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From Graharrfs Magazine for March.
'The Trodril Street.
KT WIIMAM Cl-LH!!f BntATfT.
1,ft me move slowly through (lie street,
Filled with an evcrshiftina 1rait,
Amid llie Siinnil of step fhst'bcat.
The mnrmnrinir walks like antnmn Tarn,
llnw fust the flitting figures rome!
The mild, the fierce, the tnrry face';
'Some lit ight with fhouchles smile, and some
Where secret trarti have left their trace.
They piss to toil, 1o strife, to Test ;
To hnlls in which (he feast i spread;
To chambers where the funeral guest
In silence gits beside the dead.
And some to happy homes repnir,
Where children pressing cheek to check,
AVi'h mute caresses shall declare
The tenderness they cannot speak.
And some, who walk in calmness hers.
Shall shudder a thev rcarh the door
Where one who made their dwelling dear
lis flivver, i'a light is seen no more.
Youth, with pule cheik and sbn.ler frame,
And ilreams of e'eatnesa in thine eyel
Xi 'et th.iu to hni!d an earlv name.
Or early in the task to die 1
Keen son of it ile, with eager brnwl
Who is now Hum ring i'i thv snare 1
Thv co'den fur'un s tower they now
Or melt the glitering spires in nir 1
V.'hn of this crowd, to night, shall tre ul
Tl e dn'iee ti'l divhuh1 sb-sms ugain 1
M ho snrr.w o' r th tintim-'ly da I 1
Who writhe in threes nf mrt I prut
inie, fmiimr struck, hull t'd k h"W 'one
The cel. I dir! hem to l ,v the lightl
An ' so e. who flmot moid the t' rni p,
ihall hide in de a of shin to nivhl.
Tvfb. where hi- tns-ksor pleasi resell.
They ps-, and heed each other not.
There is who heeds who h' Ms t! em nil
In his I iree hive an I boundless thought.
These struggling tides of life that serin.
In wayward, nimless course to tend.
Are eddies of the ni ghty siream
Thai rolls to its predestined end.
From the Sunday Merewy.
hoiiR of the Xewihny,
t. HOLM) OIT T MACIItMBT.
Though my jacket istlliTed and (routers are torn,
I'm a jolly young devil as ever wastinin ;
I seek not for fame, rmd I carp not f.r tiches,
-And I walk in llrnadway with a hole in my breeches.
'O. tike your time. Miss Lucy,
Just take your lime, my dcaT,
O.iakc
litre's the Sun, Herald, Tribune, Aurora and
Morning Chronicle!
The rain is fast falling, flic wind rusV.es cold,
Anil all of ifcesc ere Temain yet to he sold '.
So I'll warinnpW dancing and cutting queer capers,
For I'm Mowed if there's fun h, being stuck irpon
Hey jim-nl ng. jim-nliing josev, papers.
Hey jim-nl Tifi, jiin-ahmg jo."
11er?x the Rnrther Jon-nhan, New World, Tins
Ion Notion, and Yankee Nation, the largest paper
in all creation 1
the steam 4 ip's a pomine-she's down in the hay!
My pipers arn't audi, and the devil's tu iny !
Kxtra Heiahls and Sons 'II he out in h trice, now,
So there's nothing to do but to down with my price
O. whar did yu come from 1 now.
Knock a nigger down.'
Evening Tattler, sir! Rot the horrible murder!
two for a cont. All the morning papers cent a
piece.
The extras ate out let me wo It through the crowd,
live me mine, and I'm off like a gun nnd a loud.
Mv eves, what a jotlinc and j ullinff and pushina !
What crowding and j .mining und running and
rushinfr.
'Sirh a piitin up stairs T never did fee,
Sic h, a giltin
Who stole my papers ! He did Allitjator took
m, lur I seen him. I ay I didn't Wildcat's got
Vtn, Ni w they have it ! Hit him agin! Fotih
him another, right across the countenance. He
i-aii'l come lo time only with a brickbat hurr 'n !
hurrah! hurrah! Ih-re't the extra Herald got a
full account of the gie il fiht !
Now my porke's !ire fu'l and my spirits are l'niit,
I'm hlet hut I'm off to the Ch .thaoi to-night ;
The pi's hut a six pence thu' once 'twas shilling,
When Kihy the great d d the lofty and killing,
Wheel si-out and lu'u ubout,
And do j'l .o,
Tjvi-r time I wheel about
I jump ..
lTt rr'x Drother Jonathan, d 'Uhle sheet,
'-i,rlaiu the new n ve all rtimple e!
