AMERICAN VOLIINTEEB. UY SANDERSON] ?c CORNMAN CARLISLE: THURSDAY, MARCH JJ9* 1W39. fcrrTlic approaching courts will afford mlny of our subscribers an opportunity of liquidating the amounts which stand against them on our books. The sums though small, will be of immense importance to us, as we have several payments to make this spring which cannot be delayed. |C7*The proceedings of the "military meeting” at Leesburg, came to hand too late for publication. jQ“ThoBe of our subscribers in town and .country, who change their place of residence, will please notify us of their ‘whereabouts,’ so that their papers may receive the proper directions. A Chance for Farmers.—By reference to our advertising columns,-our .readers will' perceive that two fine Durham, Bulls arc of fered for sale near the Carlisle Iron Works. As these noble animal* are held at an ex tremely low price, we would advise all who wish to procure one of them to be early in their application, as they will no doubt be disposed of in a very short time. We invite,the attention of our readers to our first page for an interesting debate in the Senate, relative to the payment of the troops. The name of the Post Office in South Mid dleton township has been changed from "Kidderminster” to Papertown, and Wil liam B. Mdixin. Esq. appointed Postmas ter. At a meeting of the managers of thenar lisle and Hanover Turnpike Road Company on Thursday the 14th inst., Major Thomas Craighead, was elected Treasurer of said Company for the ensuing year. The following is the result of the election for officers in the Borough of Shippensburgi on Friday the 15th inst. Chief Burgess —Robert Cochran. Assistant Burgess —Samuel Paguc. Town Council —Ephraim Mull, Jacob Pogue. John Dumbaugh, James Griffin and Anthony Wolf. __ Town Clerk —Jacob Steinman. School Directors —George M’Oinnis, Esq. and Peter S/Artz. Constable— James R. Scott. Col. Parsons, the now Senator fromthe "Lycoming district, delivered his first speech, in the Senate on yesterday week. It is said to have been one of the most splendid speci mens of eloquence ever made in tha^hody — and, indeed, judging from the writhing and contortions of the opposition -it must have been ‘gall and wormwood’ to the federalists in that body. The ‘flying pheno menon,’ alias Mr. Speaker Penrose, we un derstand was literally flayed alive by this eloquent the rights of the peo ple. We hopC/to be able to lay the speech before pur.readers shortly. The Legislature adjourned yesterday, to meet again on the 7th of May. , The prin cipal business expected to be transacted at the extra session, is the passage of certain laws rendered necessary by the adoption of the amended'constitution. ~ Canal Navigation has commenced. Wa ter was let into the Pennsylvania Canal on Wednesday the 20th inst.. and the Packet Boats'commenced , running on Friday. THE CLOSE OE THE SESSION. \Va invite the attention of our readers to the able article below, from the 1 ‘ Old Bovtin ion,” a staunch democratic paper published at Porlsmouth,Va; Itia a graphic delineation of the proud position which the National Ad ministration now occupies before the Amer: lean people, and must be peculiarly encour aging to the" democracy of the country who have ro nobly-sustained .the present distin guished Chief Magistrate of the Republic.-- Let every on* read it, and then judge for himself. ■ The twenty-fifth Congress—has ended hurtfully, if not fatallyi to the amalgamated opposition, for the very reason that its in congruous amalgamation gave it the majority and foe sway : tntrc. It is, we an opinion, of one of our most sagacious states men, foe President, that it is, better for the uema&rktic party, if not mostly, at any rate wforCfetea^inoTity-inoneoftiiohohses of Congress, in order , that the responsibility of rule, may be withtiie Opposition, and that | their invariable misrule may be manifested to the people. Mr. Crittenden s more * hal {. old Federal movement against, liber y' speech, press, and every thing f free, was a signal’betrayal orpnnap'es. an signally, not merely defeated but demolished. That effort and its frustration are volumes of nroof ’that the black cockade dogmas are not dead but only sleeping in the bosom of their advocates, and that themnnc.ples as well as the talents of the republican members of the Senate are conspicuously superior to the Opposition. That Mr. Calhoun worsts Mr. Clay in every encountre, is well nigh universally acknowledged by all candid au ditors. that the great Whig candidate is inferior in the powers of reason', research, and information, however he may excel in oratory or rhetorick, to his Eastern rival for the Presidency, and to several of the Democratic