- wimmimmommommommommimmimi Ozr - Devoled to Politics, Foreign and Domestic Intelligence, Literature, Science, agriculture, the Mechanic .Irts, Internal Improvement, and General &Miscellany. _4() NATIONAL A. M. CONVENTION TO THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES. Nine years have elapsed, since a free citi zen of these States, was torn from his fami ly, and from the circle of his neighbors and friends, in obedience to the mandates, and by the hands of master spirits of Free- Ma sonry; he was borne, by day and by night, '• more than one hundred miles, through a populous section of the State of New York to the Canadian frontier; where he was tin • mured in a national fortress, under the chair) of national officers, members of the - Masonic lodges; and there, being deprived of Counsel and friends, and deprived of the benefit of trial by jury, he was condemned secretly by the laws of Free-Masonry; and having been, in his last moments, refused the consolation 4 of a Bible, to smooth his pathway to eternity, ho was inhumanly sunk,at midnight hour, in the deep waters of the river Niagara. Public indignation at the time, instead of being poured upon the Masonic lodges, fir machinating and warm mg-into life this Most nefarious crime against the laws of Heaven nn:] of mankind; was, through the great power and influence, the extensive combination and close alliance a mong the Free-Masons, most wantonly turn ed from the known kidnappers, against the honest citizens, who had the humanity to search for their lost neighbor: public indig nation was', for a long time, strangely turned from the contemplation of the murderou4 act, to frown on the patriotic nom, who nought to expose the crime,and to bring th 3 offenders to trial; and the public press was by Masonic influence so far turned from the proper object of Its high rebuke, that, while it disregarded, or justified, the lawless con• duct of the Masonic lodges, it almost every where vilified and abused the honorable men who sought to bring the heinous criminals to the bar of public justice. The men, who contrary to law, had robbed the community of a freeman, were excused, while those who would make them answer, according to law, for depriving a wife of her husband,and dren of their father, wore violently censur ed, and condemned. To sustain themselves under the attacks of this wide spread and secret combination against the laws of the land,and against their own fair reputation, the people, is the region first aggrieved, were forced to combine to gether, and unexpectedly to try the strength of a virtuous yeomanry in conflict with a power, whose vain boast had been so often repeated, as to have become generally be lieved, "that it had withstood the shock of tyrants; it had survived the fall of empires, and the rein of cities and nations; and it would survive the wreck of time." How it I called to its aid the rebuke of the wise,whom it had misinfortnel,and the sneer of the sim ple, whom it had deceived; and the reproach of the deluded, whom it had in secret fore sworn! How it magnified its great ones,and invoked the shades of the honored dead, whom, in their green youth, it had cheated, with a taper light - and the help of a band age, into the vile mysteries of its temple of king Solomon! How it despised the noble band of Anti Masons, and denied them the ; common privileges of the press, and of the freedom ofspeech, and of peaceably meeting in public,to treat of the bearing of the lodg es and their acts on public affairs! How it • denied the right to utter,-or to publish,their sentiments against Free-Masonry; how it interrupted and broke up their meetingsfor bade them the use of public halls,and public newspapers; and forced them to silence un der ,this Masonic oppression, or to establish Anti-Masonic newspapers for themselves a lone! The struggle which then commenced be , tween the freernm of western Now York, and the secret combination of Free-Masons, soon extended to the neighboring States.— By eschewing the party politics of the day, and aiming only at the overthrew of the lodges, Anti-Masonry prevailed over all op. position in the westein part of New York, and has obtained signal triumphs in Massa chusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Ver mont, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. In four of these States Anti-Masonic Covernors have • been chosen—Vermont, Rhode Island,Mas sachusetts, and Pennsylvania, and laws have been already enacted against Free-Masonry, in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Vermont, - and Connecticut. By becoming entangled in the wily schemes of selfish politicians, schemes, planned under the garb of friend. ship with a view to its destruction, Anti-Ma sonry has suffered painful loss in N. York. Encouraged, however, by success in the a bove named States,and by unwavering con fidence in the righteousness of their cause, Anti-Masons propose, once more to appear in the field, for their principles, in the gen erous contest for President of the United States, believing that whoever may win, the virtuous and the brave alone deserve the crown of victory. The Supreme Ruler of the universe has deprived them of the opportunity of again preferring the honored name of Wm. Wm. for their leader; but, in return they have the savor of his irreproachable life, his lof ty intcllect,und his pure and unsullied fame; together with the firm purpose to rally for their principles on some new candidate.-- Of the candidates whom the people choose to honor, Anti-Masons make no war with any, save the sworn dependant of the Ma .- sonic lodges; and they seek alliance with none, who repudiate their principles, or dis approve of their object; or in any Manner uphold the baneful society which, in the violent abduction and murder of a freeman, for the lawful publication of his sentiments, Ind of his reasons for them, has rashly struck a Martel blow at Liberty. Anti-Masons regard all secret combina tions of men, especially of the favored clue lIMSS, with ' a jealous eye. Formed with no 'IOW to the general good, and actuated by the meanest selfishness; having power to elevate one of the combinatiun,without mer._ sad dOpreat another net of the Colubina- Lion, however valuable his services, or ex alted his worth, they constitute the very worst 'Class of those "combinations and as. snciations" against which WAsurNoTois raised his warning voice in his memorab:e Farewell Address. ‘Vashington, hi mselfa Mason, but never an officer of any lodge, nor within a lodge more than once or twice in the last thirty years of his life, though once he wns off.red the highest honors of Mason ! ry in Virginia, and again proposed by the Masons of Pennsylvania, for Grand Master of the United States. They eminently "serve to organize faction" says that won• derfill man, "to give it an artificial and extraordinary force, to put in the place of the delegated will of the nation, the trill of a party;" and "to control, counteract, or awe the regular deliberation and action of the constituted authorities." Uistory furnishes many examples of the mi s ch w f s of secret societies; but, under a free Government, no example of their use fulness. , The Masonic lodges have been in the last century found in collision with all the principal Governments of Europe, France, England, Spain, Portugal, Holland, Italy, Germany, Switzerland, and Russia. During the current year, in England, where Free• Masonry is limited to three degrees of mystery by act of Parliament, and is other wise heavily fettered and trammeled, to keep it from disturbing the public peace, a prince of the blood, who is commander-in. chief of the army, and also Grand Master of the Orange Lodges, has been coostain !fl suddenly to leave the kingdom, to avoid the searching inquiries °Fa Committee of the house of Commons, having first refused to answer the inquiries of the Committee; and the Secretary of the 'Grand Lodge also ab sconded, to evade the pursuit, making for him, to compel the production attic records of the doings of the Grand Lodge. So deep was the general conviction of a conspiracy in this secret society, or armed confederacy of 200 000 men, to subvert the established order ofthe succession to the British throne, that all officers and soldiers of the army have been fbrhidden, under the severest penalties, to join the secret Lodges; and the Commit tee of investigation made their report to the [louse of Commons in September last, rec ommending that "any person holding office under the croivn, and belontring to any socie • ty, joined together by secret oaths"; signs, or tokens, should be dismissed from his office," winch is precisely the ground taken in these states by the A nti• Masons. In view of the criminal and treasonable obligations and acts of the Grand Lodges, Anti-Masons report, recommend, urge,and strive by law ful means to convince the sovereign people, that any person holding office of, or under them, and belonging to any society joined together by secret oaths, signs, and tokens, should be, after proper' warning, dismissed from his office; for they have seen the power of Free-Masonry displayed in many aggra vated violations of the public law; and have felt its terrible scourge in the most wanton defamation of their acts and purposes and good name, and now having succeeded, by the blessing of fleaven,in bringing the State of Pennsylvania, and other large portions of the United States, to entertain just views of the horrid obligations, and monopolizing spirit of the Lodges,and their abettors, Anti- Masons are encouraged to proceed boldly in the hope ere long of persuading this whole country, to make one and the same estimate of the emptiness of Masonic charity, and the selfishness and profligacy of Masonic fac tions; to one and the same estimate of that system of folly, which was revealed to the world by the hand of IVilliam Morgan, and was then indelibly stamped by notoriousacts of Grand Lodges, with the official seal of Free. Masonry, to the life's blood of the same William Morgan. Many think this is done already, and that the further eflints of Anti Masons are need less. To them who really think so, it can be no hardship that Anti-Masons proceed to act upon the principles which have, by confession, obtained a just and complete triumph over the powers of Masonic dark ness. Use be Free-Masonry is down, nev er to rise again, that is a fact in support of the prowess of Anti-Masonry which, instead of disarming its hosts, should encourage them to persevere, while the-Grand Lodges, and General Grand Chapters, Councils, and Encampments continue to hold their regular meetings, from the Capitol of the Union to the verge of the new States. Anti-Masons , may well doubt, whether the flattery of com plete success, paid by many to their cause, is not a device of the adversary, intended to lull them into false security, before they have effected completely their determined purpose. They grappled with the mon strous power of the secret lodges, at its full height; and, through many a hard fought battle;they have gradually reduced the proud society to the necessity of lurking in its na tive darkness throughout a large portion of the United States; reduced it to the neces sity of subsisting on what it has hoarded in former years of prosperity; and to the hard necessity of relying, for the most part, on the arm of defence afforded by the more worthless and abandoned of its deluded members. Anti-Masons cannot forego the advanta ges they have gained—cannot lightly throw away their successes; but they must follow them up to final victory, until Free-Masons become heartily ashamed of all connexion with the affiliated order, which is sworn to "murder and treason only excepted," or "not excepted," according to the shocking depth of the mysterious Degree; until every young man is taught to rely, not on the se cret management of a selfish brotherhood, for an honest living; but on the exertion of his own powers in generous competition for the patronage of the public; and until the reproaches, which have been plentifully east upon its opposers, are hurled back upon the head of Free• Masonry, that self-styled "An cient and Honorable Fraternity," which pretends to initiate young men into the sacred mysteries oral! antiquity and into fellowship with the 'revered names of sages, and heroes, and saints of all countries and generations; and is itself traced to an origin as base as its penalties are barbarous, in an I ale-house, the Apple-tree Tarern,in Charles streA, Covent Garden, London, on Me chanics' Holi Jav , l4th ofJune,l7l7; whecce both after and before it entered its teens, it came to meet at "The Devil-7 a vern, Tem ple Bar, London." Anti-Masons will "PER SEVERE," until the statute books ofthe States can no longer be quoted to protect and to honor the name of this ale.hnuse order wh ch hinds its memhers to treasonable acts, under bloody penalties. "Hitherto, the Anti-Masons," in the lan• gunge of JOHN QUINCY A onms," though armed with a principle as pure as any that ever animated the heart of man; though struggling against an institution fiail with midnight murder, perpetrated in strict con formity to soul-ensnaring oaths and obliga tion have yet been a feeble and persecuted minority; persecuted, for uttering the cry of indignation at a series of atrocious tions of the laws of God and man; persecut ed, for summoning the energies of virtue in the hearts of their fellow citizens, to wain guish a secret and lawless conspiracy, in the heart of the community against the equal rights of their fellow- men;" persecuted, we add, for their manly opposition to an institu tion of which Wm. %Vial. solemnly declared, "1 have no hesitation in saying, that I con sider it at war with the fundamental princi ples of the social compact, as treason against society, arid a wicked conspiracy against the laws of God and man, which ought to be pu down " In putting it down—Anti. Masons do not mean to abridge the right of Free-Masons, to play off their secret timleries, to trumpet their tidal mysteries, to proclaim their puny charities, to magnify their centennial anti• quity, to sound the praise of their noble and royal brethren and to glorify their dark tem ple; but Anti. %lasons mean only to express their own opinion of such folly, vain boast ing, and deception, and to stop the adminis tration of Masonic oaths. They do riot per secute Free-Masons. They allow them, to meet and to consult, and publicly to parade their finery unmolested,using only their own unalienable right, to judge and to speak, to deliberate and to act in regard to this mat. ter, according to the liberty which they have inherited from their Dithers, and which the laws of our country allow. If they re ject the names of Free-Masons from their ballots, they are not swot n under a penalty of death, to prefer Free-Masons. It is he' their free exercise of a freeman's right, for which they are answerable to no man, and least of all to Free-Masons. If they' nomi nate their own candidates for public office, they exercise their rights openly, which the Free-Masons do secretly; and ifat this time they should nominate a candidate for the Presidency, who has been, or who has not been, named by any other party, they will do it, not to disparage any candidate who is independent of the Masonic obligations; but s )lely to present and to urge upon the people, the necessity of guarding against an institu• t ion, which has sot a Ihul example of violat ing the dearest rights of freemen, and con tinues to administer illegal oaths; an institu tion which is defended by murderous penal ties, and stained with the life blood of an A mericarki,citizen not yet avenged. Anti-Masons are part and parcel of the Demo cracy of the United States, aiming to overthrow ono of the most powerful and corrupting Insiitu. tines of vain aristocracy. They aro decided oppo. vents of Monopolies,and specially so of that,which in the name olcharity,bas hoisted its members in to a largo proportion of the honors,and trusts,and emoluments of• the country. They are plain mon and simple republicans, who cannot relish the grand honors, and high sounding titles of mock nobility, conferred on the Kings and High Priests of Royal Arch Masonry. Anti Masons constitute the purest Democracy, struggling with a secret combination of influential merlon-dike the Lynch combinations, which are evanescent, while this grasps the earth for its 'dominion, and all time for the length of its reign. By their opposition to the Masonic Lodges, Anti. Masons do not sever the ties which bind them, heart and hand,to the body of the people,and to the