Corresponacnce. rintiniLrin, August SOlh 1840. To the Hon. M. Vw Burnt, Prrs.id.nt of the UnireJ State TJsa ?m Tle utrdeT-igne.l, a porl'on of your fellow citizens, rrnictt your answer to the follow ing queries : '' Are you in favor of IVtcctive Tsiifl'? ' TJid yoa ote for, or rapport property qunlifl tion fat tut rs, m the convention of New York 1 Are you in favor of reducing the atandarJ of wa ge t ; Whr thcr you are in favor of the Socrcary of War' plan for organizing the M litin 1 These questions aro not mod.' for the tun pose of unfriendly criticism, but only from a sincere with tj have your own view on these subjects. Your f How citizens, isaac lipitnoott, wm. r.poits, G. HAIXS, N. B.EVANM, A. 8. FHEEMAN. JOSEPH FRAVER. Dir.ct to Isaac Lippincott, No. 210 Callow hill ctrcet. Washirotox, Sept 14, 1810. G!Ttl!MK!t , 1 have reci Wed your letter propounding to me evrral questions upon publ c subject, and ensu ring me that they are not put for the purp ee of unfriendly otiticism, hut from aiucete dreire to have rr.y own view on the ul j ct referred to. In reply to your firtt and last question, I arnd you a copy of a lcit r recently addressed to several citizens of Elizabeth City County, Vs., in which you will find the inf. irma ion you desire. In answer to your second question, I send you a j stalsmont of my entire course in the New York Convention, upon the sul j.'d of the elective fran chise. It was prepired by uiy friend at Albany, having access to the best means of information, of their own accord, without previous communication with me, und published tin re under their own sig natures. Upon a careful examination f ll.isdoctt nient, I find it cent, ins a true and fair exposition of my course in the convention, upon the subj ct re ferred In, and I send it to you as such. Your remaining question is, wh. I her I am in f i Tor df reducing tho standard of wacs. ' Not comprehending precisely the i.lc.i you di siic to ennv. y by the term ' the standard of wage," it will be necessary, in order to meet your wishes ful ly, thr.t I should give my general views on this branch i f ycur inquiry. The labor of an industrious man is in my judg ment only adequately rewarded, when his wages, together wi'.h the assistance of these members of his family, from whom assignee may reasonably be required, will enable him to provid.- comfortably for himself and them, to educate his children, and lay up sufficient for the casualties of l.fe, and the want of advanced age. To accomplish these objects, it is neees ry that the pay of the laborer should bear a just proportion to the prices of the nece sarirs and comforts of life ; ml all attempts to depress them llow (li s equity ble standard ; are in my opinion at war, as well with the dictates of humanity, as wiih a sound und ra tional policy. Left to itself, and to the blighting influence of paitial legislation, monopolies enngres gated wealth, and interested com'.inntions, the com pensation of labor will always reserve this saluta ry rel.ition. It is only when the nutu al order of society is disturbed by one or nthcr of there causes, that the wages of labor become ina. 'equate. The people if the Uuitid S'ates may lie truly d neminated a natien of labor, rs. A va t pr. por tion of them live by the swtal of tl.eir brow, and the continued exercise of a persevering indus'ry It was with proper regard to this roi.d tion, that the system uf governmr ut under whit h they live was originally devised. It thould, therefore, in my r pinion, be always so Bilininist red, as t ii sure to them, as far as possible, a just and ailcqu ito reward for their cxeitions, as a full ci j .ytnciit of tho fruits of their industty. In the distribution of wealth rerulting from t'.e union of lubor and capital, it is too of en the ca e that an undue proportion fills to the shire of the latter. The discontinuance of par iat legislation, which I have always advoc ted, wruld be an im portont step It wards correcting this in' q'la'ity. ' It has been ever my design to keep these ol jects constantly in view So far from Icing in fivor of reducing the wages i f IaIk r, or atterop'in j to n nder the tervieies required di proportinate tothen