TIM', FISCAL 1 OKPOHATION.
The following it synopsis of the lull establish
es the Fihi-hI Corporation of ihe United Slate
Iti prepainr it we have been greatly aided hy (hut
lornishcd by the New Voik Express of I he vetoed
II ink bill, of which thin till is a partial inoJifica
nr.it. Halt. Pat.
The firsl rtion establishes a Fiscal Corporation
fthe United States in the District of Columbia,
hi h a coiitul of twefity-oli millions of dollais,
lieidcd into two hundred and one thousand shares,
f one kutidicd dollais each. Seventy ihousrmd
'.'lures to l subscribed for ly the United Stale and
i'ic residue by individual, companies, corporations,
i Stales. The powet it reserved to augment the
.pilal aftel the 1st of January, 1851, fourteen mil
li 'tio of dollars.
Tho second seection provides that the sulwrip
(Mil honks shall be opened, on the first Monday of
October next, at various places designated in the
Hill, under the superintendence of commissioners
"ppointtd by the Secretary of the Treasury. If
more than fourteen millions are subscribed, the com
missioners shall deduct from the largest subscrip
ts mis, in such manner that none shall be leduced,
while any one remains larger
The th rd section enacts, that no individual or
corporation shall subscribe for more than 20U0
shares, wh ch will be paid for in specie, Treasury
notes or government stock ten dollars at the time
I' sulwcribing, twenty-five in thite months there
after, twenty-five in eight months and forty in one
ear.
The fourth section prescribe the manner in
u!,iih the commissioners shall keep the money paid
in, eSic.
The fifth section enacts that no subscription shall
lc tran.-fered until after the whole amount of the
-econd instalment is paid in.
The sixth section relates to the manner in which
i ho subscription for the Uuitcd Status shall be paid.
Tho reventh section creates the subscribers a cor
poration and body politic, under the name of "the
fiscal Corporation of the Uuitcd States," to contin
ue until the 1st day June, 1862.
The eighth section provides for nine directors,
ilt-K-e to be appointed by the President and the Sen
.ro, the other six to be elided annually by the
loikholdcrs other than tho United Slates. No
Member of Congress or officer of the Government
mi be a director, aud no director to net as director
I any bank. The directors to elect a President out
I their number.
Tho uinlli section provides that as soon as ten
tollais per share are actually paid (exclusive of the
i 'nited Slates subscription) directors may be sp
, niiicd, and as soon as four millions arc paid in,
ii. corporation shall commence operations.
The tenth section gives tho directors power to
I miiloy clerks, &c, and to fix their salaries.
i he eleventh section contains the fundamental
nicies of the constitution of said corporation, to
-. il :
I t. The number of votes to which stockholders
'mll be entitled to give for directors no proxy of
u ire than ninety days standing to le va'id. None
i her than actual residents of the United States to
i- voters.
2d. Five of (he six directors only to lie eligible
'r the second year, snd no director shall be elected
re than five out of six years in succession.
:ld. None but a stockholder and resident citizen
be a director, and not more than two to be from
y one Stale, who shall be paid such sum for
uir sor vices as ihc stockholders shall direct. The
diiry of the president to be fixed by the directors.
lth. Not less than five directors shall constitute
bourd for transacting business, and three of the
H- shall be those elected by the stockholders,
.'lit. Any numlei of stockholders, not less thin
itv, holding not less than one thousand chares,
ny at any lime call a general rcceling.
bth. Cashier to give a bond with two or more
. irt ties for not less than fifty thousand dollars,
ih. The Corporation shall hold only real estate
nough for the convenient transaction of its busi
n', Hth. The debts of the Corporation, over and
I ovc the depnsites, shall never exceed $17,-r,00,-CO,
and in rase of excess the diiectors shall be
; .lie.
'Jill. The Corporation shall not deal in any thing
-lit foreign bills of exchange, or bills drawn in one
. 'ate and payable in another, gold aud silver,
.oodsor lands purchased on execution, or goods
'!en in payment for debt.
I Oih. No loan shall be made to government ex-
eding one million, or to any state exceeding one
i.mlred thousand dollars, unless authorized by act
I Congress.
