,cad,l 3 lF- 4114 ary,my child! Can it be possible that
you live to witness the sorrow and misery of your
wicked Either! Oh, I discover in you now the im
age of your own poor mother! Tell me—how
came you bore! What breeze of fortune bath
borne you onward to so favorable a conditionl—
Oh, my wife! would to heaven I could call thoe to
life again!" ho exclaimed, weeping and sobbing
moat bitterly.
"Stay," father! she lives! she lives!" cried Mary.
4'My own dear mother still lives to bless pou."
"What! Julia—my wife! still lives! Gracious
heaven! may I dare to meet her! Oh lead me
-yes--.lead me before her. I deserve no favor from
her, but she knows I was not alone to blame•—
and she forgive me—yes, she will forgive me!"
..oh, I bless the fortune that has brought Us to
gether!" said Mary. "Compose yourself, my fa
ther—and you shall soon know all. Mother still
resides in Connecticut. Wo were wretchedly poor
and needy; but a good old gentleman, by the name
of Flerwood,earne ono day and took us to his home
in Hartford,where she is invited to remain so long
- as ho lives. It is by his kindness and generosity
also that I.am hero pursuing my studies. I was
preparing to return—having the moment you Ac
coated me, received a letter from my mother, do
siring me to embark for home immediately."
The poor man was nearly overcome at so un
expectei a meeting—with intelligence at once so
gratifying, and the prospect of being again united
to the bosom companion of his early days.
No time was now lost. The next packet that
sailed, took the father and daughter to the shores
of their own native country and home. And hero
let me remark, that on leaving, Mary failed not to
give young Jeffreys a moat pressing invitation to
visit America at as early a day as his engagements
would permit.
I need not describe the meeting of the long se
parated husband and wife. Suffice to say, it was
affecting in the extreme. Each felt to have been
thost in the wrong—each begged most earnestly
to be forgiven by the other. The day was one of
mutual congratulation and joy; and that night
were their hearts unitedly raised to God in humble
and sincere prayer for the pardon of all their mis
deeds—for His protection against the unhappy
consequences of PASSION—and for His constant
guidance and blessing.
. In less than one year from that time, Mr. Har
wood and his aged companion were both called to
their reward in Heaven; and Mary Lee, his adop
ted and only child, came into possession of his im
mense estate, subject only to an annuity to her
parents, sufficient to ensure them a comfortable and
affluent support while living.
Mary's invitation to young Jeffreys was accep
ted. His visit was one of unusual interest to him,
and not less so to her, whose hand he came to so
licit. They were united: and blessings ceased not
to attend them. They avoided •rue twins or
l'Assioz, by attending to tho voice of wisdom,
rrwhose ways," in the beautiful language of Scrip
ture, ""are ways of pleasantness, and whose paths
are peace."
The Happy Miner.
"There's danger in the mines, old man?"
I asked of an aged miner, who, with his
arms bent, leaned against the side of the im
mense vault absorbed in meditation—"lt
must be a fearful life."
The old man looked at me with a stead
fast, but somewhat vacant stare, and then
so half broken sentences he uttered "Dan
ger—where is there not—on the earth or
beneath it—in the mountain or in tho valley
—on the ocean or in the quiet of nature's
must hidden spot—where is there not danger?
where has not death left some token of his
presence?" "True," I replied, "but the vi
cissitudes oflife are various: the sailor seeks
his living on the waters, and he knows each
moment that they may engulph him—the
hunter seeks death in the wild woods—and
the soldier in the battle field—and the miner
ichows not but the spot where he now stands,
to-morrow may be his tomb."
"It is so, indeed," replied the old man
fiwe find death in the means we seek to per
petuate life—'tis a sttange riddle—who shall
solve it?"
"Have you long followed this occupa
tion?" I toked,somewhat struck with the old
man's manner.
"From a boy—idrew my first breath in
the mines—l shall yield it up in their
gloom."
"You have seen some of those vicissi•
tudeti," said 1, "to which you have just now
alluded." •
"Yes," he replied with a faltering voice,
"I have. There was a time that three tall
boys looked up to me and called me father.
They were sturdy striplings! Now it seems
but yesterday they stood before me sn proud
in their strength and I filled too with a
father's vanity. But the Lord Chastened
the proud heart. Where are they now?
I saw the youngest—he was the dearest of
the flock—his mother's spirit seemed to have
settled on him—crushed at my feet a bleed
ing mass. We were together—so near
that his hot blood sprung up into my face.
Molten lead had been less lasting than those
fearful drops.
One moment and his light laugh was in
my ears; the next, and the large mass came
—there was no cry, no look of terror—but
the transition to eternity was as the light
ning's flash—and my poor boy lay crushed
beneath the fearful load. It was an awful
moment—but time that changeth all things
brought relief—and I had still two sons.—
But my cup of affliction was not yet full.—
They too were taken from me. Side by
side they died—not as their brother—but
the fire damp caught their breath, and left
them scorched lifeless. They brought
them home to -the old man—his fair jewels
—than whom earth's richest treasures in
his sight had no price—and told him lie was
childless and alone. It is a strange decree
that the old plarit should thus survive the
stripling things it shaded and for whom it
would have died a thousand times. is it
surPrising thit I should wish to die here in
the mines?"
C. , "You have indeed," I replied,'"drank of
affliction.% Whence did you derive consola
tion',"
The old man looked up—" From heaven
gave, and he bath taken away—
Wooed tie 'his name." I bowed my head
to the miner's pious prayer—ind the old
man pasted on.
Ifessze.—Sinee the lat of January, a
year aso, there have been shipped to the
West indica, from Now Haver), 2046 hor
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:SSD AY, JA n' UAle Y 23, 1838,
ElVlG.ffil S.
I ant composed of 17 letters ;—my 6, 16, 13, 2
and 0, is the nest of a fowl—my 3, 15, 13, 8 and
16, is what can at all times be seen at sea—my
1, 12, 4, 5 and 10, is the name of a district of
land in the possession of a nobleman—my 7, 11,
17, 6, 13 and 10, is a name given to a string of
beads—my 6, 16, 8,2, 13 and 6, is a point from
which the followers of Mahommet number years
—my 14, 7, 12, 8 and 17, is a substance used by
physicians—and my whole is what all men, who
term themselves patron of a newspaper, should
do, and what every honorable subscriber will do.
I a word of 7 letters. My 5,2, 7 and 4is a ri
ver bordering on Russia; my I, 6 and 3 is a river
in Asia; my 6,4, 3 and 2 is a sea of Asia; and
my whole is a town of Asia. 'MAIL
lam a word of 13 letters. My 1,2, 6, 11, 4, 8
and thirteen is the name of an ancient race of giants
in Sicily; my 7,8, 9,7, 13. 12 and 5 is the name
of a city in Asia Minor; my 3,4, 11 and 10 is the
name pf a city where a battle was fought between
the Romans and Hannibal; my 4, 13, 5 and 10
is the name of a high mountain in Thessaly; my
8, 10 and 3 is the name of a god of the ahepherds;
my 5,6, 2, 11, 11 and 10 is the name of daughter
of Nisue, king of Megaris; my 10, 8,8, 11 and '2
is what the solver of this enigma must do with his
intellectual power; and my whole is the name of
a God of the Egyptians. L.
...m o o 0 .....E.
Alexander's Wrekly Messenger comes to us this
week in double form—quite a prodigy in its way.
It contains twenty engraved portraits of distin
guished individuals; a condensation of Maxuatt's
Novel, entitled "The Pirate;" Character of Wash
ington—a prize essay; A tale of the American
Revolution; and a Bank Note List, corrected by
E. W. Clarke & Co. Exchange Brokers. The
mammoth Messenger can be seen at this office.
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From the the Philadelphia National Gazette
Much excitement is said to prevail in
Maryland in consequence of a demand made
by the Governor of this State on the Execu
tive of Maryland for the delivery, agreeably
to the act of Congress, of certain persons
charged with the criint of kidnapping. The
case has been brought before the Legislature
of Maryland. As it does not appear to be
understood, even there, and is misrepresen
ted in some of the Southern papers, we shall
give its merits as we understand them.—
Several respectable citizens came into York
county,in this State,in pursuit of their slaves.
