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LAW NOTICE.
■JFfcETEII F. EG E, Attorney at Law. Office
Sj opposite the Carlisle Bant
, March 25, 1841
DR. WIliiAM IRVItT,
OFFICK ami Dwelling in li ist Hisli utrect,
n xt dnoi- to Rev. J. V. ii. TlumC
' AftAust 12. 1«41. _■ tf
HAT MANUS'ACTOStIZ 1 .
subscriber has rented the shop hereto*
i fore occupied by Mr. Lindsey'Spottswood,
thj? c«nw*r ol Hanover andLoulher streets,
nn«l one cfoor west of 1 (Vfi\ John store,
\there he is prepared with.’the best materials,
and will fceep cdnaiantl) dp hand and manutac*.
lure toorrler;*" ; ‘
Hats 'of eVer'y UcscViption,
sue), as RUSSIA, BRUSH, NUTRIA, CAS-
Wc. His work will be done in ihe
fashionable style, apd at moderate prices,
lie solicits a sliaVe ofppblie patronage.
WILLIAM H. 1R0U1..-
Carlisle. May 20, 1841. . ‘ 6m
LOOK AT £hISI
JACOB DUNBORE,
RllSl’ RCTFUMjY informs the citizens ot
Carlisle and its vicinity, that he has com
indu ed ihe
fiktddiery A' BJdi'HVSS
BSusiness,
in all its various branches, in Main stVeet, one
’clo.t'r east of the store of Messrs. AngneV & An
derson, aval a few doors west of Mr* Wunder
lich’s tave>n, where he will keep constantly cm
hand, and manufacture to (rrdef* at the shortest
'ttotice and on the most reasonable terms.
S'ailiCtcs, JiAMcs-, Cottars, Harness, Trunks,
&f[J'c. He hopes hy strict attentiim to bust
nbss-, and an anxious desire to please, to merit
anil receive a liberal bf public patronage,
il iving the best of workmen employed 1 , his cus
tomers may efcpect \heiV* WoVU fd be done in the
i,e itest and most substantial manner.
Carlisle, May *3, 1841. 3m
Valuable Tmi Property
FSR sale.
WILL be sold at public stile-, on the premises,
on WoiVnciilay Vho iOlit of NoVember, at
10 o’clock A. M.,in the borough of Carlisle, Cum
berland county, (hat large and commodious
TAN' YARD,
situate on the north east corner of Loulher & East
streets, bounded by Lelarl Spring, & on the north
by a lot of T. ,C. Hall, Esq.* containing"26o.feet
in front, and 120 feet in depth, mote or less, be
longing to the estate of David S. .Forney, dete’d.*,
having thereon erected a large
TWO STOBYBTOjVB
PPj DWELLING HOUSE,
_a.twb lSlory-stone two story 7
Brick Beam Ilotue, a large Frame Bark and Mill
V/uiMfi.with a Bark Mill in it. There are 44 Lay
aways and 1 Pool in the yard, 5 Handlers, 3 Limes
end 1 Bate in the Beam House,.and a good well
of water at the. Kitchen door. 'l'he property is ip.
good order, and in a very desirous situation for a 1
Tannery or a private dwelling* Terms of sale
will be made known on the day of sale, and any
information will be given about the property be
fore the day of sale by
G W:SHEAFER,
JACOB SHUOM, ■
Executors*
August 36,18tl
Valuable Town Property for Sale.
Tke property of the late John IF. X, Hague, dic'd,
THE subscriber will dispose of at private sale,
that valuable property at the corner of Hanover
and North streets, in the bdroUgh of Carlisle, ad
joining Mr. Weibley’s Hotel. The property is
composed of a full lot of ground, on which are'e
Tolled a large , .
w, . TWO STORY FRAME
fifPIWEATHERBOARDED HOUSE,
tin' Hanover street, and two Frame }Veathfrboard~
ed'Houeee on North street: The first mentioned
building has been: for many years occupied as a
store and is admirably calculated, from its situa
tion, for public business of any kind. There is
1 also a Frame Stable on the premises, an 3 R -wellof
excellent water with a pump in it, at the front door
of the large building, : There is a large cellar,
walled, at the corner of lha lot, onwhich a.large
buildingmightbo erected, (this part, if. the pur
chaser wished to build,'he might have possession
of immediately.) Possession will be given of the
. other part of the" property on the Ist of April next.
-.'.An will be given,, and'terms
made easy to tlio purchaser. ■ ,
Apply to EZEKIEL BULLOCK.
1 August 36,1841. ■— tf .
C'VK. 1--&
BY GEO. SANDERSON.]
Whole No. 1417'
■' O A BE AB dTOBTi .
