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—:—.—“With sweetest flowers enrich' d
From various gardens cull'd with care."
• ( )1%41 ) s 7liztikame
First take a feather and lay it upon
The stream that is ripling by—
With a current, behold, in a moment 'tie gone
Unimpressed an& light as a sigh—
Then take thoe a dear and precious stone,
. And on the same stream place it—
Oh! mark how the Water on which it is thrown,
In its bosom will quickly encasent.
-- - - take - a - crystal - , - or stainless - glase,
With a crayon, upon it then trace
A sentence or line, an etch how 'twill pass
Oreatli will its bon efface—
Then take a diamond pure and bright,
And write some modest token—
%lid cold or heat, In shade or light,
'Twill last till the crystal'is broken.
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And' thus with the tablet of woman's pure heart,
Where the vain and the idle may try
To leave their impressions, they swiftly depart,
Like the feather, the scroll, and the sigh—
But once bo engraven on that tablet a name
And an image of_genius.and worth, -
Thro' the changes of life it will still be the same,
Till thatheart is removed from the earth. .
ataargalllava.D . soch
It is good when the weekis ended;to look
biCk upon. its business and its toils, and
mark wherein we have failed of our, duties
or come short of what we should have done.
The close of the week should be to each one
of us like the close of our lives. Every
thing should be adjusted with the world and
With . our God; as if we were about to'ieave
the one and . appear before the other. The
week is indeed, one of the regular divisions
of life, and when it closes it should not be
without its moral. From the end of one,
week to the end. of anoth.er,:the mind can,
easily stretch onward,. to the close of exist ,
ence. It can sweep down the stream of time
to the distant period when it will be entirely
beyond human power to regulate human af
fairs. Saturday is the time for moral reflec
tion._._
When for the mercies of the week we are
thankful, and when our past months, and
years come up in succession before us—we
see the vanity of our youthful clays, and tho
vexations of manhood, and tremble .at the ap
- prowling winter of age. lt is. then we
should withdraw from the business and the
nd-give-a-thought4o-ou
And, and: to what we are to be hereafter.
The statesman, lawyer, merchant, man of trade,
Panto for the refuge of some rural shade,.
Where, all his long anxieties forgot,
Amid the charms of a sequester'd spot,
Or recollected only to glide o'er,
And add a smile to what was sweet before;
He may possess the joys he thinks he sells,
Lay his aid age upon the lap of ease,
Improve the remnant of his wasted span,
And having lived a trifler, die a -nian.—Couiper.
- From the N. Y. Constellation.
rngallant Revolutionary
Exploit.
MR. Enrion.—Many a gallant exploit of
Revolutionary times has been 'recorded and
published; and I would that I could place
the Mewing among the number. But truth
is mighty, compels me to prefix an unto the
word gallant.
Rhode Island has always abounded in
handsome women; but between you and me,.
Mr. Editor, I thik they were much pret
tier in my days than at present- This how
ever may be merely the effect of age, as
my days of gallantry have nearly past, be
ing now in my seventy-fourth year. But to
my story.
I belonged to a corps who, in the_sum
mer 177 were stationed in Rhode Island.
In the neighborhopd of our camp was a fine
patch of watermelons; and the habitations a
round supplied abund ance of pretty_ girls.—
Z.,.• oe • a ng.liaktieraiy
whom I grieve to write myself one, persua'
- ether men girls to gruith-them one moon
10trming, to-plunder the watermelon_
.patch. We enteredit wthout alarming the
• , licsn - ceeeded in - filling the ler"cre
checked aprons of the girls full of the-,fine
ripe fruit; when just - at - this glorious epoch,
eteNsere set upon by the owner and several
dout A fellows who were ifrobably watching
for the purpose. We ran- 7 4e scaled. the
walls, like sheep tumbling over one another
and made our . mortal escape. I blush while
I relate it. I have never thought of the sub
ject without blushing; and when incidentally
mentioned by my acquaintance, I could nev
er hold up my .head and lookMmight for
ward from .beneath the angle of"my cocked
hat, as a brave man and,a soldier ought to.
But it ie necessary that I should return to
the poor: girls, whom we left with their a
prons full of watermelons. The owner and
his men, finding they could not overtake us
contented themselves with making prisoners
•pf the girls. These nymphs were in gener
'al sufficiently nimble footed, as I had more
than once had occasion to learn. . But being
taken unawares, they were like frighted
partridges, which the more- they are scared
the less they are able to fly—and do nothing
but stretch up their necks in wild amazement.
