suspension, sufficiently removed to justify a change, and the must prominent cause re mains with increased intensity. Accord- ingly— 11. The credit system of the U. States and tho exclusively metallic system are now thirty in the field,thee to face with ouch oth er. One or the other must fail. There can be no other issue. ft is not a question of correcting errors or reforming abuses, but of absolute destruction, not which shall con quer but which shall survive. The present struggle too must be final. lithe banks re sume and are able by sacrificing the com• munity to continuo fin. a few months, it will be conclusively employed at the next elec tions to show that the schemes of the Exec utive are not as destructive as they will prove hereafter. But if they resume and again are compelled to suspend, the Executive will re. joico at this new triumph, and they will fall in the midst of a universal outcry against their weakness. This is perfectly under etood,and accordingly all the influence of the Exe - cutive is directed to drive the Banks,by popular outrage and clamor, into a prema ture resumption—not a business resumption, general and permanent, but a political and forced resumption,which may place them at the mercy of those in power. They who have special charge of these interests must then beware of being decoyed from their pre sent position. They are now safe and strong, and they should not venture beyond their entrenchments while the enemy is in the plain before them. If they resume, one of two things will happen—their notes will not be received by the Government or they will be received. If they are not received, the government, to the extent of the revenue, will force the holders of the notes to draw specie from the banks to be deposited with the collectors old.° revenue. For the dif ference between the revenue and the ex penses, the Government will issue treasury notes to be sold for Bank notes, and conver ted into specie, and as the disbursements are made at points on the frontiers, remote from the places of collection, it will not re turn to the Banks issuing it except circuit. ously. But if the notes are received, they will-not as formerly be deposited in Banks and drawn out again so as to enter into the circulation, leaving the public creditor his choice of specie or notes, but they will be left in special deposite with the receivers. When warrants are drawn on these receivers they will call on the Banks for specie to pay the favored public creditor, selecting of course the Bank on whom they will draw according to its servility or opposition to the Executive, and thus placing them all under his control. Now under such circumstances,' is it wise for the Banks to disarm themselves in the presence of their enemy? 111. The disorders of the currency lie too deep for superficial remedies, and those pal liatives irritate without curing. Congress, and Congress alone, can apply adequate re lief. 'What Mr. Madison said to Congress in 1816, is even more true in 1839. "For the interests of the cominunity at large," said he, as well as for the purposes of the Treasury,it is essential that t ho nation should possess a currency of equal value, credit and use wherever it may circulate. The Con stitution has entrusted Congress exclusively, with the power of creating and regulating a currency of that description." The only reform in the currency which that body has yet made, is the issue of ten millions of irre• deemable paper money, and a proposal for ten millions more. Is it worth while then, so long as Congress fails to exorcise its legiti mate powers, to waste the strength of the country in efforts to accomplish what we all know to be impracticable. To resume now without some clear understanding with the Governmentmems to be throwing away the benefits of experience, and the lessons of misfortune. We have gone through all the mortification and all the inconvenience of suspension. Let us endeavor to profit by them; to fix the future on some solid basis —have soitie guarantee of the stability of the currency, and not set every thing afloat again, without knowing where wo may be drifted. For IV. Compare the situation of the banks at the last resumption and now. After a sus• pension for nearly three years,Congress ap plied all its power to induce,to persuade and to assist the banks in their effbrts to resume. They passed the resolution of 1816, author- izing the receipt of the notes of specie pay ing banks. But this alone was insufficient; and at the same time they established the Bank of the United States, with a capital of thirty-millions. That bank called a conven tion of State Banks, and agreed that if they would resume specie payments, ►t would, 1. Assume all their debts to the Govern- ment of the United States. 2. Discount to those who had payments to make to the Government, the whole a mount of their bonds; and in addition 3. Discount to those not indebted to the Government two millions in New York,two millions in Philadelphia, one and a half mil lion in Baltimore, and hallo million in Rich. mond—and 4. Would sustain the resuming Banks in case the resumption brought them into dif• ficulty. The Bank at the same time imported, at an expense of more than half a million, the sum of seven millions of specie; and two months after the resumption its discounts reached twenty millions. Compare with this statement our condition now. Then the Government agreed to receive for all dues the notes of the Bank of the Uni ted States—now all Bank notes are refused and discredited. Then the Government en deavored to sustain the Banks—now it is striving to destroy thorn. Then it establish ed a new and vigorous Bank capital—now it refuses to create a new Bank,nnd seeks to cripple those in existence. Then we had two hundred and sixty Banks—now we have nearly nine hundred. iroshort,what reliance have the Banks now with the oxedritive hostile to them? What protection like that of the late Bank of the United Status have they to sustain them? None whatever. The only circumstance t.ot wholly unfa ♦orable in the comparison, is the low rate of exchange with England. But tothinp, gone re! et permanent elm be inferred from this eircurn , tan ,, , which floin-litly occurs, and nn the present occasion is wholly accidental in New York, from the unnatural condition into which her measures of extreme rigor have driven every thing. Ifunder ordinary circumstances.while other things underwent no depression, exchange on England should decline, it might he inferred that England owes to the United States more than we have yet drawn from her. But it is not exchange alone that has fallen. Exchange on Eng land has not fallen in New York as much as the internal exchanges or stocks or real es tate, or house rent have fallen. This fact seems decisive as to the cause. But can this depression continue? Certainty not. These rigorous measures arc understood to be only preliminary—only preparations for an expansion by the Banks of New York. which is to restore ease and confidence. Well, the moment this:ease and confidence return, all things will rise, and exchange of course among the number. Be ides this un natural condition will work its own remedy, as all irregularities are cured by their own excesses. To sell every thing and to buy nothing is irnpracticahle,nnd when the Eng lish have bought all the produce we have to spare, we must of course buy from them what manufactures they have to spare. As soon as the proceeds of our indu-try are real i • zed in England—while we have gradually exhausted our supply of English goods—our own merchants will convert their property into fresh supply to be brought over; or, if this process be too slow, the English manu facturers themselves will send their own goods for sale. I u either case the exchange will recover its eqdilibrium, arid of course will rise here, for between two such coun • tries as America and England, a permanent inequality of exchange as a basis of the me tallic currency of either, is impossible. V. Perceiving nothing in the conduct of the Government to justify an early resump tion, let us see if there be any thing in the state of the country which recommends it. Now what is the condition of our taws? The suspension iliumd us with a heavy debt to the Banks—not less probably than five hu:idred millions; with large balances from the Southern and Western States to the At lantic cities, and with a very considerable debt to Europe. All parties were willing to pay; almost all were able to pay, but great forbearance and great indulgence were ne cessary from the creditor, and above all, al. ter such a corivulsion,the great restorer was