A late number of the-Spirit of the Times
has a humorous story called “The Big Bear
uf Arkansas.” Wij take a fragment.
“Where did all that happen-?.” asked a;
cynical looking Hoosior.
“Happened? happened in ArkinsaW? where
else ctould it have happened but in the crea
tion State, the finish up countiy; a State
where the site runs down to the centre of
’arlh, and Government gives you a title to
every inch of it. Thcnits airs Just breathe
them and they will make you snort liken
horse. lt ; s a State without a fault itis.” ,
“Excepting musquetocs,” cried the Hoo
sici\ , .
■ “Well, stranger, except them, for it are a
Tact that they arc rather enormous, and do
push themselves in, somewhat troublesome.
_But, .stranger, they never stick twice in the
same place, and give them a fair chance for a
few months, and you will get as much above
theni as an aUigutor. _Th - can’t hurt my
feelings, for they lay under -ie skin; a.
I never knew but one case of injury resulting
from llieih, and that was to a Yankee: and
they take worse to foreigners any how than
they do to-natives* But they used that fel
low up: first .they punched him until he swell
- up.and burstcd, then he sup'-per-a-ted, as
the doctor called it, until he was as raw as
beef, then he took the agcr, owing to th e warm
weather, and finally he took a steamboat and
left the country.- Ho-was the only man that
liver took musquctoes at heart that 1 know of.
But musquetoes is NatUr, and 1 never find
fault with her if they are large;' her trees
are large, her rivers are large, and a small
musquetoc would be of no more use in Ar
kar.saw than preaching in a cane-brake,’.’
ruvtTf.n^.biifcl
'n'!sJ^!tWesusEc(;tnenposicr-u;j/-Bn«-:ie»j-iiK'
giciun started on a new track, to explain how
numerous bears were in his. digging, where.
a iittje' pie’ntifuller.”''
Upon the a Iterance, of this assertion, a
limit little man near me inquired if the bear
in ArkansaW ever attacked the settler's in
'numbers. .
onVS
"No/’ said our hero, warming with his
suliject7*‘no stranger, for you see ifain’t this
-natuF-df biirto go-in droves,but : tne way they
squander about in "parties and'single ones
is edefying. Ami then the way I bunt them
—the old blank know the crack of
my gun as well as .they know a pig squealing.
They grow thin in our parts, it frightens
them so,.and they do lake'the noise dread
fully, poor things. That gun of mine is per
fect ebidemic among bar~-if not watched
closely it will go on as quick on a warm
scent as my dog Bowie Knife will, and then
that dog, whewt why the fellow thinks that
the world isfollof batyhefinds them sueasy.
It’s lucky he don’t talk as Veil as think, for
with his natural modesty, if he should sud
denly learn how ttViich he is acknowledged to
be ahead of all other dogs id the universe, he
would be astonished Wdeath in two minutes.”
“What season of Hi'S .year do your hunts
take place?” inquired a'gentlemanly foreign
er, who from some peculiary of his baggage,
I suspected to be ah Englishman on some
hunting expedition, probably at the foot of
the Rocky Mountains’.
"The season for bar hunting, stranger,”
said the man of Arkinsnw, “is generally all
the year round, and the hunts take place about
as regular. I read in history that varmints
have their fat season and their lean season.
That is not the case in Arkinsaw, feeding
ns they do upon the spontnneovme'ss of the
sile, they have continued fat season'the year
round—though in winter, things in this way
is rather more greasy than in summer* I must
admit. For that reason bar with us run in
warm weather, but in winter they only wad
dle. Fat, fat! it’s only an enemy to speed;
it tames every thing that has plenty of it.—
I have seen wild turkeys from its influence,'
as gentle ns thicken. Run a bah in this
Condition, and the way it improves the crit
ter for eating is aniazing; iFsort of-mixes-the
ile up with the meat until you can’t tell
tother from which; I’ve done this often. .
, “I recollect one purty mornin.in particu
lar, of putting an'old fellow on the stretch*
and considering tho weights he carried*,he
run we11.,--But Jhe dogs soon tired him down,
and when I came up with him was’nt he in
a beautiful sweat—l might sa.V fever, and
then to see his tongue sticking-oUt.of his
mouth a feet, arid his a sinking and
opening like a bellows, anil his cheeks so
fat he could’nt look Cross* In this fix I
blazed at hini, and pitch me naked into a
brier-patch if the stream didn’t come out of
the bullet-hole ten feet in straight, line-. —
The fellow, I reckon, was made bn high
pressure system; and,the lead sort of bursts
his biler. J ’'i ' ?.v.; " •
' “That column of steam was rather curious
or else the bear must have been warm,” ob L
served the foreigner with a laugh.
