0211 & alp r 7 is tkaaA_a A anzei IPa2/0 calice"JPOCl 9 Office of the Star di Banner COUNTY MILDEW, ABOVE TIIE OFFICE OF THE REGISTER AND RECORDER. I. The Sr►■ & 1111 , 17111LICAN 11.11331 ZR is pub. qiehed at TWO DOLLARS per annum (or Vol ume of 52 ntrnhers,) payable half-yearly in ad vance: or TWO DOLLARS & FIFTY CENTS, if not pa'd until after the expiration of the year. If. No subscription will be received f r a shorter period than six months; nor will the paper be dis continued until all arrearages are paid, unless at the option of the Editor. A failure to notify a dia. continuance will be considered a new engagement and the paper forwarded accordingly. 111. Ariverurisseses - rs not exceeding a square will be inserted mass times for SI, and 25 cents for each subsequent insertion—the number of in sertion to be marked, or they will be published till forbid and charged accordingly; longer ones in the same proportion. A reasonablededuction will be made to those who advertise by_ the year. IV. All Le ttersa nd Conamunications addressed to the Editor by mail mustbe post-paid, or they will not be attended to. A DVERTISEMENTS WANTED. TWO or THREE journeymen Plaster ers will meet with constant employment if immediate application be made to the sub scriber. Also, an APPRENTICE: to the plastering business. JAMES BOWEN Gettysburg, Aug. 11, 1940. IL !Paw IL ;T.-- - ): 1 THE Subscribers have this day entered into Partnership in the Shoe & Boot. making business, and will be at all times prepared to accommodate the public with work in their line, made in the best and most fashionable manner, and on favorable terms. Their shop is in Chambersburg street, opposite Mr. Ditterlioe's Tavern. DANIEL BALDWIN, WM. GUINN. Gettysburg, Aug. 15, 1840. an apprentice 'ranted. Alad of 16 or 17 years of age, of good character, will be taken as an Appren tice to said business. co C..-• . •-z• 0• • II • 11. • — I ..-. 0 = 0 ..... 0 0 CS 0 04 n . ... ...... .......„... ~.. . ..... c„, ... 0, ......._. ..... 0 = 0 C.l 0 C 3 :0 ,„ s S-. .•-. 0 M tn C.) 0 .. "0 . ...5 . al 0 E 0 0 .7... .0 0 03 0 .... .... = ..-,. •••• • .. 0 01 0 CC , 0 0 co C.) c.-. 0 a. ~ , r, = R e ) . .. . il , or 4 S E r... .-1 tit ) = ..0 0 E 63 :4 C)• 00 0 16 e* .= S ..0 ...' ° -•-• , 0 2 ....' 0-. e 0 a . ,-1 ." I 03 0 ''' .'" 17-• 0 4... 0 •-• 0 C.) 0 . 0 ›... 0 C•-• ..-• a a ~,, 0 c.) a- = a a CI •-•. I ° ..... w-0 •0 .2 ..= (...., ..... •-• -44 e 4 0 .7 . -. 0.• .." 0.• 0 )... _. ez a.* • •-•.—. 0 .... .-•— ' 0 . 0 C° "a m e ''' 0 ... ci = 1 1 2 LO 0 ~... " rr , ..:: .= I S 1.. CL) 0 • . 0 ... 0 4., ...a , CO 0 CO 00 014 0 CS 0 ..0 0 0 •. a- •-• ..= . 0 .0 ... .0 >•••• -ci a . . g.... N._ ..... 01 11- • 0 •"" a •-•• 114 : .--...0 0 1.• ... .--. , ead •-• CA 4.• 0 .. 5 - .i,' 73 0 • .". U 2 0 .0 ... GC .0 0 4-0 .... -•••• cr c.) a WORTH ATTENTION. IX. G. 11.1.4C.Teirry, lIAS just received a fresh supply of sea sonable goods; embracing a great va- riety of Fine Cloths and Cassizneres, A LARGE ASSORTMENT OF Very cheap Calicoes. Manchester Ging hams, Cotton Stripes, Checks, Irish Linen, Cambrick and Jaconett Muslins, Swiss and Book Muslins, French Bombazines, Super Mouseline de Laines, Thread Lace and Edgings, Ribbons, Gloves, Stocking, (very cheap,) Heavy Domestic Muslim, Fine Bleached Shirting, 5 4 and 6-4 Sheeting,s, Very cheap Ticking.% American Nankeens, Marseilles Quilto,lngrain Carpetings,llemp do., Urnb_ellas, Palm Hats, &c. A LSO— A full Stock of Groceries. The Public are invited to call and exam ine his stock as they may save money by doing so. August 11, 1840. 1%1.Tc-10;00 1;01 THE subscriber respectfully informs his friends and the public in general that he carries on, in connection with the black ?emit hing the Wagon *Making Business, And is prepared to execute MI orders in eith ,er of the athAre businesses in a workman like manner and at the shortest notice. C. W. HOFFMAN. Gettysburg, May 5,1840. N. 13. Ao apprentice will be taken to the Black. Smithing if immediate application be made. C. W. H. CLOTHS! COLT HS!! CLOTHS!!! :BUST opened a fresh lot—comprising. Mr Fine wool dyed Black, Invisible and Bottle Green, Blue, Olive and Mulberry Browns, Light Drabs, Oxford apd Cadet Mixed, (of different qualities-) For sole ixt low prices, by R, G. M'CREARY. August 4, I€4o. tf—l9 REPUBLICAN BANNER GETTYSBURG, October 13, 11340. The White Slavery Slander We deem it proper to pli.co before our readers I again, the refutation of this vile fabrication of Petticoat Allen of Ohio, and republish