r'o-'lNrkit iIITELLIGENCE. IMPORTANT FROM MEXICO Rmnirett tyrishisent of Commisnonera fo trail for Peace—Colonel Pierce's March from Vera Crux Resisted— ", "Or at ,Les Boys. 11t, steamship New Orleans, Captain Alla, arrived at New Orleans at an early Seer on the morning of tile 22t1 from Ve ra Cell: via Tampico and the Brazos.— HM dates from Vera Cruz are to the )17tViltitne. Hernew•s is very important. The Vera Cruz Sun of Anahuac, of the lidip , ,,hes the following: •' lA'jitivate eniress arrived hero night be- , : foidrag_from Puebla, bringing very inter esting intelligence from that place, from '•• Wile% ami from Generals Cadwallader • and.rdiew'a train. The express left Puebla on the 3d July, sad. brought private letters dated the sails day. News had been received the day 'previ ew tore Mexico, that three commission -fart llatl Wien appointed by the Mexican clovernment to confer with Mr. 'l'rist, at Ban Martin Te.smalucao, El leagues from Puebla, and it was supposed they would aMiet him on the eth of July. ' The express rider met with Generals Cadendlader and Pillow, and their respec tive eommandsat Peyote. They had been attacked at la Hoya and had completely tented the enemy, having sustained but little lloas. No property was lost, and both trains bad arrived at Perot° ; which place, a correspondent says, they were to leave woe 9th of July. We have seen a letter dated Mexico, Ju ly 2d. The writer says that he (bats not desibi that a treaty of peace would be con cluded at once by the Commissioners.— He also says that the Peace Party Itas.lie tome so considerable in the Capitol that Anna, ( who is always on the Sidi of the strongest.) will soon pronounce himself in lavor of Peace. A letter from Puebla which was written several days before the express left that ' place, states that there had been some sick mess among our troops. We do not give our readers the whole contents of this let ter, because: it is full of rumors, which had not been realized at the latest dates.- • The Mexicans were still fortifying - the city of Mexico, but the means of the gov ernment were so limited, that we do not doubt that it will not be more than a day's work for General Scott to demolish all The Mexiestis have done in three months, in ease they should show resistance. On the 18th of July, General Pierce with his command of detachments from the 3d Dragoons, 4th Artillery,3tl infantry and the 7th, Bth, 9th and 14th infantry. a detachment of voltigeurs and a large do• tachment of marines, amounting t, 200 men and 150 wagons, had taken up their Ins of march towards Puebla. The following is an extract from the report of Capt. Auld, of the New Orleans: 'General Pierce had marched out as a. Bove stated, and encamped about ten miles front the city, when the scouts or out. guards came in and reported a large force of .Mexicans at the National Bridge and marching towards the city. Every thing was got ready for an attack. The ship. ping was removed from between the city and the castle. General Pierce came in and took a reinforcement of 700 awn, ma king in all 3200 men. We do not find in the slips which have _reached us any confirmation bf a baltletkkt . tween the force under General Pierce and the Mexicans, as reported by the telegraph. 1a regard to the report that Commission al; had been appointed to negotiate for pears. the Picayune sacs: Worn Vera Crux our news is less sat. isfarneri than we could wish. On the lea. our correspondent writes that two enprousies had arrived from Puebla. The news had ant folly transpired, but the re pee had got into circulation that the Mex. seas rrownsnent had sent three commis sioners to San Martin Testualncan. about mime leagues from Puebla, to meet Mr. Tat Mid letar timcnh him the terms of fered bivhe President. This was but a maw. tat which we place little confidence. CAIDWALLADER.—The New Or /cum National says: "By a correspond ent we are informed that Gen. Cadwalla der's command was continually annoyed !iir the guerilla parties of the enemy.— Freinibeir concealed places they would fire epee the train, whenever an opportu nity offered. A number of our men were films daily cutoff, The Mexicans, the in stant they delived their tire, would disap pear, so that our troops could never bring, b bear upon them. Gen. Cadwallader s madness. precision and military judgement, throughout the entire march, have won for him the highest regard from the (Mi sers and men under his commonit 'Gen. 11"Illtier"s command was not annoyed by theenemy. his return to the scat of war has produced a great sensation." The Battle of Huajatla. The New Orleans Commercial Times, if the 24th July, contains a detailed ac count of the battle of Huajutla, which will lie read with general interest : TAMPICO ( Mexico) July IR, '47. Gendesten :—Considerahle excitement Wet existed in this city for the past two weeka,,lst relation to the detention, by (len. thurisy",; st the town of Guautla, (pronoun ,s„yiraboutla) 140 miles from here, of axe handfed and eighty Americans, who Vonxetently liberated in the city of Me:- ke, aedsent towards this city with a small eseerl. Bit; of them made their escape, and ar sited is rrakt,- in this city, anti immediate ly estattattaleatetl the facts to our Govern er. Gel. Gates. A* empidition was fitted out on the Bth Wt.. toy Orel' of Col Gates, and the com- • mood via. to • 061. He Russey, of thu lissioiOas meat. The expedition con ; alowed of oafs and twenty men, and ototoislotoolet ; forty men of thind ar tiil ngy. oontraaoded by Captain Wyse; elm dropout, ntountet on untrained otioOthig horses, commanded by Captain - ilogik awl- Lieut. Tannehill, late of the ',ip• smee battalion ; and forty men from dm Ihnuialana regiment, commanded by Ceplulua Mace atol Seguinel l ieutensuis Valthstisarger. Campbell and lleimberger. ' #llt 1441 Losisinati regiment, accompanied elroulitima„ to set in such capaciti es as imlighlll4eolpaited. .—‘llliiiirlammit It* four days void vointet. Wilig throosh.tho-towas of Po. Urtititto Alto. \Mumma. sod ' . boll of whi.h the people side of diritoilthi p. avid had got or idle *NW WIN of illoootto, eight asika h.- 004 ho iro4 seoliosed wort. and *De mile from Rio Calalya. here the Col. met an Indian, who informed him that a large forCet of Mexicans, under the coin mend of Garay, had heard of his approach, and was in ambush on both sides. of the river. Col: De Rnssev immediately dis patched Lieut. Lindenblirger, acting Adju tant, with an order to halt the column (ad vatovd guard) under command of Captain Boyd. The Captain had haltod at the riv er for the purpose of watering his horses, and while in that act, he received a destruc tive fire from an unseen enettny. As I said behire, the horses were all mustangs, and at the report of the musketry they be came unmanageable, threw most of the ri ders, and created great confusion. Capt. Boyd dashed across the river. followed by his Lieutenant and six men. In crossing• the captain was shot in the head, and dial on reaching the opposite, shore. Three of the men were also kilted: All this took place before Lick. Lindenburger reached', him. The remainder succeeded in re. crossing the river, and joined the main body. Thus fell one of the finest and bra vest men that ever lived. On hearing the report of musketry from the opposite bank 'of the river, the Mexi cans concealed on this side' commenced firing on the main body of the expedition from every• side, when Capt Wyse came gallantly into action with his field' piece, and opened a destructive Green the enemy with grape and canister. 41. t the same time Capta. Mace and Seguine charged the en emy on the right and lett:in-Abe meet spit. ited manner. The battle now raged with great fury on both sides for an hour, when the Mexicans sounded a retreat, it least that portion of them in front - • The Colonel now diseovered a large body of lancers approaching him in the rear, but before' he succeeded in getting within reach of them, they captured a por tion-of-the-ptiek—ntultte-netl--thtnr—tornr-tu their heels. . During the engagement, I.ieut. Tanne hill was mortally wounded, a ball pass through bizr - thigirurd - b - a - atitig - ITH - Tboue. The 6 men at the cannon were all severely wounied ; three, bullets passed through Col.. De RusseY's coat, and as many through Capt. Wyse's. Capt. Mace was struck twice with spent balls, hut not hurt. After the engagement, to the astoni4)- meitt - otilv One was shot and one ihnrge - erc3nrater was - leit - foi die gun, when, our troops having fired away the greater part of the amnaonition, it was deemed prudent to fall batik on Taitayoca, which was accordingly done. The road from the river to Tantayoca lay through a. narrow drAlrohe_summits of tbe mountains nearly hanging over the heads of the men as they passed through it. The deep and precipitotts sides were cov ered with a dense ohaparol from base to top. Ilere theenemy rallied, and conceal ing themselves from view, poured a des tructive fire down' upon our gallant little bend, which, from the maitre of theground, they were unable to return. .0n approaching Tantayoca. in which they had encamped the previous night, and from which they Itaitstarted peaceably dust. morn ourmen -found, to their sur prise, that t plaza, church and streets, were crowded wded ith lancertfandother troops. They marched boldly to the ehemy, until they got tthin a few hundred yards °Lamplum. when they opened to the right and left, and gave Capt. Wyse an oppor tunity to discharge his last round shot.