I - 11E HERALD.
PUBLIC to.It',ETHIS.
• •j .
• fil -kge.
.PITNER kSPBCIE PdEIY.ENTS,
..'.AGAINST
• PORTER4.:I:II4V-p . .L.RSTERS: -
"ine'eting of th&Ttiends'afi, JO Sil l.
lU TN ER, the :present patriotic ante..
nor of Pennsylvania, and all others` in favor
Of u resumption of Specie Payme,MS'ai r id
oppO:Se - d-to th. , .'present.reignof Sltin Plqs
iiii-ovill be held ache Court-Ileuse, in.
' . .,.the.bo'rough of Oarlisle;on•
'MONDAY, 71110 111 - i[ AUGU S T
text; - 61 ONE o'cleek,• flint
'neVeral addressee will be. delivered. The
' Farmer; the Mechanie,. the Merchant, the
Laboring Man, and all who feel an Interest
in the . ivelfare of our country arelnidted to
MANY,
attend.
- July 2dirlBBB.
Let tie People gentember
THAT
111021. VIED( Et: P R ORTE
VOTED IN THE SENATE LAST WINTER
TO INSTRUCT OUR SENATORS AND
lI.BSENTATIVES -IN CONGRESS TO. VOTE
ICI FAVORS:IF THE ODIOUS AND INFAMOUS
SUB-TREASURY BILL..
THE TRUE ISSUE. ,
]3E IT
uniiriniErtF.Vthat the lorter. Coniention
'blob assembled flarrisburg On the 4th of July,
ted the folloikink resolution
1-7:717 1? iSOLTED; THAT - Alt TUVE-F11M: CON
VIHENCE IN THE TALENTS, ryrgtaftry,
TED STATES: • ].. . •
• • --
BE re it:ma:darn:a, that ho who votes fat;:nari:sl
R. Porter. votes in fiiztr ofVail Bor'en
Treasury sc' A teme,together with every -oiler
measure ef-the.priment , imbecile . and wiektd adnain-
istration L
OT the Geneenl Government; and ;Ina lie
roics fariGE AG.WS . ST
-
Br 4 *IT lIESLESiTIEILLI)i-VOTLU9---OT--P-ENSTLTANIA
that _Potter - and 'Vari BUIT3 arc Went:lilt:a 'in all
thingtora roone and tlto satne.:• . . If Porter Sltouldli.a.
_"elected; Van-Bunn .ulll, Consider. it...a:Lapp . rSval of
his natiastircs.. th.:,s, 'and 'vote as duty 'and
conscience dictate, for..Ritner; the supremacy of dl!
laws, zind an-inviclat„. constitution, .
. From the Penniykania Intelligencer.
. cl,:zaprr Ir/g7!).rorox.
.141 T Uttl CONIqpN AND SUS.
•
THIN FALSE HOODS:7
%Ve invite the attention of our readers to
eammuilidatiom ' The writ?.r-
IpoWn'to' tfj.as a 'responsible. .man, and
mime will be given, and the relVat'd paid,
Avhenever the Lecofoces will substantiate
the eliOrges referred
. We elUlllenge
them to the• proof, or the stigma, of wilful
:ma malicious slanderers niust- continue to
'-west-ulson:thern'.forevcr.' Since-Ave have re.
ceii•ed tae - comaiuniCation, we observe that
theartiqie .is &ig the rounds iii the Loco.
• loco- Gerinsir papers of this . place.
piopo it. hill be :romptly met by our Ger
anal). friends. :it had not 'before met our
observation, or VIC should have noticed it at
once.
$1,0016 ligewared.
• Messrs. Editors,Tllo.ftdiowing. article,
which I 'now din the ~It''Ntai. . iig "Demo-
ieratic Press," has forzome ho en going
the rounds of the Porter papers, seemingly
uneontradieted by those sit:pp...rang
Governor Rioter.. Whether this silefne4 )ll
the part of our papers-,arises Troin the b3re
. - facedrices.of the•falschood,' must
apparent to every one, or whether it -has
. ;been. deemed un*orthy of node° by them,
am not prepared to say.' Alloi - vine, how - -
4c - ver, ..Gentletnen, to say, that. so far as it
charges dov. Ritner withincreasing -the'
STATE DEBT, it is falsc—basely
. false .in
every particular—he. having REDUCED
• IT, as the records of the. public offices
plainly show. But for . tlte article-in ques
tion. .Here it is:. -
~FSCTS FOR THE . PEOPLE.-
.RITNER'S RE.RORIIIS. _
•
win ere age, of the. State Debt in; SIX
-YEARS_Atrait..r GoVfIVPLF'S - Adminis;'
-- tratipn - z — -
Daily, `2 • ' $8,320
141 onthly, 249,870
Yearly, , 1 - • 2,998,450 -
• ",Increase of the State new in THREE
• YEARS under Gov. RPTNER'S Admin
.
•
'Daily, , . .$12,745
° • Monthly, $92,350 ,
Yearly, 4;33.8,033
"Farmers of Pennsylvanial you who,
Are . against'
A MONeROUS STAT . /4 DELT, ,
*MA mastfinally be paid by a STATE
. TAX, ;ponder well on the above facts."
• reon would' suppose the Editor ofi
ilte ; " P ocratip Press" was possessed of
Mbro ho Than to have published the
fciregoing , 'taternelit, which he must have
known at t time tO be untrue ; for it would
lie hard to, cense him of so much igno.
hog% 13nt, teat he or any other person
limy 'have an mp i portunity to prove the state
-
-„heraby •offay•
Trisiroonnt4 i34)11 - 4ns - -
Ito the man who will do swbefore Dr. Dan. 7
del Stbrgson,titate Treniurer, or any other,
r oOct 4 iomember•of the Porter parlyAc--
s44,4ted'‘With,the real state of the case.' -
to be underatood,thit radmitthatt
part of the statement relatii7e to.;the-incteas'e
of the Debt under.Clov, Wolf to be 'ntptly
- correct—but that relating to 118 increase
under G'ov.'Ritner T deuy,,and forthe proof
ce-Wliicl44---,offer-tho-abare" reward. My
ability to pay the. reward, (should any one
apply:to claim it,) will not be' questioned,
and in such an event you. may disclose niy,
eine. •
.Now,. Farmers of, enusyll , , anitil judge
yourselves and see Who is right, the 4o•
cofoco author of the.statement, or
• "'A, RITNEW MAN. •
- The true issue now with the la . horing
rn• is •
..
