Atarder and Lynching at the a est We copy from the Chicago American the following particulars respecting the murder of Mr. Campbell, an Rock River, and we append to it a letter •vhich relates the occurrences that subsequently took place; The Wick River region has been long molested by a band of horse thieves, who were continuilly depredating on property and eluding justice by changes of venue, perjury, and juries composed in part of some of their number. A portion of the citizens, among whom was Mr. Campbell, a respectable citizen, at length exaspera ted, formed themselves into a company to ferret out the thieves and protect then property. In pursuance of this determi nation, they called on several individuals and informed them, that they suspected them of harboring thieves, or being in sonic way concerned in their depredations. One Individual, in particular, they requested to leave the country in a few days, or they would tear down his house—which, threat, on his refusal, they put in execu lion. The Driskells were amone ' the suspected number, were requested to leave. David Driskell was afterwards heard to say that he would not go before leaving his mark on some ten individuals, mentioning Mr. Campbell, the deceased, amone ' the number. On Sunday Mr Campbell told his fami ly of his apprehensions when going to church and throughout the day. In the evening, when going out to look at his premises before retiring, his boy preceding him to the gate, two men rose up from the weeds, and representing themselves as bewildered strangers, asked the boy the direction to a certain place in the vicinity.' While Mr. Campbell was giving the di rections, one of the men, probably recog, nizing his voice, rose up and shot him. His wife and daughter came out and caught him while falling; and the villain, who was not clearly recognized, stood for a moment until he thought his object was seeurely effected, and then made his es cape. The citizens did not get together to make pursuit until next morning. The tracks of the two men were apparently followed to where another individual had been standing with three horses, and thence the people started in pursuit of the suspected This occurrence has largely increased the number of the company, by the addi tion of respectable individuals. who are determined to defend their property and avenge their wrongs. So great and just is the indignation against this crowning and damning act of horse thieves, that we should not be surprised to hear; that that heretofore peaceable section of country had been the scene where Judge Lynch had held, over many individuals , hts 'sum mary tribunal. The following letter, copied from the Chicago American of a later date, states the occurrences which followed the mur der and arrest mentioned above: Belvidere, 33th June, 1811. "Since Sunday last, the good people have been under a most violent excite ment, on account of the repetition of the Belvidere trage.fsy, rumors of which doubtless have reached you ere this time. However, that you may know what to re ly on as truth, 1 will give you a of what I have been able to gather from eve witnesses and participators in these most h;gh handed sail alarming atrocities. —For let the emergencies be what they may, all lawless violence resulting in bloodshed or death, are alarming in any community, particularly in one comprised of eastern and northern men. The facts in this case are these. The country be low this and north of the Illinoist river, has been for a long time, and is now in fested with a gang of black legs, counter feiters, horse thieves and pirates, and the good people have found our law., or at least the administration of them entirely inadequ tte to the protection of their pro perty ; consequently they have been forc ed to form themselves into "volunteer companies, and anti horse thieves socie ties." One was formed about 20 miles below this, at Washington grove. Mr. Campbell was actively tngaged in getting it up, On Sunday night last, two of the Driskells, notorious through this region as ring-leaders and harborers of all sorts of villains—rode up to Campbell's house and asked his son if his father was at home; he called his fattier to the door, when the Driskells shot him dead, and fled. The volunteer companies of De Kalb and N in nebago counties, immediately collected and went in search of the Driskells. On Tuesday they caught the old man and one of his sons—tried them by Lynch law and was convinced that they were the cause if not the perpetrators of the atrocious murder of Mr. Campbell. They sen tenced them to immediate death, then placed the old man ten rods off, and bid him prepare for death, giving him 5 min utes—when the time was up about 50 balls went through him. The son was then served in the same manner—both devils proving game—neither making any disclosures, more than saying that anoth er son of Driskell killed Campbell. The company are now pursuing this other Driskell, who has cut stick with a confed ate. 8500 reward is offered for his head. High handed and revolting as this sum mary mode of proceeding seems to be, this, nevertheless, absolutely necessary, and receives the commendation of every individual who is at all acquainted with the facts. 