$3OO damages. The money was paid, and
the records retained for the -good of the
country. This is the extract:
"Regular Lodge night, held at the house of Mr.
James Tea , . Wednesday evening, the 7th Februa
ry, 1781-5781."
"A motion was made, that as our worthy bro
ther, bin excellency General Washington, was
daily expected amongst us, a committee should be
appointed to prepare an address, on behalf of the
Lodge, to present to him. Voted that the Right
Worshipful Master, together with brother Sexias,
Peleg Clark, John Handy, and Robert Elliott, be
a coidmittee for that purpose, and that they pre.
gent the same to this Lodge,at their Hest meeting,
'fir their approbation."
"At a Lodge, held by request of the Right
Worshipful Master, February 11041781-5781."
"Tho committee appointed to draft an address
to our worthy Brother, His Excellency General
_Washington, report, that en enquiry they find
General Washington not to be Grand Master of
North America, as was supposed nor even Master
of any particular Lodge. They are therefore of
opinion, that this Lodge would not choose to ad
dress him as a private brother,—at the acme time,
think it would not be agreeable to our worthy bro.
Sher, to be addteased as SUCIL"
-*Voted that the report of the committee be re
ceived, and that the addr2sa be entirely laid aside
for the present."
The other document is a reply by Wash
ington, to a letter ho had received from the
Rev. G. W. Snyder, of Fredericktown.
Maryland, on the danger to be apprehended
from the spread of Illuminism and Jacobin
inn in this country. The letter, in which
was the following passage, ''upon 's eriou s
reflection. 1 was led to think that it might
be within your power to prevent that horrid
plan, from corrupting the brethren of the
English Locl2es over which you preside,"
was accompanied with a copy of Robinson's
proofs of a Conspiracy" for the General's
use.
MOUNT VERNON, 25th, Sept. 1798
"Thn Rev. Mr. SNYDER.
"Sir,—Many apologies tire duo to you for my
not acknuwlrdging the respect of your obliging
favor of the 2:ld ult., and for nut thunking you, at
an caviler period. for the book you had the good-
mess to send me.
"I have heard much of the nefarious and den.
gerous plan and doctrines of the Illuminati. but
never sass; the book until you were pleased to send
it to pm. The same causes which have prevented
my acknowledging the receipt of your letter,
have prevented my reading the book hitherto;
namely, the multiplicity of matters which messed
open me betbro; and the debilitated stato in which
I was left, alter a severe fever had been removed,
and which allows me to add little more now than
thanks for your kind wishes and favorable senti.
ments, except to- correct an error you have run
into, of my presiding over the English Lodges in
his country; the fact is r preside over none, nor
have Ibeen in one, more than once or twice within
the last thirty years. I believe, notwithstanding,
that none of the Lodges in this country nro coil.
laminated with the principles ascribed to the
society of the Illuminati.
"With respect I am, Sir,
`..Your obit humble servant,
"GEO. W ASH/NGTON."
On the 17th of October, in the same year,
Mr. Snyder wrote a second letter to Wash
ington, and received a reply, dated Octo
ber 24th; pretty much in the same terms.
"Hos Tom, November 9.2, 1832
"1 hereby certify, that I have compared a let
ter from Rev. G. W. Snyder to General Washing.
ton, dated August 29d, 1798, and two letters from
General Washington to. Mr. Snyder, dated Sep
tember 25th, and October 24th, of the same year,
AIR printed in the "Proceedings of the third Anti.
Masonic State Convention," with the recorded
.copies in General Washington's Letter Books,
obtained by me at Mount Vernon, and I find them
printed exactly as there recorded, except Mr.
Snyder's letter In which the word "secret" is o•
witted in one place, and the words "on this tor
rene spot" in another. General Washington's
lettere to Mr. Snyder are exactly printed through.
out. •
"JARED SPARKS."
With respect to the letter said to have
been written by him to King David's Lodge
in 1798, and to the four others, the Grand
Lodges of Charlestown, Massachusetts, and
Pennsylvania, and which are relied onto es
tablish his devotion to Masonry till his death,
it may be remarked:
Ist. That three of them, viz: that of King
David's Lodge, and the two to the Grand
Ledge_of Massachusetts, are with Out date: a
circumstance wholly unprecedented in the
whole, correspondence of the writer, who
above allother men was noted for atten
tion to method and form in his writings.
2d. That though General Washington
caused to be carefully copied in books kept
for that purpose, all his letters on every sub
ject, no trace whatever, Of any of the five
letters under consideratinn, or any letters
to any other Lodge or Masonic body what
ever, are to be found among the records of
his corresp - mdence.
~; •„ ;ii. That the originals of none of them
14, 10.
Ve been seen out of the Lodge m open
-:. a , though the officers of ut least the Grand
:`Lodge of Massachusetts, have been public
':x. ly called on to produce and submit them to
;,tithe examination of Jared Sparks, E6q. who,
from his connexion with the Washington cor
respondence, is supposed to be best qualified
to ascertain their authenticitti.
The following letter from Mr. Sparks to
the chairman of the.committee of citizens of
Massachusetts; who had called on the Grand
Lodge to submit the letters to his inspection,
is decisive on the two last of these points.
"BOSTON, February 18, 1833.
"Sir,--I
.received this morning your letter of
the 15 th in stant, in which you loquire:
Whether I have yet seen or had in my possession
any original letter or lettere, in the hand writing
of General Washington, addressed to any body of
men denominating themselves Freemasons.
In reply, I can only state that , I have seen no
letters from General Washington of the kind de.
scribed in yours, nor received any communication
ea the subject, either verbal or writteu.
I am, Sir,
Very respectfully.
Your ob't servant.
If corrobomtion'tifere required, it is fur
nished by the following letter from Chief
Justice Marshall, in reply to one from citi
zens of Massachusetts, inquiring of him,
whether as biographer of Washington, he
knew of the existence of any authentic ori
ginals or copies of letters addressed by
Washington to Masonic bodies. The same
persons also inquired whether' the ChiefJus.
lice had declared the instittr ion of Masonry
to be jewel ofthe utmost value," &c. &c.
"RICHMOND, October 18, 1E33.
"Sire—Your letter of the l lth; transmitting it
resolution of the Anil-Masonic Convention of the
State of Massachusetts. passed the 13th of last
September. has just reached me. The flattering
WWI in which that resolution is expressed claim
Mid reoeive lily grateful acknowledgments.
Vas circuustanires representedes attending the
ease uf Morgan were heard with univet sal deter.
tatlion. hutiroduced no other excitement in this
part *Me United fkates.than is created by crimes
ofiremmutriou attend"' Their op ration. on Sta.
JARED SPARKS."
aonry, whatever it might be, was silent, rather ar
resting its progress and directing attention from
the society, than inducing any open direct attack
upon it. The agitations which convulse the North,
did not pass the Potomac.. Consequently, an in
' dividual so much withdrawn Cron] the world as
myself; entering so little into the party conflicts
of the day, could feel no motive, certainly I felt
no inclination, to vclunteer on a distant conflict,
in which the wounds that might he received,would
not be soothed of a necessary duty. I never did
utter the words ascribed to me,nor any other words
importing the sentiment they convey. I never
did say "Free Masonry is a jewel of the utmost
value, that Me pure in heart and life con only op.
preciale it fully, and that in a free gooern.nent it
must, it will be sustained and protected" The
fact mentioned in the resolution that I have Iron
in a Lodge but once, so far as I can recollect, for
nearly forty years, is evidence that I have no die
position to volunteer in this controversy, as the
zealous pattizun which this language would indi
cate. In fact I have sought to abstain from it.—
Although I attach no importance to the opinions
I may entertain respecting Masonry, yet I ought
not to refuse an application, to disavow any ex.
piessions which may be ascribed to me, that I
never need. I have said that I always understood
the oaths 'liken by a Mason. as being subordinate
to his obligations as a citizen, to the lawm,but linen
never affirmed that there was any positive good or
ill in the institution itself.
The resolution also inquires "whether, as the
friend and biographer of Washington, I have in
my possession or recollection, any knowledge of
any acts of General Washington,or any documents
written by him to Masonic bodies, approving of
Masonry."
The papers of General Washington were re.
turned many years past, to my lemehted friend
his nephew, and are now, I believe, in the posses
sion of Mr. Sparks. Ido not recollect ever to have
heard him utter a syllable on the subject. Such a
document, however, not being of a character to
make any impression at the time, may have pass
ed my memory.
Whit groat roapact,
I am, sir,
Your ob% survant.
J. MARSHALL."
To JOHN RAILEV) Esq.
These are the proofs of Washington's
views in relation to Masonry, which can be
judicially established, if the [lmmo of Rep•
resentatives raise a committee authorized
'and disposed to make the investigation; if
the committee be vested with power to send
for persons and papers; and if they he sus
trained by the [louse in the exercise of the
legitimate authorities requisite to a legisla
live investigation. The conclusion to which
these proofs lead are:
1. That in 176'4, General Washington
had ceased regular attendance at the Lodge.