Though mv j 'cket is tattered and trousers an) torn,
I'm a j IW voting devil is ever was horn ;
If the old and the wealthy are gay. ihey don't how
i".
So now while I'm iniing I'm determined to go It.
Oh. wt'll d inre all night
Till hro.l daylight,
nd go home wall the g ds in the morning !'
Srunvs, I). fi.
' I'lirxosomv or IU:at "Well my little fel
low, id certain princ pal to a juvenile phi
Josopher, whose mnmmt had been t-aiin? the
learned knipht to test the astonishine ibilities
of her b-y,) what are the pn p rtieB ofhoul 1"
-Tt.e chif property ofl.eat v that it expands
bodies, wh.le cold extracts tl.etn." "Very
Knud. indeed ; can you give m a fam.lmr ex
ample !" "Ytf, 'r: " 6ur"'er ien ,l 1B
hot.the'd.y wlooir, while, in winter when it i
VM, it bucu-ne very .tot" The learned
kni"ht ituppcJ hi-MBniiimtion,ad waslt "
ftIlWVn.ent that o fam.li.r .n -stance ahou.d
have rolonj; escaped hi. own observation.
Ahsoluto acquiescence in the decisions of (he
Ily Plasscr & Elscfr.
From the Philadelphia V. S. Gazette.
I) IS A Til OF COMMODORE lllXlr.
The fears which we expressed last weeli,
that Commodore Tsaac Hull was in a danrjerons
situation, have been fully realized. That ve
teran officer died yesterday niorninrr, nt his re
sidence, in Tortico Row, meeting death as the
natural and expected close ci a )ong and useful
lifo.
Thenamo of Hull isidentiled witli tltelionrrr
and plory of his nation. His skill saved the
Constitution early in the last, war, when chas
ed by a British fleet and fltortly Afterwards,
he commenced that scries of nnval victories
which pave character to the nntion abroad.
Those who recollect the ploom that hung upon
the public mind, from defeats nnd disasters on
the frontiers, will bear in mind the reviving in
fluence of the victory of the Constitution over
the (itierriere, achieved by Commodore Hull,
and comprehend how much of gratitude is due
to him fur his lwilliant success.
Commodore Hull was tho third on the list of
Post Captains Comniodure Barron and Com
modore Stewart were before him. His com
mission bears date 2.1d April, SOfv, one dny
after Commodore Stewart's.
Commodore Hull was, we believe, a native
of Connecticut, where he married, and whore
he spent much olhis timawlren notwn public
duty. He must have born abont sixtyeipht
years of a?e, thonph liis personal appearance
would have led to the belief that he wns much
younger.
Alter the above was written, a friend hand
ed ns the follnwinir :
Commodore Hull expired this morning nf
his residence. Portico Septan, within a few
days of completing the sixty-eighth year of his
age.
Bi fore entering the Navy, lie made two voy
ages to England, one to Ireland, one to Rotter
dam, two to Lisbon, two to Cadis:, and ten voy
ages to the West Indies. He commenced his
nautical career when twelve years of age,
(fifty-six years ago,) and went on board a prize
taken by hiis father from the British during the
Revolution, w hen the enemy had possession of
New York.
On the 9th of March, 17f)S, lie entered the
Navy ns n lieutenant.
While First Lieutenant of the frigate Consti
tution, under Commodore Talbot, in May, 1NM),
in the yntii French Wnr, lie cut out a French
letter of marque from Porte Platte, (St. llomin
go,) with a small sloop. This gallant act was
achieved at noon day, and without loa of a
man.
In 1M0 he commanded the brip; Arrets, nnd
rendered service in the Tripolitan War, in the
stnrmintr of Tripoli, and the reduction of Heme.
In 112 he commanded the Constitution, and
by his energy and skill as a seaman, he escaped
from n British squadron under Commodore
Tiroke. That escape has been faithfully de
scribed by Mr. Cooper, in his Naval History.
Xot loni; after this afl'iiir, ho met the British
friotite (Jnerriere, and, to the surprise of the
W'ltole world, comjuered Iter. That fight was of
more importance to the people of this country,
than all the subsequent naval victories, because
it demonstrated that the notion of Britain being
invincible on tho seas was incorrect. And as
the Commodore once said to the writer : "The
people did not know that I weit to sea without
orders." Thetiovcrnmc-nt was afraid to trust
jour ships of war out of ourown ports, until
Hull, in enc of the panic, shewed that an A
j merman frigate 'vas equal to a frigate of any
1 other nation.