1 lth The stock of the Corporation to be assign-
12th. The bills obligatory and of credit under
'-rid, lo be a signable I y endor emenl : Piovidcd no
' ill of rndit shall be for more than five thousand
ioll.irs, or longer than one year.
I3ih. All hi Is or notes issued, payable to besrer
or order, shall be made pnysblf on demand.
I lth. Half early dividends to be made, not ex-
- eeding three and a half per cent. When a surplus !
mounting to two millions lias accumulated, any
icess shall be pain over to the Treasury rf the
'uitrd Stales; and on the expiration of the char'
cr, any surplus, after payment of dividends, and
, iiiibursing the capital, shall be paid lo ihe Ttra
iiicr. If Ihe dividends are ever below time and a
: .If per rent, semi-annually, Ihe Treasuier shall
mike up the deficiency out of the surplus that may
h ive been paid before. No dividends lo be made.
xcept Iron) the profits. The banks nol to purchuse
is own slock, or lo loan on pledge of it; snd any
Vires received in satisfaction of debt shall be soil.
' be bank shsll nol hold stock in oilier operation'.
. rfore a dividend is declared from lh profits, all
-1 1 enses aia deducted.
I bit). Anannuul statement of the debts unpaid
d over-due, and of ihe surplus profits, to be made.
16th. The directors aia authorized lo establish
enci.s in any Stale or Territory, and to employ
nv agent or sgsuis, or with the approbation of ihe
Serrebuy or the Treasury, any bank or batiks ; and
tho same agencies te relinquish at pleasure, aud the
snine agent or agents to remove, and to commit to
such agents, agencies or banks, such portion of the
business of mid coloration as they may think fit.
Provided that nei her the sjid corporation, nor any
agent or ogrni.i theicuf, nor any bank or banks
employed by the simc, shall be authorised to dis
count promis-ory notes w ith the means of the ssid
corporation, but shall employ the sitncin dealing
in foreign b;lls of exchnnge, including bills and
drafts drawn in one Sluto oi Territory, and payable
in another.
17th. The Seeietary of the Treasury to inspect
the books an accounts of the Corporation M his
pleasure ; and the condition of the Corporal ion to be
published monthly under the direction of the Se
cretary. No p irt of the proceedings to be kept se
cret from the government directors.
1 3ih. No not. a lss than for flv dollars shall be
issued, but Congress may make en the lowest.
The Corporation shall never have in circulation in
bills mote than three times the amount of specie in
its vaults.
I'Jlh. The debts duo to the Corporation shall
never exceed 75 per cent, advance on the capital
advance.
SOih. The Corporation shall not hold any pub
lic slock unless taken for debt.
21st. The Coi juration shall not pay out any
thing but specie and its own Holes.
No bill of exchange to be bought or sold,
aud no loan to be made in the District of Columbia,
except to government.
23d. All notes except ten dollar Holes to be sign
ed by the riesidcnt and cashier, and made payable
at Washington or at any one of the branch' s
The Tens and under may le issued by the branch
es. 2-1 ill. The notes shall be received at any of the
branches or at Washington, whether issued there
or nut.
25th. The officers and agents nol pei milted to
borrow of the Corporation nor shall any bill. etc.
with the name of any one of the ollicers or agents
upon it, in any c 'parity, be discounted.
The twelfth section provides, that in case of the
corporation dealing in merchandize, trthlo the a
mount shall be foifeited by the pi rsous giving the
oiders
The thirteenth eetin provides, that in case
more than one million is loaned to the Government,
or more than one hundred thousand dollars to any
Slate, without especial law tho persons authorising
it shall forfeit treble tho amount of the excels.
The fourteenth nclion makes the bills of the
corporation which are pay able on demand receiva-,
hie for nil public dues, unless the corporation or any
of its agencies suspend specie payments.
Tho fifteenth section requires the corporation to
iraustei the public money from place to place, and
dishuise the same without commission or difference
of exchange.
The nixteenlh fiction directs the public money to
be deposited in the corporation.
The tevtnteeiith action piuvides, that in case of
suspension the holders of the notes shall be entitled
to twelve per cent, interest, after protest of the
notes.
'J he eighteenth section provides for the punish
ment of couutcifcitiug.
