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Sharp clank the steel scabbards, The bridle-chains ring, And foam from red nostrils The wild chargers fling. Tramp ! tramp ! o'er the - greensward That quivers below, Scarce held by the curb bit The fierce horses go And the grim-vis . aged Colonel With ear-rending shout Peals forth to the squadrons The order—" Trot out !" One hand on the sabre And one on the rein, Thb troopers move forward In•line on the plain. As rings the word " gallop!" • The steel scabbards clank, And each rowel is pressed To a horse's hot flOok; And swift is their rush As the wild torrents flow When it pours from the crag On the valley below. “Charge!” thunders the leader, Like,shalt front the how • Each mad horse is hurled On the wavering foe. A thousand bright sabres Are•gleawing in air, A thousand dark horses Are dashed on the rquare. Ilesistl.s and re,kleg )f aught. may 1,0 ide Like demons. riot mortals The wild troopers rile. Cut right ! and cut left ! For the parry who needs? The bayonets shiver Like wind-shattered reeds Vain—vain the red volley That bursts from the square— The random-shot bullets Are wasted in air. 'Triumphant, remorseless; Unerring as death— No sabre that's stainless Returns to its The wounds that ere dealt By that murderous steel Will never yield case For the surgeon to heal. Hurrah! they are broken— Hurrah ! boys, they tly— None linger save those Who but linger to die. Rein up your horses And calt in your men— The trumpets sound " Rally To ()aloe' agaip. Some saddles aro empty, Some comrades are slain, And same noble horses Lie stark on the plain, But war's a chance game, boys, And weeping is vain. THE WHISKY INSURRECTION TA - nullity, and the Present rabollioU; Ore the following sketch n peculiar Interest. In the fertile region of the Mononga hela River, in Western Pennsylvania, dived a hardy race of pioneers when the Old War for independence began. They - were - thostly - descon - ded - from - the people of North Britian and Ireland, and had built their log-cabins there soon after the close of the French and Indian war, in 1763. They were courageous, industrious, self sacrificing, and religious. • Habit and no cessity made them frugal; isolation made them -clannish. They were chiefly of the strictest sect of Seceders, and were unsu ally conscientious, " doers of •the word." Their wealth, lay in the virgin soil and (Int* forests, and was brought out with 'brawny artsgnided - by 'intelligent wills` and practieal judgment: "Their wants were few, and their resources less, for. runny years, while changing , the wilder ness into a garden: Until the ors Of the National Constitution no house . for -pub lic worship was erected in all that region. In winter as well as in summer, their re ligious meetings were held in the open air. It was, comnion for"families to ride ten, or fifteen - and, oven twenty miles each. Sabbath to hear the gospel - preaclted.— The young people, frequently walked oar rying their - shoes ; and. stookings, - if they had any, an :their 'hands; - thou tl - ey might last a long tithe: . .A. grove was the usual 'temple , foe Worship. Rude logs otnpo:sed the pulpit .and .thelaudience seats: • and 'the •human . voice, uttering hymns from memory, was'the only organ that-filled the woods with the sounds of sacred music. These settlers were isolated and self dependent. For a long time sheep Were scarce, and wool was a great' luxtity.- 7 “, Deer-s4loms a substitute for cloth for men and Olytt'; 'and sometimes women and girls were compelled to resort to it. The women manufactured all the linen and woolen fabrics for their fang' Overcoats were almost unknown fir a long time : and blankets and coverlets were taken from the beds in the r.t . 57 time and used as substitutes during the severities of the long winters. go great was the destitution of clothing at one time that, when the first court was held at Catfish =now the beautiful town of Washington, in Washington County—one of the most prominent citizens, whose attendance as a magistrate was required, was compelled' to borrow the leather breeches of an equal- -4y - respectable neighbor who :lad been sum moned to act as a grand-juror. The len der, having no chance was compelled to stay at home. For some time they had no stores of any kind. They had no iron-works for the manufacture of implements, no salt, and very little money with which to pur chase the necessaries of life. For sever al years, before they had time to raise cat tle and grain, pe.try and furs were there chief resources. There was a limiter or trapper in every family; and in the au ! tumn, when the farm labor was ended, the -winnings of the gun and-gin was carried over the mountains upon horses or mules, furnished with pack-saddles, a bag of food, a bell, and a pair of green-withehobbles. They went in like caravans to-Philadel phia and Baltimore. At night the horses were hobbled and tuyned.out to feed ; _the bells being a guide to their presence in the morning. The , peltries and furs were bartered for salt, iron, and other neceSsa ries ; and with these the animals were again laden and their heads turned tow: and the mountains and the settlements*be yond. Eye 'became the principal cereal crop ofthe pioneers when their land was cleared. It furnished them with. wholesome food and., an article for barter. But it was bulky and cheap, and therefore not con venient or profitable for the uses of for eign commerce. A horse could carry on ly four bushels over the mountains.