The star. (Gettysburg, Pa.) 1831-1831, September 13, 1831, Image 4

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With sweetest timers
. eirrieh'd
Awn various gardens cuii'd teith tare."'
araZilktatZeZt,
If those bright orbs that gem the night,
Be'sach a blissful dwelling sphere, •
' Where kindred spirits re-units
Whom fate hath torn asunder here
- MN, svreet it were at once to die,
Amid leave this dreary world afar—
Meet soul and soul, and cleave the sky,
away from Sitar
But oh! how dark t and droar and lone,
Would attain the brightest world of bliss
If, wandering through each radiant ono,
We fail to meet the loved of this!
If there no mbre those ties could twine,
Which death alone had power to sever,
Those stare would then in mockery shine
More hateful—as they shine forever!
it cannot bet each hope and fear
That lights the eye, or clouds the brow,
Proclaims there is a happier sphere
Than the bleak world which claims us now;
There is a voice, by sorrow heard,
When heaviest weighs life's galling chain,
That voice is the Almighty's word
"The pure• in heart shall mot again."
ELICISMIIiI.MCYBa;w
THE rO,I7OrG irsIRRIORS.
Extract of a Lotter from Michigea.
"For the substantial accuracy of the
fol
lowing story I can truly vouch. One of the
parties is intimately known to , me. The
tragic scene, while it affords a new develope
ment of the individual sufferings and horrors
incident to war, especially to border wars,
discloses traits of youthful courage and pre
- .tienc,e of mind, eminently_ worthy of public
__ record. _ - - -
Towards the close of the late war with .
Great Britain, in 1813 or 1814, when the
American arms had been so far victorious as
to alarm and intimidate the Indians on these
frontiers, they acceded to a proposition to
meet American commissioners at Green
ville, in Ohio, for the purpose of making a
treaty of peace and of cession and indemni
ties. The British authorities in Canada,
learnitig the intelligence ofthis contemplated
convention, became anxious to prevent as
many of re tribes disposed to attend it as
possible from doing . so. For this purpose
theydetached - a - frorteMlcCi — nadian'savages,l
commanded by a French Canadian officer,
whose object was.to intercept a tribe of the
American Indians, and overawe them from
proceeding ,to Greenville. This scheme
soon became known to the military authori
ties of the United States on this frontier.—
They pronriptly adopted measures to coun
teract the project of the enemy. - They se
lected a lad about sixteen years of age, the
son of a,respectable native of this' country,
who had enjoyed the confidence and good
will of the Indians all his life. The father
having died, they transferred their attach
'ivient to the son. This boy armed himself
witlitomahawk, scalping knife,' musket
and ammunition; engaged, as his companion,
a half-bred, the nephew of the Canadian
commander of the hostile Indian force, some-
What older than himself', and proceeded from
Detroit to visit the friendly Indians, and to
induce them, by his hereditary influence, to
proceed on their mission to Greenville, as
well as to warn them against the meditated
attempt of the enemy to intercept them.—
The two lads marched with.celerity, amidst
trying difficulties and dangers. They pass
.ed a Pottawatomie village, with the abori
ginal inhabitants of which the Ampican lad
was a great fiwourite. These Pottawato
alias were aware of the movements of the
Cimadian Indians; and after the two lads had
left their village in pursuit of the business on
which they had been dispatched, they
came apprehensive that their youthful favor
ite and his companion might be- captured and
massacred ,by the hostile force.' They,
lherefbre, sent a nu - tither of their
after 'them, for the purpose of affording them
protection. Before these generous allies
overtook them, the two boys had begun to
/ * On the opposite
detachment of the
*was too late: They
.radian commander
to on shore and stir.
igning aubmission,_
y. approached the
ider was advancing
le to the determine
:ally, and not to be
__ all. They formed
the plan of walking up as' near as possible,
with safety, to the Canadian officer, and of
shooting him down on the spot, each pledg
ing himself to the other - to fire simultaneous
ly. As they cattle near to , him,, the half
'breed discovered that the officer was his un
de. Foes moment he faultered;. but re-in.