w ird. reciivcd, it cannot be unknown to you t' at what is called the ten hour system, origin .Ily dewscj by the mechanies and laborers thcmstlvts, has by my directions been adopted' and uniform'y currud out I all the public establishments, and tliut this mil- igation of l.bor has bren accompanied by no corres ponding reduction of wages, t also causrd it to be distinctly intimated in the mon'h of March last, to the officers fuh of the establishment, as might contempt e a reduc'ion . of w.iges. that in my opinion the pre nt peculiarly uncertain state of things, which it is belt ved rs-ull from circumstances that cannot ba erm inent i.i their opcia'i.m, d e not present a just and pr per basis for a reduction of wages. I am far from wishing to contribute in the slight eat degree to the embarrassment and depression of the luboritttf tlass. It is on the contrary, my most earnest and Constant de-ire "but llnir industry hould evry were, arid at all tini" le amply re warded, and that the I Waitings should be li'-erul'y dilTuaed among those who cutitnbul most to their productions. I tin, Gt.tlemi n. very irpretru'ly, Your ol edien' arrva t, M. VAN U UK F.N. Mrssrs. Isaac Li pinrolt, Wrn. I. I'o t, G. Haines, N. D. Evans, A. S. Eorman, Joe. F raver. It is sUteJ that tW.OOO.mnskeU have been man. ufac ureJ at Spiintf.eM, Vass, within lha last fou years. Schuylkill Bank. We have published in another p ge a letter from Mr. Newell, who charges the pro i'h lent and certain directors of the Schuylkill bank with having refused and neglected In arrest Mr. Levis, the Iste abscond ing cashier of that bank, whom Mr. Newell had Trought back to lhi county from Pails. The pres ident and directors have since come out and denied the truth of Mr. Newell'a statement. The follow ing is the conclusion of their statement. -The whole transaction, it seems, is at II involved in mystery. Ed. .liner. On Friday n'ght, (4lh Bcplcmlter) the ship Sco tia arrived at' Baltimore. Mr. Newell says that her arrival was known here in Philadelphia on Siitui day afternoon. It follows that he nvght have com muiiicated her arrival and his plans to us by the morning ears from IlalllinoTo. This he wholly ne Rleclcd In do, and wo severally declare that her ar rival was not known to us on HjturJoy ode noon, nor at any lime previous to the receipt of hi com munication on Monday at noon, lie arrived hern with Levis on Saturday night about half past eleven oMcck. parted with him on h pledge that he would meet him on Monday morning, and om'tted In communicate tho fact of his arriv.d to u until Mnn- j day altoul noon, more than thirty six hours after he had let him go ; and, as ha since been ascertained, many hours after Mr. Levis had oJl i made lii escape. Ha then, that is on Mond .y, ai live mm- U'es before noon, writes, mil, in person, dolirera a note, i-lating the fact of his arrival in this ci'y widi Mr. Levis, and add', "no olfieer licing in a tend ance lo rvlicve me from duty, Mr. Ixvis was con- consequrn ly undir no legal restraint, and is now in this city." If Ito had informed us of Mr. I. vi ar- rivsl at Baltimore, he might have anticipateJ th it , an olTic r would be in attendance ; but ho had not done so in fact, be stntes explicitly, that I. Unreal ambition (he acting as our ag n !) was to ob'ain n triumph over us, by inlroilueing Mr. Ivis to us in he bat k on Monday morning, to nur eoiiju-noH ami di'tnny f an ambition wholly incouiKtcnt with his more obvious and very apparent du y, lit if of introducing h'm to a police ollWr on Saturday night. He adds: "In this par iculor, Mr. Levis thought proper nottocomp'y with the pledge given at the moment of our separation on Saturday night. We conclude fairly that it was not until after this di-nppointrnent, that Mr. Ncwt.ll wrote the note which he delivered in person about noon on M tnday, informing in of his arrival, and sta ing that he found t.o officer in attendance to relit vc him from duty ; and we conrludi further, that when to the natur.d question of tho president But, Mr. Newell, where is he 1" he rt plied, " I snise he is at home" ha h id very good reasjrn to sup pose he was " not at home." On receiving notice of the anivil