RAIL ROAD MEETING.
At a large and respectable meeting of the
citizens of - Antis township, convened in the
public school-room, on Friday evening, the
15th day of March, for the purpose of ex
pressing their views with regard to the pro
posed rail road from Hollidaysburg to Hunt
"'gdon.
The meeting was organized by appointieg
D. G. HUNTER., President; JACOB bow
and JOSEPH Iloixas, junr. Vice Presidents ;
and Joseph Buttenhurg and Joseph Green,
Esq. Secretaries.
On motion, the Chair appointed a commit
tee of twenty to report a preamble and reso
lutions for the consideration of the meeting ;
who, after rettring for a short time, made,
through John Campbell, their chairman, the
following report:
In view of the rapidly increasing trade up
on the main line of our public improvements,
which, although now very considerable, may
as yet be said to be but in its infancy, and of
the much greater amount which will crowd
upon this great thoroughfare, when the Erie
extension, and the cross cute to intersect the
Ohio meals shall be finished, we are induced
to believe it of vital importance to the State
that this main line be made as perfect as pos
sible, in every past. Past experience has
clearly shown that the parts of this line ex
tending on the west side of the Alleghenies,
from Johnstown to Blairsville, and cn the east,
from Ilollidaysburg to Huntingdon, are in
capable of passing, without serious delay, the
small amount of business now done for several
months in the season, from the want of a suf
ficient quantity of water, and if such is the
undeniable fact now, how much more serious
ly will this want be felt when the tonnge
shall increase tenfold, as it inevitably will dot
With regard to the western part, we presume
it may be strengthened by reservoirs in some
degree, or by making a rail road to Blair.
ville; but, we think, the part between Holli
daysburg and Huntingdon can be most effec
tually strengthened by constructing the pro
posed rail way between those points, for.
although this portion is probably capable of
passing as great an amount of tonage, when
in good order and having a sufficiency of
water, as any other canal in the state, yet,
from the great number of dams upon it, the
giving away of any one of which must be a
very serious interruption to transportation,
and from the fact, that for several months dur
ing the summer and fall, there it a great in
adequacy of water, which, if it should even
in some degree be remedied by the construc
tion of resorvoire, yet any aid which can be
expected from them will be more than coun
terbalanced in the increase of trade on this
great thoroughfare. In a word, we conceive
that if this road was constructed, it would but
little, if any, more than place this point on a
par with the other strong parts, and there will
be found quite as much to pass as both canal
and rail road will be able to accommodate,
especially during the fall months. These
facts and reasons, with others we might urge,
lead us to form the opinion, that it is the
imperious interest of the state to construct,
without delay, the proposed extension of the
Portage rail-way to Huntingdon.
Therefore,
RetolvedL-That our Senators and Repre
sentatives be, and are hereby, requested to
urge upon the Legislature, at its present ses
sion, the necessity of adopting measures for
the immediate commencement of said road.
Resolved—That, in the opinion of this
meeting, the most desirous and advantageous
route for the construction of said road will be
found to be from Hollidaysburg through Lo
gan's Valley to Huntingdon, as this route
passes through one of the richest mineral and
manufacturing districts in the state—is ge
nerally level, and passing as it does within a
few miles of the head of the Bald Eagle navi
gation, with which it may easily be connected
by a rail road, thereby insuring to the state
two entire lines of communication between
Hollidaysburg and the mouth of the Juniata
at Duncan's Island.
On motion, the preamble and resolutions
were unanimously adopted.
On motion,
Resolved—That the proceedings of this
meeting be forwarded to our Senators and
Representatives, and published in the papers
of Hollidaysburg and Huntingdon.
Adjourned.
D. G. HUNTER, President.
Liens MOW,
. Vice Presidents.
JONEPII HOLLAN,
JOSCPII GREEN, Secretaries.
JACOB BUTTZLIBURO,
From the Madisontan.
REPORT OF THE INVESTIGATING
COMMITTEE.
We have before us a document of 296
pages, containing the reports of the ma
jority and minority of the select commit
tee of the House, on the defalcations of
Swartwout, Price and! other Executive
officers. That of the majority occupies
261 pages. which, after the prefactory re
marks, is divided into six parts.
