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MONDAY ,MORNING, FEB. 20, 1837.
04Ve learn from the Compiler that tho follow
* gentlemen have been appointed byGen.Tnoaus
ea MUTAT:4 and commissioned by the Governor,
.8t off Officers of the 2d brigade, 5M division,
Pennsylvania militia, viz:—
Col. joust Tuomrson, of York County, Aid.
43o.Camp.
VoLJacon DERNAD, of Adams Conn ty, Brigade
-
D. DAVID OrLaFax, of Gettysburgh, Brigade
Quarter Master.
sebolition of Slavery.
ryFor several days, week before last, the Low
at House of Congress was in a tumult, brought
-about by Mr. ADAMS presenting petitions upon
The subject of Slavery. The gag-law has been re
peatedly forced to atop Kr. Adams—and as repeat
.adly evaded by that gentleman. During the week
alluded to, after having presented a large number
of petitions calling for the abolition of Slavery in
:the District of Columbia, Mr,' Adams stated that
he held in his hand a petition purporting-to be from
Slaves, and asked if said petition would come un
der the order of the House W ley all petitions on
the subject of Slavery upon the table—winch
hc, however, retained in his possession.—
The hot-heads of the South hero let tly their fury
against Mr. Adams! “Expoll him!" 4.Expell
him!" was echoed and re-echoed throughout the
House! &ter, however, two or three days spent
in "sound and fury," the following prethuble and
...resolution were adopted—yeas 160, nays 85—Mr.
Ca.tata can voting against their adoption:,—
. An inquiry having been made by an honor.
.able gentleman from Massachusetts whether;
a itaper whiCh he -held to his hand, purport.
,en t o , be a petition from certain slaves, and.
,declaring themselves 'to be slaves, came
within the order of the House of Vie IQth
efJanuary, and the said paper not having
been received by the Speaker, he stated
. that, in a case so extraordinary and novel,
be would take the advice and counsel of the
-House:
Resolved, That this House cannot receive
*add petition without disregarding its own
dignity, the rights of a large .class of ctti.
zens of the South and West., and the Con•
etitution of the United States.
The following resolution time also adopted by a
vote of 102 to 18—Mr. Cup inane voting in fir
vor of the resolution:—
Resolved, That slaves do not possess the
right of petition secured to the citizens of
the United States by the Constitution.
The Right or Petition.
01. We hold, that it is the right—the Constitu
tional right of Tux ' , some to petition either Con
gress or the State Legislatures upon all subjects.
We also hold, that such petitions should be receiv
ed and respectfully disposed of,however nexciting"
the prayers. of the petitioners may be. No Rep
resentative fins a right to refuse the presentation
of petitions; neither has he a right to abuse his
constituents, nor suffer them to be abused, by
those opposed to the sentiments contained in the
petitions which he is. called upon to present. En
.tertaining such views, we do most heartily adopt
and approve of the sentiments breathed through
,eut the subjoined article:—
Froni tho NJW York Transcript.
alight of petition.
it is no excuse in rejecting petitions that
are offered to Congress in favor of the aboli
tion of slavery,immediate or gradual in the
district of Columbia, that the effort will
bearindirectly upon the institutions of sla
very, as they exist in the southern or slave.
balding states. The people have a right
unquestionably to petition Congress on
this subject, and if the majority do not
deem it expedient to grant their prayer, ,
they can, when the subject comes up for
decision, vote it down. But they have
no right to refuse to receive the petition,
or to treat the petitioners with contempt,
and Ouse them because they differ in
opinion from themselves. lt is the privi
lege of freemen to differ in opinion; but it is
not the prerogative army public servant to
abuse any fart of the people, the legitimate
.sovereignty of the country. Nor have the
members from the slave-holding states, a
right to fret and foam and threaten to dis.
/solve the Union, or resort to hostile arms,
,
because a part of the sovereign people peti•
tion peaceably for the removal of slavery
from a part of the public domain, over which
Congress exercise exclusive jurisdiction and
legislation. They may imagine that a
blow is aimed at the entire institution of
slavery in the United States, and that once
having abolished it in the istrict, the ex
ample will become contagious, and infuse
itself into the several slave states, and ulti
mately compel them to emancipate their
slaves. And it may be so. But that is
quite another question, over which Con
gress cannot exercise any control, and with
which they have nothing to do. That is a
question purely belonging to the States; one
• which they alone can settle—one on which
they alone can corstitutionally act. , Con•
green cannot disturb the domestic relations
of slavery in any. of the states, which is well
known to the friends of abolition; and they
have never petitioned Congress for any
such thing. It is beyond their reach, and
01103 f the pale of their petition, and their
power.
And whenever appeals are made to Con.
pees to intermeddle with the institution of
slavery im the states, then the Southern gen
tlemen, who are so extremely sensitive, will
have tune enough and reason to complain.
Then they can safely entrench themselves
behind the constitution, arid bid defiance to
national legislation, and tell the petitioners
you have overstepped your bounds, you are ,
"asking for an unconstitutional- thing which
cannot , be granted to you- Attend to your
duty as lawful petitioners, and wo wjll attend
to ours, as Constitutionally entitled to dis-
Tame of slavery as we deem proper to our
two states.," This would be more like rea
- 1110aild wore like law, and would go far to
rmitihkthejarruktelnterests and hostile feel
-NW abet at present exist. But when a set
sitsmeo k from any section of thotThion act
aritia.as tpucl* adularia, and make them
-0001-11,supremely ridiculous by their via ,
Moo sod threats Oa miry of the members
of Congress have done,whenever the subject
of slavery is mentioned in either of the
houses of Congress; when they draw argu.
ments from their passions rather then their
prudence, and educe reasons from raving,
rather than from cool deliberation, and rant
and rage as if they were bereft of their sen
-6e9, they expose themselves to the contempt
of the calm and dispassionate among the
people, and establish conclusively their fit
ness for a mad house, rather than for a de.
liberative assembly. But in this case, the
evil of rejecting petitions for the right to
present them, and spurning them and their
authors is not confined to the more question
of Slavery or Anti• Slavery. It violates a
constitutional principle, it assails a solemn
and unalienable right; it wars against the
liberty and freedom of action of the citizen,
and-it lays the foundation broad and deep,
for other inroads in constitutional liber
ty.
For if it can be firmly and unchangeably
established, that petitions on one unwelcome
quhject can be rejeeed and spurned, and the
right to present them denied,it follows neces•
sarily, that othcr petitions, on every other
unwelcome subject, can also be treated in a
similar manner. If abuses exist in the ad.
ministration of the government, if rulers
should become tyrannical or prodigal, or•if
any other.evil should arise calling for re•
dress, without which the liberty and rights
of the citizens would be sacrificedpind if they
were honorably to petition for relief or the
removal of the evil complained of, those in
the National Legislature interested in the
perpetuation of those evils, might also re
fuse to receive the petitions—deny the right
to present them, and spurn the petitioners
with abuse, and the application of odious
epithets, from their presence. All reason
able men will admit that this would be ty
ranny, a gross usurpation of power and pre.
rogative, and a flagrant violation of constittt-
tional law, and the freedom of the citizen.—
And what is there to prevent such a course
ofeonduct it the scenes recently acted, if the
prejudiced opinions now advanced by nn
interested portion of Conffreossional mem
bers, and countenanced and connived at by
.others—are to be tolerated, and acquire the
sanctity at custom and common usage, and
the validity of law and constitutional ap.
rightness in our halls of legislation? We
.answer nothing. It will then be too late to
standup for the principles of pure and an
adulaterated liberty,for the vital spirit of the
goddess will have departed from amongst
us. We shall have then nothing left us,lnit
the wretched wreck of our rights, and the
galling chains of slavery, will be firmly fix
ed upon us. Then indeed, we shall be in a
worse condition than the slaves of the south.,
who aro allowed to petition their masters
for a day ofliberty and a boon at relief.—
Then we will have consummated the des
truction of the temple, dedicated to rational
liberty, and will ho permitted only to weep
and wail over the solitary sepulchre of the
constitution.
But before closing these remarks, we
must be permitted to say, that we cherish
the feelings of the most soverign contempt
for those eastern and nothern men in Con
gress, who servilely truckle to those of the
south, and traitorously unite with them in
their mad crusade against rho , constitutional
right of petition. They certainly have no
direct interest in ibis matter; they have no
fears that the war against slavery will be
carried into their respective states, for they
have no slaves, (save white ones,) among
them. But like fawning sycophants, they
crouch at the feet of southern anger and
southern denunciation, and cringe like
'trembling cowards before the moral and po
litical tempest that rages round them. And
while - they thus debase themselves, and
barter off their independence of opimon and
their patriotic regard for liberty and the
rights of the citizen, to appease the clamo
rous appetite of southern vengeance, they
purchase by their paltriness of conduct, the
ineffable contempt of those chivalric sothern
era, whom they degrade themselves to
serve, and who consider them desti•utc of
independence and spirit; who despise them
for their disgraceful timeserving policy,and,
who think, and have reason to thank, that
they aro traitors to• their fears, cowards at
heart, and below the level of the slaves who
bend in homage at their feet. But we have
done with this subject for the present, and
will only add, that unless we send honester,
more highininded, and independent men to
Congress, than many are from the nothern
and middle states, men who have souls of
their own, and who dare to act untrammel
led by southern control, we may soon bid
adieu to one of the most valuable portions of
our liberties to one of the most sacred safe
guards of freedom, the right of our citizens
to petition for what they conceive to be
wrongs, and may write expunged on every
leaf of the Decoration of Indeperidence,and
on every page of our glorious Constitu
tion.
United States and .111exico.
( - -The following Message from the President
oftha United States to Congress, should have been
published in our last.
To the Senate of the united States.
At the beginning of this session, Con
gress was informed. that our claims upon
:tlexico had not been adjusted, but that, not.
withstanding' the irritating effect upon her
councils of the movements in Texas, I
:hoped', by • great forbearance, to avoid the
necessity of again bringing the subject of
them' to your notice: .- That hope has been
disappointed. Having in vain urged on that
Government the justice of those claims and
my indispensable obligation to insist that
there should bo "no further delay in the ac
knowledgment, if not in the redress of the
injuries, complained of," my duty requires
that the whole subject,shoulii be presented,
as it now is,for the action of Cnngress,whose
exclusive right it is to decide on the further
measures- of redress to be employed.
The length of
,time since some of the in
juries have been - committed; the repeated
and unavailing applications for redress, the
wanton character -of some of the outrages
upon the property and persons °four citizens,
upon the officers and flag of the U. 'States,
independent &recent insults to this Govern
ment and People by the late Extraordinary
Staititait Minister, would justify, in the. yes
• ,
anti nations, immediate war. That remedy f
however,. should not be used by just and I
generous nations, confiding in their strength
for injuries committed,if it can be honorably
avoided; and it has occurred to me that,
considering the present embarrassed condi
tion of that country we should act with both
wisdom, and moderation, by giving to Mexi.
co one inure opportunity to atone for the
past, before we take redress into our own
hands. To avoid all misconception on the
part of Mexico,as well as to protect our own
national character from reproach, these op
portunities should be given, with the avow
ed design and full preparation to take imme
dirge satisfaction if it should not he obtained'
on a repetition of the demand for it. To this
end I recommend that an act be passed au-
thorising reprisals, and the use of the naval
force of the United States by the Executive
against Mexico,to enforce them,tn the event
of a refusal by the Mexican Government to
come to an amicable adjustment of the mat
ters in controversy between us, upon anoth
er demand thereof made from on hoard one
of oar vessels of war on the coast of Mexico.
The documents herewith transmitted,
with those accompanying my message in
answer to a call of the House of Represen
tatives of the P?th ult. will enable Congress
to judge of the propriety of the course here
tofore pursued, and to decide upon the ne
cessity of that now recommended.
If these views should fail to meet the con
currence or con, , ses.,and that body be able
to find in the condition (tithe affairs between
the two countries, as disclosed by the se
companyine documents, with those referred
to, any well grounded reasons to hope that
an adjustment of the controversy between
them can be effected without a re,ori t o the
measures I have felt it my duty to recom
mend, they may be assured of my co-opera
tion in any other course that shall be deem
ed honorable and proper.
ANDREW JACKSON.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 6, 1937.
Onr causes of complaint against Mexico ore as
follows:
Outrageous conduct of the authorities at
Tobasco, toward Mr. Coleman, our consul
there, and the officers, crew and cargo of
the schooner Mexican, wrecked there.
An oppressive proceeding against Dr.
Baldwin, a citizen of the United States, by
the alcalde of Menstellan in the colony of
Guazeualeo.
The case of the schooner Topaz.of Maine,
the master and mate of which were murder
ed, by Mexican soldiers, the crew imprison•
ed and the vessel seized and converted to
the Mexican service.
The seizure of the American schooner
Brazoria, and her forcible employ in the
Mexican service, on which she was render
ed unseaworthy and abandoned.
The seizure at Tobasco of the steamboat
Hedalga, schooner Constellation and brig
John.
The imprisonment at Tabasco of Captain
M. Ceiffe, of the schooner Industry.
The firing into the American brig Para
gon, by the. Mexican armed schooner Tam
pico.
The seizure and condemnation of Vie- brig
Ophit, of New York, at Cainiieachy. ' '
The seizure of the schooner Martha, at
Galveston, and the confinement and ill treat
ment of the passengers:
The seizure of the schooner Hannah and
Elizabeth, of New Orleans, and the barber.
ous treatment of master, crow, and passes•
gem.
The illtreatment -of William Hallett and
Salmon Hall, citizens of the U. S. at Meta
-1 moms.
The fine and detention of Mr. Slocum at
the city of Mexico for carrying public des-
patches to this Government.
The detention of the schooner Eclipse
andill treatment of her master and crew at
Tabasco.
The detention of the schooner Compeer
and other merchant vessels at illetamoras.
Other outrages and indignities are., also com
plained of.
The President and Mr. Calhoun.
the United States Senate, on the 9th inst
the subjoined extraordinary letter was sent to the
Secretary by Mr. CALHOUN, having been received
by him from the President of the United States,
calling Mr. Calhoun to account for words spoken
in debate! The coarseness, vulgarity and impu
dence of the proceeding, is without a parallel.
Letter to 4,71 r. Calhoun.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 7th, 1837.
Sir,—ln the Globe of the 6th inst, I find
the report of a speech made by you on the
4th upon the land bill, which contains the
following passages, viz.
"Was it not notorious that the President
of the United States himself had been con
nected with - the purchase of the public lands?
Yes, the "experiment" (Mr. Calhoun de.
lighted in the word) was the cause of spec
ulation in public lands; and if the bill should
not be passed ; speculations could not go on,
and the price of the public lands must eon•
sequently be reduced. He contended that
every man could not but see that it would
be utter ruin-to those who had borrowed
money to speculate in lands, if the system
was not to go on." In a former part of
your speech, as reported, you say: "The
speculation which a particular state of things
had given rise to, had been produced by
those in power. They had profited by that
state of things; and should,this bill be passed,
it would noly consummate their wishes," &c.
dtc &c.
Knowing the liabilities of reporters to err
in taking down and writing out the speech
es of members of Congress, I have made
enquiry in relation to the accuracy of this
report, and have been furnished with certi
ficates of - gentlemen who heard you; affirm=
ing that it is substantially correct.
You cannot but be aware, sir, that the
imputations which-your language convey
are calculated, if believed, to destroy my
character as a man, and that the charge is
one which, if true, ought to produce my im
peachment as a public officer. If I caused
the removal of the deposites for the base
purpose of enriching myself or my friends
by any of the results which may grow out
of that measure, there is no term of reproach
which I' do not deserve, and no punishment
known to the laws which ought not to be ia;
flicted upon me. On the contrary, if the
whole imputation, both as to motive and
fact, be a fabrication and a calumny, the
punishment which belongs to me, if guilty,
is too mild for him who wilfully makes it. .