- . .
irliTspcirity Irfircirli,
EMI
•
. Porter, Idleness. & roverty.. z
cil• 4
lod•Se ye between thelmiro-7—or, iii other
words—BREAD, or DTO BREAD.
•
THE STATE DEBT.
. . • .
In •our last, wd itatcd That we should this
week hotice some of .the .falsehoods Pub
lished,in the "R,eporter" of this place, - in
:telation tolhc. State.L.Debt.l__That. _paper of
the 20th inst. reiterates its assertions' that
- Governor- Ritner has 'increased the - §„rate .
Debt 85,506,410; and that at the erid elf the
preeent financial' year iv will amount to.
530,551,852,3: • •
. .Igore Infamous falsehooda than the fore
going on .the same subject,. were .neverut-.
tered. • What are the facts? Why,* ac
cording
tothe:,Atiditor General's Report, I
(Dr. :Slurgeores,) for 1835, when ,Gov.,.
Ritper - came :into Office, the Stale Debt a-•,
mounted to $24,955,435 50, and' the re. 7.
port of the Auditor General, (Mr.---11ohert's),
for.the • financial - year ending '3lst pf-Octo
'ber, 1837, shows it at ,that • thne to have
been $24,0:21,024 :1-4—LESS BY 1R,33,..
31 111. 82 TITAN-BEFORE:TOY. 111T
''NfEr*It'S 'TEIOICOMAIiiNGED. - . In
h..111 - cie aMmilir, however, Ere peluded many.
items which .cannefbe • considered' as 'form
,ing a Part of the Debt—Such' as' (Vie to
"'Turnpikes, Bridges; education, and... Mis,
cellancotma.tibjects"..-mlielref lire - se:haring
.heenforfeitecl, and of course wili.never be cal
-led for. The State Deb•t - themi shOuld be ealcu
,latcd only as it. exists • for Loans,-(nmendy
borroived).' and as' such, we find it on the
Ist of. November, 1835; to have been 824-,-
50,743 - 32, and on the .ist of November i.
1'737, _ $2 , 1,330,003 . ,22, haVin - a'--been re
'ilifeed-+P.A.mo "okr.:ilt....Govix:lon...llmita.,
,'''..? 1 45%7490 0.0..,
..
'... ow i -tAme---"-Beportei" l -;-takes--liir--its--an-- .
I,ltority Jile_State_ Treasurer's lidport-4e; -
theAu ' ditor General's i.• - both, lioim,7ei.er, for
the' same year. ' het us sec Which ,is the
best guide; - The'.'State - neftSimier is- re.;
rquired•• by law' to make `an esttniate of:th - 6 .
I expenditures_ of.ithe:*(.;:dmin on wealth - for ' a:
year. in - *adyminde. - MOS of these are -in
cluded- in his account of,lhe. State Debt,
and'that tdO without - any r=formee - to - Meet
then:
,We would..aSk ivitether it would
be fair -to consider time amount of money
likely 'to be required to carry on
,the opera
ticins of the governinent the ensuing year,_
as a part of the -debt, especially when 'the
ordinary resources of the - Commonwealth
are ample to meet those expenseS? No
_one_w_ill_give an affirmative amisWer. ,There
fore, the 'frpsurer's report is no guide for
the amount of the State Debt, and, until
by the. "Rephrter"Was never . taken as such.
The -- Auditoe General's. report, is made imp ,
of facts as they rcally . exist, witliout. any.
&&&&&&&&& to estim
ole i an is the o nly &men... ,
.memit, save the books of the public offids;
which can be referred to, for an exact state
merit of 'the facts.* _ -- - . .*
Again, the "Reporter," following the
State .'Treasurer; includes the . amouttt ye- •
ceived of the surplus Revenue as wpart.of
the State,pebt;tiiid -. charges it accordinfr,lY
on Governor Ritrier as an increase. We
would here'.' ask one • question... Was it
fight for Pennsylvania to. accept of her
portion of the Surplus Reveilue ? If yes,.
then why . b.larite Governor 4iittier?. BuC
•the fact is, the Surplus Revenue cannot; or
ought not to be considered as a debt; when
it was never asked for—no interest. to be
paid on it—no time specified fOrits repay
ment—and- poreoirer 'never
will be calle~-
for. It is Gift—a bona- fide donation!—
and must. be viewed in. no other light.—
Where is the man.who'date : on the floor of
Congress, votes for his State 'to refund her
isbare -- of -- it - 7 - =-such - a - Toarr,.
.werc - fre - to - 13p . -
found, would politicallY damn .himielf.
It, was not our purpose wheLye set out.
to fo:,llow • the "Reporter" itl(its - estimates
and gl.,voes a .what The State Debt may
be, bu(to iloOne Ourselves to facts as 'they
actually ex.ist; INt for the purpose of shov
ing more concltNsirely;q l ip falSity of that
paper's-statement,-We will procure from the
Auditor General's office, and publish in our
next, a list of the Loans negotiated by the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvac.tia, under the
administration of George Woh, and. alio:
under that Of qbv. Rimer, - and • then our
readers Air ill be able to arrive at a just con
elusion' in reference to the State Debt, and,
whether - it has-beenincrecised - by - Governor:
Ritner; or reduced. - . • • •
As to the bank - ruptcy of the ."Ireasury,
as spoken. *of by the Roporter, it scarcely
requiro a • notice: - the•imentavaihle
funds of. the Commonwealth, on he .first,
of July, 1838, was 'considerably - UR •
MILLION of dollars, being an increase
since the first of June last.
But amidst all the ihlsehootlS Of. the Re
„porter, there 'is something to , rest the mind
upon, to which we can point with exulta
tion: we allude to the great increase of reve
nee under Gov. Ritner's administratkon,
,ever that of Ex-Governor Wolf's. On the
the anthorlty of our opponents, there have.
been received more then $12,000,000 since
IGovernor Ritner's term commenced, with
'out the aid. of , the ,TAX Wolf had laid
upon ate,people.--.Harrisburg , Chronicle.
• _
To our suprice, the Van Buren - . papers
"are finding fault with Gov.
_Ril.?En's pro'd
lamaiiim,-requirine opecie paytitents! —lt .
As ,dennuneed as a mere bleettorreering affair.
