terms of the arrangements.—
Mr. Fox/haying: stated that be has referred
hia Opyern’meiit the representations of the
United States ’ against the military move
ments alluded to, the undersigned, under a
confident expectation that the matter will
present itself to the minda Of hcr Majesty’a
ministers - in a light different from that which
it is understood by Mr. Fox, would have re
frained from (i'ny further, remarks on the
subject; but, in order to obviate.the risk of
any thisapprehension as to the Views of the
President concerning 'it, and inasmuch as
the ground assumed by Mr. .Fox with' re
spect totho import of the existing arranSte
incuts would, if admitted by the U. States;
give to those arrangements a scope not au
thorized by the language in which they are
expressed, nor by what is believed to be the
"intention,of the parties, it is proper that the
ttndcfsighed should call Mr, Fox’s immedi
ate attention to the express provisions of the
agreement signed by him and the undersign
ed, and of that which was subscribed to, un
der the agency o’&General Scott, by' the Go
vernor,of Maine. arid the Lieutenant Gover
nor of New Brunswick.
The niaiivohjectofthosongrccment.B ob
viously-was fhenestoration anti future main
tenance of tranquility in the disputed terri
tory; and as the means of most surely at
taining that object, the entire exclusion from
its limits ofaU-rriilitary force, to which ever
side belonging, arid, the delegation to the civ
il authority exclusively of the exercise of all
power and jurisdiction. With that view,
under the first 'mentioned- of those agree
ments, it was only in case of necessity for
dispersing notorious trespassers or protect
ing public, property from depredation that
m ined force Was to be employed on citheF
side and then the operation iriis to be con
ducted by concert, jointly or separately, ac
cording to agreement between .the Govern
ments of Maine'and New Brunswick, The
other was the result of the, contemplated
"concert” between the Governments of
Maine and -New Brunswick; was intended
to carry out the object of the first,..confiding
to the State of Maihe the duty of protecting
the timber recently cut, arid of preventing,
farther depredations, and prescribed that
theseobjccts were to be accomplished through
the agency of a civit possc. —Accordinglyr
the Governor of Maine engaged to withdraw,
without unnecessary delay; the military force
of the State. Without regard, therefore, to
the limits within which cither party had be
fore exercised jurisdiction, resort to military
force, for any purpose whatever was inter
dicted to both parties? With reference to
the extent of territory which each party was
to continue to exercise jurisdiction, the first
agreement left the question of right where it
had- before stood, and only expressed the
conflicting understanding of, that great ques
tion by the Governments of the United States
arid Great Britain, respectively. The agree
ment between Gov. Fairfield and Sir John
Haivey provided likewise, that the question
of possession and jurisdictions should remain
ns it then staled where it stood by providing
that Great Britain was to continue holding,
in fact, possession of a part of the territory,
meaning that part embraced in the Mada
waska settlements,, in the occupancy of
which as well as .in the enjoyment of the
usuaUcbmmunications-betWeen New Bruns
wick and her Majesty’s upper province the
Governor of Maine disclaimed all intentions
of disturbing the British authorities. !Be
yondrthe Madawaska settlements, therefore
circumscribed by the limits within which
they stood at the date of the agreement tlie
United States cannot, under the terms of
that agreement recognise in, the British-au
fhorities the right of extending jurisdiction,
much less that" of forming any military ea
-tablishments-beyorid—or—within-them;-arid
those consequently which formed the sub
ject'of the representations in the note of the
undersigned of the' 12th of December, push
ed as they are alleged -to have been into
of country far beyond any acknow
ledged limits of those settlements, and whol
. ly unconnected whh them, cannot be view
-ed4n any other- light-than a-bold infraction
of existing .arrangements.
That such is a just vie w of the agreements
bedisputed by .{treat Britain, as her.
' Majesty’s Goverament-Kas adopted and act--
ed upon it. In the note of Mr. Fox. com
plaining of the encroachment-on the part of
Maing, and of an armed occupation ofpart’
of the disputed territory by, that State, both,
are treated as inconsistent with the existing
arrangements; and it is presumed her Ma
jesty’s Government will " not attempt to ap
ply one rule of construction to defending
military movements of its colonial author!-
■ ties, and. another -to_ sustain complaints a
gaiast the State Government"for acts which.-
ore not founded upon any apprehended .ne
cessity of die use of a regular military force
for offensive or. defensive purposes; Nor
can it be imagined that it will be contended
that those arrangements perfectly
reciprocal, or that there is any difference in
' the character, and the extent of-the ju’risdic
tion Great Britain in one
' portion,, and that.by the State of Maine or?
the Umted States in the oilier portion of the
.disprited; territory, cdn.iprehended Within "the
.'-'temporary arrangements made to preserve
‘ tranquility in both, and guard against afiy
* hostile collision between the. State. afidCu
lonial Governments.
