positively that he had not been employed At the same time remarkably accurate ac by any bank, or any officer, director or ~punts of proceedings of the two Houses, agent of any bank. Mr. Handy declares there was nothing to arrest the attention that Brodhead was perfectly aware that he af the amanuensis, but in several of those was acting on behalf of the Bank of the written by . Mr. Field there evident- 1 United States, and the whole scope and 'y was. It is to be lamented that this tenor of the letters show it beyondia doubt. zentleman's memory also failed him on Assuming this to be correct, no eqeivoca. this occasion, so that lie was unable to tion can save the answers of Brodhead be- recollect whether he had asked, or Neel. veil, any explanation. And even in re-' tore the Committee from downright and Brodhead contradiction of the letters.-- terence to a small note among the papers Brodhead was never discharged (r u in le. produced, addressed him to Mr. Read, attendence as a witness, but at his own and urging, him to come up and attend to urgent request, was suffered to return to his ha! , tiess, .. or it would be all no go," los business, upon his assurance that lie he could not remember to what it referred, would re-appear at any t i me , li e was so as to explain it. Mr. Field was often bound therefore, if he meant to keep his surpiised at the information possessed by parole, in spirit as well as letter, not to Read, and asked from what source he ob- remove, without communicating hi s tamed it, but received no saticfactory an- I The letters indeed do show, that change of residence to the Committee.— i t . he was kept very well advised of what! This, however, he dirt, having gone, was tiding. and contemplated to be done. appears, to the State of New York. The subpcena however, was left at his resi. Mew ouhs le tters,ttr accompanying Read's. deuce, and no doubt he was notified of it. I that R eceived $l,OOO for his He has had ample opportunity to appear, services, aid claimed to have a note of since the attachment issued, on the 14th his, for $l,OOO held by the bank, delivered ! of June. He may be considered, there- up. Mr. South in his testimony tails to fore, to have fled, and thus pleaded guilty explain his letters, at least to the satisfac. to all the inferences to be drawn from tion of the Committee. He testifies to! the receipt of g 1.600, from Handy, and such conduct. lie has reaped a rich liars vest from the Penesylvania B inking Its-'that he paid Mr. Read only 481,000. Up stitutions, if as Mr. bunko asserted in his :on the bank threatening to sue him upon his note, Read intimated an intention to evidence, he had received from tie United States Bank expenses of loans, negociated take defence and call South av a witness ; by him, as special agent of the Common- whereupon, rather than be called to testi ly in the case, Mr. Smith agreed to pay wealth, sixty thousand dollies and ups one halt the note, anll'accordingly did so, wards ; and if, as Mr. Wharton states, on the strength of. or account of the loan with or out of the $6OO he had in hand. of $2OO 000 negociated by him for the Mr. South has not explained satisfactorily Berks County Bank, with the Common those remarkable expressions contained, in his letter of the 17th of April ; .. Yes.! wealth. he had received accomoilatione to the extent of near $30,000, which lie never terday Mr. Read requested me to attend met at maturity, and in addition to this, to his matters in relation to the late ope by the election of the liegsilature, bad en- rations at Harrisburg. The Legislature joyed the advantages of a seat in the Board having adjourned, he expects one or two of Hii ectors of the Bank of Pennsylvania, iudividuals down who hold his engage- He appears to have been a constant borer merits. I paid his order on me for 8000 on Monday last—it is always better to at Harrisburg, for many years past, on behalf of banks and other corperations.— settle with these persons at once, then It is hoped that henceforth his occupation their services can be again commanded in that respect, is gone forever. when required. Sol when he first appeared,admitted Upon his second appearance before the that tie had been at Harrisburg during the committee, Heart admitted what he had session of 1840, but that he had come at before denied. that he knew that he was the request of the Moyamensing Bank, of employed for the bank of the United which lie was President, for the sole tib- states—that he had received $lOOO for ject of procuring a modification of a pro- his services ' n It a d I ad claimed as a further vision in the hill for immediate resuinp- compensation that his note for 81060 tion then pending by wh rh the banks should be