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Fromthe Philadelphia Ledger.
CO TIIH PUBLIC.
Ycelir.g tailed upon by a sense of duty to our
tllovv citizens ofthe eity and comity of Phila
delphia, we, the undersigned, would beg leave to
make a statement of few simple and unvarnish
ed fhets, calculated to throw light upon the re
cent breach of the peace in the neighborhood of
Second and Qjteen streets, Southwark.
It is well known that on the flth day of July, a
furniture car conveyed to St. Philip do Neri
Church, i Queen street, Southwark, a number of
"muskets, which were carried into the chuirh in
presence of the residents of the neighborhood.
The report of this matter having flown in every
direction, the street was crowded by citizens, in
anticipation ofan outbreak.
The Sheriff was sent for, and soon appeareJ
upon the ground ; a request was made upon liini
that the arms should be taken trom the church ;
he entered the building with two ofthe alder
men of the district, and soon returned, stating
that there were twelve muskets in the church,
which would be placed in the hands of the citi
zen yvIio should be chosen for that purpose, and
t ik-n to the watcbhouse. This was accordingly
done. One ofthe members of this comniitte was
unions! those who had charge of these arms; he
niskedthe Sher iff if there was anymore arms or
mn in the church. The Sheriir said there was
no more arms, and only priest Dmtn and the sex
ton in the church, when the guns had been In ought
from the building. The people still seemed not
t.) be satisfied, and called for more arms, when
it Ya suggested that a committee of citizens
thuuld be appointed, whose duty it should be to
make a thorough search ofthe place, and to pre
vent any more arms coming in or going out. To
This the Sheriff agreed, and deputised one ofthe
c itizens who is a member of this committee to
choose the men. The subscribers were chosen,
nd headed by the Sheriff, who requested Alder
man McKinley to accompany the committee, we
entered the bouse. We had hardly arrived with
in the walls, when the Sheriff enrolled us as his
posse, and informed us that we should have to re
main on duty all night and protect the church.
We objected to this view ofthe casi, nnd stated
the object for which it was understood we had
been appointed ; he then demurred, and stated
that it was illegal for us to search the premises
that the re was danger in it, but if it were de
fended until morning, he would make the search
with us. This would not be listened to by the
committee, as it would leave us at the mrcy of
persons who might be in the church, we all beiug
unarmed; the priest told us to have confidence
in the Sheriff, and in him, and he would assure
m there was no danger in waiting until morning.
The committee concluded to parley no longer,
and started upon the search. The first door we
opened revealed to us two able bodied Irishmen,
with fixed bayonets and loaded muskets. These
men were disarmed, and on opening the door at
which they stood sentry, we saw twenty-seven
muskets stacked along the room. Placing'one of
our own number a guard over these men and
muskets, we proceeded on the search, and in our
way found eight other men, armed as above Ar
riving in the room in which the religious services
were held, one of the committee brought the
Priest in front of the Alter, and thus addressed
him : "I ask you, upon your sacred word as a
nun and Christian, have you any more men here?
Have you any more arms ? Have you any umu
mtion '" To all these questions hi answered
pjsitively no. Finding nothing new in our pro
cess, we again proceeded to the room or vesti
bule from whence we first started. Iu this
room were several closets, and some of thcin
were in a case or a counter, which stood along
the wall.
We asked the priest to open if. He said it
contained nothing but a few lemons and articles
tor making something to drink. We asked hiin
again to open it, when we discovered a keg of
powder, some percussion caps and buckshot;
;rfld on account of this quibbling of the priest, wc
were anxious to open a closet which was under
the stairs, leading from the vestibule to the room
behind the alter. - The priest here said that
the closet contained private property belonging
to his brother, W. II. lunn, and some few small
articles belonging to himself, and objected to
(pen it, stating that the key of that place had
never been in the hands of any other person but
himself and brother. No denial would be listen
ed to, and accordingly the closet was opened ; in
it was found seven single and two-double barrel
ed guns, and several pistols, and several hundred
tart ridges- son of which had eight, ten, or
more slugs and buckshot in them ; and upon ex
amination of some ofthe fowling pieces, they
had seven, eight, and even nine finger loads in
them -Upon this, the gentleman who spoke to
the Priest at the ulter, mentioned the conversa
tion to Win. II. Dunn, who denied that his bro
ther had said any such thing ; he brought his bro
ther to the Priest, to confront tha gentleman, and
he, also, denied with regard to the arms and am
unition, and said that he hail misunderstood the
questions propounded, or that he had himself
been misunderstood in answering.
