TERMS OF PUBLICATION.
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. No subscription taken for a less term than six
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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: