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01IITTYISBURGII. PENN.
MONDAY MORNING, MARCH 6, 1831.
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From the Harrisbargh Telegraph.
roice of idifsiti-alagossry.
At a large and respectable meeting of
Democratic Anti-Masonic citizens of Dau.
phin county, and of members of the Legis
latuie,and
A,ntt-Masonic citizens from many
of the counties of the state, held agreeably
to public notice, in Alter's Large Room,
on the evening of the 22d of February, the
following proceedings took place
- CHARLES 'OGLE, of Somerset, was
appointed President.
I v
Join TAYLO of Indiana, JAMES PAUL
a Montgomery, min G Komori. of Somer.
Bet, WALTER OL ER of Mercer, WILLIAM
RUTITERFoRD of ) Dauphin, GEOsoE W.
HARRIS of tiarrislhirgh, ANDREW GRAY!
DON Of liarrisburgfi, and ISAAC UPDEORovE
of Dauphin, Vice Presidents.
- Nathaniel P. Hobart, George Porti,jr.
Thomas C Family, and Thos. IL Bur.
roves, Secretaries.
On motion, a committee of twenty-one
was appointed toprepare resolutions expres•
sive of the sense of the meeting. The coin
snittee were
JAM Es TODD, of Philadelphia.
THABDEUS STEVENS, of,Adarns.
Moses SULLIVAN, of Butler.
THOMAS ELDER; of Dauphin.
SAmeet, Suocu, do.
THEOPHILUS FENN, do.
JACOB DUCE, do.
JOSEPH CHAMBERLAIN, of Cambria.
ConrißLles Cowes, of Lancaster.
JOIIN RAMIE, of Beaver.
ELIJAH BAnnirr, of Erie.
HENRY M. WATTS, of Allegheny.
JOSEPH. WALLACE, of Jr/within.
- JOSEPH HENDERSON, do.
WILLIAM M'CLURE, do.
FRANCIS likainss of Chester.
JAMES, WPONKEY 2 of York. .
JACOB ALTER, of Dauphin.
DAVID HUMMEL, jr. do.
HENRY PEFFER, do.
Roam? M. THOMPSON, do.
Who, after retiring for that purpose, re
ported the following resolutions, which, al
ter duo consideration were adopted, and
'ordered to be signed by the officers of the
meeting, and published;
1... Resolved, That the object which the
Democratic Anti-Masonic party have in
view, is the preservation of .our Republican
institutions, and the Supremacy of the
LBWS 0f144 Land.
2. Resolved, That the Antiignsonic
party do not desire merely the triumph of
their candidates for office, hut chiefly hope
to aid by it the triumph of the moral and
.political principle, that secret societies and
'combinations are at war with a republican
government, and the allegiance which every
man owes to his country; and that, in the
language of the lamentable Wirt. "all oaths
and all combinations which conflict with
, euch allegiance, are treason against society
'and 'a wicked conspiracy against the laws
•of God and man,that ought to be put down."
3. Resolved, That Democratic Anti-
Masonry aims to establish and sustain the
great prominent principle that lies at the
bottom of our political institutions—the
principle of Democracy—which is the
sovereignty of the people and the suprema
cy of their, laws, to the exclusion of all pri
vileged orders, open or secret combinations
or- any other kind,of AristaCracy—and that
uncompromising opposition to Free. Mason
ry, and all combinations whose principles
and organization have a tendency to destroy
the just and equrd rights of the People, is a
fundamental principle of Democracy.
4. Resolved,' That, (in the language of
the Father of his country) "all combinations
and associations, under whatever plausible
character." are of dangerous tendency, and
calculated to aid the "projects of faction",e—
and that such ' combinations and associa
tions are likely, in the course of time and
things, to become patent engines by which
cunning, ambitious and unprincipled men
will be enabled to subvert the power of the
people, and usurp for themselves the reins
• of government."
5. Resolved, That ever having been the
firm supporters of Democratic principles and
equal rights,- we invoke all true friends of
our common country—all who desire to
sustain our free institutions in their purity
—to unite with us and march under the
broad banner of equal rights to new tri
umphs.
6. Resolved, That a National. Conven
tion for the nomination of candidates for
National offices, is in accordance with
Democratic Anti-Masonic Usages, and a
proper means by which we , can give cora.
dance to our friends in the purity nod per
manency of our principles and party organi
zation, and extend their influence through
out
the Union.
7. Resolved, That we earnestly recom
mend to the several counties in appointing
.delegates to the State Anti-Masonic Con
vention to be held in May next, to instruct.
their delegates upon the subject of a National.
'Convention to nominate candidetes:tii. the
office of President and Vice I',
United States. -
8. Resolved, That we ei
that All opponents or sHooti. •
throughout the State auz Union, Wherever
they .roay have been found, and however
scattered at the last Presidential election,
will reunite with us in the holy cause which
first detached us front other parties, and
brought us together; and aid us with their
talents, persevereace and energy, to break
down the bloody restitution of Freemason
try, which ie is-animated by our distractions,
and oncetnere eniboldened openly to exhi
itaerowne----ita mitres—its sceptres, and its
Resoltied, That white we invite the
flitted. and patriotic of all parties to join
pot Wiaidard, yet we will be seduced by no
.itsdtleelltleutis, however plausible, to form
- .7
any coalition or amalgamation tending to
merge our perty, or obliterate our princi
plesc for we believe that ALL the great in
terests of the State and Nation can and will
be , fully protected and promoted by the
triumph of the Anti• Masonic party, but that
many of those vital interest, will be sus
tained by No other party.
It). Resolved, That any attempt to form
n new party upon the wreck of Anti• Mason
ry, is calculated to overthrow the present
State Administration, and re-establish the
supremacy of the Lodge, and ought to be
discountenanced by every friend of his coup•
try.
Resolved, That in the administration
of JOSEPH RITNER, the Farmer of
Washington county, we have thus fir realiz•
ed our most sanguine expectations: That,
should the measures recommended by him
be adopted, the people of Pennsylvania will
behold the bright prospect of a speedy arri
val of an era of great prosperity to our Com
monwealth: They are already relieved from
the onerous system oftaxation nut upon them
by the former Masonic administration:—
Our public improvements will be completed
without any increase of the State debt:—
And our education system will be placed on
a firm and rational basis, that will insure to
all--the poor as well as the rich—the bless
ings of education. Under such an adminis.
tration, the great interests of the Common•
wealth will be sustained, and the people be
prosperous and happy.
During the evening, the meeting was
briefly but eloquently addressed by the
President, Messrs. Ford, Mowry, McClure;
Stevens and Todd.
Signed by the officers.
CHARLES OGLE, President.
For the Star & Banner.
I not only nnticipated, but was fully
aware that our electioneering Legislature
would in their mighty travail bring forth a
mouse rierthe fruit of their labours—but
from a statement copied in the Star, from
the Harrisburgh Telegraph, was truly
thunderstruck, that the little animal would
cost so much of the people's money! Thir
teen bills (a baker's dozen!) passed for the
benefit of the good Citizens of this Com
monwealth, at a cost of THREE THOUSAND
DOLLARS A PIECE, IS a most striking and
true commentary upon the reform of mod
ern times! What favourites these "Solons"
of Harrisburgh must be with the chief of
the white 'House at Washington! The
Kitchen Cabinet could not have done the
business More genteelly themselves! %V hat
glorious :Colleagues these "economists"
would have made for the Roman "Cato"
and "Lycurgus!" Those Law-givers sink
into obscurity, when compared to such an
incorruptible mass of party patriots! In
such hands the republic is safe! All they
want rs plenty of money! And as the people
seem to ben sponge that they squeeze at plea
sure; there is little doubt that their honest
zeal will be stopped for want of means, while
their power lasts! How overflowing should
be our gratitude for so many cheaply . pur
chased Aivoural It corresponds with the
price of Flour, and like the last harvest, we
are not only to have a short crop, but the
greatest 'portion of that cheat and straw!
Thirteen acts and tho session not three
fourths 'mat! Oh, ye sages! ye wise men
of the East! Solomons of Pennsylvania!
