w ?: fi " y.w-; ■ all., ilitoai he cr thrti. "" i. ji' , PROCLAMATION. WHEttlvASin ami by mvacr of the Verier ral Assembly ,Tpa&ett*thV2d day qf July pHbeaev. cratco'imies of theL r onimduw6ulUi,qiianfitd t«; vp^elor,members *jt;,th^G.vnci^l ;< Aiacnil>ly shall . foldqu•etecimn al.tlw *&•«*, pWes V.whicfi it* said members Klja]l hav<* T)e'ed r VfiUd fornf tht fjriic&linrf election mV UiV HfiTi pt^ding the first \V^»teBclHViiVfDer.e«»be1 < eV«*ry?fptiMh yxHr^cre^tter^(^eutYr<he4Q^<;Hy^f4)ctohen) for qf e|e9iinK^|rciorg ; pf r H J*fehi. VicePresident ot the tfmle&Statw. l>Jo h vn Myers, High Sh£»ifT o( tneColmty of CumberlamlJn “pursiianctr of thc on me by'tlie act;: do issue this,my giving notice to the freemen of Saul 'comity qualified to vo:e - of Asseinlly.to ipcCl at the several election districts thercin/us fnl- T>v»s, viar : «' - f ■" '. 'The election In thc-Hedion district cnmpo«ird *of the Bofnugli.o’ C >rlede* and towiiships pfN; Xfiddlet-'H. btiuih iVtyddlrtim, Lower; pickinson*. Lower Frank ford, and Lower Wtstpennsboro? wilt he held at the. Court Hoiiseliflhe'bdrouglj ■of'Carlislef ' ‘ '‘- v : ;'; V':’'- ‘"‘■‘•V.-’v clection .m thedistrict composed of Silver spring township, will be .held atvthe-Public 'House of Joseph, Ciruiv in;ilogestown, in said township.; ‘ ' t * 'Vhe Uectioivhvthe district composed of Fast pennshorortgh township', will be held at the.Pubf lic llmise of Andrew Kreitzer in said township. ' Tlie election iii the district composed of New Cumberland and a pin t of, Aden township, will l»e heklat the- Public House of John Aourbeck, in New. Cumberland, ‘ 'election in .the' dist.rlct compdscd of Lis* burn unci, a part of Allen township, will be held at the public house of PUcr M'Canti, in Lis '.burn. 1 ''.V’i - ■ * election in .the district comprised of that p irt of Allen township, hot included iu the New Cionheiduud and LUburii election districts, will he Ijehl'itt the public house of Pavid «Sheafer,~ in said towoship, / Tlie election hi distrh t composed of the hori-ugh of MeWiantcshing, >ill he held ip the jihbliC/’liihpe'pf.Johii’llonyer, in snid'borongh'. riie JelvV.ttou hi 1 thv district Composed of Mon. rot; toWnship, will. Inf ’held at the public house ’oi .Widow'Paul |iVCl|urchtmvn, In v.iidto\vnshin. Theelvciiun iiithe district mmiphsed of 11p per Dickiii's. hj,i>whslilpj .Wealc • IvyVSclipol House,.in ,s.dd A lowiish‘lp. '*'■<‘* r * ' The eleCtrViri' ih-the d/stVicKcooiposed nf the • btinmgh of Newvilli*. aod,tmvi»hhii>H of Mifflin, Upper Frankfo.rd, Upper,\V,cfttpetinstKr<mghv - and that pari of Newtotf township, notlncltichd . in the * Leesburg- electi"ii distnet hcreumftrr mentioned, will be held .'at the Brick Belli o! House,Ti the borough ol Nywville. . The election In' the''district compos* d of tlii*- townshipbf Hopewell, will he held at tin. School House hi-NewbUrg iu’said towiishij:,.___ r _ _ The elecildn in the dir-tnrt-Composed olVtiu - borough of Shippenshorg, Shippoiwburg town ship; am), chat ji.irt of'Southauvpt'in i« w’lship, n-jt included'.in the’ Lees'nirg-election'dn-irlrt, ~»!(! lie- held at the C« uncii ILhst, in.,the bo .rmigh of Shippensbmg. *' “ ~ v : - « Ami,in and by an art of the Gem ral hi* b v of inis ’Commonwealth, passed; the 2*l .full 1.539; it isAhtis provided,*- That.the''qualified electors of pirfs ot ,Newton mid Siuiihamploi. townships iii' the comity of Curtiherlund, bouod ,i;d by the" following lilies atid -distances', viz:— ;'Ucginnihg at! the Atl.ons county line, tlieure a ' bingthe line divi.lihg-the townsitips'ot Dickinson ami Newton to the turnpike roiid, thence ah‘n\; -•said turnpike., to-Centre 'school-houstf*, oh. said ♦ turnpike, in Southampton township, thence to a poihtoii;iiic \V dnm Bottom kkkl at.UeyhurkV, i (C.iipliiig Keybuck’-* firin, thencCMi.straight tli ■rrctl.im to the siw-mlll belonging-to the heirs ol . (irorgc.Clever, .thence along Kryshir’s run to tlie Adains ctiunty line, lltenre along the line .of ’ . Adains county to the place of beginning, be mid ; the s ime is hereby declared a new atid separate rlc-etinn disti lct, the general election K> be held at the. 1 public