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POMTICAIi.
INGERSOLL AND NAYLOR.
The investigation of tho Ooramitteo to
inquire into and collect all tho facts rclativo
to tho contested election of those gentlemen
to Congress it still going on in Philadel
phia. A number of witnesses have been
efxamined, and judging from the testimony
Which has been given thug far, a blacker
nicturo of political villany has never been
exhibited to tho people of Pennsylvania or
tho Union, than that which will shortly ue
developed bv this investigation. The facts
which have already been proven before the
ceramittee aro enough to mantlo tho cheeks
f the Whig party with tho crimson blush
of shame, and the individuals who have
been guilty of participating in this foul
eonsDiracv against the Denote, should be
made Xofeel the scorn and contempt of a
i i.it . vir I. .1.- -i.
justly inuigii-ui puunu. ic uhh mi- uv
tinlion of the reader to tho following die
closures which have been made in relation
to this matter, for which we are indebted to
the editors of the Pennsvlvanian. Stale
Cav. Gaz.
"During the investigation it was provod
by David Handley, that he subpoenaed
John C. Gill, who promised to attend, but
Was gono and not to be found. Uy Andrew
Miller, that he conversed with Gill at liar
lisburtr on the cvenlnir of the day he
was to have appeared here to testify
And that Gill told Mr. Miller, he Would
have lost a thousand dollars if he had
not left Philadelphia as suddenly as he did,
Br Hueh W. McGinity, that John C. Will
was an officer in Sheriff Watmongh's office
an active whig and partisan of Mr. Naylor,
and election officer at the election in 1838;
that having been removed from office by
Sheriff Filler, Gill had confidentially in
formed Mr. McGinity that Filler was not
lawfully elected Sheriff, nor Naylor to Con
press ; and that ultimately Gill disclosed to
Mr. McGinity, that Gill was present at
Bola Badger s house, in the night, when, in
the presence of several election officers he
Warned, upwards of NINE HUNDRED
iTALSE TOTES were added to the Regis
tries. The wholo number af false votes
thus added to the Registries af city and
eounty for that election, Gill said was
THREE THOUSAND NINE HUN
DRED ! Mr. McGinilv testified that Gill
is a veiy poor man, an applicant for the
benefit of the Insolvent Act, and frequent
ly borrowed from Mr. McG. small sums
for subsistence, of which he now owes $25
And that the afternoon before Gill left Phil
adelphia he shewed Mr. McG. a thousand
dollars, in bank notes in kis pocket
book.
Mr. Jacob R. Kline, who was sworn.
After beinr asked if he was a citizen of the
Third DintricU whirh'he r.iwnrfcd in the
nffirra-Vivo. ho wti asked if he had receiv
ad any communication from John C. Gill,
and when and what.
TThe answer to this question was object
ad to by Wo. B. Reed,counsel for Charles
Naylof, an the ground that it would be
hearsay evidence
He raplied that he did that he received
a notice fram Bcnjaraine E. Carpenter, that
John C. Gill was to mako a statement of
tho frauds practised by the whig party upon
tha Domocratio party at the election of Oc
tober 1838. Mr. Gill appealed on the last
Saturday of November 1830, at the house
af Wis, S. Berrill. The following gentie
ju were present: Daniel Smith, Miles
N. Carpenter, Jacob R. Kline, Benjamin
E. Carpenter, Thomas Weaver, Peter Ba
ker, John Ilenlz, Able M. James, Samuel
Stevison, H. W. McGinity, and William
Grim, The meeting was organized by ap
pointing Daniel Smilh chairman and Miles
If. Carpenter and myself secretaries.
John C. Gill stated that before the October
election of 1838, he went to the houso of
Bela Badgct fn company with John Good
aan ef the second ward, Northern Liberties.