Democrats dyed in the wooll keep on in your
glorious course of usefulness, t4r the people
may take a stand, and the present may be
your last chance to secure inimortaltty!—
Therefore, I beseech you, make good use
of your time, and adjourn not without adding
a few more instances of your Industry, tal
ents, and wisdom, to advance the public
interests! Be up and n doing, for should
your constituents consign you to a political
grave, you can then adopt the Sailor's epi
aph—
One exclaiming, hero
as snug
As a Bug in a rug!"
While another can echo
.11lem I lie snugger
Thin that t'other bugger!"
But to adopt a more serious manner, is it
not truly deplorable tome time passing and
money squandered, without any advantage
to the public? Compare the usefulness of the
last to the present Legislature, and how
humiliating the contrast! The former was
fruitful, and or great public benefit. ' The
majority of the present have done nothing
useful themselves, but prevented its being
done by the minority. It was a remark
made by the Father of our Country, that
the people would ultimately think right, but
they must sometimes be made to feel before
they did so. We are now feeling at every
point—in Character, Pocket and high Po
litical standing! The people have felt and
are feeling—the last Presidential campaign
demonstrated this. The hand-writing was
plainly seen upon the wall; and before the
revolution of another year, the immaculate,
modern Democratic, Jackson, Van Buren
humbug administration party, will be laid
aside by the people, where the "dog's will
not bite them"—l mean at home!
SLEEPY DAVID.
Huntington township, Adams County.
From the York Republican
The State Debt.
On Monday the 20th inst. Mr. Kauffman
of Lancaster county offered in the House of
Representatives at Harrisburgh the sub
.-ill:tea preamble and resolution, which that
- &yr laid on the table. _On a subsequent
'-eccaiiion, the House refused 'to take up the
'Subject. This, we consideres amounting
to a refusal on the part of our Van Buren le.
gishitors to do any.thing towards reducing
the state debt—an object which every Penn
sylvania statesman ought to keep near his
heart. We do not believe that the action of
the Van Bare . nites on this subject is approv
ed by the people.
"WHEREAS, by an act of Congress, ses
sion of eighteen bundled thirty fiVe and six,
providing that the Surplus Revenue of the
United States shall be deposited with the
several States; And Whereas, the part thus
coming to Pennsylvania will be nearly four
millions of dollars, of which the legislature
has made a temporary disposition, ofonly a
bout two hundred thousand dollars of said
money will be required as part of the'cur-
rent expenses of the state, during the present
year: And Whereas, after making a liberal
appropriation to extend the main rines of the
state improvements in the current year,
there will be a surplus of deposite, amount
ing to about two millions of dollars which
cannot be given to the people generally, to
whom it justly belongs, in a more equitable
mariner than by releasing them of so much
of the state debt: Therefore,
"Resolved, By the Senate and House of
Representatives in General Assembly met,
That the State Ti easuror be, and he is here
by authorized to redeem so much of the state
stock, not exceeding two millions of dollars,
as may be offered for sale during the pre.
sent year: provided it shall not cost n'••f
than two per cent. above par: Provided al
so, that the State Treasurer shall not draw
on the deposite Banks for more than one
halfof the said Surplus thus deposited in any
one quarter, to be drawn by him according
to the provisions of the net making a tempo•
rary disposition of Pennsylvanians share of
the Surplus Revenue."
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co"- The Washington correspondent of the Now
York Express says, with force and truth, and en.
viable candor.—
But the people--the multitude--the migh
ty mass of people—are :Machold to the Union
—and when the day comes when the train
is lighted to blow up the Union, the hand
that put the torch to it, will be branded
with everlasting infamy—far blacker than
what rews on the name of a Catalina or a
Borgia.
The votes in reference to the right of
petition which slaves have, terminated, as I
presumed they would in an immense ma-
jority pronouncing that petitions from slaves
are out of order--cannot ho received —and
that they have no constitutional right to pe•
titior,. This is a different question from
that the other day presented to the House,
pronouncing the presentation of petitions
from slaves as inimical to the Union. Many
of the Northern.members who voted upon
this last resolution, voted upon this distinc
tion, that slaves have the natural ri A .;ht of
petition in common with nil men, hut under
our limited form of government, no conven
tional right, being deprived of their natural
right under the Constitution. Thus you
see Congress has been dabbling in deep
metaphysics, and turning their hall into dis
putes worthy of the Aristotelian doctrine of
the middle ages, instead of attending to the
public business. - Ali parties seem to be now
literally satisfied. You have no idea of the
caucusing which has brought the North and
the South together. I am rejoiced That
we have a prospect of quiet again. J. Q.
Adams has escaped some how or other in a
"blaze of glory." Not twenty votes could
have been found to pass a direct censure upon
him. Every body blows him up and de-
nounces him, and yet every body listens to
him, and in this controversy he has display
ed an influence and an eloquence truly sur
prising. His two efforts on Friday and
Saturday evenings, were among the most
brilliant displays of varied eloquence the
House has witnessed since Mcbuffie's day.
To morrow it is petition day again, and it is
highly probable that the old man has another
half bushel of abolition petitions, with which
he will set the House into anothet storm:
The truth is this: There is no . managing
him; he is obstinate, and he has intellect
enough to maintain 'himself - against any
man who puts himselfin his way. • As a par
ty man, he is like a wondering Arab—and
ho never pitches his political tent more
than one night in one place. The House
have now been endeavoring to 'cage him
the whole session, and at last he usually has
ingenuity enough to put the whole House
in the wrong, and to come much nearer ob•
twining a vote of praise than of censure, as
he has in these four days war.. Let him
ulone, is the only way of managing him.
Gaines and Scott.
The following extract from a late despatch
of General JERHUP to the War Department, (says
the York Republican,) is worthy of attentive pc.
rusal; more especially when it is remembered
that the writer is the person who first impeached
General Scott's measures, in a letter addressed by
him to Blair, editor of the Globe. Genl. JFSSUP
BOOM to have found it far more easy to find fault
with others, than to achieve victory hiniselft.—
As an act of justice to all my predecessors
in command, 1 consider it my duty to say
that the difficulties attending military opera
tions in this country, coals) propeily appre
ciated only by those_acquainted with them.
I have had advantages which neither of
them possessed, in better. .preparations -and
more abundant supplies, and I found.it im
possible to operate with any prospect of suc
cess, until I had established a line of depots
across the country.
This is a service which no man would
seek with any other view than the mere per
formance of his duty; distinct ion, or increase
of reputation, is out of the question, and the
difficulties are such, that the best concerted
plans may result in absolute failure, and
the best established - reputation be lost with.
out • fault.
It• I have at any time said aught in die•
paragement of the operations• of ot!ieris in
Florida, either verbally, or in writting, of
ficially or unofficially, knowing the country
as I now know it, L consider myself bound
as a man of honor to retract it.
From.the Canton Ohio Repository,
4 , Persecution for Opinion's sake:,
Many of Mr. Clay's political opponents,
who are ever eager to seize upon every tri
fling circumstance which can be used to pre
sent him in an unfavorable Jight before the
public, are endeavoring to show that he is in
favor of prohibiting the emigration of Cath
olics from foreign countries in'o the United
States—and some have gone so far as to as
sort that he has reported a bill, in the Sen
ate, to that Neither of these stories
are true. Mr. Clay is a statesman of too
enlarged and liberal sentiments to favor any
such ahem°. He merely presented a peti
tion, on the subject in question, as will be
seen by the following extract from the pro
ceedings of the Senate, of January 21st, as
published in the National
"Mr. CLAY presented -the petition o
sundry inhabitants of Wirtsborough, Sulk-
van county, New. York, and as it was not
long, he asked the it might be read.
The document• was accordingly read,and
proved to be a kind of remonstrance, on the
subject of Roman Catholic emigrants to this
country, brought in under the aUspices of
Popes, Cardinals, Bishops, &c. It insisted
on the impropriety and inexpediency of al
lowing so many persens to enter the coun
try, whose practice and tenets were avowed
ly and directly hostile to our republican in
stitutions, and especially prayed Congress
to institute commissions, in various parts of
the country. to procure information and re
port on the subject.
Mr. CLAY said some of the subjects
prayed for, this Government had no power
to grant, however alarming to these good
and religious people the evils complained of,
and the progress of Papacy, may be. But
there was one object Mr. C. thought might
be a proper ',object of inquiry, being within
the power ofCongress; and that wasa change
in our laws of naturalization.
