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BY ROBERT W. MIDDLETON.
GMYSBURG, MARCH :3, 1E3335.
o::2—Tho election, to be held today, in
Cumberiaud County for a Representative in
room of Mr. Runsha, promisos to he
a very warm one. There are three candi
dates in the field: J.curs STunors, (Anti-
Masonic,) Glionce SANniyisom, ( "Red-
Mouth ") and Woonnons, (Van Bu
ren.) It is thought that Mr. Stomas, who
• is a very worthy gentleman and every way
— qualified for the station; will he-eleetcd.
G(.7 - The Legislatuto of Massachusetts
have at length succeeded in electing a U.
N. S?ilaiar—Mr. DAvits has been elected!
It is t.:141!. , ,ht that the fact of Hr. Davis be.
16Jyal dirk ilhzson, and the
iniFr , p;f: , :ltc;l:ioii3 or its friends respecting
21 , 1ims': remarks on the French ques.
contributed mainly in causing Mr. A
dams' defeat. However, be that as it may,
.:Ye-i.qeilosetts, for once, has let Masonry
most shamefully disgraced her,both at home
,ibrocul. John Davis preferred to
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS to represent
her in the Senate of the United States! "0
tempora! 0 mores!"
Gen. Harrison--Mr. Ritner.
(r..".7-‘ , Vo learn from the Republican that
a "very large and highly respectable" meet
ing of the friends of Gen. Ihnorsotx for the
next Presidency, was held in York the 21st
ult. Resolutions were passed, concurring
in his nomination, and a committee of cor
respondence appointed consisting of ten per
sons—viz: Jacob Eininitt, Joseph Garret
son, Jacob Barnitz, Thomas E. Cochran,
Calvin Mason, Charles Tomlinson, Edward
Chapin, John Hough, Daniel Krabor, and
George M. Shetter.
Although the call for the above meeting
was confined exclusively to the question of
the Presidency, yet the occasion was taken .
teififiecluce resolutions •rionnnuitog - Just-mit
LAWaENCE for the office of Governor, for
the purpose, no doubt, of distracting the
present harmony which prevails between the
Antl-Masonic and Anti-Vart Buren parties,
and bring forward a third candidate, and
, thereby defeat the election of Mr. IturNert.
That the movement did not meet the appro.
bation Olen present at the meeting, we in
fer from the following article:—
As to the resolution respecting the candi
date for governor, it was a totally extrane
ous matter —not included in tliverms of the
.cull- 7 --brought in at a late hour, and took
the electing by surprise: It was moreover
injudicious; the policy. of Gen. Harrison's .
friends being to present him to the people as,
a candidate untrammeled by all partizan af
finities, and one on whom patriotic citizens
"withoai distinction of party" may unite.—
This act however has identified him, here
at least, with the opposition ; and coupled
: his name-with that ofa candidate of partizan
pretentious. We make these remarks from
a desire to place this matter on tts proper
footing, not to disparage the merits of Mr.
Lawrence, for expressing no opinion on the
nomipation of that gentleman as a candidate
. for Governor, no man excels us in placing
a-high estimate upon his talents, acquire
ments and moral worth.—York
We as highly estimato the "talents; ac
quirethentsand moral worth" of Mr. Law
rence as our friend of the Republican, or
any other person in the State; but to bring
him forward now as the Harrison (or any
other) candidate for Governor, would not
only -ensure the re-election of Gov. Wolf,
(the nomination of Muhlenborg being out of
the question,) bat forever blast the now ap
-parent bright prospects of Gon. Harrison's
obtaining the electorial vote (and the sup
port of the Anti-Masonic party) of Pennsyl
vania. As Gen. Harrison now stands, his
chance for receiving the support of the
A.;;;,i - - A:a:4MS is just as good as that of either
Judg,ti Lo-qui or Mr. Webster-7-neithei
whoa; having as yet given their views,
through the public press, upon Masonry
-4.t wither of whom, nor Gen. Harrison eith
er, will receive such support, until they do
giVe their views upon that subject. Such be
ing the case,wc would say,so fur as respects
the Governor, let the opposition to misrule
and extravagance unite in solid phalanx in
'the support of the candidate seleated by the
Convention which meets to-morrow, and,
nnliiis we are amazingly deceived in the
virtue and intelligence of the people, we will
net only defeat Wolf's re-oleation, but give
overwhelming majority, at the Presiders.
eliction, for Gen. Harrison, Judge Mc-
Lean, or whoever else may be the, Anti-
Aran Buren candidate. Any other course
will not only divide and distract the opposi
--tion-to misrule, but - result ia their total and
rretrievable defeat. •
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Nciece, agriculture, the &Mechanic 'lris, Internal Improve ;nein, and General Aliscellany—C*
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Gov. Poindexter and the Presi
dent of the United Mates.
CCT - On the 21st alt. the following letter
was presented to the Senate of the United
States by the lion. Gummi: PoninfirrEn,
a Senator from Mississippi, together with
the ono attached, from Mr. Pearce to Mr.
Poindexter:--
WASHINGTON CITY, Feb. 21st, 1835.
Sir: I address you, as the presiding offi
cer of the Senate, on a subject involving a
criminal Charge, highly injurious to my
moral character, and which, if true, ought to
cause my expulsion from the august body of
which lam a member. An article in the
form of a letter from a person in this city to
his correspondent in New York, has found
its way into the public prints; and has al
ready been widely circulated throughout the
.country, alleging •'flint the Administration
was possessed of depositions taken from
three individuals who swear that Richard
Lawrence, the assassin, was seen by them
in the private room of the lion. George
Poindexter, the two days immediately ante
rior to his attempting the life of General
Jackson."
No one,J. presume, sir,_can mistake the
purpose for which these depositions have
been procured. The evident design is to
fix en me the most infamous of all crimes,
that of having been an accessary before the
fact to an attempt to take the life of the
Chief Magistrate, by the hand ofan assassin!
A charge so monstrous, and so repugnant to
the term of my past life, resting simply on
the authority of an anonymous letter, in
the columns of a newspaper, might well be
placed to the g eneral account of the calum
nies of the day, which have of late been so
freely cast C iSri me, and as such would scarce
ly merit contradiction from . me. But the
investigation which I have thus far given to
the conspiracy against my character, has
enabled me to trace the authority on which
the statement in the letter referred to was
founded, to a member of the House of Repre
sentatives from Rhode Island, and the depo
sitions therein spoken of have been taken ut
the instance of the President himself. Hav
ing ascertained these facts, I deem it to be a
duty which I owe to myself, to my constitu
ents, to society ut large, anti to the .senate,
to ask the appointment of a special commit
tee, clothed with powers to send for persons
and papers, and to inquire into the truth or
falsehood of the charges imputed to me hav
ing relation to the (Thief Executive Magis
trate of the nation, that if found guilty, I It lay
no longer disgrace the seat which I occupy
in this body.
I have the honor to be,with great respect,
your obedient servant.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 21, 1835.
Hon. G. POINDEXTER:
In reply to your note which I received
this morning, 1 am at liberty to state, in an
swer to the interrogatory which you havt
propounded, "in whose hands did you see the
affidavits of which you speak," that the affi
davits wore by me read,at the house of the
President of the United States, they were
handed to me In his presence, by a friend of
'his, by me returned to the President, and
were put into his hands by the alliants them
selves, as I have been informed by him; and
I am. further authorized to say that other
testimony of the kind is expected.