— It did , some execution, killing and wound ing some three nr four. and also making a tremendous hole in the wall of the church. eill.Te.:4losey, with Capt. Seguin°, at Me same time made a charge up the sweet, when the Mexicans for a screed time took to their heels, returuicing only a few scat tering sham. The lowest estimate I have heard of the number of Mexicans engaged in this affair was 1000. Some say as Many as 2000 and 3000. Our troops now took possession of the town, and encamp 7 ed on the same ground they hukticenpied the previous night. A detachment was now sent through the town to search_..4.llllllUnilions sod they succeeded nding enough to make five rowels of canister, which at this time was an invaluable prize. A number of the men, contraty in or ders, broke open both stores and houses, and helped themselves to every thing val uable tl9t7 could lay their hands on, and foremost amongst there, were the Mexican muleteers who accompanied the Ctdoned. They appeared to be old hand at the Masi. nese. After our troops encamped, they could see large bodies or the enemy moving to the rear of them for the purpose of cutting off their farther retreat, but both men and horses were so exhausted, that it was de termined to remain in their present posi tion, for a short time, to test. Near dark General Garay's aid-chmminp and a Major , of , the staff, came neat De Hussy's Camp with a flag of Dime.— The Colonel did not allow them to enter his camp, but wet them at a short distaste outside of it. The Colonel was accompa nied by Captain Wyse. Thcaid hinasled the Colonel a letter. The Canna told him, iu subseince, "that it was too dash to read it, and that he having nocandes ea light, probably he [the aid) could to l him the purport of it.' The aid, who spoke English fluently replied. "that it 'was a summons tor an unconditionil surrender as General Garey had sufficient mlin sad means to conquer him, and he wailed to spare an efilision of blood." Colonel De Itussey immediately returned the letter. unopened, to the aid, and he told the aid to "tell General Garey that the idea of sur render had never entered his mind. and he therefore declined any correspondence on that subject"—when the Aid and Major, after the usual compliments. retired. Colonel lk Hussey now ordered camp fires to be made, and all the horses Lobe un saddled, and everything had the appearance to the Mexicans, of his remaining there all night. In this, however, they Were de ceived, for ilk Colonel took up his line of march af2 o'clock, A. M., during one of the heaviest rain storms ever experienced, and passed silently through the city. They took the road for Penura, passing in a con trary direction to the one he came by, and on which Garay was encamped, and was ten miles from Tantayoca, when daylight ovenook him. At 10 o'clt,icti, A. M., the lancers and guerillas again came in sight, and hung in the rear of the detachment all day, smir.. ingandrhooting down without nierey„such , unfortunate persons, as straggled off from the main body. On one occasion a large body of lancers collected in a group, when Captain Wyse gave them a salute with a charge of canister, and made great havoc among high horses and riders, killing and wouudi,ng shout 30 men, and front that time they kept at a respectful distance. The Mexicans followed our little detach mew for two clays, awasionally exchang nig a kw alums. Lieut. Hunter was shot rrh the arm during tha retreat the first day. 'When Colonel De Hussey wit within 15 miles.of Pennon, he dispatched Mr. Geo. Lefler, an old citizen of this place, to Col onel Gates, 'giving him an account of his position, and informing him of their being entirely out of ammunition. and a largo bo dy of the enemy in his rear. Colonel Gates immediately despatched Lieutenant Colonel Marks to his relief with 160 men, two pieces of cannon and plen ty of ammunition. Lieutenant Colonel Marks went to Penuca with his command per steamboat, where ho mat Colonel De- Russey and his command, completely tired out and almost without se caquidge. there was an attack anticipated, thetolloW. hig night, on this place, both parties re- Our loss on the occasion was about 30 killed, wounded and missing. while that of the Mexicans is set -down at 150 killed, wounded nod missing. P. have ti►moment learned that official reports have been received in town that the number of Mexicans engaged in the late battle was 1850,, So you 'may judge for yountelves of the gallant defence of 120 men against such odda. I had nearly forgotten to mention that we lost thirty horses killed in the battle. • GENERAL SCOTT'i3 ACHIEVEMENTS There is much food for thought in the subjoined leading article of the New York .4 , Evening Post" of Saturday last, consid ering the intellectual character of the pa per in which we . fi nd it, and its political bias in favor of Democratic men and mea 'sures. Concurring entirely with the Ed hor in the estimate which he places upon the military services of Major General -.Seem we conaldeirhis explanation — UT - the comparative insensibility to the value of those services as an acknowledgement, -(cent-an - authority ar least impartial upon the question, that this War of Invasion of Mexico wants all the elements necessary to popularity, even among those with whom war is ordinarily most popular ; and that its unpopularity is justly owing to its being au offensive instead of a defensive War. Let our Demociaiii readers, who yet doubt on this subject,..read, mark, and inwardly digest."—Nationaliniciiigencer. [From the Now York Evening Poet of July 24.) MILITARY GLORY.-.... 4. correspondent asks how it , happens that so much indif ference has been shown to the military ex ploits of General Scott in the Mexican war. He hat4lanned his operations with great judgment, and executed them with signal spirit, bravery, and success, and our friend thinks should receive a higher tneed of praise than has yet been awarded to him. Our correspondent has not, perhaps, considered the distinction between a war waged out of our country and a war waged within it; between a war Involving the safety of the nation, and a war in which, whatever may be the event, no great mis chief to the material prosperity of the country, and no danger to its inhabitants, can well arise. If the Mexicans were the invaders; if our own soil and our own homes were in danger ; if General Scott had stood to defend our frontier, and by as brilliant a victory as that of Cerro Gor do hild repulsed, scattered, and cut to pie ces the enemy, 'we can imagine how loud, how fervent; how universal would have been the expression of applause. A feel ing of gratitude, as well as of gladness at 'danger averted, would have mingled with admiration for his valor and conduct ; and it is these more than anything else, which give intensity for the respect we feel fur heroic qualities and actions. Genera /Amos fcilWht but one great battle ih the last war, bat it was a battle against invaders, a b attle for the firesides and families of his countrymen, a battle in defence done of our largest and most im portant cities, upon the event of which great beterests were sweetie& When the British troops were beaten track, driv en into the sea, before the pliant Tennes sean at the head of his gallant men, the ac clamations of the people throughout the United States rose like the voice of Many waters, and the inceessful warrior was hided mot only as a hem, but as a deliver er. Tea batdea fought in it herelp coun try, with Jovial bravery and tenecess, could teat have brought equal renown to the vic tor. Thephipulmity of the hemmer our Rev olution, of its most illosuints hem, W eon uttrrox, in partirsdar, arose iea great mea sure from this, that - they stood our defen ders in the hour ore:tsetse peril. if Gen end Washington had fought as well in the West or East Indies as here, although in a war which our country might hare some interest, he never would have been our President. Great military talents are dis- Flayed Trout time to time in the British possewrions in India, yet they do not com mand the attention or awaken the admire d= of the Bait& public like engagements in which nearer interests are concerned.-- There in Rule talk there of the conquerors of India. The names of those who sul4n gated Cabot are Retiree ever mentioned.— bet our readers if they can, try to recollect the names tat the Generals who' distinguish ed themselves lately in the beide* with that warlike nation, the Sikhs. It is, therefore, a miatelm tosupPose that the officers who serve in the Mexican vrar are placed ins situation to acquire that popularity which would be earned by success in a war of defence, or one in which deeper and more essential interests are involved. They may plan ss bisdy and execute es we llbat admirition with which their de eds are regarded-most be comparatively abstract, ca/50,..5al A SPEECH FROM GEN. TAYLOR. At the celebration at Monterey, in Mex ico, of the Anniversary of. the Independ ence of the United States, the whole com pany assembled on the occasion (Gen. Crams° presiding) was agreeably sur prised by a Speech from die old soldier who had so often led them to battle and to victory. The following account of the in cident is given by the correspondent of the New Orleans Picayune : Lieut. Fuller, of the Massachusetts reg iment, gave— "GEN. TAYLOR: We bail him as the next President; may his civil be as bril liant as his military career." [This sen timent was drunk with three times three.] Can. Ts l.ot rose and responded to to this sentiment: “Mr. President and Gentlemtn: I have never had the vanity to aspire to or look for tint elevated situation whirl* has just liven alluded to, but if thy fellow-eouutrv men think proper to elevate toe to so dis tinguished and honorable a position, I cer tainly shall do my best to discharge the duties of that responsible position faithful ly. But, if any other candiddte is prefer= red by the people as More competent than myself, I need not say that I shall acqui esce most cheerfully in their decision, and shall'rejoiCe that there is one more worthy to represent them in the highest.o4fice to their gift." The General then gave as a toast : • "The State of Illassachusells and the city of Boston :—The place where our !Memos ware cradled ; wilts° sous have borne ao conspicuous a part in the estab lishment and maintenance of the principles of our .indepentlence and the' constitu tie n, and' ive gallantly Maintained the same by sea and land. 7. FATS or Yoviso Ststhes.