Ira ... .1..; IN =ill yozwlE ..rz.—.yo. 47. TM - RMS. . The "Carlisle IfJrald &•.4rpositor," will be issued every TUESDAY AFTERNOON, at TwO DOL.. LA:rts, per annum, payable ADVERTISEMENTS inserted at ate usual rates • Letters, addressed to the editor,Ou business, MUST. Be-POST PAID, otherwise they N ' Villrveive cution. - • , • AGENTS. . . . • The folhiWing named persona have been appointed Agents :for. the Carlisle 11eiald Si 'Expositor, to whom payment for subscription and advertisements can be made.. - • . - - . . • D. SFIE;I:LY, Eig. Shiremanstown,.Cumb,CO. Scorr COYLE, Egg; '''%Fewville •" • do : - ,-• P.• Koox`.i.z, Esq. N'emburgh . . do HIMES, Esq. Shippensburg do . Wurzotnmen, Esq. do. (10 • • MATEER,Esq.l.lnguestowli • • _do :- • 11,..Wicson, Esq, Mechanicsburg, •do • ViTim.mst (10' . •,, 7,7" • STonniort, Esq:Churiditow.n .d 0 Dr. MA NVIIITE t iIeW • do .Trios. BLACK, Esq.. Bloomfield, Pe - rry_ county A. BLACK, Esq. Lanalisburg ' , do POETRY. , o S'electedfor . the Herald & „Ex'mato , ' by a Lady . - Dear Woman. Let us drink=iii the bowl is no treason— - - No malice peepeaselngood cheer—i ri•Orn our head, it it pilfer the reason, — 7, It,lit least leaves qttr hearts more sincere ; •8 , A tonstor.a song, or a story . Of woman caw neer . come amiss ;, ' - Vor woman's the theme and the s glory Of Emu], in a moment like this— • • Whiitever, the Tuttire may . promise, 7 - - - Whatever the present may give -Tlierela'abinethingAliey_eniniortake • While wontini-atid-nienutey - With tilerlF sighing, and sobbiiig,..and • All day they.arettllithatAbey-seend • , Thit:Lord . pardow NM! -*hen they. are ideepiiig • . Thoreis no telling what they- wontdremm _ Of women, mystical Creatures— • ,• • The Teian I never believed— . .11Tlio • can look' on their coons - and . tht it featurds And dream he will e'er be deceived? , • When they're saddest, they sing like a• • When they're - tithe, they betray with a tear;, • Their lips can pledge more in a minute, Than their hearts can redeem in a year, 'racy shrink when their bosopisarb boldest, • And dissemble their They smile when their hearts are the coldest, • And man is seduol-by their smiles— • And their sighing, taut sobbingond weeping, All day - they are all.that they seent; . 'But Lord:Pardon than, when they are sleeping There is no telling . .ivintcthey wont; dream../ • : Yet we love them,—how madly, liow •• For love sees no faults so they say— - But all we would blame is mostlimlly Coneeal'd from our eye's all tlje - day. IVe have glimpses of grace in the morning We have roses and raptures at noon, ,Our browsand our bosoms adorning;— And bliss by the light of the moon— We have spells that wewould not have broken— We have raptures and - wishes-suppress'd=y---• • We.have thoughts tllat have neverbeen spektin: We have look'd—thcy inittgine the rest, , — With thCir sighing, and sobbing, and weeping All day they are all that they seem-• but them, when they are. sleeping 'There is no telling what they wont dream. ' . Dream. MEM dream - ed a dream in the.midSt of my ;lumbers, — And act faSt as I dreamed it came into numbers.' „ My thoughts ran idong hi such beautiful metre- I'm sure Ine'er saw any poetry. sweeter. - It seem'd that a : law had been recently made - That a tax on old bachelors' pates should be laid, . And in order to make tbem,all willing, to marry, . The tax was.as large as a man could well carry. Tlie bachelors grunthleii,.:and sidd 'twos no use - . 'Tuns - horrid huusti'ee, and awful abuse . ; , And declared that to e save their owti learts'hlood from spilling, - • I • • Of r Stich a vile ta t ' they would not:pay a But the rulers determined' them still to pursue, So they set the 'old bachelors up at vendue. . • A - crier was sent - through the triVrn tOTvaitTro,T" - 7T --- „ . To rattle hid bell, and his trump,et to blow, - And toctilrout to allhe mightineet in 'llo!fortyoldbachelor's sold here to-day.''. And iresenTfill the old maids in the_town,, --_-- Each in her very, best bonnet and . 'gewri, •`' Trom'thirty'r to. fair, plain, red, and pale,. Of pl::Cry'descriptiiini all flocked:to the sale. The atictioneer , thiln in his labourhegad; And called out aloudyas lie held tip`a man: "How much form bachelor? ;Who wants to bay?" IA a.twinlc, every:Maiden responded —l." I , CsliOrt, at a highly bxtritraga4 price, • .Thelbncheloys all were sold off in a trice ; • • And forkt'nld Maidens, ilome.yOunger; some older, E3c ll ,;nb'ed,,Ol4 bachelor hoine On her shoulder. Sisincas. . • , was on a shiaing9mtitet's (kW , ' • As..stories OlioOnedTsiy, A sleepy , BO of fir'! l e l3, ; • To'chttrell agreed - thrit - thOy would go, Theitznealinto -, , ,..When'they.liail . ent their dinnei 4 a. (Saairee had Ilie,,Partton takeithls text,. :When he felt: exceeding vexed, ~.To Bee . his hearers nod ; ' • - Proceeding with religious lore, • . 