AMERICAN VOLUNTEER,
BY GEO. SANDKRSONV %
■ Now our flag is flung to the .’Wild wind free,
Let it float o'er, our father land—-
And (he guard of its spotless fume, shall bo,
Columbia's chosen band.' .
CARLISLE:
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18, »B‘l I.
FOR GOVERNOR IN 1841,
n.WMb Ry&ORTJER.
Subject to the decision of a State Convention
The Veto MkBsacb. —Governor Porter’s Veto
Message of tho bill relating to tho Canal ComV
missioners, will bd found on our first pngc t to.
which wc invito public attention. It is a produc
tion of the real Jackson sto/n/i, and will win for his
ISxccllcncy golden opinions cvSiry where.*
The Veto on the Util appropriating money to pay
the Banks who loaned money to Gov. Ritner in
1838, will ho foundron the opposite page.
On Oil. —Rumor lias it.that Mr. Ewiko is to go
into tlio Treasury Department, and that Mr. Gran
okr, of N. York, js to he the Postmaster General.
It is also roporlcdthal Mr. PSKrose is to he Solicit
or of ih ) Treasury.
More Suspension.—'V lio Baltimore Banks sus
pended on Monday week, after paying: specie for
the very lengthy period of days! Burner says
that the Gettysburg, York and Clminbersburg
bnnln,'havc followed the lead of the pGreal Rcg
■ : ulalorjV and are agftin in a stale of glorious sus
lii/lwo weeks from to-day Gen. Harrison wilP
he inaugurated President of the United States, and
rhtor.upon that work of glorious ‘.‘reform 1 ’ which.
Ids friends held out to the people before the'olcc
lion. What measures ho will recpmjncrtd, or
what benefits will result to life country from his
administration, are of course still in Ihe-womh of
futurity; but wo cannot help thinking^,'judging
/jom the past, that not a few of the good people o£
these United Stales, will regret the day they as-.
slated In placing in power another federal admin-.;
istrntion. Gen. Harrison may, for aught we know |
to the Contrary, have a disposition to do what is
right—hut he do it if he would* He will be j
surrounded who have no interest in com*
tuonwith t».V mass of the.people. Such men as
Webster'and Olay, the representatives of stock
jobbers ah.il British hankers, will be the power be*
bind the,,throne—-and they will mould and fashion;
the old gentleman to anil their own purposes of j
aggrandizement. He will be a mere puppet in j
tli.dr hands, and they will compel him to move
mid act .it their bidding. We do not wish to con
demn the now administration in advance—but \vc
shall be mneli mistaken, indeed, if a very short '
time will not suffice to convince the most scepti
cal that the change has been decidedly for tho
worse, nnd that Whig reform is the veriest Aum
kiig imaginable.
r 1
Jtallipmre Market. —The Baltimore Sun of Sat*
■urday Ijist'says: 'l'ho market Tor'.Howard street
(lour is n little lirnirr limn at lust week’s rales, and
in some instances sates-have been-made at an ad
vance ol'3 text! Cents; but generally tlie price is
84,50 for good common brands from stores, and
$ 1,37 j .tba receipt price. Beef is worth from f
to $7, ami pork $5,75 per 100 lbs. Whiskey is
selling at 18 cents per gallon from wagons.
Tub NttW-YpnK Banks.— The' New York pa
pers pnhliph a table of the condition of all the
Banks of/that Stater; lii thecily therp.are eighteen
hanks, and' they have a circulation and depdsiles
of more than $14,000,000; while their specie does
not amonnt to, $1,000,000 —ami yet lliescare the
heartless and ungrateful institutions, which it is
alleged, abstracted so,ooo,ooo,from tho vaults of
the U. States Bank and caused it to suspend 1
War Spirit in Maine.— Resolutions have been
introduced into tho legislature of Maine, appro
priating the specific sum of $100,OflO; to enable
the Governor to take immediate, measures, to re
move thoßritisli troops from tho disputed territory.-
U. S. Senator.— Governor Woodbridge (Fed.)
has been elected U. S.Senator from Michigan, in
place qf.thc.Hoh.John.Norvell, whoso terra ex
pires onlhe 3d of March.
The report'of the Committee on Foreign Affairs,
in tha U. S. House of Representatives, touching
the late difficulties in relation to the burning of the
•;Caniißne,''Wiy?;!y"Kiiti ...Tlie.
report is spoken of as a bold, fearless and indepen
dent one—such as may probably lead to war be-,
tween'this cimritry and Great Britain. ; "
THE BURSTING Of THE BUBBLE.
Tbosuwbpbavo |)een such strenuous advocates
of a bloated, credit system,"Under the. fostering
care of tho'.Crcat Regulator, are now.realizing the
effects of that, system' in' full measure; and the
speculators in stocks are 'swamped ia the mire of
their own folly up to the eyebrows. The New-
Yqrk.correspondent of the National Intelligencer
..gives a most gloomy, pic.turc of the condition :bf
' things among the niercaotile portion of . the' cbm
raonity in" that city; and says,that “some of the
- stockholders, who hadsbld; United States Bank
, stock on timep when ii was SO.and upwards, were
Unable to fulfil iheirconitraots.” Goit Tijfc—come
' it TylCr. How admirable has confidence beet le-,
.itored.creditheonre-eatablishedjhuaincssrevived,
, end the pnces pf p ro( iuco and (wages been in
.. (creased by llieclecliou of Tippecanoe .and Tyler
too.- —flulUiHQre Republican. . ■
j Entering letter from an, officer
,oftbo Peacock, dated Honolulu, Sand wictv Islands
pit,2foth, say si-oil: is pibbablKtliat>io'sbqn-'aß
the survey of ilm,N: W.-cbastCf -Americaand
•luibbiaßiver^wlnchwillbealongandtedious
.. ;■ bSsinesk; and net yntil itb completion Wi J&iif ffiees;
turn homeward.”—/to//. Srp. -r'i r ■
: Wit at ai-all!— -Th o :U. S.Banlc has petitioned
the. Legislature fqt,re)jef. tliejwapa,
find changes A : few ’ hand this instl
tutibn Was'considered powerful enbugh tbi spend
hundreds of thousands in buying up-Senatorsand
Representatives, Editors .and Statosipen—now it
is a pbor mendicant for logislatiye pity;.mi hum-;
hie suppliant for mercy at the hands of some [of
those very men from whom it once bought its to,
charter! ...
