people at the succeeding general election,
and though they seemed to meet with the
approbation of public opinion, yet it was ne=
cessary that they should be ratified by the
concurrence ofthe people's representatives.
They were again declared at the commence•
ment of the present session, and repeated
on one occasion, since. I have thus done
my duty; and though more fully convinced
now, than I was twelve rnonths ago, 01 the
soundness of the opinions then ndvanced,yet
it seems that the decision of the peoph ,con
stitutionally expressed by their representa
tives, is different. I therefore feel bound to
bow to public opinion thus expressed.
IVhile I make this avowal of acquiescence,
I desire to be most distinctly understood as
maintaining an unchanged opinion on the
subject of the State debt, and of the public
improvements; and I wish it to be known
that so long as 1 continue in my present stn
Lion, I will, on till occasions, adhere to the
opinions and principles heretofore expressed
and will make them the rule of my conduct,
unless, as in the present instance, I shall be
over-ruled by the wish of the people legiti•
mately made Ithown. I make this public
avowal now, that hereafter there may be no
misunderstanding on this head.
But, in the second place, though the rea
son just explained is the main one which has
decided my course, it is not the only one.
Others have had their influence.
The defeat of the present bill,which would
render improbable the passage of any other
on the subject at this session, would deprive
• the public agents ot'a repair fund,and would
therefore throw idle, for the greater part of
the season, the whole line of canals and rail
. roads. The responsibility of such n result
I should be slow to assume; and while I ad
mit this, it is duo to myself to repeat that
such a possible state of things was foreseen
at an early period of the session. The di
lemma then apprehended was attempted to
be guarded against. Whether my want of
success in that attempt will eventually be fer
good or evil to the commonwealth, it is fi!.
the future to decide. It is now obvious that
the only choice presented is between sign•
ing a bill with appropriations to companies
and to new works, and encountering the risk
of having no provision whatever made for
the repair of the State works.
Another strong inducement to sanction
the bill is found in the fact that it is now two
years since any provision was made to'con•
tinue the public works. In the meantime
contractors, laborers and others concerned
have suffered much, independent °floss to
the State by the continued unproductiveness
of the capital already invested in dal unfin
ished lines.
The depressed state of trade and business
generally, and consequent want of employ
ment fur mechanics arid la borers,a Iso present
strong reasons against hoarding up the funds
of the Commonwealth. Their expenditure
now will have a most happy and beneficial
etThet on the prosperity of.the State and hen
citizens, mid should remove much of the re :
pugnance entertained agrunst•the mere man
ner of the distribution.
For these reasons I h i tive determined to
sign the bill, and, in comingio' this conclu
sion, rejoice exceedingly that I have been
spared the necessity of using the veto pow.
er—a power, whose exercise'is only less un•
pelan than the sanctioning act deem.
ed wrong in itself.
• 1 shall now briefly state certain difficult jos
which may arise in carrying the bill into ope
ration, and the manner in which they will
be treated, if they should occur.
There are two clirsses of appropriations
embraced in the act: one to State works now
in progress, and the other to company and
other objects. To the farmer, co account
of their priority of claim on the faiN of the
State (they being made to meet contracts
long in existence) and their general interest
to the whole community, I shall, so far as
my control over the Treasury extends, con•
cede a priority of payment out of the public
funds. The latter will be postponed to them;
. but, if there are funds enough to discharge
both fully, both will be paid.
To meet these two descriptions of appro.
priation, it appears to have been the iriten.
lion of the Legislature, that two classes of
funds should be applicable, viz: the pYoper '
resources of the State Treasury arid the pro
ceeds of a temporary loan of 5600,000. If
this loan be actually received, it is presumed
that the joint fund will be sufficient to meet
all the appropriations. But there is a pos.
sibility that the loan cannot be negociuted.
In this case in accordance with the rule of
precedence above mentioned, many of the
appropriation, of the second class will not be
paid.
That such a result is possible, if not prob
able, will appear from an examination of,
the section anthorizing the loan. It is in
these words: "Sec. 12. The Governor of
said Commonwealth is hereby authorized to
borrow, on a temporary loan, any sum of
money not exceeding six hundred thousand
dollars, and to give the necessary certificates
•
therefore, and the same shall be repayable
at such time as shall be agreed on at the time
of making said loan, out of any
,money then
in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated."
With respect to this section, two things
are to be kept in view. 1 That it author
izes only a "temporary loan," which I un
derstand to be a loan repayable withu. one
year from the date of its negotiation. And
I would here remark, that ifit contemplated
a permanent loan or increase of the State
Debt, the bill could not receive my signature.
2. That the rate of intrest is not designated.
But, inasmuch as the Legislature lied it in
their power to obtain the money at four per
cent; I shall not hold myself authorized or I
required to give more than that rate.
Under this view of the requirements ofthe
section, 1 will immadiatly take the proper
steps to ascertain whether the loan can be
negotiated on the terms now stated. If the
attempt be • successful, which I vary much
doubt, then the various subscriptions to the
stock of the different companies named in
the bill will be forthwith ireole, and the
money paid in ace( rdonee with the provi
sion of the act. If not, I shall not feel author
ized, as Governor ef Pennsylvania, to affix
the name of her Chief Mag istrate to a con
tract which 1 know cannot be
Mar a careful examination of the law,
and a comparison of its various provisions
with each of her, and with my Views of
duty to the State, this is the conclusion at
which I have arrived.
The liberality of the Legislature to the
companies embraced in the bill, could only
have been intended as conditional,depending
on the negor int inn of the "temporary loan."
Any other construction would attribute to the
Legislature the design to make a contract
which possibly alight be violated. This
idea cannot for a moment be entertained.
Much less cannot be supposed that it was
their design to sacrifice the existing con
tracts on the public works,to the inda4.,!ence
of their liberality.
In conclusion, permit, me to say, that it
is due to the honor of the State, and to all in
terested in this bill, that its provisions
should be fully and fiiit 'dully executed. This
can be accomplished certainly and promptly
by compelling the bank of the United States
to take the loan under her charter, at four
per cent. That measure is accordingly' re
commended, together with a provision for
the re-payment of the sum already due.
JOS. RITNER
EXECUTIVE CHAMBER,
April 14, 1838.
General Isplellige;are.
A DJOUIt NM ENT OF CONGRESS —lnthe
United States senate, on Wednesday last,
a joint resolution was adopted by no almost
unanimous vote, designating the first Mon
day in June, as the day for final adjourn
ment.
A letter from 'Toronto, Upper Canada
mentions that Lount and :Matthews, two pro
ininent lenders in the late rebellion, when
arraigned fur their offences, pleaded guilty.
and %%ere sentenced to the gallows on the
12th April.
A letter from Toronto, under date of 311
inst. states that Sutherland has been found
guilty by the comt martial, and would be
executed forthwith.
UNIVERSITY Or PENNSYLVANIA.—AI t)o
commencement of the University of Penn
sylvtulia, on the 6th first., the degree of Doe
for ol• Aledicine was conferred on one hun
dred and tifty•seven gentlemen.
It is stated in a Connecticut paper, that
the only Van Buren man elected to the Svn•
ate in that Stwe,has since the election come
out a Whig.
AGR IC LTUR A L Pa OSPECTS.—TIIP re ha s
perhaps never been a time, when the pros•
peels of farmers were more promising for
good crops in western Ohio, than at the pre
sent moment. The opening of the spring
has been favorable to the healthy growth of
grain and grass,of which the extensive fields
att.° former give ample testimony.
Tenneco Cttr•,wrNo.—The Rev. Charles
S. Adams of Boston has published a poem
on chewing and spitting. The following
couplet is a specimen,
"If you would know the deeds of him that chews,
Enter the house of God and see the pews."
ADVERTISING GR ATIS.—The Philadel
phia Ledger advertises letters lying in the
Post Office in that city gratuitously.
Flour at Greenbay, Lake Nliehig,an, was
selling on the 10th ult. at $l5 to 20 a bar
rel. This was berate the lake navigation
opened.
ARRIVAL OF SPECIE.—The schr. Cr vole
at New Orleans on the Sth inst. brow , ht
from Tampico 81.21,95:3 in !..pecie. The
brig A E daily expected, was to bring 870,-
000 mure.