.“Stranger ns you observe, that bat* was
warm, and the blowing of the steam showed
it, and also how hard the varmint Had been ,
run. I have no doubt if he had kept on t,wo
miles farther, his insides would have been
stewed; and I expect to meet with a varmint
yet o'f extra bottom who will run himself into
a skin full of bar’s grease, it is possible much
unlike things has happened.”
- * Whereabouts are these bear so abundant?’
inquired -the foreigner with-interest.
. “Why. stranger, they inhabit the neigh -
borhood of my settlement. One of the. pretti
est places on -old. Mississippi—a perfect lo
cation and no mistake, a place that had some
defects until the rivet made the “cut off at
“Shirt-tail-Bend, and .that remedied the evil,
as it brought hry' cabin on the edge, of .the
river, a great advantage in. wet weather, as
you can now-roll a barrel of whjskeyinto my
yard in: high water,’ from a.boat, as easy as
falling toff a log; it’s a great improvement, as
■toting by;land in a jog, as I used.to do, eva
porated it too fast, and it became expensive..
„. Justatop w|th,m,e strapgeria
bra r - year, if■ you will appreciate my placc.
I can .g|Ve you plenty lb .eat*’for besidea, hog:
and homony, you can hove bar ham, and bar'
sassages. and,a,matrass of bar'skins to sleep Inspired with new hope. Colter redoubled
on; and a.wild cat skin pulled oUTfibll, stall- his exertions, but strained himself to such a
ed with .corn shucks for a pillow. The bed degree that the blood gushed from his mouth
woto-td ptltyoa to alecp if yoU halt! the i-heu- and nostrils;, and, streamed down his breast,
matism lri e'very Joint of your body. call- He arrived Within Smile of the river. The
that are a bed of fjuieius. Then look n‘t my sound of footsteps gathered upon him.. A;
land; the CfovernmcntainHgntunothersucb -glance behind pursues with-;
a piece to dispose df> ’ Such timber and such in twenty yards,'and preparing to lance his'
bottom laird, Why you can’t preserve any- spear. Stopping short, he turned round and
thing natural you plant iU it, unless ypu pick spread out his arms. The savage, cobfound
it young, things theVe will groW out of shape ed at this sudden action, attempted to stop
so quick. 1 once planted in those diggins and hnVl Ms spear, but fell in the very act.
a few potatoes and beets; they took a fine His spear struck in the grpuiid, and the
start, and after that an ox team couldn’t shaft broke in his hand, .Colter plucked up:
have kept them from growing. At that time the pointed pai-t, pinned the saVjige to the.
I went off to old'K.e‘ftfuck oh,business, and .earth, and continued his flight. The Indi
did not hear from'the things in three months; ans;" as they arrived at their slaughtered
when I accidentally.stumbled on a. fellow companion-, Stopped to howl over him-. Col-
Whb had.atopped at my place With an idea ter made the most of this precious delay,
of buying me out* “How do you like things?” gained the skirls of cotton-wood bordering
said!.. “Pretty well,’* said lies the cabin is the river, dashed through it, and plunged
convenient; and the timber land is good, but into the stream-. He swam to a neighboring
that bottom -land ain’t worth the first red island, against the Upper end Of Which the
cent.” “Why?” said I. ‘Cause,” said he. drift wood had ipdgcd in such quantities as
"Cause what?’ said I. ‘Cause it is full of to form a natural raft; .under this he dived
’cedar sfUmps. and Indian-mounds,’ said he and swam below water until he succeeded
‘and it can’t be. cleared. 1 - -‘Lord, 1 said I-, in getting a breathing place-between the
them are cedar stumps is beets, and ihem floating trunks of trees, whose branches and
[are Indian mounds arc Inter hills,’—as I ex- bushes formed a covert several feet above
i pcctcd the crop was overgrown and useless; the. level of the water. ■ He had scarcely
■ the sile is too Vich'and planting in Arkansaw drawn breath, after his toils,.when he heard
is dangerous. I hail a good-sized sow killed, bis pursuers on the river'bank, whooping
in that same bottom land; the;old thief stole and yelling like-so many flends. They
an ear of corn and took it down ,to Where plunged into the river, ami swam to the raft,
slie slept at night-to eat;-well, shelefta grain The heart of Colter almost,died within .him
or Iwo'on the ground, and lay down on’em: as he saW them, through the chinks of his
before morning the corn shot up, and the concealment, passing and repassing, and
percussion killed her dead. I don’t plant seeking for him in all directions. Theyati
any more; ttatur intended Arkansaw for a length gave up the search, aml,ltU-began to
hunting-ground and Igo according to nalur,’ rejoice ill his escape, when the fdca.prescnt
r- '_ ■ I. „ ed itself that they might set the raft on fire'.