What should de donel
i, Thls Interrogatory is iri the mouth 1 of every oho
Since the rccentsiispenaion, but agreat diversity of
opinion exists asjto tho proper remedy for the diseas
ed currency; Some sifggest one thing, some anoth
er—whilst very many are of the. opinion that there
has been too much .legislation bn tho: subject al
ready, and that; lhe',Banks ought now to bo leu to
the ojioratienpf tlio laws already- in .force; - -This
latter opinions so far aa our information extends,
prevails very generally with the Democratic party
in this county. There are ‘a few,, it is true; who
think differently; but wo are satisfied that tho great
mass—tho bone and einew—are averse to any fur
ther legislation iri favor of these institutions, and
particularly to any enactment which would go to
' bblsler up that rotten concern; the O'. Sld/cs BarJc.
The is very generally entertained that tho
“Monster” has been the direct and palpable cause
of the. three' suspensions which have enrsed-the
.Commonwealth, and that if it was removed the
other Banks would be able to get along without
any serious difficulty. This appears ,to be. the
prevailing sentiment of a largo majority of thd peo
ple-rand it is not confined exclusively to ihe Dem
ocratic party. • There aro many of the. opposition
who’havo at length got theineyes opened, and are
now uttering curses ‘loud and deep’ against thib:
hopelessly insolvent “Regulator.”
, Wo aro of the opinion that the country. Banks
generally are in a solvent condition, find that,they
still enjoy a considerable degree of public confi
dence—and we believe farther that there is no dis
position whatever to make a run upon them. All
that is necessary for them, is to cut loose their ill
‘fated connexion with’the United Stales l Bank, and
siiow to the world that they are willing to carry
out the ilesign of their creation, by'serving-the
different communities in which they'tiro located.
Let them do this, and the people will sustain them.
But let their destinies be again interwoven with
those of the “Monster”—leUlhem and their friends;
seek a continuance of
unnatural atf to the injpjasts ■of
the arid it requires no prophet to foretell,
that in a shortlimo tho whole system mustgo by
the board'.
The Democratic parly iS not,as has been falsely
asserted, Opposed to a well regulated system of
banking: they go for the credit system, so far os
it can bo made subservient to tbu interests of the
people ami beneficial to tho country. But, as a
party, the Democrats are opposed to the continu
ance of a swindling heartless corporationj v wliich»
in its own struggles for an unhealthy existence 1
seeks to plunge all the other. Banks, in tho.same,
vortox of destruction: they are also opposed to the
'alternate suspensions and resumptions of the last
four years, and are unwilling that the community
shall any longer bo cursed with ah irredeemable
paper currency. . 1. .
We have thus given our opinion, and the opin
ion, we believe, ofthe generality of our readers,
as to what ought to bo done—or rather, wo should
have said, what ought not to be done at. tbe present
crisis. 'The Federalists, however,.have a majority
in both branches of ihe'Legislature, and wo Have
very little doubt but that they- will again prop up
the U. S. Bank, legalize tho suspension, and give
the Banks.authority to issue one, two and three
dollar notes. What course the Governor will take
on the subject, remains to be seen; His is a sltu
ntunof groat difficulty—but wo think with out
Harrisburg correspondent, that ho is equal to the
emergency. ,
KirEcTioN.—Tho election in Now. Hampshire
for Governor, members of Congress and State
Senators, will take place on the second Tuesday
of March.
McLeod.— Rumor says, that tho grand Jury of
Loekport have found a true bill for murder against
this individual, and that his trial will.come on early
in the month Of March.
The troubles of (he Harrison party are commen
cing. On Saturday'last, tile Penrose and StdVcns
factions had a trial of strength in this borough, in
the election of (iclcgatcs to the county convention.
We-lcarn that considerable exertions Were made
On both sides, and that no little Bitter feeling was
engendered by the rival factions. The Stevens
men, however, carried the day; lifoy succeeded in
electing their 'delegates by a handsome' majority,
and the Penrosians wero ,fairly driven from the
field. 7But this was not-all. On Tuesday the
County Convention assembled, and here again
the AutimasOnic influence was predomlharit.
though. the StroHni, aHa» Pcnrosovpmfty, exerted
themselves to the uttermO'st-xtheir elforlsAvero-in
vain. The friends of Banks, alias, the Stevens
party, yvero, in the majority: .they, selected dele
gates to the State Convention of their own: stamp,
and inslrubted.thein to support the’.nomination of
’John' Banks.., This.result must be mortifying in
the extreme to Mr. Penrose, whoTias thus been so
signally foiled by his great .rival in his own county.
.A MAtIK’S'NEST.
