The Kent County Massacre.
Further Parliculare.
no terrible massacre of Mr. Wm. Cos.
dem and family, near Georgetown Cross
Roads, on the eveMng ot the 27th ult., has
occasioned great excitement in that section
of country. A iniblio meeting of citizens
bar been held to MINI( Illt . 7lures to ferret
out the villains. A 'lorand of a $lOOO has
been offered by the liovernor Maryland
delection, which has been increas
ed to three thousand hr' the neighbors.—
The following particulars of the niassacry
wo copy" from Ore Baltimore dun of rtleb
d.r
..The tragedy Was enacted, it is thought,
Ann hair past six o'clock on Thursday
even*. . Mr. Cosden. who was a most
woolly. industrious, and highly . reaper ia
tikt itiliiit farmer, hail just .:isun runt the
thestimper table, and was about taking a
.eat by the tire, when lie discovered a
man standing outside of the window with
a gam leveled at him, which he fired in
stantly, the ball taking effect, and lie fell.
The man who fired the gum then came to
the dour, aud, finding it heitencil, knocked
a panel out with the muzzle of his gun,
and putting his hand in, removed the las•
teniug, leading to the infereme that lie
knew exactly how it was fastened. On
opening the door. !Mrs, Cosden and Miss
Cosden ran to the opposite coiner of the
room, when he leveled his gun again, and
fired, the ball taking effect out Miss Cos
de/36 whom he also rushed on and slabbed
with a knife in both breasts.
Mrs. Cosden then fled into the yard.
end the small while boy ran behind the
door and sueeeeded in effecting his escape,
the smoke of the gun concealing him.—
The isortsas's lie saw a tall man standing
in the yard uhe ran off. Mrs. Cutlet'
was found dead in the yard, having been
hotisshot and stabbed. The rings were
taken off her lingers, and the car-rings torn
out of her ears.
They then, observing that Mr. Cosden'
was still alive, shot him again and stabbed •
him,
.whilst one of them trampled and j
ilillord on his body. lie, however, lived ,
three. hears after the tragedy was discov-
end. and stated that the man who shot
biatilese unknown to him, but that he was
*thickset man with black whiskers. He,
1 4elliolteard two other men talking outside
iliehelime the one inside was effecting I
Mk tourdemus object on Miss Cosden, but
did, net see them.
~Mill Rebecca C. Webster, who was
bring sick up stairs, on hearing the alarm ,
edad.teports of the gun had fastened the
deee,Of her room, and one of the men
came pp and broke the door open. She
atatesehat she implored him for her life,
Sind ;old him that all the money she had 1
lan in her trunk. He then examined the
Una, and being unable to find-the money,
.1111 il Wee tied up, lie returned to her bed
end shot her iir the breast, and several
slags were found in the, fed, which was 1
alect,set on fire, either by the wadding or
inteetionally by the assassin. She stir-
ahseasiatil Ssionley evening about seven j
o'clock. when PAC died.
The week-woman belonged to Deputy
Sheriff Edwin Crouch,-who resided on the 1
adjoiniejrfarm, about a mile distant, but
ems haled to Mr. COSilen. She was en-
gaged at the time at the ironing in the
hen, and on turning round observed
theckitehen door slightly opened, when'
tiro guns, or a double-barreled gun. was j
A* at her—both shots taking effect—
Otte in her side and the other shattering
bet-wrist. She immediately succeeded
*milting her escape out of another door j
and not to the residence of her master, on
dts adjoining farm, and loudly called. for ,
114! On reaching the house she fell front
enWination, and at the last accounts was !
andl alive, though but little hopes were en- j
lartained.of her recovery. She states that i
she did. not see the perons who tired any I
of the guns.
:. There-have been three persons arrested ,
Olathe charge of being concerned in the
murder. William Webster, au uncle to
AIM 44...Mi11en and also of Miss Rebecca'
Cs Webster, her sister, who resides in
Delaware, was arrested on Friday, and
underwent an examination before a magis-
trMe,its that State, and primed atralibi by !
elaveral most respectable witnesses. lie
ism arrested on 1.110 testimony of a broth
oral Mrs. Cosden, about ten years of aoe,
who: had said lie heard his uncle eau
scene threats against Cosden and his fain-
ily i besides which, there had been a dif-
Acidly:between him •ind Mr. Cosden a- •
(mitt some land. This was the buy that
eleepttlirom the house at the time of the
timmacre r amt lied to Georgetown Cross
Roads and gave the alarm. Mr. Welis-
ter 'having come over to Mr. Cosden's
placer= Sunday to attend the funeral of
desfmar victims was arrested on suspicion i
ofhaaitig some connection with or knowl-;
edge of the affair, and conimitted for, fur-,
titer examination.
The second one arrested is James RO-'
bee*, a travelling clock-mender, who bore •
the exact description of the assassin given
uy Mei Webster, even to the vize, build !
alftlaiiipe, and also to patches:on the knees
otitill'pantaltions, as the one who had en- -
teinithei room. lie was brought before
hiebefore she died, and she three times
&elated that he was the guilty party.— ;
na, however, succeeded in proving that
friWas at Fredricktown, in Cecil County,
betviethlwo end three miles off, at tile !
iiiielite Murder is supposed to have been j
miniMitted—proving the alibi by the most •
Aiptittable witnesses. This man had ,
ban Whir. Costlen's house the someday
oi!'this da y previous, to mend a clock, and
Wu invited to remain to dinner. During
tint:dinner . hour Mrs. Cosden sent up
Aides to borrow a dollar from Miss Webs-
Met,: He was discharged on proving the
.stlibklint it as immediately arrested on the
ohitige of having entered the house Mr.
filinerins, at Georgetown Cross Roads, at
line clod( on the previous night, so as ..0
Waif itiin at hand if further testimony
ab*id connect him with the transaction.
• Iniltougs to Delaware, in .Appoquino-
:: hundred.
.i. ti. .. third party arrested is William
~ i
:,iteho s a mill hand, in the mill of
• . ; . :.,'Z i .11:in nearly the same neighbor- j
• • . '.• !!, where Roberts came from. The
. ..'-ieliik against him arises from the fact
...: It having bought a double-barreled
add eoo!e dirk knives at Smyrna.
adpnheeit seen by a boy in the mill
itiiiiillibillets from some particular kind'
•of mud used in the mill, whom he 'eau
,,,,,,„, ,not Welty anything about it, Of, the
'7, itan of the gun and arms, all of
It 4 '. : : kept concealed to Mr. Voshell.
• t , , 1 appearance corresponded i A Buie ox A RAlLO , AY.—According to
• •
_.,.,! 1 thineritsed by Mr. Cosden as the : arrangement, a small ship, fully rigged
it
• bad shot and stabbed him, the ,sad manned, arrived at Cincinnati on the
eitlitt4, fated his gun, sad were of i can on the 28th ult., from Cleveland, and
OA' ' itte *IAA, at that need in the mill, I was launched that afternoon amidst the
sod 411.. 4tssi. bo ne mark abash! be ak ',firing of cannon and the shouts of the mut
.
imilim . .e t wit by a m o w F low a double.hee., litigate. The previous evening she sat
a o t a i-, oo l L. - fr o w ax also absent From th e 'gracefully on the waters of Lajte Erie. and
eseal em the preview '!'heyday mod e t, ou the next she was anchored in the Ohio.
to the murder when he was arrested at or
near the Ceciltrui Croat Roads. On these
grounds he was committed for further ex
amination, and all three are now in Kent
county
The excitement Against Roberta was in
tense, and it lie had not Ntireeeded in prov
ing an alibi, it is probable he would have
been lynched forthwith by the people.
Mr. Crouch immediately upon hearing
of the 'terrible tragedy, started MT an ex
press to arouse the neighbors, and on the
arrival of two men from the Cross Roads
Miss Webster states that she heard the
the noise made by the approach of their
horses, at which the assassins took fright
and tied, having just at that moment shot
her. The physicians who examined the
bodies of Miss Webster and Miss Cosden
after death atate that an attempt to commit
rape had been made on both, either taelore
or after they were shot.
The Mneral of the four victims took
place on Sunday morning. For miles a
round the excitement produced by the
bloody alfair was without parallel.
TIIK KENT COUNTY NIVRDEN.-3noth
cr drreNt-1V e learn front Chestertown
that another arrest was made on Monday
night, of a man suspected of having been
connected with the massacre of Mr. Cos.
den and his family. We were unable to
ascertain his name, but learn that he had
been missing, frnin the time of the murder
until Monday evening, when he was found
in the woods, ushering limbs and bushes
to make a shelter for time night. On his
person was !Mind a knife and a dirk both
with bloody handles, whilst there was al.
so blond on his clothing, especially hie
pantaloons, the pockets of which were
said to be strongly marked. lie was com
mitted for further examination.
We also learn that a blackwoman, the
fifth victim of this awful transaction. died
on Monday evening from the effects or
wounds she had received ; so that, of the
whole household, but one escaped—the
small white boy, a brother of Mrs. Coedit%
who fled on seeing the assassin enter
the house and tire at his sister. The
unravelling of this terrible mystery will be
looked for with great interest.
SOUTH CA HOUMA
The Charleston Mercury has the folk
lowing in reference to the late election for
the South Carolina State Convention :
"The Convention consists of 169 meek,
bers-.—equal to both Houses of the Legis
lature. Of these we think we Ire quite
safe in saying 127 are, distinctly and un
alterably, for secession and withdrawal of
of the State of South Carolina alone from
the Union, or, in other words, they are
men who, as au old friend from the coun
try said to us yestarday, "have made up
their minds that the Federal Government
is a cursed bail bargain, which it is high
time toga rid of 1" These men go for se
cession by the State alone, because there
can be no other secession than by the
States as individual sovereignties, and be
cause the withdrawal from the Union will.
thus, in every stage of the act, he under,
the sanction of the supreme authiarity,
and give to secession the' same W il da and
support of the sovereign will, expressed in ,
the same form as the act by: which South
Carolina entered the Union. A minority
of the Convention, conifieting of, we think,
less than forty, are opposed to the speedy
aztion of the State by herself. Sot we
aro certain there, are not tea -members
who will not unhesitatingly affixes both of
the following propositions : I. That the
State, as one of a copfederacy of sovereigns,
has a clear right to ,secede ; and, 2. That,
the action and position of the Federal Gus
ernment afford ample justification for the,
exercise
exercise of that right."
INTERESTINO EXPIEROCZNT.—..-We recol
lect of reading in one of Reynold's novels,
' an account of a remarkable_ealttateti
as a fact—where one of the Kings of. Nee
ples, whtle apparently sinking into the,
grave front atrophy, was saved, by rasaT
fusing into his veins the warm blood of a
domestic. The story did, not seem to
carry much of the air of probability with
it, but it appears that a French physician
has tried a similar experiment recently,
with decided success. This' very curious
and interesting case is reported by the
Courier des Ends Unis as barn occur
red in one of the Paris Hospitals. The
patient was a woman, and after her ac
couchinent a profuse and eidtaitsting hem
orrhage followed. Iler pulse had ceasd to
beat for several inimiles, and nothing more
that a slight undulatory shuddering could
be perceived from time to lime. She was
evidently dying, and as a last resort of his
art the surgeon, M. Nealton, determined
to try what effect transfusion would have,
which determination was soon carried out.