given up. He explained his would have been compelled to pay specie letters by the bold and unblushing asser. For their circulation, and not their depos- lion, that they were all mere fabrications ites--that he hail no other purpose in com ing to Harrisburg, and knew nothing in regard to the disbursment of any money by any of the banks, or their agents, for that or any other purpose connected with Legislation for their benefit. Upon Sulms second appearance, subsequent to the production of the correspondence, he sub witted a statement giving an account 01 all the particulars of a certain conversa tion, reference to which was made in his letter, and bad found its way into the public newspapers. This he was able to remember and state particularly. In ref erence to other parts of his letters, stating facts and conversations occurring within his own knowledge, and if true, of a char acter so striking as to leave an indelible impression on the memory, he professed to have no recollection. Presse d closely, he attributed this remarkable failure, at The committee have adopted this course one time to a spell of sickness, at another from considerations of evident propriety. time to a defect of his faculty, and again •ro have entered upon a long examination he changed his ground, imputing to hitn of the mere probabilities of the case, as self the consummate folly of writing at affecting individuals, would not be within the dictation of others, and using language teeir legitimate sphere. They report which he did not then. and does not no, herefore, that the bank of the United I understand. No one can believe this, States attempted, and intended corrup and Solms doubtless knows of the dispo. Lion and bribery, that there is no evidence sition of the money made by Brodhead, before the committee that a single dollar and perhaps has pocketed his share of the was eotr paid out by the agent or agenda proceeds. to any b..dy for that purpose, directly or Such are the men employed as the indirecey Irdeed is is not very difficult agents of the Bank of the United States, to eccuunt for the couise of the greater and in whose bosom beyond all question, 'mother of those members who in opposi if in no other persons, reposes a full knowl- lion to their party, voted for the resump . edge of the whole of this transaction.— lion Resolutions. Th e , c ~„pv of 'Hain -1 heir character' is now before the country, ! ! tat tiiiig the honor of the States by adequate and their letters and evidence, together provision for the punctual payment of, with that of all the other witneseea exam die interest of the public debt—the Strong ined by the Commiwe, may be safely desire of the gentlemen representing the submitted without further coinment, other all slate. improvement districts, to get some ap than the remark, that they propriation, however small, towards the THAT THEY II AVE .I\' 0 KNEW 1., ntinished lines, to either with the extra° EDGE OF .11NY CORRIPTIONON .0 , liti.irand as the committee think anwar- THE PART OF THE EXECUTIVE, Y • . 111.E . MBERS OF THE LEGISL A rateable ligtnence rough) to Ivor upon the members as will be seen by the evidence. 7 URE, OR OTHER OFFICEhS OF !coup be stiff...lent to acrouall . or thc result, TI.E GOVERNMEN I'. NOR IN tr . ttryiu t resaiting to corruption d irect or THEIRIN7ERCOURSE . 11 , 17 ALL, OR AA YOF THEA,DURING nsu reel. SESSION, If 4A' THERE AN Y 1 The terms of the resolution, under THING IMPROPER. which the committee was constituted, George Read, late Treasurer of the comprehended an investigation into the county of Philadelphia, was also one of_ conduct of all or any of the banks, and the paid agents of the batik, although he extended back to 1835. It was proper does not seem to have been trusted wish that the reeolutiim should be thus broad, money by the ethers, in which moloubt-; in order that the committee might not be edly they showed their discernment and improperly limited, in their inquiries. It discretion. When he first appeared be- was the intention of the committee to have fore the Committee he denied most posi- followed up the matter much beyond the tively and unequivocally, that he had ever proceedings connected with the legisla been employed by any Batik. paid by any lion of 1840. It was soon seen, however,) B +ilk, or rendered any services for which that it would require the attentlence of a he tail ever made any claim, and of course, great number of witnesses, the personal , that he knew anything at all about the , examination of the books and accounts of object of inquiry - before the Committee,— m ny other of the Banks, and would open, Read is a n extremely illiterate man, being a field of investigation, so broad and ex unable to reader