„laishment. The whip§ rare arrang. • . dicers-Were stationed about the deck,and • : potty officers were.directed:to cut clown every one who should let' go his whip -or fail to 114 when ordered. ' - I put on my full uniform; came on deck and 4 proceeded to execute the m o st -painful drity , that , ever devolved upon any officer in the American Navy—the announcement intim p>isoncrs of the :"fate that awaited' them. • 1 approached 'Spencer . and. said to him; "You • were about to take my, life ; Mr. Spencer, without provocation, without . Cadge the slightest . offence. You intended-to inckill suddenly,. in the night;' - while I was buried ,in sleep; without giving a single 'momeht to scud - one Word of affection to my wife, one prayer to God for her welfare. _Your life is_ now. forfeit-.. ed.; and the, necessity of the.case compels me to' take it. I. do not interl ; howeVer, - totmitate yOu • , in the mode of claiming the. 'sacrifice. If there be in yo breast one feeling true to nature, you • will be e ratofill for the -premature ilisclosure"of • your horrible designs. You, surely, ought to be • thankful that you have hall) prevented,froorthe terrible deeds you meditated. If you have any word to send to your faller, soy .satisflietion to express to him , that yen were nut allowed to como'a pirate, ad vim might .to yon will have ten minut,s granted in which to write Mid ' • Shipman Thompson was then directed to note the - tiinc and Mfbrin us when - iirliarekpiretk--,----- 7 - . -Spencer seemed overcome with-emotinM lie ' . burst into a flood of tears, sahle'on his knees, and said lie n'as not fit to die, I repeated to him his • catechism, and begged him to offer sincere pray ers for the: Din km forgiveness. I recommended - to Min the English' Prayer assuring him • that he would find - in it snow:thing sailed - to all . • his necessities. Cromwell till upon, Ilk knees, • • • protesting his itinueopee, - andlovoking the name of his-Wife., Spencer deelared that Cromwell was innocent, and begged', that this mightlie believed.. . - . .1 confess, staggered, me; .but the evidence • of his guilt wits • conclusive. - d,ieut. Gansevoort • said that there was not a shadow of doubt of it. The petty officers said hit was the one man frutn whom real apprehension was entertained. - Ile • was at. first the - aCcomplicc of Spencer, and was then ur ged . on by, himoind had been .by bins turn.- cd to JIM account. I flied to show him how Spelt, cer had endeavored to use him, and told Spencer ' that be' had made remarks about him he would not consider fluttering/ Ite expressed great 'iiety to know what they were. .E;told him Orem • , Well had said-of him and another person that there teas a "d—d fool on one side, and- a d—d knave on the other,” nod told' him that Cromwell would have allowed him to live only so long as he - could ham - made him u.eful V> himself: ...rids 'roused him,-and from that time he said no more Oferoin , :well's innocence.- Subsequent circumstances made air believe that Spencer wished tai save him, probably from tiM hope . that he Would yet get possession of the les sell and carry out his original design; and perhaps that Cromwell would in sonic way. effect' his res. cue. He. endeavored at the sane time._to•per -- suede me tlitit - Sir lrivies only for some • ono, elsd on-his-list,-thoug,h-this-was-prh'Ved-to-be .. 'false. Small alone was the oho -we had set clown as the poltroOn of the three .; yet be,receivedthe announcement of his fate with great 'composure. llre was asked what pre.pa ration he wished to incite. • Ile said he bad nooe "Nobpdy cares for ine,7. said he, "hut- my pdhr old mother, and I would rather she should nut know what has become of I returned to Spmcer. - I asked him what mes sage he had •to send to his friends: Ile sail ; "None. Tell - their that I die'wisliingthem every blessing and happiness: I doserve death • for this and my other crimes. - _,There arc few crimes I have net con - milted. ' I am sincerely penitent for them all. I only fear my remintance is too late." I asked him if-there was any one whom he had injured to whom he could mike reparation—any • one •who was - Suffering -obloquy on his account ! lie. said, "No; tint this will kill my poor moth er." I did nut know byfbre that be had a mother, -and was touched by his allusion to her. I asked him,ifit would - not have barn fhr.more dreadful, if he had succeeded in his attempt—if it were not much better to die as •hc would, than -to:be come a pirate and sthep himself so terribly in blood and guilt. lie said, ," Ido not know what ‘vonH have become of me if I had succeeded. I told him that Cromwell would soon•have made away with him, and that McKinley would Kula. bly have destroyed them both. -lie said he "fear ed this would injure his lather.'! "Ilad you sue seeded," I replied, " the injury .you would havi3 done him would have been much greater." lilt had been possible to take him home,'as I first in tended, I told him that lie would have got clear, as in America a man with money and influential friends would always be cleared - ;* that the course I was taking Woultlinjnie his father less than if he should j -o honie and be condemned, yet a rain . escape. Ile said that Ire has ritt - eifilitTd - the — sYtne• thing on board the John Adams,and the Potom'ae; but had been unsuccessful. He asked 'if 'I had not exaggerated the danger. I told him "No; that his attempts to corrupt the crew had been too widely successful; that' I knew of the laxia. Lento of the conspiracy, but did not know how ex . tensivc it was." I recapitulated .to him his acts. He was startled when 1 told him of his stealing • brandy. Ho admitted the justice of his. fate, but • asked me it' I was not "going too far and too fist. Does the law justify you 1" said he. I replied that his opinion was not unprejudiced ; that I had consulted all the officers and they had given their opinion that it was just—that he &served death. Ile asked 'what would be the manner of his death." • 1 explained it to hint. He requested that he might be shot.' I told hint that it could nil be —that he must be hang. Hu admitted that it was • just. He objected to the shortness of the tirno, . and requested that an hour.might be given to pre. pare. I inade-no answer to this, but allowed much more, than the !Mar he a4lied' fur to elapse. Ile. requested that his face might be covered. I grant. cd his request and asked him what it should be covered with. Ile said a bankerchief. In his locker was found a blaeLotic-which-was-puterr his ihee. Cromwell and Small made the Hanle re quest, and frocks were taken from their lockers with which their heads were covered. Spencer asked for a Halle and Prayer Book— they were given to him. Ile said, "I sin a be liever--butdolon think that my repentance will . be accepted 7" I called to his mind the thief on the cross, and tuld•him that. God's mercies were equal to all his wants. He kneeled down and read from the Prayer Hook, and asked again if 1 thought his repentance would be accepted, saying that his time was short. • 1 told him God not only understood his case but could suit his grace to it. Helegged that I would forgive him. I told him I did most sincerely and cordially, and asked hini if I Wad done any thing which made him seek my :life; orVbether the hatred was tliirounded: said We thought it was only fancy. "Perhaps;" lte,added,_.lthere-was-something,-in-your-manner which offended me," I read over to him what I had written down.. He wished me to alter the • pa. sage in which.' said that he "offered as an ex, cuss, that he had attempted the same thing on the John Adams and Potomac." Ile only IligaqatiA Moro than an hour had now elapsed,. Spencer ; ns he met Cromwell,•paused and asked to see :Mr. Wales.. As be passed Cromwell, he said not a word of his innocence; lor did he make any.appeal, ... 