11 6 .,Vitt , chigh , "-Imr'eeMne i mrl - rtvt ,t4 t
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%.31.'
2To AND
N T VV.S I ('{:?: ; t ; , : ss 'rt) VOTE
IN FAVOR „:s I_' ViITOUS
• TR tI;C 18 / .5 U.K. • )
*.„ • ,
iSE lv,:'4E3lll!iftzil th..t parier
;nrhielc , asi;einbleti-ie flat eistnieg - on the 4th of .1111, : '
-Adopted thwfollowinge..!solutiva
----'DESOLVEDVPitAT-WE 1.1 . AV Po-FULL-CON.
vltr4Npk: iSI THE TALENTS, INTEGRITV,
Al4rl REPUBLICAN PRINCIPLES OP MAR-.
TIN.VAN BUREN, Pii4SIPE: s .iT
BE IT usuzussitua, that he who votes for David ,
it. Porter votes in favor of Buren and - the Sub
"Preasiti,y Scheme, together with every other injurious
Measure of , the present isubeeile and . wiclied
istratiotrolt the Beneral 'Government and :ghat -he
Ivho votes:far:JOSEPH lUTNER, votes AGAINST
Van 'Buren ti - id the s46:7Trimsury - Scheme.
- /1,616111E1143), VOTERS OF PEtixslriX6.7ilA,
that Porter 'and - Van Buren aPe identified in
s till
things—are one, and the wine.. If Purter should 'be
cleeted,,l 7 :an Buren will 'cohaider it an , apprqval_to
Dentinbertelds; told rote as d ' uty and
cOUsdienee dictate, foi . Riter, the supremacy of the
jaws, 'aild.an inviolate constittition.
.tromay .
7 7 Agreeably to preVions,publin notice tba
'friends of Joseph Ritperand the opPenent
• - 4 -- Martin Van Buren asserfibled in County
-Convention at the. Countyllall in the ho
xeugh•of Carlisle, on .Weducsday the sth
— inst., ferthe-purpose--ofnoiiiratnrgz-=suita , :
ible-personS to be supported at the ensuing
gcnera
party :
on motion, Mr. BENJAMIN REYNOLDS, of
--:-Slippenshiargi-irna,,ealleil.,to . - the Cikair,.amt• Mossra.:
-SCOTT _COYLE, OfNtnyir,iliC„,flud ALExktnraiCATll-
Of AIICJI, Werp appointed Secretaries.
following-persons-clien-prusented-thoii , ereden --
- .dials and tonk'seats in the Convention. . • ,
'Toirmship.—llanicla Ijantaker, and
• ander Cathcart.' • • • . '
t'arliste.-rEilwar4l M. Bitliflz,-Jacob Bretz.
' .
°ha Rupp, OeMic
• -
flopcwalt.—J - oseph Smith, Wil Liain S. 4inisba. •
ltfcchr~rucsLrrrg., -I. J) Rupp, iitcbett
- _ - ...110/Pt..-71tobert Saml.
ElMilt Young. -
N. Cfinaberlantt—diiiia:littl 11 - cbin.;F: .1; Xraniiili
Al'candlish, Scott Cuylc._
Robert Kilgore. •
Ui
Skippcizsburg.- 7 Sainuel U. Ilenderson,llenjamhi
Reynolds. _
Spring.=i 7 Jolin Mateer,joseph Bucher.
Soitl/EXiddicton.--James .Mehaffy, Wni.
SouthCmtpton.—Franels T S.111.'011:0.
Pentasboroysku 7 William Palm, ..gaintiel
Rettlewell. " <
-After a free and candid exchange of sentiments,
the Convention proceedtd to nominate candidates for
the several offices to bp'; , oted for at the guaifing Gen
..4eral Election Land the following ticket. hitd the unani
.
sous approbation of said COnvention, viz: ,
•• • • ' ASSEMBLY,.. •• •
BENJ'N BEVAOX_ADS;shiPPeLburg,
. . .
. _
, • COMMISSIONER. '
JACOB SEINER; Cil;lisle. •
DIRECIOIt OF tin: POOR.
;JAMES WEA.KLEy, Diepinson.
AUDITOR:. • ,
ADAM RElGEL,media,iicsbu4.
- The - following gentlernm—.were-Seiected
as Conferees for Cumberland county,.ito
• meet those. appointed by Perrr and Juniata
:counties for the puipose of nominating a
:suitable candidate to represent &h .tath
Corigredsional District, in' the'next-Con
_
; gross of• the United States:—Robert Laird,
'homas D. Urie, Robert Kilgore.
The Standing Committeefor the ensuing
year, w,as — then appointed, viz: .
Allen.,-Jacob Landis.
Dickinson—George-Ik.
Carlisle—Geoirge Fleming, :William M.
rorter, James Posuethwait.. -- ,
.Hopewell—William S. Runsli. •
• Newton--Maj. Christopher AU.
Newviller—Jesse Duck.
New Cumberland—Joseph Whisler.
East Pennaborough—David Coble. ..
West - pertnsborough.,—Williarn Palm.
filifirlin = Jamesl4lgElhany.
• l'rankford—Daniel'Leckey.
Southampton—Francis T. Near:
MEM
Shippentiburg = Sarrtuill D. Henderson.
Necharticsbur g—Maj: Henry - Leas. ,
, North Middleton—Benjamitt Givler.
-::„„.Siker___Spring-,4ohn M. Martin: _
- --- . - a - Ctimuutteo to addres•tt tie oitizOns of
. ,beriatici county 'Orilird.'"i3 ! Ohicet.or the
preaching general_-election:-.--Edward.M . .
.. - Biddle, ,ToltnNateer;lVillkaut M. - .1-lender
son,, Jacob Bretz, I. I/. Rupp, Lemuel.
. .
Brandebbry, James H. Revo - r.:
The following resolutionswere then
- _
'e#oleed, Tioit:this Convention heartily
.approve-Of the nieasureief Joseph Ritner's
administration, by• which the State Taxes
have:been ,irep - ealedi_the State. Debt reduced,.
the protiperity ,of ...the common tvealth pro !!
served,' and - a'return to a specie currency,
Shout.