~-isstied•intrely,- . .for pgliticnl eireetf What
Wottl . d they have? IM , they_really the
suspension to centiritte, that . they may
pr.cifit by : the„ ..elatitor "which; they would
.raise S.bout•lit? It is eveit kol-;..prectonicin,
V *# - .o'• SE i. - .: ),ql:iti ,fie . '
. .
• ve . arC'ind e bted to the I-larrisliure hron
icle-for the following " •
•.' FACTS FOR THE P.PPLE:
STATE Ditirr.;--.2Wheti Geo. •
Wolf was elected Gov-. • •." • •
• ernornorinlB2Q the Com- •
• • • inonwealth' owed for Ina
ey borrowed, • • ••• $5340,000 . 00
When he-werit out of office
in 1835, the anti:ant -bor
rowed was 24,054,443.32•
Borrowedby - Geo—Wolf in
six-years, and debt in- . •
- -creased $16,514,443 32
When Joseph'.-iiitner was •
elected Governor fill 835, •.‘
. 'he found the' debt' as Gee.
Wiilf had ( left it . r 24,654,443 32
Pn the Istday ofJune,,l63B, •
it amounted' to 24,430,003 32
Paid o6'by-Gov.Titner, in
. ,
two years and six'montlia, 224,440 00
, •
PUBLIC. Wont ,:s.—Amount 0
•received for Canal 'and
Rail-rohd tolls, during the •
six years' of Wolf's :ad-
1,290 . ,466_
Amount received for tolls du
ring,two years .and.six •
months ofßitner's adritin
istration,". ' 2,425,174 29
Difference in favor of. Rit- # -
- nor's administration, - 1,164,698 33
• _
CO3tmoN . Scitoois.--AmOunt
paid .by the. Common- .
.wealth to the Common .• ",
•
Schools -during the -six •
. years of Wolf's atninis,
' 'tration, •
Amount paid in two years
and six months:of Ritner's
s tration, _ 983,Q 19_60
STATE 'TAXES.---Amount- .
paidin taxes by tlie people •-. ' -
istration,_
Amoinif - - - fepealnd :by Gov,'
Ritner, an(} saved to the
people in one ye4b,:
PR.E31i0,11.1 ON LOANs..--- . „
calor , Wolf ;received . du- • • •
- ring his cdritinistration,-
for antl,on account of -the ••
_
the shape Of premiums,
.1,298;278 30
Governor Ritner lias refused. : A
, .
to ineit'ase the - State' debt -
by,negotiating ally. perms-,. . - :4 • .
' - newt loaiiB - ,_and'h - aS'there• - ....- • • •
fore' had,..te — get . along .
" - Without premiums. , : • . •
—THE RESUMPTION OF
' • - PAYMENTS. • •
• The effect of Gov. Hitner's
tion in bringing about a GENERAL nusrms-
T,ION Oi SPECIE PAYMENTS, is the best ethn- 1
ment• that can be offered - on - the - desperate
efforts of the Portcrites to persuade the peo
ple that it was
.a mere piece_ of political
trickery,. gotten_pp-to secure the re-election>
of its author; and we cannot but hope, that
this glorious result wilt tend restore the
sight of those, who have hitherto 'been
much•blinded by'party zeal, to see on what
their own intereSts dependedor wherein_
consisted the main stay of the 'Common-
Avealth r s• Vrosperity? (iov. Ritner's ene
mies have not been slow in - availing them
selves Of What May ArnoSt , be•regarded as
la rule iii political warfare, -- narnely, to attach
some sinister.deSign to evay Measure adopt- -
ed by an opposing •party, that proves to be I
generally acceptable and popular among the :
differenrinterests of society.. flu the case •
of the ProcAunation, -however, -they have .
deceived themselves in endeavouring to de. ;
ceive the people. Its Mfluence has been
far more extensive than they anticipated: . it
has - reached the , Banking interests - the
whole country;• and' has' opened the 'way t
the restoration of the sound •currengy f
which we once boasted.. •
.
We feel aglow of honest pride wlici we
'look around among our sisters of ,the con-
Ifederacy, and, see them waiting, eager to ,
follow wherever the Key : Stone State -may !
lead. And we feel prouder still when we
mark the--policy . of-.our-• sturtlyA , lNDErcx.>
DEI%'T GOVERNOR; it 7116, with a single eye
the good of tile' whole people; has raised 1 ,
his standard, and heads the march against it
• SHIN-PLASTER CURRENCY, .1
created and-fostered by the strong •afin of ,
the General Governmen—People Sdv.
Prom the . Westmoreland Inteftigeneer, I
RAIL - ROAD. • , •
. Mr. Editor—On the 4th of June last, a l
letter was 'addressed to the board of canal,
corninissioners;• on the subject, ola contin-'.
Maus rail . road .from Chambersburgh te - ol
Pittsburgh, singfied by Many of our citizens,
without distinction of party, requesting that
a sufficient ..corps•cif_Engineers might - be_
iiOT — th •
Surveys necessary, that a report: ofthe - re-'
su)t might be made to the next Legislature,
inLthe early part
..of thefiessiott, so
secure action upon, it:in that body.- To
Which the, following answer. - was .received:
• . "Cana/Room, June 7, 1838..
' • Gentlemen-W(3 : have received your
letter of the 4th instant,- asking the organi
zation of another corps - of Engineers; - to
survey the rout: from Ohambersburgh to
Pittsburgh, as .you. felt that, the present
will not be sufficient to complete the work
this season.., .Two haVe already been, or
dered,..Whiclfw.e felt will absorb the, whole,
appropriation. 'But''impera
tve, and 'correct survey of -- the•• designated
.rout,:oler the Alleghenies; so as - if 'possible,
to justify - "the state in undertaking the con
struction of e - contimiouN rail road rwitliin .
our Own borders to the 'western waters, is
so very desirable; and So. consonant to the
Wishes of the Executive and the canal, com
I miSsioner's, - ..that wo have,,,deiermined to
comply ..With 'your request; and SIMILlosc
no - dine carrying 'this into effeet. ••i
.. Respectfully- yours; &c.: '
.• ,• >• • ... , • . • ;T. STEVENS,'
- • •
..._'..Presideatt. G. C.
•Te 3.8. Alexatider, Oliver, and. Others,
HERALD & EXPOSITOR.
.
lIY dEolick. M PIIILLIPSk
° CARLISLE:'
TUESDAY AFTEROON', JuiN g.11'1838.