time; time to settle; time to adjust accounts; ono to send the debtors' crop to market; Lime to dispose of his property with the least sacrifice; titne to bring out his resources to pay his debts. In all the large improve ments of human affiirs, as ill the operations of nature, the great law is gentleness--vio. lance is the last resource of weakness. The disease of the country was an overstrained and distempered energy. The remedy was repulse. The question of the currency,tho' important, was only secondary. The first concern was to pay our debts, and especially not to depreciate the value of our means of paying them. Accordingly it seemed to me that after the suspension, the true course of this country was to begin a gentle and gradual diminution of loans sufficient to pre• vent the hazards of expansion while the res traint of specie payments was removed, and to prepare for the resumption, but with no rash competition as to the amount which the several banks could curtail—to make no violent changes in the standard of velue,and give time for a settlement with forergners, and among ourselves, on the same or nearly the same basis upon which these mutual en• gagements were contracted—letting the crops go to their destined markets without depreciating their price. After this,the re sumption, with the aid of Congress .; would have been easy and spontaneous. It was in this spirit that the Bank of the United States has not diminished ten per cent. of its loans --while it added about three millions to its j specie—and will have given the necessary facilities for shipping the crops of the South and West to the amount probably of fifteen j or twenty millions ofdollars; placing its own confidental agent in England to protect the great commercial and pecuniary interests of the country. This seemed to be its proper finiction. It was thus that it hoped to dis charge its duty to the whole Union. It was thus, too, it could show its fidelity to Penn• sylvanin, by aiding its public improvements —by keeping its business and its people in comparative ease, and by not suffering the property of its commercial capital to be pros. trated—objects these, far more important than whether specie payments be resumed a few months sooner or later. The injurious effects of a contrary course are seen in all rite relations of business. Take for instance, the debts to Banks and to in dividuals. The debts were mainly contrac. led when the currency was abundai.t. They must now be paid in a very altered state of the currency—and it is necessary to proceed with extreme caution when the relation of the debtor to his creditor is changed by events which neither could control, because if this change be not made very gradually so as to hring at the same time all the other rela tions of life to the same standard,you inflict injustice or perhaps ruin on the debtor. It was thus that England continued her suspen sion for twenty-five years, and by act of Par liament gave several years notice of the pro gressive resumption in order that all the business of the country should adjust itself to the approaching change. Of the effect of any sudden movement, we have before us a striking instance. It appears by.the pub lished statements of the Banks of the city of Now York, thnt since the suspension of March I,lB:3B,they have reduced their loans and discounts from forty six millions to thirty millions, and their circulation from nine mil lions to two million 3—an aggregate dimuni tion from fifty five millions to thirty-three millions. If this, or any thing near this, be the reduction, what is the consequence? A man who contracted a debt to the Banks in New York, before the suspension, finds his ability to provide means for the payment of that debt reduced one third or nearly one half—that is to say, the dollar he now pays is equivalent to one and a half or almost two dollars when he borrowed it, besides the in terest. Such a process of reduction would haYe been wholly ilerable, if the citizens had not escaped from it and squght allevia tion by looms eliatkvh , .re. But if the other cities had followed the example of N. York. and made similar reductions,the whole Coun try would have sunk under it or revolted against it. These inequalities between members of the Dame community became more striking when applied to engagements between dis tant parts ofthe Union. The Atlantic cities for instance, where creditors of the South ! ern and Western States for goods sold to them, that the exchange would not cost as much as the mere transfer of the specie. When the day of payment arrives, the cred itor city suddenly makesan artificial scarcity of its own currency—renders the only mo ney if willreceive in payment almoat inac cessible to its debtor—reducing at the same time that rates of exchange, and the prices of every thing. This rigor instantly, recoils on the creditor. If payment is made in the Southern and Western States, the Atlantic merchant loses the whole depreciation in the exchange. If payment is to be made in the Atlantic cities, arid the debtor sends produce to pay his debt, the scarcity of money obli gas him to sacrifice it—if he sends the bank notes of his country they sink to seventy five per cent, in value—and he loses the differ ence. If he brings the stocks of his State, the scarcity of money renders their negotia• lion impossible. Once disappointed in this way, he sends no more produce—no more bank notes—and the creditors in turn suffer more than the difference by the delay. So in respect to foreigners. We owe a large debt to France and England. Why should we destroy the value of our only means of paying ill we can bay it only in cash or produce or stocks. As to cash— this debt was contracted in an abundant cur rency. By this artificial scarcity of money we are obliged to pay it in a currency more valuable by one half or one third. Even at that rate we can neither borrow the money nor raise it by sales except by ruinous sacri• lice. We then may pay it in produce, or in stocks, but the seine scarcity sinks the value of both. A debt contracted when cotton was at twenty cents, we have to pay when cotton is ton cents a pound. 'lwo propose to pay in stocks, these too have sunk per haps twenty five per cent, on their price last year. Our resources then are diminished in value while our debt is increasing by in terest. The consequence is that the foreign debt is postponed. This operates injuriously to both parties; to the domestic debtor by reducing his means of payment; to the for eign creditor by the delay and the hazard of his debt. It is true if he could now receive his money he would remit it home at a low rate. But then the seine scarcity which lowers the rate of remittance prevents his receiving any thing to remit —and so far from being interestedin the early resurnp• lion, it injures him essentially, beosuse the forced preparation for it by crushing the re sources of his debtors renders them elute un• able and unwilling to pay. What the for. eign creditor wants is payment; payment of the deht, not in a bettor currency, but in an equal currency, or if necessary, in an in• ferior currency, because he C.Olll better sup port a high rate of remittanee than a re• ducod or postponed payment. There prevails a notion that the credit of the country abroad will be injured 1 5y not resuming. Not .in the least. Every body connected with America knew the reasons of suspending, and entirely approved of it as the only measure that could have saved the country. What Europeans want now is that we should pay our debt. That is our first duty,and if they cannot fail to see,that these premature efforts to resume specie payments prevent the collection of what is due to them, they will perceive, that in endeavoring to secure an object Ivhully dome , tic,they have been sacrificed. In respect to the dividends and the stock, payable abroad, of them are payable in pounds sterling, or guineas, or francs, so that we place the money there at our own cost—and as to dividends payable hero, they have almost universally been re mitted in the equivalents to specie. What the general merchants of Franceor England desire, is that we should take their merchan dise—that we should trade with them. The state of our currency is a very subordinate concern. You deal with them and pay them in their own currency. They know little and care less about the sort of currency in which you deal with the South and West. Besides,who are to reproach us with the de• predation of our notes. The English? But the Bank of England suspended specie pay f ments for twenty•five years—during nearly all which time every American Bank paid specie—and men