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Corresimuletzo.orthe . .Bittetinoife Pap'!iot.
T.HE SUB-TREASURY BILL
• DIJ-
I'
The I-louse of. Representatives, true-4(i'
the opinions, the wishes, the deterMinatien
of the people,. has rejected by frilirtCt vOic,
Me. Sith-:Treasur.
.4 Bill. •One hundred -aitlf,
twenty-five ' - meniliersNit of two'lnutdrect
and thirty-six have re . corded their names;
decisively: against-the onions and pernicious
measure ;--giving tiS• a majority of foiliteen
• I can convey to yeiir readers no idea of
the joy, the exultation; the delight with
which the'neWs:Of -this trininph has been
rcceived--arul-sigualizickdiroughoti tfieSAP
_ We all " breathe , free.''
That sOi-4saitt Conservative, r'Bster, of
--New York,- intends to 'move :a' reconsidera
tion of the vote_ to-morrow, - It will,•be'of
. fcY
•. no . avail—except to furnish another Proof of
the. cvealtness of the Sub-Tica,sury mend
Mr. Foster will find it rather - difficult to
-
.change fourteen ..votes. -
• • Phave not,rboln-nowifor_cominents,_but.
simply a§lc the intention of your readers to
...:jt rapid - slieteh of the day's• proCeedings.
After the House tad,gone for nearly e.,4
liditrs iii thisltishiess of , presenting resplu= ,
Lions, eilltittg , the ayes and nays on. thein,•
Bell . rose, and . remarking that
Jnost orrthe resolations were' entirely:mi
.- important and could not be attended -with
any- profitable' resivdt the present session,
moved that the - Sub-Tieasury Bill should
lie taken up. Those who were eager to
'stave , 'off decisiVe action oft the Sub-Treas
. cry Bill : attehApted to - _put down - this-propo= -
sition by clamor. 13itt it would not do.
AsJhe luitir for taking Ally daily recess Was
•near at 'hand, Mr. Bell---modified his\ mo
tion, so as to diireet the bill to be faked up
• at half past three o'clock in the afternoon.
- •Cambrelemt - - seeing, that a majority of: the
House . were resolved to go into the -con
sider:Min-1,6f 'the menikTie, made a virtue of
necessity-41e : rose with- some . appearance
of resentmentdeclared he had intended
to have unadeßie since, motionAdinself, amid
. talked as jf Mr.Bell.hadimproperly_usurp-
The
_motion was agreed
-to; mid .Mr. expressed a hope that
• tneinbers.on - betlr:sides-iioTielliguse-would.
ag - - - ree:thatAlfebill — shcitild be reported - from
. " - the committee of the • whole „this-evening..
.•
When ,the House re-assembled after the
recess,
_the, bill was _taken tip in committee,
pmi.Mr.lthint of S. C., rose andspoke at
great length in - support of tile Measore..il'e
romnieneed .with au
.• elaborate .defence- of
himself, and the little..dique to which - lte
helongs-- 7 their constaney, , 'disinterestedites„
patriotism and their alliance' to the 'Admiii
istratiOn-: ie IVliigs,4leop
posed to fire . interests of the-South;and in
illustration of this, -he alleged that Mr.
.AitlaMs liad characterized - Mr. Van Buren,
as "'a:Northern Man with Soulhern prim-
...„
" „ • . .. • ..
'• Here 11r. Cushman of N. 11, was. heat:d .
:10 ..say, "That's he !",----ineaning it to 'he
true that:Mr. Van Burch is a'Nerthern man
• .With Southern:principles. •• •-•
111rA.tlams rose to explain . : Ilia state
, merit wikthat the present - Chief Magis.-
_ „,_trate was_exhibited fricnds and sup
porters, and professbd himself to "
Northern man with Southern principles."
He was elected on that ground.
Rhett said he would not look into the
motives of the Executive. 'lt-was-enough
for him that he acted on - Republican
pleswoidd .support the - measures
- • of the Clovernment .so long as they con
. formed to those principles [!]
• - • He then broke out into the old song - of
the 1 11111111 1 1111111111111111 l all the profli
gate expenditures of the Adiiiinistration—
Of their being associated with the Abolitio
nists, &e. 'ln this corniection;he intimated
• That Mr. Prentiss of Mississippi, who had
•commented .so strongly on the Alliance of
.____DritLeAlhattn_and th-tIIC-V0R9"...
men; was himself associated with those who
were at war with the domestic institutions
- of the south. • ',`
Mr. Prentiss instlmilj -- -and disclaim-
ed ever having charged the Gentleman from
--Sou th---Qarol naffand-li is friends-1v i
,dotting their • principles. But he did say•
that those who only a year ago proclaimed
against the. Administration' "Mu' to the
knife," - and the knife were in
elose._alliance with it now!. •lle' .. did not
say—whether_Alahomet gone to flit
• mountain, or• the mountain to Malifimet;
• but it was' cox:aid that Ali& antipq,des had
shaken liandl3-, and either the Administration
had gone over to the gentleman and Lis
tlieu had gone over . to the All:
- ministation.
. , Mr. Prentiss 7 - protested against any at
lempt to iniplicate- 'associated - With
those whip are oppOsed to the South: . When
the question should fairly arise, 'should.
be found in the van contending fdr the do
rnestic institutions and rights .of that section.
Mr. Rhett continued to speak till half
- past 5 o'cletk, repeating priucipally the .
opinions' and arguments of Mr. .Callionu
- and inherS of (the same school: •
~
• • -When he had finished, - there - Was a gen
ral cry of ”quegign fititslionr
-- member rising to speak •the - question -Was
---- put on the pending motion .of
01-1-Va,,- to -strike•out- the -enacting- clause;-
ficLbeing.Ltaked-by—tclle'rs,--was—carried= - -
Ayes 92. 7 -Noes 86.
:The announcement ,of this result: pro
duced a great sensation in allparts,of the
hall. The committeeinstantlk. rose, and
reported the bill with ti the enacting 'clause
struck out. As,soon' as the speaker took
— the - ehair', - Mr.-Serrod Williams mdved the
„Previods Question: asked, for
the
.call . of, the House, which was
,ordered.