One of the attendants, 1111. Dufour, volun
tarily offered to lose his blood in the cause
humanity, and the required quantity being
taken from his arm, it was injected from a
syringe into a vein of the head of the pa
tient, aml passed immediately into the sy s
tent. The blood was injected at about its
natural temperature. The iv tole quanti
ty was from thirteen to fourteen ounces.—
There were two injections, the first of a
bout eight ounces, and after an interval of
five minutes, live or six ounces more.—
The woman revived immediately, and was
doing well for a week after the operation,
when she was carried off by an inflame
tion of the bewels. The transfusion was
considered to be, however, perfectly suc
cessful.
A DOUBLE ELOPEM ENT—One of the
most singular cases of desertion and
e
lopement on record occurred in this city
on Thursday last. A man residing in
Exeter street, who had been married about
.live weeks, suddenly disappeared on
Thursday afternoon last, and about the
same time a woman, who had been lnar
ried eight weeks, residing on Fell's Point,
likewise disappeared. On inquiry, it
was ascertained that the missing parties
had been seen together at the Philadelphia
steamboat wharf on that afternoon, and as
he had courted her in days gone by, and
she had rejected his suit, there seems to
be no doubt that they have rekindled the
old flame and travelled off together. The
:deserted wife is a very young and line
looking woman, and the deserted husband
is a worthy and industrious man, having
;gone to housekeeping with every comfort
around him. His wife was only between
fifteen and sixteen years of age. It is
. now thought that they went together to
Cumberlant;.—Balt. Sun.
Legislative Trip.
The members of the State Legislature,
accompanied by the Canal Commissioners
and other State officers, in cornpliame with
an invitation from the directors of the
Baltimore and Susquehanna, and York
and Cumberland Railroads, passed over
these roads to Baltimore city ou Friday
last. They arrived in Baltimore in the
evening, and met with a cordial reception
from the Governor of Maryland and the
authorities of the pity.
In the evening they art down to a bra
t liant entertainment furnished by the au
thorities of the Citv, at the Eutaw House.
I'he Mayor of Baltimore presided, and
doring.the evening speeches were made by
Mr. Speaker Cessna, of the. House of
'Representatives, Gov. Lowe, of Md.,' H.
A. Muhlenberg, Geu. Packer, R. H. Kee.
E. A. Penniman, Gen. Cameron; sad
others. The party on Saturday premed
cil to Washington, where they 'arrived'. in
the I I o'clock train. They spent sever
al hours after their arrival in visiting the
President, in company with 'some et•the
members of the House of Representatives
front their own State; in attending the
the session of the two titmses of Congress,
and in milting individual call , upon mein
hers of the Cabinet. • • ,
Between the.hoors of three and four
clock the whole party. from Pennsylvania,
slumbering two or three 'imam!. called
upon Geo. Soon. After partaking of
some slight refreshment they' adjourned
to Brown's Howl,- where they were hand
somely entertained by the City Authori
ties. Toasts and speeches front the mom:
ben of the Pennsylvania Legislature, she
Mayorof Washington. and Members of
Congress, went the order of the (monies.
Th. good taste of leaving oat political
topics in so mitred an assemblage was ver
closely:observed,
On Monday the party returned to Herr
risburg. to resume L e gislative duties in the
afternoon. Goy. Johnston did tot accept
the invitation to ecoompirny the members
of the Legislature to Baltimore and Wash.
fallen. but seized the occasion of the ter
islative intermission to pays brief visit to
hisfathee-in-Wastmoiehuld twenty.
Brumes/kW AT Al Exictrrio
letter from Ystad, in Sweden. contains an
amount of a strange and revolting scene
at an execution, which took place diets
on the *Bth of January
That day having been fixed for the de
capitation of a journeyman butcher. nam
ed Marcussion, and a woman named Bo
tilla-Nilsoutter, for having murdered the
husband of the latter. $ vast number of the
peasantry arrived on the , previous even
ing, and bivouacked in the town all night.
Although for sixty . years no execution
had taken place in the putriseer-and fur
upwards of eight years none in all. Swe:
den. it was not so much curiosity, which
attracted the multitude, as a desire to swal
low a drop of the blood of the criminals
at the moment it should spurt from be
uesth the axe of the executioner. it being
a popular belief in Sweden that IL "renders
the weak strong, cures all-sorts of male
dies, and secures a long lire. When the
scaffold was erected the people assembled
round with cups, glasses, bowls, some ev
en with large saucepans. to catch • the
blood. The woman was first beheaded,
and then the man. The anxiety of the
spectators was very great, and the mo
ment the man's head was severed they ,
broke through the line of soldiers. The'
soldiers. to drive them back, lustily um-,I
ployed the butt ends of their muskets, and
a desperate conflict ensued. At last the
crowd succeeded in reaching:the scaflold ;
but, in the meantime, the police had pla
cod the bodies in a cart, and had sent them ,
of 'under a strong escort of cavalry.—
They lad. however, to takethe precaution
of removing, by spades and pickaxes, the
portions of the road on which drops of
blood happen to fall, to prevent the people
from lepplog up the blood..
Tut Locarrs Conmo.—We copied. a
few weeks ago, an extract from a Balti
more parer, in which Mr. Gidson Smith,
a nature list of that city, predicted the
penance of the seventeen year locusts in
Pennsylvania and other parts of the U.
States. This prediction is likely to be
fulfilled early, for yesterday a grmdentan
called upon us with oue of these locusts,
which be found on the grass in his yard,
near Front and South streets. lat appear.
ance is that of a grub-worm, and about an
inch and , s half in length. The insect
breaks through this- covering and 40111411
forth, loukiug something like a moth.—
They issue front the ground in their grub
state early in the sprinwnd the ground
where they are seen is -*sad perforated
with late
through which they ascended.
The late warm weather bas given an early
start to the insect., and about Afar 'the
woods will be found vocal with their pe
culiar 11141:0. They are perked,' hum
less in their character, and though found
clinging in numbers to trees and plants,
they are not injurious to vegetation. The
chickens and hogs destroy them by thous
ands.--Ph if. Led.
Tots Beats BLITZ.--Evelyn's Diary.
referring to Richardson, the famous jug
gler, who lived some 200 years ago, says :
"He devoured brimstone on glowing
coals before us, chewing and swalloWinF
them ; he melted a beer-glass and ate ttr
quite up - ; then taking a live coal on his
tongue, he put it on a raw oyster, the coal
was blown on with the bellows till it flam
ed and sparkled in his mouth, and so re
mained till the oyster gaped and was quite
boiled. Then, he :nelted pitch and wax
with sulpher, which he drank down as it
flamed ; I saw it flaming in his mouth a
good while; he also took up a thick piece
of iron, such as laundresses use to put in
their smoothing boxes, when it was fiery
hot, held it between his teeth, then in his
hand, and threw it about like a stone ; but
this, I observed, he cared not to hOld very
long ; ihen he stood on a small put, and
bending his body took a glowing iron
with his mouth from between his feet,
without touching the ground or pot with
his hands ; with diVers other prodigious
feats."
ABOLITION MOVITMENT IN CANADA.---A
despatch dated Toronto, Feb. 28, eaya, a
largo anti-slavery meeting, called by the
Mayor, was held in the city hall lint night.
A society W3II formed, called "the Anti-
Slavery Society of Canada," die declared
object of which is to aid in the extinction
•t - bTa9Ty.;all over the world, and to mani
fest sympathy with American bondage.
MASSACRUIErra SEM/MR.—Wednes
day, to which the election of the U. States
Senator was postponed by the House of
Representatives of Massachusetts, the bal
loting was resumed, end three more bal
lots had without making a choice. On
the first ballot Mr. Sumner was . within
three votes of being elected.
FROM EU12014.
The steamer Europa, from Liverpool,
arrived at Halifax on Wednesday, with
advises front Europe to the 15th February.
Cotton was dull at Liverpool, and had de
clined in price, and so had bread shills.
EsiotANn.—The attention of the Eng
lish public is chiefly occupied in the ex
citing debate going on relative to the Pa
pal aggression question. Four nights of
continuous debate resulted in giving Lord
John Russell permission to introduce his
bill of pains and penalties, by a majority
or 332. ,
On a motion of Mr. Disraeli, involving
the principles of free trade, the Govern
ment only earned their point by a major
ity pr joarWar lit R 'lianas. , - Masi of
the Irish members, whe have hitherto sus
tained dm Ministry+ deserted them rind
voted widr•D'lsraeli: The Prinemioniito
grit greatly • exalted at their prospects. .
The Chantoller el the, Exchequer was
expected, to• deliver his budget Qtt the 17th
instant. Of the trade and revenue. it is
said that they are now more satisfactory
than heretofore reported. and it is expect•
eil that many obnoxious taxes wiU be rs
pealed. • •
FRAKCE.—The Donation has been lost
in the French Assembly by a majority of
102. Tim breach between Louts Napo.
leon and the. Assembly appears to be elk'
ery day widening. It is now proposed
to organise a notional subscription to re.
Here the Presideut from his embarrass.
asents.
GI lAN AFr nta.—A dditionsl advisee
from Dresden suite that with the sanction
of Roue. Austria and Prussia have a.
greed to reconstitute the central Getman
power, each nation taking the pendency
by turns.
FLAX venous furrow.--The English
papers received by the late arrival speak
in the moat confident terms of the success
of the new yroceas forirepuing team!'
atVatitute for cotton. The produce in
yarn is stated-to be increased from fifty to
one hundred per cent. over that obauned
by the old Mode of Imminent; and, as the
inferiority in this respect, was before only
twenty per cent. it would appear to follow,
es a necessary consequence. that a pound
of flax, as now prepared„ will give at least
twenty-five per eent. MOM yarn than a
pound of cotton. In addition to this, it is
fully ripe and a coarser kind of Sax that
can be used in most advantage, and
the grower is relieved front the necessity
of pullingit before the seed is fully ripened
and thus he will no tourer be, as he
has heretofore been, compelled to purchase
hie' seed from foreign countries. The
cost of production will therefore be great
ly diminished. while the efficiency of the
product will be greatly . increased.
That a great change in regard to the
mode or preparing flax is not far distant
would seem scarcely to he doubted, for we
observe in some of oar. northern exchan
ges, accounts of.extraordin a ry improve
ments recently made in some of the East
ern States. The day when the spinning. of
flax by machinery shall be accomplished
may not be imatediatuly at hand, but it
must come,
SALE or Mac MADIPON * II PICTORILI.---
The sale at Washington of the effects be
longing to the mate of the lamented Mrs.
