Resolved, That Thaddeus Stevens Esq having been elected a representative from Adams county by a majority of tour. teen hundred votes, and said election not having been disputed, it is not in the pow er of either the House or a committee of the House to set aside the expressed will of a majority of the people. Resolved, That the committee appoint ed to inquire whether said Thaddeus Ste vens has.not forfeited his right to a seat as member of the House of Representatives of Pennsylvania, be discharged from a fur ther consideration of the subject. Resolved, That upon taking the neces nary qualifications, Thaddeus Stevens be forthwith admitted to a seat. The Bill vetoed by Gov. Porter was cal led Alp when Mr. Hill of Westmoreland, took occasion to express his disapprobation of the course of the Governor; McElwee, tried to explain, and by way of excuse said "THERE IS NOT A DOLLAR IN THE TREASURY —THE LAST LOAN IS NOT TAKEN, and the late `session has already increased the State 'debt a million"—What do the Farmers think of thin mhnission by one of the par ty leaders; the veto was sustained; as it required two thirds to pass the bill. On Tuesday in the Senate, the qualifi cation of A. H, Read, was discussed, and his nomination, to the P:esident Judgship of the district composed of Warren and some other counties, was, we arc happy to say, rejected. In the House, a Bill was cffered pro vidiag for the election of canal commis sioners, one each year by the people, and we rejoice to find that the oppenents of the present administration, the real Demo. crate advocated the measure while the Lo cos, with one honorable exception oppo sed the right of the people to elect thei r own canal commissioners; now let them prate to the people about democracy! On Wednesday in the Senate, the time was used until adjournment discussing the pay of the troops. In the House, the Bill for electing canal commissioners was taken, and the Loco Foco Democrats, op posed most strenausly, the right of the people to elect them. What do the peo ple think of such democracy. , On Thursday, nothing done in the Sen. 'ate. In the House a petition was receiv. ed from Mrs. Runnels, asking to be admit ted as a member in the place of Thaddeus Stevens, setting Forth, that as the house had declared that the people had no righ t ,to elect a member, she hoped they in their' supreme power, would give her the seat, and strange as it may appear, the jaca. napes did not know that it was intended for redicule, and referred it to the com mittee on Mr. Stevens' case. The ques tion of electing canal commissioners came up again; Mr. Hill of West Moreland said, "it was a democratic proposition, and it would redound the everlasting disgrace of this majoxiko , 'of this louse. it' rejected. The vote wasSP; and rejec ted; the following are-the yes and nays— every Loco Foco but one, voting against , the right of the people to elelt. YEAS.—Messrs. BarnaFd, Beaty, Caro tilers, Cassel, Correy, Cox, Crabb,..l. Cun t ningham, T. S. Cuni ' sham, Funk, Gratz G. B. Herr, J. Herr' ill of W. Hutchins, Keim, Kending, ettlewell, Kintzle, Koningmacher, - Long M'Claran, Morton, Morrison, Penniman, Purviance, Ramsey, Richardson, Sheriff, G. R. Smith, T. S. Smith, Spacktuan, Sprott, Watts, Way, Zeilin,-36; All Democrats. NAYS—Messrs. Andrews, Barstow,l Brittain, Broadhead, Bruner, Butler, Car l prntor, Chandler, Cole, Colt, Coolbaugh, Crispain, Dare, Douglas, Frgely, Field, Flenniken, Forcer, Gorgas, Hamlin, He gins, Htlfenstein, Heston, Hill of B. Hoge James, Kerr, Longether...Love, Loy, 112'-' Elweollontelius.Mortimer, Nesbitt,.Pen rose, Pray, BeysElds, Ritter, Roberts, Rye . an, Solioner,.6hearer, Smith of F. Snow den, Strohecker, Sturdevant, Walborn, Wilcox, If ooetourn, ork, lost, Hop. kips, Speaker.-53; Loco Focos. Ma. STEVENS AND THE INQUISI TORI iti, COMM 11"114'.E, • II e invite the attention of our readers to the following correspondence between the Inquisitorial Committee, appointed by the Loco Foco House of Representatives who refused to allow him his constitution al 'Rights,' by depriving him of a seat in that body. We would suppose that when the inquis itors-read his reply to their call of atten .danp, _that the blush of shame must have mantled their cheeks at the conviction of their own ignorance, if any of the Loco Focos are susceptible of such an emotion, and that they must have felt that they are engaged in a contemptible as well as a trea sonable proceeding.