would have Welded for my owa life.
drew tears, but 1 could not sway the
judgement of stern men, controlled ra
ther bj a sense of duty, than the compas
sionate proMptings of humanity. Sted
man was condemned. I told him there
was a chance of pardon, if he` would a•lc,
for it. I drew up a petition, and refines-'
ied him to sign it; tut he refused. 'I have
done,' said he, 'what 1 thought my duty. l
I can ask partici,' of God and toy king;
but it wou'd be hypocrisy to ail: forgive-
RIM of these ran for an action whi t h j
should repeat h ere I placed in similar
circumstances. No! a 4 me not to sign
that petition. If .that you call the cause '
of American freedom requires the blood!
of an honest man, fur a conscientious'
discharge of what he deemed a misty, let
Me be its victim. Go to my judges, and
tell them that I place not my fears, nor
toy hopes, in them.' It was in vain thati
I pressed the subject; and I went away
its dispair.
"In roturnin i g to my !ince, I accident
ally called on an acqiiaintance, a young)
men of brilliant rnitts, the sulject of a
passionate predilection for painting. This
led him frequently to take exalt blurts into
the cont.try, fur the purpose of sketching;
such oljects and scene,: as were interetiei l
to him. rft:to ono of these lie had ins!
returned. I found lam bitting at his easel,l
Elvin; the list touches to the picture'
which attracted your of tention. lie asked
ntv opinion cf it. 'it is a flue picture,'.
mail 1; 'is it a fancy piece, or are they
portraits?' 'They are portraits,' 'laid he,
'and save perhaps a rombellisliatent, l
they sire, I think, striking portra!ts or the
wife and children of your unforturtaie
client, Stedman. Its the course of inv
romoies I cht.nced to call at lois house in s
11--. I never saw a more bet:tHful
group. The mother is one of a thousand, I
and the twins are cherous.' 'Tell, me,'
said l,laying my hand on the picture
'tell me, are they true awl faithful par- ,
traits of the wife and children of Sted
man?' My earnestness made tny friend ' ,
stare. Ile assured me that they were, so i
far as be could be permitted to jad4e of
his own productions. I asked no further I
questions; I seized the pictore, hill.:
rted with it to the p..1,0n where. sabot
was confined. I taunt 'tiro sitting, his
face covered wah his hands, and sippar
entiv wrung by keen emotion. I placed!
the 'picture in s tch a position that he could
not fail to ens it. I laid Ow rtithot on
the little table by his side, and left the
room.
"In half, an honr I returned. The far
mer gra3ped my hand, while the tears
stole down his cheeks; his eye glanced
first to the picture, and theo to, the peti
tion. He said nothing, but handed the
latter to me. I took it and lett the
apartment. He had put his name to it.
The petition was granted, and Stedman
was set at liberty."
DEMOCRATIC HARRISON
WEBSTER CJNVENTION
Agreeably to tit^ call of the State Cam
mittee, the Convention met at 12 Alec! ,
in the Court House, on Wednesday the
21d of May intst., and organized tempo.
;Aril' , by appointing TUADDEUS S'l E
VENS, E , q., Chairman, and TFm, Ayres,
Esq., Secretary,
On motion, two committees were ap
pointed:one to report officers for the Con
vention, and the other to report business
for the Convention.
- ;
Adjourned until three o'clock, P. M,
Convention met agreeably to adjourn
ment, and the committee to report dfieers
reported the names of the Eillowing per.
sons as offirers of the Convention;
Presideqt—SANlL. PARKE of Lan
caster.
- Vice Preside:lit—Hon. Sash.. D. LEIB
of Schuylkill, Jour; GrArr of Pitilatletp.3,
lIZNRY LIVILIIG(1.13 or Lancasier. H. F.
.13oLLat1s of Aticghe,3. FRANCIS BEATTY
of Mercer. and boles W. MnonoHean
of Cireen.
-- • - - • •
Sectetariet— f ns. Ayres of Daujahin
H. G. tl orrall of Chester, Surd. hutch
ir:a of Eie,Abraam filettgle of Betks.
The coininittcc appointed to report busi
ness for the Cenvelition, reported
1, That the Delegates from each Con
gressional district be a rowilittcz to se
lect a mintier of candidates for Electors
of President and Vice Paeaident, equal
to tUir repi•esentation in Congress.