groat Democratic Party of the Nation; but they prove themselves most jeal ous of the equal rights of the NATION, and jealous of the secret encroachments of the Few; they prove themselves among the foremost of the Democracy to contend for "THE SUPIi MACY OF THE LAWS," and for the protection of individuals in the perfect enjoyment of their unalienable right of the freedom of speech and tho freedom of the press, to utter and print, to circulate and expose the mysteries of iniquity, without the fear of as. sassination, or the secret assault of an unlawful mob, or combination of men; they prove them selves among the foremost of the Democracy, to contend for the purity of elections, and the equal administration of justice, against the corrupt in fluences of a society that pervades the U. States, and that cherishes in its busoni obligations of the darkest hue, and, also in its bosom the men who have kept those obligations, nearly to the letter, I in violation of the holy law. Antimasons are not indifferent to the other groat political questions, which agitate the public mind; but they insist, first, on maintaining the I supremacy of the laws over the combination °film Lodges, not unmindful of the violence, in the murder of Wm. Morgan, threatened to all private citizens in the midst of their lawful pursuits. Ho was a native of Virginia, and a citizen of N.York whose name is held in honor in the circle of hie personal friends, as ono of tho brave defenders of New Orleans. The deliberate blow that burst upon him, for the publication of the truth, and of his private sentiments, respecting Freemasonry, was a mortal stab at the liberties, common to every Democratic Republican, which should be told and proclaimed in the voice of that mighty cataract, whose waters drank up his blood, until signal retribution is visited upon the masonic lodges. The antimasons were the foremost of the Democracy to lift the Egis of the laws for his protection; and persevering, to bring his reckless assassins to legal trial; and when they found the avenues to justice, in the possession of men, corn. biped with the criminals; and found the courts, thronged with the retainers of the lodges; end found the prniecuting Attornies,- cut off by legal forms from an opportunity orproving the murder, and prevented by every sort of obstruction from bringing but very few of very many criminals to trial, until they escaped through the statute of initation, the antimasons appealed from the ma. gistracy to the whole people, to the Democracy of the country; that, in the plenitude of their so vereign power, redress might be obtained for this injury to their private rights. and personal liber ties, which redress could not bo obtained of any, nor of all the groat repositories of the people's power, the Judicial, the Executive,and the Legis. lativo united. Antimasons saw and felt to the quick, that by the samo lawless violence, with which the mouth of one freeman was hushed in death, because it ventured boldly to pronounce the honest senti ments of a generous and patriotic heart, the life of every freeman was put in jeopardy : that the people should punish this fearful outrage upon private rights, lest, henceforth, any set of men should undertake to prescribe for the people what one should write and what one should publish and what one should speak; that the people must punish this violation of their dearest rights, or expect an irresponsible judge, without any of the usual forms of law, to sit by turns on their trial, and having condemned ono contrary to law, exe cute judgment by the hands of a misguided rabble. A nti masons saw and telt that the people ought to punish this outrage, lest death may come from any concealed band, holding the dagger of a Be- cret combination who condemn the manner in which any Democratic Republican of these U.S. shall venture to exorcise the liberty of speech and the liberty of the press, liberties, which the God oflleaven has given to every mamand which our Conslitntion guarantee, and the laws and customs of our country encourage, allow and protect. In the prosecution of their high and fixed pur pose, Antimasons use only constitutional weanons according with the ostabli.hed usages of political parties: they support, or reject candidates for of. according as the candidates receive or reject, the cardinal principles of Antirnasonry; and they solicit all private judgment, together with liberty to speak. and to write, and to publish that judg. merit, subject only to the legal tribunals of our country, openly to join and abolish the masonic lodges from their high place among the incorpo rated institutions of our country; and, in theimto rebuke the spirit of violence, which widely threa tens to disturb the peace of this fitvored land, in the name of Lynch-faro, a masonic code of rapine, stripes, end blood. 111 obedience to the call of that United States Convention, which, at Baltimorb in 1831, nomina ted for the Presidency the honored and lamented WILLIAM %%rum:mother National Convention will nswinbin ON THE SECOND WEDNESDAI IN APRIL N EXT, at the City of Philadelphia, in the Court (louse, at 12 o'clock, m. for the pur pose of advancing tho principles of Antimasonry; to which Convention all the states aro invited to send Delegates, according to the number of their S'natnrs arid Representatives in Congress, and all the friends of good order, of sound principles,and of individual rights, in opposition to the oppres. vivo power of secret combinations of men, and, also, to the lawless arts of irresponsible and self constituted judges of life and death, destroying the peace of the country arid tyrannically threat ening the life ar.d liberty- of their fellow citizens, oar nestly invited to aid in the selecting cfthe De legates. HENRY DANA WARD, HENRY c;oTri EA L, of N.Y.City, National Corresponding Commit toe of Anti-Masons. Harrisburg, Dee 17, 1835. INTERESTING CORRESPONDENCE LETTER TO DANIEL WEBSTER PITTSBURG, Nov. 11, 1835. HON. DANIEL WEBSTER BosToN, Massachusetts. Stn:—The Democratic Anti-Masons of Allegheny County, by their Delegates in convention assemhled,have this day appoint ed the undersigned to represent them in a Democratic Anti-Masonic State Convention, to be holden at Harrisburg, on the four teenth day of December next, with instruc tions to urge your nomination by that body as a candidate for the office of President of the United States. Your Anti•Masornc fellow-citizens here have been influenced in their decision, not only by the esteem in which they hold your character as a statesman,and devoted friend of the Constitution, but also by the impres• sion which has been made on their minds of your entire accordance in opinion with them on the subject of secret associations. For the satisfaction of our political friends in other sections of this Commonwealth, we shall he-most happy if you will enable us to submit to them your opinions respecting the ORDER OF FREE-MASONRY: an institution whose principles and obligations till' PEOPLE OF PENNSYLVANIA firmly believe to be dan gerous to civil liberty, and in contravention of the established rights of American Citi zens. We are very respectfully &c. HA RMAIL, DENNY, BENJAMIN DARLINGTON, JAMES C. GILLELAND, NEVILLE B. CRAIG, W. W. IRWIN, • Delegates from the county of Alleghe ny to the Democratic Anti-Masonic State Convention of Penns) Ivania. THE REPLY. BOSTON, Nov. 20, 1835. GENTLEIrEN:-1 have the honor to ac knowledge your favor of the 11th instant, the receipt of which has been delayed, for a few days, by my absence from home. Permit me, Gentlemen, to express my grateful sense of the respect shown me by my fellow-citizens, the members of the Con vention of Democratic Anti-Masons of Alle gheny county, in their recent proceedings as set forth in your communication. The esteem they are pleased to express for my public charac!er, and their confidence in my attachment to the Constitution of the Coun try, demand my profound acknowledge ments. Nor do they do me more than justice, in their belief of my entire accordance in their opinions, on the subject of Secret Societies. You exprebt a wish, however, that for the satisfaction of friends, in other parts of the State, I should enable you to make known my sentiments respecting the Order of Free- Masonry. I have no hesitation,Gentlemen, .? in saying, that