THE JOURNAL. HUNTINGDON Wednesday, December 21, 1845, An Arens:47 , ms to the printing business vril l be taken at this office, if application be made soon. A boy from the country, of from hi to 17 years of ago, of industrious and moral habits, desirous of squiring n knowledge of tho "art preservative of .11 Iris," will du well to give us a call. IC John's Protcsront Episcopal Church.— There will be service in this Church to morrow, (Thursday 25th) commencing at LI o'clock.— The communion will be administered. cfj- There bee been no change in tho markets s ince our last, with the exception of a alight down- ward tendency in the price of Wheat and flour. We invite the attention of all to hi communi cation in to.day's paper, entitled " New Counties. It is from the pen of one who corns his bread by his daily labor. The writer is a man possessed of d strong mind, (,a will readily be perceived by read ing his anicle,) end exhibits the pernicious effects upon society of cutting up our State into -small osuntres, in its strongest light. 0.0. By reference to our Congreasional newt!, it will be perceived that some of our U. S. Senators appear to apprehend a war with England. We regret that our apace prevents us from giving the debate it length. The position of Mr. C 0.., the mover of the revolutions, may be seen by the conversation which took place between that Sena tor and Mr. Crittenden, of Kentucky. Private advice. from Washington say 'that the impreasion there is, that traria inevitable. We hope this dull. nifty may yet be amicably adjusted. Yet. if di- plomacy fails, and the President and his Cabinet de termine to give England a brush, they may rest assured that the people will he found. when the trial come., rellymras one man around the glorious stars said stripes of our -cotmery. c:"We publish on our brat pogo a brief sketch ofthe life and public 'micro of the late Commo dore ELLIOTT. taken from the Philadelphia North American. We do this for the gratification of the nomeroue relatives of the deceased residing in this county, as well as in Justice to tke memory of this oW veteran of the Navy. ft will be found inter esting to all. Tyre will be seen by reference to • report for. niched for this paper, that the society lo which we alluded in our last, has been organised in the form of the U. S. Senate. The selection of officers are good, (barring the Speaker) of whom Diadems' , for bids ue to speak. The Executive ranks se one of the ablest Lawyers in this section of country. "Democracy." The "Carts le Volunteer," which is vouched for by the "United Slates Journal" as "one of the ablest democratic papers published in the Keystone State,' has a long article on "Democracy," from which we extract tha following paragraph: "The people of this State have been plundered, and that too by thaws professing to be their beet friends—by those who 'kept the word of promise to the ear. but broke it in the hope'—plundered by the Log rolling legislation--plundered by all sorts of monopolies, shapes .#nd sizes--plundered by granting, iniquitous bank charters—plundered by faithless and proffligate public officers, elected by Democrats, sustained by Democrats, and alas! re elected and again sustained by Democrats." We rarely hoar Locofocos talk so plainly and pointedly about the rascality of their own party. Talk like the above is often heard coming from the lips of Whigs and in Whig papers; and wherever altered it is corroherated and confirmed by history, Poor deluded, violated and bleeding Pennsylvania has been plundered ways without number in the name of Democracy! The professed friends of "Equal Rights" have engaged in log-rolling legis lation, and inflicted monopolies of all el apes and slumpon their deceived and betrayed constituents. Anti-hank demagogues gained the ear of "the dear people,' and repaid their credulity with "iniquitous bank charter.." Public otricera elected by Demo cats robbed the public treasury, and Democrats re-elected and again su,Aainecl these faithless and p ro fli ga t e p u bli c officer., All thin, we are told by • "democrat," has been done 17 the "democracy" of Penasylvania--and the greatest beauty of the story is, it, strict TRUTH. It is even so—the people of this State have felt the evils of Locofocoism--felt it in thoir pockets— felt it in the hot blush of shame which crimsoned their cheekson hearing the story nf her lost honor and her broken faith—they felt it in days gone by, end twy feel it now in the incubus of a der,: of forty millions. But the democracy have not learned wisdom by past experience. They are yet no easily a. ever deceived by the 'word of promise," and they are not en their guard against "wolves in sheep's cloth. ine—they cannot yet distinguish honesty from knavery. A few more Polk's, it is hoped. will . knock the scales off their eyes—if not, then woe to the prosperity of the State and farewell to tho glory of the Nation. The W,,shington respondent of the New riik Evening l'ost any's : "Th? President is ontler,tood to ir bllunci4ig between the a ppointment of Judge Woodu and Mr. Gilpin, former Attorney General of the Unifrol Suites, for Justice of the Sottreme Court for the PennoylvAnia Circuit.", The How. WILLIAM Smurn liae accepted the office of Governor of Virginia, and than pats an end to all rumor. on to hie maiming the ermine kid by for rienatoriaf sdvnncement by Mr. Penne- Arrival of the Acadia. We received bait evening an extra from the Dicrth American office, Philadelphia, containing thenews brought by this veneef. She arrived at Beaton on the evening of the 19th inst. The money market is tight. Wheat and flour I have slightly declined since the 19th of Novem ber; 2,000 barrels U.S. flour had been sold at 31 shillings pet brl. The price of lion has receded under the embarrassment which has overtaken the speculative world. Scotch pigs were as low, in Glasgow, a short time back, as £3 155.; in Liver pool, they stand at £4 to £4 10a.; common bars £9 to £9 55.; hoops £1 1; sheets XIS. For boiler plates and for rails the demand, notwithstanding the prevailing depression, is considerable, and the quo tations for those articles aro tolerably well support ed. The threatened famine continues to occupy the public mind. In the belief that leamething will yet he done by the ministers, the fuod rnaikets amrin a state of transition. There has been frequent tnin ieterial meetings. Parliament has been prorogued pro forma until the middle of Dec. There is a general depression in business. Lord John Russel has addreesed a letter to hie constituent., the citi zen,' of London, in which he condemn. the Sliding Scale and goes fur free trade. The free trade party by this aristocratic accession, it is maid, ore now in a position to Assume the min. of government. : It is mated that the people erf England care little in what way the Oregon question is settled. The London Times deckles that the people of England I would be satisfied to divide the territory at the 49th deg. The prime paper confirms the rumore of the preparations making in the Dock-Yards of Eng land, but is not aware of the cause. In some of the French provinces alarm exists in regard toe deficiency in the supply of food. The price of breed in l'nris has slightly risen. Vie shell give farther extracts from this news in our next. Want of room forbids more to-day. Oregon. Attention is invited to a letter on our outer page from the correspondent of the IT. S. Gazette, famil iarly known as "Oliver Oldschool," on the subject of the Oregon question. It was intimated a few days liner in some of the papers that the negotia lions, at the suggestion of Mr. Packenham, were about to he resumed. On this subject, in a late letter, the same writer remarks:—"My information leads me to believe that many of the rumors that hare been put afloat within a few days, in regard to a renewal of the negotiation of the Oregon ques tion, of Mr. Packenham having made a new prop.. iition, &c., are groundless. There are writers here, and papers elsewhere, that seem to be ever anxious to keep the public on the qui rive and for that purpose often manufacture rumors and set them afloat, as boys make soap bubble, whit a pipe and toss them off into the air. They are continu• ally bursting, but new ones are as continually sup plied. I have uniformly, as you are aware, ez premed my conviction dint we ehould have no war, that conviction is now strengthened by information that it is not anticipated by those who have the means of judging whether it is likely to ensue or not. The measures intended to be adopted in re gard to 'Oregon are such se min not .00tto.,tto Qtu convantion orjoint occupancy, end to which Great Britain cannot object—curb as, in my opinion, are entirely proper and called for by the situation of that country, the intervening territory, and the safe- ty and conventence of emigrants. They will be presented in due time, to the House, and meet with little or no opposition. C. J. M'N LILT,— i'lus gentleman, who, it was rooted