of Mr. Levis the Boird promptly communicated tho fact to tlio Attorney General. So much, gentlemen, for the cha-go which you have countenanced ofutlr having ihitxirtrd our agent. We will now, in a lew word, state the facts bearing on the question of nur own peiformance of our duty to the public. On Wed nesday, the 2J ol September, 1H40, Mr. Brooke, the aa-isUnt Attorney General for this county, was informed by the president of the bank of the da ly expected anivsl at Baltimore of Mr Levis, in the sh'p Scotia ; and, in reply, slated tint he would t .ke prompt measures for his arrest. Our duty was Inus performed. ou will ajrec that it was no part of our du'y to proc'aira in tho a'reets that the Attorney General was prepared for the enter, gency. That active, intelligent, and e-tiraablv olli err, rf..rmed It's duty. Bench warrar.ls were is sued on the same day, and placed in the hands of the police officers, with miuu'e instructions. Mr. Brooke seems to have thought t that it Wat not his duty to proclaim that fact in the t-tn etr The po lice i hV'rr anticar to have dune ticir duty. As Mr. Newell gave no intelligence of his expee'e I sr. rivsl, an officer was in attendance at the arrival ol the cars on Thurday and Friday night, and at the steamboat on the afternoon of tho.-e days, Uu Kj tU'dsy night, the fifth i.istu.l, bt the airival of the cars, two officer were in attend .ne wi h the bench wairait. The circumstances are fully tleti.il. J the uflidavits annexed. On that li ght, according to Mr. Newell'a statement, Messrs. Newell and Levi, rrited here in the c it: The name of iie'tter ufas on the way I ill. Two officers of justice, wi h a bench warrant, were in waiting at the ear olli e. Th re wero but tweuty-MX pos-engors altogether. At that hour t f the night, therf was of course, no crowd urconfu-ion from persons passing, the fire t In ing empty. Messrs. Newell and Ivis separated on Saturday night, it at ems, on an npp iutinetil to meet on Monday morning. I'nx latteu has c- circt. We are, getitlemm, with gre.it r- sp't t, your mosi obedient rervints and fellow citizens. JOlt.V i. IVt'.THURIU., 1'rtt'dent. jacor ,. sii.iM'n. STACY n IUHCkOFT. IV. YAKDLKY. Jr. ceo. nr. c.iRri:sTi:n. 11. C.iTllEHWOOH. ASTHOS'Y S. MOIlfllS. j). di:au H.iML. J. IIF.SDIIUSOS. It. H. I.UY1CK. Dirtelum. WOMEN AND POLITICS. Ti e men are determined to ta'k of nothing Lu p li ics, and the women muxt join in, or teniuiu ent r y si'inr. TI.ey could find no hearers now tltd they nt aecomadate their e nvorsation to the limes. Tiierr.f.HC, we say, are they wie cunn'n g as se pents, the jadesharmlef at dovea the d a rreaturej. Lks ilu Jy in re ,u, ibey "stoop to c rq. er. lit Uie t lection turn out as it wdl, the sow ii vill Im (I. K. Xlany an h. ue.-t democrat who thinks be is only admiiirg some pre:ty wo man's g. od silt e, as be bears bt r d to ilii g the sub-treatu y, ia actually creating privs'a tub ties. sury, putting his own heart into It and giving Hi Jem cral in pituc-iats the kejt. Whether M Van Buren is elected or not e ii sure to t prosident of hous hold. , . . On the other hand, the whig admirer of the f main half of log cabin attdilorias don't know the Irsp he is In. The Indies don't go to Mich convocations for nothing not they. They are looking further titan mxt November mothers looking for their daughters, and daughters looking for thtmrlves. Thst log cabin cut, got out by our neighbors of the New Erijj would be well labelled "Trap to catch Husbands." The matches made by there p. lit'cal gathetings, are Innumerable; and the young men who ft titer themselves thst they aro luboring for the "liberties of the country," have sold th. ir own. Give us the woman for manag menl. ye1. ' ' Brother iimalhun. THE AMERICAN. Saturday, Ottubtr 3, IS 10. ELECTORAL TICKET. Jmks Ciuitr., of tr.di.ina, u . . , , i enutnri,.l. (Sko. tS. Lkipkh, of Delaware, J 1. (b'org. W. Sni.k I 2. lienjtmin Miltliti.l 12. Fredeiitk Sit ith 1.1. (Partes M'Clure. 14. J. M. (oinnielt, 15. (f. M.llolleri'a.k. 10. I.ponnrd PlV.u'z. 17. John Morton, J . 18. William n.il on. 1 0. John Morrison, 20. Westly FiOs. 21. B"nj, Amleron. 22. William Wilkinr. 2 . A. K . Wrigl.L 24. J.din Findhy. 