He, therefore, moved that the memorial
referred to the Judiciary Committee; and
was so referred.
Can our Catholic friends, or any one else,
perceive in all this, any thing like a disport•
lion, on the part of Mr. Clay, to favor "per
secution for opinion's sake!" Certainly
not. Such a construction of it could only
find a "local habitation" in the contracted
views of a brawling demagegoe, who glories
in exciting the worst passions of the human
heart, for selfish and sinister purposes.
A PRACIIER OF THE GOSPEL MURDER
En!—We learn by a gentleman from.the
neighborhood in which the hors id deed was
perpetiatod, that the Rev. Isaiah Harris,
a minister of the Methodist Episcopal
church, was waylaid and murdered on the
23d ult. in Surrey county, near Cabin Pain!:
he had been at his neighbor's, 3 or 4 miles
from his residence, and was returning in his
gig, and when within about 3 or 400 yards
of his house, he was shot through the head
by some one behind the gig. The perpe-
trator of this horrible murder has not vet
been discovered. [Richmond Religious Tel.
INDIANA. --The Legislature of Indiana
adjourned on the 6th inst. after a long and
arduous session,and the passage of numerous
bills ofa public and private nature, of more
or leis importance. The great Improve.
tnent Bill was, however, the measure which
will characterise the late session of the
Legislature of that young State, and confer
upon it enduring Loner.
MTSSOURL—Bunk Monsters.--The
Legislature of Missouri adjourned on the
7th inst. after having passed 248 acts—one
of which is for the establishment of a young
"monster" called the Union Bank of Ails.
solid, with a capitol of five and a half mul.
lions of dollars. What will Col. BENTON
sny, when he goes home? (Jr is it lawful
for any State, except "loyal and faithful
Pennsylvania" to establish bank monsters?
So it would seem. Here is a five million
monster in a young western State whose
population bears about the same ratio to
that of Pennsylvania, as do the of
their two monsters, respectively. And M is.
sissippi, too, has established a FIFTEEN MIL
LION hank,--half the amount of the Penn
sylvania monster, with less thou a tenth of
her population and trade! Yet not a word
of censure or condemnation is heard from
"the democracy" against these States.—
What has poor Pennsylvania done, to be
placed under the ban,
as she has been?
Baltimore Patriot.
The Washington correspondent of the
New York Courier and "Enquirer writes:—
The President is very very feehle,rindwill
not be able to commence his journey to the
Hermitage on the oth of March as he in
tended. In consequence he has given no
tice of his intention to take up his lodgings
with Blair, of the Globe, on the morning of
the third! ! I This may be a fit termination
for si,ch an administration as the present,
but it does not become the dignity of - the
station that any Ex-President should do.
miciliate hjaiself under the roof of such .a
man as Blair,
Mr- Butler will take up his residence at
the White House with the new President.
Mr. Alexander H. Everett, /thorny
General of Boston, is to publish a Van Bu
ren paper here, to take the place of the
Globe, and in due season will receive a
foreign mission as a reward for deserting his
principles.
The Oil of Indian corn is uszid in Cincin
nati as a substitute for sperm or whale oil.—
It is said to produce an equal quantity of
light, to be quite as transparent and free
from disagreeable odor, in addition to which
it is not subject to freezing, having resisted
the greatest degreeof cold during the pres
ent season—say 6 degrees below zero.—
The yield of oil is said to be half a gallon to
the bushel, without destroying the qualities
of the grain for distillation.
A rt TurosTott - --The Bucks County Intel •
ligencer cautions the public against an im
postor named SLACK, who recently paid a
visifto that neighborhood, and succeeded
in swindling the religious and philanthropic
out of a considerable sum. He travels about
in a gig, in the most fashionable style, with
a companion whom he represents to be his
wife. H e i s sa id t o be a most plausible and
artful beggar—but entirely destitute of hon
or and honesty.
Vlncrai A. STEWART, celebrated for his
arrest oldie notorious Murel, has been arres
ted himself at Grenada, Miss. on a charge
of petty larceny, and recognized to appear
for trial at the nest term of the Circuit
Court for Yalabousha county. His prose
cutor is one Matthew Clanton. Public
opinion is said to be strong in favor of the
accused.
VALUABLE CARGO:---The British ship
Albion cleared at Savannah on the 21st
inst. for Liverpool, with a cargo of 233 n
bales of Upland Cotton, valued at 81:15,671
19.
51/anszv.—What islllaje , ity, stripped of
its extornalsl A► jest.
"
PIP
CC 2 TIIIITII IS MIGHTY •SID WILL PIIKVAILLC:()
Bank Investigation---Testimony
of Thaddeus Stevens, Esq. ,
cO.On the 25th ult. Mr. STEVENS was called
before the great Bank Inquisition to give evidence
as to the "mode, manner and means" used by the
U. S. Bank to obtain its present charter. We an
nex that gentleman's testimony, as reported in
the Harrisburgh Telegraph. We need not ask
for an attentive perusal, for every thing emanating
from the gigantic mind of that Statesman is so
eagerly sought after and read by men of ALL par
ties, that such a recommendation would be use
less. So then here it is:—
TuAnnros STEVENS, Esq. was called.
Mr. Stevens stated that he desired to
place in the minutes of this committee, a
word or Iwo, which he hoped would go to
the House with the proceedings.
Mr. Stevens then read the following PRO
TEST:
This committee was appointed by the
House of Repiesentatives "to inquire into
the mode, manlier and means by which the
Act of Ist Feb. IF+36, (chartering the Bank
of the United States,) was passed, and also
into the conduct of the stockholders of said
Institution and their agents under said law,"
&c. The preamble to the resolution under
which the committee was appointed, by
very strange implication, charges the last
Legislature, including the Senate as well as
the House of Representatives, among other
enormities, with being "Ouched by the mo
ney of foreign corporations."
I was a member of that Legislature, and
am now subpmnaed before n committee of
the House of Representatives of this Legis
lature,to give evidence relative to the char
ges contained in the preamble and resolution
above referred to.
The bank is not made a party to this in
•quiry, nor notified or alloWed to appear be
lbre the committee to protect its interests.
This, therefore, is not an inquiry into the
conduct of the bank in procuring its charter,
but into the conduct of the members of the
last Legislature, and into the "mode, means
and manner," by which they passed the act
referred to. Neither can it be a legitimate
inquiry, nor do I understand the committee
as proposing to prove by me the abuse of its
corporate powers. sirce the acceptance of
the charter by the bank. That could only
be done by a joint committee of both brandi
es of the Legislature.
I deny the right of the House of Repre
sentatives, or of both branches of this Le
gislature, to inquire into the official conduct
of the members, or any portion of them, of
the Senate, or the last Home of Represen
tatives, for the purpose of bestowing upon
them or their acts, disapprobation, censure,
punishment or infamy. Much less has one
branch of the Legislature a right to investi
gate or censure the conduct of any member
of the other branch of even the same Le
gislature. Such attempt would lie a palpa
ble violation of the privileges of that body,
against which it is the duty of every free
man to protest. It would be as competent
for any member of the members of the last
House of Representatives to assemble to
gether, andsit in judgment upon the conduct
of the members attic present House of Re
presentatives, as for this committee to
ar
raign the conduct, motives or acts of the
last Legislature, a body of equal power, and
altogether independent of, and above the
jurisdiction of this Legislature.
But admitting the present House of Re
presentatives to possess such extraordinary
powers, I deny the right to call upon the
members thus charged to give evidence up
on the investigation. Without reference
to the indelicacy of such a proceeding, it is
nothing less than charging a man with
crime, and then inviting him to swear to his
guilt!
1 therefore solemnly raurrsr against the
jurisdiction of the present House of Repre
sentatives attempted to be exercised in this
.matter.
This I do, not because I would alma the
investigation, or desire to be released from
testifying the whole truth, but least this pro
ceeding should be cited as a precedent by
some future Legislature, who, unlike the
present intelligent and upright House of
Representatives, may be ignorant enough
to be made the tool of n tyrant, or corrupt
enough to desire to break down the consti
tutional barriers which protect the rights
and liberties of the people, and place some
favorite demagogue upon an Ameaican
throne.