Your very obedient servant,
DUTEE J. PEARCE.
After the communication was read, Mr.
CLAY made a few remarks and concluded by
moving that, in compliance with Mr. Poin
dexter's request, a Committee be appointed
to investigate the matter—which was unani-
mously agreed to, and Messrs. Smith, Man
gum, King, of Georgia; Wright and Tyler,
were elected by the Senate.
On the 23d, the folloiving .certificates,
(being the same spoken of by Mr. Pearce )
were paraded in the columns of the Globe,
prefaced by some "most rascally" Editorial
remarks:—
DISTRICT OF COVMSIBIA, / •
to Wit:
Washington county,
On this 13th day of February, 1835, per
sonally appeared David Stewart, before me
the subscriber a justice of the peace, in and
for the county aforesaid, and made oath on
the Holy Evangely of Almighty God, de
poseth and saith, that about the last of De
cember, 1834, or the first of January last
he, this deponent, see Richard Lawrence go
into Senator Poindexter's dwelling house,on
Four and Half street, and the Tuesday be
fore the attempt to assassinate the President
of the United States, he,
this deponent, see
Senator Poindexter and Lawrence in Sena
tor Poindexter's passage in conversation.
DAVID STEW A RT.
Subscribed end sworn to before me the
day and year before written.
ROBT CLARKE,Justige of the Peace.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, to Wit:
Washington county,
On this 14th day of February, 1835,per
sonally appeared Mordecai Foy, before me
the subscriber a justice of the peace, in and
for the county aforesaid, and makes oath on
the Holy Evangely of Almighty God, dopo
seth and saith, that his shop is opposite to
the dwelling, house of Senator Poindexter's,
on four and a half street, and he, this depo
nent, bath seen Richard Lawrence go into
Senator Poindexter's house and return out
'again at different times; and particularly on
the Tuesday previously to Lawrence's at
tempt to assassinate tiie President of the
United States, he this deponent, see the said
Richard Lawrence go into Senator Poindex.
ter's house and return.
MORDECAI FOY.
Subscribed and sworn to before me the.
day and year before written.
- ROB'T CLARKE, J. Peace.
45...) - The Washington CorresliOndent . of
the Baltimore Patriot, under date of Feb.
24, states that "the Poindexter Investigating
Committee have been In session two ibp,
G. POINDEXTER.
they will report to-morrow or next day—
and that the enquiry will result in the dis
closure of a conspiracy of the foulest char
acter against the reputation of Mr. Poindex
ter. It will appear that Foy, the first de
ponent, Ile-rum:Ts, and says he was mista
ken in the House, into which he saw Law
rence go: and it is indubitable, that Stewart,
to say nothing of his character, is a person
al enemy of Poindexter. The disclosure
will result to the entire acquittal of the Hon.
Senator, and to the condemnation of those
who have attempted his implication." '
We trust that the Whig members of the
present Legislature will not attempt to med
dle with the coming gubernatorial contest.
The people will settle that matter for them
e- elves. The advice or suggestions of such
a minority, however intelligent, respectable
or patriotic that minority may be, will not
in the slightest degree influence the great
mass of the Whig votes.—Phil. Inq.
The Boston Transcript, says it is repor
ted on good authority that Commodore
Elliott has been ordered to the frigate Con
stitution, and .will take command of the
Mediterranean fleet. It is rumored, also,
that the Constitution will go to New York
to complete her crew, and that the "figdre
head," about which so much noise was made
last summer, will be restored there.
It was lately stated in the House of Re
presentatives, at Washington, by Mr. Polk,
that at present there was only about half a
million of dollars in the U. S. Treasury, and
that by the end of the session, there would
remain but very little.
DELEGATION TO EUROPE.-At the last
meeting of the General Assembly of the
Presbyterian Church, (says the New York
Commercial,) the Rev. Dr. Spring, of New
York ? and the Rev. R. Breckenridge, of
Baltimore, wore appointed delegates to the
Congregational Union of England and Wales
to reciprocate the visit of last year to the
A merican Churches—Presbyterian di Con
gregational—made by the Rev. Drs. Reed
and Matthewson. Dr. Spring was to have
embarked in the packet of the 24th for Eu
rope. Mr. Breckenridge being on a visit
to the %Vest, will riot embark until early in
%larch. In addition to the special object of
Dr. Spring's mission, he has been commis
sioned as a delegate from the American Bi
ble, Tract, Missionary and Temperance So
cieties, to attend the anniversaries of kin
dred institutions in the British Islands, and
on'the the Continent.
CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO. CANAL. --The
Committee of the Baltimore Canal Convert
vention, appointed to present a memorial on
hehalf,,of that work, to the Legislature of
Pon , i-vlvvi;n 9nrformnd that rhov, and
‘, I I • , •e
e , •: ing
t , ; (.! Op:1 :.I:.crit
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sion, for such pecuniary aid as the Legisla
ture may deem proper to bestow—as also
the passage ofa joint resolution recommend.
ing the Canal to the patronange of the Na
tional Legislature.—Ball. Pat.
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE.—The Natchez
Courier of the 30th ult. says, it is a matter
of doubt whether the Senate of Mississippi
will go into business with the House; in con
sequence of unequal representation. The
Constitution says, there shall not be more
than four times as many representatives as
there nee senators. By the admission of
new counties the proportion is lost.
FIRE.—The dwelling house of Mr. Sam
uel Kin and an adjoining shop, on Potomac
g l
street, Hagerstown, were destroyed by fire
recently. A portion of the contents of each
building was also consumed. The fire ori
ginated in the shop, and thence communica
ted to the dwelling before the alarm was
given.
T(Datmacfai asrealaaa:ioal.
FROM FRANCE.
Very Late & Important News.
From the New York Commercial Adv. of Feb. 21.
Two arrivals from France, since our last
publication, have brought important intelli
gence from that country, but still most vex
atiously leaving us nearly as much involved
in doubt and perplexity as to the real state
of questton,pending between France and
the United States,as we were before. The
arrivals to which we refer, are the Sully,
Capt. Forbes,from Havre, whence she sail
ed on the 18th of January, and the French
brig of war D'Assas, Capt. Daguenet, from
Diest,whence she sailed on the 20th. The
Sully brings our Paris papers to the 17th
January, inclusive. The national vessel
brings no papers,but comes with despatches
for the French Minister, M. Serruier, with
an order for his RECALL. This latter cir
cumstance, of itself, looks unfavorably; but
taken in connexion lyttli the intelligence by
the Sully-- 7 upon the supposition that nothing
of importance had occurred in Paris be :
t ween the date of our latest papers,(the 17th)
and the sailing of the D'Assas on the 20th—
we argue that the state of things' is even
more pacific than .the advices of Thursday.
• the first place,true to his engagements
the King ofthe French caused the Indemni
ty Bill to be introduced into the Chamber of
Deputies on the 15th--the day on which
the government had proinived to bring it
forward in the official note published in the
Moniteur. There seems to have bee a mis
understanding both in Paris and radon,
Ithat the bill was to have been subm'tted to
the Chambers on the 14th—and as it was
Inot introduced on that day, unfavorable au
guries were indulged. But this was a mis
take. The 15th was the day intended, and
on that day IT WAS INTRODUCED. Beyond
all doubt, moreover, IT HAS BEEN INTRODU
CED IN GOOD MITI!. Nothing can be more
obvious than this fact, from the frank and
manly speech of the Minister of Finance,
Mr. Hu mann, a full translation of which will
be found below.
In the next place, it is evident from the
general tone and complexion of the papers,
that the French people are utterly averse to
a war with the United States. But further
than this, a report that Mr. Livingston was
breaking up his establishment at the Hotel
of the American Embassy, preparatory to
his departure from the French capital, is
authoritatively contradicted ; and it is posi
tively asserted, that, nothwithstanding the
notification in the Moniteur, the American
Minister had no intention of demanding his
passports.
A third favorable symptom in the present
accounts is a statement put forth in one of
the Paris journals—The Tribune—that the
French Government was at least not sorry
at the opportunity presented of recalling M.
Serrurier, who has given much cause ofdis
satisfaction. It appears from the statement
of the tribune, "that previous to the debate
in the Chamber on the twenty five millions,
he wrote to the King that the difference
might be settled for twelve million francs;
and it is believed that a copy of this despatch
being communicated to several influential
Members of the Centre by the friends of M.
Serrurier, contributed in no small degree to
the rejection of the demand for the twenty.
five million francs. From this moment the
disgrace of the French Minister to the Uni
ted States was resolved on; but it could not
be decided upon for fear of divulging the
motives." It is added, that after the final
adjustment of the question M. Serrurier will
not return as minister to the United States.
A circumstance has transpired in this city
this morning, which coroborates this state
ment. One of the officers of the D'Assas
has spoken of M. Serrurier as a Minister
in disfavor; and it is said not to be the in
tention of the government that he should re
turn, in this vessel.
With these preliminary explanations, we
submit the following account of the proceed.
ings of the Deputies on the introduction of
the Bill for the fulfillment of the treaty-stipu
lations of July 4, 1831:
Translated for the Commercial Advertiser.
CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES-SirrlNG
ON THE 15th JANUARY.
The order of the day was th communi
, , f the Government,an ced yester
i- ti+ , !. , in the Momteur. Be he opening
I ,Il 1:le -easion t fined for 1, o'clock, Marshal
1 , itnril -.l', 'President of the Council, and M.
1 I I lITP f in, were in the ministerial seat, and a
1 r;' i ' ' ,i of Deputies were present. M. Du
pi., LiA.,k . the chair at 1 o'clock. After the
reading of the process verbal, M. M. Sim
perne, Nicod and Blanchard, recently elec
ted Deputies, delivered the ratification of
their powers and were admitted to their
seats--at this time the attendance was ex
ceedingly numerous.
The President gave the word to the Min
ister of Finance. A profound silence im
mediately ensued.
M. Ilunrwror. Gentlemen—Faithful to
the accomplishment of its duty, the Govern
ment was disposed to submit anew to your
. deliberations the measures necessary for the
execution of the treaty of the 4th July,lB3l.
It had prepared itself to defend them in the
name ofjustice and in the name of the politi
cal and commercial interests of France, and
it is hoped that you will participate in the
conviction upon which they acted.
The Message of the President of the U.
States at the opening of the American Con-
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gress, has suspended the execution of this
design. Tho Government had, from that
moment, to examine whether it still remain
ed under the empire of the same duty—
whether the dignity of France did not de
mand a different line of conduct—or, finally,
whether there existed any means of placing
the immutable lavits ofjustice in accordance
with the legitimate sentiment of the nation
al honor.
The Government of the King, gentlemen,
need not justify itself before you from the
reproaches which the President of the Uni
ted States has lavished upon it. Such a con
troversy would be alike without object, and
without dignity. Nevertheless, in the de
bates which must ensue before you, all the
necessary explanations will be given; and
all the documents which will be required will
be submitted to the Chamber.
General Jackson has been misinformed
as to the extent of the powers which the Con
stitution of the State confers upon us. But
if he is mistaken with regard to the laws of
our country, WE WILL NOT FALL INTO A
SIMILAR ERROR ON THE, SUBJECT OF THE
CONSTITUTION OF AMERICA.
The spirit and letter of that Constitution,
alike forbid us to view the document to which
I have referred, in any other light than as
the opinion of a single individual, so LONG
AS THAT OPINION HAS NOT RECEIVED THE
SANCTION OF THE TWO CO-ORDINATE POWERS
OF TEIE AMERICAN UNION. The Message
is an act of Government as yet incomplete,
and which cannot therefare, hurry us to any
of those determinations by which France
usually replies to a menace, or an injury.
Gentlemen, we might wait until the reso.
lutions ofCongressshould arrive to prescribe
to us our conduct. But a temporizing policy
would neither have the advantage of ensur
ing the_ security of our commercial rola-
ons, nor of eventually placing them under
in protection of reprisals. By the adoption,
kewise, of such a system, the two govern-
nents would bo compelled to wait mutually
upon the proceedings of each other)—and
from the great distance by which they are
sepaiatetl, the legislative sessions, both at
Washington and Paris, would: probably ter
minate—leaving this important question not
only undecidetl,bnt irritated by fresh delays.
In this state of things, the government has
rejected a temporizing system.
The question of t he national dignity has
a right to its first solicitude. You are awiire
gentlemen,how . it has been provided for,yet,
as the treaty ofJuly has become neither less
just,nor less politic than before--.as the pro
ceeding of 'the President of the U. States
has not availed to weaken the basis of equi
ty and reason,on which the transaction rests
—the government has persevered in its de
termination to present the subject anew to
your examination : This engagement has
been made—THE HONOR OF FRANCE DE
MANDS THAT IT SHOULD BE FULFILLED.
In this important doliberation,the Cham
ber, we doubt not, while watching vigilantly
with us over the notional dignity, will keep
in mind all the sentiments of good will and
ft tendship which for sixty years have uni
ted the French and the American gy r ations.
I will recall to mind those high considera
tions of commercial power, and maritime
force, which have ever caused our alliance
with the United States to be regarded as
one of the unalterable rules of our national
policy.
In holding this language,we only wish to
render homage to those truths which are of
every time—to oppose them—to temporary
impressions—and, above all, to declare that
France imputes, neither to the people nor
to the government of the United States, the
sentiments and the propositions which their
President has expressed. We only wish to
see in his Message to Congress, the inconsi
derate act (Pacte peu refiechi) of an isolated
power: and the national honor does not the
less command us to persist in the policy
which have been always that of the King's
government—THE POLICY OF GOOD FAITH.
Gentlomen—You will scrupulously weigh
the motives which solicit the adoption of
the treaty. It will be required ofyou,above
all other things,that,in examining this ques
tion, you will divest your minds, as we have
done, of every consideration unconnected
with the subject itself. In other words, un
connected with THE RIGHT AND JUSICE OF
THE mums, and with the compensation we
should offer for the commercial advantages
which the treaty guarantees to France.
Impressed with these considerations,gen•
tiemen, the government make me its organ
of again laying before you the project of
the law which I shall now have the honor of
reading to you.
It has been judged necessary to insert an
eventual clause, of which,without doubt,you
will acquiesce in the propriety. This clause
forbids the payments to be made on the sum
fixed by the treaty,until the intention of the
American Government shall be made known
his our right, and our duty, gentlemen, to
render that government responsible for eve
ry act which may tend to wound the dignity
and the interests of France.
