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I been of - sufficient force, the Chesapeake Bay
I would not have remained during that war so
Extracts Irom air. Chamberli long in the .possession of the enemy, or the
Speech on the Bill making Appropria- n capitol of the nation and the ground on which
lions for the Naval Service, delivered in! we now stand, have been defiled by the foot.
stels i and conflagration of the enetny,whose
the House of Represe ntatives,on the 16th
of March. commanding oflicers,for a season,disrega rd.
ed the laws of civilized warfare, and by acts
Great as has been our growth in PP u la - characteristic of Vandal and savage wit rfii re,
Lion and power, as a nation, (and, as such, it lappl:ed the firebrand to the halls of legisla
is unprecedented in the history of nations,) i lion and justice. and consigned to the flames
yet it is exceeded by our increase in corn- the library of the nation, as well as the ar
mercial prosperity. chives of its legislation.
After the adoption of the federal constitu- Those who wet ein the administration of
tion, in 1790, our populatiOn was :3,929,328; the Government during that war, and after
at this time probably about 15,000,000;being it, testified their regard and high °slime' ;inn
not quite fourfold. The whole imports of of this branch orate national armament; and
the country in 1790 were but 823,000,000; so a front*. were the convictions of the expe•
whilst for 1835,aceoccling to returns and esti- diency of providing adequately for it, that
mates of the Treasury Department, they the attention of Governmi nt was repeatedly
are $151,030,369, being nearly sevenfold. directed to the improvement and increase
The exports for the year 17 0 0, were 20,- o f th e navy.
205,156 dollars; for 1835, the exports re• * * * * *
pined are 118,955,235 dollars, being nearly A t this time,when such opinions were ex
sixfold. pressed.and the attention of Congress direct
MR. CHAMBERS' SPEECH.
A trade of such magnitude, with its innu•
merable ships belonging to our citizens, and
having connexions and involving interests of
value, beyond all calculation and-estimate,
is entitled to the protecting care of the Gov
ernment; and that protection is to be found
in a naval armament that will pervade every
sea, and occasionally show itself on foreign
stations, and in the ports of our friends and
commercial rivals. A few national vessels
Visiting foreign seas and ports, will do more
for the protection of our commerce and sea.
men, and elevate our national eharacter,and
power in the estimation of a trading corn.
munity every where,.4than minisiersor nhar
ges" at every foreign Government, grout or
small, and commercial agents at-every-port.
Foreign Governments have their intercourse
with us through our ministers or commercial
agents, but the trading community, which
our citizens engaged in commerce arid navi
gation will meet in port, or encounter on the
high seas, will know and respect us chiefly
by knowing that we have national ships
afloat capable of protecting our trade, and
that will protect • it, and our seafaring citi
zens, against depredations or capture. It is
this extended commerce which we now en
joy that, constitutes a great source ofnation
al wealth in creating it for indiViduals. It
is that which continually adds to, and gives
employment to American capital,skill,labor,
and enterprise; finds a market fbr,iind trans
ports to it, our agricultural products; arid
brings to us, in return, articles of use arid
enjoyment from other climates and markets.
It is the dame navigating .interest, along
with our coasting trade,t hat forms the,great
nursery for American seamen; and it is this
extended and increasing commerce,that has
filled our national treasury with revenue,
more than necessary to discharge a war debt,
and provide for the reasonable expenditures
of the Government, without being felt by the
people.
A navy is the safest, the cheapest, and
must efficient means of national defence in
war, whenever it shall be our misfortune to
be involved in it. It is a calamity which
bath happened to us, and may again happen
unto us, though we should strive to avoid it.
The wrongs to which this nation is, and
will be exposed from foreign nations, are
maritime wrongs; and they must be prevent
ed and repelled by a maritime force. To
the United States, this description of torce
is essential—it is indispensable; inasmuch
us our enemies, if they attempt to assail us,
or invade our territories, must approach ti. 4
by the ocean. Without a navy of propor
tioned numbers and strength, we run the
risk of having our ships captured, our com•
merce annihilated, our harbors blockaded,
and our cities pillaged. .
: 4 .*ith a naval armament, our enemy may
list and discomfited on the ocean, before
reaches our shores; the war may be trans
.''t:irretl to his own territory; and his corn-
ITICTCC and shipping will be subjected to our
• capture, or so much exposed, as to compel
him to withdraw his naval force from our
coast for their protection. A naval force
can be used for the protection of our cities,
on our whole maritime front.er; it can be
shifted from place to place, according to the
exigencies of the war; concentrated or divid
ed, as circumstances may require. A naval
armament, has an advantage over perma
nent fortifications in this: that mistakes are
and may be made in the selection of suitable
sites for fortifications, and in the forms of
their , -onstruction; this occasions not only a
positive loss to the nation, in the cost of that
construction, but also affords to our enemy,
an opportunity to annoy and divide our
troops; and if such fortifications are not de
fended by an adequate, force, they are liable
to capture, and may become a shelter for
the protection of that enemy. In the build
ing and equipment of a ship of war, under
the direction of our navy Commissioners,
with the skill and experience of American
builders,there is no mistake; she is a model
of her kind, and, if not required for service
at one place, she can perform her part of de
fence or attack, any where upon the waters'
that will float her.
Had we possessed during the last war a
navy adapted to our power, commerce and
exp9sed frontier, we would have escaped
much of the evils and sacrifices ofthat war.
With its protection, we should have enjoyed
R considerable portion of ou rtrade—a source
ofemployment and profit to some classes of
citizens, of accommodation and comfort to
others, and of general benefit to our citizens;
whilst the Government would have derived
‘a revenue from its'customs that would have
' , ions than sustained the whole cost of that
114 al armament, without inconvenience to
our it ions. If we had possessed such ana
'Ys I) 4 s t:toasts would not have been ravaged,
_ 001 r, 11 '"xns blockaded, our towns pillaged,
lid °U!\ liam* harassed by calls to defend
Slaciind'citiosovith sacrifices of heal th
lifbs!luxso an immense cost to the na•
..4'4 4 r 4 1 1 .T . * * 7 1 4 . this Government had then
THE GETTYSBURG STAR Bic REPUBLICAN
ed to the improvement and increase of our
navy, its force was more proportioned to our
national power and commerce than at pros.
ent. From the, report of the Secretary of
the Navy of January 2, 1816, it appears
that the naval force of the United Slates con
silted then of t wentv-nine shipsowenty brigs
three ketches, seventeen schooners, three
sloops taut two steam frigates—making a
total or. seventy•four. Amongst these ships
were five ships of the line, (two of which
wore on the lakes,) six frigates of the first
class, and five of the second class.
ikt present, we have in commission one
ship of the line, three frigates of the first
class, one of the second class, eight sloops of
war, five schooners; in ordinary, five ships
of the line, five frigates of the first cln , s,
seven sloops of war, three schooners; and on
the stocks, five ships of the line, seven fri
gates of the first class, and one of the second
class.
C::1
The economy that wit hhold.4 an appropri
ation, necessary to national character and
defence,and to the protection of our immense
commerce, from a desire to retain a few
millions of dollars fir the time in the nation.
al treasury, is a mistaken and false economy,
and unworthy of the foresight and expanded
views of statesmen, to save a comparatively
small sum for Ole time, it exposes the nation
to incalculable losses.
The unprecedented period ofpeace which
has been, and is yet, enjoyed between the
great Powers of Europe, and in which we
have shared, has enabled WI to get along in
our intercourse and trade with fbreign na•
lions, without conflict, or depredations on
our commerce. But there is no knowing•
how soon, such peaceful relations in Europe
may be disturbed. Already there are in
dications of an approaching storm there; and
when it does come, we ought not to be un-
repared in those measures of national pro-
tectiun and security, which a state of war,
between other great commercial nations re-
quit eB. es.
