Temperance Department.
Pledge of the Cumbeiliind Co
.Temperance Society.
IVe, the undersigned, do -agree, that we
wilt not like'intoxicating* liijuors not: traffic
in them as abeveragej that we will not pro
vide them a k an article of entertainment, or
for persons in our employment; and that, in
all editable ways, we will discountenance
their use throughout the community. ?\'
NOTICE.
The Executive 1 Committee of the Cum
berland County .Temperance . Society ...jvil I
hold a meeting at M.’Allister’s-Schoql House,
on Tucsdaycvcningtbc 9lh df Mnrcli. ■" '
For the Volunteer.
STATE' TEMPERANCE CONVEX
TJPX. , • ;y. .
It appears by the proceedings of tills bo
dy just,published, that it Was made, upof a
large number of Delegates, representing ftf
ty-sis Temperance Societies, located indif
ferent parts.of the State;.ami that it was ft-’
nally the appoiijtment of the-
I'ollotying bfficerss*''*' -41 ;,.? •
' .. For President,
H. EWING, of Washington co. ■
; Vice Presidents,
1 Ef.KiNasnunvV Jr. of Wayne co. .
Geo- 1). UmiGiSt, M. 1). of Philadelphia,
- Pkof. M. Cai.dwekl, of Carlisle,
—j - Him. John C-Rucher, of Harrisburg,
Secrfitatics,
Samuel Elliott; of-Carlisle,-; ’
Wm.'C. Ppulson, of Philadelphia.,
. Among the most important Committees,
we find the following: -
Committee to prepare business for the
Convention. —Rev. Henry Slicer, Leonard
Jewell, Thaddeus Stevens, Esq., Rev. A.
11. Lochman, J. \V. Weir; Rev. J. If. A.
Bomberger and Mr. Stever,
Committee to draft an Address to'the
people of the Commonwealth.— Rev. Presi
dent Durbin, Rev. D.M’Kinley, James \\l.
"Weir, Prof. M. Caldwell, and Di W,Gross.
Committee on Petitionq —lion.E. Kings
bury, jri, Rev. W." R- De Witt, Rev. Hen
ry Sliper, J. C. Copper and J. 1). Steele.
The Petitions presell ted by the last pa
ined committee, nave already' been exten
• signed; and ;'jl(e ‘Ad
’ dress df the' 'prepqtedvby-the
fur the purpose, has
likewise been published. '
On motion the following gentlemen were
appointed dclegatasJto. a'tteihL the National.
Temperance .Convention, to be held at Sar
atoga Springs, on thejast Tuesday in July'
next—Hon.'John Hi Ewing, Hon. John C.
. Hucher. G. H. Burgin, M.IL, Rev. -G. A.
Lyon; Rev. J, ;P. Durbin, Rev,. H. Slicer, 1
Rev. D. D. Lore, Rev. Thomas P. Hunt;
‘Rev. Bernard C. Wolff, Col. T. Robinson',
—Prof.' M, Caldwell, Hon. Geoige DarSie,
Rev. A. Atwood, Rev. T.-Brailicrd, Rev.
A. D. Gillette, ReV. A. Barnes, Rev. D.
jGohecn, Rev. J. H. A. BombergeiV.Rev: J.
Ai Bdyd, .Rev. Ignatius Cooper, Rev.. Dr.
Catl/cartKHon. A. M’Calmonl, Hon. W.
Jessup, 1 Hon. E. Kingsbury, Jr., John H.
Gordon, M. D., John L. Jnneway, Rev. A.
H. Lochman,Thomas Watts'on," Joseph M.
. Sterrett.
Sjulc Foreign J%’ctvs
From the N, York Journal of - Commerce §r Evening
Star.
TWENTY-EIGHT DAYS LATER
FROM EUROPE. ' ,
The steam ship Britannia arrived at Boston
on Monday morning, at halt' past 7 o’clock,
having left Liverpool at seven p. m. 4th inst.
arrived at Halifax on the 20th, at six, and
left again; for. Boston at half past one, p. u.
She had- eighty’.-five passengers to Halifax,
and landed-four,-and took in sixteen more.
Considering the space of time over which
the dates extend,;the news is of .very little
interest. ' There is nothing later from China,
The steam ship Caledonia/arriyed out on
the 18th, after a passage of fourteen days
and three hours.
Scott, the American diver, perished in.onc
of his dangerous feats at Bridge.
His death-was not occasioned by drowning,
but by hanging; it being a part of his exhi
bition to imitate an execution. Instead of a
mock hanging it became a real one. ■
The Queen of Great Biitain ropened Par
liament in person on Tuesday!'the 26th Jan-,
uaiy, And read the speech “in a distinct
voice.”- -
The speech .says nothing-on American
affairs.
With regard to China, it says:
“Having, deemed it necessary to send to
the coast of China a. naval and military force,
to, demand reparation aftd redress for inju
ries iniVicted-upon my subjects by
(lie'omvereof.th'e Emperor pi China, ami for
indignities offered to an ngent df my Crown,
I attffe'same time appointed plenipotentiaries
■to treat upon these.matters with the Chinese
Government. ~C ~... •. . . \
list'
accounts in negotiation with the government
of China; and it will be of -much
gratification to me.'if* that Government shall
be induced by its own sense of justice to
bring these matters to a speedy settlement
- by 'tin.amicable, arrangement.
