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1 tl:irAs requested, we copy the following
from the Harrisburg Chronicle; and respect
fully call the attention of our County Com-
missioners to the same:—
Conaton Scnoot.s.—By the 6th Section
of the act to establish a General Systerri o
Education by Common Schools, it is made
*the duty of the County Commissioners
throughout the State. to reprt to the Secre
tary of the Commonwealth an account of
the proceedings of the delegate meetings
held under this law in their respective coun
ties. We understand that no reports have
been received of the meetings held in No
vember, from the following named counties:
ADAMS, Armstrong, Bed ford, - Berks, But
ler, Cumberland, Columbia, Clearfield,
Crawford, Delaware, Franklin, Greene, Ju
niata, Lebanon, Luzerno, Lycoming, Mer
cer, Pike, Perry, Potter, Somerset, Tioga,
Dnion,Venango,Westmoreland and Wayne.
It is hoped that the Commissioners of
these counties will attend to this duty with
out delay, that the Secretary may be ena
bled to make the report to the Legislature
which the same law requires from him as
Superintendent of the Common Schools.
o:7in the Senate, on the 18th inst. Mr.
Geiger called up his resolution for repealing
or suspending the School Law; but the Sen
ate refused to proceed to its consideration.
Oz Petitions were presented on the 17th
inst. by Messrs. MeSherry, Middleswarth
and Snyder, for the laying of rails on the
Columbia bridge.
pursuance of Mr. McSrinnny's
resolution, offered the day previous, Mr.
Reed, from the Committee on Claims, on
the 18th inst. made a Report, from which
it appears that the rules adopted by them
relative to persons asking pensions, are the
same as those adopted by the Senate Com
mittee—land which will be found on ttie
first page of to•day's paper, headed "For
Revolutionary Soldieral—with one addi
tional rule, which, the report states, "has
arisen from the following state of facts: In
many cases where, at former sessions of the
Legislature, gratuities were allowed, the
papers have been withdrawn and presented
anew, without additional evidence for a re
petition of the allowance. The effect of this
Would be, to interrupt the course of ordina
ry legislation, and by an indirect mode of
. procedure, to give a virtual annuity for ser
• vices only entitling the applicant to a gratui
ty. In alfsuch cases the committee have
rejected the application for relief."
On the_l9th,:"Mr." McSunnily moved
that the House,proceed to the second read
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of the resolution attached to the report
upon the petition of Capt. David Wilson, an
Old zoldier, that the committee be d6charg
ed,—agreed to."
And on the 20th, the same gentleman
"obtained leave to withdraw the petition and
documents of Capt. David Wilson, a Soldier
of the Revolution."
flztrin the United States Senate, on the
23d inst. Mr. CLAY, from the Select Corn.
rnittee appointed on the part of the Senate,
to consider and report upOn the manner in
which the resolution of June last, relative to
the death of Gen. LAFAYETTE, should be
carried into effect, reported the following
resolution, which has been dopted by both
Houses of Congress:
Resolved by the Senate and Rouse of
Reprotentatives, That Wednesday the 3lst
inst. be the time assigned for the delivery of
the Oration by JOHN QUINCY ADAMS, be
fore the two Houses of Congress, on the life
and character of Gen. LtrAircrrE.
That the two Houses shall be called to
order by their presiding officers, at the usual
hour, and the journal of the—pieceding day
shall be read, but all legislativribusiness shall
be suspended on that day.
That the oration shall be delivered at half
past• 12 o'clock in the Hall of the House of
Representatives:
That the President of the United States,
'and the Heads of the several Departments,
the French - Miniver and members of the
French Legation, and all the other Foreign
14finistere at the seat of Government and the
members of their respective Legations, be
invited to attend on that occasion, by the
Chairman of the Joint Committee.
' That the 'President of the United States,
'.the Beads ot the several Departments, the
French "Minister and members of the French
Legation, the other Foreign Ministers at the
eettt of Government, and the members of
their ruspectitin Legations, and John Quin•
cy Adams, be requested to wisemble at halt
'peat 12 o'clock, P. AI- in the Senate Chum
r, and that they, with the Senate, shall be
at* tended by the Joint Committee to the Hall
Or the Homo of Representatives.
That the galleries. of the House; under
the of its officers, shall be opened
on that day for the accommodation of such
.iittreaa is may think proper to attend.
Foreign • and Dosnexiic Intelligence,
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KT - Extract from the late message of Gov.
TAZEWF.LL, to the Legislature of Virginia.
"Millions of the public treasure deposited
where none hut the favored few can tell;
guarded (if guarded at all) by unknown con
trivances,
devised by the same heads, and
distributed, not in compliance with any pre
scribed rule of late,. but according to the
whims or designs of those who claim the
actual control of it, have contributed to de.
range the circulation, and to corrupt the
currency of the country. The natural effect
of such a state of things must be to impair
the credit ofindividuals,and their confidence
in each other. From this must result the
decline of industry, and the prostration of
usefu! enterprize. Such a condition cannot
continue long in quiet. It is therefore, the
duty of the Government which has caused
it, and which alone possesses the means of
remedying the evil, to undertake its cure
speedily. This task, although probably
more difficult now than formerly; yet pre
sents no insuperable obstacle. Common in
telligence sincerely striving to accomplish
an object required alike by the welfare of
individuals, and the public good, is fully ade
quate to its achievement. Then, let us still
hope, that the imminent peril in which, the
community is placed by the ill-advised acts
and omissions of the Government of the U.
States, will be of but short continuance, now
that their effects have been seen. Never.
theless, if this is suffered still to exist, let
the people and the States continue to bear it
with fortitude, remembering always, that
the time will soon arrive, when they will
have an opportunity to redress themselves in
the regular, orderly and accustomed mode."
OFFICIAL REPORTS.
THE REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF
WAR, which accompanied the President's
message, is a sensible business paper, but it
has omitted one important item, which in
times like the present, when rumors of war
are afloat, would have been acceptable. It
says not a word upon the actual extent of
our army, but referg to the reports "of the
Major General and of other heads of bu
reaus," which are accessible to very few
readers. In relation to the frauds commit.
ted on the pension fund, the Secretary en
ters into much detail, and intimates his be
lief that they may have been far more ex
tensive than has been generally supposed.
The means resorted to have embraced per
jury, by which official attestations and seals
of courts have been obtained,--the transfer
of seals from one document to another—
and absolute forgery in the preparation of
the whole papers. The extent of these
frauds as far as discovered has almost de
stroyed confidenceltl - the validity of genuine
certificates, and the Secreqry urges an
immediate revision of the laws; so as to pre
vent further impositions.
Upon the subject of the Indians, we are
informed that the Cherokees have not con
sented to migrate to the West—that the
number of Indians of various tribes which
have been removed to the tract of land con
taining upwards of a hundred millions o
acres sat apart by the government as their
permanent residence, is thirty thousand,and
the number yet to be removed in conformity
with existing treaties, fifty thousand. This
extensive body of land which covers an area
of 156,250 square miles, allows nearly two
square miles to each Indian, if the native
tribes of which the number is not given, be
omitted. It is deemed by the Secretary
highly probable, that their proximity to the
native tribes will lead to col:isions with the
latter, and we should also think with one
another, and Indian Wars will probably be
carried on, until the race becomes extinct.
The Cumberland road, east of Wheeling,
will soon be completed, and no additional
appropriation will be required. An in
crease of the number of officers in the En.
-gineer Corps is asked for. A-re-organiza
tion of the Topographical Corps is recom
mended, and its being merged with the Civ:,
it Engineers suggested.