in our last paper, had absconded while on 1 hie way to Washington in custody of his bail, it appears hos found his way to that city, by his own road, and is now upon his trial for embezzling the i public money, while acting as Clerk of the House ! of Representatives. On the subject of this trial, "Oliver Oldschool" nays:—' I learn that Mr. Mc- Nulty, now on trial in this city, is likely to get clear, not from any want of proof of hie having embezzled the public money, but from the fact that the law ender which he has been prosecuted does not apply to his case. The law is a pert of the Sub-Treasury Act, which applies to all persons embezzling money whirls may be in their hand. in pursuance of low; whereas, the money in his hands was there by usage, or resolution of the House only, it being a part of the contingent fund of the • House. For the Huntingdon Journal. Mr. Ci.Pax.—l observe In the last Hollidaysburg Registerohnt some one over the signature "Justice," complains that the good people of that borough can not get their causes tried in Judge ilson's Court. If Mr. Justice will request the Lawyers of liolli daysburg to attend to their causes and have them tried, instead of continuing them by request, from term to term for two or three years, Justice will make his complaints in the right quarter. There are several causes on the trial list forJanuarv, 1846, which were brought to August Term, 1845, and which will undoubtedly be tried at the next January Term, unless the lawyers or the parties shall get them continued. Judge Wilson declared, on the adjournment of the last Court, that the Hunting. don list shall be cleared off. FAIR-PLAY. frit— The election o P. in e. in Vie Uni. tit zita e: House ul Representatives, is a beautiful cominontary upon the practice 1 „.1 ref, sNion of the I,ocoloco party, on th e ti ,Thj et of r.ooNomy. Ritchie & the President's organ, were e'ecled p r i,ters to the House in the face of the fict, tha; Je'st' E. Dow & Cn., of the United Joltnal, Detnocrat,it ,h, lira 41,,;(1 to d, the work I'k" ENT Y PER CENT. LESS than the amount which [litchi.. 4. ri t :i-m are to to eive for the same!!! t wig the people nun TO 1/11% ripen, Luirelacer; sptent it silting away thousands upon tholiollth.t Or their money to sustain the President's official organ ; and that too, by a class of moo who h re always mouthing •'llet meat and Reform" in the expenditures of the Gov, rumen, ? Out upon such base hypocril ITrbatia Gazette. THE "'Ault - F.—The New York Jour nal of CoIIiIIIVICe gays:-' ~ q Triter from Whig Inemb.•r of Congress to his friends -n this city in answer to inquiries, says the fate of the present turitris sealed." CONGRIEIOII. W,IIIIENGTON, Dec. 15, 1845. SENATE. The following resolutions submitted by Mr. Cass on a fanner day, were then taken up for considers- tion Readmit That the •Oommitte on Military Af. fairs be instructed to inquire into tho condition of the national fortifications and of their armaments, and whether other defensive works are necessary; and into the condition and quantity of the military supplies; and into the etate of the means possessed by the Government for the defence of the country. Resolved. That the Committee on the Militia lie instructed to inquire into the present condition of that great branch of the public service, end into the state of the militia laws; and that they be further instructed to report such change.; in the existing system as will give more experience and efficiency to that arm of defence, and will place it in the best condition for protecting the country, should it be ex posed to foreign invasion. Resolved, That the Committe on Naval Affair. be Inetructed to inquire into the condition of the navy of the 'United States, and into the quantity and condition of supplies now on hand, and wheth er an increase of them is not neeeesary to the effi cient operations of the navy; and to its preserva tion end augmentation ; and, generally, into its ca pacity for defending our coast and our commerce, and for any service the exigencies of the country may probably require. The resolutions having been read, Mr. CASS addressed the Senate at some length in they favor, stating that a war with England on the Oregon Question was almost certain. Mr. MANGIJM, of North Carolina replied.