The Eastern is, settled. The
most important intelligence ivas received.in
Lon’don.on thegjst inst., in despatches from-
Admiral Slopfufd. Affairs seem to- have
been so successfully arrangedby Commodore
Napier, that on the I,4th January the Pa< lia
made his complete submission to the Sultan
and gave up the whole of the Turkish.,fleet.
■ Mehcmet engaged to send Egyptian officers
and men Ip navigate the, fleet to. Mamorice
Hay. • .
; It. further appears, that Ibrahim’s army
was immediately''to evacuate ’Syria, and to
returnJo Egypt, -aiid arrangementshas heen;
wade to send transports to Caff.i, to bring
away the wopien and . chiljlron, aiid. siok of.
the army. ■ j;r."'.■“.*> ,
• On the .13th January, the- sultan sent in
'str.uctions to his cnmmissioricrsiiiEgypt \(i
inform Mehemet Alt,” that his* submission
bsing complete he would grant him-hcrodit
aiy tenure of the Pacinii of Egypt. .-Thus
the Eastern question jnav be rtg.iideiJLaa
settled.--'.': .';;;
“T'he Paris ; papers. ofTthei "3Xst- January,
(the latest) are occiipieivichieily by the dis
cussion on the fortification of the capitals'
Daniel Brent, BsqV. Cohsiil of (he United
States at Paris, died in that'eity on the 31 si
Jan. in llieCSlh year of his age, of-typhoid
exhaustion after gout.
About (be middle ol January,piany offtlic
streams in the south jjml east of-Engltuul,
swollen by the heaVy.iain'oycrflqtycU their
banks, occasioning- immense/.destruction of
properly, and considerable loss of life,. The
lucks nut) bunks of the Grand Junction Ca
nal, in the vicinity of the Village of "-Brent
ford,'hear London,"gave way on'the night of
the 17th of .January, and in a short timd an
area, comprehending several square miles of
(he western suburbs of London were under
water; houses were swept away, barges and
boats dfiven-from-their-moorings,- and vast
quantities of produce, &c. destroyed. The
joss is estimated a t £ ICO - ,000 sterling, willi
,ouf including' the value of the buildings
swept away, Thcrp were also, many per
sons drowned,some in tlieir beds,- '■
. At Windsor, in the county of Essex, at
Greenwich, Lcvershnni; Canterbury, Salis
bury, Baib, Wnlford in south Wiltshire, and
in Durham similar inundations took place.
The total loss of properly was estimated at
over half a million sterling.
The public securities were much depressed
on the first by the intelligence received in
London respecting the U. S. Bank. The
sales of the Saturday previous to the extent
of £lOO,OOO, bad some-influence on the prices
of stocks. Consols for immediate transfer
receded from 958; to 89§ J; ’ but for the ac
count were still ;890 to a, * Exchequer bills
dull at 5s to 6s premium, n'tid India Bonds
at 10. discount.' ‘Batik stock is at. 167 nomi
nally; the Reduced-Si .per,.Cciits_he_iug9B|
to i, and the S per cenls-893 to J, The
Shipping and Commercial Gazette of- the
fust says: ,
Tito news from the United Slates of the
-Blh inst. had caused, much .disappointment
here.--It is now considered quite ootid tile
question that Hie United States-Rank can
resume.specie payments, and were it not lor
tlie-unfortumile shareholders, many parties
consider it would be a“reliei to live commer
cial Interests of the institution were it wound
up altogether, and a slable one founded on
its.ruins. The letters and advices are anx
iously expected, oh account of the details
lliey will furnish respecting the probable
effect of the bank being able to maintain spe
cie payments.
■ The dispute bchyceri Spain and Portugal
respecting the navigation of llio’Dobro, is iii
a train'of. settlement.. ,
ion; and will bring later inteliigeiicc.' '"' ’* '''' l
From the Richmond Enquirer.
.Gen’l Harrison visited the. Coffee House
on- Thursday—and from (he steps, address-*
ed a crowd of, from 2 to 400 persons jn (lie
■strcctsr”The Whig is egrcgiously mistaken,
when it says, that the ‘.‘address elicited com-'
mendatiuns, both for its substance and.taste,
fromiall who heard it-.’V-There were many
democrats present; who spoke Of- it in a ve
ry different,Style ; —and tliough many.of the
whigs applauded, and some cried.it up as a
master-piece of eloquence, yet we know
there wcrc“pthcrs;-who were disagreeably
disappointed by the exhibition.
The orator took strong grounds against
'Abolitionism. He asked with great energy,
“How could a Virginian, born and bred on
the lower James River, and in a house no
ted for some memorable incidents in our re
volutionary struggles, bo *an" Abolitionist?