1 am aware, sir, of the constitutional
privilege under which this imputation is
cast, forth, and the immunity which it se
cures. That privilege it if: no degree my
purpose to violate, however gross and wick
ed may have been the abuse of it. But I
exercise only the common right of every
citizen, when I inform you, that the impu
tations you have cast upon me are filse in
every particular, not having for the last ten
years purchased any public land, or had any
interest in such purchase. The• whole
charge, unless explained, must be consider
ed the offspring of a morbid imagination or
of sleepless malice.
1 ask you, as an act due to justice, honour
and truth, to retract this charge on the floor
of the Senate, in as public a manner as it has
been uttered—it being the most appropriate
mode by which you can repair the 'Rimy
which might otherwise flow from it.
But in the event that you fail to do so, 1
then demand that you place your charge be
fore the [louse of Representatives, that they
may institute the necessary proceeding to
ascertain the truth or falsehood of your im•
putation, with a view to such further mea
sures as justice may require.
If you will neither do justice yourself,nor
place the matter in a position where justice
may be done me by the representatives of
the people, I shall be compelled to resort to
the only remedy left me, and, before I leave
tha city, give publicity to this letter , by
which you will stand stigmatized as one
who.pi otocted by his consti tut ional privilege,
is ready to stab the reputation of others,
without the magnanimity to do them justice,
or the honour to place them in a situation to
roceive it from others.
Yours, &c.
ANDREW JACKSON.
The Hon. J. C. CALitourr, U. States Senate
GENERAL NEWS OF THE WEEK
003131F.RCE OF N.FIW YoaK.—The value
of foreign imports into New York in 1836,
was 8119,000,000. In 1835, it was only
$'38,000,000. The increase, therefore, in
a single year, is $:30,000,000.
According to the report of the Secretary
of State, the number of seamen registered
in the United States in 1836 was, natives,
5443; naturalized 93:—total, 5536.
A petition signed by more than 1400
hundred citizens of Pittsburgh, Pa. has
been presented to the legislature, in favor
of ameliorating tire condition of children
employed in manufacturing establishments.
A Fourth ofJuly orator, wished to speak
very figuratively of the Pilgrim Fathers.—
lie therefore shouted, "They took their
statTh in their hands, and set out on their
journey across the boundless ocean."
The Cincinunti Post of 27th ult. says,
"There are not less than one hundred thou•
sand barrels of flour in the towns upon the
Oha4 river, from Pittsburgh , to its mouth,
watinir a clear river and a good stage of
water to be sent to market."
A SPUNKY YANKEE Ginr..—A. Mrs. Ma
ry Hillman, of Martha's Vineyard, has pe
titioned Congress for some gratuity in her
old age, for the following service: She
states that when about 15 years of age, in
1776, residing at Martha's Vineyard, a
British cruiser came in, and Wanting a spar,
managed to buy the only one to be had,
which was then erected as a Liberty pole;
that herself and two other girls, on the night
previous to its intended removal, bored holes
in the pole, filled them with gunpowder, and
applying fire, split the pole to pieces, so that
it - was rendered useless to. the enemy. Poor,
and now 76, she asks for some small com
pensation for an act which she considers
equal to taking a stand of colours from an
invading enemy. The petition was refer
red.
A NORLE DONATION.-G. C. Delavan,
Esq. of tbany, has made a donation to the
Temperance Society of ten thousand dol
lars.
Deacon John Whitman, of East Bridge.
water, is supposed to be the oldest man in
Massachusetts. He will be 102 years of
age next month.
DArrox . ,(Ouro.)—A statement prepared
with some care, with a view to its use as a
basis for legislative action, setting forth the
trade, commerce, manufactories and husi
uess facilities of Dayton, is now lying before
us. That flourishing town is going ahead,
and extending its trade, domestic manufac•
tories, and "fair business transactions" in
fine style. It appears from this exhibit,
that there are now in Dayton 29 mechanics'
shops; 9 manufactories; 21 grocery and
produce stores; 22 dry goods stores; with
various other establishments, to the number
of 55—the whole employing a capital of
$BBB,OOll. In addition towhich, it may be
stated that there is at this time an opening
for the investment of capital, in manufacto.
ries by water power, now contemplated, to
the amount of 81,760',000. An extensive
carpet factory was erected in the vicinity
during the past year which is now in suc
cessful operation, and is likely to furnish a
"home market" for upwards of 100,000
pounds of wool per annum. The county of
Montgomery, in which Dayton is situated,
also abounds in manufactories of various
kinds—there being within its limits 52 grist
mills;: 72 distilleries; 30 tanneries;. 7 oil
mills; 12 fulling mills; and 4 cotton factories.
The town of Dayton now numbers upwards
of 5000 inhabitants—and there were eighty
buildings erected, within its limits, during
the past year.—Bali. Pat.
NOBLII cluarry.—We published a few
days since the case of a lanlord of Bangor,
Maine,in which he refused to take any rent,
from hts poor tenant, during this inclement
season of winter. It appears however, that
'dub elements of humanity, are shll inactive
and benevolent exercise in that favored place,
as will be seen from the following account
which we republish from the Bangor Whig:
A gentleman of this city, a few days since, sent
a load of wood to a d,btur of his, but who Was sick
and destitute. Although the man had relattona
around him, who were able, no one offered to help
him, or even to saw the wood. The donor was
informed of the fact. and immediately wont and
sawed, and placed the wood in the house of the
poor man.
This is highly pratseworthy and proves,
that the man, whose name ought to have
been published, has a soul above the com•
mon herd of hard. hearted creditors,who sel
dom care, what amount of distress they
create, so that they only get, whist they call
their own.—N. Y. T'ranscripl.
EDUCATION.—Tho way they do things
in Boston. By the reports of public schools
in Massachusetts, it appears that ALE. the
boys in the city of Boston,' between the age
of 4 and 18, are in attendance at public or
private schools, excepting 33. The whole
number is estimated at 16,880.
BOOK COMPAIiir.-It affirds us the sin-
cerest gratification to announce to our rea
ders that the Legislature of this State has
paused an act incorporating the Book Coin.
riny. This will occasion feelings of joy in
many hearts, and inspire our friends with
renewed zeal in this excellent enterprise.—
All difficulties in the way of its successful
accomplishment are now happily removed,
and the Executive Committee are determin
ed to prosecute the matter with energy.—
We hope that all those brethren who have
herd- back in consequence of the want of a
charter will now generously come forward
and subscribe for stock. They now have a
good opportunity of exhibiting the sincerity
of their pi ofessed attachment to the under
taking. It is .expeczed also, that ill those
subscribers who have not yet paid their in
stalments from an apprehended failure of
our application to the Legislature, will now
cheerfully comply with the conditions.
The agents also are pa ticularly.request.
ed to collect and send to the Treasurer all
the instalments due within their several dis.
tricts. The charter is us ample as could
have been expected and affords us every
facility for conducting the business on a
scale commensurate with the wants of the
church. it is desirable that active opera
tions he commenced forthwith and therefore
all brethren feeling disposed to purchase
stock are requested to announce it irainedi•
at ely. —L uthera n Observer
TUE EXPUNGED RESOLUTION.
The following resolution was passed by the
Sens:to of the Unite Al Stales on the 28th day of
March, l 834:
Resolved, That the President, in the late Exe
cutive Proceedings in relation to the Public Reve
nue, has assumed upon himself Authority and
Power not conferred by the Constitution and
Laws, but in deregationQf both—Originally pas
sed. Yeas 26. Nays 20.
The Senators who voted for this resolution
were
8188, PORTER,
BLACK. PREN lISS,
CALHOUN,
CLAY, ROBBINS,
CLAYTON, SILSBEE,
EWING, SMITH,
FRF.LING HUYSEN, SOUTHARD,
KENT, SPRAGUE,
KNIGHT, SWIFT,
LEIGH, TOMLINSON,
MANG UM, TYLER,
NA CHAIN, WAGGA MAN,
POINDEXTER, WEBSTER-26.
Those who voted for r‘expunging" the above
resolution are inclosed within the following black
lines:
List of the Black Knights :
JOHN RUGGLES, Maine.
