Star IP Republican Banner; BY ROBERT WHITE MIDDLETON GEMSUURGIFI. PENS. TUESDAY, AUPIL 3, 1838 73 -Flour in Battiniorr, $7 50; Wheat, $1 65; Corn, 68 cts.; Rye, 87; Oats, 38; Clover Seed, $5 50 to $5 75; iVhi‘key, 28 ets. The Presidency, Sc. From Me Pittsburg Adrocak 4 Statesman Tux Patslomcr.--4ome weeks since, we in troduced the name of HENRY CLIY,as a Candidate for the Presidency, and that of General Harrison for the Vice Presidency. The Gettysburg Star quotes us, and amends thus: •"We more that the first section be amended so as to read. PgcsidenL—Dmcna. Witswrza Vice•Presidea.--Wzmun HF.NRY HARRISON What think ye, friend Riddle?" We think that Clay is ourfirst choice; we think trim rather the greatest man living in any chine; and we know that use could support him with on bounded enthusiasm. We have had a sneaking kindness for hiinever since wecoold lisp his name: but, if we cannot have him to fight for, wo can fight with hearty good will fur the Giant of the North—the great Webster. If wecanisave neither, we shall come into the rank. with pride to sup. port the patriot Harrison. a soldier, statesman, and an honest man. Is the Star answered? We never saw the Star's remark., until handed to us yeitertlay: the paper containin g them did not reach us. The Edam will not, therefore, regard our silence as uncour. toms." Certainly not. The answer is also satisfac tory and gratifying. It slims that the Advocate, like the Star, contends for Principles, and not fur Nen. The following article from the Advocate chews the determination of its able Editor on the Guber natorial question: Our present worthy and patriotic Chie Magistrate is a candidate f►r re•election.— The Whigs, a party to which we are proud to belong, have no distinct nomination, nor is it belieied they will; on the contra ry,they will to a man go for the candidate whose name we here' introduce, for the purpose o giving it a place in our columns until the issue of the contest is known. We mean not to enter into a history of Governor Ritner's administration, to point out his public services: —lt will suffice to say that he has protected and cherished the interests of Pennsylvania; that he has foster ed our great system of internal improve ments; that he has relieved the people from a burden of taxation; that he has promoted and encOuraged Br noblest measures of our state pelicy—the system. of public schools; and not least, though last in this catalogue, that he has, with a spirit and energy of a true Pennsylvanian and patriot,resisted open ly, elf:cm-try, the ignothinious and corrupt attempts of the federal Government to dic tate em 4 mark out a tine of conduct for the free people of this Commonwealth, adveife to the interests and honor of the state. We go for Joseph Ritner .- Of his um:merit, David R. Porter, it can only be said that he hada petty office in Hun tingdon county; helorimed . to the Van Buren party; huzzaed for the Magician; woos place in the Setotte; voted against the resolutions instructing our Senators to vote against the Sub-Treasury plot:—in other words, David R. Porter voted- for 'he Sub-Treasury Scheme, and therefore he is the Tory candi .date for Governor. We know of no other virtues which secure him the tory favor. It is enough for Pennsylvanians to know that Porter is a Sub-Tretertiry man! and Ra tter in the field!! Llnzza for Ritner! !! crrThe following will ilso show the course the V. S. Gazette intends pursuing: • GOVERNOR.—We have placed the name ofJOSEPII RITNER in the position occupied by the list ofcandidates for Governor. * The Whigs, we have already said, approve of the great public measures of Mr. i tne r's ndministration—hestandsopposed avowedly to the national administration—he is openly hostile to all those ruinous measures with which the country is scourged. The Whigs owe it to their principles, to themselves, to their country, to &feat the re-election of Martin Van Buren. It is now solemnly believed 63, all, that no event would operate more in favor of that desirable result, than to present. Pennsylvania in a bold. open,hos. tile attitude to him and his measures; and no other m'ide presents itself than for the Whigs to join the Anti Masons and re-elect Mr. Ritner.—United Slates Gazette. Light (CrThe following precious confession is from the "Evening Post," the organ of the Loco Focos of New York. However true, still it is an odd cori fession coming from the quarter it does. Hear the Post:— “The democracy is in a very hazardous position. IT IS :Car TO BE DISPUTED THAT OUR MEASURES DANTE ACCELERATED THE PRE- SENT STATE OF THINGS, AND NO PARTY CAN WITHSTAND THE ODIUM OF SUCH A CONDI TION. If our masters do not remedy the evils that exist, we are overwhelmed beyond any peradventure. - "Financially speaking, THE BANK OF rim tD~NITED STATES WORKED WELL, and it is folly to suppose the people will convent to be long without tt, unless the some result can be brought about in another way. The PRESENT STATE OF THINGS IS NOT TO BE ENDURED, IND WILL NOT BE ENDURED." From the l'ili!adelphis Inquirer. another Porter Failure. The Loco Foco candidate seems to win very little favour in this quarter. His prin cipal meetings thus far have been miserable abortions. The efftrt of Monday night in Southwark, was the theme of merriment to all who attended. A gentleman who was present, assures os that the whole assembly did not number fifty individuals. Finding such a melancholy condition of allairs,one of the leaders proposed an adjournment, said something about a misunderstanding,and en deavoured to apologise for the desolate and .voe-begone appearance of the hall. This was resisted, and the affair went on. A few more such mectings,and the Loco Foco can didate will become an object of jest, rather than of serious oppositirm. The truth is— Philadelphia is - wand to the core—both in city and county. The great mass of those who have battler= rallied under the ban• ners of the IVolf party, nre conservative in their feelings and principles, and will never yield themselves willing instruments to for ward the purposes of Loco Focoism. *of • From the Huntingdon Journal As the citizens of Pennsylvania are often told of the superior qualifications of Mr. Porter, we shall publish this week his mai• den and only, public speech; it is short bin very much to the point—ho has be( d four or five years in the Legislative Halls, and this Speech is as much as you can expect in that time—fir as the man said when his dog would not hunt—"lrhat ran you expert mit a blip only fee to six years old!" But to the speech—here It is: q i qqgqqAqq l "Mr. SPEAK:tit!! !212t3b.112t'l .7lelhodist Conference. (0 -From among the appointments made by the late conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, we select the following:— ChambiTsburg District—R. CALIDIIII, P. E. Chambersburg—R. Bond Shippensburg—J. 11. Brown Waynesburg—F. M. Mills Hagerstown-11 Tarring Boonsborough—Joseph Parker Clearspring—P. D. Lipscomb, S. S. Roszcll Allegany—J Forrest, J. S. Morris Cumber! C Parkinson Bedford—P MeEnally, J. Lanahan Licking Creek—E. F. Allen, Thomas Hildebrand Milllin—James Clark Bloomfield— . I. Shaver, J. Stansbury Concord—.l. S. Lee, 11. Bigley Nollaintberlandl.Lr.n, P. E. Sunbury—H. G Dill, J. W. llaughawout Hollidaysburg—J. Bowen William burg—William Butler, G. 1). Chenowith Lewistown—J. Merriken Lewistown Circuit—J. Mtinroc, John Ball Berwick—C. Kalbfus, J. hall Danville—R. T. Nixon, W. Hirst Northumberland—J. Stinks, I. T. Stratton Lyconting—J Ewing, G L. Br own Bellefonte—T. Tannyhill, G. Guyer Clearfield—S. V. Blake, E Butler Huntingdon—J.Stevens, J. Hodges, P. Rescorl Beaver Mead Harstresser Carlisle Dis.—A. Cu I FFITII, I'. E. Carlisle Station—T. C Thornton Carlisle Circuit—J. Rhodes, T. C. flays York—J. L. Gibbons Shrewsbury—William Hank, J. W. Cronin Hayford—l. Collins. A. A. Reese Great Falls-11. ltesi, O Ege, I'. J. Corsey, sup. Leberty— W imam Prettyman, J. Bunting Frederick City—T. Roily Frederick Circuit—J. Cleary, Z. A. Morgan, J. ReCtl, sup. Gettysburg—A Smith, J. M. Jones North Baltimore— O. B. Tippet!, John Poisal Patapsco—Richard Brown, Thomas B. Sargent Montgomery—James Reiky, T Myers. Sub-Treasury Bill Some years agn,a rumor having got abroad that the Bank of Glasgow was in danger of breaktnj•,an old shopkeeper who had a small sum on depositeduisteued to the hank to draw his money out. The Teller counted out the amount in the notes of the bank, which the old fellow carefully deposited in his breeches pocket, and buttoned up—then, slapping his hand on it, said: "Noo, dorn ye! brak as soon as ye please." Mc — Vide the Sub• Treasury bill (with its iron safes for locking up the notes of the bankeiawhich•Uncle Sam dare not trust for a penny) for a similar instance of wise caution. The above is from tho National Intelligencer of yesterday. It'appears to us that our respected con temporaries do not view the question in all its bear ings. When the sub treasurers get a goodly quan• tity of notes of a Locu Fora bank, they will prob ably luck them up in their iron chests, and tell the batik to "built as soon as it pleases." But they will collect the notes of the Democratic banks,such as that of tto United States and many others in Philadelphia, and pounce down upon them when ever they think that there is a chance of doing them any harm. All these things are,of course,in the supposition that the bill should pass.