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With sweetest flowers enrich' I.
From various gardens cull'd with care."
FOR THE GETTYBBURGII STAR AND BANNER.
wErst DOST THOU LOVE?
Wur dost thou love her? Are her eyes
As blue and bright as summer skies?
Or fill'd with the dark witcheries
Of fairy haunted glen?
Oh! if those eyes were swoln with oars,
Or wild with rage, or droop'd with Cares,
Palo with disease, or dim with yearn,
Would'st thou adore them then? •
Why (lost thou love her? Is her brow
White as a drift of mountain snow?
Or like the polish'd fruits that grow
Upon the branch of peace?
1'... If there were sorrow on that, brow,
If it were mark'd by care, or woe,
, '`. . • Wither'd, and wan, or cold as snow,
Would not thy worship cease?
4--kt Why dost thou love her? Does the rose
~/. . . pon her cheek its bloom disclose?
r7:l si l
: 6 !!.....^ - r wilt thou say the red pink blows
t,, : . •-,-- More bright and fragrant there?
• ' Would'st thou adore if drench'd by tears,
..`. ". Or pale with pain, or blanch'd by fears,
:..;A : 4 Or shrivel'd and despoil'd by years,
i'irt•- -,, No silken bloom was there?
_
`- . Or does her fresh young form display
:.,. .
.. -- The utmost grice and symmetry,
' •••• • Polish'd, elastic, light, and free,
--,--: ` -. "And dost thou love for this?
- Aid soon or late that perfect form
Must bend like flower beneath the storm;
"' " And would'et thou then with rapture warm
Clasp it and dream of bliss?
Or does a spirit mild and meek
From those young orbs of beauty speak,
, Live on her brow, and light her check
With perfect Jove and peace?
Her fairy form's wild grace control,
Ilium, refine, inspire the whole?—
Love on! No blight can touch thnt soul,
No change destroy thy bliss!
Li MITT, N. LYDIA JANE.
TeElllll 11W3TOELUVOIDWo
!NONE THE IiALTIMORE MONUMENT
A Sketch tom Real Life
•
[BY THE EDITOR Or - TIRE LUTHERAN OBSERVER
EDWIN was in the fifteenth year of his nge
• When he was transplanted from this ungenial soil
•to the Paradise of God on high. He was a love
ly child; his large blue eye" sparkled like gems;
in his complexion the rose and lily vied for pre.
eminence, and his whole countenance beamed with
• 'intelligence. • Endued,ritkestraordinary talen's
and•devoted even to a faultio his books, ho had
already attained uncommon inificiency in all the
, varied brunette's of his education, especially in the
classics. But for the last nme months his studies
had been to his sore regret, frequently interrupted
by an ominous cough, attended by an oppressive
. _•stricture scrum the hisser,. and. finally china. night
' , sweats and all the direful concomitants of a deep
ly fixed pulmonic affection were superndded; and
the painful necessity of laying aside his books and
hiking to his bed; ("merely tested the amiable tem
; - per of the indefatigable little student.
. . His pioths,mother and two elder brothers had
ii...': ' "vicitudylkeen'victims to that opprobium medi
;l=' : h*.te in common parlance, consumption ;
1. , ' .s. :,now more especially the object,
e i
10 4
;4•: - .:", - alilit of • is tenderest affection and his
t! .1.7 ,t- you - 'l2i..iii . rarest enthusiastic attachment.
't•t*,i: It. about the middle of September that Ed
rovireis4seirapted illness took a sudden unfavorable
g ; chanias; 'and toward evening he lay on his couch
~., .
exhausted. and emaciated, the most perfect image
', of jujiMaile tieauty, and unmurmuring patience I
ever . biheld. After lying for some time in a state
of apparent listlessness, he roused himself and said:
aFathcr, hoist the window that I may once more
feel the cool breeze on my forehead."
The father complied.
- .
"Now raise me up that I may look upon the sun
for the last time." •
His request was.again obeyed..
