REMARKABLE ANECDOTE.—The
particulars of the Wowing very striking
tncidet were lately told us by a friend, a,
a fact within the range of his personal
know I eke, and having the most perfect
confidence in his veracity, o e scruple not
to give it as such to our readers.
I a a seaport tins% on the west coast of
England, some years ago, there was a
notice given of a sermon to be preached on •
Sunday evening, in a dissenting chaple
there. The preacher was a man of great ,
celebrity in his ; and that circum
stance, together, with the pious covet of
the discourse—Co enforce the duty of strict
observation of the Sabbath—attracted an
overflowing audience. After the usual
prefatory prayer and hymn of pi aise, the
preacher gave out the text, and was about
to proceed, when he suddenly ~paused,
leaned his head on the pulpit, and remai
ned silent for a few moments. It was im
agined that he become indisposed ; but he
soul' recovered himself and addressing the
congregation, said, that before entering on
his disccnrse, he begged to narrate to them
a short anecdote.. ."It is now exactly
fifteen years, ' 2 said he, "since 1 was last
within this place of worship ; and the oc
casion was, as many here may remember
the very same as that which has n o w
brought us together. Among those that
came hither that evening, were three
young men, who came nut only with the
intent of insulting and mocking the vett-,
enable pastor, but even with stones in their
pockets to throw at him as he stood in his
polpit. Accordingly, they had not list
ened long to the discourse, when one of
them said impatiently, why need we list
ten any long er to the blockhead ?—thrOw,
but the secod stopped him, saying, 'let es
first see what he makes of this point.'
The curiosity of the latter was no sooner
satisfied, then he cried, .ay, confound him
it is only as 1 expected, throw now!'
!tut here the third interposed, and said it
would be better altogether to give up the,
design which brought them there. At
this remark his two associates took offence
and left the church, while he himself
remained to the end. Now, mark, my
brethren, " continued the preacher with
much emotion' what were aftewards trip
several fates of dies young men. The
first was hanged many years ago at Ty b
burn, for the crime of forgery; the second
is now lying under sentence of death fini
murder in the jail in this city. The third,
toy brethee—and the speaker's agitation
became excessive, while he paused and
wiped the large drops from his brow—"
the third, my brethren, is he who is about
to address you—listen to him." —The
Hatch Tower.
WONDIRFUL ESCAPE FROM
DEATII.—Three or four weeks ago: a
Mr. Ladd, who was travelling on foot in
lowa Territory, near Fort Madison, was
fallen in with by three other men, to
whom in the course of conversation, he
imparted the knowledge of having four
or five hundred dollars about him, which
he was going to pay in at the land office.
' The three strangers instantly determined
to obtaiii crts.fr,)-, and on their reach
., part of Vie country, attacked
Mr L. with clubs and knives, killed him
as they thought, robbed him, threw him
into a ravine, covered him with brush,
and then continued on their journey.
A rivulet of water flowed down the
mine in which Mr. Ladd lay buried, and
the cooling and refreshing elemeat coming
in contact with his wounded head, had
the effect of cleansing the wounds and
restoring him to animation. Knowing the
route of the robbers, he instantly set out
in pursuit of them—reached. Fort Mad:
icon, where he heard theav had descended
the river—procured a skiff—reached et.
Louis, and in an hearer two apprehended
two of the ruffians. The third had not
yet reached the city, and was arrested on
landing a short time afterwards. The
villains were the next day taken back to
lowa.and court being in session, were
instantly tried, convicted, and sent to the
penitentiary, one for 5 years ; another 11
and the third for 23. flow much of the
money Mr. L. was able to recover we
have not heard.
Their names, as we learn from the St.
Louis Pennant, are James Guy, (some
times callin. a
himself Gordon,) Jacob
Abdon. and James MeGubbin. The
name of the man robbed, according to the
Caine paper, is not Ladd, but E. S. Gage
The Pennant says: Guy had ‘. rascal"
stamped in every lineament of his face,
and he and Abdon, (a bold reckless man,
unquestionably were the means of enticin. '
McCubbin, who seemed to be a timid,
weak minded man, into a participation of,
their crime.
GOOD.