in England were forced by law to take the notes of the Bank of Eng land when they were at thirty per cent. dis. count--whereas no man is obliged here to take any note of any Bank—and at this mo ment a paper dollar in Philadelphia or New York, will buy a silver dollar in London. The question then of the resumption is one exclusively domestic—one which however important at home, does not affect the cred it of the country abroad. VI. We come now to the question whe ther Wan early resumption be practicable, the month of May is a fit time. The re sumption, to be useful,must be general; and no arrangement can be satisfactory which does not include the Southern and Southeast ern States. Phese I do not think are yet ready to resume. They are straining eve ry nerve to pay their debts. Their crops are going forward to provide funds in Eu rope and at the North—the Banks are labor ing to meet their notes at the North—the Legislatures are pledging their credit to raise funds in order that their people may pay their debts. Why should we repulse them? All they want is time. They have not yet had the benefit of a single crop, and they may require another; and instead of dig. crediting them, or diminishing the value of their produce, or curtailing their facilities in sending their crops to market, it is better to help them and wait till they are more ad vanced in their preparations. The employ ment of crodit,either of Banks or individuals most useful to the country at this moment, is to forward its produce to Europe. In stead of this the Banks are reducing these facilities; and calling upon their debtors for payment. This seems very unreasonable. It is stopping the locomotives as they are carrying the crop to market. The month of M.iy too is not the right time of the year. Fot example, it requires on an : .. ~ -, e a bout fifty days to take cotton from i , f York to Liverpool. Suppos'ng it im - , iately sold, the usage is at the end of ten'Attys to give a banker's acceptance, payab eln two l months, so that by the month of i y there would not be actually realized moie than the cotton which left New Orleant4before January, when not more than one fatal) or one fifth of the whole crop had been ahip . ped. NI uch, of course, is drawn for when shipped, but I sneak now of the actual obtainittgpos• session of the proceeds of the crop,anttist all events not one half of the crop will'have reached Europe by the month of Nlay. The Spring is, moreover, the season when the credits given for the shipments of Souatern and Western produce, are maturing at the North; and the crop from which reimburse. ments are to come, remains unsold tru• rope. The Spring too, is the titn *hen the Western business has brought front,the interior the notes of the Atlantic Banks,when the circulation presses more upon them that] at any other period,and when specie is want . ed for the trade to China and India, making that time particul xi-1y unpropitious fir the resumption. VII. It remains now to enquire how far these general views of the expediency of resumption in May should be changed by the determination of the Banks of the city of New York +a resume at that period. For the gentlemen of New York who s flounced tha! decision, I have great personal respect, arid under ordinary circumstances would willingly yield my own convictions to their better opportunities and understanding. But the natural influence of their judgment is weakened by the knowledge of the fact, that the Banks of New York would not have had the idea of a resumption in May—but because the immunity allowed by the Le• gislature will then expire and they fear that it will net he renewed. This was distinctly avowed at the Bank Convention,and the Dc putation who visited Philadelphia repeated it again and again. Now this may be a very good reason for the Banks of New York to resume—but certainly no reason whatever for the Banksof Pennsylvania to do the same. The States of Pennylvania, of Virginia, of Kentucky,haye Legislatures as well as New York has, and they have rufused to direct their Rinks to resume in May next. Why should they obey the Legislature of New York and not their own Legislature? The position of New York is on all hands regret ted. But how is it to be remedied? A sin• gle Legislature out of twenty-six Le,gisla tures had passed a law forfeiting the char ters of Banks,if they were unable to redeem their notes in specie. A public calamity overtakes the country and the declining to pay specie, so far from being criminal, be came an act of public safety—so adopted by all the Banks,and so confirmed by this very Legislature. The provision originally de signed to guard against fraud, may thus be come the punishment of honesty arid abili ty. The Legislative body which protected the Banks for a year is now in session, and in twenty-four hours can extend the indemni ty till a more appropriate season for resum ing. I presume no dillicultv will occur in this. Why should there be? Is it possible that such a body can see with indifference the distress which a perseverance in this course must inevitably create, or permit the pride of opinion or any mere political or party consideration to prevent them from interposing to protect their noble but Puffer. ing city? If they decline how can we of Pennsylvania interfere—Why should we voluntarily place ourselves in the same situa- Lion into which Now York has been forced? By doing so we share only a common discs• ter—instead of husbanding our resources a gainst the period when our interposition may be really useful. In the mean whtle,the most effectual service which we can render, is to speak it a tone of frank sincer:ty. She may perhaps bear it front one, than whom Phe has never had a more trio and constant friend—who, although an entire stranger, has for a long series of vents, done every thing in his power to advance her prosperi• ty, and never saw her in any misfortune which he did not anxiously strive to mitigate. But I wish to serve her not to flatter her. I believe then that at this moment New York is in an entirely false position. Sho is ob. lilted by the existing law to do what she knows to be wrong. Her natural course is to appeal to her representatives to rectify their mistake, and not to thrust out their own State Banks to be crushed by the Ex• ecutive. Instead of doing this, she perse• veres from a mistaken tho' honorable pride in not asking relief where relief is attain able, but is preparing for the event by sacri- ficing her own interests and inflicting die. tress on the community. The apparent su• periority in the exchanges which this pro• duces, is wholly fallacious as well as injuri OUR. The state of the exchanges in New York proves nothing whatever, except the scarci ty of money in New York. The exchanges are even less depreciated than many other things. The bank notes of the Southern States are at a great depreciation. But store rent and real estate in the very spot where these notes are sacrificed, are much more depreciated than the notes themselves. So too in New York, the notes of Philadel phia are at a discount, yet at this moment New York has to pay to Philadelphia little less than ten millions of dollars, for actual debts to Philadelphia, and to foreigners rep resented by Philadelphia. It is not there fore the abundance but the want of means— it is not strength but weakness which causes this difference. By the same process bread and meat may be reduced in price for the want of purchasers. You make an artificial scarcity of money, and then boast how much the little which remains will buy—but your superiority is punished by the debtor, who does'not settle with a creditor so mucliabove him. And what is the benefit of all this? The other States are obliged to submit to this local legislation and the suffering of N. York is certainly net fitted to make them adopt it voluntarily. It is better therefore, for them to state with perfect frankness that they do not mean to unite with her in this forced resu mption—tosay this decidedly and finally, so that she may apply the only rem. dy—an extension of her law. Thd whole subject would then IF' open for figure adjust. ment upon principles of safety, alike to the Banks and to the community. On the whole, the course which in my judgment, the Banks ought to pursue,is sim ply this: The Banks should remain exactly as they are—preparing to resume, but not yet re =UM Tnev should begin, as tho Bunk of Eng. land did, under similar circutn,tatires,by paying the small notes, so as to restore coin . to all the minor channels ofcirculation—but not make any general resumption until they ascertain what course the Government will pursue, employing in the meantime their whole power to forward the crops to market. The American Banks should do in short what the American Army did e t New Or leans, stand fast behind their cotton bales un til the enemy has left the country. These are my opinions very deliberately formed, and very frankly expressed. They are thus set fbrth,not to influence the course of others, but to explain my own. .v Biddle. Philadelphin, April 5 1838. General lilt elligenee. The stockholders of the old United States ank have presented NICROLA9 Bin uLe,the le President ()fillet institution,with a splen di rvice of plate, for his invaluable servi• ces t •e at its head. The present was chly trited. PUBLIC LA NDO.