Some of the girls screamed,' and: held fast:l
to their load of.watermelons; others scream-
ed and let go thatorneirs of their aprons SC;
that the waterffielbliS Tolled at their feet;
'while others screamed and attempted flight,
big being entangled in the vines were easily
caught. The dkess of those tines by rea-
son of its length was unfortunately not so well
ealculated for running as - at-the present day.
"Pick 'eat. up, garls," said the owner to
--those thatthrew dien their cargoes,---"pick
- tat %yield:fetch 'em into the house.' This
the. girls were 'path to do; but no excuse
would avail. They were compelled to obey
• and the melons being menured were found
collectively to amount to tiboUt three bush
. 4 "Ithem‘take 'em, garls," said the old
c tnam---!ittdce, 'cm Honig with ye.." • - '
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" a raffle r n01.,1 thank you," aid the
girls, modestly curtsying. . .
"But - you must," said the old man, "there's
no excuse—so hold the corners of your ''a
•roniwhile I load them in." The otd
low set to work, filled t
them away.
As - for us runaway loons, we lurked in
the neighborhood- whither-we knew the girls
must pass, and in due time had the pleasure
of receiving them, with "all their blushing
honors thick upon them," and as many'wa
terinelons as they could carry. But as scion
as limy beheld: ehow4a-proper -re
sentment at our unmanly behaviour, by
throwing down their Watermelons at our feet
and exclaiming—" There ! take 'em, you
cowardly, gOoefor-nothing fellows! to run it-,
way and leave us poor girls in the
you're prettey soldiers, aint you!" the case
was against us,' and it -requirea all our elo
quence to appease the resentment of the fair
creatures; whom, however, we at length
persuaded that our running away was the
only judicious procedure—that it -was-our
heads only that the owner wished to break
—and that by running away, we had. not
only saved our sconces,.but had got the wa
terme4a4o the bargain, which we would
presently up for the good • of the corn-,
puny. In fine, we. had a jolly time of it; the
lips of the girls were sweeter than the water
melons; but we could never - fairly - get them
to own, that our running away, though it
Might have been an act of expediency, was
either manly or soldierlike; and it was not
until - we had severally made our mark on
the I 'regulars," in the ensuing campaigns,
where some of my companions gloriously
fell, that we were received into entire favor.
A SEVgNTY-SIXER.
BOW-STREET, LONDON.
Among the odd fish, who were caught by
the watchman in casting their net on Friday
night, was a Hibernian wag, rather advan
ced in years, of very steady exterior, but
possessing all the dry good humor,and joke
cracking. disposition of his countrymen.
On being put, to the bar, the watchman
was called on to state his charge, and this
was done in a very few words. In fact, Mr.
Butler,,the.detunu was found dead-drunk,
under the piazzas, in convent garden, at two
o'clock in the morning.
J.Liitell,'2__said_Sirilichard,__'±how_do_y
account for your disorderly conduct?"
. Mr. B. (with a grit - ) 0! Faith, Sir Richard
I never was as much of an accountant, and
if I was myself when I Was dead drunk, as
the watchman says, what I'd be saying
would'nt do me much good, for dead men
tell no tales.
Sir R. What brought you in such a state?
Mr. B. I suppose I brought myself that
way by drinking liquor.
Sir R. It would have been well if you had
taken yourself home to bed.
Mr. B. Fore God you're right, it would
have been well, but there were two reasons
against that—first I was blind drunk, as well
as. dead drunk, and so I could'nt see my
way; and next, if my eyes were as good as
your Worship's I could'nt have seen what I
hav'nt got, which is a bed.
Sir R. Have you no lodgings? •
Mr. B. Divil a lodging, except in the
words of the owld song• "pn the cowld
ground."
- Sir R. What are you?
Mr. B. - Faith I'am a prisoner,l believe.
Sir R . I mean how do youget your living?
Mr:B. Through the blessings of Provi.
deuce. „„,
Sir R. Have-you no trade?
Mr. B. It is mel.-= , the devil a trade..
• Sir R. Were you bro't up to no business?
Tilr. B. No, by my soul, I'was tenderly
rared, and my education_was my otilypatri
,-,
Sir .R That sort of money does'nt go far
wit a man ofyour inclinations. ..
e
tight : Qaiii, al the larning_iwthe- world is no
use at thtbar. I mane at the barof a pub
-lie house unless , oirbaek - it with diemcu.
luting medium.
Sir. R. I m afraid you have been eireula•
ting`your earnings through a very improper
medium.
Mr. B. Divil a truer word you ever spoke
in your life. j •
Sir R. If jI let you go row, you'll set off
and get drunk again?