' ti, r..n.. r. . .!,.., :.:.... e
j i,iiwiii ia .hi, tmipi i r in i i pi urn ii
that most important and eventful action,
The Constitution next strxsl to the south
ward, nnd on the 10th, at 2 P. M. in lut. 11
deg. 41 min., lung .V deg. 4 min., a sail was
j mnd,e frotu the mast head, beating K. S. H and
t .A Un.,...! ll,..,,,,l, I krt fli.tnn(o nrsii-.tttt.tfl !..
character from being discovered. The Consti
tution immediately made rail in chase, and at
!1, the (stranger was ascertained to be a ship on
the starboard tack, under easy canvass, and
close hauled. Half an hour later, she was dis
tinctly made- out to be a frigate, and no doubt
was entertained of her l-einfj en enemy. The
American nhip kept running free until she was
within a league of the frijjute to leeward, when
she begun to shorten sail. By thia time, the
enemy had laid his main topsail aback, in wait
ing fur the Constitution to come down, with
every thing ready to engage.
'Perceiving that tho Fnglishmen soutrht a
combat. Captain Hull made hi own prepara
tions with the greater deliberation. The
Constitution, consequently, furled her topgal
lant sails, and stowed all her lipht stay saila and
flying jib. Soon after, she took a second reef
in tho topsails, buttled up the courses, ffnt
downroyil yards cleared fur nction, and beat
toqnarters. At fi, the chase hoi-ted three Eng
lish ensigns, and immediately after she opened
her fire, lit long gun shot, wearing several
times, to rake and prevent being raked. The
Constitution occasionally yawed ns she ap
proached, to iioiJ being rakei', and the I'.rcd
UNBUMT AMEBIC AN.
AND SHAMOKIN JOUKNAL-
majority, the vital principle of Republic, from tvhich
8iinlHir), Xorlliuiiihcrland Co.
few guns as they Irate, but her object was not
to commence the action icriously, until quite
close.
At G o'clock, the enemy tore up and ran
ofT, under his three topsails nnd jib, with the
wind on his quarter. As this was an indication
of a readiness to receive his antagonist, in a
fair yard-arm nnd yard arm fight, the Const it-j-tion
imnrcdiatcly net her main top-gallant rail
and foresail to get alongside. At a little nfter
0, the bows of tho American friuate began to
double on the quarter if theEnglish ship, when
she opened with lier forward guns, drawinrx
slowly ahead, with her greater way, both ves
sels keeping up close and heavy fire, s their
puns bore. In nbout ten minutes, or just ns
the 6hips were fairly side by sido,-the niizzcn
mast of the Englishman was shot way, w hen
the American passed slowly ahead, keeping in
a tremendous fire, and luffed short round on her
bows, .to pi event being raked. Iti executing
this mnnTuvro, the ship shot into the wind, got
slernwny, and fell foul ofherntagoniA.
While in this wtnation, the cabin of the Con
stitution took fire from the close explosion of
the forward guns of the enemy, who obtained
a small, but momentary advantage from his po
sition. The pood conduct of Mr. Hoffman, who
commanded in the cabin, soon repaired this ac
cident, nnd a gun of the enemy's that hud threa
tened further injury, was disabled.
"As the versel touched, both parties prepa
red to board. TheEnglish turned all hands
up from below, and mustered forward, with
that object, while Mr. Morris, the first lieuten
ant, with his own hands endeavored to lash the
ships together. Mr. Alwyn the master and
Mr. Bush, the lieutenant of marines, were up
on the tafl'rail of the Constitution, to he ready
to spring. Both sides now suffered the nloe.
lies of the musk.try ; the English' much the
most however.
Mr. Morris wns sliot throurjh the body, the
bullet fortunately missing the vitals. Mr. Al
wyn was wounded in the shoulder, and Mr.
Bush fell dead by a bullet through the head
It being found impossible for eilhei party to
board, in the face of such a fire, and with the
heavy pea that was on, the snils were filled,
and just ns the Constitution shot ahead, the
furcniast of the enemy fell, rarryinp down with
it his mainmast, and leaving him wallow ing in
the trough of the sea, a helpless w rock.