the letters of Gen. Harrison in relation to the law upon which it is said to be founded. We are sorry that every doubting man, and every Federal Loco Foco in the county was not present to hear the unanswerable refutation of this stale charge by the eloquent Buckeye Blacksmith, on Monday evening the 28th ult. It was most complete. The White Shivery law (as it is called) be it known was passed under the title of nan act re specting crimes and punishment.," and could not operate against any individual until he hod com mitted a calms. He must then be arraigned be fore a criminal court—be indicted before a Grand Jury, and a Bill be found against him—be found guilty of that crime by a jury of twelve men, and be sentenced as a con vim Then if he failed to pay the fine and costs which the court had impo sed and was imprisoned, it was lawful 'to hire the person so convicted to service to any person or persons who would pay their fine and costs, for such length of time as would be required to work out the amount which was advanced for them. For this Gen. Harrison voted. It had no more reference to poor debtors, or any other kind of debtors than it had to taking the census of the Indians in Florida. The allegation bears the lie upon the face of it, and it is an insult to the intel ligence of the citizens of Adams county to sup pose that they cannot discriminate between a debtor and a CONVICTED CRIMINAL. Gen. Har rison was influenced by the most humane feelings in wishing to relieve prisoners from the most loathsome vapors of a dungeons, end to remove the abandoned felon from the midst of the vicious and degraded to some virtuous thrifty family; where industry, morality and honesty would be constantly before him. Indiana hail not become • State—she had no penitentiary—her jails were few and filled—her resources were limited, and heavy taxes were exacted - from the honest portion of her people to feed notorious offenders—thieves, burglars. and the like. Instead of making the State feed up these vagrants, this law allowed them to work out their fines and costs. Was there any thing wrong in this? Unquestionably not! Gen. Harrison has upon all occasions shewn himself the friend of the people, and the poor man—and at the time of the passage of this law, he was so poor, that if he had been voting to sell poor men, he himself would have been the first to be sold. In public life he has repeatedly by reports and speeches attempted to abolish im prisonment for debt. • Read now his letters in answer to this charge, which are most satisfactory. The first is taken from the Hamilton, (Butler co., Ohio.) Intelli gencer; the second is in reply to ono addressed him by John H. Pleasant', Esq. of Richmond Va. "North Bend, 22d December, 1821. Sin—ln your paper of the 15th instant, I observed a most violent attack upon ele ven other members of the Into senate and myself, for a supposed vote given at the last session for the passage of a law to 'sell debtors in certain cases.' Ifsuch had been our conduct, I acknowledge that we should not only deserve the censure which the wri ter has bestowed on us, but the execration of every honest man in society. An act of this kind is not only opposed to the princi ples of justice and humanity, but would be a palpable violation of the constitution of the state, which every legislator is sworn to support; and sanctioned by a house of red resentatives and twelve senators, it would indicate a state of depravity which would fill every patriotic bosom with the most alarming anticipations. But the fact is, that no such proposition was eve: made in the legislature or even thought of. The act to which the writer alludes, has no more relation to the collection of 'debts,' than it has to the discovery of longitude. It was an act for the punishment ofoffences against the state, and that part of it which has so deeply wounded the feelings of your corres ponJent, was passed by the house of repre. sentatives, and voted for by the twelve sen ators, under the Impression that it was the most mild and humane mode of dealing with the offenders for whose cases it was intended. It was adopted by the house of representatives as a part of the general sys tem of criminal law, which was then under going a complete revision and amendment; the necessity of this is evinced by the fol lowing facts: for several years past, it had become apparent that the Penitentiary sys tem was becoming more and more burden. some at every session; a large appropriation was