Fl RE.—The large steam factory and
grist mill, belonging to Messrs. D. BoNNKR
and SONS, in Greenfield, Highland count% ,
Obio,were destroyrd by fire on the morning
of the 4,h inst. A large quantity of wheat
stored in the mill was also consumed. Loss
estimated at about B'4ooo.
The S% ash ington Hotel of 11r. Gosst.un
in Columbia, Pa. was diseovered to be on
fire, on Tuesday morning last, by two lads
who had been watching at the basin,and but
their timely warmog might have been
destroyed. The fire had broken out in the
parlor on Front street, had alteady penetrat•
ed through the floor, and much of the furni
ture and wood work of the apartment was
consumed before the flames were extinguish
ed. Loss estimated at about 8300. This
house is situated in the heart of the town,
and had the fire got completely under way,
would, as the Spy observes, ' have carried
destruction on its wings, and swept away in
its devastating course two of the most beauti•
ful squares of any inland town in Pennsyl•
vania."—Baltimore Patriot.
FROM CADIZ AND GIBRALTAR.—Capt.
Paine of the ship Hull, nt Boston on Satur
day from Cadiz. tllarch the 14, reports that
very severe gales were experienced at Cadiz
and Gibraltar, Feb. 14 and 25th, in which a
great nuinber of vessels went ashore. A
mong the rest, the French ship of the line
Le SulTren, was a total loss.
Capt. Paine also stated that three fourths
of all the salt at Cadiz was destroyed by
Dales of wind and incessant rain, which con.
tinned from Jan.l to March 1. He was pain
ted to places where piles of 500 lasts of sal
had been washed away and not a bushel left
The price had risen 75 cents per last in con
sequence.
DREADFUL CommAGRATIoN.— A des
tructive fire took place in this town on Sat.
urday last, the 17th inst. It broke out about
four in the afternoon in the rear of N 1 r. Cross
man's dwelling house, in Second street and,
before the engine could be brought to work
upon it, communicated to the ,adjoining
buildings. In less than an hour, the houses
of Mr. Crossman, Mrs. Harrison, Mr. Mar
tine and Dr. Hon rd; were reduced to ashes,
of the beautiful Roman Catholic Church,
which was the greatest ornament our town
dontained, nothing but the naked walls re•
main. By the exertions of our citikens, the
furnittne of all the above houses was saved,
and the further progress (lithe devoring ele
ment arrested. The loss is estimated at
$100,000.--Red River(La.) Gazett.
From the Washington Reporter.
Loco Focoism in high Life.
The Loco Foci) Von Llurenites of Boston late
ly held a meeting in that city at which the follow
ing, among other toasts, were read. They arc
fully characteristic of a large body of the party now
enlisted in the support of President Van Buren
rind his sub-Treasury scheme:
"The President of the United States—
Firm ;n the cause of Democracy, alias the
People, may he never swerve from the
straight-forward and unerring steps of his
predecessor.
"By Thomas J. Montgomery. Frances
Wri g ht Darusmont —The bright Venus of
Democracy Mai• she continue to exert her
brilliant talents in the cause of freedom, un.
ill monopoly of every description shall be
driven from America's lair laud.
i'figq4qqq4'
"By George A. Chapman. Cußls
ANL] Y AND THE BANKS—TOTTERING ON
cAsT LEGS, 1 1,A Y THEIR DOWN
FALL B 1 SPEEDY!'!!„
2ibbibt2..bt2,,Ug
We appeal to the,moral and intelligent people of
Pennsylvania—are they prepared to go with a par
ty, who, not content with destroying a sound and
prosperous rurenry, and involving the people in
general distress, would rob them , ‘f the faith which
can alone sustain them in the hour of affliction!
We have met with many ehulitions of Van Buren
Loco Focoisindait norm quite so horrible and atro
cious as the above. We ask again, arc the moral
and intelligent people of Pennsylvania prepared to
sustain a party susceptible of such /1 ELI II E HATE
BLASPHEMY!
NEw YORK LEGisLATURE.—A bill has
oas , ;ed both houses, appropriating four mil
lions of dollars for the speedy enlargement
of the Erie Canal.
PENNSYLVANIA IMPROVE)! ENTS.
learn Iran Ilarrisburg,that Cie Improvemen
ElilLas; t passed both Houses on Wednesda,
last,has received the executive signature aru
is fury a law. It is aretomm bus," embracing
2`..t principal appropriations to the canals,ra
roads, feeders, navigation companies works
&c. now in progres , ; besides 41 appropris
bona to turnpikes, and 57 io state roada,ma
king a grand total 01128 separate appropria
tions— though the whole amount of monel
apiopriated is less than two millions of dollars.
I";overnor ItyrxEn has also signed the bill
of the present session, supplementary to the
school law. .1 his supplement contains seve
ral important provisions, among which the
most material are that which makes an an
nual appropriation to the school lurid of one
dollar Ibr every taxable inhabitant in the
State; and mother which gives the power o
rijecting the school system, so far as tha
dOitrict may be concerned, to a majority o
the voters present at thc triennial meemoir
thus making the power that accepts, also
competent to reject. fly the school law as
previously existing, a majority of the voters
present might adopt the system; but, once
adopted, a majority of the whole number of
voters ir) the district, was nreensnry to its
rejection. But in a vast number of districts
throughout the State handsome school
houses have been erected under this law; and
it is to be hoped that this fact will not be
without its influence in preventing a rejec
tion of the system,in those districts in which
it has been heretofrrre brought into success
ful operation.—Bultimore Patriot.
ANCIENT MANUSCRIPT 'F TOE GOSPELS.
—The Rev. J. EL Todd gave lately to the
Royal Irish Academy a short account of a
manuscript of the Four Gospels, of the 7th
century, and in Irish characters, which is
preserved in the library of hie Grace the
Archbishop of Canterbury, at Lambeth.—
s(dinne is a small quarto, in the min
hand called Caroline, COUIMOn to all Europe
in the reign (if Charlemagne, but now used
ally in Ireland and known as the Irish char
ictor. 'Flue pret.ent volume appears to have
'pinny(' to Nlaelbrigid Nlac Dornan.or lac
Fornanovlin was Archbishop of Armagh in
he ninth century, and died A. D. 925. By
Jinn it was probably sent to A
thelstan. King
11 the Anolo.tiaxons,who presented it to the
city of Canterbury. These facts are infer
red from an inscription in Anglo Saxon char
acters (and in the end of the ninth or begin•
ring of the tenth century) which occurs on
a blank page immediately following the
genealogy in the first chapter of St. Mathew.
The discovery of this manuscript and the
satisfactory proof which facts affiird of its
Irish origin are important,as adding another
to the many instances with which we are
already acquainted, of the employment of
Irish scribes in the transcription of the Scrip
tures during the 6th and 7th centuries. It
is now well ascot tamed that almost all the
sacred books so highly venerated by the
A nglo.Saxon church, and left by her early
bishops as heir looms to their respective see 3
were ob'ained by Ireland or Irish scribes.
tionnlnLE Munouns.—An extract of a
letter to the editor of the Detroit Free Press,
dated Lynie, lowa county, Micli \ igan,
March 30th, says that an inquest wits on
that day held, about eight miles north of
that place, over the bodies of three persons.
found nearly consumed by fire, in the log
house in which they had lived, they being
those of the wife and two children of a Mr-
Ansel D. Glass,who removed there late last
hill from the State of New York. There
was also reason to suppose, that Mr. Glass
was murdered some where in the vicinity
of his house, but no trace could be found of
his body or bones. The family lived four
miles distant from any while inhabitant,
and no one had seen any thing of them for
more than two weeks, when, by accident,
the house vxas found to be burned, and
the bodies' as befiwe stated. Circum
stances led to the conclusion, or at least the
stroll(' presumption, that they were mur
dered.by the Indians, and the house set on
fire. Exertions were making by the neigh
bouring citizons to discover the body of Mr.
Glass, and the perpetrators of such horrid
acts.
W. H. flooe, Postmaster in Vermont,puh.
!Ales the filet that $2OO of the public funds
are missing frt , m his (ace. Who has got
the money? Echoanswere—flooe4Prenticr.