. 7_7le People's caridiflates,
VOR PRESIDENT,
YI7W-4
FOR GOVERNOR,
4110 , 31.0Tal litalatlßUrt;'
Me Washington couizty Farmei.. ' •
.
Appointments by the Presidenbily and wilt the 7 ad
' vice and consent of the *Senate.
DELIS GAUDY, Esq. ortennessee, to be Attorney
General of the United Stateis, -front- the first 'tiny of
September next. P
STEIIIEN 4. -114:EMS, Esq. of Maryland, - to - be Con=
sul tirr the port of Guatemala.'
• " ,
slrit.trAm,,Ttmon Toes:En t Esq, 'to' be Consul for
the Island! of Bermuda:. ; • ' - •
=EittsirrA7 - 11.flonm - , -- Esq - ." - or - New=ol:leatiatirire - ;
'Consul for the port•olGuiveStom-Texas.-
• -,lionmiT - LLc,!.s, Esq. of Ohio, to be.46;erner Of the
territory of lowa, in place Of Gen. ileiMy Atkinson,
75,000 - 00
-fesigned. - . , -
of the Criminal COuri-lbr the District of Columbia.
JonnAN, Jr. Esq. of NON!' Carolina, to be
Judge for. the District of West Florida - , inlllg place
cf .1. A. Cameron, drceased.. .
C.AtAcx, Dsq. tcrbe
Brockenborphgb;Esi. to be Attarneyi and Peter W.
Gautier, Jr. Egq....fo be Maraltal fir-the Apalachicola,:
District in Florida : . , - -
't-GF.OIIOF. Wr.r.t.”!,_Esrleta be-Marshal for the:West
era District-of-F.101.'16. , ' • 1
miszs M, STRONG, E.511: , t3 liC ' Att6rnei. far the ter
ritory of Wiseoniin.. • . •
204,509 17
. . .
-(0"-We have not had a rain worth speaking,ef in this
TlacC'or:-Vieiniii-iince-Saturday-fotir:Weekii - and the
ground is coosequeMlY parched - ttpylie farmers say
that we shailhave little or no:o or a and - th e - potatoes
and .other-vegetalilrs aro - also-greatly sufFeringlomlie
want afrain. The pasture is :destroyed, and many of
the farmors falk Of cuttiog down 'their corn for fodder.
4Z -The 'Royal William' steamer, whicil recently:
arrived/New Yhrk from England with the latest fo
reign • news, is '27G horse povier 'on,the condensing
priitCiple, with - three separate circular boileq. - The
'Great Western' is again on her way across the•Athm
t:e to New York, having to sail from. Bristol on. the
s , and, if she makes the voyage '11 . 14 days, - will :47.
rive afber destined porton Fridy. next •
•1:01Ve publish aserond communication- today
from our correspondent 'Examiner,' commenting up.
on the toasts drank at the loco l o co celebration in-the
vicitiftS• of this place on the all: seen that
he makes a clean cut through all he undertakes, 'not
leaving crcu n Ftra,ggllng . head-standing,- nor a'greese
spot' Lchindhim. We much mistake indeed, if it be
not n good lesson to some of our Ire, foco neighbori,
who Imve do long indtilgedin'such ridiculous, sense
less, and Maligoant partisan toasts.
fife have received the first number ofthe 'Penn
sylvaAia Courant and Columbia and Marietta.Adver
tiser,' recently lied in Columbia, Lancaster county,
by Messrs. Montgomery & fleatty is a large and
handseMely priper, advocates the re,election
of Coy. Ritiier with 'Zeal, and will cheerfully support
the candidate of the Whig notional convention for the
next presiderey. We , witli our contemporaries and
their cause abundant success.
The Hon. James Buchanan, acconmanled.bv
George NV. Barton, Esq. arrivetfin this plebe by the
rail-road on Tuesday evening, and stopped at Ferree's,
Ilrtrl, where the 'true blue' Democriitie Senator was
visited by sevefal (pis Itico loco friendi, to pay their
respects to the distinguished champion of stomas
'Democracy!' On Wednesday morning, the Senator
and his friend proceeded to that delightful summer
retreat,. the Mountain House. on 'Sterrett'aGitp, the
property of Air. Buchanan, , ilteretheY regaled them
serves till;Stuiday, and then returned to this borough,
from whibh Mr. Buchanan proCC - eded in -the evening
car to t h e Bedford Springs, and from_ thence he will
doubtless make a pjjgrimagc to Huntingdon,
, lb - We Undeistai4 there was a little cat(ois at the
Mountain House on Priday, as well as 'a good dinner
and 'fine sparkling cliampaign. The principal per
-
selvages, weretfiti.lion. Juries Buchanan - , lion. Jesse
Miller, Hon. Cluirles c APClttre, George W. Barton,
Esq.l36n). Pi&ki, Esq. of the Xeystone, and Some .
°thereof leTis note fronf 'this place. 'Squire Hittac,
we are informed, was to have there to represent
- th - e - Refoifei; — F.citiC - eiiii - b -- Ut, by some tnTiceountable
accident, lie missed his way in the mountain, and lost
both hat and wig iii his exertions to get out of its de
vious ways! ;Of course, there was but little done at
the mucus in consequence of tniaitp, and even
thatlittle has not transpired, except that strong doubts_
were etPressed that Porter's chimce was very' slim
and desperate'one. • - • ,
•
caTheeity'papers contain detailed accounts of the
grand pageant atteriding the ce'ronatMn of Queen Vic
toria; which toOk place on the 28th ofJune,and which
Nvas one of the most brilliant and imposing Myra of
the kind that has taken place in the British metropo
lis feit 'years: . As our readers will:no doubt be anx
iousp peruse an account of this splendid pageant, but
more piTticillarly the fair portion of thud,. we-shall
endeavot to publisitit in' our •next • • •.• • • ••• - •'• •-•••••• ••• •
- .
Oun - Paysrms. , -,We have received late political
intelligeneefrom Adam Dauphin,Lehanop, and Lan- .
easter, which it Of the most cheerio character. In
the fatten coiinty, Ratter's majori from
4500 to 3,ooo—in Lebanon will amount -to' 009 or
1030—in Dauphin, from 709„ to 000--. end in AdAn33,
freer - 000 - to*oo: — The editor chlie - Adarris S - etititrel;
who has her*fore been a supporteeof Wolf, has at
lengtitimiited the Ritner flag, and we may calculate
with certainty that ho rind his friends will swell our
majority in that county. In fact, every man in the
state, who is honestly opposed to Van Duren and his
ElNaliures; Illttat ucCcg , sarily votelorßitaw,
. .