however unobjectionable may have been the original objects of the Institution, or however pure may be the motives arid purposes of - individual members, and notwithstanding the many great and good men who have from time to time be longed to the Order; yet, nevertheless, it is an institution, which, in my judgement, is essentially...wrong in the principle of its for mation; that from its very nature, it is lia ble to great abuses; that among the obliga tions, which are found to be imposed on its members, there are such as are entirely in compatible with the duty of good citizens; and that ALL SECRET ASSOCIATIONS, the members of which take upon themselves ex traordinnry obligations to one another, and are bound together by sEcnET OATHS, are, naturally, sources of jealousy and just alarm to others; are especially unfavorable to har mony and mutual confidence among men Irving together under popular Institutions; aid are dangerous to the general caitie of civil Liberty and good Government. Under the influence of this conviction, IT IS MY OP INION, THAT THE FUTURE ADMINISTRATION OF ALL SUCH OATHS, AND THE IMPOSITION OF ALL SUCH OBLIGATIONS, SHOULD BE PRO- HIBITED or LAW. I express these opinions, Gentleman, with the less reserve on this occasion, inasmuch as they have been often expressed already, not only to some of your own number, and many of your friends, hut to all others, also, with whom I have at different times, con versed on the subject. . Of the political principles and conduct of the Anti Masons of Pennsylvania, I have spoken freely, in my place in the Senate,and under circumstances which took from the occasion all just suspicion of any indirect purpose. The opinions, then expressed, are unaltered. I have ever found the A nti• Masons of Pennsylvania true to the Consti tution, to the Union, and to the great inter ests of the country. They have adopted the "SUPREMACY or THE LAws," as their loading' sentiments, and I know none more just, or more necessary. I fthere be among us any so high, as to be ton high for the au thority of law, or so low, as to ho too low fl,r its regard and !Tweet ion; or if there be any, who by any means whatever, may exempt themselves from its control, then, to that extent, we have failed to maintain an equal Government. The Supremacy of the Con stitution and the Laws is the very founda tion stone of Republican Institutions; if it be shaken,or removed from its place, the whole system must inevitably totter io its fall. Your oblig ed friend, And fellow-citizen, DANIEL WEBSTER. To Messrs.l Delegates from HARMAR DENNY, I the county of Al- BENT. DARLINGTON, legheny, to the J. C. GILLELAND, I Democratic Any NEVILLE B. GuAro, I Masonic CODYC W. tV. IRWIN. i tion of Pa. The Inauguration. 0 - 011 Tuesday last, amidst a large con course of spectators, JOSEPH RITNER, the Washington County Farmer, was inducted into the office of Governor of the Common wealth of Pennsylvania, to which office he had been elected by the votes of the free and independent Anti-Masons of the State. Af ter taking upon himself the Oath of office he delivered a very neat and appropriate address, which will be found subjoined. The Marshalls of the day were Messrs. M'CuLtoocur, (of the Senate,) and Tllo3ll'. SON, (of the House;) - Committee of Arrange ment Messrs. MeStreunv and BIDLACK, (of the House,) and Mr. PENROSE, (of the Senate.) In the evening a Ball was held at Mr. Wilson's—at which was pres ent a large assemblage of Beauty and Fash ion. NAUGURAL ADDRESS JOSEPH IZITAER FELLOW-CITIZENS:— The people of the State have entrusted to me, for the ensuing three years, the perfor mance of the duties ofthe Executive Depart ment of the Government. I accept the trust, with the profbundest gratitude for the honor conferred, and the most unfeigned dif fidence of my ability to fulfil its various and import duties, in such manner as to meet their just and reasonable expectations. The office of Chief Magistrate of a large and growing community is, at all times, one of much responsibility. Most especially is it so at the present juncture in Pennsylvania. Questions of great moment, many of them novel,and all intimately connected with the feelings and interests of the people, demand his care and attention. Perhaps a selfish caution would, on those subjects indicate silence as the safest course for one just entering on the office of Chief Magistrate. But he who assumes that sta tion is called to it, not for the purpose ofcon. suiting his own convenience or his own feel ings, but the wishes and the prosperity of the whole community. It cannot be sup posed that I have entered upon it, without having previously adopted certain leading principles for the regulation of my Eicecu• live conduct. To an early knowledge of them, my fellow-citizens have an undoubted right. And here, before entering upon questions of more immediate interest to us, as citizens of this State, I would desire it distinctly to be understood, that I possess a proper esti mate of the importance of Pennsylvania,both as a State and as a member of the great na tional family. While the rights and feel ings of every part of the Union will be scrup ulously respected, and its perpetuation and honor cordially promoted, I shall not con sent to sacrifice her interests to propitiate power, or conciliate favor, in any quarter, however high and influential. Among subjects of State policy there is one of most prominent interest. The great system of Internal Improvement, in which we have been for years engaged, has en. cumbered the resources, and deranged the finances of the Commonwealth; produced new but as yet nearly untried channels for business, and springs ,to private enterprize; and materially affected the occupations and interests of the people. The cares and du ties of those who administer the Legislative and Executive Departments of the Govern ment, are in the same proportion increased. Sound policy demands that operations which have thus shaken the old order of things,and that, public works which have cost so much, should, as speedily as possible, be made to answer the great object for which they were originally , designed—the public good. To accomplish it, the most vigorous measures and the most rigid economy are absolutely necessary, and will be enfiirced. Every exertion will be made to give energy and certainty to a system which, as yet, has ex- hawed little more than a doubtful promise of utility commensurate with the sacrifices made for its accomplishment. With the vast debt already contracted, before us, prudence would forbid the under taking of any new, separate, and indepen dent work, until those now in operation and in progress, prove, by actual experience, to be capable of sustaining themselves, and fur nish evidence that they will, in a reasonable time,extingukth their original cost, without resort to taxation. But where further ex tension of the public works is necessary, to render those already made or in progress, profitable and beneficial, economy and sound policy, and a just regard for the interests of the people, would require such extension to be authorised and completed. Next in order to the devolopement and care of the physical resources of the com monwealth, though of vastly higher momeLt in itself, is the cultivation of its mental en ergies. A system of Common School Edu cation has been recently eemmenced. It will afford me sincere pleasure to co-operate with the Legislature, in the attempt to give it real usef u lness, by adapting it to the wants and feelings of the people. Tl'e permanency ofa Republic depends on the virtue of its citizens. Whilst they are virtuous and intelligent, the acts of their a gents will be restrained and directed to the public good, which is the only legitimate ob ject of all government. Industry and econo mv,in all the transactions and conduct of in dividuals,are the principal promoters of that independence of character,and of that virtue, on which, so far as mere human agency a vai Is,depends the existence of a government, republican not solely in name,but in reality. It is therefore the imperative duty of those in authority,to protect the weak against the powerful,and to fluster and encourage the la borious,the industrious, and the economical, in every class of society. To the perfor mance of this duty I pledge the cooperation of the executive branch of the government. The maintenance of a sound currency is one of the most difficult but indispensable duties of those who administer the govern. ment, in n community possessing such yeti -0119 interests as that to which we belong.