house now occupied by William Rfjxwell; in.LL*tsburg,.H luthaoiptoirtownship- At which time and place, the qualified elcc t*U3, as aloVes:i»ri, will t h c l l)\ hi.llot / i ! TiUHTY ELBCTOUS f«T President, and Vice President of the United St t,'s. . _ " . And Ihc several judges; inspectors and ch i j»s ~wli» shad jiiteml at. the ; prt ceding efeciit n fe-r <, members of Asseinhly, are. ittpinad to..attend. - . and perldnp at i*»e said the,like ilnWs, \ , uiii| he subject ih t'e iike pVnuUi- s for.iugUrt or. imscomhici, as. they shall ..be liable to ul the el.atiinf fpr inentbi is of. Asseobb’y,*. ~ .. And the return, fudges of the v'eral ch. cVien 'id.j ,,Ciitohcrliiii(l 'c*Hnilv, hy : ,! I quired' to nieet at tin* C*an*t il ,11*10,10- il'.e.Jh • rough pf CaHihl<a-*»n.M.Haia.y.,ncxt afterdhe'sahl fleCtimi, -iU 11 oV.H.oiv. A./M*,.' with, ccVpfiCi ites «•{’ the * lection in .tbVir diVirlyts... . t . , • -• Iviveir■ under ‘my. hand d Carlisle,' this 24ih fine ol A. r l!je .sixty.ftl'lit , rear nendVlic-e. ■.. ■ r • ,iaHn m if. ■•'( 13® Y.yi ryiu f't' cUiOldl-r, oilv’ilo. lo nu.' directed, :. srP-' <sucd,-mii.’ui tlKvCi.nv'r oi CoiiuiVniil’K-i'Sol ; t.ui;.iij;i:(au>l , ;\:nujiLy , wiil'ljc" vxpV.i,.dt v .. Public dialer Oil I in: .Jpo oiisoo iii I’i'ankiiirdlbwiiiJup (in S uuril-iv. tlu: irVli cl.ij i't t b'loiur.] 8-10, a’lbnt, ■ ■ .ytcliWk I',- M, ilVc<V litijl'Ks. tote, 1 lit t y - !>lV3.Vi rtMy.l JN citlif.l j aU r.M, to %vir: A T>;NiCt v 'il,lmil'll ol uiolvi jnF took tid Ttiovmmip Cutnbtriond, chiinU,' Imuthivd by j .• • tiitii!* ftit ~—"--TKi5t;burirTrikl\\b:l^ibahrVV;fy'Vjiiby.^~niTyifi_>ii> > li)iJ.: '. acrt& Ke aijtnvaiici. 1 .' leah < 1‘ “'it 1 ■ kiiil.a ii.iil and Log Barn and tf .ittlutamt ■,» • , r ; . J' J •'l'Uc xaudili/jlis wil! , Ikt/iLV billnU'sV die luil'- ~, ensile 'ipimeyVw'iie.iiili'il fasti oh ilu v .cnnfii'iiiai shW.i)Ktlifeiihrriv’i sssssHss&&sats^ ", 'nhTtie i)rem|si-s, hii'haHiMay tl(e 3 1st ofOcto. V , Seii'jSt fiyti^K'’4V-^i;or t valuable property hf 'JukeuU GalbrallU. deV ■ qtlier. ■■ i situSa uriDic jclhwir t'iwhsUip, bounded by lands' Abraham . abdutiteh ac^ ■ 'kiitacKi';> , i’Hestslnts4»re',bhver< , d;with,fivslyratt r Ironworks 1 knqwnon bv tbr subscriber. •• -. - ■ cr " AdmV. ot JoscphXialbraitlh dec’il. . yf'T . * (rtti* Uj .. Vtv^M^jpMittroN.tJyS WiTi he sold' at' public gale, on llic premises In Pickiii.son towpsnip,hCumberland,.'cminty,..- Two Fatfns'of Prxftit Lirriestone Laiidi about 160 iicre.s iill cleared, with a large‘Pfttibte*' Biick' Bank"B«m and.firrt rate two story, Dwelhiig House thereon erected , with ' a due T( Bpi ihg, of wafer in the'celjar, an(l aurifher.cjose tothehonsc/ 'l’hc fellow Breeches r.reek~bqundmg.it, hud-a the pbice. faruVisumlergodd Icuces and a large new pos( and rail. : r '’ ' l Ttic other 'Farm conlaina ISO acres, . of excellent lar.d.of first'quality, wilh.a large FJR AMKf PA'KN- & Ha ili'TWO STOR-ST DWELLINO iliiii ■ • ' ■; thereon erecteeb and, it is also jdl clcared nna under goml iVnce;upon •ihe‘-fann is one cd the best Water Powers in the county, commanding all the wafeFid the YelJOw Breechescietk with head atid faU eqinll Vo the necehsities of any wa ter works .which might" be, erectedv the-.bame having' been applied to driving a, Forge and Suw'Mill. 'I herc are also many sprlhgs.ofVa-. ter on the farm.' ' ‘ - Therd will be sold with each of these.farms One Hundred Acres of first hue C.hesnut Land, within one inile of either farms, dr a less quuu* lity tp suit any purchaser. . . . There will also be sold at the same lime'and place, u ,FaKM> lying, adjoining the above, on the south side’of the-Yellow Breeches creek, containing about ICO acres,.about 50 acres of which are cleared and under good fence, and having a good pvq sttifv Log D welling House on it, the residue of'ilie iund. is aiid Oak timber* „■ •' '-/'V,'-' : V '' . There is upon'all the; large portion of Meadow Iah(l, aii(l the whole is situate at the sduilVside of the,Cumberland Valley, combimng the finest.Mtiial.ibri.fnn grazing caltle-and.iaiaing. grnin and for a Distillery, Mill or Water Works, that is to-be found in Pennsylvania. The..properly will be sold upon reasonable terms, ami an indivfuituhlc title with a warranty, thereof will be given to, the purchaser or pur chasers. And any information will be given a bout the property before the day of sale by , FRFIVK. WA'TIS, .4genf for jindrevj K. Rgc* * t, arlisle. Sept. 17, 1 1840.'’