...smr-.Deootod to Polities, Foreign and lioniestie Irulelligeuee, Literature, Science, agriciilture, tlie'sillechanic arts, Intermit Imps rind General alliseellany.,_,;:* COMM UNICA TION S. Fur the Star & Banner. MR. Enrrou, As Mr. LEFEVER is anxious to know whether I "did or did not deliver and as sume the res;tonsibilitv of the communica tions si:med -An Old D• mocrat," which appeared in the S;ar-sof the 4th and 25th of May last"-1 answer, that I did not deliv er,nor tun I responsible for thn communica tions alluded to. G. Zila; LER. For the St3l. & Butner. Democratic COlivenlion. A meeting of the deleauteselected by the Democratic Republicans of Adams county, favo.rable . to the rerelection of George Wolf, for the purpubv of forming a county ticket, to be supported at the ensuing election, was heid at the Cant-house in the borough of Gettvsbuig, on 31onday the 24th inst. when the following persons appeartd and took their scats:—. Gcilysburi— Adani Maury, D. Gilbert. illoundoy—Joseph Ridclieinaser, Jucob Long. Conowago--Joseph Buckce, John F. M'. Kinney. Conikrituul—Jacob Herbst, J. Flemcns. Iluzailtonban—Juhu M'Ginley, W. J. Scabro)ks. Germany—J. W introdf-, W olf. Huntsagdon—Thompson A.Gocifrey,Dr Jesse Crumkuke. Reading—Samuel Strayer, S. Blake. .31enolIen —%V ili law iIPG re w. • Liberty—D. Sheets, Michael M'Cartey. Hamilton—R. M. O'filenit , . The meeting then'orOnized by appoint ing Mr.. THOMPSON A. GODFREY, President, and Witt tart J. SCAIMOOKS, Se cretary. The Convention then proceeded to make the following nominations:— ASSEMBLY CHRISTIAN PICKING, T. C. MILLER. COMMISSIONER. JOHN AULABAUGH, Es' q. Anon on JOHN BIKER. DIRECTOR OF TRY. POOR JACOB HERBST. Resolved, That Col: Samuel Blake, John M'Ginley and Thompson A. Godfrey, be appointed Conferrees, to meet the Confer rees of York county, to form a Senatorial Ticket. Reared, That Committees of Vigilance be appointed for the borough and each town. , ship in the county. Resolved, That the above proc.eedings be signed by the Chairman and Secretary, and be published in the several papers in the county. TIIO NIPSON A. GODFREY, Pres't. Wri.i.tAkt J. Srasnooxs, Sec'ry. For the Star & Banner. There has been a good deal said, in the different papers published in Gettysburg, a bout who shall be our next Governor. On this subject, 1 shall say nothing more than give my opinion as retvects the present in cumbent, Governor Wolf, who, I am clearly of the opinion, has made as pada Govern or as Pennsylvania ever had—taking into view the embarrassment the Slate was in when he first got into office, and the pros perous condition it is in at present. The -tolls which have been received since the o pening of the navioutioa on the canals last spring, has exceeded three thousand dollar 9 per day, and they not more than m their in fancy. The amount of tolls received this year will exceed the estimate made, which was seven hundred thousand dollars; and next year I have no doubt the tolls received will double that ,of this year, iet who will be Governor. This large amount of tolls re ceived, will undoubtedly ere long relieve us of the State Taxes which we have been pay ing. • But this is not the only instance in which ho has acted .wistly. Has he not been the promulgator add the fearlez-s advocate of the present General System of Education,so that the poor man's child may have the same op portunity of receiving au English Education with that of the rich? This, in my opinion, is a matter of more immediate Importance to us, than that of squabblina who shall ba Governor. Where this system of educa tion has been put into operation, has it not proved advantageous? I answer it has, and that in many ways. First—Double the number of children are now going to school ist the Borough of Gettysburg, that went un der the old system; and I believe it to be the case whewer this new system of education has bit atlopted. But the beauty of the gamels, although there is double the num , --t to school, the expence is not more half of that which was paid an -41001 e • • ":".61., and pauperism done a way in the meantime . . I ask, where is the man -vho has a feel ing for Ins offipring, and who is destitute of the means to educate them, that would not advocate thiylrsaiseral System of Education, and thu . {t so so ins-trurnental in . • • bnegitigthe twee about? Bat, when we look aroucd us,"ite can tiaiigndividuals busily en gaged and 'plottaig how they shall break doWn this valuable system of education; but would ask who are they? I answer, the large property holder, the illiberal, and the - Miser, who makes God of their wealth here below, and would rather see the middling and poor classes raised in the mire of ignor ance, than contribute one cent toward's their education! And indeed there are many who have the means who do not educate their own children, owing to their peuurious qual. itiltss. hut. under the presiiit s} stern they have to pay their tax for school purproso• and by that means their children will be Seat tu acturol. I want no further evidence on th*aubject than the friends of Nlr. Muhlrn hitt, (icgti;riag .M.ll/enbcre to be oppos ,t7Geoeral Sgocirt of Education) wlio a #looeid ibe county meeting in Gett).llurg tv,the r Sift of Augikit. Nine-teinakt who.at- Wiled that meeting. urn ti;e bitter ea of our public improverriputs, and a Gener al System of Education! It will not, I presume, be amiss here to mention that David MuldlecotT our Repre seatative in the State Senate, also attended the Muhlenberg county meeting, who voted last winter fur the repeal of the school law, and which did actually piss in Senate--but v--lien it was brought up in the House of Re presentatives it mut with men who were more liberal minded, and who gave it the go-by. Mr. Middlecdf, when asked why he cast his vote in favor of the repeal of so valuable a system of education, his only re ply was, that he was tepresenting York County, and that a large majority of them were opposed•to this system! If so, I would advise him to resign his seat in Senate, in order to give the People of Adams county an opportunity of electing a man who would represent them fiirly in the Stide Senate. Should this take place, I haVe no doubt it would be very acceptable to a large majori ty ofhis constituents, and mare particularly. those in favor of the present -General Sys tem of Education. Had he skulked this question as he did many others, there might have been some excuse for him. VERITAS. POLITICA L. From the Philadelphia loquirer—Whig paper. The Whig The Anti-Masons—Nation al Paltry. Ofir contemporary of the Sentinel avers that Thaddeus Stevens, Esqr., is the "High Priest of Anti-111asonry," and "trithont doubt, fairly expresses the sentiments of the Anti-Masontc party" of the commonwealth. Such being the case, according to the Sen tinel, we will, by reference to the speech de livered by Mr. Stevens at Pittsburg, and from which our neighbor has already quoted so largely, endeavour-to obtain the precise view entertained by Mr. Milner and his friends respecting the measures of the Na tional Administration. The partisans of Governor Wolf are constantly asoertin,; that the Anti-Masons of Pennsylvania do not concur with the W hig party in reference to National politics. -This allegation is utterly erroneous, to use a mild phrase, for all in the slightest degree acquainted with pulic affairs know that during the last session of Congress the votes of the Anti-Masonic members, were invariably recorded against the arbitrary ineaures of the existing dy nasty. But as the Editor of the Sentinel has been pleased constitute Thaddeus Stevens, Ez.q. the High Priest of anti Masonry, we can readily ascertain the precise view of his political friends, respectint!! National poli tics, by referring to the Speech delivered - at Pittsburg, and which has already excited so much attention. In directing the attention of his fellow-citi zens to the arbitrary powers usurped and exercised by the President, Mr. Stevens said: "Your treasury has been wantonly seized, and its let,nd.guardian spurned from office for his stern fidelity. The enactments of Congress aro null if they do not follow the dictation of your Sovereign. - On questions of mere pelicy,the negative of awn aux out. weighs the deliberative judgment or a ma jority Of the REPRESENTATIVES OF TWELVE =Aims or Facc.ueiv. 