The Star and Republican banner., May 29, 1838, Image 2

Star P Republican Banner.
BY ROBERT WHITE MIDDLETON.
GETT VS 13IURGIT. PENN.
TUESDAY, MAY 29, 1838
Plan of a Jrattonal Batik.
c7•ln the U. 9. Senate, on the 21st inst., Mr.
CLAY presented a petition for a National flank,
and in doing so took occasion to give the follow
ing views—which we copy from the National In
telligencer—
Mr. CLAY, of Ky. rose, and stated that
he wished to present a petition confided to
his care,signed by a number of persons,pray
ing for the establishment of a Bank of the
United States. It was similar to several
other petitions which had been presented to
the Senate; or to the House, during the pre.
sent session, praying for the same object.—
They afford evidence of a deep and return
ing conviction among the People, of the utili
ty of such an institution.
Whilst I am up, (continued Mr. Clay,)
with the permission of the Senata beg leave
to submit a few observations upon this sub
ject. There is reason to believe that much
honest misconception and some misrepresen
tation prevail in regard to it, which I wish
to correct. It had been supposed that those
who are desirous of seeing a Bank of the
United States established are anxious that
a charter should be granted to an existing
State institution, which has an eminent indi
vidual at its head,andthat this was the solo ob
ject ofell their exertions. Now I wish,lbr one
to say, that I have no such purpose in view.
I entertain for that gentleman very high res
pect. I believe him uncommonly able, pro
foundly skilled in finance r and truly patriotic.
There is but ono other person, connected
with the banking institutions of the country,
in whose administration of a Bank of the U.
S. I should have equal confidence with Mr.
Biddle, and that is Albert Gallatin, who I
am glad to learn, at an advanced age,retains,
in full vigor, the faculties of his extraordin
ary mind. There may be other citizens e
qually competent with those two gentlemen,
but I do not know them, or ant not acquain
ted with their particular qualifications.
But it is not for any existing State bank,
or any particular individual at its head, that
lam contending. I believe the establish
ment of a Bank of the United States is re
quired by the common good of the whole
country; and although I might be willing,if
it were practicable,to adopt an existing bank
as the basis of such an institution, under all
circumstances,l think it mostexpedient that
a new ilank;with power to establish branches,
be created and chartered under the authority
of Congress. My friends (as far as I know
their opinion) and I are not particularly at
tached to this or that individual, to this or
that existing bank, but to principles, to the
thing itself, to the institution, to a wellar.
ganized Bank of the United States, under
the salutary operation of which the business
of the country had so greatly prospered,and
we had every reason to hope would again
revive and prosper. And, presuming upon
the indulgence of the Senate,l will now take
the liberty to suggest, for public considei a
tion, some of those suitable conditions and
restrictions under which it appears to me
that it would he desirable to establish a new
bank.
I. The capital not to be extravagantly
large, but, at the same time,amply sufficient
to enable it to perform the needful financial
duties for the Government,to supply a gene
ral currency of uniform value throughout the
Union, and to facilitate, as nigh as practic
able, the equalization of domestic exchange.
I suppose about filly millions would answer
- all thusepurposer. The stock might be divid
ed between the General Government, the
States, according to their kderal population,
and individual subscribers. The portion as
signed to the latter to be distributed of atm
tion or by private subscription.
2. The corporation in the spirit of a re
solution recently adopted by the General As
sembly of the State, one of whose Senators
I have the honor to be, to receive such an
organization as to blend, in fair proportion,
public and private control, and combining
public and private interests. And, in order
to exclude the possibility of the exercise of
all foreign influence, non-resident foreigners
to be prohibited not only from any share in
the administmticn of the corporation, but
from holding, directly or indirectly, any por
tion of its stock. Although Ido not myself
think this latter restriction necessary, 1
would make it, in deference to honest pre
judices, sincerely entertained, and which no
practical, statesman ought entirely to disre
gard. The bank would thus be, in its origin,
and continue,tbroughout its whole existence,
a genuine American institution.
3. An adequate portion of the capital to
be set apart in productive stocks, and placed
in permanent security, beyond the reach of
,the corporation, (with the exception of the
accruing profits on those stocks,) sufficient to
pay promptly, in any contingency, the a
mount of all such paper, under whatever
form, that the bank shall put forth as a part
of the general circulation. The bill or note
holders, in other words,the MEWS of the corn
munity, ought to be protected against the
possibility of the failure or the suspension of
a bank. The supply of the circulating medi
um of a country is that faculty of a bank,the
propriety of the exercise of which may be
most controverted. The dealings with a
bank, of those who obtain discounts, or make
deposites, are voluntary and mutually advan
tageous and they are comparatively few in
number. But the reception of what is issu
ed and used as a part of the circulating niedi
um of the country is scarcely a voluntary
act,and thousands take it who have no other
concern whatever with the bank. The many
ought to be guarded and secured by the care
of the legislative authority; the vigilance of
the few will secure them against loss. I
think this provision is a desideratum in our
American banking, and the credit, of first
embodying in it a legislative act is due to
the State of New York.
4 Perfect public it y as to the state of the
bank at all times,inctilding, besides the usual
heads of informations, the names of every
debtor to the bank, whether us drawer, en
dorser. or surety, periodicallreshibitPd,and
0 1 0 *1.ait unWio inspection; or, if that should
be found inconvenient the right to be secured
to any citizen to ascertain at the bank the
nature and extent ofthe responsibility ofany
of its customers. There is no necessity to
throw any veilofsecreey around the ordinary
transactions of a bank. Publicity will in-
crease responsibility, repress favoritism, in
sure the negotiation ofgood paper, and.when
individual insolvency unfortunately occurs,
will deprive the bank of in k a advantages
now enjoyed by banks practically in the dis
tribu:ion of the eiThcts of the insolvent.
5. A limitation of the dividends so as not
to authorize more than per cent. to be
struck. This will check undue expansions
in the circulating medium, and restrain im-
proper extension of business in the adminis
tration of the bank.
6. A prospective reduction in the rate of
interest, so as to restrict the bank to six per !
cent. simply, or, if practicable, to only five
per cent. Banks now receive at the rate of
near if 2.3 per cent. by demanding the in
tercet in advance, and by charging for an
additional day. The reduction may be of
fected by forbearing to exact any bonus,or,
when the profits are likely to exceed the ,
prescribed limit of the dividends, by requir
ing that the rate of interest shall be so low
ered
as that they shall not pass that limit.
7. A restriction upon the premium de•
manded upon post notes and checks, used
for remittances, so that the maximum should
not be mere than,aay,ono cent. between any 1
two the remotest points in the Union. Al
though it may not be practicable to regulate
foreign exchange, depending as it doei up
on commercial causes not within the control
of any ono Government, I think that it is
otherwise with regard to domesticesehaug,e.
13. Every practicable provision against ,
the exercises of improper influence, on the
part of the Execut ive,upon the bank, and Of,
the part of the bank, upon the elections of
the country. The late Bank of tbe United
States has been, I believe, most unjustly
charged with interference in the popular elec
tions. There its,among the public documetits
evidence of its having scrupulously abstained ,
from such interference. It never did more
than to exercise the natural right of self de
fence by publishing such reports, speeches,
and documents as tended to place I he institti
tion and its administration in a fair faint of,
view before the Public. But the People en-
Certain a just jealousy against the danger of!
any interference ofa bank with the elections !
of the country, and every precaution ought
to be taken strictly to guard against it.
This is a brief outline of such a new bank
of the United States ns I think, if establish
ed, would greatly conduce to the prosperity •
'of the country. Perhaps, on full discussion
and consideration, some of the conditions
which I have suggested might not be deem•
ed expedient, or might require modification
and important additional ones may be pro
posed by others.
I will only say a word or two on the con
atitutional power. I think that it ought no
longer 'to be regarded as an open question.