--Statement shoring the amount of the Eales ofthe public lands during the year 1837. States & Territories:, Ohio, Indiana, Missouri, A !shams, Mississippi, Louisiana, Michigan, A rkansas, Wisconsin Territory, Florida Territory, SUSQUEHANNA TRADE..—The Columbia Spy ul• Saturday week last says, The noble Susquehanna, that broad and beautiful sheet or glassy waters, along its eastern shoreos now beginnuw to be crowd• ed, with the various craft suited for its navi gation—arks, rafts, and boats of all descrip !ions. The products stored up during the past winter, are now ungarnered and sent forth on the wide waters to a good and am ple market, and the gloom and stagnation incident to a long win or and the pressure of hard times is becoming dissipated, and business and bustle, unclouded faces and im portant looks, are beginning to assert their legitimate rights. FIRR.—We Imam from the Grind gulf (Miss.) Advertiser, that a large Onion - of' the flourishing town of Holly . Springs, in that State, was entirely destroyed by Ciro on the morning of the 20th ult. The Printing office of the "Mississippi . Mirror,” was en. tirely destroyed.. • n conversation with a Physician,we learn that Belladona, has been used with Brea success in several cases of Scarlet Fever a disease, so peculiarly fatal to children. PREMATURE MOVEMEI;ITII.—••The Rich mond Whig observes: "It is too soon for us to enter upon the campaign tor the next Presidency.- • We have; in truth and sinceri. ty,deprecated the early agitation of the clues. tion—believing it•to be fraught with any thing but good to the country. The subject already, from its own inherent importance, without any aid • from the press, exerts too powerful an influence over the reason and passions of the people." We learn from the Bedford Gazette, that the federal, alias loco foco party,liave open. ed a tavern in the borough of Bedford for the accommodation of the faithful. The name of thiselectioneering shop is to be call. ed Jackson's Hotel, where all kind of "dev• ilish stuff"' can be had, including Porter.— Extra Globes and taverns are to be plenty in the state this summer. Porter is to wash all down,and is pleasant doses for drunkards; but such as sober men cannot and will not take.—Harrisburg Chronicle. CONVICTION FOR MURDER.—AI the Court of oyer and terminer, held last week, in Franklit. county, Pa., JOHN MURTAIIGH,WaS tried for the murder ofJAnEs NlcCruNcnny, in that county, on the 6th of January last, and found guilty. On Saturday morning, Judge Tnompsorr, pronounced sentence of death upon the prisoner. THE COLONIAL REcortos.—The bill re ported by Mr. Tyikm,of thfi city,which pro vides for the further publication of the Minu tes of the Pennsylvania Council under Pro prietary or Colonial Government, from the year 1717 down to the period of the Revolu tion, was passed through three readinv in the House of Representatives on Thursday morning last, and sent to the Senate, where it will- doubtless pass in a few days. Too much credit cannot be awarded to the able and indefatigable Representatives fronkthil adelphia for his zealous and successful efforts in behalf of this enlightened object. When he undertook the task at the last session of prosecuting this measure, few anticipated aught from his labors, save the addition of another to the long list of proofs—and we affirm it with regret—which the past legis lation of our State had afforded of the re pugnance of our law-makers in literary pro. jects of this character. He has, however, succeeded through means peculiar to him. self, and which possess so large an ingredi' ent of bold preseverance as to defy opposi tion surmount all difficulties. The bill provides for the printing and bind ing of 1500 copies, and authorizes the So• cretary of the Commonwealth to purchase of the printer 500 copies, which he has oil hand over and abr,ve the number directed by the act of last year. It gives the Secretary power to emoloy permanently an ad]i'i mat clerk to aid him in the prosecutii.ar of the work, at a salary of 8800 per annum. It directs two hundred copies of the work to he placed in the hands of the Governor to be by him distributed at his discretion, nmong learned societies and public Libraries ()finites. States. It further provides, that five copies shall he presented to the American Philosophical Sociaty,five to the Historical Society, five to the Philadelphia Library, two to the Phil• ndelphia Alt hmheum, one copy to each of the several Colleges and public Libraries in the State, one to each of the members of the press nt and last legislatures, and that five copies shall be deposited in the Stale Library,and one copy in each of the Record offices of the Commonwealth. The size of the work, when completed, will be about ten octavo volumes of SDU pages each, and may well be iegnided as a monument to the intelligence and public spirit of Pennsylvania. It is cause of con gratulation to the friends of the measure, that they possess so powerful an adjunct as the able Secretary of the Commonwealth, to whose hands the prosecution of the mea sure has been committed.[Harri3burg C. Mr. Van Buren has appointed Charles S. Bagg, sah-t rensu ry in %Vayne co, Michigan. The spoils are in a fair way to be " bag. ged."—Prentice. DIVORCE AND 111AHNIAGE.--The witty and sarcastic Prentice says that the Govern. meat was divorced from the hank of the U. S., and then got married to 100 Suite banks. If it he divorced from the state banks to whom or what will it be married next? To 50,000 Sub Treasuries. By the first opera tion it got a hundred wives instead of one, and by the next, it will get 50,000 instead of 100, it will have a wife in every office holder; and from every wife's girdle will dangle a key for opening the good husband's strung box. How much of the old fool's money will be left at the end qf the year? Purchase money 8591,293 1,565,390 1,265,779 328,452 457,918 320,660 233,690 009,106 353,820 223,479 125,852 The North Bend Piess,Nort horn Indiana, states that the Legislature of that common. wealth has appropriated two hundred 'and ninety thousand dollars to be expended on the Canal connecting the River St. Joseph with the Wabash and Maumee Canal,which, running longitudinally through the stateof I alone unites Lake Erie with the Ohio Riv. er, and consequently connects the Southern part of Lake Michigan with Lake Erie , by the Maumee, and with the Ohio river by the Wabash. This will afford a straight rout from the mouth of the Missouri to Cleveland in Ohio, and Erie in Pennsylvania. It is computed that the rout from St. Joseph on Lake M!chigan, to Lake Erie by Fort Wayne and the Maumee, cannot exceed 200 miles, while the rout between the same points by the way of Mackinaw cannot be leas than Boo miles, making a difference of 000 miles in favour of the Southern rout. In addition to this, it is supposed that the dif fiarence on the score of obstruction from ice is at least ten weeks in Giver of the Southern rout. We never take up the subject of In ternal Improvements iii connexion with the vast territories of the North and %Vest, that we are not startled at the scope for specula tion which the subject affords. Districts of country which on the map appear small, grow upon inspection into hundreds and 87,004,52 hundreds of !Liles, comprising the richest lands on the face of the earth,watered by the finest rivers. To attempt to affix any lim it to the future commerce with these regions would be as idle as to endeavor to span the globe, or to do any thing else not within the compass of possibility. Let those who talk of one Atlantic city monopolising the trade of such a country, indulge their fears as they may, the business affbrded by these districts a few years hence will be such as to require halls dozen more such markets as those of New York,Philadelphia and Bal timore affords, to receive them.[Boit. Am. AN°TnEtt Willa Tnittmi.n.—We learn row the Cleveland Herald, that at the chit r.