How could li Virginian whose sires received
many distinguished tokens ol confidence and
csteemat ty>c hands of this virtuous"'old
Commonwealth, be ah Abolitionist? How
could a Virginian be so irreverent to the sa-,
cred ashes of honored ancestors, ns to be no
Abolitionist? Could such'a Virginian be
called an Abolitionist by another Virginian,
and that other, a.true-hearted Virg : nian,and
sound to the cure? 'JPhc thing was impossi
ble. - The bosom could not be free from taint
that harbored such a suspicion.” And yet
it is true, that General Harrison -once pro
posed to devote all .the surplus .revenue of
the United Statcs .tothe purchase and eman
cipation (if the slaves, with the consent" of
the slavcholding States. It is also true, that
he even pronounced it a slander to say, that
he.was a friend to slavery; It is also true,
that during the last year, whilst,he was a
candidate fur the highest (dike in (he gift of
the. people, he refused to remove the doubts
whichjvwere entertained, and so to answer
various letters,which;were respectfully ad
dressed to him fur that purpose, lie did
dehiare liimsclf opposed to the petitions for
the emancipation of slaves in the States,but
avoided’ahy declaration about petitions in
the District of Columbia. He declined pos
itively to give any pledge, that if elected
the Chief Magistrate of .the United States,
he would veto any bill upon the subject,. It
was evident also, that General'Harrison
would receive the votes of.thc great mass o/
the Abolitionists—and that, without their
suffrages he could scarcely obtain the sup
port of New York and Ohio.. ■ With all due
respect, therefore, to the Presidentelect,-
vve ciin very well conceiveilmlsomebosoms
which -were-.-"altogether, free from tain?’
themselves,,.might, entertain:..
'whether 'was’not a'Setter,
candidate for. Hid South, (him even Gen’l
Harrispif-hiuiself,
. ( 'PheAVhig. now assures-us, that“ Gen.
Harrison’s Inaugural, will take the Must de
cided grounds against the" Abolitionists, as
Gen, Harrison lias’done for2s years”—Ra
ther mote decided we hope than some of his
acts. But if Gen. Harrison wII come forth
in his Inaugural, and avoid all the flumme
ry of general ties, and. slate specifically his
decided opposition lo.aU appropriation. to all
intfcrference of the' Fcdi-fal ..Government
with the slaves—not only ,of the .Stoics, but
the District; if he spouts all petitions, all
agitation upon this subject, according to the
resolutions of Patton; ami Johnson, and Ci(l : ;
huun—if he.will state that if Congressfdpcs
pass niiy.bill on. the subject, lie will arrest it
by (lie veto power, then we-shall hail the
reycTatioh- wlth- p!easure-T-\ve ; 's|uill-chce'r--
fu 1 ly. banish every : tai nf of suspicion . from
pur bnsoMs, aiuliienccforth seal our lipsrup;
on this 1 subleiit'in relation.to Gen.-Harflson
himself. ;..'r ' i >
v.:«« Whig pronus'es fine developments a?
bout Mi - . .Granger’s. Amti-Ahulitionism; and
jy.PM.ndcrslaiid,jhatGen.-llarrisph, in -his
Cunee-lfousc Address, slated that “he hail
L 1 3O rpoViely a& to nfik lit tit . (M i - -
G.) whellicivlie \Vas\an-Abolitionist nr' : not: ■
knowing, as 1 1 e ,oi.l;Aii»fpuUl 'lste.’’and hi's
(ofy. i,,But Mr. GraiigM-;liaii;,:cop| p tn' Ipm'
tjhe day before he’ liift Wa’sliijigtbn', and?toj,i
.him,that ,aharticle. in !
,\vlucVadmltting the possiiiiHty.pf lii§ .bciijg (
an Abolitionist, had-just billon under bis
eye.' he, (Mr. G.)'dcVircd him, (Gen. II.)
when he got to Richmond, to say to the Ed
itor of that paper, that lie was not only iio
Abolitionist) but he should expect Gen. 11.,
to evict him from office should he cVer be
come one.” L We duly acknowledge the re-,
•ceipt.of the Message, only we suspect, that
the Richmond Whig hasjiot in this passage,
stated the Message correctly; but that it has
given a more correct yersion of.it in anuth.-
cr part of its yesterday’s paper. “Mr. Gran
ger told Gen. Harrison llyithe hoped if he
ever made such discovery,; he would turn,
him “neck and heels’’ out of,his Cabinet.”
Now, we arc free id say, that we have for a
long time been deeply- impressed with the
conviction, that Mr. G. is tainted with Ab
olitionism—that lip has made some startling
.avowals to his constituents upon, .this sub
ject—that he has uniformly taken the side
of the Abolitionists against us, on the great
test question of '.Petition. . Rut in justice to
Mr. G. as well as to ourselves, we. will con
sult the record, and ascertain the facts and
.“history’’ of his opinions upon all the bran
ched bf ihis-prblific monster. Butjpur time
is so much occupied by other engagements—
or as Mr. Webster said “we have so'many
fish to fry, ’’ that we may not be able to hunt
up the facts, for several days to come. In
the mean time, as Mr.,G. is about to exhi
bit his own position, we would call his at
tention to one pnintpof decp.interest to the
whole Southern people. We are happy to
hear that heys with Virginia and against
Goy. Seward; in. the pending, controversy'—
Buttliere 1s this other'.'question, with winch
his Department of the-Rust Office is inti
mately connected. What was his course on
Mr) Kendall’s celebrated-letter of 1835
and the passage of Gen. Jackson’s subsequent
Message on that point? . What did Mr. G.
think of Mr. Calhoun’s bilLfnr arresting the
circulation of incendiary publications thro’
the. mail-*—What of Mr. Van Burcn’s castl
ing vote? ■ And will Mr. G. do all in his
power, in the saihc spirit, to avert these fire
brands from (he South? If he Will be plea
sed to say also, whether lie will assist or
not.in discountenancing presentation of
petitions on this important subject, lie wall Id
confer anutber obligation upon us, in addi
tion (6 the message which we have the hon
or of receiving through “another personage
(as the Whig’is pleased to designate the
I’residciii Elect) of very high and eminent
distinction.” ■ ‘ ■
From the Savannah Gcorgiaii.