Our differences with the French Govern
ment have awakened, within the lust year,
he Government and 0 e American people
to the condition of our defences. Not only
has the attention of the Government and the
people been directed recently to the email
tion of our navy, certifications and maritime
frontier; but this condition, from the interest
created by our difficulties and negotiations
with the French Government, and the pub.
lictly of their discussion, has probably be.
come known to foreign Governments. Such
as it is, we may now speak of, without any
concealment oi. i disguise. That condition is
a defenceless one, and totally unworthy of a
vigilant Government, and of the power and
resources of the nation; fortifications, on
which large sums have been expended in
eartial construction, and which were, years
since, deemed of primary importance, are
not completed; and where they are construct
ed, they are without the necessary armn•
ments to make them available immediately
for the public service and defence; and our
limited navy would be totally inadequate to
afford protection to our commerce, or be
efficient in the defences of the country a
gainst a foreign enemy.
This time is, in every respect, favorable
for puffin(' ourselves in a condition to pre
vent, and repel wrongs. We have an abun
dant treasury; are free from national debt
or direct taxation, having a large annual
surplus in the treasury beyond the reasona
ble and Lece-vary expenditures of the Gov•
ernment. Let a portion of it be applied to
improve and extend the navy, so est° adopt
it to our increased population, resources,and
extended commerce; and let Congress also
provide for the completion and armament of
those, important fortifications necessary to
the - protection of our great harbors, and'
which may be a rendezvous, shelter, and
protection for the navy. As connected with
the extension and protection of our naval
power,is the completion ofthnse flirt ifirations
that were commenced years since, on which
money has been expended, and which were
deemed of primary importance. Beyond
this class of fortificat ions,the repair of ot hers,
and the completion ofdefences fur the public
works constructed, I am not disposed to go;
and cannot consent to support er vote fir the
batch ofnew fortifications, for which aptito
prtatinns have been reported in a bill by the
Committee on Military Affairs, amounting
to $2,503,800 to begin with .A better,
ch°nper, and more efficient defence for the
country than such fortifications, will be found
in the increase dour naval armament which
has many advantages over permanent coast
fortifications, requiring an amount of money'
to construct and arm, as men to maintain
them, that will not be approved of, or toler
ated by the people.
The navy in commission should be in
creased. What is now in commission is in
adequate; and I am inclined to think that
the e;itension recommended by the Serrida ry
of the' Navy, of twn frigates and three sloops
of war in not enough. Let thorn visit for
eign seas and ports more frequent ly in squad.
rons, by which our naval power may be dis
played, and our officers will have the oppor
tunity of acquiring experience in the com
mand of squadrons.
The appropriation of public money by the
I legislation of Congress, under the constitu
tion, must be for national ohjects,not to sub
serve the particular districts, or sections of
the country, where they are to be expended,
but for public service and general welfare.
The selection of situations for navy yards
fortifications, Atc. should be such - as were
most advantages us, from a regard to the in•
terests of the whole people; national consid•
erahons alone should ii , fluence the selection
of the siruations, and all expenditures in re.
lotion to them. It is unsound and unjust to
consider these appropriations and expendi
tures,only as a mode ofdistribteing the pub
lic money through the country; the places
Might to be selected for their advantages of
situation, in reference to Emile, or their pc:-
culler pivotal liirmation. The works con
structed at such places by the Government
are not ; as we well know, for the district
where located, but the nation. The navy
vards,and other public woe ks connected with
the defence of our maritime frontier, con
structed at Portsmouth or elsewhere, are
not to be considered as erected for such
places. They are not to be charged, as
made for the constituents of the member in !
whose district they are located, but for the
whole country; for the people of my district
and every other district reprebented on this
floor. They are the nation's; and as they
are for national defence and security, whilst
they promote and protect the commerce of
the nation, the construction of such works,
and the expenditures therefor, are for the
advantage of the people of the South and
West as well as those of the East and North.
In our legislation fo r such purposes, sec
tional feelings and jealousies ought to be
discarded; and when a work proposed is n
le. , itimate one, and of national advantage,
though it be at the extremity of these Uni
ted States, it is not for us, who represent and
legislate for th 4 whole United States, to op
pose it, or fold our arms and decline moving
or acting in it, until an appropriation ol some
character, shall be made for that part of the
country which we severally more imme
diately represent, as our residene and elec
tion district.
The district which I have the honor to
represent is an interior one, between the
Atlantic and the waters and valleys of the
West; there has been no expenditure by
this Government of public money in it or
near it; and though such an expenditure
would be very convenient and advantageous
to my constituents, yet I am not, I think,
justifiable in withholding public money for
the public service requiring it, until I eon
stipulate for an expenditure, for some pur
pose to be devised in my district. Stand
ing on neutral ground betwt;en the East and
West, I would advise the Representatives
on this floor from the Atlantic coast, where
public works for defence must be made, to
abstain from all strife amongst themselves
to obtain the appropriations for their respec•
five districts; and let us have their opinion,
and judgment, in a judicious selection of
these public works for national advantage,
as well as to prevent all extravagant or_un
necessary expenditure. The expenditure
of the public money in their district or its
vicinity is but a small afliiir, a temporary
advantage that will soon cease to be felt or
remembered; whilst the public work is to
be a permanent one, and a monument of the
enlightened judgment nod disinterested le
gislation of. Congress, or of its sectional and
contracted policy.
I would say to the Representatives of the
East and North, that justice must be done
to rights and wants of the West In that
region are objects of national interest, that
are entitled not only to the attention of this
House, but to a liberal provision for their
execution. If it be not extended to them
shortly, the time is not fur distant, when
the control of legislation of this House will
be in the hands o the West. The valley
of the Mississippi can and will take care of
itself; and I am prepared to do for it now,in
advance, all that in justice and liberality her
great interests require. We must provide
suitable fortifications on our great western
frontier, not only as a protection and securi•
ty to our settlements against Indian aggres•
sion, but fir the purpose bf maintaining our
authority and control, over those numerous
tribes of Indians that are located on that
frontier. Provision must ulso be made for
suitable lake harbors—not to subserve any
particular district, but where the public m•
terests and service will be promoted.
But if there be one object greater than
another, and which may be called of nation
al interest, it is the Ohio river; if not the
highway of nations, it is that of many sov-
ereign States. It is estimated,in the report
received from the Engineer Department,
that the amount of heavy merchandise re
ceived and transhiped at Pittsburg, the head
(lithe river, amounts, to half a million if
lons annually and is progressively increas
ing. On this great national highway there
now float upwards of two hundred steam
boats, many of which measure upwards of
lour hundred tons, and few below one bun
dred tons; and, in addition to these, there
aro also employed several hundred flat and
keel boats.* I am willing and desirous of
immediately matiii.g an appropriation for
that river, not merely to take out stings, or
to obtain a report of the length, breadth,
and depth of its shoals, or the veldcity of
the current, but to make it permanently
navigable at all seasons, to meet the de
inands of iis iinniense and increasing trade
though milliona of dollars may be required
for ite completion.
Ir, Mr. Chairman, the amount of appro
•)The tolls reeeived'on the passage of the canal at
Louisville is e•idence, to a certain extent, nut only of
the magnitude of the trade on the river, but of its in
crease': the tolls received in 1935 beins , $80,10,:s-' -an
increase of thirty psi cent, on those of the precediug
year, whiefs were 661.448.
priations and expenditures should be made
in the several States according to extent of
territory, federalyopulation, trade, or rev•
enue, Pennsylvania might with more reason
complain of the inequality of distribution,
and say that she was made tributary, not
only to the North and East, but also to the
South. In the bill containing appropriations
for about $5,000,000, including 8610,000
for navy yards, there is appropriated, spe•
cifically,Bll,7so for the navy yard at Nati
delphia, which is the only appropriation re
quired to be expeaded in Pennsylvania.
The only national forts within her boarders
or that guard in any degree the approach of
an enemy to her great and flourishing capi•
tal, are without repair, in a great measure
in ruins, and incapable of any defence or
protection. 1 anticipate that, for the con
struction and completion of these fulls, rea
sonable appropriations will be made by the
present Congress, as due to the great in
tereAs, trade, and exposed situation of Phila.
delphta; the importance and necessity of
which no one will, I apprehend, question.