— There was but a "small demand for the grain at home or abroad. What must be done with the surplus ? Only one way for a profitable disposition of it seemed feasible. A horse could carry twenty four bushels of rye wlien converted into whisky, and why should not this meta morphosis of Ceres into Bacchus be em ployed for the benefit 6 - f commerce? Nei ther eonsCience nor the'Churco nor "the State interposed objections. Traditions urged it. They were descended from a whisky-making, whisky loving people / The use of whisky was not discounte nanced by society. The Temperance lecturers were not dreamed of; and the Pe..nsylvania excise law, enacted in 1750, was inoperative beyond the mountains, where distilleries had been early erected I for the condM tof the settlers Whisky was there as free as air ; and as early as the close of the Revolution many a horse was seen making his weary way Over the Alleghanies with twenty-your bushels of rye on his back in the shape of "old Mon ongahela." Whiskey became the . most imporht item of remittance to Philadel phia and Baltimore to pay for salt, sug ar, and iron consumed by the dwellers be yond the mountains. Having collie from a country where the most detestable of all public functiona ries was the exciseman, it may readily be imagined with what feelings the people of of the Illonoogahela region received the intelligence of an excise law passed by the first Congress, early in 1791, which im posed a tax of from ten to twenty-five cents a gallon upon all domestic spirits distilled from grain. It was a part of the revenue scheme proposed by the emi nent Alexander Hamilton, the first Na tional Secretary of the Treasury, for the restoration of the public credit by making provision for the payment of the public debt. It will he remembered by the intelli gent reader, that soon after the promulga tion of Hamilton's financial scheme at the beginning of 1790, a party opposed to the policy of the administration of Washing ton, as developed in that scheme, arose, at the head of which, when it took defi nite shape, Thomas Jefferson, the Score tali, of State, appeared. The party called itself sometimes Republican and sometimes Democratia: It grew rapidly in numbers and strength. It was thoroughlyimbued with the segregating principles of .French Democracy, as developed by the bloody rev olution then in progress in . France; and I it hailed with delight the landing on our shores of " Citizen Genet," who came as the Embassador- of the " - Frerich -Repub lic," and a Democratic propagandist.— While Genet and his mission wore lauded, and his efforts to entangle the United States in the kindling European war, as an ally of France, were warmlyseconded, President Washington's proclamation of neutrality was assailed by the most vio lent denunciations. To further the de- signs of Genet and embarrass the finan cial and foreign policy of. the Adminis tration, " Democratic Societies," so called, in imitation - of the French Jacobin eldbs, Welt „formed. They wore secret in their membership, organization, and operatimp. Their relation to 'the subject of this ta per was immediate. The tax on domestic distilled spirits led_the hated excisemenito the doors of the whisky-makers in Western Pennsyl vania, as well 'as in other parts of the Union. The appearance of that function. ary excited disgust and alarm, and en ge-Oared disloyalty: 2.A.mbitious clans' .took' advantage of the popular dis conbint to promote their own special in -tifeittamong these the names of Brad ford, Brackinridge, Marshall, 'Findley, Snailie, and Galfatin appear the most'con spicuons.. Bradford was a bold, badman from ,Maryland, - an early and .wf3althy settler, who built the first shingled house a, V&WIE2 WOR TEM 'NJOaltar SEIRCEA. in Washington County. He was then l'!e, prosecuting officer for that dritriet. Ile had already made strong efforts to di vide the State and form a new common wealth composed of the counties west of the mountains.. Brackinridge was a Scotchman. Ho was a lawyer at Pitts burg, and then Judge of the Suprrme Court of Pennsylvania. Marshall was a wealthy setticr from the North of Ireland, and then held the office of Registrar of the District. Findley was a member of Con gress, wary and influential; and with Smilie, a brother Scotchman, was the most efficient instrument in exciting a rebel lious feeling among the people. All of these politicians labored faithfully to de stroy regard for' the new Government of the United States in the hearts and minds of the inhabitants west of the Allegha nies. Then, as in our day, the most ac tive practical enemies of the National Government were those who had been honored with the public confidence and fed by the public bounty, Gallatin was from Switzerland, and had been in the country. only eleven years.