Richmond Indiana palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1837-1839, 1838-12-22
PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATURE.
ICo.re-ees.lsn:e 81 ,as Hoo ana Sea.il

correspondence Cd t4s Herald and SeaiiH.l
Harrisburg, Dee. >, e3S.-Sss,rE.-Mr Full
lerton took the chair the Senate this morning.,
IN the absence Of Ne Speaker pcnrcse. lie said
he ietIt his duty TO III upon the reques; of tho
saesher. lie declared there WAS sot n quorum of
members present, aud was aholt aJi,urning the
body until tomorrow, when Nj Rarers called for
the reading Of The note appointing HIM Speaker
pro tempnrc. Ii was read as follows:
Dear Sir, ldeputc you 10 act as Speaker Of tho
Senate. Trliy, your friend,
CHARLES b. PENRosE"
Mr.. Ewing commenced some remarks, but upon
M lntmaton Of their being want of quorum,
he desiscd. Ga molten of Mr.. Myers, call Of
the House then ordered, when there
found to be but l3 members present So the Sen
ate adj rurncJ.
Mr.. McCahun from the gallory) hen moved to
the popllace, t'!ai Mr.. Ewing Of Washington, bc
called upon % address them. Mr.. Rogers thea
took the Speakers chair, and nplofed the poonio
TO withdraw from the Senate Chamber. He said
he did IN the name of al tie democratic mem
bers.
McCAhan sail (rrom the gallery that lie spoke
on the par, ofthe citizens present--that they wc-e
DETERMINED TO HAVE THEIR RIGHTS;
that al! they wanted. ana they would say in
IIarrisburgh until their rights were secured. He
wed t. ad journ to the front of the Capitol, bui
the weather soon cooled theic ar;or !here.
In the House, headed by Mr. Hopkins Spea-
plv the members with four cay papers, &c.
were adopted.
F. r. Skunk was ihen elected Clcrk-A. kgauso
Sere't-nl-arms--aud d. w. Hide Doofkoeper
Mr. Brodheati offered resolution TO appoint n
committee 10 investigate The conduct OF the Sc
cretarv of the Comnu:lw ca,h, IN relation to re-
turns forwarded 10 him. and that they have pow
er to send for persons and papers, which was
agreed 10, and Messrs. Bfojhead, Woodburn, and
Flanagan, were appointed. THIS section OF ,ha
Legislature then adj lnrned
Al 3 o'clock. the House, org lniZed under
general Cunningham, met. The speaker was not
present, bu, i, was understood that Mr.. SPackman
was dcpu,ed 10 act in his place. Tho Speakers
chair like other parts of the room, was filled
Wher Mr. S. went to the steps To 90 to the char,
he was me, BY Mr.. McEwee, who told hun he
could not come there. The scene then was awful.
Mr.. Spackman was seized by dulles, heaaed by
McElwec brother member, and was threatened
with being thrown out of the window: lie how
ever rot off without injIry, but there was u"
mee,;ng The mob then addressed by sew
cral voices unknown to me, when they disPeise"'
In the course of the day the arsenal has boon
ihreatened n been surrounded, but as yet IL
blood has been shed; vet the government is suS-
pended and discharged, and anarchy preVaiis.-
70 il nav M anuar.aa@.. - Pennss lvania.--
A moi impaired within n few Gays moro fls4sa
hundred miles, ard within few years
than three thousand,) hold now tho destiny ofthg
state, against the legal authorities. How II
matter will end is uncertain 4 compromise Is
spoken of, but the Wings cannot concede TO
compromise They cannot act when under d.
rese. The Law and Courts tribunals to 81
peal to.
It is to be hoped that blood will NJ: be shed
but better and more crcditable to the state WONT
il have been, that blood had run down stree
ike water, than that the laws should have beca
traiupIei in the dIst thoy have been. Pono
sylvnnia to-day, is not the Pennsylvania she was
n year ago.