11 a man refuses to join these companies, he is put down at once with the horse thieves. The Rockford parr e ;11 bring all the mtmitie of t , ,e aft i-;" THE JOURN AL. One country,one conetitutionone deatin Huntingdon July 21. I $4l. Democratic Candidate FOR GOVERNOR, JOHN BANKS, OF BERKS COUNTY. COUNTY CONVENTION, AND Democratic Meeting. The citizens of the several Township• and Boroughs ot.this county, are request ed to meet at their usual places ot meet ing, on Saturday, tic 7th of August, to elect two delegates from each of said town ;hips and boroughs, to represent them it. the County Convention, which will meet in the borough of huntingdon, on We inesday, tire 11/h of ,Luguel, • - " lat 2 o'clock in the afternoon, to nominate a County Ticket to be supported by th, opponeuts of the present State Adminis tration, at the coming election. By order of the County Committee, THOS. FISHER, Chairman. July 21,1841. The "Slandered and Vi!Mien" By E. V Everhart. David R. Porter,— The slandered and villUfed candidate of the Democracy in 1838—now their first choice; he has been tried and not found wanting. Toast at the Porter supper July 3d. We have long since came to the con• elusion, that no man, in his senses, could be a citizen of our county, a single month, and not, by a little enquiry, learn, what' was the character of the present gov ernor of Pennsylvania ; and we hove no hesitation lb saying, that there is nw one man in the county, who has watched his career for twenty years, but, will at once, in his own /heart, admit, that we have long since painted Ins character in its proper colors. We had deemed it so well understood, t hat we saw no necessity to reiterate char ges which we have made, and proven, a. Igainst Mr. Porter. Under the present circumstances we feel called upon to brief. ly lay out the cause of our opposition to David R. Porter in 1838, and why we con tinue it in 1840. Our neighbor of the "[Nachman," has at length, in the above toast, broken the ground, and, we presume, courts an op portunity to say that the toles told of qtr. Porter, are no longer uttered by his "slan derers" of '3B; or, perhaps, lie may have been kept so long in the dark that he 'cannot eveh suppose that his patron is so deeply steeped in depravity, as to be' what we really can prove him; and we feel called upon to enlighten him a little in this respect. You have pronounced Mr. Porter a "slandered and villifed" man, in the 'very town, where, what you please to call slanders , first originated—where the knowledge and history of that man's mis- 1 deeds are in the mouths of the children— where that dread oath was taken which made him a FRAUDULENT INSOL• 'VENT; and now, we propose to lay the history of his villianies, once more, before the people, that this neighbor of ours shall not have occasion to say that the "slan ders" are no longer believed. That is not slander which is true, nor do we think a man is villified unless the charges which are made to render hiin vile in the eyes of others, are false. Then, we must be allowed to ask, how was David R. Porter slandered and &li fted ? and let the issue be fairly met. We told the tale that David R. Porter secreted some of his property, before he took the Insolvent's Oath, and then re took the same after his release. 11 e told l i it —rr IS TRUE—WE CAN PROVE IT ! and was this one of the "slanders !" We now state it distinctly, that David R. Pot ter did put property out of his hands, and did, in court, swear he had not done so, and he did, again, tale possession of that I very same property. Our legal friend, we presume, is well enough acquainted with the language of that oath, to know, that the man who does au is a willful and del6erate PERJURER—an urnitigated villian who, for the paltry dross, called gold, will call on the Searcher of all hearts to attest the truth, as he shall answer to Him when that dread trump shall sound, and then tells a guilty damning lie. We ~a i d in '39 that l)avid R. Porter had done ; 0 ! We say it again—we can prove it! 