0 admitting, the truth of the adage. ~Whom the Gods intend for destruction.l they first make crazy." Enough has been said. Our notions have now been given without concealmeni or reserve. e arc the champion, us far as our feeble aorta will serve us, of thy voice of Ohio, as it has been twice ex• pressed. Our flag is spread to the wind, to be lowered only when the properly con stituted National Convention shall sup ply us with another and a better. From the New York Journal of am U. S. CIRCUIT COURT-May 1. Judges THOMPSON and BETTS presiding.' Cornelius Wilhelms and Joseph Vet' Bruggen were put on their trials for the murder of Arnel F. Turley, Captain of the brig Braganzi, on the sth of August, 11158, on the high seas. The prisoners ,being foreigners, the Jury was composed of one half aliens and the remainder A , merican citizens. Robert Moore examined--In July and August last, I was 2d mate of the brig Bra ganza; she sailed from Philadelphia on the 7th July; Arnel F. Turley was captain Thomas Vanderslice was Ist mate, and I was 2d mate; there was tour able seamen and a boy, who had shipped as an ordina ry seaman. Cornelius Wilhelins and Jo seph Ver Bruggen, the prisoners in Court, were part of the crew; they were known as Bill and Joe; there was another man known as Harry, who shipped at Philadel phia, under the name of John Adams; there was also a man named Hanz Knewd. son, and 1 boy who was called Jam; I did not then know his proper name. He is now in Court and is called by the name of James Davy; there was a colored cook named Thomas Brown, these 9 men com posed the officers and crew. Mr. Deihl the owner of the brig,and Mrs. Deihl and , the Captain's wife, were passengers. , On Saturday night the sth of August, 1 left the deck a quarter after 12 o'clock, and the chief mate, Vanderslice, took charge of it. I can't say positively what seamen were on deck, but I know it was Vanderslice's watch then; Bentz and Joe belonged to his watch, and Adams and Wilhelms belonged to my watch. I don't know if the seamen of my watch re mained on deck. The eldest of the pris oners is Wilhelms, and the other is Joe Ver Bruggen. When I left the deck I returned to my berth in the state room of the cabin. The captain and his wife were in bed in the starboard berth, and the owner and his wile in the larboard berth. The state room in which I slept was farther forward than the berths in the cabin. I fell asleep un til about two o'clock, when I was awoke by a cry of murder on the deck; I thought the voice crying murder was that of the chief mate, and (believe so still; I heard the cry twice repeated after I awoke and I then heard a scuffle; I leaped out of bed and went into the cabin and found the captain and Mr. Deihl getting out.-1 went straight on deck, the captain having just preceded me; he was not then armed to my knowledge. I was at the bottom of the steps and he was at the top, going up; on reaching the deck I saw a person lying on deck with his head hanging down the companion way; it was a bright night, but .the person was so covered with blood that I did not know hire until he spoke to me, and I then recognized him to be Vander slice. The whole crew were on deck when I went up. As soon as I came on deck I found Joe (Ver Bruggen) engaged with the captain, and it appeared that the men of my watch, Bill and Adam, had not then engaged in the scuffle, but they did so immediately . after. f found Joe fighting with a pump break in his hand, & If ilhelins had a sheath knife in his hand; Hantz or Adams had no weapons in their hands. I took a belaying in my hands to defend myself, and seeing Joe engaged with the captain, I struck at him, and 1 be lieve I also struck Bentz, who attempted to catch hold of me. Me then scuffled together, and he tripped me and I fell, and while down, Joe (Ver Bruggen) struck me with the handspike, and Harry (Adams) attempted to stab me, and in snaking the attempt cut off part of his own thgers. while the others were thus engaged with me, the two prisoners were engaged with the captain, who ran down to the cabin for some weapon of defence. In the mean time Williams and Adams went and open ed the gangway, which left an open place in the bulwarks so that a person could be easily thrown over. Hantz and I were still scuffing and two of them, Wilhelms and Adams took hold of me and attempt ed to launch me into the sea, and to the scuffle Rentz and I went overboard to gether. Neither of us, however, touched the water; we both caught hold of the guy rope cad got