There ought to be soave bounds to human
controversy. Stability is a necessary want
of society. Among those who deny the
power, there are many who admit the bene
fits ofa bank of the United States. Four
times, and under the sway of all the political
parties, have Congress deliberately affirmed
its existence. Every Department of the
Government has again and again asserted it.
Forty years of acquiescence by the people;
uniformity every where in the value of the
currency; facility and economy in domestic
exchange, and unexampled prosperity in the
business of the country, with a bank of the
United States; and without it, wild disorder
in the currency, ruinous irregularity in do
mestic exchange, and general prostration in
the commerce and business of the nation,
would seem to put the question at rest, if it
is not to be perpetually agitaied. The power
has been sustained by ‘Vashington,the Fath
er of his Country; by Madison, the Father
of the Constitution; and by Marshall, the
Father of the Judiciary. If precedents are
not to be blindly fidlowed,neither ought they
to be wantonly despised. They are the evi
dence of truth; and the force of the et, idence
is in proportion to the integrity, wisdom and
patriotism of those who establish them.
think that on no occasion could there be an
array of greater or higher authority. For
one, I hope to be pardoned for yielding to it,
in preference to submitting my judgment to
the opinion of those who now deny the pow
er, however respectable they may be.
But, Mr. President, strong as my convic
tions are, I have no intention of formally
presenting any proposition to establish a
bank of the U. States. Composed as Con
gress and the Executive now are, it would
be an unnecessary waste oftime to offer such
a proposal. I should regret to see a bank
established, unless it were clearly called for
by public opinion. I believe it is now desired
by a majority of the people of the United
States. But of that there does not exist per
haps any conclusive evidence. Ler us wait
until demonstrations of their will shall be
clearly given; and let us all submit, and, for
one, I shall most cheerfully, to their deci
sion, whatever it may be. Mr. C. moved
that the petition be laid on the table.
EDUCATION IN RHODE ISLAM:L-1D Rhode
Island there are 158 Sunday Schools, tunalary to the Union, containing 1400 teachers,
and 12,000 pupils; with about 20,000 vol
umes in the libraries. Nine instances are
mentioned in which flourishing village
churches have sprung from Sabbath schools
in that State.
METHODIST PROTESTANT CHIIRCII.—An
extraordinary session of the Methodist Pro
testant Church of the General Conference,
for the whole Union is to be held in Pittsburg,
Pa., on Tuesday next, (May 29.) A large
number of ministers is expected to be in at
tendance. This is the second General Con.
Terence, we understand, since the organize
thm of the Church. The regular period for
its sitting is every eighth year.[Pitta. Ado.
THE GREAT CUMBERLAND OR NATIONAL
Rom) has cost the U. S. government thus
far 56,365,093.• It runs through Maryland,
Ohio, Indiana and Illinois, and it is now pro•
posed in Congress to continue it through.
Missouri.
Pcnnsylvan its Hail.
Tho following description of this Hall-we
take from the Baltimore sun:
PENNSYLVANIA HALL.--Tille building,
which was burnt down in Philadelphia; last
week, had just been completed, at n cost of
$90,000, which was raised by dividing the
stock into 2,000 shares, at $2O per share .
The lower story, fronting on Sixth street,
was divided into_ stores, while on the rear
there was a leeduferoom,capable ofcontain
ing several - , lml4rell persons. Over these
was' the large galbun, extending in length a.
bout ninety- feet, and in breadth sixty feet,
with windows on three sides, around which
were three capacious galleries; the entire
room would contain twenty-five hundred per
sons. At the west end of the room, an ele
vated platform was placed for the accom•
modation of speakers and disputants. The
chairs and desks were constructed of black
walnut, very beautifully polished.
Several diatinguithed individuals were invited
to be present at the opening and dedication of the
Hall, and among the number Mr. STevems,of this
place, who, being unable to attend, addressed the
Committee the following letter:
GETTYSBURG, Miry 4th, 1839.
GENTLEMEN.—A have delayed answering
your latter of the 10th of December last,
until this time, that I might be able to decide
with certainty,whether I could comply with
your invitation, to be present at the open
ing of the "Pennsylvania Hall for the Free
Di cussion of Liberty, and equality of Civil
Rights, and the evils of slavery."
1 regret that I cannot be with you on that
occasion. I know of no spectacle, which it
would give me greater pleasure to witness,
than the dedication of a Temple of Liberty.
Your object sh. uld meet with the approba
tion of every freeman. It will meet with
the approbation of every man, who respects
the rights or others, as much as he loves his
own. faterest.litsb ion, false religion,and ty
ranny may triumph for a while, and rob man
of his inalienable ri , lits; but the peopl e c art
not always be deceived, and will nut always
he oppressed.
The slave holder chums his prey by vir
tue of that Cor►stitution which contradicts
the vital principles of our Declaration of In
depeodence. Rut while it remains urchang•
ed, it must be supported. If his heart ex
acts the fulfilment of the cruel bond, let
him take the. round of flesh, but not one
drop of blood. This we must yield to ex
isting laws, not to our sense of justice. I
can never acknowledge the right orslavery.
I will bow down to no Deity however wor
shipped by professing Christians—however
dignified by the name of the Goddess of Lib-
erty, whose footstool is the crushed necks of
groaning millions, and who rejoices in the
resoundings of the tyrant's lush, and the
cries of his tortured victims.
Very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
THA ()DEUS STEVENS.
Samuel Webb and others, Committee.
CARRYING OUT TOE PRINCIPLE.—Entight.
ened public opinion—as it was called when
the mob murdered a number of men ofyicks.
burg, and burnt another to death over a slow
fire at St. Louis—has been buss, in Philadel•
phia every night since Wednesday last in
elusive, in carrying out the principle, and in
enabling us to form a just estimate of the
blessing to be derived from that sell adjust
ing process which is said to manifest itself
in every community, when the unnatural
restraints of law are removed. We are in
the midst of that which some men tell us is
a purifying operation—a wholesome- out
break in the body politic—and we certainly
cannot complain that the glorious experi
ment in civic economy has not been tho
roughly tested. "Horrid" as we heard a
loafer exclaim at Pennsylvania Hall, when
the mob dashed in the doors, and fired the
edifice. "Hurra—that's liberty!"—and he
writhed and kicked in the very ecstasy of
delight at seeing his abstract idea of the
goddess made so palpable to his physical
perceptions. If that be indeed liberty, as I
this same learned Theban so impressively
assured us, thee most assuredly- she has
selected Philadelphia for her spring resi
dence, and walks abroad in the evening in
all her native beauty. In the first place her
followers proved their valor by throwing
brick bats into a Hall filled chiefly with wo
men—secondly, she vindicated her cardinal
principle of liberality,and her golden axiom,
that error of opinion may be safely tolerated
when truth is left free to combat tt,by burn
ing the house used by a mitiority for the ex.
erciso of the right of free discussion. Glori.
ous liberty! every one has license to do ex
actly what we think proper. "That's liber
ty!" said the Jeremy Bentham of Sixth street.
Freedom of opinion being vindicated by fire
in one instance,tho heaven-born goddess, "to
leave no flaws or botches in the work," next
set forth to carry out the principle, and to
show her love for philanthropy and popular
education ; and the mob attacked and fired a
house erected as an asylum for colored or
phans. "Let them starve, or turn ignor
ant thieves and ferocious cut-throats," must
have been the moving impulse of our modern
reformers in this case. Being defeated in
the movement thus alluded to, religion and
the freedom of the press were next to be
cared for, and we find "public opinion" de
molishing the windows of a church,with the
intent oflikewise committing it to the flames,
and on the same night clustering in thou
sands around a newspaper office, muttering
dire threats and horrid imprecations againbt
those who ventured to say that they enter
tained different notions of liberty from those
cherished by the votaries of Judge Lynch.
