- • '•; l '4 •-5,4 . , F NG A ' • ts 4 .• Wnoz.B No. 168.] TERMS OP TUE 2S.I7ITTINOZON COTTRNALI. The "Journal" will be published every Wednesda, morning, at two dollars a year if paid IN ADVANCE, and if not paid within Ns months, too dollars and a half. Every person who obtains five subscribers Rnd forwards price of subscription. shall be f.traished with a sixths copy gratuitiously for one year. N ;subscription received tor a less period thin six months, nor any paper discontinued untiltrrearages are paid. MI egmmuhications must he addressed to the Editor, post paid, or they will not be stitencled to. Advertisments not exceeding one square ball be inserted three times for one dollar for every subsequent insertion, 25 ficents per square will be charged:—if no detnite orderd are given as to tho time an adverisment is to ac continued, it will be kept in till ordeed; but, and charge accordingly. Twenty-Fifth Congress. SESSION, [Reporiedfor the N. Y Daily Express.] HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. WASHINGTON, Dec. 17. As soon as the Journal was read this morning, Mr. Fry, of Pa. asked leave to oiler a resolution, calling on the President of the U. States for information as to the fact whether or not he had sent or order ed to be sent an armed force to Pennsyl vania, with the view of suppressing the riots at Harrisburg. The resolution fur ther called for all corespondence in the possession of the President, all the infor mation he had in relation thereto, if not incompatible with the public interest. Objections were made to the reception of the resolution. A motion to suspend the rules was then made. The yeas and nays were called, and two-thirds of the members were fogy the introduction of the resolution—ayes 198, says 58. Mr. Biddle, of Penn. was opposed to the resolution. He objected to adding fuel to the flame of public excitement. Why, he said, add to the excitement which the adoption of this resolution will most assuredly create? Why lift the veil here, which is to expose the folly of •ar parent at home? Mr. Biddle spoke briefly of the excitement at home, and alluded to some of the causes which had created that excitement. Mr. Petriken, of Penn. followed, and said something about the excitement, in timating that the riot had been caused by the Bank, Bankites and the Whig party in Penn. The part taken by the Admin istration at home he endeavored to ex cuse. He spoke briefly, but his remarks were heard with difficulty. Mr. Naylor said he regretted the in troduction of this subject; but since the resolution had been introduced, he should give it his support. Since the resolution had been introduced, he was glad it had come frsm an administration man. I know, said Mr.Naylor, that the resolution has been introduced fur party effect, and nits intended to create, renew, and keep up excitement in the country. I believe that it has been brought forward with a view of furnishing a paragraph for the Globe, and in the hope that some good to the administration might grow out of its introduction. I have been told in the . ..Spirit of the Times," and by some of the mob, said Mr. Naylor, that it I dared to take my seat here, some of those same men would come here, and act as they have acted in Harrisburg. Aye, sir, they have threatened to comae here in this Hall, crowd your galleries, take your seat, and drive you and me from the Hal!, as they have driven the Senators of Pennsylva nia from their seats as state :.'enatols. The Speaker here called Mr. N:ylor to order, and said that he was wandering from the subject before the House. Mr. Naylor said he was but replying to the member who had preceded hint. The Speaker said it was not in order to refer to the election of himself to the next Congress. Mr. Naylor sa!il that the facts of the case were connected with that election. The Speaker said that it was in order to speak of facts. Mr. Naylor said I state it as a fact, that the officers of the Government have been the instigators of this Pennsylvania mob. I state it as a fact that these offi cers did make an etiort to prevent my election in Pennsylvania. I state it as a fact that the officers of Government have been notoriously connected with this mob. I state it further as a fact—Here Mr . Naylor was called to order by the Speak er and one of the members. Here Mr. Birdsall, of N. Y. moved the previous Question. The motion was net in order. A motion was then made to allovr-Mr. N e aFter to proteed, . The yeas and nays were called, and Mr. Naylor was allowed to proceed