2. That a emniniree of fivebe appoin
ted to report two Senattrial delega es.
3. Teat a committee of five be appals•
ted to I eport resoiutions._
4. That a committee of five be appoin
ted to report an Address to the People. I
5. That a committee of live be sp
poiated to report a State Committee.
6. hat a committee of two be appoin-;
ted on Finance.
On motion the reports were adopted, :
and the Chatr appointed the following per
sona on each committee.
On the 21 resolution—Messrs. Paxton,
Fisher, Montgomery, Raup and Mengle.
On the 3:l—Mess . rs. Patterson, Magee
hen. Craig and I,
On the '4'h—Messrs. Stnyser, Ford,
Ru'hertortl, Cochran and Dickerson.
On the sth—hlesses. tites ens, Watts,
purviance, Harris and Ellmaker.
On the 6th—Messrs. F. Park and Tag
gert.
Cenvention adjourned to meet again at
9 ()Mod.: to•morrow morning.
Convention met on 1 hursday morning
agrreably to adjournment, %hen the corn
mil tees appointed to report two Senatin
al Electors, and : names fur an Electoral
Ticket, reported the followin:
JOHN A. SHULZE, ISen'to'l
.10. i E1)11 R rNiitt 5 eltcturs
Ist Dlsirict LEVIS l' ASSMOR E,
2cl do CADWALLADER EVANS.
do CH L \V A I'ER;:
3d do JON. GILLINGHAM,
4th do AMOS ELL MA K ER,
do JOHN K ZEI.LIN,
do DAV 11l I'o I - IS,
sth do RUPERT S
Gth do WILLIAM s. HINDEU,
7th do J. JENKINS ROSS,
Bth do PETER :LBERT.
9a, do JOSEPH H. ,Pt',YD,
101/ do JOHN II AR PER
11th do ILLIAM WELVAINE,
12th do JOHN ,
lilt do JOHN M'KEE , IA N,
Ilth do JOHN HEED.
icit do NA ► HAN CIL
Gth do NERM I Di 'N RT
Tch do GEORGE W LE Ell,
ri.lt do BERN \t;l) CON NE' LY,
9.h do GF.N JOsZPII MARKLE,
:oth do JUS I ICE t; FORDYCE,
11$ do JOsEPII lIENDERs-.ON,
12d do HARMAR DENNY.
13.1 do JOSEPH CUFFINGTON,
14th do .1 k NIES MONTGOMERY,
Nith do JOHN DICK,
The committee on rewlutions reported
the followIng:
. .
Resolved: That this Convention does
; west cordially approve the conduct of i lie
Denote r.i.lc Aiiii-masonic National I :!tiii•
tion in no aliditt rig William Derry Har
i ris'in itfOhia, as a candidate for the Pres,
I ,deney, and Daniel Webs , er ~f Aissai-lia-,
:setts, as a candidate ft.r the Vice Proii•
i dency, believing the tekctions to be judi
i dims. wise anti conciliatory, and such es
the whole opposition may, withoiit sacri,
fice of principle in any quarter, hemp:::
ously unite upan and support.
Resalveil, That in again presenting the
candidate of a large majority of the up
position in 1836, as the rallying point oi
the opFosition in 1839 titi. 16-10, the Nation
lal Anti ittlisonie Cmyention manifesied a
spirit of coned:actor% and a !1d . ..1 - WIC; ;‘)
tliC ptibliC kill which cannot be tint slip
I y Ciiil.ll:llliett. _
Resolved, riat is Gitnei al IV,II a.i,
IHenry iferrison this Ctuivei.'.ioit rcci,g
Inizes a patriot who has tor mare then Mr
ty years faiihfully served Into coautry it
various stations; a soldier, who in a long
an arduous service ha.. never been found
wanting; who, though long possessing ex ,
tensive and uncontrolled power, has nev
er abused it; a magistrate, who has never
used authority but for the bmefit of those
over wham it extended; and an honest,
man. who though ultea trusted, has pas
sad through a world of temptation with
clean hands--not only pure, but unsus
pected.
Resolved, That in Daniel liebster we
have a candidate whose talents, services
and qualifications it would be es unneces
sary to point out as it would be tedious to
enumerate; the inere ins toy of our coun
try during the last twenty years, and es.
pecially during the last Celt years of riti:;-
rule and corruption, alirds the best SUI•i•
mary of his services alit ills most gkorious
euleg,y.