— Convenience, and that consideration alone, has caused the substitution ofpaper money for specie. The idea that money was to bo made by speculation on the inconvenience of a metalic currency; or that paper money was to be created, merely to enable a few to realize large sums by turning the act of its creation to their owr, account, never, for a moment, entered the minds of those who first adopted this useful and valuable expe dient. Their object was the obtainment of a representative possessing all the utility and value, without any of the inconvenience ofthe thing represented. In this point of view the increase of the substitute beyond the actual value and amount ofits principal, is a fraud upon the public. The man who takes it in payment for his labor, his goods, or his land, is cheated. My. object will, therefore be, on the one hand, to confine, as far as in me lies,the amount ofpaper motley within the bounds just stated, while on the other, public accommodation and the de mands of business will be consulted. The exercise of the appointing power is a task of much delicacy. The present con stitution has entrusted it to the judgment and discretion ofthe Chief Magistrate. His object should be the selection olotticers who will advance the comfort and prosperity of all, by a faithful honest, and efficient die- charge of their duty. While the power re mains in my hands that object will be kept n view. The supremacy of the Laws and the e qual rights of the people, whether threaten ed or assailed by individuals, or by secret, sworn associations, I shall, so far as may be compatible with the constitutional power of the Executive, endeavour to maintain, as well in compliance with the known will of the people, as from obligations of duty to the commonwealth. In these endeavours I shall entertain no doubt of zealous co-operation by the enlightened and patriotic Legislature of the State. The people have willed the destruction of all secret societies, and that will cannot be disregarded. In the attempt to render the power of the Laws equal and supreme over all, that cer tainty in their operation which is so essen tially conducive to the prevention of crime, should be also kept in view. in a commu nity possessing a criminal code so proverbi ally mild, and a mode of trial so fair and open, as that to which we belong, the par doning power should be rarely and with ex treme caution, interposed. I trust I shall be enabled, in the use of it, to listen only to the demands of public justice and the general good. No consideration arising from feel ings of mere pity, or from respect of person or station, shall influence my conduct.— When punishment is certain, crime decrea ses, and then only may the severity of the laws with safety be still further mitigated. I enter upon the discharge of the arduous duties of the office of Governor, with the constitutions which I have just sworn to sup port, as the guide, and the prosperity of the people of Pennsylvania as the object of my labors; relying upon the Legislature for the aid in my endeavours to servo our common constituents, and upon the candour and lib erality of my fellow-citizens to excuse the unintentional and unavoidable errors that may occur in my administration of the Gov ernment. That those errors may not be permanently iojoriaus to my native state, is my sincere prayer to that Being on whom alone sure reliance can be placed, and from Whom cometh that wisdom which cannot err. Joseph Ritner. ' December 15, 183.5. An expensive dressed young woman w ) l9 committed to prison yesterday for stealing a pair of breeches from a store in Chatham street. On examining a basket she had, it was found to contain a pair of hoots, two pair of ladies' shoes, an elegant bead bag, and other articles. She gave her name as Ann McMave, a foreigner, and said she canto to seek her furtuue.--/Y. Y. Post. - ozr Devoted to Politics, Foreign and Domestic Intelligence, Lit era t ure , sciene e , agriculture, the Mechanic JIM, Internal Improvement, and General Offiscellany—oo AND REPUBLICAN BANNER BY ROBERT W. MIDDLETON At Id per annum, haltl.yeinurly in advance. GETTYSBURG, PA. Olonday, December 21, 1835. KrThe Wagon price of Flour in Balti more—s 6 50 to $6 624. o:Z7 — The proceedings of the "Mountjoy Temperance Society" will appear in our C(rWe ask attention to Mr. WEBSTER'S letter. flow fir above the timid, two-sided letters of Harrison! Who cannot but ad mire DAWIEr. WEBSTF7R? SUDDEN DEATH. KriliShOp EMORY, of the Methodist E piscopal Church of the United States, was thrown from his carriage on the morning of the 16th instant, near Reisterstown, Md. and so shockingly injured that he died in the evening ofthe same day! That Church has thus been suddenly deprived of one of its brightest ornaments, and society of a valued and respected member. DAILY PENNSYLVANIA TELEGRAPH. 0:::7 - The above is the title of a daily paper attempted at Harrisburg by Mr. FENN-- It is of royal size and very neatly printed, at 83 for the Session. We hope Mr. Fenn may be successful in his undertaking. A copy of the paper can be seen at this office, and wo will willingly transmit the orders of those wishing the "Daily Telegraph." OzrNothing of material interest, we be lieve, has occurred at Washington since our last—since which time we have been absent, and returned at too late an hour to devote either time or space to the proceedings of Congress. In our next, we shall make ab stracts of such proceedings as may appear to to bo of general interest. Orational Convention. Oz r We cull especial notice to the Address of the United States Anti-Masonic Commit tee, in another column. It will be seen that, by the power given them by the last Nation al Convention, they have called a National Anti-Masonic Convention, to assemble in the City of Philadelphia in April next, for the purpose of nominating candidates for President and Vice-President of the United States. Delegates have already been chosen to a National Convention by the Anti-Ma sons of Ohio and Vermont; and we under stood just before we left Harrisburg on Fri day last,that the State Committee also made choice of a delegation from Pennsylvania —at the head of which stands Antos ELLmn- HER, one of the fathers of Democratic Anti- Masonry in this State. This is right. If lve have candidates for the Presidency, le them be National, not Slate candidates. JOSEPH RITNER. 0::7-We were among the many who, last week, had the 'satisfaction of taking by the hand this truly honest-hearted Pennsylva nian. His opponents had made him out to be a simpleton, a country clodhopper, and a - "monster"—ayel even a "Bank Monster!" But instead of "all that," we found him a highly intelligent, shrewd politician and statesman—well informed on the various im portant questions now in agitation, and not in the least ignorant of the wants and of the afiliirs of the great and growing State over which he has been called to preside. In a word, we are proud that we were the advo cate of a such a man; and that, through the untiring "PERSEVERANCE" of Anti-Masonry JOSEPWRITNER,a firm Anti-Mason,has been placed where he now is—and that too in despite of those who in private cau"uses labored to drop him fora more "available" candidate ! State Convention. IrrOn Monday last, in pursuance of the call of the State Anti-Masonic Committee, a Convention was held in the Court-house at Harrisburg. At 10 o'clock, A. M. the Convention was called to order by M r. STE VENS, who nominated JAMES MCSIIERRY, Esq. as Chairman, and John H. Ewing, Esq. as Secretary. The nomination of those gentlemen was unanimously agreed to. The credentials of the Delegates from the different Counties were presented, and, upon answering to their names, it was found that the State was (with the exception, we believe, of ono county,) fully represented. After soiet discussion a Committee was ap• pointed to select and report the names of , persons to preside as officers of the Conven i' tion—atter which the Convention adjourn. ed to meet again on the next day at 3 6'. clock, P. 31. • On Tuesday last, at the