In reference to the Delaware Breakwater,
an important fact as connected with the in
terests of the port of Philadelphia, is brought
into view. It seems that for. some time
past, gradual depositions of sand have been
made in the neighborhood of the work,
which have reduced the depth of the water,
and during the present season, these have
been so extensive in the artificial harbor, as
to have excited serious apprehensions-as to
the result• A thorough examination into
the matter by scientific men was made, but
the substance of the report is not uiven---
For the completion of this work $lOO,OOO
is called for, and has been included in the
estimate of the department.—Phil. Gaz.
THE REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF TIM
NAVY, containing little of importance, save
the annual statistics, we will for the present
content ourselves with a brief account of its
contents. The navy consists of:
Now building, six ships.of the/line, and
seven frigates.
In ordinary five ships of the line, 2 frigates
and six sloops of war.
In commission, one ship of the line, 4
frigates, eight sloops of war and six schoon
ers.
Total, twelveships of the line, 13 frigates,
fourteen sloops of war and Six schooners.
To c cojaplete those building, and repair
those out of order $2,889,640 will be re•
qui red.
In addition to these, it appears that we
may commence the bnilding of five shies of
the line, eleven frigates, seven sloops of war
and two schooners.
Our vessels in commission during the past
year, have been employed, as heretotbre, in
protecting our commerce in the Mediterra
nean, in the West Indies, on the coast of
Brazil, and in the Pacific Ocean.
Our naval farce consisting of commission
ed and warrant officers, petty officers, sea
men, landsmen and boys, amounts to 6,072;
and our marine corps under its new organi
zation, will consist of commissioned officers,
non-commissioned officers, musicians and
U - it G ST A R
lerattere,
Privates, to the number of 1293. Total
7,355.
The report informs its that the Dry Docks
at Boston and Norfolk are fully successful,
and recommends one at New York. It al
so recommends the construction of several
steam batteries forexperiments; the increase
of the salaries of commanders on foreign
stations; and the removal of the marine bar
racks out of the Navy Yards. It gives a
statement of the Navy pension fund, its dis
bursements and the number of pensioners;
it informs us that the surveys of the coast
have been delayed by the transfer_of that
duty to the navy department, and asks an
ap:iropriation of $30,000 for its prosecution;
it states that the experiment on the safety
°relearn engines directed by Congress have
not been made, and mentions that the sate
of the naval asylum in this county has been
ceded to the general government by this
commonwealth.
The report is an ordinary performance,
containing nothing worthy of remark or
praise, and written in a style that would
neither have distuomished nor disgraced any
of the clerks in the department.—lind.
POLITICAL.
Honest GEORGE KREMER has been nomi
nated by a public meeting of his friends in
Union county, Pa. as a candidate for Gov
ernor of the State, to ho supported by the
faithful instead of Gov. Wolf.
Among the many absurd and disorgani
zing doctrines which "the madness of par.
ty" has recently broached, none appears to
us more repugnant to the dictates of com
mon sense, mid at war with the plain letter
and unquestionable intention of the framers
of the Federal Constitution, than that bold
political heresy which would require a Sen
ator of the United States—elected, uncon
ditionally, for six years, and placed in a po
sition designed to be removed as far as pos
sible from the influence of fluctuating party
ascendancy and intolerance—a position in
which, while they stand peculiarly as the
representatives of the States, they also act
in a great measure as the balance wheel in
the machinery of our government—we say,
it strikes us as utter subversion of the prin
ciples upon which this branch of our politi
cal system was established, and hitherto re
garded, to hold that a Senator is bound to
resign his trust whenever the Legislature of
'is State shall happen to have a majority of
members differing from him on certain po
litical questions—For, were such a principle
allowed to govern, the Senate would be di
yest'ed of its conservative character, be
speedily shorn of its independence, lose its
efficiency as a check upon other departments
of the government, if indeed it should not
be an entirely useless body.[Frank. Whig.
The "Intelligencer" at Harrisbur g is out
decidedly;' in favor of Gen. Harrison , for the
Presidency. His claims are not very ap
parent, thouth his military character may
draw to him considerable support. There
is but one man who can take the vote of
Pennsvlvania out of the hands of the Kitch
en Cabinet, and that is JOHN MCLEAN of
Ohio. H. 6 high moral character, and cor
rect business habits, places him high in the
estimation of the people of this State, and
will ensure to him their support. We are
sorry he is not more of a favorite with the
Editor bf the Intelligencer.—Carlisle Exp.-
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS.
It has been stated that Mr. SILSBEE, one
of the U. S. Senators from Massachusetts,
whose term will expire on the 3rd of March,
declines being a candidate for reelection,
and has expressed a determination to retire
from public life. Mr. Silsbee has been a
faithful public servant, and true representa
tive; and, after a long and active term of
service in the public councils of the nation
—should such be his determination—may
retire with honor, and with the esteem and
confidence of his constituents unimpaired.
Under these circumstances, the question of
asuitable successor to Mr. S. in the 'Senate
of tho United States, has como up with con
siderable force among the W higs of Massa
chusetts. And, as mentioned yesterday, a
mong the names most prominently brought
forward with this view, by the public voice,
is that of Jottx QUINCY ADAMS. Other
good men and true have been named for this
exalted trust--but why need we go further?
Taking into account his high personal and
public character, great attainments, long
experience in business, and uncompromising
honesty of heart and.kurpose, under every
change of position and eitcumstance—where
could-old Massacliiii - etts find, among her dis
tinguished hens, a more suitable representa
tive on the floor of the Senate. than John
Quincy Adams? Truly we may say, with
out disparagement to the leading worthies
of that. State, we know of none, in whom
she might confide this trust, with more itn
plicit reliance, for its faithful and able exe
cation. It is not the custom of Missachu •
setts to confide her posts of honor or trust
to incompetent hands. tier choice, there
fire, on this occasion, fall where it may, will
be such as to detract nothing from the dig
nity of her course and character, or from the
value of the example which she sets, in this
connection, to some of her sister States.—
Searching as is the ordeal—prominent to
the view of the Union, as is the Senate of
the United States, we du not fear that the
object of her selection will be•found wanting
to himself or to the State which thus con
fides in him. Yet, we repeat, there is per
haps no one of her list of distinguished men
and tried statesmen, who, reference to
this appointment, would so generally attract
and concentrate the public reg ard, both in
and out of Massachusetts, as he whom we
have above designated. And should the
choice of Massachusetts take. that direction,
it might he assumed with confidence as the
general verdiCt, that she had chosen wisely
and well.
And now, with regard to the next Prest
dencv!. if, as some contend, the hat of:wor
thies already named liar that high offiee,con.
Seknee, .11griculture, the 61•Techanic artfi, Internal Improvement, and GeneraVetfixeeltany.
tams no one on whom the whole opposition
can or will rally, a position which we mere
ly state, but do not affirm—what is to hin
der the honest men throughout the Union
from uniting upon such a wan as John Quin
eyeams? Is he not honest and capable,
and fitithful to the Constitution?
When the moral epidemic shall disap
pear, which has afflicted our country for
seven years past, and the above questiol a
shall again come up, as guides to the people
in their choice of public functionaries, there
are few men, of all the distinguished of our
land, who need less fear the response, than
Mr. Adams. In the days of Kitchen
net rule, and of col/arum, it would be quite
useless to look towards such men as Mr.
I Adams. And let 11-e issue come when it
may—and whether the rally of the honest
and disinterested is - in tiivor of Mr. A. or of
some other honest statesman, we may he
perfectly assured that the Kitchen Cabinet
and the collar men will oppose him. And
for this plain reason that neither he nor any
other honest and capable man would suit
their purposes! For the same reason, among
others, the PEOPLE OF THE UNION, who
have no tntere•it in the matter,separate from
good and virtuous government, should unite
upon some man known to be honest awl ca
pable, and therefore known to be opposed to
Kitchen Cabinets and collarism. Many
such, we trust, there are. That the PE°.