We see it stated that a gentleman who'
visited Baltimore for the purpose of atteit
ing the Van Buren Convention, which met
on the sth of May, the day after unrs,
whilst standing on the pavement as the
Harrison prosessiun was passing, became
so enraptured at the enthusiasm of the
"Hard,Cider Boys," and espying so imarly
of hisacquaintatices in the New Jersey
delegation, that he called for a Harrison
badge and joined the procession. much to
the mortification of his Loco Foco brethren
—one of whom called out to know if he
"had gon crazy?" "NO!" replied he; "I
HAVE JUST COME TO MY SENSES
We mention this little "Incident" to
show tne enthusiasm in behalf of the
soused old Solder by those who have bees
deceived by dentog •gues, as soon as they
cunvine..,l i•,eir error, and of
•
al character and principles of Gen.
Harrison.
AN ACJOYMIAIIILD VILLUN—Dn.Wm.
H. ELDnmez.—There has rarely been
exhibited a nmre bold and daring attempt
tt fraud, than is disclosed in the career
in the individual (those deeds of dark
ness we now pi opose to record. William
Eldridge, who was arrested on Thurs
!tiny last, on a charge of forg ery , is a mem
ber of a very respuictable ramily residing ,
at Eversham, New Jersey, wltere it is un-
derstood lie was born. After removing to
the city ut Nt.w York, he became a stu
dent in the office of Dr. Valentine Mutt,
and there took the degree of Duct.. or
Medicine. The evil propensines of his
nature here displayed itseif in his forging
:.:ignatures ut checks, welch were given
him to deposite in Bank. Ile thus ob
tained money to a large amount without
exciting suspicion. The periods of his
depredations appei,r to have been in the
years 1834, 18d6, and 1639. Dr. Mutt
having gone to Paris for scientific purpo
ses, his former pupil, determined to finish
his professional education in that city,
soon followed. While residing in the
French metropolis he contrived, by some
means, to deli and or• rob the doctor of three
thousand francs
In the month of May, 1839, he return
ed, and soon came to Philadelphia, where
ha opened an account in twelve different
banks. The numei which he gave on
. .
these occasions, were Vanarsd ale — at Rob
erts, George *Kea, Steiner, and Wood.
In the month of August last, he absented
himself from t-e city, but returned and
renewed his accounts with the banks in
Sep ember following. tie kept an active
account in the 11 extern bank, until near
the time of the recent exposure ; a mon.h
previous to which he went round to the
banks and presented his own checks mar
ket "good" by different Idlers. This
system of fraud was commence about the
30th of April, and on the same day he
went to Baltimore, and thei e wrote and
mailed four letters to as many cashiers in
Philadelphia, enclosing checks on the
banks, represented to be marked "good"
by the several tellers, and requesting that
the amount might be remitted in drafts, as
Philadelphia funds were useless.
He then returned again to this city,'
when the plot began to unravel. A gen
tleman connected with one of the banks
in New York, having learned that the
letters in question hail been written, was
immediately minindod of the circum•
stance that'Eld ridge, after committing the
forgerie- in New York, had gone to Alba
ny and written precisely similar letters.
The letters in the one case were compar
ed with those in the other.and were found
to be the production of the same hand.
The man was now discovered, and on
the intimation being given, Messrs. Cope,
Sturgess and Paul went to New York on
Tuesday evening last, and ascertained
that on the following morning the doctor
left that city for Philadelphia. On Thurs
day the indefatigable clerks of the differ
ent banks concerned, discovered him in
lii, office, on Carpenter street, back of the
Arcade. After being very closely watch
ed through the day, by Messrs. Cope,
Sturgess, and a clerk of the New York
bank, in the afternoon about 4 o'clock, he
was recognised by the clerks of the Wes
tern bank as the .deistical individual who
had placed himself before the bank as Va
narsdale and Roberts. He was taken
before Alderman Davis, where he was ,
identified by several other individuals be '
longing to the different banks. After a
full examination, lie was committed to the
Moynmensing prison.
In searching the premises, five thous
and dollars in money was found, and oth
er property to the amount of seven thous.
and dollars. There was a large quantity
of jewe'ry, and a variety of elegant cloth•
mg. l'he most romantic part of the story
is, that Dr. Eldridge was about to be uni
ted in marriage, with a young lady belong
log to one of the most respectable families
in the city. He has tong pursued a intl..
tar system of forgery, and had about him
letters purporting to be from individuals
of high standing in New York , and he
professes to have moved in the first circles
of this city and Trenton, and tiffs address
' is a gentleman of high style. Too much
commendation cannot be given the clerks,
for their activity in ferreting out this con
• summate villain.--Philad, Alessenger.
IMPUDENCE REBUKED
The New York Courier says: " Mr.'