JUDAH DANA, Do.
HENRY HUI3BARD4 N.Hatnpshire
JOHN PAGE, Do.
JOHN M. NILES, Connecticut
SILAS WRIGHT, New York
N. P. TALLMADGE, Do.
GARRET D. WALL, New Jersey.
James Buchanan, Penn'a.
WILLIAM C. RIVES, Virginia.
BEDFORD BROWN, N.Carolina
ROBERT STRANGE, Do.
THOMAS MORRIS. Ohio.
FELIX GRUNDY, Tennessee
R. C: NICHOLAS, Louisiana.
JOHN TIPTON, Indiana.
ROBERT .1 WALKER, Mississippi.
JOHN M. ROBINSON, Illinois.
WILLIAM L. D. EWING, Do.
WILLIAM R. KING, Alabama.
THOMAS H. BENTON, Missouri.
LEWIS F. LINN, Do.
AMBROSE H. SEVIER,
ROBERT FULTON, Do.
EXPUNGING PEN.
We would respectfully suggest that the
particular goose which had the honor of al
lowing that quill to sprout upon its pinion
should be sought nut; that Mr. Audubon be
employed to embalm the precious bird; and
that its be placed over the chair of the Presi
dent of the Senate, with a scroll from its bill
bearing the following inscription:
tam the goose
That bore the wing,
That furnished the quill,
That was used for the pen.
That shed the ink,
In lines so black,
Around the page,"
That recorded the deed,
Of Andrew the First,
Iu breaking the law,
About the cub,
That was placed in the Bank,
That Biddle had.
To which, when the next Vice President
takes his seat, might be added underneath—
" There swims no goose an gray. but Soon or late,
Will find some silly gander for a mate."
THEMURS; CIRCULAH.—This celebrated
Circular:was repealed in the Seanate of the
United States on Friday week last, by .a
vote of 41 to S. This decisive vote anni
hilates Mr. Benton and his theory of an E.
chmive Metallic Curtency. Mr. Van Bur
ren won't go that—the reign of Experiments
is happily at an end.
Both the Senators from Pennsylvania—
Buchanan and McKean voted for the repeal
of the Treasury Order, and gar Mr. Clay's
proposition that
"It is not lawful for the Secretary or the
Treasury to make any discrimination in the
funds receivable as Public Revenue."— Car
lisle Republican.
For the Gettyaburgh Star if Republican Banner.
Ma. Enrron--Since the lipttfonnance of Ben
ton's expunging farce, in the Senate Chamber of
the United States—that joint production of a po
litical madman and the fawning sycophants of an
imbecile old dotard, for the gratification of whose
childish imbecility it was enacted—much incori
vtnience has been experienced in this hitherto or
der loving and peaceful region, in consequence of
the great avidity of a portion of our inhabitants to
imitate in his work of darkness and destruction,
I th e Prince of the Order of Black Knights in his
career of madness. "Expunge," has become the
order of the day! "Expunge," is the watchword
of the hoary headed veteran and the little playful
urchin! Go where you will, nothing but objects
surrounded by offensive black lines, meet your
eye; whilst the air is rent with the never-ceasing
roar of that odious word "Expunge!"
Is there n meeting held on some public occasion,
however important its character, nothing is more
certain than to see the proceedings surrounded by
black lines on the ensuing morning, with these
words. "expunged by order of the
It is rumoured, that the great Expunger con
templates visiting this region on his return home
for the purpose of witnessing the evils ho has been
the instigator of, as well as testifying personally
his approbation of the conduct of his faithful friends
in the cause of . expungn-a-ation here.
Great preparations are in progress for the re
ception of the Sable Knight. The young expun
gers will appear in uniform on the occasion, each
in his best white bib, surrounded with a black bor
der, being emblematical, with the word "Constitu
tion" written within, but so mutilated with black
lines as to he almost illegible. Those hopeful
scions of faithful progenitor.,will meet in a
form a procession, each being armed with a pop.:
gun, and march to meet their chief, fire three
rounds of bombast, and repeat at the top of their
voices an distinctly as their lisping organs will ad
init, "expunge," "expunge," "expunge!" This
ceremony over, they will escort the Knight of the
Black Lines to the place of starting, playing the
Rogue's March'
Being arrived, the expunger will Mixer an ad
dress upon the beauties of expongation, and give
a specim, n of the black art. The next business
in order, will be the nomination, by the host of
little black knights, of the Great T. Humbug B.
Benton, for the Presidency. After which, to assert
his ptriotism and disinterestedness, (as upon a
former occasion,) he will harangue the enraptured
audience to this effect:
~ M y worthy co-labourers in the glorious cause
of expunge and the destruction of the Constitu
tion! All this sacrifice of honor and the constitu
tion, I view as the proudest act of my dishonorable
life; and should even more yet be required•to effect
more fully the subversion of Republican Liberty, ,
in me you will ever find a willing instrument.—
only reward I ask for my labour, when the
great fabric of constitutional government shall bo
destroyed, is, that you will declare me the. First
Monarch, that I may first occupy a scat upon that
throne which I have been chiefly instrumental in
erecting upon the pillars of the Constitution, the
work of WASHINGTON, MADISON and many other
enthusiasts, upon whorrteo much unmerited praise
has been lavished! "
The scene closes, by shouting and rending the
air with .4Long live Thomas Humbug Bombastic
Beaton.'" No Expunger. ~
From the Frederick Herald of Feb. it
ELECTION OF PRESIDENT AND VICE
PRESIDENT.
On Wednesday last, the votes were counted in
the presence of both Hotries of Congress, and the
following was announeed , by the Speaker, as the
result.—
FOR PRESIDENT DT THE U. STATES
For Martin Van Buren of Ark
lithe votes cf Michigan be counted /70
11 the votes of Michigan be not counted 167
For William Henry Harrison. of Ohio . 73
For Hugh Lawson White, of Tennessee 36
For Daniel Webster, of Massachusetts 14
For Willie P. Mangum, of North Carolina II
The president of the Senate then announced
tho votes for Vice President of the United States.
as reported by the tellers, as follows:
For R. M. Johnsoh of Kentucky, .
If the votes of Michigan be countedi 147
If the votes of Michigan be not counted, 144
For Francis Granger of Now York, 77
For John Tyler of Virginia 47
For William Smith of Ala bama,.23
The President of the Senate then announced
that no election of Vice President had been made,
and that R. M. Johnson and Francis Granger were
the highest on the return. •
Afterwards the Senate proceeded to elect a Vice
President, when Richard M. Johnson, received 33
votes and Francis Granger 16. Whereupon, R.
M. Johnson was declared duly elected as Vice
President of the United States,
HARRISON AND •A rcri—M ASONRY.,-W0
hope we may be porniitted to draw some 7!
distinction between the principles of Anti-
Masonry and General Harrison, without `1
being considered inimical to, or prejudiced
against the hero of Tippecanoe. We re
gret that in some partalof the State the very .
pioneers of our cause seem. to have almest
forgotten the devoted . sentiments they once
uttered, and to have linked themselves right
or wrong, to the military car of the aged
warrior. Why is it? Is the mantle of
the prophet to fall, and do they wait to be
eovered by-itl - We fear their waiting will
be profitless. We wish to see the party
known by its party name--by the name
which has drawn thousands beneath its
standard—the name of Anti-Masonry. We
have no desire to have that name merged irk
Harrisonism, nor in the name of fitly other
man.
The measures of our excellent governor
have rendered his admibistration popular,
and our friends in other states. rejoice at
our prosperity; and the reason is, that Go,
vernor Ritner has firmly adhered to the
sentiments of Joseph Ritner. Ilia Anti,
Masonry cannot be qneetioned„and eien
enemies give him credit for preserving his.
own opinions, against every attack made. ,
upon them. Under these principles- we.
have triumphed, and can conquer agaim,
but suffer them to be extinguished, and
nothing but defeat after defeat avant; the
party.
We call upon the State Commiltee to
take this matter in band before it in too
late;,to call a convention imrnediateky„ and
before the people are committed for; any
one. 11 that convention make a amine.'
