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"With sweetest flowers cnrich'd: :
From various gardens'cull'ilAVith care."
For th 3 IldraU
~E posit . or:
•
Iry•mrn brong b t liis lox hour, -
Thertelt luzjofin 11,1ch's rosy bo %er 1"
Let minds bre,afhe melody ro more,
When eiltrient from ;.
Igottly6on'bearr lighi at inlitriglit
Nor),stai•s shed out their im tiancc'mird
_.z• .
let a ritinbow evar rarow
jts Rronil se o'er tlra7ternit2s 4
t's gloom;
• - . - ,`- -- NOr golden cloud nt sunset glow,
/ Nor beauty on ;lie rase-leaf Llom.
" tfutlet fond plighted lot
, fe remain, .
tawreathliiraround the shrine of :truth;
A sacred thing in virtues fang, ,
The hlessing and the hlie'pf youth.
e'',Shiliper,.l_ tui;July
. oth, 1839. j.r. r,
For the llJrahl & E'rpeel.for.
*HOMEWARD THOUGHTS.
inovtug scene M .
Sweet thoughts of years axone, •
' , When childhoocl, of its joys profuse,
'Neer had,thoie joys withdrawn.
"When Sirens sung of halcyon ears ,
Beyond-the-morrow's close, • ' •
And-xvilliug won, bn haw's winged raps
. Werra aspirationsrose.
W -
When every thought was budding, j,y,
_ Fed with the Spring-title dew, .
Ind dreams were sweet without allay,
Or aught that lamed untrue., .
When smiles bewitching—lmiks diviaN
I:turned - my "
Ah !;then the purest jlys wet e mine, •
That - could the heart'enthrall.
'Even now, my ardent eyes drink in
The brightness - of that hour;
—The sweetest tones that then could win,
• Still *aka a seeming power.
tut, ah!.affbetion breathes no .tono •
.o.f =stout sympathy; '.
'lts sighs and soothings that have flown,.
Breathe but in memory! \ • 4
4:)11 Time! deal gently, and restore • . •
_ • _
- Those scenes, unknown to pan;
,
Then home, I'd_ i Igen_
ziascr. ot - ce re - Ore s -- -
• And drink thy joys again.c,... J. F. B.
Shippeubul, lulu 5, 1533. •
OUS.
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. . GO TO CHURCH.
•
, There is no one. thing- which helps to
*140:1'10i-a man's standing:in society, more
:than a steady attendance at - church,
_and a
proper-regard for the first !day of week.
'very head of a family should go to'clutrelf,.
' as an example to its members;
,and every
'branch of a family sh=ouldgo - to church, in
payents,who
have loved them and watched' over their
best interests... Lonnging in'streets and ,
bar-rooms on the sabbatli, is abominable,
'and deserves execration : because, itol6ys
• The foundation of habits which ruin one;
body and
. soul. Many a young, man can,
'date the coinniencement of a course of dis
sipation which made him a burthen to him
self, and friends, and an Abject of pity in
—__—_thcusightof enemieroo_his Sunday_ de
"' ban Chery. "Idleness is the motheief drunk
enness7--the Sabbath is 'to yoUng people
• generally an idle day;.therefore, if it be
tofproperlykept, it were better struck out
_•of 'existence. -` .
• Go 'To CHUROII—If you arcs a young
:Man just entered on btisines.s; it w ill establish
your credit—what' capitalist would not
'sooner trust a nem, beginner,' who, instead
"o f• dissipating'his time, his Character, .and
• his money .. in • dissolute company, attended
- : — .7 -- to - his - busmess - on - bitsiness• days,- and -on
the Sabbath appeared in the house of God.
'Ti'e to' Church with a contrite heart, and
lending-a , knee at:the'throne of• your Ma
"
Acer4our outaksincere .thanl. offering for
-the tuetcies of the past wee4'.: ,
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' • Go ',tO "Church, . ladies, and - remember
that religion moit adorns the female ch'ar
aCni.
A F-4-31.1114Y 1 IitIVSPAi l ER:7DEVOTED TO NEWS, POIATICSOUTERATURE,Iiih MOLTS AND, SCIENCE4,..AGRICULTUTLE, AMUSEIVIENT4 &C. - 4%0.
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FEMA.Lt TIGHT'LkCING
. A. treatise'" on the DeformitieS of the
Chest and Spine, illuStrated by plates, by'
Coltlson,":(Hurst; London,) has
just coin 3 -under Our notice. - The Chief
objeCt,of tli4 - author seems to 'be to 'point,
out the injuries arisingfroM the-practice of
Itight lacing awing . females ; and ' , this he.
does : in 4. masterly manner;"- 'He shows
ihow - the practic'e• is underminirtg;:the health . ,
of the bulk of young Women at the.present
moment; how it is. distortig,g- the .spines,
idiiig theta a high,, - and tow Shouldci i caus- -
big an unnatural projection of the stermini,
breast-bone ; renderitigAhem
properly the. functions of Medic* and,
lastly, leading,tp.tho productions of a weak,
consumptive, and pittiy .rart^ of, peOple. :
-j\ Ir:..Cotdscni_deserves_thel_t Y
llanks_oEthe,
British public—the male public—for the
admirable minner in whieh . .he has •tramed
this . .tn.ost distressing subject. • .:.But itis Ob
vious it any;:thido• which he" .has said;
will not be of the - smallest use in abolish
the practice of tight-la. ;We con-,
Sulei this as, "utterly -- th - roWhThWay:
The press had: . for ears been . ropeobaiing
tight-lacing,. and yef not the smallest change
'-has been , effected., Women squecie- their
bodies ; :distort their SOillf.'S, and riiiii'their
the
...
