■V- AHEBICAW VOIfSIiER. BY 660. S'ANtfKitstfN. . Now oiirflo'g’ta'flilng; to the wild wind free, ■ Ldtlt nodt o’er our father land— And theguard ofjta spotless famoShallbe, Columbia's chosen band. CARLISLE: ThDRSDAV, AUGUST «0, wfa Ftlll -PRESIDENT, its&t&tui* w\Mjv nt&itjy. •Foil tyICE 'i>RESIt)ENT, iturt.inn ,w. jroti.vsojw Democrats of the Borough are re "questod to meet at ALLEN’S HOTEL on to-md'r 'row (FRIDAY) qvdtting, at early candle light, for ‘the purpose rif’ljilacihg'lh'nomination IVvo persons 'to be tun as belcgatcs at llie election on Saturday. 'lt is to bo hoped that a general attendance will bo ■/'■given. ATT ENT I 6 N ’tft.fe WH 6 L til Tlic Democrats of South Middleton intend rui; sing a Libertv Poi.b at the house of Mr. George J-Jisenhariy dh Sdturddy?fieXt, the 22d inst, at 3 o’- clock, P; M. Demo cratic frieuda'lh Cdflislc nmJ'the adjdinlng.'to\Vri 'sliips, to hand on'lhc dicasion* August ; i!Otb 1840.' . . ' THK’KWDEKHbOIcAsSOCUTIdN ‘bf North Middleton m’ddt dt- the house of DaviU‘Cofhmdhj Esq, dh Friday (tomorrow) dt e'arly caudle light; By order. . M. WISE, Pres’t. ScvcrM interesting items of Foreign news will hie found on the-first;page—also the .proceedings ••of the democratic meeting at Shephcrdstown, and ‘the mooting of Ul9 North Middleton KihdeHiook -Assodiiiiicu. ...1 - ; *hio Delegate Elections take place on Saturday -A-ncxt.. ,Wc hope, onr Democratic friends .in the Miflferont boroughs_and townsliips counly >vill turn out upon the occasion, and elect “good *. men and true” Ho represent.them in ihojConven tion, The Comity Cdhtfdlltidn, Hvliidh ts to as-’ "scmblo on- Tuesday next, \\#lbe, ; in several re -{spects, the most important body of the'kind which has assembled fur many .-years, and weHrust that, ‘such a a sHv *fl l' 1 i dhed£fy^nd ‘"fairly carry 6iiftl»e_.wili of their constituents. Let Hhc pcoplcin'tbc different districts select 'and most experienced men, and such aHicketVill Hie formed as^vilPnill}’’to Ifshlearfy democrat In Hhe .county. Wcditeifyion’to dh article on our first Ibngiv draw ingf a comparison of the plans of Gen. id arrison and Mr. Poinsett for a militia organl 'satidh. Thc 'Ft’dtTriili&is' have bcdn abusingtlie WtefTor daring to recommend a new.organization of the militia, and have denounced it 3s an attempt V> raise a * men” dt a vadt ‘expense to the nation, for the purpose of es tablishing a “military despotism,” &c. &c. .Now, although these lying scribes do hot believe a word ■of wlnit they write therhsdTveS,, they 'expect to make some political cUpital,out of the measure, Ky 'attempting ’to alarm the. fears of the timid, jmd fasleii'tlic oliibrh(^i*dr'ihey : t^y : lo tender it odious,) of the measure _ T updn fpfesiddnt Van Buren, who* ncvor'Bawtho R«(>dh uritil dftdHt'WaS‘published. The truth, is, the Hepbft'dvife.'e&aVted from the-Se crctary of War by a resolutidh qf f ES, (thc Secrdtai’y'n; 1 bonnd'in;ench -caScs'h'y ir reapOdtiVe df'ilie-n’ih'o*f the President,) was pro parcikdccbrJingly, Submitted, and all in obedience to|(he of law. They know this, and ydt’they woullbdnficavdrtd impression ailing the people that ill a plan originated with ?frr. Vmi‘ByrtWj/W'as written in obedience to his hc, andkc aldne, l is rcßndndr ble. ‘ . I)(it we return 16 Xvhcre lvg dlafteil. '6ur object ■was merely ho'qllH the attention of the people to a comparison drawn between the report of. Mr. Poin sett and a bill drawn up'by'6dh v l. llamsdn when ,iti aliumber of .years ago. The Genfe •‘Tiil sajte IjwadherCß'ro feyihert'vo'lveil-prirf ciples, consequently, if ho should happento be e dected.President, we may reasonably infer that his pidb of organizing a military force, which is ten fblll ihore'objectionable'than Mr. Poinsett’s, would -Bpeeßity be carried in'to cicciition. Let all our readers'examine the cmAparianh, left ■themselves, and then say with Whrft degree of ccfn sistoiicy the Hartfs&n party can bluster on the sub ject as lon liCmently as tl iy am Amongst the most abusive c/f ■the Federal prints against Mr. Poinsett’s plan for the re-organization of the mUitia, .is the Baltimore Pd’/riV/f. The “Standing Army” is the burden of its songdiy Wi • and day out, and if one were to believe the fright ful’ picture It draws'Of this bugbear, there is no. knowing what would bp the consequence. It Would frighten to death half-the old women and ■children 'in ■Okridtendora. 1 How sincere the Pa 'triot is in its denunciation, may be gathered from the subjoined editorial HdliiCh appeared in that pa jpef at’ihe.VimeAo Kc'pdftW'as pußßsbed, and be fore the Federal, leaders had determined to'make political capital out of it. ' -;-v From t]it JiaUinwr c-Pair iotpfJ)ct, Slat, : publish, to-day in eitenso the repi)rt;bf the Secretary of War. itis ■quiteandiferest^document, and while k imparts ■ mudh thfofniatioii, fhVows oift several diiggeslions'j ■ataongtpMdh are thera-organizatibhof the militia into departments,-and tp have 200,000 underarms r feadV for any emergency. 