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TUgSDAY SFTEIt74IOOII, NOVEMBER 27, 18:351.
FOR
VTIE.
• :roitVICE PRESIDENT,
mz-,-7,-,msztrms.
To tor.i.espondents.—No. I. of the "Sti
.
-riaxiperiltnidriap_Club", shall appearie otl.
• ta . llro' have •been, requestet o, state;
that Wti.t.:s GAVLARD -CLAIIIC, sq.. editor
of the litilailelphia Gazette,: las-been.'eleet
ed. an - horiorary • membe326f the Belles Let ,
tres Society of Diels,torl Collc4e. .
•
Dit7°The . Cai4anpiitriots liavebeen"
complet4y ed up' by the loyalists in-ail
.1 A. (Treat many . 6f them have.
direction
Mttl,More than GOO of them arc
I=
.___m_prison._ to await their .trial7fiirliveaForiT i
tinny of Wham will no doitht.):l6-executed.
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.
1.;1_ ALE. 0 F A
:-fer purchasers and-.capitalists to • otir adrerT•
-ti - sing columns, for, eserytions of a number
Of very'valdable and .desirable plantations,
in this . COntrty,:iiihi6ll.are i Offered, at private
and orphans' cburr sale. — Froth the largc
circulation .which the Herald &Expositor
- lhasitilfis and the adjoiningcnumies,
.it af-
fordS au advantageous inet.litirnfor the' pub- .
lication_aadyertisentents4l tbis Mull', not
Only to sellers; but to purchasers also.
Fxnni...-Abou.t.- , -10:o7elock_ on yestOrtlay
morning, our citizens N ' Nrpte aroused by the
---- nnustial-and_startlincte -- Yr `fire!'' and, on
hastening:to the direction - front uhence-the
_ cry proPeedeir, we PerceiYed - that - the - ,ieof
of the county jail was-on fire._ Our Fire
Companies . ,,turned out with their 'usual ala
pray, and, although the morning - was very
cold,-,-soon -succeeded-in extinguishing then
flames. before any sericuis s injury_was:thine.
We heard some' loafers' in the crowd ex
claim:_ "It's only the jail; blast its old cyCs,
" let it burn!" What' - ingratitude! They.
would not even lend- a helping hand to'aid
in preserving the 'ail roof,' which had. oft
protected - their offending heads froni the
scorching rays of thqsumnier's sun-, and the
chill blasts of many a wintees,storm. But
theproudoldfortress still stands erect, (no . '
thanks to the- ',omits!) and-will, we hope,
long continue to stand, the "terror of all
----etrirdoers
10 - Our friends indifferent parts of the
state arc-urging forward their favorites as
candidates for the United, States Senate:
We have alrea:drhee s id'them - atue's'of Judge
White, Thomas H. Burrowei, T. Stevens,
Joseph - Lawrence, and
•
James Merrill, mentioned as candidates for
'that'distinguished 'station: . . These are - `all
good men and true,', and we are
: proud that
- our,party- - eamexhibit,such—an:Latray : _- La
-lent,-merit, and -Worth._ _ - _But- Ave haie an
_lather. to add to the list, who will )
.compare
advantageously with. .either of. the gentle=
men just named,
.and who would do honor
•
to the station and credit to his native state,
if.he were elected: We alltide; of coursei
to CitAntts—B. - -"P_EsnOSE, 'Esti: the able
and accompliehectSpeeker_of,the .Senate of
• Perinsylvania,. , Whose talents and services
. require no euleAvy at .our - hands, as they
are well known and justly appreciated thro'-,
out the whole commonwealth. Mr. •Pen
rose, moreover, is better calCulated to . unite
"in his favor the different eleinentif the anti
-Van Buren party in ' the legislature - , — thin
any one of the candidates spoken of, which
- argues strongly in fayor of fixing 'upon, him
at this peculiaicrisis;
NORTH CARCyNk.—We learn from the
National Intelligeneer, 'that the. legislatUre
of thisstate , met.On Monday week. In the
house of representatives, Wm. A. Graham
(whig) was. eleeted•speaker, .by a majority
of 12 votes,,over M. Hoke, (V. B.) In the
Senate, the votes Of the membera attending
were equally divided befween thf&two can-.
didates for speaker, and that hody adjourn
ed, Ivithont: making a choice:
„Three whig
and one , Van BU'ren senators were iitigelit,
an' t e.e owe okrip"ealter would depend on
the attendance of ,one or the Other side 'on
:the day • following. . Thus it wilt - be seen,
that•the4higs have the ascendency in both
,btanclies:of the lekislature, • and a' decided
•
majority on joint ballot.
-N. P.—Since the above Was in•tYpe,,,we
:learn that the. anti-Van. Buren. candidate for
• Snealter,.Of the Senate, was chosen - on • the
• next- m orti in g ify..a:majority, of t Vcr, - - h i
no doubt.,satisfies the loco : focos as to the
oOmplotiort of North C'orohui.
lIMME
iteard:ihe'naMes , 'OF some new
applicants. (laying the last courts:
bur,i, what . liasAmeenidnof the petii,ioiie of the
:141tndl;..in the 'upper etiul? of ihe.
