r most certainly he shall bo your compan
n till morning."
The abolitionfSt threatened, raved, and
axed, hilt :il I u-'rt'hld not dn the landford
as ihexorablo, ho was determined to make
3 lodger practice what he preached, and
e crest fallen abolitionist was compelled
take his place along side. of his soolv
iend, where he lay till morning, enduring
clinp'3 that cannnt bfi ilesr.rilipil. Tin w.-is
ept In a continual state of restlessness thro'
n wnnm nnini rnnninnrr iciii'o iimiiifiri.
es, and keeping the negro's Woolly head
nt of his face. Ho rose at the dawn of
ay, vhile his comrade, "all in black,"
mi aimim lruu uuin an uiu iib-ii caiiiu
ares of life, was enjoying "the honey
eavy defy of slumber," called for his bill
nd left the town. The lecture was con-
cnuentlv "indefinitelv nostnoned."
Bill related, with great importance, tho
liatinguished honor conferred on hlnS, by
he comfort is not so much to be desired,
nml llfwl n 'cfroniotif Kul li-rC Ant liniirnifni
POI,ITICAIi.
GOV. RITNER THE ENEMY
OF
THE POOR.
We opened tho journal of House of Rep
resentatives, Mnd found with surprise the
following vote of Gov. Ritner against 'pro-
viuing ior me poor, uy rcierring 10 ins pa
per of the day, on the same side in politics
as the Governor, wc find the annexed
speech of his excellency on this resolution.
"Wc invite the attention of all the citizens of
the slate to this vote and this speech of the
Governor, and if (he legislative proceedings
of the republican governments in the world,
from the beginning, be ransacked, we do not
believe that a parallel t6 it can be produced.
So cflld blooded, unfeeling'and Uncharitable
a speech as this, is a disgrace to civilized
man.
What 1 because some poor man might be
dishonest, are the families of ail to be de
prived of their only cow, if a rich, hard
grinding creditor chooses to do it? How
often in the poverty, sjekness and misfor
tune of their parents has a friendless family
of children been compelled to rely solely
on thejnilk of 'their cow for support? And
in this age of benevolence and civilization,
is this last stay of the tender years of the
child, and tire wdrnout yoa.rs of the parents
and grand parents, to be taken away, and
all of them to bo made dependent' on the
cold charity bf the world, or the legal mer
cies of tho" poor house for relief, because
'Gov. Ritner thinks the man who" sells a cow,
may happen not to get his pay ?
Gov. Ritner says in "lnVspeccIithat he
never sued a poor man that he is the
friend of the poor. He should have stated
that he had never sued, because he never
trusted a poor ifian fb a dollar's ivolh in
his life; and from such friends as he is, the
prayer of every poor man should be, "good
Lord deliver us"
'Fortunately for the poor of Pennsylva
nia joscpn miner s policy did not prevail.
Their cow, their two hogs and six sheep,
with feed, from the first of November till
the last day of May, are preserved to them
against the execution of such shaving mi
'sers as Ritner, and the statuto book of the
state is not disgraced by such barbarous leg
islation as lie and his eight compeers would
nave inirouuceu. lie was not satisfied with
the presently, exempting a poor man's
cow from lovy and salo; he would fain have
repealed it, and prevented the least aniond
mpnt of the law for the comfort of the
poor! Is this the republicanism of "i-ar-MBit
Ritner, the popular Governor," of the
Keystone state ? We can now understand
why his party abuses Gen. Porler for being
once a poor man. It was a grievous sin in
the eyes of farmer Hither in 1825 to be
poor; ho would have sold the poor man's
last cow sent his wife and children into
the streets to beg, and locked him Op in a
prison; arid it is, entirely consistent and nat
ural that Gen. Porter bo calumniated by the
party that sustains this liberalarmer Gov
ernor, because ho has risen to the position
lie occupies as his antagonistcandidate, from
the humble condition of a poor man.
Let the people of this great state read the
following facta, and whether they be poor
or rich, support Joseph Ritner if they can.
Poor men will cdndemn him for his nig
gardly injustice to them; and rich men be
cause they will be unwilling and ashamed
to avow such sentiments as he sadvance, in
this enlightened age. Lot such as he is, go
and preach his aristocracy to the despots
of the old world it is no' place fortheni in
the new,
extract Irom the Journal of the House of
Representatives, for Tuesday, Feb; 17,
1824 page 039.