• er election, held i Detroit on the 2d inst. the Whigs carried their ticket by about 330 majority, thus revolutionizing the politics of the city. VIRGINIA.—The Legislature of Virginia adjourned on the 9th cast. after a session of 99 days, and having passed more than three hundred acts. FIRE.--.-011 the night of the 3d inst. a fire broke out in the block of frame buildings, in Now Lisbon, Ohio, situated on the main street of that town. owned by Mr. DAVID P. GRAHAM, and occupied as shops and stores. The fire had made great progress before it was discovered, and could not be stayed un til the whole range of buildings,with a large part of their contents, was consumed. The loss is estimated at sl2,ooo,and falls chiefly on Mr. John Arms' rung, Casper & Harri son, druggists; S. S. Clark, hatter; David Miller, grocer, and J. & H. Janney, shoe store. There was a small insurance on a po - rtion of the property. This is ss;d to have been the most destructive fire that has ever occurred in New Lisbon. A large Temperance meeting was held at New Orleans on the 3d instant. The Bee says that the friends of Temperance in that city have not been idle. The Charity Hos pital has subscribed to the principles ofTem perance,and will be conducted henceforward on that plan. One or two of the tow boats use no ardent spirits, by agreement among the officers and crew. ANOTHER VVIIIG VICTORY.—The Whigs of Buffalo have elected their whole ticket by an average majority of near 500. , Last year the Supervisor, Collector and Justice of the Peace were Loco Foco. A WHIG OF THE OLDEN TIME.—Mt. Eli iha Lav, of Lyme, aged ninety•one, in the recent Waterloo rout of the Tories in Con. necticut, walked ten miles to the battle field, and deposited his vote against the destruc. lives. The limestone found in the neighborhood of Drtroil, Michigan, according to the Ad. Vel ti wr of t!lnf plat', i 4 Suweptibts• of hi •'. Polish, and beautifully variegated by the pe trifactions of shells and corals imbedded in it. The New Hank is built of it, and it is recommended for several public edifices a bout to ho constructed in that city. It is nearly as cheap as brick, and much more durable and solid. cc-ArThe (Armen; of Orange County understand the Sub Treasury System,and have explained their views in the following res.ilution : "Resolved, That pampering the Treasu ry Wolves with Corn and feeding the sheep with husks, is a bad system of farming, and the Government will find it out next shear tng time." PROM TIIE PROVIDENCE JOURNAL The Burial of the Sub-Trea. suru Bill! ozputtor from a Loco Foco in Washington to hi■ Political Friend. "Nut a drum teas heard. nor a funeral note, "As over the ramparts we hurried." Not a word was said, not a Breech eras male, A. the Bill through the House was hurried, No kindly C, nservative came to our aid, As our favorite measure was buried. The question was taken in silence and tears, Or only disturbed by our solibing, While terrible doubts and awful fears In the hearts of the faithful were throbbing No useless amendment encumbered the Bill, No previctis question upon it, 'Twits laid on the table, deserted and still, Precisely as't cainc from the Senate! Sadly we counted the "nays" to the last, And the absent ones strove to remember; We said no. a word of elections just passed, But we bitterly thought of No VESIDER!• We thought of the time when the Whigs with their Should be in our offices seated; [Bank■ Each allied Conservative fled from our ranks, And the poor Loco Focus defeated. Harsh truths they will tell of us when we arc gone, And better men sit in our places; But nothing we'll care, if they'll let UB hold on To the gold that we've wrung from the people. But half the great task of corruption is done, Yet the people arouse from their slumbers; Oh! could we but finish the work we've begun, 'Tis little we'd care for their numbers. We said not a word in defence of it, there, We were not (to tell the truth) able; But we rose from our seats in silent despair, And left it alone on the table! +The month in which the Congressional elections take place, From tho Bucks County Lutelligoricer. • The Cherokees. The conduct of our general governmSnt towards this tribe of Indians, is welJ,cnlcu• laced to bring a foul—indelible stain upon the escutcheon of our country. They are now in possession of n portion of territory situa ted within the limits of Georgia; which has been inhabited by that tribe, from time im memorial. Undi3r tho kind and fostering care of former administrations, with the ex ception of Gen. Jackson's, they were grad ually throwing aside their wild -and savage condition, and approximating - tO a state of civilization m,d refinement- A printing press has been established there, and-con ducted by one of their nunatier—dissaminat ing human knowledge among them. The arts and sciences are encouraged—their fields are cultivated—they have abandoned the roving character of a hunter, as the means of a precarious subsistance—and in structors in religion have been introduced among them, teaching them to worship the Christian's God. Yet all these evidences of their peace, happiness and prosperity, in stead of being n blessing to them, are instru meets of their keenest torture. Civilization is any thing but what was desired by their white neighbors,and in con : sequence of their becoming so, the eye of avarice and cupidity has been directed to their lan.ls and their homes. Accordingly the late Executive,under the. perfidious plea of HUMANITY, to save them fronri annihila tion by their propinquity to the whites, en tertained the idea of removing them beyond the Mississippi. To find a person to act in so nefarious a design was no difficult mat ter, for all ages, and all countries, have had their black, feel, and perfidious spirits,steel ed against honor, honesty, and the cries of the unofErnding and the harmless; but we blush to say,t tat such a character was found in the person of the REV. John F. Sher werhorn. lie was the accredited agent of this government, to treat with the Indians for their lands; and in May lrM5, lie collec ted about fifty or sixty of their drunken Chiefs, who at the lime, under the influence of rem, which was liberally distributed a mong them, executed a treaty transferring I the lands of the Cherokee nation.to the Uni led States, and promising a removal of the whole tribe, [numbering about 17,000] in May 1835. This was done against the views, desires and approbation of a majority of the Chiefs, and of the whole nation. Accordingly, in the early part of this session of Congress, they sent a delegation to %Washington, with n memorial signed by nearly 16,000 (within a fraction of the whole tribe) remonstrating earnestly, but temperately, against the va lidity of that treaty, ns bring fraudulently and unwarrantably obtained. Nothing, however, can be expected from that quarter Van Buren is bent upon their removal—he has pledged himself to tread in the crooked and perverse footst'ps of his predecessor—and he appears to do it,t hough it should bring disgrace and contempt upon his country. In six weeks from this time these aborigines must bid farewell to their country, or contend for their native soil at the ;mint of the bayonet, or amid the roar of artillery. Is all this to be done under the plea of humanity? thus to drive them from their country; the mausoleums of their ancestors, their firesides, and their homes: if it is,God defend us from such humanity. Can it be, that in this enlightened age, and in this en lightened count ry,such conduct can besanc t toned by a Christian peopled and all under the plea of mercy! Such mercy as this, the Wolf gives to the lamh—hy making them contribute to appease their voracious appe tile. "Lo! THE POOR INDIAN."—A disturbanc has occurred with the Osage Indians,a small band (from ft• teen to twenty,) of whom came Into the settlements in Bates county, Mo. They were in n state of starvation, and op• plied to one of the settlers to buy corn, who ordered them away. They plead extreme hunger and instated on the pucchose,but they were warned unless they departed forthwith the whites would whip them They would riot depart and during the night thew killed a number of hog. Oa ere day followin ,, , fifteen of the settlers, went armed to the Indian camp, on which the Indians corn• merle, d loadinm their macs. The Whites fired upon them. "ditch was returned, and the firing kept up on both...lite-stump, the night. The Whites returned home with two vrounded, leaving the Indians in pol-srit- Dion of the groamd. Iron of ibe Indians not ascertained. [Lancaster Jairrisal. .-...... , 11N1111 1 .... - • Fp:Noon Cservrar.