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The fallowing Letter was addres•ctt to JOHN
E Es. .of NeW T'Ork, fly I%!r. Rust', r=
ing his views on the nominations madosby the
11S. Anti-Masonic Convention Jest September.
YORK, (Pa.) Nov. Bth, 1931.
DEAR. SIR.-4 very much regretted that
-or seeing yourself and
- friends :from Now York, who did .me the
&tor of. a call as you passed through this
place on your way to Baltimore. I came
doWn stairs a moment after receiving your
cards, and was truly sorry to have missed
the opportunity of taking you all by the
hand.
Had - you. again taken th'i's' route on your'
return from Baltimore, as I cherished the
hopeyotiwould o, it Would have .given me
the opportunity;of saying to you in person,
what I have been happy to say to others,
whenever I have the opportunity: viz: how
highly I' was pleased with, what you did in
7 - thiy convention.. A better Selection than Mr.
Wirt z could not in my opinicrn be made.--
.. :With genius, as well as high cultivation, the
trim elements of greatness unite in, him. It
.is known to mo from the highest source of
information, that 'when Mr. Jefferson was
about to retire from the Presidency, to be
succeeded by Mr. Madison, - he expressed a
strong wish that Mr. Wirt would consent to.
come into the House of Representatives of
. the taitecl States,- that he might .assume
the Ascendency in that body, and with it the
influence in our national affairs then grow
ing critical,, to which his commanding abil
ities and probity would have destined him.
But, little ambitious of public .honors, the
road to. which then lay open to him under
auspices the most brilliant, he declined.—
..:.,, , servieea-during-twelve-yeamin the .
we department of the government since,
has identified him with the course of pub
' liw-poliey pursued during those yearsovhilst
- 7.tb - no - parteif it does ho stauditi - tht-attitudtt
- ofs,partisan.
It is for the same reason. that I like his
Antipagasonry. He has. taken it up as a•
statesman and patriot, .not as a. partisan
persecu or.. -e , was s ar e
theiadministration'orthe - laws stopped hy
the secret power of the Masonic Institution,
gad felt at once the duty of seeing them re
stored to their supremacy. He knew nom
thing of the fatal agency of. this Institution.
in. robbing, the- laws of their efficacy, until
theltsseinbling of your convention at Balti
more. How should . liehave•known Did
press in Baltimore where he.lived, or in
Washington to which he sometimes went,
inform . him? Never. You and I know,.
you better than: T, wassimply because.
416141 established `newspapers of the land
..L.,,r t at Aatrenor 6.aa..anno- 1...13.112.1a,
the • facts brought to l ight by trials in the
courts of New York demonstrative of the
makers or Mitsonry, (shame on their igno
--We-fears orthiriiistittition,) that AntiAlir- ---1
sonic newspapers were set up for the.special
purpose of publishing them. And was Mr.
Wirt, busied in the-highest walks of an ex
` .'e4ted..profession, which he exalted still high-.
or by- his genius, eloquence and worth, to
hunt these up, Hundreds of miles off and
most of them in the interior, whilst,the boa st
ed,sentinels all round him—those sentinels!
'that seldom failed to. servo up. to. him the
particulars of every case of the: least note
in the police annals of Bow-street, or the
Mansion House in London—were silent?
These v . igilalt sentineLs indeed,,worfld per
baps admit 'the mere word anti-masonry in
to their columns,. but most con:Om - ay with a
fling at its "fanatacism,7 leSt they should
be thought weak-minded. But from, which
of them would he have learned' those details
- ._s_the.Morgam.trials .thatgato_oltqw,in
,
words of his excellent letiter„thrit. masonic
those tear
oaths "are not coniider4V int.
pose at , - • , , •- ,
"eankv,..utar , hut tta solemn, obligations
'& 2 lprditicialy - inforcedr t ghat tWauda
cious conspiracy against the life of a, eitize
uutts nolo. has been commonly supposed ..,,,
act of a few ignorant tneq *lone, bu
• . • , • , • th thsel •es
enforCeil under' their direction and support - remains lyint arnotio the carcasse x oT the
ideitiheir expense; the conspiracy entbrac: victinisrtervectal*warning to others not to
.