AbrahaM' , Sniith
.?.. Rumotsays that "the party
ofl-the:tra - 615
. - 17 g . h im the 07-of:Surve3or-
CriShnig' , andlhat the latter is
._
Col, Wmidburn in the, nextio,-: ,
Thdse rumors •. al; prohnbly , '6'r=
should up douhthsve s n the
1. , .Messrs. Lusk and 5+ •Kinney_
.
...for sonic of the e intfoinces.
But will the: clique get rid ' 'SquireHione
as easily as - the others? ro think not,.. The
-'Squire; we tinders . Ad,' is•Makini a bold
- pus - filor the prat °notary's:office,' . and we
cannot see Ito,? Gov: Porter can refuse . hinf;
when we yer in mind his great pOpidarity
in'the Ije r - Section cilthe_comlty„and-the!
( LYC
zeal,l e displayed in the - .sth .of March eon
76tion ta'secure the nomination of Porter!.
: Ilia if thelmfoisiOns and talepis of the
'Siluire should be so ..littlezappreciated and
so poorly 'rewarded' as,YnnY havd hereto
-fore-been liy.:the . cligite,.• we think there is
but little doubt that he Will-e--"fly ofrthe
handlei" We 'are only astonished that the
i -
"Squire did not appfpfPY 5 scatiii the cabi
net, the Secretary's • -office - for instance, qr
"some - other post. of honor,-More stiitedte:his .
habits, : his talents,, and his genitiSl:i 7.-riT-1
. -
t&'Tlic Columbus (0.) State Journal, in•
an article on-the recent election in that state,
says—am t
the name of Gen. Harrism was brougi,
.before,the voters.—that • the; name of. that
• • IMviner been :withdraw-trto-abide
the uncertain- deciSion.oraar:iirsiaiit
tional emiyantioil,ltS power. was abstracted
froth the Whig," strength, and throWn back up
on_ the:_Rdministration strcnith, carrying"
with it the majority •in 1116Atite—mul that
that .majority : can *again be' gccurcd "to the
h n d n finite d.
by-tlio' i sPectly.atutubsolute nomination of
Gcu. Harrison..
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•
MiEAC . r -rrozoiisit.-,,we learn from
the Pbiladelj) . hia--Inimirer;_,lliat. a_casei n-_ volving a breaelr pf. the marriage pioniise
was
s tried at_the late?terrn. of queen Anne's
county court; Md.
~_The fair praintiff 'was
Miss Eni - abethic; y, :ihil The - faith.;
less swain bore ilie7iyame of Win. Lamb.
The jdry reildered a y. - rtlfet of two thou
s:lnd dollars infavor.ef the lady. • A motion
fora'llC4. trial was made by the defendant's
counsel, and=--in , -consequence thercer the.
plaiiitiii relinquished $750 of the dathages:
the defendant was accordingly -mulcted-,in
the sum Of t'.1250.
' "IMPORTANT STAGE COACT' DECISTON , * ,
The Baltimore American; says, that a case
of considerable imporianCe. was settled • in,
that city a few days since; before the U..S.
' - circuit court, the parties being Mrs. E. G.
henry .vs.. G. Belt&soover &Co. An. ac
tion to recover damages occasioned by the
-negligence_aniLeareles ness of defendants'
driver,' whereby the stage belonging to them,
I and running between Baltimore and York,
in the year 1836, was upset, and the plain
-tiff injured;" -- . - The jury .retnrned a verdict
of five hundred dollars danigbs.
• THE AL-mvNi,- 7 -REGE-kcy—DisrEnsED , —
The N.X.Gommereial Advertiser says that
the offices of Comptroller; -- Seneetary of
State, and A‘itorney General, will have to.
filled in January. • There
Re ran. Mr - . • Fla. 7 will_ retire to the.
banks 'of: the Saranac; Mr. Beardsley, twill'
wend hio. *ay back. to Oneida,
,ruing the day,
.
he uttered his anathemas against 'coininerce
and, credit;? and Gen,:Div—wilbliit himself
over the liills of Otsego,' and far away into
the retired town of -Brookfield. - And -the
noble spirited whigeof . Albany. Will be re
inforced*.. an infusion of honest men.
DLiaThe - .N. Y. Mercantile Advertiser
says, that the 'Britisli . Ponsul has formally
demanded - of - Mr. - Hoyt — t* -collector of-the
port, .the dismissal from office of ..three - 7or
fotir offiars, who have been engaged in tlie
late. Canada movements! • Has it coma to
this; that American Citizens cannot !Skrri-..
li - filliiie"lorthe - Canadian - patriots in their
struggle for liberty, without running the risk
of being removed from "their subordinate of
fices in the_ custom house at the instigation
'of the British. 'Consul? We should have
. •
supposed, thin. the case of the pArkinEits, and
•its . .effect upon the late election- in that city,
woulo .not have been so aeon forgotten.