Having discharg ed what I. deemed my
duly in rejecting th e authority of the House,.
wilt now cheerfully proceed to obey my
inclinations in answering nny proper ques
tion which it may bo'the pleasure of the corn
mittee to propose to me. I thank the com
mittee for the opportunity of affording in.
formation upon a subject with regard to
which the public mind has been so much
alarmed.
I request this protest-to bo placed on the
journals of the committee, and reported with
its proceedings to the House of Representa
tives.
TH A DDEUS STEVENS.
February 25, 1837.
M r. Stevens was then sworn.
, Question by Mr. Johnson: Were you a
member of the Legislature during the ses
sion of 1835 and '6, and if so, were vou a
member of the committee on Inland Navi
gation and Internal Improvement?
Answer: When I took the oath, I swore
as nil witnesses do, to answer all legal ques
tions. This 1 think not, a lekal question,
because it is matter of record on the jour
nals of the House, to which I respectfully
refer the committee.
, Messrs. Johnson and Gilmore thought
the question legal and proper.
Mr. Stevens said, of course if the commit
tee declared this to be a legal question he
should answer it. If the committee declared
and put it in the record as such,- he would
be satisfied.
Mr. G.huore moved that the witness be
directed to answer the question as a legal
one, which was agreed to—Yeas 7, Nays 2.
Mr. Stevens. I answer that I have already
answered, hut to save the committee the
trouble of looking for the record, I state,
I believe it will then appear that 1 was a
member of the committee on Inland Nevi-
gation and Internal Improvements.
Question by Mr. Johnson: Wi:l you be
good enough to state. who was chairman of
the committee oh Inland Navigation and In
ternal Improvement the lasisession.
Atp:wiiy: I beliove it will appear from fin
same jsairtinls ihatWilliam B. Reed, 1..14 1.
nl Plithitleltthia, was - chairman of that co.ii-
Question by the same: Did, von nn till
19th of January, IF3ti, introdute whin int.)
the flotifio entitled "An Act to :repeal tho
Slate tax," 4t.c.
Answer : 41 1 do not recollect no to date.;
sufficiently to answer the question; but I did
not introduce the bill referred to. I did
repo!! the bill, by direction of the commit
tee nn Int-rnal Improvements,
Question by the same: Did you draft
the bill yourself, the one reported to the
ilonse?
Answer: I ()Nee( to being asked or re
quired.to answer in relation to what I did
in my njAcia/ rapacity ass member of the
last House of Representatives, unless it ho
whether the batik of the United States, or
any ol its agent% used corrupt means to pro
cure the charter. I regard it as an illegal
question, and wish the committee to de.
cide tt and place their decision on their
minutes.
Mr. Johnson moved that the witness be
required to answer the question ns a legal
one, which was agreed to by 8 to I.
Mr. Stevens then answered, 1 drafted a
portion of it originally,but 4efore it came into
the House it was all copied.
Question 'by the same: Was that the bill
(giving him the bill.)
Answer: I presume it was.
Question by the ; ame: Will you look into
the inside and teat° who drafted the different
parts of it, i. a. the different hand writing
of the different parts?
Answeri I do not believe I know all the
hands here,'or any of them, except that of
IVillitim B. Reed, which appears in several
pare• But thisia nut the hand writing of
he original draft.
Qiiestion by the same. In any part of
t, is the hand writing of Mr. M'llvame
found?
Answer: I am not sufficiently acquainted
with Mr. M'llvaine's writing to speak with
certainty, but am inclined to think some
portion of it is in his hand writing. The
great majority of the hand writing as far as
it appears to me, is that of a gentleman who
was here at the time, and who we requested
to copy the bill, Mr. Fraley of Philadelphia,
who wits here. concerned in the business of
the Susquehanna canal company.
Question by the Chairman: Please state ,
who composed and wrote the original bill
entitled "nn act to repeal the state tax, &c."
which provides for the rechartering of the
Bank of the United States? • •
Answer: Tho bill was not all drafted by
any one person. -I drafted a portion of it.
I recollect especially that section repealing
the state tax. That portion which refers to
the improvements of the stnte was principal
ly, if not entirely, drafted by the chairman
of the committee.. Mr. Reed, that part in
corporating the Bank of the United States.
I cannot say who wrote the original draft
—it Wns aftbrwnrds amended'n good deal.
Question: Was the original draft written
in this place?
Answer: I cnnnot soy where it was written.
I first saw it in Harrisburgh.
Question: Who gave it to you, and in
whose possession was It when you first saw
it?
Answer: I am not able to recollect in
whose possession it was when I.first saw it,
but am inclined to think it was in the posses
sion of John B. Wallace.
Question by Mr. Johnston: state if you I
know, why the bill to repeal the:itate tax,
die. was reported to theliousaliy_thecom
mittee on internal improvementa, instead of
the committee of WRVS and menus; or the
committee on hanks, to whom the matter,
contained in said bill,'appeared more prop- ,
erly to belong? ,'::-,
1 . I
Answer: I giVe , my own views alone.—
When Joseph Ritner wee found tobe elect- i t
ed Governor, and:r ascertained that I was
a member of the Legislature, I began to I
look about to divide some modo to carry on
to completion the imp'rovements of the state,
according to the origirMl intention, without ,
taxing the people. Wino' iTasing the state
debt. As 'I believed Mr. Ritner had been
elected under an, implied pledge by his
friends, that the state debt should not be in
creased, or taxation continued 'under his
administration, and I believed it would tieJ
equally unwise and unstates-mnnlike to stop
the internal improvements of the state. I I
therefore, so far as I was concerned, urged
it upon my political friends to provide; to i,
the hills themselves, making the annual ap,-. :
propriations, for the payment of those app '
propriations without resort to taxation.—
During the former administration, while 1
was in the Legislature, the practice had
been for the improvement committee to re
port the amount of appropriations for thwl
improvements agreed upon, and then thel{
chairman of the committee of ways andir
means, after all the items had' been agreedi l
upon by the House, to add sections provid- }
ing for borrowing money to pay for the un
provements. I, and my political friends with',
whom I conversed, were unwilling to - makel:
,
the appropriations unless we had the assn I '
that to complete them no loans should i
ai l
be resorted to. We therefore incorporatedl
the appropriations for the improvement 1
the state, the repeal of the state tax, and th
raising of funds to pay the appropriations,
into one bill—making the passage of the
appropriation part dependant upon the pas i.
sage of the residue of the bill, and the payin 1.
for them. I may add, I deemed that neces
sary to secure the passage of the whole bill
as in the other branch of the Legislature
majority was composed apolitical oppa' i
nents of the present administration, many
of whom we knew to be deeply anterester
in the internal improvements of the Coin
monwealth. We were able to devise at
other means by which the people could be
relieved from taxation, and the increase of
the state debt prevented, except by securing
th e b onu s upon the charter of the Bank of
the United States.
Question: Whnt wns the amount of bonus
the Bank agreed to give originally for its
charter?
Answer: The Bank, within my know
ledge, had never taken any action upon the
question whether they would accept a char
ter or what bonus they would pay, until of
ter the bill passed the Legislature, and was
sent to them. But, I saw a letter from Mr.
Diddle to Mr. Wallier,stating that if a char
ter wns tendered by the Li•gislature to the
Stockholders, with a bonus of two millicns
of dollars, be would recommend it to them
to accept it on those terms.
Question: Was not the amount of bonus
given by the Bank for its charter dictated
to the Legislature by Mr. Biddle, or some
friend of the Bank?
Answer: After the bill was reported, with
the two millions of bonus, which Mr. Biddle
said was the utmost they could give, and
which the committee on internal improve•
manta thought was an adequate compensa
tion. it confidential adviser of the Governor.
(By the chairman: Who is it, sir,) Mr. Bur
rowes informed me that the Goyernor
thoeglit the bonus too low. I enquired of
n gentlemnn from Philadelphia, who stands
high as a financier. (Who, sir, by the chair
man?) William D. Lewis, Cashier of the
Girard Bank, whether the bonus could be
increased without doing injustice to the
•Hank, and to what amount. He made a
calculation and told me lie thought they
could bear something more, inasmuch as
they had seven millions of stock to sell,which
lie thought they could sell at n considerable
advance. When time bill came up in coin
mittee of the whole, I moved to increase the
honus,.tiy adding one and a half millions to
be paid this spring, and I think one hundred
thou Sand dollars n year, for seven years, to
be paid. into time school fund. This was
done tigiiinst the remonstrances Of these who
Clninieci to be the friends of the Bank then
in town. (Who. sir,) Mr. Wallace, who
was here attending to the interests of the
charter. Some gentlemen of the Senate was
vet of opinion that the bonus was not yet
.high enough, and so informed me. Among
the meat I recollect Mr. Dickey and Mr.