back. Some of the crew threw a roap to Rentz, and Joe (Ver Brag • gen) seeing me holding on, took a hand spike and struck me with it so as to frac ture my arm. The captain had in the meantime come on deck with a cutlass, which attracted Ver Bruggen,s attention, and he left me awl I got on deck in an ex• tremely exhausted condition, and badly wounded, and in that state I crawled down to the cabin, where I saw Vander slice lying at the bottom of the stair case. While 1 was crawling down I saw the cap. tain held down on the deck by the two prisoners, to whom he was begging foi mercy, saying "spare me for the sake of my poor wife, and I will forgive you eve rything you have done." As soon as .1 got into the cabin they spiked down the companionway, which prevented any per son from coming up from the cabin to as !lst the captain, I continued to hear the captain's cries for mercy during two or three minutes, and then every thing was still. After that I heard something fall on deck, and the cries were resumed, and in a few minutes I heard a splashing in the water , and heard a cry from the cap tain, who was floating on the sea, and who said, "oh: my God I - am dying." The brig was not then going more than two' knots an hour. I saw the captain in the water from the cabin window. and saw him fall astern of the vessel. While ing through:the window I saw him endeav ouring to swim, and heard him utter the same words repeatedly, and that was the last I heard of him. The vessel had pas sed away from him before he sunk. We were kept, confined in the cabin, and I did not come on deck until the 7th day after; every day we communicated with the crew through the cabin windows, and when we came on deck we found //R -heims had the command of the vessel. In our communications with the crew while we were confined in the cabin; they told us that they must put us out of the way in order to prevent themselves from being detected. if lien speaking to us on the subject they asked us for several things in the cabin which we refused to give, un til we knew what they would do with us. They did not intimate to us what they in tend to do with the vessel until a few hours prey ions to our leaviag her. In a few hours after they killed the Captain, they changed the course of the vessel, and in a few days after, they told its they were bound to the British Channel. We had requested them to let us on deck two or three days before they did, and they declined, but did not give their rea sons. In the course of our communica• tions they required us to give them the fire arms which were in the cabin, and there being no ainunition we consented to throw them overboard, and did so through the cabin window. They also requred us to give, up some of the nauctical instruments, end money, and threatened it we did not do so, to exclude all light and air from us, and they did put a plank across the deck lights the first morning, to prevent light coining in, On the morning of the 2d day they told us we had not given all the specie on board, and it we did not give it up they would find a way to make us. Ott the same morning they endeavored to suf focate us by burning something close to the bulkhead of the cabin. I hallowed to them and promised them that if they took away the smoke I would see if there was any more property in the cabin and give it to them, and they then removed the lire. Ali, and Mrs. Deihl were the first persons who went on deck when we were left !out of the cabin. On that morning they told us they could see a sail front the cross trees, and that if we wished to save our lives, this was the time, and they said they would give us the jolly boat. In a bout three hours after they said this, we were let on deck. Joe was then at the wheel, and the other four men were stan ding round the companionway. Each of them, except the boy had, either a knife or hatchet in his hand. Wilhelms represen ted himself as Captain, and Adams as first mate. Atter we got oo deck we ask ed for the long boat, which they at first refused, but afterwards gave it to us, and allowed the cook and Mr. and Mrs Deihl and Mrs. Turley and I, to go away in her. We left the mate languishino• ' of his wounds and too weak to be removed. lie left the brig at two o'clock in the afternoon, and she steered N. N E. and we seered S. S. E. and werelpicked up next day by a brig bound to Greenock in Scotland. I arrived here 26th of October last and never saw the prisoners since I left the vessel until this morning. The testimony of Capt. Diehl, the ow-i