called for to meet the excess of expen diture, above the receipts of the establish ment. In the commencement of the session of 1820 the deficit amounted to near twenty thousand dollars. This growing evil required the immedi ate interposition of some vigorous legisla tive measure; two were recommended as being likely to produce the ,effect; first, placing the institution , under,better rrianage• ment; and secondly, lessening the number of convicts who were sentenced for shgrt periods,and whose labour was found ofcourse to be the most unproductive. In pursuance of the hitter principle, thefts to the amount of filly dollars, or upwards, were subjected to punishment in the Penitentiary, instead of ton dollars, which was the former mini• G. W.A.CEINGTON 1307TELT, MIDITOR, & PROPRIETOR. d‘ The liberty to know, to utter, and to argue, freely, is above all other liberties.”—MlLTON alitiff•WrfaUJWZßO 9 li)cirlck e WIFIRCILDaur, bils&b2l2l2 aa9 agitecb great difficulty remained to determine what should be the punishment of those numerous larcenies below the sum of filly dollars.— By some, whipping was proposed, by others, punishment by hard labor in the county and by others it was thought beet to make them work on the highways. To all these there appeared insuperable objections; fine and imprisonment was adop• ted by the house of representatives as the only alternative; and as it was well kilown that these vexatious pilferings were gene. rally perpetrated by the most worthless vagabonds in society, it was added that when they could not pay the fines and costs, which are always part of the sentence and punishment, their services should be sold out to any Gerson who would pay their fines and costs for them. This was the clause which was passed, as 1 believe, by a unani mon* vote of the house, and stricken out in the senate, in opposition to tho twelve who hove been denominated. A little further trouble in examining the journals, would have shown your correspondent that this was considered as a substitute for whipping. which was lost in the senate, and in the house by a small majority, atter being once passed. I think, Mr. Editor. I have said enough to show that this obnoxious law would not have applied to 'unfortunate debtors ofsixty four years,' but to infamous offenders. who depredate upon the property of their fellow citizens, and who, by the constitution of the state, as well as the principle of existing laws, were subject to involuntary servitude. I must confess I had no very sanguine ex pectations of beneficial effects from this measure, as it. would apply to convicts who had attained the age of maturity. But 1 had supposed that a woman or a youth, who was convicted of an eif-nce, and remained, in jail for the payment of the fine and costs imposed, might with great advantage be transferred to the residence of some decent. virtuous, private family, whose precept and example would greatly lead them back to the paths of virtue. 1 would appeal to the candor of your correspondent to say wheth er if there were an individual confined un der the circumstanc es , I have mentioned, for whose fate he was interested, he would not gladly see him transferred, from the filthy enclosure of a jail, and the still more filthy inhabitants, to the comfortable man sion of some virtuous citizen, .whose admo nition would check his vicious propensities, and whose authority over him, would be no more than is exercised over thousands of .apprentices in our country, and those bound servants, which are tolerated in our, as well as in every other State. Far from advo cating the abominable. principles attributed to me by your "correspondent, I think that imprisonment for.debt, under any circum stances but those where fraud is alleged, is at war with the best principles of our con stitution, and ought to abolished. DEAR SIR—I acknowledge the receipt of your favor of this date. I have before heard the accusation to which it refers.— On my way hither, I met yesterday with a young gentleman of Maryland, who inform ed me that a vote of mine in the senate of Ohio had been published, it, favor of a law to sell persons imprisoned under a judgment for debt for a term of years, if unable other wise to discharge the execution. I did not for a moment he'sitate to declare that 1 had never given any such vote, and that if a vote of that description had been published and ascribed to me, it was an infamous for. gery. Such an act would have been repog nant to my feelings, and in direct conflict with my opinions, public and private, through the whole course of my life. No such proposition was ever submitted to the legislature of Ohio; none such would for a moment be entertained; nor would any son of hers have dared to propose it. So far from being willing to sell met. for debts which they are unable to discharge, I am, and ever have been opposed to all im prisonment for debt. Fortunately, I have it in my power to show that such has been my established opinion, and that, in a public capacity, I avowed and ncted upon it.