As the disconsolate : father raised the young suf
ferer's head toward thelight,J.got a full view of
.Z.•.• his countenance. How cairn:" how fair, how
a
ex
quisitely interesting was his pal_ waxen face; the
effort brought a mellow tinge 'to his cheeks, his
soft, laved eyes turned toward the declining orb
of day as if •to worship his*: a lovely smile play
-ed around histitikkfelitures, monied themes it were
with glory aid. Vitality, till the-whole form seem
ed con/ailed in a bright eteince; s kuning intense
ly witliin; and radiating. 'without. 'His eyes grew
brighter as he gaz4and he was'evidently revived
, .by the soft wind"fanhing his flaxen locks.
•:•., .illow brightly and pone;eltilly," he whispered,
'''.. ' adoes he go to his . rest, melting away tint by tint,
- •I rtsineath the distant horizon." Then turning his
head languidly away, he sunk to the pillow. no
that my departure may be like that—may I sink
into the tomb tranquil, noiselessly, leaving behind
- my evanescent existence none other but the reflec
tions of unsullied, brightness!" then after a few
moment's profound silence, during which he seem
. ed to be absorb& in deep meditation, he exclaim
ed in a tone apparently:too vigorous for his ex
treme debility; aGreat lOtleemer ofapostate man
— Creator-Vag waiver*. , , and Source of light
* and hope! have riser on my soul and receive
( me to thy bosom, '--, 4
Now again hcelajed his eyes and remained
motionless for a Aiisrminutes, then opening them
he gazed at his sebhing parent and said: "Weep
not on my account,! : soon I wing my flight to
climes of bliss, 0 blesrl change!" and raising his
voice higher,he exClidined: "Father, lathed—what
is it that I feel? 94; what a strange sensation!.-...
Is this death?' ifitis, it is neither sad nor painful;
Oh it is delightfukto die. Father, do say, what is
Ala creeping - irrita7, me, chilling me and stealing
Nislty my temper, 'am I dreaming or dying? I see
' ;hastiest lovely std most radiant object I ever be
, ,•he,ld; And sirsh trains of melody never before
s.. thriged nay-ati '- Surely lam undergoing a change,
./,lioniUrsteningliome to my dear mother, and broth
. 4 1 kilb 414 friends, in a shining.world, a region of
j r .. l64l6 'higho arulapt, glorious: 0 how—"
et/S tdpsibtualtii Cijled him and his voice dis
-..rnamtviioilika sweet murmuring whisper, like
'T •-,PA74lllrlti, of the ieollan harp. He_ rallied
,140,111 and continued:
'-•-: Af '
fslin my desk you will And the silver
t
MTOII.I
pencil-case I receiveitat school as a premium, and
the purse sister Olivia worked for me, containing.
some of mother's
. hair; please preserve them as a
memorial of youi• Edwin-- • • •
• • • • •
OravrA.! dear sweet
OtrYZ♦ is fur away nt school, how she will grieve
when she hears that lam dead. Tell her lam
I sorry to go away from her and you, hut it is better
for me to be whero my beloved mother and broth
ers are, and above all, where Jesus my Saviour is;
tell her she must meet me in heaven, and give her
this"—here ho attempted to feel for an elegantly
bound diamond bible lying beneath his pillow; but
his attenuated transparent fingers' wandered for a
moment beneath the pillows and then glided feebly
over the bedside, and in a faint quivering voice
scarcely audible: "Give my clothes to Richard
Danston—his mother is too poor to buy him good
clothes."
Ho now fell into a pleasant sleep which lasted
about ten minutes. His lips began to move again,
and he wan heard to repeat several latin and greek
quotations, not however intelligibly, but a passage
from the bible
. was distinctly understood: "Oh
death, where is thy sting? 0 grave, where is thy
victory?" "it is all fading, floating," he said,
allow gloriously the angels hover above me, 0 fa
ther don't you see them—how they smile, and
beckon,and rejoice,with wings so dazzling—nearer
they come,—they throng around me, settling on
my pillow--softly, softly—l do think I see mother
and Charles and Anoustus among them,-0 Fa
ther, faith—," a heavenly smile broke upon his
face, his voice died away, and in attempting to ut
ter the second time the endeared name of his fond
parent, it stopped just like a tone of smothered
music. The features settled, a shiver ran over his
slender face, and all was over! His emancipated
spirit had -fled to congregate with eternal beatitude.