The nineteenth section is on the same subject.
The twentieth section provides for the punisli
meiit of embezzlement of the funds by any ollicer
or clerk.
The twenty first section declares that Congress
shall establish no other similar corporation or Dank
during the continuance of this.
The twenty-second section provides, that in case
the subscriptions are uo tilled up before the first
Monday in May next, Cougiess may declare the
law null aud void.
TUe twenty-third tectivii relates lo ihe proceed
ings to be hud in cast) of i violation of tho chaiter.
The twenty-fourth tut ion gives Congrc-sor the
President power to sue out an injunction against
the corporation in case it attempt to carry on any
business nut allowed by the act,
Steamship I'rrsUIr lit.
A Saint Thorn is paper contain s a letter, said to
have been found in a boitle pi. ked up at sea, which i
purports to give an account ol the loss of the Presi-
dent, written by one of those on board. The X
tiotial Gazette, in which we find il republished, say
thai the statement is wholly improbable. It is as
follows:
On Icel-cre, March 17th, 1 SI I. To whotn-o
ever these presents shall come, ihe-e ore addressed, I
not in the bo e of obtaining uid, but to apprise our
friends of our awful and inevitable l ite. We, un-
hippy p.issengeis and company of the President
Stcaii'i i had rough weather from the hour of our j
departuie from New York.
'On the night of the 11th instant, i blew a hurri
cane, with hail and snow, and the lookout was una
ble to see a cable's length from the ship. At about
half past seven p. m., being then under close reefed
topsails, she encountered an island of ice, so rapidly
did she fill, that we had barely lime to escape to the
ice before she went down.
gj The above U all a sheet fiction, without a
word of liulh.
A nut her Kitmslve Hunk Knlilirry.
UrwAaus or Ninltx Tuoisakk Dot-
la as Stolen. We learn from the Richmond
Compiler, that ihe Ibtiiville Ilrancli of the Far-
mers" Rank of Yirg'iiis, was entered on ihe night of
. the 211 or 22d inst. by mean of false keys, ami
rolled of ninety two th.ottund one hundred unrf
thirty fire dullurt.' Forluuutoly for th Hank,
72,133 of th'u Urge amount were mutilated note
issued by the branch, slanied on ihe face, Can.
celled." which a i hoped u. .y aiJ in the delect oi.
of the burglars. ie.rJ , fIV, lmIllreJ dollars
i ottered for the appr.hens.on and ronviclion of the
robber or robbers, snd the ircovery of the money,
oi in proportion lo th amouul rtcoveied.
From the Haiti in ore Patriot.
Synopsis or the llaiikriiil Bill.
X. Enacts that a uniform system of Bank
ruptcy be established throughout tho U. 8. and
that all persons owing deb;s, who sjiall by petition,
setting forth a list of his or their creditors, tho a
moiiul due lo each olher, together wilh an inven
tory ui his or lln ir property of any kind, verified by
oath, apply to the proper coutt for the benefit of
this act shull be de emed bankrupts, and be declared
so by a decree of stlih court. All persons being
merchants or retaile rs of merchandize, nil bankers,
factors, brokers, underwriter or marine insureis,
owing debts to ihe amount of not less than $2,000,
shall br liable to become bankrupts, and may upon
petition of one or more of their creditors, to whom
they owe not less than $5011, be so declared in the
following cases, to wit! when ever such debtor
shall depart Ihe slate of which he is an inhabitant,
with intent to defraud his cieditor i or shall pro
cine himself to be arrested, or have his goods, Ac.,
laken in execution or shall remove his goojs, oVc,
or conceal them, to picveut their being levied on,
or make any fraudulent assignment or sale of his
lands, goods, etc. Provided, however, any person
so declare) a bankrupt nl the instance of n creditor
may, by rxtition to such court, have a trial by jury
to ascertain the facts ofsuch bankruptcy.