ner followed, and that of James Davy. I The latter 'confirmed the vinclusions to Iwhich the testimony of Robert Moore After the long boat had left the vessel, the mutineers threw the first mate over• board, although he was still alive. John Adams, one of the mutineers, hanged him self in prison at Emden, the second day latter he was arrested. After the mutineers had set ithe people adrift in the long bort, they steered for the British Channel, and continued their course until they reached n small Island near Hanover, where they ran the ship ashore and abandoned her, and went on to Emden, in the King of Hanover's domin ions, where the report of the piracy had already reached through the English news papers, in consequence of which the pris oners were arrested and sent here for trial. Thomas Brown, a colored man, who was cook on board the Braganza, was next ex amined, but his evidence • added nothing to what had been already adduced. lianz Knewdson, who has been also indicted for the same offence, was then brought into court to give evidence at the request ; of the prisoners, but declined doing so. lsio further evidence was offered, and the case went to the Jury about one o'- clock this morning, and they returned a verdict of guilty. A DMA' IS7W ATOR'S A 0710 E. TAKE notice that letters of Administra tion on the Estate of Thomas Forshey late of Henderson tp.lluntingdon co.dec'd have been ?ranted by the Register of Huntingdon Ca to the undersigned, therefore, all persons indebted to said Estate, are requested to make immediate payment, and those hay. mg claims against the same, arc requester to present them properly authenticates for settlement, without delay. DAVID SNARE, .Idminiatrotor Muy, 15 1839 j THE JOURN AL. 'One country, one constitution, one destiny Huntingdon, May 15, 1 539 Democratic 011itimasonic CANDIDATES. FOR PR EStDENT, GEN.WM. H. HARRISON kUR VICE PRESIDENT DANIEL WEBSTER. FLAG OF TIRE PEOPLE! (:k)" A single term for the Presidenev, and the office administered for the whole PEO- Pf.F,. and not for a 1 3 A 11' re A sound, uniform and convenient Na tional CURRENCY, adapted to the wants of the whole COUNTRY, instead of the SHIN PLASTERS brought about by our present RuLERS. reECONOMY, RETRENCHMENT, and R E • Fount in the administration of public affairs, ;0. - Tired of Experiments and Experi menters, Republican gratitude will reward unobstrusive merit, by elevating the sub laltern of WASHINGTON and the dosciple of JEFFERSON. and thus resuming the safe and beaten track of onr Fathers,—L. Gazette. Democratic Slate Convention. The fi lends of H ARRISON and WE ll- STER in the several counties of I'ennsyl• 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 Houn in Liar 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 tile Preaential Election in 1810, 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 11. Burrowes, Thomas Elder, Theo. Fenn, Amos Dim/err, Francis James, ll m R. Irwin, Ayres, Hamar Denny, Samuel 11. Fisher, ll illiam Smith, Ner Middleswarth, William McClure, George Mowry. Levi Merkel, Maxwell Kinkead. State Committee. Harrisburg, March 2, 1833. The .Idvocate--Its Lies and Our 4 geaders will excuse us for once more leaving our accustomed course, to bestow a word or two upon subjects so universally despised. We hive on more than one occasion, proved the various writers in the Advo cate, plain, palpable, wilful liars. It is unnecessary to do so again. Their cha ricters, as well as that of their guilty and exposed master, is written in letters of eternal shame; and will remain unoblite rated, until even their names shall be for gotten. But as Mr. Porter'sfyst, is anx. ious to add new laurels to his already cumbrous chaplet of infamy, we will weave him a crown, in which he will find more thorns than roses. A deluded dupe of a disgraced and guilty clique, who have formed the pan ders of Governor Porter. He has emp tied the vials of filth upon every man that dare tear off the veil from the defor mities of his master, and hold him in all his naked knaveries to the world. We have done so, and the political poaches and beagles, have more than once groaned under the well merited lash. Every thing that we have said, remains uccontradicted—the only answer has been a decoction of their malignauty and black guardistn heaped upon us. Still there stands the master, t.EXPOSED"—u ith out even an excuse to screen him from the contempt of (he honest,—and there creeps his dupe, like a guilty, and loath some thing to his kennel. If we tell the people of