Lion, it will at least have the name of Anti , .
Masonry, and under it we may safely act.
But at present, there is too much diversity
of opinion in ourranks to permit a thought
of success.
We would suggest to thriold tried Anti 4'
Mosul's, the necetsity- of having an eye to
the conduct of n recruits in the party.--
These may mean well,but enthusiasm some.
times carries theta beyond discretion. We
acknOw:edge the worth, patriotism, and
p o p u larity of General. Harrison, but white
we do so, we conceive no reason that the
Anli•Masons should call themselves Harri
son men. If he should be selected as the
Anti Masonic candidate, let him he sup.
ported as such, but no success can attend
a Harrison party, or any other man's par
ty.--[Philadelphia Commonwealth.
clt would seem from the subjoined paragraph,
from,the Lancaster Union, that the most inveterate
opponent of the present State Administration is a
Defaulter—is now owing the State $2,912 21!
DEFA ULTE RS TO THE STATE.—The Penn •
sylvania Telegraph of Tuesday last, pub
lishes a list of persons, who held office under
the administration of Gov. Wolf, and who
were defaulter.: to the State, on the first of
November last, in the nggregato sum of
7 hirty.three thousand seven hundred and
fortJ•scven dollars five cents! The list
comprises sixteen Collectors, among whom
we notice the name of Thomas S. Smith,
of Columbia, debited with 84,903,25,—ten
Supervisors, four Superintendents, one Su
perintendent's Secretary, and one Commis
sioner's Clerk. Win. F. Packer, one of
the defaulting Supervisors, to the amount of
82,912,21 is now one of the editors of the
"democratic" Keystone of Harrisburgh!
...,_..,, • eilm•••
LA'rk FRO3I EUROPE.—The Queen of
Spain has issued a proclamation recognising
the independence of the South American
Republics.
A snow storm of unprecedented violence
commenced in England on Christmas night,
and continued for some days without inter
mission, causing an interruption very unu
sual in that country, to the means of com
munication between the provinces and the
capital. We are sorry to add, that during
the same period, a great number of ship
wrecks occurred on the coast, and in some
instances were attended with a melancholy
loss of life.
The Legislative Chambers of France
have commenced their session. The King
had scarce delivered his speech on the oc
casion, when his life was again assailed by
the hand ofan assassin, which he again es
caped!
Slight reference is made in the King's
speech, to the happy justment of the diffi
culties which had arisen between this Union
and France. We conclude, from the allu
sion, made in it to the stale of Spain, that
the French Government in determined not
to interfere in the contests between parties
in that distracted country.
The present French Ministry, from what
has already occurred in the Chambers, seem
to be seated with some firmness in their
places. Marshal Sault, it is said, will again
come into Aim M. fliers has taken his
seat on the cote gauche, and it is expected
will be worm in his opposition to them, par
ticularly on the ground of their non-inter
ference in the affairs of Spaia.
The inundations in Paris had subsided,
and the inhabitants whose cellars had been
filled with wateroverci busy in clearing them
out. The Amerian and English residents
in Paris had held a meeting for the purpose
of congratulating the King of his escape
from this renewed attempt on his life.
In Spain, Gomea has 'returned with his
forces to the nothern provinces, without hav
ing met with any serious check. Bilboa
still holds out, though closely besieged by
the Carlists.—Phi/. Ing.
—. O e ......_
important from Mexico.
oi-Intelligence from Vera Cruz has been receiv
ed, from which it appears that the news of the
liberation of Santa Anna caused , great rejoicing
throughout Mexico—orders were immediately is
sued by the supreme Government . to "receive his
Excellency, in the event of his landing at Vera
Cruz, with all the honor due to him as President
of the Republic." It was expected that he would
arrive at Vera Cruz about the middle of this month,
and immediately re-appointed to the Presidency.
--•e+to:...--
jsn the House, various petitions have been
presented from Adams and other counties, praying
for the repeal of the $6.33 law.
0:14 bill providing for the election of a member
to the Convention to amend the Constitution to
fill the vacancy occasioned by the death of Mr.
Caldwell, has passed the Legislature and received
the signature of the governor.
DIED.
At Harpers-Ferry. Va. on the Gth inst. Mrs.
SAnAn PATTON MIDDLETON,TOIia Of Mr. Robert
F. Middleton, aged about 7G years.
On the Bth inst. Mr. Jscon MErrnss, of Me
nation township, in thos9lhyear of his age;
REILIGIOTIS NOTICES.
o.On Sunday morning next, at half past 10
o'clock, a discourse will be delivered by the Rev.
Dr. SCHMUCKER, in the English Lutheran
Church, on the proper nature of Christian Union
and the manner in which it was preserved between
the Apostolic . Churches. o:.Christians of all do
nominations are invited to attend.
There will also be preaching in the evening
ca-There will also be preaching on Sunday
next in the Methodist church, & in Mr. M'Leanls
ADAMS 'COUNTY LYCEUM.
A VEETING of the "ADAMS COUNTY
.4111. LYCEUM" will 'tie held in the Court-
Woe, in the Borough of Gettysburgh, on •
Tuesday Evening, IFleb. 21,
at half past 6 o'clodt
LECTURE will bo delivered by a member.
oz 7. All persons desirous of promoting the ob_
jects of the association, arc invited to attend,
become members and participate in the exercises
,of she meeting.
R. W, MIDDLETON, See'ryl
February 20, 1837, •
coA oin tIG 0 0 Ira IBD S
ATTRNTION!
lgrou will meet at the house of Mr. Tim,
4111 - mina,in sight of Oxford for parade
an the 22 d of Februtolt inst. at 10 o'clock
4. M. each member provided with 10 rounds
of blank cartridges, and properly armed and
quipt for drill.
SicKINNEY, 0
STA '1& REPUBLICAN BANNER.
BY ROBERT W. MIDDLETON.
GETTYSBURGH, PA.
alotulay, February 20, 1837.
Ck!) - The Wagin price of Flour in Balti-
more-810 50.
TO CORRESPONDENTS.
cc7,Several errors occurred in the excellent let
ter of our Harrisburgh correspondent published
last week. During our absence, it was handed to
a friend to read, who poiuted out the errors, but
they were overlooked by those in the office.
C. K. will be given in our next.
Literary .7Votices.
SF,LECT MEDICAL Lir ans.n.Y.—Number Four of
this valuable Journal has been received. The pa
pers composing this No. are of superior character
—among them are “Littell on Diseases ofthe Eye;"
"Consumption;" "Treatment and Pathology of
Dropsey;" "Continental Practice;" &c. The Li
brary is Edited by Jour( DILL, M. D., Lecturer
on the Institutes and Medical Jurisprudence, &c.
and published monthly by Hartwell, Barrington
4 Co., Philadelphia, at $lO per annum.
Tit E K sm. KERHOC E n.—ln another column will
be found the . .contents" of this periodical for Feb
ruary. On our first page will be found an article
extracted from it in reference to Mrs. SwOURNETN
"Letters to Young Ladies." The poetical effusion
on the same page should have also been credited
to the Knickerbocker. The present number is
equal to its predecessors.
Lrrecti.'s Mcsattra.—The January number of
this journal has just come to hand. The "con
tents," it will be seen, especially those articles en
titled "House of Peers," "State of Education in
France" and the "History of a Radical," promise
to the reader much interesting information.
.44..„50i0
BOOK.—This highly interesting work
increases in value since it has been placed under
the direction of Mrs. HALE. The greater portion
of the February number is composed of excellent
original. articles, from the Editor, (Mrs. Hale,)
Miss Gooch, Mrs. Sigourney, Mr. Burton and
others. It is also embellished with a likeness of
Miss LAIVDONT, one of the sweetest writers of the
present day.
,The Philadelphia “National Enquirer" has
not been received at this office for the last two
weeks. Has friend Lamy cut the Star!
Several articles appear in our columns to
any which were omitted in our last, owing to our
absence from the State.