— lie was youn g and enthusiastic. Ile was a large and influential. landholder on the Monongahela. Afterward, as a useful and patriotic citizen, he held many offices of great trust under the Government whose laws he was then in his blindness led to oppose. These leaders were all of the Democratic school according to the French model, and, with their active associates, -were-denominated-by George Clymer as either '° sordid shopkeepers, crafty" Jaw ,yers, or candidates for office; and not in clined to make personal sacrifices to truth and honor," Associated with them was Herman Husbands, a very old man, who had distinguished himself in insurrection ary but patriotic movements in Western North Carolina more than twenty years tieflwe. These men played the demagogue ef fectually, and used the odious excise law adroitly as an instrument for wielding the, popular will in favor of their pond. cal interests ; the most of them, doubtless never dreaming that their course would lead to an open armed rebellion against the laws of the land. Secretly and openly they condemned the excise lhw, and encouraged the people to regard as enemies the appointed collectors. At their instance a public meeting was held near the close of July, 1791, at Red 6.tone Old Fort (now Brownsville), when rrangcmcnts were made for committees to assemble, at, the respective court-houses of Alleghany, h'ayette, Washington, and Westmoreland counties One of these comwitces, at the county seat of Washington, passed very intem perate resolutions on the 23c1 of August, which were piibliShed in' a 'Pittstiurg paper, arid greatly inflamed the public mind. It was resolved that any ,person who had accepted or might accept an office under Congress, in order to carry out the excise law, should be considered inimical to the interests of the country; and the citizens were recommended to treat such men with contempt, and to refuse all intercourse with them. Soon afterward a collector of, the revenue in Allegheny County was waylaid by a party of disguised men, who cutoff his hair, tarred and feathered hitn, took his horse from him, and compelled him to walk a long distance. A sort of reign of terror ensued. Processes issued from the court for the arrest, of the perpetrators of the outrage could not bo served, for the mar shal was threatened with similar treat ment at the hands of the people. In fact, a messenger who was sent with the process es to a deputy-marshal was whipped, tarred and feathered, deprived of his horse, blindfolded and tied., and left in the woods, where he was discovered by a friendly eye some hours afterward. The President was perplexed by these lawless proceedings. He had no prece dent to guide him. He knew that the excise law was everywhere unpopular, and he feared that similar open opposition might show itself inn other parts of the country. Besides this, Congress had not then provided the means by which the Executive could interpose the strong arm of military power to aid the Judiciary in the enforcement of the laws. [A bill to to provide for calling forth militia "to execute the • laws of the United States, suppress insurrections, and repel inva sions," was passed by Congress in April, 1792, and was approved bythe President on the 2d of May.] Ile also felt it desirable, in a Government like ours, to refrain from the use of coercive measures as - long as - possible, and he forbore to act. Congress, in May following, greatly mod ified the excise law by a new ennetinent, and it was hoped that further difficulties' would be avbided. These expectations were not realized. It suited the purpose of the Democratic leaders to kee u ) the excitement and n)easurea were adopted for intimidating the well-disposed citizens who desired to comply with the law as modified. The newspaper at Pittsburg was compelled to publish whatever the demagogues chose to print, r c A convention, held at that place on the 21st of August, 1792, of which Albeg Gallatin was Secretary, adopted a series of resolutions, denoun cing the excise law as '_•unjust, dangerous to liberty, oppressive to the poor, and particularly_oppressive to the _Western country, where grain could only be dis posed of by distilling it."