The bullet and the bayonet, however, look.
ed so frowningly upon "public opinion," that
the freedom of the press and the right of
worship were so unfortunate as to escape
being "regulated" according to the latest
and - approved pattern, and doubtless he who
exclaimed "that's liberty," out his hands in
his pocket, and retired moodily to his home,
mourning the obstinacy of men who are so
unreasonable as to oppose being
_subjected
to the health•giving process, and will take
no lessons, although the sehoolinaster is
abroad.— Penn.yranian.
From the Philadelphia Inquirer.
To the Public.
I am a member and an advocate of the
Abolition Society,and shall continue to be
in despite of mobs. lam a firm filend of
Rational Lihorty,and am not to be aired into
'its abandonment by licentiousness or vice'
shall not quarrel with those who differ with
me upon these subjects:—they may lively
enjoy their opinion, I shall boldly maintain
mine. lam unwilling to enter into ankihing
like self-vindication, whore there is actaklly
no offence, and am above all attempts to pro.
pitiate the turbulent and refractory by 6-
nouncing sentiments which I solemnly and
sacredly entertain. So much for my faith;
and the principles by which I am governii&-
If I for my opinions suffer wrong,
Opinion shall be surgeon to my hurt.
It is undeAtood, that -one of the charges
preferred against me (got up no doubt by
some designihg knave, to whom profesision•
ally I have rendered service, either by an
acquittal or conviction,) is that of having
avowed myself to be the ft iend ofamalgama
lion. Every one who heard my speech at
the dedication of the Pennsylvania Hall,
knows this to be untrue, and to those who
did not hear it, I proclaim it to be false. I
am adverse to amalgumation,and to the prac.
Ilea friend of amalgamation
But this is not all. According to report,
my argument recommended atlierommence
meat of amakamation with the labouring
classes." NOW I shall nee no harsh terms
--a man that is in the right has no occasion
for Clem: but could there in this city—the
city of my birth—and of my whole life—be
a more preposterous accusation,or one inure
easily refuted? Every body that knows ine.
knows that I have ever been the fist friend
of the Labourinor Classes—have relieved
thorn in want—advised and assisted them iu
ditliraltv—rescued many of them and their
children from prosectitlon, oppret:sion, nod
imprisonment and some of them even from
death. And all this,thr the most part,purely
as a matter of charity, and much to my per.
smut' inconvenience. If there be a man
among them that dares to come , orward and
say that he ever appealed or applied to me
thr assistance of any kind without receiving
it, however undeserving may have been his
chums, I will make him immediate atone
meat. It seems, however, that thesi-Er•
quisites are Exclusives also, and that while
they enjoy gratuitously the benefit of my
services and my means, they prohibit Inc
from manifesting a similar spirit of kindness
or sympathy," towards any one whose coin•
plexion may be darker than their own. They
do not perceive that the very benevolence
which is extended towards the unhappy
slave, is the same spirit,differently manifes
ted, by which their own wants, necessities,
and penalties are removed or alleviated.
I know perfixtly,that boasting is no virtue
but nevertheless, an appearance of it may
be excused, when called forth by misrepre•
serum ion, injustice or ingratitude—and that
is my apology upon the present occasion.
The next charge,as is understood, for we
:epend upon rumour for an indictment, is
that irreverent expressions were used by me
in regard to the character of Washington.
How perfectly preposterous! Who believes
this? It is not only not true,and known not
to be true —but on the contrary, I bestowed,
and who could do less.the highest eulogium
upon the Father of his Country, while ad
verting to the circumstance of his having
released all his slaves upon his death bed,as
an evidence of his disapprobation of slavery.
As to alleged reproaches upon Jefferson,
which form another item in this account—
it is difficult to understand how he could have
been aspersed, consistently with the propos
ed character of my address, when it is re
membered that be himself, is the author of
one of the boldest denunciations of the sin
and curse of slavery, namely: "The Almigh
ty has no attribute that can take side with us
in such a contest."
The other sentiments that have produced
this excitement,' am able,and think proper
to give verbatim from my speech—and I take
leave to say at the same time,that those sem
:iments remain entirely unchanged—and
uninfluenced by any opposition they have
encountered from either side ofthis question
—First, then, in regard to the effect of this
experiment upon the Union. "Our motto
is our country—our whole country—one
and inseparable—now and for ever; and I
trust I utter the sentiments of every one that
hears me, when I say, that notwithstanding
the abhorrence in which slavery iS,and ever
ought to be held by the Free States, still, if
the only choice were between that evil and
a dismemberment of the Union, we should
undoubtedly and promptly prefer the for
mer "
The other opinion expressedas one having
regard to immediate emancipation.and upon
this subject, the views entertained by me are
thus expressed: "I confess, with all my de
vet ion to the great cause of human freedom,
still if it were left to me to strike off' the
chains or slavery instantly and with a single
blow, I should hesitate before that blow was
struck—hesitate not for myself—not for the
safety or security of the government—not
for the probable effects of the measure upon
society or upon the slave States—for in none
of these relations could it prove dangerous—
but for the slaves themselves. They are
not, as a mass, morally or intellectually in a
condition qualifying them for so sudden and
Important a change. The flood of light that
would pour in upon them, would prove too
powerful for their long benighted vision--
or in other words, they might surfeit in the
excess of joy."
Thus, in brief, so far as I am apprised of
the objections made to my course,l have an.
swered dm. Not exactly in the way of
argument,but simply by a statement of facts.
In doing this, I have avoided throwing any
reproach upon those 'who have manifested
greater enthusiasm than comported with my
views of expediency. In the defence of my.
self, I forbear all censure of others, who,
whether right or wrong, undoubtedly
act under the influence of an honest
zeal; and if excessive zeal is ever to be
pardoned, it certainly is much more excusa
ble when it has for its object the melioration
of the condition of mankind, than when it is
enlisted in support of outrage, disorder, and
misrule.
I have lad occzsian to ear formerly, and .
I repeat it now, that the violence manifes
ted by the adversaries - of Abolition, is to be
ascribed to the turbulent spirit of the times,
which seeks a vent upon every possible op
portunity, and which will ere long be found
to glut itself upoi. the very individuals by
whom it is apparently fostered and encour
aged.
I have thought proper to make this expo.
sition, not to conciliate my adversaries, but
to satisfy my friends, as I desire to retain
them both. I recant whin , that I have said
-4 deplore nothing I have done—my prop
erty is under the protection of the law—and,
however imperfect that protection, there I
leave it—of my family and personal sancti
ty, I am the guardian, and will never per
mit either to he violated with impunity.
DAVID PAUL BROWN.
PENNSYLVANIA, SS.
In the Name and by the Authority of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
EY JOSEPH RITNER,
Governor of said Commonwealth
A. PROCLAMATION.
.1.
15 . x - WHEREAS, I have learned
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,I .11 . x,,, with the deepest regret, that the
cili
- "soil oi of Pennsylvania has been dis
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'-- '. 0 % graced,the rights of her peacefill
a citizens outraged and their prop
erty destroyed by acts of lawless riot. For
the first time the orderly city ofPlidadelphia
has liecOme the theatre of scenes heretofore
only contemplated at a distance, as danger.
sus excesses on the part of others. They
have now been enacted in our midst, and as
sumed a form the most destructive of pro.
perty and domestic quiet, the most inimical
to individual lights, rini the most ruinous to
social harmony and public order that can be
'conceived. ‘;-
The torch of the inceildiary has been ap
plied by unmasked violaters of law, in the
da Hite's+ of nt. , lit, in the heart of a crowd
ed city, dad for the avowed pu rpose of pre.
vent iev the exercise 'of the Constitutional
and invaluable right of "the free cOinmuni.
cd tion Ilfilieligius & opinions." And where
as it it be true that if even "error of opinion
may be tolenced while reason is left free to
combat the practice of combatting snip.
posed error with the firebrand, or ot punish
ing even crime without the established pro
cessor law, must he the very essence of ty
ranny. And whereas, it is the duty of the
magistrate to protect all in the exercise of
their constitutional rights without respect to
the question whethei their respective objects
be or be no: agreeable to himself or others
so long us their deportment is peaceful and
the object lawful:
And whereas, it is the duty of the Gover
or of this Commonwealth,
that the laws be faithfully executed," especi
ally in eases whore enormity franscends the
magnitude of common guilt:
Therefore, for the purpose of promoting
and securing the apprehension of the wrong
doers in the premises,!, Joseph Ritner,Gov
ernor of the said Commonwealth, do hereby
ofror a reward of five hundred dollars for the
apprehension and conviction of each and eve
ry person engaged in the burning of the
building culled the Pennsylvania Hall, in
Sixth street, in..the city of Philadelphia, on
the night of Thursday, the 17th inst. or in
setting fire to the building called the Or
phan's Asylum,in Thirteenth st , in the said
city, on the night of Friday, the eighteen t
instant, to be paid on the due conviction if
c r
each and every one of the persons al aid.
