Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, October 19, 1844, Image 2

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    noon hack oit.udohbackeik
Roorback's Inst conspicuous performance was
n the raluinns of the Tribune; or ralher be
tween it and t tie Louisville Journal, a kindred
print
"Arcadian lint h,
Pqital in gone, (till eipial in respntur."
The two papers are upon the yet tincxh.nis
tod theino of Mr. Polk' grandtiillier, whose
honored bones a portion of the w hig press are
Hot ashamed to dig "p. to toss them about as
the sport of party malignity.
Finding nothing in Mr. Polk's own personal
Me and character to furnish food for their de- j
prayed (arte to prey upon, they full bark on the j
memory of his brave and patriotic old grandfu- j
ther Fomewhat like the ghoulc of the Ara- 1
liian Nights, who would est but single grains
of rice with her bodkin in tho open day, but
fount cd her monstrous appetite in the grave yard I
by nighl.
There is a curious similarity in the modes :
of proceeding adopted by tlietn against both.
Against the grandson, we have the forged ;
branding story cooly quoted from a pretended ;
book, which the author of the fraud best knew
would not be one easily found at the bookstores,
for veriticntion. Against the grandfather, we
!invc a forgery not less flagrant, fathered on a !
book in few persona' hands, having been pub-
1 shed in two volumes quarto, filly year ago, in s
Fugland and never (to our knewledge) repub- u
lished iti this country Stedmsn's History of, jj
the American War. They pretend to quote -
THE AIMERICAN.
Saturday, lift. 1 0. ! 811.
IM'iiiorratic oinlnal ions.
FOR PKF.SIPFNT,
J A IVIES K. POLK,
OK TKSNEHXKK.
roil vine pkfsipf.nt.
GEO. IVX. DALLAS,
OK PKNMSYLVAMA.
i: L I ". C T O R S ,
Fa' 1'ret 'tlnil and X'iee 'rrsiili ill of the V States
WILSON MCANPLFSS. f" , , ,
ASA HIMOCK, Sonato.u,l.
RKPRKHENTATIVK.
(0:11. F. l.tlllHf, I't. ChollnE Si tlVAV.I.P,
ClIlllsTI VN KK CSS, II. XaTU'i.. H. F.l.l'likll.
Wll.l.l AM II. Sltl I II. I). Wm. X. I III INC.
.1,111 1 1 lll.l.. I rlllla.) l'i. J MKS Wool. Ill K X.
Sciirt-t. I'. I.Kki u, 17. Ilriiii Movi'uoMttiY
Si Ml III. ('a VP, IV IstAC- A.MINKY,
JlssK StMIU'K, I'.'. .1 1 1 X M A 1 III K S.
X. W. Samim.k, MI. Wm. 1'aTikis,i,
Wm. IIkii cmikiih, ',' 1. Anmikw l!i KhK,
t'oMIAO SlIIMKII, JolIN Mdll.l..
Siki-iikv IIai.ipV. 'J.'t. Cim is 1 -i.w Mvi.us,
Jonah lli:i:vsitn, 21. lioriiif Hint.
Jiow for Novriiilirr !
We have elected old Shunk by a handsome ma
jority a great majority, when we regard the
result in Philadelphia city anil county. Now Irt j
Cy The Remti.t in ri:N!.Tr.VANtA. Many
of our democratic friends anticipated a maeh
larger majority for Francis R. Shunk, in this
State, than he received. Tut, n it is. under all
circumstances, it may be proclaimed a proud
victory. Had it not been for the false charges
brought against Mr. Shunk, connectinc him with
the Catholics, nml the amalgamation of the
Whigs with the Xative Americans, in Philadel
phia, there can be no doubt but Mr. Shonk's
,.,. 1.1 i....... !...,. . ,.n.l i 1 '. 111111
... ... .. '; ther victory crowns us with honor !
His present majoiity is over 5000. The coali- , J
tion of Xatives and Whigs, in Philadelphia, lost
him nearly liOdO. The Catholic story not less
I Mm 11 1000 throughout the State. These things
I will not opeiate against Mr. Polk on the 1st of
November next. If the democrats do not then
carry the State by a handsome majoiity, it will
be their own fault. We have the mutt-rial in
our lanks to fashion out a innjoi ity, varying from
one to twenty thousand. Let every one then
speak 011 the first Friday of Xovember next, and
say what that maim ity shall be.
Pennsylvania la a Tariff State fnllnl sitnUs flank.