- It was - re solved to treat all . excise-officers with contempt, to withdraw from them every comfort and assistance, and to persist in "legal" opposition to the law. A cow mittee_ of Correspondence was appointed, the people at large were called upon to co•operate, and rebellion was fairly or ganized. Washington issued' aproalit mation a few weeks afterwards, exhorting all porSonii t 4 'desist . _ from "unlawful CM-. binations," and directed Randolph, the Attorney-General of the United States, to prosecute the chief actors - in the Pittsburg . Convention.—qeorge Clymer, the Superintendent of the Revenue, was sent into the:diaaffected countiei tO obtain testimony; .but the Attritney-General, who secretely favored the insurgents - - GAMBLE, TATTRIDITYEERITAEriIr -"" because their leaders weteArs_polttical friends, could find no laiv, , te,t'justifj pro , eeedings against the -offentleprand -the matter was abandoned. 'l , -During the year 1793, tad until the , summer and autumn of 1784, the people 'of Western Pennsylvania 'eontinuen to defy the excise law, to, groat bolder in their opposition, and to insult and mal treat those whom the GArernMent appoin• ted to execute it. Distillers who com plied with the laws were injured in person and property; armed men patrolled the country, spreading terror add,alarm in all directions among loyal citizens. Tar and feathers and the torch were freely used, and the violence employed was in a manner personified, and called 7bna the Tinker. A loyal distiller .was -attacked and his apparatus was cut in pieces. The perpetrators ironically called their per formance "mending the still." The menders, 'of course, Must Tinkers and the title, on the suggestion of a ruf fian named Holcroft, , Collectively beearne, Tom the Tinker. AdvertiSements.•iere put upon trees and other consPiattous' places, with the signatureApf Tinker; and letters bearing that sign-a ttire, menacing certain persoos, were sent to the -Pittsburg Gazette, and published, because the editor dared not withhold, his assent. 'Women and children in, loyal fainiles turned pale at:the mime Of Tom. the Tinker. Ile was: the Robes pierre of tho Monongahela district, One of the Most - influential-and TO spected of the loyal men ..,of Western Pennsylvania_.was John Nevile, a soldier and patriot of the- Revolution. He was a man of wealth; his son. had married a daughter of pen:Morgan, the Hero of Cowpen.s, andlis.secial_position.was egad to any in the country. He' was a native of Virginia, a friend andpersonal ,ac quaintance of Washingoe, and had been a member of the PrOvincial Con vention of his native State, and of the Supreme Executive Council of Pennsyl vania. . This excellent citizen was ap pointed Inspector for his district, under the provisions of the odious excise law, - and it, was believed he wo - ild command universal respect. Not so., The spirit of anarchy was abroad, and its baleful influence was felt in every household. I Neville's- beautiful mansion, upon a slope of Bower Hill (seen by the traveller upon the turnpike road from _Pittsburg to Washington, about eight miles from the former city, when looking,-over a fertile bottom from the mansion of the Wood ville estate), was attacked•on'the 16th of July, 1794, by a hundred armed men. Neville and his family made such resis tance that the assailants mired; but on the following morning,:r(' ;forced to the dumber Of tiVeliuMired,'atted 11.41 by Jok'n, Holcrolt, who called himself Tom the; Tinker, they renewed the assault. Some! soldiers faom Fort Fayette, under Maj. Kirkpatrick, were in the house. Neville, who knew his life to be in peril, escaped. The soldiers made a brief but fruitless resistance, killing a leader of the assail ants and wounding others. The family, under the protection of a white flag, were removed, and the mansion and all out-buildings were laid in ashes. The marshal of the district and the younger Neville were made prisoners, and the former, under a penance of instant death, promised not to serve any more process es west of the mountains. On the following day the insurgents sent word . to Inspector Neville and the in ,rshal, then in Pittsburg,that they must instantly resign. They refused. The means for defence at Pittsburg were small ; and so complete and absolute was the despotism of Tom the Tinker that there were very few persons in all that region, out of the immediate family connections of Gen. NeVille, who were not active or passive insurgents. Loyal ists were marked as enemies of their country—in other words, of their district, —and taunted with being Stibmissionists. Their allegiance to the Government of the United Stateswas called a cowardly yielding to the tyranny of Federal co ercion. The mails were seized and robbed; houses of the loyalists in all directions were burned, and the militia of the four rebellious counties were summoned to rendezvous at l3raddock's Field, on the Monongahela, aimed and equipped, and supplied with three days' provisions. -Meanwhile the inspector and marshal bad fled down the Ohio in, an open boat to Marietta, and th , en made their way to Philadelphia through the wilderness. ho summons for the meeting of the militia on Braddock's field, circulated for only three days over a sparsely settled ceuntry, drew together over seven thou sand men. Some, as they afterward, al, leged, went there to gratify thbir curiosi ty, and a few, like Mr Ross, the United States - Ser )d to the field _to ,restrain t prevent mischief. . 