'hat one of the slanders 7 e charged this 11 r. Porter wi It re-1 tying to pay debts which had been con tacted, previous to his insolvency, al. •hough, now wealthy ; and, on a certain occasion, a suit was brought by the heirs if Evan Crain, dec'd, to recover the mo• icy earned by hard work by their father, ‘ , Vhen Mr. Porter, before the arbitrators, succeeded in obtaining an award, because he Crains could not find Patton and Par-1 er's books, there was a general exulta ion among his friends, and the Crains , were called the dupes of others, and Mr, "orter was made out an "injured .inno• cent." But the Messrs. Crains were not easily satisfied —they found out where he books were, and they appealed from hat award, and the suit, subsequently, ••ante up otter he was elected Governor. !lien this dignified and limiest man Porter dead the STATUE OF LIMITATIONS —in fact, admitting that he could escape the payment in no other way than to take advantage of that lair, and say, the debt was too old to pay. What we told of this case in '3B, was true, and the whole is now true. Is this "slandering and nth 'ying ? " It is a matter of Record ! Are our Court records slanderers ? Anil we told the history of Campbell's ' irial, after Porter's election, when he Irotight his brother Jim up to draw ae indictment, and Mr. Barton to lampoon Campbell and eulogize himself ; when he stood on the stand as a v iiness for hours, tnd swore up to the mark. of his own hon• esty; and that then, twelve men of this county could not believe him against the PROOFS of cutur there produced. We told the damning fact, that, on that trial, this same honest man, thrum ; h his Counsel, would not the prools, that he had robbed his creditors by Fraudulent Insolvency, be introduced, where if they had been false, lie could have shown it ; and we said then, and we say now 111 F. DARE NOT let them undergo a jndi . cial investigation ; and nee these, sir, what you deem the slanders against Da vid R, Porter? We said that be was pro. thonotary twelve years, and that the Sche dole of his property and debts was mint in the office when he lelt it, and is(' said then and we say again, that David R. Porter was the only human being on earth who was interested in its destruction. Per haps you call this one of the slanders Perhaps,'sir, we hare enumerated II I, of the leading "slanders" tiltshich y lode. We tell you, sir, :mil we -tic, inure tell the public, that they are the pure immaculate truth, and we have posted them in letters cf flame on the forehead of your "slandered and vilified" candi ;late, and they ia ill ',main there as Ion:; as life shall last. They will clitig around his memory, and remain the inonu went of his infamy, and Pennsylvania's shame. It might have answered fur any one to have called these things slanders anv where but here. Here we know him; and it is not in accordance with our notions of justice, to permit an insinuation to a rise here, that David R. Porter is now, o r over was an honest man, IV hen the Re cords of our court are msToßtEs OF HIS CRIMES. Nor shall we permit any one to assert that truth is slander, and the zirculation of a tact is to villily his character. To those who so much dislike to see private character a subject of discussion, we have but one word to say. Many, iv, suppose, itivp;in that the,t, things are but the heated venom of party spleen. and are lead to think that all tales art bred in the hot bed of politics; conse quently, look upon all this as attacking a man's private character. Now, in all candor, we ask, ought the people of this or any other state—ought ary honest man —ought any christian, sup. port a man for any office whose morals are thus tainted with crime, and who has given no evidence of repentence?— We, for one, will never allow a man of such character to assume the seat as a ru• ler of Freemen, until we have performed what we think is our duty. Does any man suppose that scores of THIEVESand MGM! AYMEN would have been released from our prison cells' if there had been a man at the head of the State "who feated God and eschewed evil." Yet such things are of daily oc• ccrrence now. The detected horse thief; now, walks our highways with a previous pardon of Porter's in his pocket; and ra. pine and murder riot on unconcerned in their scenes of blood and brat dity, know. ing, that some of their kindred spirits have been saved from the chain and cell t or the prison by the pardoning power of !one who evinces a fellow feeling for them, If, then, you