The undersigned; having laid. Mr. Fox’s
note before the President, is insfrnbtcd to
. state to him that ho reason is, perceived for
doobting the diaposition Of the. Governor of
, Maine scrupulously to adhcre.tothe spirit
. of the. existing arfangemeritSj te avoid all
; a'cU' ,tending to'- and
distant the final adjuitment of the uluin
question ofboundaryWtweeh'UictwQconrt
' tries; bat in repeating assurances"of the read
iness of the United States Qovecmncntto
contribute, by all means in its power, to an
anticable termination of the difference, the
undersigned is bound to declare That a per
sistance in, or a repitition of; such acts on'
the part of her Majesty’s agents as these
now complained of, would, if avowed, by
Great Britain, be considered as bnt little in.
accordance with those assurances. - .
TJie„undcrsigned avails himself of this oc
casion to renew to Mr, Fox the expression
of his distinguished consideration.
JOHN FORSYTH.
Henbv S. Fox, Esq. &c. &c..
Mr/Forsyth to Mr. Fox-
DeparthenTof State,
Washington, Dec. 24i" 1839.
.The undersigned, Secretary of Statc of the
United States; having, in pursuance of di
rections. from the President, requested the
Governor, of .Maine to communicate to him
such informatipn ns might be in his posses
sion in relation to a complaint preferred by
Mr.'Fox, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister
Plenipotentiary of Great Britain, in a note
datedtho 2d ult. of alleged .encroachments
on the part of the State of. Maine upon the
territory in dispute on the Northeastern fron
tier 1 of the United-States, is enabled by a re
cent communication from the Governor of the
State, to lay before Mr. Fiix, for theinfor
mation of his Government, the following
statements and observations:
With reference to the first ground of
complaints, the undersigned is informed that,
early last spring, the land agent of Maine
despatched a small force, consisting of about
twenty five men, to Fish river, for the pur
pose of.disperying a band of trespassers un
derstood to ImVe been operating at that place,
in consequence of- which the trespassers’
Camps were broken up,'Bome of them driven
off, and a few, with their teams; brought, to
tHe.settlemcnt on the Aroostook, but subse
quently released; that the land agent, in fur
ther pursuance of what lie deemed his duty;
again sent a party of about the same number
of men to the mouth of Fish river, to extend
a bodrii.across if, in order to prevent the tim
ber, which had been cut by the terspassers,
from being driven out into the St. John’s,
and tohinder furtlierdepredationsbyctftting.
The object of the expedition had been accom -
plished, and the party remained on theground
at the date of the Governor’s communication.
So far the undersigned is uuable to per
ceive that any thing has been done by the
people of Maine in any way contravening the
spiritthe agreement entered into by Mr.
Fox, or that of the arrangement proposed by
Gtn. Scott, and subscribed to by the au
thorities of Maine and New Brunswick. In
the first place, the territory contiguous to
the mouth of the Fish river on either side of
the St. John’s, can, in no proper sense, be
considered as included in the Madawaska
-settlement. It is distalitsome.twenty five
jiiiles above it, and the two points are not
connectedby any continuous occupations or
settlement of the'country. But even if the
point referred-fo formed part of the. Mada
waska settlement, the agreement of the 27th
-February-stipulated that in the-event of-nc.;:
cessity for dispersing notorious trespassers or
protecting public property from depredation
by armed force, the operation would,be con
ducted jointly or separately, according to
agreements between the Governments of
Maine and Brunswick. Under such an
agreement negotiated through the agency of
Gen. Scott, the Governor of Maine was to
maintain within the disputed territory, under
h land agent a small civil posse, armed or.
unarmed, to protect the timber recently cut,
and to prevent further depredations without
any limitation as to the sphere of its opera
tion within the bounds of« the disputed ter
ritory. To the attainment of those ends, the
action of the parties detached by the Maine
land agent appears so far as the undersigned
is informed, to have been strictly confined.