.PeBplued,--'llOl. in the opinion of this
Convention, neither, the 'moral ner politie4
character of David R. 'Porter entitle • lijiii
to the suffrages of.tho Poi 3 PIP , of i'COnts3 4 -
'iraiiitr, - and that: his intellee.upd 4 nualitiea
-*IDS, so far ds: tiler -11 0 4 r OverTA)Peodis
• ;covered, , give Iveight,to his pretensions,
-I?eireive4, That we ,coneider the 'pros;
• pciiiy: of Pcitns,ylV,,anin idep
with the -re-eleetien'ofloOpk, 12jtiier, hi
' s e .astpast 'We have sorolgoSiantY
goverohleut;•:Mul, that, 'in:
fluene,eil,hy . Such patriotic in 0 tiv6 we iv
tneansto proniote his re
.*e.etttOn, inii - seenre tho Etate-from iher'Con.
'-,llo l.l 4ofiri'ancl iittlitences of ,140-:,
:f:PAnWilcic,en4satief.,. • -
fie=lomt+h
tr/Noweu, pertinacity. . with !
AdMiiiistration of the General,
poVertinieitvperseveres 'in 'recomin ending
enforC,'lng : . odions Sub-TreasurY o l.
:freqiientiO
preSsed . 4lttrof 'the people and I;:ongross of
the United titaies renders . Martin - Van Bo
his justly odious in the
eyeS o 1 the peoplai' 'and marks ,him as al
- andinifit itidividtinl tti adininis-)
to the IaWS Mid 'fireside •oVe'f the .destinieS -
of a %nation - of ; • and ,that, for
these - antipther reasons, We will.Strenuoy
ty and zealinisfy - eppoSe his re-election. •
- lkdOlvedi---That-as —the —defeat- Of David-'
It. Porter will iiiSure.the• downfall cf Mar-,I
tin Van- Buren; we-call upon all dm, oppo- - 1 .
bents * of the General A diiii . iisiration'to ral
1y undo~>ae iiiiiiiii-1. - Wdirr - Tarrriee' dy;; •
ertior and driveour oPprssspis : font :their
high places., ' . •
-,Resolved; That me pledge . oursehes in
.support the ticket. which ~*c
have this day. miminated, and recommend
und vi de d_s_u pppyt of. thei.eitizens
of Cilmberland-county. • • .• •
On motion, li'es'oleed; :That the proceed
ingS of, this Convehtion . - bp, published in
the•newspapers of . tlie. county fa . vorable-rio.
our cause.
The COiiveiitiim then ikiljoiirriect
• ' BEN.L REYNOLDS, President
Scere'Cloy ir.E, Seereiary. 1 -
•
ALEX QATUCART,• • •
Proceedigi , s •of he Conftirce
. •
At a 'ineeting - .61'. the. Anti-Yau Burcn
Conferees frain the 13th Congressional dis
trict corn )osed Ortlie"ceunties of Camber
MEN
_ m ug . 111w:tinfoil ( I, on ±F.riAlay.llie' 71:11-
Sep teinbe the : wi go n tletil en
appeared as conferees. from 1.119 respective
counties:.. . , _
-- Cungierlandßobeq Lairdi, Thomas
•.• • . ,
Mlotidanies London.
C4albraitlr;AndrMv Pat-
iefs6l4 . • . . . .
. - .On Efiatiiancr JOIIN B_OTY,P.N, Esq., of
Perry — county, was appointed Chain - nail,.
and.•TitomAs :D. [Jim:, Of '.(t.nbdriand,
.. .
St:Cretan'. .. . : ..- . .... _ , .
.
The eon vention - , th cm pop Unanimously
nominate:l - .
270 EC ECTiV
of Carlisle, as a Boilable, eandidate torepre- .
sent the lath tomri'esstimai-Bistriet in the:
next -Congress_of_the.l.l l nitedState.s.
The _following:: resointionS were then
adopted:- .. : .
:Resolved, that the apfroa i
,elee
tiOniro- r::_:Congress.fs! triipikr
lance, as the Success_ or defeat of that-bill,
of abominations, called the : Sub-Treasury
13111, ilepen - ds•upon its result. •
Resolved, That , we view ,
witli -alarm the
efforti made by the General Goviiimet t
of the United States, to force the Su
Treastiry upon the peopla; after it ha
been repeatedly rejected.hy them.
Resolved, 'That Martin Van. Buren - ,bas
forfeited the - confidence of the people. by
his xtanous poliey,,which has . been destruc
tive of their best interests.
. .
Resolved;That we have entire confi
dence in the 'ability and in the Moral and .
political. our.. 'nese t_O.o.vernor,
Joieph trier, - and - Mat - we highly - applau
sucieSSful efforts. in abolishing - rag 7110-
ney; and in - restoring Lo - the country a Spe
cie Currency..,
.Resolved, That we have. no eonfidence.
either in the talents,
,the. principles, the
moral or political. { honesty of .David IL
Porter—and,, that, as his cause is identified .
with Martin Nan Buren and the 80-Tieas,
ury System, we consider his election-8S:
Governer •of PennsylVania• would be at
-tended-with-the-most diSastrous.,results.—::-- .
lesolved, -That we will-use all lionora
ble means to promote the election of the
candidate of our choice..-.
1eso1'1)&4 - That. Edward. M. Biddle of
Cumberland..eminty; . James - 141arshall, ,of
Bloomfield,and James Mothers, OrMifflin
town, be a Oommitte. of Cotrespondence
for this CongreseitMal Distviet.
• • - •JOHN BOHElN7L,Ohairman. '
_
SCeyqtaryi.
110PIEwEitz isniecTm
GREAT VDT= "G
*N TECEI UPPER
9T4ICT. • .
ROOM CCORDZN.G TO'01:1:R
STRENO:LT ! 7
Agreeably to previous_ notice, one of the
largest ineetinge
. ever had in. Hopewell
Township was
fi eld Oil Monday evening
the third of Sept, at.the public house
of Capt. sdmee ponsler, iii Newburg. -
The nieeting•was organied: by the ap
poifitivent..ol. Capt. DUNCAN,
President.
hE9flEn,
Cdpi: JimAs SPONBLE
JAco,B—LEsnER, -* • ,
JOSEPH PILGRIM,
Filnxcls 11. 11IcCz nit,
. Vice-Pro:sidents4
_ . .