The subdued father laid his trembling hand on the
marble forehead—it was growing fearfully cold.—
His heart cramped; his whole soul groaned; the
hitherto unyielding strength of his manhood gave
way; he sunk upon his knees:—he prayed—such a
prayer!—none other than the spirit of the Most
; High endited that prayer—it came fresh from
heaven, and penetrating every one present, re
turned thither direct spnnkled with the blood of
atonement;—he wept; oh how he poured out his
soul in supplication and tears!—His prayer was
divine—his tears human.
• • • • • • # • •
The next day I returned to the house of mourn
ing, and outatreched in a shroud of spotless white,
I once more looked upon all that remained on
earth of the sainted boy; the vermillion tints had
disappeared, and left his face in pure unbroken
white; the dark lashes lying, so like sleep, on those
marble cheeks,—but the smile was still there,
end there it was fixed—like starlight on a crusted
snow—it was buried with him. I stood gazing at
the corpse till a strange mysterious feeling of ano
ther world crept over me—l felt as if a sombre
spirit was overshadowing me—l looked again—l
thought of the sacred volume that Edwin had
bequeathed to Olivia—l lifted up my thoughts to
wards heaven—then they bounded forward in an
ticipation of the consummation of all things;—and
the wandering of my soul ceased. I hastened
away from the apartment of death—sought a silent
retreat, and knelt down and praised and prayed
fervently; the burden of my devotions was:
"Thanks be to God, which giveth us the victo
ry through our Lord Jesus Christ!"
dgLet me die the death of the righteous, and let
my last end be like his:"
"Calm on the bosom of thy God,
Fair spirit! rest thee now!
E'en while with us thy footsteps trod,
His seal was on thy brow.
Dust to its narrow house beneath!
Soul to its peace on high!
They that have seen thy look in death
No more may fear to die."
VROM THE LADY'S BOOK.
APRIL.
April, the mouth of buds and sweet promises has
come—the month of renovated life to nature—of
hope to man. No wonder that poets greei the
spring, or that the imagination often, in our coun
try, outruns the face of Nature—for even the
thought of buds and blossoms, green
,fields and
flowing stream° can beautify the cold and barren
winter. And shall we blame the poet, because,
with the first unfolding leaf ho sees the whole
glorious beauty of the spring, and transfers the
lovely vision to his living picture?
• What heart does not open to the influences of
this month of youth and hope and beauty? Even
the invalid feels the soft air on her pale cheek, and
1 1
for a moment the dream of health brightens her
sunken eye. And as that trembling hope fades,
the light of the eternal spring which ever glows in
the world above waxes brighter and brighter, till
her aspirations of earth's enjoyments are, like the
morning star, melted and lost in the hope of a
more blessed happiness in heaven.
Of all the poems which have celebrated this
month we give the prefizence, for beauty of im
agery and delicacy of description, to the following
by Miss Landon. It may not be new to many of
our readers, but its beauty ought to embalm it in
every heart. Some may think the 'change' so in
sisted on as necessary to love, is a dangerous
theme—but, bear in mind it is not fore which
must .change,' but the means by which it is kept
alive. And this sentiment deserves serious con
sideration. Arc married ladies sufficiently aware
of the necessity which the law of change, impres
sed on nature, should teach them, namely, to study
how to vary the domestic scene, and give novelty,
and, therefore, often zest, to Lao home enjoyments,
which if the husband does not love he will hardly
love his wife?
APRIL.
"Of all the• Months that fill the year,
Give April's month to me;
For earth and sky are then so fill'd
With sweet variety!
The apple blossoms' shower of pearl,
The pear tree's rosier hue,
As beautiful as woman's blush,
As evanescent too.
The purple light, that like a sigh
Comes from the violet bait
As them the perfumes of the East
Had all their odours shed.