snr within.tts. *weep men of all degrees, refuse.., , the requisi te number
.44 ' 4o 4th • •
.with too much reason. to , believe that the se- was °Mk*, and this legion, says Livy,
iret energy ofthe masonic spirit had enter- sixteenfithousand istrong, was, called the
ed and poltuted' even. the temple of Jtatice; linen legion, from the coveriqg
. of the en
-1: and with the most' demonstrative proof that closure.. Its soldiers wete furnished with
the persons .who had entered - into these tm- painted and gilt shields, and plumed. helmets.
hattowed oaths, considered their altegknce The Roirians 'milled at their empty parade,
' totll Lodges as of higlier'obligation than, and were horror truck at their abominable
their allegiaAce to the laws of their court- oaths and satritees, polluted us the latter
try;!' from which of them could he have were With hunacur blood mingled with that
learned these things, or any of them? From, of cattle; and. under Lucius Papirius Ctirsor,
.I:3ticii pe r confidently answer that he either the renowned Roman leader, made quick
aaw or had an opportnnity o f seeing. When work wiyi the "linen legiun;"m,pact was cut
the bights, of your convention brought these to pieces and part ut to flight ,
eorivictionaloma to him in ways too authen- Mdy this preftgitie the defeat of Masonry
tie to bereft/led, his mind, accustomed to in- at the polls,. under Wirt, as our Papirius
vesttgate, weigh and decide—a mind not to Cursor; for surely. it is alike ridiculo&,.by
be deluded by fallacies, but able tosee truth, its empty parades ~a like odious by its ahem
' and' not afraid tospeak not hesitate inable oaths, and has alike boon polluted
toimonounce snob an institution "at war with with human blood,. In my opinion, we could
the. fundamental' principles of the sociat not have a better leader. 'I wholly mistake
. compset, and: a wicked conspiracy against his character Who be not `thend as resolute
• the laws , of and nwn;' and therefore and undaunted, as ho hati t heretokire been
' ' Ito. 'be put' down." . unobtrusive. Yet how isitis.accomplished
xt is.said
¶ hat for all this, hits still a ma- and gifted'oman already,fiented?
and tha we' ave got a mason 'for our candid, uurinswerable,as"nre the Sentitnents
.Partin ats. ' It may be so. All governmenta of his letter, how has Masonry begun to deal
• ie,WS, and so has the govern- with them? Reason away their
,force,. it
• inentitrittwinry. The latter. can execute cannot; but what epithets are too coarse,
lur ton , which more than. can he'said,of what denunciations tOOO. bitter for it to cm
iciveninierit or New YOrk, at ifresent; ploy against their author?' 'llia conduct
inui*pardon arse for so-speaking o is. in unison wittr4llo fierce and intolerant
yow - State ? with a' population already spirit of the orderkwith its exclusiveness;
• Thotakiiiiiittllthg that 'of titer ti c rovince ofllol- with its anti-social pledges under sanctions
' liattt,:ituthe , day o f all gr an de ur,' ' *The ;both unnatural' and ,Unlaw ' rul to a c.oinmon
Nizr .. • . )l4yortitnent held owe .ikthers to, ;support and to CoirmioirrOsentenents. Tbat
'14140t0 afteriturlt*laration ,mott of rdfinedand efevaterd minds who may
• itti*Optii*acoi 9p indea tp , tha peace of ~ be Masons, act under iiVit
Ifireitilh*tflieit , was only ~ s hun 'that o.reo, .nr,hoey prctei but who
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[our independence was acknowledged by Bri
tain. Mr. Wirt has got hiniSelf into this sort
of dilemma. lie has taken up emu against
masonry ;
but shat of - that? tie is -nothing
.
but a rebel. Sonic British jursistS even
tlett-all--the--alne-tntti-iareff h ood:British -sub
jepts to this day. By this dnctrine our Pre
sident Jackson_ is
_one, and the venej•abk
Carrot inhrthe .bargain. This British doc
trine of pftrpethal allegiance mainly drew us
into d vat enithrquesOn of impressment,
iii 1312. It was a sovereign right, a sove
reign claim, that Britain could not forego.
