deists in christerdlom ; co irrelragablyl
do they prove the truth of ehrtsttanity,l
that I ant sure a young man who h;td been
regularly instructed i t 'heir meaning,
could never doubt afterwards of the truth
of any of its principles. If any obscurity
appears ii) these pi iutiples, it is only (to
use the words of the puet) because they
arc dark, with excessive bright.
1 know there is an objection among
many people to teach children doctrines of
any kind, because they ore likely to be
controverted. Bat where will this objec•
tion lead us ?—the being of a God, and
the obligations of morality, have both
been controverted ; antl yet who has ob•
jetted to our teaching these doctrines to
our children ?
"[he Cu? icily and capacilirs of young
people fur the mysteries of retigton, awa•
ken much sooner than is generally suppu•
01 that we have Iwo retivadiable
proof's in the Old Testameni. The licit
14 mentioned in the twelfth chapter of
And it stun come when your
children shall say unto you, 6f hat mean
-
you by this service 1" that ye shall say,
It is the sacrifice of the Lord's pas?over,
who passed over the ,houses of 'the
then of Israel it, Egypt, when fie smote the
E 4 yptians, and delivered our houses.—
And the children of Israel went away, and
'lid as the Lord had commanded Moses
and Aaron." A second proof of the de
sire of children to be instructed in the
mysteries of relivon, is to be found in the
sixth chapter of Deuteronomy. And
when thy son askelh thee in the time to
come sajing, "What mean the testimo•
nies—and the statutes—and the judg
ments which the Lord our God bath
commanded you I" Then thou shalt say
unto thy son, " We were Pharaoh's !iond
men in Egypt, and the Lord our God
brought us out with a mighty hand."—
These inquiries,from the mouths of chil
dren are quite natural; fee where is the
parent who has not had similar questions
proposed to hint by his children upon their
being first conducted to a place of wor
ship, or upon their beholding, for the first
time, either of the sacraments of our re-
Let us not be wiser than oar Maker.—
ff moral precepts alone could have re
formed mankind, the mission of the Son of
God into our wou ld, would have been un
necessary. Ile came to promulgate a sys
uf doctrines, as well us a system of
morals. The perfect morality of the gos•
pel reads upon a doctrine, which though
often controverted, luau never been refu.,
ted. I mean the vicarious life and death of
tte Sun, ut God, This sublime and inef
febte docAvine-tireli•ci n trio et otn I.he etesurd)
hypotheses of mode' n philosophers, con..
corning the foundation amoral obligation,
and fixes it nmn flu t, r nal and self ma
virg principle of Love. It concentrates a
whole system of ethics in a single text of
scripture. " A new c.nnmandment I give
unto you, that you lore one another, even
as I hare loved you." By withholding the'
knowledge of asi. aooteme Crow children.
, e deprive ourselves of the best means ot
awakening moral seqsibility in their
minds. We do more, we furnish an ar•
gement, for withholding from them a,
knowledge of the morality of the gospel
likewise ; for this, in many instances, is
as supernatural, and therefore as liable to
be controverted, as any of the doctrines ot
miricles which me mentioned in the New
Testament. The miraculous conception
of the Saviour of the world by a virgin, is
not more opposed to the ordinary course
of natural events, nor is the doctrine of
the atonement more above human reason,
than those moral precepts, which com
mand us to love our enemies, or to die fort
our friends.
111. It has been said, that the division
of the Bible into chapters and verses, ren
ti era it more difficult to read, by children,
than many other books.
By a little care in a master, this diffi
culty may be obviated, and even an ad
vantage derived from it. It may serve to
transfer the attention of the scholar to the
sense of the subject; and no!person will
ever read well, who is guided by anything
else, in his stops, emphasis, or accents.—
The division of the Bible into chapters and
verses, is not a greater obstacle to its be
ing read with ease, than the bad punctua
tion in most other books. I deliver this
stricture upon other books, from the au
thority of Mr. Rice, the celebrated author
of the art of speaking, whom 1 heard de
clare in a large company in London, that
he had never seen a book properly pointed
in the English Language. Ile exempli•
fied, notwithstanding, by reading to the
same company a passage from Milton, his
perfect knowledge of the art of reading.