'the policy and practices of your government for hallo cen• tury, have been demolished in a single four year reign." In referring to the patriotic efforts made by the National Senate, to arrest the march of deapotic - power, Mr. S. used the following language.— "The Senate, that conservative power,— that exalted body of conscript Fathers, is reduced to a nullity, and become the more pageantry of government. It they dare be honest, and censure usurpations, the Tyrant invades their Hall with insolent rebuke. I f they reject the nomination of his minions, ho refuses to fill the office until they • sep arate, when he re•appoints and retains the rejected parasites, and thus he rules alone. Through his recognized organ, he opens the flood gate of official abuse and denunciation against the Judiciary, the Senate, and every other constitutional power which obstructs the path of his lawless ambition. And what is the most humiliating and alarming of all, the PEOPLE cower beneath his imperious behests." Our readers we doubt not will readily ad mit that there is not a particle of Jackson ism in the above quotations. The orator then notices the truckling and timeserving policy pursued by George Wolf and hi advisers in regard to the interests of the commonwealth. We give his language word for word. "What has changed the whole policy of meek Pennsylvania? Her view of the Tariff; —the Public Lands;—the. Currency;—and the Supreme Court? IT IS THE WILL OF JACKSON, AND THE GOLD OF OFFICE! Surely insulted and abused Peen. sylvania is like the Ass in the Scripture meanly crouching down between great bur. ' thens! Although in form, and on your statute books, you have other branches. of govern ment, yet in fact all power is concentrated in one man. So has it always been with republics verging to . despolism. When Nem's bloody will drenched Rome in tears, she had her Senate, and he, nominally, his colleague. So had Caligula. But ho appointed him himself. To mock their pretensions to freedom, and deride a servile people, he raised his Horse to consular dig. pity, and fed him on gilded oats. impar tial history will hereafter record, that, zn the, present day, less noble beasts were raised to power, and fed upon the people's gold! What does such power lack of abso• lute despotism but its perpetuity? Even that seems to be supplied. , of lineal, legitimate descendants, he has appointed his Successoq. and all that seems expected of the people, is meanly to bend the knee, and bail the iiticcession. Mist we. submit? Whither has the spirit of inir fathers fled? Mather has nod the proud spirit of the I mighty signers of that immortal instrument which we have this day heard read? They could perceive Az resist oppression,in the ab tst met assertion of lawless power. We will ; neither see nor feel it when openly assumed I and exercised in the Peonlors palace. We still retain our abhorrence of foreign tyrany, while we kiss it at home. Whose b oso m does not heave,--whose blond does not boil when he reads the oppression of suffering Poland? When he sees the Northern Mon ster, with a heart colder than his own Siberian ice, subjecting the back of her gallant sons to the ignominious lash of Calmuc Serfs and Cossac Slaves?" We think that the above extracts demon• st rate with sufficient clearness that whatever may be the view al:sent) [timer and his friend-4 in other respects, they are at least heart and hand with the Whigs on all ques tions of National and State policy, and it on ly remains for the Whigs to decide wheth er they will rally in behalf of a candidate whose friends express the views and.enter tain the principles avowed above, or give their suppatto the trembling and vacilla ting, being whn now occupies the executive chair of the State, and who is willing, with a selfish motive, to play the pander 61 , the put poses of Martin Van Buren. Front the Lewistown Gnzette. JOGEWILI .7.2.2:Ternma, Every man ought to vote for IlrrNtud— there's nothing more trot.. n i you bdieve it, reader? If you don't--"lo! here's the proof!" Ai e you a working nun? 11 so, vote for RITNEI2! for IIE iv a working man. Are you a farmer—a practical farmer-- and hard labouring son of the soil? If so, vote for FARMER Rimer. Are you a stalmouni If so, vote for RIT- N ER—for he is a statesman of sound views and profound sagacity. Are you a soldier—one who has served your country? If so, vote for R ITN ER, fbr he served his country—and that, too, at a time when both his opponents were "enjoy ing the sweets of hone" - -the one practis ing law and the other gospel, which sacred duty he forsook for the sake apolitical gain. Are you an economist? If so, vote for Rimer--he is a good economist, and will retrench the enormous expenses of the gov ernment, and practise economy in its admin. istration. Are you a friend to good order—one who wishes the ;aura of the state to he well man aged? If so, VOTE FOR RITNER? the only honest and capable candidate now be fore the people. Are you a friend to internal improve ments—judiciously prosecuted? If so, vote for Ritner, for he has shown himself to be their true and wise friend. Are you a friend to equal rights? If so, vote for Ritner, for in him you find their powerful and devoted ct►ainptotl,, a gallant defender of the "suprenincy.of the laws." Are you a poor Maul If so; Atte . for RIT NER, the poor mates friend. I . • • Are you a friend to , universal •ertuca t tun? Ifso, vote for Ritner, for he is the friend of education, though lie may not be a devotee of the present school law. • Are you in favor of the distribution of the public lands? If so, vote for Ritner, for he is the friend of that measure, by which Pennsylvania would receive four hun dred thousand dollars every year—enough to educate her children without a resort to taxation. Are you an enemy to underhand 111M1COU. vering and political cheatery to place can didates for office in nomination'? If so, vote for Rimer, for no intriguing was resorted to, to efliict, his nomination. • Are you in favoar of rotation in office? If so, vote for Ritner. Aro you a democrat? If so, vote for a democrat--a plain republican farmer as Joseph Ritnor. Are you an enemy to taxation? If:to, vote for Miner, for if his advice had been follow ed in the construction of our state improve ments, tmenty . fice millions of debt would not now hang over Pennsylvania, like an otniniods thunder-cloud, shrouding her des tinies ire gloom, and blighting her natural energies Are you an enemy to fraud, forgery, and perjury? If so, vole for RITNEII i for it was by such means he was defeated in 8:32. Are you a free citizen—one who is un• trammelled by secret obligations? If so, vote fora free citizen, and Joseph Rituor is the man. Are you an antirnason? If so, vote for an anUrnason—vote for RITN ER. Are you an honest man? If so, vote for Ritner, for Weyer' the sun shone oa au. hon est man, we belie% him to be one. Are you a fence man—one who looks be fore leaping? If so, vote for Ritner, and you're on the strong side, as sure as double assurance. Are you an offiee•seeker? 11 so, vote for RITNER, for we do assure you that he will dispense offices after next December, So we could go on, and.fill a page; but it is not necessary. It is n fact—and who is not aware of it?