From the Ducks County Intelliseet. ..
Joseph Ritneirli. : :,
There never has been a pOtlid when
Pennsylvanians had more reason tili:be proud
of their Chief Magistrate, than tht4rehent.
When we consider the circumsti4tees under
which Governor II itner was efepted, the
helpless state of the Commonwealaf,when he
came into office, and the ernbarrAsments
we have sincebeen rdinqed into by (he Gene
ral Government— we olgtrit all to rico grate
ful to the able pilot, who has guidet4u9 t h ro'
so many dangers with safety atukhonor.
There never was a period in our history, as
a State, requiring so much honesty and a•
inlay in a Govei nor—or a torte when the
least want of either, would ha ye prUduCed
more disastrous consequences, than during
that of Former Ritner's administration.
Yes! we may say with truth, that nvitlmis
istration, in its exercise—has con nearer
the warits—aud the actual neeesintiek , of the
whole people. As a proof, we may refer to
the opposition in their fruitless efforts to
find limit. Ni; ingenuity is equal to that
which actuates politicians in finding out and
exposing the sins of those opposed to thetti,'
Yet, with all their ingunity.they are unable
to point out a single Valid ol?jectton to tlqt 1
p o l ic y o f our present Governor, 11l his ma ,
important and official acts. This is Writ liter
ik l
assertion, it is founded nn truth—which
though it may he lust sight of iii the heat of
party strife, will be gratefully remembered
by all good Peonsylvunians,wlicii parry fall
in. has subsided.
' Under George Wolf's administration,the
system of State Iniprovemenis was expen
sive beyond paralel, and as useless as ex
pensive. No revenue arising front that which
had involved Us in an ENORMOUS UNA Vlf
DEBT !! Instead of completir g one single
chain of work, for use and profit—the sys
fern Of EVER IC THING AT ONCE Was pursued
vhich ended in nothing—leaving the Stan
n debt Ihr numerous half finished,uncotmee
ted, and useless rail roa.ls and canals, he
coming every day rnme delapidated. Far
ner Ritner revoluti,nrzed these things; hi
dans, advocated )ears before in the legasii
tire, were adopted; one thing was dime a
Cline; one rail road was compicted heir
nother was begun. The revenue of the
State was increased, and the public benefit
led. Prospeiily las begun to dawn nom
us—we are rising rapidly to iouccessful coin
pctilion will' New York, whose previous
wise policy had thrown Pennsylvania fur on
the back ground.
A “ainsi all the threatenitor of the Gene.
ral Goverinnent,Farmer Ititner's policy has
been truly Penosvlvanian. and we would ask
—where is the lover of native Siate,who,
whatever he his political views, does not
leel some degree of pride at the sturdy inde
pendence of the NVASIIINGTON COUN -
Y FA 1Z 11 Eit , in repudiating and• thiwz
u• interference by the, Cabinet at ‘Vasli•
gton with our own Stwe relit.. Farmer
ilitner's conduct his called forth the highes
minims from many who Mel no interest
our soil, and reflects an honor upon the
State—WHlCH WE ALL SIIARE
DAUPHIN COUNTY.—This being Court
week we have had an opportunity ofconver•
sing with our country people on tho subject
of the coming Governor's election: the result
°four inquiries iso hat so determined and an
imated a feeling among the friends of Gov
[littler never before prevailed in this county:
we are really surprised at the uncommon
zeal displayed when ever this subject is
broached to them.[Harrisburg Chronicle.
R HT OF Pl:TrrtoN.—The Legislature
of New York have passed,Gfty•seven to nine,
a preamble and resolutions, condemning the
resolution of :11r. Pa tton,in Congress, on the
übject of petitions, and biddy asserting the
eople's inalienable right of petition In all
A person living in I ndiana, lately flo!rned
a man named Knight, and then ran au [iv
with his wild This should prove a caution
to married men against moving to that
State, unless they want to get a licking and
lose their wives.—Baltimore San.
ScuLrruan.—A marble bust of Martir
Von Buien hus been placed in the Library
of the Capitol at Washington. It is by Pet
trick, pupil of Thorswaldsen, and is said to
be a work of extreme beauty.
INCREASE OF CHRISTIANS.-A table has
been published showing the progressive in
crease of Christians from the first century
to the present. The first century is put
down at 500,000, the tenth at 50,000,000.
the lsth at 250,000,000, and the 19111 at
260,000,000.
It appears, says the National tlazotte,
from the report of illr Burrows, the inde
fatigable and intelligent superintendent of
the Public Schools of Pormsylviima, that in
the districts reported there are 3W51 male
and 1460 teachers,and that the num
ber of scholars taught was 182,;i55,increas
ed from 0,0 0 0. Of these 3612 were Ger
man, 922 were in endowed schools, and 713
were colored, and the average cost of teach
ing for a month was about thirty-seven and
a half cents,reduced from seventy•five cents.
The whole number of persons, between five
and fifteen years, in the districts reportedds
supposed to be about 200,000.
U. S. NAVY.-ft appears from the Navy
register just published, thai the number of
national vessels of the U. States is 55, be
sides the steam frigate Fulton, which, for
some reason or other, is not included in the
list. She is however a powerful vessel, and
we wish we had more like her. Of the 55
included in the list, one (the Pennsylvania)
is rated nt 120 gurs,seven at 80, four at 74,
one at 54, fourteen at 44, two at 32, eleven
It 20, three at IQ, six at 10; the remaining
even are under 10 guns. There are 50
captains in the Navy, 49 masters command
ant, 276 lieutenants, 49 surgeons 24 passed
assistant surgeons, 33 assistant surgeons, 45
pursers,9 chaplains,ltsl passed midshipmen,
247 midshipmen,27 sailing masters,2s boat
swains, 25 carpenters, and 24 sailmakers.
The Marine Corps comprises 1 colonel, 1
lieut. colonel, 4 majors, 13 captains, 16
first lieutenants and 20 second do.
From the New York Observer.
The Cherokee Indians.
Pt. The great crisis in the history of the Chero
kees is rapidly . approaching. The 25th of
May, the day appointed in the (so called)
treaty of New Echotn, for their removal to
the country west of the Mississippi, is close
at hand. That instrument, which requires
a numerous ti the of civilized Indians to aban
don n delightful country, the borne of their
ancestors time immemorial, and to plant
themselves in mass in a distant wilderness,
received the assent of only seventy nine in
dividuals, in n company ofnhou' 300 Chero
!tees. irregularly assembled by an agent of
the U. States, in the absence of the prinei•
pal and head men of the nation. The sol
emn protest against it, on the other hand,
has been adopted with almost entire unani rui•
iy by repeated general comicileof the nation,
and has been signed by fifteen thou and sta.
liundrfd and sixty fine of the Cherokee peo
ple! And yet troops are now gathering
from , Georoin and the adjoining states, and
detachments have been ordered from the
army of the U. States to assemble in the
Cherokee country, to be marshalled under
Gen. Scott, to execete this instrument at the
point of the•bayonet!
Fears have been expressed that the In
it! ians will resist unto blood. And, indeed.
i is difficult to conceive how, under such
p yeomen, any people having human na
t t
tur?6,can he restrained from acts of violence ,
It muit.:be remembered, however, that un
der tlaNtistrpetions of the missioraries, the
Cherokees hiive.hecome deeply imbued with
the peaceful snirit of the gospel; that they
have manifested this spirit under all the in
sults and ll:wrant wrongs which for so many
years they have been called to endure; that
the mass of the people are so intelligent and
well informed that they perfectly under
stand the hopele,:snesa.of resistance; that
their clii , fs are men of deep sagacity, whose
calm and soldned ti‘, lin , and powerful elo
quence breathing through all their public
documents, show no ability to conceive an
ael on s u bli me !nun)l pri tic ple• They have
resolved nut In resist; hut will neveracknow•
led,te the validity of the treaty; choosing
rather to lie down and he put to ueath on the
~r aves of their ancestors.
A a specimen of the reelings of the Ch6ro
!we:4 under their siill'criims we give the lid
lowing memorial, which was presented bv
their delegates to both Houses of co ngr p s ,
after the nonnunceinemt of the pretend
ed treaty of New Erhota, but which never
met our eye till n h w days since.