Some people, I know, have proposed to
introduce extracts from the Bible into our
schools, instead of the Bible itself. Many
excellent works of this kind, are in print,
but if we admit any one of them, we shall
have the same inundation of them that we
have had of grammars, spelling books, and
lessons for children, many of which are
published for the benefit of the author
only, and all of them have tended greatly
to increase the expense of education.—
Besides, these extracts or abridgements of
the Bible. often contain the tenets of par.
titular sects or persons, and therefore,
may be improper for schools composed of
the children of the different sects of chris•
(inns. The Bible is a cheap book, and is
to be hand in every bookstore. It is,
moreover, esteemed and preferred by all
sects t because each finds its peculiar
doctrine in it. It should therefore be used
/11 preference to any abiidgement of it, or
histories extracted from it.
I have heard it proposed that a portiOn
ot the B ble should be read every day by
Of
dren in it: But this is a poor substitute'
for obliging children to read it as a scht.ol
book ; for by this means we insensibly ens
grare, as it were, its contents upon their
minds ; and it has been remit ked that
children. instructed in this way in the
scriptures, seldom forget any fart of them.
They have the same advantage over those
parsons, who have only heard the scrip
ture read by a master, that a man wits has
worked with the tools of a median cal em-
ployrnent tor several years, has over the
;man who has only stood a few hours in a
work shop and seen the same business)
carried on by other people.
In this defence of the use of the Bible
as a school book, I beg you would not
think that I suppose the Bible to .contatt,
the only revelation which God has made
to mu. I believe it an internal revelation,
.._ .
or a moral principle, which God has im
planted in the heart of every man, as the
precursor of his final dominion over the
whole human race. How much this in•
ternal revelation accords with the exter
nal, remains yet to be explored by phito
sophers. 1 am disposed to believe, tha
most of the doctrines of -christianity re
vealed in the Bible might be discovered)
by close examination of all the principles
rot the actions in man: But who is equal
)Ito such an enquiry? It certainly does not
suit the natural indolence, or laborious
employments of a great majority of man
kind. The internal revelation of the
gospel may be compared to the straigh
line which is made through a wilderness
by the assistance of a compass to a distant
cr.untry, which few are able to discover,
while the Bible resembles a public road to
the same country, which is wide, plain,
and easily found. '1 And a highway shall
be there, and it shall be called the way of
holiness. The way fining men, though
fools, shall not err therein."
Neither let me in this place exclude the
Revelation which God bath made of him•
self to man in the works of creation. I
am far from wishing to lessen the :nflu
ence of this species of Revelation upon
mankind. But the knowledge of God
obtained from this source, is obscure and
feeble in its operation, compared with that,
which is derived from the Bible, ThH
visible creation speaks of Deily in hiero-'
glyphics, while the Bible describes all his
attributes and perfections in such plain,
sod familiar language, that "he who roars
may read."
Flow kindly has our maker delt with
his creatures, in providing three eifferent
cords to drive them to himself: But how
weakly do some men acs, who suspend
their faith and hopes. upon only one of
them! By laying held of them all they
would approach more speedily and cer
tainly to the centre of all happ.ness.
To the askumesits I have mentioned in I
favor of the use of the Bible as a school I
book, I shall add a few reflections.
'lle present fashionable practice of re- i
jecting the Bible temp our schools. t . sus-
pect 5..6 otiginateli wills the ileit. •I hey
discover great ingenuity ii, this new mode
ut at tat.hing christianity. 11 they proceed
in it, they will do inure in half a century,
in extripaiing our religion, that Boling
broke or Voltaire could have effected in a
thousand years. lam not writing to this
clasas of people. 1 despair of changing
the opinion of any of them. I wish only
to alter the opinions of those lukewarm,
and superstitious christians, who have
been mislead by deists upon this subject.