A motion was mado by Mr. gin, and
Mr. Cummings, which read as follows :
"Retained, That i committee be appoint
ed to examine tho several acts passed for
the comfort of the poor arid report their
'opinion to this house, wether any further
relief plight to be given to them, which will
accord with the true character of the people
of Pennsylvania in tho support of the poor
among them."
1 ho following extract from the debate
upon the above resolution, is taken from
tho Pennsylvania, Intelligencer of July 20
lb4 a paper of the same politics, ami
friendly to Mr. Ritner at that time.
"Mr. GVsett nsked lo know tlip nhiWi
of the motion, more specifically than was
B-iiviiiiiu mo resolution,
"Mr. Oglo "said that under tho existing !
laws for tlio support of the poor, a man was
authorized to keep one cow but there was
ho food provided. They were authorized
to keep five sheep and a stove but there
was no wood reserved. Now a cow was a
very useful thing in u poor family, but with
out food, she could not be useful, for she
would give very little milk. So sheep
were useful to a poor man to make clothes
and stockings for his children. And a lUovo
was a very comfortable article in cold weath
er, huVif they had no Wood to hum in it,
it would add very little In the comfort of the
poor- He thought it inconsistent to reserve
the cow, the sheep, and the stove from levy,
and yet permit the fast mouthful of 'titty
and the last stick of wood lo he sold by the
constable."
Mr. Todd was in favor or the resolu
tion. , (),
Mr. Lehman thought the motion was a
verv proper one: ,
Mr.Seltzer and Mr. R TNER, moved to
postpone tin; resolution.
"Mr. RITNER said he had doubts wheth
er the yjrejfn provisions of tho law were
beneficial or not. There wore instances
wore persons would como tov a fanner and
get a qow on credit, promising lo pay lit "la
bour 0 yes, they will come and Work at
anytime bin when they get the cow. they
care no more about it. They will then
laugh 'roil in the face, and tell you thev dont
care for yoU; for you cant take the cow a-
way. ,. ,
"He was friendly to the poor, and had
uover sued a poor man in his life, nor did
he evorthinr- he would; but he did not like
to put it in the power of an unprincipel fel
low, to get a cow into his hands and then
turn round and tell the very man who had
trusted hiin: "I wont pay you you may
do your best I dont care for you. I can
live upon the milk ot that. cow mat 1 owe
you lor u i cannot live l can nan live;
and you cant help yoursell.
Mr. Cassettdid not approve of postpon
ing the resolution.
Mr. Ogle and Mr. Oummings called tho
yeas and nays upon the passage of the res
olution, which worn yeas EIGHTY, nays
EIGHT, JOSEPH RITNER voting a
gainst allowing fr.ed for tie cow, which
supported the wife anil children of a poor
uhforlunute debtor, and wood io'keep th't'm
from freezing. And yet he would ask the
poor men ot the state to vote tor nun ior
Governor. Keystone.
DEFEATS OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY.
Tho Democratic party it appears has bepn.
defeated about once every fifteen years,
since the beginning of the pie.sent century,
but'nteach-'iieceeding election after a defeat.
the parly has been found much stronger
than before. In 1805, by a division in the
par'tV Simon Snyder, the Democratic can
didate was defeated. In 1808, he was
elected by a large majority: the Democratic
party succeeded at every election until the
year 1820, fifteen years, when another
split in tho-party caused the defeat of their
candidate If'ilUum Findley. They then
elected a Democratic Governor at lhc suc
ceeding election by a majority of more
than 26,000'vOtes. ' At that lime the oppo
sition made as extravagant calculations,
and moro so than thov do at the present
time. In 1835. fifteen yea-a from their
former defeat, another split took place", and
Joseph Ritner was elected, having received
12,000 votes less than a maioritti ol the
whole number. With a knowledge of
these things tljo Antimusonic-tiuahlion
snm-plaster parly now try to holster up
the drooping spirits ot their mends, as
though they had fome chance of success
the federal party have not eleclcil a
Governor for tho last forty, years, only
when there was a division in the Demo
cratic ranks, and now when the Democracy
ot the Stale is firmii, united, can they ex
pect, by fun! m muhed abuse and shameful
glanders against the character of General
DAVID R. PORPER, to re-elect the pres
ent gubernatorial incumbent? Tho voice
of the Democracy will speedily answer
NO! Spirit of the Times.