Madison drew It:wilier, on Friday. a large
company. Tip, bust portrait of Washing
ton. by Stuart. sold to a gentleman of New
York, fur cash. *3OO, That of Jefferson,
by the same artist, at $2OO, to Gov. Coles.
Portrait of James Madison was taken by
the same gendentsin at $235. Dr. Caus
ten purchased that of Mrs. Madison, at
$270. Portrait of John Adams, (the eid
er) *l6O, to the same gentleman who pur
chased she first picture. Portrait of Mun
roe, $5O, to Our. Coles. Several other
paintings went off at *5 to $25. One of
the large pictures, for which Mrs. Math.
son refused *3OOO, •and others of less
value, were withdrawn by the administra
tor, there being no bids for them. The
carpet on the front parlor. 'in a good state
of preservation, was ascertained to be one
hundred and eighlyyears old. It is Kid
derminister, and was withdrawn at *l7.
0111DISIS /OR 1111111TID STATES Ovrtcus
stir Borros.—A letter from the Secretary
of War to Net. Major George A. Thomas,
commanding officer at Fort Independence,
directs that officer to place himself and the
troops under his command as a part of the
posse eomitattie at the disposal of the U.
States Marshal, whenever the Judges of
the Circuit or District Courts, or, an their
Mumma. the Marshal shall certify that
such aid is requited for the purpose ol
it:tenting the (u hire shire law. die.
A letter of similar import wad addressed
by the Secretary of Navy to Coaninodore
Dolma. tormandant at the navy yardl in.
meeting hint, in the contingency stated,
to order marines or anjt other Awe ender
hii tatilmtaild tti aecompeay and aid the
Mantua in asking arrests. in preventing
rosette, Or in reeapturing any mums who
btu escaped or been rescued by virtue of
any profess In Ids hands.— Biafora Poif:'
Atarnmita Wriest Mum7mo r .—There mus
a very large meeting ef the Whig cilia's'
of the city and cutely of Pliihrd4phie, on
the S7lh ult., in the Chinese Museum, in
support of the compromise measures so
depicd et the lait interim of Clowns., and
also lo instruci their rePresentitives in
the Stile Legislature to.vote for and we
all possible diligence to secure the
sage of a bill repealing the obnoniass me.
dons of the .Act of Assembly of the 8d of
March, 1847. which closes the jails of the
Common wealth against fugitives arrested
ted and claimed as owing service or labor
to persons in other fdtates. The Hon.
Samuel Breck prsaided, and addresses
were delivered by Josiah Randall, Charles
Gibbons, Isaac llazlehurst, Craig Biddle,
and Wm. C. Bullitt.
RESIGNATION OP THE BRITISH
MINIf-
TRY.-A Paris letter of the 18th tilt, in
the Philadelphia Inquirer, has the follow
ing ominous poaticript :
"Do not be surprised if the next-steam
er brings you the intelligence of the resig
nation of the present Ministry. in England.
There are reasons for this I will explain
in my next. But they will return to
power in a very short time, and so much
stronger that they will be prepared to car
ry out a bolder policy than before. Are
you ready in the U. States to stand by
England, if she strikes for the freedom of
urope ?"
HEALTH Or SENATOR BENTON.—Sena.
tor Benton has kr several days past been
seriously indisposed. lint has so far recov
ered as to be abls to sit up.
StaaWsauturs.—The editors of New
York have been regaling themselves with
ripe strawberries, which have been already
Introduced into the markets of that city.
ANOTHER DREADFEL EXPLOSION.-
Twenty Persons Killed and Missing.—
The St. Louis RepubliCan of Monday
week contains the following account of a
terrible disaster: ,
At fifteen minutes past twelve o'clock
, yesterday, the ferry-boat St. Louis, while
backing from the Spruce street landing.
burst her starboard boiler, completely 'hat
tering the fore part of the cabin and deck,
and killing and drowning, at the very
least, 20 persons.
The full extent or the melancholy disas
ter was appareiti jiist.is the explosion oc
cured. Timbers, large masses of machin
ery, brick work and'ashes, were hurled
aloft I.svery 1 diricOtiv WAIA-mAnY ,Ila 7
malt beings, , Th. s on q ii m ion wen dis
%jaggy felt •Itt the;d4tme.“ ciVe OF, six
The liar1)00 1 :4 boAlf wag. ihrown • coin .
eu,s, or its 0 1 4th:4( 1 4o th4l ig pre7
trades untafoutth of its length fiver the
boats , side. The lectreard !milder : (that,
which exploded) was first blown qp, tear.
logic atoms the„ greater portion of the
cabin, and afterwards telling upon the for
word part of the deck flattened to sach e
t !
degree, that it. Gould atemtly besecognise
as having for Med a holier. The , engine
machinery. a portion of the wheel, the ma
sonry.ebeut the boilers, Ind a portion of
the decit flooring were phivered and scat.:
tared about on all aides. We perceived
one of the fines lying in a state of col
lapse oc die landieg, about thirty yards
from the boat. Another due we saw some
Elk or sixty yards from the boat.
There were , from SS to SO Tenons on
the boat at the time of the explosion. Of
that number, after the •most dilligent
seeks, we amid meet with but three cm'
fair survivors. We believe, however,
from what we could pther from various
sources, that eight or ten escaped. There
were sersnil women on the boat, but we
have heard, of only one who escaped.
Newtons In lowa.--.4 Good Joke—An
Incorrigible Wag nil admirably succeeded
in perpetrating a espied joke a upon the
lowa Legislature. In piuunng upon the
bill prohibiting negroes from entering that
Mato, and affixing heavy penalties upon
thank when they do enter it, J. T. Morton,
of Hasty, who is both' a Whig and a wag,
moved an additional section, "that the bill
should be in force from and alter its piiti
licititm in the /owe /We Democrat," the
abolition paper at Mount Pleasant. The
bill Went back to the House so amended.
The amendment was accepted by the
House, and the bill passed. Alter a While
the ides began to eke through the hair of
a member that the abolition organ might
decline publishing the law, and thereby
kill it stone dead, and he moved for a re
antsidetation, but failed and the bill was
sent to theGoventor in that crafty shape.
Warms THIII SILVIA (ion.-.-The ex
port of specie from New York for the two
weeks ending Saturday last, was 11 1 477,000,
of which 345,183. Were in silver coins.—
Of American haltdollars allure $240,841
were exported. While silver is going out
shinplasters are coming in. The N. -York
Herald says that in consequence of the
scarcity of change, nearly all the eating
houses and saloons in the city are now
issuing shinpiesters for various amounts
from six and a quarter cents op to half a
dollar. Some of them are done on simple
cards; others on bank note paper, in the
lorm of bills, and beautifully engraved.
But what takes the specie out of the
country I knswer---balanre of trade a
gainst us—must pay coin for the differ
once--beautiful workings of the tariff of
1846 —Read. Jour.
CALITHUNPIANS TRIED.—The case of
the Commissioners of Chestertown, Md..
against the horse-fiddle band, came to trial
on Thursday last before Justice Lassel, at
that place. The Kent News says :
~ The parties were present for violation
or an ordinance of the town, imposing a
fine of five dollars upon any person or
persons indulging in riotous or disorderly
conduct Wier night, to the annoyance of
any portion of the inhabitants.
On the pastor the defendants many wit
nesses were produced for the purpose of
showing that the sound of the instrument
in question was not such as to annoy
them. One gentleman particularly testi
fied that its notes were to his ear very
pleasant, and that he regretted when they
ceased. Bethought as a bass instrument
it would sound well in a band of music.—
The case stei ably argued byr:rderiziec
tire counsel . and a judgment for
the defendants.
Tug lidoDonouon Ww..—The New
Orleans papers contain the decision at
Judge Buchanan, delivered in the District
Court at that city, in the case of this State
of Louisiana vs. the Executory of John
McDonough and others. The Judge sod•
tails the' validity of the will. dismisses the
claims of the States of Maryland and
Louisiana!, decides the several annuties to
be illegal and impossible, and
_Mat the
shookt go to the cities of Bald.
more 'and New °Beams, without the con.
ditions set forth in the wilt. ' The New
Orleans papers all concur, in the opinion
that the case will be taken to the Supreme
Court.
CATHISDRAL AT WASHINOTON.I.I IA en.
Wit in a 'Washington letter, published in
the Baltimore Cuthidie Mirror, that it tas
been long in contemplation to. erect in
Washington a magnificent cathode's!, and
adds :
4 11 y the kind liberality of Father Mat
thews an area of ground, about three hun
dred feet square, has been conveyed in
trust to the Most reverend ArchbishoP.—".
This is the site of St. Patrick's, It fronts
on F, Tenth and G street. The building
is estimated to cosi, say a million of dol
lars, and to be in keeping with the public
buildings of Washington, of freestone or
marble, in the richest syle of architecture."
1 - 16NRY CLAY ON Mituatbot.—ln the
discussion in the Senate on Saturday on
the river and harbor bill, Mr. Clay, in ur
ging its passage, said that if the question
were, whether they should take an imper
fect bill, or no Sill at all, he was disposed
to take a bill which even, in his own judg
ment, might be susceptible of amendment.
He was disposed to take it is a men takes
his wife, for better or worse ; knowing
that, though he might he disappointed in
some respects, any wife is better than no
wife.
Jenny Lind's charity concert, at New
Orleans, had to be twice postponed on as
of tier illness.
JENNY LIND gave one hundred dollars
to a poor blind boy, who had come all the
way to New Orleans, from the interior of
slississippi, to hear her. lie was highly
gifted with musical talents.
T. V. & T.
4 T the request of a number of citizens,
Ilk and with a view to do Justice to those
who, having purchased tickets, were una
ble to gain admission to our recent celebra
tion, the Cadets of Temperance have been
induced to give another reheslot speech
es, dialogues, &c., which w ll take place
in M'Corteuonv's HALL, on idol/ night,
of
the 7th March next. In th throwing
i t
ourselves again upon the Ji be ity of the
public, we have not flattered ourselves
with the vain Idea that our performances
exhibit any particular merit! we know
wall and hilly appreciate the motive which
prompted the encouraging dta t onstration
in our Weliel COI t he' alsitit t l aiirive have
been moved lo a repetition of °ecru:hear
sal by no Other conelderatent than the
welfare 'or tnie Woved Sectibn, Whose in
terests will be greatlypromoted by the ac- ,
toiiiiiiiri Oralibtary, such as, with the pro
coed. of 'nether liblitai 1 ) , 10461 ;e4 A*
hibition, we shall be able to procure, ,
lICr The number of Tickets will bekitu - I
heal, so 'that those "who may. purc hase
tickets Wilt hatit,guirantied 'to, them onm
filitable seats. The *programate ' will be
Changed, and will elabrice a ntimber of
new and Interesting Elpeechea indDia
16guet
Krittotirs open'at nioNinek, exercises
to commence at Y. Tickets can be had at
either of the Bookstores or the plaint.