spired by the determined spirit and energy
of the- American led, he- marched fearlessly
up tostardi the commander. W.itbin 14. few
steps of him, he- demanded aneinlsnedinie•
ewes/kr of themselves and, their arms.—
; Whey around them: They perceived'
that the, hostile savage detachment were
sie,ioned on the brow of a hill about fifty
yards &sm. theim. They felt: their perilous
situation; but With undaunted firmness and
desperate .resolution, theii , told, the Canadian
•officer..bot to,come any nearer to them. If'
he did they Would certainly, kill 'him.. At
first, he laughed at them. He could not
suppope- it possible than tWo boys, neither of
thorn 18 years of age;. would, in the ffice
of a large detachment of savage enemies ?
butilikt wig . * resentment,.and flushed: with.
hoPej dare G 3 execute theit threat. Ff
thg.t they were innolffiee intimidated 'b the
411g0P whiqt on all sides surrounded them,
• 1140 • commi rider 'resorted, to 'the
)W*l expedient amusing Unveils 'us youth.
ero:ss
DT M'ILLIAN LEGGET.
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ful adversaries; throwing open his :botiolii;
defying them to fire at him, and at the same
moment' raising his sword to cut down the
young American. In the act of sttiki o nfr,
they both shot him through the heart.
ineir fleet; jut such was the presence
of
_mind Of the . young American, in these
fearful Circumstances,' uncertain whether
,the officer was certainly dead,•that to rende;
"assurance dOiible.:sure," and to prevent the
possibility of hiS calling out to his detach
ment to fire on-them, he turned thejlutt end
of his musket, and with it broke, at one Vow,
the heck of the.enemy whom_they had shot
through the heart. At this instant, the
friendly Pottawatomies providentially ap
peared on . the opposite shore of the river,
gave a tremendous yell, and rushed across
the stream with the rapidity of lightning.—
The savage enemy, by this time apprized of . '
the flue of their commander, and seeing the
rapid approach of the Pattawotomics took to
flight. ' The brave lads were saved, pro
ceeded on their journey amidst perils scarce
ly less emminent than the one they had just
'escaped, and effected the object of their try
ing and dangerous mission. The treaty of
Greenville was signed and ratified; peace
Was restored with the Indian tribes; and the
intrepid young American, left a pennyless
orphan by the death. of his parent and the
disastrous effects of the war, lived to educate
and
..bring up a large family of sisters, by
his own exertions, and still lives, in prosperi
ty and affluence, to enjoy the.soCiety of that
family, respectably established in life, and
to see the savage wilderness where he was
cradled and nurtured under the uplifted tom
ahawk, in a state of high cultivation, and •
blossoming and blooming like the rose."
AGES OF GREAT MEN.
The appointment of Mr._S. TALisoN to
be acting govenior of Michigan, atjhe age
of 20, has excited .much animadversion. It
is not intended to justify it; but the fact sug
gests a reflection that many of our great men
have held very elevated places at an age
much less advanced than we are apt to sup
pose.
LAFAvm-r.e.; at twenty years' of age,. was
' Major General in the American army.—
, KNOX was at the same time of equal rank,
and a very efficient leader at twenty-seven;
GREENE, the hero of the southegi war, was
a Major General at thirty-six;•VVAiNE was
- thatAirrie - thirty.two;--WiLKINSON - was - a-
Brigadier General 'itt. twenty; REED was a
bput thirty-six; MIFFLIN thirty-two; HAM
ILTON,. a Colonel, but in the meridian of
fame and usefulness, at, twenty-one; SCHUY
LER. was forty-five, and WASIIING'rON was of
that age only when appointed Commander
in-Chief. The greater part of the Membert
of Congress of 1776, were young
ADAMS, JEFFERSON, CHASE, RUSH, and
ny others of the revolutionary worAjea,
were distinguished in politieLd-affairs before
they were thirty.
In the olden fillies, when it was a custom
in many parts of New England to sing
psalms and hymns by "deaconing" them; as
it was called, that was, by the deacon's read
ing each line previous to its being sung, one
of these church dignitaries rose, and after
looking at his book some time, and making
several attempts to spell the words, apologi
zed for the difficulty he experienced in read
ing, bynbserving,
-
"My eyes indeed are very blind."