ME may unite upon one, is our earnest wish.
UNION On their part, is all that is necessary
to success. And we see not why they
might not unite upon Mr. Adams, or some
other well tried statesman, equally honest
and capable.—Baltimore Pat.
AGE OF r rs.—This is truly
the age of experiments! 'Spain and Portu
gal are trying the experiment of petticoat
government—England is experimenting on
her West India possessions—Louis Philip
pe is experimenting upon the patience of the
French—the Autocrat steadily pursues his
experiment upon Turkey—the Sultan Malt
aloud continues his experiment of introduc
ing European customs among the Turks—
Santa Ana, President of Mexico, appears
inclined to experiment on the plan of Itur
bide—some are trying experiments in the
air with balloons, and others under the wa
ter in diving-bells while last, though not
least, the PRESIDENT, having finished his
experiment on the currency, proposes anoth
er, on a grand scale, by reprisals upon
FRANCE--Kent (Md.) Bugle.
VIRGINIA•—It is with heartfelt pleasure
we state, that every appearance indiC.Mes
that the current of public feeling in Virginia,
is beginning to turn decidedly against the
Van Buren scheme of secret instruction, and
that a most confident hope of Nlr. Leigh's
re-election increases, instead of diminishes.
CANNL COMMISSIONERS ' Rlll'OßT.—This
document which, following the fashion of the
season is very ; long, was presented to the
Legislature on:be 4th inst. It enters into
a wire-drawn detail of the proceedings of
the past year on the public works, which
includes an extensive list ofdams, aqueducts,
locks and other structures which have
fil
ed, and attempts to gloss over the deficien
cy with apologies which only show that the
agents of the State were ignorant and in
competent. The different lines of canal and
rail-way which were the two last winters
repnrtet neatly - finished, have still not reach
ed the devoutly wished consummation, and
another appropriation of $344,612 is de.
manded to complete them, while $1:25,000
is asked to pay the wages of commissioners,
collectors, engineers and other public sti
pendiaries, and to do new work on old lines
of canal. The repairs will require $200,000
more, and in order to buy locomotive en
gines to get the Rail Roads under way, an
other sum uf 8135,000 is necessary. Such
is the comfiirtable prospect presented to the
Citizens of this State of more - debtirr becon--
tracted on account of this interminable im
proveMent system, which as it now works
by steam, will most probably end in smoke.
York Republican.
INVESTIGATION OF MASONRY.
Mr. STEVENS' resolutions, respecting
Free-Masonry, which were offered in the
House of Representatives, on the 10th of
December, were summarily disposed of by
a vote of 58 to 38. We expected this of
course, from the present Legislature.
.There is but one way of procuring a legis•
dative investigation of Free-Masonry—arid'
it is, the election of Anti-Masons to the leg
islature. Our friends must recollect this on
the 2d Tuesday of next October. Anti- Ma
sons need look for neither justice, nor cour
tesv from a legislature of their enemies.—
Still—alt hough the present legislature will
do nothing—our friends should pour in their
petitions—and either shame or frighten the
hod-carriers and their masters, out of their
high handed course. Sooner ur later, there
must be in Pennsylvania—as there has been
in several other states—an investigation of
that abomination Free-Masoriry.-;--Sun.
MR. STEVENS' RESOLUTIONS.—We beg
leave to call particular attention to the reso
lutions offered by Mr. Stevens in the Legis
lature, which were published in our last pa
per, upon the subject of Free-Masonry. No
honest man of intelligence will pretend to
deny any of the charges contained in the
preamble—and why then should not Mason
ic oaths be abolish - 4d? Why will any party
support an institution like the Masonic? It
appears by the vote upon the printing of the
resolutkins, that the Wolf party have under
taken the particular protection of the insti
tution. We are rejoiced to perceive this,
for it will infallibly break theft) down. No
party can stand with the weight of corrupt
Masonry upon its shoulders.
There are few intellicrent men, who do
not at this time perceire, and many ac
knowledge, that there can be no true free
dorn,esuality and independence in this coml.
try while Masonry exists. It is dangerous
PUBLIC OPINION.
to freedom, and is a monster that must be I
overthrown.
Let every one of our readers examine the
allegations in Mr. Stevens preatnhle, and
see if he believes any one of theta to be
false. They are all true, every one of them,
and they have never been denied under oath.
Will this Wolf Legi.lature refitse to prohib
it such oaths being taken? We shall see.
If they do, it must be the knell of their fu
ture success, for the people are determined
to put an end to Masonry, and all other usur
pations that have exclusive privileges.
That part of the preamble, that relates to
the alliances and treaties with foreign Ma
sons, was proved last winter before the Le
gislature of Massachusetts. This is truly a
subject of alarm to a people jealous of their
liberty.—Curlisle Exp.
Investigation of Masonry.—We
already see evidence of alai in at the pro
gress of public scrutiny. In the last Greens
huro Argus we mid the following remarks
about Mr. &rev e Ns ' Resolution of enquiry.
"The House has however chalked out its
course, and will make short wet kof this
subject, as it even refused to have the r!so
lution printed by a vote 458 to 38." Does
this mean that the 58 Jacksonites who vJted
to prevent enquiry have met in caucus and
have resolved unanimously together that
they will shut their cars against the petitions
of the People? Some of them profess, as the
writer of this article tines explicitly, to
"know nothing about the Masonic institu
tion" and when charges of revolting and
alarming molt are preferred against it, by
men of the highest respectability (and which
no doubt will be pressed for examinati ni by
the voices of tens of thnusands of free honest
citizens) will that Jackson majority have
the profligate impudence to meet and pre
judge the case in secret caucus? and pre
tending to represent the people will they a
gree to tell the people that they will give
them no satisfiction about it? Such a caucus
we hold to be a more abominable and trea
sonable conspiracy than that of Aaron Burr,
and a more dishonorable and dangerous one
than that of La Fitte's gang of pirates at
Barrataria—in short too villainous, and
shameless, and desperate a thing to bo be
lieved in without better evidence.
If the 58 who are, with one exception,
Jacksonites, have not in caucus chalked
their own course, we are to understand the
remark as havine e' a beau ing of far greater
probability, namely, that they have had
their course chalked out for them by the
Masonic emisaries of the kitchen cabinet
who are appointed as their guardians and
managers; and if so we shall Lion see wheth
er they will walk the chalk.
There is no truth perhaps more univer
sally understood, and acted titre' by the peo:
ple, than this, that innocence always seeks
investigation, acd guilt always shuns it.—
Nothing had such a sweepingly deciive ef
fect at the late election ns the Bank ques
tion. The gist of the matter was the appa
rent refusal of investigation; though in reali
ty, it was not a refusal, but only a difficulty
suggested about the manner—a demurrer
raised on account of the rights and interests
of third parties involved; but it was a posi
' tion which the adversaries of the ILA had
the address to Meet, so as to give it the prac
tical effect of a refusal of investigation; and
the million so understood it. The sentiment
it excited was most intense. particularly a
mong the people Cr the country, but it was
universal and irresistible. By none did we
hear it more severely expressed than by
some of the Bank's bust friends. It was a
tornado of reprobation sweeping the land
from the
.Atlantic to the farthest west, and
leaving a memorable lesson forever for those
who might feel disposed to shrink from pub
lic scrutiny.
Another sentiment has spread amon , st
our populatiom, an impression not less in
tense, and not susceptible of change. It is
-a daily ine reasine b -eonv let ion or thee-x t one
wickedness, and continual, extensive, mss
chievous activity of the Masonic institution;
a belief that it is the main fountain of the
official. profligacy • which prevails in every
department of our governments, and in every
section of the country.
This general detestation of Masonry has
been partially diverted from its object in
some places, end suspended in the minds of
many, under the erroneous idea that either
Nlasonry or Anti-Masonry must soon die.—
But let the issue once be fairly made Be
tween them, and such an overwhelming._de
monstrat ion of popular feeling will be given
as never has been witnessed since the Revo
lution. Only let us catch Jacksonism, or
any thing else, identifying itself with Ma
sonry, and laboring to screen it limn exami
nation, and though the scorpion stings of
conscience may nut reach them, the voice of
an outraged, insulted community will.
[Pittsburg Times.
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LITTLE ROCK, _ (Ark.) Dec. 2.
-The. Mar4lial of the United States, Nlaj.
E. Rector, returned to this place, on Sun
day last, from Fort Gibson, bringing with
him five United States soldiers to he ar
ranged at the next January term of the Su
perior Court, on n charge of murdering a
Cherokee Indian by the name of Parish.
At the Court of Common Pleas for Trum
bull county, 0. A. Hattlield was cenvitted
of an assault on his wife, with intent to kill,
and sentenced to the penitentiary for three
years. At the same, a man was sentenced
to the penitentiary for ten years, for passing
counterfeit money. This may he law in
Ohio,but we feel assured that it is not justice.
CoNvENT Rnyrkas.—We announced last
week the ecquital of a man by the name of
Buzzel, charged with being concerned in
the destruction of the Ursuhne t!
__o2vent.—
Three other persons have since been put on
their trial for the like offence, and exaniina
tion of witnesses, and arguments of counsel
being completed on Saturday Dist, after a
charge from Judge Putman, the jury retired
about 10 o'clock, A. M. and returned at 4
P. M. with a verdict of not guilty against
S. Blaisdell and Wm. Nilsson; not having
agreed on the case of Marvin Marcy, they
were sent back again, and returned at n
quarTer before 7 o'clock, the same evening,
and stated that they were unable to agree on
Marcy's case, whereupon they were imme
diately discharged.
Tux ARMY. —The returns accompanying
the Report of the Secretary of War, make
the whole strength of the U. S; Army, in
chilling officers and privates, 6507. Ac
cording to the organization for 1314, it
should have comprt,,ed au aggregate 0f7198.
The whole number of men-enlisted into the
serv;ee from Ist of January to 30th Septem
ber, 18:34, is 21(1.
The joinfications, &c. which have been
undertaken since the termination of the !lett
war, will, when completed, have more than
quadrupled the defensive military of the
country.
CHARLESTOWN, Va. Dee. 18
JouN Rticv, who was convicted by a ju
ry of inquest of killing John Wren on the
9th ultimo, was nrrnigned before a i Exam
ining Court, held in this place on Monday
last. After several witnesses had been ex-.
emitted, the case wns argued by TuomAs
Cintees (Attorney for the Commonwealth)
and CHARLES B. HARDING, Esqs., tin the
prosecution; and by Jou N HAvENeowr and
Wi. LucAs, Esqs., in behalf of the prison
er. When the counsel concludedo he Court
remanded Riley to prison, to await a farth
er trial nt the next term of the Salim ior
Court, to he holden an March next.— Va.
Free Press.
HARPERS-FERRY presents a busy scene
since the extension of the rail-road. The
narrow strip of ground at the northern ter
mination of the bridge is crowded with corn.
modifies, wagons, drays, and spectatoi B.
And the long trains of hurthen cars, resem
bling small huts in their structure, seem like
so many villages endued with locomotion.
The travelling from harpers-Ferry to Half
timore is said to average thirty passengeis
daily; and an average of five hundred bar
rels of flour, besides other articles of pro.
duce, is despatched every day from the Per
ry to Baltimore.—lbid.
The Courier and Enquirer of New York,
denies the right of Congress to delegate to
the Presidont, the discretionary power to
issue letters of marque and reprisals. It
maintains, and with great force too, that thiS
power is inherent n. Congress, and, thus
that body has no more authority *to eruct a
law placing it in other hands, than it has to
confer upon the President the power to de
clare war, ley) taxes, and to raise an army.
In the year ending on the 30th Septem
ber 1M33 there were exported from the U.
States, 6,R19 hogs, 2,040 horses, and 1,01 t
mules. The hogs went. chiefly to Canada
and the other British American colonies,
the horses chiefly to the same colonies and
to the British and French West Indies, and
the mules nearly all to the British West
Indies. Of horned cattle there were ex
ported 6,837, of which 5,950 went to the
British American colonies, a3ti to the Brit
ish West Indies, and 51 to the French West
Indies.
AFFAIR OF lloNon.—A duel between
two gentlemen of color, took place in St.
Martinsville, La. a few days since. The
white duellists are said to he greatly outrag
ed by this innovation of the nogroes.
RnvottrrtoivAnr PENsionms.--It ap
pears by the documents accompanying the
Secretary of War's Report, that the number
of Revolutionary Pensioners in the United
States is as follows:
tliArOppc!p(lBth March 1818 10,596
ft, " 7th June, 1882 27,978
Invalid Pensioners
Total, 42,484
The amount required to pay these and
other pensioners per annum, is 3,116,7613
59 dollars.
THE AcQurrrAt, OF BuzzEu,.—The *Hos
tel'. Transcript, in speaking of the nequittal
of Buzzell, said to be the ringleader or the
'Convent Rioters, saysider the significant
caption of "How it was done:"
"We learn that when the jury in the case
of Buzzell, retired to their room after the
charge of the Judge, they were seven for
conviction and five for acquittal. On Friday
morning, before they left their room, they
were ten for acquittal and two for conviction;
but on the way from their room to the ciao t
house,the two suddenly changed theirinind, •
and agreed to acquit! This beats
marking all round for damages, and then
taking the average!" •
From the liagerstmvu Courier Sr. Enquirer of Dec. 24.
DESTRUCTIV"E
On Sunday night last, between the hours
of 8 and 9 o'clock, a light was seen in the
direction of Funks•town, which indicated
that smile kiwe building in that neighbor
hood was on fire. The cry was given this
our streets and in a few moments the whole
town was in complete confusion: All was
now a matter 'of conjecture as to the point
; r um whence the light proceeded; some sup
posed it to he either Sharer's or Clageti's
mill, on the Antietam—others contended
that it was Stonebraker's stack•yard; and
while expectation was on tiptoe, the news
came that it was the extensive Woollen
Factory of the Messrs. Shafer's in Funks
town. Our firementrith their engines re
paired to the spot as speedily as possible, but
nut hi time to save the building; they suc
ceeded, however, in preserving the adjoin.
ing property. The factory anti all its con
tents,(except the books and some wool) were
entirely consumed. It was a fortunate cir
cumstance that there was Lo wind at the
time, for had it been blowing in either direc
tion,• the great probability is that. it would
have swept the saw-mill and grist-mill on the
west, and might have extended far up the
the town on the east. The fire is said to
have originated in the dye-house, a back
building attached•to the factory. In the
preparation of a certain dye, it is reqUisite
that a continual fire be kept up, which ac
counte for the accident happening on Sun
day. We understand that the dyer had not
been at the factory for some time; when he
was last down he stirred up the lire, and
considering all things satit,went tn his board
ing house and retired to bed; indeed, every
thing almost was in flames betbre he was
aware attic circumstance.
This is a serious loss, not only to the pro
prietors, hilt to Washington county; particu
larly to about one-third of the citizens o
Funks town. This establishment alThrded
employment to many indigent families, who
have now scarcely any means orsupport. II
we are correctly informed, nn inventory was
taken a short time ago, of the etThets which
amounted to $18,000; since then nanny im
provements were made and a large quantity
of wool added: the whole loss will not fhil
much short of $25,000. There was no in
surance—the policy having been suffered to
run out about twelve months ago. The
owners are men of great respectability and
weight of character, and distinguished fbr
their laudable enterprize and industry. Nile
sincerely hOpe that meetings will be held in
every town in the county, and contributions
made for their relief.