Penrose. I told Mr. Lewis I intended to
move to raise it to one hundred thousand
dollars a yeir for :30 years—the whole time
,of its charter. - He thought if it were so in
creased fnr twenty years it would be a high
.bonus, and as much as they ought to pay;
and as it was an old institution they could
bear it, and would pay it rather than reject
the charter. I informed Mr. Wallace of
my determination to move that amendment
the next day. He told me he was certain
the Stockholders would not give a dollar
more, and if that amendment carried he
. desired the bill to be negatived. I told him
my mind was Made up to move it, and if it
• did not carry, I would go - against the bill.—
He said we would then get none of the bonus ,
for the charter would not be accepted.
wentto Mr. Lewis and asked him Wale Bank
of the United States refused the charter with
that'boaus,whether.hn would assure me that
:the Girard Bank would accept it,if tendered
to them. He told ene that he would under
take.. that the Girard Bank would accept it
in that event, or some Other Bank. I then
drew a section, providing that if the Bank
of the U. S. refused to accept the charter,
• the Governor should tender the same char
ter to the Girard Bnnk, or tiny other char-
tered Bank of the Commonwealth of Penn-
• sylvania. I went back and showed that
i - section to Mr. Wallace and told him, that
after the bonus had been increased, I should
offer:that as an additional section of the bill,
and that we would pass the bill whether the
Bank agreed to accept it or not. He told
me he had no longer any business here, and
he would return to Philadelphia. He, and
.- I think Mr. Lewis, started off that evening,
and rode, as they afterwards told me, all
night; ter Philadelphia. I offered the amend
ment the next day, which I have referred
te"Atiiticreastng the bonus, and after a good
11.040 - epposition it passed. A gentleman
fiom Philadelphia desired me to withhold
- ,the other tietti4M,.until Mr. Wallace should
• return,forotlthod . ;,If he had st rong assurances
that it wouldrittin4ilopted,Yet he had some
hope they- - 4 . .chtinge their minds. Mr.
Wallace 640 irr-4ite`td he had conversed
*l\
with twit. gentle trill - interested in the Bank,
Mr. Elihn Chatilrey end Mr. Biddle. Mr.
Chauncey vvrts awry, and said he would not
take it, but Mt:ail:ldle said ho thought it was
best to let ittAutref - ;':.",
Question.lryAeollmore: You state that
the Govetribr wasnotstitisfied with the bonus.
What was theldeAlrethir Governor as you
understood it,risle the amount that the bonus
- . should be? '
Answer: The Governor felt great inter.
est for the schools, and was anxious that
.one hundred thousand dollars a year for
thirty )ears, should be given, if the Bank
.• could bear it,which he supposed they could.
' • . , Question: Was this nfler or before the cal
culation mode by Mr. Lewis?
, • Answer: I never knew that the Governor
• knew any thing about the calculation of Mr.
- 'Lewis, flu., I considered it confidential, and
• .should not have disclosed it here, had not I
been obliged to by the resolution of the com
.mittee.
•• Question: Was it after you had the con
sultation with Mr. Lewis that the Gover
_
• nor thought that the bonus should be mum.
sod? .
Answer: It was before, and I consulted
Mr. Lewis to see if the Bnnk could stand it.
Question: Did the project of incorporat
ing the Bank occur to you before the holt.
days?
Answer: It occurred to me shortly -after
the election, and - I consulted my colleague,
•,Mr. M'Sherry, upon the subject.
Question: In what manner did vr.o in
. tend to bring the :natter before the Legis
- - •lature?
Answer: Just as it wee brought. That
was my plan. Mr. M'llvaine objected to
that plan, and desired to have the naked bill
chartering the U. S. Bank, reported by the
committee on banks.
Question: Did you understand, when the
idol originally- occurred to you ofchartering
the Bank, that the Bank.would not apply for
a charter; but woulaacc i 4t one it tendered?
Answer. At that time I had not learned
whether they would accept one or not.
trained from Jackson sources that they
would apply, and that the only thing which
could effect the chatter was the Senate.
Quesfioti by the Chairman: Do you know
whether Mr. Wallace, or any other person,
ever made any proposition to any member of
either branch of the Legislaiure to promote
their individual interest, di reedy or indirect
ly, if they would vote for the bill?
Answer: I never knew any such thing. I
heard Mr. Conrad swcur it.
Question by :1i r. English. Did you sug
gest to John EL Walker or E- E. Penny
packer, or both of them, the idea or the
propriety of writing to Mr. Biddle, asking of
him upon what terms the Bank would accept
a charter?
Answer: I did not know that either of
them had or intended to write, until Mr.
Walker brought me the letter of Mr. Biddle,
though had often talked with Mr. Walker
on the propriety of tendering the Bank a
charter.
STAR 4 REPPBLICAN BANNER,
GETTYSBURGH, PA.
Monday, afrarch 6, I 537.
KrThe ‘Vngon price of Flour in Haiti
more-810 25.
TO CORRESPONDENTS.
crrSeveral communicntions nre on hand,which
will he noticed in our next.
cri-We recommend the article on our first page
from our talented correspondent, LYDIA JANE.—
We have frequently heretofore had the pleasure of
presenting this Lady's talented effusions to our
readers—hut we have seen none yet which we con
sider equal to the one headed "Hs Dr Ea." The
tone of beautiful and touching moral feeling that
pervades it., cannot fail to strike a kindred cord
and waken a responsive echo in every heart of sen
sibilitY. We hope long to be favOred with the cor
respondence of the fair and gifted authoress.
. - To make room for new advertisements and
the important testimony of Mr. STEVENS, many
Editorial and other articles have been crowded out.
lUnion and Harmony.
It is with unfeigned pleasure that we give
place to the proceedings of the Democratic Anti-
Masons,as copied from the lEtrrisburgh Telegraph.
Our pleasure is the more heightened, by observing
that in that meeting the ablest men in the
party, who unfortunately differed as to the course
we ought to have pursued at the lust Presidential
canvas, united together in carrying out the prin
ciples which first founded the great Democratic
Anti-Masonic party. This step, by those valued
members, will re-unite the whole party hereafter,
and we will present such a solid phalanx at the
next election as will carry destruction into the
enemy's ranks, and prostrate forever that vile fac
tion which sacrifices every thing at the shrine of
the Lodge. Its influence is already perceptible,
if we may judge from its tone, in the last number
of the Harrisburgh Democrat. That paper up
proves of the proceedings, with the exception of
the resolution approving of a National Conven
tion. Wo hope, however, that the Democrat
will not make that a question of difference. The
Editor is of the opinion, we presume, that the Con.
vention will reject the claims of Gen. Hennrsox,
and on that supposition is hostile to the holding of
a National Convention. This is not our opinion.
We believe Gem Harrison will be the selection
of that body. Then, let us all, who desire the
success of Anti-Masonry—:-the prosperity of our
State, by upholding the present firm and enligh
tened Administration—and the total defeat of that
vile party whose leader was crowned on Saturday
last, rally, in uNtost and HARMONY, around those
leaders of our party who have nobly stepped for
ward and set us the worthy example of sacrificing
minor considerations for the good and success of
our great and lending principles. We ask this of
all who claim to be Democratic Anti-Masons.—
Let our actions be, 4 .VNITED WE ARE, DEFEAT
US WHO CAN!"
James Thdd, Esq.
o::.Tlint vile sink of pollution, the "Harris..
burgh Intelligoncer," is out against this gentleman,
because ho will not go with its Editor in his cru
sade against the State Administration! It was
our misfortune to differ with Mr. Tonn, as to the
course ho ought to have taken in the December
Convention of 1835. But we are now willing,
for the good of the great cause in which we are en
gaged, to forget the past, and go hand in hand in
future for the promotion of our principles. That
Mr. Todd's acting upon this principle should be
matter of mortification to the simpleton of the In
telligencer, we aro not surprised. And the epithet;
"turncoat," "degraded suppliant," by Strong, will
have no other effect than that of more firmly re
uniting the friends of Messrs. STsys:cs and Tone.