R. CLAY ilemetniaX,.llssuurnet B*ms,
141011141111. BillaJiiti WCON. thusaT ,
Cites. Zmounit; Davila Tnoxitu n
Feb. tB. Committee.
PUMA SALL
THE subscriber, Execsor of th• Er
ate ofJasnur H. Tani* Iste or Me
nallen township, Attains county, deceas
ed, will sell at Public' Bale, on
AidaY , 14 te 2 e l Jr day # March not ,
at 10. 0'0100k.•b,..M. on the premises. ha
Butler township, Adam meaty. a
TRACT O 1 LOA
shame in said township, adjoininelands
of John theinour. John Warner" ad oth
ers, containing FIVE ACRES, more or
less, on which are erected a one-and-a.
balf story
DWELLING,
Log and, Weatherboard,
a frame Shop, and a email Sta
ble. There ta a well of water on tha pre
mises, and a Nursery. containing a vane
ty of fruit trees, with other appurtonatees.
Also, will be sold, at the same. time and
place, the interest of said deceased in a
Tract of Mountain Land,
situate in Ftanklin township,
containing 188 ACRES, more
or leas. Also, it the came time ■ p
will be sold, a NURSERY. containing a
liiriety of Fruit Tree.. together with Nome
Personal Property, including a Cooking
Stove, &a.
Attendance 'will be given and terms
made known on day of sale by
GEORGE E. STARRY. E?r.
By the Court—H. DENWIDDIE, Clerk.
Feb. - 28. 1851 —ts
PUBLIC SALE.
THE subscribee. one of the Executors
of the &suite ofPOrtaao Wataysa,
late of the Borough of fletfysburg, Pa., de
ceased, 411 sell, at Public Sale, on
Saturday the 29th day of March next,
at 2 o'clock, P. M., on the premises, a half
Lot of Ground,
situate in the Borough of Gettysburg
aforesaid, fronting on West York street,
adjoining the Eagle Hotel, on which
• are erected a two-story brick
Dwelling House,
with a one-story Back Build
ing, a rame Stable and Ice-house, with
cther out-buildings ; also a well of water
at the Kitchen door, a Hydrant, with a va
riety of choice Fruit Trees.
Attendance will be be given and terms
made known on day of sale by
SAMUEL WEAVER.
- fly the Court—H. DtPIWIDDIR. Clerk.
Feb. 28.—te OUe of the Ex're.
ENDUE.
On 7l4erday the Bth 401 arch neit.
AT 10 O'CLOCK, A \ M.,
rl 'HE subscriber will sdl at Public
Sale, at his reside n in Franklin
township. Adams county 'k variety of
Personal Property, eonsistingpt
Cows, YouncCattle, Seep and
• 130g8,
Wheat, torn and Oita by tb bushel :
Hay by the ton : one broad•yr Wagon,
Pimighs, Harrows, Horse-Gear with a
variety of
FARMING IUTENBILEI,
41.,, at the same those •tplace. • e sold,
CHAIRS,
Tables, Bedsteads,
and Bedding, a orner
Cupboard. Barrels, Hogsheads, &e.l with
a variety of
HOUSEHOLD ¢ AITCHBN
NIT URE.
111:rAttencrittee Oren and terms
known on the day of sale by
HENRY HEfteHE
Franklin tp., Feb. 14, 1851. -
eottectoti, tot jun
THE ColleetOre of Taxes in the duff•
ent Townships of Adams count
who have not settled up their duplioa
are hereby notified duit they will be
quired to settle up their duplicates on
before 71terday the 18th day of Al.
next, on whiih day the Commissidners
Will meet at their ogee to give the nem-,
sary exoneration..
eft is hoped that Collectors' will at
tend to the above, as after that date inter
est will be required On all outstanding tax•
es, and their collection enforced.
J. G. Mr:mamma,
JottxMUEVELWAN, jr.
JACOB 0 R not,
Attest— [Commissioners.
J. AtrOlillifeAUClll, Cle'ik. [Feb. 28.—td
For Rent,
A STORE ROOM, in a desirable situ
btion in the county. Possession giv
en immediately. Enquire at this office.
('!LATHS, Caesimers, Vestings, &c.,
‘--/ a fashionable variety, received an
for sale at SCHICK'S•
ALEX. R. STEVENSON,
4TTORNEY L.4IV,
OFFICE in the Centre fignare, Nort
of the Court-house ,between Suiitl
and Stevenboti's corners.
DAGUERREOTYPES.
V. B. PIERCE & MT. R. FREE,
R ESPEUTFULLY announce to the •
citizens of Gettysburg and its vicin
ity that they are prepared to execute Like
nesses oh plates, from the smallest to the
largest sizes, Single or in Groups, and
neatly jet in Frames, Cases, Lockets.pii i s,
Rings,'Breeelets, Ate.. in every variety of
style. PAINTINGS, MINIATURES,
and ENGRAVINGS accuraleib copied.
Miniatures of deceased persdne andi *hal
ide taken at residences.
They hold thineselVes in readtiteri
execute everything pertaining to our pro-
Cession in a style fully equal if not supe
rior to say thing that bay heretofore been
produced. Having availed ourselves of
all the fitter improvements in the lit,,pps
seising an aipanutts of reporter quality.
we are enab led`to take liketiesser in• ill
kinds of weather, and io.that
strength and beauty of tone. with disiren.
tire durability, which give web nine to
the Daguerreotype.
They have taken the Han recently oc
cupied by the Hoes of Temperance. in Car
lisle street, whiob will be open at all beers
of the day.
Persons desirous of obtain in 4 Alipia
tore., will please cell early se thew stay is
limited. Dark apparel winsome' 'behest
pictures.
Ladies and gentlemen are invited to visit
our rooms and examine specimens, wheth
er they wish a Likewise., eel. '
Instructions given in the Art, and Appa
ratus furnished on reformable terms.
Feb. 7, 1851.
COLLAIEWA IMMO
TAX.
Statement of the amount of Col
_
Tax passi through
the bands.of W. W. lima ng ntsLl4
gister of Adams County, from the Ist
day of Deeetr.ber, A. D., 1849, 10 the
110th day of November, A. B. 18511,,in
elusive, via :
From the Estate of Martina Brin
kerhoff: s sat 87
14 g• Gem* Barr; 28 .20
44 4 . Mild Tittrel, 22 60
44 " lnae Burgher, 175.00
" •' Mary Mimetic*, 84 80
" " George Unger, 33 89
" " Nicholas Wiernian 39.00
44 " George Worm, 189 00
" " A. M. Neely. . BOO
.4 .4 William Clark, 27 as
44 " Martin Gardiner, 5u 70
" " Mary D. Edict, 760
" " John Stuart, 240 31
.. ..- David Flouts, 16 00
414 14 John Cline, 80 00
46 " Wm. C. Rhea, 108 00
.. .. James Rhea, .196 20
" .. Jacob Widow, 305
44 " Jacob Giiim; 12 60
" Stephen Wible, ' 600
" " Wm. Riddlifmoser, 99
4. 4. Elizabeth Rhea, • 15 ,87
*4 .. David Horner, - 85 11
.. .. Naney 'Rea, " 41 04
44 " Mary Rhea, 20 27
.. .. Elizabeth Riple, 10 00
" .. Mary Dietrick, 14 25
.4 .. Grizsel Peden, 8 , 53
.. .. Elizabeth Ehrhart, 851
.4 " William Guinn, 38 40
.. 4. Hannah Adair,
.7 15
.. .. Samuel Harper, 834
4. .. George C01e,12 50
.4 4. Catharine MNnight, 285 00
.. .. Henry Harbaugh, 187 73
.. .. Elizabeth Hunghtelin, 60 00
44 " Mntgaret Gilliland, 114 78
4. " Elitabeth Eyster. 13 75
.. 4. Frerick Foster. 18 75
•'.. Ja I M'Knight. 42 50
et s.,
.. 4. Hli s abeth Keech, 22 09
2261 80
Deduct 5 per cent for Register, 118,08
1 82148 62
sa l .
1861, Febrns Bth.—l, the undersign.
ed, Auditor, sp inted by the Court of
Common Pleas f Adams county, under
the provisions o the act of the General
Assembly, pas April 21, A. D. 1846,
do hereby. certif hat the above is • cor ,
root Matignant of e amount of Collatenil
Inheritance Tax ing through the hands
of Win. W. HOteraly, Register of Ai
county cif Adammas the issue appears by
the books and revards of said oast daring
the year eommeniling December , let, A.'D.
1849, end ending with Novetnber 80, A.
D. 1880,
A. NEELY,
Auditor.
IF COFFEE.
A NE* ARTICLE.
THIS Extraet is composed of the beat
and healthiest herbr, and affords the
following advantages : Ist, its great siring,
one pound being equal to ten pounds of
store coffee ; 2d,' the excellent , 'Tommie
taste afforited, when mixed with store cof
fee ; Zttl, it give" a very fine cielor, rid
makes the 'coffee, without any legtediehil;
perfectly clear ; 4th, coffee, mixed with
this ingredient,ls' more *holdouts than
without it.
The above article can be bad at the
Store of WM. W. RAMERSLY. North
Weal Corner of the Diamond, Gauyaburk ,
Price 12i mini. • '
Dec We / 860 . •
EXTRACT OF COFFEE.
•
THE genuine, 'original .RX7 l 7OOl`
OF COFFEE. which htts'iulitti*"rei•
candy ea extensively brought into ueto a.
a cautions KW coffee, end which recom
menticiteeleby rimsOu of itit. eheirlut
well ft Isl excellence,:
be 6841,14
times. at the fitore of
g. H. (IUEIRLER : .
Dec..27,,,15110.-11,
FAIR NOTICE.
LL persons who know themselveteli
be indebted to me over one year WI
reby requested to pay up immedistelt
their accounts will be placed' re ikb
nds of an officer for collection.. Al
ho owe me wood or other
..stie take notice that I will miler:elm,
i ideas delivered in one yeor from the
d e of the contract. If the above is NA
c plied with the Cash will be required:
T. WARREN..
ettyaburg, Dec. 13.-4
RIBBONS! RIBBONS!' . •
sirlHE Ladies' attention is asked .to it
very large and varied assorttnent of
pl n MANTUA and SA T IN RIBBCO,
t 4 very width and color that am , be do•
d.
ct. 4
J. L. SCHICK.
,THISTAR AND BANNER.
CETTV'S BUlrn.
Friday Evening, March 7, 185
LECTURES ON lIIRRIAGE•
We have been requested
Pr il sroneo that the Rev. G. W. PR of
the Oereman Reformed Church, will deliver ■
111011 M Of Lectures on "THE MARRIAGE
4:HOICK." in the Lecture Room of the German
Reformed Chierch, in this place, on Wednesday,
76 1 araday. mid Friday Evenings next.