—A ca came be. for the County Court of Bahia:ewe ma Toes. day la'-t, the 9th instant_ the whole evidence of which went to establish an unusual de gree of cruelty. A Mrs. Tayler was ar raigned f"r essaulting and beating a child. It appeared that the child an Illir4120(13 an orphan, in the keeping of Mrs-Taylirr, and that mho had beat it until its arm was bro ken, pulled its hair nut by the rotes, in a fit 'of rage had made it sit down no a hot Dutch Oren, and then forced the maimed and sof ft ring creature to laborabriut the house with out its wounds attended to, till they uleera tod,and even vermin bred is ihria„and finally filed up the measure of her cruelty by sof (c ring i t nearly to starve to death. The :Pi brought in a verdict of guilty, and she was sentenced to twelve months imprwornent, and to give bond and security to keep the peace for twelve months after lilt termina tion of confinement- The fistiitenae was mw-h too mild for the perpetrauir of such inhuman barbarity.—PhiindelpSio Lodger. IVe hope the length of Mr. BIDDLE ' S Letter will nut prevent its being generality . read and considered. \There is no aintriv,aity about it—no mys*atiow—it is a plain 54atement of the conditioner things grneraily, which will prevent hiis re-or - row> upevie paYments at the time when the Bulks of this city re sume. We think we perceive a very un wisp disposition on th•rk rut of some who net hrst and think ofte•o-artLA, to join the administration in tyrtrireLknug en 11r. Brd dleond fanning the thine :If - excitement and rivalry, when the very b, , s. le,r4lin sof criaifi dence, should prevail, nor tniv in relation to the past but to Ramo:tam elperations for the future. Our Banks mast r .P.sorime„or their charters are forfeitied--lbese vs no tender mercy towards them on the Fan 44 our Le gislature. It is not so In Penorsylvania. [New York Eertarizarr Star. From the Harrisbor; latearetoner ell . 1 4TE 13 The Improremeaat MAIL This hill has tEnxidt'y passim! both braticites of the Legislature, and may reogtarintml the Executive signature to become a law.. The tilt was commoner! to coritamateec. of conference a?Dointedl toy cacao !Louse Saturday last- After a great deal rd culty in framing such ai NI as aces calculat ed to meet the appriArall ef all panties, the committees reported to Mew respoctive nausea yesterday_ In the ate the re port was adopted by the follhovrionz„ vote: YEAS.—Mesars, Bxrdsg. Eurralem„ Cage. Cassall, Darragh, nailer, (Sere ) .11.arors, Kingsbury, ParCoukey, Mater, ilcitf rani. Pt-Ar son. Parc iaser, Saaptiriz,, "tzinrettll. Pcialost-Apaker —lB. NAYS.—Blessms.Well. Carl, Fraley. (city,) Fullerton. Eat*. Lest. 31irkanr. (Berks.) Myer. Partssr, Rapers. S.lintairs.. Siplcr„ Strohm.-li. The following was tlie rate em nlSt^ 331,z , za4e cn the adoption of tie Report: YEAS.—Messrs, Scatty, litanomm, arzel....Ciaran berlain, (Cam ) Ch.amberEaM. (Craw.) Clark, Col houn, Collins, Cribb, Canis, Dilika: Dainciunn. Di mock, (Sus.) Elarartf.,,Ehinnam„Fly.Fell.Fling. Funk, Garretson, Hayes Marllmam, Hoc*. twins, Johnston, Karns. Keno, Kerulcr. Ketnirsrell. Kinney. Laverty. Love. MlClarars, dencriscm. Mor ton, Passmore.kennisum , PorterJltrevd.(Eator.)Voresi, ( Phila.) Richardson. Hyam, Szsrde.' y, Shearer. Smith. Spaelkmiun„ Stark. SO'rrears,..Strollec ker. Tay ler. Thompson, TVS= Walker. Wails, Dr umm Speaker,—Ci. NAYS---Messrs. Carpenter. Crisps. Erdman, Rapt, Ferely. Ford. Geiger Gammr. Goldsmith. Gorgas, Herr. Hill„ (13erk%)111Ersa_ 111-vdonas liztrbrs, James, Kauffman, Kitt • .ter, Krebs. Lerch. Longa ker. 11PCIe rirElsreZlPanlk„ Pinne-Rodait, Rey nolds, ( Lux-) Kepi:Leas, (Westr46-). Rater Setniur. Shortz, Sipes, Sterensots, Wateaina, Wilburn. Wood burn, Yearick, Yastc.-3/3„ In bath branches the cpsicreerarts ef +be bill exerted themselves to the anteeL4 tin obta an a postponement of the questam® for a day or two, but the frtends of the toreamotre veered& 'ermined to press the ban to a sate before an adjournment could be effected- The Senate sat until ufier three o'clock. The commit tee of the House drd mot replan until at the afternoon. • The bill as paSsed awnosiniates about 'Bl - 900,000. The appropriations to the trozon Canal company; the Bann - slawirg,BurLtououtti and Lancaster radrond6- the Pecoasm loania and Ohio Canal; and the Bald Eagle and Spring Creek navigation ammo:rely strick• en out. The appropriation to the Gettys burg rail road is reduced to 195„000 dollars,* and the appropriation to turnpikes and State roads, are reduced about 20 percent—some of them, indeed, altogether stsirken out. The loan 0ft2 13 0,000, authorized in the mi. ginal bill. to be applied to the North Branch and Erie extension, is so altered as to be ap plicable to the public satins generally, as the Canal Commissioners unary deem 'wipe dient, and the loan of 81 pao,ooo, attached to the bill in the Senate. and Regained to be borrowed of the U. S- Bank, is seduced to 600,000,dollars,an the Gowen:oar is author ized to negociate the loan with Whom be may think proper. But hate business of intnnesst was done in either House vesterday,, with the exception of this bill, and the pass:aged the bill to in corporate the Mums Co' ad and Mining company, which it will be reinollemed was vetoed by the Governor, and negatived in the House on Tnesd.Jay. Y es terday it was re-considered, and lashed by a earjaritv of two-thirds. The feats and nays ovi its Enid passage were—Yeas 49, Nays 24—a ma jority of one vote. 'Q:14195,000 to track ®Aar cnanaant, tad $lO,OOO towards patting andler cantrart S miles beyond the ennurait—in sID fo Cie nnai stah, l ooo. E . Gedisticarrg Star. We learn that the. Piesidewt of the Uni ted States, by and nab the :advice ofthe Sen ate, has conferred the &erre of BRIGADIER GENERAL on the gallant C.,lllonel T..stirLon, of the First Regiment of Infantry. for his meritorious conduct in the last action with the Florida htcL & REPUBLICAN BANNER. IMP( r annum. half-ye•rly In advance. \ GETTYSBURGH, PA. Tiresday, april 17, I S3S. FOR GOVERIVOR,. ZIOVIB22H atZttiIXPLBM 3.Flour in Baltimore, $7 25; Wheat, $1 62. Co,i 75 eta.; Rye, 95; Oata, 35 ; Clover Seed, $8 00 to $8 23; Whiakey, 29 eta. TO CORRESPONDENTS 331-The lines by "1," will be given in our next. (0 If the Post Master at Hampton will transcribe the articles referred to,they shall be published forth with. The person holding the only copy of the Law is this place, refused to loan it to us. Cheating . the 'Printer. 13t"-The Pos•ma•ter at XENIA ,Ohio, under date of April 2d, directs us to "discontinue sending the Star Et Banner to JOHN HAMILTON, as lie does not wish to receive it any longer," but says not a word about John's PA VINO up! We hope John will fork out FOUR DOLLARS before we transmit our ac- count to ••a limb of the law" for collection Cheating the Printer, John, is akin to robbing a grave-yard! eta-The Postmaster at KIDDERMINSTER, Cum berland county, Pa. has returned several Nos. of the Star which had been directed to HENRY HA RT ZELL. As Henry owes us about FIFTEEN DOL LARS, we hope the Postmaster will be good enough to inform us of his whereabouts, and the name of an efficient Magistrate to whom we could transmit our ac conat,and thereby save Henry from the sin of Cheat ing the Printer! Cot". J ACOB BRETZ, (and others,) of CAR LISLE,Pa , would oblige us by transmitting, forth with, upwards of SEVENTEEN DOLLARS, as per bill rendered in June last. He, certainly, has no dis position to 'Cheat the Printer!' Ir3 - .llore Iffereafie Q - Judge SII EFFER and Messrs. Pm/ RORY. and MinntEcove have again sent us public documents, for which they have our thanks. P#'n►►sylrassia College. ci-NVe arc pleased to learn that JLMER COR NELL RIDDLE, Esq. of Philadelphia, has been chosen to pronounce an address before the Litera ry Sorinties of Pennsylvania College in this place, on the 4th of July next. We have not the pleasure of a personal acquain tance with Mr. Biddle; but his character for moral worth, professional and literary attainments, and mild gentlemanly deportment, is well known to the public. As a Lawyer, he stands among the foremost among the distinguished members of the Philadelphia Bar; and we anticipate a rich treat for ourselves and the public in his address. We understand that he has accepted the invitation. Colleges and academies. j.The bill for the endowment of the Colleges and Academies of the State has received the sanc tion of the Governor, and is therefore a law. Our College will receive 1.000 a year for ten years. The same act incorporates the Female Seminary of this place, and entitles it to receive from $3OO to f,.501.1 annually, for the sumo number of years. Good Orelos: Our approjwite- Sion Secured! a3-IVe are Ceased to be able to lay the follow ing letter before OW readers this morning. !t con tains matter of much rejoicing to the friends of our nail Road. A thousand cheers for our Farmer Governor, as well as fo.