The fugitives were arrested on the warrant
of a magistrate, who refused to give the cer-
ificate required by the act of Congress for
their removal, a law of this State having
excluded him from such jurisdiction, and
vested it in Judges of Courts. Without any
application to the competent authority ac
cording to our laws, the slaves were remov
ed, and in so doing, their owners not only
incurred the penalties of the laws of this
State, but violated the act of Congress, and
this without necessity, as an application to
competent judges would have been easy.
Complaint is made in some of the Mary-
land papers, that our act which deprives a
magistrate of jurisdiction repeals the act of
Congress. This is an error. The law of
Pennsylvania does so far interfere with that
of the United States as to prescribe certain
additional forms: but it should be known, as
candidly stated by the Baltimore Republican
that whatever be the merits or demerits of
the law of this State, whose operation is now
complained of, and is asserted in the Mary.
land Legislature to nullify the act of Con.
gress, "tt was passed in compliance frith the
request of the Stale of Maryland, who de.
putised several of her most distinguished
citizens to Harrisburg to urge that the law
of Pennsylvania should be so altered as to
present a mere Justice ot the Peace from
having power to decide as to the property
of citizens of Maryland in slaves that are
fugitive in Pennsylvania."
It is proper to add that by the Judicial
authority of Maryland, the negroes have
since the removal been adjudged slaves altho'
come of them were born in Pennsylvania,
where by the adjudications of the State,they
are free. In Maryland the condition of the
offspring follows that of the mot her,and con
sequently in that State they are slaves. The
difference of the laws of the two States in
creases the intricacy and delicacy of the
case, as by the illegal removal, the operation
of the Pennsylvania laws is precluded. It
is understood that the Governor of Maryland
in compliance with the request of our Exec
utive has issued hiS warrant for the surrendry
of the accused,but some difficulty is expected
in its execution. An interesting correspon•
dence is said to have been carried on between
the Executive magistrates of the two States;
and it is probable the subject will attract the
notice of ,our Legislature, as one or more
persons, free according to the laws of our
State and a solemn adjudication of the Su
, pre'the'Court, are detained in slavery. The
Act of 17A0 declares that slavery ofchildren
in consequence of the slavery of their moth
ers, born in the State, shall be utterly extin
guished and forever abolished.
PENNSYLVANIA AND MARYLAND.—The
subjoined proceedings of the Maryland
Legislature, which we copy from the 13alti•
more Chronicle, interest our citizens:
• "The Senate did not accede to the pro.
position of the House to appoint a commit
tee to go to Harrisburg in relation to Bemis'
case. A. response was moved by Mr. Ili
um!, to the message from the House, but
after discussion, it was decided to be better
to have a conference with a committee of
the Hoi;se, in relation to the whole matter.
Specific and positive instructions it was
thought, ought to be given to whoever wa-t
sent, and the opinion of the Semite appear•
ed to be in favor of sending to Harrisburg
one or two gentlemen, not members of the
General Assembly; as egents of the State.
The question is a delicate end important one.
It cannot be too carefully considi.red, and
one hasty or improper step may lead to great
difficulties. There is a strong and very
natural feeling in the Legislature against
the demand of Pennsylvania. The statutes
of Pennsylvania have, undoubtedly, been
violated by four of our citizens, but the
question presented is more important than
that. Can the State of Pennsylvania enact
laws, which shall deprive the citizen of Ma
ryland of the property guaranteed to him
by the Constitution of the United States,
secured to him and protected by the Consti
tution and Laws of Nfaryland."
From the Mobile Mercantile Advertiser, Jan. 8.
art „ i irtirent from Florida.
tv o ,earn by the steamboat Caroline,Capt
Jeffrey, from New York, via Tampa Bay,
that a severe engagement took place on the
25th December, at Kiusimmee,on the edge
of the Everglades,abott 70 or 60 miles from
Tampa Bay, between the United States
forces under Col. TAYLOR, consisting of the
Ist regiment infantry, the 4th regiment un
der Col. PosTEll,the nth under Col. Timm e
sox, and the Missouri Volunteers under
General GENTRY, and a large party of the
Indians. The action was most furiously
contested for an hour,when the indians gave
way and fled.
We learn with the greatest pain that this
was one of the Most disastrous n battles that
has yet been fought in Florida. It is said
that General GelscraY, of the Missouri Vol
unteers, Lieutenant Colonel Tnomesex,
Lieutenant BROOKS, I .ieuteuant CENTER,
Captain VAN SwEARINGEN, three commis
sioned officers of the Missouri Volunteers,
names not recollected, and Sergeant Major
SLAHACK; are among the killed! The
whole of "Company K," of the 6th infantry
are said to he killed, except some seven—
making a total of 8 officers killed, and 140
rank arid file killed and wounded. Of the
Wiens only B were found dead on the field,
though it is said some flirty or fifty bodies',
had been drugged off. The troops succeed
ed in bringing away 60 ponies.
We understand that the troops had been
in pursuit of the !whims, and when they
came up to the spot where they were con•
coaled behind bushes and in the tops of trees,
they were received by a volley from the
savages, each shot killed or wounded its
man. Col. Thompson fell at the first fire
as did most of those who were slain. It is
said that the Indians fought so desperately,
that it was doubtful at one period of the
engagement which party would be compell•
ed to give way. The force of the Indians
was variously estimated, and as t►'h',Fwere
in ambush, perhaps it would be ttifi.'"Aible
with any certaintly to tell.
From signs made in the sand supposed
to be by Alligator, and which the mterpre.
ter A braham bits seen, the latter gives it as
hie opinion that the Indians intend to war
to the death.
A report reached Tampa Bay on the Ist
instant, that Brigadier General NELSON, of
the Georgia Volunteers, had an engage.
meat on the 26th December at the Suwan
nee river; but the result was not known.
It is said that Gen. Nelson's horse was shot
under him.
Forty prisoners arrived at Tampa Bay
on the Ist from Pinto Rape. They will
be sent to Fort Pike, which is a depot fur
prisoners.
From Canada.
We have Albany dates of Saturday, Buf
falo the Sih, and Utica to the 10th.
A gentleman arrived at Albany, who left
Buffalo on the 7th late in the a fte rnoon,states
that lie conversed with an acquaintance who
had just arrived in the cars from Schlosser,
who inhumed him that an irregular cannon
ade had been kept up during the day between
the Navy Islanders and the British at Chip.
pewa. The dame gentleman was present
on Saturday last at Chippewa, at an inter
view between Colonel Mac Nab and a bearer
of despatches to him from Gen. Van Rens
salner.
That after reading the communication,
Mac Nab replied verbally to the messenger
that he was surprised to receive such a corn.
munication; that he might tell Gen. Van
Rensselaer that he might expect an attack
the next morning. Our friend further in
forms us that on his way from Buffido, and
while at Clarenrie HolloW,on Sunday morn
ing at 3 o'clock, he distinctly heard cannon
ading in the direction of Schlosser.
The following is a letter from Niagara
Falls . ,under date of the 7th inst. which seems
to be confirmatory of the above:
Last night authentic information was re
ceived by Van that an attack would be made
at sunrise this morning and be preceeded by
6 hours cannonading last night.
At 12 the cannonading commenced, and
continued at intervals until 4. At that hour
it commenced raining hard, and it still rains,
which has doubtless frustrated the attack;
as none had been made.
If an attack is not made in 3 days, the
Patriots will evacuate the island, and have
a foothold in Canada. llow,you must wait
to learn. I know, but dare not tell you.
Duncombe is, without doubt, at the head
of a force near Detroit—on a British
it is said.
There are 300 rifles on Grand Island.—
Mac Nab will be kept from there.
MaeNab's Indians have dwindled down
to 100.
The patriot officers and men sincerely de•
sire, and I sincerely believe they will obtain
a victory.