• . TitAwAsetymos.-*—The N. York Trans
cript" reit:trio, that • thanksgivings .are ap,
ci l ited-tly-be-obser-ved-ori-the-2911t-inat, -
New York, Piewlers4, Michigan, Maine,
Massachusetts, New Hampshire,' Connec
•tient, Itho - de Island, and 'probably in Ohio,
In Vermont, - it is Ordered for the 6tll of De
cember. • IYhaf . treinendems havoc 'will be
made. of roast turkies and .ptimpii,in pies on
the 2p di inst. in ' all, 'thosiracireral • Sloes!
'Hundreds -
, of thousands Will sfeaStto their
stomach's-content.--Wouldtliat=alLthe
gr, r poor could change„ their (101:y - fast to
th*anati . d. feaston. that ' t 4, •
',#'*., ~c,,,A..,7*,44,!.:3k:t:Wt-t-i. . Lti: Of: 0-
: tit- . la irlr.o-,Jo'.o.ii,att:'...,
...,,.urrkainoextm - -The NOeniber
numberof this.excellen erlediehl had been
receiVed; and, altlio ti it (16€.4 Tint ieachitis .
as regniarly,as 4: could desire, it, is always
A'velconrie Avb9l( it does come._:,
ider d.it one •.the best (if not. the very. hest)
pertotlicals - ItiTtlucc - oirritry;:mudirwilllnTar - 1
a c able, eolnPul up with any7oftlie - 136•J i
. 4h .s ' 1 The
moml y, -- inagazines. number be- 1
fore us contains a variety Of articles bothln.l
prose and ppetry,' , thrne of which , are. adrin-.1
rable production's, and none .indifferent.—
:But wa inostedmire the teenaik.spnder the
:head. of 'Literary - Notices' and the 'Ed nodes
Table,' as ; they are, generallylrief and to
the p •
. teresting information. We observe that the I
editors liitVeenterefl • ifito - -an arraingement,
f6i - e - x - chaniing %%inutile 'eclitors — Of' - difeTh*:
tn , P ; Of the miAtpopular English mage:zines,
the - articleS -- otsonte -- ofthre -- Knickerb - ockerls - 1 -
.best.contributors for. the writings of some
• ••,
of their.moSt - eminent correspondents. The 1
publishing Simultaneously Of . English and '
AMeric:an'Origirial Matter, will `add variety
to the periodicals. of.botli countries, giving
them an agreeable. freshness and. vaiiety of.
material.' It will also give to the Knicker-'
hacker 'a mouth's hilt - mike in the-publica
tion of choice - original matter; from pens
*Oil. known and inn versally - Onired among._
- us.' We wisli it success. • • '•
MUSEUNOI 7 ItA,TPRF,
AND -THE ARTS.--Wehave.r4Sived the 2d
nMnber of this neiv•publication, which is
:ssued-monthly-in T ßaltimor4,by--atl
Brooks aud.J. E. Snodgrass., It is heauti
full yf printed,..With n 6 w.type,- upon-fine:pa
'
mr,lt.ctwO. volumes each year of 500 pages
each. It niltalbt. lie enibellished
• I
traits, engraved on steel by the best artists,
of-the=authors-of . such works as have shed
lustre upon American literature'by their ta-
The:editors-promite
tamiiot only the solidity •of a review with,'
the lighter Miscellany of - a magazine, hut'
also literary - and scientific: intelligence, es--
says,. tales; andpeetry, contributed by, some
I of thetblest Writers of the day. .The
des in the present Mireher are . - not-numerr_
but.are hell 'written and- interesting,
Which - speak - .well for the future prosperity
rof the - work: -- `The Origin-of-theScieneepf?
by Professor rorernm— ational7-Lifera
! ture'—'The Royal Professor',Atid. "rile
Atlantisare all admirable -papeparti
cularly the last - Mentioned, which is , full o$
interest and iustruction. -- We wiSh the
itor's and -proprietors a Trosperous Voyage:
iu their new—undertaking,_belieVine that
.theiiivork cannot fail to receive awery
berd-support from i the citizens of the 'Mo
numentalCity' an elsewhere.
pr.l - 7. 1 . The Whigs have obtaitiet another
victory in Georgia, which shows:thet they
are fast gaining ground there. At the gene-.
tal eleCtion; lqr . ,,Mahey was elected as one
of the loco foco representatives from Win
tosh. county by a majority of ahouteoty.
Mr - FMandyTimweveroleelined:serving-and
a special eleetionAo. fill the vacany was held
.on the 12th inst. which resulted in thd elec
tion of the Whig Candidate by a majority of
•
ninety. eight!
trr•The pincinnati Republican says that
t i
at least - faittlonisrantl - persortS'arrivethot - thn . 1
city in one day, the 14th inst. by the va;
rions steamboats; \vll i c li shows the extent
of the revival of trade and travel on the Ohio I
since the ri pof the river. 'lmmense quart. I
tities-ofpork, flour, corn, bacon, &c. which
ave . been stored awa .at different - oints
.
Slang the river owing to the lowness of the
now : wenili ng -way -to -mar,
ket at :
tcr The President of the United Stateg ,
has issued his Proclamation, in relation to
the recent. outbreak on our northern fron- '
'tier, which will be found in anotheicoltimn.
