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The nasonie Testimony.
frrWe this week conclude the publica
tion.of the important Testimony taken be
fore the Committee to investigate the Evils
of Free-Masonry. It proves, conclusively,
the interference of Secret Societies with the
Politicks and Judicial proceedings of the
country. LoOlt at the testimony of Mr.
BIRDiEYE, and then say whether the exis
tence of these institutions is consistent with
the rights and safety of our citizens! The
Bench and the Jury Box are accessible, and
often polluted with its foul corruption!
Can there be a conscientious FREEMAN
unwilling to join the Anti-Masonic party, to
save his own , and his chi!dren's rights from
the grasp of these oath•bound, rebellious
conspiracies? What a debt of gratitude is
due to those bold men who have fought the
battles of the People against the Lodge!—
And yet, certain conciliatory Todd twad
diem are for lauding Neutrals—tame,timid,
trembling, halters between two opinions!!
Bear both 'sides!
O"MoNH•IeM.—A "Roman Catholick
Priest," residing in Brooklyn, who,it is said,
has performed Mass in the „Hotel Dieu Nun•
nery at Montreal, openly avows his belief in
the truth of Maria Monk's "Awful Disclo
sures!"
OtrINTI-Mcour-ism.—A committee of
"Presbyterian Ministers" and others, after
lately examining the above Nunnery, deft
clare that Maria's disclosures are an "awful"
hoax!
So they go. "Doctors will disagree!"
Gem Harrison—Oln ran Buren.
0::TA correspondent of the Philadelphia
Inquirer, after stating that the Anti• Mason•
ry of Mr. Van Buren will be regarded as
"base coin" in Pennsylvania, asks us if it
is not so? We answer, unhesitatingly, in
the affirmative.
But, if Mr. Van Buren's Anti•Masenry is
truly "base coin," how much baser 18 not
Gen. Harmon's?
Mr. Van Buren says, that in making ap
pointments, he- woald not inquire whether
applicants for office were either adhering
Masons or opponents of Masonry. Gen.
Harrison says, he would not nominate any
man to office who held the opinion that his
Masonic were superior to his civil obliga
tions. The one deals in plain, inipu,lent
language; the other in an evasive, noncom
mittal style.
Where will you find an adhering Mason
who will, in plain words, declare his Ma
sonic obligations to be more binding than
his Civil obligations? Why, neither little
Boaz of the Sentinel—nor his more bitter
uncle of the Repository—nor either of the
other Rebel Masons will 80 declare, whilst
by their actions they show to the contrary!
No, friend—the Anti-Masonry of the one
is base—that of the other baser.
That our friends may judge for themselves,
we herewith re-publish the letter of Mr. Van
Buren, as well as that of Gen. Harrison.—
For ourself, we hall support neither the one
nor the other. When the proper time
comes, we shall, if we vote at all, cast our
vote for DANIEL WEBSTER, EDWARD EVER •
ETT, JOLIN QUINCY ADAMS, TIIADDEUS STE•
VENS or some other sterling Anti -Mason—
some one of those possessed of too much po
litical honesty to sell their "birth right for
ti mess of porridge." Other Anti-Masons
can, of course, do as their own judgements
may dictate.
Van Buren's Letter.
WASHINGTON, May 19, 1836.
GENTLEMEN-I have to acknowledge the
receipt of your letter, communicating to me
a resolution adopted by the "National Anti.
Masonic Convention," recently assembled
at Philadelphia, instructing you to ask me
whether, if elected President of the United
States, 1 would appoint adhering Masons to
office, and have the honor to state, in reply,
that I should not, in the event alluded to,
feel it to be my duty to inquire whether ap
plicants for office were either adhering Ma.
sons or opponents of the Masonic institution.
Whilst the fact of any such applibant being
an adhering Mason would certainly not be
regarded by me as constituting a ground of
preference, I could not : at the same time,
look upon either circumstance as creating a
disqualification for office, if the applicant
should prove to be, in all other respects,well
entitled thereto.
I am, gentlemen, very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
• M. VAN BUREN.
To Wm. W. Irwin, Ezekiel Birdseye, Wm. A
Simpson, Thaddeus Slovens, Edward S. Wil
hams, and Charles Ogle, Esquires.
Oen. Iflarrisonls Letter.
NORTH BEND, May 20t1), - 1836.
Garrmaram-1 had the honor to' receive
your communication of the sth instant, en
closing a Resolution, passed by the - Anti
Masonic National Convention recently as
ambled in Philadelphia, requeSting me to
- '.aaassier the following ques!ipu, viz: "If elec
' todiPtasidont of the United States, would
_.:youttpeouit adhering Masons to office."
Hllvutg heretofore written a number of
letters to different gentlemen belonging to
the Aoli•Masonic party in, Pennsylvania,and
,-aniproused my views fully on the subject of
Anti.Masoury, and how far it ought to be
eannteepid with National Politic:4, mid hay.
ing subsequently received and accepted the
nominations of the Anti-Masonic Conven
tions of the States xif Pennsylvania and Ver
mont, it would seem to me, .that my senti
ments on the Fuhject of Anti-Masonry, must
be extensively known and appreciated. To
these opinions and facts I would most re
spectfully refer you. But in answer to your
interrogatory, 1 beg leave to assure you,
that ifelected President °idle United States,
I would, on no account, nominate any man
to office who held the opinion tl t his obli
gations to nny secret society, were superior
to those which he owed to the Laws and
Constitution of his Country. This, I pre
sume, essentially meets the views of the bo.
dy you represent.
I have the honor to be s with great respect,
Gentlemen, your humble serv't.
W. H. HARRISON.
lb W. IV. Irvin, E. Birdseye. J. If. Simpson, Thad
deus Stevens, Edward S. Williams, Charles Ogle,
Divs. Committee of the Anti-Masonic National
Convention.
✓hz excellent .Letter.
KTThe following letter, declining an
invitation to partake of a publick dinner,
tendered during the Governor's sojourn in
Philadelphia, has been on file for several
weeks. Drown in plain, simple language,
it cannot fail to be understood and apprecia
ted by every friend of the Rights and Inter
eats of Pennsylvania.
LETTER FROM GOV. RITNER.
WASHINGTON HOTEL" Phila
delphia, J uly 25th, 1836.
GENTLEMEN:—Your letter inviting me
to meet you and other citizens of the North
ern Liberties, nt a public dinner, on a day
to be designated by myself, has been recei
ved.
I regret that the shortness of the period
I shall be able to remain absent from Har
risburg, will not allow me the pleasure of
taking advantage of your invitation. To
meet any portion of the citizens of our great
commercial metropolis, at the present cheer.
ing juncture, and to feel the consciousness
of having exerted an agency in producing
hor renovated prosperity, aro calculated to
gratify the best feelings of the heart. Even
the small share which 1 have had in bring
ing about the present flourishing state of
things, has filled me with the most agreeable
sensations. These sensations have been, I
trust, rendered permanent by an examina
tion of the various literary, humane, and
charitable institutions, which reflect credit
on this beautiful city.
You have been pleased to express appro.
bation to my official conduct as indicative
of a determination to maintain the sovereign
rights of Pennsylvania. You are correct,
gentleman, as to the motive attributed to
me, though I fear you have overrated the
success of my endeavors to carry it into
effect.
Next to the maintenance of the equal
and open rights of the individual citizen, I
have always valued that of the sovereignty
of the States, as guaranteed by the Constitu
tion. Most sincere love to the Union, is,
with me, the origin of this feeling. Like
a great partnership in trade, our Union is a
contract or co•oporation,in a spec:fical man
ner, and for certain enumerated purposes.
Like such a partnership, the bond of our
Union authorizes no intermeddling with the
domestic concerns of its members. The
merchant who permits the firm to which he
belongs, or any partner in it, to dictate the
color of his wife's dress, or the size and shape
of the strong box in which he deposites his
own money, ceases to be a partner—he is
the slave of the company. So of the Union.