appointed hour, the Convention re-assembled. The Com mittee appointed to select and report the names of different persons as officers of the Convention, made report that they had chosen the following—viz: PRESIDENT, HON. HARMAR DENNY VICE-PRESIDENTS, LEVIS PASSMORE, JOSHUA DICKERSON, JACOB CASSATT, GEORGE WALKER. SECRETARIES, David Dick, Riibert G. Steward Which report was unanimously agreed to. Upon takrng his seat, Mr. HINNY in a very neat and eloquent manner returned thanks to the Convention for the honor con ferred on him; and impressively urged upon the Convention the importance of harmony in its proceedings, and a maintainance of those pure and elevated principles which, after seven years of arduous struggle, had carried them to a great and glorious victo ry in the triumphant election of JOSEPH RITNER. Mr. Denny sat down amidst the plaudits ofa large and respectable audience. The object of the assembling of the Con vention having been stated by the President, the following resolution was offered by N. B. CRAIG, Esq. of Pittsburg. Resolved, That the Convention do now proceed to the nomination I.lDelegates to a National Anti-Masonic Convention. The discussion of the resolution was post poned for the purpose of calling over the' names of the members of the Convention. After which a motion was made : and adopted inviting HENRY HANNA WARD and HENRY COTIIEAL, of New York; Mr. SuEnu, of Ohio; Mr. WILLIAMS, of Rhode Island; and Mr. HARDY, of Massachusetts, to take seats as honorary members of the Convention. The Chairman of the State Committee presented a Report, accompanied by sun dry documents, which was laid on the tablo• Mr. Craig's resolution was then taken up, when Mr. Cox, of Somerset, moved the fol lowing amendment:— Resolved, That the Convention do now proceed to the nomination of Candidates for the Presidency and Vice Presidency of the United States, to be supported by the Dern ocratic Anti• Masonic party of Pennsylvania. Mr. PARKE, of Lancaster, opposed the a mendment, and supported the resolution of fered by Mr. Craig, in an address which re flected high honor upon himself, and added much to the devotion of time & talents which he has so ably and so faithfully exer ted in behalf of the propagation and suste nance of Anti-Masonry. He was followed by Mr. AUDINREAD, of Schuylkill, in favor of the amendment, and in opposition to the original resolution. After Mr. Audinread took his scat, Mr. Cox arose, and in a very long, weak and fallacious speech, followed on the same side with Mr. Audinread—al though he took especial care to disavow ma ny arguments urged by his co-laborer a• gainst a National Convention! He, at the commencement, disavowed all the Anti- Van Burenism (not Anti-Masonic•ism,) put forth in the argdments of Mr. Audinread; but concluded with urging the same views taken by Mr. Audinread! Upon the whole, we must admit, that Mr. Cot's speech was a failure! It is a great pity that Politicians, like some apprentices to trades, have such an itching for setting up for themselves be- fore they have served out their apprentice ship and become masters of their trades! At six o'clock the Convention adjourned until Wednesday morning—Mr. Cox still retaining the floor. On the following day, Mr. Cox resumed he support of his amendment. He con. ended that "the people" had sent them there o nominate candidates for the Presidency and Vice Presidency, and not for the pur pose of electing delegates to a Nationa Convention! Mr. PLtmIER, of Westmoreland, followed Mr. Cox. He was in favor of the delegates informing the Convention of the nature and terms of the call for the preliminary meet ings which sent them to the Convention; lie was sent to advocate and sustain the principles and organization of Anti-Mason- ry, and not the advancement of any man or set of men. He thereupon offered a resolu- tion, call:ng upon the members to state the nature of the call for their county meetings and the instructions given by such meetings . This was asking too much of the Hermes! They had no notion of letting the people see at they were as much a PACKED convea- tion, as that which nominated' Martin Van Buren! So the resolution was voted down— ayes 54, nays 74! After this expression of the determination of "the people's" boys, the discussion of the amendment was resumed—in which various members participated until the hour of ad- ournment. In the afternoon, Mr. STEVENS took the floor in opposition to the amendment and in favor of the original resolution. A more lucid, eloquent, or high-minded address ne ver fell fiom the lips of any man. We have often heretofore listened to the out-pourings of his eloquence; but all that we had before heard, were but common-place remarks in comparison with those on this occasion.— He took his stand upon the high and eleva ted ground of pure and unadoltered Anti- Masonry: not the Antt-Masonry of those mantrorshippera who opposed him; but that Anti-Masonry for which he has at all times and on all occasions manfully contended— that Anti-Masonry which goes for the main tenance of the Constitution and the "Supre macy of the Laws"—and not for the put. ting in or the putting out any man or set of men, that the "Goths and the Vandals might become glutted upon the "spoils" of victory!" And if, after years of toil in the advancement of such pure and lolly princi. pies, he was doomed to see Anti-Masonry made the Shibboleth to office and the de vation of weak, unprincipled demagogues, then he was willing to see it sink into non existence and be numbered "among the things that were!" In the maintainance o this position, he was unsurpassed in ardent and enthusiastic devotion to principle; and in his allusions to the blind zeal of pretended Anti-Masons for the advancement of a man, he was justly severe—indeed, many of the poor dupes of the Lodge writhed and twisted under his keen and cutting lash ! The po sitions he assumed were, in fact, unanswer able either by plausible argument or sound reasoning. Mr. STEVENS was followed by ajames Todd! who took more than two hours to de liver one of the weakest "speeches" we ev er listened to—made up of "funny" anec dotes, and the old slang and blackguardisms; heretofore put forth by the Lodge against those Anti-Masons who were, unlike him self, too pure in their principles to be bought by the lures of office! Taken altogether it was a weak attempt for a GREAT man— , even of the Attorney General of the Com. monwealth of Pennsylvania! The vote on the amendment was put and carried—so the Convention decided against a National Convention, and in favor of mak ing a State nomination for a National par ty! A motion was then made to adjourn, which was opposed by the Lieroites and, af ter some personal abuse of those who were in favor of adjourning, lost. Mr. PARKE thereupon handed to the Chair a paper, de. daring that inasmuch as the Convention had failed to do what it had been convened for, he, and others whose names were attached, declined further participation in its proceed ings, and withdrew. Mr. DENNY being a mong those who withdrew, Mr. Lawrence very willingly took the vacated chair! Af ter the transaction of some little business, the Convention adjourned over to the next day—when it again met, and, after some strange acts, nominated General WzmaAat H. HARRISON for President, and FRANCIS GRANGER for Vice President of the United States! After adopting some resolutions,and refusing to adopt to some others, (all of which will be more fully noticed hereafter,) the Convention adjourned sine die. Correspondence of the Gettysburg Star. HARRISBURG, Dec. 10, 1835. DEAR SIR: 1 hasten to inform you that the report from the committee on Inland Navigation and Internal Improvement, upon the resolu tion offered by Mr. STEVENS on Monday last, relative to enquiring into the expedien cy of bringing in a Bill changing the time ofappointing the canal Commissioners to the first Monday ofJanuary in each year, passed a third reading in the House of Representa tives to-day and was ordered to be sent to the Senate for concurrence. The vote on the last reading was 79 for the passage and 19 against it, nearly all the Muhlenberg men having voted in the affirmative. The Muh lenberg men manifest as great a disposition for reforming the abuses of the present cor rupt administration as the friends of Ritner. There