"The Constitution now hanlod almnrd her
tacks, ran off a short distance, secured her
mnirts, nnd rove new rijoing. At seven she
wore round, nnd takinjr n favorable position
for rakitiL', a jack that had been kept flying on
the stump of the nuzt'ii-ninst of 'he eiiL-tny was
lowered. Mr. George C.impboll Read, the
third lieutenant, was sent on board the prixe,
nnd the boat soon retnrned with the report that
the captured vessel was the Ouerriere IIS,
Captain Dneros, one of the ships that hud so
lately chased the Constitution off N. York.
'The Constitution kept weering to remain
near her prize, and at 2 a. m. a strange sail wn
seen chmtn!?, when she cleared for action ; but
nt three the stranger stood off. At daylight
the officer in charge hailed to say that the
(itierriere had four feet w ater in her hold, and
that there was danger of her sinking. tn re
ceiving this information, Captain Hull stent all
his boats to remove the prisoners. Fortunate
ly the weather was moderate, and by noon this
duty was nearly ended. -At .1. P. m. the prize
crew was recalled, having set the wreek on
fire, and in a quarter of an hour she blew up
Finding himself filled with wounded prisonurs,
Captain Hull now returned to Boston, where
he arrived on the 30th of the same month.
"It in not easy, at this distr.nt day, to convey
lo the reader the full force of'tlie moral impres
sion created in America by this victory of ono
frigate over another. So deep had been the ef
fect produced on the public mind by tho con
stant accounts of the successes of the English
over their enemies at sea, that the opinions al
ready mentioned of their invincibility on that
element generally prevailed ; and it had been
publicly predicted that, before the contort had
continued six months, British sloops of war
would lie along side of American frigates with
comparative impunity.
'Perhaps the on'y portion ofeve-i ihe Amer
ican population that expected different resu'ts
was that w hich composed tho l'ttle body of of
ficers on win ni the trial would fall, and they
looked forward to the struggle with a manly
resolution, rather than with a very confident
hope. But the termination of tho combat just
related fir exceeded the expectations of even
the mot SHnouine A'ler makirrj n'l prone r
allowance fur the difen nceo' force, which cer
tainly existed in favor of the Constitution, ns
wi 11 as for the excuses that the defeated party
freely i ffered to the world, men on both hide
of the Atlantic, who were competent to form
intellit'elit opinions on such subjects, saw the
promise ot msny future successes in this.
The styb' in which the Coostitution bad
lieen handled, the deliberate and yet larne-.t
a manner in which she had been nii'i ia eofchort
fhereis no app al hut to force, the vital prim iplo
I'a. Saturday, l'ct. S3, IN 13.
a time by her fire, (he readiness and gallantry j so-is nnd papers, to investigate thetrnth of part
with w hich she had cleared for the action, so , of a report, which, I, as a member of a joint
soon after destroying one British fnuato, in committee, made at the last sis-sion ofthe 1e
w'fitch was manil'erted a disposition to meet a- ' ci-dituro, appointed jointly to inquire and re
riother, united to prodoce a deep co.iviction of pnr' hther any corrnpt means bad at any
self-reliance, Coolmiss nnd skill, th t wen ' in- im- l" f" bv tho Ranks, or (heir agent,
finitely more weight than the trtiii'i'i' I s l" Pr"' '-'"''on fur their Vnefit." If in
which miffht resu!l from anv no id, i.m, tr t! at n i-t t( Senam bel;ev I did mht-tice
imiph. '
'In this CfiinWi the Coti'-t't'ition suffered a
g.iod deal in her riririnu and sail s but very lit- ,
tie in her hull. H.-r los-was seven killed an )'
seven wounded. A soon as ehe hud rove new
rigging, npplit-'l th" necesnry strippers, an ,
bents lawsuits, as has been seen, she was rea
dy to engage nno'her frigate."
Since thrttirne he hascainmanded in the Pa
cific and .Vediterraneiiti, and at shore stations
in the United Slates.
He has been a captain in the Navy ofthe U
States thirty seven years; but had bo served
Enpland in the same -circumstances as he has
served his own connlry, he wonld liave been a
peer of the realm, or at least an admiral.
His mind was clour to the last. He was
clteerftsl and resigned, oerause, as he declared,
not very many hours since, ',1 have never
knowingly wronged a human being and to tire
best of my ability, I have always obeyed my
God, and served iny country ."
Few servants ofthe Republic have rendered
more faithful or better service ; let his coarse
serve as an example to those who follow his
track. II.