This is proved b) his letter to Mr. Snyder.
2 That so far hack us about the year
17H0, he had become convinced, at least
of the inutility of Free-Masonry, and called
it "child's ploy." This is established by
his reply to Governor Trumbull.
3. That on the 25th of September, 179,
(one year and four months before his death)
his opinions on the subject of Free-Maslnry
remained unchanged from what they were
thirty years before, ‘xlien he was only thirty
six years old. This is established by his
letter to Mr. Snyder.
4'. That up to February, 17i^ - 1, as !Ippears
by the records of King David's Lodge, and
up to the 25th September, 1799, as appears
by his letter to Mr. Snyder, he had not been
"Grand Master of North America,nor even
Master of any particular Lodge."
5. That in 17F31, as appears by the same
record of King David's Lodge, it was not
agreeable to him to be addressed even as a
private Mason.
6. That all the letters said to be written
by Washington to Lodges are spurious.—
This is rendered nearly certain: First, by
the non-production of the originals: Second,
by the absence of copies among the records
of his letters: Third, by their want of dates:
Fourth, by the fact that his intimate friend
and biographer, Chief Justice Marshall,
(himself a Mason in his youth,) says in his
letter just given, that he never heard 'Wash
ington utter a syllable on the subject, a mat.
ter nearly impossible, it Washington had for
years been engaged in writing laudatory let•
tera to the Grand Lodges of South Caroltna,
Pennsylvania, and Massachusetts.
But placing all these proofs out of view,
.and trying the claims of Masonry upon him,
merely by his general conduct and charac
ter, can it be imagined that the republican
Washington, while engaged in the perilous
contest of seven years,to establi th in Amer-•
ea a republican government, and secure the
equal rights of the people against the nubili
ty and monarchy of Great Britain, could
favor a body ofsworn devotees ofaristocracy.
whose leaders assumed to themselves and
promulged their right to the titles of "Ex-
CELLENT GRAND KING—More EXCELLENT
GENERAL GRAND HIGH PRIEST—KNIGHT
OF REDEMPTION —KNIGHT OF CHRIST—
KNIC HT OF THE MOTHER OF
KNIGHT OF THE HOLY GHOST—KI NG OF
HEAVEN—Most powerful Sovereign
Grand Commander and Sovereign Grand
Inspector General of the -thirty•third de.
gree," and the like profane, pompous and
radi6ilons titles, at the mention of which the
imperial titles assumed by Napoleon and
Iturbide sink into insignificance?
Can it be imagined that the virtuous
Washington, could cheri'Ji a society whose
members, in some of its degrees, take oaths
to keep each others secrets, "murder and
treason not excepted;" and bind themselves
by horrid imprecations, to extricate each
.other from difficulties, "whether they be
right or wrong?"
Can it be imagined thlit the patriotic
Washington could countenance a combina
tion, whose book of constitutions lays down
the maxim, that although a brother, (one of
the band,) be a rebel against the State, yet
"if convicted of no other crime, this cannot
expel him from the Lodge, and his relation
to it remains indefeasible?"
Can it be imagined that the religious
Washington, could foster an order of men
who, at their midnight initiation of mem
bers of the Arch Royal Degree, personate
the Great Jehovah in the awful scene of the
Burning Bush; and who, in another degree,
mock the most sacred rile of - christianity,
by drinking wine from a human skull?
Would the belief that the republican,vir
tuous, patriotic and religious Washington
could cultivate or cherish such a society, he
lees sacriligious to his memory, than it would
be &hocking to thewor`al,to inflict at this time
on his sacred remains some of the pena'ties
'of Masonry, on those who renounce thp or
der—to tear his revered body fromnunt
Vernon, "to become a prey. to wild beasts
of the field, and vultures of the air, or bury
I it in the rough Baas of the sea, a cabletow's
length from the shore, at low water mark,
where the tide ebbs and flows twice in twen
ty•four hours"—or lock it up for seven days
in an American fortress, under an American
flag, and then plunge it at midnight into
the torrent of the Niagara?
When Washington was a boy and a
Young man, he acted as youths usually do,
fond of novelty and induced by curiosity.—
But to suppose that in his maturer vears,his
feelings or his jiidgment were tickled and
cau , flit by the baby clothes of Masonry, its
childish mummeries, and harlequin exhibi
tions, would be any thing else than a mani
festation of respect and reverence for his
character and memory.
fle - became a Mason when young, and
ignorant of the nature and tendency of the
order till after fie had taken the oath to se
crecy and fidelity forever. Al a later
period of life, when engaged in the arduous
struggle for American liberty, experience,
reflection and observation, manifested to him
the full character of Masonry. But if he
had then rashly and publicly renounced and
denounced a society with whom defamation
is a system, and vengeance is a sworn duty,
his reputation, and perhaps his life, would
have been the firrfeit. That single cvent
might have caused the thirteen American
provinces to remain bound for years at the
footstool of the monarch of Britain.
[Tr, be continued.]
GENERA r. NE‘VS OF F,EI;
A TEmploANcE MOVEMENT.— In the
Pennsylvania }louse of Representatives a
petition, signed by upwards of FIVE Tuotr-
SA ND FE.II LEs, of' the city of Philadelphia,
was presented, playing the legislature to a
dopt some means lirr arresting the prioress
of intemperance. Th. Tek g raph fa tate.,
that the names were generally written in
neat and but hands.
DEATH FROM TOE BITE OF .t DOG —lt is
stated r.t the Colombia (Pa ) Spy, that a
child, in that boraugh,died a few dax s since,
in consequence of a bite from- a dog, receiv
ed sometime before. The dog was not
"read," but the wound, "considered slight
at first, was not attended to in the manner
it would have heen had it been thought dan
gerous, and the consequence was that mor
tification ensued, and the helpless sufferer
departed from a world of care."
The Frederick I ferald states that the Rev.
Mr. Fl. S. KCPLER, late agent for the Bible
Society in Mary land, has received a call to
the pastoral charge of the Protestant Episco•
pal Church, in (hut city.
Micuzwi )1 GOING A lIEAD.—The Legis
lature of this State have passed a bill to loan
five millions or dollars, redeemable at any
time niter the expiril2s years, at five
per cent, to be expet works of internal
improvement.
COAL. -14e greatest coal field in the
world, probably, lies nn the valley of the
Nlississippi. It would cover a space of 900,.
000 square miles, equal to the hallo! . Eu
rope—or 1500 miles in length by 600 in
breadth.
Efforts are making to fi)ree Nfuhienburg
of Pennsylvania into Jr. Van Buren's Cab
inet.
The seat of government of Illinois has
been changed from V andulia to Springfield.
DEATH OF A MEMI U OF CONGRESS.—The
Hon. F. J. HARPER, Representative elect
of the Third Congressional District of Penn
sylvania in the next Congress, died at his
residence in Frankfort] on Friday week last.
He a few days belirre returned from a visit
to Harrisburg!).
MAssActlustrrrs.—The %V hig members
of thx Legislature of Massachusetts have
nominated Governor EVERITF for re.elec.
lion, and have nominated GEonGI HULL,
Esq. for LieJt. Governor.
The whale fishery of Great Britain has
fallen offto a great extent, within the last
few years. In 1830, the number of ships
fitted out by her was one hundred and forty
two—in 1832, this number has decreased
to eighty-one—in 1835 it had dwindled to
SCHOOLS, COLLEGES, &C. IN THE UNITED
STATES.-A corrOspondent of the Newark
Advertiser furnishes its readers with the
following statistics: "The institutions cnn•
stiiuting both the means and objects of edu
cation are found in about 60 Colleges, 500
Academies, 300 Lyceums, and 50,000 Com
mon Schools, In New England there nre
12 Colleges, where 353 were graduated the
last year; in New York and New Jersey 7,
where 225 were graduated. In New Hamp-
shire the number of free schools is rising of
1600. Massachusetts has about 3000 schools
Rhode Island 700. Connecticut has 1651
school districts, and about 84,000 children
receiving the benefit of the Scher)! Fund.—
In New York 9000 schools, and more than
500,000 children receiving instruction. In
Pennsylvania there are 250,000 children,
out of 400,000, destitute of school instruc
tion. South Carolina, in 1832, had 817
schools, and P 390 scholars. Georgia has
more than 700 common schools. In Ken
tucky only about one third of the children
between the age of 4 and 15 attend school."
ANTIQUARIAN WONDERS.
RUINS OFTUE ANCIENT CITY, A ZTALAN.