—But we hope they will go on in their course; is it too late for them to retreat, and the more they trample upon the Constitution, the more emphatic will be the condemnation of the people, whose rights and liberties arc thus out raged, by petty tyrants, and malignant usurpers.--Her. Tel. LETTER FROM THE COMMITTEE TO 111 R• STEVENS. Thaddeus Stevens Esq. Sitt:--The committee, appointed by the House of Representatives, "to inquire whether Thaddeus Stevens, a member e lect from the county of Adams, has not forfeited his right to a seat in the House,° will meet fur that purpose, in the East Committee room of the House, en Mon day next, at 4 o'clock P. M. or at an earlier period if you desire it, w here you may attend and be heard. CHAS. M. ILEGINE4 Chairman. Harrisburg, Saturd ly j Morning, May 11, 1839 5 Chas. M. Hegins, Est Sir:—l received your letter of the 11th instant, informing me, that the committee appointed by [the House of Representa tives "to inquire whether Thaddeus Ste vens a member elect from the county of Adams, has not forfeited his right to a seat in the House." will meet on Saturday next, when I might attend and be heard. I decline to appear before the commit tee, because I will not consent to a pal pable violation of the constitution and laws. lf, as on recent occasions, I am com pelted by force to witness such scenes, 1 can at least withhold from them my sanc tion, both express and implied. The resolution admits the legality of my . election and return, but proposes to in quire whether I have not forfeited my seat before my admission into the House. The grounds of such forfeiture are not speci fied in the resolution, aid I can only infer them from the remarks of the original mu. ver of the resolution, T. B. M'El wee. As set forth by him, they consist in non-user, mis-user, contempt of the House by cal ling it an illegal body—the offspring of a mob; and for sundry personal impropri eties. No constituthonal disqualification was or is aileged, and for none other can the House, without an illegal exercise of arbitrary power, prevent a member elect from taking his seat. Expulsion for good cause, after admission, stands on different grounds, and is authorized by the Consti tution. I think it will trouble the committee to find a precedent of the declared forfeiture for non-user of an elective representative office. For two whole sessions the mi nority in the British Parliament absent— ed themselves from the House. Yet neither the King, the speaker, nor the ma 'jority dare to exercise the high handed tyranny now attempted by what is called the House of Representatives of Pernisyl . 'anti'. That certain public, executive or minis- 1 teriai offices may be forfeited for non user in hnsiand rp n. pa...amount Constitution exists, is true. The business 'col several departments of the governmet could not otherwise be transacted. But it must Ibe a continuing non-user. It would be too late to declare the forfeiture" after the officer had taken possession of his office and was ready to discharge its duties. The forfeiture is a remedy against public inconvenience, and not a punish ment upon an oftender. But in constitu• tional governments no such forfeiture takes place, except for the causes and in the mode pointed out in the constitution itself. In the present case the majority - did not seem to consider the public business as suffering by my Asence, nor claim a right unknown to the constitution, to forfeit my seat; else they would have declared it va cant before the adjournment. and given my constituents a new election during the vacation, so that they might be represen• ted in the present session. No intimation of a vacancy; no step to supply it was ta ken until I appeared to take the oath and use the office. The House, therefore, seems rather anxious to create than. ta , RP• ply a vacancy. I need hardly notice the allegation of the mis user of an officer, which I have been prevented from using at all. The right to eitlutle a member elect fur speaking or writing contemptuously of the House or proceedings, is a novel and dangerous position. Until a member elect has taken the requisite oaths he can no more participate in proceedings of the e i 4) 'II u , nor is he any more subject to its jun non than a private citizen. Indi-1 vidua s may be punished by the House tor corrupt attempts upon its integrity, by at tempting to bribe its members, or foe dis. turbing and interrupting its proceedings as the case of the arcember mob, but not for any written or printed comments ors its proceedings, however severe. —The sixth section of the ninth article (the De claration of Rights) of the Constitution, de Blares that "%le printing, press shall be free to every person, who undertakes to ex ermine the proceedings of the Legislature or any branch of Government, and no law shall ever be made to restrain the right thereof.". Any thing which I may have published, therefore, is not subject to your supervis ion, if the constitution be yet considered as existing. If I were an admitted member, and should derneam-alself indecorously and disorderly towards that body, the House has the power of expulsion. And if cal ling it an 'illegally organized body—the offspring of a mob,' (as was contended in debate,) be sufficient cause ".for expulsion I think I may safely promise to furnish an I excuse for that act soon after my admis sion. I do consider the 'Hopkins House' a 'usurping' body; hut like all other-usur pers having possession of the Government de facto:, its acts will be binding for good or evil on the state. Henceimylconstituents .7reu, Goods.l have thought proper to ask me to take my seat, and attempt to moderate an evil which is now without remedy, lAMBS SAXTON, JR. If the committee should occupy gte _ ground pointed out by the mover of 'the resolution, and sit in judgment upon the decency and morality of my conduct, I must still further object to the tribunal: I mean no disrespect to the committee; for a majority of them I feel a high regard —but the whole question on their report will be again in the power of the major ity of the House, and I cannot agree to ad: mit the intellectual, moral, or habitaal competency of Thos. B. McElwee, his com peers co-adjutors and followers to decide a question of decency and morals. For myself personally I feel no anxiety for the result of this inquiry, or the reasons ' which may be given for it, and to put which upon the Journal I presume was the chief object of this proceeding. My only anxiety is that the Constitution may not be further violated, and that the people may yet have some ground co hopeAthat LIBERTY, although deeply wounded, may not expire. I owe my acknowledgments to the com mitten for their prompt attention to this business and trust it may be speedily fin ished. With proper respect, Your obdt. servant. THADDEUS STEVENS. Charles W. Begins, Esq. Chairman Committee, &c. From the Lewistown :Gazelle. QUESTION. An animal of a nameless kind, Is thus described, its length to find,— It measur'd at a public sale, The head nine inches, and the tail, As long (prostrated on its bed) As hall its body, and its head. Its body's length when measur'd, doth, Its head and tail just equal both. Now,try your learning, genius, strength And tell the animal's whole length. A STUDENT. For the Journal ANS WER. The nameless thing, which sold so well, Whose length of head alone you tell, ;,‘„ • heal eleven Less two, his tail was twenty His body then a yard must be, Just snout and gills, and tail you see; Its entire length was but three feet, If doubl'd head and tail to meet. When open'd, like a jack knife out, Was just six feet, I have no doubt. I've tried all rules its name to know; Was it not a LocoFoco ? NO STUDENT Poetry— They raise regular-built poets out west. As a specimen, we copy the following from the Kalamazoo Gazette, being the first three lines of an Ode to the %luon, sent to that paper for publication: Thou pale resplendent