2. Enacts that all future payments convey
ances, Ac. made in contemplation of bankruptcy,
or for the purp wc of giving any creditor nn undue
preference, or any such fayment or conveyance lo
any person not a creditor, for a valuable considera
tion, without notice shall be deemed void, and a
fraud upon this act, and the nssk'ticd under the
bankruptcy, shall be entitled to claim and sue for
the same; and the person making such unlawful
preferences shall receive no discharge-. And if it
shall be made lo npprnr to the court, that, in the case
ofa voluntary bankrupt, he has nt any time given
or secured any preference to one creditor over ano
ther, in contemplation of a passage of a bankrupt
law, he shall not receive n discharge, unless assen
ted toby a majority in interest of those of his crc-ditors-not
preferred. Nothing in this act shall in
any way impair the rights of manied women or
minors, or any hens, moitgageg, A c, whic'i may be
valid by the laws of the slates respectively, and not
incousi-teiit with the second and fifth tedious of
this act.
II. All properly of every description, of eve
ry person declared a bankrupt, except as is herein
after mentioned, shall be iji.v) fuctit divested out of
the bai.krupt, aud II e same shall be ves'ed ill such
ns-igee its shall be appointed by ihe couit uits
pending by the bankrupt shall be continued by the
assignee, snd no suit by or again-t the assignee
shall abate by death of said a-signee. There shall
he excepted fioin tho provisions of lliis section,
such necessary household and kitchen furniture of
the bankrupt, as the a-signee shull designate, hav
ing refeienee in the amount to the family and con
dition of the bankrupt, but in no case lo exceed
MOO, and nlso the wearing apparel on exception
being l iken to the determination of the n.s gneo,
the mailer to be decided ly the Court.
1. Every bankrupt who shall comply faith
fully with the provisions of this aol shall (unless a
majority in number and value of bis creditors who
have proved their debts, h ill file their written dis
sent iheielo) be entitled to a lull disihaigc from
all his debts, and a certificate there if granted him
such certificate, however, Hot to Ue g.anted unless
af.er ninety days from the decree of bankruptcy,
nor until seventy days notice is given to all his
creditor Mid persons interested, to appear mid
show cause w hy sucti cedilicates sliooM nol l.e
granted. Sneh baukrdpt shall at ull times be sub
ject to examination orally, or upon written interro
gatories, beforo such court, on oath, in all matters
ic luting to such bankruptcy, which are necessary
for the purpose of justice. If in uny case of bank
ruptcy, a majority in nunib-r and value of the cied
ilors who sli dl have proved their debts, shall at
the tiuio of hearing tho petiii iu for a discharge, tile
tin ir written dissent lo the allowance of a discharge
and ceitificsle, lo such bankiupt, or if, upon such
' healing, a discharge shall not be decreed to him.
he may demand a trial by jury, upon a proper is
sue to be directed by the court, or he may appeal
fionilhit decision to the Circuit Court. And if,
upon a full hearing, it shull be found by (he court
or Ihe jury, that tho bankrupt has in all th'ngs
c implied with the requisitions of this act, the court
shull deciee his discharge,
ij 5. Cieditor coming in and proving their
j debts, in the u) inner h.reifl. r pns ritied, siiall bo
I paid, to nit it, and no priority oi preference sh ill be
i allowed ; cxeeplfor debts due in the Unite ! olates
I
i and iiboiersiu serviee ot the bankrupt, when those
of the latter shall nol exce. d 25. All creditors i that he hud just seen aud conven-ej wilh Miss llo
whosc claims are not duo till a luture day, sh dl I g,.ri there, in company wilh a Mr Getchell, I
bine their present value a-eertaiued and
Mve.l.
' ii. The district court, in cveiy disnici, shall
have jurisdiction in ull matters and proceedings un
sing under this act, lite proceedings lo be summary
ami the court ub.vays lo be open. The court lo
prescribe forms and rules for ihe icul iti ni of pro
ceeding', and lo prescribe a tuiifr of fees.
$7. All proceeding in a c i.-e of bankruptcy,
shull take place in the district in which the bank
rupt resided when his petition was filed, and all
proof, of debts or other claims by crcditoi shall be
under oath lie fore such court or conunissoiu r up
pointed thereby, oi before some disinterested state
judge, in such form as Iho court may direct. Hut
j ,Ueh proof of debts shall bo open to contestation.
j 8. Tlie circuit couit shall have concurrent
i jurisdiction with the deli'cl court, ol suit brought
, by the assignee against peisons claiming an sdverse
UilT.-r.t, or by such persons against iho assignee,
j OUcliiiig any property or right of property of ihe
j bankrupt transferable lo.or ve.led In, tho assignee ;
; SUl., kuiu i1Jlr,.j Bfu.r lwo y,.ar, from ,ile jjlt.