write, except his own tended, as could not evea be partially name• Ile was obliged, therefore, to con- explored within the limits of the session. duct his correspondence through the me In regard to the ee-charter of the Bank dium of an amanuensis. He procured of the United Stales, slime evidence, how• fur this purpose the services of John ‘%. ever, was incidentally brought before the Nesbit. a clerk under him in the Treasu- committee from which it would seem rer's Office, then attending at Harrisburg. scarcely to be doubted, that the same to settle some accounts with the Auditor means were attempted, if not actually ere- General, and upon' his leaving Harrisburg, ploved, at that trine, as during the session had the assistance of v% in. Field, a meat - of . 1840. The permanent expense tic• ber of the House from Bucks. In the let count of that Bank, before referred to. tors written by Nesbit, being simple but shows the following entries: intended for the purpose of extorting tno-1 nev from the bank. THIS lIITNESSI THEN IS SELF C 0.% YICTED OF FRAUD .91VD PERJURY. In regard to these three men, it must 1)r for the constituted autorities to deter mine what the public justice of the country demands. Among some other of the witnesses ex- 1 :mined before the committee, there are oc casional and important discrepancies.— As the facts, however, in regard to which the disagreement occurs, have but a re mote relation to the main objects of in quiry before the committee, awl it has tern concluded to submit the whole evi dence without comment, it it; not deemed necessary to notice these matters in de tail. 1836, May 5, receipt of N Bibble, Pres't, q 7 111 $20,575 5,000 16, voucher for in cidental expenses at Harrisburg, 23, receipt of N. Biddle, " John B. Wal lace for profession. al services, 10,000 " J. M'llvain, do, 10,000 • 27, N. Biddle, 10.000 June 13, .1 8,000 24, M. Wilson, &Co. Harrisburg, for expenses, 3,468 50 28, N. Biddle, 5,000 11170,052 00 1 How many more of the items of the COUNTY CONVEIVTION, AND same account entered as of a subsequent ,date refer back to the transactihn in gees- DelllllloCralic 111ftrIrisOn. MlCetilllg tion, the committee cannot determine.—; The citizens of the several townships They call attention, however, to the evi- and borough of this county, are requested deuce of Jonathan Patterson, one of the to meet at their usual places of ineeritig,, tellers of the Bank, who proves the use of on Saturday, the 6th day of August, to the sum of $400,000 by the officers at or elect two Delegates from each of said about the very period of the re-charter, townships and borouglis,to represent tilem the withdrawal of which from the bank was in the County Convention, which will attempted to be concealed by a false entry meet in the borough of Huntingdon, on on the books. Both of the agents, who - Wednesday, the 10th of August, appear to have been employed on this oc- at 2 o'clock in the afternotln, to nominate casion, are now deceased, and to have a County Ticket, to be supported by the proceeded further in such an investigation, opponents of the present State administra without havinoz, time to prosecute it to its lion, at the coming election, and also to full extent, did not seem to be proper un- appoint Congressional and Senatorial con der the circumstances. ferees. The committee, therefore, offer the fol- By order of the County Committee. I owing resolutions: THos. FISHER, Chairman Resolved, That the committee be dis-July 12(11, 1842 :harged from the further consideration of the subject GEO. SHARSWOOD , JOHN H. EWING. E. A. PENNIM A.N. J. H. DEFORM Riot in Philadelphia. On Monday (Ist inst.) the lower part' of the :city was the scene of a terrible fight, riot and bloodshed, between the l whites and blacks, which orignated from a number at colored persons in the morn ing having a procession of men and boys io celebrate the progress of the 'rempers l ance cause, and also the emancipation of the slaves in Jamaica. Some of the ban ners gave oftence to the spectators, and the procession was attacked as it passed the market, at Fourth and Shippen streets, and tads thrown at the persons who com posed it. This interference was by some uoys, but led to a general fight, and in a few minutes missiles of every de%cription were flying about with frightful force.