'Wm.: T. Crotier,
Joseph Smith,. • " ;..
Pr. o.'-T..lifcgay.
' SooirOtaribs.
• on - .motion it weti7.Pesolee,. That a com
mitteeor eight be` appointed` ., to., 'report 'a
Prealuhre''atid itesolutions expresaive. of -the
sense of , this Mentink., 'The President ap-.
'pointed the followitio• persons to compose
'said coMmittem Jonathan, Cooper,.
Esti.,,Jantes Hauiphill, Bssl,,Dr.Devid
Smith; Samuel Smith, David Lesher, ben.,
James Hemphill,. David S. Rutalta;•Esq.`,
and Y. • ' ,
; Jonathan '11: eGoopef t '‘ ESq l *gm ,:the
etumnittee• reperted2 the foilowing,' - Which
Were nurtnitnotisly.edopteth:----L--- , ---_ , --_-- -
WlloTeas -, . the. 'COnduet of - our, present
high , minded, independent. and jodielous
Otweroor,. Joseph Rimer' and the • elevated
Itiort .(6,which a grateful ' peoPle.-bsve been
pleased to raise, hitt;
. .baS., been
• Such, as to,
recoMmend.,itielf; to the Tivorof all candid
we' eel
hri•disPosition.AO,'itive eileitiffrag,es to dui,
.oPPosiPkVautlidato?;;l ipaii ,Who has glover.,
ME
einié
, •
distinguished hiinSdf.eicept for' the - : little
:aetS ofiehiattualiticlrogitery and' w hereasi
ire •vieki with feelings, - bf - . .;tinfeitined . regret
aitd flighhatided
;measures resorted, to by the POlitioaloPpo
41ohl's of ,Toseph Ritnet-tii blaSt hirs;fair - hUite
and - destroy: his well earned=. reputation :
and whereas Republics have frequently. and
with the, imptitatiok.of , ingrqtittitle - towards:i
their greatest benefactors: and whereas we;
e.onstiftititik a part of the great republican ;
of, this happy And prcisperoui . Com
tiOn\wealth; View the presehtcruSadeitgainst •
the=ati re iuistration , to Avhielv we are ititlehtetl-,
Torso ma nyof ,theml van tages so:prep aineirtr,'
.ly enjoyedi'as_rrios,t unj us.t and unreasonable,
and feel it a , . duty-rigidly incumbent onus
- de declare publiely title hug ualitiardriaPprei: -
hatiott of air . oppositian° do • detrimental to'
the interests:of .the state; therefore..;
Idesolveil, That we highly approve of the
general' course of the administration of our.
worthy Governor, Joseph -Ritner, and
we_Lwill..:usei..alLfair_and„.honorable_
means ua on!' power .to secure.. his .re-elec-
Lion &in, the. Segond . .Tueeday of " October
next. • .
Resolved, That. we ,conceive 're7plec,r
lion to • the* Gubernatorial Chair:for the
ensuing term will be of the most vital lint
portatice the well-being of :our .r,,,epublic.
Resolved; Thames in our opinion the
election of David R. Porter BO - far •from
being - beneficial E will' be followed with eon
segitenceos the most delentrions to the tree - .
interests of,the XeyStenTiOState.•,• - -
Therefore :Its - - all true
Whigs should .of right, do, ‘lie _Will come
forth in our might and re-elect' the candidate
Avlioliaa-already-,effected•Soliitiek-good-and
:reflected such honor upon the state to which
birth; - .
Resolved, _Thai if we tuust drink We
will. not drink such base alloy, such wisera-,
ble_trash_as Porter, 'it that: We in eisChave
gojnedning" of- the . Jetforsonian stamp, and
nearly allied -- to tfie pore spirit of seventy--;
. - Resolvo,- Thata Committee of vigilance
ennsisting_Pf . tweive_b . e app ted; ivliere-•
upon the folio Wing persons were eliesen :
Messrs. Joseph Qu igly, James Share, John,
iTelnitauglilin, Sen.., 'James 11.. e n - -:
deison, Jacob, Fogles - ouger,
- lioWer, Saml-11.fli I; II el D ofeirn r;
Ein Manuel .- Snake:, .Isaae: I.2unslla; and
-. • •
.1
•
R . esplved,' Trial pie rKoceeditigs
be skh,Taidliy the , •offiiters ;iticl for
fi bl i ti i n - I s I e - Ilex=
ald & Expositor,. Ilarri , burg. 'Telegraph,
4.4arlisle Itepulijican - "airL_Shippen . burg_
- ,
. •. '
The' Benioamcv Aroused.
oIJTPOU,RING OF: THE ITOPLEL-,
"OLD HUN TIN GDON• 1NOIOTION."
'Miner a' lad Spceie” her
Watchword.
•-• Vedriesday last was a glorious day for
'Old'lltintingdoii",--the democracy rallied
in their might,,. to ex - pxess their attachment
to the 'Old Ftiiiney,' and, to declare their
hostility to- the Lodge", its Grand High .
Lords and Masters. 'The day had
been - set - apart - for the - meeting of.the -- Coun•E
ty. Convention, to nominate a ticket, and
thelohling- ore county meeting to.express .
the sentiments of the Democracy of num
bers,. upon the leading subjects now agitat
ed in our Statd. Al two o'clock in the af
ternoon, the delegates assembled in the
seceder church,
,—organized', and proceeded
to select a ticket to, be supported by the .
Democratic •Antimasoate of Huntingdon
county, at the coming • election. Jeremiah
11.unni n ant -a n d- --J oh n o rri so n',__were_. •
selected as candidates. - for - .the Legislature;
Joseph Shannon for Sheriff; Colonel James
Moore for Commissioner, and'Jesse Moore
forcAuditor,—ail worthy, honest, and good_
men-men whesestbaracters are - abov9
piroach, and- whose popularity iS'a'tei'rror to
the oppositiim—men whose election is as
certain, as is the rising of - the : -„aitit- on-the
9th of October.' .After the transaction of
its%usiness the - et:invention .adjettrned—
liarniottYlaii4.gocaLleeling,..was__evineed.in:
all its proceedings: In the evening a courir
ty meeting Was to be 'held. •
. .