P. S. I have just heard that the Grand
Jury have indicted Mac Nab, Mosher, Me-
Cormic, Chalmers, McLeod,Leland,Jarvis,
Warner, Ridglev, McDonald and Warren,
fur murder—in the Caroline aflair.
The Utica Observer publishes MacNab's
account of the affair at Schlosser, and ac•
companies it with this language:
"It has never fallen to our lot to publish a
sheet that was more sought,or morn eagerly
read than the one we now issue will be; and
long, indeed, will it he, ere we shall do so
again. We give, to•night, mixed up with
much other matter, the official account of
the invasion of the United States, the mur
der of some of her citizens and the destruc
tion of the steamboat Caroline. This docu
ment is in the last degree important. It is
from A. N. MacNnb, commanding her ma•
jesty's forces at Chippewa, U. C.. and he
distinctly avows that he sent a Capt a i n o f
the Royal Navy to execute the service in
question! This outrage then, is no act of
unauthorized lawbreakers, but the valiant
deed of a captain of the "Royal" Navy, un
der the orders of a Colonel of the "Royal"
service!
McNABB'S STATEMENT.
Head Quarters,
Chippewa, 30th Dec. 1837
Saturday morning, 3 o'clock
Szn—l have the honor to report for the
information of his excellency the Lieut. Gov
, ernor,that having received positive informa
tion that the pirates and rebels at Navy Isl
and had purchased a steamboat called the
Caroline,to facilitate their intended invasion
of this country, and being confirmed in my
infiirmation yesterday by the boat (which
sailed under British colors) appearing at the
island, I determined upon cuttintz her out:
and having sent Cnpt. Drew of the royal na
vy, he, in a most gallant manner, with a
crew of volunteers (whose names I shall
hereafter mention) performed this danger
ous service, which was handsomely effected.
In consequence of the swift curimni it was
found to be impossible to get the vessel over
to this place, and it was therefore necessary
to set her on fire.
Her colors are in my possession.
I have the honor to be sir,
Your ob't humble servant,
A. N. McN A 88, Col. coin'og
P. S. We have two or three wounded—
and the pirates about the same number kill
ed. A. N. McN
STILL LATER
We have the back mails from the seat of
war, and now learn that the British seem
to have abandoned the idea of attacking Na
vy Island, as the militia will NOT volunteer.
A not her steamboat,' he Barcelona,had reach
ed Schlosser, whose arrival was hailed bt.
three cheers, and the band of the re ,, imont
stationed there to keep the pertce,it appears
struck up Yankee Doodle! She is equipped
for defence r and is to act as a ferry boat for
the islanders. McNabb is scattering his
forces from Fort Erie to Fort George. The
Navy Islanders, the editor of the Roche for
Democrat writes, contemplate taking a foot
hold in Canada, arid another steamboat it
is reported. is waiting for their movements.
Goat Island has been fired at from the British
side, and affidavits have been taken of the
fact. Some say cowardice isS c cause of
the refusal of the 'militia to vn., 4 ; •eer, and
others, a secret inclination to favor the lel.
enders.
The Rochester Advocate says, 40 or 50
French Canadians have passed through that
city to join the islanilers,and it was rumored
that 500 more were under way with arms
and munition. .
The Commercial Advertiser contains the
affidavits of several respectable citizens of
Buffalo and Ntagara,contradicting those ac
cornpanving Col. M'Nabb's official report of
the Schlosser outrage, in the 'Toronto Pat
riot, and designed to justify that "gallant
affitir." One of hese affidavits (that of Mr.
S. M. Longloy, a merchant of Buffalo,) the
Commercial Advertiser regards "as estab
lishing, more conclusively than any thing
we have beffire seen, the perfect wantonness
and deliberate cruelty of the massacre."
A NEW TROUBLE
The Quebec Canadian announces, on the
authority of a gentleman from the county of
l3eauco,that the frontier population of Maine
are in a state of lively agitation, and that the
people (intit county have fear ofan invasion
by the Kennebec Road. The Canadian also
says it will ho necessary to send troops in
that quarter. We have heard nothing of
this via Maine.
Correspondence of the National Intelligencer
NEW YORK, Jan. 16.
The rumors From "the seat of war" to.
day are, that Sir FRANCIS HEAD and Col.
McNAne have quarrelled; that McNAna
has resigned; that MCDONALD takes his
place; that there is a patriot three 1,500
strong near Fort Malden; and that the Navy
Islanders are going there in a steamboat.
No action had taken place at Navy Island.
The soldiers were retiring from Chippewa;
and the movements were many about there,
but what is the intention of the British
forces, none know this side of the lines.—
Things are, therefore, in stain quo. The
Canadian fever, however, by no means.—
As was the Texas fever in Missiesippi,Louis
lane, Alabama, and Tennessee, so is the
Canadian fever in Western New York
Northern Ohio, and Vermont.
I have been looking for some days, with
some interest,lor what Gov. KENT,orMaine,
has to say upon the NortheaStern Boundary;
but the Locofocos there die hard, and are
very unwilling after all to permit the People
to choose their own Governor.
The despatches recalling Lord Gosroßo,
came out in the last packet. Sir JOHN COL
HORNE, I suspect, is to take his place. Sir
GEO. ARTHUR, who is to succeed 'Governor
HEAD; will be here, it is probable, in the
packet of the 20th.
Some of our banks are making a move
ment to call upon the Philadelphia banks
to resume specie payments, and in case
they do not concur in fixing a day they pro
pose to resume independently. They can
not do it. Tho Philadelphia banks are bet.
ter off, and far more - united, and more po
pularly managed than ours, which quarrel
like caged monsters.
U. S; Bank stock to-day 120; Treasury
notes per cent. below paper money.
From the Chambereburg Whig
FRANKLIN COUNTY A. M. MEETING
Pursuant to public notice,t he A nti•Masons
and others opposed to the misrule and cor
ruption of the National Administration, met
at the Court Inas° on Tuesday evening,
the oth inst , Aft , 1 were organized by calling
Jos. B. Pomeroy, to the chair, and appoint.
ing John Cressler and William Brillion,
Esq. Vice Presidents, and .4.1. Dorboraw,
Secretary. 'rite object of the meeting hay
ing been stated by R. M. Bard, Esq, the
following resolutions were unaniinnu.sly n•
dopted.
Resolved, That Capt. William Smith
and Anbrew B. Rankin, be delegates to re•
oresent the county of Franklin, the tnti-
Masonic State Convention to be holden in
Harrisburg ; on %lurch sth, 183 4 , and ihat
A. 1. Durboraw, he recommended on the
part of this county, as a proper person, to
represent, in part, in said convention, this
senatorial district.
Resolved, That the above named dele
gates, together with the officers of this
meeting, be empowered to supply all va•
cancies that may occur in this delegation,
and to confer with our Anti-Masonic friends
of Cumberland and Adams, respecting the
appointment of delegates to represent this
senatorial district in said convention.
Resolved, That the present State Admin
istration, by its wise measures, sound policy,
and judicious economy, has largely contri
buted to the welfare, prosperity, and best
interests of the connnonwealth. and that a
true regard for the advantage of the people,
as well as justice to faithful public servants,
requiring the re election ()four present chief
magimtiate, JOSEPH It TN ER, to the
executive chair of Pennsylvania; and that
our delegates, by supporting his nomination
in the convention, will respect the voice
and the wishes of their constituents.
Resolved, flint the confidence of this
meeting in the patriotism of Gen. WI 1.,
LIAM HENRY II A RRlSON—their
gratitude for his public services—respect
for his talents, and belief that he is the most
suitable man in all respects to be supported
us a candidate for President in opposition
to the head of the present corrupt Adminis
tration at Washington, remains unimpaired,
and they therefore, earnestly urge him on
the consideration of the entire opposition
to Martin Van 13uren, as the most eligible
person to receive their suffrages.
Resolved, That the proceedings of this
meeting be signed by its office's, and
published in the different papers in Chain
bersburg.
JOSEPH R. POMEROY, Pres't
JOUN CRESRLF:R, Vice Pres'st
Wm. BRATTON.