On the ground of the good old custom, of
using the Bible as a school book, it be
comes us to entrench our religion. it is
the last bulwark the deists have lett it;
for they have rendered instruction in the
principles of christianity by the pulpit
and the press so unfashionable, that little
good for many years seems to have been
done by either of them.
The effects of tire disuse of the Bible, as
LI school book, have appeared of late to the
neglect and even contempt with which
scripture names are treated by many
people. It is because parents have not
been early taught to know or respect the
characters and exploits of the Old and
New Testament worthies, that their
names are exchanged tor those of the
mondern kings of Europe, or of the prin
cipal characters in novels and rernances.
I conceive there may be some advantage
in bearing scripture names. It may lead
the persons who bear them, to study that
part of the scriptures. in which their
names are mentioned, with uncominon l
attention, and perhaps it may excite a de-,
sire in them to possess the talants or vir
tues of their ancient namesakes. This'
remark first occurred to me, upon hear
ing a pious woman whose name was Mary,
say, that the first passage of die Bible,
which made a serious impression on her
mind, were those interesting chapters and
verses in which the name of Mary is men
tioned in the New Testament.
It is a siegalar fact, that while the
names of the kings and emperors of Ro;ne,
are now given chiefly to horses and dogs,
scripture names have hitherto been confi
ned to the human species. Let enemies
and contemners of those names take care,
lest the names of more modern kings be
given hereafter only to the same animals
of an inferior species.
It is with great pleasure, that I have!
observed the Bible to be the only book
read in the Sunday schools in England.—
We have adopted the same practice in the
Sunday schools, lately established in this
city. This will give our religion (human
ly speaking) the chance of a longer life in
our country. We hear much of the per
sons educated in free schools in England,
turning out well in the various walks of
lite. I have inquired into the cause of it,
and have satisfied myself, that it is who'.
'v t.. be at,clltti: %,:. the Gc . ... ,- . 1 - 41 rase el the
The llecisiou of the Mackett-
Bible in those schools, for it seems the
l e hildren of pour people are of too little zie Court Martial.
The Madisonian, of Thursday evening,
consequence to be guar
tied bout the sup
posed evi s of reading the scriptures in
üblishes Officially the finding of the Com t
early life, or in an unconsecrated school
Martial in the case of Commander Mack
house. enzie. The decision is the same as we
However great the benefits of reading
have heretofore put.lished—that is, that
the scripture in schools have been, 1 can-
none of the specifications of the charesl
not help remarking, that these Lenefits
m io , e w r s e : proven. The verdict reads as fol•
might be much greater, did schoolmasters .
take more pains to explain them to their ) '
The Court do therefore acquit Com
scholars. Del they demonstrate the di
! mander Alexander S. Mackenzie of all
vine original of the. Bible front the purity,
the charges and specifications preferred
consistency, and benevolence of its doc- against hint by the Secretary of the Navy.
trines and precepts—did they explain the ..-,
the decision of the President is thus
meaning of the livitical institutions, and
officiallyi , ally announced, by which it will be
show their application to the numeldlis
seen, the verdict of the Court Mar-,
an-d successive gospel dispensations — did'
tial was "simply confirmed''--not approv
they inform their pupils that the gross and
ed—hut the result is the same, Common
-
abominable vices of the Jews were recur
der Mackenzie is relieved from all ten
ded only as proofs of the depravity of hu•
sure in the premises.
man nature, and of the insufiliciency of
As these charges involved the life of
the law, to produce mot al virtue and
the accused, unties the finding, is in his fa
therebylo establish the necessity and per
, von, lie is entitled to the benefit of it, as in
perfection of the the analogous case of a verdict of not
as the hest rule of euilty before a civil court, and there is no
above all, did they often enforce stei re di n s - -
courses of our Saviour , 'power which can constitutionally deprive
life, and the surest guide to happiness,
him of that benefit. The finding, there
how great would be the influence of ou •
fore, is simple confirmed, and carried into
schools upon the order and prosperity
effect, without any expression of approba
of our country I Such a mode of instruc-
tion on the part of the President; no such
ting children in the christian religion,
expression being necessary.