TRIAL OP JOSEPH O'OONNER.
The Frederick Herald contains a full re•
port of the trial of JOSEPH O ' CoNNCR, for
the murder Of MARY ANN GOWER [former
ly of this place, and then known as Mary
Ann Sprenkle ,] on the night of the 4th of
July last, in that city, from which we gather
the following facts:—That the deceased re
sided in a house of ill fame, in an obscure
part of the town,—that there had been dis
orderly and riotous proceedings at the house
on the evenint , of the 4th of July, and that
a constable ha d'"' dispersed those engaged in
them,—that the prisoner had been there,be
tween whom and the deceased an altercation
arose,—that the deceased left the house a
bout 10 o'clock, and that the prisoner also
left it shortly after, saying that he would be
back again after awhile, and "raise hell,"—
that the house was closed about 11 o'clock,
--that a short time afterwards one of the
initiates got up and admitted the deceased,'
and a man who came with her,—that shout
12 o'clock some person knocked at the door,
and the deceased came downstairs and ask
ed who was there, and the voice answered
"Joe,"—that the deceased opened the door,
when the prisoner entered, seized her by
the arms and pulled her into an adjoining
room,—that they. there disputed and had
scuffle, and the deceased cried "murder"
two or three times, and then said "O'Con
nor don't stab rite,"--that the deceased came
running out of the room, and called to one
of the witnesses (who was in an adjoining
room) and begged him to go for n doctor,
saying that O'Connor had stabbed her and
that she was bleeding to death; she then
fell,—that the prisoner came out of the
room, with a dirk in one hand, and a candle
and a pistol in the other, and going to where
the deceased was lying, said "take that you
bitch!" that the witnesses, who were in an
adjoining room, became alarmed and escap
ed through a back window, and thimce went
to the garret of the next house, from the
window of which they could see into the
passage of the hotthe they had left,,—that
the prisoner put the, candle down and dent
out of the front door, but returned. agairi in
about five minutes, took the candle, went to
the girl, called her by name,'amt told her to
get up; she was dead; he then put the can
dle down, looked wildly about, and left the
t rid the ii - giv - diwand
the officers immediately went in pursuit of
the prisoner,—that he was found at his
boarding house, in led, appardntly asleep,
-•—and that under his pillow and bolster were
found a loaded pistol, and a dirk with a clot
of fresh blond upon it. Dr. Waters testified
that he did not see the dead body until the
next morning. The wound was about the
eighth rib below the shoulder blade. From
the suflifsed appearance of the countenance,
he judged thilt she had died of strangulation,
by the blood flowing into the lungs, &c. but
should thinlothat the wound would have been
in any case a mortal one. The lungs were
88,544
3,940
pierced.
The trial occupied two days, and excited
much interest. The Jury retired about 15
minutes rust 2 o'clock on Friday morning
lust, and returned after being out nearly
seven hours, with a verdict of guilty rf
murder in the eerond degree. The Court
immediately sentenced the prisoner to EIGH
TEEN YEARS imprisonment in the peniten
tiary, eighteen months of which time to be
spent in solitary confinement.
The counsel for the State, were Mr. RAY
MOND, prosecuting attorney, and Mr. F. A.
SCHLEY, appointed by the Court at the sug
f gest ion of Mr. R..— fo r the prisoner, Messrs.
AN Dr. SCHLEY, DIXON and LYNCH. The
Herald says "we have no remarks to make
upon the testimony or the verdict; but feel
it our duty to say that no similar case tried
in this court elicited. more legal learning
and acumen, or was managed - with such
consummate skill."—Hagerstown Mail.
Considerable excitement has been mani
fested in our borough within the last few
days, particularly among the colored popu
lation, in consequence of the disinterment of
the corpse of a mulatto girl, the night sub.
sequent to its burial. We are entirely ig
norant of tho names of those who were con
cerned in the transaction, but our own opin.
ion is that it reflects but little credit upon
them whoei , er they were. The practice of
disinterring corpses for experiments of the.
knife, should be discountenanced and repro
bated by the community.—Republicati.
..memi E rmaiimiso
(*- Devoted to Politics, roe•eign anti; Domestic Intelligence, liiterature, Science,
_agriculture, the silleclucnic arts, Internal Improvement, and General'. vrificreal,,,,:
CARLISLE, Dec. 25.
the Afar
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REPUBLICAN BANNER
GTITTYS.BURG,
TUESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 30•
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0:7 - FLoun in Baltitnnr. la,u Saturday $4 50
(: . *7—We hope our friends, one and all, en
joyed a "merry Christmns;" and that they
may hnve a "hippy New-Year," is also our
wish. Within the year that is just annul
to close many queer things occurred; and
that some others equally as queer will occur
within the next, we confidently prognosti
cate—but whether with as much or less suc
cess, TIME will determine.
Kr - See call in another column for a
County Meeting.
(* -- By a later arrival at New York, than
that mentioned in another column, we learn
that a new "Ministry has in part been form
ed in England, with ,Lord ‘Vellington at its
head." Also, that a "new French Ministry
has been formed, with the Duke do Treviso
(Marshal Mortier,) at its head, and embra•
(ling most of the members of the cabinet as
it existed previous to the appointment of the
late Ministry under the Duke of Bassano."
(* -- Under the head of "Punt ac OPIN
ION," we have placed a few articles, which
we hope will meet the,eve of all our readers,
except the tittle ' , Worshipful in the Eust"
of the Diamond!
OzrA few weeks ago, Mr. STEVENS of
fered to prove what Free-Masonry was, if
permitted to do so by the Legislature. It
was determined by those under the influence
of the Grand Lodge that her should not have
that privilege. And yet, the Royal Arch
Editors of the Chambersburg Repository
and Adams Sentinel yave the modesty to de
clare, that" Masons newer resisted" or "fear
ed an investigation" of their :mpious and
blasphemous order! We confess we always
thought those Editors very modest fellows--
but we think in'this instance, it has carried
them a little too far!
OZ The Editor of the Franklin Reposito
ry—that pink of Masonic modesty!—in re
ference to Mr. Srci - EINW charges against
'Masonry, avers that. "Masons never resist
ed," and that -"Fancy answers the place of
facts, and bold assertion that of truth!" We
have no space this week for any remarks
that we may-feel inclined to make upon so
- 4 6;+d "-wen -. l lnstitertion" .-eft-t ha Editor; -and
must postpone, to a future day, the_ incline
tion we feel of "using up" this modern Don
Quixone—this reckless piece of mortality!
and in doing so, may alsq be called on to ul
lude to little Sancho Panza of the Sentinel:
the game, however is rather small fur an',
ordinary shot!
(3/-The Harrisburg Intelligeneer will
succeed much better in hissere undertaking,
it he will let Judge NicLEAN alone. Gratui
tous abuse will advance the interests of no
individual.
W EST POINT ACADEMY.—The following
resolution, (says the Romney, Va. Intelli
geneer,)ofnred by Mr. Hawes' of Kentucky,
has been adopted by the House of Represen.
tatives.—Yeas 182-27.
Resolved, That a Select Committee, eon
sisting of one member from each State, be
appointed, with power to inquire into the ex
pediency of amending the laws relating to
the Military Academy at West Point, in
the State, of New York, or whether it would
not comport with the public interests to a
bolish said institution,.
