tint of country are floated to marketott an
expense of one-fourth the sum which -would
be requisite for transportation by *canal.
4 , l3.Champneys, Wm. Whiteside,Christ
I. Hutter,'-W. G. Scott, Jacob DiPingcr,
Henry Hams, Jacob Alter, HenryAiyer,
Michael Greafe,John Eichelberger,lliehl.
Gardner, James McSherry, George Dear.
dorj, Andrew Munn, Ner 111iddleswarth,
Christian Hetrick, Jacob Huggins, James
Madden, Danl. A. flertolet,Jno. Porry,jr.
John Buyers, James Dunlop."
It will be now seen that we were not mis.
taken as to the result; the Susquehaenah was
obstructed by the erection of
,dams, a debt
wascontracted without a provision by which
the same was to be paid,and the consequence
is Mat the State is now involved to the a•
mount of near $25,000,000.
:The next charge made by the gentleman
was.that at another session of the Legisla
tare the members from Adams defeated the
Improvement bill. The facts are as follows:
Gov. WOLF . , in his Message, had recom
mended a tax upon coal and when the lin
provement bilfearne up an nmendment was
offered to that effect; it was done for the pur•
pose of relieving the farmers of a part of the
burdens; tho amendment was agreed to, and
on the final question the bill was negatived,
The - friends of the bill as first reported, voting
against it, because of the amendment. [Here
Mr. Meredith explained. "Ho said he had
no personal reference in his remarks to the
course of the gentlemen from Adams or of
those whom he had mentioned as having
acted with hi."]
Mr. McSuaitair continued. The next was
the vote on the Chesapeake and Ohki-Canal
Bill. Tho gentleman charges the iliernbers
from Adams and Franklin With voting to
postpone the bill to the next session'of the
Legislature. They did so, and the mem
bers from the City voted against it; the vote
stood 43 for postponement, 35 against it; the
postponement was therefore agreed to.
At that time the Southern Counties were
opposed to the measure, for the reason that
the.crinal was a work beyond the borders of
the State, rather calculated to injure than ,
benefit Pennsylvania. Public opinion having
changed in relation to this subject in other
quarters, and the prospect of a connection
at some future day by means ofan Inifirove.
ment to connect the Public works with it ,
passing thro' the Southern Counties of the
State, the Bill passed at the next session of
the' Legislature, the members from Adams
voting for it.
Mr. Chairman:---I owe thanks to the com
mittee for its indulgence; I know that this
explanation,wnich I felt constrained to make,
by reason of the manner in which the gen
tleman spoke of the County which I have
the honor to represent, is not strictly in or
der on the question of amendment; but as
the committee rose yesterday, before I could
.address the Chairman to explain, I have
taken the first opportunity to make the ex
planation which I believed my duty called
upon me to do. I should, sir, consider it a
neglect of- duty, not to defend the County
which has siepften selected me as one of her
representatlves t . when she is attempted to
be assailed ot s derided; but as the gentleman
has disavowed all intention of disrespect or
offence, ',phutl therefore trespass no longer
on the time of the committee. I will merely
state, that I have the satisfaction to know,
that the votes which I have given against
the plans of Internal Improvement in thiri
manner in which they were prosecuted,were:
honestly given and met the approbation of
my constituents, or I should not now be rep
resenting them upon this floor.
[Mr. MEREDITH now rose, and expressed
his regret that the gentleman from Adams,
should have for the first time imagined that'
he intended any disrespect for him. Ho
thought the reference to his votes in the Le
gislature on certain questions were material
to his argument; yet he would have aban
doned the argument had he imagined that
it would have been coustrued into any dis
respect for the gentleman from Adams,( Mr.
M'Slierry,) with whom he had been so long
associated on the most friendly terms, and
whom he held in the hi hest esteem.]
Remarks of: g llig ..;-4gievens.
Mr. STEVENS said, that during the
discussion, he had been at a loss to judge
what bad turned the gentleman (Mr. MERE
ta') from his usual temperate course.—
''Nothing in the gentleman's remarks, or in
the temper in which they were uttered,
-should provoke him; and he appealed to all
that,itrhiscourse here, he had ever employed
- any personality, except in self-defence. He
' had said, and -he repeated it, that the city
and 'county of Philadelphia, assembling -a
large population, on a small area, exerted
an extensive influence under the present vs
' tem of representation over the State, and
used that influence to their own advantage.
But what was there in tliiii that could -be
taken as a personal reflection upon any gen
tleman? He had said, that, on the question
of the Chesapeake and Ohio'canal, and the
Baltimore and 011ie rail road, the members
of the delegation had taken a course dic
tated by their own interests. But in that,
he intimated nothing of a reproachful char
acter.
The extraordinary course of the gentle.
man from the city of Philadelphia,therefore,
has astonished me. During the greater
part of his concerted personal tirade, t was
- at a loss to know what cause had driven him
beside himself. I could not imagine on what
boiling cauldron he had been sitting,to make
him foam with all the fury'of a wizard, who
• had been concocting poison fruin bitter hei hs!
But when he came to mentionli t SON RY,
saw the cause of his grief and his malice!
He, unfortunately, is a votary and a tool of
,the 4qlantimaid," and feels and resents the
injury which she has sustained! I have of.
ten endured such assolts from her subjects.
Out no personal abuse, however foul and un
gentlemanly, shall betray mo into passion,
or make me forget the command of my tam
per, or induce me to reply in t similar strain.
I will not degrade myself to the level of a
blackguard to imitate any man, however
laspeciablel The gentleman, among other
illatuny, has intimated that I have venom
without fangs. Sir, I nevded not that gen.
Tletnalea admonitions to rumirdjne of my
wisksets.
.11u‘ I liardly.nesiffattga, for I
never make offensive personal assaults, how
ever, I may sometimes, in,my own defence,
turn my fangled jaws 'upon my assailants
with such grip. as I may. But it is well,
that with such great strength, that gentle
man has so little venoml I have little to
boast of eithei in matter or in manners.—
But rustic and rude as is my education, des
tilute as I am of the polished manners, and
City politenes of those gentlemen. I have ii
sufficiently strong native sense of decency
not to answer the arguments of my oppo
nents by low, gross, personal abuse! I sus
tain propositions here which 1 diem bene
ficial to the whole State. Nor will Ibe
driven from my course by the gentleman
from the city, or the one from the county of
Philadelphia . ) . I shall fearlessly discharge
illy' ditty, liffwever low, ungentlemanly, in
decent, persiinal abuse may ho heaped upon
me, by 3IALIGNANT WISE MEN, OR GILD
ED FOOLS!
CHURCH MATTERS
From the Philadelphia Inquirer
Presbyterian General Assembly.
[Continued from the two lest NOB. of the Star.]
PHILADELPHIA, Juno 6.
The last decision on Friday evening,' that
the Home Missionary arid American Edu
cation Societies, cease to operate within the
Presbyterian Church"—was ono of great
importance,and was carried by the following
majority,
Ayes,
Noes,
M cityajo
After : prayers on Saturday morning, the
minutes oldie previous day were read. Mr.
Jessup tendered a protest from the Western
Reserve Synod Commissioners, against the
resolution of the Assembly, which cut off
that body from the Church. The protest
was road And consigned to a committee, be.
ing Messrs. Ewing,' Woodhull, and Plumer,
for reply. A protest was also handed in by
Dr BemarOind several other members--
on the same ground, as well as against the
resolutions of the Assembly, respecting the
citation of such inferior judicatories as may
be charged by common report with irregu
larities.'
This protest was consigned to Messrs.
Todd, Breckenridge end Annan, who will
answer it.
A report was then read from the commit
tee appointed to draw up ,a paper on the state
of religion. Accop'ed.
A motion was made on the the subject of
tTie connexion of the synods of Geneva, Uti
ca and Gennessee with (he church, by the
Rev. R. J. Breckenridge. Mr. Jessup
moved that this question be postponed to
aflbrd an opportunity of citing those synods
before the next General Assembly.
Adjourned.
At nine o'clock yesterday morning, the
Assembly again convened, and after prayer,
the minutes of Saturday were read and con
firmed.
Dr. Beman continued his speech with
great eloquence and ability, against the mo
tion for cutting off the Synods of Gennos.
see, Utica, &c. He was replied to by the
Rev. Mr. Plummer. A recess then took
plaCe until the afternoon.