Evening came = the people had been
pouring in (min the - cottritry all daY:---the
farmer had thrown • down: his rake—the
mechanic had,cait off his apron—the labor
er:bad left his employment, and turned out
in the - , Cause of the "Old Farmer,"-, The
hour for, holding she County meeting arriv
ed, end the bell : was ruing: 7 =-111A cejlte. the
people - in throngs to the court house, and
soon its spactons are was crowded ---the
stairs . and,windows wee filled—the porch,
the steps, anil the 3ip in the. front - was
tTironged--in_ t:edTt see red as if tihe=whole
population-,of-oureountrhadjmeir-poured
inta_theAown.And_then, to look upon
munrilitiw=l3l._caua-.
poSed of---, : the"-.real - bone and, sinew of the
-land of Penn- 7 44e farmers,' mechanics anti
labori4 inen---Conld not fail to send a
thrill of exultation through the` breast, and
confirmObe most skeptical • that such a
band-`.were - . The
nimber preient there :were no
~inenns of
ascertaining, nor -is it • important that it
Shotild be ltrioWiii was large:mit:igh to
setiSfy'.the.friendit of.Ritnef and, that "all's
well"in' linntingden -rcoun ty . , :and . to 'give,
-the-Porterites. the .`figue devils
aWake then true sense - of their Simi
lion-6.-;they sea the state of :feeling througli
the'Country--411,eir:.hearls.::sink wittiut
thenither!!grieve, for the.tocid.'.old dayS
Of Andrew and Georgen4ut it is
; all
:vain; the people itre.,l,mitest,,and :;love
ty, - , and .thdri: have•inconteshble evidence
that paiiit Porter - , not :hinteit, - and ,
tlierefore! they datitiot ; support
friends ilviity riniy:: depend: -*ion
"91(111,untingilOit7 - tioing her; duty.. She is
true .to.-the.:pore.44/"tentingdo*-lisii:Ater.,;
Sucken---A man in Montoe; Highland
county, , Ohio,::thd Other , ''day= sucked five
dozen and eggs in leis plait ten,min;•
Mos rot a vy,agei-of.-a , ahil,ting. The-patai
grAph "Alois heade'd "hatd to - hcaten t
'-woOld hpad
-110 me # cuatord•Or," - I
,
7 . lSigiied • the ciflfeefs-;]--
From the. PeiM3y . loania. Inquirer.
' GO V. SIN iL Qs.
.ffn and Important
THE "00+0 i1y,12, ELEOTION
We invite attentioli to the following in- '
tefostingandiniportairt letter fioni- the pen
of That 'sturdy .pariotand'tinwaviing dent-.
•cierat;. ion& •- AtonteNv - .Sitiw7E. It. is in
reply. , to a eointnuaication - addressed by" a
number of our' most respectable eitipns,
and. alludes,-as Will hp perceived, to the pO- .
litical straggle about AO take, place-iii Peon
hitt prothice :a • pottier
- sensation, espeeiatly among thec , old•
democrats .of\ tlts Common Weal thy who
,twice_ contributed. to dm election of its au
thor to the highest.honoutkof the Key-Slot - ie
atid - -iv lie 'linow that -a citizen..retired•
from public - life and- -anxious 'only for the
welfaro s of .country, could-have no other
motive than patriotism,—;-no other, :Object
than • the "greatest good --of the .greatest
-nutaberi"---iwtthusifdeliliertitelyTexpressing
his sentit - nerits:;upon ',the eve of an imper- '
_tacit political , stfuggle. The .leStim,ony of
Sohn. Andrew .18hulze, ' at such a cfisis, is .
indeed
_entitled to ‘ the consideration-of every
true4tearted--Pennsylti.anian. Ile , has no
personal feelings • to gratify, , ---no mOrtiA ed
vanity to -indttige,no. patron _at 'Wash-Mg
tton to fawn before and • kneel to, - .
views are- those of .a 'fearless freeman,a
patriot 'who loves Pennsylvania, - and is
1 atixions•for her..honoir independence ,and
pros'perity.' We coniiiiend.. the letter to
„ge V
iral aitention.,. ,
It is :frank, fearless .pd
to the, purliorke.
I. . August . 29, 1838. .
lal f 7
•itiz ens,det ore___tho_re Cc i pt.-Of
your letter I had:heard thltithadbeen re
presented that, rwas opposed , to the.re;elec . -
. tion of..GOVernor, Ritner,:.and :beep'
irequestedto inakelinown my - opinion. An
hinwillingness'm obtrude-myself- u poll; pub
lic - attention, fear . That I might , be
thought itrestapptuous, preventestme front
publishing My •opinions in - any ether way
.than by making them known to suelkormy
'neighbour* or friend* as called on' me ler
that purpeSe. Theyidl knew that I have
never hesitated to express a 'preference lbr
Joseph Itinicr 'over _David:ll—Porter.: I:
• 'havepersonal, im
friendlitiesS-toiV'arils - • t am
itholly. Mini : aced in tny opposition toltini„.
try '• .116 - is ,fieniinated
mutailiocatcd-by those --who• declare they
have entire confidence in ale . principles,
patriotism and talents of•Mi:President Van
Buren,. w -no confidence nit the
attributad to . Mr:Van Buren.
I have never seen any . evidence . - that Ai.
VaiillUren, has •any fixed. principles, any_
patriotism pr talents. • well 'remember in
the war Of 181`,2, ‘ that Mr. Van Buren. was
opposed to the • , eleetion of the wise, .the
gifted,' aria il.e patricide James Madison,
and- was strongly in, favor :of De. Vitt .
Clinton, .who was "The Peace Party" can
didate. • I know nothing of Mr. Van Buren'
calculated to inspire ronlidence. ;1-le-has•
trod too exactly ni .the "steps - of - his - prede- -
cessor," and seems.disposed; by' his sub
treasury 'scheme, to dip a little deeper into
the packets of the people. If, by anypos
sible 'contrivance •or inisrepresoatition,
-Pennsylvaniald elect Mr, Porter Gov
ernor, then would it be blazoned abroad
that the_peo ple _OE this _State were_ in_favor
of the re-election of Mr, Vau Buren, and
a cloud deep,and dark would overshadow
the .now bright prospects of, the. demo
crate throughout the United States, For
these and many other' reasons, it shall
be my pleasure, as I believe it. to be my
duty; to do all in my power to insure :the
re-election of Governor Rimer. .1 feel .as -1
r :_tutre_d thaithe desire to sustain our geod . old .