As to the military aspect and character
alleged by Mr. Fox to have been assumed by
the parties on. the Aroostook and Fish rivers,
it. appears that.those despatched to the last
mentioned points, composed, as stated, each
of about twenty-five men, neither militia nor
soldiers, but hired laborers, were it is true,
armed with muskets, and had extended a
boom across the river, and erected a block
house for its protection and their own against
the numerous bands-of-lawtess men, grown
desperate by being deprived of their accus
tomed plunder, and over whom her Majesty’s
authorities appear to have exercised but lit
tle, control. Such measures of precaution
cannot but be regarded as dictated by pru
dential motives, if no tby.the.n'eceaaUy.of. the
Case, and the fitness and,extent of the-prep
aration appear to the Undersigned-questions
which could not understandingly be discuss
ed away froth the scene of action, and which,
of necessity, can, only be properly decided
by those persons whose safety-wairto be se
cured.
, Upon ; the Aroostook. which haa been the
pivqt of the operations of the land agent’s
posse, a larger number of men has been em
ployed. ■ They have also extended a boom
across the. river, .'ami erected near It a forti
fication of hewn timber,, and a few more
temporary • buildings; ; The twenty-five or
thirty .men stationed there are likewise armed
with musketsrdnd, it is believed,- have-, also
-two small pieces of artillery; ,The remain
der, about one hundred -and twenty-five;
have, for. Jhe most part, been .engaged, in
opening' roads for summer as wellas-forwin
ter communications, and in preparing facil
ities for supplying the phase,-"Any prepara-
Consshort of these would, it is stated.have
been ihsufficient tq protect the public prop
erty; andtheapthowties of Maine cannot rc
pressa-sentiment of surprise that theseshould
now be made a subject of complaint, when',
but a short time since; the establishment was
assaulted by.a party of some, 5.0 men, suitably,
equipped.commanded by d captain of militta,
and antiß. in the repol
■sibn'pf which the occupants displayed a spirit
of forb'earanceand moderatioa-sumciently in
harmony with the avowed and .sole object of
their Occupation-pf- the -territory;.and that
surprise isin no way diminished by the fact
that the: agents-of ihe British .Government
have just completed extensive and permanent
barracks bn the same territory, north of the
St, John’s; and are in- the; habitof,transport
ing troops and munitions of war at their.con
' vcniencc. ■'
The construction'of .the road Jeadinginto
the valley of the Aroostook wbul ) not, it is
apprehended, have been deemed at this, time
a just’ cause of complaint had Mr. Pox ad
verted to’ the fact that the workwas com
menced ah long ago- as 1826, tinder anito
propriation by the Legiilature of the StataOf
Maine, and that from that tiriie'it has steadily
advanced, so that another'year will probably
see it completed from near Mdttawamkeag
Point,, in- the county of Penobscot, to the
Arboatobkriver, atm thence to tlie rnputh of
Fish river, on the St. John’s. -'lt is, there
fore, no new project, conflicting with any
existing arrangement, nor.with anyjndrirr
Standing to which the State of Maine lias,
become a-party, but the exercise of a lawful
right overu portion of the territory in dispute,
of artd over which it ever has had possession
and jurisdiction. 1 To say nothing of other
advantages anticipated from th'e completion
of the road, it will afford great facilities for
preventing trespasses upon the public lands;
and, indeed; itis considered that trespassing
upon the'streams cmptyingjhigh up upon the
St. John’s cannot be prevented without such
a road. ■
The Governor of Maine considers that, in
carrying on the work referred to, the State
has done ho more that is inconsistent with
the respective rights of the parties than have
the authorities of her Majesty’s province in
con3(rucfing,nndrcccntly,aBitisunder
stood, in thoroughly repairing a permanent
mail road over a large portion of the territory
north of the St. John’s.
The last allegation in Mr. Fox’s note
forming a cause of complaint against the
State of Maine relates to her management of
theriands upon the Aroostook. In this par
tffcular, the undersigned is enabled to observe
that the proceedings complained of differ in
no way from .those which Maine, since her
separation from Massachusetts, and the last
n.amed State previously to it, have ever-pur
sued in regard to the public lands. For the
last thirty years the State has been occasiotr
ally surveying and lotting those lands, gran
ting them for literary, charitable, and relig
ious purposes, and selling them .in small lots
to actual .settlers. Of tins right, so long ex
ercised, Maine alleges that- she ha? done
nothing to divcsHierself. ahd' that the dis
cussions and negotiations upon the Maine
question of boundary could not have had the
effect of weakening her title to fights she had
so long been in the habit of enjoying.
It is with no liitle 1 surprise that, in the
face of the complaints which form the subject
of Mr. Fox’s note, the President has received
intelligence of her Majesty’s colonial author
ities having recently stationed a regiment of
regular troops, part at the north, and part at
the south end of Lake Temiscouata, and of
her Majestytsforceahaving commenced buil
ding barracks on both sides of'the Sit. John’s
at i(B confluence with the MadawaskaT Such
proceedings on the part of the-agents of the.