By accident, tlie clerk who copied the mcsSagn
of the Governor in relation fo tiro Canal Commis
sioner bill, vliaving before him. the. pataipblet Cert-'
taining the old and new Constitutions; in' parallel
columns, copied a sentence from-theuld instead of
the. new, the' phraseology^of .which .was a little
different. . The discovery was first made by the
Governor' himself,’ but b'qfore'he could ;send into
llielegislaturo a correction,. tke pbrdriiole and a
few othcrscqually brilliant, ruiseasboutover the
mare’anest... “Drqwning men catch at'straws;’!—
Kcytlune. ~ ,r." - /;• A.- >’ i'r.R'
: ' - The Urno.ia itr the Whio-Wam ! .
, 'We clip( tha subjoined from the-Harrisburg cor
respondence of the .Penney ■■ V ~
You wiliseo by.tho Whig-anl Anti-Masonio
paperathatwar-tolhCknifehas beendeelare'dbe
tweeh those (actions.' The truepointin, dispute
ia.as to who, shall,get the spoils—it is.a boring
(match arnortg thevietbribus crew, for the priae
money. The. hardest buffer, gains it. A .largo
army Is bpavenientih lbo fieM; but,’after the fighti
-whan tfie fprccs are meeting "at the Barley-mow”
jo share, tHb.pluhbßr.aW'Woeive the pay, too many
rhouths aro'trouljlesoiiie., f Itis therefore astroke
of. policy, to create a family turmoil and to kill, off
thegmateet’ppasiblenumbetofiluondam,friends.
When-there is the; : tnbrq:
likelihood that'each may obUin a raouihfuT. ; Ste- ;
vena r ßurroweBand;eompany; : aroin ; tho':w
Theymu?lbq.huptedaow
'sbfiKirjheittSßlTek to be'despaiohsd/qmetly.-'why
theymustbedcaltwith in themost effccUyemode.
Now-il'sehappebS lUatlha‘‘GreaVUhchalried” is
not a man to bo brained with a lady’s fan. .. Like
the -Mastodon, he can receive a score or two of
Ihimdctbblw upon his-brow, and have never a
headache; His frontispiece is.of the best Corin
thian brass, and they must strike hard who expect
to beat him to the earth. They must make up
Jtheir.Tninds-likewiso, to suffer more than scratches
'iiira war.like this; His .paper - here*- edited -by
Fpnn, is making a'rush upon Mr. Speaker Penrose,
nhd belabors him'with such choice phrases-as
“traitor.” and Lknow not what besides; while the
Penrose organ at Carlisle, the Herald, ! think is
its title, contains nearly three'columns; signed-by
Mr,,-Crabb,-.its late editor, in which Stevens; is
“larruped’’' unmercifully. Crabb puts on' the
string in the most approved style, and declares
IpaVthe time has at last come, when either Stevens
ortho Whig party of Pennsylvania must {alb—they
cannot exist together. So they go; but there is at
least this consolation for the"spectators. Tt is an
axiom that when some folks fall Out, other' folks
fpt their own. The best informed and most can-'
id Whiga ln this quarter confess-that.thoir party
is broken up—resolved into its elements.. There
is no cohesive pow-er'which can hold it together
any Ipngor, and this, as you may, have before ob
served, is always the-case with our. opponents
when they succeed. Nothing demolishes them so
soon as a Victory. Having ho political principle
whatever, a triumph with them is neither more nor
less than'the'signal for the commencement of a
disgraceful acramblefor the spoils and forjcrsonal
aggrandisement. '
. Gim. Jackson and the ,11. S. Bank.
. The Bedford Gazette, in third sus
pension of the “Monster,” has the;following:
~ VV'hen-Gen. Jackson vetoed this British monster
and caused the public money to bo, removed from
its vaults, lie told the people that it was a corrupt,
fraudulent, insolvent, swindling institution, and an
unsafe depository of the funds belonging to the
Government—and for-this reason he was" de-;
pounced by cvery.puppy, cur, whelp and bound,
in the federal ranks, from one end of the Union to
the other, as being, an,enemy to the bost interests
'.of his country: Yes, the Bankof the U.Stalea
was the God of the Whig party—the shrine at
which they worshipped—hosannahs were spngto
its praise as being the “great regulator of the cur
renoy”—every man was dubbed a fool who ven
tured toi express an opinion against it—and Gen,
Jackson, the second Saviour of his country, was
publicly censured on the Senate Journals, by . Web
ster, Clay & Co. for daring to warn the people of
America against the dangers of this corrupt broken
bank which had united Its fallen fortunes with
British Dukes, Lords and Noblemen, tor the pur
pose of prostrating our republican form of Govern
ment !
..; Thousands, of honest. Farmers and Mechanics
have been led to believe that Gen,,Jackson’s Bank
Veto'produced, all ;the icaiamiti^,^;J)^\j^|^Rff'
ture to that brilliant, patriotic and unanswerable
document, and consequently were deceived into
■'thS federal ranks for a aeason. The scales will;
now foil from.their, eyes, and those who have'been
deceived by the false clamor of ai band of unprin
cipled apd designing wretches, whose only object
was to obtain office regardless of the general good,
will again rally on the side of Democracy, and,
after the lapse of a short pertqd, the Star Spangled.
Banner will again'waive in triumph over the land
of the free and the home of the brave!