The following are the provisions of the
project of the law:
Art. 1. The Minister of the Finances is authorized
to carry to the Budget of each of the years 1836, 1837,
In% 1839, 1840, 1841, the sum requisite to pay off in
six equal terms the capital 25,000,000 francs which
are due in execution of the treaty signed on the 4th of
July, 1831, between France and the United States,
and . the ratifications of which were exchanged at
Washington, on the 2d of February.
Art. 2. The sum of 1,600,000 francs,which the Gov
ernment of the United States engaged to pay to Franca
in six annual instalments in discharge of the claims of
French citizens, shall be credited to a special article
of the Budget as the recoveries are made. Credits to
a similar amount shall be opened to the Minister of
the Finances for the discharge of the claims that may
have been liquidated in favor of the French citizens.
Art. 3. The payments to be made on the sum of
25,000,000 francs shall not be carried into effect till it
shall have been ascertained that the Government of
the United States has adopted no measures injurious
to the French interests.
The question was then proposed to the
Minister, that this project of law should be
printed and distributed, and the day for dis
cussion ultimately fixed.
. .
This ministerial communication caused a
strong and general sensation, which lasted
for some time. A miscellaneous discussion
followed and became general, when M. PE.
LET took the tribune. Gentlemen (said he)
the Chamber will readily believe, that I do
not wish to anticipate a discussion on the
project which has just been submitted by
the government. I only wish to require the
immediate printing of a document, which
will not otherwise be in time to enlighten
our opinions. The Chamber is aware, that
besides the committee charged with the ex.
aminatton of this subject last year, there are
other committees named expressly, to dis
cuss the same question, particularly rone
nominated in 1831, and which made nt that
time a report on this important transaction.
I think, then, that the printing of these re
ports should be ordered along with the pres
ent, that we may be enabled to examine the
affair under every aspect. I therefore move
that the printing and distribution of the re-
port made in 1831 to government may be
ordered—(seconded.)
M. DE RIONY, (Foreign Minister.) in
the speech of the Minister of Finances it
was announced that all the documents neces
nary for the elucidation of the treaty with
the U. States, should be placed before the
Chamber. If gentlemen should require the
printing of any of these documents, the gov-
ernment had no intention of opposing the
V. LE. PRESIDENT: IS it perfectly under
stood that these documents will be laid upon
the table of the Chamber and not merely
before the commission?
M.D.E litoriv answered in the affirmative.
We request the grave attention of the
reader to 'the foregoing remarks of the
French Minister on this important occasion..
It is calm,dignified,and honorable—evincing
a due sense of self-respect, on the part of his
Sovereign, and, at the same time, expressing
a strong and sincere desire to vindicate the
honor ofFrance,in the execution of the Trea
ty, as far as may be, after the delay that has
already Occurred, to the letter. The insult
upon the French Kingicontained in the Men.
sage of General Jackson, he considers in the
lightof a mere personal act of the Executive;
and it will be so considered and treated, until
such insult shall have been sanctioned by
Congress. The ignorance of the American
Executive as to the principles of the Con
ablution of the French Monarchy ; is rebuk
ed with dignity—and, at the same time, in
terms not offensive. [Alas! the French
Minister little knows the ignorance of the
1 same Executive mind, in regard to the prin
ciples of our own Constitution!)
The impressions which we have further
derived from the speech of M. Humann, as
to the course intended to be pursued by the
King's Goverment, are these: Irrespective
of what they deem an insult to their Sover
eign, they determined to sustain their own
honor, by introducing the bill punctually at
the time promised. They have done so—
and there they will probably leave the mat
ter until they hear what course shall have
been adopted by the two Houses of Congress
—for the French Minister draws the very
just distinction which exists in the Constitu
tion of the United States, that the President
of the United States is not the Government
of the United States. This is a distinction
which General Jackson himself has never
been able to perceive; and the old gentle
man may perhaps think the declaration of
the French Minister upon the subject, a
fresh cause of war; but it does exist, never
theless. But, not to digress from the sub
ject—it is hardly to be supposed that the
bill had been called up again and rejected,
between the 17th and 20th of January; and
therefore the D'Assas can scarcely have
brought any news changing the aspect of
the question as it stood on the 17th; and
we believe it will bo kept in that position,
until the Report of Mr. Clay, and the ottani
tnous resolution of the Senate, disapproving
of the President's recommendations, shall
have been received in France. They will
then perceive at once that they have put the
right construction upon the objectionable
passsage of the Message—and that it was
in fact the language of the President and
not of the Government—and therefore, that
no good reason exists for delaying further
action upon the bill granting the indemnity.
, Thus, in the end, should war be averted,and
the treaty fulfilled, IT WILL ALL BE OWING
TO TILE FIRMNESS AND NVISDOM OF THE
WHIG SENATE. If, on the other hand—
contrary, however, to our expectations—the
treaty should remain unexecuted, and war
ensue, THE BLAME WILL LIE AT THE DOOR
or THE EXECUTIVE---S 0 far, at least, as the
unnecessary rashness—the inconsideration
—of his Alessage,shall have operated against
our just claims upon France.
Such, briefly, are our impressions under
the aspect of the case presented to-day; and
there is only one circumstance now occur
ring to us which may yet frustrate a con
summation so devoutly to be wished. We
refer to the last published extracts from
Mr. Livingston's correspondence. Regard
ing these communications as very undiplo
matic and indiscreet, we greatly fear that
should they reach the French Capital be
fore the final adjusment of the question,their
first effect would be to throw every thing
again to the winds, and compel his own de
parture from the kingdom. Meanwhile we
hope for the best.
LATER FROM EUROPE.
By the ship ALEXANDER BARCLAY, Capt.
Perry, at Philadelphia, advices from Liver
pool to the 20th January, and Paris dates to '
the evening of the 17th, two days later from
England, and one day later from France
than the intelligence furnished on Monday,
have been received. The news by this ar
rival is not important. The account of Mr.
Livingston's determination to retain his
place at Pa ris,unt i I his passports wereforced
upon him, is confirmed. Galignani's Mes
senger has this statement: "Mr. Livingston
wrote a letter to Admiral de Rigny, in an
swer to that which informed him that his
passports would be delivered to him,in which
Mr. Livingston stated, that his instructions
did not indicate the steps he was to take in
such a case, as it had not been foreseen; and
therefore requested the Minister to make
him acquainted with the intentions of. the
French Government, and state whether it
was wished that he should immediately quit
France, or whether he might wait for in
structions from his own Government. We
are not acquainted with the reply of Admi
ral de Rigny, but of course it was not of a
nature to add to the embarrassment which
already exists by enforcing the Minister's
departure. The accounts of the pacific dis
positions of the Congress, received yester.
day, are likewise calculated to calm any ap
prehension that the affair will be carried to
extremities."
A London paper says:—
As respects domestic news, the French
papers now before us are rather more inter
esting than any that have reached us during
some days, although still occupied nearly to
exclusion, with our elections and the quarrel
with the United States of America. On
the former subject, the Ministerial papers
continue to express their hopes that the' . .
Radical party in this country will have suc
ceeded, but it is evident, and, indeed, from
our private lotto's, we know it to be a fact,
that the French Government begins to ad.
mit a doubt of the triumph of Radicalism.