The choir, who had been impatiently
waiting for a whole line, thinking this to be
the first ofa cgicbmon metre hymn; immedi
ately sang it. The good deacon exclaimed,.
with emphasis, $ •
"I cannot see at all."
This of course they also 'sung, when the
astonished pillar of the church cried out,
-----1-1!1--really- think -yon-are-bemiteh4l4--:,---
Response by the choir, "I really think yott
are bewitched."—Deacon:
t-T-419-4uescia- you-aIV-----*-
The choir finished the verse by echoing
the Wit line, and the deacon sat down in
despair. -
LAW AND PILYSIC GOING BY. WATER.-
We lcarn from the U. S. Gazette, that a
lawyer and a physician one day last week,
twice swam the Delaware without stopping
to rest. This explodwe think cannot fail
oCprocuring them professional .patronage—
affords strong presumptive evidence that
they are not heavy fellows.:--N. Y. Uonstel.
SLAVE. HUNG FOR AN gcCIMINT!--The
slave who fired a cotton factory in Edgefield,
S. .C. a few weeks ago, was to have been
hung yesterday; (the 166 ult.) 'pursuant to
his sentence. An - Augusta Oyer says:—
"It seems it was not his intention to commit
so extensive an injury to the proprietors.—
He thought he had extinguished all the fire
which he accidentally dropped.': This -is
the kiiid of justice for which the South is so
it
disti ished. An aocident committed by
aol to generally punished with greater
set, ty thR a crime perpetrated by a white
man. This Oor innocent victim was ekeL
cuted undoubtedly to make the , slaves more
careful „
!
Locx JAw.--,A late number of the Erie
Observer states that a young man, named
Richard Monington, of Waterford, Pa. died.
recently with the lock jaw, occasioned by
running anail in his foot. A correspondent
A..
of the saMepaper recommends, as an enec,
trial pre•venbitiveof this mo.st teriibledisease,
theapplication - ofstrong lye r applietl as warm:
Its ft can be borne..
,".If, the- wound : is in a
part of tare body where it cannot be immersed
in the lye, apply., clothe well saturated With
warm lye;
‘ thry should be frequently changed,,
and:the•application. continued until:the pa'
is reinoved,:' )• -
Adveifisem-enis'.
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WHEREAS, in in and by tN Act of the
General Assembly of this State, en
titled "An Act to regulate the Genehl
Elections of this Commonwealth," enacted
on the fifteenth day of February, 1796, it is
enjoined on me trigive Public Notice ofsuch
Election to be held, and* to enumerate in
such Notice what Officers are to be elected:
I, WILLIAM S. COBEAN, Sheriff of the Coun
ty of Adams; do therefore hereby make
known, and give . this PUBLIC NOTICE
to the Electors of the said County of Adams,
that a
General Election
will be held in the said County, on the
aj - Second Tuesday in October
• next, .(the 11th day,) fl
at the several Districts, composed of the
following Townships, viz:
In the First District, compos
ed of the borough of Gettysburg, and the
township of Cumberland, at the Court-house
in Gettysburg.
In the Second District, com
posed of the township of Germany, at the
house nowoccupied by Mr. Bishop, in the
town of Petersburg, in the township of Ger
many.
In the Third District, com
posed of the township of Berwick, and that
part of the township of Mountpleasant, ly
ing east and north of a public road leading
from the farm formerly occupied by George
Lashells, to Dellone's Mill, at the house of
Francis Hildt, in the town of Oxford.
In the Fourth District, com
posed of the. townships of Huntington and
Latimore, at the house of Thomas Reed in
the-. town - ofPuteitlrut, m the township of
Huntington.
In • the Fifth District, compos
ed of the townships of Hainiltonban and
Liberty, at the house of Col. James Reid,
in Millers-town.
In the Sixth District, compos
ed of the township ofHamilton, at the house
of John Picking, in the town of Berlin.
Ili ,the Seventh District, c6m-
Vise& of the Itownship of Menallen, at the
houty of W. & F. Hapke, in said township.
[h the Eighth . District, com
posed of the township of Straban, at the
house now occupied by John Gourley, in
Hunters-town.
