TERMS OF PUBLICATION. S 3 00 per annum, in'advance— or S 3 50, it not paid within the y6ar. . No subscription taken for a less term than six months, and no discontinuance permitted until all arrearhgesare paid. A failure to notify a discontinuance at the expiration of a term, will he considered anew engagement. . Advertisements gl 00 per square for the first three insertions, and twenty live cents,for •cvery subscqucnt one. LEMUEL TODD, . ATTORNEY AT iAW. OFFICE No. 10, Harper’s Row, in tlie room formerly occupied by Isaac Todd, Esq. r ■ . Carlisle, August 2(i, 1841. .. SAMUEL R. HAMILL, ATTORNEY AT LA IF. W ill .practice in the several courts of Cumber land tbtinty. Office in Main,street, tlio office now occupied by James 11. Dover, Esq. Carlisle, September 30, 1811. , • CHARLES M’GLURE, Attorney at JLaw, ® jJ''KFFICE in Main street, a few doors’west of Fost'Officc. Carlisle, April 29, 1841. WILLIAMI E XASWEEHTON, ATTORNEY A T LJUW WjLL practiceand attend to collections in the county ot Venango. In any business 'that may be entrusted to him, he' will he assist ed l>y Samuel A. Purviance, Ksq. of Butler. I'Vanklln, August 12, 1841. tf NKW HAT MANUFACTORY. > spbscuber has rented the shop hereto- X loro occupied by Mr. Lindsey. SpotlsWood, near the covin r ot Hanover and Louther streets, and one door west of- Mr. John Snyder’s store, • where he is prepared with the best materials, sj,t\d wid ka'ep jinutf/iJJi) afx#fifji£z, . ... T -.. 5 1'‘ -v"-'' 1 lifts of every Description,. , , isuelras fI{USSIA.; liliUSll, -N.U I ; KXA, CAS^ ' • -SeC;, wi]l be clone in the -- ’on st fashionable style,' and al nnklerate/pj’ice-s. He solicits a-share of public patronage.- WILLIAM 11. ittOUT. Carlisle, May 20, 184 - < 6m Application for a Tavern IJccn.se.. PUBLIC notice is heruhy'giveh, fhutTfnlend Ea to apply at the next term of the Court of Quar _ aen Sessions of .of Cumberland, for’a, --Hieense to- keep u Tavern or Public House in the Uoronirh, of'New Cumberland, in the house re > -ccntiy occupied -thorn as‘a tavern F'oor •in tn, who li.is removed therefrom. appl'Lca >ion..will be for the luioxpired lime of the license, that was granted by the .said ■ court to the said ttdor«ro Footman JACOB DimSNBAUGII Octobcrbcr ,11, I^ll. Thu undersi/nud citizen* of the borough of Now .Cumberland, in the county of Cumberland, hereby •certify, that the tavern above prayed for, is neces sary to accommodate the public- and ,entertain strangers nr travellers, and thal the above named petitioner is a person of good repute for honesty, .ami temperance., and is wadi provided with bouse room am! convenience- for the accommodation ol* ‘strangers and travellers. George Christ, John G. Miller* James R. Boakv ■ John Young,- Anjorew KettermaW, Rudolph Martin, 11 iiaru;s Oyster-, 11. Hrenneman, Joseph Young, John Hicicernell, 1 R. R. Church* i). Reiciiahd, Lewis Y.ounr, Charles W. Uehn; Thomas Orr. llr. »waj-n'u’d Syi-up of Wild Clier- . • 'y* t „ Qincixnatti, February 15, 18-10. Dt/Swayne—Dear Sir;—Permit me to take the Jiberty of writing io you at this time to express my apprdbalion, and-to recommend to the attention of heads of families and others your invaluable med ' icine~ihe Compound-Syrup of l*nimls Virginians,, or Wild Cherry Baric. In my travels of lalo I have seen in a great many instances the wonder ful effects of your medicine in relieving children of .very obstinate complaints, such as. Coughing, Wheezing,, (.h'oalung-pf Phlegm, Asthmatic at tacks,' &c. &«. written this let ter, however, at present, although 1 have fellitmy -duty to add my testimony to it for some time, had ■it not been for a lute instance'where the medicine above alluded to was instrumental in restoring to perfect jiealth an “only child,” whose case was almost hopblcss, in a family.of-.'my acquaintance. ♦‘l thank Heaven/’ snid'tho dealing mother* “my child is saved from the jaws of death! 0 how I fcaredHhe relentless ravaged But my child is cafe! is safe!'