We had been in every part of the house, and
now our search was ended. We found 30 mils,
kefs, including those stacked in the room, and
those in the hands of the men, nine pistols, two
swords, seven single barrel and two double bar
rel guns, three pikes or bayonets fixed on pieces
of wood, similar to brush handles. These were
all taken by the police to the Commissioners'
Hall, together with the keg of gunpowder ami
"trtridgef, and ball and buckshot. At about two
o'clock on Saturday morning, the City Guards,
being then in the church under the command of
Capt Hill, having put arrived.
After having finished the search, Wm. H. Dunn
made an address to such of the committee as
were present, in which he stated that or fear
any wrong impression might go abroad against
I'm Sheriff, himself and his brother, he would say
that he told tha Sheriff the nurriber of men and
.ami that were in the church, and would say fur
t.u'r, that they had been oa the premises since the
eigth 6r tenth of June, having been obtained by
an order from Governor Forter, and that he, Wil
liam II. Dunn, held commission from Gen.
Hubbell, constituting him a Captain of a compa
ny of men to defend the' church. He also said
that on the evening of the Fourth of July he had
one hundred and fifty men iu the house drilling
them. The Sheriff said he knew ofthe arms be
ing in thu church, having been told by the Priest
and Mr. Win. H. Dunn, and subsequently the
Priest said that he had received on the Fourth of
July, a letter stating that the church would be
fired on the 4th, 5th, or 12th ef Jnly, whence the
necessity of arming the building.
The names ofthe persons found in the church
with the Priest Dunn have been handed over to
the proper authorities. These men the Sheriff
said should be reached by law, if any law could
reach them ; they were discharged and are not
yt nrrested ! This we conceive to be a fair
statement of the circumstances connected with
the church ; we believe nothing is knowingly
withheld, or too glowingly portrayed ; we leave
it to our follow citizens to draw their own con
clusions. And though all of us cannot (on ac
count of being separated on duty, and stationed
at different points,) testify to the same things,
yet the statements of earh, taken in the aggre
gate, will fully sustain this report. ft
Adapted in Committee, July 1 Ith, 1811.
John W. Smith, Wbiumt Arpis,
Jacob F. V aeiikrslh.'K, John FaRkira,
F. S. JllllNSON,
Thomas A . Ron,'
J as. F. M. McEi.ro v,
FraS. It. LoNGMIRK,
James Roai.er,
Solomon Walker,
RkI'BKN Slt.WART.
THE AMERICAN.
Saturday, July 20, 1844.
John .M Im tton,
D win W. Muosb,
John Baxti:i.,
David Form,
Samiki. S Hrfahv,
Samcki. Marti,
William Coiei.ANn,
Having headed this Committee by request of
the Sheriff, I subscribe to the foreiroine report.
N. McKinley, Alderman.
Tiir. Frnur Fif.lino in Soi thwark has un
dergone a complete revolution, almost, since
the arrests ofthe persons engaged in the late trea
sonable riots have been commenced. It was
thought before, that the authorities dare not make
the arrests. Now, general alarm instead of ge
neral audacity is exhibited. It is said that a
thousand spies pietending to be rabid "Natives"
have been set to work in that district, and that
the names of some four hundred persons have al
ready been submitted to the officers of the Court.
The result of this rumor is a complete panic.
Fear and trembling haveseizeil upon the boldest.
Men are afraid to speak let a listener be at hand
to report their observations ; and those who ac
tually participated in the riot, instead of boast
ing about the streets of the act, are seeking to
conceal themselves iu obscure places. In the
meantime the Moyametising prison gates gape
pretty often to admit the arrested, and the law
is in a fair way, at last, to vindicate itself, and
make the culpable answer for their warfare upon
the civil authorities. Spirit nf the Timet.