Mr. B. go bail I won't, for I havn't a
rap hi thejwiprld; and as for. my ct edit, its
like my coal worn out.
Sir R. I am half disposed to try you.
Mr. B. - Not for tippling, I hope,. your
worship; for if yqu do I'm sure to be found
guilty
Sir R. You seem to be 'a good-humored
fellow. . .
Mr. B. There's' a pair ofus your worship:
• Sir Richard laughed and ,told Mr. Butlq
to go about his business, and 'mend his ways.
Mr.B. Before .1 ge,l will ask you one favor.
Sir R. Well whatis
Mr. B. 4ust to give me a bit of a note to
your countryman, Mr.- M'Adam, and as. I
despair of mending, rtiy awn ways, perhapi
Wzgive me a job of mending the ways of
cAbers. • L
i t t ir Richard !again laughed and bid him
go out and wait, and, he'd endeavor toput
him in the highway to indusiry.
Mr. 4ect his shoulders .with good
humor,•and pulling up his unmentionables,
trotted out of the 'office. The worthy ma
gistrate subsequently gave hire a letter,
whieh would pyoba.bly procure for him pre
sent opdpaiiori. -
Ctielote3C,tuTitinv.—Afri.John-Gp:..Miper,
the Cherry Valley Geott4,, say& All
pe'rons tirelerit3ifitirbitr inlaying my
daughter BetpeS..b
T - liI ( , ,
,141 r_
ieir aprons, and sent
Use water freely in making every thing
sweet7and-cleaarbetbrq-you-begibutvery
sparingly afterwards.
__,Eut:your_apples
• , 'From theYentucky Argus"; August 12
- EXECUTION OF THE CRIMINALS.
The execution of the foul' slaves took place
at iLexington on , Saturday night. Green-
BilLfor burning a barn, Rogers'_
for rape and murder, Lewis' Harry for at
tempt to poison his - master, - and - Rogers' Mo-
ses for a rape. • / /:
The crowd - Which - *tended place of
execution has beeaXar:ously estimated from
ten to twenty thfitisand. 'There was unu
sually good order preserved, and no accident
occurred, that we have heard of. The three
-first-named-persons,- -we are informed, -- con, -
fessed their guilt, the latter persisted in a
vowing his innocence. They each address
ed the crowd, and expressed their hope in
Jesus Christ as their Saviour and a resigna-
AOn to their fate.
HORSE THIEVES.—The Schuylkill
County Advocate says: four of these gentry,
passed through this borough on the 29th,
instant on their way to the penitentiary,
ivhere - guarters - are agsigned them for four
years.
WHOLESALE MURDER.
One ofthe editors was, in company with a
gentleman on Wednesday last, direct froth
Halifax, who stated that he witnessed the
trial of Hein y .Gambles, captain of the Lady
Sherbroke, From Londonderry, shipwrecked
near Cape Ray on the 19th ult. by which
273 persokis lost their lives, the particulars
of which were given in our last. Capt.
Gambles was convicted of intentionally
wrecking the ship to' get at the ensu'rance,
and sentenced to be hung, after which he
confessed that he deserved / the punishment.
Our informant states that so heart-rending
were the details of the horrible scene in
Which - near 300 human beings were con
signed to a sudden mid watery grave, that
the whole court and apparently all the spec
tators shed tears. One of the witnesses,
whose arm was broken, had lost his wife and
a large family of children.—Chain. Repub.
From the New York Whig.
• Copied from the back of a Five Dollar
Note, of the Morris Canal Banking Com
pany:—
"This is the last of Eight Thousand Dol
lars, brought to this city by me the 7th Jan
uary,:lB3o most of which_ lms heen-lost—at
the Gambling Table; myself a permyless
vagabend, rice for the commission of any
deed thatlvill supply my iminediate wants—
for after this moment, I am-desperado
" New York, 13th Dec:1830: C."
Scipio Lodge, No. 67, in the village of
Aurora, has, intentionally forfeited its char
ter. O meeting has been held for two
years.. No officers -have of course been e
lectecnnd its •mesibershave thus wisely re
linquished the order.
The same course has also been pursued
by Aurora Chapter, of Royal Arch Masons
No. 64, which is dissolved, and the charter
forfeited.
We also learn that Solomon's Lodge, ,of
Poughkeepsie, has been in the same way
suffered to die out, and all the jewels, em
blems 'and furniture have several months
since been sold at public auction. In all
these cases our information is direct, and
sitive.—]V. Y. Com. Adv.
The following observations have often appeared
before; but are now inserted because they are
seasonable.