Constitution will bring thousands more 'to
the • poll* that ever yet voted at, auy clec-'
tion, and "have entire confidence that the
. work of ,the good men of the Revolution
will not be, laid aside, to take up and adopt
the - piece of 'patchwork *Welt was put to
gether by the bite "generally condemned
convention. The Geri fans - of- Pennsyl 7
vania will hold fast_ what they know tube
good: Theyknow the honestYand straight
forward_ policy of Joseph - It/trier, and they,
will support him: They know hey* a good -
Pennsylvanian . ; and, that with economy and
care, he Watches• over the interests of the.
State and the people, They 'will not:east
away what ,they have .tested, what • they
know to * be good, to try experiment* with
constitutions or with men, which may twit
ourto he good: for. nothing. My Corres
denceims been extensive, and_my Other
Olipertunktie* good, and. _do _assure yen
,that I have the• utmoat 'confidence in the
re-election Of. Governof' Ritner,.' 1 have,
said more than I intended, but perhaps not
more than is necessary' to give you a clear
- idea - Of - the principles-whiph-influence'my,
:conditet;_and_gi &eine:Ewen_confident. hope.
This - triumph assuredly be followed by
orcAmooriatit
. 04.._eleCtion Of
genuine democratic - President in •,.1841V
Your letter of the 18th instant only reached
"me yesterday.. I have complied with yolk
wishes, and communicated myviewsaii
the question now agitating the State, with
cindoUr;,and my 'enure conviction,
With muchrogie,cl,lremoin,
.• ' Your obedient servant. J. -`
. .
AN.DW:SHULZE. -
'l'o JiilEn L. Woolf, J.Ntriishingtpn Ty69P2
Joel Co* Geo. IL.Smith,'Esqrs.
'he
.irlomaddry Qiiestiois miff
the GeneraiGivertunent.
The Richmond Whig iimichules•ii sensible article
'iappo, this subject ,, with the folloning-langtinge: •
'But"iiiatelierbetlie'eauiles whiclinre delaying the
final settlement .of thequestiOn—whether the timidity
of the President, Or ‘ llis hopes** , tailviinchigh ii family,
it is-cicar and indisputable duif`gi* •eat.injustice`is done',
to.the:peonleaf Aifane'iand w e are not surprised that
'like good 'N_iilliticric z theravglaking.the remedy into
their own hands.,;, - . 'I hey 'are cntitledto the. TerritO4
bithe,Tresty of 'B3, and if the Federal Govornment
)v iltnot:take stepti to giyo it to theiri,.they shoUrd adopt
them theinseFies.,.. We here iiillieSentit haven° con.;
tuterest, in 'thech idroyersy, farther . tin
h, as
of the same Tferubllo:.. • The national honor
and the integrity of the. areinvidvedi. these
are objects clear Wow heart.; ididilatherlhan Barren=
(ter either' o, die. bluster Or' the tiriekery.of the British
; .111rtisti,7;.:we',491110 haaturiraii.,appet.ll tn'ilio God'
Of battles.' I' The queithin ought to ho settled 4pqedily•
and'dehaitely 'settled) and if. ;the not, We deem nation
&gnat!: the , iiMltitahleaonseiptence oftteontinuance'
'
UNITED STATE§ IBANIt--INTER
-ESTffN.G FACTS.'
,
.The adininistratiok,rtinst be greatly
an
noyed-by,,thr-cons•tarit'. manifestationii of"
• publie - c - onfidence.in.the ,institution against
•w hick it'haii 'been waging . so long end 'fruit-
MSS' . a war., Thi3 : Orgatis - Af'tb6•-•party Stave,
resorted, hi •vain, to claMor, 'calumny - arid '
-agitation: :the 'pank •has pursued the even
tenor of its way., as tittle .distitthed brtheir
iittacki as • the locomotive by the cur that
barks after it.: Like ,the: enemies of-leri-'
_ .___f
of old,
cho o old, they have gone Muni} about •its
walls blowing their trumpetswith a vehe
mence that
_ought to • have. made it 'fall
:down. flat"—but the Cont•utneliOus Bank,
unlike leriatt6;tellities to fall, iiihrthe' hi:
credulous people reffise 'to :believe that it
has fallen or will Pall: '
• :it 'would scarcely' 'have been Supposed ,
that •the widefspreading credit the bank '
had•reached -the' fastness .of our • aboriginal
forest, r and i that-its-Character--aI ',stability,
were as •Well.appreeiated by ,the ' ndians as !
by:the brokers in WalLstreet;...yets - Lich is I
the fact. • .The.ailministration 'has! encoun- -1
•teredevefi among &Indian's the most per
plexing 'and 'mortifying _evidences :of the 1
alMost universal prefermice.of the notes 'of '
the . Bank to any other currency, not -ex-
Cepting Specie itself. ' • .
• When. the receittly .exploded •specie.i
lininbug, was at. its 'height, a large, quantity I
of specie was sent to 'the west to pay'-Keo:
kt -and lfis fiheihe amoinicdue - fiinfillk
•goyeilime ::The heavy kegs were, Nvith
great labour,lled . before the ;assembled •
Indians, and their glittering contents ex.-1
poscd-temptinglr - before --- thoso - son - ErOf - tifei l
Brest. : But even there; this' trick Of
,pit -1.
litical--Leharlatanry----faTed, .ille indinnsi
looked on, fora time, in silent diSariproba-i
Lion, until, at length, one •Tif the chicils,,we
-believe, Keoltuck h'im - Selc.stePped - forward L
and denindcllwhy.the - y . brought them•tlidse
• ponderous -and-ininiovealiVkegs: - "II owl
are we:to carry these casks about with us, or
keep them sEiifc? . Tay • us" - :twenty dollar!.
iiiiiiii 'dr tlieTllaii - k - of - the7litiited -- Stateß;
and keep keep the silver to - yourselves." The:
astonishment of the agent at- his unexpect
•ed ,exhibition of. financial- instinct-may be
imagined. - - ' • — •
-'
• •'. Another.: instance. of the ' same Lkiod_ has
recently. occurred in another, extremity •of`
'our' country; '.. •We have heard, -that- the-.