1 11frprotnpt response of the masses lighted the leaders. They regarded it as a token of confidence in them and the earnestness, of the people in the cause.— Col. Cook, one of the judges of Fayette county, was called to preside over, the groat meeting of armed citizens, and Al bert Gallatin, who had lately been refu sed a seat in the Senate of the.. United Stated because of ineligibilty;as shown by_ his naturalization papersoras appoint 4. od secretary. Bradforl, "before whom everybody-cringed," assunied the,position of Major General, and reviewed the troops. Hib design 'seems to hive boon to march upon Pittsburg, seise Fort Pitt and' its arms and amunitioe,,_and declare the counties west of . the °Alleghenies in in dependent State. He was one' of 'the earliest _avevretl secessionists who appear, in our hiritory: But timid - or more loyal militia officers refused to co-operate with. im to that infamous extent. , _Hraelten idge counseled against the measure, and, he scheme Was abandoned.: , Emboldened by tbe formidable demon stration on Bradclock'i Field, the 'insur gent leaders expelled all tbeezeise officers who remained. "Sonm weib brutally trea ted and Weir houses burned, even in dis tricts whereaho oppobition • bad ,hitherto •_beeri_l_ess violent. The insurgent spirit spread into the neighboring "counties of Virginia, and the rebellion began to as sume huge proportions. A meeting had been held at Mingo Creek late in July, near where the chief insurgents resided, when it was agreed to hold a convention at Parkinson's Ferry, on the Monongahela, ,three weeks later. As the day for that convention approach ed, matters assumed a more threatening aspect. As in most rebellions, the mea sure of actual armed resistance to the ex ecution of the national.-laws was advoca ted Ly only a feW , 'v'iolent and reckless Men. Of these Bradford was chief.--- With a 'desperate few, armed by terror ism composed of threats and violence, he overaited the people, established an abso lute despotism, and converted a whole community into a band of rebels, who, under wise and righteous counselors,might have been loyal petitioners to a listening government for a redress of grievances. When intelligence of these high-hand ed proceedings reached Philadelphia, the ,f‘ Democratic societies"—the prototypes of the Knights of the Golden Circle of our day—were jubilant because of the late brilliant victories of the French arms. They had recoveredfrnm their depression caused bPlormerreierses suffered by the French army, and the disgrace of Genet, and were now assailing the administra -pion with unsparing malignity. The Phil adelphia society did, indeed, pass a reso lution whieh, l after execrating the excise law in terms sufficient to give, sustenance to the rebellkinplisapproved, of the vio lent acts= of =resistance. But President Washington' hadritifaith in the sincerity of their leaderB;::lie regarded them as artful and desigiltif ,men, while great_ body of the membership whom, they con trolled he believed meant well, and knew little of their real plans for sowing "among the people the seeds-of jealousy and dis trust of the government by destroying all confidence in the administration of it." "I consider this insurrection," be wrote to Gov. Lee, of Virginia, in August, "as the first formidable fruit of the Democra- ,tie societies, brought forth, I believe, too 'prematurely for their own, views, which may contribute to the annihilation of them." The President called a cabinet council All regarded the moment as a critical on for the republic. If - the insurrection in. Pennsylvania should not be immediately checked, like or similar causes might produce like effects in other parts of the republic. The example of the whisky makers might become infectious, and the very foundations of the State - be shaken. It was agreed that forbearance must end, and the effective power of- the executive arm 'Must be Put" :forrh is ttliipress- . ther' risinr , rebellion. Accordingly, on the 7th of August, r ' Washington issued a procla mation warning the insurgents to disperse, and declaring that if tranquility should not be restored in the disturbed counties before the Ist of September, or in about twenty days, an armed force would be ' employed to compel submission to the laws. At the same time the President made a requisition on the Governors of New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland and Virginia, for militia