any of their new crimes, the beagle and the fyst bay forth their spleen, in charges against us. When the Executive chair was first disgraced, by the present guilty Execu tive, the editor of the Advocate was an applicant fur the Collector's office of this town. Ile was forced to drink the cup of disappointment ,—Porter knew his dupe. in sober solitude he heaped his im precations on Porter's head. In some of his spirited moments, when the vacant empire of his intellect was usurped by excited passion, his murmers rose above the silent workings of his heart, and he told the tale of his vexation, with no words of love for his master. His paper was even more than usually stupid. Too mad to praise—and too long a slave to dare to censure. In silence he brooded over his misfortunes, "nursing his wrath to keep it warm." For years he has been the miserable dependant upon paternal love, and the paltry wages of abject servitude. The master knew his tool, and while he protre red his cup of disgrace, he knew he was sure of his victim. Fortune favored him, and a little judgeship brought the suple ' knee-crooking knave again to his feet, wil ling as ever to lick his feet that spurned him, or yelp at the heels of his foes. We find him again at his old avocation, unable to write himself, he is pelting forth the tWadde of the Toni-tits, who pick up the crumbs from the Executive table. A short time since, he poured forth innumerable imprecations against Gov, Ritner for disregarding public opin. ion. Now he tamely praises the appoint• ment of the very refuse of society, over many of our most honest and deserving citizens. And the man who can steal five dollars, has five more reasons to endear hint to the executive, and becomes the pensioned plunderer of the people's rights, and this paltry pimp, doles forth the prai. ses of the "drunkards, prrjurers, gamb lers, rowdies and thieves,"—and his cur ses on those who dare expose them. Last week he has made a new charge. "lie take the largest drinks, and mare of them than any man in town." Our readers will well understand why he thinks so, He sees double! The magnifying powers of "blue ruin" tells the tale,—and among other things lie charges us with "shooting bull-frogs," to this awful charge we are willing to plead guilty; and by way of keeping our hand in, we have hurled some paper bullets at a poor load, who will bawl like "bloody-nouns" when pelted with stones. We now leave him in the hands of his own partisans, who dispise, pity and abhor him as a dupe, a dunce, and a beast; and let him mark the sneers of his friends, when associating with him—and he will then see the only reward he will ever ge for his venal duplicity as a willing cert . . f The Lehigh libel suit. Our readers are generally aware that, i during the last election campaign, a suit ) was brought by the editor of a Porter pa per against the editor of the opposition paper, for a libel upon Mr. Porter. That suit has lately been tried, and resulted in finding the defendant guilty. This ter mination of the suit has been the cause of, a renewed attack upon all those whose names were used to impeach the charac ter of Mr. Porter. Perhaps it will be well enough, to call the attention of our readers to the causes of said result. As far as we have learned any thing on the subject, we understand that the only causes, •vere the oath of the Governor himself—and the attack made upon the veracity and general character of Mr. Stonebraker. Unprecedented as it may seem, this "Injured Innocent," was him self a witness, to SWEAR, with his usual strength, that he was an innocent man. Would it not have appeared something more like honesty and truth, if some other person had been there to sound the trum pet of his fame--could he find none of his "dog keepers," who fir it couple of "short horns," would swear to what he wanted, without himself mounting the stand? Beside this, a regular attack was made upon the character of the Stonebra kers; and we are informed that every one of Mr. Porter's witnesses from this coun ty, with one exception, swore that Mr. Stonebraker "was not considered worthy of credit at home, nor would he be believed on his oath by his neighbors!" This is the kind of swearing that found the de fendant guilty, added to which, we have also learned that some of the jury decla red, before hearing the testimony, "that he should be found guilty, no matter what theevidence." Is there any wonder at the verdict? We understand that a motion is made for a new trial, which, if granted, will give the defendant an opportunity of producing the neighbors of Mr. Static broker, and showing what is his character --and what is the characters of those whose unholy oaths have impeached The charge of the Judge, we learn was to the effect, that if the jury believed Mr. Porter, the defendant was guilty; if they believed Mr. Stonebraker, he was inno cent. Thus Mr. Porter's oath, is the only evidence of his own innocence.