— The procession was broken up, the society beaten off and dispersed, and a mob ol per sons, several thousand is number, which was every moment increasing, pursued them up to the neighborhood of St. Mary street, between Sixth and Seventh, where the riot re-commenced with additional fury. The houses occupied by black people were attacked. and the windows complete . ly demolished. The colored people in the streets assembled in force and beat back the assailants; clubs and stones strewed the street in this melee, and many persons were injured. The fight continued all day and during the evening, various crowds were collected at the corners at the scene of the riots. Suddenly, without any previous intimation that the building had been entered, the large four story ho lding, newly put up, known as " Smith's Ilan," in Lombard street, near Seventh, having been erected by a wealthy colored man, named Smith, was discoveryd to he in flames. it was entirely destroyed in less than an hour—thousands of per sons standing and looking at the des , ruction. Before this fire had been subdued. another was discovered issuing from the colored Presbs terian Church in St. Mary street. This building was al,o tl,stroyed. The Ledger says the universal result of all hasty outbreaks attended that on Mon day. Scarcely a man of the sufferers be. longed to the party that excited the popu lar rage. They had escaped in the be. ginning,and the vengeance of the blind,, infuriated mob foil upon a few peaceable' laborers, who, for the best part of the day, had been minding their business Of some useful employment, and were returning to their homes, unapprehensive of moles tation. Uniteet States Senate. Of the seventeen U. S. Senators whose terms of office expire on the 4th of March next, ten are loco focus and seven demo crats, as follows: Loco Fucos. Democrats.. Williams, of M ine. Crafts, of Vermont. Wilcox, of N Hamp. Kerr, of Maryland. Smith, of C otin. (.Graham, of N. C. Wright, of N. York. Preston, of S. C. Buchanan, of Penn. Conrad, of Lou._ Cuthbert;of Geo. Crittenden, of Ky, Bagby, of Alabama. Smith, of Indiana. Allen, of Ohio. Young, of Illinois. Linn, of Missouri, The Whigs will probably lose one of the above, viz : from South Carolina. Th. , Ion) focos have re-elected %Viten,: in N. Ramps lire, and elected Nices in Conn, and the Whigs have secured Louisiana. There are two vacancies in Tennessee.— The present Senate of the United States stands—Whigs 29, Loco Focos 20, Ab•, stractionist 1. Of the Whigs 21 hold over and one is to be chosen in New Jersey, in the place ut Mr. SOUTHARD. —liar. Chron. The annual income of the Marquis of Waterford front lands alone is £75,000. 1,311 8,697,50 THE HUNTINGDON JOURNAL. "One country, one constitution, cne destiny." fluntangdon, Aug. 10. 1842. V. B. PALMER, Esq. (N 0.104 S. 3rd St. I PEladelphia,)is authorized to act as Agent ladthis paper, to procure subscriptions and lad vertisments. Congressional Election.---At templed Outrage upon the rights of the People !---An other "Supereihous” super sedeas!! The Extra Session was held chiefly for the purpose of districting the State for members of Congress. The Legislature met, and after about seven weeks, passed lan Apportionment Bill, as is known to , all. That bill, unfortunately does not suit the notions of Governor Porter, be. cause it does not " use up Huntingdon 'county"--an indispensible requisite, as lwe have reascui to believe, to any Appor (Moment that can receive the sanction of "Uncle Davy." Rumors to this effect have been afloat ever since the bill was passed ; but although the Legislature re mained in Session four days after the pass sage of the bill, in which time the Gov ernor could have announced his intentions offizially, and the. Legislature passed an other bill ; yet he held it for nearly two weeks, and then sent out letters, through ihe Secretary of the Commonwealth, to the respective Sheriffs, notifying titan that there can be no election for Members of Congress this full. The following is a copy of the letter to le Sheriff of this county. • SECRETARY'S OFFICE, Harrisburg, August 3, 1842. To John Shaver, Esq. Sheriff ut the t ounty of Huntingdon. SIR:— The bitl which passed, at the late session of the Legislature, dividing the State into Congressional districts foe..the election of members of Congress, has mit, become a law ; and I am instructed by his' Excellency the Governor, to inform you, that it will not receive his signature. Hence, as there is no law, authorizing the election of members of Congress in this state based upon the census of 1840, it will be unnecessary this year to insert in your proclamation, for the next general election, a call upon the people to elect those officers. I am respectfully, yours, A. V. PARSONS, Secretary of the Commonwealth, Now is this not a pretty business? There is more ►n it than would at first appear. But take it in its best light, ant it is a piece of dictation not at all credits table to the man from whom it proceeds The bill, I►e says has not become a law and it will not receive his signature—. hence there is no law authorizing the election of members of Congress, and it will be unnecessary to make a call upon the people to elect those officers!!! In-' deed! Why bless you, Mr. Secretary. the Sheriff and the PEOPLE will do just as they please about that matter. What authority have you and what authority has YOUR MASTER, or his Excellency the Governor, as you call him, to tell the PEOPLE what they must do about the election of members of Congress?