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;:Manner in which they discharge it; but
' , when the honorable member from New York
' Otiatends that this body now accurately re
presents the public opinion, on the sub•Tren
' ago system, we must look at the facts.—
And with all possible respect for the honor
' able member, I must even take leave to.:
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him, whether, in his judgment, he, hi -.: I,
is truly reflecting the opinions and wish , of
a majority of the people of New York;` hile
he is proposing and supporting this. Mill—
ri(
.Where does he find evidence, of the s `favor
of the people of that State,towards lb' mea
sure? Does he find it in the city? In the
country? In the recently elected Ra?)uses of
Assembly? In the recently elected mom
here of the Senate? Can he namo a place
.---can he lay a venue, for the popularity of
this measure,in the whole State of Ne w York?
Between Montauk point and Cattaraugus,
and between the mountains of rennsylvania
and the north end of lake Champlain, can he
any where put his finger on the map and say,
here is a spot whore the sub; treasury is po.
pular? He may find places,no doubt,though
they are somewhat scarce, where his friends
have been able to maintaip thei r ascendancy,
nogwithsianding the unpopularity of the mea
sure; but can he find one place, one spot of
any extent, in which this measure of relief
is the choice, the favorite, of a majority of
the people? '
Mr. President, the honorable member has
tong been in public life, and has witnessed,
often, the changes and fluctuations of politi
cal parties and political opinions. And I
will ask him what he thinks of the hurricane
which swept over New York in the first week
of last November. Did he ever know the
like? Has he before ever been called on to
withstand such a whirlwind? Or had he
previously any suspicion that such an out.
break in the political elements was at hand?
1 am persuaded, sir, that he feared such a
thing much less than I hope for it; and my
own hopes, although I had hopes,and strong
hopes, I must confess, fell far short of the
actual result. And to me, Mr. President, it
seems perfectly plain, that the cause of this
astonishing change in public opinion is to be
found, mainly, in the message of September,
and the sub-Treasury bill of the last session
The message, with its antisocial, anti-com
- mercial, anti-popular doctrines and dogmas
—the message which set at naught all our
own manners and usages, rejected all the
teachings ofexperience,threatened the State
institutions, and, anxious only to take good
care of Government, abandoned the people
to fate—the message—the message, it
was, that did the great work in New York,
and elsewhere.
The message was that cave of Bolus, out
of which the careering winds issued:
"Una Eurusque notusque mut, crcbcrque proccllis
"Africus"-
-mingling seas and skies, dispersing
the most powerful political combinations,
and scattering their fragments on the rocks
and shores. 1 might quote the poet further,
air,
"at castos volrunt ad littora factor."
The political deep seemed agitated, to the
very bottom, and its heaving bosom moved
onward and forward the "vastosfustus," in
gar public
opiniou.
The honorable member may say, or may
think, that all this was but the result of a
transient impulse, a feverish ebullition, a
sudden surprise, or a change superficial, and
apparent onlyinot deep and real. Sir, I can
not say, but I must confess that if the move
ment in New York, last fall, was not real,
it looked more like reality, than any fanci
ful exhibition which I ever saw. If the peo
ple were not in earnest, they certainly had a
very sober and earnest way of being in jest.
And, now, sir, can the honorable mem
ber, can any man, say, that in regrad to this
measure,even the House of Representatives
is certain, at this moment, truly to reflect
the public judgment? Though nearer to the
people than ourselves, and more frequently
chosen,yet it is known that the present mem
bers were elected, nearly all of them, before
the appearance of the message of Septem
ber. And will the honorable member allow
me to ask,whether if a new election of mem
bers of Congress were to take place in his
own State,to•morrow, and the newly elected
members should take their seats immedia
tely,he should entertain the slightest expec
tation of the passage of this bill through that
House?
Mr. President, in 1834, the honorable
member presented to the Senate, resolutions
of the Legislature of New York, approving
the previous course of the administration in
relation to the currency. He then urged
strongly, hut none too strongly, the weight
due to those resolutions, because, he argu
,ed, they expressed the undoubted sense of
_ the people,as well as that of the Legislature.
He said there was not, at that time, a single
member in the popular branch of the Leg
';islttture, who was not in favor of those re
solutions, either from the cities of Hudson,
Albany, Troy, Schenectady, Utica, or an
almost endless number of incorporated trad
ing towns and villages, or the great city of
New York itself, which he justly calls the
commercial emporium of the country; all
these cities and villages being surrounded,
as he most justly said,by an intelligent popu-
lation; and cities, villages, and country, al
together comprising near two millions of
souls. All this was very well. It was true.
The facts were with the honorable member.
And although 1 most exceedingly regretted
and deplored that it was so, I could not deny
it. And he was entitled to enjoy, and did
enjoy, the whole benefit of this respectable
support. But, sir, how stands the matter
cowl What say these two .millions of souls
to the sub• Treasury? In the first place,
what says the city of New York, that great
commercial emporium, worthy the gentle•
man's commendation in 1834, and worthy
°this eommendation,and my commendation,
and all commendation, at all times? W hat
— ientiments what opinions,what feelings, are
proclaimed by the thousands of her mer
chants, iraders,manufactunors,and laborers?
What is the united shout of all the voices ofl
all her classes? What is it, but that you
Will pet down this newfangled sub-Treasury
.isystomalike Alien totlieir interests and their
&sling*, at
,once, and forever ? What is it,
MOWN' to the mercantile interest,
the mOrtufacturing interest,thelaboring class,
and an classes,.you will give up useless and
pernicious political schemes and projects,
and' return to the plain, straight course of
wise and wholesome legislation? The senti
rifents of the city cannot be misunderstood.
A thousanl pens, and ten thousand tongues,
and a spirited press, make them all known.
If we have not already yet heard enough,we
shall hear more. Embarrassed,vexed,press.
ed, and distressed,as are her citizens at this
I moment, yet their resolution is not shaken,
their spirit is not broken; and, depend upon
it, they will not see their commerce, their
business, their prosperity, and their happi
ness, all sacrificed to preposterous schemes
and political empiricism, without another,
and a yet more vigorous,struggle. And Hud
son,and A lbany,and Troy,nnd Schenectady,
and Utica—pray, sir, why may not the citi•
zens of these cities have as much weight
with the honorable member now, as they
justly had in 1834? And does he, can he,
doubt of what they think of his bill? Av,sir,
and Rochester, and Batavia, and Bufiirlo,
and the entire western district of the State,
does the honorable member suppose that,in
the whole of it, he would be able, by careful
search,to do more than to find,now and then,
so rare a bird, as a single approver of this
system?
Mr. President, if this system must come,
let it come. If we must bow to it, why,
then, put it upon us. Do it. Do it by the
power of Congress and the President. Con
gress and the President have the power.—
But spare us, I beseech you, spare the peo
ple from the imputation, that it is done un
der clear proof and evidence of their own
approbation. Let •it not be said it is their
choice. Save them, in all mercy, from that
reproach.
Sir, I think there is a revolution in pub
lic opinion now going on, whatever may be
the opinion of the member from New York,
or others. I think the fall elections prove
this, and that other more recent events con
firm it. I think it is a revolt against the
absolute dictation of party, a revolt against
coercion, on the public judgment; and es
pecially a revolt, against the adoption ofriew
mischievous expedients,on questions of deep
public interest; a revolt against the rash and
unbridled spirit of change; a revolution, in
short, against further revolution. 1 hope,
most sincerely, that this revolution may go
on; not, sir, for the sake of men, but for the
sake of measures, and for the sake of the
country. I wish it to proceed till the whole
country, with an imperative unity of voice,
shall call back Congress to the true policy of
the Government.
The honorable member from New York
is of opinion, sir, that there are only three
courses open to us. We must, he urges,
either adopt this measure,or return to a sys
tem of deposites with the State banks, or es.
tablish a national bank. Now, sir, suppose
this to be as the gentleman . states, then, I
say, that either of the others is better than
this. I would prefer doing almost any thing,
and I would vastly prefer doing nothing, to
taking this bill.