In the course of a short debate on the
resolution, Mr. Mann, of New York, re
marlted—"He had no doubt that mal•ad•
ministration existed at West Point; as one
evitlence of which, he learned from the offi.
cial reports on that subject, that it costs this
Government between 5 and 6,000 dollars
to educate an officer for the Army of the
United States. Surely such an enormous
expehditure as this for each cadet ought to
be looked into."
The following gentlemen were announced
as the Committee on Mr. HAWES' resolu. -
tion concerning the Military Academy, viz:
Messrs. Hawes of Ky., Smith of Maine,
Pearce of N. H., Briggs or Mass., Pierce of
R. 1., Young of Conn., Hall of Vt., Mann of
N. Y., Dielteron of N. J., Laporte of Penn.,
Milligan of Del., Carmichael of Md., Gliol
son of Va., A. N. Shepilerd orN,..e.Wamp.
bell of S. C., Gamble of Geo., Forester of
Tenn.., Allen of 0., Garland of Lou., Han
negan of Ind., Cage of M is 4., Casey of 111.,
Lewis of Ala., Ashley of Mo.
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"NUTS TO CnAcg.. " —This is the title of
a new English work which has just come to
hand, but we must first attend to our own
nuts. Scarce as the article is this season,
ii
our neighbor of e Statesmen, seems to
have an abundan We have been inflam
ed that when Mr. John B. Boiler was first
sunk to the low degree of Entered Appren-
tice Mason, in addition to the gross indeco- !
rum and degradation to which candidates in l
that grade are usually subjected, a link of;
the extra foolery of the handmaid was play-'
ed off upon him. He was seated in a chair,
and bedizzenerl in some priestly finiasticals,!
while the junior Warden took a hickory nut
and thrusting it between his jaws, said, I
"Brother Butler take this nut in thy mouth",
--obliging him to sit and hold it there for a)
long time.---PiUsbarg Times.
France—Another change of the French
Ministry is already announced! This sud
den change is said to have been caused by
the unwillingness of the new Ministry to en
counter the responsibility of proposing to
the Chamber of Deputies to appropriate the
full amount necessary to pay the indemnity
under the treaty with the United States.—
The National Gazette, we observe, howev
er, and we think with reason, discredits the
supposition that. the American affair had
much influence in the case. Disputed ca,• 7
dinal points of domestic politics were more'
likely to produce so sudden and violent a
change. "We have read (says the National
Gazette) a number .of the Paris editorial ar
ticles on the fbrmation of the Bassano cabi
net, and not found a word in relation to the
American affair. The despatch which it is
The editor of the Baltimore Patriot has
one of the best oft he numerous Washington
correspondents,who furnishes a letter daily.
We copy from one of them of late date:
The Globe, you see, is also bitterly com
plaining of the Senafrrial Committees. The
difficulty is with Isaac Hill. The trouble
comes from him. The fact is, no Senator
ofeither party would vote to put Isaac. upon
any 'Committee, because Isaac nut of the
Senate, on Committees, is hot just such a
companion as even a Jackson man seeks—
and the consequence was, that Isaac, by mu
tual con. , ent as it were, was left off all the
Committees. If Isaac thinks it grievous,
he must behave better. Last summer, in
New Hampshire, in one of his written din
ner speerhrs, which he was,.l presume, un
expectedly called upon to make, he stated
that he had rather associate with State Pri
son convicts, than with Clayton, Clay and
Poindexter—and now if his friends here
freed him from this bad company, sure he
can't complain. lam not surprised how
ever at Isaac's remark. A man is knowa
by the company he selects, as well as the
company he keeps; and if Clayton were to
give me such a scathing as he once mure
Isaac, I am quite sureo lie very sight of him,
would ever make me ache.
Judge NI'LEAN has been nominated lor
the Presidency by the Dein ,, crats of Seneca
Falls, N. Y.
JunonfluvAL.—Ttits veneraWe Associ
ate Justice of the Supreme Court of the U.
States, has actually resigned his seat upon
the bench. It having been rumored that
the resignation which he had teLdered to
the President, had been withdrawn, the re.
port is contradicted by authority.
CoNonrss.---In the SENATE, on Thurs
day, Dec. 18, Mr. Tyler, in behalf of the
Committee of Finance, presented a volumin
ous Report on the subject of the Bank of
the [Tinted States. The reading of the Re
port occupied nearly three hours. It goes
at large into an examination of the condition
of the Bank, and is said to be an able paper.
It was drawn up by Gov. Tyler. On a
motion to print it, Mr. Benton rose, and at
considerable length, controverted the cor
rectness of some of its statements, which he
pronounced false. Mr. Tyler replied, and
averred in the most solemn manner, sa vs
the National Intelligencer, the truth of the
report; all the statements of which, he said,
were founded on documents (submitted with
the Report,) which could not lie.
The Report was ordered to be printed.--
Vu. Herald.
THE LEGISLATURE.—rIe Legislature
adjourned on Saturday the 20th inst. to
again on the sth ofJanuarv. This practice
of adjourning during the holidays has been
long established, and is now a custom; hut,
we consider its origination as entirely wrong,
and we believe it is unsatisfactory to the
people. This 140 alone, shows the necessi
ty of an amendment to the constitution,
which requires the Legislature to meet on
the first Tuesday of December. If the
meeting took place on the first eflinuarv,
the session would not be of longer continu
ance than it is at present, and an equal a
mount of business would be done—and as
well done as it is now. We learn by letter
that "the Legislature adjourned on Saturday
at 7 o'clock in the morning, and thus no
business was done on this day." "This"
says the intelligent writer, "is one among
the schemes of the present ruling faction, to
swindle the people out of their money, and
draw to their pockets the 'spoils of viCtory.'
Another plan is the getting up of travelling
cordmitlees, which annually cost the State
some thousands of dollars, and for which the
people are neither the wiser or better:—.
There must be a complete reform, 'or reno
vation of part ies,before the honest people car:
emeet-aoy,,tbing.more favorable— .1 acumf7;
ten tempted to become an Anti-Mason,
merely to produce n reform of time corrup
tion, that the present Federal party have in
flicted upon the State." We advise the
writer to think seriously upon this last pro
position.
There has been little business done yet,
in the Legislature, as many of the most
prominent men are upon the committee to
enquire into the situation of the 'Eastern
Ponitentiary.--Carlisle Vxpositor.
probable that the Normandin has brought
from Mr. Livingston to our government
must possess considerable interest. He had,
we may presume, aseertnined the disposit ion
of the several cabinets respecting the excel].
tion of the Treaty. Our impression still is,
that it was material for success, that the
American question should be rendered im
portant in the eves of the principal French
statesmen of every party. In what we may
term the violent estuation of domestic ques . -
tions and party contests at Paris, our busi
ness was merged, or disregarded compara
tively."—Bultiraore Pat.
SA LE F:MOR A NDA.
9".0a Thursday next, Mr. Norbeck, of thisplace,
will offer seine valuable improved property for sale.
ItTOn Friday next,Ntessrs. Keener s.t. Eyster,As
'4:flees of S. Wright, will sell a Tract of Timber-
Land, situate in Menalleu township.
ItELIGIOUS NOTICES.
On New-Yearsilay Evening,the Rev. Mr. Schneck
Will preach in the English language, in the German
church. Subject: 79ir proper improvement of the past
The Rev. Mr. Douzherty will officiate in the Cath
olic Chapel at this place,.on Sunday morning next, nt
10 o'clock, in the English language.
("0-The Rev. Mr.llcLean will preach in his Church
in this place, on Sunday morning; next, at 11 o'clock.
The Rcc. Mr. Schneck will preach in the Eng
lish language on Sunday morning next, at 10 o'clock, in
the Genuan church.
MARRIED.
On the 18th inst. by the Rev. Mr. Gottwald,' Mr.