British Government, would,'if true, consti
tute such a flagrant contravention to the ex
isting understanding between the parties,
that the President cannot but hope (hat the'
report which has reached him of the occupa
tion Teferrcd to is founded upon incorrect in
formation. ~ ’• r
The undersigned' requests' that Mr. Fox
will communicate to him such* information;
if any, as he may have' in his possession in
rclhtion to -the subject, and that he-will, by
such-representations as.the circumstances, if
founded in fact, will obviously suggest, im
press Her Majesty’s colonial authorities with
a sense of the inexpediency hnd imprudence
of sucli proceedings, and of the unhappy con
sequences likejy to attend their persistence
therein.
The undersigned avails himself of this oc
casion to repew to Mr. Fox tlie assurauce of
his distinguished consideration.
JOHN FORSYTH. ’
Henry S. Fox.JEsq., &c. &c.&c. •
’ Mr. Fox to Mr. Forsyth ?
Washington, Jan. 12, 1840. S
The undersigned, J|erßritanmc Majesty’s
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipo
tentiary, lias the honor to acknowledge the
receipt of the official note addressed to him
By”fhfSecretary of State of the U. States on
the 24th of December, in reply to a previous
note, which, by direction ofnis Gqvernment,
..the undersigned had addressed to the Sec
retary of State on the 2d of November, in
relation (ovations and continued acts of en
croachments committed, by the -autliorities
and inhabitants of the Statc of Maine, within
that tract of territory on the Northeastern
frontier of the United States, the true title
to the possession of which, according to the
terms of the treaty of 1783, is at present in
dispute between the British and American
Governments.
The undersigned has lost no time in trans
mitting to her Majesty’s Government the
ofiicial note of thc Secrefnry_of State._ He
has, in the mean time, to express his extreme
regret that the explanations furnished by the
authorities of the State of Maine, and com
municated to the undersigned by the Secre
tary of State, in relation'to the encroach
ments complained of, both ns regards the
construction of roads and public works, and
the. sale ami-alienation..of., lands, areof. a
character which ipust render them altogether
unsatisfactory to the Government of Great
Britain. It ivould appear, in .fact, as if a
reference by the General Government'to the
authorities of Maine; of the complaints pre
ferred by Great Britain, had produced no
other reply or explanation from the author
ities bf-Maine- thana reiterationof their.in
tention to persist in the commission of the
acts: complained of, whether in accordance
with the obligations of intentional justice or
not. -'
The undersigned does not permit himself
to'relinquish the hope that, through the wis
dom anil integrity of the General;Govern
ment of the -United States in unison with the
sincere endeavors.of her Majesty’s Govern
ment, it tvill Still be found.'possible.to bring
the -pending controversy of 'the disputed
boundary to a satisfactory and amicable con
clusion; but it is certain that ihe.public acts
■and public declarations of. the authorities,of
il/qine.are continnally otilculatedi-aR far as
in them ties,- id render! such'amicable con
clusion tnote difficult and mbf'e distant.
"With reference to the concluding.part- of
the -official[.note of the-. SccretayysonState,
wherein observations are made.upon certain
reported movements of British troops in the;
neighborhood of .Lake Temiscouata, and at
other points within that portion of
rifory where, according to the provisional
agreements entered into at the beginnitig of
last year, no interference was to be attempted
with" the exercise of British authority,spen
ding the negotiation of the, ,boundary ques
lion, the undersigned can' distinctly, assure
the Secretary of State lhat therc exists no in
tention on the -ppTTof her JUkjhsty’s authori
ties to ; cancel or
provisional engagements. so.longas the same
are observed with fidelity by the other party.
The particular motives, and the amount
of the present movement of troops, have been
cxplaincd-in a frank and satisfactory manner
to the GoVefndt of ibfainc by the. Lieu tenant
Governor Of New Brunswick,' in a corres
pondence’whith. has been made public, and
which it appears, has been officially commu.-.
nicoted by the Governor of Maine to the
President of the United States.