[ U. S. Ga. WASHINGTON, March 28, 1838 In the Homo of Representatives, yester day, the bill which passed the Senate the day before, to reilulate the safe keeping and disbursement of the public moneys, came up for consideration; and, on the motion of Mr. PATTON, was, after some debate, ordered to lie on the tuble,by a vote ofyeas Io6,nays 98. This is anindication of strong dislike to the bill on the part of the House, hut is not a conclusive vote,as the bill may at any time hereafter be taken up and acted upon.[N. 1. From the Baltimore American Treasury i,Votes. The Bill reported by Mr. Cambreleng, Chairman of the committee of Ways and Means, authorising an additional issue of Treasury notes, provides that the President shall have power to cause Treasury notes to be issued according to the exigencies of the Government, to an amount not exceeding ten millions of dollars,and of a denomination not less than $101) each. One-third of these notes is to be made redeemable in 12, oue. third in 18,and one-third in 24 months from the dates of their respective issues,and the) are to bear interest at 6 per cent. from and after the time at which they shall be made payable, and not before. They are to be transferable by endorsement,and p•tyable at the Treasury of the United States with any interest that may be due to the holder. The funds pledged for their redemption are the balances due to the Government from the U. S. Bank of Pennsylvania, and the late depo.ite Banks,together with the faith of the United States. Issues nre to be made at such times as may be required,and disposed, of as the Secretary of the Treasury, with the approbation of the President, may pre scribe, the Secretary being bound to lay be• fore Congress at its next session a 'statement of the money for which they have been sold, and the rates at which they have been dis• posed ot'. • The notes are to be prepared under the di rection of the Secretary of the Treasury, signed by the Treasurer, and countersigned by the Register of the Treasury, each of these officers lt!. , eping, a regular record as a check quo each other, to be filed in- the Treasury department. Acrounts are also to be kept in like manner of the notes can celled. The Secretary of the Treasury is nuthoriv-d to pay the interest on the notes rind reimburse them at par, with interest, with any unappropriated money that may be in the Treasury. The balance of the bill consists of details of no general interest. Mr. CAtimuN is already beginning to verify Mr. KING'S prediction, that, unless he was allowed to lead, lie would quit the administration. his abandonment of the Sub-Treasury Bill,after his own section was stricken out, looks very like acting from mere pique. We do not sa y t hi s was t h e case, but such construction might be placed on his conduct. His promised "annihilat ion" of 11 r. En RTER proved to he a litdu re. All parties ad mit that Mr. W EBSTER got the Letter of him in the rencounter.— Fredericksburg Arena. A RAT STORY.—A little penny paper in New York gives a curious account of the ingenuity of t hrOo rats. These four legged vermin having discovered a quantity of cream in n very deep jar, one of them braced himself at the top (tithe jar and with his teeth held the second by the tail, and the second held the third in the sumo mantle, until the latter glutted himsolf tvith cream, when, being drawn up, he took his turn of the top of the jar and lot bits comrades down Ibr a simalar repist. These rats tithe story be true, are no doubt very ingenious people, but their ingenuity is nothing at all m com parison with that practiced by the rats at Washington for getting at the Goverment pap. no tine:ninon thing to see a whole Mao)! of them holding each tither by the tads and hanging in the great treasury jar in a single stria:!.— Lmosvilie Jotutaa/. Gcliertit Appoint,Onts by Mr Governor, WILLIAM 11 REED, Attorney General for the State of l'emist lvania, rine James Todd, resigned. JAMES TODD Pr..bid.•td, and JOHN UM:VIER, Anti 12011EitT T. CONnAD, Associate dodges el tb.• Court of ( . 6111111.d 5....ig100* for the city and county of Phdadolphia. Tho'se appointmert , will, we have reason to be lieve, atrod very general sati,faction. Mr. Reed's qualifications for Attorney General are conceded to hr of the very highest character, while we ven ture to as , ert,that for ability and inte,:ritv,the tldw court has not a superior in the commonwealth. LPhihublphia I,rquirer BANKS OF Tut: STATE OF NEW YORK.- Th. Albany Arms publishes a statement of the condition of the Banks of that state, for till month endow the first instant. A com parison with previous reports shows the tbl. lowing results: Jan 1 Feb. I. March I. Lanni & d bicounD, 61,3'11.299 53.3±2.454 52,238,28 S Specie, 2, 1- 02,313 3.919,332 4,093.793 Circulation, 11,9 61.19 ii 11,51:,,455 11,107,3'0 Due Canal Fund, 3.052,5'c4 3 249,739 2,833,9.21 Due State Treas'r. 2,152,950 147,527 31,169 Due U.S. Treaier. 4,113 389 199 413 174.990 Due In. Depositurii,l4.sl6,til3 '4,95 , /,163 14,3' 7 4,991 6,329,726 8,019,450 8,014,769 The above statements show a diminution or loans and discounts for the last mootb, of $1,69),56 0 ; an increase of specie of $3173,• 461; a diminished circulation of $408,500; a decrease of the canal fund deposites of $3 8 6,509; of individual deposues,ss74,s72, nod ofthe state treasurer's deposite of $159,- 273. Cdlowing is the bill of the Com• mittee of the House of Representatives ap pointed to examine the Gettysburg Rail Road, and allowed by the House: Thos. li. McElwee, John Thompson, Isaiah James, Henry Longaker, Henry Funk, Abraham Kauffman, 100,00 George IL Espy, 100,00 Clerk hire, 15,00 W ESLEY A N NlETnorasTs.—The ninety sixth Annual Conference is appointed to be held in Bristol, (Eng.) on the 25th of July next, when it is expected seine plan will be adopted fur the Cornmemoration of the first centenary of the Methodists. The editor of the Vermont Statesman,re• marking upon Mr. Kendall's fiend like qual• ities, says, that he will "make a first-rate devil in the next world." We know not but Amos may make a good enough devil in the next world, but ho is certainly a poor devil in this!—Prentice. If the sub-treasury system shall ever come to be the established policy of the country, cuts of absconding Bunks will be as thick in the advertising columns of newspapers as cuts of runaway negroes.—lbid. The editor of the Globe promises to "sound the death knell of Whiggerv." ‘Ve never doubted, that nature meant him for a bell ringer and it matters little how soon he betakes himsellto his appropriate calling.LA FRANKLIN Furvo.—The fund given by Dr. Franklin to the city of Boston, to be loaned to mechanics on setting up business, now amounts to $23,453. It would appear from the report on the city property, that the fund is not used at all, but left to accu• ululate. The Cleveland (Ohio) Advertiser notices the recent arrival at Carmel, in Illinois, of twenty five fiimilies of Swiss emigrants,who have brought out with them a large amount of money in specie. A large number of petitions have been presented to Congress on the subject of the late duel—some of them praying for the expulsion of all who took part in it—others praying for a rigid examination, and all ex pressed in strong terms of censure. LEOAL Pnasricurry.—The following beautiful specimen of legal perspicuity, is from "Haddock's Chancery Practice," Eng lish edition, vol. 1, p. 125: ‘•W \ken a person is bound to do a thing, and he does vi ll a ma y enable him to do the thing,. he is at.pposed in equity to do it with a view of doing what he is bound to do!" In a letter written by the lady who mi l requested by Mr. Cllley to write to his wife, in the event of his falling, we find the follow ing remarkable passage:— "fie told me he should write you; hot we have as yet found no letter, and I fear shall not. I can account for tt in no other way. but by his having unshaken faith that he would survive the encounter NEW E-LorrsurnE. —The result of . the election in this state is nearly as follo%*— The whigs have elected two out of five mcM hers of council—five out of twelve members of sena te,and 116 out of 231; representative:S. Hill is re elected Governor by about 2501? majority. Last year the whigs had no memi ber of council—no senator, end but forty/EA presents t ves and Hill's majority was 10,000. Thus it will be seen that our political Ertel*• have nobly done their duty, and one strug/ girl more will free even the granite shit!! from loco foco supremacy.