Resolved, Tina the State Committee
be and it is herell required to obtain
trom each person nuininaied by this Con
vention as an Electer, a written pledge
that he will, in the evet.t of his election :
cast his ylte for William H. Harrison for
President, and Daniel Webster for Vice
President of the United States. ,
Resolved, That if any person nominateti
by this Convention as an Elector, shall re
fuse, when required by the ritate Cott - nit
tee, to give the aforesaid pledge, it sholi
be the duty of the said- Committee 1,
erase from the ticket the name of such
Elector and sulbutute in his place the
mime of some other per,oti known to be
friendly and pledged to the support oh
Harrison and Web,,ter.
Heiolveil, That the Masonic institution
I still lives and acts as if its c.lrul ney
ler been expostql to Pie world; ,ilia if.
Pennsylvania, after having for the last
three years shrunk I . ..tra pat:lie view, no a
front the tempo' ary triumph of Porter, it
iy almost openly Illitlghtitg eitli all the
t n els u red of its party, wsether ovcrd
throwing the government, by a inos, er j
di.L'ancliisiug a coanly by refusing a seat!
to its representative.
&solved, t :at such is the exultation of
slime of its nieinberA at thz seeming tri-1
oomph of their lastitution, that even a
Whig editor in Phil;siMphia, who is a ma
son, Joins in the chorus of Luau Foco re
. •
I
pleing at the destruction of the env!. , 1
rigid
a i n the Logislatore, and hits the as
Isurance to attribute the introductiao of
mob : overnment, indirectly to the Demo
ocrstic Anti-masonic party.
.
Retol veil , That under the cireutn
stances no freeman can hesitate to redou
ble his earl :luns to prostrate g n institution
capable of leading respectable men into
such actions and such approvals.
Resolved, tui refore, Thitt we, the re•
preaentatives of the Democratic Anti
masonic party of l'ensylvania, pledge
ourselves to oppose all secret suciets, un
til our principles are biumphaut ur liberty
expire,.
, Resolved, That this Cumention hear
anti lolly approve of the wise, able
and successful atkiiiiistration of the s;;;?
rutive duties of the - tate government, b)
the honest and patriotic late Governui . :,
Joseph Rioter.
Resolved, That in the opin'.on of this,
Convention, the defeat of Joseph Ritner,j
rand the triumpl, of I). R. Porter, were
iccomplished by fraud and management,
and ' that a' cl,.ar majority of .the legal
~ores ul the state were cast fur Joseph
Miner.
Resolved, l'hat fraud in the election
f D. R. Porter, is proved us well by an
examination of the returns from the dill . -
erent collies, 114 by the use that has been
made of their power by him and his par.
►tans, since their accession to it; being a
aatural conclusion, that that which is used
so in:quitouslv was unfairly obtained.
Resnlecd, That the administration of
D. R. Porter has thus for been character. _.
•zed by broach of public faith, in failing
ne the Ls( time, to meet honest debts of
he State; by t:a;.,rant disregard of the
• o•tul r 11 in attempting to defeat th e
4 •
provisinils of the amended Constitution;
hy the most profuse and wicker; extrava
pBrlCo in tie'rig, the number if officers on
:he public works and increasing their sal
piles, thinigli iikir duties arc decreased;
ay u disregard of ‘irtue and decency in
appointioz to ellic•.• many men of bad
uy a tliimegiid of the public in
terests; 'uy requsing 1 , , provide means to
..arry iin public winks; and
IliF in , 4l and grinding op
;,rc,at•A iu relos:ng to pay contractors
and others their !wig standing end just
claims, alter die e had ex
pressly prov;ded the means and conjoined
ass duty.