On reassembling, Mr. Ewing took the
floor; and' addressed the mooting in favour of
ftte.) reinlution. The debate was closed by
an-able speech from the Rev. Mr. White,
of Ciarlestdn; South Carolina. The vote
was then taken, when there appeared to
be—
For the Resolution,
Against do.,
i t
- 1 Majority,. 26
We understp the Synods that are cut
off, have. notig the Trustees, not to dis•
burse any money from the Treasury, until
the legal rights of the respective bodies had
been settled.
The Assembly convened at 9 o'clock
yesterday morning, and after prayers, the
minutes of tho preceding day were read and
confirmee.
Dr. Alexander introduced a motion, re
quiring the Committee on Commissions, to
withhold at the next General Assembly,the
Commissions of all delegates from Presby•
teries which shall bo organized during the
present year. , •
It was understood that this motion was
designed to perpetuate the present majority.
Mr. Ewing then brought forward a series of
resolutions, to raise a committee to converse
with the stated and permanent clerks, and
ascertain whether they would conform to the
measures adopted by the present General
Assembly. This led to 'a long discussion,
in which Dr. Boman,
.Mr. Plummer, the
Rev. Mr. Breckenridge and the Rev. Dr.
Macauley participated. Dr. McDowell and
the Rev. Mr. Krebbs, the clerks, having an
nounced their willingness to obey the As.
.embly, the motion was withdrawn.
In the afternoon, the Rev. Mr. Brecken
ridge moved that the third Presbytery of
Philadelphia, embracing the Rev. Messrs.
Duilield, Barnes, Grant, Brainerd, &c.
should be dissolved, and that the members
should be examined by Presbyteries to which
they applied for admission. If they:tkiiled
to make such applications, they are'
declared out of the Presbyterian church;',
These resolutions were under discussion,
until nearly seven o'clock.
The Assembly convened yesterday morn
ing at nine o'clock, and-,meter prayers had
been offered up, the • wee of the preceding
day were read.
The committee an answer to the
protest of the Svno_ the Western Re
serve. Ordered 441 orded on the min •
utes.
• An answer was ale) read• to the protest
against the abrogation of•the plan of Union
between the Congregationalist Assembly of
Connecticut and the General Assembly.—
Ordered to be printed.
An answer was read from a third commit.
toe, to the protest on the part of the Synods of
Utica ,Geneva,and Gennessee. Ordered to
be printed.
It was then decided, in a series of resolu
tions., that there be a new board of Foreign
Missions constituted, under the care of the
General Assembly.
Mr. Yeomans and two other gentlemen
were appointed acommittee to nominate Di
rectors for the said Board.
A resolution was passed to raise the
salary of the "stated clerk" from $4O to
$lOO.
&mai minor resolutions belonging to the
order of the day were carried, and the As ,
sembly adjourned for the recess, until 3
o'clock, P. M.
On re-organizing, the first business laid
before the meeting, was the report of the
committee appointed in the morning to nom.
inate a Board of Directors for the Foreign
Missions. They reported 80 persons,being
40 clergy arid 40 laymen, and their report
was adopted.
The time for the meeting of the said Board,
was fixed for the first Tuesday after the last
Wednesday in October, in the First Presby•
terian Church in Baltimore.
A "Testimony" was rend, which took up
so much of the report of the committee on the
memorial, as related to "errors of doctrine."
'l'hose errors were admitted, condcmned,nnd
the "Testimony" passed.
A "Testimony" on so much of the mem
orial as related to Church Order, was also
passed with some modifications.
The question was then taken upon the un
finished business of the previous day, in re
lation to the Third Presbyterian Church of
this city. This was under consideration
when our reporter left.
FINAL CLOSE OF THE PROCEEDINGS.--
The last business transacted of Wednesday
evening, was a vote on the question for dis
solving the Third Presbytery of this city.—
The following was the result:—
For dissolving the Presbytery 75
Against do 61
After prayers had been offered up yester
day morning, end the minutes of the pre
ceding day had been read, it was moved
that the case oldie Rev. Dr. Wylie against
the Synod of Indiana, be taken into consid•
ermine. After some progress had been
made in the debate, it was resolved by the
Assembly, that the case be remanded to
the Synod of Indiana for further adjudica•
tion.
Also, ull other judicial cases, now pend
ing, were referred by vote, to their respec
tivo Synods, or to the next Geneal Assatn
blv.
Various protests were read on• the part of
the minority against the doings of the majn.
rity, on the questions we referred to in our
report of yesterday. They were ordered to
be entered on the minutes. Several miner
items of business, of no great public interest,
were likewise passed.
A 'Circular Letter," addressed to the
churches, was rend by Dr. Green, and was
decided to be printed in a pamphlet form.
This was protested s i ;ainst by the m; h nority,
on the ground that it contained misrepresen
tations, as affecting a large prtion of the
Presbyterian Church.
A considerable quantity of routine busi
ness was then t ansucted,and the House dis
solved with prayer and benediction; but•not
until it had been agreed, on the motion of
Dr. Plummer, that the General Assembly
should re-organize on the third Thursday
of May, 1838, in the same place—the Sev
enth Presbyterian Church.
FOREIGN . INTELLIGENCE.
Prom the Baltimore Sun.
Late from Europe.
The packet Ship Samson arrived at New
York on Friday last, and has furnished Lon-
don dates to the 6th of May. They do not
contain any information of decided itnpor
tance.
The Bonds of the Bank of the United
States, as well as those of the Morris Canal
Company, were getting into better favor
and sell readily. United States at 94 12 a
95. Morris Canal at 981.2! It was
thought that the importation of these bonds
would materially relieve the money Mar
ket.
The Bank of England had determined to
sustain two or three heavy American Houses,
—names not mentioned. Merchandize °fell
kinds was flat. •
JITNE 7.
FRANCE.—The Paris Nloniteur of May
2d, speaking of the condition of France,l
says that Count Mole, in a.speech in the
chamber of Peers, stated that there existed
at that moment, May let, in the classes who
have hitherto set themselves. in opposition
to the government of July, and to the order
of things then established, a decided incli
nation to retire from the struggle, and to re
enter the ranks of society in silence and
peace. ' In fact, they were discouraged,. and
had abdicated their position.. But there'
was also a portion of those malcontents %tho
took refuge in dissipation and in isolated
crimes, seeking to avenge their want if
success by striking at the personification a
order (the King.)
SPAIN.—The disorders in Spain con.
tinued; and the Carlists were as defitigable
as ever. The •royal army at St. Sebastian
amounted to thirty•two thousand ten 'and
Aour hundred and sixty [lenses.
.
.. ' Po - npuoAL. —Letters from Lisbon to the
2fith.of April had bt--n received at London.
'They state that Government and the Co rt
were still flinch embarrassed by the wee of
money. Indeed so pressing was the 8
augusta it the palace, that her Majesty s
obliged to mend a message to the congr ,
threatening to pawn her jewels, cortai
mast valuable,every body knows, if they d
not send her an immediate supply. 'l'
answer, however, was "no funds.'j—As o
means of raising money, the miniser, wi •
out consulting the Cortes, had sent an •
gent to England to negociate a loan of t o
millions upon any terms on which he mi t
be able to obtain it. The security ronde d
was .the revenue of the Island of Made ,
and its dependency, Porto•Santo—t b
idet-dial guarantee. The Portuguese wv*n
merit, like most other insolvents, bas to
f'
la
ment the number of its bad debtor •
mongst those, certainly , not the laugh e•
less, is the Queen of Spain. Her tette• a
jesty owes to the Lady Sovereign at Li n
about 80 0001. Rif. theservices of the t tu.
1'
JUNE 8.
JUNE 9
Majority
peso auxiliary trodps in Spain, and the last
bill for 50001. drawn upon that account has
been dishonored and protested.
A' LITTLE LATER.
The packet ship St. Andrew, at N. York
on Saturday last,has furnished London dates
to the Bth and Liverpool to the 9th of May.
The accounts received by the St. Andrew;
remarks the New York Courier & Enquirer,
are of a complexion, in relation to the state
of the money market, the most glotnny.—
Thero is, however, one favorable circum.
stance, which is, that the 'value of gold is
less on the continent of Europe, than it is
in England. It was hoped, therefore, that
the Bank of England would not deem it
necessary to stop its issues;but it was feared
that it would discontinue its assistance to the
oppressed houses, unless government would
consent to hold it harmless.
The packet ship Oxford had arrived in
Liverpool on the Bth of May, but the intel
ligence she carried out had nut yet reached
London. Bills continued to. he protested,
which is no more than was anticipated.