which .was irr e 'gnn. lle.unconseious
ly protracted his stay beyond What he in
landed_.;_anctezeturning_to___the..spotewhere_
he had-landed, saw nothing of theeboaten or.
the company he had left. •It being a time
, of hOstilitY with the Indian's, and suspicions'
, of their approach having'alarmed the par
-• 2 - t they-had—ptiteoff,-and-madis-ilown-the,
. ~ • i _ „----____,_ l -, IT" . ~... .. surd= .mall W.._ N.
1 i Ci . a./ tli; -- ii.§ - iii 11 ith as ever. Al — l` itn
stream with all 'possible haste, not . daring
prove but. this. • -'Fieht=lacin -- remains a
n ' g •• to linger fin their companion on shore, :
_. I
faxed prjetithe; a' practice , fraught with =the - ..
Mr.li. 14 - ail' , found hiariSeff•alondon..the
most - terriflie, -- the'anosynaelatteholy 7 .copSe- •
hanks .. orille -ffOlito, a .vast arid trackhess
qatenees ; et the
whielris fixea with More
forest.stretchingarOund• him, with hut one '
titan fetter; of iron - bY the fashions of the .
charge . of . poivaler, hiniself tea-unskilled in
times. We might give an extraVefrom
ilte.use orthe- rale to profit even-by that,:
Mr..Coulsrin's book, to.Slitew hom.dread 7 .,
and . liable at any moment to fall - into - the
fully injurious tight lacing is ;- but where
hands orthe sal.:a . ge - s. ..I'he: ! na - tire , St set- .
would
---- • - • - - .dernent of the whites.was. at v truant - les,
be perusetEne doubt by Our 'young letnale
.now- . 'in I4diana.) di - Star - it" -web - ably . 'about
4eaders, but it Vi:;ould-- liave_hao irrip - rcs , ,ion
one hundred miles. , Shaping hiS courseas
on their understmclings ; or; to -speak more
coidd calculate for-,this, he
correctly, its - truth : - wMild' be theoretically,, nearly as fie
ti y..
his perilMikand hopeless jour
acknoWl-1;14-1' kit practically denied!: - -._
-_____ i . unaccustomed to wa.velling in the:'
_We have -- Written_about tight-hieing-Until _ .
forest lie losaall reekotiing!of hiS way.
- we are. tired.. 'The conviction now forces and wandered about at:venture...l ImPelle - d!
itself upon our.Mind,.tlitat.if .enY thing like bilh e g l iawi egs of _hunger, he , dis Charged:
a substantial reform in the practice is to .
.he. his rifle at a deer that ^happ.en-air to pass
hr-ought . ;thou t,.-it must be. by e se In° . t"r 3 : near Win, but missed: it, '. • The. _thir4,. day
potent; intians,`thati-: the ''press. -It is-noiv„ found - him still wandering, whether towards
proved lievond the.. possibility -of'doubt,., Vineinne.s . or from' it, he. kneiv e not=e.x- .
that the_ praelice is . lmryilit; , : thonsan - ds..of I hanged, .fannislied!and despairing: !Several
accomplishes }'ioung females to their genies. times had 'he laid - down,as he-thbug - ht. to
- Within 'our own limited spiterie, we r _know die. Roused. by the_ stinted of .a 'min not
several Who 'are dying from no other cause.,, fir digtant, betoitaithig r as , he well': knew,
The mania hat, descended Iron - thigh to low I.the, presentee of the Indianti, lie, proeeeded,
life.. - 14 Eifitilitirgh at-"this-instant, theretteSolved as a last hope of life, to surrender ,
are, hundreds of women in the' class of do-; himself Co thOse :whose tender mercies he
mestie servants, who are as - Much the- vie-1 knew . ,to be Cruel': Advancing a short dis . -
- tims of this execrable fa S - th
shion ae dan g lll tancehd-saw..an Indian approaehing,.__who, T
•ters of the aribioc.rsey. In short, the crime...! 0, discovering him—as -the first -ainpulse
is universal: But no -earning will suffice
," was on any :grin with both the Whites and
to assuage it. ,Mast then. a whole nation lndians on the fronliers in_tima of ho_stili-•.
cit down in despair,
! and see tight-lacing go 1 ties—drew tip his rifle on his shoulder, in
on - forever? Ve suspect it must, -unless , reatlineSS to fire. . Mr. Roomed the butt of
seMite reform may be Ifopsal for from thet,... ,
his, and-the-Ind Fin, with French-politeness,-
traighty. ladies who sit at the . 11 '/ In.a-f ' lB / 1 . turaed the butt of his also. They:approach-.
ion and . eapricimislyorder the -women °I „
! . ed each other.' The Indian seeing his pale'
- Croat Tl3ritain - go - w ear - v„rhatever cat-a
e int . h”. and emaciated :appearance, and understand
' theye , think (it.. They are the mighty per i the . Cause„ took him to Ids wigwam, a
soaages .wh I alone, out of a nation of. somei few mile§ distant,-where he cooked .for him
tWe.ty or thirtypillirmr. - ofesorils - , have the
efor several days,,and
. treated 'him with the
-- p^.tver to redress' this • monstroas abuse. greatest hospitality. , Then learning . froni .