110.1juickley heard the aleepersnnore,_ -; Vorgetting him And God. And lo! descending from his. sent, The n o, iftll! of holy heat, "-- At losing thus his labor,.. • • • • Tweii'd one's stout nocie;then'gc:niefol bow'd - And said--" Good liir,,yOursnore'so . I fear yoiellwalw yo . o 40 . 00 r." • • . . . ._- ~ ~ .... . . . • . . -........_... _, . • ~.. -. .__ . • . . , %.. .. r.-. i...L A .:. ,:.,.. •:!..::-..:,: - L.:: .. •.r . ....., ".,., . ,_....... • ) le _. _.•• • L 10 . . . .. . ... . .. . c 3póir. . . .. . , AMILY NEWSPAPER.-DEVOTED TO NEWS, P LITICS, LITERATURe, , THE ARTS. AND SCIENCES, AGRICULTURE, AMUSEMENT, &C..,S;C. The 1111 Wow Bride's TaketeelL . .11Iy Aline home! my villaie friends! farewell?— . • For'prond domains I quit your lowly bow'rs; Bu s t, oh! I feel that memory will dwell Upon thc seeneswhere pap'd my childhood's hours!• The iliiivery wreath that here so.oft I've worn - 7 — '7 As9neeo of May,.is ehan_ol for costly pearl:-- l.lcavc my he in carriage- - borne, I am the simple eottuge — girl.! _ 1 know not how-1 Caine to he allied • , • ' 'Po one 'of wealth and proudest dignity Ha might have foitlid a riClteC, fairer bride,- But whei:e could Iliad such a lore He savq my life, when'no one else would dare • Toanatcli me from the - rude,waves stormy whiff— • ' And is it-strange that hi - kfieol - Sliould Though I was but a simple cottage girl: 4 • My mother dear! my Ether's 'soul above ! _ bly.litte yet too youngto kilow , The easy change from gratitude to love; . ... • • _Come Isias me alLautl bless me ere I go ! ohrthink nof for - grandeur thati leave, • To be the . lady of a lordly tytill 2Tis for the riches his dear heart . can'give— For still I am the simple cottage Sixteen Pei soloii . Sentemiced $o a~Gm~ira/~o~irl~~ace.of..tJiu,d~,l.~..Ganr ...4d:~~{isu;:.., '1 of Aug. 1838. Previthis to .the depai,ttire of the bourn,. L'S;itutsday, frßni,lNiagara, .I had harbly time 10 - inform. you that sixteen., of the state prjsouors: had been that - morning sentenced to death ;:-four . - are .Ainericatis and twelve subjects of 'the• Queen, • : - , On - Friday, several. pleaded ,guilty, and William Yerks .was-triedmid acquitted. On Saturday 'William S. Wilson -WaS tried and acquitted. -The law of England for high treason requires that when - a-billiifi'm; dietiiientiSifound,Alle prisoner must he furnished.-With a,copy of. the.bill, and-with a list of all the_ jury_that__lnkte—heetLaufa; toned tck.attend; and ten days must elapse before the trial can be brought on. •• A bill of indictment- for high treason having ticen found, at 'the elose of the_week, against; Jacob Beater, of .Whom I have before spolfen, lie could not be tried forth with, consequently the. court determined to. adjourn <liver for theilliting, ten days, and to postpone the farther trialslititil=Betiae case could ,he brought.. They. therefore gaVe notice - that the prisOners who had been Itied - shoulid - be - hroughtitirforsentence; - & gether with those who had pleaded guilty. • About one o'clock the jury;which had been out with the case of`WiNon, returned -- iiifif - a - ireirdiet of - WO guilly: -- Tlff - CtitirtH then directed -the •sheriff to bring in those sixteenprisoners_whamere to be sentenced. ' The -sheriff expressed some doubts as, to the propriety of bringing in Oo large a num ber at once. - The - judge very properly re- , marked that there was no danger ; that if the.civil force was -not sufficient, a detach ment of the military were at hand, About half past one o'clock, the prisoners- came in attended 'by a military and civil guard, and were seated iii the jury boxy..• ----I-was -favored .with a very eligible seat, being close both to tht:liench end :the pris oners. I was surprised td . lind so many at the prisoners you young men—SO.lllC of tliem mere boys—and two or three looked more deserving the ordinary. chastisement •of:a paient, than the heavy penalty about to be adjudged them. Two or three 'were handsome; amid with a few exceptions, noth ' imr unfavorable could be drawn from their appearanac" Th - e.y werel.ll - Welfaieised- 77 ' Miller in a snit s Of black. Ila had been, you will recollect, a law student. at Mays in Ch : autamtue county, and would probably have defended hinwelf; had not his counsel oil - ored, at the ou4spt, a plci-of insanity. After the crier had made proclathation for " all persons to keep silence \vhile-hislord ship the •iitteen's justice pronegiiccd - the sentence of death." ' Mr. - Justice Jones called over name's—of-four American citizens, who. had )401i :tried under the - Adi oft thelasksession • of the provincial partia.: meat. • Tile first was Litzus Wilson Miller. -- After - a - brief - recapitulatitkar - tlieWit he-Was asked Whether fie hat l / 2 .any tlfinm to, say-wh3Venten - c -- .6\flfilaftiiTh - en alßifizulpx / nouncePon him. _ After pausing a few merits, he spoke, in - a fine 'melodious voice ; in substance as follows: • • "Mi Lose: Your lordShiphas asked whether 1 have anything- to offer why sentence - ofsleath should not be. pronotieced -. against me.. - 1 with the permission Of.your offer a few remarks, not however with the belief - that-I s)itilf be able -liy'aeythihg ,that might :say,' to turn . , aside fate awaits me.