— Sir, show us the documents. 'fell us whether you find such authority in the new or old Constitution, or whether it is the order of Governor Burr that you send lus? Pray do let us know. But, let us for a moment look at this case seriously. The 3rd section of the Constitution of the United States declares " that the times, places and manner of holding elections for Senators and Repro. sentatives, shall be prescribed in each State by the Legislature thereof." This leaves it extremely doubtful whether the Governor has any thing to do with district ing the State for members of Congress, as !the Constitution says it shall be dune by the Lrgtalature, and does not mention the Governor. It will be perceived too, that) the Constitution uses the same language in reference to elections for United States Senators. Well, in that case the Legis lature elect them on joint ballot and the, Governor has no part in that election. —! We presume that the same words, in the same instrument, in reference to the same thing, always have the same meaning.— Reader, what do you think about it? It is believed by many that the Govern-1 or and his astute Secretary intend only to, set a trap for our party. The Loco Focos will no doubt manage, some way or other, , to elect members of Congress—if it should even be by but a dozen of votes, and then send them on to Washington, where they would probably be admitted, as they would have a right to be. Let it be remembered that the Governor can hold the Appor• lent Bill till after the election, and ifi their plan shall have proved successful, he may sign the bill, or he may keep it in his breeches pocket until three days after the meeting of the Legislature in January next, and then it would become a law without his signature. See how carefully his" Excellency" avoids saying the bill will not become a law without his signs tare. lie fie says it has not become a law, and that it will not receive his signature; but the Governor certainly knows that it may become a law without his signature,' and while at this work of superogation he !night have informed us of that fact. The people will most assuredly (hare. Bard this dictatorial letter from the Gover nor, and proceed to the election : of mem• hers of Congress in the new districts iii the usual way, and after that the House of Representatives at Washington will be the judges of their right to their seats.-- A fter the Supersedeas of the commission of John Shaver, Sheriff of this county, which the Supreme Court kicked from their pre-, settee with scorn and contempt, the people will not place any confidence in this extra qfficial order from the Governor of the state. Let the people take the matter in ham in earnest—let them elect good and how est men to Congress, and in the end al will be right. Report of the Committee of Investigation. We this week publish the Majority Re. port of the Investigating Committee. Ev. cry one will no doubt read it and judge fur himself. To us it would hU.ve been far more satisfactory if Brodhead could been brought before the Committee and compelled to testily his knowledge of th**,4cts in the ,case, and if &Anis and Read hiadottnadtithose explanatiombyyltich it must be evident to all they could have xiven, had they not pretended to have lost all memory of the letters which they had written just two years before. If their testiniony had then exculpated the.Gnver nor, we could have rejoiced for the honor of the Connopealth. But as it is —the facts slilrboOfeintin afire Bhikest recesses of the bosmis'ef Brodhead, Sohn% Read and others, and the strong positive proof that large sums of money were obtained] from the United States Bank for 'faqir purpose,this leaves strong doubts in our mind about the purity and integrity, as well of the Legislature of 1839-40 and the Executive, as about the honesty and fairness of those through whose handi the money has thus far been traced. If the ]light of Brodhead, and the loss of memory uy Solon; and Read, and the unaccounta ble conduct of the Governor all through the investigation, could be reconciled to conscious innocence, then could we believe that those who are implicated in the bet bery and corruption were wrongfully ac cooed. But under all thecircumstanees, we can never believe them innocent of the chaiges until the matter is "probed to