The vrild•bria' r rose, a fragrant cup
To bold the morning's tear;
"I WISH NO OTHER HERALD, NO OTHER SPEAKER OF MY LIVING ACTIONS, TO KEEP MINE HONOR FROM CORRUPTION." -SAABS
Ah! suffer on! it grieves me not,
To think upon our joyous youth,
When love's pure blessing crown'd our lot,
And hope's sweet lay seem'd wholly truth.
It grieves me not to know, that I
Have crueh'd the love that bloom'd for me;
And sunk thy hopes, so fair and high,
In abject want and misery.
Cry on! poor little hungry things—
It gives your father's heart no pain
To ace you round your rnother,cling,
And shriek, and plead for food in vain.
I know your cries pierce through her soul,
For hunger gnaws her life strings too,
For yester night she gave the whole
Of her remaining food to you.
I might procure ye bread I know,—
Might see those wet eyes bright with bliss;
And make this scene of want and woe,
A paradise of happiness.
Yes! I might be bolov'd again;
Might meet affection's smile once more,
And these poor trembling children then,
Would meet me laughing at the door.
And peace might dwell within this breast,
Now by the vengeful furies torn;
And I could sweetly sink to rest,
And rise with health and joy at morn.
'I might!—but no—it cannot ho—
The spell is on my abject soul,
I have no power to break its sway,
No wish to burst its vile control.
Away! away! This burning thirst,
I barter all to gratify;
I go a wretch, abhor'd! accurst!
Fiendlike! and vile! To drink and die!
Lrnsn•rr, PA. " LYDIA JANE. al
'ou say that you love, and many of your brethen
want bread to sustain life, clothing to cover their
naked limbs, a roof to shelter them, a handful of
straw to sleep upon, whilst you have all things in
abundance.
You say that you love, and yet there are a great
number of the sick, who languish,without help,upon
their poor pallets; of wretched creatures who weep
while no man weepoth with them; of tender infants
who walk abroad,benumbed with cold, from door to
door, to bog a crumb from the tables of the rich, and
who obtain it not.
Ye say that ye love your brethren; if this be your
ove, what would your haired bet
And I say unto you, that whosoever, being able,
comfori.eth not his brother who suffereth, is the ene
my of his brother; and whosoever, being able,
nourisheth not his brother who is hungry, is his
murderer.
Tux swxzrux,inT's 0110 ST.—Tho inhabitants
of a commune in the vicinity of Aire, in France,
are at present quite in a state of consternation in
consequence of a supernatural delivery of certain
letters at the house of a young man whose mistress
died about 12 months ago. In the space of about
a flrtnight his deceased bride, it is alleged, has
written no less than nine letters, in each of which
she threatenes that she will come with all the hor
rors of the tomb, and drag him out of bed by the
heels, if he dares to contract the marriage which
it appears he has in contemplation. The most
extraordinary part of this strange affair is that the
letters,: instead of coming by terrestrial mode of
transit, are dropped down the chimney.
RARE ACCOMPLINIMENTC-A gentlemen ob
served to Henry, Prince of Prussia,that it was very
rare to find genius, wit, memory, and judgment
united in the same person. "Surely there is no
thing astonishing in this," replied the Prince.—
“Genius takes its daring flight towards heaven--
I hole the eagle; wit moves along by fits and starts
the grass hopper; memory . marches back
wards—he is the crab; judgment drags slowly along
—he is the tortoise. How can you expect that
all of these animals - should move in unison!”
U e 11'4123 1 3 0 V0Z2 9 llNftcla QUI
The bird's-eye like a sapphire star,
The primrose pale like fear.
The balls that hang like drifted snow
Upon the guelderose, .
The woodbine's fairy trumpets, where
The elf his war-note blows.
On every bow there is a bud,
In every bud a flower;
But scarcely bud or flower will last
Beyond the present hour.
Now comes a shower-cloud o'er the sky,
Then all again sunshine;
Then clouds again, but brighten with
The rainbow's coloured line.