' FROM FLORIDA. ..
By the steam, packet Isis.i Capt. ,Pi teller,
we have received from pur intelligent cor
respondent (he following confirmation of fa
vorable reports, heretofore published.
Florida, Feb. 15.
. Three hundred or more of-the enemy arc.
ninvat Tampa—they have smoked the pipe
of peace and agreed .'to cmigrate7 but lest
their'modesty-should receive a shock, thbj
have, stipulated
vide them, with clothing previous to their
departure, anil the G'encral lias.dcpatchcd a
steamboat to New Orleans for: wearing ap
parel to be distributed among them.
A party of Tallahassees headed by (heir
chiefs, and accompanied by one of the . Ar
kansas delegation, halted at -Fort Clinch a
short time since, on (heir way to Tampa.—
Whilst there, Tigcrtail (whose übiquity is
unquestionable) sent his brother to visit
them, and if possible, prevent them from go
ing in. The Arkansas Indian made known
the object Tigerlail was endeavoring to ef
fect through the agency of Iris brother, which
so enraged the latter,.that, he .(sprang upon
him with his knife and inflicted two severe
stabs. ' Tlie Pease' Creek Indians have sent
word to one of the head men of the delega
tion, that they will lake his life if he pre
sumes to venture among them. If the del
egation efl’ect no hing more than the crea
tion of a peace party among (heir brethren,
they will have accomplished much.- Pre
sumptive evidence that their statements have
beenmf service in the recent negotiations, is
.to be found in the apparent want of .unanim
ity nihong the Indians, as evidenced by their
late, councils.
Many are of the'opinion-that live General
will .emigrates large party, but I for one do
not believe that any treaty stipulations will
be found binding on the part of tins Indians.
Purity of purpose and a rigid adherence to
plighted faith form no part'of the Seminole
-character. Ilarncyize Mr. Tigertail and a
lew olhersVof a similar character,’ take Hie
field, keep it, and the next half century'may
witness the termination of the Florida war.
DEATH OF JUDGE BARBOUR.
The Washington coi respondent of the.
Baltimore Patriot, under date of Thursday,
says:
The Homs Philip P. Barbour, of Virginia,
Associate Judge of the Supreme Court of
thejGnited States, was found dead in his
bedjjhis morning at nine o’clock., His dis
easehyas caused,.it is believed, by ossifica
tion of the heart. His - physician," Dr. Sew
aH,.while, attend ingji.iin during it .recent,in-;,
dTsposilion", was'led to suapect tliat tlic hcaft
was affected; yet the Judge' has been since,
apparently in his usual health. Last even-,
ingr he remained in consultation with his
brother judges, as is usual, until.tqn o’clock,
aiul was in peculiarly-good spirits,When he
retired from them Ho his chamber. As-he
did. not make his appearance -at the break
fast table, a servant was sent to call him,
who. immediately, . returned, and shucked
tin?: Judges with the iiitolligence that lie ap
peared-to be dead,On. the Chief Justice,
and the others entering his chamber, they
founihhiiiv lying,on his side, in a. perfectly
easy and composed position, Jds features
tranquilizetl, and.neither his form'hor coun
tenance exiiihlting.' theslightest' indication
of having passed through’ .atoyWuSeriDgsnT
tle bad evidently (gone from : life to death
without.a struggle. . .
W Court-assembled -as - usual.
at eleven n.’clockj and, there wjais a large as
semblage attracted, il.esire.tp hear Mr.
‘Adams.cohti.nue. Ijisrargumcnt in the Ajnisr
tad Ciise. _ The Chiefjustice announced in
brief but impressive, terms the afflicting c
veht," and ’then; adjourned the Court, until
Monday. : - -----v-.----
. This"ia; th'e first occasion of the death' of
,'a.Judge of the 'Supreme Court, while .the
iChurt ami .Congress-wcre both in sossibrilt-*’
Jiidge Livingston died, in;t.)iis city,' but it
was after.ilie adjimfnjnont of the Court,--
;'niedisc and
'anT.tlie-JuOgdswill.wak of
.Governor
reach here this evening fromßaltimore, a
special messenger having, been despatched
fur him,).before taking orders for the funer
al. Tins, melancholy occurrence will befor-.
mally communicated to bbth Houses of,Cott
grcss';-Oud they (will adjourn for.tbe purpose
of attending llietfuneral; which,-it is under
stood, will not.take place before Sunday. .
Judge Barbour lias filled many distin
guished stations, both under the General
G»vcrnment,.and in (be State of Virginia.
He Was lone n, member of (lie General. As
sembly, ami advanced successively to dif-,
ferent-Judicial posts in the. State... He ser
ved several terms in Congrcss, and was el
evated'to the. Speakership in) the Hpuae of
Representatives. He presided over the
Convention'of Virginia; arid; [finally, was
appointed by General Jackson' to (lie -seal
,oil the Bench which he)occupied at the time
of his death. ’ • ' ,
FROM MEXICO.
