• r - -
,;;f:Htlilth the mineral lied agricultural products of the
irr.,'llreettir4 regions, cover our turopikel.furnish a ready
::,atirket for our crops, and give employment to every ,
of citizens. To throw the trade to thu western
M
ers through a neighboring state by means of the
4 :.: Ge ttysburg, or any other rail road, would ruin the
.etlathern comities and inflict irreparable injury to tiro
Contmonwealth. It is not, therefore, the interest Of
Penntylvanla to encourage the rival works of a ileter
- state leadine to the western waters, but it s her,true
Interest to coufme her inland commerce to her own
territory.
The ultimate object of the Baltimore rind Ohio
company to strike the Ohio at a point below
Wheeling and thus intercept the western trade—
lead it from our own works and conduct it to Bal
timore, The Getttehorg railroad ifAcnit do any
thing, will aid in accomplishing that object. be. 1
CAWS admitting the road to be made to !lagers
term it is it least 35 miles nearer to Baltimore
r lin to Philadelphia, over a more level and less
* perilous route, and consequently, pierelmadtze,
produce and passengers would tekel the most ad.
vantagenns route—that to Haiti:nitro. That this
is the ultimate object of the state of Maryland well
be conceded by every man who knows the oxia.
• teittie'of the works now in progrtisa. to penetrate
Pennsylvania and concentrate in B iltbitore. The
Baltimore and Susquehanna rail road i: complet
ed within fourteen miles of York,and will he com
pleted to York in the course Of the ensuing sum.
titer. This road will abstract from Philadelphia
the products, grain, lumber', coal. &C. of some of
the most fertile districts tO the State, and conduct
them to Baltimore, and that city will send in re.
turn a few thousand dollars worth of eroceries to
Pennsylvania. The effect of all the works which
penetrate Pennsylvania and concentrate in Balti
More is til),6111.) our produce from Philadelphia and
distribute it in Maryland. The Gettysburg rail
road is adjunct to the Maryland system of ab
stracting the trade from the Pennsylvania milks
and concentrating it in that state.
The Gettysburg rail road as a distinct work is
characterized by no ordinary features. Embank.
manta anpronching ninety feet in height—oxen
cations through solid rock of forty and sixty feet
—*-tunnels six hundred feet in length through
mountains of almost impenetrable rock—curva
tures 'lrene thousand feet radius—sections of fifty
feet grade to the 'nil° —IIIIIIII3fOUS and expensive
culverts—a wild uninhabited mountainous legion
for its location—consisting of stupendous proci.
picas formed of rock or barren soil, uninhabitable
by man—deep ravines, the gloom of which has
never been invaded milli embanltinoute of near
ninety feet obstructed the brooks which flowed in
primitive silence through their devious channels
—a frightful inorass,iiiipassable by man or beast,
the basis of which Is only known to Nature's God
commencement, in a wild, bleakaminliabited,
Uninhabitable wilderness, and a termination in a
diminutive village detached by at least forty three
miles from any public work—form some of the
'prominent features of a project which originated
in tblly and can only he persevered in,hy the lay
lab, wasteful and useless expenditure of the pub
lic treasure.
But the effect of this road is not confined to its
immediate utility or its incomprehensible location.
The prosecution of the work has an immediate
bearing on time finances of the Commonwealth.
The work was begun about the lat of Novem
ber, 1836. On the 19111 of Septa iiber, 1836, $lO,-
000 was drawn by Samuel Fahnestock, surierin
tendent of the ro id. On the 17th of October, of
the KIMO year, $40,000 was drawn by the same
individual. On the Itith I'larch,lB37, Fahnestock
settled with, or accoonted to the Commissioners
for 936,301 18 On the 9th of June he refunded
$3,800, and on Nov. 10, of the same yea-, 1837,
ho refunded the balance in his band., $9,898 8.2.
It appears this money was not used for public pur
poses during the thine it was held by Fahnestock,
being upwardsof thirteen months,no interest was
paid by him to the State, nor accountability had,
and the State was paying the interest of the mo
tiny held in his hands during all that period.
A few days subsequent ta the settlement of
March, 1837, made by Fahnestock, Michael C.
Clarkson, who stiperriednd Fahnestock, drew 9'25,-
000 from the treasury and continued to check in
rapid succession for the amount appropriated un
til it was exhausted, On the 9th ofTanuary of
the present year, a bill became a law by which
$45,000 in addition to the $200,090 previously
wanted, was appropriated to the Gettysburg sail
road. This umount was checked tor by .M. C.
Clarkson, superintendent of the road, on the 18th
of the same month,and there is now a balance due
the Ceinmonweelth by said Clam keen, unaccount
ed for $49,434 67.
This is it brief statement of tho monetary affuira
so fur as the money of the people has already been
immediately appropriated in this detachment of
Pennsylvania works. The people will readily ar
rive at accurate conclusions from the data here
presented.
A subject unavoidably connected with the mat
ter under consideration, is tlin amount of money
necessary to be appropriated by tho Common
wealth to the rail road, before it ern be brought
into successful operation, and the ability of the
Commonwealth to meet those appropriations.
It appears by tho report of the Auditor General
of Dec.l, 1837, that the ordinary expenditures of
the Commonwealth exceed its ordinary revenue.
It is distinctly understood that no further surplus
revenue of the United States can come into the
treasury of Pennsylvania The expenditures of
the General Government for the last year,lias ex.
ceeded its reveime,and the Secretary of the trea.
eury of the United States has debited the Corn.
monwealth of Pennsylvania with 8'2,867 .514 78.
and that debit was rendered obligatory by the acts
of Congress, by which the surplus revenue was
distributed among the respective states. The ac
tual permanent revenue of the Commonwealth is
*bout $1,900,000 —the debt $28,000,000, inclusive
Of the amount due the United States fur surplus
revenue. A resort to taxation or borrowing, is
unavoidable in order to carry on the operations of
Government on the most economical scale.
The cost of the Gettysburg rail read,incliiding
locomotivos,cars, watering hens &c. can
not be estimated at less than 84,000,000, if con.
ducied to Hagerstown, and with a strong proba
bility that the work to which this money is dewe
ted cannot pay oven the ordinary repairs. In
every instance on every section, the estimate of
the engineer as submitted to this House, Dec. 8,
IP3I has fallen shoit of the actual cost about fitly
per cent. and on some of the sections,the commit
tee are efopinien,the crigt will exceed mole than
double the estimate. Tho two tunnels on No. 3,
and the tunnel on No.B, are heavy and expensive
.works, and cannot be prosecuted withent serious
embarrassment to the Commonwealth. The finan
ces of the State already strained by appropriations
to works of gisat magnitude require to be touch.
ed with a gentle hand. and the interests of the peo•
ple demand a reduction, not an increase of the
public debt.
The committee fez! it their duty to bring into view
the fact, that there is already a continued rail road
communication from the city of Philadelphia to the
Alarylaud liue,(with the exceptional a small portion
of the work that will be completed early the eusuing
summer,)through that beautiful and highly cultivated
Talley of Cumberland iu ahnost a direct line,witb but
slight curvature*, few einbaukinentsmo deep excava
tions or heavy grades, that characterize the Gettys
burg road. From the testimony of S. %V. Mifflin, en
gineer on the Gettysburg road, and W. Milner Rob.
erts. eegiueer on the Cumberland valley road, it ap
pears that the difference in the distance of the two
routeeis not more than four and a half rnileo,ther,•fore,
leaving a decided advautage in favor of the Cumber
laud valley road at least fifteen or twenty miles in
point of time. Your committee came to this con-M
-*loa from the fact that on the Gettysburg road there
is a ;erode of fifty feet to the mile fol. thirteen miles on
either side of the South Mountain,and as it would re
quire four locomotives to draw the same train of cars
to the summit that one would draw on a plane; the
**sequence will be that the one road will not be a
ble to compete with the other. Thus evidently prov
ing beyond a doubt, that the Gettysburg road now
nadtingby the funds of the State, at a cost exceeding
the amonat of any other itoprorem.mt of the same
length in which -he is CCl , Terlltd,cann.a.were Remit
adeted.m the lea-t degree compete with the Cumuer•
Wad valley road, us ute by dm private (undid indivi.
deals. without one rent of e-st to the commonwealth,
.. j o l eaat taking into view stir enormous, expense it
w oo ih r op k ire mum% for the increased mauve pole
•re=hoti 081 a road with •o inans-zursos An d b oa
we fagfur so great a distance ou this road.
rm. dot aheee reascns th..,,x‘-ninit tee see Of Opining
*al it ilk AO the tettrett Putury tufts that the
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Gettysburg rail road should he prosecuted to comple
tion,and that all operations on the road should imme
diately be suspended.
The committee offer the following resolution:
Resolved, That they be discharged from the furth
er consideration of the subject.
cr-Of the testimony taken by the commit , ee,we
deem it only neceasery at present to copy that giv
en by Mr. MIFFLIN and Cot. CLARKSON.
TeaTimony of ifr. Mein -7 -January 26, 1838.
S. W. MIFFLIN, sworn.-1 am the eng,
neer of the Gettysburg rail road. I did not
locate the route. Mr. Bailey located the
route. I have been engineer on the road
since April last. Phis is the only map or
chart of the road I have. I did not run the
line myself. I can only vouch for the line
and its accuracy from Gettysburg to Way
nesburg The length of the road from Get
tysburg to the first section on South Moun
tain is twenty two miles. I do not exactly
know the distance of the Smithtown route,
but I think is about three miles to the line
I have no knowledge of it by actual survey.