Every prophecy President Jackson made con
cerning this Bank has already been fulfilled, and
those who have been blindfolded will now begin
to discover that this brave veteran is gifted ’ with
more than an ordinary degree of wisdom, and thou
sands upon thousands who condemned his course
in'regard to the currency, will how applaud and
admire his reasoning, his conduct, and his straight
forward career.. It will require something more
than a sham log cabin,' a coon skin,- a barrel of
.hard cider, a big.ball, a'rams horn, a pirate flag,
or a string of Buckeyes to make the people yet en
tertain, the idea that the notes of .thin grant ontinm-
Sonic Balance Wheel are bettor than gold or sil
ver—and it will require some stronger proof than
the vagherdedarations of an infamous blackguard,
in the shape of a Buckeye BlacKbmilh, to induce
the Belief that this fraudulent minister IS the only
safe depository of the public revenues!!
Gen. Harrison reached Washington or Ttioa.
day of last week—paid a visit to Blr. Van Burcn
on Wednesday, and'acccptod an invitation to dinq
with the President on Saturday.. Speaking on this
subject, the Baltimore Clipper, lias, tiio following
very sensible remarks: :
The moiiT spirit.— lt is stated that the Prcsi
dent elect,. General Harrison, visited Mr. Van Hu
ron on, Wednesday last, at'the White House, and
Was cordially received. He accepted an invitation
to dine with thc president yesterday, when a num
ber of-gehllcmen of both parties were expccted tb
bo present. This is the right spirit, and as long
as it is preserved our country will bosafe. . How
different ;s this from the intolerance of minor par
tizaria.' who’pcrmit their political differences to in
terfere with theiraocial-relations. We .hope that
tliis interchange of courtesy and civility between
the president and president elect may moderate
parly.jVancbr, bhd teach meh the 'distinction between
Sal and'pefsonal'hqstilities.': Blr. Van Biiren
cncral Harrison, although opposing candi
dates; have met as gentlemen and patriots should
meet} not with’ h.scowl upon their countenances or.
a harid upon their daggers, but on terms of iunity
and sociability; the one inviting,. and the other
frankly accepting.the invitation,to partake of hos?
pitaliiy. ‘ Wo honor men who can thus
can thus rise above the narrow,‘contracted- sphere
of party, ahdidespise the littleness which'. would'
kecpthem'aloof from bach btherbeeause they. hap
pened' to belong to;: different sides!- This’ is the
spiritwhich should animate every man;, and which,
if more generally diffused, would soften party as
perity,^and' make out political disputes the fricndr
ly discussions of brothers. . ,
THE BUCKEYE BIiACKSBIITH.
, This Individual was a:cartdidatb for-the office of
door keeper of lhe Ohio House of. Representatives
at the present session, but was hot elected. The
anecdote,—winch d'rtginatcdiduring”Fls
attempts to attain the peaty is related of'hira, arid
as it is published, in the Toledo Blade;,’h federal
paper, and is marked.by that peculiar 'refinement
,bf ..expression. which aharacterized many of his
electioneering efforts, wo,see ho reason to doubt
its genuineness: , ' ' , .
\“There is.a story here (in Columbus) about the
celebrated: Bear,', tfip Buckeye blacksmith. ,Ho
was a.candidpte.for'the Sergeant pt Arms of the
lower Houßer sqmo reaebn, nodoubt a good
ope, ho waß riqt ejected., the progress of
the caucusing, it appoatp that a Blr. Bimey, of
Bpnng^.®,:,a.tailor/by, trade, was a candidate for
’the of Mr. Birney’s friends pro-,
posed to Beary.that his friends should give tlieir
mfluonco to Birncy, and ihat Bcar should bo qssis
tant door keeper,’, ‘What!’ said Bear, ‘amah, who
revolutionized''; two. Slates—travelled with' ,Clay;
.and. Southard—been the corifideritial friend, of
Jlaniol W ebater-—boon toaeted from Boston to N.
Orleans, and basked irr tho smites bf.{the Empire,
ahd Koyslone Statos—aung thiee hundred whig
songs and made four handred;,whig spoeohes; io :
be second to a d—d tailor! I, reckon not, by
G—d. No,,never.” . ••• ' .; ' . “
; :EXECUTIVE USURPATION. y
/ Under the'above startling head, the Harrison
paper6iri : Ha'rtisburg;-Getlyaburgßnd-iElsowhero,
are endeavoring tpelirup a tempest, bccauao-Goy.
liia dared to exercise npowor.granted him
bytK&cphsUiution^miaease.which^aa/cleilrivre
vfi’MeSsiri. Hutfer And;Cantme,:'who last summer
andAll,:publishedVthe:MagicianinHarriaburg,
WereproeeoatedatGeltyßbur&byThaddensJite-,
Priest of anti
masonry; fat ajibol upon his own worshipful self.
The.biil of-indictment was-found in August last,
and the case'postponed; ‘ ' ’> ■
■ The jntoisiat November term,’, being all the an-,
timaaonie frienda of MrV;SteVehs,an examination
Was made; and it was discovered that: they., had
been selected and .drawn without any hind of at
tention to tlio venire haii'.been.issiied,'tni
the jury wheels Were fastened by a ilririrg instead
of being separately scaled l. by the sheriff nndcom
miSsioneto, Upon these matters being shewn, the
court set aside the indictment, and bound the de
fendants to appcar.at January term. They were
then to go through ,the mock furmnlilyot a trial,
for no man doubted no matter
what should be the testimony. , '
THADDEUS STEVENS waS the prosecutor,-
witnesS ahd Council—TboJudgo was lira political
and 'personal friend and companion—Tho jury
were his trhtirhasbnic liege soppbrters -and admi
rers—he had THEOPHILUS PENN from-Har
risburg, as witness and the truth not to be given
iH.evldcncb—arid to pap all, the farce was to be
enacted in Gettysburg,' where Thaddy reigns su
preme. '
; If this was pot a case to Justify and calhfor fbo,
exerciso of the pardoning power—lt is difficult to
conceive of one. ■
Some of tho wise editors seem to doubt: tho
power of. tiro Governor,to pardon before trial.—
Nt> lawyer or person who examines the question
Will doubt it, nor did Tbaddy,: when his desire for
reyengo-was thwarted by its being plebd in bar to
the indictment. They were discharged.