— W ill those who have preferred the unfinind ed and malicious accusation refer to the journals of the senate of the United States, second tession, nineteenth Congress, page 325—it wil! there be seen that I was one of a committee which reported a bill to abolish imprisonment for debt. When the bill was before the senate, I advocated its adoption, and on its passage voted in, its favor. See senate journal, first vesstun, twentieth Congress, pages 101 and 102. It is not a little remarkable, that. if the effort I am accused of having made to sub ject men . to sale for the non payment of their debts had been successful, I mig!it, from the state duty pecuniary circumstan ces at the time, have been the first victim I repeat, the charge is a vile calumny.— At no period of my life would I have con tented to subject the poor arid unfortunate to such a degradation; nor have °flatted to exert myself in their behalf, against such an attempt to oppress them. It iv sought to support the charge by means of garbled extracts from the journids of the senate of Ohio. The section of the bill which is employed for that purpose, had no manner of refererence to the relation of creditor and debtor, and could not 'l 3 , p os si. bility subject the debtor to the Control of his creditor. None know better than the authors of the calumny, that the alleged section is utterly at variance with the charge mum sum; this was easily done. But the I am, sir, your humble servant, (Signed) WM. HENRY HARRISON." Richmond, September 15, 183 fl. which it is attempted to found upon it, and that so far from a proposition to invest a creditor with power over the liberty of his debtor, it had respect only to the mode of punishing public offinders, who had been found guilty, by a jury of their fellow citizens, of some crime against the laws of their state.. That was exclusively the im port and design of the section of the bill, upon the motion to strike nut which, I voted in the negative. Sn you perceive that, in place ofvoting to enlarge the power of cre. ditors, the vote which I gave concerned alone the treatment of malefactors, convic ted of crimes against the public. I would extend this letter to an inconve. nient length to go fully into the reasons which led me at the time to an opinion in favor of the proposed treatment of that class f offenders who would have fallen wohin its operation, nor is such an expose called for. The measure was by no means a nov elty in ether parts of the country. In the state of Delaware there is an act in force, in similar words with the section of the bill before the Ohio senate, which has been made of late the pretext of such insidious invective. Laws, with somewhat similar provisions; may probably be found in many of the slates. In practice trio measure would have meliorated the condition of those who were under condemnation. As the law stand, they were liable under the sentence to confinement in the common jail, where offenders of various degrees of profligacy —of different ages, sex, and color —were crowded together. Under such circumstances, it is obvious that the bad must become worse, whilst reformation could hardly be expected in respect to any. The youthful oflender, it might be hoped, would be reclaimed, under the operation of the proposed system; but there was great reason to fear his still greater corruption amid the contagion of a commep receptacle of vice. Besides, the proposed amendment of the law presupposed that the delinquent was in confinement for the non-payment of n fine and costs of prosecution, the pay ment of which was a part of the sentence; it seemed, therefore, humane, in respect to the offender, to relieve him from confine• ment which deprived him of-the means of discharging the penalty, and to place him in a situation in which he might work out his deliverance, even at the loss, for a time, of his personal liberty. But I forbear to go further into the res. sons which led me. sixteen