Resolved, lls:t from an administration
hos mat ked by bankruptcy, disregard of
popular wiil, eAttovagance, oeglect of the
Jest toterests of th 2 suite, and cold blood
ed oppression and iojustite, the honest
citizen mid patrol ran have no hope; but
that its 'moors imbecility and want of
,:orrect pilot t o le only darken the pros
pect al ,so, futon with the pi obabiltty of
worse acts than tare disgraced the past.
sm.!' an administra.
do i t'..e party that sustains such an
aitot;i,istratiors, it Ia the duty of every
.tittss who re, ems the Constitution, values
tltW and es tit the keeping of
lattls, carts for contracts, title nevus, rep
utation, sod even life itself, to oppose,
while yet there is a virtue left in the bid
t bis, or humor itt the name (if.: Penn
ylvania
}Tai cc will contiaue to op
;.oae corruptillf,, o l ipression, usuepatia,a,
~• ',aunt; vice, though the ulack
;tie latat six mom a ihtgltt al
excuse the 414,nitunment in desl.atr,
d ail nitehipts stein the torrent; fur
who is there that has seen the sacred val
ality f official returns disregarded, the
ee t az3cetat.ves of the people driven from
'lien seats by an to ivied and paid mob; and
one of the members of Assembly
deprived of his seat by the force of a party
VIM', in the face of an admitted return,
Allowing a majority for him if fourteen
hundred votes in his couhty, but may
well have cause to fear for the existence of
freedom.
Resolved, That the people of Adams
county have oar sympathy under the via•
Minn of thew rights as constituents,
which has just been consummated in the
refasel _Mow place, as a representative,
to 'n.addens Sievens, the champion of
their alid our tights.. -
Retiol;el.l. 'ant we have the fullest
e.tiiii.!ence that they will Act in the matter
;:s becomes thew in the great and trying
emergency, avoiding; the destructive ex
tiple set by the loco focus, of lawless vi
olence anti mobs. .
Itebolved, That it is !way declared
.0 be t'ae duty ot the State Coannitiee to
call a State Convention on the fourth of
March, 1841, for iha imrpose of settling
un a c..ntlit..it e fur the office of Governor.
Resolved, That in as much as tr.; r very
:liberties are at stake, we deem it the reel
irocal slaty olio, candidate then settled,
Ito give his tonne and time for the good of
hte COU11 1 7; au l 4,101 who value titatguod
In SUIT(/'
•d, hat it is hereby recom•
.nended ft . :ends both in and out of
•he to use their beat endeav
ors to i.. the C.flial Commissioners and
.111 idlisr officers, now appointed by
the GOV,1 . 1:01 . , 1110 whose appointment is
not rt ea on hint by the Coustiution,
e1e,..e..1 by the Legislature or the
. .
Iftsto.ved. 1 hat our friends in and out
of tot! Legislature he requested to resist
sue rui.totti prt....-ss of inereasiog aalariep
awl multiply :!!!' amiss, wittrii tb now in
s:ic4 active aita daingeruJs progress; and
it h.treatter se go lit IJur s.ti.trtes, and
few but cttalpeteitt ufficers.
. .
CoAclusion next week.
TO
Retailers A' 2'avern.keepers.
The act of the Legislature of Penns
passeil the Tot April 1830, entiileu
"A:: a. t graduetting the duties 111/1111 whole
•ale cleat rs and retailers of titer.
wt.! pieacrilJing the uwne ol• i s .
licences alit collecting siti,l claties,! ,
I.iniong ~ t hcr thitigs diracts.
B.lt. I t shall b, he duty of the'
proper city c. cuanty Treai•imr, on the
First (lay of .It.e^ n each year•, to make
nut a co rect i!a of all those who have not
i..aid the duty a.id obtained liccuse, and
I salt . ' be the duty of such city ur county
l'reasurcr to institute a suit against such
lolinquents, under the iltrec• ions of the
,ecoud section of the act of '.larch 1834.
The act of 11th March 18;4, entided
ion act relating to inns, taverns, and re
.a.lers of vinous and spuitous liquors,"
luer.s
Section 15. The county treasurer re•
eiviug such licences shall deliver them to
persons to whom they may have been
;ranted on their application and paymeni
;therefor, and make report to the court
the names of the persons who may hal,
neglected to take out their licences at eacl.
successive term thereof.
Section 26. The sa'd court shall upon
~ : ceiving information of any such Jelin•
'ynent forthwith cause an indictment to he
preformd against him before the grand jury
tint the cause aforesaid.
Every store license that is nut lifted
before the first Monday after the June
court, that is Monday the 4 24th inst. will
he put in suit C.at da:. ; and every tavei it
license that is not lilted haw e Wednes
day morning of the August court, will be
reported to the court tit it tnornitig agrees•
biy to the nets of assembly above telcrred
to.
DAVID LLAIR, Treasurer
of Huntingdon county
Treasurer's office, 4 doors
West of t e coat house.