'fhis is'aomething'bf the fVbnbh syffthrti;.and whafin that country alt tailed the “National Guards. 5 ” in stylo and man ner, the report ii dtiidtdh/good—ani in all respects ' superior to the meSsageof ‘the President, and ilia, report of MrViWoodbnry.- Better than aft, Aeto , is not apafticlo otlotn-foco demdgugueirth Sh it, and if the reader weto Kept from a knowledge of the lio-VObld infbrthat it was the production'i!f . tome liberal and enlightened Whig, and that that glurioturparly were .‘already, in possession of the gevcfflineot,” .. r ,-Lanca3teWConvEntion..^-\V ehad intended copying at length the proceedings of’tbisbody, 1 but 1 findbur .limits will not pemiu. Itis ' suffibiffnt 'to ‘observe,; that the Corivoiltl4h Was large beyond the most sanguine expectation, num bering,. aocording’-to'the Lancaster Intelligencer, ■ Tcounty sentovorSOO, withmusicanda'labgedWy of banners. WitLl'AM B, OoidkiKS.Eaq.orShlp- VvaVtho dhief Mafshal of ibo Cumber land dulegatiun, 'file 'HAVr. •'j'x'tiEa 'BbcUANAN, 'was President of tho.Corivention. :6ne delegite •from each county was aoleitcd’to draft an Address; anti Maj. J. Dorsheimer, represented Cumberland. Ono from each countytoreport 1 resol aliens, and J. W. Eo'r,'AvSß appointed. Among the Vice Presi dents,'We'find'the'.name of. Jacob Lononecker; Eaq.’df EaSt PettnSborough township, and among life Sedrdiariea the name of JditK Moons, of'Didlc 'inson, The whole number of Vice’PreSideilta was furty-one, and of Secretaries ihirly-one. An 'Addresa and sundry' Resolutions, in which are embodied the sound and fixed principles of the Democratic party, were adopted, from which Wo 'Will make some extracts hereafter. V The dtraost harmony ahd good-feeling prdviilcd, fd not am a single acci •pleasures o('tho.6ecaBion. ‘‘hm ttcraUl enquires—‘‘What became of the Coasts in favor of a *Ta® drank at the Van Suren celebration on the Ith of July!”, Wo answer that ho •toasts of the, kind were drank' there to_ ohr knon'ledge, nor do'we believe thejbcoulU have been without us knowing something about it. Certain ly no toasts of the kind came into our possession! and'wo are inclined to the opinion that, all 'the' 'toasts rfrhnk or given upon.tho occasion, were handed over foppublication by the'coulrtiittce,— The only toast Suppressed by usi was one which ‘was libelldiis'in its nature, and which we did not feerUiSp*cd’to publjsh for that reason alone—but that onodiad no allusion whatever to'aU’arin. Is bur neighbor satisfied! While uuon’lhis subject, our neighbor wilbpaf don us for making anoUier. aßddt thotoast drank at the Federalcelebratldn, intended as a hit dtlho Ucv. Mr. Slickr. . This toast was handed |n by D-—y M-r—si' read ( byC. 13.. ‘P o, and was no doubt sanctioned by 'the company' present. -Will Mr. Crabb bo good enough to in-, form, us the why and wherefore it was suppressed? Como neighbor !■ we have answered your enquiry candidly* l —answer our’s in the same way, 1 1500 FREEMEN— Co in iii s t o tii c "Ke.scuc! OP TE E PEOPLE! - On Saturday last odr friends in the upper end of the county, hold their HarvestHome/ht Newville. Never before have we beheld within the - borders of Old Cumberland such a gathering of her lioncsi farmers and hiechanics. Large and overwhelming as tlio meeting was at Shippensburg ‘two weeks bofdfc7 i^^'TiS3u{i»jwißcKdr^TMS^afe~as semblage. ’ , 'ln tile early part of the day the pedple commenced flocking in from the'’surrounding townships by flrUndrcdsTon hpMebaek, On foot,'in carriages,'nnd •in wagons, and before’thc hdur of eleven, arrived the town was literally jammed tvilhthe 'ilninditkc 'throng. Then came'the from .Ship ipcnshurg, Leesburg and Stonghstowti, iniirching in a •Solid phalanx with their 'colors flying and nlliklc ipla'ying—on 'their b-JrinefS H\‘dro 'inscribed Va m lie hen, 'Johnson, PorTee’ and 'Buchanan, with appropriate mdttos. Next came the honest and hardy deiUdcrats 'froift ftdnkford, .