• • - • • • "In racy - Once to the statue:4l6(ler which I have bean tried; .am under-the fall. con viction that it is -uneonstitutional,: and in this opinion I ,believe I am "sustained 'V some of , the-legal gentlemen now present.. am, of 'opinion:that no. statue affecting the life of an individual, whether a subject' or not, can •betimisidared the law of the land. *unfit received the sanction- of the severeigit,•„ I know,myilord,', that tin t deribiliet;OtheWhave,.stilleced,,and I nO•reaSon Ouriptise'diA my pleadiniits ;u licenstitu trwili - bs --- atir-Wfo tTo awful' fiat shielisit' about In fall' (rein the lips of your lordship. •• , «I am,'-indeed, asked ivliysenten.Ce death shall not be ,:ptisSed:,ttpon If haVe death, I would, say, i let it ecimiii;.,Midi declare tnyonr-lorg ships, that iiedording.:tO•the - L own judgment, I deSgrye:neiflter death. not honds,: . • " Death: El . „ . ' , Printed and Published, if*eidy, WOorge eitrlisle Cumberland Count j, . _ _.,,. - i . H" f have nOTb r- C'en guilty ..or the death . 'of any one. I have taken' from no one: that which was not my own*. I. came nOt,into ; your, country - to destroy, your forin.of g v 7 min eent. 1 came- not _upon . its, horde s with-.-arms . . in..My_liandil,_l_,Y4iingi and ine -- porienced as Lain, I wailed into the erro ';`. for which I now Stand' •convicted;. by. the aditice of * otherg. 'Had' truth,mid justice pievailed - , -- I - should. ,- not -- ribvi - :be called - to stand before*,ypur lordships in peril of ,my life: • . . , . - "I say . I stand ,convicted-but-on what eyidence has my conviction :`been : obtained? Upon that,of the perjured;Poan, who has become anirjdence for the crown ta'save his Awn life . .there bas - been - some other evidepde • agaiii - st me - from , persons who I •believe intendetito speak the triith, but:they, were in . error.' Np - doubt they Were led astray fioni-the necessary Onfu ,.. sign of the moment: • . - ,Wlfelf - 1 -- became - set . isible-of-my-err6r— when. I found - that it was better for me to return to my home—l . was told that the lincs7could--not-be-passed r and-thatit-Efor- - , sook mylparty 'death mould_b_e my portion:._ Thus situated what Way was-there fort;my escape.? _ _what . - . .. • / , . PlLappealLyny : l.ord,_ fp . :thp lancers,_ • .whether„-LditLuot..use.;My„,lieskg:v.crfj,oirs,fffi I Stay the-hand of the assassin.- • I-4)1 - watt°. every individual whq was present' at the -attack- upcm-4,ll6,l;meersay-whetlier--I -did not - do - :every thing . in My power-to pre vent-. the death of any one, or the loss of any .property: , . . - ”. `.` I and here, hefore,your 11°as - hip; 'con victed as a_ felon; , but to w my Own 'conscience, 1....aV0w to your'Lrdship and to the whole court, ihat I cannot - consider 'Myself_ guilty of a felOnioUs. act--yet;' if it is my fate to suffer death; I must bow to, tire orandate:W•hieh-•tleeredS it." • . judge _asked the other three the itsnal;question, and, : nothing.'leing.suidite: protect: dad_to_prononnce,ilte_son4g two,. pth facing it . ‘vith - some pertinent remarks, par . :. ticulgly.addtissiog himself ' said it .was - :apparent th'al his edification' should haVe. led him to ttAlitferant course, than, to .bwfountrwith a band of ilidividnals with arms,, too, whose aim was- to 'subvert the government of a country with \Odell he was not connected, and one which was at peae.-3-:willi tho United States, of .WltiCh lte was a citizenthat the view he had taken of the constitutionality of the law •he Initruiiirs - grewd;:wirs - fin't — stitußlTTnit - tlmt it -was- as much. the law of the land as any by which the province was governed. ' The Judge then 'ordered Linus WilSon: f e - C Atiller, - Oeorgooley,. NOrthan Vallerfl and William Reynolds; lobe taken to the jail from : whence they-came, -and-That-Lon Saturday the 25th day of. August, they he taken to-the, place of execution, :and there be hanged by the neck until they are dead.• Mr.