TnICII9 .01k• :11tE ; b10EMY.-..-It appeals that the par
tisans' oG in Huntingdon county,
° have resorted
to various petty expedients and discreditable tricks to
obtain signatures to the•certificates of his ammeter
lately Published. We obserVe by the•Miners' Journ
nal, that the names -of two individuals on the' list of
certifiers-to the good character of Mr. Porter, who
state that they have known him well for the !eat tWen
ty, years, have resided in PottSiille until within a few .
. •
• weeks. kis
.well understOod, moreover, that a nain -
her of the other signers have been in ituntingdOn co:
but a short time, and that many others of them are not
naturalized citizens!: Bets° they go! •
Gnstimf e ito PoirrEurres.---It is stated by several or
Bour contemporaries,'and we have hetird it froM good
authority in private circles, that about one-fifilt of the
Young Men's Porter Ceevention tit Harrisburg on The
4th of July, was composed of. professed black-legs!!!
We are told that theDittPhin del6gation (done eon
prised large number of Professed and secret gam
blers, rmong whom was the, cel4rated Spriyil, who
is said.to have ticecedone.of our reriresentatives
winters since. The gamblers every where- through
oht the state are•almist unanimously for Porter, ns
they have a fellow feeling' for the horse racer and the
joCkey, tind hence their utiise abouthetting on him.
, • A AffsettAnt fizretnEvi.- , -The'llarrisburg
Wildeneer says, that as sOonni it was rumored there,
that Gov. Rimer Was going to-issue hi.sproclamation,
requiring-the-banks-to resume specie payments, than
the advocates of Porter and the'sulkreasury dyStem
Ivere seen .running to and fro through the streets like
troubled spirits. They then cluled their silly "heads
logether, concocted an eitra to counieract:the.efrects
of the proclannition, and actually issued it frtun the
'Pro Patria' Reporter office .b.clutv the proclamation
appeared, gravely declaring it a nonsensical and
document i and a-gull:trap-to catch-votei!-1'
•• • .EFFECTS OF THE PROCLAIIIATiom—We learn from
the Journal, that an hilliest miner-.in that
rieighborboOd went to payaL debt that he Ml:lied-on
Saturday week, anqcorried with bird between sixty
and seventy doll'arsnt OA; 'But whyAo you pay me
in goTtl?' asked the ereditott'Beranse Joe nitner's
proclamation will soon make specieplenty, and -14 w
no preference for gold.orer'goottbank notes.' !Aie,
ayo7iiiidTifiiriner — Wlio - was present, and wlmse eyes
gli itened at the - sight - of the - ' Hi titer's - tl le - tnnn
to bring out the iiel/ozzi..oyi Benton, of mint-drop
memory, in 4 . fool to him!
- ""PiDt:fite:47.7Aro'fiSfeS'firZ.::•lVldre:lfit:Nßiren r iqii ..
viSitinglhe diffri cid Watet:Mg . places iri Virgihia,
with. the view of conciliating thet.wo brunches - of 'the
party! in that quarter, his Minister of Finance in the
.U. S. Senate (SilasVright,,jr.)' is on'apolititartifd;
through the eastern states. Ile paid - a visit to- Goy .
null, of New Hampshire, at doncord on Wednesday
week, 4nil started the, next morning. for the residence
of Senator Ifubliard. It ,riunored•that his MVO'.
melds have reference to Ihe Manner of tqqdying the
.funds which are . t.? he supplied to cai'ry , on With vigor
the 'coming elections!
TnE NE7 before the adjourn
ment of congress, the leading; Van Buren members
held-a private meetiog t : and - 1650(U ar very elaborate
and subtle-addreSi - _do_ifie:'republican paite Of the
union, : signed by'Senator Hales, of Connecticut, grid
-Mr-liavn es- of:Georgid:- . 4t snstainallte!sub-treasery
.
system throughout, and Most of the other'menstires of
the administration, which it calls upon the 'republi
cans' to support with all their zeal: -The authors of
this address are said to he John C: Calhoua and Fe
lix Grandy, and eneOf its ohjects'Seems to be-intend
' ed to identify the'political fortunes. of Calhoun and
Van Buren! ' •
• Bunn-'s PRIVATE JouttrAt..--The N. Y. Courier
SEEnquirer!nys,.that Mr.'llaris, the biographer of
:Aaron Burr, is engaged in preparing for the press
the•privatc journal of this extraordinary Oman, with
his miscellaneous correspondence, no No. rt of which
has been heretofore published, It comp' ses the Tie
riod'ef his residence in Europe, showing.. onclusiYely.
1 the objects which led tit Pt, and Which l had at that
time in contemplation. In the correspondence, there
arc letters fromseveralill sti ptisliedrpersonarcfitll
- lively nnd agreeable gossip, which will. make a
more entertaining work than the biography.
fr A meeting of the citizens of Unitin township, :
llnntingdon county, was recently held'in that town ::
ship. It was organized by the appointment' of a pie , .
sident; seven vice presidents,. five secretaries, and n
committee of forty to prepare resolutions, all of whose
[ names are given to the public in the.proceedings as
published in thelinntingdon Journal.---Besides,-there
were about ninety other individuals in attendance at
this meeting, and there are doubtless-many other
nor •r , ',O.ters in the township who,Were - notout on this
• occasion: Yet, bit irfew weeks ago, tho. Porter ray.