years ago, as a member of tho Ohio senate, to entertain a favorable opinion of an alteration which was proposed in the criminal police of the state. It is certain, that neither in respect to myself, nor those who concurred with me, was tho opinion at the time considered as the result of unfriendly bias towards the poor or unfortunate. Nay the least objec tion which I could have anticipated, even from the eager and reckless desires to as sail me, was a charge of unfriendliness to the humble and poor of the community. I am, my dear sir, with great respect, your humble servant. WM. H. HARRISON. J. H. PLEMIANTB, Esq." SHAMEFUL SQUANDERING OF THE PEOPLE'S MONEY. The Canal Commissioners have, with out (advertising proposals, bestowed upon their own political favorites, the contract for repairing the rail road from the 22d mile stone in Cheater county, to the W bite Hall in the county of Montgomery, a dis tance of eleven miles. The terms upou which the contract has been given, is five dollars per rod. Had the Canal Commis sioners advertised the letting, we are au thorised to say that good and responsible men were ready to throw in proposals for the repairs at two dollars per rod. But no, he Canal Commievionara know that it vould not envwer to offer the contract, to the people. They know that it was neces sary to carry this Senatorial district, and fearful of the strength of their party here, voters must be brought from a distance to ensure the success of their candidate for the Senate. By this shameful act on the part of the State Agents, the people of Pennsylvania will be taxed to the amount of from eight to ten thousand dollars for elec tioneerine purposes, at a time ton when the finances of the State are in the most deplore hle condition. All must agree that it is full time the state and country was rid of the unfaithful and profligate agents now in flower.—Delaware Courtly Republican. TESTIMONY OF GEN. SCOTT. In the Pittsburg liezvie we find the following letter, in which a gallant soldier bears direct ar.d honorable testimony to the gallantry of a brother officer: SARATOGA SPRINGS, Aug. 20, Ifl4o. DEAR Sint—Your complimentary let ter of the 10th instant, inviting me. on the part of the Harrison Committee of Corres pondence for Butler eounty, to visit you and be present at a Convention in Pittsburgh, has _found me in this place. A tour through the Keystone State would ho highly interesting to me, but my public duties at this time forbid, and 1 ought to add, that as an officer of the Federal Gov ernment, 1 early prescribed to myself, the rule to abstain from taking an active part .n the conflict of politics. Hence, in thirty. two years, 1 have not once been to the Polls, or to a party meeting. Thii official reserve has, however, never prevented me from dis cussing with the spirit of a freeman, in the casual intercourse of society, the merits of all public measures of my time. Thus it has often fallen in my tray to bear zealous testimony to the distinguished services of lGeneral Harrison bah as a statesman and a soldier. With those services I hare long been familiar, and can only attribute to 'gross ignorance or to party malignity, the recent imputations to which you allude. Ifat the end of the late war with Great Britain, or nt the end of that so successfully waged by Gen. Wayne against the North western Indians, any person had shame lessly impeached the courage of General Harrison, ho would, I am fully persuaded, have had not only his patriotism but his "courage denied by every honest hearted American. It was never my fortune to serve in the anme field with General Har rison. But 1 well remember the admira tion entertained by my immediate associates in arms for the Hero of Tippecanoe. Fort 11Ieias and the River Thames. This sentiment, as far as ever 1 knew or believed 11' DI common throughout our Armies, both officers and men, placing him, with one ac cord, in the class of our most gallant and succesafal mainlanders. Without meaning to violate the self-im posed restriction mentioned above, I cannot, being directly appealed to by your respec tabla committee, withhold this bumble tes timony from an old brother soldier who has been so unjustly assailed in this late day of his fair renown. 1 remain, my dear, Sir, with high re +pect, your obedient servant. W INFIELD SCOTT. Samnel A Purviance, Esq., on behalf of the Tippecanoe Club of Butler Co Pu. A WONDERFUL ESCAPE.