—that almost every man in the state can find a reasonable excuse for voting for JOSEPH IIITNER, and an astonishing number WILL vote for him— millings of the officeholders, and the FRAUDS and FORGERIES of the mason ic party to the contrary notwithstanding RITNER, we would say from present and past indication of the public feeling, WILL HAVE A AJORITY over Wolf and Aluhlen- Oerg united.: It is urged by the Wolf and Muldenberg parties, that JosEru RITZIER, is the 'Bank candidate for the gubernatorial chair of Penn. sylvania. A sentiment, favorable to this institution, which .was, advanced by Mr. Rit nor some time since, is referred to es evi denco that such is the (het. The intelligent mind, on reflecting; that the question of the Bank is now hushed, and no longer beibre the people will at once perceive that this o.)• jection is iniailess wid untru. Tiso hopes 4# success which the friends of Mr. Ritner so confidently cherish, do not rest on his views in reintion to the Batik of the United States. On the very :same ground that Mr. Ritner to styled the Bank candidate, may also his fellow catelidate Wolf and Muldenberg, for at one period or another in their lives, they have all declared themselves fitvorable to that institution. Resort to so futile an objection against Mr. Rimer, armies most strongly in his fa vor, and will make still more triumphant his election, which is now as certain, as that the people have been awakened by fright ful prodigality and corruption, to nn active sense of their duty. There is not, t here can not he any mistake in this mAter. Public opinion has spoken, and is. now speaking in language which cannot be misunderstood. --Carlisle Herald. The opponents of,loseph R itner sneering- Iv speak of him as a "sheep drover," a Pittsburg u , rorier, as` not h ing but a Farm er," &e. Well, what if he did drive sheep, or drive a wagon, or fidlow a plough, does that disqualify him fin- the office of governor! Is no one fit for office lint lawyers and quon dam preachers? Are the farmers and me chanics to he told that they should vote for a professional. gentleman, because, forsooth, the workingman is not lb for office? We confess that Ritner is a farmer and a hard workingman, arid that he once drove his own team? Will the farmers of this county ob ject to him on that account?• 1l e opine not; for they know it is high time we had just such a man for governor—one that knows what it is to pay taxes.— WeNtchester Reg. No et rohaer condemnation of the conduct of the Rev. it. Iliffilenberg could be pro nounced than Is contained in the fact that every conscientious minister of the gospel re-m rds his course with the utmost disapp•o hution and abhorrence. Every ono of the profession whose mantle is unsullied looks upon his desertion of the holy office and his dabbling in the pool of politics, careless of every tie of religion, principle or patriotism, as worth!, of the strongest reproof. They do not and cannot support him, for they know that he has cast a reproach upon the gospel ministry by leaving the altar and turning political intriguer.— York Republican By the accounts we receive From all parts of the state, Ritner's majority cannot be less than 20,000. A friend in Washington county writes, that in that county at the last gubernatorial contest, Ritner had a majority, ofl4o votes. Now, at the coining election, he will have a majority of 1,000 over Wolf. So we go. The people-- the honest yeo inanry,—the hardworking farmers and me chanics, are rallying under the Ritner ban ner with the greatest enthusiasm. Lawyer Wolf and Parson Muhlenberg will be lost amid the battle cry of "Riefler and Reform!' ttrrruat! ItirrNERM is to be heard on every gale that sweeps over the hills and vales of tax-ridden, but otherwise happy Pennsyt iplii._—lbid. The Mulllenbug papers assert that Gov. Wolf has no eartMy chance of success at the coming election—and the %Volfites say the same of Muhlenberg. Both parties tell the truth in this respect. W oil and Muhlenberg have not, perhaps, at this moment more than 90,000 votes to divide Wu weep th em .— * Wilksbarre. Adv. - BETTria.—On Friday last, a farmer from Berks county bet a fine Durham Bull against one hundred dollars with a farmer oNchuylkill county, that Joseph Ritner would get two votes to Mr. Mohlenberg's one, for Governor, in Oley township, Berks county. lie also bet another Durham Bull against two hundred dollars, that he (Ritner) would get three votes to Mr. M's. one in the same township.--/Miners Journal. AWFUL. —lt is said that a member of the Baltimore Convention pronounced the terri ble sentence that if the Party would not hang together they ought to be hung separ ( d e fy/ What! Wolfmet. and Muhlenbergers too? "Hong be the heavens with black" --as Shakspeare says.—Pills. Times. It is made a serious chnrge against Alex ander Hamilton, that he wished to retain the old English s) stem of having State Legislatures elective, and the governors of States appointed by the President of the United States. Yet what do we see now? The two divisions of the Jackson party in Pennsylvania are soliciting the President to tell them which candidate for Governor they shall elect; thus, in fact, giving him this very appointing power?--.Kennebeck Jour. The last Reporter contains the following assertion: "It isa fact that Joseph Ritner walked in a masonic procession in this town, in the year 1827, nearly a year after the Morgan outrage." We are authorised to pronounce the above masonic "fiwt" a deliberate falsehood, total ly destitute of truth. Also the assertion of the Reporter that Mr. Ritner was one of the convention that in 1829 instructed the Delegates from Washington county "to vote for the nomination of Isaac D. Bernard (a mason) as a catididat.• for Governor. [Pa. Telegraph. GOOD-VERY uoon—The grand jury of Madison county, Georgia, has presented Judge White for Blinding the . Demo cratic party! ! ! • Great Celebration. A "Harvest Home Celebration" by the friends ofJoseph Ritner, took place at Mount Rock, Cumberland County, on Saturday the Bth inst. From the account we havii re ceived of it, the r-;semblage must have been itrawnse. It is said also, that it the most enthusiastic meeting ofthe People that was ever held in that County. The toasts given omthe occie-:iou were all fvurable to R urN Eft AND REFORM, and received with loud and hearty cheering. We select, from a large number before us the following, as specimens of that plainness and kidepen deuce, as well as good sense, which ,usually chime:el ize our Farmers: By John A. Jl' lfechan-JOSEPII RIT NER, who with his old hosa,Jurob Myers, cut with hii sickle, lOU Dozen Rye in one day. Let e.wery man who knows what a days reaping is, vote for the farmer on this account. By Samuel Robinson. - JOSEPH RIT. NEIL, • The mar could drive old Jacob's team, ithout a whip or line; Yes, oft.ll- (home it ha.' hero seen— In the (lays of Auld Lang Syne. By John Uller.--JOSEPII ItITNER— The ploughman of the West. The elves may howl at him over the fence; when he is done seeding he will rout then, out of their dens. By David Washwood.—Jos-ph !timer, the self made man. The pour man in sup porting him for Governor, is_ encouraging his sons to emulate his example. By Lrni Bricker.--The 25 millions of debt. The interest of the people require that Joseph Rimer should be elected Gov ernor, to empire how these millions have been expended. By Henry Wise.--At the laying of the corner stone of lock "Penn," the greater part of the first talents of the State were present. If Ritter is so void of talents why was he chosen to deliver . an oration? May the people never be deceived' by such en founded objections. By John Shumberger.—Some object to Railer, for want of talents when it is known that there is more display of talents, sound independent judgment and Integrity, of Rit ner's on record, than of either Wolf or Nluldenherg. May these objectors go to the West and seek "light." By A Mount Rocker.--The- ladies of West Penn;borough—All for the Farmer— bless their souls—a very tine plan to get their husbands and lovers to vote straight. By. A Guest.--The Western Farmer. He will do the ploughing for the State, "Coulter or no Coulter." By Jesse Duck.