'in his favor. Spencer said, "Wales, I hope you will forgive me for tampering with your fidelity." Wales replied,overcoMe'witlieminion, "I do fur -. - give you from the bottom of my heart, and I hope God will forgive you also." Wales was weeping; and Spencer, in passing, met Small at the 'gang_ way..; He extended his hand and said, "Small, forgive me for having brought you into trouble." Small answered, "No,'by God, Spencer, I cannot 'forgivii;yeu.". Spencer repeated his request.— , Smallsaid, "flow can you ask that of me after • having brought me to this ? We shall soon be be. foie God ana shall there know all about it." Span ; -;•cer , liaid • "You must forgive me-4 cannot'die • without went to Small and asked him not to 'cherish any .resentment at such a time, and •'%' asked him to forgive him. Ile relented-Aiold out . hand' th Spencer and sai,:".l , do:forgive you , = and my God forgive you also" then asked:my f'orgivcncss. 'I took his 'hand:and expressed 'My - forgiveness in the strong. catternis::- I asked him what I had done that lie if I had .becti harsh either in nrWerdito him. lie exclaimed, "What have ma? Nothing-4iit treated me like I,:told him of the. high responsibilities under which • adted ; Qf the duty I rowed my '•Griteroinent and the with winch Whad en at hii offence to his commander and :the IMO' . heintended tii•put to - death, and of. the• •;I'. to' `the flag of; my country.-- u fight " Mtelailued, "God 'bless that flag and .ij,uick ,; . proaper !";• 41 NOW,"said"he, "glue me a eawdoith;!!,...'Speticer,said to Litielt; - ,'Gtinst4• :voott'llial;his coinage' haft been.doubted ; lint lie; win te !iota. %Wittiesi that. ho,diad ril ` bravo izsan: • • Ferhalm this is an astrarna..t erroneous ai "roir',.:art Bet keit! nierelyjitating !i,-.•.,,.fautiivh at. passed on ,the • .... 'l':'ii'4:: ;';',-,*,'".-,%!,' 4x3,..:ii%,.`;t,Z,,:kiL,',', :~,'' : ii::: . ^! rµi ~'~ ;!M!I•Tr - Whcre-all behaved so well,•it may' seem invidi. - cue to' particularise; yet I-cannot eveld reference. totho conduct of PFser Hoiske i ll, an'd Surgeon iliceek. Both were in delicate-health, and the latter'especially was not a fit condition . to go to sea. Ile had returned:-in the 'Dolphin from the coasi of' Africa, and•had suffered from' the fever iri the River Nunez. But he did duty through the whole difficully. Both obeyed the order to go armed and keep watch without the slightest murmur. I Would respectfully suggest that the thanks of the Department be presented ts'all_the officers.ef the Somers. The - opmions they gave wore their • overt;'..if'they Were erroneous, the responsibility, is not tutors : ;;The opinions, the acts and reopen. iihifity, Eire .Mine alone, and I freely rhea 'that or. .49SE,tuolitlilyit:Mti,:conduct will undoubtedly be' aOhje,Oto ilrestleg to that consciousness of teeth : . tit4a 'lit: y,ow,n.bosein ;.whichl has- 'never for one itArtto4V 0441teri-MO, or wavered iii the slightest 'sithrnit - titet 3.W. Wales, by hie ioolness and presence of Mind and firm integrity; has rendered. to.iho-itrturican:Ninii_niemorahleL_lsers*:_:l atad.sOino" , difpoulty with him at Porto ftido ; and '' -.,`'.', ' -', `• :', .'.--1-,. ... .;. '": " :‘•P w " . . - . - 't:" . 4.'-',...4'`.':'' , '•;"';;:. - , - ,,-....r..- , -.• •• . :: 7"1!: . • -.• . " ' 1: . , •. --, Ho asked what. would lie the signal for his cxe . cution. . IlcddAlpo that I was desirous of Noist• ing cOlorl'itt the instant to ' show that. the Sag of the Somers was fixed'.at the. mail:head ; and that I intended to bean the call to hoist. colors 'and then roll off; and at the third roll 'a 'gun •woUld.berfired as thd,signalw—He,ashea leave to give the signal. I at once acceded. • Me asked if .it ;was . the - gun under hire. I told him it ivas but one removed. Ho asked if it would befired_by a . lock and wafer. l rl I was told that preparations lad been Made to fire it, with a match ; 'and immed 'Moly ordered a.sup: ply of lve, coal and fresh con s to bo passed con stantly; and then.assura h' that there should be no delay. The time was now .wearing away.. Small rc- Aueated_leave_ to address the crew. Sponeer.hav inehluljeave to give the signal, was asked. if.ho :Would give Small the leai•e he asked. lit said les. Smell then said: . . . . - "Shipmates and toemates—Talle warping by my example. L never kill a inah; but only said „that I would do it, and for that I am about to die. Goingltra...Guineanian brought me to this. Take warning-, and.never go in a Guinciinaan.".. Turn ing to Spencer he said, "I 'am rchdy to ; aro you ?" Cromwell's laSt words were, Nell my wife that I die innocent;• I die an innocent man2. 1 .....-From the appearance Of this man in assuming to be in nocent,i t. would-see m-tha t--SpeneerH took-idt-the risk of the af£rir, and CrumWell intended:to pro fit by it. I placed myself where I could takein the whole deck with my eye. No word was given by Spen cer, lie finally said he could notgivo the word, and wished - es. eto do it. The word was:Accord ingly given And the execution took place. - The crew was'ordered aft, when I addressed them. I called their attention to the foto of the young men who bad juit been hung in, their pre. sends: I spoke of the distingui. bed social posi.. lien Spencer had held at home, and held up be, forethem the career of usefulness and profession al honor toarhich a course of faithful duty would have raised him. 'Alter -having been but a few months at sea, he had crinlinally aspired to sup.. plant me. in 'a command I had earned by thirty years' faithful service. Their own future fortunes, I told them, were within their own control. I 'pened to them the .stations of respectability and of future honor to which they,pight rise, but told them it could be steplifstep, iii a regular course. I called their attention also to Cromwell's course. Ile had received a handsome education, and• his handwriting was even elegant; but lie had also fbiledthroughThis love of gold. ' The first $l5 he had.received firm Spencer had boiaght'him, and the hope of great plunder had se. cured the purchase.. An anecdote had been told to mdby Collins, of.Croinwell,_ which carried its own moral, with it, and which, I deired Collins to repeat. - He did so.. Ile coldthem that he once went to India with Cromwell; and that they took on board there a keg of doubloons for' Mr. Thorn. dike. Collins alone knew of its being abOard, and kept it a Lsecret.until they_Went ashore. He then told Cromwell of tt, who laughed at him, -raid said if - "he - had - known - abont - i4the would - Mt - NV run away with *the keg." I told the crew they .had only to choose between the two—Collins and Cromwell.. Snfall, had also been brought .up to hitter things, but had not been able to resist temptation, :and had.died. invoking blessings on the flag of his country. - : - All hands were then called to cheer ship, and a-avdthree hearty cheers.'