-- We give a portion of the remarks of this talented VI Senator. Mr. M. said What could theee resolutions bring forth The report of the com mittee, the effect of which must ho to expose our i:npotent condition. Would this not ho to invite aggression from an enemy? If, on the contrary, our resources were abundant, the inquiry would be wholly unnecessary- that we should exhibit to the enemy, if enemy we have, the actual state or our preparedness. He would greatly prefer, if any stimulation was necessary, that it should come from that branch of this government who holds in his hands the negotiations. If the negotiations were closed, and if no hope remained for a pacific ad justment—if war be inevitable, as the Senator seemed to apprehend, he would say for himself, and he trusted he might add for every gentleman with 1 whom it was his good fortune to be associated in that body, that if ten. twenty, fifty, or even a hun dred millions of dollars were requisite to maintain , the national honor and national rights inviolate, it would at once be granted. But Ina blasted that the matter would Mill be honorably and amicably ad justed. It was decidedly wrong, however, to raise en unnecessary and uncalled for excitation, and to inflame the public imagination. In this country, no excitation was required, no stimulation was wanted to arouse the passions of the pe o ple. He desired that the President should conduct this mat ter on his official responsibility, and, in the event of this great and stupendous evil being unavoidable, that he should lay his budget before Congress, and that the matter should be investigated with closed doors, and his life upon it, the patriotism of the two Chambers would uphold the honor and the in terest of the country. It would be remembered by the Senator that da ring the political dynasty of a late illustrious ad ministration, of which he was a distinguished mem ber, we were amused by the ingenious edicts &the heads of that administration on the subject of Banks. ; That great man—for, however opposed in his po litical views, he would be the last to detract front his merits, he was a great man—issued his edicts, and the Banks fall. And, continued Mr. M 0 in the tote parathantical administration there were di vided opinions on that very heed; for, with the amiable purpose which we read of in the good book 'mot to let the right hand know what the left hand doeth," what he recommended on the one day, he gloried in vetoing on the next. Sir, I do not regard the present Executive in that light. I regard him as a gentleman of personal honor, and God forbid that I should withhold from hint his juat mend of personal praise ; though dif fering as I do in political sentiment, yet believing in his personal integrity, I would have him to lie the responsible agent in this matter. He knows the state of the question, and if war is to come, let hint justify it in the face of the world. Let him make , his just propositions, and they will meet with sup port on all sides. For myself, I will not follow the Senator from Michigan in his long harangue. I have been call ed up wholly unexpectedly, and desire to say at least enough.to exhibit my own position. Nor do I know the opinion of my own associates. But let us trust the negotiation to the Executive. Lot te stand ready in advance, if necessary, to strengthen hie hands, that when the blow falls it will strike upon the very censoriurn of the enemy, where it will be most felt. Sir, when the gentleman tells us that Great Bri tian is the mistress of so many millions—l beg par don for Luting a vulgar phrase—l will outbrug the Senator. If she wee mistress of the world, and trampled upon our rights, she should be humbled. Sir, it would be a deep reproach in the present day that a war should be promoted between two enlight ened nations. It cannot be justified; and in my humble opinion, if war should occur, the Oregon question will be nothing more than a pretext. The world is now agitated, heaving and struggling with t wo great contending principles; the whole of Christendom is shaking to its centre, between repub licanism, where the power rests with the people, sod monarchy in its varied forms, absolute and qualified. When the struggle comes, you will find the eople of this country united as ono man. It will not he a eectional war. Thrones will trem ble and totter, and Christendom itself be shaken to its very centre. XN hy should the Senator advert to the unpro tected state of our country—to the ten thousand miles of frontier exposed to the assaults of the en emy I I pray God the molest may never come ; for no one can estimate the amount of evil tc the whole civilised world that must reeultfrom it. Yet rather titan