in their boosting, and bragging, and.wild calculations;
said'therd were only two or three Ritner men in the
whole of Union township! • - • •
(j-Ninny of the loco foeo cdit?rs and writers. are
famed for their orthography, anflpfibrd Merriment to
their opponents by their gross • tiluntle:rs: An editor
of this description in Heading, had something like the
following-at-the-head-ofitis..pap,en-a-fe-w--weekssluceil
, Porter's going AM'! The Philadelphia Gazette ac
knowledges the receipt of a loco foco'coinmunication
headed, 'Fax fur the .Peepil'! the
.orthogrophy of
which is equalled only by an advertit.ment once sent
t? that ,paper, Six. livin rattallsnalx, X'ailat oh
Tung thounting.' •
i&rlie Very interesting proceedings of the cele
bration of the Harvest Home by the Silver Spring Bi- . ,
flemen and the citizens of the neigliberhood, which
was held. in Hoguestown on Sattwday last, will be
found in another part of this paper: — Being present on
the occasion, We must say that the new riflemen look
ed and'marchedweli—die fare was eicellent and a
bundant—the proceedingilvero appropriate-fob-such
ti meeting and such an c7titail-atid the' numerous
company,spont the day the most social and plea
sant inanner.possiblei' . . • '
V . •
creorotlore David Porter, the gallant defender
of the Unatid States frigate Essex, and for tihumber
of years Charge des Affaires at Constantinople, lately
arrived at Boston with two of his sons on a -visit to his
relatives in this country, , And , to improve
his health. -2 Helas-gonelo-WaShington 'to -i see - the
President' before lie commenced his electioneering_
Our to the several fashionable watering places in the
'Ancient Do - minion.' The Commodore will be wel
comed every where he goes by his ad icing colintry
men, fOr his heroic actions dining tlee - last vhir.•
regret. to learn from the Cincinnati Post,
that the flop. ld. whitueaoy,.iepresentathT in &in
gress from the district Of Ohio; ,has not only
decined a re-election; but has iibsolutely resigned' his
seat hi the present congress, in consequenceofhis own:
affairs requiring his attention at home. Mr. Whit- •
tlesey has been a member of congress for a number of
years, and was acknowledged on nil hands to have been
one'of the most able and useful:Me : a - M . that
his great industry andperSeverance to promoteithe
interests of his constituents and the eciunitY% '
' 0:7•31r. J. Dineltel, the eelebrated atttornatcm vhe'ss
plater, died on the 21at . ult. on board the brig Oda,
on he, "passage front Havana to itiladelphiti.
•cO - AVe have but a very few words to say in reply ,
ta, the Volunteer's attempt. to° screen • itself from the
iMputatiOn of .disini,enuouisness" and 'misrepresent:a
tion,':in relation to Mr. 'Wrigitt's:bill,ms our fortheil
remarks on this subject have not been,nor'eannot be,
controverted. The brief article ink Volunteer,
n
upowhicli-we offeridmo so C(YininenTiwits n per=
version of the facts of the, case;' for it evidently con
veys the idea, that 'theatnall note bill' which passed
the, Howie,. Wait Mr. Wright's bill-which had passed
• the Senate, when it is Well known that the obnoxious
section had been Stricken out by thellouse,and after
wards conetirred in by the 'Senate. It also conveyed
the idea,that the bill-whieli finally passed was an adrni n
istrntioii measure, and that it was opposed by the op
ponents of Mr. , Van Dureriin both houses—nor Wh
ask the_ simple, queslion at the end of the paragraph:
"What pretext will the federalists next make for ab,
using the administration?" It iswell known tbatthe
Whig and,conservatiVe "inembers advotated the men,'
sure with zeal, and that they cotlrled it too—
whitefolly it would haVe been' in them, 'therefore, to
be guilty of raliiiiing the admin for what they
themselves had done? But if the Volunteer laid pub.
Halted the whole statmuent: front the National !» tOH
ge neer; in; relation to this subject, instead of a part of
it,"We should - have been spared the trouble of making
these few remaki, trod of 'still further' exposing the
.editor's mendacity or ignorance. -
c;;IVe . intimated afortaight thaybe editor of
the-yolunteer must have 'seep. double' at the loco loco 4
- celebration; when he magnified theirtiuMbersto
This he pronotta!S a !base inuendo' and a 'malicious
falsehood[whieb•he says can bejittested-to - by nom;
I hers .who were 'at, the celebration„ Well, we shall
give lalut the advantage of Ills disclaimer; and take his
word for it;- but why work Ifitnielf into - such
passion about it? :)Vity so sensi,ltuon this occasion,'
as though he 'had never 'viewed o b jects, iii a 'double'
light?' .Why flounder and
,tlounce- like a'kedlamite r
Wand Wait of his innocence and, temperance_ so stoutly,
like:a reformed Cyprian daraselhoasting of her chas
.tity?' But a little hit occasionally,-wefiod,.pasa-good
eltetupon Our neighbor: 41) . 0511es h:m up from his ,1
Usual 'eutPor,'nnd mustrbring to his-mind-the
-of libels and slanders which he weekiy.publishei
pillgraCFTTßiffierrltirtilarlMWer, %%Itch some
.oT. the.gross er 4Mes.are...puhlished,_that_westing,lira
a-little; for - we pave, in reality, as greaVirepugnance
,tq indulging in persenali ties as our neighhorpr*ms:l
t2 , llave, Akfl!ough.hefeets acutely. on
his last paper proves, we are - glad to find that he will
'not mlitifevi• - ry one that in'ts at hialteeliTlic has now'•(
'higher line in View” eader!Alidst thou ever see. ;
a large country cur sneaking tehhuf his inaSter's.wa
-gni—through- town; vith his tail bet Ween his legs, and
occasionally ShoWitiOds teeth to those mho annoyed
himin
. -
. .
— j Our neigymrof (lie Y . niuntece appears tohern
agtitaidarii, as he cannot keep pace With his Commm:.
poraribsin noting the • 'passing tidings -of the times,'
.but-is generally ia day after the lair' With alMost ev
ery thing but sub-treasury-newsl- 7•1Ie has not yetgir r .
en his readers a 'correct statement' (which he pki/R:-
- c./ himself to ilo)•of the infamonS Tro attemfit
id injurefiGoy; Ritner,:whielt was' triuniphaitly. re;
-fitted hy; - the-leading lotalmos - oF - llarrrsbtirg; -whose
oficial'itatement' Of the aflitir haS been in possession
o tto editor bribe 'Volunteer for, weeks! •We per
ceive;inoreoVer, that he bad not 'learned the . particu
!ars' of the destructive fire which:octal - reed in Harris
burg on Friday week, in tine far his paper ofihe en
suing 'Thursday! although welutil slips on Saturday
giving the partienlars, of that dreadful calamity, and
1 further particularslpthe PitiladeViiapwrs on the,
folloWng Monday, femn.whi9Kive made a brief state
meat for the Herald& Expdsitor on Tuesday even
ing. Such an atinotivement as this, that he had. not
, , .
