Rhode lslflnd.
Things arc squally in this little State.
The Providence Journai of Monday con
tains the following :
PArcretvr. DIPARTMENT,
Providence, June O 7
- - -
The Banks in the city of Providence are
hereby recommended forthwith to close
their banks for business, and the same to
continue from day to day, during the
present week, unless this recommendation
be rescinded.
SAMUEL W. KING
The Wickfortl Volunteers, numbering
between fifty and sixty, arrived this
morning.
W understand that over a hundred
men, in addition to those already here are
ready at Warren. Was there not a mis
take in the cer.sus of Bristol county. It
seems that we had almost its entire male
population here yesterday. The women
of Warren say they need no protection ;1
they can take care of all the insurgents.
there.
The Third Brigade, Gen. Stedman, has
taken up its march towards Foster, where,
with the Fourth, Gen. Greene, it will
maintain a chain of posts in the rear of
the insurgents, and nen- the Connecticut
line, su as to cut oft' the retreat. The
greatest fear of our men is, that the enemy
will flee to Connecticut, where, of course,
they would be safe, as Gov. Cleveland
would not surrender them upon requisi
tion. 'l'he force in the rear of the insur
gents will probably be about one thousand.
The force which was quartered at Fruit
Hill last night, has probably marched to
Greeneville this morning, where it will be
joined by our reinforcements and will
occupy that post. Another force is to
be marched to Mashwonsecut Pond, by
the Scituate factories.
In obedience to the order published this
morning, the forces in the city not other
wise detached, assembled on Benefit
street, the right resting on College street.
The Cadet Company has marched in
the direction of Woonsocket. It will be
joined by a company from Manville, and
another from some other part of the county.
The whole under the command of Col.
Martin, will occupy Woonsocket. The
Marine Artillery and Light Infantry have
gone out of the city, we presume towards
the northeast corner of Scituate or to
Greenville. It will be seen that the in
surgent force is thus surrounded on all
sides, and the different detachments will,
we suppose, gradually close in upon it.
A company of about 150 volunteers
from Tiverton, Little Compton, Ports
mouth and Middletown, arrived here
this morning, in the steamboat King Philip,
from Fall river.
GENERAL ASSEMBLY,
JUNE SESSION.
Monday morning, June 27 The House
met at 11 o'clock.
The resolution of amnesty was called
up, and, after a slight discussion, not
upon the merits of the case, it was with
drawn by the mover, Mr. John Whipple.
It was stated by the mover, that the reso
lution did not apply to any who had used
force against the lawful government of the
State.
Mr. John 11. Clark moved that the Gen
eral Assembly adjourn to meet next Wed
nesday at Chepachet, this is the place in
Connecticut, where the insurgents hold
their meeting. lie said that the people of
thatvillage
were very anxious to have a
General Assembly there, and he wished
to accommodate them.
At the suggestion of several members,
the motion was modified, and the General
Assembly voted to adjourn to meet again
in this city on Thursday next, at 3 o'clock
P. M., unless sooner called together by
his Excellency the Governor.
It was understood that the members
would arm themselves and proceed in a
company to the scene of conflict, and they
remained together after the formal ad•
journment to make arrangements for that
purpose.
LAWS OF RHODE ISLAND.
STATE OF RHODE ISLAND AND
PROVIDENCE PLANTATIONS.
In General Assembly, June Session, 1842.
An Act establishing Martial Law in this
State.
Ile it enacted by the General Assembly
as follows:
Section 1. The State of Rhode Island
and Providence Plantations is hereby pla
ced under Martial Law, and the same de
clared to be in full force, until otherwise
ordered by the General Assembly, or sus•
',ended by Proclamation of his Excellency
the Governor of the State.
True copy—witness,
HENRY BROWN, Secretary,
(gr. Since the above has been in type
we have learned that Thomas W. Dorr
has again fled, and that his furt has been
taken. Large numbers of the insurgents
have been captured, and great exertions
are being made to take their leader Doi r.
Two men have been killed by the in
surgents—one of them an officer.
Dorr'3 own men were ignorant of his
flight, and many of them were greatly
displeased, and declared that they would
shaot him. Verily, Mr. Dorr, these are
the " times that try men's soks."