CIDER.---The orchards are bending un
der the• weight of apples and the time of
making cider is near at hand. The general
process is understood, but attention to two
or three particulans may greatly increase
the value. of the. liquor. Why does Burling-_
iii — eide - r — b - ring, in market,doublethe price
nf_that made elsewhere?
v
ed to the sun.
yourcaslcs be perfectly sweet.
See that the straw used beclean & bright.
Throw all the rotten or rotting apples to
your pigs. Keep the several sorts of apples
separate; &ground., together...the
,cider will
not bencar , so good. -
When the liquor has undergone sufficient
fermentation. to throw off the impure matter_
in it; and while it is yet sweet, take a clean
-cask, put into it a bucket of cider,set fire to
a clean rag, that has' been dipped in brim
stone—let it bbrn inside the cask so as to fill
it with the fumes of the brimstone—shake'
the cask well, and then fill and bung it tight.
This mode_ is highly recommended to
:parserve the cider sweet, while it will yet
*pure. The crab apple should he more
~..*tensively cultivated for cider. Liquor as
delicious as wine may be made frOm it.
The following we copy from the Danville
(Vt.) North Star, of the 16th August.
, RENUNCIATION:
In 191571 joined the Freemasons in Schuy
ler Lodge, No. 218, - SaratOga, New-York,
and . in t iuly,•lB.9o, having been fully convin
ce ce of i the irreligious
,principles of the iristi
n, I wrote a renunciation and put it in
to
o t e hand of a confident to be for Warded
for „publication; but Llearn it has' not be
done. Now, since the obligations of
Freemasons are delivered under a false pre
tension (because they do, infringe on their
duty to God) since the conduct of Free 7
masons evidences to me, that the penalties of
thor obligations are to be executed by the
Frlternity in cue ofyiolation, (contrary to
my former belief)—lN THE NAME Oliv GO6,
I nzacauNCE 'nook Y , ORI:VER.
-1 -
- NOAH BPALDING
Advertisements.
WHEREAS, in and by an Act of the
General. Assembly of this State, en
titled "An Act., to regulate the General
Elections of this Commonwealth," enacted
on the fifteenth day of February, 1796, it is
enjoined on me to give Public Notice of such
ITlection to be held, and to enumerate in
such Notice what Officers are to.be elected:
L'WILLIAM S. COBEAN, SherilrOf 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
(Second Tuesday . in October
- •
ilext, (the 11th day,)
at the several Districts, composed of the
following Townships, viz: -
In the First District, compos
ed of the borough of Gettysburg, and the
townsh ip.of Cumberland, at the Court-house
in Gettysburg.
In the Second District,: coin
posed of the township of Germany, at the
house now occupied by Mr. Bishop,'-in the
town of Petersburg, in the township of Ger
many.
In the Third District, coin
posed'of the township of Berwick, and that
part of the township of Monntpleasant, 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
hetisWlT - oll'erefs - hu - rg,"tn - Ilie towns,
Huntington.
In ::the. Fifth District, compos
ed of the townships of Hamiltoribaii and
Liberty; at the house of Col. James Reid,
in Millers-town.
In the Sixth District, compos
ed of the township of Hamilton, at the house
of John Picking, in the town of Berlin.
In the Seventh District, com
posed of the township of Monello!), at the
house of W. & F. Hardie, in said township.
In the Eighth District, com
posed of the township of Straiten, at the
house now occupied by John Gourley, in
Hunters-town. '
In the Ninth District, compos
ed of the township of FMnklin, at the house
formerly occupied by Christian Boocher, in
said township. . •
In the Tenth District, compos
ed of the township of Conowae, 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 townshi,p of Mountjoy, at the
house now occupied , by John Norbeck,' in
said township.
Tn the T 1 • I •
composed of that part of the township of
Mountpleasatit; lying west and south of a
ullic road leading_ from Jr. Pellone's
Mik-f.o. the_ farm formerly occupied by
Georetasltells, on the York and Gett s.
ourg lurnpi e rop.!, at t e ouse now ocetz
-pled-blllllllO-1-SlVTaugh ovn.
In the Fourteenth District,
composed of the township of Reading, at the
public school-housein the town of Hampton.
AT WHICH TIME AND PLACES,
WILL BE ELECTED,
One Member of the. SenateLof
Pennsylvani . a, to represent the
District composed of the coun
ties of Adams and York;
Twollepresentatives in the State
Legislatire, for the County of
Adams;
One County -Commisioner;
One Auditor ci/f Public-Accounts,
and -
One Direct(ir of the Poor, and
House of Employment of the
County - of Adams.