On tbe second day of tho correction of the
Xegtstry list in the evening, they had the
Books for the correction of the list of the
Stit, t icond, third, fourth, and fifth wards
of the Wothein Liberties. They leu out
tbe .bird waid book, stating that they could
manege that ward themselves, and to the
other wsrd books they ADDED THAT
NIGHT OVER NINE HUNDRED
,n.Mr:a I the uoors and windows lucre
fatttned and bolted by locks and nails,
BY ORPER OF MR. BADGER. The
understanding was, that this number of
names was to be put into the ballot boxes
belore the poll was opened. 1 he nine
hundred names alluded to, wera prepared
by ueorge Hacker, John Jordan, John it
Scott, Beta Badger, Thomas McGiath, and
John boedman all of whom were present
with Gill on the above mentioned night at
JJadger s house. He stated that these
nine hundred names were entered on the
list previous to opening the election, and
00(7 tickets were put ito tho ballot boxes
with the narao of Charles Naylor on them
before the bexes were taken to the Hull.
He further stated that John 0. Gill nv.de
the above disclosures of his own accord
and that he said that night, that if he was
brought to Washington, he would hurst th
thunder cloud. He further said that Mr
Gill said that he was and hail always been
a whig. The examination will be contin
ued from day to day, commencing at ten
o'clock, until finished "
From th Sonmut Whig.
HARRISON AN ABOLITIONIST.
Tt has been tBserted hnretofdre, and as
often contradicted, that the federal candidate
for the Presidency, was an open and avow
ed Abolitionist. How far this charge may
have been believed when previously mado
it is.now rendered absolutely and irrefraga
bly evident, tnd It remains to do seert
whether it will nereaiter do contrauicicuj
substantiated as It is by tho General him
self, and a certificate given to him by a
.Tutltfo Catch, staling that he (Ceneral)
was n member or an -uuii i wn
C1ETT.
It abpears from he following annexed
letter of jhc General', that the expression
of his sentiments on this all-absorbing ques
tion, was brought by ie calumny of the
abolitionist themselves, who mistook him
as being1 favorable to slavery, when in fact
ho was one of their number, having been
engaged in this fanatical work ever sinco
ho was eiffhleen years of ace, and says "the
ohliantions which I then came under I
have faith fulhl performed." Thus giving
the lie direct to tue teucrai conirauicuun oi
the matter.
This fact alone, which the General has
published to the world, in enough within
itself, to bear miehlly against his preten
sion to the Presidency. If it has been tho
fixed principle of Gen. Harrison since his
boyhood to revel in the unholy attempt at
destrovinc the peace and happiness of th
the South of inflaming and exciting the
negroes with tho hope jf urging them on to
bloodshed and murder of dividing and
distracting the Union, with tho hope ol
ffluttinor his revenceful appetite. If this
fixed principle, which he has so "faithful
lu ncrformed," from his youth upwards, if
all the mcanderinirs of life, is to be liis fix
ed principle hereafter,we would ask wheth
er, if he were placed in the Presidential
chair, which is an absurdity to suppose wc
would not be more likely lobe plunged in
to a dangerous revolution with beings more
numerous and not less barbarous than the
savage Indian of the forest, and backed by
hideous demens in the shape of men who
claim to be among the patriots of our coun
try than to go on prosperously and happy
under an administration which shows no la
vor to these fanatics and blood-thiisty in-
tcrmeddlers, who have an eye-sin ?lc to the
destruction of our beloved country.
The letter is copied from the 'Philanthro
pist,' an abolition paper published at Cin-
cinnatti, Ohio. Read it fellow-citizens,
and judge tho merits of the man who
claims your confidence and support.
TO THE PUBLIC.
"Fellow, Citizens : Being called sud
denly home to attend my sick family, I
have but a moment to answer a few af the
calumnies which are in circulation concern-
. i L L . . Ik 1..
of too VTeiletn tun, their naiiaei ue borne ;
on every breeze." Huzza lor Harrison,
crv the bovs as their sleds glide down tho
street. ' Huzzn for Harrison" cry the
bovs as thoy no homo from school.
Tho whole people in this region seem to bo
struggling to hold themselves back. They
WISH IU VUlW IIVIV Alio i.iujw. 11 -.0 glii'll
to Gert. Harrison in tho west in 1830 wcro
tremendous never before equalledjbut they
will be greater m 1840 by at least one
half."