There is little else of interest in the dates.
The British legion in St. Sebastian has been
reinforced by a large body of Spanish troops.
and the whole force under the command of
the Spanish General Espartero, was on the
point of moving forward to attack the Carlist
army posted before that plaou. The com
bat it was believed, would .be very bloody.
Geaterat Orelvs Ihe 'Week
. .
Condition i Texas.
We learn from the laltimore Sun that
accounts from Texas, of a late date, repre
sent that country to be in a deplorable con
dition. The insurgents are annoyed and
distracted by discord in council and in the
field. Letters from Houston, the seat of
Government, dated the 25th of May, state
that Col. Teal of the Texan army, has been
assassinated by some deluded wretch in his
own marquee. They also report that Gen.
Johnson had resigned his commission in con
sequence of the insubordination of the army
under his command.
From information derived from authentic
sources, by the editors of the National In
telligencer, it would seem that Bustamente,
President of Mexico, is exceedingly popular
with the people; and that led by him, they
have resolved to drive every Texan from
their territory, or sacrifice their own coun
try in the effect. The priesthood has
promptly united with Bustamente,and pledg
ed themselves to raise a loan of six million
of dollars, to carry on the war; and it is
stated that the loan will easily be raised.
In addition to this, it is stated that the Mex
icans have now an army of 14,000 infantry
and 800 cavalry ready for the field, all of
whom are well cloathed, well fed, and well
disciplined. It is not stated when the ex
pedition was to start, but it is supposed that
the army is already within the boundaries
of Texas. It is well led by officers who
have been attached to the armies of Europe
and the United States. A MexicaiOleet is
building at Matamoras; to be composed of
I.the second class of frigates and sloops of
war; and it is thought they will soon be ready
. for service.
Texas has heretofore deper.ded mainly on
the United States for supplies of provisons,
for men, and for loans of money, nod as
all of these resources are now cut oil; by
the condition of this country, the prospect
of Texan success, to say the least of it, is
very dolours.
Independently of all other difficulties with
which 'Texas is annoyed, she is distracted
by party spirit and political faction. Har
mony is unknown to her, and her army is
in a state bordering on open mutiny and re
bellion. Speculation in the soil of Texas
has ceased, and those who were wild enough
to engage in it, will soon be called on to la
ment their- folly.
These paragraphs present, it is true, a
gloomy picture of Texas; but they are not
exaggerated. They are based on the best
sources of information that can be obtained,
and aro published as matters of public infer-
United States and Mexico.
The Difficulties with Allexico would now
seem susceptible of easy adjustment. Presi
dent Bustamente appears to be actuated by
the most pacific inclinations, and determined
to avoid war at ell hazards. The American
vessels detained in the 3lexican ports wore
speedily released by his order, with the ex
ception of those captured on the high seep
for a violation of the blockade. The sen
tence of piracy against the crew of the Julius
Ccesar is explained. After she had been
captured, she was separated from her captu
' rer in a storm, whereupon the captain and
men rose upon the prize crew, mastered
them, and took possession of their vessel,
altering her course for Texas. Being crip
pled by the storm, she was retaken again;
and on these circumstances her crew have
been unjustly condemned us pirates. Coin.
Dallas will see that they ate not punished
at such.—New Yorker.
MAsoivitY.--443 extract, to-day, an inter
esting debate in the Convention upon Extra
Judicial Oaths, and upon the too great fre
quency of oaths, even under the sanction of
law. Mr. STEVENS, who is always ready
to seize upon every fit occation to advance
the cause of sound morals, and of the "bles
sed spirit," dexterously took hold of the re
marks of others upon the too frequent rape
tition of oaths.
The spirit of the age is, undoubtedly, in
favor of dispensing with the familiar and
thoughtless swearing which has become so
common. An appeal to the everliving God,
which should be'of the most solemn kind,
has come to be almost an idle ceremony.
There can be no doubt that this familiarity
with the most solemn appeals to God ►s
owing, in a great measure, to the fact that
Masons have long held most of the offices
in the country, and that they have been
accustomed to look upon thorn more. lightly,
by witnessing their blasphemous admin►s•
tuition in the Lodge.
We are rejoiced, therefore, that Mr.
STEVENS and all our Anti. Masonic friends
seem determined to insist upon the intro Inc.
tumor:some provision against Extra Judi
cial Oaths, and Secret Societies', into the
amendments of the constitution. ,
It is highly proper, at the present time,
when perhaps three•fourths,or even a larger
portion of the yeomanry of the State are
politiclilly and morally opposed to secret so
cieties, and extra judicial oaths. that the
new constitution should contain some provi
sion against them, or, at least, some brand
or mark of condemnation. We strongl%
suspect, too, that a large majority of the
people of this State will expect some su.:ll
rrovision.—Pittaburgh Guzetle.
From the New Yorker
Important ILtriv DeciAiint.
A case of great moment, involving the
extent of responsibility of Executive officers
of the General Government, and the rights
and remedies of private citizens unrrieved
by any illegal act or (lidos.) to perform a
specifically directed legal act, has just been
brought to issue in the U. S. Circuit Court
for the District of Columbia. The suit was
brought by Stockton and Stokes, mail con
tractors, against Amos Kendall, Postmaster
General, and grew out of the following cir
cumstances: r. Barry, it is well known,
was in the habit, while Postmaster General
of requiring extra services from and making
large extra allowances to mail contractors,
and large claims on account thereof were
outstanding when Mr. Kendall came into
the Department. Ile promptly refused to
pay them. Stockton and Stokes petitioned
Congress, who by law directed that their
account should be audited by the Solicitor
of the Treasury, and directed Mr. Kendall
to credit them whatever balance the Solici
tor should declare their due. That officer
awarded them a balance of $161,563 89;
whereupon Mr. Kendall passed to their credit
the sum.of $12 . 2,101 46, leaving a balance
of 839,472 47, which he refused and still
refuses to pay; and hereon the contractors
petition the Court for a writ of mandamus,
directing Kendall to do what the law of
Congress enjoins.. Mr., Kendall applied to
Attorney General Butler, who gave his
opinion at length that the Court had no juris
diction in the premises, and no power to
grant the writ of mandamus against an offi
cer of t he General Government for an alleged
neglect of official duty. Mr. K. was served
with a rule to show cause why the writ
should not issue, but did not appear. Here.
upon Chief Justice Cranch, after mature
deliberation, delivered the opinion of the
Court on Tuesday of this week, affirming
the jurisdiction of the Court, and granting
the writ of mandamus asked for. The Opin
ion nearly fills a page of the National Intel
ligencer, and examines all the great cases
of mandamus which have come before the
U. S. Courts,espectalfy the remarkable case
of Marbury vs. Madison, which resembled
this in many particulars.
Since the above was in type we have re
ceived the National Intelligencer, which states that
Mr. KENDALL appeared by his Counsel, and asked
until Saturday next to be heard in reply to the
Mandamus.
LIBERAL BEQUESTS.— the tcewburvport
(Mass•) Herald states that the Hon. W. B.
Rien, who recently died in Marblehead. by
his will has given $68,000 for benevolent
purposes, besides liberal legacies to heirs
and relatives. The following sums ho be
queathed to the societies designated. $9OOO
to the first church and society. in Marble
head, as a permanent fund for the support of
Sabbath Schools, relief of poor members,
support of a library and of the ministry;—
$lO,OOO to the American Board of Com.
missioners for Foreign Missions;-1000 to
the American Education Society; —5OOO
fur the purchase of books for the Theolo
gical Seminary at Andever:-2000 to Mar
blehead Academy, as a permanent fund for
the education of children of superior promise
and capacity, who have been distinguished
' for their improvement in the public schools,
2000 to the Massachusetts General Despite!
at Boston, and the Insane Hospital at Char
leston;-7,000 fi,r the use and benefit of the
Second Congregational Church and society
to Marblehead;-1000 to Anilierst College;
—17,000 to Dartmouth College.