cannot listen to the truth about a man who is a candidate for exe cutive power, we say at once, you are unfit for Freemen, and the day may not be fat distant,when that power, supported by thi , mock morality will rule with a rod of iron, when the gag and the chain will br the portion of him who shall dare eall an executive knave by his true name. Ile have done, and if our language shall seem harsh, let it be borne in mind that it is the truth which pierces, and it is the truth which is the harshest. To our neighbor, we will, in kindness say, our "slanders" we can defend, and he will find it difficult to make it appear that we hove ever "slandered and villifed" Mr. Porter while the proofs of his guilt remain. The pardoning' Power. The consetpences attending the con tinued use of the pardoning power, can easily be understood when we state tha t Rox, who was tried and convicted for manslaughter, was pardoned by Gov. Por ' ter, and in less than one year he killed another man in the same way. The Miners Journal " notices a simi• lar case, or at least one which tends to prove the bail effects of such a prom iscu • nun pardoning of thieves and villains. Some wretch by the name of M'Laughliti, has been arrested and is now in jail, for a brutish outrage on the person of a young lady in Port Carbon—The Journal" says this is the second attempt of the same kind in the neighborhood, since the par. don by Gov. Porter, of the wretch who was recently convicted for the same crime, and sentenced to ten yebra imprisonment o the penitentiary. S! , all a civilized community—at large submit to such things I Shull crime be al. lowed to walk abroad at noonday, and there tie no power to stay it. !four courts are too severe, let them he altered, but in he name of virtue, we protest against this abuse of the pardoning power. In some of ihe states this crime is punished with death. Yet here is a man sentenced for ten years,—and is pardoned in one—Can any one wonder that crime increases in our state. The System : Our opponents have organized a coin ilete for the present campaign, and 'it is cai ried out with a steady unwavering tis a system of falsehood. You :ardly take upapaper, that you ;.• not •,e attempts to show that changes ire every where taking place, in favor of Porter. They told the tale so much about the Tippecanoe clubs of Dauphin county, having openly declared themselves for Davy R. that they really begin to think It is true• There is but one answer to all this, Let every man look carefully among his own neighbors, and see whether he does not see the change the other way—see how many who voted for Porter in , s 8 that now say the " Books were in the gar ret" and they can support him no longer . Any man who will do so, will be convinc. ed that their tales are manufactured out of the raw meterial, and only intended for other places than where the scenes are located. Cannot some of the Loco Eoco papers, get out a good story aLout the changes in Ifuntingdon county, it would have an ex, cPllent effect if you wild get any body to believe it. McLeod Case. The court of New •York, before which N4cLeod's case was to be heard, has given an opinion adverse to the release of that worthy, and he is remanded back to the Jail of Oneida county, to take his trial be fore a jury. It is more than probable that the case may be taken up to the court of Er r ors, and in the event of that court, at• firming the present judgment, to the su preme court of the United States• Now what will Mr. Fox the British minister do—will he dem and his papers, and return home, or will he wait until the whole matter is settled according to law. ff • is we presume satisfied, that his idle demand of the immediate release of Mc• Lend, will not frighten, any of our courts from their proper duty. It is said that McLeod is anxious to have the case taken at once to a jury trial, Oz:rWe publish this week the remarks made by Rev Mr. Crownover, at the Me chanics celebiation. We regretted ex ceedingly, that we could not have been furnished with a copy for our last. The many duties devolving on him, however preclued the pos3ibility of his furnishing them sooner. Communicated. TINE MARKETS. Mr. Enrroii,—/ seen in a paper called [CORRECTFID WEEKLY.] the "Gfatehman." printed in this toen, Philadelphia. in article headed "lacts," some weeks a- Wu EAT FLOUR per bbl. - - 85,50 ,o, a statement, that I owed the State I,:',Rir'NM,lF'o".L' do. -- - 3.25 do. - - - - - 2.75 91,252 134; and, in his last paper, the WHEAT, prime Penna. per bush. - - 1 16 PAlitor wants to know Tithe money is paidßyE