To the Honorable the Senate and House a
of Representatives oldie United States 0
✓3Fneriea.
Most respectfully nod most humblt
showed): that your memorialists, the chiefs,
national committee and council, and people,
of the Cherokee moon), in general council
assembled, solicit permission to approach
your honorable bodies, under circumstances
peculiar in the history of nations; cfreum.
stances of distress rind nnsietybayond our
power to express. We earnestly bespeak
your patience, therefore, while we lay be
fore you a brief epitome of our griefs.
It is well known, that for a number of
years past we have been harassed by a ser
ies of vexations which it is deemed unnec , s
sary to recite, in detail; but tho evidence of
which our delegation will be prepared to fur
nish.
With a view. to bringing our troubles to a
close, n delegation was appointed on the 23d
of October, 1835 by the general council of
the nation; clothed with full powers to enter
uto arrangements with the government of
ie United States for the final adjustment
'all our existing diffiulties. The delega-
)n failing to effect an arrangement wi
e United States commissioner, then in t
oat ion,proceeded agreeably to their instruc
tions, in that case, to Washington city, for
the purpose of negotiating a treaty with the
authorities of the United States.
A fier the departure of the delegation, a
contract was made by the Rev. John F.
Schermerhorn and certain individual Chem
lwes, purporting to be a "Treaty, conclud-
NI at New Echota, in the Stale of Georgia.
on the 26th day of December, 1p35, by
Genet al %V ill into Carroll anti John F. Scher •
merhorn, cotnmissioners on the part of the
United States, and the chiefs, head men,nnd
people of the Cherokee tribe of Indians."
A spurious delegation, in violation of a spe
cial injunction of the general council of the
tuition, proceeded to Washington city, with
this pretended treaty; and by false am
fraudulent representations, supplanted in the.
tivur of the government, the legal and ac•
credited delegation of the Cherokee people;
and obtained for this instrument, alter mak
ing important alterations in its provisions,
the recognition olthe I'nited States govern
meld. And now it is presented to us as a
meaty, milled by the senate and approved
by the president, end our acquiescence in its
requit einenis demands d under the sanction
of the displeasure of the United States, and
the threat of summary compulsion in case
of refusal. It conies to us, not through Our
legitimate authorities, the known and useful
medium of communicat ion between the goy.
ernment of the United States and our nation,
but through the agency of a complication of
powers, civil and military.
By the stiptilationß of this instrument, we
are despoiled of our private possessions the
indefeasible property of individuals. We are
atripped of ever; attribute of freedom and
eligibility for legal defence. Our property
may be plundered hetbre our ey es. Violence
may be committed on our persons: even our
lives may be taken away and there is none
to regard our complaints. We are denaioo•
alised! We are disfranchised! We are de
privedual membership in the human family!
We have neither land nor horut nor restlin,
place that can be called our own. And this
is effected by ,the provisions of a compact
which assumes the veneratedo be sacred ap.
pollution of Treaty. We are overwhelmed!
Our hearts are sickened! Our utterance is
paralised, when wo reflect on the condition
in which we are placed by the audacious
practices of unprincipled _men; who have
managed their stratagems with so much
dexterity as to impose on the government of
the United States,in the face of our earliest,
solemn, and relief wed protestations.
The instrument in quemion is n'.t the act
flour nation. We are not parties to its cove
nants. It has not received the sanction of
our people. The makers of it sustain no
office or appointment in our nation, under
the dosionation of chiefs, headmen, or any
other title. by which they held or could ac
quire authority to assume the reins of gov
ernment, and to make bargain and sale of
our rights, our, possessions,mid our common
country. And we are con , trained,soletrinly
to declare, that we cannot but contemplate
the enforcement of the stipulations of this
instrument On US, agailist our censent,as an
act of injustice and oppres9ion,whi e h we are
e ell persuaded can never knowingly he
countenanced by the government and people
of the United States; nor can vie believe it
to be the desire) of these mor& and high
minded ho stand at the heed
of the government, to bind a whole nation
by the acts ofa few unauthorised nidividuals.
And therefore, we, the parties to he afThcted
by the result, appeal with cenfidence to the
justice, the magnanimity, the compassion of
your honorable bodies, against the enfiirce
meet on us of the provision. of a compact,in
the formation of which we ha ve had no agency
In truth, our cause is your own. It is
the cause of liberty and of justice. It is
based upon your rvn principles, which we
have learned Irian yourselves; for we have
gloried to cerint your 11'ashington and your
Jelli,rson our great leachers. We have
rend 011 . 11' con riaunieratiens to us with yeller..
mime We have practised their precepts
with success. And the result is manifest.
The wilderness of finest has given Wave to
comf - M table dwellings and cultivated fields,
stocked with the various domestic animals.
culture, industrious habits, and do
mestic enjoyments,lnue succeeded the rude.
ness of the savage state. We have learned
your religion also. We have read your
sacred books. Ilie.dreds of our people em
braced their doctrines, practised the virtues
they teach,cherished the hopes they ir vaken,
arid rejoiced in the consolations they ailbrd.
To the spirit of your institutions and your
religion,which has been imbibed by our com
munity, is mainly to be ascribed that patient
endurance which has characterised the con
duct of our people under the laceration of "
their keenest woes. For, assuredly,We are
not ignorant of our condition—we are not
insensible to our stitiltrings. %Ye" ti3el them!
We groan under their pressure! :And anti.
Ci4ttian crowds our hearts with sorrows yet
to edine.
We are, indeed, an afflicted people! Our
spirits are subdued! Despair has well nigh
seized upon our energies! But we speak to
the representatives of a Christian country;
the friends of justice: the patrons of the op
pressed. A nd.our hopes revive,and our pros
pects brighten, as we indulge the thought.
Oa your sentence our fate is suspended.
Prosperity or desolation depends on your
word. Before your august assembly we .
present ourselves, in the attitude oldepre
eation'and of entreaty. On your kindness
on your humanity, on your benevolence, wo
rest our hopes. To you we address our re
iterated prayers. Spare our people! Spare
the wreck of our prosperity! Let not our
deserted homes become the monuments of
desolation ! But we forebear! We sup
press the agonies which wring our hearts,
when we look at our wives, our children,
and our venerable sires! We restrain tho
lirreboctiogs ()languish and distress, of mis.
cry and devastation, and death which must
be the attendants on the execution of this
ruinous compact.
Front Florida.
SAVANNAH, April 13.
The steamer William Gaston,Capt. Free
land, arrived yesterday afternoon front Ga
rey's Ferry, E. F.
From Capt. F. and a passenger in the
William Gaston, we learn, that the planters
have abandoned the clops between Fort
!Janice, Micanopy, and Newnansville, and
t had gone into the fiats for protection.
An Express rider,it is said, rect ntly shot
in an arm within a mile of Fort fiance, on
his way to Micanom and Newnansville,but
Wilde his escape back to the fort.
On ilunday,two men,named Snowden and
Townsend, were murdered on New River,
12, wiles from Fort Vallee by a party of
Indians.
Col. Sanchez, on Friday last, was driven
front his plantation by a party of 18 or 20
Indians, and had gone to Newnansville.
From our valued correspondent in Florida
we also learn that on the 4th instant Alliga
tor came :n to Col Taylor at Fort Bissing
cr, and stated that he had buried the hatchet
forever. He Teflon the same day for his family
It is thought that the prospect of lemma.
ling existing difficulties is more favorable
now than ever. More, however, will be
known in a few days.
A detachment of the 2d dragoons left Fort
Brooke on the sth instant for Black Creek.
The 4th inliintr), under the command of
Colonel Foster, arrived at Fort Brooke on
the sante day, and three companies of 4th
inhintry, under the command of Major Bei.
ley, were to have left Fort Brooke on the
19th instant for Micanopy.
CHARLE:sTON, April 14.
We learn from a passenger in the United
States steamer Poinseet i lium St. Augustine,
that about a week ago, Colonel BANICHEAD
captured seventy Indians near Key Biscayne.
arid thatanexpress mail rider between Camp
King and Fort Dade, and two men, near
Newnansville,had been killed by the Indians.