Little has been done for Pennsylvania, in
expenditures within her lan ders,by the Gen•
oral Government; of this we do not complain
hut of the positive wrongs that have been
done her under this administration,for which
she did so much to place and sustain in pow
er. The great interests of her citizens,
which she cherished as the life blood of her
system, have been drained to exhaustion by
the policy and legislation ofCorigress. Her
manufacturing capital and industry, which
for a long time, she had fostered with u pa
rent's care and vigilance, are now languish.
ina under the blighting influence of the war,
that has successfully been waged in this
House, upon her enterprising populatron,
who had embarked their fortunes in manu
facturing establishments which, gave em.
ployment to American skill, labor, and capi
tal, under a faith and confidenee, reposed
in the legislation of Congress,which promis•
ed a permanent protection, that has since
been withdrawn from American eitizens,for
the benefit u f the workshops of Europe, and
their ilhpaid and ilhfed laborers.
The moneyed inst,tution,which was locat
ed in her capital city as the great fiscal agent
of this Goverriment,and which had furnished
to the citizens of Pennsylvania and the Uni•
ted Stntes,a currency and facilities of money
exchange better than were enjoyed by any
other people, was assailed with an ugrelent
ing hand by the Government,not only to the
hour of its dissolution; but even now, when
a Pennsylvania Legislature, in the exercise
of her legi irnate powers aie sovereign State,
has chosen to exercise her own energi s and
give renewed life, activity, and regulation,
under competent State authority, to a solid
specie capital that was about to be with•
drawn from her jurisdiction, and which her
own necessities, the wants of her citizens,
and the amount and course of her trade re
quired she should retain, she is threatened
With all the vengeance of the powers of this
mighty Federal Government, and the per
secution of all dependant State Governments
that can be brought to do its biddings.
Pennsylvania, sir, is now awake to her
rights and interests; she has taken her posi
tion, and will not be driven from her pur•
pose of self protection by menaces from
Washington, or any where else.
It is not enotwn to satisfy Pennsylvania,
for greater sacrifices of her interests and in
dependence to party subserviency, that she
should be told "that she had received from
the administration her share of the high
offices of this Government." Ido not know
that ' nof my talented friends were invited
from ilennsylvanin, (but whether selected,
as has been said, for the democratic blood
which 11 iwed in their veins, I will not say,)
and were rewarded with the honors and
emoluments of missions to Russia. Two
other of our eminent citizens were, by the
Executive, respectively invited to take
charge of the national treasury—a high and
responsable trust; and how, and under wl at
circumstances, they were scornfully and
ignominiously expelled from their high sta
tions, for exercising the liberty and right of
private judgment and conscious integrity, is
too well known to the nation to be readily
forgotten.
It will not either be sufficient to reconcile
us to further sacrifices that "it is gio'y
enough" for Pennsylvania "to serve under
such rules," and lo be called "the key stone
ofthe federal arch." We want something
more substantial than such empty honors;
we want that which will add to our State
treasury, and enable us to carry out our sp.
tern of internal improvements, and general
educat ion.
There is yet one other object of interest,
which Pennsylvania has not lost sight of,t he
time for the fruition of which has now arriv
ed, and which she still expects to obtain as
her right from the National Legislature; and
that is her fair and equal distribution of the
proceeds of the public lands. This she con •
siders as a trust, that the Federal Govern
ment holds,by a solemn compact,for the com
mon benefits of the United States, according
to their respective proportions in the general
charge and expenditure, and which, by th
Virginia deed of cession, was provided
"should be fi►ithfully and bonafide disposed
of for that purpose, and for no other use or
purpose, whatsoever," Pennsylvania will not
consent that this fund, not now wanted for
the reasonable expenditures of the Govern
men?, shall be either wasted or given away;
hut she will pursue it with attention, and
will watch it with an eve that will not close.
Already is her arm outstretched to receive
it, and her claims will be pressed by her in
a voice that will nut falter or be silenced.*
•The receipts of money from the sales of the public
lands during the year ending the 31st of December
last.are reported be the EI •partmcnt as amounting to
the rum of $14,259.19371; which, if distributed a
mongst the States according to their federal propor.
lion. would give Pennsylvania of this sum more than
ONE MILLION AND A HALF OF DOLLARS,
with the prospect of a large annual dividend in the
coming year. These moneys are now neither used
nor wantml by the General Government, but are al
lmved to remain in the
. possession of their deposite
banks, which, at this lime, have of the Government
money $30.678,679 91, which may be used for their
own special advantage•, and not for the people of the
Stetti,to whool l pfright,it belongs.
But,Mr. Chairman, Pennsylvania has no
war to wage on this bill, and I will not ob
struct its progress, to stipulate for favor or
justice to my State in some other uncon
nected branch of the public expenditures for
the national service. If our interior situa
tion does not expose us, as much as other
States to the assaults of a public enemy, I
am content that the national defences shall
be made where they will be most efficient
and available, though, for that purpose, the
public moneys should be expended not with- '
in our borders.
*-
Much may be done, and ought to be done,
to lesson the power, patronage and expendi-
ture of this Government, especially so far
as it is exercised in rewarding party favor
ites, or in dividing the public treasure, "as
spoils to the vectors." There is a wide field
for this work of reform and retrenchment in
the civil and miscellaneous expenditures of
the Government. There was a time in the
history of our Government, when an army
of ten thousand men, was a source of much
nla rni to many ofour intelligent and patriotic
statesmen, as adverse to our republican in
stitutions, in offering temptations as well us
giving strength to the Executive arm; and
yet we are slumbering over our rights arid
constitutional Government ; with nn army of
more than fifty thousand office holders, de.
pendent upin Executive will and favor.—
Here is a body of the most dangerous kind,
if organized and disciplined for the purposes
of party; it is dispersed over the whole cowl•
try to its extreme points, and pervades our
cities, towns, villages, our highways and
byways; and, if brought under the surveil
lance of the Executive power, on whose will
it is dependant, and, as may be apprehended
and deplored, it can exert an influence to
maintain and perpetuate the power of the party
or its leaders, more , ormidahle to constitutional
government than an army of soldiers.
The attention of Congress ought to be directed
iu sincoritydo the reform and retrenchment of all
unnecessary offires.as well as to enforce strict ac
countability on the public officers. In this there
is much work to accomplish, without cutting off
any thing from the navy. The expenditures of
the navy in 1817 were $3,210,278 27,nnd an 1834
the expend•tures for the same were $4,123 423 82
—bein g an increase of loss than thirty pot cent.
in seventeen years; whereas,the expenditures for
the 'civil list iti 1817 wore $994.894 11, and in
1834.f0r the same,were $ ,080,6111 60—being an
increase of more than one hundred per cont.
I am writing to go with the honorable member
front Tonnesson,(Filr. Boll,) in resisting all onne.
cessary appropriations, and reducing such as are
riot dernarded by the public service; and opt!) the
honorable member from Kentucky,(Mr. Hardin,)
I will act in the work of retrenchment and reform
to any reasonable extent; anddis I believe there is
much to be done, with him 1 will be content not
only to use the pronning knife, but the saw and
the hatchet,to cut off the many excrescences and
sprouts that have grown up in this government
at the expense of the public treasury.
But, sir, I trill •• •• take a single spar from the
Navy; but, as far as in my power, add to its force
and numbers. The American Navy belongs to no
party but the American party. The foul hand of
pa. ty proscription and intolerance has not yet de
filed and corrupted Its high character. God forbid
that it over should! Whenever it does, and the
hi g h nieces and commands in the navy are be•
stowed and received not Mr bravery, skill, and
gallantry in naval combat,or perilous service, but
for zeal and officiousness in party election contests
—or our naval officers so demean themselves as
to propitiate and flatter the lenders of the party
by devotion and sycophancy, the high- character
ofour n.,vy will have fled; IA hut will remain will
not be worth our care or preservation, and we
may prepare to heat the knell of the departed
glory of the American navy.