There can be tiodispute, we presume, about! Does any one doubt that if Henry Clay should
that truth. The Democratic Republicans of bo elevated to the Presidency, an immediate cf-
I ennsylvanm are also in favor of a 1 anff. This ' lort would bo made To establish another bank '
the fi lends of Mr. Clay would attempt to contra-
tl i't i ivnrlr f,r flia irraiwl onnloLt Tot tic r-.ct
..a", ti . . . n- r 1. .1 diet. They wish to shew that thru are the sole.
after the next victory. We can fight with re- , , '
, , . I. .1 .1 1 advocates of the Tariff that Mr. Polk is opposed
liew-eil nrrinr nml roiinilf.nen with II10 trim ions 1 ' '
Are there any just grounds for the existence of
such a doubt What do Mr. Clay and the press
es and orators who advocate his election, mean,
! t1 iwo tleit tbn fi.tV.r....C. nrl.1n,i... r....n. :.. '...I at .1 . I . I 1 r
result ofTuesday cheering us on. Amuse friends1 ' ,. j wnen uiey uec.re u..r. in i-vor o. "i,e
19 f-tr-t ( 1. rna li ulu C.. ,1... . I r.. . . 1 1 I 1 I. r r - . .1
.... M .... niik uirii ?-Ariiiuui urtr ill- ; esiauiisniiieiii oi a iiuiionui currency, 11 noi ma
rjT Democratic majority in the House over
Whigs, 1 Over nil parties t'nited, f !
IVnioeratic majority on Joint Pallt over
' Whig. Over all patties I'niU'd. f !
I ClT" TtiK Xk.xt CoM.itf The Congression
al elections which have illicitly taken place for
i tho next Congress, give l'i Deinoeiats, - Whigs,
i and "J Xative Americans.
from that irorA, in so many words, tltt' ful- ...
Iiiiving farm of an oath thry jirt ltml Mr. . ..."'f.'i?, A;., f hi Iteal F.k
Pulh'n grnwlfathrr la have taken at the pria ! tale ami foul Htlice, ,V. 59 lnc Strttt, rhl
of "prntirtion" from the Urilish u hrn thai ladrlithia. in uuthorittd to act .1rnt, m it
j'urt of the country was vivrrun bij Coinual- i rrcelfit lor all mantel due this oilier, lor
7i' anny : I tcrlitloti or atlv. rt inline.
I I F.zekiel Tolk.! of tho Ftste ofl North Car- i ' ''' v"- lr,t .V."ott S reel.
olina, hereby make oath, on the holy Evange
lists of Almighty Ciod, that I will adhere to the
cause of my lawful sovereign, his nmjesly,
tioorge the III., king of the united kingdom of
(ircat Britain and Ireland, acknowledging that
. i'ork.
A notice of u handsome hickory pole, w ith
proper inscriptions living from its mast head, e
recteil by the democrats of Shumokin township.
' at the bouse of llenrv Wasser. on the Titli inst .
he is the true and lawful aovereign of these ! .,,,.,, ,,, orour mM., Kist ,.,k. T1)
American colonies, in a state of revolt, and j (emnrrats of Shamokin areas linn as their ever
throwing up my commission in the rebel lasting hills.
army ; and I will eive no aid, protection or! ... . "
' , , , , I CTM-KAMi loiicit I.n.iiT Pi :si. On
countenance to the rebels now bearing arms a- : ... , , s. .. ,
itiesuay cveuinu ine iieiuiM-iuts ii .mm iiiuiiinei -
Countim
Adams,
Allegheny,
Armstrong,
Heaver,
lied ford,
ll'iks,
Hocks,
llrnilfi.nl,
I'utler,
CJ IU.i:i.s am I.ax a-i kii. We have not Carbon,
seen a sullicient number of full returns to enable r.iwlord,
i us to comiiaie the vote of 1IU with the vote of ChoKter,
IMI. Simie counties have gained cuiisidctably .
Others but little, and some have decreased. I i
Lancaster, in I 10, the whole vote was l l.l '.O.
Harrison's majoiity l.'.'O'v In is I I the whole
! vote is l'i,0. ".". Maikle's majoiity :i,'.,vl. The
whole vote is !'"i bslhan in lio.
In l!eiks, in s0, the whole vote wasll.U07.
i Van Puren's ma jority .t.n. In 1 I the whole
1 vote is PJ.l '. Shuiik's majority 4, an in
crease in the whole vote of 1,1. ly
In this count v the vote of IM0 was ,T .
Van Puren's majority In 11 I the whole
vote is 'ls-.'. Shunk's majority Increase
in the whole vote over the vote of Is 10, oi l.
Ait'ulra I A U'nlrA It unn tlm fim ' T nf lis tint
tl t;rtTlirtl t..n.A.,ai;. . .. : i : t . t-.. ! : .i , , . n-.