Aye, this, this is the month for mc!
I could not love a scene,
Where the blue sky was always blue,
The green earth always green.
It is like love; oh, love should be
An ever-changing thing,—
The love that I could worship must
Be ever on the wing.
The chain my mistress flings round me
Must be both brief and bright;
Or formed of opals which will change
With every changing light.
To-morrow she must turn to sighs
The smiles she wore to-day;
This moment's look of tenderness
'he next one must be gay.
Sweet April! thou the emblem art
Of what my love must be;
One varying like the varying bloom
Is just the love for me."
wamluauo
FROM THE PHILADELPHIA SATURDAY CHRONICLE.
The Drunkard to his Family
Weep on, poor wife! there was a day
When had I seen thee thus distrest,
I could have kiss'd thy tear away,
And hush'd thy sorrows on my breast.
Weep on—it grieves me nothing now,
To hear thee sob the night way;
And sec thee rise, with haggard brow
To toil, and suffer, thro . the day.
I do not heed ihy bitter sighs!
My soul is so obdurate grown;
I now can meet thy sad meek eyes,
And dash their pleading with a frown
I know thy heart is breaking fast;
I see thee fading every hour;
And well I know that misery's blast,
Has never crusted a lovelier flower.
uritailtzr e arPartz 9(6 auv.
WASHING BILK.—.A late number of an En
glish periodical, contains a useful article on wash..
ing silks from which we copy the following extract:
—“Lay the piece of silk upon a clean board; soap
a piece of flannel well, without making it very
wet, and with this rub the silk carefully and even
ly one way; after having thus cleansed one side of
the-silk, take a wet sponge and wash off the soap;
proceed in tho same manner to clean the other side,
and then wipe the water off of each with a clean
thy cloth; after which hang the silk in the air to
dry; do not wring it, but hung it as single as pos
sible upon a linen horse, and let it dry gradually.
When very nearly dry, iron it with a cool box.—
In this manner we last summer washed a slate
colored dress, which was so dirty with the constant
wear of a winter, that we aid not like to use it for
linings, without endeavoring to remove some of
the spots, and we were quite hopeless of its being
fit for anything except linings even when washed,
hut its brightness was completely restored, its tex
ture was softer than when new, and ii made a
very nice looking child's frock."
AivucnoTe.—Ti l e following is found in
the ancient history of Connecticut. Soon
after the settlement of the town of New
Haven, several • arsons went over to what
is now the town of Milford, where finding
the soil very good, they were desirous of ef.
fecting a settlement; hut the premises were
in the peaceable possession of Vie Indians,
and some conscientious scruples arose as to
the propriety of deposing and expelling
tli , .m. To test the case, a church meeting
.was called, and the matter wis determined
by solemn vote oft hat body in relation to the
subject, they proceeded to pass votes—the
Ist was the following;
"Voted, That the earth is the Lords and
the fullness thereof."
This passed in the affirmative.
"Voted, That the earth iv given to the
saints." .
•I'his was also deldimined like the former,
nem con.
44 8 d Voted, We are the saints."
Which,passing withotita dissenting voice,
the title was considered indisputable, and
the Indians were compelled to ever nate the
place, and relinquish their possession to the
rightful owners!
LOFTf LAM:IVMM FOR LOWLY EARS.--
A general of militia, who received his com
mission as many do, more in virtue of his
rank in society, than from any ability to
command, thus addressed his men in buck
ram; holding Scott's Tactics in one hand,
and Blair's Rhetoric in the other: "The
commissioned officers will simultaneously
advance four paces in front—forward,
march!" Upon this a ragged plebian, "far
on the left, unseen the while," broke out,
with,gioneral,"Simon Tingely telled me to
tell you as how he could not come till he
cotch his horse!"
A Fnciircuntit N's ENGLisu.—There is no
more ludicrous exemplification of the havoc
which unlettered persons make of a strange
language than the two following. A French
man in New York lately presented one of
his customers with a bill for some choice old
cheese, as follow 3: "Tu pon chez ave do.
lair©;" which is being interpreted, "two
pounds of cheese, half a dollar!" But this
is entirely outdone by the superscription of
a letter which lay for years a matter of 'nye.
tery in the London Post Office. Sromfrede
vi." It was at last found to be intended
for Sir Humphrey Davy?!