There was a goodly, attendance of mem
• hers; and . • after
-,the' customary forms, of
shutting the.doors of the Hall—calling over
- the list of .absentees—receiving excuses—
' taking the ayes and nays on suspending all
further:;proceedingsin the call—opening the
doors and letting in the' vagrants, there were
found to .be two hundred and thirty-five
members present • > - • -
The call for the Previous "question was
sustained:'This cut off every thing in the
shape', of, amendments ; an&•the. Modell to
_ _ - : - strilreiolitrAe-enactinelaitse_being_of
chaiietek wd's Cut off,. and the main
• ..tion.Wak ; pro,Peily announced by the speak:
• er to be on 'orderhig the bill to be engrossed
' .
and read•,a, third time.
;- , This was decided in the negative.: .434 s
.. . .
..141 . ,,Nay5.12,5 - .. Majority against the will 14!
When tie vote. was announced Ater& was
a general - burst of applause ;- and the.lLOUse
. immediately adjourned, ..' • , • •
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OffMmiJimi•MY.JA•YES)=l•Egi.i/millimabii•mW
Prdn't llac Cratiford StaMancin.
ANOTHER PROP CONE.
I ,We take pleasure in laying the 'subjoined
communication before the public., . The
gentle.mati Whi;se name is 'appended has
• been heretofore an tinwayering supporter
the Nationar•Administration; but like
hululreds of others in this county, ,lie. can't
swallow porter. • The poor -locO-focds are
in a 'bad box'•—. they scarcely know who to
dependUpon,---Alicwopware - slipping - ,.awny -- ,,
one after another, rapid succession-41e
People arc, deserting the sinking, cause oT
Van. Buren .and, Porter, and 'docking. to the
standard of !!Ilitne,t: and old-lltshionedlie- .
Porterigni is beloW par now,
it will be "iii.i.sale" by the .(I'Tuesday of
'October. ••
- •MR:-- - -11sfys:--11-Bco—V — the -- - -1-- Graftford -
Pcmocral Courier," that . 11v•,,liatne .was
placed upon the Van Buren-Porter commit
tee. of Vigilance, by
. a meeting held by the
friends of these gentlemen during . .Conq
week. 'N
-Ow,.' sir, I•haye — ititnessed thd
prpspprity of, our State_ during the Admin:,-
istration of our fearless democratic Gov!
error, SE NI 1? IPA BR , and am nok
willing to• Clitingc a jimilipc - gopel !Or ad
imeertainty ; therefore . please notice that
1111 17 1TOPE - 4- NCR. WILL
BE ILSVO TO PROMOT TIm Tim
B - LEVTIO2V 01!
WA &HI DON .COUNTY. -
. EBENEZER: WHIPPLE, Jr. •
Hayfierd; Urawford• ro:, June 7th, 183f3:
. . PiTarthe 7 / 1 /incrs: - .7 . oiir». •
-"WAKIN (.; TIIE_WiI.OI.G PAS':
SENDERS:"
Mll BANN . A'N: . 111 1.1!C SO called±'LV9ice_of
l'eoPle," of the Oth instant, I 'per
ceive ithat ata loco foc,o.•Porter meeting,.
held—ri 1116_ sth__ instant,_ at . the
of. 'E.. O'OOnno.rr in the - borough' of PottA
vine; my: name has been. made use of, as a
•delel.\;'ate to -attend—the , -PortcriConypition,
at llarrisburg, - on •thodth of July next; I
hegle'avO through theinediunv of -
per to dechde the honor conferred on inc,
and would knoWn~ thanl ant
'not Willing:to serve in supporting the V-cde ,
nil, Loco I'oro, Shin-plaster. candidate, 1).
R. Porter, • but shall do all in -My power
hOneSIIY to_pionuite the . re-clectimi of the
Democi•athi candidatej().sl:lll RITNER,
bet'ausesl find in himthe frietitl of the peo
ple, and :champion of their :rights and•
tercets; aiid the in - koniprOmising
,oppolionl
of ;aristocratic coal comp 14 , 5. • ,
_-
-jACOII KLINE:
June 11 -1838.
Mn. BANN/IN . : We - have.learned that the
Porter men, at their meeting held_in Potts-
Ville, on tie sth inst. have - Used our names .
wittiout our consent; - as delegates to the
Young_ Men's, .Cotivention f : to be held at
Harrisbnirg, on tine 4th of July next;. and
as we do not wish •to be suspected of .ap
proving of.the destructive meiisures of That
party, we' beg leave, :through the medium of
your paper, to decline the hontir intended,
as we arc fully determined to go — for Penn
-sylvania—interests-,--which -ye—believe can
wily, he accomplished by aitliii,rtiic
of our present Farmer CloVernorJO
SEPll RYMER. •
L. BOUGHNER,,
MICIIAEL STRUBILAUy
. LEWIS 'DREHER,
'JOHN BAUSAM,
fl lOSEPIL I'lmmn •
. . PETER MILLER.
.._. The. foßowing is an 'extraet-oLa.letter
from an intelligent and respectable citizen
in 'Huntingdon county to a gentleman in
Laricaster. , .1 1 '.he. writer gives an aeinunt, of
( 15 -
David R. Pph'or differing very
_inch from
that contained in the resoluti n efothe late
-meeting•of-Ilte-loco-focos-iii: hat iilace-:—.:-
-- "I live in the county in which David It.
Porter resides, and. have !id a 'personal ac
-qoaintance - with him - for at - least - 25years; -
or ever since he has lived in the 'county;
Ile is one of . the most artful,. cunning, and
deceitful politiciauS in the State. No one
knows him better - than
,I de. .If lie should
be elected, . Pennsylvmia_might. put on'
mourning, focije_ would be purely the-Gov
ernor of the. few partizans, and not of the
state. Oife - i - f) my 'reasons - .fer writing to
- you isjho iniprineipledTrliP - s - 774itibli - slied - tin'
the papers which support him. They are
too bad; to collie front the pen of cany Man
or set of men who wish to support com
mon decency or - the • character of gentle
men.' If you have an opportunity of read
ing.the, paperS,"yiin may see' some-of tbin.
'The Uuntingdon . Journal exposes them,
and gives the real character of Porter. I
pledge you my veracity that nothing is there
said•of David R. Porter but what is'Wictly
true, and a great deal more might be said.