by an affirmative vote of ISB, noes 54. The Speaker said that the member from Pennsylvania would have leave to proceed in order. Mr. Naylor said, now-a-days it was difficult to say what or who was in order. The Speaker said he did not intend to throw improper restraint upon the mem ber. Air. Naylor said he wished to state but facts—facts which would controvert the ground taken by his colleagues, and prove that the first cause of the mob in Penn sylvania, was the infamous attempt made to defeat him from the seat hereto which he had been elected by a great majority. Mr. Naylor was here giving the facts in the case of his election, when Mr. Whittlesey, of Conn. called him. to order. Mr. W. stated that it was ne cessary to attend to other business than that relating to the Governor and the Government of Pennsylvania. Mr. Naylor asked Mr. W.—much ex cited—who it was that was responsibl, for the neglect of more important busi ness? Who had brought forward the resolution before the House? Who hart asked a suspension of the Rules? Who had moved the yeas and nays? Who but the frierrds of the administration, of which the member from Connecticut was one? Mr. Hopkins, of Va. here called Mr. Naylor to order. The Speaker joined in the call. and said that Mr. Naylor was out of order in replying to Mr. Vi hit lesey. Mr. Naylor said, that amidst se many interruptions it was in vain to proceed. He would, therefore, take his seat, since it was evident that certain members of the House were determined, loving darkness rather than light, not to hear the truth. lie Mr. Naylor was again called to or der by the Speaker and members of the House. Mr. N- then took his seat. Mr. Petrikin followed and spoke brief Iy in reply to Mr. Naylor. He could not be heard for the noise in the Hall and his bad manner of speaking. Mr. McKennan was the next speaker. He said he had voted against the intro duction of the resolution before the House. I voted, said he, against the in• troduction because I felt that my State had been disgraced. outrageously disgra• ced by the recent movements in • Pennsy lvania I also regret it because it was calculated to increase public excitement, and was not such as should have come from a lover of peace and good order. Mr. McKennan reproved, in mild lan guage, the remarks of Mr. Petrikin, and intimated that they were, as he feared they would be, the cause of this excited discussion. Mr. Fry followed, and took ground in favor of Mr. Petrikin. lie said the mo tives which prompted the introduction of his resolution were good, and merely in tended for information. Mr. Biddle, of Pa. made some further remarks, and said it appeared according to his colleague, (Mr. Petrikin,) that those who entered the senate House at Harrisburg, were the Democracy of Pena. They were the mob of Penn., said Mr. Biddle, and he had not been used to look upon the mob as constituting the Demo. cracy. Mr. Fry said that there had been no mob in Harrisburg. The assemblage of the people there were orderly and res— pectful, .and respectable. They were composed of gentlemen of Pennsylva nia—of the people of Pennsylvania—and there .vas not now and had not been a mob in Harrisburg.. It was true he said, that some of the silk stocking Federalists had endeavored to get up the imps ession that there was a mob there. But the cry had been raised by the mean and coward- Iyand treacherous Opponents of the Ad ministration at Harrisburg, who fled from the Senate Chamber of Penns,lva nit, when the people of Pennsylvania entered the Halls of Legislation. The discussion clotted here, and the resolution was adopted nearly unanimous. Petitions were then in order, and Mr. Reed of Massachusetts presented one for admitting the Government of Hayti into a free commercial intercourse with the United States. Mr. Wise objected to the reception on the ground of amalgamation. - - Mr. Adams said there was no good and substantial reason for not receiving the petition. All petitions were received un • less same substantial and cogent lealson was gives against its reception. No such reasons now ►resented themselves. The right of petition was a right which belon ged to all nations—the Sultan himself dare lint question it. The Constitution of the United States recognized it in so direct a manner that the point required no discus sion. "ONE COUNTRY, ONE CONSTITUTION, ONE DESTINY•" A. W. BENEDICT PUBLISHER AND PROPRIETOR. HUNTINGDON, PENNSYLVANIA, WEDNESDAY JANUARY 2, 1819. The gentleman frem Virginia. said Mr. Adams, objects to reception upon