A. I. Durborato, Sec'ry.
Iggiqq"glt7z7
Kr From trashinglots
Correspondence of the Baltimore Patriot.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 16.
Contested election cases will heroine an.
table as productive of "Scenes" in Congress.
Every body has heard of the occurrences
of the famous midnight session during the
debate on the North Carolina Contested
Election, two years ago.
The Mississippi case came up to day,and
produced more excitement and commotion
than occurred in the House before during
the present session.
Mr. Bronson of N. Y. offered a resolution
to the effect that Messrs. Prentiss and Word
have not been elected members of the 25th
Congress, and that they are not entitled to
seats in the House.
After a loose and irregular debate on this
proposition, Mr. Wise offered a resolution
that Messrs. Prentiss and Word be admitted
to seats within the Hall; and allowed to par
ticipate in any debates that might arise on
the subject of their application.
Mr. Foster of N. York, Mimed an amend•
ment, to the effect that the claimants be
allowed to appear at the bar and to be heard
in support of their application.
This amendment was very strenuously
opposed. by Mr. Pope of Ky. and Mr. Bell
(Cretin ; who took the proper ground that
such treatment was not what was due to
gentlemen who came here with credentials
from the people of a sovereign State. The
resolution of Mr. Wise was adopted: and
Messrs. Prentiss and Word took seats pro.
vided for them by the officers of the House.
Col. Howard then presented a communi :
cation from Mr. Claiborne, in reference to
the case; alluded to the fact that a printed
statement emanating from the claimaints had
already been laid upon the desks of members
Mr. %Vise rose and said, that the paper
referred to by Col. Howard—the statement
of Messrs. Prentiss and Word—had been
printed at the expense of those gentlemen
themselves. So far every thing went on
with perfect quiet. Nothing had occurred,
which any reasonable man could imagine
was calculated to produce an excitement.
Col. Howard knowing that the statement of
Messrs. Prentiss and Word was in the hands
oC the members, had only wished, it is pre
sumed, to place Messrs. Claiborne and Ghol
son on an equality with them in that respect.
And Mr. Wise's remark was only intended
to show that for the purpose of placing them
on an equality it was not necessary,that the
communication of Mr. Claiborne should be
presented to the House, and pri..ted by its
order.
Such was, I undertake to say, the gene
ral understanding. But Mr. Gholson took
the remarks of Mr. Wise in dudgeon. He
said he and his colleague did not come to
ask the charity of the House--that though
not as rich as some men, they were able to
pay for the printing of their communication,
&c. &c. For several minutes he went on
in this strain. Then he sp6ke of Mr. Wise
and said his remarks were unworthy of a
member of the House.
This attack was as entirely gratuitous as
it was entirely impotent. What had Mr.
Wise said,that th'morbid imagination could
have construed into a personal reflection?
Nothing—positively nothing. I know Mr.
Wise personally. There is not n man in
either House of more generous and noble
feelings. He is incapable of making an in
sidious attack on any man. When he does
'
assaill his political adversaries, all is open
and above board. Ile gave not the slightest
pretext to Mr.Gholson s on this ,u•v:,e ion , for
the remarlo in which he thou prfiper to
indolue.
Of course, that remark could not 'ail to
excite, to a high degree the re.entnwnt of
Mr. Wise. lie rose instantly; and turning
to Mr Gholson, said, in clear, firm tones,
'IF IGNORANCE AND IMPUDENCE CAN MAKE
A BLACKGUARD, TFIERE, (fastening his eyes
on and. pointing his finger at Gholson)
THERE is oNn!"
"Order ! °Mei was shouted from all
side§ of the House. The greatest confu
sion prevailed. The Speaker lapped loudly
on his desk with his ivory hammer. Above
the din the voice of Mr Gholson was !Kurd.
He was understood to say that none but a cow
ardly scoundrel would make such a renal! k.
Tne Speaker enforced the rules; and or
der was finally restored. The communi
cation of Mr. Claiborne was then rend; Mr.
Howard moved thrit it be printed; and after
a desultory debate it was so ordered
Col. Dawson of Geo. then (aired a reso
lution of censure upon the language which
had been used in presence of the House by
Messrs. G poison and Wise; and calling upon
them both to apologise to the House.
31 r. Wise said he was glad of the oppor
tunity thus offered him, to set himself right
as to his relations t the House. W ben the
juniper wns presented by the member from
Baltimore, Col. Howard, be took it for
granted it was a statement of facts similar to
pri.sented by Messrs. Prentiss and Word,
arid he had simply stated that the statement
emanataig from those gentlemen, had not
been printed by order of the House; & there
fore it was not nccessar% that they should
he printed in order to place the opposing
claimants on a looting of equality.
To his astonishment, one of the bitting
inetnbers from Mississippi had thought fit
to allude to him in a taunting manner. It
was nothing that would have rtiifiod him,
coining from any other person—but coming
from him, it excited his onaer; and, said
Mr. Wise, with remarkable emphasis, "I
felt compelled to say of the member from
Misqissippl,what I have long thought of him!'
The Chair here called to order!—and
cries of "order! order!" were heard in dif-
ferent parte of the Hall. Mr. Gholson was
vociferating with some vehemence—but 1
lid not catch his words
When order was restored, Mr. Wise pro
ceeded. He expressed his readiness always
to submit to the authority or the House.—
To the House therefore he made an apology;
but, added he, / make no apology to the
member from Mississippi!
Mr. Gholson next rose, and said he used
the language he had, under the excitement
produced by a 'ty and insinuating attack.
What low and insinuating attack? None
was made by Mr. Wise.
The Chair called Gholson to order. Gen.
Glameock moved to Jay Col. I)awson's re
solution uo the table. The motion prevailed.
Mr. Mr rear then offered a resolution,the
object of which was to require Messrs. Wise
and Gholson to promise not to prosecute this
quarrel out of the
Mr. tierce., contended that the adoption
of this resolution was a duty, prescribed by
the manual, and he called on the House to
do its duty.
Mr. Jenifer thought that the mode of
proceeding would he productive of more
harm than good. He moved to lay the re,
solution of Mr; Mercer on the table. Ayes
78. Noes 123. So it was rejected.
Col Howard then rose, and in a very
handsome manner,vindicated Mr. Wise from
the imputation of having given Mr. Gholson
any reason at all for his most gratuitous at
tack. He certainly did not understand Mr.
%Vise to impute any thing dishonorable or
serdid to the sitting members. He believed
his only object was to preserve an equality
between the claimants and the sitting mem
bers. Mr. Howard further declared distinct
ly, that the construction put upon the lan
guage of Mr. Wise by Mr Gholson was not
authorised by the language itself. Ho re
garded the remarks of M r. G holson as hasty;
and when he said this, he expressed an o
pinion which, he hoped, would lead to an
arrangement of this dispute, by the friends
of the parties.
Gov. Pope of Ky. added his testimony to
that of Col. Howard, that nothing said by
Mr. Wise,was intended or calculated to pro
duce the feeling manifested by Mr. Gholson.
• After some further remarks from Messrs.
Jenifer, Turney, Mercer, Glasceck, Cush.
ing and Reed, the House adjotirned,without
taking the question on the:resolution of Mr.
Mercer.
In the Senate, Mr. Swift of Vt.tpresented
the resolutions from the Legislature of that
State in reference to Slavery and its effects.
Abolition, the annexation of Texas, &c.
The resolutions were received ; but Mr.
Swift did not press for their consideration,
so they remain on the table for the present.
The Sub Treasury Bill was reported, as-
I informed you it would be, to day; and post
poned on motion of Mr. Webster, for at
fortnight.