1 believe it is about sixteen miles on the same
route to the Pennsylvania live from Hagers
town. I do not know how many miles from
Hagerstown to Harper's Ferry. If the road
is located through Wavnesborough, it is a
bout sixteen miles from the head of section 1,
to the line. From the Pennsylvania termina
tion of the route to ILlgerstown, it is about
eight and a half miles. I do not know the
character of the Smithtown route,not having
located it. I saw the president of the Ohio
rail road and one ofthe principal stockholders,
who told me that they had made a 'lumber of
surveys, the most southern one passing I tiro'
Ma rtinsburg,Vi reinia,nnd the most northern
through lingerstown,the surveys all come to
the Potomac at the North mountain, Clear
Spring. The surveys continue on both s i des
oft he Potomac. Flom all that I could learn,
the best route was by crossing nt Clearspring
into Maryland, provided they took the smith
ern route which they had not determined. I
have the report of the engineer of that work.
It was made this last fall. I cannot tell
when the Baltimore and Ohio rail road will
be completed to liagerstewn. They were
waiting to receive the estimates of the engi
neers I do not know if any sections are
under contract on that road. The road has
been prosecuted from Baltimore to Harper's
Ferry. From that point all the surveys
diverge have no information of the state
of their funds. Section 13 of the Gettvs
burg rail road has been graded. The con
tractor has not been discharged. There is
some ditching to do. No other Section com
pleted but No. 13. There are about thirteen
miles graded on the route from Gettysburg
to the top of the South mountain. There is
a great part of the lower sections contiguous,
the first eight miles are nearly all contiguous.
the other somewhat detached. Sertme 4,
about tht4e fourths of a mile finished, and
some of the others half mile or i.ot an much.
On that part ofthe road vet to be convict
ed there is some difficult ies to overcome. I
believe between one third and a half of the
work has been oraded up to the first of Jan
miry. Mr. Clarkson holds the funds—he is
sapertntendeet. There will be thr c tunnels
necessary on the road, one on section 8, and
two on section 3. The length of the tunnel
on section F.! is about nine chains twenty•t wo
yards make a chain. The character of the
excavation of this tunnel is gray sand stone,
is a firm rock and r , quires no arching when
done. I do not think lhe rock is very difli
cult to penetrate. I have estimated the ex
Dense at the contract price. The character
of the lonjest tunnel on section 3 is same as
section 8 , its length is six chains. The
other tunnel is the same length, but the rock
not quite so hard as that on section 8. The
extreme curviture of the road is one thousand
feet radius. The extreme grade is filly feet
to the mile, t his is the highest ginde. I do
not think that grade continues more than
Three miles. There a ry no section on a dead'
level, there are some short stretches. The
height of the greatest embankment is eighty
three feet. I have the level books at Get
sborg, shewing the exact heights, &c. of
eaeh section; the depth of the greatest ex
cavation on the road is sixty feet at the ex
tremities ofthe tunnel. The al erage breadth
of the road is twenty.foui feet. They is the
breadth of our road throughout. The dif
I4ence of power required by an engine to
ascend a grade of fifty feet, and on a level, is
as four to one. The friction on a curve of
one thousand feet be about one half more
than on a straight line. Section 1 is lea
very difficult, not much rock, but reek is in.
creasing. The tavern house is situated on
the summit of the South Mountain, near
which section 1 commences. More than
holler section 1 is done. Part of the road
runs through morass swamp. The road has
been thrown out of the swamp as much as
possible. No damages have been assess d
on any part of the road. Six of the smell
culverts were throw.) no by contractors, but
no section. They have been relet at an ad,
vance of about fifty per cent. Fifteen cut
verts on the route. When I spoke of the
work finished, I included culverts, bridges
and tunnels. I do not know how much mu.
ney has already been paid. I can tell how
much the work under contract would amount
to. The work to be. done was estimated
8780,000. The estimates amount to about
8370,000, leaving about 8110,000 to - be
done. I can't tell how much work was done
since Ist January last, the estimate will be
made this week. I do not know the number
of men employed. They are at work on
nearly all of the sections. I - cant tell how
much the work has exceeded the estimate
made by Mr. Bailey. I have not got his
estimate. Theft) are no rails or other ma.
terials put on the road as yet. The depth of
the embankment at section 8, is seventy ,
eight feet, a culvert will have to be 'built,
the culvert is included in the height The
rails are not apt to sink on high embank
ments,they become more solid than excavn
tiom The character ofthe rountry is moun
tainous; a part of the country is well cultivat
ed, about one half of it is such. The part of
the work which has been done has exceeded
the estimate of Mr. Bailey about fifty per
cent. From the notes taken by M r.' Haupt
lon the Wayne.,!aurg route,' I have made an
I estimate on that part smith of Waynesboro'.
The last estimate on section 2 was 87,-
473, it is about ono fourth of what it will
cost. About one-fifth olseet ion 3 was d(qtP;
the estimate last made was about 824,500.
I cannot tell the exact distance from the
summit by way of Waynesboro' to Clear
Spring. Judging from the best reaps, I
should say it would not exceed 27 miles; the
distance from the bridge ut Wrightsville to
the' commencement of the Gettysburg rail
road will he 4:3 miles; there will be 4E4,000
cubic yards of golld rock m ire on section 3
than the original estimate. I do not include
the tunnels, they contain 11,100 yards.—
The len , th of the road !mom the summit by
kilavneshoro' through Hagerstown to Wil
liamsport will be 30i miles I am engineer
of the road from Wrightsville thro'York to
Gettysburg. The road is nearly graded
from the bridge at W rightsville to York.—
About 840,000 would finish the grading of
it. No materials have been collected for
laying the rails since I have had the charge
of it. I have engineer on the rend from
Wrightsville to Gettvshorg since its con
mencement,and continued to be so after the
union of the companies last spring. Thad
deus Stevens. Esq. is the president of the
road. It is 12 miles by rail road (rein the
bridge at Wright-ville to Ymk. A part of
the route bet wren Gettysburg and Yia.k has
been located. Twelves miles east of Get
t. sburg has been located. No part of the
road has been graded. I believe the compa•
ny has about 8' 00.000 in the treasury. 1
cannot tell precisely the amount it may cost
t o make the road from Wrightsville toYurk.
1p tin upwards of 840,000. There are no
hands emplo‘ed on that route at present
The stiverisoin was ca used by a misunier
standing ()film two companies in relation to
liabilities. The expense of motive power
where the .rrade is fifty t . eet to the milemed
to a level will he about four to one. This
drau , lit will spew the different grades oil
the sections. 1 believe it is nearly correct.
The grade hits been reduced on the curves.
to make lei for the additional re-istaece
['he average grade of the 24 miles over the
South Mountain will be about forty•eight
feet to the mile
Jan. 20,1 , 3:38. S. W. MIFFLIN.
January 27.—5. Wflin, continued
The character of the couotry at the sum
mit level is a cut of thirty five feet,the g-ne
ral aspect of the road is woods,but there are
farms immediately adjoining The head I,
section 1, is about twelve miles from Way
neshoro',t hat is the nearest town on the route
from that point. The Gettysburg rail road
is forty three miles from the state works at
Wrightsville from Gettysburg. There is
no trade on the summit. The whole cost el
the road to fit it fir transportation, will be
one and three fourths millions of dollars 1
include in this estimate all fixtures, locomo.
tives, &c. There is no difficulty in procur
ing water.
Q. When completed can it be ofany gene.
ral utility?
1 would rather not answer this question,
but believe it would be.
When this road is united with the State
works at W rightsville, and the Baltimore
and Susquehanna road couarleted, believe
it will conduct the trade to Philadelphia
through Pennsylvania. The rout' of this
road at the sum mit .approaches the State line
within a mile, and, does nut run collateral.
My salary is 81500 —there are no perqui.
sites attached- My salary on the Getty..
burg and Wrightsville road is $2OOO and
travelling expenses. There are no bridges
on the route—all stone culverts. I never
heard of the burning ofau effigy out he road
The estimate I spoke of yesterday,as made
from the notes of Mr Houpt, from Waynes
boro' to H age rstown.a mounted to $107,750,
being twelve and a half miles. I think there
is rather more than one-third of the detached
rock, and the common excavation done on
the whole line, but not so much of the solid
rock. I consider the edge rails to be far
the best for locomotives, min especially for
the transportation of merchandize.
The flat bar rai: ought not to be used in
my opinion for the transportation of mer
chandize. Prom an experiment made on
the Columbia road, it was discovered, that
the diffin.ence of power on the edge rail,and
that of the flat bar rails, is equal to two to
one, which would be a very favorable corn
narison for the plate rail. I have been en•
gaged on the Philadelphia and Reeding road
—there is one tunnel no that road of 1,93' 4
feet, which is about half as long again as the
united length of the three tunnels on the Get
vsburg road. There is another tunnel on
the same road of not less than 600 het. The
Reading and Philadelphia road, in general,
is quite as heavy work as the Gettysburg
extension.