-'Three heartiir..cheets never went up from the deck of an American ship!. that electric moment I verily believe the purest and loftiest patriotism burst forth from the breasts even of the worst conspirators. .Prom. that mo. ?tient Ifelt that I reds again completely... Master of my vessel, and that I cnidd 'frith her whatever the honor of my country required. Dinner was piped, and I 'noticed with feelings of pa in that sonic of the - boys, as they passed the bodies, Iraighed and sneered at them; I still de. sired Mat Spencer should be hUried in a coffin,and gave orders to have mie built. I3ut Lieut. Goose v,port offered to relinquish a mesa chest he. had, for that purpose, which was soon 'converted into a substantial coffin. They were.received by their messmates, to be deeentlyAndent for burial. The- Midshipmen assisted in' tha duty. Spencer. was laid out doted in his compile uniform, except his sword, which IM had forfeited the right to wear. I noticed that upon the hands of one of-the oth ers a se.iman had tied a ribbon, with the name up.. on it of that' 'omens who so distinguished him -self by hi. gallantry, patriotism and- skill. On 'Cromwell's face' a sabre-cut was visible, and re moving his hair,four or five more were discover ed ; which showed that he had been were Wounds were given. He was said to have been in a slaver, and in Moro Castldin Havana; and it was the general impression that he had been a pirate. A squall of rain sprang; up, which rendered it necessary to cover the bodies with tarpaulins.- - Thcr'were-arritrige-d-aceording.to-thcir_eaulr, and_ all hands were called to bury the dead. The - American ensign was lowered to half-last: Night had now satin. All the: lamps were lit and dis tributed among the crew and placed in the bows, in the gang,'-way and in the quarter boat. The service for the dead was read and the bodies were committed to the deep. The offices were closed by reading that beautiful prayer, .so•suitable to the occasion,- "Preserve us from the dangers of' the seas and the violence Of eneinies: Bless the United States:—wutell over all that ore upon the "del - p, and protect the inhabdants of' the land in peace and quiet,through Jesus Christ our Lord." In reading this I sincerely thanked God for the protection of the Somers, and felt a firm faith that be would sanction the deed of that day. On the Wowing Sunday, the 4th of December, after the laws for the Guvernment of the. Navy had been .read, according to invariable custom-on board the Somers, I took occasion to allude to the lessons to, be drawn &oaf the fate of those who had suffered. I led the minds of the-crew back to their youth: fill days and Showed them how They trampled un. der foot the wise counsel and admonitions of their friends. In Small's locker were, letters from his inotherTexpressingtliTlOTidielelt - that happy on noard the Somers. (This was before Spencer hnd joined.) There was also a. Bible, in the learns of which he had cf,picd .some verses from the Sailors' Magazine, in praise of its holy precepts. _ . These verses I rend to tlirf-trew. I thusSliew. ed them how Small value - dlAs Bible, but•that he did nut resist temptation. I urged them to read it closely and attend faithfully to its precepts. I en. deovored to show that there • could be no such thing as honest atheism. I heir: up before them how Spencer had injured many people, and es pecially his parents. Ile had lacked filial piety and piety toward God—two principles which Would never have suffered him to go nstray. In ,conclusion, I called on them, as they had given:three, cheers - for - their - country to give three cheers for God—as - they would do by sing. ing s-p raise c - colors - we re - thcia - ImoiRCW and above the• American ensign was raised the banner of the crossthe only flag that ever floats above it from any vessel under : my command.— The 100th Psalm was sung, after which the crew rutiporgoira--that-dkr-15Pfdifffe: fa Sabbath worship, contrasting the condition of my vessel with that she would have presented had she fallen into pirates' hands. Nor could I ovoid observing the marked effect produced upon the ship's company by the proceedings. Iwassatis fied at once that alf danger was past and time mu. tiny broken for ever. In closing this report there yet remains the pleasing duty - ofadverting to the conduct of the under officers. The first lieutenant, throughout 'the whole difficulty, has borne himself with cour• age, iiiid sustained a lofty and : chivalrous part.— Always armed, his pistol often cocked—only in a single instance ' has any accident occurred; and that.arese from the accidental discharge of his pistol while arrestingCroinwell. Next in rank to the Commander on board the4yessel, tie as my erlitalin the discharge of every day: N ver since the existence of We Union has a coin ander been more ably and zealously seconded by a first lieu, tenant. on tha a Runt ho was singled out dnd tampered with ; 'but 4, roMained true to the flag ,?of his country. A' purser's pager a•hatulsornevecuniary recoMponso would be al:small, componsatiori for; the services ho rendered.'., Sergeant Gartry proved himself worthy the no: ble corps 'to which he belonged. . He' rose froth his hammock,where he had been.confined by sielt nese, and did duty through the whole affair'; and when this was done hisirntliuly returned and he was again, disabled. I respeetfulli suggest - that Sergeant artry be promoted to a secoadjisulcat, ,aney in the marine corps. I also recommend the other officers to the notice of the Department.: I Wick that their promotion, will be beneficial to the Navy. If they proye„to be . unworthy . offit, the Service they-have now rendered 'clinnct. be in juzed•by that. It will be renieuebered . in the Navy that when a mutiny occurred and, thepremained faithful to their trust, their services woro • not for. gottpti ; if they prove unworthy of it, this will. not be recorded with it. , - If Who' deemed that I have had any merit for the preservation of the Somers fromilie treacher ous toils by which she was surroun'ded,both since . and - before her departure from the United States, I respectfully bog that it may accrue without - re , servo to my nephew—Mr.rerry—and that he be placed in the situation left vacant'by the death of Mr Spencer. I pledgcdtmyself for the entire faith fulness - and'zcal - witliiviiieh ho Will - discharge its duties. For myself I only ask that, whatever may he thought of the services • rendered - to the flag of niy country; which should be the first con. sidercd, my own honor must also meet witli'due consideration. I ask only that I may not be de prived of my command until lam found un wei-thy of it. ALEX. SLIDEL MACEENZIE. 1111110 M1T'D,33202; _4,-..,.. . ~--,-1,14,....,,,,ii, - ..". ,,,, f,,,,.. 4 ,, -ft - - - ., , 4 - '‘,,,,Ar.<-,,,,,,, ~..-4. 4 .4, ), ..%, -. \ ;,.. ~, .. - -6 - - - - 0 „ ~. -, '-= 1) .-N-. - E. BEATTY, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR, OAR' LOME, PA. Wednesday, January .1.9, 1843. FOR PRESIDUNT • • HENRY - CLAY • 9 Subject to the-decision of a National Convention DEMOQIATIC WHIG .PRINCIPLES; SPECIALLY '1 7 401? 