It was also reported that Gov. CALL had
been killed by the Indians in West Florida.
ST. AUGUSTINE, April 7.
Tut: %VAR.— By the resent arrivals from
Indian river, we learn that the Indians who
were encamped near the Army have all Leen
captured by General JEsur. They amount
iu number to 514, or whom about 160 are
warriors. Three hundred have been ship... ,
ped to Key Biscayne, and the remainder
have gone over laud to Tampa. More ra-
cent arrivals inform us that Colonel BANK-
lIEAD had conk. up With Sam .Jones about
Xl5 miles southwest of Fort Jupiter, whom
he attacked in Crow and endeavored to sun.
round; lint, alter a skirmish of a few intim
tes, ihe Indiana fled. They are now on an
island in the Me choke, from which it le
said they cannot escape. Previous in iite
attack, it is stated a flag of truer tt tent
to them, but the Indians fired ul. 1, it
From the Harrisburg Chronicle
Improvement Bill—Gover-
nor's Message.
On Saturday last, the improvement bill
was r eturned to the Senate with the Gover
nor's signature, accompanied with a mes
sage giving his reason• for signing it, and
pointing out some of the objectional features
in the same. This message will he found in
another column of this paper, and we ask for
it an attentive pe•usal, because it is well
deserving of n careful and candid examina
tion. Besides, the highly important and
valuable information contained in this mes
sage, the principles upon which it i s t inge d,
should be known to every Pennsylvanian.
A 4 the decided advocate for the re-election of
Gov. Ritner, we court the closest scrutiny
into the merits of his message on the im
provement bill. It is a document worthy
his head and heart—and that man who can
read it,and afterwards oppose his re-election,
is not a Pennsylvanian at heart- We can
not conceive how a man desiring the success,
prosperity, and happiness of the Keystone
state, can vote against an executive officer,
who holds such patriotic sentiments, and
evinces such devotion to the true interests
of his native state. None but an infatuated
and interested politician could or will oppose
such a Governor.
Scanure FesEn.—The Chambersbtvg
(Pa ) Repository says: "The Scarlet fever
has prevniled considerably in ibis newhbnr•
hood the present sprint, and has proved fa
tal to some extent anion , the children. Mr.
James R. Kirby, of this place has Inst no
less than three of his since the 2-411 ult. (two
by this fever,) the eldest of wl ,we learn
was not 7 years old. The aillic.tion of such
n dispensation, con only he appreciated by
those who are parents."
BANK OF CIRCLEVILLE' Ohio.—The Cir
cleville American states that rumors of a
character to affect injuriously the credit of
the above bank, had been lately circulated
in the neighboring towns; but that they had
been traced to a disappointed applicant for
n_loan. The bank of Circleville, is repre
sented.as standing as high, in regard to cred
it, as any other bank in the State.
POLITICAL COMPLIMENT TO MR. WEB
BTEll.—Woodcock & Marvey, Engraver.,
of Brooklyn, have published a hne engaving
complimentary to this distinguished States
man. The Brooklyn Star says the design
is altogether happy and ingenitiu.. It pre
sents the features of Mr. Webster, most
strikingly delineated in a tablet, over which
Diogones is holding his lamp, having rested
from his long and difficult search. He has
found the honest man. The following is the
motto:—
Diogencs his lantern needs no more.
An honest man is found—the search is o'er.
E WORK GOES BRAVELY ox. 7 —The
Miners' Journal, in speaking nen irdnend
nus young men's Ritner meeting held in the
borough of Pottsville on the 6th inst. says,
that, amongst the officers of the meeting,
were four at least who formerly supported
George Wolf, and among the delegates are
the names of a number of those who were
once Wolf and Muhlenberg men. The
changes are already great and pnigressive
throughout the county, and the vote on the
2d Tuesday of October will astound both
friends and foes. W hile on this subject we
may add,that we have now on hand far pub
lication the proceedings of more than twenty
Rimer and Harrison mcdinzs held in the
difli!rent counties of the state within four j
weeks back—all of which are of the most
enthusiastic and spirit-stirring character.—
Does not this augur well? The spirit moveth
the people in a righteous cause.—Harris
berg Chronicle.
Tar R um:l.w; CASE.- We learn from
the Washington correspondent of the Hal
ti more Sun, that, in the Senate of the United
Stales, the select committee to which was
referred the case of the Hon. John Ruvles,
of M ine,w ho was charged by James Watson
Webb end Matthew L. Davis with the crime
of brtbery and corruption, made its report.
Mr. Ruggles stands acquitted of ALL charges
of dishonor by the unanimous vole of the
committee.—Harrisburg Chronicle.
THE Paoserc-r-- We learn from persons
from the count ry,that the prospect for a fait
whe.►t crop in Frederick County, was never
fairer at this season of the year, than at
present; that the fields look well set and
beautiful, and that all indications now exis
ting, are in fi►vor of a bountiful harvest to
the husbandman.—Frederick Herald.
At the late term oldie Circuit Court for
Tuscaloosa county, Alabama, James Sud
deth, indicted for killing his brother; N. B.
Carner,indicted for killing Curril:a; and W.
A. Leland, indiemd for killing Gen. Mabry,
were all tried and aquitted. But Richard
Ford, indicted for stealing a saddle and also
fir stealing a horse, was sentenced for the
first otlence, to receive 39 lashes on the first
of April, and, for the second, to receive 39
on the 15th of April, to be branded in the
palm of one hand with the letter "T.," to
remain in jail 30 days, and further to be im
prisoned until the payment of all the cost of '
snit. Killing appears to be a much safer ad.
vocation in Ala. than horse -stealing.
A secret society has been discover(' in
Moscow.—Prince Galitzin, the Governor-
General of that capital, was c pelted to
resign his functions, on account of his hav
ing neglected to apprise the Government of
the existence oft he society in question. Nine
noblemen, supposed to be at the head ()f it,
have been sentenced to serve as soldiers in
the infantry, of the army, but being moth•
advanced ie yea rs,fathers of taMi:ies, the fish
department of the Senate represented to the
Emperor that Iht v were incapable of boa •
Ing arms. The Einperer had written with I
with own hand at the bottom of the repc , rt—
If the culprits be incapable ofinditary service
hit them be incorporated in companies of
military laborers, and ifUllabt" In work, let
them be transported to Siberia for He.' 'ibis
Imperial decision has been since converted
Into an tilvist,.—qtc commerce'
STAR & REPUBLICAN BANNER.
At 82 per annum, hallf..ycnrly In ntivattee•
GETTYSBURGH, PA.
Tuesday, dipril 24, I 83S.
FOR GOVERNOR,
e7b..V24Z?2E' IiNtWATP2,ab
Flour iu Ualtimore, $7 75; Wheat, $1 64,
Corn. 72 cts.; Rye, 95; Oats, 30; Clover Seed;
$10; Whiskey. 30 ctn.
Appointment by the Attorney General,
SAMUEL PARKE, Esq. to prosecute in tho
Court of Oycr and Te , niner and Quarter Sessions
of Lancaster county, in tho place of WILLIAM F.
Boos 6, Esq. resigned.
The caption of the poetical article on our
first page should have been made to read thuip--
“Lincs on the dent h of J. W. Mc C."
Governor's Message.
(0 -The Message of the Governor on returning
the Improvement Bill with his signature, wattle
found in our paper of to-day. Wo trust that it
will be carefully read by the people of all partic , :i.
Like all the papers issued by the Govemoriktti
firm, able and to the point.
( CrA new Prokssorship was established/a the
late meeting of the Trustees of Penney B. l l : l #a Col
lege, and llec. Joni G. Moon's of B more, se
leek(' to fill the same. A bettor selection cou
not have been made,
,rid The contest between the two Lnerary Soci
eties of Pennsylvania Colh;'ge took place on Tues
day evening last, in elitist Church. The gentle
men who took part wet c Mr. St-Ai:yell of Ger
mantown, Pa; Mr. Saw. K of Cumberland co. Pa.;
and Mr. ANAPACR of Centre co. Pa., on the part
of the Philornatblearti ; and Mr. Baow N of Va.;
Mr. GEMIART Of Snmers-t, Pa., and Mr. K VI'S en
of Va., on the part of the Phrenakosinians. The
exercises wetly conducted in a highly creditable
manner, and the tact at,d ingenuity evinced by
each debater gave great satisfaction to the audi
ence.
