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Legislative Proceedings.
UT raora ELIRRISSURG.
Correspondence of the Gettysburg - Star
HA It RISBURG, Jan. 4, 1886
DEAR SIR:
You will perhaps construe my long s
!once into neglect; but I can assure you that
there has been no r thing transacted liere,since
my lastofsufficient importance to provil in
teresting to general readers. There has
not boon a quoruM present since the adjourn•
ment until to day, baying not yet had time
to digest their Christmas Dinners! To-day
—there were sixty•six members in attendance;
in the House; in the Senate there was not a
quorum.
A great number of petitions on various
subjects were presented, amongst which
was one by Mr. STEVENS. to annul the .
Charter of the VVrightsville and York Rail
Road Company; ten by Mr. GARRETSON on
the same subject; and one by Mr. EtERT
for an Investigation into the Secrets of Free.
Masonry. Mr. Szsvcss also withdrew the
petition and document relative to the Estate
of Peter Deardorff, deceased.
We likewise had a Veto Message frinn
the Governor, upon returning the Resolu
tion relative to the purchase of addit ions! Lo-
Comotives for the Pennsylvania Rail Road,
—which elicited a rather animated debate;
• in which Messrs. Stevens, Reed, T. S.
Smith, Walker of Erie, Oliver, Krause of
Dauphin, Cox, G. W. Smith, Ewing and
Karns took part.
The re consideration of the resolution
with the objections of the Governor, has
been postponed until Thursday next. It is
confidently . believed, that the measures of
the Executive will be sustained by the
House. However the interposition of the
veto power may be deprecated, there aro
doubtless instances in which the exercise of
it is attended with salutary effects; and it is
sincerely to be hoped, that it will, in this in-
stance, prove beneficial to the community.
HARRISBURG, Jan. 5, 1936.
Besides the presentation of a large num
ber of petitions, there was not much impor
tant business transacted. Petitions were
presented by Messrs. Walker, of Allegheny;
Karns, Hershe and Gebhart, for an investi
gation into the secrets of Free-Masonry, and
for the passage of an act prohibiting the ad
ministration of extra judicial oaths.
A resolution was offered by Mr. STEVENS,
which produced not a little consternation
among the friends of the late prodigal and
corrupt administration. The resolution is,
That the Secretary of the Commonwealth
be requested to furnish the House of Repre
sentatives, with the names of the several
Aldermen and Justices of the Peace, com
missioned by Gov. Wolf, during his official
term; and especially to report the number
thus appointed sine() the second Tuesday of
October last.
The 13111 for the repeal of the act passed
the session of 1833, & '34, prohibiting the
.quoting orßritish'precedeuts, subsequent to
the year 1770, passed through Committee
of the W hole.
The members to the "Union and harmo
ny Convention," intended to be held here on
the Bth inst., are coming in. A repetition
of the farce performed on the 4th of Match
List, will probably be the result.
HARRISBURG, Jan. 6, 1836.
Petitions were presented today, by Mr.
SravaNs, from citizens of Adams county,for
annulling the charter of the Wrightsville,
York and Gettysburg Rail Road Company.
Mr. STEVENS also presented the petitions
and documents of the mother, sisters and
brothers of Peter Deardorff', deceased, of d
Adams county, for the passage of an act
vesting in them certain monies bequeathed
to this commonwealth by said deceased.
A committee was appointed to investigate
the aft:lira of the Philadelphia Savings Insti
tution, with power to send for persons and
papers. Also a committee appointed, in ac.
eordance with a resolution ofliared by Mr.
Temp, to proceed on to the Philadelphia
and COlumbia Rail Road- to examine into
the state of the Locomotives upon said road,
and. report to the [louse.
Mr. EXERT offered a resolution relative
to the adjournment of the' egielature on the
22nd of March.
Mr. OravErcs, from the Committee on the
Judiciary Syetem, made a report relative to
thecharter of the Wrightsville, York and
Gettysburg Rail Road Company, declaring
aid otiarter null and void.
' Several bills of an unimportant character,
were read and passed.
• 'This place is crowded with hungry ex
piiiiints !Ur arm; many of wliona must as-
cessarily return empty, and grievously dis-
appointed. ,
lIARRISBUR6, Jan. 7, 1836.
Petitions were presented to-day by Messrs.
UrticK, liimAcK and MATlicrts, for a re
peal of the present School Law. No Bill
has yet been reported on the subject; bin
the presumption is, that the act will be so
modified that it cannot thil to afford general
satisfaction to every friend of education.
A resolution was offered to day, by Mr.
TIIO3IPION, instructing the Committee on
the Judiciary System to enquire into the
expediency °fah dishing capital punishment.
This being the day appointed for the re•
consideration of the resolution returned by
the Govanxon relative to the purchase of
Locomotives, the House proceeded to the
consideration thereof accordingly; when,on
motion of Mr. T. S. SMITH, the further con.
sideration was postponed until Monday next.
Mr. STEVENS called for the second read
ing of the resolution, offered by him some
time since, relative to the removal of ob
structions in the Ohio river, which was rend
and agreed to. When, upon the expression
of some constitutional scruples made by Mr.
BIDLACK, relative to the propriety of the
passage of such a resolution by the legisla
ture, Mr. STEVENS and Mr. REED moved
the re-consideration of the resolution, that
the gentleman from Luzerno might have an
opportunity of stating his objections to the
resolution. After he had concluded his re-
marks, Mr. STE:YENS entered into an expo
sition of the political creed of Doctor fuck
son and his adherents, the constriction put
upon the Constitution by that celebrated
LL. D. from time to time, and the avidity
manifested by his fiillowers in yielding up
their opinions to the dictates of their infalli
ble chief, in a strain of eloquence irresisti
ble to the slaves of Andrew Jackson. On
the question in relation to the passage of the
resolution, the Yeas were seventy•five and
Nays ten! So much for the "constitutional
scruples" by the Jackson party! They
"strain at a gnat and swallow a camel !"
To•morrow the "union and harmony"
convention meet; when, no doubt, there will
be expressed strong feelings of brotherly
love!
V Alt I E Y•T .
03 - Joseph Eckert, of York County, recently
died under circumstances which caused suspicion.
His body was disinterred, and a coroner's inquest
held—which resulted in the agreement that he
died "at the house of ;Matthias Futter, by the
hands of some person, or persons unknown."—
Matthias and Bantalian Futter, and Mrs. Eckert,
have been arrested and aro now in the York pris
on, charged with being concerned in his death.
071lintruv, who was convicted and sentenced
to death, at Annapolis, Md. during the past year,
for the murder of Mr. Watson, on the Baltimore
and Washington Rail Road, has had his punish
ment commuted by the Governor to confinement
in the Penitentiary for eighteen years.
On Friday night, the 26th ult. a melan
choly accident occurred at Frankfort, Ky.
The middle arch cf the bridge over the
Kentucky fell into the river, carrying with
it two wagons with their drivels and teams,
and several foot passengers. It - is sup-
posed that several lives were lost. One co
lored man is known to have been killed.
The Legislature of North Carolina, ad.
journed on the 22d after having passed 39
Public, and 104 Privato Acts, and 29 Reso.
lutions. From a perusal of the Captions of
the Laws passed,it appears that the Legisla.
ture, in Its infinite wisdom, has divorced 14
couples!!
"0 wedlock is a ticklish thing," &c
The Philadelphia United States Gazette
contains a condensed statement of the affairs
of the Girard Estate, for which it appears
that ;he income derived by the city of Phil
adelphia, from that estate, duritig the last
year, amounted to 8250,532 37. The nett
income for the next year is estimated at
$188,23.5 54.
MUL ANN B. Hawn., the last surviving
daughter of the Hon. HENRY CLAY, died
near Lexington, Kentucky, on the 10th inst.
Dr. DAVID HosAcx,. of New York, one
of the most distinguished Physicians in the
country, died in that city, on Tuesday night
last, of apoplectic congestion and paralysis,
after an illuess of five days.
Orucr LEGISLATUIIE.—The rapid growth
of this State and the various sources whence
its population are drawn, are well illustrated
by a statement presented in the Columbus
State Journal, showing the places of nativi
ty of the members comprising the two
Houses of her Legislature for the present
year. It appears . fiom this that the mem
bers were born as follows r.—ln Ohio 7;
Pennsylvania :30; Virginia 22; New Eng
land 17; Maryland 8; New York -; New
Jersey 4; Kentucky :3; Delaware 2; North
Carolina 1; Ireland 5; England 1; Ger
many 1; Total 108—of whom 7 were born
in the State, and 101 without its limits.
LITTELL'S IV/lISL'IIM.
CONTENTS FOR JANUARY.
Journal by Frances Anne Butler; Mrs. Telly and
her Ward; The Little Teacher; Personal History of
Louis Philippe; The Donkey Boy and the Dog Rose;
To the Robin; A Chinese Visitation; Col Flinter's
Account of Puerto Rico; The Countess; The Orange
Boy; Quin's Steam Voyage dorm the Danube; The
Grandmother; Lord Bolingbroke; Life in the Woods;
The Oriental Annual; Slavery in the United States;
Extracts from Hogea Damascus and Jerusalem, Dis
cipline of Ibrahim's Army, fte. &c..;. The Virginia
Springs; Papa's Letter; The Quarterly Review to
Washington Irving; The Drowned Fisherman; A
Night near Monte Video; Apprehended Imurrection
in Trinidad; Ilunting . in Ceylon.
Governor's Message
Returning a Bill passed by the Legislature
without his signature.
To the House of Representatives of the Common.
wealth of Pennsylvania.
GENTLEMI".:I:—A fee mature delihoration, and
with extreme unwillingness to oppose the express
ed will of the legislature, I have come to the con
clusion to refuse my assent to the accompanying
resolution, "relative to the purchasing of locomo
tivo engines."
Thu constitutional power of the Executive to
withhold his signature from an act of the !swish
tivo branch of the government, should be exercis
ed with the greatest caution, and never but for the
purpose of avoiding the infraction of some impor
tant principle. On a question annt) pecuniary
expediency, unless the amount bo of such maple.
tinie as to raise a doubt whether the public re
sources will with safety bear the proposed mea
sure, in which case, economy becomes a princi
ple of primary importance, the will of the people's
representatives should be a law to the Executive..
At first view,the object of the resolution in ques
lion, seems merely to be the expenditure of a sum
of money by the Canal Commissioners, the regu
lar agents of the commonwealth, fur a purpose
which those agents have represented, perhaps cor.
rectly, to be of great consequence to the public in
terest. All additional cumber of locomotive en.
g roes, it is said, will be necessary to accommodate
the increased spring trade, on the public works.
Those engines, it is further said, must be contrac
ted for forthwith, or they will not be in readiness
when reeded.
Thus stated, this is a strong case, and it gives
me pain to defeat, for the present,the expectations
of any who may deem the paesago of the resulu
tion a matter of public importance. But there
are, in reality, principles of vital interest to the
future welfare of the State, involved in this apr a
rently plain resolution.
its present approval would, in a measure,decido
the following points:
1. That upon the Rail-roads of the common
wealth, steam power shall hereafter be used to the
entire exclusion of horse power.
2. That the power shall be owned by the corn
monneulth,and not by individuals or companies
3. That after the accumulation of a vast debt,
the existence of which has elicited a most decider:
express! in of public opinion, we are willing still
to continue the old system,ns Ms, without inquir.
ing into its propriety or economy.
4. That wo will commit a sum of money,amall
indeed, comparatively speaking, but still enough
to be construed as an approval of their past con.
duct, into the hands of agents of whose manage
ment the people have expressed most unequivocal
disapprobation.
Upon the two first of these points, I do not wish
to express un opinion. But I certainly do believe,
that the questions embraced in them should not
be finally disposed of, without a thorough exami
nation of the important interests involved. No
stop should be taken with reference to theinovith
out a carotul consideration of its consequences.
If the bearing of the resolution, on the two lass
points, be as has been stated, 1 feel confident that
the legislature will have no unwillingness to re.
view their decision.
With regard to the agency of the hoard of Ca.
nal Commissionemin the purchase of locomotives,
and incurring debt on the filth of the state gen.
orally, it is proper to revert to the statutory previ
sions on the subject. By the act of April 15th,
1834, entitled "An - act relative to the management
of the Philadelphia and Columbia and Allegheny
Portage Rail-roads," the Canal Commissioners
are authorized, "if they doom it expedient for the
public interest,to procure such locomotive engines
and tenders, for the conveyance ofpassengers and
merchandize, as may be necessary for doing the
whole or any part of the transportation on the rail
roads belonging to the commonwealth, or either
of them." This act is not limited in duration.—
By the first section of the act of the 27th Februa
ry, 183.5, entitled "An act providing for the pay
ment of the expenses incurred by the contracts
made for the purchase of locomotive engines, and
for other purposes," the sum of one hundred and
thirty.four thousand nine hundred dollars is spe
cifically appropriated "fur the payment of expen
ses incurred by the purchase of locomotive en
gines," under the act last named.
By the act ofthe 13th April, 1835, entitled "An
act providing for the further improvement of the
State by rail roads and canals," section 3d, it is
provided "That the said Canal Commissioners
shall not be authorized to incur any debt on the
faith of the commonwealth, in any way or manner
beyond theappropriation aforesaid." Now, if this
restriction relates merely to the subject matter of
the act of which it is a part, the board have still
power under the act of 1834, to contract for loco
motives without further authority from the lee is.
lature; and, therefore, the passage of this rosolu•
tion is unnecessary. If, on the other hand, the
restriction is general in its nature, and amounts
to a repeal ofthe act of 1834, and of all other acts
on the subject to which it relates, then the board
have not that power. I fthey do not, by law., pos.
seas the power, I certainly do not feel willing to
take any of the responsibility ofconferring it; be.
cause, among other reasons, they, in other cases.
have infringed this very same provision of the act
of 1835, for instance:
By the Ist section of it, two hundred thousand
dollars are specifically apprupriated,for the repairs
of canals and rail-ways, during the present year,
(1835) and yet, in their annual report to the logic
lature, (Doge 13,), and in direct violation of the a.
hove restricting clause, the Canal Commissioners
say: "The fund for repairs is exhaustedr,"...."about
two hundred thousand dollars is required to pay
debts that aro, or soon will be, duo, and to meet
other demands of a pressing character," the na.
ture of which is not very clearly pointed out. A.
gain, by the first section of the same act of 1835,
thirty thousand dollars aro "specifically appropria
ted for the payment of damages." The Canal
Com misinonors in their report (page 17) state,t hat I
they have applied eighty thousand two hundred
I and eighty-nine dollars and forty-four cents, to
that purpose. From what source the difference
between the legal appropriation, and the sum ac-
tually applied to the payment of damages, or by
what authority the excess of expenditure,over ap
propriation, took place, the report of the board of no information. With these cases of virsla
non of the act of assembly before me, I am at a
loss to comprehend, why legislative authority
should be asked in the present instance. The no
cesaity of an assumption of power is as urgent,ac.
cording to the statements of the public agents in
this case, as it was in the other; and certainly the
laws of the land presented a stronger barrier then,
than they do now. The whole affair is involved
in mystery, and should be jealously scrutinized.
In these remarks I do not wish to be understood
as inviting a violation of the law, by a forced con
struction, to effect any object however desirable.
My meaning is simply this: either the CantalCom
missioners possess the power asked for,having ex
orcised it Under other circumstances of no greater
urgency, and therefore, it need not again be con
ferred; or, possessing it not, they ought not now
to receive it,becriuse having assumed'it illegally in
other cases, they wuuld be unsafe depositories of
it in this
For these, togethor•with other reaming, I cannot
sanction ibis resolution. Some piiblic inconveni
ence may, it is true, arise from my refusal!, but I
firmly believe that a vastly greater amount of good
will follow from it.
I regard this as the first question that has aria.
en,involving those principles of reform and ecsno.
my, for the support of which I stand pledged be.
fore nay lellow.ditizons. I therefore send- the re
solution back with my objections, respectfully but
earnestly asking you, to take them into your se
rious re-consideration. It your deliberations
should load to a different conclusion from that at
which I have arrived, and to the adoption of the
resolution, - by the- constitutional power of two
thirds, I shall, as a Citizen, cheerfully acquiasco„
and feel disposed to question the correctness of my
own judgment, on this subject. I shall, however,
even in that event, flatten myself, that the motive,
which have influenced me, will be duly apprecia.
ted,and that no feeling other than those of public
duty and perfect respect for the legislature, will
be attributed to me.