Part lst.--The defalcations of Mr. Swart
wont, which is embraced under
three branches.
Ist Branch. Their extent.
2d Branch. Their duration.
3d Branch. Their causes.
Ist Cause. "The irresponsi
bility :cf Mr. Swartwout
in pecuniary character at
the time of his appointment
to office."
2d Cause. '•Culpable dis- 1
rega-d of law and neglect of
official duty by the late Na
val!officer at New York, (E.
T. Troop, now Charge at
Naples.)
5d Cause: "Culpable disre
gard of law and neglect of
official duty, by the First
Auditor of the Treasury."
4th Case, "Culpable disre
gard of law and neglect of
duty, by the late and pres
ent Comptrollers of the
Treasury."
sth Cause. "The discontinu
ance of the use of banks as
depositories of the public
moneys, and permitting the
same to accumulate in the
hands of Mr. Swartwout."
6th Cause. The negligence
and failure of the Secretary
of the Treasury to discharge
his duty as the head of the
Treasury Department, char
ged by the law with the
superintendence of the col-
lection of the revenue."
Part 21. The defalcations of W . M.
Price.'
Part 3d, 'The correctness of the returns
which have been made by
the present collector and
naval officer at the port of
New York.'
Part 4th. Defalcations among receiv
ers of the public money,'
giving the correspondence
between the 'Treasury De
partment and fifteen receiv
ers who are defaulters, to
gether with the amount of
which each one now owes
the Government.
Part sth. Facts connected with the fore
going defalcations, and dee
med material to develope
their true character.'
Part 6th 4 11 r. napkin's special concur
rence in the report of the
committee'
The cause of the report being so very
voluminous, is owing to the committee, in
all cases, embodying into it the laws which
now exist, and the evidence taken by
them from their journal, upon which they
draw the conclusions which they put forth
in our opinion, it will be impossible for
any one nut predetermined to resist the
light of truth, to read the facts and evi•
dente contained in the report, and not ar•
rive:at the same conclusions the majority
of the committee have.
We do not remember to have read any
thing so damning as the proofs against the
Secretary of the Treasury, (111 . tVeodbu•
y,) showing his neglect to ;perform the
duties that the law thvolved upon him as
the bead of that Department, as well as
his neglect, imbecility and utter incom
petency to fill that station.
Well may the official organ strive to
draw public attention oil from the report
and the facts it developes, by ascribing it
to the pens of Mr. Smith, Mr. Wise, or
Mr. any one else. IVe care not who drew
up the report; that is not the subject for
the American', people to discuss!. The
facts in the report are what will engage
, their attention.
We would recommend to every mangy
opposed to the present administration and
its measures, who is a candidate before'
the people in the coming elections, to ob
tain one of these reports, and read to them
the facts it contains, that will do more to
open theit eyes in regard to the miserable
imbecility and misrule of those now in
power, and through them of the plunder
of the public treasure by the executive a
gents, than all the arguments they can
make.
We wish one of the reports could be
sent to every town in the U. States, and
the citizens assemble to hear it read.
We will hy the report before our read.
ere in parts as fast as room permit. The
paper called the report of the minority, is
a contemptible piece of special pleading,
wholly unworthy of our notice.
---.0 es.—
Police Office.
LOVE AND LARCENY.--A grave corn,
plaint, which had rather a ludicrous de
nouement, u as made yesterday at the Po
lice office by a Mr. Paul Ware, who keeps
a dry good store in John street.
Ware is a sage looking gentleman, some
fifty years old, and the person he com
plained of is a blooming young lady, na
med Catherine B. Skinner, about five and
twenty. The young woman it appeared,
had been for some time in Mr. Ware's
employment, and according to his state
ment had robbed him of sundry pieces of
silks, satins and other articles to numer
ous to mention, amounting in all to the
sum of $165, which articles, or a great
part of them, were fonnd at the lady's
lodgings. In reply to so serious a charge
the lady alleged, that, in the fi rst place,
the property foundwith her was her own,
and formed the balance of a stock of
goods remaining since she had been doing
bminess on her own account, and second
ly, the lady allegeti that Mr. Ware's coin
' plaint was occasioned not by her larceny,
but his love, which, unfortunately, she
was unable to return, notwithstanding
his being such a good looking man of his
years, and so well calculated to make a
steady, sober, well behaved husband. In
proof of the old gentleman's amorous in
tentions towards her, the lady produced
several love letters from him, in which he
vowed the most ardent attachment for
her, and painted in vivid colors all the
happiness that awaited her on becoming
Mrs. Ware. Some of the letters were
in verse, and some in prose, and contain
ed such extraordinary similies, metaphors
and metre, that it may be very safely said
neither Acacreno or Sappho ever wrote
any thing like them, nor probably could
write any thing like them had they even
lived to the age of Mr. Ware himself.