--JOSEPH RITNER, his popularity is founded upon a rock, and cannot be moved by the pretence that he ploughed without a Coulter. But "Coulter or no Coulter," he is the man that turns the true Pennsylvania Furrow. It is supposed that during the present year, upwards of $3,000,000 will be receiv ed for the sale of public lands within the State of Illinois alone. Upwards of halt a million of dollars was received at the late land sales in Chicago. If Mr. Clay's land bill had becOme a law, (which was prevented by the VETO of the man that knows more than Congreas,)Penn 7 sylvania would have a substantial and abun dant fiend for the maintenance of a system of public schools, upon a liberal and efficient system, instead of the lame thing which the friends of the cause have been compelled to adopt Governor Wolf, so far from deserv ing credit for the establishment of the pres ent system, ought to be made to feel the in dignation of those who can estimate his cra ven-heartedness in not taking a stand in fa vor of a measure in which his state was so deeply interested—a measure based upon the plainest principles of justice, and which needed no more than the weight of his iaflu ence, at the crisis ()fits fate, to have turned the scales in its favor.—Cham. Whig. GENERAL INTELLIGENCE. BALTIMORE.--The Mayor of Baltimore has issued a card, in which he informs the Major General commanding the third divi sion of the Maryland Militia, that the causes which led to the requisition oldie 10th inst. for the services of the military, have ceased to operate, and that their aid is no longer necessary to the maintenance of the peace of the city, excepting a small detachment for the security of the jail and other public buildings. MELANCHOLY DISASTER.- -The Wilming ton, N. C. Flee Press, gives the particulars of a disaster on the Bth inst., in which twelve individuals lost their lives, by the upsetting of a pleasure boat in the neighborhood of Smithville. The persons who perished, were Col. Dozier, wife and 7 children; the Rev. Mr. Hankins, a daughter of Mr. Potter, and a negro girl. The lives of several oth ers were saved through the instrumentality of a negro boy. DEATH OF 'rim KENTUCKY G'IANT.--Ben. jamin B. Pritchard who many of our citizens will remember was exhibited last year at the American Museum, died on the auth June, in Montgomery county. His disease was the dropsey. Mr. Pritchard was a man of unblemished character, and a member of the Methodist Church. lie was flirty years old, and weighed at the time of his . death hve hundred and twenty five pounds. Some of the New York papers heve been filled for two or three days past with edito rial paragraphs, and letters, and communi cations °lull sorts, relative to a dispute be- tween Commodore Elliott and Gen. Towson about the credit of some gallant achieve. ment during the last war. The whole mat ter is in excessively bad test. It men. and men in conspicuous positions, deem them selves called upon to exhibit an utter disre gard of the laws of God and man and com mon sense, they might at least do it in such a manner as to give as little public scandal and bud example as possible. We do not pretend to decide upon the merits ofthe case one way or the other; nor can we exactly see how they would have been decided by an exchang of shots het weeu gentlemen with or without injury. it does really appear to us that even u wound "as deep as a well and as wide as a church door" inflicted open, either of them, would not have rendered it manifest to ..whom the glory of the exploit in question Uppertaitib; nor would it have en. hanced their character for genuine courage. When will this rr,ost preposterous mode of twil in i! , controversies .be abandoned—espe cially those in _which there is some point to he assertainrd on which the blaze of powder can by no possibility shed light, or a doctrine to be established whose orthodoxy cannot bo demonstrated by '•honorable blows and knocks?" By the way, where was the Pol ice of New Yolk during the waging of the paper contest, when there was cause for sup. posing that other than pellets of the brain w , uld be called into requisition? Are Gene rals and Commodores, because they are thought to have a right to be more sudden and fierce in quarrel than the' civil part of the world, to be allowed to threaten a search for the bubble reputation at the pistol's month to the great detriment ofpuhlic order, whilst professionally less belligerent individuals, in sirntlar circumstances, would he bound over to keel; the pence!—Not. Gaz. A singular accident occurred to a steam boat on the Mississippi; on the 12th. July. hile running close to the shore to avoid the current, a large cotton tree suddenly fell across the the boat with a tremendous crash, breaking through the boiler deck to the lower, on which a dozen men were sleep ing, all of whom had not time to leap out of danger before the huge trunk souk deep into the deck, nearly severing one poor fellow in two, crushing the head of another, and sligh:ly wounding one or two others. - After the alarm caused by this occurrence ha I subsided, the tree was cut away and the boat proceeded on her voyage. The tree was 90 feet long and four feet in diameter. VEGETABLE' GOLD.—The Newark Daily Advertiser s:iys---"The marl pits of New Jersey are among her greatest treasures, producing on her farms the purest vegeta ble gobl." We like this expression. It skews that the writer considers that wealth does not consist any more in the form of met ii, than it does in the form of wheat or corn,which is a very sound view of the mat ter, and one which had it been better under stood, would have saved many hundreds of thousands of dollars in the Southern States which have been lost by abandoning tho cultivation of the vegetable gold, in order to dig for mineral where it was not to:be Gaz. Prm—The Philidelphta Gazette states that the Banks of that city have agreed not to receive 1-16th of a Spanish dollar for more than five cents. This will reduce the numerous tribe known by the name of fps to an equality with our five cent pieces, and occasion perhaps a considerable change in the dealings on those who trade in small ware. Virginia lands within the influence of the beneficial operation of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, and Baltimore and Ohio Rail road, are rapidly increasing in value. Smout.An.—There have been many circumstances related of our revolution and the great men who projected and carried it through, which were they not so well attes ted, would almost induce a suspicion of their truth; but the following striking coin cidence is one, of which we do not recollect ever before having seen a notice of; Washington born Feb. 22, 1732, inau gurated 1779; term of service expired in the 66th year of his age. John Adams born Oct. 19, 1735, inau gurated 179 7 ; term of service expired in the. 66th year of his age. Jefferson born April 2, 1743, inaugurated 1P01; term of service expired in the 66th year of his age. Madison born March 5, 1751, inaugura ted 1809; term ofservice expired in the tqfth year of his age. Monroe born April 2, 1759, inaugurated 1819; term of service expired in the 66th year of his age. The above is a list of five of the Presidents of the United States (all men of the revolu tion,) who ended their term of service in the 66th year of their ages! J. Q. Adams' term of service, had he been elected a sec ond time, would have also expired in the. 66th year of his age.—North Alabaman. FATALAFFRAY.-TWO men in Jefferson county, Miss. named SOLOMON G. BOLLS and Tinos. M. DAwsoN, having had some misunderstanding in consequence of a suit at law, which was decided at Fayette in fa vor ofthe latter, started on horse-back near ly together from Fayette, on the 25th ult.. when some words passing between them, Boils drew a large pistol and pounded Daw son with the muzzle. Upon this Dawson struck him. when Bolls discharged the con tents into Dawson's thigh. Both then dis wounted and commenced a band to hand fight, until Bulls was killed and Dawson se verely, if not dangerously wounded. The chemical works at Cambridgeport, Mass. were a few days since destroyed by fire, by the burning ofthe camphor furnace. Loss to 6,000. TUE ./Enrikr. SUlP.