• .. .1 1044 - werm'' ' the President of the . '
- Sligetetes an the Senate? The Preet.
rhillifiiiiiiiatild several officers, whom the .
Senate;_iihetber Fight or wrong I will not
.'.,;
says rejected.- lii many of the cases the
~ • Pneiedent' , .-refused to make other nomina
'•.- ,thsuctuAtifl* the adjournment of Congreas,
appointed- Abc- same individuals to the same
~ • _ posts under some different form, or suffered
die s office to remain vacant until he could
erirepini the Senate. Instead of reepecting 1
;:,'• their kitrulvice and consent," and being quid-1
eil 441 'he declared war upon his refracto.
tyadvisers•' sent the proclamation to his host
- ' br iSikvile ')llice.hollitc, s; brought the whole
,ta`raiiiac his immense patronage to bear 0-
,-
d on the freedom of elections, until he so far
,:corrupted, persuaded, and Intimidated the
. • •- : people, as to triumph over what was inter'.
to; be, and .whatever ought to be, an
ierkilieindenct branch of the government, and
. . - ilintteredi hem his subservient and trembling
' tools? • be gentlemen desire to see similar
,
scenes acted in Pennsylvania? It this a•
!011idinent prevails, we may see it with
'term new election of Governor. The Sen
. Ste will either prostrate the Governor, or
•• the Governor the Senate. If nominations
•- arepjeeted by hostile Senators; the Execu
title,from necessity or inclination,wiltsingle
__.:_..Puttheteppesing Senators, and bring all his
influence to bear. upon their - constituents to
''.erocure their defeat. In this war of exter
• mitiation; the interests of the people will be.
forgotten, und trampled under foot.. All
- that,will be gained in allaying the bitterness
. '
of party, by taking. the appointment of the
county officers from the Governor, will be
Jost b y this unnecessary amendment—this
,
-..: sternal turmoil between branches of the go
. •-• vernment which aught to feel nothing but
kindness for each other. The Senate will
becomeenfit for its legislative, and the Go
, , Verifier (or its executive duties.
With regard to justices of the peace, I
am- willing to make thorn electiVe by the
peeple, although 4-cannot join in the denen
,ciations ag,ainsttheaasindividuals,in which
gentlemen have indulged. Some unworthy
, megamong them there undoubtedly are; but
the-great body of them are men of great
- -monilindintelleutord worth.
.To show.the facility of procuring appnint
. . ,
t pre
vents asent, the gentlemen from Ches
terrn
, mentione d
has entionea case, where one obtain
, rid hie commission by taking the names
fivie a turnpike petition, and attaching them
to a reCommendation for that office. The
i gentlernen did'not relate all the facts of the
cam, or he would have round that There
were' ether influences stronger than the
names to a turnpike petition. The candi
date was a Mr. Wallace, of Allegheny coun
ty. He sent the petition, with the turnpike
list toit, to the Governor in vain. He then
wrote .a letter to the dovernor, who hap
pened to be a Mason, setting forth his claims
to office. He stated that "he was a good
democ.rat; had been a warm supporter ofthe
,Governor; had done him great service as a
' Judge of the election; AND tras i seamen
ROYAL ARCS MASON." This letter is on file,
and was produced before a committee of the
- Senate: The Governor could no longer re
sist; his oath—hisseeret oath was upon him;
'
be gave him tire commission! Lf you wish
to
have pure appointments, drain dry this
source of corruption. Prohibit that vile in
institution by your new Constitution, and
then you will • have done someting to entitle
you to the gratitude of the people. .
• But there is another objection. to this a
,, mendinent, which will bo fatal to its eccep•
tame by-the people in the present enlighten.
od condition'of the public inind.
All the deliberations of the Senate upon
-
executive nominations must be in si . ccret.-
- It. willsnot do to investigate charges which
may be made • against candidates brought
before ihe Bennie without any agency of
' their own, in public. •It is trot done so in
„.,, ~ _ ._
tne Senate ot the United States. Charges
' which may be there made, under efficiat
privilege by personal malignity or political
hatred, although entirely false, might seri
'peaty affect the respectability and the hbppi
r*sti or individuals arid families; the ecruti
raymut therefore, born secret conclave. But
,„ s
wore secret tribumils,ffiese biddenjudgment
- iials, are unjust in themselves, and wholly
inconsistent with the spirit of the age. What
-:will be said by tbesonsteuents of those gen
• ' .then, who are the professed detesters of se
cret docieties, *rimy of them should be found
Aye building up this hateful secret tribunal?
tit. -why do I attempt to stay the ruthless
orte of those who would tear up the deep
0'
, •• (*iodations of that government, under which
, 1-•
•
come great, happy and respected? Its fate
is rigate& It is a
(ladoomed instrument.—
The tent ives ha te possession of thi s Hall.
,Thill'Constitution, which wise, modern re
fgrmers pronounce old, obsolete, and decre.
pil, is bound hand and foot, fled delivered
over to the uncircumcised Philistines; and it
"ill' inevitably be shorn of its locks'Of
'strength', unless the people come to its res
cue .' But whatever may be done here, itis
Fiy,dutyy, as it shall be my
_aim, to warn the
, people of the attempts now making to unset.
. tie IIfiIISCHAISO-the laws which have so long
protected them, that needy and desperate
IldVenturers may fatten on the plunder.
This +hark of ruin seems not to be exclu
sively confined to, one party. True, all the
membere of the one party, whatever might
• hive teen their views when they-came here
new, act in perfect concert in stabhing the
Constitution. They cunningly enough sup
peso that if this amendment •prevails, they
caa always secure the spoils of office either
st o rough 'the Governor or Senate, as they
may always fairly calculate on having one
of them in their favor. For k when the bur
ettess beeped upori the people by that party
heestrie so heavy that they can no longer be
. Barrie; and their : governor is hurled from
power._ the Senate is got always also Chang
ed. . Thus patronage being their object,they
.
itnL unitedly. While manykrentlemen oldie
_
°thee party, with an ostentatious magas.
- alai" and a childish simplicity r either from
the mistaken dictates of conscience or to
eitetiv Abdir perfect independence :an d free.
: . :trattitita patty trammels, join them in their
Itallaiollatautat: . The struggle here,there.
a m , ii a rata nix.' But I have full imefi.
011/I - 4,11! et steady and disinterested peoplt,
• ditletassided es to the fide of parties, NW
dal* interested In the welfitre of the State,
eta the piatektiOn - of the lives, the liberty
and the property of its citizena: Send forth
to theM this rnutilated,and deform.
ed Constitittion, and they will put their seal
of condemnation upon it; and they will still
live and prosper under the well tried charter
which their wise and honest fathers left
them.
-S.-
Correspondence of the Getty*burgh Star.
HARRISBUROB, tune 12, 1837.
DEA 1,1, Sin—As your retteers will no doubt be
anxi - ous to hear what progress the Convention has
made, what Articles of the Constitution they have
in part, acted on, and what Amendments (if any)
arc made to the different sections of those articles,
I will therefore give you a short account of the
proceedings. -
The first Article acted on was the Bth, the Oath
of Office. The Committee to whom that article
was referred,.reported that it was inexpedient to
make any alteration. In Committee of the Whole
(which is called the first reading,) several amend
ments were offered, but all rejected—it was there
fore reported without amendment.
The next article, the 4th, on Impeachment, the
Committee reported an amendment in the 2d BCC,
tion—to strike out two-thirds and insert a majori
ty. The section is as follows: "All Impeachments
shall be tried by the Senate. When sitting for that
purpose, each Senator shall be oft oath or affirma
tion ;_no person shall be convicted without the
concurrence oftwo-thirda of the members present.'
In committee of the whole, the report of the cot
mittee was disagreed to, and the article was regibr
ted to Convention withimt amendment.
The next report of Committee in order was that
on the Ist Article of the Constitution—the Legis
lative. Reports on this article were made for a
mendments by the majority, and also by the mi
nority. It finally passed committee and was repor
ted with the following amendments:
Ist See: No amendments.