* -Beyond doubt Dr Sway nos Wild Cherry Syrup is the most valuable medicine in -this of'any othelr : country, lam certain I have witnessed more than ■onciiumlred cases where it .has been attended with complete success. lam using it an obstinate at tack of Bronchitis, in'which ~ it proved effectual in an exceedingly short time, considering the severi ty of the case. ’ 1 can recommend it in the fullest confidence of its superior virtues; I would adviso that no family should be without it; it is very plea sant and always beneficial—wprlli dodbjcuiui of ten ten times its price. The 'public ’fire assured there js no quackery about it. J 1 **" . R. Jacks'on, D. D.-. Formerly Pastor of the Ist Presbyl’n, Ch. N. Y. September lBll. . . ' r ( AGENTS—: J. J. Myers &‘C'o, Carlisle; Marlin Lutz,.Ma.rjket street, riarrisbur;"G. & R. W. Da ,yis, (35J Market street) and Rev. J. P.’Gook, (53 •. Market strict) Baltimore. \ . . • V> ' 1 A ssiajh ees li j{>r. Ac cou nt. ‘ *• IN’ the Court of-Common Picas of Cumberland -countyi c9th of; v August Ifidi,Samuel sassignde r of Doraheimer ami Cromlich,* presented totho court ah account of the dx'ccutioh-of his trust - under,a Vdluntary dced-of assignment, and Mon- 5 f day-the BtU day of November next, ishppointed for the confirftration of llio sarho by the/coyrt, pf winch-all porsons interested will take ‘ s . *,j A , OEO..3ANDi3ESON,-Pf6th , y* ' Oct6beFl4> 1811, •. • ... ;; -P O R B, B NT. Hottac, lately built.by Adam r Humerich, situate in Louther 'Street, .now. in the-possession of the subscriber, -Being adjacent to the College, it wobldbo a convenient boarding house for .studonte— Posseasion iviU bo given* iminc^ntcly. T. COLLIN'S .STEVENSON* ■ * Carlisle, Pel. SI, 1841. ; 21. f I AlMOJff just received and .for , calc hy J, &.E. pOofjiinan.; IC3T received a supply ofgTouialO KskhUJi ■**'*r- Kadlsh. J.&E. Cuimm I *. BY GEO. SANDERSON.] Whole No. 1423. JURTTLIST, Git AND JUfiY. .tf//crt~Josejdi i ßeelman. Carlisle*— \Vm. Alexander, Jacob Fetter, Chas. Fleager* John P. Lyne, Stewart Moore, Jacob, Rebrar. Dickinson —Jacob Bcetem, Anthony Fishburn, William Galbraith. East Pcnnshoru' —George Boyer. Ftanfiford —George Kosht, Alex. TVL Leokey, William Wallace. ,• . ~r? Hopewell —David Smith. Mifflin— George Knctllc, Jon Lindsay, ' Mechanics burp; —Michael Hoover. - K Middleton —William Cornmaiu Ncwvillc— James Herron. - • Coffey, Skippensbiirg 8.- —James M’Noat. Shippcnsburg !T.~Sainuel Smith. fVcsl Pcnnshoru' —James M’Culloch. TRAVERSE JURY—\st week. %4/feu—Rhilip Boyenmyre, Michael Cocklin, Samuel Ecfcles, Christian Hursh, Lewis Flyer, Abraham Waggoner. Cirlialt —John Gilmore, William Gould, John Harper, John Kernan, George Mathews. Dickinson —Solomon Brindle, Montgomery, Don aldson, David Lino, David Swords, George \Volf, Janies Myers, Jolm Moore. Dust Dcnnsbpro'. —J,acob Btxlcr, Jacob Eichel bergor, Davfd Hume, William MaU-hett. ’ Frankford —Jacob Bowman, Jonn Hcfilclinger, William F. Swigert. Hopewell —William Boyd, David llaun. * "MiJjHn —George Asper, Jnc.ob Hemminger, An : drew. Middleton, Thomas Scoulon ’ Mcchqnicsburg —Crowell Fcrnald. Monroe —Simon Westhcflfer, , Aavtun —David Bowels. * , .. Ay Middleton —Joseph Culler.. ... 1 Suul/mmpfonr~~3acoh Jiv, John Dick. • . 6V Middleton —Philip Brdchbiil,.Michael Baker, Ahraltam Kaufipan # . * - 1 ; Sifycr n'£~-G gor go', Deltv.hdovcr, - Frands .Kcklus, Jacob •Hannon, George. Bilner. Shippcmbnrg Jh —James'Bramlubcry, ! Shippcnshurg T, —John Duncan. i ! I Vest PcnnsbonP —Josialf Flood, * rnAFERStr JURT—2d week. Jilcn —Daniel S. Hamaker.- • (Vr/V/.v/f—Jacob Fridley, Robert Irvine, John Keller, Jacob' Shro.m, N. \V. Woods, John Un derwood. • Dickinson —lsaac Cassel, G.eorge L. Line.’ Dust Pennsbnro— Daniel Delia,.lsaac Iluntsber gcr, Andrew Joha Sprout, William Slakemillcr. - . , ~ DnnUfurJ —John Clay, Adam Hiser, John Or ris, John C. Snider. Jlopca'fll-*~[lohQil Clark, Samuel Flickingcr. Mi£lin~~ Armstrong Blade; Monroe —John Brandt, Henry Enk, sr. Adam Givler, Jacob Kruut, Peter Stambaugh.' Mcchanivslmrg —Martin Meilcy. I Rcivtun —John Eckert, David Foreman, Jacob Ramp, Peter Strohip, A'tmvtlle —James U. Irvine, John Moore, . A”. Middleton —David Spain*, Jacob Wert. Silver Spring^— George Brdlcipan, *Wm. Culbert son, Isaac Bidleman, Soulfmmpttm —Adam Dike, John Kcnegy. South Middleton —John Bilner, John M. Leshcr. Shipponsburg B. —John Butts, George Butjls, Shippcnsburg 'l\— -.lames H. Wallace. JVest J , cnna6ero , Graham, Jacob My ers, Joseph MMCeehan-. - JL3ST OF CJMU/&FIS, For Trial at the Special Court, commencing on Monday the 29th of Noveyibcr, 1841, Duncan for usd Vs Moore’s Adiu’r 4»s Brpttori i'3 Wilson Bretton XJray Aguew , vb Bredin’r Adni’x ‘ e Commonwealth • vb Neal . Gredin vs Shcafibr ct al. .. Same vs Mathews . - Bank * vs Mahon . f Martin vs \Velf's Adm’r ' Bank Vs- Rredin’s Adm,’x Kail Uoad t'S Montgomery .Commonwealth t'S *, Herron Ifviac vs Kail Road, IiQO Vs , Hopk Same ct al vs Same Watts t*s . Craighead ct uls Bank t-s ’ Stuart Ego’s Ex'r • t'S McClure’s Adm'fcr Himos rs Keller Forman .. ' vs Mboro •Same - ■ vs •Sittne •S’unto t's ♦Shine Price for use vs ‘ McKcchah. Grays Adia’r vs ■ Lomberton For Argument*. r iShcoly • ■rs Kail Koad. Foreman vs Moore ct al GEO. SANDERSON, Prolh'y, -Soph 23,'1841 List of causes for Trial at November 1841, commencing on the Sth day of No vember.’ ' • 'First Wcc/c, ..si.- Wilson, .vs Miller ct al Church vs Tire College Moalo tv . Lyon Purselforuso ' w McCluro, Wise for uso vs Sumo Rel" Io. vs, Alii GrubJ*. vs Croft ct o! Emmingcr " vs McHoes Savings Fund - vs Mooro . • ■Same • ip Same cl al 'Second WeeJe. vs ReiAher Kaufman * Foreniim -/'vs Woodl'mm •ttf . Wilson - vs f.'.Hilenmn 5 vs 1 Alexander rs Barton. vs ' Croft • tv ’ Martin ’ vsi Dreiabaugh ■ vs , Noble r~ vs -The Church Pijiii Ego Bohl Bank latfcig Brady & Co .S'hunk Lqyd ■ McGlay Harlan Brindlo • Xniubcrion Mjaaiis, Hauser. ... IVlillqr' . ■/ 'Myers >; y- Hughes , , dryers • vs : Drcishaugh , vs ' MalidiiV ’' ; ■ V 3 s Barr , '\.va ' Mooro^--. 4 ■ s „ ” -'t -• ■ (jp: - ' ;• Undcmdoa 1 - . - ’ Craighead.- '■ - ‘rt>j Cnugfread • ■.-ijVtt;. , Harper "' ‘ ‘ . :.w 'M^Ciuro^ - . /w. ' _ McfialTey vA, ’-'[ps f • ;' * * ' Fphher •: „ • ' w v ;' , ."Dwshtrc . - ■ \ A‘.. . 'ri— Thomson •..'» •••. ts - 1 GrvlerA A' - •/ ; • ~vs. - Samt. ■■ ■ £s■' . Alexander, ‘ \ .. •; M.:Ar.McKeclx.-, : ’' -“V -A- v GEO:^ANDER^;PiptV^ i*Sljuier v - |Ra£fecy „ ; o*l}oiuiel j-Noblo ' a ; iUako ißccd }:£.r iMcllinget *j_ t j * v - • tfamcX ’ Rarap ,Brandl*>‘.. Same , .^i^ascttal it gf.-18-il. Carlisle, Pa. Thursday November 4, 1841. Assigneeship Account, IN" the Court of Common Pleas of Cumberland county: 9lb of August 1811, Henry Outfield, asr,-. slgneoof C. E, R. Davis, presented to the court an account of the execution of his trust under a voluntary deed of assignment, and Monday tho Bth ; of November next, is appointed for the confirma tion of the same by the court, of. which all persons interested will take notice. __ GEO-SANDERSON, Prolh’y October M, 1841. . • Assigneeship Account. IN the Court.of Common Pleas of Cumberland county: ,9th of August 18*11, Henry Duifiold, as signee of Oliver & Smith, presented to tho court an account of his trust under a voluntary deed of assignment, and Monday tlio Bth day of November next, is appointed for the confirmation of the same by the court’, of which all persons interested will \tuko notice. . GEO. SANDERSON, ProXh’y M, 1811. Election of Bunk WPirectors. Oaulihle Baxk, Oct. 14, 1841. Notice 1h hereby Riven to the Stockholders in this institution, th»t an election will bo held on tlic Third Monday of November. next, (beingiho Ifrth day,) ntlho Bunking 'House, for Thirteen Directors, to servo during’the year then to ensue. „■ ’ , \VM. 9. COBEAN, Cashier. Carlisle, Oct. 14, 1841, * THE FRENCH LANGUAGE. F|lH E Trustees of the “Carlisle Female Seminary" JL have placed this DepartmeiU.under the care of Miss CAI. She was instructed in France, and roads, writes, and speaks 4 the language with ease and accuracy. ’She can be consulted