JACOB HCNCLBACH to Miss SARAH Gaooa—both of
linatington township.
On the IGth inst. by the Rev. Mr. Van der Sloot,
Mr. Jolts FICKES (of Jacob,) of Huntington town
ship, Adams county, to Miss SUSANNA MOMPER, of
Ycrk county.
In Baltimire city,on the 18th inst. by the Rev. Mr.
Hanle. r JOJIN P. Tito:duos, Esq. of Frederick city,
[late Editor of the Herald,] to Miss MARY HAMMER,
of Baltimore.
Oa the '23,1 inst. by the Rcv. Mr. Hoffinair,
MUEL Foaav, of Westminster, Md. to Mks
RINE FAIINESTOCK, of Chambersburg, I'a.
DI ED.
On the 11th inst. near Abbotts-Town, Mr. HENOV
DOLL, in the 46th year of his age.
On the 2.ith ult. in Darkc county, Ohio, Mrs. ELI
ZA RECg, wife of Mr. Michael Reck, and daughter of
Mr. John Hershey, formerly of this county, in the
•10tH year of her age.
On the 23d inst. Mr. DAVID T. NEWMAN, SOO of
Mr Michael Newman, of this Borough, in the 32d
year of his age.
On the 15th inst. Mr. Joint GErrys, of Reading
township. aged 5.5 years.
ADVERTISEMENTS.
COUNTY CONVENTION
111 - N i;J:.rsuance of notice given by the State
- 0 - Committee. the Freemen of Adams
county opposed to all Secret Societies, and
in favor of the "Supremacy of the Laws,"
are reque.ted to meet at their usual places
of holding elections in the 'Borough and
Townships,
On Saturday the 31st of January next,
the purpose of electing Two Delegates
from each district, to meet in County Con
vention at the Court-house in Gettysburg,
on Monday following, (the 2d of February,)
la appoint Delegates to the State Conven
tion to be held in Harrisburg, on the 4th of
March next.
The object of that Convention being, the
nomination of a Freeman for the office of
Governor, and transact such other business
as the interests of the Anti-Masonic party
may call for, it is confidently hoped that
every part of Adams county will be repre,
seated in the County Convention.
BERNHART GILBERT,
JA MES ROBINETTE,
JAMES RENSHAW,
JAMES WILSON,
THOMAS_ J. COOPER,
• ROBERT SMITH,
County Committee.
December 30, 1834. tm-39,1
11.A..T.5111& 1 1C SI lIA.T St
FASHIONABLE HATS
VITZLIZATI/ W. PAXTON
R ET UR NS his sincere acknowledg
ments for past encouragement, and
repectfully informs his friends and the pub
lie in general, that he still carries on
THE BUSINESS OF
Hat elliata -k _. : i:T
-•-•
ufacturin o
9
in West York Street, Gettysburg, a few
doors from the Court-House,
‘Vhere he always keeps on hand a largo as
sortment of of all kinds, from
the strong and serviceable Ronne up to the
light and pleasant Castor. his prices are
from Two Dollars and Fifty Cents to Se
ren Dollars, according to the quality of the
article.
C*' .kks the 'times are hard,' and 'change'
pretty scarce, he wall, as heretofore, sell on
as accommodating terms as any other, for
Cash or Country Produce-4nd warrant ev
ery Hat to be worth the money paid for it.
He invites the public to call and judge for
themselves.
(k.." - The Subscriber would also. intiam the
o ' LADIES that lie manufactures
: Z - 1 9 , W I 1.2 j`P . z 2
of the must durable and handsome materials,
on blocks of the real city fashion, and at
prices which• none can object to.
IVILLIAM W. PAXTON.
Gettysburg, Dec. 30,1834. sat-39
PUTELLIC SCZOOLS.
.21HE Directors- of Common Schools for tho
Feb Borough of Gettysburg, givo notice, that
Teachers hero boon rippointed for the several Die.
triers as heretoo3ro published, as also ono for the
Colored Children of the Borongh; and that the
Schools will open on MONDAY .NEXT„ the sth
ofJanuary: in the First District, in ti;ci rmin of
Mr. Thomas Monaigh; in the Second District, in
the room at present occupied by Mr. Schreiner;
in the Third District, in the room at present occti•
pied by Mr. McMillan; in the Fourth District, in
the room at present occupied by Mr. McClean.—
I The Colored School will ho kept in the room at
I present occupied by Mrs. Kcech.
By order of the Board,
ROBERT G. HARPER, Sec'ry.
December 30, 1834. 3t-39
Sheriff's Sales.
I N pursuance of sundry Writs of Vendi
tioni Exponas, issued out of the Court of
Common Pleas of Adams county, and to me
directed, will be exposed to public sale, on
Saturday the 24th of January next, at 1
o'clock v. ist. - at the Court-house, m Gettys-
burg, the following Real Estate, viz:'
A Lot of Ground,
Situate in the Borough of Gettyshurli Ad.
0 ,
ants county, Pa. on which are erected a
TWO-STORY
; ; Brick House,
a Frans() Stable and other buildings.
ALSO—ONE OTHER LOT, NO. 2;
Having erected thereon a two-story
DIFRAME HOUSE, Brick Stable, and
a Brick Blacksmith Shop and Coal-houpe-
ALSO—ONE OTHER - LOT ) NO. 33
In which is erected a FRAME SHED.
Seized and taken in execution as the pro
perty of George Richter.
A TEACT OF LAND,
Situate in Menallen township, Ad•
4ffit ains county, containing 38 Acres,
more or less, adjoining lands of
Robert Bell, James BeII,Jr. Wil
liam Bell, B. G. Minter, Daniel Other and
others—on which are erected,
r e r. SA
I tit A•
I 3 A TWO-STORY LOG
siss.
1102 DWELLING HOUSE,
it
Log Stable, a spring of water
_
near the houSe door,a stone spring-house and
a young orchard. Seized and taken in ex
ecution as the property of David Omer.
At the same time and place .o,adjournment,
A TRACT OF LAND.
Situate in Cumberland township, Adamm
cooly, containing 83 Acres, more or les:
adjoining lands of Jacob Hanky, James ,
Thonipson, the htdrs of Samuel Sloan and
others, on which are erected a one and
half story LOG DWELLING
• • 4tt , :.
11.1 ' 4.
Id. 0 LJ S E
a log Stable, with a spring of water near the
house. Seized and taken in execution as
the property of Samuel Blakely.
-ALSO-
A TRACT OF LAND,
; :s : ., i tp. Situate in Latimore township, A.
A.4 , 0!4 - dams county, containing 115 A-
P
cres, more or less, adjoining lands
of the heirs of Solomon Bower, J.
Hartman, Michael Bower and others, with
a two story LOG
DWELLING AMUSE,
double log Barn, two wells of water near the
house, and one Well of water in the field,
two apple orchards, and a large quantity of
meadow. Seized and taken in execution as
the property of Isaac Bower. . .
.A, TRACT OF LARD,
Situate m Cumberland township, Adams
county, containing 249 Acres, more or less,
adjoining, lands of Jacob Hanky, James A.
Thompson, Heirs of Samuel :;loan, dec'd,
D. Ziegler and others, on which are erected
eT Two 11j story Log & Frame
". DWELLING HOUSES,
IWO Log Stables, a spring of
water near each house and a well of water
near the turnpike on said farm; also a large
quantity of meadow. Seized and taken in
execution as the property of Samuel Blake
ly and John Sweney.
James Bell, Jr. SHERIFF.