The_ boasting of the Porter party of_thc
:great - xliaages in this county is a mere huin
'biig-iltere Tacit a word - of Erni:ll'in it, ex--
-cept , perhaps afew-un'principled-disappoint
-eitscrubsTthafwe-thipt-we:Lare-hetter-witlF:
out. But Ido know !men that voted for
him for Senator who are now quite excited
and warm men . ((lermans) that I scarcely
ever heard say any, thing
- on political !nat
ters. „ Yon may With safety concludp that
Huntingdon county iq going to do as well,
perliaps-better, 'than -.ever .it did. There
`wilt be a:general turn •out,- which- was -got
.the case at - the Senatorial electiOn for Poi
ter." • • • ._._
The Harrisburg Keystone, speaking Of
the various votes Aiken to . ascertain public
sentiment in relation to the Governor's Oct
tion,_pays that its, party is thicflTtomposek
of those.who "only meet together althurch,
militia . .trainings, gamblings, haying, har
vesting. and huslang 'matches rand Adds„:
"These, are the proper Places to ascertain
their sentiments by votes."
It' thnKeystond s party ace ev:er. found
at. c' hurch Ave _hope... they. areinlietter,.b.usi4,
'too much 'of ."Church. 'and State.'' to
haying, harvesting and husking parties,'we
Stave not' heard' of 'many since, the nomina
tions for G overnor; but that theliityPtOne's
partrmake their chief indications Of pub :.
lit sentiment atmilitia. trainings 'and grim
r;blinga t .we shall not UntlOake to Stc squeliaaiza ;Os .
V lir trt.i.A:r.4.104-t..210:tv A X . 0,1' . 0 ww . 7,21c. #.O i.)-41.9..T. •
From tS•
• Ye,do riot: know that We can• •da: the
publie . a greater favor than io
folloWing letter fron%an esteenied friend. •.
ll4rrisbtug, Juno 25th, 1838.
.
..Messrs. Editors—TnE. CUMBERLAND
VALLEY ItAiL .. - ItOAD` ' , extending from Har:
risbutg to Chandiershurg, a'diattince of - lif 7.
ty lias,beehin operation, as yon . are•
-doubtless—fully-Laware r forscime7-montlisi
this Tacktfrecormitlyirie& -
lAr . estern :irid South-:Westent' gentlemen,
travelling this way Ivlio were
- acituainted' whir it until, they, saw Alio roast.
Inttribrite this in "4'considt)rable -degree . to
out neglect in advertising. The company
is now ..2 repared cirrry...passengers and
freight:6n their road expeditiously , .
-reasonahle T prices . . Tlie—Whole—cost—per
mile of., carrying; inchiding toll, is not ma
terialirwire than than alone on the Vo
ltunbia:Rail Road.• ' : .. • ..
For. the ii sent, 'And until 41M. Ciiinpany's
Bridge is-Anished over4he Susquehanna
ikor, , _paste nge ma - re_Leonveyed in Omni-
buses, and goods are carried in wagons over
the old Bridge at Iliirrisqurg; Owing to .
the want of a cofttinuotts 'Railway, at the
River' a"considerable qiiantity of : preduce
has been taken down the 'Rail Road,-;-put
'into Arks', and -floated-thence-to Baltimore.
IIV fentho Bridge is finished:the produce :Of
,the Valley will nearly alFgo' to Philadelphia
by the way of the Harrisburg ,and Lancas
ter Rail Road and. - the Columbia Rail Road.
The'. produce of the: Cumberland• Valley
li is hetetofore found . .-its inarket.,in
Baltimore, but the -. completion of the Rail
Road from Philadelphia, running through
'the - heart of - it Will Y make.a total revolution
it thecourse of:its trade. •
TIC people of the Vlilley . -nre fully a‘v.are
'of the advitntages of the'road; but there
may be many in - Easy --------------- 'wh
have . nqt yet taken advantage of it simply
because they . knew nothing of, its situation
or -condition..
,
. The. cionwny has_sixiist rate_LOcotigtr,_
I . tVCS nnd-Chs—enouglf for a ,daily Freight
Train. Passengers are carried twice a day
iLeach_direetion.
, .
— lt is. expected that the Susquehanha
Bridge will
. bit- before' the closing
of the -('anal; and, upon 'the. stoppage of
the navigation nearly. thc whdle tride be
fween the-l.aSt and the YeSt throtodt Eenn
sylvan ia will lake al is. route ;.• as by it, titer
chattdiz.e way then' he- ytken in one day ;
from Philadelphia to Chaniersltrg; 158.
mites- A inore than half ‘Vay -- to Pittsburgh.
Yours, 41. c.
The, Loeofeos !myelin) faitlein the re
of.llUntiogdoit county. They would
much rather believe a parcel Of, 'llireigners,
a number of 'whom are not ,even' natural-.
ized,'Onin the certiyiettrceords of rt county
court, simply heause they have bent their
minds_onAlte_election_oLP.orter,.andilne_
therefore pre-determined to believe nothing,
that can be .. said ' against:their:candidate.
Why not investigate the matter? Every
body is willing to aelthoWledge that if Por
ter took the-benefit.of .the.act- some years
and
p ne
ago, pas now acquired an estate Av . °rill
forty 'thousand dollars, and does' nOt pay,,
or refuses to pay the claimj'thai . welle then
standing against him, dial he is no fit per
son to hold thcLoftice of 6overnor_ophis,
0 1 . " cat commonwealth.' This is.adiniued,
we say; by every tiiillt - e - ti - WhY Troti'when
11m-charge"publicly made, and - the evi
dence produced "on' . which that charge is
l'ounded—why not examine the ';,irvitter ?
Read both sides of the queStitin,7 impzustia
to-decidexorreedN.-
It is the duty of every 'citizen{
and that is all die opponents of Porter de
sire.—Lcbanoir
Font. 1/ic Lehigh Journar —
HEIDELBERG, June 14th, 1838
MR. PRINTER;
HaYing Seen in the'"Lehi:gh - Btaldin,"
- ,,an - d --- " . Unabhangige" Republikaner;" our
names attaelied to a call for a Masonic-Por
ter Mgeting in Heidelberg, as a ComMittee of.