at Mr. JaidbtS ikn^... : . ; jfa \ i-jhc. wRJ short, with the pupils fox■ instruction 'at Ahc Sunday* (School Room, in tluf basement of the Episcopal Clvdrch, oh Mondays,. Wednesdays,>and' Fridays in every week, ar 10 lifl oiliervv ise arranged- ’ ~ Tlio Trustees would urge upon all jvho are de sirous of instruction in this Department, to em brace the present occasion", as they'will rarely have it in their power to afford so good an''opportunity. JOHN REED, President of the Board of Tr«B.te(*STte-Priftcrpal of the Seminary; Carlisle, October 14, 1841, 3t* “^PJ3CIAI.IjOIJRTr"‘ r T‘' B#Y virtue of a writ from the Hoh. Anson V. Parsons, President Judge of Uio 12tb Judi cial District of, Pennsylvania, beafingdatcut Har risburg,-the 17th d_ayof D. 18 : IJt NO TICE 'is NEHEIi YG2 YEN that a Special Court will be'beld by the said Hon.', Anson V. Parsons, and the Associate Judges ol the Court of Common Pleas of Cumberland county, at the Court Houso in llm Borough of Carlisle; commencing on Monday the 2‘J th day of November, A. D. 1811, to corilinuo one week, for the trial of certain causes depending in the Court of Common Pleas of-Cumbernmd county, in which tho Hon. Samuel Hepburn was concerned as counsel for one of tho parties, prior to his appointment as Pre dent Judgeof the Dili Judicial District—said causes being embraced w ithin tho provisions of the 3!nh section ol an Act of the General Assembly, pass ed 11th April, 1831, relative to tbo organization of Courts of Justice. Of said Special Court, Jurors ahd all persons concerned, will take notice. PAUL MARTIN, Sheriir. Sheriff's Office, Carlisle, ? September 28, 1811. y ENTIRELY NEW LABELS. THE public will please take notice that no Bramf teth Pills arc Genuine unless the box has three la bels upon it, (the top, the aide, and the bottom,) each Containing a foe-simile signature of my hand-writing, thus:— B. lirSidrcth , M. D. These labels are engrav ed* on steel, beautifully designed,-and done nt an - ex pense of $2OOO. Therefore it will be seen that the on ly thing necessary to procure the medicine in its puri ty, is to obsoVvo the labels, Sec if the box has three updn it, engraved. 'Remember, the top, the side and the bottom. The following respective persons nro duly authorized and hold Ccrfilicutes of Agency, for the sale ofßrandrcth’fi Universal Vegetable Pills, in Cumberland county. George W. HiUicr, Carlisle. S. Culbertson, 'Sbippenaburg, Adam Itciglc, Mcchoniesburg. . M. G, Hupp, Shircmanstowil; Isaac Borton, , Lisburn; Gilmore & M’Kinricy, Ncwville. L. Ricglc & Co., Churcbtown; J; & J. Kyle, KcnadyV. Samuel L. Sentmon, Ncwburg. Brcchbill &Grusb, Boiling Springs. , Hchry Brcnncman, As.counterfeits of in son?o cases sold for the genuine ones, iho safety of-the public requires ’that none should bo purchased except from, those re cognivcd as above* - Remember no'Brandrclh Pills sold in Carlisle, arc genuine, except those soM by George W.Hitncr, and be particular to Observe that each Agent has an Engraved Certificate of Agency, containing a representation of J)r. Brand* rclh Manufactory at Sing-Sing, and upon which will bo seen exact copies of the new labels now used upon, the Brandreth piji, boxes*. B. BnAXDiiETjr, M. D. Office, No. 8, North Bth st, Philo. NOTICE' TO VREDri'ORS. Take.notice that we have applied to,the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of Cumberland County, for the benefit of the Insolvent Laws* and they have appuintetj Monday the-Bth of November- next, for the nearing of us and our creditors, at the Court House, in the thorough of Carlisle, when and where you may attend if vou think proper. THOMAS JONES, john McKinney, JACOB MINICH, HENRY GIB,. BENJAMIN RITPRIGHT, FREDERICK WENTZ, WILLIAM CARTER. WILLIAM HARRIS, .V, « Frederick keefauveil GEORGE HARTLINE. DAVID JVIbBIIIDE, JOHN, KELLY* - ” : ISAAC BARNET. CONRAD EURST, : HENRY MURRAY, 0 JOSEPH ESLINGERi , - JOSEPH WALTMAN, ; HENRY JOHNSTON, , JOHN Mv.woodbhrn; GEORGE ADEEYf' WM. M. BAXTER. October7i'tB4h ■ ■. gjiPBBM Gandies ftr s«Jo by J., & .fa. Commai. , 001,14,1341, “opr country—right or wrong.” Z - The Gone Coon. _ -An Americanism. “I am a gone’coon,’ implies‘l* am distressed,’ or ‘ruinedf* or lost.’ I oricc asked tho .origin of this expression, and I was very gravely told; as follows:—• ‘There was a Captain Martin Scott, in’the United States Array, who was d remarkable shot-with a*rifle. He was raised - I-bclievc, in Vermont. Hia fame was so considerable through, the,Staid, that the animals wore aware of h, He . went out one morning with hia rifle, and spying a racoon on tho upper branch of a high tree, brought his gun up to hia shoulder, when the racoon raised bis paw for a parley. ‘I beg your pardon, Mister,* said the nicoon very politely, hut may I ask if your name is Scott 1’ ‘Yes,’ replied the Cap tain. *Martin Scott?' continued the racoon. ‘Yea,* Replied tfic Gaptain. *Vaptain Marlin Scott? still continued tho animal.* ‘Yes,’ replied tho. Captain, ‘Captain Marlin Scott.’ *Oh, then,* says the animal, ‘I may just ua'.wcll come down for I am a gone Vwon,’ —A Diary in America, by Captain Marryatt, c. 13, vot. 'Zfp, ‘432, One summer’s noon, A poor racoon 1 On a lofty bough had got, When lie saw below . , Ono ho guessed was his foe, ' For be looked like Captain Scott. " ; " ‘ 'Tt' so.? 1 ' ", 7*' ’ And HI come below— —>i>ornVfire-i nol , d3'rV*"" ' I’ve heard of your, shot, Grenf Martin Scott, And a gone young 1 ’coon am It” * •’. • ■ •• '* c.'s;' . Fym ilka Ohio Patriot,' “Times .Js’ut now as they used to tvaa,’ New. Cumberland, Even “Tom the wagon boy,” Is now of the cabin coy As a mouse, ‘ * And the old “sult-bilcr” Is “heading Capt, Tyler,” . .. At the white house. They've gbl thc'tsflloo fleecy ■ “And I wish I was a gccao ' Ail forlorn, . ’Cause they caUgrass In peace, And ’cumulate much grease, ' lutin’,corn” ‘' Oh, Idrdy! I’m a-goner, VW r If I don’t, get a horn-cr K Of eider; . _ ; - “I’ll go for, eider therefore, -Without a-why or-wherefore,” my bilcr '. ' ‘ Oh 1 I feel the veto;fcvcr : 1 Like one great lever, - . ,At the prize; . ,jh Cl me thick, • Ohl whiggicß—hMp me quick ! / , Detroit ;Advwti«ePof tho 12th states' that an liLthat city, by Gen. Brady,wfbnning. several companies of tho 4tli artlllety,V stationed: at. Detroit, Dcarbomo, Fort (jJratibt,, Mackenzie and the Saull, are to'be transferred to Buffalo,'Niagara;:Oswe go andSackctt’s Jiarboi; /andj&at/tlio, sth regiment of Infen try, heretpforo jordcrcd i lb\ Florida, are to be stationed the -4 in ,D& iroit, and at hy tlie tffaiovkf 'bourne r order > wil I nmV.,ilSlv ijiixt diu 5Ui uifiuilry.at'Sl. -■ The gnn was raised, But ere it blazed, Thb coon’s soft voice was heard “Allow me, fSqbire, p If you please ero you fire, To speak one little word.- For skin mid for food, I know I am good, And your gUti has a knowing aim; But ere yon and I „ . A _ •» -W 2 should-Uko to know your name !” ... • “My rs Scott,” “■' ‘ “Great heavens ! Mult 1 I«Y Martin Scott 1” “The samev 'l,VC'(he tallest luck In all Ko^jluck— ’ I always ‘down’ my .game.* 1 OH THE ■ 'Cvon'i return lojhe descried Log Cabin. Sec the lonely hearth, . And the damp floor of earth Now in view: Look again—the door Now bungs upon "the ildor, All askew / See the barrel there, - Empty as the air, Ofits drink; • Not a suck to be found In the bung or on tho ground— ’Only think! Sec the ’coon skin 100, Hanging up to view ; . 4 On the wall; Thp hair is getting short And the nails ore coming out— .lt will fall! Oh! ’tis a great sin That the “latch-string’s in” dust now; I’d like to have a suck Of some hard cider truck, 41 As how,” How times is changed; Since the whiggics first ranged Abouf.hore; Dandy and calun-boy Both spun the same toy, And all fair. Not a clandy in thc-land Will now .extend his hand • , Mbre to me; They’ro.shy as a rat Of u big tom cat; And ail flee; Old Tippecanoe And Capt.'Tyler too, *“ Have gone j will them air the rest, Good, better and best, In a throng* i OLD ’COON. [AT TWO DOLLARS PER ANNUM New Series—Vol. 6, No.