Sgatc hcgislature.
Letter to the Editof, dated
Harrisburg, Feb. 13, 1641.
The Governor sent in a message on Tuesday,,
vetoing the bill providing for tho re-payment of
the money, borrowed from the Harrisburg, and U.
States Banks, by Gov. Ritner, to repair the Juni
ata broach.in 1838..' Tho Governor is unwilling
that the money shall bo repaid, unless the Legis
lature willfirst compel the disbursing officers of
that period to show in what manner they appropri
ated thiTmonay. Tho Auditor General has made
several ineffectual efforts to bring theseparaona to
a settlement. .
On Wednesday the -Veto Message, in' relation
to the. Canal ' Commissioners,- was read in - both
houses. It is a well written 'document-—firm,
manly and convincing, and’ is highly . spoken of
every where, 1
The Bill to rcpcal the act authorizing the Tren
ton Rail road company to alter their route, passed
third reriding in'the House by a vote of.d4 to 43.
In >the House, on Wednesday, a joint resolution
was submitted by Mr. Hinchman, of the city, le
galizing the Suspension until the 15th day of Feb
ruary 1842—The resolution .was made the order of
the day-for Monday week,’and referred to the
Committee.on ilariks., similar. piovcincnt hits
suspension for forty days.
The bill for connecting the York and Cumber
land Valley Rail road,.lias bepn, killed in the Sen
ate., : ...; _.... - • ■
. What is to be.dono will] the Banks, Is a ques
tion rofgreal importance, aqd.attended ..with-sorious
difficulties. The Whig "majority in the Legisla
ture will no doubt go in/br legalizing the suspen
sion, and authorizing the Banks.tp issue -email
notes. What the Governor will do, if such a bill
comes before him, is of fturse to be seen. My
impression is that ho will apply the veto, and if he
docs so, I have no doubt the. people will sustain
him. .The, fact is, the lime has now arrived when
the Banks or the pcopie'are to govern." Gov. Por
ter occupies at present an unenviable position—
biit I think he is equal to tho emergency. A week
or two will probably put tho matter at rest. ,
Yours, &c. • _ .
Southampton Township; Eeb.5,1841
Mr. truly glad to find
by the jiroceedings of the County Convcn
tiiitij thiit duoli strung ami decided resolu
tions in ftlVqf of GbvfTartor-wcrb passed,
by that body—and aar still more pleased, if
possible, to find that in the bounties gener
ally, where delegates to the State Conven
liun have already been chosen, the same
strong expression of public opinion in his
favor"lias taken place. It. augurs' well for
the success of republican: principles at the
next general election. I trust, and hope,
however,. that-Cumberland county will not
again disgrace herself—-and I am truly vex
ed to hear that some of dur party friends in
Carlisle show symptoms of dissatisfaction
with the Goyernbr’s course. Now is tlie
time for every man who Is in reality a De
mocrat, to stand to his.principles with-firm
ness. The idea of disputing about trifles at
this' important juncture,, is unbecoming; in
Democrats. Wc were beaten at the Pfcsi
deritiar election, .ami it is only by union,and
Concert.of action that we can retrieve the
character of our State.
■;j In this vicinity vvclmve been outrageous
ly abused by our opponents, and when I re
flect on the deception and meanness resort-,
e'd.to by the Federalists, it makes me, wish
I could wield a pen to suit my disposilion.
But alas! my younger days were spent in
the poor buthonorablecapacity ofa plough
nian. and my education was of necessity ve
ry limited. I would ask our. friends—the
.coinnibn class ofthe community—to look a-
Pbund- : thpin l .BKd'.'sce. if .those who profess,
.friendship for: the. poof manou (hc eve ofari
(arid 'who show their friendship' by
a parade of tog Cabins, Cider barrels,. &c.)
ore really tlie'pu.ur man’s friend, ; qr hot. If
they arc the friends of'the Log. Cabin .men,
wliy have tliey in sn inany- instances com
pelled their cabin tenants; to vote- contrary!
to tlieir principles, on pain: of having tliein
wives and little .ones' turned out of doors?
1 knew 'aff. instance at: the late. election r
of one'of tlie IdudesTbrawlcis of Federalism"
standing; atthe back'of a poor, but honest
'mechanic wlib’ liappened' 16 be a little In his
debt, and order him in a loud tone to. show*
him the.ticket he wris about to vote, who had
to do so accordingly.' This! sriw with my
own eyes. Can tnisbe friendship for the.
poor inan. or regard'for the rights' guaran
teed to-hiih by the Constitution?