If, on the other hand, more mature deliberation
should lead you to coincide with the views hero
presented, I shall then have no doubt of the pro
priety of my course. In that hope, I would furth•
er respectfully suggest the groat propriety and
necessity of ut once going into a genortil exami
nation br tl in whole internal improvement system,
and the adoption of such measures of retrench
ment and reform, as the bout interests of the corn
inonwealth dornarid.
Investigation anti reform, nre by a great major!
ty of our common constituents, assorted to bo pro.
per,and noct.ssary. Permit me to add, that the
earlier they are commenced the bettor.
JOSEPH R I TNER.
Harrisburg., January 2,1836.
RAIL. ROAD REPORT
OUR RAIL ROAD.
ail-The following Report of E. M. BECKWITH, the
Engineer on the Survey of the Railway route from
Hanover to Gettysburg, and the Cumberland Valley
Road, was read before the Railway Committee of
Gettysburg, and adopted on the 29th ult.
GENTLEMEN:—Having recently completed the sur
vey of the proposed Railway route from Hanover to
Gettysburg, and the Cumberland Valley near Hagers
town, 1 would submit for your consideration the fol
lowing
REPORT:
The completion of the Columbia and Philadelphia
Railway as far as Wrightsville, induced the citz. ns
of the lower Counties of this State to make applica
tion to the last Legislature, for a Charter incorpora
ting a Railway Company, for the purpose of extend
ing the above Railway from 'Wrightsville to York
and Gettysburg, with an ultimate view of extending
it to Hagerstown and Williamsport, to connect with
the Maryland improvements at the Potomac; thus
forming a continuous lineal Railway from the Dela
ware at Philadelphia, over the Columbia and Phila
delphia,to Columbia and Wrightsville,thruugh York,
Gettysburg and Hagerstown—making the Whole dis •
stance from the Potomac to the Delaware about 167
miles.
The chief obstacle that presented itselt to the corn
faction of this work, was the general impression ex
isting that the elevated range of land west of Gettys
burg, usually known as the South Mountain, could
not be passed without the aid of stationary power;
and as experience has shown the entire impractica
bility of locating a Road with such grades as cannot
be overcome by motive power, it was thought an ob
ject of the first importance to ascertain with what
grades and distance aracticable Railway mute
could be located over the South Mountain in the pro
posed route.
The party under my direction commenced opera
tions about the fifteenth of October last; and after
some time spent in experimental survey, succeeded
in locating an entirely practicable route over the
Mountain, rising on the east side of the mountain,
from its base, in a southwesterly course, with a uni
form grade of fifty feet in the wile, and descending
with the same into the Cumberland Valley, nearly
the same course as that in ascending. The route sur
veyed commences at Hanover,passes through Gettys
burg, crosses the South Mountain at the Furnace
Gap, and descends into he
about`umberland Valley b
, low Cavetown— within five miles of Hagers
town. The route from Hanover to Gettysburg and
the South Mountain, a distance of twenty-two miles,
is over a fine, comnaratively- level country, slightly
undulated, without being broken by any considerable
streams or ridges. The grades on this section of the
route in no instance exceed 45 feet in the mile, and
few exceed 30 feet. Between Hanover and Gettys
burg, the line passes the head waters of Plump run
and the Conowago, that fall into the Potomac. From
Gettysburg to the foot of the mountain, the line cross
es Willoughby's run, and the north branch of Marsh
creek, about 1-4th mile north of the Turnpike lead
ing from Gettysburg to Chambersburg. From Marsh
creek to the summit of the mountain, there is an
ascending grade, varying from 45 to 50 feet in the
mile, for 18 3-4 miles. The elevation of the summit
level above the Bench mark at Gettysburg, is 875
feet, and 895 above the bed of Marsh creek at the
point of crossing. At the summit of the mountain
there is a level of two miles in length, ut the west
end of which the line commences the descent into the
Cumberland Valley by a uniform grade of 50 feet in
the mile, for a distance of 12 miles, which brings the
line into the valley. From this point to Hagerstown,
the valley is extremely level, and well calculated for
the purpose of constructing a Railway. In ascending
the East side of the mountain. the line is sometimes
circuitous, owing to the several knobs or spurs that
project fr,rn the main ridge near the sources of
Marsh creek, Middle creek, and Tom's creek; but
on the %Vest aide of the mountain the line descends a
comparatively unbroken ridge, in a southwesterly
course, for a distance of 12 miles, where the survey
terminates, at the foot of the ridge below Cavetown,
near the Hagerstown and Emmittshurg road.
The distance from Hanover to this point is 49 3-4
miles, to which add sto Hagerstown, makes the
whole route 54 3-4 miles.
ESTIMATED COST OF GRA DING THE ROUTE
FROM lIANOVER TO GETTYSBURG,
A distance of 11 miles, including bridges,
culverts,and S per cent. for contin
gencies,
- - $84,600 00
Superstructure of the snme,including 6 per
cent. for contingencies, &c
Making the whole cost - - - $151,800 00
ESTIMATE OF GRADING THE WESTERN
DIVISION OF THE ROAD FROM GETTYS
BURG TO THE CUIIII3ERLAND VALLEY,
A distance of 35 1-2 miles, including
bridges, culverts, and 8 per cent.
for contingencies, - - - $309,800 00
Superstructure of the same, including 6
percent. for couthicencies, - 195,000 00
To which may he added the probable cost
of constructing the remaining five
miles to Hagerstown,-
Making in all the sum of
The above estimate is calculated for a double track
gradiug, and a single tract superstructure : the rails
to be laid on white oak sills, with the flat iron rail,
and to be finished in the most substantial manlier.
The cheapness and facility with which the best of
materials can be procured along the line, contributes
materially to lesson the expense of construction.—
Chestnut, White Oak and Locust, of the best quali
ty, with flue quarries of stone, can be procured at a
trifling expense.
The route of Gettysburg to Flanover is about 1 1-4
miles shorter than the present public road; and be
tween Gettysburg and Hagerstown, the distance is
increased about 4 34 miles
By a reference to the Map, it will be seea that
the proposed Railway Irons Wrightsville to Gettys
burg and Williamsport, forms utmost a direct line
with the Columbia and Philadelphia, thus , opening
a direct line of Railway from Philadelphia to the
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, near the intersection of
the great Southwestern Railway proposed to be
made from the Potomac to New Orleans—thus open
ing a link to thegreat chain of Railways.that will be,.
at a period not far distant, from one extremity of the•
Union to the other.
Which is duly submitted, &c.
E. M. BECKWITH.
6::TC01. CLARKSON'S whole Hog was
slaughtered a week or two ago, and weighed
621 pounds!.
The schooner-Hester Ann, which sailed
from Baltinrore on the 15th ult. for tho
Eastern Share, was lost, 2 tud her crew and
passengers, ten or twelve in number, met
with a watery grave. Several of the most
respectable citizens of county were
on board—HanovervHerald.
A person bemoaning the uncomfiatabie
prospects of celibacy, and comparin . g the
'respective situations of married awl single
persons, exclaimed, "What can make the
bitter cup ofa bachelor go down?" A wit in
the company assuming the manner and tone
of the.complainant, exclaimed, "a lass! a
KrillOßE FREE MEN!
From the Pittsburg Gazette.
MESS:RS. &wrong—lt appears, by the
proceedings of the late Todd, Lawrence &
Co. Anti Anti-Masonic Convention, that 1
have been nominated as ode of the Harrison
Anti-Masonic County Committee for Alle
gheny. lum vexed to think that any set"
of men could have for a moment thought
that I was so regardless of Anti-Masonry
and Denincrncy, lig to permit my name to
be used as a Harrison com`thittee man. For
the last seven 'years I have been tin 'A nti-
Mason, and I assure you I have no idea now,
when the principles for which I have so long
stru ! ,gled are in the ascendancy, to either
give countenance, or my feeble support, to
the proceedings of the majority of the late
Convention. I sincerely hope the time has
not yet arrived when the Anli•Masons of
Pennsylvania will submit to be sold like
cattle in the market by tiny self-constituted
leaders. Had a majority oft ho Convention
conformed to the wishes of the people, and
performed the duties assigned to them, it
would have afforded me pleasure to have sus
tained their decision; but having usurped
powers not delegated to them by the people
of Peonsylvania, I feel myself bound to de
cline serving on any committee appointed
by them.