2.'. Stephen Barlow rre.le.iek Sioi ver X Win. II. Smith. 4. John r. l.uriui.m. John lion tin, Hcnrv Myers. Daniel .lae.nby. Jessi' Joh.isoil. Jacob Aide. Geo. Christmnn Win. Shnener. 10. Ilt-nry DelinlT. 1 1' Henry Logan. HTATE L'F.NTRAL COMMITTEE. Una. J. C. ni enra.-'i Ovid F. Jon vsuv, j Ji I'stenes, I Bkvjamiv Phkk, I JoMt M. FonsTm, Dauphin. E. W. HiTTtn, MielMIL lll'IIKK, Jieos It tis. IUiiiav Alrkk.J Pktkb IIt, JllSKPH A'kaI., Philadelphia. 1viii I.rx ii, J n... . II. II. Vav Aaitttm, P,Itah I) li M O C 11 A TIC CA X I) IDA T E Si . ron ras:iiiKVT, Martin Van Itiirm. ran tick earinr.vT, ltl liartl 1. Joliitson. rr oorERvoN, r;cii. ia ia r. rorlci. ron ioaoass, J O II X SXYnitH. ' ton ASStMBLf, CHAR I. E s Y . n E a I ss. ( Who had 14 volet in the Drtiweratic lieelation ) JESSE C. II OR TON. Who hud t.l rote in the Delegation.) Neither candidate hating a mnjori y of the whole, ihe Convention unanimously resolved they would make no nomination but sufT. r each noe to run on his own merits. C. W . Hegins having re ceived the highesi number of voles should, accord ing to democratic u.-ages lie considered the ch. ice f the party. ron coMMtssiovxns, WIU.IAU SHA.WOX' JACOB RHODES. VOH AIBITOII, IIVU 11 II. TEAT. WHIG CANDIDATES, lo a co-ioaxss, JAMES .MERRILL. roxMlsdrevsa, JOSEPH 1WUSD. Ainrroii. ELIDA JOHS. A C'liaatt'. The friends of Ho ton, in i rdei to ileeo've t' e people, have reported that ll.i p ess eftnr 'hu t lec tion will come oni in f ivour of tl e Whtgs. Now we state to all who ..re snb-cribers to our paper, rr nay hotse to subscribe, that they may withdraw their fu'i'Criptionsaa soon a' we change our p..li ics, and ih it wo will not thirgethcni one cent for the rubsciipiioii lo our paper, in that event. rXj How comes it that there are not five demo crats in tl e b rough of Sunhury who will vote against C. W, Hegins. Accordir e to tho sta emenl of Horton's friends, there will n..l he any demo ra's left af er the tleelinn. And how eom.-s it th .t bll the secret enemi. of Gov, Po ler are n favor of Horton. The Mdt n Ledger has qu- led nuniber of p.qrs oppos. d to ( hades W. Hegiim. It is weil known fact that i very one of the-' papers have len secretly opposed to (!.. l'oiter, and luxe l cn forced lo c one bet to his u; p' .it by tho voic of pu'il'C piui u in bis favor. hat Wrong er ei lei.ee can the pe .pie h .ve, that II. rtou is not a true deiuoc.at. Hw many thousand doll rs d.J Ho'tou get for " Extra Pay" as mail cnutr ctor, for rrviot'e never perfanned ! II hv many ihousmd do. s ho expect for his job on the mi tl T Wa ay to our farmers, if you do not want to pay heavy slate tax es, ner Fend fp'cul.ilors pr contr.iet. rs lo tlio legi lature. Let the contract, rs once g t in j rity in the legi-lature, ai d yen will e lie ra'e d. In inerea-a l eight or ten millions in a ftw je rs. What do they care for a yearly a'aie lax uf twi n ty or thirty dollars when they ran mike tl ousands out i.f their cor trv t t The Conl rnctor a wouUUhc far- . i nur. .- When did Jesse C. Horton become a democrnt ! is a question f-equently tsked, but not so easily an swrred. It is but a few years since he was a citi zen of the stale of New York, whirh can be s'lown by the record of th OoU't, He en mo to thi county as a mail & ntrartor, for which he received Urge sums of money as " Extra Pay" for wo k which be never done. Now he has suddenly be come democrat, and e llshim-elfa farmer; be cause he has been able lo get a farm nut of the M xtba rAi" money Ire got from the governmr nt. Would the per.plo like lo know what kind of a far mrr he If ihey do just let them go lo the ca nst above Nortlium' f rl.ind. They will fin 1 him there farming sever.il " Locks" for wbl. h he Is to reap n Am-ir.. of upwards ,.f TWF.XTY THOUSASD DOLLARS. The next thing to I done is lo get him into the Leelslature. 'The hall of the Hnua.t of Re rwen'ativrs will be a moM glorious place to tiiiasii oct tut caor. The few democratic friends who ate now pushing him forward have also a finger in the pie f Tl ry hsve a sh ire in the crop, ninl Itnow very well when Fitrnur H..rton gets to ll.ir.isburn;, the way thai he will thranh Ihe duMar out of the treasury will I a caution lo the ftrnurs who don't farm hichu on the cannl. " H.uton must go there,-' say thespe.