—The Char lottsville Republicats gives the following account of the sad fate of Semmes, the young man who shot Prof. Davis, some years since, at the Virginia University: We learn from an authentic source that Johph G. Semmes, respecting whose ca reer our readers will be curious to hear something certain, brought his life to an end by his own hand,ou the morning of the 9th4ltimo, at the house of his brother, in Washington, Georgia. He shot him self with a pistol, the ball entering the left eye and penetrating the brain, and linger , ed in a state I tote insensibility from a bout 7 o'clock, A. M., when the family was called to his room by the report of a Wpitol, until half-past one of the same day. iten his room was entered he was found in a chair, placed at a table. A pistol was lying across his lap, and on the table was an open razor. On the table was also found a note, stating, in the form of a cer tificate, dated July 911,1847, that his death was occasioned by himself, and was brought about either by pistol or razor. 07MliO ALMOST TO DEATH.—On Mon day of last week, a hoy, about twelve years of age, was gored almost to death, by a steer, which had escaped from a slaughter house in New Orleans. The infuriated animal , meeting with the boy, made a plunge at him, nod catching him under the throat on his horns, threw him into the air.— When he came down, the infuriated beast gored him in the neck and trampeled on Him in a shocking manner. The bov was providentially rescued and taken to an apothecary's, where hiS wounds were dressed. Slight hypes were entertained of his recovery. SAD ACCIDSNT.-A correspondent ting from Independence, IVashington coun ty, Pennsylvania, furnishes us with the following particulars of a sad accident that occurred in that town a few days ago : It appears that a Mr. Henry Virtu, a highly respectable man with a small family took down his gun,,(not knowing it was loaded) to shoot a 'fowl. As is a fool ish custom with many people, he put his mouth to the muzzle to ascertain if there was a load in •it, and by- some means it was accidently discharged while he was blowing in it. The whole contents of the load passed through his head, killing him instantly. SHOCKING ACCIDENT.-At Philadelphia, on Wednesday night the 29th ultimo, some young men were preparing for a gunning expedition. One of them had a musket which he was putting a cap upon, u hen it was accidentally discharged, and Wounded four or five persons. James McMullen, who was engaged in pantog on the cap. had his whole lower jaiv shot away, and was dreadfully wounded in the breast.— He died shortly after. A young man, cal led Bah'', was severely wounded in the left breast, and was taken to the hospital.— The others were wounded about the limbs, but not dingerously. A MELiNCUOLY ACCIDENT.-Mr. Mc- Kutcheons, of Castalit), accidentally shot himself's few days since. He was out hunting, and laid down his aon a log. and, in taking it up,idrow iflowards him, having hold of the barrel, when the trigger caught on a limb, discharging the contents into his breast. lie died in about fifteen minutes after. He was about twenty-six years of age, and has left a wife. (Sandusky ( 0.) Mirror. KILLED Br LIGIIITICING.—During the thunder storm which passed over this city on Monday afternoon last, the lightning struck the house of Mr. Ezra M. Kenny, near the lighthouse, and instantly killed a child about four years old of Mr. Kenny. The electric fluid also passed thiough both feet of Mr. Kenny's sister, tearing and mangling them horribly. The house was also considerably injured, eighty-one panes of glass being broken and the ceiling torn of in places. [New London News. Awrtn.• ItlarrAtxrrx.—The St. John's Herald states that of the emigrants who [rwithin this yeait]ieft Great Britain for Quebec alone, 4,095 never reached their destination, haring died at sea or at quar antine. About 000 more perished ,at sea by sbipwreek ; making about 4,700 deaths up to the 30th June. The ship Avon, of St. John, was at Grasses Isle with all the crew and passengers sick, and 130 out of 650 dead. Smallpox has again broken out on board H. M. Troopship Apollo. RELIEF TO IRELAND AXD SCOTLANO.- The following is au estimate of the amount of eoatributions sent by this country for the relief of the high and Scotch, from the Ist oflanuary last to the 81st duly: Through the4aw York Relief Committee, • $200,000 Through other Committees in oth er Cities, - 150,000 Remittances by the Irish and Scotch, 600,000 Tend in seven months. $1,050,000 Stems.* Strix.—The Trustees of Sar atoga village would net allow Tom Thumb to give his exhibition without taxing him $25 per day for a Hecate. 'As this was the first lime that a license had ever been charged. for any exhibition in Sarato ga, the little General wrote a letter to the Trustees, stating that he was satisfied from their acts that Saratoga could produce mu c h smaller men than himself—he should there fore most respectfully decline coming in competition with those who evidently had so much the advantage of him in point o itlleneass. - A BANN OrtICEII Daraux.ran.—The Richmond Euquirer learns that one of the °Moms of the Branch Bank of Virginia, at Lynchburg, has absconded, carrying off some tB.OOO dollars of the funds orihe bank. lie is said to be a mkt.. of., high . standing in the community, and has hith erto borne an irrepruachablo character. TRAIT OF POPE PIPS IX.—There is in the JOurual II Mont? Illustrato,,a paper et kiame,the following fact, which IS as, gelled to 'be-authentic. 44 rich lord, father of two young men, wished to constitute one of them his uni- Versal legatee, only impOsing on him, tts was believed, a deed of trust km the bone ,fit of the Church: The twq sons, informed of the intentions of their fiither, with whose eccentric character they were acquainted, resolved, without regard to his orders, to divide his fortune equally. The father, irritated by this resistance to his com mands, made another will, which he de pOsited with the prothonotary of the Holy See; By this act he reduced his two sons tor* bare,,sopport, and bequeathed all hie wealth to the Priest who , should chance to say the first mass the day of IA funeral. The protlionotary,infdymed some time after of the decease of the testator, opened this singular deed, and thought it his duty to take it to the Pope before its contents could be known. The Pope, Pius I X., having received the communication very late in the evening, repaired in great haste at break of day to the church where were to he offered up the prayers for the repose of the soul of the det!eased. He caused the doors to be opened by disclosing his rank, and performed the 'service. Becoming thus universal legatee, without deed of trust, or any restriction whatever, the Pope made use of his right by immediately giv ing up to the heirs the whole property.- 7 - By this act of liberality and justice the Holy Father *vented the law-suit which would undoubtedly have been undertaken to nullify the will of a lunatic." TEMPERANCE ANECDOTE.—The follow ing temperance anecdote is related in the Essai llistorique et Moral Sur l'Educa tient - Frangoisc, - pat—M. IN Du y ("tart • XII., king of Sweden, drank sometimes to excess, so as even to disturb his reason. In one of his drunken bouts, he lost the respect whiCh -was (hie to the queen, Tiis mother. She retired to her chamber, over whelmed with grief, and remained there on the folk+wing day. As she did not make her appearance, the king inuired the cause. This being told him, he took a glass of wine in his hand, and went to the queen's room. “Madain," said he to her, "1 have learned that yesterday, in my cups, I forgot myself towards you. 1 come to ask your pardon, and to prevent a recurrence of such a fault ; I drink this glass to your health ; it shall be the last during my life." Ile kept his word, and from that day he never tasted wino. A WOMAN'S WlT.—M3rg:lret M. was , the wit of our little seminary, says the He.' veille. One morning I remember, she went to one of the girls, and with a grave j countenance, remarked : "Mary, 1 am glad your heel has got . well." - ••Why !" Fairi Mary. opening her large 1 blue eyes with astonishment. "Oh nothing," says fag, "only I see its able to be out." "1 fay. Jemmy, kmd me your nett-spa per." "I can't do it. you wouldn't lend MP your new coat nutter day, you know." "Nonsense, that S another thing ; I only wanted to read it to the ladies." "Can't, come it, Jerry, Ismfy wanted h . ; wear Char coat to see the ladies."