FIEZEKIAH NIXON
Allegheny Borough, Der.. 23, 1835.
JOHN FORSYTHE, of Wood street can
hardly believe he is the person nominated
on the Harrison county committee; but as
he knows no other Anti- Mason of the name
in this county, he thinks it proper to say
that he cannot recognise the right of the
Usurpers to make any nomination for Anti-
Masons, and that he cannot consent to act
upon their appointment, as lie is opposed to
both their man and their measures.
December 23, 1835
WHAT A DUST.—The editor of the Chem
bersburg Repository, a great Mason says:
"WE forewarn Mr. Webster that aliho'
little men may rise by adopting the policy
of the Anti-Masonic party, great men have
and will continue to fall by it."
The Repository preaches as if the power
of Masonry was as great in these days of
"more light" as when it spread its paper
crowns, mitres, mullets, aprons, squares,
compasses and gewgaws, the paraphenalia
of the Lodge, to the gaze of a gaping multi
tide, while it concealed the canvass.cnp,
cable•tow and apparel of a poor blind candi
date in the Lodge—as when the renown
ed Orators and Grand High Priests of the
Order proudly proclaimed thut its influence
ruled "on the bench, in the desk, in the le
gislative hall, in the jury box, in parties of
pleasure,in every enterprize of government;"
and vauntingly defied "THE WORLD IN
ARMS" TO PUT IT DOWN!
The editor of the Repository undoubted
ly looks upon the efforts of the Anti• Masons
as impotent now, as the "great men" of the
Order did at the origin of the Morgan con
spiracy, and at the consummation of its
bloody tragedy. He fosters the same spir
it of vengeance as the SMALL Masons of that
day did against "great men" who spoke or
acted against the Masonic institution. But
its "universal sway," so long boasted, and
so long maintained is broken, and the editor
of the Repository in a piton time will find
that not only "little rnen r "but ''great men,"
to rise to place or power, by the people,
will have to oppose the Masonic Institution
in all political stations.—Harrisburg Tel.
ANTI-MASONIC, MEETING..
At a meeting of the DEMOCRATIC ANTI.
MASONIC EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE of Penn
sylvania held at the Hotel of Marthew Wil
son, in Harrisburg, upon Friday the eigh
teenth day of December 1835, the commit
tee was, on motion of Mr. Ogle of Somerset,
duly organized by electing THADDEUS
STEVENS of Adams, Chairman, and SAM
UEL PARKE of Lancaster, Secretary.
WILLIAM W. IRWIN of Allegheny, sub
mitted the following resolutions, which were
unanimously adopted; viz:
Resolved, That we regard Free-Masonry
as "a conspiracy against the laws of God
and man which ought to be put down" legal
ly and politically.
Resolved, That we writ "ermsevEne in
establishing the doctrines of equal rights—
of free discussion and of the Supremacy of
the Laws, which are the fundarpental prin.
ciples of Anti , Masonry.
Resolved, That we deprecate all parties "
based upon personal devotion or antipathy
as unworthy of freemen who should always
prefer principles to men.
Resolved, That a party cannot maintain
existence founded on a principle, unless the
members of the party regard that principle'
as paramount to any other presented to them'
for political action; so that to introduce any
now principles paramount to their original
one, must occasion a dissolution oldie party.
Resolved,• That the preservation of the
Anti-Masonic
_party, renders it manifestly
necessary that we should avoid all action as
a party upon such matters as damn involve
the essential principles. ofihe party; so that
whatever differences May occur upon inci
dental matters, we may remain in harmoni
ous action together upon the paramount sub
ject about which we do agree.
Resolved, That the Anti-Masonic party,
.especially all members of it who possess of•
ficial influence should scrupulously guard
against resorting to the trammels of party
tests and party discipline to promote selfish
views or advance the interests of individuals,
because that COLLAR SYSTEM' is unnecessary
for the honest objects of the party, and in
ebnsistent with the personal rights of free.
men. •
63,200 00
37,000 00
$692,000 UO
Resolved, That while we aim to eradicate
the abuses of masonry from.the administra•
lion of state atTairs—frern the enaction and
execution of state laws &c., we should not
kise - eight of the tiab Lis cotnibittett by niaius
POLITICAL.
A CARD.
of Masonry in the administration of United
States laws, the collection of United States
revenue and favoritism in the appointment
of (hated* States officers; and especially
does it behoove us to check the progress of
the conspiracy in its great focus of operation
in the District of Columhie.
And Whereas it is the' duty of the Fede
ral Government to exercise the powers dele
gated to it by the Constitution, and to co-
Operate ni its StiVefilllDVpit I :1)1.1 1 12; with rite
State Governments, for the suppression of
p..lit i cal evils.
Arid, Whereas it has been clearly estal•.
lished by evidence of the most irreststable
and conclusive character, that the institutio n
of Fiee.lasonry and other secret associa
tions are great national political evils.
Therefore, Resolved, that it is the right
and the duty of the Exective, Judicial , arid
Legislative Departments of the Government
of the United States to exercise the powers
dele , nited by the Constitutinn, so as to pro
tect the People of the United States against
the usurpations of the Masonic and other
secret associations.
Resolved, That a Committee be appoint
ed to draft a MEMORIAL to the CONSRESS of
the United, States invoking the interposition
olthat body for the suppression of Secret
Associations so far as the same can be ac
complished by Legislative enactments in
conformity with the principles of the Con
stitution; and that said Committee cause a
sufficient number of copies of said Memorial
to be printed and circulated amongst the
People of Pennsylvania for Signatures.
Resolved, That wo invite the cordial co
operation of all true hearted and honest Anti-
Masons throughout the thiion in urging the
immediate action of Congress on the subject.
And the Chair appointed Messrs. Irwin,
Craig, and Parke of Philadelphia to be said
Commit
The Committee then adjourned.
T ADDEUS STEVENS, Chair'n.
SAMUEL PARKE, Secretary.
THE SPOILS.—We learn that James
Todd,Attorney General,has appointed Jacob
Miller, of Fayette, to prosecute in one of
the criminal courts of Philadelphia, and
Daniel Todd, his son, to prosecute in an
other—he himself superintending the whole
business of prosecuting in the City and
County courts.— Harrisbnrg Chronicle.
THE WHIGS IN PHILADELPHIA.
The nomination of General HARRISON by
the two conventions at Harrisburg does not
appear to ho better received by the whigs
of the city and county of Philadelphia than
it is by the Anti• Masons of Allegheny
county. The Inquirer may sneer at the
seceders from the Anti-Masonic Convention,
and aff.ct to underrate their influence; but
it is vain to attempt to conceal the fact,
that there is great dissatisfaction atrimig
the opponents of the national Administra
tion in Pennsylvania with the Harrisburg
nominations. Among other evidence of this
state of feeling, we refer to a meeting of
highly respectable and influential whigs,
held at the Adelphi,on Friday last at which
DAVID WOELYARII, Esq. of the ocunty,
presided, and Josgiqt 'l'. MATTUER, re.
cently a representative from the city, acted
as secretary. They resolve, among other
things, that the convention which nomina
ted General Harrison "has not the slightest
claim or pretension to arrogate to itself the
title of a Whig Convention, or to require
the Whigs as a party, to support Its candi
date; and that the Whiffs are not under the
slighest obligation on the score of party or
ganization, to submit to its decision."