Female Sf' i nary.
cl-We learn that the Pupils of this Institution,
during their examination last week, acquitted
themselves in a manner reilectiiig the highest cre
dit upon themselves as well as their amiable and
intiebtigable instructiess. The Summer Session
will coin in about four weeks, when we
trust to see a large number of new scholars in ut-
GI Adams county has been somewhat enlarged
by the addition of that part of Franklin county in
which are situated the new Iron Works of Col.
J t.i Es D. PA VTIIN & Co., on the western base o
the South Mountain. called “C A 1.):110 NIA."
nr. Zanat.
--- ?.l'Vre perceive from the last Republican, that
this gentleman is in Waynesboro,' Greene county.
We should he glad to hear from the Dr. if he ha:,
not forgotten us.
IDeservrd Praise.
The NOM York Mirror of Sutordny In t
says—o The Southern Literary Messenger, for A•
pril, is one of the best numbers of that agreeable
periodical. The articles are various and pleasing,
and, what is a great recomnnu•ndation, the poetry
is all good. There is a candor and kin ,feeling
about this Magazine which we like exce:Vngly."
So do we.
Democratic Review
co Our neighbor of the Compiler, we perceive
received the April No. of this publication Ins
week. We have not yet received that number
Will the Publishers attend to it?
Greta ..-Fleeting of the People
of ddants County.
NO MISTAKE IN ADAMS!!
.1 - estertlay was a proud day for the friends
of our Farmer Governor. The meeting at the
Court House was one of the largest political meet
ings ever held in this Bdrough! It was an over
whelming one! Hundreds of the old Farmers
from every portion of the county, wera in attend.
once! All animated and confident of success at
the approaching election—and all anxious to show,
by their attendance, that the acts and exertions of
Governor RITNEII to plico Pennsylvania and
Pennsylvania interests upon a proud pre-eminence
met tin it hearty approbation. The resolutions
adopted will plainly indicate all we have said to
be true. The eloquent remarks of CHARLES 13.
Pcsnose, Esq. were well received by the large
audience. JACOB CASSATT. _Vsci also addressed
the meeting in an able and pertinent manner.
The proceedings will bo given in our next.—
In the meantime we must say, there will be no
mistake in Old:Adams on Me Second Thesday
October neat: She will give : the Fanner Governor
A TREMENDOUS VOTE!.
have received the first and second Nos.
of the Baltimore Weekly Sun, one of the best pa
pers in the Union. It is .•made up" with the ori•
ginal and reading matter of the Daily Sun, and is
offered at the low price of St 50 per 31Itium. Ad
dress the Editors, or leave orders at this office.—
Our contemporary of the Harrisburg Chronicle
thus speaks of the Sun.
THE BALTIMORE SlTS.—This neat little
and well conducted penny paper, which has
not been in existence one year, has now a
circulation rising twelve thousand. It is
devoted to the general news of the dayAr
eign and domestic, congressional and legis
!alive, dr,c: Ate. without reference to party
politics. On Saturday lust, the editors is•
sued the first number of their weekly,which
will embrace all the reading matter of the
daily during the week,ut the very low price '
of SI 50 per annum. It is well worthy of
patronage.
The Legisluture
Of this State-adjourned on Tuesday last, after
passing 9G Acts and 19 Resolutions. The titles
of those of a public nature we subjoin:
An act to provide for the repairs and the
expenses of the state canals and rail roads,
and continuing the work on the Erie Ex.
tension and North Branch Division of the
Pennsylvania canal, and for other purposes.
Al! act for the relief of James Thomas
and others, soldiers of the Revolutionary and
L•dian wars.
An act tier the relief of Lawrence [little
and others, soldiers and widows of soldiers
of the Revolutionary and Indian wars. •
" A supplenient to an act entitled "An net
to incorporate the Academy of Natural Sri.
ences of Philadelphia," passed the 24th day
of 31arell, 11'17.
I.Aitact for the relief of James Reed and
I otherei soldiers arid widows ofsoldiers of the
Revolutionary and Indian wars.
An act for the relief of Andrew Keen and
oth4s, soldiers and widows of soldiers of the
Revolutionary and Indian wars.
An act to promote the culture of Silk.
An act makrnl appropriation to rebuild
I.the' A iValley Creek bridge.
supplement to an act to consolidate and
ankend the several acts, relative to a general
system of education by common schools,pass
q the thirteenth ofJune,one thousand eight
1 Ifundred arid thirty•six.
'. An act to provide for the repairs and to 1
continue the improvements of the State,and
I for other purposes.
1 An act for the relief of Thomas Wilt and
others, soldiers and widows ofsoldiers oldie
Ita )i
volutionary and Indian wars.
ii act for the relief of William Hill and
of hers, soldiers and widows of soldiers of the
;Revolutionary arid Indian wars.
An act relating to the commencement of
actions of deeds, to appeal from county au
ditors, and for other purposes.
An act to incorporate the Hanover Coal
company.
An act for the relief of John Vanzant and
others, soldiers and widows of soldiers of the
Revolutionary and Indian wars.
An act relative to the claim of the old
Wyoimng sufferers.
An act regulating Election Districts.
RESOLUTIONS.
Resolution malting an appropriation to ,
supply the lefiriency in the contingent fund
or the Land Office, arid Surveyor General's 1
Office.
Resolutions relative to a National road
from the Cumberland road, 'o the harbor of
Erie.
Resolution authorizing and requiring the
Governor to present a sword to General
Ilugh Brady, bir his distinguished services
during the late war with Great Britain.
Resolution relative to the postponement
of the Sulytreasury bill. expressing confi•
dence in Malin! Van Boren, and the demo
matte : -4 enators and Representatives in Con
gress, and in favor of a separation oldie
banks from the General Government.
Resolution relative to the payment of the
debts due by the Commonwealth,ou account
of expenses incurred by the late Convention
to propose amendments to tho Constitution.
Resolution repealing the third section of
he uwompatilde act of the sixth March,
eighteen hundred and twelve, and for other
purposes.
Restdution relative to certain undrawn bal
ances in the school fund, and for other pur
James C. Eriddle. Esq.
The selection of this gentleman to address the
iterary Associations of Pennsylvania College on
the 4th of July next, is thus handsomely noticed
by the two leading papers of Philadelphia city:—
AN AnnnEss —We are gratified to learn
that Piddhs, E.. q of this city, has
been selected to pronounce an address before
the Literary Sachet, , s of the Pennsylvania
College. nt Gettysborgh, on the Fourth of
July next. The choice is excellent. Lill . .
l 3• is a gentleman, n scholar, and nn
quest speaker, fully qualified to discharge
with credit to himself' and the college, the
honorable task which has been confided to
1141).—Mb/de/ph ia Inquirer.
PENNSYLVANIA COLLEGE.—We copy - with
pleasure the subjoined from the Gettysburg
(Adams county) star and heartily concur in
the rich anticipation of the editor, founded
as our anticipation is upon a personal tic.
quaintance with 11 r. Biddle, and confident
as we feel that he richly merits the coin
:modal ion of our contemporary.LU. S. Getz.
THE SUn•TREASURY.—:Ve learn from
he :Miners' Journal. that the Post Master
if New Castle, a village about lour miles
ruin Pottsville, has been arrested and im•
risonod under the charge of having rob.
aid the Post Office.
Moan CouNTErtreurs.—Let the public
beware of comiterfeit one dollar notes,on the
limmittsburg Corporation. In the genuine
note the name of NI r. Danner, ix spelt as if
it sere Danner, (a u instead of an N.) and
also in the word Joseph, the E is separate
from the s, by which particulars the coml.
terli!it may be detected. There are said to
be many in circulation. The counterfeits
are also shorter and narrower tha' the gen
unie.—Frederick Herald.
HYMENIAL REGISTER
MA littlED.
On the 12th inst. by the Rev. 3. Albert, Mr
JACOII WOLF, to Miss ELEANOR. JANE HrKEs
both of this county.