‘Hopewell and Mifflin, hearing aloft "The Independent Treasury.” Then, amidst a cloud of dibit, could be descried tho lengthened lines of 'the dpproaoh 'ihg'delcgiltions from Dickinson, South Middleton, West Pennsboto’, North Middleton, Silver Spring, Mechanicsburg, Carlisle, Monroe, Allen and East Pennsboro 1 , all hastening to tho place of meeting. It was truly a glorious and joyous spectacle to 'thus behold the honest yeomanry of the country 'turning oiilto'thereSdtie of the'Republic from the rapacious and grasping 'hands df the old Black Cockade Hartford. Conventionists, and 'the advo cates of the Alien and Sedition laws. Tiio people were there in llieir might,, to bid defiance to their old enemies nu\V disguised in the garb of Whiggery. Amongst‘the numerous dele gations We observed with 'pleasure a strong turn out of tile Cordurainers from ’the botoD’gh df Car lisle, with 'thpir banner marked “The sons of St, Crispin fur the Independent Treasury," showing evidently that the 'ivorkhtg'tnenbade 'mil been de ceived by thedroakffigof'thc ‘feilefradis'ts and bank ■meh Übddt loti - wages arid pedif diary dib'trcse. About one o’clock the different delegations as sembled under the direction of the following named gentlemen, viz; Gen. Willis Foulk, Gen. Thomas O. Miller, Gen. Edward Armor, Maj. William Wallace, jlldj. Sainiiel Trill, May. Samuel Cook, Maj, Robert Lamberton, David Sterrett, Esq. A. Sutftli b’ic'Kinncy, Esq. William"Gracey,jr, and Mr. Joseph P» Neviri, who acted os MarshalsOpOn the occasion. The procession ’then mairched 'to a grove-lathe Vicinity of the‘tdw'h, when the mbet ihg was drgiifiized by 'the dp'Jioinlmcrtl irf the fol toiv’Jhg Officers? . President, jOSEPH McKEE, Esq. of Springfield. —Vice-Presidents,- ; ; rNicftopAs Howabd, of iJewyille. John Moobe, Esq. do..* Joseph Waggoner, Esq. of New\o». ..John Ruth, . . do. H. D. Daliiousen, Esq. of Miflliu. Martin Miller, sen. - dp,; -James Wallace, Esq. of Fnfnktord. 1 JohnSnvdCr, sen.' '■ do.' , , Jacob Myers, of West Pennsboroiigh. •Jk'cfe'A do. do. WilliXm Shriver, of Dickroeffir. Col. Jam>s W’poMiuß'N, do. ( . ; Daniel Hopewell.’ . ‘I Joseph M. Means, Esq;', do, ; . ~ "Hon.'John;Stuabt,! Sd'u'th B-fiddlc'lofi. ■ 11. ;C; Sterrett, Esq. do. dp. .. . Abraham WAdooNEnVEsq.„Nor'th MlddleYoh. Jacob Cornman, “ ■ do. dp. ; i Fbancis'Eckels, Esq, Silver Spring. ' John Clenoenin, Esq. ’’ do. do.p v , , Kla]. Jacob'Dobsiieimer, Mcchanicatlurg. - Dr. Ira Day, do. STEeiieV CociiWEV, IShippcnsliutg. ; .3tr.:v , James Kelso; JSoutharap'to'ii. James Willis, Esq. do, Robert Snodgrass, Esq. Carlisle. (ien. James htHinERTON, ;do, ■ ‘ ■ Alexan’OkO Wfijis, Esq. E; Pennshorodg'h; ScOrctarics, • • ;■ “ IF.ift.-Afe/rdy, £sj. Newvillc. : • : Thomas JdeCitllough, Esq-lfi'e\\'Um. Cap't. .Wegatej-Mifflrn. ;/ ; JuhnMeCrea, Frankford. , Hubert JlcKeehan,^ieel Pcimaborongh. ~ ■Juhn-King, Dickinson. -O' . ■i „ • Uavid fVherry, Hopewell, • ■ : ■ John lichn,'ps<i. NdiWMiddleton. liey.do. a ' lidciifliccuiTod to mar tl ■ Gcbrge Smith, Esq. South Middleton. , Jacob Kosht, Silver Spring. ' v Snyder Huplcy, MeCtuuucsburg, .W.'Rl Qimmins, _ j I'Romas H. Brillon, Esq.J3odth£linplon. Jason W, Eby, Esq. Carlisle. 1 A rratnber of Resolutions wore reiil ‘by Mr. ~ Scoulkr, and uhaUimbubly adopted., . The assemtitoge Waa thenaddfeesed by.tho Yldn. William S. Ramsey, Gen.' Thomas C. Miller, . Col, ChorlesAlcCtare, J.' Ellis Ron ham. Esq . and Mr. William Jl. Porter, ‘edh of Ilia Excellency the Governor of the State—•aher'wliich’iho procession was, again |ibnhe(l, ihd, By music, marChed'bA'ek'tq town and Iqbictly dispersed. _ •, ' ,'jhte‘niimber of Ipbrsdns'composing the meeting haVbcdh variously cstimatcdTrom fifteen hundred ioi'ido thotisind, ' dnd wo pro satisfied that there were, bdydnd hit Aiail,JtJleeen hundred notables on the ground— the Whole mass of-these top,.with two or three exceptions, v \»ero delusively ‘ftiih the glcen fields dhd tliiivlhgtovlbWof old'Cbitiberiand, which usually polls-about five'thousand voles.— This presenU a; brilliant prospect for'tlie democra cy Of our artciept eourity'to codteniplate, and la an eaHiest of What they otfn do'Whenhho election day arrives. ' - ' ■_ The resolutions ]\vill- v aj)pear in our‘next, not liaving beomreciived in time for'thfs'paper. All the h ccency! —Oh 'the return of the\ crats on Saturday evening, from the Hdhio at Netvville, wo had a specimen brutal deg radation bt'the hard did’or guzzling bacchanalians. They cdll6dtbd ‘around l t!idir mud cabin' a'numbcr of half grown boys, who ‘ wdre ,f directed by grown mch'ln the iritbiidr and in iho fmmcdiateneighbor hood/to insult and 'W^hace, 1 the procession as it quiet and orderly manner. V This log' cabin of the Aristocracy and British bank men was illuminated r for f the bccasidh, anil every effort was made by the band of blackgtiarda that surrounded it to lighten the horses of our’ffiends, but happily withbut effedt. ’Had thehofScVbccartiFffightened and ‘Uhdwing what de- t struciion of'life dhd-propoftymight have'endued., ■ Weribw give the Se-gentry ample 'notice to be en Their guard wncn'the decbncie'S df life are again 1 thus violated. VVe'hdll enough of the-hdnJy'ilein bcrats’of’the county in.tho procession 'to have chastised personally tho.wliolo-posSo df'younganc) old' federalists, and to have scattered 'the logs of ‘tho'famons log'oabih'to-theHvljidb. We kay look out!