When such becomes our notional degradation,
there will be little left of the purity of our repub.
Itcan iustitutions for our regard and support. I
hope and trust that such a state of things will bo
averted,and that a merciful Providence, who has
so long preserved us as a nation,under our conati•
tutional Gover nment,against Ihreign enemies and
internal dissentions will atilt overrule our desti.
nios and control the actions of our rulers and pee•
ple,that our Government and its institutions may
not only be maintained by us in their original spi
rit, but transmitted entire and unimpaired to our
successors; and that they may be enabled to car
ry out in reality those salutary reforms which,
"in these days and generation," have been Wien
promised but, pa ',ca r net realized.
GENERAL ,INTEr LIGENCE.
ANoTeea ENTEnentsE.—The citizens
of Green:burg, Pa. are about to hold a pub.
lie meeting to adopt measures preparatory
to the survey of the route of the contempla
ted rail road from the base of Laurel Hill.
Westmoreland county, via Greensburg, to
the city of Pittsburg.
EXCELLENT TOAST.—The Hon. Joutv
TYLER, at the public dinner recently given
to himself and Mr. Senator LE:Gin, at Rich
mond, gave the fidlowing toast:
"The .dbolition of Slavery: Let the work
first begin in the tw ) Houses of Congress."
There are no slaves in the country more
servile than the party slaves in Congress.
The wink or the nod of their masters, is all
sufficient for the accomplishment of the most
dirty work.--41laysville Eagle.
A Fliavne.—One of the Boston police re
porters, in describing n complainant in• court
who had been pretty essentially bunged.up
in an affray, says--" His macerated• visage
spoke for itself. There was-not a white spot
as big as a four pence on it: he looked as if
he had fallen head foremost into a boiled
huckleberry pudding, and perthitted its con
tents to dry on."
The two-hundredth anniversary of the
settlement of Providence, 11. 1.. occurs in
June nest, and the citizens are making prep
orations to cetebrate the event. The ills.
toricol Society has requested Judge Pitman
to deliver the address.
A package of $lOO,OOO, recently lost by
an individual carrying it from Cincinnati to
Philadelphia, an for whichs 10,000 reward
IvaA been etr•red,was lately li►und near Zones•
ville, and sent on to Cincinnati.
A company has been incorporated at the
late session of the legislature, of Maryland
to establish a regular line of Packets between
iltimore and New Orleans. The capital
stock is $lOO,OOO. It i 4 proposed, to place
flit) ships on the tine to New Orleans— , one
to start from each port on the first and fif•
teenth of every month—all of which AIN;
will probably be built in Baltimore, - where
beautiful and fast sailing models have long
distinguished the work of her Ship wrigrbta:
This Company is deemed preparatory to
one of much more importance, both to Bak
timore, and the country around, for , eittab•
lishing a line of Packets between thaport
and Liverpool.
LOVE, MURDER, (ALMOST) AND
—A Mr. Richard W. Brown, of Philtiel
fihia, having been rejected, by a Mrs. Wade
Filbei t 'street, who lived apart and was en.
deavoring to procure a divorce from her
husband, deliberately discharged the con
tents ofa pistol into her breast, and imme
diately after shot himself. Hopes are en
tertained of the lady's recovery.
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EXPENSIVE FOLLY.- The discussion on
Benton's exounging resolution— (that is, on
the proposition to draw black lines around
an entry on the Journal of the Senate, and
write expunge across ii)—costs the United
states more than four hundred ddlars per
day.—Torch Light.
VicKsnuno.—A Vicksburg paper states,
that there is libf a solitary professional gam
bler, nor a gambling establishment of any
description, in that town. The Lynch law,
howrver arbitrary, has been productive of
some good.
The New York Journal of Commerce
says--"lncredible as it may appear, we
have now in this city more foreigners than
are to be fonlid in the whole of the southern
states. In the summer of 1830 there were
in the state of New York forty-eight thou.
sand and some odd hundreds more aliens
than were contained in Virginia, N. Caroli
na, Geor , ia, Tennessee, Alabama, Missis
sippi, Louisiana, Kentucky, Missouri, and
the territory of Florida."
The Globe states that information has
been received at the Adjutant General's of
fice from Gen. Brooke, commanding at
Green Bay, stating that a war belt from the
Seminoles is circulating among the Winne._
lingoes, and that there is reason to appre
hend that these fatter Indians may he induc
ed to commit hostilities against our settle
ments. The official expresses the opinion
t;iat the state of things among the Indians
generally, renders an increase of the army
indispensably necessary.
"MASON AND DIXON'S LINE. " -.-This is
the line running East and West and divid
ing Maryland and Pennsylvania.. It was
surveyed by Mason and Dixon, by order of
Lord Baltimore, and heacethe origin °flits
phrase.
The Queen of Naples is' aid to have died
n consequence of the postponement ore ball'
Well, Laura give us a sketch of the ser
mon. Where was the text?
"Oh, I don't know. I've forgotten—but
would you believe it! Mrs. V. wore that
horrid bonnet of her's! 1 could'nt keep my
eves oil it all meeting time;-and Miss T.
wore a new shawl that must have cost fifty
dollars. I wonder Cher folks do'nt see the
lolly of such extravagance-and there was
Miss S. with her pelisse—it's astonishing
what a want of taste some folks exhibit ",
Well, it you've forgotten the sermon you
have not the audience: but which preacher
do you prefer, thisone or Mr. A.?
"Ohl Mr. A. he's so handsome and so
graceful; what an eye and what a set of teeth
he has!"
MONUMENT TO W A SIII NOTO:V.— We learn
from the N. Y. Commercial, that the new
city of Newark (N. J.) has. resolved to erect
a monument to the Father of his country—
and %%id, that view has procured a design
from Mr Timm. The monument is to be.
equestrian, of American marble, and thirty
five feet high; with a pedestal fourteen feet
square. The figure of ‘Vrishington to be
nine li•et in height. The cost will be about
812,000, of which one .half is already sub—
scribed.
NEWSPAPERS IN FLOR I DA.-A new wfvft.
y paper has been added to the number or
iterury flowers, in the territory of Florida..
t is called the Apalachicola Gazette, and
mikes the ei2lith newspaper now published•
n Florida--that is, one. paper to about four
bouiand inhabitants.
A STRIKE. --We learn from the Carlisle
Herald that some of the laborers on the
Cumberland Valley Reit Road '-struck,"
last week, for higher wages. But when
hey found that t etr deniands could nut and
would not be acceded to, by the contractore.„.
the strikers quietly returned to their work..
NATIONAL' AID 70 RAIL RoArts.—Mr-
GanNny's bill proposioar ° that the Post Mas
ter General be authoriat4d to enter Into con
tracts with Rail Road Companies for the:
conveyance of the mail end other property
of the United Sta'es, on their works—for
certain compen,4o ion—was debated in Com
mittee of the Whole in the Senate on Mon
day, as stated in our last From the course.
of the debate in that body, as trout other in
dications, there is ierizam to anticipate the
favorabl.• judgment of the Senate, in regard-
to this 1):11. To a certain exiept, this
.mea
sure promises to be one of great utility In
-
times of war—if unfortunately itich shall
arts •—the advantage of numerous lines of
Rail Road communicate n leading'idong the
coast and into the interior, arid the right to. .
their unrestricted use by the Government,
would be almost itieminnible. 'chi. is a
proposition, the truth of which is too evident
to require any a rgument. And it can hard
ly be doubted, as it seems to us, that under
suitable guards and rest ricttotis; the applica
tion of the surplus funds, now worse then,
useless in the National Treasury, tri !sid of
these Rail Roads and in securing tills im
portant right, would be one of the very best
dispositions of it that could be made. With
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this kiptifiaiien of a portion on behalf of
Rail .Roads, and with the distribution of the
surplus proceeds from the sale of public lands
amo ng the several States, the immense ag•
gregate surplus now in the Treasur , and
which is doirg a Positive ittjur'y in its aetu
al position, would be disposed of wi se ly an d
well. po these two great measures be car
tied-oat,•;",nd th e money ma ket throughout
the country will immediately loose its ten
ation,aoo:,bp at ease.