'learned the particulars' 'of a heavy calamity. which
had occurred six days previously "in
. tt neighboring
town within eightcenmiles ofus, from whence' we re
ceive two mails daily by the rail-road,. argues badly
fOr the reputation of our neightbr; but haircut him
"and hits patrons be it. ,* -
. riThe elections in Louisiana hove, as was antici
pated. goisifillivor Pileralists, but, with the
exception of ow congressional district. by greatly
dueed majorities over those of the two last years..
• This is the brief, unsatisfactory, disingenuous, And
bungling manner, in which - the last Volunteer unnottie
-ces the result °Me recent electionti - Louisiana! It
would not do t."-4' tell the reades of that "paper the.si
plc facts r that the whip' had'elected their governor by
a.majority of about 000—that they bad elected their
three candidates for congress by triumphant msjori-s N ,
ticsandt.hat,they.had also.etected two-thirds.
branches oldie legislature. No=it would not he po.-
litic toltake such an announcement at this critical . ,
time—that touisianh, which had given. her electoral
vote for Mr. Van Buren, sh*lfh - ow be so --steongly4
at rayed. against him. But the" result of this election,
we are told by the Volunteer, 'was anticipated!'—al,
.though we all know thk the loco floes °Monist:l'6h
make powerful 'exertions to carry their candidates,
and that they expressed great confidence in their sur
e*. And our peighor cons°l himself by "saying,
that we carried'hy greatly reduced majorities ov
those of the two last piare—although the Vail Buren
iiiTtit - araUtF
majority ofabout 160. In Con. Ripley's district - alone,
which gave Mr. Van Buren a majority of TO in 1836,
the Whig candidate far congress • (Judgc.Chinn), has
I now. a majority.of 378, making a clear Whig gain of
eleven. hundredand seven.
ODur , readers wilt ar in pin& 'that, amongst
other certificates which we published a fortnight ago,
in relation to thetransactions and law suit herween
Samuel Sturgeon and David It. Porter, was one sign
ned I‘IIIIWCII Kinkead, -who-was an aibitrater. in
the case, andwhose.teldimonyboreheavily :Imo! Por
ter, as‘did-that,of the other surviving arbitratoralsm
Mr. Kinkead held the office of Postmaster at Yellow
SpringOuntingclon couaty;-and, fo - Fstlti ng the facts
of.the case between those. two individuals upon oath,
he has been removed by the Postmaster General, ns
we learn from the Pittsburgh Times! As that paper
justly remarks; for . thus falsifying the assertions of.
Porter and his.friends, the SWIFT-WINGED ven
geanCO of the President of the United States, through
his profligate agent Amos Kendall, has visited 'Mr.
Kinketid; - and he has been punished for his honesty
.ona indepthdenceott least iso 'WM; the hands of the
general government cciald reach him! Thb daring
and impudent interference of the President and his
'ltikhemeabinet' in our local affairs, on this as well,as
Various other occasions, will cause the' people to be-
prim disgusted, and must. opekiteNieriously against
the election of Porter— • ; • •
jzo" -- .David Hale, one of the-editors of the New York
Journal of Commerce, obtained a warrant at the
lice office the other dayigainst Leggett, for
an assault upon liana. It appears that Leggett asked
Hidden Friday, whetherhe was responsible. tbr an
article4n his paper, in which he (Leggett)"was said ;
to be the anthorAForrest's4th of July oration?, HP
orti.Hales answcriig_in_the. affirmative, the..chlier:"par-:
ty strnelt hirit . and spit in his faCe, inasmuch as he had
ptoviouslY denied the charkeeier his own signature:
Mr. Leggetf'wso formerly editor of the - W. Y. Even
ing Post, and more recentlyef the (Plalnileaterand
is; perhaps, the Mbst"able and elegant Wrltet , itttnched
to die loco foie pirt a y in the gountry,
. a •
COIVI TNIcATIoNS.
For the hkeald and. Expositor.;
•
OP LOCO FOCOISM!” • :
Mn. Putmars—kslifill proceed in any examinatiod
of the loco foci; toasts di s iiiik7n.the vicinity of thislio
'roiigh on the 4th, -w ith o tit ani'ClecomlocutionOr apck •
-logy-about it," - brtirst - iiitroduting - to your readers tho
high-Sounditg sentiment given • - •
By John Cogninasi-L-Gen. David R. Porter: POs.
ssoesasnetschil democratic oftinil principles, otb t eltlen lity ts,• strict integrity; and. '
.nnd willlietriumphant P, was selected as, our •
eandidate.from amongst a score of'goodMen'and -
true , '
elected to preside a
yerthe destinies , •of Pedianylvania by her united and
sterling democracy..
Prom the facts that .e91.-Cornman was one or rho
vice - presidents at the celebration; and that be exer; ,
eises greatinfluence in the norinagemenfof fthe parte
aflhirs,- to whose opinions his colleagues 'pay all due
'deference, and in whose judgnient they explicitly re•
ly,This toast is therefore worthy of serious consider. , ' • °
talon.' Yielding ; howeier, t his superior judgments
hiS well-known discrimination in suelt.matters, and •
liismathematical mode ofdemonstratingabstruse'sab. -
jects by, thce aid of the exact scienees,l still cannot a,
gree with the Colonel, that Mr. Porter is either pos..
sessed of "unilmetell l • taler.ts,' 'strict integrity,' .or
'sound democra ie.principle.' Ili, wlible legislative ,
career proxVS that he 'is not a Man of talents beybild
the most ordinary class; for it isa notorious fact,lhat
lie - never rendered himself useful on committees.by
industry and knowledie,.Mir- conspicuous _
li - OuSe 7 in' cle'bate,: . - "His strict inte ,, -
grity has i been put, to the test, and. he' has been found - '
wonderfully - lacking in that very important partic&
lar, as the.recercis el the e3lll'o' in llttatinwlon and
Beater must.amply prove-to every unprejudiced man
in the state: And Ids e,itnrl democratic principles
may be known from the fact, that, he has run against
the regularly formAcoMity - tickeriri - lltnitingdon
when -it suited his interest or ambition to do so, nnd .• -
drat he has only, strictly adhered to- . ‘the.party' when
he either lief(' or expected office from it._ Fromdiese
.arid other facts, J.cannot by any means come to the
sane conclusion which CoL Carman does, that
Porter 'will be triumphantly elected to pri.side over
die destinies cf.PerniSylvaniii:' lam strengthened iis.