Justice Hopson read the love letters,
with considerable attention, and they had
such a mollifying effect on him that he
could not bear to put so angelic a being as
they represented the lady to be, into pris
on, and he therefore discharged her on her
own recognizance.—/ V, Y. Journal of
Commerce.
CROIX AND ITS DETEcnort.—During a
public sale at New Lisbon, Ohio, Mr. F.
Skinner, of that place, had his pocket I
'picked of a pocket book containing up- 1
wards of $3OOO. Suspicion, it appears,
Isom rested upon a man named David Rob
inson, a resident of Franklin Squi.re, in
!that county, as the operator. He was
ac
icordingly pursued to his home, and the
money, all hut a very small sum, found in,
!his possession. He was committed to the'
ijail of Columbiana county, to await his
trial.
THE JOURNAL.
'One country, one constitution, one destiny
Mantingdon, March 27, I 839
Democratic antimasonic
CANDIDATES.
FOR PRESIDENT,
GEN. WM, H. HARRISON
FOR VICE PRESIDENT
DANIEL WEBSTER.
FLAG OF TUE PEOPLE!
fy., A single term for the Presidency, and
the office cdminiaered for the whole PEO
PLE. and not for a PARTY.
a - A sound, uniform and convenient Na•
tional CURRENCY, adapted to the wants of
the whole COUNTRY, instead of the SHIN
PL ASTERS brought about by our preset' ,
RULERS.
re'EcoNomy, RETRENCHMENT, and RE
FORM in the administration of public affairs,
a7-Tired of Experiments and Experi
menters, Republican gratitude will reward
unobstrusive merit, by elevating the sub—
altern of WASHINGTON and the dosciple of
JEFFERSON. and thus resuming the safe and
beaten track of onr Fathers,—L. Gazette.
Democratic Slate Convention.
The friends of HARRISON and WEB
STER in the several counties of Pennsyl
vania, are requested to appoint delegates
equal in number to their members in the
State Senate and House of Representa
tives, to meet at the Court House in Har
risburg., at 12 o'clock, M. on
WEDNESDAY, 22d of May, 1839.
For the purpose of nominating a ticket of
Electors, to be voted for by the people of
Pensvlvanta,:at the Presidential Election
in 1840, and pledged, if elected, to sup
port the candidates for President and
Vice President of the United States set
tled by the Democratic Anti-Masonic
National Convention, which was held in
Philadelphia in November, 1833.
Thomas IL Burrowes,
Thomas Elder,
Theo. Fenn,
Amos Ellmaker,
Francis James,
m. R. Irwin,
Dilliam Ayres,
liarmar Denny,
Samuel IL Fisher,
liilliam Smith,
Ner Middleswarth,
Million McClure,
George Mowry.
Levi Merkel,
Maxwell Kinkead.
State Committee.
Harrisburg, March 2, 1839.
County Meeting.
Iu pursuance of the above request of the
State Committee, the Democratic Anti• :
Masonic friends of lIARRISON ANo
WEBSTER, in Huntingdon County, are
invited to meet at the Court House in the
borough of Huntingdon on Tuesday even
ing, the 9th of April, for the purpose of
electing one Senatorial and two Repre
sentative Delegates, to attend the Demo
cratic State Convention, which will meet
in Harrisburg on the 22d of Ofay, to nom
inate a Harrison Electoral ticket.
By the County Conimittee.
DAVID BLAIR,
CA rman
County Meeting.