Colter, Wifli" tfie hardlhdbd of a regular
trapper,bad-cagtrJy^Bet|h-fopiifcti^tWe^
tile wilderness, and had remained to trap pu ,. sl , crB j, a d departed, Colter dived again,!
beaver alone, on the head waters of the Mis- ; in(l ~a ine gp beyond the raft. He thenswam
souri. Here he Fell irt With, anotntf lonely ailently»UoAvn the river, for a considerable
trapper, like himself; named Potts, and They I ,ii stallC e iW beve he landed, and kept on all
.agreed to keep.together,.. They , lt> to get possible ficm-this
very region of the terrible Blackfeet, at that, ,] ttn g erous neigliborliood'.
time thirsting to revenge the death of their ° •
coinpankms. and knew that they had tu.ex
pect uo mercy- at their -hands----They were.
obliged'to_keep concealed all day in the
woody margins of the rivers, setting their
traps after nightfall,ahd taking them up be
fore daybreak, it was running a fearful
risk for the sake-of a few beaver skins, hut
such is the life of a trapper.
They were on a branch of the Missouri ]
called' Jefferson’s Fork, and had set their
traps at night, about six miles from a pmall
river that emptied itself into the forks, —
Farly in. the morning they ascended tke riv- j
er in a canoe, to examine the traps. The
banks on each side were high and perpen
dicular, and cast a shade over the stream.—
As they were softly paddling along, they
heard the trampling of many feet upon the
banks. Colter immediately gave the alarm
of “Indians!” and was for instant retreat.
Putts scuffed at him for being- frightened at
the trampling of a herd of bulfalues. Colter
j checked his uneasiness,and paddled forward.
| They had nut gone much farther when fright
ful whoops and yells burst forth from each
side of the river, and several hundred In
dians appeared on cither bank. Signs were
made to the unfortunate trappers to come on
[ shore. They were obliged to comply. Be
fore they cmild get out of their canoe, a sav
age seized the rifle belonging to Potts-Col
ter sprang oti shore, wrested the weapon
from the hands of the Indian, and restored
it to -his companion, who was still in the.
canoe; and immediately pushed into the
stream’, .There Avas a sharp twang of a bow,
and Potts cried out that he was wounded.
Colter urged him to come oq shore and'sub
mit, as his only chance for life; but the oth
er knew there was no prospect of mercy,
and determined to die game. -Levelling-his
jdfle,_lie_shot one of the savages dead on the
Spot. The next moinent be fel 1 himself,
pierced by innumerable arrows,
The vengeance of the savages, ttow tiimed
Upon Colter. He was stripped naked, and,'
having some knowledge bf the Blackfuot j
language; overhaul'd a Consultation as to the
mode uf despatching him,'sb as to derive (he
,gi-eatest amusement from' his death. Some
weiefurseUing hinuttpias..a. mark, and bav.-_
ing a trial of-skill at his-expense. The
chief, however, was for nobler spurt. He
seized Col ter by the shoulder and demanded
if he could run fast. The unfortunate trap
per was too well,acquainted: with Indian
Customs nut to comprehend the drift of the
questipn. lie was to run for his life* to fur
nish a’klnd of human beat to liis persecutors.
Though in reality he Was fluted by his broth
er hunters for swifthcSs on foot, he-assured
the chief that he was a very bad runner.—
His stratagem, gained- him some vantage
ground. He.was ted. by the chief into the
prairie, about Tour , hundred yards from, the,
ynain budy of savages, and then turned louse,
to save himself if he could, A tremendous
yell let him know ’.that the whole puck of
bloodhounds were in full. cry. Colter flew
rather than run; he wap astonished at liis
own speed;-but he'had six miles of prairie
to traverse before he.could reach Jefferson
fork of the Missourijhow Could he -hope to
hold but such a distance with the' odds of
seven hundred 'ten one against him ? The
plain; too, abounded; with the prickljr:peair,
which Wounded liis naked; feet, Still he fled
on, dreading eadh moment to hear tlie twang
of ai bow ami to feel, an arrow quivering at
his heart. He did not even dare to: look
round,lest he should .lapse an ,inch.ofi that
distance on which his life depended. He-I
i had run nearly half way across the plain,
.when; the sbuiid,of,pursuit'grew. somewhatJ
fainter, and, hß.yeiitured .to turn' (Us head.r—!
The,main body of.liisipursuers were a con
siderable' distance-behind;, several of the;
faster runners were scattered in the distance;;
while & Swifb footed, wifrripr, armed with a
speaLTree not more than ,a ; hupdred yards
behind, ' '’ ""
ICY
{he ski
imlTl'
K “oUnCOUNTRt RIGHT bn WONG.”