—Wenotice in a Lon. don paper a description; if a vessel now con structing in that city for an ferial voyage to Paris. It is of an oblong shape, pointed at both ends, and it is supposed that if floated in the air and the wind should be in the right direction, it would place itself - in the direction of the current and move swiftly without oscillation. If the wind should he ' slightly contrary, the proprietors hope Co direct it by two fanlike wings or fins and a, rudder like the tail tin ofa fish. These are not attached to the balloon itself, hut to the passenger car which swiegs beneath, and being made of net work is very light. If the wind should be much oppesed to the pro posed course, the navigators must'come down to earth and wait for a mere favorable op, portunity. The npl•nratus for descending consists in an air balloon within the gas hal. Ittna: when this is inflated by means of . a. simple condensing apparatus, its weight ad. Kr _Devoted to Politics, Foreign an Domestic Intelligence, Literature, Science, agriculture, the Mechanic arts, Internal Improvement, and. General suistenotott, ded to the ballast in the car will sink the balloon as near the ground as its navigators wish. The balloon .itself is of a cotton fa bric, so varnished as to be air tight. It will only support twenty persons, en sailors and ten passengers, and this at a great expense ofgas; and this with its uncertainty, (as it must wait for the wind) will make it rather an inconvenient method of travelling. It is perhaps a little more capable of guidance than the common balloon, and certainly a little safer. SHAMEFUL OITTRAGE,---.ThO Dayton (Ohio) Tournal of the 16th instant, states that a fine field of corn. of about four and a half acres, which had been cultivated by JOSEPH Rommt, on rented ground, was complete ly destroyed by seine wretches, to gratify, kis supposed, their spite against the owner. Scarcely a blade is left standing. The Jour nal well remarks—'who is safe when such spirits are abroad?" EXCITE3IRNT AT LANCASTER.—It seems that our neighbours of Lancaster, not to be out of the fashion, have been getting up an agreeable excitement among themselves.— According to the Journal, a story of this description was recently put into circulation: —A rich farmer of iVfarion township, sus pecting an improper intimacy between his daughter and a hired boy, chained the latter to a tree, and flogged Mm so severely that he died, and was secretly buried. The sto ry was told in a thousand ways, and at each repetition a new horror was added. The young lady was represented as at the point of death, and the father as having fled, in order to escape the hands of justice. Others affirmed that the "lovers, while attempting to effect thei r escape to some worthy' Squires office, in order to get the matter consumma ted, were pursued and overtaken by the fa ther, who immolated the apprentice on the spot. In short, the City and County of Lan caster were kept in constant agitation for several days,—the Police officers were des patched in pursuit of the alleged murderer, when "lo and behold," the apprentice boy made his appearance, and was ascertained to be a lad of twenty-four--full of life and love, and determined not to abandon the Far mer's daughter, who is said to be a charm ing lass of fifteen. It is true, however, that the Farmer really flogged his would be son-in-law, who does not deserve the dau ghter if he is not willing to suffer a little in her behalf. "The course of true love never did run smooth." A few years since, at the celebration o our national anniversary, a poor pedlar who was present, offered the following: "Here is a health to poverty, it sticks to a man when all other friends forsake him." THE LATE FIRE IN NEW TORR.—The committee appointed to investigate the origin of the late fire in Fulton street, have repor ted it as their opinion, that the fire was the work of design, and recommend the 141,ayor to offer a reward for the detection of - the in cendiary. The value and importance of some of the principal articles manufactured in the Uni• ted States are placed in an imposing point of view in a few brief paragraphs published in the New York Mercantile Advertiser. The quantity of cotton consumed in the United States is about 200,060 bides, and the value of these when manufactured, is more than forty millions of dollars. The wool crop of the present year was probably worth twenty five millions—and, as a general calculation, of its manufacture, about fifty millions. The manufactures of leather and iron (not including the common smith work, as to the latter) are worth not less than eighty mil lions a year. A new business is making rapid strides to importance, the manufacture of silk. This, it is said, will he, in five years, or less, worth from ten to twenty millions a year, and give a profitable employment to vast numbers of women and children, at their own homes. A net of hlnck•legs has been broken up in Norfolk, Va. and their implements, con sisting of cards in mahogany cases; richly embroidered cloths; numerous counters, &c, committed to the flames. Among other things were four or five silver boxes with springs. Several of the Vicksburg gang had arrived there, and the mayor has issued a proclamation, warning them to depart. Two years ago, Mississippi and Louis iana licensed gamblers Now they denounce them and hang them without judge or jury. Jo Smith, the Mormon prophet, has bought three mummies, and has discovered that they are the bodies of Joseph, (the son of Jacob,) and King Abimelech & his daugh ter. They are now carrying them about the country, with which to gull poortuman nature. WASHINGTON, August 20, 1835. By the late accounts from Camp Holiness, the encamprrient of Major Mason, on the Canadian river, we learn that all the tribes of Indians on that frontier were represen ted by delegates who have arrived at the camp with the view of conferring with the Commissioners of the United States. The Camanches had arrived and denied the truth et the report that they had manifes ted in their conference with other tribes, or at all entertained a hostile disposition. It was hoped that the objects for which the Red people were called together would be accomplished. A letter from From Gibson, published lately in the New York Star, mentions that Major MASON, of the Dragoons, was under arrest upon charges preferred against him by Lieut. NORTHROP, of the same corps. This rumor must be incorrect, as no in. ' formation oft he arrest of Major .M. • has been received at the ‘Var Department. nor is it, at all probable that an officer, while under arrest would be eatru,ted with au important command. ;4 - fte -Afar AND REPUBLICAN BANNER BY HOBERT MIDDLETON. At S'4 per annum, half•Tearly IR advance. GETTYSBURG, PA. 4,7londay, sittgriNt 31, 1835. Dentoeratio:AntWitatonlo Candidate FOR COVERNOR, BALTIMO • [Corrected weekly fro Flour W heat Corn Oats $5 75 to [Cloverseed $4 25 to 450 I In to 30 Flaxseed 125t0 1 50 75 to Whiskey 33 to 32 to 33jPlaster, per ton, 3 12 COUNTY CONVENTION. (;*-- We hope our friends will not neglect to attend the township meetings ON SAT. DA Y NEXT', for the purpose of appoint. mg delegates to the Convention on Monday following, to settle a TICKET, to be sup ported by the untrammelled Preemen of A- dams. Let every township be fully repre. seated, and a ticket selected which will give satisfaction to all, and A GREAT AND GLORI OUS VICTORY AWAITS YOU! OzrWe call the attention of the public to the notice for n meeting of those opposed to the "principles and proceedings of the Abolitionists." K2 — The Corner Stone'of the new English Lutheran Church in this place was laid, on the 19th inst. according to prey ioos announce ment—which fact we unintentionally omit ted stating in our last. The day was fine, a large concourse of persons were in atten dance during the ceremonies; which were performed by the Rev. Dr. SCUMUCKER, of this Borough. The building is "going up" rapidly, and will be "under roof" in a short time. KrWe are still able to "go ahead" of our Wolf neighbor! He says ho received two Tom . utoes—the heaviest ofwhich weigh. ed 1 lb. 5 oz. The Rev. Mr. RurzmAuFF took one from his garden on Monday last, and presented it to us, which weighed 1 lb. 6-4- oz. "Try it again," friend Harper! O::TMr. PAXTON, of this Borough, has a stalk of Corn which he took from his lot, which measures 12 feet in length. He says it is all Ritner! INTERESTING TRIAL. THADDEUS STEVENS, Action on the case vs. for a Libel. JACOB LEFEV' t4EFEVER. 