- .. To the heirs aitdjegal representatives uf JACOB ■ RIFE, idle (f jSastpuimooruugk tuiuinhi'p* dec'd, TAKE ndfcicc that I war-lioW an Inquisition on a wrUofTartmbn orValuation* on the premi ses late of Jacob Rife, dcc'd.* on Monday the 19th day of October 18iU f at IX o’clock A.M., where all intercstdd may attenjl. JOHN MYERS, Sheriff. Shnnff.!fl'OflJcd, . } Carl isle, Sept/- j To /hr heirs and legal representatives vf JHjIZjI BRTH UMlKJi.illT, late if Silver Spriiigiowll - deceased,. t , rfUlvE uotieo tlfat'l will fibld nnlnquisilion on A a writ of Partition or Valuation, on tlic'premi ses late of Elizalioth. Barnhart) <lo ’cl., in Friday thb Kilt day of October 1810, at 10 o’clock A. M., where all interested may attend. JOHN MYERS, Sheriff. , , Sheriff’s Office; 7 Carlisle, Sept. 3, 1840. 5 ,' '' 6t LIST OF CAUSES For trial at Novsmber Term, JI. ,D. 1840. First week cuinmcncingDUi Xuv.lBlo, Britton' 1 . tvs Britton . ot?al. oJ , ’ McFarlano vs Duck .. Wilson ' va Miller ct.al ’ Church 1 ;, as Dickinson College Moorefcßiddle , vs iWolf-j „ .4 Miahlor ■ . vs .Miller ’ Irvine ■vs C/V,'®,!?, Co. . - Junkin’s Adror.,' ■ / rj Junkin’sExr ! s ■ ICreilzer 1 7-~ r t;j Meilcy ■ ', 1,0 Montgomery ; s ■•»«■ Irvine , ■Second week commencing 16th Nov. ,1810. , Law & Law ’ ~«!*• Wilson.&Tftaybr 4 Moale & lirother -• ra Lyon et.al ,', Lei dig , ■ 'vs. Rupp " ' ' ■Gray for usd, VS Reismger’s Exfs. Parker “, ' >. '*» VVilsonSt Thajor ■ Grubb ct'al.'v 4 ■ '' vs '-Croftof al-.. ■ Slewnrth ii; t> ■■■'O'S-'w Zinn’s-Eitrq. Noble’s \Vi(apnk j.;, t Coiumdmvpalth vs Harper;'V Sanje-; ~.; 1 -j;,vs Aognr-y ' j'-'/. ,‘ii Line for,Vs<! 1 -Line' '■ ( Lino’s Admr. ft Lino i'. 1 ■’ Emmett for rise : ' \ vs Loyd y' • : ;■’■ 1 Ramsey*-'' • ■ '-« flank i *■. :■ ~; '■ Santa-V. t-s Samo ;1 , 7 , ;; Santo.---; -'Vs J Same , , . Same! . vs Same , ■ , - . Samp; k. , V-r* Samp / Same; . . '. .. vs Some , . ... Samp, ' , ■ ,rj ' Sarno O ' * ■’ ■ - , v,[ V Remaining in, OituPosl 6,ffiee , pit JuecAamcshurg, : l 'S>j,lemlier?o, ’ ■ Jackadn.ftndrewsyh’ ; John ICriaiisi"' ;V i Joenb Arnshergor’ O. Mrs Lydia Kenner - 1 , George B rinkerlwß’pr r ■ M iotiael’l midi gifX; o. Mary .Anil Blip JolmiLeidich i i>‘ j Jessii Bowman 1 to iii Jocoh Lungrccn 0,. t Israel. Boar ; e,l Jc ,» John LtjU ■ . y. JacYilrllraiiflice ', 4 Mrjfpngiiedltdr , t ;.. Samuel'Brpaily ' Andrew yoffnian ‘ ■' ....SamudPSlb^if/ ’ A;M i t' John Cpcftley’ 1 < Henry.Milliirit;, l ,'; *•' Mr Chapman '' ' SatnueLiMelUbger, ;i .( JohoHepughe: John MtUerf ’ft;' r MartlnDonlap Esq . , Rev Ti M.lteheU ~ ;11 i RefiS Dreahach -V, ■; Jaeob MillerA ~> y ; WilljamEbright ' MrPalmefo | j Jolm'Kbcrty -, , -t ,;' . Rebecca,Post 1J ; ; - ;Jojth:l®crly sr'A’r '' j 'Beniaihih-Eb'cfaolq.'’ ; Honirfißidli -• > I| - JoKn-Eitchholfi': • : Coorgo Schrocdcf i . MtSffobJtiP'f ,; -r ■ TOw<Si%'wiGV&V 'i» ——'Gri^.k..-Oii ?v -.- . C Sipp- Jacob Henkel , . Eli Smlthh, I .Miaa ElizacA.Henklo. .'Ja.cßfirSwanger ■ . ' - EUHaTdrB'tick'A'';;-’';;tlßaac7-liValker Mrs E Hollinger. ■; Peter Wlnebrcner , MartittHpiTOrh'Aßti BeniamihiHavetsUdki j< John AV-iso<, [ Wiiliain Hbyilen _Wijljarn Wilejr;,. ‘ Attention C ■Ri^urility|lh^l^|i<iF jWrtt^ldonsan^ #.(Somplete.As^Sfer!4^ -i v ■gorin' the'.New ’ 'yor^ysti^d^](Mflrair^ r } AN AIWUSING SPEOIIWEN OP i-.i.Whp of the New Statcs. ancJ ; twigs as lie Journeys the ccccntricTtieSqf gome of the hdlives, can hot fail Id be'qmiise'd; and rnhy* if he choose, derive' many hew ideas! lr rospect toety liigy and diversity'of character.i-.»i;.