But more. These aristocratical nabobs,
who fcignsomuchfiieridship for (he tenants
of log cabins, nreno t safisfled tyitli coercing
poor men to vote as they : tell ' them—they
arweven now trying to rob the’Dcmocrats (if
their name which* they-haVc : borne since the;
days, of Thojpas Jefferson, and appropriate'
it to themselves!' Thby called themselves
Whigs, .forsooth J.y: when-it is ~well
fliathine*tenthsofal!lhe oldsfockoftorics
during! the revolution, and the same propor
tion of the opponents of the'late waif, (I do
:hot-meaii the Buckshot• war!). have■ been,
and stiy; ; afe, ranged on the Federal side.fr-
These samo fellows sing qut lustily in favor
of a lighting General, when; during both the
war’s above mentioned,: they ,
the friends of old England! -
.. Let any one; who is not blinded- by
judice,rebollectwhentlieTuries:principal
ly. resided in Penn9»lwauiaStftfrrng,?bqtl»i
wars—was U not in Fljiladelplda—iniGfies
tcr, Delaware, Lanca«fer»antj;.Adams coun
tiesf Apll are these not the places, where
the Federailsts bavc haddarga majorities
eversipce l ihbdaysj)foidJohh.iAdams?Ye(,_
liotwittetantling-all 7 these - inc6AfroVb!tibie,
facts, these same Federalists now -have the
presumption to say that they are the Demo
cratic pirr/y/ while, in the same breath; they
have the unblushing iinpifdence to call us
Tories! Out,upon'such Vile; hypocrisy !
But I Have done for . tjie present. If you
can make" any thing .out of “thisimperfect
letter for the paper, you arc at liberty to do
so. '
AN OLD DEMOCRAT.
CONFEREE MEETING
At a Meeting of the Democratic Republican
Delegates of the Senatorial District Composed.of
(he pqnnties of Adams, Cumberland and Frank
ling, hold at the public house of Adams Niumon
iaShippensburg, oh Wednesdaylho; lOth of Feb
ruary 1841; James. Esq., was called to
tlio chair, and James h. Orr appointed secretary.
' ,' On motion, John Clendenin, Esq., of Cumbor
land.an3 .Gen. .Samuel Dunn, of Franklin, were
elected Senatorial Delegates'to represent, said
District in the Demociatio Republican Convention,
to be held in Harrisburg, oh the dth of March next.
, Resolved, Ifbat said Delegates haVo power, to fill
any vacancy; that may occur. '
Jtesohed, That tho above-proceedings be pub-,
dished in all the Democratic Republican, papers in
lire . District, and. that a copy of tho same be' a
sufficient credential of the choice of said delegates
in the State Convention.' ;’ ’ ' ,
-James \Villis, Chairman.
James 23. Orr Secretary.
A Little Later krom Europe.— Tho packet
ship Emerald, at New York from Havre, brings
dates to January 9th, her-day of sailing. The
nows is not of much importance,' Tho “important
news" from China, was not fully credited in'Paris.
The probabilities of war;iri Europe were dailydi
minishing. Tho weather throughout Europe had
beeqjsxtromoly cold. Tho cotton market at Havro
remained in nearly tho aamo state as by last advi
ces, ' A sort of a revolution was reported to have
broken out in. Spain, but it Wasnot generally cred,
ited. ■
"McLeod. —Tho Niagara Courier publishes a
long letter from the counsel of McLeod, confirming
in all essential particulars.’.-the statements already
given of the outrage upon law and order committed
by the citizens of Lockport, in connexion with his
admission to bail. They, state, moreover, that they
have no doubt.McLeod is. entirely innocent of the
offence with which he is charged; and that in bail
ing him, no design existed for a moment"of thus
avoiding a,}riaj v X^^uffalb,Cdmmcroial-4dTCto]
•tiserdf;Friday-
number of witnesses wore at Lockport in attend
ance bn the grand Jury, before which tho case of
McLeod was laid. In addition.to those who ‘went
from Buffalo, were others from Rochester, Oswego
and Cleveland. In fils charge, Judge Bowen im
pressed upon tho jury tho necessity of ah'bxtpndcd
and free examination, and the propriety of commit
ting .the .whole to paper," for future reference. The
progress of tho investigation was slow, but ail tho
proceedings were jnarked Willi great order end.
decorum.—:Balt. Sun.' i ... ' ' ■
To Avoid Disease and Attain Health is now.
in Tho Power op Every One.— Dr.-[Benjamin
BranJrejh's Vegetable Universal fills, introduced
inlo~the United States, ISlh-May, 1835.—There
"has never been an instance-of these celebrated Veg
etable Universal Pills not giving relief, and per
severance i n. old, obstinate cases;-is sure of making,
a cure provided naturo is not enlircly'cxhaustedl
In consequence of the pleasantness of their oper
ation, they are universally used in every section
of .this wide extended country where they are made
known, and are fast superseding every other prep
aration of professed similar import. Upwarda-pf
fourteen thousand cases have been certified as
cured soicly.frbm their ueobihed tho introduction
■of them into the United States,"thus*establishing
the" fact beyond all doubt,, that thn .Brandrein
.Vegetable Universal Pills' euro tho (apparently)
most opposite diseases by tho one simple act of
continually evacuating the bowels with them,.until
the disease givbs-way; therefore; whatever may
bo said of- tlio Idtwy, the utility of Ihe practice is
now beyond: a\l J doubt'.
Purchase in Carlisle, of Geo. \V. Hitner, and
only in. Cumberland county of Agents published
in another part of this paper. . . , .
■ ■ - MASmiSD;- '
'On the Sd inst, by the Hev. John Ulrich, Mr
Alexander Koser, of Mecbanicsburg, to Miss Hetty
\itchky^o(: Kingstown; v . ■ .*
On the 9th inst. by the saline,' Mr. William
Wylce, to Miss Hannah Heagy, all of West Penns
borough township'. ... -. ;
/ In Shipponsburg. on Tuesday last, Mr. Henry
\Simms, to Miss Abigail Albertan, both of Cham
bersburg. - .