• those members of the be giilature who have,on all o^easions,stood up for the interests and prosperity of our Borough and Coun ty! The Governor's reasons for signing the Lill will be given in our next. Correspondence of the Gettysburgh Star. HA RRISBUIWII, April 14. 1838. Dean SlR—This morning the Governor in formed the Legislature that he had signed the Im prosemeot Bill, and at the same time sent a Mes sage explaining his reasons for doing so. After the Alessage was read in the House, Mr. STEVENS expressed himself delighted with the views held out in that document, and moved that 3,000 copies in English and 1,500 in German be printed fur the use of the members. Mr. Coplin moved to amend by the •usual number." Mr. M'Elwce charged the Governor with extravagance and uiconsister.cy! Mr. Johnston considered the bill very moderate for two years' appropriation, and supported Mr. Ste wens' motion. Mr. Gilmore deprecated the mea sure of borrowing money from the U. S. Bank! and supported Mr. Coplin's motion. Mr. Wilson followed, in the same strain. Mr. Hopkins moved 1,000 in English and 500 in German; this motion prevailed, upon the consideration that no more could be obtained. The bill is now a Law, and the Gettysburgh Hail Road safe! Yours truly, CHARLES KE'rI'LEWELL. an Error. rig'The Philadelphia American Sentinel is in er ror. The Anti-Masonic Party have nailed no man's same to their mast-head for the Presidency, 04-nor will they until a nomination is made by their Nation al Csmveution. We hope the Sentinel will correct its statement. •7lr.:Piddle's Letter. yTo the exclusion of our usual variety, we have copied into our columns, the highly impor tant letter of the President of the United States Bank of Pennsylvania. We hope that it will be carefully read by the,people of all parties. i rr We have strdck olf a few extra copies, for the benefit of those who are not subscribers to the Star and who cannot get it through the papers which they patronize. wi*ew York City. New York has again pet her seal against the abominations of Loco Focoism, by re-electing the present Whig Mayor, and returning Whig mem bers of the Council from nine out of seventeen *wards of the City!! County Meeting cylVe hope the Anti-Masons and friendir of our Farmer Governor will not forgot to attend the County meeting in this place, at 1 o'clock, ON MONDAY NEXT. Let there be such a gather ing as will frighten the Porter Loco Feces, who meet in the evening of the same day. 'Cheat will no doubt make a great effort to have a "big" meet ing. Let us show them that without extraordina ry exertions the friends of the Supremacy of the Laws and Pennsylvania interests—of a firm and noble Governor, can rally en masse to assert their principles and the mode and manner of currying them into effect. t r i -It is cipectsd that Massa. STEW:NS, PENROSE and other distinguished members of our party will address the meeting. o .. ?ltemember, MONDAY NEXT, •r ONE O'CLOCK P. M. gone P. Ks:‘ &rimy, Esq. of Baltimore, has been nominated as the Whig candidate for Con gress to fill the vacancy occasioned by the death of Mr. M'Kim. WILLIAM H. M•nateTT, Esq. is the Van Buren candidate. The election takes place on Wednesday the 25th inst. Extra. a:1 , -An Extra, containing Advertisements, ac companies this week's No. SUB-TREASURY BILL.—The Madisonian reports, as on good authority, that a part, if not the whole of the Connecticut delega tion in the House of Representatives "look upon the result of the election in that State as a clear indication of the sentiment of the people against it, and will accordingly vole against - 1t an any shape." That paper adds. that the friends of he Sub Treasury Scheme must now be satisfied not only that it cannot he carried through Congress, but that "the people loathe and defeat it;" and that "the measure which stands thus condemned by the people, must be abandoned." A Negro Woman, the property of Mr. James Crum, of Bryan county, was deliver ed a few days since of FOUR children, two boys and two girls. A boy and girl have since died—the other two it is stated are doing well.—.soroonnuh Rep. HYMENIAL REGISTEII. UA It MED. 'Onthe 9th inst. by the Rev. Mr. Keller, Mr. WILLIAM ZETTLE to Miss S•II All LADY, both of Franklin township, Adams county. OBITUARY RECOU 11 1)1ED. On the 15th inst. after a few (lays illness, Mr. Ron Eur W. KEEell, of this Borough, in the 48th year of his age. TRIBUTE OF RESPECT. At a special meeting of the Gettysburg Guards, held on the 16th inst., the following resolutions were unanimously adopted: Resolved, That the Officers and Members of the Gettysburg Guards have learned with the most un feigned sorrow and regret, the death of their late es teemed fellow-member, ROBERT W. KEECH; and as a testimony of their respect for his memory, will wear crape on the left arm for thirty days. Resolved, That the Company will attend the funer al of their deceased fellow member this day at '2 o'- clock.and unite with his friends and relatives in ren dering the last Imporr to his remains. Resolved, That the Secretary be directed to trans mit a copy of the foregoing resolutions to the family of the deceased. Resolved, That the above resolutions be published in all the papers of the Borouzh. A true extractfrom the minutes. WILLIAM KING, Seeretarv. r On the 13th inst.lllll , ol ALEXANDEn,son of Mr. Joseph Welnight, of this place, aged 9 years, 9 months arid 9 days. n the 2d inst. Mr. JOBEPII Non nEeK, son of Mr. Jacob Norbeck, of Mountjoy township, in the 21st year of his age. On the 9th inst. Mrs. ANN Brounn,of Freedom township, in the 78th year of her age. RELIGIOUS NOTICES. •Rev. Dr. SCHMUCKER will preach in the English Lutheran Church on Sunday morning next." There will also be preaching in the even ing,nt early candlelight.hy Rev. Mr. REYNOLDS Rev. Mr. M'LEAN will preach in his Church on Sunda.: morning next. Rev. Mr. JONES will preach in the Metho dist Church on Sunday morning & evening next ADVERTISEMENTS 3. PLEATETIAS, CLOCK AND WATCH MAKER, W OULD respectfully inform the citi zone of Gettysburg, and the public generally, thut he has commenced the Clock and Iratch Oinking Business, In Chambersburg street, one Door East of Mr. Buehler's Drug Store, where he is prepared to attend to any order in his line of business; and hopeb, by prompt attention, to receive a share of public pat ronage. N. B. Brass, Yankee or Wooden Clocks; lime-piecfOlusical Boxes and Wickes of every description, repaired and warranted. April 17;1838. 3t-3 TAILORING. THE Subscribers take this method of in• forming their friends and former cus tomers, and the public in general, that they have just received the Spring Fashions for 1838, and are now prepared to execute ull orders in their line of business on the shortest no• Lice and in the HOST FASHIONABLE manner, and at moderate prices for cash. All kinds of Country Produce will be taken for work. Their Shop is at the Old Stand, in the North West Corner of the Diamond,Gettys• burg. Ready made Clothing, for sale at the same Place—which will be disposed of very low Fos CASH. E. & R. MARTIN. tf-3 April 17, P. 38. CENTS IRWIN . latD. • - RA NA W AY from the subscriber,on the 24th of March last, an apprentice boy named MOSES DEGROFT, between 13 and !4 years of age,=-had on, when he went away,a drab roundabout and pantaloons very much worn; new wool hat and an old pair of shoed. He is a thick set boy, and fond of talking. The above reward will be given in shin plasters for the runaway it brought back, but no thanks nor costs will be paid. All persons are hereby cautioned against harboring the above named boy. RALPH FICKES. 