Old FRANCIS, late of the Baltimore and Phila
delphia Theatres, was a wag, and once, in Wash
ington city, when early peas were on the table, he
emptied the contents of his snuff box over them.
°Francis! Francis!" they exclaimed, °what are
you about? like that way," was the answer.
He, of course had the dish to himself, and when
be had concluded, exclaimed—" You thought it
was snuff did you? Nothing but black popper!"
While a philosophical lecturer was on Monday
evening describing the nature of gass, a lady in.
quired of a gentlemen, what ho meant by oxy-gin
and hydro-gin, or what was the difference? 'My
dear Madam,' said ho, 'by oxy-gin wo mean pure
gin and by hydro-gin we moan gin and water.' j
DEFERRED ARTICLES.
[Communicated.
"Integrity of the Union?'
A large and respectable meeting of the
citizens of Adams county, was held at the
Court-house on Saturday the Bth inst. The
meeting was organized by calling the Hon.
JAMES WILSON to the Chair, assisted
by GEORGE S3IYBER, Esq. Mr. ROBERT MC.
CREAMY, Mr. SAMUEL WITIIEROW;son. and
Mr. SAMUEL MCNAY, as Vice-Presidents;
and appointing Thomas McCreary, Esq.
and Mr. Samuel Harper Secretaries.
The object of the meeting having been
stated by the Chair, a committee of five.
viz. J. P. Macfarlane, Esq. Jas. Cooper,
Esq. Wm. M'Clellan, Esq. Z. Herbert.
Esq. and Robert G. Harper, was appoint.
ed to report resolutions expressive of the
feelings of the meeting; who, after having
retired a short time, reported the following
Preamble and Resolutions, which were a
dopted:
Whereas, the Constitution of the United
States is a compact, entered into upon prin. ,
ciples of mutual forbearance and conciliation
by free, sovereign and independent State;
for their joint benefit and protection. - Ane,
Whereas, the States formed . this Union, and
accepted the Constitution, with the reser
vation, that the domestic policy arid systems
of each should' not be' nterfered with, or in - -
terrupted by, any other of the States: And
Whereas, Slavery existed within 'some of
the States, while they were yet colonies of
England,and they accepted the Constitution.
of the United States, and became members
of the Union under -it, which recognizes
Slavery in some of said States
Therefore, '4
Resolved, That the Union of these States I
under the present Constitution, being bro't
into existence by mutual accommodation
and arrangement of local and sectional feel
ings and interests, for the joint benefit and
protection of the whole, any attempt to dis
turb it. or affect its integrity or permanence,
by arrp ing one section against another,
cannot be sanctioned by American freemen,
who love their country, her constitution and
laws.
Resolved, That we hold in grateful re
membrance and solemn veneration, the pat.
riotistn of our revolutionary sires, of which
the Constitution is a sacred monument, not
.to be touched by the hand of the desperate
faction's!, or the promoter of dangerous and
false doctrines.
Resolved, That while we consider sta.
very to he an evil, which we woul•t rejoice
to see eradicated from this land of liberty,
we consider every interference with the
constitutional right of our southern brethren
on this subject, to be dangerous in its con
,,equences.
Resolved, That all true frienis of liber
ty and the integrity of the Union have deep
cause to regret the dreadful effects of aboli
tion movements and abolition societies upon
the condition of the unfortunate slave. It
is a solemn fact, that before abolition was
got up in the North, some of the Southern
States were about to take measures for the
abolition ofslavery within their own bounds,
but since then,"its chains have been riveted
tighter on its victims.