And all Judges, Justices, Sh i 's, Con
stables and other officers within his Com
monwealth, are hereby required ar d enjoin
ed to be attentive and vigilant in inquiring
after and bringing to justice the person or
persons guilty of the crime aforesaid.
Given under my hand and the Great Seal
of the State, this twenty-second day of
May,in the year ofour Lord one thousand
eight hundred and thirty eight, and of
the Commonwealth the sixty-second.
By the Governor.
THOMAS H. BURROWES,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
Political Matters.
Unhallowed union of _Loco&-
coition and Infidelity.
The times portend that such an union as
the heading of this speaks of will be consum
mated soon, and perhaps before many hon
est men who are now acting with the Van
Buren party will be prepared to sanction it.
FANNY WRIGHT, the great ahe•a
postle of infidelity—of promiscuous inter.
course of the sexes—and of an agrarian dis.
tribution of property, is now lecturing to the
Loco Foco Van Burenites in Cincinnati.
ROBERT DALE OWEN,the great he.
apostle of infidelity and contemner of all re
ligion and morals—who has written a book
of as mischevious a tendency as the "Age
of Reason"—is now, we believe, editing a
Loco Foco Van Buren paper in Illinois.
At a late celebration in Now Yoik of the
Loco Foco Van Burenites,toasts of thr , most
blapphemous character were given and drunk
with enthusiasm.
Ninety removals from the custom house
of New York were lately made, and the
vacancies thus created supplied withialtra,
Loco Locos, some of whom joined in a fate
'celebration of THOMAS PAINE'S Birth
day, and one of whom is now editor of an
infidel paper in Aim York.
In Columbia county, in this moral and re.
ligious State of Pennsylvania, a resolution
was lately offered at a Loco Foco Van Buren
meeting,that they "WOULD VOTE FOR
THE DEVIL" if ho would suffer them to
CALL him a democrat, "IN PREFER
ENCE TO AN ANGEL OP LIGHT"
whom they might CHOOSE TO CALL a feder
alist.
The Loco Foco candidate for Governor is
profane to such a degree as frequently to dis:
gust his hearers in conversation; and when
the bad passions of his corrupt heart are stir
red up he uses Isngunge which no man of
correct feelings could listen to without being
shocked• One of his common comparisons,
when he speaks of anything of great dimen
sions is, "as big U 3 Christ's Church.."
Perhnps the facts we have enumerated a
bove ma catch the, tztya of some Van Duren
man who has not before learned the rapid
strides his party is making towards infideli
ty. If so, we hope they may have a salu
tary effect.—Pennsplrania Intelligencer.
That we have publicly charged the Loco
loco candidate, David R. Porter—with hay
ing voted to increase the State debt,by vot
ing for the mammoth Improvement Bill—
yet his advocates, instead of defending or
denying—abuse us.
BE IT REMEMBERED.
That we have publicly charged him with .
being an advocate of the odious as well as
dangerous Sub-treasury scheme,which gives
Von Buren control of all the United States
revenue. Instead of showing the people
that he is not—his menials call us a "scoun.
drel" -- "creature"—..hiroline..--would they
not do better if they would convince the peo
ple that we were in error.
BE 1T RENE ifBERED.
That we have nublicly stated that David
IL Porter "TOOK THE BENEFIT" and
that there are at this late day, when lie is re
puted worth S4O,OOO,CLA IMS AG Al NsT
tin!, BEARING DATE PRIOR to the
time he was "while washed." Instead of
:flowing the people that we do not state the
truth—and instead of yonder - ening such acts
)f outrage—his swiss writers vent their brl
ingsgnte onus. You had much Netter sat•
sly the people we do not tell the truth.
BE 11 REMEMBERED.
That we have publicly declared that Ile
only claim Porter has to the name of farmer
—is his ownership ofsomo SCRUB RACE
HORSES, that were occasionally sneaked
nut of town to pick up races where they
were unknown. Instead of convincing the
people that we did not tell the truth they vi I
lify and abuse us. You had better sustain
the broken owl besmeared character of your
o•vner, than spend your breath by abusing
()nester men.
BE IT REMEMBERED.
That we have publicly proclaimed, that.,
no act of his life, has shown that he wait'
either a statesman, a scholar or a man of
tallente. Instead of correcting us Wive err
—his serfs heap the bitter dregs of their de.
prayed heats on our head. It would be
far more to their credit, to point the people
to some of-the effects of his :intellectual
►rowels.
BE IT REMEMBERED.
That we have charged him with bias.
rheming and SWEARING until even irre
rgion hung her head—and instead of attempt,
ig a denial, they pour out the vials of their
wrath on us. It is a very lame defence.
BE IT REMEMBERED.
That we have publicly declared that, if
he is worth $40,000 now, anJ was insolvent
when he swore that he was, then we say he
has made 840,000 from the people in nine
teen years, and all the time in office, or
nearly so: and we have charged him with
charging as the fees of office in the Orphans
Court, 817,44. Yet no defence is made—
but saying naughty words about us. We
shall attend to their MASTER-WO advise
them to do the same. Your bad words hbout
us are not going to help Davy along any.
BE IT REMEMBERED.
That we have publicly said that the sched
ule filed in the office of the court containing
a list of his debts and property—is not now
in that office; nor can it be found.
BE 1T REMEMBERED.
That we have publicly said David R. Por
ter had charge of that office during the 12
years from '23, to '3s—and wit have said
that but one person was interested in the ab.
'sence ofthose papers; and because we have
asserted these plain facts,—all manner of
wicked things are said of us, such as the
lowest drunken loafer that loafs on the
wharves in the city could hardly conceive
of. Would not the people of this state be
better satisfied if they could say something
in favor of their master.
BE 17' REMEMBERED.
That David R. Porter has refused to pay
an obligation given in his own hand writing,
before lie became insolvent, which has been
presented within the last two weeks, and
that that creditor is one of the "thirteen
Shylocks." And if the schedule of Porter's
property, had not left the office, it would
prove that Porter admitted that he did owe
the money. Is not this defrauding credi
tors? And
BE 17' REMEMBERED.
That we say that David R. Porter is in
no respect fit to rule the destinies of this
State, and we DARE any of his instruments
to point to any act of his life, which show
that he has any knowledge of the science of
goverment.
"to take care
From the Lewistown Gazette.
Porter an amalgamator.
The following from the Harrisburg Telc
graph, though it reveals a most extraordina
ry degree of moral depravity in the charac
ter ofthe Loco Foco candidate for governor,.
we believe is substantially true. Many of
our citizens, from viihom we have it, are ac
quainted with the full particulars of the af
fair; and, if any of the friends of Porter
should be hardy enoughto call the facts in
question, we believe they are susceptible of
lying established by . the clearest testimony
of living witnesses.
