Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1843-01-07
The County Meeting Of Monday and Tuesday

We regret ,ha, circumstances prevent US from
laying eiure our readers the pr ceed ngs of
the meeting for the purpose of appointing
de eegaie to the slh of January Convention. We
not present at the commencement OF the pro-
ceedinss on Monday last. There was consdera.
bic difficulty in det mning Whether Genllammond
or NJ jor WIN. l.. Dcwart, was the choice Of the
meeting. The parties then formed line in the
street for the purpose Of ascertainng the strength
of each. The friends of Major Dewsrt insisted
that he had the majority, and The friends OF Gen.
Hammond also claimed it. We did not count,
hu, from he appearance of the lires were inclined
to believe the majority was in favor of Mr.. Dewart.
The meeting went into the court house again,
when on motion it was agreed to adjourn till next
day. (Tuesjsy,) at one O'Clock. We were not
present on that day. but are informed that not more
than twenty were present, and that the meeting
was ended 10y appointing Gen. Hammond, before
the people had time to assemble. The friends OF
Mr.. Dcwsrt Immediately assembled and had him
appon ed a delegate who certainly had large
majority in his favor that day. After the
meeting, we desircd to get the proceedings to pub
lish. We were referred 10 Judge Montgomery,
who was then on the bench in court. He refused
TO r; US have them, stating he wished to cory
them. We stated that would return them in
the evening in time for him, as he could no, copy
them while in court. He very deliberately placed
his arms over The desk, in the drawer Of which the
precious documents were deposited and seemingly
4, ,ha ,.;th In
from the vulgar gaze of the multitude, ever Joe
Smith did his celebrated golden plates"
One Of Gen. Hammond's friends, however, offered
10 le, us have them if we would guarenee that they
would be published entire they were adopted
We should, of course have published them as ad'P.
ted If we published them at all, aud made our COM
menrs in our editorial columns. An editor, who
had any regard for his character would not think Of
adopting any other course. We, thcreinre, refused
10 give the guarantee which was eSacted from US,
simply because we happened to be in favor of Ma
jor Dewart. We had no motive to mu,ilate or al.
ter the proceedings nor is there single reason to
suppose we had. We were then, and are now, en-
tirely ignorant Of the nature OF the resolutions
proceedings drawn out. We offered to publish
the proceedings a matter Il course, and had we
dssented from them we should have stated SO in a
separate article. Had our advice been taken.
which was to send both, and which we understand
had been agreed upon, there would have been no
diffculty. We took but little interest in the pro.
ceeJinss Of the meeting, aud cared hut little, so far
rs we are eo1cernej, about their publ;.a,io The
delegates will both be a, Ha:nsburg. and will, no
doubt b tn he sdmiuc,r 10 take seats in the con.
ven'ion wi,hOu,. any difficulty.
ScRvrvoR,-The Journal Of Commerce says
there is still smother last survivor" of the glliant
crew Of Paul Jones-Mr. George Raymond, now
living at Brooklyn, al the age ofs6, who was sail.
ing Easter under Capt. Jones through ali his sd-
ventures. He is, however, very probably soon to
go the way Of his chivsirous comrades
RefInding.-The South Carolina Legislature
lately passed resolution rcfunding 60 the heirs O.
DR.. Thomas Cooper the fine imposed on him in
Pennsy lvania, for libel on Pre- ,dcn, I'm Adams
New Hampshire has not sbolishsd the punish
meut Of Death, as has enormously been stated,