-ulot irs and contractors; " We want more momy Bnd we want m re juh, and as Horton will vote for money lo pay hiir self, wc will romc In fin a tharo of the p'under." Thu our demociatic fanners can see what kind of a de mocrat and firmer Jeae C. liorton U Lewi Dew art, who has lieen so grossly slandered and tibused by Horton's friends, d.s more farming and has done more woik wi h his own hands in one week thin llo ton has done, or will do in six months. We Fay I ew are of contractors who want to ga tne leg'slntu e for the purpose of voting ihou sa ds uf dollars into their ntn potkets. im,oa The public generally a'e not sw.ire of Ihe con temptible measures and misrt piesen'ationr. lo which Jesse C. Ho t n descends, for the s. ke cf tr.i.lucii.g h!s opponent and making votes for himst If. The following dialogue look plare between Mr. II. rton and a respectable man in Augmta : Mr. llmlim. We, will you give us a lift nt the olecti n ! Mr. .V I don't know. Who are you 1 Mr. Iliirt'iii My name is Horton. I 'spnse you know my hu-ines! I'm running for tUn'Srmhti. I II go for three dollars a da. Hegins got to las! veir and wanted more. Mr. .V I don't know how lh.it is; but I sup pose if jou get in, you will Iske all yon can loo. Mr. Horton. Oh ! no ; I'll only rhargc three. Give us a lift, won't you! Exit Jew on the paring f oiy. Such a course i.f electioneering is extremely die trr.tiiat.1rt ami ss Horton knows it is lole, he is entirely u; justifialde in the assertion. It can le d's-inrtly pr.-vnl that he did assort in plain terms, Ibht Mr. Hegins received four dollars a day lust wiriier. It can be as distinctly proved, nay, every intelligent man already knows, that this allegation is unqualifiedly fahe ! Con we expec' integrity in a leprcs. ntotiv e who is guiby of suth peiver- . 'oas of truth to obtain the office 1 An Honest t'oiifossloti. Jesse C. Horton said the other day, in this I lace, that he knew that he wa not regular I ij ntminuttd, but that it was aa go d a no mi nation as he wanted ! ! Any thing 'o deceive the deniocra'a is good enough for him. But stop, Jes se, tt e democrat on this side of Ihe river are not as ignorant as you and friend DieiTenb .cher luke them to be. A Jl liSTIOV. Will the democratic party of this county be ml- d by a couple of beardfent boy like the editor of the Milton Ledger and Sunhury Gazette, who d nounce eve y democrat who will not vote aa they wish them to vote 1 Governor Porter in his le ter to the l i tsbutg committee, tays: "God forbid that the day should ever arrive in this country, when the most ixa led individual in (xtwei may say to tho humblest : " I am the standard ofinfa libit y agree with me in. all Iking, or lis branded a a recreant und a knave rsland olT from the al ar i.fT patriotism I am holier than thou." And yet these boys s. t themselves up a the ttandard of dc nroc aey, and say lo t o old democrata, who will nal support such a man as Horton, "you ro re. creunlsand kiniett " How to gel a Aominalloii. When the debate in the county ronventi n will not nominate you, get iw.niy-fiv.- of your friends together in one corner of the county get the pretended friends of another candidate to de ceive him irJ then hue a resolution pasaed in your ftvor. Thi wa the way in which Je C. Horton g it hirn unination thi i the way John Mc Kinney was deceived, and lh:s is the pltn of the would -lie democratic jinfo in It: Forks to de. stroy the d uuoc raiic parly. A Mean Trick. Sheriff G isslcr, a fow dtys fiuco, went to Mr. Dixon, a genrlcmau in Kuh t.wnship, and t nd. a vt red 1 1 persuad. tin to vol.) for Horton. Mr. D x on replied to the ah. riflf that he koe tmt much about H ni'tn io vote for him. He t-ad he bad known H rton fir inmv yi ar deaeiiltr d his cha rae. er, and said be never could v. te f .r smjA a im hi The sheriff then told him that Mr. Hegins GAM BLED AND DISA-NK ut much at tlirtun- Gos sler knew tuat thi was a lie-st foul and infamous ful-uliood bu- fiudiog that Horton wou'd n-t he supported where he was ktlowu, thus meaiily lan dered Mr. IL gtus lo make out Li repi t tliou as bad as