DIED:
' In thia-Borough, on Blonday night last, Bliss
Mary Maxwell, of a lingering disease. %
In East Pennsborough township, ‘on Saturday
the 6th inst. Mr. Jobn / Story, after airillness of a
few days. . . ' : ;
.-.i At the same, place, on .Thursday morning last,
aftcr an illness of two or throe days,Mr. Alexander
Muiun,:. , ;, \ .
: On Saturday morning 13th-inal. in this borough,
Mr. Jacob Weibley, in the 30th year, of his age.,
: In ShippensUurg,.on Blonday ovening.last,'. Blr.
guet Maefarlane. i. - . /
n Tuesday night last,-at the. residence of her
er Gen. Edward. Armor in this.borough,. Mrs.
;eca &aUtetd, consortqf Mr. Joseph Salkeld.
n Tuesday night, in this borough, Bliss Marga
ret Leonard, o{ a lingering disease. -
DlED—OolliqSth inst, at the residence of her
brother in South .Bliddl.eton township, Bliss Ac
nes'Crawford.Fleming; -in thb 65tH yearb'f her
age. ... ; :
, The deceased was a kind, and,dutiful daughter,
a tender atid 'affectionate sistcr,'((fwarm and faith
ful friend, and h true Christian. ’■ A fow lioufa be
fore her spirit took its flight; she; was enabled -to
say, '‘thanks be to God whb givelii us the victory
through-out . Lord Jesus Chrtst.’’ She, said she
felt her Saviour woUId not forsake horWhen pass
ing through the Valley and; shadow Of Death,—
She diod, as bnly the Christian can dis. Her last
hours wero marked with peah'o ahd reaignation to
thevvillof her HeaveriryFaUtor.Sliecouldsay,
“forme io live; is Christ; hut to die is gain. I ’
Those that saw her'die might well say, let'mb live
tiio, life of the Christian that my laat bnd may be
liko Hers/, '' I V'- o. -.'
Ajr-bv-
- The undeteigned, .hayibg.fiiil confidence in the
integriJy and capability of the i following gentle
men; think, proper to tbcrea'se bis Brigade; Staff
Offtcortf hy mSkihgHhefollowing promotions and
'appointment,!■ viz;—Major; John Bowermagtes,
to be BHjrtde’QuaitetAfaster, infoonj of S'aniucl
Clark' resigned;—tiejifcJoHN Hamilton
berlnnd county, to bo . Aid-de-camp— Edwaud S.
Jones, of Perry cbnnty to ho Atd-de-camp—Ali of
whnrp;wlll ho obeyed and teapoctcd' accordingly.
Maj. SAMUKtiGnARk, willroport 'to bia cbmniand
ing officof for duty.' -y'., y; ;:
■EDWARD ARMOR; Brig. Gen.:Com , 'lg, •
' lat.Btig. lltbDiy. Pt'M,
■ Edward Stiles Ege, Aid-de-camp. ' y ;
-Head.’QanCfia,'-'-: ■ 1 vyuK-.v'i.' ■■
Carible, Slh'Feb. XBil,; $ *
' v Tnllo'iVj J'.onp Fat Ashes,
WANTED at Gray’s Snap !« Candle Fac
tory, for Which the highest priced will be
paid
for sale,' which may -answi r fm-mriy spring sow*
■ng» a few bushels of .prime Tininthy tired.
' ALSO. "• ' ■
several Casks of Wine U Cider Vinegar' strong
andfine.flavoted, which will be.sold wholesale
or,retail, at moderate prices.! , ,
Carlisle, February lBj lf>4l,' 3t
v Estaleof John-State}/, dec’d.
NOTICE.
LETTERS, of administration on the estate of
John Storey, late of East Pehnsboro’ town
'ship, Cumberland county, dec'd., have been is
sued to the subscribers residing in the same
township;-’ All persons indebted to said, estate
•are requested to make payment immediately,
and those haying claiins.will presenttbem.with
out delay to either oif the.subset ibrrs.
MOSES STOREY,
5 JOHN SPROUT,
- February 18, 1841. Admi’s.
Printers and their Subscribers.
It is not likely, Mr. Sanderson, that ail of your
readers know that Dr. Benjamin Franklin was
a printer as wel) as a philosopher mid conse
quently had, not Only a theoretical but an expe
rimental knowledge of mankind; nor is it likely
that they know his opinions of them in their re
lative situations in life. Among otherthings he
said that, Debtors and Creditors had the.'4«t
and the worn memories of any people upon eat th;
for that, if lOU, you would be certain to remem
ber it—whilst / would be ascertain to/oryet it;
and vice venal gAmong,the thousand undone
good .things he said; many of them had particu
lar reference to the Craft, that ought never to
be forgotten , especially by those whq,belong to
it. Perhaps you, yourself, Mr.'Sanderson, don’t
know what I have reference to: bot'you ought to.
know—for, “the proper study of mankind is
man;” and, if you will permit me, an old practi
cal printer, I’ll tell you what he said in relation
to the caption of this article. Atm for. if, —
, accounts, said the Dcctor, though
generally email, are an excellent index of char
acter. Let me look over my bonks, said he, and
I- can tell you the character of every person
whose name is there." Being asked by a cotcni
pornry, How-? he replied, ‘‘upt.ri the. principle
that, a man who \s prompt and honest in small
matters, will-be so in large ones: for he who
would defraud an Editor of one year’s subscrip
tion, would -steal a Horse oh rob a ,Church,
if it was not for the fear of detectioni Sc deserves
to be published among Thieves and Ri dbers,
as unworthy the-associatn-n nr countenance of
honest men,.” This said Dr. Franklin—whence
J •■*-.* -*■—. , <ft*7Wr.^-rf*«^«»i*r
Now, print it, Mr. Sandersonj it Is a piece of
• history —ami it may, perhaps, on some future
occasion, answer y.our purpose, p«s tyell as it will
?>»{«*, now. You have not probably made put
.a blacklist yet , but I have a pretty considerable
one, and intend to have it published erv long
with-wmofartm*; that thkpn.blic n\ay knotu t not
only here but e.isewhererniAo'o! Urcm deserve
the character of i?o| r «eff,'flnd whether any of
them desene the character of Ao/tfe/. men.-—A -
Blank. LlstJ truly . .