:■* tArtiste, t Pa. QfaursAay September 23,1841.
.. A . D esoCaxj ng-Sc uukoe .— Th o New -Voik-.
Medipal Gazette-givcs-tho.folluwing.-ii\ci
dental notice of the epidemic wliicti first I
gave rise to, the internal use of Mercury furl
medical purposes:
Upwards of a century ago,-the American
Colonies were the Scene of one of the most]
dreadful epidemics which ever desolated a
country. It was generally denominated the
putrid aore throat, and it commenced-its ca
reer in M,ay, l"3s,'at Kingston, an inland
town of New Hampshire. , From thence, it
spread itself gradually to the neighboring
towns and villages. In the'month of Sep
tember of the same’year, it reached Boston.
Its progress westward was slow but unin
terrupted, Nearly two ycars elapsed before
it reached the Hudson riven, from’whence it
continued to spread to the south and west,
until it had involved the whole of the colo
nies in one common calamity. The numbers
who fell victims.to the disease'were immense.
Upon the population ofNcw England, more
especially, it committed the most dreadful
ravages. According to the account furnish
ed by Dr. Douglass, a physician of Boston,
it appears that one-fourth of the inhabitants
of that place were seized with it, and of
these, one in thirty-five died of it. In other ]
places, he states thal'one-sixth, one-fourth,
and tone-third, of the sick fell victims to it.
By Dr. Kearsley, an eminent practitioner of
Philadclpliia, an affecting account was left
ofits devastations. “Dike most new diseas
es,” says he‘, “till their constitution and na
ture are .known, it swept ,all before it; it
baffled every attempt to stop its progress,
and seemed by its. dire effects to be more
like the drawn sword of vengeance to stop
the growth of the.colonies, than the natural
[progress of disease. In the New "England
! governments, the stroke was felt with the
:'gTeateßTSeverityr v ill“ges were-almost de
populated, and parents Were. left tu r bewail
I the loss of their tender ofispring, till Heav
en, at last, the only unerring physician, was
pleased to check its baneful influence,”
Belknap, ib his history of New Hamp
shire, Stales that in that province not less
than one thousaiul .persons died of the dis
pase^of—whom-nine-hundred—were-under-
twenty yearsof age.
It was-in attempting to arrest tlie ravages
Of this dreadful epidemic, that mercury up
pers to have been first introduced, into the
treatment of inflammatory complaints.
PloWn ui* AND ABSaUATULATEi).— The
Philadelphia Spirit of the Times gives quite
ad interesting account of the failure .of , a
mercantile firm and the absquatulation of
Charles Eisenwein, the principal in the con
cern. The. firm had two houses, one in
New. York and one in arid the
liabilities of the two huuses it is thought tVill
not fall far sliprt of a million of dollars; "the
misforturieJs that a dumber of honest and
industrious citizens loose much, if not. their
all by the failure; ..Eisenwein has gone to
Germany; his native country; -The promo
ting cause'of this failure was the infidelity
ahiLeatravagant mode of life itf Eisenwein;
lie having left his wife and taken up .with
another worinin, upon whom he lavished
iar&e.suins; .vlpe was engaged ;iil tins' tobac
co business; . .
Naval. — Tlio Boston Mercantile jolirlial
states tliat'the frigate Macedonian anil sloop
of war VViirteni have'received orders to sail,
immediately on a ti-Uise j and that further
orders habe.been received, to get,ready.for
sea, hot only the Ohioj but the, frij'ate.Co
lumbuit tlte sloop-of- war. Julm Adains> and
the schooner Grampus. ,_.Tli£ Columbia will
-probably require extensive rcpairsi-and,, o(
course, .will-.pave to go- jnto the dry dock,
where the Brie, altered intrea storefship, is
now unilcrgoingrepairSi ; The John Adapts
has been lying at f!» e yprd.lready for sea,
manymonlhsi;' ' ' ■
[AT TWO DOLLARS PEtt ,
IScvj Series—Vol. 6iird. 13,
, U. S. BANK,-—The death of what has.
been termed "the monster,*’ will draw scoffs
from some, but tears, from others,. It wilt,
bring desolation, add. ruin 10. many a fire;
side, where comfort and happincsSherctbforc
existed-. The widow and the orphan Will
mourn in penury the confidence which their
protectors And advisers reposed, in the honor
and integrity of the managers of the United
States’ Bank. A crying sin has been com
mitted by some persons.and athforo'bgh ex
position should be demanded and insisted
on. It is impossible that the.whole capital
of the bank (®35,000,000) should have been
lost by •' fair business transactions,” or by
other means than fraud ; and it is due to
public justice, and to the innocent persons
who have been deceived and cheated, that
the perpetrators should be held up to the
View of an indignant public, i'f they cannot
bo punished b}’tlie laws Of the land. Let'
the whole secrets of the concern be laid bare,
that the stockholders and people may see the
manner in which this immense sum has been
disposed-of,—Give US a list of present debt
ors, with the amount and object of expendi -
tures, and by whom and to whom made-.
The affairs of an institution which has swal
lowed up the fortunes of thousands should
be made known to the world-.
"Tlimcntire failure of such a bank will
haVc ap injurious effect on.institutions of
Smaller capitals, by exciting distrust.-...1n.
truth, • the period seems to have arrived
when the system ofbanking should, undergo
thorough reformation. . There must be' more
publicity.—more responsibility—and, above
till, more honesty in the management of
banks. Officers should be held to a strict
accountability; directors must discharge
their duties; and stockholders must have
.Or move
'among the current-events of the day. The
[subject of banking will;pf necessity, press
j.itself upon the consideration of legislators,
| and we fervently hope that such measures
may-he -adopted- throughotrt ~the J ‘Union',.as
will compel insolvent institutions to wind
up, aiid others to conduct their business
■upoircorrcct principles. - Every bank should
be required-cither to pay specie or to close
its doors.— Balt. Clipper.
Remember.— Let every man—let every man’s I
wife—let every man’s child—romenfbor that one I
of the first acts~of~tlio Federal partyjn Congress ,
Was to lay arvodions tax of twchty-per cent on tea ,
twenty per cent on coffee, twenty per cent ott sugar,
for your lea ahd coffee, twenty per -cent on sail
for your potatoes, and twenty per cent on m\>las- !
sus for your buckwheat fcaltcs. LcU-them bear \
this well in mind as they stir the sugar in their j
lea and coffee, .wheft they salt their eggs and po r !
tatoes, and when they molasses their buckwheat!
o cakes for breakfast! Let them also remember that
every Democrat in the House of Representatives
voted agaih'st this odious law, and cvfcry Federal
voted foV it. And when they thus remember, let
them ask themselves which party is in favor of
Measures tending to do the greatest guod to the
greatest number.— New Era.
Clay and Randolph. —We give below the'
words which' produced the challenge between 1
John Randolph and Henry Clay, in 1825. They |
were uttered in secret session, and wo do not know i
how they got into the newspapers: ...
“This man—(mankind I crave yohr pardon) !
—this worm—(little animals forgive the insult)— j
was spit out of the womh of meanness—was rais
ed to a higher life than he was born to, for he was
raised to the. society of blackguards. Some for
tune—kind to him—cruel to us—has tossed him
to the Secretaryship of State.
"“Contempt has the property of descending, but
she slops far-Short of him. She would die before
she would reach him; he,dwells below her fall.
I would hate him if 1 did not despise him. It is
not what he is but where he is, that puts my thoughts
in action. That alphabet which writes the name
TAersiles, of blackguard, of squalidily, refuses her
letters for him.
“That mind which thinks on what it cannot
express, can scarcely think on him. An hyperbole
for meanness, would bo an eclipse fur' Clay.” ■
The Braddee Mail Robberies;—-\Ve
learn from the Pittsburg Morning .Chroni
cle; that a United Statds. deputy marshal
has arrested Mrs. Collins, the mother-in
law of the celebrated-Dr.'Braddee, on sus
picion of beiiig concerned in the robberies
of which he had Bebn cbhVicted; More dis
coveries have’ been made in relation to the
affair. Mrs. Collins has been committed to
jail in default Of bail to the amount of 85000
which was required. ■
Making Preparations.— The New .York
Commercial of Wednesday says:—“Cannon
have been placed on the fort at Governor’s'
Island; and the other fortifications of our
harbor have cither been, placed in a condi
tion of efficiency, oh operations to that end
arc an progress. All this is well; Though
we are no believers in war or invasion; it is
well enough, if tV6 have fortifications, to
■keep them armed at Ibnst, if not manned.”
' State Debt.— The funds
are already prepared at the State Treasury
in Jlarrisburg to pay the interest' on the
State debt, tide in February next.' This is
important for, the credit of the common
wealthi while it cannot But prove an inter
esting itein for the holders of State, Ijontls.
A Threateni* Inman War.—Wc learn from the.