orb, Thou lookest like a huge gobb Of maple sugars" There is a sweetness of conception here rarely equalled. OBTUA II Y. "In the midst of life we 'are in death." DIED-.On Tuesday the 21st inst. Mrs. Saxton wife of James Stxton jr. aged '29 years. The Citizens are invited to attend her funeral at 2 o'clock this afternoon; (Wed..' nesday.) NEW YORK SEMI-WEEKLY WHIG. The first number of the SEMI-WEEK LY edition of THE NEW YORK WHIG is herewith submitted to the public. It will be regularly published liedcelorth every WED NESDAY and SATURDAY afternoons, on al sheet of the size of the DAILY Whig and half the size of the Weekly, and forwarded by the earliest mails to its Patrons. It will contain all the matter of the Daily Whig except the Advertisements, and led afforded at the low price of THREE DOLLARS per annum in advance. It is believed that this is the cheapest Semi-Weekly paper in the country. The - character of THE NEW YORK WHIG —Daily and Weekly—is now widply knOwn. It has been published about sixteen months, and in that brief period has acquired a wide circulation, and, we trust, a fair standing among its contemporaries. It aims to pre sent in a medium sheet an amount of reading matter fully equal to the average of the Great Dailies of New .Yojlc and our other Commercial cities. Its ctffitents will com prise Literature, Politics and General Intel ligence, in about equal proportions. In the Literary Department, no great pretensions are made to originality, but the best reposi tories of Foreign and American Literature are open to its conductors; and they endea vor to select therefrom a varied and interes ting banquet. In General li.telligfnue, we hope to be neither behind nor inferior 'to our immediate cotemporaries. In Politics, our journal will be all that its name purpqrts--.- fearlessly, zealously, and we trust efficiently, WHIG. Experienced pens are enlisted sn its service, and we trust it will render good service to the Country in the advocacy of Sound Principles and Good Measures and the fea.ilets exposure of the iniquities, cor ruptions and ruinous tendencies of Loco-Fo coism. Subscriptions are respectfully solicited by J. GREGG WILSON & CO., 162 Nassau street. _ _ May 9, 1839. Blanks for sale at this Office. WOULD respectfully info' m hill v friends, that in addition to his for Mar '-atock, he has added Dry goods, Hard ware, Paints and Dye stuffs, CLOTHS, SATTINETTS. VESTINGS, CALICOES, Gin hams, Jllusllie de• leans, Silks and SATINS, MEET INGS, BLEACH ED AND UN ' BLEACHED MUSLINS, Linen and Cotten Drilling, Checks and ' Grass Cloths, And a General assortment Of Fancy Articles. HARDWARE. Tea Kettles, German and English Scythes Traces, !Gun Locks, Neck Bolts, Saw-mill Files. Beatty's Socket Chessels, Plains, Irons, Sciz. zers, Shears, Knives, Forks Pen-knives, But and Ta ble hinges , Awls and Awl handles, Till, Desk, & lad Locks, lied Screws, cursor led, an assort. memt Coffee [ Screws, Cerry Combs, Cofee mills, bay Land zDung forks, Morels and Spades 7111)7112 5T11"f772- Indigo, Madder, Logtoood, Camwood, Co pal Varnish, Linseed Oil, Spirits of Turpentine, Prussian Blue, Ve netian Red, Red Lead, I hilening, Selterage, Rose, Pink, Span ish hiten• ing, Lane black, &c. Tea, Coffee, Sugar, liollasses, Queen ware, Brushes all sorts, Nuts, Con fectionaries, Toys, Books and Sta. tionary, Raisins and Prunes. A General assortment of all the above articles and us many more too tedious to mention. 0:7 - Please Call and Examine foryour selves. (4 , ''Cheap foi Cash.4o all Kinds 'of anintry produce taken in exchange. May, 15, 1839 lbXeClitOrts 4,1-- A LL persons indebted to the Estate of CRaDavid'Dean, late of Walker township Huntingdon County deceased, are re quested to make immediate payment, and thuse having claims against said Estate are requested to present them properly authenfi ticated for payment at my residence in Hopewell township. Wm. DEAN. Executor. May 15, 18S9. NEW DRUG , & 1 it CHEMICAL STORE. Under the superintenence of • Dr. Jacob HoUinan, THOMAS READ RESPECTFULLY informs his friends and the public general that he has just received a Fresh supply of DRWGS slaid aIIEDICIA ES and has opened them for Sale in the buil ding formerly :occupied by S. F. Green &Co. Where all proscriptions will be carefully compounded, and a complete assortment of Drugs & Medicines obtain ed at all times. He also has an extensive assortment of DRY GOODS, GROCERIES, HARD & QUEENS, WARE, LIQUORS &c. ALSO, a large quantity of Fish. The whole of which will be sold cheap for cash or country produce—even Butter will be received. May 15. 