Teachers Wanted.
co-Situations are offered to persona to take
charge of SLY SCHOOLS in a healthy part of Vir
ginia. About $3OO per annum will be given to
each. Enquire of the Editor of the Star.
Union Inn, Frederick.
e f Persons visiting Frederick will find com
fortable quarters at this house, kept by Mr. WIL
LIAM COOKERLT. It will also be found a con
venient part of the city to exhibit Carriages for
sale.
sinniversary Celebration.
13. The Philomathinan Society of Pennsylva
nia - College celebrated ita Ruth anniversary in
Christ Church on Friday evening last. There
were two addresses delivered on the occasion—
the first'by Mr. J. ScuocK, of Mechanichsburgh,
Cumberland County, and the other by DANIEL M.
Ssrrsxn, Esq. of this place. Mr. Schoch acquit..
ted himself very• well. The Address of Mr. Smy
ser was excellent—highly creditable to his talents
and acquirements. We hope it will be published.
The exercises were enlivened by several pieces of
Music by members of the Citizens' and College
Bands.
The Laws in German.
0: -The act recently passed by our Legislature
providing. for the publication of the Pamphlet
Laws in the German language, authorizes the
Treasurer of each county in the State to receive
subscriptions for the same. Those of our Gorman
citizensdesirousof procuring copies, would do well
to leave their names with Dr. J assn Grzusztv pro
vious to the 12th of March next.
pi-Would it not become Mr. rm./a, of the Her
rishurgh Telegraph, to mix a little more of the
"milk of human kindness" in his denunciations of
those who happen to differ with hiral We de.
sire to hold communion with none who have apos
tatized from the principles of our party. We do
not hold that to refuse to support men, instead of
principles, is apostasy. If we did, we had a fair
opportunity at one time of berating the "lack of
discretion" by the immaculate Editor of the Tele
graph. We an always willing to go reasonable
lengths to rescue old and tried friends. Our vessel
has been saved from wrecking, and we aro still
willing to throw the rope to those who are yet
tossing upon the billows of the storm. Heaven
forbid that we should withhold from them a helping
hand. Ws suggest the same course to the Editor
ogthe Telegraph.
pA duel was fought in the early part of last
week near Washington City, between WILLIAM
Seater, Esq. of the Senate of Maryland, and
WILLIAM Cosr 'MINATO:I, Esq. late a member
of Congress from Frederick county, Md. After
peppering each others' legs, the parties became re
conciles!! How disgraceful to see such highmin
ded, intelligent men as Messrs. Schley and John
ston forgetting the respect they owe to their God,
their Country and their Families, and yielding to
the demands of false honor! Instead of winning
honor by their conduct, they have drawn upon
them the ridicule and censure of the wise and good
dal' parties..
Just Remarks.
(10- We cut the following froman excellent ar
ticle in the Lancaster.E,xaminer dr. Heratd." The
justness of the remarks cannot but strike every
reader. Hit was right to permit the Agent of the
Colonization Society to occupy the Hall, it certain
ly could not have been wrong to have permitted
«a use to the Agents of the Anti-Slavery Society.
It is known, we presume, to most of our
readers that thq friends of abolition assem•
bled in Convention at Harrisburgh, for the
purpose of forming a State Anti• Slavery
Society, on the .31st ultimo. On the Ist
inst. a respectful application was made to the
House of Representative's for the use of their
Hall, on that and the succeeding evening,
for the purpose oftecturing on Abolition.—
Thw gave rise to a most violent del:mite, and
the use of the Hall was dewed them by a
vote of 54 to 27. •
We are at a toss to account for this sin-
iular decision. But a few days' previous,
the Hall had been granted to Mr. Elliott
Cresson, who occupied it for two successive
evenings in lectures on Colonization, and we
can see no valid reason why it should be
denied to those who were the friends of Abo.
lition. It is admitted on all hands that the
Abolition Convention contained a number
of the most respectable and deserving men
of the State; many, ifnot a majority of them
being members of the Society of Friends—
than whom a more honest and upright set
of men exists no where, and their right, as
citizens and tax-payers of the Common.
wealth, to the use of the Hall of the people,
was fully equal to that ofthe ColOnizationists.
The conduct of the House of Representa
tives in excluding them from the use of the
Hall, wns unjust, illiberal and tyrannical in
the extreme, and should receive the condem
nation of every friend of freedom of thought
and speech. It is conduct that cannot be
justified under any pretence whatever. We
have in fact seen no justifiention attempted,
except the miserable apology offered in a
paper edited at the seat of government by a
son of New England, who hns, we fear, in
this instance as in several others sacrificed
his own honest convictions of right and
wrong, in order to accomplish selfish and
unworthy purposes. We rejoice that no
son of Pennsylvania has been found to ap
prove of this attack upon the dearest and
must inestimable right of freemen.—Lan.
cuater Examiner.
Democratic Merald---Conicress.
0:1 -We have received several Nos. of the "Dem
ocratic Herald" of Philadelphia since it has been
converted into a tri-weekly publication. It is of
the largest size, is printed at $5 per annum, and
we believe we risk nothing in .saying that it is
decidedly the most valuable, independent paper of
"the party." Mr. To vv:v is the Publisher.
From a Into letter of its Washington correspon
dent we cut the following paragraph. WHITNEY,
it will be recollected, refused to testify, and that
ho is now in the custody of the House to answer
for a contempt of its Committee:—
" WASHIN GTON, Feb, 13,
"WHITNEY is in custody. W hat pun
ishment he ought to receive, and what he
will receive are different questions. If isola
ted from Government and Banks, he would
be consigned to a Penitentiary. But now
he may be glorified as a Patriot, or can
onised as a Demi God! Oh! my country
how art thou fallen!—Would to heaven that
Mr. JefFlrson had lived to see the c ombina
tion of Deposite Banks, the Public Treasury,
and Land Speculations!— What would he
then have said of a Surplus Revenue—At
present you must look for nothing from
CONGRESS, which is corrupt to the core
as it respects a majority, against these de-
vouring abuses of these degenerate times."
(cy-From the following paragraph, from the Har
risburgh Telegraph, it will he seen that our Solons
have net been altogether idle this winter—having
passed no less than THIRTEEN BILLS! A pret
ty good' winter's work for only $40,000 of the Peo
ples money!
SPEEDY LEGISLATION.-Mr. English, a
member of the committee appointed to com
pare hills and present them to the Gover
nor, declared on the floor of the House on
Saturday, that the Legislature had passed
thirteen bills, including resolutions. This
would make about one bill a week, not ex
ceeding two mes e since they have ben in
session. This unprecedented SPEED in
Legislation is the most irrefutable evidence
of the capacity, talents and business habits
of the House. It is an evidence that can
not be mistaken by the people abroad any
more than it is by those who visit here.
PROM EUIRRISBURGE.
Adjournmene at the Legislature! Senator
McKee:ea Letter: Union of Rail Road
Companies! Sc. Sc.
Correspondence of the Gettylibtirgh Star.
HARRISBURGH, Feb. 16th, 1837.
In consequence of the multiplicity of my en
gagements during the last week I was prevented
from attending the sittings of the House as con
stantly as I could have wished, and I shall on that
account be compelled to give you but a short and
probable at beat but an imperfect sketch of the
business transacted in either branch of the Legis
lature within that time. To witness the proceed
ings of the House of Representatives and after
wards to embody them in a letter for publication,
is far from being a pleasant task, (ol course you
will understand me as refering,only to this particu
lar House, the component parts of which you, as
well as your readers, are already well acquainted
with,) because when men evince so total a destitu
tion of independence of mind and action, as that
which is exhibited from day to day by the Masonic
members and their whippers-in of all the other
parties of the day, with the exception of the pure
and principled Anti-Masons, there can be no plea
sure afforded to the disinterested , observer of their
acts, in witnessing such complete degradation of
all those ennobling qualities which adorn the in
dependent man and the upright legislator, as is
presented by the majority of the present House—
and afterwards to be compelled to blazon those acts
and those deeds to the world at large. There is
something so painful to every high minded man
in contemplating the majority of the House, in
witnessing their servile attachment to the interests
of the Lodge, and in the unresisting obedience
which each one is ready to yield to any and every
order emanating from that sink of infamy and moral
corruption, that no one, I am well persuaded, who
regards the welfare and prosperity of his native
State, can derive any pleasurable feelings in record
ing proceedings which must be calculated to lesson
her irrthe estimation of all. who take an. interest in
her prosperity end independence, from foreign in
terference as well'as from secret oath bound associ
ations existing within her own limits. Do not let
the people be deceived with the assertions which
are continually made by the friends of the Lodge,
that Anti-Masonry has effected its object. No
such thing; we have as yet fallen far short of its
attainments, and we can only achieve it by unition
of all our strength.