:_eheroliees, - .in. their- negoeiation with,. Gov-.,
eminent, made an -especial and earnest '6- ;
Quest that thoy - inight - he - paitlot iti - specill - ,"
_hilt in notes of the' U. - S. --- Baak - of 'Penn : ;" '
syliiania ;_,__ansi_lthilt,jn.,-:coinpliaticeiv ith
their wish,:. the admipistratiori, isv.aettially
paying' ont : the ' notes , of - that .Institution;::
It will, : we imagine, - .be generally' deter-, i
-ininedithat- , -these-untutOred red' children
have exhibited more b • ag,acity.and judgment.
than their - greai n father. . _ -
The inStanees •herririve • n afford admira
ble--practical. exemplifications of- the-con
venience and - necessity - of a sound paper '
,currency. It must be . a deep and
.hiiiili-•
ating-abasement of spirit to these insolent
and malignant enemies of. that adMirable ,
institution, to he forced thus to acknowledge
the paperlor the Bank' even better" than the.. i
silver and gold which they have for •years I
been jingling before the- people. If the
friends of the Bank .were disposed to exult
__
in the mortification of a downfallen. foe,
they could not desire or eßnceive a more
coinplete••triumph: • 'near - is - a poetical.
justice inthis involuntary acknowledgement
by the AdmihistratiOn Of their madness and
folly, which chii • ei with dramatic propriety
. the exhibithidWhich they have been making
for some yearti past beforp r 'ibe 'tiation and
the world. • ' - .
MI
ME
Front ifie Poptsylvcini.a inquirer;
The Prospect hi Pennsylvania:,
yesterday 'conversed with malty
gentlemen from various parts of the State,
who all report numerous changes in favour.
of Ritner. • Beth have bien
"Al
legheny will balance Berks . ; and. even that
Beaver will do in?. Others.that
and Beaver will balance Berks and West
moreland: In 11336 die vote•in.these man
tics was as follows:
Ritter, • Wolf& Mn
.Allegheny • - 3847
Beaver , 1 . 660=5518 "1420 - 4652
Beiks39l6' - 6973 • •
IVesnnofelan'd 2192-5208- 3409—.9356_
Wolf and. Nlithlenberg majorities in "
those four counties-. , 3,273
' the city alid county- of Philadelphia
Ritner received 10,832 votes; an'. Wolf
and Muhlenberg upted,, receive' 1,44,
being a majority for the two laite 'Of 1202
votesynow - thi - friArida-of-r-Portd but-down
000 majority for RitiOr iri the , city and
cliunty in their own calculationiOhtis
low ink a change of 3202 against themselves.
1
n no haVe - thpy - ginnedrbutin-nearly
all they have lost heavily. In,Armstrong
their majority,"will be reduced to less than.
half What it was, and - the same i's - truir -of
Westmoreland;' while in Alleiheny, 'our
own Allegheny, Ritner's i majority Will be
three times as great as 1835.---Vitts
byrg acitiocate. • ,
The Madisopian is bitterly severe upon
the . head and stthordinates of the Treasury
Department for their reports-upon - the state
of the public ,finances-/made to Congress
lag fall, in ' which the full ability_ of the
GOverninent to proceed without aid, was
set forth: and yet in, the, midst of eumMei,
'the year scarcely half - oiler,
,it 'was found
necessary to 'sell the .bonds of the U. States
Bank. -- `The peopleseeinto.alrthese things;
they feel that; they'
,have been 'greatly
ceoPap aild their.confidence; Shamefully
abased; by the `party , power .`:: Vite . ..43X"
positions.of the Madifionian ore elto.l?fizn
ing;.but theY in4eed; alter tice
suits;but they will strengthen the resolutions
and encourage to'.epirited :,exertiorts.' , :The
days_of `-the, existing administranon 'ere,
tit
uueretl-. l ;..ruit two of any' ien L men that'
voted
,for,mi. :Van Buren * - e.ipect • te. see.
intrure-eleotediet half that.voted - for him
desire •
e:trce y a, can now, e . entertained
-fug - ink' dispassionate' , Pnnd w.ith , regard to the
issite. of the approaching contest in Penn
sylvania. The re-election Ritner,
and by 'a. triumithantnajority; is . .now con,'
,e.ederit_evetylby.many_w_ho_admit_thMselves ,
friendly to Ins' Oppionent.. :The. recent ex=
pres_sion .putilic,kiPinion in almost every
liection of the.Stath, cannot
.be -..
,misunder
stood:' , •The people—the. Perinans—the
great 'majority .OP' the farnierk, anechanies,-
and • •working -men' of the Coininonwealth,
are uiilla the old I:Wagoner in . feelingand in
princilile,. and v4ll rally in - bissupport with
no coniunon.enthtfeinom,; Our intelligence)
from the=-interior is -of, g
character: Otir.friends 'were never 'in:bet
ter spirits-,-were' never more :earnest 'and
decided in theii,eifort4.. Pennsylvania, we
feel satisfied, is not a Loco Prim State 'and
mill -never _elect a , Sub -Treasury Can did ate
to•-the :Ouhernatortal I:hair. The Bticks
County, Intelligenc - e-econetrms . this viexv.
Every. mail, - -says the intelligent -editor,
"bringg the Mosteleeting flews, and brings
itnotin the give . of -political- specolation
oeidle ittritort•but in names-by
byif - H UNDREPS !--!' --The-
WHOLE, WEST is moving as it were. in
a oolia_mas,s; for , Ritner. Hundreds . and,
thousands are.daily deserting the 'Porter
ranks, and corning out- for the FARMER
GOV-ERN-OR. • : - - •r.