Safety to the - . Loco Foci; Shinplaster Party,
witliouy our consent; we--wish ,them—to
withdraw our names -from said C.Qllll:llittee;
'as ,we con Sider ourselves Harrison . and Ra
iler Democrats, arid - do wish - ourntimes
to lic used by- a Masonic factio:to further
thenefarioits schemes of the Lodge, by
wliich we would act the, part of traitors 'to
our ,Country. -Obr r l_otto is "Rimer 'and
Harrison, Democracy Ad Libetty !" •
Daniel. Sensinger,
Daniel 'Ritter, . •
- - Michael Zeltner, •
Jonas Peter,
- John Remelt',
- Elias. Peter, - •
Daniel Peter,-
Jacob Sensingeri'
George Peter, -
Nathan Miller,
Sainuel-Gehre,
r.- _
• Peter Cramp,
John Peter,, .
, • Jonas Peiori'sen:
Mn: SAGE.--
I 'have just seen my name. published in
lltitterdand Royer's -masonie papersi to 'a
call for a Portei fineeting in lleidlberg, and
as I am told - that my name. was published
with my consent, I hereby declare the same
to be a LIE. I shall vole. for Farmer Rit-
En
• Daniel Breifogel.
Heidelberg, June 14, 1838: • '
• • Iliper Mi(ford, June 14,1838.
Mn.
'I pmleive my ,nancie • has been used in
Royees last masonic paper as one of a Qom
rnittee. of 9;ifety,` for a call of 'a Township
meeting, ;and tom - lend a hand, toAlie
Porter. t . tiffink"ifie 7 A-an - tie - men
forthe intended honor, but feel.m the same
tinuf,bound .to-sly, that ' cannot • support
Mr. Porterfor the high 9flice- - of chief mag
iSirate . ofstlile;S tate; should I hoWever,
and keep my, • health I hall—vota—for-Ithe
Ipiesent wordly•,t 4erman. Farmer .Governor
PiTNER. • = •
.Thc, Correct. View ot the Goy
. • crnotosilacction. •
. .
Dr, SturgeOn, the Treatirer of.this Omit
mcgiwealth, was recentlyinvited by sbme
Van Duren melt of Yayette county, to a dik
ner„; which - hOlecThied in a letter of some
Coi6ideraple lengrh bit sad composition. _
Speaking of the - mine - of the party, the
Doctor says:l‘Blit to the ?mono:and prin
ciple Of, Derinicraby- we haVe nailed cur
- would draw that' were - . - driven - into- -sld'.
soft stuff as the name of the democratic par
ty. The Dokor uses :will for Ad/ all
thiOngh his letter. • . • • • ,
The following' extract sllould arrest the.
attention and'.excite the apprehension of
our : .eitizens. . . .
• '"ln the cause we advocate- is involved
ascendancy-riot-only-ot=the-priiicijllos
ri
of democracy in Pennsylvania; but the ex
istence, of those Principles as ad ministeret
by the CleneraLGoVernment. , 'We should
not conceal. riom Ourselves for a moment
that here on our own Soil, and withili our:
.own borders the war on.the present admint
istration of the General- G-Overnment•is to
be" Waged • with .the, fiercest 'vigor. The ;
campaign will'open With our, fall elections,
and the-Governor's Note will be Made a test
of strength by our politicar-cnemies. •
"Tile democratic party in PennsylVaiiia
have tlie fullest,confidence . in the integiity,.
capacity and sternly' . wortborMartin Van
Buren, and although a portion•may differ
as to spine of his Incasures,. Particularly the
pOlicy of seperating• the Governinent from.,
the banks; (a policy- of ; the propriety- - and
advantage of whicli.l , e - • not a single
doubt) yet they throW - ,to- .the Winds
those minor differences ! : amid rally as one
man - to - carry: ou ri u nip han tly :the ir princi-
WS :paPty.
•
.. •
Moral - effect of the triumph of the
deniocratic_party_Mithe..lieystone State _on
Alm other States of the 'Union, cannot easily
.bc estimated. Let us-present to the nation
our-old democratie-ninfority of 2,0 , t0
. 250100, :
and - the effect Will be electrical. To effect
-a- consummation-So-sincerely to.be desired,
lettiolniner able means be neglected."
. .
That is the true state of the case,•and • it • is
proper , that every Voter in
. Pennsylvania
should look at the Coining contest in the
light in. which it .is placed by the. State,
Treasurer; .livery man, who is .friendly
to restrictions upon - trade, td thti abuses •of
Exestitive:power, that have marked _the ad••
•
?
minit::iration.c • the nation's - alfairspf late; -
every ' Man \I ifo admires and, Wishes to see
renewed the _infamous specie circular,
evei'vr man .whodesires,-to - have tliV. Sub-
Treasury billpaAnii,Will votefor Mr. PorL
ter! 2 1'111 at- is 4 Ile:language - 6U) r4S.liirgeoit,
that is the complexion
.Which. *the - matter
mitst attsimieT.T — ThOse,.•who are apposed AO
all these things, willshawite_sineerity_of
their opposition by voting- against Mr...l'or-;
ter, because the Govinttcotes.voTE IS - TO BE
MAUI , . TILE TEST OF TILE STREN ofn of parties
in_Penusylcanioozcxt October. ...LouLto.
that you who would not see .Martiti • Van
Duren re-elected. •- Look to What Dr. Stur
geon justly calls the "MORAL INFLUENCE "
Of ' your gubernatorial votes.