H, no..' Every b.Jy that knows Mr. II gnu know thai duller u'leicd a fo il.le d r, an.l we do n. t notieti il f r ihe purp.se of contradicltn it for il nee J-no contralieti n but to sh w th p-ojIewhM nrsns ero uI l fircc a i'h-e tilting contractor into office, Who hns received tlimttnndt from the public treisdry as " EXTRA PA Y" for csrrylng the mail, and now wants to go to the legislature to vo' himself a few thousands . extra pay for his contract on the canal. Slianioklii Mrrtlii;. rmi'i) Arm Aanrict Kxensin. The me. ting held In Snuffiown, on the 12th ult., of which George Mrljer was i hsirm ui.ai d at which Jesse I. H. rton was recommended f r the Legisla ture, wc convened upon the I'ollq ving no ice t PUBLIC NOTICE. A Township meeting wdl l e held st the house of Fi lix trrh, in the village nrSnulTown, on Sa turday the 13ih day of Henlernls-r. 1840. for the purine of taking into consideration whilh r it woii'd be proptr f..r the ft mding committee lo ca'l a new tl. legste meetintr. f..r the ptfp se of f. nning a n. ner.d county l.tkot, a thedeegnta failed on the 3d itist. to form one. Ad Ihosi liv. rai le. an.l otheis. are invit.d lo attend. A CITIZEN. Shatnnk n, Aiinust 3 1st, 184(1. The vrry respectable names of Elitdi Barton, J..hn Smi h, Felix Lerch and Jonsthan Woolver ton, appear in the p:oceed.ngs of this meeting to sanction the recommendation of Jesse C. Horton. We hav the authority of the three first named gcritleo.cn, for declaring that they entinly diap firove.l i f t .o whole proceedings, and never autho rised their names lo appear as officers, or in any way connected with the meeting. Mr. Barton x prcssly forbade the four friends of Mr. Horton, fiom sffi.xir.g hia name lo any such recommendation. Jonathan Woolverton, we are inform. d, is not in favor i.f Mr. Horton, and never was. Hogli Teats, Eq, who seems o hsve asi.umed the direction of k s neighbor's consciences and c pinions, without their cotifctit, was the master spi rit on the occasion. He refused to ..l ow Mr. He gins the opportunity of exhiliiting ihe j tuna s ot that m-etir g, and proving that he ne tin r voted to increase the salaries of Ihe judges, to raise the pay of meinbeis to four doila s, or to i.llow the extra pay. Hugii Tents, Esq , took this lilter'y of pi c ng the nam of these g.-i.llt nien in connexion w ith the proc etlings. Ver ly, we think the good people of Sharnukin w.ll prsy to be defended from the r I itrnry rule of one who has named himself dictator, and acts as if ho were the centre of all authority. The meeting was not o'cariized until aler 5 o' clock, P. M., af'et Mr. Hr gins had left the place. "Slalc C apitol Gaxrllc.'' The etlitors of th -Stite Capitol (!7."tte, an irre- spot aiblu sheet i f more than doul.tf- I t li.iraeler. printed at II rrii l'Urg. have thought proper to ob trude ihenis Ives up m the people of this c tintv, for r. ssons s obvious, that no one who is acquain ted wi.h the peculiar cast nd character of these uxirthie, can fail lo appreciate the purity of the r motives, or the integrity of their conduct. Hsvins already, for a brief peri, d, floundered in a sphere in which they reajied nothing but dishon or - nd oistrusl. ihey have resolve! to extend th SM ner.ftheii inglorious Initios lo this couniy, and for mean and paltry consideration, hae volun teer! d their setvicea lo trtduee and vilhfy ihe t ha rscter of C W . Hegins, our Iste inom'er. The'n's must, indeed, tie a " forlorn hope," who for the re mole eontir gency ef securing the v to of Jese C. Horton in the r favor a public printers, can con descend lo degrade their column to sucli vle pur pose. Charily m'ght iu.luc us ti euppoe that it was through ignorunce tht Jr e C. Horton i called by them, the "regularly nominated cindid tc" No honorable, irstelliitent democrat in the county pre sumes to s ly so, even Horton himse f does noi claun il. We know that '- Mr He.i..' did not act in accrdsnee with the wislu-aof" these uinlhies when he rel'u.