Exmune?? STAx ED.—The execution of
Isaac Dale, which was to have taken place
near Nashville on the 10th inst. was suspen
ded by the passage of a law on the same
morning by the Legislature, making it the
duty of the Governor to commute the pun
ishment in capital cases finally determined
by the Supreme Court, to imprisonment for
life in the State Penitentiary, whenever the
Judges of said Court shall certify to him that
there . were. m their opinion extenuating
cumstances attending the case, and that in.
their opinion the punishment of death ought
to be commuted. All the necessary prepe-.
rations were made for the execution of the
culprit, the gallows erected,tindishroud and
coffin made,and not until after twelve o'clock
was it known that the merciful arm of the
Legislature had been interposed tosave him.
A large crowd which had collected at the
jail were disappointed (agreeably no doubt)
on the fact being announced.
GOOD SENSE R We learn
from the Cincinnati Gazette,that the House
of Representatives of Ohio, have passed a
law to repeal the act which probibts the es.
tnblishment of n branch or agency of the
Pennsylvania Ruik of the Uniked States, in
the State of Ohio.
STAR & REPUBLICAN IANNER.
At $2 per annum, half-yearly In ads-ance.
GETTYSBUB.GtC, PA.
Tuesday, January 23, 1 S3S.
24r niNti* 12141414.11 a,
444444'44'4
Frorthy of .1111e4ifio1!
'According to the terms of our paper, those
of our subscribers who neglected to pay off their
subscriptions on the Ist of April last, are indebted
for each year then due, $2 50. As we are greatly
in need of moncv,and must have some immediate
ly,we propose to pass receipts to those indebted as
above at the rate of ;52 per year. if the opportunity
is afforded between this and the first of March
next. After that time we shall be compelled to
stick to the terms, and COLLECT also.
From the Patriot of Satuiday last
Baltinaore Market.
pjThe wagon price of FLOUR ranges to-day
from $7 75 to $B, and in an occasional instance
a fraction below the first named rate has been paid
—market unsettled, with n downward tendency.
o -The Committees appointed to visit and ex
amine our Rail Road will probably make their re
ports this week.
co-Jou:en M'ltv Ar x, Esq., a Representative
from the City of Philadelphia, died in Harrisburg
on the night of the I.6th inst. He had be e n com
plaining fur several days preceding, but was- not
considered dangerous. He was found dead in his
bed on Tuesday morning last. Mr. M'llvain (says
the Harrisburg 'Telegraph) was an able represen
tative. He had tilled several offices of distinguish
ed honor and responsibility—was a man of learn
ing and talents—of bland and agreeable manners
—and much esteemed by his acquaintances. His
loss will be felt by a numerous circle of friends.
The U. S. Gazette states that an election will
be hold on the 2d of February next, to till the va
cancy created by Mr. M'llvain's death.
Aldesms County Conreilliolll.
At a meeting of the Democratic Anti-Masonic
Republican Delegates of Adams County, convened
at the Court House in Gettysburg, on islonday the
22d day of January, 1838, the following delegates
appeared from the Borough and different Town
ships—viz:
Borough—Robert Smith, J. M. Stevenson.
Conowago—J L. (hibernator, Sneeringer, Jr.
Hamiltonban—John Mickley,Jr., Geo. Irwin.
Germany—lsaac Jones. Thomas Hirues.
Hamilton—Samuel M'Farland, Wm. 11. Picking.
Tyrone—Capt. John Myers. John Diehl.
Mouutpleasant—John Ewing, H. BrinkerhotLEsq.
Mountjoy—Jacob Baum,gartner, J D. Newman.
Cumberland—Robert McCreary, Conrad Snyder.
Straban —John Dickson,Esq., Robert M'llheny.
Liberty—John Scott, Joseph limiter.
"Latimore—lsaac Griest, Col. John Wolford.
Berwick—Daniel Diehl, F. W. Kohler, Esq.
Menallen—William Rex, Daniel Minnigh.
Huntington—Thomas Stephens. William Sadler.
Reading—Dr. Charles C. Blish.
The Convention was organized by calling
JOHN DICKSON, Esq. to the Chair, and ap
pointing JOHN L. CiIIISEHNATOR, Secretary.
The Convention then proceeded to the nomina
tion of Delegates to the sth of March Convention
—when upon taking tho vote,
Col. John trolford,
James Cooper, Esq.
wore duly elected as delegates.
The übove Gentlemen were also appointed a Cor
responding Committee, to correspond with Frank
lin and Cumberland Counties, as to the appoint
ment of Senatorial Delegates to said Convention
from this district—and the meeting proposed
DANIEL M. SMYSER, Esq. to the considera
tion of said Committee as a suitable person to be
appointed a Senatorial Delegate to the said con
vention from this District. Also that the above
delegates have power to fill vacancies.
[Several resolutions were adopted, but we
are compelled to omit them this week.]
On motion, Resolved, That these proceedings
be signed by the Chairman and Secretary and
published
JOHN DICKSON, Clinien
JOHN L. GOTIERNATOH, Snc'ry.
Ibung Olen's Convention
Mr. MIDDLETON:
With pleasure I noticed in your last the sug
gestion thrown out by you to induce the Young
Men, friendly to Governor Railer, to organize
themselves into a party, and hold a State Conven
tion. I hope, sir, your suggestion may—as I have
no doubt it will—meet the ready and willing re
spouse of your Editorial brethren; and that their
offurts will be united to yours in accelerating a
speedy county organization throughout the State
of a Young Men's Ri'nor party—and the early
meeting of their representatives in State Conven
tion to perfect a State organization.
The reasons which should induce the young
men to take an active interest in the political con
tests whielOnvolve, not merely the question of who
shall make, or who shall administer our laws, but
'oftentimes, the safety and permanency of our re
publican institutions, aro too obvious to allow me
.to enumerate them. And, indeed, were it other
wise, it would be superfluous. It is enough, that
the now young men will in n few years be called
upon to take the places of their fathers, and re
ceive under their charge the institutions and prin
ciples established by their ancestors, to be trans
mitted unsullied, uncontaminated to rising gene
: rations. They will soon become the Legislators,
the Judicial and the Executive officers, and the
(still more responsible) People. A consideration
of these things should urge them to watchfulness,
and to diligence in acquiring political knowledge.
And it justifies—aye, compels young•men forward,
into organization of distinct parties—the better to
yield a firm and cordial, es well as a more essential
support to those men for the different ()likes in
our Goverment, whom they believe have been,and
will continue to be, zealous and firm in guarding,
strengthening, mid defending our State Institutions
from all actual or attempted innovations; and who
will administer the luws faithfully and/fearlessly—
regarding neither the frowns of demagogical op
ponents, nor the smiles and plaudits of sycophan
tic flatterers, nor aught else than the laws and the
interests of the Commonwealth. For, I take it
that for such Persons alone should the young men
,cast their suffrage.
I wish, sir, to see a speedy organization, because,
in a little more than a month the parties will be
fully organized for the Gubernatorial campaign,
and all should then take sides who aro true citizens.
. _
Among the foremost of those whO, disregarding
advice of friends, denunciation of foes and popular
aPPlallge, •pursues the oven tenor of his way" in
discharging the duties of his station independently
and justly, in 'conformity to the spirit of the Con
stiruticm, stands bairn Rirsr a , our worthy Go.
FOR GOVERNOR,
vernor. pespito all party machinations and ger
rymandeting ho has nobly, firmly, honestly exc.
cuted the trusts confided to him, for the mainten
ance and execution of the laws. He has preser
ved the interests of the People, and the institutions
of the State from the demonical spirit of party,
without faltering or evasion. And I should think
that the young men of the state are bound by eve
ry tie which can or should bind free citizens, to
support him.—Why, sir, can they do else than
sustain him, if they are, and wish to be considered,
friendly to their State interests and institutions.
I will trespass upon your indulgence, sir, no
further than to suggest to the young men of this
county to hold a county meeting on the 22d of
February next; and that prior to that time, that
township meetings be held. F.
January 19, 1838.
Bank of Getivsbarg.
a - .. .)-Haviug beer, politely furnished by our mem
bers in the Legislature with copies of the Auditor
General's report of the condition of the Banks of
this State, we extract therefrom so much of said
report as relates to the Bank of Gettysburg, made
on the 7th of November last:
LIABILITIES.