would convey knowledge into their under- We find the following paragraph in the
standings, and would therefore be prefer-
N. Y. Journal of Commerce :
able to teaching them creeds, and cater
cltisms, which too often convey, i Case of Capt. Mackenzic.—We learn
the u ? r t ' from an undoubted source, that although
knowledge, but words only, into
the decision of the Court Martial in Capt.
memories. 1 think lam not too sanguin e Mackenzie's case was technically in favor
,
in believing, that education, conducted '
this manner, would in the course of two of acquittal, as before announced, a ma
jority of the ineinbrs, v;z. seven out of
twelve were of opinions that the charges,
generations, eradicate infidelity from
among us, and render civil government,
or some of them, had been proved, In
scarcely necessary in our country. order to a conviction the voice of two.
thirds of the members was necessary
In contemplating the pololitical insti
tutiiins of the United states, 1 lament,
One inure vote in favor of conviction would
that we waste so much dine and money
in have changed the result.
punishing crimes, and take so little pains
to prevent them. We profess to be re
publicans, and yet we neglect the only
means of establishing and perpetuating our
republican forms of government, that Is,
the universal education of our youth in
the principles of cliriArtsnity, by weans of
the Bible; fur this Oivitie book, above all
others, favours that equality among man
kind, that respect for just laws, and all
those sober and frugal virtues which con
stitute the soul of republicanism.
1 have now only to apologize for having
addressed this letter to you, alter having
been assured by you, that your °pod. n,
respecting the use of the Bible ,is a school
book coincided with mine. My excuse for
what I have done is, that i knew you
were qualified by sour nowledge. and di,
posed by your zest in the cause or troth;
to correct all the errors you would die
cover in my letter. Perhaps a further
apology may be necessary fur my having!
isiesuined to write upon a subject so much i
above my ordinary studies. My excuse I
for it ~ oust 1 thought a single mite from
a member of a profession, which has been
frequently charged with scepticism in re
ligion, might attract the notice of persons
who had overlooked the more ample con
*ibutions upon this subject, of gentlemen
of other prolessions. With great respect,
I am, dear sir, you sincere friend.
BENJAMIN RUSH.
Pliladelphia, March 10, 1791,
Mexico—Texan Prisoners.
The New Orleans Tropic of the sth
inst. says--
Letters were received in this city from
Mexico, yesterday, conveying very late
and melancholy intelligence. The report
of the escape and recapture of the Mier
prisoners is fully confirmed.
We learn with tie deepest feelings of
regret that Doctor Richard F. Breuhan►
was well known in this city and was much
beloved. His death will be most sincere
ly regretted.
At the time of the escape, Col. Fisher,
Col. Green, and three other officers were
ahead of the main body. Capt. Reese,
and nine others refused to join in the res
cue. The main body of the prisoners
made their way towards Texas by the
route known as Col. Jordan's; they were
pursued and surrounded by the Mexicans
and forced to surrender. Cola. Fish •r
and Green's party had arrived at Taco
baya, a atnall village four or 5 miles from
Mexico. Gen. Bravo immediately issued
an order directing that the party that
escaped at Salado, should be decimated
and shut.
. The commander of the guard refused to
execute the order. Santa Anna then or
dered the whole party to be shot! Through
the intercession, probably, of General
Thompson, and others, this order was
countermanded, and the original order for
declination was renewed. Strong hopes
were entertained in Mexico that this last
order had also been revoked.
Messrs. U. B. Crittenden, Judge Hu tch
linson, Maverick, and W. B. Jones have
been released by Santa Anna as a person
al favor to Gen. Thompson. Van Ness
was at Tacubaya.
HOW TO FIGURE UP A WHIG VICTORY.
—By the following chain of reason
ing, the Jonesborough Whig makes out a
W hitt victory in Maitre county, Tenn:
"A Mr. Swan, of the Democratic pat ty,
has been convicted of murder in the first
degree, in Monroe coo' ty, in this State,
and sentenced to he hung by Judge Scott.