In the Ninth Distiiet, compos
ed of the township of Franklin, at the house
formerly occupied by Christian Boocher, in
said township.
In the Tenth District, compos
ed of the towfiship of Conowago, at the house
of Adam Oaster, in M'Sherrys-town.
In the Eleventh District, com
posed of the township of, Tyrone, at the
house of John Harman, in.Heidlersburg, in
said township.
In the Twelfth District, com
posed of the township of Mountjoy, at the
house now occupied by John Norbeck, in
said township.
In the Thirteenth District,
composed of that part of the township of
Mountpleasant, lying west and south of a
public -road leading from Mr. Dellone's
111, - to — the - farm formerry"occupied by
George Lashells, on the York and Gettys
burg turnpike road, at the , house now occu
pied by Samuel Swope, in Bonaughtown.
In the Fourteenth District,
composed of the township of Reading, at the
public school-house in the town offiatiiPton.
AT WHICH TIME AND PLACES
WILL BE ELECTED,
One Member`-:.of the 'Senate of
Pennsylvania; to represent the
District eomposed of the coun
ties of Adams and York; 4
Two Representatives in the State
Legislature, for the County of
Adams;
One County Conimisioner;
One Auditor of Public Accounts,
and
One Director of the "Posr, and
House ofEmployment of the ' '
County of.A.dams. ' I
And in and by the said Act, it is directed
that the INSPECTORS of the said Generic
al Election shall be chosen lit* ballot, on the
Friday' next preceding the' firest, Tuesday in
October next, sliv
Being the 30th Svternber inst.,
and the Election for- such Inspectors shall
be held in such places in each township,
ward or flistrict, as is apPointed by law for
that purpose, by the respectiveVonstahles,
(o4inare requi ed to give at least one week's
:notice of such. Election s ) assisted by two
„qualified citizens, chosen by such citizens,
qualified to vote, as shall; then be pres9nt.
And it is also in and by the said Act requir
ed', that the Agent and Inspectors be it the
praoespf their DistricstE p on the 'day of the
Gensial Election aforeseid s .at nine o'clock
• the. Orenoon,,to perform the sell-
eral duties required and enjoined on them in
ar.d by the same Act:
And it is'further directed . in and by the
- Act of - the General Assembly of this State
Aforestai‘pimed the 17.thday_nfMarch r one
thousand eight hundred and six, afbresaid,
that one °fait/BUDGES of each of the dif
ferent Districts as aforesaid, who shall have
the charge of the certificate of the number
of votes which shall have been given for
each candidate for the different offices then
and there voted for at their respective dis
tricts, shall meet on the third day Mier the
election ; which will be- ori Friday I~he 19th
day of October. aforesaid, at the Court
•house, in the Borough of Gettysburg, fhen
and there to make a fair statement mid cer
tificate of the number'of votes which shall
have been.given lit the different districts in
the County of Adams, for any person or per-
sons for the ditibrent offices aforesaid, &c.
And, by a law passod April 2d, one thou
sand eight hundred and twenty-one,-it is
made the duty of the Sheriff to give public
notice of the prOvisione of said law.
The following' are extracts:
I SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the Common
wealth of Pennsylvania, in General As
sembly mgt, and it is hereby enacted by the
authority of the same, That the several
qualified electors who shall vote at any gen
ertil or special Election within this Com
monwealth, shall give to the inspectors of
such election, separate tickets for each sta
tion or office voted for, which tickets shall
contain no more than the proper number of,
names; but no ticket shall be rejected by
the judges of the election in counting off the
votes, should the same contain fewer names
than the proper number, those for Sheriffs
and Coroners excepted. -
SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the
authority aforesaid. That it shall 'be the
duty of the Sheriff or Coroner, as
. the case
may be, of each and every' County within
this Commonwealth, to give Public Notice,
at the same time, and in the same manner,
and under the same penalty, that be is now
required to give notice of any General or
Special Election—that any person who
shall hold any office or appointment ofprofit
or trust under thogovernment of the United -
States, whether a commissioned officer or
otherwise, a subordinate officer or agent,
who 19 or shalLbe_employed,und6r_the _Le,„ _
gislative, Executive, or Judiciary Depart
ments of the United States, and also that
every Member of Congress is by law inca
pable of holding or exercising at the same
time the office or appointment ofJudge, In
spector, or Clerk of any. Election within the
State.