711 . E I!UBLig_ OUtt CItEED. . . A sound National Currency, regulated by the will and authority of the Nation. . An adequate Revenue, with fair Protection to American Indugtry. _ • 3. - Just restraints on the Exucutn•c power, ern. _' ',yacht a further restriction' on the exercise of the Veto. ; _ 4, A faithfuladministration of thepublic domain, with an equitable distriMV:ion of the proceeds of allies of it among all the Staten." .5. An honest and economical 'administration of -the General Government, leaviiig pultlic °d icers. perfect freedom of thought and of the right of suffrage; bit with suitable restraints against . improper interference in elections. • . 6. An amendment to. the Constitution, limiting ' the incumbent of the _Presidential office to a SINGLE I TERM. These obkets_attained,--1-thinit-that-we-simuld cease to be atilicriii with bad administration of tit,: Government. —lli:mty CLAr. 1:W0ot - thanks are warmly • femlUre - d to lion slr. Gentry, of the IS. S. House of-ItepreiOnta. tives, for important public doeumente." • • GaWe are indebted to Messrs.' Gorkaa and Kennedy, of the Legislatut:i., for documents. • D 0 Job Mann, Esq, wan on Monday re-elected Treasurer of Pennsylvania, by the; Legislature. County Insurance Company;-pissed in the Senate on Monday. • ry" Rumor" says that Col. Charles McClure, of this borough, is hereafter to obey the belies? of Gov. Porter as Secretary of the Cohimon wealth, filling the vacancy left by Judge Parsons, wlio hds been appointed to' Judge Barton's place in the Criminal Court at Philadelphia:• The ru mor i s not yet confirmed by any official iinnounce anent, and we know not theiefore whether there is nny •ground fur it. Nous verroris, though, as, old Mr. Ritchie said in the theatre when Fanny Ellsler opened an engagement. a - yWe presume no apology is necessary for the space taken up by the narrative of Command. Cr Mackenzie. It would not have - been possible for us•to fill up the space with matter of more: thrilling interest. - • • rial-for Murder. A white man named Henri Peters, was tried in the Court of Oyer and Terminer for this county, last week, charged with, the murder of Ilarvy Gibbons, a !Lick man: The trial excited consid erable interest. • • It appeared from the evidence on the trial that on the evening of the 12th of November last, the deceased and -prisoner were in the public house of'Cliristian Zug in Shippensburg. 11 hilst there they got into a dispute about the weight or' price 'of. beef—that - after w Tangling some time Peters proposed betting u.doftar. The person tvlto was ,ttskedlnitold the , stakes - refused,Thrid the lie then passed between the two. Peters called Gibbons clitirovldeli Gibbons returned by saying if he were one so also was PeCers. Peters then walked up to the stove and &Intuit:need - looking.for scne thing-41ot seeming to find it ho opened a wood c as s with which ho approached Gibbons. Gibb Ons caught hold of it, but Peters jerked it from him; and alined a bOw-at Gibbons which struck him upon the head, making a fracture in the skull of about four inches in length, find penetrating the brain: Gibbons fell into a Chair, bat was able afterwards to walk +Across the strecit to his broth. er's, where ho was put to bed, and died the clew °nth day atter the occurrence. . The prosecutien was conducted by Messrs. GRAHAM and llmuiLL, and the defen; Of the pris. :liner, by . Messrs. WAtts and BRAivDEDURY. The trial . cornmencedi . on Thursday morning; the jury retired / to make up their verdict on Saturday morning abotit 10 o'clock. - On Sunday afternoon about three o'clock the Court was called in see. Mort; and the jury returned a verdict of murder in isecondiieorec,_ Peters was sentenced on Monday') morning, to.. five'yearesOlitary confinement in the Eastern . Penitentiary. . • . OVV:o publish today the first of a series of let., lers which will be furnished us during the session of thp 4 .l4iiiiatin•e, by a. -gentlemen who is inti., mutely aequaitad witkour SULU( legislation and palitice, and loamply'qualified to make his letters berich. interest . • '•• '• • - •:*Vatiiiio'lCep Esq. of Washington city, died dui ' tilyFlyhile it► l3nitinioie on Wednesday etel„,..iF 4444:n:fernery' Will livo with' the 41 . 04i10fy, - ipt;thitpeble song; t. the Star. Spangled 0 4 90.04 1 . ! „ is thin other: ' • • , - o;r4t, B,eahl that Chief Justice Taney, of the States :11uprerrici.:.cni , rrt is*_ lying very ill' at IVashinglan; fearedire, will nut Obeyer. ME _S_ ale:lrgnipeOance C_onveption— Thin body convened in purshanco' of appoint. Ment ill . Harrisburg, on Wednesday. last. The .Convention was temporarily organized by the ap. 'pointment of Mr. Jewitfpf Philadelphia county as Chairinan, and Professor M: Caldwell of Cuni krland'courAti, gil - e:Fetary. The number of dele gates in attedanen'Wea about four hundred, and the Proceedings wired' 'Considerable jiiterest. 4) . The Convention was afterwards permanently orgardied by the appointment . 01 Hon. 4olin ,C. Bucher, of Dauphin county, as: President, with the. usual number of easistarit officers: Daring the_sittingi.ofalle_Convention,..we learn, that a spirited debate oceured 'On the subject of the License question. A difference of opinion was held as to the propray of Legislative enactment with regard to. Tavern 'Licenses, in which the :Washingtonians very properly took. ground a. gainst all interference, and the Temperance men .of the old school in its favor. Messrs. Bigler and Deford, legislatiye delegates, andjtev. Mr. Thorn of Cumberland Cotnnyoveretlie most prominent speakers, and the debate elicited besides much elo quence a great deal of sharp repartee and humor. ous pleasantry. The „Convention adjuurned - . on Thursd4 evening ; t ie . nnimbers having received from their meeting r hewed energy in prosecut. ing the - good unirk,-. hilst -a . new impetus -was . alsogirca to the holy cause of Temperance. Tjte-CiS.. Senator, Mr. Buchanan, ailyas generally' expected ; was on Tuesday-last,--melected•th--8:--Senater from Pennsylvania, forsixycars from the 4th of hlarch next. Mr. Gibons, of the Senate,Mid Mt. Fred ericks of the !louse, both loco Jaws, would not, however, "bow their knees to Baal" and 'vote a's Democrats for an old Federation who .is opposed -t6 a Protective Tariff and would reduce the wages of- American laborers tithe ten emit a day rates of Ed - rope. A...number of others it was knoWn were opposed to Mr. Buchanan, Nut it is supposed liad nottlie_nerve - to follow; MV. - -Gibons in his in. dependent - course. Besides this the BuChanan . men carried out every hind 'of "heading" process which could proVentpppesition to Mr. 8., though if as much had been known - before the election as developed itself oiler, we opine the ch.etirrifinight have had a different result. - The Whig vote was cisfforihe ITOn. _John of Berlts county, _doing' which they 'manifested their esteem for as able a jurist and al liatriptic a citizen as Ilia State can boast: Wore John .Banks in the Senate, Pennsylvania feeling on the subject of Proteqtlou to Mine Industry, would be represented aw itkrully el+sts. _ . nrlioti. John J. Crittenden, was on tho 7th 'inst. elected U. S. Senator fromlientuekv, ler six years from the 4th of March next. Mr. C. is one of the noblest Whigs in the Union. orate llia. Cu mbcrluud According .to the ratm•as of the Cengressional. election recently , field in Georgia, Mr. Crawford the. Whig eantlidote - hhi n majority of nearly roar Thousand, over lib Loco competitor Gen. MeDougald This is gfiriounnew.cand shows what Georgia is disposedio-do for, HE:4dr Ca.ty in 1841: • .During the last week tie city of Philadelphia has been the •scene of mist aliiiming riots. It seems a large body of Wavers are on a strike ilk higher wages. They on Monday attacked,. Leal and destroyed the • wib of a number of those who chose tolvork:at the ild prices.. The whole Western•part of Movainnsing, Was a.