We may add that the general impression
at Washington now is, that Mr. Gatninit's
bill will eventually meet the approbation of
each branch of the National Legislature,
and become a law.— Bolt Pat.
- Latest from Europe.-13y the pack
et ship Silvie de Grasse, Capt. Wiederholt,
from - Havre, and the Ochmu!gee, Capt.
Lenvitis, from Liverpool, the editors of the
New York Journal of Commerce have re
ceived dates. by the former to the 4th, and
the latter to the 3d of March.
ENGLAND.—In roof irmity with a recom
mendation of the King of Enaland, the Irish
Orange Associations have been dissolved.
A debate on Spar ish air iirs took place in
the House of Commons, February 79th, in
which the ministry spoke decidedly in favor
of the interferenee of England for the pur
pose of securing the prosperity of Spain.
The Marchioness Wellesley continues
seriously indisposed. Her ladyship's mother
is at present in England, haviiig come from
America to have an operation performed on
one of her eves, which has been dime with
the greatest skill and r , uccess, by Mr. Alex•
andfir
The statement that the army was to be
' reduced 10,000 men turns out to have been
"ton good to be true."
- Pnars.—Mr. Wilkins, our Minister to
Russia, had arrived.at Paris in gond health.
A private letter from Petersburg!) stated
that they were waiting there in great sus.
pense fur the King of England's Speech at
the opening of Parliament, when they hoped
to be able to judge in what manner the Rus
sian affiiirs were !o be arranged
Commercial transactions were suspended
in consequence of the uncertainty—the ware.
houses were becoming encuo bored with
goods. and money growing scarce.
Fate of a Revolutionary Soldier.
The truth of the following statement is
vouched for by the editor of the Keesville,
Essex county,A rgus. No man in his senses
would venture to make such a charge at
. random. It ()watt to be generally known:
"It is - Urged by the aristocracy against
Gen. Harrison's fitness for the Presidency,
that he is "poor," and obliged to do the du
ties ofcounty clerk.fora livelihood."
Ex-President 'Jeffbrion, Madison and
Monroe, were also "poor," and the latter
after the expiration of his presidential term,
performed the duties ofJus'ice of the Peace.
(.en. Jackson thew+ a "poor" shoe black.
managed to get into public employment,
where In speculating and sporting he acqutr
ed a fortune. Hence his unfriendliness to
"poor" men and his public decharation,thnt
"all persons doing business on borrowed cap
ital ought to break." Mr. Van Buren too,
though a "poor" boy, and fora time was
doomed to serve in the capacity of an ostler,
yet. through the beneficence of a wealthy
member or-the kir (whom he repaid with
ingratitude,) tins educated and fitted for that
station. And in this capacity he ENG AG
El) AND OBTAINED FOR A REV
OLUTIONARY SOLDIER, A TRACT
OF LAND COVERING THE NOW
FLOURISHING VILLAGE OF OSWE
GO. But HIS CLIENT having the misfor
tune to be "poor," and unable to pay n heavy
Attorney's bill at steht, WAS PROSE
CUTED IN THE SUPREMF COURT,
A JUDGEMENT RECOVERED A•
G INST HIM HIS LAND SOLI) UN
DER THE UIMMER. AND BID IN
BY MR. VAN BUREN. And - thus is HE
enabled to dress and ride in princely style,
nt the expense of a "poor" Revolutionary
Soldier. Some of our neighbors can speak
feellvly on this subject. Had General
Harrison possessed the fit- olty and dispnsi
lion of Mr. Van Buren,thechUrgeot poverty '
would not be brough a"rtinst him at this pe
riod of life, but in point of wealth, splendor
and high living he might have vied with his
purse-proud competitor for the Presidency.
AURORA BOREALIS —This singular plc.
nemenon presentrd a most splendid appea
rance at Porsmouth, N. H. on the evening
of the 15th inst. About twenty distinct
st reams of light, says the editor of the Ports
mouth Journal, rising like pillars of fire from
a dark elond,tlow in the horizon, stretched
upward to an immense height. In a little
tune their appearance changed; the pillars
approached each other, and the twenty he
came ten nflarger size--then six, and
final
ly they all joined together, and the broad
stream of light was swept through the sky
• a s by a mi L thty wind pre•s. nting 71 mast got . -
geou4 spectacle. The light continued about
an hour, when it gradually faded away.
Tea CORN PLANTER.- -A machine of this
name, for which a patent has been obtained
by HENRY IkAra, a free man ofcolor, of an
alljoinina county of Maryland, is now exhib
iting in the Capitol. It is a very simple and
ingenious machine, which, as moved by a
horse, opens the furrow, drops (at proper in•
tervals,and in an exact and suitable quantity)
the corn, covers it, and levels the earth so
as, in fact, to plant the corn as rapidly as a
horse can draw a plough . over the ground
The inventor thinks it will save the labor of
eight inen. We understand he is sho u t t o
modify the ;machine, as to adapt it to the
planting of Cotton. If it will accomplish (as
we incline,to believe it will) all which he
supposes, it will prove to be an invention of
great utjlity.--Nat.
Thcißev. Grow Storrs hps been sea.
f.
termed to th -months con fi nement nt bar.'
labor, in t i Titishehl (N. H.) House of
Correction, or preaching abolitionism. •
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ed to Foreign mid Domestic Intelligence, Literature, Science, algrictilture, the Jffechattie .Irts, Internal _lmprovement, antt.General-.llllsi'ellestiy4.4o
THE. E TTIVS4 BURG STA R 4.t. REPUBLICAN BANNER.
AND
R EPUBLICA N BANNER
GETTYSBURG, P.
.7ffonday, ' , Melt 25, I 536.
KrThe %linen price of Flour in Balti
more-86 75.
J 1 row* ol "BarrisonixnaM
OzrS•rnowo, the Editor oldie Harrisburg
Intelligencer, has cut his exchange with the
"St•ir!" We suppose he intends this either
as a punishment for our independence in
refusing to put on the Harrison collar--or
Int our willingness to extend the circulation
of his paper, by publishing the prospectuses
of the Intelligencer six sears gratuitotedy!
Pennsylvania College.
OzrAn examination of the Students o
this Institution took place liist week. We
were unable to attend, hut understand that
the result gave general satisfaction. . The
next Session commences on the 2d of June
KrThe contest between the Literary
Societies of Pennsylvania College was well
attended and ably conducted,on Wednes lay
evening last. The exercises of the evening
were as follows: Two Essays--one by S.
A. Nlrt.t.na. of Virginia, on "Ambition"--
(which in consequence of Mr. Miller's sick
ness, was read by Mr. BAKER, of Lances.
ter;)--and the other by GEORGE DIE/IL, Of
Groencas'le, Pa. on "The Change of For
tune." An Oration, on ' The Splendor and
Decline of Rome," by G. ORTI!, of Leba•
non, Pa.; and another by C. LEPLEY, of
Ohio, on the subject of "Knowledge the
principal source of Happiness." The fol
lowing question was dis'ussed: "ls that
state of Society in which the Arts and Sci
ences flourish, without the Christian
gion, more conducive to human happiness
than a state of uncultivated nature?"—
JAMES R. KEISER, of Virginia, in the affir
mative, and TOBIAS W. RUDISEL, of Mary
land,in the negative—both of whom handled
"their sides of the question" with considera
ble tact and talent. The exercises of the
evening were much enlivened with appro
priate Music.
KrAt a convention of delegates from n
large number of congregaitons of the Lu
theran Church, held in this place last week,
it was resolved' to Estahli4h a Boos De
rosrronv. Its location is Raltim:)re, and
the Rev. Mr. Kuntz, the Agent.