suffer dishonor, let It come; end if we are in that unprepared state that the Senator repro- Bents us to be, and if Great Britian be pre pared to strike a blow that will desolate our coasts like e sirocco—if we are to suppose all alit, yet, in my opinion, it will only nerve to rouse the national spirit to the achievement of heroic deeds. Sir, the power of this country is prodigious, and if put in requisition, Great Britian, with all her min tory and naval resources, though she might sweep the coast, yet she would find to her cost that it would be no child's play. Again, sir, I feel as much offended by the diplomatic interference of foreign Powers in reference to the annexation of texas as any man in the country. The debate was further continued by Meagre. Allen and Archer up to the time of the adjourn meat. HOUSE.—Mr. Flowlin endeavored to obtain a aospenaion of the rules, to enable him to introduce a bill to extend our lawn over Oregon, but failed— only 14 riving in the alnnnative, where two-thirds were necessary. Mr. Rockwell complained that certain resolutions of the Legislature of Connecticut, in regard to Texas, offered by him, the House had not ordered to be printed. Mr. Boyd then Moved that the re. olutions lie on the table and be printed, which was agree! to. The remainder of the day wee occupied in re• ceiving petitions, memorials, etc., a large number against the admission of Texas as a slave l tote eing presented. SENATE. December 16, 1815, Mr. ALLEN, of Ohio, rose arid gave notice of his intention to introduce to•rnorrow a resolution for giving notice to Great Britain that the treaty for the joint occupancy of the territory of Oregon most bo annulled and abrogated. The Senate resumed tho consideration of the vesnlutions offered by Mr. Cass. Mr.NILES addressed the Senate in favor of the passage of the resolutions. Mr. CRITTENDEN neat took the floor and addressed the Senate. lie saw nothing objection able in the resolutions themselves: he was quite ready to vote t.>l. appropriations necessary for the defence of the cotmtry. Mr. C. dwelt at some length upon the importance of the assertions that came from Mr. Cass, and desired to know whether he, Mr. Cass, considered War inevitable. Mr. CASS observed that he did not wish to con vey any other idea than that he very much feared war would ensue because he believed that Eng land would persist in her pretensions. Mr. CRITTENDEN now understood the Sena tor to say that he believed England would persist in asserting her claim to the whale of the Oregon territory. Mr. LASS. That is It. Mr. CRITTEINDEN. Welt, after the speech of the Senator of yesterday, that is something of a retraction. Mr. CASS. Ido not retract a single word. I will repeat what I said. [Mr. U. here procured a copy of the report of his speech as prepared by himself for the Union, and read the passage refer red to.] Mr. CRITTENDEN. Now lam totally et a lass:" Does the gentleman mean that if we give the notice, and ho thinks we ought to give it, wa r will necessarily follow. Mr. CASS. If, at the expiration of the rear, England persists in her claim; I cannot say what she will do, but I believe she wilt persist. Mr. CRITTENDEN. The Senator then at length, instead of announcing an inevitable infer once, makes his inference contingent upon the hap petting of other events--upon the concurrence of other circumstances. His conclusion, to be coin ; Pletc, will require various other facts such as that Great Britain will, at the end of the year, take hee -1 tile possession of the whole territory. It might be very faHy inferred that such a course on the part Great Britain would lead to a war; and if the Sena tor desired to make out a case somewhat stronger, let hint suppose that Great Britain should land her forces and take possession of the city of Charles , ton, or Norfolk, or Baltimore. Its short, the mean ing of the Senator, after all, was that war would inevitably take place, provided the grounds for war were hereafter supplied. lie had at first feared that the announcement made by the Senator would have the effect to create a false alarm; and this ef fect he thought the more likely to he produced by reason of the high character and standing of the Senator; not from his personal and private charac ter and standing alone, but from the intimate and confidential relations which he was supposed td bear to the present Chief Magistrate of the nation. It would be very nnturally supposed that declara tions of so momentous a character would