0:"1"1119 suit, which has been pending sincelB3l, and been often down fir trial,and as often continued by Defendant; and which has excited great interest,was finally brought to trial last week. An intelligent Jury,corn posed of all political parties, returned'a ver dict in favor of Plaintif of $l,BOO and costs of suit. Counsel for Plaintiff, F. WArrs and D. M. ShIESER, Esqrs.; for De. fendant, Messrs. PALMER, MILLER and MC CLEAN. After the verdict was rendered,the Plain tiff filed an offer to the Defendant, to sur render the name of the Author of the Libel, and he would exact no more of the verdict than would cover costs. I his proposition was not acceded to. O:7" IT wAs PROVED ON THE TRIAL THAT Mu. LEFEVER HAD AD• MILTED THAT HE HAD BEEN INDEMNIFIED FOR THE COSTS INCURRED. A full report of the trial will hereafter be given. From what we can learn, the backers of Mr. Lefever have determined to let him be sold out here, (as he had given Judgments to cover most of his proper ty,)and then trans fer and establish him elsewhere, when his property hereafter to be furnished by his leagued supporters and slanderers, will be secure from damages which his past or fu. future libels may incur. THE LODGE STUMPED! STEVENS 178. LIBEL. LEFEVER. Oz!rOne of the questions which the De. fendant put at issue in the trial of this suit, by the pleadings, was the TRUTII or FALSE HOOD of the disclosures made of the Oaths and Ceremonies and Blasphemies of :Vinson ry. The Plaintiff had taken much inter esting testimony, on that point, in several States of the Union. The Defendant also had taken testimony under several Commis sions, and had b satipained witnesses, who were in attendance from York, Harrisburg, Carlisle, Chambersburg and Gettysburg— all of whom were high Masons—among them we perceived DISTRICT DEPUTY GRAND MASTER CRAWFORD! But when the Ju ry were sworn, instead of venturing to trust the Jury on the truth of that issue, DEFEN- DANT'S COUNSEL WITHDREW ALL' THE PLEAS OF JUSTIFICATION, and went, to trial on the plea of 'Not Guilty!' THUS SHUTTING OUT ALL THE TESTIMONY RELA TIVE TO, MASON RY ! ! ! We understand, however, that the whole testimony taken on that point, will be pub lished. We shall probably publish it in pamphlet form. It is authentic, important and overwhelming to the Lodge! MARKET. the Baltimore Patriot.] The friends of Gov. Wolf have, for save: ral months past,—ever since the extension of the canal to Erie became a popular mett; sure,—been endeavouring to make the im pression that Mr. Railer would, in the event of his election, oppose the enterprise. It seems, however, that this slander, like ma ny others that have been put into circulation in relation to the Washington County Fer nier, is totally unfounded. A public meet ing was held sometime since at Erie, when, in order to ascertain the true senti ments of the several candidates, in relation to the extension of the canal to that place, a committee was appointed to address them upon the subject. The last number of the Erie Observer contains the letters of reply. We subjoin that of the Washington County Farmer. It will be seen that it is brief, frank and unequivocal—and we have every reason to believe that it will give entire satis faction to the friends of Internal Improve ment through the Commonwealth. WASHINGTON Courtry, Aug. 10, 1835. GENTEEHEN-I have the honor to ac knowledge the receipt of your communica tion dated the 28th ult., (postmarked the Ist inst.) including a resolution, adopted "at a large and respectable public meeting of the citizens ofErie county, convened on the 13th Juno last," &c. At the public meeting alluded to above, you were appointed "a committee to address the several candidates now before the peo ple for the office of Governor, calling upon them for an unequivocal expression of their views with regard to your (our) favorite measure—the extension of the canal to E rie." Appointed as you were, by a large and respectable public meeting, to perform the duty assigned to you, presents a contingen cy which may not in my opinion, be disre garded by any one who entertains a respect ful regard for the opinions of a large and re spectable portion of my fellow-citizens. In accordance with the above sentiments, I pro ceed to give you my views in reply to the resolution, &c. The extension of the Pennsylvania Canal -to Lake Erie, within the borders of our own territory, was und3ubtedly designed origi nally, when the public improvements were commenced—as a part of the policy of the State, I believe that all who were conversant with the subject so understood it,at the time. Since then, "the extension of the Canal to Erie," was considered originally "as part of the policy of the State," it would be dicre- . gardinff the interests of the whole commu nity, as well as doing great injustice to those who are most immediately interested, to a• Landon the measure now, when a large a mount of public treasure has been expended which must remain unproductive—the work already executed fill, into decay, and the money expended to be lost—unless the Ca nal is completed. My views 'under these circumstances are, that sound economy, no less than justice to all concerned, would dictate the completion "of the Canal to Erie," as soon as the re sources and energies of the State can ac complish it. I have thus given you "an unequivocal IN VP gIO 3 -0 9 1 1 1 1 ;1:1 1 4 A o:7ltldge DURKEE pres:ded in the Court of this County last week for the first time; and we learn from all quarters, as well the bar as the people, that he displayed a high degree of legal knowledge and acumen—and by his affable and gentlemanly deportment, has already acquired much popularity in this county. It is high praise for any man to sustain himself with the public as the suc cessor of ouk k iate excellent and popular Pre sident, Judgr - REED. This has been done by Judge DURKEE. Our people parted with Judge Reed with regret; hut have found con solation in the merits of his successor. "Ritner will be our next Governor!-10,- 000 majority will do, but more may come!" e cut the above from the Democrat• is Herald, one of the most hunest of the journals in the support of Muhlenberg. The Herald is right—Moro than 10,000 majori ty trill come for Rimer. Kr SAMUEL WAGNER, Esq. formerly Editor of the "York Recorder," and mark* recently Editor of the "Lancaster Exami ner," has been appointed Cashier of the Bank of York, in the place of Mr. Schmidt, deceased. Ot-We learn from the Lancaster 'Union,' and "Examiner and Herald," that a general county meeting of the friends of JOSEPII RITNER will be held at the Court house, on Saturday the 19th of September illltxt—at which, in pursuance of invitation, THAD DEUS STEVENS, Esq. is to be present and take part in the proceedings. KrThe Democratic Anti-Masons of Lan. caster met m Convention on Wednesday last, and nominated for Assembly, EDWARD DAVIES, COl. GEORGE MAYOR, SAMUEL S. PATrERSON, A 'MADAM KAUFFMAN, COL THOMAS NEAL, and COI. MAXWELL KEN• O::rDAVID EMMERT and Jotcv McKErt- HAN have been nominated for Assembly, by the Democratic Anti-Masons ofCumberland County. ();r - In Chester County, ELIJAH F. PEN. NYPACKER,CHARLES BROOKE, JOHN HUTCH. trisox and JOHN PAnKen, have been nomi nated for Assembly by the Democratic An ti- Masons. OZrThe Anti- Masons of Huntingdon County have nominated for Assembly, HEN. RY L. MCCONNELL and GEORGE HUDSON. From the Philadelphia Inquirer. Mr. Ritner's Views in relation to the Ca- nal to Erie. expression &c. in regard to this subject to which you request nn answer. With sentiments or due respect, 1 am gen• tlemen, your obedient servant, JOSEPH RITNER. To William Kelly, P. S. V. Hamot, John H. Walk er, Smith Jackson, T. Bence, WASHINGTON, August 26. OPENING OF TUE RAIL-ROAD.