, With regard, however, generally, to the
reinforcements of military posts, and other
defensive-fit precautionary measures whether
along the confines of the disputed territory,
or within that portion of it wljere, according
to the provisional.’agreements before cited,
the authority of Great Britain was hot to be
ihterfered with, the undersigned has to ob
serve that. the.adoption of such measures bv
her 11 Majesty’s . authorities cannot be,' witli
reason, objected to or complained of by flic
Government of the. United States, when’rc
gard is hiid to the reports which have for,
sometime past been circulated, (and of the
prevalence arid consistency" of those reports
the United States Government are them*
selves-fully aware) respecting the probable
intentions of.the Legislature of the State of
Maine to-revoke, during its present session,
the provisional agreements now in force, and
to authorise some new a'nd|Cxtcnsive act of
aggression over the stipulated territory.—
And the undersigned has regretted to ob
serve that the language of the Governor of
Maine, in his recent message to'the Legisla
ture, at the opening of the session, is calcu
lated to encourage rather than to restrain
such rash and obnoxious designs.' '
. The undersigned avails himself of this oc
casion to repeat to the Secretary of-Sjate of
the United States the assurance of his dis
tinguished consideration. H. S. FOX.’
The Hon. JoluiForsyth, &c. &c. See,
War Department, January ,22, 1840.
"Sir: In reply to that portion of the reso
lution of the Senate,ireferred by your direc
tion to this Department by the Secretary of-
Statc, which requests.you “to communicate
to the Senate, so far as may not be incompa
tible with the. public interest, whether any,
and! if any, what measures have been taken
under the act of Congress of March, 18S9,
or otherwise, to'cause the removal or expul
sion of the British troops, .which have taken
possession of a portion of the territory of
Maine, claimed by Great Britain,' apd espe
cially whether, since the last session of Con
gress, any military posts have been establish
ed in Maine, or any other military measures
adopted, preparatory to a just vindication of
the honor and rights of the nation‘and of
Maine,, as connected with the persevering
claim made by Great Britain to'a portion of
the territory of that State,” 1 have the honor
to state that the circumstance of a portion of
the 'territory of Maine claimed by Great
Brifain“having“becn occupied by—British
recently'communicated to the
Government, and having been made the sub
ject of remonstrance, and becume'a matter
of discussion between the two Governments,
no measures of a character referred to by
the resolution have been taken, either under
(head of Congress of March, 1839, or other
wise.
A careful military rcronnoisance" of (he
undisputed boundary of the State of Maine
was made in 1838, and the result submitted
to the Senate during the last session of Con-’
giess; but as no appropriation was made for
the erection o( fortifications on the sites se
lected for that purpose,.noneWere commen
ced; and (as is fully’ set forth in your last
annual message to’Congrcss) it did not ap
pear that the contingency contemplated by
the act alluded to had occurred, no military
measures whatever were deemed necessary,
or were adopted.
Very respectfully, your most obedient
servant.
J. R. POINSETT.
To the President of the United States.
Running away With an Heiress. —-The N.
York fVhig gives the following romantic in
cident:—On Monday afternoon, -about 2 o’-
clock, a one horse carriage containing a lady
and 'gentleman, was observed in the Third
Avenue, proceeding outwards, but at such a
pace ns to excite no curiosity. Scarcely,
however, had the--carriage time to leave-
Tenth .'street*—than a gentleman, in,a high
state of excitement; and rpounteil. qn&pow.-i
erful bay horse, came up, riding/,furibusjy'l
and having made a brief , enquiry relative (to
the party m the carriage, and learned they
were.ashortdislance_inind.vance..of_hitp,
dashed off at full Speed. Two gentleman in
surprise-followed until they reached Seven
tieth street, where they found the dismount
cd horseman lying on the road side, in a
state of insensibility, and" a man and a Wo
man chafing his temples, and. ru,bbing~his
hands, in order to restore him. The unfot
tunate:gentleman..liad__receLved_a-Severe
wound with a heavy, blunt instrument, oh
the side of The head, and the thumb of his
right hand was broken—a heavy club, was
lying on the ground. Tne manand woman
were questioned'and said they had perceiv
ed the carriage driving on at a- rapid rate,
and. the-single gentleman in pursuit—and
the moment The" lattCr came up with the ve
hide, he struck at one of the parties
with n club.' The gentleman in tbe carriage
then snapped a pistol, in the face of the ridety
but it missed fire,-whereupon he jumped out
of the carriage,.and at the same instant, the
horseman sprang to the ground and grappled
with him. The parties then struggled fierce
ly with.each-other for about hall a minute,
but the siuglerider, being by much the larg
est and-most powerful- man j flung his oppo
nent .toThe ground,.and put his kneo upon
his breast, and was commencing .to beat him
violently upon the face with clenchedihands,,
when suddenly the lady threw herself outof
the - carriage—and, haying seized (he. club
which bad fallen from the horseman’s band,
she dealt his.horse a tremendous f blbw, which
caused it to dash oft" like mad, in - the direc-
tiori of, the cityw She then advanced-upon,
the struggling parties, and struck at the head
of:. her' ; late pursuer; but lie' parried the blow
with his-right handi thereby receiving the
injury in his thumb.:,; In the following in-!