So Masonry, like a true sovereign, also sets
up this sovereign claim. The goverment
of the United States,nnfettered by tbudal
maxims, we arc taught to believe will allow
expatriation; but once a mason always a
mason, it seems, unless they expel you for
immasonic conduct; which, (be it remem
bered,) to be leagued in with murderers, is
I , arr, fur Masons convicted of this petty kind
of buSiness in Morgan's case, are still retain
ed in the lodges. You cannot shake off your
allegiance. You,cannot resign of your own
!ae,cord,-as-I have come to-learn- latterly, in-
whatever decorous and parliamentary terms
you may lay yotir resignation at the feet of . -
'thiS lord paramount. This would he to leave '
- you too much to the exercisesof your own
free agency,. should .you happen to change
your mind after haVing for once in-your life
put on the livery of the hidge; and if you ar
raign it, 0! if you arraign it, for an outrage
tenfold worse than any single one Britain /
ever committed against us, why what a'
wretch you. ark 2 4hat an apostate, what a
perjured traitor, what a vile rebel, and 11 1
know not how much addition that might
be. culled from the courtly vocabulary of
masonic .-veutteance. This is Mr. Wirt's '
predidament, at'the present juncture. Such
is the manner which the champions of
--t-ltis-OrderTartheir bottlelioldigittilie
goodsense of the community; such, some of
the fruits of its wild and hideous oaths.—
They would excite nothing but the superla
tive, unrningled derision of all sensible men,
were it not for the tragic consequences to
which they lead. We may laugh at a con
_clave of mummers, dressed up in their an
tics ;, but we -cannot lauffh when we seeit
, - b — eCOme a deliberative assembly for the shed
ding of human blood. It is-then time to be
roused to-action.
On the-point , of Masonic-oaths, I must beg
you: to turn to Livy 10th book, section 28.
Reading him a few evenings ago, I was
much amused with Ming' upon a passage,
*.whole.orwhich I would copy, but that it
'tilde long.. It is one in which he describes
the linen legion of the Samnites. From this
legion those who contend for the antiquity
of masonry may if they think fit, date its
origin. It may at least supply their anti :
qua.rian researches with some good. hints,
cin.t. 5 ti....t....U.0g quite such a stretch
into backward time-as the days of king Sol
omon, it leaps ever John the Baptist. The
Samnites being at war. with the Romans,
- assembled their - whole force-at-Aquilenei—A
piece of ground in the middle of the camp
was enclosed with hurdles and boardS, and
covered over head with a linen cloth, the
sides being all of an equal length. Within
this enclosure, sacrifices were ;performed,
ace ord i ng.to directions reatl 'out '4,4 old
linen h;.-ok. • When these wore ftnished, the
General tittered abeeclle to summon every
one of those who were most highly.
distul
guished by their birth or conduct.—Besides
sofemnities . 'calculated to impress the mind
with religious awe, therawere altars erected,
about.which lay the victim slain, and man.
.riohs stood around with their swords drawn.
The soldier was lcd up. to the altars, rather
like a victim. than a. performer in the cere
mony and was bound by an oath not to di
vulge what ho should see and hear in that
place. He was then compelled to swear in
a dreadful kind and form,..containing exe
crations on his own. person, op his fitmily,
- • , •
.erspeyer the. e.eapanders should lead; and,
if liter he _fled from the field, or,
ittepo ho should-seenny other flying, if ho
did not ii#mediately first, soma
refusing to :take the ,dreadful oath, were put
to d ath round tfieititiar and their mangled
pal'al 1- rylll'
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reWout of Mr. I3enton's motion to re- - •';
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pretend that 'the pint hulk :of the 'Masons-I junction with his legal . i'acqrfirements and I h a t e k
reducing the duty on Indian
of our country are nude up of such men,: or puisuits, has placed him high in the circlesi f el ; th e Mill
that it is they who give impulse to the or- of hind professional lifecWhich hither• blankets arid other Indian goods to,the Com
der? It is notoriously otherwise, for naen to has ova up the ineasure of his ambition. mittee on Finance, I andi_Mr. Dickerson's
unlit's. cast have least to du with Masonry, May the theatre of his exertions be enlarged motion to .refer the same bill to the Commit- .. -;"
e \fell ifl-la,sats:-It"rireferferna iireirininds-,?": . --his cren illy finverft - benefit of his tat=tee OnMitfinfac — ttires, in milieu Messrs. Ben-. - 4 "";'•
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as it did from our Wirt's and from Wash.: eats and virtues".