11101ZE 'REFORM AN IY IZEITYNTIV:
MENT.
it is within the 'recollection •of most of
our readers, that Gen. of Cincinnati;
-who turned --out-of- Congres - S:by--
S•roitun, was one of the noisiest brawlers
in oiigress --aboill-Reform_and-lletronch
ment, and.one - of the most vociferoits
fessors of patriotism of his day. 04 the,
dismissal of this noisy patriot, by the pro
le, the PresidenUook him under his es
peced---protection,--and-appointed-him-,-Bur-
veyor General Of Ohio, Indiana; Michigan_
and the Territory of wiscou-ski. With
what fidelity he hqs di.4charged thd.dutics t •
devolved by .this respOnsible appointment,
may be imagined from the fact just di-sela
cat hi a reperrni Congresg; . dated 7th - hist: -
fro - a the Committee of Claims,upc.i the pe
tition of stnily. surveyors ovlio had been
einployed by said Lytle in The survey 'of
ilia public lands, and to 'whom he stands
indebtedi - as - Ali c r - pe tition-saysTto-a-late
ameunt, in consequence 011ie non-payment
of which, their "notes have been protested,
- darfte dishonored; and property-soldlor
dehts. contracted for the very purpose of
prosecuting. said Surveys, wizen, dl gle
same time the Surveyor General, Lyhis
report for the quarter ending - September
301 h, 1837,, shows a n unexpended balance .
in -his hands. of $539, 283, with*, added to
$13,000 . 7vAich he has • since received,
amthants to "$52,2.83!!" At tile, latest ac
count 'from this brawling patriot, according
to the report of, the Committee, lie stood
indebted to the goVernment in the .snug lit
-
de stint of f033 . ,042,94, which
.may be added to the MILLIONS-that have'
been lost to the colintry.by being placed-in
the hands of - a set of most • dishonest and
corrupt agenfs ditit lia - Ve ever - been Permit 7
,-zed.to- depredate- upen-a-once r ricli 7 treagury
arid 4hfree people—but alas, rich and free.
no More.
• M e unf astern t lin:l:snail:like, justice or
the administration, has so far overtaken
this Public; defaulter, as to remove him from
office, 'or rather, 'compel, him.to resign, to
make room ,ffir -his brother-inLlaw. 'No
more of fhe family 'kir this trust say. we—
533,000 of fife public money is enough for .
one_family !!!—Htigerstownrorch
. GaMener well paid.A correspon
dent of the Steubenville Herald says, that
among the appropriations which have been
asked for from the people's money, for the
expenses of carrying on the goverhinent
the present year, is the sum of $lOOO for
the President's bead gardener! Now -the
people have supposed that the President
was . in the receiTt'of a pretty sung sum,
when' he- was regularlyTaid $25,000. .per
annum, as a-fixed salary.. But there we see,
that this is not enough fot this economical
office holder, and that his, salary is to be
ndirectLYAncrcase.d; .
payinehis — garderier $lOOO MOre,
fact and truth, is paying the :President' $2O-,
000Ter'annum.—,.But if
. ti - M gthYleiter to
ho paidliv the -Govei:nerient; Why' is not
the head Cook, and thy head Coop/vino/a?
and-thus , the salary be increased to $1:00,;
000 per anntnit; tiV ilt the people not con
demn this . eitravagaime, , T. , ;rttplion?
1 - 10 . - iraibuO• • el tonte#:-.
The , foll Owing just remarks, following , a
notice of a late nicotinic of, editors in litiad=
qtre . by the editor of the Ilarrisburg
Chronicle:
"Pccasional meetings of the 'fraternity
thronglulut . the •State, ' would liave a 'post'
salutary effect. That, 'acrimony „and bit;
terness which sometimes displays itselrbe
!weep strangers, and 'AIM; 'is, so' dad
mental to the crafigiTnerall7, - ) as well as th 6
tastO, -would 116 biniediti the ac
•quaintande." '
- There, is
,lunch. trudt obscriza
- intercourse .tends to soften,
asperities and beget a courteous regard.
But-if such - a fraternization of • printers w.as
indeed' to-..take-.place,, and . cute-of the first
effects was to 'be al'cessation of personal
TithlclT,itTid — defenife, would not. soniebotTy — T
say that: the -association, was dangerous, and
-dellare that the courtesy. / of its :nenthers;
one towards another, was Qii . idence of the
,improper effects' of the Society-?-..
Vl,oolj
The Hollidaysburg Register and . Inquirer
gives an extended account of the greht flood
on life Juniata river, on the in'orning of the
19th inst.' The ftillowing extracts embrace•
some of the . most striking particulars:o4lla(
calamity. . .„
- _
'rue Juniktta„ which separates Hollidays
burg from .I.4tiysburg, wag .swollen beyond
its.bafiltS,..and- rose so rapidly that'inli,"feW
minutes 'the inmates of our family were.
driven to the secomrstory of our dwelling.
7i's almost :illhaCe rentarked, it yaincd - as
though 'the floodgates of -the skies had-been
drawn, and the waters of:the great 'deep
Thepoured out upon Our devoted country.
The scene was terrific. The horizon was
ilazingiwitlr-deep-red,flatnes--of-.:shieeted
lightning, and the t;rashing•pealS of thnntler
reverberated in . awful-grandeur among :die
mountth IA air_
an hour. the torrent had sworriTh to sueb.an
immense volume - thatiGaysportand its - in;
habitants - must Haire been introlkd in one
. .
cenimon vorte'of destruction Ind for the
breaches \vett -Thrittnately made at
several - points, in 'the - ..enthanknient of the
railroad; :which gave the -space to
spread.-- . . - • . •
-Two.gentlemen,..ll - c'ssrs. Joseph Kemp
and Henry' Iloyd,:who are_ connected with
the Pilot, Line Traosportation : ..Gompany,
l'igainst . the exposrulations of all. in' • it, left
'our dwelling On die pareli which was float
ing in front and inade . for the rail way. Their
adventit•C - is as licar•-•.proviog
-was - dusrfe - riite.• They had- gone but a few
yards when the, porch was broken-in pieceS,,
and were . whirletFacro§s 'the railroad
-before tliveurrent,,,and fora Moment all hope
of their safety vanislted.,.:. Mr. Lloyd catight
ae rail and reached dry ground nr safely—
Mr. Kemp. adhered to„ a part- of. the porch
wino!! :--Was -drawn-through one of , - the
breaclfes and tossed"about in a fearful man
-iieCnntil it was driven -- into an-eddy; frOni .
winch he was dashed by a sudden current
Upon a bank, alive,..biit so much-exhausted
as to he scarce capable' sif effort. AVQ.
viewed the tiilvenforers with sickeningemo
lions. We observed . the escape ..of Mr.
Lloyd, but lost sight of Mr. Kemp, witch°
he was throl i vit into the eddy, and thought
-he had - lefrus forever; - They are both alive,
thank God, and
- his - Wife,two eliildreit and a youtig woman
liming 'iii rite fa)nily, - attempted to are - a
their. escape from a house a short distance
above us—they had - . not. gone far till the
violence of the current. carried them apart.