slant, however, the lady effected her appa
rent pfirposeV for her second blow.took elffiti
on tnifjMde of the wounded man’s head,.and
caused him to loose his hold, and. fall oyer'
Suite senseless.' ■ The heroine of the scene
ten assisted her companion,who appeared,
torbe considerably Hurt; -into the camage— 7
and then drojre oir'as.’faat as the horse could
carry them.' SVyhen sufficiently recovered,
the that the lady who hid
injured .him was his own niece, who had lived
with him 1 from childhood —that" they, were
but three weeks in.’thiq city, during which
time she had. bccome.acquainted with the
person she was rurining away with—who he
believes is a young lawyer—and further that
she is worth in her own right upwards of
three hundred thousand dollars when she
comes of age, which will be in a few months.
The name "of the wounded gentleman is
George F. .Ledwith, of Augusta, Georgia,
who, with his niece had recently arrived
from Europe—and the lady’s name is Eva
line Hamilton, but we have not been able to
discover the name of the fortunate lawyer.
Mr. Ledwith also informed Mr. Osborn that
the lady is very,beautiful, and' that she had
treated him with die most-devoted tender
ness and alfcctiop untjl the period of the oc
currence related above.
AMERICAN VOLUNTEER.
CARLISLE:
Thursday, February is. imo.
OUR FJCi.V «?.
“Now our flag is flung to the wile! wind true,
Let it float oVr our 'father land,’*
And the guard of its spotless fame shall be
Columjiiid* chosen hand!"
FOR PRESIDENT IX IS4O.
MARTIN VAN BUREN*
, . AXI> AN
INDEPENDENT TREASURY.
Wo are indebted to the Hon. James Buchanan
of the U- S..Senate,and to the Hdn._WillianvS..
Ramsey of the House of Representatives, for im
portant-public documents,‘r&c. ~
In answer to scveralJnquiTiGS n's’lo the commu
nication oigned “A Citizen,” which we spoke -of
in our last, we will state that it was in favor pf'a
division of Dickhjson township.
Petitions.-— The following petitions were prtv
sented in Congress, oh Thursday last, by the Hoh.-
WilliamS. Ramsey;
The petition of citizens of Adams county. Pa.
for thc.cstabTishmcnt of a post road from Gettys
burg to Hanover, via McSherrystown.''
Of Capt. John Smith, claiming for Revolution
arj’ services.
Of Lieut. Scoit Kclchum, ofthe U.4iL Army,
for relief. .
Of the heirs of Matthew Armor, deceased, for
relief. ’ „ ,
County•Convention, —-Tho -proceedings of this
body will he found in imbiber part of this paper,
to which wo invite tho attention of all our readers.
The Convention was unusually full, every town
ship and borough, save one, (tho small township
-of-Shippensbnrg,)boing.rcprescr.tediy-ilgDodmen.
and.true.” The proceedings may be stud to fair
ly andfully embody pnblic sentiment ih-old dem
ocratic Cumberland, and will have a. wholesome
effect throughout tho State at large.
From die fulness of tho representation in the
Convention, we angnr well for the future pros
pects of l he, democratic party here. It shows con
clusively that a spirit is abroad among cur yeo
manry which will assuredly lead us to glorious
victory at the coming elections, -and must place
Cumberland county, where she always has' boon,
foremost in the ranks battling for the cause of lib
erty and democracy.
Since Gov. Porter sent in his special message
to the Legislature, the federalists and bankites
profess to be delighted with him, .and are now
lauding him to the skies—yea several of them have
oven went so far, .it is-said, as to go-to Harrisburg
for tho express purpose of paying a friendly visit
to his Excellency. Now this may all bo well e
noiigh, and, as friends of the Governor, we do not
object to such praise-worthy conduct. But we
cannct, at the same time, close our eyes to the fact,
that these same individuals are amongst those who
pursued him with such unrelenting bitterness in
1838, invading tho-privacy of his domestic fireside,
and charging-him With eveiy crime to be found in
the calendar: Nay, more, these demoniac spirits
faltered not in their base and hellish work of de
famation, upTill tho yety day when this message
was delivered.