They say, that 'all the attempts to im
pose the acts of that Convention upon the
Whigs as binding on them as a party aro
unfair and arbitrary:' and that 'persist
ance in such attempts will' have a tendency
to dissolve,' and in the opinion of the
meeting "will dissolve the Whig party in
Pennsylvania." They assert further, that
'no person has hitherto been duly and reg
ularly designated' as the Whig candidate
in Pennsylvania, and 'that measures ought
to be taken to obtain a fair and unbiassed
expression of the Whig party in regard
thereto.' A committee of correspondence
and superintendence was appointed consist
laic, oft hirty-oneof the most respectable and
influential membeis of the Whirr party i n
the city and county of Philadelphia. e A
mong the names we notice those of Hor
ace Binney, John Hare Powel, E/ihat
Chauncey, J. Price Wetherill, Charles
Chauncey, William 11. Keating, Josephi
T. Mather and others, well known to the
citizens of Pennsylvania. It will require
all the power of the Inquirer and its fellow
laborers to make these gentlemen work
kindly in the Harrison traces. _ _
We have seen gentlemen from the neigh.
boring counties of Butler and Washington
who inform us that the Anti•Masons,in both,
generally, as far as they could learn, regard
ed Harrison's nomination as inconsistent
with Auti•Masonry, his qualifications as ri
diculously unsuitable, and the manner in
which the nomination was efrectedos
ing and disgraceful. As meetings are pre
sently to be held in the neighborhoods re
ferred to, we shall soon see the impressions
of public opinion on the subject.
A gentleman from the north side of West
moreland informs us that- the Anti•Masonti
of his neighborhood were all disgusted at -
the Harrisburg coalition.—Pitts.
H OSPITA LIT Y .—The late Dr. Thyme, soi
well known for his love of good enting,ealled
one day to pay a 'visit to the eccentric Lord
He wasshown into the dioic-room,
where he found his Lordship alone, and en
' gaged in the discussion ofan exquisite little
dinner. After talking for some time, "My
Lord,' said the doctor, (excited by the a
gre.enble oder,)"l think it would be no great
stretch of hospitality were your Lordship
to Ray, Doctor, pray do as I ars doing.”—
" Well. Doctor " said his Lordship, "pray
do as I tun doing—go home and eat year
own dinner."
Amer. Sentinel.
KrDevoted to POlitics; F
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BY 1t 1 )11:EltT W. 3110111,ETON
At St per hnirmyearly In advance.
GETTYSBURG PA.
Monday, .11;eintary 1111836
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Appointments by the Governor,
JAMES A. Timm PSON, Esq. Register, Recorder an ,
Clerk of the Orphans' Court, Adams county
Tiio:n.tn Thence; Esti Clerk of Quarter Sessions
and Oyer and Terminer, Adams county.
ZEPHANIAH McLEttEcaN, Prothonotary of Lao
Caster enmity.
lIUGH MEll A FEY, Register. do.
JOHN WA (WEL, Recorder. do.
Jour: Idoiersien, Clerk of Quarter Sessions. do
PETER BERM Aa, Clerk of Mayors Court. do
DAN'L VONDEnnMITII, Clerk of Orphans' Court. do
11=7"Tho piratieui "Democrat," of Harrisburg—
" Journal," of Huntingdon; and "Prose," of Got.
tysburg, are seeking too much when they attempt
to bully us into a notice of them. Wo have other
and more noblor game in view, than to stoop to
do battlo with such Pismires!
NO MISTAKE IN OLD ADAMS!
We have conversed with many of the lead
ing members of our party in this county, and they
all agree that the late attempt at flarrisborg to
strangle Anti•blasonry, or merge it in a slavish
- devotion, and a grand hurrah, for a fancied "Mili
tary Chieftain," was a high handed and insulting
usurpation. And we aro glad to find, that men
sures are in progress for calling a County Meet
ing, to approve of the course taken by the "inflexi.
blo minority" and the unbought delegates from
Adams county. This is right. Adams was a.
mong the first to take her stand in defence of Anti•
Masonry—and if she is compelled to witness the
loss of those of the "Old Guards" who entered the
field with her, as they stray from the ranks, it will
be a great grief—but for herself she is determin
ed to be the last to leave tho field until every
shot shall be fired from her !ocher! May her ox.
ample, and that of her sister Allegheny, lead the
other members to return to limit family, and all, '
eschewing MAN WORSIMPPINO, again harmoniously
unite in support of those principles which have
heretofore enabled us successfully to battle with
the Ledge!
P. S. Since the above was in type, we have re.
coiVed, end placed under our Postscript head, a
call for a COUNTY MEETING. This is as it
should be. Let those who have stood by Antl.
Masonry from its birth, attend and show the
Lodge they aro not yet prepared to support its
"Spawn!" That they are not yet willing to lay
their principles et the feet of interested dema
gogues! That "principles," and "not men," is
their motto!
[ErT)i. communication ofour friend
will be attended to in our next.
TO lIONEST ANTI-MASONS
ncome t let us) reason togetherot
[Erflowever unpleasant may be the task, yet
we feel constrained to address a few words to
honest ANTI-MASONS—those with whom, when
we could boast of but few stout and willing
hearts, we entered the field together, and side by
side battled against the various hues and shapes
assumed by our wily enemy.
Although you had "broken ground" a few
months before we came amongst you, yet it is
nearly six years 'since our flag was unfurled to
the breeze; and during all that time, we have
abided by the principle which hound us together
and by which we had pledged ourselves, by our
acts, strictly •to adhere. At our first meeting,
we resolved that opposition to "SECRET SOCIE.
TIES" should be the paramount duty of the party;
and that no man should receive our free suffrages
who was not of us, and an open and avowed
Anti-Mason. Our party was not organized to put
uo this man, or to put down that man; but to car
- ry out the groat fundamental principles involved,
necessarily, in such organization, When those
principles were lost sight of; and the compact
forfeited, then our party was to be, in right, dis
solved, and,ouch individual member to return to
the bosom of the party with which he formerly
acted.
During all the time of our organization, up to
the meeting of the late State Convention, have
wo preserved our pledged faith. We have held
State Conventions for State purposes; and we
have held National Conventions for National pur._
poses. Those Conventions brought together our
brethren from many Counties and States, and the
result of their deliberations have been, so far at
least as the Anti-Masons of Pennsylvania aro
concerned, of beneficial effect. It has strength.
ened the bond and zeal of our fellow.laborers in
this and other States; and when the day of battle
arrived, the Anti-Masons, wherever Anti-Ma
sonry was known,w•ere found zealously and vigor
ously contending in behalf of the Constitution
and tho Supremacy of the Laws. Tho past year,
thanks to the zeal and untiring "PERSEVERANCE"
of the Pioneers in the good cause, carried us vic
toriously through a well-contrived, ingeniously
arranged battle. And all we need do to maintain
Our ground, is to let our past, guide our future
course; to turn neither to the right hand, norio
the left; but faithfully and determinedly follow
our polar starr--Ann-Mesoismr. While we keep
it in view, we cannot go astray; loose sight of it,
and "run after strange gods,"then we will be buried
in darkness, and the Lodge firmly re-built upon
our ruins!
Thera is but the one course loft us if we wish
to continue our organization: We must go on as
we have heretofore done. There is no use to be
fighting in fragments—a part hero, ana a part
there, in direct opposition to each other. If wo
desire to maintain our union, wo must continue to
bo guided by the principles adopted and pursued
at, and since our party existence. We held our
State Convention lust 'spilt's for State purposes;
and we are soon to hold our National Convention
for the purpose of adopting measures to be pur
sued by us as a National party. Let us, then,pre.
I pare ourselves to be guided by its decisions, and
I carry them out as faithfully and successfully, if
wo can, at we did those of the State Convention.
This is the true course, and the only ono we can
pursue to maintain our party organization. If
wo fail in this, then the blow intended to bo given
us in December last by tho Lodge, will have boon
a successful one, and ANTl.Mssmutv—cs ce the
delight and praise of the Patriot and the States
man—will be destroyed forever!
This fearful and dishonorable result can only
be prevented hy.the pure and disinterested of our
party. [hider the name of a man, the agents of
the Lodge .have been permitted to steal into our
camp; they have lighted a torch which will soon,
if permitted to burn, consume us. We, then, call
upon all who dearly love Anti.Masonry,and desire
to see its pure and elevated principles still main
tained, to pause and examine carefully and honest
ly the course they are now pursuing. Scan the
men, above all, who first got up tho "Harrison fe
ver," and who are so zealously pushing it on in
every direction. Are they not, and have they not
always been our most inveterate opponents? And
the man they wish to rain down our throats, has
he not insultingly told us that Anti-Masonry was '
WORSE than Masonry! And look at his supporters
—Are they not the most violent, bitter Masons in
the State. Aye, in the front ranks stand those
pinks of Masonic perfection, Harper, ofChambers
burg; and Butler, of Pittsburg!! A pretty Anti-
Masonic candidate, truly,when such worthy breth
ren deign to him their support!