sufficient to form an army of thirteen thousand men. It was estimated that the insurgent counties could raise sixteen thousand fighting men. Gen. Mifflin, a lending Democrat, who had taken an active part in the convivial meetings of his party when they welcom ed Genet to Philadelphia, was then Gov ernor of Pennsylvania. When the pro position of a majority of the cabinet to call out the militia was suggested to him, he expressed a doubt of the expediency of the measure, as it might exasperate the rebels and increase the difficulty. Ile doubted his own authority to make such a call, and questioned whether the militia of his sovereign State would "pay a pas ' sive obedience to the mandates of the Government"—whether there would not be a divided Pennsylvania. He wished to act independently of the General Gov ernment, believing that his State was able of itself to suppress insurrection within. its borders, and to punish offenders under the due course of State law. lle was therefore disposed to content himself with an expression of official indignation, and the issuing of orders for the State officers in the West to use all their au thority to suppress the tumult. Randolph, the Democratic Attorney- General, coincided with Mifflin in his views. He expressed great fears that if the National Government should attempt coercion there would be civil war. Brack enridge had written a lett& to a friend in Philadelphia, which_had been sent to the Qthinet ! , doubtless for the purpose .of in timidating it, in which ho maintained that the Western counties Were able to defend themselves,and suggested that the mid- !and counties would not be disposed lo al loth the march of national troops No the -.West over their sacred soil! lie also in timated that if coorcion should be attempt ed, the insurgents might make applica tion to Great Britain for aid, and even march on Philadelphia, the National capital. Washington was not to bo trifled with. no perceived the danger and the fieoessi ty for prompt action, and resolved to dis _card every- seinblan cc_ of_ a_ _temporizing policy with the rebels. When Mifflin re- ;.fused to call out the militia of his State, ho took the responsibility an himsclf; and after Making the necessary arrangements, by obtaining a certifieate from a Judge • of the Supreme Court.that in certain' coun ties the execution of the laws erthe Unix ted States was obstructed by - cembina, thins too, powerful to be, suppressed by the ordinary couise• of judicial proceedings, heissued the proclamation and made the requisition alreadymentioned, and 'fixed' the time for moyement of the troops on the Ist of SePtember. The President resol;nd, , however, to send the insurg . ents the olive-branch be a fore sending- tab sword; Re - appointed three Commissioners to proceed• to the in surgenCdiStrictond arrange, if poisible, any dime.beforethe .14th of •September, I an effectual submission to the lazes._. Gov, Mifflin appointed two Commissioners to represent the State, and at the same time issued two proclamations, one for conven ing the Legislature, and the other calling upon tbe reels to submit to the laws, as suring them that he should respond to the President's requisition for troops. These Commissioners went over the mountains together, and fbund the Con vention already mentioned in session at Parkinson's Ferry. There were more than two hundred delegates present. The meeting was held in a grove upon the crown of a hill overlooking the Mononga hela. Near by stoodlrtall pole bearing the words, in large letters, "LIBERTY AND NO ExcisE I No ASYLUM FOR COWARDS AND TRAITORS I Col. Cook was Chairman, and Albert Gallatin was Secretary. It was evident that those who evoked the storm were alarmed at its unexpected fury. Gallatin and Brackenridge had already perceived the folly and danger of their course, and the dilemma into which the people were plunged, and they were endeavoring by conciliatory measures to extricate them. Marshall had offered a resolution for the appointment of a com mittee of public safety, empowered "to call forth the resources of the western country to repel any hostile attempts against the citizens:" Gallatin had bold ly moved to refer the motion to ,a select demtnittee, but quailing before the eye of Bradford, ,no, one present dared seCond it. Marshall,, already wavering, had finally offered_ to, withdraw it, provided a com mittee of sixty be appointed with power to call another meeting.. This was done, and a committee of fifteen were appointed to confer With the .6atio,ual_and. State Oommissioners. In all their proceedings no one dared to go so far as to artree to submit to the eXqise. The Commissioners and the committee of fifteen met a, few days afterwards at Pittsburg. Marshall, Brackenridge,Cook, Gallatin, and Bradford, were of that COni mittee. All ,but the latter were fh.vora ble to an accommodation. The Commis