When the extension is finished, it will be
the most substantial road I know of in the
United States One grade on the Bah inure
~nd Susquehanna road, is eighty feet near
the summit. I dont reti ember the extent,
the ridge it passes over is QOO feet above
tide The mimimum curvatureyn the Co
lumbia .Realine a-d Baltimore and Susque
hanna roads, are sharper and curves are
more numerous than on the Gettysburg ex
tension. The nature of the excavation on
the Reading road, is a very hard slate reek,
that tS, of the tunnel completed, the tither
under contract, is a very hard granite rock.
The Baltimore and Susquehanna mold, is
not so permanent as the Gettysburg; it con
tains many more bridges and so far as I have
understood, will cost more per mile.
S. W. MIFFLIN.
MICHAEL C. CLARKSON, sworn.—l am
the superintendent of the Gettysburg rail
road. I have exercised that otfiee since the
latter part of last March. My duty is the
disbursement of the money and general su
nerintendence of the whole work. I receive
the funds from the treasurer of the Canal
Commissioner• to pay the contractors. This
paper is the only thing I can go by so far as
regiirds the disbursements of the money: tt
contains the amount or stock to the first of
January. and the amount of money paid up
to the first of November last. All these
moneys were received from the Slate Trea•
surer I never received any other funds
from other sources. Twelve contractors
since the first of November,received inon , •y
on private notes at Ilse Bank of Gettyshitre;
these notes were endorsed by Messrs. Ste.
yens, Thompson and myself-4bese were
private, transactions. There are between five
and six hull held hands at present employed
on the road—my salary is 83 50 per diem
and no perquisites. The Canal Commis.
sioners gave me notice of the amount of mo•
nay that was on hand last April after the ad
journment of the legislature. On the rat
of May f made a pro rite estimate of the
amount that.each contractor would receive
monthly, so, as to prevent any one of the
sectiPns from being pushed too inuch,or more
than another, arid exhausting the funds.—
That amount would carry out the contrac
tors to the first of November,at which time
the funds were exhausted.
The amount stated by the Canal Commis
sioners at that time was 5!25,000. The
first superintendent, Mr. Fahnestock drew
850,000, at that time 1 drew $25,000, and
the remaining 8125,000 I drt w during the
Kummer. The contractors after the first of
November, when the money was expended
went on their own responsibility and with
their own funds I notified each one of the
contractors separately that such amount was
allotted to them. The contractors were a•
ware on the first of November, that the fund
Iporopriated was exhausted. 1 have reruiv
ed no cumin unication from the Carnal Corn
rms.2ioners or their clerk since the 19th of
December, except a resolution from the
hoard requiring me to make a report in
obedience to a resolution of the Senate. I
have heard that some three years ago that
Mr. Stevens was burnt in Waynesburg in
e'' gy, and that in the tome township, in
Franklin county,Mr. Fullerton was burnt in
effigy. during last fall, probably in Decem
her, this is from hearsay.
M. C. CLARKSON.
CONGIZEsSIONAL
411 r. Clay's Speech.
[Correspondence of the Baltimore l'atriot.]
.11r. Clay's Speech on the Sub—Treasury Bill.
✓lr. Clay and ali. Calhoun.
WASHIN“TON, February L9 l 1838.
Mr. CLAir has just finished one of the most in
structive and eloquent, and in every respect most
able speeches he ever delivered in his life. He
spoke nearly five hours; and though evidently
weakened by indisposition.he preserved his anima
tion and energy unflagging to th.• lust, and pro
nounced his concluding sentences in the most in
spiring tones, and with all that vivacity and ex
pressiveness which indicate a fresh and vigorous
frame of mind and body. Never before, I imagine,
was the curiosity and enthusiasm of the public
inure highly excited than to-day. On entering the
Senate Chamber an hour and a half before the '
commencement of business, I fPund the galleries
both filled; • • the •roved continued to increase
until fair forms occupied almost every vacant spot
in the Chamber. • •
After a beautiful and touching exordium, Mr.
ULAT entered upon the great subject which is agi
tating the minds of the whole reflecting communi
ty; and laid down live propositions with respuct to
it; which in substance, are the following:
Ist. That it was the deliberate purpose and fixed
design of the late ad:Ili:AA ration to establish a Go
vernment Bank—a Treasury Hank to be adminis
tered and controlled by the Treasury Department.
2d, That with a view to this end, it wis deter
mined to overthrow the whole [making system of
this country.
3d. That the attacks were first confined from con
siderations of polity• to the Bank of the United
States, hut were afterwards extended to, and are
still continued against the State Institutions.
4th. That the present Executive has succeeded
to the principles, plans, and policy of the last ad
ministration, and is pledged to peifect them.
sth. That this Sub-Treasury Bill is intended to
execute that pledge by creating a Government
Bank, controlled and administered by the Treasu
ry. Department.
Mr. CLAY then proceeded to adduce proofs of his
first proposition. The evidence was perfectly con
clusive. It consisted chiefly of the messages of the
late President. Mr. CLAY read a long extract from
the first message of Gen. JACKSON making the first
suggestion of a Government Bank,and the first at
tack on the late Bank of the United States. "How
modest" he exclaimed, "is this passage!—hut yet
it is the first sound of the bugle which culled to
gether the different elements of that army with
which President .1 ',case afterwards carried on
the war with such implacability!" The desigmhe
maintained, was here shadowed nut. But the
people did nat take the hint. So the President in
his next message more boldly avowed his purpose,
and proposed plainly to organize an institution to
be administered and controlled by the Treasury
Department. Still however, it did not find the
favor that was expected; and in the message of
I R3l he again recurs to the subject—refers to his
former remarks upon it; and urges the establish
ment of such an institution again on the consid
eration of Congress. In his veto message also, he
reviews for the fourth time the opinion of the prac
ticability of creating it as the fiscal agent of the
government; and chides Congress for not calling
on him for his project of such an institution. Mr.
CLA r quoted the remarks of the late Prosident,and
they certainly fully substantiated his first position.
He then took up his second and third proposi
tion and treated them together. He adduced from
the messages of President JACKSON evidences of
his intention to destroy the State Banks, and over
throw the whole credit system of the country. In
the message of 1834 the first idea of thc divorce
was broached, and in that of 1835 war was openly
declared against all corporations—against what he
calls all monopoly—and the President dwelt upon
what he termed the mischievous results which hod
flowed from these monopolies and corporations. In
these messages, too, were first shadowed out all
the doctrines of hard money, exclusive specie cur
rency, the constitutional currency, &c.,which have
since obtained such vogue with the party.
Mr. CLAY then quoted from the Farewell Ad
dress of General JAcKso:v for the purpose of illus
trating still farther the truth that there was a set
tled design to accomplish the destruction of the en
tire Banking and Credit System.
These extracts plainly show that after the des
truction of the National Institutions, the war was
instantly begun against the State institutions; and
the distinguished Senator commented with remark
able force and spirit on the different parts of the
evidence.
He then showed how injurious and pernicious
had been the. operation of the Treasury Circular,
which was issued fir the purpose of making the
Government a- competitor with the Baeks in the
purchase of specie,with the ultimate object of bring
ing ruin on the latter.
in connection with this part of his subject, Mr.
CLAY alluded with great directness and °fleet to
the motives of this crusade against the institutions
of the country. As far as General J tcksos was
coneerned,he believed those motives might be found
the egotism and vanity of his Character. When
he found himself elevated to the CHIEF MAins-
TR•CIr. he took the design to venture every thing
—to change—to re-touch—to re•modcl—to stamp.
if possible,a new impression on the policy and Gov
ernment of his country. Mr. CLAY referred to
some examples, of a similar ambition in different
historical persons.
He instituted a comparison-in this respect be
tween the late President and the Emperor Napo
leon. He spoke of the vanity of the Emperor's
ambition in having images, and other memorials of
himself stamped, which were picked out, obliterat
ed, and destroyed in the snb•equent reign of the
restored Bourbon. But (he risked in an impres
sive manner) when will the traces monde by AN.
DREW JACKSON in the civil Administration of his
country be effaced! Years will roll by before A
merica
ceases to feel the consequences of his mea
sures—before Americans—American society,shall
be restored to its I , rmer purity worth.
Mr. UI.AT here introduced an interesting aecount
of his list acquaintance with Gen Jut kson in
1815-16—of their non-intercourse and estrange
nt in consequence of his remarks on the Gene
ral's conduct in the Seminole war—of the renewal
of their intercourse in 182.1, and the continuance
of their intimacy until twat day when he gave a
vote between the Genera! and Mr. ADAMS as can
didates for the Presidency; and when instantly a
fierce war was declared against him: and all the
dogs of the party let loose upon him.
But (exclaimed this distinguished Senator) not.
withstanding that implacable hostility then con
ceived against me, and the persevering and ruthless
animosity with which I was pu sued, hers I stand
unbroken, as I was always unhurt—yet unsubdu •
ed, unawed, unterrified; ready to denounce the
measures of his administration whether in itself or
its continuance—ready to hold np to the indigna
tion of the people this project—one of the most
odious and destructive ever presented!
Mr. CLAY then touched upon some other motives
to that unprincipled warfare against the Bunk of
the United States. Private pique had great influ
ence with the Greatest ad Best— personal ani
mosities against the (Align+ arid directors of the
institution—an instance of which he adduced in
his resentment towards Mr. Biddle, because he re
fused to turn out Mr. Mason from the branch in
New Hampshire, at the instance of Governor Hill!