>T. -n setnut, jppjiorseback, from .the. eastern part ofThfussachuaetts for the Green il/6unlaiiis of Wmdnt.: Wbile 1 ravellirig through the of Woods, oF some five 1 miles'in'.lengtlr,-"rinil longbeforehegot out. of which he'began (o Bhtcrtaiiijtloubts'whether he should, ever be blestwilh the., sight of. a: human-habitation; but as ajl.tliings inustliavc an end; sit at lnst Nad the woods, and the nut brown house of a farmer greeted ;hTs‘ vision. ‘ ; Near the 1 road ■ was h' tall; raw-boned .’overgrown,: laiithein jaWcdboy; probably seventeen years of age; digging potatoes.' He' was a curious figure (0 bihold. J'Wha't was lacking iri tlielengjli of his tow breeches was amply made up'Tor behind:' his suspenders appeared .fo'be com posed'of birch bark, grape."vine and sheep skini'and as for his hat; which was of dingy White thing! it had once evident ly’seen- betterdays, but nowiwlas! 'if was only the shadow pf.its'glnryi - Whether the .tempests of time had beaten the top in, 1 or the lad’s expanding genius had burst it on/. Wap difflcult to tcllj ufahy rate it was mis sing—lin'd through the aperture red hairs in abundance stood six ways for Sundhy.— In sliort. lie was ooe of the roughest s'peci mc.hs:c ofdomestiejj niano factUre that' ever mortal beheld. Our'lravelling - friend, feel ingan itching to scrape acqunintacc with the enttur, drew’itp the reins of his horse, and began:— ... ;“llallo, niy good friend, cab you inform me how far it is to the next boused” iinathnn started up—leaned, on bis line liaiullc—rested one loot on the gambril of; (lis simster leg," aiul replied; . -- ■' -.-J-l '•♦"Hullo yourself! -bow’dv dew?—wall, ! I juss can.-, .faint near So - fur now as it used to. be afore lhey„cutVthe woods. Away—• then ’twns generally reckoned four ini lev but now the sun shrivels, up the road. atid don’t make more’n tew. The fust - house you come to, (bough, is a barn, and (lie next is a-haystack; but old Husklti’s Irousc is -on 'V’ou’K-be sure to meet bis. .gals Jong afore you git lbcre;-tarnal rompin’ crit itu;s„,tlicy plague o,ut' folks niorg’n. little.— Ills sbeepgit into our paster every dayyand bis gals ill our orchard. D.al sets the dog artef the sheep aniline after the pals—and the-way he .makes (he wool, and I the petti coats fly, is a sin tu snakes.” . '• —(it “i see you are-inclined to be facetious, young man—pray (ell me-how it happens j that one of your legs are shorter, thali the, other?” ■ ■ • \ “1 neve.r ’lows any body to meddle with my grass (anglers, iniktur: blit sccin’ it’s you I’ll tell ye. I 1 was burnso at my tick-, erlerj-cqncsi, so that when I'hold plough, I can gti with one foot in the furre'rjjfliid t’oth er on land, and not lop over; besides, it is very-convenient when liouw round.a .side hill.” ■- ■ r ■ -"“Very; good, how do your potu tuescome on. this-year:?-■•rfr.--- r-r-r--. —ri—- ■ "They don’t come at all; I,digs ’ein out; and. there’s an evcrlastiu’ anarl tif, ’em in •each,hill.” ; “But they are small, I perceive.” ; “Yees, I kmitvs it—yousee ive planted somcuhoppeo’hlue noses' overin that erd patch there,- ami they florishctl so all fired ly thattheseerdatoptgrowin’jist out of spite; cause tjiey know’U they cuuldri’fbegin to keep up.” " . ' ‘ " ‘tYiiif appear tii be pretty smart, iintl' 1 should think you could afford.a- better hat than-the one you ■wear.”, “The.looks aiht nothin'; its all in tfi'e be havior.-HTliis ere hat was my day-go-to-tneelin’ liat and-itsjnst as chock full of piety-now, as a dog is'full of.fleas. Pvejgota better one to bum,buf l dun’t dig ’talers 1 iii itfno holv.” ' “You-have been' in.these parts:spine time, I should gue.ss?’V , ' -u i! , •‘T guess sd tew. I was bprnbl amfgdt my broVrt up in tliat ere lipusd; ibut-myina tive pluee-is tlownin Pordank-”v.i ;; i;;'' t’ V’l'lferisViiUifcaydc is abnut tlu;ee qnd a half miles toUhe , ..) itV?'-'- ' / ViViSiSir; ,’lwns; a spellago; and’ I don’t believe' its grow’dimucli;slmrter ■since.’^Lr"!’ "Gomlbytuyer—that’aadarnslickninic of.TOUni.”.'-./ Tliere. rgaJer—there is;a Jonathan for you of UiefiratWaler.; Youiltm't find, his equal evety where, ;• ;i ■ ■h U.7kvr|l*6 ( ;£pECpLA^pßS^;. f Slie.followingdinloguetmil^placedefivoen 1 ... relatives,' Av|iigand “ikipo,oratV : S tlpy. or tiro .since;.' :■ , vj^^lgsgi^.y(^:^firßgfXt:r»4 - nofboen able,to get ahead one. dpilar,.’; ■ fpfiy^t)to,uhandi.dsda r ? to live, jnV loucyeafs agof.; 4,y; ' Isn’t V i tlinusandaloilarS 'ih fhrhjsfilhg youyitoUse?.!; • I)em.