Senators, is indisputable, although partisan prejudice may assert the contrary in letters and newspapers. This inability of the chief to maintain the mastery apparent to all, to gether with the blunders of his colleague into the damned doctrines, of castaway Federal ism, made continual and deep impressions during the. late Congress, on general senti ment which must spread and last. On all occasionswithoutexception'the heterogeneous ] coalition, of which Messrs* Clay, AVebster, j Rives, and Preston were the jar-! ring components, was overthrown in Senate. In the House of. Representatives, the only grand attempt, was to.makc something out of Swartwout’a defaltations-a poor dunghill 1 'at best, so much dug at by inferior-politicians, as to be in bad odour with roost considerate persons—and so completely overwhelmed by the outbreak of the Maine excitement as to become very, insignificant. The session which was t'ojiave ended'with the fireworks of the Investigating Committee, closed in a blaze of glory for the country, the Adminis tration, and the President in particular.— Never before was such trust spontaneously (for lie did not suggest it,) bestowed by Con gress on a Chief Magistrate.- Let us add, never was a more general sentiment ihg that he deserves it, than the present calm and provident, disinterested -and s/r/e—for every one feels that.tho public,interests are, safe in his'cizre—executor of the popular will. Purse and sword,"war and peace, millions of hard monay, and .thousands of soldier!', sai lors, forts, ships, and all the issues ofhostlli ties or pacification which-the Constitution, sparingly trusts •to Congress, by Congress' placed at his disposition, and sooth to say, Martin Van Boren proclaimed Dictator hy those Who but lately vowed uncompromising hostility to him. Can his bitterest enemies, after this, question his deserts for re-elec? tion? They.who by acclamation, have con fided the'entire destinies of the country to his-safe conduct? And we venture to an swer for. them, that they- ovary on«,af if dispassionately inquired of, will own that hedesrrves this immense trust. Really, the close of the twenty-fifth Congress is fulKof moral. The fourth of March waablacOlon day to Mr. Tallmadgc with his unemrtpromi singhostility to Mr. Van Buren, tnWr. Bay ard with his expunging resolution, never to be moved again by him, instead of annually. And what shall we say of.it as regards Mr. Rives? Why, that if he/liad staid with his principles, he would now be most probably sent on the brilliant-special mission to Eng land, instead of retiring by compulsion, as it is said he means, to France, for seclusion from Virginmf while Mr. Niles, Mr. Rive S’s exponent, goes home to be, if not the Gover nor of Connecticut, at-nll events the demo- for that high station. Itwould be easy to pursue this moral through its de velopemcnts on the House of Representatives just dissolved: but we leave it to others, The opposition in that Congress have done much for, and deserved well 01, the democracy which is not theirs. Their misrule and false steps will tell powerfully for the Presidential election, and the cs/nWis/ied aaecndency of those contemptuously miscalled Van Buren men bvarrogant partisans always denouncing him, but who took almost the lead, struggled hard for it, at the end of the session, to show that Mb. Van Buren’s wisdom and patriotism entitle him to'be the hcad of the great popu lar interest, whose principles lie administers - -with surpassing acceptance for the common welfare of this great republican ' empire.— The Opposition have mane Him President for i six years more by their support, as they first elected him by opposition.!That he is made . of’sterling, though not glittering stuff, a great act of Congress has accorded beyond contra , diction.’ And the coming elections for the House ®l" Representatives in the. States of Virginia, North Carolina, Alabama, Mississi pi, Tennessee, Kentucky, Maryland, and Conneticut, will demonstrate that, no longer i confiding in the clamorous denunciations vox : et preterea ni/iiTof iil continued opposition, a large majority of American freemen, look " ing to tlie actsTSther, than The words of his antagonists, are his determined supporters in the radical measure of his day to restore, to 1 the people, to industry, property and true e ■ conomy their standard value, usurped by false ; banking and incorporated-paper mills, which I the twenty-sixth Congress will infallibly set right. We cannot-more fitly conclude this mere sketch of the face of'things, .of the ' twenty-fifth Congress than by a profil eof the three personages, on the certain intelligence i reaching Washington—memorable