3t-3 April 17, 1839. PUBLIC NOTICES. TO CARPENTERS. PROPOSALS will be received, tt.t the Tavern of Mr. William Bailey,in Frank lin township, until 1 o'clock P. M on Satur day the 12th day of May next,by the School Directors of said townshiplor building ONE SCHOOL HOUSE, near said tavern. By order of the Board, ISAAC RIFE, Sec'ty. April 17, 1839. trn-3 BRIGADE ORDERS. THE Enrolled Militia of the Second Bri gade Fifth Division Pennsylvania Mili tia, are required to be paraded and trained as follows, viz.: In Companies, On Monday the 7th of May next, at suet places as their commanding officers shat direct. In 'Mattaliens, As follows, viz: The Ist Battalion of the ROth Regiment on Monday the 14th; the 2nd do. of do. on Tuesday the 15th: The first Battalion of the t9th Regiment on Wed nesday thel6th; the 2nd do. ado. on Thurs day the 17th: The Ist Battalion of the 80th Regiment on Friday the l a th; the 2nd do. of do. on Saturday the 19th of May next: unless the commanding officers should direct Regimental trainings instead thereof. Those Volunteer Companies within the bounds of the 80th and 00th Regiments may attach themselves to either Battalion most convenient for inspection. The A merican Union Battalion will pa rade on Saturday the 12th of May, for in spection. The American Independent Battalion, and the York County Battalion of Volun teers, will parade for inspection, at whatever time and place directed by their command ing officers. !Cr A PPE A LS—for the Militia on Mon day the 11th of June next—far Volunteers, on Monday the sth of November next. DAVID SCOTT. Brig. Insp. 2d Brig. Div. P. M. April 17, 1641-4. tp-3 Literary Xotice. griir THE annual contest between the Lit erary Societies of "Pennsylvania Col lege," will take place in Christ Church. on Tues day Evening the 17th inst. Two original Essays will be read, and two original Orations delivered by members. cc - r The following Question will also be debated by a member from each Society: "Should the promulgation of Nide principles be prohibited by law?" April 10, 1838 Gettysburg' Ileumle academy. AN EXAMINATION of the pupils of the Gettysburg Female academy will take place on Thursday and Friday, the 19th and 20 1 / 1 inst. commencing at 9 A. M. O .— Parents, guardians,. and all who feel an interest in the subject,are respectfully in vited to attend. Gettysburg, April 10, 1838. ANTI-MASONIC COUN-e TY MEETING. EirTHE Democratic Anti•Masona of Ad ams County are requested to assem ble in COUNTY MEETING,at the Courthouse in Gettysburg, on 'Monday the 933 d of .51pril next, at 1 o'clock P. to take into consideration measures for the promo tion of the good of the State, and to secure the tri umphant re election of the FARMER GOVER NOR over his Masonic aristocratic competitor, Da vid R. Porter. 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 Masonry 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 defending the former. It is hoped that the Anti-Masons of Ad ams will boldly and fearlessly meet the issue and show the dignitaries of Masonry that they aro still erect and uncompromising as over in their devotion to the laws and their hostility to all secret combi nations against them. Let every Anti-Mason ho at his post,and let as many as can attend the Coun ty meeting on the 23d 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. ROBERT SMITH, 9 DANIEL M. SMYSER, g JOHN WOLFORD, GEORGE L. FAUSS, JAMES D. PAXTON, H JOHN HORNER, JAMES BELL, Jr. 4; March 27. 1838. riorricu. THE books and accounts of DAVID HEA DY have been placed, by his Assignee, into my hands for collection. Those indebt ed are requested to cal Land make payment on or before Saturd4 the 21st inst. No indulgence can be given alter that day._ R. W. MIDDLETON. April 3, 1838. 3t-1 TAILORING. THE 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, Al his Old Stand, Smith's Corner, Gettysburg: Where , he will execute work in his line in the min and MOST FASHIONABLE manner. Ira- As 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 PRODIICE,IIe hopes therefore, that those who want work done in his line will call and give him a trial. REZEKIAH VAN ORSDEL. March 20,1838. tf-51 PUBLICK NOTICES- Southern Literary Messenger, CONTENTS OF APRIL NO. The New York Review of Mr. Jeffersou review ed—By a Southerner. With an Editorial Intrudeetios —Mr. Jefferson defended against the N.Y. Reticle* attack on his private character, principles, oQiaions and conduct. The charge of plagiarism its the la ration of Independence refuted. Also the charge that the vote of Georg.a for Jefferson and Burr was =MM. thenticated. Mr. Jefferson's abilities defended. Biographical Sketch of Gen. Hugh Mercer, who fell at Princeton,Jan. 3, 1777. Scraps and Cullings,from the Note-Book eta Glea ner. The West Fifty Years Since. Thoughts on Sunday Schools and Sunday Scheel Books. With a notice of Miss Setlgwick's •Letre-To. ken for Children.' Pocahontas, the Indian Princess. Extension of the Law of Copy• Right to Foreign Authors approved. Merchants' Libraries. Blanks No I. By Mr. Job Printing. The Copy-Book—No. 11. Thomas Groff, the Tragic Writer. The Game of Ches■ A Tale. Historical Writers. More Old Poetry. 'The Purple Island.' Gleani' gs on the Way. The Sleet Storm at Washington. Illustrations of a Science. A Treatise on the art of Naming Places. Journal of a Trip to the Mountains, Cares Nod Springs of The Utility of Liberal Studies: an Essay. consist ing chiefly of extracts from an Address of Professor Goddard, of Brown University, R.I. On the Poetry of Scott, Byron and Wordsworth. Lord Byron's Faults. Charlatunerie des Sarans. ORIGINAL POETRY. The Preservation of the Early Colonists from Mas sacre. Lines to my Cousin. Lines to ■ Lady. Reflection ou the Deceitful Appearance of Mama Affairs To my Sister. The Sleet. Napoleon at St. Helena. The Sumach Tree. Antique Cameos. No. J. (0-The Alessenger is published by T. W. White. Richmond, Pa., ut $5 per annum. in advance.. Notice is hereby Given, 110 all Legatees and other persons s- con cerned, that the ADMINISTRA TION ACCOUNT'S of the deceased per sons hereinafter mentioned,will be presented to the Orphans' Court of Adams County, fur confirmation and allowance, on Monday the 23d day of April next, 'viz: The final Account of Andrew M. dorff and Henry Kauffman, Administrators of the Estate of Christian Kaufilnan, dee'd. The entire Account of Henry Gitt, Jo seph Carl and Frederick Baugher, Admm istrators of the Estate of George Baugher, deceased. The Account of Daniel Heltzell, Admin istrator of the Estate of Philip Voglesong, deceased The Account of William Hildebrand and Joseph Hildt, Administrators of the Estate of Francis Hildt, deceased. The Account of Henry Keep and Samuel Burkholder, Executors of the Estate of Ja cob Knop, deceased. The Account of William M. Scott, one of the Executors of the Estate of Abraham Scott, deceased•. The Account of Sampson S. King, one of the Executors of the Estate of Abraham Scott, deceased. The Account of Daniel Mickly, jr. and Elizabeth Cooper, late Flohr. Executors of the Estate of Valentine Flobr, deceased. The Account of John Marshall and John Witherow Administrator of the Estate of Samuel Witherow, deceased. 4 The Account of Joseph Miller, Executor of the Estate of John Fox, deceased. The Account of Gideon Griest, one of the Executors of the Estate of Thomas Griest, deceased. The Account of Isaac Tudor = one of the Executors of the Estate of Thomas Griest, deceased. JAS. A. THONIPSON, Roister. Register's Office ; Gettys burg, March 27,.1838. I%EW ST 0 RE. THE Subscriber would respectfully in form the citizens of NEW CHESTER. Adams county, Pa., as well as the Public m general, that he has taken the Store House lately occupied by Maj. George Myers, and has opened A NEW AND SPLENDID ASSORTMENT OP • 1 0 • a —CONSISTING OF Cloths, Cassimeres, Cassi ne ttes, Silks, Calicoes, Ginghams, a fine assortment of Shawls and Dress Handker chiefs; bleached and unbleached Muslin; Flannels, of all cobra; Laces, &c. dre.. WITH A FIRST-RATE ASSORTMENT OP Groceries, Queens Ward,. tt - nd. 11A - rd.-Ware. OzrA more splendid or extensive assort ment of Goode was never before opened in this place—all of which will be disposed of on the most reasonable terms. Call and examine. o::!TCountry Produce, ofall kinds, taker: at a fair price in exchange for Goods. ADAM EPPLEY. March 6, 18:38. tf-49 STRAY iztiavit.. CAME to the premises of the subscriber, in Hamiltonban township,Adauts coun ty, some time in September last, a stray BULL, between the age of two and three years, black and white spotted, without ear marks. The owner is desired to come for ward prove property, pay charges, and take said Bull away. JOHN MUSSELNIANI. at -1 April 3,1838. 2 - 0 0 ,44y(4)A AN ElectiOn will be held at the house of Mr. William Bailey,in Franklin town ship, !Uwe county, on Saitirday the 21st_ of April next, between the hours of 10. tis. and 6 r. M. for 0.11 E JELIJOIL to fill the vacancy occasioned in the First Bat talion 80th Reg. Pa. Militia, by the resig nation of Maj. George Myers. DAVID SCOTT, Brigade Insp. March 13, 1838. te-50 W I 0 0 D Fr HI Commissioners of Adams county Jll- will receive Proposals, io writing, at their Office, on Tuesday the 24th day e • April inst. et 1 o'clock, for furnishing WOOD for the Courthouse sal Prism during the, ensuing year. By order of the Commissioner*, WM. KING, Clerk. April 3, 1838.
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