Sheriff's Office, Getty--
burg, Dec. 30,1834. S
2 - p,_/,241,4a 4 a-auzitioabjp 4
iIfiTHEREAS .the Hon. JOITIV REED,
v Esq. President of the several Courts
of Common Pleas, in the Counties compos
ing the Ninth 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 District—and
DANIEL SHEFFER and WM. M'CLEAZI,
Esqs., Judges of the Courts of Common
Pleas, and Justices of the Courts oft lye'. and
'Terminer, and General Jail Delivery, for
the trial of all capital and other offenders in
the County of Adams—have issded their
precept, bearing date the 26th day of No
vember, in the year of our LORD one thou-.
sand eight hundred and thirty-four, and to
me directed, for holding a Court of ommon
Plea - S,'and General Quarter Sessions of the
Peace, and General Jail Delivery, and Court
of Oyer and 'Terminer, at Gettysburg, on
illonday the 26th day of January next—
Notice is hereby Given,
To all the Justices of the Peace, the Coro
ner, and Constables, within the said County
of Adams, that they be then
. and there, in
their proper persons, with their Rolls, Re
cords, Inquisitions, Examinations, and other
Remembrances, to do those things, which
to their offices and in that behalf appertain
to be done: and also they who will prose
cute against the prisoners that are, or then
shall be, in the Jail of the said County of
Adams, are to be then and there, to prose
cute against them as shall be just. --
JAMES BELL, JR. Sherif.
Dec. 30,1834. tc-89
--ALSO
-ALSO
.---ALSO-.-
TEMMAIMOIL --
- , -
MEETING of the "Peteribtatfoe
Springs,) Temperance &OA ,110
be held at the Academy on Mexpa.t:ft
NINO NEXT (the sth of Januaiyj' tit. be
past 6 o'clock..,, A punctual atteix**l
19M
the members is requested. It is
there will be an appropriate Address
ored.
J. McCOSH, Jr. treeriP '4l
Dec. 30, 1 8 :14,
.It-40.-.,
Urine ti • '.•
To Constables, Wholesale ,Deeio.:,,
ers, and Retail ers of Foreigsi 4 :
Merchandlze. ' ' • --•
URSU ANT to an act of , the Legiltkpi..;•:;::
tore of Pennqs lvnnin, placsed the Ttir::::"
day of April--:-CONSTABLES will tiikkA; > -,;,-
notice, that, agreeably to the secondsecitio in- ' it
of the Act graduating the duties
Wholesale Dealers and Retailers of. Mee;
ehandise, and prescribing the mode of issUr.c
ing Licences, and collecting said &dims
they are requested on or before the first IE4;
of January term, to wit: the 20,4 dayor
January nc.rt—to make an oath ut: Hair, traii-; : (-
tion, and deliver to the Clerk of thWebuttor
Quarter Sessions, a list of all
and Retail Dealers of Goods; 'Writef,akiit
Merchandise, Wines or Distilled SpititN...4
except such as rue the growth, product:4l'pr.:
manufacture of the United States.
MERCHANTS & DEALERSenibran , ',
cd in the protriiions of the , above• recited
Act, are hereby notified,' that, accordingao
the tiah section thereof,the Associate Judgeti...'„',
and the County Commissioners *ill.mset
the Commissioners' Office, to Gettysburg;.:
on Tuesday the 27th day of January
at 1 o'clock in the afternoon, to - hear them •
(ifthey see proper to attend)to to the amount
of their annual sales during the year. : pre 7 ; ••1
Licenses to be taken nut nn or before the
Ist day of March next, for one yeat. • •.•
Physicians, Apothecaries, Surgeons; and
Chemists; as'respects wine, &e. used in pre
parations for the sick, and till female traders,
or single women, whose annual sales shall
not exceed those of the Bth class below enu
merated, shall not be required to take-out
License under the provisions of this Act:
The following will be the • classification
agreeably to the Act of Assenibly:
Ist cl. amt. of &des, $50,000-850
2d do. 40,000 40
3d do. 30,000 30
4th. do. 20,000 25
sth do. -- 15;1300 20
6th do. 10,000. 15
do. . 5,000 12 50
do.- 2,5 W 10
DAN'L SHEFFER, Associate
WM. M'CLEAN, 5 Jadges.
ROBT. WILHENY,
JACOB .BROUGH,
.
J. MUSSELMAN, - .
s. 3 r . -
Dec. 30, 1884. tm-39
Triad List--Jaat. Terits;-1 835.
Moses Myers vs. Jacob Fickes. • • • •' •
Same vs. John Fiches.
Same vs. Daniel Fickes. • -
David White vs. Thomas Neely, George Day,.itn.
chel Arnold,Jas: Wiennan & Mo
ses Neely. ' • 2
T. Stevens & G. Ar
nold,under the firm
.
ofStcvcns & Arnold, vs. S. Hugh& & J. H. Hugbes;
under the firm of S.&J.H.Hughs
William M'llvnin vs. Alex. M'llvain & --,Lawreneo
Junes Galbreath rs: .Jaines Lockart.
Daniel Gilbert vs. Barnhart Hoftintut. • • '
Isaac Clark,use of Dau'l Dean, vs. Solomon Sp.lngler
Same . vs. .
P.Lobaugh,Ex'r of A .Lobaugh,dee'd,vs.H& S Fiokel
Thos. Hartly Hall & Julia Hall me David Freeman.
Mary Blakely vs. Thomas Jordan. • • •
Henry vs. John Falinestock.
Michael Con vs. Jonas Roth.
Trusices'of David Stewart, .. ,
..As,aignre of Chas. Delap, vs. Thos.'McKtiliht :and
' °thins, • •
P. Repton & Eliza his wife vs. Phebe Thorribough,
Eters
W. E. Camp,use of Goo. Richter, vs. Moses Myers..
December 30, 1834. • • to-39
GRAND JURY---JANUARY
TERM, 1835.
Latiniore toTteship, Reading, •
Wm. F. Bonner,.. Jacob King,:'
Adam Gardner. Thomas Dicks.
Hamilton, Franklin,
Isaac Trimmer, John Foutz,
Michael Means. ,David ,Scott.
Liberty,. • Berwick, •
Nathaniel Grayson, Peter Diehl.
Joseph Hill, . Germany, •
Jos ph Hunter. .Ludwick Study.
Huntington, • Struban, -
Henry Bittinger, A. Tatighenbaugh.
Jacob Fickes, Esq. Conoirago, • •
Menullen, J. Sneeringer,'Jr..
Nicholas Bushey, Jacob Dellone.
George Taylor, Borough of GeitYstel
John We r t. a. W. .M'Ctelltin, •
Hamiltonban, John Brown:
Philip Rahn.
GENERAL JURY-jANIETA7
fl Y TERN, 1835. •
Borough of Gettysbig • Berwick,
William %V. Paxton, John Smith,. •
John Slentz. George Hersh, '-
Germany township, Joseph Carl.-
Francis Leas, Huntington,
Joseph Fink, Jacob. flossier, ".
Jas. Renshaw, Esq. Benjamin'Gardner,
William Gilt. C. Picking; Esq.
Mountplcasant, Hamilton,
S. Caldwell, Etiq. John Dellone. •-•
John Demnree. .Hamiltonban;
Mcnallen, Col. J.-D. Paxton . ..
Henry Rice; Libsrly,
Jacob Rex. James Bighorn.
Christian Bucher. Conowago,'
I}laun . tjoy, Jacob Nloirse.. -
Robert Young, Frankft .
n.
Robert Allison, David M'Mortlie,
Andrew Miller, Tyrone,
Jas. B. M'llvain, David C4)OIY.
John Wilson of C. Crtonber/un.d,' , .
Sten ban Chrigtian Stocor,
Isaac Brinkerhoff: Andrew Walker, .
Reading, John Butt, -
Michael Philip, Alexander Corrine,
Solomon Albert. Eli Horner . .
December 30,1834.
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