No tl'rem.the.natioti mist-pray to be re.liev- him by signs that he w i s h e d to go to yiri:.
ecd-from __the thraldom of tigbt-laeing._ if leinnes, _the Indian immediately - let, his
- the pbtitiorChe' .-- refuse,d therr.our came is ; hnntiniT, look his rifle an.l‘a small stick of 1
hopeless. But .if-grant.el; . - -- - - how instania- . )
,provisions;.and.conductedehimin_safitty_tol
moss the delivery. Quickl—Presto ! i that settlement, a distance from his cabin '
Begone ! And tizht-lacing is forever haft-
..of . about about ei.g . hiv miles. . • .
'ished fripie thz earth. Ladies, one. and all . Haying arrived there; and wishing to re
-all women era ladies—instantaneously ward Well the generous Indian to whom he
relax the strings or their corsets: The owed his -life, .Mr.•R. made arrangements
_wasp figura is! abandoned.. _Health, gooctiwith a•merdhant of the settleinenf,-to-witiam
shape, abed goad looks, resume their legiti- 1 he - nale himself known, to . give him three
m ite sway. And _our women are them- hundred dollars. But the Indian would
c . ..e.l . veS„agaie.—Peitildykanict qedttinei. not receive a farthing. When-made .0 um.,
; derstand bytKr. R.-through an interpreter.
'Om he could not.be happy unles,s he woulii
rteeept-Somethingi-helre.plied,-pointing!to-a-
MeW . blanket near- -him,--that he ivould take
that; tUeil, added, wrapping his own blanket
aViihiedl his shoulders, “when•l wrap my
self in it, I will think ofyon," • - . •
_was there ever a white man, that
me of peace, wonld,hive sp.,be
in Indian."
tio .
./2, 4 7FUL -DISCLOSURE!"''-
thtryittshur . g_ Manufacturer, a Porter
I paper, announces to the people of Nun:
sylvania, that their Present. Governor, Jos.
liitrici, independently-of his being a far
nicr, once fullowe,l occupati - an of a
171)6 editor riScules the iLle.a,Of having a
man for gdvernor, who• has' built up his
own fortune by the sweat of his own brow!
What a characteristic of the Porter press is
consistency!: They have, been sedulously.
employed :during the : whole -campaign in
attempting ole the honest.
.•
• • -- LiniaRTN , G
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into tfielieliel s , - Ifiat the stippdl&:
Rimer are BANti, ArtisTocunTs—opposed to
the interests-of—the poor, and the elevation
of- those who are found • in the .humble
.walks of . life. ;rind now, they are out
upon.these atistocatta for taking , up a man
for their candidate who on/e•pursued-the
business of' a weaver ?. ",‘
We can give tho - Phisburg Manufacturer
further information on this subject. Joseph
Titter's.- G . TifiTtlyiit her ; ai — yegher, Ira
-brother, and himself were . •
.aLL TrE4
_ .
_and_all _gbad weavers
_tool ani, tho: very
circumstance Of his raising himself by his
own exortions from the humble occupation
to the highest station in the-cOmmenwealth,
is the very best recominentlalion he can
have; ~
•
rislie,'gorrnor has not left his . tra,p yet.
11e is weaving together the interests of the.
those,of the poor and the
.rich more firmly, insteati of . tearing .theln
asunder: Tie is • weaving'. for himself .a
,rePtitation thatwill.§tand withimt.dainao,
all the.,:barit'bs'age it may Ke.ceive at the
handik.:of l is,oueinles'... We: go fgt. 'siudi
•
i'veav6p—hart and soul.—Peopleq4dvo-
COIC, • •
IFEaLtER
Printed and..Publislteil ) freckly, bi Georg,..l ritinipg, in. Carlisle, ennenrittitti €oltatyy
Prom.the - W9?terw✓l3e9;enger JV Tipze, 1838. , '
milt . MgTING INCIDENT IN-KEN
TUCKY HISTORY.
At the first meeting of the Kentucky
Historical Society, the following anecdote
of - Indian-generosity:ancl - magnanimity - was
related by.agentleman distinguished•in the
annals of Kentucky, with whose permission
we give it.to the public through our paper:
. •• About the year 1783 .or 1785, Mr. All
drew llowant ernbarked in a barge at the
faltslof The Ohio, _(where Louisville now
stands,),with.a party, to descend the river.
The
.10 . 64 t haying stopped." , at the Yellow
Baults,'op - the - Indian side,- som - e - ,distance
below; Mr. Rowan,. borrowing a rifle froth
one of the company ; stopped on shore and
strolled into the bottom, probably rather in.
pursuit of amusement., than game; for,
froM : . having'alwaya been of dilieble con
stitution and averseto . action, heknew_not .
how to : os.:: a rifle, - arid__ besides
_had with'
him but. the
,sintrte — giarric of-armiinition
of the present ilea. John Rowan;
vale. ,
over/tor_ Rimer_ had 4a . rig 4 to-issue
his Ploclamation, requiring the, banks to-rd
'some Spee*.payinettts'..r-7-Easton
P L o'rter • - ,
iViirtto — Sinit - bl - 6761c lard - -- for
not issiiingit.sooner 1- -. _ .