Events hive been =dare still tmnspiring,which
serve most erlbctually in pointing out to us those
pretended friends who came into our ranks only
for the purpose of creating dissensions among and
dividing the real friends of Democratic Anti-Ma
sonry. You may have observed the proceedings
of a meeting held at C. Gleim's tavern in this place,
a few evenings since--the object of which appears
to be to sink the principles of Anti-Masonry in some
kind of maniant. Now it is but right and proper
that the people of Pennsylvania, at least the Anti-
Masonic portion of them, should he madiacquaint
ed with the number of gentlemen composing this
large and respertabk meeting': You must know
then that there was scarcel?'more thati was , suf
ficient to officer the same! It .was composed of
moire irrinvfnuszs! I will not call them citizens
of Pennsylvania, inasmuch as I believe ono of them
is a citizen of Massachusetts! These eight gen.
tlemen were the worthy H. K. Strong and his
brother, who is the gentleman alluded to as not
being a citizen of the State; David Krause, Wil
liam Kepner,, Daniel Kepner, George P. Heisley,
Dr. John Heisley and one other whose name is not
recollected. So that you will perceive that oven
here, when the proposition is made by a fow trai
tors to abandon distinctive Anti-Masonry, it meets
with but little success. These men are enemies to
our cause, and should be denounced universally.
A resolution from the Senate fora final adjourn.
ment of the Legislature was taken up and discuss
ed in the House on Monday: Greallseffits were
made to postpone it, but the radical and popu
larity seeking members went for its consideration,
and after being amended so as to read the Fourth
of April, passed, and upon being sent back to Sen
ate waoconeurred in; so that this highly intellectu
al and intelligent body of Salon. will leave this
place on that day, provided always that the time
is not extended, as almost every member you speak
to seems inclined to think will be necessary to ena
ble them to get through the file of Dills continually
accumulating on their desks. Three days have
been consumed in debating this resolution; and it
may be, that when a proposition shall be made—
as it most undoubtedly will be—to eitcnd the time,
throe more will be wasted away; but the people
will Look to, and remember these things.
On the same day Senator McKz.tis's letter in
reply to the approbation resolutions on the subject
of the expunging process, created quite a conster
nation in the House. The Honorable Senator
declares himself opposed to the resolutions of Mr.
Br.x - roa, and said that if he had been in his seat,
as he was not, on account of indisposition, he
would have voted against their passage. The
reasons which he gives are good, and the paper
on the whole is a masterly production, which re
flects great credit on the author. When the Clerk
had concluded its perusal, Mr. WATTS moved that
3,000 copies in the English and 1500 . in the Ger
man language, be printed for distribution. After
one or two amendments were offered, Mr. Amu exs,
the Masonic tool for Daulphin County, made a
motion to postpone the whole subject indefinitely,
and that the House refuse to permit the letter of
Mr. MCKEAN to appear on the journal. This mo
tion was carried eventually, with but ono or two
exceptionii, by a party vote—all the sworn men
voting in the affirmative!
A Bill was taken up and considered in commit
tee of the whole in Senate, the object of which is
to consolidate the companies to make a Rail-rood
from York to Wrightsville on the. Susquehana,
and from York to Gettysburgh.
On Wednesday, the Harrisburgh and Sunbury
Rail-road Bill which had already created great
discussito, was again taken up, and was opposed
with gtat violence by some of the ultra men, but
on the - yeas and nays being called on its final
passage, the vote,was,.s . 3 yeas, and 32 nays. In
the afternoon., Mi'a.keirn-called for the second
reading of his. Teiris resolution's, halt the House
refused take them up by a vote of 17 in favor
to 52 against=---all the Masonic Van Buren men
voting in the negative, as did also the Whigs, with
perhaps one or two exceptions. A Bill providing
more effectually for the destruction of Wolves and
Panthers was also passed this day.
To (fay, the committee on Internal improve
ments and Inland Navigation reported the fa
moils. Improvement Bill, appropriating the whole
of tie' Surphat Revenue received by this State,
not only to the completion of old works, but to the
commencement of now ones! The citizens of the
State look for something better than this wastful
and unnecessary expenditure of the public money
at the hands of their representatives. If I mistake
not, they will look for a reduction of the public
debt, and other mutters equally important. The
rest 011ie day was spent in considering on second
reading the Bill incorporating the Pittsburgh
and Laughlinstown Rail-road Company, and on
which it adjourned at a late hour in the evening.
!o:
MARRIED.
On the sth inst. by the Rev. A. G. Deininger,
Mr. Joan . SPANGLER, of Abbottatown, to Miss
Corium:TA Mcrxrdiewr, of Berlin.
ADVERTISEMENTS.
TRUSTEES' SALE.
WILL POSITIVELY be sold at pub
lic sale, on Wednesday the 15th day
of March next, at 10 o'clock, A. as. on the
premises, the following real Estate ofTIOR.
ERT McILWAIN, Esq.—consisting of
.L. 711.111 A,
Situate in Huntington township, Adams
County, Pa. adjoining Jacob Fickes, Her
man Wierman and others—containing
403 acres,
MOM or less, PATENTED LAND•
THE OTHER THPROVEMEHTS ARE
TWO GOOD A
DWELLING
HOUSES - Ir 111
Two BARNS and Two TertArrr HOUS ES
and other necessary buildings.
The farm is a - first-rate grazing farm and
is situated within 21 miles or limestone,with
an abundance of Woodland.
The property will be sold together, or
in Two Farms of about 150 Acres each,
and the balance itr Lots to suit purchasers—
a Plot of the whole will be exhibited on the
day of sale, orcan be seen sooner by calling
on the Tenant.
—Azscp--
el Lot of Ground,
Situate in Hamilton township,adimniog An
drew Wllwain and others, containing 3
a, Acres, having erected thereon a
STILL -HOUSE.
The unclividedfifth part of 300
Acres,urith appurtenances,
Situate in Hamilton township, adjoining
George Himes and others.
VT Terms made -known on the day of
sale.
JAS. A. THOMPSON,
Trustees.
THOS. J. COOPER,
February 20, 1°37. .ot-47
1 , 400041 - );4 - •J1
THE"Mount Joy Temperance Society,"
wilt meet at Strasburgh School house,
ON SATURDAY NEXT, at two o'clock
P. M. The public generally are erection.
ately invited to attend.
PETER P. BERCAW, Seery.
' February 20, 1837.
PUBLIC SALES AND NOTICES.
PUBLIC . SALE.
THE subscriber will sell at public sale,
on Saturday the 11th of March next,
on the farm of Rev. Charles G. M'Lean.
2 Feather Beds and Bedding;
it Bureau; half dozen Chairs;
Ono Store and Pipe; Ono Table,Cupboard,
with a variety of kitchen furniture, Flax,
&c. Also Three Pigs.
Sale to commence at 12 o'clock M. when
the terms will bo made known by
ROBERT SAMSEN.
February 20, 1837. is*-47
TO PRINTERS.
T HE Subscribers offer for sale, the ma
terials on which the "Carlisle Expos
itor" was formerly printed. They consist of
TWO IP REOSAE% 9
one of which is a cast iron "Smith," in ex
cellent order, and a "Ramage." There is a
great variety of TYPE connected with the
Establishment, sufficient to print a Newspa•
per of the largest class. The assortment of
JOB TYPE,
is the largest of any in the County.
In consequence of the union of the Her
ald and Expositor, these materials remain
on hand, and will be sold on accommodat
ing terms.
For further particulars apply (if by letter,
post paid) to
GEO. hi PHILIPS & CO.
Editors Herald & Expositor, Carlisle, Pa
February 20, 1837. •
C 0 -IL" AUT ERMILIP
AND
NEW GOODS.
GEORGE ARNOLD has taken into
partnership his Brother WlLLtAitt
and has just received from the City A LARGE
SUPPLY OF ir
- NEW GOODS )
which is now offered on the most pleasing
terms. The public are invited to call.
The business will be conducted in future
under the firm of .
GEORGE ARNOLD, & Co.
February 6,f131 1837. 4t-4e
411 NO Ili . I
Of Foreign Literature, Science and Art,
Is published monthly for E. Littell, No.
11 Bank street, Philadelphia, at Six Dollars
a year, in advance—Seven Dollars and a
half, if not in advance.
Contents of January Number, 1837.
Tho History of the Bucaniers.
Emblems.
The House of Poore.
State Education in Franco.
Rich's Residence in Koordietan.
Royal Geographical Society.
Geological Society.
On the Loss of Near Relatives.
The Baronet's Daughter.
The History of a Radical.
First Love; or, Constancy in the Nineteenth
Century.
Duchess Caroline of Wurtomberg.
Address of Condolence to the Orang Outang.
The Snow Storm.
Walsh's Residence at Constantinople.
The Pickwick Club.
Mexican Sketches, No. H.
The Balloon Expedition.
Note Book of a Solitary Thinker.
Old Measures.
February 20, 1837.
TILE ICATIONER 001CLIR,
MONTHLY Magazine, published by WI
LEY & LONG, 161 Broadway, New York,
at 65 per annum, in advance. It is one of the
moat valuable, as well as - interesting Periodicals
extant, and is certainly closer ving of patronage.
Coattails of February Number.
ORIGINAL PAPERS:
Au Eseay on Fine Writing: Bead before the 'Tug
culan Senate,' Supervisors of 'The Portico,'
Sleep: An Antique Fragment,
Queen Mary's Christening. By Robert Southey.
The Blunderer: being a few Passages in the Life
of a Short-sighted Man. By the author of 'The Ordi
nary Man,'
A Wine from the Past: by C. W. Everest, Esq.,
Wilson Conworth: (Number Two.)
Advice to a Lover: From the Scrap-book of a
Bachelor Rook-wean,
Superstitions of Burial.
Winter Lightning: by James Montgomery, (now
Ant published in America,)
Massaniello: A Historical Tale of Naples. By W.
A. Bryant,
Stanzas for Music: by Rev. Thomas Dale, A. M.,
England,
Napoleon Musing at St. Helena. By P. Hamilton
Myers, Esq.,
Leaves lion) the South-West and Cuba: or a few
Familiar Passages from the Journal of a Valetudina
rian. (Number Two )
The Place of Bones: An Indian Legend. By W.
H. C. Honmer, Esq.
Passages from the Diary of a late Connectient
School•mastcr. (Number One.)
The Beloved; Translated from the German. of
Goethe,
Sunrise in Greece; From the Unfinished Poem.—
By Miss H. L. Beasley, New-Jersey,
American Society. (Number Three.)
Consolations of Religion. (An Extract.) By James
G. Percival, Esq
John Jenkins; A Story from an Unfinished Volume,
The Portrait.
To the Eye of a Whale, accidentally discovered.
shrivelled and shrunken to a shapeleu mass b ur a king
unvisited drawer of a Cabinet.
Patriotism.
The Wreck of the Mexico.
The New Science of Pedology.
The Army of the Cross.
LITEDARY NOTICLII—North American Review,
Number Ninety-Four; A Letterfrom Dr. David M.
Reese, to A. Brigham, M. D.; Mrs. Si gourney's /Let
ten to Young Ladies; Pettibone on Locomotive En
gines upon Rail-ways; Doane ' s Bayle's Anatomy.
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alCopy-right Law; Parodies; The Drama; Benning
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LITERARY RZCORD:—Lights and Shadows of Chris
tian Life- ' Dolbear's Science of Penmanship; Select
Medical Library; &o. &c. &c. iko• Ste.
•
February 20, 1837.
NEW PAPER.
It is proposed to issue every SATURDAY
EVENING, in the city of New York, a weekly
paper of-the largest dimensions, in quarto form,
entitled
THE WORLD:
Literary, Poetical'. Fashionable, Dramatic,
Sporting, Musical, &e. &e. &.c.
The first number of which will be published on
Saturday Evening, January 21st 1837.
TERMS—SS • WAR.
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Advertisements inserted st the usual - rate.—
An addition of
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will be printed of the first number, as a PROS.
PECTUS, to be circulated throughout every per.
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Editor. plibliahiagtheaborwproepecturwtfbe
entitled to a free eachange:
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New York, Feb.Slo. 1637. 110 WMam Street.
PUBMK NOTICES, ;
DESIOC ATIC A N'Fl.lll l / 1 800110
COUNTY CONVENTION. " •
2rup HE Member' of the Democratic Antl.lllllis
g s _ i l s sonic party of Adams Comely, ark resp let.
fun,' requested to meet at their usual please or
holding Township Election s on saturstav the 114 X
of Morch-nest,then an 2 there to elect TWO DEL.
ELATES each to meet in County Conventlint
Monday the 13th of March ',mal e it the Coml.
House in Gettysburgh, for the purpose , of electing
Delegates equal "an numbs, to the Senators and
Representatives to which said County is entitled .
in the Legislature, to represent said County in the
Anti-Masonic State Convention that is•te *seems
blo at Harrisburgh, on the of May nest, pur.
scant to thn call of the State Committee.
The object of the proposed State Convention
being "to adopt measures for the prosperity of the
cause, and to produce that degree of concert us
the action of its friends, which is all that kneels
'ivy to ensure its complete triumph," it is of the
utmost Importance that Adams County which has
always been distinguished for seal and correct
principles, should be represented m that
It is therefore earnestly desired that all the Town.
ships will take the necessary steps to be represetly
tad In the proposed County Convention,
DANIEL M. SMYSER,
ROBERT SMITH, •
WILLIAM M'CLEAN,
, ALLEN ROBINETTE:,
R. MILIIENNY,
J. L. NEELY,
GEO. L. FAUSS,
M. D. G. PFEIFFER,
J. D. PAXTON.
County Committee.
February 13, 1837.
OZARK'S OLD MISTABLIMM
LUCKY OFFICE".. - ;- - '
N. W.. Corner of Baltimore and Calvert Sat
(Under the Museum.) S
Where have been bold Prizes! Privi /
Prizes!! ! in Dollars Milhons of
BALTIMORE CITY. MD.
N OTICE.Any person or peroons.thro' out the Union who may desire to 'try
their luck, either in the MarylansiAtate
Lotteries, or in authorized Lotterieg4Qth
er Statea,some one of which are dmwn":l7.
Tickets from ONE to - TEN DOLO:RS,
shares in proportion, are respectfigly re- .
quested to forward their orders by mail (Post,
Paid) or otherwise enclosing CASH or n 1 E'
TICKETS, which will be thankfully'reenired
and executed by return mail, with the same
prompt attention as if on personal appliCa-,
tion,and the result given when requested Ira
medialely after the drawings.
Please address,
JOHN CLARK,
N. W.Cor now of Baltimore and Calvert Straits,
under the Museum.
March 28. 1 A 36.
GA RLEGANT'S
BALSAM or HEALTH;
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Market House, Frederick, Md.
)1118 valuable Medicine Das
- arready acquired a celebrity
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Short a time ever arrived, and its
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yawl. previous to the above named time, which
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ly to throw it up. Seeing . Gsrlegant's
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day ofianuary, 1834.
HENRY LOUTH IN.
Frederick county, Ye.
Certificate of Nickolas Waver.
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Gettysburgh, Pa. Nov. 2, 1836. •
Certificate from the Rev. D. P. Scheer,.
Pastor of the . Lutheran Church.
-.loan S. Mit.usit(---Dear Sir.-,I deem it my
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