• Solicitor. GeneralDraper:then Moved the court, that, sentence he passed upon: the • following persons convinced of high trea solk,„Snmuel Climller, Benjamin Wait, James Gainble, John Grant, Murcimil: Mc- Faddon, - John James- .M 4 Ntilty, George MIA, David Taylor, James IVagoner;O•Ar ret Van Camp, John Vernon and Slexaft der M'Lcod. .These persons were separately, asked whether they had any thing to say why.: the sentence of -the law should not be pro 'Pounced - agaihst . • ',,tiwthe ease of Benjamin Wait, his,coun sel moved the verdict lirSa' aside, On 1110- gouild that Sir. Wagstaff, one of the jury, was not aliege sithject,ThTa a cierZeTrarthe - United Slates. • After a few , remarks from the SolicifOr deneral, the'court decided that it - was now too late to interpose that plea. -One' or two others 'Made a feW - -- .markscwhen the JUdge proceeded to his painful task, . , • • [ln toldthem that in all prOhility mercy wOuld be extended to some of them, hut to whom no one then been ; that the jury by which they had been tril had recommeml ed some of them to mercy, which of COfirse would bdrepresented in the properquarter. He urged upon them .all.the importance of preparation for another world, Mod :then=) pfaii - 011ii - Ved - the7followi Irk se n Vence: (after - calling ,each by harne):—" That-you-and each off you be taken to the jailerom whence: you came, and that on ',the ‘.2sth - daY„of the present .month•ATgust, you and eacit'of you be. drawn on a birdie : to the, place exe cut ion, - dial that you be there.. hanged by the neck . ,until you, jio dead; then ur bodies are to:be suartered:' and pay' God have:mercy on your souls. ,To ''this' last . exPrehsion, 'there. were: several ,who responded."Ameo.!':: Opp:A:4 the hailiffs,7a - Stbut fellow he.:ni - iodicloSe. to Me, leaning ii his,staff,lirst into a flood. of tears, anal assUre youjhat this soon be . ca • • • • • • -• It was a . Scene'T_pray T . may never' again he called to look upon, - 4:tleen fellOm ino 'WOW aneartblyjadge had limited 'to - ii lift:of three weeks:l and these then.itl the.pritne of life,: many. of them with the blood of youth coursing in their veins, their average' age, I, think., is not More,than . twenty-five.' :• • • ,• One think rttnin',,'•atid r,Chise airoadY„too long: • 'Let thnfrinfids of Miller,' Cotiley, of . Mallory, and .Of:-Rnytiolds i • - then: - L a George Alithur.iii their behalf,,andiny that Their :,e . fr,,,yo 'crownbd with success rl 'lt will PC found' than air George is noCthat blootithiisty,. charaeter Some hive been induced. to belieVn. " • ••••••*1176, learn;by tlfe•Tinies that Ote f fanlou.s. Mrs. 'l t rci!tope .is:•dariierous • ry bro.: l e 9iers:at - • • •.** • v •• • TUESDSI .AFTER.r 0 0,471 r .11 UG UST 21, .4 S 3 ro the limiest Opponents of Joseph Miner.. IrCOME - , - LET US-REASON-TOGETIIER.r . . . . - Itelidying that there are aiming the op porients of the. FARMER, 'GOVERNOR many who oppose him merely on pally grounds, and through thd misrepresentations of the leaders of the Loco Rai party, we willing"- ly vet4re to "-reason'-'-with-then4:mid oh-, deavor ta. win:them from the supp of a tmall who iiS not only DlilIONyiST, 'but - thO advocate of ,measures 'deductive to the . HST liftereSts:ophe CoMmonwealth; - ~. . First, then, why - do you oppose the eke-. tion of Joseph Ritne . c?. Is it because he has been and to the discharge_. of the high and responsible duties to which he __havbeenoalhal._.Xou_catinot,..after:going, back to thd_day of his- inauguration and taking.up apt After act, and... examining find them ~.idi di the greateSt.scrutiny,•auswer. the .- ifii - O --- Stiii ii --- a ffiriiM - Wely. - •(INT - D .- s - q - 117. - .11 . ii-, - - tidfignis7.diseliiirgcit every duty - , devolved . ',upon him,. not only. to his own credit, but to the especial Isenefli and honor Of :his . na- - Jive-State,: The-rights--of -thd_Cotinnon-, "nvealthand-of-the-Peorile : have atoll :trines and.on:all occasions -been . zeatonsly and tithfutly,.. pAeeteil. -I-lii - has:, used . the. strictest economy in the . administrationand management of the affairs of - ' ate 'State. 'The • Stale Revcouc has been greatly. `in creased; the State Tax has been repcalesk, and hirge . appropriatidnsitare been Made. t.i . ) hestoW upon thb poor.and 4lic 'destitute the ' lienclits, of .1 7 '.dneat)on. An short, .in 'every lilting that could benefit thd ii_cople.or. the State,.has: Joseph l:it ; n exerted. himself successfully. Then, we 11414 if these timings are, so, and you can judge for YON 'Selves, •why, „Oppose . hitnt-why wish to - Place ill his stead a man : like David R. P-Vrtffiv-NCITO-711*1117alt-tlfitig.-e-ii7tllC tool of • a corrupt cabal Oa "of . dui 'State, 1 and•ConSequently the ,opponent of the best interests of Pennsylvanirdl . . - . ,• ; Besides, itake:the 'two men and exainine 'int.o and compare their private and public characters, and•thcideterm ine which should be the Governor of flit HONEST and INTEL _I:IOI,:7T people. From. the- ,cradle to the Gubernatorial Chair can aught tic said_ to sully the public= or priVate'eharadfor 'of Tii-: .! efdr-l - ti tnen—ln-priv at a -life;'-he-has-acted as becatne i a good citizen and useful Mem hpr of society. In public life, so well and faithfully has he executed all that was re kindred - of - him; that - - no - act - now: -causes-a blush to mantle his cheek;' The malice- Of liis- , opponents-has stopped-at-no invention . to bring reproach .upon l•iint, but the "poi= Soiled •chalice. has returned to their' own lip. ;" Swims he met Lis enemies." and at all times came out with "flying ours.'' He is honest and - capable—Brit and decided, and just the man for the. peti plc for this great and groWing state. . • ~Then why wish to change ? Why wish to - elcc.ra - man' like - David :R. - Porter, - Who, is, from a knowledge of his private and pub lic life, destitute those noble traits so prominent in the char4eter of our Farmer Governor? • • If adyadvantage could lie gained by the change, therelwouldbe sonic excuse.. But . no earthly advantage to the State would re= salt from the election of David R. Porter. .It .has been shewn, by . the ,recordS of Huhtingdon .cdfinty.court, that he wasiti .capable of managiug, : business I rosperously,- and was .led -to avail himself of the benefit of the Insolvent Laws of the Conimonwealth.