—pid Mr. Van Burch ’tell’jou'tn hidhigherthahianyoneelse'fnrjdh'at'darge picce of real estate in— r* ybahavebeenpaylngthctosessoiheltvpor tHree'yehrft., “.• -V« *. •«, : ;De Mr. Vnn Burcn lel l y oupot toselithaifesfat^ irWwTpfhou’g^ . sir.-~2?o»W» r JSto«. WIRi VAN SUREN AND THB ST;ANBtNttAa»W ;;j 'V ‘ The last, RicUmondEnqutrir contains , a correspondence wliicli iicouples nearly pine closely printed col (l ions of that paper, b,e twecn TuoHAs RrrcHiE. Esq. Secretary 'op tHeClentriil.Coinniittee'ofVirglnia.nndJ.R;. PpiNrettlS.wreWry of ] to’ the plan, submitted, to ,Congress by (jmi for' orgahiilpw the : irin|tiii t of, thc'Cvslates; in-Which:theSecrelarydißtinctlystafeBtlint the President,hud iio'kiiowledge of the de- of his plan until it liad beeii coiiiiouni-. catcd tp CongrMs.'.' ’^ i v V i ' .Wc 'copy' of the letter. ; . "i' ' , ' •.-'J* .' ‘ “Aftcr my explicit and kiilemn assurance, that the President Was not madc acquainted With'the.details of my plan for re-Organiieing the militiauult7/Aey/ia;fieen communicated to'the Houseuf Representatives, and after the clear and. satisfactory Explanation given by the President himself of tlie part he took iiV this matter, ft* la with'bomb surprise 7 that I have sbeii the attempt - to’which-you have Called vbiy.atfentidn, made.: by' Mr, Hives, through the'insf ru men tali ty pf Mr. Phelps, to impugn those statements, • • ' Mr, Phelps says, "that eueh a lill tvns re fiorted and submitted with the annual report is not to be.questioned.” If such lmd bpeh tlie case the bill would have forme,d pait, of the documents pent" in- Vvi'th.if lie annual port, whicli it does not d(i, , Ifsucirliad been the case,,would Mr. Phelps, as a qiember of the cpimnUtee, have vqteil.bh llie'l.pth Janu ary, as it is presumod he must have done, to require the. Secretary of War to furnish the committee with the dcfnirs of his plan? A.qd yet, bn‘ the ncxtrdajv.'the Chnirman- of. the cqmmittce, the Hon. C. C. Clny, addressed to me a'letter ibthese words; . ■i"SENATE U. S., Jan.'ll,' 1840. , "Sir:—l am instructed by the Coimiritlce "on .the Militia to request'of. an cxpnsi “tiuii of your plan for Organizing the militia “of the United' States. UiS desiruble that “we should be. furnished a lira ft'of shell bill, “as is contemplated, in your report, nchom “panying the President’s late annual mesa •'age, and, also, auclvMeiails’asyoupropose,- “sojfarjas they .may, betiecqssary to enable “the committee to coihprehend the operation “of, the contemplated measure. I am' in structed, also, to renuest an estimate of the “expenditure' deemed necessary to give, ef* “rect to plan of organization;" “ With great respect, I am', Sir, -f -’ “Your ob’t servant. “C. G; CLAY,-Chairman, &b/ 1 , "Hon, J. It. PdtNSEirr.Sec’v of War.” ’ " Would such aletfef have been'written’by order of the committee, if".it had been n!>. ready in possession iof the bill? The'prep aration of tlie details of, (lie bill,- required more time and-attentidn than I- could be stow upon it. nml l employed Major Cooper and Captain l)e Hart,-to aid me ip drafting it, and iireppying the sections of the exist ing laws, whicb-it wasproposed to retain.— With all their diligence, they were not able to present the corrected details of (lie bill until some days alter the request of the com? mittee wad received lit this Department, and tbe bill was not sent to the. committee until ■ the 28tb January, its appears upon the rec ords of the Department, and front the dec ■lnration bf Major Cooper, as furnished by that officer, oirtbe ap|ilioafion ; of-tbe Editors : of'the GlobeVand whicb is as lblhnvs: .