And a Mr. Burton has been elected to
the Penitentiary for 1 year for hog steal.
ing, front the same county. 'the Loco
Focus of that county only had about jour
of a majority over the W higs, and fee of
them have now been sent to the Peniten
tiary, and one is to be burg, to that the
ccovit: , i; Whig,"
[From the Pittsburg Matulacturer.]
A liyoUgit Story.
The Cincinnati Sun gives, what it calls
the "Full Particulars of the Wonderful
Sights seen by the Pilot of the %Van. Penn
in the Sky, on Tuesday night, March 21."
We do not know what to make of it up - on
the whole; for we cannot think that the
editor would attempt to hoax the public
with such a story, if he did not think it
true.
About 11 or 12 o'clock, P. M., it being
a starlight tight, Mr. Francis, the Pilot,
saw a light burst forth which appeared to
light up the whole face or the earth. The
Captain, who was sitting in the cabin at
the time, also saw the light anti ran to the
guard to discover the cause.
Mr. Francis now being very anxious to
discover •r ran et. 1,11. ..worn
looked diligently out at the side of the pi•
lot house, in rather a southwest course,
but nearly over head, when he saw the
outlines of a Serpent in the sky, in a crook
ed position, except the tail which was
straight, the head toward the east. It
turned to a livid bright red, deep and aw
ful, and remained stationary in the stars.
Mr. Francis watched it for two or three
minutes when the tail part disappeared
nearly to the middle, and the remainder
in a gradual manner formed into a dis
tinct Roman
Mr. F. had time now to mind the chan.
nel of the river, and deliberate upon the
beauty and grandeur of a letter in the skyl
It was veinal kably interesting to him, as
may well be supposed, from the accuracy
of its formation. After about one minute
and a half, he watched it and the boat al-
ternately, it changed, turning into a dis
tinct
as perfect as ever was seen, in which poi
sttion it remained as before. Mr. F. sta
ted that he was surprised greatly at this,
but not scared or frightened in the least,
• and immediately tapped the bell l'or the
Captain to witness the scene. The Cap
tain did not come immediately, but alter
a moment or two appeared, but ere this
the figure in the heavens had changed in •
to a distinct letter
The Captain said , to Mr. F. 'What's
wanting ?'
'Come here quick,' said Mr. F. 'and
look up yonder, did you ever see the like?'
The Captain answered, '1 see it!' and
looked at it till it disappeared.
Mr. F. states that %Oleo the 0 turned to
a 1) it formed a kind of oblong shape and
then came straight on one side as a D
should be. When it disappeared, it turn.
ed into the same oblong shape as before,
and gradually the sky returned to its
original appearance.
Mr. Francis states that he did not leave
the wheel of the boat, but steered it to
this city. lie declares that let others'
think or say as they will, what he has re
lated is strictly true. He is no Millerite,
neither is he crazy or frightened, and if
ladies or gentlemen will call upon hint he
will convince them that what he has told
is truth. Captain Pratzman remarked at
the time that it was something quite
inexplicable, and was sorry he did not
come to the deck sooner, so as to have
had a full view of this grand, wonderful
and unaccountable phenomenon.
An DMAD AS A HERRING,—The herring
is a delicate fish, which is killed by a ve
ry small degree of violence. Whenever
it is taken out of the water, even though
It seems to have received nu hurt, it gives
a wield: and instantly expires; and though
it he thrown instantly back into the water
it never recovers; hence arose th^ proverb
d.:a2 f; a 1-,zrt
THE SUOCKIXO .711 UR.
DER or 1
We are indebted to the Baltimore Sun
for the particulars of a most frightful
murder. The Baltimore Patriot also fur
nishes us an account of the shocking tra
gedy :
The name of the guilty demon is Adam
Horn, and that of the victim, Melinda
Horn, his wife, residiog about 22 miles
from Baltimore, on the Hanover turnpike
'road, near the Blue Bell tavern. 'the un
fortunate victim, it appears, had mysteri
ously disappeared from her home about
lour weeks, since, and so intelligence
could be had of her. The anxiety and
suspicion of the neighbors becoming exci
ted, they determined to institute search
for her, and succeeded in finding the body
enveloped in a coffee bag, in a ditch of a
field hooting the house, where it had beer,
thrown. 'I he legs and arms had been se
! vered from it, and were subsequently
found wrapped up in a course cloth, in the
lupper part of the back building of the
(house in which the husband resided. The
head had been cut entirely oft, and has not
lyet been discovered. The deceased was
about eighteen years of age, and had been
! married some twelve or fifteen months,—
. Her delicate situation at the time of the
terrible event, was such as to render the.