Tho Wheeling Times mi.ht 'also have
added that in the west, " the chickens coun
ted before they are hatched1' tho kind of
chickens in which our opponents chiefly
deal may be heard ciowing whenever the
anti-masonic nomination is mentioned near
them, and that they aro continually crying
aloud in their shells; " go it, Tip come it,
Tyler 1" after the fashion of the enthusias
tic" individual in Wheeling. Even the cluck
ing hens are heard in say to (he littlo bid
dies Which ale Under their maternal charge,
" keep out of the puddle, Tip tako 'care
of the pigs, Tyler I" and so on through all
nature.
iner wc.
1 am accused of being friendly to slavery.
Fram my earliest yeuth ta the present mo
ment, I have been the ardent mend ef Hu
man Liberty. At the age of 18, 1 became a
member of an abolition society, established
at Kicbmond ; the object or which was to
ameliorate the condition af slaves and pra-
cure their freedom by every legal means.
My venerable lnenu Judge Catch, of Cler
mont county, was also a member of this so
ciety, and has lately given me a certificate
that I was one. J'he obligation which I
then eame under, J have faithfully per-
'ormea. "
WM. HENRY MARRISON.'
DEATH OF EX-GOVEREOR WOLF.
The melancholy intelligence of the death
of this distinguished individual reached
Harrisburg on Thursday, by tile morning
cars, and has cast a gloom throughout a
large portion of this community, where he
wag well known, and Highly esteemed.
The announcement of his death was mado
in the Senate and House of Representatives
about 11 o'clock, and as a mark of respect
to the memory of tho deceased, who has
ever been tho undcvlating friend of the in
terests of Pennsylvania; both branches of
the Legislature immediately adjourned.
His remains were brought to Harrisburg
this morning, and interred in tho grave
yard of the Lutherti church. The funeral
procession was very large composed of
the Heads of Department, memDeisrof the
Legislature, visiting strangers, and citizens
of our borough, who assembled to pay tho
last tribute of respects to a great and good
ii . . . I it t I
man. we exiraci uie louowing account ei
his death, &c, from the Pennsylvanian
of Thursday -.Stale Cap. Gax.
"Wo recrctte stato that Ux-Uovcrnor
Wolf, Collector of this port, died very sud
denly yesterday morning about 9 o'clock.
He had lone been sunenng under winch is
supposed ta have been an ossification of the
heart, and was taken with spasms as he
Was about entering the Custom House.
Assistance being procured ho was carried
into the building and Doctor Troubat in
the neishborhood was sent for aoJ 7rrived
in a tew minutes, out nomipg eneciuany
could be done. He was able to utter but a
few words, and died in about 20 minutes
after the first attack. His body Was con
veyed to his residence in Prune street, and
information sent to the members ol ins urn
ily at Easton and Harrisburg.
For nany years this gentlemen has rank
ed among Ihe most worthy, useful and dis
tinguished of our citizens, buccesslul in
his early professional pursuits; his abilities
and integrity found a wider field as a Con
gressional representative, and then he pass
ed in succession through the high and hon
orablo stations et Governor of Fennsylva-
Comptroller of fho Treasury of the
CENSUS FOR 18-.0,
The census of the United Stales, to bo
taken during tho present year, will be upon
a more comprehensive plan than usual,
Hitherto it has been customary to enu
merate ihe inhabitants only under the sever
al classifications of sexes, ages, colors,
By tho last act of Congress for taking the
census of 1840, tlio President of tho Uni
ted States was directed to causothe statistics
of the country, in relation to Agriculture,
Manufactures, Mines, Commerce, &c. to
be collected, and also statistical information
in reference ta Education.
The next census theieforc, will exhibit
not only the amount of our population, but
also a complete schedule of the aggiegate
property of the nation, ranged under differ
ent heads, and presenting at one view an
accurate abcoUnt of the vast resources of
the United States) in all the various depart
ments of industry and including the numer
ous items of national wealth. Interrogato
ries, adapted to elicit information oh all the
topics embraced in the new plan, have been
prepared to serve as formulas statistical ta
bles. Little additional labor or expense will
be incurred by this enlarged system of pro
ceeding, since the 6amo person who would
in ttie lisual manner be employed to take the
census of numbers, may very easily put
such other questions as may bo required by
tho present regulation. One operation may
serve to accomplish both quite as well as
one only. Baltimore American.