Itis a highlyinapertant document, and ,
joins upon - the' eitizeni of this country to
preserve a striet neutrality in tbe.:Struggle :
between the loyalists and insurgents of the
natlaS: . It cautions'our cilizeilit_against
the:penalties they incur in joiningthe pa
triots, lit order -to disturb the - peabb . of the
dominions of a friendly, nation, and thereby .
‘diSturbthe-peacefutralations r existing lie
ttieen Greatilritain - and - the - Uhited - States;r
We think the proclamaticetwill have a good
effect in restraining our citizens from en
tering ito a disPnte, which. will prove "fa
tal to those whore.. they profess 'l' - desire' to
•
relieve.
. Krim speaking of the enormous.defal
cation of Samuel .Swartwout, late Collector
of- the Port of New York, the Frederick
Examiner justly. remarks: 'glow admira- ,
• • • brtreasur s s
tern is illustrated by this example. A col
lector, or sub -treasurer, fails to settle his
account to an atanue s t exceeding probably,
ten times the amount of He then
goes to Europer. Swartwout has done,
and there I;aughe at the penalticrof the List ,
wilich,hdhas • v iolated. If the people . were
atali disposed to -sanction' this odious mea
sure,--thi§,one-case should . - bra - ntlicient - to
dissipate all their confidence,in, a system so
dingerous,"-
BM
• . 84 - top CALour.krukiseThp 'way the ed . -;
..„
itor of the Volunteer',diehes Up, l : the returns;
.„
,Of the late elections and calculates. foeiihO
fliturp.,"is:aeautiOn".indeed!' He iriforins
the in, , that "the sober . second thougktof the
I
:people ;is working : ivonder.§"!—that "state
afteeritatd:iS.7odOthigatifillreliackles of Rz
1- ddealism, [
an - d - ianin itself•on - the side- - . 4.
g g . • '
the nationatadministradou'l- He then tells
I '
I them - to "lookkat Maine; cat. New Jersey, at,.
Missouri, - at Illinois; at Alabama, atary•
:lapd, at South Carolina, at- Arhus 51 7 .a.11
Iranking Themselves under 'the broad and
' ample fdtds . Pf - the :dernocrade banner"!
• Many of his readers .would beled-to sup
pose, ' - . •
from liii`vapnring and" flourishingr - rd - -;: i
Imarks, - that - 'dui' . the states'just named;lfad
1
Isrited against Mr. Van Buren, and that flier )
bad'iceeptly,.Changed - in favor
.of the adrrii
nistration! . This is the plain interpretation
Irif his language; and was nct doubt intended
ip convey the same meaning to the-bulk of
Ibis readers, so that it might make a FAI..F. '
impression upon their mi,ids with regard to
'the true state of the case.' . But what are
the pnezp? , The states of Maine, Missoii-
Ili, IllinOis;•'Alabama, and Arkansas, Aii
east their votes for illii...Van Buren; •ici 'that
the loco feces havaiiiinc4: no - thirig-.. by the
late elections in them: And howis itwit4
regard to Maryland? . Our opponents-gained their-governor by . about 300, owing- to
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our. divisions in some of the counties, while
--
. ~. _ .
We have'both bran . elfes ciiiih6 le - g,islatuiP by_ l
decided majorities, arid will dairy the state'
witkease At the, presidential election. As
:1
I....i . Stitil' li - ta - rotina, it - r - CniatiWili - Slattnittu ,-
-being neither for Van Buren nor the:whigs,
fiat still wedded - le the_rin)litie =not to
lie calenlated - groir - by - cither r hrre . =
latiOn to New Jersey,. -we appre - .,nd :the
tot of the Volunteer 4 missed a figure, as.
fire - whigS have not only parried their whole
i congressional ticket, but also both branches
of the legislature; and by smart majorities
Thus far; thercfere,-Ihe editor :has .
Igained nothing—but-what liasiie lost?
York, C.lbi - nieCtieut, Rhode---ISland, - IN.Torth .
Carolina, NiSsissippi, S and.Louisilana=m4„
of-which voted - for : Mr.-V='l3lll . bn; bUt are
now .dechlidly,oppesed
then, is ite - toget.yotes to makc r up this se;
rioUS sous to re-elect him? . The ed
itor of - the - Volunteer-says that,'" Ne cirk
ghoWi a healthy - and rapid increase - of dem
ocratic voterS", - ---althouph that statebas just
tiVen a-Whig-majority- of more than 10,000,
which pave Afr.7"Vart Buren' a-majority of
nearly 30,000 two years, ago, " This is
'ganging themselves-_ under-iThe'broad and.
ample folds of the democratic banner': with .
a terrible vengeance! But there is Ohio,
Which has:afforded the loco foeos the only
real . 'crumb of comfort'. that they Ift'veyet
received, ae - drtietirThayg - "lta --
come out of the contest redeemed, regener.