Thew hiMIC truths cut the party to the quick.
Benton, Hubbard, Niles, el id onto, genus, could
not disguise their rage; but kept muttering their
neat-up wrath in growls, th. t were sometimes
overheard in the galleries and increased the relish
with which their chastisement was listened to by
the public.
Mr. Clay then proceeded to the fourth proposi
tion, that in regard to the succession of the present
Executive to the principles plains, and policy of
the last Administration. Of this, you may readily
imagine he had no lack of proofs. He began with
the letter of Mr. Van Buren to the Baltimore Con
vention; and, oh! that I could give your readers
some idea of the wit and humor, and inimitable
sarcasm with which he commented on that unfor
tunate epistle! and e4pecially on the expression by
Mr. Van Buren of what ho owed to those friends
who had selected him as the honored instrument
(tool) to perfect the work which General Jackson
had so gloriously begun. But I must pass over
this admirable passage with the simple remark that
Mr. Clay urged with great spirit the point,that the
work which Mi. Van Buren was to complcte was
the destruction of the State Banks, which General
Jackson had already begun.
He then referred to the inaugural address of Mr.
Van Buren as furnishing still further evidence of
his succession to the destructive principles and
policy of his oudecesaor. It is there shown that
the present Chief Magistrate had shared in the
councils of President Jackson and recommended
and supported all those measures, which went to
ruin and extirpate the banking institutions and
whole credit system of the country. His course
in regard to the Treasury Circular, for the repeal
of which the whole country had called loudly, and
his recommendation of a Bankrupt law,which had
it been passed, would he a MU n de grace, have an
nihilated the whole Banking system, shed further
illustration on the fidelity with which he follows
in the footsteps.
Another proof was the hill for re-issuing Trea
sury Notes; one of the main objects of which was
to accustom the country to Government issues.
Here Mr. Clay asked if any one present had n
Treasury note? A member of the House handild
him one of these precious Government shin-plas
ters. He displayed it to the audiente,exelaiming,
"See here! How admirably they counterfeit bank
notes! There is a little more emblazonry—the eo
loring is somewhat higher, perhaps; but still it
might be very weU taken for a note of those detest
ed and denounced institutions,colled banks!" The
effect of this sally was irresistible. He handed
the Treasury "rag" to the owner, remarking that
it was with such issues, the administration design
ed to accustom the people gradually to Govern
ment paper, with the ultimate end of destroying
the notes of the local institutions!
Mr. Clay, while on this seject, maintained that
the Oovernment ought to have regarded and treat
ed the suspension of specie payments as merely a
temporary measure; and ought to have received the
notes of banks which were known to be safe and
stable,although they were not at the time redeem
ed iu specie. This wile the wise and benelieient
course of Madison. The notes of such institutions
would have been quite as valuable at least us this
Treasury paper!
Mr. Clay truly characterized as another proof of
the succession of this administration to the princi
ples and policy of its predecessor,the recent report
of Mr. Grundy on the reissuing (tithe notes of tho
United States Bank—a report against seven mil
lions of the beet bank paper in the U. States! As
to the bill of lines and penalties accompanying it—
creating penitentiary offences, as well as hireling
anathennes—he declared that had it not been re
ported by his old friend from Tennessee, he would
have said the frame' of such a measure was far
more worthy of the penitentiary than any person
whom it could possibly reach in its operation!
Why,sir,(continued Mr. Clny,)will any man in
his senses deny that these notes are far better than
the notes of Mr. Levi Woodbury, aided though ho
be by the Chancellor. I beg pardon,l mean the Ex-
Chancellor of the Exchequer; for as I said• before,
the honorable Senator from N York,(Mr.W right)
is broken—he has lost his place; and must defer
to the Senator from S. Carolina, (Mr. Calhoun.)
I ask (added Mr. Clay) whether my friend horn
Tennessee does not always when setting out on a
journey put in his pocket some of the very same
notes against which he has fulminated these - Severe
pains and penalties? (Great laughter.)
Mr. Grundy, thus hard pressed, was forced to
answer. Ha said, "No sir, I ALWAYS /MIT/ WI
SPVCIE!!!!'
.LA h!" rejoined Mr. Clay, , if knew my old friend
is Apecioits in every thing!" (Shouts of laughter,
in which the Vice-President joined so heartily,that
it did one good to see him.)
Mr. Clay was now in lull caner. yl
to have ell tho buoyancy and spirit of and
the next moment he•pounced with such lurk . nod
directness on Benton as to make that indiv
quiver in spite of his almost impervious mail of as
surance and affectation. Most of the Senators front
distant [dares, lie said, were glad to pro% Me them
selves with these notes: and he had he:lrl that a
member not far from his Tennessee friend, was
once startled by the discovery of one th-rn in his
silk purse—though he doubtless, felt a proper de
gree of indignation at the circumstance!
Mr. Benton sits near to Mr. Grur dy. The allu
sion to a well known anecdote of the Missouri
Humbugger was understood and applied by every
one.
Mr. Clay then proceeded to present the proofs
of his filth propoition. Ile re , iewed,in a loos• a
ble ono tier the prominent provisions of the bill,
pointing out th , ir character as constituents of a
great Government Bin& He called intention par
ticularly, to the Ioth sectioo,as showing thce*ti tit
of powers granted. Your money. (said he) lies at
the others of the Receivers and 'Collectors, tii:d
you give the power to shift and transfer the money
at the discretion of the secretary. No contingency
is designated upon which that discretion is to be
exercised. The power is limitless to transfer from
one point to another—to div ide or concentrate; and
110 specification whatever is made of-the causes.or
instances, or contingencies on which it is to he
employed. The Secretary may draw as he pleases
in regard to time, place, number o ind amount,from
five dollars to any snot. Can you doubt that his
drafts with the signature of the Treasurer and
Comptroller, will lie made upon bank-note paper
for the purpose of carrying out the design of ac
customing the people to the issue of Government?.
The great want of the country is n general curren
cy of uniform value. Hem is the power given to
the Secretary to supply a circulation. Who can
believe that the authority thus prodigally conceded
will not be exercised! Mr. Clay controverted the
argument of Mr. Calhoun, that this is the same
power which has been exercised before. Ha denied
that the power is the same. It is confounding
things essentiaily unlike to say a power of draw
ing.so limitless in regard to tnne.place and amount,
is the same as that which wini,exercised by the
wise arid cautions Gallatin, and his predecessors,
in meeting the wants of the Covernment by mak
ing transfer drafts. So trementious a power was
entirely unknown and unaprecedented in the his
tory of this country. lithe section which confers
it should be retained there can be no effective con
trol of this financial system. The system will con
trol the Government; and the inevitable result will
be the exercise of all the powers,as a great and o
vershadowing Banking Institution. It is easy to
imagine sonic of the consequences. They are de
picted in the histories of Venice, Germa,and other
states in which these Receivers General have at
any time been in fashion. The very name of these
officers is inseparably associated with corruption,
and oppres,ionaind the destruction of public liberty.
Mr. Clay here touched upon another important
matter. Su ppose,maid he,that this system then goes
into operation, will be impoNsibk for the Banks
lo resume specie payments when such a powerful
competitor with them has berm created. A power
is given by which the Secretary may wits: the
gleatest ease cripple and destroy all the local insti
tutions of the country. He illustrated this position
very fully: and then dwelt with great force on the
fact that SAFETY TO THE COUNTRY DEPENDs ON
THE nivistoN OP ➢OWED AND THAT THE DAN.
I/ Ell 15 FROM TUE CONCENTH ATI ON OF AUTHORITY.
Ilitherto our practice was in accordance with these
' liples, The B•NR. of the UNITED STATES Was
to the local mstitutions,as the Federal Government
is to the States; and the system worked admirably.
But here now is consolidation of all money power,
and elven to hands animated by the fiercest hatred
to the Local Banks! Sir, he exclaimed, if it is
permitted to succeed, the States will soon become
the suppliants to the Executive Department for a
portion of that power which ought to be vested in
them, but which will bo then concentrated in the
hands of one man!
Mr. Clay proceeded to inquire where the au- •
thors of the bill which had derived the idea of "Re
ceivers-General." After commenting on the situa
tion of several despotic governme•nts,in which they
might hove discovered the:example (bow worthy
to be followed by our modern patent democrats!)
he referred to an and history of New York in whose
inti,:ty pages he had found out the prototypes of
these Receivers, under the iron rule of one Gover
nor Flrtelier, a Jackson sort of fellow, rash, in
temperate, self-willed, loving power much, and the
arbitrary exercise of it more. This functionary
bud his Receivers General; but mark the moral,—
While the Treasures of the State were in their'.:; -
keeping, the Assembly • had no money, and were:. ;'"
obliged to beg from the-Gpvernor the means of pay- .:
ing their attendants. . : -- . • .-
Pass this bill (said Mr. Clay, applying this less►`-,:
on to Our times) and the day may not be fat diii:' ' 7
tont when an American Congress will present an
humble supplication to the Executive for money
enough to pay their Sergeant-at-Arms and Doer
keeper!