Mr Tickets of admission (I 2 cent') can be
turf at either of the Bookstores, and at the Mote
of 8. Fahntstoeitslt
Fib. 7, Itbt.
4141Uourairoest of Coogrem.
Coons* adJouneed at soon on Tuesday last,
leering endoished • antsidarable amount sr
.in v o r mo badness, which tieing deferred, ea nasals
to the lest hour, was lost thirst in the Noise
aid Adagio." always anesaiont epos' the dos
ing stentO • The likonasi eat sal night au Monday
in a pietramed contest over the Illy and limber
Appropriator Bill, which had polar* poled
tai f(aaia Them was a clear . majoolty d ONO
or too in the Senate for the bill, bit t h e op.
roots oldie parastre, espreased their oisternsi•
nollo to &rot it by looking ,againet ONO until
the.odohog boo. This outset two ovnibnied up
11 . ,,, 401 $ 1 9 991 1Afs wills Wit Mundt
the Bill agreed to Ist it go at the tilde, in order
to take' up Ohs Appropriation /11114-all or which
onwa Tett*** ardor es and would Iwo been bat
by. the firstarre epposiden to the River and Hire
bad be dim& NM yelded.." M toW be
well li Orodaho thattrie Sadao" *tuition was
!Nil" ' l 4 41996 ' Caen, an *trent for the Pros
,! 1 0. 13 091r.. 1 .4#1 9 14*_ 1 W44 9 _4_411t- 9 P
the, ooki Aprl4l'l4l4 DM the MU tar
Hipliproitic MN, the Army and Navy Appropda
tao J.* and the Nage Bid, in tepid soma
1114 ;,.-1 91 100 491 "'lnt ~fgmptirp us ex
tneittl~on .or ask ,ffiving all passed
the 11•0110Payie sikt. they. sae second ily kw.
of tho Md. A nnolar of BUM, however. , erme
not nosebed for wenterthol, kabala' the notch
Spolhatioo Bill, the liver id Harbor SW, and
the Portilleatkon Appropriaiel BUIL The Bill
authorising tbo President or soko the bass
ma or Lieutenant General as General Scott
thilid is the Miele, r watordtime.
Another disgraceful light, er rather scrimmage
ea the goer et-the-Ilimoirotieconsid-on Monday
night, between Messrs. Bealy and Moran, of
Oirolina, arbiter from Mr. tilingman's coming
to Mr. atanly's seat and snakes that the latter
bad misrepresented a speech re ceedy delivers' by
the 'toner". Mr. Wanly said it was Mee. Mr.
Clingman retorted by ceiling him a 80. Mr.
S. then tell he gave 1h lie Bra. Upon which
Mr. C!..811111411 a blow at Mr. & and caught him by
the neat, which was pretty etsereb , sonactied.— -
Mr. 81 4 4 7 ibis 9 49 91 1 99 ti to ettike Mr. Cliogrneer,
who the parties were aspented.
The Bill to reduce We the ratio or Postage Lee
home • law, but in what outkoler Alpo to
Mud to tell. As it pealed the Serrate, it sotabn
ed the foiliwreig "finwicric6,. we gteentne,
remelt In the bill se it linelly permed : AU news
mil, not exceeding throe ounces hi weight,
sent Seacteal enbeatiliers from the oillee sf WA-
cation, ideell be chuged u Mims: Weekly pa
yule, within the county where publiatied, free ;
. foe any iheattee en' exeeeding afly mile* oat of
the corny tibiae published, ere cents per qua. ,
'ter 1 emending Any and not loom than three hen•
dm a ltan " I " Per loaner ; over *byes bundled
topes end not exceeding ono thousand, fifteen
awe per owner ; over one thousand and not -
Deeding , two thousand miles, twenty amts per
quarter ; over two thousand and not exceeding
four thoussod, twenty vs cent. per quarter ; and
for say treater diatoms, thirty cents per quarter;
*anti-weekly papers to pay double, tri-weekly Po
uffe treble, and papers issued oftener than tri
weehlyrlim times than rates.
THE spuelau DEDT.—Mr. Dawson an.
-souneed.in Congress on Saturday that st the end
ef the present Arad year the public debt of the
MAW States will be one arusdred vireos If do&
hue
HAVTIIIOIIS COUNTSRFSIIIL—A New
Yeti lettar aye that eeuntedeit sob motto on the
Sink of Satiates have appeared in that city. , A
Sean naanse Ilhoinas Parley eras amend on Sat.
onley ntorniageolhargal with as atkoopt to pm
lovorol adios.
SOUTH CAROLINA UNITED arms
lIHNA7'OII3.-4140 mood Nye Mr. RUBu bar
riproood 6io dotimodmitiro a moo his to and
dim Hr. oolleagag has alio mama
bo tat nut roma book aoy mom. By the
entionjnot tikes it awe% to Mot Sash Car
ion toe moationk of Contra& That
tool h. Arom b Nottboart iniesties, antaiaty.
MAZIOVOR BRANUM RAILROAD.—The
Hamm Spectator e4la that' Mr 'llkurisa,
4lmp "litraFtue far au mai% the above NMI,
Mita La Ilanove!rl,4 Week, and tut sperstiows
at the road will boo commooodia a my @bootee.
YORK COUNTY AFFAIRS...4.os week
rus astkethhe dilkedies Se Yedroesity fin*
FON' to the &Oda easdides el the Imassly dew
AIL Ws team Rao the York papers that *
Cosatir Mateo here beeneelled twitter to re•
•sreasitts this Treasurer's Aserstat, and that beg
are sou htleitiptise, kr pleats, the elledgedl
Jr.r.mie ''P. BM•LL, a young tad of York,
Me hen somisttted by Hoe. J. B. Dinner, to the
we. iktpettemott, au a CAN, to 'apply the v.-
.
area, for this 'Congressional disuics at West
, :COMPLIMENT TO MR. WEBBTER.-
1414allowdagjoilit reedutiou was submitted in
Ail ilkillits of this (hate, last week, by H. Jones
111 1 0044b,itett. It has since passed both Honer,:
I. illiesalped, eke. That the thanks of this
trul i are are are eminently duo to Hon.
abider, and that they beend here.
14",ntigIetidered to him, for the very able
* *Welk manner in which he has yin
diltaftlif the well established principles of
illteatteernment of the United States, in
wand io its intercourse with foreign mi
. limits, in his letter of December 21, 1850,
addressed to Chevalier Hulsemann, Charge
&Moire, front the Government of Aus
aria; to the United States.
' . A GOOD APPOINTMENT.—We notice,
pleasure, that th e President has lent into the
~, _ , the name of H. Jose. Blooms, Eq., the
. " member of the State Senate from the Ohm
*, Ismer° District, for confirmation to the
Weill of Consul at Belfast, Ireland. Mr.
4440 t
H. is 111 , 4 1 practical, honest, working member
a the Pim' Legislature—an excellent man and
and efficient litther in the Whig party. The
knoideni could kt well have mat a better or
more popular seicai on .
11.71fies14asi P\we ae , a sister to the' wife
" of President Fillatureoli e d at Sandusky, Ohio, on
410 24th ult.
Srom parriOurg.
n A AIM ORO, March 4, 1851.
M EbIT0111:—On Wednesday last in
House the Committee on Inland Navigation re.
ported • bill, in accordance with the suggestion of
Gov. Johnston in his last message, providing for
the election of* "Superintendent of the Public
Works," to take the place of the present Board
of Canal Commissioners. The miserable condi.
Lion of most of our public improvements, affords
sufficient indication that there is something wrong
in the working of the present system, and that as
long as they are conducted as they now are, we
need not hope for any such return as their con
struction gave assurance of. The Governor at
tributes the difficulty to the divided responsibility,
and suggests that "by electing one Superintend.
Mt to wham for his whole rim, and attention a
compsnourny salary should be paid, and under;
wham sole control the Public Works should be!
placed, all the evils arising from divided counsels '
and shilling reeponsibilities would be avoided,
and that energy and skill in their management
neared which cannot be expected under the prow l
eat system." This pion, it may be observed, has
been adopted in several other States, end operates
beraficially. The bill reported in conformity with
the Goiania's recommendation provides that a
i l
Superintendent shall be elected next hill and eve.
117 three years thereafter, who shall perform all
the duties now incumbent upon the Canal
awlsslaweca; he shall give bond in 150,000 kor the
faithful &charge of his duties; he is to viait cult
iiviaioo at hut thee dame a year and make a re.
part in dete4l,of i their condition w the iciisistiwit,
&ti The hill also provides he the appointment.
4 1 08wPollindent, of en Auditor of dm itatentia,
"be ding arrange the .toile on the Slate Works,
as easy met eflaiently learoose the nesipte, and
led &ends Molinow. *bootie!' mathaU slump'
am/ oxpienthona.alargithe Puldic/Artiefui.--Thmti
ant the main features of the bilk. Thet it would
accomplish tit object exiatelplated, wane so
plausible as hardly to admit of a doubt, yet 1 may
wily mum the peeththis that because , the
proposition k the emenotiesi of a Whig adminiii.
With. the Locithco "Oki ho It. House will
due their *yet 10 in edvantegen and either re•
files to admit up; et &that it when it dose come
up. It was doh the cider of Friday next.
In enormity with the 4 pothiosis el numerous
Pam% Umnbum of the lbecialp of thrturithday
Bapcida, praying M be et apt *oft the no
quirements of the Au of 11P4 Math, to the
sesvenew of the .Sabbath,. • MI he that Purpose
was not la place and Wteraed to die Committee
cm Yaw and Immorality. It has however been
reported with • nqUity reoomnieniatien..
The bilitoweive - minim ton also been
muted in the House with • msg nave teem
suandatiina
The bill to arenas Montour county to Cie•
lumble has Wen mooned with amendoetate, by the
Select Committee to which it wae rehired, end ef
WA Mr. Beeekilow of Ctilintlhi was Chidethin.
Thin in no indication ofthe fate of the bill, ass such
Onsinithorn Ant...setundig-thaidutad of MU*
ofthe measure.
.
Most it Ike member, of both Houses, left this,
glace on Fddity afternoon, on an ae,corsicut thro'
naWawni Sethi City of Washington. The, trip '
was got up by the York, Cumberland, Iliad/nem
and anstrishanon Railroad Companies foe the
purpose, masewility, of mounds's a more kindred
helleg between the flaws of Pennsylvania and
Maryland—.really, of making political capital.. A
bill is new Wore the Legbdature taxing the Y.
& C. Company pretty heayily on each paseitoger
sad ten of freight carded our it for the ties of the
State, to which they make greet opposition '; they
beer also a bill pending to allow thorn to snake
• connection with the Central Railroad a.
burr the bridge in Perry county. The members
who were Armored with this trip, will now, u
Is hoped, cancel the obligation they ue under,
by huoring the Company when they rote ou these
two inesannis ! The toasts read and drank at
the supper to Baltimore kirniab some interesting
items. For inosoce, Goo. Common toists Mr.