ate l il, and disenthralled." -When the - hero
of Tippecanoe is brought before the public
at the next presidential contest, his banner"
will wive triumphantly in Ohio as it: did at
the last contest, and thus the only hope of
the loco focod willbedisSipated. But they
claim little Delaware vtoa, anii . Julnp 'at it
like a cock ata blaCkberry,' so anxionsare
they lit this their hour of extremity 'for sthall
favors'—yet,: while they haVe only elected'
their Ongressman by ahittling mpjoritywe
have both branches. of. the legislature, , and
tlieAate dm i vircaNltiopppition
Where now are the states that the editor of
Ithe irOlunteer 'so vauntingly boasted . Were
"entirely redeemed from the ; dominion of
.the"-twhigs?-• - Where' are Ms. glorious
• • I
achievements.9f democracy?" Where are
11,-.. - _, , rpactioris that have- Irica_dy..,tahttpkeg!l
so well "calculated to cheer the heart of (3-
very"--locO foco? Where have Jackson
'and Van Btireri been so nobly `sustained by
the people" : ..And where is "the adMinisr
tration firmly fixed in the affections' of the
people?" .'‘Alas) und-a-lack-a ! dayr your
neighbor would but take:a "sober second
thought;" and review his bombastic article
calmly, he.would find that it Contained -a
great deal of folly and nonsense. .
`}►The Telii . rebus
_Rtatesman---contra--
diets the repoifwe published two or three
weeks ago on its authority, of the death'of
Mr: Creigliton, one of the whig, members
of congress from Qhio. We ; perceive that
Mr. Semringen has been elected to ion
' • -
gress in the district in Ohio lately vacated By
the resignation 'of Mr. Kinkead, (conserva
tive,) at a late special election. Mr.
kead was beaten by Mr. Swearingen at the.
general elMon, which induced him• to be
lieve that his district was loco foco; and
WhiCh therefore_causedlim to resigngi
Mississtprt.—We have more good nevi's
from this state. The Hon. Mr. Trotter has
-esigned_hia_s - - S• i e d
the folloviring members of , the legislature
have also resigned, all in consequence of the
late, whig victory 'in that state, vizi lames
M. Trussel, of Keniper; Benj., B. Barnes,
of Marion; Rufus Elraughn,. of Perry;
andlee,McAfee, of Covingten.J The go
ss • •
r verpor had 'not - apppinted a.senator in the ,
room 'ofJudge Trotter at' the last accounts,
tlections to fill - the - Vaca'neiecan — the - le - giti
-.laurel have been-ofderqd to beheld early in
0401414 T, -
3 41e1DCEE INFLUENCE. 40Ur readers Will
recallect,'that,*: - Ter;the l6fthree.yedis,':bni ;
tritire•partirmlarlyiluring*the late' eleCtion:
enringcOntest, the loco focos Were continu
ally charging GOv.:Ritnet with liciritunder":
: yankee influence, and that he had appoint-
- eil - IfilinTilier - iifif - eei -. 3l67iifffee -- Tfief I
referred- to. Judge Todd, T. steve Esq.
T. Fenn, andothers---and.cierted•all their
powerspowers•to create a. Penns/J . /yank feel ing,l
gainsttbe governor in Consequence; but With
what inicceSs•on that account, we are . not+
abler. to say. TheY'did not,' - nor could not,
deny the 'possession of fine*tatents*and
tegrity to Messrs. `I odd, and linr
rniv.eg, the IMO-form& of Whom weietje
nounced as yankees, and ..the latter as an
Irishinan! It.was to have ,been supposed,
tlieinkr — e, that the loco forms would, frem .
their apparent 'hostility. towards them, have
revolted at the idea of rewarding yankees;
-natives of Other states,.. or foreigners,,, now
that they are ow:the threshold of power.. It
was:.alSo supposed, and very naturally ion,
that, Go.v. Porter would:appoint nrme bot .
native Perinsylvaniatieto the 'prominent of-,
hig . ` gift. . Rut - wall he*- - p - ufsee* thiS
course? We venture to say that lip will
not, and that he will, by : his Official act's;
give•ilM.lie to the bold declarations of his
. _
friends!•7 - Alrendy - .Ave - have heard it stated
by--two or three leading lecolbeds. of this
I,aricaster,.would be appointed Seefethry of
thepommonwealtli;iii - d - OVIn F. JonssoN; - ,
Esq. :of" ifirtisburg, Attorney General!!!
- =M - 1:131s - amTm - eyis: . a' 4 lleleurirreiin; 3 -9inflru - i '
_second rata lawyer, at the Lancaster bar, who ' {
supported' Wolfe' Mr.. Johnson is "a q;oottni
1 - Eastei,' u bi.contl rate-I •
ilarriShurg bar, ;who rsupported
'berg: That this - arrangement-bas beeii Made
or
couternplated - ,...is_highly probable; -for-:it
_
will
be Eq'colleeted,? that, just before the Pith
of MM•ch 'coM'ention, it_ was_ said and b v e--
lieN;ed at Harrisburi, that. Air - ;Torter.iave
a pledge to appohit thopembers of hiS ca-,
Uinet from both sections. of "the-party" as
equally as. possible. : By• this means, 11 . e
received O T e -- fimost urianirpous.votes of i tlm
Mullicdaerg delegates-in -that."-body,rWhich
_ ,
- secured his.nomination on the spcmid
19t, and he Seems dispOse& to : redeem his
pledge. - BLit - :Whaf - WilFthe.Pemziiflaini.a
loco fodos - say to the 6ppointmentsof . a Det
lewareaW Y - hnlice to the two first of
flees in the gift of Gov. Porter? Will they
oppose it manfully and resolutely, or, tame
ly acquiesce ith l;e.shall see.
kcrThe onieLal returns of the votes fur
'Congress in Delaware, gilt a majority of 5 . 2 '
to Robinson, the. Van litn'enenntlidate;•and
the whigs have a majority of. eight in the
legislature. Both tickets in Stisse*sourty
• were Whigs, andthe ticket styli 'Reform'
was in opposition to C 01... Wa es and Mr.