—Which we should call a slender support for a character. The "Advocate" siguifys that the "con vict may be pardoned by the Governor," and be says the "only justification would be, that he was imposed upon by the infa mous libels of a common nuisance to soci ety—a fellow who cants about morality,' and violates without regret, all the rules' which regulate society--who plays poke with negroes and boys—robs widows and orphans, &c. &c."—Now we do not know why the Governor did not make this com mon nuisance the subject of his yen geance,--There would be no excuse for pardoning him. As our readers are all aware from the oft told lies about us, the Editor of this paper is the person alluded to, as having duped the above defendant into the above scrape. If they blame only those who deluded him! why not punish the guilty? answer us that, Master Brook. We said during the last election con test, that Mr. Porter transfered property, before taking the benefit, and retook it again into his hands, and we say it still. We said he owed men on his old debts-- and though reputed rich, he owed them yet--and again we tell the tale. We said he made an irreverent and blasphe mous use of the name of the Saviour—the charge is made again. We said, it was fraudalent insolvency to conceal proper ty from creditors, and take it again after swearing that such was not the case. Let those who think we fear the issue, read it again here. We said, that the man who did thus conceal his property —did thus swear—and did thus retake the price of his guilt, was A PERJURED KNAVE. It is here endorsed once more ; and the brand will blister on the burning forehead, until the knave and his knaveries sleep in the silent sepulchre of the dead, remembered only to be alo hored. Neither the threats nor abuse will frighten es, nor shall the jackalls of the great lion hunt us long, without find• ing us ready for the encounter. We fear them not; and nothing but oaths more guil ty than the first, can convict us of crime. We said that we was disposed to treat Mr. Pt Her with the respect due to the Governor of this great state, but we also said, that when our teritory etas inva ded the same weapons should defend it to the last. Nor are we to be reviled and slandered, by the pensioned liars and drunken dupes of a corrupt cabal, with out teaching both the slaves and their dri ver, that "though our broad sword fails at last it shall be long and well laid on." We shall treat him with proper respect, while he and his menials do the same by us. But as we believe ourself more hon est, more sober, and withal!, more deser ving of respect than any one of them, we shall do no more. The "Advocate" says, we "cant about morale." If the editor of that print, who by the by spirihualizes more than he mo ralizes, would do even that much in the same cause, it would be so much more than he has ever done yet in virtue's be half. Practice he never will. Let him give some moral precept, and tell his read ers, to do as he says, and not as he does. As soon as we can get a report of the trial we shall, if not to long publish it for our readers. Pennsylvania Legislature. Revolutionary Conduct of the !louse. In accordance with the adjournment the legislature met last week, and thei; first step was one which should consign every actor to lasting infamy—infamy more immortal than their names. Thaddeus Stevens, Esq. presented him self as a duly elected member from Ad ams county; when Mr. NI'El wee of Bed ford, rose and objected to his admix pion, on account of his moral character,—and finally the house consumated their crime by voting, that Mr. Stevens should not be admitted at present. That our read- 1 ers may learn who this guardian of morals, is, we take his portrait from the "Harris- 1 burg Intelligencer,"—look at it! "'NomAs B. APELwEss assail the mod ral character of any man! Oh tempora ! !I A man whose bloated visage bespeaks to all who behold him, the sensual inaulgeLcc j of the wearer! Such an object of scorn and detestation to prate of "morality !" It is a profanation of the term. Before he assails the characters of others, he ought to clear his own skirts of sonic oil the foul stains his behaviour has cast up. on them.