Penniman of Philadelphia as the beet•Demtierat
in the .tale; Mr. Penniman ninieen and
toasts Mr. Cameron as a better one. I hope the
ominous debating societies in the State, williske
up the question, and relieve the modesty of the
gentlenteaby • deciaion. Enough of members
had returned to hold an afternoon aerie* yaatar.
Jay t they an now newly all bock.
The Revenue Conunissionera are progressing
with their duties u fast as the nature of the case
will allow. They cermet go far until the inter
mysteries whkio they hare despatched to the
Comaoheinsen of each Comity, area ',canoed,—
They will part letti ocompribeir wholle time—
10 days.
, -
The bins. mail; *parser School Diosiet of
the town of New Chewer, Adams county, sod
notating the Maim County Mutual lime-
serum Cowpony have both pawed the N0e.. . ;
end WI 6ill inc,wponaing the Ibias
Society of Oxford, Ass poured the Sews. On
Psiday Mr. McMom nod obit! in plus so au.
thuds Jowpb lloostioger to self cortain roil ear.
ma, Mt. now wad aWI in plas to replai•
fashiog In Ilia. Coessorso CAA. is Adam
and Yodi Copatiso.
Erna "Ihtsfieh Cteueturnue eaya that the
Pepe tit fated am Doke of wanted pirth
ete, for the eche of 6104 employthette doom
anew, cletermen. who. b ei ng 814 " r ue
boomed Itotoleit prime.
Barnes laint.The Philadelphia News
states that lut week 150 tons of Railroad
iron were delivered at Beaver. (or the Ohio
and Pennsylvania Railroad—beingthe first
instalment of 3.000 tons contracte.l for by,
the company in England. which is to be
received from Liverpool via New Orleans
and the Mississippi and Ohio rivers.—
This importation is a sad comment on the
character of American legislation. It is
made in the face of the fact that the work
men displace vast quantities of the ore of
the same metal in grading the road ; yet un
der the operations offree-trade, this is ren
dered worthless, whilst millions are senta
broad to build up foreign monopolists, to
pay foreign labor, and pay foreign farmers
for the beef, butter, cabbage, potatoes, &c.,
used in its manufacture, and actually im
ported into this country in the shape of
iron 1 No nation can enjoy permanent
prosperity that pursues such a policy.—
It is inconsistent with common sense and
every principle of reason.
There were /27 deaths at New Orleans
during the week ending on the Bth inst.,
of which four were by cholera.
COLONIZATION IN VIRGINIA.--The Pres
byterian Synod of Virginia, at its late meet
ing, held at Winchester, earnestly recom
mended its members to operate with the
State, in giving efficiency to the act late
ly passed by the Legislature of Va., appro
priating $30,000 for five years to colonize
the free blacks of the State in Liberia.--
The congregations of the Synod were re
commended to take up collections in aid
of this purpose. The Synod also appro
ved of the proposal to establish a line of
steamships to Africa.
CENSUS OF ADAMS COUNTY.
[COMPILED TOR THE "lITAR."3
Butler, 1268.
Gettysburg, 2180
Menalien, 1453
Tyrone, 788
Huntington, 1378
Latimore, 1188
Comberlan4, 1408
Freedom 473
Liberty, 722
Hamiltonban, .1680
Franklin, 1806
Reading, • 1262
Hamilton, 1167
Berwick, 811
Oxford, 1181
Cooovrago, 778
ldountplemmut, 1614
Stream, . 1433
Unites, 059
Mounijoy, 108
Germany, 11,161
'rota, 25084
1111"Ae *seer se we have been able to aseestain
fano an usatlnition of the Census Renew, in
the County *am, Bendereville has a piindedon
of 1991 Ilekilersberg, 10$ ; Petersburg", 856 ;
Whlteennen,llo; riiirentd, 171; PlummeablllB,
131; fhiehtnwn 9019rehmlii0w0.
town 48 t nenteratewu 1491 New Obi 1171
Littleetown 3944 ilainpion 169 1 Bed alethn,
467; Abbothßown, 10‘ Osker4. $97. • 1
Littio
tumuli did sou* in the troy ofamendant
th• Act grant* Bawd, Linda kw put mill.
ton anions The Bill to snow, di, oak mod a
stound of Lud *touts WM in tie emu&
•
grit hi mid dot the Hoy Daniel weblike
- Eae Waisted ahl etootittO of 'WWI ftwrithollt
Wore the Leghietute erOjoeras.
RE-ORGANIZATION OF THE CANAL
ISO,4RD,By rehostieito our Ha niiinwr loner
it will be ilea that a bin has been Introdwild into
the tower Home. in seandanee with the re
comassadation of Gov. Jolusidna t. ht hio missal
ineweire. to abolish the Board of Canal Oonintir.
slows and to appoint a Buperintendant of pub
lic wisdom lastood, who shall perflom all the ditties
sow enjoined by low upon the Canal Board. under
nupdationa privided by the. BM. Tberesasaw to
be • vetylsostal dientthlwation-4 dieseiddscoon
reaching to both poligalli•parties—with the pre
sent previsions on this subject, aq4 ht is to be ho
ped that. something will be dors to break up •the
systsis of wboltiadit rNindlieW Sod
.corruption
which Awn fio long thendowisai doe oiner•
mtmt . bl our ppblict imprinrearista •
I.l7llass W. Pssasor been appoints!!
Postmaster it Yotk Splash in thia. testoatbiA
P6l" of laaae D. WogigY. 14011/ 1 01-410 aPPOIIII
- to lake Meet on the, Ist of April next.
GOAWAIIVE MAGAZINE, for April, is ect
belliihed by one of the &eat Steel Engicsititp we
Late ever ser, entitled NOMA OW--
There is also a Et e taly finished Fashion Plate of
"Wadding Aroma," whit plhar. illucuallotth...
The =Henn' 'Win loping pith that. Myht
embelMiluccot, being from the pen. of distinguish- I
ed inapathe oontributon. Graham promisee that
"the volume f o r 1851 will, in the high twerit and
quantity of Me literary contents, and spender of
i u illuetnaketa, very far surpass any previous
volume of this magnice," end U generally
fulfills his proltiees to the fetter.
rir We have bean requested to direct attention
to the Card; in another column, of the Cadets of
Temperance, in which they announce an Debi•
bition, for this evening. to consist of a recitation
ofSpeeches, Drays and Dialogues. Getty/ Lodge
Band will be present. The proceeds atilt. be ap
plied to the purchase of hooks for the library of
the Section. This 1111106140111 deserves the ems.
couregoinent of our citizens, and we hope to acs
a liberal attendance fanlight.
7'The new Postage Di 1. ). trEtake
feet on the let of July next. except the
provision for coining 8 cent pieces, which
are to be issued as soon u they can be
struck.
TIM Boo.a.—A certain apace in the
Glass Palace at London has been appro.
primed to the . Bible Society, (or the pur
pose of exhibiting specimens of the Holy .
Scriptures in one hundred and CV dif
ferent !enviers. This will be one of
the moat lawman spectacles Itthe
World's Fair, insomuch as it will their to
what a sarpriain oiliest Christian effort
bas mineeedad in rendering the Divine rec.
elations.of the Bible accessible to many
distinct tribe, and tedious to whom they
were before, and but for missionary dem.
tion and labor would forever have remain.
ed, a sealed book.
ftroture Buirs-Csau ttr Porramu.s.
.-.lllse neat manifestation of excitement on
thh e ' d na wt, in Pottsville, occurred on
W Mint week, among the color
' ed portion of the population, on the ap.
pearance of two officers from Baltimore,
in search of an alleged fugitive slave, the
`arih, of a man named Brown. She eluded
pursuit, however, and escaped to Port Car.
bin. On Thursday morning the officers
followed, when a number of colored men
collected in and around the house to which
she had been conveyed. and prevented the
officers from entering. She afterward of.
fected her escape, in company with sever.
al other persons. The matter elicited very
little excitement, and few white persons
have cared to trouble themselves about it.
SIGMA.
Revivals of Religion are in progress in
Jefferson, Frederick, county, Md., and
Shepherdstown, Va. The Boonaboro'
(Md.) Odd Follow says that hundreds
have embraced religion. A very exten
sive revival has been going on at Mount
Tabor Church, four miles from Boons
boro, for the last ten days, under the Rev.
D. F. little. Nearly one hundred 4ave
been converted. Boonsboro' is also ex
periencing a reviva in the Lutheran
Church. Quite a number of young ladies
and young men have turned from the er
ror of their way.
DtsTaessttva
ACCIDENT. ---On Sai6lll3y
last Mr. Joseph Wilson, of Massachu
setts, a clerk in the Sixth Auditor's office,
at Washington, met with a severe and it
is feared a fatal accident. The Republic
says that he had put a revolving pistol in
his coat pocket, for the purpose of going
out to practice shooting with others, and
in stepping from a carriage the trigger of
the pistol struck against the door or steps
and snapped, and the ball entered his right
hip.and lodged in his abdomen.
Pun UPON PUN.—Strange, Moore, and
Wright, notorious punsters, were, on a
certain occasion, dining together, when
Moore observed, "There is but ono knave
among us, and that's Strange." "Oh no,"
said Wright, "there is one Moore." "Ay,"
said Strange, "that's Wright."
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66 1
122
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57
IS Ignatius Mudd, Esq., the commissioner
5 of public buildings, died on Sunday morn
-3 ing at Ina residence in Washington. Mr.
Mudd was a native of Charles count•,
2 Maryland, and for thirty years a resident
3 of Washington city.
206
219
85
120
264
820
EIBALTIMORE MARKET.
130
120'
80 1
641
64
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131
146 5
67 3
110
88! 5
FROM TAX I•LTIMOTT SON OF WIEDIIKSTAT.
2 °
• FLOUR.—.The flour market is rather delimit-.
4
lied. Bales of Howard street brands at $4 37 . i. 4
Rye flour $3 76. Corn Meal $2 87 a 3 Of).
, GRAlNe—Supply of Grain moderate. Red
4 wheel $0 90 as 9 98. White wheat $1 00 •$1
10. Corn has declined—white at 59 a6O cents,
and yellow at 58 a 59. Oats 41 a 43 cents--
Rye 08 cents. Cloverseedtinime new $5 121.
OATTLE--Prices ranged from *2,621 to 3,.
75 on the hoof, equal to $5,25 and 417.25 net, and
averaging $3.55 grow.
Hooo. We quote from $5,75 a $6.
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1001104
On the 20th ult., by the Rev. Mr. Serb ler, Jaw.
:anew W. Di surc e ofNew Orford. and Mier
daughter of Win. Albright, Eaq. of Ran•
Over.
On'the same day. by the same, Jacob Fnexey
and Miss M A. Mamma —both of thin
twenty.