. ‘The 1 schooner Creole, at New Orleans,
from Mctamoras, brings .dates to the' 27th
u|t. .In (bat port and its. vicinity, all 'was
quiet. lit the neighborhood of Saltillo, the
Cainai|chc Indians had made incursions and
stolen a large amount of properly. Gen.
Arista had called on all (he towns to fur
nish' their quota of men for. the army, to
drive the Indians out of the inhabited part
of Mexico. Two thousand men were to be
ready by Hie first of March. On the first of
January, President Buslariientc transmitted
bis annual message to Hie.,Mexican Con-r
gross. He congratulates the Congress on
the continued existence of Republican in
stitutions in Mexico,-and upon the signal
failure of all-the attempts, through revolu
tionary movements,, to overthrow (be same.
He congratulates them that the relations be
tween Mexico.'and.(lie European and the A
mei ican States, continue to be those of peace
and amity. The claiins'Pf some of the citi
zens of the United States upon Mexico, are
now' abimtrto be adjusted by the commissibn
ers of the) lwo. governments assembled In
Washington; or otherwise by the arbitration
of the King of Prussia. A new treaty is to
be-made with the 'government'cff:thc;uyitish ;
Queen for the suppression of flic slave trade.
The President believes that (lie return of
the Federal leaders to their duty as Mexi ;
can citizens, will tend to hasten the period
when the department of Texas shall become
ligain an integral part of the Republic, A'
-propositionlias been-made to establish Tam
pico as a.frpc,port;- ; but’^lt is.slrendiWsly
■’posed by tile commercial 'interests of Vera
Cruz, and it is thought will fail. - 'Thp-nbove
'is all there is of interest by this arrival, and
fur-which we are indebted to the New Or
leans. Bulletin.— Ball. Sun. ..
MORE INDIAN TROUBLES.
The : (he
authority of a gcntlcmap, recently from the.
Indian country,, that.great.excitement has
beep created among' the Chcrokees, by the
dxecu lion.of.an Indian named Achilla Smith,-
one of the treaty signers, .who had been tri
ed-ami convicted- ofimiurder.- -Previous to
his execution he asked and obtained leave
to have a personal interview with the chief,
John Ross, with a view to obtaiaa reprieve.
While before the chief he was earnest-in his
protestations of innocence of. the critnc of
which,he had been convicted, but statcif that
he had -killed three or four other men.‘Ross
refused to grant him'a reprieve, and Smith
was executed. After this event the excite
ment became Intense' among tlie party to
which Smith belonged. Threats were made
against the life of Russ, and he thought it
prudent to surround himself by a body guard
of some forty persons. ■ He was shortly to
leave the'Nation for the East. -
_ It is further stated that Ross dcpatchcd
a message to a distinguished member of-the
Ridge party, a relative of Buudinol’s, who
had (ij is said,) expressed some threats a
gaiust him, to know what his intentions
were. The reply was Characteristic of the
man,,and of course unsatisfactory to Ross.
Thus the'matter stood when the informant
of the Gazette left. ■ 1
The people of Arkansas with good;reason
implore l|ie Federal Government to send to
the frontier,a jorce sufficiently large to keep
,in check the numerous hostile tribes that, it
has concentrated on Jbe borders' of that
State.,' . -
A SHOCKING AFFAIR,
. About 1 o’clock last'Saturday night, the
house of Mr,'. Welch', (our .miles west'of
Paris, Illinois, was attacked by a-party of
live persons.with-their faces blacked; and
otherwise disfigured to avoid detection.—
Mr. Welch' received the contents of a,rifle
’(supposed to have been fired through the
window,) whilst laying in bed; and when the
door was. broken open, the. defence of the
family entirely devolved upon his wife and
bis son (a lad of 1,6,) the balance of his
household , consisting of children under 8
years of age. f ■ ’ . .
'.As soon as the party.obtained cntrancera
person, who proved to be George Redman,-
a ncar.neighbor, ru.sbc.d- Jtppn.tlie ,cJder,.Mr..
AVelcl'.witbHbutchcrk'nile;”buf,beforehe
could accomplish -Ids diabolical purpose,
young Welch knocked him down with a stick
of wood, and followed-up-his blows until be
broke the,assassin's,skull in several places,
Redman- lingered until- Sunday evening,
when be died of bis wounds. Whilst the boy
was thus successfully-defending the life of
Ills father, Greenup James, one of Redman’s
accomplices, attacked Mrs. Welch, first by
firing at her in bed, anil subsequently,.with
a large hickory club, prepared for the pur-,
pose. .Mrs. Welch,yvitli more than Spartan
bravery, seized,,the tongs, knocked down
her assailant, and, finally, succeeded in
aiding-him so as to prevent-his flight, and,
-render his. efforts at mischief 1 impotent and
harmless. , ■ ' V
During ()Vo progress of the affray, three of
life party,, (two of whom are supposed.to be
the son-and .fled;
arid Young Welch, (leaving ,Ins mother to
take care of G, James; and prevent Ids flight,
■went to [’aris and procureij 'incdicai aid for.