2d Sec. Amended by striking out Second Tues
day of October, and inserting 3d Tcesday. It now
reads as follows: "Section 2d. The Representa
tives shall be chosen annually, by the Citizens o
the City of Philadelphia and each County respect
tively.ton the Third Tuesday of October.
Section 3d—Amended by inserting in the 6th
lino, after the word state, the following words: "or
unless ho shall have been previously a qualified
elector in the State,in -which case he shall be eligi
ble 'upon ono year's residence." The section as
amended will be as follows: oSec.2d. No person
shall bo a Representative who shall not have at
tained the ago of 21 years,and have been a citizen
and inhabitant of the State three years next pre
ceding his election,and the last year thereof an in
habitant of the city or county in which ho shall he
I chosen, unless he shall have 'boon absent on the
public business of the U. States, or of this State,
(or unless he ehall have been previously, a quali
fied'elector in this State,in which case he shall be
eligible upon one year's residence,) no person re
siding within any city, town or borough, which
shall bo entitled to a separate representation, shall
bo elected a member for any county, nor shall any
person residing without the limits of any such city,
'town or borough, be elected a member thereof."
Sec. 4—No 'amendment:
Sec. s—Amended, to strike oUt 4 and insert 3,
.to rend as follows: "Section 5. The Senators shall
be chosen for three vears,by the citizens Of Phila
delphia and of the several comities, at the same
time, in the same manner, and at the same places,
where they shall vote for Representatives."
Sec. lI—No amendment.
Sec. 7—Amended as follows—(strike out 4 and
insert; and iinSort amendment after the word Se
nater)—viz: 'Sec. 7. The Senators shall be cho
sen in districts to be formed by the Legislature,
each district containing such a number of taxable
inhabitants as shall be entitled 'to elect not more
than Iwo Senators—(unless a single city or coun
ty shall at any time be entitled to more than two
•Senators)—when. a dietriet shall be composed of
ono or more counties,thoy shall be adjoining; nei
ther the city of Philadelphia, nor any county shall
be divided in forming's district."
Sect. B—Amended by adding an amendment to
the end thereof. The section is now as follows:
, ‘No person shall bo a Senator who shall not have
attained the ego of twenty-five years, and have
been a citizen and inhabitant of the State four
years neit before his election, and the last year
thereof an inhabitant of the district for which he
shall be chosen, unless he shall have been absent
on the public business of the United States or of this
State, (or unless he shall have been previously a
qualified elector in this State, in which case he
shall be eligible upon one year's residence.")
See. 9—Amended by stririg it , opt and insert
ing the following as a substitare: "Sec. 9. At the
expiration . of the term of any class of the present
Senators, successors shall be elected for the term
of three years, the Senators who may be elected in
the year 1841 shall be divided by lot into three
classes—the seats of the Senators of the lst class
shall be vacated at the expiration of the firstyear;
of the 2d class,at the expiration of the second year;
and of the 3d class, at the expiration of the third
year—so that hereafter one-third may be chosen
every year."
Sec. 10—Amended, by striking out December
and inserting January, and an amendment at the
end of the section—to road as follows: “Sec. 10.
The General Assembly shall meet on the First
Tuesday of January in every year, unless sooner
convened by the Governor,(and shall cutyourn on
thi first Thursday in April, unless continued in
session by law for that purpose.")
Sections 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20,
21, 22, 23—No amendments. All the above sec-
Hone have only passed the first reading, and will
have to pass the second and third readings before
a final action thereon.
On Sattirday the Convention wont into COM.
mitten of the Whole on the 2d Article of the Con
stitution, the Executive.
[From another Correspondent.]
HARRISBURGH, June 19, 1837.
The Convention to-day resolved itself into a
committee of the whole:, Me. Kis ri,of Washington,
in the chair, ,on the report, of
,the committee to
whom wee referred the third article of the consti
tution. A considerable diirersity of opinion has
beenimanifested is reference to the qualifications of
electors. •An amendment was offered by Mr.
EITZHIG ERE, ivhieli was withdrawn lifter soma dis
cussion, to strike out the word "free" and insert
awhile,',' :so that instead of, es at present, every
white male citizen possessing the other requisite
qualifications for an elector, the constitution should
be so amended that every white male citizen should
be an elector, provided ho possess the other requi
site qualificatiods.
The committee rose after making some progress
and will sitagirin on to-morrow. Some of the real
radicals arts fur dispensing with the tax qualifica
tions entirely, whilst the more moderato reformers
are not disposed to amend the present constitution
in that particular.. The Committee on the third
article bate reported, that . one - leers State rests
deuce shall entitle a citizen otherwise qualified to
410 a voter; this amendment will doubtless pass.
Mr. FORWARD, from the committee on the 7th
article of the constitution reported in part on Fri
day last as follows:
• Sect. 1. The legislature shall as soon no cow* ,
niently may be, provide by law for the establish
ment of schools throughout the State,in such man
ner that all children may be taught at public ex
pense.
Sect. 2. The Arts and. Sciences shall ho promo.
ted in such institutions of learning as my be alike
open to all the children of the commonwealth.
The following is the manner in which the eighth
section of the second article of the constitution has
been amended in committee of the whole by a vote
of 61 to 59.
"He (the Governor) shall appoint a Secretary
of the Commonivealttx during pleasure, and ho
shall nominate, and by and with the advice and
consent of the Senate, appoint all Judicial Officers
of Courts of Record, unless otherwise provided in
this Constitution—Provided, that in acting on Ex
ecutive nominations, the Senate shall sit with open
doors; and in confirming or rejecting the nomina
tions of the Governor, the vote shall bo taken by
yeas and nays."
The 14th Sect. of article 2d this morning paSs
ed through committee of the whole,as follows--viz.:
"•In case of death or resignation of the Governor,
or his removal from office, the Speaker of the Sen
ate shall exercise the office of Governor until a
nother shall be duly qualified; but in such case,
Bather Governor shall be chosen at the next an
nual election of representatives, unless such death,
resignation or removal shall occur within three
calendar months immediately preceding such next
annual election; in which case, a Governor shall
be chosen at the second succeeding annual election
of representatives. And if the trial of a contested
election shall continue longer than until the third
Monday of January next ensuing the election of
Governor, the Governor of the last year, or the
Speaker of the Senate, who may be in the exercise
of the Executive authority, shall continuo therein
until the determination of such contested election,
and until a Governor shall be duly qualified as
aforesaid."
Progressing at the rate thus fur, the Convention
will have considered the Constitution in Commit
tee of the Whole in about four weeks, allowing
two months and a half in committee of the whole.
It will be a tolerably correct estimate to allow three
and a half months more for a second and third
reading, which will be about six months for them
to complete the task assigned them—a much long
er period than it was generally anticipated would
be required.
ft is a work of momentous magnitude,and should
be deliberately discussed, regardless of every pecu
niary consideration, and with an eye singly to the
welfare and prosperity of us and our posterity-
THE BALTIMORE FLOOD
From the Baltimore Sun of June 15
DREADFUL INUNDATION!
Loss of Life--Loss of houses, and vast des-.
trvetion of .IfferchancUse le other Property.