' WASHINGTON AND PAPER MONEY,
In a. letter lo the Maryland Legislature
in 1707, Washington said
'1 do not scruple to declare, If I had a
voice in your Legislature, it' would have
been.gwen decidedly AGAINST A PA
PER EMISSION, upon the general prin
ciples of its utility as a representative, and
. r. ...
uiu necessity oi n as a memnm. id as
sign reason ior mis opinion, would he as
unnecessary as tedious. The ground has
been so often trod, that hardly a place
remains iininucncuj in a word, the necessity
arising irom tuo wantoi specie is reprcsun
ted as greater than it reallv is. I contend
that it is by the substance, and not bv the
shade of a thing that , we aro to bo bnefit
ted. Tho wisdom of man, in my humble
opinion, cannot, at this time, devise a plan
by which the credit ol paper money would
be long supported; consequently dopreoin
Hon keeps pace with the quantity of the
emission, and articles for which it is ex
hanged rise in a greater ratio than the sink
ing value of the money. Wherein, then
is the farmer, the planter! or the ariizan
benefited? The debtor may be, because as
I havo before observed, he gives the shadow
instead of the substance. Whether it bo
legal tender or not, it will, as has bean
observed trulv, leavo no alternative.
oust bo that or nothing. An evil equally
gibat, u uiu uuui iii iiiiui;-u!..iriy ujieiia inr
.speculation hy which the least designing,
gieat, u the door it immediately opens for
and. perhaps most valuable part 'of the. com
muriifv, aro preyed 'upon by, tho"' inore
KNOWING AND "CRAFTY SPECU
LATORS;" We have now full proofs that Presidents
Washington, JKrFi'.nsoN, Jackson and
Van Btmi'N, all coincided in the great prin
ciple of opposition to an entire papl'r cur
rency, as being injurious to tho intercuts
.of tho farmer, the planter, nltd the citizen.
hince the modern thirst lor gain by loo
Federalists, however, wo believe that if one
should rise from the dead, some would not
he convinced of the correct position of these
great then when it operates against the wish
of Mr. Biddlcaw his friends lo entail upon
tho People a Papkii,.Ciirrkncy.
Spirit of the Timc3.
From the JY. V. Journal of Commerce,
FROM THE NORTH.
Thc'Totonto Patriot of June 22d "con
tains the following' paragtaph, from which
it will -he seen that neither Detroit, Buffalo.
,nor Rochester, nor Oswego, has as yet been
iiiirnu A correspondent ot too sam.e
paper cautions his brother Tories against
the supposition, which appears to be gen
eral among them, that " the defeat and
clrslisement of the United States could be
done at once without ( loss, and with but
few regular troops." On he contrary, he
thinks it would costa considerable sacrifice
of life and property. But. nf the total ruin
of the country i. o. nf the United Slates in
case ofa war. "if not the utter annhilatibn
of theh Government," he entertains no
doubt.
From the Toronto P'alfiot.
We have from the beginning announced,
that .war with the United Suites is inevitable
INEVITABLE, we sav again, IT IS;
and ft will be no COMMON WAR. bin a
WAR OF EXTERMINATION We
expect daily to hcarof some incursions of
the. hiigands in the Western District;
which wc understand is left in. a perfectly
helpless state. Such is the horrible pre
dicament of this lovat ptople, and yet
Buffalo stands, Detroit stands, Rochester
stands, Oswego stands; ves, with all the
resources of tho-.British empireat command
these nests of infamy stand to mock our
misery, while to involve' them all. in the
fate of Sodam arid "Gnmor'rau, would be as
easy. as falling oft" a horse.
J he country is filling with l ankee loaf
ers; not a tavern can any one enter, but
one or more Yankee loungers arc there,
listening to all that is said. What come
they here for, but to "spy the nakedness
of the rm:7," and to convey intelligence lo
the-banditti on tlje other side, who are ever
in readiness to puncti'on any unguarded
point? The' pestilent vagabonds every
whore abound, and Unless some decisive
steps arc taken by the Government to pre
vent the ingress of such scum, we fthall.
pe'thaps, see the fulfilment of Mr. Clay's
prophecy that the O.inadas will fall to the
United Stales WITHOUT FIGHTING.