... .i ,ni'-. lam .a. i y is hs nosiiie in r i pi.1 i corporiiiion 01 anoinci .ationa i.aiiK v nen
relax our exertions. Let us not pause until ano- ,., ...... '
i nur ii.i (..ruin i uiiiiikouisis. i nejr iook "no wiiere nus lie ueciaren mai im nas ceaseu ru
uponitasan absurd, if not an "obsolete" idea, be the advocate of such an institution ? If.after
Prnn.rlT.nl. Vote fr Prr.lrt.nl In H IO, a"'1 il is ,,vi,,US U,at ,1'8 'hit' only endeavor j their disavowal of such an object throughout the
ami inajorltlr. f..r Uortimir In IS U, thus to misrepresent them, because they ima- 1 disastrous campaign of IStO, the earliest effort
gme mat an opprooious name once lastetie(l upon ; cf their ill-gotten power, was the establishment
; an opponent with or without reafon, carries with f a bank, can it be doubted that their success
it certain condemnation. This is a very old and now, would bs followed by a like attempt !
very stale artifice, but one which that party i ' We fear the Democracy ofthe Xation ars not
constantly in the habit of employing. And sufficiently awake to the importance of this
though they have always failed to derive any question. It has been so Ion? discussed, and the
; advantaee from it, they cannot divest themselves veidict of tin people upon it has been pronounced
of the vicious piactice. 'Xames, not thing'," is so repeatedly and emphatically, that they now
I . It. liar, thpir motto, and thry act upnu it industriously, seem prone to r-srard it as forever settled. They
i'l-Vl They stigmatised us as ' Loco focos" a name of tmist not be sulf i ed to repose under so fatal a
7(CJ( "" pertinence whatever and they fondly h-- delusion. Our presses and speakers must not if
Sieved that the epithet would seal our file, faithful to their trust, he deterred by tlie triteness
III :i hat has been the effect ' That they have beep of them, or the apparent indilferruce of our op.
yyj() repeatedly vanquished by ''Lcjco-foroism V The punents. from recountiin;. aain and again, the
p.'ople are entirely too sacacious to be deceived,
as of old. by merely cpitietuil arn'inient
They rend now a-davs. reading thev think
and thinkins they are not to be deluded into mis
taking a change of name for n change ol piinci
pies I'liihnli 'phia 'l'i mi .
In order that our readers may institute a
comparison of the vote polled on the ih inxt , )
for (Jovrrnor, and that given for President and
Vice President in lK), we publish tho follow
ing returns. The abolition vote in tho State
then wan 3111 prccit.ely the I larriHun majority, j
111.
Shunk. Marklr
OUT
mnj.
1 17fl
:u'2
.MKt
I'.l!)
K.i
ll:t
lli'JS
KiT:i
1711
1710
'.M HI
7 1 .'.j
ll-'S
1-0 1
1705
Jtiol '
a loo
.Vl
gainst their lawful Fovcreign, but will t'lith-
laiul had a splendid torch light Mocesion, in
. n c ti .1 ; .i . i r i 1
tuny mint in au uimgs me uuiy -.vnicn t,as a j llia, p,.u.P) h t.OIIlmplll()ni,il1 ,- ,lip rrc,.,a
"ivxl pubject, owe to his majesty, George the i n,oCratic victories. There were from eighty to
III. iforesaid, king, &c, and which all the peo-j one hundred transparency s in the procession,
plo of these colonies owe to said George the j On Wednesday evniing they visited this place,
III. their lawful sovereign, 80 help me Jod." j and were handsomely teceived by the democra
When tha reader is informed that no such j ry of Sunbury. The Court House and the Ho
quotation, no $ueh oath, it to he found in Sir,!- j ,''1 of c "'harton, were beautifully illumina
man't History, on a thorough and diligent I U'J ,u ol'cas'"-
tearch, so that il is apure und simple fahrieu- Coiir.n riov A paragraph appeared in ' l'v, ("big.) over Tod. ideiiiocr.it.) is about "ooo.
lion and forgery will lie not confer that t our last paper, minting the New Vork Herald as ) '1'he w bigs have a majority of I in the Senate,
lfrorWL Vm 1 miul l.i.lo l.ioHooinitlioiUw.n,! i iTon.l wliiir i,a,,..r uivino its view, in rell.tioli i ai'd froill 111 to 1 . Ill the House. DflllOCr itlC
before Roorback No. 2 !
What can the Trihunr Ray for itself on thin!
( 'oliimbia,
Cunilu'rlaiid,
Cambria,
Centre,
(Minton,
Clearfield,
Clarion,
Dauphin,
Delaware,
H!k,
Erie,
Fayette,
FiHtiklin,
Green,
lltllitilioilotl,
Indiana,
Jefferson,
.1 uniiita,
IdUfi
:(7
loo
Ti'.H
lh
lU'.Ki
100
17
Ctoisi.tv F.i ya i t.ivs. Theic was tin e
lection for Governor in this State this year
F.ight luemhels of Congress have been elei ted,
and notw ithstanding the demo' iats have a majo
rity ol about 3.01") of the popular vote, the 17ernPi
w lugs liave I ot tlie iiietnliersol t ongress. In j ,incast(.r
js:he whigs carried the State for Covernor. . .