is not much doubt but that the bill, as passed by the House, will receive the concurrence of the Senate. A great num ber of petitions have already been presented for the incorporation 'f Banks and Saving Institutions,and for alterations oftheir char ter. Visitors are flocking in from all quar ters to the convention and for the purpose of witnessing the Inauguration of the Gover. nor elect. HARRISBURG, Dec. 11, 1835. A number of petitions and memorials were presented for the incorporation of Banks and Saving Institutions praying for acts of incorporation Bills on various sub jects were reported from their respective committees, and a number of Bills passed through the first reading in conimittee of the whole. A resolution was to day offered by Mr. LAWRENCE, requesting our Sena tors and Representatives in Congress to use their endeavors to procure a distribution of the surplus revenue now in the National Treasury, and that which will from time to time accumulate, amongst the several States in proportion to the number of their Repre sentatives in Congress, for purposes of Edu cation and Internal Improvements. Mr. STEvENs offered a resolution in favor of the application of the surplus revenue to the removal ofobstructions to navigation in the Ohio River,between Pittsburg and Lou isville: and that the Governor be requested to forward a copy of the resolution to our Sertators and Representatives in Congress. The Bill reported by Mr. Stevens relative to the suppression of Secret Societies,bound together by secret and unlawful oaths, has been made the order of the day for Monday next. There is no doubt, but that an effort will be made by the petty slaves of the lodge, to defeat the object of Mr. Stevens, and to present the total extermination of that in iquitous and murderous Institution. But his irresistible eloquence shielded as he is with the protective aegis of eternal justice, will be vainly assailed by the vassals of the Lodge. The letter from Mr. WEBSTER, to the Anti-Masonic delegates of Allegheny county to the State Convention, meets the approbation oldie Anti-Masonic party gen erally. It is utterly impossible at present to anticipate the result of the deliberations of the Convention relative to the choice ofcan. didates for the Presidency and Vice Presiden cy; but it is sincerely to be hoped, that the nominations will result in the choice of the defender and preserver of the constitution, when threatened by the rebel nullifiers of the South; and the uncompromising enemy of all secret and oath-bound institutions. From the Harrisburg Daily Telegraph APPOINTMENT mr THE. G OVER NOR•- THOM AS H. BURRO %V ES, Esq. of Lan caster, Secretary of the Commonwealth.— , The selection of Mr. Burrowes, to fill the important and responsible official station to which he has been called, we believe will meet with a general response of approbation from the Democratic Anti-Masonic party. Mr. Burrowes is a native of Lancaster coun ty, where the leaven of Anti-Masonry first commenced its great work of moral and political reform, east of the Susquehanna; is a gentleman possessing high attainments, sterling character, and undoubted integrity. He was one of the first Anti• Masons in the State, and has supported the cause zealously from its commencement. His appointment evinces, on the part of the Governor, a de sire to yemember early friends, and to act in accordance with the principles of the Democratic Anti-Masonic party. An Investigation into Masonry will,in all probability, be made this winter. We ob. serve by our exchange papers, that petitions urging the members of the Legislature to adopt measures for that purpose, are in cir culation in different parts of the State. [Norristown Herald. VERMONT. The Legislature of this State have balot ted 68 times without electing a Governor. This is the effect of the reign of Anti-Ma sonry.—Franklin Repository. Might not the editor as well have said that the inability of the Vermont- Legisla ture to elect a Governor, was owing to the influence of Whigism as "the reign of Anti. Masonry'?" The Whigs being a minority in that body, why should they not have giv en way to, why did they not unite with the stronger section, the Antt-Masons, in defeat ing the Van Buren and electing a Whig Governor; as many Whigs in Pennsylvania talk of a "Whig triumph," in the election of an Anti-Masonio Governor? Will it be attempted to cover the ridicu lous expectation of the larger party giving way to the smaller, by talking about "prin ciples," the "good of the country,"&c. &c.? We think not, at least so far as. regards Ver mont; for, on reference to the sentiments expressed is the lute proceedings of the Anti-Masonic members of the Legislature of that State, to be found on the opposite page, it will be seen, thnt their principles are sound to the core. Indeed, if we have not been utterly mistaken in the principles of the Whig party, they never were more dis tinctly indiCated, in any public document of the same seepe, than the one to which we refer. We want no better political creed than it exhibits—where is the Whig that will undertake to furnish a better?—Frank lin Wing. LIBRARY BIIIINT.—The building con taining the Franklin Circulating Library,in Pittsburg, Pa., was destroyed by fire, with its whole contents, on the night of Thursday last.. The loss is the more to be regretted, as this was the principal Public Library in that city. The President of the United States has recognized MYER MYERS, as Consul of the King of the Netherlands for the port of Norfolk, Va. Vera Cruz advices to the 6th ult. mention that from 3000 to 4000 troops are to be sent from that city to Texas. Santa Anna, it is reported, had actually prepared to head the troops in person, when despatches requiring his presenco at the capital called him thither. A Public Dinner was given lately, at Lit tle Rock, to JOHN POPE, Esq. late Govern or of that Territory. Ftag.—The alarm of fire which occurred on Thursday night last, was occasioned by the burning of the Pottery situate at the end of 4th street, Northern Liberties.—Phtlu delphia Inquirer. THE SHIP PENNSYLVANIA.—The line of battle ship Pennsylvania, now on the stocks at our Navy Yard, under the shelter of a building that cost $45,000, is one of the most stupendous fabrics that was ever destin ed to float on the ocean. Her length on deck is 225 feet, which is twenty seven feet more than half way from Fifth to Sixth street, in Chesnut, and her breadth 59 feet, which is eight feet wider than Chesnut street opposite the theatre, including the footways. She is large enough to carry two thousand men, which is a larger number than the whole American army that fought and gain ed the battle of Chippewa, and greater than the population of a considerable sized coun try town. She is of burthen 3000 tons, and could, if loaded with flour, carry-the moder ate cargo of thirty thousand barrels, enough to supply bread for fifteen thousand people for a whole year. She is to carry 140 guns, thirty-two pounders, so that every time she discharges a full broadside, she will dispose of precisely a ton of bullets to help to make iron pebblescor the bottom ofthe ocean, un• less she happens to hit the enemy. She will I draw 28 feet of water, and thus find it diffi -1 cult to navigate in shoal rivers. One of her anchors which it, to be seen in the yard, and which is said to be the largest one in the world, weighs 11,669 pounds, which is something more than five tons, and will re quire some merry piping at the capstern to get it to speak. Her water tanks are of iron; mostly in the shape of large chests, capable of holding 1 to 200 gallons, but having a proportion of them of other shapes adopted to fit around the sides of the ships, so as to leave no space, as happens with casks.— The number is probably 150, as far as we could judge from looking at them, as we did a day or two since under the guidance of some of the polite and attentive officers sta tioned at the yard. A friend has just informed us, that the largest anchor in the British Dock Yard, at Portsmouth, in 1832, weighed something less than 10,000 lbs. at which time there were on the stocks, three ships nearly as large as the Pennsylvania.--Philad. Gaz. PARTISAN ELOQUENCE.