JOHN VAN BUREN' 00 hopeful son of ti e
President of tl e United States, had the
impudence a few days since, to declare in
the public bar room of Congress Hall,
Albany, that General sIARRISON was
COWARD: Fortunately fur the cause of
truth, an officer of the army was present,
who tri;:tmptly required of the coxcomb an
' lmmediate retraction of the slander, at
thy. hazard of being held personally res
ponsible for ins latigoage. After a little
clustering this promising stm of his father
arrived at the conslusion that "Discretion
is the better part of valor;" and humbly
w itl.drevi his charge in the same public
[ma unmet in which it was made.
' , Well, this beats me out," as the rye
when the fellow hammered it over
the head with the Hail.
Why is a lady's hair like the last news ?
Because in the morning we always find It
in the papers.
LzotsctTu RE of New Hampshire
commthced its session on IYeduestlay
last.
The Standing . drmy
As the Government, now pressed witl
dspair, seems determined to carry one
destructive measure, which it could have
' passed any time since its proposition, had
it desired, we allude to the Sob Treasu
ry Bill) we may expect that it will imme
diately follow up that act by passing the
other, viz, the Standing Ai my of the U.-
.States, as proposed by the Secretary of
War and, approved by the partisans and
partisan papers of the Administration.
The effect of the "re organization of
the militia" is worthy of enquiry, anti lot
innately we have before us a sheet pre
pared fur Accomac county. Virginia,
which we shall make the basis of our re
marks and calculations for Philadelphia
city and county.
The plan proposes that every person
of the age of twenty and under that of:
forty-five years' (with the exception of the
, Vice Pres:dent and a few other ufficers l
who are exempted from milit:a duty) 'shall
severally and respectively be entailed it,
the militia;' that every citizen so enrol •
led and notified shall, within three months
thereafter, provide himself with a goou
musket, bore of capacity to receive a lead
ball of eighteen in the pound; a sufficient
bayonet and belt ; two spare flints; a
knapsack; catrldge box to contain at least
twenty-four cartridges suited to the bore
of his mu..ket, and each cartridge to con
tain a ball and three huckshot, and a suffi•
met quantity of powder;' ur with a good
rifle, etc.
We do not deem it necessory to enter
into any minute calculation as to the ex
act number of male inhabitants dour city
and county between the ages of twenty
and forty.tive years; but taking the cen
sus of 1830, and correcting that by the
assessments made since that time, we
come to the conclusion at others
more acquainted than ourself with sach
estimates have arrived, t at the number
between these two ages may be fairly ta
ken at shirty thousand white males ; and
these are called on by the proposed lad
to do military duty, with a few exceptions
in favor of the officers of the U. States,
court clerks etc, Now each one of this
great number is called on to do military
duty, and to provide himself with a mus
ket, cartidges, and knapsack; the exact
cost of which we do not know, but we ima
gine that good articles of that kind (and
no individual will buy for his own use a
poor gun,liable to burst at each discharge)
would cost in the aggregate about four
teen dollars, and this multiplied by the
number of corigripts would make four hun
dred and twenty thousand dollars—a very
pleasant little tax for our community . to
begin upon, at a time when we are shrink
ing away from a poposition ' to ,pay one
quarter of that amount towards meeting
the debts of the state, and redeeming the
plighted faith, the pledged honor, of good
old Pennsylvania.
Are our citizens prepared at this time
to assume such a tax 7 We think they,
are nut, and we believe that the sense of
justice by which our commonwealth has
ever been distinguished will dictate to her
citizens the propriety of relieving the
state from its present grievous burthen
before they assume others—We stop not
now to inquire into the effect of the pro•
posed organization upon the military fee-,
lings and upon the moral character of our
citizens; let that be discussed apart; but
, before our people suffer a standing army
to be raised at their own expense, le,
them first count the gist cost. It may
not be amiss to look at the amount of tax
which this plan would impose upon Penn
sylvania at large. Taking the number of
inhabitants between the ages of tweet)
and forty-five throughout the state at 224
706, which would be about correct, ac
cording to the data urn which the othe:
calculation was made, and multiplying
that number by fourteen, the estimated
cost of equipments, we have the gross sum
of three millions, one hundred and sixty.
three thousand, eight hundred and eighth
/our dollars—an amount that would rt--
; lieve Pennsylvania at once trotn the Lost
on,•rous of her difficulties. Look at the
difficulty which the Legislature of tin
, state now has in authorizing a tax for on,
• quarter of that sum, and then judge of
the propriety of adding this vast amount
to that which must and will be raised to
pay the interest on the state debt.—U. S.
Gaz.
CAUTION!