On fottom," and Brodhead is made to accoun for the manner in which lie disposed of the money that passed into his hands. In out. next we will endeavor to give the whitewashing Report of the Minorit y of the Committee, so that our readers may see how the whole subject has been treat ed. And whenever the letters and testi mony adduced before the Committee shall be printed, we intend to give copious ex tracts, in order that the people, who are in such cases the highest tribunal and the last resort, may be enabled to pass judg ment according to the facts and circum stances. ('Our friends in Dauphin county have I nominated ALEXANDER RAMSEY for Con *es's. and Henry Balsbauch and John C. I Harper for Assembly: Court, and the New Court House. The new Court House is now completed, and the Court are holding their Sessions l in it. The public offices are also remo ved to the new bulding. All of the rooms are convenient, comfortable and commo dious. The people, generally, appear to be well pleased with the new building, the whole cost of which is just $9,18t 50. The lots, together with two others, cost $l,OOO Besides this, we have a new Judge, and when all "get the hang" of the new es tablishment we may expect matters to move along finely. Judge Barton Beolgned. The Philadelphia "United States" of -11 last Saturday says: " We learned yester day, from a source to be relied on, that Judge Barton has tendered to the Gover. nor his resignation as President Judge of the Court of Criminal Sessions—to take effect on the first day of January next. The Harrisburg Chronicle Revived. This excellent paper has again made its appearance. It is reduced in size, and published at $1 per annum, payable in advance. Its editor, H. MONTOOMERT,IIII an able advocate of the good cause of the people. al matter of Dollars and Cents. The "Standard" set up an awful wAi• ning about the county printing, week be• fore last ; but the wiseacres who figure as A its editors will not exchange the " State printing" for that of the county. No tn. deeil—" that's a horse of another color." they say they "can find matter tar more intere'sling ti its subscribers to insert in its'colunins," than the discussion of such questions. No doubt they can ; and the sapient editors should have made the dis covery two weeks ago, and saved them selves from the. n ecessity of BACKING OUT. VT The Flapdoole Democrat, in little Clinton, edifies its readers with the follow• ing paragraph : - ;;The editor of the Huntingdon Journal should keep cool about these days—it is dangerous for such quadrupeda,to run at large (luring the reign of the dog star." We are a stranger to the author of the above beautiful paragraph ; but still. we deem it our duty to advise him to keep out of the fool killer's way at all times. We hope our readers will excuse us for stooping a moment to notice a matter that it perhaps would be more proper to treat with silent contempt. O We are indebted . fo Gen. him limn fora 'copy of the speech of Mr. Stew• art, of Virginia, on the Tariff Bill. Or Luta of Tomatoes, Peaches, Pea, and Watermelons have made their ap pearance in the Harrisburg market. CO r IdtUNIOATION. No. VI. "Remedy for Hard Timea.“ Ma. EDITOR: , In the last " Standard" I see an article headed "Remedy for hard lava." As my attention has been direc• ted toe ards that, subject fur some time. I immediately read the article, hoping to find something that might assist me in my search for a remedy for hard times. You, as well as yo.st readers, can judge of my surpi ise, whetttl found 'that the writer was a disciple of Buchanan, and an open advocate of his TEN CENT A DAY ws. ;es for a I'OOR LABORER. Not: was I less astonished when I saw-that the writer ,igned himself a " Workingman," and [ hought that I could not further my object n a surer way, than by meeting the no ' ions there advanced. The writer asserts that among the bens fits to be derived from adopting the low .cages plan, are the following: " The red id of our state and citizens from their present embarrassments—the removal of hindrances in almost all kinds of business, 4i) that industry might go on as success fully as heretofore—the payment of the to:nestle creditors, and possibly the pre vention of a state of anarchy." This is assertion without one word of woof. Let me ask that workingman a few questions. I desire to know and fol low the right path. lam a workingman teo ; and should like to pursue some plan which will result in these very benefits. lf, then, he can answer my queries satis factorily, and meet some other difficulties I shall suggest, I will agree with him 'ghat the doctrine is good,"—but not till chic By what particular operation will the harrassments of a peer man (a citizen) whe