Passports ought to be made necessary for
every Yankee itinerant in this country until
ho deemed proper to stop intercourse
entirely;
- "
IMPORTANT MOVEMENT.
General Wool has left Boston for Augus
ta, to confer with Governor Kent, who is
now in session With the Council, on tho
subject of establishing one or more military
posts near .our northern Irontier. This
distinguished officer has been sent by the
War Department ol tho United Slates, al
the earnest 'appif'atlon if Governor Kent
for the purpnsoof. making a rceoiiniiisani'e.
and selecting suitable positions for the es
tablishment ol posts lo protect our territory
from foreign aggression.
The importance of these movements
will be appreciated by the people of t.io
Sti.lei who look to the tidal adjustment of
our boundary linn and thu border difficulties
wiih increasing anxiety. Wc trust that
the zeal and earnestness with which this
matter i now pursued by our Executive
will lead to a speedy conclusion of this
protracted controversy. Portland Adver
tiser. Tho capture of tho schooner mentioned
in our lust has not been confirmed, nor has
it been contradicted. We hope the de
spatch has been premature. Tjie owner
of lhc tfthnnner vj. Uhrysilai, wo under
stand, fully believes in lier capture.
We hear reports from the west of fresh
robberies of the arsenals at Detroit to a
considerable extent some hundieds of
stands of small arms, and six pieces of can
lion.
A letter has been recpived by the Nia
g.ua uock uompauy trom a merchant at
Buffalo, containing a request that two cer
tain cases ot goods may he removed from
their store-houses to a place of. safety, if
such place is to bo lound in Niagara, as
there was a settled determination in Bu'f-
Mlo to destroy that establishment by fire.
Toronto Patriot.
Another Seizure. Caparin Homans, in
command at Lpwistu.wn has mado another
valuable seizure of Patriot arms. Niuetv
stand, with buyonetr .wero found 6ecrcted
at Dickinson's tavern,' six miles from
Ijewiston, on the I.ockport road. They
were principally English Tower muskets
and Untied bla'cs manufacture
l Ills indefatigable nfficei is preventing
I mucil
J6A.
much .mschier..xJtv7a, Com. Adv.June
Stcahu There Is a project on foot, in
Peru, for the establishment of steam naviga
tion in'the Pacific Ocean. Wo havo quo
ted an article from some statistics, published
ill Lima, wherein the plan of steam packets
along Jho coast of Peril to Panama is agita
ted. It need not bo said that the fulfilment
of the design will he decidedly advantage
ous to the trado of the Pacific generally,
and that the Sandwich Islands, in common
with the neighboring countries on this side
the continents, will drive vast emohtrrionls
fruiti the facilities, which a regular cnniuui
iiicatiMi with Europe mid the United Stales,
bv the way of Panama, .will iiflVd; wo may
safely opine that this group will become
the West Indies of the Pacific. Should
Che link of connection between these islands
anil our father lamb bo riveted, by the cs
tablishmcnt.nf a safe and regular thorough
fare across Panama, by railroad and steam
boats, a cry would be 'heard which would
call forth tho produce of this most fertile
soil so loudly, that tho demand Would admit
of no detail,' and the riches of nature which
now aro wasted at tho shrine of idleness,
would go forward to bow themselves at the
feet" of the goddess of commerce. Cotton,
silk, tobacco, sugar, molasses, indigo, and
a crowd, of other valuable exports, would
chase each, other to foreign lands and all
the sojourners in the land of Captain CooK,
both indigenous and exotic, would see
what the soil can do fin' liim who would
deign to till ill Wc could build sugar
palaces, ride in cotton coaches, and spo'l
indigo horses. Wo crtuld eat and drink
the net proceeds of tobacco and molasses,
and hoard up silken dollars; make money
bag's of bides and tallow and fill them with
goat-skin doubloons. No chimera! No
joke! it is all a plan of calculation and as
much a matter of fact as the air wc breath,
that if the steam navigation of Peru takes
effect, & Panama railroad is completed, the
Sandwich Islands will not only be many de
grees nearer home, but the po.il and climate
of this valuable portion of the earth will he
improved by those who appreciate them,
and the produce of our hills and vallics will
be consumed in far distant lands, by those
who scarcely know at the present time, that
Oahu exists. Sandwich Island Gazelle.