&l. i ri?rtx the S(. Louis Pennant, I THE 1t0.35} TO ■ , ) Ihe following report of a case recently; fried before theCriminiil Court of St. Louis,- is full of interest. To young men particu larly the relation addresses itsejf with pecu liar force and directness, and it is for their benefit that we repeat through' our columns the voice of warning which it titters; I SI. Louis Criminal Court,.- State vs Au gustus V. Jones.—indictment for passing counterfeit money. 'lhc defendant in this case was, probably,- twenty-eight years of age, but wore the ap pearance of at least thirty-five, lie had I evidently once been a Jinc looking man; |in stature lie was something over six feet, [and his strongly marked features and promi nent forehead gave evidence of more- than 'ordinary'intellect. But you could clearly [discover that ho had become a prey to the monster Intemperance—-the mark of the beast was stamped upon his countenance, which gave it a'vivid and unnatural glare, ilc was placed.in.the others who were to be arraigned upon the indictments preferred agdinst them. All the others had pleaded'not guilty, (as is usual) and a day i was set lor their trial’.- The defendant was told to stand up, and the clerk read, to him the indictment, which charged him with -having, on the 10th day of August, passed to one Patrick O’Neal,a counterfeit bill,pur porting to be issued by the Sd Municipality of the city of New Orleans, for the sum of ’tSTK'&lf >'?.* ££ question’, guilty or not gifilty? he "replied, ‘guilty—guilty!’, Then turning to the court, !ve remarked, that, as this, tVas the last,time lie. bfar expected ,tO appear in -cotirf, hej would be glad if he could he allowed to map ■ a lew remarks. The Judge "(old him to proceed. After a pause,’ in which he was evidently endeavoring to calm his feelings, he proceeded as follows:—— > ...... May it please the Court—ln the remarks ..i blUfi.Lm.ohe, I \vil I not attcinjit lo exteuu ate jny crime or ask at your hands any sym pathy in passing sentence upon me. 1 know that I have violated, the laws of my.countrv, ami justly deserve punishment, nor would’l recall the past, or dwell upon the bitter pres ent for my own sake. A wish to do good for others is my only motive. I shall, with the indulgence of the Court, give a brief narrative of my life, with a hope Lhafthose young men around me may taKe warning by it, and avoid the rock upon which 1 have split. I was born of respecta ble parents, in the state of New Jersey, and during my .childhood received every "alien-, tion that fond parents c’ould bestow upon an only son. It wag early discovered that I had a fondness for books, and my father, aL though in limited circumstances, determined to,give me a liberal education. I was sent to a high school in the neighborhood, and such was my progress, that at twelve years of age, my preceptor declared me qualified for college, and 1 accordingly entered.one of the oldest universities ot the country.— Here I so distinguished myself, that at six teen, I graduated,With tile second honors of the institution, and’returned home flushed with' the brilliant prospect of success that lay before me. 1 soon after commenced the study of law, and whenonly in my twentieth year, L obtained license to practice. I Acting upon the advice of friends, I de ■ termined to try iny fortunes in.the west. I i accordingly arranged my affairs for depar ture early in the fall of 1833, I will not detain you with an account of my separation from those L held most dear—suffice it to say; that I received the blessings of my pa rents, and in return, promised faithfully and honestly to avoid all bad company, as well as their vices. Had I kept my promise 1 should have been saved this shame, and .been free from the load of guilt-thatjiangs.around me continually, like a fiendish vulture, threatening toilrag me to justice, for crimes as yet unrevealed. But,.to,return, I left my early home, where all had been sunshine and where, my pathway, had been strewed with flowers, to try my fortune among stran gers, and to try my strength in buffeting the storms-and tempests of the world.