I need not conceal my own opinion. I
am in favor of a national institution, with
such nrovisions and SeCuriti...ka
may mina proper, to guara against danger
and against abuse. But the honorable mem
ber disposes of this, at once, by the declara
tion, that he himself can never consent to a
hank, being utterly opposed to it, both on
constitutional grounds and grounds of expedi
ency. The gentleman's opinion,nr, always
respected, is certainly of great weight and
importance, from the public situation he oc•
cupies. But although these are his opinions,
is it certain that a majority of the people of
the country agree with him in this particular'?
I think not. I verily believe a majority of
the people of the United States are now of
the opinion, that a national bank, properly
constituted, limited, and guarded, is both
constitutional and expedient, and ought now
to be established So far as 1 can learn,
three fourths of the Western people are for
it. Their representatives here can form a
better judgment; but such is my opinion, up
on the best information which 1 can obtain.
The South may ho more divided, or muy be
against a national institution; but looking,
again, to the centre,the North and the East,
and comprehending the whole in one view,
I believe the prevalent sentiment is such as
I I have stated.
At the last session great pains were taken
to obtain a vote, of this and the other House,
against a bank; for the obvious purpose of
placing such an institution out of the list of
remedies, and so reconciling the people to
the sub treasury scheme. Well, sir, and
did those votes produce any effect? None at
alt. The people did not, and do not, care a
rush for them. I never have seen or heard
a single man, who paid the slightest respect
to those votes of ours. The honorable mem
ber, to-day, opposed as he is to a bank, has
not even alluded to them. So entirely vain
is it, sir, in this country, to attempt to fore
stall,commit,or coerce the public judgment.
All those resolutions fell perfectly dead on
the tables of the two Houses. We may re
solve what we please, and resolve it when
we please; but if the people do not like it, at
their own good pleasure they will rescind it;
and they are not likely to contibue their ap
probation long to any system of measures,
however plausible,whicli terminates in deep
disappointment of all their hopes for their
own prosperity.
I have said, sir, that,in preference to this
bill, I would try some modification of the
State bank system; and I will cheerfully do
so, although every body knows, that I al
ways opposed that system. Still, I think it
less objectionable than this. Mr. President,
in my opinion ; the real source of the evil lies
in the tone, and spirit, and general feeling,
which have pervaded the administration for
some years past. I verily believe the origin
is there. That spirit, I fully believe, has
been deeply anti.commercial, and of late de
cidedly unfriendly to the State institutions.
Do the leading presses in favor of the admin•
istration speak its own sentiments? If you
think they do,then look at the laeguage and
spirit of those presses. Do they not mani
fest an unceasing and hitter hostility to the
mercantile classes, and to the institutions
the Slates? I certainly never Supposed the
State banks fit agents for furnishing or re
thought them useful in their proper places.
At any rate, the States had power to estab
lish them, and have established them, and
we have no right to endeavor to destroy them.
flow is it, then, that generalv, every lead
ing press,which supports the administration,
joins in the general cry against these institu
tions of the States? How is it, if it be not
that a spirit hostile t these institutions has
come to pervade the administration itself?
In my opinion, the State banks, on every
ground, demand other treatment; and the
interest of the country requires that they
should receive other treatment. The Gov
eminent has used them, and why should it
now not only desert,hut abuse them? That
some of the selected banks have behaved
very unworthily,is no doubt true. The best
behaviour is not always to be expected from
pets. But that the banks, generally,deserv•
ed this unrestrained warfare upon them, at
the hands of Government, I cannot believe.
It appears to me to both ungrateful and un•
just.
The banks, sir, are now making an effort,
which I hope may be successful, to resume
specie payments. The process of resump.
lion works, and must work, with severity
upon the country. Yet I rnost earnestly hope
the banks may be able to accomplish the ob
ject. But in all this efllirt, they get no aid
from Government, no succor from Govern
ment, not even a kind word from Govern•
ment. They get nothing but denunciation
and abuse. They work alone, and there.
fore the attainment of the end is the more
difficult. They hope to reach that end only,
or mainly, by reduction and curtailment.—
If, by these means, payment to specie can
be resumed and maintained, the result will
prove the existence of great solidity, both of
the banks and of the mercantile classes.—
The Bank of England did not accomplish
resumption by curtailment alone. She had
the direct aid of Government. And the
banks of the United States, in 1916, did not
rely on curtailment alone. They had the
aid of the then new created Bank of the Uni
ted States,and all the countenance,assistance ,
and friendly simper t,which the Government
could give them. Still, f would not diecour.
age the efforts of the banks. I trust they
will succeed,and that they will resume specie
pay meets at the earliest practicable moment;
but it is,at the same time,my full conviction,
that by another and a better course of pub.
lie policy, the Government might most ma
terially assist the banks to bring about re
sumption; and that by Government aid, it
might be brought about with infinitely less
of public inconvenience and individual dis-
tress.
For nn easy resumption ofspecie payments,
there is mainly wanted a revival of trust, the
restoration of confidence, and a harmonious
action, between the Government and the
moneyed institutions of the country. But
instead of efforts to inspire trust, and create
confidence, we see and hear .nothing but de
nunciation; instead of ha rmonious action,we
find nothing but unrelenting hostility.
NI r. President, you and I were in Congress,
in 1F 16, during the time of the suspension of
specie payments by the banks. What was
the spirit of the Government at that time,
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ant towards the :Ante institutions? *Did it
look on them only to frown? Did it touch
them only to distress? Did it put them all
under the scoyrg e? You know, sir, it was
far otherwise. You know, that the Sec re.
tary of that day entered into friendly corres•
pondence with them, and assured them that
he would second their efforts for resumption,
by all means in his power. You know, sir,
that in fact,he did render most essential aid.
And do you see, sir, any similar Obit now?
Do you behold,in the bill before us,any thing
of the spirit or the policy of Mr. Madison, on
an occasion very like the present? M r. Madi
son was a man of such subdued self. respect,
that he was willing to yield to experience
and to the opinion of his country; a man,too,
of so much wisdom and true patriotism, that
nothing was allowed to stand between him
and hie clear perception of the public good.
Do you see, sir, any thing of this spirit—of
the wisdom,of the mild,and healing, and res
toring policy, of Mr. Madison, in this mea
sure? Another illustrious man, now num
bered with the dead, was then with us, and
was acting an important part,in the councils
of the country. I mean Mr. Lowndes; a
man not deficient in force and genius, but'
still more distinguished for that large and
comprehensive view of things which is more
necessary to make great men, and is also
much rarer, than mere positive talent—and
for an impartial, well-balanced judgment,
which kept him free from prejudice and er
ror, and which gave great and just influence
to all his opinions. Do you see, sir, any
thing of the spirit, the temper,the cool judg
ment,or the long. sighted policy of Mr. Lown
des, in all that is now before us? And M r.
Crawford, then at the head of the Treasury,
arduously striving to restore the finances, to
re establish both public and private credit,
and to place the currency once more upon
its safe and proper foundation; do you see,
sir, the marks of Mr. Crawford's hands in
the measure now presented for our approba
tion?
Mr. President, I have little to say of the
subordinate provisions of this bill, of the re
ceivers general, or of the dangerous power.
given to the Secretary, of investing the pub
lic money in State stocks of his own selec
tion. My opposition to the bill, is to the
whole of it. It is general, uncompromising,
and decided. I oppose all its ends, objects,
and purposes; 1 oppose all its means, its in
ventions,and its contrivances.. I am oppos
ed to the separation orGovernment and peo
ple; I am opposed, now and at all times, to
an exclusive metallic currency; I am oppos
ed to the spirit in which the measure ori
ginates, and to all and every emanation and
ebullition of that spirit. I solemnly declare,
that in thus studying our own safety,.and
renouncing all care over the general curren•
cy, we are, in my opinion,.abandoning one
of the plainest and most important of our
constitutional` duties. If, sir, we were, at
this moment, at war with a powerful enemy,
and if his fleets and armies were now ravag
ing our shores, and it were proposed in Con
gress to take care of ourselves,to defend the
Capitol, and abandon the country to its-fate,
it would be, certainly. a more striking, a
da_rinir. but in my judv
merit not a more clear and manifest derelic
tion of duty, than we commit in this open
and professed abandonment of our constitu
tional power and constitutional dut v,over the
great intorqst of the national currency. I
mean to maintain that constitutional power,
and that constitutional duty, to the Inst. It
shall not be with my consent, that our an
cient policy 51 , 211 be overturned. It shalt
not be with my consent, that the country
shall be plunged, further and further, into
the unfathomed depths of new expedients.