, . , Le banon,
bv a inaioi itv o :.iss making a democratic gain ' , , ,
J : I.ehiL'h,
ofabotit 5K. . "
. Lvconimu,
L.7" Ohio F.i.ki i loss. J'br election in Ohio. Montgomery, 10."3
for Governor, has gone as w e always anticipated, M,.rcer,
in favor of the whigs. The majority for P.att
100
lo:i
min
2r.i
(;:-
801
570
l-'MI
l.;s
put'
07S
;((.t:io
7:to
Will it fall back on un "exchange paper," and I late for correction. 1 he Herald proies.es to lie
t-eek shelter under the following wordu, in j a neutral paper, but is. in fact, a vile mercenary
which it introduces this pretended, fabricated, ! "beet, that will publish anything for pay. It
nnd forged oath ot Ezekiel Polk ! I wm1,1 l,, a" nrt of "j'st''c toany party to .piote
..., . . .,, . . .,. , 1 the ' Herald'' as an organ or suppoiter. We
" 1 he Louitville Journal copies from Med- ' ..
.... , , ,. , place no confidence in it oniselves and conlit pot,
man s History of tho American War, llm tol- , ... . . .
tlieietoie. pistlyipiote 1 1 4 opinions as gooil au
lowiiiir oath, which wos reouircd to be taken bv ;.. . ' , ' ., , . ,
' 1 thot ity against our political opponent
all who applied for British protection-"
.,,,... , , I Cv" Ai i I. i s Much is said in tin- papers a-
Hut the I.ouisiillc Journal does ;ior thus , , . . ... .
bout lai ge Iruit this si-ason. u e saw a not ice ot
"cony," nor even vrofi ss to "copy from Med-; . ... .
r i ri ! ome apples weighing n and is o., as extrnor-
lliuu. tviiua u isgratiriu i peivfinion mm iui
to Mr. Clay's prospects. The article in question. majority tor Gov. Miannon, in lsu, was .on.
slipped into our columns unnoticed, until too, In lsU Gen. Haiii-ons majouty was nearly
1.000
The demociats havi
Monrcwj, P2-il
Mllllin. 70
McKeiin, Ji!:l
Norlhampton, ldlO
l. Cteil l.i o '.tu
bers ol Congress and the wlrgs S
fXjXtw Ji;i:si y F.i. r.i tion Tho election
I'or ( io ei not . in this State, h. is I esulted in I.H or
ol the whigs. by a m.ioiity ol about 1 .". I It I
JaiiiesC. Stiat'on w.itlirwh
K Tlionip-oii the democrat u-
election by tin people under the new ConsMtu
. tion
Northuinb'd,
Perry, O-ll
Plula. Co.
Phila. ci'y,
Pike, :.()',
Potter, :VM
Somerset,
Schuylkill. sJ7
candidate, .lohn SilsijucdiailU'l, ""70
It W as the til s. t Tiona, '.Citl
Ht:w
1017
;1in:aiv Tim fin. -sit lot cf :iIi!lcK Y t R.lW l!llS
t.ir.cationoftheh.6toryaMedmangive...,.he. V(iarwor( hy mf toW(1,nu(11
..HurticicliooFes.of.tsown mere motion, .o as- , 1Vwa.t w, fm lot miM ,
...me that such an oath ws probably taken, and ! , . , . , . . f ... -rl,is
on that assumption, to put it on the lips of Mr. i,as UuIy W all astonishing season for fi
Polk's grandfather ! The Tribune does more I
il falsifies its own authority.'the Journal, mi
at to stretch the matter ptill further, and gives
int.
K7" ToTvron.
we ate satisfied, be carried into cxecul ion before
long
V.T" l!i:ii'iv. Ken. Komi The second track
of this load ik completed. The celebration of
the opening took place on Wednesday last The
pioposed shumokin, M.ihonoy und Schuylkill
load, which will connect with the Reading road,
and form a continuous Kail Koa.l from Fhihulcb
Lat year many ofthe pota- j , . , ... nI;ir(, :B i,,m.
toes, in this neiehborbood, were destroyed , (linir , a,,r;lrt -,.si,l, t;. I.I.-at t . nt , on . tul must.
i.i i. i-i.:.. ....... i.. i,., - i
ilio oath as ucnnic(l by that rnper (rum SUwl- . , . . . . - .
Miiii ! This was probably thu dctiign ofthe i r ' . . .