No! follow-freemen! We have boon over.reach
ed. For once the "Weazel has boon caught a
sleep!" Our only hope is in the Notional Conven
tion. If the nomination of a stern Anti-Mason
is made,we must give him that support which has
heretofore been given to the candidates ofour par
ty. Let all, then, who disdain to bo chained to a
despotic car—whether that car be driven by a
Kinderhook Magician, or a fancied "Military
CIIIOftiRII"—ACT AS FREEMEN—examine forthorn
selves —beware of the wolves in sheep's clothing.
who have crept into the fold at the eleventh hour—
be guided by PRINCIPLE and not interest; and Anti-
Masonry, pure and uncontaminated, will be "forc
ed back into its original channels," and the senti
nels on the watchtowers of our citadel, be enabled
again to cry "ALL'S WELL !"
Iliirrisonisan.
the correspondence between the
"Hero of Tippecanoe" and individuals of
this State, have been laid before the people.
We shall therefore offer but little comment
upon the letters received from Gen. Harri
son, as we opine the people, wherever they
have been permitted to see them, have de
cided that although there is a great deal
said in them about "Romanism," "Eu
ropean Aristocracy" and "Jefferson _De
mocracy," there is but little Antz.Masonry
to be found in them. The Fayette "Demo
crat" says they contain "true Anti•Mason
ryr We shall not dispute the judgment of
that acute (!) new or Todd-light sheet !
But we of the Old School have principle,
and not INTEREST to form our judgment
from. So with the People. We shall there.
fore ask permission to submit to their judg
ment the following extract from Gen. liar-
rison's first letter to Mr. STEVENS, dated
November 6.—lt is as follows:
"I am far from asserting that the evils
arising from Masonry do not form a proper
1 subject for the deliberation and action of
some of the constituted authorities of our
country. But lam certain that there exists
no such power, either in the whole Govern
ment of the United States, or any of its de
partments, and that the attempt to exercise
it would constitute a usurpation of power
pregnant tf tolerated by the people, with
mischiefs infinitely more fatal than those
which it was intended to remedy."
It will be found that in this extract, Anti-
Masonry is as scarce as "hen-teeth!" If
that be the case with the above, how much,
more or less, will be found in his last letter
to Mr. Stevens, (dated; November 28,) we
leave Anti-Masons to judge. . He says—
" You are for making an individual's
opinion upon a certain subject the test of
his receiving an appointment in cases where
those opinions tire prevalent. / rqject the
test, but appoint the very same individual,
upon the broader ground of being supported
by public opinion. 1 would act upon the
principles that have been sanctioned by all
the republicans from the birth of our giov
ernment, and are now sanctioned by them
throughout the Union. You upon one
which 1 acknowledge to be correct in the
abstract, and which may be applied, per
haps without injury, to another way—BUT
WHICH, IF BROUGHT INTO ACTION IN THE
MANNER PROPOSED, COULD NOT FAIL TO BE
THE PARENT OF MISCHIEFS INFINITELY
GREATER THAN THOSE WHICH IT IS THE
DESIGN TO CURE."
In plain, plebian words—" You, as an
Anti-Mason, are for making a man's opm.
ions of Masonry a test of his receiving an
appointment in sections where Anti-Mason
ry is prevalent. I acknowledge you are
correct; but 1 cannot consent to let. Anti-
Masonry influence me in my appointments—
because, if I would do so, I would loose the
support of the Lodge, and act upon a prin
ciple which could not fail to be WORSE THAN
MASONRY ITSELF ! !" 0 Harry ! Har
ry ! How tightly wert thou pushed when
thou didst select for thy "stool-pigeon" so
great and acute a reasoner ! He is almost
equal to our earned Attorney General !
Judge liPhilels - Letter.
ICPBetere the nominations were made
by the late "Anti-Masonic" State Conven
tion, the Chairman of the State Committee
made a report to the Convention, accom
panied by Letters and Documents from
Judge WurrN, Louis Mc LANE and other
distinguished indiiiduals. The long rigma-
role against Mr. Webster—Gen. Harri
son's Letters, and a Letter from Judge
White, were all that we heard read—the
latter, however, has not been published !
We call for its pdblication, as, if we heard
distinctly, it contained sound Anli-Masonry.
All the documents, together with Judge
White's letter, were placed in the hands of
the officers of the Convention. . We hope
they have not smuggled or destroyed them!
If not, let them all be published.
OrThe nominations of Messrs. TANEY
and KENDALL, the first as Chief Justice
and the lattter Post Master General, are
before the U. S. Senate. Certain papers
are calling upon those opposed to Van Bu
ren to reject them; and are making ungen
erous insinuations respecting Mr. WED
sAER's vote. We hope Mr. Webster, and
every other Senator who has independence
enon.zh to throw off" party trammels, will
vote for the confirmation of those gentlemen
—not that we are at all an admirer of either
their'politicat principles or consistency; but
simply because the President will nominate
none but those who support his administra
tion to those offices, and that we believe
those individuals to be about as competent
as any whom the President would nominate.
If the President could make a selection
from among those who opposed his election,
what a pride to every American would it
be to point out DANIEL WEIJSTFR as
the Chief Justice of the United States!
HAGERSTOWN Jan. 7.
CANAL DISTURBANCES.—There has been
considerable excitement and some violence
among the canallers, in the neighborhood
of and above Clear Spring, within the last
few days. On Friday and Saturday night
last, two Shanties were burnt and several
of the combatants severely wounded. The
belligerents are divided into two parties, as
was the case winter before last, when the
whole country was annoyed for weeks by
their commotions. The parties are desig
nated as the Corkonians on the one side, and
the Longford men on the other. They now
both stand in dread of each other, and keep
guard at night with ab much vigilance as
would two threatening armies. The public
authorities should keep a close eye upon
them, or much blood may yet be shed be:-
fore spring, when their attention to their
work will keep them from committing acts
of violence on each other.—Torch Light.
We learn that the U. States frigate;Uni
ted States, which heirtiOcently undergbne
a thorough repair at New York, is ordered
to be fitted for a cruise, probably to the Pa
cific under the command of Capt. Thomas
Ap. C. Jones. The United States, we
believe, was built in Philadelphia. The
sloop of war Boston and the Concord, at
Portsmouth, are also ordered to be fitted for
sea.—U. 8. Gazette.
NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 12.--We learn that
the forts below the city and on the Lakes
have assumed a most warlike attitude.—
Heavy ordnance has been mounted, and
such preparations made as would indicate
that the Government is at least ready for
war. We understand that all the tortifica•
lions on the Gulf and the seaboard have
been placed in the same state.
RELIGIOUS NOTICES.
(0-The Rev. Mr. Krauth will preach (in En
glish ) in the German Church on Sunday morning next
at half past 10 o'clock.
DIED.
On Monday the 21st ult. Mrs. MAnciA aET EPLEY,
widow of Mr. Peter Epley, of Cumberland township,
aged about 45 years.
At his residence near Petersburg, (Y. 5.,) HENRY
MILLER, in the '73d year of his age.
DR. METCALF
R ESPECTFULLY informs his friends
and the public, that he has returned
to Petersburg, (York Springs) and resumed
the practice of his profession in all its
branches, viz:
Medicine, Surgery & Midwifery.
He flatters himself with the hope of giv
mg general satisfaction to all who have oz.
casion to give him a call. Grateful for past
favors; and with a desire of fully meriting
the confidence of the public, he has been to
New York, completed his course of study at
the REFORMED MEDICAL COLLEGE in that
City, and has been honored with a Diploma
from that Institution, (which can be seen by
calling at his office.) He also attended the
United States Infirmary, and witnessed a
large amount of practice in that Institution,
in every variety of disease, wherein the su
periority of the Reformed System of prac•
tice over the mineral and depletive plan is
proved to a demonstration.