—The attack was made upon Indian Key by the savages, early in the night. When they came around the house of Dr. Perrin, he addres sed them from the cupola of his house in Spanish, telling them that as he was a physician they could have no motive for injuring him or his family, upon which they went away. They returned again, howev er, at about two o'clock at night, and with a hideous war whoop rushed upon the house, buret in thirdoois, and ascended to the cu pola. In this extremity Dr. Perrin had fastened down the scuttle door, which de layed the Indians a little; but they soon forced it, and with a yell fell upon their victim. Mrs. Perrin, with two daughters and a son, fourteen years old, fled to the back part of the, house which stood offthe beach, and let themselves down through a loose floor into the water, which was four feet deep. One of the daughters had just recovered so far from a fever as to be able to sit up• The) stood until one o'clock of the coming day. During this time the In dians plundered the house and once came and lifted up a loose board over their heads and looked down. But this was during the night and the party were not seen- The noise made by a parcel of turtles which were confined nearby, perhaps saved them. After the Indians bad plundered the house, they set it on fire, and when it was nearly all burned, the position of the family became insupportably hot, so that the lad said he would rather be killed by the indians than burnt to death there. In this extremity he was allowed to passout, and, as he met with no molestation, the ladies soon follow ed. They directly saw the boy at some distance from the shore, making for a boat and beckoning them to come on. They l i did so as fast as possible, and soon found themselves in a large scow, which the In diana had brought as near the shore as they could and had already partly loaded with plunder. There weresetting poles on board, and the party plied their seamanship with all their might, and were hardly beyond the reach of rifle shot, when they saw two Indians come from a storehouse on the beach loaded with plunder, apparently for this very boat. Providence assisted them, and, after a day of toil in which they were burn ed and blistered by the sun, they wereta ken up by a small vessel and made to feel that they were safe and among kind friends. —Jour. of Com. STEAD/BOAT ACCIDENT.—The steam, boats Fayette, Field, master, and Pike- Powers, master, came in contact with each other, on the night of the 16th inst., about 8 o'clock, opposite to Wid . owllam's place, about six miles below Alton, by which ac eident the Pike was sunk—she went down in about three minutes after the collision, and fortunately only one lite was lost, (a little child.) The St. Louis Republican of the 21st ultimo, says a report was in town yesterday that four other lives were lost, which turns nut to be untrue, as those persons left the wreck after the accident, in a ya NI and came down to St. Louis and are safe. The boat was laden with lead and some few packages of merchandise. The cabin separated from the hull and drifted several miles, and was towed ashore by the Fayet te. It is thought the engine will be recov ered. She sunk in 10 feet or more water. A NOTHER. —On the 7th instant, the stea mer Euphrasie, in descending the Missou ri, run oil a snag about 4 miles below Glas gow, and sunk in about 10 feet water.— Boat a total loss. Had on board 71 hhds. tobacco, and 150 pieces of bale rope and flagging. The engine, and possibly the furniture aud cargo may be recovered. —••••• 411 Imo.. • A BRIDEGROOM KILLED.—The Mercer (Pa.) Luminary detailes the particulars of a frightful catastrophe. "A tew evenings since, It is stated, Mr. John Boutslass, of New Bedford, in Mercer county, was married to a young lady, d 'tighter of Mr. Hyde, of Vernon, Ohio; and on the following afternoon, just before leaving for this place, his brother in-law UPZEVOLEIS aPtioo 84100 asked Mr. D. to look at a young horse Le had pup-based, and while leading it towards the hou.c, with a halter round its neck, his wile came ont, and remarked that she could ride it. lie took hold of hsr, as though he was going to put her on its back, at which it to fright; and riming close by another horse, the latter kicked him. on the back, which knocked him down, and the halter becoming fastened round his hand, he was drawn over a pile or weed, and then ter the distance of fifteen or twenty rods, the horse at full speed; until they reached a cross fence, when the side of his head struck the corner of a panne! of the fence fracturing his scull in a most shocking manner, and striking with such force, as to _move the • rails several feet. and the sudden halt throw ing the horse flat upon the ground. His leg was also broken and dreadfully man gled, either when he struck the fence, or by coming in contact with something on the way. "Mr. Douglass lingered until Saturday morning, at times showing signs ofsensibil ity, and occasionally uttering a few words —when he caviled." NOVEL ixasTazca.