Lake Arrangements, Tho steam boat
relegraph hah been chartered by the Gov
ernment, and manned by a company of
regular troops. She is to carry from three
lo five guns, and lo cruise about the lake
whenever any violations of 'neutrality or of
the public peace are threatened. She will
h'avo a special eye to Johnson and his
movemnnls, who will doubtless soon find
bis situation alarmingly uncomfortable,
placed as ho will be between two fires. It
was the right of the Telegraph to be selec
ted jbr this business, as she already bears
the imprint of hostile balls. She is a fine
little boat, and for her power,, is unsur
passed for speed, by any steamer on the
lake. Success to her efforts to preserve
our faith inviolate, and to punish aggressions
from whatever quarter they may proceed.
Rochester Daily Mv.
IMPORTANT OFFICIAL PAPER.
The following Message from the Presi
dent of the United Stales was communica
ted to the House of Representatives a few
days since.
To the House of Repic-xntativcs of the United
Stales.
I transmit, in compliance with a resolu
tion of iheHonseof Representatives of the
1 1th nisi, reports frhm the Secretaries of
Slate, Treasury,- and War, with thr docu
ment referre'd.tn bv them respectively. It
will be .seen that the ouiragcs committed
on me oieamnoai rsir ltouert fee . um er
the British flag within the waters of the
United Stales, and on tho steamboat Tele
graph, under the American flag at Brookv'ijle,
in Upper Uauaila, have not hec i followed
by any demand, by cither Government on
.i. .i i .I,.
uiu iimur, lur reoress. i nese acts havu
been, so far, treated on each side as criminal
ulfences commuted within the jurisdiction
of a tribunal enmpc-ent to inquire intothe
facts, and to punish the persons concerned
in them. Investigations have been made,
some of the individuals inculpated have been
arrested; and prosecutions in progress, the
result ol which cannot be doubted., The
excited stato of fcolrug on the borders of
Canada,, on both snips of tho line; ias occa
sioned the most painful anxiety to this Gov.
eminent, bvery efiort has been, and will
he, made to prevent the success, of the do
sign apparently lormcd, and in' course of
execution, by Canadians who Jiavn found a
refuge within our territory, aded by a few
reckless persons of our country, lo" involve
the nation in a war with a neighboring and
friendly power: Such design cannot sue.
ceed while the two Governments appreciate
and confidently rely upon the good faith
ol each other in the performance of their
respective duties. With a fixed determi
uaiiiiii in use an me means in my (pnwor
io piu a speedy and satistdctory termination
in uiKjiu uoruer irotiuien, i havo the most
continent assurance of the cordial co-opera
tion of the British authorities, at homo nrjt
in the iNnrth American posessions. in the
accomplishment nf a purpose eo sincerely
nnd earnestly desired by the Governments
nnd people both oftho United Stales' and
Great Britain. M. VAN BlREN.
Washington, Juno 20, 1838.
The New Orleans Picayune says the
young girls should alwav's douhtn nnH
twint their carters when thev an In linnif
themselves, for fear of breaks.
Distressing Occurrence. On Sunday
last a child of Mr. Abraham Bipkford, of
this city, aged 20 months, was discovered,
between the hours of nine and ten in the'
morning, to bo playing wfth a quantity of.
percussion caps. "But littlo was thought
of the declirrenco until', at tho expiration of'-'
about two hours; the child was seized will!
vomiting, .and threw up one cap. An emetic
being administered thren more were dis
charged from the stomach. No relief
however was afforded, and the littlo suffer
er continued to be distressed with nausea
and vomiting, tho extremities gradually
became cold, and lit 7 o'clock in the eve
ning death terinalcd .the scene. On the.
nt-xt morning an examination of the body
was made, and in the stomach were found
twenty one perciixsinn caps, and twelve in
tle small intestines. These, together
with the four thrown off before 'eath, made
thitty-seven a wallowed by the chihL
Lowell Courier.