" Ur that fißhts and runs away,
another day."
Death of Samuel L.
Southard.
Although in a measure prepared foi
this event, it is with profound sorrow that
we announce the death of the lion, SA3I
IIEL L. SOUTHARD, U. S. Senator from
New Jersey. lie died at Fredericksburg
Virginia, in the midst of his friends, and
surrounded by all the members of his
family, on Sunday last, at about 10 o'clock
in the morning.
The age of Mr. Sorritino was about
55 years. He must have been generally
thought to be much older, so young, (for,
this country) did he attain high reputation,
and so early did that reputation bring him
into the Public Councils. lie was chosen
Ito be Chief Justice of his own State as
early as at twenty eight years of age.—
He became a Senator of the Unite.' States',
in the year 1821 ; and in the year 1823 he
was appointed by President Momicir: to
the highly responsible post of Secretary
of the Navy, the duties of which office he
discharged with pre-eminent ability up to'
the close of the Administration of Mr.
ADAMS. In the year 1833, he again
took his seat as a Senator from his native
state, and had ever since, up to the mo
ment of his last illness, faithfully dischar
ed the duties of that honorable station.
.Mother Congressman Dead.
The Hon. William S Hastings, a
member of the House of Representatives,
from the State of Massachusetts, died a
few , days ago at the Sulphur Springs, in
Virginia, whither he had gone for the
benefit of hie health.
Corresjondence of the U. S. Gazette.
WASIIINGTON, June 25, 1842.
J. R. Chandler, Esq.—After I had de
spatched my letter yesterday, the mes
sage was received front Mr. Tyler, I spoke
of as expected. lie informed the House
he had signed the Apportionment Bill, '
but that he had deposited with the Secre
tary of State his construction of the act,
and intimating that but for the act ha.-
ving the conAtructitm he had given it, he
would not have signed it. This is a new
species of veto, which is in tact no veto,.
but a recommendation to the Legislatures
of the States not to obey a law enacted by
Congress and signed by the Executive.
It is known that his construction of the',
law is, that it is recommendatory to, arid
not obligatory on the Legislatures of the
States. This course of the Executive is
extraordinary and unprecedented.
The message being read, Mr. Adams
rose, and in a subdued and solemn tone,
said he deeply regretted the course Mr.
Tyler had taken ; the subject was one of
great moment, as it involved great prin
ciples. He said he hail earnestly desired
to support the present Administration,
and s aw extremely sorry he found it ne
cessary so often to direr with the Execu
tive. He censured Mr. T. in strong and
dignified terms, and betore he sat down,
moved that the message they had just
received be referred to a select committee
with power to send for persons arid pa
per!:
Mr. Adams, remarks produced a strong
sensation in the House, and were listened
to with profound and respectful attention.
Mr. Wise came to the support of Mr. T.
but he was not able to convince the House
of the propriety of the course Mr. Tyler
had taken; the current of feeling evident
ly set strongly against him, even among
the Locos, to propitiate whom Mr. Tyler
has taken this course. They say Ile ought
either to have signed it unconditionally,
or vetoed it.
This is true enough, for the act was ei
ther constitutional and proper, or uncon
stitutional and improper. Mr. Tyler has
no more authority to construe an act than
I have. If he signs it, it becomes a law,
and whether it be constitutional or uncurl
stitutioaal—whether it be advisory or obli
gatory on the States does not depend
upon his construction of it filed with the
Secretary of State ; but will depend upon
the decision upon it of the Supreme Court
of the United States, who in deciding upon
it will look to the law itself, and not to
Mr. Tyler's paper filed in the Secretary
of State's office. It really seems unac•
countable that any man should have adop
ted a course so inconsistent with the con
stitution and usage of the country. But,
we may remember the old proverb " new
Lords, new laws," and " nice manners,
courtesy to great kings."
The debate upon Mr. Adams's !notion
for a select committee, was cut oft by the
adjournment of the House at half past
five o'clock. The subject will come up
again in committee to-morrow.