On Wednesday evening about 6 o'clock,
our city was suddenly enveloped in a dark
and heavy cloud which portended an angry
storm and rendered '<darkness visible" long
before the sun set. Rain soon commenced
falling, and continued in plentiful showers
till about 7 o'clock, when the storm abated
and every thing indicated a calm and 'plena
ant night. About 9 o'clock another cloud
made iii appearance in the North West, ac
companied by vivid flashes of lightning,und
peal after peal of thunder that-almost 'shook
the earth to its centre. At a little past 9
o'clock a terrific blaze of lightning lighted
up the adjacent and sajacent country, and
in a few seconds was followed by a crash of
thunder which shook the firmest fabrics of
the city. Such a peal, such a crash, we do
not believe ever burst upon the ears of an
astonished people. Though from the time
that elapsed between the flash of lightning
and the bursting of the thunderbolt,we were
led to suppose that it was distant, the con
cussion of the elements was dreadfully ter
rific, and was of itself quite sufficient to re
mind one of the utter feebleness and frailty
of man. With this shock of thunder, the
rain, which had previously fallen in copious
showers, burst from the heavens in torrents,
and continued to fall as Wm one intermina
ble cascade,till past one o'clock in the morn
ing, when the stream called Jones' Falls,
which runs through the city in a northern
and southern direction, became Swollen to
its banks, and was soon rendered incapable
of retaining its boundaries. The several
bridges that crossed it, in the neighborhood
of the city, were soon carried away by the
force of the waters, aided by huge quantities
of drift-wood, the fragments of dislodged
buildings, &c.—all of which, being forced
down the stream, brought up against the
bridge that crosses the Falls in Gay street;
thus penning up the flood above it. The
water burst from its banks, and,seeking vent
in the low-lands, immediately inundated all
that section of the city known by the appella
tion of the "Meadows." Such was the dark
ness of the night, the lateness of the hour,
and so little was a calamity so dreadful dream
ed of, and so sudden the inundation, that
many lives were sacrificed, a complete list
of which may never be obtained. At this
moment we are not enabled to go into a full
detail of the dreadful consequences of this
inundation; and,for a full account,must wait
for further developments. At present, wg
can only give the Plowing particulars:
Mr. Christopher Weist,sexton to the Rev.
Mr. Haisperd's, church, together with his
wife and three childrenovere drowned. His
family resided at the corner of Holliday and
Saratoga streets, hex, door to the church to
which the unfortunate Weist was sexton.—
After the water had subsided, Mr. Weist
was found drowned in his bed, with two of
his children in his arms; the wife Was in
another bed, clasping her infant to her bo
som. From these facts, it is evident that
the dwelling of poor Weist was' inundated
by an instantaneous rush of the water, thus
carrying the whole fiimily to the-ttimb.
Mrs. Catharine Donnelly,an Irish woman
residing nt the corner of Holliday and Cen
tre streets, was drowned, and her body has
been recovered; her husband is rnissing,and
is supposed to have been carried down the
stream and drowned..
A man named Dougherty, was drowned
at the corner ofConcord and Water streets.
A Tamil colored people residing in
Harrison at as also drowned.
James Do 3 'on-the Long Dock; Jacob
Oettift; a dervish boy, aged 18 Years iJaMett
Xelly, all frith boy; a girl a Shantee near
the Belvidere Bridge, and seven Re rsOns;
about two miles out of -the city, were all
drowned.
In addition to the loss,of livetratreOdy
enumerated, we are sorry to add, thavan
infant was fi,und dead in the street near the
Marsh Mtirket; its parents unknown, but
supposed to have shared the same fate of the
chile
Mr. Joseph McCann, grocer,
,corner of
Holiday and Bath streets, escaped by get•
ttng out of his house and taking refuge in a
tree. He at first attemp'ed to cross over
Finn's bridge, but finding it impossible to do
so, fled to a tree, whet() he found a retreat
till the water receded.
The ba.enaent stories of all the buildings
in Harrison street, from Gay to Market,
were filled with water; and at the lower end
of Harrison at. some of the second stories
were inundated. The buildings in Market
street for some hundred yards east and west
of Harrison street were deluged, and as must
of them were occupied as stores, the loss of
property in that direction must have been
very great.
Mr. J. Curlett's Soap and Candle Man•,
ufactory, corner of Pleasant and Holliday
sta., had eight feet of water in its first story;
damage very considerable.
The corner of Bath and Holliday streets
was completely blocked up with drift wood,
timber, wrecks of buildings, &c.
The greatest destruction was • dewed at
the extensive distillery of the Messrs.
Whites, besides the loss of n large quantity
of materials and implements, it is stated that
a number of horses and mules, nearly one
hundred cows, and several hundred hogs
have been drowned.
Mr. Lee's Carriage Repository in Holli
day st., near to Saratoga, was inundated; 15
carriages were destroyed—loss estimated at
$7 or 88000.
-The Marsh Market was very much in
kited. and a 0 portion of its North wing will
have 'to be rebuilt. Several of its pillars
were carried away, and many of the stalls
and blocks were swept into the Basin at the
foot °fate slip; completely filling it up. The
water on both sides of the market was from
4 to 6 feet high.
Gay street, Market street, and Pratt
street
. bridges were all partially carried a•
way.
It is next to impossible to form any thing
like a correct estimate in relation to the loss
that the city has sustained by this unprece
dented disaster. Ruin stalks through an
imposingand an important part of the city,
and all is excitement.
The more we wander around the scene
of desolation, the more fully is the ruin de
veloped. The heart sickens at the contem
plation of a scene so dreadful. We cannot
go into all the particulars at this moment,for
the calamity has been so extensive, that it
cannot be fathomed for a day or two. An
intelligent gentleman, an old resident of the
city,—who would not be likely to exagge
rate,—informs us, that the loss cannot be
less than TWO MILLIONS of dollars.
In addition to the heavy rain which fell
hare, it is said that the dam of the Pimlico
factory, about five or six mites above the
city, covering several acres, gave way on
Wednesday evening, thus adding a great
body of water to the already overflowing
stream.
We have just returned from another visit
to the flooded and desolated district, and a
gain have dwelt on a spectacle well calcula
ted to call all the better sympathies of our
nature into action. The distress that has
fallen on a portion of our citizens who were
of all others the least calculated to meet it,
loudly culls for the aid and assistance of the
more fortunate.
In addition to the losses alfeady enume
rated, we are sorry to say that the extensive
Tannery of Mr. Appold, situated near the
jail, was completely deluged, inflicting on its
respectable proprietor a loss estimated from
$4 to $5OOO.
The Gas House was partially inundated,
and it is feared that in consequence of the
injury the works have received that they
may not be enabled to generate any gas for
two or three days to come. • ,
The Bazaar Bridge was carried off; and
the buildings in its neighborhood were more
or less injured.
The Fountain at the head of the market
is completely covered over with lumber,
and the environs are filled with alluvial sand;
and the Iron Foundry of Mr. William Mil
ler on the banks of the Fulls is very exten
sively injured.
Five dead bodies have been found since
morning, lodged against the draw bridge,and se.
veral others have been found in different parts of
the city.
A German, who was alarmed by the flood com
ing into his dwelling, rose, and going to the lower
apartment of the house, soon found himself up to
his waist in water. He returned to his room, and
taking, with him his sister in his arms, swain
with her for some distance, whenhe current took
him down the stream, and both w ,ro finally saved
by clinging to the branches of a tree.
A boy, as we learn from the Patriot, between
the ago of twelve and fourteen, had fallen from
the drift which clogged Baltimore street Bridge,
into the swollen and whirling current of the river,
and being unable to swim, was passing rap.dly
and helplessly down the strotim,only the top °lbis
head above water, and had once entirely disap.
peered, when a young man bravely dashed into
the stream, and just as the youth was about to be
drawn under the drift of lumber, &c, which clog.
ged in like manner the bridge below on Pratt
street, he was snatched exhausted and almost
lifeless from death, and restored to his family.—
The name of the humane and heroic person who
thus nobly at the hnzard of hie own life, saved
that of a fellow -creature, probably unknown to
him, is LEWIS SPIESE, a young man of this
city, a mechanic.
We are sorry to add that intelligence has been
received in town, which states that twelve or tour.
teen persons were drowned near the Susquehanna
Rail-road, and that the destruction.of property in
that neighborhood has been immense.
Mr. Noonan, contractor on • the Susquehanna
Rail-road, was in town yesterday, and reports that
at his section, about three miles above the city,
eleven horses out of twenty.one employed by him,
were drowned, and all his carts, harnesses, and
tools were lost. Ten of the laborers were drown
ed, the bodies'of four have been recovered and
sent to the city for inquest.
It is nut probable, that we shall get the whole
details of, the disastet for some days to come—
the whole number of lives lost may never. be as.
certained. We shall take unwearied pains to
collect all the facts of the disaster as rapidly as
they can be obtained.
),t FrtniOite!Stiii of
..! Oth.