With regard to the American question,
our Paris letter states that the general opin
ion resolves itselfinto an uncertainty wheth.
er Ministers shall be able to carry the Bill
through the Chamber,. and thus maintain
themselves in office, and whether or not the
American Government may not take the
withdrawal of the French Minister front
Washington, and the notification to Mr.
Livingston, the American Minister in Paris,
as a mortal affront, to be resented by tm.
mediate hostilities. The great probability
is' however, that the menaced collision will
not take place.
Not a word further in the papers before
us, bearing upon the relations between this
country and France. .There is little intel.
ligence from England with reference to the
elections, which were progressing more
slowly than at first. The London Morning .
Herald of the 15th is rather confident with
regard to the prospects ef the Conservatives.
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GETTYSBURG, PA.
TUESDAY MORNING, MARCH 3.
BALTIIVIOR.E MAREET.
(Corrected weekly from the Baltimore Patriot.]
Flour $4 56t0 462 Cloverseed $4 75 to 500
Wheat 1 00 to l 02 Flaxseed I 25 to 0 00
Corn 60 to 00 Whiskey 26 to 00
Oats 30 to 33 Plaster, per ton,
Q:7-We have been requested to give no-
tice that the Rt. Rev. H. U. ONDEEIDONK,
Assistant Bishop of the Protestant Episcopal
Church, in the Diocese of Pennsylvania,
will preach in the Presbyterian Church of
this Borough, on Thursday the 12th inst. at
7 o'clock P. M., and on Friday the 13th, at
Christ Church, Huntington township, at 11
o'clock A. M.
();TWe should be glad to receive the
numbers of the KNICKERBOCKER end Illtn-
BOR of New York, as they issue from the
press, promising to notice their contents,
and to express, from time to time, our esti
mation of the value of each work.
Q::;! - We make the same suggestion in re
gard to LITTELL's MUSEUM OF FonEmINI
LITERATURE, SCIENCE AND ART, of Phila
delphia--a work wish which we have had
some acquaintance,and which ranks among
the ablest periodicals of the day.
Post Offices in Adams County.
OzrFor public information,we give below
the names of the different Post Offices in
Adams county—together with the names of
the Post Masters and of the Townships in
which they are situated:—
Post Offices. Post Masters. Townships.
GETTVEIBUno: r Vlll. W. Bell. Borough.
AnnerrifrowN: Jacob Fahnestock. Berwick.
Ewer Beaux: IVin. Hildebrand. Hamilton
FAIRFIELD: IVm. Johnston. liamiltonban.
HAMPTON: Charles Btish. Reading.
HElDLEnanuna: Abel Pittendurff. Tyrone.
MENA LLEN: Daniel Menaugh. Menallen.
NEw OXFORD: Francisldt.. Berwick.
LITTLESTOWN: Francis Leas. Germany.
YORK SPRINGS: Harman Hrierman.f Huutinfiton.
Two TAVERNS: Hr. 11. Brinkerhoff. Mountjoy.
CASH Town. A. S. E. Duncan. Franklin.
WILSON viLLE. George Wilson. Menaßen.
HUNTERS-TOWN. Susan COSSOL Straban.
New CHESTER. N. Thughenbaugh. Stratum.
FOUNTAIN-DALE. Joseph Baugher. Liberty.
'Mrs. M. Melseimer, Acting P. M.
tAlrs. Godfrey, Acting P. il.
We have Daily Mails from Philadelphia,
Baltimore and Pittsburg--the first of which
passes through the Post Offices at Abbotts
town and New Oxford; the second, those at
Littlestown and Two Taverns; and the last
that at Cash-Town.
The Mail for Hagerstown, via Fairfield
and Fountain Dale, leaves here every Tues
day, Thursday and Saturday morning, and
returns every Monday, Wednesday -and Fri
day evening, passing through the same Post
Offices.
For Harrisburg, via Heidlersburg and
York Springs, every Wednesday and Satur
day morning, and returns, same route, eve
ry Tuesday and . Friday evening.
For. East Berlin, via Hunterstown, New
Chester and Hampton, leaves every Tues
day morning, and returns in the evening of
the same day.
For Wilsonville, via Menallen P. 0. eve
ry Wednesday morning, and returns same
day.
The Mail for Frederick, Md. via Em
miltsburg, every Monday and Friday morn-
log, and returns on Tuesday and Saturday
evenings. Generally, the Stage runs also
to Frederick on Wednesday and returns on
Thursday.
Ct:',7-The Sentinel in giving Mr. ADAMS'
explanation calls It "BACKING OUT. " , We
commend the article, in another column,
from the National Gazette, to the attention
of the erudite Editor of the Sentinel.
01 — The Editors of the Harrisburg Re
porter,in a lute number of their paper,charg
ed Gen. Harrison with being a "High Ma
son." The Editor of tho Intelligencer con
tradicts the assertion, and states that the
evidence of Gen. Harrison's being not a Ma
son is in Harrisburg, and was known to the
Editors of the Reporter at the time. Let
us see it in print.
o::rThe Editor of the Harrisburg Tele.
graph reports for his paper "from the G4l
- People's Throne!"
o::rFrom the ,following article from the
Harrisburg Intelllgencer, it will be seen that
we are sustained in our remarks, in another
column, respecting the resolution introduced
into the proceedings of the Harrison meet
, ing at York. The Editor of the Intelligen
cer takes the right view of the subject; and
in giving his sentiments a place in our pa
per,we take the occasion to make one request
—viz: that Mr. Strong refrains,for the present
from making efforts to destroy. Judge Mc-
LEAN in the estimation of the people.
Yonx Covrrrir.—,While we rejoice to
see a movement in favor of the Democratic
RepUblican candidate of the people, in old
"Democratic York," we are sorry to sea
any thinddone on the Governor question.
If it had been a meeting of Whigs only, or
Jacksonmen only, or Anti-Masons only,-it
would not have been improper to have add
ed resolutions in favor of Gen. Harrison.—
But for the friends of this statesman to call
a meeting without distinction of party, and
then introduce a firebrand into the meeting,
is, to say the least of it, indiscreet. Such a
course will drive from us all the friends of
Ritner, Muhlenberg and Wolf, however
much they may be in favor of General Har
rison. We hope the friends of Gen. Har
rison will take no steps to divide the oppo
nents of Martin Van Buren. Let no can
didate for Governor be nominated, and if
there should be, it is to be hoped that he
will IMMEDIATELY DECLINE. Pa
triotism and the good of the cause demand
it. DISGRACE and DEFEAT will sure
ly follow any candidate who may suffer his
name to be used by airagment only of the
friends of the people's candidate.—Pa. Int.
11. STATES AND FRANCE.
0:7 - The U. S. Telegraph states that the
President of the U. States communicated to
both Houses of Congress, on Thursday last,
"a correspondence between Mr. Livingston
and the French Government, and also, a
correspondence between Mr. Forsyth and
Mr. Livingston. By it we are informed
officially of what had before reached us
through the French and English papers,rela
five to the feeling produced by the Presi
dent's message; of the recall of Mr. Serru
rier, and of the notification that Mr. Liv
ingston's passports were in readiness for him,
on the contingency of his wishing to leave
France. Mr. Livingston also writes that
he would await the instructions of his own
Government--to which Mr. Forsyth replied,
giving the approbation of the President, and
informing him that an armed frigate would
be despatched to bring him home in case
the Chambers refused to pass the appro.
priation for the indemnity."
Za'FRORI HARRISBURG.