‘‘Having bcen'charged : by tlie Secretarial 1 War, in conjunction with! Captain De Hart of the Army, to prepare the' provision «K ills bill fur tlie butter organization of the militia,: nccoidingto the views suggested bythe Sec retary, and Jo compare the- same with the, existing militia lnws,;with a view til retain i 'such of them us might be deemed expedient;! and also to ruler to the variousplans on the, same‘subject, which at different-times had) 'been submitted to Congress;. I hereby de- . dare; that the first and original draft of the ■Secretary’s .plan, was.hot.sufficiently '-coin- Dieted to be submitted to him, before ther. latter partuf January, 1840; •, • , 4 ( Signed) ' S. COOPEd, Assistant Mjuiunt General, U.H. Jlrmy. If Mr.Pliulps did:.nut.participate,- in, or was ignorant .Of the proceedings of tlie Cum-. imUteeidie ventured,;muclr in of iking state ments. fuundedj; upon cunjuctufe. ■. If ; not. present at .those., proceedings,, dieyjwerc.ac-i. cessihle. to hiiii aa.a.-mcmber of tho Coinmit tee, aird lie wtiS bjmnd lu usceftaifivtlic facta in_, die case, h'eipaUe ; p'osili'te nsser-‘ tiuns, at va'riitpde, with' them—-and if he, wercpresuiifari'dkliew of these proceedings:, how cap be reconciled with , the:l'act3.aa;theynppear r upuiitlic, record?— Orthis.thepublicwill. judge ..Itianotcus-, topiaryfor tlie Heads ol,Departments tp.ooiir .manicate ,to>the:iPrcBi,de'nt;tlieiri*b.ofrcspon‘-' deuce with- Committees ;of* Congcessj'amll did • not iMc;; Van: ;Buren : .with; the. ■demand hflnle upoivmc.by tlic Senate Cnih-' mitleeontheiMilitia.nor. .Had I.dope soo the bill; would have' been ;es sentialljr modified; for, ; \vdien 1 did .discuss diedetailafWith.hiin.after.itwassubmilted to CongresS. in tlie irtontfi ofMafph.ia ah- ; .sivec.to a'resplutiohj.of thoj*llpU^d,oiv;l3!eprh^'' and,! certainly should jp.life-, iv/ .'HisgtaccJuV,:^ «»iy ,toVtjtp,';ih ■thdplajHjSuhm^ plat hpil Inahat. pQepltdpa'i'vsi^ annualtraining of, the Rreif!boW 4 nEip^tnib^ iSMOraIM a body of twelve ihousandftvehUndred men making an active force ofonehumlrcd thou sand m«?n .to bejd|;s,ljedTpfXgiven- number bfday» in'tbe yenrj arid to form'at theebil of a certainfcrnia reserveof the »ame num ber, Bp;as to 'discipline by rotation the whole militia between/the' ages o.f twenty-one and thiriy-sevcni--Tlieie measures were, bn the contrary, spoken of ihlterms of the highest commendation, and they 'constituted the plan which the President recommended to thecimv sideration of Congt essin his annualmessage. On referring ,to;the'objections which have been subsequently made, tp.my plan, they will ;be found confined.exclusively to its «le‘r tails, which' were not inntured until nearly two months after{(lib;President's annual message was {Sent in, and' not submitted to his inspection' untiltheyhad’ been transmit* ted to.the House of Representatives. • >ti:i . It, appears, then, that-' because the Presi dent recommended a subject universally ac knowledged. to be of'vital, importance to the country, Jto the serious.considcration of Con gress! it. is argued that he recommended the plan itself in all its details; and/ in the face of the most positive assurances and irrefrag able proof to the contrary,’ this chnrgeia re. peated im tile.coarsest language and attempt edto.be sustained by garbled statementsand the.flimsy and,contemptible sophistry, alike derogatory to the character of its.nutliorafbnd insulting-to of-tlie people ofthis country. ■' l '■ 1 trust that this'unju'siiflablc attempt to deceive the h'nncst ycomanry of our country will be rebuked as'it deserves by thoiruni vefsal reprobation. ‘ ' ; ; f have honor to be, ' / . { With esteem amlregard, - " : Dear Sir, ' Tour faithful and ob’t serv't. J. R. POINSETT-, TO OUR NATURALIZED FELL OW. CITIZEN S. - Under the administration of John Adams jtho Federalists passed the Alien and Sedi tion laws, by which they intended to over throw the liberties of the Coiihtry nndcstab lish a monarchy. Under the provisions of the Alien law, a foreigner ;was required , to reside fourteen years iii the Country before he could become, a -citizen. .The . President of the Untcd Slates was'authorized by that law to,EXPEL from the country, wlicneyer he pleased, ntiy 'foreigner .without allowing [Mm a trial'or assignhig any. reason,.and upon his refusal to depart at the of-(he President, die ■subjected himself to EO»THREE YEARS IMPRISONMENT AND FOREVER A FTER INELIGIBLE TO ,C IT IZEIS S fIIP.oCIJ ,; The federalists of’9B had aigreat "hatred,'to foreigners,‘par ticularly towards the Germans andliish, and passed this.law. for- the express purpose of drivirrg-thern out of the country,., In order to efl’ecß thid thcy clothed the Predident'with greater'ptiwer than.was ever professed'by any despot in Europe, and hundreds of in nocent and unoffending- Germans and.lrish were" 'driven fyiirii, the country or imprisoned Tor dhuhcyirigtlie despotic commands of the President. By the Sedition law the liberties of speech and the freedom of the press were abridged, and .nFINE OF $2,000, AND TWO YEARS IMP-RiSONMENT IM POSED ON ANY PERSON WHO spoue OR WROTE AGAINST THE PRESI DENT on EITHER HOUSE OF CON GRESS.