THE STRAWBF.RRY GIRL.-A. short time
since a gentleman who purchased some
strawberries from a girl in Cincinnati, in
picking them over, found a gold ring
among them, worth two dollars. 'the Cin.,
cinnati Microscope in reference to it says,
we learn by this little incident, a union
is likely to be the result ; and this very
ring to be the wedding ring! The ° straw
berry girl" is the daughter of a wealthy
farmer, and the young man an accomplish
ed son of a wealthy merchant.
A large meeting has been held in Rich
tnond, Va. in favor of protecting Home
industry generally, and the Coal and
Manufacturing Interests of the cuuntry
particularly.
Congress has passed an act to reimburse'
the expenses incurred by the State of
Maine, in 1839, for the protection of the
frontier, at the same rate as if the militia
called out had been in the service of the
United States.
l t atitt„
4,),
THE HUNTINGDON JOURNAL.
.4 One country, one constitution, cne destiny,"
Huntingdon, July 0, I Sitt.
V. B. PALMER, Esq. (No. 104 S. 3rd St.
Ph:ladelphia,)is authorized to act as Agent
for this paper, to procure subscriptions and
lada vcrtisinents.
The Decision of the SlieritF
Case.
We are indebted to the Editors of the
Harrisburg Intelligencer for the Opinion
'of the Supreme Court in the case of John
Shaver, Sheriff of this county. We will
endeavor to publish it entire next week,
and perhaps comment slightly upon it.—
It will no doubt be otrry pleasing to some
of our Loa' Foe. , friends.
Fourth of July.
•
•
And what a gltrious day
it is for Freemen ! Behold the banner of
the stare and stripes floating in the gentle
;breeze ! hark ! 'tis the soul-stirring mu
sic of the drum! 'Tis the shout of the
free and the song of the brave ! Whence
all this rejoicing and hilarity—this happy
throng—this shouting multitude? Is it
the day on which a successful chieftain's
brow, yet moist with the blood of van
quished enemies, is to be e,circled with
the green wreath of victory 1 Or is it the
birth day of some great and exalted per
sonage ? No, no,—the thrilling shout
`conies up from every valley and is echoed
:back from esery hill and mountain—.lt
)is the natal day of AMKRIOAIV INDEPEN
DErrcE! All hearts join in the national
jubilee—the voices of all, of every age,
land sex, ai:d station commingle in the
loud huzzas—and the sky is filled with
the glad sound. This is right—it is a
strong proof that we know how to spore-,
ciate the liberty that was declared this day
sixty-six years ago. The .‘ times that,
tried men's souls" are not forgotten by the
sons and daughters of those who, with a
firm reliance on the guidance of the God
. of hosts, mutually pledged to each other
• their lives, their lot tunes and their sacred ,
honor for the support of that Declaration
' which the 4th of July 1776 ushered into
being.
Duel between Webb and
Marshall.
The United States Gazette of the 27th
ult. says t—'• A duel took place very ear
ly on Saturday, on the border of Delaware
and Pennsylvania, r,ot far from the Rail
road. The principals were the both
Thomas Marshall, member of Congress
from Kentucky, and Colonel James Wat.
son Webb, editor of the New York Cour
ier and Enquirer.
The challenge, though perhaps, expecii
ted, was not given until the evening be
fore the duel, and in the vicinity of the
place of contest. We understand that
the oc.:asinn of the challenge was a reply
which Colonel Webb made in his paper
to a personal attack upon his character, by
Mr. Marshall, in the Criminal Court of
New York, where lie (Mr. M.) was de
fending a client.
The challenge was given by Mr. Mar
shall, through a friend, and accepted
promptly by Col. W., and the next (Sat
urday) morning, ihe parties met, in pres
ence of several persons besides their
seconds,) a ,i 1 proceeded to the contest.•—
Mr. Marshall's first shut struck short of
Col. W. The latter gentleman either
withheld, or threw away his fire. At the
second trial, Mr. Marshall's ball passed
through the leg, back of the knee of Col.
Webb, without hitting either tendon or
artery. This concluded the contest, and
Mr. Marshall returned to Washington,
and Col. Webb came in his carriage to
Philadelphia. the wound thoug!• suffi•
mently painful, as all gun shot and ball
wounds are, is not dangerous.