— York Repoli:: NEW HAMPSHIRE IS COMINGI — From Neyj Hampshire we have at last what appears t 6 be authentic returns of the election from all' but six small towns, giving about 140 votes, katic Hill, 2'4,339 James Wilson, Jr., Whig, 25,101 11.11's mujnnty, The gain since 1832, when the Whigs abandoned their organization,3,494—a hand• some gain lOr a first thinin after a new organi zit ion. The parties probably stand thus In the lionse: Locofoco Vanttes, 125 W higs 116 The Administration has had a majority ever since 1812S,and the % have usually had from :35 to 60 members in the Ilbuse. If the Administration find pleasure in such a victory,they have a happy faculty that way. The New Orleans Picayune says "that donkeys can live on shavings." If this he true,the United t 4 tates Government must he a donkey. It has been shaving the penple and "living upon the shavings" Mr the last year.—Prentice. Mr. John E. Bush was robbed in the vicinity of B thin Rouge on tlikk 2Fqh ult. Nll% B. had nothing about him but a shin• plaster rit . the Miss. Rail Road Bank; and the rubbers, fur the want of somechirer bet ter, took t 11;kt. That's what w, call "taking the rag i . runi the Bush."—lbid. A Peneslvania paper proposes, that the Government "inal«k Dr. Branderth's pills a legal currency rind deposit them as such in the Treasury." Lei the sob-treasury sys teen go into operation, and the Treasury will soon be very thoi muddy &Paned Mil " with. imt the SIIZAIIPSI aid Cron) the pdlsaf;tresaid. Complaints are ninde,that some of the blan kris, furnished to the eini,grating .Indians, are much I.) small. The poor Indians ou2lit to call in the aid of Col. Benton. lie is a first rate hand at 'stretching the blanket COMMON SCIIOOI, SYsTEn.—At the elec Lions held in the difii!rent townships and bn roughs in Uninn county, on Friday the 16th (it . March, 1839, twelve districts took the Common Sellout s\ stenn,viz:—Buffalne,East Ittailoe, %Vest Buffalo°, Ilartly, NC /V Per.. tin, Thfilinhorg,Lewisburff,(lnion,Chapman, Perry, White I),q;r, and Kelly. Those distriet. that have mat taken the system are Beaver,rentre,Penns and ‘Vash ington—,Vete Berlin Star. TnomAs H. Bra ROW is, Esq.—We are pleased to see the labors of th;s industrious statesman appreciated. Ile has made a long and very able Report of the present con dition and prospects of Common Schools in the Commomwealth, which is said to be worthy of his head and heart. The system he superintends is one of the highest con sideration, and deserves the attention of the rising generation.—Juniat a Herald. Mrssisstrer BArms.—The actual capital of all the Banks of Alississippi is SIH,FR4,• 340. The nominal capital is 852,512,000. !nista NOTIONB.—The British ship Dol phin, arrived at New York, with twenty puncheons of whiskeN , fair hundred barrels of oat meal, and two hundred casks of pota toes. $125,00 100,00 100,00 100,00 100.00 THE FOUR BROTHERS, JONES —The Lou 'slid le Journal states that these men,' he mur derers of their uncle, Col. Ward, are about engaging Henry Clay and Daniel Webster, to def nd their cause, at a fee of five thou sand dollars each. "All the dissensions of Vie Van Buien party will soon bo buried."—Porliand Argue. The party and its dissensions will be buried in the same grave.—Prentice. We perceive, that Col. Benton is still rev. ing in the Senate for an exclusive metallic cut rency. He ought to blush at the slight est allusion to that subject. Where is the gold, with which, according to his predtc• t ions,t he Mississippi was to supply the whole West? Is it not high time for that big stream to "fork oul?"—Mid. Whig papers are soringing up in all parts of Missouri. The probability is, that they will soon make the State too hot to hold the humbugger.—lbid. MARCH OF OPINION. —By the late pro ceedings of the Legislature of Maryland,we observe that an act has been passed chang. ing the name of Andrew Jackson Stoddard, (of A Ileghany county,) to JOHN ‘ M A RSH A LI, STODDARD. This we read as a sign of re. turning health in public opinion. Enduring and universal may be the preference given to John Marshallismon this country of laws. over Andrew Jacksonism!—Bait. Pat. The office of the Fincastle (Va.) Demo. crat was destroyed by fire on the 10th ult. together with a considerable portion of its contents. The destruction of the principal part of the village was at one time greatly apprehended, but the eflorts of the citizens, aided by the personal exertions of the ladies, who for hours carried water in buckets to feed the engine, prevented the fire from spreading. TuANcE.—There is at this time a young woman aged P 3, residing at Needlewerth t , near St. Ives's, who has been in a trance or sleep for twelve days; she 40eps quite warm, except her feet, and the?are cold and still: Last week her lather bro't her down stairs into a Warmer room, thinking it might be the means •of. rousing her, but it had not the desired effect. On Monday last she opened her eyes, and made a motion with her hand for something to drink, which being given her she became convulsed for a short time, aid then sank into her former state of tor.. in which she has continued ever since. Thy _first steam vessel that ever crossed the Atrt.ntie ocean, is now in our port! She is called tt.e "City of Kingston"—is schooner rigged, spre‘ds a very large wpm resell from her foreyard; la in every respect well form, and apparently fitted for sea navigation. She is a handsome vessel.—Ball. Paper. n acrostic. Join to raise the banner high, Of Ritner and Democracy, Sound aloud his worthy name, Ever his good acts proclaim. Prudence for him wreathes a crown, Honor calls him honor's son, Refreshing joys around him roam, In him virtue finds a home. Then to him our votes we'll give, Naught shall force us him to leave; Electors, to the polls, then go, Route our haughty, boasting foe. T STAR & REPUBLICAN BANNER. it S 2 per annum, half-yearly In ndvanrr. GETTYSBURGH, PA. Tuesday, .11pril 3, I S3S. FOR oovnison, j.14a9.1P2.12 LitittilYPlßTßQ 047' To our Readers. The present number commences the NINTH V°lntriß of the STAR & REPUBLICAN BANNER; and haying drrived once more at one of those periodical resting places in Our Editorial career, we pause for • moment tolOok back upon the road we have passed over, and forwlrd to what is yet in prospect. It affords us great gratification to be able to state, that during the pant year our subscription list has gone en steadily increasiog in a manner equal to our most sanguine anticipations'. It is gratifying to us, chiefly, because it is an iudication that our endeavors to minister to the interest and pleasure of our readers, have not been without success. The life of an Edi tor, in these stormy times, is not the most tranquil and pleasaut; nor arc his duties always such as incli nation would prefer. Ilut the course of life is smooth ed, and the path of duty, however thorny, not with out its charms when he can have the pleasing assur ance, that his task is not thanklesa, nue his labors un appreciated. To those who hare sustained us amid difficulties and opposition, we tender thanks as sincere and tins aff•eted as they arc justly merited; whilst for those who have sought to obstruct and Jujus(' us, we have charity and forgiveness—the number of the latter class, however, is but vary small, and scarcely justi fies an allusion to the subject. But there is another class of persons for whom we haven worii: We refer now to those who have pat ronized us in so far as subsrribing for our paper, but who, from carelessness, or forgetfulness, have lost sight of the essential part of patronage—PAYMENT of their dues! We do not like to be importunate, and especially at this present moment wlieu we arc in good humor with every body; but we would remind such, that what may appear to them a trifle so small as scarcely to deserve a place in their recollection, is to us of great moment. Our whole income—out of which we are to pay for ink, paper, grub for ourself, our family and apprentices, and a host of other el ale res—is made up of precisely such trifles. Now, we ask you, if every one were to forget or despise them, how is the poor Printer, who toils daily and hourly for your pleasure, to live—let alnue providing for the aforesaid et uterus? We can't do It; the fact is,(for there's no use in mincing matters.) unless, like the ' Chameleon, we and our half a dozen "little r.r bilities," were to live on air,we can't do i • with this declaration, we throw ourself at ionic and unreservedly, not on the charity, our oat me SIMPLE JUSTICE OF OUR DELINQUENT SUBSCRIBERs. We trust this is the last allusion we shall have to make to this disagreeable subject. It is our determination to go on, as we have been proceeding,and to spare Mt labor torender the columns of our paper useful, interesting and agreeable. We do not like many promises and professions, especially rash and hasty ones; and in this respect we must ad mit we are friends of Van Burtn's non-committal sys tem; but the long and intimate relation existing be tween us and our readers, we think warrants us in promising thus much. How far the performance of the coming year shall exceed the past, we will tell y at. gentle reader, when it is over; and in the mean time, with our best wishes for your heal:h and hap piness,ankeat some among you may profit by a word in season as above written, we make our best Edito rial bow, and take our leave. 11 uelUng. The reader is referred to the notice for a meeting of those opposed to Duelling. 