And in and by the said Act, it is directed
that the INSPECTORS_orthe said Gener
al Election shall be chosen by ballot,on the
Friday next preceding tliei - Orst Tuesday in
October next, .
Being .the 3Cith September inst.,
and the Election for such Inspectors shall
.be held in such Traces in each township,
ward or district, as is appointed by law for
that purpose, by the respective Constables,
I \ .
(who are requited to give at least ne week's
notice of such Election,) assi by two
qualified citizens,. chosen ,by such citizens,
qualified to vote, as. shall then bet . present.
And it is also in add by the said Ac requir
ed,„that the Agent and Inspectors beat the'
plaZei of their. Districts r on the day of the
Gerieret Election aforesaid, it niutto'Ck•ck
in. the . CareiSeon, to do and perfiggi ttc sew
era( duties required and enjoined on titenim
ar.ll by,ctite same Act.
And it is further directed in and by the
Act °fate general Assembly of this State
-aferesaid,-passed-the-1-76. day ef Ma'relpim
thousand eight hundred and six, aforesaid,
that - ono of the ÜbdES_of each of the d
ferent Districts as, aforesaid, whOshall 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 them voted for at their respective dis
tricts, shall meet on the third day after the'
eleetion, which will be on Friday the 14th
day qf October aforesaid, at the Court
house, in the Borough of Gettysburg, then
and there to - make adair statement and cer
tificate of the number-of votes, which shall
have been given at the different districts in
the County of Adams, for any person or per
sons fi)r the different offices aforesaid, &c.
And, by a law passed April2d, one thou
sand eight hundred and twenty-one, it is
made the duty of the Sheriff to give public
notice of the provisions of said law.
The following are extracts:
Sac: 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the Common- -
wealth of Pennsylvania, in Genera) As
' s . embly met, and it is herein/ enacted by the
authority of the same, That the several
qualified electors who shall vote at any gen=
eral or special Election within this Com
monwealth, shall give-to the inspectora 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.
Sac. 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 he Ai; now
required to give notice of any General or
Special Election—that any person who
shall hold any office or appointment of profit
or trust under the government of the United
States, whether a commissioned officer or
1 otherwise, a subordinate officer or agent,
who is Qr shall be employecLuntler_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 of Judge, In
spector, or Clerk of any Election within the
State.
EC
. .
Given under my hand, at .Gettysburg;
this 6th day of SepternbeD, in the year
of our Lord, 1831.
W P 4. S. COBEAN, Sherif-
DOCT. S. M. TUDOR,
O FFERS his Professional services to the
public generally, and can always le
found at his father's residence, at the house
formerly occupied by James Morrisson,
within one mile and a half of Hampton.
Fair Mount, June 14, 1831. tr—lo
TO MY CREDITORS.
/FAKE 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.
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A LL persons - injebtek - either - by
note, or boo lt aocount s — lo — The,
mercant►le firm of JOHN cg JE
-
indebtetLiu_
HOUCK, of the same place, are requested
to come forward and settle with the subscri
ber, to whom the accounts have bean trans-_
ferred, on or before the FIRST DAY OP
OCTOBER NEXT---aft 4 which ,time,
MI indulgence can be given. , )
BALTZER SNYDER.
'Millersburg, Tyrone. Town.
ship, August 30, 1831.
NOTICE.
ALL persons having claims against the .
estate of DAVID B 'RS, deceased,
are requested to present t , properly au. ! '
thenticated for settleme and those - in
debted, are alai) requested to :,
, Ball ind
~.
Charge the same without delay. ' .4 . • m ic
JACOB HERRATOR7? y
E
GEORGE BYERS, 5, -.
~ ... .
September - 6, 1831. ' • • t--2
Petersburg Invinelbles: • •
YOU will parade on Saturday the Bth of
October next, precisely at 10 o'clock,
A. M., at the house of Thomas Reed, in Pe
tersburg, with arms and accoutrements in
connplellierder, and 12 rounds of blank car
tridges. By order, •
F. S. GODFREY, lat Ser.
September 13, 1831. •
BATTALION ORDERS.
ZI HE BATTALION OF VOLUN
TEERS, cornpOsed of the .Gettys.
burl Troop, Gettysbut Guards, Lkberty
Itiflemen, and Monntpleasant
parade* of Gettysburg on
Saturday the B th
. day of October !text, pre
cis ply at 10 o'clock, w. nt. '
By Order of the . Major,
• DAVID 1800:11T,'Adjutant. .
SePtember 13 1831. - ° tP",-23
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JOHN LOOP
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