THE MURDER OF ELLFIN RwErr.r.—The
Courier and Enquirer of we,dim•K q .
noon sits that on that day the Grand irarY,
after a patient, laborious and searehio:',"l:i
-vesrigation.presemed a true ofindiet on-. 'it
against Richard P. Itolati-on for the wilful
murder of Ellen l•wert. The prisoner was
M Court, and alihrareli looking very pallid
and dist re-sed,still seemed to retain his self.
The Vema le Academy. 1 possession.
0: -- The Rev. CHARLES G. McLEAN has
accepted an invitation to deliver an address
to the Students of Pennsylvania College on
the 4th of July next.
0:7 - The Pupils of this Institution, under
the superintendence of Miss R EDEMA M.
REYNOLDS, were examined on Thurhdav and
iday last. We were present during the
greater Furl of the nine, end take great
pleasure in staling that rill gave ample exi•
dente of the industry and proficiency of both
Instructress and Pupils; and areater induce•
'mots to the Trustees of the Institution for
its continuance and renewed exertions in its
behalf.
The fidlowing Young Ladies, having
completed the course of study in the Aca
demy, received Diplomas—Miss MAny D.
Inwm, of Cumberland County, Pa ; Miss
CA'fHARI' E C. HAtamE,of Martinsburg,Ya.;
and Misses CATUARINE ‘ICPIIERSON, MAK.
THA ANN HAnyna, CAROLINE FAHNESTOCK
and MARTHA EMELINE NICCONAUGHY, Uf
7iellysburg
KrThe Summer Session will commence
on the 30th of May next—when we hope
there will be a great accession to the School.
Parents and Guardians at a distance, may
rest assured that every attention will be paid
to the morals and instruction of those com
mined to the care of the amiable and pious
Instruetress. Independent of the price of
tuition (which varies from $3 to $5 per
quarter,) the expenses of board.ng, Sze. does
not exceed $2 per week; and a more moral
or healthy place, cannot be found in any
State.
OZ:rThe tallimmg delegates have been
appointed to represent Ohio in the Demo,
eratic Anti•Nlasonic National Convention
Among them, we recognize some of the old
pioneers of Anti• Masonry.
Robert Hanna, Darius Lyman,
Nahum Ward, Ruins Beach,
Jacob Bosworth, Ezekiel Birdseye,
Rev...D. Bargees, J. H. Purdy, •
Sand. Walker, James A. Shedd,
Rev. John Walker, H. Potter,
- - Webb, Almon Sortwell. '
Dauphin County.
rrwo have seen, in the Whig paper, the pro•
ceedings ofu meeting calling itself "Anti Mason
ic," at Harrisburg. They are just such as we
should expect from the diluted and corrupted,nion
g re' Anti-Thisonry of that region. The fathers
of Anti Masonry—those who expended their time
and talents and money to nurse it when cowards
fled from its association, are no longer treated as
Anii.Masons in Dauphin! Their counsel is neith
er a.ked, nor listened to! But the now lights—
those hatched in the sunshine of our prosperity,
are permitted, by those who ought to be ashamed
of the licence, to seize the reigns and drive the par
ty whitheisoever they please!
We ..hould like to know from the Telegraph,
whether the Committee all agreed to the incen
diary re.olutmns reported. Could a FENN and a
MlLLEn,tried Antt•Mnsons,sanctina them? Could
they talk of trek ing us Achans those who would
not support an opponent nt Political Anti.Mason
ry7 and thank JAMES TODD for destroying the
party? Leave such things to the Fugitive from
Justice and those Anti• Masons of Dauphin who
labored so hard to clef& the nomination of JOSEPII
RITNER, who guide the Anti-Masonry of Dauphin
pro tem. We expected no better things from such
men—from 114'Cliiro,Peffer sod that tribe; but we
hardly exported honest Anti Mason 4 to acquiesce.
HOWRIOLE OCCUHRENeR —The Provi
dence Journal informs us that a drunken fel
low named Ball, in a fit of intoxiention, be
came angry with his wife, and drew a knife
with which he inflicted two deep wounds up
on her body, ripping open her abdomen so
that her bowelci immediately gushed out.—
I n this situation, supporting her bowels up
on her hands, she ran into the street for
succor. The fiend himself aft-rwards made
a cowardly attempt to cut his own throat.
He has since been lodged in jail. The un
fortunate woman piolaibly will not survive.
_Baltimore Transcript.
In drunken brawl at Montpelier, Vt. on
the 2d inst. between Michael %loracv and
John Corrioan, the latter received a blow
from the former with a bludgeon, which
caused his death the next morning.
FATAL ACCIDENT —A young man by
the name of John Philip Yost, whilst engag
ed with another man in felling a tree, on
Monday of last week, near Shippenshurg in
this county met with an accident, which re
suited in his death.—Carlisle Herald.
COLf , N 1 Z ATION• —The Colonization Her
ald published in Philadelphia., recommends
to the friends of the Colonization cause
throughout the State. to forward to the Le
gislature at its adjourned Session in May
next, petttions praying for legislative assis•
tance in accomplishing the objects of the
"Young Men's Coionization Society of Penn•
sylvania." The Herald says,the off•rs made
by benevolent slave-holders to liberate their
servants gratuitously, provided they can ob•
lain the means requisite for their comfor
table settlement in Africa, far sxceed the
limits et private benefaction.—lbid.
MEMANICS WANTED IN NASTIVILLE.-
The Nashville (Teti.) Banner of the :id inst.
states that j airrieymen mechanics are great
Iv wanted in that place. It says:---"Brielt
layers, Pla,terers, Carpenters, Saddlers,
Shoemakers and Printers, will find constant
emptoymect and good prices."
A DUEL---AolosT.--The London Cou
rier states that a me. tin. , with how de intent,
has taken place between Capt. Marrvatt and
Mr. N. P. Willis; but the seconds prevailed
u 'on them to examine into the causes of the
quarrel before they resorted to from; where.
upon they explained, and then went to their
respective houses, wi; hoot burning gunpow•
der. Our young countryman conducted
hmiself throughout the transaction in the
handsomest manner.
The Lycoming Free Press states that
considerable damage has been done to the
West branch canal, by the high water, and
particularly to the piers of the acqueduct
over Pine Creek, which will have to be re
built.
ERIE WIDE A wAKE.--The citizens of
Erie seem •seater able to contain their joy
at the prosperity secured to them by the
wisdom f the present Administration. Th •
last Gazette states that on the news reaching
th , re of the passage of the hill establishing
an office of discount at that place, "a salute
of ONE HUNDRED GUNS was fired in
celehi anon of the event." The citizens of
Erie have labored long to secure the pros-
pects of immeasurable prosperity that they
are now blessed with through a wise and
salutary change of men and m. asuies, and
we rejoice that they have been successful.
TILE PROVIDENCE BANK ROBBERY. --The
Philadelphia II:Oiler of Thursday :ast nays:
-nit. vault of the Merchants' Bank at Ploy.
idence was hur ,, larion.dy entered between
Saturday night and Monday morning last,
and robbed of bills on the several banks of
Rhode Island and elsewhere, and cheeks of
the amount of $138,208,49, besides $lO,.
737,63 in gold sovereigns. A reward of
sio,noo is offered for the, recovery of all the
money, and a proportionate sum for any part
thereof No trace of the bold burglars had
nt the last advices been obtained."
RELIGIOUS NOTICES.
00-The Hey. Mr WATsorr will preach in the Pres
bytt•riadChurch on Sunday next, at 11 o'clock A. M.
andat 2 P. M.
Kt. The tier. Mr. BOND will preach in the Meth
odist Episcopal Church on Thursday evening and
Sunday morning next.
On the 17th inst. by the Rev. Mr. Ruthrauff, Mr.
lIEORG6 HA nrtr.v,of Retlin,to Mies AMELLA DAMS,
of Abbottstown.
On the 6th inst Mrs. ELIZADETR Mansnma.,arife
of Mr. Marshall,of Berwick, aged 40 years.