The Intelligeneer can no longer be pointed to as
having any claims for support from the friends of
either of those gentlemen, or from the State Ad
ministration; and were the Editor actuated by thaw
principles ever hold sacred by the Craft into
which he has crept, ho would either desist from
"biting the hand that feeds him," or refuse
the food presented by that hand. An honorable.
highminded soul will, it is true, oftentimes bestow
his charity upon the wretch that repays him with
ingratitude;but despicably mean and narrow-souled
is that creature who will receive the charity, but
yet return the ingratitude! And from henceforth
all who uphold Strong in his present course, should
be regarded as insincere in their professions for
either the success of Anti-Masonry, Gon. Harrison,
or of the State Administration.
Brutal Outraze:
c•We find the following notice of a brutal out
rage in the last number of the Harrisburgh Demo
crat. Wo learn that the poor girl has since died!
The Governor hes issued a Proclamation offer
ing a reward of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS
for the apprehension of each of the abaneoned
scoundrels who were guilty ot perpetrating, with
in the limits of our borough, the brutal crime of
ravishment. Several of those engaged in this
hellish deed were arrested immediately on infer•
=non being made.
At the time ofissuing the Proclamation,Martin
!Aver, Henry , Loyer, John Lupton and George
Morton were running at large. Martin and Hen.
ry Loyer have since boon apprehonded,and lodged
in the Jail at this place. The other two are thus
cescribed by the Governor:
"Jim; Lerro:v alias Emmert. an Englishman
by birth, about :21 years of age, light complexion,
rather pale, heavy made, had on • green castanet
iroundabout."
'Grottos MORTON, about 18 or 20 years of a g e,
about .5 feet 8 inches in heig!.t, had on a pair of
striped castanet pantaloons and_ roundabout."
Mon( 8.1131:13' 1133317RGE.
Correspondence of the Gettrsburgh star.
HARRISBURGH, 'arch 2d, 1837.
In consequence of the haste in which my last
letter was written, I unintentionally neglected to
notice the proceedings of the great Anti-Masonic
Meeting held on the night of the 22d, nt Alter's
Tavern, in this Borough. It was ono unusually
large, and was composed of the sterling and well
tried Anti-Masons from all parts of the State.—
The Honourable CHARLES OGLE, of Somerset,
one of the earliest supporters, and most powerful
advocates of our principles—as you will observe
from the published proceedings—presided as
Chairman, with honor to himself and the highest
possible degree of dignity. It was a spectacle
gratifying in the extreme, to see the unanimity
of feeling which pervaded the whole assembly,
and equally cheering to bear the temperate, yet
firm and manly determination of the men compos
ing it, to adhere to original principles; and honestly
resolving, that for the attainment of greater ends,
all minor differences should be forever buried in
oblivion. They felt and acted as though the ob
ject for which they have so long and anxionsly
struggled, has not yet been achieved; they have
declared their unalterable attachment to first prin
ciples and by them, they have once more resolved
to stand or fall. The members of that meeting
were not to be deceived with the oft fold tale that
' , Masonry is dead." They knew too well that it
still exists; and emboldened by recent triumphs
over the majesty of the laws and the Supreme pow
er of the land, she has with harlot-like impudence,
displayed her mitres, her crowns and sceptres for
the purpose of imposing upon the minds of the
weak and credulous. Under these circumstances,
then, it could not prove otherwise, then pleasing
to behold those who first arrayed themselves against
and defied the powers of the Lodge, true to their
original purpose, openly determining to cease their
warfare only when the Constitution shall he pre
served inviolate, and the Laws supreme, by the
utter annihilation of that mother of abominations,
of infamy and crime, the Masonic Institution.
There are still so great a number of Petitions
pouring into the House, that Friday morning was
chiefly consumed in getting through with this
order.
In Senate, the Bill granting the right of trial by
jury to persons apprehended as fugitivolaves,
was taken up in committee of the whole. Mr. JAMES
of Chester county, spoke at length on the subject,
and in favour of the passage of the Bill. Dr. Bun-
DEN opposed it on the ground of inexpediency at
this time, inasmuch as it might servo to exasper
ate the Southern gentlemen. The debate being
continued to a late hour, the committee rose and
has been sitting every•day?'this week upon the
sa:ne subject. This morning, Messrs. DICKEY
and Psx HOSE made strong and powerful speeches
in its support; the former replied chiefly to Dr.
Burden, who spoke yesterday; while the latter, in
replying to Mr. LE ET, made a most hcantiful
play of eloquence. Among other things asserted
by him, he said—that he was no abolitionist, that
his desk had been ladened with papers -and docu
ments upon the subject of Slavery, but he had
never rend or examined them, he was totally unac
quainted with the subject; yet he felt free, to say,
that in thus neglecting to inquire into those objects
which the wisest men' and purest patriots, not only
of this, but of bye-gone ages, were so desirous of
effecting, he had done that which, in his opinion
was far from being right. Sir, said he, if you
deny the rights of this State to protect her own
citizens, if you deny that the right of trial by jury
can be extended to preserve the pers....nil liberty
of those citizens, than which there is none more
estimable in value; if for the mere sake of expedi
ency and conciliation you are willing to leave an
issue in fact of so much magnitude clrpend upon
the fallible judgment of one man, - rather than a
disinterested jury of the country, then, indeed, is
your boasted liberties "but sounding brass and
tinkling cymbals," and it will be in vain for any
man to say, that he stands upon holy and conse
crated ground, when he treads the soil of Pennsyl
vania! But it is useless to attempt to-describe the
powerful arguments or the brilliant ideas which
escaped the Honourable Senator on this occasion.
Those who had the. pleasure of listening to his
remarks,will alone be able to appreciate their value.
What the ultimate action of the Senate Will bo
on this Bill, is as yet involved in great uncertainty;
it will be considered again to-morrow.
Mr. PENN T PACKER'S examination was continu
ed in the afternoon of this same day, before the
Bank committee, and grand investigator general,
John hi//. On Saturday afternoon, Mr. B. A.
Elf DLA CA( was examined, and when ho was dis
charged, after having given in his testimony,which,
by the bye, was,fair and honourable, THADDEUS
STEVENS, Esq. was called upon to come forward:
He did so, and 'previous to his being sworn, he
produced and read a written protest, which. to say
that it was the production of his pen, is to say
that it was nn instrument of no ordinary nature.—
It was brief, but the language, nt the same time
that it was respectful, was firm and dignified. In
it ho set forth his rights as a member of the late
House, declared that ho entered it in order that
his example in obeying the summons of the Com
mittee might not be adduced as a precedent for
future usurpations of power, on the part of any
succeeding Legislature. His examination was
not concluded until Monday evening, but before
he was discharged some of the great men of the
committee were completely used up, agreeably to
the vulgar parlance of the day. If I remember
right, john hill did not venture to ask him a single
question while on the stand! Nothing' like un
fairness, bribery or corruption was elicited in the
course of the examination of the gentleman in
question. The committee have held two or three
sessions since; hut they are not so well attended as
formerly, for this very good reason, that the great
mass of the people look upon it as ono of the great
est humbugs, ever devised to impose upon reason
able beings.
But very little of importance has been done in
the Home during the last week, other than the
passing of Private Bills. This afternoon, these
ultra anti Bank men passed a Bill incorporating
a Bank in Susquehanna County through commit
tee of the whole. Thus you see, although they
profess one thing, they are always ready to net
differently! - Truly they are a consistent genera
tion!
Consolation for Old Maid* and Bachelors:
In the House of Representatives, already
noted for its profound wisdom and forethought, an
act has been reported which will doubtless afford
much consolation to broken-hearted Maidens and
Bachelors on the .tvvrong-side of forty." The title
of the aforesaid act reads, "An act for the en
couragement of Matrimony." Of the ~encurnger
nents" proffered in said act, we are not yet advised;
but suppose they are similar to those stated in the
net some time since reported, giving a gentleman
in Union County a premium'of one hundred dol
lars to each of his three children at one birth!
mare Mr. 11.‘TiEW AV'S SALE.