"We had hopes that we should itot be obli
ged toexpose to light some of the dark doings
of the Loco Foco candidate for governor, as
they embrace subjects and involve facts un
fit to be agitated in the family or social cir
cle. But inasmuch as the Loco Foco or
gans are totally reckless in their abuse of
governor Ritner,and the corresponding cam-.
mittee of Dauphin county, in their address,
signed, Jacob Sri - ord, l bomaa Eagle,
and their associates, impudently,calsely and
Nfamously, charge Gov. Ritner, with being
in favor of admitting "the negro race with a
perfect equality and community of political
and social rights, as the husbands of our
daugbiers and the wives of our sons," it
would he deemed justifiable in us to "unfold '
Et tate" kvspectiog Datact It. Potter, alai
From the Huntingdon Journal,
Be it Remembered!
~:,:~
would the Loco Focus' hair "to stand
OD etirl,
Like quills upon tho fretful Porcupine."
But we shall briefly allude to it at thiS
time."
There is now married to a negro, black
.as ebony, and living in Lewistown,n woman,
whom DAVID R. PORTER FORMER.
a LIVED WITH and who had TWO
CHILDREN BY HIM, that are now man
and, woman grown.
This is a notorious truth,and so well known
and so easily proved, that no Loco Foco will
dare to deny it.
We ask the moral, the religious, the con
scientious and the well bred of all parties to
inquire into these facts; and we assure you
that they will find them not only true, but
involved in a case of moral depravity that
presents David R. Porter, in an entire new
light before the public.
From the Lancaster Union.
Motional Convention.
The suggestions of file "Gettysburg Star
and Banner," in a subsequent column, res
pecting the Presidency, meets our entire
approbation. We have expressed the same
sentiments in our sheet more than once.
It is our desire however, to avoid prema•
ture remarks on the siihject of the Presider].
cy. All our energies should be employed
to aid the re election of Gov. Rimer; the
success then ()four Candidate for President,
would follow as a matter of course, in Penn
s) Ivania. It affords us pleasure to observe,
that the friends of the respective persons
named for President, all begin to see that
"their claims should not he urged until after
the election fur Governor." The Antima•
sonic presses have long been unanimous on
this question, and all the other opposition
papers in the State, wo believe, are now
ap
proving the measure. There is now a per
fect unanimity among the friends of Gover
nor Ritner, to unite in solid column, to op
pose and defeat. his Loco foco Masonic op
(.-.l.lotittiat. The reasons for opposing the elec
kiVit'eff:•David R. Porter in his own county,
- '7:•tfia-peqOay is because "THEY KNOW
HlM:'''.: , ..jii:Lanp!ister county he is opposed,
beCsmai.be,'W?* masonic candidate, and
himsiella-bigeted adhering Free Mason; a
LocerFocO in principle and practice,the ad
vocaterCii4.4briTitletltructive measures of
MartiriVadßaretgand because lie voted as
a Senator:jn: the Mammoth bill,
which would haveition . li the Suite in a debt
efso millions,haddaat been vetoed by Gov.
Ritner; and becatise he is in favor of the
Sub-Treasury Scheibe and other iniquitous
plans of the General Government; and be
cause ho is a horse.racer,and horse Jockey,
and profane swearer, and let his private af
fairs run into
,bankruptcy, and will not pay
his debts, although he is able to do so, and
because he is unfit for Governor for many
other important reasons; and because we
are satisfied with Governor Ritner i s flam
ing of the Goverment; and because he kept
the State affairs in good order, without any
duns from public creditors, or the relief of
the Insolvent act; and because he is inde
pendent,hunest and capable; and having done
so much good in three years of his admin
istration of the government the people of
Lancaster county desire him to continue
his good work three years longer.
HOW STANDS Tile Accoursre—The an
swer is to be found in the following concise
account from the Albany Evening Journal:
Since the 10th of May last, nine of the
eleven states which voted against Martin
Van Buren for President have held new Elec
tions, and all have reiterated their detesta
tion of his conduct and policy—by majori
ties increased in the aggregate, more than
fißy thousand votes. Twelve of the fifteen
states which voted for him have also held
Elections,and of these SEVEN viz: MAINE,
RHODE ISLAND, CONNECTICUT,NEW YORK,
NORTH CAROLINA, MISSISSIPPI and VI R•
GINIA, have declared against him, while
MrcureAN reduced his majority from three
thousand to a handful! of votes, and is prob
ably at this moment a Whig state. These
twelve Van Buren states,which gave him an
aggregate majority of about SEVENTY THOU
SAND votes, now give an aggregate majority
of about TWENTY THOUSAND against him.
Grant that there has been no change in the
five states which have held no Elections
since 1836, and there is now in the United
States a clear majority of ONE HUN
DRED THOUSAND votes against Martin
Van Buren. But we believe that even this
is too favorable to him, and that we shall
soon have the pleasure of informing the rea
ders ofthe Evening Juurnal,that LOUISUNA,
hurlers, Mlssouei and NI !Cilia AN—two at
least of the four--have enrolled themselves
under the Whig banner of Freedom,leaving
but a meagre minority of half a dozen states
still clinging doubtfully to the desperate for
tunes of the discomfited Huckster, and the
unprincipled cabal of demagogues—the Ben
tons, Blairs, Kendalls, and Woodburys, by
whom he submits to be governed.
EXTRAVAGANCE —The Jackson party
ewe into power with the words Retrench
ment and Reform on their lips, and what
have they done towards it?
They have increased the expenses of the
government from THIRTEEN MIL
LIONS,TO THIRTY-TWO MILLIONS
per year.—Fr derick Herald •
A Stow.—The Pittsburg Aiizette pub.
lishes the names of the Mnfaiiherg cam
tnittee of that county in 1835: and says—
" Several of this same committee are now'
DECIDED RITNER NIEN; and we will not
be at all surprised ifthree fourths of them
should become so before the election."
CARLISLE BARRACKS.- We learn from
the Carlisle Herald, that an order has been
issued for the immediate repair of the bar
racks at that place—it having been deter•
mined to make that station a school of mili
Lary praCtice for cavalry, where all the
recruits for the Dragoon corps are directed
to be•sent to receive instruction, The order,
it is said, further directs the purchase of 80
horsesfor the purposes of the establishment;
and the whole is placed under the command
of Cal t. E. V. SUANERs •
STAR & REPUBLICAN BANNER.
At S 2 per annum. half-yearly in advance.
GETTYSBURGH, PA.
Tuesday, May 29, I 838.
ori FOR GOVERNOR,
wnft aztawataii
3: Flour in Baltimore, $7 75; Wheat, $1 64,
Corn, 72 eta.; Rye, 95; Oats, 30; Clover Seed;
$10; Whiskey, 30 cts.
Extra.
I :o>Accompanying this week's paper is an Ex
tra, containing a number of Advertisements, ail
wall as the OLD & NEW CONSTITUTIONS:
It would be well, probably, for our subscribers La).
preserve it.
PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER.
j' This paper of tho 10th, 17th and 25th
was not received at this office. This is mue
grotted, as it breaks the file of that paper.)
HARRISBURG PAPERS:
( I .Tlie"lleporter" and "Intelligeneer" are the
only papers received regularly frinn Harrisburg.
The “Telegraph," although print# on Wednes
dayigenernlly arrives as earls, as 'Monday—when
it comes at all. One copy of the "Chronicle" (last
week's) has been received since the adjournment
of tho Legislature; and none of the "Key-Stone."
So wo go!
& Gettimburg Rail Road.
Sectiois, Bridges and Culverts thrown
up by Contractors on the Wrightsville, York and
Gettysburg Rail Road, were re-let on Friday last
as follows:
,;
Sections 5, fra nri 7, to Jolla' Witso:v.
tit 9, to EnwAnn Dvax.
10_a d 12, to long H. WiLsosr.
land 19, to STLPIIEN B. Mr. Au.
Bridges
~ 18 and 20, and Culreri 2, to
GitEnn ik *Amalfi.
Thw'Work betwoen Wrightsville and York will
no tiOubt be completed at an early day.
Damages.
The sum set apart by the last Legislature
for the payment of damages on the Rail Road be
tween Wrightsville and York, we learn, is now
ready and will be applied to the purposes of its
appropriation without delay.