_write" Young Metes Corresponding—Com
atittee of Buck& county have received; let
ters from everysounty in.the State,-and the
information is ivithout descrepancy, and all, _
[lll at goad
_be
_w iShed and more • Wan w s
expeOed. -
Ike rp-eler;trabyllnVENTY THOUSAND
FIVIDORITY: - Potle - r'S - Jdeptity . • with
Van_ Buren, the Sub-Treastkry
-.l4ocofucoisii, . - has 'bound him, ltartd
Land 11)6f. The retcl ed diS - Chisures
becn . made -ab Out his insolvency and
D NTLY FArc
I'ERTY - ,froni hi honest creditors, liave
-leaded hiM with a .millstOne about his
_
neck. HoWest men nien in every' ilitetion-are-r
-deserting him,-FIFTY-FOUR froih - thp .
6 - rtiSiv tCof M trOS4', 7 SIXTY from .- f/i 1- •
legheuytown; SIXTY from a Hide . bOrough
that does--nOt two L-hundred
.Deleg;itcs to the Convention that noMina
ted him are deserting - hie.' Delcgate - sTioni
- the - 41.1i or - Ally - Convention - at - Harrisburg
are backing. Out; I3ell, his , ci - wo.l. o ovyer at
Ifintingdon,: . that: has stood by • "him, ' and
-defendedlhith
abandrmed - 6t . - the AVVia - D . 1S- ,
x
bCosußts made against hisClicht, be-1
cause he: rehised to have his causes tried
ilf.whic4he was cliarged itlhpleadin the"
AC' of limitation.'' Oom-
MEI
nio - nn , ealth'seetivs Lo he aroused against
- Porter.. -We say to our friends arouse—let
Ifs redeliin . . Pennsylvania by an OVER
WHELMT.NG MAJORITY." ;.• •
-Tile political intelligence from Vermont
is highly encouraging. As far' as beard
from, the Whigs' have elected
.thirteen—
the' Loco Eocos seven Senatorsobe Whigs
thirtyniite and the Loco Vocostwenig nine
metnbcts of the lower Douse. In The first
Congressional District the Hqn.
Hall, ('Whig,)-js sleeted..-An- , thsecond
district the Hon. Win. Slade, (Whig,) -is
.rc-elected by a 'majortty, according 'to the
Vergennes Vermonter, of at least 30007.7-;-
In the fourth diStrict were three candidates
in the field,. two of whom' were Whigs. , :-
ItHs probable that'there is . no election . in
this: district.' From the districts at - present
represertted byMes . srs. Everett, (Whig,)
and Fletcher. (X f ineo Foco,) no definite - te.-
toms have•beeti received. In the_counties
. heard from, there is a large majority .fgr
- SirttillTTeilison; lie Whig .. iuhernaTOrial
'candidate.. •
•
Since the above .*as in type we have
received. th'e Bosion Atlas containing Some.
further returns.
In the third- congressional district the
Hon. Iforace Everett is: re-elected, by
more thayr_two thousand majority.
Froth the-fifth-district, now repreented
-by. the Hdn. Isaac Fletcher,. (loco-foco l )
Who is a candidate for relelectinn,
information has-been received; but
: the reports are.,saitt:Aci.be..invorp.ble_to . _ the
election of Wm. Upharit; the Whig cindi
.
• -
A. letter ' from "Woodstock states that only
two towns in Windsor county. have_ elected
the loco foeo Candidates for the Assembly.
The Whig Senators in WindsOr county
(four‘in number;) are als6 elected.
10,725.' 13,998
• 10,725
. ORPIIANS' COURT SALE.
I -1 & 1 :m u Ten n :R e d lo a jt ec y r tUr f e th : illt .l 4 n s ua olTi ° o u n i lk i e f
jremisce, on
adobtr next
At 1.2 o'cloolC,M, of said iity,by ventlue, all that
Vati 131rItanti
Situate in Allen township, Curnberland county ; late
the property of Mielinel Long, deceased, bounded by
lands of Jacob Merkel, David Shop3i; Jacob Long,
Abraham Reaseroind-othersfoontauung
11.0 F 2 ACRES MORE OR VW
•
Plasiered
.
" HOUSE
vi:Large - Donbk..Lag arn,.
lcao•on' Shed , Cein , Cribs, and other out
•, -
There is it never &Ring Sprlix.of Itrater-tit the dwell=
ing house, and the Cedar Spring Run is the boundary
line ow the South side of, said land... About.Bs, acres
of the:it:hole tract : is cleared. ;;'There is a ..l'ormg Or
chardonthe•:preiniseit This plantation ' lies, about
four niktes west - of flarrisbiirg; the state road from
Harrisburg...to Geityshurg passing through the same:
'• '•Thelerinifiit.lale are as follows:—Four hundred
dollars• to be
_paid, on the ootifirination of the sale;
one half of the, reaidue:tin the '1 st day of APtil next.)
When posiiesion will he given,. and the remainder,
three annual inshilinents, without interest. tberdafter.
Tlib whole to•be•seenreil by Judgment boxids.
, • ,• • • • LEVIE- Alfr.RXlll.;:' &direr:
• • ', • .of-Michaul I)eeeiited.
Oeptcnibcr4, 1£4,18.:.'' • ••.! .• •• :
300 trws " ,'. for
liarrilb9l, June: tit X B 3B:'
® vl
~.
Good - News givin Vermont.-.-
The said tract of land is First Ride
LIMESTONE 14 . Ignt
and has eroded thereon; a Three Story
the Delawa '
r'e Gazette.
COURTSHIP/ON. A FRAGMENT OF
THE PULASKI.'. . •
-Many-interesting - as well as painfuljtici--
Aorai - connected with • that awful disaster,
are related tows by. those -who lmve seen
:and conversed with perions Saved from that
wreck.. Amongst others tlie- following is
.told. Of a Mr. Ridge, from'. New Orleans, •
.and a Miss Onslow, fromone of the South
ern 'Slates, two of the unfortunates, who
-were thelfth day -abOut , :fifty -
frOrir land.: It is stated of the gends3-
mat, ..that he had : been sitting oh•the
alone, for an half hour preirious to the ae
'cident. A riotherEentleman who was walk 7
mg-nearhimat the eiPlasion'
was thrown :overboard, and .. himself was
pre'ciPitated • neaily• .iverl. - Alie side of the
boat and - stuatied;THe recovered immedi
ately, as he sup = posed, "when lie heard 'some
_one _remark,._ _
sinking •He was notncquainied
'solitary :individual-45n ; the :hog... Under,
such circumstances; it is as natural to sup-:
pose - that he would feel quite as much, con- .
cern . for_ jrimself as for any, one else.
was consequently among the fOremost . of
- those *lto sou& the small - hoat,for,safety;
and Was about to step infnit When - he' dirt-
Covered"a. young lady,-whole he recOgnized
as one - whose. appearance had sundry times :
daring . the .passage arrested' his , attention, ,
- Her : protector was - the - gentleman who iras.-
walking On deck . and blovin overboard. He
sprang towardi and
take her - into ;the '•
small boat, but in the crowd and confusion;
he lost_sight:of her, mile Supposed, she
was with some other 'friend.- - During Ids .
fruitless search the Small boat was .shoved.
ott - The•urreck was fast
night-rang-withilie-prayers and shrieks. of _
the -helpless and, drowning. He :,twined
away in despair; and :tumbled °vete` Coil of.' •
siirrilfrope. Tlllife 7 lik - cd - nrexpiring - spart --- 7 ---L
hrightencd-lagaia.L__He_caught-up ,the_rop_e -
---hislicilliigether a - . couple - settees—
threw thorn . upert - piece:,..of ah old sail .
and-a small empty-cask -0m l thus equipped; --
launched upon-the-elerricilt..., It iitati alLthe.
work 'of a'. moment: - -He i - death
inevitable - , and.thateffrift 7 w.aSAhe - laSigrasp -
at life: : .I-lis vessel bore him -up muChhet-7 - ••
ter:than he-expected, and-he was consoling- :-
himself with. his -escape such as it was,
:while others .were perishing all around was,
-when - lie discovered. a female struggling for •,
life altruist within- hiS'graip„," He left his.-
ark—swarn hut half his length--Seizedhis
object and returned safely to his.braft again,
which, proved _ sufficient to sustain them .
Firth; lifit
only above water. =The. female" - was -the
. -
young• lady; for • whom--he had kik a. pas
-sage. in-.the „small_liout._ - .._S_h_e,,firricied , their_ -
float would_ be mnrble to 'Sustain both;• - arid
said to " YOU will hive ti - let rne_ go - -
to save .yourself". `-`'.we live
or we die ipgether. -1 " Soon-, after, they
drifted on part of the-wreck; - probably a ' •
part - of 'the same - floor or portiblitorn asun
der_ by. the --- eXploston. 'This - with the aid
of the:settees, - fastened beneath it; - proved
sufficient to kdep them, out of the water.
About -this-time-one-of. the small-boats
:came-towards them-,-- but- .already.heavily ,
loaded. He implored them to take in the
young lady. But she - said, - no,' she could
but :die—he had saved - her life, - and she ,
could not leave him, They were fairly at .
sea without the least morsel to eator drink, in
a scorching climate ;.„the young lady in her
. niglit'clothes, anti:himself with nothing .
-upon him but his shirt and a thin pair-of
pantaloons, - already ' - iniiCPterir.;
boat which bore them all in-quiet and safe
ty but half an hour before, nothing was to,
be seen.but scattering pieces'of, the Wreck.
The small boat .was on its way to the shore, •
their own craft being light and lightly load
ed,•drifted fast away from a scene indes
scribably heart rending and which he still
-shudders to think of. •
At daylight nothing was visible to thein
butithe heavens and a waste.of -w'ater. - •lii.
-the Colirserif_theAtaftliey_eaine.in_sight of
land and for a time-were confident of reach
ing it---hut during the succeding night the
wind .changed, and Soon after daylight next
morning it vanished again,. and with it all
their lively hopes of .escaping from Their
dreadful dilemma; •op the third day a sail - hove
in sight
_but she was entirely tiepin& hail
ing &Stance. found they were.sad
ly biZned by the sun—starved and"exhaust
ed though still in poSsession of .their facul
ties and able to, move and talk. But their
paidand suffering was-not-without its pleas: - H. :
-tire and enjoyment. 'The romantic part-of.
the story of • tlieir expedition is yet to . cdine, .
and there is ii - telling. hew much longer' .
they would have• subsisted. on . the same
food that seems to have aided at - least in.
suSfaining them so well . .such nit 'incredible
length of time. •
The intrepidity he t displaye&--the - risk
he run—the danger he incurred,. and above
a 1 the magnanimity -he evinced in saving . . •
her life strangers as, they were to each other,
at the infinent hazard of his own; elicited
from. her at once the Warmest and strong
•
est feelings of graillideTteWrils - him - , - entr
-before.--'the--tortures -of-hunger ; -.and Lthirst
commenced,_ kindled that, ,passion which
burns nowhere - else; as it burni - in woman's
rz.. .
biaabmT.--7-on--the--other,l_ltand,_her good
sense, her fortitude presence.4,,minit ---
at the most Perilous Moment; .and-partieu
-IFuelylyer-wadiness-.lo4neet_.*ALlthatil
hint.the fate -which aWaited them, excited
on his part an attachment which was neither
to.berdisguised ,: nor deferred; And there, _
upon the "Watera- amid the terror
Which, surrounded,' .and 'the
threateied;them; in the • .presence 4 an all
sceingcfoa;:aiirthe - Y pledge their • mutual
love, anti
,declareif their, lives were 'spared,
their Alestiny which miifortunes had united,
should then• be'madninseparable as. escape
from_ it was
ier. their rescue,, te.informed,-.herthat
a sense of dilly inipellerf•hirn.: : - appriso .
her; thatby the niiefnitiines which had,bo 7 ,
fallen ::theni; lie taili.lo4 41 ierY - ' 40 1 4 'Ate •
(amennting.' to.„ aboult
217,06eXeddirilriettllailie.Was:•in"proile"rty, to --
hisbeggar . amongst . straagers,
Without, the • Means of paying for a single -
!peal of -victeals,
,amid painful . as • Wes 'the
,thought o t,,sep*itipji to him, he offered to ,
release . her ,from :the engagement, if it were • •
her choiento..,leaVe = She. herst . into
tears at theiety'. thought of separation, and
asked'hiin if lie thought it:ivasrpespible for
the Povefty of dila, world,, - to • drive them
..,•
to amore desperate. extromity._ 'duns( o?,q,
MI