We call the earnest attention of every,
friend of old 'Tip,' to the necessity of the
meeting on Court week, We trust that
no man will prove laggard in that cause.
He is the man of, and from the people.'
With him, we can triumph—without him,
every thing is in danger. Old Hunting
don loves too well the hero of her coun
trys wars, to pass the call neglectfully by.
Be up and doing? Let every man who
can, attend,
Advertisement for a Loan.
We shall have to advertise for a loan.
if our patrons do not remember us on
Court week. And the chances are that
we would come oft no lbetter than Govern
nor Porter; and we have no bank stock to
sell. Of course, we shall depend on our
friends to 'pony up,'
Precept vs Practice, again .
To-day the Legislature of the State ad.
journs to meet again in May, to enjoy
the cool breezes of capitol hill during the
hot days of summer.
It is the imperative duty of the people
t o watch with careful guardianship, the
doings of those entrusted with the perfor
mance of delegated powers. If thei r •
ervants are allowed to run wild with
their fantasies, regard less alike of the
wishes or interests of their masters.—
Trust us! they lead lives of idleness, or
folly, or nattiness.
The present session is ended; and as a
sentinel upon the outward wall, i c is our
duty to direct the attention of the people
to the doings of men in high plac es. Not
as an inviduous enemy, but as a watchful
friend of all.
We purpose then, in calling their at
tention to the course of the prevent Leg
islature, to bring up to the recollc ction of
( some of the sterling friends of tint pres
ent party in power—their own sentiments
as it regards the calling of an extra ses
sion. As they claimed honesty of pur
pose in using the language, theyare bound
to allow it to us, provided that the argu
ments used by them against the extra ses.
sion called in 1836, are equally•(we say
more) applizable to the present case.
We care not a fig for the jaundiced opin
ions of any old political profligates, whe
ther of one party or the other. is the
honest, unpolluted, and libert 7 -loving
hewers of wood and drawers of water—
those who desire the welfare of the State
more than the triumph of party—who
glory more in the prosperity oil their
country, than in the unhallowed acram
blcs for the spoils, among even thei r own
party friends-----that we address ours elves,
and we shall oiler them the words of so
berness and truth.
When Gov. Ritner came into po ever,
an;enormous state tax oppressed the peo
ple— the Treasury was bankrupt—:,n the
future was dimly seen the public in 'prove
ments abandoned: unless Legislative and
Executive wisdom could providi the
"ways and means" fur their cont . ', matioa
—and a public school system ye't in its
infancy, openly and publicly opposed, be
cause of the inadequacy of it a funds—
under all these difficulties he took the
reins of State Government. He met
every crisis, overcame every d &faculty—
the Treasury was replenished—the Itn.
provetrent system was urged forward
with a renewed impulse—and th .e genial
sun of general education beame d in me
ridian brightness--and the late, it genius
of the poor man's son, v as warn ed into a
'vigorous and rapid growth by ils happy
influence.
All this was done during tht first ses
sion of the Legislature, whicl closed its'
labors on the second of Apri I, and they
adjourned to meet adain in May!—aud
why did they adjourn? Lest some have
forgotten the circumstances, • ave will say
why they (hen adjourned to meet again.
At the session of the same ye sr, Congress
was called upon to enact a new appor
tionment bill under the new census; after
which it was necessary for e itch Legisla
ture to new district the Stott.. The tardy
motions of the ultra Lo eo Foco con
gress of that session, neglected to act upon
that measure until late in its session; and
consequently our legislature could not
act until congress had firkt given them
the ratio of representation, as the basis of
their operation. They had no a Iternative
—they must either actiourn, or doe lou.ige
'about Harrisburg until congress deemed
fit to act. They were in fact for ted to
do so by the Loco Foco congress. Inde
pendant of all this we have shown that
they had already spent a session o.f ex
traordinary toil—resulting in much and
lasting good to the State.
And what was the conduct of th tse
worthy patriots, who have prated rev
years about the abuses of Ritner's admin
istration. It is of no use for us to tell!
Let their own mouths speak—out of their
own words will we condemn them. Hear
them!