-Mr. Clay then referred to the extraordinary at- -
Btu& of Mr. Calhoun in respect to this measure,
and his whole conduct as exhibited in the Edgefield . - •
letter, and speeches during the last and the present
session. Never was there a more severe and effec
tive rebuke given to any public man than Mr. Clay
administered to the Carolina Senator,in-this mem
orable passage. . . .
Where (exclaimed Mr. Clay) did this Bill origi
nate? The drawer resides at the White House—; ,
but the Senator from South Carolina is the ender- -,
ser! What the drawer, sir, thinks of the endorser
his habitual good temper and courtesy will perhaps
ever keep a secret; but what the endorser thinks of
the drawer, still rings in our ears,
Here , Mr. Clay quoted the famous speech in •
which Mr. Calhoun compared Mr. Van Buren to
a Fox! and denied him all the noble qualities of
the Lion. Every body remembers it. Mt. Clay
seemed to regret having repeated even as a quota
tion so rude a personality; and pausing an instart,
he paid a graceful and generous tribute to the Pres
ident's personal end social character. It was that
high officer's public character ho condemned, and
thought deserving of condemnation. He could
respect the man; but he reprobated and detested
the measures of his Administration. •
The Kentucky Senator truly spoke of Mr. Cal
houn's remarks, in his Edgefield letter, on the
W hies as ungenerous in the extreme. He remind
ed the Senator of more lofty and impassioned haran
gues against power,and patromige,and corrupti..n,
which Mr. Calhoun used to deliver day after day
—of the bold and indignant denunciation he hurl
ed at the men in office—of the highly wrought
pictures of dangers and darkness he exhibited—his
deep and eloquent lamentations over the degenera
cy of the times! He, (proceeded Mr. Clay) has left
. us, and why? Why,according to lais account be
-1
cause the vicTortr, he believed, would not enure
to Rini and hie party, but to others! Party! I
thought we were contending together for our mutt-
try, for her rights, her liberties, her violated con
stitution and laws! Our object wasrto drive the
Goths and Vandals from Rome, and restore her
former freedom and prosperity. ft was for this we
were allied—if there was any alliance at all—to
tiring down Executive power and presumption,
and to take from the spollsinen the possession of
the Government.
But the honorable Senator left us--Aeft us with
him partv—horse, foot 'end dragoons. Fortunate
ly that horse foot and dragoons,in this Senate,con
sirted only of himself! Armed cap-o-pie,however.
hr, went over; Sir, to use the language of his now
distingut•hed ally and friend.when he commenced
his warfare on the Bank of the United Stases, he
went "Solitary and alone!" Mr. Clay, in con
nection with Lire course of Mr. Calhoun. referred
with great brainy and force to the story of Achilles
in the [lliad, who, after having remained sonic time
in solitude and inaction, hastened to the defence
of his friends and emintry,raised his avenging arm
and drove the Trojans to their city. Amidst all
the wrongs which he felt so keenly, Achilles never
;rent over to the Trojan camp. He only stood
aloof: though he had rause for his fiery resentment.
We, continued I'. /4 ( ... Clay. have done no wrong to
the Senator from South Carolina. We welcomed
him with cordiality to our ranks. We honored him
-for his talents, his genius.his supposed patriotism;
and for what we thought ho valued above all other
qualities, stern and inflexible fidelity. But he has
gone over to the Trjon camp! How long he will
stay there,and whether,should victory perch again
on the banners of the spoilsmen, he would leave
because triumph would enure not to him and his
party, Mr. Clay said he would leave to the high
parties concerned to determine!
I can give you no conception of Mr. Cay's in im
itable manner of saying all this. I can only declare
that I have seldom seen any audience so complete
ly enchained by the magic spell of n great orator.
Mr. Clay reserved for the close of his speech the
elaborate and plausible, but most inconclusive ar
gumentation of Mr. Calhoun—and weak and ex
hausted in body as he was, he did not leave a par
ticle of that pile of ingenious sophistry standing.
Ho remonstrated most earnestly against pressing
this measure, in the face of the most unequivocal
manifestations of opposition made to it by the
most enlightened and respectable of all classes arid
conditions of people. Wherever the people have
spoken, their voice has been decidely against this
daring project. The admieistration forces in every
state have been diminished! Luuk at the Empire
State—The free representatives of her people have
but now sent on instructions to those who ought
to represent thorn here. Tile Kev-stone State has
spoken this day through her obedient and respect
ful son, (alluding to Mr. Buchanan's presentation
of his instructing resolutions, and his declaration
that he would comply with them.) While lam
speaking, Old State House Yard may be resound
ing to the voices of freemen,clemoring against this
measure, and those freemen headed by that same
individual (Mr. Patterson)who gave the Electoral
vote of Pennsylvania for Martin Vail Buren! The
whole country is speaking out. Let the voice of
the people be hoard here,and be obeyed! If their
instructions, unequivocally expressed, were com
plied with,wo would at this moment be entitled to
35 votes against the bill. If every one were to vote
according to his honest convictions respecting the
wishes of his constituents, we should have 35 to
17! Forbear, forbear, then, to urge on a scheme
thus odious, and the proposal of which has driven
many of our countrymen to ruin or despair!—
Break the tics of party! Let the'partizan sink ;
and rise to the true character, and perform the du
ties of Statesmen and Patriots!
When Mr. CLAY sat down, Mr. CALHOUN in
stantly rose, and said he wished to make a single
remark. Ho then declared,with great warmth,that
Mr. Clay had perverted or misstated every argu
ment he threw out. He would,at his good leisure,
reply to the comments of the Kentucky Senator on
his argument—and also to his personal remarks—
and when ho did so, ho assured that Senator, the
debt between them will be paid in full.
Mr. CLAY promptly rejoined—o Whether I have
misstated or perverted the Senator's arguments, I
submit to a more impartial tribunal than him—the
Senate—and to the argument itself. With raped
to any payment the Senator wishes to make, I am
ready to receive it in any way. I seek not a con
test with any man. I avoid none with the Senator
from South Carolina."
Mr. CAttions—oSince the Senator appeals to
this body, I also appeal to the Senate to say, whe
ther his remarks did nut call for the notice I have
taken of them"
The conversation here ended
From Detroit.
' cryWe are indebted (says the Philadelphia In
quirer) to an attentive friend, fur the following cx
tract from a letter, dated Detroit, 13th Inst. whicl
-will be foui.d interesting:—
The trouble has been, and is along the
frontier—when I say is I mean that,notwith
standing the prospect ofu termination,which
the evacuation of Navy Island, and the ap.
pearance of ':en. Scott, with 150 U. S.
troops at our wharf, via the Lakes, on the
24th ult. would lead us to expect—file em.
bers are rekindling.
Van Rensselaer ts,or has been,in this city
within a day or two, and his men it is said,
are at
• Pibraltar, opposite Malden. Doctor
Duneembe is here at present; he says that
in his fight, he had to - remain six weeks in
a cellar. A strong force of militia has been
drafted within a few days, but on a more
inmute,consideration, Gen. Brady disband.
• 44 - the whole today. When they went to
•
ask an explanation, he told them he could
not trust them with the arms! After throw
ing out several threats, they gave three
groans and departed. There were two men
drowned in
.ciossing the river last night.
A British Captain was shot last night
,at
51alden. He had been reconnoitering, it is
supposed, on the American side, and on re
turning, either did not give the countersign,
or was not h anl,and hence was shot by his
own guard. I urn just informed that three
wagon loads of Volunteers have arrived at
a tavern in our city, call , d Head Quarters
—and elso,t hat 12 boxes °farms stoten from
the Rail Road Office, (intended for the mili
tia,) night before hist, and 200 stands stolen
last night from on board the Robert Fulton
ste am b oa t, have been this morning discov
ered at the Volunteer Head Quarters, they I
were escorted away by a strong guard. The
river is fii mly closed
Y
\
A WELL DEsEIIVED COMPLIMENT —We
are -•lad loirNlrll that after our reporter left
the Convention o n Thursday, the thanks of
that body wpm voted to Messrs. Senora,
• FAIIB and WILLIA 318, for their ability arid
elteuttuu iu &who r ,, ing their duties as Sec
retartea of the Conventiou. —Phi/ad./sq.
STAR & REPUBLICAN BANNER.
At 92 per-anntim. half..yenrly In ntlvnticie•
GETTYSEURGH,
Tuesday, Febi-uary 27. I S3S.
FOR GOVERNOR,
ZTZt UV? /BM
Flour in Baltimore, $7 75; Wheat, $1 65;
Corn, 68 ets.; Rye, 87; Oats, 38; Clover Seed,
$5 50 to $5 75; W lii.key, 28 cis.
TO CORIIEBPONDEINTS
Correspondents must bear with us a few
weeks I•mger. A Citizen should have appeared
last week,but it was crowded out,and we are again
compelled to lay it, together with several letters
from Mr. Mctineuay and others, over until our
•
next.
- --r The reader u , referred to an article of thril
iing•interest on our first page.
whir. Stevens,Mr. Kett lewd! nod Dr. tlf'Pher
.von will accept nur thanka for copies of the Re
ports of the Committee on our Rail Road.
&Vela County/.
7A notice will be found in another column
fora County Meeting, against the formation of
Jackson county out of ports of York and Adams.
We Oink this movement is entirely uncalled for.