Siiiotraeng.
ali.• The Bridge over North Marsh Creek, on
the Gettysburg Extension, has been allotted to
Mr. Cunrsri♦N CA9IIMIIr.
Popular .IppolnfaSent.
(0-11 would acorn, from the subjoined extract
from the Philadelphia Inquirer, that the appoint
ment of Messrs. Srxv vim and DICK CT is likely to
prove very disastrous to the Porter party. The
Key-Stone, one of the leading Loco Foco papers,
intimates that Gov. Ritner will gain at least. TEN
THOUSANDS votes by the appointment of those
gentlemen! This will swell his majority, then,
to THIRTY THOUSAND ! Good ! Old Joe
always...looks before ho longs!" He's too much
“Duleh," as a Loco Foco friend says, for the Irish
Lawyer! Hear the Inquirer:—
HANDSOME I/MICA/lE.—The Harrisburg
Keystone intimates that the appointment of
Messrs. STEvENs and DICKEY will organize
an army of 'rEN THOUSAND advocates
for Governor arrNER. The Keystone, no
doubt, recollects the policy pursued by Gov
ernor Wolf in 1832. An addition of ten
thousand to the force of upwards of 100,000
(the People's force) already in the field on
behalf of Governor Ritnei, must, we think,
settle the question as o his re election.
LOOK T . THIS!
Rail Roa Companies
vs.
GOVERNOR ItITNER.
will be remembered that last year the Le- .
gislature passed an Improvement Bill contair.ing
large subscriptions to Rail Road Companies. Go-
vornor RrrNEn, believing that the public funds
ought to be applied to the public works alone un
til they were finished,and the State Debt paid off,
vetoed the bill. This year, the Legislature passed
a much smaller bill, (about one half the amount.)
but the Senate insisted in inserting. subscriptions
Ito two or three private Rail Road Companies, and
authorized a temporary loan of $600,000, to meet,
the appropriations.
As the State had been one year without an Im
provement bill, the Governor felt constrained to
sign it; but sent a message to the Legislature sta
ting his objections—noticing the difficulty of ob
taining loans at four per cent. per annum, the rate
of interest which he had determined not to exceed;
and declaring his determination to withhold his
subscriptions to the Companies until such loan
was procured to meet them. He immediately ad
vertised fur the loan, but no part of it has been
taken.
Immediately after the Legislature adjourned,
he Cumberland Valley Ruil Road Company ap-
icd to the Governor to suhscribo tho stock au-
thorized to that Company, ($100,000.) No time
was fixed at which the Governor was required to
subscribe. Ho informed the Company that he
did not deem it prudent to incur liability on be
half of the State, until funds were prepared to
meet it. That ho must at present decline subscri
bing.
The Board of Managers met and resolved that
application should he made to the Supreme Court
for a MANDAMUS, to COMPEL the Governor to
subscribe, forthwith, the hundred thousand dollars
to their stock. The President and Counsel of the
Company called on the Governor on the lath inst.
and informed him of their deterMination. and a
gain requested him to subscribe. He informed
them that the loan was not taken, and he would
not pledge the Commonwealth to pay large a
mounts of money, until she was prepared to ful
fil the contract; and if these Corporations choose
to appeal to the lavv to compel him to involve the
State in debt, they must take their own course.—
Ho
had chosen and would adhere .to his.
The President of the Company then served the
following process upon him. What will be the
result, remains to be seen.
HARRISBURG, 19th nay, 1938.
Hi, Excellency &MINI RITNIM, Governor of
Pennsylvania:
Sts- Having yesterday again called on
you, and requested y ou to' subscribe, on be
half of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,
for. Two Thousand Shares of the Capital
Stock' of " Tito Cumberland Valley Rail
Road Company," which yuu refused to do,
as you had before refused, when ircpeged
by ine%on the twerirhy-third day of Ayril
last. l now respectfully give yea notice,
that c Thursday neat the 24th init. I shall,
as Prenident of that Company, and in par
sum* of a resolution of the Board of Man
agers, herewith furnished to you, apply to
the Supreme Court of Penagy:yania, at the
Capitol at Harrisburg, fora Rule an you to
show'cause why a Mandamus shall net be
issued by said Court, commartrfuq you to
subscribe said stock according to the prosi
siOs of the Act of Assembly entitled "An
act to provide for the repairs and to con
tinue the improvements of the State and for •
other purposes," passed on the fourteenth
day of April, 1838.
It is with much reluctance that we have
adopted this course, but the peculiar satia
tion of the Company obliges us to insist on
'the execution of the law.
I aro, with great respect, your
obedient servant,
T. G. McCULLOH, President-
Snit against the Governor.
azr The extraordinary course pursued by the
Cumberland Valley Rail Road Company terwaras
Governor Ilres en creates consideraTTEe oixtonz
our Farmers, and the Governor's En=ress trt
gain him many friends. It is certainly a novel
proceeding, and will result to the Gowernoe's a -
vantage, even if he should be east into prima!
D. It. Porter.
cr -1- There are several articles in this paper, to
which we would direct the attention of the pnapbe-
A beautiful piece of mortality,truly, have the LOCO
Focos and the Lodge selected to run againnt the
HONEST GERMAN FAIIMER!
.1 Sig":
aA company were together the other day in
this County, when it was found there were
63
01!!
For Ritncr
For Porter
.Inolher.
riAt an assembly in Franlkfia castuify a
time since, it was ascertained dwt three wrine
77
00!!!
For Ritner
For Porter
11E.1 .'mother!
1 3- - y The rain last week prevented ■ number of
gentlemen from leaving the douse im York tottery
where they had put up at, and it appeared there
were present,
For Ritner (about)
For Portet
Philadelphia .71o&
0.-A number of articles in relation to Pecrowyl
vania Hall and its destruction., will te foomil is
another pact of to-t ay's paper_ We like the trace
and spirit of the article from the .Pennsylvartian:
as well as the one subjoined from the , tiatiardair
Evening Paste
The vituperation and abusive language
employed by a portion of the New York
press in relation to the recent disturbance
in this city, cannot be too severely condemn
ed. Tho Journal of Commerce and the
Commercial Advertiser,statecireumsaances'
of which those on the spot know nothiiri;
among the rest, that black men and white
women were seen walking arm in arm in
the most public promenades- If such an
event occurred the people of this city hare
been so blind as not to perceive it: a kw rep
pectable females, however, from, it s said,
Boston, did walk home in company with e'er
tain coloured women. As to the ceoren
lion itself, although we may disapprove of
its measures, justice compels us to say, from
some personal knowledge, that its members,
in point of learning, intelligence, and vaned
accomplishments are far, infinitely far, so- I'
porior to either of these sapient editors.
It is certainly a gross impropriety in any ,
portion of the press to urge on a band of
unreflecting boys and youth to the ctrumus
sion of acts of violence, which must if per
mitted finally overturn our social sytAenv--
The question of abolition has had lime to'
do with these riots, but the cause mar be
fiwnd in that spirit of insubordination, and
contempt for law and order, which is now so
prevalent in every part of the country.—
There can be no doubt that it was perfectly
within power of the city authorities to hare
suppressed the riot, had they been so dis
posed. If on that occasion the mayor bad
acted with the firmness and decision which
distinguished Recorder Rush in a subse
quent event, no great mischief would hare
been done. There can be but one opinion ,
concerning the mayor, and that is a firm
conviction of his culpable negligence, and
entire unfitness for the office he most .m- ;
worthily fills.
THE ARRESTED.—The
qu i re r of Saturday last says—We learn that
Samuel Yeager, the person arrested oa the
charge of having been concerned in the re
cent destruction of Pennsylvania Hall, was
yesterday re-heard betne Alderman Biwa,
and held to bail for trial, in the sum ofthree
thousand dollars. He is said to be a man of:
considerable property, and the Either of fire'
children.