On the 11th inst. by Rev. Mr. Lekicu,
tit Girri..nAN, of Mountjoy to Miss Lrnis S 311; !I
of East Berlin.
OBITUARY RECORD
On the 29th ult. MA icy, daughter of Ntr. James
Brinkerhoff deceased, of Straban township, in the
15th year of her age.
Oa the I Ith inst. Mr. 'LErr DtkaL, of Littles•
town, in the 25th year of his agg.
RELIGIOUS NOTICES.
ccrThe Rev. Mr. KELLER will preach in the
Lutheran Church on Sunday morning and oven-
ng next
( r__.7- Rev. Mr. WATSON will preach in the
reshyterian Church on Sunday morning and
evening next.
t o The Lord's Supper will be administered in
the Presbyterian Church at Petersburg, (V. S.)
on Sunday Morning next—services to commence
at II o'clock A. r. on the Saturday preceding.
From the Columbia Spy of Saturday last.
COLLECTOR'S OFFICE,
Co r.O mal A, A pril '2oth, 1838, 3
WEEKLF REPORT.
Amount of Toll received at this office
from Oct. 1,1,817,t0 April 14,'38, $61,173 3
Amount received during the week
endhig this day,
Whole amount received 'up to
April 2lst.,
$68,573 79
R. B. WRIGHT, Collcc.'or.
1)1 E I).
7,400 48
ADVERTISEMENTS.
TOT.IL .113STIXEXCE.
A STATED meeting of the Total Ah•
stinence Temperance Society of Get
tysburg and its vicinity, will he held in the
Methodist Episcopal Church THIS EVE
NING, at early candle-lighting. Several
addresses will be delivered.
WM. W. PA XTON, Sec'ry.
April 24, MIR, It-4
TEMPERANCE.
MEETING of the Union Seminary
-I - IL and Hampton Temperance Society,
will he held in Hampton, on Saturday the
12th of May next, at 2 o'clock P. M when
an address will be delivered. Punctual a
tendance is requested.
JOHN TITDOR, Sec'ry
April 23, 1838
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TO CONTRIAVTORS.
IROPOSALS will be received at the
office unite Superintendent of the Get ,
!ysburg Extension of Pennsylvania Rail
Road, until sunset or Thursday the 10th of
May next, TO BUILD
Li.ter . ,trill Alone Bridge across
Ore»-th .Pinesla Creek on Sec
tion 18.
The Plan and Specifications can be seen
at the (Mire 1 week pievions to the letting.
The Bridge to he built of Stone to be had
in the cut on Section 19.
C. CLARKSON. Supt.
April 24, 1N39. (1-4
TO EdUILDEiI.S.
VIROPOSALS will he received until the
Evening of May 4th n , flu. ankh
the Anterior of Ike .frew
;4"C I difee—t he work to he Coal
pleted on the Ist of October nest. !Cr For
Girt her particulars apply to Dr. D. GILBERT,
c;eit) )burg.
J. B. MTHERSON,
T. J. COOPER,
S. S. SCHMUCKER,
T. C. MI LLER,
D. GILBERT,
Building Committee.
Gettysburg, A pril 24, IH3Q. tl-4
Kew Atare+
R. G. DrCELEART
ESPECTFU LLY itillirms the Public,
that he has taken the Store Room on
the Northwest Corner of the Diamond, Get
tysburg, recently occupied by Mr. Rotma'
Stirrramtal has just r eturned from the Cities
Philndelphin and Baltimore, with
A Large and Splendid Assortment of
"ItEICN . AND noNiEsTic
- 1;117 acczo,
Consisting, in part, of Cloths, Cassmetts,
Cassitneres, Sattinetts, Calicoes, Ginghatns,
4-4 Chintzes, English and French Lawns,
Black Lutest ring, Colored Gro de Nap, and
Pulte de - soie Silks,
With a General Assortment of
a.OODs
AND
Gia e RITA
all of which will be sold on the must E•atts.
factory terms fi)r Cash or Produce.
respectfully invites the public to
call and see fur themselves.
Gettysburg, April 24, IQ3B. tf-4
PUBLIC SALE.
lIN porsuance of an order of Orphans'
Court of Adams county,will be exposed
to Public Sale, on Saturday the 261/I day
of May next, on the premises,
2 L 0 TS A .110 UAL 4••
711110 r .1b.1.179,
situate in Hainiltonban township, I
Adams county,adjoining lands of John
ley, son. John Marshall, John and Andrew
Marshall,Henry Biesecker and James Rhea
containing 54 Acres with allowance—late
the Estate of NVilliam C. Rhea, deceased.
IL. - "Sale to commence at 12 o'clock 3r,
when due attendance will be given, and the
terms made known by
SAMUEL KNOX,
A din'rs.
JOHN MARSHALL,
By the Court,
JAMES A. THOMPSON, Clerk.
April 24, N:IS. to-4
GIETTI'SBURG TROOP!
'ILTOU will parade in Gettysburg, on Mon.
day the 7th of May next,ot 10 o'clock.
it_rl'unctual attendance is desired, as
Major J. Asu has been requested to attend
and instruct the Company in the sword ex•
ercise. JOSEPH WALKER, Capt.
April 24, 18:38.
Petersburg lirrincibles:
i rou will parade at your usual place, on
Monday the 7th of May next, at 10
o'clock, A. m. in summer uniform—with
arms and accoutremenis in complete order.
At which time,there will be an Election held
for First Lieutenant,
By Order,
A. 111cCOSE-1, 0. 8.
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April 2.4, 18:18
GETTYSBURG GUARDS
ATTENTION! •
Y OIJ will parade in front of the Conti.
house on Moncloy the 7 11i of :Ifay next,
at 10 o'clock precisely, in summer uniform
for drill. I3y OrdPr,
JOAN ZIEGLER, 0. S.
April 24, 1838. •
BATTALION.
'FIE American Union Battalion of Vol.
unteen will parade in New Oxford,
'ecisely at 10 - o'clock A. M. on Saturday
lie 121/i day of May next,- for inspection.
By order of tim Major,
JOHN SCOTT, Adjutant:
April 24, 1938.
PUBLICK NOTICES•
Tobacco, Snuff 1Y Segar
MANUFACTORY.
tylllE subscriber most respectfully in
forms his friends and the public in gen
eral that ho has commenced the above busi
ness in Baltimore street,nearly opposite Mr.
Fahnestock's store and next door to Mr.
Clnrkson's Rail Road Office, where he will
keep constantly on hand, and °film-8 for sale,
Tobacco, Snail - and Segars,
OF A SUPERIOR QUALITY.
Spun Chewing and Cut•and Dr:y smoking
TOBACCO.,
Havana, .punish, Half-Spanish and
American SEG A RS; Macabnu, Rappee d:
Scotch SNUFF. Which he will dispose of
on reasonable and nccomodating terms.—
( - -A II orders from Country Merchants and
others promptly attended to.
I LLI A M BUEHLER.
April 24, 1839. 3t--4
11.1177 AND CZEAP
SPRING AND SUMMER
®®l)N•
Z. A. WINROTT
WISHES to infirm his friends and the
public in general, that he has just re
turned from Philadelphia with a well selec
ted Stock of
1 1 1 411W' DOW?
r neer ics , and. Liquors,
all of which he will sell cheap for Cash or
Country Produce.
tf_ - -He also has, in addition to his for
mer of
4" . • MOOTS
, s, AN D Otak ir
.-.
IX- S OEIS
_ _
a larue quantity, which he has manufactur
ed expressly for his own sales, viz:
100 pair best calf stitched Boots,
50 " " Fudged do.
100 " coarse do.
50 " Morocco & seal.skin do.
100 " Calf Monroes,
100 " do.
500 " coarse do.
100 " Men's Fine Shoes,
100 " Men's Calf and Morocco Pumps,
100 " Boy's Mon roes,
50 " " Gaiter Boots,
100 " Kid Slippers, (Women's)
100 " Morocco do.
700 " Sealskin do.
100 " Prunella Slippers,
100 " Calf do.
100 " " Slippers,
50 " " Boots,
100 " Misses' Morocco Slippers,
50 " do. Prunella do.
50 " Children's Red Morocco Boots,
50 " do. Red Lasting do.