Dictation and servility are alike destructive.
Its only hope of perpetuation is to he found
in the unwavering maintenance of the just
rights of each member. Undue interference
with these, whether by the govertanent of
the Union, or by individual States, if persis
ted in, must eventually produce either con
solidat ion or dissolution.
Accept, gentlemen, of the assurance of
my friendship and esteem.
JOS. RITNER.
To John Conrad, John G. Wolf, Daniel
Clarke and others.
SURPLUS REVENUE.—The Gettysburgh
Star recommends an extra session of the
Legislature, to pass a law makingprovision
for the receipt of the proportion of the sur
plus revenue that will fall to Pennsylvania.
This recommendation is made on the ground
that if the Van Buren party should obtain
a majority in either branch of the Legisla
ture, they will defeat any measure that may
be brought forward for the receipt of our
share of the surplus revenue, as their lead •
ing presses have declared their determination
to do so.
We do not think the suggestion of the
Star a good one. It would be better to let
the question remain open for the people to
act upon. If they wish to reject the por
tion coming to Pennsylvania, and thus pre
vent the redemption of the state debt without
taxation, they will vote for the Masonic Van
Buren candidates to the Legislature. But
if they wish to receive it, and appropriate
it to that purpose, they will vote for the
Democratic Anti-Masonic candidates. Let
the question remain with them and all will
be right. If they vote to receive the money,
we shall be gratified; but if they vote to re•
ject it, we shall say, "so mote it be." The
question is ono of importance. It comes
home to the pockets of the people; and,
whatever their decision shall be, we shall
rest satisfied.—Pa. Telegraph.
WASHINGTON COLLEGE.—The annual
commencement of Washington College took
place on Thursday, the 4th inst. The title
of D. D. wac conferred on Rev. CYRUS STEB
BINS, of Waterford, N. Y. and Rev. JOHN
FREDERICK SHROEDER, of the city of New
York, formerly of Baltimore.
The Journal of Commerce says that a
gentleman in Coventry, Connecticut, was
stung by a honey bee on the tip of his nose.
The poison spread so rapidly that before he
could walk half a mile to his house. respi •
ration had become extremely difficult, his
face and head were dreadfully swollen, and
the swelling had extended to the'endsol his
fingers and,4oeQ7 ITA fl
COMMUNICATIONS.
FOR THE GETTYSBURG!! STAR AND DANNER
Tries is otnphatically,•a time of intellectual and
moral advancement. ' Mao is gradually omorg
ing from the protracted darkness and ignorance
that enveloped his mental and moral being, and is
beginning to stand forth in all the grandeur, dig.
nity and loftiness of a spirit, unbounded in the ex
tent of its comprehension, uneirctintscribed in its
aspirations, and eternal in its duration. Yes, at
the p. osont day, so illimitable is the sphere of in
tellectual investigation, so enlarged and improved
the microscope of moral percept ioa, and so acute
and refined the natural sensibilities of the soul,thnt
what was formerly passed by as unworthy of a
thought, is now minutely examined,—that, what
was indulged as innocent pleasure and amuse
meta, is now frowned upon as improper and crim
inal
In such an ago of intellectual research and
acumen, and moral sensitiveness, it is not strange
that such a production as tho one over the signa
ture of •Comforcet,' should apporr; it is not strange
that some should be found with a sufficient quan
tum of mental chivalry and "moral magnanimity,"
to hazard their popularity among a certain class
of society, to expose and animadvert the prowl.
nent imbecilities and follies of the . day. 1 confess
that Ins sentiments, with unimportant exceptions,
entirely comport with those entertained by my
self; and doubtless they aro the sentiments of all
who are not circumscribed in their views, by
popular approbation, fashionable caprice, or ephe
meral applause and commendation. And as for
the concurrent sentiment of those who have not
nobleness and dignity enough to venture an opin
ion conflictive of perverted popular sanction, it is
not worth having.
I would by no moans be considered among the
number of selfish, moroso ascetics, who manifost
a total insensibility fo all tho finer and nobler sus
ceptibilities of out nature, and who sheath their
souls in unassailable torpitudo. No, the pleasures
emanating from social intercourso with kindred
and congenial spirits of the fairer portion of our
species, havo been among the purest and most un
alloyed enjoyments of my life,—irrespective of
those higher; loftier, and holior pleasures, which
originate from the developements of science and
the disclosures of christianity. But whilst asso
ciation with the intellectual, refined and virtuous
part of tomato society, must, from the very con
texture of our mental, moral and social constitu
tion, bo attended with results the most desirable,
—whilst it purifies the hearty improves the man
ners, refines and ennobles tl.o social affections,and
by an interchange of views, feelings and senti
ments, cultivates the mind,—l do say, that inter
course or association with those of a different char
octet-, with those whose wholo demeanor is con
traposod to that just mentioned, must result in
consequences directly and extensively deleterious,
—unless wo believe with Hume that thine is no
perceptible connection between cause and effect,
and that such a conviction is only the result of
custom.
Such being my convictions on this subject, re.
suiting from what I consider unobjectionable pre
mises and logical deductions, I do fully concur
with "Condorcet" in hie reptehonsione of such in
congruous and degrading associations; and with
him pronounce the very atmosphere that invests
thorn, mentally and morally pestiferous. Such
being the nature of the case, as presented and
commented upon by Condorcoi, I was not a little
surprised to see a piece this week signed "Moses."
Botter,had ho adopted some other signature, which
would have been more in unison with the moral
sentiment of his piece, than to have thus desecra
ted the venerable name of Mons! Ho professes
to come out for the ostensible purpose of vindicat
ing the slandered and vilified female community,
and fondly hopes, no doobt, by this magnanimous
and chivalrous exploit to enshrine his memory on
the tablet of every female heart, to construct the
monument of his genius and the immortality of
his name! He should at least be revered and
cherished in the recollection of all those, whose
cause he so manfully and gallantly defends! Oh!
happy, thrice happy are the Ladies of Gottys
burgh in having so mighty,so indomitable a cham
pion to vindicate their character, and to ward off
the tremendous vollios of envious and vindictive
malignity! And surely the apotheosis of his name
will bo but a just expression of their gratitude for
his timely and triumphant interposition, to lave
them from infamy and eternal disgrace! In coming
ages, may thousands of tongues pronounce his
name with reverence and enthusiastic admiration
—and every little child, as soon as it acquires the
ability of speech, bo taught to lisp the venerable
name of "Moses," as among things sacred and di
vine! This is the glory ti, which he aspires, and in
comparison with which, tie esteems crowns but
toys, and worlds but bubbles. Oh! who would not
be a hero? Who would not be a "carpet-knight"?
Who would not live in the grateful recollection of
mankind!
But there is still a stronger palliative for the
enthusiasm of "Moses,". for, no doubt he like
another Ccelobs, is in search of his Lucille! II
this, then be the height of his ambition, lot no
one deride his honest purpose; for zeal in a good
cause, is always worthy of commendation! And
it may bo, that whilst ho Was writing his diatribe,
ho was under the influence of a spell of enchant
ment similar to that of Romeo, when ha uttered
that extravagant expression in reference to his
Juliet:
The brightness of her cheek would shame those stars,
As day light doth a lamp; her eye in heaven
Would through the airy region stream so bright,
That birds would sing, and think it were not night.
I did not intend to notice this burlesque critic
quite so much; for it must be obvious to all, who
but superficially inspect his production, that ho is
either destitute of respectable intellectual ability
and discrimination, or void of moral integrity and
honesty. This conclusion is deduced from the
fact, that he had not penetration enough to diiicern
the legitimata beating of Condorcet's views, or
else he designedly and maliciously perverted
thorn, to answer his owu contracted and ignoble
purposes.