—forbeanmeeibos a virtue on Saturday hight— retaliation may be'hecessilfy On the nojlt occasion, and that too whcnthcre may bo no -hack to jump out of. ' - 1 It Was gratifying'to hhe fridntls of t gopil order and- deihbcracy, to observethe-' manner in which the procession returned-from Ncwville On Saturday evening, - Although 'the-lihe of carriages, 'horses; and wagons, filled,With hundtdds of our citizens,' extended nearly, from ontl end-of, the town to the and-ill I were oiiimalOd jjy'ttie’evOilts of . the day, yej no disorder or cunfusidinnarkcd the pro cession. Every'thing was milhdged'in a quiet mariner: —Notfso With tbeguzzlingbacchdnjliaris, and topbrs of the preceding Saturday night. They,! reeling undcr-thc irllluence of hard cider or Some-- thing hardyr, came through the town yelling like ihcafnifto demons, fillidg our,., peaceful borough with uproar .ahd confusion. Yet thelSe arc the. Solons who are opposed 'to Frimiy Wriglit and agrariaifisiir!' Oh shame ! where is thy blush? , ,t Standing- .old Feddralidts have evbr bCen tho advocates, since the days df Alexan der fetriilldn.'ijf a standing army, find, in the lime of old John Adams, actually organized a force of 40,000 regulars to maintain the alien aml'Sedition, laws—yet the country is now filled willrtheir lamCntatidns'bVer the shadow of an army of free men to he nliSijil by Mr. P'oihsclt. 'Now'how does; the matter stand? ! Since the time of Gdh. Washington, almost every Secretary of War has in his annual report re commended a reorganization of the militia . It is a fact notorious that the syStem'is'dcfeetivdj rind Mr. Poinsett at the dommencomdrtt 'Submitted a plan to Congress'upon the ipiiridiple ef‘classification approved of by Washington, Madison, Monroe and Jacksiift. It was the simple proposition of the; Secretary, and met with-no favor in either 'House of Congress. The of the Senate and House of Representatives both reported against it —not a single member of cither party advocated it—and it ,sleeps With the reppfe of Knoi,‘Cahi houn and Other Wait.; ‘itteyrfiryiir beedme a'laiV, andydttho Opposition die -attempt- 1 ing'to gull the people With 'this 'ftrfbb'o'f a Standing! ‘hrmy, Which thcylihVo arrayed aldngside of'their cider barrels and coon skids for'the purpose, dfdor copliort. Wo shall reeur to t|riS subject again'. Wti6 ARE ’lH'e MOBITESI—Opr old enemies thb'llartford. Convention federalists have always stigmatised us as agrarians, levellers and have always ,claimefl: : TOr them-; serve's all‘the “good aocie'ty,” afnd social virtues! difnnebted therewith. in the nAdst of *thebe pro fessions ivhat dowd'beel An Open atid barefaced Oiterap’t'to dObVdrt Ate cdhstitutio'n afnd 'Ja\Vs by, Ititner, Ifui*roVes, i’cn'rrfee, sAeve'nS atift ethers, in their effort to force into the Legislature individu als who had ao't the shadow of aright; this at tetap't sustained too by all add of Mafifax Willies,' 1 ‘buckshotand ball, and requisitions for the standing army.; What do we now See the sam e peaceful since Aprlflast tiie whole 'country has been excited and thrown into confii-‘ hidn by mobs of Idle a'nd NvorthTOs'h 'characters,: parading, the streetspf our principal ciltOS and’ towns wlthllog cabins, ‘coteib’trinjs and Slim IvOneS; and bfOefing, in drunkerindds rind de- : ha'uchedy, -openly countenanced by tlicSe sham friends of temperance; order andfcard eider. How, many widowed mothers—how. many deserted wives will have to mourn over the degraded con dition of their children and husbands, brought a-: bout by thyse baddhtrtaliahtcycft, h'opt'Op nightly under,the- atispiceS of those (Godls'avO' the mark,) religion-and morality!' How deep an injury will.beinflicted upon the social condition 'if odir pcople ;T>y the tumultuou's and. disorderly ’fiyefe fit ; which even children -a'i'e permitted to mlnglor—in which dram drinking is inculcated nS one of,tee ffiiftily ViittieSl tet'onr;olp^chiOnts an-' swer if they‘caVil. r .' V; "kc"-'~ys\ ,"V~ r T II E EJ L E C.f 1 xi X S. I^ffi^aVßnUienUe. from' the So'ath arid -Weß^j»iM>g;lfebß»dfa‘'«ile«r4^iy ; the tntfoko ’raised by the.Fdde'ral 'guY<s iffhe off-’ going,-aM 'giVa our rAa^o^^gd'lii fag ’a'jio'n which they eth tho “hallowed before'they w'dfe'oiif of the woods”- a'nd now, wiien th 6 ttulh of oio;malter ia known, they have been in a:genoral ; way aboil t as com pletely: asthe• most' aartguino: Democrat liavoanticipaled; • ,i;’V - J. - lYi miasouri, thebrilliarWand the West, the Federalists have been so effectually whipped that there* is scarcely h f greaso 1 spot of thorn left. They liave been beaten'ih'sdveral of their strongest holds, and in others thMVttmjoHtiea are reduced one-half. Wo'havo carried'dor Gov ernor, Members of Congress,ahil Slate’Legislature, ■UV a largely increased andoverwhelming majority.. _ In .'lllinois, the Democrats have Wept evofy thllig bcfrSlo, thorn like ah avalanche. A" letter published th the Missouri Argus since the election, says; “Gdn. Harrison’s 'prospects of getting the vote of Illinois, are about as good as his chance of '•'gelling’to heaven without repentance.” And again faces in this city,.since the elec tion'ln'Missouri and'lllinois, are about eighteen inches ling/’ In Wlabadra, although wohavb lost a fdw mem bins of the Legislatureih'dlosoly balanced counties, yet the popular vote in 'btlr, favor is largely in creased over forihor'yoafa. Thih State,4t is now admitted.by the Federalists, will give a largo'hia jority for Mr. Van Buren. . 