It shall not be without a voice of remon
strance from me, that one great and impor
tant purpose for which this Government was
framed, shall now be utterly surrendered and
abandoned forever.
Mr. Webster and Mr. Calhoun.
On the 12th and 13th inst. Mr. WF:us•rF:a
again addressed the Senate on the subject of the
Sub-Treasury Scheme and in reply to Mr. CA r.-
'mii, who had recently spoken in favor of the
measure. Mr. WEasTEa's Speech on this last
occasion the National Intelligencer pronounces to
be "the greatest of all his speeches" and that "the
solemnity and eloquence of his close were as im
pressive and soul-stirring as his argument had been
transcendent and unanswerable." The Wash
ington correspondent of the Baltimore Patriot thus
notices Mr. Webster's speech:
It has been my fortune to have heard the
greatest orators and rhetoricians of whom
Great Britain can now boast,as well as those
who illustrate the annals of our country,
and to have carefully studied their works;
and I have no hesitation in saying that not
among their productions is to be found the
equal of this speech of DANIEL WEBSTER.
Full of eloquence though it be, that is but a
portion of its solid merit. It is replete with
instruction of the highest kind, on some of
the most important points of constitutional
law, and political philosophy, which can en
gage the attention of reflecting men. I have
heard some ol• the soundest constitutional
lawyers in Congress declare that he has
shed a flood of light upon some subjects a•
mong which they had been hitherto orop•
ing in the dark; and that this speech will
form an ern in the history of commentaries
in our Constitution.
We regret that we have not room for the whole
sketch of the speech as reported for the Baltimore
American, but can only give the concluding pare
Mr. NV EBSTER said that upon this oc
castor, and upon firmer occasions, ho had
said nearly all he intended to say upon the
subject of a uniform paper currency. The
Exchanges therefore would now form the
subject of Mr. Webster's first remarks to.
day. During the existence of the old U.
S. Bank, bills were exchanged at the Phila
delphia counter at the rate of 8100,000 per
day. He illustrated as one of the examples
of exchange the trade between Kentucky
arid New York. Kentucky sold to the Soul Ii
and bought of the North,and was compelled
to have an exchange between the North and
South.
The honorable member from Ohio, said
Mr. Webster, (;`lr. Morris) has asked if the
government is bound to give the people
bread? Give the people bread! God forbid!
said Mr. Webster. 'rite people of this coun
try
ass tor any thing of the kind. They asked
for a good government, and if you will give
them a good government, they will ask for
nothing more. They claim protection, not
destruction. They ask you to make laws,
wise, wholesome, just and equal. They
neither ask you to give them broad,nor will
they receive it at your hands. Give them
what they ask. Restore to them what you
have taken from them; and if you do not do
this yourselves, freely and voluntarily, they
will compel you to give them an answer to
heir claims
Mr. Webster then commenced a reply to
Mr. Calhoun, which he introduced with an
eloquent exordium that claimed the undivi
ded attention of all present.
It is now, said Mr. Webster, twenty•five
years since I made the acquaintance of the
honorable member from South Carolina.—
The honorable member preceded me about
a year and a half. We entered, therefore,
upon public life as young men. I found him
then ardent, patriotic, national, catholic
ambitious, but with a high-minded and hon
orable ambition, not low or grovelling or
with any love for the loaves and fishes of
office. We went on cordially together un
til 1824, when we separated. During the
last Administration we became again united
in opposing the power of the Executive. We
continued together until the events of May.
We separated—and it is a matter of deep
and sincere regret on my part that we have
separated.
If ho stood now were he once stood, I
should be most happy not only to act with
him,but to act under litm,even to follow him.
But we separate. and probably at our bite
of life, we separate never to be again united.
The Senator will believe me that I part from
him wishing him in truth and sincerity all
those personal good feelings—all that pros.
perity and happiness which characterised
our first and earliest intercourse. We part,
Mr. Webster continued, much to my regret;
for in times like these 1 could wish he and I
were together.
Mr. Webster was most eloquent in this
part of his subject, and the crowd who list
ened to him,did so with breathless attention,
and with the greatest conceivable respect.
Mr. Webster continued, and said that the
great experience—the long history—the
public life and character of the Senator from
South Carolina—render a close examination
of all he says necessary. Mr. W. then took
up Mr. Calhoun's September speech, prov
ing that two sets of doctrines inconsistent
with each other were there advanced. In
continuation, he showed that the effect of
what Mr. Calhoun had said was to unite the
political power with the money power. Mr.
W. showed this in a long,powerful and prac
tical argument. The Senator there, as he
said, after arguing for years against this
union—of its dangers and follies—advocates
a principle which is sure to lead to this.
Mr. Webster then read a statement of M r.
Calhoun's where the Senator from South
Carolina said "he rallied yn•ler Gen. Jack
son to break down the protective system and
the Tariff." He rallied under Gen. Jackson
to break down the Tariff!
What, said Mr. Webster, does the. manu-
. lecturing State of New Jersey think of this?
What does the mighty State of Pennsylva
nia, which like New Jersey, rallied around
General Jackson, think of this? Did Pcinn•
sylvania, whose manufacturing interests is
as dear to her us her heart's blood, rally
around General Jackson for the, sake of
breaking down the Protective System? Did
the Senators from Pennsylvania and the Sen
ators from New Jeremy, said Mr. Webster,
addressing himself to them, agree to any
such thing? Did the Senator from South
Carolina, when in the Philadelphia State
House yard, as the friend of the late Exec
utive, say that he rallied around General
Jackson to break down the tariff? Mr.
Webster pressed these inquiries w:th great
force and effect. The conclusion of it was
that the original supporters o' General Jack•
ion were composed of the most heterogene
ous party that ever entered upon any public
enterprise.
Mr. Webster then spoke of Mr. Calhoun's
Edgefield letter of the :Id November. It
was, he said, n curious production, strange
end wonderful in the extreme, and a letter
which he was shocked and astonished to see.
It read like a military despatch—was full
of marches and countermarches—retreats
—coverings—a falling back here and a re.
treat there, reminding one of the seven years'
war of the King of Prussia—the great Fred
erick—whose army was almost every where
at the same time, with this remarkable dif
fi!rences that he never—like the Senator
from South Carolina—took a position to
keep an ally in check or to cover an enemy.
1 was shocked, said Mr. Webster, at the
sudden change—this turning about and go.
ing over—this novel position.
Speaking of the sudden change made by
M r. Calhoun, Mr. Webster said he had read
that several years ago, some of the wits of
England wrote a sally in regard to two Ger•
mans. They met, strangers and by acci
dent, sat over their pot of ale, and for a time
said nothing. Suddenly one of them broke
the silence by a loud excited cry, addressed
to the other—•`let us swear fealty—let us
vow eternal friendship." The other party
consented, and like the German and the
other party, said Mr. Webster, so is the
Senate! from South Carolina. A year since,
111;011 the very eve of a battle, when victory
was before us —when we were about to enter
the enemy's camp, the Senator left us. Be-
lieving we much wanted a leader, and were
willing to take the Senator fir our leader
prior to the possession of our triumphal ban•
ner, quick as thought the Senator, like the
German, turned about and left his friends,
and went over to the enemy. The opposite
party to whom the Senator went were rather
coy at first,but after reciprocal blushes,hesi•
tations, and proper modesty and backward.
ness, they did receive him, and the n.iptiiils
of this union have been solemnly and harmo
niously celebrated.
Mr. Webster further pursued Mr. Calhoun,
and complimented him w;th much good taste
upon the position lie now held as the leader
of the Administration party—the comman
der in chief of those whom not long since he
thought to be the chief of sinners. The
Senator from South Corolino wog the Ajax,
.I__ the Ulysses, the all in all, and
all above all of the pt.—, .- —hem he had
wedded himself, and who had been wedded
to him.