Given under my hand, at Gettysburg
this 6th day of September, in the yea
of our Lord, 1831.
WM. S. COBEAN, Shcri.f.
TO MV CREDITORS.
T AKE NOTICE, that I have applied
to the Judges of the Court of Common
Pleas of Adams county, for the benefit of
the Insolvent laws, and that the said Judges
have appointed Tuesday the 27th of Sep
tember next, for the hearing of me and my
creditors, at the Court-house in the borough
of Gettysburg, where you may attend if
you think proper
August 30, 1831.
NOTICE.
A LL persons indebted, either by bond,
note, or book account, to the late
mercantile firm of JOHN 4- JEASSE
HOUCK, of Hunterstown—and also those
indebted in the same manner to JOHN
HOUCK, of the same place, are requested
to mills forward and settle - with 1116-slibieli
ber, to whom' the accounts have been trans.
ferred, on or before the FIRST DAY OF
OCI-OBER IV - EXT—after-which- lime;
no indulgence can be given.
BALTZER SNYDER.
Heidlorsburg, Tyrone Town.
ship, August .30, 1831. c 4w-21
NOTICE.
A LL'persons having claims against the
estate of DAVID BYERS, decedsed,
are re nested to present themiproperly au
thenticated for settlement—and those in
debted, are also rCqueited to call and clisb
charge the•same without delay.
JACOB H,ERRATOR, Ex'rs.
GEORGE BYERS,
September 6, 1831.. . 4t-22
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ALMANAC,
FOR THF:YEAR
Has just been published at Laueaster v .Eo.4y S.
WAGNER,.Edidorif the Examiner.'
THIS ALMANAC is handsomely print
ed on good paper, with new' and 'leaf
tie;, rind contains forty'-eight large octavo
pages. ofletter-press. It comprises histori
cal notice's of Freemasonry, and expositions
of its character and , tendency is social,
religiousorioi al and political point of view;
an - explanation of the system' or symbolical
masonry,. with extracts - from the obligations
and a brief doserfition of the ceremonies of
each degree, illustrated by
rzravr - - - rivri ,woonotrira •
and a variety orinformation relating to Se
cret Societies; liesides the usual astronomic
6eit calculations r &C. &c. -
Pnroz—Ten dollars, per gross
die clollfr r per dozen.
copies, 14 cents.
• Ce,'Ordilirs, accompanied with: cash or
satisfactory references,. will' be promptly at 4
tend to. - 'l. .• • °
Laneastor,, August. 23 , 1{13 1:.,
GAVE a note to John Hersh, ofAdams
At. county, Pa. dated 21st March, 1831, for
$2OO, payable in six months.• The constd
oration of the note has failed, and not been
complied with by John. Hersh, and there
fore I am not liable to pay and shall not
pay the same. All persons are cautioned
affain.3t taking an assignment of. said dote
from said John Hersh or any other person.
BENJAMIN SELDOMItIDGE.
Lancaster, August 0,1831. 31-18
LOOK AT THIS:
11 FOR THE LAST TIME
5 ; AU I call on all those indebted
to me, either by bond, note or book account,
to come forward and make settlement—l
this notice has no more effect than my for
mer notice, those indebted will have to make
settlement with persons who will add COSTS
to their visits.
JOHN LOOP'.
4w-21
TAE Sher a at:journa l- having been soli
cited by a large:number of his patrons to issue the
"Reporter" weekly, has, in consequence, made
such arrangements us will enable him to comply
with their wishes after the 31st of July ins‘, on,
which date the first year of this publication will be
completed. We feel grateful to the public for the.
liberal patronage awarded iisy(having now a more•
extensive circulation than any other newspaper in
the United States,) and shall leave no measure un
resorted to, in order to render this journal valuable
in all respects,, not only to merchanti, banking in
stitutions, brokersoind keepers ofhotels, b4to the
community in general... We have engageduthe lit
erary assistance of several gentlemen well known
as-writers, and have correspondents in allthe prin.