not be made without a knowledge of the sentiments en tertained by the Administration. Taking all these considerations together he was somewhat under the impression that the authority given so apparently in earnest must be set down as an evidence that i there was to he war. Sir, (continued Mr. Crittenden,) I do not my self , 1 believe, speaking with all duo deference for the distinguished Senator, that we ere to have a war. I have never been able to realize to my mind that a war could possible grow up between two such na tions as the United States and Great Britain, out of such a cause. Is it possible that wo cannot settle the boundary of a distant strip of territory of no great value either, without a war? Cannot the di , plomacy of the country settle a question of this sort without imbruing the hands of the two nations in blond? What is their wisdom worth--what in their diplomacy worth—if this be the easel Sir, it I ought to be settled; it is a discredit to the two Gov ernments that it is not settled. There is no ques tion of insulted honor, no question of national char , acter involved. This is but a question regarding some portion of a distant, frozen, barren territory, that has been in dispute for thirty or forty years. I have more confidence in the wisdom, humanity and intelligence of the two Governments, than to suppose it possible that out of such a cause war can arise. And while I ssy this I will add that I per. fectly agree with the sentiment!) expressed by the Senator from North Carolina, and the Senator from Virginia, yeaterday, that if war should come, I believe we shall see the whole Union rally round the national standard, united as a single man. Be fore the actual occurrence of war we may battle among ourselves, but when it comes there I. no neutral ground to stand upon. But who Is there that desires a wad None I trust. All say it is to be deprecated and avoided, arid I trust that every thing will be done en our part that honor and policy permits to be done to ovoid it. The Senate was farther addressed by Mr. Web ster and others, when the question was taken, and the resolution. unanimously adopted, as follow.: YEAS—Messrs. Allen, Archer, Ashley, Atchi son, Atherton, Bagby, Barrow, Benton, Berrien, Breese, Cameron, Case, Chalmers, Thomas Clay ton, J. U. Clayton. Colquitt t Corwin, Crittenden, Davis, Dayton, Dickinson, Dix, Fairfield, Greene, Hannegan, Heywood, Huntington, Jarnegin, Jen . mess, Johnson, of Louisiana, Levy, Lewis, Man , I gum, Miller, Niles, Pearce , Pennybacker, Phelps, I Semple, Sevier, Simmons, Speight, Sturgeon, Tier ney, Upham, Webster, Westoot% and Wood bridge-48. NAYS—None. Mr. HAYWOOD gave notice that on t ognor row ho would move to tako up the orders of the clay, and would not agree to any postponement, unless there was an actual declaration of war. The Senate then adjourned. The House of Representatives were occupied up. on the joint resolutions, which took up the whole any. A motion was made at first to lay them on the table, which wee negatived, yeas 52, nays 142, The previous question was then demanded and sus tained, and the reeolUtione rend neeend time. Va rious motions to adjourn, etc., were made, but the majority moved on. Mr. Rockwell, however, found an opportunity, after the preview' question was spent, by third reading of the resolutions, to ad -dress the House and move their rt . -commitment with instructions, that the Constitution formed by Texas being inconsistent with the terms of the res olution of annexation, inasmuch es she had not re stricted slavery to the territory south of latitude 36 deg. 39 min., but had estal:lished it over the whole territory, she could not be admitted as a State. Upon this the previous question was de manded end sustained. lint the question arose, what was the main question?—The Speaker hay ing decided that the motion to recommit was the main question. and not the passage of the resolu tions, his decision was over ruled by the House, end the vote taken upon the passage, which stood, yews 141, two 56. As far as the House can eh rOgate its otvn net, therefore, it has done so, by nanctionin*elevery north of 36 deg. 39 min. north latitude, when the resolution of annexation express ly limits slavery to the territory south of that line. This inibject will probablikcall forth warm de bate in the Senate, inasmuch as the previous ques lion is never tried in that body to silence debate. joint resehrticin for the admissien of Texas, passed by the Hduse, was sent to the Senate, read first and second time and referred. You will observe that the P. Q. gag wee ap plied, so as to cut off' debate !ri the House ape*: the Texas resoletlons. The only speeCh Made was ene sotteezed in by Mr. Rockwell, °Ness., which took them by surprlse. The doot was immediately shut, or rather the gag applied, to stop fOrther de bate. This is freedom' f debate With a vengeance, NN'nnassnsr, Dec. 17. 