• murder a double one. An inquest WAS
held over the body by Justice Bushey, and
a verdict rendered of death by the hands
of some one unknown to the jury. Cir.
eumstances, we are informed, tended
strongly to fasten suspicion'tipon the bus
b uul. Ile is said to have so ill treated
his wife as to cause her to leave him sonic
time lust fall, hut she again returned, and
was subject to frequent misusage§ on sub.
Isequent occasions. Apprehending, 'mai-
I bly, that the body might be discovered, he
left his home, and was last seen about live
miles from Baltimore, on his way to the
city, carrying a small bundle. The neigh
burs are now in pursuit of him. Ile is
!about 45 years of age, 5 feet 6 inches
high, somewhat nock-marked, in a tailor
by trade, and was, when he left, dressed
in a blue frock coat, gray pantaloons, and
a black tat. He had pursued his trade,
and kept, in addition, a small grocery
store.
On Thursday last, John Horn alias Ad- 1
am Horn was arrested in Philadelphia,'
and committed on suspicion of being the
petpetratorof the horrid murder above
detailed. The next day he had another
hearing, which resulted in his commit
ment:to await the requisition of the Guv•
ernur of Maryland.
Arrest of a supposed 11Iur•
derer.
We copy the knowing from the Phila.
ilelqhia United States Gazette of the alud
inst.
There is every probability for the belief
that the perpetrator of the inhuman tour
der of the aged M r. and Mrs. Parthemore,
near Harrisburg, has been brought within
the reach of justice. It will be remem
bered that the day after the murder was
committed two men were arrested in an
adjoining county, one of whom wag per
mitted, on examination, to go at large,
and the other was detained. The one
who was freed went to Reading, and there
commenced an acquaintance with Mr.
Robert Mc Whorter, one of the hands em
ployed about the rail road depot at that
place; and to him he stated that he was
the wood chopper who had been arrested
and discharged. His manner was some
what wild, and he appeared to have a
dread of being alone in the dark, and was
apparently desirous of telling him a secret
which he had. He finally confessed to
McWhorter that it was he who committed
the murder, giving as his object the desire
to obtain money to get back to Ireland,
of which he was a native. McWhorter
saw him leave Reading the next morning
in the train of cars fur this city, and short
ly after communicated the facts matte
known to him, to J ustice Betz of Reading,
who immediately took his affidavit and
forwarded it to Recorder Vaux of this city.
Mr. Vaux on its reception bestirred him
self actively to ferret out the fellow, but
his arrest was consummated in another
way.
On Thursday afternoon the mate of the
ship Monongahela, lying at Cope's wharf,
lodged information at the Mayor's Office.
concerning a man who had offered an ad.
ditional rate for a steerage passage to Liv
erpool. on condition that lie might be im
mediately taken on board and secreted.
He was put into a safe place until the offi
cers arrived, when he was conveyed be.
fire the Recorder, by whom he was fully
committed.
Mason is small in size, and is between '
SO and 40 years of age. His clothes
were strained in a manner which looks
very like blood, and his manner of an
swering questions is confused and contra
dictory. There can be but little doubt
but that lie is the guilty person.
The Lycommg Gazette, Berwick Sen
tinel, and Columbia Spy, have read this
paper out of the party—not by any means
out of the democratic party--but out of
the present Canal Commissioner's party
—of which their presumed owners are
such disinterested supporters. The own
er of the first being a collector of tolls at
two dollars a day--the second being a col-.
lector of tolls at two dollars a day— the
third being a collector of tolls at two dol.
tars and a half a day, and two clerks.—
they are very patriotic party men indeed
and who can doubt their disinterested•
11101 ! dnr,Ocrst t.az!:,•,—Berrter.