Cooke tiis Rioter During the late outbreak
in Southwark, the most conspicuous and daring
among the insurgents was an oysterman named
Cooke, who for years had been one of the leaders
in the various riots. On Sunday morning last,
Cooke, assisted by some well grown boys and
young men, repaired to Ronaldson's Marine
Railway, and seized on a pair of timber wheels
They then obtained an iron cannon on one of the
wharves, which they lashed to the wheels. A
piece of scantling was attached, with which to
direct the piece, instead of the handspikes. As
soon as the piece was made ready, a rope was at
tached, and it was then drawn through the streets
to the rear of the church in Queen street, and
was fired into the building. In the evening ano
ther piece was taken from the whif and station
ed at Front and Queen streets. Cooke was the
moving spirit in tending and firing this piece.
Being a ship's gun, and stationed on the slope of
the street, the balls fired from it fortunately pas
sed over the heads ofthe military, and their tra
ces can still be seen in all directions about '.he
eaves of the houses. Many lives were thus sa
ved in this. Stratagems were also resorted to
Cooke had a piece of board, w hich he placed on
the top of the cannon, and on it he poured some
powder and laid himself on the ground behind the
gun and touched it off. The flash conveyed to
the military the impression that the piece had
burnt prime. They fired instantly, when be
sprang to his feet and fired, while their men were
loading. This ruse was reapeated several times,
but the Lieutenant in charge of the gun ofthe mi
litary soon discovered it, and when the flush took
place, carefully sighted his six pounder, and when
Cooke rose to fire his piece, the pun at Second
street was discharged with such precision as to
take his life Phil. Car
Incidents or tub i.kvf. Philadelphia Ri
ot As Brig. General lluhhell, of the Third
Brigade, and hit acting Aid, bearing desmteh-
es from Head Quarter?, were passing' down
Queen st., to the Battle Ground, on Sunday
evening about 0 o'clock, they were fired upon
twice at the corner of Four'h and Queen sts.
a little further on three muskets were levelled
Democratic !Yom I nation.
FOR PRESIDENT,
J A IVIES K. FOLK.
OF TKNNESSEK.
FOR VICE PRESIDENT.
GEO. XVI. DALLAS,
OF PENNSYLVANIA.
FOR GOVERNOR,
iikxky a. muhlknjikim;.
FOR CAN A I. COMMISSIONF.
JOSHUA IIAKTSHOUNK.
E L ECTORS,
For President and Vic 'resident of the V. States
WILSON M'CAXDLKSS, ( v.mtriill
ASA DIMOCK, pumlonal.
RKFRESENTATIVE.
Geo. F. Lehman, IT George Sitixaiit.i,
Christian Knkass, I I. Xatii'i.. R. Ei.iuiei.
William II. Smith. 15. M.N. Irumi,
John Hill. (Phila ) 10. J ames Woonm nN.
Sami el E. Leech, 17. Hi i.ii Montgomery
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CJf Tut Mail. A new arrangement has
been made in carrying the mails between Nor
thumberland and Pottsville, which went into
operation on Wednesday. The mail leaves Nor
thumberland about 8 o'clock in the evening, and
arrives at Pottsville early next morning, for
breakfast, and in time for the cars for Philadel
phia, which leave at 7 o'clock, and arrive at Phi
ladelphia at about 1 P. M. The time now occu
pied in travelling between this and Philadelphia
is about 11 hours.
1
2.
3.
I.
5.
7.
N.
9.
Sami ei. Camp,
Jesse Siiarte,
N. W. Sa mim.e,
Wm. Hkidenreicii,
10. Co.XRAI) Shimiir,
11. Stephen B.u.oy,
12. Jonah BRKwsTm,
IS. Naac A.vknev,
lit. John Matthews,
211. W.m. Pattetson,
21. Anpuew Mi use,
'22. John M'Gii.l.