sioners demanded from the Committee of sixty an explicit declaration of their de- termination to submit to the laws of the United States, and their reeommendation to the citizens at lkrge. to-do likewise; and also-to abstain - from all opposition, direct or indirect, and especially from violence or threats against the excise offi cers or the-loyal distillers. The Com missioners promised, on the part of the Government, in the event of a compliance with these requirements and perfect sub mission to the laws; a final pardon and Oblivion of all offenses:' The committee of fifteen agreed that these terms were - reasonable,-tind-pronticil call a; Inqit-, ing of,the committee of sixty. - Bradferd and his bad associates were dissatisfied. Turn the Tinker declared in the Pittsburg, Ca.-:ette. that the conferees had been bribed by the Government, and an armed party assembled, when the six ty convened, to overawe them. Such would have been the effect but for the cou rage and address of Gallatin, seconded by Brackenridge. They urged submission; but Bradford, in a violent harangue, called upon the people to continue their resistance, and to form an independent State Bad counsels finally prevailed, and the Commissioners returned to the seat of government without accomplishing the object of their mission. On the day after the return of the Com missioners (September 25) the President issued another proclamation, giving no tice of the advance of the troops. Gov henry Lee, of Virginia ("Legion Barry" of the Revolution,) was appointed com mander-in-Chief of the expedition. The Virginia troops were led by the veteran General Morgan, and those of Maryland by General Smith, then member of Con gress, from Baltimore. These, forming the left wing, assembled at Cumberland, thence to march across the mountains by Braddock's Road. Governors Mifflin and Howell led in person the respective troops of Pennsylvania and New Jersey. These formed the right wing. They rendez voused at Bedford, to cross the mountains by what was known as the north route. There had been great and' unexpected alacrity in the response to the President's call. A most gratifying manifestation of loyalty was bxhibited on every hand.— The citizens readily contributed means for the support of the wives and children of the volunteers during their absence; and the quota of each State, composed chiefly of volunteers, was promptly fur nished. It was soon evident that this military expedition was highly necessary; The insurgent spirit was rapidly spreading, and had appeared 'ht Carlisle and other places cast of the mountains. It was checked suddenly and effectually when the troops approached. Bradford an d. his associates, over-estimating the strength and disloyalty of the Democratic party, had laughed at the President's proclama tion calling for troops. lie did not be lieve that the people of the loyal portion of the country could be induced to appear in arms against their brethern who were, in imitation of their Revolutionary fath ers, only seeking to establish their inde pendence of the tyrannical National Gov ernment at Philadelphia, and asked for nothing more thaii-to-bolet alone. --They had resolved not to submit to a tariff on their staple production, nor allow the Na tional Government-to coerce them into subinisSion to its laws; and it was an in-, fringement of their sovereign rights as freiimen, and n'greak public crime to in augurate a civil war by- sending troOps to subjugate them. But Bradford and his More violent mt• sociatcs wore compelled to come down from their stilts. They were ereaed when they hear& that: Democratic leaders, like Mifflin, were in arms against them; arid when they learned that the troops were actually; approaching _the Eastern slope.of the -Aliegl?,anieri they flea from the country... Calmer thought and wiser counsels prevailed, A new convention wits held at Parkinsen's Ferry when 'reho. lutions to submit were adopted. Find- $1 50 pOr annnm In advance t $2 00 if not mild in ad' anCO ley,_ who bad found -it much easier to arouse the bad passions of men than to control them, and bad mustered courage sufficient to place himiielf decidedly on the side of law and order, was despatched, with another, to meet the advancing troops with proffeis of loyalty, and, if possible, to stay their progress. The President 'and Secretary of the Treasury, had accompanied the riqht wing'of the army, and were at Carlisle when Findley and his associates arrived there. Washington treated the penitent insurgents kindly, but they did not bring sufficient evidences of the loyalty of their constituents to cause him to countermand the order for the forward march of the troops. The alarmed embassadors in] , mediately turned back, crossed the moun tains in great haste, and called another meeting at Parkinson's Ferry. With full assurance of the absolute submission of the insurgents, Findley