• " AFFECTS OF TO FLOOD., •
We find but little information in relit** to the
effects of the- flood of Wednetiday, thit was not
stated in our paper of yesterday. Gazette
oflast evening atates,-.--"A cradle was seen float
ing in the river near Ramsay's wharf, at Fell's
Point, and was found to contain living lafant,
which was safely landed;" and adds, "this will of
course soon be made known to its mothor,if haply
she has survived. The kind and good Being who.
for wise purposes has pet milted the destrtiction or
some entire families, has in his wisduni pree.rved
this little innocent."
The African Protestant Episcopal church tt the
corner of North and Saratoga streets, hud about
live tbet water tame the floor. .
Holliday streou was inundated from Centre id.
to near Or angel alley. 'lle dwellings and holism;
on both sides of the stmts, from that of
;McKim, jr. inelnsive, out to Centre sl real, had
inure or less water in their basemonts and par.
lots.
1,10 City flail Was visited with water in the
offien on tho first floor.
Tho Presbyterian church nt the corner of Rol
liday and Saratoga streets was materially dam
aged in Iho interior. The water rose to the
cushion on the pulpit desk, and a part of the pews
wore removed tram their placna.
General Xewk oftite Week.
IMPRISONBMNT FOR DINBT.—The bill a
holiShir I mpritlnument for debt, passed both
Houses of the Connecticut Legislature on
Friday last, by the large majority in the
house of 161 to 16.-
ITUNIFICENT DONATION.--William T.
Birch, lately deceased at Philadelphia, has
bequeathed to the Institution for the Blind,
property valued at one hundred and fifty
thousand dollars.
It may seem right to a man—to take
no newspaper, but the end thereof
tnan and his fii mily are totally ignorant o
the ordinary occurrences of the day.
"My dear," said a lady to a little girl,
"what is the matter with your mother"
"She's got the rebellious fever, ma'am."—
A somewhat common disorder.
MECIIA.NICS.—The N. Y. Sunday morn
ing News says, the most independent man
in these dark days is the mechanic. He is
his own bank, and has a safety' fund in his
craft, and his personal labor. Other banks
may have the ague, and stop shaking only
to die—the money-tables of thu brokers may
become "the evidence of things not seen"
—merchants may be guilty of an act of"com
mission"—auctioneers may be "going, go.
ing, gone"—lawyers may have "causes
without effects"—doctors may find it diffi
cult to gild his pills—but the mechanic can
find employment, and gets his pay for it.
Among the passengers in the ship Que.
bec, which sailed from New York for Lon
don, on Monday, was J. Buchanan,' Fig.
British Consul, who goes out for the pur•
pose of making some arrangements to stop
the great influx of emigrants from the poor
districts of England.
MICHAEL MONOIION, a lad of fourteen,
was - convicted at Lowell on Friday last of
setting fire to a barn, by which several buil.
dings were destroyed, and one man lost his
life. He was sentenced to be hung at such
time as the Governor shall appoint.
FATAL ACCIDENT..--WO learn from the
Cumberland Civilian, that a young man,
emigrating with big parents to the 'West,
met his death, on Tuesday last, near Frost.
burgh, in• that county, by the accidental
discharge of a gun, while in the nct•of draw
ing it from the wagon, to shoot at some pig
eons. He received the whole contents in
the breast, and died immediately. The un•
fortunate family, which thus lost one of its
members, was understood to be from New
Jersey.
The device on the new flag of the Ray
mond Fencibles, at Port Gibson, (Mass) is a
large Rattlesnake coiled beneath a bunch o
the Prickly Pear Shrubbery with the motto
beware, painted by a "Gentleman of Nat
chez," and a masterly piece of workman.
ship. .
It is said that the river St. Lawrence was
never known to be so high as it has been for
some time since. The water is several feet
above the level of the lower wharves at
Montreal, and access to some of the steam
boats is obtained by means of boats.
Wo find the following article in the Bal
timore Patriot, credited to the Cincinnati
Republican, a whole hOg, red hot adtninis
tration print:
A (soon ONE.—The New-York Star terms
Blair and Kendall "wretched fugitives from
the west." We believe that Mr Kendall,
however, while residing in Kentucky, was
a mere "loafer" on Mr. Clay's bounty. The
ease claims the honor of his paternity.
===:l
From the National Intelligene.er of June 14.
The State of Virginia.
The General Assembly of . the . State of
VIRGINIA convened -at Richmond on Mon
day last, in pursuance of the proclamation
of the Governor. On the same day the
Governor communicated to the two Houses,
by message, his reasons for convoking. Ibis
extrasebsion of the Legislature. It appears
that, by the existing law, a suspension of
specie payments by the Banks of the State
not only works a forfeiture of some of their
charters, hut prohibits•their notes from be
ing receiveable in payments to the State,
which would in effect be cutting off nearly
all the revenue of the State during the soli
pension. To apply a remedy for this state
of things, the Goveinor has culled the Leg
iilature together.
In regard to the Banks and currency in
general,and some of the party crudities of the
day, the Governor makes the following sets
sible, and, considering their source, very in
dependent suggestions:
"The system , of banking has been keg
since intrOduced, and we find it fixed upon
us. The Commonwealth is largely interes
ted in the stocks of Oar *thing institutions,
through the fulxi for internal improvement.
and the literary fund; and the stock 'which
is thus held is a ptul of the security which
has been, pledged to the holders of the pub
liattel4. hag:100 - jOrformed
alt the purposes of the curren4;Pid by the
holders of it, the poor and the-rich,: ,s coun
ted as innriey.', .The merchants and traders
ofour towns have been accustomed to look
to the Minks for facilities andaid; tind , thro' 7
their instrumentality it was, that they have
been enabled to make their purchases ofthe
planter and farmer. It would surely be un
wise; in u period of difficulty, and When-pri
vote credit is in need of unusual facilities, to
eultioviminstitutions which are so incorpe
ratild with every public and individu 11 inter
est, and from which it • would result, as an
immediate consequence, that the difficulties
of paying would ho aintmeeted, whilst the
debt to be paid wieild be increased. There
are those who would hive tin honks, either
State or Federal, and are ..ter enforcing no
exclusive metalliC circulation. This pro
ject in the actual coed.tion of the country, I
believe to be wh illy iniprecticable, ond.the
agitation of it at this period could have no
other effect than still further to derange the
business, and oppress every .interest in the
community. And 1 consider it of the high
est Importance to maintain the credit of the
State Banks, as firming, under proper regu
lations and reforms, the only practical sub
stitute for a United States Bank; and• their
preservation afliirds the only defence against
the dange roils ec home ofn powerful and over
shadowing national institution." •
From tho Now Yorker.
Hon. Messrs. Stevenson & Rnsli.
Probably most of our readerei may have
learned (though we do not recollect that we
have meddled with the matter) that some
comments were made in certain journals
here upon the republication in London of
Mr. Van Buren's Letter to Sherrod Wil
liams which appeared last summer; or rath
er, of that large portion of it which relates
to the Bank of the United States and to a •
National Bank generally. This republica
tion was made in the spirit of nvowed hostili
ty, to the Bank. and.was naturally calculated
to injure its credit in Europe. Hereupon,
somebody took' occasion to infer that Hon.