Huntingdon May 5.19,1839.
List of Retailers of Foreign merehandi zr
and liquors within the county al tiun•
tingtlon, returned by the several con•
stables, at January sessions, 1839, ns
certified by the Cierk.
Thomas McNanterre 8
Samuel Moore 8
Elias Baker & Co 8
Edward Bell 8
*crane & 3trGlathery 8
ouraiiam AI cCamont 8
John Sratzer 8
1 Abram lt. Crags 8
Remy Nell' 8
Julio Porter 8
Geminall & Porter 8
*Michael Sissler 8
Love 4. Oyer 8
Moore & 11vtton 8
Hawk do 11.;ti 8
Joseph G. Matson 8
*Cowden &Johnston 8
Thomas Mitchell 8
Milian Galbraith 8
*Thomas M. Owens 8
James Clarke 8
David Garrett 8
Joel Petinoc k 8
*John Blair 4. Son 8 •
Conrad M'Graw 4 Co 8
Hoover, Anderson & Co 8
Robert M'N amarra 8
A. Knox & Son 8
John Culbertson 8
Jahn Bouslaugh a
Henry Learner 8
James Ent riken 8
J. 4. J. Milliken 8
C. & H. Newingham 8
*J. & G. G win - 8
Jacob Miller 8
Thomas Read 8
* ft illiam Dorris . 8
*P. Swuope & Son 8
George Se e l 8
William Steel 8
Fisher E• MiNiurtrie 8
James &moo jr. 8
William Stewart 8
S. F. Green & Co. 8
John Snyder 8.
*Robert Cnarcy 8
Thomas ill'lCArnan 8
*Henry S. Snang two Stores 8
*Henry B. ftelytinger 8
Horsy, Higgins & co. 8
IVi !ham C. M'Corn:ick 8
*William Walker 8
*A. Es N. Creswell 8
*Joseph Strut! 8
Samuel H. Bell 8
*W. & B. Lease ' 8
John Brewster . 8
*Blair & Madden 8
*David Fraker 8
Robert Speer 8
*Jacob Cover 8
Love & Hartman 8
Dorsey, Green & Co. 8
John Awoupe 8
*James Citinpb,dl 8
*Scott am, Patton 8
*William M. bytiti & to 8
*Abednega Stevens 8
Peter Sitoenlierger 8 •
Saml. Royer & Co 8
Raver & Sdiniuker 8
*lnvites M. Johnsot. 8
Thomas Kenedy 8
W & J. P. Dysart 8
*Robert Lowy et Co 8
*S. B. Muure & ii. others 8
*E. ArGinty & Co 8
Smith, M'Ceosky & Cu a
R. Williams & Co 8
Geor -A Geer & C.) 8
H. Devine & Co a
James Orr 8
Jacob &pia 8
Black & Hevline 8
Wm. Ward 8
I.lm M. Davidson & Co 8
*George Port 8
*smith & Rhoads 8
A. Patterson 8
*Simon Akc 8
*Roller & Neil 8
*Sanion Bar 8
*Henry Reigart 8
Da%id'A. Folk 8
John Savage 8
John 8. !sett 8
Reheat Moore 8
*Shorb, Stewart & Co 8
C. Wigton 8
G. &I. H. Shoenberger 8
John Maguire & Co 8
Samuel litett & Co 8
David P. Tussey & Co 8
*Win. Al Lyon 4' Co 0 4
The following named 1 ersons made . T .
plication to the Treasurer for licen:t a
previous to Ist of May.
*Miles Lewis 8 1
*Peter Ai'Nally 8
'B. F. & Wm. Al 'llfurtrie 8
*William Pollock - 8
*Peter Shultz 8
Joseph Thompson 8
*Thomas Johnston 8
*lid? & cox $
John Euing 8
*Charles Cowder 8
*Hilemon, Tuskey & Co 8
'Shaer & Viler 8
Those markvd thus * have lifted their
licences.
THE JOURNAL.