• •It is -also alleged, and vial much apparent truth, that he did not li,et, - altogethetlike an honest man in pre paring,. to - "take the -.benefit." Examhie •evefi the stateMeati•Of his "Lawyer (Mr.. .Allison,) iu one casOiß a different county, and you will find a great mystery .about certainbonds :„ howite, assigned.,them fore tali ing the benefit and, receiving. meuey fou r---years—afterlvdrds..„—Alkir. thinsactienaalSo'gb to shoW a witnt'of hon esty \ --Da'vid R. Porter, and pbcchim in an - unfaVprable contrast with .the,_hopest.,% 1 1 upright Firmer Governor.. _ • • Ihit above all others, there one . FAci• which should- influence you to withhold' from him your Votes and' iotheace% It is the fail of now being. worth fody, thou sand dollars and refusing.to pay his- lion ! est debts, because he has ?node this fortune sn,um.. he look-the benefit of the Insolvent This ,wo conc.div,e to . be a good and :sullicientreason to induce honest Remisyr vanians to hesitate beihre, thef cookru 'NANCE 11)1MION.101STY out of rospeotAti'partj/ and party. leaders.- - Is . there :X.Man Adams : . county : who :would, alya•Aaboring .years4o:aceomolate a,-handsome and productive Property, 'agreed knowing him as lie,n6Av does; to place' that, property into the peeping of DaVid .eor 4 1 ter? tti assert, there is not one, - However, he..may ifeeL and acLfor his party.. .;• Then why,: 'stileoif:ppyy . ,, *lair to libido pnir rid arid p - rdilOtive . O.orihrioii.,•• 7:Wealth;--11Whainkbc-riar ren i .?joyr.fili*s Ord ; flip •. • riVkich iti au', :a Vjii Portera -moo' WhOSu'iiiOrid tilf6"has reproach to hirit; 6114 whose public TifeWhs beZm'Or :iio Service to, rou•Or•tor3iir,:f.4tate • We appeal:to' t'ea ;oii; • veur sense arid •sounil of Adathsi arid judge , fa.yoUrtt Star. - POLITICAL. " As tweets a roek'n thousand waves, 4 C0.111E-,-.TO-THEAPOL7V2P.n• . Under the above head, the "d2dvocate", .asks sight question's, then requestsdefinite answers,_ypacßi nuys.. We shall. "mine to the. point," .and as • one good turn serves another; we will propose a feti brief' -questions--••tand,regripst-definite answers, yeas or nape; we 'shall expeotY "come 16 the point." _.•-• The following are the--questions. in the 'Advocate. and their answers. ' • Ist 'Question. Is the. commencement, of Wt cpidence„ that the '.plantiffs claim • is ihnnestly due? dlftswer:.-Not Burthe.•ivritten aCknowl edgment of the'debt by the defendant, wrtt-•• ten, and si g ned- try himself, is evidence,—.. , and this is Porter's case. • " I - 2nd. :Ques„^ Is it true, that. to (Vend i. suit is to actfridulently?, • AnSwer. •• No!. But • it s '•,. is evidence' of rPRAUD,, if not BERJURY, .when'a man. se k -- f-'4r ere es propel , CS. 1 . 113 insolvent, and therttakeS back his property, after helms made his creditors .b.elievethat Jul is nat,wortit a groat; - . S • there anr; other - way.'lto - judge qf the justness of-a man's . claiin, than. _by_ a, full. and -fair investigation before ajury ficeordingt6Ahe "hiws ofthe land?": .77 - wee: - N - 111:W hpre-the-Aidwoani-war 'd Criy )iis` • Air 'hand writing. and his: .o*.n written contract. But - R.. Porter Ai 07 la a jury pf his peers decide .upon. the justness of the Blaini against_him,,af the Augnst (Tun.. _JUST ' OR or UNJUS:r, -he dare 'not meet, the is- 1 , Stie - .7 -- - . Althofralrlie--IntsAnown--tl4;tltt-- - 1 platnilf was anxious, and ready, to _try: Porter -will not have 7iis ‘VittiesS. 'here: - , Mark that!. • 4111. - • QUO. DoeS or *Can the taking of the benefit hinder. a man from proseCuting his snit? No:. • But tile ofd' proverb 'sue a beggar and . Catch a .louse,'.. often keeps place ever - knew that PaVid. R, Borter,:had prop,erty until within a few years: . for yich as lm :Was; his .6Wit residence SuPPesed to be held in the name of another; and'the -records to this_ not tell the - people where his princely donnthis are located. If Por'b'r Will let' the suit on Abe trial listt he tried; he: will find that it does not . hinder the - obtaining, of ajudgrffent either. • • sth.. Question—l-Can any defendant hin- Acr the triatof a suit for even two - years; if the plantiff demands a trial? .4nswer;Porter has done so, right or .Wrong, we believe; at least. we know he "went to rirginiee as y out; _when his suit was •onthe trial list, J)efore; although the trnth. was, he. went no. further limit - Western • Pennsylvania,' to gilie out the ‘.