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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 -
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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,
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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, -
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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 ---
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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,,
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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 ; •
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And forkt'nld Maidens, ilome.yOunger; some older,
E3c ll ,;nb'ed,,Ol4 bachelor hoine On her shoulder.
Sisincas.
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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, •
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110.1juickley heard the aleepersnnore,_
-; Vorgetting him And God.
And lo! descending from his. sent,
The n o, iftll! of holy heat,
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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." • •
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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—
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' 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, • : -
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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:
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' , Printed and Published, if*eidy, WOorge eitrlisle Cumberland Count j,
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- 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: • .
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"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
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PlLappealLyny : l.ord,_ fp . :thp lancers,_
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.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
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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
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. - 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; -
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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 . . - .
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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.
•
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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
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MOST .TRUE.
DECENCY:
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