TEKMS OP PBBUCATIOiV. ‘g2 00 per annum, in advance—or g 2 50, if not paid within the year. No subscription taken for a less term than six 'months, anijao discontinuance permitted ’until oil arrearages are paid. A. failure to notify a discontinuance at the expiration of a term, will be considered a new engagement. : Advertisements S* 0® P er square for the tthree first insertions, and Mventy five cents for every subsequent one* - - - HOTEL, WEST HIGH STREET OARI.JSI.E. Tlie subscriber respectfully informs his friends and the public generally that he has taken that well known tavern stand at the West end of High street, in Carlisle, for merly kept by Mr. Henry Rhoads, - and that the \stiow prepared to accommodate Drovers , Waggoners, Travellers,' 'and all others who 'may favor him with a call, in the very best 'manner. • His Table will be constantly furnished with the best the country can produce.. His Bar is supplied with the choicest liquors, • and his Stable which is large and convenient, will be in charge of a careful and attentive "ostler. He flatters himself that, from his experi "ence as an Innkeeper, he will be able to tender general satisfaction. GEORGE SHAFFER. Carlisle, May 2, 1839. , 1 ' tf UAiIDWABE & GROCERY STQ R,E. ■ yßTiE’subscriber respectfully informs hisfriends _|_ and the public in general that lie has Just received from the city of Baltimore, an extensive assortment of merchandize suitable to the pres ent and approaching season, such as .SA.SUD'WAsO, 'Consisting of Case Knives and Forks, Spoons, Turks. Balls, Hinges and Screws, Pen and Pock et Kni»es, R iz >rs, Packs ami Sprigs, Spades l<f -•Shovels,, Hay ami Dung Forks, sevthe stones, •rakes. £cc. 6cc. .Also, superior JJmcrican ■and English Scythes. Mo !i IS also on hand an excellent assortment of Patent Family Medicines, such as. pills, oils ;md » of Essences. lie Ij.isalsion hand H -CnC ttledic.ioeS, such as the • "t)d~i'f“6’pTke, Oi\-of- Stone and Uor fee Powders, &c. &c. &c. • lie. ha i also on hand an extensive assortment of American Forest and //indostan Oil 'Stone, suitable for Carpenters and Wood Choppers. //.• also h is P vwder by the keg, among which is the finest Rifle Powder. Shot, Lead, Pefcu> si *u C ips, am l Flints.. lie also Ims an extensive and Mipcrfbr as&oifr mentof China, Glass ff Qucsnsware, twenty percent cheaper than can be had else win. re. (CTKQCKStffES. .. Rio, Si. 1) uiiingo, and Java Coffees. N<-vv Orleans and Porto Ilico .Sugar. Orleans and So ! g n’ //oU->e M.dasse : Y- UpgV/vsonT Tnipm.iV an 1 Rlafk Teas, Chocolate, Hire, Bariev , »Vuda and VV iter Crackers. »9pices of ail kinds. Nuts an l Confectionaries. Prunes R dsins. fli;> nml Allum and Fiin*.9ilt. Far, •S’o ip and Candles wholesale and retail, at ritv prices. • f - ligxto?.q. Win?, B-orly, New Krfg!-ml Rum, //.irvc sl Whiskey? Wine nid Cider Vincg if, Etc. TOBAOSO. fav, ndiwh, Roll *id Plug. »9panidi »nd 77 til S\) mish C'lg ir«. M.icul) tu, Rappee and Scotch 6’auff. ,7 SHOES & ROOTS. "Riding, Cil< and Jockev Whips ami Irishes..— llrushes. llronnis. Print-d Rnrkets, &c. Carpet Chain of all colors. .Tlit* above articles in iog c.aivimlv selected, •are offered to cu.st micrs and others .it cilv prices JOHN GRAV, Agent, C trllsle, July 4, 1839. MIS. J., C. JVJEFF, BUR&aa » DaJTTId*, |>P KSPK.O I'FUDDY informs the ladies am) 'enllemen »d C irlisle and its vichdtv that lie ?*cts Artiliui.il Teeth in the most approved in inner. He also scales, plugs and separates t{eth to arrest decay;. Dr. N. prepares a tooth powder, which whi tens the teeth, without injuring the enamel, col ours the gyms a fine "red and refreshes the month. I’lie tooth ache will he cured,..in most cases, without extraction; aijd an’ odontalgic Wash is prepared for healing sore gums and fasten the, teeth. -* ■t- ; lTulies and gentlemen are'.requested to calf an 1 eximine his collection of Porcelain nr In.