his father;) who Was nearly exhausted frorii
the loss of blood caused, by' his wounds.—-
Mrs.M elch in the meantime,-attended well
to-the safety of her. cbarge;:parnlyzing his
efforts at'-flight by application .of her trusty
weapon.’’ ' , V
ih’e'.
elder Welch Will' recriycG , : as the ball lias
been carefully cirracfed.,. Mrs, Welch and
her son (through a
■Pro'ylt|cn.ceo’iafisVhtijcrj',free..from injury)
A younger son', '(a boy 7 or 8,) : was.\rpuiulod
in the head during the affray, by one of the
assassins, although not dangerously, -’lids,
nhocking attempt td-tnurder a whole family)
originated, it is stippbscd)in a.misunderstan
iling orTamiry quarrel bl some months stand
ing- ] ),' ' ’)■■■' W / ’
: ' G.' James.is secured in the Paris jail; and
the officers of Justice are in pursuit of the
other accomplices of Redman; - but, at the
last accounts nothing bad been hcarddf them.
—Terre Haute Courier ) ' '
OURiTRADE WITH FRANCE.,
■; In 3859 our exports to.Franca)amounted’
to $18,536,854. The principal article which
we send to France is cotton. 'Of the aggre
gate exports just named) $15,323,1.42 was
in cotton, $8I0;063 in tobacco, and: $320,-
9XI in rice. Our'imports fromlErance du
ring . (lie Bamo ieachcd The sura of
832,531.321 ) of wlilrh' 815,099,478 was : in
silks; . 81,379,976 in wines; worsted"-arid
worsted stuff goads $1,500,000; linen $500,-
030, and manufactured, cotton goods jess
Jt'mn one million of dollars. This statement,
which we believe to be authentic, shows an
excess of imports, ov.cr exports, of $14,194,-
467 for the year above named. In a com
parison ofthc imports from France of 1839,
with those of the previotis year, it appears
they were nearly, doubled—the difference in
silks alone being nearly $10,000;000 in 1839
over the imports of 1838—while the increase
of exports during (lie same period was drily
$2,414,449. The only favorable view 16 lm
taken of (his excess of imports over exports,
is in the. fact that the trade with France is
carried'on .pyijicipnlly-’in,American bottoms.
Of the.-imports in 1839; $30,411,037 were
in' gtir own vcssels.jnid.of the exportsslB,-
356,854. — Balt. Sun.
Suddiln Death.—A Somerset (Pa.) pa
per announces (lie' death of M r. Geo.Tlioinp
son, of Bedford county, under circumstan
ces peculiarly painful. He was marricd'oii
the 9th ult. to a lady in Somerset county;
on (he day following,’ the wedding party on
their way (a Bedford county, stopped at a
public house, and as the bridegroom Was
stepping across the flooivlie-suddenly fell,
and expired in "a. Tew 'moments;' TliU'sTn
the midst .of joy and apparently high health,
was (he young bridegroom laid upon the
bier, and the bride made a widow -ivitliin
twentyrfour hours after their union.-— lb.
■«, - -' '7 ' "" ***’ ’■ ■ , - - T77;'-
. Shocking. Murder.— Tlie St. Louis papers
giye’t
committed on Ihe'SOlh nlt., in Perry coun
ty, Mo. James Lay ton beat his wife’s brains
out, in the presence of one of his children,
and afterwards broke her legs and arms and
otherwise abused hei- lifeless person, in a
worse than Ravage manner. ' lie (then gath
crcd jiis .children, five in number, together,
.and sent-them to a i'e!ative’.s,:.iiiid -decanip'-
ed. .At (lie last accounts he had not been
taken, though a strong scout was after him.
lie was not an -intemperate man, and no
.causclsassigncdfcMjliunct.—
lmportant JDecisio's.—ln.a case reccnlly.boforo
the Court of Cominon'Pleas in Dauphin county.
Judge Parsons decided “the - true rule Of policy,
and of law, to bo: That when bank notes are cur
rent at the place in which they are paid, and they,
are received without objection, and 'paid in good
faith, withont any knowledge that the bank bud
failed; or where, from,-the facts, it could not bo
inferred that it bad, although at the lime, the notCs
in the place where the bank is located, ore not cur
rent but utterly worthless, still, in law, it is a val
id payment of a pre-existing debt, and when so re
ceived, and the debtor judgment satisfied; it is a
payment, and the original debt is relinquished.”
Tlie case has been removed to tlie Supreme
Courlfor revision. '
Congrcs ». —ln the Senate, on Monday, the Vico
President laid before that body the letter of resig
nation of |VIr. Webster. Mr. Crittenden asked
jeaye to introduce bis bill to prevent.tile interfer
ence of olTico holders nt elections, which causpd
a warm and animated debate, in which Messrs.
Clay (of Ky.) anil Preston spoke in favour of the
bill, and Messrs; Norvell, Wright, Calhoun,
Sevier, I.inn, Cuthbcrt, and Buchanan, in opposi
tion; and the question being taken on granting
leave, it was decided in the negative, by.a.voW
of ayes l-l,nocs 26. In the House ofUopresenta
tives.Mr.ThompsmvClinirman of the Committee
on Military Adairs, reported a bill making a|ipro
priations for certain fortifications of,the United
States generally,Tortile year 18-tl,and for arma
ment of ’fortifications; also for raising a company
of sappers, miners, and pent miers, andappropria
ling $500,000 for steam ships of war) The a
mount proposed by the bill to bo appropriated for
fortifications is $1,678,000. The bill was read
twice and committed to. the Committee of-the
oil the state of the Union. The general
appropriation bill is still.under discussion. .