,ton, 'Dickerson,- Breivn, Buckner, •Tyler, ''' te
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iii ton's: who did nut enter a budge, I be- -\ Apolpgiving for so long a letter,.l remain Clay and Smith, partfcipated. *The motion
lieve, for thirty ven t s. Such men are rare- dear sir, with great respect and esteem, ve- of reference to the - Committee on Finance
ly, very rarely, of its counsels; they become ry faithfully yours, Was lost, yeas 17, nays 23, and, to the Com
shy, tran nominally they • may - be on its '. RICHARD RUSH. mittee on Manufictures prevailed, yeas 2rs
lists. Let Masonry alone, bow down to it, J. C. SO.:Nem, Ent. nays IS. TheTullowing bills were read the
permit it to do as it pleases without impeach- -
meat of its ways; and it will be at peace C Oslrer.R.E SS. of William Forsyth; the bill for the reliefof
with you; but when its portenteus. oaths act- 'Twenty-Second CvaigriLlioon.Fin6t Session. Charles Cassedy; the bill for the relief of
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ing upon ferocious or infatuated bigots, be- • - --'-•
come the direct means of tremendous crime, S AT"KpIv , DcP• 31 . the settlement of the claims of certain States
we are not to raise-a manly voice against In the Senate, yesterday, the. billS for the for interest on advances to - the United States
its dangers, but at the peril of proscription ! relief of Ilartwell Vick, and to establish an made by them during the last War: Several
We must not discuss thequestion of its de- additional land office in the Stateoflndiana, ollndiana, petatons and resolutions were presented, and
merits; all mouths must be closed, err were read a third time and passed. The several bills from the House passed through
peaceably to reflise our - fe
prerence in tl ebi 4._
I introduced, on leave, by Mr. Benton, to their first and second readings and were re
ballot boxes to those who cling to an insti- a olish the duty on alma salt, having been ferred. After spending a short time in Ex- •
tutiini that '' in a long and ' fairly contested read the second tinie t ,an interesting debate ecutive business,. the Senate adjourned .over
battle- wall the laws, has absolutely over- arose on the questrok whether it Should be to m„ u a av next . - - . ._
come thorn, and to this: hour -remains in referred to the ahmittee on Finance, or In the Muse of Representatives, tho re-- '
possession of the victoryis persecution! the Committee on Manufactures. Messrs. solution of Mr. Meister calling • upon the
We must merely leave thz. institution to go Benton, Hayne, and Smith, supported the Post-master General for information, and his '
down under the operation of a quiet, harm- question of reference to the former Corn- opinions on the subject of reducing or abo-
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less, unspeaking, public opinion ! Admirable mittee, and Messrs. Clay and Diekersoe, lishing the postage on newspapers runiperi
theory 'this, for all who belong to the school spoke in favor of reforring the bill to the odical publications, was taken up, and after
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of the murderer Thurtell, or the pirate G ibbs! Committee on. Manufactures. on taking some discussion laid on the table, upon a
Offend as much as you please, and with the the'question of reference to the Committee statement, that the question was then under
more enormity the better; we visit you with on Finance, it was decided in the negative the consideration of the Committee on the'
no disqualification, no penalty, no act of any —yeas 17, nays 22, and the bill was then Post Office and Post Roads, end would spee- •
kind only just leave you to your own reflee- referred, without a division, to the•Consmit- - lily be reported' to the House. A resolu
tions, and the gentle, silent, corrective o tee- on Manufactures. The Senate- spent tion offered by Mr- Williams to rescind the
public opinion—go on, we have no fears that some time in the consideration of executive rule of the House which allots only one hour
our clique will hold together against this business. of the day to the consideration of reports.