daylybf the result of the senatorial election at Rich mond, When Mr. Van Buren is, said to Have ' entertained. the Philadelphia bank president and thd Virginia ex-Senator, with all, the lit tle Magicianls suavity, tact, and bland wel i come at tlie White House. What enterlain i merit for to introduce such guests at his presi ■ dential table; to bring them togcther there; to ' make them acquainted' with each otber;*to i define his own and their relative and fespec : live positions by a handful of hospitality,— I All that was wanting was that Mr. Tallmadge ; should havehcen oftheparty tohavc squared thc-TriaravlrateJ'. rarewell tyrenty--fiftl) gg) se, We* I c ait o( u n tee v. Congress! Though *he first session came in like a lion on the .President, the last went out like.a lamb. This majority in the twen ty-sixth Congress is as certain as any future event. It is desirable-that a stout and jeal ous opposition should be kept up. But that neither National nor State Banks, border feuds dr public-defaulters, will be able to cope with the Administration, or disturb its ways of pleasantness and march of peace, is comfortably certain. MILITARY MEETING. Pursuant to a call of the Major Command ing the 2d Battalion of Cumberland Volun teers, a large and enthusiastic meeting was held at the Armory of the Mechanicsburg military association, on Saturday the 2Sd ot March inst., to express their sentiments re lative to the border difficulties. Major JACOB RKHRAR, was called to the chair; Captain Jacob Dousheimer, Capt. William Bioley, Serg’t. J. Rupley and-S. Kirtlin, were appointed Vice Presidents; and Lieut, Jacob Jsmminger, Mjulant L. I Zerbyand Charles Boher, Secretaries. | Oil motion, A. E. Cox, Capt. John Molt/., 1 George Rupert, George Thorley, Samuel | George, John Emminger, l,icut. Charles Schriner, .C. C. Rupp, John H. Duey, John Post, David Criswell, Quarter Master John Bowcrmaster and William Phillips, were appointed a committee to draft resolutions, who unanimously instructed their chairman to report the following, which were adopted by the very large assemblage, with but one dissenting voice: Whereat, circumstances have recently transpired upon our northern frontier, tin cat ching to involve the American nation iu a war with its old and determined foe; the result of an unjustifiable and unwarrantable at tempt to take and keep possession of a tract of country, clearly and beyond doubt the properly of ot r sister state of Maine—which attempt, as is alleged by the colonial officers of New Brunswick, is made by and under the authority of her Brittanic majesty?s gov ernment. Mnd whereas, the President of the United ; States has been’ in consequence, authorized ' by an actof Congress, to receive the servi ces of 50,000 volunteers, to,resist anyhos tile attempts that may be made byAhat an cient enemy of American liberty, Great i Britain, to'acquire possession-of a portion of our soiTcontrary to all claimof right and-, of justice. Therefore, / . I Resolved, unanimously, that the Major commanding the of Cumber land Volunteers, be', and'hereby is, request- j ed to tender the services' of the whole of said ; Battalion to thh President of the U. States, 1 informing hjm that we are ready to march at a-inomerit’s warning, to sustafn either the honor crlhcintercstsofour beloved country, Rewlved, That however “ pacific ” the ] character of the “latest news” . from Abe,; frontier may no,' wercannot Uetieve frontAhe I known temper, tactics,, and duplicity of the ] British nation, that all danger is over; and we look upon any one, who, under the plea of the “inexpediency” of the call," would shrink from tendering his services to his country, as craven spirited, and unworthy the naine'ofan American.soldier. Resolved, That the firm, manly, and in- ] trcpid conduct of Mr. Fairfield, Governor of Maine, is such an one as exalted patriot-1 ism would dictate well worthy a descendant of the stock of the revolutionary sires of New England, and should meet with a hearty re sponse in the bosom of every patriot. Resolved, That the immediate and unani mous response of the President and Congress of the U. States, to the call of Maine, was worthy of the representatives of a nation of freemen, affording the gratifying evidence that na member of our great confederacy can be insulted bj a foreign foe with impu nity. . ' •Resolved, That it be recommended _to each Captain attached to the 2nd Battalion of Cumberland Volunteers, Jo_furnish die "Major commanding with a statement of the full number of their respective companicsgs soon as practicable. On motion, Resolved, That the proceedings be pub lished in all the county papers. MILITARY MEETING-. At a meeting of .a number of the enrolled inhabitants residing within the bounds of the 2Sd Regiment P. M., held at the centre Schoolhouscin Southampton township.on Sa turday the 23d of March, on motion Lieut. ROBERT McCUNE, was, called to the chair; Maj. Henry Reduce ami Lieut. Elias llocii, appointed Vice Presidents; and HU liam R. Cummins, Secretary. On motion Thomas H. Britton, Abraham Hoch and Daniel Golden, were appointed a committee to draft resolutions. The committee haying retired, a short time reported the following; which were.unanimonsly adopted: TFhercas, as citizens and soldiers, agree-' ably to the laws regulating our militia sys tem, we have a fight to choose such officers to command us as we deem proper: And whereas out own convenience, the preserva tion of-the militia system and the good or der of our .common country require us to select such -men for our offices as will act with impartiality and firmngs’ in the dis charge of the duties of the stations to which we may elect them; And whereas,.on elec tion Will be held at Mount Rock i Rhoads’ School-house, on the 6th of April next, for the purpose of electing a Colonel for the 23d Regiment P. M., to supply the vacancy oc casioned by the resignation of Colonel Peter Lesher, of said Regiment., Resolved, That we have every confidence in the : military talents,, impartiality and worthiness of Copt. JAMES CHESNUT, ahd will uae all fair and honorable-means to sechre his election as Colonel of said Regi ment. • ’ . i. Resolved, That we claim one of the;Col oneleasiraatter-iOtright and equity, which ww tfngt Will be awarded ntl. Jletolued, That the following gentlemen compose a committee of vigilance:' Henry Hippensteel, Capt. John W. Clever, Geo. Hammel, jr. Mi;j. D.Ruhshari'apt. WilliaiiT M’Cune, Hamiltonßarckley, Col. J. Wine coop, Captain. M. C. Donaldson, Major D. Wherry, John Highlands, David Clever. Eso. Michael Wild, Capt J. Chcsncll, Jo seph Crcsler, Eetoloei, That the proceedings of this meeting bo published’ in the Shippensburg Herald and Carlisle papers. PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATURE. March 16, 1839. The following bill was reported yesterday b? J. Cunningham, from the committee oh vice and immoralitv: An, Act supplementary to an act entitled “An act relating to Inns, Taverns, ami Retailers of Vinous anti Spirituous Tfi quors,” passed eleventh .March, one thou sand e’g'it hundred and thirty-four. Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of sßeprcsentativcs of the Com monwealth of Pennsylvania in general /as sembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same. That from anil after ! the passage of this act, it shall be the duty i of the qualified electors, of the several .bo roughs, wards and townships of this Com . monwealth, annually, at the time and places |of electing constables, to vote a written or printed ticket, labelled on ike outside “liq uors,” and on the inside “sale, or "no sale,” which tickets shall be received at the-saine ■ time, and kept ami counted nut in the same manner that tickets.fur the d.fl.-rpnt borough, ward and township officers,like rece.ved, kept and .counted,- and when it shall .appear that after closing the polls and; qouuting r fhe : votes, that a..majori>y of sa d votes arc in fa ’ vor ot' n'iV'sale, that then no Tiers m within ■ i the limits of the said borough, ward or town-1 ; ship thus deciding, shall be permitted to sell any yinpu.s or spirituous liquors by a less quaiitityvtharr five gallons; to be-taken away 'at the same time, under a penalty of ten I dollars for the first offence, twenty dollars -for the second, and fitly dollars for the third ■ and every subseqacnt.,olfence, to be recov-_ ered as debts of a similar kind are by law recoverable. The one half informer, and the other half to be paid over to the ov erseers or directors of. the poor in the bo rough, ward or township in winch the of fence was committed, for the benefit of the i j poor. -' r . 'I I Sect. 2. A certified rcturn-of the vntes so | g'ven, shall be made hy f he officers of said j i elcction-to the several courts in said coun-| ! ties in which the said elections are heW, i which returns shall be made in the way and manner, and subject to the like conditions and'penalties provided by the itet regulating ;-the returns of the elet tion of I 'constables. Sect S. At the next session of the Court i of Quarter Sessions, after the vote shall have rocerfiTaTCch,' as directed'by tlte of this act, in any borough, ward or town ■ ship in which a majority of the votes polled j were in favor of “sale,” the said court shall grant a privilege or license to what they may : deem a sufficient number of taverns f.r the | sale or