'We hope that all opposed to that odious and murderous prac tice, will be in attendance. Let tho meeting he large, and the expression of a Christian communi ty decisive. adjournment. cc j -'- The Harrisburg Key-Stone of Saturday last says,—The Senate to-day, took up the resolution of the House to adjourn on the 29th of March, which was adopted by that body on the 2d inst. and umonded it by fixing the day of adjournment on Tuesday the 17th of April. The House has concurred in the amendment. Improvement .U. cCrThe Improvement Bill passed its first read ing in the Senate on Saturday last. A few addi tional appropriations were added. It was up yes terday on second reading. ( r ., :j- CHARLES B. PENROSE, Esq. was, on the 26th ult. elected Speaker of the Senate by a rote of 17 to 11, in the place of Dr. Jes.e. R. Bur den, resigned. The "liarrison” address. (i-•We cannot, at this time:comply with the request of the Harrison Central Committee to give place to their Address. In refusing to do so, we hope our motives will not be misconstrued. We are not the opponent of the Patriot HA arzisoN; and, if nominated by the National Anti-Masonic Convention, shall yield him our cordial and zeal ous support. But we must object to admitting in to our columns such an article as has been put forth, unfortunately, by men professing to be his friends. In our view, it is not only calculated to drive from Gen. Harrison those who might here after become his friends, but mar that harmony now prevailing among the friends of Governor RITNEn. The vole of Pennsylvania cannot be withheld from Martin Van Buren, UNLESS IT IS FIRST GIVEN TO TILE PRESENT WORTRT GOTESI NOR. There is no use in disguising this fact. W e hope, therefore, that the friends of Harrison, Web ster and Clay will cease their warfare upon the candidates of each other. After the October elec tion, there will be time enough to settle the ques. tion of the Presidency. lion. Isaac ...11cKint. jTho Hon. Is.t.tc At'Kim, member of Con gras from Baltimore, died in Washington City on Sunday hit. roving anen 7 s Convention. ct• Tho Young men of Philadelphia have ap pointed a deleption of 76 to the State Chq,vention. The Presidenry--,1 ( oCannot our HAnnlsoN, CLAY and NVEa- MITER friends discuss the claims of their respective candidates without endeavoring to detract from the merit.; character, &c: of each other's fa.orite! Do 1101 quarrA about roes. Query. CLAr did write a letter in favor of. Masonry, is that any reason why Governor should proscribe his friends—or that his friends should refuse to support Governor riitnerl Will Major Gulliver,Gen. Porter's Sci tetary of State— e when elected!)—of the Compiler answer the above! THI•; SUB-TREASURY BUJ c• --In the !louse of liepreset.tutives, on Toes. day. Imit on the question ()flaying the Semite Sub - Treasury Bill on the table. the Penns3 Ivunia dele vtion voted as follows; the Whigs in italic: ves— Messrs. Biddle Darlingionilen ry, 31 Keenan, M. Morris. Naylor, Ogle, rgrant, Tolund-9. Nays-31essrs Bealty,llamond 11oblev, Keirn, Logan, S. IV. M orris, NI 'Clu ter, Maier, Potter, Sheffer, M :Tyner-- 12. A bsent Messrs Duties, Fry Petriken, Klingensmith, Buchanan-7. Correspondenet• of till. I G;izettv. IIARRUSI3URU, Nlarch 27 Among the petitions presented this morn ing, were several praying that the banks might be permitted to issue Sllllll WM'S. Mr. "i'earick presented a petitionl'olll Citi - V 1•34 UlllOll count ,pray me that the batiks might be compelled to resume specie pay ments—end that errrr/ man be hang ed who should hero, fler issue Ahin plashrs. When announcing this pennon, he empha sized the latter part very strongly, with an sir peculiarly solemn. The etieet was irre sistible; the ilnuse burst into a loud and gen eral laugh. But this did not disruneei t the member from Union in the least. no no doubt believes t hat what the pet it i oilers pray for is a very reasonable request. The resolution for the purchase of one thousand copies of the Conversation on the Bible, written by Mrs. Sarah Hall,one copy to be furnished each school district in the State, was agreed to in committee, and to 7. ken up on second reading, when it was zeal. ously opposed by Colonel WElwee, from an apprehension that it would eventually bring about a union between church and state. I am opposed, exclaimed the Colonel, to im posing these Presbyterian notions upon Methodists, Lutherans, and other sects, el though 1 am a Presbyterian myself; (loud Feels of laughter.) Messrs. Johnston. Stevens and Sin:Armin , upported the rcsolut ioqassuring the House that the woi k was not in the slightest degree sectarian; that the authoress deserved pro tection and encouragement from the State, inasmuch as she was a Pennsylvanian, and had already established a high reputation ht, her literary merits. The resolution was negatived : - - • firm Senate to day went into the consid eration, i n committee of the whole, of "the ror the better regulation of the several banking and savings instititions and loan companies within this commonwealth."— This is not the bill of ab iminations that re. cieved the stamp of approbat ion in the House —it is the bill as reported by Mr. Fraley of your city, as chairman of the committee on Banks, to whom the bill from the house had been referred. The first section %% Inch, is an indexof the remainder oldie bilbprovides, that it shall be the duty of all the banks in corporated by this state to redeem in gold or silver coins of the United States, all their notes, bills, and obligations, payable or ori ginally made payable on demand, within thirty days after the Congress of the United States shall provide by law for the receipt and payment of debts due the United States, in the notes of specie paying banks,or within thirty days aftero hree fourths in number and capital of the banks in the cities of N. York, and Boston and Baltimore,shall redeem their notes in specie. The bill passed the com mittee, meeting with no opposition,and will probably come off on second reading tomor row. A bill passed the Senate on the 23d tilt. by a vote of 25 to 5, appropriating annually $5,000, for 20 years, to the School of Arts in Philadelphia, $1,200 annually to the Colleges of the State, from 3 to $5OO to Academies, and $lOO,OOO to Com mon Schools. It being somewhat different from the bill on the same subject negatived by the House, it is thought the latter body may concur. The bill has been reported in the House by the Committee on Education, without alteration; but had not been taken up at our last advices.[ Sentinel. MR. STEVENS'S SPEECH. A more triumphant effort of genius in fav our of the noble cause of education has rare. ly been achieved. The sentiment is happily and naturally expressed, and apt allusions are frequently made to the foie, the Arts and Sciences, of Egypt and of ancient Greece' and Rome, in illustration of the various posi. toms which the orator assumed. lie has brought forth a vast array of the undying literature of by-gone ages to bear upon a sub. ject which should have no opponent, lint which should find an advocate in every heart. Happy indeed is it that the great cause of Education has an advocate so learned and eloquent. The perusal of this speech has afforded us a degree of pleasure which we have bet seldom enjoyed.—Columbia Spy. THE YOUNG MEN OF MONTGOMERY.- The State Convention of Young Men to as semble in Reading, in June, promisee to be one of the most numerous as well as patriotic bodies that ever convened in this State. WO should not he surprised to „find a thousand Defecates in attendance. The young men of Montgomery held a public meeting on the 24th instant, for the purpose of appoint' inc Delegates. Upwards of one hundred were chosen on the occasion. The meeting was large and enthusiastic, and the rem.). lotions wore pithy and to the purpose. A Sion.—General Thomas S. Cunning. ham was the chairman of the committre appointed by the State Convention,to inform Governor Ritner of his re nomination.— I General C. is an old. and unwavering Dem ocrat—was for several years Speaker of the Senate; and at the last Gubernatorial Elec• ti ~ was one ot the lead( rs of the Malden.. I:Prg party. lie now grips for Permsylva• lila, her independence,her integrity,her pro,ri pyrity There ate thousandr4 of patriotic spirit,. in the State, who, abominating Lnco Focoistri and all the destrta.tive sentiments of that desperate creen V. ill, follow his pat riotic exiirnple.--I'lularl. Pg. R ESTII ITTION.— A gentleman of Ph iludel phia !revived 3 letter a day or two ago, throe 2 h the. P.rn Oilier, enclosing leenty• fire dollurs with the I . ollowing laconic note: this is one of the efFcts of religion. Mr. S T EvEN , onr.our Minister in En.dand, loss l•een distinguished by the city of London liy u vote tendering him the freedom of the city. This e 4 at once an evidence o r o w personal popularity of t,iir NI imster in the British metropolis, and of the just sense, en tern - tined there in regard to the good tit itlt ob. screedby the present Administration toiteli no , the civil contest in Canada, and of its dispositiop to miintitio the peaceful relations botwt.en the United States and Great Hi it so advantageous to but Wash. Globe ‘VASHINGTON, March P.tottors or intended changes in the Catii net are in eireulation in the city, and repeat ed with so much Conti tear° that we incline to think there is some foundation for them. The story gi.es that 11r. Serrelary WOOD• BURY IS to accept the appointment of 11 in ister to Great Pritain; that 11 r. Amos K EN• II A LI. 1,1 to succeed him in the Treasury; and that 11r. Senator G (INDY Is to bccorne Pi.s'ifinster General. Mr. Rirmm, it is further said, is to resign Ole Attorney Gen• eralship, and 11 r. GILPIN (110 w Solicitor in! the Treasury) is to take his place.