Can jit he, then, that ihoy.ate sincerely. repent
ant of their past Wickedness! Whot “change has
come o’er the spirit of their dreams?” Are they
now sincerely anxious to make restitution for Bio
injury they have done tho.Governor] .Or is itnot
a mere yinesjealtcmpted to be played off upon his
Excellency for political effect] We could as ren
dily be made believe that tho Ethiopian would
change his skin, or the Leopard his spots, as that
these bank bought federalists—those vile tredu
cers of character—would now, if they had an dp
portiinityi come into, the support of a man who has
been'the target at which they'directed their poi
sonous shafts for the last two ycars.
But wo believe Gov. Porter seeks not their
friendship.!. Ho knows the history oTthe^federal,
party too well, to be made d diipo to; tho treachery
X)f tts" leaders. He has differed in opinion, it is
true, with some of his friends as to the proper
time for a resumption of specie payments; but this
is no evidence that he has deserted the democratic,
party, or that the democratic party will deserthim.
The difference of opinion is an honest one among
friends, where all arp anxious to effect the same
object—and wo can scarcely doubt hut that some
compromise will be had, by which all will.be sat
isfied, and the good of the public promoted.:..
.Wright's Pennsylvania Justice.— A. second edi
tion of this Work will be-issued by the publisher,
Ri H.-Small; Law' Bookseller, Philadelphia, in
the course of the pthscht month. ’ ,
Smai.i. Pox.— Several cases of this loathsome
disease have recently occurred in Lancaster.—
Would it not be well for our citizens to adopt the
necessary precautionary measures!/.
• Fortifioations/ W the Frontier. — A. letter
from Queenstown, published Jn Mackenzie's Ga
zeiteV-states that .our government' B building;a
new fort at Youngatown—that the British govern
ment isbuilding a garrison andTbrtress on the site,
of the old French fort near Toronto, on the take
sherd; at ah expense of $120,000; and that Bur
lington heights, at the head of take Ontario, are
to be strongly fortified in Bio spring. .
Flour in Carlisle; ?5> - -
THE “HARRtSON CLUB: vi
Ills a grateful task to Ingenuous minds to'’dwell
repeatedly fapdrt illustrious tharacters, and fashion
their course through life after the bright' mode}
formed by tho personation of their manly virtuco*
The influence exerted upon the observer by the
contemplation of brave, magnanimous and praise s '
worthy actions, is snfficjpfttly powerful even to in*
clino the mind of*low, grovdlling deßireatb~o?p!re~
to the exhibition and promulgation of deeds that
will not wither and words that will not die. Thus
Philip cT Macedon, whilst domesticated in the
house of Epamihondas and daily, observing bis
dignified and patriotic conduct—listening to the
wise and instructive lessons; which fell from his
Ups—and hearing his valiant deeds highly la tided,
first had his heart fired with that flame of towering
ambition which blazed so fiercely that the world
recoiled with dread lest its green fields and beauti
ful cities might be wrapt in its devouring,cmbracr«>
.Washington, 100, by having his mighty mind op
eratcd.upon by, tho example, of ■patriotic, heroes,
and stimulated to high and philanthropic aspira-*
lions by the perusal of the sentiments of the lovers
of liberty, was peculiarly fitted to become the in
fitrumcntJbrlhe.disenthralnicnt_of_a worldfrom
the shackles of despotism.. Enthusiastic admira
tion for the principles which Plato had .embodied
in his theoretical republic, led him to desire tho
foundation of a similarly happy government—a
republic founded upon the divine principle of c
quality. Flushed with the brilliant prospect that
spread out before him fora splendid career in arm?,
and a matchless exhibition of patriotism and vir
tue both in the cahinetand in the field, he stepped
on the stage of action and marched cn till he a
chicved tHe.hlghest point/of honorable and inSpcr- .
ishablo fame. Guided by the eternal principles
of right,.unlike the'despicable sons of sordid -self
ishness, he bad to-sutvive the disappointments cf
no premature hopes and pretensions—
nor.bewail the disasters of vaulting ambition.
Having thus demonstreted the, mighty influences
of example, wc apprehend that,cur readers will bo
much edified by a further notice of those exalted
characters,, who,in ihq.magnilude oftheir humano
zeal, nfid in the plenitude of iheir disinterested*
ness, have associated themselves together.* as tho
‘•Harrison Club/Vfor the' furthprai co cf liberal
principles and the amelioration of the destitute
conditicn cf greedy aspirants after office. Being
assured that tho mere recital of the purely virtuous
deeds of tho (without mentioning
Ins princely coadjutors) whose face glows brightly
with Innocence .and kindness,, will win many a
young heart to emulate bis amiable qualities and
admirable perfections. For **we love to learn of
noble men. I*.. 1 *.. ‘ -
Amongst tins majestic arroj of philanthropists
stands conspicunis a disciple of. St. Crispin., A
man of weight who zariy assumed a prominent po
sition among these estimable patriots. Though
possessed of a toweringmind and fine sensibilities,
ho has not escaped the piercing,shafts of misfor
tune; and wc may safely say that next to his fain
he lias~cx—
perieheed more, ups and ‘downs in. this world than
any other member of his beloved club.