A Physically Precocious Child. A cor
respondent of the Troy Mail gives the fol
lowing description of a human wonder
which is to be seen in Vermont, and whose
name is Hiram Powers.
" Ho was born in Richmond, Crittenden
county, Vermont, and was three years old
last May. He is four feet one inch in
height, weighs ninety pounds, and is every
way perfect in his organization. His voice
is grum, and sounds like a rough-spoken,
full grown Green Mountain boy. His bo
dy is larpe and full limbs of the size of
an ordinary matij while the only defect per
ceptible is that his legs (which is smaller in
proportion) bow out, owing to the unusual
weight of his body. His father informed
me that this defect was daily becoming less
apparent. His head looks like a developed
cranium twenty-five years old. It is thick
ly covered with light brown hair. But
what is most astonishing of all, the lad has
as fine a pair of whiskers as any dandy in
Treyi forming a complote circle round his
chin, where a full tuft projects, after the
most approved style ef a modern fop. Sin
gular to say, he has little or no beard upon
his upper lip.
The democratic members of Congress
from New Jersey have finally been auimlte
to their seats by a vote ol 111 to ou.
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rvnenine anu-musens "wnippcu, as
Thaddeus Stevens terms it, their allies into
tho nomination of General Harrison, and
resolved upon sustaining him on the enthu
lastic plan, borrowing the idea from tho
New York model of taking oysters upon the
" Canal street plan," they should, for the
oeneiu oi me muiscrcei, nave prepared a
scale of enthusiasm, that the climax might
be reachod by uniform and natural proirres
sion, anu not oy premature nts and starts.
As Harrison proved to be a heavy load in
the " more rope" days, and as his want of
popularity was manliest Just on the eve of
the nomination, as shewn by the kicking
and plunging of the whigs proper.Mt would
nave been politic to have boiled up the en
thusiasm oy degrees, to give it some appear
ance of being real, instead of burlrsquin"
uie mauer Dy an awKard pretence that he
who had no hold on public affection yester
day, is the idel of the country to-day.
ine misiano commtted in net? ectinpr th s.
i J a r
becomes every hour more apparent. The
inenas oi uenerai Harrison, or at least
some of them, are spoiling tho whole thing
oy uieir uiuicrous auecuon ol onthusiasm,
and their imitation of the feeline formerly
ir.-j r i i .
lliuillicaicu ior iinurow jacKSOn, IB SO
coarsely exaggerated as to provoke nothincr
...! Iff ." . -
oui laugnicr. wo suojoin. a sample oi tho
style in which this electioneering on the
" Cnnnl slrpnt nlnnV i nnrrla.l mil i-
parts of the country, and it may woll be
doubted whether anything more irresistiblo
funny or mdre completely subversive of the
object it has in view, was ever before put
forth in a political campaign.
Harrison in the Went! The Wheeling
Times says, " There is not a treo ner a
stone in the West which does not own to
tho Harrison cause. We have Harrison
men in thousands. The women name their
children Harrison, Tippecanoe.North Bend.
anything that smacks of Gen. Harrison.
We know a drayman who names ono of
his horses Tip, and another Tyler,"
and says as he snaps his whip, go it " Tip,
come n ivier. uarrison anu 1 yier are
everywhere. They aro seen in the beams
nia,
United States, and Collector of the Cub
tome, In each department of public ser
vice, as in every relation of private life, his
duties were fullfilled to the permanent ad
vantage of his country, and the lasting pride
of all who enjoyed his triendship. In this
Commonwealth, ins manly, enlightened
and persevering efforts to perfect the sys
tems ol Internal improvements and Educa
tion, accomplished the long deferred wish
es of the wise and good ; and have secured
for him, in its history, an honest and endu
ring fame,
To the family of Goorge Wolf, his death
is a calamity which words cannot alleviate.
His admirers and friends will find some
consolation in dwelling upon his memory,
and in knowing that to tho last hour of his
life be prescr'ed unimpaired the faculties of
his mind, the loftiness of his principles,and
the purity of his heart." '
The Funehal or the late Gov. Wolf
took place on Saturday, at 11 o'clock, with
the following arrangements, adopted by a
joint committee of both branches ef the leg
islature :
1. Ministers of the Gospel.
2. The body of the deceased with eight
pall bearers, viz : Messrs. Millek of Berks
Hays, Stiioiim and Ewino of tho Senate,
and Messrs. Hummel, Cooebauch, Ghatz
and Hill ol the House.