Burlingtoii Hawkcyc that the' Winnehagocs have been
for some tirtib past milking bitettsive preparations to
attack tiio 'Chippowia bit the nofth, and that the Pot
towatamies havo obtained the assent of thirty odd vil
lages of different.tribes on the other side of-the Mis
souri, fo ctlgdge in a war Of extermination against the
Sioux. Most of .ilia tribes are well brined and tnounl
cd—UieJr piabf iiayc been long maturing—their hat
red to their foes is deadly and'has long bbbrt-festering
—and we should not bb ; surpriscd to learn, at any mo
ment, that d sanguinary battle has been fought.
WpNiisnrtTt Rains.— Within the last four.weeks,
we tWo had in various parts' of the country, . showers
of frogs, fish; squid, and, though last hot- ioastbfflcsh
arid-blood. In Hochcstw, . New York, on Friday, it
commenced raining catfish—it, is not slated bow long s
the shower continued, or\vhother the citizens obtained
a good fiy—at all events one little “Cjlttie/ was landed,
whowhenpicked up -wagged his tail, evidently gratis
fiedilith iai yCnlVjfiniß t J v :
'AGENTS.,-
John Moon*, Esq. IjTcwvilte
J6skph MkaNs, Esq. Hopcwelltownship.
. John Wunderlich, Esq. Shippehaburg. e
William M. Matker, Hoadif.
John Mehaffv, Dickinson township.
John Clkmdknin, Jr. Esq., Hogestown.
George F. Cain, Esq< Mechanicsburg
v Frederick Wonderlich, do.*
Jott* SrbuGri, Esq, Stoughstown.
Daniel Kryshkr, Esq. Churchtowp.
* Jacob Longnkckkh, Esqr Wormleysburg.
J, B. Drawbaugh, Cedar Spring, Alien tp.
Martin EsqVShircrnunslown.
COMPLETE. LIST OF ACTS,
Passed at f)ie Ist Session'oj'ihe %7th Congress.
An act making appropriations for the present
aion. of Congress*. ’ 1 -• ‘
■ Ah act authorizing aloan not exceeding the'sura of
twelve millions of dollars.
Anact forqhc relief of Mrs. Harrison, vrido:w_of tho.
late Prcsident;of the United States. . ' ..a;...
An act making appropriation for tho. pay, ‘ffhoeitf*
tcncc, &c. of tho liohic squadron.
An net making further 'provision for the inaintnm
ancc of pauper’lunatics in .the Dietrict of Columbia,
An act entitled “An act to incorporate tho Mechan
ic Relief Society of Alexandria.
An act to repeal the “An act to provide
for "tho collection, safe-keeping transfer, and disburse
ment of "the public revenue,” and to provide for tho
punishment of embczzclcrs of pubic money and for
purposes. •
An act to provide for the payment of Navy pen
sions, k i -
An net to establish a uniform system of bankruptcy
throughout the United States.
An act further to extend the time for locating Vir-
Iginiu military land warants and. returning purveys
I thereon to the General Land Office.
An act to' authorize the recovery of fines mid for
feitures incurred under the charter, laws, and ordinan
ces of Georgetown,- before-justiceA -of the peace.
An act to relieve and extend the charters of certain
banks in the District of .Columbia.
An act in addition to un net entitled “An act io car
ry into effect a .convention between the United States
and the Mexican Republic.
An act to amend the net entitled “An act to provide
fjr. taking the sixth sqhdus or enumeration of the 17-
nited Slates/’ approved March third, ono thousand
eight hundred and thirty-nine, and die acts amending
the same. '
An act making an appropriation for tho funcral ex
penses of William, Henry Harrison deceased, Into
President of tlio United States.- .:~~r ;
An act to appropriate the proceeds of the soles of .
the public lands, and to grant pre-emption rights.
Aiiact making appropriations for various fortifica
tions,, for ordinance; and for preventing and suppress
ing .Indian'hostilities.
•An’act to provide for placing GrccnougVs statue of
-W^lnmrtonHnrthg-Rotundgof~~tho~€>apitol t :and~foy-——
T cS.»V>VkA-l\wwo\tvviAl-,’-■. • V f :
1 payment?
An act making an'appropriation for the purchase
of naval ordnance and ordniflico stores, and for other
purposes; *
An-act making appropriations for outfits and sale?
lies of diplomati^^cut^audfu>i.oU\ct'jiurpo«c9.-.
Ah act to provide for repairing the Potomac bridge;
, An act relating to dirties and dmybimk&^“
Ah act to repeal a part of the sixlhr section of tho
act cntitlcd ‘.‘An aat.to.piQvide, forjlhc.supporjt of. the
Military Academy ’of the United States lor tho year
1838/ and for oilier purposes,” passed July 7, 1838,
-- SELF-PROTECTING BEE HIVE.