--Let him take back the abused. !partner of his bosom, who has been dri yen by his brutality from home and fire , side;—let him fulfil the duties of husband father and citizen; abjure the habits of s sot and debauches; retrieve his lost cha t racter; and redeem his plighted vows. Ile may then inquire into the moral bear ings of others with more propriety, al though the unobliterated "records" o Bedford county will still stare him in th face." Think fellow citizens of the conduct of this "Ifopkin's house." In Decembei last, the party under whose banner they fight, raked up from every cavern of crime their bullies and "dog keepers," to come to Harrisburg to fight into their seat, some members of their party who they feared would be excluded. They called them "Indignant Freemen," whose love of country brought them there to defend the lights of the people. Yet this same body who talked so much about violated laws, refused a member a seat—although they admit he was duly elected. Whete are their "Indignant Freemen"--why are they not now protecting the people's rightsl Ah nu! The constitution and laws are an idle song, and party is the God of their idolatry. For party they trampled it un. der their feet then, and for party they do it now, The people were told that they were too honest and free to permit such a dis regard of their will; and the mob of hi red ruffians, led on by the committee of safety was called the people. There was no mob! was the cry by the insulted peo ple claiming their rights. Where are the insulted people now? Do not the people now see the proof that the virtuous cith zens claiming their rights," were but a band of hired bullies. And why do they dread the presence of Mr. Stevens in the Hall? Why did eiey refuse to hear him in his own defence. They know of his gigantic powers, they have heard his fervid eloquence, and the fear his presence. They intend to tram ple upon the provisons of the new consti tution, and they fear his warning vole: will wake up and alarm the people. The know their numbers will overwhelm him and chain his powers, but the echoes o his words will reach the utmost confine. of the State, and their crimes will be written with pen of steel, on the hearts o every honest Pennsylvanian. Mr. Ste yens was a member of the conventio which framed that constitution, and h knows wharconstruction was intended t be put upon it; and if they disregard it requireMents, it will be done against ligh and reason, Hut no matter, they have refused him a seat in the House, and the speaker hi refused to swear him in. This is the firAt movement of this revolutionary mobe, cratic administration. They desire ti retain the old patronage; and they think if they neglect to pass the necessary laws the appointing power will remain in Por ter's hands, and those provisions whet allow the people to elect their officers will be a dead letter. Will the people o. this county submit to such usurpations?— we trust not. On the second days meeting, Mr. liet• terwell of Adams, demanded that Mr Stevens be sworn in. The speaker, con. trary to all common usage, told in effec , some of his partisans to make a motion or he should be obliged to swear hint;-- which was done, although the speaket said it was his duty to swear him in. It was his duty, because it was the cnly busi• ness then before the house. A message was received vetoing the local appropriation bill. NVheiTuponjohs, hill said he was very sorry the execui iv, had seen fit to veto the bill. Indeed h( was very sorry he had taken the course lie did. They passed also a bill for the pay men , of a clerk to the Commissioners of t h e Internal Iml rovement Fund, thus they go on making new offices. ISTritoriat Smnintavv. A case is reported in the Boston Sur/ gical Journal of the amputation of the foot of a young lady, caused by having tread upon a cambric needle. Ilow necessary then, that females should carefully pick up the needle which too often is allowed to lie heedlessly where it had fallen. The Ledger gives us another account of a 'Smash up' on the rail road. A car was carelessly pushed over the top of the plane, at Schuylkill, by some of the row dies, who now constitute the police of the road. It ran into the descending cars, and broke then► to atoms, and the whis key with which they were laden lest; ;ouch to the regret of the 'dog kerpitq' guardians of die road.
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