Lest I should be charged with unfounded alle
gations, I will summon his own piece to testify in
the case. Hip whole elaborate produCtion,ie foun.
dcd on an entire misapprehension of Condorcet's
sentiments. The latter has written nothing dis.
respectful, or in disparagement, of Ladies, unless
Moses identifies aim with coquettes, which ho
would scarcely be ignorant or stupid enough to
do;--consequently, the whole substance of his
coup.de main upon Condorcot in vindication of
"ladies," is a
ipg. So much to justify my - allegation as to his
intellectual discernment. •
He controvortc the position of Condorcot, that
association'with "coquettes" has the baneful in
fluence apprehended;—that it does not blast the
tender and expanding germ of intellect—that it
does not wither the sensitive bud of moral purity,
as it unfolds, in all the loveliness of youthful in
nocence;—and consequently, does not issue in
disappointed expectations to parents, to literature
and the Church. And after arriving at such con
clusions,opposed to those ofCondorcor,ho attempts
to ridicule his animadversions as morn ideal fears,
or 2unctilious scrupulousness; and thinks no doubt
with Rosseau, that all the morality of our actions
lies in the judgment wo ourselves form of thorn;
or with Bolingbroke, that all morality is self love,
that vanity is rho foundation of modesty—or with
Mibbee, that every man's judgment is the only
standard of right and wrong! So much for my
allegation, as to his moral honesty and integrity.
Such, then, being the intellectual and moral
character of Moses, as deduced from his produc
tion, I consider it undignified to notice his pitiable
reply in any other way, than the ono which I
havo adopted. And let it bo understood, that I
desire to have nothing to do with him;—that what
I have said, was merely to expose his flagrant
misropresontations,and nut to elicit a controversy.
Far from it. I have nover yet squandered time
in controvor tine- with individuals of such a stamp.
and I trust I shall not be chargeable with it in
future. Ho may, as no doubt ha will, vent his
spleen in empty invectives; but he shall not attract
my attention, nor elicit a reply.
I would again assert, that the sentiments of
Condoreet, with but immaterial exceptions, com
port entirely with my own—viz: that the frequent
association with ladies of the particular doscrip.
Lion given by him, is riot only an unholy consump
tion of time, but must inevitably bo succeeded,
from the very nature of our being, with conse
quences, which ought to he deprecatod by every
ono who is interested in the advancement of
science and truth.
'Phis position is sustained, not only by the uni
vocal testirribny of all experience, (which un•
doubtedly is tho most unerring source of human
wisdom,) but it is still further illustrated and sup
ported by a disquisition of our mental and moral
structure, as developed in the social relations of
human society. There is in the intellectual and
moral world an affinity and tendency to assimila
tion similar to that which exists in the natural.—
And as in chemical affinity, the tendency to corn.
bination is perceptible only at insensible distances,
or when brought in close proximity, so in the
mental, danger is to be apprehended only from
association and frequent contact.
Now, it is upon this general principle of our
constitution,that we base our objection to frequent
or even occasional intercourse with those who
have nothing to recommend them, but the glaring
tinsel of dress, the etiquette and flippancy of the
"beaurnonde, ' and the blandishments and grace
ful movernents "de la mode Paris;"—and in whose
stead, so far as mind and the purer and nobler
affections of the soul aro concerned, an automaton
in drapery would do as well. For association
with such, must, from the very principle just
mentioned, and from the very nature of the case,
tend to assimilation,and blend in ono their respec
tive characters.
The inexperienced amoroso, in the glow of
youthful fooling and the fascinations of fancy, is
attracted by the magic incantations of coquetry;
and the affections, in all the tenderness of incip
ient development, are perverted and debased, as
they twine around his dulcinia, invested with all
the charms and loveliness of ideal porfoction—but
whose very touch is contaminating and destruc
tive! Those are the consequences, which we can
not but deprecate, and which all, who are now
lured by the enchantment of female witchery,
would do well to consider—lest they ultimately
feel in all the keenness of reality, what now to
them appears but the picture of fancy, and the
surmises of the imbecile and over-scrupulous;—
lest when the buoyant hopes, which once shone
so bright around their path, have vanished, the
delightful yet delusive dream which once enrap•
Lured thorn has melted away, and disappointment
shall laugh at hope's career, they shall find them
selves among the "common herd, unambitious of
the praisrond unheedful of the censure of tho vir
tuous and the good."
To the, anti-Masons of
dams County.
When the Anti-Masonic party was form
ed, the primary object of its formation was
the prostration of a powerful and dangerous
institution which was threatening the de
struction of our civil and political institutions.
To accomplish this great and important pur
pose, every means justified by fair and hon
orable principles were resorted to. The
enemies of liberty saw with dismay the dan
ger that threatened their pernicious designs;
the frtends of liberty were assailed with de•
moniacal fury—but steady to their purpose,
actuated by the purest motives, the fury of
their assailants was well nigh exhausted.—
But when victory appeared fully in view, by
a suicidal course of policy they are again
permitting their enemies to entertain cause
for triumph. The name of Anti-Masonry,
under whose banner they had so successAilly
fought, is to be abandoned for that of "Bar
risonism," or some other more favorite lead
er! Are they ashamed to be styled Anti-Ma
sons? Is there something in the sound of
Harrisonism less grating to their delicate
ear? If an Adams, a Webster, a Calhoun,
and a Wirt, are not ashamed to be styled
Anti• Masons, let us at least not be ashamed
of the name until we be wiser and better than
they. From those for whom the name of
Anti-Masonry is too harsh and indelicate,
we have little to hope, and little to fear; the
efforts of such puny creatures in 'any cause
must be harmless and unavailing. If the
labours of the Anti• Masons be less arduous
than those of the heroes of the revolution,
they are no less patriotic; the former nre en
deavouring to preserve the purity and sanc
tity of that hallowed institution, reared at
the sacrifice of so much blood and treasure
of the latter, from the pollution of a hypo
critical and abominable association.
If a portion of the Anti• Masons of Penn•
sylvania have been overawed by the Publi mi
ty and majesty of the Masonic brotherhood,
let not at least old Republican Adams, who
has never flinched in the hour ofdanger,now
prove ec,retint,and enygr beneath 116. king-
or foixotte nOlk
1 •
For the Star and Banner
Iyorder. Let them manfully bear up against
the storm, remain faithful to the principles
of Anti-Masonry, and they can never fail of
beholding the proud triumph of Republican
ism over all monarchy and oppression.—
Let ever?' District of the County be repre
sented in County Convention on MONDAY.
NEXT, by genuine Anti-Masons—by such
for whom the Lodge ha 3 no terrors or allure
merits; and select such men for the support
of the freemen of Adams, who will boldly
and fearlessly assert the principles of Anti-
Masonry, and defend them against all the
sophistry that Masonic falsehood and folly
can invent. Let us support the principles
of genuine and disttnettve Anti-Masonry,
and the Lodge will be divested of all its ter
rors. The best of causes must necessarily
be defeated by the machinations of the de ;
signino. es and ambitious, unless defended with
zeal and vigour. ‘Ve would merely observe
to the Anti-Masons, "BE VIGILANT, NE AC
TIVE," and success is certain. 0.
GENERAL INTELLIGENCE.
The Washington correspondent of the U.
S. Gazette, mentions a report, that "Santa
Anna is to be removed from his present
place of imprisonment, and placed in a safer
custody, where the troops of the United
States will be at hand to repel any attempt
which may be made to rescue him.
INTERESTING TO BLACK9HITII9. - A black
smith of Milan, mimed Monti, has discover
ed that, by suspending a length of chain to
one of the corners of the anvil by means of
a ring, the noise of the hammer may be al
most deadened.
A MILITARY EYE.—Major Flournoy,the
late Van Buren candidate for Governor in
Kentucky,in his late scuffle with M r. Thom
as, is stated to have come off with a military
eyo, i. e. blue turned up with red.
Mr. William Dukehart, ofßaltimere, has
invented a new method of making harness.
Sewing is done away with,and copper rivets
used. It is said to be more durable and
economical.