- 111r; - '13ar rick:lead led •T• tl emliatikinent of
ithe-railiOad-altve,-butexhausted; tlic young
woman s , alter. being swept, across the rail
Toadovi l is rescued by Mr. Jerentieh Betts
at the imminent peril of, his own life; but
Mrs. Bairick and her two interesting chit
dren were - drowned. — We attended die In
' neral of the mother• and her ewo • children
yesterday. • _
t‘ Within our view, the Storehouse of
Messrs. Chambers andarings was Avreneh
edror m its-foundation; borne down, against.
the , viaduct, instantly crushed to atomS. and
with all its contents whirled away by the
rushing torrent a reed before the wind.
'The loss sustained by these gentlemen can
not he short of five thousand - dollars--their
:Stock_ of_ merchab di ie ,and _account - boas:
beingAv,stroyed in the' wreck. The family
of our neighbor, Mr, JOhn Bouslough, who
was himself absent at Huntingdon, were
in a most perilous, condition. -4. member
of .his firily, a brother; left the house
with the children,' intending to return for
his br'other's wife; but after reaching a place
Of/Safety, he was 'so exhausted and the
-water -had risen to such a-height that return
I was irlapoS s illde. Mrs, •Bouslough,with
a mother's intense' solicitudei stood in her
door until the water-reached her-neckher
children were safe—aµd with t}xc.Lgroie
forlittide aniUself-cothniand sl u .succOeded
in reaching :Ole .second liogr,,vhere slie...re-
ained-alone,-but_in_safetyuntil 7 the-41tiod
subsided.' The meirchandize - ta Mr. Boils
lough's, store was very much damaged, and
•
his loss is heavy.
"The flood .attained:its greatest height
about 6 o'clock in the morning; and very
soon began to Subside, and fell as rapidly
as.,i4 had. .No 'conception can
_be
formed by thoie ifot:presefit - tif - 4116 - 7sitfigif-; -
lar character of the flood. The storm it is
allowed began about: twelve at night; an
continued with unabated fury. until aftersi
in the morning.' During .that time ' theltt- -
riSen about 14 feet aboVe its ordi
nary surface . About 9. o'clock we were
able to leave our. dWelfing,• from . the-first
flOor, on horjeback; and reached.Hollidays
burg amidst the warm cOngtatulations.of the
delighted crowd, and at 12 o'clock, the river
had returned •to its usual channel: • Thek
damage sustained by - individuals in :Gays
port has not been precisely ascertained; but
must be very heavy.' In some'-houses rho
- waterrstood-about-six:feetron-theArstAloor,L
and in.most.of them notAess, • than 4,feet,
destroying provisloris, furniture: and mer
chandize; and leaving 'depogits: of. TO gm
entity from 4 to 6 inches in depth.
• ,`.
Mil
. . . .
' ..2 good shol.- bok," only tiiiiicen
years.old,,in WisconsinYeitiiory,:iccintly
Olotkoi3On Wad 13 - cce-tit once,. •• •-. •
-, ----
A GOOD THOUGHT.
HERALD ab7EkPOSITOR.
nit GEORGE 111. PHILLIP S . •
,i,j 4 P7 ,/ /3/ 1 '
CARLISIE.
TUk:SDAYAriA:RNOON, JULY- 3; 1838
Tlte People's Candidates, •
\f/J 4 111.•
FOR cox.E.R 'No% .
UcOZL.aI I I)43.I
The Washi - f igtoil county Farmer: - .7..
A . PROPOSITION.
Jo order to place our liniter- within the melt "or
every person, luring the. prttsent Ctibernatorial con
u.st, linve route to 7w Uonclusionjo-rer,eiT4-4tib—
irriherit to the "I lerttltl Ist F ! N'ltositor,." to be forWarti
ed re.ittlarly until the -srcontlTtle,stlty of Oetobiut
at the. low rate of FIFTY CENTS, or FIFTME.S;
SWIStiltlllllllS for five dollUrs. Moodily stibseri
ber'k.will also he received itiltif that period, at y 4
. refits each per' payable in ttilvaitue.-4
Oor I):ieli(lLin various parts oillie country, - will
1 ,
';l4:lBl.iiet- , :ts..:T.,reilts- in - trattAmllting- the-names-and.
easit iiriliostriil 46- ma digiicilal 'to' iittiseribelliflliat
perio().. : . . .. . _
..
. -
.Zl7llje understand Hint, IneoFding to the common
in:actice, thu stores, int shop,s_ or this 110111101,
rill he closed tu-morrow. have ‘'fssiteld
sonwthingratlier thtit nintal, so as \lg.:lll'ord mi t t.-
elvesiniifUinds on oiportunit
4110 crlchnithnpot the anniversall'-'or. otir indeprin . l-
• •
l'l l l:l;"l O-I l l Ol'l'U W
. • (C)-Tite Baltimore (•In•uniele stales; dati pit AVell
itcsday last.; II& shipping at lilt's dresac d
in honor tif , tile defeat; of the sub-tce:l44•y
„That gofol rity'never does things
hyluili - 6;uis - ticarly aft. vessels iii jinit display.cl
.Bleir flags., and
.all tilt Inksim2ss men rejoiced
defeat elitist pernicious and abominable project..!
Ej.We . perceive by • tlw Philadelphia &purer, that .
t thiree lias been passed h'y the Mexican government,
opening the ports of TW:pao and Soto la Mario l a from
the 15th of .Iww, T and—CaboltojO-froiwtheEt-fith—insi;
to !'m, (hiring the present dillicolties with France, Wad
six months after all - difficulties hare been settled;
,rj"We see it stated in the Nei' York papers, that
oho yolue, :! about establislii aiLit pftpg: i
Albany; to - he called latriotand.Wrekly -
Illarrison Demoirat.' will zealously stilYneate Ilse,
principles and policy of the great anti-Van litiren
party of the also the claims of Gen: liar.-
risoiifii the next preSitleney. Stteiii:ss attend Min. •
cOl'he New OrleanwEttlletin states, that the latest
hitellikence from the prainceof Yucatan, rep - resent
it lighting 011 the side of federation agliiiist the estab c
fished order or thinks in Mexico. A great i l iattly hail
been_fauglat,at - Merida; the capitol, betWeeu the mili
tia and - regidar 81111 V, the result (3i'as alit as_
ceretitied i excej;t7dN c tliere-'were four hundred men
left dead on the lieu!