1 . / In North Carolina, where thcFciioraiists ednfi dentiylanticipathd a 1 triumph, as they had elected 'thoir'Ga’vdhior two 'years ago by seventeen ’thou 'Hnd'majorttyi the Democratic candidate for GovF ornor, Mr. Satihfdera, ; is ihead so far as authentic returns have been received,and if lie is not elected, he will run close oh.the heels of his opponent.— 'fhis Slito is also'stlfe'for Mr. Van Buren. Add tp tlio above a gain of one member of Con- Tgrcss and eight or nine members of the Legislature in Louisiana, and we think the Democratic, party have abundant reason to bo satisfied with the nti- ( spicious corilmencement of the campaigh. To balance the ab<rve, : rtnd whit'the'FelleraUstS' crow so loudly about, the'opposition have carried the oleciipn in Kentucky and. Indiana: by about their 'Usual majority. These 'Stales have been! (with a'single exception) largely fn'iho opposition for-years,--and both 1 cast their diedtoral vote forj Harrisdn in 1830. So that our readers can easily pcrcciVc'that'thorejqicing df,thp Federalists abotii their “great gains, 4 ’ is “all cry and little wool.’’ So So'on as'lbll returns of the elections in'tlio aboilb‘mentidned States aro received, Avb shall lay tlibin our readers. DDFF GREEN’S OPINION OF GEN. HAIb kison In las?—and mr. clay’s opin :l6N IN 1825.' We clip the fallowing from thd Batlirhdro‘Re publican, to show the estimation in which GoriT. Harrisdn Wds held years ago by two individuals, who are'now loudest in hispfaise. Vdrily, ‘tWon tiers tv'ill heyer'beaSe.” CHANGE! NDEED!—For the benefit of those whb'fead Duff Green’s “Pilot,” wo publish the foildwingextract from the United StalesTolegraph, of 48th' April, 1839. The Telegraph was then e ' dited by Duff'Grccn. the-present editor of the‘Pi lot:":' ■„ • w. "Central //amVinr—-THc'Kirilimomi Whig as sails the President with great force, fdrthe'rpcal of General 'Harrison, andlamdiita over'tho cripen seS dfxlie nliSsion to 'Columbia, in a manner that justifies a belief, that Mr. ‘Pleasants considers the salaries attached to ofiiecB, of- niore importance to the Government than the faithful disfcharge of-pub lic duties.- “It is useless for the Whig to sjScak ofGiindral Harrison and his services;’ We believe wo speak truly, when we say, that hehas cost the nation mere, blood and treasure thanewy other individual living . We refer to the transactions dh the North West ern frontier. All who know General Harrison in timately, iribrft bo fully sensible that ho is unfit'to bo the representative of this, Government unddr any administration; and those whdknow the command ing influence exercised over him by Mr. Olay, must admit that he is not such a man as this Ad ministration ought to select, for the delicate nego tiations with which bur. Minister to Columbia is charged..- The true question, therefore, isnqtwhat, sum has the mission.to Cplumbia cost us, ht il is, was General Harrison ‘the -person splpdted hi the'codlitidn.'the'flrdjier representative'of tho pre sent -admihistraiioh? If this proposition bo an swered in tho negative, it will appear that the $lB,OOO, Of Svhich tho Whig and other coalition prints so loudly complain, are properly chargeable' to the late administration, (Mr. Adams’;)’-’ . i And who was it that opposed tho appointment of Gen. Harrison, as Commander of thn Army, when Gen. Macomb was appointed? Mr. Clay— and as wo learn from a letter of , a distinguished gentleman which we haye - jus't, seen, ,;upo|i tho ground of inferior tjuallfication.. - And yet, now fif teen years after, he fs ‘thought (ato Wield the high est Executive office in'the country! Wonders will never'ceabe-. The antifcs of party,- When assisted by the aspirations of ambition, will never fail to produce the most extraordinary acts iff Inconsist ency; dlid folly. i ; THEY’JIE GIVING IT UP! 1 Tlio NeW, York Herald, (a whig paper,) gives the following doleful account of Gori. Harrison's not Only in that city, but in the state.