ANDREW STEVENSON, our Ambassador to .
the Court of St. James,was the prime mover
of the step,and to censure him for the alleg. ....
ed agitation abroad of a questie . nof domestic ;_,,,,
policy, especially since such egitation conld '
have no other effict there thiin to injure the
financial interests and mercantile credit of
the country. As soon as these strictures
reached England, Mr. Stevenson promptly
and indignantly repelled the charges against
him, declaring that he had kept entirely
aloof in England from all queltions of Amen. . '
can domestic policy, holding- himself the
representative of the whole nation and not of '
any portion or party.. - For - some of• the -
sentiments expressed in this disclaimer, he
was sharply rebuked in the Washington
Globe, in language which seemed to inaply
some direliction from the patt'of rectitude
or from party, fidelity in the..couree he 11%
pursued. This rebuke excited a considlf e'' •
We sensation at the time; and having reached's: '',
London,has drawn forth another letter from
, s ,
.„
Mr. Stevenson rather explanatory than apol - -' : "
ogetic, but dictated by no particular neees- wil
sity that we can imagine. The Ambassador
remarks that,though he has carefully avoid.
ed all interference with politics since he went
abroad, yet his political attachments remain
unchanged, and he is still favorable to the ,
policy of the late and present Administra. ,
tions,and hostile to the Bank in every shape. 1
Of course he is: his station is a sufficient ,
gUarantee for this,and nobody but the Editor' ' ;',
of the Globe has ever pretended to doubt it. $'
Mr. Stevenson might have withheld this die.
claimer without danger of geisepprehension
or derogation of dignity. ' ' 1
And now for Mr. RICIIARO Rom, who
has also been for some time in London le
an Agent of the Government in 'relation to
the Sm thsoman bequest s arid who was first
indicated by the Globe as' the true' author of
the republication complained of. Mr. Rush
has also come out with a letter averring and
justifYing his agency in the business, with
comments, historical, political, morel and
p'cal., - As to the only essential point in
dis q t
to—the right of a Government fem.
tie ry abroad to republish such political ,
pamphlets as he may choose--we are dispo.
sod to agree with him; though still,there is
room for the question of propriety, if such 1
publication is calculated to.injure the credit,
depreciate the property, and embarrass the
business of American citizens abroad, with.'
out efrieting any purpose at hmaie or abroad.
But Mr. Rush places his defence—which' .;
rests far more securely on the assumption '
that no defence is needed—on the ground
that our National Administration was suffer- ';
mg under-the continued obloquy ofthe whole .
British press. Now, any person who 'reads I
English newspapers clearly knows that this -
assumption is false--=that the whOe'Redi-
cal press of Great Britain has been uniform.
ly and warmly favorable to Gen. Jackson i
and the Anti Bank policy, while the'eonser- )
valve journals have regarded our Adminis;
tration with evident partiality since the con.
troversy• with France. A few querulous
remarks have Wen drawn. forth by recent i
events; but even now the whale English' ,I
press is ludicrously ignorain of the pplitical '
acts which have combined with other causes
to produce the commercial convulsion here
which reacts so fearfully on Great Britain. ,
1 It would mortify the elide of on Englishrnao
to acknowledgeoaree if his judgement were
satisfied of the fact, that tae wayward poli
cy of the American Government had manly
contributed to throw intodisorder the, whole , l
commereial world. But at the time when,
Mr. Rash powered the publication of this '
letter, our country was hardly spoken of at ,
,all in the English papers. You might pe
l.rissis a score of them without finding any,
but the most brief, eenfused, and pointless
allusion to the Anit.Theik. policy of our Ge.- :
. areal:lent. Had it heeti otherwise, vvu PM+
'sumo the AdillUliSlialiioo would have beers
content to, rest its justification on its ewer of•
ficial documents—the Presidents' Message.
iSic uniformly published iii" ell the Leading. _
British ; jourua Is—wit hout ,veishseg to ; he .
dragged by a too officious official into-a .
pamphleteering centroveray in Europe with , ,
a state corporation- , ' '
JoAa Jacob Astor says, man swarth five , boated
thousand dollars i• as swell ott as a rich man, If be
could but think ant
From the Notioruil
Inteillginair Of tireidoT
111,11 d Neve*. Armin
, .
It was 014.-Ye,te!.aY ( " I . ll:vr e : e r 'rgratik
fated
. ourselves upon being able ttitay, from
the most respectable authority, under date
of Tampa BRY.,"Mdy 24, that the Indians
were rapidly ceming in; and would no dot 4
all emigrate inthe course of the Simmer- ' •
Ow' feats, however expressed only a few
dap% before,ofa different termination of the
exulting suspense on the subject, we alieaey
learn; were more prophetic 'than the wishes
of the respectable officer upon whose author
ity our yesterday's annunciation was made.
information has reached the city since
Sa!urday, of twelve days later date than
that which we 'published yesterday. Genf.
Jesup hue written ton correspondent here -
under date of .sth inst..from Tamba Bay,
that ti large party of hostile Indians had en.
tered the camp of the party assembled and
to emigrate, and had: taken off Mi
canopy and Jumpo (commonly called Jump- '
er.)
The General says, nothing now remainii
but extermination to the whole race. He
w:l9 about.discharging the . transports assem
bled at Tampa Bay for the emigration of
the Seminole. Itidinns He had, of course,
g i ven Li nen hope of the Indians keeping their
In►th. They have been palterinz with the
Government agents. Their Treaty (termed •
u capitulation) appears to hive been nothing
hot an artifice to'gnin time for recruiting 1
their strength at the cost °film Government
—an artifice which we apprehend, has been
but-too. completely sccessful.
Since writing the above, tin; Express
Mail of last evening has brought us slips
containing the following paragraphs:
CIIAILLESTON, (S. C. June 16.
Information has keen received by the
schooner Motion, from Jacksonville, that
the INntANs, instead of having departed for
Tampa Buy, have taken to the bush.[Put.
JActisikvrt,LE, June 8.
. .
The country is rife with reports respect.
ing the Army and Indians. The general
tenor of them is that the Seminoles are "still
for war."
The belief is rapidly gaining ground that
the Indians will not remove without a further
struggle.
Lale from Europe.
By slips received from the office of the
New York Gazette of Sunday morning, we
are apprised of the arrival of the packet
ship Independence, Capt. Nye, at New
York.
The Independence sailed from Liverpool
on 'the 24th of and has furnished Liv
erpool dates to the day of sailing, and those
of London to the 23d inclusive.
News from this country to the Ist of May,
had reacheddon,and had produced much
aensation.:- • ,
Several . h4Vy 'failuies had occurred in
Liverpool, all connected with A merican
heuses, and one or. two had also taken place
in Manchester and Leeds. &respectable
house in Glassgnw.connected with the New-
Orleans trade, had also gone by the board.
There is very little news from the Con
tinent,,oscept copious details of the opera
tions of the two contending factions in
In the House of Lordson the 18th of May,
after a conference was had with the Com
mons, it was announced that their Lordships
had concurred in certain resolutions in re
lei:once to the giwernment of Lower Canada,
agreed to.by the Commons.
In the Commnris on the same evening, on
Lord John .11451°11's announcing that the
. Lords had agreed to the Canada resolutions,
he was asked by Mr. Roebuck whether, if
government were allowed precedence, by
the he*, he (Lord John) would take one
of the tfiree Irish bills and go on, , de die in
diem with the' hill so named.until it was
finished? That would be a test by which
they Would try thirgovernment. It would
then be seen whether they were anxious to
carry IbLit bills they themselves introduced,
or whether they were afraidof them. Lord
John made a shuffling reply, from which
nothing could be extracted.
Mrs. Lucichart,„, wife of J. G. Lockhart,'
.F.Sq. died in London on. lhe 17th of May.—l
She was the only surviying daughter of Sir
Walter Scott.
The latest accounts from the mnnufactur-
Mg districts were moot unwelcome, and in
dibated a state of embarrassment and dis
tress that had not been anticipated. Six
houses were announced as having stopped
at Liverpool. on Friday and Saturday, the
2.11 d and 24th of May. Whilst announcing
the fact, the Constitutional added that they
were all interested with the American trade.
Severnl heavy failures had also taken place
at LondUn. The Constitutional proceeds
to any; "the amount of individuals liabilities
ale not so large `as nt a time when we have
been made familiar with failures measured
by hundreds oft housands,ofpounds,ali hough
'they. form a very !inpatient aggregate.—
We avoid giving names, in consequence of
some of them giving out that they will be
able to resume in a low days, although it is
lobe feared that, under existing circumstan.
cei, the probability is but n forlorn hope."
• The intelligence front 'Europe generally,
by this arrival, is cLtll and uninteresting.—
The report ofa great victory by the carlists
Of Spain was discredited.
. .
Jo Sx' trn.-- 7 Thia noted character, lender
•of Vim - Burenism in, titeauga county, and
prophat Of the•Murtnonites, has lately been
iakott.up on a charge of attempting to niur
dm, The Cleveland llorald says, that he
had a revelation that a certain - sceptic in
the neighborhood of :Kirtland, deserved
nrtitvidom, and procuied a couple of men
to shoot him. They %vete 4etected and
caused the prophet to lyo taken up with them-
*elves.
It will. be rPcollocted that Jo shut man
near Independence, Mo. a •few.years since,
_
aim mane his escape to prevent the populace
from nn• immediate exercise of lynch law.
Sewn!, probably, now be placed in a situa
don where he can sufficiently - medituto on
the beauties of his "golden bible," and the
moral precepts which it inculcates. The
loss will be ibit more by the administration
than the christian public.—Cin. Whig.
STAR 'it. AN 'IMMO!.
Hf Roomer aribmirroit.
FRIDAY r,
_Elmer 23 1 - 1837.
co-Th e We : -no price of Flour in Balti
more-87 75 to se. •
The conclusion of the review of r. Cooper's
Speech on Abolition” has been crowded out 'this
week. .
air. Stevens', speech.
(th-The attention of our readers is called to the
able rem:tits of Mr. ST in Convention on
the 12th inst—oommeneing on the • let page of
this day's paper.
Small wilbles.
( -7•Vire are authorised to state that the Small
Notes of Mesals. McClellan. Zieuler, and Swope
are received at the Bank and by the County
Treasurer, as also by the business men of the Do
rou3b.
The 66.Monument.'37
The No. of this beautiful sheet of Saturday
fast is made up entirely with original articles from
the pens of Pole contributors. It is also em
bellished with a plats and page of Music. No
paper i+ more deserting of patronage than the
"Monument_"
The A•eio York .'Mirror.
Ci-We a.Ar attention to the adriertisement of
the New York Mirror in another column. It will
be seen that the enterprising publishers have secu
red the services of that popular writer, Capt. MAR
arsire, (author of ...lapliet," 'Jacob Faithful,"
A.c.) who has promised to furnish a series of ar
ticles for the Mirror.
a:7A Convention of the Abolitionists of the
New England States was behl in Boston last.week,
at which were present about 5 0 0 delegates!
ca. The lisnrisburgh Reporter is out in defence
of the “salutary doctrine" of "rotation in office!"
We suppose the Reporter means rotating our of
one office into another!
The Constitution.
a. 1 .1 would seem, from recent indications, that
a majority of the Convention now in session are
of the radical school : and that the Constitution,
under which the People of Pennsylvania have
lived for near half a century so happily and so
well, IS TO BE TORN TO TATTERS, in
the rage of ..experihnent" and ~ r eform" that is rife
in the Convention!
We do not like to impugn motives, but that
charity would be more nearly allied to vice than
virtue that could shut our eyes to the objects of
those who are active in waging war against the
present Constitution. It is AMBITION that
hopes, in the confusion incident to change, that
there vlll be new avenue opened, or the old ones
cleared of the obstacleS which lie in the present
road to rowea and OFFICIAL station! Each “re
former" thinks, that if the Judicial stations, and
others equally important in the eyes of Ambition
and Avarice, are cleaned, that in the process of fill
ing them that he may fall into the tide which flows
to such a fortune! He is therefore zealous in the
work of tearing lawn the Ark of our Political safe
ty—hoping that, ip the confusion and haste of re
furnishing, there will be some place that he may
fill in lieu attar old, tried °Martin' g Fiesta!
We say, Mali/ is Nor son Tax PROMOTION or
was praise soon, that these awn are profanely
violating thesaened Charterof our Liberties ; BuT
roa rue rcaresz or PERSONAL AGGRAN
-1 DIZEMENT! Thal Charter has Lever been '
found inefficient to the protection of our property,
our persons, or our consciences. It has been om
nipotent in good. Why then destroy it, if the ob
ject be but the .-good of the people 2" it HAS BEEN
sufficient for this what else do you want! Why
"experiment" on that which has proven, by half
a century's trial *snoop! call is Thal bane
of public happiness and prosperity--POLITI
CAL AMBITION!
It BMWs to us, that the work of DESTRUCTION
is in progress! Enough has ,already been done,
if finally confirmed by the Convention, to render
unsettled and mum& the persons and properties of
the People! They will however be the arbiters
of their own Site. It will be for them to say wheth
er they will accept a Constitution, the work of
Demagogues ; or cling to one tehiA was the work
of Prearcers and ekes, and which EXPERI
ENCE has proven to be an ample protection
against the inroads of Proud and Oppression.—
In Tot PEOPLE Is ova TRUST.
Jackson Currency!
al -When the General Government commenced
its war upon the United States Bank, and distress
and pressure in the money market began to be felt
in various parts of the country, the Administration
called upon the people to have ptdiena!—telling
them, at the same time,that in the course of a few
months, the pressure ss - Guld be at an end, and that
they would have a currency of Gold and Silver.—
This, it was predicted, would take place in seven
months from the removal of the Deposites. Let us
see how far the prediction has been fulfilled, and
what benefit has resulted to the people from the
' , experiment" made upon the currency.
Mr. Tama., in his instruction to the Deposita!
Banks, issued the 9th of October, 1833, says—
“ The deposites of the Public Money will enable
you (the Pet Banks) to afford INCREASED ' , let LI
TILT. TO THZ COMMERCIAL ♦ND OTHER CLASSES
OT TOL COMMCNITI; and the DEPARTMENT •N-
TzcaPATES frame goat the adoption of such a course
respecting your aeconsmodaficens as will prove
ACCEPTAIILZ IM the People, and SAFE to the Gov
ernment.”
Such were the promises to the People , at the
time the Government was commencing its "EKE'S..
?claim!" At that time, it was confidently de
dared by its Organs, that the removal of the De
posites, and the destruction of the L'nitej States
BSA, arms the harbinger Ofa GOLDEN AGE—Such
as was fabled bythe ancient poets, when figs grew
upon thorns, and wine Bowed like water in the
brooks! But /acre is the esoseserry that was
promised to the People! Where are the our
c MUSED WASIK-111 se" which Mr. Taney's SIXTY
SUBSTITUTES were to furnish to the a COM
uremia/ and other &airs of the Cormasurrily,"—
Where is the ...screen ccesirrcil" What has
become of Benton's orr 'sr DKOrs" and the Globe's
.-Saysarts!"
Instead of the cote uto smcits currency,how
wirer, which the GeTenment promised to the Peo
ple, it has giros. flea a esinesiesc of. RAGS, Ilt•
DITNAIIILE IN wAsO histeed of the "lIICIIEMILD
ram trine which its mew IMO to afronl to
the -Commesciel aodatherclasses of the commti;
nit;," IT wiis PALSIED awii DESTROYED
Tag CONNINCIAL ts - Tutratzz or TNT CORN.
, ,
'TAT! in fismi ef tappritsvr, it hap , brisught .
Mem DISTRESS AND RUIN? It promised the
people to destroy !he United State Rank; it did so,
' AND hiRiNSIIIRRID ITS NIISINSIS TO SUETY
OTHERS! It tested the “EXPIIIINIENT,", and the
RESULT I 19-^aUIN!!
GE, PA.
'The "anti -Bank) Party.
oTho followers of Martin Van Briren and his
predecessor ha've sometimes been denominated the
"Anti-Bartle" party. If by this is meant opposition
to the United Stales Bank, the name 'is appropri
ate enough. To it they were' opposed ; but they
were always the r RIENDII and PATRONS of die
State Banks. The name is not therefore expres
sive of their principles. Frtim their name, you
would learn no more of their true principles, than
you would of the colour of the crow by calling it
a white bird ; FOR TOUT PARTY WAR, AND CO3.
TINUES TO HI,TIIIR PATRON 01 , •LL OTHLR BANKH,
except the late U. S. Bank and the present U. S.
Bank of Pennsylvania! Its Leaders are the au
thors of the Safety Fund System, and all other
fraudulent combinations, that have been establish
ed at the ENPISNHE of the People, for the BENE
FIT OF SPECULATORS Axn MONOPO
LISTS!