recrossed the Alleghanies to stay the march of the national troops. The President had re turned to Philadelphia, leaving Hamilton to act as his deputy. The Minister was net satisfied. He would not trust the professions of loyalty made by men so lately in rebellion. The troops moved steadily onward. They crossed the Alle ghanies in a heavy rain -storm, encounter ing mud knee-deep in many places. The two wings of the army met at Uniontown, and proceeded together to the disaffected district. Lee made his head-quarters.at o Parkinon's Ferry,• and there , issued a proclamation offering conditional pardon and peace. The inhabitants were all required to take the oath of allegiance to the United States. A few days after this proclamation was issued -G e nerd-Lee - made - a - sci - zure - ell . - persons supposed to have been criminally concerned in the late violent.proceedings. The most guilty had fled from the, cbun- try." Many were dismissed for want -or evidence against them, and a considerable number were bound overrfor trittliit Phila delphia. Only two were found guilty of capital offences, and sentenced to be hung —one for arson, the other for robbing the mail. There were palliating circumstan ces in their cases, and the President fi nally pardoned them. Most of the troops were soon withdrawn from the country of the late rebels. ..Twen-.. ty-flClifindred of them encamped in the district, under General Morgan, Until spring, when every vestige of disloyalty had disappeared. Thus terminated a rebellion engendered by politicians, which at one time threat ened the stability, if not the very exis tence of the Republic. It was put down without the shedding of a drop of blood. The result was owing chiefly to the wis duin- prudence, vigilance, .clt;:rgy, and personal popularity of the President. tie did not wait until the rebellion had as sumed proportions too great to be man aged with ease. Ile comprehended the magnitude of the threatened evil and his duty respecting it, and was fearless and energetic in the performance of that duty. The event, so ominous of dire calamity at one time, was overruled for the produc tion of great good. The Government was amazingly strengthened, by it. The national authority was fully vindicated; and the general rally to its support when the Chief sounded the bugle-call, even of those who had hitherto leaned toward or acted with the opposition, was a signifi cant omen of future stability and power. Every honest man expressed his repro bation of the violent resistance to law, and the Democratic Societies, the chief fomenters of the insurrection, showed a desire to be less conspicuous. Hamilton, who had always distrusted the strength of the Government in such an emergency, ~. was now perfectly convinced of its in herent power, and both he and Washing ton regarded the affair as a fortunate circumstance for the nation. And thus it will always be with this Republic; for its foundations aro laid upon the solid foun dations of Truth and Justice. A DOCTOR'S WIFE attempted to move him by her tears. "Ah !" said ho "tears are useless. I have analyzed them.— They contain a little phosphate of lime, some chlorate of sodium. and water." MISS SLIDELL. The girl stood on the steamer's deck, While men in arms stood thick around, And from Jacinto's threatening sides A score of cannon on her frowned. She bade them leave her father there— She challenged them to do her hurt— She madly laid her bosom bare, And fearfully expose hor—shirt DON'T let your children learn good and bad things indiscriminately. To be sure the bad might be eradicated in after years, but it is easier to sow clean seed than to eleasne dirty wheat. "Yob' are always yawning," said alit day to her husband. "My dear Maria," replied ho, " the husband and wife are one, and when I am alone I grow weary." ,1 '" VVELL,•John,"•said a doctor to a lad, whose mother ho had been attending du ring her illness, " how is your mother?", "She is dead, I thank !pm, sir!", Am fruit trees have military propen sities. When young they are'svoll trained; they produce, many ketnals; and theik shoots aro very straidit. NOTICE the marriago. of Mr. Day and Miss Field, whieh,,prosonts. this sin. gular anomaly, tliUti''ihoogh ho. had won. .the hold r .sho.hati, gained the cloy. Wrsnowin a nut ivhioh if not chosen with judgment rna . yonst you a tooth and pay you with notlung but a worm. , .VALIT . E the - criciishirpof him who stands by you in thci . storm ;,swarms •of insects wiltsurround you in-the-sunshine. BWMTY can never compensate for the want of amiability, but., amiability can 'Oonipensate for tbe want of beauty. You NEED not tell all the truth. unless to those who have a tight to know B all. - But let all you tell be truth'. . ,:r GRATITUDE i 8 the musio of the 'Malt when its °herds are swept by kindness. NO 8.
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