Capital Stock,
Notes in circulation,
Due to other Banks,
Due Depositors,
Dividends unpaid,
RESOURCES
Bills and Notes discounted,
$190,805 05
Specie, 34,429 97
Notes and Checks of other Banks, 35,383 80
Due by other Banks, 68,354 30
Real Estate and other property, 21,395 08
Expense Account, 960 00
Stock, 2,335 05
Miscellaneous, 39,250 65
From Harrisburg.
CorresponderKe of the Gettysburg Sear.
HARRISBURG, Jfi.n. 15, 18:38.
To-day the standing Committee on Banks re
ported a Bill, the leading features of which—or
rather the restrictions added to the law are,--
Ist. No dividend over 8 per cent. to be
declared. All profits above this to go to the
State—provided that Banks now paying
tax on dividends be hereafter exempted
therefrom.
2d. Liabilities not to exceed capi
tal paid in, except , Itims due depositors; and
in case of excess, directors absent not re•
sponsible, and if present and protesting, not
liable.
3d. No loans on pledges of stock or other
securities than such as are usually received
by Banks. Loans to Directors to he under
the same restrictions as others. No person
to have a loan of over 2 per cent. on capital
paid in. No one to be elected Di rector more
than two out of 3 years, except President.
4th. Stockholders to be made individual
ly liable to double the amount of stock held
by them, on refusal to pay specie.
sth. No bonus to be paid hereafter other
than excess above 8 per cent. profits. All
new bank stock to be sold at aution,and pro
fits to be paid to the State.
6th. After the Ist of May next, all banks
to resume specie payments.
7th. On refusal to pay specie in 3fay,np.
plication to be made le - a Judge as hereto-
ore. •
Rth. After 1841, no notes under 810 - to
he issued or received.
9th. Hanks to publish statements annually.
10th. If provisione prove injurious, power
to annul.
1 I th. A II acts altered,are hereby repealed.
111 all probability there will be a minority re
port.as the 4th section does not meet the views of all
the Committee. Next Wednesday a week is set
apart for the action of the House on this bill.
HARRISBURG, Jnn• 19, 1838
This morning, Mr. Font), of Lancaster, presen
ted petitions, signed by upwards of 400 citiz.ens of
York and Adams counties, praying for a new
County out of parts of those counties. This is
subject which calls forth the sentiMents of the ci
tizens of Adams county,and which should be acted
upon. If I am well informed, the new division in
cludes Berlin, Abbottstown and Oxford.
A petition was presented by Mr. Thompson tn_
day, signed by about a dozen names, against the
Gettysburg Rail Road.
Doings of the Convention.
Correspondence of the Glettysbnrgh Star.
PHILADELPHIA, January 20, 1838.
The Convention met this morning at the usual
hour and sat continuously,.Without a recess, until
'q o'clock this evening, when the question was
token on the amendment of Mr. Martin to the
first section of the third article, which has been
under consideration for the last two or three days.
Tlie amendment is to insert the word "white" be
fore the word "freemen" in the said section. On
agreeing to the amendment, the vote of the mem
bers present was as follows:
YEAS—Messrs. Banks, Barclay, Barn.
dollar, Bedfbril, Bigelow, Bonham,Brnwn of
Northampton, Brown of Phil., Clapp, Clark
of Indiana, Cleavinger, Cline, Crain, Craw•
ford, Crurn, Cumrnin, Curl!, Darraga, Dil
linger, Donegan, Donnell, Doran, Dunlop,
Fleming, Foulkrod, Fry, Fuller, Gamble,
Gearhart, Gilmore, Grenell, Harris, Hast-
ings, Hayhurst, Holfenstoin, Henderson of'
Dauphin, High, Hopkinson, Houpt, Hyde,
Ingersoll, Keim, Kennedy, Krebs, Lyons,
Magee, Mann, Martin, M'Calien, Meredith,
Merrill, Miller, Nevin, Overfield, Payne,
Pollock, Purviance, Read, Riter,Ritter,Ro.
gers, Russell, Saeger, Scheetz, Sellers,Selt•
z'r, Shellito, Smith of Columbia, Smyth of
Centre, Shively, Sterigere, Stickel, Sturde- ,
vant, 'Taggart, Weaver, Woodward.-77.
NAYS—Messrs. Agnew, Ayres, Bald.
win, Biddle, Carey, Chandler of Chester,
Chandler of Phil., Chauncey, Clark of Bea
ver, Clarke of Dauphin, Coates, Cochran,
Cox, Craig, Cunningham, Darlington, Den•
ny, Dickey, Dickerson, Earle,Farrelly,For.
ward, Hays, Hiester, Jenks, Kerr, Konig
macher,Maclay,M'Call, MPDowell, M'Sher.
ry,Merkel,Montgomery, Pennypacker, Por
ter of Lancaster, Reigart,Scott,Serrill, Sill,
Thomas, Todd, Weidman, White, Young,
Sergeant (Speaker.)—,4s.
The section as amended is as follows—vizi
'ln elections by the citizens, every while
freeman of the age of twenty one years hav
ing resided the state one year, arid if he
had previously been a qualified elector of this
State six months, and within two years paid
h state or county lax which shall have been
assessed at least ten days before the election,
shall enjoy the rights of an elector: Provided
that white freemen, citizens of the United
States, between the ages of twenty one and
t wenty. two years, and having resided in this
state one year before the election, shall be
entitled to vote, although they shall not have
paid taxes."
It is not probable that any further amendment
will bo made to the Section.
From James .171 e Sherry, Esq•
PHILADELPHIA, January 17, 1838.
DEAR Sta—The Convention have, on second
reading, acted on the several Sections of the First
Article of the Constitution, and directed the same,
as amended, to he engrossed for a third reading.—
On second reading, the sections were amended as
Section I—No amendment.
Section 2—The report of the Committee of the
whole changing the time of holding the general
Elections from the And to the 3d Tuesday of Octo
ber was disagreed to. Therefore no amendment
$123,233 00
100,700 00
29,824 96
46,304 93
2,850 91
in Section 2.
Section 3.—Amended as follows:
"No person shall be a representative who
shall not have attained the ago of twenty•one
years, and have been a citizen and inhabit-
ant of the State three years next preceding
his election, and the last year thereof an in.
habitant of the district in and for which he
shall be chosen a representative, unless he
shall have been absent on the public business
of the United States, or of this State:"
$392,913 80
Section 4.—No amendment.
Section s.—Report of the Committee agreed to,
striking out 4 and inserting 3 years, as the time for
which a Senator shall be elected. The following
amendment agreed to on 2d reading—viz•
"Not more than three Counties shall be
united to form a Representative district; no
two Counties shall be so united, unless one
of them shall contain less than one half of
the average representative ratio of taxable
population; and no three counties shall be so
united, unlees two of them combined shall
contain less than one half of the representa
tive ratio aforesaid:"
$302,913 80
section 6.—No amendment.
Section 7.—Amended to road as follows:
• "The Senators shall be chosen in districts,
to be firmed by the Legislature; but no dis
trict shall be so formed as to entitle it to
elect more than two Senators, unless the
number of taxable inhabitants in any City
or County, shall at any time be such as to
entitle it to elect more than two; but no City
or County shall be entitled to elect inure than
four Senators; when a district shall be corn
posed of two or more Counties, they shall
be adjoining; neither the City of Philadel
phia, nor any County shall bo divided in
for Ming a district:"
Section B.—Amended as follows:
"No person shall be a Senator who shall
not have attained the age of twenty-five
years, and have been a citizen and inhabit
ant of the State four years next before his
election, and-the last year thereof an inhab
itant of the district for which he shall be
chosen, unless he shall have been absent on
the public business of the United States or
of this State; and no person elected as afore
said, shall hold said office after he shall have
removed from such 'district."