`hailini sigv." .111 r _ kis nomination. - -6th. .Question -When in 1819 a &fen : . .dant was arrested on' a capiag,..and de ytaiiied until discharged under thiS insolvent law, was it not legally . incumbent on him to give notice to. tho.person' at whose . suit .he was- arrested, - although at the time, so fir_from.acknowledging, he shokdd dispute conscientiously every cent of Ihe'rlainr ansukr:•As this question implies that Porter was arrested ou_a capes ,at . —.,.... . _ _ , . . the suit of Mr. M'Murtrie or Sturgeon, and THE SCENE SIIIFTIN6.---. •:- ithen the charge was sletained until discharged we- mutt de- was first made' against Dav d E. Porter of gross a little to-set the , matter right,. Mr. defrauding Samuel &urge 1 out of $7OO, 1 , PorteT l 'was put to jail on:a - bail-piece' got • the papers in his fin;tir denied. every thing out by_hiSitosom friend Geo - . Davis, Esq. - -in regard. to the matterdenied - that - Porter• Who iyas• secretly, and in every 'way his I owed a cent to the' man, and declared and friend.' The troth-is,---that-many-Tpe.opla;--offered. to.preve that the arbitrators in the Ayould - eay7that - - - Porterlint-himsell . to jail, suit of Sturgeon vs.,Porter, - had'inade out after he got his- property all put Outof Tar their award and. declared amt There..iaa S' hands; mid out' readers by refercing to Mr. • ifeithing due the plaintiff.' - The - cer-..'i 'Allisons 'statement-will-see thatilie : nseigned I tilicates,--hoivever,•of the arbitrators Were one bond to Stbnebreaker, after ,lie - ftppliell obfainctl, and - thdy testified that ,nd award: to the court for the benefit; such is the fact, I had ever been made; nor .Wks the bitsilidss and coneeqifently:the Whole question iS in- . , ever 'settled. With these' certificates in tended' to deceive the reader. But ici ,aii- liamt-Mr: Sturgeon called upoitDavid li. saver the question • directly no defendant 1, Porter, and deinanded, his tlaini. kr.,Por, ?Pettit/ notify such. a person, because if as I ter:of-hired .to comproMise by4:paying $lBO, Porter says•he was "prepared to prole_ his 1. if Aft.. Sturgeon' would' endorse . his char claim unjust" it was not jneumbent on'. timer: ,This Ain. S. refueed to do. ' He could him Ito notify the person-because . thatjtiot give a certificate.of..eharacter to n man perepti, could only •have prosecuted; And i who had i attempled to cheat him 'out of his' then the prepared testimony, that there was.; hard candy:se, . 'These facts were all sworn nt --- ;7; ainh•woukthave at once. to and - iiifilished,-.lbr,weeki;i_unanswered:.- from any after clap;, and if. Porter' . ,could . ','The•eoceekuence,v;is that ths.,,lioneet.:.per7 •lifiVe proved there was. no' claim against tion.of .the, people who bad been Porter's him ht: wouldnel have.Waited-twentryearsi'lriends-began--to-drop7off---llis--frionds-he until' his' witnss had :Moved - to Oven• Bay. - chine alarmed; and . .saw•that something must • •-: 7th, Question; . Would- such notice' be' be done to counteract the influence - of the eopsidered acknowledgement of a' debt • in f;tets:brought to bear against Their cimdidate . . - I They now abandon - their first ground,—ad was no :award - made; atidJ '.ditstacr; It Would be. CCESisiorett : very' grit than there s t rong circumstantial evidence,.,,` ;,,, ~. .. : •hricg fo'rwartPthe,hcertificate Of •Patrick X Afadden, a fellow,- (if he has an existence . Bth 'Question: NY mild tho'plain titre teSti write his name-but has betaken; :as 16 the•justkess. o f hit, at all), who. canhOt ,to wake' his aiark; and another . individual clafill 'or the dishonesty of hie adVersary. ' • • named Fulton,- who was but 12 • years. of l • Athver: : . He ' would • have •-fi' Tight' to• age tyben , the transaction to.whieltha swears swear to thiS, original''entrie.Vif i'li ticilid-; I• •- P. •!.... ', :.•,,'~ •taken• the' pains to' : get Alta •,ecrfificates•••of The - eiglif •qttestio•Xilins•paraded •before the publie• 'are' deli nitelY 'onsiveTed„; they tile" two • rfati [JR ED , RASOM.Si :Old what is the •ani ounv of their... tesmony. oyeti if true?' are not eVaded, we--,•eensidet:. them almost imwortliy,of • notiee, but 'as the ",../ideocate' ~.11tcy.• have •onty, endeaVored toy make out is determined to' keep 'them at the head' of -tiTtlitgEON - ,. what we'llairelireved DA its: columus , untitnnewered ; we hope they . - srlp 1i... pO.WrEtt, to jid,l,fitint - ,!the,.oourf will he •satitelick• -• '' • •. . • •• liecords—A DEFIZAUDP: 671i1i0,63lipITORS--, • ' . ' Y.•" wile tOOk 'the Benefit Oldie Itisolvent Lan's - SIIINN y.9N:Y . ,.0 . , II IZ.p . v..N . smE„,... and swo . re that'he 114' de lit",etttl.t l Plii,e•Pro: We,-have '.