J I In cnn.A ..I tlia V..I1 i.n n Cf i I nk M lidlii I'mlW li:i I'J
Journul, that its fabricated "oath" .hould thus! ,)ear,v bce1 ai.;troV(,. ' ' C7-.Xn l,,,.,,,,, 1, Chief Justice
go the rounds of the whig pre.a. It probably j ' ' - ; yi o( tl, spr,.,e Court of Mass , made .he
i .i... a. r... i -i 1 1 IT7 rilil.Alr.l.rHlA Pmtiss. Not one ol the , '
Knew , .-"cuetH... tu.T. I ... nirnill,lllt,.r tlle las, e- ! fH-vi8 drcisi in a case where an otficer of
De lounil we conicss uiai we urn Mir expect ; ' i the C S Fricate
... a, -tn. i roarlipil ns Wli.lt li:itl liernme oftlielll i 1 r,e I ... I 111,101
that the editor ot the Tribune would be the 1 , ' ., ,
, , . , . ... , .... i is hard to coiiiectare. I hat thev were inaileit.
firs'. and we fctill look up with a regret little! . , , . . ,
... s- ; we are satiblitd, as they came to hand tluee 01
less than our indignation.-.V 1 . Morn. .cu s. 1 . , , , . i
, (our days alter they w ere due. It i provoking
. . j time not to receive them, but doubly so,
Ai.LF.crP (H"ire i hie Amf.km an Flag ' ,), octasioiis. j
. li i . Tl, t... ..... I n( "...., i I
ImniPiti w.r.c.K. ...C--OU.....W. V..M.,- ; .Nkm;s SA)1ItMV (;,:,, -We ,,av,.
merce of U.o Janeiro contains a protest from ' mimli.r , ls ,
Capt. P. C. Dumas, of the brig Cyrus, ot New .(autlfli: ;,n,, well ,,1,,.,, ,,,,,,. !.
Urleans, troni which il appears maims cbm-i lle(u aud enleitainiiig matter, much of it oiigi- ,rd took him out of these limits
ws linnnlod off (!ahinda. June 11.1. 11 1, bv . ..i i. . . i ...i i.. ....i...i i... .t.. . ..i -
- . - - - -' - j 11.11. II la IHKiiil ii.iiiiurii..i t, .') lit v.. .Hi"-,
I 'illllll,
Venango, fipj
Washington, i7
Wayne, 707
Warren, ,,o:l
WcHtinorflHiid.l'.r.'li
Wyoming, P'O
Vork, tr'J
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1417
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1070
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1771
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17'Jl
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1275
;u ,11
11-s
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1701
l.lsy
1 1:1070
2 100
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I'nrta for tbr trclr.
We yesterday published from the r-roid. orn
facts in relation to the passage of (be presei.t cities of New (li leans .111
I'.u ill Hill by the W'Iu'k Ib uoe i f ltrprrrnUtre.-.
and now w e intend to show fi mil the same s an ce.
how it not through a W'h'n Senate. Our i"ii.!"rs
should bear in mind also, that .Mr. Ad, mis. and
otb-r b-adiug whis;s. bad for more than two
months nssei led that the ( onntrv was without
any Taritf. and that there existed no b- ,1 riht
lo collect one cent of duties on any article im
poi t.'d
The Hill, after it had escaped from the House
by the skin of its teeth, came up in tbr Senate
lor a final vote on the '.'7th of Augu-t, ls.. and
the vote stood :
Yeas o. Nays 'J ! one majority.
The Whigs who voted anainst it. were :
Messis. Archer, lierrien. Clayton, liiahain
Henderson, Maiigum. , President . I Mcuick.
I'rescot. Uives nine. One absent.
lieforethe vote was taken. Mr W hite, a Wlot
Senator from Indiana, aid :
"Without tlm Votes of the opposition, ('ml
' rr..i trim til hare to aitj-mrn iri'i if u!rii; any
: rrrrnuc In the i(iir:rnmnit " For tins aid he
j thanked them.
3l.-i
history o ibe late bank. When it was charter
ed, in 1-l'i. it was honestly believed by many
that such an institution was iiidispnsiblu to the
prosperity of the business interests ofthe coun
try F.sperieiice lia abnnd.iiitl v proven the fal
lacy of such a supposition A a regulator of thu
exch.in.'es. it fail-d signally. l'uring the year
l'.' I. wh"ii thi' bank and its blanches were in
full operation, the rate of excbaiie" between the
Philadelphia, varied
in t'e coun of ,1 f.-w months more than fifty
p-r c-iit. Since tie- l aid; ep!o I d, the premium
of excllilleie b-tweell 1 1 lOse C 1 1 e . o r bet Wl'r II n '
o0e r two places, is about eijual I 1 the cost of
ti anspoi t.it ,on o! specie fi 0111 1 lie one point to the
other. It was aUo rout. 11 led by the friends of
the bank that it eave stab lit v to trade. Muring
th" years I I and s,''i, s-,, .s ,c petnnrratic
II -view , "the mercantile iiiteie.ts were still, n-lat-d
by the liii.-i.ility of the h.mU, and engaged
ina number of fresh ent.-i prise, to meet w hich
their pap--r mh l'i .-. ly di-eounte I. So yreat was
tl xciteiiieiit amon; th" nioiieved interest.