Layton, they being whigs also. The whigs
lost their congressman by divisionsainong 1
themseives,•in relatioit 'to tharemoval ofthe .
seat' of government and other local ques- 1
tictis; and not by the strength of the Van '
Al u fen-party ---- But-theywill-not-be-d u ped_
again by the shallow professions of the Van
Buren men, nor •permit any local•question ,
to - interfere with their principles.
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INSULT TO TIIE GERIVIA.N.9.7-AVC observe
by the. Harrisbtirg Telegraph, that the loco
forod - of - MariettaTlian - casterbo - untyTirad - a
prcicession on the evening of tbe - 24th
carrying various pictures and transparencies
in honor of the election olDuvid-a-Porter.
Amongst the pictures was one representing
Gov. Ritner and his wife making SOUR
.ICRAVI7,IIIIri. Ritnerbeinir exhibited as
ttingcabbage,.and the' Governor as- s temp ,
ing itdowti in the . tub, : This was done•by
the party profess great horror of intro-, 1
during woMNN into politics-- , -Who appeared
to be greatly horrified before the election at
the very mention of- Peg Beatty's . 'name
'yet they make no scruples Now of , exhibit=
ing Mrs. Ritner, a" host and worthy
woman, ,in low 'caricature at political pro
eessionsi
Look Our rOR FiRES.—The Miner's
,lOurnal advises the inhabitants of Viratihing
ton city to look out for fires. The r whigs
have.a majority in the next congress,
and some few committees of- investigation
will be aprioineed of such a scoediing cha
racterl.that accidental fires may - be found
necessary to puriff - the dePartMents. — They
have a year before them to put mAtters in
order, and : to prepare for the searching o
perations of the investigating committees.
It is said that they have alreadicOnimenced
the, work °Preform,' by the removal of Mr.
Harrio, the commissioner of Indian affairs;
and others have.been asked ;to resign.'
ItcgmWe have heard it rumored that Mr.
Cham ane s of Lancaster, is to su • dam
Judge Reed, whose official duties, accord
ing to Oe i new constitution, will; we under-
stand, cease' in February. next= . We.can
not believe that GOiK . iForter wbuld'appoint
, .
such, a man as. Benjamin Champneys over
John Reed, one of the most learned and a•
ble judges in- the Commonwealth. It
not be. in conseijuence of his lack bf LEGAL
nowlecige, or itriOrottoxition - to - liis - ortid-;
oue duties, tbet he will: be thus soot:laced, if
Tumor
- 11dt:silt the request of several of our read_
ers,
,We 'give the follottlittg report of a' trial.
had : at our :Ncivembei Cottri . , of Quarter
Sessiani. : 'lt created a' good deal of interest,
~ i'' , '' •. • • - •'ert of
.I:mmlinch aS•the high-ban
.e , ineasu, , .
the constable of Shippensburk and his.sitei,i
sen prdge6; - in --- o'pening and . ccidueting'ihd l
Inspector's 'election hithe manner they did,
lied - Prediiced great excitement iti that' ccirn--:
iniutity :and' else*here, - From the concur
rent testimony of : the witnesses tor the pro
i
, :mention; it is evident that the, constable and
his associates had formed the determination
! to act. in.vjolation.of the law, and to abide
the consign ences,An order to - eccomplish
ti-i - s ohjebt," - ffe . 'yr . 'hutd in view. •.- Their taunt;,
ing.reply to Esquires Sturo,' Snyder, and
Reynolds, : that they:.knew 'the. law on the
subject-their impudence iir 'ordering from.
:the'polls,..legal voters and respectable citi
zens, alledging that they had no business
there-'-and - the startling fact that the eonsta
-1 ble told one attic magistrates that he inight,
Ido his.a_,..—es, ! :,,,' all prove the ; : utter des
pel,7
eratitin of the worthy pie - Who eenducied
'
the-Inspector's election! Atilt mark the wide
difference in the, testineeny of the - tWo jpdg
_es, who were the principal witnesses fer the
•.