The Ourang °Wang.
co" - -Tho Baltimore Chronicle states that a living
specimen of the Ourang Outang at the Museum
in that City attracts great attention. Its near re
semblance to the human race in the conformation
of its head and limbs, and the superior intelligence
which it manifests over the rest of the brute crea
tion, makes it an object of wonder and interest.—
Its affection for a monkey, of the ape speCies,which
was its companion on the voyage from Africa, is
very great—muttering some tender words of love,
it kilt throw its arms round the neck of the mon
key and kiss it with all the ardor of a young bride
groom. It is perfectly harmless, arid evidences,
we are assured, to all who show it kindiless,a strong
attachment and gratitude. It munches its food
with the air of a true descombmt of Africa, and
turns off its glass with as much case and elegance
as any ..Sambo" in the country. • The Chronicle
copies from the Gazette the following interesting
description of it:
"The height is 3 feet 4 inches, breadth
of head from ear to ear, 6 inches; its circum
ference 1 foot 2 inches. The breadth and
height of skull show the large developernent
of the organs of combativeness, adhesi ye
ness, secretiveness, benevolence, rk.c. The
final is that of an old African, the ears are
exactly human,also thetand very like; body
covered with thin glossy black hair; eye
lashes human; strong black hair on the back
of the head, like some Indian tribes; pupil
black, iris hazel. The organs of adhesive
ness, philoprogenitiveness rind benevolence,
show a greater developement of the moral
faculties than in this race generally. The
face is wrinkled and has a white beard on
the skin. The hand is five inches in length.
The full grown animathas a hand nine inches
long, and statue 5 to 6 feet. The spine is
that of the human body. This individual
was purchased by Captain Parrott, of the
brig Did°, at Sierra Leone. It came from
the interior of Africa. The mother had
been shot and the young domesticated. It
is very affectionate, ate and drank with the
sailors,and preferred fruits,was never chain
ed, fond of climbing the rigging and looking
at the sailors at work; holds its coffee or tea
cup in its hand, and sips and smacks its lips
like a human being. It once got tipsy on
whiskey and behaved very ridiculously. It
sometimes spanks A. young monkey,to which
it attached itself. It is now about two years
old—a mere child. It has just shed somo
()Fits teeth."
THE NEWS -GATHERER.
From'the Colun4bia Spy of Saturday last
COLLECTOR'S OFFICE,
CO IX 11 111 A, June 9, 1537. 3
WEEK/. 3' REPORTS
Amount of Toll received nt this office
per last weekly report,
Amount received during the week
ending thi4 day,
Whole amount received up to
Juno 10,
$9:3,888 84
W C. M'PHERSON, Collector.
We understand that the Corporation or
Abbottstown has determined to issue small
notes. An individual in that neighborhood
has already issued certificates, payable in
goods on money. He is, by the by, a warm►
Van Burenite, and cries, nut Instily against
banks and batik notes.—Thmover
CURRENCY. --We learn from the Balti
►nure American of Saturday, that the banks
of this city now receive on depos►te, and in
payment of debts duo them, at par, the notes
of the following banks in the cities and towns
around us, viz:—All the banks in Maryland,
except the Nlineral Bank ut Cumborlund;
all the banks in the District of Columbia;
banks of Virginia, and branches; Farmers'
Bank of Virginia and branches; Bank of the
Valley, and branches; and the banks of
Gettysburg, Charnbersburg, Curlisle, Har
risburg, Lancaster, Columbia Bridge, and
York, in Ponusylvania.—Balttmore St u ►.
THE TIM Es.—"lt requires a great deal
of Ito titude," said a pious tradesmen to a
nother yesterday, "to bear the present state
of things!" Yes," replied his friend, "I re
quire more than a fitiy-tude to talto up a note
ut toia moment."
Martin Van Buren is like a squirrel just
put into a wheel. He hasstarted a rumpus,
and, with his ears erect and quivering, ho
does not know how to stop it! He had bet-
ter adopt the final resort of the squirrel,that
is—dodge into his hole, and let us see no
more of Min.—Louisville Journal.
Newark, N. J. suffers dreadfully from the
common calamity. tier manufacturing es
toblishmeMs have failed, by reason of the
failure of their debtors in the South and .
elsewhere; and her industrious mechanics
of all kinds are without work, and many of
their families without bread. Tho famish
ing poor have dug up the potatoes planted
by the neighboring farmers, and killed cat:
tle in the fields. The future affords no groited
of hopo.—flicto Yorker, •
The Legislatufe'of New Jorsey,convened
in en extraordinary session,' has adjourned
without doing any thing to relieve the com
munity, in consequence of the . hcistility to
each other of the equally'4ivtded parties in
one branch of the Legislature—equally di
vided because of the absence of two of the
%Vhig Councillors.
The Army and Navy Chronicle save that
Gen. JESSUP has asked to he relieved from
his command in Florida, but has been in
formed that his services cannot be dispensed
with until the Indians shall have been re !
moved from the limitS of the Territory.
THE TRIAL or GEOROR E. STEITATIT , .. —
On Saturday we copied nn article from the
Annapolis Republican, givingan account of
the progress of the trial of Mr. ST I Etutr,
on a charge of manslaughter, m the case
of the late Dr. ALcocx. The case was ful
ly and ably argued by the Counsel on both
sides—James Boyle and .1. Preston on the
part of the State, and John Nelson and R.
Johnson for the
,accused. The cave was
given to the Jury et half past 3 o'clock on.
Saturday,and about 2 o'clock yestei day they
came into Court with a verdict of NOT
GUILTY. The charge of assault and bat
tery was submitted to the Court without
argument, and it iS understood the decisimt
or the Court will bo rendered to•day.{l3. Pat.
Mr. WEBSTER ' S reception at Louisville
was enthusiastic beyond deserlption. He
was entertained at a Barbacue. The Jour
nal states that It "was a noble affair. Ne
less than twenty sheep, twenty•five calves,
thirty shoats, sixty bacon hams, and several
heifers, were prepared tbr the occasion.—
The crowd was tremendous, consisting of
not less than 4,ooo , Orsons. Mr. Webster's
speech was two hours in length, and, al
though we could not distinctly hear him, the
loud and long continued thundarpeals of ap
plause, that followed the vivid flashes of hie
eloquence, were to us the best possible tes
timony of the immense power of the ora
tor."
GREAT LoAD.- 7 The Columbia (Pa.) Spy
of Saturday,sa st—A teamster of this neigh
borhood a few days agoconveyed in his wag.
on,drawn by six horses, from the ore. mines
four miles from town to the canal basin, six
tons and fifty pounds of iron ore. This we ,
would call doing a heavy business.
A Gustav BLAST •—T he York (Pa 4
Republican mentions a striliieg exhibition,
of the "vast power of those agents employert
by man in efiiicting his designs and improve ,
inents," as having been lately given on the•
line of the Wrightsville, York and Gettys ,
burgh .Rail road. It is stated that a portion
of rock,upwards of eleven pet ehe3,tuid coin,
pitted to weigh twenty three tons, .was de,
Inched from a solid mass, of rock in the bet,
torn °fan excavatiou 31Ylbet deep, by means
of a sand blast, and thrown up to the surthce.
and seventy feet from the . line of the• rood';,
where it lies unbroken, a proof of editor
deems it, as we think with reason, matter
of doubt wkotbor a similar exhlb tion• of
power, by nay agency ernplyed by man in
blasting rocks, has ever been made in the
United States.
'fito Governor and Council: of Maryland
kayo decided thut it is not .expedient to call an
extra session of the
$90,571 26
3,317 59
But although the present state of things may be
ascribed to the course of the General Government
in relation to the United States Bank, and the
miserable fully of the National Administration in
committing the business of the Government to
him irresponsible substitutes, yet it is not for
the purpose of quarrelling with its ruinous mea
sures that wo took up our pen; but for the pur
pose of enquiring whether the interests of the peo
ple must always remain at the mercy of Dema
gogues and Factionishil
Wo think it must be seen, by this time, that the
present wide scene of pressure and ruin is mainly
to be ascribed to the excessive issue of Bank pa
per, withtiut a corresponding amount of the preci
one metals. Paper money is a mere substitute
for these last; and, in the lunguage of Gov. RUT
MO., othc increase of the EIVIISTITITTr beyond
the ad yid amount of the ennsenut, IS.A FRAUD
UPON THE PUBLIC." But Bank charters
ere sought after, and Corporations formed, for the
purpose of making money. If the Banks issued
no more paper than the real atnount•of Capital in
vested) they would not answer the end of their in
stitution; they would profit the Stockholders no
more than Wench, ono loaned dlit'his own money.
In order then that those concerned may prolit,they
issue large amounts of paper; and when a run is
made upon them, they close their doors and sus-
Pend payment, and every ono who has their notes
is defrauded! These are the fruits of the exces
sive issue of Bank paper, "and the issue is exces
sive whenever the amount of notes in circulation
is greater than the amount of capital," and yet this
is frequently the case!"