In the course of our rambles on Monday, we saw hvthb
Rothndo pf the Capitol, a bee bivo of navel, aiftTvvhat
we consider useful, construction. As wo are caterers
for the public good, we shall occasionally notice such
improvements as we think will be beneficial to the pul>-
lic. This hive is called the “Self-Protecting 800
Hive.” The useful qualities of this hivo consists in
its ability to protect itself against worms, which often
break up swarms by destroying 'tho bees, or driving
them from tho hive, and hhvo often been tested by
placing it between two hives pf tho old fasliion, which
were filled with worms, and never hayo they been able
to coirynit any ravages upon it, AIsC making tho
honey in the very purest slate, ahd without destroying
a single bee, or exposing a person removing it to tho
least danger from the bees. It is not only an extreme
ly disagreeable job to eutfocate the hoes, but certainly
a great waste of property, as the bees are worth four
limes as much ns the honey obtained. The inventor
I sells stocks of bees and honey enough every year to a
| mount to $4BO, and states this may be done by the
J man.that owns one acre of land, well os by the man
I that owns one hundred acres. In tho single County
df Weatghester, in the State of New York, the inven
tor sold hive and rightp enough to come to $J2Od, in
: two months, and in only one half the - County. Ho
j charged for a hive and the patent right of using m*
i many ns tho purchaser pleased, $5,50. They can bo,
1 mail'e for about $1,50, thus showing a profit of $4,00
! for a liivc and Star.
PIRATES;
Mr. H. Clay, in hie Unifies io-fiay, gave, as a reason
why tlio Harrisburg Convention, which nominated
General Harrison, issued no declaration of principles)
that declarations of wax were not issued against PF
RATES! that the way was to cut and to slash-kill
ahd slay—-give ho quarter, and say nothing to them.
This was the way, lie said,’ to treat PIRATES; and
this was the reason why. no declaration of principles
I was issued at Harrisburg. Thus/Mr. Clay assimi
lates the. Democracy of 4 the’United'States to pirate?',
virtually calls them pirates in-a speech in tho .Senate
of the United States; and hot only calls thorn pirates ,
but is for treating them as such! No address to them
—.no manifesto—no mercy! Treat
d Demderat as a him and slash, him—kill
and slay—rgivc no quarter and show no mercy! This
is the way; to treat Democracy. A-pirat&is defined to
bo hosiis humani generi —tho enemy of the human
race—and this is what Mr. Clay calls Democracy.—
Globe.
A serious riot occurred at Cincinnati oh- the night
orthe"l3th“of 'August,” IjT"cohßcqvmnce“of a quarrel
that had taken place tlio evening previous, between
several white citizens and some of th'o blacks, the for
mer assembled in great numbers, and made an attack
on the latter. Fire arms were used on both sides, and
several persons (white and black) were killed and
wounded. The disturbance was ot length quelled by •*
the Mayor didod by several volunteer companies.—
Several of the offenders are now in prison, arid others'
arc bound over to await their trial; Great excitement
pt , cvoihuifl the city;
Making PnKPAHATioxB.--Thc Journal ofCommerca
learns by a gentleman from Halifax, N; S., that under
an appropriation of the last legislature extensive 'works
aro commenced for placing the coast of that province in <
a better state of defence. At Can so, at the. entrance f
of the gut of Canso, preparations are junking for the
repair of the forte. At Louisburg tire old French foils
arc to bo, repaired, and also,a new one is to .bo built,
and at 'Halifax five hundred persons art employed td
put all* the forts' in a suitable slate for defence. ’-Che
state of feeling in the province, .with regard.to thede
tention of McLeod in .this country; is very* great and
very loyal. If he is condemned, the popple generally
feel prepared to take at‘once any step the government
may see fit to adopt. Ontho, other-hand if he is re
leased they are ready to insist- on an indemnify for'his
imprisonment.—[Baltimore Sun. ' ‘ ’ . : "
Dreadfui. Accident.—A man called./ Semytui
LtnJsriy,'y.-aB instantaneously killed bn the
land Vl Railroad, a few rods abbve the Depot, bn Sator- -
day -last; as the-evening train of -cars ; wua.
into town. ! He was fjding oii horseback, we learhj
and as the locomotive approached the horse,took fright
and threw the rider upon the track, and whilst in this
posltion the care suddenly passed over him,pevering
the'hcadricar the middle, and ecaltering the idood ano
broihP a considerable distance around the body ;' 1 This,
we hope, wijl prove a salutary lesson to ihose WHo are
in tiic practice of riding on horseback along the raid ,
road, riot .to venture again.— Ckbmhersburg Times .
'.CCrThe Dank of the Metropolis is (o rcceiv© the
government funds aOVashington. r e