Resolved, That having no slaves among
us, we deem all interference of the citizens
of Pennsylvania with the constitutional
rights of the citizens of other States, on the
subject of slavery, as highly improper, and
calculated to endanger the integrity of the
Union of these States—and we deprecate
any attempt to make Slavery, or its aboli•
lion in the Southern states, the subject of
party politics 'here. Such attempts to ar
ray one section of the Union against another,
and at last cause Its separation, have, in
our opinion, a most dangerous effect upon
the integrity and pertnanance of this govern
ment.
Resolved, That we deem the holding
a Convention at Harrisburgh, on the first
Monday in May next, to be called for
and proper, for the promulgation of the
same doctrines of compromise and conci
liation that brought our government into
existence—to give assurances that the U
nion must be preserved, and that the Key
stone State stands firm in the political arch.
The following resolutions were ofrerred
by JAB. COOPER, Esq. and adopted:
Resolved, That we view elayery as a
great moral and political evil,' and one
which it would be right for the States hav
ing the power to abolish as soon as practic
able: yet while we claim the right to speak,
write and publish on this and all other sub
jects, we disclaim any wish or intention to
interfere with what we admit to be a domes.'
tic institution of the States where it exists,
and which States alone ponces the power
to abolish it within their limits.
Resolved, That an honest expression of]
opinion upon any subject is not a violation
of the constitutional rights of any State or
the citizens of any State.
Resolved, That Congress has the power
to abolish Slavery in the District of Colum
bia, and prohibit its introduction into the
Territories hereafter to be erected into
States; and that having such power, it is
right to exercise it.
Resolved, That the right of petition is a
right which every human being possesses,
and that its denial to the People of this
Union would be at once a violation of the
Constitution, and an znfringement of an Ulf
alienable and invaluable right.
Resolved, That delegates be now elected
to represent Adams county in said Conven•
tion—and that they have power to fill va•
cancies.
Whereupon the following named gentle.
men were duly elected:
J. F. Macfarlane, Esq. Gen. T. C. Mil
ler. J. Cooper. Esq. A. G. Miller, Esq.
Wm. W. Bell, Esq. A. B. Kurtz, T.
Stevens, Esq. Thomas Stephens, Esq. An.
drew Marshall, Esq. Col. J. D. Paxton,
lion. James Wilson, Geo. Smyser, Esq.
Wm. M'Clellan, Esq. Jacob Cassatt, Esq.
George Will, Esq. Ezra Blythe, Esq. and
George Wilson.
Resolved, That the proceedings of this
meeting he published in all the papers of
this county, and signed by the officers.
JAMES WILSON, Preet.
SAIt'L WITHEROW,I
GEonalg SalysEli,
Role? M'CREARV, } V. Pres't.
SA3I'L McNair,
Thomas M'Creary,
Sec'ies.
Samuel Harper,
•
Titles of Public Jets
Passed by the Lezislature of Pennsylvania,
at the Session of 1836-7.
An act concerning the proportion of the
public money of the United Slates, which
Pennsylvania is entitled to receive,
.under
the act of Congress, passed the 23d June,
one thousand eight hundred and thirty.aix.
An act making appropriations for the re
pairs of canals and rail.roads, and for pay.
mg the cost of motive power.
An act making further appropriation for
the payment of. damages on the canal and
rail.roads.
An act to authorize the printing and dis
tribution of the pamphlet laws in the Ger
man language.;
. An act supplementary to an act, entitled
"Aii act providing for the call of a cenven
tion to propose amendments to the Consti•
tution or the State, — to be submitted to the
people thereof, for their ratificaecio or rejec.
tion, 'passed the twenty-ninth day of March,
one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six.
An act for the temporary disposition - of
the surplus revenue of the U. States, to 4)e
deposited with Pennsylvania. •
An act to twits the Wrightsville and:Yerk
rail-road, and Wrightsville and Gettysburg
Rail-road Companies,inki one companhand,
for other purposes.
A further supplement to the act, entitled
"An act for the regulating of the militia'of
this Commonwealth."
An act to authorize John B. M'Phereon
and Moses M'Clean to convey certain real
estate and other property, and for other pur
poses.
An net to increase the contingent fund
of the Land Office, and the Auditor Gene.
rare Office, and the Office of the State 'nett.