my - eiiiiinii'tlie - more; alien I rceollcct dint tli~ Colo
nel was 'encl .- sure' of the success d the,
tiekeirin-thin , county-fon .
uas phi;ed as a candidate- for., -director the poor --
in - wlliclTC:imeout at - the Vitae end of the 1131'.1,
wheiii further recollect low lie:boasted three years
.ago, - tliat - Muldenbergiwould-bit ttritufpliantly elected! .
beconteoui-more-thati-50;000 1 beliindl.,,,andmiien---
'I also recollect how - -:confident he was of bpilig elected
coronet , lust till, and thereby be enabled to 'ploy me.
tnul fiddle' to the;drerilf, while-die result showed that
his 1-co fon brethren. bad i-id lam, anthineeremoni. , - .
ouslv left him standing , soMary . and atone' dell the
candidates on tire ticket!. The colonel, I. apprehend,
iriFoomed to Le disappointed again this fall . , not, only
i Ilse rijeetiond POiter by the people of this state, •
!imam / hot reeeiying enomination for commissioner
lien: his /oco. oco partlsaris--,a
which lic — hii`C:astlii' a lou in EMI iinicring*toOk,
i for some time.back, and-v,liich 11¢ Oilfits iwoold bo
but *a small cre‘Varil? for•liis impertant services! ...
1 ,ItySleremiabilarl'iin - T4 -- anthn - aeonte ..fia/itiort . .:
.1-P,Ortycelebratitig "tie day af the .island--couspoved , .'_
iof black spirits and white, blue, spirits and geol. few -
-iit4Autabers r :notlVi thstami Jig the conglomerated 4:1a. , -
racter of the meeting--a sire presage of the dotenfall
...
cf the present rotten and corrupt state adminiiwation. , , - -
the - mantle of Buzzardmust - evidently-have fallen .
UPon the shoulders or.the wortliy loco loco; who is
made to ender:se the above senseless compound of ig- '
norance and'malignity, slanders and calumnies, folly
and litlsehoods! The base insinuation - that the Rituer -- -
celebration was composed of blacks and whites, is too
ridiculous and insulting, to require any serioint reply,
and is worthy only of the pollunkl source from whence
it emanated. -The assertion that our celebration was --
male uts.of but 'few its numbers,' has been refuted o
ver and over again 'in the Herald, and the published
proceedings, which will compare so advantageously
wits those of the loco locos, disprove . it' o . ..4:tunny.
It witslomposed offridependMillirinors and mccha-„
dics,Onerchants and professionklmenokho have the in
tereit and prosperity of the state at hear 4 and who
would have revolted at the Idea of permitting such a
.toast as the above to base been-given against our 4 7 ,
po .s,
nent had there been any there so vile as to attempt
it. The attenrA- moreover, to identify the: 'llitner • .
party witli the abolitionists, is too silly to require-an y- nfunstion; for the full explosion of the !Pro Patria'
1 chtirge on this subject, which was the most serious of .
,
' the-wh - ,de and that too by the:most leading loco focos
tie mselvss,:irsss placed us on high and* commanding,
:z •ound,und thrown our malicious and slandering op.
I.li - onents upon their Lacks most effectually. The tri
i •
umphant rJutatirm of that charge has had an admira
-1
,ble effect upon the people everywhere in the state,
, because-it-proved-to them how baSely - Got': Ilitner
'bad beets misrepresented and slandered out the subject
Orabolitithi, and bee use it will render harmless any , ..
similar: charges.of tht. same party, should there be a- '
ny amongst tla to fool-ht yenough to make them.
By Peter J,ivingem—lbovernment is'a duty- ivh
think we are moct unwissly neglecting: we may f!g
well leavethe people ti make war aid to make peace,
each man for himself, as to leave to individuals the
regulation of commerce and currency;
Now, although t e.ltraltor o oasl was one of
the vice pre - siderits at. th; celebration, and, like COI.
Corinna!), is cracked up as one of the elite of the loon.
loco, party, I thinkit would require all the ingenuity
and knowledge of an 'Allegheny Philosopher' to tell
his precise raerMing. 'Hut, as Paddy said of a Welch -
travelling companion, whose`.• dhileCt prevented„hins:, •
froMunderstanding but little what he said, we must .
'tak his mainin' from his ntampenyi---and, by:prun
iag the toast of some of its verbiege, s e e shall proba
bly be enabled to onderind our author. It is tine,
'individuals Might as weltmake war and peace; as to .
-regulate commerce and the currency.- 7 or, as the an 4
- thor no doubt Meant, to fill the country aiMa wOrth-i. -
less andragged shiMplaster currency. Buthe should •
have recollected, that it is not qwa," fthepeopk," who
are entrusted with the power of administering the it
fairs of toverument,s'and therabre cannot bejustly
charged with 'unwisely neglecting' it. ' It is our na
tional rulers alone; and not 'the people,' Who are, far •
the time being, clothed With authority toadmitdater
the alibirs of 'government,' either for weattirfor woe,
hey alone are entrusted with the rev, lation;.'of-fthe •
commerceand currency' of aMCountry..-anif,l4 a.
dopting unwise and injurious measures; and refusing
orMeglecting' Mmkopt wholesome and judicious mea
sures, they almost naffed -our 'emiate - rec.' and detg •
troyed our 'currency.' Had our author insetted our
national rulers, instead of the peOple, as chargeable
[with Meglecting!i the affairs of ioveir;ment,' toi k m
would Mealmvebeetrperfectly iittellig - able and cror.
' rectinmtWeitld have 'passed for, a good • 'whig senti. '
Merit any where. As it is, however; we bevel?? right
tacomplaim for it Contains a meat severe.rcbulte, no
•
, matter whether the, author intended; it pr not; ilium
the iniquitous measures Of the nationaladininistratipn,
which have produced more, bankruptcy and misery in
the, country than }care of uninterrupted imosperhy
can ever repair. •• . , ' • •
PiirhinsOi r t--:lll6iiiiiiiiro s th - liafili3tit ----
'n9F6 'balance wheel:: like himself; won't answer,s_
good end: . • We'll dippenses: 'with both •of them.
This is a:trite foeofbio sentiment, which strikes .
the of charters aplentnly.granted by.the atate;,
'and which; If carried Into exceuilotii , , would :destroy:'
alt ouibanlijilg,.chatitable, and'ottitiktiOttltionstanct
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