O'l. Christian Myers,
21. Roiiert OltH.
I It. I'.l t..TI t: It, Est., at his Unit
hilt and Coal Oilier, .V. 59 I'lne .Street; JVf- 1
ladelpltla, is authorized to art a .Igrnt, at d I
rcccijit lor all monies line this ottlcr for snfc
tcrlptlon or utlrirttsliis:
CjT" Rains. On Monday and Tuesday last we
were blest with several fine lains.
The Great Meeting at Northi mrer
umi We are requested to state that a boat
will be provided at this place, for the piirjiose of
accommodating all who may wish to attend the
Great Democratic Mass Meeting, to be held at
Northumberland on the 26th.
Cy The Great Mass Meeting to be held at
Northumberland, on the 20th, gives piomise of
being one of the largest and most extensive ga
therings ever held in the interior of Pennsylva
nia. We understand that it will be numerously
attended by persons at a distance, from Phila
Uy Littm.l's Livino AiE. We have re
ceived the seventh number of this publication,
filled with a variety of matter, both interesting
and valuable, selected from the periodical litera
ture of Europe. The work is published weekly
at 12j cts. per number.
C7" The Philadelphia Times says that the city
has sustained great injury in its business pios
pects, on account of the riots. A gentleman
from the West Indies had intended to locate him
self and invest $200,000 in real estate, in the ci
ty, which idea he bus now abandoned and gone
to New York.
OCT" The Mormons. The Mormons, in Nau
voo, held a meeting in which they resolved not
to avenge the death of their leaders, by violence,
but to await the decision of the law, and if the
law should fail, "to leave the matter with God."
They are aware of the excitement against them
in the neighlioring counties, and are evidently
afraid that any overt act would be a signal for
their utter destruction.
E7 Liny. J. J. Dusolle, of the ''Spirit ofthe
Times," has been bound over to appear on a
charge of libel, in publishing a communication
stating that fire arms had been placed in the
Rev. Mr. lierg's Church.
The Tariff and the Whig.
We have always contended that the tariff is
not, and cannot be made a party question. That
in the South both Whigs and Democrats are op
posed to the tariff, while, with us. both Whigs
and Democrats are in favor of it. To prove this
we have only to refer to some ofthe Southern
Whig papers. The following article is taken
from the ''Whig Standard,-' a strong Yvhig pa
per, published at Washington city. The edi
tor, it will be seen, denies most emphatically
that the tariff is exclusively a Whig measure, and
states that it could never have passed without the
essential aid of loco foco votes, and that the loco
focos, though they had a majority of two-thirds
in Congress, refused by a majority of trn, to re-
ipeal or alter it innny manner. The "Standard,'
from which we make the extracts, is highly re
commended by a number tif Whig members of
! Congress, as an able advocate of "the principles
Virginia and Pennsylvania, for example, have
almost always gone together in the election of
Presidents, hut have always separated when
they came to vole upon tariffs.
Pennsylvania is Democratic, but always
votes for a high tariff, because she has impor
tant interests connected with it.
New Jersey is a nearly balanced Stole poli
tically, but it is always a high tarifTState, let
whichever party be in the ascendent.
Iiuisiana always goes for a high duty on su
gar and molorsep, and New York always go"s
for a high duty on salt. Interest controls them,
and not party politics.
The truth of the matter is, that the tariff
question is not, never has been, and never can
be, a party question. It isa question of sec
tional interests, which overrides everything
else.
It is in th in, the plnin and obviously correct
viewof the matter, that we mean to discusa it.
Vb go for our own State first. We hope to
keep in view those general principles of justice
which should govern everywhere, but it is not
to be forgotten that charity begins athomr, anil
we have been plundered enough to justify a lit
tle retaliation. We have hern plundered by
"Democrats," as well as by " HViis." We
do not find that politics make much difference
in a question of money. The Democratic Penn
sylvanians go for monopoly in iron quite as rea
dily as the Federal nabobs of Mapachusfttdo
for the 1owell factories. Evan Mr. Van Bu
rrn, when a Senator from New York, was ready
to vote for a strong duty on salt.
delphia, Chambersbiirg, Carlisle, lluri-burg, as nd candidates ofthe party." Among them we
well as by persons from the different towns on
the North and West Hraiiches ofthe Susquehanna,
and the interior. The meeting will be address
ed by many of the most distinguished democrats
of Pennsylvania.