•sceno of riot, find tumult; and the imuth western section of the city proper, was onv preserved undisturb ed by the prescace of a strong body of police, un der the direetion,of the miyor. Hon. James' Cooper of Pennsylvania, has written an able letter on lie . subject of the' Na. tional Stock, which wo stall endeavor to publish hereafter Q - On Thursday last; iipplication was made to 'Judge Dells, of the Li S. District Cdurt fur New Yurk, fora warran*p arrest Commander MacKenzie anaLieut. Ginsevoorl,for murder on the high seas. The appliiation was.on the part of- Ntargaret - Cromwell, w,fe Of Cromwell one of the mutineers who' wils r4ep . nted. ' —,ludge_Betts—ons4re —the , -application-tat length, tont declined to grat any warrant. while the examination of Comnit der MacKenzie was pending before,the Court . inquiry. .. Profession an Practice. .-- Our readers says the r . rrisburg Telegraph, who have attended to the ;eurse of the Loco (b -ees in the Legihla ture in IrelatiOn to the public printing, will be struck witi the great variance be. tween their acts and thtr professions. They will observe that while thei talk lustily about re. form and, retrenchment, goy vote against it.— The reason of this has bed' unblushingly avow ed truth° ' House for two i . three days past, by the loco foe° members, whi said that it was vs t emery for the 'existence 'i f the party that.the editors of their papers sh ' ld have the printing at the old charges. They dmitted that the peo ple demanded reform and trenehment, -but the interests of the . paiiy required that no reduction in the 'prices of printingishould be had—and that no competition shouldtoe . allowed in.obtain iug it; consequently, they iervebligedto VOTE DOWN, and DID .vote de* the -bill .that passed the Senate, With only 5 yes against it, to give the printing to the t lowest lesPonsible bidder--- We ask the Tax-payeri tliotelhig fact',•..as we shall refer to itagaiii. .5 ,,. . KrThe Philadelphia 1.44 paper; affect a holy horror .1 a libel upon tlie judielory4l mender MaeFenzie'S t)Prg ' ice a 'Mari "with , Money ,atil Would always be eleared." . the reiteration of an,,asserti We are not very themselves Originated'anti prove true - for a year past rill take ol d files of 'some ot find thorn sustaining the tunic so abuse. him now. En %ay state, timvpitltiop e • It: will be recollected that' Op Convention cid e! , l by the fileude of ifenri'Clakn, PettusylVt aid intended , to have beeii 114 on,'s:'mAttk 'of Septenibet.2...huit,- was, .foi . ::siitEcieatiNatiegis,,, postponed., TliiliConvention will, tljerefore'*o held on the 22d ; of rebruary, ensuing, a day fuck o4', inspiring reeellections, and most apPinpriate object• of the Ccinvention. Most counties in the State have ' egates, and • the remainder are now doing it in their Couiity meetings.- Tho name's Of delegates appointed for Cumberland county,. in pursuance of, a resolutinn, of the County meeting 'held in 'Auguit last, will be announced in due time. Papers announce the death of Mr. Ezekiel' S. Dunbar, a . member of the Indiana Legislature, frem . Jackeon county. Mr. Duninir, - we believe,. Ives 'a , ` native of Nevvvillo in thiS -county, and was once ti,practitioner.M the CA: lisle bar. He emigrated to Indiana about rourieen, years ago. The saaale Old C JOU • "Vet Freedom, yet thy tanner, torn but..//ying, Streams like thunder-ebttil against the wilid." Riots in P4iladelpia. er and somo OtiNkr= 'whit they allegels lie cotiniry, in Com. ' ion, tbat."in influential ; Iliends nd .yet this is but n which if trot, tl 'ape a e 'been - laboring to f the, Commander' ilesqPaPPis tiMi . for Which they :~,;;, AIIIyZIONALLIiiipOC4. -THg GrREAT•IISEASVIZE I Cost Johnson, 7 tho.Wellittiown advo cate of the plats for;•relievintilm:States by. the Creation cit;'n Nitinfinl Stook based'•:upon the, prod, aeeds,of tins public lande, hris ceinmermed a series of lettere_explapatory of his views of-the-mensure he proposes. :Tho first of these letters 'Will be found below; addressed to, Col:Charles-dm-roll 'of We heve:publiShed one or two able articles on this Subleqk; and shall, if possible, lay these let ters befgelirtr readers 'as they appear, with the en tGbtwltope that they will receive that attentive peipliattind- deep consideration which . 'is duo to th r e . great importance of the measure proposed.. This plan, .we, believe, was first proposed by 'the Hon:A:din Pope of ICentucky, but has subsequent.. ly been more strenuously urged. by Mr. Johnson. At first it was received with little favor, but it is now advocated by some Of the' ablest public men and best journalists in the country, and if sustain ed by the people iney. become a law even at the present session of Congress. • . The. Philadelphia Daily Chronicle, an able neu tral paper, in, introducing this plan of Mr. .lohn . - son to the notice of its readers, prefaces it With some very just-and true remarks upon the, state of -the times; which renders some relief absolute ly necessary. A prolific -cause of the general adversity of the ceuntrY, says that paper, is 'known to exist in the -entire inadeiluncY . of-its Currency. From" un . expansion alitiost withou parallel in the hi'story of currency, it has Jicen .with ruinous suddenness, brought down to a state' of extreme contraction; until there is not nowin eirculatiOn,in allthe Stifles,- more than enough:of coin to do the businesS of a single commercial - city.' Tins fact being once stated, ovary reflect ing person will at epee see the„connection between the cause-find effect. Although the nation. is in full possession of health, peace and abundant harvests, yet the population are fur from enjoying' that happiness which is the only proper object of enlightened legislation. BusinesS of nearly every . description is prostrated because there is no`t a sufficient currency in the country to carry it on. Contracts without number,-and extending from seine of the most important sovereign States down to the engagements of !lie most.obscurdhusiness men, stand unfulfilled - and must ever remain so, unlesslibine ;Means or relief is - administered.— Both public and private contracts must be repudi-_ .iitiul; - and public and private'llith be even more' broken up than it now is, and the- industry of the _working-man -still go' unrewarda di- unless the country be put in 'possession of -a proper curren cy. NVllere'a currency is.watiting, there can be but little demand forlabor, and that only of . par ticular kinds of lain*, and honest industry will be trampled in the dust. To give relief under this prostration of:the business of the country, Mr.' Johnson argues. nest forcibly that hiS plan will be . amply sufficient 'rho following is his first letter on the subject .1_ llalUf. Representatives '-. '' . 