—-The , of the United States, says that Congress sliall make no law “abridging the freedom of speech or of the press.” So littld regard, ho\veyer,Kad the federalists :(qr ; ,:the';rights of the'people, that th4Constitution:'jraAa-.dead.letter and; its provisions considered'null, and Void. ;By coijfiirndng tii our naturalization laws, every foreigner' is..placed, on an equal'footihg with native.pitizeijs, enjoys the : ,same, rights atfd liberties!, our lavys acknowledge no distinc tions, all arc on'.Vperfect equality and pro tcctcd alike. John Adams.nhd.the federal party of *9B passed tyrannical and unconsti tutional laws ,tp deprive foreigners of these rights and privileges and required them to feßide an .wnaanaf length of time ih this eduntry:;before‘they cOhld . be'admitted, to citizenship.', 1 , Hundredsofpptif German’and j Irish, honest ami Hard .workinginen, who bad. felt tyranny f and opprtaVnm in their native land, .audited to this Couhtry to enjoy the blessings,of a free 'goyerliment; instead of being,received with open arihs ,nml' encour aged" to settlc and cuitiyate our AviUl iaiuls, Wore driven by the : federal, party froiir the j cbuntry.di' impiisdiieil-fur-fcfusingtQ'ubey suffered -uhder ' tlie Ailministration of. tliel federal party"The'sefnws\vcre;ToqUcdup-- ohby tiie Uemocrat.s with jealuitayiand ri'ir;theysaw;tlieir:4ihertieswerc,in<lhngcr,! rtnd thnl tlie republic was tottcring and Vea dy to' falPto pieceit, and that a mighty effort was making- by' this ; Tdderallets to erect a monarchy' upon its, ruins. r-The-Democrats saVvthe'dangerThreatenedthem.-andexaa pefated at the conduct op the .federal party depri'vhif Ih^fn'of’iheipowct^which, they: had whig.paftV of the present day are in favor of theAinißlaV'S.'thVircartdidate-GGny P?r rl * To showhis aliegianfehth ! ;h'g:p a riy^^t^ a dislin^ishedAyhl&3®' 1 f l ti*f- <,^, t i^ ta , t( | tjie; Registry law, iised tli?;fu»ldni«fei»>fa«»> ua mmHusuU* Uierlangungdtovv-ardsforeigners: “jibtthr:ihe.a ! ar!iPAUPßßS.STßAN ; GERS.“sWpURNEBS/:'LOAFERB, apd .clcctioh ahd hre ntjieH seeii J ,THfejr!sweaf'yfqftwith ‘aAreVpicts; punishmferitirt-Hhisworld And accoVdifijrVo'whW rifn'd.iv's'laßofgivteAtheih-abSolhteßecurii ' amp -yXiy f 'wot you are and have. alwaj(;beeh «|nbderad atu)- dcspised by. the federal whig party, Recol lect that if Harrigon i( elected the Alien anil ■ Sedition Law* of *6B'wiil 'most assuredly he 'revived"and enforced withthe otmostssvorl* tyi Naturalised eiliseas, reflect for one uioinent.jean jou_ su pppft«. party who iaVd _ always opposed you and passed lavra to C3V> pel you from tlia land of yonr adopliottS— You Cannot, and .we.are Pertain that mover support men who are yonr moat bitter enemies.' Recollect the persecution of your brethren and that they have been rudely 4UK* sailed .by the,federal. logtabin s «oon skip party, and .that an attempt is note making by the wings to rmcoi-the naturalsZatuMj ' laws and drive you frotp this ihnddf liberty^ If Harrison should be elected, yonr condition will be terrible, and the Alien law resorUd to. tb force you io seek another asylums* Liberty ant) equality is the motto of ,ths Democratic flag, it lias al ways pro.eetod you and always will::: The Democrats' are your friends and prove your.attnthment to them oh the SOlh of October at the-polls; Rally . around the hiKhcsthannerof VANBDREIf, JOHNSON, LIBERTY OF SPPECU ami no ALIEN LA\tfS.