— With a light heart I looked forward to for tune; —and taking the usual route I soon reached Wligeliiig; where' I took passage on a boat for Louisville. On the boat a game of cards was - proposed for- amusement, and although 1 bad.promised faithfully to nvoid ( such things, still, I a rgucdAo-myself. there* was no harm in playing a game for amuse merit. Accordingly, I joined the party,'and we kept up tire amusement most of the way down. After we left Cincinnati, it,was pro posed to bet a bit a game, merely, as it was said, to' make it interesting. My first im pression was to, leave tlie tables but I was told' that it wasonly a bit—that I could not loose more than One dr two dollars. This argument prevailed, for I laekcd inoral cour age to-,dd -what- was right. I /eared'my companions would say 1 was stingy of a lit tle money. Influenced by these feelings, I. played? and as the fates would have it, I. Won.' Before we reached Louisville, we had t\vic4';.Uouhled the stake,-and'l found iny luck enabled' me to pay my . passage out of inyiyyinmpgs’;' It was''the-first time.ever.l ha’d s my success ruined me. and was again successful; andidh.sliurt,.l Continued, tojilay for amuse mcittjdnjil t had acquired a thirst for gam ing/. I settled in a .'thriving village practice -of iny iny fii->t app«aranW"?n:: a criminal .court -was highly complimented, aiiil 1 snd'n became . known throughout the circuit. ' Things went on thus for' more lliai]ia year; myself fairly oh tlieWll-'fd,;iath£Vn ! dj^i:- : ' tune.: -1 occasionally jdaycd-’cmlsj '-but I, consoled myself tl'amly’ played Willi gentleineh for amusement./. V One higlit' to-a-gamir.g sh.un. and forithdlflrst-tiiiie in : AGENTS.' John Moore, Esq._ Newviiie Joseph M; Means, Esq. Hopewell township. John Wunderlich. Esq'. Shippcnsburg. William M.MATEER;'Esq. Lee’s x Roada. John Mehaffy, Dickinson township. ■ ■ John Clendenin, Jr. ■ George Fj Cain, Esq. Mechanicshurg ’ Frederick WoNDEHLicK, ’ do. Joun Sroucii, Esq. Stouglistown. Daniel Krysuer, Esq, Ch’urchtown.' Jacob Longnecker, Esq. Wonnleysburg. J. 1). Urawbaugh, Cedar Spring, Allen tp. • Marti? G. Kupp, Esq. Slhremanttown. my lire, I saw a Karo. Bunk. My compan*’ ions cominenceii betting, ami I was induced to. Join them. Although I aid not under stand the game, again 1 played with success, aiid when we' left the house, was more than two hundred dollars winner, None.of my. companions had been fortunate, and it was insisted that 1 was the lucky man, and that I must treat. We accordingly repaired to my room, where Lordered wine, and before we broke up wo were all deeply intoxicated. With me it was the first time, andtlie next day I resolved that 1. would neVer play cards again. 1 adhered to the determination for nearly threwmonths, when I again yielded to the entreaties ofiny dissipated associates. I now played with varied success, and in all .cases found an excuse in iesorling.to the wine bottle. If I lost, I drank to drowu sorrow; it I won I treated iny good fortune. —-Thus I: progressed , upon jny downward course; until dtinking and gambling became my chief employment. All my friends who' were worth preserving abandoned me, until my only associates were drunkards end gamblers; when almost reduced to want, (for. Chad left;,olf,business) T received T a ' litter informing me of the death of my father —that father who watched over my early years*-- who loved pit so tenderly. And did I act as an affectionate child?. No. Vice had de stroyed thehuman feelings ofiny heart, anil left only tho animal passions and appetites, as the .letter contained a check for 6500, a part of my poor father’s bard earnings. £ drowned my grief that night in aßaclJana .rsr.i!