the ground of amalgamation. Is there not enough of amalgamation in the gentleman's own State, without going abroad? Look at the colors that present themselves there and see. There is a legal amalga minion which ►mites in the halide of holy matrimony the black and white, and the legality of this is well understood by the members of both Houses. The speaker here made some remarks upon the point of order. Mr. Adams said he was only answer ing the objections of the gentleman from Virginia, which were that it was the wholesale amalgamation of the whites and blacks that constituted one of his objec tions against allowing commercial inter course with Hayti. Mr. Adams spoke at some length, and w IS followed by Mr. Wise in reply—who was called to order several times by the Speaker for irrevaleut remarks. lle defended Vir ' ginia from the imputation of amalgama tion charged upon her—but said he won dered why Mr. Adams had not, in his re marks upon this subject been more per. sonal, and appealed to members of Con gress, which Mr. \Vise intimated he might have done with propriety—or why not, said /1/r. Wise go to head quarter., at once, and appeal to the Great Crossing of Kentucky. Mr. Wise was here again called to order, and after some further• remarks in order, took his seat, and the Ilouse adjourned, without a vote upon the subject under debate. rn 0.72 NIELVG TOX Correspondence of the U, S. Gaseue. Washington, Dec, 22, 1858. After the reception of a number of un important reports from committees, Mr. Wise obtained the floor and was procee ding to resume his speech on his motion to refer the Special Report on the N. Y. defalcations to the committee, when he gave way on t lie request or Mr. Garland of Va., to allow that gentl• man to offer a resolution. The resolution was read and is the one which I some days since infor. med you Mr Garland was about to bring forward. viz:—for appointing by ballot, select committee of nine to investigate the defalcations of Swartwout and Price, and all other such cases as may occur. Camberlerig rose and sniil he would ac cept it as an amendment to his motion, ex cepting that part of it making the ap pointment of the committee by ballot. Of course not. Such a mode, the only mode by whirh the investigation could be made) of any practical benefit, cannot be expec ted to find favour in the sight of the I Chancellor of the Exchequer and his al lies. They would fain leave the selec tion in the hands of Mr. Polk. and they' know the committee would be construc-i ted after the most approved White-wash-1 ing fashion. Mr. W ice then resumed his speech, which lasted from half past two until half past nine P. M. 'When he spoke about two hours, he expressed a willingness to give way to a motion for adjournment, providing the floor could be guarantied to him on succeeding days. The Speaker deciding that such could not be done. Mr. Wise said he was determined to continue until he had finished, if his speech continued the whole night. With this understanding, he weat on. and in a strain of eloquence and sarcasm, such as he never before exhibited. Very few of the members remained, hut those present listehed with the deepest interest and at-1 tention, which was occasionally broken ' with inexpressible applause and laugh• ter, as his cutting comments upon the Treasury Department. He reviewed the history of the inves— tigating committee, instituted two years since, for the purpose of enquiry into the condition of the various Departments, which had it not been so constructed as to defeat the object of its formation, might have saved tnr. Woodbury and Congress, the trouble of examining into these de falcations. In connection with it, inn If se read Gen. Jackson's letter to him as Chairman of that Committee, in which the General denies its right to investigate and with the greatest personal abuse ol• mr /Ilse, and "his associates," insolently demands specified charges to be made by them, and which if not given, would prove them to be calumniators. This let ter, with its supercillious language, read in R ise's emphatic manner, came upon the house—familiar as a large portion of it is with it—with the effect of a novel production. This ; mr. Mae said, he did not notice in a proper way, on its recep tion, because the writer's head was white with age, and he was President of the U. States. General Jackson, however•, ha did not believe to be its author; it wa• th work of .117100, whose haggard looks, when seen parading our strests, on his Rusinante, indicated how hard worked