- corruptible teeth, which will never decay or change color, and are free from aTT unpleasant odour, durable and writ adapted for chewing, which will be inserted in the best manner ;uid m fair priced ' All persons wishing Dr. N. to call at their clwelUmr-swill 'please:to[lpavC 't line‘at hisresi tlcnce, No. 7 H tr|)cr's Umv, when lie will punc t-i dly'alteod to every call in the lin<* of his pro fession. l 7 ro«n a long and successful practice, 'he hopes to nive general satisfaction. C irflsie. August 1, 1839. NEW DRUG & VARSETY STORE. . Stevenson & MHitMc, HA VK just nerivedat thrir store, corner of uml.Fitt streets,' opposite’Col. Fer- Vcc's Unt 1, an assortment oI •' _ ~ DRTX.S3,. •; • > ■ medicines. Faints, Pye Stiiffs & yarnislies. j Their- iSnMjsjr - stock.'has-been selected'-with KFfljs? great care, ami is warranted to JS SS\ ue entirely fresh ami of the very e~SB£SS best qmilitv. -The store will he uniler the im . mediate siiperintendance of ,Mr. Dinkle, who h is acquire^,l a thorough knowledge of the duties of an apiit'iecafv under tne direction of Mr -Samuel Elliott-of this; place. - Carlisle, .August 15..T&39. A fiRE VT VARIETY OF tiOAPa ANJ) PERFUMERY to be InKl at ' . . SxKVEtfso.y 3c Di*kl'k*s „ Drug atici Chemical Store, STEVENSON & OINK EE HAVE JUST UC.CE,WED .it then: Dna-aml . V iritfty Stor«\ an asHortmeut of Fruits,- pickles, .-Preserves,.Nun, &c. - ' PItECKDE WASH. •■womimeuded Uv tbe Faculty, to be* ;h.td at Ste'venaotiti Dinkle's dru£ and - variety .siAJi't* ■ '•’ • * * Ojl OF an iru: jn u iiily exoejU-nt dcfin-lpdon ■i : Ijsi lull >«t Stevenson St O/uWe’e drug dud .cu'oici I store, • CJ VL\D OIL of i very superior quality fresl. ; {9 <lk>| d frte from raiicuiity; to be had iit S(e jfvesotiV'Dinkle’t<lv>i)i and chemical stor«. BY ‘A ,SANDERSON & E. CORNMAN.J Whole Ko. X3li. A VALUABLE PLANTATION ; FOB, SiAIiEL TtfN pursuance of the directions of the la.sfwill |-oi Jacob-BalmeivTate of Cumberland county* Pennsylvania, deceased, will be exposed to pub lic sale on the premises, <Hj Tuesday the’ 15th day of October 'next, at jfp’clock, P.'-M, the following described real, estate ot said deceased, to wit: , ... 139 ACRES AND 109 PERCHES, neat measure, of first rate limestone land; situate in Allen township, Cumberland county and state of Pennsylvania, bounded by lands of Jacob Mer kel, Daniel Shelly, John Sheely> George Rupp, and the heirs of Join* Rupp. The improvement? are a NEW'BANK BARN. 00 feet by 40, the Tdwer'stdry stone and the tipper frame. A TWO STORY LOG DWELLING HOUSE, Jj||[ Wagon Shed , Spring House , fciwnl and other out houses, a well of never failing good water* near the house with a pump, an orchard with the choicest fruit irees.qbout 100 acres are clear and in a good state of cultivation; the re mainder is covered with thriving limber. The state road leading from Harrisburg to Gettys burg runs[through said laud close to the house. This property is situated in the rich Cumber land Valley, about 5 miles from Harrisburg and 13 frbm'CaiTisles . The terms will be make known on the day of sale by , GEORGE HOUCK, LEVI MERKEL, Executors of JacobJkiliner, dec’d- N. B.— On ihe same day, at 5 o'clock, P. M. will be sold a lot in Slnremanslow'n, late the property of said deceased, bounded by lands off Daniel Orabill and Christian Bahtier, containing, fifty feel in front—being a town lot. August 22. 1839.* - , VALUABLE REAL ESTATE FOR SAIs B. SN pursu.ioco of the last will and testament of .Wcorge Zmn, sen. deceased, wilfbe sold <n toe premises, in West Pmnshonmgh township, Cnniheiland county, on Thursday the 31st day of October, J. D. 1839, at lUu’cleck in the lore noon, that valuable- . ~ ’ j Jpai’m at limestone. JLaiiil, situ.ite hi We;?!' P'eiinsborniU’li' townjmip, hound ed tiy lands of Siiiiuel Bear, David Ferguson, i.tcob Bel’iahoovi r> Rev p,.and others, con taining seventy Uvo acn s, more or less, of which' arc cleared, and the balancy wejl chveicd with limber, laic the estate of (icorge s£inn, sen. deceased'. This properl) is in a high stale of cultivation, with line improvements; the im pruvements are a twof storv-- : BBICK HOUSE, ®W And 2>6ub!o Tog 3arn, and also a line Apple Uichard and wcllol water near toe doi»r. . . vlso, urn; other Tract of first rate l/mit,stone l.iiml, .situate partly in West Pinnsbi r* ugh township, and partly in Dickinson township, Cumbul.md county, hem tied by lands ot Jacob Beltzhoovt r, Esq., John Trego ?ml others; c«»u -t lining 89 acr> s, inoiv or l< ss having thii'Mn Mr. u-d a TOG HOUSE, and Slone MgmL. BANK BAKN, Si.r If, tie. This pn'],- l“;;J ti-i\ is vt ry advantam (tisl\ it -cm t. tl, in a Bi.t ■■■ |,liasant‘aiid hialrhy m-isU)' ilmnl. 7 mills ui’ the hiipiitih if C-irlislf, and 4 n.ih s I rum tin.* hnnaiKh i t Nc'v.illc, and mil'* train tar funilKVl.ind -Valli > It dl Umid, and with ilu.* Minis.mix. CailisU* and Chanda rslail’K 1 nrri 'inkt - tln*..iii;h it, Uisrwtll'wauml h> tin 1 Mount R. cli -siiniin- Also, a Tract of Wootllaiid. situate in Dickinson tmvnship f *C'umi*t r land countv, containing 33 acres, m-re or It ss, l)i undid bv lands of John f.tfe v|v, list}., .John Woodburn and other*,, .used with the above tr ut. ' tllso, that tvcll known Stride T-,V3?.M STAND, ■ containing one acre id land then to, senate part ly in West l\nnsborough and paitl> in Dii kin sun to wnships.C uni I ie» I. it id county, having then* on erected a large. two storv SSSSBtM 3UOVSJE, ' SSrick Kilclicii, ami large Ir.mje Sial)le,[y;*l'‘his pn pmy Is-situ ated on the Harrisburg, Quisle and Chambers burg Tut tpike, -leading. Irmn Pnihe elpbirt to Hlitsburg, and about 7 miles from the borough rises onThis properly. In abort, it presents in neements to pgj;sbus wishing to engage in the mereai.lile bu siness and keeping public entertainment.. George Zinn, jr. is part ownenof the three last described properties, but h‘ls interest will he S'»M t iilong with that of Gen’ige r /. jnn, yn.' An indisputable tulKwiil ht* given by GI'ORtiE-BEETEM, i bailor*- August-8, 1830. 12t VALUABLE FARM FOR SALE. TUK suhscriluThLlFcr at private sale the hi lowing desciiheil real estate, situate in the township of Newton, .Cumberland county, on the stale road, about two a>i(J,a half mile.*, west of Newville, adjoining the Green Spring* contain ing 185 acres, more or less, patented land, about 140 acres cleared, 90 of which is limestone land, .12 acres of good timothy meadow and the re mainder first rate slate land* all in a high state of cultivation, the residue covered with thriving limber. The improvements are a JEa^ ■TWO TORT ■ - ; * log ateUsa,: ■ / flhUI witli a stune end attached thereto, a large stone BARN, :i well of water with a pump therein at the dunr. . Also a tenant house*' An indisputable title will he given. For terms apply to the subscribers living on the premises. - JOHN MILLER, JOSEPH miller; 6t- -•- srn August 15, 18.°>9, _ WHEAT WANTED. T.’llv highest c*sl> price will hi** p.dd i««i Wheat at* tl»e Cumberland Mills, -at .ill nines, and tor-(lour made at said ini!); . GEORGE CIUST. August 22. 1859. . - tf -Silk, Sttoh-h Gjui'liain 6)' Potion Uinbrell.isi and a large assortment'of y)uiti and figured Parasols for.sale-hVT - — ‘ ' ARNOLD SS co. At their store in Mi r.liiom .litirg- Alt-VOCD & CO. AT thfeir Ncw Store iii.il leciianicstprg, liavt just rereiee'd a large assortmi m of siinmi; • •go .K consisting of C issimeres, Drillings,’Lhui , oul 'Heinpan.Cords'. .N mkeeii.s, is"c. (tc. H 3R SALE, a lot of peaidioriirTyre o> jßj'V the best quality. r - J'-’v - ■ , ■ Hamilton & Grier, August I; 1835. \ ' Carlisle, JP«. Thursday October a, 1839. THE YANKEES BEATEN! THE undersigned challenges theU. States to produce the equal of his PORTABLE HOUSE POWER, for Ifaouty, stability and economy are combined to a greater extent than iiv any other hitherto invented. Tlur mutton Is regulated to ■the natural walk of the horses, 'and-will give the machine its proper motion with a pully on the cylinder shaft eight inches .in diameter, which is of''Vase'importance to prevent the band from slipping, and is a good guide for atarmerAo tell how much motion n power has. As there are some persons continually talking of their im provements, a man with half mi eye, by taking notice of the pully Can tell that it is all a hoax. Among numerous oilier advantages which the above‘machine possesses over aH-others now in use are the fixtures for greasing.every part sub ject to friction, every pivot having a’cup suffi ciently largt* to contain half a gill of oil, with a tight cover to keep the contents perfectly clean, which furnishes each pivot with an ample supply of oil at all times, so that after the machine has been used a day or two eight hundred or a thou* sand sheaves may be thrashed without-stopping or injuring any part of the machine.