retail of vinous yr spirituous liquors. I The person making application to said c urt shall produce a certificate upon the oath or j affirmation of two respectable citizens, sigu jed before a judge, alderman or justice of the ■ peace, that the person so applying is of good [ moral character, and provided with a suffi ciency of bedding, house room, stabling, and other' neccssnries i for a tavern or public house: ProviJe.l, ‘that no person to whom said license is granted, shall be required to pay any sum or sums of money as an equiv alent; The Intelligencer is very pathetic upon th.e subject of the adniission of- Mr. Parsons upon a return that had not comethroughthe hands of the Secretary, and castigates Mr. Bell, a Ritncr member, for voting in favor of his.admission. It says that this decision is reversing the principles laid down at the opening of the session, and “rece ting from the ground then taken ly the Sena'e. ,, We can tell the Intelligencer that the ground taken at the opening of the session, will have to be “receded from” by those who took It, or they wilTstand, alone; the con tempt of fhe honest of all parties. The con demnation, of a virtuous people-has been heard in the election of Messrs. Miller and Parsons, and the day is .coming, when_ those who were the principle Ritner actors in the last election campaign, and in. the sub.e quently disgraceful and treasonable attempt to “treat the election as if Iheyliad not been defeated ,” will wish fur themselves and their posterity, that their names were changed, or that the proceedings of public meetings, the t‘Sturgeon,- Stonedreaker,; Peg Beatty and Dutch Hoo stories with-all the ccrtifl catcS, affidavits, forgeries and perjuries con nected therewith, were blotted out and for gotten; and the records of the Senate burnt up and destroyed. , our ; country-had.never before seen ‘.‘corruption boil . and bubble,” as it did, during the year 1838, and we trust they will be’saved from a like sight hereaf ter. We are certain no such- motly.throng can ever again be congregated in Pennsylva nia. The prophecy of Nicholas Biddle must be fulfilled—‘-Toe peni'enjian] WILL re claim its fugitives in office,” an honest com munity. “ will scourge back to their homes” those whom. Governor Ritner had gathered around.him from all parts of the world, and who were banded together by their common hatred rtf democracy, and desire for. power and plunder. . Tlie..stains of their unhallowed han Is, are to be seen on every thing which they touch ed, and two years at least will be required for a thorough cleansing. Our' treasury bankrupted, our canals and;rail roads, dila-. pidated, and thc character of our beloved. Commonwealth as tin honest .peace: loving,, and law respecting community tarnished; and all dohe.by a party tyho for purposes ol deception took-for.lheir motto: “The suprer mecy of the Iswm’iWJKsw/Ofie. MAINE. ’ -The only .'news from M airte which .’We find, s contained in the following letter from the Vugusta correspondent of the Boston-Atlas,- lated on Monday last. No hews, is said to be gpnd news, if bo, we have an abundance of good news from the East. From such information'as we have, it •ppears, that'all is quiet on the borders so far as the two belligerent parties are.concern ccl. The reports that have reached us from time to time of the extensive preparations that were being made by S.r John Harvey, I have but little doubt were much exaggera ted. 1 learn the same exaggerations were made in the Province of New Brunswick in relation to our forcer' It was reported there at one; time that Maine had actually fifty thousand men inAhe field, and it wassupposed an attack on Fred erickton was contemplated.” Great efforts have been made to exasperate dispeople who live-on the borders against each other. A trifling circumstance that odcuned at Haul ton has, excited much feeling in the Province. A few of one of the companies of riflemen, oh one occasion, used one of the prints that are hawked about the country as:portraits of queen Victoria, as a target in their expe rimental shooting. As soon ns the transac- j tion came to the knowledge of Gen. Hotlsdon; he reprim wiled the individu ds concerned severely for the act. The affiir became knownin New Biunswirk, and highly ex aggerated accounts of it have been in circu lailininall parts of the Province. It has been represented as a deliberate attempt to insult the Queen —‘hi.t it was countenanced |by our officers. This inflamed the ind g la i tio.ij of every loyal subject of her mnjesty, and fora time an American citizen was hard ly considered safe in some purls of the Pro v.nre. 11l the Utilise tc-itry, the Resolves repor-. ted by Mr. Cole, from