`cone to the' point,". and 'in pertY,.ivhile.hekrectineil.iijtftho•hands of orilOitet to •be behind our neighbors, .we „hie, friends; mid \Vent; *rough:: the f,ickfte shull-prepoie,n4Ow,defiliite,prepositionerea,shinrg-.-operatio*:_itt4, the:! ; C, r etit.i. ± '-Afattoi.. .•.oOd'§ttejt,4attinifSf•delittitennswas . , yeas ,DcieS,euell':evidencO,prove. • anYlthing.iti ,fai -1,16e iuteo'. ',. -..__: .. .± . - . . :: :.... : liia;,.oCl',6oa?. • Not„jlt: all.. ijio'fri(ids [ 1 Melt DfiVitik: Porter f.teeCilie T bi- ' 'TS'r 'fa;;voi: to 614,-tien the eli-i..-f 3 " ---- f ' ble in It is ' lewd,''_ and swore`. that. he : leado7. the'..fintif,*hOM ;.h ,e defrauded 4.- • That `tuttied,•all• his ~Topd,e,:«iid ~ c hattels, 441.. - I ! oaVo K tarOpes owe this: man is.proved :400 ,ineliitle:in'hie',scheittlie Ail* ifetes,';lni ~,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, in the .P,ro'llionot.aiya,cAllie, ili".. - Z4.1 (6,tihiOiai4 l .Of.:z - OC.C.Onibiiiil - tiffnV br :14,t., ;Patton thoftwt,' elir ke ?• Let tfMac we Ile•'net - -. • ' I - - .lalin Sten •' 1.: •• - of. Porter, when. lie tools ffity.:Betke t of' • or,pily - : •... • :-, :. •:-.-,' . - , • - .. the Insolvent .Ijaw's.--this - paper Contains a • . • incitide_the_debtvlub•::-.efittot!.. — Porter on their_ lookS, and which, he collected, after his insolvency?,.: • 3. •Did not David R. Vorie - Fgive into the hands of John Stotiefiralier, property . .amounting to thousands of dollars before he. took -the benefit; and.did he not receive a greatportiog of it hack ciffer hejot through., 4th. Did he not' take 'the accbliTt - b - 4Si of Patton 4 , Porter; witlfout "leave 4 oP cense,"•ail hide them' in such a plaCe that lte cOfild and - draw off the accounts; and did he . not do so? And did he not after wards take - them into 'his,-own possession, 'and has -he not got them now? - • sth:•Did not DaVid R. Porter; place .in the oflice - of the court a •schedule of his debts and _property.?'ifayeirWbere, is it? 'Why is that schedule destroyed,-.if it, be :not tb• destroy the• evidence of: - the chfirns 'against him; and : also 'the • evidence that - he did not return' the property, -.it! Beaver county, and the property of John -StornifiThltTrlis-VaTids. •• . .7% ILA he. refused to satisfy iany obliga tion drawn by hiin pievions, to .bisinsol -vent.,y.?. ‘'.B. ..Did he every as the clerk' nf the Or .pliane' Conrt, take a' ftie 0f.517;44? if aye,. what- , conld:lieclaiiii.such.:a . fee in that-instani:e?' •..=- • 9. Das he 'ever. paid - theTilMitiligdon, I3ank the jualgnieUtS ohtained , againSt him--- or did the- Bank_:"spunge out the claim-, because. lley .did' it. think it good for ally-_ thing? 10. Is•havid R. Porter in _favor of the Sub-Treasury? - _ . _ 1,1, Is he the iulvfjeate of Martin. Van Duren and hiS Treasury Shin-pla - stcrs? _l2. Did he vote thatrstpekholders si:Mitt not be -Torsi:Malty habic for all debts and liabilitieS of the Dank" - " • --• • 13. Is liti - not'a . stockholder ,in the di:lnge:Bank?' Ainr:dueniut that ace4lllit ' for it? • f • .": • piA lie not Vote in fayor . of a bill --- which - Tif - passekivouhl - haveilrereasdttlie 'slate d ebt..in ill ions. of doll:test Dia not David R., Porter take 96 - Doi is court fees for issuing two ordeis of ilia Orphans' Court,liithe case of Henry Dorsey'S tye; ple.ise.point to his power to do so in .the 'fee bill. 10. When.the.guardian'of those children proposed charging for. his .Services did not David IL - Porter : advise him to Charge-doable the amount---assuring. him .that..the heirs. would not complain? Tie above plain questions bring fairly; and fully to. issue a few of the charges against Mr. Porter. They must have de-'. finite_ answers, yeas or4ipp,__ / •_•Wel_bave 'propounded them, not alone for the people, • but for-the variaus editors ofthe—Adivoeate; - tiolinerely -to-be-read -Intf-to-be _answered: and they shall• remain at_ the of our columns- until-definitely ansnWell; and , We. shall continue to increase the nuMber until we get thronah with 'the whole catalogue. 'lf they are answered, .we shall endeavor to g,et the right kind of "evidenee" to show what the , true answer to them should have beewC"cnnte up to the point!"---Ilunting z don Journal. • PORTER AND-STURGEON XEW SERVES, IfM;2.--Jilio. 39.- 'hit, cif _ li i 5.... c r o 4 i to ro in,WhielL....he,irsturns,„- Sariniel ffittimeon as one of the-legal &cal-- tors . of the firm of Patton and Porter. Thn same kind of , cil. paper was filed, by-David .- R.'Parter,_ but is•noilnow.,to be found a-' mongsf-the:Records-of-±Huntingilon_county„ . .. —it - is destroyed— nd the Tact that David R. Porter. -was , pro pondtary for-12 years prior-to-G0v . ..