—The Rail Road Journal of New York re
publishes from the Chicago (Illinois) Ameri
can, a description and diagram of the Ruins
of an Ancient City, recently discovered in
Wisconsin Territory, on the west branch of
Rock River, directly west from Milwaukie,
and in the vicinity of a new settlement cal
led Jefferson. The diagram before us is
intended to represent what is supposed to be
.the, ruins of the Citadel—which consiht ofa
crumbled brick wall, "twenty.threo feet
wide at the base, four or five • feet high, and
eighty-four rods in extent." At regular
intervals of five rods, these ramparts aro
supported by massive buttresses, twenty
three feet wide and extending beyond the
wall seventeen feet. The shape is an ir
regularly oblong square. Within and
round these walls, there are a number o .
square mounds, varying from three to tweri
ty•five feet in height. On the top of one of
the inside mounds are a cellar three or four
feet deep and a stairway. Two parallel
ridges, two feet in height,titriking a smooth
road, extend through the interior of the cite
del. Another ridge connects two high
mounds, supposed to be the remains of forts.
Outside of the river wall, and debouching
into the stream, is the terminati , m of a sew
er, three feet below the surface and arched
with stone. From an in,cription on a rude
portal of the city, it was found that its name
t% as Az(alan.
Remarkable Discoveries in Tennessee.—
A Tennessee paper relates a remarkable
discovery recently made in the extensive
caves and grottoes of the great Laurel Ridge
(Cumberland Mountains,) by two scientific
gentlemen of Philadelphia—John Chester,
E-q. and M r.. 1 a cob L. Davis, who had been
engaged, several weeks, in the exploration.
In one of these caves, it is staled, these
gentlemen discovered three petrified bodies
entire, one ofa dug, and two human bodies.
one of them holding a spear. The dog, be•
Eng in a lying posture upon a flat rock.—
The human bodies appear to bo those of
men, probably hunters. Their clothing
can hardly he distinguished—but still it is
evident that it too was in IL measure turned
into stone. They are described thus—one
sitting with his head leaning, as it were, a
gainst a proj-etinir rock, and the other
standing, with a spear balanced in his baud,
I as though he was surprised, and just started
upon a quick walk. The dog lies as if
crouched in terror,or about to make a spr ine
—but the features or body is not distinct
enough to d , termine which position.
These mountains,(t he same paper states,)
abound in prodigious vaulted apartments
and chambers, which, when viewed by
torch light, exhibit scenes of gloomy gran•
deur which astonish the beholder. Several
petrified trees have also been ilimeove'red
cm the banks of the river near this ridge, as
a l so b ones o f mammoths, and other animals
whose races are now exi Met.
The Explorers are provided with a boat
of gum elastic, capable of carrying two
persons, for the purpose of navigating the
Streams that liow through the caverns.
Lan. Union.]
GB • ...
From the Philadelphia Public Ledger
'Monstrous Snake Story.
Our readers will probably recollect that
some weeks since, we give an account of
an extraordinary -case in Callowhill street,
in this city, of a living si.ake existing in the
stomach of a man. W hen about fifteen
years of age, he stopped to drink at a
spring in a field, and while drinking, felt a
sensation resembling that produced by a
solid substance gliding down his throat. It
caused no pain or uneasiness at the time,
and he supposed it to be a hit of grass or
some other harmless substance. About six
weeks afterwards,he felt a singular sensation
in the stomach, ressembling the movements
of a living animal, and sometimes attended
with unpleasant irritation or titillation, es
nodally just before trivets, and when he had
been a long time without food. fmmedi
' ately, and for several hours after a full meal
all unpleasant sensation subsided. These
symptoms continued to increase till the
thirty fifth year of the patient, which he
has recently completed; he suffering al
most constant uneasiness, and sometimes
excruciating pain. His appetite was irregu
lar, being sometimes so small that he would
nut consume more than an ounce of solid
food daily for a week; and at other times he
was so voracious, that he would„eat five
pounds of beef daily for a month. One re
markable symptom was that doting these
periods of abstemiousness, he gained flesh
at the rate of ten pounds weekly, and dur
ing the periods of voracity, he lost in a still
greater degree, and was sometimes exceed
ingly emaciated.
While gaining flesh under this loss of
appetite, his pulse was irregular, the diges
tive organs much deranged, his sleep dis
turbed and sometimes entirely suspended
fair_ forty-eight hours- He suffered severe
ly from pain in the occipital region of the
head,in the shoulder blades, the thumb of the
left hand and the cadaverous paleuess, and
he was subject, nightly, to profuse colliqua
tive sweats. But while loosing flesh under
a voracious appetite, all the functions were
performed with regularity, his pulse was
regular, his sleep sound, and his complex.
ion was of a healthy hue, inclining to be
florid. In the mean time the abdomen in
creased greatly in size, and a motion like
that ofa cat m a bag, was apparent to the
hand when laid upon the region of the
stomach. But he was at all limes subject
to fainting firs ofa peculiar kind. Some
times he drooped down suddenly without
sense or motion. At other times he nearly
fell, but recovered Immediately, though al
ways with prostration of strength for some
hours afterwards. The sensation as he
describedit, was that of a violent blow with
in- the stomach, and very much like that
produced by an electric shock, except being
more local.
Such extraordinary symptoms denoted
some extraordinary cases of disturbance.—
He had been for ten years, under the care
of his family physician, and had been sub•
jected to various modes of treatment, with
out any abatement of these symptoms.—
He had taken most active emetics, and the
most drastic cathartics, without any good
effect. When arterial action was high, he
was bled copiously, sometimes losing six
teen ounces daily for three days successive
ly. When it was low, the most powerful
stimulants were administered; opium, ether,
brandy, bark, being sometimes exhibited,
each in sufficient quantities Zo kill a moan
of ordinary health and strength. All the
while he insisted that some living animal
was in his stomach, and related the incident
at the spring, and his subsequent sensations.
His physician was incredulous, saying thAt
he had read such things, but did not con
sider any case well authenticated,or believe
that any animal could resist the solvent
power of the Bast is fluids in the human
stomach. The patient, finding every un
pleasant symptoms increasing, resolved to
seek additional aid, and Q. consultation was
ordered. Five of our most eminent phy.
sicians attended, and after a minute exami•
nation, came to the conclusion that the con
jecture of the patient was probable; for
though neither of them had ever witnessed
a case ofa living animal in the human stom•
ach, yet several cases were recorded which
they considered authentic. They also said
that comparative anatomy furnished ana
logics; for living frogs.. toads and fishes had
been found in the stemachs of snakes, many
hours after they were swallowed, and that
this proved the power of the vital principle
in resisting, to some extent, the solvent
power of the gastric fluids.
Having assumed this hypothesis as pro
' ' liable they next proceeded to act upon it.—
1„ hey rejected all medicines, very properly
concluding that if the vital principle could
resist the solvent power of the stomach, it
would resist the action of any substances
which the stomach was able to bear: and
concluding also that as powerful medicines
had already failed, it was not philosophical
to repeat them.
They ordered entire abstinence from all
fiend; and accordingly the patient took none
for five days. During this period, the pain
in the stocmach was excruciating, and the
neitien violent, resembling that of a spiral
revolution of a rope upon a cylinder. The
pain becoming too intense to bear, for the
patient was in a raving delirium, the phy•
sician suggested that opinion might act Ly
on the nerves of the stomach, without af-
G,cting the animal, if it were one, and that
in search of food, it might force its war
through the (esophagus. ThN was tried
and with success; the peient being thrown
into a disturbed sleep, while the motion in
the stomach increased in violence. In was
then held in a tectunbent position, with the
Itce downward, and the body inclined to
an angle of forty-five degrees, the head be
ttor lowest. In about ten minutes the cause
of the difficulty was manifest. A SNAKE,
ofdark brown color, and large size, protrud
ed full eight inches from the mouth, with
its eyes bright and glaring with every man
itestation of rage. One of the physicians
itmr.ediately seized it by the neck, with the
intention of drawing it out, but suddenly
fill flat upon the floor, without sense or mo
tion, as if struck by lightning! Like the
conger eel, the torpedo, and several other
species of marine atinnales, the reptile was
ELECTRIC, and thus were the fainting fits of
the patient explained.
But a measure was soon devised to meet
this new difficulty. One of the physicians
covered the handles of a large pair of for
ceps with silk, and stood ready to seize the
snake, should it again appear. This soon
happened, and it was seized and drawn out
about two feet, struggling most violently,
and emmitting tremendous shocks of elec•
trici'y. Two of the attending physicians,
who accidently touched it in the struggle
were knocked down. It was now fearei
that the electric shocks would destroy the
patient; and it was furthermore assortained
that from its size, it could not be drawn out
without emminent danger of rupturing the
cesnphagus. But fertile in expedients, they
suggested a new plan, which was to sutler
the reptile to come out as far as possible,
then wi:h a sharp instrument, to sever the
bead, and to extract the body by an incision
into the stomach.