*-- The under signed Ims frequently seen move metal worn off in thrashing two hundred sheaves for want of oil than would have thrashed several large crops with proper cave and attention** During the past year upwards of fifty of the above machines have been sold in this.and Onion county, sever al of which have been thrashing almost constant ly during the. thrashing season, and as a test of llieir superior claims to durability, the cost fur ripairTfbr the whole nuinber has hot exceeded fifteen dollars. ' Notwithstanding there have been, Comparatively speaking, no repiurs need ed, yet the undersigned, so'far from following, the customary rule of taking less care to. have .them well built when once iutiajjriucccl, Ims made several important additions toncUl materially to the strength and durability of the same, but (hat none may be under the’necessity of.placmg 'implicit confidence in fhe above state ment without further evidence, the undersigned would refer them to the following persons who h tve bought machines ufafcim, viz: It. 11. D. 'Woods, lisq., *Capt, S/Woods, David Glenn, VVm.Kerr, John raid, Nathan Woods,’Judge Siu ti t, John M’Cieehan, A- VV. Steneit, E. Sterr.elirSrWoofls, 1 jr., S. Sowers £c*ll. 'Smith. Anv persons wishing to purchase or see the above 1 machines are ‘imiltd to call at the :hop of the mult raigncjl in West Homfret street, Car lisle-. * - - • JOHN A. NELSON,- Patentee. August 15. 1839. ' 2m* ELECTION PROCLAMATION Whereas in ami by an act of tlfe General Assembly of the Goimnomvealth of Pennsyl vania entitled “An act relating to the elec tions of this Commonwealth,” passed the 2d day of July Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and thirty nine, it is made the duty of the Sheriff of every County within this Commonwealth to give public notice of the General Elections and in such notice to enumerate. 1. The,officers to be elected. 2. Designate the place at which the elec tion is to be held. ' r John Myers, High SherilTof the County of Cumberland, do hereby make known and give this JPVBIiIC. NOTICE - to the electors of the Comity of Cumberland, that on the secqntl Tuesday of October next. (being the Bth day of the month,) a General Hlection will be held at the several election districts established by law in sahl County, at which time they will vote byTiallot for the several officers hereinafter nained/viz: A.nil by the first anil second sections of ♦he same act it is directed, “That it shall be the duty of the constable or constables, of each township, Ward and district, at least ten days before the day herein after appoint ed for the election of inspectors, to give pub lic notice, by six or more printed or written ONE PERSON 7 advertisements, affixed at as many-of the for the office of Prothonotary of said Coun-: ~,03t public places therein, of the time and i place, of holding such election.”, ONE PERSON ) In case of the neglect, .refusal, death or for the office of Register'of Wills of said absence from the couiitv, of the constable or County. " constables, of any township, ward or district, . ONE PERSON - the supervisors of-the township or district, for the offices of Recorder of Deeds, Clerk the assessors of the ward, as the case may' of the Courts of General Quarter Sessions,, shall perform the dudes herein before re- Oyer and Terminer, and Orphans’ Court 0 f .qMircd to ‘ i stables, under the Jike penalty. Provided % ONE COMMISSIONER That the said supervisors or assessors shall for the County of Cumberland. "l not be required to give more than five days ONE DIRECTOR OF THE POOR • notice of the time add placeTorholdingsuth and&of the House of Employment of said \ election-” . ’ . - County, nnd „ And by the 11thi section of the samc act TWO-PERSONS to represent the County of Cumberland in the House of Representatives of»Pennsylva : nia ' ONE AUDITOR tojiet ttatho - public, accounts ot the County- Commissioners &cv 1 i And the elections in the different election' districts in said county will be held at the following places, yiz: , i The election in the election district com-] posed of the Borough-of Carlisle, and town-! ships of North Middleton, Smith Middleton, Lower Dickinson, Lower Frankford, and Lower Westpennsborough, will be held ut ! the Court House in the borough of Carlisle. The election in the district composed of; Silver Spring township, will be held at the Public House of Joseph Grier in Hogestown, in said township. Title election in the district composed of ; Eastpennsburbugh township, will be held at the Public House of Andrcw.K’reitzct-.in said township. . • The election in the district composed of New Cumberland and a part of Allen town ship,' will be held at the Public House of John Sourbeck, in’New Cumberland. The