[Nut. /at. The Bill abelishin , 2 ithprisenment for debt. which had pas-cd in the litrvltind liotp , ;e of Del,gates, was 'ejected in the Senate on Thursday—only thrlA, ttietilliers voting for it. The Legislature of Maryland closed on Friday last, having passed 363 Laws and about 79 Resolutions. The adminiytrnlinn party is imp & doine.[Globo Ayes doing before a hot fire. It will soon be doge.—Preniice. The ship of State will soon be afloat.—Globo • Upon a 'Bea of troubl REVIVAL OF RP:TAGION.—TheIIAIIIIr - Iis, (In.) Journal of the 24th inst. says:— "There is at this time an unusual religious excitement in•the several UhnStin u i Ulm reli• es of this place,particularly in the !‘lethodist and Presbyterian. This is the third week that meetings have been held one, two, or three times every day. At this time there tLitnment, but rather an =mass of Ventio„ rt Cf, man translation, thousand dollars. SECRET T NFLITENCE. — I 11 the late Van Bu ren Convention it is said there were upwlvds of fog y Masons. It is a singular fact that out oreighteen or tweenry candidates belore them one only Was a Mason, and that one rece i ve d o w nomi nal ion ,on the second ballot! David IL Porter, a Royal Arch Allison, is Ilse eandidato of the Lodge; and Masonry may be said to have boldly and openly taken ih r! fi e ld! We are not a political Anti- Mason, yet we think these facts should be made known to the people.—Bearer Argus. The ft trtner Postmaster nt Sharon, Ohio, convicted of riMbitig the Ma il about five years ago and sentenced to the Penitentiary, has been Pardoned by Mr. Van Buren. That's flits rate encouriomment to the rest of the depredatint , utli e holders. Go ahead with your pilfering-4, ye loafers—fear not—ye have a friend at Court.— Preytice. RUFFIANLY Ass %MA' ON AN EDITOII.—We learn from the Harrisborg Intelligencer,thal n fellow by the name Templin, committed, On the . 21st inst. an assault upon Mr. Fenn, the editor al he Telegraph, poldised in that town. Übe Telegraph, since received. states that the assault was not Only unprovoked and unexpected, hut canoe from a person he knew not, and who ace isied him in the Inn gunge of an entire stranger, enquiring if he WaS Mr. Fenn, nt ehe samo time stunning him with blows. The villian was arrested, and the afriir will undergo judicial investi galion. The only carne Of offence was un article of a general political nature, which appeared in the Telegraph.—Bait. Trans. M ARK TUE DIFFER ENC E•--. When Judge M'LEAN was at the head of the Post Office Delia rtm-nt, that branch ()ft government yielded an annual revenue ofsodP hundred thousand dollars. Now A 3105 KENDALL, theejip•ming nod retrenching Post Master General,asks Congress for an appropriation of some thing more than FOUR MIL LIONS OF DOLLARS, for the current year, for his depirtment alone!!![Hag.T. RELIGIOUS NOTICES. c -- f -Rev. Dr. KRAUTH will preach in the English Lutheran Church on Sunday morning next. There will also ho• preaching in the even ing,at early candlehight.hy Rev. Mr. JACOBS. cc,- Rev. Mr. M'LEAN will preach in his Church on Sundow morntritz next. 0131 TIT A It Y RECORD On the 22d ult. in Hanover, Mrs. MAal" G c Ks, relict of John Nicholas Gclwicks, aged 79 years, 4 months. ano 4 days. On the 233 ult. MA ix y E Ll 7 t ix Rill, daughter of 1. Mr. Henry NVillet, aged 3yt are, 10 months, and 18 days. On the 26th ult. Mr. SA B n xnor.t,of Ham t' • ilt mban township, in the 37th year of his age. On the 28th ult. Mrs. MA writ.t E rosN.tvidow of 1.. Win. Eldon, late of Menallen township, deceased, aged about 70. - Oct the 24th ult. Mr. JOHN Nom., Jr. of York • • county, formerly of East Berlin, in this county, aged shout 3'3 years. On thr 22d ult. adaughtierof Mr. Joseph Noel, of l'.4k lLdiu , nged about k year. i.~:~~~f~e~t :~!id Siii DILI). A IWERTISE mENTs PUBLIC VIEMTINCr. V MI ERE will be a public. meeting held at the 111 - Court House in Gettysburg, un Saturday the 71/i if April inst. at 1 o'clock for tdie pur pose of giving an expression of the public opinion in relation to the murderous practice of DUEL. LING. The citizens of town and country ore in vited to attend. MARY. April 3, 1338. T:ac3A7LPEII.IINCE. T INE Rock-Creek Temperance Society will M- meet at the Rock-creek Chapel on Easter Monday the 161 h of April, at 1 o'clock P. M. Addresses are expected by members. The mem bers are requested and the public generally invited to attend. ROBERT M'CURDY, Soc'ry. April 3, 1838. TE,i'll PER.I.I"CE. ASEMLANNUAL 'sooting of the eremper arlee SOCielY of Gettysburg anti its vicinity' will be held in the Pre, , byterinn C..urch,on &fur -1,1/k in. nt 7 ii'elock r, at. IL W. NI I 1./DLETON, Sec'ry. ? April 3, 1838. (Stmt.& Comp.) NOTICIII. ) 'gin E bodis and accounts of DAVID EA. 11- ov have been placed, by his Asei - ce. into nay hands for collection. Mote idebt • ed are requested to call and makp ) paymeni on or before Saturday the 21st inst. No indulgence can be given alter that day. R. ‘S% MIDDLETON. April 3, IR3B. Bt-1 WQC),D. "n 1111.; Commitsibner9 of Mama rotinf V receive:, Propo , ..als, In wi it ing, HI their Office, on 7'uesday Ihr 21/11 i/u of April inst. of I e'elork, ‘VOOD for the Giurt•house and Prison during the ensuing ear. order of the (70mmi , isioners, W Al. KING, (.!1cr1,.. April 3, 15:39. 1(1-1 Xlll SAVA. /V -1 \IF, to ihe hlcmiscs of the subscriber, in I township,Adams caul• SMIW time in September last, a Si !UV BULL, liet‘%(Pll the age of Iwo and three years, blark and will' e spotted, without ear marks. The owner is desired to come for• ward prove property, pay charges, and take said Bull away. JOHN I'MJSSELNIAN. April 3. 1 P3S. - I Mra. c :(ID S E Tar a l LSE'S. jIITIZ EN S Pll LA DE 1,1):11A ! j Two slmrt years have scarcely elapsod I opened my present office ut l 9 RACE ' '?.lirr,for Ile sule of the Vegetal'!" Univyrsal t h em e known by the name of BRAN I). It '.:TH'S PILLS. Conscious of its smierietitv ~,vevery other medicine then in ti , e. I praised in the most unqualified terni , ,aml thereby pre. sa iled miijority of my follow citizens to test it powers. Subsequent events have shown that I did not exaggerate its virtues. You generously depended on iny recommendations, and judging for yourselves gave the medicine a ti i i, and found it deserved all my encomiums. II is a source of much gratification to me to ryell-et that in no one instance whore the pills barn p o , chased at my Race street 'ace, hove in producing the most beneficiiil etl:•ct,; but, on the contrary,they have cured many and relieved all The pleasure arising from the above ha ppc ~lulu of things in this city, is a Itch alloyed by the 'knowledge that this handth restoring remedy 1, counterfeited in every part ofthe Front the New England States to New Orleans, and moot St. Louis to the Atlantic, (lo counter te iterg abound; and to su h an extent hfive some or these persons pushed their contemptible calling, that one of the fraternity has an office publicly to New York,devutod exclusively to the rule of the coun terfoil article, and - another one is atom being opened in Baltimore for the same vile pontos°. Mir own good city is, us yet, c o mp,ralively [l - 00 from those heartleSs impostures. flow long it may remain so, depends, my fell•iw citizens. on you. II you '4lll cootioue,as heretoline,steadily refusing to encourage any and every kind id im• posture, no metier by what 1)310.o:et' effrontery it may be attempted, you will sof Ve the cause of morality,as welt ns minister to your own welfare, by obtaining the medicine in its origins/ purity Boston, New York, Cincinnati, New °rhinos., Baltimore, &c. all teem with counterfeit Brandreth Pills. Philadelphia alone is uncoil t.uninated, and the old established RACE STU EET olfive still stands as a Beacon light to guide the valentudinatian to the port of safety.— Awake, citizens: and drive the prowling caitiffs from your doors Tell them,Philadelphians never have, and 'lover will encourage Impostures, and hut,in this city,there is no abiding place lor them. By (hese menus, their nentrinus and murderous designs, directed against your lealth, will be de touted, and the character of our coy, for honesty and gond faith be preserved. CA U I'ION —Great earn should be taken to purchase of regular appointed agents, who will, In all cases, haven certifies ie air lied by the Gen oral Agent Mr. William Wright. The I allow lug are some of the regularappoint ed r gents; and are provided with certificates duly endorsed by the above Mr. William Wright, (the General Agent.) Dr. JESSE GILBERT, Gettysburg, Adams co. Who has Just received a fresh supply of the GENUIN It: ARTICLE. Dr. Benjamin Ziegler, York, York co. Mr. Henry Sidle, Iblkburg, York county. Mr. Win Gilmore, Cha in be rs burg, Franklin co. Mr. John Shifirner, Lancaster, Lancaster comity. Remember Dr Brunereth's General Office fin. the sale oldie medicine, wholesale and retail, is at 169 Race street, and 43 Chesnut street, Phila. delphia April 3,1838. y-1 GETTYSBURG GUARDS! vOU will parade in front of the Court• house, on . Saturday the 7th day of A pril next, at 2 o'clock P. NI., with arms and accoutrements in emonlote JOHN ZIEG LER, 0. S. March 13, 11!