In about an hour it again appeared; the
patient all the while being insensible from
the effects of opium; aided, perhaps, by the
electric shocks of the reptile. It protruded
about two feet, and with a sharp hatchet,
prepared for the purpose, it was suddenly
divided about eighteen inches below the
head. The lower part suddenly disappear•
ed within the stomach, exhibiting violent
motions for about two minutes. An incis-
ion was then made, and the fragment was
extracted. It proved to be a conger-eel, of
the electric species, four feet long and three
inches in diameter.
All unpleasant symptoms have since dis
appeared, the wound in the stomach is heal
ing rapidly and the patient is recovering hi 9
strength. We consider this the most re•
markable case on record, of living animals
found in the human stomach. A full report
of the case will soon be published in our
medical journals, under tho sanction of the
attending physicians.
FREE DiscutssoN.—We are plensed to see
in the proceedings of the opponents of im
mediate abolition, in many counties of this
State, in connexion with their declarations
against the abolitionists, express recogni•
tion of the right of a free discussion of the
subject.
This is correct. We can make much
allowance for harshness of languag e in one
party, while it admits the right of the other
party to reply. Excesses may take place
in either or both sides, but, while both are
permitted to discuss the subject, no great in
jury can result from these excesses.
It is gratifying to find that no paper in
this State, so far as we can recollect, has
encouraged outrage against lecturers, who
violate no law, except the American 51anu•
lecturer. It is still more gratifying to find
that even the reckless editor of that paper
has shrunk from itsassertion of the right of
a mob to treat as traitors peaceable citizens
of the count ry.—Pittshurgh Gazelle.
COLONIZATION AND ABOLITION: We ob
serve that, generally, the advocates of both
these causes, are equally warm and eloquent
in their declamation about the evils of sla
very.
The opponents of abolition, rely upon
Colonization as a corrective of the evil.—
For ourselves, we have the fullest conviction
that Colonization is a noble cause—one
which greatly blesses both the givers and
the receivers of its labors; and which confers
lasting benefits upon the continents, , Under
this strong conviction upon the subject, we
now suggest to the prominent promoters of
the nrieeting of the self styled "friends of the
integrity of the Union," which is to be held
on Saturday, that efficient measures should
then be taken in aid of that cnuse, by pro•,
curing large eiubscriptions of money.
Colonization is n gond thing. but we mean
acting it—not talking it.—Pita. Gatcttc.
appointments for Baltimore
Conference, March, 1837.
Baltimore District—John Davis, P. E.
Baltimore City—A. Griffith,T. McGee,E. Dorsey,
J. W. Richardson, T. 0. Summers.
North Baltimore—C. A. Davis, S. McMullen.
East do. H. Furlong,J.Merriken,J Fry,rup
%Vest. do. Joseph White, D, Thomas.
Balt. Precincts, To be supplied. ,
Sharp et. & Ash.—P. Beacon'.
U. Bethel—J. Smith.
Baltimore Circuit—T. B. Sargent, J. B. Poisal.
Severn—Wm. Hank, J. Guyer, A A. Reese, rup.
Annapolis—R. S. Vinton.
sc Yt ta ' . e i
vsAcit V.
. m A co . sin G .
nE e , r v e al , vn 3 s.. . Gß lT l o nl n7 uN z a e d a a rt l. .
Bladensburg—F. Macartney James Clarke
Maitawormin Edmonds.
Ebenezer-11 N. Brown, R. T Nixon.
Montgomery— James Reiley, J. Young.
Patapsco—Richard Brown, J. A. Henning.
Potomac District—John Bear, P. E.
Alexandria—S. G. Roszel, L. F. Morgan.
Foundry— Wm Hamilton, C. B. Tippett.
Georgetown—Henry Slicer, J. M. Hanson, sup.
Rock Creek—lt. Barry.
Fairfax—E. It Yeitch, E. P. Phelps.
Leesburg—To be supplied.
London—J. A. Collins. N. J. B Morgan.
Warrenton—J. V. Rigden, W. lIONVC.
Stall Ord— G G. Brooke, G. D. Chenowith.
Frederick burg—N. Head.
Westmoreland—Thomas Wheeler, T. A. Morgan
Lancaster—C. B. Young, J. Iloughawout.
Rockingham District—N. Wilson, P. 2.
Rockingham-John C. Lyon, Wire. McIC. Ward.
Staunton-J. S. Marlin.
Augusta-S. Smith, G. L. Brown.
Rocky Spring -Z. Jordan.
Lexington-G. W. Ilumphreys,.l. 11. Lino.
Fincasile- A. A. Eskridge, L. Munroe.
Chrlstiatisburg- J. Ploluer; W. Rohr.
Alottroe-J Lanius.
Covii W Osborne, A. G Chenoweth.
Lewisburg-W. Wickes.
Lewisburg Circuit-C. Hartman, J. Stine
Huntersville-J. McEnallv
Franklin -F M. Mills, T. J. Myerlo
Winchester District-D. Sleek, P. E.
Winchester Station-J. Guest
Winchester Circuit-T. H. W. Munroe, W G
gleston, W Munroe, sup.
Jefferson J. Larkin, M. 0. Hamilton.
Ilarpers- Ferry-George Hildt
Berkeley-James Watts, William Evans
Hillsborough-G Morgan, James Berkley
Bath-G. W. Deems, .1. Gamble
Springfield-11. Holland
South Branch-D. Kennison, W. T. Norfolk
Moorfield-J. M. Green, J. Brads
%Woodstock-M. Goheen, D. Trout
Luray-T. S. Harding.
Lost River Mission-J. W. Cullum
Chambersburgh District—R. Cada; P. E.
Chniubersburg -Richard Bond.
Waynesburg -R. M. Lipsconb
Hagerstown-Wm. H Edwards
Boonshormigh-J. L. Gibbon
Clear-Spring-J. Clary, J. M. Jones
Alleghatty-P. D. Lipscomb, J. Hodges .
Cumberland-C. Parkinson
Bedford-Peter NlcEnally, T. C. Hays
Lyttletoti-E. E. Allen, J. S. 'Morris
Berkstresser, J McKeehan
Bloomfield-D. Shaver, J. Stansbury
Shippcnsburg- William H El2Ol
Northumberland District-j. Miller, P. E.
Sunbury— G. Dill, C. E Browne
Beaver's Mead. Miss.-J. S. Lee
Hollidaysburg-J. Bowen
Williamsburg-J. Forrest, R. Beers •
Lewistown-Henry Tarring
Lewistown Circuit-Jouathan Munroe, J. Ball.
Berwick-James Sanks, G. Guyer
Danville-S. Ellis, S. Hildebrand
Northumberland-C Kalbfus, John Hall.
Lycoming--T. Tannyhill, I. T. Stratten
Bellefonte-J. Rhodes, R. W. H. Brent
Clearfield-J. Anderson
Huntingdon-J. Stevens, T H. Buoy
West Branch Miss.-S. V. Blake
Carlisle Circuit-A. Hemphill, P. E.
Carlisle Station-G.-G. Cookman
Carlisle Circuit-J. Gruber, W. 0. Lumsden
York- T Rcily
Shrewsbury-J. Ewing, J. W. Cronin
Harford- I. Collins, Elijah Miller
Great Falls-H. Best, 0. Ege, T. J. Dorsey; sup.
Liberty-Win, Prettyman, T. Myer
Frederick City--S. Bryson
Frederick Ciet-W: Butler,J. Parker,J. Recd,sup.
Gettphurg-Amos Smith, .L H. Brown.
Kt-Thomas C. Thornton. Agent (Or Dickinson Col.
legs. Next Annual Conference to bo held iu East
Baltimore, March 14, 1935. •
VERY LATE FROM 1 .11 axle°. —lntelligence
from this country has at length been receiv
ed by the arrival at New Orleans, on the
12th instant, of the schooner Creole, in six
days from Tampico. •
• •
W e learn by het that a • fleet consisting
of 4 brigs and 3 schooners of war had sailed
from Vera Cruz fur Metamoras, destined to
operate against Texas. Every thing was
tranquil in Tampico. There wore about
Fa 00 troops there in garrison.
SANTA ANNA arrived at Vern Cruz on
the 21st of February, where he was rather
coolly received, and with no more honors
than were due to a common Mexican Gene
ral. He left. immediately - for. his estate,
Mango do Clavo. •
The election returns for President, were -
A nastacio Bustamente, 57 votes.
Manuel Gomez Pedraza, 6 di
Nicholas Bravo, 3 .1:
Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, 2' "
Gen. BUSTAMENTE, we are informed, by
private letters, had arrived at the Rio . del
Norte, whore the army is now
,stationed,
and takes the command in conjunction with
Bravo.
SANTA ANNA, on his arrival at Vera
Cruz, addressed the People, and assured
them that his liberation was not owing to
bribery, or to any thing derogatory to the
Mexican People, but purely to the goodness
of Gen. Houston.