the committee on the North Eastern Boundary were,recommitted. Tl.ere wgs.no. jlcbatc on the subject. , ‘ ■" Penmylbatnan. From the New York Evening Pcs(. From tob East. —At the last advices from the the Maine- fun es still retained peaceable und~uiidisputcd posession ol die Aroostook countiy, while S.r John Jlarvey occupied the Tob.que settlement with a mil itary force ofabout one hundred and twenty five men. The resolution authorizing; the Governor, to withdraw the military force whenever he ' has satisfactory assurance from Sir John Mar- 1 vcv that helias abandoned the idea ot expell ing our f,. ice, or resisting our attempts to drive-off trespafsers, at the same time keep-1 inga sufficient number to protect the Urrito rv, parsed the Senate.-ot Maine-on the iiisi. ’Hie same res dution was taken up-in the House the next day, after-amend ment unanimously adopted.; U-’he following account is given by the Augusta correspon dent of the Boston Morning Pos : The resolve on the Boundary, which passed our Senate on Tuesday, came up in the House the same day. on its pissage to be engrossed. 1 An amendment was offered by Mr. Uelesder- j j nei', to the effect that the military force shall, not be withdrawn until the Lt. Governor of| New Brunswick shall abandon his claim to exclusive jurisdiction over the disputed ter-i ritory, which led to much debate, but the j House adjourned without taking any quesoj I tion. This morning, the mover of the above j 1 amendment withdrew it, and offered another, j I striking out all the original Resolve, and, inserting new ones, which are in substance 1 as follows: | They affirm the indefeasible right of Maine tn exercise Exclusive jurisdiction over the whole of the disputed territory, but waive for the present the exercise of such jurisdiction over that part of the territory heretofore in British pnsession. They, however, declare it to be the duty of Maine to exorcise juris i diction over the whole territory, so far as I jurisdiction is involved in the expulsion of trespassers, and the protection of the public property. ' They furthermore authorize the Governor fo withdraw the military, when he is satisfied that they are not necessary to sustain the civil force-on the territory. i All expressed themselves satisfied with the 'Resolycsas thcy Would stand,'by lheamend ment-after which they were unanimously adopted. {From the New Orleans Courier.) LATEST FROM MEXICO. The schr. G II Wetter, Capt. Delville, arrived from Vcni Cruz, which place she left on the®2sth of February,, reports that there were about 12Efiglish vessels off,the coast. Packenhain was expected to arrive from the citv of Mexico, to hold a conference with the French admiral, the object of which was not, known. The New Orleans Courier of March 11th has the following. It is so characteristically Mexican,rthat we fear there may be truth in if. If the circumstances beasthiy are narra ted, it forms another heavy item in the long acru initiating. ou tr; g:s and wrongs inflicted with impunity upon the United States,by the people of Mexic >. • - Jin American ('omul murdered under ittndion nf Mixtcan Jht‘horitiis.—\Ve have seen a letter addressed to one of our most respectable commercial Houses of this city, from’ the coast of Mexico, from undoubted authority, which states that Mr. Langdon, the American Consul for l.aguna Terminus, lied a few days previous from blows received from a negro’at liaguna, (under sanction ot one of their Justices,) and after being most cruelly treated, he was sent to a duf goon where he remained three nights with con demned crimin|rtsTfi , om whence he succeeded in escaping with his lady to a,small villagi between that-and Campeachy; where he diet -if his wounds. His . lady .had gone up tr. Cnmpcnchy, and an order from the old Judge had fullowcd hcrto bringher backAo l.aguna, to answer the charges against her husband. Z.XST OF JL OTS. The following is the List of Acts of_a' public nature passed at the third session of thetwenty-fifth.Congress: An act making, appropriations in-part for the support of Government for 1839. Ah act making appropriations for the civil and diplomatic expenses of Government for the’year. 1839, . / - An act,, making for the support of the army for the year 1839, An act making appropriations for the cur rent and contingent expenses of the Indian department and forfulfilling treaty stipula tions with the various Indian tribes for 1859. An act making appropriations for prevent ing and'suppressing Indian hostilities for the year 1839. An act making appropriations for the naval service for 1839. An act making appropriations for the pay ment of the revolutionary and other pension ers of the