electron in the di-trict composed of Lisburn and a part of Allen township, will be held at the public house of Peter M.’Cann, in Lisburn." . ’ . The election. in the district composed of that part of Allen township; not included in fhe'New ; Cuinberland and. Lisburn election districts, will be held at the public housetif David Shcafer, in Shepherclatown in.said township.;- ’’’ f. • The election in the district composed of the-borbugh of -Mechanicsbura;, will/hie hold at the public house of-John Hoover.insaid borough;.. , • ' <&•', Tne election in the district of 1 Munrbe township,' will be the public house of Widow Eaul in Churchtown, in said-township.” ' " ; I,;/.' --'- *l’lie; election in the,distrirtj composed n' 1 Upper 'Dickinson township. will be held at Weakley’s School House,- in laid township. “ODB COpNTRY RIGHT OR WRONG,” The etection’ in the district composed of the borough of Newville.and townships of Mifflin, Upper Frank ford,U(iper\Vestpenns borough,'and that part of Newton township, not included in the Leesburg, election dis trict herein after mentioned, will be held at the Brick School House,' in the borough of Newville. • The election in the. district composed of the township of Hopewell, will be held at the School House in Newburg in said town ship. , ’fhe election in the district composed of the borough of Shippensburg, Shippensburg township, and that part of Southampton township, not included in the Le’esburg e lection district, will be held at the Council House, in the borough of Shippensburg, And in and by an act of the General As sembly of this Commonwealth, passed the 2d July 1839', it is thus provided, “That the qualified electors of parts.of Newton anil Southampton towp,ships in the. county of Cumberland, bountled by the following lines and distances viz:—Begmningat the Adams county line,, thence along the line dividing the townships of Dickinson and Newton to the turnpike road, thence along said turnpike to Centre school-house, on said turnpike, in Southampton township, thence to a point on the Walnut Bottom-road at Reybuck’s, in eluding-Reybuck’s farm-, thence a" straight direction to the saw-mili belonging to the heirs'of George Clever, thence along Kry .slur’s run to.the Adams county line, thence, along the fine of Adams*county to the place of., beginning, be and the same is hereby de clared a new and separate election district, the general election to be held at the public, house now occupied by Win, Leesburg Southampton township. ' . 1 And in and by .the Otli -section.of the first mentioned act of Assembly passed the 5d of July .1839, it is directed that, “The quali fied citizens of the several wards, districts and townships, shall meet on the Friday next preceding the second Tuesday in' October next, at the several places now prescribed by law for bolding the ward, district and township elections, and each of said quali fied citizens shall vote by ballot fur one son as judge, and also for one person as in spector of election, and the person having the greatest number of votes !or judge.shull be publicly declared to be the judge of elec tions, and llictwo persons having the great est number of votes for inspector shall be publicly declared to be inspectors of-elcc tion. But when any township has been or shall be divided in lorming an election dis trict, judges and inspectors of the election' shall be cliusenm the manner prescribed in, the seventh section of this act.” And by the 7th section.of the same act it is directed that, “Where any township has been, or shall be, divided in forming an elec tion district, the qualified citizens of each part of such divided township, shall sever ally elect in the manner and at the. time’ and place aforesaid, two inspectors for each of election districts, qnd shall also elect one person to serve as judge of the elections in each district, to perform the duties enjoined by the sixjh section of this act. it is directed that the election o( judges and inspectors shall be conducted by the officers [now required bylaw to holtlcflie elections ’ for inspectors and assessors, and the same shall be conducted in the inaniier now pro- 5 :scribed by law. - j And by the-3d clause of the 13 th section", i of the samcaOt it is provided, “That every person, excepting justices of the peace, who shall hold any office or appointment of profit !mr trust under the government of the United | States, or of this State.