-e.l to vote in their favor ss public printers, but gave h vote for the " Keystone," the firm and tried friends of Gov. Porrer and the demo cratic p. rty. But the Stale Capitol Gszt'tte is not altogether alone in the wo k. There aro a fow Lit -dretl ruts in this and the m ighlv.ring counties, who, lik themselves, have Itet-n secretly npio-ed to Governor Porter, and these, lo a man, are nps sed to Cbarbs W. Hegins, i.uJ ar in fiVi.r of Hor ton. It was for the benefit of the Milton Ledger an.l Sui.bury Gazette, wh i are to copy it in o their co lumns, ih.it this cowardly attack has been made, anil it whs for this reison thit we end cend to notice i, as the State Capitol Gazette, we pre sume, is riot read by fit persons in the county of NoriliutnU rl md. Tl eir happening lo knew something shout tho getting up of this p er," is truly astonishing. In th place, where the roprietor of tho "American" are known, iho " gelling up" and conducting tiiis paper hu never been lo. ked upon a a mystery, rheg.-tliiig i p of the Americ m, however, we can assuia them, has been very Jilfoient from th.- " get tu g up" of, the "t'sto Capitol Gaz ite, as t ur receipt will show. Thi thing ol " gating op." c-pecia ly sfter " g tling U -Jr i," shoulj certainly not be uch a terrible bug bear to certain eJilors. REMOVAL OF THE HEAT OF JUST19E ! A few wetkt inec wepubli-bcd an ex ract from the Mdtoni.an, -hewing th t II. rt n and his fritnds we e in favor of removing the com tv se.t from -Sui.bury toNorhumberh.n l. Mr. YU'igrnin sa d il was fube, aa ho had lead that paper and d .1 not sec i'. Now we ak every I onest man t lot k ai the Miltoniail pul lished in the Pilh SepiemlM-r I at, and see w be her we have not staled the truth and M . Youngrmn an untru h. The pap.'r can lie seen at our office at any time. .W.l It T.V VA . B V It E.y . We publish in this week' paper, an exeellei.t 1. tier from Mr. Van Buren, in answer to a commit tee of gentlemen of Philadelphia, res; ecti g I. is opinion of the tariff, the wagra of lakir, cVe. Il will be s-t n th tt Mr. Van Buren's views are those of a sound democrat and true friend of hi country Let every one who is desirou of knowing th President' opini hi o t l-J important subject, tcad .he lettc-. ra!oiiool Etpoictl. We publi-h below a refutation of one of the hnn ilred falsehoods contained in th last Milton Ledger. The Itdger first vo. bally rharged Mr. Donnell with having made the assertion, then Mr. Hegins, next in hi paper, nur.ef snd having Iteen ex posed In thee tttempi at fa'sehood, he now fixes the charge on Mr. Dew.rt, and givVs Mr. Ptter Hsuglinwout, reipectaMe citizen of Ruh town 'iip, s the author. M'. Haunhawout rome nut pu' licly, and ahowt that the Ledger ha uttered another falsehood. The Ledger ssy : "Some further evidence. Fi-r the i-specM ed :fiction of the Siinlinry Lawyers, we stale that Lewi D.-wart told Mr. Peter Horhwou, of Rush t.-wn h p, that Gov, Porter hsd written to Ctrarles W. Hegins urging hnn to become a ran didate f..r re-election. Dewart also stated to Mr. H. thst ne wished lo have Hegins returned to the Legl-lRtiire, became he wanted Hie Union canal w idened I ' 'Rc.M TowvsHte, Sept. 2S, 1840. -Ms -sns. Msssitn t5t Eisrit Iwi-h to let you kn w ihal Mr. Die IT nhiich was wrong, in st. ting in his Ins) Milton ledger, that I had said that Mr. Dawatt told me that Govcinor Porter had wiitteu to Mr. Hegins, urging him to become a randolate f..r re-t lection. Mr. Dew .rt m ver told me any such thing, and I never aid he hsd. He said thst ha h.rd understood that the Governor had expressed a wish thnt Mr. Hegins would eormi back again. Aa to the Union canal, Mr. D. wait neve ssid anything to me almul it, and 1 never told you, nor any one else, that he hid. "PETER IIAUGHAWOUT." C.Uiiht in a falsi hood again, Mr. Dietf.