50 " do. Black Leather Boots,
50 " Infants' Kid Slippers.
Gettysburg, April 24, 1835..
Prothonotary's .Votices.
Notice is hereby Given
r2lO all pertions concerned, that the rot
AL lowing TRUSTEE ACCOUNTS
are filed in the Prothonotary's Office at Get
tysburg, and will be presented to the Judges
of the Orphans' Court of Adams County on
Tuesday the 29th day of May next, for con
firmation and allowance—viz;
The further Account of George Groop,
Trustee of Noel Joyce.
Account of George Dutterow and Fred
erick Snyder, Assignees of John Snyder.
B. GILBERT, Proth'y.
April 24, 18351. tc-4
TO MY CREDITORS.
WAKE Notice that I have applied to the
-IL Judges of the Court of Common Pleas
of Adams County, for the benefit of the
Insolvent laws of this Commonwealth, and
;hat said Couri has appointed Tuesday
the 29th of May next, for the bear
ing of me and my creditors, at the Court
louse in the Borough Gf Gettysbur g , when
md where you may attend if you think
,)roper.
WASHINGTON SMITH.
April 24, 188. 3t*-4
Pair in Entinittsburg; !
N the Fill), 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th of
illay there will be held in this town,
A. FAIR :
•
e object of which is to raise fends for fin
lab ing the Catholic Church of this place
Several Catholic Ladies have firmed them
selves into a society, and have been induced
by a pious zeal, and by the advice of many
e'Fctent female friends of Baltimore and
Philadelphia, to have recourse to this means
of procuring funds. The generous and pious
of the neighborhood, and at a distance, will
have an opportunity of aiding in the good
work and ofpurchasing both useful and orna
mental articles.
I'h° articles of the Fair have been pre
pared by the inventive and generous hands
of Ladies of Philadelphia, Baltimore, Em
ninisburg, and elsewhere.
Among rho various articles to be soid,will
be splendid QUILTS; fancy and plain
DRESSES for children;/ ARTIFICIAL
FLOWERS, and PLAIN and FANCY
ORK of different denomlnations. There
also will be tables well supplied with refresh
ments of many kinds.
t'he public in general are invited to attend
By direction of the Society.
Emmittsburg, Md., April 24,1838.
TO CARPENTERS.
ROPOSALS will be received, at the
AL Tavern of: r. William Bailey,in Frank
lin township. until 1 o'clock r. 11. on Satur
day the 12th day of May ne.rt,by the School
Directors of sa id townsluo,lbr building ONE
SCHOOL HOUSE, near said tavern.
By order of the Board,
ISAAC RIFE, Sec'ry.
April 17,1839. tm-3
PUBLIC NOTICES.
BRIGADE ORDERS.
E-:7-727." 2 1 Milifracffh e St.c.or i d
-BI- cad-- Miri=iitzn re:innlvania Mili
tia; are. rrirrtte'd Ix. paraded and trained
as lotkAirs...
In Companies,
Oa ilandozytte766 sf May next, at such
places as their coassoatuding officers shall
direct-
As 6 - ITesers, vim T'ka.e Ist Battilion of the
POrhi Remirnen: so4in 31eastay the. 14th; the
2nd du. of dr- en 7viteday the 15th: The
fire Battarinoz r; all^..e ‘-'l.4ll3RP.gtment on Wed
nesciag thelfick abe2zrd et, ofdo. on Mars
day the nth: The Ist Rattalien of the 80th
Regimen' on Friday the l a th; the 2nd do.
of do. on Satstrday the VIA of May next:
unless the contimmadoooofEcesssbould direct
Regimental trainitt,s in-stend Thereof.
Those lirr2r:.7feer Ctn.:TanES within the
bounds ofthe Salo and 9011 Regiments may
attach t.benL , zehies to either Battalion most
convenient far tos - pitiNtriora.
The American Carezt Battalion will pa
rade on Scr% tarday the 12M of .May, for in
spvictiots.
The Arnerikan indepeadent Battalion,
and the Tort Cracmty Battalion of Volun
teers, will parade for invocifion, at whatever
time and plane directed by their command
ing o (ricers.
ECe".I6PPEALS—Car tire Milnia_on
,sr the Id of Jame nert—for Volunteers,
on Monday Ike szek of N077-enher next.
DAVID SCOW.
-Brig- 211/Irig'.. Disc. P. M.
April 17, 1.3-4-
Z. 771LATEIXAS,
CLOCK AND WATCH MAKER,
WOULD mpecttfully inform the citi
zoos of Gettystaurz, and the public
generally, that be has onaranenced the
Clack and Muth Oinking
Ilasiness,
lii Clarshersissorg store, one Door East of
Mr- Boelkea Drvg Store,
where be is poepared to attend to any order
in his tine eirbtennesuc anti hopes, by prompt
attention, to receive a Aare cf public pat
vintage..
N. IL Brusar,Tivare or Wooden Clocks;
7 ioce-piet-cOthroical Bore-mod Watches o f
every defririErFoo, repthed and warranted.
April 17, Ittia9.. 3t-3
TAJIELORILNG.
T HE ..Sxdoscoilbers take this method of W
fonairtg their frievrics' and former cus
tomers, mail tthepuLgic in general, that they
have juat received the
Spring-Fashions for 1838 9
and are =OW p..--z--„ared emeleme all orders
to their fine. c.flreas osi the shortest no•
lice and in the itnt-r, ri...111132P.518LE manner,
and at rru-sderate prze. - .-s i ror casli.7' Ail kinds
of Country Pradorre roti22 be taken for work.
Them Shrp its at the OW Stand, in the
Norr hi West Corner ()fee Diamond,Gettys.
barn:
Ready made Clothing,
for sage el4e same ip!aine—which will be
dispAlterery fors nom car..
E. 4 IL MARTIN.
snrif 17, 1":33
6 CENTS I REWIIItD.
IVNA WAY from the sabscriber,on the
24th of March fad an apprentice boy
named' MOSES DEC ROFT, between 13
and !4 years of age—had on,when be went
away jr d rah evairoll....iborit arrl pantaloons very
much worn; ew won hat and an old pair
of siloe.. He is a thick set boy, and fond of
taircirro.. The alliase reward will be given
in shin pritsterA for the Tearaway if brought
back, but no Omsk" nor casts wall be paid.
Alf perams are hereby cautioned against
harburing the above Gamed boy.
April 17, IWIe.
TAILORING.
TEE Sabscnher returns his thanks to
his friends and the pubic for the sup
port which he Ens received smee he has
commenced IbusinL-‘-s is this place, and re
spectfully titres mace that he still continues
to carry CO the
TAILORING BUSINESS,
L% ALL ITS BILLNCHES,
At his Ord Seared, Sara Comer, Genflyaburg ;
Where he wilt execute work in his line in
the seer and mar nisutox_time manner.
he will imeette the FASHIONS
re,zularly from the Cities, keep good hands, 11
and as his prices sill be VEIT =commode
t ing for essii or car-srec rzonrcc,be hopes
therefore, that tho4c who want work done
in his line will call and Tice him a trial.
HEZEKIAR VAN OLSDEL.
March '2O, 1'".3-31.. tf-51
16mw STORE.
rffIRE Srrbsicrier graleAll respectfully in
form thecitizerns of NEW CHESTER,
Adams canary, Pa., as sell as the Public in
general, that he has tea the Store House
llately occupied be 314 George Myers, and
has opened
A NEW AMrl ScIM=EIDID ASSO=IMM OF
aa , ga
Cloths, Cassiliteres, Cassi
nettes, St!ks, Cascc s , Ging - lawns, a fine
aswortment of Sf`..aia-ls and Riess Handker
chief-; brzneEetii ac en? "e Molding
Flannels, of enil &c.
wrin A MATE MI - KENT Or
Groceries, Queens-Witre
and Mara-Ware.
Kr-1 rroare Cr extensive assort.
meat rut Gan2s eras newer Wore opened in
this place—all of imitlich to div o eed of
on the nurt reawzah.'e terms. Call and
examine. G.... - Coinery Produrcotall kinds,
alien at a lair price in exelyinge fur Gan s Ja.
ADAM EPPLEY.
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March 6,
RALPH FICHES.
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