In a well known place in a certain section
of this country, said Mr. Webster,is a place
called the Hermitage, where a distinguish
ed man now lives—you have been • there,
said Mr. W., and I have not. Suppose the
occupant of that mansion were now to enter
the door to the right,to stalk abroad through
the Senate Chamber—his commanding figure
in view of all, and his fiery eye upon all—
would there not be some strange sights here
—some rustling arid huddling? Would not
e Senator from South Carolina feel strange
at the appearance? Would the others r►ot
expect to hear the roar of the lion, ever► if
they did not feel his paws upon him and
thetni The Senator from South Carolina
is in strange, very strange, company. (le
has lett his friends, strange as it may seem,
and gone over to i-is enemies.
Some of Mr. Calhoun's former notions a
bout the doctrine of Nullification were then
examined, and here Mr. Webster said, in
his remarks upon Nullification, that he had
nothing more to say against the doctrine.
He disagreed with those who thought it
either sound or politic, but, continued Mr.
Webster, I reproach no man. I impeach
no man's motives-1 believe the doctrine of
Nullification erroneous,and believe also that
it originated in a jealous watchfulness of Fe;
deral power,and in a great love of the rigkis
of the States.
Mr. Webster then examined the last for
mal speech made on the 15th of Febriiary,
by Mr. Calhoun upon this subject, add in
the language of Mr. Clay, he left not' a hair
of it, pulling it out by the roots. Mr. Cal.
houn begged here and in one or two other
places to explain and reply briefly. Mr.
Webster of course consented. Continuing,
he said the Senator from South Carolina was
the very first man who proposed the logali
zation of the payment of Bank notes for pub
lic dues; and here he read the law and the
testimony in proof of the fact.
The peroration was in reference to the
Constitution' and all of all parties admit it
was the most splendid and effective piece of
eloquence ever heard in the Congress of the
United States.
The Correspondent of the Baltimore Patriot
gives the following paragraph. It is in answer to
Mr. CALHOUN ' S threat or determination of "mov
ing off under the State rights banner." IVIr. Wen-
ESTER, "with remarkable significance and earnest
ness of look and gesture," exclaims—
" LET tint oo! I remain where I am,
where I haNCe always been. I stand on a
constitution broad enough to maintain the
liberty and happiness of my country. I N de•
sire so far as I have any part in the admin-
istration of this government,to administer it
in its true spirit—to administer it as if its
illustrious framers were present and over
looking my conduct, as if the eye of posterity
which is hereafter to scan our performances
were now in full gaze upon us. Stunding
thus between our ancestors and our posteri
ty, between those from whom we have re
ceived the constitution and those to whom
we are to beveath it; feeling myself sacred
ly bound to act in its spirit, and feeling al
so, added Mr. WEBSTER, with peculiar so
lemnity, and laying his hand on his heart,
that if I am born for any good in my day
and generation, it is the good of the whole
in-ople of niy own country. Standing on this
constitution, no sectional barrier, no section
al interest, feeling or prejudices— no tempo
rary expediency—no sudden impulses shall
move me from my ground. These columns,
these walls
shall fly
"From their firm baso as soon ns 1!"
1 am in the service of the Union, AND THE
WHOLE UNION! I shall not be active nor
ke any part in the ditruqion of any semi-
meats calculated to weaken that paternal
affection which binds together the different
portions ()four country. I have nothii.g to
do with sectional duty—l GO FOR 'ME
UNITED STATES! On this broad altar
, ve I paid my earliest, and all my political
As far as any exertiens of mine can
revail, this people shall remain UNITED,
ieneficiall), thoroughly, FOREVER,—untted
Or whatever the Conhtitution has decreed
their union—for their common 'defence—
their common renown-their common glo
ry—knit jointly together, for their common
happiness and prosperity.
General In
INLAND NAVIGATION.—The Pennsylva
nia Telegraph announces that the main lino
of the Canal is thoroughly repairedand ready
for the admission of water,and in a few days
will be in perfect order for navigation. Great
credit is given to the officers having charge
of the divisions, where new works and ex
traordinary repairs were required, for the
energy and depatch with which they were
completed during the winter. The Pitts
burgh Advocate of Saturday mates that the
Ohio river had risen several liiet and was
still rapidly rising; and that the river will be
entirely clear of ice in a day or two. Be
tween Louisville and Cincinnati it was toler
ably clear of ire on the oth instant, and the
mail boats perform their trips regularly.
The Governor of Mississippi vetoed two
or three bills for the creation of new banks
passed by the Legislature of th'tit State prior
to the adjournment on the 9tlt ult. A bill
repealing the damages on such banks as do
not pay specie was also vetoed by the Gov
ernor; but subsequently passed the Legisla
ture by the constitutional majority and he
came a law.
A woman in Worcester, Massachusette,
forty-one years of age, was so shockingly
burned on the evening of the ad inst. by her
clothes taking fire when she was retiring to
bed in a state of intoxication, that she died
on the following day!
It is "officially announced, in the GLOBE,
that the opposition party in the country are
now moving on, with" "religion in their
mouths," "hell in their hearts, and daggers
in their hands" (! !!) This is only a sample
of the beauties of the Government newspa
per. As we make no professions of religion.
aro certainly.. not in hell, and don't own a
daager, we can't be included in the "oppo
sition: Gazette. •
NEW ORLEANS, March 1
A SLlDE.—Between two and throe acres
of land, belonging to Mr. Hail, situated op
posite this city, including the old ferry land
ing, disappeared last evening about four
o'clock. It is fortunate for the inhabitants
of Algiers and the surrounding plantations
that the Mississippi is not near high-water
mark, otherwise an immense loss of proper
ty and life would inevitably have been the
consequence.
A SHOT AT THE MONSTER. —An
supposed to be insane, deliberately
walked up to the door of the Bank of the U
nited States, in Philadelphia, on Saturday
night, applied a pistol to the keyhole, fired
it, and exclaimed with great exultation to
the pase . ers ; ky-Theret you will have no
more of the monster!" or words to a similar
effect. Some of the police officers soon got
wind of the affitir,and in the course of a few
moments this modern Don Quixotte was
properly disposed of.—Philud.
Correspondence of the National Intelligencer.
NEW YORK, March 12.
broughtbusiness
i h n e t r o e
m in a s r t k o e c t k l s Michi gan np
per
racs
cent. The news from Englund makes lively
000 M, 0 i c 0 I 0 )
which Gov. Mason tried to negotiate last
October in this city, but in vain. They are
snapped up now for the European market.—
Did it never strike you that that American
idea, CREDIT, was making a levy - upon all
Europe for us,our railroads and canals? This
yanked notion is drawing to this land the
millions and millions of European capital to
make us a great People—to link us in bonds
of union; and Fulton, the immortal,was but
a pioneer of the,g,reat thought that was to
make tributary the old world to the new, as
'westward the star of Empire takes its way.'
But Gen. Jackson, in his otium cum dig
nitate of the Herinitage,must feel very badly
when he hears of a pet State of .
gan—borrowing 1,000,000 of Foreign Cap
ital. The Dukos,the Counts,the Lords,the
Borings, the Hottinguers, and the Roths
childs, of the old world, thus corrupting the
now! Republicans in debt to Barons over
sea! The "Democracy of Numbers" be
coming the debtors of the Aristocracy of the
few! Et to Brute' Oh. Michigan! Who
could have thought it of thee? Better wal
low in your black prairie mud - a foot deep
than do so! The National Intelligence, I
know for 1 have seen it there, was once a
favorite journal on the table of the truly il
lustrious sage of Montpelier—but I trust that
if it ever is admitted into the precincts of
the Hermitage, you will expunge this letter
therefrom;' far be it from mo to dampen that
self gratulation of its now illustriouroclai s occu
pant, though but , a year ago , he proclaimed
from the Eastern Wing of the Capitol—"/
leave this great People prosperous ond hap.
P'J "I leave this great People prosperoes - nri
happy!" Exchange on Nashville is frum 17
to 20 per cent.! and this the People of Ten
nessee must pay fur all the European or
Eastern goods they consume. Exehange
od St. Louis is from B to 10 per cent., and
this is the place where"the yellow boys were
to run up the Mississippi!" Poor people al
most every day die in this city from actual
starvation. There are forty thousand peo
pie impatient fcr work. but can find nothing
for their hands to do! The remedy is a Sub-
Treasury, that monarchical France at this
moment is about to trample under foot, in
order to imitate our late almost perfect model
the U. S. Bank and Branches.