ALI, persons Ere cautioned against
purchasing or receiving a note of
hand, for thirty five dollars, drawn by i
11 , in. Houck, in favor of George Bailey,
as the undersigned never received value
therefor, and is determined not to pay it,
until compelled by law. The note bears
date about the 28th day of June, 1838,
payable six months after date.
WILLIAM HOUCK.
Todd township, May 6, 1840.-3 t.
NOTICE.
THE partnership of A. B. Lcng &co
in the manufactuting of Threshing
Machines in the valley of the Juniata
is dissolved by mutual consent. All those
who know themselves indebted by Note
of Book account, please pay when due
to the agent of A. 11. Long at Huntingdon,
or David Candor Esq. Ihe business will
he continued by Arthur B. Long at Hunting
don and Lewistown. His agents are An
drew l)effenb , ugh at Huatingdo end Noble
Norton at Lewistown where farmers can be
accommodated in the shortest Notice and
most honorable terms.
ARTHUR B. LONG,
April 8, 1840.
THE JOURNAL.
•
One country,one constitution, one destiny
Iluntingdon, Junelo, 1t340
Democratic Ontimasonic
CANDIDATES.
FOR Pit ESIDEN T.
GEN.WMA HARRISON
OF OHIO
FOR VICE PRESIDENT,
JOHN TYLER,
OF VIRGINIA.
FLAG OF THE PEOPL
Kr A single term for the Presideney, and
the o ffi ce ~dministerecl for the whole AO.
PL E. and not for a PARTY.
A sound, uniform and convenient Na
tional CURRENCY, adapted to the wants of
the whole COUNTRY, instead of the SHIN
PLAS I ERS brought about by our preset,
RULERS.
ICPECONOMY, lIRTR ENCHBIENT, and RE•
FORM in the administration of public affairs,
117-Tired of Experiments and Experi
menters, Republican gratitude will reward
unobstrusive merit, by elevating the sub
altern of WASHINGTON and the desciple of
JEFFERSON. and thus resuming the safe anpl
beaten track of our Fathers,—L, Gawk
Etectorial Ticket.
JOHN A. SHULZE,?Sen'to'l
JOSEPH RITN ER, S electors
Ist District LEVIS PASSMORE,
2d do CADWALLADER EVANS.
do CHARLES WATERS,
3d do JON. GILLINGHAM,
4th do AMOS ELLMAKER,
do JOHN K. ZELLIN,
do I)AVID POTTS,
sth do ROBERT STINSON,
6th do WILLIAM S. HINDEU,
7th do J. JENKINS ROSS,
Bth do PETER FILBERT,
9th do JOSEPH H. SPAYD,
10th do JOHN HARPER,
11th do WILLIAM M'ELVAINE,
12th do JOHN DICKSON,
13th do JOHN M'KEEH AN,
14th do JOHN REED,
15th do NATHAN BEACH,
16th do NER MIDDLESWARTH,
17th do GEORGEWALKER,
18th do BERNARD CONNEI LY,
19th do Gr.w. JOSEPH MARKLE,
20th do JUSTICE G.FORDYCE,
21st do* JOSEPH HENDERSON,
22d do HARMAR DENNY,
23d do JOSEPH BUFFINGTON,
241 h do JAMES MONTGOMERY,
25th do JOHN DICK.
.JDJOURJ►ED COURT.
It is atreed that no Court be held for
Jury Taint on the Sd Monday ir. June next
The Jurors and Parties, and GI itnesses
who have been summoned need not at
tend.
' May 28 1840.
By the direction ofJudge Burnside the
above notice was forwarded to me for pu•
lication.
JOSEPH SHANNON Sheriff.
Sheriff's office Huntingdon
June, 2,1840.
Harrison and White Slavery
We have on one or two occasions allu
led to the malicious falsehood and mis
representation of the opposition papers
relative to this question. Yet it would
seem that the Loco Focos have become so
'excited with their prospects of defeat.
that they have renewed the attack with
redoubled fury. Perfectly wild with
!passion, they blazon forth their consu
mate slanders with glaring capitals, and
with sunres of guilty "hands" pointing to
!the evidence of their own infamy. Yet
1 m wild are they, that they send with them
the very evidence that they are wicked
falsefiees.