The people of York and Adams certainly have
every confidence in the wisdom and intelligence
of their Beprese.•tatises. Besides, the present
movement will only add to the excit”ruent, and
urge on to redoubled exertions,those who are favor
able to the erection of the new county.
The Cony( na,n
(1.1. The Constitutional Convention -djourned
mine rEe nn Thursday last. A copy of the proposed
Amendments has huen furnished by Mr. Mega
n yr, which we shall, at an early day, luy before
our readers.
alcEltates R(port.
cry When Mr. McElwee presented his bill of
$125 00 for travelling along our rail road, Mr.
SrEvEas said he supposed the committee charged
for wear and tear of conscience; and Mr. MonTos
supposed it was part for bje insurance!
The report and a part of the testimony will be
found in another column. Mr. FUNK ' S will be
given in our next.
.IPI gig Ed tti mi .4
the Senate,on the 19th inst. a bill passed
its third reading authorizing the Govern •r to sub
scribe $50,000 to the stock of the Franklin rail
road company by a vote of 17 to 12.
In announcing the above, the Harrisburg Cor
respondent of the Philadelphia National Gazette
says-44 cannot here refrain from paying a just
tribute to the magnitnity of the friends of the
Gettysburg rail road,who supported this biil,when
it is well known that one of the strongest argu
ments against the Gettysburg road is that the
Franklin, Cumberland Valley,and Harrisburg and
Lancaster route renders it unnecessary—but in the
face of all this, they voted to grant aid to the
Franklin road—some of the friends of which ought
now to learn that it is a good thing occasionally to
rise above petty local considerations."
OW*. Clay's Speech.
-A large portion of our paper is taken up to
day with a sketch of a speech against the Sub-
Treasury Bill by the eloquent CLAY. The sketch
is furnished by the popular correspondent of the
Baltimore Patriot. Every body will read it; and
none of our readers, we are sure, will begrudge the
room it occupies.
den's alleeting.
r j We publish in another column the proceed
ings of the young men's meeting held on Satur
day last. We understand that it was well attended,
and that an enthusiastic feeling prevailed through
out. The resolutions speak for themselves. It
will be seen that TUESDAY the 15th of MA
next is the time recommended for holding a State
Covertion at Harrisburg.
The proceedings, we learn, were handed in for
publication in the Sentinel early after the adjourn
ment of the meeting on Saturday, but the Editor
has neither published nor noticed them! How little!
el 'wive a-stir y Ct kora ton.
caThe Anniversary of the Birth of W•siilNG.
TON was celebrated by the oGeitysburg Guards"
and other Citizens of the Borough and County in
u proper and becoming manner. The "Guards"
paraded at 10 o'clock A. 31., and proceeded to
. Christ Church, where, after an appropriate prayer
by the Rev. Mr. WATSON and the readingof Wash
ington's Farewell Addresby Mr. BAKER, they,
together with a large and attentive audience, were
entertained by a truly eloquent and impressive
ORATION, pronounced the Rev. CuARLES
AI'LLAN, at the request of the Company—as well
fie treated with beautiful and appropriate music
by the Church Choir. After which they marched to
the house of Capt. A. B. KUUTZ, and partook of
an excellent dinner. Before separating, the
“Guards" unanimously voted their thanks to he
presented to all who contributed to their pleasure
and gratification throughout the proceedings of
the day.
Gov. Rilnc,' and Oh% Stevens
0 7. W o extract the following from the Wash
ington Correspondence of the Boston Atlas:
"RITN ER has conducted himself as Governor o
Pennsylvania in such a way as to win the respect
even of his adversaries. His courage and spirit
have enabled him to defeat a great many schemes
that have been got up to entangle him; and every
month ti at he has held Mike, he has grown more
popular. There cannot be a doubt of his re-elec
lion. He possesses the power of moral courage—
one of the rarest attributes, in a very high degree.
Mere physical courage is common enough, but
moral courage is extremely uncommon. For a
statesman,ns well as for a general,it is indispensa
ble. It is the only quality, or almost the only 'qual
ity,which crafters an Influence or controul over the
minds of men.
~ T his quality is also possessed in a high de
gree by THADDEUS STEVENS. who exercises an in
fluence equal perfume to that of Ritner, over the
politics sf Pennsylvania. He is a most remarkable
man, and destined, if he lives, to be as conspicu
ous throughout the Union, as he now id in Penn
sylvania."
cyThe Loco Focus et Harrisburgh,for the past,
have been weaving an Anil -Bank webb, either to
entangle themse'ves with or to be broken at the
pleasure of the friends of the currency and the in
terests of the Commonwealth!
ro•--A letter from the Hon. DlrriEr. SHEFFER
states that a duel took place on Saturday last be
tween two Members of Congress, Mr. CILLES, of
Maine, and Mr. GaAvcs, of Kentucky—which
resulted in the death of the former. zit. appears
that Graves was the bearer of a challenge from
James Watson Webb. Editor of the New York
Courier and Enquirer, (once made notorious by
Gen. Duff Green!) to Cilley, for words snoken.
we believe, in debate—the challenge was refused
on the ground that Webb was not . a gentleman.
when Graves stem into Webb 's shoes and insisted
on a :fight. A no eting, wlth rifles,to4 place,and,
on the fourth fire, resulted as above stated!
B VC/lA:CAN won't resign! He stated
in the Senate, when he presented the Resolutions
of our Legislature,that he would obey the instruc
tions and oppose the passage of the Sub-Treasury
Bill! What tameness!
(---The following is the superscription of a
letter handed into the York Springs Post Office a
few days since,which is too good to be overlooked:
to C/sos ter post
of fes in Bol►emar
County on Samyrnol
Lint and Samyotrl Moray
the la ter is for Samyoud
Moray irn self and his Viff
ccy-The Hon. HAN n x CLAY :Vas nominated on
the 19th inst. for the Presidency by the Whig
members of the Maryland Legit+lt.ture.
GOVERNOR I{lrrree.—lu speaking of the
prneeetlintts of n counts. meetin2 recently
held in Montrose in favor of the State Ad
winist rit'ion.t he Register of that place states
that the resolution approving of the measures
of Governor Ritner Was stiproo-ted by a Minn
her of the former friends of Governor Wolf,
and that the meeting itself way composed -f
a great proportion of his partisans who voted
f►r him in '35. The Ite r ‘iister says—"A
mong these may be utentioned the President,
two tir thy• Vice Presidents.both Secretaries,
and six out of nine of the committee to draft
rest tutu ions. lithe proportion of the former
opponents of the Governor. who now approve
of the general measu °Nis administration.
19 as great in other parts at the State as in
thiso he prospect of defeating him with weap
ons of detrartion must be squally indeed."
There has been a terrible eiiinmotion in
the Philadelphia Custom House, among
,ffice holders, as will be seen by the follow•
Mu, which we copy from the Philadelphia
Gazette:
APPOINTMENTS
G EORO E WOLF, Collector here, vice J
N. BARKER
JAMES N. BARKER. first Comptroller n
the Treasury.
Jolty floaN, Naval Officer, vice JOHN
PE3IBERTON. (VlcEe (.;FoliGE. WOLF).
Dr. GEORGE W. RITER. Surveyor of the
Port, vice Gen. WILLIAM DUNCAN.
lIENRY StmesoN, Appraiser in the Cus
tarn itspie, vice SAMUEL ROSS.
BENJAMIN E. CARPENTER, Assistant Ap
praiser. vice EDWARD EWING.
FRANCIS Banun, Assistant Appraiser
vice ANTHONY GRoVER.
Thus it will be seen, that „novelsi new citi
zen-; have been rotated into t ha official corps .
What hidden manna remains for those who
have been rotated out, as yet passed] show.
—Baltimore Patriot.
TEMPERANCE FESTIVAL.— We were pre
sett at this celebration, Lon the 22d inst
and were gratified to witness the number and
respectability of the persons il attendance,
affording t he most sat isfnctoryevidence th it
the cause of temperance is ad,/,ancing with
such rapidity as will soon overthrew coin.
pletelv a , ustom which stands •n the way of
n il moral improvement, and brines misery
and disgrace to a la ve portion of the human
' species. A hoot two i housandliersons were
present, all pal Inking, apparntly, of the
highest pleasure flowing from real enjoyment
of heart, and not excited by artificial stilim
l en t s , "The gp:se m lila ge wits addlaSSed b%
11r. IlucaiNou.43l, the distinguished advo•
cate of temperance in England, and no per
son , present but most have felt the influence
which his master spirit ex-rted over the
minds of his numerous audience convincing
Them by his argument, delighting them by
his pleasantry, and chat ming them by the
grace of his action and the eloquence of his '
sentiments. A number of other gentlemen
spoke, and various resolutions were adopted.
At a proper hour the company diaper=ed, all
expressing their approbation of the arrange
ments and their gratification with the enter•
Liniments.—Phi/ad. Ledger. 4:1
AN ERROR.—We are compelled for the
twt ntieth time to correct the errors of our
neighbour of the Sentinel in reference to the
course pursued by the Chambershurg Re
pository toward Gov. Rimer, since' I t. , 29.
The Repository has always opposed the pre
sent Executive ofthis commonweidth,ns our
friend of the Sentinel ought to koow. Even
in IrR35 the Repository fimght shoulder to
shoulder with our neighbour in rivor of that
"excellent min, George Wolf," in imp os i
tion to Gov Ratner. Will the Sentinel mike
the necessar% correction ,and jus , ice
to his old ally in 1832 and 1835.[Phi1. krq.
