Leavenworth Arena, Volume 2, Number 43, Leavenworth, Crawford County, 26 March 1840 — Page 2
TYEXTY-SIXTII CONGItSsi. riEST SESSION.
When near Uniontown, we were met by a new fetnrre coach, with a LOG CABIN and a barrclof HARD CIDER on it drawn hy six white horses another new coach with a full length portrait of General Harriscu pi: the top of it, filled with soldiers that fought side by side with Harrison met another new coach with the Wheeling and Brownsville Bands and yet another coach filled with mechanics, occupied in the shocmaking. smithing, &c. With the yeoman rv of the
SENATE. March 16. TlF.PZAL OF SALT BuTIEr. Mr. Beaton risked leave to introduce a Vill for repeal of the duties on Salt, and -made a Jong speech thereon. ABJOrRNMENT OF CONGKESS. ""PI. ,,;-. rxf lr T -m-in!; i r nrnnn.
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in that the President of the Senate nadj county on norseuac . carnages ur.ngmg Speaker of the Ho;:se of Representatives! "P tho rear" Suca wasthc crowd when met should" tuljcurn their respective Houses sine-1 'o w,ere 'cd totakedown fences a nu on Monday, the ISth day of May ncxtj ke S rder Pas i f , turn to town. V e then had to pass through TlrLTmptiii made a- few remarks in sup- tcwn ard enter another field in order 'to port of the resolution. jreturn ck thence we proceeded through .. . .T.i.i :tiun fn ili r. Slop lf nri'sa sionnnw. v!irrA :
Mr. Smitn, ot In.J., suggested that t:;e - , .
-lVinn ; SisgO was erecieu una me .i.u: ii'iJj; was iiu-
ofi
nd
Go!. S. Evans. Their speeches were loudi -i t...i i. .!. vui.,...
yet until he saw that a!! tho cecefcary-or; W"" y o , . J important business could be accomplished ?S8y Ulera were near 3,000 people gathered nnm .wnntnt ip...,.r i I am entirely witmn bounds. The Locos
erid designated might not give sufficient. was erected and the mating was time fortramacting the business before Con- d the ;TM- 1 ! e:man rcss; and although no man was more de-?ton, and the Ivon. A. Stewart,,
perished by this terrible hurricane which lasted only five or six hours. There is nothing to bo seen in every direction but dead
bodies and drowned cuttle.
.x!v native
Wick and Howard's Districts attempted to find fault with Mr. rrcfiit. Though Wick and Howard are the ablest of their party.
tional bein" that the Vanitesor AbolitioDift3 have manufactured this falsehood. In ths first place, Gen. Harrison was 18 in 1600
r .u r f,.;,, ! t..,-m1 t-;iinr 1 T-,01 . find nn ci'iv i tliSnrr jiq nn Abolition
, tt . i it ii '.i hi; iii yji iiivu , - - - ? - o
vessels, wmcn were in tne roaus loaueu wnn . . . , . i ,P1 c .
i.-. rt!iv hut "reat measures tnev nave uurouueeu iuticiy miuivu m wt
and carried, that gives them so much tho su-1 Abolition Society in A met it a, was r.ot form-
itv over our Congressman have they led until about or alter the year IboO. And
puddy, have disappeared; and they kuoAv what has become of them."
uo
penori
f p 4 VPN'WOFTIf APP" !co;!1ir'0,1CC(I a reform in public affairs? have iiu tho second pkice, no AV-a'.ion Society was J jt!1ev reduced the price of public landd, &c. ever formed in Richmond, or in any other
LEA VEX WORTH : THURSDAY, MARCH 23, ISiO.
&c. We do not deny but that they have jcity in a slave holding State. done some things. Mr. Wick has disposed j We have heretofore believed the Vanitca
md made a "personal cx-
were good at telling smooth lies, so as to
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Union of the Whigs, for the sake of tltcplunai0iu" Mr. Howard has made an able;'iiake them easy to swal.'ow, but wo must Union" lu lse- Lpcech in def-nce of Martin Van Uurcn and confess that the above is so absurd as to con-
l l a .t .t i s j .N r ,
and his party, for which the President isjtradict itself and it only shows that he who
. . . . . -.?jga:.-i.J5- i.. J k:, ,ui.(uc. V.,. roncoctoit it 19 unski n in imnosin" lalse
SfefevilSi'vviI! not refuse to give him an office, which be ood on others and if .Martin Van Burca M T;;?rri'f tfif'-SI"--''rK;has so richly earned. is so "hard run" for votes that it becomes "afH'St" vrrX-h ivSjS1-" I ! necessary to misretrcs.mt Gen. Harrison's
had a meeting the day previous and only
musteaed, accorumg to the highest estimate
they may try again but they cannot
to voto far it
SI.- T-.tifr cnirl l.rt Wiin'ri nrrfWp Vprl.'
1.1, o thnt W hist'rf.iva nf th ros. come up to the Log Cabin boys
.innmiak be davs Dmwr for the duties of . Hard times plenty no money to pay debts
t p; K.' n-rntl v in Pu-nr f tir.s spring much less to purchase goods
Jtnin tho sPKsion: and would mve thel'c working men now feel the effects of the
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resolution his hearty support. Mr. Norvell, of Michigan, moved as an amendment a resolution that the next ses
sion should begin on the first Monday in No
vember. Mr. Webster said the Constitution required this should bo done by law. Mr. Xorveil then withdrew this amendment: and gave notice that he would bring inn Bill to-morrow for this object. Mr. Williams of Maine, moved to postpone th'j further consideration of the subject ta this day fortnight. After some remarks from Messrs. Grun-j
reduction of the price of labor and scanty
employ ment.
TO HORSE! TO HORSE!! Head Quarters, Agusta, Ivy., March 7. 1840. ) To tho members of tho Bracken Mississiniway Troop, and of the Troop of Volunteer Light Dragoons under my command during the late war. Fellow Citizen Soldiers: When vour country ws invaded by the
hostile tread of a foreign foe, you prompt! v
obeyed her call to arms, ana rallying around
e-r? S3
"Let Mashisox our vatclnrord Ic.
With Tyler frcrf teilh Libert t!"
The Van Buren presses are making a fus8;;rincip!f s, he had better try again and conbecausc Judge Bigger did not resign his Judg-jccct soxnct!iing tliat appears more rcasonaship as soon as he heard of his nomination. ble. Never mind gentlemen, "there's tini3 enough I We do not w ish to Conceal any of Gen.
NOMINATIONS BV T II F WH lG-'et'" out yu '00'c at your own (Harrison's principles we arc not ashamrd
NAT! ON A L CON VENT ION. For President, OF jTIIJO. For Vice Pres'lenf, CF VIUG1XIA.
dy, Wall. H.ibbard, and Clay of Alabama. er standard under tlie commaml ot tne gal-n-minst the resolution; and Messrs. Norve!!j,aut Harrison, were led to victory at Missisand Lumpkin, in favor of it; the resolution siniway. Lake Erie and the Thames. Your
was nostnoned to this da v fortnight. Aver progress was not arrested by imaginary
Tho Senato will not trust
22, Naycs 18.
the Jioai,e. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. The House of Representatives, this day, gave a decisive vote ngaiust appropriating
money for tho continuation oi tho Lumberland Road. The subject came up as the unfinished hysmess of last week the question pending being on the adoption of certain n. intendments to the instructions to the Committee of Ways, and Means, moved by Mr. Casey, of Illinois, on a memorial praying for anoppropriation for the above object, which was referred to that Committee. Tb.3 House having been brought to the1 vote through the instrumentality of the pre-1 viovs question, the first amendment offered bv Mr. Marvin, t instruct the commitiea to
inquire iuto tho expediency of reporting appropriations for the improvement of certain harbors and the navigation of certain rivers, (that is, for the continuance of the old harbor system and the old river system of improvements.) was rejected. Mr. Pickens th n withdrew an amendment
w hich i;3 had proposed; and the question was taken directly on the- motion of Mr. Casey to instruct the Committee of Ways and Means "to report a reasonable appropriation for the continuance of the Cumberland Road through ths states of Ohio, Indiana and Illi
nois; to ba expanded under the direction of tho
Secrctarv cf War.
?cted
boundaries but wherever rour General led
or directed, cither on land or water, 3011
sought and gtappicd with the too, nor sought to be discharged until the Territory of your country was redeemed and a province con
qucrea from the enemy. On the 20th of
November, 1313, at Washington, Ky., you received an honorable discharge with the
thanks of your General. Peace and unex
ampled prosperity- were long the Iruits and rewards of your toils; but at length the spoil
ers have come the Constitution of vour
beloved country has been trampled under
foot; your Representatives have been bearded in their Halls; your Treasury has been pillaged; your liberty is endangered, and an universal gloom overspreads your once smiling and happy country; and will you not again fiv to the rescue? Your brave old General" WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON,
lis in the field, with the broad banner of the
Constitution and liberty unferled, and you are called upon again to rally around him and resene your country from the hands of the spoilers. The ground upon which we parted I have thought the most proper upon which again to meet. It will renew old feelings; it will
awaken ali our patriotism, and bring us back
NOMIXAirOIfS BY TIIK V.'HIG STATE CONVEN
TION. HARUISON ELECTORAL TICKET. SENATORIAL ELECTOUS. Jonathan McCakty, of Delaware. Joseph G. Marshall, of Jefferson. DISTUICT ELECTORS.
John W. Payne, of Harrison. R. W. Thompson, of Lawrence. Joseph L. White, of JefTersou. James II. Cuavens, of Ripley. Caleb B. Smtth, of Fayette. William IIekod, of Bartholomew. IIenrv S. Lane, of Montgomery.
1st. 2d. 3d. 4th. uth. Gth. 7th.
candidate for Governor vou will see that
such grumbling comes with very ill grace from your great "Democratic family" Gen. Howard has not resigned his seat in Con-
to have every ret of Lis known publicly.
We do not wish to have our friends in sonio parts of free states where Abolitionism prevails say that Gen. Harrison is favorable to
gross. We would like to know when he 'Abolitionism, with the hope of making intends to be among us "squatters" of I loo-(votes, because it is not the case, as will U
sierland.
The New Jeusey Cass. The National Intelligencer, in speaking of the high-handed
shown by- every speech and vote of his on any question that had any bearing on the subject of slavery. Nor do we wish to have
measure of the House of Representatives,!-
the Van Buren men of the soalli attempt to
mju
Gen.
Harrison bv aceu.-ing him cf
in
For Governor, SAMUEL BIGGER, OF HUSH COUNTY. For Lieutenant Governor, S A M U E L II ALL, OF GIBSON COUNTY.
g in favor of dissolving tha Federal
compact. We present to the American peopio, William Henry Harriso:. lor what
is instead of w hat he is no! h-t tha re
sult be as it may. We hope i;o one will misrepresent his principles, even if it should advance Lid t k ciion in.-,tead uf inaiiinn hiia.
a ne is. k. i rue Aincrcan 01 lua llui
Mr. Pkoffit's Speech. We have received the National Intelligencer containing the Speech of Hon. George II. Proffit, the Representative in Congress from this District.
on the Cumberland Road. It is an able ex
pose of the hostility of Van Buren and his Cabinet to the West and more particularly to the Cumberland Road. Every reader will doubtless feel anxious to peruse it as soon as possible. We will publish it next week.
in admitting tho noa-Commissioncd claim
ants, savs:
"They have admitted ss Representatives
r .i.e.. . r 1 f
1 mm uie oiaio 01 jersey nvc persons, wiicnii. ,
the authorities of New Jersey, legally au
thorized to act upon the subject have ofTi-
ially declared not to have been elected to
sit as Representatives from N. Jersey.
A majority fo the House of Representa
tives has thus not only nullified the lairs o'jsays: "La.-.t evening about G o'clock, Cai
ths tilaie of iio Jersey, and given soats asSt. Clair was stabbed to death bv Mr. Reil-
membcrs to persons having no i'.seertaiiH:d title to them but they have done so under the
following revolting circumstances: FirsIt. They refused to hear what the opposing claimants have to say. Secondly, They refused to hear the testimony in the possession of the Committee of Elections.
'y the keeper of the Commc-rcial Hotel, oa the corner of Girard and L"Vi- streets. Reilly attacked St. Clair with a Fovvie kiiiAi and inflicted upon hini come ilvj or six wounds. He died almost immediately."
to the times when our thoughts, our wishes' bravely
dl
The Voice of the People the Harrison cause victorious. At every election
held since the Ilarrisburg nomination, (with
only two exceptions) the Whigs have gained
Iu addition to former victories
anu our exertions were ior our country, anu whicSl wo !)avo nolicett We wii :ust sum up IVir (Mil Aiiwft .Miltr I
Meet mo then at Washington on the 2d
;i Monday of April next, there I trust vou
-aye
will hr mt !" vniir fnnmn winne; it, nrma
T!) 3 motion was iv
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U J !sujoreaaoc.s.yeot '-''1 bon Troop and Col. Poguc's regiment, who !aj of any propcsitiou for the benefit cf this I invi'tcd to meet you. And let your great national work. , watch word bo "Union, for the sake of the
inieresLca in us continuance ana completion will see from the list of Ayes and Nays, thai the administration has been dclurliug them
throughout on this question. The hucksters :it the head of the Government have been pretending to the West that tiioy are friends
anJ declaring at tlis sara
tust they are opposed to
ta;s road. 1 no device will not last thorn
ony longer. The juggling is exposed. NEW JESSE Y PSETENDEKS. After the journal was read, the Speaker announced that Messrs, Dickcrson, ' Kille, Cooper, and Ryall, members from New Jer6.y, wera in attendance, and asked to be sworn. Mr. Jenifer then sent to the Chr.ir a resolution which was read for the information of tho Hous. It proposed to postpone the execution of tho order of the House to swear
in Mr. Dickcrson and his associate
JOHN PAYNE, late Capt. cf Vol. Lt. Dragoons. G?"The members of the above mentioned
Troops, beiiig much scattered, Editors in Ky.
a faw more. Local elections have been held
in Steuben and Delaware counties, N. York,
which resulted in favor of the Whis bv
large majorities. In Utica, the Whigs have
elected their Major, and Common Council. In Tuscaloosa, Ala., the Whigs have elected
their Mayor by an overwhelming majority. Heretofore the Vanites carried the day iu
Tuscaloosa. In Buffalo, N. Y., the Whirs
succeeded at their late Charter Election, bv
.Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and Missouri, fh-jan increased majority. In Cleveland, Ohio,
t: v-"t fe 'n'.Sivoral!o to t!ie object of the call, will please N. Dockstader, was elected Mayor, by 101 t!ltcUV:givo tr: above an scrtion for the sake of majority over H. B. Payne (V. B.)and the
Disgraceful and blasphemous incendiaj:ism. The Martinsburg (Virginia) Gazette of Thursday, states th,t tho Methodist Ciiurch in that town was set on fire tho previous Saturday but was luckily extinguished in time. The editor adds: The sacrilegious mutilation and foul desecration of the Holy Bible and Hymn Book (we blush while we relate) told too ptninlv that the fire was not accidental but was kindled to destroy the church and cover the di-
untii:,abo!ir?l deed which now stands and will
the second Monday in April, togivetime to' stand an evidence that wo number in our the other cla'tmauts to present their tcstimo-lcommunitv some of the most blackhearted
uv to tne House. land hardened wretches that ever disTi-nr-wlUi,,, iin.;
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any jjuupie. liiisis b'-t the consummation of along course of ungonticmanly and huso conduct, which has marked tho attendance of cert iin individuals at the .Methodist Episcopal
Churchin this place. Scarcely has there been an assemblage of the congreation, after niirht
for the last three or f.air sears, that has not
been disturbed and the sensibilities of the worshipers wounded by misconduct which, in a land of healkois, would have brought tho perpetrators to the block or the halter.
Tho Qhairdecided this to be out of order.
Mr. PrctTit asked if members were not required to present their credentials previous to being sworn in. The Speaker said the order of the House was to administer the oaths. Messrs. Dickcrson, V room, Ryall, Cooper, end Kilic, (Vanites) were sworn as mem
bers from iNew Jersey, and took their scats.
Correspondence, vf the Baltimore Patriot. GREAT MOYEMENET IN PENNSYLVANIA. Bucwnsville, Pa. March .r. 1 0
Yestereay was a glorious da v of Old TV iu Fayette county. Such a gathering of the
leopie was never before seen at Uniontown.
vo Ioj t lrowiisvi!le 1a tho moi'i::.cr t h'
Destructive: Hcjukicani: at Madras A
tremendous hurricane with and inundation of
the sea-occurred on the 10th of November
at Coringo on the northward of Madras Some particulars of the devastation are giv
en in the Madras Spectator, on the authority
if .WlA I ' '
ociocK, auoiHi.u m numuer, ami at every of letters written on tho spot. "Tho water
rnml they foil m until we numbered, about from the sea rushed in with such violence. u(.0 fctrong.m front wo had two ya wlsva ono cf these letters that the houses at mounted on wheels tho Tarur and th IVrry Coringo wore nearly all carried away with nppmnnat flags and mottoa, fljing.jThr-y rny that rpore than 20,000 people have
strongest man of the party. At the las
fall election, Cleveland was the very den of
Van Burenism. The city election in Detroit, the Whigs succeeded by an increased majority. Last, though not least comes the Old Bay State, on tha stool of repentance. Last year she elected a Van Buren Governor by one majority, but now she is wide awake for Harrison in only 31 townships there is a Whig gain of 1G82 votes. The Boston Atlas in speaking of the result, says: "The recent town elections, with hardly a
single exception, have resulted in favor of
as compared with the elections
last full. Indeed, we have not heard of a single township in which a full vote was thrown whero we have not gained." Now, for the other side of the question tho Vanites have gained in two instances. A Van Buren Mayor has been elected in Chicago, III., and a Van Buren supervisor in Lewis county, N. Y., by overwhelming majorities.
General Howaku "Squat te::s.' Tho
Spirit '70, says: "It is uncle-is too 1 that Gen.
Thirdly, Thev refused to receive and j toward .11 l.,s into spleen m L ongrcss, rep-
I hear read the report of the minority o f the j r.'sor.teu inmsc.t r s a matter. An illus-
Commiitcc of Elections. tration ts tut roduceu in Ins -published speech Fourthly, They passed the resolutions !u liich was 110 kubt, ir.tcndc-d to convey that
thus violating the Constitutional usae and nmpression. lie has been p. squatter on tho
L'. S. Treasury for sie: years and has attempted to squat on almost every vacant office of importance in the state. His "soft sodder" (as Samuel Slick hath it) is intend; d O deceive the genuine squatters, but they will tell him next August "you can't quit
come ii.
their own plighted faith, under and by the power of the Previous Question which cuts off all debate." It is not otall surprising that a set of men disregarding ail la w and precedent, should be so much opposed to having a full statement of both sides of tho question as to den v the minority the right to submit their report. By examining the following statement from the Newark Daily Advertiser, it will be seen that the majority the Vanites claim is nothing but a collection of spurious votes:
Aliens 79 Non-residents 105 Minors 22 Persons who had not paid tax 7 Legal votes rejected -1 Paupers 3 Persons who voted twico 2 Other illegal votes 5 The Saddle River box robbed of eight Whig votes, and eight Van Buren inserted 10
Number of illegal voters already discovered, who voted tho Van Buren ticket 213 By tho Secretary's certificate, Mr. Ay-
crigg (tho lowest Whig candidate) had
28,20-1 votes. Add the above mentioned 23
Making 28,537 From which deduct the votes for Gov. V room, tho highest Ad
ministration candidate, 2S,-192
And it leaves 45 Such are tho votes which 'Gov.' Howard wished to have counted, as will be seen by his vote against instructing the Committee of Elections to report who had received the
greatest number of lawful rotes. The ihght of Absukdity. One of the most nonsensical farces wc ever witnessed
or heard has recently boon exhibited in the
Our Congressman. Thus far, Mr. Proffit
has been faithful to his trust almost con- columns of some of tho Locofoco papers.'
stantly at his post, ever ready to discharge It is a letter purporting to be from Gen. Harhis duty and to defend tho rights of his rison, which declares that he became a mem-
Some of the Van Buren papers have almost laughed themselves into fits becaus3thi Augusta (Georgia) Chronicle and Sentinel, an able States Rights paper, refused to support Gen. Harrison. What will such papers say when this same paper exposes som.j of their falsehoods, uttered either wilfully or ignorant ly? Will they compliment this paper for its candor, as usual.' Wc subjoin onu article from the Augusta Chronicle and S--u-tiael: GEN. HARRISON. Heretofore we have foreborne to say any
jlhii:g pro or con, in relation to this distin
guished individual, who i3 tho candidate of a very largo portion of the opposition party throughout tho United States, for tho first ui'!ice in the Republic. And wo should not now deviate fr om our former course, but tho
pertinacity with which the Van Buren prrs.s in Georgia, persist in charging him with Abolitionism! imposes on usa duty 110 less due to truth and candor, than to tho General, to place the matter right before the people, that their minds may be disabused. And this wo will do cheerfully, as an act of impartial justice to one under whose standard we are notcuiistod. Wo shall therefore from time to time, lay before our readers such extracts, from tho
speeches and letters of tho General as huv
special hearing upon the subject. And wo hesitate not to assort, that no impartial man will then charge him with being more obnoxious upon this vital question, than was the sago and Patriot Jefferson. Augusta Chron. ij- Sen' Tho Indiana Democrat speaks of the Ias
Congress being opposed to the Adrniuisjra tion. His memory must be very poor if hdoes not recollect that most of the Van Buret) presses claimed a majority of eight m the House, and the Whig papers only gavo them a majority of four or six.
New IIampsiuke. A few returns from
f'lia Ktutr oViiiu l.f nOU si -. .. .
constituents.. 'The influence ho has gained, her of an Abolition Society nt the nge of iLoeofocoish i evor vV; , ,1S C
18, in Richmond. Now, who in any gov-! it enI1.t , Z T
ernmcnt ever heard of a party attemntiiii' to r,v,;.,' 1 c .1 n . , , y d lcmPlll1faCabin 'boys of the Hoosicr Stato will show impose on tho people, by asscrtm? what '.k t . ......
I . ' . ' "... . 0 . iiuc ijiiut: Luicuman 01 runrtarhoGt nnothnr
as a junior member, has exceeded the ex
pectations of his friends, and astonished his 1
enemies to a tcrrifj ing degree. Wc should impose on tho people, by asserting what is'theLit
soma of tho Van Buren presses in Messrs.' A moments reflcctiau will satisfy ony rait Norembcr, command u,
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