— We 'rccoriimbnii tjie art'iclq'to thdfeo, who are still in doubt bs to the issue of the s’truggle in N.. York. Coming from an avowed federal press, it is proof positive, that the Harrisonites are themselves fully Conscious Of DEFE AT. • ‘fOrfe important 'fact is Certain, that the Tinpe canoe party is at present BROKEN UP and di vided into inefficient squads in this cityvby 1 the miserable triqks and schemes of the Wall direct men; ancl if tbs'papie influitoce.haye Win at work th me Interior, that have-operated bo Mightingly here, if the same selfish spirit has prevailed in the country that has spread over the city—if the same insolpnt ,and tyrannical -syhtehi ‘df (Rotation has been pot i'n operationthroughout the state, that has broken up the power of the party here, Air. VAN BUREfTWILL. GET,THE STATE BY A VBRYLAR6EAIMOfiiTY.-- 7 As thp pqbition of affairs stand at ptesent in tliis city, if the vote for the-Presidential question were to be taken to-ihorrow, amongst us, there would' ni> doubt be a majority, of .from 3,000 to 5,0d0 against GENERALHARRISON, so.greatis the reyolutip.n. occasioned by the witheringranffuepdo exetciiSed Vy “the clique) that control Wall Ofreot.’ extra,Va£Ance !! This is the parly, catch-word to dupe the honest and unsuspecting yeomanry of our codntpy into aaoppurt bttheauperannuated eld whom the whigS htidaboli ffonists have hominatetl for t heFr eSTdehcy. The present administration hab Hfce'd more economical than alriios.t any of the pfe’c'eding ones; the expenses ;have'been reduced: to 1 leas than ■ fifteen millions of dollars, Much was the lowest point of economy ever Wrged . by the rA'6bt cn t. ■, •- - -j Aa'tothe expenses of th'ePiesiijent^honte,' it is- reallyitpo small ga'nieTor loffy'aiul high - minded then to hunt after* if theVe lb 'ex-" trava'gh'nce, which ,<ve positively iiffehy; Vhe' : alone responsible fur ih Tire IfresidenV?an-’ not foltcit one cehf, Wm’csS tq'AgVess. first iirakes th’e appiopriations. .liet th'e biafn’e 'reSt it belongs. »If there are abases in this matter, let Congress be instructed to make more prudent appropria tions. But let os seefiow other administra tions have acted in this matter. We select the following froiu a strong Federal paper, aml if'it Uocs not cliuke some of the Whig' orators, they must have throats like an opin' sepulchre. , .. . . i •The folldlvlrig is takeh from the'SaVannah 'Republican, ApriH), 1827 - . ~ ■ From the Natidiial PaUaditiVti. “Gen. Washington, 'during eight 'years,, Was allowed for hfrniture. • $13,000, VJohn Adams,’dlurinjjeight, (four) years, and without adding h slhgle article to the'stoCk lefton hand by Ilfs predecessor. , “Mr. Jcffiifsun,'during the eight ycars. tlie origindl-iillrchase of'Gen. Washington being sold as unfit fur use after Mr. Adams. “Mr. Madison, foreight years, in addition to the above supply, ■ _25,000, “Mr. Monroe, for eight years, the stock on hand'being burnt by the British, . . "Mr. J. Q. Adams, in addition to the above stock, on hand, has had - already, in one-fourth of the time, 56,000 ‘ VhRBOM Sa't.” . “Mr. Van Burch, for four years, 20,000 —Gov. Lincoln; a'leading-Wliig-inembcr of- Congress from Massachusetts/in Using up Mr. Ogle orPennsylvania. brovihg his speech a, tissue of misrepresentation and falehood, makes the following important declaration. He says expressly and-positively, that the: President has! .ever manifested the' Utmost! reluctance to have ahy additibhhl fUrniture, ■provided”for his house, and that. Hie'(whigi Committee alone w'eh answerable -for 'it.— We have only 'room.fora brief extract from 'Gdv.Lincoln’s,speech. ... ~ . “He (Mr.,Lincoln,) WaS nO friend of Mr. Van.Uuren, but he would do.bim the juatice! to say if there was. any thing in relation to the furniture of the White House. t/ic Presi- not' to blame for it. On the con-' tfary, he (M/.L.) knew his great delicacy on the-subject, and,would assui'e'tlte jjdhllb man that, whenever the.CdmniittCe liad'con- SU(ted with the ‘Presidents'relation to any hdUitihiial 'furniture, lie had invariably ex pressed his reluctance, to have any thing ex pendedfor that object. He (Mr. L,) would State, ’from ins owriknowledge; that "ho/ a single article of furniture slippliedduririg the last three yearsdiad been supplied 'at the request of the President. The Committee alone were .'anstverablc. atiii'ihe'j would as-, same the responsibility,”’ ■ . Valuable Medici DrarrdrcflrV Vegeta ble Pills have proved themselves an effectual as-; distant of nature, having curcd'in New York, in a period, of 18 months; upwards of 8,900 persons, of diseases which had been pronounced incurable by medical men of the first rank and Standing.' UFheso Pillsj ‘from ?hp ipedgliar propdf ties :they ■possess, are caUijildtcd to ,cliro disease, Whatever bo its-name, all haying tho'sijmq origin,‘in any person in .whom is the universal “breath of life,” wbo partakes of tho ‘lyiiversal’ “dne blood,” of which are made all people who dwell'upon the earth, and whose disorder arises from the “Univer sal root’’ of all^iscaseVffameTy,impurity or imper fect circulation, o( the bloqd. Those -who are .suffering from a'badstdte of health, Will'do ’well to'give tliem a trial. Purchase them in Carlisle of Goo. W.