An act to repeal sn much of the Oh sec• ;_
lion of an act to consolidate and amend the
several acts relative to a general system •of
education by Common Schools, as authori
zes the School Directors to levy and assess
a poll tax. .
A supplement to the act, entitled "An act
to provide fora geological and mineralogical*
survey of the State," passed the 29th day of
6lnrch, 1836.
An act granting aid to Marshall College:
A supplement to the act, entitled, "An act
for the conveyance of certain real estate,
and Mr other purposes," approved the twen
ty•eighth day of March, A.D. one thousand
eight hundred and thirty-six.
A supplement to the ant of the twenty
fourth March, eighteen hundred and eigh
teen, entitled "An act to enable aliens to
purchase and hold real estate in this Com
inonwealth."
An act to incorporate and establish a
bank to be called the Bank of Susquehanna.
An act to incorporate the Chambersburg
and Gettysburg Rail-road Company,and for
other purposes.
Resolution relative to avoiding the incli.
ned plane at Columbia.
Resolution relative to the tariff.
Resolution relative to the uudrawn balan
ces in the school fund.
Resolution appropriating the sum of five
hundred thousand dollars to the common
school fund.
From the Meadville (Crawford
.co.) Statesman.
BANK INVESTIGATION..
The farce has ended—and the phantoin
which has been pursued by the erudite wise.
acres of the late House of - Representatives
has evaporated and left its pursuers to group
their way from the wagen into .whicb they
have been led by their own folly. In the
humble confession of the Majority of the
committee we find that "they are free in
saying that no et,idence has been given which
would go to implicate either the efficers of
the Bank or any member of the Legislature,
of using any corrupt means to procure the
act of incorporation."
Where are those now who not long since
raised the "cry of bribery and corruption"
and wished to "deck the hills of the Corn
monwealth with jzbbets for the execution of
the recreants" who chartered this Institu
tion. Let them cry to the rocks to fall upon
them and hide their.diminished heads from
the just - indignation which must accrue to
those who abuse public confidence, and
bring reproach upon the credulous and un
wary.
We long since predicted the result of the
investigation—and more, we always suspec
ted the sincerity of the men who led the van
in thiti crusade against the Bank—we always
believed it was done for political effect, to
answer for the time as a hvg•bear to delude
and mislead the people. We have not been
mistaken in our surmises, or deceived in our
calculations. The bubble has buret,and left
the deluded and the deluders gazing on va
cancy—the one ashamed of his duplicity--
the other slinking to a corner for conceal
ment.
What the next hobby will be that the Van
ites will mount is not yet known,but it Is sup
posed from certain indication& that Madill
intends to ride the anti-abolition. pie-bald
colt, of course his liege subjects will follow.
He is "preparing the way before them."
Gov. RrrNan's VETO. —The following
are• Governor Rrrnina's reason for vetoing
the Internal Improvement Bill:
1. That the distribution proposed by the
bill—in appropriations and subscriptions a
mounting to upwards of three millions—ie
among works not owned by the State; and
the consequent withdrawal of State resour
ces to a very large amount from the pros
ecution of the public works and the decrease
of the State debt.
2• The application of the peoples money
for the use and benefit of capitalists and
speculators.
3. The danger of the State being here.
after compelled to increase its debt, and em
bark more of its resources which companies
may have been encouraged to . undertake,
but will not be able to complete, so that the
State must either advance more, or loss tbat
what it has advanced already..
4.
4. The inevitable increase of the State
debt in four years to 45 millions.
5. That the State will be left without
dollar in the treasury, at the commencement
of the next session, if the proposed appro
priations are made. -
8. That it would be a departure from the
true policy of the state; which is to econo
mize, and husband its resources.
7. That it would enhance the price of the
abor and provisions, already too higbre'
8. That it would hurt the monde of
he People by adding a now stimulus to
he already over-excited spirit. of epeetdt,.
ion:
9. Thal it would be unwise and indin
crest, nod not becoming in a prudent sold
nonsoientlow geverner.—(Net
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