1745. THE SENATE, this morning proceeded to fill up the remainder of its standing committees. After which, Mr. ALLEN asked leave to introduce his reso lution giving the twelve months notice to Great Britian relative to Oregon. Objection being made by Mr. Haywood, leave was not granted. The Resolution to proceed to the election of a printer to thy Senate was adopted, and Messrs. Ritchie and Heiss elected by 27 votes—Messrs. thik.s and Seaton receiving 20 votes—and Jeffer son & Co. 1. THE HOUSE was occupied during its entire session by a discussion, which arose upon a motion to refer the Resolutions of the Massachusetts Leg islature, nr favor of an amendment of our natural ization laws, to a select committee. Messrs. Levin, Gidings, Broadhead, Rathbun, Winthrop, Darragh, Campbell, and others, took part in the discussion; but without coming to a decision, the House ad journed. taIIItSDAT, Dec. 18, SENATE. The Senators act themselves seriously to work to-day, cutting out business for the cession. Nu merous memorials and petitions wore presented and referred, and resolutions of instruction to commit tees were passed, Several memorials on the subject of the French Spoliations prior to 1800 were presented, and after much debate, referred to a Select Committee by a majority of one. the Select Committee consists of Messrs. Fairfield, Drayton, Dix, Mangum and Sturgeon. Mr. UPIIAM was excused from acting us chair man of the Committee on Pensions, and Mr. Johnson of La. was appointed in his place. Mr. BENTON offered a resolution that the sal ary of the late Sergeant-at-A rms be paid to his fam ily up to the time his successor less elected. Mr. J. M. CLAYTON submitted a resolution directing an inquiry as to the propriety of erecting fortifications on the Deleware Breakwater, and also in reference to erecting them upon the Pea Patch Island. Adopted. Also a resolution of in quiry as to the expediency of erecting a Light House on the stone pier near Port Penn. Adopted. Mr. LEVY, a resolution calling for information relative to the amount paid agents, etc., for preser ving the live oak timber. Adopted. Mr. J. M. CLAYTON, resolution that the Com mitte on Commerce inquire into the expediency of making an appropriation far improving the harbor of New Caatle, Port Penn, dcc., adopted. Mr. SEVIER resolution directing the Commiuee on Judiciary to inquire into the expediency of ea (*AM( a new Judicial Dtatsidt, t. amok at At, karma. Louilians sod Tetra, The Senate held a sheet esecitive 'owlet, and adjourned over till Monday. The House resumed the oonsideretion of the re.luttons from the Massachusetts Legislature, in regard to election frauds, upon which the members, soya Oliver Oldschool, let off an uniaterrupkg strain of mere declamation such as was never before listened to in that body. The etwohnions en not yet disposed of. For the Huntingdon JoartaL New Counties. Ma. Claim:— It is en observation of en old welter, "that whosoiver eels taifi tt6 persuade people tlias they are net 110 well faV4llllli3 as they ought tells, shell never want plenty of attentive hearers;" and fot want of something betteb gite employment to their leisure houre, dome Persona have sot thenn. Woe. to worlcOn Various parts of Pennsylvania, to convince our fellow citizens that their condition would be greatly improved by dividing this Com moment% intointultieutle darnel! counties, such as we find in Virginia a'ntl Itentucky. its these Ottempte at making small counties are not confined to any particular portion of the State, but are put in motion in every place where one or more Mai. viduals may happen to desire to convert portions of good farin land lying in largo counties, into town lots, it seems proper to give a paining consid eration to a subject which is agitated, not by very many people, but by discontented individuals in many places. It seems, at first blush, surprising that any property holder, in any large, respectable, and wealthy county, should wish to change •the cation of his estate and the residenco of hie family, to a email and comparatively poor county. The advantages of holding property and reeiding in a large, populous, and wealthy county, ors so obvi-, ous that they need scarcely ho enumerated.