Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1842-01-22

rits of the case. Mr.. r. resumed.--In the ~ Jer.
sey CAGE, Sir, this House was as much excited as
il is now and then, as now, the Committee wcte
ordered TO report torih,cith,; bd Sir, notwi,h.
standing the intense feeling that pervadeJ the
House and the country, tha, committee retained
the report .fo,r Or foe days; and although it had
been percmpimiiy demanded from them, the House
refused to enforce The demand except inthe'regular
order Of business.
call Upon gentlemen to pause nowhere Mr
F. spoke with much s5emnhy, amidst the stiffness
that increased this solemnity)-l call upon gentle
men to reflect what will he the consequence ofihus
breaking down all the rules Of this House. At any
time, il will be competent for hdre msjorlty of
this House, to pass and repeal laws, without He-
bate-wi,hout giving to the minority the smallest
opportunity to express their opinions. In all the
violence tina, accompanied the action upon the N.
Jersey case the House s,ill reuinea nnH enforced
its rules--will 1t new break down and disregard
them
know, said Mr.. f., lwh great feeling,0 that
this is doomed question IN this House hut, sir
can it no, be reached soon enough, without thus
,ramping upon all the fdrus and rules and dignity
of this Legislative assembly. Once more I ask Of
gentlemen, oil Sides to consider the seriousness
of the act which they called upon to perform.
After Mr. F. sat down, grea. confusion prevailed;
numerous questions were asked of the Speaker, and
Mr.. WISE was loud in his calls to oracr
When the House next proceeded to action, II
found itself taking the yeas and nays upon mo.
ton to lay the appeal from the Speakers decision
upon the table. There were ayes lOl, noes IS,
Mr. WINTHROP contendcd here ,ha, the order
Of business could net he changed but Ivy vote of
e:wo-thrds.
A new question to The fac, whether the
Bill had been received. Not having been presen-
ted 10y the Chairman of the ujic,uy Committee,
its reception regarded not in order
Mt. BARNARD now 1ose and said that under
the perempory order Of the House he felt ca He'd
upon to Report the Bill, and the Dill was accord
lngly amidst general confusion sent TO the Spea-
,kcrs table.
Mr.. WINTHROP of Mass sail he objected 10
the reading of the Bill, and ae a question of order
he con,enJed that the order Of the House had been
executed in the Report of the Bill. Action upon it
was exhausted unless the House suspended its
rules.
The SPEAKER after long rapse so decided
Mr.. WISE took an appeal from the decision of the
Speaker, which he briefly argued amidst general
'uproar. Having closed, the previous question was
moved.
Atmo,on was here renewed to djourn.
Mr. PR0FFIr asked the yeas and nays, which
l,o,p ,ha
TO 'lo2.-The vote Yves aaaounced in general tn.
lnult and received with clipping of hands and
general feeling on ono SIDE. Upon the other side
strong opposition feeling manifest, snd Mr..
Profit declared tho vote Ipon the adjournment 10
he legislative fraud. 1Ne adjournment, never
theess ordered after an exciting session of six
hours, and with the understanding that the busi,
ness will be renewed Monday where Il closed
this evening.
Generous Act,
ON Sunday last, scene Of fe,citcing nature ,cnk
place a, the pond in the vicinity Of Schpykiil Sec
ond and Market streets. A nurab~r OF boys
amusing themselves with skatiag tive ice that CO.
'ers ahe pond and a numerous crowd Of ssnd,rs by
were locking on, when suddenly shout Of alarm
arose from one siu Az, os tnfN WntN tRe H me
skaters, boy, struggling in the waters, amidst
the broken ice, which had given way under his
foct Two well dressed young men plunged in, ia
the attempt to the drowning hoy but in con,
sequence of the intense GOODNESS Of the water, as
well as the intervention of the ice, they becsme
exhausted very soon after they entered the water.
The herntle prospect was tefore the spectators
of seeing three human beings peIshing before their
eyes, without being able to turn hand TO save
them Shouts Of atsrm and ho,tor arose on every
hand, aad in the midst Of confusion, stout brawny
and robust person, vas observed 10 dismount ffou,
the horse with which he had just tcen seen cross
ing Msrke, street bridge, aud ~ shng through the
crowd, he plunged wthout a moments delay Into
the water, and in moment he emerged, bearing
ia hiss manly grasp the unfortunste skatet.-Ht
followed up his benevolent work by rescuiug the
Two young men, whose humanity had brought
them into The difficulty, and no, satisfied with this
the generous stranger did not stay his efforts, unit
be had saved the hats and CAPS OF the suiier,rs w,
are sorry to state, that We are unable 10 give III,
frsi name OF the generous individual alluded TO-
He merely lef his aaine Mr.. MdGshall-PhiL
Spirit etthe Times
The Bradford Pster as appended TO the oalus
~ notice Of Gen $. M'Kean, the following inter
estng statement OF Cox James L. Bail relative &c
his last moments;
Mr.. Goodrich.-Some time ago but after Gen. NJ