The last "Advocate" has devoted an
unusual portion to this stale and malicious
calumny. The guilty fingtrs which can
indict such articles, or the guilty hands
which will lay them to the world, must
needs have a passing notice. The article
is headed "Horrible! more of Harrison's
white elacery, and whipping to boot," and
ihen is produced the testimony which is
to prove that Harrison was in favor of
"SELLING FREE MEN," these are
the words. Before we make any further
comments we shall extract the sections
of that law as they are published in that
paper, and then we shall proceed to ask,
it the very law as they publish it them
selves does not prove positively that the y
are traducing the old soldier without
cause. Here it is.
" SEC. 30. When ANY PERSON
OR PERSONS SHALL ON CONVICT- ,
lON OF ANY CRIME, OR BREACH
OF PENAL LAW, be sentenced to pay
a fine or fine., with or without the cost of
prosecution, it shall and may be lawful
for the court before whom each conviction
shall be had to order the sheriff to sell or
hire the person or persons so convicted,
ro service, to my person or p .rsons oho'
will pay the said fine and cJeit tor such
term of time as the Court will think rea
,onable.
And if such person or persons, so sent
••need and hired or sold, shall abscond
from the service of his or her master or
mistress, lie or she so absconding, shall
un conviction before a Justice attic Niles
be if hipped with thirty nine sttipes:
and shall moreover serve tAto days for
every one so lest.
This is the law that they say is the cne
for which Harrison oted, and which sells
l as slaves POOR. DE 131 ORS.
HELLO ! as thee Yankee would say ;
you Loco Focus, what do you think of the
stale lie ? The Law says that it is for
CRIME, not DEBT Can you still re
iterate your foul mouthed slander. Your
poor free debtor turns out by your own
showing, to be a DETECTED CUL
TY FELON. Yet to defame Harrison
you call him a debtor.
There is a wonderous fellow feeling be
tween these Locos and the UNPUNISH
ED THIEF. The tale is told every
where, that Harrison voted in favor of sel•
ling poor detturs. Now, what is the
Law? Simply this. When a CRIM
INAL has been sentenced to pay a fine
fur some deed of VILLIANY, that he
cannot, alter he has served out part of his
sentence in jail, go free, but that the toil%
ty knave SHALL PAY HIS FINE ;
and for what else are they imposed? If
the SWINDLER can refuse to pay a fine,
,of what use is the Law ? By this Law
Ihe can go to work. and the woik is found
for him, and the public Treasury thus re
ceives back the money, spent in detecting
and convicting felons ; and to render the
payment more secure, the tunishment
for a runaway knave of this kind is the
old law of "forty, save one;" and this to
the delicate nerves of the Loco Fuco etli
ters is "Horrible," this "whipping to boot"
they do not 'admire. We ask any honest
man if this is not a more humane law
which allows a service in the open field,
instead of a servitude in a solitary cell?
No one can doubt that it is, therefore we
say that a man who would attempt to vio
late such a law would well deserve the
thirty nine stripes well laid on.
According to Loco Foco ethics, the DE_
TEC TED FELON, the UNPUNISH.
ED SWINDLER, and the CONVICTED
THIEF, or any other unpunished CRIM
INAL, should be allowed to escape scott
free, if he is a mind to refuse to pay his
fine fiend then "forcible ! the whipping
to boot."
We can say that there are cases when
we could "wish a whip in every honest
hind to whip some rascals naked through
the world"—what do you say reader.
would it not be right, when the crime was
the attempting to destroy the character
and tame of a man who had fought the bat
tles of your country, and led her armies
through their darkest trials, who had
"fought more battles than any other gen
eral and never lost a battle."
Our readers will find in another column
the letter of Gen. Harrison, relative to
this charge of selling free white men and
women, and they can there learn what
reliance is to be placed upon the tales of
these Loco Focus.
The other charge contained in the 'Ad
vocate' is ably answered by our cor-espon
dent Junius, to whose article we call the
attention of our readers.
The "Standard" says that the charge
made against Mr. Van Buren, relative
to the l-Lidson resolutions, has been refu
ted, and that it has been proven that Van ,
Buren was a friend of the war. And the
( worthy writer implies that we have seen
l and know the facts, but yet are willing to
stick to a lie. By way of testing the high
toned honesty of the eruidite and correct I
gentlemen who figure in that paper. we
very respectfully request of them to fur
nigh us withlthe proof, that our charge a
gainst Van Buren is not true, and if they
can produce such PROOF, we promise t o
give it to our readers. Let not your proof
be some stale extract from some partisan
paper, for that would only be of equal
weight with your own ipse dull. Give u s
good and substantial proof that Van Su.
ren was nut an opponent of the last war,
when Garrison was fighting for you and
me,and we will never allude to the charge
a gain, 4- will freely say that we have been
in error. But can simply say, Mr. Stan
dard, we shall not desist till then. Now
sir, give us the proof, and we can show
. your readers and our own, that you are
I disposed to treat us with every thing else
' than either truth, HONOR or JUSTICE• I
We always rejoice in an opportunity to'
correct any erroneous statements that we
• may be led to make; and you charge u s
with a determination to persibt in what
you say is false. Now sir, prove that we
'k am it to be false before you make such
c i k \ arges against your neighbors.