BENE PLANT.-A few leaves of the plant
when green plunged a few times in a tum
ble' of water, makes it like a thin jelly,
without taste or color, which children, af
flicted with the summer complaint, will
drink freely: it is said to,be the beat remedy
ever discovered.
Snot MANUFACTURE.--A correspondent
of the New York Courier gives the follow•
ing account of the Shoe business in sorne of
the towns in Massachusetts. The account
of Methuen, however, has been underrated
—instead of 200,000, as published in other
papers, i t should be at least $250,000, which
we correct:
Lynn—manufactures extensively, India's,
misses, and children's morocco and cloth
shoes for every description; men's shoes
for her own citizens are supplied by other
towns. She produces ono tenth of all the
shoes in the state; and their value, at a low
estimate, is $2,000,000.
Marblehead—manufactures children's
shoes mainly say $150,000.
Methuen—Women's leather pegged and
sewed boots and shoes; Misses' bootees and
shoes; women's slippers, &c. $250,000.
Danvers—manufactures men's coarse
shoes and bootees mainly, worth perhaps,
$1,000,000.
Saugus, Salem and Beverly—manufac
ture $200,000.
Ipswich—men's and boys' thick bootees,
$lOO,OOO.
RJudey—men's and boys' coarse boots,
bootees and shoes are the leading articles,
$400,000.
Andover— women's leather pegged shoes,
$200,000.
Haverhill—men's pumps, women's low
priced leather and morocco shoes, $1,200,-
000.
Bradford—same work, $400,000.
The Van Buren delegates of Northum•
berland county have nominated R. El. Ham
mond fn. Congress and Lewis Dewart for
Assembly.
ZENO.
The Bucks county intelligencer, with
great indignation, publishes the names of
Mr. Merrill, Mr. Diamond, Mr. Selbridge,
and Mr. Coggins, who forgetting the gal-
lantry and delicacy due to the opposite sex
refused to allow a female passenger an inside
seat in the Easton stage, in which they tra
velled, but compelled her to sit on the box
with the driver.
LAW CASE.-A case was recently tried
in Kentucky involving the question whether
the carriers of the United States Mail, have
a right to pass over turnpikes, toll•bridgee,
&c. toll free. It was decided that they had
no such right.
HEMP IN KENTUCKY.---0(10 farmer in
Fayette co. sold his last year's crop of hemp
a short time since, for the handsome sum
of $5,948.
MEXICO AND TEXAS.--The Louisville
(Ky.) Advertiser of the Bth inst. has the
following paragraph: "Intelligence has
reached us, via Arkansas, that the Mexicans
had destroyed Robertson's Colony in Texas;
that the whole frontier is in arms; and that
Gen Gaines had ordered the 7th infantry
and the dragoons to march on Nacogdoches.
Ho had also called on Arkansas for 1,000
men."
KENTUCKY YoLuNTEEns.--We learn
from the Lexington Gazette that Governor
Morehead has appointed Brig. Gen. LESLIE
COMBS, of that city, to the commend of the
Regiment of Volunteers, destined to swell
the forces of Gen. GAINES, at Fort Sabine,
The Gazette speaks highly of the appoint
ment, as in all respects judicious.
TENNESSEE VOLUNTEERS.--- Fhp Adjutant
General of Tennessee announces that a surft•
cient number of mounted volunteers have
reported themselves, to form the Regiment
required by General GAINES from that
Stat
RESOURCES OF EUROPPAN POWERB.—T h tt
Philadelphia Inquirer or Saturday contains
the following statement of resources of the
principal powers of Europe, which has been
carefully drawn from various sources:
G R EAT BRlTAlN.—National debt, $3,490,.
896,769. Yearly Revenue, $228,849,600.
Population, (to'say nothing ofcolonies,)2s,-
000,000. Army in peace, 90,519 men; in
war, 378,370 Navy in peace, 610 ships;
in war, 1,056.
RosslA.--National Debt, $200,000,000.,
Yearly Revenue, $A2,000,000. Population,
(Europe and Asia,) 46,000,000. Army in
pence, 600 000 men; in war, 1,100,000.----
Navy, about 140.ohips, and fast increasing.
FRANCE.--Nntional Debt, $480,000,.
000. Yearly Revenue, 157,700,000.
Population, 34,000,000. Army in peace,
281,000 men; in war, 320.000. • Navy in
peace, 320 ships; in war, 354.
AUSTRIA. National Debt, $200,000,.
000.--Yearly Revenue, $52,000,000.--
Population, 34,500,000. Army in peace,
271,404 men; in war, 750 504. Navy, 72
ships.
PuusslA.--National Debt,5114,840,440.
Yearly Revenue, $30,477,600. Population
15,000,000. Army in peace,l6s,ooo men;
in war, 524,428. Ships--under 20.
TURKEY. --N ationa I Debt, $36,000,000.
Yearly Revenue, $11,200,000. Population,
(Europe and Asia,) 21,000,000. Army in
peace, 80,000; in war, 200,000. Navy in
peace, 80 ships; in war, 166.
DINNER TO Mn.PENROSE.—The dinner
to this distinguished senator at the Carlisle
Barracks on the 20th ult. is represented as
being a most splendid affair. More than
1000 persons were in attendance. Mr.
Penrose addressed his constituents in his
happiest style, and satisfied them that his
course in the Legislature of his native state
was the only one a prudent legislator and a
warm friend of Pennsylvania interests could
have pursued.—Bedford Inquirer.
The Rhode Island State Society of Cin
cinnati, having by the hand of time become
reduced from seventy eight to the small rem
nant of eight members, have thought it ex
pedient to dissolve the Society and divide
the funds amounting to about $9OOO, among
the survivors and the heirs of the deceased
me mbers.
From the Philadelphia Saturday News
The Great Failure at nuffido.
The history of speculation in this country
has never furnished a more striking instance
of its dangerous effects upon individuals of
unsteady principles and grasping desires,
than that of the recent fitilure of Benjamin
Rathbun, at Buffalo, New York, accompa
nied as it was by the discovery of frauds of
the most stupendous kind,committed by him
in the hope, no doubt, of retrieving himself.
This event has naturally caused the greatest
consternation throughout the section ofcoun
try which was the scene of his operations.
He had so completely identified himaelf
with its prosperity, and, by his apparent
wealth and enterprise, had gained such a
standing us to be regarded as the "Girard of
the West," that the explosion came upon
the community like an earthquake. Well
it might; for the latest accounts assert that
his liabilities amount to two millions of dol
lars, and that of this immense amount, up
wards of one million eight hundred dollars
are due upon forged paper! This may be,
and probably is, exaggeration, but still the
fact of such an estimate gives some impres
sion of the enormous scale upon which Rath
bun conducted his transactions.
He was the principal speculator in real
estate in western New York,nnd particularly
in Buffalo. At the time of his failure he
had no less than twelve hundred men and
two hundred horses employed on the build
ings he is erecting in Buffalo; kept four stores
in that place,has built there a Hotel as large
as the City Hotel, and has built at Niagara
Falls the first story of a Hotel,which if ever
completed on the plan on which it is begun,
will be larger than Astor's. He owns the
stage lines from Buffalo to Canandaigua,.
steamboats on Lake Erie, besides a great
part of the water powers at the Falls—has
mills, houses, farms, a brick kiln, and prop
erty of every description in Milo and its
vicinity. He owned six hundred horses:
carried on a species of banking establish
ment, and had in his employ twenty-eight
clerks, and two thousand other persons, en
gaged in various departments of business.
Such was his desire for accumulation, than
he rarely suffered property to pass out of his
hands, but retained it with a tenacity which,
was his ruin,
The discovery, which brought Rathbun
to the end of his career, occur red as follows:.
A short time since Mr. David E. Evans, of
Batavia, the former agent of the Holland
Land Company, and' a gentleman MI6 had
been for some years past the friend of Mr.