Cipal cities and towns in the United States.. We•
also receive weekly more than five hundred neiya_.-
papers from different parts of the Union, so that,
whatever information may be circulated through
the Medium of the "Reporter;' and the resources
frommlienee it is derived, wo ash confidently state.
,may, in all cases,- be relied upon as correct.. Bank
notes are being counterfeitettin every direction;
and on the arrival ofovory vessel from Europe, or
the creation of every national excitement, this 'N
state of the market varies, Eiery person should
therefore, be possessed ammo certain guide by
which all such intbrmation might bo received by
earliest mails, and at such a rate as not to tondo
its possession an exorbitant tax. Such a, journal'
is exactly, what we endeavour to render the "Re
porter," in an effort to accomplish which, neither
pains nor expense will at anyttime be sparild orb
the; part of the publisher. Every number wilt
contain a carefully dorreilted flank Note List, List,
of Broken Bank 4, PricenrCurrent, Prides of Gob •
Prices of Bank and Insurance Stock, & a descri,
tion of all: Counterfeit and Altered Notes in cir
culation throughout the United States, and all such,
information as itlikely to Throw light updri the._
subjects embraced in the design-of this journal.--t-
Thelatest fbrnignnewe, together with much or
iginal and Weil-selected utter, will also bnfoundi
irrthe columns of the "Reporter.”
ADNICIVIIIagMENTI3, not exceeding a squam.in
sorted three timea for one doi/as,, and fur every
other insertion twenty-five cents—larger ones in. •
grt i gion.
. he weekly publication watt enlarged and.
oth&rwise improved. It will be issued at the.law
prise of $3 per annum; The -semi.month_ly to re.
main a 1112; single copies,l2icente• .Add"
_rb —
ROBERT T..BICKNELL, Exchartiliiimkur'
Chesnut urea, PhiladelOtia.
•
DOCT. S. M. TUDOR,
OFFERS his Proional services to the
l• fels
public generally, and can always be
found at his father's residence, at the house
formerly occupied by — dames Iforrisson,
within one mile and a half of Hampton.
Fair MOunt, June 14, 1831. -
•
UNION ;;;;I:L., INN,
I I
Ilitgers-Town,
T HE undersigned, grateful for the very
liberal encouragement heretofbre ex
tended to him hy a genermis public, takes
pleasure in infbrming them that he contin
es at Iria old stand, situated on the South
West corner of the Public Square. The
situation is certainly the most desirable in'
the . place,. ,being directly in the centre of
business. 'l'll6' house is large and &nto°.
diops, having a spacious back building, with
. well furnished, airy and convenient rooms,
for the accommodation of the travelling or
dee. Families can be accommodated with
private rooms, and every thing necessary
for their convenience. • his BAR at all
times sup flied with the best and choicest
Liquors; and his TABLE provided with a
superabundance of every thing which the
markets atlbrd. His S'T'ABLE; (sufficient
ly large enough for 60 horses) w.ell-at tended
by a careful and experienced hostler, and
provided with provender of every kind.
Persons stopping at the I.INroN INN, who
- wish to take the Stages for the East, are
informed that they will be regukirly called
for at the hours of their departm Seats
taken Will be insured.
Au;Tust 9, 1-31.
N. 8., A few more genteel BOARDERS
will be taken by the week, month or year.
CUMBERLAND
The undersigned respectfully makes known
• to the public, •
THAT HE IletS TAKEN THAT WELL KNOWN
12117151 V ii,,"ll l L ,' equirp r
how oil
rr
I 1,:::";•
Situate at the south end of Get/
are — Brittimore turnpike, called the "CUM
BERLAND INN;" where ,Travellers,
Drovers, Wagoners, &c. can he at all times
accommodated, and every exertion made by
himself and tinnily to render satisfaction to
all who may favor him with a call.
May 24, 1831.
CAUTION.
JAMES A. THOMPSON.
April 27, 1831.
BICKNELL'S REPORTER,
Couatcrfeit,Detector, and. Price Cuvront.
D. 11. SCEILEIG
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shorn' on
J. HARBAUGIL
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