The Hon. James liurhanan, Rhea Frazer, Esq ,
Col John J. MtCahen, Col. H B. Wright, Lu
ther Kidder, Esq , lion. Wm F. Packer, Robcit
Fleming, Esq., Robert M. Barr, Esq , Wm. Cox
Ellis, Esq , John W. Foiney, E. W Hutter and
John Cooper. Esq . have already accepted an in
vitation to attend on that occasion. A number
of other distinguished piakei s have been invited
and are expected to be present.
The meeting will commence iu the forenoon.
All friends of Democracy from a distance, are
requested to be on the ground at an early hour.
EJ" The Nor hi We have received an in
vitation from thecommittee of arrangement, to
attend the Great Muss Convention ofthe "Noith
Counties," to be held at Wilkesbarre, on the 0th
day of August next. The committee say that
the lion James Hiu lianan, Reiij. II. Brewster,
John K. Kane, John M. Reed, Col. James Page,
and other able speakers w ill address the meeting.
The North will not be behind the East, South,
or the West, iu the coming struggle. The con
test is waxing wanner every day, and as we ad
vance the prospects of the party seem to bright
en. O" Another Mass Mectini;. A grand de
mocratic mass meeting will be held at Mitflin
burg, I' union county, on Tuesday the '2d of Au
gust next. The democrats of. this county are in
vited to attend. A number of distinguished
speakers are expected to address the meeting.
K7" In an article in another column, will be
found the proceedings of the final passage of the
present tariff bill, passed at the session of 1512. It
proves most conclusively that the piesent tariff
is not a whig measure, and that Mr. Clay's near
est and best friends, the members of his own
State, opposed its passage. Eight of the eleven
members of Kentucky opposed it, headed by Mr.
Vt hite, the Speaker, Mr. Clay's most intimate j
friend. Such facts as these require no comment.
Every one can see and read lor himself.
find the names of Messrs Irwin, Dickey and Dar
ragh, of Pennsylvania :
From the Whig Standard, July 8, 1S4 1.
"Great pains are taken at the South to bring
odium iion tho Whigs by misrepresenting the
tariff, which they declare to he exclusively a
Whig meaouie. Hut every body knows, who
has given particular attention to the subject, that
no measure of protection has cvrr been adopted
without the essential aid of licoloco votes. The
present tariff law, adopted in IM'2, could not
have passed the Senate without the aid cf Iai-
col'oco votes ; and at the recent session, the Ix
cofocos having in the House of Representatives
a majority of two-thirds-, refused by a majority
of ten ta repeal or alter it in any manner. The
following, from a red hot Iocofoco paper in
Maine, "The Age," puts the case in its true
light. The Age admits all that we have asser-
toil a'uove, and more it admits that the piotec-
tive policy is not a party question, which is per
fectly true north of the Potomac, llow, then,
can the South be benefitted by the election of a
freetrader? What good will his theories do
them, when the practice of the party with
which he in leagued has uniformly been, and
will continue to be, the contrary! We have
already had two Iocofocr Piesidents, Jackson
and Van Huron, and have they introduced free
trade, or have they ever taken a step towards
it ! On the contrary, Mr. Van Buren voted
for the tariff of '2. which the South has al
ways held to be the most oppressive which we
have ever had.
No other use has been made or will be made
of this question but to operate on Southern pre
judice. No sincere purpose U entertained by
the Northern I.ncofoeou to interfere with the
j tariff. The rabble in the commercial cities may
J chime in with the South in the chorus of tree
j trade, but all those interested in manufactures,
mines, and the grow th of wool, wiil jupport the
i piotective policy in spite of party politics.
! reiiPHt that tlio naurr from which we ex
tract the following paragraph isa rabid Iicofo
co organ "down East," and supports Polk and
! Dallas with the greatest ardor. We trust,
TOR. T1IK AMPIIICVN.