Rathbun, was on his way to the South, and
while in Philadelphia certain circumstances
came to his knowWge which led him to.
mistrust the good filith of Mr. R. He ac-. I
cordingly went to. the Bank of the Uiiited
States, where he found Rat!limes notes with
his forged endorsements to the amount dons
hundred thousand dollars!' On making this
discovery he hastened home usfast as pos.
sible, and on arriving at Buffalo ascertained
that Rathbun was at N ingara, attending the
sale of lots. He repaired thither at once,
and advised R. that he was fully aware of
what had been done, and requested him to
accompany him to Buff& for the purpose
of arranging matters. He willingly assent
ed,
and on his arrival there made an assign
ment of all his property for the benefit of his
creditors in the counties of Erie, Niagara,
and Chautauqua. . I
Other facts of the same character Were
soon ascortained,and Rathbun and his broth. I
er Lyman were lodged in prison. The !
nephew, Rathbun Allen, escaped. He and
Lyman Rathbun are said to be the persons
cv
who c ommitted the forgeries,With the know-I
ledge of Benjamin. Evans was forged 1111011
to the amount of over two hundred and fifty
thousanddollars. Severity thousand dollars
were thus obtained from one Bunk in Ohio.
The property of the forger is said to ha nom
inally
worth from two to throe millions,and
will, if properly managed, cover his liabili
ties. The chief loss, if there should be any,
will fall upon the rich. The clerks, labo
rers, &c. will have their demands first hqui•
dated by the-assignees. _
The early history of Rathbun is spoken
of as follows:—About twenty five years ago,
he did a very large business at Cherry Val
ley, and had something like a Bank, in con.
nexion with his father, but ultimately failed.
It was understood there that he had com•
mated several forgeries, hut somehow that
matter was hushed. From Cherry Valley
he removed to Sandusky, in Ohio, where
partly in consequence of sickness of himself
and family, he became extremely poor, so
that the whole wardrobe of the household
was on their backs. In this condition,abont
twenty years ago, lie entered Iluffillo, and
hired a stnall tavern with the furniture.
From the United States Gazette of August 17.
VERY LATE PROM EUROPE.
Eleven Days Later than before received.
EXECUTION OF A LIBEAU.—By the Piiot
Line. last night, we received the evening
editions of the Courier & Enquirer and
Journal of Commerce, containing Liverpool
dates to the 20th, and London to the 19th,
both inclusive, received by the New Jersey,
at Boston, from Liverpool.
The third reading of the established
Church Bill was to come on in the House of
Commons on the night of the IPth ult. when
two important amendments were to be moved
and it was thought tj.e bill would pass.
A tremendous storm, attended with hail,
thunder, and lightning,past over the eastern
part of England on the 12th ult. doing im
mense damage to property.
Great preparations are making in Paris
for the celebration of the "three days." The
King had signified his determination to be
present, notwithstanding the remonstrance
of his ministers.
King Louis Phillippe has at length con
sented to advance King Leopold of Belgium
the 40,000 pounds sterling, agreed upon as
the marriage portion of the Princess Louise
of Orleans, now the consort of the King of
the Belgians. .
Alibeau, who attempted to assinate Louis
Phillippe, was executed on the Guillotine on
the 11th of July. He hore his fate with
much firmness. His last words are report
ed to have been as follows: —"1 die for the
Republic. I repeat that I had no accom•
plices. lam as pure as Brutus and Sanet,
and like them wished for the liberty of my
country."
Much excitement was caused in Paris by
the trial and conviction of the editor of the
Gazette de France, who was sentenced for
six months imprisonment and a fine of4ooo
francsfor publishing an abjectionablo article,
or, as the Gazette says, for defending a
principle diametrically opposed to that for
which on the morning of the same day
Alibeau suffered death. The editor main
tained thin the celebration of the anniversary
of the Revolution of July, was "an act of
deep hypocricy--an attempt upon the good
sense of the public, and a provocation to
moral anarchy, which supports anarchy de
tr facto."
* HUNGARY. June 19.—A dreadful calami
ty occurred in the town - of Grosswardein in
Hungary, on the 19th ofJune. A fire broke
out in the house of a clergyman, which ex
tended rapidly, and continued burning for
three days, destroying 1500 houses, four
churches and many public edifices, as well
as the fortress of the town.
Advices from Athens state that Greece is
more tranquil, and the Government has is
sued an amnesty to such persons as took part
in the disturbances of Arcarnania.
Advices from Spain show that the Queen's
troops have met with some reverses. On
the 11th ofJuly, General Evans at the head
of 8000 troops, attacked Fontarabia, which
was stoutly defended by the Carlists, who
"numbered about 4000. After meeting with
partial success,the British troops were com
pelled to retreat with considerable loss.—
Several women were seen during the engage.
ment, fighting bravely on the side of the
Carlisle. The accounts from the Asturias
were on the whole unfavorable to the cause
of the Queen.
Mu. CuuncitzLis CASE.—The Augsburg
Gazette gives the following account of this
from a Constantinople letter of July
20:—Lord Ponsonby has obtained satisfac
tion. The Reis Effendi Aktf Effendi Mus
chir, has been dismissed, and will be suc
ceeded by the former Kaimakhan, Kolussi
Pacha. Lord Ponsonby appeared satisfied;
but has, nevertheless, not yet re-appeared nt
the Foreign Office. The Sultan has punish.
ed all those who had any share in the offence
committed towards England, in the person
of a subject of his Britanic Majesty. Jus
tice must, however, be rendered to Akif
Effendi, who several times solicited his own
resignation.
SPAlN.—Paris papers to July 16th, state
that the Carlist expedition into the Astorias,
was making uncheckek progress. It had
arrived on the 2d at Onis, and had ordered
rations at Oviesca. Epartero was nearly
five miles off: The Carlist General Pablo
Sane was in pursuit•of Eapartoro. They
add the following details of a more recent
and more important action.
"BEHOBIA, July 12-8 A. M.
. _
"P. S.—The English have just been se e n
at the mountain Esquibel and the hermitage
Guadeloupe, about a league in front of
Audaye. It is impossible to state the num.
ber of the troops seen, but it must be great,
to judge by the masses which follow each
other on the whole line of the Esquibel.
The Tirailleurs already employed before
the hermitage indicate a design to take pos.
session of Fontarabia, which is already
canonaded. Twelve or fifteen trincadores
are near Cape Figuera.
"NooN.—We seethe flames rising from
Fontarabia in consequence of the canonad
ing. The trincadot es and a steamboat have
entered the Bidassoa."
PosTscnn'r.—Since writing the above
the Paris papers to the 16th have been re.
ceived. These papers and the letters from
the (iaster itself contain many interesting
details of the discomfiture of the British
Legion, with the forces under Lord John
Hay, at Fontarabia. Their defeat appears
to be placed beyond doubt. The last accounts
state that they were repulsed in the attack
upon Pontarabia, and not only failed there,
but were drawn from all their positions,with
a loss of 400 men.
STAR & REPUBLICAN BANNER.
BY ROBERT W. MIDDLETON.
GETTTSBURGH, P.A.
Monday, august 22, 1836.
OzrThe Wagon price of Flour in Balli
more-87 SU.
1:1-.TTIIE KNICKERBOCKER, for July and August,
has been received. The contents will be given
in our next
Oz:7—We ask attention to the advertise•
writ of the "Baltimore Athenaeum and
V istter," in another column. That paper
has considerably improved within the last
few months, and is certainly much deserv•
ing of patronage.
C* -- The attention of hose desirous of ob.
taining the Italian Mulberry, is called to
the advertisement of ltlr. MAttAN.
Pennsylvania College.
IS* - The examination of the Students of
Pennsylvania College takes place on Mon.
day the 12th of September next. This In.
stitution, we are pleased to learn, has, since
its establishment, been on a continued in
crease. There are now between ninety
and ono hundred students in the institution
from this and many of the adjoining States;
many of whom, in addition to their usual
studies, are devoting a proportion of their
time to the cultivation of German Litera
ture. We trust that the next Session,which
commences on the 27th day of October
next, will commence under the usual favour
able auspices.