-33. tp-50 VA UG 11 A PETERSON'S RED lAN! ENT, an article superior to all other applications for Rheumatism, chil blains, sprains, numbness afire li mbs,weak ness and stiffness of the joints, sore throat, &c., which has effected cures in several cases which had 'Riffled the most respecta ble medical Price 50 cents n bottle, to be had at the Drug Store of Dr. J. GI LBERT, Gettysburgh. January 23,1838. 11-43 k ADVERTISEMENTS Triaj)Lisl, April Term, 1.833. Susit‘innh Allcorn,NP. Simon Yeatth and Mi. clrnol Stsrry. Dr. El. Miller, vs. flank of Gettysburg. Gar)6t Cownever,Adrier. Elea' Berea w,dec'd vs. Thew Muntnrt, Adner. of George Brinker. lief& deceased Sadler, vs. George Nilson. Albert, vs. Christian and Elizabeth Mart Ckic stian Cai)liman, vs. Abraham Bercaw. Joe* )11 M'G rew, vs. Harman %Vienna - li, Adm'r. orJißlution, deceased. Emanuel Cain, vs. George Zollinger. lin Camp, vs. Samuel Lilly. A it 3, 1838. TE-IYLCISCDNIC 00117 - TIC ran OTILIG. - - THE Doineeratie Anti Masons of Ad ninA County aro requested to 11fi6eni h1i. in COUNTY MEETING,It the Court•house in) Gettysburg, oat .~9neul.vro Ihr 23d of .Ipril arxf, al 6 o'clock P • to take into Col sidvration measures for the promo ti on of the good of the 5t ate, and to secure the tri rophant re election of the FARMER (OVER NOR over his Masonic aristocratic competitor, Do vid R. I'orter. The Democratic Anti• Masonic citizens of Penn sylvania have at length, in the nomination of the last named gentleman, a high and adhering Mason, by the Masonic Van Buren party, the issue fairly and avowedly made up between .3fa.vonry and De mocracy, and tendered to them by the party which has long, under the cloak of the latter,been secretly and is now openly supporting and licleittlihg the firmer. It is hoped that the Anti• Ma-one of Ad ants will boldly and fearlessly meet the issue and show the dignitaries of Masonry that they ere still erect and uncompromising as ever in their devotion to the laws and their hostility to all secret combi nations against them. Let every Anti Mason be at his post,and let us 1111111 y as can attend the Coun ty meeting on the :I3d of April next. so that there may be a full interchange of sentiment and opin ion, and those measures be adopted best calculated to secure the success of the cause of the people. ROBE ET .1 I'l'll, DANIEL M. tiNIYsER, JOH N 01, FORD, GEORGE I., EA 11. S. JA MES I) PAXTON, JOHN HORNER, JAMES BELL, Jr. March 27. I 438. Notice is hereby Given, rro all Legatees and other persons run earned, that the .4 DM/A ISTIZ A TION ACCOU.N TS rf the deceased per• sous Iterrutarter mentioned,will be presented to the Orphans' Court of Adams Comity, lot coldirtuatton and all,%%auce, on Monday ate . .2.3(l day of April next, viz: The final Account of Andrew NE Dear dorfrand Iler:ry Kauffman, A.!nUt.istrators of the E , tate of*Chn , s , i,tn Kauflireut, dee'd. Tito effiire Arcot.'lli oF Iktiry Got, Jo seph C,ul and Fiedviick 11lugher. Admin. ralois or the ErA ate. of Georg, Bauch 'r, (i"cen tif • d. The -Iceotril of lltuiol 11.1:z..!1„Adinio istrator of the E.tate of Philip V oglesQtrg deeeitmed. I ht Acconnt or tVil!intri 1111(1-bratirl and .1 , ,F0T!! Iliidt, A.llllltiiilratois ul tjitt or Francis 1111.11, ilecoas d. Till . A I . 1•4)1111' 1 . nr V lanp and Satiny.; li. iklnddc•r, Ex• cut rs I OR: I.:state or Ja cob Kiwi), dt•constal. :Ir•.r•ount nh 11';Ilintri M. Soffit, I .tie ni the Executor , the E..titto of A bralkaui Scott, deceased. The .count of SA rops , m S. King, one of the Executors of the Estate of Abraham Scot I, d-ceased. The Account of Daniel jr. and Elizabeth Cooper, lute Flohr, Executors of the Estate of Valentine Flohr, deceased. The Account of John Marshall and John Wit herow, Administrator of the Estate of Samuel Wltherow, deceased. The Account of Joseph Miller, Executor of the Estate of John Fox, deceased. The Account or ; ideeo G nest, on" of the Executor:4 of the Estate of Thomas Griest, decea4ed. Arcount of 14.1 ac Tudor, one of the Executors of . thy: Estate of Thomas Griest deceased. JAS. A. 't'UUOIIPSON, Register. Register's ((lice, Gettys- March 27, 1838. C tc-52 AUI)ITOWS NOTIcE. O'l'loE is hereby given,that the Audi tNV tor - appointed by the last Orphans' Court to apporttmi and distribute the assets in the hands of the Administrator of I)AVI D KEEFElt,deceased,to and among the cred itors of said deceased,'vill nwet fur that put . • po.w in Littlestown, on Saturday the 14111 of April next, at 10 k when and where all interested are requested to attend 1)A VII) SIMI VER Auditor. March 27, 19 iB. t tn-52 TAILOttIN G. THE Subscriber returns his thanks to his friends and the public for the sup• port which he has received since he has com menced business in this plact, and re spectfully gives notice that he still continues to curly on the TA [LORING BUSINESS, IN ALL ITS HIIANCIIES, At his Old Bland, Smith's Corner, Gettysburg: Where he will execute work in his line in the nEsT and mosT FASIIIONMILE manner. itcj'•As he will receive the FASHIONS regularly from the Cities, keep good hands, and as his prices will be very accommoda tingibr CASII or COUNTRY PRODUCI;010 hopes therefore, that those who want work done in his line will call and give him n trial. HEZEKIAH VAN ORSDEL. March 20, 1' , 38. if-51 ANY person desirous of liuviqg the above article enn he supplied by calling up on the subscriber immediately; he basis small quantity which he is desirous of selling. ,DAVID ZEIGLEIt. March 27,1939. 1.1-52 A DvErun,4EmENTS THE. CONSTITUTION OF THE Commonwealth of Pennsylvania As amended by the Convention of one thousand eight hundred rind thirty-seven—thirtyeight. t r'r Ame 'id in eats to bracket; !has ] WE, the People of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Ordain nrifl establish this Constitu tion for its Government. /177 C LE I. Seth I. The Legislative power of this Common wealth shall be vested in a General Assvmbly which shell consist of a Senate and House of Rep resentatives. Sec. 11. The Representatives shall be chosen an nually by the citizens of the city of Philadelphia and of each county respectively, on the second Tuesdny of October. See. 111. No person shall be a Representative who Hindi not have attaitoid the age of twenty-one years,and have been n citizen and inhabitant of the State three years nCkt preceding his election, and the last year thereof an inhabitant of the [district] in [and for] which he shall be chosen [a Represen tative,] unless he hove been absent on the pub lic business of the United States or of this State. Src. IV V. Within three years after the first meet ing of the General Assembly, and within every subsequent tn m of seven years,an enumeration of the taxable inhabitants shall be made in such man ner as shall be directed by law. The number of Representatives shall at the several periods of !flak ing such enumeration, be fixed by the Legislature, and apportioned among the city of Philadelphia and the several eOl.lll Ms, arc,irding to the number of taxable inhabitants in each. And shall never be less than sixty nor greater than one hundred. Each county shall have at least one Representative, but 110 comity hcreafier erected shall be entitled to a separate representation until a sufficient number of taxable inhabitants shall lie contained within it, to entitle them to one Represelalltive, agreeably to the ratio which shall then be established. &e. V. The Senators shall be chosen fir [three] years by the citizens of Philadelphia and of the several counties at the same time,in the same 111 n n er, and at the sa i nt places where they shall vote for Representatives. Sec. VI. 'rite number of Senators shall et the several periods of making the enumeration before mentioned, be lixed by the L••gislaturo,nud appor tioned among the distiieta formed as hereinafter di rected, according to the number of taxable inhabi tants in each; and shall never be less than one forth nor greater than one third, of the number of Representatives. ,ti r c. The Senators shall be chosen in dis tricts, to be formed by the Legislature; (but no dis trict shall be so formed as to entitle it to elect more titan two Senators, unless the number of taxable inhabitants in any city or county shall,at any time, be such as to entitle it to elect more than two, but no city or county shall be entitled to elect more than four Senatorst; when a district shall be composed of two or more counties, they shall ho adjoining; neither the city of Philadelphia nor any county shall be divided in forming a district. S,T. VIII. No person shall he a Senator who shell not have attained the age of twenty-five years 31141 have hl•VII a citizen and inhabitant of the State four years nest before his election,and the last year thereof an inhabitant of the district for which he shall be - chosen, unless he shall have been absent 0,1 the public business of the United States or of this :;tit.'