0f ,ia ,a,,kruptcy.
j u. Al sales, liarisfers, Ac. by the assignee ol
j ,hc bankrupt's property, shull he made as ordered
jt,y the court-all asscst shall be paid into the
! ,.0,ir, wil(lilI J,,y. f,om ,,e ,ilIlt, f ,,. u,.
ui,j,.ct ,0 Hie oidei of the court for their dt-
position and bond shall lie given by the assignee
for iho faithful discharge of his du lies.
10. Tha court shall require the collections of
assets, to be made as speedily as the interest of the
creditors will allow, and fi distribution of them to
bo mule every six mouths, and all proceedings
shall bo closed if practicable in two yeais.
$,11. Tho assignee shall have authority to re
deem and discharge any mortgage, lien, Ac, upon
any property, and to render a due performance of
Ihe conditions thereof, and also to compound debts,
under Ihe order or direction of the court and cred
itots shall have notice, and be allowed to show
cause why such order or direction should not be
passed.
12. The proceeding in all cases of bankrupt
cy shall lie deemed matter of record, but shall not
be recorded at length. This section also establish
es certain fees lo bo charged by the officers.
1:1. This provides for cases in which two or
more persons who arc partners in trade, become in
solvent, and direct the assignee to distribute the
proceeds of property, joint or separate, to creditors
according to equitable rules in nil respects, except
as relates to the manner of distribution and dispo
sing of the p'ocecds of tho property of such part
ners, the proceeding against them shall be the
same as if it had been against one person alone.
$ II. Prescribes the manner of constructing a,ho
deeds, to be given by tho assignee upon the sulo of
lands of the bankrupt.
15. Confers upm tho circuit court of the U.
S. for the District of Columbia, and upon the supc
rior courts of the territories, nil the juri-diction,
power, iVc. vested in the district coutt of the I', S.
in cases of bankruptcy.
10. Prescriltes the time when the net shall
commence taking effect, and the period of its dura
tion. Shower of 1'lesh nml Blood.
It is only a few weeks since we hud an account
fiom the East, of a fall of manna of the richest
quality. Ami now we give below nil extract from
the Nashville Banner of the 2ush ult. which ineii
ti ns a fall of flesh and blood, no, of quails, we pre
sume, but still animal flesh, fat and lean, and a good
ly quantity of blood. This is really marvellous, if
true
On Tuesday we heard from various pr rsous, that
a shower, apparently oflle'sh nud blood, had fallen
in Wilson county, near Lebanon, In this State, and
that Ihe fields were covered to a considerable extent
Tho account staggered our belief ; but stranrte as it
may appear, it has licen confirmed by the statement
of several gentlemen of high charactir, who have
personally examined the scene of this phenomenon
They state that the space covered by this extranrdi
nary shower, is half a mile in length, and about
seventv-tivo yards in width. In addition lo the in
formation thus received, we have been favored by
Dr. T roost, Professor of Chemistry in the University
of Nashville, with the following letter from a highly
respectable physician of Lebanon ; we have also seen
the specimens sent lo him for ex iminaiion. To us
they appejr to be animal matter, and the odor is that
ofp'.ilrid flesh. We do not pictcitJ lo oiler any
theory to account for this phenomenon, we leave
I that to abler and more scientific heads. When the
specimens have passed through tho crucibles of Dr,
Troost, wc shall furnish our leaders with the result
I.kiunov, August 8, 1 S 1 1 .
Ilr, fi. Troost : I have sent von s me matter
, wllK.h vl.1Ti (,m uulh,.,uic SJim.e to have fal
,, ,m, ,1C chiuds.