defendant, and who were
-the principal act
ors in this' disgraceful, scene! Judge Ath
erton swears, that they were eleoted-when - -
the went to thelibuSe,•and . that.4lmreWere_
about fiiur More citizens present than form
ed the linar6 Judge Selig, kni the contrary,
-- 's w ears - that - tbere. was ne-yoting, for juclg - e - s,-
,and that-when they were organized; there_
-Was titibelly - thereliprSitirtiletililllW
is "a.direct and, palpable contradiction iii: the
ileStinfinty.__Of dia two judgesi . .whicirlooks
exceediagly bad, and wliia must carer one
~i i , t hi s , ; _i s "
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of thern with' infamy-. The attempt to ex- i -.--.' tViliOn Hubley.—V oted . at Ahelrtipec
cuipatefthe constable, by-striving-.to make i tor's-',electimi between. ten'. and .-eleverbo'l
•it ltppear, that the.lnspeetors'.'clecti'ope_lied , cltilc.. Esq. Reynolds,unme and said tho
been - occasionally opened hefore2 .°'el-i-icii."t election.wasillegal, and deprived the cid-
in Shippenshorg, and that it %Vas the usual' zens of choosing judges.r•Scoittold hint. l hel--
. .
practice there for -the constable to appeint
''‘vas angry, and - ta,kO„.awaY. Scott was re--
the judges. Was a miserable expedient. Cur (~- ek;ingthe votes, and Cummins and Ather=
neighbor of the;VOltinteer; we obeerre; was bin alonersi'de.' • --, .-.• ..-
.
called to s stipport the latter eaet, as if the - ..,: • (:YrO 83-examined.--Tio ..i3Ote given' on
usual pnictice in :i. cOmmunity sYinuld .ail: - that day. large.; (Cotirt.).Did4.-ouliear 7 '
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pereede the law on this siLbject,
. wi tic l t "is objections.inade.YO:.voier_s±_aiid the:Rlo .
t - - .-Cl----
familiar bi almost every school boy. - But decide ? l i F : -• _ . :,.. • _
fitness.) . I saw-some objected
. k, . ~ •
wa are keeping : ,the'reader from the trial it- - -
to,• and they consulted -;and took - in their _
Self which follows: -
:totes,
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Infer eSling Til aL• -- - ----Doctor--11P - ellitit. - --.:-IVent to the election
CommOnwealilL . ' - lv , -.-- : •' 1 betWeenrtenandeleven, and - saw votes tak-.
. - • i ts . • • ... :Tmlielmentfor -
j j
, ---;: t i ng,
on in. Deardohjeationi made to persons
.TantesC.Cumniin - S, malfeasance ,ini
_-.
f
and. judges dedided. _ :___ ,
Jantes: R. Scott,'and oSice, . ,
Geori>-e-:i2therton.- -:- -.---- -:. -- ,-=1- • eross-examined.---liccollect ofelections..--
,
The first count in the indictment was- in - beingin Shippenshurg in the morn
these words: . . ipg: can't tell whether they were liiipec-
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--------NoVe-Unna Snssimcs,-1 8-313----- -tors'-elections. Never voted before: Think
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Cumberlmid County, ss... ;.I notices were published. The young men of
' ___The.....Gran.d_lnques.t. Af t the _Common-. our party understood the -election was to be
..,
wealth of Pennsylvania ; inquiring in.and opened at ten o'clock. . • '
for the county of Cumberland, upon
,their 1 John .liP(.:urtly, Esq.----On the morning
oaths and affirmigiens respectively do pre-; of Inspector's election, I tact Dr. 111'Clure
sent, that James .C. Cummihs, late of the' two or three hundred 3,tid-s' front.tbe dee
conitty.fiforesaid,•yeoman,- before and on the; ticui house. i'He looked at his` Watch, and
twentyteighth. day of September, eighteen it' was half past ten. Thos. Himes went
hundred and-thirty-eight, was and from t .' to window,Smd objected to the'holding of
-thenceAtithertaliath_been_atol still is a" Con - i. theaeleetion. ESq—Sturgisicame-up-and .
stable of our said Commonwealth; Within ':.c . ,onterided that it ought not to be opened, -
and for the town and borough of Shippons-1 till two o'clock, Cummins replied that the :.
burg, - in the -county. aforesaid: . And that 21
r bohrd was formed and ready to receive tick- ' i
-such-constable-chai-thesaid-James-..CCum-. ets; - , -- Tlie law was ready and Scott said - he
mins, was bound by the laws of this corn-_:knew the laiv: Cummins was present; and .
monwealth to 'open an election in said town • Esq - Reynolds said the election--waitilk4---_-
...
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gaily Opened. Scottiuld him toss away, -
;
tnat newae,angry;- that they were the judg-: :
i _es,_antLwollltl_bie responsible.. Cummins .__
of Shipp.enslnirg'on the said twenty-eighth
day "epternbei,in the ytar . aforesaid, be
tween-the hourS of ' two and three o'clock
in the afternoon of Said day, and not befOre,
tortite - eleetiott of an Inspector,of the gene-,
ral election there to be held afterwards, to.
year aforesaid: And thache, the said. James
P. CAmmins,..by - thelaws - aforesaid, was to
tie assisted in his duty aforesaid by: two.
qualified citizens;' - -clibien by such citizens
qualified to vote!as should he then .and there
present, towiti between the hours-of two
and three o'clock on the. day and year 64
foresaid;he town And county aforesaid;.