LETTKH OK Mil. LOWRY.
HotsEor Reprfsentative.
Har isburL', 21st Jan. l54o
To the Editors of the Krystane.
(Jpni ! men : lite extrHordinary action of
the Senate f Pornsy vn a, in denying me an
upportiiiii'v of beinn heard in my own defi'iicc,
imrf.T circiiinstanves, equ.-illy favorable to my
self, and the individual who has impupnod my
official conduc, leaves me no alternate but to
fortify myself before an impartial public through
the medium of the press. I will not call in
question the motives of that body in appointing
n committee with jiowi r to Kind j or persons
and jinpfrx, to investigate the truth of pait of
a report mado by myself to the House of Repre
sentatives, during the last session of the Le
gislature, in roo-ar.l to the means made m-e of
by the Banks, in HO, to procure favorable le
gislation. Bip the fact of the Senate preclu
ding me from the ordinary course ofnieetinif
an neeu-nlion. d't'-cted nt my character by n
number of tl.nt l.i tl , mur iho fl msy pretext
of vied ie:it 'oi; h'. ow n, is an net if (jrnss injus
tice, B'rnin1 wl ieh I feel hound to protest.
The subject mutter to be enqu'r' d into, by the
eninmittee referred to, is tho tritt-i ofa part of
a report, made by myself to iho I.ii-i'atiire
touching the influence brr iijjlit tu benr upon
the mombers nf Ixith Houses and offieer o'
the Coveromont, toelTiet a conl innneee of t!i
suspension that the Banks of Ponn-v'vnni
were in, three years since. A to th t r.-n
I will advert to it more oirticii'urlv r i'V '
The ro'nmittoe from which i' i- mi 'o -joint
one, romnised of moro'iors of li e'i '
If thon any member of it telt honsr-i-" -i ..
veil bv any portion of either t'ie ri'iKo' '
mnjoritv or ininority, why not ak tor a eo i
teeof inveutirrtion con-t tuted eini''r o
one with which 'ho ofl'-nnive neittor or .'in-:t".l'
The answer lo this is eailv fjiven hv th si' fa
miliar with the creum-taners under wh'oh the
recent committee was rais'd, and th porsnn
who applied for it Fnilmr ns that person did
in a l ase attempt to blacken a character of a
tn i'i v. ho could never he the ene.ny rf a crea-
tuT'', thrr.v. n into public lite by one rf those ex
tramdinary freaks o'' fortune, that put s;)oeula-li-in
nnd conjecture nt defiance. Foiled in a
cuispiiacy to dettro) a public officer who ne
vcr injured or sought to injure h tn ; who per
haps may have rojjnrd.'d him with tho loathing
we fuel tiir a fangless reptile, but who was con
tent to let him live hid hour of snnsli.ne w ith
out inolestatHin, he turns ujxin the person who
had an opportunity of seeing his design, and
felt it to lo his duty to expose it, and attempt
to rrush him for bis interference. That the
Senate ot Pennsylvania would deliberate and
knowitifi'y lend itseil'to the gratification ofthe
malignant feelings of any of its m iiiltr', I
cannot believe, but lhat they have iininteo'em
nlly become instrumental in furtherino tht re
venue of one w ho has n len ul riarht to rail him
self a meniher of their body is undeniable.
When the committee nf inquiry was appointed
in the Senate, I immediately addressed the
subjoined protest against the ex-parte proceed
ings, to the Fpi-aWr if that body '.
il hi. or nreRErvTTv!, )
Hur.i b r,., li h Jin 113.
The Hon. HrN.. Ci I tin, S- ck-r of the Sen-
ale ef Pi unmxiini't :
Sir: The dignified bly over which ynti
have the honor lo preside has adopted a resolu
tion oflert il by a Senator from tho county of
Philadelphia. P.. A. Penniman, connituting a
committee, with power to ttnd for aoch per-
.J.
and immediate parent of de,thim,-.liirrKo.