corrective! This is the. enlarged and phi-. In the Muse of Representatives, petitions and resolutions, was, in a modified shape, a
lanthropic theory that pronounces the de- and resolutions were, as usual, introduced dopted. The consideration of the South
gree of rank injustice,even "fanaticismrup- and referred. The proposition for the dis 7 Carolina claims' bill was-resumed ; and an
on all political Anti .Masonry;, it would have tribution of the public lands, was further 'animated debate followed, in the course of
`any - thing brit thatritfor - tlie• -disceSsed until - the - close et - the hour... Mr:: T v iii c h_?l esms 7:kj arn , 3; .-Araya - c7 - , 6 p ,o Tt; ---;=.
world- have the Lodge, pursued as an- often- ilicDullie reported the Indian and lbrtifien- Everett of Mass. Burgess, Williams, Dray
der, or those who uphold it, not Toted into firm appropriation bills, which were sever- ton, Reed of Mass. Davis of Mass. severally
oilite; it -would leave into die of itself, by an ally read twice, and referred to a Commit- addressed the House. A motion to commit
tee of the whole on the State of the Union.
euthanasia, a- sort of- easy death, such as-thgbill to the Committee of Claims was ne-
Hume predicted fbr the exit of the British A variety of private bills were voted upon, g,atived without a division ; and at 4 o'clock
constitution! I dislike the - cant or puritan-- and the House adjourned till Tuesday. . the House adjourned.
ism, and all. cant; but the cant of Masonry WEDNIISDAY, Jan. 4. EtTURDAY, Jan. 7.
and its neutral auxiliaries, is the• worst we
___The_Senaterlittnot..si t __yesterday.
In the House of Representative, Gen.-
Hawkins,-of North - Carolina,--appeared and
was qualified, and took his seat. A num
ber of bills were reported, and among them
the naval appropriation taster the year 1832 i. •
which was read twice, and committed to a
Committed of the Whole on the state of the
Union. Mr. Kerr, l'icen the committee on the
Territories, reported a bill establishing the -
Territorial Governinent of Ouisconsin,which
also was read a fixgrand a second time, and .
committed to a Committee of the Whole-on
the state of the Union. The report: of the •
committee of Claims on the South CarOlina
claims was ordered to be printed. The ra-•
minder of the day, was devoted to private' -
business.. .
have ever had. They give us cant about
its religion and about its charity, in the midst
of the terrible inroads upon the peace of so
ciety, and the authority and sanctity of our
jurisprudence, of which its furious and mis
leading spirit has demonstrably been, the
parent.
Let us then, with Wirt as our leaderrde
dicate ourselves to its overthrow. Prepos
terously confounding all distinctions, it tells
us that it is no more responsible for the mur
der of Morgan, or for his blood being still
unavenged,. than the catholic religion is re
sponsible for the crimes of the Inquisition.
But Ist nAi put down their •sophistry on the
election ground, 'as it has already been.a
thousand times. answered in argument,, and
by facts.- They say that our cause is -a nar
row-one-ttoonarrow-to-forni-the -basis of a
party that can-be national. Anti is it in the
country where the stamp act was resisted,
and the tea tax, that we hear this lauguage?
Too narrow! the laws have been prostrated,
they are still under foot; they cannot be exe
cuted, it is Masonic °n ate and penalties that
cause this disgraceful spectacle, we have
proved it in a manner clear 'as tight, we
want room, to remove the superincumbent
pressure, for Masons will not do it them
selves by giving up their charters, which
. we should prefer; this is our great, our only
aim; we want to raise up the laws froth thcir
fidlen condition, wo want to take Masonry
off of them, to haul it away now. and forever
for so unparalleled, so absorbing affront to
the body politic. Die of itself! what tyrant
ever gave up power,.until forced to do it !
No, it must be expelled by the spirit and
perseverance of the people ; it must be done
at the polls ;- there is no other Way.; iLls
, ::1 • •
that we should so expel it ; it is an imperious •
duty;"ha Well as - a CenStinitionat right: - The
press wears its c ains, or bent upon nothing
but party or erso'b squabbles, blindly over
looks all principle at Stake on the Atitima
sonic cause,. and the real facts on which it
a founded.. The people must rise above
the press, and make . it blush for its past sub
serviency, and its past apathy. The
magistracy- must be restored to, its 'efficien
cy, tbr five years ingloriously lust among a
people boasting of their ffeedom. Call such
a cause narrow! • Why its foundations are
as broad as the civilized world.. No ques
tionof tariff or anti.tariffi nullification or an
ti-nullification,has half its , hreadth ,or strength.
or dignity. These are fleeting topics, ques
tiOns of what sort of laws we are to have.