One country, one constitution, one destiny
illlntingdon, June swe would go to Kens:gum, there
) 839 . be no uceasion for Porter to
Chin,
The "widows and °••t han," are like I
Democratic dlitimasonic ghost', th.ey are the iin.,4el v
CANDIDATES. 'pereti brain; and when I.i. •f, ti
FOll. Pit ESIDENI , .I}e ..sres ghostB in C.. es, aoo thi
in the w oo":. 11- party to which
GEN,WM H, HARMON
is attaclull, are ans,nns to ~et rid of hi
t • we ad% is.e them t 9 rill! a b:ierel of "t
(IK VICE PRESIDENT rye" into his domini •'tin; nod it is a so
DANIEL WEBSTER.
;hsinefer he o,aid arr
“Down tot he dust fr,nl whc•nce smun,
Unwept, iinhonort d, and unhung."
FLAG OF THE PEOPLE! .1 The icon leciDP.
O A single term for the Presidenev, and 'no two stillest(' articles, I,m t
th e office zdininietered for the whole ?EU- Hat risburg Chronicle, show what is t
'
PL E. and not for a PAR IT.
tu- A sound, uniform and convenient Na
state of teelio i r, relative to the cooduct
tional CURRENCY, adapted to the wants !.f preseittc u l Hoard of 17alial cot
th e wleite•Coosrity, i.isteml of the SHINI • • ,
PL NS ERS brought about by cur pi cs,nt. " 'Rine", anti, .
obedient vassals. t
• Ruczns. engineers. This is die contlict tit apa
tv which moaned Ina(ily over the wiyk,
TrECONOMY. RFTRFNCIIMENT I , t'e I , •
For it in ate nditunt,tr,,ti,al of public .
ayr-Tir. d of Exp, itmlits and Expert- t ctulut tof Tl2l
to,,t,•rs, Itepuh'.ican er,,titutle rewnut t:o not 'nerd - -; reluie to let them flui
to. , listrusivu he el, caring the sub-• ,
anent of Wasnixor.,l4 lid the clevciple of heir contracts %rah the SLIVis, t!,
JEFFERS••N,
at it thus I ., ,foning the cafe ••1111 1:0 11 ettt.: „ j;,,t
beaten track of our Fathers,—L. Gozelte.)
laireau). dont! And ire have :it:
cause to suspect likat a , o,new,t .
game is being playrd or. this !.ne algal
to the ontsianding debts! e have het
told that Lite faithful partisans of Porte
have 'Laity of them received the;i• 111 , 1 e ..
while not one man who claims the inmi
of oppoilm; him, can gut t o t
,It ugh the legislature long Owe a;liat
, Lepetit,lly for tl
printed the •-'
trz cal( Id Last season, Hut to the article,.
read them; and p u will be dippl,ed
judge as we do about the dans on tit
line.
0 The Banks: The Banks:
No one has more cause to charge the
Banks with a conspiracy than ourselves.
The Governor said so, when he could not
get any money; and we consider we have
the seine right, when we cannot 'raise the,
NVe need money as bad as he did, l
and we get none, and we have a perfect
right to say that there is a tout conspiracy
among the Banking institutions to keep t.
out 01 our money—we have not
.tinlv,iks
right, bot a wore reasonarne excuse than
the Governor had. They knew his char-
aster, and of euurse, said it was danger
ous business. They know not ours; and
if they did, it is a great (Pal b:Ver than
his —but enough about that; we dont like
sa, h comparisons, and must to business.
We need money, and that is not all, we
!mug have some, at Last, so say some of
ore creditors. Ai' we shall refuse to
hold any communication with any bans
king institutions, uutil snme rf our sub
' scribers Ore us sonic of their 'promises to
pay;" in order that we can. Our pocket
bock is as empty, as some of our neigh.
bore' brain pa is a perfect vacuum.
There are many now indebted to us for
2,3, and 43 ear's subscription, and if they
lily knew how much we need it, they
would not require a hint. We cannot
live. on wind• nor on faith, that they wil
pay. The 'bre; and meat and where
withal! to be clothed" for ourselves, and
t!... 'toddling wee things,' (who beg far
', 'r 1 . ,,r a penny, regardless, whether he
one to give) have to be obtained—nor
that 814 we must pay for them. "No
one can get blood out of a turnip," of
course. if we get 00 money, we can pay
none. Will some of those, or in fact di y
'Arm who are in arrears, take advantage of
the June court to "fork up." We shall
"rejoice and be exceeding glad" it the
do, as Bolt Acres says "if you love us
don't.forget it.
The "Advocate" asks us several cities.
lions, and desires its to answer them.