Melancholy. A young- man. in Qtiiney
was walking about his garden Vih a. gun
on Wednesday, when, in mere sport, he
raised a d pointed it throug'i the window
toward a servant girl that was silling at a
table, and jestingly told her he intended to
shoot her.. Ho had been hunting the day
Jiefore, and thought. ho had left his gun dis
charged but the result proved it to ho
fatally othervvlse. As he jaised it to his
face, he pulled the h-iger .With a merry laitgl)
and fired the entire charge through the
Upper p?rt of tho girl's shoulder, near the
neck. His feelings at that moment can
be better imaglficd than described. Sur
gical aid was immediately olitapied, and
hopes of the unfortunate girls recovery are
entertained. Boston Post.
Bombardment (fVeraCruz. The latest
accounts from the Mexican coast intimate
tho probability of a bombardment of Vera
Cruz by the French sqiiadron. It was
stated the vessels now stationed at different
ports would concentrate at that point, and
turn the blockade imp an active ami vigor
ous siege. Santa Anna, th?y. sa,v, is put
at the head nf the garrison, and is making
great preparations to resist the threatened
assault. The approach of the sickly season
has doubtless aiiirtoriislieir.lliQ French com
mander ot uie necessity ot bringing the
quarrel to a speedy termination; as the
Mexicans will soon havo a powerful ally
in the yellow fever and other tropical dis
eases, that may prove more formidable to
French gallantry than nil the implements of
destruction which Santa Anna and his myr
midons can muster to oppose them.
JuFrEnsox, Th Jefferson was asked,
''why not incorporate blacks into the stato
Willi the whitest" He answered, "deep
rooted prejuilices'cntertaino J by the whites;
ten thousand ;ccollcctious by the blacks;
new provocation; tho, real distinctions
which nature lias, made; ahd many oilier
circumstances, Will divide us into parlies,
mil produce convulsions, wltjcli wjll prob
ably neycfr.ND but, in tlip extermination of
one or tho other race,. I he black t the
negro resides in the reticular membrane,
between the skin and scarf-skin, or, in the
scarf-skin itself, and proceeds from the col
or ol the blood, the color of the hi'e, or from
that of some other secretion; thu difference
then from the white is fixed in natiiie, nnd
is as real as'if its seat and cause were bet
ter known to us."
And. is this difference of no importance,
we Would ask tho friends of AMALGAMA
TION II!
i i i.Tif : rr.TraagTjy'tw
BlMdy Affray at Ottawa, Bl.A
gentleman from Ottawa, informed the
editorof the St. Louis Republican, that -,m
engagment took placu on the line of thu
canai, a day or two previous, between two
parlies ol the workmen, which resulted in
the death of tivelve or ff ecu of them.
Those engaged in the affray were Irishmen
and it arose on account 'of the national
division among litem. The militia were
called Out, and the disturbance quelled.
Anotker.Ind.ian Fight. ) the --leanier
Santeo, which arrived a JackVdnville, on
the 21st ult, intelligence was received of a
hattle with the Indians on the ,19th, within
a few miles of Newnansvil e. Oantain
Bfal, of the Dragoons, with 30 or 40 men,
Lieut. Howe, of tho same coips, with 13
men, and (hipt. Walker, a volunteer, fell
in .with a body of about 00 Indians, who
gave diem a warm -salute. Wnlker was
killed, and five of Beal's command were
wounded. Five horses were killed; a
mnng them Beal's and Howe's. Several
Indians said to be killed.
Gen. Taylor with, six companies nf men,
arrived on the 20th at Black Creek. It
was hoped ho would soqrr be able to
take and conquer the foe.
over-
Singular dea'h. InOiuciniialifast week,
a man by tho name of Barnard Ferrall,' left
his bed to obtain a draught .of water from
the hydrant in the yard, hut failing in his.
I purpose ho entered a shop ivliero ho had
I beon jit work, and finding a bottle contain
, ing oil vitriol, swallowed a portion of it
under the belief that it was porter. He
lived in great agony during one day and
then expired,
Factory burnt.-The coltop factory in
Swanzey, Mass., was destroyed' by firo on
Saturday, 23d June, together with all the.
machinery therein.- Loss, SlO.doO
it-tbtirnrl A 11 A A