Wi;h me there can be no doubt of its I cing animal
i matter, blood, muscular fibre, adipose matter : Plea
account M us, if you can, on philosophical principles.
for the cause of this phenomenon. The particles I
send you, I gathered wilh my own hands from the
extent of suit ice over which il has spread, and the
regular manner it exhibited on some green tobacco
leaves leaves very little or no d ubl of its having
fallen like a shower of rain ; and it is stated on the
authority of some negroes only, to have fallen from
a small red cloud, no other clouds visible in the hea
vens at the lime. It look place on Friday last, be
tween 11 and 12 o'clock, about live miles N. E. of
Lebanon. I buvc sent what I think to be a drop
of blood Ihe other particles, composed of muscle
and fal, although the proportions of the shower ap
peared lo be a much larger quantity of blood than
of other properties.
I am, in haste, your most obedient,
W. P. SAYLE.
The fuse of Mury ', Horn's.
The Planet a penny paper of this morning
tells strange stoiy about this young lady. It as
sells lh.it a lellei was received ill this city eter
day, from Pittsburg, the writer of which ulleget
I whom she was snpi'O.ed to be married. That she
told him sho had left New Yoik clandestinely, be
cause her mother urged her to marry a man she
did not l.ke, aud that she was going to an untie in
Illinois. Farther that tho had left a letter on the
table addressed to her mother, telling her cf the
course she was about lo take, Ac.
The PUnel says that .Mr. Crominclin, on seeing
this letter (the one from Pittsburgh,) set oil' imme
diately for Illinois ; and that Mr. Rogers denies
hating found any letter from Mary,
This is a strange and improbable story; and
there is so much recLlcsncss, in some of the pa
pers, about unking statements on doubtful authori
ty, or nono at ull, no matter how grave tho sub
ject, that we cannot but hesitate in giving lo il the
least particle of credence. If it wero true some of
the other morning paper would, wc think, have
had sump nolico of it,
There is ouo circumstance, peihups, lhat might
be cited in corroboration of the Piiubuigh letter,
which, fiom the first, has often caused us to doubt
as lo her murder. Some Iwo or three years ago,
whilo in attend ir ce upon ihe scg.ir-sh.op of Mr.
Anderson, Mii Rogei was abducted, oi went in
to concealment thai it miht be leli.vcd she hud
been sKluclej, in otdcr lo ciealo excitement and
help ihe sale ol the good., of lui employer. Altei
tho smoking of the extra segnrs sol I during tho ex
citement had cleared away, the young woman re
turned as good as new. A'. Y. Com. Adv.
THE AMERICAN.
Saturday ) September , 1841,
Democratic Candidate.
ron covF.n.ion,
u en. niTiu u. i on Tint.
FOR 1SSF.MHI.T,
Out ll It. MoiilKOiuri y.
ron commissio!(f.h,
l'llillp Wt'iM'l-.
ron Tnr.srar;n,
;orC Wflxrr.
ron a in t Ton,
1 1 null lat ison.
Whim Can hi oaths.
For (I'onrnor,
J O II X 13 A N K S.
For A"emhty,
Giv. HENRY PRICK.
For Commi.isitiner,
DAVID McWII.T.IA.MS.
J'or Treiuurer,
PETER LAZARUS.
Fur Audit ur,
JACOB PAINTER.
Q j- The Canals are all in line navigable order,
the recent rains having fully replenished litem with
water.
(JjT" The notes of the Towanda Rank, according
to Uicknell's Reporter, should be quoted in our list
with a dash. Wo have understood, however, that
sonic of our country banks receive them for debts
due.
Cj- Members of Cougiess aro capable of render
ing much important service lo their constituents, in
the transaction of business at the public ollices at
Washington. Wo have heaid, on scleral occa
sions, the promptness and attention of the Hon. Jno.
Snyder, the member from this district, spoken i f.
His obliging disposition, and correct business hab
its, ha added many to his already numcioua liicud.
Qj- James Gamble, Esq. has been unanimously
nominated by the democrats of Lycoming county,
a a candidate for the next legislature. Mr. Gamble
was nn illkienl and highly respectable member of
lust legislature.
'jf- The Land Dill has passed both Houses of
Congress, nud now only awaits the signature of the
President, which it will undoubtedly receive, as ho
re commended the measure,
Qj The Anthracite Furnace of the Messrs.