Yankees always answer by ask!n4 another
question. We shall mistime the stmt
privilege.
Could you make no bargain that you
might be appointed Collector over sober
men; or did your partisans think they
had the worst of the bargain, when they
vet your services for your victuals and
drink?
Why were you not appointed? Was it
because it was feared that your "second
toght" would render it difficult for you to
keep the accounts? Or was it because
Porter and his friends considered they
had the worst of the bargain, and took
'hat method to get rid of you?
Did your master, Davy R., when ht
went to the Auditor lieneraPs office, to
,ee if he could not pick up something
wrong in our account, find what he wan
',tit or did he learn that he was a fool
nsiales being.: knave), for his pains?
v% mild none of your party give any
for your bloated carcass (soul you
have none), your filthy, lying 'Advocate,'
and all: or did they think if they ba
with a "salt-lick" sufficiently strtn
l e.:;rn Fork, that they would have yol
lenough?
linve you no friends? or are you
brains.? sans iricuds? sans office? s
every thing but a master?
"You'r a friend indeed:" as the cd
sail when he grasped the sign-post.
"This is the lamp to my feet;" as
! same chap said when he tried to
cigar at the neck of a it hisk , 7 nut
mistaking it for a candle.
t'Bving vne, I ani In.yseif again,"-
la certain wcrthy said when the 1. 4%.,5t
!s2t his hottio, and left the office, and
.ettitor—"alone in his glee "
Why do you not write your oo n
thi!al and why do you &low yoursd
t'e flitch the freiver fur the filth of y
ii;ore aide associates, in irlachroardisiii,
Le diachargucl into respectable families
The writer in the "Advocate" thin
THE CONTRACFODS AND •y!I VAR ()PP01:
:ORS.—Our town has been IEIOO with cot
tractors from the North lirati..ll
the last few &a pt the inaj...;!y tit,!.,.
,have been subuceneci as Ivi,o •
ly before the Cumnii . e.ces of
and Senate, appointed to t:
official conduct of the late am; pies,'
Board of Canal Commission..rs.
The accounts ice glean ft um them I
the oppression of the State :kilministratir
are alarming. And we under:Jaw; di,
it can be proven to the satisfaction of Etii
one, that Porter required the Canal Cur
missioners, before they were appointed, I
- A ire pledges that they would take etre(
live measurts 'o estimate ec err cotitiat
tor, who had voted againt . .l !tint, of the ling
and that in compliance with this rcq.o
fion, the Canal Cotamissioners had r
;piked their Enginet.'s and saner, i
zive pledges that they would et.rry o•
the wis . es of the hlat.khr4rt,o
and ti rant, wilt, 11,4tmng •.s the E
ectitive of this commuutveal'it. Tits
just what 'nigh! he expt rind from
an as Porter; he who through a rh?qt:
ed life has never knucro any other ,ioc
ple of action than that wit*. 4 iittere,t
;mance gave birth to, c,iinut lie exuerti.
to cense his iniqu ties when It- has eldar;
ed oppoetunities and temptations to 1,
dulge in them.
THE OPPREASIIN9 0? Till, STATit
HINIgT.tATIoN I,ESI.NI ED
0141 the oppre.tinons 4,r I.
ctsur and Frn,-•ine,rs
Division oh p ('
been so in , une: . a•):. tn.,. a; •. A r.ti. V.
ii.,ren rim tract,. s, tit tt crimi t trt Slit
have hecn ap.;•: , •st ittti,•l
fur ronspirac; nil o.vil rio: • !;ity tl
same for tianiatres ittc,:ta
(pence of their dcrattieril anti tr.law vi
!,rtssions and official misconduct. The
have been obliged to give bail to ti
amount of et,cco each. It is said that ni
only illPse urn era, but the Governor au
/A i wa Coln khemselvci are mo
dreadfully alarmed at these prt.ixe.iio. , .
particularly on account of tit, ;
that will lead t.n
/1 . 1.!'“ et of these sou! taut
the contract....s o.! the other linew n,
maintain their rigtos, and eel ve their tq
pressure as those of the North Beep
have done. The eppressions east mid
mortals the contractors, nn the part of
is unprecedented in tick ctiontr,
it is unlawful, and it can be puilisho
Let the contractors thlrefore mitintir
their rights, and if tiny cantrt get Jul
.ice any other way, let them call the la
:u their aid.
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