"We have waited patiently for a week to
see what 'manner t.f defence the supporters
of the administration would make for this
most extraordinary measure. But we have
waited in vain. They must meet again at
mid-summer, to riot and revel on the peo
ples' money to the amount of $60,000 at,
least.—.4dvocate & Sent. March, 30, 1836.
Now reader, does the same writer wait
patiently to see what manner of defence
the supporters of this administration, set
up for doing the same thing. Do you
hear him now, sending up his heart-ren
ding wails, at the prodigal rioting amid
the dear people's money. 'Will it cos t
any less now. And what has this legisla
ture done? run the State in debt, three
!millions of dollars! But let us hea r l
1 another one. 1
"They have blustered, bullied, deceived,
and falsified; and their last movement the
adjournment to a period in May, is but ano
ther step towards renewed violation of fix
ed roles and popular rights."—April, 13th.
"I'he Legislature have agreed to adjourn
on the 2d of April, to meet again on the 3d
Monday in May. This we presume is more
of the premised reform. The members are
paid their mileage, going home and return
ing to Harrisburg. The extra charge upon
the people may not exceed 40 or 50,000
de:flars--but this is a small item in the new
mode of reform and retrenchment,"—
March, 23d.
The above extracts are from the Hunt.l
ingdon Gazette of the dates annexed.
How eloquent upon the wrongs of the
people--the poor, dear, honest people!
Where is all their eloquence now? Will
not the present legislature get their mile.
age going home and returning to Harris
burg? will not the people have to pay 40 or
$50,000 for this extra session? How very
conscientious about the people's money!
How very honest then! Would any body
suppose that the writer of the above,
would tamely stand by and see the same
wickedness practiced by his own friends?
Yet it is so.
Let us hear another of these royal
guardians of the people.
"A Summer Session! only think of that in
these days of Reform, economy, correction
of abases &c. This extra Session ,will cost
the state more thrn FIFTY THOUSAND DOL
LARS."---Jun. Free Press,
How they were shocked at the squan.
dering of the peoples' money then. Now
they see their legislature paying out of the
State Treasury. bullies for creating a mob;
but they are silent; they see them call a
"Summer Session, only think of that;" and
they do not say a word. Do you not
think they are very honest!
One more, and we are done with these
consistent people-loving democrats! Heav
en save the mark!
" This is the most barefaced attempt to
filch the money from the pockets of the
people, and is the first attempt of the kind
since the adoption of the constitution. Gov
Shultze, once convened a legislature fresh
from the ranks of the people. There was
no travelling backward and forward at the
peoptee expense. The insulted majority
will bring them to a settlement on the se
cond Tuesday of October, and exhibit some
thing they are little dreaming of."--.4dv
and Sentinel; March 23, 1836.
And what will the same writer say of
the second 'attempt of the kind;' this 'bare
faced attempt to filch the money out of
the pockets of the people.' Silent as the
tomb; not one word about the insulted ma.
jority.
The truth is, they were trying to make
the people ',think, they were honest, that
they might get hold of the spoils. They
succeeded, and let the honest of all par
ties remember what we say. They wi9
enact all the villiany they may have lear.
ned from the misconduct of any of Rit
ner'e administration, in addition to all
that their own prolific and corrupted na
tures have invented, and learned from
other sources. We have produced their
own words and show that they are doing
the very things which they condemned,
in Railer; out upon such time serving hyp
ocrites. Will the people learn not to be
deceived?
VVellerisms.
As it is becoming very fashionable,
among our fratern;ty, to attempt to be
witty, after the style of Samivel Weller,
Esq.; we have concluded that we may as
well make one of the number, who can
manufacture Wellerisms, at least as fast,
if not as good as any one; and we will be
gin with
POLITICAL WELLRERISMS,
"Shoemaker, stick to your last"— as
the Governor said to---, when Ise
asked an apppointment.
"Werry friendly indeed"—as the mud•
boss said to the snapping turtle, when by
way of shaking hands, it took a masonic
grip of his big toe.
"I'lle D—l hates cripples"—aa Davy
R. said to Pat Madden, when he told him
, he could get no appointment.
"That's the way to tell it,"—as the
i tog-keeping butcher said of Senator Brown
A vhen he called on the mob in the Senate,
tt it blood.