Groves, of Danville, was dcslioyed by fire on Satur
day night last.
rrj- Friend isty of the Wilkesbarre Advocate
asks us ' to correc t and bring forward the amount
of Wyoming Coal Trude." Most cheeifully, if ho
will furnish it in his paper. Under the head of
"Delaware A Hudson Coal Trade" ho will find all
correct.
(Zj- A writer in the last Milton Ledger, who
sign himself "A Republican," has made a most
malignant attack upon Duvid D. Montgomery, be
cause the delegates nominated him for Assembly in ,
preference to John McKinney or Je-ssc C. Horton
in which, ns usual, Augusta and Sunbury come in
for a full share of Dillingsgatc slander. The writer
very properly observes, lhat the public will no doubt
lotik tor some evidence to prove Ins charges ol un-faime-s
and dishonesty against Mr. Montgomery.
They have looked, and look in vain, to find any
proof of the kind in his communication. A few p
I l.c.l demagogue in Iho lorks, lor the purpose ol
furthering their own selrUh designs, were dctetnii-
n.h to re-nominate Jesse C. Horton, and failing to
effect their object, have d. termined to breakdown
Ihe democratic liek.t. Wilh this view they profess
themselves the warm fiieud of John McKinney,
who, unfortunately for himself, mlVer himself to
be made a tout of, for the double) purpose of injuring
Mr. Montgomery and advancing tho election of
Gen. Flick. Our readers will recollect, when the
friends of Mr. Horton last full pressed his nomina
tion and election, we opposed him principally be
cause be was deeply interested in contracts upon
the public works and because it wus improer to send
a man to tho le gislaturc for the purpose of voting
large appropriations of money for iho bent fit ol him
self and his friends. We predicted that Mr. Hor.
ton would be thus influenced if elcclcd. We now
ak ihe democrncy of Northumberland county, whe
ther our piedictioiis were true or false. Have they
not been fulfilled t the very b iter t The same
persons who weie ihen interested in the election of
Mr. Horton, made every clb,rt lo send bun back a
gain, although Ml. Horton committed in a lenlold
greater degree, the same sins lor which thej then
opposed Mr. Hegins. What stronger evidence need
we waul of the inttiettcJ motives of thrae patriotic
democrats! From David D. Montgomery they Well
know they have nothing to cxja'cl ; hence llnir anx.
iiiy lo tied Gen. Fuck, and their apparent love for
John MeKinncy, who has foolishly lent hiiiiscll lo
effect the object ol their unholy combination.
It is well known that a majority of the delegates
came lo the convention opposed to the nomination
of Jesse C. Hortoti. It is also well known thai they
could riot unite upon either John McKinnry or Ja
cob Gearhart. They could therefor do nothing
else than nominate Mr. Montgomery. Who then
are opposed lo the nomination ! We answer, the
same designing few, who oppntcd C. W. Heginn
at the last election, becsusc he voted for a nind
months susper.sion, and who are now in favor of
Jesse C. II or ton, because he voted to give tho banks
five years. Such democrats must hold their princi
ples exceedingly cheap,
The nomination of Mr. Montgomery was as fairly
brought about as any nomination that was ever
I made, and the unanimity with which he will bo
' supported on the east side of the river, will fully
provo tho fact. Out to show what measures were
resorted to, to defeat the nomination of Mr. Mont
gomery, we will state while the ballottings wero
going on, an attempt was made to bribe one of the:
; delegites, by offering to make him Sheriff, provi
, ded he would support Mr. Morton. The same of
' fcr was made to no less than five individuals last
j fall, in order to secure their support for Mr. Horlon.
; Il ever a mcntber of the legislature betrayed his trust,
' a trust unequivocally expressed, it was Mr. Hor
j Ion. And yet his friends, these same men of rin
! riie according to their intertnt.1, who failed in secu-
ring his nomination, are now endeavoring to sow dis
, cord in the ranks of tho party, by professing friend
! ship to Mr. McKinney, who they know stands no
j chance of success, for the avowed object of promo
ting the election of Gen. Frirk.
Aiiiriitlmtiit to t lie Riiiikriiut Law.