ANOTHER AMERICAN BARON.—About a
week since we published, from an English
paper, a list of new peers recently created
by the British,- government, among which
was Thomas Alexander Frazer, Esq. of
Lovat, to be Baron Lovat. We I ave since
been informed that Baron Lovat is a lineal
descendant of Lord Lovat, who was behead
ed for treason in 1745, and whose family
was then attainted. The present Baron is
a native of North Carolina, a clergytnan
by profession; and has often officiated in that
capacity in this-city.—N. Y. Timis.
CH ANGA OF CON DITION. IHO e ;vatic
Daily Advertiser thus notices a remarkable
instance of this sort. Possibly the Peer will
not he happier or more useful than the hum
ble Pastor.
We notice that Lord Lorat (the late Rev.
Mr. Fra:ver, long well known in this vicini
ty as a Presbyterian Clergyrnan;at different
times the humble pastor of the churches at
Westfield and Bottlehill,) took his seat and
oaths of office nt the opening of the House of
Lords, on the first day. There are strange
somersete in life!
The '•Lancaster Inielligencer" has been
revived under the editorial charge of Mes
srs. James H. Bryson and John W. For
ney.
TRIAL BY JURY—The Legislature of New Jics ,
sey,at the recent session,pasied a latv i by a Imp
jority in both houses,giving to persons of colour who
are claimed as fugitive slaves, ;the right atrial by
Jury. A most righteous law. k
STAR & REPUBLICAN BANNER.
BY ROBERT W. MIDDLETON.
GETTYOBITRGHAPA.
Olonday, .1 1 / a rch 27, I 837.
0::)-The Wagon price of Flour in Bahl
more-89 50.
TO CORRESPONDENTS.
""Ham, Percy," "Anti-Expurgator,"
"G•••,' and others have been received, and will
all be attended to in duo time.
Such of our subscribers as change their re
sidence on the first of April, will please notify us
where they wish their papers forwarded after that
time.
ci•SVe thank the "Philadelphia Saturday Chron
icle," if not for the unexpected "puff" of ourself,
at least for the kindly notice of our fair correspon
dent, LT DIA lAN R. Our friend MATTI!! AR has
it in his power to render her more service than she
can expect from our little "country sheet." Pos
sessing as he doer, a generous, philanthropic heart,
he will not permit so sweet a bird to sing to the
°desert air" of Tioga and Adams counties alone;
but that he will encourage her to pour forth her
soft,wild note4through the columns of the °Chron
icle."
jln another column, for the gratification of
our Methodist friends, we have inserted the Ap
pointments made by their late ConfererMe. It
will be seen that brother Born), whose usefulness
in the cause of Re! gion and Temperance in this
county will lung be remembered, has been station
ed in Chambers4urg,h. We trust he will find time
to pay our Borough a flying visit once and awhile.
Be will at all times be heartily welcomed by his
old friends.
:3"ROV. CHARLER MARTIN, (M. D.) of the
Theological Seminary of this place, has accepted
a call from Mairtinshurgh,
co-Mo had no room to insert a "story" on our
first.page. But the reader will find a marvellous
kind of a ono on the second page, headed "Mon
strous Snake Slory."
The COlltaill4lloll Safe!
The special election to fill the vacancy in
the Convention to amend the Constitution, occa
sioned by the death of Mr. Caldwell, of Union
county, has resulted in the choice of WILLI A3l L.
HAnais, a Democratic Anti-Masan. This will
enable us to &Teat the Dallas and Fanny Wright
party, who are fur repealing Charters, restoring
Slavery, and destroying the best institutions of the
State.
Governor Hi lier's Letter.
1 :0--It will be recollected by our readers that Gov.
RIT:Ir.n was called on, at the commencement of
the present session of the Legislature, to produce
any evidence in his possession to shcw Gen. WASH
INOTON'A disapprobation of Masonry. He has
complied in a most masterly paper, (a part of which
will be found in to-day's Star,) which deserves
a careful perusal by every honest man. It is con
clusive, and will convince all but the insincere
slaves of the Lodge.
low gratifying, to find the pure principles of
Anti-Masonry sustained by the talents and fearless
integrity of our noble Farmer Governor! Penn
sylvania may well be proud of tho position which
she now 'occupies.
1 :10 .Extract of a letter dated,
• 4.I3ALTIMORE, *arch 21, 1837.
•rI have just risen fro:n a perusal of Got , . RIT
-21 rat's Letter to your Legislature. I recollect once
reading about somebody's going out to gather
wool, but came home shorn! I think your Su
iting fared but little better!"
The Par--Ear West.
0:1 -Through the politeness of one of our citizens
wo have been permitted to make the following ex
tracts from a letter recently received from a relative
residing in the ..Far Weet"—The letter bears date,
"FRANKLIN, Missouri,
. ..March 5, 1837.
(On the Bth inst. books will open in this and
other towns for subscriptions to the Rail Road from
the Mississippi to Franklin. This road leads from
the Mississippi, thence on North, bearing a little
East, paving the lion Mountains, till it arrives at
the above named place, When it is completed, it
will put this remote part of our country almost on
an equality with any other of the Western States.
The tedious passage on the Missouri will be done
away; low waters and frazing will be forgotten,
and the produce of so large and fertile a tract of
country may easily find a Market.
By examining the Map, you will perceive that
this road will be the main route through our State,
and that others from the West will have to branch
with it. Persons residing curdle South side of the
River, have the advantage of those on the North,
on account of the division made by the River. On
the North, the road will communicate with Lake
Michigan, and so on to New York, as I believe
the day is not far distant when there will he a
main Rail Road from the mouth of the Illinois,
through what is called the Black Swamp, or the
dividing line %itween the waters of the Lakes and
the waters of the Ohio, so as to branch with your
State and New York, or on the North East in any
direction.
"Land has already risen from one to two hun
dred per cent. 'Myself and sons and sons-in-law
hold 2,650 acres• This Spring we Intend entering
1,200 acres more. It is worth from ten to twelve
dollars per acre. Wheat is worth $1 per bushel;
Corn,from 20 to 25 cents; Whiskey 50 cents per
gallon. Horses are very high. Mules 3or 4 years
old bring from $6O to $lOO per head. Trading in
Mules is very profitable, and is extensively carried
on here. Colts cost from $2O to $35, and after
keeping them about two years, they will readily
command 60 and 100 dollars—quite a handsome
profit. For a new country, we have a decided ad
vantage. The Land being cleared, we have only to
fence and break the sod—wkich is double as tough
as it is in your meadows; but break it once, it is
as mellow as can be expected,• and will, after the
first year, bring great-crops of Wheat, Comticc.
"Emigrants are settling,or rather crowding into
the territory West and North-West so fast, that it
is almost incredible. The country on bpth sides of
the Mississippi in Wisconsin Territory is filling up
With surprising rapidity."
(0:1. From another part of the same letter we
learn that the writer has no loss than 18 Grand
sons, 20 Grand-daughters, 1 Great Grand-son ant )
2 Groat Grand-daughters—and that three of his
ithoys".weigh only 601 pounds! No wonder that
his neighborhood is up" so rapidly!)
• The bill repealing the Tax has passed
both branches of the Legislatura, and received the
Fignature of the Governor.
Lydia Jane.
- oi-We cut the following paragraph( from seve
ral of our exchange.papors, to show onr fair cor
respondent LYDIA liars, the estimation in which
she is - held by our brethren of the type:—
Introducing the article heeded "He Died," the
Chambersburgh Weekly Messenger observea—
They emanate from the pen of a Lady
of talent and worth, whose poetical efThsions
are far more worthy of publicity, than mans
which have obtained considerable notnrietv
The sentiment is good, and is espresse►:
in a warmth of feeJisig i calculated to touch
the heart.
The Philadelphia Saturday Chronicle says,
speaking of the same article—
We notice in a late number of the Star,
an article signed "Lydia Jane," which pos.
senses far more than ordinary poetic merit.
Many of the passages are really beautifid,
ned the whole production ib decidedly cred
itable to the literature of our country.
The following paragraph, in which there will
he found much sound sense, we take from the Har
rtshurgh Democrat—
CHOICE POETRY.—It may justly he a
matter of surprise that such soul stirring
Poetry, as that on our first page, could ema
nate from the secluded wilds of Tioga coun
ty, where "cataracts are sublime and soli•
tude eternal." But it is much more won
derful that a person possebsing genius such
as is indieated in this article, should so long
have retnnined unnoticed. We have fre
quently observed very creditable pieces ot•
her composition, hut as they were published
ut obscure country papers, have never here
tofore attracted much attention. A friend
informs 119 that "LvorA .I,►NE" is a poet of
Nature's own handiwork—has had but an
ordinary education—and has been by in
digent circumstances debarred access to
even the smallest share of literary know.
ledge. On the whole, this single prodoction,
did she move in the fashionable Literary
society, would place Lydia Jane on a level
with the brightest stars that are now found
in the brilliant constellation of Amerierm
Female Literati. Too much praise cannot
be be-towed on an article that comes to us
wit!) so many claims to our favor, and we
hope that the conductors of our numerous
and excellent Literary Journals will exert
themselves to unfold and cultivate these
dormant talents, by relieving them from
that worst clog on Poetical genius—Pov-
ERTY.—llarrisburgh Democrat.