-or of any city or iil xnrporated district,, whether a commissioned officer or otherwise, a subordinate officer or agent, who is, or shall'be, employed under the' legislative; executive or.judiciary dor partment of this State, or of flic. U. States; or of any city or incorporated district,, and also that every member of and of the state legislature, and of the- select or common council of anycitv.orcommission ers of any incorporated bylaw,, incapable of holding.;or cxercisWg, at the same time, the officeorappointment ofcjudge, inspector or clerk of any election of the Comm nwealthi and that no iggpgctor, judge or otherofficer of any such election, shall he eligible' to any office to be then votqd for. my hand at Carlisle, this sth day of September, A. D. 1839. ; :f , JOHN MYERS, Sheriff. A Graduate of‘ the'Universify of Pisir,- Offers his services for 'he instruction of Pu pils -in the Latin, Italian, and French; lan-, guages: Re is willing togive lessons cither privately or to Terms moderate'.r- Persons in Carlisle who have already: re ceived his instructions, tytn answer for .his professional qualifications. . r ■ , Reference may also be had to Hon. Saji’l Hepburn, and to David Paul BkoWn* Philadelphia iV o t i c e. Dn. G-. A. XVTEtJOOI, [AT- TWO DOLLARS FEU ANNUM. Z?ew Series--Vdl. Ko. 16. From the Keystone, TX2-3 STATE DSiST. ■ ; Perhaps one of tho most .illiberaland dis ingenuous systems of- warfare.e'mployed by the unsciupulous opponents of the present state administration, is that which seeks to prejudice the minds of the community by groundless and exaggerated;statements in relation to the alleged increase of tho state, debt. While our, opponents are unceasing in their endeavors to palm upon the commu nity the simple fact, that our state debt, since' (he induction of-Gov.'Porter, has been increased—they studiously and unfairly a void all manner of explanation in relation to the. purposes to which the loans contracted under the present administration have been applied, and Seek to create the impression, that the money has been expended for debts incurred by Governor-Porter;-— Nothing can be further from, the truth.— Nearly every dollar loaned under the administration of Governor Porter, has been applied to the liquidation of debts incurred by bis prede cessor, Joseph Ritn'er, and some of the loans yet are intended to meet the liabilities of the stale,.fastened upon it by fhe administration of tbe “Great Rejected Haw manifestly illiberal, bow cbacteristic of the utter want of magnanimity and. honor. otv.lhe part of our., federal opponents, to charge upon Governor Porter as a Sin that which was made his un pleasant duty, viz: the borrowing of money to pay off the liabilities'|'Baddled upon the state by bis predecessor, jliscph Ritner! In order, to set the public mind right upon this subject, we have obtained from the state treasurer’s offlee the subjoined, statement, shewing at a single and comprehensive glance the amount of loans contracted by the pres ent administration, and the purposes to which they have been applied:— Loans per act of Jan. 26, ! 39, 81,200,000 00 Feb, 9, “ 1,280,000 00 “ " ” " 470 . .ft March' Z 7, " 470,000 00 “ June 27. “ l,150',()b0 00 Amount total, The above $4,100,000 has been applied (o the payment of the following loans and debts contracted bv the administration of JOSEPH RITNER:— • Temporary loan, pcf act of Juno 16, 183(5, ; - $200,000 90 “ “ April 14, IR3B, 800,000 00 Balance of appropriations, per act of April 14, 1838, 50T,749 92 * Repairs on the Juniata breach, 380,000 00 Interest on Internal Improve- ment debt Ist of Feb. 1839, 602,250 OS Debts due contractors, &c. under the liilncr administration, on the different lines of internal 580,000 00 Ditto—forrepairs which had al ready been made bn the several' lines, 300,000 00 RITNER’S LEGACY, $3,260,000 00 Tjie following permanent loans . contracted before Governor Porter came into office, have also been paid out of the mo- ■ ney loaned under his admin istration: " Loan per act of March 30. 