Polk Mill the Tariff.
Mn. Emtor : In conversing with a leading
whig of this place, some eight or nine days since,
in regard to the Tariff question, I was assured by
him that Jas. K. Polk is a free trade man, and iu
proof of this assertion, he referred me to the Clay
Bugle of the 27th of June, containing Mr. Clay
ton's speech on the Compromise and Tariff Bill.
The editor ofthe Bugle, in speaking ofthe speech,
remarks: "It is in every sense of the term a
j.r,.ut a transceiidantly great speech emphati
cally the best speech of thu season. In a word
this speech is the speech of the year, and will
form a text book of itself."' From this -text
book' itself, I will prove what every Democrat
already knows to be true, and what no in'ellii;tnt
Whig dares to deny, viz : That James K. Polk is
not a free trade man; that he is in favor of a
PROTECTIVE TARIFF; and that he is in fa
vor also of a rrer protective tariff than that of
1812. It will be recollected that the Whig pa
pers asserted that Tolk -oted for the Compro
mise. He says himself that he voted for it. His
vote in favor of that measure is recorded in the
journals of Congress. When, therefore, the
Whigs assert that James K. Polk isa Free 1 rade
man, read to them this extract, from the Whig
"Text Book :"' "He (E. J. Du Pont) expressed
strong apprehensions that we could not carry
the Compromise in the fate o( a rival measure,
which offered better terms to the ENEMIES ol
PROTECTION in the House." Now, candid
reader, if Mr. Polk was a Free Tiade man, Yvhy
did he not vote for this ' rival measirr, which
offered better terms to the enemies of protection?''
Why did he rather vote for the Compromise ?
When the Whigs assert that James K. Polk is not
in favor of a PROTECTIVE TARIFF, read to
them the following extract from the Whig "Text
Book :" "The friends ofthe Compromise, inthe
firm belirfthat the protective policy was entitled
to the confidence ami support of the American
people, and would grow p and establish itself
in the affections, if a violent strife could be a
voided, desired, of all things, time time for rea
son to resume her empire time for the violent
passions of men, then influenced to the very verge
of insanity, to subside und they consented to a
cradual reduction of duties for a limited period,
Yvith a view to the ultimate safety of the PRO
TECTIVE PRINCIPLE itself." And who
Yvere "the friends of the Compromise V James
K. Polk and others w ho voted for it. When the
Whigs assert that James K. Polk is not in favor
of as good a tariff as that of 1812, read to them
FACTS FOIl TDK PKOPLK,
WHO PASSED THE TARIFF BILL OF 1S12?
Our efficient cotemporary, the Pennsylvanian,
has refreshed in the public recollection the fol
lowing important facts connected with the pas
sage of the Tariff Bill of 1812. We commend
them to the candid consideration of reflecting
men of all parties :
On the passage of the present Tariff Bill, in
the House of Representatives, August 22d, 1812,
the vote stood,
For the Bill, - . -101
Against the Bill, ... 101
The Speaker announced the vote as above, and
voted himself in the negative.
So the Bill was rejected hi that vote.
The whig Yvho voted against the Bill were th
following :
John Qi incy Aiams, of Massachusetts.
Messrs. Andrews, Green, Orsi.tr, Thompson,
Triplett, Underwood, White, (Speaker,) of Ken
tucky. Messrs. Arnold, Brown, W. B. Campbell, T.
J. Campbell, Caruthers, Gentry, Williams of
Tennessee.
Messrs. Botts, Goggin, Mallory, Summers,
Wis", of Va.
Mr. CasIV of Illinois.
Messrs Ciiavkns, Lane and Thompson, of In
diana.
Messrs. Deberry. Graham, Mitchell, Rayner,
Sheppered, Washington, of North Carolina.
Mr. Foster, of South Carolina.
Messrs. Foster and Linn, of New Vork.
Messrs. Gamble, Habersham, King, Warren,
of Georgia.
Mr. W. Cost Johnson, of Maryland.
Mr. Mathiot. of Ohio.