On the 9th,at the Poorhouse, SAMUEL DEGROF, a
ged about Id years.
On the 15th, Mrs. MARIA B. FREY, of Mountjoy.
in her 79th year.
REMO% h,.L.
DANIEL 111. SHYSEIt
T TO 11.1•16 T ITS',
El AS removed his Office two doors North
of the tavern of Mr. John Barrett,
(formerly Ziegler's) in South Baltimore
Street—and three doors North of Middle
Street.
The Law partnership between T. Ste.
yetis, Eq. and D. M. Smyser will continue
as heretofure,business in the criminal courts
excepted.
April 25, UM,
PUBLIC %%LE.
"G E EING about to remove from Gettys
burg," the subscriber will a II at Public
Sale, on Thursday the sth of May next,
A VARIETY OF
household and Kitchen
Furniture.
Sale to commence at 2 o'clock, P. M.-
Terms tnarlc known on the day.of sale.
FREDERICK RUTHRA ['FF.
April 25, I 8:i13. is-4
Notice is hereby Given,
T O all Legatees and others concerned
that the Administration Aceounts of
the deceased persons herein mentioned, will
be presented to the Orphans' Court for con
firmation and allowance, on Tuesday the
31st day of May next.
The Account of Henry Spalding, Admin. ,
istrator 'of John Kuhn, deceased-
The Account of :Samuel Little, Adminis.
trator of Nicholas JR, o!)v, dec'd.
The . Account of lsimc Wierman, Admin
istrator Debonis Non of Jacob Weidaw, de-
ceased.
The Account of Joseph Topper, Admin
istrator of Anthony' Topper, deed.
The Account of Peter Miller, Adminis
traior of Nicholas Miller, dec'd.
The Account of Barnet Hildebrand and
Jeremiah Latshaw, Administrators of John
Hildebrand, jr. dec'd.
The Account of Andrew Heintzelman,
Administratoi debonio non of Isaiah White
deceased.
The Account of John Marshall, Adminis
t rotor of Mary Conrad, deed.
The Account of Jacob Herriter, jr. Ad
ministrator of Philip Rahn, dec'd.
The Account of John Kerr, Administra
for of Isaiah White, dec'd.
The Account of William Sla' haugh, one
of the Executors of Peter Slaybaugh, deed.
The Account of Joseph Topper and Jo•
aepfi Pitik:EieCutors of A tidiew Fink,dee'd.
The Account of George Guinn, Execu
tor of David Horner, deed.
The. Account of John B. iVl'Pherson, Ad
ministrator of Miles Sweeney, dec'd.
The Account of James Bell, jr. Adminis
trntor of Rosanna Ruckmaster, dec'd.
The Account of John O'Neill, Adminis
rator of Wm. Toland, dec'd.
The'Account of insepli Sneeringei, Esq.
and Andrew Kerigan, Executors nt Patrick
Dunn, dec'd.
The Account ofJames A. Thompson,one
oft he Executors ofJames D Sweeney,dec'd.
The Account ofJaMes Barr, Executor of
Catharine Lecky. dec'd.
The Account of Moses M'Clean, Execu-
For Mary Lecky. dec'd.
The Account of John Sander, Adminis•
frator wi h the Will annexed, of Margaret
Miller, deceased.
'rho Account of John Hetges, Admints
!rotor of Jacob [friars, deed.
The Account of Ephraim Swope, Execu
tor of So!mum Stonesifer, dec'd.
The Account of David Horner, Adminis
trator of 'Robert Heiner, deceased.
The Account of gunnel Kennedy, Ad
ministrator of Adam Moses, dec'd.
The Gunrdinn Account of Joseph Sneer-
Inger, jr. Guardian of Juliann Fink, minor
child of Conrad Fink, deceased.
JAS. A. Tuo PSON, Register.
Register's Office, Getlys
burg, April 25. I i'4:36.
LITTELLIS rarramum.
Contents of April Number.
PLATE—Robert Macnish, Esquire.
%ccount of the Rev. John Flainstend.
The Pi rate. h% Capt. M rryatt ,(concluded)
Recollections of Sir Walter Scott, "The
Sear and Yellow Leaf."
Snarleyyow; or the Dog Fiend, by Capt.
Marryatt.
The Baronet.
Little Fanny Bethel.
Dramas, by Joanna Baillie.
The Huauenot Captain.
The Future.
Random Recollections of the House of
Commons.
Sna i levyow,or the Dog Fiend,(continued)
The Huguenot Captain,(conttnued.)
Fanny Fairfield.
Bishop White.
Robert !Machish, (with a portrait.)
Btshop Chase in England.
BATTALION ORDERS.
g IHE American Union Battalion of Vol.
unteers will parade for drill and inspec
Pon in the Borough of Gettysburg, ariSat
urday the 7th of May next, precisely at 10
O'clock, A. I. By Order,
A. TAUGUIES/BAUGH, Adj't.
April 250 r3:ifl tp-4
GETTI'S 141111 G GrldfßDS
ATTENIION!
PGRADE- in front of the College, on
Monday the 2d of May next, at 10 o.
clock, A. M. in Summer Uniform s with arms
a id accoutrements in complete order. -
JOHN ZIEGLER, 0. S.
April' 25, 1836 .
tp-4
MARRIED.
DI El).
ROBERT P. McCONAUGHT, i
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
O FFICE in York Street, next door to
the Public Offices, in the room lately
occupied by John L. Fuller, Esq.
Gettysburg, April 18,1836.
Wrightsville A' Gettysburg
• RAIL ROAD.
T HE Commissioners named in the Act
of Incorporation of this Company are
requested to meet in Gettysburg, on Tues
doy the 20th inst. to take measun-s for the
commencement of operations in said work.
The Comrnissioners are, _
Thomas+ C. Milky, James A. Thompson, Thad.
dens Stevens, James Wilson, William M'Clellao,
Thomas J. Cooper, John F. Ahern? lane John B.
M'Pherson,S•imiiel Fahnestock, James M'Sberry,
David Middlecia, George fliniee, Gtorgo Ickes,
Joseph Carl, William Hildebrand Joseph Miller,
Abraham Picking, George L. Fuusp,R. M. Hole!).
eson, Jacob Dollone and William Albright, of A
dams County.
L. 11 Skinner, Henry Wirt, John KaulTelt and
Henry Fridley, of York County;
William Wright and William C M'Pherson, of
Lancaster County;
W Winn, D. Lowie,JPANO R. Burden, John GO4l
and J. B. Mitchell; of Philadelphia;
Samuel M'Clellan, Jacob Albert and James H
Miller, of Baltimore,
1 54 16436
Millinery.
THE subscriber respectfully informs her
Fortner customers, and the public generally,
that she has re commenced the above busi
ness at her residence, (at the house of Mrs.
W PLER,) opposite the Post Office,where
she will at all times be prepared to
Make and Repair Ristanetti
IN THE MOST FASHIONABLE MANNER,
having made arrangements to receive the
LATEST FASHIONS from Philadelphia regu
larly.
S. SCHREINER.
Gettysburg, April 11, 1936. tf-2
TEMPERANCE.
N adjourned meeting of the Petersburg
(Y. S.) Temperance Society, will be
held in the Academy, on the 2d Monday of
May next, at early candle light.
CHAS. KETTLEWELL,Sec'ry.
April 19, 18:36. tm-3
Brigade Orders!
THE Enrolled Militia of the 2d Brigade
of the sth Division Pennsylvania Militia,
are required to be paraded and trained, as
follows, viz:
IN COMPANIES,
On Monday /he 2d day of May next,nt such
places as their Commanding Officers shall
In Battalions, as follows, viz:
The Ist Battalion of the 90th Regiment,
on Monday the 9/h: the 2d do. of do. on
' Tuesday the 10/h. The first Battalion of
the 89th Regiment, on Wednesday the 11th:
the 2d do. of do. on 'Thursday the 12th.—
The Ist Battalion of the 80th Regiment,
on Friday the 13th: the 2d do. of do. on
Saturday the 14th day of May next, unless
the Commanding Officers should direct Re- 1
gimental training.] instead thereof
"I hose Volunteer Companies
within the bounds of the 89th and 90th Ite
uiments may attach themselves to either
Battalion most convenient for inspection.