(O.lVe present our readers another treat this
week, in the Address of Rev. Mr. HARK Kr. We
subjoin a few remarks from other papers respecting
the Addresses of Messrs. Sm rssit and If A assr.
A non ESSES.- %V e have received two
printed Addresses lately delivered in Get
tysburgo, Pa.; one by Ok:srEt, M. SHYSER,
A. M. before the Philonzathaeun Society;
and the other by the Rev. Mr. 11 AnKET of
Frederick, Nld. before the Phrcnakosmian
Society. We have read these addresses
with much satisfaction, and regard thorn as
favorable evidences of the intellectual pow
ers of their authors, and as abounding with
apprOpriate, judicious and well•written ma:•
ter. Should the young gentlemen for whose
immediate benefit they were prepared, have
wisdom enough to lay to heart and carry
into practice the many excellent truths and
counsels contained in those addresses, they
will derive lasting advantages from them.
"race GnseTxres: An address delivered before
the Phrenakosrolan Society of Pennsylvania College,
Feb. 22, 1337." By Rev. S. W. 11AnnEv.
We have been politely furnished with a
copy of the addresQ, bearing the foregoing
title. The subject which the author has
chosen, and which is very ably and justly
t rented, is one that commends itself to every
one, especially to young men who are pre
paring themselves for extensive usefulness
in the world. We sincerely hope, that the
young gentlemen oft he Phrenakosmian
ciety,may realize the good wishes expressed,
and the wholesome counsels given by the
. weaker in this address.— Weekly Illessen'r.
REV. n. thitany's Annurss.—We
have received a copy of:the Address deliver.
ed before the Phrenakosmian Society of
Pennsylvania College on the 22d ult. by the
Revd. S. W. HAIIKEY, Pastor of the Evan
gelical Lutheran Church, of Frederick,
tld. It is printed in neat pamphlet form,
by order of th It Sociotey, a copy having
been requested and obtained from the author,
for that purpose. The task proposed by
the orator on this occasion, and which he
has certainly accomplished in a manner
both useful and creditable, is a definition of
the elements of Tana GREATNESS. The
discourse does not aim at any extratirdinary
reaches ofeloquence,but is nevertheless . w.-. 1
written, and is marked throughout by sound
sense and a tone of pure and healthy moral
feeling, which should greatly serve to com
mend it to attention and regard. In such a
discourse RELIGION cannot be overlooked,
and is not forgotten. Iler saving spirit and
purifying influences are fully recognized, as
after all, the main pillar and crowning orna
ment of tare greatness. We learn from
his discourse that the Reverend orator was
hims;fone of the founders of the Society,
whose sixth anniversary he was thus called
to commemorate by an address.—Bait. Pat.
PROW ILARRISBURGH.
Correspondence of the Gettyeburgh Star.
HARRISBURGH, March 23d, 1837.
The onl, engrossing subject for the last week,
in the House of Representatives, was the General
Improvement Bill; and for thnt reason my letter
at this time must necessarily be brief. The Sixth
Section of the Bill was under consideration from
Monday the 13th instant, until Tuesday last; and
alter being amended and improved, in the most,
perfect manner, so that about one million six or
seven hundred thousand dollars was ordered to be
squandered away, in the shape of subscriptions to
Rail Road, Navigation, Turnpike and various im
provement companies throughout the, State, the
Previous Question was called by Mr. SPACKNAN,
of. Philadelphia, and sustained. The yeas and
nays were called for, and the Section was, very
tnuch to the mortification of the friends of the Bill,
negatived by the following vote, Yeas 46, Nnys 49.
A new section was immediately proposed by
hf - -
r. Mchvam, of the city,-and shortly after the
Housi;adjourned, holdinjs it under advisement.—
Next day, an amendment was °Tared by Mr. PAR..
Kits, of Chester county, which, ih consequenee,of
Luther» Observer.
ANOTHER UNKIND CUT.—The Globe,
speaking of a report of Gen. Jackson's sack-
ness, says, it turns out to be a federal fahri•
cation. "Thy wish was farther to thy
thoughts " There ought to be a conven.
tion of the old federal party—the ChiefJus.
Lice of the United States in the chair, and
Mr. Buchanan Secretary—to protest against
these unkind cuts; as if these worthy leder
alists should desire to take the life of him
who brought them into power.—/T. S. Gaz.
The Annual Report of T. H. Bunnowcs,
Esq., Superintendent, on Common Schools,
Academies and Colleges of Pennsylvania, is
of rather too great length fir convenient
publication in a newspaper, though, perhaps,
sot more so than the scope of The subject
required, which is ably treated. It is a
highly interesting and satisfactory docu.
the number of appropriations therein contemplated
to be made to various turnpike companies in dif
ferent sections of the State, was eventually carried
by a pretty large majority. This section is but
very little, if any,better than the original ono which
was disagreed to. The amount of money authori
sed to be expended by it is over one million of dol
lars, if I am not much mistaken. • The rest of tht
Bill was then considered and passed a third read
ing, last night about seven o'clock, by a vote of
56 in favour to 37 against.
The Bill has now gone to the Senate, where it
will probably be kept for the whole of next week.
It is hard to say what action will be taken on it in
that body. They may trim it down to something
like a tolerable economktd Bill,whilitt on the other
hand it is Just as likely, that they may in turn as-
Fist in burthening it with new, and to the House,
unlooked for appropriations, The earnest desire
of every honest Pennsylvanian who is opposed to
a useless and unnecessary expenditure of the pub
lic monies, is that it may not pass the Senate in
its present shape. Over Three millions of dollars
arc lavished away with wasteful prodigality, and
without any regard whatever bring had to the
wishes of the people. Subscriptions to Stock in
Rail Road companies arc authorised and directed
to be made which will never realize two or three,
per cent; and this the farmers, whose money it is
that is thus thrown away, nre told is for the public
benefit! Instead of making liberal appropriations
to the main lines of improveme it, and making
provision for a payment of n portion of the State
debt, nt the same time that a liberal endowment
might have been made to the fund for the support
of Common Schools, they have lavis'ied away the
whole of the Surplus Revenue on such works as
the Laughlinstown Rail Road, the Danville and
Pottsville Rail Road. dce. which never can yield
the Commonwealth any revenue prop irtionnte to
the investment.
This day has been spent in passing a very long
bill altering and creating new electioi districts.—
Several private Bills have also been passed, but
none of sufficient importance to deserve a place.
Rand's Systent of Writing.
cyMr. N. li. EVANS, for several days pit , t, has
been giving instructions in Writing on the above
system. lie has shewn us specimens of writing
by those who have taken six or more lessons,
which exhibit n progress in that beautiful compo
sition almost incredible. Indeed, from his atten
tion to his pupils, and their evidence of improve
ment, Mr. Evans re , illy deserves the liberal enconr
agement he has so' far met with. Persons desirous
of examining the specimens of those taking lessons,
can be gratified any afternoon by calling at his
room, in the dwelling occupied by Mrs. Enre, in
Chambursburgh Street.
[Communicated
Ct• - •IVORTIIY OF ATTENTION!
EDITOR:—The following extract is of se
rious importance, as nn expression of public sen
timent, coming as it does from a large and influ
, ential paper, extensively read in the south, whose
grave and talented Editor, from his religious con
nexions, is known to have been unfavorable to the
Immediate Abolitionists. It is from the aNew
York Observer," a Religious paper.
FAREWELL AND INAUGURAL ADDRESS.—
We have devoted a large portion of our pa•
per this week to the Farewell address of
General Jackson to the people of the United
States, ai:d the Inaugural address of our
new rersident, Mr. Van Buren. The ad.
dress of General Jackson, it will be seen, is
occupied chiefly with a single subject, the
danger to the liberties of the country arising
from the multiplication of banks and the ex
tension
of n paper currency; and that of Mr.
Van Buren. is remarkable as -committing
him definitely only in relation to a single
measure, viz: the abolition of slavery in the
District of Columbia. Mr. Van Buren
pledges himself distinctly, in this inaugural
address, to reto erery bill mhich may be
passed by Congress for the abolition of
slavery in the District of Columbia, unless
it shall have received the approbation of the
,laveholding States.