M EXICO AND THE t r NIXED STATES.—The
Boston Atlas has information from a scarcei
to be relied on, thalsince the pnipositivin of
Martinez, the Mexican Minister, to refer 11
our controversies with Mexico to the arbi-,
tration of a neutral power, arrangements
have been entered into which are likely to
terminate in the speedy and peaceful .settle
ment of those controversies,.
The auditor general of Pinansylvaumin
csti
mates the amount of small notes, wider the
denomination of $3, issued by corporatiacs
or individuals on the first of November last,
at $1,823,362. Of th 6 amount 81,140,446
were issued in the city and county of Phil—
adelphia.
Some idea of the amount of business be
fore Congress, may be formed from the fact
that seven hundred private terse:Hoe up as
orders of the day, in one day alone, and that
one hundred and fl teen public bills remain
dormant in Committee of the whole, mast
of which demand immediate action.
Prince de Joincille,son of Louis Phißipe,
the King of the, French, has arrived in New
York.
Rail Road Celebration,
In compliance with a resolution adopted
at a public meeting of the Citizens of
IhVanielibaro', a Dinner was given to the
friends of Internal Improvement by the
friends of the Extension of the Gettysburg
Rail-Way, at the Public House of Mr. G.
Illarlett, in Waynesboro',on the 22d of May,
IS3S. Mier the company had partaken of
a splendid dinner,' hat did great credit to M r.
Mai - lett, who prepared it, the Cloth removed
and the table supplied with an abundance of
spitting Champaign, Maderia and Lisbon
Wines, the company was organized by ap.
pointing Major SA M UEL FISHER, Presi.
dens; and Messrs. PETER lIARISAUGU, PHIL-
Ir and ELins Hon"
NEB Vice Presidents; and Messrs. Williarn
Hammel, James Caldwell, .dbraham
ser and /aka Dire/2. Secretaries.
Tba following letter, received from Mr.
FL.LNAGAN, who was invited to attend the
Celebration, was then read:
WAYNESBORO', May 18th, I=3B.
GEN. TIMKEN —Your note of the 7th inst.
inviting me to partake of a public dinner giv
en by the friends of the Extension of the
Gettysburg Rail Road, was handed to me
some two or three days since. Although I
am and ever have been the warm and ardent
friend, not only of the State improvements,
but rooreespecially of the improvements of
this section of the County, and not having
as yet received any positive assurance that
the Extension will ever reach this place,nnd
as there are still some doubts in my mind, I
cannot join in the cry of victory until the
battle is won.
With many thanks to you, Gentlemen,for
dr . ! kindness and attention manifested to
wards me, I most respectfully decline the
invitation.
With sentiti.ents of respect, 1 am, Gen
tlemen, your frienitand the friend of the Ex
tenejou if Waynesboro' he made a point
positive.
To Messy& Hammett, Stewart, Walker,
St' (suer and Wolf, Committee of A rrangettet.
The following regular toasts were then
drank by the Company.
Josupu RrritErt—W him enlightened ad
ministration stands as an al k of safety to his
re election.
THOMAS H. Bunnows—Superintendant of
Common Schools: Guardian of the young
intellect—let each child learn
Free School System—Dictated by Philan
thropy, its good effects will be felt and ac
knowledged by rising generations.
Education—May every plan calculated
:1 to diffuse etful knowledge be fostered by
legislatoin and approied of by the people.
De Wd Clinton—The Father of the In.
temal Improvement System: May his name
be cherished by the people.
Gettysburg Extension of Pennsylvania
Rail Road—Tried, acquitted and on its
march to the west.
Pennsydvania—The Key Stone of the .
Federal Arch: May Public Improvements
continue to be her State nolicy: may she be
imitated hv her sister States; and may the
Arch be forever preserved entire.
The Internal Improvements of Pennsyl
vania—Asa Public Monument will stand as
a land mark to enterprize for generations to
come.
20
00!!!
Fran/din County—The Gettysburg Ex
tension of Pennsylvania Rail Road will be
another grand Improvement added to the
other improvements made and being made
within her boundaries.
The Cumberland Valley Rail Road,
Franklin Rail Road, and Gettysburg Ex
tension of Pennsylvania Rail Road—We
object to none of them, for whatever tends
to improve our County should never excite
our jealousy.
The Grilyskurg Extension of Pennsyl
raaia Rail Road—One of the most import-
ant improvements of the State: May the
merits of its projector be ever appreciated.
IVayaesboro',—A point in the Gettys
burg extension: Some may not think so, but
use ane sure of it.
The Fair Sex—True models of Virtue
and Prudence and the comforts of man.
By the Committee: THADDEUS STEVENS,
Esq—The faithful and tried friend of a Ju
dicious Internal Improvement, and the un
compromising friend of Free Education, by
which means the mind of the poor man's
child may become as learned as those of the
rich: Will the poor do jubilee to his fame?
Mr. STEVEN'S then rose and addressed the
company in one of his happy strains °lola.
(pence upon the subject of I n tern a I Improve
ment and Education, which drew from the
company bursts of applause.
VOLUNTEER TOASTS.
By Thaddeus Stevens, Esq. : PENNSYL
TAm—Iier present prosperity is but the
miniature embryo of her future greatness:
Ilay every part be animated by a liberal and
magnanimous zeal for the interest and glory
oaf the whole-
By David S. Stoner: JOSEPH RITNER,
Governor of Pennsylvania: His cooperation
with the Legislature of last session on the
subject of Internal Improvement, deserves
oar warmest commendations.
By James A. Thompson: CHARLES B.
PESRWE—The liberal minded Statesman,
who loved the weal of Pennsylvania better
than all the flesh pots of Egypt: Pennsyl
vania will cherish and reward him.
By James Caldwell: •THADDEUS STE
TENS. ,Esq---President of the Board of Canal
c om missione n r With him to wield the helm,
our Improvement system will soon be perfect
in all its various branches.
By 11. J. Schreiner: Free Schools and
judicious State Improvements as advocated
and carried out by our Farmer Governor:
They must and will prosper.
By T. Walker: Messrs. Casssrr and
KErrimirELL—True to the interest of t heir
constituents, and to the honor of the State,
they stood by their "pivot man" in time of
battle_
By Col. John Stewart: The Gettysburg
Rail Road—Floods of political persecution,
and swims of party malignity may beat a•
gaiast it in vain, for it is founded upon
Rork.
By Jaws M. Downy: Truant:vs STS•
Communicaltti
JOIIN FLANAGAN.
I vENs, Esq.—The groat grand, (not high
priest,) but Champion of Universal Educa
tion and Equal Rights, not like Porter, sup
ported by those who do not know him; but
like RITNER, sustained by those who do
know him.
By James A. Thompson: JACOB CASSAT
—His Prose smothered M'Elwee's Poetry.
By Peter Benedict: Josuert RITNER and
THADDEUS STEVENS, the unflinching friends
of the people—Pennsylvania will flourish so
long ns she continues to support and sustain
men ofliko character.
By John Garvin: THADDEUS STRvErgs,
Esq.—For talent and the interest of his con
stituents, lot any County in the State name
their Representatives.
By T. Walker: HENRY FUNK, Esq.—
His first term gave evidence of his coming
worih—true to the interest of his constitu
ents and to the interest of the State. Who
dare charge him with sectional legislation?
By Tobias Funk: Those who administer
the State government—Honest, enlightened
and economical: let them be continued.
By John Clay: David K. Porter—Sup
ported at home by those who fear him, and
abroad by those who do not know html
By Abraham Stoner: The Gettsburg
Extension—
Tho "deep ravines" aro seen below,
And "finding crags" above;
The hand of man will shortly show
That Cars can on it move.
By Jacob Wolf: The enemies of the Get
tyeburg and Waynesboro' Rail Road—May
they be agitated like the quicksands at the
Gap near Lancaster, or be set on Jack's
Mountain to be frightened by "Toppling
crags," "unfathomable ravines," and "im
penetrable morasses," until they do confess
that they had endeavoured to deprive the
State of one of the brightest accomplish
meats that belongs to the catalogue of her
Internal Improvements.