(KrFor the following paragraphs, as well
as the advertisement of the College, from
the Lutheran Observer, we are indebted to
one of our neighbors, the No. containing
them having failed (unintentionally, we
hope,) reaching us. We welcome Mr.
REYNOLDS' return to a station which he
will not fail to honor and fill with satisfac
tion to himself and the institution. The
congregations to which Mr. MILLER has
gone, will find him an active, worthy and
pious young man—well qualified for his high
and important trust.
PENNSYLVANIA COLLEGE.—The Rev.
Professor REYNOLDS of New Jersey, has ac
copted of the invitation to take charge o
the Preparatory Department of Pennsylva
nia College, and expects to enter on the dis
charge' of his duties in a few weeks. We
congratulate the Board of Directors and the
friends of the institution generally on their
success in obtaining the services of so com•
petent and experienced a gentleman.
[Lutheran Observer.
ECCLESIASTICAL.—The Rev. D. M ILLER,
late of the Gettysburgh Seminary, has ta•
ken charge of the Ev. Lutheran Church at
Williamsport, Md. , formerly under the pas
toral carp of the Rev. Mr. Harkey now lei
cated in Woodsborough in this state.—lbid.
EPHRAIM' K. AVERY was in attendance
at the Springfield (Mass.) Methodist Con
ference last week. Ele made petitions to
be again established as a preacher in good
and regular standing, which, however, the
Conference very wisely refused. [Phi/. Inq.
o:riAre think Conference acted very un
wisely in rejecting Mr. Avery's application.
True, the Rev. gentleman was at one time
accused of a high crime; but he has been
acquitted, not only before a Judicial tribunal
of his country, but of his Church. The
Law and the Church have pronounced him
guitless—yet, is it justice—is it Christian
justice still to point the finger of reproach
at him? No; let him resume his labors, and
let his after life show the estimation in
which he should be hold by his fellow.citi
zens.
The County Convention.
OWe trust that our Anti. Masonic friends
will not neglect attending the Township
elections, ON SATURDAY NEXT, for
choosing Delegates to the County Conven
vention which meets in this place nn the
Monday following. Let every district be
fully represented by sterling A nti.Masons,
and let a ticket be settled which will meet
the expectations of all desirous ofsustaining
the "Supremacy of the Laws."
0:7 - The Uniontown 'Democrat' disclaims
the rlnti.Masonry of the Gettysburgh Star!
"It is a treacherous ingredient of a foreign
production"! ! ! Supposing that "pure An
ti-Mason," JAMES TODD, to have been pay
ing hisfriends in Fayette a visit at the time
the Democrat's article was penned, we for
give the "squeamishness" of the Editor—
althOugh we can't help saying, God forbid
that our Anti-Masonry should be acceptable
to any backslider who has merged his once
pure principles into Masonic-Whig-Harri
son-Todd-ism!
KTThe little squib we had a week or
two ago has quite "unhinged" the "land Pi
rate" of Harrisburgh! Not content with
abusing the Star, Krause, Strong, and the
other menials of the Lodge pounce upon
Mr. SrevENs! Well, we suppose he regards
their vile aspersions about as much as we
do; and we heed them just as we ever have
other curs set upon us by the Lodge in da3 s
when such creatures were resting under the
folds of the enemy they now pretend to com•
bat! They think, by making a GREAT CRY,
they can deceive the honest Anti• Masons!
Poor reptiles—they have long since un
masked themselves, and stand now before
- the people as the degraded tools of Masonry!
They are a curse to the cause they pretend
to support!
- Away, vilo things—
" Down to tho dust from whence yo sprang!"
Oz:!rSorne of the "Harrison" papers are
complaining that because Antos KENDALL
was a "mere beggar and deeply in debt when
he went to Washington City," ho has, by
industry and perseverance rose high in the
estimation of his friends, and in seven years
"paid off his debts and supported a large
family," from the proceeds of his office! We
are not an admirer of the moral or political
character of the individual alluded to. But if
such be his greatest sins, we think he de-
serves great credit, and it would do well for
some othtra to "Go and do likewise."
Base Electioneering - Scheme!
o::rGen. JACKSON, who is now on a visit
to Tennessee, has given notice that he in•
tends, next month, passing through Penn
sylvania on his way to Washington City!
Cannot the object of this "kind visit" be
seen? Van Buren has promised to tread in
his footsteps, the vote of Pennsylvania is
doubtful—therefore, the great Jackson, the
once favorite of Pennsylvania, must visit our
State on the eve of the election, to election.
eer for Martin Van Buren, the enemy of
our rights and interests!
Rouse, Pennsylvanians, rouse—and show
by your votes that you are really and in truth
FREEMEN !
Wrightsville and Gettysbigrgli Rail Road.
The Stockholders of the Wrightsville and
Gettysburgh rail road company at their re
cent meeting passed the following preamble
and resolution:—
"Whereas, it is desirable that as little
damage as possibly should be done to the
farmers in constructing the rail road from
Wrightsville to the western watern the
Wrightsville and Gettysburgh rail :road
company will do all in their powd"r to pro
tect the property in the county of York from
unnecessary injury: therefore.
Resolved, That if the Wrightsville and
York Rail Road company should propose
to subscribe their stock into the capital stock
of the Wrightsville and Gettysburgh Rail
Road company,and thereby avoid the necuk
sity of two rail roads through the York val
ley, then the said Wrightsville and Gettys.
burgh company will enter into a fair arrange
ment to that effect."
We are much pleased to see that an at.
tempt is to be made to unite the interest of
the two roads from Wrightsville to York,as
we feel assured that if such an arrangement
is effected, it must result.to the advantage
of both companies; another consideration of
no less moment, is, that it will prevent the
necessity of cutting up the fine valley of
York county, with two parallel roads, when
one would prove amply sufficient, for all t
wants of the country.—Columbiu Spy.
CHARLESTON, S.C.—The city of Charles
ton, S. C., has been agitated for some time
with the discussion of the question Whether
the Intendant should hereafter be a salaried
officer, or whether he should serve as here
tofore, without other compensation than the
honor of being chief municipal officer of the
city. An election was held on Monday the
Sth inst., by which the question was deter
mined in favor of giving a salary to the In.
tendant. Gen. Hamilton was, at the same
time, elected to that office. The Charles.
ton papers seem to expect important conse
quences from the new organization of their
city government.—Bolt.Chron.
THE ZODIAO.—This monthly periodical,
published at Albany, N. Y., which is devo
ted to science, literature and the arts, has
entered upon its second year. Gen. HoLs-
TEIN, distinguished formerly as an officer
under Napoleon, and now as a man of litera
ture, has become one of its publishers and
will continue to enrich its columns with his
recollections of men, of battles.and of books.
Its Editor, NI. H. WEBSTER, Esq., is a gen
tleman of taste and talents.
We do not know of any literary periodi
cal better worth a dollar than the Zodiac
It may be seen at this office.
The American Sentinel, if its veracity
may be relied on, occasionally gives place
to articles from opposition papers. The
Chambersburg Repository appears to be a
favorite, although it styles it a Whig paper.
The editor of the Sentinel knows very well
that the journal referred to is not a whig pa.
per—he knows that in the late gubernatorial
contest it supported Gov. %Volf,and that the
only principle by which the paper is gov
erned is the Masonic spirit, which finds a
vent for its malignity in the Repository and
is echoed of course by the Sentinel. if the
Repository be a whig paper, then is also
the Sentinel—both advocate the supremacy
of Masonry, and both are wholesale dealers
in the same articles, reckless ani false as
sertions, and violent denunciations.—Nor
ristown Free Press.
Fiom the Philadelphia Enquirer
To the lion. Martin l'alt Buren.