Dr. M. while in New York, wishing to
avail himself of every opportunity of acquir
ing a correct knowledge of the HEALING
ART, procured a ticket of attendance at the
New York Hospital, where hundred, of pa-
tients are daily treated on the mineral and
depletive plan; this, while it gave him an
excellent opportunity of acquiring a knowl.
edge of disease, and of witnessing the effort
of this system ofpractice, served but to con
firm his previous judgment of its delicious
and pernicious efforts; its naked deformity
becomes strikingly evident, when contrasted
with the superior beauty and efficacy of the
VEGITABLE or REFORMED SYSTEM.
Petersburg, (Y. S.) Jan. 11, 1836. ti-41
Mills for lleot.
THE Subscriber offers for Rent, his
Grist and situate on
Marsh-creek, about 3 miles from the 80.
rough of Gettysburg. They are in GOOD
onnEn; and possession may -be had.imme
diately, if desired.
WILLIAM COBEAN.
January 11, 1836. - 3t-41
TEMPERANCE.
A N adjourned meeting of the "'Temper
once Society of Gettysburg and its Vicini• I
ty" will be held in the Presbyterian Church,
on Tuesday Evening the 12th inst.
KrA general attendance of the friends
of Temperance is requested, as it is expec
ted that one or more Addresses will be de
livered, and other matter. transacted of im
portance to the cause.
R. W. NIIDDLETON, Seery.
January 4, 1835. tm-40
FOIL 11.10 AT I
THAI WELL KNOWN
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Situate in Petersburg, (York Springs,) late
ly kept by the Misses Bighorns. The house
is large and convenient, with a well of wa
ter (with a pump in it) at the door; a good
KITCHEN, Two STABLES and a CABBIAGE•
HOUSE convenient.
This Stand being situated where the Han-
over and Carlisle turnpike and the State
road leading from Harrisburg to Gettysburg
cross each other, has an advantage over any
other Tavern Stand in the place.
riZPPosses-lion given on the first day of
April next, or immediately if required.
January 11, 1816.
REPORT OF THE SCHOOL
Di RECTORS
Of the District consisting of the township of Stra
ban, in the county of Adams, to the Superinten
dent of Common Schools, for the year ending the
first Monday in November, 1835.
Number of Schools—Six.
Number of Scholars—Male, 147; Female,
145; Total, 292.
NuMber of Teachers—Six—Male, 2; Fe
male, 4.
Teachers salaries—Male, 814, per month;
Females, three at $lO, per month; one at
812, per month.
Characters of Teachers—gond.
Branches of Study taught--Reading, Writ
ing, Arithmetic, Geography and English
Grammer.
Number of Months each school has been
,""" kept open—a was continued 6 months
each; 2, 5 months each; 1,4 i months.
Rent of School houses—s 3.
Other costs of maintaining the Schools,
$l5 56.
Money received for the use of the Schools:
From the State, 142 59; from the Coun
ty, $lOB 51; from the township, $156 03.
By order of the Board,
ROBERT McILEIENY, See'ry.
Straban tp. Jan. 11, 1836.
[Published agreeably to the 16th section
of the "Act to establish a General System
of Education by Common Schools," passed
Ist. April, 1824.]
TOR. ILIVANT.
THE Subscriber offers for RENT, from
the Ist of April next, the HOUSE
at present occupied by Mr. William 1 4 1 1 :
M'Clelland, situated in West York Street,
one door West of Mr. Forry's Tavern.
S. S. SCHMUCKER.
Gettysburg, Dec. 21,18:35. . tf-38
Al V A.lllll. TO WENT.
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.
C*77For Terms and further particulars
apply to JOHN SADLER.
December 21, 1P:35. 3t*--38
FRESH DRUGS
AND 17 - 4 r
Qr 22. 2. .2o;•a•zb
AA SUPPLY just received and for sale at
. the Drug store of
WEL. 3. GI.I.IIMIELT,,
Where can be had all kinds of Essences,
Steer's Opodeldoc, Liquid Opodeldoc, Worm
Tea, Balsam De Malta, Balsam of Life, &c.
&c. by the dozen.
December 28, 1835. tf-39
LLUDITOnS' NOTICE.
THE Auditors appointed to divide and
distribute the Estate of MosEs TornEn, de
ceased, late of Mountjoy township, remain
ing in the hands of the Administrator, to
and among the Creditors of said deceased,
will meet fur that purpose, at the house now
occupied by John Marks, in Littlestown, on
Monday the Ist of February next, at 10 o'-
clock, A. M.
GEORGE WILL,
JAMES RENSHAW, 4.
MICHAEL R. NUSSAR,
January 4, 1836. 4t*-40
Estate of Jos. Lefever, deed:
ALL persons indebted to the Estate of
JOSEPH LEFEVER, late of Germany
township, Adams county, Pa. deceased, are
hereby requested to come fbrward and make
settlement—and those having claims against
said Estate are also requested to present the
game, properly authenticated,for settlement.
The first named Executor resides In Ger
many township, and the 13tter in Mountjoy.
_ OCH LEFEVER, Ex'rs.
JACOB KELLAR ,
January 4. 1936.
Jl STRdI" HEIFER.
A RED and WHITE spotted HEIFER
came to the Plantation of the Subscriber,
living in Menallen township, Adams county,
near Hoffman's Mill, on the 10th ofNovem
her last, supposed to be a year old. The
owner is requested to come forward, prove
property, pay charges, and take it away.
WILLIAM REX.
at-40
January 4, 1836.
JAMES McCOSH.
3t-4I
ing "al ology or war"--and finally, Vice
Admiral MAexAu, with fifteen sail of the
line, and a proportionate number of frig,ates
and smaller vessels of War, at this moment
in our neighbourhood as a "fleet of observa-
lion!" If we croaked when we cautioned
our merchants against confiding in the cry
of peace, such croak i ngs could at least do no
harm; but how diflitrent the reflection of
those who, yielding to the wishes ofthe pub
lic rather than their own sense of right,
wickedly aided in continuing a delusion which
can only be productive of evil.
Another change in the Portuguese Minis
try has taken place, and some accounts from
Lisbon speak in disparaging terms of the
conduct of the young Queen.
It is stated, though not in an authentic
form, thnt King Otho had been compelled
to quit Greece, and the country was in a
state of anarchy.
CLOSINO MEXICAN PORTS
The last mail from New Orleans brings the
unpleasant intelligence that the Mexican Govern
ment had orderedher Ports to be closed to our
commerce. The Bee of the 21st has the follow
ing paragraph: '
EMDARGO.—Wo, regret to receive infinmation
that an embargo has been laid by order of the
Simeon Government, on the ports of Tampico
and Motamoras, against !Mexican vessels; and nn
ull the ports of Mexico, against American ships.
No ingress nor egress is now permitted; and
hence the failure, formerly noticed by us,of hear
ing from the ships formerly despatched from New
Orleans, or of having any certain information di
rect from Tampico or etainoras. The foolish
expedition planned by :Nokia may have led to this
resort, as well 11l+ the state of affairs in Texas--
If this information is correct, the sooner "the bet
tor that the eiecutivo government shall proceed
to action. It is certain that the 'brig Kanowa,
which left here about ten days ago, was not per.
milted to anchor in any Mexican port, and there.
fore obliged to sail to Mobile.
, Internal Inn
County Meeting.
A MEETING of the Amrr
• MASONS of Adams county will
be held at the Court housein Gettysburg,on
Monday Evening, Jazirsary
the 25th, at 6 °Wort:,
to take into consideration the strange nomi
nation recently made - by a Convention call
ing itself "Anti-Masonic."
DIRTY ANTI-MASONS,
January 11, 18:36.
Fret-i,plasonry Unmasked.
OzrA work bearing the above title, be
ing the Evidence in the late suit between
Messrs. STEVENS and LEFEVER, Will be is
sued from this office on Saturday next. ft
contains all the Masonic testimony taken
by the Plaintiff and Defendant, and is high
ly important, and should be widely circula
ted.
o`i Persons at a distance will please ad
dress(post paid,) SAMUEL FAnNEsroc K,Esq.
who will promptly attend to all orders for
the work.