OUr cause- presents a question of ',whether
ware to have a master over the laws ..;• fur
Masonry now standatriumphant over them..
This is our cause, Plain, simple,. majestic.
It is a canse that in the best days . Rome
would have rallied every 'Citizen to its eup
2sLrt, and in the better days of our Republic,
would have asserted its rightful ascendency
over every other,until trinnipti was secured.
Your Conventioitwas fortunate, if I may
velittira an opinion on this point too,in fixing
Upon Mr. Ellitiaket as a candidate for the.
Vice Presidency. In Pennsylvania we 'know
him well. He is'a man of abilities.and learn,
ing y possessing innate strength and excel
lence; prompt, energetic,, yet calm minded:.
To the nation he is not yet known, but will
be appreciated wfien ha is known. He was
ono of General Jackson's' piominent our
porters, but left that party at its•heightli of
• success in' Pennsylvania,. to acid mu putting
down.an. InstitutiOn that had put!down the
-laws. - En is of inflexible tiOnepy; in
**Wm - very-decided, it:l,lA cot net, li bor
firbearingi and just. Hee has never
aiiugl#, hut on the contrary avoided;publie
tlia_tinctiop,-N , herk . within iettelii i t'bOugh so
iiicirtV or. it.
.00,4ieitily edttea , ,
rid:7lk) , (rf liteian re 11ti!,,,A.n.0!*
lit
Mr. Pendletotentroduced several resoln
'lions on the subjett of regulating the appel
late jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of' the
United States, in criminal cases in the courts
of the States; declaring also the provisions
of the 25th section of the Judiciary act ap
plicable to final judgments in the criminal
courts of the States, and making other pro
visions tbr the entbrcement,of the requisite
processes. under the act.
' Upon division,by yeas and nays,the House
howc - vcr laid the proposition upon the table
by a,vote of 99 to 89. - Mr. Mercer propo
sed a resolutiorr for applying part of the pro
ceeds of the public land, after the national
debt shall have been extinguislied,,to the pur
pose of the removal of the- free negroes to
Africa ; but - before the sense of, the House.
was taken on- - the subject, - an adjournment
took lilac -
, wrisi .
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The Semate,_yesterday,transacted a con
siderable portion of legislative business. Se
veral- petitions and resulutious were'subinit
ted,, and many - bills passed through-their
first and second readings, and were referred.
The bill regulating, duties and fixing the
compensation of pursersin the Navy, repor-.
ted by the Committee on Naval Atlairs, - was
considered and postponed to and made the
order of the day for Tuesday next. The Sen
ate spent some time in the consideration of
Executive business. ' .
Many bills were reported from the com
mittees and acted upon, in-the House of Re
presentatives. Nearly 40 resolutions were
submitted, among which, were a series ky
Mr. Ward, on the subject of an improvement .
lathe conditiot► of the Army by providing
for giving the sOldiers• an education. • The
resolutions - were; agreed - to, and the subject
was referred tot Military Committee.
• J.in 5 , 1111 F 111 . 1 ".. 1111 1 11 .WPMINIMMINWINNIMI
In the Senate, yesterday, Mr. Benton, on directing the clerk to purclav two copies 4
leave, introduced a bill to reduce the dray orthe Irennsvlvania. Blackstone; which was II
on Indian blankets and other Indian goods, agreed' to. Mr. Itingland offered 4 Ipsobl- ,
which was read and ordered to a second tion, inviting the officers' and members of '
reading. After the presentation of ►petitions, th e military convention now sitting in this
and second reading of bills, the bill proViding town, to seats within the bar of the Senate,. )
for the settlement of the claims of certain which was unanimously agreed to.