We do not pretend to give all the par.
titulars of the affair, nor is it necessary.
W e tell it as we heard it told, and under•
stand that a statement of the matter will
be drawn up and published.
- '
We disapprove entirely of this ►node of
arbitrating personal disputes, and regret to
have to make this record of the violation
of the laws. But it seems vain for the
layman to talk of such matters, when the
law makers are parttesto the proceedings.
Oz The attention of the reader is re
ispectfully invited to the advertisment of
M'CoriNett, in another column.
0::7 We have received the first number'
of a new paper, entitled the "Capitolian,"
published at Harrisburg, by E. Guyer, Esq.
It contains a great deal of reading matter
—is ably conducted and supports Henry
Clay for the Presidency. It is lobe pub
lished twice a week during the session of
the Legislature, and (MCC a week during
the remainder of the year, at $S per
annu m.
Pennsylvania Legislature.
EXTRA SESSION,
Correspondence of the Huntingdon Journal
HAnntsauno, June 25, 1842.
Mn. eIIEMER
Yesterday the bill extend
ing the charter of the Farmers' Bank of
Reacting came up again in the Senate, and
passed final reading by a vote of 17 to 13.
The bill providing for the payment of.
Domestic Creditors came up, and was tlis-H
cussed for sonic time, and then postponed
till Monday next.
The bill to attach Schuylkill county to,
the Eastern District of the Supreme Court,
and unite the Northern with the Middle
District, was under consideration till the
Senate adjourned.
In the House of Representatives, the
Tariff Resolutions came up again, on sec
ond reading—the question being on an
l ( amendment to strike, out the resolutions
and declaring that Pennsylvania refuses
to receive her portion of the proceeds of the
IPublic Lands. A Warm debate took place
between Messrs. Rounifort and Stevens,
the former making a rank Loco Foco
speech against a Protective Tariff and the
Distribution Act of Congress, and the tat
ter making a powerful argument in favor
of the same. The amendment was then
voted down--yeas 18, nays 74. The
question then recurring on a substitute
for the original resolution, an amendment
was adopted, by a strict party vote, de
claring the Distribution Act unwise and
inexpetlient—yeas 57, nays 32. The
amendment as amended was then discus.
sed until the hour of adjournment; and
in the afternoon session it passed second,
reading by a vote of 55 yeas to 35 nays:
Here you have a fair specimen of Loco
Foco legislation—wisdom, and honesty.—
Pennsylvania, with her more than forty
millions of dollars debt fast sinking her,
and without a dollar to pay the interest
that debt, declares, through her Loco Fo ,
Legislature, that she will not receive he
,portion. of Elm p. avec de a 1 the Public
Lands; and, with her deserted iron works
and manufactories, she declares herself
against Protection!!! IVhat fully! what
madness!!
Ir. the Senate, to-day, a message was
received from the Governor, nominating
JouN CAROTHERS to be Associate Judge
for Beaver county.
The bill extending the charter of the
Farmers' and Mechanics' Bank of Phila
delphia was taken up. Several speeches
were made. An amendment was offered
making the stockholders individually has
hle for the debts of the corporation, which
was, after much discussion, voted down,
when the bill passed third reading and was
sent to the llouse.
The bill annexing the county of Schuyl
kill passed third reading and was sent to
the House; but the proposition to annex
the Northern to the Middle District was
negatived.
A great portion of the session of the
House was consumed in tie discussion of
a joint resolution authorizing the citizens
of Philadelphia city and county to elect a
County Treasurer for the unexpired term'
of Joseph Plankington. The whole sub
ject was at length postponed.
The Governor announced in a message
that he has signed the bill to prevent the
further issue of relief notes, and provi
ding fur their redemption &c. That, I
suppose, is the last of it.
Yours 4.c.
Correspondence of tile Huntingdon Journal
H ARt „.ousw, June 28, 1842.
Ma. CitkLMIER
ft teems that the people
of Philadelphia are determined to give the
Legislature no quarter until they abolish
the Criminal Court of Sessions in Phila
delphia. Yesterday not less than eleven
petitions, nu merously signed, were pres
ented, prayi"g for its abolition.