-.Hitner, or of Agents published in another part of this-pa per. ' , . ' . ; TAILORING. THE subscriber would inform his friends arid the public in general, that he has hfs shop in High street, in the shop formerly qccupied by Cormack M’Maniis, oiie door west of NW. Woods’ store, and would solicit a. share of pub lic patronage. „ , .WILLIAM M’PHEIISON. August 20, 1840,' ’ ' DELEGATE ELECTION , Agreeably to notice the Democratic Republican Standing Committee of Cumberland county, met at the house of Simon Wunderlich, Esq. on Mon day last, tlip.ldth Inst.—the following members being present; „, , . ... ~ , ~ "' . Jacob BdugbrnSn, J, W. Eby, Esq. Wifi Gould, Lewis Hycr, 'John Roicliart,!.Ab’ni Brctz, David Wherry, Solomon P. Gorgas, N. J. Ramsey' Woods,rJacob Dorshcimer, Michael Kost, John Stough, Esq. Hugh Craig, John Wagoner, Hdn.. jfo'Hii. Stuart, Michael Mishlqr, Isaac Cbristlieb, JamcsKerab". " .. ~ J-RCHAEL MISHLER of Monroe v •as sip-! pointed Chairman; and Maj. Jacob Doreheimcr t of; Mcolmnicsburg, and J. IV. Eby of Carlisle, Sec retaries.—. Tito following resolution was, adopted at the meeting on "the 10th irist: . , ..... . Jieeolvei, That, tiio election for Delegates, to form a County bo. peld in file several Bor oughs aiid tovViisbipa at their several, places of; holding elections on the afternoon of Saturday the 22d day of August next at 2, P. M. which said •delegates so elected, Shall meet in County Con-! yentton at the 'County Hall, in'.Carlisle On the; TucsdaV 'foilo\VJng being the SSlU'insCsitl o’clock, 'inthe intbrnoon. , . • ; ~ , MICHAEL MISHLER President. , •Iflechatiicsburg Mtarirest tSmiie. At a in'ceting df the HeifiOcrats of theßo .'rougli.of Mecfmnicsburg, bn Thbrsday even ing the 13th 'Of Augiisf. it Was, Ttesoived, that there be a Democratic Harvest Home held in Meqhanfcs'bterg, ou Sattirday the 'sth ufßepfeiiibei 1 . . . ' - The fullowing poranns 'iverc appoipfed a COmmittceof Arrangement. .. Adam longSdorpt, -■ ■ s-^JrKrDQNGNEpRER,—^ . SOLOMON GORGA&, . ’ ■}. H; A.; DUNLAP, DR. A. Hi VAN HOFF, j m;g. RUPP. ANDREW’KRJSITZER', j . david Martin, DAVID SHRAFFER, FREiiK. WONDERLICH. B. HAVERSTIGK ! PAyiD BENDER, •ABM. BRETZ;. . ' j)R;I.\y,SNOWIiEN, '' .J.'\VMv WeSTHEFFEP. The Comteittee are to meet at the house of K Wonderlich IpA Saturday 'evening tlie SiJd iftkt. at ‘6 o’clock P. M; ‘ '■■■■:■ J. DORSIIKIMER, Chairman. ! W. PXIE; . • ! ' j ., ■Sr ENTERS testamentary have been issued B ’j to Dlmiel Worst and Susannah Diehl, both iivilig in Fraiikfactl township, concerning the es tote of;Mich»el UUhl, late of said towiiship.ol Frankfordi dec’d. All persons indebted to said estate are therefore requested to settle andpa}- ntf their accounts Within three months from this date, and alt persons having; any legal'demands against said estate will present them properlj authenticated forsettlement.. • •; DANIEL WORST, Ti SUSANNAH DIEHL, Executors. AiiK'lsr2orlB4o. BLAI'fRSFORSALB ATTHISOFEICE ~r — BRIGAUKOUUERS., —— The ihhdersfgncd hereby 'assumes com mand of .the Ist Brigade, 11 tli. division 1- M., and, thinks proper to make the following ; appointments, i iz^_, Alexander'W. STerrelt, Cumb. Co* ■ to be Brigade Major. , SamUor_Clark,7Esq."of Cumberland Co. t» be Brigade Quarter Master. • Frederick, E. Bailey,„Esq. of .Perry Co. to bo Aid-do-Caihp. • • Capt. 'James Adams of Perry County to be Aid-de v -Cqpip, 'Capt. iJara'es'B. GilmOre, of Perry Co. to be * Aid-de : Cainp. Capt. Williarii S. Allen, of Climb. Co. to be , . . " -■ ; ■ ■ Lt. David Mack, of Perry County to bo Aid-de-X)amp. . Lt. A. J. -Nortli, of‘Cumberland Co.'to be Aid-de-Camp. •, ’ , ~ Lt; George BowerniSster, of dumb. Co. to be AidTde-Caipp. ~ Edward Stiles Ege, of Cumb.- Co. to be Ald-de-Camp.,, , ... r. - George Parker,-Eslj. of'C’uthb. Co. to bu- Aid-de-Camp. !_ : l_ 25,000' 29,000! 50,000 All of whom will be obeyed arid'respectcd accordingly. , EDWARD ARMOR, Brig. Gcnl., Ist Brig., lll.h Div. P. M. .Head Quarters, Ist Bri- 1 , gade ,11th Diy. P.-M. >- Carirsle, August 'lBth,’lB4o.J fHJBLIC SAIiE. . \Viil bo’srild at'puhlic sgle ou’Frulay the 18ih of September next, at 10 o'clock A. M. the follow ing described real estate,latothe : df Mosc’a Scroggs dcc**d.to wit: ~ / . > '&lLotor piece of Grountl situate in Newton township, Cumberland county, bounded by Irtnds of Rev. Alex'.