It is pretty well Knoujn hereabouts, that since
I vjus ficj.ralyzed t one.of the Executors, of niy
brother James* estate and Squire .Snodgrass
made an effort to coUect-the debts of the late •
firm of Wm; B. 8c J. Underwood, as well by
/iersuaaicn.ns fcrce. In some instances they
succecded/but failed-in— manyl •. I have also
tried to collect that which was due myself after
the dissolution with my brother; but it was like
the attempt to wash the blackamdr white, la
bor Jn vain/ dn some cases,-whether toy the
want. of moral courage and'moral honesty in the
officers or the debfors t I can't toll, 1 was not on
ly cheated of my just claims, by having to sub*
mit to stiff swearing* Queen jinn's Statute , and
that act which was enacted for the benefit oj
floor honest men, of which; koguks sometimes
take the advantage; but made/joy r Uav
-i»g had the/ernen/y. tqtix to getth e fruits of
my lav*r % This is no Mr. SandeVaon.
instead %x being "defrauded of One year** In
scription,** the acting Exvcutoi; says, 4 *7V«
Thousand Dollar* would hot balance the-book 3
of Wm. B. If J. Underwood,' lm* subscription,
advertising and job-work’/f m sav nothing of the
debts.due me, individually, in .1836, -when Twas
paralyzed, and many remain due,
and probably ever will, become
debts o//ib«or,- without either
in those who. owe theml There are
are still willing to Jiay~- to such, n little more
grace shall be given, before their names be. put
upon the black list ; but, if they neglect too long,
on it they s/;o// r o, witbout.respect of persons.
It is a trite* and,tnie saying, .Mi:. Sanderson,
that', M cnf half of the world don't *7jow : how the
other half lives. They never suspect that the
rich and reshcctable portion take th_e advantage
of the fibhr and fm fortunatei or. that «ow< w.ho
make great religion,' and go regu
larly to church one day in the week, aie.engn
ged the other si:r,in devising ways and .means to
inrich themselves at the expense of.their unsus
pecting fellow cilizeps, who fall victims to their
cupidity. . Such folks, too. forget
that portion ot holy. Writ, which says, “the la
borer is worthy of his hire.**' T • -
It will be no gratification'to me, Mr. .bander*
son~an aged and helpless cripplc—tn _i xposc
the dishdnestv of men with-whom, upon tormei
occasions, 1 liaVehiul dealings. But, as..l am
commanded'to ‘love my, neighbors it
is an incumbent ilntyio guard, at least 1 6 warn
fhVm against the wiles vt such, as have defraud
ed me; that they may escape a tike evil, l.hw
is one reason why to have my .alack
list published-r-another is, that in;wow.there is
so much di.humaii nature , that some of it must
occasionally'be let off, lest; to use cngin
eer’s phrase, it-hiight‘*£wfef boiler, .It is
however, a hdor.com/iensaiion for a , great part
of i\\e labor upwards cf ‘.twenty: ol the- most
active years of mvilfe, to reflect that much of
the ’ means which 1 had hoped. would have Con
tributed, 7 in some measure; lo my -Comfort, in
days* ofTny-Jife;~havcrbeen;«»i//iAef«“
from .me by hypneritiesd/fre/enrfers to ret-fiecla
bility—to hokest(y:— arid in some inslahces; t io
RELIGION.! B ‘ uNI 3eB.WOOU.
Carlisle, February 18* 1841. . ; ;J:
B. Biiandbetii, m. d.
Communicated.
,r : /■ ;
. '. • FROM lASCABTEB. , “'t
FOTVWABDING&eOMMIS&IbiNMERGII
ANT, ' : :" v ; ’ -
J%V. QV2 *w<ft'kei' Street)
... THREE DOORS ABOVE EIGHTH, , . w
PHILADELPHIA; >■.
Where all business entrusted.to liim : 'will he ats
tended to wilhpromplacsa and despatch.
FRESH Salad Oil of vcry.fiiicqlialUy,ju"-l
rcceivtd und for sale. by
Fresh
. The Snbscvibers liave Hist received a surply np
fresh D rugs. Medicinep.l.hemicals, Oils, .paints.
Varnished Dye StuffsuF.rnUS, &c..,.iiH ot, wludh
will be sold on reasonable.terms hv
will ueaoia .■ STK y£ J y so 's ru ptt'Kl.E. . •-
TbeAmericait Rdrn Plaster stands unrivalled
■n the long lisl of remedies for the rurrolconis.
All that is necessary in order to test Us.virinrs
stomake trial of the article, wben its efficacy
will beexperienced. For safe by .
,i ■STEt'E J VSO.V(J DJVKLE:
WOOD WANTED Ji.l THIS tiEFIdE,
ALSO,
Corns.