—Exclunige paper. Rather strange. We never heard of a newspaper subscriber who had not a good coat, or a newspaper borrower who had soul enough to hue one. WEP.TV-V-It.ll or.. PORI:M. Douglass Jerrold considers that no edu cation is complete without a certain ac quaintance with medical science. All,' no iloubt,,k now that the skin is the perspi ratory organ, but few probably arc aware attic magnitude of the part which, in vir tue of its fundrion, it performs in the ani mal economy. With reference, therefore, to this point, he cites the following state ment of Surgeon Wilson, F. IL S., the the celebrated English anatomist : To obtain tvi estimate, of the length of tube of the perapiratory system of the whole surface of the body, I think that 2,- 800 might might be taken as a fair average oldie number of pores itr the inch, and 700:4onsequently, of the number of inched in length. Now, the number of square inches of surface in a titan of ordinary height and bulk is 2,500; the nornler of pores, therefore, 7.000,000, and the num ber of inches of perspiratory tube, 1,750,- 000, that is, 145,833 feet, or 48,000, yards, or nearly twenty-eight miles. AN INFANTICIDE AND AN 04D StrPERSTI- TioN.--Ite Boston Post gives this expli nation of the murder of a little child at Barnstable on Sunday last : The cofiiin containg the corpse was ta. ken into the church on Tuesday, and all the neighbors were collected there, and, one by one, according to the form of the old superstition, requested to lay their hands on the coffin and declare their inno cence of the murder. When it came to the turn of the mother of the child, sbe re luctantly laid her hand on the collitt, and by great efforts made out to say—"l didn't do it—l didn't do it." Tier manner at once created violent suspicion against her, and after being questioned a little, she made a full confession of murder, and also admitted that she made the several attempts to set fue to the house, vi,kich have been noticed heretofore. FEMALE Comt.toe.—A servant girl, re .inarkable for her fearless disposition, laid a wager that ,she would go into a charnel house at midnight will] a light, and bring from thence a dead man's'skull. Accor ,dingly, at the appointed, time, she went, but the poison with whom she madeihe bet had gone before and hid himself in/the place. When he heard Imr descend and take up the skull, he called out, in a hollovv, I dismal voice, "Leave me my head !" The girl, instead of displaying symptoms of horror or fright, ',very cooly laid it down and said, "Well. there it is then," and took up another; upon which the voice repeated. "Leave me my head !" But the heroic girl, observing it.was•the smile voice that had called before, .answeirei.in her own country dialect, "Nee, nae, friend, ye canna ha' twa heads l"=—London pa per. Goon..—Mezice, says the Mobile Her ald and Tribune, declines treating; there fore Gen. Scott will have to liquor—(lick 11 is said that the prerman Professor, ScuattiamN, the i inventor of grin cotton; has just discovered a mode for immediate ly cauterizing - wounds. This •invention, in connexion with that of ineensibilitypro dneed by etheror, rH effect n complete eliaugo in surgery. STATE or MAINE.-In the Senate of the genuine Locofoco Legislature of the State of Maine resolutingE have --- been adopted approving of the War with Mexico, whilst by the same body resolutions offered for approving of the military conduct of ,Major Generals Score and rirLOR were re jected."' Resiflutions against the extension of sla very, and adopting generally the doctrines of the Wilmot proviso, have passed both branches of the Legislature. In the House of Representatives the resolves were sub jeeted to some alteration or amendment, and to a desultorylntl skirmishing debate, but 'vine finally Massed separately,' by nearly a unanimous vote. -HEN. AND KITrENS.--%Ve were called this MOM*, to witness a very singular freak of a hen, which forseverat days past hae taken into her charge four young kit tens, covering them under her wings just as atm would a brood of chicken. It is With great difficulty that the old cat suc ceeds in affording nourishment necessary to sustain life, as the hen often shows tight on her approach. The:natural moth er of these kittens embraces the opportu nity to nourish them in t►ie absence of her antagonist of the.feathercd tribe.—Jersey City Sentinel. SHOT 1118 IVtre BY MISTAKE.—Dr. d. B. PierCe, of Troy. Pa., shot his wife by mistake, on the evening of the 22d lost-- Mistaking her for n robber, breaking into the house, he seized the gun and fired.— The whole charge of shot entered her breast, and she fell dead on the floor. AFFAIRS WITH BRAZILL.—The Wash ington correspondent of the N. Y. Jour nal of Commerce writes as follows:—I have learned from good authority that our ! Jaren:l2w,, • : Ohio for Brazil, have detertnined to make such concessions to the governthent of Brazil as will prevent farther difficulties wiffitimllmvrer; LICENSE LAW.-At the June term of the Court of Quarter Sessions fur Alle gheny county several individuals were li ned for a violation of the law of this State submitting to a role of the people the deci sion of the question, whether licenses should he granii , 4l for the sale of spirituous liquors. An appeal has been taken to the Supremo Court. where a decision will be had ou the constitut;onatity of k4w• 711 E WAY TO ADI ERTIFF..—We were shown a receipt for ninelwnilred and eigh teen dollars and Arrenty : fire cents, the a mount paid in advance for one year's ad tettising, by Dr. Townsend, in a Phila delphia paper. The Dr. paid one of the N. York papers more than nornm: that a mount last year and this. It is not aston ishing. that his medicine has g ained the great popularity it has attained throughout the country, for he knows how and is nut afraid to advertise.—.V. i. Expir4oss-- Pont Outer: RonnEnic.--Win. T. J o nes, one of the clerks in the Washington ci .p9ALtriaL.•e, was arrested on Saturday last. on the charge of abstracting rnoncy from letters p:v3stog through that, office. lou'im MV PittstmEn."—llecidedly the best joke we have heard for sonte time pant. WIIA played of upon a constable in the vrextren part of the tirtitte. lfe started out to arrest a person who hail often esca ped rpursuit, but who, he was informed, tins at that time engaged in 1 neeridniring cornfield. The mist:dile vi 'shim; to take him by surprise, took a roundabout direc tion. sealing the sheds awl fences until op p,site, when "syn.tting," he crawled steal thily along, and at last potoseitl upon his clenching him firmly around ' the waist, exclaiming " lote re ,m tri,oner." Imagine his mortification, when upon a more careful inspection, his prisoner prov ed to be a "scarecrow." • ABDUCTION AND RUWARD.—lnformation was received here on Saturday of the ab duction of a beautiful girl 13 years of age, the daughter of a widow.. residing at Co. lumbia, South Carolina. The atokietur is believed to be a man' named Eaton, who likewise carried off two mulatto slaves.— Ile was tracked as far as Baltimore.where he purchased tickets for three passengers for Philadelphia. A reward ofslooo is of fered .for hie arrest and that of the young girl, or $5OO for either of them. [Neu. Thric Mercury. A.. VOICE FROM KENTUCKY. I hare been_aillicted with dyspepsia in its aggravated form for three years past and found no relief until I -used Dr, G, Benj. Smith's Improved Indian Vegetable Pills. - After rising six boxes of said valuable pills, lam entirely cured. They are a.general remedy. J. E. Leeman. Paducah, Ky., Nov. 10, 1845. "We can certify to the above facts. Dr. Smith's Pills are universally esteemed in this vicinity. Hodge, Gtrena 4. Co., Merchants, At the request of Dr. G. Benj. Smith's igent: we cheerfully state that we visited thO office of Dr. Smith in September last, while in New York, and found him to all appearance carrying on a Very extensive business with his Indian Vegetable Pills. The extent of his established would aston ish any one net initiated in the mysteries of the pill trade.—Louisville Journal. pou.The genuine Pills are for sale in Gettysburg, by S. H. Buehler and S. S. Ibrocy; in Hunterstown by Abraham King; in Petersburg by Atm .Puller; in Casino w n b}• Mrs. hiincan, and in Hemp ton by J. H. .qulebaugh. •July 9, /841-4 t. Sudden changes from very hot to chilly weather, are unfavorable to health, and it is a fact universally admitted, that heat and moisture are p9werful agents in producing disease, and that constant dry and commit wet weather are most favorable to its gent eration, it does not signify what we call it, it may be ague, it may be billions fever, it may be yellow fever, it mfy be dysentery, it may bp. ltheuinatism, it ay be bronchi tis, it may be cholie, it may be conatipat4on uf.tbe bowels, it may be inhalation of .the bowel's, it maybe . inflamation of 'the sto mach, it may be a nervous affliction, but still it is disease, and a disease curable by the llis - riniurrit l i na.s. because they 're move all impurities from the body, all that catiln any manner feed ilio - frefffffiriitiess of the malady, no matter how called; thus these pills are not only the most' proper medicine, but generally the only • medicate that need or ought-iieho used- • • grille genuine Brandreth'aills can by hada thp fallowing Agents:— J. M. Stevenson. Co.',—Getty'sburg, Jno. B. McCreary,—Patersburg. elbrahonn King,—Huotennown, MeParland,—Atibottstown. David M. C. M 4 She t ty fink,--Littlestora, Mary Drincon,—Castitown.. John li r okr,—Fairlieltl. • June 25, 1847. WATCHES, JEWELRY, &c. THE Subscriber offers to the trade, or by retail, 77 a large assortment of the followtog articles, being , all of his own importa .)ll6. Lion or manufacture. Buyers of goods in this line are invited to examine the assortment, and orders are 'solicited. with the assurance that every ef fort will be made to give satisfaetien and in. Sure a continuance of custom. ' Gold do Hiker Lever Watchesof oidlnitry qu a lity Do do do of superior finish. Do do do Anehoiv & LOOM*. Silver double cased Dogfish and Swiss verge Wetchee, with light medium and heavy p ace , Gold Jewelry in all varieties, Am and common. Silver Plated, and 86er Wares. ' Muskat Boxes, playing 2,4, 8, 8 and 10 tunes. Gold and Silver Spectacles. Diamond Pointed Gold Pens. Mantel 1 1 / 4 Office Clocks, in gilt and atirr frames. Watchmakers' Tools and Materials of all sorts.. Fancy Articles, Fancy Fans, Steel Heeds, tlitc• Having every facility forobtsining goods on the most advantageous terms ' corres ponding inducements will beoffered to pur chasers. JOHN C. FARR, 112 Chearut at. Philadelphia July 16, 1847.