'WASHINGTON, Dec. , Illt, 18.13. DEAR Sin —I embrace the earlicsfopportunity amidst my imin engagements and .duties to ac. •knowledga the ryy..? oipt of your List'obliging letter, to .writeyou n-rAily somewhat at length. ' I am much gratified to learn with what favor the proposition which I submitted to Congragirt , the last session is received by the farmers of all parties in yourregion - ofthe - btateTcl - ard - pleased to - learn that they regard it in reference tit- its bearings upon themselves, and the welfare and honor of- the country. In my speoliesjapy let. tens, and in all of iny converaTttipobj hale;-from the conunencement of the sUbjeci to Moment; 'icri'dd it as a - greatatutt vital meSsurarlibove route party...local or peraonat oonitide - ratien.,* and in that Shall continue to urge it: When I submitted the subject to Congress at the last ses sion, I used the following language, us reported in the htelligencer at the time. 1 regard it (the measure of Relief to the Stales,) as high above and belund, as broader and deeper than either of the great parties of the day. I started it usm,o party question, and wished it ad. voc'aled as no party question—for it wah'a.ques tiun as lug interests of the and as momentous as time honor of the States." Sonic of those who have taken but a superfi-' cial examination of my proposition, and who perhaps, have not rend the address to my constit uents, confound it with unqualified assuuiption of State debts, and an issue of paper currency by the Government for • general circulation—and thus, from fitlse positions, reason .to conclusion, or nth& leap to a hasty conclusion against it. I have proposed no measure of assumption. I have proposed no issue of paper circulation.— He who borrows bank paper has to pay interest for its use, whilst it yields him no profit but in the purposed for which he may apply it. I pro. pose au issue and distribution of Stock which -will sectire at once the purposes of gold and silver to the States:in discharge of their debts, and which will yield, with Out use or' circulation, an interest to the holder,-and therefore will retain as fixed and sound in value as geld and silver. - -To Make its value firm, I propose to pledge.the faith and revenues of the Government generally, and the public land specifically, for the payment of interest, and the ultimate redemption of the Stock. . . I have, proposed that portion of the bonds shall he depoininations from a thousand doaurs down to one hundre&—not that they shall be made a circulating curreney, , but that those ph° now. lock up gold and silver in limited amounts, may find it to their interest to purchase a Gov. eminent bond, and thus, unlock hoarded gold and silver, and lock up in its stead a bond that will have as fixed a value as gold and silver, add will yield the possessor' interest-every six months— that guardians and trustees may have it in their power to invest funds'in a Lock which will run for years, and never dep_reentte Value—and will secure to widoWs and orphans a fixed revenue from stable stocks. And in the bill which I sub mitted at the last session, and which is on the journal - of - the — flitirarfA - ugust;lT - therfoll section : Sec. 33: That for the more convenient pay ment of interest, and to secure and make uniform the manner and mode of transfer or exchange of aid'atocks, Congress may, ,at any timo, desig. nate or establiqh agencies.or commissioners in va• rious parts of the Union, for the convenience and security of the Stockholders and the Govern. moot. Although I am no candidate for popular favor of any kind, and although lam convinced that, my, opinions on side-questions can neither ad. vance nor retard a miestion which has its strength along in its own intrinsic merits, ,yet to disarm even thirecuistry which; makes it a bu siness if not a duty to °pomp everything that is good, and that offers relief to a suffering people,. upon the ground of tender scruples, -and-which has as widely misconceived my views upon cur rency as it has the character of the measure of relief to the States which I havOproposed, I will, in a few words, give my views on this 'collateral, if not wholly extraneous,sublect : - . • I am, and ever have been in favor of 14 . mixed currency of metal and convertible-piper. But, iliat no institution shall, under any .eircuuistan cos, issue a note for circulation that it cannot re deem, Upon presentation with, gold and silver.— When nit institution suspends specie payments, it should.at the instant suspend all .business bi cept: to. piiy'and receive its. debts. . , . I am oppoied to the Government issuing,or au thorizing the•issno of a paper' currency, for circu lation which' could not be always converted into specie, and hence' I have never.voted for the issue. oven of Tinasury , Niiies during the existence in part of - the four Administrations that !lave been in,Coniress—becouse it waii.an • incenverti,:• big paper of eirmilation- .. " ' . , I only , proposed 'that the Government shall give evidences of ,debt in, the form 'of,certificates or bonds, which will securti:the holder the puncin 'al payMent of interest, anti the `final ' liquidation the principal. , , ,:,,. , . The infitience of the measure upon tltmourrency, Would be• instantaneous and silutitryOiy crister ;. int confidence :. As a Measure of fin rice it is in;: dispensible foribe' WWl:beteg, and rosperity of The drain • ef specie or epee!e flint:18 ; 1' low•t . e . it; 'lout $12P(10)0.0 - P a r., tl ! o :': l ! l !: e , r l t , -4,1Y4.5"!1'• EMBEI Thus there is a. perpetual innuar, drain 'ofabout one fdth,ef. thli.cutire sPeole of Ceti nation, And. Whethbrit is•sent" from• Maryland; Pennsylkania or -Louisiana; the effackis..felt :Maine, - Miesourt and Georliti4:•for..l(•matters not ;tit which ex tretge cCat- hotirr'.friany ~pointa the vital fluid is . dtaWn i every.Oatt'af- the body politic becomes in . an equal ifegtee•exhausted. flut.by. transforming the State :debts; which• will - averago - six - per cent; interest, into Governmant.stocks at four pei.cent interest, payable. ; at , the Treasury,. the bonds would at once he sent to this country to be ex changetl.,on the ; books of the. national Treasury for .GovernMent .bonds ''of diminished „interest,' end also that the holdeta could •receive,'thointa rest made-payable at the Treasury: This ex-. change of State. to. four per cent. Government bonds would opetateloavingof specie to the na tion of s4,ooo.ooooind jfalhree per cent stock could be exchatied, it, would effect a saving of $6'00,000 to the. Adams, in diminished. interest and even the six millions which would be paid in interest to the Government bond" holders, : would not be sent abroad'in speciv or 'specie funds, as 812,1100,900 are, or should fie' sent now. but would be exchanged for the production's of our own country, and 1010 - 'entirer drain of twelve millions of specie would be. arrested by a single solitary measure p:of national policy, as simple as ' ,nld'be-e ffi ttictout . 1 : • Then he who is in favor of relieving the pee pie from direct taxation ' will support the meas ure—as will ho whO is for retaining the capital .of the gold•and silver in this country instead of sending it abroad, for no Measure less compre hensive, and' enlighten6d, will effect these-two great and all important results. And any cxp.e-- dient short of it, will tantalize, without relieveirm, k the.distress of the 'people. The evils which now afflict the People, the States and 'the Nation, will assureffly, increase until such a policy as I propose shall-be` adopted. The aniount of interest thus saved to the na. tion Would, if set apart its a sinking fund, ,very quickly-liquidate-the entire capital of the wholo . debt. . . . The pressure upon the banks would cease, and all that are solvent, could resume and maintain specie payments ; esystem. of lioardirng specie would at once cease, end-it would again circulate' freely from hand to hand. Stocks of all kinds would rise to • par,,that. have intrinsic - value.. The sails of commerce; Which are now furled in our ports, would be - again ,eipandedin a hundred seas. The mechanic would be enabled to fabri. cate for the farmer, and the farmer, relieved from the, otactions of the tar gatherer, could once more purchase the necessaries, comforts and luxuries of life—and thus a,millicin Of-Springs of` individual and national prosperity, now al rhost-wholly dried pp, would be opened in con. slant flow, and the treasury of .tho nation would again receive its regular and abundant tribute.— But more than this, and all Oleic c the national credit-and pledged-honer - of - the - Stafa — Wo . iild be - re-established and redeemed. Whilst now every American vvhadias a pore sentiment of feeling in - lug - nature; must blush - at the disgrace" which now -tarnishes our heretofore fair fume. I will restini E!u morrow or next '• . . Your ob't sertr'r . • W. COST -JOHNSON Col. CH t R I.ES CA RROLL, Doug horagan Manor, Maryland. Support - your* Own,.! We Eid.the following going the rounds of the paPerti, extracted fi•om the Portsmouth Journal. No one will:disputo - the 'correctness of either of these intatos,.and they ought to,be adopted in the practice of every one: "Our country, against the world. "Our State, before-any other in 61 - 3 - Union. ' "OUR 'TOWN, in preference to, any other in the Stat...." - . But t., These we have to add another, thejust ness of which is strongly supported iii the arti ‘ -cle below, and that is—to support your Own' Coun ty Netava pets. The _Editor of a newspaper is . expected to,de.yete unwearied attention-and keep unceasing vigilance to mantain-the character and interest; of his Town and County, but-how often do the public neglect to give him that support which i.; necessary to 4stain_ him in his arduous Jottes.-- It 113 not saytogsio, much to suck that etrertf head of a family_should take a newspaper. Indeed bow is it possible for any one to he-pos sesscd of that due share of political and general intelligence which is necessary to every interest as. Well as ,nnjoymenr, without acquiring it from a well-conducted 'newspaper. But to the extrtet—read it carefully and ponder over its -truths; "The citizens of a county are too apt to giving a support to local papers. It should be the pride, as it is the' interest of every citizen of a county to take some paper published in it. The weekly visitations of a good newspaper are like the regular apearauce of an old.friend—;Le whole family give it a welcome and hold converse with its intelligent pages. We say good newspaper, and the way to bild up a local press is to give it n liberal support. A half starved publisher can no more cater well for his readers than he can from an empty larder for his own stomach. The times are hard it is true, but this is no excuse fur that man who neglects to take a paper and pay for it too. Most publishers have families (printers are too sensible to live Bachelors,) and the pro. ducts of the farm and mechanic's shop seldom tail to come in play in keeping the press iii motion. Sending East for your Newspapers instead of en. couraging your own ie like sending abroad for manufactureikwhich artisans in ybur midst stand ready to furnish. The foreign paper costs the cash and cash only, and when obtained, very of ten hicks the real Interest and utility of the sheet issued in your own neighborhood. The very ad-. vortisements, and the weekly record of Marrhg. es and Deaths possess an interest •in the home pa. per worth to any'family more than the pittance the sheet costs; and the contrast in tiunilies where' papers are regularly taken and where they lire not, is ever the subject of remark by intelli gent and observinetravellers." liroportAnt Ero.o 41.1uxico Possession taken of Alanteroy by the American Commodore. Another Revolution,—lntelligence just reecived ut New York, by the Anahuac . from Vera Cruz, informs us_ot another revolu i , Lion having_ taken place's in , Mexico. Santa Ana sent orders to break up Congress, becat so the 1 - pa ou s rung or urn. And Gen. Gustarrey, of the Departnient of San Luis ac. cordingly declared its dissolution, and announced the convocation of a new one by, Santa Ana to form a constitution for the Republic. General Camillo, of Puebla, has made thdsame daclera. lion for his department; These movements creat ed a groat sensation. 'Congress took a dignifWd stand, and boldly declared they would nut listen to threats from any military chieftain:and would continue to sit till driven from tho ball by • force of arens. The American Commodore (Jones) on on the- Pacific station, hearingn report of war having bben declared between Mexico and the Uriitcd States, proniptly took: possession of Mon. , teroy, a town in California. 110 Occupied, 'the place two days and then delivered it back to the Mexicans, with the explanation that lid took the town in consequence of having heard war had been declared between the two •,nationa. nations.. Seven American prisoners, taken at Chectiihua,. have been released at the request of the American Mirt ister. In regard to the operations against Cam. peachy and-Texas,. little -information is leained:-- Gen. WollWritcs that he will not let ono of the 300 Texans escape who ,marched towards Rio Grande. Six hundred men had left Vera Cruz on . the 15th nit,. for Campeachy , reinforce the McX. 'Wane. The garrison of Vera Cruz was momen tarily expected' to declare 'itself ih favor of the new revolution',. and ter' . the dierthidw . the • • , Mr. Benton has frequently. received °red.. it:for withdravvutitlng claims toll'', Pres!. dency, iatherpan,ernharass tie Locos. there,not another reason.? , not a for- In gngtby,, birth, and,t,herefoxe ineapacttated the Constitution, as. NVIAO3I9 his charae , ter?, We' have heartl;that ,Ilosion, idsce,o - lbirth Says the,.National: I?oruns, , • '• • ' , Ventifigibintfa negfsiatute, [Correapondence - of the Herald.] Ilaixitteauiett, Janthey 14, 1844., From the twoweeks of patriotic labor devoted td , • the' service Of the mottle by the present Rafortri Legislature,..par ex'cellence,l um doubtful if I can glean enough - to tiliingle letter that will repay pe-+• ' rim], aside from what you have already given your' ' readers. you . know that both branofies .are organ ized,' UsttiMise;aftee" an eight nine days struggle, ' which is something .to beast et, considering that loco.' focoism tins not 'a' ninjority of more than twenty five in the two branches! And you know, too, that low . wagesanti-Tariff Buchanan has been re-elicted to r the U. S. Senate, which is something tb be still more . proud of, whin it is remembered that he Stands red tly to sacrifice the best interests of Pennsylvania by voting to repeal the present Tariff, so as to proPiti-' ate the South and secure' for himself the possibility of its vote for the Presidency in lti44. Besides these herculean labors they have made Ellis Lewis Judge • - of the Lancastnr district, and Chas. G. Donnol, Judge .