Section 9.—Amended as follows:
"The Senators who may be elected at the
first general Election, under the Amend
ments to the Constitution shall be divided by
lot into three classes; the seats of the Sena
tors of the first class, shall be vacuted at the
expiration of the first year; of the second
class, at the expiration of the second year;
and of the third class, at the expiration of
the third year; so that thereafter one third
of the whole number of Senators may be
chosen every year. The Senators elected
before the amendments shall be in operation,
shall hold their offices during the terms for
which they shall respectively have been eke
ted "
Section 10.—Amended as follows:
"The General Assembly shall meet on
the first Tue.dav of January, in every year,
unless sooner convened by the Governor."
Sections 11, 12 and 13.—N0 amendments.
Sections 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22 and
23. No amendments.
Add the following new Sections.
24. "The Legislature shall not have pow
er to enact laws annulling the contract of
marriage in any case whore by law the
Courts of this Commonwealth are, or may
hereafter be,empowered to decree a divorce."
25. No corporate body shall be hereafter
created, renewed or extended, with banking
or discounting privileges,without six months
previous notice of the application for the
same, in such manner as shall be prescribed
by law; nor shall any chatter for the purposes
aforesaid,he granted fora longer period than
twenty years, and every charter shall con•
tam a clause reserving to the Legislature
the power to alter,revoke and annul the same
whenever 'in their opinion they may be in
jurious to the citizens of the Commonwealth,
in such manner however that no injustice
Mall be done to the corporators. NO law
hereafter enacted shall contain more than
(me corporate body."
, .Veiv Stsb-Treasary Scheme
( icl-In giving an outline of "the Government's'
Sub-Treasury bantling, introduced into the U. S.
eitate by Mr. Wright on the 16th last. the Na
tional Intelligencer says it varies "considerably
from the sub-Treasury scheme of the late extra
session, and by so.much the more exceptionable us
it varies from that scheme. The bill is of great
length, and wo have no means or obtaining a copy
of it. The following is, however, a summary of
its principal provisions :
Ist. Certain rooms in the new Treasury
Building, with safes and vaults, are to con
stitute the Treasury of the United States.
2d. The Mint and the Branch Mints are
also to be public depositories of the public
moneys.
3d. Certain bpecial depositories are to be
created, viz. in Charleston, New York, and
.Boston, and officers to be appointed there.
for, to be called Receivers• General, with
salaries. &e.
4th. In ctrtain cases,'collectors of public
moneys may make special deposites in banks
the key upon such depositories to be retain
ed by the depositing officer.
sth. Many provisions .are proposed, by
bond and otherwise, for the security of mo
ney in the hands of those officers.
Oh. Exclusive specie payments, for all
dues and debts to Government,to be required
eller a certain say, four or six years
hence.
Another feature, if we understand aright,
annuls the requisition of specie payments at
the land offices, permitting the alternative
of paying the money into the Treasury at
Washinoon, certificates of such payment to
be received ag cash at the land offices."
From the Philadelphia Inquirer.
The in Florida.
We are unable to state the number, but
since the commencement of the Seminole
campaign, many of the most distinguished
officers of the American nimy have perished
by the hands of the Indians while engaged
in the service of their country. The deepest
sympathy has been expressed for these brave
spirits, by the whole American people; but
as yet. we believe, that no effort has been
made by Congress, to provide for the neces.
attics of their relatives—for the wants of
, their wives and little ones. Surely apathy
' and indifference upon such a subject are dis.
creditable to the National character. The
pay of our officers of the army, is barely
sufficient fir the every day purposes of life;
so that in nine cases out of ten, the families
of those who fall in battle, are bequeathed
little else than the glorious name of the de.
ceased. Surely this out not to be—some
provision should be made for the wives and
children of those who peril all, and suffer
all, in vindication of national wrong, or in
support of national honor. The history of
the Florida war, presents many melancholy
instances of the description adverted to,;
young men cut off in the very morning of
their career, with mothers and sisters who,.
lv dependent on them—gallant spirits, shot
down, or hacked to pieces by the infuriate
savages—their dying m , )ments agonized by
the reflection, that poverty and want must
be the portion or their families. We believe
that ours is the only civilized country on the
face of the earth, where the widows of those
who fall in battle are riot adequately provi
ded for. Who can wonder, then, if, under
such circumstances, men should hesitate,
ere they incur all the dreadful penalties to
which we have alluded. Death in the arms
of honor, is the truly gallant and patriotic
spirit, seldom thought of with feelings of,
painful emotion. But a termination of life
that entails indigence and misery.upon be.
ingiar dearer than life, is a lot that every
man, true to his duties, and the ends of his
being, should avoid whenever such a course
does •not involve dishonor. We trust that
our contemporaries from one end of the
country to another, will allude to the Flor,
da victims and their necessitous families, in
a spirit calculated to rowe the attention of
the representatives of the people upon the
subject. Our country must be poor,and the
treasury famished indeed, if the offspring
of those who laid down their lives in defend•
ing the firesides of their fellow citizens—
cannot be rescued from the pitiable condi
tion-in which many of them itt this tnoment
are placed:
IC7"From the Frontier.
BUFFA LO, Jan. 15, 1R &.
DEAR STR-1 avail myself of an express,
on the eve of starting. for the east, to say
that the force assembled on Navy Island
evacuated last night, that they are now
somewhere on our shore, it is understood,
endeavoring to make their way to some
point higher up, to embark for tohe , T is not
precisely known—without arms. The State
cannon are being recovered. The Marshal
is on the qui vive with his deputies, assisted
by the District Attorney, to serve civil pro
cess on the leaders, if they can be found..
,From personal exarmnation,l am satisfied
that the six or seven hundred guns, shot and
shell, thrown upon the Island killed but one
man. The English force, it is believed,
lost sixteen killed by the return fire. Gov.
Marcy and General Scott are here doing
all that existing laws permit to nilhintain
neutrality. The Governor has been very
active and efficient under circumstances of
great difficulty.
(From the Buffalo Commercial Advertiser.)
Extract of a letter,dated "Schlosser, Jan.
15, two o'clock P. M.—Gov. Marcy and
General Scott, who came up from the Fulls
last evening, left in extra cars, accompanied
by Gea. Wool, about half past twelve to day,
for Black Rock, and will perhaps proceed
to Grand Island. Two companies of artil
lery, with two field pieces, also belt here for
that quarter.
"This stop, we understand, is in conse
q.denc,c of intelligence that an armed British ,
schooner, (probably one of those alluded to
above,) is lying in our waters,down the river,
with hostile intention towards the steamboat
Barcelona, or any craft that may have been
employed in aid of the Navy Islanders.
"While writing the above, several dis
charges of cannon have been heard from
that direction. A gentleman just arrived,
says that the schooner alluded to had been
firing at, he supposes, either the Barcelona,
or squads of disbanding Navy Islanders."
A messenger from Upper Canada passed
thrnugh New York on Wednesdy last, with
despatches .from Gov. Head to Mr. Fox,
the British Minister at Washington.
PENNSYLVANIA AND 01110 CANAL• —We
learn from the Pittsburg Gazette of Friday,
that the Board of Directors of 'the above
work, have instructed their chief engineer,
Col. DODGE, to proceed immediately with
the survey and location of that portion of the
Canal which lies between Pittsburg and
Beaver. In a notice of the subject, the
Pittsburg Gazette remarks thar, this groat
line of communication will not be perfect,
until that link, is completed, so that a canal
boat may take in a cargo at Cleveland nr
Portsmouth acid discharge it at Pittsburg
or Johnstown.—Bolt. Patriot.
Wu.sort SHANNON, of Belmont county,
was unanimously nominated as the Van Bu
ren candidate for Governor of Ohio, by the.
convention convened at Columbus on the
Bth inst.
UNITED STATES BANK IN LONDON.—
W e find in a London paper of the 9th o
December, an article front which we extract
the following paragraph:
"The opening of the United States Bank,
which has been established here, conducted
by Mr. Samuel linden, has already been of
material importance to the American trade,
in providing the means of easy and safe re
mittances. The orders received for British
manutlictured and other goods by the packet
ships Orpheus and Sampson, which have
come in this week, are considerable, by
which increased employment will be given
to the inhabitants of the manufseturing dis.
tracts, during, it is hoped, the greater por
tion of the inclement season ofthe year."