-6 m 1/VSPEPSIA, .01nd and all Diseases of the Stomach and Bowels. • I) Y e S o I n ' s E e g i Te i nt so or ' A n n (' i e g m es i t n i n n t a P n r d o fe i I t I - sor says: oltoehiefly arises in persons who lead either a very sedentary or irregular life. Although not regarded as a fatal di sease, yet, if neglected, it may bring on in curable Melineholy, Jaundice, Madness, or Vertigo, Palsy, and lAkioplexy. A great singularity attendant on it is, that it may Hine without any remission of the oymp. tome. USES.—Grief and uneasiness of timid, intense Sludy, prattle - evltriAlions, excess in venery, excessive use of epir. lions liquors, tea, tobacco, opium and other narcotics, immoderate repletion, o ver distention of the stomach, ado& ciency in the, secretion of the bile or gastric juice, exposure to cold and damp air, are the chief causes of this disease. Mrl'ONlB.—Loss of appetite, nau sea, heart-burn, acidity and fmtid eructs gnawing 01 the stomach when emp ty, uneasiness in the throat, pain in the side, costiveness, chilliness, languor, low ness of spirits, palpitations, and disturbed sleep. TREATM E NT.— DR. I. EN' S I'EGET.I BLE (.0.111 3 017 ND has ner er failed in affording immediate relief and a radical cure for this disease. Principal Office, No. 77 N. Eighth st., east side, Philadelphia. For sale in Get tysburg by S. S. FORNEY. Juiy 1847 . • • HARVEST KORA, C 1 EOM: E ARNOIM has just receir -91, cd an additional supply of . *‘,V44l iti l9 ol% 4.J 44 ' NAIP 'jai. AMONG WHICH ARM FRESH GROCERIZIS, knit-Alit' Ma*fins, noting*, Cherka, and Plaids, Gingham*, Calicoes, Vdret Cords, Drillings, Ttere(lB, Cl/s -al/Jetts, Fanry rassimeres. fir. &c., all of which are to be sold at pri ces to suit the times. Please call in and judge fur yourselves. ,and if we cannot please, still we take pleasure in showing the Goods. Gettysburg. July 23.-4 t 8.U.R,,, F the very best quality, and different IV flavors, can be had. at all times, at WEAVER'S Confectionary in Chambers burg street. Families and Parties will be supplied with any desired quantity, at the shortest notice. CAKES And CONFEC TIONS el all kinds alwayr on hand. and will be furnished to order on reasonable terms. _Gettysburg, July 23.—tf NOTIC El• E'rrERS of Administration on the I/ Estate of ELIAS JACOBS. late of East Berlin, Adams county, deceased;hav ing been granted to the subscriber, residing in Paradise township, York county, notice is hereby given to all persons indebted to said estate to call and settle the same with out delay, and those having claims against said estate are requested- to present the same, properly authenticated, for settle ment. JOHN JACOBS, Adorer. Ow July 10 WATCHES, of all kinds, 4 11,2 will be cleaned and repaired, at the shortest notice, at FRAZER'S Clock Ar. Watch Establishment, in Gettysburg. July 16, 1847. tf 1% hoever wants a First-rate TIME-PIECE CA 1 .1 be accommodated by ealling et FRAZER'S Clock & Wateb Estab lishinent,. in Chatnbersbueg street, Gettys burg, nest door to Mr. Buehler's Drug Store—where a new lot of beautiful 24 hour and 8 day CLOCKS have just been received from the City. They are of the best manufacture, and will be warranted. Give us a call—they will be sold cheap. July 16, 1847. tf ~NoTicE S HEREBY GIVEN. That applics iiowwill tie Made by the undersigned and others, to the next Legislature of the Cdmmonwealth of Pennsylvania, lot the incorporation of a Company ender name and style, or intended Mule and style, of THE BERLIN SAVINGS Lawrence. capital Fifty Thousand Donate, designed unit office of discount and deposit: end to be loCated in East-Berlin. Adam* soon` ty, Pa. David Mellinger, John Debellie. William Wolf, George Beektrartz, J. J. Kuhn, J. IL. Ashbaugh. Charles Spangler, Barnet Aildebrantli George King, Isaac Trimmer, George U. liindmr, Abraham:Trimmer, John Diehl. Ostia Bollinger, lane 2.3," l 6142..-43tu , 411.15440 .7 4 trAist us' ea, IVOR the cure of externs! Sores, scm a d aaa affeetions, Liver Citsriplaint s Guiltily. Sore Throat, Hrunebitis. Kitts ha 'the Chest, Tumors, Diseases of the Skis. Piles, Corns. Rheumatism, Ace., &c m foe salest theltrug Suite of • S. H. BUEHLER, Gettysburg, Amu 21:0.—tf IV M. tt C. MUTHHACFr InOre eeived a very large atoortypect ut FANs, trutu 3 cte to It .%S. • Fttday Evening, August 6 1847. lEN. WINFIVAD SCOTT. CITY A.GENCE—:-V. B. Yam.' as, Esq. at the corner of Chesnut & Third street, Philadelphia ; 160 Nassau street .Nat' York; and Soutlnetul cor ner of Baltimore' and Calvert street, Bokitriore— and E.W. Cats, go. Stm Building, N. E. Corner Third & Dock irts.and 440 N. Fourth et. l'hilad a are out au th or fuodA gents loveceiving Advertise ments and . Subscriptidnit to the "Star'' and collect. ing and recailltinig for this same. WHIG CANDIDATES. I Q - KN. JAMES IRVIN. FQR cAN4I. COMMISSIONER, ' JOSEPH W. PA 'I"F ON. FOR SENATOR, .• WILLIAM R. SADDER. FOR REPRESENTATIVE, WILLIAM McSHERILY. • FOR COMMISSIONER, JACOB KING. FOR AUDITOR, AMOS W. McGINLEY. FOR DIRECTOR, THOMAS ISIcCLEARY. FOR TREASURER, ROBERT G.,HARPER. UN For Delinquent Patrons ! " IMPORT A NT. ElrTho enlargement of our paper has &glom more heavily on our purse than we anticipated, and we are compelled to call upon our patrons to . • Iliefoi.vA_PLlF_ amount on our hooka due us for Job Work and Subscription which it would give as much pleas. are to see "squared uil" The amount against ` each aubscriber may seem trifling, and for that reason remain unpaid; but it i s of drops that the ocean is made, and a few dollars from each of our ,auhseribers will in the itegrrtrilv Pr ( " l "e"nu amount of eome importance to us. Thus of our ratrous who have already pail up, will 'INTO our limning, while those who have not, we feel assun•d . will excuse the present.".arN," as it is the first they have been troubled with since our connection with the "STAR." 3 :t 17" Money may be remitted to us per mail, nt our risk. THE COUP:n—Our acknowledgements are flue to those of our patrons who have so promptly and cheerfully responded to the above "ann."— There is, however, it large 01000111 still in our books, slue for job work and subscription, which, no doubt, La been left unsettled in many instances fur want of an opportunity to'remit the amount due. To all such a convenient opportunity will be furnish led during the approaching Court, which will com mence its sittings on Monday the I ftth instant.— Those who cannot make it convenient to call in person, can avail theineelves of the opportunity . to MO thr9Ugh persollll.wtiding the Court. C'erhere ketill nBOlllO mom" tut our sub.wrip• Lion list, and we should 1w pleased to enroll a fi.w MOM" goo4IIILITICP aP ItlllwertherB to the "Staf."•— Ntormy times are ahead the Courtrca.innal. Loq ialatire, and War doing,: duri n g ther amie; ‘QI trr trip undoulthhlly hl num:n*lly interesting, and every one, whn feels interested in the a ff a i r* of the country, chould provide for liirmt If some medimo 'through which he inn) he regulally i rpt iillortned of matter* and thinzn an they transpire. TIIE STATE TUEASURY.—latetweek, Mr F,:a tr, of the Telegraph, atitirearteti a letter to Mr enoutoir, the chief clerk in the State Depart- Input. requesting a statement of, the minlition of the Treasury, together with the names of the counties that have paid their Ntan• tax in full for the present year. The following is Mr. Nichol •an'a reply, by which it red! be seen that after pity ing the August interest, there will remain in the Treasury unavailable balance of tf..327,227 34. $o much for Whig inanageinent in the financial de partment of the Ucwernineut - • TRIMICUT ()erica, If xaniserno, July 31. 1447. Trio. Fuss, Eq.—l/ear Sir:—ln reply . to your note of inquiry of thin date, I respectfully in form you that the available baloney in the Teen -10-night, to $1,277,009 04 The net amount of interest the 011 the Vuhlic Debt ea IA August, is Leaving an available balance in the Treasury after pay ing the interest, $327,227 34 The counties which have paid their quota of Mate 'rat for 1841, are a. follows, viz : Adams, Allegheny, Berke, Bradford, Carbon, Cheater, Columbia, Crawford, Cumberland, Dau phin, Debiwarr, Erie, Fayette, Franklin, Green, Lancaster, Lebanon, Lehigh, Mifflin, Itlonigom• ery, Northampton. Northumberland, Philadelphia, .n 0 3 8,, Westmoreland, York and Union. Very rexpectfull . your., your THOS. NICIIOI,BON. GENERAL. TAYLOR'S POLITICS.—The Reading Journal publimhes the following extract of a letter from &Volunteer in the Army from thnt pleat, as another bit of comfort to those Locofoco editors and politicians, who still insist upon it that GNI TATLOIS is 11411/ Whig. Mr. lISPLER liaa been serving Under Gen. TAYLOR Since the cont. incitement of the war, and is writing to his fiathtt .i.You also request to know whether 'GENERAL TAYLOR is a Whig or Dent.. ticrist, because both parties claim him.-- HE 18 A WHIG. 1 HEARD HIM SAY so WITH kir OWN SAES TO AN OFFICER OF TILE . Alm!. I suppose ynu would like to know what I am. 1 am a Loco to the back bone, %Mt if Old Zack runs I will have to give bin' a bard, push, no manor who runs a gainst him, for I think ho is more fit for the White . - House than the ono who now occupies it._ _ " ...."GENERAL WOOL IS ALSO A WOIO-110 vi i mi rf _ARE ALL Tlllll OFFICERS OF THE liT . - nen ALL WHO OCCUPY ANY . 