Many of the township elections in the state
of New York have resulted in favor of the
Whigs. Some of the townships,heretofore
on the side of the Administration help to
swell the Whig majorities.
THE SONS OF MAINE AWAY
FROM HONIE
The State of Maine has been recently call
ed to mourn the loss of two of her distin
gnislied sons. The Rev. Mr. LOVEJOY anc
the Hon. Mr. CILLEY. Both shot dead by
lawless men, with fire arms; both died with
arms in their hands. They were just about
the same age (from 30 to 35 years) and both
left of wives and several small
children to mourn . their sudden and prema•
ture exit. Mr. LOVEJOY'S death resulted
from the free expression of his sentiments
in a public paper, and Mr. CILLEY'S from
the free expression of his opinion in debate
on the floor of Congress. W hat a comment
is this on the character of a Republic!—what
a pungent—nay, unutterable satire on our
boastings about American freedom! The
constitution guarantees the free expression
of thought to our citizens, as well by the
press as in debate in Congress, and yet both
these men have been murdered for the ex
ercise of that very privilege thus constitu
tionally guaranteed! A thousand times bet
ter to introduce the censorship prevailing
under the despotic governments of the old
world, if men are to be thus punished for
what the constitution promises but fails to
secure to them.—Lutherun Observer.
The ontinations.
From tho Philadelphia National Gazette
The issue is made. The antagonist par-
ties in Pennsylvania have nominated their
gubernatorial candidates. The Democratic
Anti• Masonic Convention, representing a
large and very respectable portion of the
Conservative party of this Con►monwealth,
has nominated, without dissent, Joseph !tit•
ner, of Washington county. The Van 13u
ren Convention. on the second ballot, and
amidst the conflict of n►unerous pretensions,
nominated David R. Porter, of Huntingdon.
To the annunciation of this intelligence
we mean only to add the assurance to our
friends throughout the Union, that on this
issue the Whig party of Pennsylvania does
not hesitate, and that of its result we have
no fears. With perfect unammity,and with
n cordiality to which the past affords no par.
allot, the Whigs will support Mr. 13 itner.—
They will support him because they know
him to be a Pennsylvanian in heart.and soul
—true to the interests and to the character
of Pennsylvania—true to tide Conservative
principle of our popular institutions—and
admitted.opponentAthat Administration of
the National Goilernment-iiitt g i n t o
power on the neck of prostrate Pennsylva
nia, has used its , powers exclusively for her
injury.
Mr. Porter was Mr. woir. Prothonotary
in Huntingdon county, and is therefore the
favorite candidate of the Collector,the Gan
ger, the Surveyor, the Tide- Waiters, and
other independent partizans of Mr. Van
Buren now resident among us. Observing
that even on the last ballot Mr. Keim, of
Berke county, had six votes, (the precise
number of the Berks county representation,)
we have a right to infer that the Minister
to Vienna has no cordiality it. this matter,
and that there is no charm in "a new man"
to lull an ancient storm to rest. Be this as
it may, Mr. Porter can be beaten on his own
demerits. He is a bitter politician of the
Su b-Treasury school,with just such a fringe
of Conservative pretensionon his It adicai
garments as will enable , ifexiereittl - friends
and anxious relative's 'ln try
,to cajole the
credulous into the hope that be is :rot in
heart as destructive as might lie inferred
from his acts and expressed opinions. The
game by which at the last Governor's elec
tion some of our friends were imposed up
on, cannot succeed again. Mr. Wolf's
Prothonotary will earn the crown of martyr
dom, and will be qualified to be Collector
of Philadelphia whenever Mr. Van Buren is
re-elected and the present incumbent is tired
of the place.
PUMPKIN' pzEs.—A Miss Pumpkin, of Ver
mont, has lately been married to a Mr. Pyo.
RELIGIOUS NOTICES.
a;:yßev. Dr. SCH MEEKER will preach in the
English Lutheran Church op - Sunday morning
next.. There will also be preaching in the oven
tng,at early candlclight.hy Roy. Mr. REYNOLDS.
o z - Rev. Mr. M'LEAN will preach in his
Church tm Sunday morning next.
MARRIED.
• On the Rth inst. by the Rev. Mr. Gottwald, Mr.
DantEt. F. Bowsn, of Ohio, to Miss CATUARINE
Alasztur, of this county.
On the 11th inst. by the Rev. Mr. Wiley, Mr.
SAMUEL MARTIN, near Gettysburg,to Miss SUSAN
Boons, of Boonsberough, Md.
On the 13th inst. by the Rev:Mr. Keller, Mr:
E. Kumar Common, Menallen township to Miss
N. A. McCALsn, of this Place.
OBITUARY RECORD.
DIED.
the 17th inst. Mr. TloMts Worry., of
Hamiltonban township, an old Revolutionary Sol
dier, in the 92d year of his age.
On the 13th inst. after a lingering illness, Miss
&HAIL C.suseir, of this borough, in the 20th year
of her age.
On the same dray Mr. LODWICK WALTEMYEII,
of Huntington township. aged 73 years.
On the 9th ult., at the residence of her husband,
in Franklin township, Mrs. -- Bnirrair.nton,
consort of John Brotherton, Esq. in the 65th year
of her ago.
On the 10th inst. Miss Ssnait Be 'Urn - , of Ber
wick township. in the.37th year of her age.
On the Bth inst. in Hollidaysburg, Huntingdon
county, Jr. Wir.m.6l Bcor-r, formerly of this
borough.r
STAR & REPUBLICAN BANNER.
At. 92 per annum. half...yearly in advance.
GETTYSBURGH, P.a.
Tuesday, 'March 20, I S3B.
FOR GOVERNOR,
,•
zrbv7Y2Pm. zaztutoiorth
-Flour in Baltimore, $7 50; Wheat, $1 65;
Corn, 68 cta.; Rye, 87; Oats, 38 ; Clovor_Sced,
$5 50 MIS 75; Whiskey, 28 eta.
r7' See Postscript!
ciz7-Those of our subscribers who may change
their places of residence on the first of April next,
will please notify us of the same, so that there may
he no mistakes made in the delivery 'f their pa
pers.
cr- ,, Z." will find his article on the first page o
tn-dny's paper. We would suggest that the mat
to he permitted here to rest.
.117 r. IVebstees Speech.
a.We this week conclude the able Speech de
livered on the 31st of January last, by Mr. WEB
wren. It will be found to be plain, satisfactory and
convincing. Wo hope it will, as it should, be
universally read.
Pennsylvania College.
co-The Annual Catalogue of this Institution
informs us that there are 123 Students in the col
legiate and preparatory departments. The Facul
ty and Instructors are:
Rev. C. P. KRAUT'', D. D., President, and Pro
lessor of Intellectual and Moral Science, Rhetoric
and Hebrew.
Rev. H. L. BA un urn, A. M., Professor of Greek
Language and Literature.
Rev. M. JACORM, A. M., Professor of Mathe
matics, Mechanical Philosophy and Chemistry,
Rev. W. M. RETNOLI/R, A. M.. Professor of
Latin Language and Literature, and Principal of
the Preparatory Department.
Mr. HERMAN' HAUPT, Professor of Civil Engi
neering and Architecture.
D. GI BERT, M. D., Lecturer on Anatomy and
Phyneiulogy.•
Mr. Gi:oucc Dt rim, A. 8., Tutor in Prcpara-
ary Department.
•Students wishing to enter the Collegiate De-
partrnent, must sustatn an examination in Ctesar,
Viigil, the Greek Reader Parts I and 11, Adams'
Latin Grammar, Fiske's Greek Grammar, English
Grammar, Ancient and Modern Geography, and
(Colburn's, Emerson's, or some equivalent) Arith-
metic. A candidate for an advanced standing,
whether from another College or not, is examined
in the various branches to which the class he pro-
poses entering has attended. Students coming
from other institutions must bring certificates of
regular and honorable dismissal. No student is
matriculated until ha is fifteen years of age and has
been six weeks in the institution; until this he is
merely a probationer, and will not be admitted un
less his moral conduct and habits of study are sat-
isfactory."
"Tho whole course of instruction occupies four
years—each year being divided into two sessions.
"The gentleman who has charge of the depart-
ment of Engineering, &c. has no , only had the ad
vantage of a regular course at West Point, but is
still a practical Engineer in the employment of the
State. The Lectures on Anatomy (delivered to
the tsentor eltein,) are 1111.113tillted by tin appropriate
collection of Anatomical preparations.
"The College Library, to vrnicn tr..,
have access, is well selected, and regularly increas
ed by annual appropriations of funds for that pur
pose. Libraries have also been formed by the
Literary Societies. There is a respectable and in
creasing Cabinet of Minerals, also a Lyceum con
taining collections in Natural History. A Read
ing_Rooni, containing some of the most valuable
Journals and Magazines of the day, is open to sub
scribers during hours of recreation.
SITUATION, COLLEGE EDIFICE, &c.
GETTrsIIURG is within sight of the South Moun
tain, a branch of the Blue Ridge, in ono of the
healthiest districts of Pennsylvania. It is on one
of the best and most travelled routes between Phil
adelphia and Pittsburg, being 114 miles distant
from the former, and 180 from the latter place. It
is about G 2 miles from Baltimore, 30 from Fred
erick, 31 from Hagerstown, and 35 from Harris
burg, with all which places the communication by
Stages is frequent and easy, so that it offers pecu
liar facilities to persons desirous of coming either
front the East or West, the South, or the interior
of the State.
The College Edifice is a short distance from the
village. It is a chaste specimen of the Grecian
Doric order of architecture, consisting of a central
building and two wings, with end projoctions,frout
and rear. Whole length 150 feet. The building
is four stories high, of brick painted white, making
a very imposing appearance. It is well aired by
a spacious hall and passages on every floor, the
whole length of the building. It will contain $0
_apartments when finished. The rooms now com
pleted are appropriated to the Steward's family and
a refectory in the basement, above are the Presi
dent's rooms,the Chapel,Librai y,Recitation-rooms,
rooms for the Literary Societies, and chambers for
the accommodation of 32 Students. When fully
completed, as it is hoped it will be very soon, this
edifice will room and lodge 120 Students comfor
tably, and afford apartments for all other purposes
specified above. All the members of the College
are required to room in the building, except in spe
cial cases,
Exrxxaxs.--Board in the College commons
amounts to $1 75 per week. Those preparing for
the Theological Seminary can obtain board in the
Seminary •edifice at $1 50 per week. In town it
varies from the prices just mentioned to $2 50 per
week. Washing may be had at $1 00 per month.
Hoom-rent $lO a year.
Tuition is $lB 00 for the Winter, and $l2 00
for the Summer session. In accordance with this,
the, expenses of the year will vary from 100 to 130
dollars per annum. Of course a great deal will
depend upon habits of economy. According to a
resolution of the State Legislature the Institution
is bound to furnish tuition to fifteen young mon,
preparing themselves as teachers of common
schools, if so many apply. They therefore invite
young mon of this character to avail themselves
of the liberality of the State.
VACATIONC—There are two vacations in the
year, commencing on the third Thursday of April
and September, and each of six weeks continuahce
for the College, and four for the Preparatory De
partment. It is highly important that Students
be punctual in entering upon their studies at the
appointed time.
The annual commencement takes place at the
close of the Summer session.
• Dr. Gun EAT ' S services are given in this depart
ment gratuitously
The Constitution.
hare received from the Secretary of
State a copy of the amended Constitution, the pub
lication of which will be commenced on the 3d of
April next.
County Committee.
oi-The following gentlemen compose the Coun
ty Committee for the present year, as selected by
the State Convention:
Robert Smith, George L. Pains,
Daniel M. Sinyser, John Horner,
John Wolford, James Bell, Jr.
James D. Paxton,
Young Conventions
The following resolution was adopted by
the State Convention, which we overlooked last
week in giving the proceedings of that body:
"Resolved, That this Convention would
recommend to the Democratic Anti-Masonic
Young Men of Pennsylvania the propriety
of holding two State Conventions: one at
Reading, on the 4th of June—the other at
Pittsburg, on the first Monday of Septem
ber next, to further and carry oat the great
principles of our free institutions."
So far as we can learn, the proposition meets
the approbation of the delegation already appoint
ed to represent the young men of Adams county
in a State Convention.
alasonry !
(cy.lt is stated that out of the dozen and a half
candidates before the Loco Foco State Convention
but one was a Mason, and that one received the
nomination! "I furthermore promise and swear,
that I will promote the Political preferment of a
brother Royal Arch Mason before any other can
didate of equal qualifications." Put that and that
together, and it will unravel the mystery why our
°worthy and intelligent member of Congress" did
not receive more than 6 or 7 votesf!!
cc7•lt is said there were upwards of FORTY
FIVE Masons in the Loco Foc.. Convention
which nominated Grand Master POUTER for
Governor!!!
Race Horses.
01. -The "Key-Stone," the organ of tho Loco
Focos, says Gen. Po urea has raised and sold the
best of RACE HORSES—some of which have
brought him from two to three hundred dollars!!!
The Loco Focos of New York have formal
ly read Senator TALLMADO6 out of the party for
opposing the Sub-Treasury bill! By the towns
elections, it seems that the Peonle have effectual
ly read out the Loco Focos—leaving one or two
in some, and none at all in many of the town
offices!
"York Countpj.
cO.We are pleased to see a call in the last York
Republican for a meeting of the Young Men of
York County on the 3d of April next. The old
Farmer of Washington county has many friends
among the sturdy German Farmers and Mechanics
of York. They will come up nobly to the help of
their old friend.
adams and .Illeghelay. •
co "-The Pittsburg Times snys--"We mark Al
legheny county ONE THOUSAND majority for
the old German Governor."
The Times will plenee put old Adorns down for
ANOTHER THOUSAND! • _
co-The Pittsburgh Times states that thtL an
ites of that City "seem to he in confusion"—"Por
ter is not strong enough for them." -
w7laryland Ranks.
G3 -The Baltimore Patriot of Saturday last con
tains the report of the Committee on the Currency
to the Legislature of Maryland, from which we
learn that the Banks of that State "possess at this
tcne four hundred and twenty-three thousand dol
lars in specie more than they did at the period of
suspension." As the Patriot justly remarks, this
fact is alike creditable to the integrity and prudent
management of the Banks and interesting to the
community.
The late Duel.
ad From a paragraph in the Portland (Maine)
Advertiser, it seems that the "rifle which was final
ly furnished to Mr. GnevEs, and by which Mr.
fiILLET actually fell, was provided by one of the
proprietors of the Globe!"
0:) , ..At the Borough election, on Friday last,
JOHN GEISTILMAN and C. STOUT were elected
Constables.
ai-Gxonor. M. Ksim, Esq., has been elected a
Member of the House of Representatives from
Berks county,in place of Mr. Muhlenherg, appoin
ted Minister to Austria.
NEW lORK WEEKLY WHIG.
0 .1 7 Ve have received the second number of an
uncommon sized paper bearing the above title. It
is stated by the publisher to be the largest paper in
the world—each number being equal to FOl7l/
naa
uuan AND FORTY-TWO pages duodecimo—and the
yearly volume to TWENTY-TWO THOUS
AND NINE HUNDRED Sr. EIGHTY-FOUR
duodecimo pages of the novel size. It is published
at the very low price of $3 per annurn,in advance.
It is Edited by Rufus .Dawes 4- S. J. Burr, and
published by James G. Wilson. A copy of the
Whig may be seen at this Office.
REourrav LAW.—The bill to prevent illegal vot
ing, in the city of Baltimore. has passed the House of
Delegates—yeas 42, nays 34. It goes into operation
at the next fall election, and the people of Baltimore
are then to decide,by their votes at the polls,whethcr
it shall coutinne to be the law.— [ Frederick Herald.
FaIDIMICK COUNTT COIIII.T.—The law under
which the May and December terms of Frederick
County Court were held, has been repealed. We
shall consequently hereafter hare but tho October and
February sessions. -(!b.