DEAR SlR:—The public have heard both
with astonishment and regret, that in your
estimation the Coach makers or the United
States are either so deficient in workman.
ship, or so far beneath your patronage and
notice, that you ride in a vehicle of English
Manufacture, and this too while you are
asking the support of American workmen
and Democrats to place you -in the Presi•
dential Chair.
If the report be true, we ask you to say
so; and if not, you will embrace the oppor•
'unity to meet the'charge so opposite to Do.
mocracy and American honour, over your
own Name.
Plain Democracy, without "dodging."
Professor Chhse, of Brown University, is
on a geological and scientific tour through
the State of Ohio.
- PIfBEI - CK SALES AND NOTICES:
tuns-sly ania CoXlege .
A STATED meeting of the Board of
Trustees of this institution will be held
in the College Hull at . Gettysburgh,on Wed
nesday the 14th of September next, at 9 o'-
clock, A. M.
The examination of the several clasoes in
the Collegiate and preparatorydepar
will commence on Monday morning preced.
ing; to which the friends of education are
tespectfully invited.
The IviNzen SESSION will commence on
Thursday, Oct. 27, following at 9 o'clock,
A. M.
Expenses at this institution for board ,tui•
tion, room rent, washing, fuel, lights, use of
library, and other incidental expenses vary
from $lOO to $1:30. Clubs have been form
ed where expenses are considerably less
than $lOO. Boys may be placed under the
cure of the Prolessors,who will pay attention
to their moral deportment and habits of in
du.ltry. •
D. GILBERT, Sec'ry Board.
August 22, 1R36.
A VALUABLE FARM
FOR SALE.
T HE subscriber will sell at private sale,
that finely situated F ARM, belonging
to the heirs of STEPIIEN HENDRICKS, deceas
ed, situate in Menallen township, Adams
county, on Conowago, 8 miles from Gettys.
burgh,containing 150 or 60 Acres,adjoin
ing lands of Wm. Galbreath, Henry Bender
and others.
The improvements are a large
TYV 0 STOR Y
11 OUSE ! ra m_ aa •
.1 r 44,
(weather-boarded) and STONE BACK BUILD
ING; and LARGE BRICK BARN, and an ex
cellent ORCHARD; a good well Of water,
and one spring on the place.
The land is du good quality and under
good fence—containing a sufficiency of good
MEADOW and about 40 Acres of WOOD
LAND.
For Terms, apply to the subkriber living
on the premises.
JOEL HENDRICKS,
for himself and the other Heirs.
August 22, 1836. tff-21
ITALIAN MULBERRY TREES.
THE Subscriber is prepared to furnish
Italian Mulberry 'Frees,raised from the seed
imported from the plantation of one of the
[mist experienced cultivators of Italy, at
from $lO to $4O per thousand, according to
size. Any person ordering to the amount
of one hundred dollars, shall have them de
livered to any part of Pennsylvania, (free of
charge,) in time for transplanting this fall.
Allure insured to grow with proper care; if,
any do not, they will be replaced without I
charge. The Chinese Morus Multi Om- I
lib., will be furnished at a reasonable prico.
ICP Address Black Horse Post Office,
.` heater co. Penn.
JASON M. M ARAN.
New Italy, Aug. 22, 1836. Eit-21
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Still "it won't doPI
crrwith our esteemed and respected friend
(not "friends,") of the Chambersburgh Whig, we
exceedingly regret that respect to the pure, dia.
tinctive principles of Anti-Masonry—Adams
county Anti-Masonry, and not the "znongrel"
half-breeds of some other counties—will absolutely
compel the Conferees, to be appointed by the
Anti-Masons on Monday next, to refuse acting
with conferees appointed by the "Democratic
Republicans friendly to Gen. Harrison," however
much wo reveal the two esteemed and valued
members alluded to. Lot them comp as delegates
from an Anti-Masonic people, is what we ask,and
what wo must have, to ensure union and harmo
ny. Wo consider a strict adherence to our prin
ciples of far more importance, than the success of
any candidate that may be offered.
Darrisonism—Anti-Masonry•
Or have been favoured by a friend with a co
py of one of the Organs of the HarrisburghLodge,and
it grieves us much to perceive, from the proceedings
of a meeting published therein, that some of our old
and esteemed friends of that tainted atmosphere arc
straying farther and farther from the pure principles
of distinctive Anti-Masonry. Among the foremost,
too, in this blind fanaticism, we are pained to recog
nize that former sterling Anti-Mason, THEO. FENN,
who,in the earliest and darkest days of Anti-Mason
ry, stood aide by side with the fearless advocates of
our principles in their warfare against bloody, iniqui
tous Masonry! Then, it was truly a contest for PRIN
CIPLE—but, alas! what is the inducement now of such
in throwing aside an honest armour for the gaudy,
fleeting trappings of "expediency!" Can it be for
self-interest? No, no—we will not so charge them.
' It must be from some other motive—but what other,
for the life of us we cannot tell.
lint, then, why do such men—men taught in the
old, pure school of Anti-Masonry—come forward and
join with the new-light, eleventh-hour men in de
nouncing the course pursued by the honest contenders
for the distinctive principles and usages of the party?
Did not Mr. Fenn's conscience upbraid him, when. as
Chairman of the Committee, he rep orted resolutions
to the "Harrison and Granger" meeting in Harris
burgh, on Tuesday evening last, declaring the nom
ination of Harrison by the December Convention to
have been "in conformity with the established usa
ges of the Democratic Anti-Masonic party, its orga
nization and its conservative principles"—and de
nouncing those who would not join in his support as
guilty of a "direliction of the principles, a palpable
disregard of the prosperity, and an entire abandon
ment of the high purposes of the party?" Was such
. ingratitude—shall we mildly term it?—to have been
expected from such a source?
Still, we cannot bring ourself to believe that such
ungenerous conduct proceeds intentionally from our
Anti-Masonic friend. It must be,as a friend observed
to us the other evening—that having joined in with
the Harrisonites to keep pence and harmony in that
party, our respected friend has become so infatuated
with their principles and prospects, that he considers
all opposition to Harrisonism to be a virtual deser
tion of Anti• Masonry! and that he is now actually
seated upon the high, proud eminence of distinctive
Anti-Masonry, although sitting face to face with
those "pure," "disinterested" Anti-Masons, Tonal
'CRAM:IE! AYRES! STRONG!! BAILEY!!! & Co.!—and
that those who spurn rnanworship, who recognize
Anti-Masonry to be the paramount principle which
should guide and govern the action of Anti-Masons,
must be pronounced as "Achans" in the camp—total
ly unworthy of being considered honestAnti-Masons!
Our friends may go - bn in what the Intelligencer
impiously terms "THE HOLY CAUSE OF HAR
RISONISIiff" They have taken their stand ; and
if it should prove to be on the darkest edge of Liber
ty's platform, God grant that the time mayyet come
when their eyes shall be opened to the danger to
which they stand exposed, and be saved therefrom.
We have also taken our stand—and however much
we may be denounced for a "direliction of principle,"
a "disregard" and "abandonment" of Anti-Masonry,
and as "as aiding the cause of the Masonic candi
dates"—still, in despite of all such like charges from
former friends, we shall remain firm to the cause,
ever cherishing the fond hope of yet being able, after
the days of blind infatuation and "holy" zeal in a
personal warfare shall have passed away, of rallying
together and re uniting under the pure white banner
of DISTINCTIVE ANTI-MASONRY, all who sin
cerely love their country, her institutions, and the
supremacy of her laws.
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From the Pittsburgh Gazette of August 16
IMPORTANT.
We have just seen the Louisville Jour
nal, of Thursday, containing a letter of An
drew Jackson to the Governor of Tennessee,
directing the discharge of the Tennessee
Volunteers who had been assembled under
the requisition of General Gaines.
The President expresses his deep regret,
that the volunteers were called out without
proper consideration by Gen. Gaines. He
also says that the requisition was founded
on reasons plainly inconsistent with the rule
of neutrality adopted with regard to Mexico
and Texas.