.; [and no person elected as aforesaid shall utld raid office after he shall have removed from such distri:t.] &c. [The Senators who may be elected at the first General Election after the adoption oldie amendments to the Constitution,shall be divided by into three classes. 'l•lue seats oldie Senators of t!::• first clasi shall be vacated at the expirati m of the first y cal; of the second class at the expiration of the second year; and of the third class at the ex piration of the 'third year; so that thereafter one third of the whole number of Senators may be elm sen every• year. The Senators elected before the amendments to the Constitutioti shall he adopted shall hold their offices during the terms for which they shall respectively have been elected.] Src. 1. '1 he f7cueral Assembly shall meet on the first 'l•uesday of [i II unry .] in every year, unless sooner cuuv••oed by the Governor. See. XI. Each House shall choose its Speaker mid other officers; and the Senate shall also choose a Speaker pro teinpore, when the Speaker shall exercise the office of Governor. Sec. XII. Each house shall judge of the quali fications of its members. Contested elections shall e determined by a committee t he selected,form ed and regulated in such manner as shall be direct. ed by law. A majority of each House shall con stitute a quorum to do business; but a small num ber may adjourn from day to day, and may he au thorized by law to compel the attendance of absent members, in such manlier and under such penal ties as may be provided. Sec. XIII. Each House may determine the rules of its proceedings,punish its members for disorder ly behaviour, and with the concurrence of two thirds, expel a member, but not a second tune for the same cause; and shall have all other powers necessary for a branch of the Legislature of a free State. Sec. XI V. [The Legislature shall not have pow er to enact la ws annulling the contract of marriage in any case where, by law, the courts of this cum monwealth are, oi hereafter may be, empowered to decree a divorce.] Sec. XV V. Each House shall keep a journal of its proceedings, and publish them weekly,except such parts as may require secrecy: and the yeas and nays of the members on any question shall, at the desire of any two of them, be entered on the jour nals. See. XVI. The doors of each House and of Committees of the Whole shall be open, unless when the business shall be such as ought to be kept Sec. XVII. Neither Houseshall,without the con sent of the other,adjourn for more than three days, nor to any other place than that in which the two houses shell be sitting. See. XVIII. The Senators and Representatives shall receive a compensation for their services to he ascertained by law, and paid out of the treasury of the Commonwealth. They shall in all cases, except treason, felony and breach or surety of the peace, be privileged from arrest during their utten-, dance at the session of their respective Houses,and in going to and returning from the same. Arid for any speech or debate in either House they shall not be questioned in any other place. Sec. XIX. No Senator or Representative shall, during the time for which he shall have been elect ed, be appointed to any civil office under this Com monwealth which shall have been created, or the emoluments of which shall have been increased du ring such time; and no member of Congless or oth or person holaing any offico,(exeept of attorney at law and in the militia) under the United Staten of this Conitnonwealth, shall be a member of either House during his continuance in Congress or in office. Sec. XX. When vacancies happen in either House the Speaker shall issue writs of election to rill such vacancies. Sec. XXI. All bills for raising revenue shall originate in the House of Representatives; but the ...Senate may propose amendments as in ether bills. Sec. XXII. No money shall be drawn from the treasury but in consequence of appropriations made by law. Sec. XXIII. Every bill which shall have passed bath Houses shall be presented to the Governor. If he approve he shall sign it. hut if he shall not approve it he shall return it with his objections to the House in which it shall have originntid, who shall enter the objections at large upon their jour nals and proceed to reconsider it. Kotler such re consideration two-thirds of that House shall agree to pass the bill, it shall be Rent with the objections to the other House, by which likewise it shall be roconsi lered,and if approved by two thirds of that House, it shall he a law. But in such cases the votes of both Houses shall he determined by yens ;Ind nays,and the names of the persons voting for or against the bill,shall be entered on the journals of each House respectively. If any bill shall not he returned by the Governor within ten days (Sun days excepted) after it shall have been presented to him, it shall be a law in like manner as if he had signed it unless the General Assembly, by their adjonrnwent, prevented its return, in which case it shall be a Itw,unless sent back within three days after their next meeting. &e(. XXIV. Every order, resolution or vote to which the concurrence of both Houses may be ne cessary (except on a question of adjournment) shall he presented to the Governor, and before it shall take effect, be approved by him,or being dis approved, shall be repassed by two-thirds of both houses, according to the rules and limitations pre scribed in ease of a bill. Sect. XX V. [No corporate body shall be here after creatvd,renewed or extended with banking or discounting 1,6 vileges,without six months previous public notice of the application for the same in such manner as shall be prescribed by law. Nor shall any charter for the purposes afotesaid, be granted for n lonaer period than twenty years, and every such charter shill contaip n claueri - eserving to the legislature the power-tdalter, revoke or annul the same, whenever in their opinion it may be injuri ous to the citizens of the commonwealth, in such manner, however,that no injustice shall be done to the corporators. No law hereafter enacted, shall create, renew, or extend the charter of more than one corporation.] ARTICLE 11. Sect. I. The Supreme Executive power of this Commonwealth shall ha vested in a Govern - o'r. Sec/. 11. The Governor shall be chosen on the second Tuesday of October, by the citizens of the commonwealth, at the places where they shall re spectively vote fir representatives The returns of every election for Governor shall be sealed up and transmitted to the seat of government, directed to the Speaker of the Sena te,who shall open and pub lish them in the presence of the members of both houses of the legislature. The person having the highest nolilhei of votes shall be governor. But if two or more shall be equal and highest in votes ono of them shall be chosen governor by the joint vote of the members of both houses. Contested elections shall be determined by a committee to ho selected from both houses of the legislature,and formed and regulated in such manner as shall he directed by law Sect. 111. The governor shall hold his office dur ing three years from the third Tuesday of [January] next ensuing his election.and shall not be capable of holding it longer than [6] in any term of [9] years. Srel. IV V. I e shall be at least thirty years of age, and have been a citizen and an inhabitant of this state seven years next before his election; unless he shall have been absent on the public business of the United States, or of this Slate. &et. V. No member of Congress or person hol ding any office under the United States or this State shall exercise the office of Governor. See!. VI. The Governor shall at stated times receive far his scrvices,a compensation,which shall be neither increased nor diminished during the period for which he shall hove seen elected. Sea. VII. He shall be commander-in-chief of the army and navy of this commonwealth, and of the militia except when they shall be called into the actual service of the United States. &d. VIII. [He shall appoint a Secretary of Commonwealth during plcasure,nnd he nom inate and by and with the advice and consent of the Senate appoint all judicial officers of courts of re cord, unless otherwise provided fur in this consti tution. He shall have power to fill all vacancies that may happen in such judicial offices during the recess of the senate,by granting commissions which shall expire at the cud of their next session:] Pro vided, [That in acting on executive nominations the senate shall sit with open doors, and in con firming or rejecting the nominations of the Gover nor, the vote shall be taken by yeas and nays.] Sect. IX. Ho shall have power to remit fines and forfeitures, and grant