'T 1010110 ! 6 _... t . ,Wltt I'. ItEPL . '. LETT! , 0 t Tint ARMY.—Cot. Hunt, alliew NoutukoPt*Wot pongee writing tO their tHeittleltt tie Antly;ill,l4oxi m should put their letters attain rower te the quoiterniaster at New Worms, or itadrolothem to hitter!". Thoy should bo additemed to the particular Mdividtudi for whom intended, Mating. ill each ram thit' regim en t, an d, 'fit/omi t Om company, to X 0 , 11 ' 3 1 Ito Whinge. FOREIGN NE,WB —Poring the past Weei twp sloanialtipe, th i s uNtlaphingtort" and' the '4lO lbernia," arrived Q om Etpwo. There lettolteßt: told intelliOnce °tatty importance by a.thei.jirrl ild,:.• The WasbMllo In brought noetrofe, alight : , Wyman in. Mead titutto, which had • Wearable in.. Monte on our own market, but the advice. of tin, announced that pikes had again laden Akrin.the Liam Pool market.. lbe weather had been flue in England, anal favonthle anticipntiour es to the now ammo Werannteitained. • rrAt .s 4th of July eolobiation iu Georgia, Wli aislibrd,7'ailor, gave s tethrdrol toott:' ofloraw AL TA flalll-11ruevcr ittakett tile hock hitch, btu learns hie 111141 the fotwuril and by merit," o•fthe whi p otatch, it,4telter theMe‘icoloi arite maim titqx.'. FOR PREBIDF.NZ FOR OOVERNOR, 940,781 70 THEDETHEON.—The Reading Journal, in an article upon the use of the Letheon in 'surgi cal operations, gives a case in which the amputa tion of a limb was enacted in that place, with its assistance. Mr. HURT PRI /ME, whose leg was crushed by a coal train on Saturday evening, had the limb amputated on Sunday- morning by Drs. 'LIMITER and Militstax, of Reading. Previous to the operation, the Letheon was administered, and the result fully established all that is said in favor of the newly discovered agent. During the operation he was entinaly insensible to pain, and laughed and joked while the knife and saw wore separating the quivering flesh and cutting through tarbories,..uunaelesaral arteries I The leg was amputated above the knee joint, and we are told that the unfortunate man never once win ced under the dreadful , operation, or experienced the slightest pain or disagreeable sensation. .‘ The sensations produced by the inhalation of the Letheon are variouslm described. The - Editor of the Cincinnati Herald gives his experience as follows: "We have taken it ; we have had a den tal extracted under its inflonce, and this Aims the way of it. We took our seat on a large chair, and took into our mouth a large tube which conveyed the gas. We commenced inspiring and coughing at the same time. As our inspirations grew more regular, our coughing ceasea, and we be gan to lodise our consciousness. Then we began to hear a noise of a thousand nail mills. Then we seemed to be riding-up on a railroad, along which myriad cars were thundering, and we were going faster and faster into a black void, in which were loud noises, as of: an earthquake. Then we thought, "we will tell of this," and were framing what figure of speech we should use in describing that jarring thun dering noise, when we lapsed away, and ffulu. - Wtrwenrupnrrarristamt - Suriner breathed over the blue waters ; odors, as of Eden, made the air faint with their luxury. Musical fountains• plashed in marble basins—birds sang in cool groves. Away down a vista, overarched with cliMb ing roses, a white marble palace upreared its wall. 'We were lying faint and languid, but joyful, gazing down this vista. Over us bent an old man, who gazed inquiring ly into our face. Just then a bevy of maidens came capering along in graceful sport towards us. We laughed at their glee, and they in revenge attempted to bind us with roses. We put up our hands to save ourselves from such a calamity, and awoke, with our hands firmly clasping the arm of the operator, who had just extract ed the tooth. The first thing we recog nized was a picture smiling upon us from the wall, which was that of the old man of our vision." WAR WASTE.—The Jonesboro' Whig says that Col. Wm. Campbell's First Regiment of Ten nesse Volunteurs, numbered 1,000 brave men on their march to Mexico. Only 350, rank and file, of this gallant regiment returned with the (Colonel to their homes. Col. askelrs Second Reg iment of Tennessee Volunteers numla•red 10-10 on their March to Mexico. Only alin of these gallant men, lank and tile, returned o ith Col. Haskell, to their homes anti IfiClitirl—thvif wives and children fithers, mothers, sister•, brothers • and other itlativr a and friends. The rest of them—Till TKEN HI • NDRED AN 11 THIRTY, sickness a ;idiom flets, disease and shotoind s word s; h ave con signed to an early grave in a foreign land, far from their native homes. without ogling and winding si ems, or headstones to tell win, airfare, or whrre they are. Poor fellows! Mournful and vacant are many loved homes and fireside's, but the sleep ing dead know it not. I•IIiLANCIFOLY.—A collision took place on the Lancaster and Columbia Railroad, mar the fernier place, on Friday last, by which a lcomo tire was dashed to pieces, and several cars were thrown off the track. Among the passengers were two young men front Pottsville, named Enw4 Mot and WILLIAMS, who had WI borne a few weeks previously for the Westeni part of this State, for the purpoae of getting married. They were re. turning in thta train' atcompanicd by their wive*, and were both instantly killed ! One of the ladies had her (AIM bone broken. THE PROSPECTS.—The papers of the into rior, says the' Lancaster Examiner, are urging Gen. Irvin's merits with industry and lively- zeal As his .character becomes known, he must acquire a higher place and stronger hold in the popular es timation. Tho conviction , is gaining ground that he will be elected. A distinguished Locofoco, re• sitlent of one of the comities bordering on the West Branch of tho Susquehanna, recently re marked to a friend of ours that his success was cer tain unless the Democrats - could lie aroused from their apathy into more vigorous action. (r The Carlisle Herald says that the Directors are about to relay the track on the road between that borough and Harrisburg _with .a heavy iron bar of nearly , tioublo the thickness and weight ofthat now used, and it is hoped that the increase of business will aeon justify the company in ex tending the new track over the entire line to Cham bcrehurg. REPUDIATED.—Of the lOU Locofneo mem bers of Congress who voted to censure Gen. Tay lor, only about 24 have so far been re-elected to Congress, and only fair qf these were re.elerted after the obruoleas tote mos gfcen !—lhe others having been mainly re-elected last fall. LT"The Pope has substituted the common Eu ropean usage of reckoning the day of twenty-four hours for the Harlan system ofroekoniug from half an hour before sunset. LV'it distinguished Democrat of Pennsylrania, in a Into letter to a 4th of July committee, utters the; following sentiment': "Let us bear in tins that the war question has been determined by the "rowers that be 1.," and let avow, man remember that "the powecs that ho arc Pined of God," and that "he that resat:loth the over rcsisteth the ordinance of crock" Thii I Balled “Etemeeritcy" at tho present day ; but in the Revolution, or the times of ihunptlen and Sidney, such doctrines were held to he rank turrism, and were repudiated by the Whigs of thine , days its ant phatiCally ae they are by fife Whig of the prismit time: . ,Extretnes tire end to meet, and the saying is Verified by the palpable . identity of modern locefoceism and ancient tory ism.—.lame. Examiper. MAlNE,—Thetollowing Resolution v,mgadOp 'led at the lots Whig titato Convention, nitieh placed M. hooligan iupoNinotift Gig lhafaraco of Goveirthi: . " . ... , . . Resolved, T hat the_ attempt of the ad inirtistration Act overslaugh, General seutt la ,the r ., oin ninqa. of the - rainy by the tip.% piiiriiment4Senator, Benton,. in wyeken : -. ink the forces 'of General Taylor, and in censuriogAnportni,of the capitulation' of Motitaky, tnitf in inv_iting, Santa Anna to enter Maxie° . ,by givmg hint a free pass; ere, ample deMonstrutions of the. total 'tin- Illne‘e orate present administration to hold the reins of government, and ehoitld call upon every true friend' of his country to rally to the support of abler men and bet- to principlee, PROFESSION AND PRACTICE.