3. Members of the family and relatives
of the deceased.
4. Committee of arrangement.
5. Governor and heads of departments.
0. Board of canal commissioners.
7, Members of the judiciary.
8. Speaker, members and officers of the
Senate.
O.JjSpeaker, members and officers of the
House of Representitives.
10. Strangers and citizens.
The body arrived here in the mornipg
train from Philadelphia was conveyed ac
cording to the above order to the Lutheran
church, were service was performed by ono
of the clergy, and afterwards deposited ir.
burial ground attached to that church. lie-porter.
From the Philadelphia Ledger,
Lookinir over a volume of the Works of
Bonjaiuin Franklin, I found ilio following
passages upon the uubject ol"Haru 1 trnes,
. I I 1 - !.l . !.L.
WHICH l nope you win agree wuu me in
thinking worthy of a le-publication at this
moment. P. V. Z.
Hard 'Flrties. "My gout has at length
left me after five months, painful confine
ment. It afforded mc. however, the leisure
to read, or hear read all the packets of
newspapers which you so kindly sent for
my amusement. Mrs W. has partaken of
it; she likes to read the advertisements)
but she remarks some kind of inconsistency
in announcing so many diversion, fur most
every evening in the week, and such quan
titles to be sold of expensive superfluities';
fineries and luxuries just imported, in :
country that at tho same time fills its pa
pcrs with complaints of hard limes and
want of money. 1 tell her that such com
plaints are common to nil times, and all
countries, and were made even in Solomon's
time, when, as wc arc told, silver was as
plenty in Jerusalem as the stones in the
street, and et even then there were people
that grumbled so as to incur this censure
from that knowing prince : 'Say not thou
that the former tunes were better than these
for thou dost not rightly inquiro concerning
that matter."
Jldvunlases of Hard Times. "Indeed
I think with you that those merchants
here who have made difficulties on the
subject of the legal tender have not under
stood their own interests. For there can
be no doubt that should a scarcity of mon
ey continue among ust wo shall take off
less ol their merchandize and attend more
to manufacturing and raisins the uecessa
ries and superfluities of life among ourselves
which we now receive from them, And
perhaps this consequence would attend our
making no paper money at all of any sort ;
that being thus by a want of cash driven to
industry and frugality, wo should gradually
become more rich without their trade than
we probably can with it, and by keeping in
the country THE REAL CASH that comes
into it, have in lime a quantity sufficient
for all our occasions."
China. Wo jearh., bV.a rscenl iwt.i
from China, that as the difficulties with ihe1
uniisii increaseu, nic Americans appeared
to bb growing in greater favor with the
Chlribse. An American lady, residing i
Macao, had been invited bv the hrinrin.t
Chinese officers at Canton, to Visit that ei
ty and had actually dono so. and riddpr.
several miles into tho countrv bv invii..
tatibli' This Is an unexampled libcrty.the
Chineso having, fiom time immemorial,
prohibited foreign ladies, or "she-barbarian
devils." as they ball them, from visitiW
Canton.
'1 ho story ''- very well kuown. of ilm
English ShitJ-maslfer, who carried his wife
11 n In Onnlnn n o l.la .1 )--. .' I
young men fi apparel. Some bl the Chi- i
neen ramn nn hnnnt. ami t!c.n....l .lA: v
wwm.w., u.v ujobuiuil'U ino
deceptiou from the trival circumstance that"
the lady being oppressed by tho heat ofthrf '
weather, had thiown of her neck stock and"
thus discovered that tho ugly proluber
ance which disfisurcs all masculine throatsr
and is called MAdam's Apple," was wan-"
ting in Jiers. l ho captain and his lady
found out.in season that tlicv were, dl srnvr
cdj ahd were barely able to esca pe with thcrr'
lives. onvcm uuzelle.
11 11 I'm iii 1 i"
We copy the following irilerestintr news
from Silvester & Co's, Reporter and Coun'
terfeit Detector.