-U>ud;-m day' scenes of, my life; whitis "Wet* iis’ch as .may be witnessed of lhe two, hundred, dram sbpps of 'y our city, where wretched, men squander the little pittance that-juslly belongs to their suffering wives and children. But, to pass on. For nearly three,years I have been a drunken, wandering outcast. Six months ago I received a letter from my dear mother, enclosing 6100, anil informing me that she was fast sinking with disease, 'ami entreating me with all a inutlier’S feel ing, td come home and gee her before she died. For a time I felt the appeal, add re*- solved to comply, with her request; and ac cordingly took passage on a steambuatiJfot, that, purpose. . For two days I refrained from liquor; hut my. thirst became insup portable,—at length my appetite overpower ed my better feelings, and I approached fho bar and demanded the liquid fire. I wag soon intoxicated when I madly sought tho gaming table; and before the boat leached Louisville, 1 was stripped of every cenf.— ■ Thus, all hopes df seeing my. : dying mother cut off, I remained at Louisville several weeks; in which time I learned that my mother had died, and that tier last breath was spent in prayer for her wretched child. From Louisville'l shipped on board the steamer Braz.il, as a deck hand, and'eame to this place, where 1 was discharged for drunk enness. Let every, young man, reflect on this picture. . 1 who had moved in tho first circles in society—had been the guest of dis tinguished public men, and a favorite of our country—was now turned off as unfit for a deck hahd'pn a steamboat 1 , yet intemperance done this much. [ I loitered about Ibis city for several weeks andwas sometimesengaged in posting up the books of , some dram shop, for which I was.paid in the liquid fire', kept for the ac commodation'of customers; One evening I , fell in company with a niaiirwliq had lately been lodged in jail for passing ..counterfeit , money.—We played cards, and I Won from , him the three dollar bill in question. The 'next day I learned it Was a counterfeit, and did not offer to pass it for some days. But at last 1 g6t out.of alt employment. I had no other moneys! cbuld meet"mo one who would ask me to drink. .My appetite was like a raging-fire Within me. 1 could not epdure it. I sought,a dram shop—-offered the .bill—it-was accepted; and when found a few hours after by the officers of justice, I was beastly drunk. The evidence of guilt .was conclusive; and before my brain was clear of the intoxicating fumes, I was lodged in jail to await wy,trial. lam now done. I have not detained the court with any hope Or wish that clemency lyould be extended to my case; but witlva hope that my example, may be to other young men-—that-those who hear me may, when.asked to play a social game of cards or drink a social gluts, tjiihk of my fate and refrain. They may feel themselves secure—-they may beli ev e th ey ca n s top - when they please; hut let them• remember, that, I argued thus,-until I was lost. \ [Here the defendant sunk down and appeared to be very much affected; and for a few 'mo ments'silence reigned throughout tho Court House.]. At length the Judge, who is as much dis tinguished for the qualities qf his heart as he is for learning its a Judge, proceeded in a brief but appropriate rnaliner to pass sen tcnce upon the the pun ishment in the Penitentiary' 'down. to the shortest time allowed by la'W; 80” An 6bio drover,, named Bates, was robbed near Philadelphia, about two weeks since, of ..upwards of Sr,COO. Two men made a -suddcnrush at him, .whilst on the road after dark, which frighteued his horse sq thatjie threw him, and in "his fall he be* came so stunned as be insensible till, the' robbers had .time,to 'rifle his pockets and disappear. ■ inani named ‘ Weaver, of Miuiiiließlbi', Md., on his return from Balti more-withhih Wagon, on the night-, of the 15th u1t.,.-waft attacked by two men, who . struck him with a club; dragged him out! of the wagon, died -his, hand* ami feeti .and robbed him,of $110.:, They left him in:that situation. He rolled along the road for; a-, bou t ;hal f a.mile; until hiss'criO? brotighMfiira i:
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