OBITUARY RBCOR P.
DIED.
On the 2d inst. Mr. Lawn; Morten, of Em
raittshutgh, Md. aged about 70 years..
in Hagenitown, Md. on the Bth ult. after a long
illness, 1 1 , i1m. Maas GaLwreas, in the 49th year
of her age.
On the 10th ult., Mr. Joav Sit-rzowrza, of
Strahan township, in the 65th year of his ago.
On the 17th ult. Mrs. &Milli:Tß Bit.tucilia,,
widow of Mr. Samuel Braucher, dec'd, of Tyrone
township, in the 46th year of her ago.
On the 28th Jan. after a long illness, Mr. JA
con 11 AItTLEY, of East Berlin, Adams county.
On the 20th ult. MSS ANN WGINLEY. flaUgll
- of Mr. Ebenezer M'Ginley, of Humiltonban
township, aged about 22 years.
RELIGIOUS NOTICES.
gikla=tThe Rev. Dr. SCHMIXItiER will
dose his series of Sermons on the
CHRIRTINCH CHURCH, on Sunday morning next,at
half past 10 o'clock, in Christ Church'. Subject,:
The causes of sectarian strife among Christians,
and the duly of the Church in view of her divi
sions. Christians of all denominations are invi
ted to attend,
0 :7.11ev. Mr. Leone will preach in the same
Church in the evening, at early crrindle-light.
( : 1 --There will also he preaching on Sunday
next in. Mr. Wigan's Church.
PUBLIC NOTICES.
Anti-Slavery Society.
Igigr.liE members of the "Adams
County Anti• Slavery Socie
ty" will please to remember that the SE
COND. SATU lt DAY OF MARCH was
appointed for their next regular meeting.—
The Society will convene in the Court house
nt 1 o'clock P. M. A general attendance
is requested, as business of importance will
be transacted.
Gettysbti4rh, March 6, 1837.
Informatiou Wanted.
__IOHN HENRY MULL was taken from
°IF the City Of Baltimore in May, 1832,
then aged shoot 13 years, by a certain JOSEPP
'TURNER, living at that time near Carlislo,Com
berland county, Pa. In 1835, Turner removed to
the Stite of Indiana, taking with him -Alto Raid
John Henry Mull, in both instances without tho
knowledge or consent of the boy's mother, who
is a widow. Any information, lending to a dis
covery of the buy's residence, can bo addressor' to
the Editor of the Gettysburgh Star. Kdit ore in
Judialfttepill confer a particular favor on the boy's.
mother-by noticing the above.
Geltyaburiti;Pa4,March 6, 1837.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN,
TH Al' the quotas of the respective
School Districts in the proportion of
Adams county in the State appropriation of
$200,000 for Common School purposes for
the school year of 1838, agreeably to the
Statement of the Superintendent of Common
Schools, transmitted to the Commissioners
of Adams County, pursuant t' the sth par
agraph. of the 10th section of the School
Law of the 13th of June lait, are as follows
wit :
1. 2. 3. 4
Berwick, Accepeg. 320 207,16
Conewago, Not R. 200 129,49
Curnherlond, Acceprg, 259 167,6 4
Flantilin, " 372 240,84
Qermsny, " 381 246,66
Gettysburgh, " 403 260,91
Hnmilton, Not R. 259 174,15
Hathiltonban, Accept'g. 360 233 07
Huntington, " 341 220,76
La'"more, Non Ac'g. 231 149,55 .
Liberty, Accept'g. . 224 145,02
Menallen, 44 482 312,05
Moun'jny, 44 224 145,02
Mountpleasant, Non Ac. 352 227, 52 9
Reading, Not R. 412 156,67
Strohm', Acceprg. 322 208,46
Tyrone., 44 185 119,77
[EI Column I, glows the name of the District:
2, whether accepting, non•accepting,or not repro
smiled in the joint meeting of Comniissioners and
Delegates in May last: 3, number of taxables in
1835: 4, "proportion of appropriation which will
be duo after the first Monday of Juno next.)
JOHN M USSELMAN, n
0
GEORGE W ILL, . s
JOHN WOLFORD,
Attest—WILLIAM KING, Clerk.
Mnrch 6,.1837. 3t-19
VOIX. RENT.
THE Subscriber offers for RENT HIS
FARVI,
Situate in Liberti township, Adams County, Pa.
about two miles North of Emmitteburgh, for the
term of one year, or more, from the first of April
next. The Perm consists of about 150 Acres,
There will be fir Spring and Fall
Ae l i-.:fr•s.t Crops, from 'thirty to Forty Acres.—
There is on said farm 18 acres of mow.
able meadow, a good Apple ORCHARD,
and a number of Poach and other fruit Trees;
with good, wells of water convenient to the House
and Barn. Any person wishing to Rent will
please call with the subscriber, who resides on
the premises.
March 6, 1837.
POOR-HOUSE
AVVCOVUT'az
Thomas J. Cooper, Treasurer,
In account with the Directors of the
Poor and of the House of Employment
of the County of Adams.
DR. Dolls. Ces.
To order on Jesse Gilbert,
500 00
County Treasurer,
Do. Do. • Do. 600 00
Do• Do. Do. 600 00
To Cash received of J. Witl, Esq.
for Bearding Francis Wickey's 54 87
wife,
To order on J. Gilbert, Treasurer, 600 00
Do. Do. Do. 500 00
Do. • - Do. Do. 500 00
Do. Do. Do. 200 00
Do. Do. Do. 500 00
CR. Donis. CU,
To Balance due Treasurer
96 54
last settlement,
P. Aughenhaugh in trust to 32 20 .
pay Justices' orders,
Funeral Expences for out door
10 5 0
Paupers,
For supporting out door paupers, 490 55
StOck Cattle and Sheep, 265 RO
WE, the subscribers, Auditors to settle
and adjust the Public Accounts,
DO CERTIFY, that we have examined
the Items which c2mpose the above Ac
count; and do. Report that they are correct,
and that a balance of ONE HUNDRED
AND TWENTY EIGHT DOLLARS
AND TWO CENTS, is in the hands of
Tnomns J. COOPER, Treasurer—being from
the fifth day of January, 1836—t0 the fifth
day of January, 1837.
Peter dieghenbonglk, Stewart,
In account tv;th the Directors of the
Poor- and of the House of Employment
of Adams County.
DR. Dolls. Cis.
To order on Treasurer, 40 00
Do. Do. 20 00
Do. Do. 40 •00
To Cash received of F. W.
Koehler for boarding F. G. 13 17
Bode,
Cash from Perry County for
12 12
boarding pauper,
Cash, for boarding Elizabeth
30 50
Stover's Children,
For order and boarding Sundry t 3 67i
Psiupera,
Jacob Cassat, for Bydes, 10 00
John Gilbert, Hides and Skins, 38 . 48
Clever Seed, 88 00
Produce Sold, 12 59
- Mock Sold, 47 25
Pastore, • 23 5.14
Cash from James Dobbin
2:00
fbr Watch,
Do. out of Charity box, 2 15}
Cash from sale of Lewis Switz•
11 374
er's goods, a pauper,
JAMES CLARK.
%%7 E, ti
e the
d s a u d b j s u c s r t i I t )e h r e s i) - u A t tg c ito A is ec t o o u s n e ts t :
DO CERTIFY that we have Examined
the Items which compose . the above Ac
count, and do report that they are correct,
and that the balance of FIFTY TWO
DOLLARS & SEVENTY-SIX CENTS
is due the Stewart of the Institution—being
from the sth of January, 1836, to the 4th
day of January, 1837—both da s included.
SA MUEL DIEHL,
FREDERICK DIEHL, Auditors.
PRODUCE. OF THE FA Rlll FOR 1836.
31 Bushels of Wheat
35 do. Rye
325 do. Coin
.do. Cloverseed
245 do. Potatoes
35 Tons Hay
2,900 Pounds Pork
3,680 do. Beef
R 8 Yards Linen and Cloth manufac
tured in the House.
$4054 R 7
66 Paupers remained at the Poor-bowie on
the sth day of January, 1836.
81 Paupers remained at the Poor-house on
the 4th day of January. 1837.
23 Paupers Supported out of the house by
the institution in put.