—The character of the county in which people live, give s tone and bearing to the personal character of tha inhabitants—property is intrinsically worth more in a large and wealthy county then in a small end poor ono—there is more general intelligence amongrt the people of a large and populous county titan atnongst the inhabitants of a small c.ommunt ty—the human intellect is sharpened and rendered more acute by frequent collision with the intellect and ideas of etrangers.—ln the administration of justice, the advantages of large and populous coin ties over small counties, with few inhabitants, Is inimeasureabli great. in a large county, with an extended territory, the administration of justice ie equally administered to all men, the poor and the rich alike.—The poor man, when be comes into the court house to contend with his rich and pow erful neighbor, feels himself secure in the Impartial judgment of a jury called from distant Places, who are alike strange!e to them both; and hear, for the first time, of the parties or the subject of dispute; after they have been sworn in the jury box. Fat different is frequently the ca se with the poor, and wwlsoe• awry happen to he wronged by the rich, the great, or the power ful, and the cause has to be tried in woman county. before a jury who all live near together, and aro more or lees under the influence, (as some of them will always be,) of the powerful party. Let all poor and honest men beware h0w41,,, give any aid to the cutting up of the Common wealth into small counties. Such counties always have been, and always will be, governed and roe troled by the combination of a few crafty, wealthy, and dishonest men. in such a county the poor man and the stranger can here no hopo of justice-- his cauce isjudged and decided against him Woo the jury In sworn, and he has no retirees but n pa. tient lipiesion to his wrongs. Nor is the effect produ upon the value of property by small coun ties leas to be deprecated. IN he is not aware thee an acre of lend in Berke, Lancaster or Chester county, is worth at least fCve dollars more than it would be, were it in a counts a inferior character? A man who lives in a small county, lives and dies a stranger to the world. If he goes once in three months to attend the Court, he area no one there but the Judges and the triune neighbors that he hes seen at church every Sunday mince the list term. If a cause is to be tried, ho knows beforehand how it will end, for he has heard it tried twenty times before he came into the Court House to see which ever of the parties happens to be poor, or unpopu• /or in his neighborhood, offered up se a a peace of upon the altar of ignorance, corruption and prejudice. His fate is certain, and is known before , - hand—the jury is only sworn to register the decree of the multitude outside of the Court walk— and from this mock trial he has no escape. Ire cannot get an impartial jury of strangers, coming from n distance, to try his cause, and decide his right to his property, his fame, or bus lifo—lt is his cum to live in a small county. Nor is the metal effect of small counties lees baneful. All the persons connected with the ad ministration of justice, in a email county, must ne cessarily be small mon, because men of enlarged minds and solid education, and lofty ettainments, will not attach themselvea to the miserable Court of a small county: The consequence is, that the pea pie of a small county, in addition to all their other misfortunes, are persecuted by a email clan, of email Pettifoggers, located around every small Court House, who not being able to live by the small fees that they may receive in the regular course of their profession, betake themselves to shaving, shaming. cheating their clients, as well as others, and die. gracing tho name of the law. For the truth of this picture, I appeal to the ex perience of every honest roan, who hoc resided seven years in a small count✓. A MECHANIC. ITEAtTit of Mr. CLay.—The Albany Evening Journal of Tuesday contains the following letter from N. It, Colld. Esq.. dated D,*nvi►le, Ky., Nov.24:— "I sat with Mr, Clay about half an hour. He has been suffering lately from the ef fects of a cold. lie told me that he was going next week to New Orleans, and that he AV °tad probably spend the winter in Culia for his health."
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