We have already declared that the present uni
versal suspension of .Specie payments was brought
about by the mad folly of the General Government.
While the United Status Bank was ih existence,
it operated as a check upon the Slate Banks ; but
as soon as that cheek was removed by the destruc
tion of the Bank, the Btate Banks commenced an
unrestricted issue of - paper, and the consequence
has been the present parulized state of the business
of the country.
While the Banking system is conducted en the
present principles, the tnterests of the, people are
without security; and "until the amount of paper
money is 'confined within just bounds," they must
always be liable to suffer from the acts of th ud))
over whom the people themselves have no control.
The spirit of avarice and speculation that is, so
universal unmet, alwaVa operate to make the Bunk
ing system lavers* to the *real interests of the
STAR & REPUBLICAN BANNER.
BY ROBERT W. MIDDLETON.
GETTYS.BURGEt, PA.
FirlDal June 16, 1837.
o::7 — The . Wagon price of Flour in Balti
more—s , J 25.
TO CORRESPONDENTS.
ro-The Communication having for its motto
ono resentment of a Priest' is ingdacablc." and
signed "A KNAVISH POLITICIAN," we decline
publishing for the present. It might make old
frit-nds feel sore!
A. L. H. Y. will probably appear in our next.
Boveral errors occurred in Mr. GUDERNA
TOR's advertisement as published last week, owiutr
to our absence. We have corrected it and inser
ted it in the inside of to-day's paper.
“$lOO Reward.”
ry-Our respected friend of Anne Arundel Coun
ty, Md. is informed, that we publish no such ad
vertisements as the one sent us lust week headed
as above. We hope ho will excuse us for not com
plying with his request, and accept our thanks fur
his intended kindness.
l'he Small Bills.
cO-We have been requested to state, that the
Small bills issued by Messrs. NI'CutcLAN, Swore
and Zumr.mt will be redeemed, by either of them,
whenever presented to the amount of $5, in Get
tysburgh or other current Bunk notes. The Sen
tinel states "that they will be received in payment
at the Bank of Gettysburgh." We have not been
requested so to state.
Lyceum "Meeting.
cO-We call the attention of the members of the
Lyceum to the notice for the meeting on Tuesday
eit4ng next. It is hoped that they will be punc
tual-in their attendance. It is much to be regret
ted, that associations of so hudahlo a character,
should, in this intelligent vicinity, seem to possess
so little interest as to attract the attention of but a
few of its highly respectable members. Those
then, desirous of sustaining the Society will, we
trust, be more regular in their attendance hereafter.
The meeting, it will ho perceived, for the next
evening, will be held in the LECTURE ROOM
of the Lutheran Church.
. -
Present State of the Country.
the present state of the Country, it be
hooves every one to reflect upon the causes which
have produced the existing untoward & disastrous
condition of things, and to labor to discover some
remedy that will relieve the community at present,
and prevent, for the future, a recurrence of similar
evils. When misfortane has come upon us, it is
too late to quarrel with its authors, or make idle
charges against them. -It is then the business of
him who is really the well-wisher of his country
to set about to redress the evil, not to aggravate it
by crimination and recrimination.
The public, at least tyiellecting part of it,
must now be satisfied, that tho 'destruction of the
United States Bank, and the Multiplication of State
Banks, without any institution to control their
olierations, Las produced the mischief that has been
so fatal to the Commercial, and which has lately
extended itself to all the other great interests of
the country. While the United States Bank exis
ted, the issue of State Bank notes was restricted
within moderato and safe bounds; in the whole '
wide extent of the country, there was scarcely a
Binh that was not able and willing to redeem its
notes with gold or silver. But as soon as that
Great Regulator, or "BALANCE WHEEL, " as it was
appropriately called by a facetious and popular
writer, was destroyed, the business of ruin began.
The SIXTY BANKS, employed by the Govern
ment to perform the duties of the ONE which it
had destroyed, commenced an unrestricted busi
ness and flooded the whole country with paper
which they 'had not specie to redeem! They reli.
ed upon the Government to support them when a
run should be made upon them. But they had
gone beyond even the limit of the Government
Funds; and when the time came, they were the
very first Banks in the country to suspend specie
payments! The other thousand Banks of the
country had followed their example in the exces
sive issue of paper, and they also followed it when
they refused to redeem their notes with gold or
silver.
community. The design of Banks is more to
make money for the Stockholders than to serve
the purposes of public accommodation; and when
a season of scarcity in the money markets arises,
instead of serving a useful or valuable purpose,
they are too often made engines to make the,ispoor
pourer, and the rich richer," by affording facilities
to the Speculators connected with the Banks to buy
up at a sacrifice the property of the unfortunate
debtor.
We 'think, therefore, that it is high time that
the present Banking system should be discouraged;
and that the Legislature should refuse to charter
corporations of this kind, which, in the nature of
things, era more likely to be nuisances than
sources of public benefit. While the evil was toler
able, we were silent upon the subject. We always
regretted the course of the General Government
in its conduct in regard to the Into United States
Bank, and in the extension of the State Bank sys
tem, which, it encouraged and fostered, until it has
grown up into an incubus that bits upon the inter
ests of the country, smothering them with its huge
proportions! In this state of things, it is our duty
to speak out, and to tell the people, that their in
terests can never be safe while the Banking sys
tem EXISTS AB IT IN •T THE PRESENT, and while
the National Administration, WHICH IS THE
PARENT OF THE SYSTEM, holds power.
The Sopre:nacy of the Laws.
oi-"All obstructions to the execution of the
Laws—all combinations and associations under
whatever plausible character, with the real inten
tion to counteract or overawe" the Constituted
authorities, "are of pernicious and fatal tendency."
This was the language of WASHINGTON, in his
Farewell Address to his countrymen, and a wiser
maxim, Sage or Philosopher never uttered.
The "Father of his Country," when he uttered
the above warning, must have had in view some
Combination whose power and purpose he dread
ed would bu dangerous to the Liberties of the A
merican People. The particular institution or
society which ho bad in view, is not hard to recog
nize: He has portrayed its features too pl Maly
for any one to be mistaken. Thu "plausible char
acter" and object of the MASONIC INSTITUTION;
its resistance of the Law, and the obstructions
which it interposes to the administration of Justice,
coincide too nearly with the picture which he has
drawn, to leave any doubt as to the oitinnist..—
Yet, until lately, the name of this great and good '
man was used as a shield to hide the iniquity of
the Institution against which ho had warned his
countrymen in his, almost,dying breath! But his
name has been rescued from this reproaCh, by one
as eminent for his virtues as for the high and dig
nified station which he holds—the Governor of
Pennsylvania.
This independent Patriot and Statesman seems
to lie destined for the work of great and signal re
formations. He was elected to office as the Cham
pion of the "Supremacy of the Lams," and the
Rights of the People ; and for once the expecta
tions which were entertained by the people, have
been realized. He has thus far redeemed his
pledges to the utmost; nor will he stop, if we may
judge from his past course, until the people will
be secure in all their rights of person and of prop
erty.
In his late Proclamation, on the subject of the
suspension of specie payments by the Banks, we
have renewed evidence of his devotion to the in
terests of the people. He fears' not to come out
and tell the Banks that the course they have pur
sued, is a fraud upon the people; and that they
need expect nu countenance from him in such a
course. He cares not for the thousands connected
with those institutions—their frowns or their
smiles. Ho was elected by the people, and it is
the INTERESTS OF THE PEOPLE, THE WHOLE
PEOPLE, that ho wishes and is determined to
protect, against the actions and designs of specu
lating monopolists.
There can be no doubt that the Banking sys
tem of this country, as at present conducted, is a
nuisance and a "fraud upon the public." Banks
belong to that class of combinations "specious and
plausible in their pretexts," against which wo
would have the people beware. Experience has
taught us that they are an evil, especially in the
absence of some Great Regulator to control their
operations. That Regulator, the GENERAL Goy.
EILNMENT, IN ITS VINDICTIVE FOLLY,
destroyed, and in its place brought into existence
a SIXTY HEADED HYDRA, in its sixty De
posita Banks, that have brought the country to the
very verge of ruin!
Let TUE PEOPLE look to this-subject, and see
how much they hare gained by the destruction of
ONE SAFE, wisely conducted Bank, and the crea
tion of SIXTY IItILESPONBIIILE, ILL CONDUCTED
ONES, that hare flooded the country with a paper
currency, which has resulted in wide-spread ruin
and &stress!