—Yester day was a great day on the new Rail-Road between BALTIMORE and WASHINGTON, being the first day of its being opened for travel all the way from the depot at Baltimore to the foot of Capitol Hill in this city. It was a glorious sight to see four trains of cars, with each its engine, extending al together several hundred yards in leagth, making their entry by this new rout, to the delight of thousands ofspectators on the ele vated grounds directly north of the Capitol. These cars, besides bringing back our own Mayor and 3lembers of the Corporation,and City Guests, who went out to meet them, brought as many Ladies and Gentlemen of Baltimore as made up the whole number of about a thousand persons carried by the cars. These, accompanied by two bands of Music, aßer debarking, marched in procession to .Gadsby's and Brown's Hotels, at both of which sumptuous and bounteous entertain. ment was provided, and liberally partaken Of. The cars arrived at a little before one o'clock, and at four our friends from Balti more re•embarked, and returned to their homes, without, we trust, any accident or other inconvenience than what was occasion ed by the dust on the roads and streets. GAMISLING.—We have frequently of late taken occasion to call public attention to this subject. It is a great and •rowing evil— and it is to be earnestly hoped by every lov er of his country, that at the next session of our Legislature, our representatives may call up the subject and pass such summary laws, as may reach the cause. We do not believe that there is a city in the. Union, where gambling is more extensively practis ed than in the city of Philadelphia. "Tule Gsmisten.--Yonder see that wretch prematurely old in infirmity as well as sin. He is a father of a family. The mother of his children, lovely in her tears, strives with the tenderest assiduities, to restore his health and with it restore temperance, his love or home, and the long lost charms of a domestic life. She pursues him with her kindness and her entreaties to his haunts of vice; she reminds him of his children—she tells him of their virtues—of their wants—and she adjures him by the love of them, and by the love of God, to repent,and return. Vain at tempt? She might as well adjure the whirl wind; she might as well entreat the tiger. The brute has no feeling left. 'He turns up on her in the spirit of the demon by which he is possessed. He curses his children and her who bore them; and as he prosecutes his game, he fills their intervals with im precations on his Maker—imprecations bor rowed from the dialect of demons, and utter ed with a tone that befits only the orgies of the damned! And yet, in this monster, there once dwelt the spirit of a man. He had talents—he had honor--lie had even faith—He might have adorned the senate, the bar, the altar. But alas! his was a faith that saveth not. The gaming table has rob bed him of it and all else that are worth pos session. What a tremendous wreck is the soul of man in ruins.—Phil. Star. Ot"'Package of the State Journal weigh ing Seventeen Pounds, directed to a mem ber of Congress, passed through the Pos Office, in one week allfranked!--Commen is unnecessary.—lbid. E. W. nutter, the Patriot who resigned the Prothonotaryship of Lehigh County, applied for, and made known that he would accept a reappointment, after his resigna. tom. This is patriotism with a vengeance, and a real 111uhlie "rotation."—lbid. From the Lycoming Free Press. RENUNCIA7 MESSRS. 1.01311 R & MIDDLETON, It is with utter astonishment I lenrn by the Lycoming Chronicle, that I have been appointed one of the Muhlenberg Commit. tee of Correspondence for this county. I claim no such honor; my name having been placed there without my knowledge or con sent; and I take this method of informing the gentlemen who compose that fragment, that I shall, if I live till the second Tuesday of October next, vote for the Washington Farmer. JOSEPH McGUIRE. August 15,1835. ANOTHER. From the Washington Reporter. Having seen my name in the "Exami ner," as a committee-man for the Wolf par ty in Hopewell Township. I would just say that, in that appointment, like many others, the Wolfites have entirely missed the mark. I have been, am now, and hope to remain a friend to the '•Farmer " Mr. Rrraen. YOHN SHARP. Hopewell, August 4, 1835. Some fellow in a moment ofill humor wrote a paragraph,which has been going the rounds of the papers. A grosser libel on the sex was never penned,although we make tho re mark. "Choosing a wife is like dipping the hand into a bag containing ninety-nine snakes and one eel. Ninety nine to one you catch the eel." Such a fellow deserves to live in the wil derness "all the days of his appointed time." MARRIED. On the 25th inst. by the Rev. Mr. Denny, Mr. A- BeAIIAM B...Estsuer, of this coun,,to Miss MAR OAIIer VON 11A1/TEN„ formerly of Baltimore. IMF-1C.101017S NOTICES. The Rev. Mr Ruthrauff will preach in the Ger man Church, ou Sunday morning next, at 10 o'clock, in the German lauauaae. The Rev. Mr:Watson will Trench in the Presby terian Church iu this place on Sunday morning next, and in the afternoon at Mummasburg. • The Rev. Mr. llouseweart will preach in the Meth odist Church un Sunday next, taunting and evening. AD VERTIS ElttE IV TS. Public 'Meiling. THERE will be a meeting held, at 'the Court-house, in this . place, on Saturday the 12th day of September next,at 2 o'clock P.M. inorder to expressthesentinients of thifienm munity in relation to the principles and pro ceedings of the Abolitionists. Our fellow. citizens of the country,generally,a re respect fully invited to attend. MANY. At'gust 31, 1935. tm-22 PENNSYLVANIA COLLEGE NOTICE, is hereby given, that the Semi annual Examination of the Students o Pennsylvania College at Gettysburg, will take place on Monday and Tuesday the 141/t and 15 1 / 8 of September next, at 9 o'clock, A. M. THE COMMENCEMENT will be on Wednesday at 10 o'clock, A. 111. on which occasion addresses will he delivered m the German, English and Latin - Languages, and degrees conferred upon the graduates. The Board of Trustees will meet' at the same time to transact business. D. GILBERT, Secretary of tho B'd. of Trustees of Pa. College. Gettysburg, August 31,1835. to-22 NOTICE. T HE TRUSTEES OF"PENNSYLVA NIA COL- Limn AT Errysnunc," are requested to attend a stated meeting, to be held on Wednesday the 16th day of September next, at 9 o'clock, A. M. D. GILBERT, Seery. tm-22 August 31,1Q35. NOTICE. THE School Directors of Berwick Town ship will meet at the house of Henry Gitt, on Saturday the 19th of September next, to receive Proposals from TEACH ERS, for the several School districts in said township: Teachers will please to attend on said day. By order of the Board, JOSEPH R. HENRY, Sec'ry. August 31, 1835. tm-22 Et ) 324al aracaigaaro ATTORNEY AT LAW, YORK, PENN. RESPECTFULLY informs the citizens of Adams that it is his intention to at tend the regular Terms in this County. He may always be found during the sitting of the Court, at the Public House of Mr. Mc- Clelland. Letters addressed to him iii York, on business, (post paid,) will be at tended to. August 31,1835. 