—The Locofoco Preis, almost Without expt , if char" actorized, by the wor s t species of dininnt r . Assuming that the - MIMS of the paople anise*: rant end vicious, it, abuses them with perreisions of facts, and attempts to enlist their aid by appeals ,to the Worst piiminna othuman nature... In Penn sylvania, such has heretofore boon eininently the practice. The shameless decoptions—the un blushing frauds—the ..Lies, like the father that begets them— Gross as a mountain, opens, palpable," whit h Lorukco party letatra, through Lotoksio party organs, have constantly rasortedio, leave no doubt that in the estimation of the managing kw, the great many are sunk in a depth of stupidity so profound that no ray of intelligence can ever reach them. But for this conviction these manners would not have dared to flaunt on their banners: "Polk, Builds and the Tannic& 1842," when they knew ip their hearts that the "AMC hour which wit:ceased tie triumph of the two first, would also witness the destruction . ef lasts—hut fo; this they-would not havo dared to assert that our claim to the whole of Otegon was clear and unquestion able, end that to abate one jot Of title of that claim would he treason to the cmintry, when they knew that Ruch claim would not be maintained by the Administration : but for this they would not have dared to proclaim that the prices of breadatuffa were enhanced by the tariff of 1E146 in the face of the fact that the advance was clearly the. result of European famine:—and Out for this they would not flow dare to glorify a war which has already cost the country a lavish outpouring of treasure and blood and teat; and which will leave behind it a vast national debt and vaster national demor alization. - • The fact is that with all their pretenon of ra gard for the "toiling 'millions," thu demagogues, who are loudest at these professions, heartily des men havo no fiiiiiii4her in pop ular intelligence or popular virtue. If they Whim ea in the former, they would not so openly insult it ; if they behests' in the latter, they would not eto constantly provoke its retributive memories. Such men, moreover, hero no sympathy with the hard ships, and feel no interest in the advancement of the working claws. Genuine sympathy shows itself not in noisy protestation, but in active efforts for relief: real interest is manifested not by the lip only but by the heart and the hand. What has been the course of Locofocoisintl It has con stantly endeavored to depress the masses, by d o _ pri%ing them of the incentives to exertion. Hy dotnining up the sources oflabor it has taken from them the opportunities of acquiring wealth ; by lessoning the rates of wages, it has taken from them the means of comfortable subsistence. in the midst of its hypocritical cant about the poor man's rights, it snatches the decent garment from his wife's hack, and the grateful loaf from his child's mouth, and compels him to forego all that he himself has been accustomed to_regard as al most helispensado necessities. According to the theory of Locotbctasin ho is an independent Rove reign—in the rigid results of Locofoco practice he is left to starve and perish. It is gratifying to know that the wretched cant in which liocofiamism habitually: indulgers, is now understood by thrive' to whom it is addressed. It is gratifying to know that the pl•nple are beginning to be sensible of the deliberate illetlain of their un derstandings, and the profligate palteringS with their deareAt colicerns, which the leaders of that party have for years pruetis - ed. Arid it nlaogrnt ißinging to perceive in all the indications which reach us from all sections of our own State, that in the coming election their frauds and injuries— their contempt for the reason, and their experi ments on tlke purses, of thoso whom they have hith erto misled, will receive a rebuke which will appal'''. theta.—North CHESTER COUNTY.--A very lart.,m and enthusiastic meeting of the Whigs of Chester county assendiled at Westchester on the 27th ult. a t whi c h a seriesofmost excellent resolutions were adopted, declaratory 01 Whig prineiples, and the position and duty of the Whig party in reference to the great issues now before the country. A mong them we find the following, which comes up to our notions precisely and will meet with a cordial response from every Whig in the "Young Guard." As for ourselves, we shill! support no man for office, Mite or National, who is not dis tinctively and avowedly a Whig, and pledged to to a recognition of Whig principles in discharging the duties of that office : L'esulural, That the principles of the Whig par ty, conservative, patriotic and just, like the prinel plesof immutable truth, admit of no compromiso 7 , -' and that as Whigs, therefore, we will entrust the der , Unice of our Country to no man who is not a Whig, a whole Whig, and nothing but a Whig. Thu following resolution was also adopted at the meeting : That we &Alin grateful remembrance the services rendered by the Hon. janle9 Cooper, !in our National and State Legb.latures, to the 'Whig party and the copntry. We are proud of his exalted talents—we admire the course pursued by hint throng!' every viciesituds'fiTlikatiess or dis apPolntment ; and we promise °UT:slaves the future gratification of assisting to elevate him to high statiens which his attaininents 'aro eminently fitted to adorn. NO NEWS.—The "Sindhem 'Papers by last night's mail contain no news from the scat of war. All communication with Gen. Scott seems to be cut 'tat and consequently nothing but - vague and contradictory-rumors have been received for a month past. The anxiety lbr later intelligence becoming intense. and every mail is looked for With increased interest. CA PrlON.—The Ilauorer Spectator calls the auention of the proper officers to the fact that a number of young gentlemen from Baltimore and other places are shooting numberless birds, inclu ding partridges, in different parts of Adams coun ty at this time. ,An act of the Pennsylvania legir lature prohibits the ahvoting of partridges, under a penhlty of ,f b, at this season of the year. t_4"Tho War Department has made another requisition on the Stute of Mississippi for a battali on of riflemen, to be composed of five companies. CELEBRATED SARBAPARILLA,.-• This excellent compoUnd, which is 'crea ting such a universal interest throughout the country, his at length made its way successfully into the tayor of our ca sette and the people around us. WO have read again and again of the efficacy of this invaluable metliciue—hut . from facts in our possession, we are now .well ConVineed that, without any exeeption it is the itafe4 pleasantest; and best compound ever 'ales. ? ad to the publie,,for the num °fall chronic • diseases; rheumatism, scrofida, and all int purities of the blood;- together with Many other complaints.' , • It has so Itiiii,heen ATMit4Co;tha4 4li. age is.one or,"riostrume tint! nostrum ven ders.", that we haidly dare recommend , a. valuable discovery in - the medical seimibe, lest we jeopardise our reptitation for cre dulity and consisteney,but this (nal:med . ',weliesitate nett° hazard the remark which we have made above.---lkolforil Ileview. ICY - For firriher . particulars viol conclueiya eyi• dence ofits superior e Ilicue y; see Pamphlets, may be obtained of agents gratis. Prepared and sold. wholesale and retail, by A. IL & 1).-Seads, 75 Fulton etieet .Now York. bold also by ap• .p6intment of the Proprietor. by. s. 11. BUEHLER, Gettysburg, Pu. Price $1 per bottle. Six bottles for Aug. 6, 4817 . • Er Iron. noir CLAY LP note' at the White Sutphin Spii Iva; hating arriied there on Thum day night km. He it ld to be looking in firmer jmelikt.then4nt some time mum nrybp seontssutual August interest on the State debt ions paid on Monday last at the Bank of Pennsylvania. ' • KrTit; FLOUR MARKEThas been against unsettled by the late advice& from Europe. Some few sales were made on Wednesday at 115 87, dealers generally preferring to wait for further intelligence. Good to prime red Wheat $l.lO a $1.30; do. white $125 asl 31.; white and yel• low Corn 70 a 78 Ma l ; 1:414 45 a 00; Rye 70 els. RI E D, 1110 Tuesd - ferening the 27th nit, tiy the Rev. E. V. Voltam Mr. WILLIAIII PCARE and Miss Manr Onatarran• SIIITLTR a n4KIth of Comber. land township. Qn the Ist of ,Innkby.ilte../ter. 1.. F. Wpm Dr. 11 A.ll A2llll/TLL, (formerly °Klett:Am%) and Miss Jans.M. CHAMBERLIN; of Berkely county; Va. • -DIEJ),.' , • On the 20th ultimo, in GortaartY knynshilk Mr. Joe'. SIINTZ, in the 10th year of his aim On Thursday, Lee HZILEXAN, infant pm or Conrad and Mitabeth Weaver, of this place, aged 2 wo!ka. SETTLE UP:! , riIINDING still a considerable number r oft/ nse t tled accounts for subscription to "THE STANDARD" on my Books, and wishing to, hay, thentisettled, I tete; by request all those who are indebted to me (or subscription, sulsertisisg, or lob work, to call on Jost. B. PANN2I4 Esq., in Gettysburg, (or that purpose, on or be. fore the the WO ,clay of august {nit,. se after thst time suits wilt be brought against all who are in arrears. JOSIAH T. U. BRINGMAN. Aug. 0.-3 t ME X ICC and her Military Chie ft ains, fro:int the Revolution Of Midair to the present time, comprising sketches of the lives of - Hidalgo, Morelos, Iturbide, Santa Anna. Gomez. Parries, Busuunente, Paredes, Almonte„Arista, Alaman, Ampu-, din, Herrera, and La Vega—by Robinson, illustrated by twelve portraits and engra vings, price 50 cis. To be had at "the ('heap Bookstore, with many other new Hooks. Dr. C. IV. Sppleion's Celebrated Remedy F 0 1t DINA FN MS, IIIap:AINS in. and discharge of matter from, the dA..,11 ear, together with all other unpleasant gym's. toms, which either accompany or announce ap proaching Deafness. This invaluable medicines the result of a long and faithfully pursued course of experiments instituted with the sole view to discover (if possible) a certain, and. at the same' time, a safe remedy for this dreadfully afflicting disorder, and after being extensively used in the, private practice of the subscriber during the last eight years, in very numerous cases with the most remarkable success, is now offered to the public, for the benefit of those who, from distance or other causes, cannot have the personal attention of the proprietor, in the fullest confidence of its efficacy. And in the firm belief that it wilt pot disappoint the t‘apectutioi.s of those who may have occasion for its tt.e ; in short, that it is the most VALUA article ever offered to the public for this di• seaie. . cCiforiale.in.Oeuriburx by S. H. BUEHLER, in Abbottstown by Wor. ihrri Nowt, in Oxford by 11.1.! & Maas, and in Franklin township by Tuuass. J. Coors'. [Aug. 13, 1847—1 y Cheap' Watches and Jewelry. full Jewelled Gold Le vers for $4O, war- 'rfF . ranted by • .14 Jacob Lationaing No. 246 Market street, Phil- ' wdelphia, who ` , ice x 11AS constantly on hand a large assort ment of Gold and Silver Watches, at the following low prices: 1 Full Jewelled Gold Levers, $4O Silver `• 23 00 Gold Lepines, Full Jewelled, 30 00 Silver Lepines, 15 00 Silver Quastiere, 60. amt 10 00 with a large assortment of Find Jewelry, such as Ear Hinge, Finger Rings, Breast Pins, Bracelets. Gold and Silver Pennils, Gold Chains, &c. Has alio on hand a complete assortment of patent . and 'plain Watch Glasses, Main Springt, Verges,-Di ale and Hands, of everydeseripUon—in fact, a complete assortment of ,Watchma ker's tools and Watch materials, to• which he would call the attention of the Country Trade. ' Those wishing anything in the above line, will find it to their .advantage to call and examine his stock. before pur chasing elsewhere. • Philadelphia, Aug. 6, 1847.