KTOn the 18th ult. (we learn from the
Reporter,) in Committee of the Whole,
the Bill to erect Adams and York counties,
into a separate Judicial District, to be call.
ed the 19th district, and for other purposes,
was taken up and discussed by Messrs. Mc-
SHERRY, Snyder,Walker, STE V ENs,Krause,
Dewart, McCulloh, Irish, T. S. Smith,
Fornance and Rinehart. As this bill not
only affects the districts in which the coun
ties named in the title are situated, but also
those of which Lancaster, Cumberland, Per
ry, Juniata, Schuylkill, Lebanon and Dau
phin form a part, it is one of considerable
importance,and after being under considera
tion some time, the committee rose, report.
ed progress and had leave to sit again to
morrow, (the 4th inst.)
On the same day, Mr. STEVENS presented
a document in support of the petition of Sa
rah Deardorff, which was referred to the
Committee on Estates and Escheats.
On the 19th, Mr. MIDDLECOEY presented,
in the Senate, a petition for the erection o
the counties of Adams and York, into a se
parate Judicial District.
On the 20th, Mr. ANDERSON, of Dela
ware, from the Committee on Education, re
ported a bill entitled "An act supplementary
to an act to establish a General System of
Education by Common Schools,passed April
let, 1834."
Mr. REIGART, from the same Committee,
made a Minority. report on the School Sys
tem, dissenting from the provisions of the
bill, which was read together with the bill,
and 4,500 copies of each ordered to be prin.
ted for distribution.
In the Senate, on the 23d, (we learn from
the Chronicle) Mr. MIDDLECOFF presented
petitions against the formation of any part of
Hamilton township, Adams county, in a new
election district.
On the same day, in the House, Mr. STE
VENS presented two against a repeal of the
School Law; 2 for an investigation of Ma
sonry; in favor of the extension of the Phil
adelphia and Columbia Rail Road to Get
tysburg; and for rendering justice to the
creditors of the Marietta Bank.
Also, on the same day, Mr. MCSIIERRY
presented petitions against changing the
place of holding the elections in Menallen
township; and for the extension of the Phil-
adelphia and Columbia Rail Road to Get
tysburg.
t:1) , " On the 24th ult. Mr. STEVENS (we
learn from the Telegraph,) called up the
resolution offered gy him some time since,
relative to Masonic, Odd Fellows and other
extra-judicial oaths. Mr. REED of the coun
ty, made some remarks against their pas
sage, when Mr. REIOART took the floor, and
addressed the House for more than an hour,
laying bare the whole system of Masonry,
from the Entered Apprentice's degree to
that of the Knight of the Holy Sepulchre.
He was followed by Mr. Cox, on the same
side, and for about the same length of time.
When he sat down, the hour being late,
Mr. BAYNE moved a postponement of the
question to-morrow. This was refused
—the Masonic party through the House
calling for "the question," to stop the debate.
Much confusion prevailed. At this juncture
Mr. STEVEIVE4 arose, and moved that the
further consideration of :the
_ resolutions be
postponed until Tuesday next; which he
supported by a short speech that made the
supporters of Masonry, and tho advocates of
"GAG•LAW" tremble. The following is a
faint outline.
Mr. STEVENS said the gentleman from
Allegheny had moved •an adjournment, as
he presumed, with the intention of address
ing the House to-morrow; but he had been
refused this right--=-the GAG-LAW had
been thrown as a shield over the Masonic
institution, to suppress the exposition of its
abominations. It had been applied in an
other case, by , that House—An Anti-Mason
ic press had been, trampled upon, and its edi
tor thrown out from amongst them to the
people. He thought he saw the same spirit
arising now, and ready to commit another
,outrage on the right of debate. He wished
to hear the gentleman from Allegheny (Mr.
Bayne) speak on this question—also several
other gentlemen whom he believed were
ready to give their views on the subject.--
And he hoped such an attempt to smother
the question, and prevent the raising of the
veil of Masonry and exposing the-polluting
ceremonies and dead mens' bones concealed
under it would not be persisted in. They
had the power, it was true, and they might
apply the gag-law to the opponents of this
institution of abominations; they might
smother debate in that hall; but they could
not smother the voice of the people who had
engaged in the war against its dominion—
they would arise and cheer them on their
course. The holy horror that a portion of
the House felt when the temple of Masonry
was entered, and her bloody and infidel Gods
were exposed to public gaze, would not be
a sufficient apology to the people for at
tempting to suppress light—lt would be no
apology for the attempt to shut out the de
bate by a side winde. Sir, said he, if the
party in the majority shall insult the rights
of representatives—insult the courtesy of
debate—insult the intelligence of a respec
table minority, and their representatives, by
refusing the request now made; the people
—the Democracy of the country, in a voice
of thunder, will stun the ears of the supple
tools of power. In conclusion he called up
on the high-minded of all parties—as well
the Jacksonman as the investigating Anti-
Mason,to give his vote in favor of the motion.
The postponement was agreed to without
a division.
On the 25th,when Mr. Petriken's resolu
tions came up for conside ration, Mr. Stevens
moved to amend them so as to instruct our
Senators in Congress to go against the char
ter of any National Bank---condemning the
removal of the public deposites from the
Bank of the United States, arid condemning
the doctrines of the Veto Message. On this
amendment, he made a short speech of sur
passing power and eloquence, in which he
compared the dominant party to the fabled
Polyphemus, craunching men's bones and
disgorging their entrails! Even the Mason
ic party,as they writhed under its well aim
ed thrusts and its cutting lash, we think,
could not but acknowledge its truth, power,
and just application.
The resolutions were postponed until
Tuesday the 10th of March.
BALTIMORE, Feb. 26
FIRE AND LOSS OF LlVES.—Between 9
and 10 o'clock last night, the large Stables
in the rear of the Western Hotel at the cor
ner of Howard and Saratoga streets, were
consumed by fire, and it is most lamentable
to state, that four men whose names are
WILLIAM MACLIN, WILLIAM MCNELLY,
MICHAEL MORAN and STEWART S. DOWNS
were killed by the falling of the wall; and
three or four others were seriously injured.
They were engaged at the time in removing
some planks, which were under a shed at
tached to the Stable, when the wall fell and
completely buried them in its ruins. The
head of Mr. Macklin was most shockingly
mangled. Mr. Downs has left a widow and
five children to deplore his premature death.
We are not able to ascertain how the fire
originated, but it is imputed to be the work
of design. The fire commenced in the loft,
and from this circumstance time was afford
ed to clear the stables of a considerable num
ber of horses.
One of our most aged and esteemed citi
zen* informs us, that among the accidents
that have occurred in our city from time to
time by fires, he has no recollection of any
person before having been killed by the fall
ing of the walls of the prernises.--Patriot.
BALTIMORE AND SUSQUEHANNA RAIL
ROAD.-A large public meeting of citizens
of Hopewell and adjoining townships, in
York County, Pa. was held at the house of
William Torbet, on the 14th ult. The ob
ject of the meeting was to adopt measures
to encourage or secure the location of the
Susquehanna Rail Road on the east side of
the Baltimore and York Turnpike.