" Gilirernor Ritner's. Pynelamation is an
abominabierterpne . ers.
--YeS—a-speeies of_huzahug .thaE. stings_
you abominably:. _
'" Govereorllitnerhai3 discovered - that
peooldare - deterrhlo9d to right themselves."
—.EA'ton Sentinel. '''''''' -". , ,
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'mined to •right.the eurreney- r -so
that the People, Rituer and. a' : sonnd Cur
rency will be all right togethir.—PeoplOq •
ildvocate. . . . • • ••
Err EMS OF :* TOE POOCidLIVIATION.—An ,
honest.. In, this neighborhood, went
to. pay a debt hb : owed 'on Saturday last,
and carried with him between 60 and $7O in
gold. But whY'do' you: - pay the in gold?
said the • creditor,, .Because -Joe • Ritner's
Broclarnation will soon make specie plenty,_
ana. have iltypreferencefor gold over good
Bank notes. "Aye, said a fornei,
who was la - ecisent, and - whose eyes',Oiq..ten
ed .at Abe!: sight of Alp
the man to, bring out the 'yellow .boys.H
Benton, of the mint drop memory, is a fool
1.6 Win fournqh •
ES.D.W ,a1IPTIERA • 00. 1 ", 83S'o'
• From The Lancaster Examiner.
SENAT,ORIAL_ REMINISCENCES--
GEN '"DODGING."
The-following paragraph is'copiefl from
an editorial article contained'in a late num
ber of the Harrisburg Keystone—the. lead
ing Van Buren :Locofoco journal• , of the
"Gen Porter was one of the most punctual Meru
" herd of the. Senate—always in his seat, am ,t/n6r..
".071 every guntion irlilch came: befordit — ref: r=
" once to, the journal it will be (mild ilia I is name
" appears aniong the yeasnn nays oftener than any '
" member of that body: - and vVe defy the Governor
" and all his cabinet of etli &ors to point out SINGLE
" instance in which Gem Porter DaDaED, a 'VOt.!::'•
We - scarcely know ip What-spirit-to :treat
the above extract. We are at a loss. to de
'termine whether the editors of
,the. Key
stone design` to pass it off' as e.quiz7upou
Gen. Porter, or as sober . truth. OT ones,
thing we,are-certain... The editors of the
Re , atone do riot believe it thediselires,
.tlier can they succeed in imposing . sotTe
upon any man who•had--.an
opportunity. of watching-the course - of Mr.
,Porter , dining . the present session : of the,
4_Leiislature.
Thouglr somewhat, at a los's to.-under
stand ivhat is meant by' Gov. titner's "cab=
met of editors;" we
-shall endeavor tofairor
.
- the - Keystone-with-an-" instanee 2l -- of-Gen,
'Porter's ‘4(idgina" propenities, Which oe
'-eiired- 'during the 'recent: "session of the,
Legislature. • •
'The debate upon the second sectien•'ofi
the 'lmplovement bill—the section which I
made apprOpriation to the .different State .
and company -winks—was brought 'ttl , a
close hr the Senate on the morning of Tues. -
:day, the'3d of April; a few minutes previous
tb the, usual hew of. adjournment.. When,
the' Speaker: was. about to. take the vote,
division of the question . was - called - for, so
as to take the view_ separa_tely ;,uponeaeh•l
Aspropriation embraced in thel section. - '' As f
it-was knoWn that; the yeas and nays would I
.be. called upon .a- great
.number i if
divisitin,:and,a . great deal of : time:thus j
consumed,. an adjournment was. •tuoved
and
Vote
air understanding- thatlhel
Vote would be 'taking without
. further de- I
bate - immediately after the , re-assemyingi
f
Of the Senate in the afternoon,._.. - .
The Senate met at the usual hour-in the -afternoon,•and proceeded take* the --vote
upon the different items: embraced in the
second section.. "Puniqual" as the Rey-1
stone. haszpronounced Ceneral
kept out of the Senate chamber on this cc-.'
casion, until tliV vote was about to be taken
.oil the Gth division-Of-the section. in- whit:ll--
case lie - voted. The Senate • had been in
session a considerable length of 'time, and
the-Vote had been taken_on_the Ist division
(relative to:the Erie Extension) on-the 2nd
division(relativc. , to thin North Branch Ca
nal,)- on the 3d diViSion (relative to the'
Gettysburg 'Railroad,) on the 4th division.
.(relative to' the - Tantrascootioli Extension
Of the West Branch Canal,) and on the sth
division (x.elative to the Allegheny Feeder.)
. At this "stagemf the proceedings, as the
printed-journals of the senate will show,
Mr. Porter asked and obtained leave to',
lectird hia.vote....upoiLthe first -and second
divisions of the section relative to the Erie
Extension and North Branch Division of '
`exis ted
Pennsylvania Canal; upon which there
existed no diversity of opinion and cense
; vet:l4 no efe.saien for "dodging." The
'clerk callel his name, and he voted in the
affirmative in both' cases. The Speaker
then asked him if he- desired to vote on
the-other divisions, to which he answered
'in the megative. Ile • thus refused so Vote
en , the 3d, 4th, ; and sth diviSioni; althemm.oth
. ,
rats opportunity-wasoffered_ him to* db so.
Here was a: direct and palpable I"lnstake"..
of "clodoincr "I Ainonir the divisions which
rn
he refused to vote upon was the Gettys
burg Rail Roacl,.to defeat the appropria-•
lion to which 11h : itself and his party had
been . striving during -the Whole session.—
Xfter persuading his political friends to ;
sacrifice the local interests of their con
stitsientsrid order to gratify. his own inn- / I
lignant feelings, not against the roaditself,.l
but aiiiinst some of those connected with
it? he - .basely - deserted :them: He feared I
that a vote against it Sleight injure big own I
. 'prospects in, Adam's county, and_therefore
hemiliidgcd" - thb ifitestion. --- - He - played - the
- s - a - me - gairtelir:Tregard - to --- the - West - TBranch-•
Extension •and the Allegheny Feeder,
Poiitical hostility : to stAne, of the men who
were instruinentarin getting the appropria-. 1
tiorTS to those, works, 'prevented him froM
voting for them, - and - Ihe' did- net -possess
_moral courage-enough to vote / against them.
He "dodged." . the miestioNlhogethe,r, be
cause •he - knew that- a vote , against them
. would injure bins .in the,districts in which .
iNse=iniproverrientslare-loetited;—lie..vot
ed for - the 6th division (relative to the Ma
rietta.and Columbia Railroad.) ':
He voted; for, the irth and Bth divisions,
(relative to the NVisconiace Feeder and..the.
Dan Ville 'and Pottsville Rail Read:) The.
yeas and nays 'were .not called - on the se-1
.verA diviaionivfrom the 9th . and• including
: the 15th. When' the • yeaS and nays were
called_on_the:. - 16th.divisiolt (relative to; the
Harrisburg and Laneaster . ' , Railroad) alai&
Mr. Porter was- in thelobil, be did - not
_answer when his -name was called by' the
clerkr c: 7 pre - fer — er
Lion. ".
• v . e. have 'thud endeaored to- furnish
our friendS Of the Keystone: with rather
more, than a "single instance" of the "dod
ging",:propensities, of their Candidate. We
ritlyi:in our own go . oillOiinre, fiirnish them
. .
POLITICAL.
. . ,
with Smne,additional Scraps from - the legis
lative history of thit "punctual rfiember,,of
the 'Senate.' ' in, the meantime we Woule•
advise them to say as little as poSsible abciut
the Senatorial career-Of.Mr. Porter: Thot6'
whO. regard eloquent speeches and Masterly
re oTts at:thettirest
five fitness and ability, look in 'Amin for
the record of any display of either of. those
qualifications by Mr. 'Porter
,in the-course
of the two sessions during which he has
been - hOrfored with a seat in. the Senate.
BIS conduct as. - a- eommitteemtin - was - sig ,
italizedl'hy - nothing- but opposition to the
,lifidral•-.edubation-- and , - Scienc-M
-w_hiltt' hit 'speeches were 'confined to
_ lumi
nous explanations of- the practices which:
obtained 'in county Courts urii the sub
ject of tavern licenses, and other important)
subjects, and_ to the heavy task of giving,
utterance- to the monosyllables "Fes, and
"No." , 113 was, generally reg.rtled as' a- ,
mong the. weakest and .most inefficient
'
membeis of the Senate.--Lancaster Ex-
"ambler. .
W ITO .
The followinfr. Circular atirnits a rav of
.
light upon
.the dark, and" *silcret plotling of
our oppanents.. It warns - us of 111s__ Op
snliounesrlaid for, the purnose. of advancing
-7f-.V-an-'-
.1 - 1 - 6Thlii - fs - e - iol , ~ B urarron, ..'orter,- . andlth.
plan for the circulation__ of the "papers.and
44cmnents"-witli
_w . hiclilhe.State is to be
;Iloodeci- prior to the election.- -We -call -up On.
our friends to be vigilant- , -LET 7 EVERS' M/N
I
ACT to counteract the "secret Combination"
against which our. Washington warned,- in
his last hddress to the AmeriCan People..
L'We expected the - enemies of our-cot:Miry,
I defeated as . - , they have been. at every point,
would now resort - to; - ' 4- -depds of darkness"
and secrecy—but we-rejoice to find that
there are sOme honest: men amongst them-
Who will lay bath hei foul conspiracies,
:.If against - the interests or:the peoplelCirsaw,,
...
-1 Nln.: lIA - i , s't—l send you a copr:Of a cir
lcular which I' received through .the Post
I Office,: directed-to-me as : onc_ Of thel_cpro7, -
inittee of
_Cbrrespondonce for the prOmo
liiiiii Of IliTelcc:tioh al : Tß : avid R. :POrter, - itS :
1 Go , verner: of this Cominonwealth. '• It has
I always been a maxim with me to- "let well
I enotoi - halone," and lielievingras I do; that
'
JOSEPH-- RITNER:has doriC - well (and
[much .better than his predecessor 'George . ,
Wolf) I am determined to VOTE -FOR
1-.1.1Pil and -use---all - - honorable means _to _OD,
mote his election. If„tlic publication of
this Circular in your opinion, - Will serve to
i rouse and stimulate the friends- of ourilld
L
! Farmer:Governor -th-foneWed-e-xertions--to
defeAthe witty schemes of their adversaries,
_yoa_are at-liberty-to-give it an insertion-in
your paper. ,
. _ With respect, lam yours, Sze. - ..