The .dmericazi Union Battal
ionof Volunteers will parade on Saturday
the 7th of May, for Inspection.
The Independent w ill
of York and Adams countieirwill parade for
inspection at whatever:time and place with.
in the year and Brigade, that the Com
manding officer may'direct.
11:7"Appeals,..for the Militia, on Monday
the 13th of June next: For Volunteers, on
Monday the 7th of November ra.xt.
DAVID SCOTT,
Brigade Inspector,
2d Brigade sth Div.
Pa. Militia.
April 18, 1836. tp-5
if E G I.IIEXTAL ORDERS
THE Enrolled Inhabitants of the 90th
Regiment Pennsylvania Militia, will meet
for Drill and Inspection, at the following
named places:—
The lat Battalion of the 90th
Regiment, at the house of Mr- Harvey Ham
niond, in the borough of LewNherry, York
eoutity,on Monday the 9th of May next; and
The second Battalion, in the
town of Petersburg, York Springs, Adams
county, on Tuesday the 10th of May next.
JOHN WOLFOR D,
Colonel of the 90th Regl.nent,
Pa. illilitia.
April 18,1836. (p-2
G AAA 13 Ifillll SEEDS.
Early York Cabbage Red do.
White Onion Early Horn do.
Yellow Onion Cabbage Head Let-
Long Green Cucurn. tide
ber Early Curled Head do
Early Washington or Speckled do.
True May Peas Double Peppergrass
Squash Seed Long White Parsnip
Early Turnip Beet Guernsey do.
Sugar do. Squash Pepper
Blood de. Radish Seed'
Orange Carrot dr.e. iSte.
For sale at the Drum Store of
Dr. J. GILBERT, Gettysburg.
February 29. tf-29
LIBEICIPY 1111 ULM:MEN,
ATT. NTION!
Y OU will parade on the Commons, on
Monday the 2d of May next, precise.
ly at 10 o'clock, A t tic—and on Saturday
the 7th, in' Gettysburg, 9'lM° hour, in full
Uniform By Order,
WM. TOPPER, 0. S.
April 25,1838.
°Lamm OLD ESTAIILISZEDD
LUCKY OFFICE,
N 7 W. Corner of Battirneire had Calvert *wets,
(Under the Alneenm.)
Where have beers sold Prizes!-Prizes I !
Prizes'!! in Dollars Millrons of Millions!
BALTIMORE cenr, MD. •
person or persensthm'
" out the Union who rony desire to try
their luck, either in the Maryland State
Lotteries, or inauthorized Lotteries doll).
er States,some rine of which are drawn daily,
Tickets from ONE to TEN I OLLARS,
shares in profit,' rtion, are respectfully re.
quested to forward their orders by mail (Post
Paid) or otherwise enclosing CAM or PRIZE
TICKETS, whidh will be thankfully received
and executed by return mail,.witb the same
nrompt attention as if on personal applica.
ti , n,end the result given when requested im
mediately after the drawings.
Please address,,
JOHN CLARK,
N. W. Corner of 'Baltimore and Calvert Stieeigg
under the Ntuaeum.
March 28, 18:M.
POLISHING 'POWDEL,..
FOR Polishing Brass and other Metals that
requiEe a high and durable Lionre. This
Powder will produce a Polish with less
labor than any other in use.
ITS EXCELLENCE: IN
CLEANSING ALL KINDS Or METAL
SUBJECT TO conaosron,—TUE
BRILLIANCY OF ITS POLISH,
AND THE EASE WITH mum IT. IS APPLIED,
Render it an object to every family in point
of ECONOMY. Its superior qualities have
gained firr it a high' reputation, and a most
decided preference over any preparation of
the kind ever offered to the Public. It is
warranted not to contain AN ACID * or any
other corrosive ingredient.
For sale at the Dm , Store of
Dr J. GILBERT, Gettysburg.
April 4, 1836. . tf-1
PREE-M.SONItir
UNMASKED.
THE above is the title of a work just is
sued from the press, being the Masonic Tes
timony taken by both parties in the late suit
between Messrs. STEVENS and LEFEvaa.—
The following are the
CONTENTS. -
introduction—in which is embraced Nlr.
STEVENS' Speech at Hagerstown,and also
the Letter published in the "Compiler"
which occasioned the suit.
Plaintiff's Testimony:
Deposition of .I.tunEs A. SitEnn, Esq.4 - .lohio-
Do. - Rev. N. N. WHITIDNI, Kites,
Do. Mr. JOSEPH EsTv. N. Y.
Do. Mr. JAR vzs F. LIANAS. 1
1)o. Mr. ELlurr Ni'arrn, I New
Do. Mr. ISRAEL PINKNEY, York
Do. Rev. JoHL PARRER, City.
I
DO. Col. WILLIAM I..SToNr,
DO. THOS. HARTLEY CRAwFORD. Esrq.
of Chambersburg. Pa
~,
Do. Mr. WM. E. CAMP, IstHIV-
DO. R. W M 'ammo:sr, hurg, Pa.
Defendant's Testimony:
Depositioi. THOMAS PHENIX, Esq. Secreta
ry of the Grand Lodge of Ma
ry land,
Do. ROBERT Nmsorf, Esq. I Bald..
Do. JAMES UOWARD, Esq. more
Do. SAISCEL KEERL, Esq. City.
Do. CHAS. HOWARD, Esq.
An important Document from Washington
City.
Deposition of Gen o.H.WitiaAms,l
DO. V. W. RANDALL, Esq. I Ha:
Do. ' WILLIAM D. BELL, Esq.. [ gers-
Do. Mr. Gm. KEALHOFER, f town,
Do. Dr. Tuos. B. DucitErr, I Md.
Do. Mr. JACOB POWLES,
i . ' .
Do. Dr. J. M. LAWRENCE, i bumbeti4.,l"4
DO. RICHARD BEALL,Esq. land , / 44 ,1'4
o::7The price is 314 cts. per single copy' s ('
of 83 per dozen. Address, (post paid,) ,
Samuel Fahnestock,
' Gettysburg, Pa. . •
January 18,1P38. tf-42
irrThe above work can also be had at
the Stores of Messrs. limes and Stevenson,
and at the office of the Star di Banner.
TO MY CREDITORS.
TAKE NOTICE, that I have applied tv
the Judges of the Court of Common
Pleas of Adams county, for the benefit of the
Insolvent Laws of this Commonwealth, and
that the said Judges have appointed Wednes,
day the 271 h of April 'lnst., fir the hearing
of me and my creditors, at the Court • house
in the Borough of Gettysburg, where you
may attend if you think proper.
MOSES 17EGROFFT.•
tc
April 4, IMF!.
eter Ann. g 1.11 - v Inc ,
ATTENTION
V OL T will parade on Monday th e 2d of
May next, at 10 o'clock, A. M. at the .
house of Daniel Miller, in Summer unifortn,
and each member to he prepared with three
rounds of ball cartridges.
ANDREW A. 111cCOSH, 0. S.
April 18, 1836. tp-3
Mountpleasunt Riflemen,
ATTENIIO,Ni
Y OU will parade at the huge of Jacob
Norheck, in Mountjoy township, on -
Monday the 2d of May next, piecisely at 10
o'clock, with arms and accoutrements id
good order.
ISAAC LIG HTN ER.' Capt.
April IS, 1Q213. • tp-3
NOTICE.
A LL commissioned officers of tfitr.:,
modest., Independent Volunteer.
tenon," will meet at the house of
in Liolestown, on the 30th of
Summer Uniform, for Training. :
By order,
JAMES L. SHULTZ,
1., April 4, me.
Iy-52
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