United States forTBS9- ' Ah act to pwAibit the giving or accepting, within the distrait ofColuiribia, of a challenge to fight a duel, and for punishment thereof. An act to abolish imprisonment for debt in certain cases. An act to provide for carrying into effect, the convention between the Uuited States of America, and the Republic of Texas, for making the boundary between them. An act to provide for the location and temporary support of tile Seminole Indians removed from Florida. An ret to revive and extend an act to au thorise the issuing of Treasury notes to meet the current expenses of the Government, ap proved 21st May, 1838. An a<tt to repeal the provision to the 2d section of an act approved March, 1837, which authorized the Secretary of the Treas jury to .compromise (lie claims of the Uuited States against certain .banks. ; An act providing for paying three com patlics of militia in the State oflndiana, call- I ed into the service of the U. States. An act to amend : an act “An act regulating, the pay and .emoluments of brevet officers,” approved April 16, 181 An act giving to the President of the U. Slates -ridditional powers for the defence of the U. States, in certain cases against inva sion and for other purposes. An act to provide for the erection of a fire proof building fur the use of the General Post Office Department. . ■„ An act to provide for taking the sixth cen sus or enumeration of the inhabitants of the X 7. States. A resolution to authorize'the purchase of an Island in the"river Delaware, called the lea Patch, and for other purposes. A resolution presenting the thanks of Con gress to George Washington La Fayette, the son? and to the surviving family of General ,La Fayette. AWFUL NEWS FROM GUADALOPE. I 'pwarda nf four thousandpcrsqns.hillcd Ly the Earthquake The New Orleans Conrmerical Bulletin says: From our files of Havana papers re ceived yesterday, we learn that the earth quake recently, experienced in Martinique [ and other windward islands with such fear j ful consequences, has had still more disas trous effect in Guudal.ipr. There the victiriis extracted from the ruins of buildings are stqtcd to have exceeded fo,ur thousand! This 'truly appalling intelligence is received through the captain of the American brig l Madrid from Barbadoes which arrived at [Trinidad de Cuba about the 6th ull. We j a ivait the details of.lhis visitation with im- I patience. PROPRIATION BILL. THE A The appropriation -bill which’passed the House of Representatives of this State on Saturday last contains appropriations toahe amount of about thrcei millions of dullart— the greater part-of which is to be applied'to debts due for repairs under Ritm-.r and to repairs: for the present season. The North Branch canal and Erie extension each receive 300,000 dollais, and the Sinnemahoning ex tension 7,500 dollars—These are the only unfinished works to which appropriations have been made. It is said this bill will.pass the Senate and become a laiv. ' Chambersburg Telegraph, The Girard Bank and Jhe Slate Loan. We are pleased to inform our numerous readers, that the Girard Bank has'taken the state loan 'of one million two hundred thou sand dollars, notwiths'anding the unholy combination of Biddle and his bank, advised by that "arch money fiend,'.’ so well known on change as' the skulking,.deep, dark, de signing shaver, always plotting and planning i g dust the needy and virtuous of this com munity. Like the hungry and blood-thirsty leech, he sticks to his subject, and shows by Ids pale face and sidling gait, Ids craving and meditating thirst for ill-gotten gain and usu rious rate of interest. t „ To the Girard Bank, (although opposed to all monieil institutions) we say, well done! . you deserve credit for having come out from anio’ g the conspirators against the people’s administration, under. Governor Porter.—• Oar present executive richly deserves and will greatly receive, the thanks and gratitude of the people of this commonwealth 1 , for his determined stand against Biddle’s.bank and . its various efforts to compel him.to take the . loan from,it, and thereby acknowledge the legality of a charter obtained by fraud, treach* ery, corruption anti falsehood. Philadelphia Spirit of the Times, Gen'l. Elehsar IF. Ripley. —We notice with deep regret the death of this gallant veteran, at his seat at Clinton, Louisiana*— A. braver officer our army could, not boast ,if; v His brilliant conduct in the sortie from 'Fort Erie, in the last war, is familiar to US' •»ll; . Ip tliat victorious action, he received a dangcrouswound:in the neck, from which— be never fully rebovieeed. t . , /
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