The Persecuted Bank!
0 :1.1f the facts as stated in the following para
graph from the Baltimore Patriot be true, the Bank
of the United States has acted a magnanimous
part towards its vile persecutors. See how it re
turns Good for Ertl:—
Not Withstanding the abuse and scurrility
in which the Government paper continues
to indulge towards the Bank of the United
States, the Administration has been thrown
back upon that institution to help them out
oft lie difficulties produced by their own cowl'.
eels and experiments. Several different
stntetnenss have been circulated respecting
the arrangement recently made between the
Bank and the Government, The truth is
that the pension fund having been seriously
affected by the derangements of the curren
cy, the Bank of the United States has agreed
to pay at certain points, FOUR HUN
DRED THOUSAND DOLLARS on ac•
count of pensions to our naval veterans.—
The Secretary was anxious to avail himself
of the facilities offered by that institution in
the payment of the money to those who had
such claims upon the gratitude and justice
of the country, and the Bank exhibited its
customary and highly creditable promptness
in co•46ating with him in the measure.
6611'W/a arc the beat Bankal”
cr_VUnder the above head the Baltimore Sun
has • very excellent article in reference to the con
troversy between Northern papers OR to "which
are the best Banks." The Sun concludes by just
ly observing that, when all the Banks of the coun
try refuse to pay their debts, and cannot or will
not redeem their notes, they are all alike, and but
little boasting need he indulged in their behalf.
Look at this!
(0 ...rho — United States Government, it is said,
collects its dues in Specie, for the purpose of pay
ing of the Office-holders, 'who sell their specie at
the Carrell t prenairsm,Asa PAr MEM OWN DEBTS
(when they pay et all!) s ?Arta!!!
Constitutional Convention.
On the •7th inst. in Committee of the Whole on
the First Article of the Constitution, the Conven
tion agreed to the proposition limiting. the Senato
rial term to three instead of four years; and that
no district shall have more than two Senators, and
no person to be eligible for the office of. Senator for
more than two terms in succession. Also, that
the General Assembly shall meet on the First
Monday in January in every year, unless sooner
convened by the Governor, and adjourn on the
last Thursday in April,unless continued in session
by a law passed for that purpose.
On the Bth, the section relutivo to the Veto
Power of the Governor was taken up. The ma
jority of the Committee appointed on that section
reported that it was inexpedient to make any alte
ration; the tninority,however, reported a provision
providing that after the return of ra bill with the
objections of the Governor, the two houses shall
meet in convention, and if on joint ballot the bill
receives a majority of all the votes, it shall become
a law. On these reports there was much debate,
in which Messrs. &nu sANT,HomixsoN and oth
ers participated. The remarks of the gentlemen a
bove named were listened to with much attention,
and failed not to convince the Convention that the
section should remain unchanged. Mr. Sergeant
said, in the course of his remarks, there never had
been a law declared unconstitutional by the courts
of this Stute,and ho accounted fur it by the Veto
Power, which enabled the Governor to defeat un
constitutional acts, as well as to prohibit the pre
rogatives and the encroachments of one department
of Government upon another. Yet,he said,the Le
gislature had passed one act, at least,(to authorize
the sale of land in Kentucky,) which wax vetoed
by Gov. McKean, because it was unconstitutional.
The report of the majority was agreed to on the
90,and the section remains unaltered.
On the 10th, Mr. Sravz:va of the follow
ing amendment, viz:
No member of thig Convention shall hold
any office under the amended provisions of
this Constitution, being eligible as hereto
fore under the amended provisions thereof.
This proposition gavo rise to considerable de
bate,and was finally negatived—yeas 18, nays 92.
During tho discussion, in noticing an amendment
offered by Mr. Earle "that the delegate from Ad
ams be excepted,"
Mr. STEVENS said,• he trusted that the
exception which had been introduced was
done becaose it was the intention to pass
the original. He presumed that the gentle
man from the county,[Mr. Earle,] when he
set "this ball in motion," had no design to
create offices, or vacancies in offices, to fill
them himself! He knew he could have no
such design! Like all the gentlemen,howe
ver, be came with cyan hands and a pure
heart. If the amendments to the Constitu
tion should ho honesty made,and with pro.
per motives,he had no doubt but they would
he accepted by the people. In such case, if
the people desired the services of the mem
bers of the Convention, and wished to re
ward them, this clause would be rejected by
them. The gentleman from the county
could certainly trust. the people!
Mr. Stevens said he understood that the
tastes of men so much differed, that some
could not understand how others could act
disinterestedly, and without an eye to their
own promotion! This appeared to be the
caso of • the gentlemen from -Chester, (Mi.:
Bell,) and the gentleman from the county,
(Mr. Earle.) He repeated, that he wished
such a Constitution to be presented to the
penpleithat they should have no sinister mo
fives entered into in its formation. That
could not be the case if offices and vacan-
cies were created that members might fill
them. It was proposed to overthrow the
Judiciary System here, and turn out all
those men who have grown gray in the
learning of their profession, and there were
FOIITY LAWYERS in the Convention!
.1 true Picture!
(o.Vtre cut the following picture of CIIAILLEB J.
bincrisoLL, lately nominated for Congress by the
Vanites of Philadelphia, from an exchange paper.
It is drawn to the life.
We believe, nay we are certain, that Mr.
Ingerboll has belonged to every party that
has existed in Pennsylvania for the last
twenty•fivo years: Federal, Democratic,
Bank, anti• Bank, Loco Foco, hard money,
paper money, any money partv,a little ting
ed at one time with anti•Masonry—aristo
crattc in his associations, and Jack•Cad'sh
in his pi inciples; a man of talents withal, and
always in the market.
Rumors:
OrThcre are two rumors afloat respecting
Gen. JAcs.solv, which wo suspect to be "all fus
tin."- One is that be has written a letter to the
Vanitcs of Cincinnati, urging them to a support of
the Specie Circular; and another that he has come
out in favor of a United States Bank!
Flour!
cO-Flour is selling in Philadelphia and -Balti
more at from $8 to $8 25 per barrel; and in Har
risburgh and other places around us, it does not
exceed s9—whilst here we have to pay from $9 75
to $10! We cannot see why we should be com
pelled to pay more thnn our neighbors.
The Crops.
o.. During a short excursion last week through
parts of Adams, York, Cumberland and Dauphin
counties, we were much pleased to observe the
promising appearance of an abundant harvest. It
is true, we saw some fields that will not yield half
the seed that was scattered over . them; yet they
were few in comparison with those which will
yield plentifully. Wo learn from Franklin and
other counties, that the crops will turn out far bet-
ter than was anticipated a few days back.
0 j TheCarlisle Volunteer is informed that we
wore perfectly sober when we penned the article
referred to, and consequently, not in the condition.
that a certain brother Editor was when he “turn
bled out of a public Stage!" 'We hope ho under
stands us.
i-JouN P. KENNEDY and Gen: Rtoorzr have
been nominated for Congress by the Whigs of Bal
timore. If the friends of correct principles there
aro true to themselves and their country, tho above
gentlemen cannot fail to be elected. We hope the
people in that section of the Union have had
enough of the .i.Experiment."
13:::0401J111 BONAPARTE, (says the Baltimore
Sun) has returned to Europe, in •consequence of
the reputed illness of his mother. His departure
was abrupt, and not anticipated, 'Whilst in this
country ho confined himself to the city of New
York, and mingled but little in society.
FOR THU OrTTYBDURGH STAR AND IA DNICA•
Examtnatiori of Phrenology.
Ma. Enrron—l have just finished the peru
sal of a work entitled "An examination of Phreno
logy,•in two Lectures, by Thomas Sewell, M. .D.,
Professor of Anatomy and Physiology, Washing
ton." This work is just from the press, and was
sent me by the author a few days since,
For several years I have been of the opinion
that the subject of Phrenology had obtained more
votaries than its t ruerits deserved; that it was based
upon an al - bill - at" division of the several portions
of the brain, and that the whole science was desti
tute of a philosophical and anatomical foundation.
A few months since I road aCombe's.Phrenology"
and "Constitution of Man;" after which, I was
fully persuaded that Phrenology was not entitled
to a place among the Sciences—thut it involved
some great theological principles—that it was of
nu practical utility, and that it was mischievous in
its tendency. In my recent perusal of the Lectures
of Dr. S., I um the more cora-mod in the views
which I have entertained of the system of Phren
ology which has been so extensively before the A
merican people.