o. Southern, do ' - I,ln do. - -62 i aver. Now, I do not know, nor care C O R N , yellow, e.. - - - 65 mach about this fellow who has come t 0 white, do. - - 616 k/TS 40 play "resurreetidnist" to the ghost of the A do. - - - bis, "Advocate;" but I am told, that he used Balt;more. to be one of that lot, on the hill at Ilar- - $5,75 risburg, that they call the ''forty thieves," and I cannot see what he calculates to gain by coming here arid calling me, and two or three better men than hiinself, thieves and State Robbers. My notion is, he understands this thieving business pretty well—if he has been one of Porter's "rogue: or fo9l3"—and wants to bawl nut atop thief while he runs away from the hue and cry himself. Tint, no matter what he used to be; I am just going to fix this matter about myself, and he may have all the credit of being !)avid Rittrn • house Porter's rogue and fool both, that is, ifhe will just stick to he truth when he (speaks about me, or, I shall be bound to put a little more to his name, and call him Porter's liar, too; and that is just what I mean now, for Mr. Editor, there is not one word oftruth or "facts" in his state ment, so far as my name is conce , ned,it is all a full bred lie; and that fellow may have the credit of making such arti cles to sell to his subscribers. JOHN WHITTAKER. Communicaf,d. Ma. EDITOR. —The sabbath schools of the Methodist Episcopal and Fresbyterian churches, joined together in celebrating the day of indepentlencl in the following manner. A committe of arrangemen t havingbeen previously appointed by each of the schools they conferred together, and after having appointed Mr. Thomas Burchnell Chief marshal, agreed upon the or der of exec• cities for the day. Each school met in its own church at 9 o'clock, and united to.. getter at the Methodist church at 10 o'clock, where the procession was formed by the marshal according to previous ar rangement, composed of scimitars, teach ers parons and many of the citizens, pre ceded by the Jefferson Band. After which it moved to the beautiful grove at the Cypress Cottage, about half a mile from town, where scats and stands h tl been prepared for the schools, the speak ors and the band. A slight shower inter rupted the exricises for a short time, dur ing which the ladies and children obtained a shelter in the cottage, but the rain in a short time cleared off, and we were soon out again, and found that we hail received a benefit rather than an injury from the "cool refreshing shower." After a hymn sung by the children, the reading of the Declaration of Independence and music by the hand, an excellent discourse was delivered by the Rev. J. Monroe, a part of which was addressed particularly to the parents, advising them to encourage sabbath school institutions by all the means they possessed, showing also the beneficial results which would accrue to themselves their children and the rising generation in general. An a'ldtess was to have been delivered by the Rev. Messrs Peebles and Mills; but some of the ladies thought it best to dis continue the exercrises on account of the' dampness of the grass. An abundance of. refreshments were served around, con sisting of cold ham, chipped beef, bread and butter, and cakes by the bushel, of which about four hundred persons partook. For drink, we had lemonade and table beer. The children carried Drautiful and appropriate banners. At the head of each school was a banner with the name• of the school which follow,l inscribed up on it. Temperance Wieners followed; one, for the "Juvenile Tempi-rance society of the Methodist Episcopal Church," lead Itt scribed upon it, "Temperance, the Guard of Youth—the Support of Age. One car ried by the Presbyter:an School, had foi its motto, "Temperance—we cone to the Rescue. Others followed, one of which, a beautiful white banner trimmed laze and surmounted by a green wreath. was carried by a little boy of the Metho dist School, and had inscribed upon it "Suffer LittleChildien to come unto me.". After the exercises wore closed the pro-I cession was again formed and returned t. town. Ire were dismissed in the stree. after singing the doxology— Praise God from whom all blessings flow, Praise Him all creatures here below, Praise Him above ye heavenly host, Praise father son and Holy Ghost. FASHION—Fa.hion is a poor voca tion. Its creed, that idleness is a privi lege and work a disgrace, is among the deadliest errors. Without depth of thought, or earnestness of feeling, or strength ot purpose, living on unioal lire sacrificing subst,ni e to sl ow , rulmituting the factitious for the natural, mistaking a crowd for society, findiiig it, chief plea sure in ridiculing and exhausting its inge nuity in expedients for killing time, fashion is among the last influences under which a human being who respects himself, who comprehends the great end of lile, would desire to be placed —Charming. 