—in Englishman named Penny has invented an inkstand which prevents the ink becoming mouldy or evaporating. He has applird the prin ciple of the air pomp in such a way that by turning a screw the cap of the inkstand is instantly supplied with pure filtered ink, from a reservoir below, into which reservoir the ink in the cup decends again. when a re serve turn is given to the screw. On its upward journey it passes through a small sieve of fine silver wire, by which all impu rities are excluded. The contrivance is ingenious and works admirably; giving to the filter inkstands a manifest superiority over any other kind in existence. The Baltimore Sun, alluding to the late free bankers of that city, says: "The people of Baltimore have been du ped into confidence in the promiees to pay money of F. H. Knapp, E. F. Cook and Thomas Pennington; and . these men have robbed the people of Baltimore aforesaid, by shutting up their offices and running away. The two former have been caught, put into jail and subsequently released on bail. Where is the latter! aye, where is Torn Pennington?" Tne LOST Beats FonNn.—Most orour readers have seen historical notices of the misfortunes of the family of the Rev. Mr. Caldwell of New Jersey, in the revolution. ary war. Mr. C. was pastor of the Pres. byterran church at F.lizabethtown, and like most of the clergy of that church, at that time, was a zealous whig. His activity against the British, made him a mark for their vengeance, and in one of their fre quent incursions into that neighborhood, when he was from home, a soldier deliber ately levelled his musket at Mrs. Caldwell, while on her knees at prayea, and fired, killing her instantl3. The party then re treated, carrying off several articles of plun der end among them Mr. Caldwell's family bible. Not long ago, and more than sixty years after the event we have been recording an old woman living on Long bland, called on one of the grandchildren of Mr. Cald well, at Morristown. N. J. and presented this indentical bible. containing the family record as made by Mr. C. in his own hand writing—then the record as made by the soldier who stole it, and various memoran • da by subsequent passessor&—Philadel phia Sentinel. CANDID AND Fant.—The following par• agraph it from the Cincinnati Steamer, a full blooded Van Buren paper: WHAT WE WILL NEVER DO.—We will never call General Harrison a coward, for we b e li eve b e i s b r ave. We will never call him morally dishonest, for we believe he possesses sterling integrity—compared to the MIAs of mankind. A SWARTWOUTER TAKEN.—Proler. the blacking maker who recently absconded from New York, and who not only ewin• died the merchants ofNew York out , of about $lOO,OOO, but wrote back insulting letters, taunting them with their simplicity in letting him do so. the New York Sun, says, has been arrested in Holland, and made to "deliver up the deposites." A strapping New Yorker pursued me ,runaway in one of the steam packets, got to Holland before him and actually made a prisoner of him on board the ship in which he had left America. A woman is the very person who should hare all the queurrelling, to herself. Let her talk It out. Put your feet up coozily over the fire place—loll back in your r— ligh t one of your best cigars—toss the clouds up at convenient intervals, and let the storm rage on—say noshing—make no answer to anything, and then comes the grand ospla. stun which precedes the breaking out of the great domestic illuminator: "Billy! Billyll Billy!!! If you dont speak Isball burst!!!!" THE FEE TRADE.—According to a St. Louis paper, the value of the furs and pal. tries obtained by the American Fur Com. pane last yesr, consisting of beavPr, buMlo, otter aed deer skins, was 5250,000. The branch of the Hudson Bay Company ia. the Columbia has obtained the present sea son about one hundred packs of beavety worth at least 640,000; two thirds of wltiA has been taken on the territory claimed by the United States.
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