(0 - Catain Cordon, of the brig DunliT, which ar
rived at New. York on Monday from Point Parc; in
11mWest Indies, reports Mat the whale of that town
ivais'ilestroyedby tire on the 16th of May. The inha
bitants, IMwecer,' Were itiumediatiely supplied with
•ovigions and a - Tenuity of lumber by 'the gotern-
Bank at Barb4dues,
,s been established:4l'l:MA Petro.
MR
C.:711 - e learn from the bbaltimore 'miters, that the
grand jury Of that city hare tbund a 'true hill against
William Stett•art — otra charge Of being concerned in
the murder of his father,liettjtintinStettil! The Litz
inangled._and_inurtlexcttabout:4pn
ys ago io the Saburlis of Italthatore r ainl the son has
been committed to prison under the strongest„eircum
.stances ()liming concerned in that inhuman, unnatural
anti diabolicalact! Alas! for sttch black depravity!
• •;(10 - The New York Express says, that the British
fleet now on tine North American' station, at Quebec
and Ilalifax,,todethee . with that which has been order
ed to rendezvous at Bermuda, is composed of 32. yes
sets, sliips oche line, frigates, and small . stearnfri
plea, which carry 1160 guns and 17,210 men.. •TheY
hite, also from ten - tb fifteen -thousand regulayroofis
at lfitlifax: . and nitive - Citiiadas;:whiely - vv4cos
land an immense sum of money, merely to ke'eli'dter
.ievolted:Colonces in subjection!,
(o". The result ofthriitissioniofCol.GßEY,whowas
sent to Washington by the Burl of Durleint hilrehitiOn
to the disturbances on the northeni.kontier, and
'has recently returned to Quebec, baseiVenintlii satis
faction to the British authorities there. Col. Grey had
several interviews-with: the President and,Secretary
of War, who gave hint assurances olthe firnittletern*
uttfon - of the 'United Strites - governntent to - co=oper-
tte with the Governor Gencrid of the Cumulus in put
ing, an end to the disgraceful disturbances which have
akei place upon the frontie - rs; ' •
(n"Tite rejection ef, the Sub-trensary 'bit!, and by'
so unexpected a majoritytoo, hairquite dumb -founded
the_ loco foemetlitros• generally, who • merely gi vetheir.
readers the • fitctawithout convents! . It was a. 'soli:
stroke upon them, as they calculate( with certainty
that the pdicer'and patronage of the t shielt were
potent enough tosectire the passage sof the ill. Our
neighbor of the .'Volunteer appears to be 'dm 'n•in the
mouth', too, and well he, may; for one of Itia"P inciptd
hobbies.is thus knocked to the. Wall. • ' •
- 10 -- Treiloiillthlertishec,onte sole pro - PrfetorOf
the‘Colunabia Spy,' an ex'rellent newspaper
ed in the 'borough of Columbia', Lancaster - county,
under whose editorial management the first stimther 4
of the new Nolime will appear on Suturday 7 ., lie aoa,
and we hope he'May receike,' from the good citizens
Of.Coltnubia, and front all ;the:former patrons of the
Spy, a contininture of . their favors , -sheliovinA. hat he
William a sheet every_ viiy Worthy of pationa
. . ,
cd'lt appears that cam. Itgby, of , Alabama, has.
Written to the Secretary of refnsing'tlie assent
of 'the state to the propOsi ti (Ur ollowdOg the Otero
kees fOrther.tinmfor reOloving.to the west! And the
Governor of that state has issued orders for calling N.;
to service 1500 of the' militias :500 of wholonreth hu
mounteA men; to be organized and, discharged,' bid
subject to be i called into service at a moment's warit•
ing-, under thCmisernble pretext that thei'kiuttl have
trouble with the Cherokees! • • .•
•
. .
to — 'flte Wasliington Globe statesAliat,oitifitk:dap.
lasi, Mr. Wright, from'llie oommittee On finanie,. of- -
1 fe'red a proposition relieving tite bails from the disa
bilities ineurretlity issuing notes of a lower tleninnina z : '.
licTinliaTilitlrillaivs, v : epealing.sunilry-seetionp of thr...,
.. . • ,
de . positt , l I:iwof 1,896 :and 'placing theyretta*, upon:- - .
the Invii •
.of the 1iw.,.0t1789, making its connection
with le byckti de • P'64tipon Mr. Webster's resoftitior t ~ .
of I . l}l -.=-.' whiell passed to &third 'reading by it - intijor-, ' •
ity of •
five. . , ' ,
ejAye are glag.to - p'ercehic
and:Sentinei, iluti:there; is a likailicod'Of our
banks restimingspesiu_payments,soon; and_going_oni/
in 'the good Old they Were in some years ago, •
'Jo:44llm the odious sub-treasury bill Is - prostrated- .
As that:excellent paper truly remarks,the publicpx-;'
Acct thit of the banks, and will not bear disappoint l ;°
merit t.he'miiter patiently. , - ' • • .
Anlar NOinsmeNrs: 7 -Generals -Macomiiand Bra.. •
ly arrived arSackett'S Harbor on the 'lBth ult.- itUd
'were followed on the Mb, by 400 regulars of the U..
States army, under the emiuminda of Captains Gwitur• •
and M'Call: 6cneral Bra q'has returned to his cont--.
mamtat Detroit, and '6(.4er:it Macomb ha's clinkered .
the-steamboat T(.legraph:for the Caked:Stites set. 7.
vfee-on the 'lakes, 'which is now tieing manned arid., _
armed. These rabreinepts are irOialeirto proteetAhe
coimrierce of the lakes and river St. Lawrence, unit,
eonflilen4 'and safety to the border settle
ments. 'A flotilla is alSo to be lilted out shortly, for
purriose of SllpllreSoiip,' and capturing- Ili II 'John
ilesperateliaMlT) brigands.