From the Harrisburg Telegraph.
THE FRIENDS OF THE SOUTH.
We would call attention to the following
toast:
"By Charles Pray, (H. R.)—The demo.
cratic votes in both Houses of Congress, on
abolition questions; a titir test to the South
WHO ARE THEIR FRIENDS and the
friends of the Union."
Here it is distinctly avowed by a Van
Buren member of the Legislature, who of
course speaks "by authority." that the Van
Buren party are the "FRIENDS OF THE
SOUTH" and the "ENEMIES OF THE
NORTH and of Northern Interests." The
above avowal is worthy of the attention of
the merchants, manufacturers, farmers and
mechanics, of
_Pennsylvania. Let it be
taken by them as a political landmark—a
guide for future'actton.
ARDF:NT SPIRITS.-It must be gratify
ing to the advocates of temperance to learn
that in the last seven years, while the im
ports and exports of the country have 'dou
bled, and the use of ardent spirits for manu
factures has increased four fold, the impor.
tation has diminished two thirds,—and the
decrease in the manufacture and consump
tion of domestic spirts has been even greater
than in the imported. Well may the editor
of the Baltimore Gazette say those facts
speak well for the final success of the tem
perance cause.— Wheeling Gazette
THE PENNSYLVANIA BA NHS.—The fol
lowing is an abstract of the returns made to
the auditor, showing the state of the Banks
and Savings Institutions of the Common•
weath of Pennsylvania, in the months Janu
ary, May, Juno and November:
On the first of June, immediately after
the suspension, the amount of notes in cir
culation by all the banks of the State was
*20,751,295 81
In November it was 17,078,567 95
In Jun the amount of specie
in all the banks, was 84,336,900 73
In November it was 7,024,043 74
BANE OF TILE UNITED STATBS.-1I will
be seen by the following statement—the
monthly return of the Bank of the United
State's . for the Ist of January, 1838—that
thlit Institution had at that time, upwards
of *3,700,000 in hor vaults in specie.
Specie, $3,770,P42 52
Notes in circulation, 647,600 46
Notes outstanding of the late
Bank of the U. S., 7,020,407 17
R EMARK ABLE DEATH.—WC lea rn from
the last York Republican, that Daniel John
son, the colored man who was recently
found guilty of murder, was found lying
dead in his bed on Thursday morning, with
ote any marks of violence, and with the ap
pearance of having breathed his last with •
out a struggle, so smooth and undisturbed
was the bed clothing. A coroner's inquest
was called—the body was dissected—and
no signs of the decease being caused by
violent means having been found, a verdict
was returned that ho "died by the visitation'
of God•" A well sharpened knife was found
in the pocket of the deceased, from which
the inference has been drawn, that he in•
tended to commit suicide. Such an instance
&f the death of a prisoner,between a verdict
of guilty and the sentence of a court, has
probably never before occurred.
A MYTIIIER GOVERN3IENT PET GONEI
- Commonwealth Bunk at Boston, one of
the principal Government pets, or late &To
site banks, has closed its doors.
This is done without any runs being made
upon it, as specie payments are suspended,
and must be the deliberate act of the Board
of Directors, or of the officers of the institu
tion, who have knowingly plunged it into
inextricable ruin,and sacrificed the property
of innocent and honest stockholders. They
have been aided in this work by the Govern
ment, who have rewarded political partizans
and speculators by playing into their hands.
The public should be protected against such
swindling.—Pennsylvania Telegraph.
The Editor of the Pittsburg Gazette has
been convicted of a libel for publishing that
John Watt, one - of the Delegates to a Van
Buren County Convention, had been con.
victed of voting twice on the same day. But
having learned that at the trial of Watt the
fact of his having so voted was proved to the
jury, who brought in a verdict Of guelty,yet
a motion to arrest judgment was made and
so remained,the sentence never having been
pronounced on Watt, he so corrected his
statement in the next day's paper. But this
did not save the Editor of the Gazette before
a Van Buren Judge. He was fined six dol.
hare for telling the truth—truth which he
again established before the Court on his own
trial. So much for political judgee.[Pa. Tel.
ANOTHER TREASURY MINH RUN OFF!---
We learn from the C:ncinnati Whig ofTues
day last, that a Mr. Klinepeeler, or some
similar namo, postmaster at Liberty, Mont
gomery county, in that State, after peeling
the bark off most of the Van Jacks of the
township, had decamped, with the spoils,
Home eight or ten thousand dollars. which
he had borrowed from his political friends;
most of the amount without security, such
was their confidence in the integrity of Mr. I
Vitin Boron's new . Treasury Banks.
A tine sample and foretaste, this, of the
practical working of Mr. Van Buren's 12,-
OW locomotive sub• Treasuries!
MAR EIIED.
Onthe 18th inst., by Rev. Professor AttillitfAW
Bstu•) , tia &TOXIN to Miss MAIIIGANINT Wialtaral '
—both of Washington county, M.
On the 18th inst, by the Rev. Mr. Mirth; MA
Joint Burr, of New-Lisbon, Ohio, to leo Atm
IlfAnrA DflOTaltlllll, of Littlestown,AdarnsCo;fiti.
ftEt.lOiovAo
(r Rev. Dr. SCHMUCK) 14 will preach in the
English Lutheran Church on Sunday morni4
next. There Will also by preaching in Ilia even—
ing,at early candlelight.by fey. Mr REYNOEDS...
a —yriev. Mr. SMITH will preach in the Metho:.
diet Church on Sunday morning dc evening next!
(0.- Rev. Mr. M'LEAN will preach in, his
Church on Sunday morning next.
A DV ERTIS,IE
GETTI'SNURG 0417.11RD5.
AirA SPECIAL Meeting of the •"Gettys
burg Guards," will be hold at the
house of Capt. A. B. Kurtz, on FRIBA :4 EVEN . _
ING NEXT, in uniform, at, o'clock. It is
hoped that the Members will he punctual in their
attendance, as there is business of importance to'
transact.
S. EL M'CREARY, Capt.
January 29, 1838.
STOP THE THIEF!!
$25 REV7ARD.
S TOLEN from the stable of the subscri
ber, near the road leading from Getty's
burg to Emmittsburg, in Cumberland town
ship, Adams county, Pa. on the night of the
18th January instant,
al dark brown horse,
about nine years of age, white nose, snip in
the forehead and three white feet. Hair on
his sides somewhat worn off by the traces.
Under saddle he ordinarily paces.
The thief also took a blind bridle and an
old wagon•eaddle.
For the apprehension of the thief and de.
livery of the horse I will give TWENTY
FIVE DOLLARS reward; and TWENTY
DOLLARS for the horse alone.
JESSE ASHBOUGH.
January 23, 1898. 9t-43
REMEDY FOR DEAFNESS.
DR. SPOFIN'S PERMANENT CURE /
FOR THE SICK HEADACHE.—A
thousand positive certificates of the virtue of /..
this article might be added, but the follow
ing is too respectable to require others:—
WM. H. WHITAKER, No. 12, Bowery.
Just received and for sale by
Dr. J. GlLBERTi.Gettysburgh.
January 23, 1838. tf-43
WIT RAY 1411.1E-FAIP.
C AME to the subscriber's premises, in
Cumberland township, Adams county,
on or about the 13th inst.
Twenty-One Sheep, ..;TFI'LL':%'
all white except one, which is 'l ll ll l o'.
black—and each differently marked. The
owner is requested to call, prove property,
pay charges and take them away.
JACOB HERBST.
January 29, 1938. 3t-43
NOTICE.
r i FIE subscriber, residing in Mountpleassat
townsinp,hersby gives notice to all persona
indebted to the Estate of
MARY C. YENOWINE,
Late of Mountpleasant township, Adams Co.Pa i
deceased, to call and rnako immediate payment,
and those having claims against said Estate, will
present them without delay, properly authen
ticated, for settlement.
SAMUEL HOFFMAN, Adm'r.
with the will annexed.
6t-42
January 16, 183 S.
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