It has been said by an able writer, that "Philo
sophy calls nothing her own but truth; and for
this she digs as for hidden treasures. And if she
has found a precious metal, none has a greater
right than she has to submit it to the crucible and
the test. And he who will help her in this matter
is her friend,howevcr close she analyzes, and how
ever vigorous the investigation." Dr. Sewell has
come to the help of philosophy, to put to the test
this new system. He has come to her help as a
lover and seeker of truth; and, in my opinion, she
has been ably and efficiently assisted.
The work is in two Lectures. In the first, he
gives a history of the origin and spread of the sys
tem, with a closeiand satisfactory delineation of
all its parts. It may indeed be considered a faithful
and comprehensive synopsis of the whole science.
In the second, he demonstrates that the science is
irreconcilable "with the anatomical structure and
organization of the brain, the cranium, and other
parts concerned." He shows most conclusively,
that the anatomy of the parts concerned is the
proper and only standard by which to ascertain its
truth. This appears very evident. from the fact,
that,whilst metaphysical arguments have been urg
ed with great power against the fallacy of the sys
tem,they have been evaded—for "the ground which
Phrenologists assume the right to occupy is so
extensive, and the outlets for retreat so numerous,
that it is difficult to present an objection to.the
science which cannot, upon the common princi
ples of reasoning, be plausibly evaded."
Believing that the work which I have thus brief
ly noticed will subserve the cause of truth, I re.
commend it to the notice of those who desire in
formation on the subject.
JAMES A. BROWN.
GETTrsuumuu, Juno 13, 1837.
For the Star & Banner.
ellassa Coopa's ,Speech!
MASSA MIDDLETON-I , hab bin berry 'Mich
gratified I sure you to see de way Massa Coopa'a
Speech on Bobulilion gets used up in de Star—eh,
eh, oh, ha! Guess he no guyin to try make a
nuddor after dat exflunctification; mo tink ho be
clear espunged, as massa Benton says! De writer
ob dat demunicution in de Star be do rale . genwine I
sort.; he no hab de pride ob color, dut - make hint
tink heself better dun do Africang, and by gorry
L delved: such a white man as much as de beat nig
gei in do town! Its plain to see he hab got College
lumen, or ho could not make black while no how;
ho rale ingenous, for when massa Coops say bob
olitionists be wicked for culling Mum! Washing
ton, nigger -stealer, ho say bobolitionists no say so,
dat it be massa Coolie say so heself—ha, ha, ha!
Guess dat cunnin! Massa Coops cant come up
to dat no how—ha, ha, ha, wh-s-h-e-w! Ho cant
come up to do bcfespor, no how!
No more at present, but remains your luhbin
CEASAR LOOBY.
The Lady's Book.
iryThis beautiful and interesting periodical fur
the present month has been received. This num
ber completes the 14th volume, and is embellished
with a title page which is, as our friend of the Ger
mantown Telegraph justly observes, "one of the
most beautiful in design and exquisite in execu
tion that the moat fastidious connoisseur de
sire." It is also embellished with a fancy sketch
of a lee shore. The contents are varied and highly
interesting. Would that we could prevail upon
the Ladies generally to patronize their Dook!—
Who among them will subscribe for the next
volume!
SATURDAY EYZICING VISITER, a well
conducted literary paper, published in Pittsburgh,
has changed proprietorship, and is now in the
hands of Mr, Jasas, of the Pittsburgh Times.—
The No. before us is well filled with ~a mvet deli
cious repast of the choicest cuttings." It Is an ex
cellent Family Newspaper, and wo trust will be
well supported.
The Philadelphia Public Ledger.
We have received a number of the paper
alluded to' in the following paragraph, and heartily
approve of the notice therein taken of it. The
price is $3 per annum.
TUE WEEKLY LEDGER.—Containing all
the matter of the daily—of which we have
heretofore spoken—without the encum.
bronco of advertisements, was received by
us last week. We can recommend it to our
readers as one of the most spirited sheets of
the day. The editor is one of your indepen
dent men who speaks out what he thinks,
without fear or hesitation, and has the ad
vantage of both thinking well, and speaking
handsomely.
The .Prew Pork *Mirror.
('The advertisement of tins popular period
cal will appenr in our next.
o-The Baltimore Sun states that the Roy.
WALTEII COLTON, of the Navy, has been appoin
ted to record the interesting events and discoveries
which . may`,be connected with the scientific and
orriloring*tOtion the southern ocean. A
4nore j4i4Outi : selection could not have been
made, "ftir t . - r't.toltOilis a scholar, a man of fine
genius, and of tiniest estimable character.
O,MILL FAT KEMRLE BUTLER, wife of Mr.
Pierce Butler, member of the Constitutional Con
vention of this State, "has been engaged to parti
cipate in the private theatricals of Brighton, and
in those of Bridgewater House, London!"
0:141. very destructive fire occurred in Suffolk,
Virginia, on the 4th inst. The Court House, Jail,
a number of Stores and about 50 dwulling•houses
wore consumed! '
arThere wai a kreat Hail storm in Hants-
burgh, Lancaster and other places on Sunday even.
ing week last. The hail-stones wore about the
"size of a teazle-nut." •
rryTho 26th of July next has been axed upon
by the Governor and Council of Maryland for the
election of Members of Congress.
fo•Gov. MAsmv, of Michigan, is stated to have
received a loan of five millions of dollars, for the
immediate advancement of internal improvement
authorised by the legislature.
zr.r.x. T. GgAvea, formerly a poor appren
tice in a foundry at New Albany, In., has obtain
ed one of the literary prizes offered by the "Phila
delphia Courier."
oi-The Brewers of Albany and Troy, N. Y.,
who sometime since sued E. C. D/41.107411, Esg.
of Albany, for stating that they mixed poisonous
drugs with their beer, and who laid their damages
at $300,000, have bcon non-suited.
cO.Rtcasan H. WHITE, chnrgod with burning
tho Treasury building at Washington, has boon
admitted to bail in the sum of $l,OOO.
During the twenty-four hours preceding Satur
day last, there had arrived in Now York from Eu
rope 4',100 passengers! The number of emigrants
arrived at the same place on the Gth, .7th and Bth
inst. was 2,400!!
By a late arrival from France, we learn that
the King of the French had, on the occasion of
the - marriage of the Duke of Orleans, (his eldest
son,) granted a general amnesty to all persons who
had been imprisoned for political offences.
Sill Later from Europe.
[Corredpondence of the Baltimore Sun.)
NEW YORK, April 12, 1837
We have had two arrivals from England; the
Shakapoare and the Orpheus came in this morn
ing, and have lurnished London and Liverpool
dates of the 15th and 16th of May,-iticlusive.—
They afford a more satisfactory account of the
money market, than had been anticipated by us,
and encourage a hope that the day may come,
[when7] when wo shall be relieved of the embar
rassments and distress with which we are sot.
rounded.
'Tho London Obsorvoroftho .15th May, in en
article on this subject, among other things, says,
"it is gratifying to state, that the pressure which
bus so long existed upon the merchantile interest
in the city is wearing off, and this week has been
more free from apprehension end the promulga
tion of alarming reports atTecting credit than any
similar period for. months past.
On the 16th of May, George Moore, comman
der of the ship Dorathy Gales, of New Orleans,
and Robert Miller, his mate, were arrested at
1 iverpool, charged with attempting to smuggle a
quantity of tobacco; and Thomas Chatterten, mas
ter of the pilot-boat No 11, was charged with as
sisting them to smuggle a cask of spirits from the
same vessel. A long and a minute investigation
was had before Justices Hall and Evens, which
resulted In the conviction of the accused, and they
were found ono hundred pounds each.
From the New Yorker.
V. S. Treasury and the Distributed Surplus.
The Globe gives us some insight into the
manner in which the July instalment of the
Surplus is to be paid off, which is as follows:
The Treasury Department will issue war
rants in favor of the several Ststes,or rather
orders of transfer, directing certain Deposite
Banks to pay over such sums as are specifi
ed. But as these Banks do not pay specie,
the States must take such paper as they have
to offer, or credits upon these Banks. If
the States refuse this, they must wait until
the Government can command specie funds,
which will not be quite le, soon as to-morrow.
But the warrants or orders so drawn in favor
of the States will not be receivable in pay-
ment of dues to the United States. In other
words, the Government will not take the'
currency which it pays out—not even its
own paper,but pays in Deposite Bank paper
and exacts specie! This is hard; but the
Treasury is ha►d pushed, and it migtit be
d►fcult to get along in any other way. We
shall see byand•by.