• of the district left by Lewis. There was a little I kicking against the confirmation of Its cc - inaectlon with the lumber speelations of Gov. Porter.. Mr. Penniman and Mr. Spietman thought that these charges ought to be geared up hokum his confirmation, and for this purpose they wished his 'Mriination referred to a select cOrrimittee, but they: Could not get enough to think mith them, and he Was swallowed, lumber business'and all. The federal loeoloeos nomipated 'Joh Mann, the present ineltmhent, as • theit candidate To'rState• Treasurer this evening. As the .Porterites flew the ... truck last rettr'and refused to , vote for Anderson . the caucus candidate; the radicals will , feel under nO ob ligations tosupport the caucus t:andidate this year. l'euninUut is very . activtl in trying, to upset their plans. If he•can cOmtmlnd ten or fifteen votes, the Ilarrison Democrats may assist them to make a Treasurer as they did the other factimrof the parttlast year, and I suPpose they will reap the same reward for their services. . Judging . from 11M - o;ldonce afforded during the lime the present Legislature has been in . session and from the general character of the material compos- . ing it, very little need be looked for by the people from its deliberations.' Every'one's month is too full of loud professions Of "Democracy" and relormto he sincerely desirous of doing any thing to relieve the State from its hoydens, and - the Peoide from their distresses. There are many members anxiously de sirJus orremedying the evils under which the com 7 triunity is &Mining, and afew who.-possess-talents , - and honesty. But they are not enough to relieve the Lp.;ixlattireTrom the charge of being the - Most Incompetent body 'that has sat in .Pennsylvania-fur many a year. IletWimie the dishonesty of some and the gross stupidity of others, the " collected wisdom " of the Coinmanwealth 'presents but a sorry apology. fir What a body'of Legishitors - should be. It is not strange that while the people per,sistin sefrcting such men to make laws fur them,. that they are ground to the dust by infliinnus laws and insuffemble 'burdens. The fault is their own. If_instead of electing •men for party services—men who are onlyfit to officia - te at wytd meetings oi'hip‘rooni ians,they would select their representatives fur their honesty' and ca pability, thrre would aosin be a very difFerent sta - teof ° things in our Tax-ridden Commonwealth'. After.this week I will endeavor to give yoir in de od I , thevloings_ cif . . th i s_assdinbly_of loco-foco_Solo- - mons—that is; if they .do any thing worth tii trouble and the piiiier it will require. There wilthe a great flourish of eloquence in a day or*two in irresolution idstructing our members in Congress to pay back to' Cen. Jacks in, qut of the ininicose surplus rerc'nue,,of the nation, the $lOOO with interest which Judge lltilt of New Orleans, inflicted upon Mimi; ir ket;ping up martial law and impri soiling innoteent citizens a di. cit. long aft .r danger wits passed and peace had he . rit declared. They- ~w illitrultably contrive to spend a lbw (la) s i'cry profitably on this inbjetit, much to,the comfort Had edification of the people. 1 wrll keep 'you enlightetied on this impin'taitt matteros it comes So approm lately wiithimthe sphere of duties of our I.eg islature just at this time! And if they happen to hit upon tf any other measure of equal interest n u t equal . pr ht Yon shalt hale the news in "advance of' all t oil eau:nippy:tries, re n terted expressly for the Ileridd . ' If N. S. . Pen zisylv4 am itt • Lcgispat re. Rm. 9, 1913. The Speaker announced ths, standing commit toes of the Senate The Lill w)iieh provides finr giving ho printing 'of the l'ienate to the lowest Udder, WaS then on motion or Mr. Sullivan, pulsed through committee Of the telitile. Communications were received from the Audi tor General and State Treasurer in relation to the amount of Relief 'Ltes cancelled by the Banks and at the Treasury. The letter of the Auditor General states that notes have been can 'celled by the banks to the amount of 2,115 dol lars. That of the Treasurer states that un a mount of notes have been set a part for the Our: of being cancelled, not having been actually cancelled but nailed up in a box, there being some doubts 'whether the bill directing them' to be can. celled has not been repealed by. a subsequent act. Both communications were referred to the Com : Mu° On Finance. Ilugh S. Morehead, was elected Assistant. `lurk of the Senate. . In the House, the standing commit!ces were announced by the Speaker. A letter from the Secretary of the Common wealth accompanied by his annual report on coin. mon Schouls, was laid before the Mouse. The bill reducing the salaries of Judges, after being amended so as to apply only to the Judges lierc.ifter appointed,was passed in committee of.. the whole. is bill, •• providing for the non-payment of „ , , sel •a • a passed—thrott second and third readings unanimously! TUESDAY, Jan. 10, 1843 Thotenate non-concurred in the House amend, went to the hill reducing tho salaries of Judges, A resolution ; was passed allowing each member , hut tWO daily newspapers or their equivalent, ins stead of four as usual heretofore. Also a reset- lotion that members be prohibited from franking other letters than those sent by themselves, ex cept the Reporters. ' d , • • The hour of 12 o'clock having arrived, .the members of the Senate proceeded to the Hall of Re . pscsentativas for; the purpose of going) into Convention to elect a. U. S. Senator. The House passed a resolution of instruction , to or members in rongresi to vote for refunding the fine to Gen. Jackson. The house then took up the bill to abolish tho Nicholson. Court,' upon which a long debate ensued. The n members . pe the Senate'being announced M 12 o'clock, the convention of both lious'es proceeded to the eke" of an United States Senator. The votes were as follows For James Buchanan, • John Bonita ' gi Richard Brodhpaii, jr " John S. Gittpons, • • • Mr: Buchanan having ,received a ,majoritv votes was therotpon declared duly eleeted,. for six year's from the, 4th .Of Marchmext.' - WEDNESDAY, ,Ll,-1.843. Thp Senate, passed through final reading the hill allotting the printing , to the lowest bidder., A committee of leonfereniie,on the bill reducing the salaries of Judges 'Was 'appointed, to, ineettt gall.. lar committee : from the Roes% ~ The rest of tire day was spent in transcribing clerks, Which . ended'. iii''' electing. Messrs. -Clark and Mc. taught "the l fbriner'ene - '" ' ' ..- • ." ,' In 'th ';llOused ' the SUrveyor. ,General trine ntittcd, 4 anneal teport. A continittee of mutt.
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