—Zkcui’waa. VIRGINIA. Pfom all accounts/this old State is still sound |p the core. The'Rich mond Knquircr; in speaking of (lie pnwsedr ings of tliexonyenfmn recently held at Chat* lotteville, says:—“We have parted in car dial brotherhood with, all our fallow dfelsr gates, and with the.most undoubted eooylsw tiou of (he-success of our cause.ib Novem* ber next. Not a momentary dopbt iflitp across bur imagination. A' cummittcs was ’ constituted of delegates, one to rAcb Klee torn I. district. If was composed of gentlemen of the greatest' discretion find highest character—Dr. Butler of Smith Held" and of the'lst electoral district at (heir bead,- They took every pains to ascertain the prob* able vote in .each county in'districts. witbnui fprcinjg thu result. They appcaled fur the most accurate information to th# delegates of every county, and, they assured us, (bet their calculation was maua upoiv Ulo baiis. of a liberal allowance to the Whigs, aud gf, a moderate allotment to . the Republicans. The balance sheets present a majority foe the Republican'party in. 13 districts, aod S’. to the. Whigs j and a nett summary, majority" to Mr. Van..Buren/of 3,613.' For our own : part wA hava sailed sumo of their calcu lations by the ihfurin'utiub Ave had previously received; from numerous counties,, and wo have come to the conclusion, that if our friends do their duty, We shall carry tjjj. w’hble State by at least 7,006. Wo Tear.iv that our pause is gaining in a|t directions,,as light pours fii,-upon:the people, and the hum/ bugs of.the whiga dissipate into thin, There was not a delegate, with whom Wp conversed, and' we talked to at least h hoft* dred pf them on the result in who did nut seem to have niadeup ndsfint five opinion—and (hero was Dot one of them Who did hut count upon a strung and triilii).** pliant majority. \Ve, therefore .announce to. our Republican brethren every where, thpt Virginia, is .perfectly safe lot Y»J* Boren.??:' ANOTHER LIE N AILED,Tiy bunc, published in Cliicogo,.llUnoiß, ii> ally sioti to false imputations made by the PctVer* ul.press agninst.Mi'i Van Buien bu live aiib jectof tberiglits otTor'cigneris iulbc cbuhtr/, says: ' “It gives us pleasure to lay before our rea - (levs, the following correspondence between a worthy citizen of this place and the presi dent of'the United States, which very em phatically nails the calumny to the counter* Get n similar denial front General Harri son, if you can; Mr. Amerienuj,,,perhaps, In accommodate a friundi the GoncVaWiiy opes his heart, and answer/* i . CORRESPONDENCE. To Bit Excellency Martin. Fan Bitten, PretiJrnt of -the United Stoic* cfjSmsrictt. May it please your Escel!eto.y,.to_J»rimfc my, a foreigner, a natmaliZed citacn/a frs* - iijfent for eightcen years of these U nited States,, and one who na»,#nd-will on-, tier any cireumstnnCc support our present. Administration, respectfully to ask your Excellency il ever you expressed thofoflew* ing statement that ■ has been, published at New Orleans on the. Ist dnj', d< the JireieOt . month in the Kajive' American., ■ . “Foreigners will nmkeouroleetionacprip- I insteadof a blessing. - , ■ • maRTIK VAy QUREN' f, - z “Ifoi^chtcfmngistrQfe.whoisciatUedhy a free people to thehihgest office in the world, express himself so. it is high time for end* i gratibn to, cease} iherefbre tie a great portion of noriliai|iliinois i« located by foreigners* they wjblvtt'e to commnnieata’with yworßli'- cellencydn this subject, and Wit ytmr reply : at vour earliest convenience- With'grcat tdspce't'. :*, v ■. v W-’-. .'u , Most nßspdetfulf/ your.ob’t Servant,. _ ' "’M. McCbRRISTSIv- Chicago, 16th Johv ll&ld* ;• ■ ■ ■ : ' ; ' , tVAsmsoVds, Ahg. ft; Devs' Stß,'-4--:l, hayeno hey ttlipii. in paying that!! ,I«tye continued in the extract to which ybn have called my attention, ‘ 1 feel Mif, that' I can safel? ■ challenge: a scruliny-jnto any: thing that 1 havoeverwrittcnißaid.oruqhDf^r the manifestation of illiberal or Onfcind feel* ings towards foreigner's «’>>d emigrate to the tfnltcd States. .■V'.-''"-’ ■ ' A | am,; very respe'cifuljy, ; • ynut ob’t.servianU M. V-AN BUREM.- ' h'nVc/Jffft-.vyreiv<<li ; iiW«! sr« haw "rprmi’6 Brt'a ‘liiAftmer.l at -F.AI.Ij * .'• •■ w;.•.t*»;>?*f!J• A ■ M-<« -r ’ irMak
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