"You are all my own"—as the D-1 1
sai,l tothe dead Loco Foco.
Werry petikler"— as the canal Corn- ' I
miss toners said to an applicant for Super. l
intendant, (not recommended by the Gov
ernor) who declined a mud•boss-ship.
"Lie that's born to be hung, will not be
drove; aed" —as the drunken mud-boss
said N when he fell into the Aughwick.
"P stience is a virtue"—as Job said,
1 when Lie re—built the coffer dam.
"Give us a shance"—as the collector
said, whi In he told the canal Commission
ers they t :ould not out•gencral him.
"Here we meet too soon to part"—as
the Bedford Colonel said to the glass of
gin.
"Pennsylvania never cheated her credi
tors"—as the Governor said, when he -
heard the loan was not taken.
"Wanton kittens makes sober old rats" .
as the moralist said, when he voted fo,
Governor Porter.
"They that hide": can find"—as the old
Fox said when he went to Stonebreake,
for the bonds.
.The better day the betted deed"—as;
the Governor said when he trained his ,
,horses on Sunday.
"Sly knavery, is too much for hones!,
wisdom"--as the man said when Ritnet:
was beat.
"A wcrry strong family likeness"—m ,
old nick said when he attended the latti,
Inauguration.
•'More fools more fun"—as the Ritnri
man said, when he heard of number of the.
applicants for office.
"Human blood is all of one color"—a F
the Vice President said, when told that
his children had black Aim.
"Give the Devil his due"—as we said
when we give the pedigree of the Iron
Grey.
"J this is freedom for you"—as the dog
keeper said, when he shouted 'kill the
Speaker' in the Senate,
"Save himself whc can"—as Swartwout
said when he shipped for Europe.
"I shall rise when the rest do"—as the
Loco Foco said when he lay in the gutter.
"What you ask is disagreeable"--as
the Spruce creek squire told Samuel Stur
geon.
"Money must first be procured"—as
the Governor told the 'indignant freemen'
when they wanted their pay.
"The way of the transgressor is hard:"
as the Governor said hcn he was a can
didate for office.
"A damnable blunder"—as the mud
boss said, when laughed at fur building
his dam below the guard lock.
"There are few men who do not set
uglier value on their money, than their
faith"—as the man said who put his
money out °fills hands "to take the benc.
',fit•
Or - fre have receivedneidier the Feb.
nor March numLer of the .Gentleman's
Magazine." The Gentleman who con
ducts it mill find that we have furnished
,the required quid pro quo, by a reference
Ito our columns. Can the publisher give
us the why?
At a late election for township officers
in the b trough of Northampton. There
was a regular organization of the Loco
Foco pm ty, and a regular drill. But af
ter all their trouble the Detnomats beat
them handsomly. It annoys them very
much; they lay all the blame upon some of
their own simple partisans.
!ENN'A. LEGISLATURE
The Senate spent the whole of Satur
day 16th., in discussing the bill, for the
payment of the troops. The house done
nothing.
On Monday, the Senate passed some
local bills of minor importance.
In the House, the 6 million Improve
ment bill was brought up. An amend
ment was offered by Mr. Cunningham,
for an appropriation for a rail road, from
Hollidaysburg to this place—lost.
On Tuesday in the Senate, the pay.
went of the troops was again brought up,
and all the mob scenes were rehearsed and
defended by different speakers—nothing
done. In the House, their time was spent
in setting up bricks.
On Wednesday, the Senate again spent
all day :talking—dove nothing. In the
House, they agreed to meet twice a day ;
and done nothing in the morning; and
worse than nothing in the afternoon—
fighting about the dignity of Charley Pray,
On Thursday the Senate again spent
the whole day talking about the pay of the
troops; during the session, there was some
pretty severe handling of some of the Lo_
co Focosi Parsons, the new Senator, hav
ing said on sone occasion, that Ritner
was a coward; Nr. Ewing . told him that
he dare not tell, either the Governor nor
any of his name so; or he would find his
own courage put to an unpleasant test;
and further told him, that "he had never
cheated hts Creditors." In the House
they spent all day setting up bricks; (of
fering amendment to the Improvement
bill). On Friday, they knocked them all
down, by voting down the whole bill.