he was, and that he was the President'. read ing-machine, his writingmachine, and his /spiv-machine. Having fully exposed the opposition of the Executive and his minions to that In vestigsting Committee and their impu dent challenges to point out the teat flaw in any of the immaculate Departments, made while Swartwout was embezzling the public treasure. Mr. Vise next reviewed in succession, the mere prominent cases of defalcations in the West and Southwest, such as Boyd'', tialashea's, &T.. From various printed documents he proved how these men were overlooked or slightly noticed by the administration. Lastly, he went into an examination of Swartwout's case; and in the most masterly manner, proved decidedly the mismanagement of Sec. Woodbury, and his torinivacce in the pe eulations. inasmuch as he was aware; not withstanding what the report says, of the dishonest course Mr. Swartwout was pur suing. It was here that Wise, being wrought up to the highest pitch of indig nation at the augean mass which he nad waded throagh and exposed, broke forth into the severest invective upon the Secretary of the Treasury, that ever . passed the lips of man. He could, by ! Levi's own report, prove to him at the Hermitage, that he was no calumniate', when he charged the Administration with corruption two years Mere. The Sec retary of the Treasury deserved impeach ment, as richly as ever felon (lid the hang man's knot; and were a majority of the Louse in favour of such a step, he himself would move to impeach the following. day—adding that if the Secretary had the sensibilities of a man of honor, he would demand a trial. Ile was certain that with his report itself, he could get twelve men in any district—."in your district, Sir!" said he to the chair--to convict IVoodbury as responsible for these defal cations. After proceeding in this caustic afrain for some tim., Mr, Wise concluded his remarks with warning the country . of the aspirations of the man of Missouri: Thom as IL Benton, to the Presidential chair, to which, if he succeeded in arriving, he (Mr. Wise) would imitate Mr. Swartwout and take advantage of the earliest steam er to Liverpool, fly to the shares of Eu rope. MEETING Bf lh, friend's ni the CONSTI At a meeting convened of the house of J. McConnel. in the Borough of Hunting don, on Tuesday the 25th inst. by the friends of the constitution and laws, Win Reed Esq. was called to the chair, John Glazier, Robt Stitt, S, McPherran, and T. Read E-q. chosen Vice Presidents, and S. F. Green, W P Orbison Esq. and J. H. Stonebraker, secretaries, When on motion the following persons were appointed a committe to draft resolu tions. Their report is found below. W. Orbison, Jno. Reed, Jno. William son, J. S.,xton, W. Zeigler. J. Steel, R. McMurtrje, T. Stitt, J. Henderson, A. H. Brown, D. Snare, P. Swoepe Jr, Jim F. Miller, 1). Blair, D. McMurtrie; J. Stitt; C. Miller; T. Fisher; S. S. lTharton; W. Riednour; A, W, Benedict; Dr. C. Cur yell. A crisis has arrived in our Republic, which calls for the serious contemplation, decision, and action of all the friends of free government. Unfortunately there are many, too many, among us, n ho have more to gain, as they suppose, by anarchy and contusion, than from obedience to the constitutional remedy; and it is still more unfortunate, that lust of office, pride 01 . 1 opinion, and devotedness to a name---a shadow without substance—lead many of our (in other respects) estimable citizens, to countenance by significant inuendoes, l l or overt acts, a resort to mobocracy, to. sustain, (at least) a donblfal claim. The, present state of atthirs is the legrtimate consequencu of the Election of Gen. Jack• son to the supreme magistracy of the na tion. He was elected by a coalition of. ultra Federalists, who contended for a • "(MIT" government. and the thoughtless part of the community who were , tickled with a name." But soon the shadow be came substance, when it was unblust ingly proclaimed, by a Loco Fria. Governor, of a state, and reiterated on the floor of the Senate, of the United States, that "to the Victors belong the spoils!" Thence for ward all elections have been conducted on those principles; which it will be admit ted were acted out to the very letter, by Gen. Jackson himself. his successor promised to walk in his footsteps. He has made a bold efforti but the brilliancy of a name is gone and he is doomed to rel Tracy by the voice of an indignant and injured ~;., - .14,- ~r, --- k--) people. The Election of D. R. Porter has been carried by a nominal majority on the same principle, combined with the provoked, and insiduous spirit of gambling, the tendency of which seems in some mea sure to have been overlooked by the friends of order and morality. Pennsyl— vania is now doomed to drink of the bit ter cup of degreda ion, anarchy, and per haps revolution, all legitimately traced to the principle of action advocated and acted out by the General Government. In view of these matters and the probable re sults of the disorganization of our house of Representatives, this meeting feels it sellcailed on to give utterance to this de liberate opinion.