, Baltimore Republican
• levrus SBffWMjEY, Jfr.
RESPECTFULLY infirms the public that
he Inis commenced aulic shop of his father
in Leather street, a few flours cast of Leonard's
store, the business uf ’ .
HOUSE AND SIGN FAINTING
ANI) PAPISR, HANGING,
and hopes by strict attention to business, and an
anxious ’effort to please, V> merit and "receive a
share ol public patronage. ;
v_-
Thankful for past favors, hereby notifies his old
customers and the public generally, that he
keeps constantly on baud, and will manufacture
to order, at the old place,
Chairs of (ivory description; V
Also, WEife TRADS, lIRRAKRAST tf DIN
INCyi!ABr>K*S—;»!! }>r-which he will •divpp&e'pf
on rcHsoiiahlc terms. He i«vitcs M hiB
f/unds to'glve him « otll. •
RUFUS E. SHiAPI.EY.
25, •184l*r;i:'..
PUBLIC SALE.
THE 'subscriber..will ofl'i-r at-public sale, on
Monday the 15th day of March next, at his
residence on the Rig Spaing, hear li vine's Mill,
in Westperinsliorongli township, the following
described personal property, to wit: A dark bay.
. STALLION, ®
rising Sycaftt old, sired by the full blooded horse
hhemindimbi 2 Cows, one'of wliich'isffesli with
a cidf at bcVToet;’H hVadVid HoVs'.y :Alsora VfiT
ricty of-Huusobnlil ahiVKitchVn Furnifuj-e, 1 such
as Beds and. Bedding, Tables,’CbairSjtDeskand
Bookcase, 1 eight tiny Chirk, Carpeting, Strives
and Pipe, (one an open coal stove,). Pots Ket
tles, Cupboards, fro. iko. A!so, Coru, Uye ainl
Oats by the bushel;’’ S.de.tocoimnem'.c at 10
olclock-on said’ day ,• when ilucatlcndance’will be
givcn.’hnd, terms made kumvo Ky,- ’-- k: . - ,
; HUBERT BLEAN-,.
•. Big S(»ring, Feb. 25, 1811. . , V. 3t i
-...’3C.be subscribers have jnsti received, amV
now, npeiiim; :i'.!tp|Fridid. l upvtn|4 , i t - orriFAEL
,ttjd,.\ylN-.LhR -kuihlv v'.■- ...
V STRAir HORSE. .
CAM E to the Plantation bf thcsuhscnbcr; In
Mifflin township, on Mondaythe >sth inst.
a Bay Hone, about 15} hands high, having a
small white spot oirlflb nose. The owner is re
quested to come forward, prove property, pay
charges and take him away, or he will be dis
posed of according to law.
■ BENJAMIN M’cOY.
Mifflin tp, Feb. 2S, 1841. ' : " 3t
STATE OP PENNSYLVANIA.
; Cumberlqnd 'dou'nty , «5. • _ .
aV|I(M . The Com mpn Wealth of Pennsylva-'
JSmIRwSk. nia to the Uev. John.Wrlght & Jane
'KmkE Wright his wife, ofLogansport, Cass
county, Statebflndiana,John Weak
,ly, William Weakly,Samuel Wood
burn, StephenF. Weakly, and all other persons,
interested. . ■ -
Greetingt
’ Whereas ati appeal lids been entered aiid fi led
in the Register's Office of Cumberland comity,
dated the 22d day-of llecember, A. iD.-1834, by
Samuel Alexander, Esquire, ’attorney, for the
Uev, John Wright and Jane Wright his wife,
appealing from the decree of the Register of said
county, in the case of admitting to probate a cer
tain,instrunient of writing purporting to be the
last will and testunientofMargaiclWeakly, late -
of Dickinson township, deceased, bearing date
the 14lh day. of May A. 1). 1829, and praying
that a Registers’ Court may he convened for the
determination thereof agreeably to law.
This is therefore to notify yon that 1 have qp.
polic'd Thursday, the Bth. day of April mxl, at
10 o.’dock A. M. at the Register’s Offlce in the
borough of Carlisle, when and where,a Regis
ter’s (W'urt will be convened for the purposes a
foresaid, where you are requested to attend if
yon‘think proper. -■
•In,witness whereof I have hereunto set my
hand and seal of office, this 25th day of Febru
ary. A,D. 1841.
ISAAC ANGNEY, Register.