that in one day seven ex pi ess-s arrived in Phila
delphia fio'ii .N" -w York, with the news of th
rise of the I.ivei pool e.iiton ni.-nket. Thsprice
ol cotton rose or.. -third , siejr doubled : cotton
eoods inse .ity per cent . an I wages participated
in th' universal ;uiiip F. ei ,! iv. according to
the newspapers ofthe lime, repntJ were to be
h"ard ol in. -ii, who. by one oi -ration, had mad
thirty, forty or filly tii.nisanl dollars." Th
fol lowing var it -n I I eil v and rapidly rui tailed
its discounts and circulation, and in eoneouence.
The democratic paity has always advocated ruin and banki.iptc uei - spr.-ad ocer the land.
l'J"Jti I and snppoited just and eipiitable discriminating
'JOit ' duties, sulliciently high to raise revenue, and
. protect the industrial pursuits of the country.
PVil ; Olleii, foi the last forty years or more, l.as tins
ll)7'J w hole subject been i-ntrusteil to the Peinocratic
llll-O party, and the country has prospered under their
7lkV) administration. It will he eipially safe in their
hands again, and far safer than it will be in the
hands of the whig pally, who will destroy the
lieii.-ii, i.,1 effects of all Tariffs, by the establish
ment of a National l'.ank I't itilsi'it:ni,tii.
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Slujor Diiueii'i
Lately mndo n speech at a mooting in Virgin
ia. A will;; replied, nnd in the cmirse of
remarks called the Major 'a foreigner
roused the Major's ire, who 'wept into him' i l
the follow ing noble style:
Sir 1 11m sorrj to interrupt you, but I can
permit no man to u--e sin-h laneu ige in my pre
sence. Judging from yo'ir appearance, I wis tei iiiiuatiou to ion
I from th.. fe.11 s and
mi American citizen before yon were linrn
'"';' . , , . : 1... .1
PHve n son iHiru an .iinn ic 111 in.., n, u nci 110111
j Harrison's majority.
1 Shunk's majority, an above,
1 1:1070
.ri,0'20
How baneful all inlluepce it exerted upon all the
business iiitere-N ofl'u" count 1 v. bv unexp'cte'.
and causeless con t iac1 tons and e pans ions, dm ing
the last few years of its existence, must still be
fresh in the recollection ofa'l.
Hut though th" bmk was p.c.v iless for good,
it proved itselfa might v i nt 1 iiinei't for eril. Had
we li. f n visit- I with the triple curse w hich Mr
Clay once invoked upon the Ian I. it could bald
ly have been left more s.atiid and prostrate I
than was its c I. tion when th" last d "sperate
-ti uggl" of the bank for aiechaii-r terminated
I Mir coiniiiei ce and trade weie pro-tratd, la
borei s sought in vain lor ernpl.H inetit ; funnel t
and niechai.ics could tin 1 no market for their
product Thousands, ail o.-r tie- country, wh 1
had given credence to its Ivirg promises an!
statements, found theniseU es pUindeied. Ul. 1
many actually beggared
Its inllueiice upon the iiauals ofthe people wa,
not le,s deolniabb. l'iim-vl;at dy alter it dc-
' a renewal ol it. cbaiter
iitleriiigs of the people was
taken, it boldly purchas'-d four of t!ie leading
presses of the country for an aggregate sum of a
bout 1 s(t 000 It i-i true. ib.. t upon the books
of the bank, this sum was ent.-i ed 11s loaned. lit
the .siipph iiess exer aft. r in.i 11 1 t-t .! bv the no-
with the consetit of the Sec- .
retai y of the Navv. took his slave on board.
The klave.when the vessel touched Boston, was
taken from the master on a writ of Habeas Cor
j pu. :
I "Judge Shaw decided, that although Lucas
I was law lolly enten-d and employed as a laiids
I man on board the frigate, the right of the coin
I niaiub r to his sei vices as a slave could not ex
j tend beyond the territorial limits of slavery, anil
were at an einl whenever tin' service to ne pcr-
yoii. As for myselt, 1 have been Jour linns
.iiiliirulizi d. 1 whs naturalized .y Ihe s-ineti-ly
of the treaty of I'iiisi inn the highest form
of law known to the Coiwtitutinn. The right
of an American citizen were conferred upon me ; minal boriowcrs to the Luldnig ofthe bank.
by the law crealingthe Territorial iioverjiinont
of luiiiana ; and I was admiltr-il to all the
rights, and blessings nnd obligations which bo-
CJ The follow ing is the'ic.ult of the l.'ithj
Connie usional Litj ict :
Petrikin,
701 ma
Pollock.