4t*--22 *Votive to Douse Carpenters THE School Directors of Cumberland Township will meet at the House of Mr. Wm. Work at 1 o'clock r. M. on the Second Saturday of September next, to re ceive proposals for erecting FIVE SCHOOL HOUSES. Every information wanted as to ditnonsions, materials, &c. &c. will be given on said day by the Directors. By order of the Bonrd, J. S. CRAWFORD, See'ry. August 31, 1835. trn-22 Assignees' Notice. THE Subscribers, Assignees' of JACOB LEFEVER, under a deed of volume-. ry assignment, notify all persons indebted to the said Jacob Lefever, by book account or otherwise, to pay the same to them with out delay. And all persons having any claims against him, will present them for set dement. We will be under the necessity of leaving the books and accounts, in the hands of a Justice for collection, by the first day of November next. Before then, we hope the patrons and customers of the es tablishment will call and settle. The Printing establishment of the Re publican Compiler will be sold on Tuesday the 15th day of September next. GEORGE SHRYOCK, Assign. ANDREW G. MILLER, S ees. Gettysburg, August Si, 1835. St-22 PUBLIC '61k.1610.. W ILL be exposed to Public Sale, on Saturday the 20th day of Septem ber next, on the premises, A FARM, late the Estate of DAVID & ELIZABETH DE. HARE; situate in Straban township,Adams county, containing 90 Acres and allowance, adjoining Jacob Horn, Conowago,creek,and Isaac Monfort. The Improve- t mews are a good Stone House, .":11 Log Barn, Orchard, and a well of si s good water near the Kitchen door. - About 10 acres aro in meadow; there is a sufficiency of Timber. Also, at the same time and place, riu FOLLOWING PERSONAL PROPERTY. VIZ Beds and Bedding, Clock, Stove, Bureau Corner Cupboard, a Windmill, Farming U tensils, and a great variety of other articles Side to commence at 10 o'clock on said day, when attendance will be given, and ternis made known by HENRY BRINKERHOFF, Ex'r. August 81, 1835. to-22 Cents in Ciish, Half a bushel Cinder and 1 peck Charcoal Reward! ViILL be given by the subscriber for an Inden ted Apprentice to the'Blacksmith business, by the name of JOHN RODY, who left this place ou Saturday night the 22d inst. He took with him the following clothing—viz. 1 brown frock coat, 1 blue tight-body do., 1 blue cicth vest, 1 pair of blue cloth cassinet pants; 1 pair of summer do., with a variety of other clothing not recollected. The said Rody has a tooth out in front of his upper jaw; 5 feet 6 inches high. walks stooped and has a down look— ho is from Ireland. The above reward will be given for the said boy, but uo 'hanks for bringing him back. GEORGE RIGLI . I ER. Gettysburg. Aug. 31, 1335. 31-21' BRIGADE INSPECTOR. OrThis day an election for Brigade lrt. Spector titkes place. The candidates 'are Messrs. Scorr, Kunz.; and GAnawrsurr.— The following Certificate was handed in too late for last week's paper: ", TO THE PUBLIC. THE attention of an iminiial" Public respectfully called to the certificate of Col; Haller and Flamm, members of the Court of Inquiry, lately held at Berlin. WE do' hereby certify, that during the - Investigatien into the legality -or illegality of the late election for Brigade Inspector, of the 2d Brigade, 6th Division; P. M. nothing was proved which could be construed into fraud or bribery on the part of :lose* J. Kuhn, who had received the highest number of votes, given at -the fate election. T. N. HALLER. JACOB HAMM. . C✓dltEl'''S LIBII4RP CHOICE LITERATURE. rip) any that this a reading age, implies It desire for instruction, and the means to gratify that desire. - On. the first point, all are agreed; on the second, there is diversi ty both ofopinion and ofpractice. We have newspapers, magazines, reviews, in fine, pamphlets of all sizes, on nearly all subjects, which have Severally their classes of read ers and supporters. And yet, copious as are these menus of intellectual supply, more aro still needed. In addition to the reviews of the day, and passing notices of books, the people, in large numbers, in all parts of bur great republic, crave the possession of the books themselves, and details, beyond . the mere passing allusion, of the progress of discovery in art end science. But though it be easy to ascertain and express their wants, it is not so easy to gratify them.— Expense, distance 'from the emporium of literature, engrossing ocupations which pre vent personal application or 'even messages to libraries and booksellers, are' so many causes to keep people away from the feast °treason, and the enjoyment of the coveted literary aliment. It is the aim of the pub lishers of the Libraay to obviate these sir ficdlties, and to enable every individual, at a small cost and without any pereonal effort. to obtain for his own use and that of his vored friends or randy, valuable works,Com plete, on all the branches of useful and popa lar literature, and that inn form well tulip• ted to the comfort of the reader. - The charm of variety, as far Se 11S,com patible with morality and good last, will be held constantly in view in conducting the Library, to fill thepages of which the cur rent literature of Great Britain, in all 'its various departments ofßiography, History, Travels, Novels and Poetry, shall be freely put under contribution. With, perchance, occasional exception, it is intended. to give entire the work which shall be selected for publicatiou. IN lien circumstances author ize the measure, recourse will` be had to the literary irtores of Continental Europe, and translations made from French, below, or German,ts the case may he. Whilst the bctly of. the work will be a * reprint, or at Clines a translation of entire volumes, the cover will exhibit the miscel laneous character 'oft' 'Magazine, and eon. silt of sketches of men and tliings;nnd notic es of novelties in literature and the arts, throughout the civilized world. A:full and regular snpply of the literary monthly, and hebdomadal journals of Great. Britain and Ireland, in addition to home periodical of a similar character, cannot fail to provide am ple materials for this part of our work. The resources and extensive correspon.' dance of the publishers, ate the best 2uaren-'• tee for the continuance of the enterprize in which they are now about 'to embark, as well as for the abundance of the materials to give it value in the eyes of the public. As' far as judicious selection and arrangement are concerned, readers will, it is hoped, have reason to be fully satisfied, as the editor of the Library is not a stranger to them, but has more than once obtained their favorable suffrages for his past literary eflOrts. TERMS. The work will be published in weekly numbers, in• stiched covers, each number containing twenty imperial octavo pages, with double columnq RARING TWO VOLUMES ANNUALLY, Of more than 520 octavo pages, each volume; and at the expiration of every six months, subscribers will be furnished with a handsome title pageand table of con.. tents.. The whole amount of matter tar nished in a single year will be equal to more. than FORTY VOLUMES of the common seize English duodecimo books, the cost of which will beat least ten times the price ofa year's subscription' to the "Library." The paper upon which the Library will be printed, will be of the finest quality used for book.wOrk, and of a size admirably adapted, for binding. As the. type will be entirely new, arid of a neat appearance, each volume s when bound, will furnish a handsome, as we as valuable, and not cumbrous addition to the lib:vales. of those who patronize the work. The price of the Library will be five do!. Tara per annum, payable in advance. A commission of 20 per cent. will be a lowed to agents; end any agent, or postmen)._ ter furnishing five subscribers and remitting the amount of subscription, shall be entitled to the cum missiou of 20 pet cent! or a copy of the work for one year. - A specimen of the work, or any informa tion respecting it may be obtained by addres sing the publishers, post, paid. • The first number will be issued on the jot of October next. Address E. L. CAREY & A:. HART; Philidelphia. tr-22 August :/.1. TEMPIMUIMFOEL, T "E Fairfield Temperance Sviely' 'rill meet on Monday Ike 71/1 of Aleptoxiar next, in the . PreFbyterian Church, at 1, clock, P. 14.;.when an Address 4411 - 4401114 eyed by 'ofl.letiyaburg. 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