18501. EXECUTOR'S NOTICE. ALL PERSONS indebted to the Es tate of Jacob Snyder, late of Wayne township, Mifflin county, decea sed, (formerly of Half Moon township, Centre county) are requested to make, payment to the subscriber immediately; and those having claims against said Es tate, will present them properly authen :ticated for settlement. J. N. TIIOM PSON. EXECUTOR April, 101.111539, .DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP. THE partnership lieretoforesneXistingi between Alexander & Butket, was dissolved on the 14th of March by ratans' consent. Persons endebted to the firm, are requested to call and settle immediately, and those having ceunts will please present them for payment to Win. Alexander, as he is duly authorised to settle all accsuuts. N. 13, The business will hereafter be conducted by Alexander and Ste wart. W. ALEXANDER FRED. C. BURKET. Williauishur, April, 3 1839-p. P. Swoope, jr. WOULD respectfully inform his friends. that he has taken the Store formerly known as P. Swoope Sun, and that he furnished himself with a NEW & GENERAL ASSORTMENT OF Dry etitabo. Ilardware,Cutlery, Iron, sky AND Hollow ware. Ills assortment of Fancy articles are or the best kind. He has also a large vari ety of QUEENS WARE, Planes, Chissels, Augers, Mahogany Veneer, Rasps, &c. and a general assortment of Tools of all kinds. Those who wish to buy cheep, will do , well to Dj s CALL AND SEE.,I-11 Brigadeo rders. wHE Volunteers and .Militia corn -111.. posing the second Brigade of the' 10th Division P. M. will Train as follows, viz:— By Companies, on Monday the 6th day of May next. The Battalion Train ings will commence with the Frst Battal 2 , ion of the 151st Regiment, and will be in spected in the following older, 151st regiment, First Battalion, on Monday the 13th day of May next. Second Battalion, on Tuesday the 14th. 149 Regiment, Second Battalion, on Wcdnesday the 15th. First Battalion, on Thursday the 16th 62d Regiment, Frst Battalion, on Fri day the 17th. Second Battalion, on Monday the 20th. The First Battalion Huntingdon coun ty Volunteers will be inspected with the 2d Battalion, 62d Regiment. 32d Regiment, First Battalion. on Tuesday the 21st. *SW or Second Battalion, on , Wednesday the 22d. The Second Battalion of Huntingdon and Centre Volunteers, on Thursday the Friaap' 4 n"^" ' 1 First Battalion, on Saturday the 25th. 142 Regiment.Philipsburg eneibles, on Monday the'2lth. Second Battalion, on Tuesday the 2801 First Battalion, on Wednesday the 19th SAMUEL CALD.WEL, B. I. 2d B. 10th D., 1 1 ) . M. 11 aterstreet April 17, 1839. NEW SPRING GOODS. H. & C, NEWINGHAM, WOULD respectfully inform their friends and the people generally; that they hhVe jug received at their on the south side of I t .IAiIKET STREET, above the Market House, a large assortment of DUN GOODS, GROCERIES 1674a1i. .cfr 7 itro tlLti.—"")ll\' . \I , HARD, AND QUEENS WARE, LIQUORS, &c. Consisting of Cloths, Cassimeres, Sati netts, Silks, Calicoes, Chintzes, Gingh am, bleacli'd and un bleached M us lins ; Teas, (Coffee, Sugars, and Molasses; Gun-locks, Scythes, Cutlery of all kinds, Saws, Chisels, I ton . and Steel; Wines, Brandy, Gin, Spirits and Whiskey. They invite all interested to rail and satis fy themselves that their goods are of a supe rior quality, and their 0-1 ERMS MUDERATE..a May, Bth 1839. Dios(*lion of Partnership TO - partnership heretofore existing between Joseph, and Joshua Roller and John K. Neff, trading under the firm of Roller and Neff, is this day dissolved by mutual consent, all persons having unset tled accounts with said hrm are particu larly requested to call and setae before the first of June next. N. B. All persons indebted to the firm