yet that the said James O. Cummins, not
regarding-his duty in this behalf; bitknow
iftgly; .and fraudently intending
and contriving to pro Vent the Citizens of the
said town of . .Shippeosburcgoalitioita_vote'
from choosing two qualified ditizens.to as.
sist hiiii,'the said James C: Canimins,• in
opening and holding said election on the
day and year , afOresaid, at the town and
county aforesaid, 'wilfully,. illegally, and
fraudently did open the electiOn fOrlheclea
tion of Inspector aforesaid at, the houi often
o'clock in. the forenoon of tiaid, day; . arid
there, on. the day• and • year' aforesaid,
tween the hours of two and thietio'clock,
illegally, yvilfully l . and fraudulently, did
fuse to Permitllie
,qualified citizens of the
town•of.ShiPlimiltifiirg foreimid, to choose
twio'qUalified eiiizmis to assist him, the said
James C. Cummins, in, openmg an con
illiftingibi-said 1
e.ectiod , , - contrary to, the
ni of the act Of Assembly in such ease • • _,.....
• ".kui 'ICE
Made end provided, and against the peace '. '
will be .. „ • commonwealth , An Election will be held at the Council
and dignity of the of Penn- house in the - Borough'cifidiip - p — enisburg on
sylvania.. - , ' ,
~, 'Friday the 28th inst to Elect one ;Inspector.
•T second count:he crged the_defend. e,Sessor for.the Borough and one iiiksier
ha on
ushi. - Gwen under nay, hand
ants with , permitting persons to vote at the r . lt.; ... ~ •
~ _this , ay of opptember . 1838..__
, JAS C, CUMMINS Constable
lfispectoesielecpi, -- whnVercinet qualified .
citizens of this ( comm'onwealth, 'entitled, to b et ween ivi,h our i 4 ? I ' . .
Tits at laid ' ",: ' '.. '1
ton asei Silt CI eleak ,c • •
The third - count chargeil defendants with
neglect of duty, in notbinding, sealing, and
ilelivering . the boxes, according to law.
The fourth count churged defendants with
breakink'open_and defacingthe hOset, and
.destroying the lichets contained . therein. : •
The bill of indictmen't
. was returned by
the grand Jury thus:
1 ..---" A-true bill on the first' cortrit
_against,
.TarifeiT - C;Ci - fmtnins, constable; and igno
reams as - to the three -last counts . against
James C. Cummins, -James L Scott, and
George Atherton.
•• . •
R. LUSR, - Foinman.".
,
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,James C. Cummins :cySs theiefore put
upon his. trial, on the charge contained in
the first count.. '- -
The ease-was.openedby S.D.ADAIR, Esq.
deputy - itforneyleneral, and the evidence
heard as follows: .
James - Sl* gia, Esq.- 7 •On the-morning
Of the Inspector's election - in Shippenslwitrg,.
-
11 went to the winnow between ten and eleven
1 o'clock;-Election was open: .told Cummins
he had opened the election too soon: Scott
told me to:go away, as I,had: no litisieess
there: Cummins said it was opened legally;
that heknewihe . .
Esii..Snyder then—
read the election law, and told Cummins •
Ihoped he would desist; that I would not
I • -
vote; that the citizens were deprived of the •
privilege of electing-judges; that .I would
bring him to an account. He said linight•
: do'my ••dirty • iitedithem to lei
• ual_have a chance , thed,to stand-OUti-forlud-.
gcA .
. •
sut they refused. Electiotycontinued
•
'-opentill about t 3 O . clOck. - Scott and.
ton were acting as - the judges. • •, 1 •
Inspector's•elec 7 *-
- tion in Sldppenshurg, tii — Th — e - 71Witi -- 15f my
knowledge; has alWays heret;foye •bcenso
pened in - the:afternoon.— 'I made complaint:--- •
was sitting _ him.. I have been'clerk
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at several Inspectors . elections, and, were
always - . opened after i lmo, except once when
it was opened lietween - one:Pnd - iwo; -- Mas_
•
clerk last year and 'year before: .other years*.
don't recollect,, but I 'clerked four or five
times. Cummins is and was at .the time of
the Inspector's election the constable of the
borough of Shippencilmrg.
ita cob Snyder? Esq. , --Pii the - ea - try part
of the day,on which the election was held, .
defendatit called at my office, and told me
he•wished me to swear the board. ksaid it
was not yet time, and moved to, get the
- book-to-showAtirit-thela;.:-HeTsaid he had
seen the law; that the election might
petted between two and three, pit the law
did not.say...it should'nt be opened sooner: '
I then asked him' who to compose the
board? He said 'Scott and Atherton were,
-to-beudges.-I-went to theitommand swore •
them about half past tetr.- When Esq. Stur,
gis objected to the, legality of the election, I
read the law in a copy of the election laws
-left thsre for the use of the judges.
[II...GAULLAGIIER, Esq. then 'opened ort
behalf Of the defendant, and introduced the
following evidence:]
George Slherton.—This advertisement
was put up in Stephen Coeltian's.,;tayern
some days beliirethtr - elietietrrr - fTher - ii,
vertisementalluded to by'tvitnesi was in...
these words:] - • •
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