The bill to incorporate the Mercantile
Library msociation of Philadelphia pass
ed; aud the bill extending the Farmers'
and M e coanics' Bank of Philadelphia also
passed third reading by a vote of 15 to 14.
Th e resolutions from the house for the
payment of Domestic Creditors then came
up, viten a number of amendments were
a doctl, by which the school fund is to he
.Ippropti , tted, to the payment of contrac •
tors, and the whole amount of Relief
Notes h the Treasury to the payment of
interest to such of the loan holders as may
be willing to receive them at par. The!
resolutions being thus wended, were
referred to the Committee on Internal
Improvements.
In the House numerous petitions were
presenteJ, among which were several for
the abolition of Judge Barton's Court of
Criminal Sessions. After which Mr.
Hahn offered the following, which was
laid on the table, where it ought to stay
forever:
Whereas, The apportionment bill passed
by both Houses of Congress, and now in
the hands of the President for his approval,
is, in the opinion of the House unconsti
tutional, ineapedient, and an infringe•
went upon the reserved rights oldie states >
Therefore
Resolved, That should said bill become
a law ; this House will not be governed by
its provisions, so far as the same are un•
constitutional:
The remainder of the Session was spent
in considering an omnibus bill, got up to
carry all private bil;s through by being
hitched to an election district bill.
la the Senate, today, the Committee
on Internal Improvements reported the
bill providing for the payment of Domes
tic Creditors, in the same shape and form
as it came from the House. The bill was
then taken up on second reading, when
it was burthened with amendments, and
postponed till to•tnorrow.
The Senate then took up and considered
the omnibus bill noticed in the House
proceedings of yesterday.
In the House the bill providing for the
sale of the Public Improvements which
passed the Senate some lime ago was re
ported, with a recommendation that the
same be tieritived. The Loco Focus
have no notion to give up that great source
of peculation which they enjoy through
our Rail Roads and Canals.
The Tariff resolutions coming up again,
Mr. Stevens took the floor and spoke in
defence of an amendment offered by him,
remonstrating strongly against the relin
quishment of the Protective System. Mr.
Stevens seldom or never spoke with more
ability than he did on this occasion. You
will no doubt receive his speech ►n some
of the newspapers.
,;orrespondence of the Huntingdon Journal.
HARRISEUAG, June 30, 1842.
MR. CREMER
In the Senate, yesterday,
Mr. Penniman submitted a resolution
similar to that which Mr. Hahn submitted
to the House, to the effect that the section
of the Apportionment law which relates to
the single district system, shall be disre
garded by the Legislature. The resolu
tion was laid on the table.
Considerable business of a private char.
iacter was transacted.
In the House Mi. Wright offered a res
olution that no county should be divided
in the making of Congressional Districts.
An amendment was offered by Mr. Bon•
salt repudiating the Apportionment act of
Congress, and refusing to obey it in dis
tricting the State. Mr. Kai ns then moved
an amendment to the amendment, decla
ring that the Legislature is in duty bound
to proceed at once, under the Apportion
ment act of Congress, to district the State
which was adopted by a decisive vote.
Now it seems to strike me rather forci
bly that Congress, or its members, indi.'
vidually and collectively, are fools andi
jackannapes for passing a law, and never]
discovering that it is unconstitutional, orl
else that certain of the members of our'
Legislature are such ninnies as to suppose
that they alone can judge of the consti- I
tutionality of laws, and therefore by a sort
of slight-01'4mnd" transform themselves
into the Supreme Court of the United
States, whose business it is to decide such
questions, and give an opinion thereon
which is to settle the matter for ever
afterwards. But seriously, this is a sort
of nullification that must be frowned
down by a virtuous community, or lead to
inevitable anarchy and ruin.
II
In the Senate, to-day, a considerable
amount of business of a private and local
character was transacted.
The bill to regulate election districts
4-c., occupied a great portion of the
!Session.