—"Suppose," said Mr. Polk, at the late Polk dinner in Nash ville, when speaking of Mr. Clay's resolution of censure against Gen. Jackson, "suppose my fellow countrymen, that the old hero should now rush in among you with a bloody nose, crying out those rascals. Clay, Cal hours, and Poindexter are attempting to murder me—is there one hero who would not rush to his rescue?" Very well done, Mr. Polk, eloquent, val orous, and imaginative all at once! • But pray Sir, where were you last winter, when murder was attempted in reality! Ay Sir, where were you and Mr. Grundy, and Mr. Johnson, and I‘l r. Van Buren, and the rest ofthe party, when the pistol of an assassin was aimed with deadly precision at the heart of the President? Who of you "rushed to the rescue" of him Jyou profess to love, to venerate and esteem? Not one! JUDGE WHITE, alone, the very man your dinner was got up to revile, to slander, and to cal uminate, stepped forward "to the rescue," and while Mr. Woodbury was timidly advis ing the President to "slip round the back way," nobly exclaimed, "No Sir, it is not for Andrew Jackson to slip round any back way--here, General, take my arm, you have never yet shrunk from danger, nor will you now; we will go home together, the u sual route along the public streets."-- West ern Weekly Review. A MATHEMATICAL TOAST.—The follow ing toast is said to have been drank at an association of School Masters: "The fair daughters of Columbia:—May they add virtue to beauty, substract envy from friendship, multiply amiable accom plishments by sweetness of temper, divided time by sociability and economy, and reduce scandal to its lowest denomination." GREAT FIRE IN NEW YORK! OzrA fire broke out in the City of New York on Monday, and was still in progross on Wednesday last—whole squares have been swept away, and property destroyed to the amount of from 20 to 30 millions A:)f dol lars! RELIGIOUS NOTICES. Ocji-The Rev: Mr. BOND will preach in the Meth odist Church on Friday morning next, at 10 o'clock and in the evening at early candle-light. The Rev. Mr. Watson will preach in the Presby erian Churoh on Sunday morning next, at 11 o'clock MARRIED. On the 28th ult. by the Rev. Mr. Beater Mr. Fammucic %V. ROEII Ltd', editor of the Inteiligen cer, to MISS HANNAH FELTY, both of Abbottstown. On the 3d inst. by the Rev. Mr. Gottwald, Mr. Joneru DEA nuoarr, of Franklin township, to Miss RACHEL RORER, of Menallen township. On the 6th inst. by the Rev F. Ruthrauff, Mr. G. PFLIESTERER, to Miss MARGARET MILLER—both of Cumberland township. DIED, On the 13th inst. Mrs. CATHARINE FORRY, consort of Dr. Forry, of Westminster, Md. and daughter of Dr. P. Fabnestock, of Chambereburg. TEIVIPERANCE. -(14-N adjourned meeting of the "Temper. ance Society of Gettysburg and its vicinity," will be held in the Presbyterian Church, ON SATURDAY EVENING NEXT, at 6 o'clock. R. W . 111 I DDLETON, Sec'ry. December 21, 18:35. FOR RENT. THE Subscriber offers for RENT, from the Ist of April next, the HOUSE, at present occupied by Mr. William aPflil M'Clelland, situated in West York Street, one door West of Mr. Forry's Tavern. S. S. SCH.MUCKER. Gettysburg, Dec. 21, 1835. tt-38 A. X' A.RAIL T® itIEAT T. THE Subscriber has a F AR M which he will RENT for one or more years, on fa vorable terms, situate in Huntington, A dams county. Any person having a small stock, and wishing a Farm to attend, will find the above quite desirable. Oz,"For Terms and further particulars apply to JOHN .SADLER. December 21; 1835. 31.*-38 CABINET-WAREHOUSE, Chambersburg Street. Where there is constantly on hand A Goon ASSORTMENT OF avizamauxualm2 Ready fbr purchasers, for Cash or Produce. (* - Orders for .corrms punctu. ally attended to. DAVID HEAGY. Gettysburg, Oct. 21, 1834. tl-29 nittirtiliaXe• B Y order of the Orphans' Court of Cum• berland county, will be offered at Pub lic Sale on the premises, on Friday the Ist day of January next, 18:36, at 10 o'clock, A. M. the Real Estate ofPeter Spangler, de ceased, to wit: A:tract of Lana, Situate in Dickinson township, Cumberland county, bounded by lands of Peter Camp, Philip Ebert, Simon Yetz, John Clapper and Valentine Fleck containing 13S aCRES, be the same more or less. This tract of land is covered with 0t03043/111 1 2 4aME3 m, Of the very best quality and has been divid ed by the heirs into SMALL LOTS varying in size from 5 to 20 ACRES and will be sold all together or in lots to suit purchasers. IQ=^ The nrois of Sale:—One half the purchase money to be paid on the'confirma. lion of the Sale and the residue in twfl equal annual payments without interest, to be se cured. HENRY SPANG LER, Adm'r of Pc/er Spangler, deed. December 21, 1835. to-39 'NOTICE To Constables, Wholesale Deal ers, and Retailers of Foreign Merchandize. pußsuA NT to an act of the Legisla ture of Pennsylvania, passed the 7th day of ApriI—CONSTABLES will take notice, that, agreeably to the second section of the Act graduating the duties upon Wholesale Dealers and Retailers of Mer chandise, and prescribing the mode of issu ing Licences, and collecting said duties, they are requested on or before the first day of January term, to wit: the 26th day of January neat—to make an oath or affirma tion, and deliver to the Clerk of the Court of Quarter Sessions, a list of all the Wholesale and Retail Dealers of Goods, Wares and Merchandise, Wines or Distilled Spirits, except such as are the growth, produce, or manufacture of the United States. MERCHANTS & DEALERS embrac ed in the provisions of the above recited Act, are hereby notified, that according to the fifth section thereof,the Associate Judges and the County Commissioners will meet at the Commissioners' Office, in Gettysburg, on Tuesday the 27th day of January next, at 1 o'clock in the afternoon, to hear them (if they see proper to attend)as to the amount of their annual sales during the year pre vious. Licenses to be taken out on or before the Ist day of March next, for one year. Physicians, Apothecaries, Surgeons, and Chemists, as respects wine, &c. used in pre parations for the sick, arid all female traders, or single women, whose annual sales shall not exceed these of the Bth class below enu merated, shall not be required to take out License under the provisions of this Act. The following will be the classification agreeably to the Art of Assembly: Ist cl. anit. of sales, $50,000—550 sth do. Pith do. do. 5,000 12 50 do. 2,500 10 DAN'L SHEFFER, j Associate, IV M. McCLEAN ,Judges. JOHN BRO GH, J. MUSSELMAN, GEO. WILL, 1:7. Dec. 21, 1835. to i-38 .fit an Orphans , Court, HELD at Gettysburg, for the County of A dams, on the 27th day of November, A A. 1835, before Daniel Durkee, Esq. and his associate Judges, &c. assignees, &c. On the Petition of Jacob Eyster, Admin istrator De boors non, with the Will annex ed of DANIEL EYSTER, dec'd. The Court Grant a Rule, ON ALL THE HEIRS AND LEGAL REPRE- SENTATIVES OF ZI)114.2111.1 270'22E2 9 deceased, to wit, Hannah the wife of Geo. Etzler, residing near Fincasile, Rottetourt county, Va.;. John Young, (the son of Cath arine a deceased daughter of Testator) who lives in Frederick county, Maryland. Your Petitioner is informed that John Young has sold his share of this Estate to Jacob Bar. nitz, of York County; Esther the wife of .William D. Leppert, also lives in Lithon Columbiana county, Ohio; Daniel Eyster, living in this County, Magdalena the wife of Michael Neiman, of York Coanty; Ma. rut the wife ofJottas Revert, in York Coun ty; William Eyster,residing near Lisbon in Columbianna county, Ohio; Susanna the wife of Andrew Flickinger, residant in York county; and Jacob Eyster who is the Peti. tioner; to be and appear at an Orphans' Court, to he held at Gettysburg for the coun ty of Adams, on the 25th day of January next, and show cause why said Real Estate should not be sold under the directions and' control of this Court, and agreeably to the will of the Testator. By the Court, T. C. MILLER, Clerk. December 21,4835. . tc-39 UctXtCOVQ. qlo zz.amaftwr a ATTORNEY AT LAW, YORK, PENN. R ESPECTFULLY informs the citizens of Adams that it is his intention tont.. !end !he regular Terms in this County. HO may always be found during the sitting o the Court, at the Public House of Mr. Ma Clelland. Letters addressed,' to him iu York, on business, (post paid,) will be et. tended to. November 23, 1535. 40,100 40 30.000 30 20,000 25 15,000 20 10.000 15
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