We shall make no charge against you,
but t his week you can find in our paPer,
profit • positive, that your charges relative
t o A arrison's selling free white men for
debt, and being favorable to a law requi.
ring a, properly qualification for an elec.
;or, an e both false. The substantial proof
is them, and now let us see whether you
Are williit gto correct your errors. Come,
come flour,. be careful, that we do not
prove that you are guilty of the charge
you would la, vat our door.
The law i "Congress signed by that
postle of det noeracy. Thos. Jefferson )
quoted by .g.l , malts" Can be shown to an)
man in the law, i as printed by authority ti
Congress. P eihaps you did not know.
this belore, at .d were unitepiinted t - . 1111
the facts. Tb ere is no excuse now ; and
rest assured' that if you are now unwil
ling to corre ct the falsehood, you must ad
mit that your charge against us will apply'
to yourselvee ith moth inure truth.
To the Fawners & Meehan-
ice- -No. 2.
Is there a farms T or mechanic in our
country, that has a of observed a marked
difference betwect the condition of our
country during tbt last fifteen years?—
Fifteen years ago, eftry branch of indus
try prospered; there was work enough
for all to do, and ITIORe . V sufficient to pay
him. It is not so nova. Fifteen years
ago, the credit of every State in the Union
was unimpaired, and :a large-surplus of
the Revenue of the United States was an
nually appropriated to pay the National
debt. Now, the stocks of every State are.
bandied about among Banks, Brokers, and
Foreign Capitalists, and none are willing
to touch them ; and the revenue is insuf
ficient to meet the expenses of the Nation
al Government. Fifteen years ago, and
the poor laborer, who received a bank note
in pay for his toil, could travel from one
end of the Union to the other, without be.
Ong obliged to let the land sharks snatch.
oft a part at every stopping place, on ac
count of his money being uncuri ent.—
Now, let a mechanic earn his money in
New Orleans, and travel to Boston, and
and at every city he must pay out a part
of his hard earned means, in order to get
money that will pass. In truth, every
thing, for the last twelve years, has tended
to make the office holder and the rich
richer, and to make the poor man more
dependent upon his bounty.
There is not a mechanic in our country,
that does not know these things are true ;
and there must he a cause kr the differ
ence ) and it is a duty that every man
owes to himself, to candidly inquire what
is that cause?
Reader, are you a journeyman median
lel Can you not see the change that has
so imperceptibly been brought about?—
Fifteen years ago, a journeyman could
find employment every where--his wages -
certain—and his money current every
where. Now, there is but little or no work
—less pay—and a worthless and uncer
tain currency. It may be good to-day, and► .
good for nothing to-morrow. (How ma
ny poor men suffered by the Berks county
and Schuylkill bank,?) Is it not so?
Are you a laborer? and can you not feel
that every tendency of your Govern ment
has been to bring down your wages, and
make you more depend ent upon the rich?
Every year makes it worse. Even eight
years ago, and the laborer was sure of his
pay when his toil was done. Now, even
the State of Pennsylvania, the proud Key
Stone State, with all her wealth and re.
sources—owes hundreds of poor laborers
the paltry pittance of their daily toil.--
Paltry, not to the poor laborer! but to a
great State rich in every thing. To the.
honest digger with the mattock, it is hia
wealth—and often has been the price of
his health. Yet this great State will bring
misery, distress, and want upon the hearth
stones of the poor, by neglecting to pay
their just dues, even of a few dollars; and
will in the midst of these sufferings pay,
two already rich lawyers, the outrageou s ,
lee of one thousand dollars, for an hour or
two of talk. And the advocates of this
measure, tells you he is the friend of the
psor laborer. Nor is this all ; every of
ficer who lives on the people's maney,
always makes sure of his pay—and some
times more—while the needy and suffer
ing laborer is told there is no money for
him. Yet this is called friendship to the
' poor. Worse than all this, the poor man
k is sued for his debts, and his little earn
! ings are eat up in cost ; or perhaps to raise
his money, his account is shaved to the
t tune of 25 per cent. by some of the DS: