STAR & REPUBLICAN BANNER,
F,TTY'SlitlitGli, VENN.
HONDA Y EVENI,VG, OCTOBER 8, 1838
The Consfihda7on!
fgp,lt is of the greatest importance
that a full vote should be given on the
subject of the amendments to the Con
stitution. The people are called on to
decide whether they will continue to live
under the STAUNCH HEART-OF-OAK
ROOF which has sheltered them for half
a century, or will allow it to be torn to
pieces and patched up with rags and
rotten shingles. This is a vitally mo
mentous subject:--if the amendments
are either adopted or rejected by a small
vote or trifling majority, the question
will not be put at rest, but will con
tinue to disturb the public mind.
CAUTION !
yLet our friends be cautious from whom they
receive tickets! Accept of none from any person
whom you do not know to be a ovvoncE rair.sri
of the old Dutch Farmer! Arco IXANIINE Tticm,
before you vote them!! The Nairn." and Foo
t:mar party, will atop at no minor crime to carry
their end!
David D. Porter
AND
JOSEPH IUTNEII.
0:7 - The important election that is to de
cide between those two individuals, is with
in a few days at hand. The turmoil and
strife will soon bo over, and the destinies of
Pennsylvania, and with them those of the
United States in a groat measure, decided
for a long time to come. Their characters
and acts have been fully canvassed before
the public; and at this late stage of the con.
test, little more can bo urged effectually for
or against either, in addition to what has al.
ready been said.
Let us, then, seo how tho account stands
between them; and first we will take the
present Governor,
JOSEPH RITNER,
who is emphatically the son of his own deeds.
Born of poor parents in humble life, we see
him in early youth bound an apprentice to
a Farmer in an adjoining County. Subso.
quently, an operative Mechanic—a Weaver
—a Waggoner, driving his own team, until
he had, by his honesty, industry and frugali
ty, saved enough to buy a cheap farm in
Washington County, in what was, then en.
improved land. This he reclaimed from a
state of uncultivated nature, and has made
it one of the pattern farms of the West.
With the true nobility of soul characteris.
tic of the generality of German Farmers in
Pennsylvania, which seeks elevation only in
the path of industry and honest toil, we see
him driving his plough, sowing and reaping
his crops, and discharging all the laborious
ddtios and labors of a good practical farmer,
and literally eating his bread by the sweat
of his brow. And shall he be scorned, and
scouted, by the proud lordlings of a would bo
aristocracy for this?
Next, we see him in the Legislative Hall,
where he was 'tin active, useful member,
whose speeches were always listened to-with
respect, and whose reports, as Chairman of
many. important Committees, among others
that on Claims, were always concise, com
prehensive and to the point. So distinguish•
ed was he for talent and assiduity, that he
was soon chosen Speaker of the House of
Representatives, and presided over the delib
erations of that body with distinguished abil•
ity and applause. Could he have dune this,
had lie been the ignorant, imbecile tool his
enemies represent him?
Passing over the interval of his life, dur
ing which he again returned to the honest
labors ortho Plough, wo find him in 1835,
chosen Governor of Pennsylvania against
the united efforts and opposition of two com•
petitors--the one the actual Governor, hav
ing till the patronage of office at his command,
and the other a man of great influence and
popularity in the State.
What have been his acts since? He found
the St3to in debt nearly 25 millions of dot.
lam the greater portion contracted t hrough
the popularity hunting system then prevalent,
and the dishonesty, peculation and extrava•
gene° of the officers of the government. He
found a direct State tax of $300,000 annual.
ly,burthening the people; the Treasury emp
ty, and the State works worse than unpro
ductive.
What do we see now? We behold the
State debt,which had been previously stead.
iiy increasing at the rate of 83.000,000 an•
fluidly, arrested; not only arrested, but di.
mkushed to the amount of stoo,ooo.
,For
no sane man who has any character would
amy with that wretched parasito of party,
Daniel Sturgeon, that the share of Pennsyl
Milt out of the Surplus Revenue of the U.
-nitodStates,and tho hams received from the
Vitited State, flank as the price of its char.
tor, tto el nothing attic revenue which the
public works did not produce owing to the
destruction of a port ofthem by the act of
God,) should be set down as a portion of the
State debt; and yet, take them away, and
where is the increase of State debt about
which Daniel Sturgeon, and the little scurvy
demagogues who constitute the Loco Foco
Dictatorship of Gettysburg pram so much?
Ile has repealed your State Taxes! lie
has increased your annual School appropria
tion from 875,000 to $300,000 without in
creasing your taxes: He has prosecuted the
unfinished works to completion, and made
it(ern produce in the three years of his admin
istration more than double as much as they
ever produced before in something like nine
years: He has carried Pennsylvania safely
and triumphantly through the late stormy
crisis—and has led the way,by his matchless
well-timed Proclamation, to the restoration
of a SPECIE CURRENCY, in lieu of the Van
Buren currency—Shin Plasters!
Is all this nothing? Is it nothing, that ho
has made Pennsylvania to bo courted,admir•
ed, looked up to and obeyed, where she was
once, in the hands of her corrupt demago
gues, a mere supple tool, despised by all,and
accustomed to follow in the wake of those
whom now she leads? And will you reject
him from office and from your trust—him,
whom any other State would be proud to
have, fbr this? Rill you do it? And for
whom! For,
DAVID R. PORTER I! !
Alas! Rittenhouse DO longer! That shallow
artifice would not take; and so finding they
could not make fools of the Germans by per•
suading them that ho was a German because
his grand-mother was a Dutchmen, they are
now striving to stir up an Irish feeling in
his favor, pretending that David R. Porter,
who was born in Pennsylvania, is an Irish
man, forsooth! And so they think to make
fools of the Irish!! But they will find that
the Irish, like the Dutch, have too much
mother• wit for thorn!
But who is David R. Porter? A fraudu
lent bankrupt who cheated his creditors and
committed PERJURY when ho took the Ben
efit, by putting his property out of his hands
in trust for himself and afterwards receiving
it back, and then swearing that he neither
had done so nor would do so.'! And who
to this day owes debts due before he took
the benefit, which he refuses to pay, though
now worth more tha /i $40,000!
is there any doubt about this 7 It is pro
ven by the Records of Huntingdon, Beaver,
Butler, and Northumberland counties, by
the testimony of the Stonebrakers, father
and eon, and more than 150 witnesses who
testify to their character and respectability,
among them the Rev. Mr. SMITII, Pastor of
the Methodist Episcopal Church, in this
place—by the testimony of Mr. Allison,
Porter's own Attorney in Beaver county—
of Samuel Sturgeon, whom he first cheated,
reduced to Insolvency, then strove to cor.
rapt, and still refuses to pay—by-that of
Michael Wallace, another of his creditors,
whom the Court appointed his T rustee, and
who swears he is still unpaid—by the testi
mony of Messrs. Wharton and William
son; of his own County, both of whom had
once been induced by the crafty deceit of
this Arch Intriguer to abandon Joseph Rit
ner for him, but who on the discovery of the
fraud practiced on them, have denounced
and exposed it, and now testify to his dishon
est acts—and by the testimony of many
others, whose names we have nqt time to re.
capitulate! Read this moss of testimony.
We ask no man to rely on our assertion—
but read it, and then withhold your belief if
•ou can.
Who, again, is David R. Porter? He,
too, was a member, for many years, of the
Legislature—and likewise of the Senate;
and whilst there, although what is called a
regularly educated man, ho never made a
speech! he never made a report! he never
distinguished himself in any mode, except
by his consummate skill in "dodging" res•
ponsibility 1 Ho was a silent and useless
member, who opened his mouth and said
"aye," or "nay," when party willed it, but
had not sense enough to do any thing be•
yond I I
Who is he? He is the Van Buren, Sub•
Treasury candidate. Ho voted, whilst in the
Pennsylvania Senate, in 1837, in favor 4 af
the Sub•Treasur'y Bill, by voting against a
resolution to instruct our members in Con
gress to oppose it; and n Convention of his
friends at Harrisburg, in July last, acknowl
edged the same, by solemnly renewing the
pledge of their devotion to Van Buren's in
forests and policy. We have nothing mono
to add. If the people of Pennsylvania—if
the people of Adams county, are prepared
to prefer such a man to their present,Par•
mer Governor, so bait r We do not suppose
we could talk them out, of it. But we hope
better things; and confidently believe, 'that
old Demcidratic Adams will realize our
hopes, by giving, ON NEXT TUESDAY,
a majority of 1,209 votes, at least, for
/toned, plain, hardworking OLD JOE I
Is he honest?
7'ls the first question propounded to
test the qualifications of a candidate fur of
fice, by the immortal Jefferson. Try Pot
tor by that rule:
IS lIE lIONESTI
Let the records of our 'courts unswer—
La his nr.corrs,,,qecide the question—
-way..:.;,..". `r'ee"R+°~ '°^'^.,
Ask John Stonebraker, Samuel Sturgeon,
Michael Wallace, of—any man that knows
him
And we may ask—lS HE CAPABLE ?
Where's the evidence of his capability 7
();!" - The unprincipled opponents of Mr.
Coorru aro inventing all sorts of FALSE
HOODS to defeat him. But we trust that
the People will not he deceived by any
thing that is now put forth by the Dom,
gogues of the Gettysburg "Compiler" and
Chambersburg "Telegraph." Those two
papers, it would seaman: trying which can
OUT Ltn the other
Among the late inventions of those Dema
gogues, is ono that Mr. Cooper said the op
ponents of issuing shin-plasters "deserved
a coat of tar and feathers." This is known
to every man that was in the Court-house
TO Ht•: A VILE FALSEDOOD! Mr. Cooper
said no such thing, ns will be seen by the
following statement of those who heard
what he did say, AND WILL NWT, for party
purposes, CERTIFY TO THAT WHICH IS UN•
TRUE!
'e have seen, in the last "Compiler,"
the certificate of Moses 111'Clitin, Wm.
Tatighinbaugh, E. Buckingham, and sev
en others,stating "that at a meeting held in
he Borough of Gettysburg, in May, 1R37,
got up for the purpose of issuing Shin Plas•
ters, JAMES COOPER, Esq. made a speech in
favor of the measure, and among other es•
pressions made use of the following : that
"any man who would oppose the issuing of
shin plasters, deserved a coat of tar and
feathers."
That cortificato is UNTUTTF: IN uvEny
'OHTANI' PARTICULAR. Mr. Cooper was
not present at the meeting at which it was
resolved to issue shin plasters; or if he was,
he said nothing. At that meeting, n com
mittee was appointed to procure proper per
sons to issue them and make report to a sub
sequent meeting. The said committee per
formed its duties, and made report, that,
after having called upon numerous persons
who had declined, they had nt last procured
Messrs. llPClellan, Ziegler and Swope to
agree to issue them.
When it was known that these men had
agreed, in compliance with the solicitation
of the committee to issue shinplasters, sev
eral unprincipled persons, as we were in.
formed,had declared that they would make
it a money-making business, by suing /or
the penalty of
' /ice dollars, for each note
that was issued by them. It was at ruts
AIEBTING that Mr. Cooper made a speech,
(at the request, we are informed, of John
F. McFarlane, Esq.) and in it declared,
that "any person, who for the sake of gain,
would sue and attempt to ruin his neigh•
hors, when they had only done what they
had been required to do, by n majority of
their fellow-citizens, and under existing
circumstances, would deserve a coat of tat
and feathers, if a resort to Lynch Law wee I
ever justifiable,—but that a resort to this
kind of punishment was always wrong,—
but he , ped such an attempt would be
frowned down by the community."
Thus it will he perceived, that the certi
fiers in the "Compiler" have made an er
roneous statement, and that Mr. Cooper
did not advocate the issuing of shin-plan.
ters, nor did he say that any man who i
would oppose the issuing of them deserved
a coat of tar and feathers—but the contrary.
This we certify.
David Little,
Samuel Fahnestock,
George Arnold,
Wm. W. Paxton,
Hez. Van Orsdel,
Henry J. Schreiner,
A. B. Kurtz,
George G. Myers,
Wm. King.,
John M. Stevenson,
Edwin A. Atlee,
M. C. Clarkson,
R. W. Middleton,
John Gilbert, '
George Little,
David Head,
John Garvin,
H. Denwiddie,
J. F. McFarlane,
David 'froze].
Gettysburg, Oct. al, l'nB.
To JAMES COOPER, Esc,.
Sin-1 was President of a Town meet•
ing held in the Court House in May, 1837.
I do not remember, nor can I bring it to
my recollection, the expression as said to
have been made by you, that is ns to the
tar and feathering of any person who would
oppose Shin Plasters. It was by no means
a Political meeting, as the issuing of them
was done at the request of a full meeting of
DOTE( PARTIES.
AIcCLELLAN.
Gettysburg, Oct. 3, Iq3q.
PROSCRIPTIA &PERSECUTION
33--The Porterites endeavor to make
a great noise about "proscription" and
"persecution!" Let the Public, in the
following statement, see to what lengths
POOR MEN, who happen to be indebted
to them, are driven by the vile suppor
ters of a perjured man! Let us, here
after, hear no more about proscription!
Actuated by deference for my frtends,and
a proper regard for myself and (brolly, I am
induced to make the folfowing statements to
the Public:
During my absence from home in 1837,
SAMUEL SIBBET bought a note given
by me to Milton llumfreys for $l7 00; what
Sibbet gave for the note,l know not, but am
told it was considerably less than the actual
amount. On the 28th of :i'eptember,lB3B,
I returned from my work to my tinily, and
on the evening of the Inspectors' election I
EIiS;MiaMNMMM
alore Fraud Exposed!
TO THE PUBLIC.
FUNKSTOWN, Franklin
Co. P. October 3, 1838.
was called on by Mr. Sibbot for the payment
of the note. I told him I had not the me.
ney, and could not pay it at that time. He
told me that ho would distress me for it if
did not pay him, that 1 was doing all a.
gainat them that I could by electioneering
against their Party, and that he would dis
tress me for it. But added, THAT IF I
WOULD GO WITH THEM, VOTE AND ELEC.
TIONEEE FOR PORTER, he would giro me ,
any indulgence 1 wanted—adding that he
knew that I had an influence at Mt. Alto,
arid could controle 10 or 15 votes.
This occurred in Messrs. Lowrey and
linepper's Store, to whom I also owed an
account, and one of the firm immediately ob
served, that they must have their arroarif
too, unless I went with them; and if I did,
that they were willing to give me indul•
genre or any thing. I wanted!
I not knowing where to raise the money
.o pay these claims; a wife and two small
children to maintain, the eldest of which is
not three years old; and through fear of tlis.
tress, I gave a partial promise that I would
do au they wished me. On Monday follow
mg, we went to Waynesboro' together to a
political meeting.at which Mr. COOPER was
to deliver an address. They induced me to
drink until 1 was intoxicated, (a situation in
which my friends know I am seldom seen,)
and then urged me to oppose Mr. Cooper.
I did so,nud am told that I behaved in a very
unbecoming manner towards Nlr. Cooper,
whom I know to be a gentleman, and hum
bly ask pardon for any thing that I may
have said or done amiss
On the same evening, we had a meeting
at Furdistown, at which Mr. Coorr also de
livered an address; and there I was again
urged, by Mr. Samuel Sibbet, to oppose Mr.
CI iope r—t bat he (M r. Si bbett) Ithd his
hands tied, being Justice of the Peace, dare
not use the same freedom that I could, but
that I should go and say any thing I pleased,
and they (meaning their party,) would see
that I should be protected. I again obeyed
:hem, end abused Mr. Cooper as before.
And now, having come to Any proper
senses, and being told by my friends how I
behaved, I feel sorry fenny conduct and am
determined no longer to be the tool of a
party, the principles of which I despise; but
to assume the position of a freeman, and
maintain it in despite of the threats of those
to whom I am unfortunately indebted.
Frank/in County, is
Personally appeared before me, one of the
Justices of the Peace in and for said county,
the above named Wm. AnAms, who,
duly sworn according to law, deposeth an d
'
saitli, that the above statement is correct;
and further saith not.
October 3d, 18:38.
Interesting Correspondence !
JOHN WILLIAMSON, ESQ.
cb-In the Huntingdon Journal of last week we
find the subjoined interesting correspondence be
&eon Joust WitmAyrsoN, Esq. and a Commit
tee from Schuylkill County. For the purpose of
showing the weight that must be attach to his o
pinions. we quote the estimate put upon Mr. Wil
liamson's character by the American Sentinel, a
loading Porter paper of Philadelphia City. It says:
"JOHN WILLIAMSON, Esq. whose name is
signed below, is a respectable Attorney at the
Huntingdon Bar, was one atilt) first Anti. \l ovens
in the county,and was President or the first Anti.
Masonic meeting over held in that county. He was
elected by that party in the fall of 1831 to the Le
gislature,wne the Anti-Masonic candidate for Con
gress in 1836, and has always been a prominent
loader in their ranks. He is a gentleman of high
attainments, knowledge and talents, and withal a
truly exemplary man, being a Local Preacher in
the Mothodiat Episcopal Church."
LETTER TO MR. WILLIAMSON.
HUNTINGDON, Sept. 24, 1838.
DEAR Sia:—Much importance and credit has
been attached to your statements, and position in
the present contest. The undersigned. knowing
you from the opinions expreased by the friends
of David R. Porter, as a Mall of lionor,end know
ing too that you have heretofine been an oppon•
ont of the present and lam Administration of the
General Government, have been induced to pro
pound to you the following queriee, and ask of
you a candid and definite answer to each:
lat. Was you et ono time an advocate of tho elec
tion or D. R. Pot tor to the Gubernatorial chair?
If aye, why?
2d. Are you now an advocate of his election? It
is said by some that you aro not—if so, what
has changed your views'?
ad. Ate you acquainted with John Stonebraker
and his son John H. Stonebrakor? If aye,w hat
is their character as men of veracity and inte
grity?
4th. Have their statements in the caso of Portnee
assigning certain bonds to tho elder Stonebra.
her had any *weight in changing your opinions
oldie integrity of Mr. Porter's conduct?
sth. Wo haVo seen your name attached to certain
certificates. published to sustain the character
of Mr. Porter as an upright and just man. Did
you sign those certificates? If aye, do you still
adhere to the opinions therein expressed?
Gth. Is the elder Sionobralior a member of the
Methodist Episcopal Church in good standing
—was he ever expelled therefrom, and is he
generally considered a man of"sound mind and
disposing memory?"
7th. Have you over seen any thing which con.
•
vineed you'that the General Government was
using its influence to secure the election of Da
vid R. Porter? If aye, what is it?
Bth. Are you acquaiuted with the character of
Michael Wallace, M. Kinkead and other sign
ore to certificates of the Stonebrakers? If aye,
what is their character and standing?.
A, definite answer is requested to these gees.
firms, because wo doubt not the candid and cor
rect supporters of Mr. Porter will accord honesty
of purpose to you, as they always hair) on all oc.
(melons avowed their belief in your statements.
Very respectfully yours, Scc.
AN DREW RUSSELL,
• BENJ. HANNAN. •
TO JOHN WILLIASISON, ESQ.
MR. WILLIAMSON'S REPLY.
HUNTINGDON, September 24,..1838.
GENTLEeEN•—Your note has just been
placed in my hands, containing several do.
finite questions, and asking equally definite
answers.
1 am ever ready to avow,openly,my senti
ments upon any subject, yet on the present
occasion, where the enmity of small minds
may charge me with being an unstable and
wavering caterer for public favor, you will
do met he just ice to say,l do so more through
a sense of injury inflicted upon the public
mind„,than through a desire to place myself
conspicuously before the public. I shall
then answer your queries as briefly and de
finitely as possiblo,consciuuspf the rectitude
WM. ADAMS.
IV NI. DOWNEY
of my own course, neither The sneers of the A ETALLING OUTRAGE
envious, nor the lowering brows of the mat. ATTEMPT TO ASSASSINATE
ignant, shall deter me.
To your first inquiry, I answer, I was a 'lElB
JOHN' H. STONED ICZIR I 1 I
supporter of Mr Porter, because I had for co•Wo publish below, the statement furnished
years been intimately acquainted with him, as by the persons attacked at Water Street. It
he was my neighbor,aad I there believedhim needs no comment. The moral and reflecting,
honest, upright and conscious in his deal- will draw their own conclusions.[Hunt. Jour.
logs, and ho professedly was the opponent, John J. Taylor doth aver and say, that
or at least not the friend, of the Sub•Tren- between three and four o'clock on the morm
sury scheme; a measure which I then, at..! mg of the 25th September, he was awaken
still think fraught with much injury to the ed by the report of d pistol discharged
people, if engrafted upon the institutions of through the window of the shantee in which
the country. he was sleeping. At the time, he was
I answer your next query,by saying, I a m sleeping in tho front side of the bed, with
not now an advocate nr supporter of D. it. John Stonebraker on the other side, and
Porter; Because I found the p a rts , t o w hi c h had his litce turned towards the wall, and his
Mr. Porter is attached, distinctly der:Wing back towards the window. On hearing the
their determination to make his election th e report of the pistol, he immediately turned
test of the people upon the sub-treasury. Jr his face towards the window, and saw the
there had been no other reason, I was forced arm of a man passed in at the window,
to leave his support then: for I never could through a vacant pane of glass, with a pis
give my sanction and my vote to paraliz
„ tol in the hand, in a moment the pistol was
an d to es _ fired, and the hand and arm withdrawn. Ho
every euterpriae of my country,
!Offish any official power equalled only by immediately jumped up, ran to the door of
that oftho Autocrat of Res tin. I shall con- the slinntee, where he saw four men running
sequentl) vote for and support Joseph Rif. ii iwn the road, some rods from the shantee,
nor, because he is the friend of Pennsyb in the direction of Alexandria. Ho at once
vania, and opposed to the above scheme. raised the alarm, and woke up the other
To your third, 1 reply, lam and always men on the work. On examination, ho
have been long and intimately acquainted finds that two largo leaden pistol bullets have
with both this Messrs Stonebralters. Their been lodged in the board wall of the Shanten
character for truth and integrity is tuna)• directly opposite the bed, and against which
peached, and I believe wholly unimpeach• the bed stood, and another ball had penetra—
able; they have been free from even the ted the board near the edge, and passed out
suspicion of want of honesty or truth; their through a vacancy between the boards of
statements have always been considered as the Shantoe wall, about eighteen inches
from where the other balls are lodged. The
*god as their oaths; and there is not a man
who regards his own character would say bed stands at the opposite side or corner of
that their oaths were not entitled to the the standee frOm the window ; and from the
Place where the pistols wow discharged, to
fullest credit. For years they have resided I
where the balls struck, the bullets that are
whore they now do, and their characters
stand without blemish or reproach. lodged in the wall, must have passed about
To your 4th questioni must acknowledgeeighteen inches above our shoulders while
lying, and the other ball that passed through
it is difficult to make a definite answer. 'flie
g reat amount of testimony which has been the wall, must have passed about ten or
twelve inches above our groin. The shun
brought to bear,and with convincing weight
tee is about eleven feet broad, and stands on
upon the reflecting portion of the communi•
ty, renders it difficult to say any one part of sideling gronnd.
it had a particular effect. It is the whole,
united and combined,all verging to the same
facts, which convinces, and must convince
all candid inquireis,at least out want of mor
al rectitude in the course of :Ur. Porter. I
am free to admit that I believe every word
uttered by them (the Stonebrakers) to be
strictly true, and had I doubted them, the
documentary evidence produced, fully sus
tains them. Others who have examined as
I have, • with n desire to do justice to Mr.
Porter, yet free from prejudice,must be con•
vinced, as I have been, of his wilful deser
tion of the path of virtue.
To the fifth,' say, I never signed neither
did I authorize my name to bo signed to a
certificate signed by 94 citizeos of this coun
ty, saving that all the charges in the cele•
brated Union county Lotter were false. I did
sign a certificate that Air. Porter was not a
blasphemer; I did not believe he was a blas•
phemer, for I considered blasphemy the
highest grade of impious profimity. I did
certify that there were no judgments on the
docket against Mr Porter, because they
were ofmorelhan twenty years standing,and
in law were not against him: I did not cer
tify that they had ever been paid.
To your sixtb interogatory; I must say, I
regret that the first clause is introduced. r It
is with feelings of mingled sorrow and sur
prise that I see the name of any christian
sect introduced into any political discussion.
The sphere of the professed worshipper in
any form, is around the altar and sanctuary
of his God. To Him ho must render his
account for the deeds done in his body, and
whether a man is attached to any sect, is a
matter of small moment, if he be a sincere
and worthy member lie will meet his reward.
I cannot violate the precepts of hint who
says "judge not." 1 can only say that Mr.
Stonebraker has been for many years, and
is now a member of the church you name,
his continuing so, is evidence of his standing
and I never heard that ho had been expelled
therefrom. In answer to the last clause, 1
say, his mind is as sound and as capable of
recollecting and reciting transactions now,
as in the days of his more youthful vigor.
To nnewer your 7th query, I can briefly
say, that since the Mr. Stonobrakeis, have
given their testimony to the public, the
Marshall of the U. S. has served a writ upon
Samtiel W. Stonobraker, the son and broth
er of the others, for nn alleged defalcation
of nine dollars; and that too, without previ
ously making any call on him! The execu•
Lion of which process must add cost to the
amount of not less than 50 dollars,on a poor,
young, honest and correct man
--tv.io was
prepared at any time to adjust the chum,
upon the government giving him the credits
to which he was entitled. I consider this
an insult and injury upon the people, when
hundreds who owe thousands of dollars roam
unmolested,and merely because they belong
to the dominant party!
In answer to your last enquiry, I say, I
am acquainted with nearly all of the sign
ers to the certificates for the Stonebrakurs,
and know them to be men of character and
correct habits; many of them are among
our oldest and best citizens. But as you
have selected M. Wallace and Kinkead—l
must add my testimony to their character
something more at large. Mr. Wallace
served in the Senate of this State, and was
elected from this district ; and he has ever
been respected, and honored by his neigh
bors. Mr. Kinkead hail been for many
years a prominent lender of the old Demo
cratic party, and is still a firm unyielding
supporter of Jeffersonian Democracy. Ile
was appointed 'Post master at Yellow
Springs, by President Madison, and has held
that appointment ever since; until lately,
when ho was removed by Mr. Kendal.
Thus I have answered as briefly and as
candidly as possible, your inquiries. You
are at liberty to ma(te)-what use of it you
deem prudent.
With expressions of regard
1 am respectfully, yours, &C.
JOHN WI LLI A ISON.
A. Russel, and B.- Hannan, Esqrs.
C*-Beware of TREACHERY! Beware
of FORGERY and all kinds of FRAUD,
that ingenious villains can inventkO
JOHN J. TAYLOR.
I, John H. Stonebraker, concur in the
truth of the statement of Mr. Taylor so fur
as my knowledge extends. I was sleeping
in the same bed with Mr. Taylor, ns ho •
states, and was wakened up in alarm at the
discharge of the pistols. I did not see the
arm through the window, because I was
sleeping behind 11r. Taylor, and did not see
the men running down the road, because I
did not got to the door as soon as Mr. Tay.
lor. In every other part of his statement I
fully agree.
J. IL STONEBRAKER.
W E,t lie undersigned, laborers on the Wa
ter Street Dam, hereby certify that, we con•
cur in the truth of the statemeutis of Messrs.
Taylor and Stonehraker, so far as our
knowledge of tho matter extends. Wo.
wore wakened by the report of the pistols
and called out by Mr. Taylor. On exami•
nation we fully agree with Mr. Taylor's
statement of the,situation of the bed in the
shame°, the !minks, at which the bullets
struck, and their nearness in passing over
the bed.
JOHN KELLY,
JOHN DOYLE,
WNI. PATTERSON,
A. A. 11 , PPLIERRAN,
PETER SHAFFER.
.11Iore Testimony.
aWe gave in our last a letter from tho Rev.,
Mr. Sst mt. of this place, vindicating the character
of Mr. John Stonebrukor. Now read the follow
ing letter from another highly respectable Clergy
man:
otter from the Rev. John Miller. Presiding Elder
cf the Methodist Episcopal Church, in answer
to a communication from citizens of 'Berwick.
MILTON, Soptembor 17, 1935.
ENTLEDI Ml—Yours of the 1201 inst. has
this day been received. It is not my wish
or intention to engage in the political agita-
tion of the day—nothing can induce me to
do so. As a minister of the Gospel, lam
employed in anotherand n greater work.—
Yet circumstances over which I have no
control—by the circumstances alluded to, I
refer to the use made of my name in the
"Illilionian," without my knowledge or con
sent—as well as a disposition to gratify you,
seem to oblige me to furnish a reply.
1 am of Huntingdon county.nnd for more
than twenty years HAVE KNOWN John
Stonebreaker, sen. and can have no liesita •
lion ►n saying, that up to the limo of his tes
tifying in relation to the case of Mr. Porter,
I NEVER HEARD AUGHT AGAIss . rIITS MORAL
OR RELIGIOUS CHARACTER; nor did I ever
hoar his honesty or varacity questioned—of
John H. Stonebraker I know nothing.
Yours respectfully,
JOHN MILLER.
To Messrs. R. McCurdy, A. B. Wilson,
W. S. Evans, and A. B. Sherman.
is
„Look Out !---ralse State- I
meals coming.
[From the Hollidaysburg Register.]
_ Wo have just learned that a statement is
forth coming from Porter's press at Hunt-
ingdon, abounding in the most, INFAM.
is
OUS AND NOTORIOUS FALSE
HOODS, in regard to the management of
the Repairs between this and Huntingdon.
The runners of the Lodge have been busy
for a fortnight, in collecting statements and !i
certificates from fellows who have been dis
charged for drunkenness, laziness, and dis
orderly conduct. They aro to be paraded, I;
in conspicuous style, with scores of others
with tieticious names attached to them, and
sent to every corner of the state.
Look out for them—they are vile slanders,
and infamous falsoboOds, 1:
KrThe Conservatives of Philadelphia
have conie out in a very d
Thiecided manner a
gainst David R. Pprter. s will greatly .
increase the Whig vote in that section.
• Goon WnE.t.r.—Wo learn from thaFred•
crick Examiner that o load of wheat ; from
the Ihrm of Mr, WILLI.6I Coma:nor, near
Creagorstowthwas sold in that city last week,
which weighed sixty-six pounds the bushel; j
•
vier
ieetedr
cThe Harrisburg Chronicle says—By taking the aggregate vote in the
counties, we find a tremendous change for the old Farmer since 1835; while
the majorities in the loco Loco counties have been as much REDUCED! In the
counties of Franklin, Adams and Cumberland alone, THERE IS AN IN
CREASE OF NEARLY 2,000 SINCE THE LAST GOVERNOR'S
ELECTION! And the increase is in proportion in every county that we
have heard from. The friends of Ritner in Harrisburg arc now confident of,
his election by a majority of
Trz tpit f . 2r 4 Fifi G
As •' 9
To the Friends of Joseph Ritner !
FELLovv-CrrtzEnis i—Your unanimity, zeal and determination in the support of right
principles have heretofore rendered it unnecessary to address you as a Committee. When
the people take their own cause into their own hands, there is little doubt of success.
To that,advocacy, and to that tribunal we have been well pleased to leave it.
Now, however, on the eve of the final decision, we would say to you, as the only ad•
vice necessary to complete success :— Be on your guard against YOUR OWN OVER
CONFIDENCE, and against the desperate and unhallowed means which the opposi•
Lion will employ %V 'THIN TILE LAST WEEK.
After a full and long intercourse with reasonable and well informed citizens in every
counts., we are confident that your candidate can be elected by at least 10,000 majority.
But then let every friend of sound principles bear in mind, that a strong and united effort
must be made to realize this result. Each individual must nut only vote himself, butuse
all fair means to get out his careless or doubting neighbors. With this ki n d of effort
success is certain ; without it defeat is possible. For, in estimating the result of the
contest, you must bear in mind the magnitude of the stake involved, and the fact that it
is the lust hope of the party which you oppose. Come then to the POLLS, Eellow•cit
izdns, and you—your State —the Union—your posterity, are safe.
If the candidate of the opposition be defeated, with him falls the Van Buren party of
the Union. They will thereaire make a struggle unequalled in the annals of our politi•
cal history. As the end they have in view is dangerous, and as defeat will annihilate
their hopes and their power, so will they be unhesitating in their means. You all recol•
lect that in 1832, your candidate, Joseph Ritner, was only defeated by the basest forgery
that ever disgraced a party. From the past, learn to understand and guard the future.
We; thereflire, who have not wearied your patience heretofore, nor tasked your creduli
ty with partizanstatements and addresses—wo,thds publicly and emphatically say to you,
believe nothing now published or alleged against your cause or your candidate. When
ever you hear or see any thing injurious to either—when you are plied with handbills
circulars, statements, affidavits, pictures and quotations, ash yourselves this question :
why was this not made:known nnFour.7 . The reply is ready and decisive : Because it
would have been disprobed if Civic had been allowed. On the other hand, remember
that all that has been said or charged against the candidate or cause of the opposition by
your friends, has been long before the intelligent and honest freemen of the State, chat
longing and defying refutation.
If there were no other difference between the two parties, this—this alone should turn
the scale. On the one side are grave, open, numerous and long published objections,
without successful reply, or contradiction. On the other are week and insufficient de
fences, with malignant personal attacks, during the time when satisfactory explanations
should have been made, and now the land is covered with statements, Aarges, handbills,
affidavits and expedients the most disreputable against your candidate, at a moment when
it is too lute to expose their falsity. You will, we know, treat these matters as they de
servo. Aware that all the tangib'e charges, or oven insinuations heretofore made, have
been disproved, and successfully repelled, you will disbelieve those now divulged.
Just east your eyes back on the line of attack that has been occupied and abandoned
by your opponents. Bank irgi'uencc—Suspension of specie payments—Anudgamation
--,Shin Plasters—these and many more have been made to bear against your candidate,
and have been all silenced. And now a new line, as untenable as the first, is opened.
So far as yet unmasked, its batteries are an alleged increase of the State Debt, and
Bankruptcy of the Treasury.
To put to silence the first, it is only necessary to produce the following certificate, by
the proper public agents, given in their official capacity, and never officially contradicted;
though such contradiction was invited, and would, if it could have been made.
•tWo the Secretary of the CoMmomvealth, and the Auditor General, both of whom
are, withh
Li: _lnto I . .rcasuror, ecanmiguinriftra of theinternal 1 int:moment Fund of Penn
sylvania, do hereby certify that the whole Permanent State Debt, on which the State
paid interest, and which she was liable to repay, was on the 4th day of December, 1835,
$24 4 330,003 32, & that it is now (Augt. 18, 1838) S' t.1:41,230,003 32.
THO. H. 130 RAO W ES,
Sec'ry of the Commonwealth.
NATH. P. HO BA ItT,
Auditor General."
‘"HATIRISIDURO, August 18th. 1835.' -
But the most astonishing attempt at deception is the other. Read the following cer
tificate from the State Treasurer whois obliged by Law to report to the Auditor General,
the balance in his possession on the first day ofeach month. It is dated this day.
"BALANCE ON LAND THIS DAY
We are very much mistaken indeed if the economical citizens of the State will call a
Treasury bankrupt with 896,890 86 in it after meeting all demands against it, or find
fault with their Governor for not keeping a larger sum on hand when they f Meet that
ho thereby saves interest on the loans made by the Legislature against his protests and
advice. During the past week unusually large drafts were made on the State Treasurer
and Means have been taken to enable him still to meet them.
There will no doubt be other charges equally unfounded made between this time and
the election. Indeed we have heard of some, which aro in themselves so base and emit
mous ns to make it doubtful whether even after they have been prepared, their fabrica
tors will dare to outrage a virtuous community by their publication. But fellow-citizens,
be on your guard.,Atecollect that your candidate has passed the ordeal thrice without
a blemish on his moral character. He is now a fourth time before his fellow citizens
without stigma almost till the day of trial. You will therefore do well to disbelieve all
that these latter days bring forth, even though his own name be given and made use of
us it has beenueratidentl y, on other occasions.
Thus regarding the moral worth, it is scarcely necessary to ask your attention to the
public acts et Joseph Ritual., for are they rot a part of the history of our State's pros
perity THE REPEAL OF THE STATE TAX—THE MAINTAINANCE OF STATE noNou AND
RIGHTS—TILE SUPPORT OF A SOUND CURRENEV—THE VETO OF EXTRAVAGANT APPROPRIA-
TIONS:-THE CHECK GIVEN TO THE KANO GROWTH OF STATE DEBT-TILE VIGOROUS Pilo
GRESS A.ND INCREASED INCOME OF THE PUBLIC WORKS-THE RESITYPTION OF SPECIE PAY
MENTS, and many other acts of good service to the State are known to all.
Go then, follow-citizens, to the polls, looking with pride at the past--trusting with con
fidence to the future—disbelieving the slanders end falsehoods of the present, and vote
for him who has been tried and found equal to your expectations in all things. Let your
motto be PENIVSYLVA:4IA, ItrrNett and ECONOMY, against Vun Buren, Porter, sub•treas
ury and EXTRAVAUANCE.
linntusnuaq, OCT. 1, 1838.
We'Used .lUp!
(c). The Harrisburg Chronicle, received this
rnorning,thus exposes the Porteritea of that place:
The Porterites here aro completely..us'd
up: and for the purpose of keeping the par
.
ty from sinking entirely before the - genera,
election, the leriders Itavd offerecta bet that
Porter rtitcarr yet be elected, in thelace of
the fact that they cannot raise•a sufficient
BUM to make up those already made by them.
Poor fellows .they die hard.- Our readers '
may have some idea of the desperation of
NO MISTAKE!!
the loco fixes here, when we inform them
that they are sending out extras daily so fil
led with falsehoods,. that they aro ashamed
to let them be seen in town, fearing, that
if they reached our hands, their deceptions
would be exposed
o^ j At a quilting tho other day in Cumberland
township, at which were present 19 Ladies, the
vote for Governor was taken, when Rimer had 18
and Porter 1 ! As go the Ladies, so go their
Husbands and Bweet•hcarts!
• $96..95
DANL. STU RGEON,
State Treasurer
October Ist, 1838."
TUO. H. BURROWES,
THOMAS ELDER,
THEO. FENN,
AMOS ELLMAKER,
FRANCIS J A ES,
WM. W. IRWIN,
WILLIAM AYRES,
HARMAR DENNY,
SAMUEL H. FISHER,
C SMITH,
NEIL MIDDLESWARTH,
WM. M'CLURE,
GEORGE MOWRY;
LEVI MERKEL,
MAXWELL KINKAID.
The Ladies for Reiner!
GETTYSBURGYI, PA.
.Monday EvettinT,Oct• 8, 1 838
DEMOCRATIC ANTI-MASONIC NOMINATION
FOR GOVERNOR,
JOSEPH RITNER.
FOR CONE RES,
JAMES COOPER.
Assintimv,
THADDEUS STEVENS,
CHARLES KETTLEWELL
conmissloNEß,
DANIEL DIEIIL
AUDITOR,
JOIIN G. NIORNINGSTAR
InRECTOR OF TM: POOR,
PETER TROSTLE.
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Examine your Tickets.
Porter putty will cheat you if they cnn!
One mode by which this is to be done, is by print
ing tickets containing the name of masi:Vll MT-
N En at the head, and all the miduc, the fail Lucy
Porn ticket! In this way, if they fail in electing
the Governor, they hope to carry a point which
they have fully as much at heart—to defeat Mr.
Stevens!
Another plan is for a Porter man to go separate
ly to a score or more friends of Ratner, and strike
a traffic with each one, separately, and unknown
to the others, mutually to strike a particular can
didate. Thus, even if the Loco Puce were to act
in good faith in so far us to keep his word, he
would gin TwnNTr votes in exchange for one!
BE ON YOUR GUARD, friends of Ritner,
and spurn all overtures of the kind! Vote the
wootu ticket—strike none; above all, be ma , your
guard against all overtures to strike the name of
Ritner from your tickets, for it is against him that
all the artillery of FRAUD, ritsuiroon and roa-
GERV will be directed! In so doing, the Portorites
do but imitate their leader. Ho cheated his crodi
tors, and it is not strange that those who have stak
ed their all on his success, should seek to aid his
election by cheating you!
Again, we say, EXAMINE YOUR TICK
ETS, each man for himself- Trust nothing to
f tlune! Above all, trust nothing to the honesty
of your opponents! Their leaders know not the
name!!
LOOK OUT FOR
FORGERY!
ci:-Thei hands in the Compiler Factory have
be'en very busy end day, they
have been engaged—laboring withull their !night I
To-day several of their out-riders were in town for
fresh supplies of Affidavits, Certificates, &c.!
So look out for Forgeries I Don't forgot that
let
ter which defeated Rimer in :832. Thu author'
is cock-of-the-walk here ! Beware ! DEAN...aux!!
BEWARE !!!
Er.e Watchful!
co-- Remember that ‘.oe price of Liberty is
ETEUN AL vion.s.xcli"l Let every man, there
fore, be at his post early, determined to vote, if he
shall have to neglect all other husinocss for a day!
A day, a few hours, well spent now, may save you
from months and years of unavailing regret!
Ile active, also, in inducing your neighbors to
go to the polls. If active exertion be a duty at all,
it is ono that must he displayed in whatever way
it may be useful in promoting success. Be,,therc
f•re, up and doing! Let no man suppose that
his single vote can be of no moment in so mighty
a contest. An important election has been more
than once decided by a solitary vote ; and remem
ber, that if all were to reason in the same way, the
result would be that all would stay at home, re
lying on their neighbors to do what they ought to
be about themselves!
UP! UP!! AND TO THE RESCUE!!!
Look out for more Frauds.
cc/From the sample which our opponents have
given, of their reckless mendacity and shameless
ness, you may expect to see the County flooded
with lying certificates, imputing to our candidates
any thing which our adversaries may jud4e will
servo to injure or prevent their election! We have
a band of Loco Foco certifiers here, who can be
procured to certify to any thing; they would cer
tify that their own fathers were rogues and scoun
drels, and swear to it, if they could thereby pro
mote the interests of party! But hoed nut the
vile slaves of a reckless party, if you would not bo
misled and deceived!
Loco Foe° Falsehoods !
ok7 - Tlie Porter Orators are repeating the
charge daily that Governor Ritnor has in•
creased the State Debt!
THIS IS FA LSE, as will be seen by the
following transcript from the Office of the
Auditor - General :
Oa the 4th of December, 1835,
the State Dobt was, $24,330,003 32
On the 18th of August, 1838,
the State Dobt was, 824,230,003 32
Thus it will appear that Governor Rimer
has considerably REDUCED the State Debt,
whilst his predecessor INCREASED it at
the rate of 83,000,000 a year!
Out upon the KNAVES who would thus at
tempt to deceive the people, by making
FALSE statements about the State Debt !!!
Desperation!
Tho desperate cause of our desperate adver
saries is to be sustained by the most desperate
means! In this contest all tho decencies and pro
prieties of lite are to be sacrificed by the suppor
ters of David 'R. Porterio the Moloch spirit of
party! Fake certificates, lying handbills, forged
letters, and 'affidavits, are to be circulated in order
to promote the success of their perjured candidate!
In the certificate in the last t.Comvilor," relative
to the declaration ascribed to Mr. Cooper. you will
see the spirit which governs the opposite party.—
But that slander has been triumphantly refuted—
more than twenty honest and intelligent men hav
ing declared that the idiot libellers have certified
to whet is untrue!!! And it is a fact, that ono
half of the certifiers in the "Compiler," are men
ignorant of the common import of language, and
besides worthless in every respect!
LOOK OUT!
We learn that the Sheriff is very busy in
trying to make the People of Hamilton believe
that ho meant no insult to them in his conduct
respecting the Proclamation !!! Wo hope the
people, by his oct,, have found out what that man
will do for his masters and his party! No cipla.
nation—no certificates could wipe out the injury
and insult, were we a citizen of that patriotic and
intelligent community. No! show him and his
keepers, fellow-citizens, that you are NOT QUITE
as nrern As nr„by his conduct ,H AS DECLARED
YOU TO DE!
TAXES, TAXES, TAXES.
Who is in favor of taxing the
POOR?
Ono of the most odious taxes which the people
of Ponnsylvanta now pay, and which falls chiefly
upon those wljj are least able to pay it, is the tax
upon Writs, Mortgages, Deeds, Wills, and other
legal proceedings. Is Governor Ititner in favor
of continuing this burden upon the people, or is
be in favor of removing iti Let the following ex
tract from his last annual message to tho Senate
and House of Representatives, answer:
(nx - ritAcT.)
"The law of the 6th of April, 182/3, im -
posing a state tax upon proceedings in court,
and upon deeds, mortgages, letters testamen
tary, and letters of administration, was pass
ed when the public revenue require-3 extra•
ordinary expedients for its increase. The
condition and future prospects of the Tron•
sury are now different. This tax was always
much cornplained of. Paid, an the greater
portion of it is,by the already distressed,and
perhaps impoverished debtor, or by the
family of the deceased owner of a limited
estate,which by the law is liable toiler same
tax as a large one: it falls upon a portion of
society which can least affird it—l would
therefore recommend its repeal."
JOSEPH RIMER
Thus it will be seen that Joseph Ritner urged
upon the Legislature the repeal of taxes upon writs
of all kinds, deeds, mortgages, letters testamen-
tury, &c
So much for JOSEH RITNER'S sentiments
and his endoavors to relieve the people of this odi
ous burdon
Let us now see what courso David R. Porter,
"HONEST David," has pursued on this subject.
It will be seen from the following extracts from the
Journal of the Senate, that ho opposed, in every
form and shape, the repeal of this tax. We oak
attention to thom, and leave tho reader to forth
his own conclusion.
On page 3.12 of the Journal of the Senate, for
1838, will he found the following extract:
The Senate again resolved itself Into committee
of the whole, Mr. Kingaburg in the chair, on bill
No. 86, entitled, Art ail, to repeal the lax on
Writs, Mortgages, Deeds, Wills, and other legal
proceedings.
"After some time the committee rose,
and the Chairman reported the first and
xiniy enerthit,—;•;riega
"On the question, Well the Sonata agree
to the report of the Committee of the
Whole.
"A motion was made by Mr. Penrose
and Mr. Barclay, to postpone the question
until to morrow, which was riot agreed to.
"The question recurring, Will the Ben•
ate agree to the report of the Committee of
the Whole. The Yeas and Nays were re.
quired by Messrs. Barclay and Penrose, and
were as follows:
YEAS
Messrs. Caldwell, Myers,
Carpenter, Paul,
James, Potter,
Kelly, PORTER
M 'Con key, Snyder,
Miller, (city) Sterret,
Strolim-1 3.
NAYS.
Messrs. Barclay,
LAN,_ .
Case, Miller, (Berke)
Cassat, Pearson,
Darragh, Penrose,
Freiley, (Schuyl.) Rogers,
Irwin, Sangston,
Kingsbury, Burden, Speaker-14.
"So it was determined in the negative
and the said bill was read the second time.
"On the question, will the Senate agree
to the first, and only section."
(Here a number of amendments were of
fered and rejected.)
"The question agnin recurring, will the
Senate agree to the first and only section.
The yeas and nays were required by IVIr.
James, and Mr. Carpenter, and wore as
follows :
Y LAS.
Messrs. Barclay, Kingsbury,
Case, Leet,
Cassat, M iller, (Berke)
Darragh, Pearson,
Frailey, (Sch.) Penrose,
Fullerton, Rogers,
Irwin, Sangston,
Kelly, Burden, Speaker-18
NAYS.
Messrs. Caldwell,
Carpenter,
Peltz,
PORTER
James, Snyder,
M'Conkey, Sterrett,
Miller, (city) Strohm,
Myers.-11.
Z•Let those who aro in favor of continuing
this odious and oppressive tax upon tho poor, vote
for "Honest pavi . d,” but those who desire its re•
peal will support the man who has endeavored to
wipe it from the statute book, and who, if re-oleet
ed, will have it repealed.
ITrienda of your country! Go'to the polls!
Go to the'polls !! Each and every ono, go to the
p . olls oa Tin.snAr N Err, and let nothing but sick
ness, or the utmost necessity, keep you at home!!
Forged Certificates.
(C I -Pout:En certificates, and perhaps affidavits,'
are now being prepared by the Porter men, to be
circulated the day and night before the election.-
13e not deceived by the base machinations of a
desperate and dying party!! Heed thorn sot, if
you would not he deceived!
q "E I
! "Victor-5
MIZZA ! HUZZA I
Pictory has perched upon the
Farmer's banner !
(nm• It gives us great pleasure to be able
to lay before our readers to day the GLO
RIOUS NEWS which we give from all
parts of tho State. The re-election of the
Farmer Governor is now placed beyond
doubt. His all majority will be between
Dra" 1 ® and 15,000 ! ! !.1.71
There can be no mistake about it now. Tha
people have already given us a foretaste of
what they WILL do for the old FA RAIEIi. or,
ON TUESDAY NEAT.
In Adams County, we have elected 14
Inspectors. Tho Loco Focos 4!—one a tie.
In Dauphin County, we hove 14 out of
19 Inspectors—Loco Focos 51
In Lebanon County, we have carried till
the Inspectors out of the Borough!!
In York County, we have elected 12 In•
specters!
In Lancaster County, out of 39 Inspec
tors, we have carried 32
In Union County, we have carried every
Inspector but two I
In Somerset County, we have elected e
very Inspector !! !
In Franklin County, we have carried all
the Inspectors except three or four!
In Chester County, out of thirty-seven
Inspectors, we have elected 31 !!!
PHILADELPHIA COUNTY.
Germantown, 143 Ritnor majority; West Phil
adelphia, 21 Porter majority; Blockloy, 43 Ritner
majority; Roxborough,large Ritner majority; North
POllll Township, small Porter majority; Bristol, 9
Hither majority; Oxford, 43 Ritner majority; Rose
bill, Porter majority; Passyunk, small Porter ma
jority; South Penn Township, no election; King
messing, 42 Porter majority; Lower Dublin, 47 do.
do; Byberry, 14 Ritner majority.
THE COUNTY TICIET IS OURS!
DELAWARE COUNTY ! !!
Whigs have carried TWENTY TOWN
SHIPB, and the Loco-Fong ONE I !!
CUMBERLAND COUNTY.
After a hot contest, the friends of RIT
NER AND SPECIE PAYMENTS have
succeeded in carrying our Assessor in Car.
lisle,and have lost our Inspector by sixnotes
only. imported workmen---UNITBD
STATES SOLDEERS—citizens of other
States—and even NEGROES.were brought
up to the polls by our opponents. Men were
permitted to vote on the Loco-foco side,
when others on the Railer side with similar
qualifications, were prevented. With fair
play, we should have carried our Inspector
by 30 votes. In 1935, Ritner was beaten
210 votes in this borough. 7his is truly a
glorious change/! 477 votes were polled.
In South Middleton, we have carried our
Assessor by eight votes, and lost our Teepee.
tor by six. . Thoss.wero 29.4 votes, being
nearly a full vote polled. In this township
at the-last Governor's election, Rimer teas
beaten 171 votes! Showiug a change in
this township and in Carlisle of.NEARLY
FOUR HUNDRED VOTES.
Cumberland County will,on the 2d Tues.
day, nobly do her duty.
BEDFORD COUNTY.
In Bedford County we have carried twelve
out of the twenty one Inspectors; and will
give OLD JOE at least 500 of ti majority
on TUESDAY next.
12e, - CHEERING FROM BERKS !
From OLD BERKS, we have the fol
lowing intelligence:
Good News from Berks! The Farmers
in motion!!
The following is the result of the Inspec-
tor's election in Robeson township:
Ritner Inspector, 113
Loco Foco do. 87 !
In this township, in 1835, the joint vote o
Wolf& Muhlonberg was 144: Ritner 118.
In Union township, our friends elected
their Inspector by 10 of a majority. In this
township, the joint vote of Wolf and Mob
lenberg in 1835, was 9f3: Ritner 69?
In the Borough of Hamburg, the Ritner
men succeeded in the lospectors by the fol-
owing vote:
C. Lochman, Ritner,
D Wolf, Loco Foe°,
Ritner tistj. 18 !
In Brecknocic, a Rimer Inspector was e
lected by a majority of 10!
In Carnarvon, we heat them two to one!
Joint vote in 1835, Wolf and Muhlenberg,
73: Ritner 51.
• In Upper Bern, our friends defeated the
Loco Focos for Inspector and Assessor!—
Joint vote in 1834, Wolf and Muhlenberg,
174: Ritner 139.
In Kutztown,and in Longswamp and Dig.
trict, our Inspectors , were elected by large
majorities. ~
Also in Scbity!kill Haven by a vote o
06 to 69!
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Our hopes are iiiat we have carried some
other distiicts, but this is "glory enough fur
one day!" Our opponents boasted that we
should not carry one district !I
(citp PORTER AT HOME !
From Huntingdon County, the HOME
OF DAVID It. PORTER, we have the
rollowing GLORIOUS intelligence:
100 cheers for Huntingdon!
ect?Porter totally routed and gloriously
DEFEATED AT HOME!
.Below I send you the result of ihelnspee
tor's election in a number of our townships,
as far as heard from. I give you also Por:
ter's majority in some of tho townships at
the time ho run for Senator. You can sea
what changes 'the startling disclosures of
his guilt have made.
In Shirley township we carried our In
spector by 15 majority; in 1:16 Porter had
a majority. James 11I'Donald, the man
charged in Porter's eapers with nrarderi wee
elected by the Riefler men. 'this mill the
estimate' of the people upon the two men—
WDonald and Porter—the firet honest ) the
last a Perjurer. ,
In Dublin Ritner Inspector elected.
In Cromwell Ritner Inspector elected
2 to 1.
In Springfield Ritner Inspector elected.
In 1835 Porter had thirty-two ma
jority.
In Williamsburg, Ritner Inspector elect.
ed. In 1836 Porter had thirty five
majority.
In Woodbury, Ritner Inspector elected.
In Franklin, Ritner Inspector elected.
This is Porter's old township, that
his papers have talked so much a
bout. This is the Stonebrakers'
township, and Porter had fifty five
majority in 1836. It now surtains
the Stonebrakers.
In Hopewell, Ritner Inspector elected.
In Murray's Run do do do.
In Morris do do do.
In Tyrone do do do.
In Union do do do.
In Antis do do do, and
in 1836 Porter had a majority of
ntnetpseven.
In Allegheny, Ritner Inspector elected.
In Frankstown. do do do.
In Hollidaysburg,do do do.
In Hnntingdon, Ritner majority 12, in
1838 Porter had 148 majority.
The Porter men carried their Inspectors
in Barre, Porter, Warriorsmark, West Rex
berry and Tell--5!!!
6, RITNER 16 ! ! !
RITNER AT, HOME! 40
200 cheers for Weishington!
Ratner sustained at home!!
Buffalo—lfuzza for old Buffer! After
all the bragging and blowing of the Porter.
ites, that they would have a majority in fa
vor of Porter in Ritner's own township, slis
is still erect—true to her favorite son. Ma
jority B.—lluzza, we say, for Buffalo.
East Bethlehem—Ritner Inspector elect
ed by 100 majority I Last year the aver
age majority for the Rimer Assembly ticket
over that of the Loco Focos was 43 votes.
lluzza for the gain in East Bethlehem!
As far as heard from, we have a gain of
one Inspector over last year--and a consid
erably increased vote in Amwell, South
Strabane, Canonsburg, &c., All is well.
04Ve have no room for further returns. It
is sufficient to say that Ritnor will be elected by
a majority of et least
10,000!
Glorious 'News from Con
necticut.
Another Brilliant Whig Victory.
The local elections for town officers, took
place in Connecticut on Tuesday last. The
Whigs havo even exceeded last spring.' The
election was for Selectmen. Old Branford
gave a Whig majority for the first time since
the days of the elder Adams. Old Guild
ford, which sent one Whig and one Loco
Foco last Spring, is carried by the Whigs,
by 30 majority. Now London, strong
Loco Foco, gavo l t 36 Vl'hig, and 70 Loco
Foco. North Branford, $0 Whig majority.
Derby, 21
,Whig majority. Watertown,
100 Whig majority. ' It was reported War , '
North Haven had given a Whig majority
if this is true; as it is the strongest Loco
Foco town in the state,Loco Focoism may
be considered dead ad buried in Connee.
ticut.
Maryland, Too
Still another PietotV
0:1-An election was held on Wednesday last in
Maryland for a Governor, Senators and Members
of Assembly, and as far as heard from, THE
WHIGS HAVE ACHIEVED A MOST GLO-
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RIOUS VICTORY! Frederick county, especi
ally, wo aro rejoiced to learn, performed her part
with great honor. There are some "Little Brit
ains" in old Frederick,as well as in Adams, Doctor!
Our friends in Maryland will please keep ono
BIG GUN far the Key-Stonel
A CONTRAST!
Porter at Mons&
(0 -Huntingdon Borough, whore Portor resides,
gave Rituor last Friday a majority of
Ritner at Mome!
03>Duffalo township, Washington county, Mt
nor's home, gives the old Farmer a majority of
su
Quito a contrast botween Ritner "Polish" and
Porter o Varnish"—aye!
People of Adams County:
(0-Remember, that cm TUESDAY !cirri., the im
portant question is to be decided! Will you have
a Swindler, a PEUJURED KNAVE, a FRAUDU
LENT INSOLVENT, to govern you for the
next three years with a rod of iron; or will you
continue in po*br . him whose moral character is
unstained by reproach ovon from his bitter and
malignant revilers, and who, as your Governor,
has made your State the admiration and envy of
the world, and won for himself, the apprentice
boy, TIIE FARMER, TUE WEAVER AND THE WAG.
(Irma, immortal honor?
throosa YE; and God grant that ye may
choose wisely!
RIEFAILEN
"On, on to the battle iyeld,"
"The foe has gone before.us!"
criNeed wo admonish our friend's, again, that
Ttftsnsv NEXT is the day of Wall Need we
urge them to be vigilant, when they know them
selves bow much depetuls upon their exertions!—
NO! The Freemen of Adams County will do
their duty well and nobly! . They vrlll go early
to the 'Oti and they will contest it, as the &old
shoUld be, contested which is to decide, the fate of
a country! 'Thby 'know the principles for which
they are to contend ON Tut:soar NEXT, are not
transient, but that they arc to influence the des
tinies of themselves, their children and their court,
try! The stake is a :nighty one! It involves a)',
interests of millions, and wo know that it. will not
be lost through the caroleaaneas an supinancas at
our friends!
We about tO our frietUle—to the Ilion& of the.
Constitution end Lem, ONE AND ALL, as
WO TRW roses, rots tkeliCkg‘VWW WELOZT Ttelartl
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