In the House, Mr. Farren of Washing-1
ton offered a preamble and resolutions in
favor of the Insurgent or " Suffrage ",
Party in Rhode Island, condemning the
proceedings of President Tyler and the
Genera! Government in the matter, and
authorizing the Governor of this State to
send a copy of the Resolutions to his
Excellency " Governor Dorr," and to
each of our Rein esentstivce in Cungt
(They were laid en the table. " Governor
Dorr"—p/ca se send your address to Da:
vid 11. Porter, so that he may know where
Ito send the copy of the preamble and rm.
The TarifT Resolutions came up next in
order, when the llouse declined proceed
ing to their further consideration, by
vote of 44 yeas to G 1 nays.
The resolutions relating to the Appor
tionment Act of Congress were next ta
ken up. Mr. Gamble's amendment to the
amendment of Mr. Karns (which was ad.
opted yesterday, protesting against the
right of Congress to dictate to the States
the manner in which they shall District
the States for members of Congress was
considered and adopted. Yeas 47 nays
40. The resolution of Mr. Karns was
then reconsidered and amended so as to
declare that it is expedient for instead of
the "duly of" the Legislature to proceed at
once to district the State in the manner
( prescribed by Congress.
The remainder of the day was spent in
considering the bill from the Senate auth
orizing the Canal Commissioners to pur
chase Trucks for the transportation of
section boats on the rail roads. A warm
discussion took place between Messrs,
Boone, McCahan, Gamble, Wright and
others in avor of the bill and Messrs. Ste
vens, Sharswood, Scott and others who
opposed it. The bill was amended and
passed eecdnd reading, when the flouso
adjourned.
ITEMS OF ALL KINDS,
The very latest case of absence of mind
that has reached our ears, is that of a dan
dy, who, having purchased poodle dog,
sent him into the house and crept himself
into the kennel. Nobody has yet &Icon
ertd the mistake, but all agree in calling it
a decided case of " absence of mind."
There is a shoe peg manufactory in
Meredith, N. 11. , at vrhieti 70,000 pegs are
turned out in a minute.
An annonirnous letter has been sent to
the Secretary of the Treasury, inclosing
$l2O in Virginia notes, which the writer
(States ,
are ito pay a debt dire the United
IStates,
Yours 4.c.
The Whigs of Columbus, Ohio, have
nominated John Davis, of Massachusetts.
Fur the Vice Presidency.
Why is a lady walking before a gentle.
man like Harden's Express? Because
she is in advance of the male.
'; Are you fond of llogg's Tales' " said
a rather verdant little miss to a shepherd.
" Yes, I like 'en) roasted, Wl' salt on
'em," was the response. " No, but I
meant—have you ever read llogg's Tales."
" Noa ;" said the pumpkin, " our hogs are
el black and all white ; don't think there
is a red one among 'em."
On the trial of a woman ip England for
biting oft a man's nose, the foreman of the
jury decided, that if a man attempted td
kiss a woman against her will, she had a
right to bite off his nose, if she had a fancy
for so doings
ADVICE FOR TorEa.--Live tem
perately—go to church—atteud to your
own atrAirs--love all the pretty girls—
marry one of them—live like a man, and
die like a chriatian,
The bright silver moon came up;
With many a diamond star,
As Dinah raised the sash and cried,
My lob, is't dar you ar!"
A Mr. James 1 1 1'Cormick, a distiller in
the City of Philadelphia, of respectability,
Icommitted suicide recently by cutting Lis
, 1 throat.
Two FOOLF.-Mr. Marshall and Col,
Webb. See the account of their shoo•
tity2; at each other.
Mr. 'Tyler has signed the Apportion
inent Bill as he understands it, and tiled
a paper in the Secretary's office, con
taining his understanding. Is the Vir
;lois abstractionist mad 1
The wife of Judge Pearsons, of Illinois,
committed suicide by hanging herself, on
the night of the 3ult., at Juliet.
The Mormons have nominated a full
tis.icet for county officers, of their own
religious denomination, in the county of
Hancock, Illinois. They intend either to
rule or ruin.
Last week a paper was received at the
Troy post office, which the post master
l on opening found to contain ono pair of
mittens, four wreaths of hair, a lot e t
ribbons, two pin and fine nu!,
Yours &c.
11, 11.