of J g , J Roller, are requested to make immediate payment otherwise their ae rcounts will be disposed of according to law. William!hqr.; March 26, 1531 1 . r. drew Morell Iltaits W. ZWlTlamtnitaus (Would inform the public generally that their NEW DRY GOODS have arrived; and are now open for exam ination at their Store formerly the Hun tingdon Bank, and latterly occupied by L. Gotta, opposite the store of Swoops k son. Among them a comprised and ex. tensile assortment of . FASHIONABLE DRY GOOl Consisting of Clothe, Casstmcrs, Saltinetts, Vestin's, Muslin Deleane Chtezes, Gigharns, Calli coes, and Painted Mus fins, Silks, Satins, Sheeting,. ..y r it 000 Bleached win Unbleached Mus— *dins, Linen & Cotton Drillings, and a large as sortment of Fancy articles, Groceries, Glass, and Queensware. Hard (fare and Cutlery, and Nails, Shear, Cast and Blis ter steel; assort ed , win dow Glue; Look ing Glasses; and every article necessary for a complete country store. The public are requested to call, as they are determined to KTSELL CHEAP. ..0) April 3d, 1839. ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE. ALL persons knowing themselves indebt ed to the estate of Samuel Miller, late of Henderson township, Huntingdon county, deed, are requested to make immediate set , Clement with the undersigned, and those hay claims against said estate will present them properly authenticated for settlement to GEO. MILLER, West tp. HENRY CORNPROPS r Adm'rs. April 17, 1839. The FULL BRED horse 7CO)' us. GREY BEARD, WILL stand for mares the ensuing season commencing on the 224 of April, the first week at Alexander Lowries, Yellow Springs, the, second week at Samuel Wailace's stable, near Union. Ihrotiguv.,^4.l. _so on, changing weekly .$llO For the season, 15 To insure with foal. e is the right kind of a horse for this country. With the pure blood of the race horse he combines the strength of the cart . orse. lie is 16 hands high, barefoot, and without a fault. I have his pedigree pro perly certified. I-1)s sire has stood, in the care of Mr. John Watchell, Clearfield Co. Va., at 50 dollars a mare. li was my intention, when I got him, to run him at Pittsburg, but he got lame while training, and I was obliged to stop, though convinced of his speed and bottom. PEDIGREE, YOUNG GREY BEARD, was F ot by the famed Crey Beard of Rich :rd Singleton, Esq.. S. C., and he by Kda ciusko, the sire of Clara:Fisher, Multaflora, Lady of the Lake, Sally Taylor, Betsey Robinson, and other good ones. Kosciusko was by Sir Archy, his dam Lottery, by the imported Bedford, out of the imported Are aclny. Young Grey Beard's dam was by Constitution. one of the best bred horses of the Soutl., and not or . .y a racer, but got more runners and stallions than any other horse of the day, and breeders at the South are proud to be able to trace back to him. Her dam by Sir Hall, he by the imported Sir Harry. Old Grey Beard's dam was the imported mare Pysche, bred by Lord Der by, and got by his famous Sir Peter Teazle. YOUNG GPEY PEARD, is great grand son of Sir Archy, the best station of his time in America, and, Sir re ter Teazle, the most popular station in Eu rope. Another such an instance is not to he found on record. For further particu, tars, see American Turf Register, May, 7th 1839, S: P. WA .ACE. negimental Trainings. THE enrolled militia of the 29th Regiment, 2d Brigade 10th division Pensylvania mi• litia, will meet for training as ,T, i f follows: The Ist Battallion, on Sa turday the 25th of May, at the house of Robert Kinkead r near Waterstreet. The 2d Battallion, on Fri day, the 24th of May, at the ' house of Joshua Rathfon, in Sinking Valley. S. S. DEWEY. 'Col. 20th Regiment, 2d Brigade, 10th Division Pennsylvania Militia. DISSOLUTION OF Partnership. THEpartnership heretofore existing under the name of P. Swoope Son is this day dissolved by mutual consent. Persons interested, are requested to call immediately, and have their accounts ad. .justed, as it is important that the accounts he closed as soon as possible. The Books arc in the hands of Peter Swoops jr. at the Store for settlement. P SWOON.; P. SIVOOPE, A r 9, 18,,, .