The meeting being organized—resolu
tions were adopted expressing much satis
faction at the terms of the report lately made
to the City Councils of Baltimore, in refer
ence to the affairs of the Rail Road Compa.
ny, and to the intention of carrying the work
to the town of York--they also express the
decided opinion that the best and cheapest
route for the road will be found on the east
side of the turnpike, and should that route
be adopted, the meeting pledge themsel✓es
to render every possible facility to the Corn
pany, both as to right of way and, to the fur
nishing of wood, stone, and other materials
in the prosecution of the work. The pro
ceedings of the meeting were signed by up.
wards of one hundred citizens and land hold
ere of those townships through which it was
deemed probable a road might pass.--/bid.
THE FOREIGN NEW/I.—The news from
France, which we give to-day, is decidedly
the most important received since the period
of our contest with England. The question
of Peaceor War, is now no longer one which
rests upon the judgment or reason of the
public functionaries concerned; they seem
to have arrived at that point when it is usual
to "cavil on the ninth. part of a hair." It
depends upon mere impulse, upon feelings
of pride and resentment, and during the
prevalence of excitement, both parties may
be precipitate. Much good may new result ,
from early manifestations of public :ti
ment in both countries; and it is to be
ed that the people of each—free fron+
tenacious notions of wounded honor ‘s
the officers of government fancy theme . ).
bound at all times to displaywill„dell' . • •
ate well before they agree to break the Lc- ;7,!• ANAW AY from the subscriber, living
1.
of our ancient and deep.rooted friendslvJ - in Gettysburg, Pa. on the 17th day of
At such a crisis as this, how much shall I , : . cary 14st,an indented negro boy,nained
miss the pacific and enlightened coims , ; ,- r.' . lIIPILLAffent LEff,
the great and good LA.r.s.xxrrE! Be 0 1 ; 16 years of age.. Had on and took n.
with all the devotion of a generous her,: 1 ,, ..eith him a blue cassinet coat, brown
his beautiful and beloved France,neverforg , “ j I , l;oi:ikons & other clothing not recolfected.
his American feelings; lie who cherishe . l. v The above reward and no thanks will be
the apple of his eye,the honor and the chi for his apprehension and delivery.
ryof both nations. But we trust there ar yc tI . JOHN CRESS.
to be found, on both sides, men of enls,..ed 31-48
and liberal views, who will restrain rather
than augment the effervescence of the mo•
meat; and that no step will have been taken
on the part or France,until the calm and dig s I
nified report of the Senate shall have reach.
ed the Chambers. The breach is not yet
too wide; and if the latter body shall receive
that document in the proper temper, we will
soon witness the restoration of that happy
spirit of reciprocal good will and courtesy
which has so long existed.—Rich. Comp.
MAJOR BARRY.—No veteran of history
ever stood fire equal to the Postmaster Ge
neral; for ho maii.tains his stand although
peppered by the shots of friends and foes.—
His drill sergeant 0. B. Brown, also main
tained his post stoutly for a while; but the
last peal from the Senate artillery made him
scamper—and he left his undaunted com
mander to receive the whole charge. Major
Barry deserves a monument of brass, if bra
zenfaced impudence be entitled to reward;
for, there is scarcely another man in the
nation who would not have shrunk from pub
lic view, atter being so detected and exposed.
But it is presumed that, with the Hickory
tree to sustain his back, he means to fight
to the last gasp. He is like the Bull at the
fair, with better courage than conduct:
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 26
BASENESS.—We are sorry to see ill the
New York papers of yesterday, that the of
fleets of the French vessel of war lately ar
rived at that place, were shamefully assailed
by a mob, when they landed at Castle Gar
den; which followed them through several
streets, using the most abusive language and
epithets. The Mayor was called on, and
at once took measures to disperse the mob,
and prevent a repetition of the insult, and
we sincerely hope, for the sake of our na
tional honor, and the moral standing of our
country, that a like scene may never again
be witnessed in the Union.—Sun.
John Quincy Adams.—The intol
erance of party has already thrown out dark
hints and derogatory conjectures respecting
the motives of Mr. Adams. Who can ex
pect to escape the base interpretations of
paltry spirits, when such a stateman is so
misconstrued and misrepresented 7 It is
evidence, too, of the supercilious conceit of
the small party politicians, that they ven
ture to pass harsh sentence upon the conclu-
sions and sentiments of one whose peculiar
opportunities and studies and general know!.
edge and intellectual habits, form the 111. -
est qualifications for a full and accurate ap
prehension of the whole case- That loan
makes a bold estimate of his own faculties,
who prefers his own survey and judgment of
this question to those of JoaN Q. ADAMS,
one of the most erudite and experienced
publicists and constitutional jurists of the
age, many years 'in envoy at the principal
courts of Europe, eight years Secretary of
pay . ;and four years President of the Union,
witl - ethis very case con - eta - ay before him,
and always attentive to all the facts and
documents necessary as materials of sound
opinion. He has besides, a true American
heart beating in his aged bosom; but it huff
pens that he rises superior to party discip
line and decision, and therefore must be dis.
paraged and slurred. The exclamations
and complaints of some of the Whig editors
and Washington correspondents, about his
simple approval of the spirit of President
Jackson's message, and his frank and just
description of the Senate's procedure, re.
mind us of the text of Lord Clarendon touch
ing the freedom of an English Duke's be
haviour at Madrid—" This, with all the cir
cumstances of it, administered wonderful
occasion of discourse in the capital and
country—there Ewer having been such a
comet seen in that hemisphere, their sub
missive reverence to their princes being a
vital part of their religion." An indepen
dent national politician is a sort of comet
at Washington, where submission to party
leaders is the political Gaz.
Gov. Poindexter acquitted.
IrrTile Committee appointed to investi
gate the attempt made to destroy the char
acter of Gov. POINDEXTER. made a partial
Report on Thursday last, "entirely acquit
ting him (Mr. Poindexter) by a ananimous
vote, of any shadow of suspicion of the alle
gations against him." The National Intel
ligencer states, the report of the Committee
was "received by a simultaneous burst of
applause from the galleries."
KEN'ruc y SENATORS.—The Senate of
Kentucky, is composed of 38 members. A
late Frankfort paper gives the ages and
places of birth of the Senators respectively.
We copy the last, as an illustration of the
various sources whence the population of
that State is derived. Of the 38 members
now composing the State Senate, there wore
born 9 in Kentucky, 18 in Virginia, 4 in
North Carolina, 3 in Pennsylvania, and o
in each of the States of Maryland, Delawar ,
New York and Vermont.
A fellow, whose countenance was homely
enough to scare the nld one, was giving
some extra flourishes in a public houso,when
he was observed by a Yankee, who asked
him whether he did'nt fall into a brook when
be was young. "What do you 'mean you
impertinent scoundrel?" "Why, I did'nt
mean nothin', only you have got such an
All-fired . crooked mouth, I thought as how
might a fall'd in the brook when you
boy, and your mother hung you up
;,, ":,- mouth to dry."
,!;: ;j`X. C E.TY T E Ilraß D.
' il]arch 3, 1835.
Drivers' nall.—Tho Stage Dri.
vers in the vicinity of Providence, recently
had a Grand Ball at the City Hotel. The
newspapers tell us it was "got up with great
liberality" and "supported with spirit."—
This is but a meagre record of so interest
ing an event. But though we have not
heard of the particulars, we do not doubt the
presence of such an assemblage made the
hours team with delight. A free rein was
probably given to festivity; no traces ofcare
could be found on the glowing faces of the
delighted company; and the young couples
wheeled down the dance till they were tired,
or spoke of happiness until they forgot the
load of ills that cumber every stage of life.