I NOTICE
TO BRIDGE BUILDERS.
fipUE Commissioners .of Cumherlandrconnty'
JL will receive proposals at the house of John
Chrnmrtn,'Em}. .Innkeeper, in tlie borough of
Carlisle, on Thursday Ihe'lStlr of April next,
between 9 and 12 o'clock in the forenoon, for the
erection ufa good Wooden Bridge,
across thc : Conndogumtl Creek, at Benj miin
Ehcrly's Fording in lhetown>hipof tasl Penns
horough, of-riie-following dimensions, to wiu—
*To contairt ih*lehgth from" one”abutment to ibe
othcrtwoTiundrc'cl and twenty feelV'aWdVighU’en ■
feet wide In the Clear, the abuimentvto.be ftlxml v •
fourteen feet thh k each; there shall be two
spans of 110 feet each, supported on good and
substantial ,Mm\e abutments and pier, the said
•abutments to be- bpiUdn a spin) ing direction,
witli. a.regular slope, and about I f feet high
from the botlopf of" the creek, fr m‘, whence
t^vihc'sahf'pkig'iij• 1 A
arcH-'s to be sprung about 6 di 7 feet in th< Cen
lrc;'the floor lp;be double floored-with twolheh
phiivk,- the upper floor oak and the,b-wt r yellow
pinei the sales and gable ends to be sufficiently
high t«> admit covered and hay waggons to pass
through the same, say 32 feel'in the clear, tohe’
cloudy weatherhoarded ,and painted red, the
whole.to be well roofed with good white pine
shingles} the .whole of theiwood*.wnrk.toj)e well
secured with iron bdlts| ready eyes, 6fe.; fp-m
the back pf the abutments the filling shall ron--
sist of earth and stone, and well supported with
wing walls 3 feet higli above, the filling, extend*
ing-on car.h sido-aboul-20-feel from-thr
aml as high as the.filling until the filling and
Wtdlsug;shali.jncel--the.-.road with an ascent-and -
descent not exceeding, five degrees eTevation from •
the road to said, bridge * tin* wood work to he
built of sound and substantial timht t*; the stone
work of large good stone, lime ami sand movt n*
well pointed, and a direction board for each end
of said bridge. . The party contracting to give
such such security as the Commissioners may
require Tor the faithful performance of the
workmanship and permanency of said bridge.
Proposals to be accompanied with a plan
Should none of the proposals meet the nppn ba
llon of the Commissioners they will on the same
day, between the hours-of 2 and 5 •* , cl* c.k in the
afternoon, expose the said bridge to public sale,
and sv 11 the same to the lowest and hi st bidder.
' JOHN COUNMAN,
ALKX. M. KERB,
MICHAEL MISHEEH, .
Commissioners,
Attest—Joint Irwix,. Clerk.
; C'nmniKsinnfVh* Office, ■ O
Carlisle. February 25, 1841. >
•Tallow, Foap Fat A slit's,
WANTED fit GravVSimp & Camllr Tar*
lory, for which the price* will be
paid
J2LSO %
f*>r sale, which 4r*fiy answ» rf*»r early sprlngsniv
ing, a few bushels pf prime Tiriiotfiy Sn-d.
% ALSO,
several Casks of \Vine fcf Cider Vinegar, siroi g
and fine flavored, which will be sold whnlcbaic
or retail, at moderate prices.
Carlisle, I'ebrtmr) 18, IS4I, fit
Estate of J6lm Storey, dec'll
NOTICE.
H . KTTF.RS of administration on the rstatc of
Storey, latent' Fast iVnnsbor-)' lown
snip, Cumberland cniiuty/dec’d., have been is
sued to the subscribers residing in the snme
tnwnshipv, All persons indebted said-estate "
are requested to make payment immediately,
and tlt/aHiavino- claims will present‘them with
out delay to either of the subset ibers
MUSKS STOUKY,
JOHN SPROUT,
Admits,
, February 18, 1841.
Triennial Assessment,
■mTOTinE is hereby given that the Commissicn-
X vl ers of Cumberland county, will hold the up*
jjeals.for, the,
aniTTownshlps*oflTa! d cbunt'y, at the times arid
places as'published below', forthepurpose©! hear
ing all persons who, may apply for redress, and to;
grahtsuchjrelief as tcrlhcm shall appear just and
reasonable, to wit;,
Allen on Thursday the 4th at the public house of
David Sheafier in Shcpherdstown.
Borough of Mcchanicshurg on Friday the sth at
tho public house of John H oover, in said’.borough.
Monroe on Saturday the 6lh at the public house
ofTSfrs. Paul in Churchtown.
Borough 6f Carlisle on Monday the Bth at. the
Co'mmissionors’office-in said borough.
* Silver Spnug on Tuesday the Oth at the public
house of Joseph Grier in Hoguoslown. .
All principal Assessors are.also notified and, re
quired to attend at the time and place fixed for the
appeal, for th.eir respective boroughs and'town
ships. - JEhj order of the Commissioners*
1 r ,■ ■ * 'John irwin, cicA,.
Cummhstoncrs Office, 7 '
Carlisle, Jan. 21, 1841.- 5.,. ' h.
bank xotice.
HBKEAS.the Carlisle. Saving Fund So-' '
cicty,:.wiUcvpire in 1813. . Notice is horc
hy’giyen, agreeaSly to the constitution and laws
'ofil?46#(jrli>?i>iA«'watJlhe%Bt^ltbQldo|i : i(rf','qaid in
stitution intcrid applying .to, the rieixt Legislature,
of the Commonwealth for a reiiewal of Charter,
change of nanm,style and 'title ,to “Cumberland
Valley Hank,” increase of capital and gcncraldis-
banking privileges, all under such
restrictions as the Legislature may direct, Ttio
abo voinsti tution to bo continued in Carlisfe, Pai,
JOHN J. MYKKS.
c- (ira.
September JO, 1840.
Job workihcatly exccuted ut this
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