By the slaveholding States, we presume,
Mr. Van Buren means a majority of the
members of Congress from those states.—
The whole number of representatives in the
lower House of Congress is 242. Of this
number 143 are fiorn non slaveholding, and
99 from slaveholding states. Of the 99
members from slaveholding states, are
from nme states, which favor the doctrine
of perpetual slavery, and 42' from three
slates, (Virginia, Maryland, and Kentucky)
which emancipation doctrines have made
more or less progress. The nine perpetu•
al slavery states, according to the sencus of
1830, contain less than one fifth part of the
free white population of the country; and
yet the pledge of Nlr. Van Buren will give
their will absolute control, in relation to
slavery in the District of Columbia, during
the whole period of his administration; for
with the 18 vetoes of these stales in the
Senate, (more than one third) even the check
upon the veto power provided in the consti
tution will be of no avail. We have no room
at present for comment on this unguarded,
very singular, and to Northern men pecu
liarly humiliating pledge.
HARRISBURGH, March 21.
OPENING OF NAVIGATION.--The water
arrived in the Canal at this place last night,
and is now filling rapidly. One boat clear
ed for Columbia to-day. In a day or two
the navigation will be in successful opera.
tion. A Rope Ferry has been established
by the Canal agents, at Clark's Ferry, for
the passage of float Navigating the Canal,
which will prevent any interruption on ac.
count of the failure of the Duncan's Island
13ridge.—Democrat.
ment, from which the following facts are
gathered:
The whole number ofSchool Districts in the
State is 957
The number which have accepted the law
is
745
increase of accepting districts thisyear, 209
Number that have reported, 573
Number of Common-Schools, 3347, endow.
ed do. 35 3382
Increase in the year, 2622
Number male teachers 2428, female, 966--
total. 3394
Number male scholars 74,253, female, 65,-
351—Phila. city and county 11,23 t--
total 150,83' 4
Increase of scholars. 11,294
The averag e time which schools were kept
open th last year was 4 months and 3
days.
The whole number ofChildren in the State,
between the age of 5 and 15 years, is a
bout, :320,000
Number taught at public schools before
the present system commenced. 32,344
QUICK ON TIM TRICOKR.-011 Sunday
afternoon last, the remains of the Member
of Congress Elect, of the Third District, in
this county, were deposited in their final
resting place,attended by a large concourse
of mourning friends, who entertained for
the deceased while living, a just and deserv.
ed respect for his many amiable qualities—
and on Monday morning, the "Electors of
the Tin rd Congressional Dist rict" are' Car.
(led" by a certain C. J. Jaek,who, "In corn.
pliance with the wishes of a number of his
friends in the district, will ho a candidate to
represent said district in the Congress of
the United States!"
All we have to tiny In thin matter is, that
we think Jack or John—whatever his name
is—has run a darii'd sight faster to consult
"a number of his 'Friends ;n the district,"
than he is likely to do at the election.
Germantown Telegraph.
EXTENSIVE PlILI'llES.—The Messrs.
Josnen, of New York, the eminent hankers
and brokers of that city, were obliged to St/S
-pend payment last week, on account of ex
tensive failures in New Orlyans, in which
they were involved to the amount of two or
three millions. It was expected; however,
that by the resumption of business by the
New Orleans houses, as well as the drat; of
a million of dollars by the Bank of the Uni
ted States, they would he enabled to resume
payment this week. The affair had crea
ted the greatest panic.—ltid.
0:7 -Referring to the nomination of Mr. BENTON
by the Democratic Herald, the 11, S. Gazette says:
"Will it do any good," perhaps some one
will ask, "to nominate so soon?" We know
nothing about that, having no di.position to
aid in the election of Mr. Benton; but we
remember that the very next day after- Mr.
Adams' election was known, the same gen
tleman who edits the Herald, placed at the
head of his paper the name of Gen. Jackson,
and succeeded better in obtaining an office
for,thanfrom,his candidate. Let the Demo.
c ratic party look to themselves,if thus early a.
schism is found.
tr:i'BI"I'HE LAST MAILS
The Atank
c o- We learn from Harrisburgh, by this morn
ing's mail, that the BANK HAS BEEN AC
QUITTED ! Oh, mister hill—Oh!
0 - Confidence Betrayed!
Extract of a Letter to the Editor of the Star,dated
HARRISBURGH, March 24th, 1537.
DEAR SlR—This morning, on an incidental
question, Mr. FLANAGAN, of Franklin, made a
violent attack on the Rail Road from Philadelphia
to Hagerstown! Ho stated that some sections on
it would cost more than $2 6 0,000, with many
other statements of equal truth! He avows his
determination to defeat it if possible! Indeed, he
seems to have gone mud altogether by opposing
every body! He has destroyed all his influence,
as such 41 natured men always will. What will
his neighbours of Wuynesburgh say to his con
duct!
jßy a late arrival from Europe, accounts
lave been received of anotherDitternpt (making
he fourth!) to assassinate the King of the French!
(- . -- -The Cashier of the Branch Bank of the Val
ley at Leesburgh, Virginia, was robbed on Friday
last in Frederick of $25,000! On Saturday morn
ing, we learn from the Herald, n part of the money,
$11,475 ; was found in the upstairs of Talbott's
Hotel between two beds.
Tho Savings Institution of Carlisle has de
clared a dividend of rive: per cent. on its Capital
Stock for the last 6 months, and THREE per cent.
on its Weekly Deposites
oi-No Harrisburgh Telegraph last week!
OBITUARY RECORD.
DIED, '
• On the 2d inst. ELI Z• BETH CATII A Ili 71E, daugh
ter of Mr. William M'Ada►us, of this borough, aged
15 months.
On the 12th inst. Mr. ARTHUR BENNTIT, of
Hamiltonban township, in the 52d year of his age.
onLictirovs NOTICES.
gTho Rev. Mr. KELLER will preach in the
English Lutheran Church on Sunday morning and
evening next.
There will be preaching, also, on Sunday
morning ,and evening next, in the Presbyterian
Church.
ADVERTISEMENTS.
NOTICE.
A LL Persona indebted to the Estate of
ti CONRAD SNYDER, late of Mount•
pleasant township, Adams county, deceased,
are hereby notified to come forward and
make settlement, with the subscriber, who.
will attend at the late residence of the de
ceased on Friday and Saturday the sth and
6th of May nexi,for that purpose—and those
having claims against said Estate will also
present them properly authenticated on the
above named days for settlement.
The Executor resides in D r eidlersburgh,
Tyrone township.
BA LTZER SNYDER, Ez'r.
March 27, 1837. Bt-52
PUBLICS NOTICES
ADAMS COUNTY LYCEUM.
MBETINII of the "ADAMS COUNTY
. 41511 LYCELM 4 ' will he held in Mr. Cooper's
Law Office, in the Borough of Gcttysburgh, on
Tuesday Evening,alarch 28
at half past 6 o'clock
A LECTURE will be delivered by a member
An persons desirous of promoting the of
jects of the association, are invited to attend,
becnmo members and participate in the exercises
of the meeting.
R. W. MIDDLETON, Sec'ry
March 20, 1837.
TEMPERANCE.
' 1 1 . 4 2..7 A SEMI-ANNUAL meeting of the
Temperance Society of Getlystmrgh
and its vicinity will be held in die new English
Lutheran Church, on SATURDAY the Bth of
APRIL NEXT, nt 1 o'clock r. sr.
u .. A11 interested in the success of Temperance
are earnestly invited to attend.
- ROBERT W. MIDDLETON, Scc'ry,
March 27, 1837. tm-52
TAILORING:.
MEssne. SHEARER & SKELLY
B EG leave to inform the Citizens of Get
tysburgh, and the Public generally,
that they have taken the Shop in Chambers
burgh street one door Enst of Mr. Forry'a
Hotel, where they have commenced the
Tailoring Business.
By their long experience in the City o
Philadelphia, and indefatigable exertions to
become masters of their business, they feel
warranted in ensdring general satisfaction.
The Quarterly Fashions
from the Cities of Philadelphia and New
York will be regularly received, and a Cor
respondence kept up with their Friends in
those Cities, which will enable them to be
at all times ready to gratify• those desirous
of having their garments cut and made in the
Latest Fashion.
tr._7'" All work entrusted to them will he
speedily executed, warranted to fit, and in
ferior to none Weet.of the City of Philadel•
plua.
They, thereiora, hope to receive - a clue
share of public patronage.
Gettysburg!), March 27, 1F437.
eaolit Attire+
/11HE Subscriber begs leave to inform his
Frien,ls, that he has purchased the
Stock of Goods of Judge McCLEAN, at a
considerable discount; and has Just received,
in addition thereto,
A NEW AND GENERAL ASSORTMENT OP
MEIRCHANDIZE 9
which has been selected with great care, and
purchased for CASH, and which he now of.
fern to the Public, at his Store in the house
of Mr. M'CLELLAN, Innkeeper, North cor
ner of the Diamond, on the most pleasing
terms.
Every rational
. man must Icnowthat Gm%
can, ought, and 7 . Aug be sold on better terms .
tbr CASH, than when a general credit is
given. The subscriber, therefore, being
determined to sell for
C A.SU4
and being also determined to sell on moder
ate profits, flatters Ininsellhe will be able to
make it the interest of those who do not wish
to purchase on credit, to give him a call to
examine his Goods, and- judge for them
selves.