Gov. It ITN ER'S PR OCLAMATIOIy. —The
Cincinnati Evening Post holds this language:
—"The Proclamation of
our
Ritner,
which will be found in our columns to day,
will be read with uncommon interest. He
has spoken out like a patriot and freeman,in
labguage becoming the Governor of the Key.
Stone State. His reasons are unanswera.
ble, and he has put "the saddle on the right
horse."
From tho New Yorker.
The State of the City.
If it be any comfort to our country friends
they may know that one-ball of the artists,
mechanics, clerks, women, and laborers of
every class in our city are wholly out of
employment, and could not earn their daily
bread for their labor in any capacity. They
have no rational hope of better' times until
business and credit revive, and that will be
—when? Our merchants that have not failed
are alone in their glory; now and then a
stranger comes into the city, walks astoun
ded through the solitude of Pearl.street, finds
that his Western or Southern money cannot
be sold or exchanged for goods, and that
nobody will sell on credit,and goes pensively
home again. Even the markets begin to
look 'gaunt, and the theatres are deserted.
Now and then the desolation is enlivened
by the arrival of a vessel bringing three or
four hundred English paupers—some of
whom are landed at Amboy to avoid guar.
antine and commutation money; but they
generally get comfortably settled in our
Alms. House within a day or two. Winter
and starvation are yet some months off:
•-••••• 0 100 m.....
Cuff:—,Look here Sambo, you got dat
quarter dollar you owes me?
Sambo.—La Cuffno! Money so scarce—
so many stoppages in Mobile—there aint no
money in circulation.
Cuff:-0 sho—Sambo what de nashum
you got to du wid ,Mobile, nigger, pay up
pay up.
Sunaes—Well, loolc here, Cuff—me hear
masa tell mote dun twenty men same tide
—and I }taint seen no gentleman trent him
like you me. Aut like a rumen,. if you is
nigger.
"I say Pat. what are you writing there
in such a large hand?" 'Arrah honey, an
is'nt it to my poor mother; whifie very deaf,
that Pm writhing a loud•lettbet."
nimla.retre Noiktest:
.•-•The Rev. Dr. SCHMUCK EXwillibrittekirk
the English Lutheran Church on SundaY mom+
ing nex t,at ha I f past 10 o'clock—and 'the Rov.lift.
KRAUTH in the ovening,at 8 o'clock. -
01 - 143 v. Mr. BROWN will preach in the Mead.
dint Church on Sunday morning & evening I =l4
ay Rev. Mr. M'Lekrr•will also preach in hie
Church on Sundnv raornme and afternoon next..
HYMENTAL RROIATFIR.-
iliAlitllElJ.
On the Ist inst. Mr. SARUM. 11. CLARK, AMICK'
Editor of the Harrisburgh 4.lntelligenc.er," to Milt'
JANE CATALINA. VAN VALKIINIIIIROI4, of Mier
rack, New York. So, the DITTEII-11ALt of our
Whig friend is VAN! •
On the 2d inst. by the Rev. Mr. Lekieu, Mr. T.
C. MARTIN, of Baltimore, to Miss MA or •Arm
Timmins, of New Orford, Adams county.
Mr. On the Bth inst. by the Rev. Mr. Gottwald, WI
ISAAC Bilinic.r.nuorr, of Btraban township, to
Miss ELiza num FICRES, of Reading township..
ODITITARY RECORD.
At tho PooKiouse, on the 10th inst. Miss Arm
Siiv.vncor, formerly of Btrabun township, aged,
about-35 years.
On the 4th inst. at his residence near Tor ---
Springs, Mr. DAvtu DEMAIISE, after a very short
illness. Mr. Donaaree was a good neighbor an
an honest men. Ho had labored under a mental ,
derangement for the last two years, but did not
complain of sickness until the day before his death.
He lived beloved, and died lamented.
On the 3d inst. Mrs. ELI ZA. arra wifo
of Mr. Andrew Krilly, of this borough, in the 51st.
year of her age.
On the 14th ult. in Clarke county, Ohio, Mrs.
Cain TzNA Wesrosturcu, wife of Mr. Jacob
Wundcrlich, (formerly Miss Cassatt, of this coun
ty.)
On the Bth inst. IL&B3LLa Mint, daughter of
Mr. John Witherow, of Millerstown, aged 14
months.
ADVERTISEMENTS
ADAMS COUNTY: LYCEUM.
,a MEETING of the "ADAMS COUNTY
tjk, LYCEUM" will be held in the Lecture
Room of the Lutheran Church in this place on .
Tuesday Evening, June_2o,
at 7 o'clog.k •
LECTURE will be delivered by a member
c? Al[ persons desirous of promoting the ob.
jects of the association, tire invited to attend,
become members and participate in the exercises
of the meeting.
R. W. MIDDLETON, Sec'ry
JUlati 111, 16137.
NOTICE.
/111 HE Democratic State Bighta Standing Corn
mittee of Adams County are requested to
meet at the house of Capt. A. B. Kurtz, in the
Borough of Gettysburgh, on Saturday the 24th
inst. Tho following aro the names of the gentle.;
men composing said Committee:.—Dr. D. H, Mel
linger, David litiddkcqr. Joseph B. Henry. M.
C. Clarkson, John Picking. '
Juno la, 1837. •
Sentinel and Compiler are requested to copy
AYS' LINIMENT, used in the prin.
cipal hospitals, and by eminent Medi.
cal ma, as a certain cure for the fullowing
•
complaints:
•
For the Piles, Croup,
For nil Drops,. Whooping Cough.
All swellings of the Extre-Tightness orate Chest, ea
mules, pecially in Children,
Rheumatism, acute and All Bruises and Sprains,
chronic, Scald Head,
Lumbago and Sciatic, Scrofula in its worst stages.
Tender Feet, Foul Ulcers of the legs or
Corns, other fungous sores,
White Swellings, and all Fresh wounds, Chilblains,
swellings of the Neck, &o: &c.
Sore Throat by cancers or
ulcer..
A number of cerrt 44 4
vales accompany th©
•
-
directions for using the Liniment.
Just received and for sale at the Drug
Store of
Dr. J. GILBERT, Gettysburgh.
June 16, 1837. tf-11
GETTFSIIURG GUIRDS
47'TEN770IV!
P A RADE in front of the College, on ties/lay the 4th day of July next,
at 9 o'clock, A. H. in summer unifortn,with
arms and accoutrements in complete 9rder
—each member provided with 10 rounds
of blank cartridges.
• By Order,
JACOB A.COB SA BAUGH, 0: It
June 16, PR37. (Sent. Corn)
r&R.SPOHN'S PERMANENT CURE
• I' FOR. THE SICK HEADACHE.—A
thousand positive certificates of the virtue of
this article might be added, but the Mow
iug is too respectable to require others:—
YE W.YORK, Dec. 11.1833.,
-I hereby certify that my wife has been ((Tows.
afflicted with a moat distressing periodical , sick
headache; end that remedies, prescriptions ' and
diet, had been tried in vain. NuthinE relieved.her
until she commenced the use of Dr. Spikes-Iliad
ache R enirdy, which gave her in.u.edists relielk,
and by the use of a few bottles she has Weems
entiroly cured. 1 therefore recommed• it to all
labouring under the dreadful complaint,. ilia cer..
taro remedy. • 2.
I have also witnessed its vittliei in, many other •
caaes, in all of which it has preyed effectual. •
W 14. H. WHITAKER, Nu. 12, BawerY.
Just received and for sale by
Dr. J. GI LBERT,Gettyaburgh.
June 16, 1R37.
JOHN L. OUOERNATOR I ESQ,
61? CONOWAGO TOWNSHIP, -
INAS been appointed by the Board or
Property, to act as an AGENT, irk
snd for the County of Adams, to perform
[he duties required by the actsof Assembly
in relation to the returning of Surveys or
Unpatented. Lands. Owners of unpatented .
Lands, or holders of unexecuted warrants,,,
may find it to their advantage to call Om
him with their papers, aa he is prepared to. .
give them his aid iti arranging their
ties, dr.e.
June 9, 1837.
LILLY WHITE, FOR THE LADIES+
TOILET.—A superior c,osamtic Ear
beautifying the Skin.
Fur sale at the Drug Store of
Dr. J. GILBERT, Gettysburg&
June 16, 1961..
DIED.