-nbaeh-e r ! Are you tint ashamed of yourself 1 If you are not, th.tso who hire you ought to be. The False CHargcs. Among the many falsehoods that have been puh li he.! re-pecting the votes of Mr. Hegins in tho Legislature, are tbo-e in which it is stated that ho voted for a ic solution to raise the pay of the mem b. rs lo four dollars a day, and an act lo add to tha s.laiies of the judge the sum of $100 per year. To .how iho utter destitution of truth which char ncteriz'S the rha g s, we publish to day the secti ms offered on thte eu j. cts, wi;h the yeas and ways tl ereon. . It will be perceived thai Mr. Hegins was opprtse 1 to both these acts a id voted sgainst thi m. His name is recorded among the str on both questions, as m .y be seen by the Jnuri.al, to the r. sp.cuve pnges of which we refer those who wish tt pur-ne tho exam nation. The whole list of r. a-ons why Mr. Hegins th utd not be re electo ', which have been puMished in tho 'L deer" and ''Gazette," ate equally as destitute if truth, as ill- prominent matters to which we hsve referred. They are all false and cannot bo proved. Salaries of the Judges The Ledger and Sunl.u y Gazette have respec tively affirmed, that Mr. Hegi a voted to add $400 to the salaries of the ju.lg . He votko ao a i a st it, ss the following extract from the Jou-nul of 18 vol. 1, page 1480, will prove. The bi I from the Journal, entitled "an act to in corporate the Easton Iron Company," I cing under con iilc-ation, Mr. T. S Smith moved to amend Ihe section by sibling the following words thereto: "Thot from anil afttr the first day of January one ibou:ind eight huu.'r. d sntl iliiru-nme, each of the jutlgesol the Supiem- Court i f this corn monwe .bh sh ill receive mi addrti n of four hun-d-e.l dollars Hr annum lo his present a larv, each of the judge teamed in I lie law of lbs several eour a of ihe ciry of Philadelphia an increase of six hundred dollars per annum; etch of Ihe judge harmd in the law of the several courts in the county of Allegheny, nn increase ol five hundred .lollars p r annum, and each of ihe president judges of the several courts i f comm. m idea wi'hin this c immonwea'th and tl e president jnr'g. s of ihe dis trict court composed of iho cnuulies ol Erie, Craw ford, und enongo, an increase of four hundred dol lars per annum to their present salaries; so. I increase to he paid in the same manner iheii present sul .lies are pay.il.le, And on tlx question, w II the house agree to to a men.: 1 The yeas and nays were required by Mr. Rev nobis and Mr. Hiil of Berks, and aro as follows, viz: YEAS. Messrs. Besty, 11 road bend, Bruner, Caratber, fast I, l'..x, Crahb, J. Cunningham, T. S. Cun nirigliHin, D Her, Ehrmsn, Field, Funk, Gratz, Hnm lin, Helll' n-lein, J. H. rr. Hutchin in, Hutcliins, Kcrulig, Ket lewell, Km'zle, Konijm cher, Lsverty, Long. M'D.i.vell, M Kinstry.N- ' itt, Peur-ise, Pisy I'u via .ce, Ittcfitr Json, Kilter, K) an. Sheriff, Sm ill ol Franklin. 11 It. Smith, T S. S. Siu h, Spatk man, M' vens, Sturdevsnt, Wut', Way, V ileox, Zet.m. 45 NAYS. Messrs. Andi rsnn, Amir. w, Chandler, Colt, CoolliHiigh, Crtsj iii, Dtre, D mgl is, Evan, Fer-ely, Flenniken, Goritas. H KG IMS, Hill f Burks Hill, West'd, Hog.-, Jones, Knrr, Love, Mouteltus, Morti mer, Morion, Paik, Kamsay, Reynolds, Sclio. ncr. Shearer, Spr.ilt. Stroht cker, Walhtvn, Woodouru, Work, Yos', llo, kins, pesker. 3.1." The name of Mr Hegins is among the nays, sml thus the f .Isoliood of the charge is made apparent. DAILY IAY. Mr. Hegins ha been charged by his opponents with having voted to raise the wages of the mem bers of the legislature to roi a dollars a day. Th news; Bsrrs that pul. bshed tl.esl .n.'cr, Hieroty nrako t'ie statement, and do not publi-h extracts from this jou nuts of ihe house, ao it 'o sjiread li e whole pro ciMiling before the people. The following ia the b II rb it wa befor th house on the subject, and Mr. Ilegir voted against it. The act of 1814 te fetred lo, rai ed ihe wago to fmr dollar per day, and ihe ret tl 1821 reduced them to three, which i he price now paid Ut memUr. If lh set of 18il had be. n resled, and that of 1814 revived, as pro posed in the fo low ii.g section, the daily tay would have been raised again lo four dollars. We make these prt p ratory remarks, that all our readers msy nnderstmid the quesii- n that was lefore th house. The S h section of bill No. 338 being bef re the h u-e, viz: V. I, term 183H-9, pige 848, ItestJvid, Thai the firt section of an act, rn i tl.sl sit act r.s'ucing the atlaiies of sundry pubJio officer-, and ilady py of meni'tera of th Ugi.la line pawetl January 18 b, A. D. 1821, be, and the same is hereby repealed, siiJ the said act, to which this is a supplement, en itbd an act protiJicg fcr
Significant historical Pennsylvania newspapers