—Therefore Rlsoived, That we look upon the preen• ent existing state' - of affairs, bat as the bitterest fruits of the seeds sown by the Naticnal Administration; natured, and cultivated by the reckless Jacobins, and ultra levelers, whose notions of Liberty are regulated by the creed, of "might is right, and interest lam" —whose motto is the "spoils of victory"—The object of whose prayers is, the gold of office, and whose country would be their most wil ling sacrifice, to its favors. Resolord, That the firm, decided and patriotic stand taken by the Anti-masons and Whig senators, and Representatives, meats our cordial approbation, and that we urge them to remain steadfast in that faith, which is the hope of the patriot, for the preservation of our Constitution and Laws. ReFolved, That we approve of the con ciliatory, and pacific conduct of our mem b'rs, m their ,:fter of compromise, as all that honor and patriotism could dictate. and all that the love of right could recom mend. Res lvml, That we regret, that the conduct of any wen claiming to be Iree• men, recognizing a government of law, instead of force, should render it necessas ry for the Executive to appeal to a milita ry force, to pro(ect our HALLS of Legis lation from the violence of a ruthless mob, and that we earnestly call upon every cit izen, who loves his country, better than his party, to raise his voice against the desperation of partisans, and in favor of the restoration of order and peace, where now exists but a scene of confusion, it not rebellion. Resolved, That as the history of other ages tell us, that when the Roman senate was silenced; the Roman peop,e were en slaved. Therefore we request our Sena tors to remain fixed in their determina tion, to recognise no body of men, as a itoLsE of Representatives, unless legally constituted such, regardless alike of their sn,ers, their threats, or their urns—but like Conservatives, let their action be quick, and decisive. Rfsolvel that we advise and instruct our senators from this district, to use their best exertions for the immediate re cognition of the legally constituted House of Representatives of which I.llr. Cun ningham was duly elected Speaker for the session. Resolved that we cordially approve of the firm and decided stand of Gov. Rit ner, in his fearless attempt to sustain the Constitution and Laws. Resolved, that Thomas Burrowes, secretary of the commonwealth, deserves the thanks of every good citizen of the State, for his strict obedience to the law, in the manner and mode of his receivi:.g and transmitting the returnsto the Senate and House, and that we consider his com munication explaining the governing cause of his action, as clear and conclusive ev idence, that lie believes the obedience to the law of paramount duty, to the adhe rence to party or political fealty. esolred, that such members of the Hopkin's faction at Harrisburg, as have charged Gov. Rimer with "suggesting" in his orders to Gen. Patterson "that blood had been shed," have uttered a pal pable untruth, thus showing that they are bad citizens, and unfit to be the repro senotives of hottest freemen. Resolved, that these proceedings be signed and a copy transmitted to Charles Penrose Speaker of the Senate, and T. 11 Cunningham Speaker of the House of Representatives, and to the senators and members from this district niul county. (Stows') BY THZ OFFICERS.) From the National Intelligencer. The Case of Mr. Swartwout. The documents transmitted by the President of the United States to Con gress 'in relation to the recently discov ered default of Samuel Swartwout, late Collector of the customs for the port of New York," have been printed for the use of Congress, and now lie before us it, the form of a pamphlet cf more than one hundred pages. We extract from the nass the particulars which follow. The Secretary of the Treasury reports to the President that, (luring the continu• [ ToL. IY, N'. ance of