Hero also the (Jommon JJsxigp}:e of the. Whigs
displays his exalted ami wins bright and
:unfadirtg~burrls-by-tho-digmty-of--his-srntimcnts
-~the~ consistency of his political,course—-and the
hlglfand Holy motives which induccd him lo Icavo
his first love, and-ally himself to those whom he
most bitterly denounced. Disinterestedness is tho
ruling propensity of his magnanimous Ticarlfii
swallows up every ether feeling, and luminously
pervades his every action. Under its influence h«
abandrned the. Democratic party, because he .was
solicited to accept of an office; which offer so
shocked his tender soul that he "fled for a season
the sight of man, and only left his retirement to
eradicate from out the soil of democratic Perry tho
good old Jeffersonian principles, which have ever
been }he distinguishing characters of its honest
and unsophisticated jreomanry. Failing in tins
undertaking, he has graciously assumed tho char
ter of nay Lord Chancellor to all tho petty Swart
wouters that crowd the ranks of.Whiggery. H. n
a wide field with ..a large (net rich) harvest spreads
out before him, in which he may find ample play
for his boundless beneficence. *
Amid this amalgamated throng the renegade
Major rears his fiery red crest, and shouts huzza
for Harrison. His political tergiversation was
marked by the most abject selfishness. Estimat
ing his claims and services by the. standard erect
ed by his own vanity, he thought himself entitled
to aught he could ask. But impudence and a vain
and empty assumption of merit have met their re
ward. ■ ’ ——— — •
And Den, too, poor Dan, theiani'Misnx-doi r’. nep
er, who, tired of the wortd’s strife—its bustle—its
life, has felt hiniself constrained to leave the pri
vacy of bis domestic hearth to aid .the “(jM wo
man” in her last struggle. . Again he has piit on
his modest look and unassuming manner; againl e
appears bland, courteous, the delight of all eyes
and the joy of all hearts. : -
Next week wd shall pay some attention to the
mailer fry. —,, ■ ■■—7- r
James Ji. Snowden,: Etj.~ ,ln jiistico to this-gem
tlemah,, who 1 thinks that our Harrisburg.,e.orres
pondent of last week does not represent his ecn-_
duct fairly, we insert his remarks; as reported in
the Keystone, on'Col. McElwce’s; resolution for
.message was sent in on Saturday week. We will
bafoly dhserve that the Keystone report differs ma
terially from that of the other papers we have seen
on the subject, and places Mr. Snowmen’s conduct
in a much more favorable light, (
■ Mr. Snowden, saidhisviewscorreßponde'd Will
the sentiments of the gentleman from Bedfor4(Mr
M’Klw.ee) in relation to sustaining the' credit o
the commonwealth. When thoquestionis plain
ly pot, whether we'shall maintijinher plightcc
faith, he trusted there would bo no difference of o
pinion; ’ Gentlemen no dotlht, differed in feldtioi
to the means of effecting thisobject, they differn
also respecting the. proper measures to be pursun
relative to those insUtuffdns which how control th>
currency of the commonwealth. Yet on the qnes
tion nqw before the bouse there should be huton
sentiment—that as Penhsylvaniana we were bourn
to preserve the public faith.- ■.
' AldsWSf ns.have had no psrt in incurring tin '
present-enormous state debt. - Temporary ana pe.r
moment lonnfihavc been, however, negotiated b;
out predecessors, and we. havfe” learned from th
message just readi thSt bloah 1 authorized to be t? .
Iren fn order to pay interest dne-ihi*‘<tey, K?tß ftfi
ed; T,he. Governor. inlTOferepce- to /this qurtticr
speaWs dftho ineasurestakenio compel the bonk
tooresump specie payments; this \wa» referred t
also, by the gentleman' from Bedford, and Mr. E
said hp thought it appropriatefor him te Raya ft
worda on thatsubject,;..;: '
1 ncednot now recur to my-course on that sti:
ject. 1 took the broad ground Uiat w« should cor
pcl tha hanks to dnjusSpe to the community,
forfeit.their charter?. .' • >
Sir,-! am not noyr wjljing to recede from tr ,