States- for interest on advances made by In the house, January 3d,at 10 A. M. the'
them them ty the United States, during the late Speaker took the chair, but a majority of '
war, whs ordered' to a second reading.— the whole number of inembers, not being
The tbllowing bills were passed; The bill present, adj ournec fit / I to-morrow.
or the relieeof John Proctor; the bill i for
On the 4thyti.4 ornm of members appear
the relict of John T
Po aylor;1 the bill for
ed in their seats.- kreat number of peti
the relief of Henry H. Tuckerrnan; the
tions were Freser ell, , and among them one
bill for the relief of Robertson ..and Ba rn
from Schuylkill ceinty, for theincorporatiorr
well; and the bill for the relict of William
of the York and Maryland line rail road
S. Quincy and Charles E. Quincy. After
company, a letter was received from acorn--
spending a short time in the consideration
Iliac° of the military convention, now sitting
of Executive business, the Senate adjour
in this town, inviting the members of thee
ned.
Buse to take seats within tile bar of the.
In.the Muse of Representatives, among
convention. The bill to incorporate the
the resolutiort,intg . rduced, was one by_Mr.
York arid Maryland line rail road company,.
Davis, of South relina, calling on the
was considered in committee of the whole,.
Committee on Foreign Relations to inqui .•
'Mr. Felton in the chair; and on motion of
into the expediency of reducing the number
Mr. Donnel the committee rose and obtain
of our Ministers. resident abroad hove the
ed leave-to sit again. Several other billy
rank of Charge d?Affairs,•te three; viz: to
were considerectin committee of the whol‘..
England, Fran e„ and Russia. It Was
Mr. Fuller offered a. resolution, about the' ,
adopted, on a division, by a vote o-ayeti
89. Mr. Drayton submitted a resolutionlaw of bail, which *as adopted.. Mr. Van—
on the subject of increasing the pay and sant offered a resolution; inviting the officklit
emoluments of eavid 9.fficers seas to place and members of the military convention,•tos
them on an equality with officers of similar seats within the bar of the House, which,
rank in-the armw, whith was also - agreed to. nuanimously ado '
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Mr. Drayton kewis* introduced a bill, • —.:.,
from the Military Cornreittee, to increase On the Ist inst. while a drakghte? of Mr..
the pay of armnrers in the army of the Stephen alazier,of Lincoln, near Freder ic- United States s w hi c h• was read' 'twice. arc ton, New Brunswick,ageffsevenwarn years, Wa . •
,
committed to a committee nrthe whole •on engaged in coOking,lierclothescrilight fire,.`
the atate•of the Union. • The.4esolution of and although her ocreaming firelight her . .
Ur... Blair; of Tennessee, weal together with father rptmother immediately to her aa .
the ame ndm en ts, 04;4 upon the..table on sistanca, yet, befbre they *add suffligelitt'Y
Inotkar Qf Mr..Widkliffe. The remit:der subdue the fire,she was litezally a CHAR! IR!
of. tbetittingwas occupied n the eartoidera. died - the.sli me night at 10 o'clock' ~p erfectly'
tion orprietite trails:,
~ , • sensible and free from p . ain, oboe_ r . vi .. ng to ,
.„.
• ', \ Emmy; Jan. 6. her Mother, "don't Weep fee me,./. 11 ,tallWai .
, i .. , ,c,
.Itl tii. l l . 4"'"rtte •1- . 4444.1:fv. .i t e ~ i.bilsifis 1,:IN NI 111,1 f 1; CI: c. 1.11 1.1. 1 , 2 \ -
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IP'ennsylvania- Legislature,
54940011 of 1831...932.
STATE LEGISLA'T'URE.—In the S©-•
nate, January 3d; tit:lo A. M. the Speaker
took the chair, but a sufficient number of
members to constitute a quorum not appear
ing, tulinurned till to-morrow.
On the 4th a quorum of members appear
ed in their seats. A number of petitions
were presented. The Secretary of the-
Commonwealth delivered a message from
the Governor; communicating a report of
the canal commissioners, relative to the ex
haustion of the funds appropriated for the
Philadelphia and Columbia Rail Road ; 500 -
copies whereolin English;: and 300 in Ger
man, *ere, on motion of Mr. Packer, order
ed to be printed. A letter was received from
a committee of the military convention, set
ting in this town inviting the members of
_the Senate to seats within the bar of that
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