_ _Ent ie. yo.mit C.tNA _quebeeSter , _
envy remarks, that the civil diaturbatiees therit have
greatly checked etnigration from litirope to the.Can
adas_the present ye , int TI T number of passengers
Aleintlity Week,
which Bmin - tilted only td'about fouelitualred,rs nearly
one-third of the total fitimher Thai have arrived this
. 0 0 , in I AKAYar91N,A , , , ,4 , .. 1- ns,
'rl‘ lug by 'thousands in thd . Upper and Lowet:Provin
ees as they have been for years past, hundreds of in-1 •
do stri dus Canadians are daily selling oft their properly
tor What it will bring, and are emigrating to the' U. —"—
States.- I c kmes of them weekly cross Niagai:n ri-• -
ver to our shores, andlume off ion quips:of
hielt 'eMitaln their families and . thinr all, to seek qui
et homes in.our new states, where they itat be
anntyed.briliTi;vages'tiful miseries fl! . 31011(;11 by
wars, nor be oppressO and ground - - to the:dust :
-
[pit ET dOU OAS N CANinA.--An affray took plavo
set:lc:time since at Short Ilills, in Vpper Canada, lac
tWeen aspmpanrof Lancers ataba party of Patriots,
iu which scud al ou botlisides - Were - killed undWound-
AU attack was made on Dtividee, on the 21tb ult.
by what- the Montreal flethitl terins a band of pirates
from Fort Covington; but therwere repulsevl with
fife - loss of their cooruiranderlivAhison,
,and -it person _
called citptain Cameron. Another individual styled
Major M'Pherson, Was mortally wounded: the •reb
els, however, to the number of about +oo,,llave _fixed _
a camp on Grand Island, a short distance above Navy
Island, where they are in , possession, of four pieces o f
artillery. An consequence of these outrages, Govern
or Arthur has issued a proclamation, requiring Ali:
I11"*SOnS going to or coming frctm Canada, to give an
TiVaitiiitentietiiitiVeS, :mil in refit - Win tO the prb4ecitz ---- ' -
tion or their laWfid business and svillitirs; mad, -if their . "
het:omits be satisfactory, they will be 14i:tasked : by the
magistrate; with passports to secure them from fur.
therimolestatiOn AVliilc ; iii the-province,
• 8.-Since the altd;•e was in type, we learn by
extracts from the Ilulfido Advtirtiser received by last .
night'ti nutictlutt-the iiisitrgent-force in-the -nlighbor
hood of Short Hills 'met -with an eutire defeat, with
the loss of their standards and ringleaders. - A Itirge '
Moth - of regulars and Militia, NV ith,6oo Indian WarriQr;'
_colleetelLin o theii.rearand hemined_thent among •
whom are a number of Americans, who, it is thought, •
will be tried by a field eourithatijal, and executed on
the spot. The steamer Telegraph, chartered by Gen.
Macomb, had arrived at Ogdensburg with fifty U. S.
trnops•on board, under command of Captain 6wYnne .
She .had .crnised ng:the Ahousandislands,mal:vis-:
itedthe island on which Bill 'Johnson had his head
quarters; but the bird had frt?wn, •and was supposed,
to.have gone to join Me insurgcnts at the Short I tills,
Where he was likely-to-have been killed or taken '
soner. This outlaw's home was (*mind to be a spacieps
cavern, partly natural and partly excavated by huntan
labor, large_t•nough to serve as a dwelling-place fiir a -
considerable number, into which Capt. Gwynnc enter
ed to the distance of 135'ket, and found that it conttined
several rodnis, * nnist: of which bore evident marks
recent occupation. • ' . : •
MOTIF, FIRES IN BALTIMOR.E.-II appear 4 that the
vile ipee'lalkatica'in the'amiumental city' are at their
. .
diabolical acts yet, notwithstanding the large 'rewards
ollered for.tlicif apprehension; and the watchfulness
of the polite to secure them. A . valuable steam en-.
gine and a quantity. of machinery in a bails Mill, wer - e
destroyed on Saturday night' week by fire. A third .
attempt was made early on the rollowlug morning to
fireNickermon's (wall faCtory at the corner of Bank .•
maLSPring - Streets,, Which done but little damage to
the piemises. •On Wednesday night last, the stables
•olthe Susquehatinti, Rail Road - CoMpanyi with four
horses and a !quantity of bay, weC:e consumed. konr
Goys havTboen - arresteditAiffeient tinathrougk tit:e
vigilance of the police, and tinder circumstances that
are expecteettafitrow additional light upon the in-
cendiary ‘ lights whielLhave been raised in various
quarters of that city within. the last 'few weeks.
perceive by the,gatrlot, that a man named Alexander.
Martin was arraigned at the bar of the , city, court on
WediMSday, on the charge, of having set fire lately to
the 'premises in south Gay Street
A WONIAii gr.EP A SECTLET.-I.lollelc, the mai 1
roblice, WhO escaped from the Oolinntus (Ohio) . Jail
somctiine'since, has been retaken near Springfield.
The N. Y. Evening Star says, that Houck's sister told
a neighbor womanu confidante of her's, that' Ire was
concealed in thelibuse. This woman, 'having a bus- -
band, 'told him as a mader o f course — mid Ire, 14140g
regard for the lawsi. communicated it to the Shc:riti
of the county, - by which means he - was-captured,
done eyed back to his prison cell. Houck is only about_
yea 6 gage, and has followed robbing:the mail for
the last two years.' .
„.• • . -
EIGISCOPAL 110AliD OF MISSIONS.-W 6 OhSCITC. , .
• ,
the Boston Journal - , that a -meeting was held at . St.
•PrniPs,ehnrelt_ in that eity r on the eV:ening of_tho' 2181
nit, in behalf of ihq thiant Missiorti a the Protest
ant Eidieopal - ChureViiithe - TernitißlStatercTihlitvcris -:- . -,
composed of arcs'y,•large:atid - i•espectable - audience:
After pritYcre liy the Rt. Rev. Bishop Griswidtl;•ver
interesting and animating addresSeS-tvere delivered
by trie.Rt. Ittn;..BiSitop Onderdonk, of - NeW Y 91 1 :;
snit the Rt. Red. Bishop Doane; of NeW Jerieyt•BC%!.•. •
Dr.'l;yog, of Phi hidelphia;and•of •-•",
• , .
New York-after which a Colleetion was ,inken .u„ .
v•• . • .
tCniotuding to pulp. ,