Besides these whig who voted against the
Bill, there Yvere whii( dodgers who did not vote,
sixteen making iu all fifly-fivc whig's who did not
vote for the bill.
After the above vote, n reconsideration Yvas
carried, and a second trial had, Yvhen it appeared
the vote stood,
Ayes, 1 0't
Nays, 102
Whereupon Mr. ('lay's Kentucky Whig
Speaker, (Mr- While,) again voted Mt), ma
king a tie vote, and thus defeating the Bill a
second time. At thi. juncture, two whig mem
bers who had dodged the vo'e, now voted fur
the Bill, and thus it was carried.
During all this time, TWENTY-ONE DE
MOCRATIC MEMBERS VOTED STEA
DILY FOR THE BILL, thouch inseveralol
its details not agreeable to them.
On the last vote another of Mr. Clay's Ken
tucky Whig friends, (Mr. Sprigg.) voted
atzainst the Bill, making out ofthe eleven whig
member from that State, tipht who voted a
gainst the Bill. Of the remaining three who
voted for it, two of them, Guv. Pope and Tho
mas F. Marshall are now in favor of the elec
tion of Polk and Dallas.
The Bill, after it had escaped from the House
by the skin of its teeth, came up in the Senate
for a final vote on the '-27th August, and
the vote stood,
Yeas, - . - 21
Nays,- - - ')
The Whigs who voted against it were,
Messrs. Archer, Berrien, Chyton, Graham,
Henderson, M avium, (President.) Merrick,
Preston, Rives nine. One absent.
Before the vote was taken, Mr. White, a
Whig Senator from Indiana, said :
"Without the votes of the opposition, Con
grs u oitld have to adjourn without givinga
ny revenue to the li over nine nt." For this aid
he thanked llu-m.
The Democratic party has always advocated
and supported just and equitable discriminating
duties, sufficiently high to raise revenue, and
protect the industrial pursuits of the country.
Often, for the last forty years or more, has this
whole subject been entrusted to the democratic
party, and the whole country has prospered un
der their administration. It will be equally
safe in their hands again, and far safer than it
will be in the hands of the whig party, who
w ill destroy the beneficial effects of all Tantls
this extract from the Whig "Text Book :" "In j t"e establishment of a N ational Bank.
my (Clayton's) humble judgment, had the Tariff
Latt:t from Mexko. The Mexican Con-
of 1812 been passed strictly in the spirit of the j gress have refused to grant Santa Anna the addi
Compromise itself, it would have been a better j tional thirty thousand men and four millions of
tariff for prelection than the law now in force.'' j dollars which he required for the invasion of
Hence we see that the Whigs have condemned j Texas. Mexico, it is stated, has now a force of
atthein homun alley, wh.-nau old yentlemai, , tr Henry A. MniLasBiao.-It is so gene- j ,herHorc ,,,, g Bjinils,ion W1i beseizedupon
a. i '.. .. ta.i.ftas. ll l '111 1
recognised Gen. II., and by his mterp wition - rally conceded that Mr. Muhlenberg will be f
saved him. Gen. IluhU-ll had hardly rode ten lected, that yvb scarcely even hear the name of
hteps further before the Wayne Artillery, tho j Gen. MaikU, his opponent, mtntioned The
flower company of his own brigade and a hero- more candid whig do not hesitate to acknowl-
who were stationed at Third and ! t,!fe ltlal " "!!- on . nor ...an.
ic corps-.
Queen, hearing the shots fired at the General
and supposing they were fired at the troops,
snd having orders to shoot any one that ap
proached, iiiiiiudialely levelled at him. Capt.
Fairlamb made a short rest at the word "aim,"
and just at the instant Gen. Hubbell passed a
lamp and the glitter of his uniform was seem
and he was again saved. The General remain
ed on the ground all night. But his Aid who
went up the city about 11 o'clock, was nearly
beaten to death with brickbats. He was fired
on at 2d and South streets and we ourselves
saw him pelted severely at Third and Pine and
watched a ruffian sneaking along the wall of
St. Peter's Cluirch, with a pislol in his hand to
shout at him. ypiiil uj the Tinu
tX7 LonsiANA EitcTiuN. New Orleans pa
persofthe 10th inst , bave been received, but do
not bring full returns. The Bulletin is of opinion
that Morse (dem ) is elected in the 4th district.