' THI NMET VIOE•PaESIDENCY.—The Baltimore
Republican mentioni the following names as being pro
rninent before the public, as candidates for the Vice
Presidency, to be run on the Van Boren ticket: Mr.
Speaker Polk, Mr. Buchanan of Pa., Mr. Stevenson
of Va.,and Judge McLean of Ohio. And what think
you is to become of the hero of the Thames.?-why,be
is disposed of thus: "While it may be well to cast a
bout this subject for consideration, it is right to ob
serve that its discussion is predicated upon the cor
rectness of the rumor, , that it is the intention of Col.
Johnson to decline a nomination."—llb.
SPECIE PA 10Strvre.-The Banks of New York have
fixed upon the 10th of May for resumption, at which
rime, unless they commence 'lithe payments, their
charters are forfeited.
PUBLIC NOTICES.
LpatovaKa.ahawaw:;;lc.
WIIEREAS the Hon. D. Misses,
Esq. President of the several Courts
of Common Pleas, in the Counties compos
ing the Nineteenth District,& Justice of the
Courts of Oyer and Terminer, and General
Jail Delivery, for the-trial of all capital and
other offenders in the said District--and
WM. arCLEAN, and GEORGE WILL, Esqs.
Judges of the Courts of Common Pleas, and
Justices of the Courts of Oyer and Termi
ner, and General Jail Delivery, for the trial
of all capital and other offenders in the Coun
ty of Adams—have issued their precept,
bearing date the 24th day of January, in
the year of our Loan one thousand eight
hundred and thirty-six, and to me directed,
for holding a Court of Common Pleas, and
General Quarter Sessionsof the Peace, and
General Jail Delivery, and Court of Oyer
and Terminer, at Gettysburg, on Monday
the 23d doy of April next—
Notice is lierelYs Given,
To all the Justices of the Peace, the Coro.
ner, and Constables, within (he said County
of Adams, that they be then and there, in
their proper persons, with their Rolls, Re
cords, Inquisitions, Examinations, and other
'Remembrances, to do those things, which
to their offices and in that behalf appertain
to be done and also they who will prosecute
agaihst the prisoners that are, or then shall
I '3e, in the Jail of the said County of Adams,
are to be then and there,to prosecute against
them as shall be Just.
WM. TAUGHINBA: 'MI, Sheriff.
March 20, 1838. tc--51
Fo o o3{4y(•)A
AN Election will be held at the house of
Mr. William Bailey,in Franklin town
ship, Adams county, on Saturday the 21st
of April next, between the hours of 10A-31
and 6 r. H. for E .111:11JOR, to
fill the vacancy occasioned in the First Bat
talion 80th Reg. Pa. Militia, by the resig
nation of Maj. George Myers.
DAVID scorr, Brigade Insp.
March 13, 1838. - to-50
AUDITORS' NOTICE.
N OTICE is hereby given, that the Audi
tors appointed by the last Orphans'
Court to distribute the assets in the hands
of the Aeministrator of Pump LoNc,dec'd,
to and among the creditors and legal repre
sentatives ofsaid deceased, will meet fur that
purpose in Littlestown, on Friday the 6th
of April next, at 10 o'clock A. M., when
and where all interested are requested to
attend.
MICHAEL R. NUSSAR,
SAMUEL DILLER, c-
DAVID SHRI V ER, r:
Mrch 13, 1P33. 4t-50
NOTICY..
pi fIE Subscriber, residing in Mountjoy
township,hereby gives notice to all persons
indebted to the Estate of
ADAM ROHRBOUGH,
Lato of Alountjoy townahip, Adams County,Pa.
deceased, to call and mako immediate payment,
-.id EA,"^ mill
-
preeent . them without delay, properly authen
ticated, for settlement.
FREDERICK KOHLHOUSE,Ader.
Mach 13, 1638. 6t-50
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FRUIT
TREE
THE Subscriber, having sold the proper
ty whereon he now resides, takes this
method to inform the public that he has re
served the privilege of remaining upon it for
two years from next spring, and will be able
to accommodate all who may call upon him
for FRUIT TREES during that
period.
As the purchaser has no wish to engage
in that line of business, I calculate upon
selling out my stock on hand as much as I
can within thar term. But previous to my
making sale of my property, 1 had made
preparations for planting another lot of trees
next spring. Those trees I would rather
not plant myself, as they could not be allow
ed to remain uPon the ground until large
enough to be transplanted into Orchards;
they ought to be planted where they could
remain for at least three years before they
would be removed.
As I do not expect to engage in the same
business again in this part of the country, I
wish to dispose of the young stock, I have
prepared for next spring's planting. They
are all engrafted in the rem, standing in the
cellar, planted in boxes of earth,where they
are to remain until spring, when they will
be ready for transplanting into a nursery.
Those boxes, with their contents, can be re
moved to any reasonable distance ina wagon,
without the slightest injury done to the trees.
As a nursery of well selected fruit would be
la convenience in this . county and parts adja
cent,it would at the same time.yield a profit
able income to the owner, provided lie gave
it proper attention, and was careful that his
assortments did not get mixed,so that persons
night have confidence4hat they could get
the kinds of fruit they wanted.
There can be from 25 to 30 thousand trees
set upon one acre. They are planted in rows,
four feet a part, and about 5 or 6 inches dis
tant from each other in the row. The rows
are laid out and planted by a line,in order to
have them straight. One person can trans
plant 2,000 in a day from the boxes to the
nursery. This is counted a moderate day's
work. He can also graft and set into the
boxes 500 per day. This we count a day's
work also.
Irt'Any person desirous of engaging in the a•
hove mentioned concerii,ean have my lot of grpfts
for 'next spring's Vanting, AT ore nou-sa rat
HUNDRED, and shall have otterts,at all times while
I remain here, anyinformation on the subject his
which they are at a loss; and shall also bare cut
tinge or grafts of any kind of fruit I have at all
times for grafting or boding, freo of charge. I
have from 50 to 75 of the best varieties of the Ap
ple, and about 50 varieties of the Peach—also
Pears, Cherries, Plums, Apricots, Nectarines,
&c. of many varieties.
WILLIAM WRIGHT.
York Springs, March 13,1838. 41-50
PUBLIC inifflgs,„..
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CO-PARTNERSHIP.
DAVID mrEA.GY
DANIEL TRIMMER,
ig AVE this day entered into Partnership
in the busines of
CAB INET G ,
IN ALL ITS VARIOUS BRANCHES:
which they will carry on at the Old Stand
of David Heagy, in Chambersburg Street,
Where they will keep constantly on hand
for sale, at the lowest prices,
Bureaus, Tables, Bedsteads,
and all other articles in the line of their
business
K7They will also make C 0 FFI A'S
on the shortest notice—and have n.HEAnsE
with which they will attend Funerals when
required.
They hope for a share of public patron
a g e, and will endeavor to deserve it.
DAVID HEAGY,
DANIEL TRIMMER.
March 13, IP3B. tf-60
THOMAS 3. COOPER,
RESPECTIVELY informs his Custom.
ers and the Public in general, that he
has just received
A FRESH SUPPLY OF
SEASON A BLE (MOODS,
CONSISTING OF
Domestics, Dry Goods,
Groceries, Queensware,
Hardware, Castings,
- Iron, lAnm'ber,
tn — VVliich he is determined to sell Low
for CASH . and COUNTRY PRODUCE.
March 6, 1838. 3t-49
TO MY CREDITORS.
ripAKE Notice that I have applied to the
Judges of the Court of Common Pleas
of Bedford County, for the benefit of the
Insolvent laws of this Commonwealth, and
that said Court has appointed the ad Mon
day, (16th day) of April next, for the hear
ing of me and my creditors, at the Court.
house in the Borough of Bedford, when and
•vhere you may attend if you think proper.
ROBERT MICKLE.
Bedford, March 6, 1838. 3t-49
NEW ST ® es E .
THE Subscriber would res ctfully in •
form the citizens of NEW - ESTER,
Adams county, Pa., as well as the Public in
general, that lie has taken the Store House
lately occupied by Maj. George Myers, and
has opened
A NEW AND SPLENDID ASSORTMENT OF
- avo , wiga
—CONSISTING OF-- ,
Cloths, Cassimeres, Cass&
nettes, Silks, Calicoes, Ginghams, a , fine
assortment of Shawls and Dress Handker
chiefs; bleached and unbleached Mustins;
eolJrka Latiee, iSac. dut.
- WITH A FIRST. RATE ASSORTMENT OF
Groceries, Queens-Ware,
an& liar (1.-Way e.
(rA more splendid or extensive assort.
meet of Goods was never before opened in
this place—all of which will be disposed of
on the most reasonable terms. Cull and
examine. KT - Country Produce, of all kinds,
taker: at a fair price in exchange for Goods.
ADAM EPPLEY.
March 6. 1 4 1:39. tf-49
iffireolit *lobo
CHEAPER THAN EVER:
SAMUEL It7ITHEROW
HAS JUST RETURNED FR OM THE CITY,
WITH A SPLENDID ASSORTMENT OP
acoms,
Suitable to the Season, comprising every
variety of
DRY GOODS,
GROCERIES,
hardware Ej Queens - wit - re,:
which have been selected with great care,
and purchased on suoh terms as will justify
him in offering them to the Public
przrCHEAPER THAN EVER.djf
He invites public attention to his Stock of
Goods, assured that it needs but a "peep"
at them to convince any one that his Cor
ner is the place for BA RGAINS!
Gettysburg, Dec. 1, 18:37. tf-35
PUBLIC %AAA&
THE Subscriber will ofrer at public sale,
at his residence in Mountjoy township,
Adams county, Pa., on Wednesday the
21st inst.
THE FOLLOWING PROPERTY-VIZ:
One new Road Wagon,
One Plantation do.
Si or 9 head of Horses Colts:
among which are two first•rate BREED.
LNG MARES.
Cows and a fine lot of flogs,
Home-g ears, Ploughs and Harrows, a new
went t. Windmill, Cutting Box; Grain in
the grciund, Rye, Corn, Oats and Buckwheat
by the Bushel.
Household Furniture,
Consisting of Cupboards, Bureaus, Tables
and Chairs; with a great variety of other
articles too numerous to insert.
Sale to commence at 0 o'clock A. at. When
a credit of 10 months will be given.
ROBERT BLACK, Sen.
March 6, 1838. 31-49
GETTYSBURG GUARDS!
vou will parade in front of the Court
-AL house, on Saturday the 7th day of A.
pril next, at 2 o'clock P. M., with arms and
accoutrements in complete order.
JOHN ZIEGLER, 0. S.
March 13, 183 g. • tp-90
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4; 4 Improvement Rill. , ' .:..
his bill is undergoing a second reading iti,'•
th s ourre.of. Representatives. On Friday last;
1 mot 'n $o strike out the appropriation for our RIO'
Road trail negatived by a majority of 16 voteal-i-; , _
1 0
Our tippropriation amounts to $266,000. An ?
amenclitsant was mndo, agreeing that no work'
Mould fbe done beyond Waynesboro', until tke
Baltimdfo and Ohio Rail Road Company should ; .;
decide wltether or not their road would pass thro l ',' .
Boonsbautigh and Hagerstown. The section wart.
then agreed to—yeas 66, nays 38—majority 17. . '''
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rppintment * by the Governor,
JOSEPH TAYLOR, Esq. of Peteraburgh (V. q.)
to be n Justice of the Ponce.
t.
-%Vo aro pdebted to Mr. Minneacorr for s
copy of the "aqeond Annual Report on the Geo
logical Exploration of the State of Pennsylvania.''.
•
SUB - TREASEIRVVJILL.—The Baltimore Chronicle
states that it is probable the Sub-Treasury Bill will
he defeated in the House of Representatives,by a ma
jority of 6 rotes at least,- The Richmond 'Engoirer
(Van Bolen) slates that it will be rejected kvillfAout
fifteen votes.
The Supreme Court of the U. States have:deckled
the mandamus case of Stockton & Stgres•ir,s;A " moa
Kendall,Postmaster General,infatehcb
It is gratifying (says the Predericlarierald) to know,
that this contemner of the laws will - be frustrated ia•
his design to set at defiance all justice, and that the
Supreme Court hare taught him the lesson of obedi=
coce to superior authority
NEUTRA LITT BlLL.—This act has passed both Hou
ses of Congress, been signed by the President, and
become the law of the land.
Mr. STEVENSON.-It is rumored that Mr. Steven
son is about to return from England, and that Mr.
HOWARD, of Baltimore, will become his successor.
Geonoe-Towx.—The vote lately taken in George.
tovvn, stood, for the retrocession, 244; against retro
cession, 177. Majority for the retrocession, 67.
CONGRESS.-Buth Houies adjourned on
Thursday, upon the announcement of the
death of the lion. Mr. Carter, of Maine,
who died at his lodgings in Washington on
that day. Nu business of consequence was
done.
CoyroN.—According to the New Orleans
True American, some heavy transactions in
cotton were made in that city during, the
week ending the 11th inst. The highest
price paid was 1 1 cents and the lowest 13 cents./
AN EXAMPLE.---The Lynchburg, (Va.)
Lyceum, has resolved to raise a sum sutii.
ciently large to purchtise a copy of Audubon's
great work on Ornithology. The price of
this work is 8850.
Thirteen persons were killed by the burn
ing of the Emperor's Palace in St. Peters
burg.
PUPULAR FEELING IN GREECE.—Major
Noah says--" The Athenians are getting
quite mobbish. They are crying for the
Constitution! the Charter! How prettily
ibis must sound in flomer's tongue. It must
call back the days of Philip when he thun
dered at their gates, and they paid no atten
tion to him nor Demosthenes."
TAILORING.-
TLIE Subscriber returns his thanks to
his friends and the public for the sup.
port which he has received since he has
commenced business in this place, and re
spectfully gives notice that he still continues
to carry on the
TAILORING BUSINESS;
IN ALL ITS BRANCHES,
At his Old Stand, Smith's Corner, Gettysburg:
Where ho wilt execute work in his line in
the BEST and HOST FASHIONABLE manner.
'CPAs he will receive the FASHIONS
regularly from the Cities, keep good hands,
and as his prices will be very accommoda
ting for CASH or COUNTRY PRODUCE,IIO hopes
therefore, that those who want work done
in his line will call and give him a trial.
HEZEKIAH VAN ORSDEL.
Merril) 20, IA3B.- tf-51
NOTICE.
►IIHE heirs of WILLIAM WITHE
ROW,Iate of that part of York County,
now Adams, in the State of Pennsylvania,
deceased, entitled to distribution of the Wid
ow's Dower in so much of the estate of said
deceased, as was decreed to his son SAMUEL'
WITHEROW by the Orphans' Court of York
County, in 1792, by virtue of said decree and
who have not received or released the same,
are notified that their respective portions are
in the hands of the subscribers, the Admin
istratore of the said SAMUEL WITIJEROW,
and will be paid to them, or their proper at-..
torney or agent duly authorized, 013 their
presenting the proper and legal. dischaigew,
and acquittances for the same.
JOHN MA RSHALL, .
JOHN WITHEKOW, • 1 • 4A 4
Administrators of Samuel Witherodeted:'!:"'
March 20, 1838.
(3.The National Intelligencer will insert the
above once a week for 3 weeks in succession anit,
forward bill to the "Star." .
- .
4' - Kinard •
GROCERS & COMMISSION
M ERCHANTS,
Corner of Commerce and Pratt Streets,
BALTIMORE,
O FFER to the Country trade for Cash
or prompt payment, the following
G 0 0 :
TO WIT:
50 Ns. S. 11. 'Molasses
20 hhds. %Vest India & N. Orleans ditto
200 bags Rio Coffee, (part strong scented)
100 " Leguira do.
100 " Havana do.
50 hhds. N. Orleans & Porto Rico Sugar
10 pipes and half pipes Champagne and
Rochelle Brandy
5 " Gin
50 tierces Honey
200 boxes Raisins
100 quarto do.
150 eighth do. Fresh importation.
50 ksgs ' do.
TOUETUY.B WITH
Cinnamon, Cloves,Pepper, Teas in chests,
half chests and boxes, 4.c. 4 , 114;
Baltirnore, Nov. 17, itkn. sf-U