THE HUNTINGDON JONI
- -
Huntingdon, April 26, 11442 i
"Ore country, one constitution, one deafly."
V. B. PALMER, Esq. (No. 104 S. 3rd St
Philadelphia,) is authorized to act as Agent
for this paper, to procure subscriptions and
advertisements.
"FRIENDSHIP'S OFFERtNa."—Whoever
hollowed this Annual" for the year
ISS6, trom a person in this Borough, is
requested to return it to the owner, or to
this office, if the owner is unknown .
Huntingdon, April 12, 1813.—tr.
(Kr Last week, on motion ofJ. M. Bell,
Esq., JAMES SEWELL STEWARC was ad
mitted us an Attorney to practice law in
the several Courts of this county.
Adjourned Court.
An Adjourned Court of Common Pleas
for this county, will be held in June next.
It will commence on the third Monday
(and 19th day) of the month, and continue
two weeks. The causes on the list for
the April Term, remaining undisposed of,
will constitute the trial list for the Ad
journed Court.
EDITORIAL CIIANGE.—Judge TitomAs
Bantu has purchased the Pittsburg Ad
vocate establishment, anti announced
himself as the !ditor of that paper.
0:7" We tender our thanks to Messrs.
BLAIR and MIVILLtaxa, of the House of
Representatives, and to Ma. MATIIER3,
of the Senate, for their kind attentions to
U 3 during the session of the Legislature
just terminated.
07 . ' HENRY MEHAFFEY, charged with
fraudulent insolvency, escaped from the
Jail of Lancaster county, on the 9th inst.
' A reward of $l9O is offered fur hie appre.
hension. 11e came MI with more honor
than if he had got a Previous Pardon.
JACOB FOREMAN.—We aro pleased to
see that this fellow, who turned traitor to
Ilia ctmatituents and voted to austoin the
veto of the Canal Commissioners Bill, i 4
universally discarded by his party. lie
must associate with T i ler and Porter.
Countertells.
Counterfeit 5, 10, 20 and 50 dollar notes
of the Lancaster County Bunk (Pd.) have
lately made their appearance. They are
altered from broken Southwark Savings
Institution. Signed F. Roberts, cashier;
Benkert, president. The genuine notes
are signed Robert D. Carson, cashier ;
John Landes, president.
Resumption.
The Bank of Pennsylvania has resumed
specie payments, not only of its notes,
but of all its liabilities.
It is said that the Lewistown Bank has
also resumed specie payments.
Ejectment Case.
The case of William Foster's Execu
tors against William 11I'Divitt occupied
the attention of. the Court the whole of
last week. On Saturday, about noon, the
jury went out, and at the meeting of the
Court in the afternoon returned with a
verdict fur the defendant.
The Reform Bill.
The Bill to reduce the Expenses of the
Government, usually called the "Re
form Bill," which passed both branches of
the Legislature,has become a law without
the Governor's signature. Being opposed
to retrenchment in the expenses of the
Government, the Governor refused to sign
the bill ; and knowing that it would be
passed by the constitutional vote of two
thirds, he dared not veto it. Having held
it ten days without action of any kind
thereon, it became a law ipso facto, or per
Be, as a very contemptible personage 'at
Washington would say. For this bill,
which saves to the Commonwealth about
THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND
DOLLA RS annually, the people are in•
debted solely to the Whigs and a small
but patriotic band of Ant►-Porter
The Governor and his faction were oppos
ed to it throughout.
'lime following synopsis of the bill we
take from the Harrisburg Telegraph of
the sth instant.
SECTION 1. Fixes the Governor's sala
ry, from the commencement of the pent
term, January, 1844 at 83,000.
.
Sae. 2. 'the Chief Justice and Associ
ate Justices of the . Supreme Court who
may he hereafter appointed, to receiv.,
re•ipectivety SI,BCO and BI,COO per an-