94 Paupers Admitted in the-course of the
year. including out-door Paupers.
March 0, 1937.
Beef and Pork •from Elinel .
28? 18 .
Hulick and others,
Bacon from Ziegler, Wible !
44 70
and others, .
Female Hirelings, - ' 116' 50
Harper, Lefever, Middleton t
40 06
and Koehler for Printing,
Lime and Hauling'John Smith, 71 50
Mechanics Bills, 169 02
Sundry persons for Merchandize, 488 29
Drugs and Medicines, 83 84
Vegetables, 15 18
Jacob Will, Esq. Building and
painting Wagon Shed, 117 00
Grain and Flour, 955 20
Sundry persons for Groceries, 88 .94
P. *Aughenbarigh,Stewart to E 1 00 00
pay Sundry hills, S
Constables for Executing orders, 15 90
Hireling's HumplitY and J7nes, 74 00
Peter Gintling, for Chopping
04 26
wood,
Sarnuel Haner, fir making post
12 34
fence,
Bender and Keckler for rails
28 00
and hriards,
,
Polly A ughenhaugh,Sewing for t
22 88
paupers,
Jacob Hankoy for Hay. 9 00
T. C. Miller, for Sand and Stone, 4 65
John Garvin for Costs, 3 74
Extra services of directors, 28 00
John Garvin's Salary as Clerk 27 OR
13 months, • •
Dr. D. Homer's Salary, 100 00
Peter Aughenbaugh, Salary)
as
150 00
Stewart,
T. J. Cooper, Treasurer, salary, 20 00
$3926 85
Balance in hands of Treasurer, 128 02
SAMUEL DIEIIL.
Auditors.
FREDERICK DIEHL,
€394 96i
To balance due the Stewart, 52 76
CR. Dolls. CU.
Cash paid Sundry Mechanics'
20 23
fo r Work, . •
Do: for Merchandizo, 32 344
Do. for Direlings . , 40 744
Do. do. Executing Orders, 44 47
Do. do. Funeral Expenses
0 50
and pauper,
Do. do. Vegetables, 54 l9i
Do. do. Meat and Fish, 57 54
Ito. do. Manure, hay and straw, 19 0271
Do. do. Butter and apple butter, 33 544
Do. do. Grain and Flour, 29 25
Do. do. Wagon Expenses t
10 72
and Hauling,
1)0. 40. Jacob Herbst for atone, 1 374
Do. do Cider and Vinegar, 8 50
Do. do. Leather, Cassatt and t
60 44
Gilbert,
Do. do. Postage and Turn- 3 037
pike toll,
Do. do. Hnrvcst•hands, 21. 75
Do. Printing to F. W. Koehler, 10 00
From the Baltimore Patriot of Saturday laste;
CONGN ESS.—We learn from our Washingtod
correhpondent, that Congress tdiournedabout two
l'clock this morning.
The Land Bill is lost. - • •
l'he bill for the rirdoot ion of this Revenue is lost.
The bill for the inerolee of the Aim lost.
The Fortifientinn Bill lost.
The Committee of Confetenee failed tii,efeel
nny thine.
The President hes defeated the Tronenry Cir
enlnr Bill, not by Veto..but •bif .pubriegAt irt.Ma
pocket and intends to ehrry it to the nerni!tege.
So it dies of course. 0! xtinme.
Thus end. the reign Jackson, irm!!!
Yesterday, Mr. CoxnAn Strnxn, orMcitnit"
pleasant township, in the 73d year Of his
,age:
PUBLIC SALES AND NOTICES
PUOILAC t64.1LE1:
'lilt HE subscriber, determined to quittirming;
-!-, and devote his lime to his tradeostiltsell, at .
public sale, at the Coort.honse on BATUADAY
NEXT, at 1 o'clock iv. if.
Three•good working Heroes,
Horse. Gears and a good strong. Wagon_,.
Ploughs, Harrows and Farming Mensal&
Together with about 00 Cord.' re.
Wood, part Hickory, all in ranks on-the
ridge near town—which can be examined
any time previous to the day of sale.
Alan—An excellent Young Milch Cow.
fla - Tsams—fits Months credit will be given on
all sums over three dollars, the purchasers giving
notes with approved securities—under that
r mount, Cash.
84054 t 37
March 6, 1837
Dissolution of .Partnership.
TEIE Firm heretofore existing. of. EL.
LIS & hIDDELL has this clay,by
mutual consent, been dissolved. Tbs . 'stl.
siness in future will be carried on under the,
name of JOHN C. ELLIS. All accounts
of the late firm will he settled by bim. ,
JOHN C. ELLIS,
JOSEPH RIDDELL,
New aifbrd, March 1, 183'. / 3t-49
Public Sale'.
ralisabfr Iron Utrl4s.P.
CHESTNUT GROVE FURNACE,
WITH ABOUT
900 aeres of Zartdy
Situate near Whitestown, on the riouth side
of the South Mountain, 5 miles east of Pine
Grove, in Adams county, Penri, on the ;rid
between Get tysburgh and Carlisle,l3 miles
distant from each, will be offered • for Sale;
by Public Vendue or Outcry, on the prem
ises, on Wednesday the 15th day of March
TELE I"TiIMAGE
is in good order; one of the best Furnace
Stacks in the State; new Patent Willem ;
buildings all, new;
A LAnos TWO-S;romr•llflVjt sea
•
MANSION HOUSE. -
(rough.cast,); 5 TENANT'OR: WORK
MEN'S HOUSES; a large Bank Barn, and
Stables; a blacksmith's Shop, a Two-Story
brick Office, a large Coal house ,a Mill, and
other out houses. The cleared lend; in,a
good state of cultivation, and the balance
covered with young and •thrivirig
(7... 1 ,*: timber. There are THREE
ORCHARDS; about 50 pores of
timothy and clover,and all the fenecii in good
order. On some of the above , litnds are
valuable buildings and other imprOvements.
..1 1 / 8 0, di Tract of Land,
about a mile from the Furnace, galled the
Wenner tract, adjoining lands Of Benjamin
Asper, Jesse Cronister and others, contain
ing about 70 Acres, in a good statkof cut
tivution, on which are, ;
A TWO STORY IOG • • r t h
1101L3t3116, _
double Log Barn, a sufficiency of Tiabber,
and a bank of the best Mo,etic Iron , Ore,
which supplies the Furnace.' This Farm is
well clove red. and the fences in good 'ordeg..,
2 other Ore banks, secured by leek, forlit : ,
use of this Furnace. Also, at the same tine , l.
and place, will be sold at Public Sale or
outcry, the
$447 74
PERSONAL PROPERTY,
at and - belonging to the Works, consisting
of 2 teams of Horses, several other draught
Horses, and one.team .of six Mules, with
Gears, t 3 heavy Wagons, a brOad wheeled
Wagon, 2 Carts, a new one horse Wagon;
three Saddle Horses; Saddle.% Bridles, Hay
by the ton,Straw by the bundle; 2000 cords
of Wood, a large quantity of Saw Lot and
Boards; Furnace Tools, Blacksmith Tools,
Log Chains; 3000 bushels of Coal, Pig
Metal, bar Iron; coal beds, road , beds, ore
beds, hay Ladders, a qiiantity of ore; 2000
lbs. of bacon, and 2000 lbs. of beef in pickle:
10 head of Horned Cattle, 20 head of Hogs;
Store Goods; 10 Stoves and Pipe, Grain in
the ground, Ploughs and Harrows, corn
Cultivator, 2 W indmills, a Sulky, a Sleigh;
Beds, Beddtng and Bedsteads, Tabled and
Chairs—with a great quantity of
Household and Kitchen Furni
tura, and many other articles too aumerous
to mention. " •
$447 721}
Sale to commence at 10 o'clock, A. M.,
nod to continue from day to day until all is
sold. .
Term, of sale will be made known, and
an Indisputable title for the Real Estate
en, by • -
NATHANIEL PATTERSON,
JACOB B. LYON.
February 21..11'437.
P. S. The Furnace is out of bleat but a
few weeks—still hot, being "topped ap....rhe
hearth good and all things sufficient- to go
into blast on the first of April.
7°lf the property is nottirm44 dostime , time, it *lll be offered FOR. • -.
... I
DIED.,
Errinaim ItA,NEWA.Y.