132-4. $600,000 Ditto-Dec. T, 1829, 90,000 “ April 11, 8125, 150,000 $4,100,000 00 Independently of the debt of THREE MILLIONS TWO HUNDRED & SIXTY THOUSAND DOLLARS, left by Ritner as a "legacy” upon the state when ho went out of office'there is now. due to.the con tractors oh tljat imperishable monument of folly and corruption, the GETTYSBURG .TARE-WORM,oiie-hundred-and-fifty-thou=" sand dollars, for which a permanent loan has been authorised by the legislature, but which, owing either to the want of will or want of power of the hanks, has not yet. been taken. When taken, it will swell the Ritner “lega xyli_toL^mßKE-JMILt,IONS—:FOUR HUNDRED AND TEN THOUSAND! DOLLARS, which that sagacious ec'ondmi- 1 ert/ and foresighled statesman, juded by his! disinterested advisers, left hanging with, mill-stonc weight upon the shoulders of the 'commonwealth, when an aroused people in-, dighantly hurled him from the station, which neither nature or education had ever fitted him to fill. To meet these heavy demands | upon the public purse, Ins.successor, on as suming theAeigns of power, found a treasury, I which had been drained by the insatiate leeches who had fattened upon its vitals, to j the very dregs, yrjth, scarcely funds enough: in it : to mend a broken window dr repair the gate'that leads into the enclosure.:. With that undaunted, determination which is so eminently charactoristic-of-thcman,’ David if. Porter immediately applied his unflagging energies’to the truly Herculean/task'of res-' cuing our state fi;om the utter bankruptcy to widen.the folly and prodigality of, his blun dering predecessor had well nigh reduced her, and as a consequence,, the greater part of this immense debt has.becn paid off,'and the commonwealth relieved; from the “en tangling alliances’’ which threatened her. , So far as economy and a prudent husban dry of resources are concerned, we are sure the administration of .Gov,/ Porter thus far must inevitably bear away the palm- from that of his condemned predecessor. No man wfiir&vcr sat in did,executive chairpf Penn sylvania-. had abundance of means flowing from' various sources into the state treasury, during his continuance in office, than Ritner.The millions which came.’iilto |d s hands in-the shape of bank hribeB;:;cnminonly called bonuses, .surplus revenue, &c., properly would have donejnnch for tiie_completidn; of the great internal improvement system of Pennsylva nia., But instead of so applying these vast sums, ,in the first ycar of Governor Ritner’s adminiatratiem ho aanctidned the squander- /John Moore, Esq. Newville; Joseph M. Means, Esq. Hopewell tfiwnsUip. John Wuni>erlich, Esq..Snipprnsburi;. William M. Matekr. Esq.Lce l a>i Koada. John MEHAFFYijibckiiison township. John CLKibENtsTj!-. Esq., Hogritnwn. George P, Cain, Esq. J/Jechonicsburg..- ■- 1 .Frederick Wondehmch, do.* James Ei;liott, Esq. Springfield. Daniel Kbysher. E«'n Oorchtown. Jacob Longneckf.r. Esq- Wormlrvshurg. George Ernest, Cedar Spring, Allen tp. ing of millions to the works of private cost panieb, being emphatically nothing more than the diet of so much of the public money to corporations, in whoso welfare,the State had not a particle of interest in common.— Wcall remember the lavish, imprudent, and suicidal improvement bill, passed by the fed eral legislature of 1835~ ? 56, and approved by JOSEPH RITNER,. containing appro priations to the amount of near FIVE AND A HALF MILLIONS, whereof not more than two millions were applied to the main lines of the State improvements —the residua being scattered abroad maitily for the bene fit of bloated corporations and the advance ment of private interests, leaving the Statu improvements as SECONDARY objects! What a contrast is here presented by the prudent, economical, and sagacious course pursued in the first year of the administra tion ,of Gov. Porter! The improvement bill of last session, instead of being swelled by gifts to corporations, to a prodigious extent, contained nothing more than the requisite, indispensable appropriations to-the main lines and repairs, being two-thirds less in amount than that passed in the first year of the Ritner reign, and wisely closing the doors of the public-treasury against the horde of cormorants, who are ever bn the alert to grasp “the purse firings of the people.” Ho laid liis hand upon the Uitncf system of ex travagance by vetoing the local appropria-, fipn bill; and brought back the energies of the; State from being wasted upon unimport ant bbjects to a concentration upon the great arteries of canals and railroads of the Com monwealth.. ... . . ... Who. with