At the time the 'Experiment" was commenced,
the People were enjoying M amount of prosperity
never surpassed since the foundation of the Gov
ernment. There was a ROUND and MURATA: O (M'.
Currency. The notes of the Bank that they de
stroyed, were good , throughout the world. There
was confidence amongst the people, and that con
fidence was the parent of prosperity. It was then
that the Simpitscr entered our Political Eden—the
People wore persuaded by its guile that the
ted States Bank was their enemy—it wastlestroy
cd, and then commenced the work of ruin!—
Stale Bunke were without control, ANn
FLoon-
ED 'CUE COUNTRY WITH PAPER WHICH THEY ARE
now UNABLE OR UNWILLING TO RE
DEEMn.ro
'ID 8C11:1101 . 011CD, THE PEOPLE WILL Now HAVE TO
LAY THEIR HANDS UPON THEM, AND ROOT TH EM
OUT. Their friends, THE' VAN BUREN PAR
TY, will defend the flanks; but the interests of
the People will not be safe until they. aro de
stroyed.
The"Shan Plaster' , Party..
Tho Van Buren pnpers are endeavoring to
fix tho above appellation upon tho Wings and
Anti.Mosons. In this they act as many noted
characters before them. Rogues are always the
first to cry "Stop thief!" In detecting their tin
positrons. we shall State nothing but what we be.
Hove to be facts.
The Whigs have the majority wo believe in the
Councils of Philudelphia,the Corporation ofwhich
has issued small bills. But in Baltimore, Harrill.
burgh, Lancaster, Carlisle and York, those whii
have flooded the whole country with "surer nee.
Teas" are all members--aye, leaders of the pure
Anti. Bank note-"Domocratic".party! In other
places, also, it will doubtless be found, that the
"SHIN PLASTER" PATRIOTS are all, or nearly all, of
the Van Buren stamp! How is it in our own lit.
de Borough! Two of the three individuals who
have supplied us with "sn►m misTEns," are among
the moat active in the Van Buren party! The
other is a Whig Mason,it is true; but yet the part.
marshy is two to one In fitinir of Van Bureniein!
So, we hope our Van Buren friends will 'Flo
longer attempt to make no father their "sins
matrrse brats! We wish to see issued no other
"Diastole but those ,which can and will be re.
deemed with GOLD and SILVIA.
Masonic Impudence!
co. The knodtvinked Sor.oNs of the "Virginia
Republican" say, they have given the proceedings
of the late Anti-Masonic Canvention of this State
"an attentive perusal," and "are free to assert, that
they never before have seen so many palpable false
hoods, silly recommendations, and inconsistent
conclusions contained in the same compass!" and
wisely conclude that "it is not their intention in
thus noticing the proceedings of this party of in
furiated fanatics, to enter into a defence of the Ma
sonic Order!"
Although we would like if the Editors of the
Republican were competent or willing to under
take the tusk, to enter into a discussion with them
as to the truth or falsity of such sweeping asser
tions, yet we can hardly expect it of them. It is
the custom of the conductors of the Masonic press
to deal in "free assertions" and "bold denials" of
facts; yet they never pretend to advance either
facto or arguments to sustain those "bold asser
tions." The Republican, however, dare not go
further than it has! It DARE Nor spread the things
which it derideii as "palpable falsehOods" before its
readers, and let them ajudge, as wise men," for
themselves!
The Republican, we suppose, is anxious to do
away the effects of a proclamation recently allud
ed to in the "Free Press," directing report to ho
made to a high functionary of all those who attend
ed oHorsc-Raccr, Mchor and OTIIEIi processions,"
at Harpers-Ferry! Wcrsuppose its attack upon
the Anti-Masonic proceedings of our State, is to
be considered as a left-handed apology for the issu
ing of the proclamation referred to!
If the Republican will humor us by an attempt
to “defend tho Masonic Order," we will be charit
able enough to ensure it Sancho Panza's share of
the Reece!
ErNot so fast, Mr. Metropolitan. The Anti.
Masons of Pennsylvania have nominated General
Nobody as yet for the Presidency. They intend
convocating in your City shortly for the purpose
of making a nomination; and will very likely se.
lea Gen. HARRISON, DANIEL WEBSTER, , JOHN
QUINCY AnAsts,or some other equally distinguish.
ed Statesman for that ptittlnn.
Erne "URKAT UNININGED" of 1110 York Ga
zette, finding that his "History of York County"
could not pull - him into-notice, is desirous of rend.
ering himself infamous by abusing his betters!—
'infamous," did we *ay! We beg pardon! That
helms made himself "a long time ago!" An old
proverb reads—"He that is born to be HANOED'toill
never be DROWNED!" We congratulate the nevi.
gators of old Codoroue upon the certainty of never
finding Sir Adam's carcase in that 'noble striani!'
o'The Cleaveland Herald states that a gentle
man who has been through the interior of the
State reports
. that all kinds of Grain look reniark
ably pronikruir, and that the Farmers are rejoic
jug in the prapftt of a plentiful harvest.
A SIGN IN YIEGINIA.—At an election in
Campbell county, on the 10th inst ,'for a
member of the Dowse of Delegate 811 a
vacancy, Dr. J. Saunders, was by a
majority of SO votes In Apfil last the
Van Burenites had the majority. -
Crops in Ohio.
Protn',ihe Bsltlioore
"MR. 'PIERCE BUTLER."
Mr. Plum BuTsza, the husband Of Fanny ,
Keauble,..as a member of the Pennsylvania Con
vention, and a preeminent and radical leveller.—
He recently !wide a speech in that body, in which
be attempted to be severe upon Mr. tlerivErra of
Adams. The following was the reply of Mr. STE.-
yams, which will probably servo Mr. Burra.n for
the balance of his natural life.
"The young gentleman from the city has
come out to-day. He seems to be quite
harmleiss, notwithstanding his malignity.—
shall nut answer his studied efliirt, his Sun
day's labor. I never reply to IoW, rude
personal scurrility. But allow me to say to
that gentleman, that vulgarity is not seven
ty. He need not be alarmed, however, lest
I should attempt to inflietchastisemerit upon
him. Them are.some creeping things so
small, that if you attempt to crush them,
they escape unhurt under the hollow of your
feet. Sickly as the plant now seems, it
would be cruel to trample upon it. • When
it has seen more sun,aitained greater height
and been trimmed and fostered by the care
ful hand of the gardener, it may assume a
more comely shape,nnd more useful growth,
rugged and unseemly as it now is!"
JAAIES McSHERLtY, .ESQ.
Correepondence of the York Republican.
• JIARRISBURGH, June 6th, 1837.
• In the course of Mr. Meredith's remarks
yesterday, he took occasion to refer to the
votes of the membersef Franklin and Adams
counties on some former occasions when the
project of internal Improvement was first
agitated in the legislature of this state, and
as Mr. McSurcany was at that time a mein
her, his name was introduced as showing
the attitude of Adams on the same subject.
This appears to be a sore subject, and Mr.
McSherry this morning, after the conven
tion w as in committee of the whale.upon the
subject alder debate vesterday, took an op
portunity to explain how the matter stood at
that day, remarked his surprise that his
friend from the city should have deemed it
necessary to turn the attention of the me
bars of the convention to a matter so long
gone by, and reflected upon Mr. M. in mild
but 'severe terms tor adopting such a course.
He .said h'e had fora long time been honored
with a seat in the
,legislative halls, by the
citizens of Adams county, and this was the
first occasion on which he had to explain
himself for any course he may have adopted,
or any vote he may have heretofore given.
His remarks were received with much atten
tion, as every thing is that comes from Mr.
M'S. and lam sure there was no one regret
ted the occasion, and felt 'in his heart that
Mr. M'Sherry's course had always been a
fair and honorable one at all times, and that
whatever decision he may have arrived at,
or whatever votes he may have given, they
Were the result of a conviction that they
•vere the "wisest, discreotest, best."
0:7 -By reference to another column it will be
seen that the Florida War is not yet at an end.