P. S. Circumstances beisilinclerstood by
Myself prevents me from giving my name
at cresent.• - • • - • .
. .
‘,. CCITICULAR.]
44 .ro
" The State Cpmmittee appointed by the,
' Democratic (!) Coavention of the present
year, in carrying out the trust confided to
them,. address you reserve on the
subject, of :the appro'aching collie-at: Its
;importance -we are all aware of, whilst we
!.enter upon the campaign with full confi
dince•ofsucess, (!) for the democratic (!)
party of our St•lte have a Majority always
• when united: - .The effects of proscription
Is,
'.and misrule upon our, best interests impel
• every democrat (!)'to be up anddoing, that
I
nothing be left to doubt that we may •be
! certain of restoring the political PO*ER into
`the rightful hands. We must bear-in•mind,
too, that our opponents are in power---4hey
have official .strescrth and influence which
. will be brought to bear with the desperation
of the last stake of the ruined g.II"A';;F'CI
, We must meet them at every point with a
' determination to succeed-;-w,c have only . to
be vigilant and-wave and this end is:attatn
. ed." With this vim the State Committee
I. suggest the following plan of organization:
"That your 'committee hold- a meeting
and organize as soon as convenient, bY•ap
i pointing a chairman and, secretary, and that
/ you, enlarge your committee if considered
necessary, or associate with -the standing
Committee of the county, so as to have a
1-committee • of-Vigilanee;-of at least four or
1 five members in each township or Ward.
rThat each township or ward committee be
1 requested-to-enlarge , -their mimber,4 4hey,
t u nI I t-pi •
•- oper—To : organize_bythe apPO int,
ment of a chairthan, 'whose amme andiPost
Otlice'should be forwarded to the chairman
of the county committee and.by him to the
1 secretary or chairman of the State Com
mittee,at Harrisburg, in. order - that-papers
and doeuments May be forwarded direct
,to each section of the State:.. . - .
"To have a fultunderstanding with midi
other; and to asdertain . Spew time before
,thoelection, with a good 4.0r92,,0f 'aeputa
, ey the probable vote in"eagh county, the
central' committee also I parfiCtilarly.request
the chairman'of the respective county com.
mitteei,:to reply to thqs circular as scion ag
the' desired informatitha.'can• be obtained,
' and send there With answers to the following
trueriei,withs tunch•aeaniaey as they - can
he ascertailied through our friends;-viz : '
' "Are the bificers-in ymir County or on
the public, works eoinpetent or'otherwise?.
. - "Dci:they.intend to -their dutiC's 'persdn
, ally Or.by depoy? , .
_
•T '" 'Arc there', any: - MASONS 'among•ilia:
prominent frieri - dftf Governor Rimer?. '
"Were there any MASONS iii eitherof
the.eoni,ions-that nominated him? .
-"Ilas f to 'appointed-ANY- MASONS to.
(Alio& Within 'you knowledge, if so in ALL'
CASES pleaSeisentl , iis' the a:wiles?: -': - ? ,
~f
MI
"Do you r now of any changes . of Gov.
Ritl6eia. friends ,agaiiisf.him, or of any
strength he has 'gained in your county since
his election? ' _ •
"What will be the probable .resultin'
yobr county at the corning election I •
"I l tio`stt.to Cominittee will keep yotti
advised of the - progress.of events, and again
:beg leave to impress , upon every individual
member of your county the importance of
activity andvigilance. Very, respectfully,
' b.STURGEON;Chairm - an.
.'"Harrisburm, Pa." . • ,
S: It may' be' proper:le idfo'iniouf
readers - that:PANIFL. STenoEoNjt 'State
Treasurer, and no doubt ;has at liii'coni
mand the means to crry out his objeet—
Editor Statesman. 0 1 •
•
WHIPPING THE
. DEVIL notnin
Loco
Srutni.." 7 -"David P. Porter, the *Loco
.Fe
cO candidate for Governor, having been
charged with pkading the- atatue of
•tations to avoid the payment of noNE . sT
-DEIST - % he goes and-procures-the certificates
(it:six-or-seven kith _etas that he has never
done so, as there is no-sneh plea on •recoril
in the suits • brOullht against Win in-Cburt
to .their knowledge:.
This may all be ver
-
neVer — alrege c pleadtue
of Limitations .to.any suitintsourt. We
never-untlerStonn - that he had-done _
was—befa&LsinueL.lttqica - of the'
..P;eacei fora small debt, that had put in
the plea of the statue. •
Our , —Lnco Foca opponents, however;
scan to think that to swindle man - ,
out of a debt of less than one hundred
- .dollars, by *ailing the statue.of
HARM, :although if the same plea:liad
heeh - plodded in Court to a 4:Arge'sum, it
might have been Wrong! . Mit. this-i31i15.0
--the rest of. the Loco-TocolOgic!