The Wltiz Calvention of Rhode Island
have nominated the lion. Wu. SPitanun,of
Warwick, as their candidate for Governor
at the next election. tie has accepted the
nomination.
The Cincinnati papers mention the death
lf WILLIAM H. lIARRIS4ri the second son of
General HARRISON, as having taken place,
at his father's residence, on the nth inst. In
the 36th year of his age. The Gazette of
that city iifl.rs the gillowing brief tribute to
his ineinory:—"He was a man of all excel
lent qualities, of ;a clear head and most be.
neyolent h art. He was educated for the '
legal professton, in which he commenced a
brilliant and successful care-r. He has long
been the victim of a painful disease, from
which he is now at rest."
MEDICAL SCIENCE AT LEXINGTON; Ny•-
Transvlvanin University hits 2J7 stu•
dents in its medical ti,p,mrtment,froin 17 dlr.
ferent States, and from England and Texas.
.1 Burl! ,
FOE THE GIETTYSOURGH STAR AND BANNER
Meeting . of the Young Olen
of daunts Comity.
In pursuance-of a call directed to "The
Young Men of Adams Co. approving or he
course pursued by Josph Rimer in the ad
ministration of the State Government," a
large and respectable number of the Young
Men of the county assembled at the Court.
h 'use in GeV vaburg,on Saturday the 24th of
February, 1839, and organized by appoint.
ng Cant. JOHN A. WGIN LEY Presi
dont; JAMP.S DicxsoN and WILLIA3t KING
Vice Presidents, and A H. McCreary and
A. R. Sieren.ron Secretaries.
The object of the meetin ,, was stated by
R. F. McCoNnuotiv, Esq when on motion
a committee. consisting of Messrs. R. F.
VcConungliy, James McGorighy, John
McKesson, Henry F. ilfiddlf ton and John
,Mickley, Was appointed to draft resolutions
tor the consideration of the meeting.
• The committee having retired to prepare
resolutions, Messrs. G. S. Onnr and C.
BA KER were called upon to address the
meeting.
The committee then reported the follow
ing preamble and resolutions, which were
unaniinou.dy adopted:
WHEREAR, all have a deep interest in the
prone- administration of the State and Na
tional Governments and the preservation of
our rights and privileges; and whereas,a cri•
His has arr:ved in the political affairs of the
Nation which requires the aid an ! exertions
of all who are opposed to Executive misrule
and who wish to ro - store the country to the
high state of prosperity she eolived befire
the adoption of the present ill advised and
ruinous policy of .tfie National Adinini-tra
and whereas, an important State elec•
lion is approachioir,which is to decide whe•
Cher our State Administration is to remain
in the hands of our present able arid wor thy
`;overnor, or to pass intii the hands of those
who support the wild and visionary schemes
which have brought ruin and distress upon
the country; and when as, the YOUNG
%lEN'are particularly called upon, and it is
their duty to be active and vi , iilant to se.
cure to the people the benefits which our
government, when properly administered,
afriirds to all —Therellire,
Resolved. That we concur in the remin
rnendation to hold a "YOUNG MEN'S
S kTE CONVENTION,' for the pur
pose. of limning a better party organization
of the Young Met) of the. Slide arid to secure
the re election of JOSEPH RI I'NER as
Governor of Pennsylvania.
Resolved, That a- dele ,, ation, corbasting
hf fifteec members, (with power to fill va•
cancies,) he appointed from this county to
ineet the delegates from the other counties
in convention, at Harrisburg, on Tuesday
the 15th day of May next, o' at such other
rime and place as may be fixed upon for the
holding of said Covvention.
" Resolved, That this meeting recommend
Harrisburg as the place for the holding said
Convention, as being the most central and
easv of access from all part., of the State.
Resocled, That we, heartily approve
of the course heretofore pursued b the pre
w 7114 Eneoutiveln the administration of the
State Government. That we have the full-
est 'Bntindence in his ability and integrity
andlhat if reelected, (OF WHICH WN
HAVE:NO DOUBT,) lIIy ADMIN/HTHA
'PION WILL BE SUCH AS IVILL REDOUND TO
IS OWN HONOR AND THE PROSPERITY OF
THE STATE
Resolved, That we disapprove of tkie
scheme recommended by tlid President of
the United Stutes,knnwn as the "Sub Trea•
sury System," because we believe it not
lily utterly incapable of regulating the inn
notary concerns of our country, but is a
variance with the spirit of our indtitations
and its passage would be productive of in
calculable evil.
Rem)Fred, That we believe any agitation
)I , .be Presidentiai r question at present is
ireniature and Would be attended with evil
roti4equenres, without producing any, even
the least, benefit—and our delegates to the
Convention are therefore instructed to op
pose any measure which may he introduced
fiir the purpose of nominating a candidate
for the Presidency of the United States.
The Chair.in accordance with the second
resolution, appointed the following as dele•
gates to represent the County of Adams in
the proposed State Convention : —
JOHN McK ESSON,
R. F. UcCON A UMW,
‘VILLIA M KING,
• A. R. S FEVENSON,
WI LLI All H. PICKING,
G. S. ORTIL
•A. H. McCR EARY,
.1 A NIES Dl+ 'KSON,
R P. GA R ONER.
JA'IES McGAUGEIY,
JOHN MICKLEY,
• ALEX. McCOSII,
JAM ES MORRISON,
.F,PHRIAM SWOPE,
A. TAUGUIEN BAUGH.
On inotion,ltesolyed,That these proceed
ings he signed by the Officers the meet
ing
. and published in all the papers of the
county.
3011 N A. NIcGIN LEY , Pree't.
MARRIED.
On the '22d inst. by the Rev. Mr. Keller, Mr.
PETER COMFORT to Miss CATHARINE, youngest
daughter of Mr. DANIEL MicKLEY,Sen.,of Frank
lin township.
`'On the sante day, by the Rev. Mr. • Quay, Mr.
ANDREW MuCoen to Miss SusAwzrA VAN SCOT.
OCK-6016 of Petersburg, (Y. S.)
On the 15th inst. by the Rev. Mr. Gottwald,Mr.
ANDREW lions to Miss SIDNEY PILIKINOTON—••
R EVI VAL OF R ELIG lON. —The most impor. both 'of New Chester, Adams county.
'ant news at present (so tar as our borough is On the - -.oth inst. by the same,Mr.JAcon FUNK
t tl) w hfi h ss . JANE WIREMAN—both of Huntington
concerned.)is an extens:ve revival of religion
1 3 .
amongst us. The good work commenced in On the 22d inst. by the Rev. Mr. Sec:tiler, Rev.
the Methodist Episcopal Church same two SAMUEL GI:TF:-1178 to Miss HARRIET A. Prt.s.—
weeks ago,—after a few days it extended to both orHanover, York county, Pa.
the First Presbyterian, and from thence, we On the 15t1. inst. by Z. Herbert„'Esq. M. Pt:-
beli , vein a greater iir lesser degree to all the TER MARTIN to Miss MAUI Mesas,- .both of
f og .
churches in.town. A great number of per v
Hamiltonban township.
I
suns have already nia.le a professiiiii of reli
,rion, and the excitement is still going on.
—Carliale Vilunteer.
JAMES DICKSON,
V Pr es ts
ILLIA3I KING,
A H. McCreary. 0 S -,
ecretaries.
A. R. Stevenson,
IMPORTANT TO LAWIRERS
WALL. noun; enintnoNioner of the [lockup.
Vnlniv Conn!. Loncii-ter, Ohio. advertise.-
for two thousand• hands, to whom liberal
wnges will he given. A large amount of
heavy stone masonry lb to bra dope upon .the
work.
Tn E TWO CONSTITUTIONS. —The Brim&
burg, Pa., Intelligencer marks;—"What
the vote of the people will be, cannot now he
predicted, but from all the evidence puhlur
opinion which have reached us, we are led to
think that the amendments will be voted
down, and the OLD CONSTITUTION
under which we have prospered for almost
hallo century, sustained." .
From the Harrisburg Intelligencar of Fob. 23.
"THE WRONG OX GORED"—BRIBERY
AND CORRUPTION ON THE OTHER
SIDE OF THE HOUSE !I! •
Thu opposition have been laud in their charges
of "BRIBERY" against those members of the
Van Buren party in the House of Represitatives,
who voted for the Anti-Sub-treasury resolutions.
Mr. REYNOLDS, of Westmoreland - 4ven went
so far the other day as to of Dr a resoliition to "ex
clude all bank cashiers, directors, hr. front the
lobbies and galleries of the House." From some
things which have lately come to light it appears
that Mr. Reynolds suspected others of attempts to
•BRIBE" from the fact that he was engaged in
such attempts himself, The matter, which affects
the dignity of the House and the honor Of the
State, ie now a common theme of conversation
among members and others, and will•no doubt be
duly investigattl;: - The correspontiiint of Poul
son's Daily Advertiaor gives the foliuwing
stßto
ment of the case:
HARRISBURG, Feb. 19, Iq3q.
Mr POULSON—It has been aseertailied
within the last day or two,- that the ory of
bribery raised aaniest the member ftom
York, Mr. THOMPSON, who voted for in•
solidi° is in th*• case of the Sub Treaiury
resolutions, came froin : the wrong quarter.