Vol. 3 Xo. 32Vholu mo. VIC
tc rv lT"r' of In tioverntoei t, a joint inves-
I iiat ii should he had. I protest against the
Senate appointing an exclusive comm't'ee to
invent igsio fnets reported to Iwith blanches of
the legislature by a mmVr of the other
brunch. 1 protest sgaitut the Senate, at the ex
pense of an exhausted Treasury, sppnint '.ncr a
committee whieh mijrbt have the appearance
of an iritrption to wmriwMi the character
o''a mrmtirr ofthe Senate, and lhat, too. nt
the expense, of a ntembT ofthe eo-ordiife
branch, for an act done in discharge of official
duty to both. As this is a matter that, in no
contingency, can effect the tharncter of any
department of Government, I respectfully ask
your body, not to make itelf a party to terck
np an attack I can view in no other light than
personal, between a member of your body and
a member ofthe House of Representatives. I
shrink not from the most riid investigation,
fairly constituted and properly carried out, but
would respectfully Fiigoest to yenr considera
tion whether, in justice to the commonwealth,
it should not be carried on at lite expense of tho
Senator for whose especial benefit, nnd to sus
tain whose character, this ex-pirte inquiry is
got up. I have the honor sir.
To remain, yours, &c.
M. II. LOWRY.
If 'the body to whom this communication wns
addressed, found portions of it objectionable, on
account of any intemperate hingunrrc towards
one of its members, a liberal construction ofthe
feelings excited in my breast by tire unfair
manner in which my olficial sets were to be
inveslijjate.t, might have induced them to show
a little more magnanimity towards a member
ofthe other branch of the Legislature.
I regard the action of the Senate under all
the circumstances ns an impeachment of my
conduct. Anx oiis as I am that every thing
which took place before the Committee of In
vestigation lust white), maybe made known,
and tho part that I took in it rigidly scrutiniz
ed ; still I did not feel indifferent as to the ju
ry which was to try me. I do not wish to be
understood as expressing any distrust in the
irentlemen that have been appointed to this of
fice; my object is simply to protest against a
committee of the Senate setting in judgment
upon the acM ot a member of tho House of Re
presentatives, without that body having any
representation in the tribunal. Such a pro
ecedini istt"t only extraordinary -it is an an
o;ivity it s niil'.i r it is unjust, and will re
o.'ive s.s it mer ts, the condemnation of every
intelligent an I candid man. My purpose is not
to torestil public opinion my rights as a citi
zen and a member of the legislature have been
O v id it, and it is against this that I protest in
t ii t ie- of my constituents and myself. In
r ir I 'o the truth of my report I here re-en-i.ir-e
v rv statement therein made : that a
ii'ij t ty ii1' the committee TntMossly trampled
i . r ',, every principle of justice and rule
' id ici , where t-et miotiv whs to be elicit-
e. i ina' thoueht would implicate the Exe
tuiive. The sole object of at least one of the
Committee w is to blast tho reputation of Gov
ernor Porter whether the proof would author
ize it or not. That scenes were enacted on
the reception of evidence betre that iiiquisiti
Hon, w hich if witnessed by the People of'Penn
syUania, would have overwhelmed those that
participated in them with inihenation, and that
the Yiroin" Senator from tin- comity of Phi'
ndolphia wis the mailer spirit of this mockery
of law and justice, I unhesitatingly allege. In
the minority report which I submitted to the
Legislature ronenrrin? with 'he mijovity ful
ly as t) their unqualified exculpation ofthe
Executive ninl every member of that lecisla-
ture of which Mr. Pennima.i was cne ; hut I
endeavored to expose the liifil norms that In 1
been resorted to in order to connect the Gov
ernor with corruption. I ma .c to charge ol
bribery against the Senator from the county ;
that part of my report w hich ho lakes exclu
sively to himself, was made in ninsequence of
testimony iven hy G-nrirc ft. id, who in an
swer to a qniMinn nfa sweeping hearsav char
acter said that he had heard 1 1 . t Mr. PenP
oint! (a member of Ht(l) had been offered
00(1. hilt demanded fiSlO.OWt f .r his nte. I did
not demand that it should ho taken down on
I'i minutes. It was a delicate subject, and
fr me to have nrred its reception would have
been inconsistent with my whole course as
well as against my judgment ofthe propriety
of reeeivin? such testimony. It was not taken
'doivnhy the Secretary of the Committee, but
youn? gentlemen, editors of the Keystone
know I need not look farther than your own
jvrsons for the truth of what tn tW communi
cation I alJofic Gtorgc RuaJ P'.d ; and if jou
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time, then send back the corrrsponJencc ; Vat
tm:r it and denounce it as a libel not only1 on
yrmrpelves,'btit a libel on an innocent man. If
published t goes forth to the World with tiro
freslmess of your recollection ofa matter aboiVt
which you cannot lie mistaken, and is endorssi
"by the one nnd counter endorsed by the othet
for its rutb-.