1383 emigrants arrived at N. Y. on Saturda7 and Fiundar. WHEAT FLOUR, per bbl. \VHF AT, per bush CoRN, yellow, do. do. white. do. - Floe. do. - ()Ai's. do. - WHISKEY, in }HAS. - - Pithburgh. - - • $4,50 Ft.nUR, per bbl. WHEAT, per bush, RYE, do. OATS, do. •RN, WHISKEY, per gal, HYMENEAL REGISTER. The silken tie that binds two willing hearts, HARRIED. -On Thurstlay,the 15th inst., by Daniel Africa, Di., Mr. ABRA HAM FIELD:, Of Philildel phia, to Mi. SA RAH LEWIS, of f/' Riker IIPAIIA11), Billit iligtloll coo iil v. OBITU ARY RECORD, "I.•i tile 'nicht of life we are in death.% DIE1)-...\t his residence in Dublin Township, on it'ednestlity evening, the 14th instant, .101 IN 111,111!, 2:,(4. iie the 60th year of hi: age. Sheriff's Sales. BY virtue of sundry writs of Vendi tioni Exponas, issued out of the County, U'rt a n d of(7n to nl m ° C l Piecasiffuntingdon directed, will be ex po sed to Public Sale at the Court House in the Borough of Huntingdon, on Monday, the 9th day of August next, the following property, viz:— A lot of ground in the Borough of Hol lidaysburg, fronting Go feet on the south side of Walnut street, and extending back at right angles 180 feet to an Alley, the same being numbered 20 in the town plot of said Borough, having a weather board , ed house and a frame stable thereon.— Also a tract of land situate in Frankstown township, adjoining lands of James Smith, Dr. Peter Shoenberger, Henry Staffer, & Joseph McCune, containing about one hundred and twenty acres, about sixty of which are clearest, having a house and barn therein]. Also a tract of l a nd situ ate in said township, adjoining lands of Conrail Geesey, J. G. Miles, and others, containing about one hundred and seven• ly acres, about one hundred and thirty of which are cleared, having a two story brick house, a two story log house, a log barn, and other out houses thereon erec ted. Seized, taken under execution, and fo be sold as the property of Simnel Smith, Samuel Duncan, and John McCloskv. ALSO, All that certain tract of land situate in Barree township, in the county of Huns tingdon, bounded on the east by lands of Alexander Ennie, on the north by lands of_ David Bari, on the west by land of Jam e s Stewart, and on the south by other land of defendant, containing one Iminired and ten acres, more or less, having a two sto ry house, a one and a half story house. and a frame barn thereon. Also one other tract of land in said township of Barret,. adjoining lands of John Smith, Joseph ()bourne, the above land on the north, containing ninety acres, about seventy of which are cleared, having two one and a half story houSes and bank barn thereon erected. Seized, taken under execution, mai to. be sold as me property of James Ennis. JILSO, All the right, title and interest ofJohn 11. Gibbony, in a lot of ground situate in Duncanville, Allegheny township, fro..t ing 60 feet on Market street, and extend ,ng, back at right angles 180 feet to Rose alley, and numbered 21 in the plan of said town, having a long one and a half story frame house weather boarded thereon erec ted. Also one other lot numbered 14 in the plan of said tewn, fro:i hug 60 feet on Bedford street, and extending back at right angles to said sheet 180 feet to Balm alley, on which is erectei; a ware house, taken as the property of John .1". Ciibbony. Also, as the property of Julio Martin, a lot of ground on the north cor ner of Mulberry and Wayne streets, in the borough of Hollidaysburg, and num bered 48 in the old town plot of said be. rough, fronting 60 feet on Mulberry street, and extending back at right angles to said street 180 feet to an alley. Alga the one half of the lot adjoining the said last men tioned let on the went, fronting 60 feet on Mulberr:: street, and extending hack 180 feet to an alley, which is erected a two story house weather boarded and painted, taken as the property ofJohn Martin. Seized, taken under execution, and to be sold as the property of Gibbony and Martin. ALSO, A certain lot of ground situate in Me chanisburg, Franklin township, Hunting don county, fronting on the north side of the Spruce Creek road, adjoining lands of Samuel Molten] on the e olith west, and a lot of Wtn. '?r Pliei ran on the north east,
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