Th,, bribery story as it circulated here,was,
!ha- the York bank by the threat of perse•
cu►inn drove him to vote for the resolutions
of instruction. The true case is, and it on
be proved bcfore a Committee of the House,
that Mr. REYNOLDS of M'estmoreland,
ofr.red to mike him a loan of MO dollars
if he would vote against instructions. This
offer was made in writitig,pending the goes.
ti in on the res lotions, and the writer refer
red Mr. Thompson to proof of his capability
.
to do so. to Ar Carpenter of the Senate,
from Weqinorelnitol eounty. It 19 said the
original note is in the hand writing of Hill
O' Wl . StlnOrelalid, Nil signed by Reynolds
In this ease the immaculate Hill, of anti
bribery fume, is a partlceps,cinersis.
Since the above was in typo, the matter has
been gone into officially. Mr. Ford the indefati
gable member from Lancaster; this morning offer
ed the following:
Whereas, It has been publicly asserted
that W'm Reynolds, a member from the
county of West inorerd, did not only offer to
become bound as security for John Thomp
son, a member from the county of York, for
a certain suni of money upon condition of
hi. 4 voting against certain resolutions, but
that he did by note agree to loan him a cer
tain amount of money upon his compliance
with the shove condition. And whereas. it
b due to the. honor of this House as well as
doll persons implicated,thst the whole tran
saction should be investigated, so that if in
nocent, their innocence may be made - mani•
fest, and if guilty, they may be punished in
such manlier as . this House may determine:
Therefore
Resolved, That a committee be appointed
to inquire in.o the truth or falsitj , of the elle
ma ions above recited, and chal.ging the said
Wiliam Reynolds with an attempt,to bribe -
John Thompson, E.g. of York; that .they
.
have power to send for persons and papers;
and the! they cause due notice to be given
to the said William Reyinilds ofsuch investi-
gat ion.
Afteriome debate, on motion of Mr. Hopkins,
th- following amendment tho resolution::was
adopted:
"That the said committee be otitqtized
to inquire whetheenny irnproperAritriittace
wns eyo•rted upon the vote of Mr.
of Yoi k, relative to the sub•trensury resolu
tions, by the York or any, other bank."
The resolution thus amended was adopted.—
The preamble was then agreed to. The commit
tee are—Messrs. Ford, Coplan, Wilson, Fling and .
Dimmick.
The FAREWELL ADDRESS OF WASHING
TON was read in the Hall of the House
Representatives of Pennsylvania,. by 'the
Clerk,on the morning of the pgd in presence
of buth branches of the Legislature, 'the
Governor. and beads of Departments.
RELIGIOUS NI/TAOE.S.
(0.. A. Protracted meeting commehcos in Christ
(or new Lutheran) Church THIS EVENING.
(0.
Rev. Mr. WATSON will preach in the
Presbyterian Church on Suzid,ay morning and
evening next.
a:ev. Dr. SCHMUCKE'E .weech in
the Lutheran Church -at Petersburg, (Y. SO on
Sunday morning the 11th of March next, in the
English language—and at 2 o'clock P.M. in Ger
man. Feb. 27.
DIEM
At her residence near Emmittsbuvon the 13th
inst. Mrs. ABIGAIL EatatiTT, in the 64th year of
her age.
On the 21st - inst. Mr. Ms•rntew BLACK, of
Stratum township, in- the 83d year of his age.
S. the 16th inst. Misa AiINA fltistuat, daugh
ter of Mr. Henry Howler, of Mountplsasant town
ship, aged about 22 years.
On the 24th init. Mr. MATTHIAS OBILNDORTIP,
Of Manelien. tateneltip,uovonle of 70.yeare of ago.
a 14 ?
V ENEIIMILR VETEHAN•— 11j • . 1
Colfax, now living in Pompton, New ler#lo
is believed to ho the only survivor or a onatt:i ,
ral Washington's tile gu,ird at the revolit.:l
tine. He served daring the late wares
4ind'Hivisioi., in the north eastern part 'er;
New,Jersey. He is about eighty year, or
age, and in full possession of his mental and ':;
hod ilOaciiiiies.—Nework 12*.
A distinguished maxi mist says,that when•.
over yothask a lade to take wine. you slunidd
fill her glass to'the brim, in despite or pni
testation,,, and look the other way till she,
empties it. It stands to reason that the
number of glasses women allow themselves,
being they should be full. .•
PUBLIC NOT!
COUNTY ram.mTLwa,
AEETI of the Citizens of Adams
County will be held at the Court hoube
in Gettysburg,on ,
TIJESDAY the 2 th seat.
at 1 o'clock, P. :Vl.—to take into considern.
Lion the contemplated division of the Cotinty;
MANY CITIZENS.
February 27, 1838.
VA.LUABLEI
TAN-YARD PROPERTY
FOR SALE.
T EIE Sub-tcrihrrs offer for sale that valu
able TAN YARD PROPERTY, sit
uated in Gettysburg, front•ng along the. Bal
timf ire turnpike,and recently owned by SAM.
tTEL S. FORNEY. This property consists of
a good two Story Brick ..ydr o 4
DWELLING • "rm...
with a never railing puirip of good water at
the door, complete milk house and other ne
cessary buildings.
'V II VA TIV AMU
consists of brick shedding, with a complete
Currying shop, fronting the main street, a
two story Brick Beam• house, sixtY.seven
Vats of all desci iptions (eiffht of which, are
in the Beam house,) with a never-failing
stream of water. There is also a good Barn,
with a threshing floor 16 by 26 feet, a wag.
on shed and corn crib attached, and in every
way ealculated for an extensive hosiness.
They would also observe that a considera.
part of the purchase money might remain
in the hands of the purchaser. For further
particulars, enquire of DAVID S. FORNEY,
of Carlisle, Pa., JACOB FORNEY,OIHan4er,
York (..7o Pa., or SAMUEL S. Foe NEY, 110 W
residing'on the property. Possession can
he . given immediately if desired.
DAVID S. FORNEY,
•. JACOB FORNEY.
February 20, 18:38.
PUBLIC SALE,
T "Aihscriber. iovnifin f r to remov e t o
the West, will sell at Public Salt-, on
Friday the 2d day of March fiCri, at. his
residence in Freedom township, Adamseoun
ty, Pa.; near the"Publie Road leading= front
Fairfield to Moritz's tavern, and about a
mile and a half west of the latter place,
THE Fottow.fm3 PROPERTY- viz:
Ei tihro-horse Wagon, A ifitli
ing-top Baronche
Ten Cows and One large 'Fat Steyr, 60 ,
Sheep, forty of which are young full blood .
ed Merinoes. 15 Hogs, 6 hives of Bees, 1
tenpla'e Stove, 150 bushels of Oats; 1:',0
pounds of Wool, Hay by the ton, together
with Faiming Utensils—such as Ploughs,
Harrows, dr.e.
nousehold dic. Kitchen Furni
ture: Sucl:i as Tables, Chairs, Bureaus, Cup
boards, &c. &c. with various other articles.
icrmi to be sold without reserve. Sale
to commence at 10 o'clock A m. when due
attendance and'a reasonable credit will be
given. ABRAHAM SHERF.Y.
": February 20, 1438. ts-41
Hanover and farlisle
"t.: pike Road, Company.
EXHIBIT of Tolls received, repairs and
expenses in the Hanover and Carlisle
Turnpike Road Company, from the 13th
December, 1.36, to the 11th Dec. 1837.
R ' •
To amount of Toll D recei .
ved at Gate •„,
No.l Jacob Mar Gatekeeper, 640 -:
To do. do. No. John Heagy, do: 612'33#
To do. do. No. 3 Catharine Jones.so2 27
To do. do. N 0.4 Wm. ThompQon, 465 50
To do. do. No. A Andrew Dixon, 573 66
To do. do. from Stocktea Sc Stokes,
Stage toll, 100 00 -
To Rent do. for old Gate House, 25 00 •77
CR.
By cash paid repairs on Road, 2,213 80
do. Managers of the Company, 154 00
do: 5 Gatekeeper's Salaries, 00 00
do. Probates of Gatekeeper's
monthly returns, 7 50
do. Books and Stationary, 9 5t
do. Printers Bills for advPrtiSinii,dtc.,l3 00
do. Rent ofthite-houses N 0.2 dr 3, 48 00
do. Building now Gate'House.
No. 4,
do. Secretary's &ilary,
do. Treasurer's salary,
$3,358 801
Balance expended over and above the a
mount received of $397 963.
I docertify that the above exhibit is car:-
rect, as witness my hand this 4th day of
January. 1Q3 , 3.
THOMAS STEPHENS, Trees's..
February 13, 1838. at-40
IVtlghtsville Fork and Get
tysburg jail Road Co.
STOCKHOLDERS in itit above road are
notified that another u;slallment of 8b
on each share is due, which they ere regioys
ted to pay an or before the first of March
next. Those in Ploholelphia will pay ita
the Cashier of the, U. S. Bank,and ut Wright".
vile and Columbia to :.Jr. Wright,at the
Collector); office.
JOHN B. M'PHERSON,Trea'r.
rob • 1 MR.
$2,958 .13i
439 00
30 OD
00 00