If the same witness or any other bad th'
spoken of Gov. Porter, il Vv-oulti. have been r
ceived by the Committee as a flood of lig t,
and in strong letters been recorded on the pV
es of tlie testimony, and handed down to 1 i
read by nnhorn treneralions. as one ofthe prorl
of the guilt of corrnption on the part of tl a
Gmernor of Pcnnsy ivnTiia in the fortieth ye r
ofthe "nineteenth century. By this I did W t
intend to attack suspicion to tho integrity a f
the Senator, afthotigli his Conduct during t
investigation gave me no very exalted idea'if
his "probity. If he considers the referencl
made to Mr Read's testimony as one feriorr
ly afTectinc his character, I wonld Certain r
advise him to f-illow it up. The last linger,
inc traces of purity shot) I J be guarded wilti
jealous care in order to keep us within tl
palo -of society. As to my whole conduCl;
throughout this afl'iiir from its commencemenJ;
last winter to its recent revival in the Scnat,
on long and sober reflection, there is not oiift
part of it which I would wish to alter. Iftlie.
is nn act of my life to which I Can lo- k bade
with pride and sati -fact ion, it i the s'and (
took again.-t a plot said to have orijinatod in
our Legislative Halls, nnd I believe with men
professedly of the same politick pirty with
the Fxeeutive, which bad for its object his de
struction, unscrupulous ns to the means by
which it wns to be accomplished. Tt failed
not from my ffforta to defeat it. His purity
alone stood in triumph against the malignity
and injustice with which he was assailed.
As the professed object of Mr. Penniman in
havingthe Committee appointed, is to investi
gate that portion of my Report which refers
to him in -connexion with Read's testimony, I
would remaTk that I did not say the Senators
eyes bid been dazzled by the glitter of a bribe,
and that he stood doubtful, hesitating, halting
between the gilded bait thrown out, nnd what
a grasping cupidity might have demanded. I
intended nothing of the kind, and bis whole
course towards me has been undignified. After
I made my report I soon heard that the Sena
tor from the couu'y was to inflict on me per
sonal harm, un'ess I disclaimed any allusion
to him. I supposed it to be an idle rumor set
on foot without authority, but the subjoined
correspondence satisfied me of his threats, and
subsequent events of his bravery.
Monday afternoon, 5i o'clock,
July lSii, 1MV. S
tCAR Sir : My attention h..s been drawn
to a sentence in your report from the minority
of ''the joint committee of tho Senate anj
IIouhb of Representatives, appointed to invest
igate and report, whether any corrupt mear.4
have Wn at any time employed by the Bank
&.." as published in the extra Keystone Jul
lith, in the following words :
"The utmost latitude ha9 been extended t
them in their examination, and in all cases,
except where reports I elated to a member ofthi
Committer-, hearsay testimony was freely re
ceived in evidence." 1 desire to enquird,
whether, I am the member referred to! The)
favor of an immediate aiibwvr is respectfully
requested. And oblige
Yours, die.
K. A. PENNI-MAN.
Hot sK or RrruEiEYrATtvE-,
Monday allernoon.5J o'clock,
July IS, l!?4'A
Pe.. Sin : Yours, dated 15 minutes since,
was j'.ist handed to me. You request me tit
state, whether yon are the individual alluded
to in my report cf the minority ofthe commit
tee, appointed to investigate whether any cor
rupt means were used by the banks or their as
gor.ts, to procure corrupt legislation, &c.
Tt.e f.iticle you call my attention to is ifi
the following words: "Tho utmost latitude
has b-.'cn extended to them in their t ximin'i'n
und in all cases, exrept u h-rre report rclatx 4
to a member of th' commute, hearsay tc'iiis
.... ., i .
ny
was treeiy reo ivm, in tne.-e M-ii r '(,si
intended to refer t the committee generally,
and jot! in particular.
Yours, Ave,
M. C LOWRY.
The Senator from the county bad undoubted
ly taken much pains t have il come to my
ears that he a'gaiuc,' anu believed lhat I r
sided ) far in tho interior lhat tune waa Only
measured y a noon mark, and by hi laconic
epistle, sent oy the Sergeant, at-Arma and da'
ted. with uch five and a quarter o'clock preci
sion, I would understand it mahogany start s
fox ttca and coJTtr for one, unless I would fall
down and deny what Geo. Read ewore to.
litre 1 wiht rest tbUcase, but 1 go further.