On the 2Ath ult., by Rey. John Redden. isms
ahem P.BtsaOsoonand Mir Maas R.lllBllO,
—eli of tbia county.
On the sth inst., by the Rey. Jacob Ziegler. We.
lEltazlairra, of Straban township, and Miss It a.
emu. Rae*, daughter of Rahn, of ntraban
tewrialtlp.
On.ihe 6th .inst., by the same, Maim",
SiAMIIIOrg Of Grammy township, snd Baas.
vs R. ReTise t gt Mountjoy township.
On a, 4th inst., by the Rev. J. Ulrich, BEN/ ,
anis PLAIIII and Mrs. MARY Zinc—all of Cum.
betiond county.
On the Stith ult.. Mrs. Damara& Samara,
of Cumberland township, aged 68 yule Iti mos.
sad 10 days.
On Tuesday last, Mrs. Et: sax are PAXTON'.
consort cf Jame. 0. Paxton. deceased. of Frank
lin township, iri the 88d year of her sp.
Ow the 214 alt., imp Manua, of Hantlar
ton towneirip, aged 91 years.
On the .2211 Mr, in Hunientown, Miss Cora.
ants* Fauna a. Jetliner ofJupeph end Swan
Freerna_, cr. egad 21 years.
tin'the,224 ult., Mire. - Eumararn Era* lIT. of
Mountie', eowirehip. in thrillati year arbor age. '
On the lath alt., its Baltimare county, Md., af
ter ak *oft illness, Donna rilolll.lllll, son of Da
vid Thompson, of this county.
At Columbia, on be 11111% ult., in the 15th year
of hi. age, McNair. Swami, Eaq., formerly of
Getty rbing.
Ott
the Sd lost, Gamma Miami, of Comber.
‘eca
had township, aged ha years and it) months.
On the Oh hurt., Aar Emaaiwra, daughter
of lamb Murano!, I year 9 meddle and It
day. t
i
I, --.._.
fLoggsnet'il likale.
Od Monday and nudely, thei7th and
W ILL be sold, at the residence of I.
stay Tatman*. in Paradise town
ship, York county, * mile from East Bar
13a, the following personal property. viz :
8 elegant Draught Hones;4"iwo-yearling
Colts, Milt+ Cowes, 3 Bulls, 12 fat Steers,
a lot of Stock and'young Cattle, 30 or 40
fat Hogs, (if not sold previously,) 2 breed.
big Sow*, and a lot of stock hogs, 0 sets
of Horse-gears. 3 fonndifirse narrow-wheel.
ell Welton, 2 Cana, one broad-wheeled
Wagon, with bed and cover, n number of
Pldws and Harrows, Shovel Plows and
Cultivators, 4 sets of Ray-ladders, 2 sets
of wood do., ono large I i nie bed. ono 'Thresh
ing Machine, with fivelhorae power, ono
four-horse do., one Patten. Distillery,
with apparatus, 2 Still Kettles, 30 or 40
Hogsheads, I I Barrels of Whiskey, si lot
of tight and flour barrels, Cidernsill and
Trough. About 20 tops of lilay.4boul ib
tone of Straw, Wheat. Corn and Oats by
the bushel, 35 acrettof Grain in theground,
and e variety of farming utensils not men
tinned; Alin, Beds and Bedding, Tables,
Chair*, 2 eight-day Clocks, 2 cases of
Drawers, 2 lots of Carpeting, 4 Stoves and
Pipe, and a great many articles too no.'
memos to particularize. Sale to com
mence at 10 o'clock, A. M., on each day
above mentioned, when attendance will be
given and. tones made known by
JOSEPH L KUHN, Assignee.
Meath 7,11161.--ts ,
JOSEPH M. isArrDims
Wholesale Tobacco Warehouse,
No. 218, Nanh Third mi. Phildeekbis.
C OUNTRY Storekeepers and Tobacco
nists in general coming to the City to
•
parcnase th eir Spring supply, will do well
to call and examine my goods. I bare
on band a large stock of left' Tobacco,
and a complete assortment of Snuffs; man.
uitictured Tobacco and &gars, which I
can sell, wholesale and retail, as low as
any other house in the city. Do not for
get to call at /mum 8. Smite's. No.
218, N. 3d at. (three doors below Callow
hill.) at the sign of the large Indian Chief.,
N. B. All orders thankfully received
and promptly attended to on the most rea
sonable terms.
March 7,1851.-3 m
ASSIGNEE'S NOTICE.
11 1 1HE undersigned having been appointed
AL Assignee of ISAAC Tatman, of Para
dise township, York county, under a deed
of voluntary Assignment, for the benefit
of creditors, hereby gives notice to all per
sons having claims against said Assignor to
present the Same, properly authenticated,
an without delay, and all persons in
debted to him are requested to call and
make payment to the subscriber, residing
near East Berlin, Adams county.
J. J. KUHN, Assignee
Fcb. 28, 1851.--31
We are requested to announce
that the Whigs of STRBAN township
will meet at the house of JACOB GRABS,
in Hunterstown, on Saturday the Bth of
March next, at 1 o'clock, P. M., to settle
a Ticket to he supported at the March e
lection.
Wl?The members of "The
gcounty Committee," of
Adams county, are requested to
meet in Gettysburg, on TUES
DAY THE 18TH DAY OF MARCH.
NExT, at 10 o'clock, A. M. It
is hoped every Member of the
Committee will be present, as
there are questions of importance
to be acted on at that time.
A. R. STEVENSON,
Feb. 28, 1851. Chairman
SENATOR ATCHISON'A PLACE.-A good
many of Col. Benton's friends are felicita
ting themselves upon their ability to run
him into the Senate, at the next election,
in place of Judge Atchison. • The Judge's
term, however, does not expire until the
3d of March, 1855 ; and the election can
not take place before the winter of 1854. I
MA,RRI ED,
DIED.
ISM inslani,
PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS the Ilon. DANIEL DUR
KEE. Esq. President of the several
Courts of Common Pleas, in the counties
composing the 19th District, and Justice
of the Courts of Oyer and Terminer, and
general Jail Delivery, for the trial of all
capital and other offenders in the said dis
trict—and JAMES M'Divirr, and SAMUEL
R. Itessma., Esqs.,Judges of the Courts of
Common Pleas and General Jail Delivery,
for the trial of all capital and other offend-1
ers in the county of Adams—have issued
their precept, bearing date the 22d day
January, in the year of our Lotto, one
thousand eight hundred and fifty-one and to
me directed, for holding a Court of Com
mon Pleas and General Quarter Sessions
of the Peace and General Jail Delivery,
and Court of Oyer and Terminer, at Get
tysburg, on Monday the 21st day of 3pril
next--
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN To
all the Justices of the Peace, the Coront r
and Constables within the said County of
Adams, that they be then and there in their
proper persons, with their Rolls, Records,
Inquisitions, Examinations and other Re
membrances, to do those things which to
their offices and in that behalf appertain
to he done, and also they who will prose
cute against the prisoners that are or then
■hall be in the Jail of the said County of
Adams, and to be then and there to pros
esute against them as shall be just.
WILLIAM FICK ES, Sheriff.
Sheriff's office, Gettribirrg,
March 7, Ibsl.
In the Matter
OF the intended application of Merritt IS TI DI •
nine for License to keep a Public House in
Fianklin township, Adams county—it being an
old wend, (on top of the South Mountain )
W E. the undersigned, citizens of the
township of Franklin, county of
Adams, being well acquainted with the a
hove petitioner, and also having a knowl
edge of the house for which license is
prayed fur, do certify that such inn or tav
ern is necessary to accommodate the pub.
lie and entertain strangers and travellers,
and that the above petitioner is a person
of good repute for honesty and temperance,
■nd that he is well provided with house
room and other conveniences for the ac
commodation of strangers and travellers.
Moses Smith. Hugh D. Heagy,
Samuel Maia, Levi Irwin,
Jaaib Myers, Andrew M'Kenrick,
George Vol., John Dillon,
H. D.Wevrinan, David Newman,
Nies *Vlore, Michael Schriver.
Hereepaihnith, John Cole,
Much 7,3851.-3 t
In the Matter
OP the Intended application of Gacutna Smire
for ficenee to keep a public house in the town
ship of Pihnklin, county of Adams—it being
an aid stand.
"Ur e. the undersigned. citizens of the
v • township of Franklin, being perms
flatly' acquainted with Gamine SMITH, the
above seamed petitioner, and also having a
knowledge of the house for which license
is prayed, do certify that such ►nn or lay.
ern is necessary to accommodate the pub
ic and entertain strangers and travellers,
and that the above petitioner is of good re
pate for honesty and temperance, and that
he is well provided with house-room and
other conveniences for the accommodation
of strangers and travellers.
John Honest, James Lynn,
M F Robison, Mores Smirk
Ramos' ahrtith, Matthew Timmins,
F G Hoffman, Augustus Dunoath
Peter Mickley, jr „ George Room ,
George II Stoner, Abraham tIc.M. I i. '
March 7.-3 t
Irk the Matter
OF the intended application of ELIIIII Oslllb/11111,
fpt license te keeps public house in the town
of Petersburg, Huntingtou township, Adams cp.,
—it Wingert old stand.
WE. the undersigned, citizens of Hun
tington township, do certify that
itthe inn or tavern prayed for in the above
petition is necessary to accommodate the
public and entertain strangers and travel
lers, and that the above petitioner is of
good repute for honesty and temperance,
and is wail provided with house-room and
other conveniences for the accommodation
of strangers and travellers.
Jacob Gardner, jr . , J. 1). Worley,
David Lemur, John Sa(ller. jr.
Adam Grove, Francis Coulson,
Geo. P. Weaver, James Wilson,
Sunned Laishaw, , Allred Miller,
Jonathan Golden, John How,
Benjamin Gardner.
March 7.--M
In the Matter
OF the intended application of Joon D. Bic*.
am, for license to keep public hones in the
town of Peteerburg, Huntington township, Ad•
anis county—it being an old stand.
W E, the undersigned, citizens of the
township of Huntington, do certi
fy that we know the above named petition
er, John D. Becker, and the House fir
which license is prayed—that the said
House is necessary for the accommodation
of strangers and travellers—that the peti
tioner is a person of good repute for hon
esty and temperance—and that he is well
provided with house-room and other con
veniences for the accommodation of stran
gers and travellers,
Joseph A. Wierman,
David Lerew,
William H. Webb,
Peter D. Little,
Elias Gardner,
I. D. Worley,
Benjamin Gardner.
George litaumbaugh,
Samuel Latehaw,
I. W. Pearson,
Jacob P. Asper,
John T. Ferree,
March 7.-31
In the Matter
Of the intended application of Hier Somas for
License to keep a Public House in the town of
East Berlin, Hamilton township—it being an
old stand.