B. R. ROBINSON.
Gettysburgh, March 27, 11' 4 37. 3t-52
DAN IEL THOMPSON,
Barber and Hair Dresser,
RETURNS thanks to a generous com
munity for the support extended to
wards him—and would respectfully state,
that he has again taken the old Shop in the
Diamond, near Mr. McClellan's Hotel,
where he will he happy to receive and we
upon his customers.
Gettyshurgh, March 27, 1837.
GARDEN SUIEDS.
Sugar Beet seed, Early Curled Head Let-
Blood Turnip Bent seed, Luce,
Long Blood do reed, White Solid Celery,
Long Scarlet Radish do. Long Green Cucumber,
Early Flat Dutch Tur-Drum Head Cabbage,
nip seed, Green Globe Savoy do.
Early Washington Peap,White Onion.
Early Hurn Carrot, Squash,
Orange Cm rat, Double Peppergrafe,
Speckled Lettuce,
For sale at the Drug Store of
Dr. J. GILBERT, Gettysburgh.
March 27, 1837. t f-52
7700,Di
110111ROPOSA LS, in writing, will be receiv.
ed by the Commissioners of Adams
county, until 1 o'clock P. M. of Tuesday
the 25th of April next, for furnishing the
Court house and Pr:son with WOOD for
the ensuing Reason. •
By Order,
WILLIAM KING, Clerk.
March 27,1837. 4t—.52
NOTICE.
TEIE Subscriber having been appointed
Trustee of the Person and Estate of
JAMES WALKER, of Tyrone township,
Adams County, all persons are cautioned
against trusting him, as he will not pay any
of his (Walker's) contracts after this.date:
Anv person or persons having claims a
gainst said walker, are hereby notified to
present them to the subscriber on or before
the first day of July next, and those indebt
ed to him are requested to pay the same to'
the subscriber wiihout delay. Witness my
hand, at, Latimore township, Adams cowl
y, this 20th day of March, 1837.
JOHN WOLFO,R D.
4i *-5;?
March 27, 1837
grIONIPOUND CARRAGEEN COUGH
ll SYItU P.----The superior advantages of
thia'Syrui. are that it is a compound exclu
sively vegetable, arid contains,no alcoholic
or narcotic ingredients.
For sale at the Drug Store of
Dr. J. GILBERT, Gettysburg.
March 27, 1F 1 37. tf-52
HYMEN lAL REGISTUR.
AIM lED• •
On the 19th ins Mt. by the Rei. Mr. Keller, Mr.
ERE SEM REL to MISS MARIA MACRZZT, both 0
Mountjoy township.
On the 21st inst. by the same, Mr. SAArtrsr.
CASSATT, of MOUHIpICHRTII, to MISS ELIZAIMIN
ESSIG, of Cumberland township. •
On the same, day, by the same, Mr. DAVID
SCUM V Ell, of Tyrone, to Miss SUPIA:CICAR HART.
EEL, of Franklin township.
On the same day, by the name, Mr. Lzarti F.
FAVORITE, Of alit; place, to Mis JUL! AN SWITZER,
of Straban township.
On the 2^d inst. by the same, Mr. DAVID WIER.
LER, Of Litticstown, to Miss MARIA ScrverAwrr,
of Mountjoy.
On the 26th inst. by the Rev. Mr. Bowl, Rev.
J. H. Ilse ws, of the Methodist Episcopal Church
of this place, to Miss MARIA Hints, daughter of
Col. Geo. limes, of New Oxford, Adams count.
At Littlestown,on the 21st inst. by George.VVi ,
Esq. Mr. WILLIAM SHEAN to Mrs. RACHEL MIL.
Tsai—both of Carroll county, Md.
On the 26th inst. by the sonic, Mr. SAMUEL I.
DELI. to Miss MAnr Axx DELL—both of West..
minster, Carroll county, Md. •
PUBLIC NOTICES.
Notice is hereby Given,
TO all Legatees and other persons con
cerned, 'that the ADMINISTRA
TION ACCOUNTS of the deceased per
sons hereinafter mentioned,will be presented
to the Orphans' Court of Adams County, for
confirmation and allowance, on Monday Ile
24th day of Aprtl next, viz:
The Guardianship Account of Israel Ir
win, Guardian ofJames S. Wilson and Mar
garet Wilson, minor children ofJames Wil—
son, deceased.
The Account of John Metz, Administra
tor of the Estate of Susannah Snyder, de
ceased.
The Account of James Bowie, Executor
of the Estate of Dennis. Bowie, deceased.
The Account of Philip Bishop, Adminis.
trator of the Estate of Christian Bisliop;
deceased.
The Account of Jacob Wertz arid Eliza•
bath M'Clnine, Administralnrs of the Estate
of James M'Claine, deceased.
The Account of Jacob Wolf and John
Sowers, Administrators of the Estate of Ad
am Sowers, deceased.
The Account of William C. Wierman,
Administrator of the Estate of William %Vi
enna', deceased. .
The Account of Thomas C. Miller, Ad-
ministrator de bonis non. of the Estate of
Charles Good, deceased.
The Guardianghip Account of George
Deardorff, Guardian of Ann Elizabeth and
Suannnah Shelly, minor children of Daniel
Shelly, deceased.
The Account of Daniel Brame and Jo
seph Braille, Administrators of the' Estate
of Jacob Brame, deceased.
JAS. A. THOMPSON, Register:
Register's Oiliee,Gettys.
burg, MUrch 27, 1837.
TopgvasaGLl22l(o4ll l / 4 ,
WhiEp, y,AS',`-ihe Hon. D. Demme,
Esq. 'President of the several Courts
of Common Pleas, in the Counties compos
ing the Nineteenth District* Justice of the
Courts of Oyer and Terminer, and General
Jail Delivery, for the trial of all capital and
other offenders in the said District--and
DANIEL SHEFFER and WM. IVIVLEAN,Esqs.
Judges of the Courts of Common Pleas, and
Justices of the Courts of Oyer and Termi
ner, and General Jail Delivery, for the trial
of all capital and other offenders in the Conn
ty of Adams—have issued their precept,
bearing date the 25th day of Januaryon
the year of our LORD one thousand eight
hundred and thirty-six, and to me directed,
for holding a Court of Coinnion Pleas, and
General Quarter Sessierisof the Peace, and
General Jail Delivery, and Court of Oyer
and Terminer, at Gettysburg, on Monday
the 24th day of April next—
Notice is herein Given,
To all the Justices of the Peace, the Coro.
ner, and Constables, within the said County
of Adams, that they be then and there, in
their proper persons, with their Rolls, Re
cords, Inquisitions, Examinations, and other
Remembrances, to do those things, which
to their offices and in that behalf appertain
to be done and also they who will proseeutq-:
against the prisoners that are, or then stuilr
be, in the Jail of the said County of 'Adams,
are to be then and there,to prosecutp against
them as shall be just.
WM% TAUGHINBA;IGH, Sherift
March 27, 1837. tc-52
Trial List, april Term, 1837.
Dr. James H. Miller vs Bank of Gettyaburgh.
Samuel R. Russell , vs Executors ofJohn Kline.
deceased.
Henry Degroff vs Michael Degroff.
Thomas M'Knight vs Adam Spangler.
Thomas Craighead vs John Welsh.
Directors of the Poor vs Isaac Lightner.
Western Stage Company vs George Belts
hoover.
Benjamin Myers' use vs ,Samuel end Joseph
Morthland.
Thomas Griest's Ex're vs Isaac Wierman.
James Buwen's use vs Samuel White.of Frank
lin county.
Savings Institution of Emmittsburgh, use vs
Adam and William Gardner.
William Sadler ve Daniel Weidner's Adm'r.
Same vs Daniel Weidner, jr.
Bank of Gettysburgh vs Thomas Bringman,
with notice.
John Beecher vs Isaac Miller.
Michael Dugan vs Jacob Barnits.
Adam spangler vs Thomas M'Knight.
Bank of. Gettysburg!' use S. Morthland ',W..
Wierman, S. Coinly and S. Mord'land.
Sarah Redeett vs George Craft
Samuel Creigh's use vs Philip Kohler.
George Brinkerbont Ex'rs vs John Bemis!.
roR AIRGIMEEINT.
Swingle vs Beggs and Harlan.
John Nary vs Lindsay Sturgeon.
Isaac Speck vs William WClallan.
March 27, 1837.
GETTYNBURG GrAIRDS,
ATTENTION! , •
YOU will parade in front of the College .
on Saturday Me Bih of Apra next, et
2 o'clock, P. M. precisely; in full uniform.
By Order,
JOHN ZIEGLER, 0.
March 27, 1 5 47. ' tF