Tiie shallo - W.-devieds of the friends of
atvid R.. Porter will, not,-deccive the -peo
:-Thest'cannot 4ulled by such cer
tificates
.as the One given_ e, La ',Fliers .
aboVe - referreif Thesie=gentleMen.ccr-.
Aified - the:truth, asrfarasilzeihnewir, but
th(tir `certificate was of no value;_:as,it was
intended to,,prove David Porter innocent.
of that With which he had never-been aci
cused-viz. pleading the ..trifule of limita
toan action ,in Court. .Get us the
certificate of the. Justice that he did not
urge that plea before him,- and then say
that David R. Porte; never--plead the
statute of limitations, TO DEF.R.6UD
.6 POOR 111J2N QUT. OP :6 FEW
D °ILA& .5"? . .: • •
— This Certificate cf.t 27,attgj ers feitiridT
us of the story - of the Justice and . ;the.
Thief: A fellow was •arraigned'befUre a
"certain Justice charged with stealing aAnr,
key. - Three WitnesSei wot.e. called by the
•presectitur, who sWore_positively.Ahat they
ft.ttcto the defendant steal' the turkey and
Carry it off. The defendant then callOd up
six. witnesses, who all swore that they d.a. ,
not see him steal it. Wherupon the-Jus
•tice declared that the weight of the testimo
ny was on the side of the defendant,WhOm
he directed, to be discharged!
SJ 'with the.certitiers to Porter's charac
ter: They did not k:toto that-he-had plead
the'statute of limitations, and certified so ;
and SD Wonlil we .and any other that did
not- know the fact; and, of course, - Davy
•would not call 'upon such as DID.IT:itIV U.
That limuld not suit him !
You'll have to • try again ftional--Get
tyaburg Star.
PORTER.% RESIGNATION--A PEEP
AT THE OLDEN TIDIES. •
Porter will not resign—aat .he. He
might never get into o,ffio,e, again, as ha
cannot he electSl governor, and so he holds
on't() the 'Senatorship. This is: the • 4 . 3%i
'evidence that could be had, that notw:A.•
standing the blustering of his friencl,s,'ho
has no confidence in his own p. - ..6snecti;
the vaunting "of his partizari - i-s"MERE
GASCONADE, intended_tOt "THROW
SAND IN Tim EYES F PEOPL.."
The Reporter of this place formerly reason
ed very well on the subject of resignations,,
&c... we e...tract an article published in 1833,
and would, re.inark That it applies much het
_ter 'to David __R. Toner Aban to H. A.
Muldenbergi, .• • • • '
• "The circumstances of Mr.,lruhlenburg
holding ,onto his • seat in Congress 'with
such pertinaciltY, afterliisibrmai•acceptatice:
th e Lewis to wn noinninafion, proves con
clusively‘. and without the shadow of..any
doubt, one of two things—either' that the
vaunting of the disorg,ani*ers about the suc
cess of the Lewistown candidate, . is_ ac
knowledged by Mr. Mithlenberg,' to be a
mere gasconade, intended to throw sand in
in.the.eyee of the people, or. that Mr. M.
himself - . possesses a selfish and grasping
disposition ^which would do discredit to a
eandidate - for-the-meanest-oilicer in-;the,
State."
• r Harrisburg nepOrter.•
•.
In relation to this. matter the Mercer •Lu 7
.
minary speaks follows:.:.
reasgned the, Reporter une,
11335; when the contest for .GoVernor was
between Tiitner, Mulilenberg,, and Wolf - ,
that paper being at the time in 'the service
of that portion . of the' Van_ Buren party
which snppoited George Wolf. We would
like to have . a lecture from. this same Re
pereer-on-4ha_poSition which its . favorite
David ni,•Porterrneetipies at the present
-moinent- 7 -holding onto his seat in.the son
ate,-While he aslcs the people,of..Pensylva
niat6•ele.et ' the ehhir of State..
Reporter is continually "Vaunting about . the
titiccess7pf the'l99c , _ f9co , candidatOi'as . Well
• ...
SERIES I /Foig.'2.-.317. 35.
as, other kindred Prints; while he is -holding .
en to . 'his seat in the • senate "with such
.
pertinacity. Does this prove that Mr. - , •
Porter. acknowledges 'the 'Vaunting' df the
prints 'to be a mere gasconade, intended to -
throw sand in the eyes of the - people', . or
Jltat_ills,:P, Himself
possessess-tv-selfish and
grasping dispoSition - Which wcindTdo
erNlit.tO candidate for the meanest oN.C.e."
Whielt horn of dilemma will you taker Mr.
Reporter? "What was wrong in Mr. AWL,
lenberg .in 1835; cannot be right iri Mr.. _
- Porter - in 1828.
In with - trig - has the - su'perioritv of Oover. ----
.nor , /iiitner's• administralion shone more
triniec6ndantly superior to 'that of his 'Pre
decessof, than in tbe•arrangennents made to
obviate the eirils.which the late destruction
of 30 miles nf.canal near Hollidaysburg, by
the great freshet, -might have occasioned.