LATER FROM CANTON.
The ship Talbot, Capt. Story, from Can-'
ton, anived below last night, having sailed
from that place on tho Oth November last)
and left Java Dec. 1st.
Capt. Story brought no loose papers, hut
we learn from him that the difficulties be
tween the British and the Chinese waa'
thought to have ended, or nearly adproach
ed to that point, and that two British Mer
chant ships had gone to Whampoa.
V hen these vessels arrived at that place
tho Chinese Governor stated thai it wai
his wish that tho British ships should corns
up and trade as they had before done.
but a man must be given up tor a Chinese
killed something previous by an English
sailon r
Capt. Elliot declared he. would not give
a man up, and immediately sailed for tha
Dogue, in the sloop of var Le Yoguo and
and another sloop of war, to stop all other
British vessels Irom sailing for Whampda.
He sent a letter oil stioro to Cumslu, which
was returned unopened.
Shortly after the Chinese gun and ura
boats to the number of 300, eame around
the vessel, and he thought with tha atten
tion of making an attack, he seat to floata
of them and gave them 30 minutes to loava
and stated if they did not leays in that time
he'w6uld fire into them.
V WWn ihe do minutes' Wert up they paid
no attention to ti is threat, anu he commeno-
rd firing upon them from both sides of hie
vessel the other ship of war did not firo a
gun. Two of the boats were sunk two ,
blown up anu several otners were destroy
ed, and the remainder of them raado off as
fast as possible.
About 000 ot tho Uhineso were killed,
tIieymado no resistance, did not even to
much as fire a single gun.
It' was tha attention of Capt. IMIiot to
blockade the Port of Canton immediately,
with what force he had, and some addition
to it was daiy expected
THE CAL1FORNIAS.
It is stated in several of our Southern ao
well as Eastern papers, that a ncgociation
is pending between England and Mexic.0
far a cession to England of tho Californins.
The cession of hese two provinces. woujd
give to Great Britain an extensive and val
uable territory, besides serving an object
still moio desirable a spacious range et
sea coas on the Pacific, stretching more
than a thousand miles, from tho 42d degree
of latitude, south sweeping tho circuit, of
the romnsuia oi uamornia, anu emoracing
the harbors of that gulf the finest in North .
America. It is further said that the object
is" to colonize tho Californias with colored
people. Wc think we remember some ldjea
of such a colony, to be'located near Mexi
co, under the protection of Great Britain,
being hinted at in the English Parliament.
oar, unromctc.
England, tin America,
Tho DEMOCRATS have carried Now
Hampshire by from 0 to 10,000 majority,
jwiun rAuii is re-elected Uovernor, as
well as a largo majority to all tho legisla
tive branches, So much for the " first
gun.
A libel case of moro than ordinary inter
est, is now in progress in Baltimore. The
defendant is the Rev. R. J. Breckenridge
the plaintiff James L. Maguire, keener of
. at am t .
tue Aimsiiouse. i ne puoiication in qucs
tion was made in the month of November
last, in the religious magazine ef which Ihe
Kev. Ur, IS, is co-editor.
Female Intrepidity. Courage i3 by no
means the exclusuo attribute of the self--styled
" Lords of the Creation." A young"
girl, of Fraquelfung, near Sarrebourg, in
France, has just given a vory remarkable
proof of intrepidity,. On the 22d January,
Iter master being 6Ut on business, snino"
theives thought it an,cxcellcnt opportunity'
for robbing tho house, which is in a very"
sofilary situation, as no one but the young'
peison alluded to could be at homo to op
pose their design. In tho middlo of the
night she ws awoko by a. crash cf a brci
hen window, and instantly flew to her mas
ter s room, where she knew there was a gun
loaded, with which she hastened to tliesputv
whenco tho uoiso pioceedcd, tired at tho
miscreants, killed one of them, wounded
another severely in tho shoulder, and forc
ed tho others to male olf as fast as they
could.
Sublime. " The sun had set beneath
the western horizon the moon had risen
in mnjestio splendor tho slurs were twink
ling in their orbits and all naluro seemed
hushed to repose My God ! bal 1 what
a night for catching' possums l'