This gives u three out of the four members of
Congress, Of State Scratois the whips have h;
the democrats 0. Of members of the House the
whigs have 2 I ; democrats, 21 The House re
turns 60 members The Picayune ofthe 10th
says, it will be some days before the party cha
racter of the House of Representatives will be
decided The remaining districts to be heard
from are scattered, but mostly democratic It
is therefore, difficult to say w hat party w ill have
the majority It, will be a close svc at all e
veil is
by Southern Whigs, though what it adiinU is
what no honest man can deny :
From the Augusta (Me.) Age.
THE TARIFF.
The tariff question ii a question which can
only be discussed properly by discussing it in de
tail, and when that is done, it will easily be
seen that it is a sectional question, and not a
party question.
Take, for example, the article of iron. Maine
buya iron, and wants to get it cheap. Penn
sylvania sells iron, and wants to keep it high
Maine wants low duties, and foreign competi
tion in that article. Pennsylvania wants pro
hibitory duties, and the entire possession of the
market.
If any one will look over the past votes in
Congress, he will see that they have been con
trolled by State inti rests, and nut by political
Hjit.puthtes.
themselves : they have proved Polk as good j
Tariff man as Henry Clay. James K. Tolk's re- ";
cent letter proves that he is a better Tariff man '.
than Henry Clay. Read the following extract
from Polk's letter to John K. Kane, Esq , of Phi
ladelphia : "In my judgment it is the duty of
the government to extend, as far as it may be
practicable to do so, by its revenue laws and all
thirty-six thousand men Congress has intimat
ed to the President that he can take from this
body the number asked for, provided he calls in
to active service a corresponding number ofthe
"national militia, " and that it will allow him one
million of dollars if he can raise that amount of
money without fining a loan. This proposition
does not suit the views ol Santa Anna, and unless
other means within its poYver, fair and just pro- he can carry out his original plan, the invasion of
lection to all the great interests of the whole Union, Texas, it is thought, will be abandoned at least
embracin- AGRICULTURE, M A N V F A C- ! for the present.
TERES, MECHANIC ARTS, COMMERCE
AND NAVIGATION."
What better protection do Whigs or Democrats
Yant ? Henry Clay has said : "AGRICUL
TURE NEEDS NO PROTECTION " James
K. Polk would protect AGRICULTURE first;
he is emphatically the FARMERS and ME
CHANICS friend. Therefore, come, one and
all, give him your hearty support. C. A.
Selinsgrove, July 6th, 1614.
Mr. Buchanan's Toast. At the recent 4th
of July celebration held in the city of Lancaster,
Mr. Buchanan closed a masterly speech with the
following appropriate sentiment, Yvhich Yvas
loudly cheered :
Henry Muhlenberg The son of Lancaster
and the favorite of "Old Berks " He has illus
trated both the country of his birth and that of
his adoption, by a life of honor, honesty, and de-
The Mexican Government had not pant tlie
May instalment ofthe indemnity due the United
States. It amounts to $140,000.
Sl KCTAL Bl LI. A..AINST PKAYER MkfTINf.S
Last evening, about h o"clock, a bull, made al
most wild by being chased, ran in the basement
of a Church, in Sixth street, near the Second A
venue, where some of the congregation were at
a prayer meeting. The animal bolted in just at
the commencement of the exercise, and the
scene that followed may be imagined : such a
screaming and scampering and jumping out of
the windows pell mell was never before seen.
The animal went the entire lenf th ofthe room,
knocking down one lady, but doing her no injury
save a great fright, and after butting at the wall
until exhausted, fell down, and ropes being ob
tained was secured
This was the second Church the animal had
visited, Yve understood, inthe course ofthe even-
votion to genuine Democracy Jackson thoucht
he ought to be a General, but we UU make him I ine , breaking "P e xereise in both places,
car Conn ander jr. Chief j -V V. Amtriean