Nnrthumhcihiud
Lycoming,
Chilton,
Union,
5 l'i
IT
H'ss inaj.
lllK-l
Pollock' majority,
(TJj' Shiiiik'k majoiity 111 this Mate, it will b
UJl
Captain liwampiet or Uer JSritannic iMnjosty s rit.4 i l'l,iaileliihia. Mr. Ni-al s abilities as a
llrig Albert, Captain Bosantjuet, accompanied ; u,.nle,l editor amiable writer, are well know n.
by one of his officers and a negro attendant, for- '
ccd his way into the cabin of the Cyrus, tlie :
thrrn trmniilini under fool the fine tifllin l'lli-1
ted Stales; after searching the cabin for the j
brig's papers they tame on deck and attempted j
to obtain forcible pcxsei-siuii ofthe log book, but ;
gave way when Captain Ihiuias ordered his j
men to arm themselves and protect their rights.
The llritihh captain then relumed to the cihin, I
broke open Captain Dumas' trunk, took out the
brig'a uipera and retained them. Captain J). sec u it over oonu.
immediately abandoned his vessel, his crew go- ;
lug wim nun, leaving cr, u . t ttarm,it yvr ,v,,5Vva.,ia. Our whig I
now prcaeiiUthe fact to the L ulled blates I. .- ..(ini. wjie ( (.V(.r ,ilUf. l)r(,illli((1 tlliin now
vernment for their action in the premises. W o j i.v vvli lu;ii. ev,.ry vot(, lr)t an, xvhat i
snould state that the IlrHudi captain refused In
more impoi taut, they will not leave any behind
how his authority, thus violating the treaty be- -j-i,,, democracy ol Pennsylvania is still as strong
tween Iho United Stales and Ureal Jlritain re- 1 a, CV(,r n that is necessary is action, lo get
lative to the right of nearch. them lo come to the P01 t If they are beaten
it will not br by superior numbers, but by their
An Aged MmwiM.-Tlie I'tica Haptist Ke- tnvn supmeuess
enter aays that the Rev. Ilenjamin llovey 1 ry Tot. Naum A vi an .css m Lscvira
preached in the II road Mreel lla t ir-l Cbspel, p,d,.J v'-TO rtes lor their raiehdate for Con
in that city, on the afternoon ofthe last SOi- gir The followmp is the ote strohm, hig,
bath in September. Mr. II. baa attained to the r.'M , Wintcis, pminciat. f ; Wilnier, .a
mnirkabltf it of one hundred and len yens, j tivr, jM'i
altmlnrs of Coiisri'ss tlittrtl.
Hist
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I.eviu. Native American Whig loss.
.los. K. Ingeisoll, Whig Same last year.
.1 II. Campbell, N American Hi. loss
Charles . I. Ingersoll. (lent No change.
JacobS. Yost, l'eip. No change.
Jacob F.lditiHU. llelil. Item. gain.
A U. M llvaine, Whig No change.
John Stiohm, "
John Hitler, Hi 111. "
K. liioadheml. jr., lep. '
( ) en 1 I.eih, leui.
Pavid Wilinot. iem.
Kl. James Polloc k, Whig No change
It. Alex. Ramsey, Whig No change,
l.'i. Moses M'Lchii, Pent. -Item, gain
lfi. James Itlack, Mem. No change
17. Jmiies lilanchaid, Whig No change.
IK. Andrew Stewait, Whig No change.
I!. II 1). Foster. linn. No c hange.
Of). John II. J'.wims, Whig N change.
C? Cornelius !anagh, Whig No change
5-J. William S. (iarvin, Pent. No c haiigr
-J'f James Thompson, Pern. Pern gain
2i. J. W. Bullingtoii, Whig Ni change.
07" Mass Meetings are out of fashion mice the
Slate elections Tori h light processions, lor the
I pui pose of rrlebialing victoiiei, aie all the go.
Ilcitv Oom tlie KlRtil I
Major Noah, a leading whig editor in 1s0,
and now editor of the New York Sunday Times,
(a la-iitial paper.) savs :
"We reail one hundred papers daily, and can- long to you, my fellow citizen?, by the law
not be mistaken in public opinion, when we say bringing the fclale of Louisiana into our tr'nri- .
that POLK and PALLAS are niniiing ahead ' 011s confederacy. Then turnipir to the Whig
with the rapidity of lightning, and yet we can speaker, his eye (lashing as on the p'ains of
get bets 011 Clay ; but then the whigs area san- 1 Now Orleans, and his heart swelling with the '
guine parly, always looking at the bright side, p.njesty ofold recollections, he continued 'Sir,
and carried forward more by their anxious hopes y,,M t)i nfw ng jf V(1ii desired lo know where
! ad wishes, than any positive- indication of sue- , ui(M1 was ,1C j,,url, time (,f my natur.ili
! , ''"s 1 ut on. and who were my sponsors-. The con-e-
, crated spot on which I received the right of
naturalization, was the battle ground ot New ,
Orleans; Iho altar was victory; the baptismal
The Major thinks the tion. illation of Mi . Wi ight
leaves no doubt of the succc s of the dcmociatic
ticket in New York. lie says : !