Unless the present Uaiikrupt liill is so amende,
as to give jurisdiction to the state courts, it will re
main as a dead letter upon the statute books, so f;
as many poor debtors arc concerned. The procee
ding must now be had in the U. S. Courts, which
in many cases, would conpel poor debtors to trave
several hundred miles to avail themselves nf the be
nelit of the law, at an expense often wholly beyon
their reach. Congress should puss a law, couferriu
jurisdiction upon the stale courts, and give powt
lo ihe President Judges to appoint a commission!
of bankruptcy in each county. If this was doni
debtors of the most humble class could avail then
selves of tho benefits of the law.
A Diiiiut'ralic Jlrctins
Will be held at the house of George Conr .d, i
Augusta township, on Saturday, the HMh day
September. All good Democrats are earnestly r
quested to attend, lly order of the
COM M1TTLK OF YlUILANCE.
To the Editor or the Ameiikas:
I am charged in a communication in the la
"Milton Ledger," with having procured a nouiiii
tion for tho Assembly "unfairly and dishonestly
and sin also occused ly that print, and by ccrta
individuals, who choose to opHise tho democrat
ticket for reasons best known to themselves, wi
treachery towaids Capt. McKinney. I pronoun
these charges false and malicious, let them be ma
by whom they may. If the delegates who vol
foi mo in the convention acted di.-honeslly, or we
imposed upon by otheis, it is unknown to n
They are ull highly resis'etnhle men, well kuo
in the county, nud can speak for themselves,
they will say that any fraud, treachery, iu.positi
or bargaining was practised upon them, either
myself or nuy other person, that induced them
cast their vote's for me, I will at once withdraw Ir,
ihe contest. I did not desire a nomination, a
would have positively refused to suffer my name
be used in the convention, could I have belie
Mr. McKinney could have been nominated.
All I a-k ifuir play, and if gentlemen choose
vote for Mr. McKinney, who is a very clever ui
I have no objection.
DAYID D. MONTGOMERY
August 30th, 1841.
Hiiiiocnitir Met tin?.
At a large and resectable meeting of the c'.U.t
of Rush township, Northumlierland county, fiiei
ly to the election of David R. Porter for Govcri
of this Commonwealth, held at Henry Dindinge
in said town ip on Saturday the 2St! day of A
gust, lstl. on motion of Jes. Patton, AHl!
, jj HOFFMAN was called to the chair, Jo
; uggn Blu Jos. Patto were appointed
I pgjnts-, and Jostidi F.ckvtcin Secretary.
The mei ling being organized, and a motion ma
that the chair appoint a committee lo draft reso
lions lo be submitte-d to the meeting for il up;
bation, the chairman apjHiinti d Win. Johnson, Is.
; v0o!vcrton, John Pensyl, Jacob ReeJ, John If
j mm j,(.llry Hj,,,!;,, fiiristian Fou'k, Rol
, scolt, Prior Ilaughawaut, John Dewilt.John Hu
iexl MUl,t Alllircw ullyn, Isaac Eph!
j Jy)Mu ,VK hnJ J )hn rollimi!U.,..
A)(.r r,,iril)g a ,inie ,u.y r,,,)lirt0J ihe
. , - rCkulu,il)lla. -..;.. wv.u rcaJ UI1d um
uieiilsly adopted :
Itcsolvcd, That we highly approve of ihc fi
inflexible, snd fear'ess eouiso which our palri.
governor, D. R. Porter, has hitherto pursued in e
charging Ihe high functions of his responsible elli
aud that we will use our utmost exertions to sec
in October t ext his triumphant re-election to
high station which he ha hitherto tilled with
much credit, honor, dignity and rectitude,
J'endvtd, Thai we concur with entire appro
lion in the regular formed ticket, by the Demoe-n
county convention, held ut Nunhury, Aug. t, 1"
liesidvtd, That we recognize David D. Monl
mrry as the fairly snd regularly nominated dei
cratic candidate for Assembly by said ronvenii
and have the highest confidence in his insV-xible
beranre lo sound elenioeratie principle's, ss wel
hi' intellect ual and moral qualifications, fail ly, ho
tally and fenrlcssly lo represent the will of hist
slitueuts in Iho next legislature, and therefore
will ii -e all fair and upright mens to secure
triumphant election in Oelobci next.
licsoltttl, Thstwr disappiove ol the measure
our drmoeiutie' fraud., in the folks, in getting i