---Rit '0r.7,--4---.eleetiorf—that-hei_ only was 4into,,reste . about .that. paper—ie. sfiflicient 4 pytdonee that:le:was thd-inan : -- - Who deStrdybd it! — , . •• • But to rptvg., Mr. Sturgeon, a poOrla boring man—V,cjimiliori, hard-Working. col lier, who has - ef(rned Ills brehd,by the sweat. of his broW, -is not onip,eheated..out of his earnings by purse- proud aristocracy, , but .1 his..hitherto-fair name - is nowrendeavored. to_: bo be tarnished by Pat X Madden and Jim - Fulton; -two of : Porter's liited - aculliblik • ,Porter'ha'S got himself , into. a dilemma; and • he is determined`to•effeet 'itis,eseafie from • it,~ev_en~h9uld:.he_rise_lhihugh_the_eiernal. =y' Terdition — pf - 7 - his — perjured,t - hiteliegs:- -- W -- has set his heart on dm Gubernatorial and if desperate means-will effect hislte . 6 7 then-wilrhe-succeed..- Mr. Sturgeon, is an honest and respectable maihNflio is . 'esteemed by all his neighbors.' §Orfe of thelbeit respectable. citizens ',Or Arnistrong,.. . county have certified to his character. -Wm. Johnston, the memberhr thallegislature• from Armstrong county Was interrogated-,: by_tbe friendSflf-Porter. as to "what kind of a man Vthis SturgeOn7—and'ietnnied • - fot answer, thoi—"he is an:HONEST and *, ' respectable man—A MAN - OF-CHARAC-. ER." W_lten such a .man as -Mr. -John 7 . - Sion : vou - Oes thus for the standing of Sam- - iielSturgeon, we need-not feaialie oaths of , Pat.- X Madden and 'his colleague or any other-perjured villianS -who. may be bought " up by. Porter to swear-against . him. The.'. freemen 'of PetnisylVa nia,:w redress the_ w run:TS - 6 f - this POOR: - MAN:on the-second Tnesday of October; and send- Porter and . ''his hired false-witness.esiling to their -dens,—.Crtruford7-Statesimin. 'rho New York . Evenip4- Post, a regular and consistent Loco F paper; says :-.- . . . "We are sic:':, as Charles Lamb would say, of perpetual Biddle,= - 71.3nt what can we' do? „ . . . . . _ • . - Aye; there is the rub—what ean..the party do 1. They sticcecdea by tr• most infa mous conrse, in preventilig• the sr - dile - W 7 arof the charter of the United Slates Bank, by their perpetual - cry .of Biddle-rule, Biddle power, Biddle-bank; &c..&c.and when • ilre - rob - plecif. - Pennsylvania granted a Char- were sounded . until the ear ached with the *s . - infamous Sounds. • But, the Gloverniineni • - having wasted•its treasury, spent and'squanl: tiered its income,,found itself unable to.pay . - its pensions. The United, States Bank was appealed to; and Biddle) . ' Biddle .1 Biddle saved- them. from the disgrac l n•-of 'Protested-- drafts in faiatir of the old soldiers widows. • The 'Starlings ot• the Loctk.f.'oco".-,! press again cried Biddle! Biddle! .Biddie!--- and.the- members of Congress,. echoed the sound, Shaking their Jackson :collalikas - f a'c - ;T s-- companiment. But again the Goirernment went dry—again she is. distressed,—again she applies for and agile she is relieved. Well thay the : LWFocos exclaiM, ?Oat_ can we flo? Thei:vst is sick,orptirpetual • Biddle—so-were. niAtilenit sick of -- hearing 'the iierpatibl cry 'sof Aristides ! Aristides !„-Aristides ! ' Aristides 'the Just,' - But what • could they. dol.—‘ostracize'him? . : • . U. • . • • . . . ......... , —, TlM'Afilton. Advocate mentions the a-rri val in that place of Governor Ritner, and the general civilities cxtanded towards him by the eilizen.s, generally, But it gives a dif ferent' account of, afrairs-in Bellefonte. It says:— . , ~ , %- ' - "Insult iiird - alinse;,ivas - heaped upon► him when, lie arrived in. Bellefonte: • Hete he put uf at the- publie_house of Mr. Wil liams,, a. supporter of David R. Niter, and - re tirediwre - at , of. - Portcrnieir-eolketedl.iirfront of the hotel ; and eommeneed their ohame fu'operationa by_PROANING and BEIr: WING like a herd of mad horned cat- r : t• . They continued Aheir•noise until the landlord, unable tosuffer it any longer t aipse, went out and.remonstrated with: the but all to no purposa. T.hey.perslste,d in their OntrageS,.and diter'Sorne - tithe, erected a long pole in front;of the•hense;'. with a flab_ b on _which Wils inscribed •‘`,P:orter and: , Thtt ,they continued tbejr Urtital outrageS,.tnd their malignity.',wan,.' , " ,satiated,- When they 'retired and permitted; 4 . 'the :Governor . and•others .n 'the lionse.tO mijoy- an lion?S Sleep! • IVilliains to say' that - althaugh unsticeesprut;';' ho did all in his po`wer to quiet tlie,.t . indV: and. in - order that 'the GevertiOrshOlddfinf be matte fully ac go ai it tedth . ,the ,000410 - of his•tipponents by seeing the pcile.eroo, . . the morning,, he had it cm( doWif• . h4orn.,„,-; daylight. • „ „ Latest Case (f .lboence of illind,-L-The. late f. easp.of have heard," , rderit..: • ly :-BV-ar4d.--in:'''ClOi6lo*-'. was-dr9sindlioi.self tvitOtitt ti'party; an aPtitritavitrettlAokcitter--plic k e kt --i n -ti #4 4 e it + :,_ atYte l . weut to put away tho,litiiA4o4 ,, iiiii4' 111 ' 64 0'10f shoes;atu_l',.~erol:43fully laid did oqt , aiscover ititistake sife7. at :#: l ~ tq ivtiteon 1 1 I 111 MOST .TRUE. DECENCY: 13
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