- Sharp and Sam. 1 Wild, contairiirilhg abdlit three hercs,Vv-thercoh ,erected a'two story - ' .. LOGHOUSB & STABLE!, with a TANN ERY consisting of 21 Vats, a Shop and ‘Bark Shed, and Mill .’House, with a 'nevdr failing stream running hear said Tannery. The‘terms of sale will be $lOO to be paid by the. purchaser on the.confirmation of .the'sale by the Court, the residue of one half ( on the first c*l April heXtj when - possession will be given and n deed' Jhiide ‘to 1 Iho and jha balance in one year thereafter without interest, to be secured by a lien upon tli6 land or by bohd with approved se curity. By order of Orphans’Court. * ALEXANDER SCROGGS, Adm’r of f Moses Scroggs, dec’d- Augiist 20, 184hv . - N. 8.. The VEUS(X&AI:-p/dpetty~ct sfpid dc ‘ceased Will bo sold on said day. . • ’ OH PHANS’ COURT SAXE. , fN.purs’uance-df Hp'order. of -th<? Orphan*’ Court ofCumberland county, will he exposed to public snle’,‘_nh jlie premises on Finn a y the 2d dXy OF'O&bOER next, at 12o’clock noon, the following described Veal estate, late the propel - ty of John Davidson viz: A-tract of Limestone Land, in Westpcnnsbrirough township, about 2 miles, east..of_rlewville, hounded.by lands of- (Samuel M’Keehan, oite6,‘Jdcob Lehman'&’Joh7. MyevS, containing 56 acres, nipro_9r ]c ss,jibq ju. „ TO aci'es are cleared, the 'tjnr. " ber, about 20 acres sown with clover seed h ( >t Sptfhg. There is a well on the premises, which with,a little repair, would afford sriy ply ot water.. ..The soil is good arid produces t*- qUal to ahy.ln the neighborhood.^ Also, on Saturday the 3d of October, at 1 o’clock P.M. at the (louse of Wtn. Woodburn, in Newvillc, will be offered at, pub lic sale, a Lot of Meadow Ground, about j of a mile north west of Ne-WVille, bounded by lands of Woodburn pud Wplker, and et creek,' containing 8 acres and 121 perches’, ’well epcloscd and good grass land. Also, at the same time jmd place, a Lot of £ acres of Land, about half a niil< north east of Newville, bounded by lands ot Alexander Glenn’s heirs, and Sam’). Davidaoi^ And, on Monday the sth oT October, at 1 o’clock, TV M*. ,on IhcHprcmiscs. will be'dffere.d atpubljc sale, a Lot.of First Rate ifoeadow Land,.on the Mtfunt Hock Spring,bound* cd by lands oT Wilfiam 13avidsnn, and mansion farm of dcceksed, containing ‘6 acres and l:Tl perches. . . t '’ J Pcrspns wishing to purrhase are invited ; (p: view Vhe above property, previous to the day t.l sale, " - Terms of stde prescribed- by the half the purchase money to be paid on the cm - firmatinn of the sale; the balance in two < qua,l yearly payments, without ipuivst, to be secured by a lien on the property.. The. title will.be mad,e and possession delivered uu the Ist of A ’priim’i. ...... , .... , of the Orphan?* Court'. hohkh DANIEL LECKEV; Administrators'. Allgust 20, JB4O. At a stated*' Orphans’. Court, began and belli op Klomlay the 10th day of Au gust 1840, and for -Cunpbci:la'ri(l county, before the Hon/Saronel Hephiuni,,Pre sident, and John Stuart and John Leftvre Asso ciate Judges- of the saitiecqurt. assigned the* following proceedings vverehad/ to wit: , • ...12th August 1846.. Pule.on all ‘the heirs of Robert Armstrong, dec*d., to shew‘cause at the next November court, . why the Veal estate of ■ Robert Armstrong',.decM., should not be sold, personal; nqtice to be served on all the parties residing.within forty miles, 'and for all others in two newspapers published in Carlisle lor four successive weeks preceding said court. * ' . - .By order of the Court. Cumberland County, Vs* • Ido certify, the above to be a true . copy taken.fijom the records qf.tbc ■Citphans’Court in and for said ccun- ' *in testimony whereof I have-here unto set my hand and affixed tHo se*A of said Court, at Carlisle the 14th „day of Au gust wo; VALtIABLE FARM'POR :v saee. In pursuance of the last will ami tckaVin'ent rf George 1 Davidson, late of Westpernkborough township, Cumberland county, de'c’d., will be. sole! atpuhlic sale, on'.WcdaVsday tl\e 7tli day ■ ef October next, at 10 o'clock,- A. Rl.- of’said day,, on the premises, tile- following df scribed real estate, late the property of said dcc’d., vizi A tract of ftrisil ate limestone land, situate in Westpennsbnrough luwnjihiiyGumber- 7 land county,:Pa. about 7. rnilcauwest of Carlisle; ■ and one mile north of Mount ‘Hoclct..containing tbnut 190 acres, bounded by dm heirs' of WJUiani lOavidson, ,dVc*d.V Kobvrt M’Keehan; md the bdrs of tlie-Hev. VVilli,im,s, df* censed.. There- are abnufeiSO ucj*es ’cleflrca, : iri , i high state of cuUiVatirn.'and under goad fence; the rt*sidfie is covered with first rate; limber, Vlie : ■ STONE HOl^E, with a well of good framV. heaf'the door. The Mount Rock, spring crosses .said farm nearly hV the centre,' wjtftin, a; few porclies'uf the house. Also, a Double Barn of t-ogs, and other nut mbses, and- a good bearing ’Orchard bf‘choice '-fruit trees. A further description is-not neces sary, hs persons will view before they purchase. Attention will be given, and terms made knowh in the day of sale. AVinSON, I , DANIEL LEC.KEY, , ' August r . ' fixicutui'S,
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