"Clay will come down to Cayhuga Fridge
with S or 1" 1100 we scarcely think more, pro
bably not that vote. The Southern dibtrict and
South I'.aslei n tier of counties, will about balance
that vote, lea ing the North to decide the battle,
i and Iheio Silas Wright lives. It looks all round
! as if Polk had decidedly the best chance in this
; Slate. ''
1 ;
1 Ma. Pfmov, in a lecent speech at Hannibal. 1
urged strongly iisui the Democracy the necefsi-
' ly of upKi ting Mr. Polk, lie aUo informs his i
li lends that it it were necessary for the harmony '
; cf the paity, he would decline being a candidate :
I again lor the Foiled States Senate, of whivh he !
has been a member twenty-five ycait.
The Liberty party, in Convention at I'tica, I
(N. .) a few days since, appointed a committee j
1 to invite Cassius M Clay to meet Mr licrrit j
I Smith at Syracuse, 011 some day convenient to '
j the former, and discuss the claims of Henry Clay
proved liow little tlu-ir relations il.l! -ieil froir.
those which exist between the master and hi-serf-.
In the council chambers ot the nation,
and lidiii among those who lilb-I its high places
it selected Its Irtalllols. ,,. they, for stipulate,
sums of sei vice uioney. enlisted under its bannei
in its ruthless crusade up. in th happiness an !
honor of their country Its disregard for 'ts
plighted faith became contagious ; and iudividii
als. as well a coiporat. -.1 institutions in ever.v
section ofthe country, refused to meet their li.
hililies, without shani- ami remorse. Creai
States, which bad hitherto maintained a credit
without reproach, and their honor unsullied, n
lived by the facilities offered them bv the bank,
rushed madly into sp ciilation, and m the end
Witer wasblood and fire ; Andrew Jackson was openly and unblii-hiiigly repudiated th.-n obliga
111 gisl-lather ; and patriotism, freedom and nous .4 Amy Argui.
glory my god-mother'" The mighty mass
of listeners rose gpoiitnneoiisly, and gave nine
cheers for our gallant speaker. The coon was
( Hut missing. .V. V. I'.i euinir Mirror.
Sn.Mi riiiMi tJi'Kr.K Ixuvki). In looking over
the returns of then-cent fleet ion in Westmore
land county, for llovernor, we find a Kiiigular
coincidence with that ofthe election for Presi
dent in the year 1-10, in the fact that the same
number of votes were cast for the respective'
candidates tor (Jovemor that there were given
for the Presidential candidates, and, ol course,
resulting in precisely the same majority. At ;
the election of 1-10, Mr. Van Puren received ,
Noi:in C.iKoi.ixt F.1.1 1 rmv The official re
turns ol this election, w h.ch took place last Ail
gust, have only been made out The w hig 111.1
jority for (overinu turns out to be only 0,1'3'!
'Phis tate w ill, in all probability, go for Pylk
and Pallas
Polk Ai i iio n i . -At a 1 lemoci at ic pole rait
! ing in Chitktawager, line count v. New York, on
i the -J-th lilt , the tree I. II, and killed Major Geo.
Zahin, editor of a (ieiman paper in Huffalo, and
' Mr . Chas F.sslmger, a je idler, besides break
ing both legs ol a Mr. Peter Smith, and mil. cling
; seiious injuries to a fourth person
(ov. Moi ton, of Louisiana, has issued a Pro
1.701 voter, and (len. Harrison V.,77. leav ng ; (.lu,lllltu)lli orde, ig the election lor Presidential
a majority for .Mr. Van Buren of l.yjO, and at ei-tur in the State to be held for three day,
the late flection, Mr. Shunk received 1,701; ...
and James ii. liirnry The invitation is given j voles, and den Maikle 2,i i by which Mr. h. The Milleritc lep in their churches at Pes
in c-onsnpiriice o .Mr. C. M. Clay's proffer at j bad the t-ame number of a majority that Mr. Van ton rvery night, pot knowing w hen, or at what
Niagara, to meet any champion ofthe Libei ty Ilureu had. There is aoinctlung really singu- , inoinent -the bi idegroom may tome ?tiaiig
urtv in a public discussion , lir 'u the coiucidence. i ijn.i'... i'-a