Ho also mentions, that leave had been
granted to Gen. Gaines to visit the White
Sulphur Springs,frotn which we may readily
infer,that his absence from the frontier would
not be objected to. "So much for Bucking.
ham."
Kr - Since the above was in type, we have
received Gon. JACKSON'S order referred to,
and hasten to lay it before our readers.
Letter from Gen. Jackson to
the Gov. of Tennessee.
HERMITAGE, Aug. 6, 1836.
SIR: 1 have received your letters of the 29th ult.
and the 4th inst., accompanied by copies of corn
munications which were addressed to you on the
4th of May, and the 25th July, by the Secretary
of War, and also accompanied by your Proclama
tion of the 20th, founded on the requisition made
by General Gaines, bearing date the 20th of June
last. The documents referred to in the commu
nication to you of the 25th oh. from the War De
partment have not yet boon received.
The obligations of our treaty .with Mexico, as
well as the general principles which govern our
intercourse with foreign Powers, require us to
maintain a strict neutrality in the contest which
nokagitates a portion of that Republic. So long
as Mexico fulfils her duties to us as they aro defin
ed by tholreaty, and violates none of the rig htti
which are secured by it to our citizens, any act on
the purl of the Government of the United Skates,
which would tend to filistor a spirit of resistance
to the Government and laws, whatever may be
their character or forth, when administered with
in her own limits and jurisdiction,would bo unau
thoi ized and highly improper. A scrupulous sense
oflhese obligations has prevented me thus far from
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doing any thicg width can a tsiboline the ins Pi — naeit
that our Government is unmindful elthem, and I'
hope to be equally cautious and circumspect iR
all my future conduct. It la in reference to these
obligations that the req•iisition of Gem. Gaines in
the present instance must be constdered; and un
less there is a strong necessity for it,it should nut
be sanctioned. Should this necessity not be-want
fest, when it is well known that the disposition to
befriend the Texians is a common feeling with
the citizens of the United States, it is obvious that
that requisition may furnish a reason to Mexico
for supposing that the Government of the United
States may be induced, by inadequate canoes to
overstep the lines of the neutrality which it pro
fesses to maintain.
Before I left Washington, Gen. Gaines intima.
led to the Department of War some indica.
Lions of hostilities from the Indians on our Wont.
cru frontier had been made, and that, if it became
necessary, he would make a call for the militia.
fie had also informed the Department of his ill
health, and asked for a furloup,ll to enable him to
visit the White Sulphur Springs. I directed tho
Secretary of War to grant him the furlough, and
to inform him of the apportionment which had
been made of the 10,000 militia under the "recent
volunteer act; and if the emergency should arise
which would make it necessary to increase the
force under his command, that a thousand volun•
teers in Arkansas,and another in Missouri,isise.d
agreeably to this act, would bo enrolled and hold
ready for the service. This force. aided by the
portions of the Dragoon regiments that would be
stationed in that quarter, and those of the regular
army already there, were deemed amply sufficient
for the protection of the frontier near to the In
dians referred to. There are no reasons set forth
in the requisition which the General has since
made upon you, to justify the belief that the force
above enumerated will be safficient, and I cannot
therefore sanction it at the present time. To
sanction that requisition for the reasons which
accompany it. would warrant the belief that it
was done to aid Texas, and not from a desire to
prevent an infringement of our territorial or na
tionatrights.
I deeply regret that tho Tennesse Volunteers,
whose prowess and patriotism are displayed so
promptly on all occasions that threaten the peace
or safety of their beloved country. have'been call
ed out on this occasion without pripper dinsidera.
Lion. They can for the present only be 'mustered
into the service and discharged. If there are funds
appropriated out of which, they can be paid, an
order to this effect will be given.
The ten thousand volunteers authorized under
the late act ot Congress are intended for one year's
service, and must be employed to meet all neces.
nary calls for the defence of our frontier borders.
Should the occasion arise for a greater numbei
on the Western frontier, the call would be made
on Ohio, Kentucky, Inchana,and Illinois. There .
is, however, no information to justify the appre
hension of hostilities, to any serious extent, from
the Western Indians. Should a necessity arise.
the volunteer Brigade from East Tennesiee will'
be ordered to the Western frontier as soon as
their service can be dispensed with where they
now are employed.
I would barely add further, that the authority
given you by the order of the 4th of May having
been satisfied by yielding to the requisition of
General Gaines,a new authority from the Depart.
merit of War was necessary to authorize you to
comply with that of the 28th ot June.. The Gov.
eminent of the United States having adopted, in
regard to Mexico and Texas, the same -rule of
neutrality which had been observed in all similar
cases before, It was not to have beeq expected
that General Gaines should have based this •re.
quisition for additional military force on reasons
plainly inconsistent with the obligation of that
rule. .
Should Mexico insult our national flag, or in.
vado our territory, or interrupt our citizens in the
lawful pursuits guaranteed to them by the treaty
then the Government will promptly repel.the in
sult, and take speedy reparation for the injury.—
But it does not seem that offences of this character
have been committed by Mezico,or were believed
to have been, by General Gaines.
I am, very respectfully, your obedient servant,
ANDREW JACKSON.
His excelleney.X..QintioN,
Governor of Tennessee.
Mr. PArrEnsoN, the American consul
general in Belgium, died at Antwerpen the
4th of July, at the age of 65 years . He
nad resided many years at Antwerp, and
was much respected by the commercial
classes of that city. The Antwerp journals
say, it was remarked as a curious coinci
dence that he died on the very day on which
his countrymen were celebrating the anni
versary of the Independence of the Ameri
can Union.
The TEMPERANCE cause in England
has found an able champion in the Duke of
Wellington. As Colonel of the Grenadier
Guards, he has issued a regimental order,
expressing his opinion of the great advan
tages, which might arise from the general
formation of Temperance Societies among
the troops. lie intimates pretty strongly
that those who are disabled from the service
by Intemperance, may expect little or no
assistance" from the Government.
MARTIN VAN BUREN AND TEE LATE
WAR.—Van Buren was a member of the
New York Legislature in 1811-12, and
voted (or the following resolution:
"Resolved, That the war is impolitic and
disastrous; and that to employ the Militia
In an offensive war is unconstitutional."
What do the old Democrats say to this?
Is such a man fit for the Presidency?
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MARRIED.
On the 12th inst. by the Rev. Mr. Gottwald,
Mr. Ismael. MUNDORPF to Miss MARGARET BRING.
MAN—both of Tyrone township.
On the 14th lust. by the Rev. Mr. Dougherty,
Mr. SAMUEL Baaor, of Franklin township, to Miss
illsay ROB SON. of this Borough.
DIED.
Yesterday morning., in Catnpbellstown Frank li n
county, Mr.. MARY ROTHROCK, -wile of haw. Mr.
Rothrock, aged about 23 yearn.
Yesterday evening, in Fanklin townsliip,Mra.
Gossum, at an advanced age Her funeral will
take place at 9 o'clock to-morrow morning.
RELIGIOUS NOTICES.
EaThe Rev. FREDERICK A. Stunt will preach
in the German Church in this place on Sunday morn
ing next, at 10 o'clock, and' in Bender's Church in
the afternoon—in the German language.
The same gentleman will also preach at Flohes
Church, on Saturday next, at 10 o'clock A. at. and
at 2 o'clock P. DI. it Arendt's.
Collections will be taken up on the occasions.
(0-There will be English preaching In the Ger
man Church oo Sunday evening next.
GETT I".SDURGII TROOP,
ATTENTION!
pA R ADE in Gettysburgh on Friday the
2d of September next, at 9 o'clock A.
M. with arms and accoutretnen'A in complete
order.
P. DIEHL, Capt.
tcrAn Appeal will be held at the hew
of Mr. John Barrett, in said place, on Sat:
urday the :3d September at 1 o'clock r. *-
August 22, 1936.
[Dem. Whig.