By T. Walker:—The course pursued by
Senator FULLERTON towards the Gettysburg
Rail Road was unexpected by his friends,
and proved disastrous to the interests of the
County ho represents.
By J. H. Johnston: Franklin County—
The endeared spot where I have spent my
juvenile days and formed associations never
to be effliced.
By M. Stoner: DAVID FULLERTON—the
patriotic and economical Statesman! oppos
ed to all public improvements except those
that pass through Green•Castletl
By a guest: The Congressional District,
Franklin and Adams—May she be represen
ted in the next Congress by a member both
willing and capable to carry out the wishes
of his constituents.
By John Funk: The Committee of Com
promise reduced the appropriation Bill POO,
000 which Porter 4. Co. had ridded to it in
the Senate belbre Farmer Rither could be
preVailed on to attach his name—without
which it could not have became a law. So
much for the firmness of our Farmer Gov.
By Thaddeus Stevens: HENRY FUNK—
the honest, firm representative—He put in
the Waynesboro' reute,afier Fullerton's per
verseness had struck it out.
The city of Wheeling having subscribed
one million of dollars towards the comple
tion of the Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road,
it is tho't that thejcompany now have suffi
cient funds assured to it,to complete it to the
Ohio• River.
SERIOUS TORNADO IN BALTINORE.-00
Tuesday afternoon, about 7 o'clock, Balti
more was visited by a terrible tornado, o
short duration, but of great violence. Con
siderable damage was done in various parts
of the city. The zinc roof upon the new
Christ Church, was torn offend rolled up as
if by the operation of some powerful ma•
chinery: a part of the copper roof of the
Museum was torn off and carried into the
street; the granite warehouses in Market
street, between Calvert and South Sts , oc
cupied by T. Palmer, and Co., were unroof
ed; the warehouse ofJoseph Taylor,and Son,
Eutaw street, was unroofed, and several
chimneys in different parts of the town were
blown down.—Fred. Herald.
HARI'ERs•FERRY.—A company ofthe cit
izens of Harpers.Ferry,have it in contempla•
(lon to appoint an agent to go West and
purchase about 50,000 acres of land, part
of which is to be divided into town lots, arid
part into farms and then to make a settle-
ment at once.
LANCASTER, (Pa.) May 24.
A CRASII.—The gable walls of the three
story brick building, in East King street,
near the Court House, just erected by Mr.
James Smith. Apothecary fell down shortly
after one o'clock, ou Tuesday last, with a
tremendous crash. The wind was very
high, and the building hod not yet been cov
ered. The roof of the back part of the ad-
joining House, owned by Mr. Jungler, and
occupied by Mr. David Donally, was crush
ed by the falling ruins. The wife of the
latter and two other ladies who were sitting
at a table sewing, were buried for a time
beneath the broken ceiling and rafters, but
were soon extricated, without, it is hoped,
very serious injury. How they escaped
with life is a matter of wonder. Nearly
the entire roof seems to have been precipita
ted upon them, and was only arrested by the
chairs on which they sat and the table near
them. But for the latter they must have
been crushed.—Examner.
NEGRO SUFFRAGE.—The House of Renre
sentatives of Connecticut by a vote of 10.5 to
33, have refused to recommend the expung
ing of the word "white" in that clause of
the constitution which epecifles who shall be
entitled to vote. •
J . Ollll 51 URTAUGH, whn was Lady senten
ced to be hung in Chambersburg, is said to
be insane, and wtll not of course be executed
at the time appointed unless his reason should
be previously restored-
HEAT!! OF HORSE SHOE Ronyxso . :l.—Major
James Robertson, better known as "Horse
Shoe Robinson," died at his residence in
Tuscaloosa e• wily on the 28111 of April, in
the 714th year of his age.
THE CROPS.—The Lancaster Journal
says:—"The crops in this neighborhood look
very well, and there is every prospect of an
abundant grass harvest:, The season has
been backward, yet a few days of warm
weather has brought out vegetation very rap
idly." This is the "latest news" from that
great agricultural county. Those previous
ly received were riot so favorable. In Cum
berland and Franklin counties, according to
the Chambersburgh Repository, the wheat
fields presented a favorable appearance.
From the Columbia Spy of Saturday last.
COLLECTOR'S OFFICE, "?.
Cor.um els, May 25th, 1838, 3
WEEK/".l* REPORT.
Amount of Toll received at this office
from Nov. 1,1837,t0 May 19,'38, $103,704 70
Amount received during the week
ending this day,
Wholo amount received up to
May 260.,
$109,034 54
R. B. WRIGHT, Collector.
RELIGIOUS NOTICES.
CrTLere will be preaching in Christ Church
on Sunday morning and evening next•
• C r The Sacrament of the Lord's Supper will be
administered in the Lutheran Church, in Peters
burg. (Y. S.) on Sabbath next, services to com
mence on Friday evening preceding at early can
dle light. Confirmation on Saturday by the Rev.
Mr. Gotwald.
0:7- Rev. Mr. M'LEAN will preach in his
Church on Sundsy morning and afternoon next.
Crßev. Mr. SMITH will preach in the Metho.
(list Church on Sunday morning & evening next
11111111 ED.
On tho 21st inst. by the Bev. Mr. M'Lean, Mr.
JOIIN Lrrirr.r. to Miss HAnIIIEr GUlNN—both of
this borough.
On the 15th inst. by the Rev. Mr. Douglass, Mr
JOSEPH W ELSHANS to Miss MARGARET ENTLER--
all of Shopherdstown, Va.
On the•22d inst. Mrs. KEEPAVER, consort of
Mr. Jacob Keefaver, aged 58 years, 4 months and
7 Jays.
ADVERTISEMENTS.
Lt ammo zParazixt e
SURGEON DENTIST
(OF YORK.)
CAN be consulted at Thompson's Hotel
by those who may desire his Profes
sional services.
Or LA DIES waited on at their resi
dence if desired.
GETTYSBURG, May 29, MS. It-9
FRESH DRUGS
AND
-1;:, , •%•
atl22)/it'3oWato
J UST received and for sale; at the Store
of the subscriber, in Baltimore street,
Gettysburg,
A FRESH SUPPLY OP
DRUGS AND MEDICINESi
of tho best and purest quality—together
with
OIL, Ph/ANTS, <six. dza.
JESSE GILBERT.
tf-9
May 29, 1838
LAstonEns WANTED.
W ANTED, on the Gettysburg Exten
sion of the Pennsylvania Rail Road,
2,®00 Hands!
To whom CONSTANT WORK and the
BEST OF WAGES will be given.
0:7 - The Gettysburg Rail Road runs
thro' the most healthy part of this country.
Apply to
M. C. CLARKSON, Sup't.
Gettysburg, Pa., May 19, 1838. if 9
Oz aliddle-Street Store
OF
BACON, FLOUR, IRON, &C. &C.
A few Doors West of Fahnestoek's Store.
T HE Subscriber has just received a large
supply of very superior and well•cured
BACON
(the Hams are particularly fine,)
Su - pc - rime Four , Feed, Scc.
En addition to the above, ho has a large
and well•assqued supply of
IRON,
add expects to receive, in a few days,a large
quantity of
T
Of all kinds and sizes.
By giving to the above business his undi
vided attention, as well as his determination
to sell with moderate profits, ho hopes to be
patronized.
GEORGE LITTLE.
Gettysburg,''May 22, 1838. 3t-9
Look out for Bargains!
SECOND RUN OP
o2l:alteta womoo
THOS. J. COOPER
n ESPECTFII L LY informs his Custom
ers and the public generally, that he
lIAS 3118 T RECEIVED A VitESH surriar or
0.007)0,
CONSISTING OF
DRY GOODS,
ZDIMZEMMUCO479
Ilard-ware, Queens-ware,
and almost every thing that is necessity for
the comforts or necessities of life.
Gettysburg, May 22, 18:411,
8,329 84
DIED.