Mr. Swartwout in dike, the statement of his accounts in a condetred form, were made weekly to the Depart merit, with punctuality, usually exhibited a balance in his hands, ranging from a mere nominal sum, or nothing, to it hun dred thousand dollars. The last return he made nefore he left office exhibitei 5122,970 on hand. The return soon af ter his going out of office which incluled only the last three days of his term, show ed 5201,096 of money in his po3cF:sion. • This return was accompanied by the following Letter to the Secretary of tha Treasury. CusTo.it Hovers N. York, April 13,18213. Sir: Herewith you will recei,e, the re• turn of moneys received and paid at this office for the last three days of my offi • cial torte. By it you will observe there is a bal• once due the United States of $2.01,096 40. This sum I hold in deposite in hat& to my order, subjeat to the s ettlement af my account. and the decision of sundry suits at law brought against me to reco ver duties wrongiullyexneted, as is alle ged, and which are now pending in the courts. On the adjustment of my accounts, the amount due to the Government will be immediately paid. 1 have the honor, &c. SAML. SWARTWOUT; Late Collector. Hon. LEVI WOODDUitti, Secretary of the Treasury. When this return ens received at the Department, it was supposed by the Sec retary that the period of his service lia vm„,,* expired, he would have but a small balance of eustom•house expenses to de fray. no more debectures to pay, and no great amount of duties to refund; and Mr Swartwout was forthwith requested by the Secretary to deposite to the credit of the Treasurer at least one half the aura represented to be on hand. 'To this request, made under date of April 16, 1858, Mr. Swartwout replied as follows: Ne,w YORK, 21, 1556 1 , Sir—l have the honor to state, in re ply to your letter of the 16th lost, that, although the balance in my hands appears to be very large, it will not be more than sufficient for the settlement of the out standing claims upon me. I enclose letter received yesterday from the dis trict attorney, showing my individual lia bility for the judgments obtained against me. I received notice trom Mr. Lord yesterday, that he would issue execution against my furniture, unless [paid the amount of the several judgments forth ' with. I paid of course. The next Court will pass upon twice as large amount. The notices of protest served upon mo for duties paid and passed to the credit of the Treasury, are estimated at between 5200,000 and $:100,,00:;, and the Circuit Court decided that the Collector, bring alone liable, ought not to pay the duties into the Treasury. In addition to these immense liabilities, the settlement of damages, when the parties have paid lull duties on damaged goods, which cannot be adjusted by the present Collector, must take a large sum, and .annot nil ibe brought in under three months. I hope, therefore, that you will not consider the I present balance in my hands at all. pa reusonable• I am, &c., SAMUEL SWART WOUTt. ' Hon. LEVI WOODBURY. I Secretary of the Treasury, Wa(ah ington, The Secretary of the treastiry, on the 16th April, addieirsed a letter to the First Comptroller of the Treasury , statinal the amount in the hands Of Mr. Swartw tit, 1 and asking the Comptroller "to thkt all proper steps to' have his accouh is ad, as ted and settled as early a period as my he practicable, and to have the balnice not in dispute, or to cover what is in dis pute, soon ascertained and paid over. Nothing more appears to . have been done in this matter until Nov. when dis closures made to the Department excitad suspicions of a larger iw , ebtedness than tint acknowledged; and it is to the cane and vigilance of Mr. Swartwout's succes sor that the Department was, in a great measure, indebted for the discovery of the further defalcation. The total amount of Cie Ex-Collector's defalcation, "is computed on the last date attainable," is stated at 81,374,119. There is an oliset of a subsequent payment of 1530,009 by Mr. S.'s agent, and some oth er deduction from the amount. But the Secretary says, “it is feared that. the whole amount of the defalcation wit! not prove to have been less than a million and a quarter of dollars." . The following "memorandum" fivrn Mr. IfJyt, the present Colkepi of the port of N. V., a copy of which wig each,' seri by Mr. Secretary Woodluvy to the Solicitor of the 'frsAsury, shows the sup posed particulars of Mr. Svractwout's de falcat;on:
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