(o—We learn from the Harrisburg Re
porter that the "Union and Harmony Con
vention" which met in that place on Friday
last, has adopted the Electoral Ticket put
in nomination on the 4th of March last by
the Wolf party!
IMPORTANT FROM PRANCE.
0::r Arrival of our Charge D'Affaires.
By the packet ship Albany, Capt. John
son, arrived at New York on Wednesday
night last, the editors of the Courier& En
quirer and Journal of Commerce received
their regular files. The Albany sailed from .
Havre on the 3d ult. 31r. BARTON, our tate
Charged' Affaires at Paris, has returned in
her.
The dates reached us by this conveyance
are of the let from Paris, 2d from Havre,
and 30th November from London.
The character of the news, so far as it re
lates to French affairs, will, we think, be
considered conclusive as, regards the pay
ment of the stipulated indemnity. All ques
tion as. to the intention of France on that
subject, must now be removed; and the most
sceptical can no longer doubt, that she has
determined not to do us justice without a de
grading apology frcm our Executive. it
only remains for us therefore, to resort to a
non-intercourse; and if for so doing, France
should venture upon a declaration of war,
we must abide the consequences. We de
precate as sincerely as any one possibly can,
a war with France; but if she will not com
ply with her solemn treaty stipulations, we
are prepared to urge upon our Representa
tives in Congress the prompt declaration_ of
a non•intercotrse. This much is due to
ourselves, to our national honor, and to the
necessity which exists for every nation to
cause itself to be respected abroad. The
consequences, whatever they may be, we
should be prepared to meet with unanimity,
and under a full conviction that, however in
discreet were the recommendations of our
Executive in his Message of '34, there ex
. .
ists no just cause for the contumely and in
sult which France has endeavored to heap
upon us.
When we originally and exclusively an
nounced the refusal of the French Ministry
to pay the indemnity and the intended return
of Mr. BARTON, our motives were impugned,
or by the morel charitable, we were pronoun
ced croakers. What is the position of af
fiiirs now'? Mr. BARTON is in New York—
Mr. PAGEOT on tho eve of departure for
France—all diplomatic intercourse between
the two countries suspended—not only the
Ministry hut.all parties in France proclaim.
AGAINST AMERICAN VESSELS.
The oflcct of this measure op our commerce
rorement, a
is thus adverted to in the New Orleans "Union s '
of the 2lst ult. ••
flit be true•tlint the Mexican C.otiornment ham
I prohibited the entry of American vessels into their
; ports, an evil has been inflicted upon the whole
eomitry—and especially upon the city of New
Orleans—of the most serious character. The,
trade between :his place and Mexico alone 'B .
millions a year!—at one blow this has been atop
, ped—and stopped at a moment when increased
quantities of goods, especially adapted to .this
markets of Mexico, are now in the porsession or
many of our merchants, indeperdimt of the many:
millions of American goods which must at this
time belhched up in the Mexican ports.
The gevernnient of Mexico has taken n most
effectual way to arouse the U. S. Guyer/uncut
and those inteiested, in the prosperity of New
Orleans, to the impropriety of permitting the fits
flog out of expeditions within our borders, to aid'
the conflicting parties in any province or State
of Mexico. It may be said we can force open the
Mexican ports: suppose we do, if the government
seize American goods and produce when landed,•
what does our success avail traT—we should be
obliged to have an army to accompany the goods
to effect a sale. or obtain payment. But is it. not,
probable, if matters proceed to fluffier extretni.
nes, will not the Mexican government grant
commissions to privateers and sweep the Ameri
can commerce from, the Gulf? We think so:
they have .no commerce to lose; we have,— and
there are many bold and desperate men ready to
notes captains of privateere and reap a rich liar.
vest from the seizure of merchant ahfper
The government is imperatively called upon to
protect the , commerce of this part of our coun
try.
The New Orleans Deo of the 9.2c1 December
has tho following paragraph upon" thesubject's
The EIIIIAIWO laid on American vessels enter
ing tl.e ports of Mexico, is confirmed by intelli
gence received yesterday by the schooner J. J
Simpson, eight days from Matamoros, whose cap
tain (Mr. Wiley) states that ho had been request
ed to inform- our merchants that Metamoret.
Tampico, Vert Cruz wore closed against all A
merican vessels. Whether this order proceeded
frorn.the Government of Mexico, or from the ex
ecutive officers of the stain of Vera Cruz and Tn.
mattlipas, we have not ascertained; but .it to car.
tainly worthy 'the cognizance of our national
government.
As a species of retribution against this country
because individual citizens may have aided the
people and cause of Texas, it is of rho most fla
grant kind. This country has not violated the
treaty of alliance subsisting with the Mexican
' states, either by executive or legislainte enact
ments; nor have any demands fbr redress or pre
vention been made on our government by Mexi
co. Retortive measures cannot therefore be Haim
tioned; and it is high time to teach the Mexicans
better manners and more faithful policy. (heir
commerce or commercial laws have not been in
terfered with in any manner—yet they have com
menced a system of aggression on our trade, and
of plunder an our. cirizens who were foolhardy .
enough to reside among them.
Redress should immediately be sought or war
declared. Mexico has virtually declared war by
her orders of nonintercourse: shall this be tolora- .
ted by this country? Why not have issued letters
of marque and reprisal; and send some yankoes
and Baltimore clippers to scour tho Mexican seas?
The information with regard to the em
bargo by Mexico on American vebsels, it
would seem from the following, is cop
firmed :
"Inf3rmation was, received in town yes.
terday confirming the news we published
in the morning in relation to the Mexican
embargo, on American vessels."
We learn also that a large force was or
ganizing in Metamoras, to act against the
Texians.
The Rev. Mr. McLean will preach in his church
in this place on Sunday morning next at 11 o'clock.
.A IlAnarsoN PArtTr..L—We have looked
with some suspicion upon movements in
certain quarters, as tending to bring ribout
what some of our friends have feared—a
merging of the Anti-Masonic party into a
Harrison party. The State committee s
in their circular says: "Our only hope of
sustaining the •administration of Governor
Rimer, must be upon the success of Harri
son and Granger"—and that "the County
tickets will be formed by each party under
its appropriate Presidential Banner!" Is it
to be understood by this that the. name De
mocratic Anti-Masonic party, is to be cast
off, and that we are to be merged or trans
furred into a Harrison Party? Are the De-•
mocrutic Anti-!Masons to be led oil from
their principles, or commanded to lay down
their name and rally under a "PRESIDEN
TIAL BANNER." If, so, we for one, shall
not follow, and we believe that riot one in
ten of the true and tried Anti-Masons ,of
Pennsylvania will do so.—Pa. Tel.
THE NEW YORK FIRE.—It is with the
greatest satisfaction we learn, that the late
conflagration in New York is much less ca
lamitous than was supposed by those Making
the lowest estimates soon after its 'occur
rence.
We have seen a letter of a late date from
a most intelligent source, which says:
"The great loss by the fire in this city,
falls on the stockholders of the Fire
were
Companies. The merchants
generally insured and they will get all their
pay. The Real Estate owner can-sell his
lot for as much as lot arid store would have
brought, with but few exceptions." . .
With the energy and enterprise of the
New York merchants, that part which was
destroyed by the firo will, we doubt not,' in
a few months,be rebuilt with increased spier'.
dor and convenience; and with their indus.
try added; their losses soon repaired.—Globe.
FIIIE.—Last evening, between the hnu'ra
ofsix and seven o'clock, the cry of Fire was
heard in our . streets, fin. the first time during
many months. The cause of the.alarm was
the burning of a stable belonging, to • Mr.
Jacob McCully, in the rear' of the Office of
the Good Intent Company: The fi.a, was
subdued by pulling down the stable; the En-.
gives having been rendered almost useleiti
from want of WATert.—Lancuseer Union.
A teacher, one day, endenverinwto tnaku
a pupil understand, the witure unit applica
lion of a 'passive verb, said —"A passive
verb is expressive of the_ nature (f.reCeiii*
mg nn action,. as, Peter is beaten. Now
what did Peter dor The boy pausiag too, _
meat, with the gravest countenance itnagi.
nable, replied—" Well, I don't know witb,
out be hollerd."