W E. the undersigned, citizens of tie
township of Hamilton, do hereby
certify thlt we know the above names Pe
titioner, Henry Sours, and the Home fur
which Liceuse is granted—that sail'house
is necessary tor the accommtuation of
the public and the entertainmearef stran
gers and travellers, and that s• Petition
er is a person of good reput or honesty
and temperance, and that h well provi
ded with house room an Cher conveni
caeca for the accommod on of the pub
lic and the entertainmet f strangers anti
traveller*.
Wm. G. Hildebrand,
a . I
Al 0
J 0 '
1 .1
drew F. Rerear,
m. Wolf,
John J. Brown,
Wm. B. Woods,
Abraham King,
John Oeisobnan.
John Yost*
Jacob Reitsol,
John Hildebrand,
E. T. Miller,
Samuel HiWeb» •
4 DS—such as Clasps 'for
, and Tassels for Purses,
can be had at all times at
. 'Variety Store.
!
/0
".r 1
NOM Grove
wrnship.
TEEL GI
Bags. Riy
Beads, dtcy
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..round Plaster,
land and for sale, al Log
,team Mill, in Germanyi
aah 7,1851.
POOll-110USE ICCOUNTS.
James Major, Esq., late Treasurer,
In account with the Directors of the Poor
and of the House of Employment of the
County of didams, for oneyourth of the
year ending .Bprit Ist, 1850.
1850.
Jan. 7. To balance in hands of
Treasurer at the last set
tlement,
" 25. To order on J. Felines-
lock, Co. l'reamurer, 600 00
" " Cash rec'd for boarding, 668
Feb. 12. Order on J. Fabrrea.
tuck, Co. Treasurer,
March 2. Do. do. do.
COL
By Cash paid out asfolios°. :
'Merchandise Bills, $476 40
Groceries, 512 18
Beef Cattle and Pork. 397 90
Mectianice Bills, 72 52
Support of out door Paupers, 90 14
Chopping wood. 39 69
Grain, Flour, and Grinding, 61 05
Stock hogs. 41 00
Drugs and Medicines, -., 63 49
Male hirelings, 20 00
Female do., 29 75
Executing Orders, 11 64
IVagon Expenses, 15 00
Cash paid by Rob't Major, Execu
tor of James Major, deed, to
Steward Cubean, balance in full, 1 771
WE, the subscribers,- Auditors to settle
and adjust the Public Accounts, do certify,
that we have examined the items which
compose the above Account, and that they
are correct, and the balance due, One Dol
lar and Seventy-seven Cents, by James
Major, Treasurer, has been paid by Ro
bert Major, Executor of the said James
Major, deceased—bein g the one -worth of
year, ending on the first day of April, One
Thousand Eight Hundred and Fifty,
(1830.)
SAM ' L DURRORAW,
JOHN ELDER. ✓ludiloT,
F. G..lloFrmAiv,
Alex'r Cobean, Esq., Treasurer,
In account with the Directors of the Poor
and of the House of Employment of the
County of Adorns, for three fourths of
the year ending January 7th, 185 e.
April. To Order on J. Fahnestook,
County Treasurer, 300 00
" Do. do. 150 00
14 Do. do. 160 00
May, Do. do. 150 00
June, Do. do. 250 00
July, Do. - Ito. 300 00
.. Do. do. . 300 00
Do. do. 200 00
Do. 'do. 300 00
Sept. 3. Do. do. 200 00
•• Do. do. 300 00
Oct. 23, Do. do. 100 00
Nov. 2, Do. Samuel Fahneatoek,
Treasure(. 200 00
", 7, Do. do. Id° 00
Dec: Do. do. 200 00
1961:
Jan. 3, Do. do. 250 00
OZ. '
By Cash paid out as follows :
I Merchandise, 235 45
Groceries. 280 81
Flour and Grain, 478 30
Support of out door Paupers, 311 50
Funeral Expenses or do., 32 00
Mechanics' Bills. 113 38
Male Hirelings, 147 00
Female do.. 85 50
Chopping wood, 30 18
Vegetables.2B 02
Boards, 82 87
Debt paid Phil's Alms-house, 100 00
Do. Hollidaysburg do. 10 00
Payment on Land, - 218 28
Manure Bills, 45 00
Toll on Turnpike, 15 00
Bee/ Cattle and Sheep, 468 381
Pork Hills, 26'151
Making post fence, 40 le
Stock hogs, 50 60
Drugs and Medicines, .. 8 7
Stone coal, 10 00
Executing Order, 1 52
Treasurer's Salary, 40 00
Extra service of Directors, 60 00
Physician's Salary. 100 00
Publishing Accounts, 34 00
Clerk's Salary, 40 00
Assessment on Premium Noe, 30 98
Steward's Salary, 250 00
Balance in hands of Tr
$3,450 00
WE, the subsevihirs, Auditors to settle
and adjust the Publit Accounts, do certify,
that we have exavined the items which
compose the abow Account, and that they
are correct, and nat there is a balance in
the hands of AOSXANDIR COBRAN, Esq.,
Treasurer, Ole Hundred and Three Dol
lars and Eiety-five Cents—being three
fourths of ; , year ending January 7th, A.
D.. 1851.
SAM'L DURAORAW,
JOHN ELDER. .9UdiioFll
F. G. HOFFMAN,
Cobean, Steward.
In avonnt with the Directors of the Poor
aid of the Howe of Employment of Me
County of Adams, twins; from the Bth
day of January, 1850, to the 7th day
of January, 1850.
To Cash in hands of Steward at
last settlement, 7 27
Stone coal, 10 00
Boarding, • /4 60
One cow and calf, SO 00
Hauling, 64 83
Flour barrels,l 41i
R. Major, a'r of J. Major, 1 77
Tallow, 1 78 •
Lard, 34 74
Order on Treasurer, 45 00
Hauling, f • 12 00
ca. I
8y Clash paid old at Jblitnes
Merchandise, V. 76}
Wagon Expenses, .67 get
Male birelinp, 714 67
Vegetables, • - 16 sir
Chopping Wood, 10 461
Coats and Wood, 26 60
Female Hirelings.
Fish,
Cider and Apples,
Seed corn,
Vinegar,
Copper kettle,
Digging graves.
Cash paid to paupers,
Postage,
Executing orders,
Balance due Steward,
$525 85
Ws:, the subscribew..Auditons to outdo
and adjust the Publie - Accounts, do certi
fy, that we have examined the items
which compose the above Account slid
that they are correct, and that there is 4
balance of Thirty-four Cents due SAXIIICL
CODICAN, Steward, being from the eighth
day or January, 1850, to the seventh day
of January. 1851.
400 00
300 00
$1,832 53
Produce of the Poor Muse Pam fbe
802 Bushels of Wheal.
47 do. Rye,
'354 do. Oats,
050 do. Corp,
,98 do. Potatoes.
24 do. °Moos.
27 do. Red Boom,.
14 do". Turnip*.
8 do. Beans.
9 do. Clove seed,
1330 heads Cabbage.
50 tons Hay,
15 loads Corn-foddec.
4328 lbs. Beef.
4380 do. Pork.
7.113 Paupers remain at the Poor
House January Ist, 1851. -
111:7"53 admitted in the course of the
year.
March 8. et
$1,832 52
DAVID HEAGY
"TENDERS his acknowledgments to
-a• the public for the liberal and stea
dy patronage. with which he has been fa
vored for a series of years ; and respect
fully announces to his former customers
and the public generally, that be has his
Shop at present in Charnbcrsburg street--
where persons wishing FURNITURE
can be accommodated at very moderate
prices for CASH, PRODUCE and LUM
BER, fur *lnch the highest market price
will be paid.
(I?'AU Furniture warranted to be made
of the very beat mateliale, and by experi
enced workmen.
CO itink.
All orders for Coffins 0141 meet with
the same prompt attention as '..eretofore.
D. ift/GY.
11::rAn APPRENTICE to the toi ne t
making business will be taken, if appi ca .
Lion be made soon. Ono from the emi t _
try would be preferred.
Gettysburg, Dec. s.—tf
NZ VAT cl,Poo.Ds
$3,450 00
Hatnersly's Variety Store.
THE subscriber invites the attention of
the public to the large assortment of
Goods just received at his Variety Store,
on the North West corner of the Dia
mond. Gettysburg, Pa., which he will be
pleased to show to all who may favor him
with a call. The stock consists,in part, of
COFFEE, SUG.I,II. .410,1—ASSES;
SYRUP, HONEY, 7E.IS,
Spices of all kinds, Salt, Fish, Oil, arc. ;
also the largest and best stock of
China, Glass, and Qneensware,
ever offered in the place; also HARD
WARE and TABLE CUTLERY, Cot.
fie Mills ; a large assortment of Cedar
Ware, such as Tubs, Buckets, Churns.
Ac.; Willow Baskets, of all sizes. Ladies'
Travelling Baskets, Bumf's, Brooms,
Whisps, &c. ; Crackers, (a superior arti
cle,) Cheese, Pickles, Confections and
Fruits of all kinds. Also, constantly on
hand a full supply of the best
FAMILY FLOUR ,
and different kinds of Feed. HAM dr, BA
CON, Hominy and Beans, Tobacco, Snuff
and Cigars, with a large variety of Fancy
Articles—all of which will lie mold at re.
markably low prices for cash or country
produce.
The subscriber returns his sincere
thanks to the public for the liberal pair°,
nage heretofore extended to him, and in
vites purchasers to call and examine hie
stock before purchasing elewhere.
WIII. W. HAMERSLY.
Oct. 4, 1850.
83,345 15
103 85
READY-MADE CLOTHING,
J UST' returned from the Cities wick a
new and spendid assortment of Rea
dy-Made Clothing, which will be diepaa.
ed of on terms which will astonish pur
chasers. The public are invited to cull
and judge for themselves.
MARCUS SAMSON.
Gettysburg, Jan. 3.—t(
MAKEREL,
SHAD; CODFISH,
SALMON,
HERRINGS.
PORK.
HAMS & SIDES.
SHOULDERS,
LARD & CHEESE.
_
White Pine River Boar*
IN hand and far side. for the eseb
‘ ,O Also, FOUR TONS PLASTER.
Feb. 21. GEO. ARNOLD.
TRIMMINGS AND LACE.
A A NEW and boantifaritifsek of Thal.
=log for dresses, and Blacklk
Lace, can be had at SCHICK'S.,
MAGISTRATES OFFICE.
E undersigned has opened el Qom, T in Carlisle street, next done to clits
••STAR" office, where he will be ball at
ell times, prepared to attend loan btaillelllll
that may be placed in his bands, f-
D. A. BrE111.91g;
Oettysbug, May 10, /SOO.
Pans "Its! • r.
A Large variety of FANS Jena eent#VC.tt
ed and offered to the Liefile
URTZ'S oiliest Corner
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SAMUEL DORM:MAW,
Joux ELDER, Auditors
F. G. Hotnuto,
Conotastly tot hod
and for We by ,
J. PALMER & eft•
Alarketigreet Wloof 4
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