--4ta Thebirges — t ' trnd cheipeit Stock OF GOLD AND. SILVER watewatta . • Plain and Fancy Jewelry, Wholesale and Retell—No. 414 Market mean. , Gold Levers, fulljewelled, 18 caret ' case, kold dial, $4O 00 Gold Lepinee, do. do. 1126 to 80 00 Silver Levers, full jewelled, . 50'00 Silver Lepines, jewelled, . 18 00 Silver Quanta'. Watches, splendid quality, Silber ithitation Quattlees, lElecond hand Gold amthilver Watch es, at all prlees; from ' SS to 23 00 Gold Pencils, , • , 1 70 to . 9 00 , Gold ,Draoal*, with tapas and outer , , acts, if CIO Pure Silver. Teaspoon% Diamond polat Gold Pens, with pen. cis and solid silver holders, only - .1 es Gold -chains, breast-pins, finger-rings; ear rings. dnd Jewelry of every description, at the lowest Philadelphia or N. York. prices; gold and silver. Levers, Lepiries,and Quer. tier watched, still much chsaper, ,than the abittie. prices' , A hell will be:mach:et to convince purchadere that this orthe place to get good and cheap articles: - All goods warranted: ti be what they ire sold for. Orders from the country punctually attend ed to.: 'Old' Gold and Silter bought for cash, or taken in exchange. MI kinds of watchei rnpaired and wevrtinted , ,to Aep "correct time. , " , '' . N. 1,04 1 1 t Op, e! . ' 1 0 : t9 e, k 11 0,,,,_ - 0111..eacoana watcp ixt..ktming f,111,4 ➢ r,....r.• Gilt aed'Galvanize4 Watches, fur Iradttle! use, uml geode odi kinds lu.Vme, at . . LE WIS LAI), ',WA, %tell, ciOA; an Yewel ry Stop:, No, 401 Nuke; fit., above 1 ltii, nAnb iide: Phila.' Philadelphia, Aug: 0;1847.-7m Dr. Inchon Vegetable Speci* For , lientlite CUtuOlailnis. tilVDHlSlnedieice is fast taking . fhe Tillie* of stie d-0S ry preparation heretofore used for diseases arising from Weakness or oilier causes. All tiiat is necessary to secure this medicine a place in the Dotnestiz Prakitce of every fancily, whoa such a mediotrie is needed, is a trial. It speaks for itself, is innocent in its operation, and no injury can a. risk from its nee at uny time. l',"i - For sale, wholesale and retail, by ROWANS', scrosi, l'ropraints, 37i; Minket st. Phila. snit by s. It 111 Ell 1.1:11, Gettysburg; Win. Ilittinger, A bh,,tt-t,w‘ ; I.ffly O'xiard, and by 'l'. J. ug. 47-1 y W- CULLEN'S Indtata`Negetable Panacea. AN EXTRAORINNA RV CURE. giNESSRS. ROWAN.") ter WA uroN—Hnvin g MA experienced the extraonlinary efficacy of Your Dr. Cullen's Indian Vegetable Panacea upon my own person, a feeling of gratitude for your wonderful discovery, and a desire that your tiled kines should be known and appreciated by the public, has induced me thus voluntarily to give you au - account of my ease, hoping that others who may be so unfortunate as I have been, may be induced to throw prejudice aside and give your . Panacea a fair trial. la February, 1846, a lump or tumor first ap peared upon the spine ormy right leg, and anoth , er on the• lower part of my breast near the junc tion of the ribs; they locremed gradually broil the ea r ly pert of rune, about which time they became very painful. lir July the tumor okthe left-leg andcrcaanreh becatada tanningicite, eihmdipg itself Until it was hilf the Cite of a man's hand, and had =ten Into thrbone, and one or two anal. uktim'eStellohd belmv the turtle. My physi- CISA end others pronounced .it .Scrofithi. Up to this time every remedy temp gave no relief; the leg continued to getlitnarylf;,durihe the early part of August my riufferhorn item 'intense I neither went to bid et slept `regularly for nearly two weeks, being compelled to filet up, with my leg supported on a chair. About this time triy lon brought home With him from Cincinnati market one of your chemists; WhiCh hid =en thrown in to the wagon ,_ I read it, and knowing roma= the A loof' theiCallikele ;Of A.. 40 'Of Mr. Brooks, and believing gm my knmetedge of their characters that they would not lend their 517 , 1 for the purpose of palming at u the public, I eoncluded'in try Mat effect it wou ld have upon trio .On the gOth' of Adgeist I procu red the first bottle, commenced taking . It issecOrd ins tP directions, and. in four , hoop the,pain was so much relieved that I fell asleep and enjoyed that greatest et blessing*, a few hours repose. I con tinual using it until the 28th Of August, when • I !round teyeelfloynesh better eleatiranotto Cie. cimiati to your Agent, Mr. Datsinhour i with whom I made arrangements to take 2i.1 bottles, provideel beivobld guarantee to Cure me. He agreed ti do , 1 swami gave me - tbe privilege a 0 etoPplag deorrof the 20 bottles, wheneverlconsidencl myoelfivisll. I now felt encipmgel, and =mewed to use it un der Mr. Di instructions, until I bird taken 12 hot des., (wing' no other Medicine wtmtever,) when found myself entirely well i the tumor on my -breast Laving softened, it opened, came .out, end was healed up when I had taken 6 or ? bottfie. I will here observe,- that for many years I heti been troubled with a kind 'of dry 'Fetter, which greatly annoyed me,particuterly when liested'or warm in bed • l'have felt nothing of this since to. king your meelicihri, and hive no doubt that My system is' now entirely free fioni ilitease, toy gen eral health never having been bettor. -• On the 3d of December I again called on Mr. Thinenhower. I then prononneed mysell well and offered to give him a Certificate to that effect,' which I promised to sendthitn in a few days. A few days thereafter, however, - while killing hop, I hurt the same leg badly, ,in consequence of which I postponed giving the premiss' Certili• sate; wishing thoroughly to rest the permanency of care. I now used nothing but the usual simple *readies for fresh wounds., and foetid WY Mesh perfectly healthy, aryl in the usual time fur, such cases my log healed. Sufficient ;Oahu !heed to convince me that I am now a sound irran and that I have been cured by yotii Panaceitalone. In abort, I have every confidence in its virtues.— Persons desirous of obtaining further peek:ekes, eau be gratified by calling at my- resideueiket Miiddy Creek, Hamilton county, Ohio, bA VID IC LW; Grrir or Ciacirorrr, SS. Personal*. appeared befole ma, the subscriber, mayor-of .city Past u 6taoaa, who, being sworn, depmes anttsays that the facto,' set forth in the foregoing statement are true.: In testimony whereof, I have hereunto *et my name, and caused the Corporate Seal of the said City to be aibt:ell, this fourth tray of March, , lB47,- • H..E. SPENCER,-.Mayor. Sold.. wholesale and retsil ,by Kul, dc TON, Proprietors. 8711 Market street, Philadelphia, and by the tolloo ing Agents: - 8, 11. Buehler, Gettysiourg. hi. Billiriger. Abbottstoiin• Oxfosti._ Cooper, Frauklin tp, 147.-2 m • Li Aug ist 6. 1 1 / 4 . QTi4IVA. ETTERS 'testamentary on tho Es - .4 tate of PHEes him nu, la te of limn tier ton township, deceased, having been grant edto the subscriber, residingittfinntingtmt township, Adorns 'County, be hereby giires notice to all who are indebted to said Es: tate to calland pay, the sante ,wititotatle lay, and those having claims are - desired so present the same, properly authenticated, for settlement. JOHN FRAZER, ExY Aug. 6.--00' DEADLY'S Washington and ilia Gen; orals, Napoleon and kis Marshaffs, and the Oratora.of Prance ; Thier's His tory of the 'French Revolution , . also, af- va riety oßibles, Hymn Hooke f or every der nomination, Piano Music, Music Paper, foolscap, letter, deed, drawing, note and Militia Paper, Envelops of all sizes, Hover's 14 and Ink Powder, Visiting Cards, Ta blets, Card Cases, Sus. tfcc.- - Call sod Alware happy to show Books and answer questions at the.Chetip Rook Store of . KELLER KlJR'r/.. A CERTAIN CURE FOR THE PILES Or. Cuticula inpItBIAN 'Vegetable Piles Remeth, is a skim's. 1 41, tic preparation, which Baii.been used witting). tire success for many years. Being an internal medicine, it has a decided preference over outwiutl applicationd, which 'rebut palliative. and nottu rally.... This medicine dicta uPon the dimmed parte, producing healthy action soda perniannit (We—WHICH wa W on 1111UXI/ tali HOPI 147'bu1a. wholesale auil , retail, by ROWANS & WALTOS, Proprietors, 376, Biluicet *treat; Phila., .and by S. H. BUEHLER, iiiettysburg; Wm. Bit ti agar,. A tibuitaanam Linty da ßile j' Oxlord,.twd T.J.Coopitr,FrOkli&tp. (Aug. 6, '47.-4 N TI RD4MB COUNTY, SS. i The CmtemoMmealth of,rome,O , 'k yank, to the, Shed off' rld.. Yt` may . - mar COunty. Gretattp ' . We command you that you attach JOHN DUPHORN; late of , your County, by all and singular-hie' &it'd and ehintles, ,land and tenements, itr: whviee hands or possession ;some gig aline may be, so, that he be and ; appear bororo , our 'Court of Common. Pleasto be holdenat Gettysburg, in and for said County, on the .10th day of Aquist next—there to answer Elisabeth jilidoe iu a plea of Debt on, Note not exceeding Two Hundred Dol lars,