these (acts staring him in thb face, can full to perceive, the great ami pal pable injustice done by the fedei'al presses to Governor Porter, in charging him with waste and prodigality 1 On the contrary he that hath eyes to see must be convinced, that his administration thus far'has been charac terized by pnplence, economy and just re gard for the intercsts : of L the"pedpie7-to which that ot his inconsistent and blundering prtP dcccssor was an utter stranger. : | S4,lt)0,000 00 Thomas Jefferson And the Mechlendcro Decearation. We find the subjhincd_ngtj.c_e_inJbQ.New York-Whig, of a recent discovery in rela tion to the Mechlenberg Declaration of In dependence, which fully exonerates Mr. Jef ferson from the charge so frequently of late years brought against him. of having plag iarised from that instrument, several strike ing coincidences of thought and phrase being pointed out in his immortal paper, and in that which preceded' it from the patriots ot the town above mentioned. The accusation w as so plausible that Mr. Jefferson's friends wore often somewhat staggered by it; but from the discovery of Air, Force, it seems that ingenious roguery interpolated the pas - sages in question for the purpose of injuring the fair fame of the Sage of Monticello, who had never seen nr heard of the Mecklenburg Declaration at the time that on the part of the United States was written and. adopted! Mr. Jefferson Vindicated.- r-For several years past, die fame of Thomas Jefferson has been-assailed with a charge of plagiarism in the draft of the Declaration of Independence-. The accusation is in substance that he co pied from the Mecklenburg Declaration—is sued in Mecklenburg, N. C., bn the 20th of April, X77A, (more than a year before the Declaration by Congress,)—several striking passages and sentiments, and especially the concluding pledge of “our lives, our fortunes* and-our sacred honor.” Mr. Jefferson, in repelling this charge denied that any such. Declaration as that of Mecklenburg was ov er issued at all. In this he was. mistakem The Mecklenburg Declaration was actually framed and issued oh the2olhof April ,Xrr4 —more than a year before the Declaration of Congress—but Mr. Jefferson had proba l lily never seen or heard uf_iLw.hca-liC-draft cd the world-renowned documents Peter Force, Esq.', of Washington,.in pursuinghis antiquarian researches, has discovered a North Carolina paper printed sis weeks af ter the Mecklenburg Declaration, and con taining that diepn ted.dnr.il mmlt—iut-hOlfflC passages which Mr, Jefferson is accused' of copying from it. These must therefore have been stolen from the National Declaration at some subsequent period by. some busy-, body, and-engrafted upon its Mecklchburg namesake. The evidence is conclusive! both that there was a primary Declaration at Mecklenburg, and that Mr- Jefferson bor rowed nothing from. As the accusation a gainst him was. a serious one, and has been so thoroughly refuted, we trust those who have aided to give it currency will be equal ly ready to spread the refutation. 840,000 00 Tho 2TCW SIOCtiOQ TiHVT. the—purpose of presenting io our readers, at one View, the inost material, changes made in the inode of conducting elections, we have drawn lip the following list of items which it is highly necessary should be remembered by every voter. . No person who holds an office of any kind under any authority, except a justice of the peace, can be a Judge, inspector or Clerk - at any election uf.tlusCummqiuvcaUh. To. entitle a person to, vote, he must have resided in the State at least one year, and in the district where he offers to Vote, at least ten days immediately preceding the election. He must have paid a stale or county tax within two years, that was assess* ed at least ten, days before the election.— Persons between the ages of tn'enty-onehUil; twenty-two years, who have r o»i ri ed pne'jjiar iif tile state and teii days in the disfficTf* can vote Without having paid a tax. i ; ’ " A qualified voter who removed front the state and returned, may, after he shall have resided in the slate six months and in the ten days, vote upon the payment Us a tax assessed at least ten days before the election.' .- T No person is entitled to vole who tes oa interest, in any bet on the electibljl : AGENTS.
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