So prompt. so efficient have- been the
ex
ertions of the Canal Commissioners, .that
no interruption has taken-place in the trans- •
portations of Bonds to the west, and there
has -been no fliminution in the tolls, and
none is anticipated. As if by magic 'cont.'
moilions StaffeB -and , wanasAvere_immedk
ately4siinplied, efficient for the-eonifortablit
And -safe conveyance,
_of passengers4nntit—'
goods on the' whole route, and, the'work of ,
• 'true ; for it was
es nTettisn7 mir:tramtntrt . o• --
with spirit, and. is progressitwTa.nidly.--.
We' WPI tram eitilier 1: o*. t' Was. in the days
of ,. Wplf:&. C 0... :-..-TheTklightest - brOCI - iii... ;-;
.
, - _
tne canal woeld to . p all - Arade'on - the - state -
improvements for weeks,. and - . suctrzweep.
l ing destruction as that . sibicli this flood has .
occasioned Would . have completely stopped,
Ltransnertation :,fOr.the,whole season. Are,_ .
our fellow Citizens, willinfr to resign_all the .
advaatagei of Ritner's ,adminiktratlon .
again encounter' the darizets -- g - nd disasters ---- : ----
fif a Loco. Foe() 'administration? , -Ritzier
hos shown himself iridnsirious ancre - flicient, -
:indLso distinguished . fdr-forethon4lit that it - -
seems as - tholiqh no disastercould occur for '
which he hall notremedy iminaUteljr at -
• •
haad - :.—Ddrby Republican. _ -. • •
-Mr; - 11AN - N'AN: - :-Thinking-that the_histor?
of the jUstly 'and highly faYored tetelary. •
saint Of :Lima,. and-indeed' of the whole*
Pacitic.Coilsti may' not be , uninteresiing to
many of die 'readers of - the Journal, I .send: .
you the following sketch of her, penned --
many years sincebwhilein.South America: - .
At Lima, once lived -a- nahle lady, rich,
cliat , i.ta le, and abounding in . all good gifts.
Herlune mpled piety; and the noble uses
whi4b_she made of the bounties of.Reaven,
soon, rendered her deservedly atelifitaT
and-beloved, with a feeling-approaching al
most to adoration.
;This good laify-died, and after. het death.
the dignitaries and priesthood - in general., .
made-a-- representation -ot the life and con,
duet of this holy personage to the Top),
.
and besought her "canonization.
- . •
-The -sueeqssor- of :St.- Petervery..proper
ly refused to canonize her ladyship for
this cogent reason,. that a saint could not be.,) -
born in the Indies., • • . ,
Finding, however, t at tio.good people
of Lima could not easily be got rid of, the
Pope ordered a seleinn instiu-
Led. The Commissionev, 7* - tA 'and made.
their report.. The Pon•n, heSitatingly
said, it, was as impc,T,sible for do.iibt to 120
born in the Indies. as it was fo.r,a! Shower •
of roses to' NI 6:,m . Iteriven. 1 He, had
seareely.spolten, 'when the marble pavement
on which ha- stood,' was spread valth_ja--
plentiful co':ering of-theseAlower - S - . -- Santa •
secl the Pope with wonder and .
st Santa Rosa—or Santa•of tho
eigns throughout the continent
undiminished sway. She is much at- ,
.ached to Lima, andin that city--a city re
--
newned in story, of Incas L-has.. she
~done
many marvellous 'Avorks.
The dark-haired Peruvian maid, whose
oyes the diamond far:outshine; who' looks •
.through' natnre ,up to nature's God, and ,
who is early, learned that deep devetiort --
for the saints, Which is so prominent a.Tea
ture in her remarkable religion, offers up on:
bonded knee, and with a contrite s,pirit, -
her heart's deVotiorrto Santa RosaP
Filled also • with adniiratinii of.'her, the
fishermen and hardy mariner, as they launch •
their—barks =on the' - 'ever-sleeping;--gentle.
waters of the Pacific, Mingle with their
"o - r'a pro nobis," 'their (prayers to . their
patron-saint, that-she would -be
_please& to- ,
the sail - iiiil — spreed — their --- wayi” -- I ----
have hard her worshipped with the min- '
gled . choral_, strains of many - organs, and a .
thousand human . voiCes,• beneath the fretted
vault, and in the 'crowded Marble 'aisles of
San oßosario; and on the summit of Peru's
Ipftiestranges of mountains, tvith. a temple,
around me, whose builder and maker. is:
God, liave Songs of devotion gone uptoherJ
for•eppravel from my Indialu guides, while( .
the moon and the stars looked:down witt4
fav_otteupon their - humble" worship.'
orange grove,' and'removed from' the tinnul .
of e crammed city, have .I • Come Suddenly,
on him, whose locks the snows of threesconei
and ten Winters had-,bleachecf to vie:Stine - St.
with - their own: whitneS4
ne Difba!' hung on. his trembling, lip, and
teddy his prayer Wont up foOtppreVel to
"IletivenNchane,ery,"'his heart was Warin..,
,withMeirotion for his favorite Saint. ' • • :
• • s• . .11; J.
Mongehante Street. • • ,
_
•.a Toper's' idea Temp6Siti. ce.—"TOn ,
per:llion is, a great virtue, 1.2161"f0re abiiey4
he naiderate inthe use , of arde +0444',
Si:-glaeof sling lieib a b' gr
good 4sia thottsaud,"
t v!.
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