LA conc.—The following is given as the answer
returned by the Bank of the United States to the
application made by the Secretary of the Treasury
for an advance of money.
- - BANE OP VIE UNITED STATES,
/kW- 3 .
Hon. LEVI Woonnuar,
Secretary of tho Treasury.
Situ—Your application has been received. Say
whero—when—and to what amount, and it shall
be ready for you.
Respectfully, yours; &c.
N. BIDDLE, President
of the Bank of the U. S.
REAL GREATNESS.—WhiIe the Improve.
ment bill of last session was before Governor
RIMER, and it was feared that he would
veto it, the most importunate and persever
ing eflimts were made by its friends, who
were his friends also, to induce him to sign
it. A person who happened to be present
at the time informs us, that among other
things, the Governor was told that if he did
not sign it, he would lose many of his friends
in Philadelphia and in the western and south
ern parts of the state, that he could never
again receive 300 votes in the city and
county of Philadelphia. The Governor in
an earnest and solemn manner declared-4A/
hare well considered the bill: 1 believe it
would be injurious to the whole State; and;
so believine, 1 would rather.go home to my
farm in Washington County to morrow,
than sign it."
From the Wheeling Gazette.
Meeting of Mail Contractors.
A notice was given, some time since, in
the Pennsylvania papers, fora convention
of the mail contractors and stage proprietors
of that state, to be convened at Bedford on
the 4th July next. Great necessity it was
supposed, existed for such convention at the
time the call wa t made, but now, that the
decision of the circuit court of the District
of Columbia against the postmaster general
has been made known, and when the unplea
sant situation in which many of the mail
contractors are placed by the unwarranted
conduct of this dignitary is considered, it is
sincerelyhoped that the interests of all the
contractors and proprietors will be 'erne.
rented. Their duty to themseWes and their
country demands their presence, and we
know the public spirit too well to believe for
a moment that they will be held back by
any light or trifling cause.
MANY MAIL CONTRACTORS.
. (----
A GOOD ‘Vi.rE.—A preacher in a funeral
sermon on a lady. afierstnnming up her good
qualities, added, that "she always reached
her husband his hat when he called for it,
without muttering." -.-
A STRONG DEFENCR.—"There are three
points in this case,may it please your honor,"
said the defendant's counsel. "Id the first
place, we contend that the kettle was crack.
ed when we borrowed it. Secondly, that
it was whole when we returned it: and third.
ly, that we never\ had it."
Comscrott's RETURN.—"A'very small
bill, sir, just -=." Nly dear sir, entirely
out of my power; do me the favor to call to.
morrow,and lintel! you when to call again."
Prom ITOrida-
of the Itaddrelos.
. • •",
A slip from the office of the Savannah
Georgian ofJune 15, contains an extract of
a letter from Garoy's Ferry, of date June 8,
which says: “Hostilities
. are about to be re
commenced hero, think, from all we can
learn. Micanopy and all the Indians have
left Tampa Bay: so say private letters from
there. Gen. JESUP has directed Major
WinTirro, at. M ;canopy, to 'end wad in 11w
people in the neighborhood to leave their
plantations and go into safe places."
cy , One of foie workmen on the Rail Row' above
the Boraugh was killed by a blast on Tuesday last.
. From the Columbia Spy of Saturday last.
COLLECTOR'S OFFICE, - I
'COLUMBIA, Jane 16, 1837.
- IPEEKI,P REPORT.
Amount of Toll received at this office
pie last weekly report, • $93,888 84
Amount received during the week
ending this day,
Whole amount received up to
Juno 17,
$98,199 48
W C. M'PHiRSON, Collector.
RELIC io-trs NO•TIOES.
(0- The Rev. Mr. KELLER will preach in the
English Lutheran Church, on Sunday morning
next; at half past 10 o'clock—also in the evening
at 8 o'clock.
0j There will be preaching, alSo, on Sunday
morning and evening next, in the Presbyterian
Church.
lIYMENIAL REGISTER.
lIIARItIED.
On the 6th inst. by the Rev. Mr. Lekieu, Mr
RICIfAILD ADAMS to Miss CATULABINN SMITH.
daughter of Mr. Andrew Smith—all of Mount
pleasant township.
Some time since, by the same, Mr. PSTRN
CLUNK to Miss. M►noAnET LAWRENCE, daugh
ter of Mr. Christian Lawrence—all of iterwiek
township.
OBITUARY RROORD.
On the 18th inst. Mrs. MART Ales Scorr, wife
of Major David Scott, of Franklin township (and
daughter of Mr. James McGaughy, of Hamilton
ban township,) aged about 19 years.
On the 12th inst: in the Bth year of his ago,
Roar.wr C. son of Mr. Samuel Macfarlane, of
Fairfield, in this county. _
ADVERTISEMENTS.
TO COLLECTORS AND
TAX PAYERS.
HAVING understood that a certain Col
lector is requiring the taxes to be paid
in Specie, and giving it as his reason that
the Treasurer will not receive Bank notes,
the . undersigned hereby gives notice that
there is no truth in the assertion. On the
contra ry,all notes on the neighboring Banks,
or any such as I have heretofore been taken,
will still bo received.
• .1. GILBERT, Treasurer.
June 26, 1837. St-12
GEO. St. C. HUSSEY'S •
Vegetable Cough Drops,
For Colds, Coughs, Cholie, Gripings, and
all other similar Disorders of the Stomach
and Bowels, iSt.e. For further descriptsons
see Mrectiona 4round the vial.
For sale at the Drug Store of
SA M UEL H. BCEHLER.
Gettysburgti, Pa. June 23, 1837. St-12
GEO. St. C. HUSSEY'S
antheimintic or W mans Dane
Price 25 cents, per vial.
The Medicine is confidently recommend.
ed to the public as a safe and officinal reme
dy, for expelling Worms, as any now in
use; and is mild in its operations, and is not
attended with any bad consequences, should
there be no worms. For further particu
lars see Directions around the vial.
For sale at the Drug Store of •
SAMUEL H. BUEHLER.
Geuysburgh, June 23, 187. 3t-12
STRAY cAorrLE.
STRAYED from the 'Subscriber living in
Franklin township, Adams County, near
Capt. MlCnights tavern, on Thursday the
1,,r,;(eijk , ,,,..,1 Bth ofJuneinst. rive head
I 'ffe''"Hd of Cattle; of. the following
ft kip k :
_ description, one red cow, one
red and white, a black heifer with a white
face, a small rend spotted heifer, and a yel
low heifer with a white stripe over its back.
Any person giving such Information its
will enable the subscriber to gam thi*n
again will be liberally rewarded.
ISRAEL YOUNT.
4t.-12
June 23, 1837.
NOTICE. .„
E Democratic State Rights Startling Com.
mittce of Adams County 'are requested to
meet at the house of Capt. A. B. Kurtz, in the
Borough of Gettysburgh, on Saturday the 24th
inst. The following aro the names of the gentle-.
men composing said Committee:-:-Dr, V. H. Mel
linger, David Middkcoff, Joseph R. Henry, M.
C. Clarkson, John Picking.
June 16, 1837. .
• PILESU ipme.
10 BUSHELS OE
foc i s ale 'A° BURNT LIME for S S ale il
by the Subscriber, living tnile.from Mil_
lerstowo, in Carrells Tract.. •
ROBERT SLEMMONS.
June 9,1837. .
GETrysigURG GUJIRDS
ATTENTION! •
PARADE in front of the College, .on
uesday the 4th day of July next,
at 9 o'clock, A. M. in summer uniform,with
arms and accoutrements in comOlete order
—each member provided with 10 rounds
of blank cartridges. . ,
• By Order
JACOB SABAUOII, 0. 6. •
June 10, Is l B7. ,'(Sent: Com.)
4,260 64
DIED.
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New York. Jane :6,1837.
JOHN L GUBERNATOR, ESQ.
OF CONOWAGO TOWNSHIP, .
HAS been appointed by tbe -Bated of
Property, to act as an AGENT, is
and for the County of AdooloOlo Prima
the duties required by the *Apse! Assembly
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