reprieves and pardons, except in cases of impeachment. Sect. X. He may require information in writing from the officers in the executive department, on any subject relating to the duties of their respec tive offices. • Sect. XI. He shall from time to time, give to the general assembly information of the state of the commonwealth,and recommend to their considera tion such measures as he shall judge expedient. Sect. XII. Lie may on extraordinary occasions, convene the general assembly; and in case of dis agreement between the two houses,with respect to the time of adjournment,sdjourn them to such time as he shall think proper,not exceeding four months. Sect. XIII. He shall take care that the laws he faithfully executed. Srct. XIV. In case of the death or resignation of the Governor,or his removal from office,the Speak er of the senate shall exercise the office of govern or unteimother governor shall be duly qualified; [but in such case another governor shall be chosen at the next annual election of representatives, un less such death, resignation or removal shall occur within three calendar months immediately preced ing such next annual election, in which - case a governor shall be chosen at the second succeeding annual election of Representatives.] And if the trial of a contested election shall continuo longer than until [the third Monday of January] next ensuing ' the election of governor, the governor of the last year, or . the speaker of the senate who may be in the exercise of the executive authority, shall con tinue therein until the determination of such con tested election, and until a governor shall bo (duly] qualified as aforesaid. Sect. XV . [The secretary of the commonwealth] shall keep a fair register of all the official acts and proceedings of the governor,and shall,vvhen requir ed, lay the same and all papers,minutes and vouch ere relative thereto before either branch of the le itislature, and shall perform such other duties sir shall be enjoined him by law. ARTICLE 111. Sect. I. [ln elections by the eitizens,every whit• freeman of the ago of twenty-one years, having re sided in this state one year,nnd in the election dim. trict where he offers to vote, ten days immediately preceding such election,:end within two years paid a state or county trix,whe. Ii shall have been asses. sod at least ten days before the election, shall enjoy the rights of an elector. Lot a citizen of the il• States, who had previously been a qualified voter of this Stemmed removed therefrom and returned, and who shall have resided ire the election district and paid taxes as aforesaid, shall be entitled to vote after residing in the state six months:] Provided, [That white freemen, citizens of the U. States, be tween tho.ages of 21 and 22 years, and having re sided in t the state one year, and in the election district ten days as aforesaid, shall be entitled to vote, although they shall not have paid taxes.] Sect. If. All elections WWI be by ballot; except those by persons In their representative capacities, who shall vote viva yore. See/. HE. Electors shall in all cases,except trea son, felony and breach of surety of the peace, he privileged from arrest during their attendance on elections and in going to and returning from them. ARTICLE IV. (Unaltered.) Sect. I. The House of Representatives shall have the sole power of impeaching. Sect. 11. All impeachments shall be tried by the Senate. When sitting fi), tint puipose,the Sena tors shall be upon oath or affirmation. No person shall be convicted,without the concurrence of two thirds of the members present. Sect. 111. The Governor and all other civil al cers under this commonwealth, shall be liable to impeachment for any misdemeanor in office; but judgment, in such cases, shall not extend further than to removal from office, and disqualification to . hold any office of honor, trust, or profit under this commonwealth: the party, whether convicted or acquitted, shall, neverthelebs, be liable to indict ment, trial, judgment and punishment, according to law. ARTICLE K Sect. I. Tho judicial power of this common wealth shall ho vested in a supreme court, in courts of oycr and terminer and goverul jell delivery, in a court of common pleas, orplatrue court, registers' court, and a court of quart..r sessions of tho peace, for each county; in jut tiecs of the peace, and in such other courts as the legislature may.from limo to time establish. Sect. 11. [The judges of the supreme court, of the several courts of common piens, and of such other courts of record as are or shall he established by law, shall be nominated by the governor, arid by and with the consent of the Stilate appointed and commissioned by him. The jullges of the su preme court shall hold their offices for the term of fifteen yfars;ifthey shall so long behave themselves wall. The president judges of the ste'rertil" courts of common pleasoand of such otOi%cotirts of record as are or shall be established by law; and all other judges required to ho lenin - ed in the law,shnll hold their offices for the termof ten years, if they shnll sot.„ long behave theinselves well. The associate judges of the courts of common pleas shall hold their offices for the term of five years, if they shallt no long behove themselves well. But for any rea sonable causo,which shall not be sufficient ground, , of impeachment, the governor may remove any of them on the address of two-thirds of each branch of the legislature. The judges of the supremo court, and the presidents of the several courts of common picas, shall at stated times receive for their services an adequate compensation to hefixed by law, which shall not be diminished dining their confineail - Co in - office; but they shall receive no fees or perquisites of office, nor hold any other . office of profit under this Commonwealth.] Sec. W. [Until otherwise directed by law, the courts of common pleas shall continuo as st pres ent established. Not more than five counties shall at any time be included in one judicial district or ganized for said courts.] Sec. IV. The jurisdiction of the supreme court shall extend over the State, and the judges ti creed" shall, by virtue of their offices, be justices of oyer and terminer and general jail delivery, in the sever al counties. Sec. V. Tho judges of the court of 'common pleas, in each county, shall, by virtue of their ofli- . ces, be justices of oyer and toreainer and genera jail delivery, for the trial of capital anti other °dim. dors therein; any two of said judges, the president being one, shall boa quorum; but they shall not hold a court of oyer and terminer, or jail delivery, in any county, when the judges of the supreme court, or any of them shall be sitting in the same county. The party accused, as well as the Com monwealth, may, under such regulations as shall be preset cted by law, remove the indictment and proceedings, or a transcript thereof, into the su preme court. Sec. VI. The supreme court, and the several courts of common pleas, shall, beside the powers heretofore usually exercised by thew,havo the pow ers of a court of chancery, so far as relates to the perpetuating of testimony,tho obtaining of evidence from places not within the State, and the care of the persons and estates of those who are non com potes mentis. And the Legislature shall vest in the said courts such other powers to grant relief in equity, as shall be found necessary; and may, from time to time, enlarge or diminish those powers or vest them in such other courts as they shall judge proper, for the due administration of justice. Sec. VII. The judges of the court of common pleas of each county, any two of whom shall be a quorum,shatl compose the court of quarter sessions of the peace, and orphans' court thereof; and tho register of wills, together with the said judges, or any two of them, shall compose the register's court of each Bounty. Sic. VIII. The judges of the courts of common pleas shall, within their respective counties, have like powers with the judges of the guile= court, to issue writs of certiorari to the justices of the peace,and to cause their proceedings to be brought before them, and the like right and justice to be done. Scc. IX. The president of the court in each cir cuit within such circuit, and the judges of the court of coruinon plene within their respcctive coun ties, shall he justices of the peace,.so far as relates to criminal matters. Sec. X. A register's office, fur the probate of wills and granting letters of aChninistratiun,and an office for the recording of deeds, shall be kept in each county. Sec. XL The style of all process shall ho "The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania." AII pitmen• tions shall be carried on in the name and , by the authority of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and conclude "against tso peace and dignity or the same." ARTICLE VI. Sect. I. Sheriffs and coroners shall et the times and places of election of representatives be chosen by the citizens of each county. [One person obeli, be ohooert for each offi k m who) Alban be toommii
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