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 •-• ,I .11 . x,,, with the deepest regret, that the cili - "soil oi of Pennsylvania has been dis .. ~,," • ' '-- '. 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,