The • gentlemen present no doubt bridled
their ecstacies, betraying not a bit of vio
lence; and we may infer that none of the
ladies were whipped-up, ran away with and
harnessed for life to their jocund partners.
'Pile Jehus of Providence must drive a good
business to be able to indulge in these plea
sures. We hope that they may always be
thus fortunate; that in this uphill world
their road may be free from the lash of mis.
fortune, and their cares soothed by the
smiles of the fare, until their latest stage is
passed, and they put up at last in the inn
which must receive all the children of men."
DIGNITY!-Mr. McElwee, who, it will
be recollected was the individual sinned a
gainst, in the recent case of dignity result
ing in the expulsion of Mr. Fenn, is report
ed to have said in the course ofa debate on
the subject of imprisonment for debt, that
"the storekeepers, in nine cases out of ten,
charged the poor man with more than he
got." —Chambersburg Wing.
JUDGE WRITE.—This gentleman is des
tined to become a formidable candidate for
the next Presidency. His nomination by
the Legislature of Alabama (which is de
cidedly Jacksonian) was almost unanimous.
And the Nashville (Tennessee) Banner of a
late date says: "Perhaps there never was a
question onlwhich the Newspapers of a State
were as unanimous as those of'fennessee are
in favor of Judge White."
Both the Banner and Republican, of
Nashville, decided Jackson papers, agree in
the opinion that even Gen. Jackson's per
sonal influence, if it was exerted to the ut
most, could not turn aside the vote of Ten
nessee from Hugh Lawson White.[Balt.Put
RELIGIOUS NOTICES.
Qt?-The Rev. Mr. WATSON will preach in the
Presbyterian Church next Sunday morning at 11
o'clock, and in the evening at early candle-light. „
The Rev. Mr. Ruthrauff will preach in the Ger
man Church, on Sunday morning next, at 10 o'clock,
in the German language.
There will also be preaching in the same church
at half past 2 o'clock, in the English language.
-.0 1 4 - 7. 11 a.n0v. Mr. Young will preach in the Me
thodist Church in this place, on Sunday morning next
at 11 o'clock And la the evening at early candle-iight:
The Rev. Mr. Dougherty will officiate in the Cath
olic Chapel at this place, on Sunday morning next, at
10 o'clock, in the English language.
MARRIED.
On the 22d ult. by the Rev. Mr. RuthraufT, Mr.
DANIEL DIEHL; ot New Oxford, to Mrs. LEAH
BEECHER, of Abbottstown.
On the 24th,by the Rey. Mr Dougherty,Mr. nor-
OLAS KORDARI, of this place, to Miss ELIZAII,ETH
MARTIN, of New Oxford.
DIED,
On the 22d ult. near Littlestown, Mrs. ELIZABETH
Gtt.m.mq, in the 23d year of her age. .
On the 23d ult. Mrs. MARY ELLIOTT, wife:of Mr.
John Elliott, of Huntington township.
On the same day, JULIA ANN, youngest daughter
of J. 11.Clark,Esq. of this place,aged about 15 rttonths.
ADVERTISEMENTS.
HORSE-BILLS
AND
rtaaa - pa2mazzao
01-13}` EVERY DESCRIPTION,-€e
.Neatly and expeditiously executed at the
OFFICE OP - THE
Star IP Republican Rattner,
GETTYSBURG, PENN. '
BRIGADE INSPECTOR•
TO THE VOLUNTEERS AND MILITIA
OF THE SECOND BRIGADE, FIFTH
DIVISION, PENNSYLNANIA MILITIA:
FELLOW-SOLDIERS:
HAVING on a former occasion receiv
ed a respectable number of votes, for
which I tender you my sincere acknowledg
ments, I feel myself induced to offer again
as a candidate for the Office of
2M20,1151M ENSIPMITSMei
at the ensuing Election ; and,if elected, will
endeavor to discharge the duties of that:of
fice with justice and impartiality.
JOSEPH J. .Ii.VHN.
March 3, 1835. te-48
ITAi.tuttolir Axle+
INTENDING to remove to the West,
the subscriber will sell at public sale, at
his residence in Tyrone township, Adams
county, on Friday the 27th of March inst.
A VARIETY OF PROPERTY-SUCH AS
Horses, Cows & Young Cattle :
HOGS; 1 broad-tread WAGON, 1 plan
tation WAGON and a good BAROUCHE;
together with all his
HOUSEHOLD AND KITCHEN FUR.
NITURE:
Such as Beds, Bedsteads and Bedding; Ta.
bles,Chairs, Bureaus, Cupboards,Desks,&c.
1 eight-day Clock and a 24 hour do. Stoves
and Pipe, with various other articles too te,
dious to enumerate. Also,
.1 first-rate Turning _Lathe
(with a cast-iron Wheel.)
o::rSale to commence at 10 o'clock A.M.
when a reasonable credit and attendance
will be given by
JOHN STUDEBAKER.
March 3, 1835. is-48
Bide, PEXD UE NOTES
For Sate at this Office.
. - .. i . , ..... - 4,7'.e . :•: .
L l ig 1- _\. illirT 3 )-Traw2-•-`. fil:' ''.-1
Just received and for sale, by the subscriber,
A LA.nor: STOCK- OF
HARDWARE, BAR IRON, dm. -
which will be sold cheap. Persona engaged
in building would do well to call.
GEORGE ARNOLa •
March 3, 1835. St4ll
211aWcOVcillaio
(* - I will remove my Store to the corner
now occupied by Miller & Witherow, on
the first day of April next. G. A.
UST received and for sale at the Office
Q. of the Star, and at the Book Store of
S. 11. Buehler,
"The Principles of Presbyterian Dis•
ctpline, 4.c. unfolded and illustrated in the
protests and•appeals of the
Eget% GEO. IP LTIFFIEII4I3),
eptered during the process ofthe Presbytery
of Carlisle against him, at their Sessions in
April, 1823, in which his strict, adherence
to the Confession of Faith, and the standards
of the Church, is fully shown."
Gettysburg, March 3,1835.
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March 3, 1835,
Estate of Geo. Briniterhor, dee'd.
LL persons indebted to the Estate of
n a GEORGE BRINUERHOFF,tate of
Mountpleasant tosvnship, Adams county, Pa.
deceased, nro hereby notified to come for-
ward and make settlement without delay:
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the same, proporly authenticated, to the
subscribers without delay for settiemeM.
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ban township, tha last named in Meuntjoy
township, Adams county.
GARRET BRI NKERITOFF,
.L•'x'rs
PETER BERCA W,
Marcn 3, 1835. -- -
T,El:l22`OS,Eri
A MEETING of the "Youmo Mmt's
TEMPERANCE SOCIF.Tr" will be held
in the Court-house, on Saturday next at half
past 6 o'clock P. M. A punctual Oren
donee of the members is requested, as there
will - be an election for officers.
0. 0. McCLEAN, Sec'ry.
March 3, 1835. It-48
PITBZIVO
THE citizens of Berwick township, in fa
vor of a System of General Education,
are hereby requested to meet on Saturday
the 14th of March inst. at 2 o'clock, P.m.
at the bouse of Henry Gitt, in said township,
for the purpose of !brining a ticket, to bci
supported by them at the township election
on Friday following. MANY.
March 4, 1835. tin-48
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